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By Training the Children to bo Trntkfol and Honoat A Very Readable Article on the Sab* • ^ -» Jeet Which We Clip From the - New York Amerlcaa. An long an the world shall continue to exist, as long as It shall be Inhabi ted by human beings, we shall con tinue to hare criminals, Just as wo hare albinos, or men with six fingers —that is to say, we si tall still hare born criminals, men In whom a cruel tats has sown the seed of cruelty, and whose way of reasoning Is different from that of normal people, and who are doomed from the day of their birth to commit crimes. There Is no thera py against this Inherited disease. The only things one could do would be to kill them or to place them In Institu tions where they could not do wrong. But besides these born criminals, whose number Is only between 30 and 40 per cent, of all criminals, and who oommlt crlmes because of inherited or acquired tendencies which latter may be developed by diseases such as typhus or Inflammation of the brain, there are other* far more numerous- habitual criminals, or criminals who err because they Are unable to withstand a sudden temptation of an outburst of passion, and these we can redeem and bring back to the right road. First of all, we oafi direct and guide the abandoned children, the orphans, the sick and mischievous children. These are the ones who most often go astray, who are driven to crime from hunger and neglect. While they are still young, while their evil tendencies have not yet grown beyond contiol, It Is possible to exterminate these evil Instincts. For this reason there are fewer youthful criminals In the cities of London and Qeneva, where there are numerous, institutions of correc tion for children. To-day all civilised countries have begun to see the importance of taking hold of the children and more Is being done than any one bad dreamed of a few years ago—the States have made education compulsory, and humanitar ians have founded institutes which look after the welfare of children out side of school hours—while the parents are working In the factories—and en deavor to keep them out of evil com pany and away from the streets. A wonderful Institution which de serves to be copied everywhere Is that conducted by Mr. Baraardo, In London, who surely has saved many thousands from misery and crime, for this the greatest of all modern philanthropists takes special care of the poorest of the poor, the sons of drunkards, of con victs and the abandoned and orphan ed children. The tendencies and Inclinations of each child are carefully studied and work is given It In accordance with its ability. But Mr, Barnard* does even more, and here is where his Institu tions are superior to all others. Aa the children who are under his care nearly all com* from degenerate par ents and more than others are apt to give way to temptation, he tries to do his utmost to keep them away from evil Influencea. For this reason he has employment clfioee everywhere and sends his wards to Canada, to Cape Colony and to Australia, to places In the country, where quiet rural life may make them useful and honorable citizens, Mr. Barnardo keeps an eye upon each and every one of his wakta through their whole life and never loses sight of them, and statistics show that in spite of the evil tendencies many of them must have inherited only two- tenths of one per cent of them have gone astray—In only two oases of every thousand has his wonderful system of education failed. - —; It is exceedingly important to teach the children to detest alohol, for alco hol Is at the bottom of more crimes than any thing else—first because the use of It develops all evil tendencies; second, because many crimes are com mitted while under the Influence of liquor, and, third, beoauae the saloon Is nearly always the meeting place pf criminals, where they lay their plans and gather to deride their spoils. - If alcohol could be taken out of the world the most brutal and cruel forms of crime would oease, and the drink evil Is per se as important a problem as the problem of how to prevent crime. But there are many other things which must be done to prevent crime. The social inequality, the great difference between, the very rich and the very poor, muyt. disappear, and laws must be changed to effect this. * In Australia, which Is far ahead of all other countries In regard, to social conditions, crimes have decreased sur prisingly. The eight-hour working day, the arbitration of all labor ques tlons and difficulties, the high wages and the disappearance of the very poor class have practically wiped out oer tain kinds of crime, and whatever crimes are committed are either com mitted during an outburst of passion or by born criminals. Breach of Promise Halt. Damages aggregating a quarter of a million dollars as compensation for alleged breach of promise of marriage are asked by Mrs. Katherine Polllon in