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VERY BAD PAIR A Man and Woman Who Should be Kept Locked Up TRIED BADGER GAME On an Honest Man From Spartan burg at Ashilne-They Aso Tried to Work a Columbia Man But He caned Their Bluff-How Their Game is Worked. The Record says that Mr. and Mrs. j. Baxter Mitchell of Sparanburg. who fgured in the alleged attempted badger game. against the wealthy stockman. Mr. 0. P- Morgan. also of Spartanburg. In the Swannanol Hotel in Asheville on the 13th. are wel known in Columbia. particularly to the Columbia police, and how they were run out of Calumbia reveals an interesting study of the under world. Chief Cathcart has the picture of the Mitchell woman and her sister on a postcard. but he was unabl4 to catch the couple in any badger lug game here. although they are al leged to have made at least one at tempt. the victim promptly caling the bluff and getting of without giv ing up even any checks. The victim on this occasion rum into a bathroom with Mrs. Mitchell Almost immediately afterward tw "outraged" husband stormed in witI revolver in hand, and, after giving a stif line of talk about his ruine home. demanded money. The Tic tim coolly called the bluf. threaten ing to kill both the man and th4 woman if he was not allowed to pa out. He passed. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell occupie quarters over a leading Main stree store, and the chief and his me watched the pair so closely that afte: the arrest of Mrs. Mitchell's sister who is now in L house in the restrict ed district. for occupying the wron, sort of house in respectable neigh borhooda, they left town and th chief's information Is that they wen to Charlotte. The single woman, when th chief told her what he know of MNr Mitchell. broke down and told hir of Mrs. MitcheH's caroer. pleadla theticany for the protection 0 her lttle child wfeh was ibeinu raised by the Mitchells. The singi woman appears to have good trait and she wanted to give her chid a near a respectable surrounding a possible. ; Mitchell is a member of a An family of Spartanburg. br his ow personal career Is well known ther, as Is his wife's, who was run out c Spartanburg for keeping a house C Ill-fame. They were regularly ma ried all right A Spartanbteg pi pare drew a curious, If not inspt ing word-picture of Mitchell do. at the depot to see his beloved wU~ oat of town on the occsna of ti recent justly celebrated erodus such women from Spartanburg. Mr. Morgsn's Statement. In the Spartanburg Journal N Morgan makes a very clear and d4 tailed statement of the agfair follows: "Referring to the card of 3.1 Mitchell printed in the Chariot3 Observer I wish to make the follo1 ing s**ament: "This scheme of which I was a entirely Innocent victim, was simp: a bold hold-up to attempt to sg some money out of me. I am tol that these people have several tim practiced the scheme successfull - but they failed in my case becaun I stopped payment on the chect I was forced to give them, and ha them arrested. If I had been gull I would have kept quiet and nobod would ever have heard! of the a fair. But I employed a lawyer, hi these fakirs arrested and: got : checks back. "I have Uved here an my 1U and am known as a decent, hones truthful man, and I am not afral of this attempt on the part of thei people to blacken my name and cha acter. "I was in Asheville on my has ness of trading horses. I made u headquarters at Mitiard's stable where!I had my animals. Mitchell wife telephone to the stable severa times for me. Finally she got u to the telephone and said that be hnaband was looking for me. tai they were on their way to Tenne see to go into the stock buaines sad that he wanted to talk with na about some stock. She said I wanted me to come to the SWs *nana Hotel between, 3 and o'clock. I agreed todo so. "Accordingly I went to the hot' at the imte appointed. While was standing in the offee the Mitel eli woman came up to me and spok to me, asking If I were not Mr. Mo: gan. She then stated that Mitehe: was out, but would be back In few minutes and pointed to the ope door of their room, which was oj posite the parlor, she Invited me t go in and sit down and wait fo him. She herself went away, but I: n few minutes returned and came lI the room and sat down, the door stil being open. In a short while sb got up and closed the door. sayi that the housekeeper would come is and interfere with the conversation unless she did so. "After talking a while the womaa offered me some whisker. but I de dined It. Then there was a knoel at the door and the woman jumped up and ran to the door excitedl. and told the man outside (her hus bad) that he could not come in He demanded loudly to be admitted and then I. seeing that somethinj was wrong, said to her: "'What kind of a game is this? Let him in.' "She then let Mitchell In az'd he entered cursing and waving a pistol. He exclaimed that I had broken u; bis home, and that he would leave the woman for me to support. He cursed her and threatened to shoot both the woman and me. He also said he would call the police and have us both arrested. He said he would bring suit for divorce and bring my name in. "The woman then