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^Hcarout v Iresi Gleaned Froe iff ; N. ft. S. t Arranged for I > i > v har'8 tragedy. and Burglar's Fatal * '7 W /Special.?Few tragedies 1 1 ^Jocked the people of the ' ' jat Jy as the result of a deadly ]?' |;_ 5/Wednesday night between ] <' ItO^' Mclhiflie Stone and W. j\ ^gshlker and an unknown burgj. . JHf e t??ls indicates j? r?uo a oaiccmcACr. 1 lit? IIII- ? tifegtrman lies dead at the city ( W house and Patrolman Stone < ? 6:30 Thursday afternoon. The f the tragedy as learned from and Mr. Stone is that in 1 IrV ->f their nightly rounds the j I placemen met the through j kit from Spartanburg, which ar- ( fl here at 2:15, as is their cusj. Upon reaching the depot Mr. Jne walked down one side of the An of cars and Mr. Walker down ] h other. Seeing a stranger with a , ttle ineal sack in his hand, Mr. Aone accosted him arul inquired y-^jrhat he was doing. ] j "I am a trainman," replied the I I stranger. "I am going back to the i caboose." < / -'Well, where is your lanternT" i / said Mr. Stone, "train hands don't i y walk around here in the dark." I Thereupon Mr. Stone advanced in ] f reach of the man and laid his hand 1 \ upon his shoulder, about to arrest < A him, such being instructions rela\ tive to loafers at the depot. As soon \ as Stone's hand touched the stranger > Vhe whipped out his pistol, a .45 calibre, magazine, from inside his vest ' and began firing, emptying the charm- * ber, five of the shots taking effect 1 in the body of Stone, one in the i ' (Dowels, tnree m the fleshy part or 1 Ithe leg and one in the lower lip. ' ISo close was the range that Stone : jdid not have an opportunity to draw so clinched his antagonist and to- i gether they fell to the ground. They were so lying when Policeman Walker crawled under from the ] other side of the train, the stranger struggling to loose himself. He was almost free from the weakening hold of Stone and was reloading his pistol when Walker came upon him. "Don't shoot," cried the stanger, j1 "J am already shot to pieces," which of course was a bluff to gain time, j, for Stone had never drawn his pis^ tol. \I will surrender," said he. "Give me your pistol then," said Walker. Pretending to hand the pistol to the policeman, the stranger fired at Walker, who quickly drew and sot the man to his death, four or five shots Inking effect. In the sack which he held in his hand was a complete yeggman's outfit with nitro~ glycerine. dynamite, keys, wrenches, etc. He hud $110.60 about him. An Educated rig. ^?Mr. J. B. Henderson, of Branch ville, has a very fine milk cow that gives a great quantity of milk, and, of wiiujh he is very proud, says the Anders ?n Intelligencer. For the past few w^jks this cow has not been giving tld usual amount of milk, even when b i feed was increased and the best o^ attention -given she still failed to ve any. more milk. Suspicion was aroused by this and thinking that someone was visiting his barn yard in the peaceful and still hours of the time when men should sleep, and appropriating the milk to their use a ! wetch was made to find out the par- j ties. The out ^iat was getting the) milk from this^ne stock was found, j and who do von .,m?.)ose it was? One I of those Berkshire pips in the same lot had learned that this milk was the best of food for himself and he was peacefully making a meal on the milk that should hate gono into the pail. * I Southern Fire Insolvent. Columbia, Special.?The only information that Commissioner McMastor has been able to secure from the insurance department of Louisiana in regard to the Southern Fire Of New Orleans iR that "Owing to the insolvency of the company the aame has been placed in the hands of a receiver." Insurance Commissioner "MWiivM-y now in New Orleans eiaminlnv; ofTn rs of Southern Fire. &fj ith Cmolinr, News Notes. A sn !