a suit against W. Gould Brokaw, the millionaire clubman, which was begun In the supreme court in New Terk Wednesday. Eminent oounselt, ■cores of witnesses, many of people of prominence from distant parte of the country, and a packet containing more than 200, letters al leged by the plaintiff to have been written by Brokaw, will figure In the ease. The authenticity of the letters, upon which the suit Is largely baaed, Is denied by Brokaw's counsel. In Okr Great Wav. The Army and Navy Journal says from the archives of the Confederacy on deposit In the war department the military secretary, Major Gen. Ains worth has brought to light some in teresting data concerning the com manders of the Confederate forces in the field In the fateful days of 1861-65. Deducting eleven names of officers who did not qualify for cue reason or another, we have In this list 415 gen erals, and the records given show that of these 74 were killed or mortally wounded In action, or 18 per cent. - This Is a very striking showing when we recall the almost entire Im munity of the Russian and Japansse armies lighting In Manchuria from fatal casualties to general officers. We recall but one who has been reported killed in battle In the far East, and If there are others they must be very few; whereas the percentage of casual ties among the general officer* of the Confederacy are far in excess of the percentage of casualties among the rank and file of the Russian and Japa nese armks as given by Gene Bliss, who has the best of facilities for learning the facts. No less than Ji3 general officers of the Confederacy were killed m battle during the 11 months of campaigning, and the 8 months of fighting commencing with Grant’s battle of the Wilderness and ending with Appomattox. Ten briga dier generals of the Union army were also killed during this campaign, be sides 12 cortmels commanding bri gades, 6 of them at Cold Harbor alone. At Franklin 7 Confederate generals were killed, and during Sher man's campaign 6, the Union army losing 3 At Gettysburg 5 Confeder ate and 6 Union generals were killed, 10 In all, besides 3 Union colonels oommanding brigades. At Fredericks- burg 2, Union, and 2 Confederate gen erals were killed. In all, the Union army lost in killed or mortally wound ed 60 general officers, 23 brevet briga dier generals and 34 colonels oom manding brigades. Taking the proportion as one killed to 4.62 wounded, this would iodioate that" 467 Confederate generals were, killed or wounded out of a total of 416. Probably, however, the general officers were the selected victims of the sharp shooters, who shot tbknTv In one regiment of the civil war, sub Jeoted to the ordinary casualties of battle, the 1st Minnesota at Gettys burg, 28 per cent of those engaged were killed end 82 p rc a nt were killed and wounded, in forty-two other regiments the percentage of killed in different battles was 18 or more. The ratio of killed to wounded In 66 bat tles of the oivil war was 1 to 4.8, vary ing between 1 to 3 at? Williamsburg and 1 to 6.7 at Arkansas Post. The average among the regular troops was 1 to 4.62. HAMPTOl’l TH11AT Row Tfeey Vala* Tbem, Two cases were disposed of In a New Jerey court lait Saturday* In one of them a man was convicted of stealing a horse. He was sentenced to twenty years la tbs penitentiary. In tb* other a man was convicted of a woman. He lb Caused Hherman to Quit Shooting OonJederate Prisoners. To the Editor of The Sunday News: I read with much Interest the oom* munlcatlon in the last number of The Sunday News, signed by my old friend, B. Frank Ford, who I hop# will par don me for making a few minor cor rections In regard to the shooting of Miller. Instead of twenty or so hav Ing been called out to draw, there were oue hundred and fifty, ss told me next day by one of the guard. He also said the number agreed upon Was thirty five, and Miller drew that num her, but said it was his opinion that the drawing was a sham, as it was supposed that Miller was the one who shot the man; though he, the guard, did not think so, but thought it was done by one of Wheeler’s men; for they had all sworn never to take a forager (better known as ^ bummer) prisoner. After being tbe one selected to be shot Miller was taken across the dead line with one of the prisoners, and told the prisoner he did not mind it, only he bad nine daughters dependent on him for support and regretted to leave them thus. A young Texan, I have forgotten bis name, offered to take Miller’s place when be heard this, but Gen. Blair refused it, saying It was not legal. Miller was shot shout twelve miles from Coeraw, in Chesterfield district, as then called, and, as well as I re member, burled on the side of the road leading from Oberaw to Camden. The grave was pointed out to me the □ext morning ss we passed. At Fayetteville, N. G., we were formed in line again, for the purpose of drawing for our lives. Ten were to be shot, but Just as the officer stepped to the first man for him to draw a courier came post-haste on horseback and banded him a paper. After read ing It we were marched back In the "Bull Pen” without drawing. At first opportunity 1 asked one of the guard what was up, when he told me that Hampton had put Sherman on notice that two commissioned officers or eleven privates would be shot for every one of our men shot by Sherman’s or ders, In retalatlon for "bummers” killed; so this out a stop to the whole thing, and relieved us of the dread that was hanging over us continually; for Wheeler’s men continued shoot ing "bummers” regardless of Sher man's orders. 