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A SHORT CROP. { Nwrly Tm Minion Bate Lm ■••i' ?• ■ v,.; OlRM4|«t Vaar <1 f- k j- yw f- THAN YEAR BEFORE Aecordiag to the Oearae port of Cotton Ginned Up to the Fint of January 9,068,407 Bake Were Ginned Late Y< 11,741,080 Bales Ginned The Yi .Before. * . The census bureau Thursday is sued its showing that the number of bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1907 to January l, 1908. was 9, 965,427, as compared with -'ll,741,089 last year, and 0.716,429 for 1906. This counta round balsa, aa. haU HELD. I AWFUL Party tf Flra AHacat Yaggnanl Railroad Officials Most Bs Cars- JaM at Laaeaatar. | M How Tkay Talk. — ^ Wests Fsaad ■aaasapsd la the I Ho " the Soatfeera Railway Pmaish. | Woods WsH Armef and tappUsdl «<* *■ Employee for Discoartesy With Ezalealvst. 1 Towards Its Patrons. I Rtv. Mr. Bristow Writos of Mw , Boro In TMs Stato to THELAST SIX MONTHS. One Hundred and Fifty»Eight Murders in South Carolina, of Which Eigh ty-Two Were Oommltted la Pro> hibltlon Counties and BeTeuty>8lx In Dispensary Counties. Rev. Louis J. Bristow, a young bales. ‘ The number of round bales included Is 179,691 for 1968, 266 666 for 190>Fund 268,581 for 190(1 3 Rea island cotton included is 78,629 'Dales for 1908, and 54,276 for 1907 and 98,942 for 1906. The number of active ginneries for 1909 was 27, 276. , The distribution of sea island cot ton for 1908 by .States is: Florida, 25,214; Georgia, 87,129; South Car olina, 11,295 There were ginned 9,284,079 bales to December 18 last The number of bales ginned to January 1 in the various States and the number of tractive ginneries are as follows! Alabama, 1,030,721 bales; 3,439 ginneries. Arkansas, 617.726- bates: 2,903 ginneries. Florida, 66,139 bal nerles. Georgia, ginneries. Kentucky, aeries. Louisiana, ginneries. Louisiana, ginneries. Mississippi, 1,228,449 bales; 2.496 4.244 gin 1,765.278 bales; 4,631 1,829 bales; 2 gill 562.477 bales; 1,886 662.477 bales; 1,886 ginneries. Missouri, 29,644 bales; 73 gin neries. New Mexico, 96 bales, 2 ginneries. North Carolina, 662,479 2,702 ginneries. Oklahoma. 746,794 bales; 969 ginneries. South Carolina, 1,065,499 bales, 0,167 ginneries. Tennessee, ^225,245 bales; 640 ginneries. Texas, 2,992,725 bales; 3.968 ginneries. Virginia, 7,440 bales; 99 gln- aerles. STORES ROBBED. Part of the Goods Recovered , Three Negroes Implicated. The stores 6f half a dozen mer chants .jit Conway were entered one .night last week and |40 or 950 worth of goods stolen. Part of the stolen property was found in a hack underneath the office ot Magistrate Jailor Bruton r—— Three negroes, brothers, were Im plicated, two of whom have been ar rested. One was discovered by/some small boys, the other came to the jail to see about getting his brother out. The second negro fought bard against arrest and tried to shoot Jailor Brunton. When searched a Quart of whis key and a pistol were found on him. After his trial by the town and sen tence to $45 or sixty days, proof of his conviction with the burglary was found. KILLED HIMSELF. Said He Had More T^hlMrea Than He Could Sapport. Despondent because of his Inabil ity to provide for his family, Jos eph H. Sheppard, of MtllervlTle, N. J., killed himself by firing a bullet into ffts brain. Sheppard complfijned often he had moi^ children than he was able to properly "lupport and several times had threatened to commit suicide. This week a seventh child was added to the family and the man became distracted. SINGULAR ACCIDENT Causes a Man to Lose One of His - Eyes. Mr. J. B. Clark, who Hvaa a /ew miles from Johnston, lost his eye a few days ago in a peculiar manner. He was mounting his mnla to go home when the animal jumped and the buckle on the bridle struck Mr. Clarke in the eye. cutting the ball so badly that it bad to be taken out at once. EE. • u*" L-k, Killed ai Mrs. John R. Retgel, of Kendal. N. Y., was instantly killed, and two children riding with her were injur ed. while eroaelng the Lehigh Taney railroad tracks at Kendal. Their two horses were also killed. - They were struck by an extra angina rkh- Btsff Ugfct A special diapatek from Lnasastarl “Oonarally citizens who hava rea-lftiace Jalv Lm* Thom n.. to The New# end Courier says a party •on to complain against the rail- 1 of five good looking, fairly well I roads or the telephone or telegraph dressed white