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GRAFT GALORE Ike Grind Jury Airs Pitlsborg's Appalling Corruption. BRIBERY IS EXPOSED The City Government of Pittsburg, 1'a., Beeni* to be In the Hands of as I lad a Gang of Thieves and Bribe Takers as Ever Infested this Country. Republican misrule, bribery and corruption 1b being laid bare In the City of Pittsburg, Pa. The grand Jury haa ordered indictments against thirty-one present and past council men and making a demand upon the directors of the olty depositories to investigate their own bards and as certain the bribe-givers in connec tion with the ordinance designating their institutions as olty depositories, formed the meat of two presentments made by the grand jury Friday. | The presentments make a sensa tional story of the Inside history of oorruptlon in the municipal bodies ?^-1908' and den"*nd made upon I the banks named Indicates that even 1 more sensational developments than have boen exposed are expected on Monday, when the bank directors, complying with the demand of the Sour** ^UrJ' nuake tbeir report in A further result of the present menu of the jury of City Controller Morrow late Friday for the with drawal of all city funds from the six banks, and tins practical nulli fication of the ordinance designating them a8 custodian of city funds. There is about $3,640,320 In these banks now and this would be In creased many millions during next week by taxes that are being paid. According to the controller, the with drawtal of funds will be gradual, however, so that the institution? may not be embarrassed, or any un ue alarm caused depositol-s. The extract from the presentments, call ing upon the directors, reads: We call upon directors of th six banks named as city depositor!,. * to investigate who paid for each or said banks the bribes herein se. forth, and report the same to this grand jury, not later than Monday, March 28, 1910. And we further demand that said report be in writ ng and certified to by directors of said banks Individually. We strongly recommend and in met that the proper officials of tue city of Pittsburg take immediate leg a ^tlon to nullify the ordinance tl!?SfVh! Farmor8' Deposit Nn ,aok> th? Second National Bank of Pttsburg ; the German Na tional Bank, of Pittsburg; the Ger man National Bank, of Allegheny; the Columbia National Bank, of s "8nb;rg' and the Workingman's and TrU8t Company of Alleg.heny as city depositories, in beneivt sRt th? brlbo"Slver8 may not ? JSaaftt by reason of th?4r own wjong doing and criminal conduct." The presentments give the full de tails of the plot on the part of the ?o obtain bribes from the six banks, of the means adopted for Paying, the bribes and the story of JZlrn"er ,4M0? "J- "/un armed man to former Councilman Carles Stewart In the Hotel lmper ial, New York, is told. It is related that Max G. Leslie formw chairman of the Republican inty committee, received $25 000 by arrangement from E. H. Jennings National An V?"' ?f the ^mbla National Bank, and that Leslie gave ^ oo?ran<1' Wh? WaS then Presi<ient of oomanon council, directly or in directly $17,500 to obtain the city Battk An? the Columb,a National ?anfc An unnamed man is said to interested and concerned in the Brand6nt,?rthe by Les,Ie XcliJ. " Intermediary or It is declared that Morris Einstein r^eived $15,000 from the Worklng ^ave8thatVl!,8\and Tn,8t comP?ny to ^Mno-rani-fV^;^ unknown?"0 It is further declared In the nr? fran"?"!" """ tlW ambers of the fh? i Jjlry ?re of tho opinion that the books ?f the Worklngmen s Hank have been mutilated, three pages re ferring to this deal having been cut tiom the ledger. Einstein, it ]? also frlZ - ,k6Pt 1500 for b,? services in ai ranging the deal. . Further declarations ln the pre sentments are that two olty clerks were, given $1,000 each, and $i 7-)0 and* thfin T" I?' and then Henry M. Belger, the saloon a,'rwi(,y oonvleted of bribery SLnVen?i600 f?r h,H services in ftbou,r thG meeting between of Pittsburg and the council Indictm'enta wero recommended against Charles Stewart, Wm. Brand and Hugh Ferguson for conspiracy; against Stewart for soliciting bribes from the six banks ; against Btowart for distributing portions of tho money to several councilmon; against Hrand for nolioiting a bribe from the Columbia National Hank, and for having received hrll>e money directly or Indirectly from Max G. I^ealle, ?nd also receiving bribe money from oth er banks and ngalnst Hrand charging hton with distributing bribe money in various sumns to various other mem bers of councils; against Hugh Fer guson for soliciting, demanding and receiving money from banks to be used to obtain votes to get the city depoaits for those institutions and with distributing bribe money to otihor oounollmen. A paragraph of the presontmonts