1 - I could write you more of* the atrocities perpetrated on those that were so unfortunate to be prisoners with Blair’s corps, the 17th, bat I fear I have already taken op fcpo much of your valuable space. -V Bascoit Oobtjkh, - - Co D, 2d 8. 0. Bat., S. 0. V. T. Jesup, Ga., May 20, 1906. Headed Dow* Ur gwdae Bvwley la In the United States Circuit Court at Charleston on Wednesday Juige Brawley rendered an opinion of special Interest to' the aoddent Insurance and the holders of policies In sodF companies, the eaae coming upon a motion of the Fidelity end Oesualty Company, of New Tork, for a new trial, the defendant not being satis fled with the verdict which was rendered against It at the recent term of the court In Greenville. It appears that the late Frederick G. Stacy, president of the Frist Na tional Bank of Gaffney, S. O., was walking down the street, when be was accosted by a man of the name of Porter, wh« anegwFthlt be had not been treated fairly in a business trans action. Stacy and Porter later came upon Stacy’s partner, who explained the transaction, whereupon Stacy turned to Porter and remarked: "This showi you are lyipg. ” Porter Why Beery Bussi* for Conditions that Ixist In this Country. A Riot In Bt. Peteratnurg'lklfo Bettor or Worse tfuras Riot In the City of Ohio ago. As we peas through life many things happen which we do not appear to sec —things that are Important and Which affect nations. Then, we only too often fail to see ourselves ss others see us, add to that that ws are liable to get Into grooves and wear them so deep thatJKA. cannot see from their bottom what Is going oh around us. It has been and Is the custom In the United States to damn Russia for every thing without rhyme or reason at times; and to magnify many times every happening there that tends to injure Russia, be tbe happening small or large. We have had a magnificent oppor tunity to witness that spirit in what the press and people have to say about u “ Vnn the war between Japan and Russia, reoeivea inaicate tnat in same ps self,” and Stacy hTt Porter two^lows, *nd every little labor trouble that the the south the opinion prevails one in the mouth, slightly abraslng his hand. From tblf~wouQd, Sfcioy died In a tow day*of blood poison, and later the executor of Stacy’s estate, brought suit for tbe payment of the accident policy for 15,000, Whloh the company had refused, alleging that Staoy had met his death by violent and unlaw ful means. The Jury was iostruoted specifically upon the laws of accident and a * verdict was rendered In favor Of the estate. It was to set aside this verdict that the preeent action, was Introduced which Judge Brawley has refused, dismissing the motion for a new trial. In his opinion, Judge Brawley ea ters Into an exhaustive Review of the meaning of the. word, "accident,” de finitions in law and by various author] ties being recited, in reaching his con elusion that thA death of Stacy was an accldant. Tbe question Is an In teresting one to the accident insur ance people. While the blow which Stacy struck in resenting an insult might not have been an accident, the bl(K>d poisoning consequent upon It was an accident, and the verdict was rendered accordingly and the court now Justifies the verdict W1ATHBB AND CROPS. the question of wearing or removing bats by tbe female portion of the con gregation at the night services was voted on, and the result was unani mous for removing hate and bonnets. ~ experiment bee been carried on »ladles and yonag people of the and by the Ootutn Stands Good, Bat Numerous Qad Reports Are Made. The following report as to the con dition of the crops has been Issued by Seotiou Director Bauer: The first the week ending Mon day, May 22, was warm, tbe laUer part very cool, especially tbe nights. Thera were local high winds accom panying thunderstorms on the 16.h that did some damage to fruit trees. The latter part of the week was-fair with sunshine In excess of the normal amount. There, were general rains on the 16tb, heavy In places, and occasional showers In tbe eastern counties on toe 17th, after which the ground dried rapidly. Cultivation of field crops made rapid progress during the lat ter part of tbe week. There la still widespread complaint of grassy fields, and a probability that some land planted In