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<1 ' T ' " " mk "4UjBa. 2T wK^ESi^Pf -W 'I**- .?& **' - HI * . f - '->" - . .- - --i.v .... * " ? THE FORT MILL TIMES , v ^ nMmji ^ VOLUME X^VTn FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16,1909 NO. 39 j SUPREME MICH Tdf'i CWtcc Was Oacc Tirat4 Dtwi by TWMnt Raasctck A "TRUST JUDGE , .1 Be Wm Called "Private Cm Lw U?." ?<. U? ??*u Bomethlog About the Prospective Bulwark of Oar Liberties In Thftr Pal ted States, "1 came here to see what kind of * reputation hi* neighbors |lvi ti-j Judge Horace H. Lurton. whu Ha^ I been picked by President Taft <0 succeed Justice Peck ham on *&*JJ United States supreme court." said; (Jlleoo Oerdner. In Nashville, lVsn..| a few days ago. " 'The railroads and the corporations of Tennessee will be eotlrely satisfied with Judge Lurton's appointment." said the first man I asked 'He has served them here In Tennessee long and faithfully, and they will be glad to see him promoted to the larger field.' "I asked what evidence there wiis of friendliness between Judge l ur ton and the railroads. 'The familiar designation. Private Car Lurton. the lawyer answered. 'I suppose you've heard what everybody knowr throughout this section of tho South about Judge Lurton's habitual us? of private cars furnished by the ml' roads. Up to the passage of the Hepburn low. Judge Lurton scarcely moved without the private car.' "True enough, everywhere I wenl I found tales of Lurton'B private cars. Not for business merely dlr he use them, but he gave private car parties. Once he took a party of young friends, men and women through the West, including a visit to the Yellowstono. On such occs <ftons tbs railroads furnished not only tho cars, but tbe chef, the pro visions and ail the little exfrtu, 'ha go to make a Junket of this sort complete. "It should be understood that tb< expenses of these cars were born< by railroads which were actual ot potential litigants In his court. Ai one time. I am Informed, there w?? a receivership which brought thi management of a railway Into Judg? 1/ortoo'B oourt, cad the Judge Simp ly Indicated to the receiver his de wire to have a prtvate oar. The re ceiver naturally obeyed. "Neither Judge Lurton nor hifriends ever have denied his fre quent habitual ueo of private care Nor have they tried to Justify It. 1 was talking to a grizzled corporatioi lawyer who wua most friendly t< the Judge. - " 'I don't thlub that Btory shoulc" be brought up at this time.' aal-1 th lawyer. 'Judge Lurton has re formed and seen the error of hi ways. Why not forget the past?' "He went on to say that this pri rate car affair had already lost th Ju^go a promotion to the supreme eourt. " 'It was President Roosevelt'purpose to appoint Judge Lurton U Ivief (aa f hn 1 Q nrVPi said. 'Judge Taft who was then see rotary of war, was pressing Lur ton's name. But Roowrelt g<K th< story of Judge Lotion's use of prl Tats cars, and ho dropped that nam from his list.' "President Taft and Judge Lnr too were on the benoh together. A one time the court was made up o Taft, L/urton and Day. the latte being Mr. Jostles Day. of the Unite 1 fltates supreme court. The ^Istrlc Included Mlcbtgan. Ohio, K?ntuck and Tennessee. Judge Lurtot owe his appointment to President Clev? land. "A leading member of t|?- Nasb nile bar and himself a *co^poratlo lawyer John J. Vertrees. What h had to say of Judge I.urton take on added significance frora the fac that be Is personally a..d profes etonally tbo judge's friend. " 'In these days,* said Mr. Vei It***. 'Judges and lawyers are ap' to be classified under two heads those who plaeo the em basis <v property rights, aDd those * ho place the emphasis on personal rights. T? the former class belongs Judge Lur too.' The attorney went on to argue that this position is the correct one and that stability of prope-tv sboul' ba made paramount- ' talked with lawyers In Cincinnati and Memphis and found nothing to contradict the tmpreaelon at to Lurton's corporate and railway leaning* M*If Judge Lurton ba? ever doelded a motion or a rase iu ? way distasteful to the Louisville and Nashville railroad.' said a Memphis attorney. 