Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, August 11, 1910, Image 3
BAD FEUD ROW
Resolu i? tk< Ptatk af Twa Met ii a
Lfda Gmfia Taw*.
ROW MAY NOT BE OVER
While People Attend llnrbecn? ta
Altotlier Part of Town, Trouble in
HenewotJ IVtw?m Morton unci
Ktitt-rid^f and Tito Ktherld(>c
Urothm Are Killed.
Under request from Sheriff llrooks
of Twiggs county, a company of military
left Macao, Uu? Friday night
at 9.43 for Grays Station. S. K. Bthrldge
and his brother, Morris, are
lying dead in front of the store ot
Luther iMortoa on the outskirts of
Grays and at Morton's mother's home
a bleek away he and three brothers.
Will, Sam nod Tom, are held by a
big posse rworu in by sheriff while
conneoticvi of the Eth ridges who
were assembled in the little town for
a big reunion of Confederate veterans
have, according to reports received,
been threatened to revenge,
summarily, the killing. Sheriff
Breaks wired far troops early in the
afternoon. Two companies have left
Mooon
While almost every one else was
at the barbecue in another sectiou
of the little tow a, the two Ethrldges
nod a oousiu. Will Kitcbins, lode up
I# the little store kept by Luther
UhvhM and an interchange of invective
hollowed which terminated in
WIS Morton leaving the house and
eegeglag Claytoa Ivitchlns in a listhr
lUdbL Tho fight waxed warm.
Shots rang out. perhaps nine or ten
followed in quick order. W hen the
smoke cleared away, the two Kthridgvti,
who were standing between
the lighters and the door of Morton's
store, were lylug on the ground. Half
of the alder's face was shot away aud
hie brother. Morris, was drilled
through the heart.
L>utb?r Morton was standing iu wu*
doorway with a magazine shotgun
la hi* hand, according to an eyewitness
of the hloody affray. There
wan a stampede of people to the
scene.
Sharif Brooks entered the home
of the Mortons, while over the dead
bodies of the Kthridges were heard
threatening mutterings from their
friends. Sheriff llrooka rushed his
prisoners to the home of their mother.
and at last reports received they
were still guarded there by a posse.
There has been a feud between
the families for some time. Three
Wfeoks as* shots were exchanged but
h one was hurt.
Two oompanies, the Florida Utiles
and it noon Hussars, 100 strong. all
told, took the train under the petaOfkal
otumand of Col. W. A. Harris.
Qapt. Wheeler in charge of the Hussars
and Capt. Shurmoud of the
FthrMa Rifles. "
TURN TI1KM OUT.
Bryan Says larinicr Deroociuls Must
Bo Retired.
V* a stuteasmt published < bis
paper Kriuay. la reference to the
xaeetfag held recently iu Lincoln, Iilinois,
to protest against legislative
corruption. William J. Bryan declared
that the Democratic legislators,
who woted to elect William Lorlmer
to the United States Senate should be
read out of the Democratic party.
"Any Democrat who voted for
I.?ari*??r for 'patriotic* reasons ought
ta be retired to private life an I
keptttbere long enough to learn what
patriotism means," said Mr. Bryan.
**ft Is almost as dangerous to have
a r<ool tn the legislature as a knave. '
"A Democratic legislator, who
could be convinced that he was performing
a patriotic duty In voting
for Lsrl'Jier, could be persuaded to
do anything desired by a lobby, ptowtded
the same patriotic arguments
were used. He la not lit for any reepousible
position; it is hardly safe
to allow him to run at large.
"Turn them out. The party cannot
pause to defend those who are
<jullty, or who. If innocent, have
arouaed suspicion which can never
be removed."
Gives Life for Child.
W. R. Michaells, publisher of the
Chicago Staats-Zeituug, was drowned
at Oqunga. N. Y., Sunday . He
waa out in a boat with his 8-yenrold
daughter, who lost her hat and in
reaching out for It fell overboard.
The ratner jumpcu oui am-r iur
and catching hold of Jut he held
her out of the water until his power
failed. Parties In boatx nearby pot
the girl to safety, but the father sank
and was drowaed.
<Jot Him at Last.
At Ashevllle, N. C.. the jury in the
rase of John H. Allison, charged with
the mnrder of Floyd McGhee on July
f> returned a verdict of murder ir
the first degree. Allison, who is 41
years old, has killed four men ir
the last twelve years and three time!
was set free on pleas of solf-de
feuse
MAY NOT RUN
FOR ktK-F.I.RCTJON AS GOVKHXOR
OK TKXXKSSHK. .
