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THE FORT MILL TIMES VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 19Q0 NO. 0 THE OLD VETS Get Through With Thete Reunion and Adjourn. % MEET NEXT IN MOBILE / Gen. Kvnai, tho Aged Commanderin-Chief, Declined m Re-election to His Office, But the Honor is Thrust I'pon Him Again bjr His Old Comrades. The rounlon of the Old Confed. Veterans for 1909 at Memphis, Tenn., la over. After re-electing Gen. Clement A. Evans commander-inchief over his vigorous but futile pro test, and selecting Mobile, Ala., as the next place of reunion, the United Confederate Veterans adjourned their business meeting Wednesday on the heels of a very stormy session. The " i only candidate for conimander-lnchief placed iu nomination was Gen. Wm. M. Cabell, commander ot the jjySL ~ - t5%T&-Mis<,.s?5lpcl division. Just be55r fort- nominations were in order. Gen. Evans read an announcement to the convention, in which he declined re . election. He said he had served in every capacity, from the lowest to Jm the highest, and that ho felt that the highest honor in the Veterans' gift should be passed from one Ex-Confederate to another in turn. Hut the delegates disagreed with him, and by a vote of 1,5 4 0 to 744 for Cabell, re-elected Geu. Evans to command. With tears streaming down his cheeks and shaking with emotion, the stately and aged soldier bowed to the commands of his comrades. After Mobile, Houston, Nashville, Chattanooga and Oklahoma City had been put in nomination for the next reunion, some one began to introduce outsido speakers. Sweltering in a temperature of over a hundred degrees. the Veterans delegates objected strongly and yelled vigorously for a vote. Finally John W. Apperson, commander-in-chief of the United Sous of Confederate Veterans, secured the floor and introduced Conor<?cmaii T IT Slstnn nf MinslKsfniji. r? .. w. ? r 4? as the spokesman of the Sons. Nearly every one thought Sissou was to spring a "dark horse" candidate for the next meeting place, but as it became evident that the young Congressman merely desired to make a speech, the delegates became noisy and calls of "sit down and "vote" were insisted. Sisson was game, however, and won out ou a test of endurance. He annouuced that ho wished to repeal his speech in Congress, delivered in answer to Congressman Calderkead, of Kansas, who charged that the Southern people were lazy. Sisson received tome encouragement and some hisses, but ho persevored. -Finally his concluded In a burst of eloqueuce, saying: "Thie principles you fought for were right In 'CI and are right today. You were not conquered then, you are uoi tumjui'ii'u uun, mm iU< greatest monument in your honor are the millions of pensions the Federal government pays to the widows and orphans your valor made and the forty-six thousand graves in Arlington Cemetery, which the Federal government decorntea each 10th 01 May. As long as these monuments are perpetuated to your honor, you need erect no others." Kisson'a speech was received with < mingled cheers and hisses, and many .Confederates left the hall in tiiev ifiB)st. Others crowded around him / ^ 3limd swamped htm with congrntulaMeantltne Mrs. Moore Murdotk. or Italian, Texas, was endeavoring to .??' heard. She wanted to second the nomination of Houston, Texas, for the next reunion. She possesses a very masculine voice and manner of delivery, and she soon quieted the assembly. The Veterans listeueo iti patience until she declnred: "We have lived as rebels, We are still rebels, and we will die as rebols." Then pandemonium broke loose. It was difficult to tell whether the majority favored her sentiments or opposed them. CheerB were mingled with cat-calls nnd hisses and above all reverberated tho ear-splitting rebel yell. Several other speakers were Introduced but no one heard their names or what they eaid until Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma, was Introduce. Even he had a stormy greeting, which might bo construed one way or another, Finally, however. ho tired out the crowd and made a diplomatic, speech, inciting the Convention to choose Oklahoma City for the 191 ft reunion. "You will find Confederate Veterans in most of tho offices of tho tttato, from Supremo Court Judges to constables." ho said, "and you will find I as hearty a welcome as you will i'v find anywhere on God's earth." Immediately after tho Governor's speech tho vote for the next re union city began. Every ono picker Houston. Texas, as the winner, but Mobile, Ala., seemed to havo con ducted a gumshoe campaign, an*; it