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THE EORES* ' VOLUME XVIII FOKT MILE, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 10OI) NO. <; * ^ . FOUR IN JAIL They Are Charged With Looting the Express Cir OFFICERS ARRESTED TImmii on Warranl.s Sworn Out liy I'inkerton IH-tfiiivi's?All the Accused 1'mtrst Tlieir liuioceuce mill Ih'iiy Any Connection Willi the (Time?Prisoners Factory IU?ys. A dispatch from Aiken to Th?Stato says four arrests were made lato Thursday nftornoon in connection with the robbery of the Southern I'lx press ear on the Southern train No. 17 Tuesday night. between W'nrrenvillo and Augusta. Those under arrest are Charles, Henry and it.it-...it....... ....a i ......i.. n-i.w. Warrants fur arrest nw* placed iti th>- hands of ShorifT Kaboru by the Pinkerton detectives who manto Warren ville and took charge of the ouso Wednesday morning. Sheriff Unborn wunt down to War ronvillo Thursday aft<-rnoon on tin 4:itu trolley car, accompanied by Deputies Mn sro Mamm-ls, Monroe Vernon and Harney Craig. Tin- suspects worn easily captured and they wto immediately brought to \iken and placed in jail. They staunchly deny be<UK conn*'cted with the robbery and laugh at the charges made against them. They are typical far tory boys and none of theni looks to b" more than k'."> years of am No comment is made by the deter tives, and untiling is known of th evidence against the men. W hat, has I di-cov red of an Im-rluiinnl ing nature is being closely guarded ami nothing can lie learned When the officer:- Went ?'i Warren i ville, they found II niv (ianltinan at liis hoarding house wri'lng a let ti-r. The contI'llts of tin- letter hau no conneetion whatever with ihtrain robbery. Ib-u (ianltinan wa.frdlow d to a plum orchard where h was found J'ing kiocii plums Charles t.auli man and 1'rh ? wen found near I ox's crossing. Pile* paid lie liail start' <1 to Aiken on bus i ness. They maintain their iunocem and stntw positively that they will hav? no dilllculty In proving su alibi 'I hev are small of stature and scare 1y more than striplings. Tin* oltlcer do not brlb ve that tin*} am con nected with i In* robbery. There art h i x IMnkcrton detectives at work nud It can not In* ascertained wh th er or not more arrests are content plated in connection with the case It is understood that these hoy: have been under surveillance sinci the detectives started on the ca.-e They are all residents of Warren villi* and are operatic s in the War retitille mill. The hoys do not heat had countenances, and it is < t n i t evident that if they are the guilty parties there must have been sotin prompting, and it is generally In* lieveil that they must have I utg eil by "dime no\. I" reading or some tiling similar. Further than d ny iiig their guilt, the (laiiltmatis am l'rice will not have anything ti say. ^ Another Man Arrest is I. A dispatch from \ikeii to tin Augusta I'lirotiicle says in additim to the four men already arrested charg d with complicity in the trail robbery of Tuesday, lain Thursday night Constable Craig and one o r tie* IMnkerti>11 detectives arrived it (lie city with a man giving his naiin as \V. M. Markie, .vhein tie y com mil ted to .tail on suspicion of beiny connected with thw robbery. Marki* tells varying stories. Ib> says h> lias worked all over tin* county am I, ...... .... ...... I,. ? I....... i.nrto lie claims. however, In know (!o\ (Jilrhrist, in Florida, llo was put through a rigorous examination, am Hi.' ili'tiM'i iv? say ill > have evidenr. siitlii'i.'iit to convict hint. On his per son was found a 1 I calibre pistol and a larn?