appeared to cry and said that Mitchenl and 1 YOUNG MAN SHOT BY NWEGRO BURGLAR WHEN CAUGHT IN STORE. A Robber at Van Wyck In Lancas ter County Seriously Wounds Tay lor Nisbet. About two o'clock Monday morn !ng as a party of young men were passing the Hyatt-Massey Company's store at Van Wyck in Lancaster oounty. they heard a noise 7., the building and started to investigate. As they were about to enter the rear door. a man came out, fired at them with a shotgun and then ran off. The load truck Taylor P. Nisbet. one of the young men, the 0 shot lodging in his shoulder, throar 9 %nd face. Inflicting serious wounds. C He was taken to Charlotte for treat -neat by his uncle. Dr. Olin Nisbet. Immediateiy after the shooting a .ouple o" Van Wyck citizens went lo Lancaster after the sheriff. the oficer returning with them to the scene. leaving there about daylight. ~ The sheri. who is famous for his 3hrewd detective work, was not long 1a laying his hands on the right man. who proved to be a young negro in the community. Sam Stinson, who is now in jail. having been taken to Lancaster ny the sheriff. The clue that led to Stinson's iden tifcation and arrest was an old hat left in the store by the burglar, who carried off a new one with him. When first apprehended he denied knowing anything about the affair and started to run when the sheriff. with drawn revolver. stopped and handcuffed him. He claimed that he had bought the new hat from Dave Foster. another negro. but lat er, when confronted with Foster. confessed that he got It in the store. and that he alone was Implicated In I the robbery. He says he shot at the young men to scare them so that he could make his escape. and that he got the gun and cartiliges while in the store. The feeling in Van Wyck against Stinson is Intense, as the young man shot is one of the most popular in the community. EDITOR'S FRIENDS FURIOUS. They Threaten to Lynch His Cow ardly Murderer. A special dispatch from Panama to The State says the feeling there against Gen. Herbert 0. Jeffries of New York for the killing of Wil 11am Nichols Chandler. a South Car allnian. editor of The Panama Press. is very bitter and threats to lynch the slayer are being openly made. aGen Jefries. who commanded Panama's Pacific flotilla when this republic came into being. went to Mr. Chandler's newspzper offee. Jeifries was furous st'~ an article which, while it mentioned no name, nhe took to refleet on Mrs. Claude E. Guyant. his sister-in-law, aged 18. While repeating that he is "sorry" for Chandler's death, he says he has enough powerful backing in the Unit red States to get him out of the " serape." as he calls it. Chandler was popular and his friends are the more infuriated by Jeffries' attack on him because they Insist that the story at which Chan dier hinted In his newspaper has been comon property for some time SPECUIAR ACCIDENT . Little Boy Killed by Brick He Shook *. From Chimney. 5 An Anderson dispatch to The State Ssays a peculiar accident caused the 7 death of the 5-year-old son of M-'. I~ and Mrs. W. W. Strickland. Ten 'days ago the lad was visiting his 4 grandfather about five miles from '7 Anderson and whIle playing In the yard he caught hold of the lightning 5 rod running up a high chimney. The t. brick fell, striking the lad on top d of his head. A physician was called EC In and five stitches were taken to - mend the wound. To all appear ances the gash was the only wound. - but two or three days ago the child 7 became sick. He was taken to the . county hospital and an examination '8 disclosed the fact that the brick had 11 erushed his skull. All that was poe e sible was done to alleviate the suf r fering of the child and to save his i life, but all was in vain. The lad - was a particularly bright one and his parents are greatly grieved over ther locs. SThe next man In a barber shop is always rough and ready. Don't offer odds to the elevator 1boy or he*ll take you np. I A woman isn't necessarily gifted because she has the wilt of gab. It was agreed that I should pay $600 1to her and that Mitchell would go off and leave her, also giving her t $600. I had only $5 In money, but -they brought out so. blank checks on a Spartanburg bank. I then drew two checks, one for $295 and one for $300 and gave them to the woman. These I dated ahead, as I told them I would have to make arrangememy. at the bank for the money ~ before they would be good. "I came on to Spartanburg Sun day night, and Monday morning I stopped payment on the checks at the bank. I employed Mr. Carson and went to Sendersonville. where I had1 reason to believe this pair were. swore out warrants against them and had them both arrested. When tak et' before the magistrate they of fered to surrender the checks andi ny lawyer advised me not to attempt oprosecute them. to whichlIagreed although I wanted to go ahead w'i I the prosecution. "As for Mitchell's statement that v I got into a card game with bhimjC that is absolutely false. I do not ' i even l'new bow to play poker. which' he savs we played. as anybody int Spartaxaburg who knows me knews. I Inever saw a game of stud poker played 'n my life. This was just an attempt to blackmail me out