soon became evident that the Ala batna city had won. She polle* 1 votes, with y oust on soon* with ffto Oklahoma City, Xash ville and Chattanoo?4 received scat BLACK HAND DOINGS UNEARTHED AND SEVERAL RINGLEADER ARE CAUGHT. Noted Italian Society Ha id to llavo Practiced Extortion and Murder in Yurious Cities. Revelations in the extortion, plotting and murder by the "lllack Hand." as uncovered by the postotllce inspectors from the Cincinnati office, show conclusively that the gang in Columbus, Marion. Denulson aud Dellefontaioe and other Ohio townB was organized along the same lineB as the old Mafia, but with a better system for concealing their movements. It is now known that the Ohio Black Hand, or the Society of the Banana, as its members style themselves. had a brunch In Pittsburg and one in Chicago, and u linn that extended to South Dakota. Regular meetings were held und the money obtained by extortion was distributed to various divisions In this country and sent to relatives in Italy for safe-keeping. "We have found what I believe to be certain proof that the Black Hand outrages were committed by a well organized society,' said Chief Postolfice Inspector Holmes to an Associated Press representative. "It has taken Inspector Oldfleld and four other men under me six months to run down the leaders. "We have no evidence so far that American Black Hand in the West is connected with the foreign organization that killed Lieut. Petrosino in Sicily." N'ine arrests have been made thus far in Columbus, Marion, Dennison and Hellefontaine, and Government officers in Chicago and Cincinnati are looking for Antonio Lima, who was arrested in Marion. Antonio Lima iH held to be one of the chief ring-leaders. An effort will be made to have tho prisoners indicted by a Federal grand jury, at Cleveland on the charge of conspiracy to commit extortion. MONUMENT IX) CONFEDERATES Will r? Erected in Fiuni* Point CeniPlMTr. A monument of marble or granite to cost about $8,000 is to bo erected lij tho I'nitod States government in the Confederate section of Flnnis Point, national cemetery at Salem, N. J., to mark the resting place of 2.24C officers and men of the Confederate army and navy who died us prisoners of way at Fort Delaware between 18G2 and 18GT?. Th?> adoption of a monument for tho purpose is due to the fact that it has been found impossible, because of imperfect records, to place distinctive headstones at each individual grave, as contemplated by the act of Congress. Commissioner Oats has arranged I also to place wrought iron fencos | around Camp Chase Confederate cemetery. near Columbus. Ohio, and around the Conefderate cemetery at North Alton, 111. CHEWICI) UP I1KKK GLASS On a Wager and Dies After Suffering Agony. A freak wager in New York thai ended fatally was brought to light wnen jamea aaea, a laooror, tnirty eight yearn old. died at his home In Brooklyn as the result of eating beer glass on February 10. -Since ttat time ho autfeied lnteiaely as r>?e broken gla?s penetrat_rl hit *yfem and came ont in different parts of his body. Doctors wanted to nj. rate upon him. They said he could lot live otherwise, but Shea won' I not allow them to do so and the e id came a few days ago. tering votes. As soon as it became tpparent that Mobile had won, there was a scramble to get into the bandwagon, and the choice was made unanimous. Gen. Evan's re-election likewise was made unanimous, and the convention, forgetting its disagreements of an hour before, adjourned to the tune of "Dixie," the delegates cheering. lauding, laughing, crying nnd even hugging one another. Clad in the rough gray homespun which they wore dressed In tho sixties an carrying ancient rifles, 10.000 United Confederate Veterans marched in what was probably the last big parade in which they will over participate Thursday. Soma of them wear straggling beards as arrav as their uniforms and there were many empty sleeves. The beat was Intense. At the suggestion of the parade committee the line ol march was cut down. The commanders of divisions and brigades directed that the old and feebler members of their command: drop out, but. the officers reporter that they could find no men old enough or feeble enough to take ad vantage of tho indulgence. Hands from all over the South twenty or them, were intersperse* here and there through parade, an* when steps lagged or aged limb trembled, the stirring notes of 'T>ix ,1s" or "My Maryland" were sufticien to reinvigorate the machrr* Every J where were flags with the stars am -1 bars of the lo:t cause. DOUBLE LYNCHING TWO NEGROES