man, suspected of bo- companies do plenty of kicking and ing safe-crackers, arrested Thursday I incidentally roast the railroad com- night near Van Wysk, on the Sea-1 mission pretty thoroughly for not board, were brought to Lancaster on I requiring better service. Instead of the Soutifnrn and lodged in jail. The I taking the proper course and Imme- technical charge against four of them I diately notifying the commission In is that of carrying concealed weapons I writing, so that the proper remedy and against the fifth of vagrancy. I may be applied,'’ says the Columbia Thursday afternoon J. A. Hyatt, a I Record. i~ H . . merchant of Van Wyek, received a Not so, however, with five well-1 Bapt,Bt PH^ber »n<l a strong pro- 'phone message from Waxhaw, N. C., knowd traveling men Who happened hlb,t,on,gt ' h “ b*®® beeping the re- to look k out for suspicious charac-|to be at Blackville one night during of the murders committed in tera. Shortly afterward two stran- j the month of November. They prov- this State In the last six months and gera entered his store and bought ed a gratifying exception. The par- e i T e B o U t the following™ — some eatables. He watched the dl- ty were waiting at Blackville for a ? t ., ° lnf ° n the ,ub * Southern Railway train, and the Ject for publtcatlon: V _ train was late, though posted upon [ ’ rbe a PP al lln* frequency of&omi- the bulletin board as on time. The cldes In South Carolina is a matter Southern's .ticket agent and operator which should give the officers of the was asked for Information but de clined to furnish It, his replies to the traveling men’s Inquiries being rectlon In which they went and af- t*r nightfall he and eight of' hit neighbors, wall armed, started out la search of the men. The suspects, who proved to be five in number, were found encamp ed aheet-a-KaH-mlle from Van Wyck They were surrounded and ordered I couched in ungracious language and to surrender, which they did without | delivered in a moat discourteous resistance, saying afterwards that they thought the woods full of men and resistance, therefore, useless. Every man, exoapt one, who has on ly one arm, had in his possession a latest Improved revolver. The party also.had a valise or two filled with highly explosive materials, such as nltro glycerine, dynamite caps and also soap. They declined to state why they way/ Instead of going their way and grumbling all up and down the divi sion about the arrogance of railroad law and all law-abiding people cause (for serious consideration. Legisla tive. executive and judicial officers | are confronted with a situation which, if tolerated much longer, I will result In untold evil to the state. If necessary, drastic measures agents toward a long-suffering pub- j should be adopted to put a atop to lie, etc.,* these gentlemen promptly the reign of riot that is rampant in complained in writing to the Rail- south Carolina, road commission. . Each of them » ' signed the letter to the. commission. F ° r ‘ lon * tlme 1 haTe h®* 0 « tT * The Railroad commission took the lnf att «® tlon to the matter, and I matter up with the Southern at herewith append figures covering re- were In Van Wyck, but gave the fol-lpnce, atfd the following letter recent-{ports in the dally papers for the past para sent out the county Under the lowing names and addresses: C. F. ly received from Division Superlnten- L. rw . TI , K „ ‘ Shaw, of Norfolk* Va; Henry 8. Hal-1dent H. A. Williams, of Columbia. 1 ^ m0nth> ' Jtt,y 1 10 Decwnt,OT POSTAL REFORM. As tapartaat RaRag hr tta Pitt afflea Paiartaat fiahaertbert Mart Fay Up PiMsptty •r Their Paper Will Net he Car- Had by the M»iu. The Postofflce Department has fa- sued tha following ordar: A reasonable time will be allowed POSITIONS. VaassMaallriaStallalHAivl- caUta far Tbam. VERY SAD CASE Rev Civil Service Under publishers to secure renewals of sub scriptions, hot unless subscriptions are expressly renewed after the term for which they ere paid within the following periode—dallee within 3 months, triweeklies within 9 months, temlweeklles within nine months, weeklies within ona year—they ■hall not be counted la- the legiti mate list of subscribers, and copies mailed on account thereof shall not be accepted for mailing at the second olaaa postage rate of 1 cent a pound, but may be mailed at the transient second class postage of 1 cent for each