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;:; !j!;..W?_3?.^j latUlin ifentUL Kj** ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLQN, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 8. 1910. VOL 16 NO 43. p. HUNTER SHOOTS HIMSELF F } GUN DISCHARGED; LOAD ENTERS ABDO- T MEN. LORENZ BETHEA THE VICTIM V While <'liUNiii|> Babbitt IK-War-Ohl \ Xogro Hoy Meet* Death in Tragic un?l Peculiar Manner. Lorenz Bethea, a colored boy 18 years old, was the victim of a hunt- ,, ing accident on Mr. D. Mchaurin's . P*b*. place above Little Rock Tuesday aftornoon about 4 o'clock. EL The boy and some companions were out hunting and while ohasEo ing a rabbit Bethea stumbled and fell. His gun was discharged and the entire load of No. 6 shot enK*. ^ tered his abdomen inflicting wounds that caused his death in a few minjg*' utes. Dr. W. B. Smith was immediately called to the scene of the accident, but when he arrived the boy g^, ass dead. c' As all the facts pointed to a clear case of accidental killing the cc roner did not hold an inquest. L Married on Fast Train. Fayetteville, the city that rests so serenely among her historic hills y.'' ?rich in the traditions of the past and to-day she can proudly claim the honor of being one of the 1 2:7"^. brightest jewels in the crown of the K Old North State vet her tails anil 3^^, lassies have not equal rights to plight the vows that make them '' husband and wife, as is found south " B: of her State line. Her red tape li- 1 Ik. cense laws and abdurate parents torce many loving couples to rush jn_ * over where an open door awaits all * comers. Hut so it is and may conBp,, tinue until the crack of doom. The W lust episode' in a runaway match i * came to a happy conclusion on last R Wednesday morning, November 30, Ik It seems as if the charming Miss E*"*' vima-Higgs and Mr, Henry Hutler, Ru or' Fayetteville had decided to em- f bark on the matrimonial sea in de- a HK- fiance of red tape license laws and ! 3 B the authority of irate parents and 1. L boarded the southbound train early t Wednesday morning, hoping to find v solace for their devotion to each Bp}*"' other through the kind officers of > a South Carolina Parson. ' y When the train arrived at. Ha- ' Y rner Hon. R. P. Hauler boarded the r train for Columbia. When Dillon s B was reached Sheriff Lane also got I on the train for Columbia. Neither ^ * of the gentlemen knew ought of the < bridal party on board with lliem. s taw but somewhere between Dillon and Pee Dee Junction the conductor in- a ILgp formed tlie sheriff cf tne existing young people. t Vc .jt gallant son of the Palmetto f State, ever ready to succor a dis- I tressed damsel wherever found, he ' A/ was introduced to them by the clev- i er conductor and soon learned of ' U? the dilemma the young lady was in. ' Consulting tlie parties it was their * aup Avish to he married as speedily as ) B* possible. Just here the sheriff i showed wonderful acumen in un- ' tangling the kink and bringing af-'t fair to a happy conclusion. He sugB gestod that as his friend, Hon. U. x P. Hamer, was on the train, who i was not only a scholar and a gen-1: tleman, but. also a Notary Public jF ? ;tud was well versed in the marriage! ' B^ laws of South Carolina, and besides > ?i fiom long practice was quite an 1 fcxnert in tvinc thn rnnnnhrtnl bnnl f This statement poured oil on the 1 troubled waters. Mr. Hamer was iv Introduced, said he could tide them s jjk over their difficulties. The con- ! trading parties Btood up before him ' in the isle, the train plunging along at a 4 0-mlle gait across Pee Dee ? trestle. The Sheriff stood nearby 1 Afar** as best man, the conductor to give * jSr give away the bride. While Mr. Eugt* Hamer faced them with a solemnity < jK that would have done credit to tin r gal ~ chief mourner at a $lr> funeral. Me ' m* led off by rehersing the story of ^ the first marriage in the garden of -| Rp biden and that all along the ages it had been accepted as p. divine inR Stitution. sanctioned by Cud himself, With few, but appropriate Aya> ^ words the deed was done stud Alma | " and Hcnr> wire pronounced man A and wife. No fee was demanded, vf . gratulations