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VOL.* XXVII MANNING, S. C, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21, 1914 NO.1 TIyITO BIJ1TS IMt 3I IEE ECONE;TED To OUST BRYAN FEKE CABINET PRNEY TRIJT IARKSIT Accusation Is Ma4e .Tt. Funds Are Raised by "Big Business", That SomeewsapesA ""load" and -the- Pubc Mind "PoU&0d7d by he Eemies of Bry. A charge that the .;hg '%tsrests' have combined to underwrie.. a large fund to be used solely for the pur pose of felminating Willfim J. Bryan from the 'couicfls of President :Wil son 1s, being-made t..Washzgon by some of the most Intimate ahd alent friends of the Secretary -of State It is said :by these .-men thAt4here is in existence positive proot of th'e making up of a "war.fund ftor fin ancing a systematic offd-contrywide attack on Mr. Bryan~ as a mniber of the Wilson amainstration While no nam4s are mentioned It is charged that mot of the Individ uals, corporations and nahical insti tutions usually regarded..by Demo crats as being asoclkte ith the money trust and big interests arp lined up in support of the combina tion against Mr. -Bryan; The object of the -conspiracy" Is asserted to be the discrediting~of Mr. Bryan .botk. in Wasbngtonand with the- people of -the country. -s -.as to make it Impossible tor-bim to rt0a1 his place In the 1il6o 48Cabpt~ This movement against Mr. Bryan was put on an ditanized bdsis, it is charged, at the moment *tht he loomed up as a-.probable meinber of the Wilson cabinet. The efforts of the combination were Ahen diiected to keep him out Of- the president's council of official dvIsers.: Every resource was drawa, upon, it is de eare'd, and an -kinds of e us ed in the effort to make impossible his selection for a'cabinet position by the president-elect . Having failed in accomplishing thiaspflrpose, spVrBryan'sfends say, the moneycom~nuafon proceed ed to -fake another'tck."Since March 4 lst, so at eJssged, the olject a o a. u O4* $~ ad t W~tation.Thi- the *yW be'ogt to A% It Is as eted by agitati.Ethe possiLbiee of-a -brita1between the gresident and his Secretary of State. The-statement-es-mdethat they'have eegoe as far ss they dared in try ig' toisnng on ai-thrdiWeen the twoq oyr amt ogpol r n of Mr. i ansbme )of wh 4h Id pQsitions &oge - him, -nsist that Vartr of the- Vp61% d has been .obisenpd against the' - tary oftstate- tbough tib :eret.-ma chinations of the moneyed combina 4tion against bi~ The oetons of -,the conspirak. ~ I jged, have 'been of an~ insio'i aitrunseen and unsuspected by the -general puh .lic, but nopq the less effective so far as ther dispemination.-of Ahisitt anti'. Bryan propagahda has be'en ~concern ed. *Newspapers have- been reached in a corrupting manner by mernibei~s of thd-o'ombination, it is charged.E In a thousand' anseen- ways,.Ite .Is ;alleged, the, seed of anti-Bryanisa has been sownt broadcast. The scheme baa~s'beedi s operated, it is declarebd, that Its real perpetra tor have not appeared,.and Ahmanti Bryan influence has bg spread by men whom the public regards as wholly disinterested-und..unprejuidic ed, forming their judgments, on the basis of the facts and without bias. Many who have been used in the In sidious attacks on Mr. Bryan, It is said, have- beemanaware of , t fact. Through., these rather: vi 17l do scribe& mei, -Mr.- By'p ifriends assert, an ptmospheret unfnlendly to him has been treated, Thsands of persons,;.particularly in thepat, who. are now getting their firat sight ol Mr. Bryan in action at close range, have.'.fallen victimss to--thu wfinos phere, it is asserted. The criticism of-Mr. Bryan for his numerous. absences from Washing ton, for his adherence to the do mandis of his Nrfltablei f&eaure bdi ness, the ridicule aimed at~ him in ris gard to~the grape juice Iieidegts add his alleged spoilation of the offices pf the state department and diplomailic service, all this criticism2 It is said. has -bei.in a.~very Iarge part due to the unseen activities of..tle,0,Cneyed combination secretly arorkinge~to uhi .dermine hisl~osition In the gover i ment .and-.in -the pub~c-rnind-. . W'rile 'aimitting tat many 29r these-friends of ta~sortar.leelare that the efforts df..thd enmalaatieti haver failed -cempletely- insofar ~s thef deiired td fufn'h1in*th Pre - 4ient Wilson. Mr.. Brian.'s. Induence. with the president is incegagng .a1_the .time, It is .said, and has already been exer .cised to an'ext'ert not- d'reattled of, even in official Washington. 