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BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1900.
AWFUL TRAGEDY.
Mr. J. T. Parks Shot and Killed
in Street Row
BYMH.BOBTH.COVAlH
Who is Hiault Striaosly Wostied jn
Shodder. The Shootisf Was
Ceased hv Some Em loess Troa*
hie Betweeo the Two Mea , '
Brtwiof Sometime.
A moat deplorable trafitf^ has en
acted tn the streete of Oranceburg
about eleven o'clock leet Friday morn
ing, resulting In the death of Mr.
Jaa. T. Parks, of Columbia, and thf
serious wounding of Mr. Robt. H. Co
va*. of this city. Tnose two gentle*
men met In Church street, in the
rear of the Courthouse, and wlthou
\ exchanging many words went U
abooting each other with the resell
djbove described. The tragedy caused
{great shook to the tnitre communl
ty, and for a time busir^sa was almost
suspended nothing was talked
about hardly but the terrible odour
renoe that bad resulted in the death
of ore gentleman and the deeperaU
wounding of another.
It wae abiot 'tidvdu onflool wher
MTeral pistol shots rang out lu rapio
suoossslon, which stanl d avdry out
who heard them. Tne saootiog die
not last but s few seconds, and neout
could say bow many thou wire ex
whanged between the two combatants
■0 rapid was tbs firing. It is supposeo
ahmt eight or ten shots wars fired in
all. As Boon as potslbie people h
eoeoe after the pistols had beet
emptied. Immediately af the shoot
big Mr. Parloi wasseen slowly walking
baokward and sideways towards the
Northwest corner of the Courthous,
Square and Mr. Oovar slowly following
him, both gentleman apparently re-
ioaoing their pistols.
When Mr. Parks reached the cornei
he crossed over Churon street and en
mred t*w> law offloedf Mdears Bjwmai
* Bowman. Wnen he rescued the
ifflje he gave bis pistol to L W. Bow
an, «fcq . Who was standing In hit
effloe door, having gone there on hear
ing the pistol shots. At this time Mr
Pqrks did not seem to be badly hurt,
but he was verr pale, and said u
those who fra** gathered that be was
fatally shot. Mr. Parks ml dowh iL
s chair, and it soon became apparent
that he was seriously hurt Me ws-.
who St fintl
thought that he was not fa tail)
hut but attar being removed U
the reekUnoe of his brother in law
Dr. J. H Perrejotear, and a care
fuJ examLiat on made, it was fount
wss sbot oom^letely throug’
and the at tending phjslolanh
the wounds istal. Mi
was hit in three places. Out
bail entered his chin and twv- struc*
to been the meat pleat set and Inti
mate terms.
When Mr. P^rks moved to Colum
frla about two years ago Mr. Oovar be
came intemtod in the business, and
was given entl. e marsgemeot of the
paper except the edltr rlil department,
which was retained by Mr. Parks,
*ho came down each week to lock
ifter it. About tire first of the year
Mr. Parks sold his interest In
rbe Patriot and the printing outfit
to Mr. J. H Funderturg and Mr. Co
ver, and the newspaperii^nitnce been
publls'it d by Faoderburg & Cuvar as
publishers and proprietors^.
It la stated that hince tb s transfer
there has rot been pl> assnt feelings
between Mr. Parks a >d Mr. C >var.
• It seems toat there was some
trouble about business matters, and'
that Mr. Parks came down from Oo
lumbla Fr.diy morning to stiaighter
cut the matter. All the parties wer*
together In a o nve-saticn f r some
time Friday morning ai d the)
separated. It was only a short tlnr
when they came together again, and
'•ha shootirg took pjecs as above stat
sd. .Ills reported that a msnteli-
pboned to Mr. Parks at CLlumbh
Thursday and advised hlnj. not to
oome to Orangeburg Friday, arkin,
him to have hlsbu iiness tranascied
either through other parties or b>
x>rresp n^eroe, slating to Mr. Parks
that Mr. Covar bad threatened to kll
ilm if be interfered It is aino rumor-
\jd that Mr Oovar had been inf-Tmec
hat Mr. Parks Intended to kill hi:
>n account of some reports that h«
bad heard. We. bsliive this Idle
Raney S nfl.-’s talk is what caused th<
whole trouble. • . yr
Tbs fact Is tba' betb parties acts*
on the Idle talk they had heard air
were well armed and prepared fci
ihootlng without delay. The father
of Mr. Covar, an ujd^tenllemau,
resides here with his scs. was alsc
irmed. He did u)t attempt to sb o
Aid returned I,lx p'«t«l to his pooler
when the pistol was taken away front
his son. After the fusilade when Mr
Jovar was walking f >r«ard after Mr
Parks, as stated above, the old gen
tlemen called to his son to stop, whloi
,e did. u . \ .