of some money. I had to submit for the time being while this man had a pistol drawn on me. I being unarmed k and defenseless. But I recovered myo checks and stopped the game. b IN OTHER DAYS rs. Besant Says You Have Uved Before Now. HE TELLS ABOUT IT ie Says You Get Better and Better Every Time You Hit the Earth. So That After a While You Won't Have to Bother About Coming BaeL Mrs. Anna Besant, high priestess f the occult, leader of the Theoso hists of '.se world. is back in this Duntry from India to give Ameri an audiences the latest dope on rhat's going to be what In the next w hundred years. Mrs. Besant's general religious ystem is well known-a kind of 2odified Buddhism. teaching that ne lives again and again, accumu Lting all the good deeds and all the ad ones. but gradually weading out he bad ones till perfection is at ained. after which one won't have o bother about coming back any nore. A criminal can't help being bad. he says. because he has been bad brough so many lifetimes. But very time he lives he gets better. kn ultra good man or a genius de erves little credit. for both are liv ng out thefr lives as they have be ore, living better and getting smart This time. however. Mrs. Besant resents some startling news, fresh rom the innermost regions of the ccult. Christ is coming back to earth. the says. soon. He has lived ser >ral times. she declares. This time 10 will appear in the specially pre :ared body of some one in the mid lie west: perhaps a woman. more ikely a man. "Will we know Him?" she asks %nd answers: "Yes. those who knew vill know. Those who understand -ill understand." With His coming will come a new age of man-the sixth root-age is her phrasing of it. It will be an age of advanced Christian socialism, when all men will be' equal in the spirit. when irrabbing for gold and trusts and taxes and tariffs and public office and rents won't seem worth while striv ing for. The industrial and social problems that vex us now will disappear simp ly because people won't be Interested in such things. Money will be the cheaper thing in the world. It will be a world where Budda. the spirit, will dominate over Manas. the mind. Mrs. Besant admits that so far Manas has a pretty tight cinch on things. But it won't be long, is her reassuring announe ment. We are 'getting more sensitive, more nervous, more susceptib'e er ery year. she says. This is the pre paration for the coming of the new era. The Rockefeilers and Harrimans and Morgans today are. in spite of themselves, laying the foundation of the new age to come. They are organizing the means of preserving life so that the new state-eelfish sees and self interest being killed --will be able to operate the big organization without difficulty. Curiously enough in her analyst: of the society of tomorrow. whern all will be equal and the brother hood of man will become an actuan fact. Mrs. Besant admits that there 'sill be thoee.who lead and those whc follow. "The people who are most sensi tire, most closely in touch with the spirit world, will rule." she says "The rest must obey." Mrs. Besant was born in England in 1847. was educated in England France and Germany. specializing ii science. She took up radical and free thought philosophy. advocated socialism, encouraged union labo: helped lead a match strike in the late '70s, and became a p~ipil of Madam Blavatsky. the former head of the theosophical movement, i' 1889. Since then she has studie-i and lectured continuously on the osophy. On the death of Colonel Olcott ix Tntia. who sucebeded Madame Blavatsky. Mrs. Besant was advanced to the presidency. Colonel Olcott declared before his death that "the masters" bad pkfcd Mrs. Besant for the place. She had some difficul ty getting American members of the sect to listen to "the master's' voice. Mrs. Besant was very fond of croquet, checkers and horsebacki riding. She married an Episcopal rector in 1867, separating from bim six years later. U HAVE SUICIDE PACT. Tragedy Grows Out of Young Man's Lack of Funds. Long after Frank E. Williamson. nineteen years old, had shot his swseetheart. Florence Lillian Wood. n the doorstep of her Brooklyn. N. Y., home it was earned a few :ays ago that the young couple he entered itno a suicide pact becuas Williamson's lack of employment preented their immediat marriage. Willamson who aiso shot himself nd the girl are unconscious in a ospital where it is not believed that 'ither c-an recover. The fact that there was a suicide inicide part was shown in a letter eft by Miss Wood to her mother n which she wrote that she had anted to kill herself. bu. that Wi' amson h~ad' rcfused to permit her o take her own life. The letter which was written on ugust 21 explained the details f the tragedy as it occurred, and s it the girl requested that she be uied in a white dress and asked hat her mother refrain from wear ag black for more than six months.' Killed the Lynx. At Lowell. 0.. William Smith. a outh Carolina hunter, showed his ravery when, armed with a big nife, he crawled Monday into a den f lynx and killed the leader of the and. The battle lasted three hours. haer nu wa i feet in length. i MEMORY OF SEMMES HIS ONE HU.