fear ounces or fraction thereof, prepaid by stamps affixed. ’ The right of a publisher to extend credit for subscription to hla publication is not denied or 'questioned, bat his compliance or non-compliance with this regulation will be taken into consideration in determining wheth er the publication is entitled to trans mission at tha second class postage rate#. Under this order all newspapers will have to come to the cash in ad vanca system almost or be heavily fined for violating it. At preeent newspapers are circulated free in the counties la which they are publish ed and one cent per pound for pa A competitive examination under the rule* of tha United States eivl! service commission will be held at Columbia and Charleston, in the poetofflee buildings, on February 1 to fill vacancies in the Internal rev enue service in Sooth Carolina three examinations will be held, one for deputy collector, one for clerk in the office of the collector of Infernal revenue at Columbia and one for storekeeper-gauger. The position of deputy Collector pays a salary of |1,100 and kn ex penss allowance of |700 annually la made; the position of clerk carries a salary of 01,180 and the poHUoa of storekeeper-gauger pays 94 per day, with about six weeks idle time during the year. Major Micah Jenkins, collector of Internal revanue for Sooth Carolina, la very anxloua to have good men make application for these different positions. "I, of course, want men of character in the revenue service and the vacancies in my district are worth the while of bright, energetic young men in the Bute sfid I hope to See a good number stand applica tion for them. The examinations Are not hard and tha work'required In each of these position is not in the leaat unpleasant." Major Jenkins says that ha will be glad to give any information con- lan. of AtlanU, Oa; James Scanelan, I shows that the Southern acted upon I 31 ’ ncu ‘ Te- : Charlie Williams. J. T. Leonard, the the complaint without delay: "Homicides, 158; of the dead three last named refusing to give "Mr. B. L. Caughman. Chairman, whlte8 7#: a ®«roe8. 79; of the slay- any addressee. The one armed man South Carolina Railroad Commit r™* "kites 70, negroes 85, unknown. Is Hal Ian, who. with another mem-1 slon. City. 3. It will thus be teen that the her of the party, is said to answer "Dear 8lr:J number of deaths la and the men to the deeoriptioa of two men the "I have your letter, together with "k® dM the killings were almost postofflea depatment is looking out complaint of sever pi traveling men e(iaa11 ? dfrktofi also. I have often for - of the services performed at Black- keard it said in answer to argument Immediately upon their arreat In- ville by our ticket agent and opera- a K&inst killing that the large major- spectora H. T. Gregory and M. O. tor. I had Train Master King go of th ® homicides in South Caro- Halveratadt were wired. They ar-lto Blackville and personally Invest!- , * na w#re ordinary ‘nigger klllinga.’ rived Lancaster Thursday night gate this matter and apply the prop-| T he reports In the daily papers for They began the Investigation about er remedy to this agent. The Invea- tke last six months are a complete re- 10 o’clock p. m. Thursday, which I tigatlon developed the fact that the futatlon of the^cUlm. continued till daylight Friday morn- wires on the Charleston division J “ A8 to th ® manner of death I find ,n *- I were In trouble end were not work-1 tkat 111 oMbe jflpad were killed by. ing on the ddte in question. . But this could have keen explained to these gentlemen* which would have been satisfactory, I am sure; but on The men arrested are not predis posed to answer queetione and not very talkative. When the/ were brought down stairs in the jail to be examined one refuted to come and had to be brought down by force. Among the things found were mon hidden away on the person of each One had „ some hidden away in his coat which ha sewed up; and had money hidden away in hit under clothes. About $194 in currency was guns and pistol shots; 18 by blows from rocks, brick and pieces of wood; 17 by knife cuts, and two by | blows from axes. Here, too is a ter- abcount of no effort having been ribl * indictment against our people; made on the part of this man mt atl th ® deadly weapon—the pistol—Is To satisfy these people, .1 am going carr,ed far 100 man y men and to relieve him from