Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOLVED AT LAST Be Iysrims Disappeafnce of a Liie ir aeated Up. BODY FOUND IN CELLAR Of St. Joseph's Cathoic School, at louisvfle, Ky., there the Victim LIved With Her Parents When She Disappeared a Few Months Ago Suddenly. That Alma Kellner. the eight-year old daughter of Fred L. Kellner. of Louisville. Ky.. was murdered and not kidnapped. was proven Monday when her mutilated and dismembered body was found in the cellar of St. John's Catholic School. at Clay and Walnut streets, scarcely five blocks from her home. The mystery surrounding the girl's disappearance, on December S last. completely baffled the police. and notwithstanding a search in all parts of the United States and Canada. no tidings of her whereabouts was re ceived until about 10 o'clock Monday aring. when a plumber. searching for a leak in the basement of the school. discovered the body. rhe detectives %re working on the theory that t& girl was murdered In the vicinity of the scolI. and af ter attempts had been made to burn the body it was surreptitiously bur led in the sub-cellar and quick lime used to disintegrate the fesh. Every bone in the childs body was broken and the skull was crushed and charred, showing that the at tempt to burn the body. if such was made had been interrupted or the perpetrator of the crime had chang ed his mind regarding its disposition The finding of the body has arous ed intense excitement and a large . crowd surrounded the school all day The child's mother has not yet seem the body, but after she recovere< -from a collapse, she ::erely said: " have been relieved." The torso was found wrapped ir a piece of carpet. save for one limb which was later discovered in a cor ner of the cellar and buried in the clay foor of the basement to a deptl of perhaps three feet. The leak f: the water pipe, the cause of whici has not yet been learned, had causec the water to flow until the noor wa covered to a depth of three feet. The scene of the discovery is onl; Aye blocks from the Kellner home and the school adjoins St. Jchn church, where the Kellner faml; worshiped. The body was very bad ly decomposed, and had probabl: been In th e basement five months. It was to attend services at Si John's church on the morning o Decemiber S last, that Alma left homn about a quarter before 9. and see: La few moments later as she neare St John's by a druggist, who notice her stopping for a moment to pla with a cat which was sitting in th window of his store. The durggis wa the last known person to se the child alive. The police are looking for Josep: Wendling. flormer janitor at S1 John's Church, who since Januar 14. a little more than a month arte the disappearance of the Kellne child, has been missing. Mrs. Len Wendling, wife of the missing ma; and housekeeper for Father Scht: mn~n. pastor of St. John's Church. I under surveillance. In a sworn statement made befor Capt. Carney. chief of detectivet Mrs. Wendling admitted washin, muddy clothes of her husband short ly after the disappearance of th Kellner girl. The detectives hay these clothes, trousers, shirt and .hat and declare there are still bloo4 stains on them. Wendling is described by the de tectives as being 27 years of age about 5 feet 10 inches in height weight about 160 pounds. a smnai black moustache and dark hair an< eyes. 'Mrs Wendling Is 42. A lit tie more than a year ago Wendlinj was arrested and fined for imprope: conduct with a young girl. Wendling's parents live at Genlis Cote d'Or, France. According to th< wife's statement to Capt. Carney Wendling was a deserter from the French army. Father Schumant said he had learned since Wendling' disappearance that .he had left sev eral positions without notice. His departure from the church was a surprise to the priest. POLITICAL SINNER REPENTS Tom Watson Announces Return te Democra*i Party. The Hon. Thomas E. Watson, once a Democratic member of Conirress, twice nominated by the Populist par ty for the Presidency of the United States, and who has long been one of the chief controlling factors in politics, as a Populist. In Georgia. an nounces in a card. Issued Tuesday. his return to the Democratic party. His language is strong, forceful and leaves no doubt that he has re turned to stay. He calls upon his long-time political friends to defeat Thomas W. Hardwick for re-election to Congress. DEATH OF AN OLD RERO. Serred on the Merrihaac in Battle With the Monitor. The Rev. A. A. Jones. aged 'T years. -ne of the oldest active mem bers of the Virginia C-.nference. Methodist Episcopal Church. South. -i+.d at Norfolk. Va., Moniday. fol lewing a stroke of paralysis. At the sime of the Hampton Roads engage ment between thA Virginia and .