The Result of the I<ate .fudiclurj
Klection Had lUnstrd Governor
Patterson's Hope**.
While Chairman Nathan Robertson
of the regular State Democratic
headquarters as Nashville, Tenn..
had given out no statement Friday,
the leaders erf his, the Patterson faction,
practically admit that the Inr\
mi no ttrlont itiiH/*inrv t iolr itf ^?'?o
ried Ui<- state by 25.000 majority.
Chan man Vertrees, of the Independent
faction. in an unofficial statement.
said he saw no reason lor
changing his forecast made several
days ago. of a majority of 40,000
in the State for the Independents.
Other Independent leaders place the
majority as high as 50.000 votes.
Returns irorn the outlying counties
are coining in slowly, and it will be
several days before the exact figures
can be given.
East Tennessee, the Republican
stronghold in Tennessee, proved the
Waterloo of the regular Democratic
ticket. Advices from that section ar?"
thut the Republicans stood almost to
u man benind the independents.
Carter County, a rock ribbed Republican
county, and the former
home of Senator Robert I,. Taylor,
rolled up a majority of two thousand
for the Independents.
According to advices from West
Tennessee, that division will show
u good majority for the independents
The race in Middle Tennessee is
close, in favor of the Independents.
Wilson county, the home of Chairman
Robertson, of the regular Democratic
committee, gave a majority
for the Independents of 4 75. while
Chairman Vcrtrees. of the independents,
lost :his. bis couutv. by a large
inajorty.
It is claimed at Nashville that the
overwhelming detent of the regular
judiciary ticket throughout the State
has blasted t.he hopes of Governor
Patte.son for re-election and some
no so fa. as to nredirf Ihnl h?? will
withdraw from the race for Governor.
It is understood thai in return
for the assistance lent by the Republicans
111 electing their judiciary
ticket the independents will solidly
support the candidate named b> the
Republicans for Governor. k
STARTED TltOl Itl.K; MI.I.KD,
Voutli Sliot to Death .Alter Woundin"
Three .Men.
After a brief, but blooiy running
battle, in whic-h three men were
wouoded, Harlev May. aged 2d. was
shot to death by Patrolman Jacob
Gales late Friday. I
May who was a hostler, started
trouble in a Main street saloon by
shooting at the bartender. He missed
the bartender, but shot George
Cline. farmer, through the upper
portion ol his chest. Going into the
hiroei. ,>i.?y eauvm reiouuoa ms revolver
and shot Patrolman W. G.
Shaw through tho breast. inflicting
a possible fatal wound. Tiie yout 11
then ile.l down Main street and look
refuse in a private residence, where
a posse, led b> Patrolman Gates,
found him.
May tire 1 first. slightly woundius
Gates, but the latter, on his tirst shot
pierced the young's man's Jugular
vein with a bullet, and the lad,
clutching his revolver, sank dying
to the doorstep, and died before he
could be removed.
SKVKX I'KKISH IN FLAMKS.
Hud Not Kven Fighting t'huuce foi
Their IJvrs,
Seven lives were lost early Saturday
in a five which destroyed a three
story lodging house iu a foreign station
of Jamaica. L. 1. The blaze
started In a hallway, the only eAil.
and spread so rapidly that few of
the inmates had an opportunity to
escape.
The lodging house was occupied
for the most part by poor workmen
employed in the neighborhood. The
owner, George Dunbcck. occupied
apartments with his family on the
ground tloor. He and his household
escaping safely in t.heir night clothes
by climbing through the windows to
the street.
The dead, tive men and two women.
were all foreigners. They were
asleep at the time and were ail suffocated
by smoke as they lay !n
their bods. The blaze was a small
one and a single company of ilrem >n
with one line of hose extinguished
it within a few minutes ot' their arrival.
The property loss was not
over Sl.aOu.
Fears >11iI Trust.
i Dee! a ring that the Northern mills
' will put 10,000 cotton buyers in tin*
t Southern field, Hon K 11 Hyatt
l sounded a note of alarm and warni
ed the voters of Horry Friday that
i a cotton mill trust is like ly to place
- c<?tton where the tobacco trust has
placed tobacco.
SAD SEA TALE
Skipper ai>4 Bride Art Drmed T?
getker.
