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VOL.28 "THB HAKD OF THE DILIGIWT 8H1LL ROLE". TKKMS, $1.50 !>' ADVA.NCS l'Kll AX3TUM. CAMDEN. KERSHAW OOyXT Y. S. CL. TUESDAY. DECEMBER lO. 1912. NO 9 THEIR AUTO SKIDS W. S. STEWART AND B. T. MEIG BAN ARE BOTH KILLED I ? THREE OTHER MEN HURT , . Car Carrying Five Prominent Citizens of the Capital City, Returning From IUdgewood, Bkids and Plunge* into a Ditch, Turning Tur tle and Pinioning Victims Beneath. "?/* * * ? 4. The Columbia correspondent of Tho New* and Courier says Hugh T. Melgban, cashier of the Carolina Na tional Dank, and W. S. Stewart, hard ware merchant, wore instantly killed; Theodore A. Bell, seriously injured; W. C. Swaffleld und -William Watson, Injured, when tho automobile in which they wcro returning from Rldgewood Club skidded find went orer into a ditch Just after the car had crossed Smith's Branch, tho car turning completely over pinioning the occupants underneath. Wfben assistance arrived and the men wero pulled from beneath the automobile, tho first two were dead, and the other threo wero injured. The injured men wero rushed to tho city and given medical attention and the bodies of the other two removed to a local undertaking establishment. The accident, one of the most de-" plorablo in the history of tho city, happened Thursday night Just about 8 o'clock. The flvo men, Hugh T. Melghan, cashier of tho Carolina Na tional Bank; W. S. Stowart. hard ware merchant; Theodore A. Bell, ?hoe store, had been out to the Coun pany; W. c. 8wafllold, roal estate and lnsuronoo man, and William M atson, representative of Watson's ?hoe store, had been out of tho Coun try Club, RIdgowood, and wero re turning to tho city In an automobile, Mr. Melghan driving, when just af ter the automobile crossed Smith's Branch, about two miles from tho city, tho car skidded. It is just at this point that tho Seaboard Air Line trestle crosses tho road and the ditches on both sldos are very deep. When the car skidded tne reverse lever was appllod and suddenly the car toppled over Into tho ditch, turn ing turtle and pinning the occupants! beneath. People running to the assistance pulled the men from underneath, finding that two had heen instantly killed. It In said the first to reaoh the seen? of the accident ware Waltes Thomas and Hugh Hammond, and the rear light of the car, burning I faintly, guided them, and as they looked over the precipice they saw the car completely turned over and the groans of tho living fell on their ears. v^V * f They Immediately rushed to get the oooupants from beneath and, assisted by others who wfere drawn to the ecene, pulled thom out. The three living were tak*ji to d newrby hou?e, and from ther*j<j*rrfMV,to the city. The bodies of -Messrs. Melghan and Stewart were taken to a local under taking establishment, ana Coroner Walker was sent for. Mr. Theodore A. Bell, who was ser iously injured, was brought to the city in an ambulance and Immediate medical attention givon him. Mr. Wm. Watson was taken to the home of his brother, In North Columbia, and It was said Thursday night that beyond suffering a few broken ribs and being bruised up, he escaped with ?light injuries. Mr. W. C. Hwameld suffered a broken arm and Bprained ankle. He was brought into tho city on a street car and taken to the hos pital and his lnjurloa dreBsod. Mr, Hugh T. Melghan, who was killed Instantly, was the caahter of ths Carolina National Bank, and a raa^ of about 46 years of ago. He was bern In Columbia, being a don of Major Melghan, and was practically reared in the Carolina National Bank, to which he attained the position of cashier. One year ago last June he married Miss Qrace Kinard, who sur vives him. Two sisters also survive. Mr. Melghan was one of the most popular ydungjpen in the city. Mr. W. S. Stewart, the other vic tim of the automobile accident, was about BO years old;1 He came to Co lumbia a few yearn ago from Orange- 1 burg. He opened a hardware store here, and by his devotion to duty prospered. Ho wbb a most estimable man and well thought of by tho whole community. Ho was unmarried and leaves no relatives here. All of the men who composed the fatal automobile party were among the most prominent people of Colum bia, and tho news of tho deplorable accident spread like wildfire. Many expressions of sympathy were heard end universal regret characterizes every expression. Hleven Were KlUort. Kle-ron dead and flvo Injured, ono probuhl? fntally, vm the toll of ?h? rear end collision hv.vwi two pa? MnRer train* In which tho re*r ooaoi of the Cleveland, Akron and Oolum bun train wa? telescoped. An official etatement nays first train stopped bi? ?euse of a defective air atucttnvwt, and flagman did not hare time to ro far enough to w*rn tho other train. 