followed, but soon another dark cloud spread over their |p happiness. They wanted a cortifi- j, cute of legal marriage. Here again y EwttSSV*' <-ilc sheriff struch the hulls eye. lie J soon lyd a telegraph blank and a n guf founttXi pen. The document was ', ^51 soon penned in the most recent , phraseology touching on marriage a certificates, his name attaclied there- !, to, with the sheriff anil conductor j( IHHe as subscribing witnwiwa n? ? "> ! ~~? ? ? . *'jr l,,v f W time these formalities were over the Q h train i?ulled into Florence. After S( 10* many fervent blessings bestowed up- t on the happy couple the parting ; * hand was given and they speeded on ? j their way to Savannah where their w honeymoon will be spent. ?(00 LHHAHTKOI'K WKKl'K NK AH SKI.-j " Three .Men Killed hiuI Several Oth- | J, pin Wounded by l>erailnient of u a Logging Train. L Tuesday at daylight three men . were killed and several others were ? H badly wounded by the wreck of ajc B&K logging trala on the Marion County ^ Lumber Company's road near Sel.^0 lers. The wreck was caused by a J a VvBr tree which had blown across the y track the night before. The train i u was backing down the track at a ?V lively rate when It ran into the Rp. fallen tree, derailing several cars j and crushing the life out of the men. All of the killed and wound-T ed were negro laborers. 0 u liiiil'AT. iTfc Ml I. R. BONDS VOTED DOWN HE PROPOSED ISSUE IS DEFEATED TWC TO ONE l/HAT WILL BE OUTCOME1! Ll Tw-siIhv'n Kloof ion Itnml Ismh to Ai<l X. A S. ('. Itnilmnil is Ih-ffiilitl by VoU' of :<l to til At tlio olootion hold Tuosdsiv m? ii the question of issuing bonds a the amount of $10,nnn to aid he North & South Carolina raiload th?> proposed bond issue was iefeated by a vote of :*?4 to til. Just what the outcome of the l atter will be remains to be seen V hen the N. & S. C. proposed to Mend its lines to Dillon the town las asked to give a right-ot-way to hllon from a point two miles this ide of Clio, a right-of-way through In- town and two miles out of town nd a depot site 150 by :100 feet, Messrs. J. \V. Dillon &S011 eonributed the depot free of cost and i committee was appointed to seocure the right-of-way. The railt?ad was built and President Hons!l says he.spent $10,000 in seeurng the right-of-way that was to lit eeuied by the town. Now he demands his money and the election :eld Tuesday was for the purpose it' providing funds to reimburse ill*. Honsall. As the bond issui n-s been rejected there is no availDie fund with which to pay tlit laini of the railroad people and nst how the matter will he settled .5 a problem. .in- awokk ntoM < <?ri\ \iTKK lUTM VI Hiio Woman in l>ca? Ii-likc Slco| Was Watched, as Sin* Was Suliejct In 'Iniiu'i's, Cleveland, Dec. ?Was Mrs knna Hubbell, of Aurora, Ohio, nol ur from Cleveland, buried for deat nd resurrected? A daughter 01 Irs ilubbell, who lives in Cleve and, says she was. A granddaugh er, who lives in Aurora, says slu wis not. Mrs. Hubbell, who is sixty-fivt ears old, and seemingly in gooc ears old and seemingly in gooc ion 1th, to-day won't discuss th? natter further th.an to admit thai lie was very ill several weeks ag? lut lecovered suddenly. Mrs. Etli Vinfield. of this city, the daughtei >' Mrs. Anna Hubbell, of Aurora ays that her mother was taken sud lenly ill about three weeks agi aid was thought to have died. She was summoned hastily fron Move land, and arriving at Auror. bnnd her mother apparently dead >be says she knew that formei uembers of the family on hei uother s side had lieen subject t< ranees, and told the undertaker o icr suspicions that Mrs. Hubbel vas merely in a trance. She ad ised him to refrain from embalm ng the body and asked that hei nother he placed in a vault witl he casket lid open. J This, according to Mrs. WinfiwRl wis done. The woman was pH\cfR n a vault at the Aurora eemeter: it 2 o'clock. Date that night th< sexton of the cemetery, who hat >een told of the daughter's* sus -Icion, went to the vault and dis overed that the body had moved ii he casket. He summoned aid. hat he woman taken to a physician \ ho worked over the woman foi everal hours, finally bringing hei >r.ek to life again, or out of hei lance, for such it was pronounced Though the story has created ,rcat excitement in the little vil age of Aurora, the persons concern d decline to discuss it. There art uany who insist Mrs. Winfield's acount of the unusual affair is cor ct. Others say there is nothing >j it. 