HANGED AND RIDDLED WITH SHOT. They Were t'liarg?"d Willi the Murder of >Ir. Siuoak and Were Taken From Officers of the Law. A dispatch from I3ranchville to The News and Oourie** says at a late hour Friday night a crowd of about one hundred farmers and other citizens of Colleton county, took two negroes away from the officers of the law. hung them to a tree, near the railroad track, and fired round after round into thier swinging bodies. The negroes, who were killed were Frank Samuels and Quillie Simmons, and the crime for which death was meted out to them was the murder on Mav 2 9 of vounc Mr. Heniamfn Smoak, a raember of a prominent Colleton family, and a merchant of the town, which benrs his name. The dispatch says early Friday night word was received at Hrnnchville from Smoak's stating that Constable N M. Maxey had arrested four negroes who, it was alleged, wor? concerned In the murder of Mr. Smoak. These four were Frank Samuels, Qulllle Simmons, .Connie Stokes and another whose name his not been learned. It. wll be remembered that when Mr. Smoak was killed, just as he was closing his store for the night, the assassin, or assassins, secured about 195 in cash and checks. It was these checks which led to the arrest of the four negroes, two of whom met death Friday night at the hands of the mob. Young Ben Minus stepped up behind the stables of Samuels, who had a farm about a miles and a half from the town of Smoak's and saw him dividing the stolen money with the other negroes. Minus immediately returned, told what lie had seen and heard, and described the hiding place of the missing checks. A prompt search led to the discovery of the checks, nnd Constable Maxey at one? arrested Samuels. Sub-sequently the other negroes were also arrested, and the constable and his assistants started with his prisoners for Walterboro. Meanwhile the mob had been gat.herinc ranidlv and silentlv. nnrt before long nearly a hundred determined men had started in pursuit. The officers were overtaken near the railroad line and. being greatly outnumbered. they were unable to offer effective resistance. The terrified negroes were seized, and the leaders of the mob questioned them briefly as to their connection with the killing of Mr. Smoak. Two of them apparently managed to clear themselves and were set free. Samuels and Simmons were then mnrched to the railroad track, hanged to a tree and their bodies riddled with bullets. At present everything is quiet. It Is not known whether Samuels and Simmons confessed their guilt, after falling into the hnnds of the avengers. since the mob, as soon as It completed its work, scattered, and those who took part in the lynching returned to their homes. It la known, however, that the town negroes had previously admitted that they knew something about the crb\ though they swore that they did not do the actual Jshooting . Samuels stated that he generally used No. H shot In his gun. and shot of that size were found In Mr. Smoak s body Both negroes bore evil reputations. * SIX lfOKSF?S IitKNHI). Lightning Fires Stable of u Physio inn in Greenville County. The stablo of Br. J. B. Bruce, living at Sandy Flat, in the upper pari of Greenville county, was struck bj lightning Wednesday afternoon, dur ing an electrical storm, and wm burned to the ground. Five o ltruce's horses were burned to death and tln? feed stuff tn the barn wa dettroyed. A liorBo of Charlie W Mitchell, of O'Neal, was burned t< death also in the barn. Mitchol was going hionie from Greenville when tho storm met him near I)r ltruce's residence. He stopped am sheltered the animal, and when tie crash of lightning came and th building was burned to ashes hi horsr was burned to death. KILLS FABMKK AND MI LK. Man Struck l?y Lightning Willi Ploughing. Samuel Itoggs, a well-known an prosperons farmer, was killed h I ( lightning late Tuesday, while plougl p ing in a field a?. his home near Cor tral, north of Anderson. The mul I he was working was also struck h I the holt and instantly killed. M . Itoggs was about 3f> years old an I is survived by his wife qnd fou j children. The funeral was held i Sharon church Wednesday afternoo and was largely attended. This the second man killed in Anderso j county by lightning in the last tf j days. s ('rushed in Elevator, t On her first visit to New York nr . ' on her first ride in .in elevator. Mi d Lena Schoonmaker. was crushed d.