1 j ? Fotfr mfbn <1r*t* l&Wffed and three were efcred wt^ep the .three matted sohooner Wthyl TV Hummnr was driven ashore In a storm early Wednesday near the breakwater at W4tM*i4e, N. B. All the were residents of that province. ltoy* Sentenced for Mntyier. Barry Berfer, aged 17 and Rd ward Meyer, aged Id, of JaneerlUe, Wis., were sentenced to II year* In tto penitentiary at hard labor, for the Jrtllln* of Katllda **rk#t#rpian. \ ' HALF OF THE WOMEN LEFT GOV. DISEASE'S COURSE LAN Gl'AGK RAN THEM OUT. They All March Out When South Car olina's Governor Shout* "To Holl With the Constitution". An Associated Press dispatch from Richmond, Va., says fully half of the fifty women In attendance at the Con ference of Governor Friday afternoon hurriedly departed from the meeting when Gov. Cole L. Blease, for the second time defending his policy of lynching negroes guilty of criminal assault, shouted, "to hell with the Constitution." Governor Bleaee's declaration was made In response to a question ask ed by Governor Joseph N. Carey, of Wyoming. Governor Carey desired to know if the South Carolina Execu tive bad taken an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of his State, and If these laws did not protect nel and if these laws did not protect ne "I will answer that question," re plied Gov. Blease. "When the Con stitution stepB between me and tho defence of the virtue of the white women of my state, I wlh resign my commission, tear It up and throw It to the breezes. Ab I have Bald before, 'to hell with tho Constitution'.'' When some of the women present arose and left the hall, Gov. Blease ceased speaking. Among the women who made their exist wero the wives and daughters of several Governors attending tho conference. Governor Albert W. Gilchrist, of Florida, took exception to Gov. ['?lease's remarks. Rising to IiIb feot he declared: "The first thing thai Indicates a manly man or a womanly woman Is thoughtful consideration for other people." RJs remarks wero greeted with cheers from the audi ence. Referring to tho lynch law doc- j trine, Governor John F. Shafroth, of Colorado, said: "One mob can do more Injury to society than twenty murderers, because lynching per meates the entire community and produces anarchy. The influence of mob rule is most reprehensible. When laws are made It should be the duty of the governor to enforce them, whether he approves or not. When tho law prescribes hanging for an ofTence, and a man Is found guilty, ho should be hanged whether white o*- black and there is no excuse for mob lawB. I conceive it to be our duty as Governors to declare for law and order." During th? afternoon session pa pers wore read by Goveruors Taskor Li. Oddle, of Nevada, and James H. Hawley. of Idaho, on uniformity of divorce laws. This subject was under discussion when Governor Blease spoke. ,. After defending the law of South Carolina, wheve no divorce is permitted, he proceeded to discuss the rate problem and declared that the inferior race always is swept away by the superior race. Governor Blease also again defended bis pardon record. Gov. W. W. Kitchen, of North Car olina, announced that there had not been a lynching in that State in six years, and expressed the belief that there should be convictions in practi cally every case where there Is a lynching. Governor Mann of Virginia, stated that he would call out every militia man In the state if necessary to pro tect a man under arrest ana give him a fair trial. Movement for the improvement of rural life and the upbuilding of agri culture were discussed by Governors Adolph O. Eberhart of Minnesota; Herbert S. Hadloy, of Missouri; W. H. 'Mann of Virginia; George W. Dough ey, of Arkansas, and Joseph M. Brown of Georgia. Divorce law problems were also spoKen to by Governors Joseph M. Carey, of Wy oming, and Simeon E. Baldwin, of Connecticut. Miss Mary Johnston, the novelist. I addressed the Conference on equal suffrage. CONVICT GRT8 MORTAL WOUND. One of the Ladson Gang Fights Bat tle With Powmv The Nowi and Courier says deter ming to keep his word that he would not be taken alive, George Washing ton alien Ibbao Hamilton, one of the seven negro convicts who escaped from the Blue House road camp Hun day night, November 24, and who half# been terrorising the country side around Ravenels ever since, was mortally wounded early Tuesdiy rooming at John's Island, while fight ing a posse of rural policeman, who have been hunting the outlaws for over a week. The wounded man died as a result of his Injury a short time afterwards, while being