The unfortunate affair has oreatec'
x great deal of excitemept, which oc
currlng as it did, Id to puolic a plaoe
y. Patks was a native of Edgefield
)' unty and came to Orangeburg froa
Marion several years sgo. Durici
ils stay in Orangeburg he was in th'
lewopapsr work and had many friend,
n this city as well as oouuty, - who
will be shocked to h:ar of hit tragir
leath. Some years sgo Mr. Park
carried Mi-s Annie Parreyclear, i
laughur jf C.pt. W. H Parreyclear
f this city, wno with two sweet llttl
boys survive him. ■
Mr. R H. Oivar was also a natlv
f Edgefisid, and has been a residem
-rf tins city for some years. Since bt
a me here he has conducted hlmael
n such a way as to gain the ooefi-
it nee and respect of all who haw
jome in contact with him. He, Ilk-
Mr. Parks, has many friends all ove
the county, as well as in town. Hi
las a wife and several children, wb
ire terrib.y grieved over the sad at
air. u Mr. U var is now at home sut
ferlng from tlwwound irr nis sbouldF”
and it wilt be a long time before hi
wiU-he-ab e tp do any wo*k *gsin.
4Rm in the stomach, one passing clean
through hie body and lodging jusi
under the akin ou the other side He
waa ooneeious up to half past nine
o’elook, hot about that time his mmd
began to wonder and at ba.f past
twelve o’clock the end oame.
Immediately after the abooting Mr.
A. a Ltndstedt took Mr. Cuvs ‘
pmtol. About this time Mr. Dover's
father came np and commanded his
eon to atop, which he did and turnec
from following Mr. Parks and wat
osrried to his iflfioe, where he was
—by physicians and found u.
bare bsen hiV is two plaoee.
ball passed oompletely through bis
right shoulder and another strues
him In tlie right hand, abooting oil
his thumb nalL Another ball paaaec
through his hat, but did hot touch
bis bead. Several bullets struck tiu
of tbs Orangeburg Hardware
Company on Urn corner of Russell and
QhuNh Streete. Tbses balls must
have doom from. Mr. Park's pUtpi
and Indicates tbs position of the com
batants at the time of the firing. Mr
Oovar was removed to bis home,
where ha now lies suffering from hi.
rt vn..«u w hioh are quite painful anc
result seriously.
In the excitement Incident to suet
a dsplmfr 1 " affair statements vary
and it has bean qultsa cuffloultmattei
10 obtain the facte. Some of tiu
witnesses state that they an
. which of them fixed tiu
Others say that Mr. Park.
Mr . Oovar and appeared U
0 question. The reply from
OpJir seemed to be till mttiv
Mr. Parks struck mm in tht
his flat. Then Mr. Parks
sod both pistols were emptied li*
' >rt Msae. When tin*
me Mr. Oovar was in
and carried his pisto'
bis shirt. One tiling
expected s diffl
had prepared for It.
to have bean
trouble between
While Mr. Park*
burg he owned and
Patriot newspaper
here from Edgefield
~ an tmrwrtw*. ■. —
At DtaviUe, Vi., an u*knawn
itgitf wM*» ebot afid instanti* killed I
kbjut midnight JFrlday night while
he act of attempMog entrance to tin
icrneof Mr. R. E. M jrris, a deteotlvi
for the Siuttrern'Express company
The negro had raised a window to t
room ccoupled by Mrs Morris and be
daughter, about 18 years, when dls
j vertd by Morris, wbo was In
room directly above tbat of bis wife
Criminal assautt is thought to haV'
been the motive for the presence o
he negro. Some hours after tbi
killing a hegro giving bis name *
Mjnroe Riohardaon was arrested oi
che charge of being an aoccmplloe oi
he dead negro. Morris was releisec
without bail, aud an investigation
will take p ace
THE DEATH RATE.
