f ROBBER BARONS'
Fleace the Predacers a! Cattaa by the
Aid tf the Tariff Law.
? ?
FARMERS ARE ROBBED
Urnler the 0|?erationH of this Pro tective
Iniquity, and They Should d
Combine and Work Together for ^
Self Protection, Says Senator Smith t
1
in Explaining His Position. j
On account of the misunderstand- j
ing on the part of Borne newspapers
with rufor:tiu'ii (n thn ututpnipnt f?nn
~ 1 ? =
cerning the cotton crop, issued by
Senator E. D. Smith a few days ago.
the senator Saturday gave out the
following statement with the view of
clearing up the matter and putting
himself in-the proper light:
"It is rather remarkable how a
carefully guarded, conservative
statement can be misinterpreted into
just the opposite. In my interview
in regard to the cotton crop a
few days ago, 1 used the following
language:
'* 'I shall not attempt to dictate
to the farmers of the South what
they shall do. Hut under the circumstances
I should he delighted to
see them combine and hold their
cotton from the market wherever it
is possible for them to do so, until
it shall bring such price as shall
measure the artificial price placed
upon manufactured articles by virtue
of the tariff.'
"In reference to my own opinion
I used the following language:
" 'My honest conviction is that 20
cents for the present crop is none
too high, in view of the supply, the
cost of production, the comparative
value of cotton with other textiles,
and the artificial price that now obtains
on manufactured goods.'
"The headlines and newspaper
. nm tvvnn(c hwvn miiflr* it ntttmnr thut
VVIUIUVUtO ' V ? " "V -V -???' ?
I have advised the farmers to hold
their cotton for 20 cents a pound.
One newspaper, in an editorial comment.
has said that the farmer
should sell his cotton at present
prices and pay hiB debts. That past
experience has been to the effect
that where the price looked enticing
in the early fall, that farmers
held and suffered a loss. This is
true.
"I have never advised any farmer
who had pledged his cotton to a merchant
or to" any one to withhold it
from the market when it caused emibarrassment
or loss to the one that
credited him. But I have always advocated
the banks of the South and
the financiers of the South doing all
in their power to help these weak
and unfortunate ones to withhold
their stuff from the market until it
should bring such a price as would
remunerate those that helped and
give a profit to the unfortunate ones
who needed help.
"I have never advised any price
on cotton, nor nave l stood ror any
specific price on cotton until the
farmers of the South, in convention <
assembled, determined what, in their
judgment, was a righteous price for
what they themselves produced, and
then I became on uncompromising
advocate for that which they, in
their Judgment, deemed a fair and
legitimate return for their labor.
"I rave been criticised for standing
for 15 cents cotton. I stood rot
15 cents cotton when the farmers
of the South demanded it, and had
some of my critics been as loyal to
the cause as I, the 15 cents mark
might have been the sooner obtained.
"I sometimes marvel that we are
as well off as we are, when I think
of the fact that the advocates of protection
with their newspaper organs,
their lobbies, their powerful advo
rates on the floor of the house and
senate shut out competition from
abroad, combine their capital in
America and force the price of articles
beyond any reason, thus forcing
the producer of the raw material,
the salaried man and the wage-earner,
to pay exorbitant prices for those
manufactured articles which are a
common necessity. It is a marvel a
the seining prosperity that the t
masses enjoy.
"I am not asking, nor have I ev- l
er asked, that there should be a leg- t
al enactment protecting any one, in- t
dividual or corporation. But when s
the government is committed to the p
doctrine of protection by legal enact- f
ment, I think those who are the vie- J
time should resist this unnatural a
condition by Invoking the law of t
God?which Is the law of supply and 1:
demand?and, by standing solidly to- r
gether, force its operation. o
"If the price of manufactured articles
Is forced to artificial heights, t
and the great body of wage-earne-s, t
laborers and producers of the raw o
material are forced to pay these ex- b
orbitant prices, reducing them to ab- o
ject poverty, who shall gainsay their t
right to combine in every depart- r
ment of their life and demand such a
remuneration for their lalmr and li
their raw material as shall offset the h
price what they have to pay to rob- o
ber barons of the manufacturing
interests? tl
"Under the law, It is wrong for ti
me to carry consented weapons, but p
should some one threaten my life o
'RANK SALOON KEEPER.