'I have never heard of the I ease/ and he added: 'This tray: mean that the L. St N. road la always right; but If that is what It meana It Is singular to say th? least.' "Judge Lurton's pro-ra>lr6ad and pro-corporation record covers a po rtod of about 30 years. It began when the firm was Lcrton & 8mlth. end he was local attoruev for the L. A N. It is made up on many learned decisions, well written and fully "buttressed* by hoar? precedent, and all tending to the weaken tng of personal and the strengthening of property rights. They have ^htrlhuted to tha defeat of personsl' 1 CHANGE OF POUCY SOUTHERN NEGRO OFFICE-HOLDERS SLATED TO GO. I i PmklfDi Toft to Appoint Negroes i to Office in the North, Instead of in the South. "That President Toft is going to appoint Northern negroeB to office rather than Southern ones hi the Information which has been pretty thoroughly discussed among the politicians of Washington and elsewhere since Booker Washington was there last week," says the Washington correspondent of The News end Courier. As tho result of this policy It Is expected that tho negroes In the Booth who aro holding Important office* will, as their terms expire, be displaced for the most part by { whites, and In turn recognition will be given to colored men In the North. The Met of colored men holding Important offices In the South under the loderal government Includes the following. ; Robert Bmalls, collector of customs at Beaufort, 8. C.; Henry A. | Richer, collector of Internal rove- ] nte at Atlanta. Qa.; Joseph Lee, culector of internal revenue at Jack- j Seville, Fin.; Nathan H. Alexander, reenter of the land office at Mont- , gopery, Ala.; Thomas V. McAllister. ] rea-lvcr of public moneys at Jack- ^ 9or\ Miss.; Walter L. Cohen, regis- , tor, of tho land office at New Or- ( leais; Alexander B. Kennedy, recelv- , or <1 public moneys at New Orleans; , Job) K. Bush, receiver of public , motors at Little Rock. , Tie course tho President will take In tie matter of appointing colored , men s likely to be Illustrated In tho ( ieloclon of a successor to W. T. , Vernin, register of the treasury. { Book.r T. Washington and other | wlonl leaders have given their sup- t port o J. C. Naples, of Nashville, ( "or th place, but It appears that the , Prosldnt will probably select a col- , irod Ian from the North. I Woblngton was In Washington a ew dctH ago, and It la said that he , >roteaVd when be learned that neltberVernon nor Ralph Tyler, the , atter a auditor for the navy do- t lartmeL were to bo ouated. Neither of tUae pull with Washington. | ' lomon Carry Pistols. ( Worn* of Aurora. Hi., who have '.o be on he atreets after dark with t iut eeoota, are carrying email revolvers Ittked In muffle as a means < of protect>o against the mysterious 1 'Jack tin Slasher," who made vie- t 'ous attaoa on five women recently njury clahs against railroads and ] o the brewing down of federal and { ttote regultlon of corporations. "And to this end Judge Lurton < ins work^wUh ability. He Is a choiarly ntn of Industrious habits ; -nd no ami* vices. " 'He cauwrlte an unsound opln- ( on.' said oh lawyer, 'and make It i ound ilka tuaic on the water.' J i "On one evasion, however. Judge i *,urton waa toquenlly silent. That "s remombend by lawyers as the j Ime he overhled the United States 'upreme coti|. The facts were , hese: One lelly had sued a ralload for daro^os to compensate fo*- | ersonal lujuins resulting from toe 'allure of tho-oad to furnish safety ppllances retired by the so-called ( oupler law. lodge Lurton protect- | 1 the railroad by reading Into the >w the neooss'iy for due diligence, -feantlrae the tame sort of case vent from ^rknsas to the Unite*' , 'tales supremo tourt and the latter ] >ody knocked o^ the 'due diligence' i 'efense. Kelly applied to Lurton < Or rehearing. Denied,* ruled the | ourt. 