<< i?f Mullins, S. C., swallowed iiat c 'lox"1 china eggs that had l>ytrr y io<M iii hen's nest. ?J." Mil nfen has been elected fttutn Senator i'rom Florenco county to -.m. ni>d t;- late Senator Nathan fCibeor. Dep it; Shi-riff Bruce, of Abeville, oounty, shot Harrison Smith, colorr*l, because the negro attacked him with mn ace. The annual convention of the Tri8tate Medical Association will he held in Charleston February 16-17.1 The association is composed of the Carolines and Virginia. News Items of General Interest. ^ l TIM business men uf Marion, N. C., fcare organized a joint stock company to bnild an up-to-date hotel. President-elect Taft was entertained Saturday and Sunday at Charleston, where he went aboard the North Carolina bound for Panama. QegAmr Patterson, of Tenneaaee, uedflfchB^^piral, expresses a sting ^HRby inviting prosecution 1 -jf-y HA NEWS ITEMS n All Sections of the State and Busy Readers Forest Preservation. i TI- f.n :? v vuiutu*af kjpvtun.? i iit iwiowmg preamble ami resolutions have bern adopted by the Senate and sent to tho House: "Whereas, an effort is being made by quite a number of the States to secure some legislation looking to the preservation of our natural forests and the protection of our water sheds and navigable streams; "And, whereas, there is now pending in the congress of the United States a measure to enable the United States government to cooperate with the States in this important matter, now therefore "Be it resolved by the senate of the State of South Carolina, the bouse of representatives concurring? "Sectionl. That we heartily indorso the effort now being made by our members of the congress to secure this much needed and important legislation and urge them to use all honirable means to obtain the favorable action of congress on same as soon us possible. "See. 2. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded by the clerk of the senate and to the members of songress from South Carolina." Medal For Greenwood Man. Greenwood, Special. ? Greenwood county has probably the distinction sf being the first county in the State to have one of its citizens receive recognition at the hands of the Carnegie hero fund commission. Through the efforts of Mr. W. H. Nicholson, now a member of the Legislature from this county, and a prominent young attorney here, the attention of the commission was directed to the heroism of Mr. James B. Goldman, in saving the life of a negro. Warren Finlay, at Waterloo, on June 29, 1907. The award of the commission is that Mr. Goldman is to get a silver medal and the sum of a thousand dollars to be applied towards the purchase of a farm or other such worthy purpose as may be approved bv the executive committee. Mr. Goldman is a young white farmer, living near Capt. J. H. Brooks' place at Cambridge. He has a wife and several small children, and the money that he in to get will go a long way toward setting him up in life. ijuC&I Freight pMSSu^crs. Columbia. SpeciaL?A hill introduced in the Senate Thursday bv Senator Black provides for the requiring of railroad companies to accept passengers upon local freight trains. The bill provides: "Section 1. That on and after the approval of this act every railroad company engaged in this State as a common carrier of passengers for hire shall be required to accept in its local freight trains passengers having only hand bngage and paying fare to points at which said local freight train is scheduled to stop." Blacksburg News Notes. I Blacksburg, SpecJ'l.?The Carolina Amnseincnt company has pitched its tents here and promises a week of fun and amusement in the form of a street fair and earnival. The neverfailing merrv-go-round will be one of the principal attractions of the show. At n rppnnf /?Ann/nl tho mayor was authorized to issue $15,000 municipal bonds in denominations of $500 each, bearing; interest not exceeding 6 per cent, annually and for a period of 20 years. Another Teacher Added. Branchville, Special.? Prof. W. H. Hand, high school inspector, visited the local school on the 21st inst. He recommended an increase in the teaching force and another teacher will be added to the present faculty at once. The contractors have begun work on the new addition to the present school l..:ij: j i j ai _i uuuuiiiK buu it is nopea tnat it win be ready for occupancy within the next two months. Tennessee's Gold Water Campaign. Nashville, Tenn., Special.?In the upper house of the Legislature a bill was introduced to require sheriffs to secure from the eFderal revenue officals a list of all persons to whom Federal liquor licenses have been issued. Another bill was introduced providing for a commission to assess the value of all property, the use of which, it is alleged, will be damaged bv the State-wide prohibition bills.' In the Honse a bill was introduced making it unlawful to advertise in any form intoxicants in this State. Elevator Drope Ten Stories Injuring Three. New York, Spocial.?Three person were injured, two probably fatalh by the fall of apiuwenger elevato par in the Heeker-Jones-Jewell