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v5. xVT MANNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER BREAS REORD Rice a, swanlah. MX uD 75 M!iS AN HOUR 'ung American Millionaire Estab libhes a New W Rids Record.-Ed die Hearne Seco-d ix Benz and De Palmra, Thfrd.-ut(ome of Strug gle Surprises Enthuasts. A dispatch fronm the Grand Prize 1Race Course, Sava:-uai, Ga., says flying faster thei tle biting wind which swept the f oz race course, David L. Bruce-Browi, the young American millionairea, Thursday es tablished a new wo -d'srecord for au tomobile road raccs it winning his second grand prize rae in as many years at an average seed of 74.451 miles an hour. Hi avtrage last year. over the same course Mas 70.55 milesI an hour. The supreme hor or again went to an American driver pibting a foreign car, but this year it vas an Italian nat instead of a Cernan Benz that carried the dauntless Bruce-Brown to victory. His elaPsed time Thursfay was 331 minutes ai 29 and 13-100 seconds. Bruce-Brown captired the greatest American trophy oE1y after a fierce and nerve-racking sruggle In which Eddie Hearne, drivag a Benz, was second, two nr'inues behind, at 133:33 7-100, and lalph De Palma, third at 334:40, 85- 00. No mishap invoiving life or limbmarred the run ning of what probabl: will be the last of these classic racesat Savannah. ,The exciting finist f the great con test brought thousaids of cheering spectators to their f-et, so Intense war the inerest. is he winner's red car flashed into view a mile distant from the grandstanI on the home stretch, a mighty rar of applause rent the air and inctased in volume as the racer crossed tie line In a mc'. eoric burst of speed. Of the 16 foreig- and American racing machines whch darted away at 9 o'clock Thursdar morning in the start of the gruellng 411.36-miles contest, only six finthed. All of the remainder 'were unble to undergo the tearing unduralce strain and were eliminated fro time to time by the breaking a vitd portions of the mechanism. The foreign car apparently sur passed the Amerien manufacturers as not a single one ,f the latter cross ed the tape at thefinish In a. place. On the other hand American drivers demonstrated super)rity over the for eign pilots. Th outcome of tle race was a sur prise to automoble enthusiats, as neither of the two-favorites of Wed nesday, both Frenamen, were in the running at the firsh. Victor Hem ery, the Benz drier, who was heav ily -played, was no a contender for the honors after the seventh lap. Louis Wagner, te other favorite, retired his Fiat fom the contest in the 15th turn. TROOPS fli ADLXESS. United States Ha Force in PhiliP ines to Disptch at Once. The United Sites is keeping in readiness at Man~a an expeditionary force of from 50 to 2,500 soldiers for immediate dipatch to China for the purpose of potecting foreigners and to keep ope: the railway com munication betwen Peking and the sea. This, it ws declared by the State Departmer is not to be con-! sidered an interoning force in favor of either the reels of the Imperial ists, but is merer the United States' part in complyig, together with the other powers sigatory to the Boxer protocol, with th provisions of that document. The order forstarting the troops awaits only the rord from American Minister Calhou at Peking. Mr. Calhoun was Wdnesday instructed by the departmat to convey to his diplomatic collegaes now in the Chi nese capital the aformation that the United Stat-es hs his force readr. and that it will~e sent- immediately upon the notificilonl that the council of foreign repreantatives at Peeking thinks they areneeded. HIS D)EMANDCOMPLIED WITH. Robber With Riolver Gets Gocd Rol From sank Teller. At the comranfd of an unmasked man armed w.h a revolver, A. D. McLeod, teller of the Grandview branch of the 'oyal Bank of Canadas Wednesday lwded over $1,000 cash. The robber Apei. Only two clerks were in the bak when the stranger entered. "Gi'u me a thousand," he laconically oslered and the teller complied. Thistranlger, putting the roll of bills ina his pocket, hurried Streaim Frozen in Texas. Dallas. Teas, enijoyed one of the oldest Thargsgivings In the history of the weaner bureau stations in this State. Snyder Tex., reported four degreesabove zero. Dallas reg istered twele above. At Houston streams wer reiported frozen over. Galveston rported 34 and San An to~i 24 abve with risirng tempera Sentflim to the Chair. "Guilty i murder in the first de ree" was the verdict pronounced at Springfied. Mass.. Saturday morn in agains~ertr1n G. Spencer. Af ter being at for five hours the jury cnvcted im of the death of Miss Martha B.lackstorPe and he will be sentenced 1 accornt~fce with the law, odath i the electr!C chair. BISHOP KILGO PRESIDES OVER ANNAL CONFERENCE. :undreds of Clergymen and Laynien, Representing South Caroliaa Meth odism, in Attendance. South Carolina Yethofists met in their 