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VOL. XXV MANNING. S. C. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1( NO.17 AWFUL CRIME Mack BRte riaigy AmeIIs a W Lady ins ubia. THE FIEM WAS CAUGE And Wa Taken to the I'enitentiaa After Geing Identitled b Hi' V tim, Who i% SenleAouy III From t Terrile Ordeal Thr-ugh Whi The Record says wha: wa% perha the most revolting of all crimes th have ever been committed in Colux bia criminal annuls occurred Tuw day afternoon in the northwestel section of the city. A n-cro. arm4 with a pistol. compelled the wife a a well-known paper hinger and pazz er to yield to his fiendish design The lady was in a precarious cond tion Tuesdav -ight. but Wednt-.d; morning her condition was reporte to be somewhat improved. No ox but her husband and an intima friend are allowed to be a: her aid by the advice of the attending phys clan. She is completely prostrate The home of the husband and wi: is on Lincoln street weteen Ein wood avenue and Lumber street In the family beside% the husbazn and wife are two pretty childrei Tuesday afternoon at about .2: o'clock the woman had just told visitor goodbye and had returned I the resr of the house to resume he domestic duties- A negro wba she had never seen be.fore appeare at the front door explaining that b had brought a letter from her fat ter. "From my father?" she e I ..gerg very much surprise at the negro's remarks. "what d yon mean>' "He's what I mean. the negro said diawing the pisto The circumstancs of the attaC on the woman are too revolting fo publication. When :he negro lel the house she sent one of her chi dren to a neighbor's. askling for in: mediate assistance. M-akiag her wa to a telephone she summoned tb employer of her husband. The neigh bors informed Policeman M4ilett! who was on his beat in the nei:hboi bood. and he soon learned the fact of the ease and started in pursuit * the negro who is about 2 years o age. Before the criminal assault too, place word was received from nort] Lincoln street that a negro arme4 with a pistol was threatening t< shoot a number of persons in th< melghborhood. and the reser%-! otr eer. Policeman Hite. responded. l' followed Lincoln street to tecon' Street. where he overtook and arrest ed Bird. The negro s'emv-d surpri. ed at the arrest and demanded t know the charre against him. %Fo carrying a pistoi." replied the poic4 man. who quickly disarmed him. While waiting for the patrol wa;; on. Policeman *lett came up an recognized the neero as answerini the descrition of the man for whon he was searching. The ottlies :004 the negro to the home of the woman and she in the presence of the om rer and a neighbor ,vgd without np parent ha'sitation. -Yes..s that's th man." The pistol which had bee: taken fronm Bird was .h'mwn her an she identified the weapon as .'-n the one that the negro had used. Fd Bird Is the full name of to' fiend. He Is a enrpenlter and claim that lit went to Columbia from O: an--burg a few weeks ago. Bir' was first taken to police headquar ters' and formally plaiced under a: rest. Fearing lest prblic indignatiO1 would assert iteif in a mob spirt the police had the negro remiov' to the penitentiary a short time at terwar'ds. An automobile with ib prisoner and the omceers quietly let police headquarters~ and a few mit utes afterwards he had been place behind th'e w~ils of the penitentiarF and before the news of the horribi crime had becomne generally knowr ltird denies that he is the negr who attacked the wenman. ad--aVOr in to establish an alibi. claimin; that he had been huntini it o Pete. another negro. on crane ct-e* Chief Cathe-.rt has obtained fro' Pete an atndavit to the efreet th: his ogly companions on the hut were negroes who resid~e in that co:T mnunity and who were found and i"1 here. John Franklin. colored. alho clain ed that Bird attempted to shoot hin said be saw Rird unload a pistu ChIef C~t acart upon receiving :b information took Franktlin to it place where the pistol was al'z to hav" been reloaded, and there ' fouind 'w0 e-mpty s'hels and a car ridge. This was at the S. A. I-- turt table in the northeatsternl section< the city. The husband of the woman wi wa the victim of Bird. was not the city at the time of the atta< n his wife. Po was in Darlinirt enaed in work and Tuesday' af:e n'on a friend sent him a telegra stating that his wife was serious i.No: until his arrival at b home did he become acquamnted wi the real fac~s in the atfair. Natur: 1' he w-. t*ver much wrought up at hs angu:'h wa's touching In the e saooted Farm H~ouye. Mrs. .11a ?i .Tenning.. aged GA. 31 hr two daughtert' Mrs. R. E- Ha d n and .