-ith Monday afternoon. BRUTAL MURDER Both an Axe and a Raysor Were Used to Commit It. BODY CAST IN WELL The Horrible Crime Is One of the Worst That Ever Happened in Columbia^ and for Mystery Surrounding It Itivnls the Famous Maud Allen Murder Cuse. In the revolting killing In the kitchen of her home at 611 Sumter street, Columbia. Friday morning about day-break, of Mrs. Victoria Griffin. who was struck in the head with an axe, her throat cut from ear to ear und her body thrown into the well on the premises. The Rtlqqfrd says the Columbia police have a murder mystery on their hands, which is a match for tlio Maud Allen murder mystery, which has never been solved. In both the Maud Allen and Grlllln murder casus the owner of the premises is a resident of Hrooklaud. This has no hearing on the case, but is merely a curious coincidence. The following particulars of the crime we clip from tlio Columbia Record: Five men have been arrested in connection with this morning's murder, three of them sons of the dead woman; the fourth a man said to have been on friendly terms with the dead woman up to live mouths ago, when he ceased hoarding :|t the house, and the llfth a barber named Luke Lewis, who was a visitor to the dead woman's oldest daughter by a former husband. Eula Thompson. The three sons are Walter, Jim and Russell Grifiln. all coton mill opera lives. They wore all found at the house by the police, and said they all slept in their mother's room, the youngest, Ilussell, in the same bed. The oldest daughter occupied a room to the frout. There was still another daughter in the house, about 13 years old. There are only throe rooms and a kitchen in the house. The other man in arrest is S. Wash Medlin. who ceased bonrdiug at. the house recently, but who turned *ip there shortly nfter the arrival of the police at about 5:30 Friday morning. All the arrests made were made at the house, except that of Lewis, who was placed In arrest at his barber shop in the McCreery building, opposite the union station. He said he | was not at the house last night, and Eula Thompson 'says, though last night was his usual night to be there, he had sent word that he could not come. All the children, except a daughter, who lives In the country, were at home, and they advanced the theory of suicide so strongly, in the face of the physical facts demonstrating murder unmistakably, that Coroner Walker became suspicious of them and made the arrests as Indicated. The woman's husband, David Wesley Griffin, was a well known resident of Richland county, and was fairly successful in business. He was murdered in a quarrel with his partner In the turpentine business, by a man named Dennis, about Ave years ago, ; In Georgia. The oldest daughter says she dlsi covered that her mother was missing about 5 o'clock. Being awakened at tills time and not hearing her mothei stirring In the kitchen, the daughter left her room to go to her mother's to arosue her. Not finding her mere she made a fruitless search. The youngest son then went to me union station, a few blocks away, and notified Officer Salter, who. with nnnther officer went to the house at once. \ A horrible sight met the officers' gaze in that back kitchen in the fresh crisp dawn of the new day. A pool of blood was on the floor of the kitchen, a bloody razor, afterward ,! claimed as his by one of the sons, was on the kitchen table, and in the corner stood a bloody axe, part of I the blade being broken off and the other half very bloody, and blood on the handle. There were bloody I tracks about the kitchen. There ,, were also some tracks leading back L. i into the room where the sons slept, g 1 but it is thought these were made 1' by the youngest boy in going out to search for his mother. Prints of the woman's fingers on the floor as she struggled in her own blood woro evident. o Finally the officers were attracted to the well by a few blood staln> or the side of the well-box. The toj was down, the dry bucket on th? y two lids. Further Investigation dis t- closed the woman, whose body w-at i- fib-hod tip out of about flftten fee e of water, though it was not ye v stiff. r. The dead woman had a gash it <1 the top of her head as "If made b; tv I three licks from the blade of th< if-! axe. although tho skull was not frac n tured. Tho wounds on the ?hroa is reveaiod repeated hackings at it wit! 