-)REDTH BIRTHDAY TO BE HONORED. Gen. Mickle Urges Observance of Great Confederate Naval corn mander's Centennial Birthday. By command of Gen. Clement A. Evans. commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans. and In accordance with resolutions adopted at the last annaul Reunion. Adjt. Gen. and Chief of Staff William B. Mickle Monday night issued a gen eral order calling for the observ ance on September 27 next of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes. of the Confederate States navy. The order follows: "Undoubtedly no soldier in the ar my of the Confederaey nor sailor is its navy contributed as much to fa miliarize the inhabitants of the globe with the 'Stars and Bars.' the flag of the Confederate States, as did the commander of the Sumter and the Alabama. Brief was the life of each of these vessels, but the life of each was full of glorious action. and the skillful way in which our great na val leader managed all matters whether as expert in admirality, able seaman or daring commander-re flected the highest credit on his abil ities and added lustre to the cause he represented. "Too much honor cannot be giv en such a man: and the general com manding most earnestly urges the various camps of the Federation. the United Sons of Confederate Veterans the United Dauthters of the Con federacy and the Confederated Southern Memorial Association. and all kindred organizations, to take such actions as they deem beat. sc that this day, the 27th of Septem ber. 1909. may ever be memorable in our annals." PLENTY OF BOOZE IN AUGUSTA Cases of Drunkenness Are Rapidi The Augusta Chronicle says th< records at the police barracks La that city show that for the fire seven months of 1909 the numbe of arrests for violations of the fou hundred and sixtieth section. th majority of which are for drunken ness and disorderly conduct. hav been almost as many as for the firs seven months of 1907, which was th year before prohibition started. The total number of arrests fo the frst seven months of 1909 wer 1.844 while the total number to the same period in 1907 were 1,882 The total number of arreets to the first seven months of 1908. whic: was the first year of prohibitiot were 1.664. The number of arrest shows an increase of each mont from the first of January, 1908, ut til the end of the year. |The record for July. 1908, untj the end of the year was 329 a' rests while for the same month lai season it was 273. which show. large increase. The figures In regard to the con parative amounts of cases caused b drunkenness before and since pr hibition were compiled by Orderl Sergeant G. D. Buchanan. who is a ways alert and anxious to see th ,effect of the prohibition law. |WOMAN MOONSHINER IN JAIL. -She Is Accused of Making Moonshis in Liberty County. Ga. |The first woman moonshiner ev-a copped by the local Federal author ties. says a dispatch from Savannal was brought in a few nights aa from Hinesville, in Liberty count: Ga. The feminine distiller of an brosial nectar lis Margaret Vs Blount, alias Margare William colored, and she is now resting b4 hind the bars of the county ja at Savannah. The charge against the womani that of illicit distilling and sellin of whiskey. As -'evidence of he guilt four gallons of whiskey an the still used were secured by tb officers and are held as evideneo The still, though not a large on~ is complete in every detail. It wa found in the house of the old ne gress. whose age is given as 55 year Despite her advanced years. Ma garet gave the Liberty county deput heriff a run for his money befor he was able to overtake her. Whe the negres caught sight of the o1 fcer she lit out afoot. as if she wer a Marathon runner. After a hc chase she was taken in hand. Sb was taken to the Hinesville jail fo safe keeping until the Federal an thorities carried her to Savannah. The place where the still was tak en is near Riceboro. It is though that there is some man connected with the running of the still, bu Margaret refuses to talk about thi side of the question and claims tha she alone was interested in the still MADE BIG CATCH. Fishermnu Run Into Large Schoolt of Mullets. A Beaufort. N. C.. dispatch say a catch of mullets aggregating hal a million pound. said to be the larg est ever known along the AtlantF coat, was made off this port b3 deep sea fishermen a few days ago The fishermen went to sea earl. in the morning in search of men hdn. but their boats ran int' schools of mullets miles long. and each vessel was loaded to the gun. wales with them. The catch was brought to market at Beaufort, and the entire working force available at that place was engaged all nighi in preparing the fish for shipment Provides for Funeral Feest Five hundred dollars for a din nr. "with liquid refreshments." 