taken to n railroad station. ?? ? ? ? A Very Large Turtlo. The largest turtle ever brought to New York from the tropics Is to bo made into soup for the coming ban quet of the American Bankers' As sociation. The turtle whioh arrived on the liner Tlvlves Is 1 0 feet long and weighs a quarter of a ton. Drinks Poison and Dlee. At KAnSAt Olty. Mo., Bruce M. Prlddy, secretary of the real estate )>6ard fit Kansas City, wealthy and a prominent clubman, eommltted sui cide at his home early Tuesday by drinking poison. He was 46 years of sge and unmarried. - ii i in i ? ? ? . i lightning fltrikee MnnmSri. Lightning struck down seventeen mourners while they were standing at a graveside In Oermiston, in Rho desia, South Africa, Tuesday. One ef them was killed and live others wera so severely injured that their lives are dssifrlTtfd of. HAVE A WARM TIME GOVERNORS DO NOT AGREE WITH GOV. BLEASE'S VIEWS ABOUT MOB RULE Governor lllease Prophecies Oblivion for Governors Who Condemn His Views and Declares He Will Go to the Senate and be Famous When They Are Forgotten. At the close of a stormy socslon, which on account of personal re marks and defiant utterances several times threatened to asuurne a most serious aspect, the conference of gov ernor at Richmond Friday afternoon passed resolutions offered by Gov. Mann of Virginia, administering a re buko to Gov. Cole L. Rlcaao of South Carolina for his utterances regarding lynch law Gov. Blease openly defied the con- : ference and dared it to expel him. With all the vocal tricks of oratory of which he is an undoubted master, j he challenged the conference to do j its worst, hurling scorn at Us mem- i bers with all the bitterness and i scathing sarcasm at his command. He declared that It made no differ ence to him what tho conference did. j Ho had already been clected govern or of South Carolina and would be elected to the United States senate in 1915, he assorted. "When you are forgotten by even ycur own people and obscure in the shades of private life. RleaBu of South Carolina will be known from one end of this great country to the other."' he shouted, "and the plaudits of the | nution will be ringing In his ears " Vainly Gov. Yeseev of South Dakota, temporary chairman, and Gov. W. W. j Kitehin of North Carolina attempted tc divert tho issue, but tho confer- j ence, apparently Indignant that such remarks should hav<> been uttered by one of Its members, br an overwhelm ing vote adopted the resolutions Tho storm broke when Gov. Em met O'Neal of Alabama arose and of fered resolutions putting tho confer ence on record against lynch law and mob rule. He declared that the re marks of a certain member of the conferen echad gone forth to the world, and that, inasmuch as the re marks were made during the conduct of a regular session of tho conference and were of such a nature as to be defiant of law and order and repug nant. to law-abiding cui/enu, tiie'cou ferenc.e "should without delay repu diate them as contrary to the views of the conference." He declared that he represented a State which had a large negro popu lation, but It had courts, he Bald, which would punish criminals. Ho denied that it could ever be necessary to license lynch law, and, looking full at Gov. R,leaae, (*oserted that ho did not believe any law-abiding State would countenance it. Gov. O'Neal's resolution was sec onded by Gov. Gilchrist of Florida, who warmly stated mat the confer ence could not afTord to allow "Gov. Rlease's remarks to go unnoted," and was for the Immediate passage of the resolutions. Amid calls frori^ Chairman Vessey to be in order, Gov. Kltchln of North Carolina took the floor. Ho argued with great earnestness for the de feat of the resolutions. He said that they were aimed directly at a mem ber of tho conference and tended to throttle free speech and tho expres sion of Individual views. Gov. Mann, ?'the host." offered a substitute to Gov. O'Neal's resolu-' tlons. Gov. O'Neal at once accept-' ed It and called for a vote. Gov. Raldwln of Connecticut mov ed that the substitute be laid on the table. Shouts of "No! No!