* sum of money. II. weighs about 14'? or lf?0 pounds, i about foot :? inches high, and lias a moustache. His general appear a nee is that of a crook and his conn tenuncc Is bad. Mnrkle sai.l that he came to An gusta yesterday. Ho was shabbilx dressed and wore a slouch hat. lbhas an Insolent ton In his voice and refused to answer many of the <1 nest ions asked him and gave sev oral different names to different parties it is rumored that a suspected pal of his is under stirvelllane* ConfcMrn to Outrage. .John Thompson. white. aged 91. confessed to the authorities n t Welch. W. Vn., that on September 11. he outraged and killed hula Stafford, need ten whose body ?a? found in a clump of bushes in He Powell county court house yard. Farmer Suicide*. T,. T. Hawkins. a well-to-do farmer of (IroVnville county, committed . jidde a few nights ago bv cutting Ills throat. It is paid the man 5 irin.l became deranged on accouni I of th# illness of his wife and baby I Women Will Wear IIchI Tomb. A Chicago nilllnory shop has or r: dorcii 50,000 ntotalleod toads from r & , ,ioj any at Waukegan. 111. The: s| will used as hat ; ins, Just a met a .^d upos are qow. i'jy JT CHASED NEGRO Sheriff Corley of Lexington County Shot by. A BLACK FARM HAND ATTACKED A NEGRO .1. II. sriltK.S STMlllKIl AMI SI',HIOI SI.V INMI KKI). The (ii'oi'Kia Fanner Was Savagely AssjiiiIkmI Iks-Hust' ll?' Trii'tl (<i (Vdlcet n lleht. The Augusta Chronicle says Mr .1. II. Spires, on?? of the most pro in iUMiit whito farmers of Lincoln county. (in., was savagely attacked by Albert Aiken, a negro farm hand. Thursday and seriously if not fatally wounded. Mr. Spirt-s was on his way to see his mother, who llv<s about a mile from his own plantation, when lie met the negro who was riding a mule. Mr. Spires was on foot and -.topped the nemo to nst< tiin> ul.mil a small debt. Aik ii became enraged and us- <1 rough language and when Mr. Spires .approached liIin ho Jumped oft his mule and began stabbing Mr. Spires w ii li a large knife, inflicting a de |> wound and cutting an ugly gash a ooi long in ilie ha.k, la yiii); the ribs iii?1 bpinu hare. Mr. Spire.-! railed for lo-lp and was heard hy his brother, .1. <?. Spires, -vim w as plow inn in a Held tu-arby, nit who arrived too hue to lay hands on tile to gro, whom he saw riditiK rapidly off. He pirked his brother up fiotn where he had fallen in the road and carried him to his home and ;ave the Hlarru. A party of fifty men ijulekly forni d, hut Sheriff Wright cot in ahead it" tlo-ui and caught ?li negro in a swamp where lie liad hidden. 1'or lie keeping tile negro has lieen sent nil of the ronil'y, for owing to Mr Spl'-s' protllhl.ne feeling f litis high iiul lynching is feared. I,ate Thursday night the physic an aiiuoiiiii-ei| that there is not much iope for Mr. Spires. Two of hi ihs are In two. one lung is carved :ii half, and there is a long gush in j uis stomach, two im It s deep. In j ddition to tho terrible gash down ii- bark. II Mill o\ Til Id >1A VOIt. j t|u?t I nn barge of Selling .lainniri\ I.luger. Tln? pi eliniinarv in the cas* ol lie State against Mr. M o ItliNine. >f Siimiio-rton. was heard by Magis rate Mh kens in Manning Thursday, iiul after the testimony was all in in! arguments mad**, Magistrate Dickens s- lit tli?' caso to tin* Court I" I i a 1 Sessions. This Is tin- first ra-o of the kind oining up under tin- Carey-Cot hran aw. in Ithanie was charged with IliiiK and keeping lor sale Jamaica ringer, which contains 7a p-r cent if alcohol, and when used as a bevrage the sale is contrary to law. .1 Mi Swain W oods. i-Jsij., appcar d for the prosecution and Capt. W. Davis, of Davis Weinberg, for he defence. Considerahie Interest s taken in the matter and the nut-1 oine Will he watched eagerly, as . ?r Ithaine is a prominent citizen. ?lid is at present mayor of the town of Siiiii licit on. i:\imki.d st ddi:\ ia A liile Try iug to shoot at a Passing An t omohile. .lolin Walker dropped dead in the iildic road ahont three miles north >f Shelby, N. C. lie was just in lie act of Hi inn n shotgun at an an otuoliile when he fell d-ad. It inils that lie had made threats tha* le would slloot into the next oil* to s"w and Saturday evening made he attempt to carry out his threat r T. K Mcllrayer and family were n the aiitoiuohile and Dr. Mcllrayer went to his assistance immediately fter he fell but was of no assistance. lie was dead. It is thought that he vehement of the intended crime 'ins about to commit caused heart failure. sTWDXKD <>ll. MXt.VVir. li..