'Io be served at his funeral, was among the bequests in the will of the late Albert H. Karutz. of New York. filed Wednesday for probate. To make sure that his wishes be carried out. Karutz stipulated that heirs who failed to attend the funeral banquet should be disqualified. The ancient watch dog is a mem SHOT HIM DOWN Negro Pays the Death Penalty for His Folly. HIS BODY IS BURNED Angry Because Two Friends Had Been Shot by Ofcers, a Desper ado Wounds Twenty-nine Men. Before a Bullet Through His Heart Stops His Wild Rampage. Angered, it is believed, because two of his friends had recently been shot by police officers in Monroe. La.. William S. Wade. a negro. a few days ago, ran amuck on the prin cipal business street of Monroe. with a double-barrel shotgun, shooting first at every white man he saw and then firing indiscriminately at every object before him. The fire was re turned and the negro finally fell dead with a bullet through his heart, but not before 29 men, three of them members of his own race, had been wounded. Seriously wounded: Hugh Bigger, police officer. shot inabdomen and thigh; may die. T. H. Grant, deputy sheriff, shoe In neck and breast; may die. Simon Marks, merchant. Tuskegee. Ala., shot in breast and face; may die. George McCormack. manager Oua chita Lumber Company. West Mon roe, arm shattered. Slightly wounded: Dr. A. A. Forsyth, mayor of Mon roe. D. A. Breard. banker. Ed Strong, cashier Southern Ex press Company. Steve Burke. telegrapn operator. Joe Thompson. dispatcher. A. A. Grennly. lumberman. Manuel Bgromowits, cleik. Albert Mari, merchant. C. E. Bynum, stenographer. J. T. Kendall. trainmaster Iron Mountain railroad. D. G. Trousdall. merchant. J. W. Merryman. express agent. Armand Baer, clerk. D. Enzell. traveling salesman. E. P. Davies. clerk. M. Braun, blacksmith. Roy Fisher, messenger boy. E. B. Edwards. steamboat man. - I. L. Haas. merchant. Herman Abiones. merchant. 5 R. B. Ross. clerk. Fred McGrath. clerk. r Three negroes. shot in face and Ibody. r Wade's body was publicly burned - after It had been cut down from x r pole, on which it hung for an honu or more after he was killed. - An investigation by the polic Sshowed that when Wade purchase< Sthe shotgun and a box of shells, few minutes before he opened fir on the first man, that there was noth Iing unusual in his manner or behav - or. Other negroes who were wit: Shim in the morning say that he hat acSt been drinking nor did he shoi any evidenee of having taken co escine. SAt the store where Wade bough the box of shells the clerk says tha 'the negro asked for buckshot. Hi gave him bird shot by mistake. Thi: Smistake probably saved the lives o a score or more of men. The negro. after purchasing the gun, took a position in the arcada of the Bank of Monroe. at Gran e and Desiard streets, the most prom inent corner in the city. His firs shot was directed at J. J. Jordan r cashier of the bank, who was ap .proaching the building. He misse< ordan, but the load struck Georg, oMcCormick, who was close enougl rto the negro to have his arm badl; shattered. in spite of the small shot nThe first shot brought many mer ,chants and clerks out on the stree . and the negro then began to fire 11 LI their direction. As fast as he dis charged his gun, he would step baci into the arcade, reload, reappear an< g renew his fire. r Patrolman Bigger, who had bee: d attracted by the shooting, ran to e ward Wade and was shot down. bu . arose and emptied his revolver a , the negro. The negro continued ti s Sre into the crowd, wounding man: - of them, when Mayor Forsythe . Manager Edward Stannard, of th< -local Western Union office, and Ran r iel McLeod came up and returne< the fire. Wade finally falling as result of the fatal wound in the heart. SAfter the body of the negro ha' .en cut down from the pole or wsa...h it was hung, a crowd of met and boys proposed that it should N -I 'urned. It has already been dat~ ged to a nearby square and coal of poured over it when Mayor Forsythe went to the square and demandeE that the body be turned over to th< authorities. He was courteousl-. waved aside, and the torch was ap plied. In a few minutes nothing re mained but a heap of ashes and bones. Several hours later Tom Wilford, a negro. was shot in a lunch room, near the city market house. It is not definitely know whether or not this shooting formed any sequel to the dis4orders earlier in the day. Nobody knew anything after the shooting, except that "somebdy" had shot a negro. The wound is not egarded as dangerous. Youth Drowned. Ge'rhard Lauterbach. aged 16 years. son of Reinhardt Lauterbac'h. of Norfolk. w'as drowned while bath ing at Virginia Beach Monday. but a short distance from shore. Anoth er youth far out, feigning danger. attracted all attention from young Lautherbach. who otherwise might have bcen rescued. Girl Seriously Hurt. Miss Mersa Ellison. of Raleigh. N. C.. 