IE TKLLS WHAT HIS LlQCOIt I
WILL IM> FOK ITS iSKltS.
The Remarkable Curd Iscd by .1 1
Tombstone, Arizona, Iiurkee|H'r Ut
Advertise His llusincss.
The Medical Journal prints the
allowing and credits it to an uul- t
lentified "Lay Exchange." 1
"Tombstone, Arizona, claims to 1
iave the frankest saloonkeeper In '
he United States. He keeps the f
rem pie Har Saloon and advertises ?
lig business in a remarkable man- I
ler. He has had curds printed bear- r
UK the following words: c
"Friends and Neighbors: I am 1
rrateful for past favors and having
(applied my store with a fine line '
d choice liquors, allow me to in- *
!orm you that I shall continue to I
nake drunknrds, paupers and beg- >
;ars for the sober, industrious re- 1
(pecable part of the community to *
support. 'My liquors will excite riot,
"They will diminish your com- '
torts. Increase your expenses and 5
shorten life. I shall confidently re- '
:omiuend them as sure to multiply '
'ntal accidents and incurable di- 1
leases. <
"They will deprive some of life, '
itliers of reason, many of character *
ind all of peace. They will make
'athers fiends, wives widows, chil- 1
iren orphans and all poor. 1 will 1
:rain your sons in infidelity, diss!- 1
mtion, ignorance, lewdness and ev- <
>ry vice. 1 will cause as much tern- *
loral and eternal death a* ; ecu. I '
will thus accommodate the public; it
nay be at the loss of my never-dy- !
ng soul. Uut I have a family to '
support, the business pays and the <
?ublic encourages it. 5
"I have puid nty license and the <
rnfiic is lawful, and if 1 don't sell it '
somebody will. 1 know the liible says 1
1'hou shall not kill, no drunkard
.hall enter the kingdom of heaven. <
ind I do not expect the drunkard 1
rraker to fare any better, but I waut '
in easy living and 1 have resolvd i
.o gather the wages of iniquity and 1
'atten on the ruin of my species. i
"I shall, therefore, carry on my 1
msiness with energy and do mv best
.0 diminish the wealth of the nation 1
ind endanger the safety of the state.
\s niy business flourishes in proportion
to your sensibility and ignorinee,
I will do my best to prevent
[uorul purity and intellectual
growth.
"Should you doubt my ability, 1 1
refer you to the pawnshops, the
poorhouse, the police court, the
hospital, the penitentiary and the
gallows, where you will find many of
my best customers have gone. A
sight of them will conviuee you that
I do what 1 say.
"Allow me to inform you that you
tire fools, and that I am an honest
saloonkeeper. '
and 1 know not where nor when 1
may meet him, what jury would convict
me for preparing myself to defend
my life at any time or place
where this threatening foe might
meet me? Who shall criticize lnbor
organizations for combining and
demanding a higher wage? Who
Bhall criticize the producer of the
raw material for combining and demanding
a higher price, and by their
numerical strength and their necessities
to mankind forcing a recognition
of their rights, when the law of
the land is giving that opportunity
to the manufacturers, who have Impoverished
and are imporerlshing
the masses and creating the coloslal
millionaire of America?
"I do not believe in class legislation
or class discrimination, but 1 do
itelieve in enual rights to all and
ipecial privilige to none under the 1
uw. And so long as the law gives
jpecial privilege to some, it is tlie '
nanifest duty of those discriiuinat- |
?d against to protect themselves
(gainst this unjust discrimination.
\.nd the best way to defeat the in- 1
'anions doctrine of protection is by '
he farmers and laborers protecting '
hemselves. The Republican party to- 8
lay is being defeated and driven *
rom power because its doctrine, carled
to its last analysis, has forced *
uich prices that the wage-earner and 1
he salaried man cannot live. 1
"The farmers of the South wouid ?
>e willing to take less price for
heir stuff if they might buy what '
hey need under the same circum- *
tances that they have to sell their '
iroduce. They have to sell und?>r
ree trade and buy under protection.
Vnd it is their duty to themselves
,nd to their country to do all in 1
heir power that is legitimate and
(operable to offset this legalized
obbery under the American system
if nrnlootlnn s
"I had some vague conceptions of r
he enormity of the Republican pro- *
ection system, but never did I dream
f its unblushing effronter y and *
oldnesg until I became a member '
f the United States senate. And if f
he people of America could reali7C. 1
ather than vaguely know, the blat- 1
nt injustice being practiced by the a
iw, they would a long time ago f
avo swept the whole system out 8
f existence.
