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BANDIT KILLED Me aa Attempt t? Bold Up Paueacer Trail ea Western Road. KNOCKED DOWN BY ROCK Thrown by the Brave Kngineer After k He Was Hhot lu the Leg by the Bobber, V'ho Was Instantly Killed by the Blow.?Body Has Not Been Identified. 1 LL L_ J Id a desperate attempt to hold up westbound Colorado Midland train No. 3, four miles west of Divide, Cal., earl/ Friday morning, an unknown bandit was Instantly killed by a rock thrown by Engineer Frank 8tewart after ne had shot tb^'engineer in the leg. Two young men who were found near the scene of the hold-up, are held for investigation as to their complicity in the robbery. One was ( slightly wounded in the head by a bullet The hlguwaymen crawled over the tender as the train slowed up at a < siding to meet an eastbound train. As he stopped the train, Stewart, turned to see his fireman. Paul Bachman, standing with his hands above his head and heard the robber say: "Put up your hands or I'll blow your head off." The robber then forced both men to leave the engine and marched them before him to the express car. According to the story told by , Stewart, who was brought to a hospital. the robber ordered them to tell the express messenger they were In nerll of their lives, that the train bad been held up and that the robber waa determined to have the money In the express car. Stewart states that the robber fired several ahots at the beads of passengers who looked out to see what was happening. "When we got to the express car," said Stewart, "my fireman dashed under the car and crawled to the other side. The robber leaned under the car to shoot at him, and when he took his eyes off me, 1 struck him with all my strength with a rock I had picked up as I jumped off the tender. As I did so. he whirled and shot at me. the bullet striking me in the leg. Guess my blow finished him, for he never moved after the rock hit him. I must have fainted then, for the next 1 knew the conductor and express messenger and a group of exci'ed passenger were standing about me. ^ When the remainder of the traiu crew heard the shots they seized weapons and rushed to the head of the train, firing as they came. Stewart was given immediate medical attention by physicia'ns who were on board the train, and wa-? brought to Colorada Springs. His condition is not serious. y Shortly after the hold-up Sheriff Von Puhl and a posse scoured the country near the scene of the attempted holdup and discovered the two * unknown men hiding in the bru&h. One was dazed by a bullet -wound in the head. He Is out on parole from the State'reformatory. The men claim they were riding the blind baggage and were beating their way to Grand Junction. They say one was struck by a stray bullet from the bandits' gun. They are held for investigation. The dead robber wore a cloth mask and a gunnyaack tied about bis neck. He has been identified There was no enusuai shipment of money in the express car. but Hk* bandit told the fireiuau as they marched along the train that he inv tended to rifle the passengers as well as the \Ve..e-i< a< b->x. * ALTO TIKK BURST. One Man Killed and Four Other.! Painfully Hurt. A bursted tire caused a touring car, in which five men were riding, to turn a somersault Sunday on a part of the grand prize race course. near Savannah. and almost Instantly killed Mike Jones, a well known retail furniture merchant in Savannah. The four other men were badly bruised, but not seriously hurt. Jones was picked up by an automobile, which had followed the party, and was hurried to a hospital, but died just as he reached the building. He was the owner of the wrecked automobile, and was at the wheel when the accident occurred. The machine was torn to pieces. It was stated that Jones's head was caught by the steering wheel as the car turned over, and his neck was broken. Otherwise, he was not even very bc.dly bruised. Killed by His Friend. While several small boys were playing on the back porch at the home of A. H. Whltceides, a dairy wagon driver. In Atlanta, Saturday afternoon, Harold Whltealdes shot and instantly killed "Son" Hewett. | aged 12, the bullet passing through the hoy's head. It was said at the Whltealdes home, that the shooting