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VERY BAD PAIR A Man ami Woman Who Should bo Kopt Locked Up TRIED BADGER GAME Ob an Honest Man From Spartanburg at Asheville?They Also Tried to Work a Columbia Man But He Called Their Bluff?How Their Game fs Worked. The Record says that Mr. and Mrs. J. Baxter Mitchell of Sparanburg. who figured In the alleged attempted badger game, against the wealthy stockman, Mr. C. P. Morgan, also of Spartanburg, In the Swannanoa Hotel In Ashevllle on the 13 th, are well known in Columbia, particularly to the Columbia police, and how they were run out of Columbia reveals an interesting study of the under world. Chief Cathcart has the picture of the Mitchell woman and her sister on a postcard, but he was unable to catch the couple In any badgering game here, although they are alleged to have made at least one attempt, the victim promptly calling the bluff and getting off without giving up even any checks. The victim on this occasion run Into a bathroom with Mrs. Mitchell. Almost immediately afterward the "outraged" husband stormed In with revolver In hand, and, after giving a stiff line of talk about his ruined home, demanded money. The victim coolly called the bluff, threatening to kill both the man and the woman if he was not allowed to pass out. He passed. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell occupied quarters over a leading Main street store, and the chief and his men watched the pair so closely that after the arrest of Mrs. Mitchell's sister, who Is now in a house in the restricted district, for occupying the wrong sort of house In respectable neighborhoods. they left town and the chief's information is that they went to Charlotte. The single woman, when the chief told her what he knew of Mrs. " * *>!,? kin, UtllLUCii, ui UIVC uun II auu twin UIUI of Mrs. Mitchell's career, pleading pathetically ifor the ptotection of her little child whflch was ^being raised by the Mitchells. The Bingle woman appears to have good traits, and she wanted to give her child as near a respectable surrounding as possible. Mitchell is a member of a flnt family of Spartanburg, but his own personal career is well known there, as is his wife'a, who was ran out of Spartanburg for keeping a house of ill-fame. They were regularly married all right. A Spartanburg papare drew a curious, if not inspiring word-picture of Mitchell dowi t the depot to see his beloved wife out of town on the occasion of the recent Justly celebrated exodus of such women from Spartanburg. Mr. MorgAn's Statement. In the Spartanburg Journal M?\ Morgan makes a very clear and derailed statement of the affair as follows: "Referring to the card of J. B. Mitchell printed in the Charlotte Observer 1 wish to make the following statement: "ThiB scheme of which I was an entirely innocent victim, was simply a bold hold-up to attempt to get some money out of me. I am told that these people have several times practiced the scheme successfully, but they failed in my case because I stopped payment on the checks I was forced to give them, and had them arrested. If I had been guilty I would have kept quiet and nobody would ever have heard of the affair. But I employed a lawyer, had these fakirs arrested and got my CD6CKB DacK. "I have lived here all my life and am known as a decent, honest, truthful man, and I am not afraid of this attempt on the part of these people to blacken my name and character. "I was In Ashevllle on my business of trading horses. 1 made my headquarters at Millard's stables, where I had my animals. Mitchell's wife telephone to the stable several timts for me. Finally she got me to the telephone and said that her husband was looking for me, tnai they were on their way to Tennessee to go into the stock business and that he wanted to talk with me about some stock. She said he wanted me to come to the Swannannoa Hotel between 3 and & o'clock. I agreed to do so. "Accordingly I went to the holel at the imte Appointed. While 1 was standing In the office the Mitch ell woman came up^to me and spoka to me, asking if I wore not Mr. Morgan. She then stated that Mitchell was out, but would be back in a few minutes and pointed to the open door of their room, which was opposite