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? - ? - ^ ' " ' ^ z=r ' ,.lfc 16TH YEAR . FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1907. ^ NO. 8 BLOOD SHED In the Streets of Lodz, Russia, by Cruel Cossacks. ATTACK MAIL WAGON. Which Causes the Body of Cossacks to Shoot Indiscriminately?Near Warsaw Terrorists Kill Four and Wound Nine in Bold Attack on Railroad Office Under Guard. Innocent People Killed. At Lodz, in Russian Poland, sixtyeight workmen, of Kuttner's Spinning Mills, were shot down Friday morning by a patrol of Cossacks because R Imnrf r\f torrni-lotn ~ J - mail wagon in the neighborhood, killed a Cossack guard and wounded another Cossack and two postofflce officials. While the wagon iwas passing through Ixmgkowa street the terrorists suddenly appeared from a Bide street, opened fire on the Cossack escort. seiKed $1,000 from the wagon and eacuped. A moment later a patrol of Cossacks arrived on the scene, and infuriated by the fate of their comrades rushed into the Kuttner factory, which was near the spot where the robbery occurred, and began firing Indiscriminately, killing 21 and wounding over 4 4 persons. The greatest Indignation prevails at Ixtdz. as it is claimed that the employees of the factorn had nothing to do with the attack on the mail wagon. nitiu iwtmvny wiiiit. At Warsaw, Russian Poland, a band of terrorists held up the city office of the Vistula Railroad, on Dulga street, at 10 o'clock Friday morning and got away with $5,000 after a severe tight in which four persons were killed and nine wounded. The office was full of people at the time, and soldiers were guarding the premises. ' but terrorists attacked them with revolvers, killed two and wounded four of the guards before they reached the place where the money was kept. Then snatching up a bag containing $5,000 the men ran out of the office. The soldlerB fired at the fleeing terrorists, but only succeeded in hitting some bystanders, two of whom were killed and five wounded. MOMK CiOOl) AliVICK. (liven the Xcgro Preachers by a Ne Kn> l*reacher. In an address to the Virginia Negro HaptlRt association, Rev. R. H. Rowling, in Rpeaklng of the progress of the race, said: "It is. indeed, wonderful to see the amount of our people have given out of their means for their education, and they continue daily to do this. I^et us through the ministry lift up the moral standnrd of our race. Let each man be the hupband of one wife, and a man with two living wives Is unfit to preach the gospel. I do not hesitate to make this assertion, let It cut where It may. And we must get rid of Rny man who would go around destroying homes instead of building them up, and destroying the young girls of our race. Tito nocrvn miict now otfnni t/\ KIp * IIV ?IVQI V ??"V I'M/ III l\/U IV u in moral standing In this country, as Immoral people will never be recognized. Let ub protect our women, for the hand that rocks the cradle rules th? world." IMTHKT1C INCIDENT. Ilride and Groom Killed in the Same Accident. One of the most pathetic of scenes was caused by the wrecking of th? train with the Shriners on It in California last week. It was the death of a bride and groom, at almost the same instant, each believ ing the other still living. They were thrown from the coach on opposiU sides of the train. "Tell my wife tha' I am alright." murmered Kllenton to the physician, "give her my love and let me know how she is." Mrs. Ellent on in return sent a message of love to her husband. Hefore it could lie carried the husband was dead. CURE WOltSK THAN DISEASE. So-called Evangelist Whips His IJttle Hon Nearly to Death. Tlecause he whipped his 12-yearold son for playing baseball on Sunday. J. H. Arnold, a travelling revivalist was sentenced to six months on the rock pile by Mayor Dorsey, of Macon. Ga. /The physicians testified that the l>oy was lashed until the flesh was a pulp and that he might not recover. Arnold said it was a deadly sin to play baseball on Sunday and he had ordered his son not to play but the latter disobeyed and was even the * captain of the team. SEQI KL OF AN OCTKAGE. Mlhs Nevada Taylor Pics a* Result of Nervous Trouble. Miss Nevada Taylor who was criminally assaulted dear Chattanooga by Bdward Johnson, a ntgro on January 19. for which crime the negro was lynched, died at her childhood home Flndlay, Ohio, of nervous trouble brought about by the crime. The case has becomi a celebrated one. E| The supreme court of tho Utlted States now haa Sheriff Shlppl, several of his deputies and others und<? a charge of contempt as a resu It otpte ( I OLD SWINDLER DEAD. Body at Ashevilte is That of lord Berosford." n. H? Lef? a Trail of Wives?Clever Australian, LasoeLles, Hoodwinked American Ambassador. The body of Henry Asquith, of Norfolk, which has been lying: at the undertaking establishment of Noland. Brown & Co., of Ashevtlle, N. C., waiting