- . 1.1....I. ... Ill- II I-- v.... York i "ity. ii ii Hodgcrs. oik* *?f tlit* Stanl;ir?l nil ni;iguut> s dh-d in N* w Yoi k >n Wrtlni'-iluy. Mr. Ifogci's died *t his house at No Ka-d Seventylulit li st root about 7 o'clock Wodifsilay morning. IJ? arose about a, ml about t'?::iu ho boK.au to ill, -ompluinlng of uuinhii- ss ami naiio>a. lt?>foi?> anything <'"'>1*1 b?> done, ho sank nn>l died Ho went on Cri! i\ lsv to hjs country place at I'air\!u?n, M?o? an*! returned to Now York Tuesday. Nona of his death anio as a surpris* to wall stroot Mr Rogers was at tho office of bo Standard <MI Company Tnesdav and appeared to bo in good spirits. Stole \\ biskry. The express office at Heath Spring* was broken into and robbed of about eleven gallons of whiskey a f^w night a?m A railroad detertiv I and a Rock Hill policeman were at : Heath Springs a day or two ago in xes'igating the matter, but no ar ' rest ^ have been mad? yet. Frrning Meal |m Supper. Judge Mover, In cltv court, at Fas - St. bonis, Mo., this wtek, ruh't i that the evening meal is supper? no c dinner. His Jury had become oonfus e>l becatise pome witnesses called i dinner and others supper. Shoots Through Window at Sheriff \\ tin llrol Wai'i'iint for llis Arrest?Tlo* Sheriff is lladly Wounded, and Hundreds of Angry Citizens Pursue the Ne?n(. SherilT P. II. t'orlry of Lexington was shot and dangerously wounded Wednesday hy s negro, Willie P.yiiittn. who at last aeeounts is fleeing for his own life in front of a posse of determined L- xington men. Sheriff t'orl* y is wounded with No. 4 shot in tlm hand ami fare, and is now at the home of Mr. 1?. .5. t'aiighiuau, a few miles from the low a of Lexington, whom ho is he lllg .it t? "led h> lM\ Willgard. 'L'he shooting oeeurred Wednesday morning on Mr. I). J. Cnnghman s plaee. Ityiium was working a .nop on that p'.aee, lint a lew d tys ago lelt tiis crop, la order to proleet liis interests, Mr. Cnughinui. put a gang of laliorers in the lietds w hit It Ityniim had de.-ert'd. Tno negro dro\o off the hands with a Mioigiin. .Mr. uaugnman went to tow n and swore mil a warrant for Itynuni, which was placed in the Hands of tlie sheriff to serve, and Sheriff Corby, always ready to perform Ins official duty, went at one to arrest the in -10. lie was found >ti the |>la< e ot Mr. ranchman, and as th>* sheriff approached his house, > he negro fired with the shotgun, part of the load tearing up the di- i ill s hand and tie- rest lodging ill his laee. '1 he sliei iff was at once .anted io tin- home of Mr. Caugh .nan and tin- physician summoned \t noon a telephone message from .a-*ingtoti stated that th- sheriff had not y-t recovered from the shock of he wound, hut hopes are entertained ( hat tin- wounds will not prove fatal >r sei ions. "I lie ivgro itiitiu-diately made his I 'scape, leaving his tainily on the pine. His former home is north of iie town of Lexington, hut he Is said ,o have gone south toward the sandiitll se? i ion, ami he is being followed u thai direction hy a large posse ot Lexington citizens, with hloodlouiiils. If captured, as he doubtless will l> . it is not likely that he will ever he put in jail. lie is said o l>e a had negro, and the citizens .villi whom lie worked last year Mated to Tile Columbia Record that lie had always given trouble. Sh riff Corh-y is one of the most Mtpular men in Lexington county, iitd one ot the best officers in the date, cool, determined and courag luts, Th town ot Lexington was tracticailv deserted Wednesday, hs he men were all out hunting for h<* negro, and tie- whole sut loutidng country is being thoroughly I'll relied. In the aim nee of Coventor Ansel ii New f ork, Secretary Ret hen is tu'i get ii ally using the telephone vires to keep constantly' in touch with tie' situation. If good judg .... I .1 . i I...