that was added at the last moment, declared 1 that former council mnn, Jacob floffel, refused the tender of fK.OOO, Which wan th?n get apart as t defence fund in case any of 4he members of the clique got within the #r*?p of the lew. * OrMhed fcn HIr Dmth. Joseph Rhamfltln<\ 4fl yearn of ago, olalm went for the Southern rftll road, Sunday fell from the ninth floor of the Columbia building In Loutsvilto, Ky., to Ihe street below, crushing through an Iron crating and dying Instantly. VERY SMALL CLEW LEI) TO THE CAPTURE OF TWO TRAIN ROBBERS. Tl?oy Were Traced by an Old Hat \\ hich They Had Stolen Krom a Car Year* Before. The two bandits who recently held up and robbed a fust mail train on the Missouri Pacific road, near Eureka, Mo., have been captured and are now In Jail at St. Louis, each held in default of $20,000 bail, and it Is prot>able that each will get a prison sentence extending over the rest of his natural life. 13111 Lowe and George Eberling are the two men who participated In the hold-up. and it Is the story of their careless ness in leaving an old slouch hat laying around that finally led to the capture. The train robbers, under cover of revolvers, compelled the engineer and firemen of the train to detach the two mall carp and run them up the track for a mile and then get out of the engine cab and walk back to rhe rest of the crew. Then tho robbers ran the train about five miles further up the track, where they colly looted the two cars. The l>o s t office authorities detailed In spector Perkins on the Job. and, af ter looking over the ground and the clews, he decided that an old, gray, felt hat. left near the so^ne of the robbery, was tho best one to fol low. In tracing the hat's owner, he dis covered that it had been stolen with a iot of other loot from a freight oar robbed in St. Louis some months before. The next move was to got a line on the suspects at the time the hat was stolen, and who might have stolen it from the freight car. In looking up thtse worthies the In spector was impressed by the rather dubious antecedents of one Jim Lowe, who had been employed by the Missouri. Kansas and Texas road at the time of the robbery. The Inspector was still further Im pressed with the fact that Jim had i brother Hill, who some 1 1 years before had been connected with the younger Jesse James in tlw hold-up of a train. Inquiry re specting Hill Lowe showed him as being for the moment engag-xl in the sale of mining stock, with an office in the Granite building, in St. Louis, and as ostensibly reformed and conducting an honest and legiti mate business. However, the insixvtor says, a sort of fueling crept into his nutnd that as Hill had the nerve to hold up a train 1 1 years before, he might be tempted to try the old trick over again. At any rate, the inspector found that Hill^as In St. Ixniis and handy for the job about the time of tho robbery. Furthermore Hill had been an en gine driver and in a pinch could have done just as one of the robbers did in running five miles up the track with the mall cars at Eureka. And then If in the latter job might he not have worn the old hat found at the Bcene of the holdup, and further more might not his brother Jim have given it to him, after all? Then the developments came quick and surprising, indicating the Inspectors lln/> of logic to have been well found ed. A quiet search of Jim Lowe's home resulted in the finding of the goods stolen at the same time the old gray hat was taken from the freight car. Then Jim was uskuvl Lo explain and upon being shown th" hat after awhile hesitatingly admit ted that It wrts "one that had been given to him by a friend" al>out a year ago, and vhlch he later gave to- his brother Bill. Then, the In spector sayB, all was plain sailing in the matter of running down th>v robbers. , CORN CONTEST PRIZE MONEY. State to Distribute Over Five Hun dred Dollars. Prizes aggregating $550 are an nounced by the State corn contest commission. Tho manual has been arranged and will be sent out upon request to thosft desiring to contest The commission consists of the com missioner of agriculture, Prof. W. M. Itiggs, acting president of Clemson collogo, and Prof. W. R. Perkins, of tho agricultural department at Clem son. Tho following aro tho prizes offered : One acre contest ? ff) ?*st. $125, sec ond $50, third $20. Five acre con test under the sumo conditions. Hoy's one acre contest ? first $50. second $25, third $15, fourth $10. Rules provide that "each grower will bo required to grow one acre of crop, or In five acre contest five acres, but no part of a five acre vntry can be considered an entry In tho one acre contest." I Tn tho boy's content all require ments aro tho same an In tho con test among tho grown mon. Tho Bcalo of points is as follows: Purity and selection of wed 10, methods of culture 25, record "Of re port 15, yield of contest acre 25, quality of crop 10, profits resulting from tho ontlre operation 15 points. The above prizes aro In addition to those offered by tho different counties. Any boy Inning tho first prize In a county contost. will be paid $50 by the State, winner of second prize, $25; winner of third prize, $15; and winner of fourth prize, $10. 