'he I>ill?>>i Herald. $1.50 a Vein*. MI ST STOI' DOW.M'OI'R. tainiiuikei* Hart field's ('outran With Fanners Has a Checking Clause. Stockton, Nov 26.?It has just ccome known that when Charles I. Hatfield signed a contract with l.e farmers in the vicinity of Newwin lie had to include a clause in iie official document to the effect hat he would ,...UUV1>.6 1?IU t any time the ranchers had an bundance to meet all requirements or a crop. Last season he had to omain idle for about six weeks, wing to the heavy rainfall, and ome of the farmers who had enterd into a contract with the rain roducer came near beginning suit gainst Hatfield because their crops rcre damaged. When the question of making a ew contract was taken up tHis ear the farmers wanted to know if e could check the rainfall. He exIs* nned thsit when there wsis ni?H?r ure in the air he could conden^tlr a semi-arid sections by means^l hcmicals he uses on towers set t intervals throughout the section o be affected by the rain, and on casing operations there would not j any rain. Hatfield has beeu operating all long the coast. He started in at an Diego with one tower, but now ses four. He has produced rain in Lerman county, Oregon; Dominion reek in the Klondike; Nevada City .os Angeles and in other sections. ... -r ? ? ? See page 4. CHLOROFORMED INFANT PI I AGED PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN HELD FOR MAI THIS CRIME ' BABY PACKEDJN TELESCOPE RE Heartless td-aiiilmollier i 'liolol'oniis >|y ItjiI?\ While Kn Hoiilc to Kail- .. ioa?l Station anil is .\t> li'Ntwi. Johnstown. Pa., Dec. 5.?Mrs. Adelaide Robinson. aged t>?>. a well *'* k 'lOWtl rPSidiMH nf llnlUdtivuhiirw ttlair county, is under arrest here , charged with the murder of her s"" daughter's infant .#> ehokiroform, | and following is a story which she ,H''' . lelated to the police. Her hits- J,!" | hand. Samuel Robinson, and l>r. K. M. Huff, also of Hollldayshurg. j,,s | nave lieen detained as* witnesses. ,t,>] . The circumstances of the case * ? are unusual. Mrs. Robinson was ? r' ' arrested just as she tespped from a ^ c;.h at the Pennsylvania station J? \ Saturday evening when tlte cab !' ' I driver, John Shultz, called an of- ,,r'' : ficer and declared he bad seen the woman administer choloroform to the child while riding in bis car- xv'r riatre and then place the infant in , a telescopic traveling bag. The po- 1 lice allege that Mrs. Robinson con- 'on ; fv-rs to this when brought to bead- ''fl , <i> alters and the dead child was a,,<i ( taken front the the bag. The wo, man collapsed. *' 1*1 torn Wiiliuilsay la?st. , Fannie Robinson, Ht years old, ' ',:l I H e mother of the child, was boardI lag with a private family here as a ' .?ns rraiiK iiughes. when the lrtliy ' ":I was born last Wednesday evening fr*'.e had said her husband had left '' her. The Robinsons at llollidays- s'"' * lira were notified and the mother ,,MI if the young woman here to see ' lSI her daughter. ' , The Driver's Story. Sehnltz. the cab driver," told the " 1 olice that he was called to the ",!V In aiding house where the young l,sn Robinson woman was stopping Satt nrday afternoon and the elder Mrs. ' Unloosen told him to drive hurried- . ' I ly to the railroad station. He noted a baby in her arms particu- ,K"' l.uly because the infant cried all the way and lie said as he chanced t.? glance around and through a ' glass shade in the cab he noticed 1 the woman holding a wad ot cotton '"s ' to the nose of the baby. '"'I ' . \i orried about the unusual occurt ance. Schu'tz soon afterwards again Wi ' ) lot ked into the cab and this time ' l.c claims he saw the woman place 1 ' i" the bahv into the tdlescope and . close the case. It ail Woman A nested. > Hurrying his team, Schultz drove to the st-ition and a.to: opening the s|'" i door for the woman to alight, not lieed that slie carried nothing hut ',,s the suit case. s<il r \s the woman walked up the 1' r r stcjis into the station the driver > searched the call and finding no 1 I' hab> was convinced that it was in *\ 1 1 the suit case. He rushed to an of - filler and had the woman arrested. AN INVITATION. f i.i flit* i lfl/.?