126th annual Conference at Bennettsville Wednesday morning. The Conference began with the Sac rament of the Lord's Supper, admin istered by Bishop John C. Kilgo, as sisted by the Rev. Messrs. C. B.. Smith, J. W. Elkins, J. 0. Wilson, P. F. Kilgo and R. E. Tuinipseed. The sacrament was administered to hundreds of clergymen, laymen and citizens of Bennettsville and the ser vice was exceedingly impressive. When the Rev. T. J. Clyde ,cne of the oldest members of the Confer ence, approached the chancel Bishop Kilgo affectionately embraced him and wept. Mr. Clyde was the senior preacher of Bishop Kilgo on the Bishop's first charge, here in Ben aettsville, and to him the Bishop de clared he owed a debt of gratitude which could never be paid. The organization of the Conference was perfected by the re-election of Dr. E. 0. Watson as secretary. Dr. Watson appointed as his assistants the Rev. Nessrs. A. E. Holler, S. B. Harper and W. L. Wait. The Rev. R. E Turnipseed was re-elected sta tistical secretary Hours for meeting and adjourning were fixed at 9:30 a. m. and 12:30 p. m. The Rev. A. J. Cauthen,,secretary of the board of presiding elders, read the following report, naming the ommittees to serve during the ses-! sion: Public Worship-P. F. Kilgo, R. E. Turnipseed, S. T. Bethea and J. F. Everett. Conference Relations-N. G. Bel inger, E. P. Taylor, E. H. Beckham, A. T. Dunlap, P. B. Ingraham, J. R. '. Major, B. J. Guess, T. E. Morris, 1. A. White. W. H. Arial, J. S. Beas ley and J. C. Chandler. District Conference Journals--R. W. Humphries, G. WI. Gruber, R. M. Dubose, W. H. McEachern. G. C. Leonard. J. .B. Bruce. C. C. Derrick, C. G. Osborne. S. W. Henry, J. T. Mc -arrity, D. E. Camak and J. W. Mc oy. Books and Periodicals-D. W. Dan els, J. P. Inabinet. J. T. Miller. C. S. elder, Dr. B. G. Gregg. G. 9. Kirby. R. M. Lofton, J. . Carlisle, A. C. Dibble, W. B. Justus, L. G. Potter and D. M. McLeod. Temperance-J. W. Neely. C. R. Walker, J. M. Friday. J. B. Penland. J A. Graham, J. F. Bolt. W. T. Bed enbaugh, E. B. Berry, W. H. Hodges. U. A. Funderburk, G. P. Watson and . R. Grinn. Sabbath Observance-R. G. CaInes. T. W. Walling, W. H. B. Kinard, T. . Herbert, D. M. Barrentine, J. R. Walker. G. M. Beasley, S. J. Bethea. E. W. Bowman. -T. B. Hardy, W. C. Kirkland and N. S. McLeod. Memoirs--J B. Traywick, S. A. eer, 3. L. Stokes, E. S. Jones and R. S. Truesdale. The Rev. L. P. McGhee, In a fitting speech, delivered to Bishop KIlgo a handsome gavel. Mr. McGhee said that the handle of the gavel was pre sented by Lander College. the silver bands .by Bennettsville Methodists nd the main body by the Methodst of Laurens, the native town of the distinguished Bishop. The response of the Bishop was very happy, and! witty as well. The twenty-second cluestion: "Are ll the preachers blameless in their lives and character?" was asked. and the characters of the twelve presiding elders were passed and their reports heard. The Bishop made inriuiry as to the several interests of the church. missions, education, finance and spir-: itual conditIons. The following visitors were Intro-j dcedi to the Conference: Dr. D. A.i Bull, representing the Sundly-school board; Dr. James Cannon, of Vir ginia; Dr. 3. M. Moore. of the mis son board. and Dr. 3. D. Hammond. of Payne College. In the af-ternoon the Rev. Rl. E. Truesdale, of Spa rtsnbu rg, pmreachei. The report recently circulated as to the transfer of the Rev. R. E. Trues dale was Wednesdsy denied by Mr. Tuesdale. He says he knows nothing of such an arrangement as was re ported. The news of his intention of staying in Smuth Carolina is re eied with great satisfactionl, as he is one of the most valuable men in the Conference. Train Leaves Trestle. News received at Tampa. FMh early Friday morning that train number 85 on the Atlantic Co-:st line between Tampa and Jacksonville ent throurh a trestle one m!1e orth of Kissimmree. The engine aa tender passed over safely but the baggage car went through: fatal ly inurng Ba segerus1ter L. C. Loy t, and seriously i:viuring Conductor . B. Allen.- ?everal passenger oaches tilted and was piledi almost end up on the wrceckage of the bag gage car. Misse Rabbit, Ilits Women. While hunting rabbits on the farm near McTouth, R'n.. Wedlr'0sfay. Tohn Clemm accidentally shot six oun women who were standin'g on the front porch of his home. A rah bit ran arouind tho house andl Clemmn ired at it with a shot gun. ile mis5e e dtherabbit but the shot struck the women. all of whom were wounded in the lower limbs. Heavy Sea Cases lDeath. A tremvendcus sea which swept the ccs of the Fahre Line steamshit ant Anra caused :he tieath of four seamen and the serious in'ury e1 tree others. News of the disaster ws brught to New York when the lner arrived Monday from Marseille: jand Naples. PIRD GUY Jamcs E. MNhm.ra Codefsts io Biw ing Up he Times Blldirug. 