8KHVKI) HIM HICJIIT. Pr^aclipr Who Wanted a Divorce llffin Dropped. Tho Central Pennsylvania confer ence of tho Methodist, Episcopal church In HosBlon at York, Pa., pann od a roeolutlon Innt. week doprlvlns the Rov. W. W. Cftdle of tho right to preach In ft Mothodlat pulpit. He wan Adjudged guilty of certain ohArgon preferred against him by hla wife when hjo sought divorce In i Houth I>akote, several yearn Ago. Tho Rov. Mr. Cadle war marrlod to a daughter of ox-CongrossmAn Hicks, of AltoonA, Pa. When ho nought di vorce in I)AkotA the court decided ho wha the guilty party And not hlft wife And consequently granted hot the divorce. The conference Accept ed the view of the court. ? NEW "STATE FLAG" ACT BMBLKM MI NT FLOAT FROM ALL STATK BUILDINGS. Such Stato House, Courthouse*, Colleges, Public School Houses iu Town and County. Representative McMahan of Rich land had passed an Act providing for the display of State flags over pub lic buildings. The Act goeB Into efTect and Mr. McMahan directs at tention to it. The Act Is as fol lows: Be It enacted by the General As sembly of the State of t>outh Caro lina: Section 1. That the State flag shall be displayed dally, except in rainy weather, from the staff upon tl*e State House and every county court house, one building of the State University and of each State college, and upon every public school building, except whon the school is closed during vacation. (Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the oillcer or officers in charge of said buildings to purchase suitable flags and cause them to be displayed, the expense to be tome out of the funds provided for main tenance. I Si*ction 3. That It shall be the duty of t'lennson College to manufac ture in its texile department and sell at approximate cost flags of suitable sizes and correct design, which shall consist of blue, with white increscent in the upper flagstaff corner, and white palmetto tree in the centre, as prescribed In the resolution adopt ed by the general assembly, January 2 8, 1861, to be approved by the secretary of the historical commis sion. Section 4. That any person who mutilates, injures or desecrates the flag of the State whereever displayed, as above provided, shall be guilty * of a misdemeanor and upon con viction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dol lars, or imprisonment for not more than :50 days. ? It will be in order for the county supervisor and commissioners and the school authorities of this county to si e that the law Is carried out s.? far as the public buildings of the county are concerned. * w ith uakolkxk. Spartanburg Farmer I'ses Engine 011 His Farm. Tho Editor of the Spartanburg Journal says recently ho rode up to Ed Foster's farm to examine the ploughing he was doing with gaso lene pow?. r. Mr. Foster bought a | 12 -horse engine and a gang of three 1 disc plows. sSoon after he began to work the wet weather set in and stopped him for several weeks, but he is now finishing about fifty acres. Here Is what the editor says of the experiment: I "He took off one disc because the 1 [tower was not sufficient to pull th<\ I three In thie hard clay. The field I examined had been ploughed 4 or 6 inches In former years. The hard pan in places had never been broken. The average depth he has ploughed it this time is about 8 Inches. It I may be less in places. I "We said to him that he was bringing up too much red clay In 1 places, while he admitted that It I was too much, he thought by harrow ing and heavy fertilizing the crop of I this year would lx> good, and it will be. He did very fine work. When la dlBC plow brings up and pulverizes three Inches of hard clay great power 1 Is required. Four heavy mules would I not have done the work aB well as it I was donie by gasolene power. "There is no doubt as to the value I of tho work done. Next year two more inches of clay can be turned up and In the course of three years I the soil will be 10 to 15 inches I deep. Mr. Foster proposes to get a I 15-horse p<rwer engine and use the I three discs. "Two hands are required to do the I work and the gasolene and machine I nil costs about $2.50 a day of 12 hours. Two discs will cut about 2 2 inches. The machine does not move quite as fast as lively horses hitched to a plow. With tho two dlscB four I acres may be broken in 12 or 14 I hours even when the clay is very hard. Counting