*' came from every part of the hall. '?Pass the resolutions, pass 'em, pass 'em; what do fcare?" shouted Gov. Rlease. Hisses came from the gallery Chairman Vassey rapped for order. "The vote on the motion to lay tho resolutions on the table will be ta* en," ho announced, "and the secre tary will please call the roll " It was Immediately seen that tho conference had no Intention of tab ling the resolutions. Several govern ors took occasion to explain their votes, declaring that they stood for and would always stand for repudia tion of mob rule. Gov. Jlleaso did not vote when tho Stnto of South Carolina was called After tho vote had been announced H to 4 against tabling? he rose and said: "South Carolina did not vote because It Is of absolutely no conse quence to South Carolina what this conference does." As soon as the vote on tabling was announced tho Mann resolutions woro put upon their passage and carried oy a rising vote of "ayes". There were several scat tering 'noes''. The resolutions or iginally offered by Gov. O'Neal, which wore withdrawn In favor of Oov Mann's wer* as follows: ''Tho conference of governors does not undertake to control the Individ ual views of Its members upon any question of law or administration; It declares that this government is bas ed upon the fundamental principle of law and order, that tho constitution of each state Imposes upon Its chief executive the supreme duty of taking csre that the laws shall be faithfully and equally enforced, that. It advo-, cates all proper methods for strength ening and simplifying our methods of civil and criminal procedure; this conference protests against any dis position or utterances by those en trusted with the execution of the taw In any of the state* of this Union whleh tends or could be construed as tending to the encouragement, or Jus tification of mob violence or leterfei' BESIDE WIFE S GRAVE A J. CLARK TAKES IU8 OWN LIFE IN* THE CEMETERY . Right Hand Still Grasping Pistol, Mullet from Which Passed Through Neck Caused Instant Death. A. J. Clark, one of Lancaster s moBt prominent aud Influential citi zens, who recently resigned the posi tion of manager of the Lancaster News, committed suicide early Thursday morning, between 8 and 7 o'clock, in the Presbyterian Ceme tery, at Lancaster, using as an in strument of death, a 32 calibre pistol, with which he shot himself through the nock, the ball entering from the left sido and lodging in the ba?o of the brain. From the nature of the wound In flicted. the physicians, who examined the body, say thot death must ne cessarily have been instantaneous. No probable motive is yet assigned for Mr. Clark's rash act, which has caus ed universal sorrow and regret in this community, where the deceased bas lived and worked the best of his lift The body was found at 2 o'cloc* Thursday by parties walking througn tho cemetery, under a large oak tree, near the grave of his wife, who died icmo eighteen years ago. Tho discov ery was at once reported to the members of tho family and the searching party, which, on account of his continued absence from home : since dawn Thursday morning, had | be en looking everywhere for him. | His body was found In a reclining ? posture. He was partially dressed, j and held In his right hand the pistol with which ho put an end to his life. I Mr. Clark was a native of North | Carolina, from which place he came I to Lancaster years ago to engage In I tho newspaper business. For seven i teen years ho was editor and man whirl) paper was finally taken over, I with tho Ledger and Review, to Join the Lancaster Publishing Company, i Ho was elected manager of this com | puny, which position he held contln uously ever since until about two weeks ago, when, on account of fall ing health and close confinement In his oflice, ho was compelled reluctant ly to resign. er.ce v, iui tne orderly processes of! the law." In his denunciation of the confer ence and in dofenso of himself, Gov. FUease In part eaid: ''I hold In my hand the fourth com munication I hav? received this morning threatening my life. it is addreBRQd to me, in care of Gov. Mann." Here Gov. Mann aroso and dis claimed all knowledge of the com munication. He had not even seen li. ho declared. "I am not trying to force this con ference to accept my views," Gov. Hleiiue *ent on. "I have been done a great Injustice. I have been false ly represented, but U Is immaterial to me. What I said about lynch law I will not repeat now, but I will say that I have never, ana will never, order out the militia to do what I would not do myself. "I am Blease of South Carolina, and mease is not afraid of any man. He is not afraid of you or your res olution or your conference. "Personally, I don't care what you do. I have Btood out with bared breast against great and greedy cor porations. I am not afraid of you. You can pass your resolution. What do I care? On the 21st of January I will bo sworn In as governor of South Car olina. W hat care I for your resolu tion? "On the 4th day of March, 1915, T intend to be sworn in as United States senator from the great State of South Carolina. "PaHn your resolution. I will read it from every stump in South Caro lina. "Pass your resolution T scorn it. Do as you please, expel ine, If you please. What care I1 "When you have retired to the shade of private life and are forgot ten I will be known from one end to the other of this great country. You will b? unknown." "Now pbrs your resolution, and ro home. Go on record, if you like, and go home to your peoplo and tell them that you did not agree with the gov ernor of South Carolina." The resolution of Gov. 