ootton will have to be abandoned owing to the scarcity of farm laborers. Labor Is scarce in all parts of the state. Cotton planting has been finished, and m >re than two-thirds has been chopped, with chopping still in pro gress. Cultivation has been begun Stands of cotton are generally good, though there are numerous reports of plants dying on gray lands Ih tbe western counties and on sandy lands in the eastern ones owing to too much rain and the recent cool nights. In some of the southeastern counties, some fielda have been plowed up and replanted. Excessive rains and lack of cultivation caused the plants to turn red or yellow In many places, and the recent cool nights have checked its heretofore rapid growth. The first squares were noted on the 19th in Ooiietqp county. The general condition of the cotton crop Is poor, though promising in a few loosltttes. Oom is suffering from want of cul tivation and 4 is turning yellow, but where cultivation has been practlc abls it Is in good condition. Stands are generally g<x d except on bottom lands where worms continue destruc tive. There is yet much oom to be planted on bottom lands, in the west ern half of the state. Tobacco is doing well. Rloe plant ing Is delayed In the Georgetown dis trict by high tides. The week was fa vorable for truck and shipments of potatoes sod beans were heivy. The strawberry season Is over. Wheat is promising where not rusted or dam aged by the Hessian fly. Fall oats are fine, and spring oats have Improved rapidly.' Oats are ripening in the eastern counties and some have been cut. Pastures are flue. Peaches are plentiful in tbe eastern counties, but art very scarce in the western ones The first shipment of peaches was made this week. Apples are scarce and the trees continue to blight Mel ons, gardens and other minor erops continue to do well. Girl Kills a Baby. At Toronto, Ontario, Josephine Carr, a 13-year-old girl, has confessed to the murder of Wm. Murray, a nine- months-old Infant It Is claimed -off tbe Oarr girl that she hks been In the habit of stealing baby carriages from the front of a department store while the parents were inside shopping. I4$t Friday the girl went to a department store and found a baby in each oar- picked out the beet looking baby car riage of the lot, which contained the Murray child, and made off with It. She took the child to the woods near Rats Off In Ohmrch. At the services at the Fli*t Baptist ££ b^Iltthe“^t £d Church at Spartanburg Sunday night And, stripping It of its clothing, threw itorver an embankment and caused its death. Later she placed the body In a culvert and buried the clothing. On Saturday she node tbe announcement that she had ‘'discovered” the child’s body In the culvert. The girl cleaned that she tot the Idea of killing the child from seeing a play at a local wires have called to ourattention I am cot setting myself up as an apologist for the governmeut of Rus sia, nor as s defender of Its people; neither do 1 Intend to censure either. My aim Is to simply point a moral by a little compirIson between that coun try and the United States. Every strike and every row in Rus sia is at onoe heralded to tbe outside world as a rising of the people for the purpose of. overthrowing its govern ment. The cruelty of the govern ment is no doubt greatly magnified In a like manner. The ruler of Russia Is pictured as standing in hourly fear of assassination; and every time an tlfflcial Is assassinated, It Is pat down ss an attempt to overthrow tbe gov ernment. It has about reached that point where thinking people put little faith In those accounts. In order to become fair judges we must see ourselves as we are. Then we will be tn a position to judge Rus sia. It must be remembered that there are bad men in every country—men who are not happy unless they are creating strife, anarchists, commun ists, socialists and other brands. We have a very large number of that kind of people with us, and Russia seems to have heir full share. There is no doubt about that. We must recollect that, we have lost more presidents than Russia has lost rulers by assassination. We have continual strikes and rloU with bloodshed just as Russia has, but the methods of the strikers or rioters are somewhat different. President Lincoln was assassinated; and so were Presidents Garfield and McKinley; and the person of Presi dent Rooesvelt has to be watched and guarded by trained secret service men all the time to protect him against the very class that in Russia seeks tbe life of Nicholas. Does all of that mean that the people of Russia as well as those of the United States are ojp pressed by the head of those govern ments? Are we to understand that bloody strikes and the assassination of our presidents are conspiracies against our government any more than the same happenings iu^Russia should be so styled? We must apply the same rule In both countries. . We have in the United States al most