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I I " I /found in harel Ilka Oat by Friend and Cane to This Coaotry Bat May Retain I ARABIAN NIGHTS TALE Beautiful Young Greek Widow la Being Held at Kills Inland, New jMa York Qtjr, With the Friend Who Rescued Her From ller HI*very in Duuuciu. The Immigration authorities at , h?w Torlc are In an awkward poslUcb as to the course to be pursued in the case of a Greek girl of unusual toiauty now a prisoner on Ellis Island. With her Is a man who says he 1b her protector and guardian, nethlng more. The girl is Marie Hwpila. According to the story of her counts, Mrs. Haflfl Hebella. wife of a merchant, who lives at No. 178 Attsatlc avenue, Brooklyn, this young woman is a refugee from a harem, ta which she was held a prisoner aloe years. The man with her, Antsnlo Jshara, a fellow countryman nwd long time admirer of the girl, helped her to escape from the harem. Marie Hoplla and Jahara admitted the Immigration authorities that they are not married, but they contended that under the unusual conditions of the girl's flight her companion from motives of friendship cosld do nothing else than escort her who had been the slave of a Pasha wsfely to America. The two arrived on the American 1'ner New York on Sunday. Ellis leiand is now investigating the case. Mrs. Hebella. the Brooklyn cousin of tti? girl, in a letter to Commissioner h'iUlams set forth the romance of the Greek girl. Marie Hoplla, the letter says. as married according to the custom ot her people when thirteen years old. Shortly after her marriage her husband died. The girl widow, skillful at needlework, then supportsfi herself by sewing. She was sit ung in rront or tne place wnere sue ltved in Damascus busy wifh her needle one day as a Pasha passed -that way. The Pasha was captivated by the t>?anty of the girl widow. First he attempted to woo her openly, but Marie did not like the Pasha, although he was rich and powerful. &he repulsed him, repelled all his advance* and ran away from him. y-' Hoi the Pasha was crafty. Deter' mined not to be baffled in his pursuit of the young beauty, he employed a woman to seek out Marie, gain her confidence and invite this girl to hie home to be employed as a needle woman. Having the child widow within his houae, the Pasha took her crclbly and put her in his harem. Marie Hoplla had a faithful friend tw Jahara, who had known her at the time of her marriage. He sough' her after her disappearance, kept up hie eearch for nine years, and at fust was informed by one of his servants that she was an Inmate of the kasha's harem. Jahara. disguised himself as a peddler, called at the Pasha's house, sol I k!e wares at a loss, led on the greedy Fasha to patronize him further, g.lined tho conldence of the Pasha's rvanta and after three or founr W'III.1* a nuuuoucu 111 t?UieriI15 IHO X aeha's harem, met Marie and <1 ufcK>y arranged with her a plan of ??s?ape. She la a communicant of the OTeek Church. She begged her lord, a* she had haen a prisoner for nine ywars, to allow her to attend church outside the harem. At last he coni ecnted. and In a month, guarded by k two slaves, the girl started for T ahnrch. On the way she broke from her attendants, joined Jahara and wl'b fcliu took a steamer from Damascus t?>r Marseilles, whence they made their amy to Southhampton, England. In Southhampton they com unnlcated with Mrs. Hel>ella and allowing her advice came to New Vcrk. Mrs. Hebella has appealed to the Commissioner of Immigration not to deport her cousin to 8onthompton Great Britain will surely send her l^ek to Damascus, where almost certsln death awaits her. </r|pui wnniipr i Kortiuic. An estate valued at more than $90,000, accumulated by an Italian with a hand organ and a monkey, la In the Hennepin County, Minn., Prv f?ate Court to be divided between eharlty and well-to-do relative#. The property Is that of John Zignego, who died Nov. 19 at the home of Jeeeph Zignego, a nephew. He was Inown to thousands only as "Monkey John." He Is One of Us. ? ' * H. C. Worthen, the new general ? superintendent of the Southern dlvilslon of the Western Union Telegraph t Company, la a Southerner by birth i and at the age of 34 has reached i cd? of the high positions in the telek graph service. He was bom In 8hel FIRST IN