for it to be claimed by relatives, has been identified as the notorious bogus "Lord Beresford," alias Asquith. Hobson, Williams, Morris, etc. This identification was nmue uy y* . t. v;neney ana Linton Dean, lawyers, of Rome, Ga., who arrived In Asheville a few days ago. Asquith's real name was Sidney Lascelles. He came to Asheville with physicians and nurses, whom he led to believe would be paid handsomely. Mr. Chaney pays: "Sidney Lascelles was born in Australia of parents comparltively well to do. He was given an excellent education, and when he reached his majority was sent to England. There he made a hit. learned the ins and outs of society. He lived a fast life and his funds soon ran out. While thus financially embarrassed, he conceived a plan similar to that followed by the notorious bogus 'Lord Douglass' for recuperating his fortune. "Lascelles secured an Introduction to the American ambassador at tendon under the name of Beresford, posing as a couBin of the English lord of that name. He cultivated the acquaintance of the American ambassador and soon gained his confidence. Heresford then represented to the ambassador that he was about to take a trip to America and around the world. The ambassador Immediately offered him letters of introduction to many well known society people of America, including members of New Vnt-\r*a *1 AH * T ounanAe cannrdrl mnn. ey and credit enough as a member of the Beresford family to buy a London wardrobe which was the wonder of New York. His clothes were copled and he became lionized by Gotham society. He was able, with comparative little expense, to hold his own, he was so constantly entertained in the American metropolis. "After he had obtained entry Into New York society and had obtained credit of hundreds of thousands he decided to come South on a trip, armed with letters from well-known society people and business men. He went to Rome, Ga., where he represented himself as Lord Beresford, come to America as a representative of an English syndicate in search of investment. The firm of Hamilton & Co., then the wealthiest in Rome, was at the time selling agent for 10,000 acres of land. They tried to Interest the bogus lord in a trade. "Lord Beresford became very much Interested, in the meantime doing the society stunt and paying much attention to a young society KaIIa nf that nlftPP npri?cfnril hnri the genuine fteresford coat-of-arms on everythirtfc it could be placed. This coat-of-arms was on his private check book ou the Bank of England. One day he was explaining to Hamilton & Co., the difference between American and English systems of banking. He showed his Imposing check book and told how the checks were numbered in England. Then in a careless sort of way, he said to Hamilton: " 'By the way, I have been in America for some time, and have run short of ready cash. I would like to have a change, don't you know. Could you led me have a few hundreds or so?' "Hamilton & Co., mindful of the English syndicate and prospective trade, together with Beresford's letters, opened the company safe, giving him the money in large denomi nations. v\ nn a careless mantis, lleresford thruat the money Into the pocket of his trowers. and wrote out a check on the Rank of England for ?2.2.r,0. The society stunt was kept up for about a week afterward, whan the '.ord Reresford diasapeared, havlnr neglected to pay his hotel and othe* bills. It was then learned that Heres ford had forgotten to return din mond rings and other tokens loane him by society damsels. "Reresford went from place t< olace, carrying out his nefariou: schemes, with sleuths close behin ' him. He married whenever a wife would l?e of any use to hlf in carry ing out his schemes. It is known that he had at least sx or eight wives and probably many more times that number." BKXHATIOXAIj AFFKAY. .Man Shot Five Times at Joncsvllle, Disarmed His Assailant. As a result of a very sensational shooting at Jonesville Thursday night, S. M. Oilmore who was shot five times by James W. Gallman, died at noon Friday. After discharging his revolver. |uaiimHT) who ciisttrnien ny ttimioit. who beat him severely on the head With the weapon Roth men are prominently connected. HOMICIDK IN MACON. Tom Rattle, Well Known Citizen, Kills I>. M. Berry. Tom Battle, a well known citizen and foreman on the new United 8tates building at Macon. Ga., struck D. M. Berry on the head Thursday with an iron bolt, knocking Berry to the floor breaking his neck and killing him almost Instantly. The homicide occurred on territory of the United State government and warrant was issued from the United I States court for Battle. Berry was 26 years old and leaves a young wife having been married but six weeks. ESez J&A HORSE ATE GOLD That Was Stored Away in a Sack of Wheat Tlielr $140 Is Gone, Father Won't Have Hone Milled?Two Stablemen Are ArreNted. Toodles, an aged