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THE FORT MILL TIMES
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^ VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, S. Cm THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,1909 NO. 24
FARNUM BRIBED
Drawing the^Net Tighter and Tighter
About the Defendant.
EVIDENCE VERY STRONG
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PThe Prosecution in the State Dispensary
Cases Had a Regular
Field Day?The Links in the
Chain of Evidence Carefully Fitted
Together by the State.
The prosecution of the grafters in
theJState Dispensary matter is becoming
very interesting. Before a
jury which is to pass upon J. S.
Farnums' guilt or his right to liberty,
Joe B. Wylie swore unreservedly
that he had accepted bribes from
Farnum.
While Farnum la being triad for
a particular offence, that of giving
a bribe tor $1.126.to Joe B. Wylie.
yet ^he testimony took wide latitude
connection with Farnum.
He alleged tttat Farnum had
assisted in Wylie's campaign for
election; that after being elected
Wylie was approached to use his influence
in bohalf of whiskey and beer
concerns represented by Farnum;
that in pursuance of agreement Wylie
exerted that influence and therefore
received the remuneration agreed upon.
That Farnum had paid him in
money at time, and at other times
had given him drafts made payable
to a third party, Henry Samuelf,
for there was an investigation committee
trying to get hold of Information
and Wylie didn't wIbIi his
name to appear in writing.
The "defense attacked Wylie without
vigor, but the general opinion
of those who beard the proceedings
was that while Wylie was preeented
in a very poor light so far as his
past conduct. was concerned, yet
bis credibility was not impeached.
The prosecution has pieced together
what is considered a very strong
case, and the defense will undertake
to tear it down. Beginning
with an unnamed draft presented for
collection traced that instrument
through the banks of Chester, Columbia
and Charleston to the very
cash drawer of Furnum's place of
business in Charleston. The defendant
could not l>o forced to produce
it. but the secondary evidence of
its having existed is almost unimpeachable.
Wylle swore than Farnum gave
him a draft for $1,125 payable to
Henry Samuels and Samuels later
testified that the draft was turned
over to him and that he cashed It and
gave the money to Wylle.
. The motive for such transactions
was also presented with skill. The
"purchasing clause" of the old dispensary
law was put in evidence,
as were books, minute books, records
of purchases and of awards and
Invoice books. The minutes of
March, 1906, showed that the board
? , QlLjphlch \\j 11 g wtys a _member had
s^..pujb to-"order out " whisker only
wfkn |Wo members of board t-ign. <1
a varrant a^horl/thg the commls1FJ#-St.
Blorfer to do /o. Put in September
of the same year a new rule was
passed and the clerk of the board
was authorised to order Hulk, goods
when the supply on han dshould run
low. The point was stressed that
it was not making awards on bids
that counted, but in "ordering out"
the stuff already nominally pur
chased. l hijne$?ire It whs worth
while for n whiskey house to have
as k friend in court a member of
the board. Wylle swore that it was
in part settlement for just such services
that he was Riven the $1,125
on September 14, 1906.
When court reassembled Thursday
morning Wylle was on the stand
lie identified several books of record
and then got down to the sensational
testimony published elsewhere.
Raimiels Takes the Stand.
Mr. Henry Samuels was then called.
He is now mayor of Chester.
Answering Mr. Abney he was 4 8
years or age and engaged In the iner
cantile business, lie usually sigUHU
his name "H. Saiuuels."
He ha.4 known Jos. n. Wiiey for
16 or 20 years. Iu March. June
and September. 1906, he was In Columbia
representing whiskey houses.
Mr Pa mude^ named a number of
there Arms. He was agent under W.
D. Roy for some of these concerns.
On one occasion he went up on tho
I Chester train with Wylle and he
was given a draft for $1,126 by this
dispensary director. The bank gave
him about $1,000 of this In bills
of $100 denomination. A few days
later he turned over this money to
The draft was signed by Farnum
and drawn on either a bank or a
Arm. he could not remember which.