continual strikes and labor trou bles; so bas Russia. Tbe amount to riots here as well as In Russia, why not give them the same classification in both countries? They are too well known here to require a list of them with the particulars in each case. But I will call attention to the-strikes when Pre8ident..Cleveland bad to send United States troops to quell them, and one that is now in progress in tbe city of Chicago, the teamsters' strike. Among other things tbe pa pers convey tbe Information that the citizens of Chicago asked for state wagons had to go armedd with armed policemen accompanying them. On May 4th more than half a hundred were hurt in all day rioting; on May 6th It was said that the troops would be ordered out as the number of strlk ere was inoreasing and the public peace threatened; on tbe same day murderous assaults were made oa the negroes who had been brought Into tbe city to take the places of the Striking teamsters; on May 10th, while President Rpo^velt waa _ in tbe crtyvIrhe-ROttng continued almost in his very ptoience; and on May 15th In thesaaMboat with her. As stated we must give like events la both countries the same Interpreta tion, and then draw oar oonelaskm. Freni tong standing prsjndlnfi, j—ljml the mote In tbe eye of the Russian government, bat fall to see the beam in theeye of oar own government and people. I writ* tins not for the purpose, as stated, of defending Rosela, bat for tb* parpooe of calling attention to homvnatters. It Is often tbe best way in wliioh to force a truth home. I de sire to tarn the light on matters of a serious nature at home. We bate enough here to keep us busy without crossing the Atlantic to dictate to other people, and to Interfere with their home affaire. WnxiAK P. Calhoun. FAKMUL8 NOT OOMPXLLXD. To Answer the Questions ot Ajtents > ns to Aeermne. A dispatch from Washington to the Atlanta Constitution says advices received Indicate that In some parts of the last congress passed a law compel ling ootton planters to report, on de mand from agents of the census bu reau, their acreage, condition, number of bales ginned, eto. This is not tbe case. The only legislation affecting ootton statistici enacted by the fifty eighth congress was the following joint resolution Introduced by Representa tive Burleson, of Texas, and finally passed as a part of the bill providing for the collection of marriage and dl vorce statistics: T "Be it resolved, etc., That tbe dl rector of the census be, and he is here by authorized and directed to collect and publlsfi on the same dates and at tbe same time he makes publication of the glonere’ reports of ootton produo tion, statistics of the consumption of ootton, tbe surplus of cotton held by the manufacturers and the amount of ootton exported, tbe statistics to be summarized as of September 1 of each year, so as to show the ootton produc tion and consumption of the preceding year.” It Is obviously to the interest of the farmers to know something de finite ss to the amount of ootton con sumed, exported and on hand, and the statistics which will bqjgubBsbed as s result of the passage of Mr. Burleson's resolution will bring out the facts. It seems Impossible to convince the plant ere of tbe South that it la equally to their interests to have accurate state ments ss to acreage,. condition and production issued by the government, despite the weight of the evidenoe In that direction. Tbe census bureau had a considerable amount of -trouble last season with glnnere who refused to make reports for use in the six gin ning bulletins Issued during tbe fall, winter and spring, and yet the facts tend to show that conditions would hav* been msterialy improved had this information been freely given by all glnnere. It is argusd that such in formation gives tbe speculator a club wherewith to hammer down prices, but, if this be the oaso, it should be obvious that in the event of a abort crop the farmers would be given a lever wherewith to push the prices up. In the opinion of experts here It Is diffi cult to see bow any legitimate Interest can be harmed by having the exact facts made public. CRAZSD N1GR0 BURNED. -Habit, He Shot to Death Every White Men c_: He Could. _ About 6 o’clock Wednesday night mob of men and boys surrounded the house and s:t it afire. Shaw remained In tbe burning house ss long as he could stand tbe heat and finally leap ed out and tried to escape. Nearlyone hundred shots were fired and Shaw’s body was riddled with bullets. Sunday ,.00* * ouou ,0. rlotiOK; dr.