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{ soufhCAROUf' ^ A ^ News of In tsl Gleaned Fron i Arranged For K MORE TROUBLE AHEAD. ]] The Seminole Receivers Enter Suit Against the Southern Life for 1 $325,000. - Alleging that the transaction was Conceived any consummated in fraud J of rights and interests of the stock- ^ holders in the Seminole Securities \ Company and that the officers of the ? Southern Life Insurance Company ^ and its agents in the transaction had knnwlcro nf 4 " 1 iinuu nuu |>aillCI|)UlCU ^ I and benefited by if, conspiring and f colluding with the ollicers and agents ^ of the Seminole Securities Company, { and do damage to the irreparable hurt and injury of the Seminole Se- ^ curities Company, F. G. Thompkins t and others as receivers of the Serai de Company have Instituted suit j in the United States c ourt here asking that the whole transaction between the Seminole Company and i lie ^ Southern Life Insurance Company be annulled and the Seminole Company reimbursed the $.'f2.>.000 paid to the ^ Southern Life by the Seminole officers in the deal that has stirred sens'an tion nfter sensation in North and ^ Tl South CaroHna, the home of the SemT inole corporation for the past few months. For Increase of School Term. 'r Representative Qarris in the Left is- J lature received a pond bit of consideration on Wednesday. c Mr. Garris explained that his bill u provided that if any school with a t term of 20 weeks or less could ,1 through its friends, patrons or trus- I / tees, raise an amount equal to one 1 month's salary paid the teacher, a i like amount would be given by the v State. The sum of $25,000 was ask- t ed for. The bill vends as follows: \ "Section 1. That any public school I; in this State which has not money 1 enough from the regular school funds t to continue the session longer than v Ave months may have the term extended in the following manner- v Whenever the patrons raise sufficient < funds by private subscription or i local taxation to extend the term t one month, said school shall receive 11 1 sufficient aid to extend the term for s K another additional month: Provided, I That no one school shall receive more s than $80 under the provisions of s this act in any one year. I "Sec. 2. No application shall b .1 considered unless approved by the district trustees of such school and < the county superintendent of educa- t tion of the county in which said district is located; and no funds shaii ( be paid out by the State superin- t tendent of education until the amount < raised in the said school district shall t have been deposited with the conn- I ty treasurer of such countv to the , credit of the said school in the said \ school district; Provided, That no \ school shall receive more than $80 < under the term of this act. \ "Sen 3 Tl?nf 11.? e,, 4^5": OOO if so much bo necessary, is hereby 1 ^ appropriated for the purpose of this | nj ( Killed by Accident. I|lf 1 Charleston, Special.?Mr. D. B. 1 Kfli Peurifoy of "Wnlterboro met his < dentil Tuesday nflornoon while hunt- * ing birds. Alarmed at his failure i v j J to appear for supper, his sons, J. B. | * I Peurifoy and P. B. Peurifoy, Jr., i 9S went in search of him and found f j?^?Oiim at the steps of the target gallery i Iwith the top of his head blown off. < 1 iThc left barrel of his gun was empty, i 4lt is supposed that lie was resting I Hand had moved the gun accidentally i \j uischareimr it. 1 ^ nJT Want Uniform Weight Corn. J/ Columbia, Special.?At the meot^ f ing of the Richland delegation Tuos- i to/ day representatives from the upper i part of the county asked that a law , |r be passed requiring: a uniform weight j 3L in coin. At present, it is stated, the fa we\ght and the measures do not agree and it is desired to change this for 1 P the benefit of the farmer. The dele- < gation has it under consideration. \ I Three Men Instantly Killed. !' Abbeville, Special.?Three men w were instantly killed when Seaboard 1 Air Line freight trains Nos. 20 and a 2r> collided headon six miles nortli i ,of here early Wednesday morning. ' The dead: Engineer Clyde Moore, j , "^^Fireman L. H. Nickles and a colored f \ brakeman. ] The train3 were running at high 1 peed when they met on a long tres- 1 tie at 1:30 Wednesday moruing and J I both locomotives and ten cars were | totally demolished.