Mil. inp Company'? plant in this eity Fr way night. Kate Conroy, 18, an Moses Levy, 19, received serious ir ternal injuries and may die. Emm i ; flyigjfr, 88, was less ssvioasly bar i I THE S. C. LEGISLATURE Doing3 of Palmetto Lawmakers Told in Brief. Tuesday was a busy day in the Senate. Balloting lor I'. S. Senator was part of the order. The following were among the new bills offered: Mr. IIou*?h?To amend the law with rr f- r. nee to compensation and salaries of eounty officer s. ir-- it - axr. miiuvan?in regulate the sale of paints and prescribe penalties. Mr. llardin?To empower the grand juries to employ expert accountants and to provide for their compensation. Mr. T,ide?To provide for an election to determine the State's policy with regard to regulating the sale of alcohol. Mr. Rogers?To prescribe attorneys' fees in foreclosure cases and to declare all contracts, mortgages and agreements in violation of the terms of this act null and void and to further provide for attorneys' fees in certain cases. Mr. Clifton?To provide for the expense of conducting certain primary elections. Mr. Clifton?To allow the circuit judges of this State traveling expenses. Mr. Clifton?To allow certain wid ows above 45 years of age, to participate in the pensions fund. Mr. Crosson?To establish the office of State highway engineer, to define his duties, to fix his salary and to appropriate money to earry out the provisions of this act. The House also cast, its vote for E. D. Smith for U. S. Senator. Without any debate the house passed to third reading Mr. Browning's bill prohibiting the fradulent use of the credit of corporations by the officers. The House had some extended debate on Mr. Ayer's education commission to simlifv and harmonize the laws of the State. The bill provided for a commission of seven to report ' I 1 *1 f ?1/* fT. i ? ' ..Mvit !V Hie UIAI ^I'llt'lUI USSelDDiV. Without n word of dissent or discussion the House killed the Senate bill providing for a raise in salaries for State officials. The Senate bill providing: for an amendment to the constitution relating to municipal indebtedness was passed to third reading, it being necessary to call the roll on this . The amendment now becomes a law. Mr. McMahan's bill amending the railroad incorporation law passed without debate. Mr. Berg's marriage license bill was killed, although the author defended it vigorously. In the Senate three unsuccessful votes were taken for Associate Justice of Supreme Court on Wednesday. Messrs. Thos. P. Cothran, of Greenville; D. E. Hydrick, of Spartanburg; Geo. W. Gage:, of Chester; John C. Shcppard, of Edgefield; II. C. Watts, or Cheraw, are candidates and a deadlock is not improbable. The following are some of the new bills offered: Mr. Mauldin?To prevent frauds by giving worthless cheeks, drafts and orders. Mr. Mauldin?To empower the county boards of education and the several boards of trustees to establish knderirartens. Mr. Sinkler?To provide for submitting to an election the manner in which spirituous liquors and other beverages shall be sold or whet her or not they shall be sold in any county. Mr. Sinkler?To grant to the city council of Charleston all the right, title, interest and estate of the State n 1 ' ui ouuui v arnunn m ana to certain lands in the harbor of Charleston. Mr. Otts?To ratify the amendment to section 7, article 8, of the constiution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness. Mr. Dick?To provide for the investigation of the State Hospital for the Insane. Mr. Hall?To provide an additional remedy in homestead proceedings. In the House the following bills wore introduced: Mr. Dixon?To require railroad companies in this State to file with the railroad commission a list of passes issued by them. Mr. Williams?Prfeseribing a penalty for any person practicing law witVnn* W J -?uuu> lIUTlllg UCCIl HUlllUirU UHII sworn as an attorney. Mr. Sinkler?To devolve the duties with reference to the analysis and inspection of commercial fertilizers jointly upon the boards of trustees of Winthrop Normal and Inilu.