'n j the razor, the assassin striking th cartilage of tho Adam's apple an forriug his way through this wit fiendish energy. A chip out of th Adam's apple was found on th id kitchen floor by Dr. L. A. Grlffitl' ss who afterward conducted the pof to mortem The womau s next door neighbor GIVEN AN OVATION GEX. P. I?. GRANT CLASP HANDS < WITH CONFKD. VETS. I They Cheer, Shake Honda and Weep With the Son of the Man to Whom Leo Surrendered. A frenzied demonstration of wel- o come by the men in grey for the boh I of the man who conquered them I marked tho final scene of the nine- a teenth Reunion of tho United Con- J federate VcteranB Thursday. It took t place during the parade. In the re- t viewing stand stood Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, of the United States e army. c The first few divisions in line pass- c ed with only a limited number rec- d ognizing the son of the man who nc- p cepted the surrender of Lee. But finally a cavalry division approached, s and its commanding officer. Gen. p Tyler, of Hickman, Ky., old and y grizzled, peered steadily at Gen. $ Grant a moment. Thtr. ho turned p in his saddle and yelled: i "Come on, you kids, hero's Gen. w Grant come to life again in his son." t With one of tho old-time rebel a yells, the division, remnants of For- t rest's Cavalry, charged upon the X utand on/I t 1 *wl aeeik? - * OVUUU nuu jvouru WUtJ auuillt'l 1U1 il II I, opportunity to shako tho hand of o tho sou of their old-timo enemy, a From that moment every grey-clad Veteran who could reach the stand p rushed up to shake hands with Gen. o Grant. The stocky army officer's o gray eyes filled with tears and his t shoulders shook with emotion as he t murmured: "God bless you ell, c hoys, God bless you," giving eajh t a cordia' hand-grasp. ti Rattle-torn banners were grouped o at his feet and waved over his head i in salute. One old officer rode up to e the stand, seized Gen. Gram s hand and kissed him on the cheek, ex- r claiming: "Gcd blo.a you, boy, I d fought your father, of whom you a-o f the image, but he was a gallant, o magnanimous foe. and I !o/j hts s son." n Mure than one Veteran wa.> In i tears as he saw the famous Feders! c chieftain s son so touched by tin re- i: ception. I* is doubtful If any other 1 Northern man, c^n a President, ever received such an ovntlor aa that 1 which was so generously given to n Gen. Graut by tho Confederate Vet- 1 erans Thursday. c The parade over, tho Reunion t practically ended and Veterans' spec- c ial trains began to leave Memphis at 2 p. in. t I Rabies in Laurens. t Mr. Fred W. Green of Laurens 1 left early Tuesday moruing for At- ' lanta to take tho Pasteur treatment { for a dog bite received last Tuesday. 1 Saturday the head of tho dog was ' sent to Atlanta ?.o bo analyzed and a teb-grum received jtsterday stated that the do< had rubies. Hence Mr. t.iien left ut one.1 for treatment. | are negroes. They could tell the police nothing to throw any light on the mystery. , The coroner and police found the ehtldren nil In tears and tbev anneur ed to be grlef-Htrlcken in the extreme. In the face of all theso facts disclosed by the police they is>tlll affect to believe their mother committed suicide. ( Neighbors say the children were very affectionate towards their mother. In support of the suicide theory the children turned over to the coroner a two-ounce bottle of lodin \ half empty, which they said their L'G'iher bught Thursday. The bottle bears the imprint of W. C. McMillan's drug store. When fished out of the well the women was clad in two night gowns, and the small amount of blood on them gave rise to the suspicion that the body was thus dressed after the murder. Eula Thompson stoutly maintains to the coroner that she is a good girl. She went so far as to ofTer to undergo any sort of examination at the hands of a physician which would satisfy the coroner that she had always been a good woman. She says she is willing to do this or most anything else to throw any light on the mystery of her mother's murder or suicide, whichever it is. The dead woman suffered from ' cancer of the stomach, the children say. and they believe she took her own life on this nccount, because she ' had been saving lately that if sTIe could find a good way to kill herI self she would do it. ' A theory of the police Is that Med> lin committed the murder in a fit of > jealous rage. having caught Mrs - Griffin In company with another man. * The children admit that Medlln slept t in the same room with their mother t when he was hoarding there, but they deny there had been any qnarrel be) tween the two, so far as they are informed. Modlin has been to tho e house frequently up to within a week - of the murder, it is said. t Mrs. Griffin's son Walter, who says h he slept in the same bed with his e | mother, although he is fourteen d ' years old. says his mother had a h j habit of going out. to the hack steps e several times a night on hot nights e I and dipping snuff. She went