the parlor, she invited me to go in and sit down and wait for him. She herself went away, but in a few minutes returned and in the room and sat down, the door still being open. In a short while she got up and closed the door, saying that the housekeeper would come In and Interfere with the conversation nniess she did so. "After talking a while the woman offered me some whiskey, but I declined It. Then there was a knock at the door and the woman Jumped up and ran to the door excitedly and told the man outside (her husband) that be could not come In. He demanded loudly to be admitted, and then I. seeing that something was wrong, skid to her: " 'What kind of a game u this? f * * i YOUNG MAN SHOT |l ~~ BY NEGRO BURGLAR WHEN 1 CAUGHT IN STORE. A Robber at Van Wyck tb Lwdcm- < tor County Seriously Wounds Taylor Nlsbet. 'About two o'clock Monday morsI n V R R nnrtv nf unlit!" ' v ?? ? r? -j V4 j vuuft mvu nci U J passing the Hyatt-Massey Company's 1 store at Van Wyck in Lancaster { county, they heard a noise In the ( building and started to Investigate. < As they were about to enter the ] rear door, a man came out, fired at < them with a shotgun and then ran t off. The load istruck Taylor P. , Nisbet. one of the young men, the i shot lodging in his shoulder, throat ; aad face, inflicting serious wounds. ; He was taken to Charlotte for treatmeat by his uncle, Dr. Olln Nisbet. ] Immediately after the shooting a j couple of Van Wyck citizens went to Lancaster after the sheriff, the officer returning with them to tho , scene, leaving there about daylight. , The sheriff, who is famous for his shrewd detective work, was not long , in laying his hands on the right man, who proved to be a young negro in , the community, Sam Stinson, who is now in jail, having been taken to Lancaster by the sheriff. The clue that led to Stinson's identification and arrest was an old hat left in the store by the burglar, who carried off a new one with him. When first apprehended he denied knowing anything about the affair and started to run when the sheriff, with drawn revolver, stopped and handcuffed him. He claimed that he had bought the new hat from Dave Foster, another negro, but later, when confronted with Foster, confessed that he got It In the store, and that he alone was implicated In the robbery. He says he shot at the young men to scare them so that he could make his escape, and that he got the gun and cartridges while in the store. The feeling In Van Wyck against ^tin?nn 1 u Intpnou ou Urn ? ? .-?M-w, ? " V.IC J V/Ullf, tuou shot Is one of the most popular ia the community. SHOT THE MAYOR. Quarrel Brought on by His Decision In a Case. J. C. Godfrey, mayor of Davlsborc Qa., lies at his home dangerously wounded as the result of a quarrel which followed a decision made by Godfrey in the Mayor's Court Moac'ay in a case againBt Gordon Collins, a white man. M. M. Col.tof. brother of the defendant in the ea?e. approached the mayor after court adjourned and began talking about the case. Hot words followed, end before anyone could interfere Collins shot the mayor with a pistol, the ball entering the right side. Mayor Godfrey fell to the floor aad his condition is regarded as serious, his wound probably being fatal. Collins escaped and it is said has not yet been located. Found Poison in Well. Rebecca Taylor, colored, was lodged In Richland jail Monday afternoon charged with placing poison in a well. Rathney Summers, also colored, claims that Rebecca came into her yard out in Kenneltown, near Columbia, a few nights ago and that the next day a can of poison was found in the well. There was a similar case to this at the last term of court when a negro was given 10 years on a charge of attempting to poison a well. If managers never put a show on. the actor folk would never have a chance to show off. I^et him In.' "She then let Mitchell in and he entered cursing and waving a pistol. He exclaimed that I had broken up his home, and that he would leave the woman for me to support. He cursed her and threatened to shoot both the woman and me. He also said he would call the police and have us both arrested. He said he would bring suit for divorce and bring my name In. "The (woman then appeared to cry and said that Mitchell and I ought to pay her $2,000. Finally It waR agreed that I should pay $600 to her and that Mitchell would go off and leave her, also giving her j $600. I had only $5 in money, but i they brought out some blank checks ] on a Spartanburg bank. I then drew i two checks, one for $295 and ono for i $800 and gave them to the womaa. i These I dated ahead, as I told them i I would have to mat s arrangement* ' at the bank for the money before t they would b? good. t "I came on to Spartanburg Sunrl fl V nl crhi unrl If J ? ?? ??