Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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si** THEY WILL MEET J CajKrs Issues Call far Republicans in tbe Slate ta Meet I m. ? | PARTY OF LILY WHITES Ma; Be Formed, jvn the National CoinmiMrrinnn Aisurra the RepobHrana and Near Republicans That They Will lie Welcome iu ' the New Party. i 1 The Washington correspondent of The State say6 John CI. Capers, fresh i from the Republican gatherinng in 1 New York on Saturday night, as 1 national committeeman for South 4 Carolina mailed out on Wednesday the following letter to over 100 men I in various parts of South Carolina, I in the effort to found a new Kepubli- i can organization in that State: i "Greenville, Oct. 5 ,1910. i "Dear Sir: It will be establishca. < when the next Republican na- < tional convention meets thit I there is no Republican organlza- I tlon In the State of South Ca-oluu ? at this time. Any organization, through a State central coml'lee. 1 or a State executive committee, which 1 may have existed, has now ceased to i exist and the necessity for party re- I organization is apparent. t "Where no party organization exists in a newly created State of the Cnion, or where a party organization has ceased, under the party law, to perform its functions the Republi con national committee re'-ignizes what is called the mass meeting plan, for organization or reorgaau ration as the case may be. 'No such n))i ,ut ' has existed to improve the personnel of the Republican party In 3 . Carolina since the Philadelphia .:ooventIon of 1900, at ~'hlc,- McKinley was renominated wltbou opposition and st that time the opy^riuut'y was not t&ken i.' ct "Under the circumstances, made Iosstb?c only by recent de?e ments, I feel c mi duty, in spli of a strong personal desire to refrain from further political effort, to ad vise our people o* this opportunity to organize in 3outh "arolinu a .-e- j spectacle, militant opposition party with some promise for a discussio.i t hereafter of party issues and ones- j lions of government, rather than a t continuance of the one put/ pian where the campaigns are confined t solely to a discussion of the n.'itT.s t or demerits of the candidates then.- , selves} frequently accompanied by f violent personal attacks of mouth and muscle. " "Therefore, as the member of tl"? t national Republican committee for our State, I write you to say that after full consultation with personal friends and due notice you will t please cause to be assembled at your county ceat at 12 o'clock Wedncs- d day, October 26, a meeting of mou in sympathy of the national Repubh- s can party, and from such a nieei- j ing elect delegates, and an equal , number of alternates (the number , allowed your county by law), said a delegates to meet in convention at . the opera house In the city of Columbia at 11 o'clock Thursday morning, a October 27. for the purposes of par- t ty reorganiz-ation. "Those in your county who hav*> j participated recently In the Democratic primaries, the candidates be- i, Ing for purely local or State offices, . are entirely eligible to come as eand- ; i dates to the convention herein men- , tloned, if they are in sympathy with f the Republican party and its administration ot national nffairs, all ( of which are of intexeat to the whole f country and particularly at this t time to the South. t "Respectfully yours, ( (Signed) "John G. Capers. , "South Carolina Member Republican a National Committee." ? It is understood that the Republican national leaders are interested in , this movement and that an effort ( will be made to build up a white Rcpublican party in South Carolina in time to participate in the campaign | of 1912. ATTEMPT AT MURDER. C A Chinaman Wanted to Shoot the e v CTiinese Prince. v An attempt hy George Fong to kill r Prince Tsai Sunn, uncle of the emperor of China, at San Francisco, as he stepped from an overland train at ( thA OflUliinrl mnlo half an Knur hn. for? boarding the liner Chlyo for the . return trip to China, was frustrated ( by Harry Hoftltt, a aecret service op- j eratlve, and Detectlvo Sergeant Geo. McMahon. They sioaed Fond, a mom- Q her of the Young China asRociatlon, ^ as he wa? about to draw a revolver to flre on the royal fisitor. I Cow About n Dog. Near Cookevllle, Tenn., Payne 9 nurgeaa was shot and fatally wounded by Mrs. Kmaline Roman, nged 72. (| The ball passed through his body and he will die. The trouble grew out of an attempt of Burgess to kilt f( a dag belonging to Mrs. Roman ' V- ~ TAKES HIS OWN LIFE DKSPERA1K), A*TOK