- 'I . . > _ 1|I I < I ,1 II | I ! > I'll I it. tlere will !n? no lynching in Lexington. Mr Hot In i, however, is i. | \ 111 < ontlde niially on the law inline fl?'iiii-nt in la xington (o pro \ out a Iy in liing. Not 1 ft ( aught. A telephone message from IIhk ion to Mm liecord at 2:,11) o'rlork \ filiif.-ilay atifinoon stat. <1 that the negro hail hffii tracked hv tho poslo a point across tho railroad, alioni ihifr niilt-s south of where the -hooting took place, and from signs ,i was evident that the negro had stopped for a rest at a log near a ranch. 'I lie po--e has gone on into i lie w nods aft i 'tho negro. The ilood hotmds ironi the penitentiary ami i In- enmity chaingang ait- on lie (tail and tin- men following are -oiitident that lln-y are on the riglit eiit. The gentleman giving the information stated that it was not t bought the men composing the pos-e would lynch the negro, but if lie shows light when cornered, as he pro al ly will, he will be killed ill short order. The negro Is said to :, , llell.Ill '. i.ootl in his make tit). Tin* now of .lie soliciting In some 111> ii-rloiis waj reached the home of tin- negro ;i few miles north of Lexington in a wonderfully short time, .ui<l it Is reported in Lexington that the house of the negro s father is guarded hv the negroo- of the family. The negro has gone in the opposite di reel ion trom this plagq, hut it ma\ : e his idea to circle.. around and reach his home, if he can evado' til'' posse. s' t Shot iff C'orlev is at this hour satdfl to he in great pain, and tb.p shfJ lia\e not yet lieen extracted from W wounds. lie was fired on t>y jfffc negro frotn a window, with'' a ^pitgun loaded with No 1 shot, the %hp'. entering the right side of hts and nei k. his br"a?=t and Hi0 ru^tt ] hand, ti e hand i>eir.g badly afOiiii&tJLHe as about :til feet off jartiAHthe negro fired, and saw that jEBdtnegmjj was about to shoot., a n d I lupt-U^ drop on him. The sheriff with his pistol, at'er lie w.JHw^npC* ' ed, hut did not hit the qq#>. iSTh|B ' i negro left his gun when tifOTfcn, .bajt 1 ' has his plr'ol with hlm.|||nd ti & expected lie Will tr^fc| 1 if cornered. tjCW . ' from 100 HELD IN A SHACK *\v FOB THRKK DAYS AND NIGHTS IIY TIIHF.K BAD MEN. Tin* Tcirililc KxiH-i iciice of n Young lauly Slum Worker Willi Itiilliuns Near New York. Miss E .in 11 Tp'tter, a missionary for the Florence Critt> nten circle at Asbury Park, New York City, related her remarkable experience as a prisoner of three men, who aft r having captured her, had brutally beaten and drugged her, holding iter for three days. Following her escape Wednesday night from the shark of her captors. Miss Trotter made 11? r way to the Florence Crittenten mission at Asbiir.v Park and was then so weak that, site was ?? nt to a hospital. A telephone message requested Miss Trotter to call at a certain house in a good district of Asbury Park early Saturday night in connection with her work as a missionary. As the door was open* d she was grabbed by three men \\ ho dragged iter into the house. There she says that the men demanded knowledge of the whereabouts of Charlotte Craves, a girl who ii;ki neeii taken rrotn tliem a week before by the Florence Crittenten circle and sent to a home. When she denied them the information they demanded, she said, one of them threw his arm about her neck and opened h?