™™ and an appeal was sent to Owensboro tbe strikers, tbe press informs us, had poisoned some of tbs horses. No man can tell where It will end. If those things bad happened In Russia what an outcry would have been raised by the press and people of this supposedly free country of ours! Before condemning Bmwuf „ Jn that wsyfmsghlfying every event many many times; had we not better throw aside some of our prejudices and climb out of our old and dsep ruts, and take a calm survey of home af fairs? It seems that the people of Russia have uot as much supposed freedom as w$ are supposed to have; but, do not enjoy the same tranquility that the people of England do. Of the three governments, that of Eng land, to judge by results is the best— at least, so far ss assassinations, strikes and riots with bldodshed are concerned. ussla has many problems to oon front and so have we. They are seel ous ones, too. Just now we have con fronting us several dangers, and among them may be mentioned the greet and Increasing power of our money barons and lords} the increas ing number of violence of labor riots, the two foregoing being styled a con flict between labor and capital; the risg* in front of the store. No. she proper regulation of the goyernmente of our luge dties; the flocking to this country of all classes of European 1m migrants Including anarchists, com munists, socialists and tbe like; the great strides that are being made to ward a centralized government, all democratic principles being erqifted In the rush, and last bat aot least, the race problem. . * Taking overyti^g into considera tion and looking a t the matter from a dlqpMBlona^ standpoint, It seems to J We have no room to complain of BpStla so bitterly and to damn-her everything when we are In a gnat for help. A posse wss at oroe formed, but as sot n as they approached tbe mad man’s house he opened fire on them. - ^ Town Marshal Watson was shot in the face and Deputy Marshal John J. Jackson In the back. Others wound ed were Dr. G. H. Plitt, on the b&nd; s boy named Howard and a boy named Felly in the legs. Wednesday morning a posse headed by Sheriff went from Lewlsport to Whit man and found Shaw sitting on his front porch. Shaw quickly barricaded himself in bis house. The posse tried tr storm the house, but the negro opened fire, wounding James Ford and John Robinson. He apparently had only small shot, which saved the lives of those he shot at. Sbsw was shot at twice. He had two revolvers, but an nounoed that he would save them for work at close quarters. A great crowd gathered around the house, keeping at a safe distance. At 3 o’clock Will C. Brown, a depu ty Sheriff of Hancock county, Volun teered to go to the home and take Shaw. When within 16 feet of Shaw, tbe crazy men fired, blowing Brown’s head completely off. The body now lies at the door of the boose and can not be recovered. The burning of tbe house is being diseutssd bv the posse and this probsbly will be done. Awto Exploded. A large, touring car belonging to Mrs. Howard Gould, exploded Wed nesday afternoon In front of e garage at Thirty-third street end Fifth ave nue, New Tork, through tb« oarelees- ness of a street sweeper, who threw e lighted match underneath tbe m chine where there was a quantity of gasoline which had leaked from the tank. ?he explosion eould be heard for a block and caused excitement among tbe guests of the Waldorf-As toria. Tbe automobile was wrecked, the damage bring estimated at 18,000. _ . An ArttaUc Thief. 'The police at Parle on Wednesday arrested Elward Israel Ebstein, who is charged with renting apartments from Count Glrton and others and re moving valuable art objects. The poDoe say the prisoner le wanted la Aagosla, Ga. It la a my eacy matter for oa to ir me snie. . - WE SHX EVERYBODY. Headquarters for EVERYTHING lu M ACHINFBT SHSPLIW. • ~ AUYWtrfltricete»rLuhrlcatDra, J^V^^Pltt Pg». | Supplies for Saw Mills, Oil Mills arxfany oneiti Wachtnery bu*ines|. 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Before the Railroad Commission at Colombia on Tuesday of last week the officials and employes of the Southern railway testified as .^licum- stances surroundlr g the wreck of the special bearing the party of Mr Rjbt. C. Ogdetfkrtjfeenvllle, April 29. It will be remembered that tbe train, running at the rate of 40 miles an hour, crashed into some empty freight care standlnpoii tbe main line within tbe yard limits. ‘ From the bulk of the evidence It appears that tbe railroad people are willing to admit that tbe crew in charge of the special train Is at fault. The Issue devolves upon ths question whether or not this was a train of the first olsas. Tbe crew in charge claim that it was, ss it was 1 being operated on an order which contained a de tailed schedule between Spartanburg and Greenville, which is according to their way of looking at it. an amend meat to the regular schedule. Engi neer J. R. Hunter, who wss crippled in the wieck and Conductor Acker took the stand. The rule governing the conduct of yards In cities states: "Switching aid other trains and engines may work within limits without regard to second class and Inferior trains which latter most approach and run through yard limits under full control, expecting to find main track blocked. In case of soddent, responsibility rests with ap proaebiog train.” While it was In evidenoe that