was accidental. > I W 7m "v? 4 SLANDERS SQUELCHED CERTAIN , RJ^POHTS ABOUT FEATHKR8TOXK DKXIED. Prominent Business Men of Laurens and Members of His Church Testify to His Character. To the General Public: It having come to our notice that rumors to the contrary are current.' we. the undersigned citizens and business men of the city of l.aurent>. desire to bear testimony to the moral character, business ability and integrity of C. C. Featherstone. Having known him in business and socially for over twenty live years, ben to say that he Is a man of capacity, of correct habits, of a high sense of honor, whose word is :is good ns a bond, and whose ideas represent the highest and best type of citizenship. He is progressive. public-spirited and loyal to all that he believes to be true. He has worked his way up in spite of the handicap of modest pecuniary endowments by the practice of perseverance. industry and self-education in the school of experience. The breath of scandal can annoy but not besmirch a record such as his. To counteract the gross injustice that some would do him, we feel called upon to bear witness to facts whereof we know. We. his neighbors, know nothing and are satisfied there is nothing against his habits. character or standing that would make him an unworthy occupant of the responsible position to which he aspires. We are satisfied, that if elected, he will always conduct himself in such a way as to reflect credit upon himself, his family, his country and the entire State. W. A. Watts, president of People's Loan and Exchange Hank. 0. H. Simmons, president of Hank of Laurens. N. R. Dial, president of Enterprise Hank. J. J. Pluss, president of Palmetto Hank. C. W. Tune, secretary and treasurer Qf Laurens Trust Company. D. A. Davis, president of Davis-Roper company. S. M. Wilkes of S. M. & K. H. Wilkes company. H. K. Aiken of the Laurens Drug company. P. A. Simpson, of Todd, Simpson & Co. R. E. Babb, of Simpson, Cooper & Babb. J. C. Owings. of Owings and Bobo. R. A. CooptT, solicitor Eighth circuit. W. I,. Gray, of Laurcn.s Hardware company. John \V. Ferguson, attorney. John F. Bolt, clerk of court. L. P. McGlree, pastor of First Methodist church. (I have known him for some ten years. Have known him personally for nearly a year. VV. E. Thayer, pastor of First Baptist church. (I have known him personally for nearly three years.) C. F. Rankin, pastor of First Pres byterian church. (I have kn?.wn Mr. Feathersto.- * for two and out half years and heartily indorse the paper above.) From Hoard irf Steward* Whereas, certain defamatory reports are being circulated in Oolum bia, Spartanburg and elsewhere throughout the State derogatory to the moral and Christian ch.under of C. C. Feutherxtone: Therefore, be it resolved, TL it we. the bo.'ird of stewards of the First M. E. Church, South, of Laurens. S. C.. of which Mr. Featherstone is a member, do hereb> take pleasure in asserting. That we huve been intimately associated with C. C. Featherstou-3 iu* a member of our board for ov?t twenty years, and that his character has been that of an upright Christian gentleman, and consistent and loyal member of our church. That he has been for 1 years superintendent of our Sunday school and twice in the last ten years a delegate to the general conference of the M. E. Church. South, as the representative of his church from South Carolina. That we brand as maliciously false any and all reports circulated inconsistent with the above resolution. John F. Bolt, chairman of the board; W. L. Gray, J. F. Tolbert. H. Terry, J. J. Pluss. O. 15. Simmons, G. G. Halle, Jr.. Aug. Huff, it. K. Bnhb, S. G. Mcl>anlel, J. L. Hopkins. Laurens. S C., Sept. 1, 1910. Supomnlpd, II KimIs IJfo. Driven into a state of despondency by the fact that after 22 years of faithful service in one position in a Memphis, Tenn.. department store he hud been superceded by a new man, Frederick VV. Ives, a wid??l> known dry goods salesman, committed suicide there Friday by taking morphine tablets. The Branchvllle Journal says it hopes we now see where it stands and what it thinks. The weather is too warm and life too short for us to attempl to fathom the "thinks' of a paper who "thinks" local op tion means county rnonopfy of