THE STATE CORN EXPOSITION NOW RKING HELD IN COLUMBIA. Marks of the Climax in the Pro duelinn P# Ihsl ValnaklA *? ? %-- ? ? vrvp til wic Southern Statc*. The South Atlantic Statee corn exhibition, which opened Tuesday morning, will be the first corn show held in the South and wtll mark an rra In the progress of this section, it Is expected that several thousand farmers will attend. The exposition will be educational as well as enterlolnlng. The finest collection of corn r:ver gathered together In the South will be on exhibition. Approximately $10,000 In pri7.ee will be given for the best corn exhibited. Quality and not quantity will be considered. In i-onnectlon with tbe exposition there Is a corn show, participated in by the members of the boys' corn clubs. This show will be under the direction of the United States farm demonstration work. The exposition will be educational la its nature, as well as entertaining. Several well known corn experts are present to deliver addresses on seed relectlon, corn judging and fertilization. The judging of corn will be especially stressed. The exposition Is the culmination of tho movement for production of corn In the South. The exposition fmphaslzes the fact that there has teen much corn produced in the South and that the quality has beeu :mproved. The federal census for this year shows the corn crop of the South to be 160.000,000 bushels greater than last year. A yield of approximately 50,000,000 bushels has been secured in South Carolina. This means that Trn will bo shipped from the State next year. The railroad men saythat shipment of corn from the West to South Carolina baa already fallen off materially. Many counties of this State will be represented by tho boys' corn dubs. There will be several hundred exhibits, which Insures the success of the exposition. It Is the purpose of those Interested In the exposition to make the corn show to the South 'ust what the national corn show has i^>en to the West. Prizes have been arranged for each county In South Carolina for the congressional districts In South Carolina, and for the three zones each in North Carolina and (leoreia <s U'Pnti- I ftakes will be offered for the b^at 10 earn of yellow com, prollc white corn, single ear variety white corn, single ear and bushel lots from all Slates. All these exhibits will come etogether in grand sweepstakes and grand champion smeepatake clasjer. In connection with the exposition thero will be a cooking school conducted by students of Wlnthrop college. Corn products will be prepared and served. The exposition will run to Friday, Inclusive. The rates tc Columbia have been very much reduced by the railroads and It Is hoped that many farmers and others will visit the exposition. TIUiMAN WILL NOT KKTIRR. Senator Will Ilohl T<'j{u I'ntll He CJocs to IIU Crave. "Retire!" exclaimed Senator T111r.ian. repeating an inquiry. "I shall not retire until they bury me; 1 have no idea of qutttlng the game," said Senator Tillman In Washington on Friday. The South Carolina Senator, who arrived in Washington Friday, was In his committee room at the Capitol and appeared to be as vigorous as he was before he wp3 stricken down by severe Illness during the i;t*i session or Congress. Mr. Tillman expects to remain four or five days only, however. He will return to hia homo this week. Lut counts upon coming hack to Washington early In January, when, he says the real buslneas of the session will begin. He said he felt tn good condition for work, hut would rot apply himself so assiduously as formerly. Mrs. Tillman, emphasized the last remark by declaring that she would keep him ns quiet as possible. "Yea." said the Senator, "she is l running the airship and I guess she will be able to k?