->trial and Clemson colleges. Mr. Todd?To make disordely conduct on passenger trains a misdemeanor. The following third reading bills were ordered Bent to the Senate: p.. ? +> < ?.:? fr . e<* ' ? ii? i . lu ed in the Senate Thursday: f Mr. Kelley?To provide for the relief of sureties upon the bonds of persons acting in a fiduciary capacity. I Mr. Harvey?To authorize the governor to parole prisoners on coudit ions. t Mr. Harvey?To require the pro- J ponents of new counties to pay the < expenses 01 surveys, elections, etc. Mr. Mack?To require railroad % coin panics to accept passengers on local freight trains. n Mr. Sinkler?To protect the own- t cis of bottles, boxes, syphons, tins or c kegs used in the sale of soda waters, I porter ale, beer, cider, gingerale, milk, c. small beer, larger beer, Weiss beer, white beer or other beverages or med- s icines, medicinal preparations, per- ii futnery, oils, compounds or mixtures. Mr. Waller?To amend law confer- o ring the power to condemn lands, K steams and water sheds and for sew- n erage. b Mr. Mauldin?To amend the State s insurance law by providing for part h insurance in old line companies and n regulating settlement of losses. o Mr. MeKeithan?Proposing to nmend section 7. article S. of the con- a stitution relating to municipal bonded indebtedness. I Mr. Johnston?To fix the time for " holding courts in the Eighth judicial oircnit. " Mr. Weston?To enlarge the powers and duties of the commissioner of agriculture and immigration, to prescribe the duties of persons, firms and corporations subject to his supervision, to prescribe penalties for failures to perform the same. The Senate adjourned to Tuesday evening. The following bills were offered in the House: Mr. Vander Horst (by reqnest)? To require the drainage of phosphate mining: excavations so as to better provide for the public health. Mr. Brice?To prescribe the condi- ' tions upon which legal reseve life 1 insurance companies may write in 1 their policies ami certificates that their legal rserve is secured by a * deposit in the State in which they < are chartered. * Mr. Mars?To amend section 1214 < of code of -laws of South Carolina 1902, volume 1 (criminal code) by I prohibiting the transfer of children I to another without the consent of i the board of trustees of receiving i school. Mr. K. P. Smith?To fix the salary of the mayor or intendant of any city or town heretofore or hereafter incorporated under the general laws of I he State. Mr. Carey?To provide for hearing in the court of common pleas of eases in which the State has an interest. Mr. Carcv?To regulate the practice and procedure in appeals in cases in which the State is interested. Charleston delegation?To submit question of dispensary or no dispensary to qualified eletors in any county in the State. Mr. Cosgrove (bv request)?To an iiiuii/.r uuva uuwu^ a |m)|m1111011 ui 50,000 or more and 'located upon navigable streams to condemn private property for the purpose of extending, improving or protecting their water fronts. The following hills passed iheir third reading in the Senate Friday: < Mr. Weston?To declare the wulful or wanton burning of any building ' which is insured a felony, and to provide punishment therefor. With 1 amcndemnts. ! Mr. Bates?To amend section 2040 1 of the code, relating to the empanel- 1 ing of jurors. With amendments. ' Mr. Earle?Relating to the nollu- ] It/in nf wnfni' /niircnc Mr. Clifton?To further define and ( extend the liability of telegraph companies in eases of mental anguish or , suffering. Mr. Walker?To amend the law to provide for the issuing of bonds in public school districts in South Carolina. 1 Mr. Mauldin offered a bill to make 1 it unlawful to pay dividends on stock 1 in any corporation unless the same 1 are actually earned on the capital stock of such company, and for any 1 officer of such company to make any false statement in regard to such company. Mr. Muckenfuss?To amend the 1 lien law so as to require persons making advances to furnish itemized 1 statements. 1 Mr. Mauldin?Relating to pensions. ! Senator Mauldin's bill as to stock companies provides that in the cases 1 cited above there shall be -unishment by a fine of not less than $100 or im- ' prisonment for not less than 30 days. 1 Mr. Muckenfuss' lien law bill provides this addition: "That it shall be the duty of the person making: such ' advances to make out and deliver to the person for whom the advances are made at the time the advances are ' made a true and correct itemised statement, and showing, if money, the ' amount of principal and interest 1 charged, and if sunulies the amount, ' kind and prices charged for such ] supplies." Mr. Mauldin's pension bill provides 1 that all Confederate soldiers and sail 1 ors, being 64 years of age, who par- 1 ticipated in the War Between the Sec til -lis is: mills bl j 7 mills b< "or repeal of the lien law by vote of !,r> to It met at night to pass uncontested >ills to third reading. Adjourned until Tuesday. Among the new hills offered durin? he day were there: dr. Fult/.?To amend an act relating o pensions. Messrs. Ft soy and (Insane?To proi?l?