It was given to blm before Wylle
went to bis home In Rlchburg. Afterwards
he called up Wylle over
the "phone and told blm the draft
had been cashed. "Keep It until
Monday." said Wylle. This was not
the first time drafts had been glven
blm In his name to be cashed
for Wylle.
Wylle told him that Farnum had
settled with him (Wylle). The wit
ness bad no Interest in the matter
He had traveled In May. 1906, foi
Farnum "whooping up Long Horr
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gin." He was paid $250 a month
and expenses and Farnum had settled
up promptly at the end of three
weeks.
Farnum represented a number ol
houses, including the Richland Distillery
Company, Lanahan, the Big
Four and others. When working
for Farnum he visited the dispensers,
induced them to order the stuff.
He sent a copy of this order to Far'num
and another to the State dispensary.
Under the cross-examination Samuels
said he came here very often
several years to visit a woman of
111 repute. He gave this woman
money to build a house. He also
played cards sometimes for money.
"I got no rakeoff on this" draft," he
cause I got my orders and made
my money on these commissions paid
me."
The witness got checks from
Farnum in 1907 and 1908, the largest
being for $500. In 1906 the
only check he received_was for $300.
This was for work of three weoks
but Farnum and Wylle fell out over
the manner of shipping "Long Horn"
to dispensers.
He paid Wylie on 160 cases of
goods one-half of the commission
amounting to $300.
"Nobody could get any business
down tbere unless tbey paid commissions
to tbe board," said tbe witness.
The witness evidently bad considerable
trouble with the dispensary
commission. He was summoned to
appear, according to hiB statement,
and at once consulted an attorney
now connected with tbe defense.
This attorney said there was no occasion
for a lawyer in a case where
Samuels had been summoned as a
wilness. The witness after considerable
questioning Anally admitted
the testimony brought out above.
He said that he had been advised
by his attorney, Mr. Paul Hemphill,
to tell everything and it would probable
be to his advantage.
"And you are not going to be
prosecuted?" queried the defense.
"I understood that's what It meant
but I have never been told so. My
attorney told me not to worry,"
was the response.
Samuels produced a little memorandum
book showing the commissions
paid and the schedule required
hy the board.
Wylle had prepared the schedule
and he, the witness, always paid tbe
rate Axed by Wylie.
The book was Introduced in evidence
and then tbere was a pleasant
little spat between the attorneys on
the admission of the book. Judge
Memmiuger ruled that it was evidence.
The commissions paid were
given to Wylie. He was also paid by
Farnum for work done among the
county dispensaries but this amounted
to little.
J. A. V. Schmidt of St. Rotiis was
then called and testiAed that he is
employed by the Anheuser-Rusch
Brewing association. This was all
asked the witness.
Mr. Stevenson then announced that
the State rested its case.
GIVES TEN MORE YEARS.
Ti. a XI-.. in II? '? ? -
niiu iihn n|H-ni lliirty
Years Behind the liars.
After serving nearly thirty years
of his life in prison on charges of
counterfeiting and passing bogus
money. James O'Legrey, alias "Jack
Mulvey," an aged man, was sentenced
in the United 8tates District
Court at Philadelphia on Wednesday
to ten years in the Government prison
at Atlanta. Ga., on a similar
charge. He pleaded guilty, but asked
for clemency on account of his
age.
Judge McPhorson In passing sentence
said that he belived O'Leary
to be beyond reformation, and in tho
best Interest of society thought ho
should be given a long term. The
only witness at the trial was a secret
service operative, who recognized
the prisoner as an old offender
from a photbgtaph taken a score
of years ago.
WILL SERVE HIS TIME.
Murray, the Former Congressman,
Arrested In (liicngo.