\on ~tor Mr. Jones was on the Virginia ~nd was in one of the last two boats that left thA Virginia when she was subsequently Nlown up by her own men off Craney Island. His Prediction True. b Samuel Fords announced that h* was to be married Monday night and that it would cost him his life. When Catherine Pritchard. whose name was not mnentioned in the announcement. heard the news, she called on Ford and killed him with several shots from a revolver. Jealousy is alleg ed to have been the motive. The ageay occurrA at Pallock. A BIG CROP NEEDED NEW ORLEAN PAPER ANALYZES THE SIT'ATION. says the World Will Need More Cot ton This Year Than it Ever Did Before. In a comprehensive review lately of the cottod situation. The New Or leans Picayune argues in favor of a larger production of the staple, de claring that while the speculative element of the market is continually advocating short crops and high pri ces it will be a mistake for the Amer ican farmers to allow these artu ments to militate against a liberal planting. It takes this position. this paper. which is expert in the cotton busi ness. declares that the crop of the past year was disastrously small and the ,eason ends with the shortest visible and invisible stocks in a long number of years. In the main the ideas of this paper are harmonious with those of the farmers in gener al for the reason that the curtailed production of the past year admit tedly necessitates a larger yield for the new season. in order to meet the actual necessities and requirements of the world. A big crop would s-l not only at satisfactory but at paying prices becnuse every bale of it will be needed. With a short crop coming on top of the crop failure of last year famine prices will be experienc ed, but as always happens under such conditions. profits, instead of being equitably distritnuted. will ac crue to a comparatively few peo ple. the balance being left to suffer the results of disastrously small yields. which no amount of high prices can make profitable. More over. another short yield coming on top of the scarcity of the past sea son would demoralize the spinning industry of the world. The Picayune believes, therefore. that there is every incentive for farmers to repair the damage done by the cold weather of Apri! an 1 the backwardness of the season-gen erally. Nothing is to be gained by a short crop. while a good crop is certain to sell at paying prices. The mere pt,,nting of a large acreage does not Insure a good crop. but the careful cultivation or a reasonable acreage does help materially to pro duce the best results. It would. therefore. be ill advis I ed to permit early discouragements to cause an abondnt..' c ; ny of the normal cotton acreage as long as it is possible to replant. While the season has been backward and there has been a notable absence of r suffcient moisture, it is still early enough for these adverse condition.e to change. A big cotton crop is absolutely needed, no matter what the speculators may say, and there fnever was a time when there was Sa greater certainty that a big crop would prove profitable.* CPID GOT REAL BV'SY. And CatrdA-heLd ece Clno mrip eddingW Lathe. ato grestInistarer of Tuesa.misrEMis Augtchl.a Sminent Westminister married Dr. Samuel C. Moon, a pop ular Westminister physician. The ceremony occurred at two o'clock and: the three couples boarded No. 38 go irng to Asheville for their honey moon. The three brices were teach -ers the past session In the Westmin Ister high school. This is believed to be the first time on record w.hen Cupid has invaded a school and cap) tured the entire teaching force with the exception of the superintendent. who in this instance is already mar ried. DIED WHILE RAISING FLAG. Flag Wire Got Crosied With a Lire Electric IWre. The patriotism of John Gleriow ski, a middle aged Polander. has cost him his life. While trying to hoist the Stars and Stripes for Me morial Day on the roof of Turner Hall. In Glendale. Pa.. a copper wire. on which the flag was strung, came in contact with a live lignt wire. The shock which travelled to Gierlowskl kntocked him down, and entangled him in the flag and wire, he rolled to the ground, thirty-five feet below. Hie died half an .hour lat.4r, either from the electric shock or the In juries received in the fall. GOING FOR HIS RECORDS. Exploree Cook Getting Ready to Go to Greenland. The New York American says the mystery of the whereabouts of Dr. Frederick A. Cook has been solved. He is in Scotland preparing for his trip to Etah. whence he plans to bring back his records of his discov ery of the North Pole and his in struments which are cached there. Hie also intends to bring back the two Esquimno boys who accompanied him on hia dash to the North Pole. Chest--r Beecroit. of Peiham Manor. N. Y.. has announced that he will sail from Etah on June 15 with the* Bernier expedition to the Arctic in the hope of finding the record. ahich1 Dr. Frederick A. Cook left in the North. larank Carbolic Acid. Albert BE"t s. an.-d about C7. de spondent ov r his mahdity to secure employment in G;reenvill. committed suicide Tuesday morning by taking a dose of carbolic acid. He l-eft a note explaining his reasons for taking his j own ltue and biding his frionds andj relatives good-bye. Three Were Killed. Wh'en a northbound freight train ' b n the Mobile and O.hio railroad was c wrecked Monday. near Scooba. Miss.. three men lost their lives. consider able property was damaged and sev eral are reported injured b It is predicted that trolley fares a must rise, but as almost everyone1 feelc that they can afford mutomo- ~ blis. wat o w cae? OPEN IN JUNE he Itinefay of the State Candlates Wil Begin Now SeenL FLL LAST TWO MONTHS )pening Meeting Will Be Held al Ca Sumter and CIoSiug Meeting at Newberry.