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THE FORT MILL TIMES ? - - VOL. XVII.. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY U, 1909. NO. 45. ' 1 1 L i hi ? . . _ ii SOUTH CAROLS News of Interest Gleaned Won Arranged For I MORE TROUBLE AHEAD. |1 The Seminole Receivers Enter Suit Against the Southern Life for J #325,000. Alleging tlmt the transaction was conceived any consummated in fraud | of rights and interests of the stock- \ holders in the Seminole Securities 1 Company and that the officers of the s Southern Life Insurance Company J and its agents in the transaction had knowledge of fraud and participated v and benefited by it, conspiring and ( colluding with the officers and agents j of the Seminole Securities Company, t and do damage to the irreparable v hurt and injury of the Seminole Securities Company, F. CL Thompkins ( and others as receivers of the Seminole Company have instituted suit j in the United States Court here ask- ( ing that the whole transaction between the Seminole Company and the ^ Southern Life Insurance Company be . annulled and the Seminole Company (i reimbursed the $325,000 paid to the , Southern Life by the Seminole officers ^ in the deal that has stirred sensation after sensation in North and ( South Carolina, the home of the Seminole corporation for the past few months. For Increaso of School Term. Representative Oarris in the Lepis- t lat ure received a good bit of consideration on Wednesday. t Mr. (iarris explained that his bill K provided that if nnv school with s wrm of 20 weeks or less could I. through its friends, patrons or trus- I tees, raise an amount equal to one 1 month's salary paid the teacher, a i like amonnt would he given by the \ State. The sum of $25,000 was nsk- r ed for. The Mil rends as follows: > "Section 1. That any public school I in this State which has not money 1 enough from tho regular school funds 1 to coptinuc tho session longer tlmn ^ fife-'months may have the term extended in the following manner: v Whenever the patrons raise sufficient c funds by private subscription or t local taxation to extend the term t one month, said school shall receive J sufficient aid to extend the term for < another additional month: Provided 1 That no one school shall receive more ? than $80 under the provisions of ? this act in any one year. { "Sec. 2. No application shall be . considered unless approved by the t 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 shall ( be paid out by the State superin- | tendent of education until the amount , raised in the said school district shall : hnve been deposited with the ootin- I ty treasurer of such countv to the , credit of the said school in the said i school district; Provided, That no j school shall receive more than $80 < under the term of this act. > | "Sec. 3. That the eum of $2:1,000 if so much he necessary, is hereby | appropriated for the purpose of this 1 act.'* Killed by /jfoident. Charleston, Special.?Mr. D. B. 1 Peurifnv of Walterboro met his c death Tuesday afternoon while hunt- f ing birds. Alarmed at his failure i to appear for supper, his son9, J. R. j Peurifoy and D. R. Peurifoy, Jr., i went in search of him and found J him at the steps of the target gallery i with the top of his head blown off. < The left barrel of his gun was empty, i It is supposed that lie was resting t and had moved the gun accidentally \ discharging it. i Better I Dysp If you can help it Koch _rr_ n_. i- _i_: xi_j. cucuiuaiiy ucipiug naiun But don't trifle with Indig< A great many people who have trifled with indigestion, have been sorry for it?when nervous or chronic dyspepsia resulted, and / they have not been able to cure it Use Kodol and prevent having Dyspepsia. Everyone is subject to indigestion. Stomach derangement follows stomach abuse, just as naturally and just as surely as a sound and healthy stomach results upon the taking of Kodol. When you experience sourness of stomach, belching of gas and nauseating fluid, bloated seusatlon, gnawing pain In the pit of the stomach, heart burn (so-called), diarrhoea, headaches, dullness or chronic tired feeling?you need Kodol. And then the quicker you take Kodol?the better. Eat what you yrant, let Kodol digest It. Ordinary pepsin "dyspepsia tablets," physics, etc., are not likely to be of much benefit to you, In digestive admcnts. Pepsin is only POB SALE BY AUDREY'S DI IANEWS ITEMS ' i AH Sections of the State and Susy Readers rOR SOUTH CAROLINA WATER- v WAY. tl S Sir. Ellerbo's Request Meets With ? Favor. o All of the projects for surveys of "ivers and harbors in South Cnro- s< ina asked for by the various mem- h )ers and advocated in the committeo b >y Representative Ellerbe-have pas- ci ;ed the r^-ers and hartors committee. The bill as made up Tuesday contains P lie items for survey mentioned a few tl lays ago and one important one beiides an authorization of a survey r >f an inland water route from Bcnu'ort, N. C., on down to Georgetown d hrougli the Wnccamaw river. Vesicls which would coine down the coast tl >y the inland water route from Bos- P on as far as Georgetown would be tl lllln in 1 ftl'O li<? nnnnn ?"