More People Die from Consump*
tion Tbdn From
ANY OTHER DISEASE.
Pflemnosli Comes Next In the United
States, bat Heart Disease is
SteadHy on the Increase. The " v -
Ceasas Report Covers
- Wve Y*ars.
•be
The bureau of the census hu Just
published a report presenting mortal*
ity statistics for the United States
for the five calendar years 1900 to
1904. This report was prepared under
the supervision of the late William A*
King, chief statistician for vital stat
istics. „
The annual compilation of statls-
Jos of mortality was authorised by
act of Congress establishing the
rmanent census effloe. The statls-
•los, however, do not cover the entire
country, but, io accordance with the
provisions of this aot, are restricted
o what U; termed the "registration
irea.” This area comprises those
4tales and elties which have laws re*
ting the reg s r ration of death and
records sffjrdlrg satisfactory
md com parable data. In 1904 U .ln
duding 11 States and a34 cities whWb
tad at leant 8,000 population in 1900
Pbe 11 registration States are Don
icticut, District of Golumbla, In
bana, M.ine, Massachusetts, Mlohi
xan, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Rxode Island, and Ver
mont; the 334 registration elties in
ilude, in addition to the elties In the
11 registration States, a considerable
■umber whioh are lu non*reglstration
State. ,
These States and cities, composing
•he registration area, inolnded in 1904
•-% population of 32 996 989, or only a
rlfla more than two-fifths of the estl
oated population of the United Stater
For the remainder of the United
States we have at present no mortal!
y statistics which are sufficiently re
lie and complete to be included it
report. The registration area,
owever, is gradually increasing in ex
ant, as the various States and citlet
ome to reallxv the importance of hav
ng adequate registration laws and ol
ifLcJvely eafoiclng them.
The number of deaths reported In
•be registration area in 1900 was 639,*
939, and the death rate per 1 000 o
population was 17 6 In 1901 the rate
eouned to 16 6 sac* in 1902 the rati
•eclined to 16. The rate increased It
. 903 to 16 2 and in 1904 t(^ 16 7. Th
.verage annual rate for the five yean
waa 16 6 per 1.000.
The average annual death rate Ir
•be registration States was 17x8 pei
1,000 (n the cities of 8,000 or mon
population in 1900 and 14,3 per Ij
m rural distriote, which u the term
s here used, includes everything out
•ide these cltiae. Roods Island is tht
•nly registration State la which tht
rate was as high in the rural, district
a in the elties. But In Mattaobusstfe
Jonnsctiout and New Hampshire tb«
xrban rate exceeded the rural by lest
1 per 1 000. The excess wet
[greatest in Njw Jersey, New ton
md Maine.
The higher mortality for titles h
sue largely to the fact that resident*
jf rufal distriote when orlttoally ill re
urt to the hospitels and institution*
n the oittss for treatment, and that
oe deaths cocurring la such cases an
tabli
bis
Pnenmonia was seoond among the
principal causes of death, the average
annual rate b log 134 9 per 100,000
popu atiou. The death rate from tnis
disease lx the registnttloa area of the
United States Is considerably greater
than in England and Wales and Scot
land.
Vm the principal oitlrs the Average
annual rates were highest In Atle-
gheney, Pittsburg, New York a.id
Kansas City, Mo.; and lowest In S|.
Paul, Minneapolis, fit. Joseph, 'Mo.,
and Toledo.
Among the Iradirg esuses of death,
diarrhea and enteritis was third, the
average annual mortality from tht*
disease for the five years being 113 1 | v
per 100,000 Over 8<Tper cent of the
deaths from these diseases were deaths
of children under five years of age, and
and over 66 per oept of children under
one year ofage. F>r the principal
cities the rate was highest In Fall
River. It was high also in Pittsburg,
Prov denes, New York and Ails
gbeny. ~ . .
Heart disease was fourth among the
leading causes of death, the average
annual rate in the registration area of
the five yean being 129 9 per 100,000
of population. Over 76 per cent of the
deaths from this disease occurred at
tges above 44, over 46 per cent occur
ring at 66 years and over. It is no
tioeable that the mortality from heart
disease is steadily Increasing, the
death rate advancing from ill 2 per
100,000 in 1900 to 134 8 In 1904.