'No opinion,* that was all. ' "Ince then the 'mpreme court har ] ntervened and tiken the Kelly case j rom Lurton's cuirt. i "Judge Lurton: as a member of | he United Statin circuit court of ( ppeals, found ttfchnlcal grounds for | eclarlng the emiloyers' liability act ] nconstltutlonal. i In the appllca- i Ion of J. K. Ka*i for an Injunction ; gainst voting oerkta railway stocks, ( 'u^ge Lurton ftprod the Sherman anti-trust law not ta be binding up < *n him or his rallrocda, much to the i atlsfactlon of B. K. llarriman, whose *nnaolldation program was thus made easy. ""As far baclit "\k4 early '70s fudge Lurton ?m known as a parMaon of the rornftp?ilAii? ?< ? r - - ?wo a^aniPi tho people, defending the claims of turnpike and early railway companies to the subsidies voted them by the State before the wafr "It is recalled that when he was % member of the chancellors court he -ead a paper before the Bar association arguing the ootfra gufflclency of tho courts to ctltfb trusts monopoMes. and depreciating legislation of thl? character. "Another paper was read a few rears ago is devoted td an elaborate defense of corporations generally. "Judae Lnrton was bom In Clarfesvllle. Ky.. but was brought, as a boy. to Tennessee. He graduated from the Lebanon Hrbeol of Law. the oldest Institution of Its sort In Tennessee. After about four years as Judge of the chancellors court he was elected to the State supreme court bonch. where he served ten years. He was appolntd to the federal court In 1868. His residence Is In Nsshvllle. Hs hss two children both grown, end living iw?v from A I A FISHY YARN I Claim Tkl Hey HuBactnreJ C?A 1 < Obemiiocs 1 COCK AND BULL STORY 1 i Two Men Giro the New York \ Times BUtementA That They Were ' I Bribed bjr the Explorer to Help ( 111m Fix I'p Data to Fool the Public. < i The Now York Time* prints the remarkable narrative of two men. t made under oath. d*-?larlDg that they t were employed by Dr. Frederick A. i Cook to fabricate astronomical and i other observations for submlsalon to the University of Copenhagen, which 1 is about to pass upon Dr. Cook's 1 assertion that he discovered the > North Pole on April 21. 1908. These ( men are Oeorga H. Dunkle. an Insur- 1 ance broker, of 81 Nassau street. 9 New York, and Capt. August Wedel 1 Loose, a sea captain, of 487 Tblr- c teenth street. Brooklyn. For their 1 labors they were to have received t Jointly from Dr. Cook 94,000 with s an additional bonus of 9600 to Capt. c Loose upon the acceptance of the 1 records by the University of Co pen- u hagen. They say that Dr. Cook had 8 paid them only $200 when he disappeared on the eve of the dispatch c af his "records" to Copenhagen two a weeks ago and his failure to pay the c mm remaining due them they freely t acknowledge to be their motive for c x>mlng forward with the story. a Accompanying these narratives will appear copies of the affidavits of * Capt. Loose and Dunkle affirming C Lheir accuracy. facsimile of Dr. h "ook's lust ructions tc Capt. Loose, 1 n Cook's handwriting, in possession t it The Times and the affidavits of r "apt. Loose swearing to the accuracy ^ >f the same. The translation of this memoranda by Dr. Cook la as fol- f* own: i fc "Hvartevaag. start March 17-18; * Jtrong wind?hare." h "March 30?Observations latitude v ind longitude; dally obeorv&tlna to h \prll 23." 8 The Times alao prints the follow- h ng list under the heading. "What n Hapt. Loose Says He Suppllod to Dr. Hook." v 1. Twenty-four altitudes for lati- t udo sights. I 2. One chart covering routo from C ivartevang to the Pole, with all of e Or. Cook's assumed positions marked 1 ipon It. 1 3. Complete observations for time C knd chronometer rate, as they might 0 lave been taken by Btara at Anoratok a ind Svartevaag, probaoly 30 In all. 4. Diagram for compass error and sorrectlon at different points. 6. Calculations for longitude, about s 20 In all. 6. Sixteen observations as they 'ouId have been taken at the North Polo, In two sets, eight with depree- h don of Pole considered and eight 3 Alth depression ignored. t 7. Rowdltch'a complete national d ;ablo?. t 8. Aoflneon's tables for correction a >f altitudes of heavenly bodies. a ft. American auutjcal almanac for t several years. c 10. Lloyd's calendar of 1908. t 11. Three admlrallty charts, cov- t Bring Smith sound and the polar t regions, Nos. 269, 27 4 and 275. 