-Break in Schedule Ac- ha count Red Shirt Men and-Reunion a or of Veterans. PO The itinerary for state campaign -l :his summer was made public Mon- qt tay afternoon by Gen. Wilie Jones. bt f Columbia. chairman of the exec utive committee and member of the at special sub-committee, named by the st; executive committee to prepare the to dates for the campaign speeches. The p, ampaign begins June 22. and will ze end August 27. The opening town it is Sumter and the campaigners end in Newberry. The Itinerary. is Sumter. Wednesday. June 22. m -Bishopville. Thursday. June 23. ii; Darliragton. Friday. June 24. oc Bennettsville. Saturday. June 25 ei Chesterfield. Monday. June 27 o Camden. Tuesday. June 28. te Lancaster. Wednesday. Juie 29. - Chester. Thursday. June 30. Yorkville. Friday. July 1. a Winnsboro. Saturday. July 2. w Lexington. Wednesday. July 6. C Saluda. Thursday. July 7. 11 Edgefleld. Friday. July S. el Aiken. Saturday. July 9. Ramberr. Monday. July 11. Barnwell. Tuesday. July 12. Hampton. Wednesday. July 13. ci Beaufort. Thursday. July 14. Walterboro. Friday. July 15. Charicton. Saturday. July 16. St. George. Tuesday. July 19. Orangeburg. Wednesday. July 20 St. Matthews. Thursday. July 21. Manning. Friday. July 22. Monck's Corner. Tuesday. July 26 Georgetown. Wednesday. July 27. Kingstree. Friday. July 29. Florence. Saturday. July 30. t1 Dillon. Tuesday. August 2. Marion. Wednesday. August 3. Conway. Thursday. August 4. Columbia. Saturday. August 6. a iU-on. Monday. August S. Spartanburg. Tuesday. August 9. b Gaffney. Wednesday. August 10. Greenville. Thursday. August 11. Pickens. Friday. August 12. Walhalla. Saturday. August 13. Week off to attend reunion of Con federates and red shirts at Spartan burg if desired on August 17 and iS. Anderson. Monday. August 22. Abbevilie. Wednesday. August 24 Grenwod. Thursday. August 25 'Laurens. Friday. August 26. Newberry. Saturday. August 27. ~ The Red Shirts. It will be observed from the above itinerary that the sub-committee hasl made a break from August 13 tol August 22. at the~ request of Mr J t C. Stribling. commander-in-chief of the Red Shirt Men of 1S76, in or. der that the candidates may attend the reunion of the Red Shirt Men I ,-r.d old Confederate soldiers at Spar tan'urg on the 17th nad 1Sthi ot August. After the meeting at Manning on 3uly 22. the candidates may attend a great gathering of the surrounding counties at Olanta. Florence Countv. ca July 23. T his break in the sche! ule was made at the request o'f a member of the State executive com mittee. Olanta may be reachest by .-ain most conveniently from .slan ilng. Tr~e last day for paying s-ness- C ments and filing pledges will he ~ June 21. 12 M. The assessment for candidates for Governor is $75: for ~ other State offices $50: for Congress I $i25. t NO MORE MOSQLITOES. 1 t1 Experts Find a Fish That Destroys a Their Lara*e. t Experts In the emplor of the fi United States government declare t< that if Northern people will cultivate S three types of fish known as "top t minnows."' sunfish and goldfish. the S mosquito pest will be a thing of the T past within a few years. Prof. Wi)-1 1am P. Seal declares New York will be rid of the bad Anopheles if he-r people will cultivate the 'Gambusia a: Affinus'' and the Hebranda Form- p osa.' Both of these species are t< knoe:n as "top minnows" becaus- no tey are in the .habit of being near C the surface and feeding there. Both are to be found in vast num- ti bers in the South in the shallow n margins of lakes, ponds and streams tU in the tide water regions. They are e< also to be found in shallow ditc.hes and surface drains. even where the water is but a fraction of an inch deep. They find their way to the re motest possible breedin.: places of th- mnosquito and eat the mosquito larve by the million. Prof. Seal also advises Northerens to cultivate gold Es~h and two hmall C kinds of sun fish, know as the t 'oach" and the "shiner.' which live ii among plants. The goldfish is lazy. C ut eats immense numbers of mos- o1 lito larvae. Rut it is cannibalistic. t 'he top minnows are foragers. al- d( rays on the move in search for food. kimming over the tops of plants J ith restless energy. *s RIPPED BY FIERCE BLIZZARD. fr< amage Dene by Storm in Lake Su perior Section. W4 A special to the Detroit News from is alume't says that Lake Superior and as h.' surrounding country are in the em rip of a fierce blizzard, with high to ortherly winds and a heavy snow. All boats are s'eeking ports of re- ro~ ue from the gale. A heavy sea is ha inning all along the southern coast. ui~ 'o bears are report.'d within reach ic the wireless. Wire and train ser- ret ice are practicalty demoralized. the ast Tried to Wreck Train. acc The discovery of a nine inch iron vid ot driven firmly into a switch frog Jto SBalfour on the Southern railway der 2 mles from Asheville indicates a I this ell-lad plan to wreck train No. JCot IELPTHE GOOD WORK [E CLEAN SPORTS LEAGUE OF lad THE CAROIJNAS. a Been Carefully Organized and Arrangesments Made to Put It Into Effective Operation. The Clean Sports League of the rolinas has