Another cause of death with an In*
creasing rate was cancer, the rate for
whioh increased from 63 per 100,000
In 1900 to 70.9 in 1904 A compara
tively small proportion of the deaths
from cancer occurred at ages under 40
years. The deaths of females far ex*"
oeeded those of males, the prooortlon
being 622 females to 378 males in 1,-
000 deaths.
The death rate from cancer
WAGES OF SIN.
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.7" ' ' ' S
Goes to the Gallows tor Killing
a Friend. 4
A POLISHED RASCAL.
0k
of the Most Pictaresqee Figures la
Police Crookdem of the Ceatary.
Probably the Most Reaurk*
able Crfaniaal Record of
Modem
Dates.
A
HUMAN FLOWERS.
THIS IS WHAT AUNf BALLIE
CALLS TAB tilRLS.
Who Are the Iweetest Things the
Good Lard Created ea the
was leas than In Eagland and Wales,
Scotland, Germany, Norway. , the
Netherlands andSwl z rlaod, but wa*
greater than in Ireland, Hungary,
Spain and Italy. It was higher in
the cities than In the rural dtitrlote,
out this is due partly to the fact that
residents of rural districts In the last
stages of the disease seek the boeplt
als in the elties L r treament.
The average annual death rate from
typhoid fever In the registration a'ea
*as 33 8 per 100 000 of population. O
the ten Exropean countries for whioL
similar siattitiee are available Italy
tione shows a higher. The total onm
ier of deaths lu the five yean, dlvld
'd as to sex, shows a proportion of
588 aa’esto 412 femaleA In every 1,
000 deaths. In each year a greater
number of deaths from typhoid fever
•courted betweeo the ages of 20 and
55 than at any other age period. The
number of d aths was greatest in Sep
•ember and October, and least In
June. Over one*third of the deaths
ccured in August, September mad Oc
•ober.
Among the large titles the greater
nor tali ty from this diaease occurrc
n Pittsburg, Pa., the rate being mor<
-ban 120 in each year. The next high
est rate was in the adjoining city ol
Allegheny. Toe mortality from ty
jboid fever was also exoesslvely hlgl
n Claveland, Otnctnbatt, OolUTHbUi
Loulsvlle and Washington. Tbe aver-
vge In New York city, St Psnl, Mil-
vaukee and Jersey^OUl^JThe mor-
Ality was greater In many of tb*
imaller titles and In the rural district*
if oertaln counties In the reglstratlor
States than In the larger oltlee.
IBW RJU.I0I0U6 SECT.
After e Ilf a of erlme beginning with
boyhood, "Lord Frederick Seymore
Barrington, society highwayman, ra
sourceful crook, bigamist, forger inA
murderer, paid the penalty of his last
otime on the oaffold Friday at Ooly-
tod, Mo.
The erlme for which Barrington was
to die on the scaffold was the marder
of ^Janaes P. MoOann, a well known
sporting man of this tity, oo June 18,
1903. MoJann was shot, his body
robbed and his remains thrown into a
pond at Bonfils. By a peculiar oo
Incidence the cud* body of tbs mur
dered man was dhoovered floating in
the pond just three years ago Than*
day.
During the active yean of bis oa
rear "Lord" Barrington was one of
the most picturesque figures In "po
iioe” orookdom, for, sit
jf tewiY dHtfln, -bis 'speelillty of pus
Ing ss a member of the British peer
age, went well in several eitles and
Helped him to live without work for
yean. "
He was the eon of a hack driver in
Tunbridge Wells, Eagland, and his
real name is F. G. Barton. He was
srrested for the first time at tbe age
of seven yean, when he waa oaogbt
setting fin to the oommon. At 12 he
ess sentenced to five yean In the Bed
Mill reformatory for embezzlement.
After serving three yean he .made his
wasp* by means of a rope, only to be
arrested two yean later and eentenoed
for robbery. For this he served In
Yorkshire prison.
About this time he decided It
would be to his advantage to give
ilmself a new surrounding by Joining
'aie army, where he could observe the
says of theoffloan who made np much
A the Eagltsh society. This was in
als 221 yean, bat befon his enlist
ment was a year old he he had forged
a furlough, fled from the army and
wmmitted a burglary for whioh he did
x ten years’s stretoh.