SHOf>TlNO OFF1CEKH, SHOOTS SELF'. Troop* C?U?l Out at Ocjtla, Fla., to KHQPd?y? ~~~ - ? " ; ?. - r-.' i * v- '. A * A TREASURE SHIR. low the Centurion Captured a Co idLaden Spanish Vessel. Of the many incidents of AnnonV friat voyage round the world in the middle of the eighteenth century, non baa made a greater impression on the popular tu'm than the capture of tnv jreai trc.isuto ship Nuea.ra dennra de rfebadongi*. on April 20, 174U. l.t the the firsi p!a? e, t)>e value of the fi v *as enormous- in the second ?.'ie dn i between c.t Centurion an J t.ensur..rhip was a fine single-ship action ?nd In the third place, the victory ame at a time when Anson's fortunes =eem< d to t.e at a low ebb. when one lfsa#ier after another had reduced hit ap-.a droit tc? one ship, aud when sickness had reduced his gun's crews to Iwo men ea< h. The Nuestra Senora de Cabadonga. >r as it la also called, de Covaaonga. was a Measure slilp front Manila, commanded bj Don tJeroninio Montero, ind laden with specie aud uteivhunlise she was sighted at sunrise from he masiht ad of the Centurion, and daster Richard Walter. Anson s chap iuiu ?tiki Historian, lens us ttiut "a general joy spread through the wholt thip.'' Galleons nearly always cruised n couples, and it was supposed another must be near. The Centurion a. ?rce stood toward the Spaniard, aim Sefore 8 o'clock *her officers could set he eneniy from the deck. The firing >f a gun by the galleon was taken by \nson's men to be a consort to make iaste and rejoin, and "to amuse th? Dons" the Centurion herself tired a enn to leeward. But Don Geponlmo Vfontero had no consort, nor did h< iruler;ate the. prowess of his opponen. The Spaniards knew they were face to ace with Anson and he Centurion ?nd ;n?r were keen to fight. Through >ut the forenoon the two ships crept loser and closer together, till by mid iav only a league separated them Then the Nuestra Senora rie Caba tonga brought to under topsails, witl ler head to the northward, and at th op-gallant masthead the stundard o ipaln was flying. Anson was not slow to accept th? hallenge, and he laid his plans v.it) treat foresight. Into the tops he sen 10 picked men, the best small arm narksmeu in the ship. Mis broadside tuns were manned only with twe nen eac-ii, and to them he gave in it ructions to do nothing hut load theii tun. The rest of the men were dividei nto gangs of 11!, with orders to mov< ip Rnd down the battery for the son turpose of running out and tiring tb? funs as they were loaded. It was ai inconventioual way of fight lug; con inuous independent fire was the la^ hing the Spaniards expected, and Jhrew them into as much confusion s utd in*- iiiiui!<t?r winch meriook heni within a few minutes of th< >penlng of the fight. A mass of inais tnH huwntAALu So #1%-- -"> - ? u ? u IV in me uciuii.^ <>i ill jaUeon caught fire, burning tiercel ltd blazing up nearly us high as the <iiz/.?n top. The two ships were pra< i< ally within pistol shot, and it was o. ...? H-.uwaus trout ?i.e v? tr'on which started the blaze. To .v., -nodvps front the danger was to light task, and it took the Spanlt ihoc to cut the netting-> tway and tumble the flaming mass verooard. aim in the ineanw.irie on's marksmen in the tops were subeeting the galleon's upper decks to an ncer.-ant tusilude. Walter describehe effect as "prodigious havoc," ac t idds that the marksmen succeeded in killing or woundiug every olHeer but >nc tliat appeared on the quarter deei ind wounding in particular the genrai of tiie galleon himself." Tin* fight raged in lor two hours to son changing lroiu round shout to ;rape in the second part ot the or gagement with deadly effect. Tinhips wre so near that some of ti ipanioh officers were seen rnnnlii ibout with much assiduity to proven he desertion of their men from then luarters, but all their endeavors wen n vain. After having aa a last ITo.. lied five or six guns "with more udgment than usual." they yielded up he content; and the galleon's colonicing burned off the ensign staff at he beginning of the engagement, she truck the atandard at her main top ;a)lant masthead. The Centurion did iot escape undamaged; at the moment he galleon struck Anson was tnformet piietly that bis ship was ou lire neai ?.e powder room. Hp received the lows with apparent emotion, and tak ng care not to alarm his people, gave be ncceseary orders for extinguishing he fire. The specie in the Nucstra Senora dt l&badonga include'* 1.313.843 pieces o ight, and 3S.G82 ounces of virgin sil er. and the total value of the prize iras