time, oil and two hands the cost of breaking will be i $2 to $2.25 an acne. and It. is cheap at that, when the style of work Is I considered. Any farmer who has 50 to 100 acres of land on which I such a machine can bo used should have one." 1 * WANTKI) TO HK II IH NVIFK. Matrimonial Advertisement. Brings Many Replies. Mnrfi than a thousand women an swered Hi/" advertisement of IMarcus A. Hunce, of (Iroveland, Mass., who recently caused a notice to he pub lished In the ]xipers stating that he | would like to meet a woman who de sired a home and a Rood husband. Over a down applicants have vis ited htm and one, a woman from Boston, haf? taken up the duties of a home maker on trial. If she gives satisfaction she will bo led to the altar. If not, a little New York wo- j man will receive thr next trial. Among Mr. Bunco's letters were more than 300 from New York city. All th#? missives breathes slnc'iuy. some coming from aa far aouth as Virginia and many from the state of Maine*. Itunce has a home of his own, cows, chickens, horses, In a moml>er of the Masons and nights of Pythias and a prominent man In politics In his home town. , Oppoocd to I'roKrnm. Tho mon who nay "lot thlnga fclono, they're good onongh for iib," stand In tho wny of progreaa In tho town In which thoy llvo. They want things to conthnno In tho aamo old way that sufficed fifty yearn ago. Wo know a man who wan opposed to tho oloctrlc, lighting or any other sys tem of lighting tho atrootn of the town In which ho llvod, hocause, i?o ho said, ho could tako a stnhlo lan torn with him whon ho wantod to go down town. That man did not llvo In this city, but wo havo Homo hero who would pa?? for hi* twin j brothor. 1 BRIBERY SCANDAL MONEY 178K1X TO SHAPE INSUR ANCE LEGISLATION. Investigation Shows that German Companies aiul National Fire Un derwriters Worked Together. The Are Insurance Inquiry started in New York City laBt week, bids fair to assume national importance. The testimony adduced shows that foreign companies made their boaatB that they were spending money free ly In Albany, N. Y., to aBBure passage of the Grady reinsurance bill. Wit nesses also told that oven $19,000 was expended In the West to secure the passage of favorable and to block unfavorable legislation. The most far reaching piece of evidence yet produced was the Pact that Emmet Rhodes received $10, 000 In 1903 to be used In securing the repeal of the stamp tax act, pass ed by Congress during the Spaniih Aiaerican war. It Is declared an Investigation will be asked to show when and upon whom this cash was used. I Concerning the Grady bill pissed by the New York legislature, K. H. A. Correa, vice president of the Homo Insurance company, told that two German re-lnsuranoe companies made oi>en statements to the effect that they were seeking to dominate things at Albany. They were the Munich Reinsurance company and the Prus sia Reinsurance company. The Mun ich company made no bones about spending Its money for the passage amoq jo 8)SQ)oxd aq; ajplsop \w?( v mis inq aqj, '906 1 "1 ivadaa UJ9A3JC1 0} pus ' f* 0 C I "I niq am. JO companies. The largest cash payment vet men tioned In the Inquiry w^s quoted by Col. A. II. W.ray, manner of tiie Commercial Union Assuiiiree com pany, limited, of London. CV! Wray 1 8 a member of the National Hoard ?>f Fire Underwriters, lie s' ho. I that $19,000 had been paid In : no West o establish and keep up a s>y3teni for controllng legislaMon that It might be favorable to ia3u."u.eo com panies. The National Iloard of Fire Under writers was touched lo" i '''.<100 in 19 03. according to the leat'tncny t,v Mr| Correa, a member o; tit - board Kniini't Rhoades secured t'.. i?' money, "for service rendered ir connect inn with the repeal of the stamp tax." The law In question w i ? passed by Congress at the time of the Spanish American war, requlii-g a tax, among other things, u^un !ire n 8U ranee policies. How the money was used is not known. * I X SAN ELY .1 EA IX) I S. Carpenter. Tries to Wipe Out His Whole Family. Enraged because his wife had gone to the theatre Friday night with her brother, taking the children of the family with her, Alfred Mitchell, a carpenter, Saturday shot and prob ably fatally wounded her, seriously wounded Cheir 12-year-old Bon, and aevn-year-old daughter then Bhot himself in the head dying instantly at Nfcw Orleans, La. Mitchell lived on the Gentilly road, several miles from New Or leans. When he returned homo on Frday night and found that his brother-in-law, Conrad Falk, had taken his family to the theatre, he leoaded a double barreled shot-gun and waited for them. Whon they re turned, he fired two shots at P'alk, wtho ran down the road and escaped. After heaping abuse upon his wife and ohildren he went to bed out was in a bad humor. When