the service, it boy®- Pistols are made and carried is, however, a fact that the agent for ike purpose of shooting men, and could^not—-post the board correctly tba t person who habitually carries a on aecount of wire trouble, and in- P 1 ®*®* - !" *“ his heart already a stead of making an effort to satisfy I murderer, with the poeeible exeep- obtained from the fve, knives and | these people, he posted the train on| t,on ot certmin officers of the law, {just as leave pay for it in advance as any other Kpy. There la not a paper published razors wars alse taken away. A razor was fouad on one man which was hidden in a little sack and tied around his neck, the eaek being un der Ills clothes, which were removed oily with difficulty. Mr. Gregory seems to know some. time. “Yours truly, |"ko are supposed to go armed. I "H. A. Williams, Supt.” believe it is true that an Indictment This is no| by any means the first I I° r murder in this state carries with time that Superintendent Williams a charge of carrying concealed wea- hss disciplined bis employees for POP®: but i have never heard of a failure to treat the Southern's pa- case where the accused was convicted trons with courtesy, it Is a known I of the charge, or count, relating possibly all, of the men, though he fact that he will gladly enterUin and thereto. s keeping Quiet about it. Howeyer, I patiently investigate any reasonable I Ji Another ^matter, and one which when qp* man was brought before I con) p]aint that may come from anylt leave to others to account for: him, Frank Shaw, Mr. Gregory re-|p a tron of the road, however, humble I "Of the 158 killings since July 1, cognized him and said: “Why, Frank I the person may be. This is directly 82 were committed la prohibition I didn t expect to see you here.’pa line with the Southern’s policy to-j counties and 79 in counties in which Neither did I v expect to see you,” I ward South Carolina, as outlined to I there are dispensaries. Since Octo- said Shaw. Shaw is just out of nris-1 Governor Ansel recently by President j ber 29, killings have been reported price once to set in the second class on since lest February, having been | Finley, sent up for robbing a safe in a rail road office at Peaks, Lexington coun- A DIABOLICAL CRIME. ly, South Carolina He had promised in phohibitlon counties as follows: York, Saluda, Oconee, Union. Pick ens, Marlboro, Cherokee and Spar tanburg, one each; Greenville, New- Mr. Gregory to turn over a new leaf Wo,n " , in Wur d*‘**<l *»<1 Her n * b <‘ j be rr y, Darlington, two each; Edge but he was lead Into temptation J to Be Buried. field and Marion, three each, Lan- a * ain - caster, four, and Anderson eleven. They are men of pleasant appear- One of the most diabolical crimes “i n prohibition 'counties. Hamp- ance and wear good clothes. There «ver committed In Gwinnett county, Lon, Williamsburg, Georgetown and Is little doubt about them being pro-|O a -. was perpetrated in Cater dis-1Gorehegter, one each; Charleston trlct, and as a result John Hudson an( ] Columbia, two each; Bamberg, and Heary Campbell, two negroes, | AlkOTli Orangeburg. Richland. Lau- 'esstonal safe blowers and that they are the ones wanted la several places In this State. Their pictures were arc in jail at Lawrencevllle, Ga., ren8i three each, and Barnwell, four. taken Friday witk trouble. SWINDLER CAUGHT. Mam Who Collected Money Under False Pretenses Held. | charged with murder and arson. j “j recite this last paragraph for iThe house of John Hudson was 1 the Information of those who have | found to be on fire, and when neigh-i^ggir^j to_ compare the homicide re- bors came in they discovered the I cords of prohibition and dispensary [bodies of Hudson's wife and-three- coun tie S . | months-old baby in the flames. j '‘My remedy for the evil of homt- The bodies were removed from theLi^g { a f or the legislature to make | burning building, and it was seen at | it a crime, per se, to be punished G. A. Thurston, who operated in lumter last summer, representing I once that the woman had been mur-1 according to the degree of felony in himself as an agent ef the Knights dered by a blow on the head: She I gad, case. of Honor, and who got a good little was also stabbed through the heart,] “To take a human life la an of- plle of money and beat his board bill, and then also dismembered. fense against God and human so- has