\liss Laura Jennings- we arretod in their fashionable hot in Cb:cago Tuesday morning. acci ed of beinl; the women automob Mirglrs wa~o robbed a r'ore of t hn'a-e near ("'rnant Point. ind .a Will Build Hospital. Thea Tertno'ssee Conference of .ith:oi:t Ep:copPai Cburch. Sou DIX WILL WIN IThe Otleek is geem for the Republ caas All AWgthe lie. SOME ACTUAL RETURNS Frem the egin(iig *IWter eIn* Oui I Ia Nel Yeark by the tepublican r Lraileet Give Then the 'old Shiv .r-Am..ing Story of a Republi-1 can (ngre--mamn and HiL Speeche. n2 Tb Washingion corre-zpoad'-nt ot ,r The Stat" -ayx Madame Rutor- 4 o who i- cousin to Dame Truth :.-r culat.ng an interesting report Von 1- c-rning somle of the Zappebning around the headquarteru of the te Y, PuWbcau congressional campaign committe-* in Washington. It is well known that ':.;u Demo - cratic campain-n text-book this ye.ir - coutaius sonie able spveches inade t. t Republican members of cougrrs du t ring tho sast seson of congre.s and - during the tariff extra beaslon of las: " vear. The committee having in charge the compilation of the book decidec d that it would be good politics to - condemn the Republican party out o of Its members-own mouths. and A hence the Republican speeches in the d Democratic book. t - These Republican speeches. by the t way. are fled w'ith some good Demo cratic ddetrine. which ha.s taken pos a session of a wing of the Republicans b becau.e they recognize that the peo ple were leaning toward the Democ racy. t -lut the :nteresting report that 0 a Madame Rumor is circulating. mtak-'r h ing the Democrats chuckle over it. is q that certain Reptblican members of D congress. in their efforts to oecure e reelection, have sent out. in bulk. large numbers of their speeches to sl t be distributed among their constitu tents under their franks . Later on. however, it was found e th;At the constitutentz In some cases were beginning to lean so strongly 5 - in tb direction opposite that sup - xrted in the speeches that the mom . r in u ion tot '>usy ard sent .v I neages directing their clerks ::,t to .end olu th sp40 eches. .t rh.- , wee e to help the ut1er f. low' Sa far there has neen no defini!- se confirnaetion of the rumors, a.-:s :0 wot.ld L- disastrous to the Republi cans if :.y ner to let Nuch a :hin get out. and eve-ry effort is wade tr - p:event its confrmation. 1: ;s also poivel staed that the runor 'a not true: but the Dem-locratic: chuck, i ling goes or just the sam.-. - But -.om. of the *r.-*urn<.' or re pie wrnt oy RepublIcans in New York to the 3ppeal of th. czmpaig .committee for f':nda have act1.a.:y I fallen ir.n the hands of the'lDemo- - Scrata and beeni made public. On.e o. I the speechecs is that of Char-s C. SCowan of New York. Hie wrote the11 chaiman of the Rep.ublican comz-I my 'atrioti-m' ha. :>-n dulyr celved and re:,d. I: 'ibhe Rpublican - arty of New Yorkt lnsists on the- at-, ii solute honesty of piu'.lic o'the'ias.j - j h y des It piermit ::sclf to :ye boaI I .-d b~y :hat rt-nvited. all-roune1. - aker- and hypocrite. Th.-odore Roose.. - elt' If Charlesi F. Murphy and STammta::y Hall arenlmies of good ; overonme'nt the'y have neve: shown I r hemelves to be anarchits. ''No. you can't count upon my a~d .' comparison which you draw hi .tenthe r'sults that would :ollow a f c - emocratic and a R--puzbic'an hou.e' ' o rep.re-sentativ~es may be. ve'ry s.a .tying to you:r imag..ination. :t rest assured that it will be D-ncrat - ic and that Ix will be" the n.-st gw-. Sernor of New York and a D-me t the nlex? Prrsident of the 'nite: - State"'.''" i Another Republicrin. in announc I ing that he is going to vo0te tbs Ie oeraeic ticke't this~ year for the fuse -time in his life. made the fohilowfnK 'I ha've always' .en a Rpbisn Sbut I want to make this point pla:i: , - If -.\r. C~itarb-s F. .Murpb'- is re In - si'l.- for Mr. [Dix as the Dem~ocratic .* ,'.andidate for ;ovu-rnor. I am on o: - those fa ir-muinded Reublicans I'... Ing no selfish political int.-re-t to -- erve- who are willng tn give* Mr. .