been carefully organ 4i and elaborate arrangements ve been made to put into operation s effective working machinery. This ganization will have no legislative wer per se but will direct its ?fforts ang educational lines. The head- ' Lart-rs are In the Y. M. C. A. rep ilding. Charleston. terl It has been organized to popularize flrs hletic sports and to improve the ced ndard of athletic activities, so as the harmonize them with the high ces irpose of education and good citi- cha aship. *Sport for sport's sake" i-- V1 ; motto. In 1909 one hundred and nineteen sta -ofe. '-nal players of the National chi mague were suspended for rowdy- wil m and other offences. Undoubtedly 00( any offences were overlooked. Sim- pai arly in amateur ranks there is a ch. intinual violation of rules and prin pIes which reflects upon our boast fa being true sportsmen. Amateurs ea , often do things they hope will Pel yt come to lirht. Frequently spec- ha Lrors and rooters are unjust in their |h :tions not always in accord with V" hat is known to be right. The Pe lean Sports League of the Caro- Pi nias is an educational organization St >mposed of the leading colleges and ce M. C. A.'s of the Carolinas. It is endorsed by the- a 1. Southern Inter-Collegiate Asso- te ation. of 2. Athletic League of North Amer- Tb 50 a. 3. South Carolina Inter-Collegiate er ssociation. wi 4. Carolina Federation of Y. M. .A.'s. 5. Charleston Amateur Athletic of ederation. The following adopted code of eth- to to s is simple-fair to the individual , the large as well as to the small re Dleges. schools or other organiza- co ions. It appeals to tile manhood i man, and all lovers of clean sport j re asked to support it. 1. Both the honoe team and the ome town she,:.d treat the visiting eam as a gum te 2. Both players and spectators th hould recognize good plays of the lt isiting team by suitable cheering. qi 3. Players should play ball fair I I nd be good losers. V 4. The umpire and .referee have te ifficult tasks to perform. Specta- la rs should accord them their moral upport. T.he players should extend pr hem hearty thanks as they leave the|1i teld. -5. Condemn all use of profane ifit anguage on the field. |hi Lists will be circulated in every he own in the Carolinas. and every man ipz nd every boy big enough to swing ra ,bat is requested to add his signa-| A ure. with the understandiig that an| w: :nest effort will be made to live up o these principles. Such action will| to dd greatly to the pleasure and dig-| C ity of athletic activties of the Car-| ci linas. Im THE STANDARD RAISED. "I Ia tate Board of Examiners Passona Law Papers. . The State says that the standard or admission to practice in the lar ourts of the State has been raised iad y the State board of law examiners.| Pi ecently appointed by the supreme| va our under the act passed at the jle st session of the general assem- j ta 7. was the opinion expressed by jin rlJats taking the examination be rhich was the first to be held by n. lie board. Ii The result of the examination was 0( nnounced on Saturday. Out of 15 aking the examination, only eight I-.a assed. These were sworn In lhe- ca re the supreme court at attorneys| be > practice in the courts of the| in tate. Ic The following passed the examinia- Rht4 ion: John 31. Hemphill. Chester:|mi imon B. Rich. Orangeburg: W. P. I dis illinghast. Beaufort: H. Campbell rI iller. Greenville: J. Wstley Cruf. r.. Bamberg: T. A. Brown. Barn-| ir 'eli: Jas. M1. Mlass. Jr.. Lamar. ' p The members of the board of ex- hi: miners, making repert to the su- '-i reme court. are: IWlilamn D. Siel- m< m of Columbia. F. Rarron Grier cal EGreenwood. and 'M1illiam Mtiller of re 'Marleston. It is the opitilen of those taking clt i examination that the require- so< lents for admission to practice In ph, te courts of the State will be rais- par from ye'ar to year. * pa: SAYS THEY ARE ALRIGHT. So Ith preme (burt Upholds Jim Crow 1a CrLaw. Jan< An attempt to have the Supreme tro urt of the United States pass ong, e authority of common carriers inga tr-state commerce to make ''Jim -ow'' regulation met with failure STuesday when the Court dismnisse d .. . e so-called Chiles appeal from its eket. hisn The question arose in a suit w~hich his Alexand'r Chiles. a negro. brought it for damages against the Cies- e -ke and Ohio Railway Company. .Chies bought a through tickettli >m Washingtot:. D. C.. to Lexing- Thi i. Ky. At Ashland. Ky.. all the o sengers except those in a sleeper ed re required to take other coaches. vek4 'er the objection of a brakeman. h-- h ;isted on riding in a c'iach set de for white passengers. He was npeled by the conductor to go in- sern the coach for colored persons. In the suit for damaces r.be rail id relied on the defence that it I acted in conformity with its re:- A itions. The supreme court of nat ntuky found these regulations in De~ ard to the seperate coaches for of -two raceb to be reasonable. In- that nuch as Chiles had been furnished .lyf ommodations equal to those pro- erni ed for white passengers, according the trial jury, a verdIct was ren ed for the railroad company. From R i Chiles apbealed. The Supreme - prod irt af~rmed the decision of the acre GREAT GAINS P e iB Capital ETested in Soh Carelina MCE FIRST OF YEAR r Eleven 31illion Dollars in Peti ion, for Charters and Commis- d ions.