* - -- * miBuv, auu wiuiiuny morning 1 ( stopped payment on the checks at the t bank. I employed Mr. Carson and T went to Hendersonvllle, where I had 1 reason to believe this pair were. * swore out warrants against them and 8 had them both arrested. When taken before the magistrate they offered to surrender the checks and my lawyer advised me not to attempt * to profecute them, to which I agreed although I wanted to go ahead with the prosecution. "As for Mitchell's statement, that, a I got into a card game with him. a that is absolutely false. I do not e even Vnew bow to play poker, which c he t>ays we played, as anybody in d Spartanburg who knows me knews. 1 I never saw a game of stud poker ii piayed m my life. This was Just b an attempt to blackmail me out of s some money. I had to 6ubmit for e the time being while this man had a * pistol drawn on me, I being unarmed b and defenseless. But I recovered my tl checks and stopped the game. a o. r MORGAN, t a MEMORY OF SEMMESU (18 ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY II TO BE HONORED. 3en. Mlckle Urges Obwrraace of Great Confederate Naval Com- |< mender's Centennial Birthday. By command of Gen. Clement A. Evans, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Vetprun* ?n/i in iccordance with resolutions adopted it the last annaul Reunion, Adjt. 3en. and Chief of Staff William B. Vflckle Monday night Issued a general order calling for the observance on September 27 next of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Rear Admiral Raphael 1 Semmes, of the Confederate States 8 navy. The order follows: "Undoubtedly no soldier In the ar- '' my of the Confederacy nor sailor In c Its nary contributed as much to fa- a mlliarlze the Inhabitants of the globe with the 'Stars and Bars,' the flag 1 of the Confederate States, as did the 0 commander of the Sumter and the 1 Alabama. Brief was the life of each v of these vessels, but the life of each E was full of glorious action, and the 11 skillful way in which our great na- v val leader managed all matters? whether as expert in admlrallty, able seaman or daring commander?re- * fleeted the highest credit on hiB abilities and added lustre to the cause he 1 represented. "Too much honor cannot be glv- ' en such a mau; and the general com- d mandlng most earnestly urges the various camps of the Federation, the c United Sons of Confederate Veterans, r the United Dauthters of the Confederacy asd the Confederated Southern Memorial Association, and 1 all kindred organizations, to take such actions as they deem best, so that this day, the 27th of Septem- I her, 1909, may ever be memorable in our annals." PLENTY OF BOOZK IN AUGUSTA. Cases of Drunkenness Are Rapidly Increasing. The Augusta Chronicle Buys the records at the police barracks In that city show that for the first seven months of 1909 the number of arrests for violations of the four hundred and sixtieth section, the majority of which are for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, have been almost as many as for the first seven monthB of 1907, which was the year before prohibition started. The total number of arrests for the first seven months of 1909 were i 1,84 4 while the total number for the same period in 1907 were 1.882. The total number of arrests for the first seven monthH of 1908, which was the first year of prohibition, were 1,664. The number of arrests shows an increase of each montn from tho first of January, 1908, until the end of the year. The record for July, 1908, until the end of the year was 329 arrests while for the same month last season it was 273, which shows a large increase. The figures in regard to the comparative amounts of cases caused by drunkenness before