- Murphy credit for exa-reising as good . udgmnent in this instance as he did . rhen be picked William .1. Gaynlo. as the mayorality candidate for N-w Yor. The~r' :". :alk. now of the' org 4mza. I on of --Dix Republican cluM''" Ind -New York. anld they a il1 prob~a'ly be. organized in some localities betwe": n,1ow and November R. * ' n )1.OTIN THE STOR'l. WrI"Ieck' of All Ve'.se'ls Will \'or he I I~~nownt Soon. The totai shtp wreek,. in -he ra -I cen: sorm i's not erpercd to se comnplete for a week', and in pas s:o.rms o: th:,. kirnd ther.- have he a i~ lantaces where ne.,ry two onh elaps"'d ;.'?ore the 1st siuvr- a no r h.ad 'lee npick-,d up at -. and e*ar vied 0 Europe "by some passin - .eamer. teturned to give hi' n ount of *-mr ad." drosnded IThir-een drownded in ship'. n - s *he ma'' auth'ntic count at "and luciuding those reported last nignl on~ both. coat-s 'o: Florid.. aor -amte from St Augus-:n" -hst ihr-. ,: n unknnan tr'-m-:r -.' whor' a h T-'xas O:: Compana.4,ag . w> '.e' brc'e, adr:t froZ he: TALE OF GRAFT Riu.uzS.tY El'ziIENt' OF; t' ut .0 ke TIOQN UN HIGH PIA(1-S. .t-wistant *ltrct Attoerney ltevea .Ateged (raniehi4ta of Uribry it-.ent..ive Otto G. Fo.:lk 1he :uan who was carried from t ';.ck bed in:o th- N.-w York sena bc chamber io cast the dcidinz rot.- . the- anti-racing bills urped by Ga Hughes. took the stand as i. swo: witness. and told :he Merrit joint L* tlative committe-e the details of At alleged attempt in -." by3- Foru u State Senator Frank .1. (ardner. w! is now under arrest. to buy hi., vot !J lrie-fly it told of a dinner at D% D monico's of phominen: tueu friend - :o the race track. of $-.t".o0t' % ;crbeed to a corruption fund. of ti ;istribution of this fund to polft - ians and w-L knowa pr.-s corre d -sondents of the New York news-P pers- 3t Albany and of the seer zrievance of the late Pa.rick McCa ren who worked for the bill again 'i. own wishes and his own ass< iates. -In the month of March." testifie Ur. E*lder. "I sent for Gardne; brough his lawyer. who wanted t (now what for. I told him for I aersonal chat, and shortly afterwar :;ardner came to my private office I told hita I wanted to know abot he efforts made at Albany 'o do rea the race track bills. I tol. ha hat I had indictments against fe -ain men and that his 1nfo.rmatio uight help. "Finally Gardner said. 'I 4on aind telling you that there was neeting at De!monico's at whic noney was s-uscribed.' He mentiol -d the names of several men wh *ere there including members of th \ XIetropolitan Turf association an .he book-makers. He said tha among the men there that I remem ser were James R. Keene. Dtvid Mit -hell. Mr. Parsons. Harry Payn . Nhitney and Charles H. Hyde." Charles H. Hyde is now chambr ain of New York City and sorm .1y a law.partner of May-or Ga.nol !- anes R. Keene is the well know1 -acing ma n and mil*oniaix- sto.c I narket operator. ".1r. Par.-ns was not further identiflh-d. "ie IGardne-rt." continue-d MIr .Ider. "s*aid there ias a disput bout who should handle the wone' 1.inally he said $12-..00o w;.b gre o James Gagncy to take c:.-re o . ree or four members of the 'egt r ture--Tammany men.'* he said. James Gaffney is presiden: of tb affn-ty Construction company. whaicl as handled many municipal con racts. ". asked him the total amoun ef this fund.' the witness resu~med and he .aid. 'Oh. co'ssiderab-.' od him that I heard that it w-.e <3'e.*00. lHe said that if I hat tuessed $:'-..000O 1 would havse bee: earer th.. mark. "Of this sum he aid. Se-tat rady got only SiQ.e00 tend I mir magin.- what the- othe-rs got. "Ser~ator McCarren. he %Jstd. we ngry bec-atis- he did not have th adngof :h.- fund and '-eause : range nm..n was goin'g up th-e et~n: to ge away with such : ropositionl. Hie attribut.-d the -a age of the stil to McCarren's dis leasure. Mc-Carren was secretly avor of the bill. be said, and wantes o be revenged because he had no -.een consulted.'' Thena came mention of :he pre.o He (Gardner).' res-umerd Mn. Eldie said the newspaper men we-re libr l17 taken care of out of the fund. \ske-d the names of the- metn. M: :lderi said: --l recall a man namned .toe Me -nte-e of The~ Sun got S'..000: tha ~atrick Relihana of The Press .to 300: that Louis Seabiold of Th Vord got $Z(.000: Ge.orge Jand;: , the Brooklyn Citizen. $'..r.t0. aa, irrelI of the Brooklyn Fagb-. $3. le' said The Times mani of lUrookt. .Gorg,- Tirretl. ,.ecretary to Ctvmp oler Pr.-d,-nast anzd unttl Ja'n..: Albanyr corre->pondenft of th.- Birook. -n Eagle. to-ok th.- stani anid ted ed that Gardne-r had offer- d hisa :1&0), at Albany anid he had d.-cl.r Littl.