roan gelding, who used to draw a wagon for the feed store business of Isreal Wlshnosskle, to 1893 First avenue. New York city, might under ordinary circumstances bring $1T at auction, but at the present time he is very valuable rlece of horseflesh. It Is highly probable that If some one were to offer $140 for him It would be peremptorily declined. Pauline, Rose and Yetta. the youtig daughters of the owner of the horse, take the greatest interest in the aged beast for the reason that the suspect he is carrying In his interior $140 In gold coin that they have been saving for years. Yetta, the eldest, who 1b seventeen, and works at cigarmaktng. llhd saved $105 of the total, ana Rose, aged thirteen, had put by the remaining $35. They were in doubt about the best place In which to keep their hoard, and, after a consultation, decided that a bag of oats in the feed Btore would muke an ideal hiding place for the gold. They went to the bag at intervals to count the coins, and were horrified Tuesday morning to find that the hag had dissapeared. The girls went to the stable hands, two polish young men, who informed the girls that they had taken that particular bag of oats to feed Toodles. and that a large part of it had gone toward his supper Sunday night and his breakfast Monday morning. Then a veterinary surgeon was called, and the girls suggested that he cut Toodles open in order to get their gold. The father declared that he would not sacrifice the horse for the money, and a less heroic method was tried hut without success. Then the young women sought the aid of the police and went to the 104 street station, where they wept opiously while telling the story to Capt. Corcoran. They wanted the tv*o Poles arrested, and this was done. They gave their names as Alexinder Yesahitz and Rescio Zenkav h. and when they were arrained in he Harlem police court they were held in |f?00 each for trial in special sessions. They denied seeing any gold coins in the oats haR. which they said they injured into the feed box for Toodles. 1)1 til) AT HIS POt**. An tiiigineer Found Dead With His Haml oil tin* Throttle, At Philadelphia the llvfis of more than sixty passengers, most of them residents of the fashionable snrburbs along the main line of the Pennsylvania. were imperilled when William Armstrong, engineer of a local train, died with his hand on the locomotive throttle. As the train neared Haverford, the fireman and the crew noticed with surprise that there wbb liot the usual slacking for the stop at that station at 8:1t. Indeed, the train Increased its speed every second, and dashed through Haverford at the rate of a mile a minute. The fireman climbed into the cal) and found Armstrong huddled in his seat with his hand limp upon the wide open throttle. It was the work of a second to check the flying monster, thus averting the danger of a rear end c-dllsioil with another train. The engineer Was taken to the Bryn Mawr Hospital. It was said there he had been dead for some time. He was sixty years old and lived in Pennsylvania. OLI> MAN Dl KS. Said to Be One Hundred and TwentySeven Years Old. A dispatch front Spartanburg to The State says Adattt Frost, colored, aid to be about 127 yearB old, died oariy Thursday morning between Cedar Springs and ltich Hill. I'ntil within the laRt few days Adant Frost wns in the best of health. According to his own story, given a newspaper >an a few weeks ago. Adam Frost wA? born on Sullivan's Island in 1780. His first owner was a man named Hunter, who sold hint lo Col. Drayton. Before the Civil War he was bought by Dr. Frost und the old negro lived with the Frost family until after the war. During the Civil war the family- of Dr. Frost refugeed to this county and located at Cedar Springe. The old building that was formerly used as the colored Institute for the deaf, dumb and blind at Cedar Springs was built by Dr. Frost. When the Frost family returned to Charleston Adain remained in this county. NEGROES HOLD UP NEGROES Highwaymen Arrested and l/o<kr<] l'p in the Jail. Last Saturday night at Castor Shoals, where the Drave company it workng on the big dam across Broad river a negro named Will Byan "hulH iir>"" Iinntlipr nnirrA namprf Itn vis Petty, and relieved him of $20. Byars used a .3 8 cailitre revolvei as a persuader. Byars was carriec to GafTney and lodged in jaii. He als< was hound over to court on the charge of selling whJskev. Byari has a brother who is also in Jail foi selling whiskey at the dam. A negro named John Hendersot was also held up at the point of i pistol by another negro at the South em power plant at the Nlnety-Nin< Islands and compelled to disgorgt three "almolaons." This negro wa: committed to Jail by Magistrate Li gon of Blacksburg. WILL SAVE LIFE. The Government Planning to Prevent Sacrifice of Life in COAL MINE HORRORS That So Frequently Occur in Thin And Other