assessed at ?313,0ot). And in this onnection it is interesting to not< hat two other Spanish treasure shlp^ aptured by English commanders bor? tames similar to that of Anson's prize | "here waa the Nuestra Senora del losnrian, which Drake took, "and in t great tiooty." from that most huugh y of Spanish seamen, Don Pedro loi temedios. which was taken very richlv Biden by the Royal Family privateei fT Cai>e St. Mary's three years aftei inson's great capture.?J.ondon Globe The man without a purpose Is liU< Virtues of the Dog, The dog Is a noble animal, compared /ith man, because he never borrows our money to spend on midnight sup ers for chorus girls, and because II e did he would pay you back, insteac f Llnck-guarding you to your frlendi or a skiiiilint---New Ycrk Press. C?plurr William Summer! in, Wlto is 'Urricwlwl in His Houm>. After fatally wounding I>epuiy Sheriff Hudson and ex-Sheriff Gordon at hie home in the suburbs of Ocala. Fla., Wiliatn Surumerliu placed the muzzle of a Winchester rifle in bis mouth and blew his | head off. For three hours Summerlin was barricaded in his house, where ue successfully resi-lted the efforts ot the police department and sheriff's and sheriff's deputies to arrest him. Firing on every one in sight. it * as finally decided by the officers o all out the Ocala Rifles and su round the house. This was done and shortly after nightfall the cordon closed in. the 'oor was broken down and Summer* lin's body was found lying on ?h?ioor with half his head blown off. Early in the afternoon Deputy Sheriff Hudson went to Suromerlin s 'tome to serve a warrant for some ninor offense. Sum merlin warned officer not to come into his ya ?nd when Hudson started in he was shot down Ex-Sheriff Gordon.near ng the shot, went to the assistance f tludeou. While bending over the ,iro?tra?e form of the deputy. Gordon was Riot lown. the bullet inflicting a fa'ul vonnd. Seeing the two men lying .irostrate, Surnmerlin left the house and secured the riffle carried by >eputy Hudson. narrica<iing himself, he offered itubborn resistance to all who aiempt his arrest. A large crowd quickly gathered tround the house, keeping a safe listance, as Surnmerlin tired at ev ry one in sight. A guard wat hrown up around the house am several volleys were poured into it novement was made to capture shortly after nightfall a concerted surnmerlin. A rush was made for he door. It was quickly hatteied n. Inside the body 01 Surnmerlin vag found weltering in a pool of lis own blood. He had placed Ahe nuzzle of the rifle in his mouth and I red. The two wounded officers were nirried to a local hospital, where an examination was made and their onditlon announced as critical. <X?TTON CIU>1? Slit HIT. smaller Than the (Yop .Made and Gathered lautt Year. According to the figures issued b> he census bureau of the cotton sinted this season, which is published ?n the first page of this issue, it ap>ears that up to September 25 there vas a shortage of 285.939 bales, as ompnred with last year. And last ear. it should lie remembered, was short crop \ear. The total numhes of bales ginned his season was 2,302,21 1, so the hortage is more than one-tenth. If he same ratio should hold good the emainder of the season it would rean th;it the crop this year will fall hort about a million hales below ast year's crop. And this seems to be just about vhat is to l?e expeeted. The last tovernment report on the coiulition <f the growing crop also shows a reat deterioration. So, while there s already a shortage of ten per cent, n the cotton picked up to the -presnt, an equal shortage is indicated n the portion of the crop that rename to be picked. A shortage is reported from all he states except Texas and Tennesee. The Texas crop last year was ar below the normal, and even the tains made this yeur still leave it >elow an avesage crop. The shortage in all the other states shows that in yield, compared with last year. ?hey will lose more than Texas gains. 