- laght wm. thrown on ta tart takenf at Albany by Mr. lly. He (Gardneri." s::id Mnr. Elde old me he went to Albany wi' tde beas Hyde did not kno he ways of Albany anid how to : roach people. " He said Hyde had s--.ured he meeting at l~eimonos-'at or W. am Engernr~an who had faile-d jay, and rhat Hyde had pt: in .11 for p--rsona! es.ens.-- to rei.a u rse himself. l-' said h. nad .. ppoitent with Hyde by which was to be pai-l for doing th-- work \-bny, but tha: Hyde did no- p. him and that it was necessary i S h,!m to take $1.- on- of t mount he dId get elseee I: nae goo'd on wo a ppoint menlti. S i b "Sn of this he said w--nt to th. pre *- entV of the senaie." A The ai:ness' was reminded that i a-hen president of the senate. Lew t.rrvesean- Chater, had vae -h. t-il. '' id 'ou unadere? aid ?'a d -a leader and p: iden' Pro 'r; - the son-te'~ ateed '-ounset. re "I so unders and.' 'ald the Tried to Stop Train. The .\u:::? thronicle was s 14 t rn inana who =a- 'akia a'ot? -r.3k and sa the -w ran ectn ecc ether tried$ to pro've -e coli:--ion :'-ar McCor:'k l b ISunday evening b-y signn one Sthe trains. but the dark.es~ preve: WOFFORD COLLEGE FeitNis~I)As.Y 4kHlli'E:- WITH F:TTING Eses-s lr. Snyderr Annusanae- That 5:0.4N4MJ -Ha. lken Given for Ere atso Carlisl- Nle-neerial Hall. AN .%pecial di.parcth to th.- State -.ays l founder's da%1 vnrmmmr.ating te 13th niv r..ery of i:e birth of enjain Wo'ord. wa.% ob.,erve-d az Wofford cole~E today. Tb ,:u dents were ;i:ven a holiday and in th.. ..v.-nin;; ex.-reises wtre held In .the- ollege chapel. tie principas iees ture of which was .ani address buy tzite-d Sta:-s Senator P. 1. Smith lof the. clias of I 5s9 on -The .Mision of the- Christian cour-ge-. Dr. Henry N. ;uyder. preside-nt o 'th- college. aroused enthusias-m vy announcing that $30.((lo had b.-en ra".ed for the Carlisle. Memorial hall. a much needed dormitory. whi-h w!;Z be erected in memory of the la:e Dr.I Jami.-. H. Cai.)sie. fo ry pre.- I dent of th.. c4;zge .4; a c t of -'o. The lis.t of contributors and the amounts they have given. as annion- t c-d vy D:-. Snye.-r. !nclud- E. ,. Archer. of Spartaburg. $10.0-%. Mr L. 0. .McCtla. of Anderson. $~. Mr. Robertson.. of Anderson. $2.0to0: R. E. Caston. of Cheraw. $1.000: J. M. Jackson. of Clio. S600: L. W. d Parker. of Greenril'- $SO) . here v - s a g-lo ata. anc-. a exercises. despite the rain. Dr. Say der made the frst address. which was a review of Wofford's a! ory. lie told of its foundation in Is.:. of the difficulties it met with in the War of Secesion and of Its renewed power in the Reconstruction days. when it was practically the only in *tItntion of higher learning for wai.e ui d.-nts :::. the -- - :hie :M .. versity be-iug under rt'-e contros negroes and carpet baggers. He presented almost forgotten facts about the college's first faculty and students and the curriculum in the early days. When the war broke out. he said the 79 students volun teered to a man. but the governo wisely would not accept the services f all. Forty entered the Confederate service. however. and one-fourth of them died on the field of battle. VERY SENSATIONAL CASE. Dlcmwtw (nsiairte"l of Foi-oning Hi. Patient. A %try sensat:onal trial has jizat -aen conclnde-d a: Swain.-oro. G.. Atter be-ing on:: all night tne jury nth.-es- o' Dr. W. 1. .McNau:h ,on. ch;.r;rcd a ith pra.soning Fr-J Fl.nders wi~ th nmurd.-ro:. in- .A June. r.-lurn-4d a v--rdiet-* 0. =1u3'. .idze ibetsenten-ed .l~uh .on to hanc Dg-:embe-r q Couns.' .. r e dete-natit fil--d ae motio~n fo' .a ne--w tri:.l 1: w-ill b.. heard in Co e.rt '.ignred aen or-d.-r stay iny tb.- era.: tio.(n pe.ndin;; the dispoitioni of :h Ts a-- has att:red widetspread tie-nt.on throughaut that setiton of h e state-. Flander.' wife aas indict -d jointly with .McNaughton on the th.-ory th at she and the doctor tonl -.ired to kill h.-r uan)fd so they c oul'd marry each other and enjoy Flande-rs' prop--rty. Th- wife, has not be-en tri.-d. he-r case- having he-en severed. -The- fact that Flanders had he-n murdered almost t-scape-d the notice ofthe authorities in Emnanuel coun :y. Flande-rs hadl been buriedl refer a! days whenf the conduct of .:c Naughton and Mirs. Flianders arou~se!d he suspicion of p.-ople amt Swainsbo ro anid ..arted an ince-stigation which res-ulted in a post morte-m and bring~ing o: the murda'r charg.. The trial of Mrs. F-lan--ra w-a .-ontiny'-nt Upoti the vardict .c' Dr. .M-Nanghton- as he-r part in the t-ne is alleged to have- beean tha: of Ian accessory. lHer tri..! has. not be-en 4 lRRESTTl) ON 51ERIOUSCHG. B:hr:E rice. of C-olumbia. Accu i'd of Em:zbe-,.lemntua. .