*ns of llit* County to ' Come Hcii' Monday ami Api" pear llrfori' the Court llousr ('oiiiiuissioiiers. 1 Ihlitor Herald: , ' Tito Court 11 ouse Commission will 1 j,p - meet next Monday to select a site I,1;i i lot the public buildings. This is a I matter in which every citizen of Dillon county is vitally interested. T i" The Methodist church site is the |'al r most logical site for the court ',ca i* house, and 00 iter cent, of the peo pie favor that site. The wishes of * I the people should he consulted in such an important matter and if 'n<> - necessary the Commissioners should ,rni i not hesitate to pay the $'0,000 ' asked for this property What ' does $10,000 mean to 17,000 peo- 'u" ; pie who will be using the public 11 buildings for the next 7"? years? ,'vc'1 liy locating the buildings near the ' business district where they are 'j10 easily reached during sessions of . :il court the county will save, in time, three times the amount asked for the Metltodist church site to say 1 , i othing of the conveniences grant- t'?" ? <i the public. A committee will ,''1' a pear before the Commissionei s Monday to urge the Methodist J' ::i ihurch site and that committee ',,s scould he suported i>y every man of , 1 ' 11,, I-11 .... .I.U-H.W11 III lilt' lOl'Il- " turn of ihi* public buildings. Therefore an invitation is extended to < citizens all over tlie county to come here Monday and join the coin- \ea n;it tee already selected to go before the Commissioners. it is a matter which will not permit of delay, lwee the buildings are located the I nblie will have to put up with "u them for the next 75 years. Every *<>ni loan in the county is urged to bo lure Monday. The Commissioners l'''s want the views of the people and ')P'< the only way they can get, an ex- *'as pression of public sentiment is for was the citizens to come before them l,er and express their views. I trust every citizen will keep this matter J* ! in mind and be here Monday. <?n>01' ^ Wade Stackhouse.' ^ > t glni SKXATOH TILLMAN BKTTKR. Ala Senator Tillman will attend the sessions of congress in Washington *'? during the present winter. This an- Geo nouncement was made by Dr. J. W. ''oli Bnbcock, superintendent of the 'Vs State Hospital for the Insane, who irturned to Columbia from Trenton, Gkl ; when ho spent Thanksgiving day ?ou with Senator Tillman. Dr. Bab' cock said thut he found Mr. Tillman 1 cx , very much improved in health, and i ^1! ; that he would very shortly go to, ' Washington. I MARY FOR GIRl W HARRIS HELD IN CONNECTI WITH LANGFORO KILLING ASON FOR MOVE UNKNOT Kiel) Siiriiillllilv lli?a I jis'. \ ;r<i Now H. l.l is ?'liin ?i?sl \>"i111 one <i| tlx* Mimlorvr*. > Stjitr: iin) iiiii i in, iik- ."i-.WH r-u mptou county girl, who. sin< rt'y after .1. H. I.nngford's hoc ? found Tuesday morning, h 11 held in the Hamilton couni either as a witness or charge h having some connection wil murder, was brought to the pe itiarv last night, an officer rear unihia with his prisoner .it ock. Vhy ihe girl lias be* n brougl the penitentiary could not I rued Past night The officer \vl ught her here "din not want t to newspapers" and nobot seemed to know the reasi v. and perchance the officer fro mpton didn't know. The girl, when seen at the u station seemed far from ten A white sweater, an si pre I a hat with red rihhons on I e the most striking parts of in larel. and she was trotting aloi lind the mail who had her rge, aparently perfectly wiHii follow his lesid. lifonnation from Hampton t there is no rumor of violet) re. and the trail slip of a gi s not seem to one able to bres li a sturdy struct ure as tlie Hani jail surely is. And the of fie I night didn't seem to have ai aide wir^s his prisoner. ticliey Williams, the negro Ma rris accuses of committing tl rdcr is lodged in the penite v, where she was brought Tim 'night. M.iMci'iniis fuse. I'he case involving the wlti 1 and the negro