* for the taxation of timber. Mr. Dixon?To enforce the liability f express or transfer companus ;m I-.is State for damages ar'simr from arelessness or neglect in transport:! on and deliver* of goods in their hnrge. Mr. K. P. Smith?Prohibiting finale of cigarettes or cigarette paper a tit's State. Mr. Todd ? To nrotec! the nn-nnve f bottles, boxes, siphons, tins or egs, nsed in the sale of soda waters, itinera! or aerated water, porter, ale, eer. eider, gingerale. milk, ereani. mall beer layer, Wales beer, white eer. or other beverages or medicine?, tedicinal preparations, perfumery, ils. compounds or mixtures. The House then adjourned till 'uesday. 'UBANGOV. INAUGURATED to visional Governor Magoon Escorts General Gome* to the Palace For the Inauguration Ceremonies, and Then Sails From the Island on the New Maine?Cuban Gunboat Seee the Americans Safely Off. Havana, By Cable.?Major Gen. ral Jose Miguel Gomez, was inauguated President of the restored Cuban epublic Thursday at noon and withn an hour after he had taken the >olemn oath of office administered >y the Chief Justice of the Supreme >)urt, the American officials who had >een in control of affairs since the lutumn of lbOfi had departed froin he island. The American provisional Goverlor, Charles E. Magoon, who escorted Ueneral Gomez to the palace and ttoere turned o>er to him the reins of government, sailed 011 the new Maine. The Maine was followed by the battleship Mississippi and the army transport McClellan. A swarm of small vessels joined in the procession out of the harbor. A Cuban gunboat also accompanied the ships some little distance to sea with a band on board playing from time to time the Cuban national anthem. Earlier in the day Governor Magoon and President-elect Gomez were seated side by side in the carriage en route to the palace in tht wake of a galloping escort of rural guards or native cavalry there was silence on the part of the holiday throngs who lined the sidewalks. Hats were lifted as the carriage swept by, and the salutes were returned in the same manner by the Governor and General Gomez. At night fireworks burned through out the city in the same profusion that characterize the 4th of July in the United States, and the cafes were pray with music and sinking. About 3,000 troop are still on the island under the command of Major General Thomas L. Harry. These will be returned to the Unitsd States as fast as the transport service will permit, the lost of the troops leaving on April 1st. Cuba begins her new period of independence under conditions which seem as propitious as could be evolved. Peace reigns from the western extremities of Pindar del Ria to the eastern promontories of Santiago prov-ince, and no disturbing element ?1 :,i ia aii/wncit: ill rviuuiiutr. rwo MORE JURORS ACCEPTED. UTine Men Are Now in the Jury Box to Hear the Cooper Trial?rourth Venire is Ordered. Nashville. Tenn., Special.?The ninth clay of the trial of Duncan R. Hooper, Robin Cooper and John D. Sharp, for the murder of former Senator Edward W. Carmaek closed with two additions having been made to the jury, which , new numbers 9. rhe two recent acquisitions are Gus Knipfer and P. O. Beirman. Up to Friday Night, 1,165 talesmen have been examined in an effort to get the 12 men. Of those who qualified the State challenged 13. the defense challenged 23 and the court summarily excused two after they had been declared satisfactory to both sides. It is conceded that the action of the State in charging two talismcnt with perjury has greatly reduced the rharees of getting a jury at once. Many of those summoned say they may have expressed an opinion at the time the murder occurred, and for fear of an indictment, they disqualify themselves. After hearing testimony in the case of Jnror Whitworth, whose health if> said to be such that his life would w endangered by the eonfinemer" tI dent to the trial of the pr rx_?? j;,. j . (.mi. rteciyester- ir once, but the State.Aendment to M eision be witbbr\d^es js proel wa?