\r Riobert E. Price. manager si hew Columbija Grain~ and Provisijon om)*anyV. No II15 W.-st Gerta' St.. as arre-sl.-d hy .Magistrate Jas. H1. Fowles. Jr.. .'n Wednes.day mrnn.. -at his honse-. NA. 2'15 East Gearv.sis sXtet. Columaia. uipon a warr.a... sworn out by Mr7. ftuuyan Rt. C-.on-.I rrorito of th Gr:-!n and Provi e Comnpany. charzing "are-ach ot :rust 'a with fraudulent tent.' d ,mountrt o: "a!.proximately 51 . - .:". i n 4Comits Suicidle. d Hi m aindl perhapas impaired4 Yi * tc- lon :liness. a;-orge 'C Kl.cki.- --s. . 'l -amr Anm:tted suicidle '-arly F:: - a i hom--' :nr .xinttore cou:nty v. it.i::: him--!: thrrugh I. I-ti. He-ad', Ticket. - a m'-8.:u; A ?he' c-omm;:t ea or - 'our a;o'. :- n-.-s teas,.rl*Of Le r w.-.k~ the .arnm's of Hi..nm!:: and "a'.>y ar ihdInrawn and F--M w.--.a1.nir. F-'and! lprad ian street-. s- an ::1or'd a ahotal aout 1 m ~ aa'.g Wednes?..y n nn as Mar Iuffe-r,- a %traike. THEY ARE SAFE Crew of the Steamer Trent Gives A Facts of the Rescue of ELLMAN AND HIS CREV JAindet in New% Vok With tbi;i Urui--ed Hand. Walter WeIlujai Dcclase. He Will Again Atteinp to Croft Atlantic When Gawoli< Arranaen-ent Can Ito Perfected. Walter W'ell:en ;and his party o ive we-r.- ;ande-d at New York Wed nesday a:te-rnoon. by the attam Trent. wh h pick-d !be-m uj at . after :he-y bad a:>andone-d 'heir dir igible balloon Amuerica and fAiled i: the first attempt e-ver made tw cros the Atlantic through the air. - bru!'w-d r-:ht hand whiea We ilm..:: ;arr:e.d in a i!!ng wS the oU !y hY) ical injury that resulted from thei: long voyage of approximately Se' miles% and a rVtesu the- life of whici t; unknown in all history. It was the Morse lamip. winkir ts message through the darkne.-.s thr. just proceeded the dawn of Tuesday morning and not the wireless tha4 first attracted the attention of those aboard the Royal -Vail att-ame.- Trnt to the distressed airship. Stanley Angel. an ordinary seaman yof s yea:s. and George Sangster. an ale seaman. bad the early rorning watch. Angel saw ahead of him. lh no in the northeast. a faint igh. *At irst." aid the Ooy ;z arr..ting his experieuce. "I though: Il-i'h- morninz .!.r A'-% -ae t-o w aint e-d lights :--a--d 1L white one. and next made ot a lark blur against the sky. The white ight kept a-winking and I knew that t WaS 3 signal and reported it to . J. Fitgerald. the fourth odicer :,a .harge of the watch. *Fitzgerald notified W. H. Lani ion. the chief omce r By this time he outline of the airship had teen nade out against the moonlight sky nd Lanison called Capt. Down out )I his berth. -e-I-p the white light A the Ame-rica was signalling to he teamer. "Whe-n I ca--- on deck. si -*apt. Diown. "tho . Rrhi a., p):anly Iis. in the light of the ful' nexaa ;he looked enormoua. han:inz low in be- northe.ast and ei--. at hand. In eply to orr -ign:tls ah told us h--r .,me and th..t she was in dijtre.: nd asked us to stand by." Then tte wireless v a called in:u e.and bo-rneen Luuis ..Gn . prator on the Trent. -.nd Jack ik. rin. The- operator in -he i;ft to.s uspended be-low the gaso. cham=ber of be Aie-rica. paw.aed a seri-.s of m-. age-' .that will atand in history : ie irs: rireless comnmunication '. ae-e-n A .;hip at sea .en-i a ship ini ".it this time-." a-eid Capt. [Down. s the Tr.-nt. "we we-re in s.pe-king iotance of the America. She was ,uly 12 zeet above our fo~e-:a~s andi noving aebout 1:: knots an hour. W. tept benalb her with ditticuhy. .: ihe 5wung to and fro in :he~ air ear ets. and someitimers w e we-retre a go full -speed aste-rn a'. not to ose hecr. "Then." -aid Capt. Down. "thle rew of the :irship began trailing -ire ropes. Liatlson. our chief otti -er. ganaed one and ht-ld unti thle kin was rubbed off his hands and ne ~s lifted. fromt his fes-: and nearly iragg-d ove'rboard. Aft~r half an tour of this we de-cided that this netod of resce'. was hopelessa and nuch to risky. So Welnman asiked ip to k.-ep clcoe.e whil-- he and i. I.w -t down theijr life-boat. *aving hat he trus:.ed to us to ,*ek the-n --We got tw o bo.it'. re-ad.1 .nd ff-t :o-d! me.n along the 5id.-- with life mfoys I .ignalled '-et' go. aind Vemain Iowepred his airship until tfeoat s--'ended utndernean :a. ithiin .ix feet of the w-ter. T.9 tall-r conspo-sed of* -nks o: ;gas' ine- and w--irhing :hirt-i hundred rech. .,e the greaie.,t d.anger. and fe-r :he boait wa' 1launch-d tbi, trk b--r an'd e.ov-- a oi.:- n - id- abeout six inche-. in diametter. iut aIloe the waeter line "When Wellmian dro~pp--d hi, ':f .oat it s.truck the ,A* broadside. :>u: cticlyl righted i ~eifl. It u.'en fusi .