Countries. A Testing Station is Assured. The Effect of Explosives on Gases Will He Noted. Demonstration of Apparatus Used in Europe \VI1I lie Made. The fuel division of the Geological Q11PVOV IC itlonnino' *-* mob/* n -1 wv.. t vtj *? piuuaui{) ivy uiarvc a uciui" mined effort to stop the terrible sacrifice of life in the coal mines in the United States. In 1906, 500 lives were lost In Pennsylvania mines alone. European countries are far ahead of tlis country in matters relating to the proventatlon of disasters in mines and In caring for miners who are entombed, by entering the mine before the men have been smothered by dust or gases. An experiment station vlll be established in the mining region in the vicnity of Pittsburg, where tests of the various explosives used in blasting coal, will be made. The explosives will be projected by a mortar - ? 1.-11 1-?- n.. j uiu a inuiri-puti?" fvmiuer IUUMI with gas. and the effects will he carefully noted. If Ignition falls after severe tests explosives will l?e known as "permissible explosives," and their use will he urged. There will also he experiments in rescue work. One part of a station will he fitted as a miniature mine, and miners and operators will "be taught how to save lives. It Is declared that hundreds of lives could he saved were It possible for the rescue party to enter the mine immediately. As it is now fire damp often holds the men hack for hours while their comrades are being suffocated or burned to death. Government experts have found an apparatus in Europe which, worn by rescurers, enables them to enter where there is gas. The use of the apparatus will he demonstrated. Some of the recent mine explosions In one stale, West Virginia, are as follows: Red Ash, March 0. 1906, 24 killed. Rush Run. March 18. 1906, 24 killed. Bluefleld Coal Dale mine, January 4. 1906, 22 killed. Paint Creek. Detriot mine, January 1 8. 1906, 1 8 killed. Payette County, Paral mine, February 8, I90d. 22 killed. Phillppi Century ml he, March 25, 1906, 26 killed. Fayette county. Stuart tnlne, January 29, 1907, 82 killed. Fayette county, Whipple mine, May 1, 1907. 21 killed. If the experimental station is erected within the Pittsburg coal district natural gas will he used for testing purpose*. Safety valves will be placed all along the top of the cylinder used In snch a mariner that whenever there Is ail expiosloil they will II.Y U | It'll A OCI ica 11* |>U1 L nuirn covered with one-half Inch glass will enable those conducting the experiments to witness the explosions from the observation house 60 feet away. KILLHI) II Kit MON?ltt>tiAW< Tile TrHgOillr Occurred Willie Mun laiy hi Drunken Stupor. At iiuntsville, Ala., arlgbred hecause her son-lrt-law, Frank Albright, had come homt* drunk add rurt the family away from home, by his violent actions, Mrs. Mattie Connally killed the mun by shooting him with a shotgun, as he lay in a drunken stupor on his bed. The tragedy occurred in Maysville Saturday nieht. and on the evidence secured by the coroner's Jury, Mrs. Coim&liy has been lodged In jail, arid Charlie Chad wick, a 16-year-old boy, has been put In Jail as an accessory. Albright was a merchant, about 30 years old. He was drunk In Huntsvllie Saturday and when he went home that night he was violent. His wife and children lied, but the mother-in-law remained and sent Chadwlck to a neighbor's house for ammunition, with which she killed the drunken man. Mrs. Connally is 45 years of age, 1h divorced from her husband and Is the mother of eleven children. KIIJ1jKI> THKM. Six Persona Fatally Poisoned by Drinking Fresh Milk. I Six people are dead in Macon county, Tennessee, as the result of drink Ing milk from a row which Is supposed to have been poisoned by eating milk weed. I John Ix>ve, aged 70, and Harry Moss, aged 15, died Thursday. John Moss, father of Harry, and Noel, Annie and Addle Love, children ol 1 John Ix>ve died last week. No others < are ill as all who drank the milk are I now dead. ? VKIIY STHANGK CASK. r llladc of (trass (iocs Through The Lungs of Child. > At Warronton, Oa., W. W. Pllchei * has taken from the back of the Uttl< daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. De i Heaugrine, n blade of grass that hat i been swallowed several dayB ago. The grass entered the wind plp< ? and worked Its way from ther< ? through the right lung, coming ou s just below the shoulder blade. Th< little girl had some hemorrhages but at present is doing well. ^ v ?. i_ FORTUNE OR PRISON The Awkard Fix Confronting a Man Left a Fortune. He Is l'p Against a Forgery Indictment If He He turn* to Claim the Millions Left Him. With a fortune of millions of dollars awaiting him on his mere return to Lake county, 111., John Yule Smith, the only brother of the late "Silent" Smith, who died recently in Japan, is in a perplexing predicament. The whereabouts of the missing brother is not