Geo. Washington Murray, colored
who in the nineties represented the
Sumter district in Congress. and
I being held in Chicago at the request
of the South Carolina authorities
to serve a sentence of three vean
for forgery, refused to return here
without requisition papers. Appli
cation fior requisition was made
to Oovernor Ansel. Murray flee
while the Jury was deliberating up
on his case and the peatence wai
"Imposed in his absence. He ha;
been in Canada since his flight. Mur
ray has divorced hi6 negro wife, I
is said, at his home, and marrie<
a white woman.
Tigers Pay Big Money.
Thirty-one alleged violators of th
dispensary ordinance have beei
"pulled" by the Charleston pollc
since September 1. the failure of th
defendants to appear for trial In th
Recorder's Court netting the cit
treasury the sum of ear
; owner of an alleged blind tiger fot
| ! felting bail to the amount of flft
' dollars.
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Now in Jail.
I Young Watson Burnette, the ma
charged with embezzling the ban
. , at Craniteville and who was arres
r. ed. in-Chattanooga, was brought bac
i jaad landed in Aiken Jail.
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: DR COOK CROSS-EXAMOO
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' THE POLE FINDER SUBMITS T<
GRUELLING INTERVIEW.
Forty Newspaper Men Fire All Kindt
of Questions ut the Explorer, but
Can Answer Them All.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Becking
rest and seclusion with his family
after the boisterous welcome of
Tuesday, dended himself to interviews
Wedneeday and remained in
his suit at the WoldLrf-Astorla,
in New York, until late Wednesday
afternoon, when he submitted cheerfully
to one cf the severest crossexaminations
since he announced his
disoovery of the North Po'e. The
ordeal of the Interview, which was
conducted by forty newspaper representatives,
Including several from
fr?r?t?rr? nAvenannra nmviul ?
that he was not afraid to meet the
public. Incidentally the city of N3w
York officially recognized his achievement
Wednesday when the board of
aldermen passed a resolution, commemorating
his discovery and providing
for a public welcome at the
City Hall. The date of the reception
will be announoed later.
Ab the questions asked were put
by laymen they did not go deeply
into the scientific aspect of the expedition.
But Dr. Cook was ready
to answer anything pertinent to the
Issue.
The most interesting phase of the
Interview was reached when Dr.
Cook was asked If ho would object
to showing his diary. He Immediately
consented, and after retiring
to his room, returned with a small
octavo note book, which he showed
freely to all. It was a thin book,
containing 176 pages, each of which
was filled with fifty or sixty lines
of penl'l'ed writing of the moat
minute character.
The book he said, contained considerably
more than one hundred
thousand words, while he has besides
other hooks embracing his observations
and other data.
Interviews Severe.
The interviews were ratber stwere
in regard to details, but nothing indicated
that the Polar travellers'
memory was at fault eveu in the
most minute particulars. Sotno
times when a petty question Indicated
ignorance, he smiled with good
humored sympathy at the luck of
technical knowledge displayed.
Not once did he refuse to reply,
except wnen the name of Commander
Peary was broached. Even then
he anid that he had always and did
now consider Peary as his friend,
but' controversial subjects In connection
with his rival he avoided entirely.
saying that they coubrl wait.
When requested to say what had
occurred at his meeting with Harry
Whitney, the New Haven sportsman,
he said he pi-eferred to let
Whitney tell his own story, n- Whitney
was quite unbiased. His reasons
in Imposing secrecy on Whitney,
on Pritchard, Commander Peary's
cabin boy, and the Eskimos, were
prompted by his desire to be the
first to tell the world his discovery.
He had done the work, he said, and
was entitlo to relate how It had
been carried out.
. Some of the Questions Aslced.
Some of t he more important questions
put to Dr. Cook during the
Interview, and his replies thereto,
follows:
Q. Did anything ever occur in
the life of yourself and Mr. Peary
that would create iun enmity or bitterness
between you?
A. Nothing that I know of.
Q. Would you he willing to meet
Peary in a debate when he gets
here?
A. As far a? I am concerned th?
Peary incident is closed. Mr. Peary
is not the dictator of my affairs, and
T do not care to say anything further
about him.