-r month while another poured a drug down her throat. It was not until Monday night that she recovered consciousness. Miss Trotter reported, and then she lonnd hers- If alone in the shack on lite outskirts of the city with one of her captors. Site prayed with this man and cattsed him to so repent that he permitted her to escape late VW dnesday night. The police after a hurried investigation and visits to the location, described by Miss Trotter, said that thero was no doiild thai Miss Trotter was telling the truth. KIM.KI) HIS I1KIDK lo Whom He Was .Married Four Days Only ami Himself. That 1*. H. Worley killed his bride if four days and himself, was asserted by the police tonight. The Itodies of Worley and his wife, who woas Miss Until LeRoy, of Lincoln, Seb., were found on Worb y's farm near Redmond, Neb. Last Friday ind Saturday the house was closed. It was burned on Saturday. Worley's letter addressed to a neighbor follows: ' It Is all a mistake. Ruth asid i his morning she did not w ant to live with me and said she was going back east again. She robbed me oi all my money and was going to leave me. I could not stand it any longer. so tuniK we dot 11 are better dead. "Heforo God, lust found my purse xi Kuth's storking with all my money <ud she denied it. This is more than I can stand. ( Sinned ? "I.. II. WOUhRV." The tragedy was discovered by two 'lien who went to the Worloy farm to deliver a wed dim; present. On the barn door they saw this sign: I- i11< 1 me in the stable." m \i;i;11:i> at <;t \s- mizzi.ks. <'laremlon Groom Carries His Troubles to the Governor. Claiming lie had been marched at ih muz/.le of twenty-five shotguns in the hands of the woman's relaives, (*. M llolliday, a niemher ol a Clarendon family, Wednesday appealed to the Governor's office for relief, lie said the life of the Haptist preacher, j. It. Kunderhurk, who performed the ceremony against his inclination* was al.-o threatened by the holders of the guns. llolliday says that tho woman's relatives are now trying to kill him for refusing 10 live with the girl. HOY imOWXHI) OFF WII.VKF. I'ulled Out of Water Alive Hut Hies Koofi Afterward. Tho Charleston IVfet nays a lit?lei negro hoy, fix ye-*.r3 old, Jain^sJ All Plott, was drowned Tuesday af-l ternoon at ahout a o'clock by fa 11-1 Ing jnto the watcf off Lloyre's wharf Lh<F VoHtct of.Hhe corone^'a jurjl A*\XXt tprq^jietitaI death. T'rw jh*y. * r t*>ic?ftird""UAA fce?*o Vubbot rv GREAT OVATION V-i i ? Given President Taft on His Visit to Virginia MAKES GOOD SPEECH In Which lie l'ays a High Tribute I to the Confederate Soldier?|>eclares the Ceremonies Are Proof Conclusive of the Cnitiiig for All Time of the Svtimis. President Taft Wednesday was the! guest of both Pennyslvania and Virginia when he delivered an address at Fort Mahone, following the unveiling of a monument and statue of (Jeiieral John F. Ilartranft, erected in memory of Pennsylvania soldiers who fell in tlie fighting ahont Petersburg during the war liclwci tinStates and later heeame the g test of Petersburg at a luncheon au.i r? cept ion. The president's visit to Petersburg, once the 'citadel of the Confederacy.' has had tin* city aflutter lor more I hail a month, and tin* plans for his entertainment .surpassed anything of the sort ever undertaken here. The occasion of Mr. Taft's first \ isit into he South as president was taken advantage of l>y the Virginians for a display of hospitality tor which the section long has been noted. I'pon his arrival shortly after o'clock the persident was driven to the old battlefield so rich in histo> e interest. lie first witnessed at loot Stcdman the unveiling of a tablet which stands on the spot where th third division of the ninth artnx tTtrps, coniniauded by Ccneral llartranft, later governor of Pennsylvania. recaptured the works on March 2."i, 1 S0f?, after they had been taken bv tlen ral John It. Cordon and 100 picked iiicii before daybreak of th* ante day. From Fort Stednian the president and his party were driven the mile and a half to Fort Mahone. wle re the llartiauft statute has been construct ed at a cost of $r?n,utip. Kvery