'was eau::ht under a wrecked au tombile Suturday morning, four ribs being broken, head and limbs bruised. collar bone dislocated. face scarred. In the automobile, a 3.004l pound White steamer, were also bree young men, who escaped with slight bruises. A girl's love for candy dooi,'t necessarily indicate a sweet dispo TERRIBLE ACCIDENT SHIPS COLL-IDE AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DROWN. m hic ot North German Lloyd Steamer Crash- tr ed Into an Excursion Steamer T1 Loaded With Women and Children bl er In a driving rainstorm about six at o'clock Wednesday morning the or Argendne excursion steamer Colom- tQ bia and the North German Lloyd el steamer Schlesien collided at the M entrance of Montevideo harbor, Ur,- a guay. The Colombia was entering m port. and the Schlesien was outward t1 bound for Bremen. The Colombia's bi bow crushed in and she sank almost t( Immediately. Between 150 and 200 persons were killed or drowned. k The Colombia carried about 200 r4 passengers and a crew of 48 men. Most of the passengers were asleep v and panic followed the crash. Al- o most immediately small boats put n out to the sinking steamer, but the c work of rescue was rendered very difficult by the high sea. About 70 ' persons were brought ashore. Most i of the deed are women and children. E A majority of t'1e survivors are men. a The Colombia was carrying excur sionists from Buenos Ayres to a fes- a tival at Montevideo. and the disaster s has caused the fleenest emotion. a The Uruguayan government, in eon- I sequence, has postponed the fetes I arranged for the celebration of the inauguration of the port. The Schlesien, which was only I slightly damaged, has been detained C by the port authorities. Her com mander attributes the collision to the wind and the high seas which made both steamers almost unmanageable. The channel is now partially ob structed by the wreck of the Colem bia. Most of the survivors of that ves sel were taken from the masts, and many of them were injured. While great numbers of women and chil dren were drowned, almost every one of the ship's complement were saved. Score- of bodies have been recover ed a- d are now lying at the cus tom house, but many of them have not been identified. The storm still continues, crippling telegraphic and telephonic communi cation between Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. The Colombia was an old steamer of 1.200 tons engaged in the regular passenger service be tween this port and Buenos Ayres. SERVED HIM RIGHT. Negro Fiend Killed After Brutal Attack on Lady. At Bronson, Fla., attracted by the screams of a white woman of the place, who was fighting a desperate battle with Steve Brown, a negro, Swho had attacked and was ehok ing her in an effort at criminal as sault, Bart Faircloth, a white man. shot and Instantly killed the negro. The attack of the negro and his death occurred at the woman's home. . Brown who was married and had sev eral children, lived near town and was regarded as8 a hard working ne gro. His intended victim has a , large garden in which she grows vegetables and the negro was acens Stomed to buy from her. The garden Is Quite a distance from the house and when he was there alone with her, Brown caught t the woman by the arms. She . screamed, crying out "Help, mur t der!" and the negro's hand closed on her throat. His other hand was . pressed over her mouth. She strug gled desperately but was no match for the negro. Bart Faircloth, who heard her i Qteamns, ran to her aid. The negro saw him and started to run. Fair . cloth called to him to halt and when t the negro kept running shot at him Sthree times with a pistol, killing -him instantly. The wt-mnan's arms and throat are swollen and blue and show the marks of the negro's hands. For a time following the killing excitement was . Intense but now all Is quiet. POLICEMAN~ CAUGHT ROBBIG. Great Sensation Created in Spartaa burg as Result. There was a tremendous sesation in S~partanburg Tuesday morning .,-hen It became known that Private Rice Nolan of the police department, who was secreted in Warren Dupre's book store to catch a burglar who bad been systematically robbing the store, caught F. R. Mulligan, a brother police officer in an attempt to get at the cash drawer. Mulligan entered the front door with a key and as he started to the cash drawers Officer Nolan arose from his hiding place. He made a noise and Mulligan beat a hasty re treat. The officer gave pursuit and opened fire. shooting three times. Mulligan was chased in dark alley way, where he was captured. He broke down completely. He was carried back to the store and Mayor Floyd and Dupre were sent for. Some sort of compromise was reached, for it Is understood that Mulligan has left the city. This isi the first time in the history of Spar tanburg that such case has devel oped in the history of the city and police department. SHOT THE MAYOR. Quarrel Brought on by sa Deciqion in a Case. J. C. Godfrey. mayor of Davisboro wounded as the result of a quarrel~ which followd' a decision made by G;odfrey in the Mayo-'s Court Mon ny in a case against Gordon Col l:n. a white man. M. M. Coltot, b~:har of th' defendant In the cae'. avr-p.machd the mayor after e.vwt I d.1rse- d n began talking aibjata th-' cnse'. Iot words followc.', zd t before anyone could interfere Cal-c !ins shot the mayor with a pieto]. 