Q. Did you know Mr. Whitney
when you met him on your return
to Etah?
A. No; he introduced himself.
Q. What cnused you to have such
confidence in Mr. Whitney that you
entrusted your instruments to him?
A. I knew him by name, and
, circumstances that arose while 1
[ was with him Justified my confi.
deneo. I gave him the instrumen t
, to tiring oact because 1 tnought thev
, w^uld be lc-'R liable to Injury on
, board his vessel than If f took them
. across glaciers and rough Ice-cover,
ed country.
I Q. What Is your opinion of the
. story told bv the negro Henrou of
5 the Information he obtained fr.mi
9 your two Eskimos?
A Well, tne Eskimos were bound
f down by mo not to fell anyona where
j fboy had been. I should like you to
.invf Henson neii and cross-j.,egMon
him yourself. Hen-'on's testimony
Is entirely founded on hearsay.
Q. Knowing that a ship was come
lng North this summer for Whitney
n why did you not wait for that rh'r
e and coirte direct to New York in
e stead of going to South Greenland
e and sailing from there to Copen
y hagen?
h A. I knew that the Danish Gov
ernment ship would get me home be
y fore Whitney's ship.
I>ay in State.
Gov. Johnson's body was carrie<
n to St. Paul, the capital city of Mln
k nesofa Wednesday and Is In stat
t- In the raplto! building. He was ttn
k first native of his state to beconr
It's chief executive.
'A DOUBLE CRIME
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A Greenville Man Kills His Wife and Blows
Oitf His Own Brains.
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MAN USED A SHOT GUN
The Tragedy Took Place in the
Woodslde Mill Village Near Greenville
and There Were Only Small
Children In the House When it
Was Enacted.
A dispatch from Greenville to The
State says one of the most horrible
domestic tragedies that has ever
taken place noar that city In a number
of years, occurred at Woodslde
villftffO lTrlllov mni*nlni? n T,;
. ...w0w % ? / UAV1 UIU0 " ucu U. TV.
Qallaway, a mill employe, shot and
Instantly killed his wife, and then
blew his brains out with the same
weapon, a double-barreled breech
loading shotgun.
The crime was committed about 5 s
o'clock, and there were no witnesses,
save two small children, who can
not give a coherent account of the i
terrible happenings.
It Is supposed that Gallaway and
his wife had been on unfriendly*
terms for a long time, having had
sharp words about their son, Ben.
There is also a rumor that the
husband was suspicious of his wife.
When found by Deputy Justice of 1
the village the two bodies were ly- i
lng coddled up on the bed, side by '
side.
The woman was shot through the '!
back of the head and the entire
face of the man had been blown in- <
to a mass of bloody flesh. In the 1
arm of the man lay the weapon which '
had been the instrument of the trag- <
edy, a short double-barreled breech 1
loading shotgun. In which were two J
discharged shells.
A lamp was burning in the kitch- {
en. Tiny clots of blood and brains
w*re scattered over the bed and over 1
both bodies.
Neighbors heard two shots In the '
early morning, one within minute or 1
two of the other. No notice was 1
taken of them, however, until about (
8 o'clock, when the older daughter
of the Callaway's came frightened
and crying to Deputy Justice saying 1
that her father aud mother were
dead.
The officer Immediately went to
the house, took in the situation, and ]
notified the coroner.
THEY BUNCOED HIM.
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A Maryland Farmer Rig Sum i
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Ill Jill UIU litlllM'.
William A. MofTett, a prosperous 1
Maryland farmer, is out $5,000, the '
victim of the Spanish hidden treasure 1
swindle, which has been operated 1
for many years. He is at his home" 1
near Hanover, having just returned '
from Spain, bewailing his fate and
seeking some plan whereby he may '
recover his lost money. '
Mr. Moffatt some seven weeks ago '
received a letter bearing the post- 1
mark of Madrid. Spain. The writer 1
claimed to be a Russian nobleman, 1
who had robbed the hank of which
he was president and fled to bpala.