and since prohibition were compiled by Orderly Sergeant G. D. Buchanan, who is always alert and anxious to see the effect of the prohibition law. WOMAN MOONSHINER IN JAIL. She Is Accused of Making Moonshine In Liberty County, Ga. The first woman moonshiner ever copped by the local Federal authorities, says a dispatch from Savannah, was brought in a few nights ago from Hlnesville, in Liberty county. v.u. i no rominine distiller of am- e brosJal nectar }is Margaret Van Blount, alias Margare Williams, c colored, and she Is now resting be- 8 hind the bars of the county jail 1 at Savannah. c The charge against the woman is ' that of illicit distilling and selling r of whiskey. Ais evidence of her guilt four gallons of whiskey and 8 the still used were secured by the v officers and are held as evidence. 8 The still, though not a large one, t is complete in every detail. It was 1 found In the house of the old ne- o gress, whoso age is given p.b 55 years. ^ Despite her advanced years, Mar- 1? (Caret gave the Liberty county deputy i< sheriff a run for his money before t he was able to overtake her. When r the negress caught sight of the of- b fleer she lit out afoot, as if she were i Marathon runner. After a hot h dinse she was taken in hand. She w (vas taken to the Hinesville Jail for n ?afe keeping until the Federal an- b horities carried her to 8avannah. g The place where the still was tak- p >n is near Riceboro. It is .thought hat there is some man connected tl vlth the running of the still, but a dargaret refuses to talk about this w ilde of the question and claims that p ihe alone was interested in the still n ???????? b MADE BIG CATCH. a '"ishemiein Run Into Large Schools u of Mullets. "j A Beaufort. N. C., dispatch says catch of mullets aggregating half N million pound, said to be the iarg- al st ever known along the Atlantic oast, wae made off this port by T< eep sea fishermen a few days ago. 'he fishermen went to sea early i the morning In search of menaden, but their boats ran Into i y< chools of mullets miles long, and ' of ach vessel was loaded to the gun- j in ales with them. The catch was a rought to market at Beaufort, and j er tie enMre working force available at t that place was engaged all nightj L< i preparing the fish for ahipmeit hi . . '* ?v * Sot him down egro Pays tha Death Penalty 8 for H!s Folly. IIS BODY IS BURNED * .njfry Because Two Friends Had Been Shot by Officers, a Deeper- A b ado Wounds Twenty-nine Men, g{ Before a Bullet Through His Heart e 8 Stops His Wild Rampage. p b Angered, it is believed, because ^ wo of his friends bad recently been ^ hot by police officers in Monroe, /a., William S. Wade, a negro, a ew days ago, ran amuck on the prinipal business street of Monroe, with ^ . double-barrel shotgun, shooting irst at every white man he saw and n hen firing indiscriminately at every Q ibject before him. The fire was re- y urned and the negro finally fell dead rith a bullet through his heart, but lot before 29 men, three of them Q nembers of his own race, had been ^ mounded. Seriously wounued: s Hugh Bigger, police officer, shot ^ nabdomen and thigh; may die. ^ T. H. Grant, deputy sherifT, shot n neck and breast; may die. g Simon Marks, merchant, Tuskegee, Ua., shot in breast and face; may { lie. George McCormack, manager Ouahlta Lumber Company, West Mon- ^ oe, arm shattered. Slightly wounded: ^ Dr. A. A. Forsyth, mayor of Mou- } oe. ^ D. A. Breard, banker. p Ed Strong, cashier Southern Ex- j >resa Company. Steve Burke, telegrapn operator. f Joe Thompson, dispatcher. , A. A. Grennly, lumberman. Manuel Bgromowits, c'.cik. Albert Marx, merchant. f C. E. Bvnum, stenograpner. c J. T. Kendall, trainmaster Iron ( Mountain railroad. . I D. G. Trousdall, merchant, , J. W. Merryman, express agent. Armaud Baer, clerk. I D. Enzell, traveling salesman. ( E. P. Davles, clerk. ] M. Braun. blacksmith. , Roy Fisher, messenger boy. i E. B. Edwards, steamboat man. ( I. L. Haas, merchant. Herman Abioues, merchant. R. B. Ross, clerk. Fred McOrath, clerk. Three negroes, shot in face and >ody. Wade's body was publicly burned, ifter it had been cut down from a ;>ole, on which it hung for an hour t >r more after he was killed. I An Investigation by the police ^ ihowed that