selling whiskey. Excuse us. neighbor I , A i h. I ; . ' feb -VJ I LA if ^ BOLD BANDITS H?Id Up aW Narter Pajaaster AW ob Caapaiiaa AW Gaard. THE ROBBERS ESCAPE within three hundred yards of the State Firemen's Home and within sight of the yards themselves, it was neither seen nor heard. The police have to piece together a theory of the crime front bullet holes and footprints. Five shots were fired. Two of them tore away the side of Hagsdale's head. A third struck the paymaster above the heart. The fourth and fifth passed through the back of the raised buggy top. From the size of the holes it would appear that the robbers used regulation army 4 4ealibre revolvers. From the footprints there seem to have been five in the hand. The hold-up and the shooting must have followed each other almost with the rapidity of the shots themselves It can be seen that somebody grabbed hold of the horse's bridle. If a demand for the paymaster's box was made he never had time to refuse or comply. There is no evidence that he attempted to defend himself. His -evolver is still clean. Huddled in the buggy top. muffled in the boot, he must have been shot down like a trapped animal. Frotn this unreasoning haste the police deduce that the robbers were desperately terrified. The p&liee are inclined to believe that the .holdup was a professional job. The robbers carried with them the small pay chest. It has not been recovered and may hce been weighted down and thrown into the river. Five sets of tracks led northwaid ~ ~r ? urn me nvnuc 01 me nmr.ier. Al a short distance from the roadsidt New York Central detectives and the Hudson police found where ihe trails seperated, but they ha\e no other elue and no description. It was variously reported that the murderers ?ot $ 1 a.000 an<i $1,500, hut advices from XewburRh, where the money was drawn, place the amount at $.".,000. AKUKSTKP ON PK.lTilliKI). HyhiR Coliimhian Accused of l.iRumy at Washington. rtutler C.rimsley, aged 25, of Co!urnhin, S. C., was arrested Monday on a charge of bigamy while lying on what may prove to l?d his death bed. suffering from typhoid fevei Hrimsley went to Washington Aim i?i IS, the police allege, accotiipanier >y a comely young girl of 18. whon he introduced as his wife, and en gaged an apartment. (Jriinsley, it is claimed, married the u'irl, who was Miss Klla Aiehart. after deserting his wife and little girl in Colutnhia. S. C. Deputy Slieritl Miiler of N *e\v Brooklyn, who on Monday night returned to Columbia with tlie girl, avers that (irimlsei produced a marriage certifVate undet i lie name of Henry Timinons. A Vaung llride. i Ruth Harding, of Rogflhisa, I.a., i is one of the youngest brides on record. She is eleven years of sge. it is stated, and was married here vesterday to William Breland. aged . nineteen year?. , (. ' T ' ' t JL The Bold .Murder and Robbery Oc? * curred in SlRtit of the Brick K*c? tory, to Which the Victims Were Going With Money to Pay Off the Workmen There. Masked robbers sprang out of the uusues alongside oi a lonely road near Hudson, N. Y,, Saturday afternoon, held up Dent Fowler, paymaster of the Atlas Rrick Company, and his negro driver, shot the driver dead, wounded Fowler mortally and made off with a chest of pay envelopes containing $5,000. George Ragsdale. the driver, died instantly; his head was torn away by two 4 4callber bullets. He was 60 years old and a trusted employe. Fowler was I wounded over the heart and died | without regaining t'ull consciousness. He was ?'1 years old. The robbers escaped. Saturday is pay day at the yails of the Atlas Hrick Company and, according to custom Fowler called at the Newburgh bank for his pay money, sorted It out into the proper amounts, ticketed the envelopes and started back to the yards, half a mile out of town on the banks of the Hudson river. He went armed as paymasters do and for further protection took with him Ragsdale, wb?