been caught In Louisville, Ky., The child was not killed, but wis c i e ty, except It be due process of and la In jail there. A photograph left to die in the flames. Coroner H. Lew. When the Lord gave his laws of Thurston has been received in J. Moon watf notified, and after in- to Isreal, he made provision for the Sumter by Sheriff Epperson for Iden- vestigating the case ordered the ar- manslayer who killed by accident, tlfleation. Warrants have been sworn rest of John Hudson and Henry But even he was not to go scott free' out against Thurston, and when the Campbbell as the murderers. Louisville authorities are through Sheriff Brown brought the two with him, the Sumter county courts negroes immediately! to Lawrence- will deal with him. | villa and placed them In jail. ENTOMBED ONE MONTH Severe Storm. A storm on the English channel I along tha west coast of Europe and | Bl,t Tk**® Miner* Are Still Well oa tke northern African coast last week causes the lost of many small craft. Two native passenger boats | foundered off Morocco and forty per sons were drowned. „ Fatal Mistake. In Jacksonville, FI*., two young men who "ere cousins got their pis-! foot level and for a time no air eould i«»!o and *■.-*„t oc th* l-v.s porch •••■be sent to the men. Reeenrers, by ook for a burglar and in tho search redoubling efforts, reached in a few ona was mistaken for tht burglar hours the break and repaired -the and "•* shot and lastan. y killed by pipe. The men are still well, but t* other. ^thsir reocu* is yet far off. According to the Mosaic dispensa tion ekery person guilty of a homi cide suffered a penalty for bis of fense against human life and society, whether the death blow was given premedRatedly and wantonly, in beat of passion, or in fear; or whether by error or accident. This was God's command; and every pro vision of the Mosaic economy en- A dispatch from Ely, Nev., say® | shrined sofoe enduring principl* By the six inch water pipe through I it some lasting moral lesson was in- whieh air la fanned to the three [tended to be impreaeed upon the minds of the people. The Institution above order any publisher that sends his paper to a subscriber who I* in arrears more than ona year for a weekly, nine months for a semi- weekly, six months for a trl-waekly, six months for a dally will have to pay on* cent postage on each paper •eat out by him to such subseiiber. This la a tax that no paper could stand and so they trill all have to coma to the cash la advance system, which will be better fbr all. Tha ■ubacriptlon price to a newspaper In the majority of cases la a, very small amount. .Thera are few •ubeerlbera but <$uld ; pay It regurlarly and would If compelled by the law to do so. The newspaper is usually a lenient creditor and therefore eomas last _ This ruling’of th# postofflce de partment might turn out to-he a blessing.in disguise to the country pres* and its subscribers. It will cut off all dead heads and anbacrlb- era who will not pay, and in conse quence there will be very little loss to the publishers. They can then all publish better papers, which would benefit those subscribers who always pay anyhow. The honest man who expects to pay for hla paper would one who may daeire it. Applications for tha examination must be made on the prescribed form, which, with necessary instructions, may be ob tained from Mr. M. W. Peuroifoy, at tha Columbia postoffles. If you can not call on hla in person write for blank aneloaing two cent stamp for return postage.. All persona wish ing to take the examination should secure blanks and fill them out at once In order to allow time tor any necessary correction*. No applica tions will be accepted anleee receiv ed in Waahlpgton before 4.89 p. m. on January 25. All applicants must be 21 years of age or over. The subjects are ex tremely simple, Other Myitirtow OltappMiiiiet 0f Mm Shannon of BraokM. TERRIBLE SUSPENSE Has Nearly Driven Her Grief Strfck- : - . _ / • , . . — en Parents Crazy,—The Young -Lady Wes Lost to Sight on Dec ember 80, end Since That Day She Has Vanished from Sight end Her Whereebouts Is Unknown. A brother of Miss Sallle Shannon of Brookland, who has been missing from her borne since Sunday after noon. Dec. 29, called at /he State of fice and stated that, notwithstanding the numerous rumors circulated wMMb thw past week, not' a single bit of authentic itfformatlon