inch of the way traversed by the cltiel executive witnessed bloody battles during the si'g<> of Petersburg. Old soldiers in blue and in gray rode dde by side from Stednian to Mahone. At the unveiling ??f the Hartranft statue President Taft said: "We are met on the soil of Virginia to dedicate a memorial to the bravery of the sons of Pennsylvania, exhibited in a contest to death with the sons of Virginia and the South. We stand here in the center of tin lilooHi.tO ~- = iuvrr.1 .11111 ill <HMT.II 1(111 (if tii.' last year c?f the Civil War. only a few miles distant form that dramatic scene at Appomattox between Crant and Lee, which marked the great qualities of the heart and soul of each and which was the real < nd of the terrific struggle between the two sections. "Hero, in and about Petersburg, the outwork of Richmond, the home of the Confederacy, were carried on those besieging op rations, begun late in the spring of lSf.4 and con tinned with the courage and tenacity of purpose characteristic of the f <| eral commander, for nearly a year, and resisted with the bravery and strategy and the wealth of expedient of the Confederate leader, until the forces of the South, worn out. by constant assaults and incessant hammering. were compelled to yield to greater numbers and resources of the j N'ort h." President Taft addfd: "It. is 11 years since the battle of Fort Stead- | man. In that time the bitterness of the internecine struggle has passed away and we now treasure as a common heritage of the country the bravery and valor of both sides in that controversy." Tho president paid tribute to the Southern forces by saying that a contest was gi\en by ^ .-I >1,1 u : ? hi I'll h\ itny other than the tried ami sea sorted veterans of Virginia would have lone before been abandoned Me continued: "We could not dedicate this beautiful and enduring memorial to the volunteer soldiers of Pennsylvania with such sense of its justice and appropriate ness had they not been confronted by an enemy capable of resisting their assaults with equal valor and fortitude." Me said tIrat the ceremonies of today were conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections and that all that was done was well done. Me said the Army of Northern Virginia i'out: 111 'or a print tplo tie oejievort NAMES OF THOSE IN CHAKfiK OF Till: CAMI'AIO ACiAINST TI UKIMT I.OSIS. List of M?Nlital Associations Committee Chairmen in Various Counties of South t'aroliua. To the liditor of The State. I have Just received from the chairman of the anti-tiilr rculosis committee of the South Carolina Medical association the names of one medical gentleman to represent each county in the State. It is a matter of cr-dit to th South Carolina Medical association that it has taken up this work so thoroughly and in such an organized way. t'?at the method of lighting tuberculosis lias been taken note of I in many States in the 1'iiion as w ll as the national capital. When tight 1 ing diseases of litis charaet s, it must i... ini.i. .. ......11....i ....... i ..- ill .>1 Supor\ I-loll. It llltl 1 Im- nrpaiu/.ed. This the ussim iaturn ?f tin- South Cm vol iua modieal m> n lias determined, ami while it ? .?I{: to its help tlio civic ! actios. I If v\onion's cluhs, the report ol all t ItWork <h MM? is llliltlo at tin- .?n 11 <l a I meeting ol tho assoriatinti. tin- fault or tho failures of tho counties an known autl r- ported and tho work noes on in ouch county with itnprov od mot hods. W hile there tna> h< several associatittns in tho county, ill doing good work, it is only prop or to say that tho otlicial work of tie State Medical association is iloio under lit direction in each county ol the follow i IIK tialioil gentlemen Charleston, .1. 