out. i. | last night. lie does not recall her t returning after she had cone out the third time She was wearing c dark clothes then. * SELLS BAD MEAT 30YERNMENT AGENT SAYS INSPECTORS FARCE. Ie Makes Grave Charges in a Letter to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. After eighteen months service as i United States meat lnspctor In Jost St. Louis packing bouse, J. F. {arms has resigned, he says, writing letter to Secretary of Agriculture arnes WllBon, demanding an inveslgatlon of the meat inspection sysein In the national stock yards. Mr. Harms asesrts that he resignd because he could not tolerate ondtions, and that lnspctors In hnrge of the bureau of animal inUKtrv w??r?> too l*?nlt?nf with th<* ackers. Harms In his letter says. "The Inspection at the National tock yards, Illinois, Is costing the eople approximately $100,000 a ear, and It Is not actually worth 1 to them. Kor when the word Is assed from the Inspector In charge o tho Inspectors actually doing the .ork on the floors that they ore getlns too many condemned anlamls, nd to change the grading, It means hat the wttQle thing 13 a farce. Ir. Secretary, the packers are geting today from 70 to 80 per ceut f meat that ought to be condemned nd destroyed. "I have seen from 1,200 to 1,000 lounds of lard spill and run into an pen sewer in the floor, the sewer utlet quickly blocked, and said lard aken up from the floor and out of he sewer, both or which were unleau and unsanitary; and your doeors passed same to the packers on ver the protest of the Inspectors m that floor, and it went to the pubic market 'L*. S. Inspected and ptusid.' "Some of the filthiest things ltnugltable are practiced in the sausage lepartmenta. such as using bladders or casing without thorough washing >r cleaning, the use of filth tripe in ausage, the use of slimy hog stontiches tor casing or contaiuera, the iselng of meats that have fallen ?n the floor und B'o taken up and i;*>d without uny pretense of cleanllg. "These are all permitted by those n charge, if an Inspector calls their ittentlon to any of the wrongs, bo ? told as 1 was, that the people who *at such stuff are too lazy to pre>aro anything for themselves und ?ught to have such stuff. "I will give you another instance hat huppened elsewhere. Tho meat nspector in the department held tome 6,000 or 7,000 pounds of cured neatB for being sour, Hnd. mind you, 'our or five other inspectors were :ulled in and they all pronounced the neat sour. Your Dr. Meadors released It to the packer. KILLKI) ON A TRAIN". ihot >lnn Who lio Accused of StcalinB IILs Wife. C. M. Murphy, a wealthy contractor and planter, shot Paton Carver, Murphy's overseer, at his farm at btortinton, while the latter sat In a coach of a passenger traiu as It stopped at llranford, Fla., Thursday. Carver was carried from the train to the depot platform, where he died twenty minutes later. Sheriff Rlckerson, of Live Oak, Fla., who was on the train, arrested Murphy. According to Murphy's story Carver and Mrs. Murphy eloped from the Hurtluton farm Wednesday. The husband learned of this, be said, and learned that Carver was returning to burton to get some of his belongings, which the hurry of the elopment caused him to leave th?-re. Murphy met the train and killed Carver, both men are well known in that part of Florida and have relatives there. Carver was unmarried. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy have several children. MAItRIKl) IIY WHOLFBALK. Five Oonplos United by One Hlnglt Ceremony. Rev. Alfred W. burroughs, ol tiristoi, ienn.. weani'suay, wnn * single ceremony, joined in marring* live young couples who eloped t( Bristol from points In Virginia. Th? five brides, each attired in white left their respective honied, osten sibly to attend commencement a Emory and Henry Colleges at Bris tol. All the couples arrived on th< same train. This ceremony bring Rev. Mr. Burroughs' record up t< nearly 3.000 couples, and he claim the world's record for mairiagc oer emonieB. Automobile* Not Allowed. The little town of Reney, Ca.. ha dorlnrod war on autontohiles. At meeting of the town council recent I: after a spirits discussion, an ord nance was adopted prohibiting th use of automobiles within the clt limits, and the town marshal w; authorized to arrest any one pas Ing through Renev with such "ei gines of destruction." Devastated by Earthquake. The town of Korinchl. In Suma'r was devastated by an earthquake r tbe nlcht of June 3 Two hunrirt and thivtv were killed and many ot | ers Inlured. BACK HOME After an Absence of ThirtyThree Years or More FINDS LOST FATHER Wilson Bcarboro, of Blshopv ille, S. C., Goes to Statcsboro, Ga., unil Take* His long Ix?