That completed his English record
Wbat orisses he saooeeded la eomfhlt-
•mg ia the short intervals between
ils prisons terms are not known, but
are believed to be many. He got Into
•ome of tbe-heet households as a wf
Oome, girls, and "snuggle" upekm
to me while we have a^icart-to-heart
talk, for I expect to get as much as I
give. I want to think of my girls,
whether they ataoaa mr nr or
twenty, as opening flow«n—eome of
them early spring beauties, othen
summer rueee—all sweet and tender,
and all needing love and cart to de
velop tbe beet tbat is In them.
Girls, dont be in a harry to reaoh
young ladyhood And the advantages
yon imagine wtil be gained bv it. Do
not rob yourself of the nay flush of
happy ohildhood. It will scon be
over. You wUl pat away with loving
hands tbe playthings of your child
hood. How fleeting are tbe yean of
ohildhood. As the yean pan they
bring with Intelligence andexperieaee,
rat take away the Innooeaoe of child
hood.
Girls, do yon realize yon an tire
rosebudi In tbe garden of life? Yon
are the sweetest thing* that God ore
ated. Yonr voices an Ilk* musio—so
unselfish and sweet, so helpful and
loving that sad hearts grow glad and
aadfaoes brighten whenveryon go.
Love this routh that Gjd has given
you, and forget not to thank Him for
it. Then an no akeletons In your
oloaet, no sorrowful asemorlai to bring
tbe tears to your eye.
Started by
—- —tr
a Ne«ro in a New York
City.
RkV«|{e» of tiOll We,Til.
A dispatch from Atlanta says Slate
Extomologist Smith has written tt
Oommlsslooer of Agriculture Hudson
declaring tbat tbe ft It wetvll is bounc
to make ravages In tbe fields o f Geor
gla cotton unlefs something radica
prevents. He urges Commlsslonei
Hudson to take the matter up wttt
tbe general assembly and ^arrange
some way whereby tbe farmers may
be reimbursed for a part of ahe crop,
which will n cMg&rlly be destroyed.
Entomologist St,1th has just returnee
from & visit to Mississippi, where he
has been making a stuiy of the pes
tiferous insect. He urges the farmer*
of tbe state to be on thelr-guard anc
report an appearance of it in Georgia
in order that It may be exterminated
at once.
Harged HimMll*
Oapt. F.lk of the German bark
Gesine which arrived at Pennsaoola
on Thursday from Himberg, commit
ted tu'eide while the vessel was at
*ea bv banging b'mself In his cabin.
The Getlne left Hamburg lb Much
but went ashore on a reef and It was
neoeaury to unload her cargo in or
der to float,tbe vessel. 'After tbst
the captlan became very despondent
and one m ^rning was found hanging
In his cabin. ' ‘ "
ktlleu tita Man. j*->
Stanford Whit4, prominent in Now
York society,was shot and killed in
Mad'ijn Square roof garden, New
York, on Mvnday night by Harry
Thaw, member of a wealthy Pitta-
burg family. Thaw crested a sensa
tion tome time ago by marrying Eve
lyn Nesblt, an actress, sgainst the
of his family. The row
otuMd by family affairs.
eg titered in the cities, thus lucreas
as the urban mortality.
Tne aversga annual rates were low
set in St. Joseph, Mo. (7.6); Owosso,
fiiob., (10.1); Lincoln, Neb., (10.4);
md St. Pam, Mmn., (10 6), and high
Mt in Charleston, S. O., (31.8); Wli
mington, N C., (28.2); and Jackson
Mile, Fla., (28.1).
There were 44 titles in which tb*
Average annual ueath rate for the flvi
,ears was 20 or move per 1,000. Nn
teen of these oltlee are located in
Southern States and contain a larg
proportion of colored population, Uh
death rate for which in general large
ij exceeds that for the whites.
Tuberculosis of the lungs and pneu
monia were bv far tbe tisniog cauaet
of dC&tjil* / *r/-V7-w7'■'vt"Ti'.™
Tne average annual mortality fron
tubeioulotis of the longs or oOnsump
tlcn, 1900 to 1904, wss 172.6 per 100,
000 of population. It Is gratifying u
oote that the rate has shown a mark
ed decline since 1890, when it wa*
216 4. This indicates that the war
fare against the white plague is meet
ing with sucoees. The mortallt.e ron
this disease In the registration a ea it
the Doited States Is lower then it U
in Ireland, Germany; Norway, Spain
and Switzerland, bat higher than it
England and Wales, Scotland, the
Nether Ians, Belgium and Italy.