when Wade purchased :he shotgun and a box of shells, a ( few minutes before he opened fire >n the first man, that there was noth g unusual in his manner or behavor. Other negroes who were with lim in the morning say that he hud j r>ot been drinking nor did he show ( iny evidence of having taken cocaine. At the Btore where Wade bought j he hot" of shells the clerk says that ^ he negro asked for buckshot. He t tave him bird shot by mistake. This nistake probably saved the lives of ^ i score or more of men. The negro, after purchasing the ( tun. took a position in the arcnde >f the Bank of Monroe, at Grant ind Desiard streets, the most promnent corner in the city. His first ihot was directed at J. J. Jordan, ashler of the bank, who was ap- j iroaching the building. He miBsed >rdan, but the load struck George dcCormick, who was close enough o the negro to have his arm badly hattered, in spite of the small shot. ( The first shot brought many mer- , 'Hants and clerks out on the street ^ i?d the negro then began to Are in heir direction. As fast as he dlsharged his gun, he would step back ( nto the arcade, reload, reappear and f enew his Are. Patrolman Bigger, who had bee* ittracted by the shooting, ran toward Wade and was shot down, but .rose and emptied his revolver at he negro. The negro continued to C Ire Into the crowd, wounding many >f them, when Mayor Forsythe, lanager Edward Stannard, ot the Deal Western Union office, and Ran- j el McLeod came up and returned he fire, Wade finally falling as a v esult of the fatal wound in the I eart. v After the body of the negro had 11 een cut down from the pole oa h rhlch It was hung, a crowd of men 8 nd boys proposed that It should t-e l) urned. It has already been draged to a nearby square and coal oil Olir^H Al'nr If " ** "* .. nucu mayur rorsyme w rent to the square and demanded c hat the body be turned over to the f1 uthorltles. He was courteously n avod aside, and the torch was aplied. In a few minutes nothing re- ? mined but a heap of ashes and ones. w Several hours later Tom Wllford, h negro, was shot in a lunch room. Cl ear the city market house. It is ^ r?t definitely know whother or not lis shooting formed any sequel to n ie disorders earlier in the day. M obody knew anything after the ** looting, except that "somebdy" had ,a lot a negro. The wound ia not ?1 garded as dangerous. P< Tooth Drowned. Gerhard Lauterbach, aged 16 >ars. son of Reinhardt Lauterbach, C. ' Norfolk, was drowned while bath- ,c g at Virginia Reach Monday, but rl short distance from shore. Anothyouth far out, feigning danger. sr tracted all attention from young Pf mtherbach, who otherwise might j th iv? been rescued. I sll TERRIBLE ACCIDENT j: HIPS COLLIDE AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DROWN. ( ortii German Lloyd Steamer Crashed Into an Excursion Steamer Loaded With Women and Children ' In a driving rainstorm about six 'clock Wednesday morning the .rgentlne excursion steamer Colomia and the North Oerman Lloyd Learner Schleslen collided at the ntrance of Montevideo harbor, Urauay. The Colombia was entering ort, and the Schleslen was outward nunH frtl4 Rromon Thn Pnlnmhfo'n ow crushed in and she sank almost mmediately. Between 160 and 200 ersons were killed or drowned. The Colombia carried about 200 assengers and a crew of 4 8 men. lost of the passengers were asleep nd panic followed the crash. Alaost immediately small boats put ut to the sinking steamer, but the ^ork of rescue was rendered very ifBcult by the high sea. About 70 ersons were brought ashore. MoBt f the dead are women and children. l majority of the survivors are men. The Colombia was carrying excurionists from Buenos Ayres to a fesival at Montevideo, and the disaster las caused the fleenest emotion, "he Uruguayan government. In conequence, has postponed the fetes irranged for the celebration of the nauguration of the port. The Schlesien, which was only lightly damaged, has been detained >y the port authorities. Her comnander attributes the collision to the vlnd and the high seas which made >oth steamers almost unmanageable. The channel is now partially obitructed by the wreck of the Colom>ia. Most of the survivors of that vessel were taken from the maBts, and nany of them