*ep it pretty close to c arth." Senator Tillman attributes his restoration to health to the fact thut s>nce he got out of bed he has been V I- -< ... - ni.iun Liik Hiximon 10 me Diilldlnx of a big barn on his plantation. Ho said that the work benefited blm by giving him something to think about ( aides himself * Many Himiw liura About twenty horses were burned to death In a stable fire at Albemarle, N. C.. on Saturday morning before day. It la not known how the fire started but no doubt It caught from a cigar or cigarette, as It caught near the back where no atove was l.nrge Wheat Farmer. J N Kike of Colby, Thomaa county, Kansas, la probably the most xtenalve Individual grower of hard red winter wheat In the world, having harveBted nearly 14,000 acres of that grain In 1010. * jfciMir" THE STATE VOTE Die Important Constitutional Amendments Are All Passed. VERY SMALL VOTE CAST The Number of Votes Each State Officer and Congrewtmu Received ?Attorney-General Lyon Leads All the State Officers In the Number of Votes Received. The State board of canvassers, meeting Friday, officially declared the results of the general election, leld on November 8. The constitutional amendments proposed passed, including those to Increase the membership of the supreme court form fc ur to Ove members and to assess ahuttlng property for permanent Improvements In the cities of Columbia, Spartanburg, Greenville and the town of Manning. For govern<?, C. VV. Manning, a Socialist, received 70 votes, and C. L. Blease 1 0,739. The average cast for the >ther State officials was about 30,000. This Is below the average vote fcr general elections. The members of the State board are Comptroller General Jones, Attorney General Lyon. Adjutant General Boyd, State Treasurer Jennings, Secretary of State MeCown, and K. P. Smith of the election committee of the house. Vote for Officers. The following Is the vote for the State offices in the general election: Governor 30,739 Lieutenant governor 3 0,83 2 Secretary of state 30,925 Attorney general 30,934 S'ate treasurer 30,90V Comptroller general 30,874 Superintendent of education. 30,804 Adjutant general 30,881 Railroad commissioner. . . . 30,703 The largest vote cast In the general election was cast for Attorney General Lyon. For Congress. The nominees of the Democratic party for congress wore opposed In [four districts. Following la the vote: First District. George S. Legare 3,442 A. P. Prioleau 69 Fifth District. Wyatt Aiken 2.588 \V. D. Mann 2 Fourth District. J. T. Johnson 7,616 T. Brier 81 Seventh District. A F. L^ver 4,762 R. H. Richardson 214 The Amendment*. The vote on the amendments follows: Constitutional amendment to section 7. article 8. so that the limitations of said section and section 6 or article 10 shall not apply to the tcwn of Darlington. for the amendment 4,394 Against the amendment.. .. 2,741 Constitutional amendment to section 7. article 8, relating to municipal gonded indebtedness he amended so that the limitations Imposed b> snld section and by section 5 of art'cle 10 shall not apply to the towns et Aiken. Camden, Cheraw, Clinton. P.dgefleld nnd St. Matthews. k or the amendment 4,939 Against the amendment.. .. 3,130 Constitutional amendment to sec i'on v, article 8, so that the limitations Imposed by said section and by section f>, article 10. shall not apply to the city of Aiken. For the amendment 4,249 Against the amendment.. .. 2,092 Constitutional amendment to section 1. arMcle 8, ao that the limitations Imposed by said section and by section 5. article 10. shall not apply to the town of St. Matthews. For the amendment 4.484 Against tne amendment.. .. 2.F?i6 Constitutional amendment to sec!'ion 7. article 8, so that the limitations Imposed by said seetlon and by section 5 of article 10, shall not apply to the bonded Indebtednesa of any municipal corporation when the , roceeds of said bonds be applied solely and exclusively for the purI f h a f.e wrtohllahmo"* - ? * ?- ? .......uivui nun uimnien* anoe of waterworks plant. sewerage system or lighting plant. For the amendment 4.620 Against the amend men* . . .. 2,807 Constitutional amendment to section 12. article V*. relating to Associate Justices and decisions by the supreme court: J For the amendment ft,860 j Against the amendment.. .. 3,1 SO Conatltntlonal amendment to section 2, article V, changing the nuraj to fourber of associates Justices from | 3 to 4 and changing the term of ofI fire from eight to ten years: For the amendment 6.567 i Against the amendment.. .. 4,446 Constitutional amendment to article X hy adding as section 14 a section authorizing the corporate buthorltlea of Greenville, SpRrtanbnrg. Columbia and Manning to assess abutting property for street and s'dewalk Improvement. For the amendment 8.347 Against the amendment.. .. 