80 by the first actual figures, says he Augusta Herald, in regard 0 the cotton orop the oertainty is presents '. d that the yield this year's. This neans that cotton will be cotton be'ore this time next year. lierbblATEH HKAK8TB BAIUiAIN To Sell Ont the Independence la-ague To T*thly. A dispatch from New York Bays ontrary to the wishes of Clarence I. Shoarn, one of W. R. Hearst's hlef lieutenants and fuglemen, the Independence I^eaguo in session 'a that city voted early Wednesday morning to put a straight ticket in the field and not to endorse the Re>ut>lican ticket, as had been proposed. The vote was 212 In la* or of i straight ticket, as against 24 for an endorsement of the Republicans. It is officially announced that the independence I/eaguo will nominate lohn J. Hopper for Governor, Wm R. Hearst, for Lieutenant Governor. Tho common report is thnt Heart j had promised the support of the Independence League to the ticket put in the field by Roosevelt, but It looks as if the old turn coat will f'll to deliver the goods this time EDITOR SYMBOL OF RACEADVANCE Arrived In America Thirty-five Years Ago From Tyrol. ; TH0U6HT LOCOMOTIVE DEVIL j Oklehoman C?litv?i Hia Cir??r Typi- j fie* Progress ot "ilsn In Last 400 \ I Years and Is Proud of Fortunes He Has Won and Lost During His Life In the Unitud States. John (iololilp of < I ill hrte, Okta.. who I Is proprietor of the Oklahoma State ! Rpgktpr. en mo to New York not only i to see Colonel Roosevelt, hut to see Castle Garden again after thirty flve years. Mr. Goloble was just ten years old when lie saw It the tlrst and last time, and he has mostly forgot ten what language he spoke then. Ills English Is perfect. Mr. Goloble saltl that his life epito mires the history of civil Ira tiou and i progress In tl.e world the last four centuries. '"I don't know." said Mr. Goloble, "whether 1 was Ihiiii a l>nlinatlaii. a Croatian, an iMrian or what, hut I do 1 know that I ennie from a Utile district in the Austrian Tyrol, and I was only ten years old when I left. They had Just heard of this country In that part of the world I know the Idea there about was that the earth was flat and square and on wlieela. and they usis! to say In our village whenever we would feel the Jar of an earthquake of whb h the full force was being f?'lt In Italy, "Oh, that is one of the earth's wheels Jolting oi cr a atone.* "They did not have locomotives In that part of the world then. There was talk of a railroad being built, hut the people of our village opposed It on the ground that anything driven by Are and smoke must perforce be by the machination of the devil. I was a victim of primogeniture, and my mother had saved up to give uie a chance In the world. When abe heard of America she determined to send me here, and I caine alone, except that a German woman who spoke a little of my language took me in charge on the Journey. "I know that In Gastle Garden they shot us up the wrong ehute and put us In with n hunch of people whose language we did not speak In fact. I never found anybody that did I was a year anil a half learning enough English to get along with, and I was I by turns a dry nurse, a woodehopper ' and as I got a little older a shoemaker. "When the Wichita booni came along I. who had gone flrst Into Insurance and then Into real estate In Kansas, made in about six months. I reinvested it again and lost It all. Then 1 took Jo writing Considering J hut 1 sprung from darkness like Jh?t of the middle ages. I elalm that my career about typifies the progress of uihii Id the last too years." $40,000 PRIMARY A PHANTOM Congressmen Fear Sibley Will Cause National Publicrty Bill. Congressmen in Washington. esj>eclally I hose who do not want to pass a publicity Mil for campaign receipts and expenditures, were talking to dark corners alxjnt the expenditure of $40.000 by ex Representative Joseph C. Sibley. Iiero of the An-bbold letter episode, who lias just defeated bis successor. Representative Wheeler, for the Republican uoiniuation for congress In the Twenty eighth Pennsylvania distrb-t. Inasmuch as Mr. Rlbley's total remuneration. counting all iienpilsites to his office. If re-b-ctcd to congress, will be only ntsmt $1ft.A00 In two years. It Is difficult to understand why he wants to go back to Washington when his primary nomination alone stands him a dead loss of $22,000 and he has yet to l>e elected, wait more tliun a year before taking his seat mid then live two years after that. One answer Is contained In Mr. Sibley's complaint about the criticism leveled against his extravagance. The gist of bis argument is: "1 have plenty of money. and I want to go back to comrress. Whv ?lmn)Hn't I i r BERLIN HAS A NEW MIDGET. PrlnM Atom Is Two F##t In Height, , but Smart. ( Wbnt Is alleged to be the smallest , midget ever exhibited Is now filling j an engageiuent at a vaudeville theater ( In Itcrlln under the nutne of Prince Atom. He la Just over two feet tall, his height being about the same as the diameter of a phonograph horn. His parents were of normal size. He Is ' normal In his proportions, and his 1 mind la well developed He is also < good naturod. and he loves to eliat 1 with the children who flock to see him < perform athletic feats and swing the i dumbbells. 