were Injured. While treat numbers of women and chllIren were drowned, almost every one >f the ship's complement were saved. Scores of bodies have been recovered and are now lying at the cusom house, but many of them have lot been Identified. The storm still continues, erlppllng elegraphic and telephonic communl'ation between Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. The Colombia was an ild steamer of 1,200 tons engaged n the regular passenger service bewoen this port and Buenos Ayres. SERVED HIM RICHT. Negro Fiend Killed After Brut*] Attack on Body. At Bronson. Fla.. altmrtarl he screams of a white woman of the ,>lnce, who was fighting a deBperate battle with Steve Brown, a negro, who had attacked and waB chokag her in an effort at criminal aslault, Bart Falrcloth, a white man, ?hot and Instantly killed the negro. The attack of the negro and his leath occurred at the woman's home. Irown who was married and had sev;ral children, lived near town and was regarded aH a hard working ne?ro. His intended victim has a arge garden in which she grows regetables and the negro was accusomed to buy from her. The garden Is quite a distance 'rom the house and when he was here alone with her, Brown caught he woman by the arms. She icreamed, crying out "Help, murler!" and the negro's hand closed >n her throat. His other hand was >ressed over her mouth. She strug;led desperately but was no match or the negro. Bart Falrcloth, who heard her ,creams, ran to her aid. The negro law him and started to run. Fair loth called to him to halt and when he negro kept running Bhot at him hree times with a pistol, killing lim Instantly. The woman's arms and throat are wollen and blue and show the mark* >f the negro's hands. For a time ollowing the Killing excitement was ntense but now all Is quiet. POLICEMAN CAUGHT ROBBING. Iront Sensation Created in Spartanburg as Result. Thoro was a tremendous sesation n Spartanburg Tuesday morning yhen it became known that Private lice Nolan of the police dopartmont, 'ho was secreted in Warren Dupre's ook store to catch a burglar who ad been systematically robbing the mir, cuukiii. r. K. Mulligan, a rother police ofllcer In an attempt a get at the cash drawer. Mulligan entered the front door rlth a key and as he started to tho ash drawers Officer Nolan arose roni hlH hiding place. He made a oise and Mulligan beat a hasty rereat. The officer gavo pursuit and pened fire, shooting three times. Mulligan was chased In dark alley ay. whpre he was captured. He roke down completely. He was irrled back to the store and Mayor loyd and Dupre were sent for. Some sort of compromise was 1 >achod. for it is understood that i ulligan has left the city. This is i ie first time in the history of Spar- i inburg that such case has devel- ( sed in the history of the city and j )llce department. Girl Seriously Hurt. Miss Mersa Ellison, of Raleigh, N. , was caught under a wrecked au>nK>bile Saturday morning. four bs being broken, head and limbs ulsed, collar bone dislocated, face arred. In the automobile, a 3,000>und White steamer, were also ree young men, who aacaped with tght brulaei. Southern States i BUT FRO! ^bchlnery siii?2mbissl* colum b DUTY WELL DONE ( (Continued from page 1.) handkerchiefs and cheered us. Not a negro did we see. . Havintr shown how little terrified we were to thus beard the lion In his den, we proceeded In column of two's to Coker Springs where we consumed an hour or more In wash- " Ing the dirt ofT our faces and out of our eyes and ears, and watering our horses. At that time there was stationed at Aiken a company of United States regulars. These were encamped on ^ the bluff overhanging Coker Springs. The strange and unique appearance of this new uniform and the men in it caused all of the soldiers to line up on the blufT and watch us with great Nouriosity and Interest. ^ When all our men had finished washing and we were again In our places (everything having been done In military style, one man holding three horses with linked bridles while the other three washed at the horse ^ trough, Col. Butler gave the command: "Fours left, left dress." This threw us ltno line facing the blufT where the Yankees were gathered, some sixty yeards away and about forty feet