"In conclusion, * invite the attenlon
of my critics to the prices obtaining
for wool, flax and silk under 1
rotection, as against cotton with- &
ut it." P
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
IAS TAKEN MANY IJTTLK ONES
DIKING LAST YEAR.
riiin Disease Attacks Mostly White
Cliihlren, Very Few Colored Children
Kver Have It.
There was 569 deaths from acute
inrterior poliomyelitis, or infantile
>ara>si6; 116 from pellagra. 55 from
abies or hydrophobia, and 9 death
rom leprosy in 1909 in the death
eglstratlon area of continental Unit>d
StateB. which comprises over 55
<er cent of the total population, acording
to the census bureau's forthoming
bulletin on mortality statists
for 1909.
It is reported that, of the 569
leaths from infantile paralysis, 552
vere of white and only 17 of colored
lersons. There was a somewhat
rreater incidence of disease among
nales and an increased mortality,
n August, September and October
The bulletin states that no statisical
segregation of infantile paralysis
as a case of death has been
tiade hretofore, but the Increasing
mportance of the disease and its
vide prevalence throughout the
>ountry in the form of local epidemcs
render a statement of the mortalty
important.
Like meningitis, which it sonievhnt
resembles, it is difllcult to oIh
tain an exact separation of the
leal lis from the speclle infectious
llseas-e. acute anterior poliomyelits,
from other infections of similar
tat ure.
Acute anterior poliomyelitis is described
by the bulletin as an acute
infectious disease chiefly affecting
children In the iirst five years of life,
ind while not infrequently fatal is
:>f even more seriou sconsequence as
the cause of more or less permanent
paralysis and atrophy of muscles.
Numerous outbreaks have occurred
in this country, the most important
of which were those In Vermont,
in 1894, and in New York
and Connecticut, in 1907. The 569
deaths complied for the registration
area for 1909 were widely distributed.
and indicate endemic or epidemic
prevalence in many parts of the
country.
It should be remembered, the bulletin
points out, that the census data
relates only to registration
sources, and that for the non registration
States the deaths are only
those returned from the registration
cities contained therein.
>?r\ISTTK AM) W1FK SEl'KHATK.
Presiding Khlcr O'Oell Makes Statement
AlKUlt It.
Presiding Elder O'Dell of the Rock
vllle District, gives out the following
statement in reference to Rev.
H. R. Mills, who is stationed at llock
Hill:
inasmuch as the press will in all
probability send out reports concerning
the unfortunate affair involving
the Rev. H. R. Mills, of the South
Carolina conference, I deem it my
duty to the church and to Brother
and Mrs. 'Mills to give the facts to
the public.
"On Thursay, September 22, Brother
Mills came to me and told me
that he was in trouble; that he and
his wife could not live together any
longer and asked that I release him
fiom his work, as he would feel a
delicacy in appearing before hiR congregation
under the circumstances.
Having no authority to release him,
1 told him that the best and only
thing to do was to have the matter
investigated in due form by a cotn'littee.
To do this he readily consented
and expressed a desire that it
he done as quickly as possible. I
appointed an investigating committee,
consisting of Revs. Matthew
Move Brabham, D. Melvln McLeod
and S. D. Bailey. They very carefully
investigated the matter and reported
that a trial was deemed necessary.
There was nothing of a
vandalizing nature charged by eith5i
Mrs. Mills or tVlr. Mills, the sole
.pecitication in the chargo being that
Mr. Mills had seperated from his
Mie, for other than the Scriptural
r.aKon. The above is in brief a fair
.tnteinent of the case."
Mr. Mills and his wife came to
>outh Carolina about four years ago
roni Kentucky. They are both
oung.
WRAPPED IN MYSTERY.
The Ihuly of n Young Uuly Found
Radly MutiLnted.
A special from Goderich, Ontario,
ays Elisabeth Anderson, aged 16.
egarded as one of the most beautiul
girls in the city, was found mur ered
Tuesday in a deserted house
n the outskirts of that city. Her
ather led a searching party, which
ound the body in a dark corner of
he cellar under a pile of clothing,
ier throat was cut from ear to ear
nd the body was horribly mutilated.