-k |> if Legislature Acta. ^ Colombia, S. C., Special.?The 9^ House of Representatives Thursday e adopted without debate a resolution j 1 requesting South Carolina's representatives in Congress to do every- 1 V thing in their power to prevent the * 1 confirmation of W. D. Crum, renomi- f I nated by the President as Collector 1 1 of tho Port at Charleston. The reaolnm tjon states that, in the opinion of the t J ltase^tbe nomination is an unwise f [pig I IA NEWS ITEMS i AH Sections of the State and Susy Readers fOR 30U1H CAROLINA WATERWAY. ifr. Eiler'ee's Ecqjcsc Lleets With F avoi1. All of tlie projects l'or surveys of i iveis and harbors in South Onroina uskeil for by the various mem- I >ers and advocated in the committee >y Representative EUerbe have pased the rivers and liatbors committee. The bill ns made up Tuesday contains he items for survey mentioned a few lays ago and one important one be(ides an authorization of a survey >f an inland water route from Beau"ort, N. C., on down to Georgetown hrough the Wnceamaw river. Yesels which would come down the coast >y the inland water route from Boson as far as Georgetown would be ible to take to the ocean again after laving passed the dangerous Ilatteras uasi. i lie rtom 11 i aronna onci ot i no reneral project lias boon particularly hanipioned by Mr. Ellcrbo. There is l provision in the bill also for Mingo reek and for the Cooper river, Chareston. In a former dispatch Cooper hould have been mentioned instead f "Coosaw" for which there is 110 tppropriation. Charged With Killing His Wife. Union. Special.?The celebrated ase of AV. T. Jones, charged with the nurder of his wife, Mrs. Marion lones. has been begun. Shortly after 10 o'eloek the culling if witnesses in the Jones ease hewn. and at 10:40 Jones, in the eusony of Deputy Slirriff J. (?. I.ong, lr.. and aeconipanied by his son, larry Jones, was brought into court. Te appeared to be quite at ease and n the best of health and at intervals chile his counsel were conferring, i ead the daily papers. On account of the large array of vitnesses, but few spectators have - 11 1 _ i * I . i nm it auuweu in conn, as me juuge lad given orders that the aisles must >e kept cleared, which order was veil enforced by Sheriff J. G. T.ong. At about 11:20 the calling of the witnesses for the defpnse was conImled by Mr. V. E. DePass, who is iow associated with the counsel for he defense, which as at present is dr. James Mnnro, Townsend & Town>end end Col. George Johnstone of dewberry. Five minutes later counsel for both sides held a joint consultation. In a few minutes the State counsel came out and then tones had a conference with his atorncys, while the other side had a onference with the family eonneeions of the deceased woman. It was shortly after 1 o'clock when 'ol. tieo. Johnstone made the motion o quash the indictment because it lid not specify the kind of poison ulministcred or the nature of the muses alleged to have been on Mrs. tones' person. This motion, which vas perhaps the feature of the mornng session, and the preliminary skirmish in this great legal battle, vas overruled by Judge Mcmminger. Dr. Jeter was the principal witness. Je testified that Mrs. Jones came by ler <ieai n irom sirycnnine ponton. Locating Post Office. Darlington, Special.?Mnj. Fred Irackelt. superintendent of the site livisicn of the treasury department, spent Monday in Darlington looking it the proposed sites for the new >ost office building, which the town s to have, and gathering the necessary information on which to base his -ecommcndations. There are several Bf these lots in different localities Hid private interests in and around :hem have been putting forth strenjous efforts in their favor, and await ivitli interest the results. New Government of Aiken. Aiken, Special.?Tuesday the new Board of county commissioners took their office and the new