3,142 Constitutional amendment to section 6, article X, permitting certain townonhlps In the counties of Greenvood aud Saluda to Issue bonds In ? BRYAN WARNS PARTY UK SEES NO PARTY UPBUILDING I1Y NEW LEADERS. Amerts that Class of Democrats Elected In November Are Representatives of ''Special Interests." In the Commoner W. J. Bryan crit'clses the New York World for Its I raise of the class of leaders elect ed in November, saying: "The bred of leaders whom men of intelligence can follow is. according to The World, that charac ter 01 men wnoee environment has in many cases made them believe, and in some cases caused them to pretend to believe, that only sane, progressle and cautiouB, according to the vintage of 1910, and the only bafe and sane, according to the vintage of 1904, government Is that dominated by the special interests. "The New York World way to rompleto rehabilitation of the Democratic party is indeed simple. The trail is indeed plainly blazed. It ii tho way the Democratic party looked v hen in 1 892 it marched through a slaughter-house to a bloody grave, as Henry Watterson put it. And the trail is the trail of 1904 plainly plazed by the New York World and other champions of a safe and sane Democrat. "What is the thiug the New York World calls Rryan Socialism from which in The World's view the party has been enianciapated? "Democrats will better understand the meaning of The World and its followers if they use the latest Democratic national platform as n calcium light in which to read the purpose of these organizers." In turn Mr. Rryan asks The World what changes it would make I In the last national platform; would it repeal the plank concerning trusts, change the railroad planks, oppose ropular election of Senators, favor t.lilp subsidy, and he concludes, "the fault is that when The World pleads for a sane, progressive and cautious Democrat it means just as it meant in 1904. a Democrat that holds the world of promise to the people's ear only to break it to thpir hope, a Democrat that represents special Interests rather limn moain ? - UilClt;&l5i a Democracy- that spells ruin to the Democratic party even as It spells privilege to Wall street." BUNI) TKJKKS OALOKR. Twenty Arrested in One Daj in the City of Goldxboro. One day last week a wholesale raid was made on blind tiger joints lu Goldsboro, N. C., and when the police court opened twenty tigers were cared In the city hall charged w'th selling whiskey. Many brands of different kinds of whiskey were displayed by four detectives, three ol them white and one a negro, who have been in the city for some time working on the caseB. Ten of the rases were tried, five going free and the other five bound over to bight' court. Counsel for the defendants made things rather unpleasant for the detectives w' He giving their evidence. " KILDEI) SIvTY-TWO SNAKES. t\ere Wound Tightly lu m Hall to Desist the Frost. At Cambridge, Mass., Peter Thral, a laborer employed at the pumping i-tatlon. Is a man of sober and orderly conduct, phlegmatic and of sturdy nnd well balanced physique. Hence bis interest was calmly zoologlc v hen ho unearthed snakes of various sizes wound tightly in a bah as he was digging a ]K>Kt hole at breshpond. Thral merely stood by. (runted the reptiles as they uorav 'lien, caned hla companion, Delevrs, to verify the count and then with hla aid despatched them. The squirming reptiles measured from six inches to three feet in length.* HTKANCKLY WAltNKI). Dream P?uhc? Men to Flee from Mine to Hafety. A dream has resulted in ths severe curtailment of the output of the Frederick coal mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, at Trinidad, Col., the output showing a decline of several hundred tons the last Aree days Juan Mestaa, a Mexican miner, dreamed a few nights ago that the mine blew up. He told the atory to his fellow workers and and In leas than an hour 150 men had quit' Pome have returned, but many of the more superstitious have thus far refused to take up their picks. Tlirpr Ihrowa in Itoj, A pleasure Mil on Jamlca bay r? suited in the drownina Friday ot three men. while a fourth waa react) ed tn a serious condition The dead men were all residents of Brooklyn They were drowned when their launch capsised off Rochaway point ' id of the (ireenwood and Faluda '.allroad company: or the amendment 4.900 Agalnat the Amendment.. ..2.957* \ IS LOCKED UP Miry Harris Held in Cmnectiea With the Laagferd Murder. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR The YoDBg Woman b Taken to OoIambi* and Put in the Penitentiary, Along With the Negro Who She Hay* Did the Killing In Her' Presence. Mary Harris. the 20-year-old Hampton County girl. who. since shortly after J. R. Langford'a body <vas found Tuesday morning week iiaa been held in the Hampton county jail, either as a witness or charged with having some connection with 1:1b murder, was carried to the pen- j Itentiary Sunday night. | The State says why the girl has been brought to the penitentiary could not be learned Sunday night. ! The officer who brough. her "did not *?nt to talk to newspapers" and nobody else seemed to know the icasoti why, and pe.chanco the officer from Hampton didn't know. The girl, when seen at the union rtatlon, seemed far from terrible A white Rweater, a?? apron and a hat with red ribbons on it, were the most Rtrlklng parts of her apparel, and she was trotting along behind the man who had her in charge, apparently perfectly willing to follow hie lend. Information from Hampton is that there is no rumor of violence there, and the frail slip of a girl does not seem to one able to break such a sturdy structure as the Hampton jail surely is. Itlchey Williams, the nerro Mary Harris accuses of committing the murder, is lodged at the ponltentlary, where he was carried Sunday night. The case involving the white girl and the negro who are now behind 1 the same stern walls at the State penitentiary is a most mysterious one. Tuesday morning J. R. Langford, a prosperous white farmer, left his home near Brunson to go to Ilopeep, a small station on the Seahoard Air Lino Railway, where he was sotting up a saw mill. He nev1 er reached the mill. He never returned home alive. His hands at the mill awaited him n vain, and when he did not put tn appearance, they went to his home ' to find out what they should do. Night came on and as Mr. Langford uld not return home his wife bei ame alarmed and a searching party i was organised. After some hours of search his horse and buggy were found beside the road, the horse bo ng securely tied. A short distance from the roadside Jim Hangford was found dead, his body lying on 1 h!s buggy robe. , Wednesday a coroner's Jury began ail investigation into the death and , learned that Mary Harris, an illiterate white girl. 20 years of age. who lived near where Mr. Langford's . body was found, knew something . about his death. Upon l>elng questioned closely, the girl admitted, but unwillingly, that he was with Mr. I,angford In the woods at the time he was killed. She said that Ricbey Williams, a negro man, had crept up behind Mr. I.angford and hit him over the head with r. stick. He never moved or spoke after the blow was delivered. The negro was arrested and to prevent the possibility of any attempted lynching, was spirited away to Rarnwell, and from there carried to Co1 imbia and put in the penitentiary for safe keeping. There was nothing brought out against him except rhe statement made by the girl and Vila ....... * * * .. unu Diaiuirui mat ne uiou^ht ne hud seen Mr. Langford that morning driving on the Fairfax road. KIIXi:i> HIS OWN FATHER. Thf >!? ? IHsugreed About I.inc Hetwcen Their Karma. John Ferguson. aged about 65 >ears, is dead, und hlH ?on Jim Ferguson. aged about 30. la in Jail at ^ntrevllle charged with the killing t the result of a shooting scrape which took place near Antervllle. In Xbbevllle county, Wednesday afternoon about sundown The shooting took place at the home of the son, and followed a dispute concerning the boundary line between the farms of the two men. Jim Ferguson was taken to jail by T>eputy Sheriff Prince?and claims ( elf-defense?that th? ?M ---- rutting h1 m with a knife. I! was learned that the old man was approaching him with a knife, and had eut hl8 coat, but the blade had not reached his skin. The shooting was done with a pistol, and i death was Almost Instantaneous, i Poth the part.l?? are well known farmers, Hurricane at Sea. Nearly 300 lives have been loei tnd ten vessels have foundered In the ( nsplan sea In a terrible hurricane that swept that body of wntcr, ac cording to