'Mann, which was adopted, is as follows: "Resolved, That it Is the sentiment of the conference of governors In ses sion at Richmond, Vn.. December 6, 1912, that, the whole power of the soveral States should be used when ever neressary to protect persons ac cused of crime of every kind against the violence of mobs, and to pro vide for spoedy, orderly and Impartial tilaln by courts of competent. Jurisdic tion, to the end that the lawn for the protection of life and property be duly enforced^ And respected by the people.'* ? The vote ort tabling the resolution which showed how the governors stood was thus: Against tabling? O'Neal of AlabAma, Gilchrist, of Flor ida, Itrown ,of Georgia. Plaisted of Maine, Goldnborougb of Maryland. TIadley of Missouri. Oddle of Nevada. Dlx of New York, Tenor of Pennsyl vnnla. Spry of TTtah, Mann of Vir ginia. McOoverrf1 of Wisconsin, Carey of Wyoming, and Vassey of South Dakota ? 1 4. P*or tabling ? Donaghey of Arkansas, Tlaldwln of Connectt cut, Hawley of Idaho, and Kitchen of North Carolina ? 4. One of the communications threat ening the life of Gov. niease was a postal signed "A Negro", mailed In Richmond, the South Carolina execu tive s?ld. Another wm milled In Pittsburg, the third In Washington and the fourth in Louisville, Ky.. the governor said We added that ell were anonymous ? WHAT ONE KISS COST IN ATTEMPTING TO KISft AN I N KI8HEI) YOUTH. Young Married Woman Breaks Two of Her Rlbft aud an Arin in a Twen t j'flve Foot Fall. A fourteen year old boy, during an intermlBslon at a barn dance held at New Bridge near HackenBack, N. J., Tuesday night, became bo interested in Mrs. Wlnfleld Ackerman that ho felt called upon to tell her the ?tory of hie life. Ip the recital he mado tho startling amission that he had never been ki*\dd. Thereupon Mrs. Ackerman allied him If he would allow her the si?i&l honor of making the initial in scription on his facial slate. The boy blushed and backed away. Mrs. Ackerman rose and repeated her request. The youngster blushed more furiously than before and ran ' toward the door. ?' I'll kiss you for fun," cried Mrs. i Ackerman, starting after him, while tho other dancers, who had switched their attention from the entertain- 1 ment to the incident, laughed and shouted encouragement. The boy, fear evident on his face, ran upstairs and tried to hide hlm-| self behind one of tho supports. Mrs. Ackerman, pursuing, locatod him and I for a few mlnuteB they dodged and sped around the wooden column. The boy finally sprang out into the open. Mrs. Ackerman caught htm but ho wriggled free and then dashed around tho room, with tho young wo man keeping up the chase. When she caught him tho second time Mrs. Ackerman held him tight ly. He yelled and fought seeking to squirm from her grasp. This he con tinued while she backed him against a double door. She was bending over him when the door gavo way and the boy and Mrs. Ackerman both fell through to tho ground, twenty-five feet below. The fall had come so unexpectedly to the young woman that she could make no effort to save herself. She suffered a broken arm, two broken ribs and numerous painful bruises. The boy escaped Injury. Dr. C. F. Adams was called to at tend Mrs. Ackerman. He found that her Injuries were so Sfvcre that he] hurried her to the HackenBack Hos pital. PI/OT TO KILI, TWO OOPS. Chines? Gamblers Lured Policemen 4 ? \ to Intended l>eath.' At San Francisco the other night Chinese gamblers lured two police officers to imprisonment in gas filled chambers, leaving them to bo as phyxiated. Each of the men escaped death, however, because they carried small axes and chopped holes thro' the walls of their traps. Corporal Qoff, the first victim, was walking along when & Chinese brushed by him and whispered "Fight in Siberia Club". Without waiting to call his squad, Coff rushed to the club. He thrust astae the doorkeep er. As the door swung back he hoard the bolt click and simultaneously the gas lights went out. Trying the oth er door he found himself Imprisoned In a narrow hallway seven feet long and found that gas was rushing from Jets which he could not reach. Af ter IB minutes work with his axe he cut through the walls and was res cued. Officer Bailey was trapped sim ilarly In another club at