wh7> are m lind the same stern walls at t te penitentiary is a most my ions one. I'uesday morning J. R. I .any lor prosperous white planter, b home near llrunson to i?ee, a small station on tile rfe ird Air lane railway where I < setting 11 j? a saw mill. 1 or reached the mill, lie nev< itrned home alive, lis hands at tlie mill nwaiti 1 in vain, and when lie did rti in ,an a pea ranee, the> went home lo rind out what t\( uhi do. Night came on and I l.angford did not reni n lion wife heroine alarmed and rolling | art;, was organist d. \ some liouik i i search liis liori I bug;.' \ v. i n found hesidi 11 d, the horn? being seen re I.\ tie short dints'nee from the roadsii i Laugh id was found (had. h Iv lying on his buggy robe. iVednc sdsiy a coroner's jury b i on invs.igalii.il into die deal ! learin d that Mar\ Harris, terate wliit girl. 2o years of ag b lived ir. sir where .Mr. lain d's bod> was found, knew soni ng sihor.t bis death. M i?' y.'-yr Was \egio. 'poll being (|UCStioned elosi 1 girl admitted, but unwilling) t she was with .Mr. Longford i woods at the time be was kille said that Itiehev \\ illiams, ro man, had crept up behind M igford and hit him over tl d with a stick. lie never mo or spoke after the blow was (It red. "be nettro was arrested, and t vent the possibility of any a ipted lynching, was spirited awti Uarnwell and from there lirongl .'olninbin and put >11 the penitei v for safe keeping. There w: liing hrought our against Iti apt the statement made by ti and bis own statement iiiat 1 tight lie had seen Mr. I.angfot t morning driving on tIte Pal road. Ir.ry Harris was put in tl npton jail. The coroner's jni tinned its investigation In Id gather no more informatioi as the girl repeated and stnr xionsly to the story that si t told, the jury rendered a ve that liicliey Williams hilled M igford. OTTO.N (ilWKl) NOV. MTU. rly Nipe .Million Itules. Atvon ing to < 'eiisiis KeiHirt.?The Klgucex. i'ashington, Nov. 21. Cotton ? growth of 1910 xinnod to N< ibor 14, according to the con at cau report issued at 10 o'cloc morning, amounts to K.764,ir> ss. counting rottno as half halo, t year to November 14 thoi ginned 8.112,199 bales or SO. cent, of the total crop of 10 F731 bales, and in 1008 the git < was 9, f> 9 5.809 bales, or 7 3. cent, of the total crop of 13 ,00f> bales. ij states the number of halt ted to November 14 is; b.inta 891,(13 ansae 4 74,42 rida 46.76 rgla 1.434,60 lieiuiin ? O i AC . sissippi 755,14 th Carolina 4 94,72 aliomu 727,23 th Carolina 888,30 nessee 191,21 as 2,639,94 other States 38,37 .. ?? I will pay y.xi to read pafie 4. S FINAL MEETING MONDAY ON TO SELECT SITE FOR THE COURT HOUSE AND JAIL. INiEVERAL SITES ARE IN VIEW rf\Uv Court House Commission Will f Mi'vl to l>cfiiiitcl> l>eci?le I |h*ii . * a Site lor 1'nlilir Itu'hliiijis. The regular motithly meeting of i tic Court House Commissioners was Id sum uojiu|OKO.t is pun A'upuojy 1M ?!; i.e passed agreeing t<? meet again on l.v the Following Monday for the paras pops of deciding upon a location fot t.v the court house and jail. Tile inat d t< |- was to hav<* heen disposed of at th Monday's meet inn. hut it was de n- ? t :? postpone definite net ion milt tii the following Monday. It will lie !<*? recti Pod that some weeks ago a onunittee was appointed at a meetlit >ii?r of the Hoard of Trade to meet he with the Court House Commission to a'td discuss with them the matter of to a location for the buildings. At ly Monday's meeting the commission >n apointed a eonimission to meet with m th?' directors of the hoard of trade and put before them the proposition n- to purchase the Methodist church "i- site for $1 n.noo, the commissioners ' I to pay one-half and the remaining it, one-half to he paid hy the citizens er of Dillon. The directors of ihe g Hoard of Trade, while favoring the in Methodist church site, felt that the g citizens of Dillon had spent enough mom y in securing the new county is and that to call upon them for addict' ti-oial funds to aid in the erection irl , the public buildings would he imtk posing upon them a hardship, and p- the proposition was rejected. Dower .