The money was hidden in a satchel. 1
While 1n Spain the Ruasian was ar- 1
rested for political reasons and
thrown into prison at Madrid.
Suspecting that he was In danger 1
of being arrested, he had previously
hidden the satchel. The letter proposed
that Mr. Moffatt come to Spain
with as much money as he could
".ise to secure his release and the
recovery of the money, one half of
which was promised him for his
goodness.
Gathering all the ready cash he
could lay hands on and borrowing
from a few friends, who were taken
Into the secret, Mr. Moffatt journeyed
to Boston and thence to Europe.
This was six weeks ago.
What happened after he arrived
in Madrid is not known, a? Mr. Moffatt
refuses to tell. He handed
$2,800 over to the man dsignated
in me letter, and never saw him
analn. After waiting In vain for
some days, he realized that he had
been swindled, and set out for home.
PEARY FUNKS.
Instead of Making O)od His ChiU'fte
Serlud'-a Himself.
A dispatch from New York says
the sudden determination of Com,
mander Peary to remain In seclusion
at his summer home at Eagla
Island, Maine. Indefinitely, has caused
considerable conjecture. It was
' believed that Commander Fcary
would hasten to New York and subI
mit to the public the proofs which bt
k said he possessed that Dr. Cook
had not reached the pole. While
It is not known Just how long Commander
Peary will remain in seclusion
It is believed that he will
wait until Dr. Cook has submitted
his data to the University of Copenhagen,
and it is made public. Dr.
1 Cook la at work on this data now.
- and it Is understood that it will be
e on it? way to Denmark within two
a weeks. Peary's action indicates that |
e I he Is not to sure of his ability to
1 prove his charge against Dr. Cook.
COMMIT FOUL CRIME
SIX PER80NS ARE MURDERED BY i
BAND OF ROBBERS
At Barley, \Y. V?., Who Burn the <
House (?>f Their Victims With
Five of the Bodies.
An entire family of six persons
were murdered aud the bodies of g
all but one of the victims were burn- t
ed with their home at Hurley, Bu- t(
chai.an couuty, Virginia, early Thursday.
The imotive was eveidently
robbery, aB the owner of the house, (3
an aged woman, known as "Aunt ?
Betty" Justls, wub supposed to have j,
kept a large sum of money about
the place. n
Mtb. Justice, her son-in-law,
George Meadows, his wife and their
three children wero the victims. ?
Meadows' body, badly mutilated, s
was found lying In the yard of his o
destroyed home, the funeral pyre of G
his loved ones. Two bullet holeB o
(through the body and a ghastly t<
wound in the neck, which almoBt a
severed the head from the body, tl
gave the discoverers their first evi- ct
dence of the extent of the tragedy, o
A search of the ruins of the house
disclosed a sickening spectacle. The T
blackened masses of half burned si
flesh and charred bones of two wo- tl
men and three children were found "
beneath the debris, each body beat- "
Ing evidences of murder committed *
before the house was destroyed by at
fire, evidently for the purpose of M
biding the crime. The elder woman's tl
Bkull was upturned Borne distance O
from the remainder of her half e<
burned body amid the smouldering
ruins. p<
Another daughter of Mrs. Justls B
told the police that her mother had A
a large sum of money burled under ni
the sill of the house, and they sue- Is
reeded in digging up $950 in gold ai
and silver. The murderers are sup- f?
posed to have secured the $600 7<
which "Aunt Betty" always carried sc
jn her poreon.