definitely known, but he is thought to be in Chili. But, whereever he is, he is a free .nan, while, if he returns to Chicago to claim his share of his dead brother's 150,000,000 fortune, he runs a long chance of landing in jail. Many of the residents of Lake county still remember John Yule Smith, and a great many of these declare the heir of the Smith millions will never appear. For 22 years John Smith has been a fugitive from Justice, having been indicted on several charges of for gery ana laier jumping nis ban. l ne other members of the Smith family tried to forget the "black sheep," and as a result there was general surprise when, after "Silent" Smith's death, t became known that he had a brother. In the last ten years before his death the millionaire was not known to have mentioned his brother's name, nor even the fact that he had a brother living. If John Smith fails to appear in Chcago for his share of his brother's fortune it will only be because of his own fear of arrest. The indictment still hangs over him, but he will not be prosecuted even if he does re-appear. The money which he fradulently obtained was refunded by "Silent" Smith, who also reimbursed the mau who went the fugitive's bond. Time has also softened the wrath of his victims and it is quite certain that none of them would seek to have him punshnd if he should return. The official who caused hisarrest is now chief of police in Wnukegan, and he says that if Smith should return to the State he would do nothing unless compelled by one of his victims, and that in all probability the Indictment against him would be quashed. The crime for which John Smith was indicted was frauduletly obtaining money on worthless mortgages. He sold a large number of these documents, and evaded suspicion for a long time by paying the interest upon n.KAti 4* hoeunto /Inn WVlOM f ho I 11**111 W licit It UUVO 1UV UUV. K Itvu vmv fraud was discovered Smith fled but a year later was arrested In Kansas, and after extradition papers had been secured he was lodged in 'jail in Lake county. He had considerable difficulty in securing ball, notwithstanding the fact that "Silent" Smith worked hard for his brother's release When he finally was set free on a bond, he left the country, two days later, and is at present supposed to be located in Chill, where he had considerable money, it is rumored. KltKINti PASTOR Who Met His Affinity Succeeded by Ills Wife. Mrs. D. M. Carpenter has been elected temporary pastor of her husband's Holiness church, in Harrington, twenty miles south of Dover, Del., while the Rev. Mr. Carpenter's whereabouts is unknown, supposedly, to the official board. He dissapdared from Harrington after the existence of his "soul afflulty" had become kriown through the publishing of a letter which the pastor Is said to have naniiuea sending to the recorder of deeds by mistake. If Was Intended, It was said, for Miss pfeila (loodrh'h, a young woman Of his church. The "sOul affinity" whom the minister addressed lri the mlssent letter as "Oh, precious, precious, precious, darling, little Delia wife," Is not blamed by Mrs. Carpenter, who Is a mature woman of exceptional mental attainments, mother of the minister's seventeen-year-old son. The girl is young and pretty, and Mrs. Carpenter said she Ixdlevod her to be innocent of wrong Intent and a victim of hypnotic influence exerted by Carpenter, who, his wife said, had talked so much of late of "soul affinity" that she believed his mind had become unbalanced. thmfat huyt Small Fee Charged by Mother to See the Itaby. Mrs. Herbert Brock well, of Chesterfield county, Va., twenty-seven years of age, is the mother of what she believes to be the champion heavy-weight baby of the world. * * * ? J ? ? ? * tlenelr _ l ne liny, Aiiurew i uuumo i>iw>. well, eleven months old, weight 56 pounds, and Is physically in the pink of condition. The child weighed 15 pounds and 7 ounces at his birth. He was born /ith a full suit of raven black hair. The thrifty young mother, on account of the large number of people coming dally to see her baby haf 1 suspended a sign from her front ' porch announcing an admission fee of 10 cents. Kii nr.moi ' Several School Hoys Burned by i Practical Demonstration. A teacher In the graded school a ) Darlington Thursday morning wa . planning to give her class a practi cal demonstration of volcanic erup tion. A pile of dirt was heaped u| over some gunpowder. By som means there was a premature ex . plosion and three or four of the boy were blackened and painfully burn* about the face and hands. Medics ' aid was summoned, however, ap there were no serious results. GOOD JOBS OPEN. Civil Service Places Seem to go Begging In These Parts Oommisaioner Mcllhennjr'a Undertaking 8cconed by President. Thinks Prejudice is Ileing Overcome. An effort is being made to popularize the civil service among the people of