*v tu icwvv iv/ iijc vtviiii u^aui tw ivi " laving passed the dangerous Hattoras ci oast. The South Carolina end of the p reneral project has been particularly r< diampioned bv Mr. Ellerbe. There is tr t provision in the bill also for Mingo reek and for the Cooper river, Chnr- o eston. In a former dispatch Cooper tl tliould have been mentioned instead o >f "Coosaw" for which there is no n ippropriation. ti hi Charged With Killing His Wife. Union, Special.?The celebrated o: ase of W. T. Jones, charged with the p nurder of his wife, Mrs. Marion lc Jones, has been begun. a Shortly after 10 o'clock the calling >f witnesses in the Jones case be- m tan-, and at 10:40 Jones, in the cus- a >ody of Deputy Sheriff J. G. Long, ii] fi*., and accompanied by his son, ii larry Jones, was brought into court. Jo appeared to be quite at ease and tl n the best of health and nt intervals vhile his counsel were conferring. W end the daily papers. ti On account of the large array of R witnesses, but few spectators have 1" >een allowed in court, as the judge T lad given orders that the uisles must f< ?e kept cleared, which order was p veil enforced bv Sheriff J. G. Long, tl At about 11:20 the calling of the si vitnesses for the defense was eon- o< 'hided by Mr. V. E. DePass, who is st iow associated with the counsel for A he defense, which as nt present is P Jr. James Monro, Townsend & Towo;end and Col. George Johnstone of dewberry. Five minutes later coun- ci <el for both sides held a joint eon- ? niltntion. In a few minutes the ir hate counsel came out and then rones hnd a conference with his at- ol orncys, while the other side had a ronferenec with the family conncc- a; ions ol tiie deceased woman. It lrnn shortly after 1 o'olook when P "ol. Geo. Johnstone made the motion c< o quash the indictment because it pi lid not specify the kind of poison ulininistered or the nature of the ei irnises alleged to lime been on Mrs. Tones' person. This motion, which c< vas perhaps the feature of the morn- tf nj, session, and tlie preliminary skirmish iu this groat legal battle, yi ,vas overruled by Judge Memminger. ir Dr. Jeter was the piincipnl witness, ti 3e testified that Mrs. Jones camo by ler death from strychnine poison. tc Locating Post Office. ti Darlington, Special.?Ma.i. Fred Crockett, superintendent of the site livision of the treasury department, P' ipent Monday in Darlington looking it the proposed sites for the new >ost office building, which the town ? s to have, and gathering the neces- * sary information on which to base his ccommondations. There are several 11 sf these lots in different localities ind private interests in and around k hem have been putting forth strenlous efforts in their favor, and await P vith interest the results. S ' ' ' 35 jr tl '31 C ^ot Get ! epsia " >1 prevents Dyspepsia, by n 3 to Relieve Indigestion. rl es tion. , a partial digester?and physics are not digesters at all. w Kodol is a perfect digester. If you could see Kodol digesting every 11 particle of food, of all kinds, in the n glass test-tubes in our laboratories, r you would know this Just as well (. as we do. Nature and Kodol will always N' cure a sick stomach?but In order to be cured, the stomach must, rest r? That la what Kodol does?rests the p mmimcn, wnue tno stomacn gcta si woll. Just as simple as A, B, C. Our Guarantee J Go to tout druggist today and get a dollar bottle. Then after you have used the h entire contents of tho bottle it you can _ honestly say, that It has not done yon any rood, return the bottle to the druggist and f he will refund your money without Question or delay. Wo will then pay the drug- 1 gist for the bottle. Don't hesitate, all d druggists know that onr guarantee Is good. Tbla offer applies to the large bottle only ' and to but one In a family. The large bottle contains 2ft limes as much as the fifty cent bottle. ( Kodol is prepared at the labora- j tor les of E. C. Do Witt & Co., Chicago. } tUG STORE _ v S t ? i j \ TOE S. C. LEGISLATURE loinga of Paltietto jViwiiakera Told In Brat. In a session of 2 ?onrs Tupsay night tho Senate voted down enator Carlisle's bank bill. There was a concurrent resolution, *hich was ndoptcd, received from he house, asking that the United