-\or. a resolution was passed hy 'lie II.V 1-onrd urging the Commissioners to secuit the Methodist church site, ry and it this site was not available to lie accept the block of laud on Main n- s?>'oet between Ihe two railroads so generously contributed by the M* ssrs Dillon prior to the formation of Dillon county. A committee te \\.'>- appointed to present I his reso>w Lit ion before the Commissioners ai lie tl.< meeting next Monday, s- The Commissioners have three files in view: The Methodist church d, site, the hlook of laud on the north 'ft ,i,l.. ?.r \l.. i,, of....... I........ >l,.. ...... to depots and four blocks of land just a- outside the town limits on the lowhe c?r end of Main street. The price le asked for the .Methodist church er site is $ In,nun. Tile sites offered i>> Mr. Dillon are to he contributed d tree of cost. One of the three sites L't will be selected Monday. r. I Diversity Notes. iV Columbia, S. Nov. i".?. Tin* a 1 nivcrsity of South Carolina, openI ed on September 2 Is villi o'.dt si\tse dents. This is tile largest eiirollle inet t in the history of the ITmerd. sity. The number las: year was ic oi.lv :ir.n*. is The 1'niversity old Science ilsill is now being remodeled for a large gymnasium, which, when completed, h will be one oi tin- In at gymnasi,n urns in the South. h. A magnificent Science Hall has fj. ' ?? ii occupied this year for the .. I rsi time. It will tie dedicated on .lanuary lutli. 1 : I 1. Founder's Day, the I In anniversi.ry ef the fe.ndv it y oi the I'nivcrsity of Scr.li . ry, olina. in The speakers for that day will be (i. Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, of Wasltington. 11. C.t who will speak about i*. 1 no relation of scientific knowledge i(. to agriculture, and Dr. Walter li. Page, of New York, from whom a e_ message of great import is expected. One of the best incidents of the r<-? oceas'nn will hi> t lie nrpsciitatinii s\f t- the Me Master medal to Aluminas iy of the University to Dr. \V. (till it \\ vlie, of New York. The medal ii. was presented to the Universilj by is Fritz Hugh McMaster, to he awardin <-t' ??y thent front time to t'mo. to it. th< former students of t he I'niver10 sn\ who have rendered notable scr*d vice to mankind. It was presented r- last year to Mrlver Williamson, of Darlington county. ie The University of South Carolina y offers to the public this year a it tree extension course, in the form of i, lectures, which covers a broad field ^ of literature and science. lf. On November the loth Presir_ dent Mitchell delivered the first adr ciress of the session's series. His subject was, ".Mora beau" the forniost figure of the French Revolution. Dr. Geo. A. Wanehope made the second address of the series on November the 17th on "Shakespear." illustrated by stercscopic \icw; of the l?o?'l'< Iinlii'n Mr W. P. Mill's will Rive "the next ,f lecture on December 1st, an illustratcil lecture on Oxford. IS T. Itrooks Alford. ? .Ml KIIKItKlt WANTS TO DIM. Noi-tli Carolina Mountaineer Plemls Thul ll?- May Leave the World i" Soon. The triple murderer Allison now 1 in the penitentiary at Raleigh, N. is a peculiar prisoner. He is under sentence to die in February 's but he has petitioned Gov. Hitch in to hasten the day of his death as ' l t is eager to kavo this world. Ho J: is new under constant guard and n i one is allowed to see him, ex-1 ? cepting a clergyman. * Allison, who was perhaps the greatestdesperado in the mountain ? section, killed three men and re' reived the death sentence. He ; swore that he would never leave '* Buncombe county and also that he 4 would never die in the electric ? chair. He cut his throat In Jatl the dry after his sentence and almost i carried out his threat. A WOW SMUGGLER MRS. DEFOREST ALGOOD ATTEPTS Tfl DEFEAT CUSTOMS js prominent" in society I \ti? Trunks KhII of Kiiif Paris ( arnieiits Sci/i-il l?y Customs tRffirials .it \i-w lurk Pier. Savannah. (5a., 1 toe. f,.? \V. if. Iinwp, I'nited States custom aj;e.nt i.. charge of the Savannah district, I * ! k been advised by M. O. .Mark- " hum. surveyor or customs in Atlanta, of tin* seizure there of two t r inks belonging to Mrs. DeForerSt A1 yood. of Atlanta. filled with I'aris (towns and lints, for failure to pay the required amount of duty. Mis AIkiioiI, who is a \voll-knotit'i|4|ll1fl Deary ia woman, reached N?