county government went into effect. Instead of being governed by a supervisor and two commissioners at heretofore, the jffairs of the county will be in charge Bf a chief commissioner and four district commissioners. Forest Fire Near Aiken. Aiken, Special.?A forest fire of large extent has been raging north of Aiken. It is stated, several thousand icres of valuable timber lands have leen burned over. The damage is not known, but will probably reach ninny thousand dollars. The fire originated in Saturday, when the wind was dowing a fierce gale, and soon got leyond all control. It is still burring, but not with such fury as Satirdny and Sunday. The fire is said o have originated through the carelessness of some unknown hunters. Pour small houses have been burned. To Build New Church. Aiken, Special.?R*v. J. B. Derrick >f Augusta, pastor in charge of the Aithersn congregation of Aiken, nas ippointed a finance committee and a tuilding commitee to erect at once a Ine ehurch building on the lot reeenty purchased for the purpose on Penlleton atreet. The definite plana of lie two committees have not yet been ornied, but it ia stated that a apleu THE S. C. LEGISLATURE | ? Doinga of Palmetto Lawmakers Told J in Brfrf. In a session of 21-2 Itonrs Tues- ( day night the Senate voted down { Senator Carlisle's bank bill. There was a concurrent resolution, which was adopted, received from the house, asking that the United States congress he urged to pass laws j in regard to the whiskey trntlie in conformity with the State laws. A bill has been introduced in the senate by Senator Sullivan, which lias attracted attention from a nuin- ^ ber of paint derjers throughout the p country. It requires the careful labeling of paints showing the ingredients in .j their make up. The following passed their third ?*' reading: 11 The following new bills were introdueed: Mr. Weston?A bill to provide for the payment of water used in the public institutions and buildings of the State located in Columbia; a bill o regulate the assessment of municipal license taxes of insurance com- J panics; and a hill to amend an act sl relating to borrowing money bv municipalities. Mr. Weston?A bill to enable cities '' of 10.000 inhabitants or more to fix the rates and charges for t lie* supply of water, gas and electricity, furnished by any linn, person or corporation to any such city and the in- , lialutanls thereof. " Mr. Graydon's 1>; 11 to fix the place c of trial in al! actions to recover the " penalty tixed hv statute for delay, loss or damage to freight by common 01 carriers. Kelley?A hill to make it a a misdemeanor to publish the name of Vl anv maid, woman or woman-child upon whom a rape or an assault with intent to ravish lias been committed. s< Mr. What ton's bill to incorporate u the Greenville Female college. a Fpon the assembling of the house i Mr. C. A. Smith presented rejoin- s: lions of rrspeet to the memory of Representative T. A. Clarke, of ^ Florence. who died Motulay night. The resolutions expressed the pro- v found sorrow of the house and svm- '' pathy with the family and ordered " the serjeant-at-arms to procure a 11 suitable floral tribute and that a committee of live he sent to reprc<ont tllf* Itniico ?it ilin 4*?i nnrnl \T owci'u 11 Aver, C. A. Smith, \Y. 1). Hrvan. ci Dingle and Bunch wore appointed. - ? . b The Senate on Wednesday <1 is- q cussed the question of ballot for as- s] sociate justice and ])assed the following: o Senator Earle's bill as to pollution a of Water courses. ei Senator Montgomery's bill to amend the hijrh school act. w Senator Sullivan's bill to require ii public ginnei-s and public warehouse h companies to mark bales of cotton sinned or stored. ri The following new bills were offered: h Mr. Lide?To amend section 1 tl code of laws, 1002, volume 1, relating b to incorporation of towns. Mr. Otts?To amend section 2(>K. tl volume 1. code of laws, 11)02. relat- ti ing to returning property for tava- < tion. p Mr. Carlisle?A bill relating to o telephone charges. Mr. Bass?To repeal an act en- ii titled "An act to amend an act, en- ? ! titled, "'An act for