-The Fees Paid the State I rger Than Ever Before.-They lay Break the Record. 'he State says over $11.000.000 es'nts the amount invested in en prises in South Carolina since the t of the year which is an unpre ented record for the State as to capital used. In several instan companies were organized and re .rtered. but the majority of the [.000.000 represents new business. rhe records In the secretary of te-s office shows that to April 1 trters were issued to companies h a capitalization of over $7.000. 1. Since April I several large com dies have been chartered and re Irtered. rhe Charter of t.he Pelzer Manu turing company will expire at an -ly date and a new charter in per :uity was secured. This concern ; a capital of $1.000.600 and was irtered by the legislature in 1880 - a term of thirty years. The Izer Manufacturing company is a ineer in the texile industry in this ite and is one of the most suc ;sful manufacturing concerns. Another large company to receive -harter since April 1 was the San River Cypress Lumber company Ferguson in Oranceburg county. ,e company has a capital of $1. 0.000. In connection with a gen il lumber business, the company 11 do a general mercantile busi ss. The secretary of state has turned er to the State treasurer the sum $7.051.91 as charter fees received ice the first of the year and up April 1. Sinco April 1 over $2. 0 has been received by the sec tary as charter fees which will be unted on the pretnt quarter. The total amount received as char r fees from January 1 to April 1. 09. was $5.561.4S. which is nearly '.000 less than for the present year. The total amuunt received in char r fees by the secretary of State for " year 190'9 wa s over $20.000. idging the increase over the first tarter of the year of 1910 and o09. it Is estimated that at least ;0.000 will be secured from char r fees, which amount will be the rgest in the history of the State. The number of dissolutions for the esent ye:r has been less than for 09 to the present time. T.he records in the secretary-s of e show that the industries that ~ve been chartered are varied. There Lye been a large number of comn nies chartered with capital stocks. nging from $10,000 to $100.000. number have been incorporated lth over .$1.000.000. The largest number of companies be chartered were in Georgetown. iarleston and Greenville. The in ease in these counties has been ost marked. There has been special activity In al estate. 'More than, a score of rge companies .have been organiz in Charleston and Georgetown. id especially Georgetown, which unty makes a fine sh'owing for real tate compan-ies. In Charleston real estate values e said to have made phenomenal vances during the past few years. operty is said to have doubled in lue. This fact is shown that at ast a dozen su'bstantial real es-1 te companies, backed by the lead g business men of Charleston. have en chartered during the first thr-n :>nths of the y--a'. The cap t .i of esc companies average from' $tt - 0 to over $200.000. A nou.ber .of smaller inhLstries ye r-cer organized with anbst * ;i. pit-ai Included under th's might mentioned the large number of ir: a se compan'ies that ha' ve t % artered in almost every :o5n -n 'state. This would Indicate that the arcantile business is good. F-w solutions of this nature of b;.t ss have been reported. Store companies have been or.-n 'd during the year for the pea se of conducting farnis than Ii th ,tory of the State. Twxo companies v:e been organized w-ith a ca 2.t 0 >r-e than $35.000. Generally .i mer 'atile comipany is conducted in con etion with these companies. Other corporations organize.: *a - de banks, buildings and loan as :iations. realty companies, tele one companies, vegetable comn ales, boat lines and loan companies. The organization of texile comn nies has been unusually active. nething aew for the State has been corporation of the two underwear tories for Grenville. Each of the npanies has a capital of $50.000 I will manufacture high grade un wear. These o-mpanies are con Iled by South Carolina capital. -era! knitting mills have been or aized with small capitals. Causes Serlouas Sicknesst. atch the fly as he stands on the ap of sugar, industriously wiping feet. He is wiping off the dis e germs: rubbing th'em on the at that you are going to eat. ring the poison for you to swal .Ther- is special danger when s drop into such fluid as milk. s forms an ideal culture material the bacillus. A few germs wash rrom the body of one fly may de-t >p into millions within a f" rs. and the p.erson w~io drink. 