!he disappeared Sunday, after being
een in conversation with a stranger.
Will Decide Today.
Commissioner Watson is in Washngton,
conferring with the President
s to his acceptance of his recent aplointment.
He will decide today.
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CENSUS REPORT
Of Deaths by Suicide, Henicide ud Ac
cideats far Last Tear.
FACTS THAT STARTLE.
The Statistics Tlmt Are Published
for the Registration Area as Compiled
by the ureau Shold Set
All of I'h to Thinking and IIinitio;*
for the Cause.
External causes, other than suicide,
were responsible for 4 7.135 of
the deaths reported for the census
registration area of 1909, It is stated
in the Census Bureau's annual
bulletin on mortality statistics for
19 09, now In press. The death rate
declined from 97.9 to 96.7 per 100,000
estimated population.
The total number of deaths from
homicide, as reported for 1909, was
2,854, a decrease of 149 from the
num'ber compiled for 1908. Not all
deaths from homicide are specitled.
so that the total number that actually
occurred would be in excess of
that compiled.
The increase in the death rate, 5.9,
from this cause for 1909 over the
annual average rate. 2.9, for the liveyear
period 1901-1905, is probably
duo largely to greaier precision in
the returns in this respect.
Among the causes of accidental
1 deaths, in the order of numerical
importance for the year 1909, were
the following:
| Railroad accidents and injuries.
| 6,659; drowning, 4,558; burns and
scalds, 3,992; injuries at bir?h, hereafter
to he classified under diseases
of early infancy, 3,508; injuries by
horses and vehicles, 2,152, not including
injuries by street cars, 1,723,
and automobile accidents and
injuries 632; inhalation of poisonous
gases, including conflagration,
1,837; other accidental poisoning, 1,779;
accidental gunshot wounds
944; heat and sunstroke, 816; cold
and freezing, 251; lightning, 150.
There were 1,174 fatal injuries uy
machinery, chiefly In factories, hut
the large number, 10,108, of accidental
traumatisms of unspecified nature
makes it necessary to consider
many of the figures given abov* as
only minimal, and it is Important
that the means of injury be specified
in all returns of death from accidental
violence.
The sliirhf nn mprlcnl lrrp?ni? ' ?
the deaths, 8,402 from suicide registered
for 1909 over the number, 8,332,
for 1908 is less than the relative
increase of the estimated population
of the registration area, so
that the death rate decreased from
18.5 to 17.2 per 100,000 population.
The most common means of suicldo
for the year was poison, 2,464, followed
by firearms, 2,395; hanging,
1,215; asphyxia, chiefly by illuminating
gas, 9S9; cutting instruments,
536; drowning, 507; jumping from
high places 156; crushing 84; and
other or unspecified means 58.
Undoubtedly many deaths from
suicide fail to be reported so that
they can be compiled under this
head, but the increasing precision or
statement of the natrue of the deatli
in cases of deaths from violent vauses
renders the statistics more accurate
from year to year and thus accounts
for some of the apparent increase
in the death rate from suicide.
WHY S1IK WANTED TO DIE.
Young Woman Scores Certain New
York Men She Met.
Miss Vera Fitch, the young Caltfornian
who shot herself in the tin.
tel Astor, in New York on August
29, has given her reasons in an unusual
interview. She said she hoped
for reincarnation in a more moral
world. The case has been surrounded
by much mystery. The young wotuan's
relatives have refused to ad
mit her indentity and the only hint
of her motive was gleaned from a
letter to her mother, in which she
wrote:
"The fourth estate has proven too
strong for me. It is really deplorable
that a girl cannot succeed honorably
in New York. In some things
I might have succeeded had I acceded
to the wishes of men, cultured
usually, moneyed usually, but
minus morals. Death is preferable."
It was known that she had literary
ambitions. Lying in the hospital,
where she is convalescing, MIsf
Fitch said: "I dreamed of a better
day when such men could be unknown.
When the world would have
Ann ni Are 1 of n o/l n e/1 ?
u..u ?.w. 1*1 Dinuuniu iUI UUIU men
and women. In the belief, I might
live again in that purer time, I tried
to kill myself." Miss Fitch w.ib
born in Oakland, California, twentyfour
years ago.
How Over a Dog.