a report which was pvb 11.shed in the The Perlin TageblaU The greatest havoc was wrought near A*thachan. * GOES INTO COURT MRS. n. R. TILRMAN, JR., SUt | HER HUSBAND FX>R MONKI. r rocccding*, to be Instituted fca Kdfceflold County, Will be irM Next March. Papers to be filed Saturday la Edgefield county by attorney* tor Mrs. Lucy Dorrs Tillman wiM aafc or a Judgment In the sum of ata^ I 073.08 against her husband. B. I Tillman, Jr. The cane will be ee to trial at the March term of r^urt of common pleas for Edgefl county. This case follows the fc eas corpus proceedings of last spa uhen Mrs. Tillman secured her to little girls from B. R. Tillman, fi 'ather of her husband. The action is brought to reowv* moneys alleged to have been coTteet fd by B. R. Tillman, Jr., as rents on I * tract of land owned by Mrs. Tltt! man near the town of Edgedeld. The attorneys for Mrs. Tillman are De; Pass & DoPass of this city and S. MeG. Slmpklns of Edgefield. The attorneys for B. R. Tillman Jr., are Grier and Park of Greenwood. The complaint has been served n !t. R. Tillman, Jr., nnd his attome Vave mnde answer. In which a nm bor of allegations are denied and s so In which he makes a number of claims as to whnt amounts he fens expended. Following is the ananmons: You are hereby summoned and reTo the Defendant Above Named: 'You are hereby cummonod nnd required to answer the complaint to this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and serve a copy of your answer on the snbacriblers at their office, 1215 Washington | street, Columbia. S. C., within I? I days after the service hereof, exolnsive of the day of such service; and | IT you fail to answer the complaint 1 within the time aforesaid, the plains- t if.* In this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded In tba complaint. DePass & DePnes, S. McG. Simpklua. Attorneys for Plaintiff. 1IKL1) I P BY A 11KAIL htrange tlixliap That Ilefell an A tonsohile Party. A Weaverville. N. C.. letter saye as W A. Goetx wiis automoblling with some women friend s on Snnday tiiaht tha tiurto TUO ?-?.!.? ? *? O ?.v i/ nap IMTH1 up ay M monster black l>ear on the road from that place 1o Douglas City. As they tonnded a point the headlight* revealed a startling bruin, who reared up on his bind feet and snarled deStance. Goetz, at the wheel, attempted to turn aside and drive around tfc* beast. As he turned off the bens* road a forewheel drooped Into a bole and tbe azle snapped. It was lusaud the axle snapped. It was tn?rcsslble to move the car forward or backward. The women screamed. After the bear had gazed in wonderment at the strange spectacle for a few minutes he ambled off Into tho bushes on the mountain-side. A second auto party on the way from Douglas City to Weaverrllle 1 leked up Goetz and his friends a few minutes later and conveyed them out of the l?ear zone. NINKTY-ONK MI DIJON. \ Population of lTnite<J States May Iteiuh Stated Figure*. The total population of tho Unltr ed States, as revealed by the 18th census. Is expected to be announced by the census bureau on I>eeemH*r 10. Counting Arizona and New Mexico as States, tbe totals for twentyeight out of the forty elgbt States already have been announced. The grand total for 2t of these States Is 60,03 6. 7f>9, which 'a a gain of between 21 and 22 per i?nt over the population in the sans* States in 1900. At this rate of ler tease the total populaion of the country should be about 91,#6h,(>00. The meat striking development the census so far shown is the re tiro growth of cities and Industry centres compared with farming W>lona. The Eastern States have more ?hsn held their own, whiio the Stater ol the Middle West have fallen o?. Old Folks Die. Ooorge McCoy Stuart, aged At, died at White Pine. Tenn., Fridsy afternoon A sister, Mrs Sarah blazer, died at her Cooke county jtme Monday, aged 80, and another brother, Ika Stuart, died at hie hnraa t dtoao'B throw from hie sister's Th?? ??-- ? ?1 . -uir nurvivorn or I8T fill IMetf on Train Hurrying to Durham on lenrnfnt ?f tho death of her nephew Mrt r.mina Yearby, of (Iieensooro, NT C died on the train as :t w?t ne.trl; ? *t f?t city. She had succumbed to ^rlef and shock. The nephew wa? ''bourns Rohblna. art! a youn* mr.rjhant, and her favorite. Thi hodle? will be Interred side by tide. * 3