the South and is understood that it was with that idea in mind that President Roosevelt a few months ago appointed J. A. Mcllhenny, one of his rough riders, as civil service commissioner. It is known that the President has not been satisfied with the class of people who enter the civil service lists from the South. Inquiry developed the curious fact that among the better class of people in the South, there existed a real prejudice against the lower grades of the government service. In a measure, at least, this prejudice was due to the fact, doubtless, that many, perhaps a majority, of the aapplicants for civil service positions from the South were negroes. In the opinion of Commissioner Mcllhenny this prejudice gradually Is being over come. The people are beginning to understand that politics cut no figure n a civil secvice ex- 1 uimnuiion, una mac, annougn me Republican party has been In national control for many years, the sub- 1 ordinate positions In the government 1 service are open alike to persons of all shades of political opinion. If they 1 satisfactorily demonstrate their capacity to fill them. ' Commissioner Mcllhenny Is convinced, too, that an Important reason for the receipt of so few application from young white men and wo- 1 men of the South through the Civil 1 service is that that section of the country is experiencing a phenomenal industrial development. This has afforded both men and women of ? good capacity exceptional opportuni- 1 ties to better themselves in a material way and the government service does not offer them so many attractions as it might offer them if the conditions were different. Practical steps have been tnken, however, to induce well equipped young white men and women of the South to enter the public service, Some Southern educational Institutions are now preparing their students particularly to take civil service examinations, and it is expected that this will have an important influence in improving the class of applicants from that part of the country. SPECIAL DKIilVKKV liKTTKKS After July Tliey Will Not Require Special Scamps. No special delivery postage stamps will he needed after July, to insure immediate delivery of a letter. Postmaster General Meyer has issued an order that, on and after July 1 next, if there is attached to any letter or package of mail matter 10 cents' worth of stamps, of any denomination. with the words "special delivery" written or printed on the envelope or covering, in addition to the postage required for ordinary delivery, the article will he handled as if it bore a regulationspecial delivery stamp. This change is made possible by nn act of the last Congress. The Postmaster General has decided also to recommend to Congress an amendment to the present law, whereby such letters may be left at their destinations without procuring receipts In all cases. The amendment would enable the department to deposit such letters in receptacles controlled by the adressee, and get a receipt later. Until Congress can act. nowever, a nroaner cuiisuruciioii hi the present law will he Riven, so that receipt will he accepted from any one occupying the premises to whom ordinary mall might he given. EAtiLB SEIZES CHILD. Father Pulls Down Hint ami Its Prey With u Hake. A little child belonging to I). M. Rlgoe, a merchant of Braxton county, W. Va., was nearly carried away by a large bald eagle. The child was playing In the doorway of its home, when the Immense bird swooped down, catching the child about the shoulder and waist with its claws. The scream* of the little one attracted Its father who came out of his store just as the bird was rising with the child. Mr. Hlgee immediately seized one of the rakes which he had on display in front of his store, and with It literally raked the bird and child down. The child was Injured but little, ? - a* mnnoeffi/l tA I Willie I lie |inieiii iuaiiaBvu w J. , the bird several telling blows with the rake Despite this It managed to fly to some tall trees nearby, where, while nursing Its Injuries, it , was killed by a rifle ball. The eagle , is one of the largest ever seen there. <X>RKY-GIL.MA.N WKDDING. Is Roughly Criticised by the Georgian of Atlanta. * The Atlanta Georgian thinks some pretty hard things about the CoreyGilman wedding, and it says them In 1 print. For instance: "The man should u ' , nave carrien run uvuu?:iicu < u a wilderness, and there in the fores' at midnight, without witnesses sav< p the priest, yoked up with the act ress he never ought to have known." But how then asks the Charlestoi " Post would The Georgian have beei , able to publish a three-column pic [l ture of the "bedixxened siren" and flaring account of the wedding on it first page? _ _ WAS FOUND OUT By a Love Letter That Fell Into the Wrong Hands. AFTER BEING FREED The Old Hasral Defends Hi* Illicit i/ove .niair. I'retonds That His Legal