Bloodhounds were rushed to the In
jcene and in a short time they took dl
the trail of the supposed murderers g<
In a cornfie'd which joined the Jus- w
lis home. There the foot prints of m
three men were found impressed in ei
the soft soil. A posse of citizens, ni
hoavlly tanned, are following the tl
bloodhounds, bent on lynching the ol
murderers If they are captured. el
YOUNG MAN GONE WRONG. ni
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[lobs the Gi'iiititvillc Bank of Seven '7
pl
Thousand Dollars. tl
P<
The Augusta Chronicle says the js
Hank of Granitville is short $7,8(10,
and the shortage Is charenH m>
5. C. Hurnett, a son of Dr. II. J. tf
Hurnett, of that town. Mr. llurnett j,,
was a bookkeeper In the bank, havng
charge of the personal ledger.
A'hon confronted with the accusa- tl
:lon he admitted moBt of. It and his a,
people have promised to make the rf
unonnt good. ]{
It Is stated that young Hurnett n1
has been extracting money from the tl
bank for some time but It only bo- 01
'amc known to the bank officials tl
while the young man was away on ta
? summer trip. On Friday a war- ir
rant was Issued for the young man.
but he had left the community.
Sunday Mr. W. A. Giles, president
r>f the bank, received Information
that led him to believe young Bur- f
nett was in Chattanooga. He communicated
with the police of that
city and Monday Mr. (.ties was informed
that Hurnett was boing held p(
In Chattanooga awaiting Identifies- p|
Hon. Mr. Giles at onco delegated an
officer qualified to Identify Hurnett '*
and also to bring Hurnett back to N
Granltevllle, If the prisoner proves ll
to be ho. w
Mr. Giles denied that the Bank ^
of Granltevllle felt any embarrass- v
ment from the shortage of $7,800, d
charged to young Hurnett . He says w
that the statement that a State hank
examiner will try to prevent a run a
on he bank is absurd. Whatever Vi
loss the hank may sustain from Hur- 1
nett's alleged misconduct may be (t
readily absorbed by the bank's sur- '
plus. v
A dispatch from Chuttanooga says ft
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Bank of Oranitevllle, S. C.. was arrested
there on a telegram from
(Jranitevllle stating that he was I1
wanted there for embezzlement. ^
Burnett Is In jail awaiting the arrival
of officers who will take him
bacq to South Carolina.
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Murderers Executed.
At Valence, France, three men
were gullotined on Wednesday for
a series of atrocious crimes in the {
department of Drome which created
a reign of terror. No Jess than ^
twelve murders and 2A0 robberies
are laid to the doors of these men.
Thev often tortured their victims
with red hot Irons. A groat crowd
witnessed the executions and applauded
wildly every time the knift
fell. (
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Burned to Death. ,
At Redding Cal.. Mrs. J. E. Hard- <
ing. nurse, was burned to deaih
and MIrs Constant Rain^berry, the I
matron, was seriously injured in a '
Are that destroyed the St. Carolim 1
Hospital Sunday. Seven patients i
jaq pun uoivsta aqt Xq panase.t aja.v.
assistant, Miss Bertha Ltmpkin <
FRAUD ALLEGED
IGAINST THE DORCHESTER
BOARD OP REGISTRATION.
Governor Ansel Makes Rigid Investigation
and Issues an Order
to Show Cause.
Charged with uialfesance in office,
eneral misconduct and negHgence,
ho board of registration of Dorcheser
county has been summoned by
iov. Ansel to appear in Columbia
o show cause why they should not
e removed. A dispatch to The
tate from St. George gives the foljwlng
about the matter:
The board of canvassers took rogizance
of the discrepancy and made
report of their findings to the govrnor.
As the result of this report
ollcltor Hildcbrand, at tho request
f Gov. Ansel, came down to St.
eorge a couple of days later In
rder to conduct an investigation in>
the affair. He made a thorough
nd complete examination, going
arough all of the records In the
tatter and his report confirmed that
f thfl hnorH r\t
? MWM1M V4 VUU t rtOOCi O.
One day this week Mr. W. H.
owsend of Columbia, former asstant
attorney general, was here for
ie purpose of further looking Into
?p matter. lfo secured a numbc
f afiidavits as to the handling ol
he books [Immediately prior and
Tter the election. Immediately after
tr. Townsond returnod to Columbia
ie summons were sent to Sheriff
wens for service and they were serI
on Wednesday of last week.