#p*te tii some more terri- it the Pages Mills section, tl ^*,ror tendments will delay the w _?n about a month and instead ai adding the election about the w rst of April as stated in the last ft sue of The Herald it will proba- si y be the latter part of the month w if ore the election can be ordered tl jm&rn. * / * I THE NEWS INItems of Interest Gr^' ^ercd By Wire and CaST *e GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO BAY Live Items Covering Events of 2Jc:e or Less Interest at Ujmo and Abroad. ?' W. N. Cromwell who affected the Panama canal purchase, was before the grand jury in Washington Saturday about the libel suit of th^Ntarernment against the New lork World. Pensacola. Fin., has "Blue Laws" n the observance of the Sabbath and the sheriff executes them rigidly, but two games of base ball were played on the government reservation last Sunday, one by the local team and the army boys, and the other by the army and navy boys. The sheriff had to be still. Dayton. Ohio, has been afflicted with a series of murders of young women, the lutest of which wa? Miss Mary Forscher, whose body wa? found in a sbed near her home last week. Edward English and II. C. Walston, prominent and wealthy farmers shot each other to death near Beatrice, Ala., about a negro laborer last Sunday. Frank Carter died in Atlanta last week of apoplexy. It was proved that he had lived the last seventeen years with his neck broken. The Enquirer-Sun, of Columbus, Ga., came near being destroyed by fire Monday. The Supreme Court of Mississippi has sustained the anti-trnst law ol that commonwealth. While approaching the land th? rescued passengers of the Republifl and the Florida, made up a purse o! $1,060 to be distributed among th? crews of the Republic the Baltic and the Florida, 50 per cent, 35 per cent and 15 per cent respectively, as a token of gratitude. The Baltic crew, with thanks, asked that they receive theirs in medals. The graded school of Now Bern, N. C.. have been closed by county physicians on account of an outbreak of scarlet fever. The Boyd Hotel at Hamlet, N. C., was destroyed by tire on Wednesday night. It was a four-story structure. . The Southern and the Bessemer Cotton Mills, of Bessemer, N. C., were sold in Charlotte 011 Wednesday, by Receiver Cone. The former to Geo. Stevens, of Cltulotte, for $110,000 and the other to Gen. John Gill, of Baltimore, Md? for $40,000. Since Augusta fed President-elect Taft on 'possum New Orleans proposes to feast him on alligator steak when he arrives there. Malcolm R. Patterson was inaugurated Wednesday, as governor of Tennessee, for a second term. Rowesville, S. G'.? bad a fire Sunday morning that burned about $S0,000 worth of cypress lumber. It war insured at about SO per cent of ita value. A bill has been introduced in the Legislature of Iowa giving a bounty of 50 cents on the head of every rattlesnake killed. The rattlers are a menace to the citizens along the Mississippi. Fire burned a pier in fialvestc Texjrs, last Friday together with 7,0i bales of cotton and large stores t cott< n seed oil, cotton seed meal an lumber. Henderson Gremeans. said t.~ 112 years old. dropped dead la day at Gallipolis, W. Va. Mrs. Kuth Leav-itt, daugh Hon. Wm. J. Hrvan, has entei against her husband for div< ground of non-support. .. on t. Washington Bi The Turkish Ambass;H,i)UlM rived in Washington ar.,. v" that the Ottoman empit formed and the Sutan d< ' the constitutional monarc iul Tho Government has 11 5^ its alcohol school in the ciSL>T' hi instruction of the people *'te. the ed States in proper mcth<n inpr and using the denatud1' flOo. Hon. E. D. Smith was el^ w^r Senator from South C'aroline vau' nesday to succeed Frank i t whose term expires Mar<txp' A bill has been.-*n(1 w I'-' in, i Mill tr> H,n Rrf thfit thev ' 'f'Mal | rr-i-iVbc "wen thougj^ I dent and c force them witfc^ rf K;|,t i Seorf fclin?ttr?- . . ... i recently abandoning this job th*Wl r,;, turned their attention l-?o to Prc*Mtoffice, after deciding th; ,.s Vv-<>ras too late to try to effect an *ance to the other bank. I? reconsidertid Johnson blew open the s allowing 1 the postoffiee building, w M L'to-i (cCarthy and "Swipes' su uard on the outside of the bu. ^ . ig. After completing these ^ o ic four men lied rags saturate" cviifV. .at ' - niiuii ui iiiuMuru to their shoes n>t nd up the rreread trac ent into camp il ? him. r>i' r?-s;.s<i. om the town /. t!ie pr? n?t vuler. poils of t? t'r! i j;sv v.-<! that t ? iU'ent to. v <: the Ai?'i tin t <li 1 not lev : I le:v < Span'>|| pn;t. it is mhI ur.rfli filh. th.v. '1 v mild 4 have mom much 1 wiv * cut the last | slinj ? the