-ped ab.-ad and we had consider3ab linjiculty i. piekir.; ':p the 'oaa \r V.lla-n injured his h:.n! in tren: o eaeh at piecet of one0 ot rO, -The les: - .aw of t'e a:er'hip s. ta'. ::t.-e-n or so mi.4-- aw*.i AU: n. e'nd in. the wit:.-r. Het va:lees had be----n ojseu.-d and she- :deuubted ly ..ank ,oon. drau..'d don n bvy he. r ..ry macehine'r'. -Weltn:.n arnd h:,. ere'.am to-ard and aft--r ateit. u-1: nd the' vers-- for the .-'p--ri-n The Trent e in i.nd 1-~i nro: .:a *ii ma in :.leasi.ure - r e in tB : u i-a athr-ove: wh:.ch e.rrenet,. .n a ac.ed t he re- I:. '7e nIle-s. -rom \tlan::c *':: -* a pn-.. Nnouhe.-.- .~. ils.:ro n2~ :h. -torm: .-:-:.: her a-'dee ,-i' hilledl in Erpin-iona. *o7ded-O r.:hr a *te --- :h ba;gin; -::d rc0:e p:4o o: THE FARERfS WIFE - 0 1-t.:4InE-:\NT IAlICETT PAV II I-:,%Ft:I II MP 14 1 P1.IIENT. In an Adnre. He Ha'. J- Mac to the .lember, .. e Farnae Unions. Vitai: o t upliftin Of ' tgrieuttur.,! int.er.-sts of Lhe -t (xi xy todAy is the cOnten:1in 0' l',* I.nt Charzles S l.arrett. in a a 2.-nt whiva h.- hap. jst iud f-u is houe at 'ion Ci''. (;:a . .and a Iressed to tho oftic-rs and memw:w >f th- Farmers- :nion. Sa)s Mr. Ptarrett: -Now atoui tbh rite of yours. I wonder i l You * hink what an indispenaA' in-ti -nee she bas twe for your own w. are in th:K world. and for :h# ze -ral advancement of the coti.try? "I dou-. it. A good nif-- we- ., oo ap. to t&Ake itke v.e do su: hine and the fert!lity of the Selds - ,s a matter of eourse. Only wh ) three are missing do we d!scov. he g.-unlue blessig "The wife of the farmer it is wc eeps hope and ambition kizdled o he hearthstone. who serves tire odies to the work of supporting tb ation. who rears up the men an be women into whose hands the de, inies of the nation are to be bandet "I sometimes think that It Is on! ithin recent years we have com > appreciate the monumental an istoric sacri~ces of these farm wc ie. It you will indulge a sligh eronality I cheerfully bear witn > the !act that whatever I have a( =mplished for the good of the bre;c mn in thls world. is dou- t 'h- ti lfishnes,. the indubtry ind t. urage of the weman whi is m: -ife and the mother of my childret "1 know that if ever my son Wall work well in the .battle for th. >mmon good. and live as I woulq ave them lIve-an example to aj en--it is because of the untirin, atchfullness and the almost increi 4e self-sacrifice of their mother. "I talk thus, that you may lool bout you in your own home. and se, bat you can do to lighten the ta; r vour own wite. the mother o ,ur children. "lf all :oePs %e-i with the farn. nd out how much is di. to her pe. stent to:l and forget:fulne.s. of h. wa confo:t. If your chIldren iad in life-<consider her part n, i':r succ-ts. If you have -xperiec. d he common lt o pasin irough poverty and sickness al.. infortune - conide-r bow helen ould have been the outliook b:d - yt been for her sustaining co::ra id energy. They c~al the farmer nbe he id the su.pport of Ame'rica. It is hi ife that is the insiraion of thb >p and the bedrock of toe .,ippor' ar these fats in mind. when yoi -inclined to be a little mea~n. [1l. stingy with the' pocke-: mn--y~ -a little vaingioiousae ba you "Not all of Carnegies m'da-s 'coin I between now :end doomslay w:: ward the silent heroLism af th. trm wom.en who are humbly uplift gthe agricu)ltural life of this' co'in IW.T1NG AG;AINST ST1INON. easy O'W,. Are Placed] on the Ele tion of ir. In New York betting odds agains ol. Roosevet's andidate tar gov -nor has lenjghened. comi->sion -swith i.rge b-lo.-c of Dix mon.': ein.. unabie to place any at l0 t in the Waldor! one well knomi >misoner had $30.000'. which h< !f.erd to place to 10' to t. withou ike Thais man had previously trtes place some of his money in Wai .r.-et at these Sgnres. but wthou -st.t --Colei Rosevets catndidate ha friends with monoy.' said a mian vr of one cate where big elect-ol t are usualay made. -if ou ao'd com- her-- with~ any mo:,~ ' think it was Christmah there m nuch Dix coin. TO FLY IN CTOLUMBIA. entact si1gned for Two Flightasaiu ing (orn Expo'ition. Two Glenn H. Curtis ae'roplan aiz:.mak exhibition ftights on :w :ia:o the, South A4tlantic Stat. orni expeosition. which- is to b)e h': a o~lumnbia from Deer-mber '.th h. so. says ;. secial disptch !r-9: -olunbia. The contratct was. .igne or the aviation meetvb the (oiun Ia chaxmler of cmmerce. This wi ethe firs' aviation mieet in to Receive H. Ieavier tenteCfl. Ot of the friinag ian :nto i ire wasa :h.