itates congress be urged to pass laws i regard to the whiskey traffic in cniformity with the State laws. A bill has been introduced in the enate bv Senator Sullivan, which as attracted attention from a numer of paint dealers throughout the onntry. It requires the careful labeling of aints showing the ingredients in lieir make up. The following passed their third ending: The following new bills Avere introueed: Mr. Weston?A bill to provide for he payment of water used in the ublie institutions And buildings of le State located in Columbia; n bill ? regulate the assessment of muniipal license tnxes of insurance comanics; and a bill to amend an act Mating to borrowing money by lunicipalities. Mr. Weston?A bill to enable cities f 10.000 inhabitants or more to fix le rates and charges for the supply i water, gas and electricity, furished by any firm, person or corporaion to any sneh city and the inahitants thereof. Mr. Graydon's bill to fix the place f trial in all actions to recover the enalty fixed by statute for delay, >ss or damage to freight by common irricrs. ? Mr. Kelley?A bill to make it a lisdemennor to publish the name of ny maid, woman or womau-chilil |>on whom a rape or an assault with itent to ravish has heen committed. Mr. Wharton's bill to incorporate le Greenville Female college. Upon the assembling of the house Tr. C. A. Smith presented rcsoluons of respect to the memory of eprcsentative T. A. Clarke, of lorence, who dieo Monday night, lie resolutions expressed the prn>und sorrow of the house and symathy with the family and ordered le sergeant-at-arms to procure a aitahle floral tribute and that a immittee of five be sent to repre>nt the house at the funeral. Messrs. ver, C. A. Smith, W. I). Bryan, ingle and Bunco were appointed. The Senate on Wednesday disissed the question of ballot for asiciate justice and passed the foUowig: Senator Earle's bill as to pollution f water courses. Senator Montgomery's bill to mend the high school act. Snna+AW Bnllivan'o Will .'v-t.itivt Minn > iiii a win iv iri|inn' ublic pinners and public warehouse Dmpiinies to mark bales of cotton inneil or stored. The following new bills were offer1: Mr. Lido?To amend section 1033, ide of laws, 1002, volume 1, relating i incorporation of towns. Mr. Otts?To amend section 208, olumc 1, code of laws, 1002, re'.atig to returning property for tn.xaon. Mr. Carlisle?A bill relating to ilcphone charges. Mr. Bnss?To repeal an act entled "An act to amend an act, entled, 'An act for the further pro>ction of partridges and quail,' aproved 21st day of Fcbruar\\ A. D. )0fi. by changing the time and inuding Mongolian pheasants and ild turkey, approved 21st day of ebruary, i008. Mr. Bass?To regulate the statiscs of leaf tobacco sold upon the oors of leaf tobacco warehouses of outh Carolina. Mr. Gruydon?A joint resolution roposing to amend section 22, arcle 5, of the constitution of the tato of South Carolina, relating to iry trials. The House passed the following on ieir third rending: Mr. Kichnrds?To repeal section 359, volume T, code of laws of South nrolina, 1002, relating to the lien iW. Mr. Wheat ley?To authorize the ppointment of a commission to erect causeway over the swamp on Coonvhatchie river and build a bridge rer said river. Mr. McColl?To authorize the town F Clio to issue bonds in aid of the orth Carolina and South Carolina lilroad. Many bills of local nature were Bsscd upon. The House hold a night ission at which the following actions pro taken: Mr. K. 1*. Smith's bill, abolishing ie department of agriculture, cornier cc and immigration. and Mr. ichnrds' bill, amending the act renting the dcpaitir.ont, were made peeiol orders. Without debate. Mr. Aver's bill. equirfng county treasurers to decsit funds in chartered banks, pased to third reading. Mr. Harmon of Newberry had the ill introduced by his brother, Mr. Inrmon of Richland, last year, foridding the manufacture and sale of thcr than safety matches in South nrolina. The hill went to third ending, after some little debate, and m amendment providing that the iAv should go into effect in October. Mr. Mann's hill, making it a mislemeanor for any baggage or ex>ress agent to wilfully damage or treak open any baggage or express, rent to third reading. :.V . , al ' C I The House also passed without debate Mr. Brice's bill providing for the following additional changes in the hanking laws. "Every bank or banking institution receiving deposits shall at all times keep and have on hand as a reserve fund nn amount equal to 15 per centum of its active deposits and 5 per centum- of its savings deposits. "Every bank or banking institution shall set nside to its surplus account not less than