80U FR M A CLEAR SKY T Eeaonshrdu etaon shrdlu cmfwyp The Explosion at Los Angeles, Cal., Which Destroyed The Times Build ing and Killed Twenty-One of the Paper's Employees, is at Last CLe. tred Uy. James B. McNamara pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree in Judge Wialter Eordwell's court at Los An geles, Cal., Friday. A summary of the day's ha.ppenings included many sensational incients. James B. Mc Namara pleaded guilty to having placed a dynamite bomb under the Lvs Angeles Times building in Oc'to ter, 1910, and cause: the death of 21 persons. John J. McNamara, Eecretary treasurer of the Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, brother of James B., did not enter pdea at this time to the indictment similarly enterid agiainst him for The Times explosion, but when be is ar ranged next Tuesday it is virtually cert ain proceedings against him for this charge will be dismiss :, as the State admits it has no evidence con necting John J. McNamara directly n ith this particular disaster. John J., however, pleaded guilty to the charge of having caused 'he ex posion of the LIwellyn Iron Works, in which no fatalities occurred. - District Attorney John D. Fred ericks will recommend life imprison nent for James B.. and ten years for John J., but Judge Walter Bordwell alone can fix the sentence. Ortie E. McManigal, who con fessed to having actually blown up the Llwellyn Iron works there in December, 1910, at the direction of .obn J. McNamara, will be brought to trial, but it is expected the State will recommend a light sentence be cause he turned State's evidence. The scene in the court room Fri day was one of protracted tension. Sensation followed sensation with such rapidity that the gaping crowd hardly realized what happened in those few minutes of formal pro cedure. in less than twenty minutes the big case was disposed of. but for hours previously there had been feeling that something startling would develop, and so closely guarf ed was information that spectato-rs r ere prepare- for anything except the thing presented. it was not thought that after the vigorous battle waged thus far, one side would lay down its arms so will igy, so freely and even so happily for both prisoners smiled, chewed gum and appeared as they nave on other days, confidently unconcerned. Ien the district attorney was not sure until .just before noon that the end was in sight. There were to be developments in the court room, h~e told his asoeiates. and all brought their w:ves and frends. In the crowd were detec tives for both sides, many women, and even a baby that emitted a whine almost simultaneously with the an no:ncement of the pleas of guilty of John M-Namara. A mass of heads leaned forward expectantly as the hour fo rthe reconvening of court approached. Waiting was a snuad of newspaper' en who had waded to no avail through a ma".e of possibilities Fri day to determine the reason for the sddn halting of the morning's pro cedings. Three little boxes conceal in telegraphic wires were prepared for the developments, and less than two seconds after the word "guilty" left the mouth of each defendant the ews was being flashed across the land. Seated with district Attorney Fred ericks was his entire staff'. Facing him was Clarence S. Darrow and tree associate corunsel for the de fndants. Ja'-es B. McNamara at trst took a seat to one side, as usual, with two depuijes, but soon Attorney Sott beckoned to him. The two :m sat together for a few minutes. nd Scott's arm wa's about the pris o~er's neck ani hie counseledl cour age for the supreme crisis. It ws James B. McNamara who ",'l'ed at entering into an arrange n~n o '-lead guilty: if it might af feet his bro:her. Hei was willing to s"crific hinself. buat heo wanted his bother te go free. The attorneys. Moever, colvince'd him that the b'et 'r course w-:s for hoth to plead guilt and take ;heir chanes on a r'eciful sentence. W ~ord that John . McNmara was 'Ccming~ 'ause: the first ripnie of ex c'emnt Hie had not visited the ort roomt since October 11, when th trial was begun, and the cases of te Mc\a",aras were sev'ered. W-e he entered it was generally reized that the ca~se had reached Teb baii.?~ rappcd louder than usv when .Tudge W\ordwell mountci he.tenh Instant silene fell. Th'e "ople versus McNtnnara." ar .:nre the court, and Attorney Le Comte' Davis of the defense rore. "nthis ese," he delar"'n "af'er in"'g contierati~on. we hatve con el d" to withdraw the ple"a of nr o' n d hrve the defe'nd:tnt enter a r'e of guilty: and thte like course n intend to pursue vwith~ reference to T. -T lc'Namtara. in the case of the ptople aeainst him, where'n he is cr-ged with having destroy.ed the u. ;,elyn Iron works." Mr. Fredericks-"Mr',.T . . McNa :,rn. will you stand up, please?" The defendant arose. Nr. Fredericks-"Mr. .T. B. McNa mtra. you have hetetofore teen ar .aned on this indictment. numbeT and have entered your plea!I tihereto of not guilty. Do