6 12. One Illlsa .almanac of 1908. d 13. One Negus almanac, 1907. 1 The Times baa followed the steps ? described by those two men and t has verified their goings and com- <! IngH. their purchases of hooka and ? :harts and the fact of their Intimate relations with Dr. Cook. Whether the "observations" calculated by Capt. lyooae and supplied is he alleges, to Dr. Cook, were idopted by the latter and made a part of his report to tho University if Copenhagen, It Is. of course. Impossible to say. without a comparl- ' *on of Capt. lx>o??'rt narrative with 1 that report. Tho Times bus com- ' municated to tho University of Cop- I i-nhagon the main facts of Capt. ' Loose's story and Mr. Dunkle's and 1 offered to supply to the university 1 the corroborative documents it has received from these two men. One 1 of these purports to be I)r. Cook's 1 memorandum directing the preparation of observations from Hvurteraag ] all tho way to the pole. ' In tho narrative of Capt. I^ooss ' ho frankly expresses bU scorn of ' Dr. Cook's claims, laughs at his ig- 1 r.oranca of ths simplest essentials for accurate observations In tho Arctic regions and describes at length j now, wonting backward from the ' polo, ha calculated observations that < would fit In with Cook'e narrative ' and coached nlm on the necessary ' modifications of the latter. As, for 1 example, that ho must be sure to < record that he rose before 4:15 o'clock on a certain morning, because it was at that hour that a Certain star, mentioned In one of 1 Loose's calculations, would be vlsl- 1 ble. Mr. Dunkle describes the Inception of the enterprise; how from newspapers they gatbored that Dr. Cook was In deep water and Inferred that he would be glad to pay for help; how Dunkle got John R. Bradley, Cook's hacker, to Introduce ilm; how the subject was Led up to delicately and the bargain finally struck and carried out, and how, at laat. Dr. Cook disappeared, after accepting their w^rrk en" pa^dn* only 4 $260 for It. Both Capt. Loom and Mr. Dunkle tell of a visit to the shop of John Ollee A Co.. at 128 Front street, a few days after the captain's talk with the explorer at the Waldorf and uf purchasing for Dr. Cook various nautical and astronomical works, besides three charts of Smith sound ind the polar regions. Robert Flight, who sold the books and :harts, told a reporter of The Ttmos :hat he recalled the visit and that :be purchases were made aa dessiioMl. The charts sold. Mr. Flight said, were numbered 260, 274 and 275. md recalled having asked him when ho charts were bought if the ci.p.aln Intended going to the North Pole. "And from what I have known >f tho captain's experience as a lavlgator and his acquaintance with >verything pertaining to obeervaions." said Mr. Flight, "I would >ot that If any one could find his vay to tho pole, Capt. Loose is that nan." Capt. Loose, In hlB statement. Bays io stayed at the Qramatan hotel rom November 16 to November 19. vorking out observations for Dr. 3ook, and that he and the doctor tad frequent conferences. Mr. Don:le went with him on November 16, eavlng the next day. He and the aptaln had connecting rooms, Noa. .26 and 128. Mr. Dunkle reglsered for them. The hotel register hows the arrival on November 16 if George H. Dunkle and "Andrew I. Lewis," the fictitious name agreed tpon for Capt. Looee. They were kSsign<Hl to rooms 126 and 12*. Capt. Loose says he remained deluded in his room during hla stay t the hotel so as to run no chance >f having the doctor found out. All he time he worked bard on polar alculatlons, giving them to Dr. Cook ? they were completed. On the last day of his stay at the lotel, Capt. Loose says he gave Dr. '/Ook the final set of observations he iad made for him and the doctor banked him profusely, declaring hat be now felt confident that hie ecordu would be accepted at Copeniagen. Capt. Loswe wan born at Bergon, lorway, on March 17. 