A i tho result of a quarrel at Perryvllle,
Ark., over a dog, Dub Thurinan,
aged 18, died Tuesday night,
and Hob Owen, aged twenty. Is charged
with the killing. Thurman was
fatally stabbed on Saturday night In
a fight which followed Owen throwing
a rock at the former's dog.
RAILWAY REGULATION.
TIIK NEW YORK TIMES MAKES
SOME COMMENTS ON IT.
It Snjs Even the Misfortune ol lirRailways
Were Imputed to Tlieni
For h Fault.
In discussing the railway regulation
the New York Times su.s "although
there was little novelty in
the railway's presentation of their
case for the advance of their rates,
there was much that was novel in
the shipper's contentions. In Chicago
it wa3 testified by one railway
that forty million dollars of earnings
had been put hack into the
M
property. In this city it was testified
that some thirty-five millions of
dollars of earnings had been expended
upon the new Pennsylvania terminal.
This was in accord with the
formerly approved rule of practice
by the best roads?"a dollar for
dividends and a dollar for betterments.
It was this principle of
plowing the earnings back into the
property which has kept down the
capitalization of American railways,
at the same time that their rates
have not risen with other prices for
services and goods.
"On this formerly approved principle
the shippers' counsel joined issue,
taking their cue, it must be admitted.
from certain rulings of the
Inter-State Commerce Coin mission.
These improvements made from earnings
were regarded as grievances,
and in themselves as proof of extortion.
It was asserted as a right that
the roads should reduce their rates
by whatever sums of earnings they
have been accustomed to devote to
improvements. Even the misfortunes
of the railways were imputed to
them for a fault. For example, it
was alleged that because one road
had lost large sums by equipment
frauds, and had prospered nevertheless,
therefore it had oversharged by
the amount it had lost by embezzlement,
and should be held to reduce
its rates by the amount of its losses.
The broad prosit ion of those
assuming to act for the general public
is that the railways should lie
allowed to charge no more than
would jus? prevent their setting up
a defense of confiscation. And, in
estimating their permissible income
the railways are held by these
spokesmen to be entiled to no more
than a reasonable income upon too
amount of their own funds which
iney imve aovoien to me puonc use.
"These gentlemen seem in some
danger of winning a battle and losing
a campaign. it is conceivable
that they may prevent an advance
in rates, and come to regret the consequent
lack of vitaity in the railways.
American railways are far
from having attained their growth.
They are in heed not only of income
enough to sustain their life, but to
stimulate their growth. There is a
certain justice In haveing the funds
necessary for their growth contributed
by those whose patronage of
the railroads is a source of prolit,
rather than by the general public
whose gain front the railways is less
direct. If the railways are held to
capitalize their betterments, and
must borrow the money, interest
must be paid on the money borrowed,
and the rates niUBt be adequate
to pay the Interest and provide a
sinking fund for the extinguishment
of the debt. As interest and sinking
fund must come from earnings,
it would seem to come to the same
thing in the end.
"Whatever the merit of this argument
on either side, it is plain that
a new light is thrown upon what <s
thought to be regulation of rates.
Heretofore It has been thought that
the function of government was
merely to assume that rates were
reasonable and just, that Is, neither
extortionate nor discriminatory, toward
either persons or nlaces. if the
position assumed on behalf of tinshippers
is sustained there is no detail
of the management of the railways
too trivial for examination and
control. It is not enough for the
railways to sustain their claim that
they need more money. They cannot
justify on totals, but nust prove
in detail just how much they want
for terminals, just how much they
want for wages, how much for interest,
and so on inedflnitely.
"The railways plead that they
cannot do it, and that nobody could.
However that may be, it is evident
that the success of the contention
would establish a new definition of
railway regulation, and one not in
accord with the present law.
SHOT I1Y GUN TRAP.
Which Ho Had Set to Shoot Expected
Burglars.
J. B. Beasley, a prominent merchant
and postmaster of Kockport,
Mi8S., met death in a peculiar manner
Monday. Several weeks ago
burglars robbed Beasley's ptoro, and
the postotllce. In expectation of another
visit from the burglars Beasley
had set a loaded shot gun so that
when tho door wns opened the gun
would be discharged. Forgetting the
trap ho had laid. Beasley attempted
to enter the store and tho gun was
discharged, killing him almost instantly.