'a milk will recrivo' large dese't. bacilli, which may later cause ous sickness. Dry Dock Was Sunk. r M1anila dispatch says th' exam- s ion of the t-nited States dry dock -ey has strength-'ed the belief hose of thc' navy who .have held s the damage was done deliberate- a y conspirators against the gov- a nent. Cotton Acreage Reduced. tl eports from the various cotton tl ucing states indicate that the al age this year will be from 2 to d' '?c--t he than that of last., el LAST HOPE GONE INK FRANKLIN LOSES HIS CASE JE AND WILL HANG. he United States Supreme Court Ne Has No Jurisdketion in the Case and Dhimisses It. Pink Franklin. the South Carolina egro. whose conviction for the mur- Ja er of Special Constable Valentine ki b ~oh .d to an attack on the so-called la- a or contract laws of the South. Ia rill suffer the death penalty, ac- ne ording to the decision Tuesday of MA he supreme court of the United be tates. at It was claimed by Franklin that th he constable came to his home at to kight and entered without announc- w ng himself as an officer of the law. or t was while in Franklin's cabin that er alentine was mortally wounded by L shoL sc Former Attorney General Bona- w narte became interested in the case tnd after the negro lawyers for the I, .ondemned man -had appealed the B :ase to the supreme court of the V! Lnited States. Mr. Bonaparte filed a )rief in Franklin's behalf. He con- h ended that Franklin had a right to resist arrest, which was sought to be trade on a warrant 'ssued under an unconstitutional law. This law was the so-called "labor ILI contract law." which provided that 0 agricultural laborers under contract1 to work were guilty of misdemeanors if they break their contracts after re- i celving wa;es in advance. Mr. Bona parte denounced this law as an at tempt to reduce the negroes of the South to captivity. Justice Day, in announcing the de cision said the court could inquire only into federal questions. He said the question of resistance of arrest under an unconstitutional law was not raised in time in the State court. Mr. Bonaparte's connection with the case was confined to the filing of a brief for the defense. Soon after his brief was filed, the two negro lawyers for Franklin announced that Mr. Bonaparte was not of counsel in the case. Jacob Moorer. one of Franklin's lawyers. said that Mr. Bonaparte had been employed by rich negroes in Philadelphia. without any knowledge of the two who had taken the case up to the supreme court of the Unit ed States. 3WEETS DEATH ON TRACK. Two Young Men Run Over and Kill ed by a Train. Shuford Abernethy was inotantly killed and Robert Hodges perhaps fatally injured by westbound through freight No. 75 at Bridgewater. N. C.. j Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Twoj trains, 72 and 75. wer'e to pass at Bridgewater. Abernotny and Hodges were walking along the sidetrack.j keeping out of the way of train No.|t 72 on the main line, and evidentlyj did not see train 75 as it. rushed up-| on them. Abernethy was frightfully j man.uled and was doubtless killed in-| stantly. One of Hodges' feet wasr cut off and he Is otherwise seriously| injured, but there is a fighting chance| for his recovery. LAVGHIN'.'| Sing us something full of laughter: Tune your harp and twang the strings Till your glad voice chirping after. Mates the song the robin sings: Loose your lips and let them flutter Like the win7,s of wanton birds Though they nr.ught but laughter ut ter, i Laugh, and we'll. not mIss the :words.| Sing in ringing tones that mingle In a melody :hat flings Joyous echoes in a jingle Sweeter than the minstrel sings: Sing of winter, spring or summer, Clang of war or low of herds: Trill of cricket, roll of drummer Laugh and we'll actL miss the 1 words.s Like the lisping' laughter glans'ng. From the meadow brooks and springs. Or the river's ripples dancing To the tune the current sings. Sing of now, and the hereafter; Let your glad song. like the birds, Overflow with limpid laughter- ~ Laugh and we'll not miss the w ords. -James Whitcomb Riley.r Must Keep Step. Towns are like individuals, they must keep up with the progress of a the times, or they will soon be for- y goten and passed by as old foggies. , There was a time when rushlighta si and tallow dips were the only kind , af lights available for private and public uses. But the day of the rushlights and tallow dips is gone. and any individual or town that w~ould adopt such a mode of light ng when oil, gas or electricity aret at hand would be considered ante- ai illuvian. But what is not done ins he mnatter of lightning is too oftenh lone in other things. That Is to say. ci .here is frenuently a lack .of public spiit which prevent the Introduction nd une of many things that would 'mbellish a town, make it more at ractive and draw people and trad'. " >eople laugh at the idea of tallow ti lips. but are content to endure W 'hetched sidewalks. abdominable. oad ways, and unsightly spots that~h etract from the b' auty ani conven- I of ance of a place and therefore inter- ti c-re with its prospter~ty. In theme hings many people are content to ve a; their fathers did. forgettine bat if their fathers. were new living P~ Miy would have too much pride and TI ublic spirit to hve' as their de "ndants do. We are glad to say sat our little citm' is up-to-date and rre-sive. and the same may be e aid of the other towns nearby. The war against consumption iould have the sympathetic co-oper- Bu :ion of everyone. That co-operation ay be effectively given by close at- Yo anon to sanitation. Foul air is se of the most prolific causes of me disease. yet how many people ere are who seem to dread pure j to r. They sleep with the windows and uom of their rooma hermatically ILlEDT O0 EN F &LOUSY PROBABLY CAUSES A DOUBLE MURDER. gro Man in Jealous Rage Shoots Down Two Negro Women in a Field. Evidently in a jealous fit of rage. mes Robinson shot and instantly led Willie Brown, about 35 years$ 1. and her mother. Fannie Brown. the parties being negroes, rn the ids of the McNamee Kaolin works. ar Bath. in Aiken county. Tuesday arning about eight o'clock. 