1869, and in lis younger days worked as an aaistant to bis father, who has long loon connected with the coast but- ( ey of Norway. Capt. Loose stud- , t>d at the Navigation college of Beren and waa graduated in 1891 with igheat honors, lie has been In coinjutul of many sea going vessels. Lewis Nixon, the shir builder, who ouches for Cspt. Loose's cotnpeence ad a navigator, put the capnin in command of tho torpedo boat iregory, built for the Russian govrnment. when It was taken from ( ho ship yardH In these waters across he ocean. Mr. Nixon declares that ( Tapt. Loose is, In his estlmato, one >f the "most competent, efilcieut nd accurate of navigators." BTOPS TRAIN TO BATHE, linger Disregarded Schedule on liarrluian Railroad. A dispatch from K1 Paso. Tex., ays Krltzi Scheff stopped one of rira. K. H. Harriman's passenger rains in the heart of the Arlzons leesert while she took a bath. The rain was runntng fast and rocking . good deal, eo that when Miss Schoff ittempted to take her morning ablulon the water insisted on bitting the oiling.of her private car. This was oo much. The conductor was no Ifled and stopped his train on the Irst siding, which happened to be Iteln's Paea. He telegraphed to the llspatcher that he would have to lave now running orders, aa Mlse loheff Instated on remaining there intll her bath waa finished. The orlor w?a compiled with, aa Miss Icheff was paying for the train. FATAL 8HOOTIMO SCRAPE. 1 Uajrrr HhaoU I*own Town Marshal of Byron, d a. At Byron. On., on Wednesday C. 2. Bateman. town marshal, was fatally injured by A. T. Harper, a Hwyer, in a duel with pistols on the Principal street of the town. Hatenan charged that Harper bad de?troyed the happiness of his home ind attacked the latter wl'h a heavy walking cane. Harper pulled his pistol and fired five nhoia. two of which took eflf??ct. Bateuwtn drew lis plctol as he fell and fired upon Harper, but Harper waa not Injured. Hateman was rushed to a Ma:on hospital, where the atatoinjnt wna glvon out that his Injuries were Tata). Refused to be Hazed When several telegraph messenger boys gathered around Ralph HoaJarson, aged 15, a new recruit to their ranks In front of the Atlanta Terminal station late Wodnesday meparatory to "Initiating" him he turned on them with an open knife. Ralph Buice. aged 15. was stabbed by young Henderson through the left lung, probably fatally. Henderson Is bold In tbo city Jail pending the result of Bulce's Injuries. Lynchers Foiled. A mob of several hundred citizens went to Dublin, Ga., Wednesday evening determined to lynch Hansom Newoome. a negro, who was placed In the county Jail l3st. week, charged with crtmina! assault npon a white woman. The aherlff, however, had anticipated the mob and Saturday night removed Nawcome to the Jail of an adjoining county |AWFUL CRIME Nefrt Sbyt Iwo Women aid Fatal! Wounds Third. AXE THE WEAPON USED >lrs. Kliza Grlbble and Mr*. Currl Ohlander, Who Was Crimlnall; Assaulted Before Being Killed and Mrs. Maggie Hunter, Victim of Terrible Tragedy In Ha van nab Victims of a revolting crime, Mrs Eliza Qribble. aged 70 years, and he daughter, Mrs. Carrlo Ohlaoder, wen found dead in their home, No. 40] Perry street. West, in Savannah, Qa. Friday, while a third woman, Mre Maggie Hunter, aged 3 2, found jus inside th> front door of the house fa at tha fla v?nnoV? Krvanlf at Physicians state that Mrs. Ohland er was the victim ot a criminal as aault Just before ahe was killed. One hundred and fifty negro men caught In the meshes of the pol.c< drag net through Y¯aw, th< negro section of the city, are priso uers in the police station, the theorj of the police being that a negr< man. having planned an assault upor Mrs. Ohlandcr, was compelled tc commit the other crimes in order t< escape. Other arrests will be made untt every negro In the city who In any way resembles the description of ? negro who durfh'g three days had been frequently about the premiset of the house ot the murders Is c prisoner. The police believe that this negro using an axe taken from the wood' shod In the rer.r ot the Oribble home beat Mrs. Oribble to death, struck jown Mrs. Hunter and after assaulting Mrs. Ohlander !n