'The statement is - likewise . made that Mr. Bryan's influence with the president is really serving to make Jpss.sevpr,e thle attitude of thy.regi dent toward the same kind of inter ests as. are said to be $ghting Mr. Dlryan in''the dary-Jtgt w~ere it not for the Bryan presence In hr's cabinet, *asha- aort' of guarantee to Dem~ocra's 'that the administration Is keepiig the- taith;' Mr. WilSen would -go to the extreine In unfriendlinessfto.ward the business 'and fitian'cial 'interests which have igecurred popular4: disfav or. Whether- Mr:'Bryan is a believer In the existence of such a conspiracy. as is declared by many of his close friends .to. exist against him, Is not known. These charges have been ANSWERS CRY OF WOLF UNDERWOOD REPLJES TO THOSE WHO PREDICT RUIN. Promises the Country an Industrial Awakening That. Will Put Panic Preachers to Shame. .kAn industrial awakening "that will put the panic-preachers to shame", was promised.Tuesday by Democratic Leader Underwood after. Republi cans'in the House had painted dark pictures of ruin and. desolation as the result of Democratic legislation. "The Democratic party," declared Mr:, Underwood, "has achieved f-or the American people more 'than has been -acdomplished heretefdre in its history of our government -We h'ave secured- thb:sufl iwh'ch- the- Repub lidan pai'ty stiuggled- for in -the codrse' d twenty fears;'the: esults which they gave6'h.'eir pledges'to, se cure ai ihthTor tifn alter't'erm were .un'dane*''We loolcfor unusual the next year.. .. .. The DemoZritIc lehdr paif tiie steel inills Ii bis .d'irct *rg 'ror Ing double -s is depite~he fa. that practically all .A their product was put.on'Itpfrip1 in .hjD'jntogratic tariff bill. stness..!a.fle.Pilsburg steel .ilstrict, he. sad,. also-..as i; proving. He quoted Jobn Wany.m er .as sayingthat. 'thehrgeeders. of panic ought to..beAotd.':., .:fWhat.I have..Q say to .the bird4 of RL omen wxo- preach,.dsastgrW, lop ng--to -bring their pa#y- ba* ito power.V M&,-Un4erwoo.d coaungued.4 this: - '- -.:: * - -"The - fndutral'..depression.l . have been passing through has-4std for more than -a year. It began be fore Woodrew:.Wilso& .was..elected. Bekora.the comigections neQ fall there. will ibe *n.industrjak..agaIng that will..put 4,.bhame. te panic preaching- brokersawho-.cry-..1saster la order to' bring.about depression.-" 2'When- Repreisentative. Hardsolo, Demncrat, -sa-d- he-~understood the thited States Steel Corporation was 'bout to- ie-employ- -10:,000 men at Pittburg, Representative Barchfield, RebublicaZ detlared-the steel plants tlist-were -workInt -at 5-0-per cent. 01agity', woiiId'so.oft be- ieduced td 40 per 'etndexei,eCted- a-'-15 per etredut16 uof wigs by February iegrekgae .' Reed of New la'psbIi stared.the~'*rat6ry wits ,d eli -'jcbiK usiessid &hi; f te a*' eco fpt. N ~pr pro t s. Pness ad ingtyrs,. he. gajd "exprgsed fhe Uo.coden. n.the l dmof .4 o ttc -Ofi~n M~epergtic. ..4irqt~g-to F g Aeolated tgy. Itcertain..th4 trust legistl oud b tk yput In thbi same-progett1a.btn -that xiar)ced taf-.Afnd.; cuzrenyjegislatio~" BAKS -FALL.1TN..LINE. Many HundridsAceptrProvisions of op'b-f '9es1itidiis ~ad51te&; bf ti3fiao s 'f 'director of' t 26- nia tional' s stt~eWer''t ou ou br..teteasugy deptet. Th~e*as sjsy tas. spidJilied .near ly alIJQ5. the. iargest ..anks~jn thLe prnia~iegn~hyj~ is being lagpsased ..4ur..by,o1inations 40-ta ak nqti.ng their intei og : , aiaaie. - .. :. ' . -. . Of . hedtaJ..app1!eaA~C. recetved 2-14 are .treom sew.. EnglanI 1stateps, 5from. -easterg-.states. 285.- frQgi magthern .states,-.Srom.- middle staesi 1-5 .,tromv western states~and g:fe~m Neetficstates. .. ennylvania ead~withi -835 applications,.-Ohio is IgeO0d -wRaWe Yorlo third wth 4-4 aad Indi ..fouth -with 1403 "F fy-three'-hve--1een-'seceI-ved from Oklahoma. -i' ---'~'' *RB1CE TERR.E. efii'NdfY Reauctt6ns - .-.a-- dnolewGoodsu. V~. dotpae ap~e.gmso Ste fal.pf.49i 4 werugopced :A Althe..trde,,TJs drs og aerges,-,clays,.. unfiniehed woses n-re~aMclar ?Q-to 37 cents below lasi-fall...-Clays shiaw isbtLwrsteds tare -2-2%.:sto- 27 tens. .234er-sent-. on/Washington N W ~ttlee;t-he---itifldater- consumer will reap any benenit from the;-reduc tfiis4~a miattIIf ofknjetrete .-Gen-. eh binIa-n s-befhat the 4-. duce-dst 'will be--1st.-in -the.''course of handling. 4 ag-ag~btl~n a treezing igale fo;the lits of..three .men end ed late -.Traesday. . -when -life-savers. .reached .a stranded .Lehlgh barge -off Great. Point, Mass., -and -brought her hfosthitte..erew -ashore through the heavy -sea-. s - - Five- Men Rob Bank. ive 2nro~bd-f,11e. Gxg~ite JFalls sate bakesixee,.,1es prthbeast of veett,, .ash .late.Teprsdlay. and esapd. witji abpw4 $2.O0 -. after . a -ning pistlgire~lth~-a .posse of ctizens.: :-. .- - : . - .