one-tenth of its annual net earnings each year until its surplus slinll be equal to 25 per centum of its capital stock, and it shall be the duty of the State bank examiner to enforce this and the preceding section." Mr. Brice also had passed his bill limiting the time for recording mortgages to 20 days. The act would go into effect in May. Mr. Cosgrove's bill, authorizing the insurance commissioner to appoint Hrc department officials to investigate fires, also passed to third reading. Mr. Dixon's bill, naming the agents or collectors of fraternal societies as agents, in order to fix their responsibility, passed. e 1 ? i u i ? -- uuiuv uuiiuu^ miii'ii iuwm i Hen occupied the time of the House, nnd finally went to third reading, being as follows: "Section 1. That from and after the approval of this act no municipal corporation in this State shall have the right to pass any ordinance prohibiting hotel and restaurant keepers or other persons from serving meals or lunches to passengers on trains within the limits of such tnuniripnl corporation on Sunday nnd all such ordinances heretofore passed are hereby declared illegal and voifl." The Senate on Thursday took seven ballots for associate justice without effect. Among the new bills nre the following: Mr. Croft?Relating to compen* sntion allowed Confederate veteran* for property furnished to the Con? I federaey without pay. Mr. Christensen?To further- pro 1 vide for winding up the affairs of the State dispensary nnd for the sale of the real estate heretofore used in conducting the dispensary. Mr. Carlisle?To repeal section* U3 to 331, inclusive, of civil code volume 1, 1902, relating to tax on incomes. Mr. Otts?To submit State prohibition and county dispensary to the qualified electors of the State at a special election. Mr. Griffin?Providing for the sale of infirmary for Confederate veterans nnd disposition of proceeds of said estate, The House killed the Rucker bill, which would prohibit any towns passing an ordinance against the sale of lunches on Sunday. Killed the bill reducing the legal rate of interest to 0 per cent. Killed the bill for a commission to inquire into the advisability of the State goinginto the phosphate business. The new hills offered embraced those of .\lr. Howman?To amend section 1!)35. code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, volume 1, by adding a provision for forfeiture of charter of certain towns. Mr. Tobias?To amend an aet to incorporate certain religloui and charitable societies. Mr. Wade?To amend an act to declare the law in reference to and to reeulate the manufacture, sale, use, consumption of alcoholic liquors, so far a9 the same may relate to Aiken county. Mr. Dick?To amend section 12251, volume 1, code, 1902, by forbidding nepotism in employment of professors or other employes in State institutions of learning. Mr. McMahan?To amend section 192 cf the criminal code of 1902. relating to the breaking and entering of railroad cars. Mr. McMahan?To amend section 1980 of volume 1, code of laws, relating to borrowing money by municipalities. Mr. Dixon?Conferring right of action against telegraph companies doing business in this State for injuries to person and property and for mental anguish. Mr. Foster?To fix the liability of common carriers by railroads. mr. Aver?10 require nil rent notes, agreements and rent receipts to be recorded in office of register mesno conveyance. The Senate on Friday passed (lie bill of Senator Otts ns to costs in eases in the original jurisdiction of the supreme court, with an amendment. Considered again Senator Appell's measure to provide for the np? ointment of a commissioner to sell the stock of goods of Clarendon couniy dispensary. Placed agalft upon the salendav Sentor Croft's resolution as to associate justices. Among the new bills of importance were: Mr. Mauldin?To restrict the use of taxes, colleetd by municipal officers to the purpose for which levied and prescribed. Mr. Christcnsen?To provide certain conditions to be imposed upon insurance companies of like ciaractei for the privilege of entering- and do in? business in this State. Mr. Rass- Submitting .be repeal of those t^o certain acts, approved December 24, ISM. and December 22. 