'he ba!] entering the right side. Mayor Godfrey fell to the floor a-nd his c'ondition is regarded as seriou.s. his wound probably being fataL. Collins escaped and it is said has not c DUTY WELL DONE (Continued from page 1.) Jlitary style, oue man holding three rses with linked bridles while the her three washed at the horse ough, Col. Butler gave the com and: "Fours left, .eft dress." is threw us itno line facing the uff where the Yankees were gath ed, some sixty yeards away and >out forty feet above us. Then the der was given: *Three cheers for e boys In blue." and if there was ,er a "rebel yell" it must have leap I from the throats of those deter ined and desperate men. As soon the cheers were given the com and followed: "Four left, left by ro's, march," and we started off Lck up the hill briskly towards the >wn. Almost as if by magie the Tan ee soldiers who were all in uniform mceived the order from someone: Fall in, right dress." As the] ere already in line it took the= aly two or three seconds to get it illitary formation and withoul ounting off the order was given: Three cheers for the men In white. 'he answering call of the Northe-3 rhite men to the Southern whitA 2an was hearty and vigorous al ur own deflance had been. I will say in passing, that, whil< ome of these same men marche< ixteen miles to Rouse's Bridge tA top the Ellenton riot, some week ster, and were held along with i arge number of other troops in th listurbed region-one whole regi nent be.cag sent to Edgefield cour kouse in October-none of the so] liers ever displayed any other tha he most friendly and kindly fee ng and they had no stomach whal aver for the dirty work they ha ,ecu sent into the State to do. The >beyed orders which Is the duty c a soldier, but they never showed an eeling other than good will and ay )&thy for our people. But whileth 3weetwater Sabre club and Its su :essor in Meriweather Township, tt Democratic Fighting club, came I rntact with the troops on sever ocasions, afterwards they were ne r permitted to cheer us again. The rioters In their bloody shir returned to their quarters. I this parade the shirts were worn i blouses over the pants with plat belts outside. Some of the m wore them home, and one your man, John Crawford. I think. cause his sister to become dreadful frightened because they thought I was wounded. I carried the di to my home and I have always r gretted that it was destroyed by A when my residence was burned som three years later. It was a unique scene In the con room when Judge Maher order ball to be granted, 2xing the sum I recall it. at $1,000 each. The a gument of the case had delayed a tion far into the night. Lamps ?: to be brought in and as the restle "prisoners" would pass In and o of the court room and take thi seats the thud of the barrels of the revolvers could be heard as th came In contact with the benche When court was adjourned t men began to make inquiry of t erk of the court as to when tb could file their bonds. He In rather petulant and irritabla ma er, which was natural, because must have been very much fatigue replied: "Sometime in the mot ing." Just then I overheard Sher Jordan whisper to him: "You h better let these men get out of to1 tonight. else they may burn It a: hang you before morning." In nice manner the clerk "hanged a he began to hand out blank bi bonds to be signed by all the app casts and their sureties. We: went on each other's bonds, and became a joke, causing great amus ment, that Walker Matheny, w, did not own ten dollars worth property, had signed bonds to t extent of $20,000. Is truth t whole performance was a perfut try and in many respects a lani able travesty on law, for If they h attempted to put us in jail, I sure, few or none of us would ha acquesceded and we would ha probably killed every obnoxious ra, cal in the court room and town, a: gone to Texas. or some other hidi: place. In an hour we had depart and gathering up our camp followE were on our way home. We had In truth waved the bloo shirt in the face of the Yankee bi and dared him to do his worst. is needless to say this daring a on the part of the whites seri to intensity the dread of the uegro< While among the whites the band race drew us closer closer togetni It was "all for one, one for all and the State's motto: "Anitz opi'usque parati"--ready with o lives and fortunes-pulsated as tj sentiment in every bosom. LEARNING FROM A NEGRO How He Got More For Hias Cotti Than Other Folks. We ran across an old negro t: other day who can neither read n< write, but who has kept his ey open, and has reached some pr gressive conclusions that ought make some of our white farmne rather ashamed of themneselves I comparison, says The Progressi1 Farmer of Raleigh, N. C. Wlyan h's hauled his cotton market the other day', this negt got a better pri"e per pound tha our white farmers have been ge ing, because the buyer said It wi ibout the best bale that he had see this season. The old negro neve ets a bale lie out in the weathe: :ut keeps it housed, and when l rins his cotton he sawsys instruc1 :he ginner to put good bagging o "1 have always notice.," said th >ld darkey in talking to us. "tha tnyting that looks nice and good i matter what it is. feteh.a mot nony. The good bagging that ut on my cotton costs twenty cent bale extra, and I believe I some ies get $2.00 a bale more on at ount of the neat looking bagging tot to say anything of the bette rice I get onl account of keepinu he cotton dry and under she'lter. If managers never put a shoi n. the actor folk would never hay< HOWHE WON HER Some Now Rules In Love Mak Ing By an Expert. TELL HOW THEY WORK A Tennessee Swain Wins a Bon Wie Bride in About Thirty Mir utes After He First