- .Seamen-.Turns Tutle. - tf'zied 'inrtleb Wedlnesdey at 'Cduch Grasses; Ira'. '-Offe- ofetlie crew *as . rCnwned. - -- but It was not 1nntil they were re peated .by -sev.rl. tijribers. of. the Bryan circle thtt'p began to at USE DOPED NEEDLI INTENDED VICTIMS ARE DRUGOEI BY WHITE SKRVERS GIRLS TELL OF ATTAE Latest Method of Depraved Men h Brought to Light in New York . One Suspect, After Mysterious In, jection of Drug in Arm of Womat Sitting in Theatre, Held by Police The use of the "poisoned needle' by white slavers in their nefariou, work- of procuring girls for the brothels of the "red light" district oi .Niw York and other cities is to be the subject of a thorough investigatior by city, state and federal authorities following the mysterious attack upor a young married woman in a theatei at Newark, N. J., and similar storie told by a number of other young wo fnien. While a few scoffers attribute the- whole affair to "woman hys teria", many police officials, vice cru saders and heads of institutions foi the protection of girls declare thai positive proof has been obtained of a novel method, suspected for months, by which victims are being recruited for a fate worse than death. Inject in~g a powerful drug by the jab of a needle, these "slavers", it is charged, rqader their victims unconscious, or at best semi-conscious, and then, by posifig as a relative or a friend, suc ceed ii getting the girl away, osten sibly "home" or to a "physician", but in-reality to a den of vice from which there is no escape until it is too late. Many intended victims succeed in es caping the clutches of the poison squad even after the deadly needle has bitten into their flesh, but there is no telling how many of the scores who disappear from New York city and- its surrounding towns every month have fallen prey to the ingen ous method now practiced by the procuiers. Those who fall never re turn to tell their story. _ - It was in the first months of the summer season that these strange stories of needle jabs began to be told about New York, and a few weeks -later one of the societies for the protection of young girls issued a -warning against this newest meth od of the white slavers. The stories indreased, but no direct- complaint was made to'the police' until Mrs. Marjorie Graff, a bride of a week, had her strange experience in a Newark Vandeville theater and reported it to the authorities. Mrs. Graff went Into the theater one afternoon, taking a seat in a box. There were two or three men in the box at that time, and also another man in a box ahead of her. The oc epants of her box left a few minutes after she entered, and the r.-n in the box ahead of her moved bE ek I ato the o. in which -she was siating and took a seat immediately behind her. -Mrs. Graff, after watching the per formance for several..minutes, notic d that her coat, which she had taken off and-thrown over, the back of her chair, was slipping to the floor and she put her hand back to rearrange it.. - As she withdrew her hand, she felt a sharp, stinging pain in her wist. Almost immediately her hand became numb, and then the peculiar feeling crept up her arm. She felt heself grow sick and dizzy, also, and she arose and made her way to the ladies' waiting room, where she drop ped on a couch in a state of exhaus tion. Th'e matron administered smell ing'-saltis and 'bathed her face until he felt bet'ter. Mrs. Graff then told her story to' the woman, who called tie manager of the theater and the ft&r isent for a policeman. After the'intetided victim had related her toy, she' accomnpanied the police man 'jo the 'box in which she had been sitig and the young man, still sit ting there, was' placed under arrest. The mark of the needle jag on the woman's arm is still visible. At the. police station he gave his name as.Aimand Megaro, and said he asa~bouth Amnerican, his home be ng In Argen'tina. He had studied drigs.and ,medicines, and was em ployed as a .clerk in a drug store in Newark. He admitted having been in the box with Mrs. Gruff, and was locked up. under heavy bail until the affair could be sifted. Nothing in the nfature of .a hypodermic needle oi drugs was founid on him, but an ex amation ~f .the theater box nexi day resulted in the inding of a small, thin darning needle on the carpet. It Is with such needles as these, dipped in some powerful drug, that the attacks on women have beer iade;' according to the reports. A South'' American - drug, known as dorare would produce the effects de s'ribedi by Mrs. Gruff, and all othei victims for that matter-a gradual numbing_ of the immediate part ii which the drug is injected, followed by dizziness, nausea and partial 01 complete lapse of consciousness. According to the present theory of the police, the agents of the white slave trade enter theaters, big stores stations and other crowded places armed with needles on the point o' which has been smeared a drop oi this powerful drug. This is injecte' Into the hand, arm, or neck of th< intended victim by a jag of thi needle. Then the bogus relative o1 friend' steps forward, and the rest i! comparatively easy. Moving picture theaters and vaudeville houses whici run, a reel or two of moving picture' are the favorite places for this worn because the semi-darkness enable! the man or men either to get thei: victim away or themselves escap, without attracting too much atten Since Mrs. Gruff told her story ti the police, a