1892, respectively, and known as acts JS'os. 988 anu 272 and found in volume .i ' j. - 20 at page 1488 and 21 at page 300, respectively. Mr. Mauldin?To require rlectric street railway companies to affix inclosed vestibules to their cars. Mr. M&uldin?To require a production of State registration certificates and tax receipts to register for city or town elections. Mr. Otts?Concerning notaries public who are stockholders, directors, officers or employes of bauks or other corporations. Mr. Earle?Relating td' actions for the recovery of personal property. Mr. Mnlker?To empower the comptroller general of the State to make certain abatements in assessed value of certain rice lands in the county of Georgetown. New bills of general interest in the House were: Mr. ljodie?Relating to ponding water in anv stream in this State. ir- i-y ii ait a% mr. upcoran?auiaoruinft mo jjovornor. Slate tventurer and comptroller ecncrnl to borrow money in nntieipaticn of the collection of taxes to meet the ordinary expenses of the State. Prohibition Question Erou?ht Up The Hrsr tr-i-i of the prnhih!t:or figlit was Saturday fired in the State senate. Upon Senator Appelt's hill to impose a license of $.1,000 upon liquor drummers the discussion assumed wide proportions, reaching out to the other prohibition questions hefore the legislature this year. With barely a quorum present Senator Clifton of Sumter held the floor for nearly two hours, speaking first upon the question of the bill and then upon the question to indefinitely postpone. Senator Kelloy had succeeded in having his hill to repeal the lien law which has passed the house, made a special order for Wednesday after third reading hills. Senator (iraydon had had his hill to regulate the charges for carrying passengers on railroads in this State made a special order for Thursday. Senator Lide had brought about the same result for his measure on State-wide prohibition or was about to do so when there arose a storm of protest against making any bill a special order. The great light on this question arose on Senator Otts' hill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, etc.. of whiskeys, etc., known as the prohibition bill. It had been made a special order after a motion to table this motion had been lost, hut after some more discussion Senator Hardin's motion to discharge all special orders prevailed and these bills are now at their regular places upon the calendar. The casus belli was Senator Appelt's bill to provide for a license of $5,000 in each county of the State for the conducting of the business of soliciting whiskey orders. Senator Appelt explained the provisiorwi^nf his bill. Under the present law whiskey drummers can come in arul solicite orders and are not licensed. However, they can not sell the whiskey in this State nor can they deliver the goods here. Among the hills introduced were these of general interest: Mr. Walker?To amend section and 25S4. code of laws, with refer* nee to renunciation of dower. Mi'. Weston?To amend section 948, rode of laws of South Carolina, volumo 1, relating to the probate of deeds, beyond the limits of thia tSnte. In tho IIouso tho folowing were among the bills introduced Snturduvs Mr. Ridgell?To pay to Wm, F. Bowe $171.85 for services rendered in connection with the State house litigation. Mr. Way?To amend an act entitled "An act to declare the law in reference to and to regulate the manufacture, sole, and use of alcholic liquors and beverages." Mr. Nicholson?To amend sections 2383 and 2384, code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, volume 1, with reference to renunciation of dower and the record thereof. Th^ House put upon third reading numerous bills of the uncontested class and cleared the calendar of much of its burden. The following are a few of general interest: Senator Johnson?Allowing beneficiary student of the Citadel to be relieved of the obligation to teach in certain cases. Mr. Carey?Allowing for testimony of female witnesses in assault cases. Senator Wharton ? Incorporating the Tbomwoll orphanage board. Mr. McMahan?Fixing the charge for transcribing testimony by the stenographer of this circuit. Mr. Lawson?Amending net for itic proiecuon or quan. Senator Wliarton? Incorporating the Greenville Female College. Fleet Now at Gibraltar. Gibraltar, By Cable.?The American battleships that arrived Sunday were exchanging the salutes Monday morning with the shore and the foreign ships in the harbor that were omitted because of Sunday morning. The Connecticut saluted the port and the flag of Viee Admiral Sir James Goodrich, the commander of all the naval establishments at Gibraltar, with 21 puns and when these hade been returned gun for pun from a shore battery and the British battleship Albemarle, other salutes were fired to and answered. Granting the existence of that supposed planet beyond Neptune, its year, astronomers tell us, agues the New York World, would be equal to about a thousand of our year?. What a noise the new planetarlats must make when their new year comes Vound! '*V V- " f* 1 THE LARGESTWARSHIP The Battleship Dcleware Launched at . Newport News Saturday?Description of the Great Sea-Fighter. 