you wish to withdraw that plea of not guilty?" The defendant-"Yes, sir." Mr. Fredericks-"The prisoner an swered yes. j. D. McNamara, you have heretofore been arraigned on this indictment as stated before and -ou -have withdrawn your plea of not guilty heretofore entered. Do you w:sh now to plead at this time?" Mr. Davis-"At this time, yes, sir." Mr. Fredericks-"To this indict n'ent, number 6,939, charging you wjih the crime of murder, do you plead guilty or not guilty?" The defendant-"Guilty." ir. Fredericks-"Guilty, your honor. Do the court and counsel for. :he defense wish to take up the other case?" The court-"I will dispose of this. matter and the time for sentence. The court appoi'nts the time for pro nonneing judgment in this case as 10 o'clock on Tuesday, the 5th day of December, 1911. Mr. Frederick-"J. J. McNamara, w'll you stand up, please?" He arose. Mr. FrederiCks-"J. J. McNamara, you have heretofore been arraigned on indictment number 6,955, in which you are charged with the crime of exploding, or attempting to, dyamite, nitroglycerine, et., in the buildings, or near the buildings ad acent to the Llewlyn Iron works. Ycu have been arraigned on that in dictment and entered your plea of not guilty. Do you now wish to with d"aw that plea of not guiltyr' The defendant-"I do." Mr. Frederick-"Do you wish now at this time to plead to the indict ment?" The defendant-"I do." Mr. Fredericks-"J. J. McNamara, you have heretofore been arraigned in in-ictment number 6,995. This is the time agreed upon for you to plead to the same. Do you wish to plead guilty or n't guilty The defendat-"Guilty." Mr. Fredericks-"Guilty, your honor." The court-"Well, I will appoint the time for pronouncing the judg ment in this case as 10 o'clock a. m., December 5, 1911. which is next Tuesday." There was a rush for the inclosure here the attorneys sat when around the district attorney to congratulate him upon the way he worked up his case. He- smiled in return-not a smile of exultation, but relief. "I don't want a pound af flesh," he explained. "I look at this from two view points. As a lawyer I wanted these men to plead guilty because they ere guilty-because the evidence we gathered showed them guilty be-1. ynf any doubt. But as a man, I want to say that if I can recommend h a less severe runishment than death k yr be merciful any way and at the same time ri: union labor of its de sire to use violence to obtain its ends, [ want to do that thing. COLLAPSE OF GRIAND STAND. Iacked With People to Witness Foot Blall Game.1 At Jackson, Miss., fifty persons were injured, several possibly fatal-1 y, when a temporary grandstand at -je state fair ground collapsed just before play w.as started Thursday in he annual football contest between he~ elevens of the Urniversity of 'Mis issippi and Mississippi Agricultural nd Mcchanical College, a thousand r more spectators tumblng to the roundi with the wreckage of the stand. - Thomas Spengler, of Jackson; S. I . Gathings, University student, Prairie, Miss., and T. W. Henry, Mis .sippi college stu-lent, Clinton, Miss., are the most seriously hurt. :c h of Spengler's legs were brok en. Gathings and Henry were hurt The stand gave way withotit warn ing, suddenly tilting to one side and going down under its burden of hu rnity. A number of women and ciiidren were among the occupants :r' the structure. The wounded were hurrie~i to has pias and private honies for surgical me~ntion as quickly as automobiles, carriages and other vehicles could be requisitioned. Lieutenant Governor Manshin and secreary of State JT. N. Power, at Mssssippi, were among those on the si:-nd at the time It collapsed. They escaed with slight bruisem. The list of injured includes: W. r> IBenr. Clinton, internal injuries; 'A illiam Chapman, Laurel, internal. igries: C on Sledge, Clarksdale, In ral injuries; Miss Ida Attnawe, 2aek Hawk, Miss., hack badly caieched: Miss Mollie Burch, Jack co. severe bruises. Injuries sustaine-i by the others urt consist of minor cuts and bruis Instantly IEitled by Train. The Southern Railway train No. .2 Wednesday night at Steele's Crossing, south of Rock Hill, S. C., -uck a buggy driven by a farmer I the name of Sims, instantly i!d him and his horse. Thel tr-c is traight and open for half a mil or more on each side. Thet I et- tlk Thursday was that Sims 1 heen drinking and that some one ~'d not him in his buggy an:! started imn homeward. Hle leaves a widow. TDied "fn the Street. At .iskog'ne. Okla.. C. A. Nichole , nresident o fthe Guaranty State Biank,. I nited State commissioner at Musko ee and wealthy pronerty owner in Muskogee and Asheville. N. C., lrope1 dead on the street there Thursday of heart failure. Aviator Fa~lls to is Death. Lieut. PEaron Von Freytage, Loring havvn. a military. aviator, fell at I feri~rts. Germany. Monday and was klled. He was a son of the chief quartrrmmtor reneral of the~ staff in SAVED NEW