concern ing his sister’s whereabouts bad been received. The girl’s family to unable to de cide whether she is dead or alive. The last she was seen, so far as the family has been able to leara; war about 20 feet from the Gervias street bridge -across the Congaree. She was then coming in the direction of Columbia. The police officers In Col- ; umbla and Brookland do not think she has destroyed herself. Sallle Shannon was engaged to a young man in Brookland and the marriage waa to have taken place within a few weeks, it is said. It J to known that they had a qnTryt earning any of these positions toany|* bat Sunday afternoon, after-which M “ # 1° the position of teacher to be filled, subscribers but what loses hundreds of dollars every year from this source alone. There to one claw of pabilcatlons that wonld suffer, and that is the mall order journals, and it is doubt less this claw the government to af ter. As the Minneapolis Tribune says, "The department has been try ing to get rid of carrying periodicals that cottect 1 nominal subacrlptlon and are continued indefinitely free on the pretex of long credit." The country paper will certainly not be Injured by the cutting down of the free circulation of mall order journals. It Js a pity the govern ment cannot distinguish between the two for the maU order journat i® theH h# Tari ;us~ clerica'l an d ^dmlntotra- chief sinner in this respect, and to responsible for burdening the malls with tons of matter for the sole pur pose of carrying advertising. and Hearty. miners that have been entombed for a month became bent by the pres sure ef rock and earth at the 600- . .... •’ * *'*■■» ’■ > v jy.;” - i I'i’a.aiY may be aka red or entirely disappear amid changing aecial conditions; but the principle ever remains the'same. '"The Cities of Refuge provided for by tha Mosaic laws ware to give an eiylum only UMhMt who killed by accident or error, but even they had to suffer oa indeterminate sentence - « of confinement in euoh city—until the death of the high priest. For all other manslayers the penalty was death. "It ia my conviction, after long and aerious study of the matter, that homicide should be a felony and that punishment should follow upon proof of homicide according to the degree of carelessness or wilful- new or felony In each case. Were I a legislature I would introduce Into that body next week a bill declaring homicide to be a felony, and fixing the punishment for man killing at from two to fifty years imprisonment and for dastardly or wilful murder, death. "I venture the aaqertion that had the 158 persona who killed their fellowmen during the last half of last year know positively the penalty for homicide was certainly two. pos sibly fifty, years’ imprisonment, not one-fourth of the dumber of homi- eidw would hare occurred in this state. "I know I will be met with the caw of person who kills unquwtion- ably in defanw of himself, his home or hla family. My reply to, we us ually have a man of integrity aad honor' in the governor's shalr; In whoea hands to tha preregativ* of pardon. . "I stated at tha outast that drastic measures should be adopted, I re peat it. < Louis J. Bristow. WUlUmston, Tag. S, 1908. On Jan. 22 an examination will be held to fill the following vaoanetoe: Awlstant steam engineer in the office of the secretary of war; forest plant ing awlstant (male) in the depart ment of agriculture; teacher of me chanical drawing in tha Indian ser vice; teacher in the Indian service; machinist in the government print ing office. An examination lasting two days, Jan. 22-28, will also be held to fill vacancies in the Philippine service. There are at least 800 vacancies in and appointments to that position wttl be made, except in a few cases, at 91.200 per annum. Those appoint ed under this examination will be eligible for promotion up to 92.000 per year for teacher and from 11,800 to 93,000 tor division supertnten- cldc, dent. An insufficient number of eligiblw was secured from the recent exami nation. It to anticipated that ap pointments of eligiblw resalting from this examination will be made to the position ,of. teacher in March and April next aad their transporta tion arranged with a view to their arrival In Manila about June 1, 1908, the beginning of the school year. Others will be required In tlve offices in the islands. The ma jority ot appointments of eflglbles