he arose Saturday morning h>e commenced a quarrel with his wife which culmi nated in the shooting. The wounded woman and children were brought to a hospital In New Orleans. Mrs. Mitchell received a load of shot in the abdomen and her condition Is critical. The daughter Is badly wounded In the shoulders and , breast and may not live. The boy will probably reooer. Mitchell reloaded the gun after shooting his wife and children, and placing the muzzle against his forehead blew off he top of Ills head. * FAMIIjY GOK8 CItAZY. Fivo Ktrirken With Insanity in Tw<? Days' Time. Insanity, the Nemesis of the (Joel/, family of Belleville, 111., claimed five victims In two days last week. Throe of them are now in an insane asy lum, whllo the remaining; 'w.> are In the detention ward of a hospital under observation. Tx'one of the five thus stricken, it is said, can be cured. The dread ful visitation is having a depressing effect upon the other resident of the little town of Hollevllle, and the (loot* home Is belnK shunned as a pestilenc. ' Nothing can save the queer a fll lo tion of the family is talked about th*? town and all sort of themes are suggested. Some say It Is the man ifestation of divine wrath for some Infraction. Others suggest It Is her editary, but long dorman. All that Is known Ir that, each had accused the. other of dishonesty, and possibly the accussatlon drove each inturn Insane. ? I HIjA(/K IIANO IN KKNT1ICKV? ? -? ? Incondlnry Fire (leimlng Hearvy I*ohm (!r?1lt/Pd io ((Allntifi. Fire, Ruppoaod to have boon of Incomllary orlfcln, early Friday at \forgannflald, Ky., destroyed proper ty to the value of $200,000 In the bufllnoRfl flection of that place. Tho fVro wan dlaoovered In the Oroen Illvor Department ntoro, which wan doatroyed, together wlt!h tho fol lowltiK hulldWvfCfl'. Maaonlc Tomplo, tho opera houno, bho new rtapt I nt church and parsonage; John Conway Ik Co,, vahlcloa and prrocerles; the r?ank of Union county, the Nathan Oyer company, dry Rood*. nnd n nunubor of office* In tlhat building. The Qroen River department ntoro elnlniH to have received several threatening letter* lately from the black txand. * A Few Reasons Why It Is Best Gives relief for all Nerve, Bone and Muscle Aches and Pains more quickly than any other remedy known. Its peculiar penetrating properties are most effective? NOAH'S LINIMENT. Way be used with absolute "confidence in its purity for Internal and External Uses. It is Triple Strength. A powerful, speedy and sure -Pain Remedy, therefore most effective in producing results. Not only contains the old-fashioned ingre dients, but also the latest and up-to date discoveries ? NOAH'S LINIMENT. Recommended and sold under a guarantee for the following: Rheumatism in all forms, Sciatica, Lame Back, Stiff Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, Strains, Sprains, CutB, Burns, Bruises, Cramps, Colic, Toothache, and all Nerve, Bone and Muscle Aches and Pains. Drug stores in cities and towns, general stores in the country, 25c, 50c and $1.00 the bottle, and money back if not sat isfied. Isn't this fair? roil NCDVI, VONK AND MUSOLS AC MK 9 ANO PAINS IN MAN AND BEAST ? fNIAk NO. 14(?0. GUARANTIED undid thc rooo AND onuoa act, junk ?o, i?o?. prick, this size, as cents U?M 6O0, AH O 91. OO NOAH REMEDY CO. JWthmood, * Bo. too. tf R important Notice Th? genuine Noah's liniment looks exactly like the above. Look for Noah's Ark on every packaKe. our trade mark, registered In the L'. K. Patent OtUoe, fur your protection. Npah's Liniment always appears In red Ink on the original, both on the label un<l on out side container. Accept nothing but Noah's Liniment. It Is the only Pain Remedy sold under a positive Ktiarantee. If your dealer will not supply you, send 20c In stamps and we will mall you a bottle and re fund money If not perfectly satisfied. Beware of fraud; accept no subetltute. Proof Positive Currd of Uuut IlhrumatUB. "I had been suffering with bouu rheu matism for three years. I have been using Noah ( Liniment, and cau say thai ll cured me completely Can walk better than I have In two years. Noah's Liniment will do all you claim. Rev. S. K. Cyrus, Donald, S. C." Pnlu Id Side aud ?ur?lKl*i "For live years I suffered with neu ra'.gia and pain In side. Could not sleep. 