- litera!] experience of -Perdu.'. o:f Bar.sviile. Ga,.. Thur !av Hie had appeai.'d fron:a 3toe -'ar sen:'nce in the penitentiary. ;g newa r!al. anri t' now .sent :p t t'. mith no prospret of ge:-ns th: eed d,-e:inne rer-'d t~hlera ini London. ..s '-i cboera has reaced L.. ion. A man die'd o: *he dread~ nii *.-a in :::e Rtoya Free hospi:ta! n SretR Hill rea'i. j. Dav:d EB il. ex-Uni"'d Sta sejanr~ and former governor o: N: BRINGING IN CATTLE F s FATT.\NlN4 THEM FOR le THE sr.%Tl lg.KiR .. Thirty Car, etf leevel, Ereught i6 D~uring the- Past4 Week awld FeatyI Will (enie1 Neq-k Week. The. Sta:.- drin z ::e present w.-.-k oer 3ll 01i or -f -attk haveI b.i-rn brough-t hsS~t ot L Carolina farme-r- Th.is. ui-an,: that i % ithin one w.---a the farmners hav. brou;hT in over !.-.tv a1nim.G. to be "att-naed for the x;.rket. The catle- have been brought to - :U.- State :ind.*r th#- direoction of tue Liited States . farm denonitration t! . omee. The government rec.nt de- 4 . Catied [r. CN .. Morg..n to Promoter I live %tocin thi. -tection of the ,;Uthj d H lie is located in the offic.- of lIa W. Willians at the ca4itol. IT h. - : l e ort. c I d f. 6 direction of the :Prm demonstr..Econ 01 work within the ne.xt week. These will be distributed o several f 21m. a Las. Sunday morning there %;. ;I npoeil cattle train of 144 cars made -A up for Aken. Of the l.0i cattle brouhgt to tyi* IM State last week 400 were for the Tay- SC lor farm. which is located near Co- V lumbia. The feeding of beef catte foilows P1 the programme as outlined by the Ld daemoastration work. There has been a reat Interest In corn production w in the. State and the farmers are in di better posit.ion to feed catte for the w market.o. There are many agencies 1n in the State workin. in the interest It of lIve stock and reports recelved by n4 -he -v.-rm! departments indicate -".,. t there .-s mon*ey in cattle fvedag. There is also a speclal agent of the Cotton Seed Crushers' Asociation bl working in the- intereat of hioe stock. 1a The extension work of Clemson cao - st lege will place a man in the field to .r interest the farmers in live stock and !> B. Harr':- of the department of agri culture iq doing work along the "ame K line as is A. G. Smith of the ofice b3 of farm dr-mon.trntion. IXW-R DEATUS AT MIAMI. a te Schoone-. Wrecked. Houses Demol iIed and Railrond Washed -p. I' w .\ ditpatch from Miami. FLa.. !..Y.- m cowumunicaion wa. estalished wilt 01 'he ontside world Thursday aiter noon ror the ris.4t time -Inve- la.s. Sundav. uhen all wiros went dowi, in the- mid.s: of the. We.t Indian F: hurricane. While storm losI. in te tn city were not rea:*. r.-ports are coum ing in of ext--nsive damag to ship pint all alon; the southe-Cst coast of Florida. It is repiort.ed that there are 3.,. washouts on the 1-2.st Coas.t Railro~ad PC bwe.'n West Palm Beacb and w Stewart. It is hard to t.l whe~n f $ Mlimi will h:ave mail and train ber. - vie.. Only four deaths in a:; hay.. >-en re-ported a., the result of the - tom which i., said to ha-.-e beeni the worst in the i.tory of the lor- fh id.: coast. J .The schoone: Harry T. Ha:ywood CU from BJoston. was wrecked off th, br reefs at Boca Ratone. and three of t the c.,-w drowned. The others we-re jtr rescue-d. Harry T. Geering, of Ghen:. a Ky.. was killerd by failin: timbers at indian Key. Scores are reported in- T ?ured when their homes were demoa- nC~ ishe~d by The terrific wind and ra.n o storm. _________ tb lLJPH.\NT CJI-sHE:s KEEP'EL. Trick Heae-t Hurt, .lan .hinst W~all andl Tazunapie.' 'en Himn hi Que.a :ri4k elep.haent, becamei keeAper. who 1:i. to shaeckie hetr j n he~r winte~r quarter:-' in J.-sey Cis. Thrsa .and ct: u.hed himt t.. dea-.h. Sh.*-se-ized him :around te. *a: pC wicth hier trunk. Ra:u:.i.d him: .;a.4 . the wa:!. th; .-we h:m to th.- tio..a ; c, ee. r.... .~ (Caughtg .ase~r Losa. tusje.'. .r:er a loen;: chia-e by detec.ti'.-o 1t:-om Scranenf. Pa.. to Orkney. N- t Z.a!:and. .and '.acke to this co.:nt-. John: Majo- w.'as arr--.T--d tat.- on of 56.*''.. He admi-t.'d his Ie-nty. lo.::n :,.k.-cr' .and shigpng ant. - -l- .e.i:! 5.- taeken - Ser-.n-',n * -harle-st"on Ranl (.leaanshia. -*.-nth cetur cena w.