the further protection of partridges and quail.' ap- d proved 21st day of February, A. 1>. (i 1906, by changing the time and in-% n rinding Mongolian pheasants ami si wild turkey, approved 21st day of February, 1908. Mr. Bass?To regulate the statis- v ties of leaf tobacco sold upon tlio n floors of leaf tobacco warehouses of si South Carolina. st Mr. Gruydon?A joint resolution proposing to amend section 22, s.r- 11 tide 5, of the constitution of the b State of South Carolina, relating to o jury trials. The House passed the following on 1 their third reading: li Mr. Richards?To repeal section n 3039, volume 1, code of law.; of South Carolina, 1902, relating to the lien a law. d Mr. Whentley?To authorize the ji appointment of a commission to erect ?< a causeway over the swamp on Coosawhatchie river and build a bridge c< over said river. Mr. McColl?To authorize the town n of Clio to issue bonds in aid of the t< North Carolina and South Carolina rr railroad. Many bills of local nature were passed upon. The House held a night b session at which the following actions c: wcra taken: tl Mr. K. P. Smith's bill, abolishing n the department of agriculture, commerce and immigration, and Mr. n Richards' bill, amending the act nr creating the department, were made s special orders. d Without debate, Mr. Ayer's bill, requiring county tionsuvers to de- S posit funds in chartered banks, pas- c sed to third reading. Mr. Harmon of Newberry had the v bill introduced by his brother, Mr. Harmon of Richland, lost year, for- ? bidding the manufacture and sale of ( other than safety matches in South F Carolina. The bill went to third reading* after some little debate, and 1 an amendment providing that the * law should go into effect in October. * Mr. Mann's bill, making it a mis- 1 demeanor for any baggage or cx1 press agent to wilfully damage or * break open any baggage or express, ' / The House also passed without de- 2 into Mr. Brice's bill providing for r he following additional changes in he banking laws. s "Every bank or banking institu- < ion receiving deposits shall at all iines keep and have on hand as a re- { rrve fund an amount e?jiial to 15 a ?er cent inn of iis active deposits and < per centum of its savings deposits. "Kvirv bank or banking insiitu- li ion shall set aside to its snplns ae- fi omit not less than o r -*?-:itii of it- ?< nnurl net earnings cr? Is year t 11?iT Is surplus shall be coital to 2~> pet (| entnm of its capital sio<and ii hall be the duty of the Slate bacik r' xaminer to enforce this and the pre- r eding section." ? Mr. Brice also had passed his bill ti niiting the time for recording mortnges to 'JO days. The act would go I lto effect in May. Mr. ("osgrove's bill. authorizing w ic insuranee eommissiouer to npoint fire department officials to in- e: estigate fires, also passed to third g ?ading. li Mr. Dixon's hill, naming (lie agents li r collectors of fraternal soeielies as gents, in order to iix their resjion- ? ibility, passed. Some Sunday lunch laws I lion or- "! upiod the time of the House, and S( nally went to third reading, being s follows: li "Section 1. That from and after ie approval of this art no municipal wpornlitui in this State shall have ' ie risihl to pass any ordinance pro- '? ibitinir hotel and restaurant keep- * rs or other persons from serving 1,1 teals or lunches to passengers on 1' jtins within the lintits of s;u!< nttini- " ipal corporation on Sunda'\ and all neli ordinances heretofore passed '1; re hereby declared illegal and w aid." s! ti The Senate on Thursday took even ballots for associate justice 0: ithout effect. Among the new bills re the following: Mr. Croft?Relating to, contpcn- ' it ion allowed Confederate veterans' 11 >r property furnished to the Con- xv ederacy without pay. 51 Mr. Chrislensen?To further- pro '? ide for winding up the affairs of " ie Slate dispensary anil for the sale * f the real estate heretofore used S; i conduct ins; the dispensary. tl Mr. Carlisle?To repeal sections TM n > .'l.'ll, inclusive, of civil code vol- t me 1, 11)02. relating to tax oil in- h t>mo9. ' Mr. Otts?To