dozen young womei have reported similar experiences M-ay +f uhm ocured riortn to tha JUDGES ARE ELECT , 1 JUDGE GEORGE W. GAGE PUT ON 1N THE SUPREME BENCH. The Chief Justice and Several Circuit '7 Judges Are Elected, Mr. Ernest Moore Succeeding Judge Gage. Eugene B. Gary of Abbeville was unanimously re-elected chief justice 11 of the Supreme Court for a term of b 10 years Thursday morning by the d joint assembly of the Houses of the N Legislature. Senator Mars of Abbe- a ville nominated Chief Justice Gary. h For associate justice of the Su- te preme Court to succeed Charles A. = Woods, resigned, Judge Thomas S. d, Sease of Spartanburg, Judge J. W. ce DeVore of Edgefield, Judge George fg W. Gage of Chester, and George S. T Mower of Newberry were nominated. The first ballot stood: Gage 77, is Sease 41, DeVore 13, Mower 31. h! Total vote 162, necessary to a 13 choice 82. No candidate having re- a] ceived a majority a second ballot was bi ordered. The second ballot resulted: Gage s 99, Sease 37, Mower 20, DeVore 6. Total 162; necessary to choice 82. s Judge Gage was accordingly de clared elected associate justice. Ic Judge I. W. Bowman of Orange- 9 burg was elected without opposition M to succeed himself as judge of the first circuit. Hayne F. Rice of Aiken was re- C elected judge of the second circuit without opposition. fr John S. Wilson of Manning re- u elected judge of the third circuit of without opposition. w Thomas H. Spain of Darlington ec was re-elected judge of the Fourth hi circuit without opposition. ei To succeed Association Justice fe George W. Gage as judge of sixth 01 circuit the following were nominat- tb ed: h( George W. S. Hart of Yorkville, el (lenn W. Ragsdale of Winnsboro, ge Solicitor J. K. Henry of Chester, Ernest Moore of Lancaster. W The first ballot resulted. Hart 44, w Ragsdale 5, Henry 31, Moore 82. s, Total vote 162: necessary to a choice cc 82. Moore was declared elected. DE Frank B. Gary elected without op-|Ch Dosition to succeed himself as judge of eighth circuit. ki fo of the young bride, but the victims S refrained from reporting them either th through fear of not being believed or a dread of the notoriety which was m certain to follow. Miss Jeanette Clark, also of New- M ark, is one of these young women tic who have given new evidence to the , olice. Her experience hannened in at the same theater In which Mrs. Graff was attacked. She was occupying an orchestra seat next to a box and no ticed a dark-comnlexioned youn Pt man lean over the rail of the box just b before she felt a sting in her hand as h he she tried to place her coat over the back of her seat. Her arm becam t numb, and when she began to feel dizzy she hurried to the women's is waiting room. where she fainted.M She was revived and. unon goine lv back for her coat, noticed that the on man in the box. together with b the two men in the row immediately b ahead of her, with whom he had been conversing, had disappeared. o A fter telling her story to the police. f Mifegaro was broueght before Miss Clark. but she failed to identify him. Young women in New York city i have had their share of the needle thrusts, also. Mrs. Roger S. Bacon. to a society woman engaged in philan- hi thronical work, tells of a case which came to her attention.. The case was that of a pretty[ oung married woman who came to New York from the suburbs for din ner and the theater.- She was tol C] meet her husband. The only train she could take came in an hour or so earlier. She went to a 'noving Dic ture show, and while sittinr there| s felt a pin prick in her shoulder. I S 'Then she felt faint and. thinkinwl fr the fresh sir would beln her, went n< outside. Rhe was to meet her hus-I tt band at.that noint. She had scarcel b1 rot outside when she fell. An ambn- ar lance was called and her husband. e~ who arrived, had great difficulty in making them understand he was her to husand. especially after the surgeon af had seen a hypodermic needle had w been used. di Mrs. Samuel C. Van Deusen, an- w other New York society woman and Q nhilnthronist. has investigated three w stories of young women who have cc felt the poisoned needle. In telling of the case she said: One case is that of a young girl who came to New York with .her hi mother for the purpose of shonning. ~ They senarated to meet at a depart- cc ient store. The girl, having some time to snare, went to a first class moving picture house on Broadway. Twice she felt the prick of a pin near her collar. She was seated in the rear of the theater in semi-dark- e< ness. After the second .jab she got n' un. it being time to meet her mother. a She felt faint and dizzy and reached a the denartment store, where she was - helned to the retiring room, An ex amination, it is said, showed the marks of the needle in her back near D the neck. N Another case told of by Mrs. Van tI Duesen was of a salesgirl