1 Newport News, Va., Special.?The great battleship Delcware was successfully launched from the yards of her builders, the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Do<;k Company Saturday. The lauching was witnessed by 5,000 people. Compnrcd with the battleships, completed or under construction, of the navy of any foreign country, the [ Delaware surpasses all. She is one i of four sister ships authorized by Congress which will form ar. indomi- r table squadron. The other vessels are v the North Dekota, being built at c Quincy, Mass.; the Florida, which r will be built at the New York navy 1 yard, and the Utah, to he built at Camden, N. J. t a lie Delaware is to carry as heavy s arrr.or and as powerful armament as g any known vessel of its class; will v have a speed of 21 knots, which is 1 hplievcd to he the highest practicable ? for a vessel of this type and class, c and will have the highest practicable t radius of action. The arrangements a of her main battery guns is such as to permit a broadside tire 25 per cent a greater than that of the broadside a of any battleship now built, or, so far i as is known, under construction. Her defensive qualities, other than those c dependent upon armor protection, aro 1 *ueh as to give the maximum degree r of protection to all the vital portions ti by means of unusually effective com- o partment il sub-division, so that in t conjunction with her nrnior protection s the defensive qualities of this vessel are believed to be distinctly superior <i to those of any battleship hereto do- ? signed. The hull is protected by a 1 water line belt of armor 8 feet in I width, whoso maximum thickness is 11 a inches. This armor belt gives effee- [ tivc protection to the boilers, maehin- r ery and magazine spaces. The side t rbove the main armor belt is protect- c ed by armor 7 feet 3 inches wide and of a maximum thickness of 10 inches. 1 Above the main casement armor nmidships the side is protected by armor | of 5 inches thickness, which cfTords r protection to the smoke pipes, the ma- s jor portion of the secondary batteries of of 5-ineh grins and the bull i structure. 1 Mr. Taft Leaves Colon. t Colon, Rv Cable.?President-elect r William IT. Taft and party left here 1 at 6 o'clock Sunday evening on board t the cruiser North Carolina for New 1, Orleans acompanicd by the cruiser t Montana. Just previous to embarking Mr. Taft gave out the following: s "I am not prepared to make a d statement as to the results of the trip o to the isihmus, except to say that we 1 have found the work progressing in 1 a most satisfactory way; the organi- v zation better than ever before, the d esprit de corps excellent and the de- j termination of all, even the humblest n laborer, directed to the building of p the canal. I am sure that this has impressed itself upon every one of the s board of visiting engineers ns it has g npon me. b "With reference to the type of the canal and the continuance of tho 1 present plana, tho engineers proiuiac t that they will be able to hand mo n their report by thfi time we land at 3 New Orleans." j Razor For Suicide. a Asheville, N. C., Special.?Telling ii wife that he was going downstairs to ^ shave, James M. Hyatt a prominent h business man of this place, Sunday morning shortly after 8 o'clock pick- 1; ed up his razor and other shaving r:a- C terial, went down stairs, locking the !i doors and slashed his throat with the P razor, dying soon after the net was discovered by Mrs. Hvntt. No cause s other than ill health can bo assigned C for the rash act. b General News In B^'ef. Charlottesville, Vn., suffered from a disastrious fire on Friday, the 4th. g The loss is estimated at $250,000. fl Subpoenas have been issued by ; Judge Landis for a new trial of the Standard Oil Co. Judge T.nndis hefore imposed a fine of $20,240,000 on ? the company which succeeded in get- i ting a new trial. It is proposed at this late day to c: gather the ashes of Major Pierre 1 Charles L' Enfant, the French engineer, and bury them at Arlington and ' to have a suitable monument in ree- ' ognition of his services to Gen. Wash- ' ington in planning the Capital City. 1 Bryan Denies tho Story. Jacksonville. Fin., Special.?William Jennings Bryan reached Jackson- ' villc at 7 o'clack Sunday morning ? from Dclnnd and emphatically denies i the story sent out regarding the * alleged automobile accident near Tarpon Springs, in which it was said that , he was badly injured and under treat- j rnent in a Tampa hotel. Kiacon Has $40,000 Fire. Mneon, On., Special.?Fire originat- , ing in a cottage en Wilder street in < south Mneon, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, driven