there was carelessness regarding the hand ling of messages In regard to tbe special at Greenville, still It was testi fied by the Officials that this would not effect the result and that Engl near Hunter should have come Into tb* yard limits with his train under such control that he could stop within half the distance he oould see. Divi sion Superintendent Williams, Baker and McManus and General Manager H. B. Spencer of the Southern and Engineer Llneberger of Charlotte, testified that there was but one way of Construing tbe orders received by En gineer Hunter and that was his was not a first class train and that be should have had bis train under per fect control when he approached the Greenville station. Tbe Southern showed by Its correspondence that every effort was made to handle with success the movement of this impor tant train. Engineer Hunter was familiar with the road and was se lected to take tbe train from Colum bia to Greenville for thalxeason. m -r— a tturmnee Find. At Connolsville, Penn., in tbe office of DLtrict Attorney Tnom&s H. Hud son is a woman’s shoe, the hollowed heel of which It is said, contain* enodgh dynamite and nltro glycerine to kill a number of persons Tuesday night .Mrs. Engle of Uuiontown, Penn , found a pair of ladies’ shoes in her back yard. While examining them she discovered that tbe heel of one of them wss hoBowed out and four exploded cap* pDc.-d on fpur iron pegs set In the heel and tbe hole filled with waste soaked with nltro-glyoer- Ine. The shoes were turned over to the authorities who are making'a rigid Investigation. They Most Go. The North Carolina supreme court has affirmed the decision of the lower court sustaining the act passed by tbe last legislature prohibiting "bucket shops” and the praotloe joif .dealing In futures. The law makes it a misde meanor to open a place where quota tions on futures are furnished .or to buy or sell options for future delivery when the actual delivery of the goods Is not contemplated. Tbe effect of the decision is to close up all branches of ootton exchange bouses In that state doing a future business. He PooledThem. A report comes from Charleston that many people on James Island have been taken in by a seller of soap, which they paid for and never re ceived. The inducements of attract ive presents, to be secured with large puiohases, brought In many orders and the agent reaped a harvest.at the rate of 88 per box. The seller has de parted for parts unknown and It may be well for other comm uni ties to be on their guard If the soap seller and prize distributor should put In his ap pearance In their neighborhood. rr ~~ One ot “Two Johns” Dead. John Stewart drossy, known throughout the theatrical world as J. C. Stewart, one of the "Two Johns, ’ the famous fat men of the stage, Is dead at the age of 71 years. He was born at Dobllo. Tn* popularity of the negro in the large northern titles le being amply and strikingly demonstrated In Cbioa- go just at this time. Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, of Atlanta, Ga., tbe South's Most Reliable Specialist, Offers' to Give Medi cal Advice to Every Sufferer from Any Disease Free of CargOf—Be Sure* to Write Him at Once and Take , Advantage of This Offer. ' - ; ' thing* yon ould charge 00 for Uua BOOK ON YOUR DISEASE SENT FREE. If you »re alHicted with nny diseane of** chronic nature, you should sit right dhwn and write this g rat specialist and take asapUg# of this special offer to counsel and advise every sufferer without cost. As Dr.- Hathaway has had over a quarter century ot experiendh ia tbe treitment of these diseases, daring which time be has cured some ol the meet stubborn, deep seated cases on record, you can readily appreriktwthe value this offer will b«l to you. He will also send you a very valuable book qa yuur diiijiae, of which he is the author, which will explain to y u a gre-t many thin, do not know. Your home doctor would < you anywhere tram $1.00 to $25,00 same service and after all you would not ha heue&tted, for the reason that the average doc tor is not competent to advise in these cases because te has not had the necessary -experi ence. . Dr. Hathaway has been eetabUshe«f in At- tail's for years,andyeirsj / dnd by honest deal ings with everyone uud r-pdering the moat skilled medic il sory* o, ,he has built up the largest practice in tail lefuutry. His standing, both professional ly/aad’^nanctaHy- ivQ.Lth* very highest, and you can 11 mi nn better ntedi- cal-aid or advice anywhere. His system of home troiitme \t ia considered perfect in every lespect, which enables him to treat thd afflict- _ ed at their homes, a^d no matter with what disease you are afflicted, h >w sever* It may b* or h iw many doctors have declared it incura ble, write him and let him t >11 yon just what he i";vii do for you. The address is J. NEW TON HATHAWAY, M. D„ 88 Inman Bldg, Atlanta, Oa. 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