Wife Was Never Ills Affinity, and That He Met A Young Woman and Loved Her on First Sight. "Whatever the world may think of my actions. I know I have done no wrong in the sight of Heaven. I never loved my wife; and God intended Delia to he my affinity." With this remarkable statement, the Rev. De Witt Maynarn Carpenter. whose infatuation for a young woman who was his former assistant, pastor n the Aspostolic Holiness Union church, at Harrington, Del..explained the disclosures that came to the ears of his congregation through the strange delivery or a love letter to the Wrong persou. By mistake Carpenter mailed to the recorder of deeds of Kent county a fervent letter to the woman, and the recorder taking u wide interpretation of his official title, recorded the mutter and notified the trustees [>f the churrh. Meanwhile the pastor has left town, presumably for parts unknown, ills heart-broken wife and his two sons, one of whom Rolins, seventeen years old, lived with his parents, have no knowledge of his destination. Before his departure. Carpenter spoke freely of his love for Miss Delia Goodrich, who is now- in a town in the western part of Pennsylvania. "Whom God hath united let no man put asunder," he said, speaking r?f Mist^ Goodrich. "I married Mrs. Carpenter thirty years ago. She was Miss Vola Billing, and lived not far from Johnston. I thought 1 loved her before I wedded, but immediately ly after the ceremony I realized I hud made a mistake. I know that she was not my affinity. I have always tried to treat her kindly, but she has known as well as I that there was not a perfect oneness between us. "When 1 met Delia six years ago, I knew at once that God had intended us for each other. She was In perfect accord with me, but as I was married 1 did not permit her to enter my life at that time. Later when she came down here, the conviction becnine stronger that she was really my wife and that Mrs. Carpenter was not. "It is hard to explain such things to persons who do not understand the ways of heaven, and therefore we did not mention it to our congregation. I cannot understand how I made the mistake of the letters. I was in a hurry to get them mailed and placed Delia s letter in the wrong envelope. That is all there is to It. The recorder of deeds, however, had bnnn Vw* Inline IIU I Ifilll IVJ m-C|i me "He should have sent It back to ine without making it public and causing ail this trouble and misapprehension. I have decided to go away from here, and that it is the best that I seperate from my wife. She agrees with me and I have advised her to try to get a divorce soon. She will probably continue here for a time, as the congregation has a high regard for her." Carpenter declined to say where he was going or whether he intends to see Miss (loodrick. He also refused to say whore she is located at present. Mrs. Carpenter, whose grief is tempered somewhat by the fact that the blow has not been unexpected by her, said that she thought her husband's mind had been unbalanced for some time, or ever since Miss Goodrich had come to Harrington. She has known of the almost daily letters that he has sent to the young woman since she went away. She said the pastor would arise in the morning as early as five o'clock to write them and would hurry to the postoffice to get them off on the 6:3 0 train. Members of the congregation are amazed at the revelations. "He whs one of the most magnetic men I ever met." declared one of them. i no congregation idolized him." . At the regular weekly prayer meetI ing while the pastor and his wife sat with bowed heads in the library of their home, across the street from the church, Cyrus N. (Irant, president of the board of trustees, led the meeting. A remarkable demonstration of grief characterized the gathering every person in the church was in tears until it adjourned, and an outsider would have thought thAt some calamity such as a plague had afflicted every household represented. Following the meeting, men. women and children flocked to the pastor's house and ofTered their sympathies to Mrs. Carpenter. The pastor, unable to meet his followers, went to the rear yard and paced up and down under the shade trees. Two men were detailed to watch him lest he should try to do - _< iat? tn the night. hlmsoii Hum/. ... _ after the callers had gone, he packed two valises and left town by the first morning train. HIS MOTH Kit KHOT HIM. a " The Sad Kate That liefell a Practical * i < I Jocker. * A shooting took place near Taylor, 1 Texas, on Thursday night as the re* suit of a practical joke. Returning " home, Lee MoFalls, a young man. appeared at the window to frighten JV I the children of the house. Hia moth* II er, believing it to be a burglar, fired iSa ' through the wondow, inflicting sot- off a era! wounds, from the effects of 8 which It is believed the young J man cannot recover. ' 1 I.