-re made ov.'in.g.:.idui.. %he Deseri'm Help. a; n~ ' or I).' id'onl. of Mk a n I r-. I :.-: rra M'. lar T eachei I- ataill'. w-atahbel. HEAVY TOLLS 1=W d & & k rh HhatSwe Cuba and Sesthern Herida. ORY FW LIVES LOST a the Property Has. Been [EMmaied .to Untold 14gree.--Storn Woe Than La?. Year\.-Orange Crup EImntamul Twenty Per Ceat.--Crew of 4loup Nabob Perish. With telegraphic commucation etween that -ection of Florida and i- outside world established Thura isy. says a Tampa dispatch. a recapi ilation show- a devastatiou of hun sd of thousands of dollars in rie ake of the West Indian storm. that vept acrose the peninsula Tutsday. he toll of lire. so f.ir reported. 13 mited to six seaDen. who Are sub :we-d #to hauve perinn.ed when-t vesseiss % which the:: were quartered broke ,om their moorings at Maaquesas i4 were driven out to s-a. Wire. communication with points octh of Tampa has not yet been es bflshed. but dispa:ches brought by all indicates tha: the storm passed uth of Trzmpa. devastating orange ,ores. levelling frame houses and Ang much damage to small ship nc In many passe along the Flor a inland waterways. So far reported Key West was the nrst sufferer. Despite the optimistic spatches sent out by wireless in hich the damage there was mn uized. passengers coming In on the eamship Olivette Thursday after eon report the general damage to e- Island city :?ter thn that of year ago. The electric light plaat as wrecked. the wireless station own down. half a dozen of the rgest cigar factories, which with Dod the blow a year ago. are in J"s.' sith half a hundred other iding damaged. Reports of the severe damage at y West were conSrmed at Tampa the exhibition of photographs. owing that houses had been moved ,m their foundations and carried distance of several blocks. Some these were deposited without ma rial damage to the buildings them hes. Six of the lives reported lost ter seamen on the sloop Xabob. iich slipped its moorings Tuesday yrnin; ad was washed out to seA. to of these was a white man. the ber five being n-groes. Two other e. are reported lost on the East ast Railway extension. The American steamer Herman azch. wwich h3s been the source of ach in'terest. i6 ashore in three thoms of water at Crocker's Reef. ere are no tugs available with &kb to send relief to the resset. Tbe steamer Florida. about whico ere has' oeen much concern. is -e ted safe. She has a barge in tow ich is leaking badly. Many other -ng resseLs. seeming in distress. '*' been reported. but it will be :retal days before a li.t of the miss ; s obtainable. News~ is brought from Key West. s present Sjouthern terminus of " Florida East Coast Ra3lway, is tire ly cut off by washouts and iaks into the cement roadbed. and at it will be two weeks~ before the iins will be running between .iami d that point. Belated reports are coming in im a:? nearby towns. but so far ne of them have re;ported any loss life. The most serious damage in is section is to the orange crop. ich General Manager Temple, of e Citrus Excha.nge. says will not be er per cent. During the height of the storm ' sloop Nab broke loose from r moorings at Marquesas atnd was -ept to -wa Si men aboard per le-d. The. Am-rican stamne- Herman -asche is ashore in thr.-- !ahome of it.-- a: Crocer's Reef. noriheast ofC ligator light. The British steamer Inventor re rts having rescued "ix men from e schoon-r Harry T. Hleyward and :. men from the bark Huga. *oto s.-els being adrift in the Gulf. The ventor proreeded to Liverpool wita - Srescued. wa-. necessary to chop away her asts. The Norwegian steamer Fe.. aded with naval .tores from Tampa Germikay. is wr.-eked in quick xd .5t .trqu'-sas. The schoon~r viun w:.s swept to sea and loaL. ter.. was no one aboard. Tn? ho.-wr .Standard broke from her' ooringts at Margn.sas- and drifted Washouz:s .-tw.-en Tampa and ne makie it necessairy to tase ssenger- and baggag.' by boat. The stformty Election. .\t P.sin: a Pitre. Guadeloupe. s r- kill.-d and .eight.een others were ound.-d during election rots in asse Terre. the r'aptn!. in an at mpt t'o pr.-v.'n: .aileged frauds in >:ina tr mume'ipa! officers There muchi' -~---n: 'hrouzbou' the Twe-Ive flhewn. Ths tr. ih fr.-icht stee Po.-? arnock :- reportedi a-lhore of Cape :.'. Twh1'- o-- the~ crew were drown i TN- Prt Marnock sailed frota en Fore-nzo. .\r;-ntI. 'tn DE*)' :h :or Leit . Seo:!aend Rtobbedl a Saloon. emnphs. T.:nn.. -arked out wi.th 7. '-n ronbed a :n with wh-om