resulting from tha awlstant exami nation are made at the entrance sal ary of 91.200. Each college student who will be graduated In 1908, should state In hla application the degree he expects to receive. Men, only will be admitted to this examination: The time allowed tor this examl- tton is two day of seven hours each. The first three subjects will be given on th® ® rst day, and the remalhlng subjects on the second day. Age limit, 18 to 40 years on the date of the examination. On January 27, an examination will be held for stenographer and typewriter. Special' attention to in vited by the civil service commiwlon to the fact that thare to a large num ber of vacancies throughout the United States; and the supply of eli gible* for some time has not been equal to the demand. Women will be admitted to this examination for the departmental service, but will not be examined for the isthmian ieana! or Plnltpplne service. On January 29 an examination will be held for tariff clerk (male), at 91.200 per annum, to the inter state commerce eommiwion. Two days will be allotted. Jan. 29- 20, to the examination of applicants for the position of seientlfle assistant in seed testing, in the department of agriculture. Application blanks for any of thaao kxamlnatkma may bo aeeurad by applying to Mr. M. W. Povrlfoy, clerk, at the ihgtotry window of tho Columbia she never returned to her home. She attended Sunday school at the Luth eran church, where she taught m class, and thow who saw her going In the ^direction of the river brMge did not observe that she appeared morose or downcast. Tha keeper of the bridge does not recall naving seen the girl crow the bridge that afternoon or evening. Mr. Shannon declared with feeling that his sister was a very modest Christian girl and had always exhi bited a very deep Interest in church work. She has been a member of the Lutheran church for about five years. While she was usually quiet and Reserved in her manner, she pos sessed, a happy disposition. While her relatives have a fear that aim might have jumped into the river while broodtov wrar the misunder standing with her lover, they declare positively that nothing in her life would show the least tendency to sui cide. . - Her mother to grief stricken over her dtoappearanco. aid the other - members of the family have been in sorrow since the fated Sunday/ How ever, they still have a lingering hope ' that Sallle will yet be returned to them, the same bright, cheerful girl that the has ever been. They look by day and pray by night for her return and the public generally to appealed to to awlst in every way possible to locate her. The police of Columbia have believed that she to In Columbia, but some think she Is In Charleston.* Others suspect sal- following accurate deecrip- The tlon: Sallle Shannon, aged 19; 5 feet 7 Inches In height; weight 130 pounds;. light complexion, rosy cheeks; round rather full face; dark hair and dark eyebrows; bine eyes; hair pompa dour, usually tied with at back; small mouth; medium nose, round chin; stood rather erect end walked with a spring to heels; when last seen wag dressed In light shirt waist, sky blue skirt, wore long gray cloak and no bat; had two rings on second finger of right hand, one plain, other with set: pleasant‘dispo sition, but rather determined; sel dom displayed any temper. Member of Lutheran Church. Waa formerly employed at timekeeper and book keeper in cotton mill, but baa pro fessed desire to be trained nurse. Has relatives in Camden, Cheater county, in Columbia and in Mtoato- sippl. Miss Shannon’s mother, father, two older sisters and three brothers are living In Brookland. Any Infor mation concerning her should be wired to the State immediately and the family will be communicated with as soon as any new* is re ceived. FOUR FIREMEN KILLED By a Falling Wall in New York City Friday. • w At New York four firemen were killed by falling walls in a confla gration which destroyed the Parker building, a 12-story structure; locat ed on Fourth avenue between Eigh teenth and Nineteenth streets. Twen ty-six ethers were more or leas ser iously injured by the falling debris. The fire waa never under control and finally burned Itself out with difficulty confined to the 1 id- ing in which it originated. Tht aas is estimated at 91,506,$90. Th Ire waa one of tke moat well ag being? atones, fiatfcaa of