the wide, lonn hall way, where the bodies wort found, finished his terrible work b> beating In her skull with tho weapon Mrs. Grlbblo evidently was attacked from behind, as she eat In an easy chair reading. On the floor, tresldt lior body, were found the newspaper she was reading and her spectacles One. or possibly two, blows wort divait her. Her grfcy hair, blood matted, uhows tho imprint of the blunt axe. Thfln f htt mnr^nr aKm ltKflv n n. proucntng aged Mrs. Orlbblc, killed her. It Id believed that Mr?. Ohlander waH attacked as she left her room to outer tho hull way, whh assaultis! and klllod. Mrs. Hunter's skull was ern?hed la and her death id a matter of but a few hours. Th? motley hord of prisoners ur?< quiet and frightened In the police station and Jull. It is believed that If the negro suspected of the crlrm is caught he can be Quickly identified. Bloodhounds have been at work in an effort to take the trail frooi the woodshed where the axe was found by the murderer, but of tho house of mureders is almost within tho heart of tho city and at tho murders wore probably committed several hours before tho discovery of the bodies, tho dogs will b< of little use. Mayor Tledeman, of Savannah, hat offered a reward of $1,000 for th< capture with evidence to convict 01 the alayer of Mrs. Grlbble and Mrs Olilander, and tho assailant of Mrs Maggie Hunter, who was not identi fled for hours after the discover] of the murders. It la now almost certainly knowr that a negro, tbo negro who was first suspected Is the culltv man Pornon9 have been found who stat< that this negro was seen entering the Orlbble house w'ltb the fata axe In his hand, and was seen clos ing the shutters to the windows o the house, and to leave the premls ee. all at the hour when It Is be lleved the murders were committed This negro'B description has beei piloted on handbills and scatters broadcast over tho city and county with the reward offered. and al nearby towns have been notitlod am are on the lookout. Police officer In automobiles have covered all th roads for miles surrounding the city while posses on foot have scoure< tho places where automobiles couli not go. The house-to-house nearc of negro homes continues. It seem hardly possible that the egro ca long remain at large. BOY STRANGLED TO DEATH. Spartanburg Lad Accidentally Hand Himself In Bath Room. William Pendleton, aged 9 year a son of the Rev. W. H. K. Pendh ton. rector of tho Church of th Advent, was found dead In the bat room at his home a few morning ago In Spartanburg. 8. C. He ev dently bad been dead for some tlnv Tbo boy went Into the bath room t brush his hair, mounted a chal whi<*ta tilted and bla shirt waist co lar caught on a hemk on the do< and he strangles! to death befot assistance conld reach blm. He wi found by the Japanese sorvant w*t found him hanging with hla bat to the wall, and big feet ai>out tv Inches above the jfbor. Mr. and Mr Pendleton were /In the city at tl time doing *?elr Christmas aho ping and had purohue6d preserve t tho lad .' - - > .w -. -J - GAS TANK EXPLODES DEALING DEATH AND DE8TRUCV * TION TO MANY PEOPLE. Large Number of Workmen, Blown High in the Air, Disappear In Columns of Flnim". A dispatch from Hamburg, QerL* many, says the explosion of two gas ^ tanks 4U the eo-caillod "Klein's Grasbrook," on the Kibe front I, Wednesday afternoon was followed by an extensive tire and the Iosb of * many lives. The explosion was due u to a leak In a new gasometer. The escaping gas entered the retoit * house, where It cume In contact with r tho fires, causing a terrific exploj slon. A large number of workmen \ were engaged In rebuilding and en largtng the plant. Twenty-flvo of the men were employed near the gasometer. They disappeared In a mass of flames which shot up to a great height. Firemen with apparatus appeared quickly on the scene but they were unable to approach in targe force, owing to the isolated situation of the establishment. Up to a late hour 10 men are reported dead and 17 missing. It Is almost certain that all of these are dead. Forty men were dangerously injured, of whom several can not recover. The fire gained rapid headway, and threatened the oil gasometer containing 60,000 cubic metres. 