1 tried Noah's Liniment, and the Urst application made me feel bet ter. Mrs. Martha A. See, Richmond, Va." ("onldn't llalir ltl|(ht Arm. "I cauKht cold and had a severe at tack of rheumatism In my right shoul der and could not raise my arm with out much pain. I tried Noah's Lini ment, and In less than a week was en tirely free from pain. A. Crooker, Dor chester, Mass." Stiff Jolutn nnd llRokachf, "I have used Noah's Liniment for rheumatism, Htlff Joints and backache, and I can say It did me more good than any pain remedy. Hov. George \V. Smith, Abbeville, 8. C." Sprnlurd Ankle. "I have been benefited greatly by Noah's l.lnlment, using L for a sprained ankle. Mrs. W. D. Robertson, West SomervlUt}, Mass." Pnlu* In the llnek. "I suffered ton years with a dread fully soro pain In my hack, and tried different remedies. Less than half a bottle of Noah's Liniment made a per fect cure. Mrsv Rev. J. D. lillllngsley, PoNit Kastorn, Va." Krurnlgla nnd Tothnche. "My wife suffered for several years with neuralgia and 'oothaehe. She used about half a bottle of Noah's Liniment and got Immediate relief. J. S. Fisher, Pol let-man, Hodges, S. C." llhrtimatlMm In the Neck. "I received the bottle of Noah's L.)nl? mont, and think It has helped me great ly. I have rheumatism In my neck and It relieved It right much. Mrs. Martha A. Lumbert, Heaver Dam, Va." For Home*. "We have never used a liniment wo consider the equal to Noi?h's Liniment for bruises, sprains, strained tendons and to use on throat, sldos and chest for distemper, colds, etc. Klchmond Transfer Co., Richmond, Va." Ilrttrr Thnn Hemedlen. "We cheerfully recommend all stable men to give Noah's Liniment a trial and be convinced of Its wonderful cura tive properties. We havo obtained as good If not better results from Its use than we did from remedies costing $.V00 per bottle. Norfolk and Portsmouth Transfer Co., Norfolk, Va." STKDVLK OF THK COM KT. When and Where !t Can V>e Seen ! (?> Best Advantage The comet is still far away lint is faintly visible with a good opera glass in the west after sunset and is rapidly growing brighter. It will probably bo visible to the narked eye by the middle of April, but it will then be in the morning sky and one must look for it in the east about two hours before sunrise. On May 14 t,h'^ comet will pass directly be tween the earth and the sun and will bo only 1 11.000,000 miles from the earth. This will be its closest ap proach to the earth and after this date the comet will move rapidly away from the earth and sun and will soon be lost to view. On account of Its rapid motion it will be seen in the west again in the evening from May 20 until the early part of June, when It wilf fade rapidly as it has tens onward along its outward path. iFor some days before and aft?r May 18, If the prognostications of aBtromomers are correct, the comet will be a magnificent object. Its head is already over 190,000 miles in diameter and its tall is more than 5,000,000 miles in length and con stantly growing. Without doubt the brilliant tail will extend fully one third the distance from the horizon to the zenith during its close ap proach to the earth, and the earth may he enveloped In the tail as it sweeps past us on the 18th of May, But as a comet's tail Is exceedingly flimsy, being nothing more than tiny particles of gas or flecks of dust, its visit to us will cause us no incon venience. On April 4 the comet may be seen in the morning in the east It will rise at about 5 o'clcok. On April 16 it will rise at 4 a. m. On April 24 It rises at 3.30 a. m. On May 14 It ria^s at 3 a. m. After May 20 it will be seen in the west after sunset. On May 20 it sets at 7.4.r> p. m. On May 25 it s'ts at 10.30 p. m. On May 30 It sets at 10 p. m. After the ls*t of June the comet will be faint and will soon disappear from sight. * MI ST PROVIDE F1 liK ESCAPES Hotels and I?nige Hoarding llousei Must. C(?n?i>ly. Every hotel and hoarding house in South Carolina over three stories in 'eight Ik required to he equipped with Iron fire escapes by an act pass ed at the last session of the Legis lature and recently approved by (Sov. Ansel. The act will go into effect on October 1 of this year and its enforcement Is left with the Insur ance commissioner. A fine of not less than $10 and not. more than $f>() Is provided. The following is the act: Section 1. That every building or structure kept, used or maintained as, or advertise as, or held out to the public to be, an inn, hotel or public lodging or place where sleep ing acoommiodat ions are furnished for h'lro to transient guests in which ten or more sleeping rooms are used for the accommodations of such guests shall, for the purpose of this act, bo considered to be a hotel. Sec. 2. Every hotel having three or more stories shall be provided with an iron fire escape on the out side of the building, th<v Insurance commissioner shall have the power to prescribe the number and char acter of such fire escapes, and il shall be his duty to see that, this net is enforced. Sec. X. This act shall go into ef feet October I, 15110. Sec. 4. Every owner, manager, agent or person In charge of a hotel, who shall fall to comply with the provisions of this act shall be guilty t>f a misdemeanor and shall be fined not. lean than $10 nor more than $50, and every day that such