almost th? same time. POl'R GREAT EVENTS. That Have Occurred During tho Ywr That Is raising. The Christian Herald says "four ovents will distinguish 1912 as ono of tho opocha) years, viz: the trans formatlon of China from a monar chy to a republic; the uphoaval In Mexico, reorganizing tho nodal and political condition of that country; the emancipation of Portugal from the lncubun of Romanism, and tho European downfall of the "'unspeak able Turk," stung well night to death by the Ilalkan states, which he has held In contempt and oppressed for centuries. I-.ast and not least Is the political revolution hero at home, which changes the political map of our union and introduces new poli cies demanded by tho needs of tno times. BRIDE SENTENCE!) TO PRISON. Killed Woman Who ('allrtl Hor "I'gly" at Wedding Supper. At Logansport, Ind., Mrs. Josoph Lang, the bride of ono day who shot and killed Mm. Mary Copplo, Friday was sentenced to servo from two to fourteen yearn In tho women's pris on at Indianapolis and pay a flno of $2r>. The woman pleaded guilty in Court Thursday. Mrs. I,nng said tho Oopple woman declared her "ugly" and that I>ang could havo done bettor 1r choosing a wife. Tho copplo wo man wan a guest at the wedding sup per. Mrs. I,ng said sho wished hor act to stand out as a warning to nil Women who gossip, 8ho did not spcm to regret her act. * Wend Assallod Woman. A posse of police and citizens Is searching the surrounding country for the assailant of Miss Louella Marshall, 35 year* old, who was at tacked Wednesday night on the out skirts of Trenton, N. J. <Mfs# Mar shall -was discovered lying uncon scious in a field where she had been dragged. Her skull was fractured and her condition tft serious. She gained consciousness for a few minute*, but only long enough to aay bar as sailant as a negro. I REGAINS HER VOICE SPEARS FIRST TO A BOY CORED AS SHE FAS WHO WENT TO VISIT HER Eight Year Old Little Girl, Dumb From Her Birth, Sajrs "Fine," When Aekod by a One Time Mute Curod by Borne Surgeon How She Felt. The New Tork World says the sur geon's knife has again given the pow er of speech to a child who hai been dumb since birth. It Is the second operation of its kind In a fortnight by Dr. William Chapman at th* Sweedlsh Hospital, Brooklyn. Tho first was performed on seven year-old Clarence Devitt of No. 419 St. Mark's avenue, Brooklyn, the sto ry of whose release from lifo-loug silence was told In The World. It was this account of the operation that led directly to the second oporri tlon, which was performed last Sat urday on Pearl Thomson, eight years of age, of No. 608 East One Hundred and Sixty-fifth street. She 1b the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomson. Despite her af fliction her mind was alert. Her vain efTorts to speak wore pitiable. She understood all that was said to her and at times when she tried to reply and could not she would cry Hyster ically. Specialists were consulted, but thoy held out no hope. Then the parents read In The World of tho successful operation on the Devitt boy. Mrs Thomson Immediately went lo Bee Mr. Chapman, who told her to bring Pearl to him. After an exam ination tho surgeon said he thought he could correct tho trouble. Tho op eration was performed on Nov. 30. It consisted, Dr. Chapman explained, of removing a piece of bone the size of a dime pressing on what is known as tho speech center, which is on the left side of tho head where the tem poral bono Joins tho great wing of the sphernold bone. Young Clarence Devitt Tioard of tho operation and went to the hos pital - Wednesday morning. No at tempt had been made to see if the power to talk had been given to the I girl; in fact it wns decided beet to wait several days. Uut nothing of this was explained to the t>oy who I was taken to the bedside of th"> little pai lent She was gating aj the wall when he entered. Her mother was Bitting beside her, stroking Pearl's hand. Before any one could caution him the boy asked: "How do you feel?" At tho words the girl turned her head, looked at her visitor and said quite naturally : | "Fine." The mother sprang from her chair, 1 amazed and overjoyed. ''That In the first word she haB ev er spokon," exclaimed Mrs. Thomson. From that on Pearl began to talk, beginning, of course, with the com monest words. She was anxlou* to use hor new found powers she threatened to become a chatterbox until the nurseB told her Bho must say very little If Bhe wanted to get well. ThlB warning was all the ?lrl needed. The nurses said the Devitt boy had tho same fault. DHOWX AS THE ICR BREAKS. Throe Skaters Detvd and Several Oth ers Vffi'jr Sick. Three persons were dtownod and Hoveral other members of a family skating party had narrow escaped Monday when they broke throuRh the Ico on Hearth lake In North Lacka wanna county. The dead are: Mrs. Adolbert Reynolds, 30 years old; her i son, whose name eouid not be learn- j ed and Hohs Reynolds, 10 years, a( nephew. Ross Reynolds, skating on thin Ice, plunged into the water. 