in an up- w town millinery establishment. She w was sitting in a moving picture show fe when she felt a nriek in' her arm. and ti thought she had been stuck by a pin, it A while later she felt dizzy and be- 'w came so faint she had to be assisted y< to the street by an usher. An elderly p: man also assisted her. She was un- ri able to speak. but could understand g' that he was telling those around that t1 she was his daughter and he would see her safely home. In her terror h she managed to cry out: g >"No, no. He is not my father- is he is not my father." In the excitement that followed el 'ELLS OF MURDERED MAN ELTON'S BROTHER GIVES OUT MESSAGES RECEIVED. elegrams and Letters Received Show That Slain Man Was Re spected by Those Who Knew Him. Claude Melton, brother of Wil am M. Melton, the young Spartan- ] rg man who recently was shot to )ath In Los Angeles, Cal., by Mrs. ary Graves Cox, who, Immediately !ter the shooting of Melton, killed r daughter, Florence, and commit d suicide, Thursday Issued a state ent In defense of the honor of the ad man. Claude Melton has re Ived letters and telegrams from the .r West exonerating his brother. ie dead man's wife writes: "The comfort I hold In my heart that, this I know, every moment of s life has been lived nobly, brave , well. He was the Incarnation of I that was big and fine and clean In dy and mind." A friend writes that his "worst c ult was his too generous heart." "For the sake of all concerned," ys the statement of Mr. Melton, "I t el that I ought to mak.e the fol wing statement In behalf of the iod name of my 'brother, William anning Melton, who was shot to th In Los Angeles on the night of j e 6th Inst., by Mrs. Mary Graves x of San Francisco, Cal.: "We have several letters 'to-day i Dm Los Angeles, Cal., which give r some first hand information. One r them comes from the law firm th which my brother was associat- t . This letter assures us that the C Lbits of my brother were exemplary. cepting, as the latter states, some c w minor faults, such as smoking. t a little slang. We are assured at he was truthful, industrious and 3 nest In every way, a man that ij erybody liked because of his kind, v nerous nature. S "The letter also declared that he b Ls also quick to help those who r re down, having helned many t ch In Los Angeles; that he was f urteous to every one, and was es cially thoughtful and kind to little I ildren, women and old men. "We of his home have always t town just these very things of him. P r be lived them daily among us. d we are grateful that he lived T em in the city far from us. a "'There Is a wideness In God's h 5rcy like the wideness of the sea.' h d we feel sure that mercy has re- p ambered the dear one of our home. tj io was always so kind and affp- o mate toward us all, and was espe- N tv tender toward his dear mother s: d father. s "We are told by letters that there ts no love affair between my broth- h and Mrs. Cox: that she knew hit' tj be married; that she met him in a s, siness way and knew that day that A was a married man. "The following I quote from a let- t1 e Just received from his wife: 1i "'The comfort I hold in my heart h that, this I know, every moment of 1i life has been lived riobly. heave- h well. He was the Incarnation of il that was ble and fine and clean in t: dv and mind.' " Mr. Melton quotes the following egram from Los Angeles,'under te of January 14, from* "hist end": "His worst fault was his too gen ous heart. His symnnathy, generos , power of protection were ulaved ion until he refused to be dictated ,but taking a stand for the right onht about his death. Our sym thies are with you." t WARRANT FOR WHITE MAN. arged With Rilling a Negro Near r . . t, Ulmer in Barnwell County. I "Judge" Bamberg, a negro, was ot near Ulmer; in Barnwell county. ~ turday night, receiving Injuries am which he died Monday after- ~ ion. Before hi sdeath he stated ~ at he had been fired upon from a iggy containing three white men td that the shooting was unprovok- ~ The sheriff was notified and went the scene of the shooting Monday ternoon, at which time the inquest is held. The jury withheld Its ver ct until Saturday. However, a rrant has been sworn out for ince B'rabham, a white man, who as tried some time ago In Bamberg unty -for killing a negro. Fire Horse Killed. King, one of .the handsomest rses of Columbia's fire department. as Wednesday morning killed by lison with a street car while be g driven to a fire. -Saluda Man Shoots Self. Sampson W. Smith, of Saluda, kill himself Sunday afternoon, while ffering from melanchiolia. Ho plac gun so that he could pull the trig- I r by means of a string. * 1 ade his escape. The third case related by Mrs. Van nesen is that of a girl employed in a ew York store. This girl was on i .e platform of an elevated train that as very crowded. Standing near her as a well-dressed young man. She 1 It