by a stiff wind rapidIv spread to adjourning dwellings, resulting in the complete destruction of twenty-six residences, the loss on buildings and personal property amounting to approximately $40,000. i i&UH THE NEWSJN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered Bf Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Liva Items Covering Events of Mor< or Less Interest at Home and Abroad. One of the horrors of the lat? ilizzard was that of Qus Johnson, t nincr, who slept in a hay stacl Thursday night near Omaha, Neb1 lext morning his hands and feel ver e frozen. On Saturday h4 rawlcd on hands and knees sevefl uilcs to Valley. He will probablj cse one foot at least. Henry I.air was convicted is Chicago Monday of practicing whit* lavery. The scheme was in luring rirls of Paris to come to America, vhere they were engulfed in the well mown system of enslaving whit? prls, especially in the lumbermen's amps of the Northwest. Lair's senetice is two years in Federal prison nd a fine of $2,500. It is estimated tha* there will bs is many as three hundred bills found gainst perpetrators of public frauds n Oklahoma. Two weeks were consumed Tuesday >n the Cooper trial at Nashville ?enn., and the fourth venire of 500 riw each was partly consumed, with >nly nine jurymen secured nnd one f them is under charges of incotnpecnce. Two more have now been iddcd. Revenue officer Ramsey nnd others lestroycd a moonshine distillery at south Mountain, York county, S. C., ust week. They had occasion to go ?ack later nnd found boys under ten care of age who had in child liko day fixed up a still and were aetutllv making "liekor" from the concnts of the tubs the officers had verturned. A negro man froze to death in STew Orleans last Sunday. The Carolina Ice Machine Cominny, of Charlotte, N. C., has been luthorizcd to increase its capital dock to $225,000. George Buesse, brother of the nayor of Chicago, before leaving lome for a period, bought a pistol ind was showing the house maid how o use it is case of need, Sunday light, when the pistol was aceidcntalv fired, the ball crashing through he windoiy of a near neighbor nnd lilled Mrs. L. C. Tucker, the daugher of Gen. A. C. Girard, retired. John Dans and his wife had been epnrnfed for some time. On Monlay he plead for his wife and two hildren to return home with him. i'he wife delayed her decision. He :issod her good bye saying slio rould regret it and just outside the loor shot himself. Mrs. Dans had ust time to take his head in her lap nd receive one more kiss when he xpired. High Point, N. C., which makes o much furniture, is soon to have q lass manufactory to mnke the mttny eveled mirrors needed. Manly B. Triop shot down James Icod on tho streets of Dublin, On., cn years ago and escaped, but has ow returned nnd surrendered him* elf. John Gilmer Speed, the author and ournnlist, committed suicide by hooting himself in the head while n his bed room at the Phoenix House lendhnm, N. J., last Tuesday. He eft no explanation of his act. Forty-eight applicants have Tecentv appeared before the Supremo 'ourt of North Carolina, asking for icense to prnctice law. Thirty-nine >assed while nine were turned down. mi TI -1* ? ine iiHiinns ieu in marks of repeat and escorted the remains of 'onsnl Cheney and wife when their odies arrived in New York. Foreign Affairs. Wm. I neb, it is confidently aserted, w:ll be collector of the port it New York under the Taft adminstration. President-elect Taft has been tendered the honor of being made a Mason it sight by the Grand Master of )hio. He has accepted same. Only >ne instance of the kind has occurred n Masonry within tho last 300 years. Congress has passed an act making February 32, 3909. the 300th anniversary of the birth of President Lincoln, a legal Holiday and has appropriated $50,000 as a preliminary o building a road from the capita,' to the Gettysburg I?attle Ground, t? tie known as "The lancoln Way." Benjamin Iladley, a recluse of Kas' Summerville, Mass., died recently tind disposed of an estate worth 1,150.000. ITe willed .*10 000 le Pre? dent Roosevelt who declines vigor softly to accept it. The House on Tuesday reconsider >d and defeated the bill allowinj 5500,000 for balloons, airships, etc for tho army. Washington News Notes. It is now said that sufficient evi flence is at hand to bring suit again* ^x-I'rcF.dcnt Castro, of Venezulp* for instigating - the plot to assassi onto Goqaez, the present ruler. Spain felt aggrieved that tho itinerary of the American fleet did not j include nt least one Spanish port. i It ip said unofficially, that it would J have done much to wipe out the last I sting of the Spanish-American war. I fl