WREN THEIR SHIP SANK
Captain Pync Iatst Seen by Crew
Holding HLs llridc, but liOtiing h
the Stiuaul? With the TetnpesSea.?Thirteen
of the Survivor?
Are I'oMTied.
A thrilllUK tragedy of the sea at
described bv twelve survivors of thf
crew of t.'ie sailing ship Swunhildr
who reached Liverpool receutl)
from South America.
The Switiihilda. a vessel of 2.0<K
tons sailed from Cardiff on March
15. Captain Pyne, who had be?r
married two days before was accompanied
by his wife and the voyugt
was to be their honeymoon trip.
Fair winds carried the ship unJi.i
full spread of canvas through tin
Tropics. Then on the morning 01
May lt>. the oflicer in charge noticed
breakers ahead.
Alnu-sl at the moment when lu
calhd the captain, the vessel" struck
a rock an 1 began to fill rapidly. Sat
had gone ashore 011 a small island on
Staten Island, which lies near lie
South American coast.
So quickly did the Swsnhilda settle
down that the port and starboard
lifeboats were launched simultaneously.
Hut the former boat, which
contained the captain ncd his wife
had scarcely touched the wa'er whin
it Wits capsized by a great breaker.
The mm in the starboard boai
were unable to render any h-dp. auJ
they saw Captain Pyue holding hit
bride in h's arms disappear beneatu
tile waves.
I When the thirte-n sailors surviving
out of a crew of twenty-five tried
to lan.l on the island they iouud the
sea too rough and were compelled to
put out again.
The boat was at the mercy of h?
sea lor some days, and they lived oil
a little rain which they, collected
One man vent mad and struggled -o
leap overboard, and although lit* was
restrained he died later from exhaustion.
When they had almost abandoned
hope they sighted a lighthouse oti
the Argentine eoast. and wore rebcu"d
by the keepers. A wireless
message was sent to the mainland
i and they were taken ashore hy an
Argentne gunboat.
The gunb? at afterwards went to
Staten island to search for any men
who inigh have swam ashore when
the port lifeboat capsized. It discovered
the bodies of four men who
had died from starvation, and a survivor
who had been driven insam
hy the terror of his experience was
found in a cave.
Kventuall) the man recovereo
He said that he and his comraue.
lived for sometime on tins of greas*
and ate shclltis-h when no more gra.-t
remained. Apparently he had los
his reason when he found the bod}
of Captain Pyne and his bride lock
ed in one another's arms washed t
and fro by the waves.
HKI,I> I t'KSL'KKS AT HAY.
Three Itrotbers Kill Voting Man Ov
er (trap (iame.
Three young brothers named Alex
antler, after having alaln the sun 01
a neighbor in the course of a pieni.
near Kenton. Tenn.. held the pur
suing crowd at bay until they mad*
their escape, but were afterwards
raptured by deputy sherics a .id plac
el in jail :t Kenton, where they were
threatened with lynching by mfui
luted neighbors Sunday right. Th?
Hfair grew cut of a crap mine. Hob
ert Simmons, Jr.. having won .il
;lie money, mounted his horse t<
ride away, when one of the Alexa.
tiers, it is suid. seized the bridle
another slabbed Simmons, and whei
he fell to the earth the third Alex
ander rushed up and beat him with
a club. The picnickers rushed tc
the resure, but the three AW*xandett
drew revolvers and got away for tht
time. F?*ar of lynching has abated
Children Crushed.
Three children are reported crush
cd to death and three more missin;
in a cave-in of an excavation tor ;
building at Howard avenue anr
Itroadway, Hrooklyn, Tuesday after
mum.
Twenty Are I turned.
Twenty persons were* serious!?
burred in a fire destroying the Tex
.is Pacific pumping station at Sher
man, Texas, and caused a gasolint
tank to explode.
Accidentally Drowned.
"Dick" Williams, a negro ahou
21 years old, was drowned at Hope'
ferry on the Saluda Sunday after
noon. At a late hour that nigh
his body has not been recovered.
Several Drowned.
At Munich, in Bavaria, nine youn
men and six girls were drowned i
the lake of Traun, by the eapsizin
of a barge in a storm Tuesday
SOME GOOD NEWS
ANTI-CANNON HOUSK PRKDICTKD
BY bT AND-PAT KD1TOK.
"Old Dill" Ncltoa, Ovrorr of Kansas
City StAJ, K\chnn^-s (iwtinpi
L With Tafl.