The hoard of registration Is comosed
of Ellas Doar of Summervllle.
unk LImehouse of Beech Hill and
. W. Humph of Grover, the first
amed being chairman. Mr. Doar
CR&hler of the Bank of Dorchester
nd Mr. LImehouse Is a prosperous
irmor. Mr. Rumph. who is abou*
0 years of age. Is an ex-Confederat?
>ldler.
An effort was made to secure an
itorvlew from Mr. Doar over long
Istsnoe phone hut he could not b?
at on account of the fact that the
ires between St. George nnd Sumerville
are down. The alleged false
ltries are supposed to have been
ado on the first Monday in August,
lis being the last regular meeting
[ the board before the prohibition
ection.
At this meeting Mr. Limchouso was
at. present and Mr. Humph, accord
ig to some of the affidavits, authored
O. B. LImehouse to act in his
lace. Mr. Doar. it is claimed, wasie
only member of the board in
jsition to issue the cert ideates. It
claimed that the majority of thf"
Iditional names were negroes am*
lat they did not appear in person
? get tin* certificates ns? is required
J law, but that they were secured
v other parties.
The precincts where the irregular!
es are alleged to have occurred
re all In the lower section of th?"
>unty. The affair has cheated nr
ttle Interest In Dorchester count?
rid the action of the governor, it is
nderstood. will employ attorneys In
rder to defend themselves against
le charges preferred against them
11 three members maintain t h i *
inocence. ?
KILLS HIMSELF AND WIFE.
lieMer Negro the Principal in a
Dual Tragedy.
Jack Davis, colored, shot and kill1
his wife, Ilelle Kennedy Davis
arly Monday morning on the planition
of Mrs. E. R. Jamison, near
lackstock, Chester county, and golg
into the woods near the house,
here he killed the woman, ended
is own life. The body of the Dais
woman was found early .vlonay
morning, when another hand
rent, to summon her to work.
Word was sent to Sheriff Colvin
nd Deputy Sheriff Dye, and otherf
rent down from Chester to pursue
he fugitive, hut later in the day
elephoned back that Davis' dead
ody had been found in the woods
there It is supposed that he put
n end to his own existence shortly
fter killing his wife.
The two had lived apart since
une, and the dual tragedy Is supoaed
to have been ih. outgrowth of
omestle unhappiness.
FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED.
"apt. Ferber, of the Army, Crushed
I'nder Aeroplane.
At Boulogne, France, rapt. For>or.
an officer of the French army,
vas killed Wednesday morning,
chile testing an aeroplane. While
n the air the machine turned com[>l?t*?Cy
tover and /then dashed to
he ground. Capt. Ferber was crush'd
to death by the motor.
After making a short flight, the
aptain attempted to alight. A wing
if the aeroplane touched the ground,
lowover. and the aeroplane turned
i somersault and crashed to the
larth.
Four years ago Capt. Ferber was
In the United States to examine the
Wright aeroplane on behalf of the
French government, lie opened negotiations
for the purchase of the
American machine, but without suc:?89
SIXTY KILLED
New Orleans and Surrounding Country
Struck by Hnrricane.
PROPERTY LOSS MILLIONS
DaniAge to Crops lncnlcuable?
Dwellings, Cotton (iiiiN and Sugar
Mills Levelled?Miles of Territory
Laid Waste?New Orleans Recovering
from the lilow.
Gradually New Orleans and the
fprrl tnrv unrrnnnJInn #1%^ ^ ? A
.V.IUUIUB l no VICBWUl
City Is recovering from the first effect
of the tropical hurricane, which,
starting Sunday, continued throughout
Monday and Monday night.
Sixty-three human lives are now
positively known to have been claimed
as victims of the storm, and forty
others are reported to have been
lost In lower Tcrre Bonne Parish,
but as yet this report has not yet
been authenticated.