> was stable boss at the yards. It was raining and they rode with the buggy top up. the hoot well raised in front and their heads far back in the hood. That made it easy for the robbers. Just what happened when the hold-up taime will never he known until the murderers are caught and confess. Fowler died before he could utter more than a few unintelligible words. Although the shooting was done VI t (l III |JU . Herman. Knoll, Rremem, fireman on steamship St. Johann, drowned at Prot Tampa. C. K. Evans, collector, suicide. Stamm and Knoll were in swimming at Port Tampa. Knoll, the younger of the two. could not swim, and when he reached water over his head called for help. Stauim went to his assistance and both were drowned. Cole was in swimming near the Seaboard terminals, when he was seized with cramps. His body has not been recovered. Evans' body was found in the grass on Nebraska avenue by a negro man and his wife. Nearby was a bottle half filled with whiskey and morphine He was a collector for a local loan association and was recently married. M.W KII.I.S HIS WIFE. After tli** llrutal Heed He I?*red Any to Follow IIiin. With a foul oath. Almon Rains -^hot and killed his wife. Stella Rains at Friendship, a lumber siding two mile* below Apex, N'. C., Saturday morning, lie used a breech loading shotgun, which he borrowed from a leiglibor for the purpose. He tired i load squarely in her eye. tearing IT the top of her head. Death was instantaneous. Loading the gun again he dared and to follow him. lie came to Apex and caught a northbound passenger train. Authorities ilong the line were notified to look >ut for him. No cause is assigned "'or this rash act. The woman killed had a had reputation. Killed by Lightning. W'Mie Sherill, a white man, llvng on the place of \V. It. Ftrnnson, n the Autioch section of Darlington ounty. was killed by lightning Frila.v afternoon about four o'clock and ' Dr. \V. A. Carrlyan, of Society llill I was severely shocked. The men wore working on a horse at I he time which was also killed by the boll. \lr. Sherill was about thirty-five .ears of age and leaves a family. lMe?l from t'arbolic Arkl. John Srhlute. a brother of Krank "Vhlute. the ouifieelder of tlte Chicago National baseball club, was *'ound dead in bed In a hotel in Destershire Monday. Death was due to carbolic acid taken with suicidal Intent, according to thee coroner's inquest. I T . . US. .i^> ? SIZES DP TEDDY Spttcfa ef RmsmcIi Scverdir Criticis ti by Wn. Banes, Jr. TWO ROGUES FALL OUT Vpvr York Republican leader Dp. clarpH In Statement that ria Hhs Hun Klot Throughout this Country" and Infrrrentl*lly Place* Responsibility. The old adage that when rogues fall out honest men will get their dues, Is on the way to verification in the State of New York, where the Republican leaders are gunnu'g for Teddy, who has fallen like a firebrand in their midst. It is to be hoped that the fight will be n veritable kilkenny cat afTair. The people would be benefited. Wdi. Barnes. Jr., Republican State committeeman and leader of Albany issued a statement Friday night, in which he declares that "hysteria has run riot throughout this country, ' and that the question to he decided at the coming Rt*i>ublican State Convention at Saratoga, is "whether the Republican party will fight the disease or succumb in the interests of politicians seeking office or temporary acclaim..' The character of the recent addresses of Theodore Roosevelt in the West, he says, "has startled all thoughtful men and impressed them with the frightful danger which lies tn his political ascendency." When he talked with Col. Roosevelt, after the meeting that selected Mr. Sherman temporary chairman of the Convention over the Colonel and learned his attitude toward public matters." Mr. Barnes says he told the former President he uever could have voted for him. '.Mr. Barnes' statement in part says: "At the coming Convention it will be determined whether the Republican party of this State, officially, through its chosen representatives in Convention, Intends to bow its head to the political agitation of the hour, which is the cause of the palsy overhanging the business world today or will stand firmly and in unmistakeahle terms by its rock-ribbed conservative principles, which have when it is in power, given confidence 'o the business world and eneotiriged enterprises. "Hysteria has run riot throughout this country, expressing itself 'n one form or another, such as 'direct nominations,' the 'initiative and re <erendum," the initiative and recall' ?it matters little what