above us. Then the order was given: "Three cheers for 1 the boys In blue," and if there was ever a "rebel yell" it must have leaped from the throats of those determined and desperate men. As soon as the cheers were given the command followed: "Four left, left by two's, march," and we started off back up the hill briskly towards the town. Almost as if by magic the Yankee soldiers who were all in uniform received the order from someone: "Fall in, right dress." As they were already lu line it took them only two or three seconds to got in military formation and without counting off the order was given: ? "Three cheers for the men in white." The answering call of the Northern white men to the Southern white man was hearty and vigorous as our own defiance had been. ( I will say In passing, that, while some of these same men marched sixteen miles to Rouse's Bridge to stop the Ellenton riot, some weeks later, and were held along with a large number of other troops In the disturbed region?one whole regiment being sent to Edgefield court house in October?none of the soldiers cvei displayed any other than the most friendly and kindly fee? ing and they had no stomach whatever for the dirty work they had been sent into the State to do. Tb?.y obeyed orders which is the duty of a soldier, but they never showed any feeling other than good will and sympathy for our people. But while the Sweetwater Sabre club and its successor in Meriweather Township, the Democratic Fighting club, came in contact with the troops on several occasions, afterwards they were never permitted to cheer us again. The rioters in their bloody shirts returned to their quarters. In this parade the shirts were worn as blouses over the pants with pistol belts outside. Some of the men woro them homo, and one young man, John Crawford, I think, caused his sister to become dreadfully frightened because they thought he was wounded. I carried the flag to my home and I have always regretted that it was destroyed by fire when my residence was burned some three years later. It was a unique scene In the court room wnen Judge Maher ordered ' ball to be granted, fixing the Bum as ' I recall It, at $1,000 each. The ar- 1 gument of the case had delayed ac- 1 tlon far into the night.. Lamps had ' to be brought in and as the restless "prisoners" would pass in and out of the court room and take their ' seats the thud of the barrels of their 1 revolvers could bo heard as they came in contact with the benches. J When court waB adjourned the , men began to make inquiry of the f clerk of the court as to when thoy j could file their bonds. He in a f rather petulant and irritable manner, which was natural, because he j must have been very much fatigued, g replied: "Sometime in the morning." Just then I overheard Sheriff Jordan whisper to him: "You had better let these men get out of town tonight, else they may burn it and fl hang you before morning." In a ' nice manner the clerk changed and % he began to band out blank bail 1 bonds to be signed by all the appli- p cants and their sureties. 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It s needier to say this daring act jn the part of the whlteB served o Intensify the dread of the negroes. iVhlle among the whites the band of ace drew us closer closer togother. ft was "all for one, one for all," ind the State's motto: "Animis tpibusque parati"?ready with our Ives and fortunes?pulsated as the lentiment in every bosom. Cholera Rpideiuic. Fifty deaths out of a total of eventy-slx cases of cholera occurred the Philippine Islands for the veek ending June 2 ft, according to nformatlon Just received by Cur[eon General Wyman, of the public lealth and marine hospital service. Brldre Builder ni**in.?M Grower L. Cuthlll, aged 24, bob of 'ollce Capt. George L. CuthrlH. of Norfolk, was drowned at. Rocky fount, N. C.. while engaged In rldgo constructing Sunday. A. girl's love for candy doesn't, ecessarlly Indicate a sweet dlspoItlon. The ancient, watch dog Is a memer of the old guard alley That All Want. CARRY A LARGE STOCK. a large stock of Wood Pulleys dangers, Belting and anything else wish in this line. When you are ket, write us JMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY. Columbia, S.