'The only eye-witness was a little y. From evidence given by him the coroner's inquest, it seems of at the two women were hoeing cot- Cu n In a little patch near their home. ien Robinson w'Ls zeen to come out the woods nei.rby with a riffle in Y( te hand and a satchel In the oi.h- 15 sp Seeing that he was mad about mething, the woman asked him hat was the matter. Saying, with al i oath. "don't ask me what's the ly atter," he raised his gun to the E, rel of his waist and shot 1'illie P rown, the dughter. the bullet en ring the right side of her body c ist above the waist and lodging in' H !r body. H( Running off ten or twelve feet. hm obinson turned and shot twice at ie mother, both shots taking effect. s Do in the back and coming out irough her right breast. and the w ther entering at the thigh and com- es tg out behind. Turning then, he e ed to the woods. were he met Caro. t ne Jeter. colored, who asked him C hat he had been shooting at. Giv ig an evasive reply, he continued P is Right and has not as yet been t masht. The coroner held an Inquest over.0 he two bodies Tuesday afternoon. a ut from the testimony nothing was t athered as to the cause of the shoot- t 3g. although from outside sources 0 is learned that Robinson and the c ounger woman had been living in F rtimate terms for some time, and s8 e must have heard some reports g hat aroused his jealousy, causing im to commit the double homicide. le has been employed in the South rn Railway yards at Augusta. Ga.. or the past two years. making oc- t asional visits to his former home n Bath. The coroner's verdict laid he crime at his feet. STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE. Vas Member of Junior Class and a s C a Bright Young Man. t Alfred Evelyn Clayton MacRae. a nember of the junior class in the C iniversity, a son of the late S. H. oiacRae. of Fayetteville. and a vorand on of the late Judge James C. Mac 1a-. committed suicide Friday be ween 12.30 and 12.45 at the home >f G. E. Donnel. Chapel Hill, N. C.. ry taking potassium cyanide. The ause of the act Is not known. Going to an uppe.r room at Mr. J)onnel's. where he was accustomed o spending much of his time with I. V. P. Vreeland. a friend, Mr. Mac-I lae took the fatal dose. He was iscovered a few minutes later by dn. Donnel w.ho was attracted to the -oom by heavy breathing. Doctors ere sum mone4 at once, but to no trail. Mr. MacRae seemed cheerful the ight preceeding his death and up o within a few minutes of the deed. le even talked freely of his plans or the coming year. He was a iright student and well known on he~ campus. His death will be a ~reat sorrow to his many friends. . Getting W.~orse. t .Y' w Jersey has 70).000 L.egroesI rithout reli~gion. said Rev. rusty,E unday, in an address to i' -con erence of colored Presbyter~- a pas- ~ ors at Patterson. N. J. He went in to say that crime and vice was on he increase among the negroes. Removed from Office. 'Horace T. Jones. of Portland. Ore., d peial agent for the land office,. has t: een indefinitely suspended from ervice by the order of Secretary of e he Interior Balllnger. Jones was a n ritness against Ballinger and in sup- I1 ort of the charges made by Louis t. L Glavis. * ti - ca Duncan In the Race. t John T. Duncan. editor of the Re- t orter. Columbia. S. C.. is the latest a uhernatorial entry.. He announced' aturday that he would be in the a~ce.* Dlestructive Tornado. i Many houses in the village of tI uthrie. W. Va.. were destroyed by " tornado which passed up the Elk T alley Monday afternoon. Several " ersons were injured and much live t ock killed. The coal and coke rail- a ay was a heavy sufferer. Robbed of Her Goelins.s A gander pre-empted the first gos : hatched by a hen owned by Vic sr P. Witter. of Maunch Chunk, Pa. id when she went to coax the young-. e back a Wyandotte rooster stolem er nest and finished hatching the :s. The hen becam- disgusted and th t the place. Co Braved Bees Rashly. o While robbing a bee hiv-> that had an en made in the coping of the Bap- m< it church. at Johnson. Mr. Parish et is so badly stung as to require the vii rvic.s of two physicians to relieve nel m of the pain. About 75 pounds est honey was found, an accumula in of three years or more. pre sus A Hint to the Heartless. sui "The lamp-post and the common sat ple."-Senator Cummings. cy. e poor may starve..you do notp< mind. ipla It troubles not your pamp.'redop sleep. an< t you may wake some day to find the That rope is cheap. pre ur money moves the lawyer's jaw, wr< [t buys th~e secoundrels of our land: sta t thourh you overthrow the law. got )ur lamp-post stand. cosa u men whom lust of power con trols... iou m-n who rise on human gra wreeks: lea u have no hearts, you have nio sol, souls, in ut you have necks. the AMOUS FLIGHT in ef0ie fm uAim3y to New Yrk city by Ctiss. IREAKS ALL RECORDS e American With His Little Ma Nhine Startles World by Flying From Albany to New York in Rec ord-Breakrng Tne.