particular form nysteria takes?the question to be decided at Saratoga is whether the Republican party will tight the disease or succumb in the interests of the politicians seeking office or temporary acclaim. "The recent attack on the Supreme Court of the United States by a keen wilted and aspiring citizen could not have been made without i purpose well considered. It was in appeal to passion. If this appeal igainst judicial decision is popular and not rebuked there is 110 reason whatsoever, if a direct primary law should be enacte din this state, why -andioates for Judicial offices, com lelled to run the gauntlet of a district or Statewide primary, would not, in order to appeal to the temporary sentimentH of the moment ieclare in advance their attitude upon matters which come before them for judicial review. Instead of men of long legal experience and judicial training, there would be as cnndilates for the Bench lawyers who w?ould not hesitate to make that kind of appeal to the people, which would be a disgrace to their profession." Takes Vp For Teddy. When Mr. Barnes' statement was ommunicated to Lloyd C. CJriscom, president of the New York county Republican committee, at his country place at Fairfield, Conn., Friday night, he dictated the following reply: ".Mr. Barnes is trying by words to nake the public forget he and b's losest associates have recently been caught In an ugly and deceitful at tempt to obtain control of the coming Republican State Convention The Republican party in New York State will have a welcome opportunity at the Convention to reprove such methods." * Peculiar Accident. Oscar K. Rason, a young white man, was literally hanged by a plank over the Chattohoochie River, neai Columbus, (?a., on Saturday. He was at work on a d;;in. which is beinc built across the river, when a plank struck against his neck and pinned him to some timbers. His neck was broken, and when the plank slipped tway he dropped into the river. j Fad Strikes Turkey. J j The Department of State has xe norts from (leorge Horton, United States Consul at Saloniea. Turkey, that t.ho moving picture fad is now spreading among the Turks. He notes that French and Indian Wins have superceded those of American make. \ v* CHOLERA IN RUSSIA SEVENTY THOUSAND HAVE I>IKI> , WITH THK DISK ASK. Situation Grows More Serious lluc the Government Is Working Hard to Stay the Kpidemic. The cholera situation In Russia steadily grows more alarming. Already figures show that there have been more than 70,000 deaths from the plaTue, and new points of Infection are reported dally. The best estimates now place the number of cases at 65.000. and the death rate has so far been fully 50 per cent. The output of coal in the Donetz region has been reduced by 60 per cent., and a partial paralysis of railway and industrial operations has set in. The ignorance of the peasants. Coupled with the awful lack of proper medical and'sanitary organization, makes the task of coping with the unprecedented epidemic well-nigh desperate. Prof. Rein and a numerous medical staff have gone south with instructions from the government to take every measure to arrest the progress of the cholera, especially in the colliery districts. The action is ovuir?nai iuray. ine epidemic his already laid low 4,000 miners and thousands of others have fled to their homes, spreading contagion in the villages In the central and southern districts. The Novoe Vreraya depicts the situation in the gloomiest colors. It fears that cholera riots on a lar;s scale will take palce. The local authorities have decreed severe pains and penalties for concealment of cases, or for offering resistance to the sanitary detatchments. Nevertheless the lives of the doctors and nurses are In constant peril, for the benighted peasants are persuaded that they sow the germs of the disease. The Novoe Vremya points out that agriculture is suffering severely because of lack of hands to harves' "hcrops and convey the grain to the railways. A coal famine is imminent. Empty trucks are accumulating at wayside stations. Prices are rising rapidly. A DEADLY SUNDAY. Three Drowned and One Suicide in Tampa. Florida. Three drownings and one suicide were the tragic events in Tampa. Florida, last Sunday: llarrv T. Cole. London, sailor on steamship Cayo Manzanillo, drowned at Seaboard terminals. Hubert Staium, Bremem. fireman on steamship St. .lohanu, drowp?d at Pnrt 'P......... ' ? ?' ^ COTTON CROP REPORT SOUTH CAROLINA CROP IS PUT AT SKVRNTY-THRKK. Thr Crop Roportfw for the Government liwue u Statement of Cotton on Condition. T V ? ? - " " i ua vrup reporuns uoard of th? Department of Agriculture estimates that the average condition of the cotton crop on August 25 was 72.1 as compared with 75.5 on July 25, 1910; 63.7 on August 25. 