1. I?aw on, AM?e \ ille, (1. A Neither. Atnlerson. \V. II Nardin; Aiken, Fillmore Moore, llatnherg. II. I*. Hoover: I'arnwl! It. C Kirkland; It anion. (heroin Klllt t; Calhoun, .1. K Fa troy; Cln-i okeo. It. It Stoodly : t'liostoi . \\ . |t Cox; Choslortioid. T. il. Wann.iiiiak or; Clarontlou, \V, M Itroi k mgtnn. Colh ton. itonli' k Ado i a,an I lat lington. William Kgle-toti i'mele a r, F. I?. I tipp r; Ivi lioltl, II. A Matsh. Fairlield. S. I.indsin . Flor once. h. C (In kk; (lent gotown, 1. 1 *. Ward, (troonvillo. Mavis Furtnan. t; roe n wood. t!. A. Neal. Hamilton. C A. Hush; Horry, (J. 1'. Norton Km .shitw, .1. W. Corhott; Laurens, T. I. W. Hailey; I It. O. McCuteheii. Lexington. It. II Tiiumoinran; Mat ion, A. M. Mrailsford; Marlhoro. \\ . .1 ('rosland; Newberry, |'. <; tellesor; Senica, 10. A. Ilitics; ()i uiinoburn, I,. C. Shcrut, I'ickens. .1 I. Molt; Richland. A. 10. Ilon/.ci ; Sa lu?la, 1 >. 11. Front is; Sparta nhtirn. L. Rosa II. (Intitt: Sumter, Walter Cheyne; Union, Crown Torrenc . Williamsburg. 10. T. Kclley; York. 10. W. IM'ersley. W AI.TIOH CH10YN 10, Secretary South Carolina Medical Associat ion. 1,191 OR SAI.I0S l \l-l,t\<; HI T, Auditor West's Rcput Shows a lli*; I trcruisr, I >isp? nsary Auditor W'.t', report for April of sales from dispells.uie III the 'J 1 COIIII lie., now wet. III.lib public W ednesday hows a falling oft for this April of over $70.on Th? 1 cross sal s this \priI are .?; ? as against $ J 7 1.7 a I > s for tic sane mouth last year. Total ah . 01 dispensary b\ coiinli's for the mouth of April, 1909" Abbeville $ 9.IM1", ' 1 Aiken ilii.l o:; 4 Iterkeley 4,title Reaufort I :: Itarnwell I n,f?i!;i.n j Itainborn ,s.">7 7 I Calhoun l!.1tI9 Charleston 4K,i! in Collet011 .an.* I ' Dorchester fi.l74.tla Fairfield a.'jr.h Florence 1 0/17 1 7 < I leorn1 town X.KX7 I I ...... i .milium ...? I 1 I ! Kershaw I 'U> I "> - 7 Lexington 4.S1 I,ee 7 I OrntiRehurg I L'.^ss.^s Rich In lid II s. ^ x " Sumter i:i,70f?.lU Williamsburg Total f - t -7.on Total April. 1 &08 $ 2 7 1,7.7 I ^ SI'l.T \ VS II.AKKM M< >\ I I?. Turkish (Vou'di Witness Keliousin^ of HO Women. Eighty ftnmen from Abdul Htm Id's barfcnjfxvw* driven tlirou/h tie atreetii iff do^tanMnople, thi u . f k four eunuch; and . troop of cavalry. They w. nt frnn the Tldlz palace, now lining pr? par ed for ptlbllc use. to the ate e n tMn^glin palace, which hn not beet octjttpied since 1824. The corner all richly ..dressed and heavih Veil d. Pollotvlng the curiae' i Wtych thev rode was a train ot wn ihns w|t.h bag?age. jf The former sultan's ' heeu- freed. \?L "! '* ' IvJiiUed by Ugh tiling. : Afex add Jack Drown. i?n ivcro ?Jtpi'K were Instantly k- I e I J0Up?.TltfLt*tl9V morning about o'?Vg^ar*?n tpwlantation "f Mr t Johnston. There wen ? ITHAT OLD MYTH President Taft Talks About it at Charlotte IN A DIPLOMATIC WAY He l!cri'i\n| the W i'Ii omk' ??I" His I i If oil TlllU'sila) While Visiting t hit I'll >t I *, Where ll<* Whs s.iluteil h> <'.union mill Met hy Imposing t 'o 111111 i | tee anil Military. i-1 etir I ill's piesenee hi t'hari III lint ,1 1. Intel st t 111. mm mi I ? lei ti n t ion of I lie sign- ' illg of the Mei'K lellhlirg it e I :t I III loll of illi|e|ielii|e||('<>, w hull. It is elli i ineil. ? ,1s tile III I 1 11 (oU.lliI l.e.iv ? .!. ii bs III" Aiim I i".tii cwlonists. Tim president's |i.ir' i c i pa t ion marks tli<? | ru I in i ii .41 ii hi nt a three ilays' ?< !? I In at i"ii. Tin M? i k I' ll Inn >; declaration hum has I tin- mi I?J < * i t nt a stubborn | rollttosel \ Ii is ilui l:ii"i| li\ it., .stippiM in > in |ia\u antedated ill" famous declaration ul .1111 \ I. 1..ii, | ami Ii a Ii . . ' I ' ii" ii 11 i'il . i s a "myth. I h" ill 111 I' 111 e 11 twu.'ll I lie II11 In till" I S |'?l' til" Merkleubiii k document and i is i i Hiis hint; have hui'ii considered i r ! -ri i nil I a . It was with f;iv;il I'daliuii, liiiwuv r, that thu people ol North fan-.ma i ii i' <1 tliu accept ilii.' ul l'i' i i- ill I alt lu attend iii" J ! lis: Us ul ill" olii iiiK das "I til" I ? 