hob" I s cirrrled on In violation of this act ihall constitute a aeperate offense. I Wfttche* Child's HIkx'n. A white ahepherd dog, never be fore aeon In thn vicinity of Danvllln, Va., In keeping conatant vIkH over a pair of child 'n shoea on tho hank of thc? f)an ltlver. The dog resists all efforts to lure him from the tiny ahoea and In being fed with food brought by farmera. No one Is known to bft missing from the com munity. ? GETS OFF EASY MAN* WHO KILhKI) 1ITKKT I*KO I'LK SOON TO BK FltHK. On tin* Slightest Provocation Ho lvil I?m1 Mis Wife's (Jrandfathcr and His Two Sons. I The doors of the state penitentiary at Columbia. S. C., will soon open and free "Bob" Jones, whose crlnve, trial, and conviction 25 years ago created such a furore. Following a trival dispute. Jones killed his wife's aged grandfather, A. Pressley, and two other near relatives, it was one of the most, brutal crimes in the criminal historp of the South, and it was only after six years' legal bat tle that ho was sentenced to the penitentiary to serve a term of 20 ! years for his deed. That oJnes di,d not hang was due to the fact that his resources at the time of the triple murder were ample for him to retain a corps of the ablest law yers in the state, who saved his neck ? and got him off with a 20 years' sentence. One frosty morning in November, 1885, the ProssleyB, the old man and his three sons wont out to plant j some oats, Charley and Ed tho elder j sons, plowed the furrows and the old man dropped the seed. Then Jones cames on t&e soene. It is said -he thought they were using more of the land than they were entitled to. When Jones say the Pressl^ys he did not indicate his murderous intentions. Without warning he walked to within a few feet of Charles PresB ley, called him by name and when Pressley turned around to meet him, fired a load of shot, into his stomach, killing him instantly. Then Jones ran and Kd Pressley ran after him. ICd was unarmed) There was method in Jonfs' flght. As soon as he saw that, they were alone and far away from possible aid .Jones stopped and, turning back, ran into PVessKj.v, driving a long-bladed knife into his vitals, Pressley drop ped dead In his tracts. Jones then reloaded his gun and went back to the place where old man Pressley was grieving over the body ?>f his son Charles. The old man was 7 6 years of ago and was suffering from palsy. Jones walked up to him ami touched him on the shoulder, and when tho old fellow, tears run ning down his cheeks, turned and faced him, he calmly said: "Well, grandpa, I" believe that I will kill you too." and then he fired the load of shot Into the old man's stomach. The old man lived long enough to tell what Jones had said JiikI before shooting him. For six years the trial dragged on. and again and again Jones escaped with a mistrial. For some* myster ious reason the prosecution was un able to get. together 12 men who thought the man should suffer the penalty of his crimes. Finally the prosecution got a change of venue to Ij^xlngton county, and there, after a hard fight, he got. a conviction carry In tr a sentence of 2 0 years In the penitentiary. Jones has been a well behaved convict, and the usual com mutation due to the fact accounts for his release in the ivxt few weeks. * Knitting I'fpjHT. Tho Calhoun Advance says: "An unusual sight which created cotisld erahle Inquiry and comment on our ?t reets tills week was several loads of dry poppers grown and prepared for shipment to Maltlniorn, by Mr. .1. 10. W?nnam?ker, who planted sev eral acres last year a? an experiment. Mr. Wannpmaker says ho Is pleased with the experiment, the crop hav ing made him as much money per acre as his cotton crop. Ho will plant pepper again this season." Ijong If fit I'lns Tahood. A mladomoRnor for any woman to wear h lonK hat pin In puoiic. plaron In Chicago. Any woman caught wv-nrlriR ono In liable to ar rest and a fine of $50. After a nonth's dlncunnlon the r- 1 1 y connrll l?y a vote of Bft to 2 Tuesday nl?ht panned an anti-hatpin ordlnan?. CLASSIFIED COLUNM This Cure* All I>lB?aMee ? Send fo free box. Prof. Wm. Dulln, N? braska City, Neb. Kkjis from pvlzo winning C. Rhode lsliuui HoiIh, $1 ami $- for 15. 10. 11. Craifi, Pickens. S. C. For Sale ? fancy pigeons, riii^ doves, white doves, ?njn<-a pins. John Ornellas, Springfield. III. Tobacco Growers ? Splendid oppor tunlties here. Write for partl?? lars. Tullahoma Tobacco Workj Tullahoma, Tfinn. Shine l"|v ? Agents ??.? 