Tne average annual mortality fron ]
consumption was higher In Denvei
than In any other registration tity.
This fact la easily explained by th*
deaths of noa-iesidents wbo rseort to
that locality In tbs later stages of tb*
diaease hoping to he lanellied by th<
fa vox able ellmatic conditions. Exclud
ing Denver, the rates were highest in
New Orleans, Ban Francisco, Wash
log ton, Newark, Jersey City, Balti
mor* and Cinoinnati; and lowest lx
St. Joseph, Mo. i Sersnton, Omaha,
~ fit. Paul, Buffalo and Min-
It Is said that a peculiar religlou
teot is getting a foothold In the olty
at Middletown, NT Y. It ti th*
Jhurch of God and Saints of Chris
tnd is founded on lines similar t
Alexander Dowie’e
and like that It « H-ad ^
claims himself God’s prophet am
mouthpiece. William B Crowdy, o
^sahiogton, D. C.,ti the prophet
The church knows no color line, bu
as the prophet ti s negro the majority
jf oouverts are from the negro race.
A branch of the ohuroh was
zed in this city some weeks
an lateUigent negro, John H
rom Clover, Va., and already it bat
made fourteen black and one whit
convert. The keeping of the Tet
Jommandments and observing ol
Saturday as the Sabbath are th<
itrong points of the Church of God
Prophet Crowdy, If he bad a wbito
Ain, would muoh resemble Alexandei
Dowle, aud his metnods appear as 11
jopled from Dowle’a He pubtlsbas t
ewspsper, the Weekly Prophet,
whioh ti tbe offlolal organ of tb<
Ohuroh of God, and its chief end
isema to be to urge the members to
send in contributions to Crowdy.
Members of the ohuroh have to
xratribute 10 per ojot of their earn
lugs, which, with all other money:
collected, goes to Prophet Crowdy
The members are told that Crowdy l
joralsotient and that nothing they d«
aeoapes hie observation. Parttoulai
,trees is laid on the fact tbat it ti im
possible to fool tbo prophet in regart
to tbe earnings of the followers, anc
it ti suggested that It any of then
to “nig" in tbolr 10 per cent
swift punishment woti
The prophot has a sohome oi
lulidlug a holy tity at BellevlUo, Ya ,
iimllar to Dowle’s Zion tity. Th*
other colored churches of this tity are
ap in arms against the Ohuroh o>
God.
ful theee bright spring days, Whlls
the birde are bulldlag their horn* in
ledges and tree tope they are filling
the world with musle. Busy from
morning till night, they find time to
sing. Don’t wait till your work Is done
to sing—ting and be happy and stake
othen happy. Yes, follow the bird’s
example and go tinging to yonr work.
Surely God wants oa to be obeerfu
and happy when He made this world
so beautiful for us. Kind, cheerful
people bring out tbo beet that la in
os, co that we oan hardly iielp being
good while we are under their influ-
. ThmaJino sweeter musio in
our heavenly Father’aeaia than the
innocent song and laughter of hie
(children, and no sweeter iribote eould
ever be mads~1d the weary oms of
earth thaa that which comes from
the sparkling, Innocent soul of young
girlhood.
Girls, have all the pets you want,
but don’t keep any living thing In coa
fins moot. Dont bavaasweet llttl*
songster beating Us wings against tbs
cage, nor a frolicsome iqolrreL Let
them be free, happy and joyous In
their native element. A fellow-feel
leg makes us wonderous kind. It
been eleven yaamtinea I watted tb*
green earth, and the time seems long
end dreary. I often long la i
springtime to get away* Into aomej
deep tangled wild wood tad listen to
the sweet aongs of birds io Joyious
freedom as they flit from treqjo tree
I have learned ivmontof patteoo)
and tubmlaslon to tas divine will. As|
never before I’ve Horned tbe value of
true friends, to appreciate more and
more the love and friendship of pare
POSTAL
Columbia Has Lost Maty Pack*
_ - ‘ .*7..... - '
ages io Recent Past
HATE BEEN STOLEN
llteUna
*
Befweea Mall
•ad Postofflcs.