Col. Whliam R. Nelson, owner of
' the Kansas City Star, "dropped in *
, on President Taft at IlurRess Point
r nuuj ar'.ernoon. On His way out to
the President's cottage the colonel
i said he wasn't going fo talk politics
if he couid help himself.
Subsequent reports indicated that
1 a hearty exchange of greetings was
{ quickly followed by an earnest dtsp
cussion of recent events in the political
world.
' Presideid. Taft and ' Old Hill" Nel'
son. as he fulililarly refers to the
i
Vlissouri editor, have beeu friends a
. long lime.
"What about the result in Kan.
sas?" was the opening chortts from
, (he newspaper group.
I "Oh," laughed the colonel, "my
. heart is no1 broken."
"And iuwa?"
"Well 1 am managing to hold up
; under that pretty well, too." he re,
plied.
"What do you thiak of the posat,
hilities of the next house of representatives
being Democratic?"
"It looks as though It would either
I be Democratic or Insurgent. At auy
atet you can l?ot it will be auti,
Cannon."
"Kansab," added the Colonel, Ms
! filled with men who either made the
Slate or the sons of men who mud*'
it. They think progressively out
I there, and they act progressively.
. People in the Kast don't understand
! Kansas." ,
"Many Republicans," continued
Col. Nelson, "seem to think that the
Republican party is made up of a
! majority of ?ot- rs of this coun- ,
try. In t.hnt they are wrong. The ]
Democrats have never put up a can- ,
did.ite for president who ought to ]
have won that they did not win. Take ,
'lex eland and Tilden for example. ' ,
"At tnis doesn't mean that yon (
ue going to support Judson Har- ,
:non, does it?" queried a venturesome
reporter. ,
"Not igainst Theodore Roosevelt.' |
"l?o > u think Col. Roosevelt can ,
'come ba.k'?" I
"Com hack?" snapped the colon- |
1. "Why he would sweep the coun- ,
try. Hut 1 do not think lie will run .
unless he Jias to." ,
Col. Nelson then spoke of his |
riendsbip for President Tuft. ,
"I?o you thing .he will he elected?"
"Now, hoys." laughed the colonel. |
( you must r.ot ask me foolish quosious."
v
WOKM?S 8l'PPI,Y SHORT.
Iniouut in Sight js 500,000 Haels
Hehind.
Secretary Hixster's statement of
the world's visible supply of cotton
uade up from special cable and telegraphic
advices compares the figures
>f the week ending August r?th with
he same week last year and the yea I
>efr?re. it shows a decrease for the
.cock just closed of 119,5 IS against
l decrease of 19 7,230 last year and
i decrease of 12 1,151 year before
1 n.t
The total visible is 1,796.062 as
against 1,1!*!*.580 last week; 2.285,1
15;' last year and 1,950,307 year beer
< last. Of this the total of American
cotton is 951,002 against I
>22.5X0 last week; 1, 729,459 Ins'
ear and 1.250,261 year before last,
nd of all other kin 1;. including Kg
l?t. Brazil, India, etc.. 845,000 as
gainst 893,000 last week; 556,000
,;st year and 831,04 6 year before
\*8l.
The world's total visible supply of
ofton as above shows a decrease.
ompared with last week of 119,518
i decrease, compared with last year,
1 of 1 ?9.397 and a decrease. couipar-d
with year before last of 160,245.
1 Of the world's visible supply of
' ?ot*on as above there is now afloat
s ?nd held in Great Britain nnd conti'
netal Kur.jpe 870.000 against 1,647,*
000 last year and 1,126.000 year before
lost, in Bgypt 53,000 against
" 7.000 last year and 75.000 jcar bc
V.re last, in India 551.000 against
; 65,000 1 n?-1 year and 443,000 jreat
<1 lofore last; and In the United States
lj "42,000 against 318,000 last year
I Hid 312.000 year before last
Browns at Tyhe.
? 1.1.. --1?- i -
v - ii in win- luuicii on. rioivr"
Croninbe'a of Savannn.h was drown
i*d at Tybee beach early Sunday
- moriinj;. It was stated that tie had
I not been married Ion,*. Me walked
-mt *rom the beach, white talking
to hi- wife, stenped suddenly into a
i hole and was unable to regain safet
| ty. H,.s body was recovered quickly.
s i hut all ? ltor". to resuscitate hi) i
. failed.
t
Ftxilisli Young Woman.