a sting in her arm, and con ued on to her station. By the time was reached she was faint andr eak. As she left the train the ung man took charge of her, ex- t aining she was his wife. She had 1 ached the foot of the stairs when r friends recognized her. She was Len unconscious.1 They questioned the man. He said a was her husband. One of the 1 rs exclaimed: "That's a lie, Nellie i n't married."1 The cries of the girls drew a 1 owd and the young, well dressedI HANIA S1101S ilU IRINK CRAZED AUiUSTAN FIRES ON WIFE AND LAD KILL WIFE, WOUNDS BoY Eecently Released From Georgia Hospital for Insane Man Commits Deplorable Deed-Seems Not to Realize What He Has Done Shouts and Whoop's. Recently released from confine ent for mental derangement, and fter drinking heavily about four eeks, Sam J. Norris of Augusta hot and killed his wife and very robably mortally wounded William )ennis, about 17 years old, in a ront room of Norris' home in that ity Wednesday afternoon. After Norris had killed his wife .nd wound'ed Dennis, he attempted o and probably woul dhave, shot dr. Felix Gunter, the first person rho entered the room where Mrs. Zorris' body lay, had Gunter not acked out of the room. Dr. W. D. ennings Jr., police de'partment sur eon and who is also Norris' family hysician, covered Norris with a re ovler as the latter was in the act of alsing his own weapon on Dr. Jen ngs, and disarmed Norris. William Dennis was hurried from he sidewalk, where he fell, to the ty hospital, where an operation was erformed. Just before going to the perating table, young Dennis made he following statement: "I was in Mr. Norris' house, where irs. Norris was, preparatory to tak g her out for an automobile ride: re had already arranged for the ride. fr. Norris had given his consent for is wife to go. All at once he just ushed in and, cursing, drew his pis 1. His hand went up and he began ring." Previously he had made the fol )wing statement to Dr. Jennings. rho gave Dennis first attention, at be scene of the shooting, and accom anied him to the hospital: "I was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. rris. and was preparing to take an uto ride with Mrs. Norris. acting as er chauffeur, all of which was nown to Norris and had his ap royal. Just before we were ready ) depart, Norris came in, whipped ut a revolver and opened fire on rs. Norris and myself." Dennis aid he knows no reason why Norris ould seek to kill him. According to the witnesses Mrs. orris was preparing to come down >wn to do some shopping and had tepped across to talk to a neirhbor. .fter a few minutes of conversation be saw her husband calling Dennis. .e chauffeur, into the house. Fear ig that Norris was not going to let er go down in the automobile she aft Mrs. Clark and ran into the ouse. The front door closed and be woman's scream was followed by bree shots. The shots were heard all over the eigborhood and Mr. Felix Gunter. rho lives next door, rushed over to be house and met young Dennis oming, staggering, out. He then nened the front door and rushed brued through the hallway into the ront room, where .he saw- Norris tanding in the -middle of the room. oldinig his still smcking pistol. ~At nother glance he saw the body of irs. Norris lying with her face to be loor. Looking- up at Norris. he said. Sam. you've played bell." where non Norris quickly, leveled his pis r on Gunter and renlied. "Yes, and m going to play hell again." Gun ar, aeeing the man appeared to be in wild frenzy, ran out of the house. On the front porch he was met by )r. W. D. Jennings Jr. and Police ien Seals ~an d- Davis who. hearing he shots, were rushing into the ouse. Dr. Jenninrs was the first to nter and as he stenned into the hall ay he called "Sam" and getting no enly he reneated the name. Norris nwered him and the doctor told ly who he was and Norris renlied. Come on in doe. I won't hurt you." 'he doctor found Norris sitting in a hair. At first the physician did not otice the pistol, which Norris had in is right hand with his left hand ver it trying to conceal it. Dr. Jen is and Policemen Seals and Davis 1ade one lunge for the crazed man. he doctor grahbing the weapon from is hands while the officers pinned im to the chair and placed him un er arrest. Dr. Jennings then turned his at entions to the woman who was lv n nced downward on the floor. He nae an examination and nrononne d the woma dead, Dennis was dan 'erousiv wounded. The nolice arriv d at this time and he was nlaceri in to he rushed to the hosnital. Nor is was also placed in the patrol. Norris yelled and whooned and .nneared very much amused at the uto patrol tearing down Brond treet. and encouraged the chanf nr to "burn the wind". The wound *d man was carried to the hosnital rhile Norris was tn ken to the bar acks and later carried to .iail. In a free and ensy manner. with a nind annarently hlank to his sur onndings. Sam