1 1 lOlectriflod Polishing Cloths. Sample 12 cts. Daniel Scott, 27 1 Main St., Po keepsie, N. Y. To Prevent Files on smoked meat srnd 2f>e. in stamps for details. Address L. Myers, Jersey Shore, R. F. D. f>, No. 71. For Sale? 200 toua pea vine hay al $21.00 delivered In car lota at Soutb Carolina points. J. M. Far reil, Blackvllle. S. C. Our $1 Adding Machines save time and worry. Guaranteed. Thousands sold. Agents wanted. Hayncs Mfg. Co., Rutherfordton, K. C. Edon Watermelon Heed for Sale m 75c. per pound. The best tlavorec shipping watermelon grown. J M. Farroll, Blacksvllle, S. C. Safety H uxors Blades Sharpened bet ter than new. 25c a doz. Double Edge Blades, 30c. 50,000 repeatlnp customers. Fine Edge Co., 28 Lower 7th St., Evansville, Ind. Salesmen \Vant<*<l to handle high grade smoking tobacco; big pay; experience unnecessary. Word To bacco Co., Greensboro, N. C. ? Pniett made flint. day No capital required. Send stamp quick to Wholesale Supply Co.. Valdosta, Ga. Your Fortune Told Free ? All future llfo, love and IhibIijpbb; send birth date and 10 e. In Btamps. Samrl Kills, 9 W?>Bt 4 r? t h St., New York City, Dept. 61 fi. For Hule ? Milch cowb Jergey'a, grad* JorBeyw and HolBtelns. All of tlr host breeding. Roglfiternd Jerir male calves. M. H. Hama, Jo?w vllle, 8. 0. Wanted ? To pi, ire Imperial Sol f heatinp Flat Iron In every home In South Carolina. Safe, prartlnl, Inexpensive. Urals ItsHf for 1-2 ct:nt per hour. Rf'K'ilatcrl to any rlenlre<l temperature. Aak for book lrt. Agents wanted. J. C. Wll 11 h . Sales Agent, McColl. 9. (!. f'?r lltiirfiliiK ? From *plf?ct.#?] pon of white WyandottH, hoaded 1 > y rorkrel thnt won firnl prize ft' H C Kt:ito Fair for I 0 0 9. $1.00 por 1 ; $I.7F> por 30. T. h. Oram llng, It- K I> I. Oran srrliti rf?, H. C MAenlllrcnt Xrw Maps ? FnRtoRf h(,1 )or? ever piibllHJiod Hiilontrmn re porting high ns 20 orcloiH por day Lllirrnl termn, pxohiRivo territory HihIkIjir, Atlnnla, (?a. Vn. R..F. I> r, ; No. 7 1. White Plymouth Hocks, blue ribbon winners at Charleston, Richmond, Spartanburg and Columbia, 11m?s and 19M9. Silver cup at Spartan burg for best pen. Winners at Augusta. and $ 3 setting. S. A. Mat bias, lrmo, S. C. For Sab' ? Female Great llano, Whelped Nov. 1 li , 1 0 0 S : light gold ell brindle; pedigreed and regis tered; the best blood lines in American. Will furnish papers free. Von Yon Kennels. f> 1 2 N. McDuflle St., Anderson, S. C. When medicine fails you, I will take your case. Rheumatism, Indiges tion, liver, kidney aad nexual dl? orders permanently eradicated b* natural means. Write for litera ture, confidential, free and lnt*r> eating. C. Cullea Howerton, F. ft., Durham, N. C. Wanted ? Hardwoods, Logs and Lum ber. We are cash buyers of Pop lar, Cedar, and Walnut Logs. Also want poplar, ash. cottonwood, cy press and oak lumber. Inspection at your point. ICasy cutting. Write us. Savannah Valley Lumber Co., Augusta, Ga. Bnrgalns In Pure Bred Stock ? rich and rare Berkshire Boar Pigs, 4 V4 months old from regular stock at $15 each. (One Bred Sow (Chin* Betsey No. 119177) Due to far row In April, at t.he small sum of $ 7 : has farrowed twice, first lit ter 10 pigs, second 11. S. C. B. Leghorn Eggs ? 15 for $1; 30 for $.90; 100 for $5. In answerlag this ad mention this paper. A. E. Sloop, China Grove, N. C. Inst. ? A number of slightly used $<>.% High Grade Organs for only $5K. .*>(). These organs appear nearly new and are warranted to last a long lifetime. Terms of sale given on application. Write for catalogue, stating terms do sired. This Is an opportunity in a life time to possess a line organ at about cost. Answer quirk, for such bargalnst do not last long. Address: bargains do not last long. Address; MAIiONK'H MI/SIC HOISK, (Colum bia, S. O. ? Pianos and Organs. HAFT TKMjS OF DISASTFH. The Milt*' FvMence of F/oss cif l/tim bor Schooner. A raft 30 fort long, \va ve-swept, I ami wit h only a broken mast from I which Muttered a torn fragment of a sailor's shirt, was passed at sea by th? (JoTiKin steamer Soharxfols, which arrived at I'll I ladel ph ia from Calcutta Friday. The mute evidence of a possible disaster was encount' red by the Scharxfols March 17 iu latitude north, longitude 45..17 west The raft had boon su bstan t lally const ruct - ed, presumably by the crow of an abandoned lumber schooner; but. the vessel on which the raft had b> en built was nowhere to bo soon. Tho following day the Hc.horzfels pasfvd a brown painted wooden dere lict with keel above water. * Poetry read recently in the Okla homa senate nearly caused a fight. Apparently the period of gentle tol eration and pity for the versifier has passed away from the confines of that State. A popular melody for the begin ning of the gardening season, "I^iy rlown the shovel and the hoe." WE Will Dye For You or M?n'i U*rm<>nt? or I>y*d to look Hk? n??f. Halt* (Il?*nwl ? ml Itlork*d. C. C. Laundry and Dye Works, OOMJMIt IA. ft. (). THK PltAOn Tf) WJY VOtJR Machinery Tool* ?*'*? If y?*i A* nor wn* wtinr you wont *Yr',e u*- We hancll*1 any and *IL Everything in machinery wipphefc Columbia Boppl? Oo <? W?? frmhU. " mnfaiA.i.tt