I will marry him or kill myself. '
was the declaration of a pretty
g hrown-eyed girl in thi- register of
II deeds' office at Klizabe'h City. N. C
K th .t she was under arrest for Irylni;
'to elope. Her father took -lier home.
FATAL MISHAP
Trait Strikes Large AotecefeiJe Tkat
Was Foil if Petfie.
MACHINE DEMOLISHED
Two of the Kleren Wri*
KllW-d Outright and Three Were
Fatally Injurt d.?Most of the InI
Jured Were Young People Ooing
From litttftimer to Lake View.
Two were killed outright, three i
fatally injured and two others may 1
die as the result of an automobile accident
near West I>ake, Ala., belowBessemer,
Sunday afternoon. The
casualties Include:
J. H. Roden, chaufTeur, killed outright.
Miss Augusta Kizer, aged s!xUm?u
years, died after reaching hospital.
Miss Mary Fitzpatrick, aged 15
years, skull fractured and fatally
injured.
Miss Mamie Crenshaw, a?ed 16
years, skull fracturerd and fatally
burned.
Robert Black, skull fractured and
fatally injured.
Miss Kva Lou Crenshaw, thigh
broken, internally Injured, may die.
Vernon Lee, arm and thigh broken,
internally injured and may die. '
G. C. Dobbs, hand broken and
body badly bruised.
Two Fa iron brothers, 10 and 12
years old. badly bruised, not fatally
hurt.
W. H. Lennett, .Id.. 10 years old.
badly bruised, not fatally injured. 1
G. O. Garner was the only pas- 1
senger who escaped uninjured. He
jumped from the car before the en- 1
glue struck it. '
The automobile maintains a reg- 1
ular passenger schedule between I
Bessemer and West Lake, and it was '
carrying eleven passengers to the
lake Sunday afternoon. The machine '
was struck by a fast passenger train '
>n the Southern Railway shortly af- 1
:er 4 o'clock, and was almost coin- *
;>letely demolished.
i ntM-e is a Sleep (trade leading 4
lown to the Southern tracks just hefore
West Lake is reached, and as 1
:he highway is in a cut. it was imxtssible
for the chauffeur to see the
locomotive or for the engineer to '
ier the automobile. hose of the 1
lutomohile passengers who escaped 1
ivith injuries state that the locomo- 1
Live whistle was not ulown for the '
Tossing
The front wheels of the large au- 1
loniobiln bad just run on to the rail- '
road tracks when the engine struck
It. The passenger train was run- *
ning at a high rate of speed and '
ploughed its way through the for- '
ward end of the machine !
As it was only 1 1-L' miles from '
Hessemer. ambulances and physicians
were quickly summoned from I
.he city. The injured were all taken
to the Itohinson Hospital in Hessemer.
CHOP Si'FKKIUS K1UVM HKAT.
Cotton Hie Not >lndc Much Progress
During Week..
The following cotton oroo sum
mary was published by the Com me te.iul
Appeal of Memphis. Tenn., on
Monday:
"Telejci aphic replies front Texas
correspondents at six oclock Sunlay
night indicated that no rain of
consequence fell in that Sitae during
the week save in the It"d Kvier
valley. As a result the cotton crop,
except a small area which has received
rain, has been deteriorating; <ir
most instances as the limits 01 the
plants endurance had been reached
a week previously.
in souUiern and western Texas any
additional drought means a very
small yield ol cotton. Generous rains
fell throuphout Oklahoma and although
cot'on suffered severely for a
few days just prior to the rain on
account of high temperatures, the
situation has been relieved aud it is
lielioved that the crop will veiy
quickly recuperate.
"In other sections of the belt some
improvement took place. The crop
has been la'd by clean and the plant
nas ht'Kir to form squares and
has begun to bloom freely and forir
squares. Grown bolls are not numerous,
however, and the crop appears
to have regained only little of itt
lateness. The frost date will hav
an important bearing on the out
turn.
"K\?p; in Texas there Is no complaint
of shedding but the plant generally
has not reached the stage
wJiere It is to be expected. Generally
fair weat.her would help the crop in
Mississippi and the Atlantic States.'
Many Itabies l?ie.
One third of the babies in Iowa
under one year of age have died
;his summer, according to statistics
"olb*oted by G. II Summer, secretary
t the Iowa State board of health,
tholera infantum, infantile paralysis.
poor milk and Improper care are
aiven as causes.
LONG RANGE FIGHT
WATSON AND HAHDWICK Afll'SB
v
ONK ANOTHKP WVr.L
Tltf Uttfi Rea<l?, a hotter llMcglBn
the J'ormcf With Selling Out t?
tha Republicans.