8o intense was the heat and so dangerous their position, the firemen were compelled to withdraw to a safe distance. A terrific explosion soon occurred and tho tower became a mass of flames, which leaped hundreds of feet In the air, sending fragments of glowing coke far and wide over the city and harbor. After strenuous efforts, the fire was got under control and the rescue work was carried on vigorously There is little hope of finding th? bodies of the missing if they have been killed, as they undoubtedly have been Incinerated. The new gasometer which exploded was the largest In the world, having a capacity of 200.000 cubic me tres. The city appropriated 14,000,000 marks (13,500,000) for. Its construction. FOOLKJ UIjER NEEDED. He Should Gather In These Two Fellows or Quit. One of the moet unlquo pair oi globe trotters that hove yet conn I under p.fbllc notice will soon b? aevn In America, having engugec passage on a ship Balliug for New York from England next we??k. The} are two ltallano and they are travel Ing around the world in a barrel. Their namea are Vleinello Eugene and Zanadl Attlliua, and for a wagot of 17,000 they are endeavoring to circle the globe In a barrel three yards long and about four feet It ' diameter. They take turna, om man rolling the barrel while the 1 other slta ins:de The conditions arc ' that they must get their food and clothing by selling postcards In the towns through which they pnss. The men say they began their Jotirnoj ! at Vienna Inst Juno The time tc t>? occuplod In the attempt is 12 years. f DOUBLY MARRIED, Couple Claiming to be Man and Wife Wedded Again. 1 Qnffnoy hod a novelty In the mar1 rlage lino recently. Minn Annlf Klrkaey, of Gastonla, and Mr. Jas ? Mager, of Mooreavllle. N. C-, allghtt nd from the train at Gaffnoy Sun 1 day morning and announced that ' they had Just been made man and ' wife; but shortly after the ir arrival " the chief of police received a mes sage from the parents of the young lady to the effect that the couple 1 wero not married and to arreet them, i The lady Informed the officers tuat they could be married again and 1 securing the services of Mr. H. M 3 Bobbins, notary public, were boon 8 tied up tight and fust, e ? ? ? lutul himw Storm. Blinding clouds of finow. accompanied by lower temperature and n 3C rnllea nu hour wind, swept over 3 Chicago and the surrounding teru rltory Wednesday, bringing death to three persons. One of the victims a laborer, was found dead from colri and exposure. The other two wer< raJlroad switchmen, who, blinded bj ;s snow, were run over by engines Fatally Bamrd. s The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs ^ Grover Oodfery, who live about tot miles from Gaffney, wa6 fatally burn h ed on Wednesday. Tbc mother wai rj si iii*? us!u uuikiug. leaving ine iit tie two-year-old girl and her broth B. er, who was S. In the house. Th< 0 clothing of the girl caught Ore ant r> was burned entirely off before th< j. mother could reach her. >r 1 1 ? re Historic Tree Fe|le<L is The historic Washington oak tre to at Dloom field, N. J., under whlcl ?k Oen. Washlngrou and his staff heh ro a council of war on their way t s. Morriatown, has been felled and 1 is being cut np Into Are wood. Th p- local authorities found It imposalbl or to aave the tree after It had bee repeatedly rubsonod BRUTAL MURDER I Aa Aged Georgia Citizen Beatea It 1 Death iy Thug NEAR HIS STORE DOOR JuHt lJcfoiv Dying, Not Bring AbVa to Speak, the Murdered Mao Wrote on a Strip of Paper That m Negro by the Name of Jule Dogett Sit The Allffuntn rhmnlMu ??" v " murder of Mr. Zaehary Kendrlck. who lived about twenty-one miles from Augusta, lost Wednesday night, van one of the moat burtal that ever took place in that section of the county. Ho was seventy-eight years of age. Without having a known enemy this old gontleman, a veteran of many battles In the Civil War. lived a quiet life with hta family. operating a country store in addition