1 America Heads Philippine Exports. ? Manila, Iloilo and Cebu arc the chief Importing and exporting Philippine portR. Manila leading, followed by Oebn. Tlie I'nited States leads nil other countries In both Imports and exports. In Imports the order Is. principally. United States. tJreat Itrltaln, French Fast Indies trleei. China. A us- * trnliisia. tjerinauy. Japan. Spnln, France RrU1?h Fa?? Indies nml Hong' ** '? v ' " COHON IS KING VALVE OF COTTON LANDS AltE llOl Nl> TO ENHANCE. Mr. Jiui. 1'. Jack-.on, of Aucustn, fin., Is Wry Optimistic ItrcurttiiiK Outlook for the South. The Augusta Herald says Vice President Jas. l\ Jackson, of the local and internrban electric railway system, who is just back troin a trip to N'l'Vi Vnrb "' * -* * -- , n><T^O ?"l?V <1 llll'MI l?[|limistic statemeut regarding the futuie of the South. Mr. Jaekson says that the wealthy men of Wall Street are turning their attention toward the South and cotton growing one one New Yorker has recenly purchased nt?ut 10.000 aeres of Georgia land on which to grow cotton. Mr Jackson savp that he has talked with a large number of financiers in New York and they agree that the South is the coming portion of the country and they have tuned their attention to this section. The West was overated, according to the statements of leading men in New York, and the South will develop in the near future in greuler proportions and much more rapidly than did the West. Mr. Jacksn says that the belief tn Gotham that there will !>e no more 10 cents cotton is fixed and the genoral belief seems to he that 20 cents w ill soon he reached and one prominent New Yorker says that it0 and 4't cents will be seen iu the uot far distant future. 1'eoplo who own Southern lands have fortunes in their very hands, said Mr. Jackson, and cotton will so rapidly enhance in value in the near future that the lands will be more valuable than ever before. I understand that the average number of bushels of wheat that eau be produced per acre in the West is 12, and the price of one dollar per bushel Is usually secured, making the income from an acre just a dozen dollars. In the South where land Is well cultivated and highly fertilized we make a bale of cotton to the acre, get $7.r? for the staple and from 4b and it0 cents per bushel for the seed. The Northern people are beginning to realize more and more whnl a wonderful country is the South and the production of cotton is going to increase and the price will increase because the world is rapidly growing aiul ninctv ner tent nt th? of the world use cotton in some way. Cotton is indeed king. UltKAKH HIM NECK. Mho Is Killed by Falling From Gin House Platform. W. Oeee Hurrls, a well known young farmer of Anderson county, was instantly killed, about 10 o'clock Wednesday at his hoine by falling from a platform at his g.n house. His neck was broken and he lived only a short time after striking the ground. With his brother, Erie Burris, the unfortunate young man was in doing eorpe rernir worl: Ot. .I.l cotton pivc>w uI tile gin, v.utii In lost his tooting. i? some w.y, at..i f? II hick ward to tne ground, tils In 1.1 striking tit si. Mr. Harris was years of age and unmarried. ?ie is survived l y lhr* e brothers ami two si: u Tt ail of Anderson county. ? *c? ; a sister, Mrs. Woods, who : sides in < leorgia. SEVENTY I'EltSONS I'KIUMI Steamer Sinks at Sen From an Explosion o? Ih ili-M. Seventy persons perished when the P. fie Steam Navigation stean er Clnri tue plunged to tne bottom of the Pacific, ocean following the explosion of Ler boilers miles from Pana ma, according to advices re ........ v "u'h i iiursaay T\?- was being driven undr high pressure in the endeavor to make up lust time. the report ^u^a, when ber boilers burstcd. It was t in the afternoon of Sept*.ml. r '11. and 'he vessel wns making top >. i through a.calm sea, when v.! ' nut warning, a terriflc explosion biuMik h* r fiom stem to ht?