1 i it ion ul I '.'u'.' I i in pi .ii-nt iipiui his arris al till t' ha i in! t < at I " . I .' u rli irk was I nu't at the railss is station hy an ititI posiiiK ii i in in i 11<" ul i hi/.'tis and escort d al <iiir. to tli" S'dwyn lint"!. As tliu :'"Ku ar Southern railway I train bcariiiK I ho president's car I 're ;<d tin- nis limits, a president la I mi 1 til ut J I an ssa.s lir-'ii hy tli" I i * Ii a t lottc artillii' Arris t ii n at III" lut"!, tli" pr . ident held a reception tut one huiir. At noun, with scores I ii I'iii< it and i'util' det ate veteran i | "i in - . - n't. a. i uinpaiiied t?s Mr... I Sloti' wail' .larksuii. It" proceeded tin the revt'WitiK -tatid. Irutn which I lie witnessed i lu- pa -1 it k of proliatdy I t lie must iiuiahle parade ever held I in ("hariott?\ I "llie milila s roi t to I lie presiI .lent duriiiK Ins si is in Charlotte I i unsisis oi t roup I'l ut the Klevcut It I nit' 'I States cavalry, a Imitation ul tliu Seventeenth Inl'niitr.s hand. A I d"tarlini' iit ui tlu regulars heailed I i lie militars dis i .ion ut tie imrade. I \ 11 uk?'I her there SS'ie ei k lit divisI iuiis tu ill" pageant as t'olhiws: I lid list ria I, llural, colonial, entic.sjtrian, farmers, fraternal societies I did secret orders, automobiles an 1 I i he lire department I.arm* detachI incuts ut' the National (Snard ol I.North and South Carolina svere iti I line Tit" industrial, colonial and Moral dis i ion ss re made up of liandsonu'ls ih corated lloats. * The president mad" t ss o speeches | I ii11uk his ,-ta> In Charlotte. Kol lowing a luneheon at 1! p. in. In* adIr? s''(l tin- people lit t (? dock, iin! riinr Kitcln n introdm <1 th?> prest! ii1 on liotli occ.i ions At r>: n if ?|?*liv?-1 oil an address especially >o t lie inloreil people .< li 11 to the iinl' iits of Middle nnivr ily. At ?' tIn- president dined and from > to :? In*i I a -ecoiid pnldic r< cption The pn idem I? 11 at in :t n 'clock Tlmrsclny night for Washingtoil. Intel' I ill tile president". visit to 'harlotte centered in the attitude ie would take toward the Mecklen nig declaration of independ'nee. I'i< |i|net Taft lalti'H Hie position h it regardless ol' the exact language d the di '-hiralloutt ?u May, . , i. a lull year before the signing I the ilechiration at P-l| itladelphia, . >1 the fact remains that here was a declaration of itidcpen h nee on the part ot the citizens ot Sort h ('arnlina. It is not so mat rial as to the xact language u ei|." aid 1T> ident. I'aft, "The measure ot the deelara ion for the prim ipli of civil liberty Hid self government is not mi intieli In- aluise or denimei.ir ion of the foriner controlling power i- provision made for the I' < 11?i r form of govern- v iiietif. The impi'i i x i thing ahouf I lie \iii l ii i i f l .. .. l'l"ll IM , till- sensible wa.\ III wlioh t III* pOOpi >l i lif Slat'-, after ili'i IIIinn to sever relation-. willi (irusit Britain, went iboul the in all' : of setting up :i 4"v rumen! of I lo ir own." 1 lio president in his speech does 11 int undertake to roconcllo tho long- ' ! \i 'inn difforoiM Tho important thing, after all li points out. is tho ability of t!io \nclo-Saxons <> rulo ami fho imp ossivo way they ' ^ have alwav son. about I ho etting ;.afi i ii(> of > ] in p b> a; I it forms of gov i oi iino nt an I no m .of maintaining civil liberty. * ?? J Illumes ^11m it for t'rinio. i Tin moon will boar an important - ^"v n tho defense of Richard ? t ! K r : . of Merlin Ont . w ho shot ii|? * a p < oif|iia i tors in Detroit, Mich . jreyflpi in w k a ad wounded three oflic" e . )[. , ho offer' from mental <T dor. ritjcmrnt during the full of the ^ moon ,it< \\ lode Village Is .sinking. Son i jences orface * la . ' West I'ilUbnrg, near Wilkee-Barro. Pn , indicate that tho whole town c wi1! sink into $hr> ravltles mad* by 1 the removal of ccral by the Cicar Spring -o&l Coi.yuny. J