JRSEY EMOCRATS CARRIED THE STATE AGAIN THIS YEAR. Eost Only Essex County Where Dem ocrats and Independents Refused to Help Smith. The True American, of Trenton, Ni. J., in a recent issue shows that oodrow Wilson really carried New Jersey in the late election. I Ace'ord ng to the True American Gov. Wil son spoke in twenty of the twenty-one :ounties of the State during the cam paign. He did not speak in Essex county, where the socalled "Democratic" can lidates for assembly were running >n a Smith-Nugent machine ticket in apposition to the Wilson platform ind in opposition to progressive leg slative program. In the twenty counties where Wil son spoke the Democrats increased 'heir phenomenal niajorities of 9,531 or the legislative ticket in 1910, to 10,188 in 1911. This, in conjunction with the fact that taking the State is a whole the Democratic candidates lor assemblymen received a plurality >f the votes cast for assembly candi-! ates, and that, too, in a year when :he total vote was exceptionally light, shows that Governor Wilson has re eemed New Jersey to Democracy 'for keeps." These figures also bear out the tatement made this week by Nation 1l Committeeman Robert S. Huds eth, of Jersey City. in wh'ich he de lares that " the result this year was iccomplished in spite of opposition :o Governor Wilson on the part of rames Smith, who dominated the or ranization in Essex County. This >unty has twelve asse"blv seats, hich were lost, the Democratic vot rs refusing to support his candidates, .vho were running on the anti-Wilson )latform. "The Democratic loss in '5ssex ounty changed the complexion of the membly, but the total vote in the tate nevertheless shows a Demo ratic majority. "The difference be ween this and last year In the Dem >cratic majority lies chiefly in !mith's county. There was a change .gainst him of 12.227 votes. Last 'ear his county w-is Democratic by a n.aoritv of 4.939. This year there vas a Republican majority 'of 7,288. "The State senate last year was Zepublican by a majority of three. ks a result of the rerent election that >ody this year is Republican by a alority of only one. Governor Wil oR.'s legislative program at the last eslon was carried through In its ntirely, notwithstanding the Repub icn raajority in the Senate. "The Democratic majority In the tate is notable in view of the fact hat there was no candidate for State flice, and no one like Governor Wil on running for office about whom a tate-wise interest might revolve. As natural consequernce, a large num er of registered voters, in the main ndependent, refrained from casting heir ballots. This rote last year was riven to Governor Wilson individu ly." ACCIDENTS ON RAILROADS. Jany Lives Lost on the Railroads in This State. Twelve more persons were killed >y the railroads operating in South arolina this year than last year, ac ording to the reports that have been led with the railroad commission by he officers of the various comnanies or year ending June 30. The re orts filed show that 82 trainmen, ~assengers and trespassers .were iledl during the y;ear as compared 0 last year. The reports also show that over 00 more persons were injured this rear. The number of persons report d injured was 1,255, as compared~ vith 940 last year. These statistics will be embraced in the annual report f the commission to the general as sembly which is now being prepared. Reports received throughout the rear from the various sections of the!. tate would indicate that many of the 92 deaths were caused by the dan rerous grade crossings. Few people! were killed in wrecks in this State last year. The policy of the commission is to work for the elimination of grade crossings, and a section of the annual report will be dev'oted to the matter. The commission will ask that grade roslings be placei entirely within the jurisdictionl of the commission. The section of the report of the commission dealing with the incomes and expenditures of the various rail way lines of the State is soon to b announced. Four Burned Alive. Fire en the farm of Lieutenant Governor T. W. Patterson, near Liv erpool station, B. C., caused the death of four persons early Thursda:.. Thomas Moore. in charge of the farm., his young daughter and two small sons were the vietims. Five chil dren. boys, escaped. The mother and a sister were absent from home. Bloody Revenge Secured. At Tripoli Weinesday the Italian lying squadron sent into the desert attacked a band of 11edouins, who previously had ambushed an Italian outing detachment and killed near y all of the Bedouins. The Ttalians lost twelve dead and thirty wounded. Lever First at Capital. Representative A. F. Lever of South Carolina is the first member of the congressional delegation from this State to rea.ch Washington for the coming sessionl of congress. With Mrs. Lever he will make his home while there at 218 north Capitol RETUIRN NO ~ rand Jory At Newbery