Norris calmly crawl d etween his blankets in his cell at he Richmond county iail. annarent v content with his snrroundings. No me could gain anything from him ihout the killing, as he apnarentlv mew nothing ahout what he had lone. He called lustily to one of the tall boys to get him a pack of ciga -ettes. which particular brand was iot to e had at the store on the cor ter across from the lai1. and unon earing of this the hall boy was sent FIGURES FOR THE wGOUNTES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Census Bureau's Figures Given Out for Number of Bales Turned Out Prior to January 1. Cotton ginned in South Carolina, of the 1913 crop, prior to January 1, amounted to 1,342,827 bales, against 1,173,216 bales for the same period in 1912, according to the fig ures given out by the bureau of the census, which also shows the num ber of bales ginned in each county, in running bales, counting round as half bales and not including linters. Ginning by counties follows: . 1913. 1912. Abbeville . . . . 32,791 28,378 Aiken . . . . . 46,391 35,447 Anderson . . . 69,618 52,332 Bamberg . . . 27,006 19,485 Barnwell . . . 55,445 41,841 Beaufort . . . 7,379 5,314 Berkeley . . . 13,243 10,687 Calhoun . . . . 26,240 20,263 Charleston. . . 14,908 10,791 Cherokee . . . 17,412 13,768 Chester..... ...31,843 30,883 Chesterfield . . 29,086 30,195 Clarendon . . . 39,566 34,077 Colleton . . . . 18,793 14,461 Darlington. . . 36,581 39,330 Dillon . . . . 35,114 37,974 Dorchester . . . 16,477 13,014 Edgefield . . . . 32,140 26,760 Fairfield . . . 25,212 25,530 Florence . . . . 42,854 37,067 Georgetown . . 3,641 3,066 Greenville . . . .40,969 31,651 Greenwood . . 31,207 28,931 Hampton . . . 19,027 14,171 Horry.. . . . . 9,738 9,493 Jasper . . . . 6,095 4,964 Kershaw . . 26,398 25,349 Lancaster . . . 23,566 24,848 Laurens . . 42,891 35,046 Lee . . . . . . 36,039 32,549 Lexington . . . 25,181 22,149 'Marion . . . . 17,351 18,119 Marlboro . . 50,829 65,739 Newberry . . . 38,059 33,128 Oconee . . . . 19,574 13,832 Orangeburg . . 76,366 57,684 Pickens . . . . 17,518 12,485 Richland . . . 22,128 20,636 Saluda . . . . 24,739 23,003 Spartanburg . . 68,502 55,438 Sumter . . . . . 39,971 33,935 Union . . . . . 20,276 17,284 Williamsburg. . 25,327 22,847 York . . . . . 39,336 39,272 1,342,827 1,173,216 AGREE ON PAY. Garrison and Militia Heads Agree on Terms for Pay. Secretary Garrison and adjutants general representing National Guard organizations of more than 30 states Wednesday agreed on terms of the proposed militia pay bill, under which the federal government would provide pay for militiamen, who in turn would enlist as "federal reserv sts" subject to the call of the presi ent to duty either within the United States or abroad. It is proposed that the militia bill shall provide on annual appropria tion of $14,500,000. Of this $4,000, 00 would be for encampment and nanoeuvre purposes, $8.0 00,000 for ome service pay and $2,500,000 for armament and equipment. Secretary arrison will lay a draft of the meas re before President Wilson wit:: an explanation of just what the -federal government may expect in return for the money appropriated. If the pres ident gives his indorsement the bill will go before congress as an admin stration measure. TELLS OF MURDER. Woman Describes New. York's Fa mous Trunk Mystery. The murder of Ivan Martyzwicz, whose body, crammed in a trunk, was left in New York's street by two push cart men December 29, was describ ed Thursday by Stefania Kiviatkow ska, a young Polish woman, one of the six persons under arrest in con nection with the crime. She said that two of the men now in prison killed Martyzwicz with a drink of poisoned beer. The murderers, she said, lured their victim to a house where she was an inmate, with a promise of work. They suggested that he cele brate his good fortune by buying a drink, and when he consented, set be fore him a glass that had been drug ged. The motive was robbery, she said, but all the murderers obtained was a cheap watch and $2. See New York Inverted. Lower New York upside down was the strange sight that greeted pas engers on an incoming steamer Wednesda. In the dense vapor rais ed by the cold weather appeared a clear-cut mirage of the top of Man hattan, inverted. Negro Kills Brother. Two negro half brothers, Shelton McNorris and Griffin Floyd, working on C. M. Folk's plantation, six miles north of Newberry, disagreed W - nesday over a trivial matter and each shot the other with breechloading shotgun. Floyd was killed. Merchant is Shot. Will Blount, a. negro bricklayer, was arrested at Monroe, N. C., Thurs day, charged with shooting W. Ray mond Outen, merchant, Monday eve ning with a gun stolen from one of the city aldermen a few nights ago. Child Is Burned. While playing in the fire Thurs day the four-year-old daughter of C. P. Thomas, a Union mill operative, was so badly