'Mrs. Reynolds endeavored to pull htm out and Bhe too fell In. The other mem bers of tho party attempted to rescue the woman and her nophew and all fell Into tho icy water. Mr. Rey nolds managed to freo himself and saved all but. three of the party, but bis strength was exhausted before lie could complete tho task. The bodies of those drowned were recov ered. The survivors ars in a critical condition from exposure and shock. | KIJjfiKD BY FATXTNO I,IMR. Resident of tho Dutch Fork lilt on tho Hfiwl by ftinnch. Adam Ronedlct Mavf.r, one of the most highly esteemed and best known ctlsena of the Dutch C>> k section of Lexington county was Instantly kill ed Satnrday afternoon while cut tin? down a tree near hln homo. It soenris that a limb from the tren fell, strik ing him on tho top of the head and causing Instant death. Mr. Mayer wai about 7B year* of age, having boon born on September IB, 1MR. He was a Confederate veteran, serv ing throughout the War Between tho Section* In Company II, Third South Carolina Volunteers, and was wound ed twice In the conflict. He suffered a broken arm at the battle of Sharps burg, and lost a leg In the battle of tho Wllderneaa. No braver soldier ev er carried a musket than Adam P. Mayer, aoeordlng to hi* comrade* Sin ffle nnllet Slay a Two. The hnllat that mortally wounded Milton P3lx, a pool-room keepar of Marvel, Ark., plowed throngh hla body and atnick Oharlea Norman, causing the latter* a instant death Robet. Davidson la under arre?rt, ac cused of the murdara. BANOUET TO BELMONT 8KNATOR TILLMAN' AMONG THE INVITKI) (il'KSTS. IWliuont Honored Because of Ilia In terest and Work for the Publicity Law. The Washington correspondent of Tbo News and Courier says Senator Tillman has accepted an invitation from Congressman William Sulzer. Governor-elect of New York to he present at a dlnnei Simtfi given to-morrow eve - " Wlllard Hotel thore, by a committee of which Mr. Sulzer ts chairman, to Mr. Perry Belmont, in recognition of j Mr. Belmont's successful efforts In! arousing sentiment for the enactment of laws requiring publicity of cam pain contributions and regulating the same. Mr. Belmont was the organizer of the Contribution Publicity Law As sociation, to whoso efforts arc largely due the statutes wlncn now exist re stricting campaign contributions and requiring their publication. Mr Sul zer was also identified with the Asso ciation. Senator Tillman was a pioneer in the matter in that ho offered in the Senate and secured the adoption of the first law prohibiting corporations from making contributions in Fed eral campaigns. The Tillman statute, which was approved January 2 6, 1907, Is aa follows: "Bo it enacted by tho Senate atu. House of Representatives of tho United States of America in Congress assembled, that It shall bo unlawful I for any national bank or any corpor-j ation organized by authority of any laws of Congress, to mako a money , contribution In connection with anyl election to any political office. It; shall also be unlawful for any cor-j poration whatever to make any elec tion at which Presidential and Vice Presidential electors or a BepreBenta-j tlve In Congress is to bo voted for j or any election by any State Legli?- [ lature of a United States Senator.; Every corporation which shall mako' any contribution In violation of thei foregoing provisions shall be subject' to a fine not exceeding $5,000, and every oftlcer or director of any cor poration who shall consent to any contribution by tho corporation In violation of tho foregoing provisions shall upon conviction bo punished by a fine of not exceeding $ 1,000 and not less than $25 0, or by imprison ment for a term of not more than one year, or both such fine and Im prisonment In tho discretion of the Court." TAKEN FRIM JAIL; LYNCI1KI), Body Hanging I*rom Limn Tell* of Murder Avenged. Dangling >m a limb of a tree the body of A7.ii. ah Curtis, a young ne gro, was found Friday at Butler, Ala., as mute evidence that tlio murder of B. B. Du?h. r planter, who was shot to death last Monday, had been avenged. Curtis confessed that ho and two other negroeH killed Mr. Bush while they were lying In wait for two men whom they intended robbing. Ac cording to the ?n gro's confession 'the highwaymen worn waiting for Tax Collector T IV Bennett And J. H. Howlington, both