Met Be--He Tells How He Did it for the Bene. fit of Young Men. "If you meet a girl, look into her eyes and decide that you love her tell her so that minute. "Don't wait for her to say yes or no. Take it for granted that she is yours. "Commence immediately to set as if abe were your property. "*All women like to feel as If they belonged to a man. "A girl will soon commence to I take your viewpoint of the afair. "It ought not to take any man more than 30 minues to win a wife. "If the young woman's relatives. object just Ignore them." The views of Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Hutchinson, of Tennessee. put in - to practice won for him a bride and t the couple are spending their honey moop in Chicago. They were mar dred there Saturday. The bride. who is the daughter of the late Col. David W. Cheatham. of Clarks d vlle, Texas, announced the happy 7 event. She Is well known In New E York, where she was graduated from I the Garden School for Young Wo men a year ago. Gen. Hutchlnson. who bas been prominently mentioned as a candi date for the Governorship of Tennes n see, is president of a bixconstructo 0 Arm in Nashville, a zember of the r- civil service commission of that city. chairman of the Democratic exen t ive committee and several other semi-official bodies.. During the L Spanish-Americaa war be was **I DI onel of the 2nd Tennessee Volun In teers. He is said to be several time. 1g a millionaire. 'd "It was this way," said the gen ly eral. "I attended the Confederato ie Reunion in Memphis in June. I 4as g on Governor Patterson's staff. and '- my wife was maid of honor from re Texas. 2e The Governor presented me to Miss Louis Cheatham a few minutes rt after her arrival in Memphis. I Dd looked into her eyes and saw that as I loved her. I pushed her out of r- the crowd, told her that I loved oc- he, and asked her to be my wife. Ld I didn't wait for her answer. I took es It for granted it was 'Yes' The ut whole transaction didn't take more ~ir than 30 minutes. V. hen we rejoined ilr Miss Cheatham's friend. I .acted as ey if I owned her. ~S. "very man could win a. wife it he he followed my example. The man he who hesitates In warfare or business ey is lost. Why should he take months a In winning a wife? Thirty minutes a- is long enough. he "After I had decided that Miss d. Cheatham was to be my wife I weat -n- Immediately and told her mother. iff Mrs. Cheatham was greatly surprised, ad but I soon convinced her that I rn meant business. She finally said ud something about the wedding taking a place In October. I just Ignored such nii talk. Mrs. Cheatham and Louis re sil turned to Ciarksville, Texas. I took li- the next train. Never let the woman 1.11 of your choice get out of your si'b... it Keep right after her all the time." ie. Then Gen. Hutchinson told of his ho stay In Clarksville. of "I haunt~ed the Cheatham home," he he said. "I walked around like I he owned the place. Mrs. Cheatham ic- was adamant. however, and would :h- not consent to our marriage until ad October. FInally the mother and im Louis left for Chicago. To be sure. ye I followed, and by taking another ye line, greeted them on their arrival i.- there. By this rime Louis wanted cid to get married right away, but still ng her mother held out. Louis told me ed her guardian. Md. L Sims. was in ra Denver. I went to that city and in vited him to see Louis and myself dy married. He accepted. I took the ill next train for Chicago and told Mrs. It Cheatham that Mr. Sims would az ,ct tend the wedding of her daughter ed and myself Saturday. She then s. threw up both hands and quit." of "My advice to all young men Is ir. theat when they want a girl just go ,"a .d take her. If business principles Is are applied to love there would be cir more happy marriages. A good wife de Is worth more than millions. Any man would race his neck off to secure a million dollars int a few days why not a wife?" Gen. Hutchinson is 32 years old. His bride, who Is beautiful cannot be much more than 20. Found Poison In Well. 1e Rebecca Taylor. colored, was lodg r ed in Richland jail Monday after es noon charged with placing poison In a well. Ratbney Summers, also col ored, claims that Rebecca came Into her yard out In Kenneltown, near Columbia, a few nights ago and that the next day a can of poison was found in the well. There was a similar case to this at the last t'erm of court when a negro was given 10 years on a charge of attempting to .poison a well. 5 I alodBakeman Rfled. 'r John C. BrIdges. a young white ,. man, and member of a crew of a e Southern freight train, was Instantly s killed at the depot at Lancaste? a Monday. He was on top of a box car adjusting the brake when a estring of cars struck the one on t which he was standing, knocking him off. Falling on the track he ewas crushed to death by the mov I lng cars, his left arm and leg be' luig cut off and his face horribly mangled. lKilled by Accident. 4 Mrs. Robert N"oblin was accidient ally shot and killed Friday at Fisk, 'Ala.. by her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Lassater. The young "'oman was r handling a niot sun. which was dis chearged. the full charge striking Mrs.