Rtfuse to In. ?Ict T. B. Felder, GN ARES 0F BRIBERY 1ction in Case Follows Additional Charge by Court, at Grand Jury's Request-Bill Handed Out by So licitor Monday-N\o Comment from Winding-Up Commission. Shortly after hearing an additional harge from Judge Gage, delivered in esponse to an inquiry as to whether 'hey could take into consideration the xpense to the county and the moral and social effect of a prosecution of i fhomas B. Felder, of Atlanta, for al leged bribery in connection with old tate dispensary affairs, the grand jury in the Sessions Court at New berry Wednesday mrorning returned 'no bill" In the Felder case. The jury had had 'the bill since Monday morning. It is luderstood that there was con derable division among the grand Jury upon what finding should be made. From the question r.sked byl .he jury, and from other circum stances in connection with the con- I sideration of the till by them, it is! nferred that the jury looked not lone to the question of the evidence submitted in support of the allega on, but took under consideration 'he wisdom of a prosecution. Attorney General Lyon stopped ver in Newberry for a short time between trains on his way to his iome in Abbeville. He did not ap-1 pear in the Court room. In fact. he reached Newberry after the finding: n the Felder case. Fred H. Dominick, Esq., a mem der of the dispensary winding-up ommission, said Wednesday night :hat he had no statement to give out n regard to the jury's finding. Judge Gage in replying to the rrand jury's question, said that this ase arose "out of that terrible ex >eriment which the State was In uced to make some twenty years ago, and that was an honest effort to ake respectable a nefarious busi iess, that of selling liquor to men." 'I trust," he said, "the State has :red that experiment to its heart's :ontent." He said the grand jury was bound :o know the public history of all of hese dispensary nrosecutions, and he rave the jury a brief history of the roecution and the results, naming, tmong the others, the prosecution tgainst Boykin, Towill and Evans, he three witnesses on the Felder bill, he prosecution agains Evans having een brought in .he Newber-y Court d having been nolle prossed by he State. With reference to the matter of ~xpense, he said, "if it Is true that 'elder offered these men a bribe, and f the testimony so satisfies y ou, and f the testimony satisfies you that this >rosection Is In good faith to vindi ate the law of the land, you ought' *o find a true bill, no matter what -the ~xpense Is. But, on the other hand, the testimony does not so satisfy ou, if you are not satisfied that the ~rosecution is for public purposes, or o putlit differently, if you are sat sfied that the prosecution Is not for he public good ad will not end in ~ublic good, you have a wide discre ion In the matterl you can either! id no bill, or you can return the il to the solicitor unacted upon,~ tating to him that you will not~ nake any finding uponit, but prefer t to stand until more satisfactory roof comes to your hands. "But, above all things, gentle nen," said Judge Gage, "you should' nake one thing your pole-star and nless you do that you will do wrong. 'ut behind you every personal con-! deration and look to the truth and~ he truth alone, and plant yourselv~es~ irmly upon the truth, and go to that roal to which trulth leads you. If ~ou go at It in this spirit, and with :his purpose, you are bound to reach i right conc~'usionl. If you go at it .n any other spirit,, you are bound : reach a wrong conclusion." SHOOTS TOSSUIM HUNTERS. assailant Thought to Be Negro Who Mistook Them for Pursuers. R. A. RIchardson, Herman West1 and a young man named RogersI who live in and near Dover, were assailed by an unknown negro while 'possum hunting two miles from Dov er Tuesday night were shot at three times with a shotgun by their un known assailant. It is believed the assailant was a negro, Ben Matthews, who shot Cliief of Police Rouse Sat urday night and who had been in hiing since then. It Is thought that Matthews believing that the 'possum hunters were a posse In search of him opened fire en them when he saw them coming through the woods with a torch. Mr Richardson, who was in front w~th the torch, received the greater part of the first shot from the gun, most of the charge lodigir.g it his arm and one striking him nder the eye. Messrs. West and Rogers received a small shot each. None of-the wounds are serious. Ef forts were made to secure blood hodds andi track down the man who did the shootoing but they were not sccesful. They are still searching for him. however. Haged for iDouble Murder. For the drst time in Georgia that a white man has paid the death penalty for killing a negro. A. J. O'Berry, aged 26. was hanged at St. Mary's Camden County. O'Berry had killed a~ noro womnan and her daurhter, the motive being robbery. He had con fessed to the crime and