Worked Bnt. It Is Said, Have
. Seemed Uttle BvMsaM
of QaUty Oaes.
There mate to have ha a omMhf.
•ble eteallng of lettms and |
going on among th* postal
located In Columbia. A
from that tity to the Oharlateon Foal
mys what Postmaster Baanr oalla "a
regular Saturnalia of stealing ” has
been going on among tho rallwap
train porters and perhaps othen, who
hav* been handling thomalls betwsaa
the mail room at the anion nation
and the trains. Ha has tmiu* to
toeete over seventy-five paokaecs tbat
have bean reported to him as having
been loot, tbe date ti the fin
eg* mailed being Dsaembor •
and that of tb* last April 14
How many more have been stolen Dr.
Eneore hai fio idea. _
be many oases that
«tad and still oUmt
that will be reported later. As
a resulted ti a letter Dr Bosor wrote
to> the Washington division ’-Tf iilnr
Williams, located at Onatteoooga. do*'
tailed lospeoton Fattier, “
mao and Webers on the eaaa,
aevcral days’ work they wen
to trace any evidence against
of th* these transfer elerks who an
in charge of th* asall rooas at th*
union station, In relays So far only
one arrest Mu bean made, that ad
Sam Williams who wu unrtit tar a
deooy latter containing stiver wfaMh
wu handed to him to be taken to the
H* hu been landed In JaUby
Verner * default ti
ball.
Tranafar Clark Mobley, a negro,
wu arrest'd but wu aftarwaS^S
eased. Nothing hu so far bun dis
co vend agalast the other oolocaA
transfer oierk, a P. Marrav, Ml
both haand Mobiay nroaatik on dug.
Onlef Transfer Clerk N. J. Davis la
only white man In eoasg* ti tbs
He la a men ti hlfb In
tegrity, la whom ovary tnd? taw par.
feet eoofldanat.
Sam Will lams hu bun at tht
noirtin nttlj toUt nSHtOft.
of the transfer o.*rks hu a ha?
fits all the looked pouehea, ani
vant; studied the members of sotiaty;
-w served ss ah artist, stulios his
model, and in later yean made good
ise of his studies. He robbed a
Jergyman three times and each time
jy a sorrowing profession of repent-
mo and glib quotation soecaaded in
)elng f jrgivan. Whan he wss finally m . ,
•anded behind the ban fur the ten (alnded OhrlitUn girls. How patient I lug*
/ean’ term in England he sebtistd swutly, with tender bands| landled
town to improving his education so he
xrald step out of prison astuleut. He
perfected blmself in French, German
md the olamtet, and was a polished
fraud when he came to Amuica In
1891. He posed here as tbe sod of an
Sogliahnobieman of wealth and rank
As snob he Won Mias Celcstine M ti
er, ef Booklyn, an heiress with a for
•one in her owe right. After marry
! Miss Miller be had the effrontery
oo return to hit own land and
on a chain Utaohsd to Ml bogy.
But ■■■■■■■
from the first class matVwMahli re
quired to iqJooksd, ean not hi
It Appeals from toe list of toat
onion tracing bU
the stealing wt
altogsthu to paekagaa Thaaa pa*
ages are hyirtiyd alaujafi antiraiy
ly and swutly, with tender
they ministered to me wban th* duth
angel asemed vary mar. Nona but
Goa Is suffloleatoy wise to understand
the heart of Caristian girls. They
tiring Joy and paaoe to their homes.