submit State prohi- v if inn 5111*1 itillinf r jlicnnncniM- f n )' unlilied doctors of tho State at a ? pedal election. Mr. (h'-i-fTi'i?Providing: for the sale X f infirmary for Confederate veterans -"f nd disposition of-proceeds of said t state. ' The House killed the Rucker-J^lH^ hielt would prohibit any towns pass- v lg an ordinance against the sale of h inches on Sunday. - a Killed the hill reducing: the legal e ate <.f interest to ti per cent. v Killed the bill for a commission li a inquire into the advisability of lie State going: into the phosphate t! usiness. The new bills offered embraced 2 lose of Mr. Rownian-?To amend see- ei on ID.!."), code of laws of South Carlina, 1002, volume 1. by adding a c< revision for forfeiture of charter u f certain towns. di Mr. Tobias?To amend an act to leorporate certain religious and ::I haritable societies. Mr. Wade?To amend an net to H eclarc the law in reference to and a regulate the manufacture, sale, - >e, consumption of alcoholic liquors, r? far as the same may relate to uken county. Mr. Dick?To amend seelion 122S, ti olume 1, code, 1002. by forbidding ?" epotism in employment of profes >rs or otlior employes in State intitution."i of learning. * ; Mr. McMahnn To amend section ?'i f)2 of the criminal code of 1002. re- >' ' iting to the breaking and entering f railroad cars. m Mr. McMahnn?To amend section <*' cf volume 1. code of laws, re-] lilting to borrowing money by nm- a" icipalities. Mr. Dixon?Conferring right of ction against telegrnph companies v? oing business in this State for in- c? uries to person and property and or mental anguish. o Mr. Foster?To fix the liability of nmmon carriers by railroads. tl Mr. Aver?To require all rent otes. agreements and irnt receipts ft s be recorded in office of register st lesno conveyance. t! The Senate on Friday passed the ill of Senator Otts as to costs in Mi uses in the original jurisdiction of ic supreme court, with an nmendicnt. Considered again Senator Appolt's g] leasure to provide for the appoint- p lent c>f a commissioner to sell the p took of goods of Clnrendoo county p ispensarv. tl Placed again upon the ,......ir s! lentor Croft's resolution ac t*? assoiate justices. ti A mnnc tlm nAiv Killu nf imnni'fnnpp r? rere: p Mr. Ma nidi n?To restrict -he use v f taxes, eollcctd by municipal officers o o the purpose for which levied and e >resciibed. p Mr, (bristonsen?To provide eerain conditions to be imposed upon ti nsurance companies of like character r 'or the privilege of entering and do- n nj? business in this State. ' s Mr. Bass?Submitting the re, 1 erf s hose two certain acts, approved De ember 24, 1S91, and December 22, a 1892, respectively, and known as acta a I !0 at page 14SS end 21 at page 3(i espeetively. Mr. Mauldin?To require elec'r treet railway companies to affix i losed vestibwles to their ears. Mr. Mauldin?To require a prod tie ion of State regis!ralion eertiiieati nd tax receipts to register for oil r town elections. Mr. Otis?Com crning notaries pul e who are siocklmldci s, ?(ireeiors. o eeis or employes of bank ?' or otlu m i torn I sons. Mr. Enrle?Relating to actions f< lie recovery of personal pmperiy. Mr. Malker?To empower1 lie romp! filler general of the Slate to rniik rrtain abatements in assessed ealu f certain rice lands in the county n leorgetown. New hills of general interest in fii Tense were: Mr. Ho?lio?Relating to pondiu ater in nnv stream in this Stale. Mr. Cot lira n?Authorizing the gov ii.or. Slate trensnri r and civupl mile en era I to Ian row money in antieipn ion of the collection of lj;\is in nn-e lie ordinary expenses of lh State. rebi'oiticn Question Brought U[ The lirst gnu t!i" prohibit on irlit was Saiurday itred in the Stati nale. Cpon Senator Appell's hit i impose a license of .fh.lMHJ upoi qiior drummers the discussion as lined wide proportions, reaching on > the other prohibition questions he >ro ino l: tri.-lntino lliis year. Witl rolv n ?|ii<>rinn present Senatn lift on of Sun.tor held tin- Hour 1?. onily two hums, spoilkiu.tr llrst upoi io i|iiostiou of tiio It: 11 :;nd tlnn iijuu io ijiu siiiiji to iiulotiniloly postpone. Soiuitor Kollov had sueeeided ii tiviiur liis liill t?