the State par dord declined to act on his case. SPOKE IN CIIARLESTON COT. FOSS OF MASSACHCSETTS PRESENT AT BANQUET. Democratic Principals Declared Only nasis of Progress-Outlined Pro gressive Movement of Party. A closer run of the state for pop ular government, and the elimination of special tariff and other privileges, as the only basis for constructive na tional progress -s advocated by Go'v. Eugene N. 1 ass. , Massachu setts, in an address beforee the St. Andrew's Society Thursday night In Charleston. He declared the business interests of the country must be built upon constructive business lines for the benefit of the people and that the Republican party had utterly failed in this regard. He outlined the progressive move ment of the Democratic party, which, he said, furnished the necessary so ution of our national problems and declared that the country is calling upon that party to assume the lead ership. He declared that the Sher man act had failed to safeguard and develop our industrial -prosperity, and that it had reacted injuriously upon all business. Ee believed, he said, tha.t each state must now take up the duties of regulating its trade and commerce, instead of leaving this to take its chances with unwise Federal control and litigation; called for a miore bus iness-like direction of public affairs and declared it to be the duty and the opportunity of the progressive Democracy to esta.blislh clean-cut bus iness methods in government as well as industry and commerce. "The people now realize that the business interests of the country and all.. problems of public finances and all problems of public finances and fiscal policy cannot remain the prey of partisan schemes; -but *must -be raised to the highest level on sound economic principles. Progress is pos sible on this plan, and on no other. "Legislation in regard to our in dustry and commerce has hitherto been far more destructive of broad, honest expansion than effective in checking dishonesty or in limiting monopolies. "We now enter upon a new-era in which progressive legislation on these lines will take the place of tariff juggling and its attendant'.evils. "The era of the Payne-Aldrich tar iff has been also the era of the polit ical boss. It has witnessed the sub version of Legislatures, the dictation of congressional action, and the dis turbance of executive duty, through forces that work in the dark, against the public welfare. It has been the direct representation of popular will supplanted by the dictates of polit ical machines. "Relief from present conditions can be-and will be-accorded by Democratic administrationl and a Democratic administration and a Democratic Congress. These results can be secured by cur party through the twin;p licies of a reasonable tar iff and a settled program of reiprocal trade agreements. "But there is, in my judgment, a still more Important step which. re mains for us to take. "It is time for Congress while up holding the principle that interstate and foreign trade shall be free from restraint, to define so far as practi cable what specific acts shall. be deemed lawful and what unlawful, it order that the legitimate business of the country may know what the onditions are to which business-.must onform. "It Is time, also, to reaffirm the principle that each state must do for itself all that human power can ac omplish to utilize its constitutional powers. "Failure of the states to act ef fectively within their common sphere servs as a justification for undue extension of national authorIty. "We must now face a situation in which the fear of restraint by com binations of capital lhas given way to apprehension of greater restraint by the national government itself." GUILTY'OF MURDER, Quick Justice Meted to Man Who Killed Mrs. Mary Hna At White Plains, N. R., it took a jury but ten minutes to reach a ver dict of guilty Thursday In the trial of Vinceszo Corna, charged with the murder of Mrs. Mary Hall at her home near Crotan Lake, on Novem ber 9 last. Never was a murder case cleared up in shorter time in that county. Two days after the murder five men alleged to have been bandits. who killed Mrs. Hall in an effort to make her disclose the whereabouts of a large sum of insurance money, were arrested: they were Indicted two days later: Corna, the alleged leader of the bandits, -vas placed on trial Monday. The defense presented no witnesses. Many Linemen Busy. Work for a large force of linemen for several months will be provided by the Southern Railway, which Is now organizing its forces for the erection of two wetallic telephone circuits and the installation of sta tion equipment between Knoxville and Chattanooga for dispatching trains by telephone. The work will begin on December 1st and is under the jurisdiction of the superintendent of telegraph, Washington, D. C. Swift and Sure Justice. Joseph B. Davis. who only a fe's weeks ago killed