burned tha~t shze is not, KLAUIILI IN IML fOUNDED STEAMER COBUUID GETS NFEDED HELP PASSENGERS ARE SAVER Bay of Fundy Is Scoured by Ships Answering Wireless Call for Help From Vessel Which Did Not Know Its Location-Was About to Sink Wtih All on Board. most certain death, passengers and crew of the Royal Mail Packet Cobs quid were snug Wednesday night In Yarmouth harbor, Nova Scotia. Wireless appeals for assistanoe, which she had first made thirty-six hours before, were answered late Wednesday as the doomed steamer was being racked to pieces on Trin ity Rock, six miles off Port Maitland. The rescue will go down in shipping annals as one of the most notable ever accomplished on the Atlantic coast. The Cobequid had begun to break up under the cannonading of the ter rific seas, that had been merciless from the time the vessel struck early Tuesday. Quantities of eargo covered the waters as the lifeboats ranged alongside. The coastal steam ers Westport and John L. Cann were first to get their small boats into the water, and they were followed soon by boats of the government. steamer Landsowne and the steamer Rappa bannock. As the work of rescue pro gressed the seas subsided, and no mishap marred the triumph over the waves. Capt. McKinnon of the Westport, found the liner on Trinity Ledge at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. At the time there was a high. wind and rough sea. He took off In three lifeboats seventy-two 'persons, in cluding all passengers, the purser, several deck officers and part of the crew. The Westport stood 'by until 6:15 o'clock, when the John L. Cann came' up. The latter took off twenty-four men as the Westport was leaving for Yarmouth. The captain and eleven men of the crew decided to remain on the ship until morning, and the government steamer Landsdowne re mained by with them. The Westport arrived at Yar mouth at 9 p. m. and the John L. Cann followed her in. The Cobe quid's stern was not broken,. as 'frst reported, according to the account given by Capt. McKinnon. In fact, the after part was highest out of the water. The Cobequid was badly Iced up. Preparations had been made to care for the shipwrecked ones and they were given every comfort -that Yarmouth afforded. Trinity Rock, on which the Cobequid was trans-. fixed at 5 a. m. Tuesday morning, Is a pinnacle of granite rising abrupt ly from the sea half-way between Yarmouth port and Brier Island, where the steamer was at first thought to have struck. The famous urcher -shoal, which is indicated by a lightship, lies ten miles .outside Tinity Rock, while the course u1p the Bay of Fundy takes vessels still farther off shore. The bay was swept 'by a typical western blizzard as the Cobequid, bound from the tropics, began to feel her way toward St. John.' The last of the ebb tide was.riinning and the wind was strong .fronm .the- .west conditions which tended to drive .jhe steamer closer to the eastern shore than her skipper anticipated. The ferash came just before dawn and a few minutes later the wireless ". 0. S." was flashing. out. The Cobequid's operlator was unable to give her location, for no one en board knew it. Four hours later. lood time and gales had driven the steamer still farther on the reeks, breaking her back and flooding the engine room. This put out the fires and interrupted the wireless appar atus. The passengers were greatly alarmed, but the courage of Capt. Howson reassured them time and again. The steamer took water rap Idly and the cargo began to tear away. Throughout the day and the night that followed the officers- scan ned the sea for passing craft and the operator worked heroically to restore his 'wireless outfit. Meantime steamers that had pick ed up the first cry for help were searching for the distressed craft. A heavy vapor on the water handicap ped the searchers, and it 'was a fish crman on Port Maitland shore who first made out the Cobequid as the vapor rose and revealed the liner on the Trinity. Darkness was gathering fast when the rescue began, but the coastal steamer boatmen knew the rock and surrounding shoals as wel as they did their' own front yards, and they went at the work before them with perfect confidence. Less than fivie hours later those who had facea death for two days were being warm ed and fed at hotels. So far as could be learned none of the party wa permanently the worse for the adven ture. Kills Bride and Mother. Angered by the refusal of his bride of two months to go on a trip with him, Will Simons Wednesday killed her, her mother and 'himself at the..home of Mrs. John Calvin Wiggins, his mother-inlaw, about four miles south of Hamlet, N. C. Burned to Death. As Curry Price, his wife. and four children left his house near Nichols to go to their tobacco patch, when looking back they saw their eldest child fall to the ground. She had Igone too near the fireplace ed lcaught fire.