><i. hulling everything movable about the ik .Its. Itesult of lUcp Mixing. As a result of rare antagonism at [he Doolittle school, Chicago, Ixniis Brawnweln, aged six Is at home suffsrlng from stab wounds, alleged to save been indicted by a ten year >1*1 'olored boy. Feeling at the school *! vvuw. iiM'iuii UfSU a UUIUI 'I aoy beat a white lad. The whi: Soya are said to have banded together to drive out the negroes. Negro llanditM Killed. At Huntsville, Ala., Joe and Kd Chandler, negro highwaymen were tilled, and Ed IJlack, a third member of the gung, wan mortally wound- j id, early Sunday morning by Shorff Mitchell and aquad of dcputlcR. The negroes have been terrorizing lections of tho town for severul weekB. - ' * * HEAVY RAINS In tkc Middle West Cause D<s?lati?D aud* Great Money Lass MANY HOMES FLOODED Tlir Southern KaihtH) Trucks WVco Washed Away.? People Driven From Tlioir Homes.?lielief ilitions Organi/AMl.? IWxsmcss Km terpi ises in 'iansrr. A dispatch fri?n> Louisville, l< v , says the downpour of rain whi?h soaked Kentucky, Ohio and Souther ? Indiana during las Tuesday ??. 1 Wednesday, continued on Thursday in many sections of tin above untvoi. States and has extended southward into Tennessee, Arkan-;.' and Mi.-si?I sippl. The Ohio is rising rapidly fr nj Cincinnati down, owing 'o the tloo i * being poured in by the Licking an t Kentucky rivers. Railroad traffic is several sections of the South is hampered owing to washout, and thgro has been considerable damage t<> farm lands. Two trains run into washouts in Southern Indiana ami Western Kentucky, but there was uo loss of life. All lowlands in the vicinity of Louisville have been submerged for twenty-four hours and 'here has been great delay to in tor urban and city railway traffic. Among the heavy rainfalls reported in the South in the past 2 4 hours are: Covington, Tenn., s 40; Galveston. Tex., 6.GO; Petersburg, Tenn, fi.20; Newport, Ark., 6.08; Brown?*Wlle, Tenn., 6; Milan, Tenn., 6.2d; Paducah, Ky., !i; Wynne, Ark., 4.GO; Louisville, Ky., 4.Ti4. On*- hundred home? are reported submerged near Boonville, Ind., and their inhabitants forced to seek sh ?iter on higher ground. Relief expeditions are being organized to aid the destitute families. Enterprise and Eureukn, in Spencer county, Indiana, are completely submerged and Bullock nod Dayville are almost inundated. Hundreds of bridges have bo-n swept away and the rural mail carriers are only able to make a portion of their routes. These carriers report that they were unable to find roads of any kind and that they faced a raging sea which was sweeping everything before it. Many of the carriers had miraculous escapes. The tracks of the Southern railway between Evansville and Boonville, a distance of 1 1 miles have been washed away. The interurban lines ) u) t tt'OOin ^nonoolll.. 1 * * mi itiiu nocKpuri, also Evansville and lloonville, have suspended operations. All along the line of the Southern railway in Southern Indiana washouts are being reported Reports hav bee nreceived from Jasper thit three washouts have tied up thn Louisville and Nashville division of the lluttingburg and EvansvilK branch. From Tell City, Ind., reports ha^e been received thai the river is rising rapidly and theatens to flood the business houses along the river. Residents of Scutltetown, Kv.r have been forced to abandon their homes and cross the river to Newburg which is located on the bluff. A report from llazleton. lud., sa}9 that the White river is rising rapidly and that many homes are flooded ar.d thousands of acres of unharvested corn have been swept away. The total damage for St. Ixmts will exceed $1,000,000. Train No. 14f? for St. Louis, leaving Louisville. Henderson and Sr. Louis route Thursday night ran into a landslide a few miles east of llawesville, Ky., but was flagged before any serious damage was done. The train with ail its passengers was compelled to back to Cloverport. Jt has been raining at Owensboro for 4 8 hours und records show a downfall of seven inches, which is the heaviest in the history of the city. Kvrrv uf rnnm *? i* 1~ ? ? Mv. v?au III ? ? Ml rru ivivrr district was out of its banks ami rain was still falling in torrents at midnight Thursday. vol Nt; IjAIIY VI itk sick. Prostr?t4Ml Since tlie iS'utli of Her Young lieaii. MIrr Marie Weaver, fiance of Paul Williams, who was killed by negro robbers on the Hagenbeck-Wallaee circus train between Columbia and Augusta, is still prostrated with grief on tlie tragic death of Mr. Williams. Miss Weaver is confined to her bed. She is literally heartbroken over the affair and even her dearest friends are unable to console her. Her parents have returned from Columbia, where they attended the funeral of Mr. Williams, who was a highly esteemed railroad clerk, recently promoted for his Industry and eflikciency. The wedding was to have inacii iinii.i: m inu ovar iiiiuro, an arrangements having been ma le. Mis* Weaver may not recover from tli? nervous shock for some days. Her condition, while causing anxiety, >a not likely to become critical.