-w I loin Paris in September and seiit^ ft two lier trunks through thO' \? \v York customs house in liond to Atlanta. She declared the eont? nts of the ?wo trunks valued at * 1 -tC?3. The government's experts tippruised them at $2,350 with .a duty of about On per cent, of their value due. The merchandise was seized and is now in tin' custody of Pncle Sign's officers. I'nited States District Attorney farter Tate at Atlanta has had the 1 *ipert* in the ease referred to him fo? action. The thorough examination of M rs. Algood's baggage is .*.iid to have resulted from a nvsSiiL'e from the government agent In I'nris that sin- was sailing after making extem-'iv* purchases. '1 he government hits recent 1> advised ic collectors and surveyors of cu?1 inns to very careful at all ports r inspecting personal baggage .?f incoming passengers. MOH\ ItUOMA'S SON IV I'tiXKKTV liisoli. I-'.blest of Xboliti mist's t'bil lien, Has Seen Family Wipil < tut l?> 'IViijtiilii's. Toledo, Nov. 10.? In it little shack on I'ut-in-lliiy, Jason Itrown, only living son of John Hrown. of Osiiwatomie, is passing his last days in poverty with the widow of bin hrotlier John. In many respects Jason Brown has had the most remarkable career of any one of John Brown's children ?tin-re were twenty of them. Jas6u was the eldest. and he has lived;''to s?e every one of them huried. r'ak-o were murdered in Kansas, ^nire-t* wen slio: at Haipe"'* Fotv, r*\\'. Ca.. and six >iher> tn* violent (lea t lis. Jason Brown was horn mar Hudson. <)hio. nearly ninety years aj<o. \t t wt-nt v-scm a he moved to Kansas with his fa her. Cntil the outbreak of the Civil War he made hfs home in the West, spending his l.tin I a rin inn and fighting. He was not with liis father during the rani at Harper's Ferry, although lie took part in the Civil War. He was wounded Severn) times. After the war tie settled mar Akron. in the early 'Mis. tie me.do his home* in the lied wood district in California rei iruing to Ohio to Mve V.'itl Ills SO: when lis gUVC (lilt. "1 wasn't in tin* massacre of Osaw atomic, but I took part in the battlt there several months later." ho said. "That was the hardest fought l?; ttie in the several years -.?f border warfare, and ! fought in neatly every skirmish in the vicinity. "My father came out safe and hi> was only wounded once during aT# the fighting in Kansas. He wr{? wounded severely at Harper's Ferry when he was captured, however, lie was always in the thickest C ifighting and his clothing a frequently shot full of holes, 1 1 suppose he was neoch d to eat. out a mission and Providence spur hi: life until thai mission was acontplishcd." THK l-TKL I'KOP.Ll 1. H??:??{ -is Hi?r(l _to Obtain High IVice is e'oreistg < miisiii* eis to Ituru t'onl. One of the most puzzling laws of supply and demand is that which forces local consumers to transport fuel from points in Virginia, mote titan .ion miles away. However, it 1 as come to the point that unless you burn coal you are pretty apt iioi only to be without the comforts ?< ii lire mure man nan tUe time dtitint; tlie winter months but .also to be named as defendant in bankruptcy proceedirips before the coTct season is gone. Wood has beconcf? a problem in Dillon. Fanners stiy they cannot get enough cut to supply their own places and there has been much complaint among ginnors this season over the scarcity Of fuel. Provide yourself with "a J search warrant and spend a day tl? "looking" and finally you will locate a wagon load of wood, hut 't fs of a very poor quality and the price you have to pay makes you think the coal trusts are the greatest philanthropists on the face of the earth. To meet the emergency local consumers are putting in grates and if the scarcity and high prior, uuuinue mucn longer wood nr? -a fuel will be a back number. ]t !a a strange law of supply ar<\ 4enmn|fr Lbat makes It cheaper to/ haul f uel ?.00 miles when thou'andn upon thousands of cords ar/e rotting ft? the fields right at yevur doors, but nevertheless it is a fact. l'age 4 Mill interest you. Ejfori'i