. ' .1
TEDDY VICTOR
Ckaaea Temporary Chair man Orcr YicePresideat
Shernaa.
RESULT NO SURPRISE
D?nipl?'tP Rout of the "Old (tunr*)"
by "ProgTM8lv?'ti," I"tuier l^'odfrship
of the Formrr Pwsident, atNew
York lli'pulilinin State Convention
at Saratoga hu sdny.
Teddy Roosevelt rode Tuesday to
victory at Saratoga, N. Y., defeating
Vice-President Sherman for temporary
chairman of *he Republican
State Convention anil bowling over
the "Old Ouard" in the first engage- ? -?nient
of a series of conflicts that
sure to come. Roosevelt was In.Yti"
element. /
lAfter he had named the member*
of tlie three important committee*
anil the Convention h?'', adjourned tc
meet Wednesday Roosevelt turned
to the newspaper men and remarked
:
"I said 'frazzle,' you may quote ret*
on that."
At Troy on 'Monday the formtp
President said he would beat his opponents
to a ."frazzle."
There were 1,01 l votes cast in tbe
Convention, of which Roosevelt received
5 08 anil Vice President Sherman
received 4 13, this electing the
leader of the "progressives" by a
majority of 1115.
Roosevelt did not vote. Sherman
voted for John Doe and two of the
New York County delegates did net
respond when llu-ir nam* s wore called.
The vote as officially announced at
the Convention gave Roosevelt 607
and Sherman 4 4 5, but an error in
the count was discovered that nigWt.
Roosevelt spoke feelingly, saying,
that the laws passed reflect high
credit "upon all who succeeded in
putting them in their present shape
upon the statute hook; they represent
an earnest effort of the achievement
which is yet to come, and the
beneficence and far-reaching impor
tance of this work done tor the who'i*
oeonle measures the credit which >?
rightly due to the Congress and to
our ahle, upright and disinterested
President Wm. Howard Taft."
The spectators and many of the
delegates warmly applauded the declaration
of Roosevelt for a direot
primary plank.
Roosevelt bitterly assailed tbo
"bosses." declaring that "the difference
between a 'boss' drives. Tb*?
difference 1b that the leader holde
his place by firing the conscience and
appealing to the reason of his followers
and that the 'boss' holds bis
place by crooked and underhand
mamuplation."
Thunders of applause greeted the
Colonel as he was escorted to the
Speaker's stand by Vice President
Sherman and Cornelius V. Collins,
and it was some time before he couldproceed
with his speech. Thanking
the delegates for the honor that they
had conferred on him, he caused the
greatest enthusiasm when he said:
"You shall not have cause now or
hereafter to regret what you ha^e
done."
It was a day of oratory; it was a
day of bitter and acrimonious speech.
With the opening of the Convention,
State Chairman Woodruff defined the
position of the "Old Guard" and announced
that Sherman had been selected
for temporary chairman.
And then the real tight wai on.
Col. Abraham Gruber, of New York
City, had been selected to fire lh?
verbal shot of the "Old Guard," and
his speech attacking the former ^resident,
which was a bitter arraign
jtnent of him, was often broken and
drowned by hisses and jeers.
AITOMOIHLE CACHES RUNAWAY.
One of the Three Young Men in ^
Ruggy Fatally Hurt.
A sad accident occurred at Abbeville
on Sundav afternoon. Lew
Reid, a young man, died Monday
afternoon from injuries received ir?
the accident. Young Reid, with his
brother and Clift King, were in a
buggy driving down Trinity street
when their horge became frightened
at an automobile, .lust us they got
past the automobile the bridle brote
and as the horse bolted all three
young men jumped. Young Reid
fell and the back of his head si tuck
the curb. He lingered until Monday
afternoon but never regained consciousness.
??- m ?
Sent C'l> Ten Years..
The trial of Dr. W. L. Vestel at
fireensboro, N. C., for performing a
criminal operation on a young wo
in.hi ui 11 iK" t'oinr. w ncrc ho lived,
resulted in his conviction, and sentence
to the penitentiary at hard labor
for ten years.
Kills at PoMofllcc.
At Vernon, Texas., in the midst of
a throng waiting for tho Sunday mail
at tho postofflce Sunday morning, Dr.
A. P. Howard, a prominent physician,
shot and killed H. A. Burns. The
cause is not known. Dr. Howard
surrendered.