> roponl llio lion lu\ liieh lias pi>>so?l the house, made ooial ordi r for Wedue? lav aflo iii?l reading Iiills. Sonutor tlraydo tnl luul his 1>: 11 to roirulato the oharj < for oarryinir passe.iirers on rail ads in this Slato mailo a sjieoiai or for Thursday. Sonator Liilo ha roiurhl about tin- saaio result for hi loasuro on Stato-wiilo prohibition < as about to do so wison there aro.storm of protest atraiust making an ill a spooinl order. The trreat liirl n this ipiestioii arose on Senati Ills* hill to prohibit the inatr.t far I nr ale. etc.. of whiskeys, ote., known s lie prohibition hill. It had hoi imlo a special order after a inotii o table tliis motion had been In? int after sonic more discussion Sen or lianiin's motion io iiischurire a pecinl orders prevailed and the ills are now at their regular plac pen the calendar. The casus belli was Senator A telt's bill to provide for a license i so.000 in each county of the State fi he eoiuluetinir of the business of si fitinir whiskey orders. Sector Appelt explained the pr "t' his hill. I'nder the preset iw wliiskev^Tlr11'?m0rs ran come i nd soli cite orders a7i(Ptff lieen d. However, they can liotSSi! hiskev in this State nor can they d< ver tlie goods here. Among the hills introduced wei lese of general interest: Mr. Walker?To amend seclin IS.'t and 2.1S4. code of laws, with re I fence to renunciation of dower. Mr. Weston?To amend section Pd' >de of laws of South Carolina, vol me 1, relating to the probate o peds. beyond the limits of this tSatr In the Ibmse tlie folowing w.?r aie.ng the bills introduced Sa'urihiv Mr. ({id'-'tdl To pa to Wilt. ! owe $171.So for services itudcivi it liiiieciioii With the Slate house liti it ion. Mr. Way?To amend an act entitle* An act to declare the law ie refer ice to itixl to regulate tin' inanufae ire, sale. ami use ??f nhholio lienor ul beverages." Mr. Xirholsun?To amend section IS.'l ami. 23S4. rode of laws of Soutl nrolina. 1002. volunio 1. witli ivlVr ico to trnuncintion of ilowor ami tin cord thereof. The House put upon third readini imerous hills of the unoontostoi ass and cleared the calendar o ueh of its harden. The followinj e a few of general interest: Senator Johnson?Allowing bene narv student of the Citadel to hi lieved of the obligation to teach i rtain eases. Mr. Carey?Allowing for testimon f female witnesses in assault eases. Senator Wharton ? Jnrorporatin ir Thomwell orphanage hoard. Mr. McMahan?Fixing the eharg ?r transcribing testimony by th enographer of this circuit. Mr. Lawson?Amending the net fn ic protection of quail. Senator Wharton? Tncorporatin ie Greenville Female College. THE GIRT, A MAN IJKES. She Is neither pretty nor plain, liu he Is ohnrniin*r. Her eiottms portrns er individuality. and arc a part o erself. There Is no clashing ton< 1 the scheme of rolor, and her at re Is always suitable to the ocea ion. This particular jrlri Is nevpr oh usive. She ean listen with Inter st to the conversation of her com anion, hut ean, if necessary, con erse brightly noon various topics f Interest. A rhv man is quit? a1 ase with her, and a clever man ap reeiatcs an intelligent companion. This girl makes a point of study is? human nature, and she is wel ewarded for her trouble, for th? iore she reaHven the many trials anc orrows of life the greater is "he ympathv with human b?ln?s. And the eultlvnt'.on of eompassiw ,nd loving kindness Is probably th cret of her power of tasclnatkm.Jetr Haren Reftater. ,t f lull I | lilllll ~THE NEWS IN BRIff II- " t Items of Interest Gathered By 's Wire and Cable V ; CLEANINGS FROM DAY TO OAY I * >| * Live Items Covcrfaj Events of Ilore " or Less Interest at Homo and | Abroad. (I One of the horrors of (he late I blizzard was that of Ous Johnson, n minor, who slept in a hay stack Thursday night near Omaha. Neb., next morning his hands and feet were frozen. On Saturday he crawled on hands and knees seven miles to Valley. Ite will probably t lost' one foot at least. Henry Lair was convicted in ! ; Chicago Monday of practicing white slavery. The scheme was in luring girls of Paris to come to America, j where they were engulfed in the well known system of enslaving white girls, especially in the lumbermen's f> camps of the Northwest. Pair's sentence is two years in Federal prison 1 ami a fine of $2,500. It is estimated tha* there will l?e * as many as three hundred hills found against perpetrators ol' puhlie frauds 1 in Oklahoma. 