1909; 76.1 on August 25,1908; and 73.1 the . average of the past ten years on August 25. Comparisons of conditions on August 25 follows: 10-Year States 1910 1909 Average Virginia 82 73 79 North Carolina..76 73 76 South Carolina.. 73 7 4 76 Georgia 71 73 76 Florida 74 75 78 Alabama 7.2 66 Y2 Mississippi 71 61 75 Louisiana 60 48 71 Texas 69 59 69 Arkansas 78 60 73 Tennessee 7 8 7 5 81 Missouri 78 80 86 Oklahoma 85 56 75 California .... 95 United States. .. 72.1 63.7 73.1 While the average condition of cotton on August 25, according to the figures of the crop reporting board of the Department Is 8.4 per cent, better than it was at the corresponding date last year, it is lowered by 3.4 per cent, that it was a month ago. It is 4 per cent, lower than it was at this time in 1908, und is 1 per cent, below the average for the last ten years. Oflicials of the Department of Agriculture declined to estimate the effect of the tiurea made by the crop rei>orting hoard. The old crop of cotton, by reason of existing hLgh prices, has been practicnllv ?*hnn?f ?'d. "Twentjvcent cotton" has called substantially every bale of spot cotton from its hiding place, according to the views of the department officials. Just now the new crop is beginning to come into the market. In Southern Texas the crop is being picked and ginned as rapidly as possible and from now on the crop marketed will continue to Increase for several months. TRAIN CLAIMS THltKK VICTIMS. Two Men and One Woman Killed at Different Points. Two killed at a distance of twenty miles apart is the record made by the Southern Pasaenser train No. :j 7 Saturday as it passed through Rowan and Carbarns counties, N. C. At Linwood, near Spencer, an unidentified peddler was struck and instantly killed as he stepped out of the way of a freight and was struck by the fast vestibule. At Concord Mrs. Florence llatley, while endeavoring to lead her cow off on the south-bound track was killed as was likewise the cow. No blame was attached to the train crew on acscount of the accidents. Near Lexington Frank Hillings, a fanner, was struc.k and instanMy killed by train No. .'17. He was walking on one of the tracks when northhound train No. 4 4. approached ami lie stepped over on th3 Southbound track and wn? uiik.h ?.?> v"~ "" ........ UJ > I . WORK OF A OKA/A' MAX. Shut IILs Wife I'p in a Cave With Two Huge Snakes. That her husband had Imprisoned her In a cave in which there were two huge snakes, from which sh? barely escaped with her life, and that later he attempted to tie her hands and feet and place her on a red-hot stove, was the testimony Riven by Mrs. Fannie S. Wood, of Denver, Cul., in the district court in her suit for divorce from Chester L. Wood yesterday. She secured her decree. Wood became insane several months ago and when officers came to take him in charge took refuge in a culvert half filled with water, where for several hours he put up a desperate fi2\ht, finally overcome after he had received severe injuries. Killed in Runaway. Mrs. Wesley Miller, the widow who was injured Friday near Zeb. inmiies rroin Nallshury. N. hy !)f'in)! thrown from a wagon occupied hy herself and two children, the mule running away, died at th?* Whitehead Stokes sanitarium Saturday, never having regained consciousness. Auto Turned Over. Turning turtle near Camp Opeeche Fatnrdav an automohlle flung a partly of eight men and women into the road, instantly killed Mrs. W. C. i Soars, wife of a prominent lumberman of Hyannls. Deadly Lightning. I During a terrific electric storm which [Kissed over the Southern sec, .tion of Rowajt county, X. C.t Satur, day afternoon F^rrie Oihson, colored. a.ed If* years, was instantly?kl!lr ed by lightning. jJljl ,