Titey are their mot itir*
and helpers, and their sweat
brings muoh of hearfo down to earth
by keeping their brothers’ wandering
feet in patimof ra'Cly. Barely the
tbsi
Oonvletlon ol»
Ed Balney, a negro, wu convicted
at Gaffney on Monday, of committing
a rape on a tnirteen old negro girl
rheglrliauld to hay* died u a re
- of Injuries inflicted on hex by tb* aaibfi wu
tshed hlmstlf with bis wife in a home
it West Brighton. Thus he
ilocdddly told his wife the truth
.bout himself. Stripped of frrery
.jenny by her husband, tbs unhappy
vlfe returned to this Country with
ier child, and Barton wu arrested am
ent back to prison to urveont an old
•entenoe. As soon u the aenteuce
vas expired barton returned to tbe
Doited Stated having found hero the
jset field for his peculiar operations
In 1902 Polladolphla society reootv
4 wltn open urns “Lord Burgoyne,"
it the English peerage. His lordship
«u none other than the exobnvlot,
>at before ttmt came to be known he
md c jurted and wedded Miss Mar
'am Rafferty, an heiress. He told
tor he wu heir to 620,000 and bor
-owed money from bor. While they
fere on their honeymoon, "Bar
<cyne” slipped from the train and
i tsappeared. She would believe noth
log agalast him antil she went to
Jew York and learned thetruth from
Us first wife, with whom "Bargoyne”
vas, at the time, attempting to eff jot
.ecjnclllatlun.
Receiving no notice from his first
vlfe, the ex-oonvtot, who had been
vanderiag In the West, made his da-
jot In St. Louis soctotj under tbe
Uiu of "Lord Barrington.” He met
uod married Mlsa WUbebalna Grace
Joehran, of Independenea. Iowa, wbo
#U visiting in 8t Louis at the time,
nefore be oiuld enjoy the money ho
iad obtained through this marriage
$ hard-headed brother ti Miss Coch
ran had dleoovored his record and had
"BarringtONs” thrown into prison.
Following his exposure
•on” succeeded lu wlnaiag tbe
denu ti MoOann, a
)wnsr sad hotel man. Oa the. night
xf McCann's dlaappa
wars assn drinking together. The
to-1 mBtdm wa tteeed to "Barrington,
the postoffloe
s number of
employ ti tbo paste Otoe.
Bqt flam Willtameto in nowev tato
with ths offlo*. Halud ofltar
railway portal* and fibs mutilis pM
ten^hava aaiMto ths mail roam
and u tbo transfor alaiks baro fro-
quentiy to bo away frosa tbe note
tostelsagaod opportanltf ttiotoak-
sheltering wings ti ths unacan angett [ tag.
mute hover vary near oar sweat girls Though the inspaoteta baro given
God bless them aud make us worthy I up the
of their teoder devotion. jhave by no
Pure minded girls are not only and other arrests aw evputad ta
blessings in their homes. We meet immediate future. .
tlth them on the highways and by Oa one occasion sight
ways. One of them came into my life root np on the Oharisatoo train were
u a ministering angel when I wu tar stolen before they reached tbe Ooinnti
from friends, when I was bereft of all bis offloe. ~ v “
tbat made Ufa worth living. Bnt we I Dr. Pike, a Colombia dantiat, tost
were as ships pasting and hailing eaah I nlna paekagaa, white should have
other u we passed. No girl can be | oeme to him in two wariffl.
"The *biwg has becossa notorioaa. N
[ said Dr. Enor to The
para and good without the world be
ing the better for It and making her
own hurt happier. God btoas you
all and keep yon wall sod happy, and
remember yon have the beet wishes of
JXXXMT BALSAM.
Dm tractive Storm.
Charlie Thomson, a negro living
seven miles east oi Union, had tbe
roof blown off his bouse and furniture
badly broken up by a storm last weak.
His family wext uninjured by the light
ning. An empty bouse on th* iin-
o air place near by was also blow.,
down. A special from Pride’s urt
there wu a very huvy storm in that
seetionand that groat dassag* wa
done at Chester and Yorkville by tiel
blowing down of tress aad othei
things, which hav* not been Bleared np,
At Bed Point, near Pride’s crop*
were ball? Injured thus * bring a
avy ball ttjrm half a mile wide aL
through that section. No damn
s don* at Neals flhoala, thougo
tbs current had to be tuned off.
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An awful
rite mall rojm down tiMtabM I
jut lobe a regular dn Ur II
Of eouxae I bops yon
that might be eonatraul u %i
tion on Mr. Daria ta fldmu wo all
havo the greatest
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tatea
on the trains I oan
pose not. Tbs
able to gala
in lbs past sew
•hlcvos made a clean ewaap. 1 asa
satisfied that aot an artiste hu bate
•triaaby any ti the tinplmi ti tirili
•Aae, not only bseaoanl have aonfl-
leooo in tbsm but the systsm —n™ 1 !
reqolra all to be to ealtorisn If OM
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