*t Parent Back to the Old Home Old Man Bore the Name of R. Baker. A letter from Statcsboro, Ga., to the Augusta Chronicle tells a most remarkable story. The letter says after a fruitless search for the where abouts of his father for thirty-three yearH, during which time his estate in said to have been administered on by members of the family, Wilson Scarboro. a resident of Rlshopvllle, S. C., came to this county last Sunday and carried hla father back to his South Carolina home to spend his declining years. It. Scarboro, the father, came to this county twenty years ugo and adopted the name of R. linker, tlrst making his home 011 the furm of Sol. Aklus, and later with the Aliens until recently he took up bis place of abode on the farm of Tom Moore at Knal, near ltrjan county, where his sou found him. Domestic troubles are Bnid to have been the cause of his leaving his home In South Carolina. 15?fore he cams to HuIIoch county he spent thirteen years within a hundred miles of his home und was successful in keeping his wife and four sons from learning his whereabouts. Some time ago It is said a traveling man happened to run ucross Mr. Scarboro, or Itaker, as he was known here, and when he went back to lilshopville he told one of the sons that he had soeu and spoken to his father. The traveler remembered the name of Mr. John M. Jones, a hardware dealer, and told the son to write to Mr. Jones for Information. which the son did, giving a description of his lather from which Mr. Jon?*s readily applied tho description to "linker." The letter was answered by Mr. Jones giving the desired Information. In some way Mr. "Baker" learned that Mr. Jones had written to his son and it is said the old mun did uot relish it very much, evidently intending to koep his whereabouts a secret until death. Several letters pas<-ed between Mr. Jones and the son iu South Carolina und tlnally the father was communicated with by his son and persuaded to consent to return to his old home and be cared for the rest of his life. Mr. Scarboro arrived in Statesboro Saturday night and proceeded to Enal without making known the object of his visit to any one but Mr. Jones with whom h? had been communicating. He stated to Mr. Jones that the four sons were still alive; that each of them were in good financial circumstnnces and were desirous of having their father spend his do ciiiiiuk *t'uin wuu tiiciii wiu?rr no could be cared for. When the sou reached the home of his father at Enal the meeting is said to have been a loving one. first handshake and then throwing their arms around one another the two stood there and hugged for some time. This was on Saturday night and Sunday morning when they started for the train they passed through Jimps, five miles from here a*td some i time was spent at the hoy.e of Will Akina while waiting for the Central train. Mr. Akina was not at home at the time and when he returned he walked up and spoke to the father and cordially bowed to the son. I not knowing who he was. At this time Mr. "Haker" said, "Well, Will. I have fooled you all for twenty years. I want to introduce you to my son. Mr,. Scarboro. I am going back to the old homo with him this morning and will spend the balance of my life there with my wife and children. I ha\o ' I been away thirty-three years, twenty 1 years of which have spent in I'ul' loch county, where I have made many ' friends and it 's with regret thit 1 * leave now, but l ?uv:'Ose it is ocj t * for me." "Haker" is well known In Sfntes1 horo, though his home has always been in the country noa1- here. I ing his twenty years in Uullorh Co :ns j ty it is said he confided in one man ' t Mr. Sol. Akina, when ho first canto * here, and told his real nnnte an i the catiso of his leaving homo. Ilo evidently confided in a safe man for through a scpro of years Mr. Akin has told no one the old Tnan's s-<, epet. "Haker" Is apparently nearlng ^ j his alloted time, three score years ,.t an<l ton, and that ho will receive a j. loving welcome in his old homo Is ovidoncod hy tho con tin nous search y which has boon made for him for i5 thirty-throe years. s. Wilson Scarhoro, tho son that [j. ramo after his father, is now fortvthroo yoars of age and states that ho was nearly eleven years old when his father loft home. Tho location of his father's whereabouts is proha. ably due to the traveling man who >n spoke to him here, calling his real d naiue, and Mr. .lohn M. .Tones, who b care ?he ton the necessary iuforma UOV.