of whim were known to have large sums of money on their perBon. Mr. Bush wan driving a wagon along the road, on which it was ex pected the proposed victims of the negroes would pass Curtis stepped out from his hiding plac? and fired point blank at the planter with a single-barrelled shot gun. Reloading the weapon he fired two more shots at the planter's body as the mules at tnched to the wagon ran away. Death Under Engine Wheels. At Seattle, Wash., C. A. JoTin?on, an engineer, after falling to effect a reconciliation with his wlfo, Tues day picked up his six-year-old son and ran In front of a passenger train, but the father was tossed aside with a broken leg and scalp wounds. The News and Courier says: '"Some Journals are so anxious for a row between Wood row Wilson and Bryan that they Just can't help straining every nerve to bring It about " That Is true, but all their efforts will fall. SHE WANTS TD DIE PLEADS FOR LAW TO PERMIT HE1 TO END HER DAYS A HOPELESS PARALYTIC A Now York Woman Who is Desires That a KnmcUil ^ Would Permit Her to W4 iter ut* Uk?h?i of H*r UUu? Suffering. Mr. Sarah Harrli. the remarkable paralytic patient In the Audubon .an* tar luru of New York who made two public appeal? during the laat tkre* months for the enactment of a law Permitting her physicians to en i kar Buffering by taking her life, wrote a third letter recently In It aha tells of a rialt from Mr. Grover Cleveland, who, being at tke hospital to see an Invalid relative and knowing of Mrs. Harris' case' ? pent an hour with tw? latter. ''Mrs. Cleveland la the moat r markablo and unaffected woman with whom I over spoken. " said Mrs Har ris. "She will bring to my help the counsel a of wise people. I &m as much In need of relief as when I made the first appeal. The law doea not scruple to demand lif0 for ilf# NNhv may not tho law become aa instrument of mercy a. well as ven fceanco? ' Mrs. Harris made n grim appeal to ,:?PU. ?f New York '? l!aT* * law enacted which will nab , a practicing physician to and ,,ir llfe iUld h?r Prolonged miserv. k,h vr"e ???'" aR? M"8 Hi,rrt8 t m? ?"" Wk pnra,y"1" that Imo has been able to to move onlv he muscles of her head. She is about thirty years of ago, and 1* the moth n'?n?, ,V*? Chi,dn'M- husband Is a salesman. Mrs Harris snfTera con "nnt.y and liaa yot to And any medi f tl,at relief. Physician, have told her that she i? the vlctom o? spinal trouble, which h/\B resulted n Paralysis, although they have been unable to ascertain tho exact nature of tho malady. She believes the leg islature should make It possible for of anr" (?hentl her llf0 Qml th# 1,768 of al such wretched sufferer.. Mrs ione " 7as flr8t Btricken early ?n 1909, while out walking, and the next day was complotely paralyzed hoalL^r*"8 " th0 A?dubo? hospital state that no change ha? been discernible In the woman s con ditlon for the past year or more, r.ud more ,!T? tPn ?r flfteon vp8r" 'I am suffering the torture of the ; t,Wr?t0 thl* ?man, whea ?he made her flr.t appeal to the honnT y6ar8 ag?- "Ther? la no hopo for my recovery. Why should continue until the end comes in the ' <""h wh,ck 1 "Various mechanical invention, are being pushed in which many skln llKht* loB? their lives, and yet one question, the greatest of In how to end the suffering of hopeleea" "Here In the early thirties, a yount woman, stretched on a bed. lmmOT able, bereft of the great motor engine of her constitution for the past three year,, which places her In an ?b? lute ly paralyzed condition In whick she 1b unable to exert a single muscle pallet ?7' ^6^dGB BUfferlng much Pain, yet In full possession of the strength of her mentality, craves and m?le?ry. """ Wh'Ch ?"?> ?! ''N'0,w' whr "hould not the Btate take the matter In its hands and end the wretchedness of such poor suf t?- ^ US fltoP '?ng enough Hear of M <WhPn a the ,ow" lest of the animal kingdom, becomes Inactive and doomed to suffer Its suffering is put to an end. Naturally, one's own loved onea cannot bring this about. Your phv. clan cannot do it, for he wOU]d be condemned, ao the only moant i. the Falling Cross Kills Hextoa. While ho was removing a monu ment In a cometory at Hamilton, O., a cross fell upon Charles Welllng hoff, the sexton, fracturing his skull and causing doath within a few hours. ROYAL BakingPowder Adds Healthful QualillestoMod Prof. Prescott, of tho University of Michigan, testified before the Pure Food Committee of Congress, that the acid of grapes held highest rank as an i article of food and he regarded the re- J suits from baking with cream of tartar baking powder as favorable to health. } Royal u thm only Baking Powder madm from Royal Orapm Crmam of Tartar*