The property loss will run Into the
millions.
Miles and miles of torrltory have
been laid waste. Crops have practically
been ruined.
Dwellings, cotton gins and sugar
mills have been leveled. New Orleans
ib sadly crippled in the way
of railroad facilities and telegraph
and telephone communication with
the outside world. It was not until
Wednesday night that tho Western
Union Telegraph Company was able
to get a working wire out of the
city. For two days the city's only
communication with tho outside
world wns over an imp ovised long
distance telephone circuit of the Associated
Press. Both the Illinois
Centra^ and the Louisville and Nashville
railroads have suffered heavy
loss, miles of their tracks having
been washed sway. It will be several
weeks before tho Louisville and
Nashville will again be running
irains over their own tracks. From
?arly Wednesday morning, the death
list in the lower portion of Torre
Bonne Parish increased as details
of the hurricane's destruction were
hourly received until Wednesday
night it numbered twenty-nine. It
Is reported that at least fifty others
are missing, they are said to have
been drowned or crushed In the flying
debris of wrecked mills, dwellings
and fishing camps. Thrilling
tales of narrow escapes and daring
rescues came from the storm swept
area.
One of the victims of the storm
in Torre Bonne Parish was M. F.
Smith, of New Iberia, who .with his
brother, A. F. Smith, and a dozen
friends, made up a fishing party at
Heabreeze. The brother of the
lriiu'n...l -- ? "
111?& 11 ii-iii'iu'u iiuuna, lai.,
Wednesday, bringing t!??* news of
Ills brother's death.
Pleasure craft and shipping of all
kinds in the bayon inlets were totally
destroyed and the loss will bo
heavy. Store houses, sugar mills
and other villages suffered heavily
and scarcely a structure was untonnched
by the hurricane.
The damage done by the storm at
Grand Islnnd, Chenlere, Caminda,
was very heavy, but at. these places
here was no loss of life. The crops
if these inlands were totally destroyed
and the orange groves were stripped
clean of fruit and foliage.
The first news from these Islands
was received Wednesdny when the
nrriil steamer tirand Isle reached
New Orleans. It was feared before
he arrival of the boat that hundreds
bad lost their lives. In the tropical
storm of I8!?3 no less than fifteen
hundred were drowned on Chenlere
Caminds. One man lost his life
it Hay St. Louis, a fisherman, name
unknown, who was drowned Monday.
V number of other places nro yet
to be heard from. The long railroad
bridge at Hay St. Louis is a complete
wreck, and will be weeks before
it Is repaired.
When the storm struck this bridge
'jeo. Doherty, a Western Union lineman.
was attempting to repair the
wires. Hi- and three negroes were
"arrled down. "The waves were nutting
at least fifty feet high." said
Dohetry, "and if wo had not lashed
ourselves to u raft with wire we
wottld have been tlrnwnt.il T)w.
bridge went down Sunday and wo
were washed around in the bay until
Monday afternoon, when we were
nicked up by a fishing schooner."
Refugees were arriving In New
Orleans all day Wednesday.
List of the Dead.
Terre Bonne Parish, La., definite
20: reported 4fi.
New Orleans, definite S.
Frenler. La., definite 4.
Desair, La., definite 3.
Jackson. Miss., definite 2
Baton Rouge, La., definite 1.
Mandevllle, La., definite 1
Bay St. Louis, Miss., definite 1.
Donaldson, La., definite 1.
Gramerry. La., definite 1.
Grand Point, La., reported 4.
Barataria Bay, La., reported 1.
Pass Mauchae, definite 3.
Total definite 33. reported 45.
Morgan City, La., definite 10.
Eastfbrd, Miss., definite 7.
Doing Much Damage.
It has been discovered that an
insect known as the Red spider is
doing much damage to the cotton
crop In Lexington and the Department
of Agriculture will send an expert
to Investigate the trouble.
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