At Thomson .Ga., Thomas K.
Watson and Congressman Thomas
W. Hard wick Saturday fought a desperate
battle but it was or.e off
words and the verbal shrapnel was
hurled a distance of one mile, Mr.
Watson and his adherents gathering
In the Court house and the Hardwick
cohorts BWeltortnw In "
Krove or. the outskirts of town. In
spite of Mr. Watson's announced
tear of assassination the dove of
peace hovered over the little town
throughout the day and prospects of
trouble dwindled to nothing.
Both sponkers were bitterly personal
in their remarks. Mr. Hardwick
Injected the only new feature
in the controversy in the shape of a
letter from Congressman Charles H.
Burke of South Dakota in which he
charges that Watson in the summer
of 1 900 conferred with him and
prominent Republicans o South Dakota
at the Palmer house. Chicago,
in reference to aiding the Republican
party In South Dakota f#r a financial
consideration.
Mr. Burke's letter said that ?o arrangements
were made with Watson
for South Dakota but declared that
Watson did arrange with the late
Senator Hannu to assist the Republican
cause
Replying to the charges aontatned
Iu Congressman Burke's letter. Mr.
Watson made the following statement:
"I emphatically deny the whole
story, which is false in every pa?licular.
1 was not in Chlcaga dur
Ing 1900. but spent the year here,
at home, doing literary work, i was
III Chil'.ICO Inr 1 ahnrt 1~ i ?. <v I
_ ? _ - ?- ? v> V Viuir IU 1 JV1,
?fter the death ot' Mark Manna, stopping
while en route to Lincoln, Neb.,
ind on the return trip east to New
Vork. where I spoke at Cooper l*nton.
I invite an inspection > tho
Palmer house register duriag 1900.
tvhich will prove the truth of my
itatement.
Before he bcgau his address Watton
was asked on w.hnl he based his
fears of assassination. His reply
*'as:
"I has" them on the fact that
VIr. Hardwirk has on several oeasons
threatened to kill me aad Inforuation
of these threats has beer
trough t to me by friends from
Washington and Lincoln entitles. 1
hik my fears are well fouded
Mr. Hard wick, when told Mr.
Watson's statement, seemed to enjoy
I immensely and commented:
"Watson is in no greater danger
>f beig assassinated than 1 am. and
my danger is about equal to that of
the man in the moon. I am a* assassin
and none of my friends indersrs."
Watson, it is stated, had several
guards about -his home at Bights for
the past several days.
HAYKIl MAX'S 1.1I B
Conductor Se*lx>;???l Risks liiff
for Puss*i?a?r.
On Monday afternoon when Seaboard
treir. No. 63, which leaves Columbia
foi Savannah at .*>.u *. m.,
pulled into Gaston the train entered
the sidetrack to uwuit tor. <hv Seaboards
limited train No. 84, going
north. A man, who then seemed to
l*: somewhat under the influence of
whiskey, stepped upon the rack of
the main line. Conductor Williams,
w.ho was in charge of train No. 63,
seeing that the man would he crushed
to death by the fast approaching
tralu. math a rush for him and snatched
hint !rom the track just in time
to save his life. Had it not been Tor
the brave act of Conductor Williams
the unfortunate man would have m"t
his death. Many of Lho passengers
had turned and looked away whea
the conductor made a dash for the
man.
D1KD AT FIXKI) IT MB.
"I Have .lust Seven Minutes to lave"
the Mun Wrote.
"1 have just seven minutes ?
livo " ?.n -
.? t>?mi uresseu man wrote in
n saloon at Durham, N'. and before
the time had expired, shot himself
twice. He was hurried to a
hospital, where physicians said on
Friday night that he would die. Tho
man is said to be Aquilla Powell, a
son of K. K. Powell, of Scotland
Neck, who recently was convicted of
the murder of Chief of Police Dunn
and the wounding; of State Senator
Kdward Travis and Paul Kitchin, a
brother of the Cover nor. It Is believed
that worry over his father's
position prompted the young man to
attempt 10 take his life.
Fought the OIHotn.
One negro is dead, one is dying
and two others have bullet wounds
as a result of a battle with nthce. ;
on the outskirts of Petham. Ca.,
Tuesday afternoon. It was reported
to the officers that a dozen negr >es
were gambling ie a house th?* e 'iid
the ^