John H. Gaynor' ai Savannah. Ga., was sentenced Sat. uray to life imprisonment. Gaynoi was a kinsman of John Gaynor, of Greene and Gaynor fame, and had prominent part in the famous Savan BRUIAL ATTACK White Wman Accuses Wite Man a4f a Negro of an Awful fCime. MOST FIENDISH TALE The Story, According to Reports, is Doubted, However, by Many.People at Cainhoy-Little Excitement at Wando River Village Over Alleged Victim's Story. The News and Courier says Cain hoy, the little town at the further. end of the Wando River which has furnished so much-news of a startling nature in its history, now sends a tale of a white woman criminally as saulted a few miles from the village and left on the public highway after .he deed -was accomplished. The woman is the wife of a well known resident of Cainhoy and the vicinity and she herself told the story to Magistrate P. R. Donnelly, of Cainhoy, according to reports from .the town iMonday morning. The crime is said to have been coimitted on Saturday night and as a result of the woman's statements, it is reported that steps have been taken to place a white man and his son and a negro under arrest. The stories which were told by peo Pie coming from Cainhoy were to the effect that the .wliite woman'told a. tale of a heinous crime to Magistrate Donnelly. . She- said, according to the reports, thalshe 'liad been at home Saturday night 'with. only her baby and that at abouf 10 o'clock some one had rapped on the door. She said they asked if her husband was in, and, upon her replying to the con trary, the men outside said: "You're a -d-n liar," and came into the house. - The woman said, a. rding to the reports, that w..an she found the men meant to do her harm, she of fered to give them $100 'to spare her life, -and that they toor this. and took $300 more from her. She ;s said to have Identified. a negro as the man to whom she handed the money. There were siveral.men in the crowd, white and. colored, according to her reported story. The men then took the woman, It Is-, alleged, out into the. woods and crim inally assaulted her; keeping her In the woods all night and pIacing her on the road early in 'he morning. The woman Is said to have stated that. they bound her with-ropes before tak ing her. from the'house. She went into Cainhoy, from which place her home is-about five miles dis tant, and there told h.er story, 'She is'said to have charged the two white men and the negro with having part in the affair. It. Is said that bad blood existed for some time between the two white men and .the negro on one side and the woman's husband on the other. . Although from the' woman's rei ported story she had been most bru-' tally attacked, it is said that out wardly she shows no -signs whatever of .Injuries. This has led a number of people to doubt the story, espec ially in view of the emphatic denials of .the men concerned. Contrary to what might be 'Imag ined, -it is said that there is not mnuch excitement in Cainhoy as the result of t'he occurrence. It is stated that many people do not credit the alleged victim's story, believing that she had: not been attacked at all, in view-of the fact that the woman's condition is apparently normal and that the' accused men so confidently deny the allegations. Latest reports from' Cainhoy stated that the three men were being kept under guard, al-' though they were not locked up,. This report could not be confirmed. A "IiISSLESS BRIDE." New York Doctor Declares Wife Re fused to Let Him Show His Love. Another young woman of New York, nominated by her husband for membership in the apparently grow ing class of "kissless brides" is the defendant' in a suit for marriage an nulment there. Dr. Castanos Sameralli alleges that during his courtship of Severini Glovinni she had been seemingly af tectionate but after marriage she grew "chilly as ice" and refused to-" permit him to demonstrate his love. The defendant denies that she was not affectionate and claims she was obliged to 1Inve her husband because of his ungovernable temper. MOTH{ER FINDS IKIDNAPPED SON She is Able to Identify Rim by a Scar. on His Head. A mother. and her son have jUS come together at Calveston, Tex.,Sf Iter twenty-six years' separa is Paul Frederick, thirty-two je old, owner of 20,000 acres of grgazlng. land and a herd of cattle in the Wesa9 1tern part of the State; she Is seV ty-five and all through the years separation her maternal longingg sisted until she located her 07* Having satisfied him by letter th he belonged to l~-.she came Ifrom Montreal to join end her days on his ran - Tramps Stop Freight Train~': Four negro tramps on a thro~ freight train Tuesday from Sp burg to Columbia, about a mile nort of Jonesville, put on the aIr)'rth and stopped the train and 74 off. The train crew repo?4 matter as they passed throude yille and Mayor Scott, with sc.. er men, pursued the tramns caught three of them and locked th