-Will Revolu tionize All Warfare. The whole world is still talking the remr-rkable flight of Glen. H4. rtiss, the American aviator, who it Sunday flew from Albany to New irk city. a distance of 137 miles, in 2 minutes, creating a long distance eed record that has astounded not ly those interested in heavier than machines but the public general as well. The distance Curtis tveled is not so grea. as that of Lulhan's recent flight frem Man ester to London. in England. but e speed he made was remarkabie. e averaged a trifle over 54 miles an our. greater than that of the fast t trains in the country over the me distance . Mr. Curtiss wears the laurels he on by this famous flight very mod tly. declaring that it was the ma dlne, not the aeronaut, that made te trip possible. He also makes it ear that .he believes that still great - feats In flying will be accom ished, and these in a not far dis Lnt future. The-aeronaut began his flight from te New York state capital at Albany just 7.03 a. m. Sunday and only ro stops were made before the lit e biplane glided to its resting place m Governor's island, in New York ty. The first stop was made at oughkeepsie, where an .hour was pens by Curtiss going over his en Ine and refilling his oil and gasoline Lnks. The second stop was made at In rood, where he made his official inding. From Inwood he proceeded > Governor's Island. where he ended is flight. Between Albany and In 'ood the biblane. which is the small st that ever figured In the greater viation contests. made an average peed of 54.06 miles an hour. -For minutes at a time Curtiss kimmed through the air at a speed f 60 miles an hour and the special rain which was following the tht ras hard put to it to keep abreast f the machine. In fact on several ccasions it was left a mile or two ehind. There were tim-s during the ight w-hen the machine soared close o 700 feet above the winding river. Curtiss' control of machine was emarkable. Only one., and then off he treacherous Storm King. near V7est Point. did the biplane get from nder the control of the aviator. 'aught in a sudden puff of wind. rhich tilted the planes, it dropped ke a plumrmet for a short distance, uut Curtiss. by skillful handling of avers. quickly brought the machine o a state of flying equilibrium. The feat of the daring American eronaut. In addition to, winnng for im the fame It did, enriched him a the extent of' 310.000. the cash rize offered by a New York news aper to the first machine that made he Albany-New York trip. In speakinzg of the things that will e revolutionized by airships. Cur Ias declared that all the treat bat es of the future will be fought in tie air. "I have demonstrated that Is easy to fly over cities and for fications." he said. "and when it possible to do this It is a very asy matter to drop dynamite or icric acid down on them. A few irships could drop enough explo Ives down on West Point or New ork city to destroy it in a very bort time. Wh~y even in the little iplane In which I sailed down the [udson I can carry 200 pounds of ynomite. Just think of the destruc on this amount would accomplish. "What could armies of the bray st men do under a shower of dynia alte dropped from airships travel ig, say 100 miles an hour. And te time is not far distant when ils fearful speed will be easily ac ->mplished. So I think I am jus fled in saying that the battles of ie future will all be fought in the Standing for Decency. That a way of effectively stopping te presentation of immoral plays evident fr'om the success attending ie action recently taken by the ayors of New York and ot.her cities. n an alarming extent in late years anagers of theatres have pandered the low and sensual side of life. d society has suffered In its morals a consequence. That the drama n b.: made and is made uplifting in far as clean and wholesome plays 'e presented Is certain. But is is not creditable. either to my goers and playwrights. that plays a salacious and often grossly- im-' nral character seem to b-~ the most pular and therefore the most re unerative. But something higher an the financial success of theatre ztagers and dramatists is to be nsidered, and that is the morals society. The welfare of young d impressionable people is of far >re account than th-- swollen pock books of people who fatten on e. or the ephemaral popularity of 'resses who have parted with mod y and virtue. Therefore the successful efforts to 'vent the production of plays of :gestive titles and of still more ~gestive matter gives unbounded :sfaction to every lov'er of d--en There has been a dec-ided im ~vems-nt in the character of the ys that have appeared at our ~ra housa during the past season, I we are glad to say that all of high class p!ays that have been se::ted here proved financial suc ~tched sidewalks, abominable nd for decency, and pat-onize the d plays, and no other Rind will 2e here. 7he time is at hand when the duat--s from our Institutions of -ning will find no difliculty in -i.ng those great problems which every sphere of life have baffled wi.sdom of statesmen and philoso tis.