to his farm. Hie store wan about ISO yards from his residence and was on the roadside, whl'jh h.ls residence was oif from the road. Aa U common among merchants In the country, u here the trade Is not large enough to employ some one In the store all the time, a discarded plow was hung up by a wire near the store and the b?attng on tho plow with another Iron Instrument, notified the proprietor that a customer awaited. While at supper Wednesday night Mr. Kendrlck heard beating on the plow and when he finished the meal went, store key in hand, to ascertain what was wanted. As the aged man was In the act of entering his place of business he u as struck with a piece of wood, a terrible blow on the head, causing hlni to sink to the floor of his store piazza. His assassin with some sharp Instrument, beat htm on tho face and bead, cutting a large gash hot ween bis eyes, one oq his upper Mp, and other places on his bead. \Jr. Kendrlck was rendered unconscious and probably would have died In the nn<il!tnn In l.? ? ,-4' r^w...v.. " UIWII UTJ rtJii ? by bin murderer, but u neighbor, Mr. E Hi lit* Lewis. hoaxing the noise mado E by the plow, flnished his supper and H casually strolled to the Kendrlck Rn store to buy a piece of tobaoco. M Ah he approached the place he not* H| ed that there was an ominous nt> U'Oce al>out the store. In the Ken- H drlck residence, whlcjj, ah stated, R9 Is only a short distance from the H| Store, a light wan shining brightly. Mown the road near the store the DM fi.-st retreating kirm of a human j|0 being was seen by Mr. Lew la. Tha H murderer had been some on? ap HI proachlng and wan getting away m from the scene uu fast uh possible. tog His evident Intention of robbing th? H iged man bad failed. Sp Mr. Lewis walked on to the store t||! and as be cllml>ed the stops be saw H i key in the lock unturned, a bloody H s'lck near and the body of Mr. H Kendrlck lying on the floor oncon- ?9 scioua In a pool of blood fiB Horrified at flrHt, but realizing the awful condition of affairs and the H necessity of Immediate action, Mr. |jj|| Lewis allowed tho fleeing form to tt|j go on his way unmolested for tba b6 time and In i.s tender manner m H poeeible he lifted the prostrate, blood bodrenched and almost lifeleee form Hg of hie neighbor and friend and took H It to his home where hla family Bra was waiting for him entirely on- Eg| aware of a tragedy which hod been BB enacted only a few >ar<la fro mtbelr own doorstep. ||S The nelgnborhood was aroused. K5 aNiiiN? - * * * TI HIIU|) IIICUU9 nilUHUt'M'fl roeir aervlcou. One w?nt Ave miles to Bk Appling for Dr. J. L. Weeks, the fatally physician, while nmny other H| willing hands did all in their power to resuscitate the then Jylng man. The news of the terrible affair Bjjl Hpread almost by magic. NelghboreKg harried to the Kendrick home. Eg About two hrurs after sustAlnlncHjl the Injury Mr. Kendrick became con-^H scloufl. Ills terrible wound prohlMtrRfji ej his telling of the ordeal lhr.>lcfcH|| v ljlch he had puoivd. lie .< vUMlHglj only look with n mute appeal agouHg 1 those who were gathered about . bedside. Into the tearful eyes of hla^H > fond da ugh or and the anxious ' enraged fares of his neighbors, r were very solicitous regarding hb^BB condition yet who were bent on th^E| destruction of the beast who ba(H|| dealt the cruel blows upon his hoar^Kf| head. ibBS? > Finally midnight .jam* and sa th^Rs sufferer lay upon his bed and fel^EK 5 that the end was drawing near - motioned for a pencil and pape^^B - Ha could not speak, although dH| p Weeks was administering as 1 a physician's skill could to the wan^^H e of the dying man. Raising hlmncflffig on the bed, Mr. Kendrlck wrote. HBj rather scribbled on a piece of per "Jule Dnsrgett bit me." Ho sa^Hfl back exhausted. Within two h utes bis heart bad ceased to be^BBI d Mr. Ram Hardy, one of the nelf^EH o bors. went to the home oi Daep-'t^^B t father and there arretted Julius P^H&j * gett. The elder Daggett profei-^BH e much surprise at Mr. Kendrlck n I killed, but the alleged murvlcrerH mm [ maintaining % sullen sileaoe. jjfiMB