1 Two weeks were consumed Tuesday 1 on the Cooper trial at Nashville, 1 Tenn., and the fourth venire of 500 I men each was partly consumed, with only nine jurymen secured and one II of them is under charges of ineompev tenee. Two more have now Irccn added. Revenue officer Ramsey and others " destroyed a moonshine distillerv at - s,,I.?t. \t.v " ..... 4......... ?? ! UUUI1I V, \ last week. They had occasion to so hark Inter and found bovs nndcr ten years of age who liad in child like; IS play lived up a still and wore netn" ally making 4tlicker*' from the eonc tents of ttie tubs the officers had N overturned. A liesio man froze to death in " New Orleans last Sunday. The Carolina lee Machine Comls panv. of Charlotte. X. C.. has heen n authorized to increase its capital sto?'k to .*22~>.tM0. it, George Ihiesse, brother of the a- mayor of Chicago. before leaving '11 hotre for a period, bought a pistol *e and was showing the house maid how L>s to use it in ease of need. Sunday night, when the pistol was accident alp lv fired, the ball crashing through if the window of a near neighbor and killed Mrs. T,. C. Tucker, the daugh'1 ter of Gen. A. C. Girard, retired. John Dans and his wife had heen ?- separated for some time. On Mote d day lie plead for his wife and two 'n children to return home with him. s- The wife delayed her decision. He kissed her good bye saying she p- wv.t'1] regret it and just outside the door'shot ^rs- T bad "c .just time to takc^l^ bead ? and receive one nmf*'! wn expired. liigh Point. X. C.. which crt rmioli * - 1 i . in mi 1111-, in Minn 10 nave -Hass manufactory to make tlie many I" hoveled mirrors needed, f Manly II. Trinp shot down .Tamos ' Hood 011 the si riots of Dublin. (In., 0 ton years ago ami escaped. but lias : now returned ami surrendered hira' 11 John Gilmer Speed, tlie author and journalist, eommitted suieide by shcolincr himself in Ilie bend v. Jiilo ^ in his bed room at the Phoenix House Mendham, X. .7.. last Tuesday, lie left no explanation of his net. s Forty-eight applieanis have repeat lv appeared before the Supremo Court of North Carolina, asking for 1 liiense to practiee law. Thirty-nine passed while nine wer? turned down. The Italians led in marks of respeet and eseorted the remains of - Consul Cheney and wife when their J bodies arrived in New York. Foreign Affairs. Win. I.oeb. it is eontidently asB sorted, will be- collector of the port n at New York under the Tnft administration. y President-elect Taft has been tendered the honor of being made a Mason at sight by the Grand Master of Ohio. He has accepted same. Only e one instance of the kind has occurred o in Masonry within t ho last 100 years. Congress lias passed an act making r February 12. 100!), tlie 100th anniversary of the birth of President Lincoln, a legal holiday and has appropriated $50,000 as a preliminary to building a road from tjie capital to the Gettysburg Hat tie Ground, to t be known as "The Lincoln Way." t Hcnjamin Ifadlev, a recluse of East f Summerville, Mass., died recently * ami disposed of an estate worth - $150,000. He willed $10,000 to Pres ident Hoosevclt who declines vigorously to ."vropt it. The House on Tuesday reconsider ed and defeated the bill allowing - , $500,000 fitr balloons, airships, etc., for tho army. j I Washington News Notes. \ It is now said that, sufficient evi. der.ee is at hand to bring suit against j ex-President Castro, of Venezulea, > for instigating the plot to avsaasi\ natc Gomez, the present ruler, r Spain felt aggrieved that the itinerary of the American fleet did not n include at least one SpanVsjl port, a It is said unofficially, that it would havo done muth to wipe out the last II atwg of tho Spai?: