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Umartbed Mysterious Schsmo, 6E0. A. BRISTOW’S QMnttoa«bl« Metkodn to Get ''Show'’ Ol U.—Poctofflcr Inspector Gregory wm Oat Indictment Charging "»»•• Toang Man With Fraudulent ran of tho Malls.—He Wan Very - Reatly Trapped. la Ths StAh of Saturday morning March 14. appeared ths following ap parently rsry innocent advertisement la ths “Want" solumas: “Wantsd-eTfares girls to learn the A ■how business; experience unneces sary. sxpenses paid, while learutng: atato ags; ehcloas stamped ’envelope tor reply. Address Predro, care The •tote." A subscriber of The State at Klngs- had hit suspicions aroused by iding the advertisement and to sat My hia curiosity he caused a fake answer to the advertisement to be written, singing ths name "Miss An- ■is Dow." His answer to the add was written on March 17 and was at follows: Kingstree. 8. C., March 17, 1908. Dear Sir: I see your advertisement la The State for three girls to learn the show business. I would be glad to engage with you as I have always had an inclination tor that line of work and think I have some talent if developed. Am 17 years of age and neat In appearance. Please write me full particulars about the work you would expect of mo and how long It would b« until would receive some compensation HppIngHo hear from you soon. Respectfully, (Miss) Annie Dow, Kingstree, S. C. Care of Box 173. Four days later he received a reply to bla letter, dated Columbia, March 19, and written on Columbia Inn stationery.; The letter was signed "Wallace Amusement 06." and "Miss Dow" was Instructed to address this "company" care of general delivery Columbia. The lenaruat fo-th thatj^ U'UM italrway betow ereak "we could use you it you can come up to the requirement, but we can aot tell you anything without we could yon and you will have to come to Columbia." — The Requirement. It was stated that the glrla whom the "company" required would have to work but one hour each night “and we pay from |16 to |200 per week and expenses." It was also stated that they traveled in a private car and stopped at the first class ho- tsls only. The "requirement" fras than set fdrth in very suggestive lan guage and it. was plainly stated that only girls with good figures were wanted. "If you c«|*'to Join us," continued the letter, "fou will have to come to Columbia Thursday, March 26, and put up at the Columbia inn, then our stag** manager will meet'-pdu there Thursday night, March 26 and see you and If satisfactory will em ploy you and you will be In a position to become a successful actress with on Income that will give you a mark In your home town." It was explicit ly stated that "we' must hear from you before Thursday" and she was in structed to drop them a postal card, with these words on It. "Meet me at appointed place and hour." She was Informed in the letter that If she were employed her railroad fare would be refunded, but If rejected she would have to pay her own ex penses. But this very significant lan guage followed. “But if you will talk to our agent, and treat him as you should, we have no doubt but what you will 'make good.’ " The letter consumed four pages of ordinary stationery and was written in pencil. On the top of the first page was written In Ink the follow- fhg: "Charles Van Burean, Manager Wallace Amusement Co., Is the man you are to meet In Columbia. 8. C. Don't forget." On the letter head also appeared In Ink the following number: "6335.” On the bottom of the last page of the letter was the following In Ink: "Register at the hotel as you wrote to us, that Is Miss Annie Dow, so our a?eut will know you. Investigations Start -d. On the day following the receipt of this letter it was mailed to the editor of The State, enclosed In a letter from the subscriber la Klngstgee giving the facts concerning Its receipt by him. The letter and enclosure was recelw ed by the editor of The State Tuesday morning at ten o’clock. Being anx ious to protect the advertising col umns of The State and being annoy ed by the thought that they had been used for fathering not only a fraud ulent scheme but one that appeared to be vile and vicious. The State Im mediately decided to Investigate <ne matter without sparing expense. The number, "6635,” on the letter signed "Wallace Amusemenf Co., in dicated that possibly the writer was aa agent of the "white slave" traffic and waa promoted by no other pur pose thaa tq bring about the down fall of Inhocent girls. The number ing made It pppetr that the whole htng was a Sytematlc scheme and was bsdag worked In a wholesale fashion. .. The Btate after hard work got Post, office Inspector Gregory to Columbia aad sent one of Its representatives to Kingstree to find a girl to come to ~ Jtunbia Thursday and Impersonate leupposed Miss Dow. He sncceed- I and on Thursday At 12:25 the girl Columbia, coming in on ths Columbia. Following tostrucUons, aha registered as "Miss Annie Dow, ire. ” aslhe Columbia inn.. Follow ing Instructions further, she managed to have the proprietor assign hsr to ■room 16. This room was to the right of the first stairway below the office entrance. Room 15 adjoined this room, immediately in the rear, with a door connecting the two rooms. The Trap Set. Inspector Gregory, who had arriv ed in Columbia in the meantime on request of the editor of The State, ar ranged with Mr. Monckon, proprietor of the Columbia inn, to place him In room 15 without putting his name on the register. Inspector Gregory gave "Miss Dow" further instructions as to how to act when the agent of the Wallace Amusement Co., put In his appear ance. He-outlined the. plan of work o Mr. Mohkton. who readily promised to agiist In everyday possible. Mr. Gregory, not knowing at what hour "Mr. Van Burean" or the "agent” of the alleged show company would likely put In an appearance, entered the hotel at 3 o'clock through a rear entrance and secreted himself In room 15, putting down the ructalns and darkening the room as much as possible. "Miss Dow" did not go down to the dining room for her meals but had them sent to her room. U being desired hat the should not come into contact with the man who was-to meet her except In the room where all arrancements had been made for trapping him! At five o’clock Inspector Gfegory was "tipped off” by-Mr. Monckton that Qeorfce A. Bristow, who workefl at the lunch counter at the union tatlon, was In all probability the man who was conducting this scheme. Bristow had been stopping at the ho tel every night almost for two weeks and had spoken to the. night clerk, Mr. McIntosh, about 'a woman whom he was expecting, giving her name to him as Mrs. Dow ana tell ing him that she was a wealthy young widow and that she had offered him a position to travel with and look after an invalid son. Mr. Monckton had also noticed actions of Bristow's which might Indicate that he might be the man. . Bristow In. the Game. After being Joined by a representa tive of The State Inspector Gregory, wearing tights If she expected to leant the show bualnees. He further explained that he and his wife had been ip the show buslneae for-years, tnat his wire was as fine a lady as ever lived and she appeared on the stage every night In tlghta, etc. J4ked Her Looks. Bristow said he liked her appear ance and thought everything would be alt right, but he would, of course, have to call up "Mr. Van Burean" in Atlanta and see what he had to say about it. He explained that be had put in & call for his partner earlier in the evening but Mr. Vaq Burean was not at the Bijou theatre at that time and central Informed him that At lanta Instructed that he would have .to call later if he wished to talk. The time came for him to go down to telephone to his partner In Atlanta and he would come back and let "Miss Dow" know what he had to say about It. But be didn t go down and he has done no ’phoning yet. Just as he was preparing to leave the room he was confronted by Inspec tor Gregory and ills assistant, the former appearing at the door l->adtng from room 16 to the hallway and the latter through tfie connecting door that loads from room 15 to 16 To say that Bristow was taken by surprised and was completely non plussed expresses it but mildly. It were as If the earth had opened up and these men had appeared out of its centre. He admitted his connection with the scheme and turned over to In spector Gregory letters, etc., in his posesslon and informed him where others could be found. While he ad mitted bis connection with this scheme he insisted that “Mr. Van Burean" devised it and .was the prin cipal operator, he (Bristow) being merely on "agent." He was questioned at length and detailed how he met “Van Buren” and l^pw he was led Into this scheme and haw they had worked it togeth er. He said the letter to "Mlaa Dow” was written by himself but that “Van Burean" dictated most?of it and told him In a general wky what to say to her. Later he answered other-re plies that were received aa a result of the advertisement, without the as sistance of his alleged .friend. Girls Had Answered. He told of receiving replies from waited for the “agent.” For about I girls In the city and from others than an hour there was no.thlng but stlll- neaa to reward the watchers In 15. Then a knock came at the door and Pete, a porter who knows a thing or two, whispered to Mr. Gregory a mes sage from Mr. Monkton to he effect sage "that man" had come In the hotel and asked a((out "Miss Dow" in room 16. In jusf a few minute "Miss Dow” outside of the clly. It was arranged lor two of the girls to* meet the "agent" at the Congaree ho tel and on Snnday night, March 22, he went there and stayed all night He said that "Van Burean" was to have met the girls expected at the Congaree and went there himself and registered but later "Van Burean toM- irtm -Hurt ke -h*d~to~g© -to -Stra*- ed and then closed and some one came tripping up the atalra, whistling a gay air. He waa heard to pause about mid way of the flight of stairs and to call out, In an apparently careless sort of way, loud enough to be heard in the room ocupled by the young lady: "Come on, Van Burean!" The man came on up atalrs and went in room 14. After about ten minutes he went back downstairs. Bristow then sent the young lady the following note: Columbia, S. C., March 26, 1908. Miss Dow: . If you are the young lady who wishes to see the advance agent of the Wallace Amusement Co., I have been Instructed to see you, and as not to attract attention, will you be ready In a few minutes to take a car ride around the belt and <1 shall be pleased to explain the busi- neaa to you. If I have made a mis take please parddn me. Mr. Van Bureau has gone to Atlanta to join the show and I have full instructions to act. Please let me know by the porter. ■ ' Respectfully, "Geo. A. Bristow." She Informed tho porter to tell Mr. Bristow, that she could not go out with him, but If he wished to see her he would have to come to her room. The porter went back and delivered the message. Bristow then asked per mission of Mr. Monckton to call up on the young lady In her room. Mr. Monckton explained to him that he did not allow gentlemen to call upon ladles in their rooms at his ho tel, but (by agreement* with Mr. Gregory) he told Bristow that If he /Ished to see hef strlokly on business, as he stated, he would allow him to go up, but advised him not to stay too long. Goes to the Room. Bristow then went up stairs and knocked at the young lady’s room door. The door was then opened and then came: "Js this Miss Dow?" An affimatlve answer came from the young lady and then Mr. Bristow started out by telling her how sor- roy he was that "Mr. Van Burean" had to go out of the city, etc. — He again made the proposition to go out for a car ride, saying that It would be hard to place tho proposi tion clearly before her as Mr. Monck ton objected to. any one calling on la dies Ip. their rooms and he could take her for a car ride and then they could go to some place where they would not be observed, etc. She again declined to go, and rath er against his wishes Bristow started In with his fan<yr and fascinating ’ locked up at the police station at 1.30 story about the' show business and : o'clock Friday mornng for safe-keep- the advantages to be gained by girls ling and at noon Friday he swore out who enter the profession. The story the warrant before Commissioner ter on the next atrln and asked him (Blstow) to go to the hotel) and meet the girls. He said that the girls had failed to come and he left word with the proprietor that if they called after that night that be wa# suddenly called but of the city and would be back in a day or two. . He talked with the proprietor of the Congaree, he said, about befog in the show business and to prove to him that he was no "fake" showed them some of the letters that he had received addressed to the •''Wallace Amusement Co." and left them with him. He had not been back since to that hotel and did not know whether any of the girls ever went there to meet "Van Burean" after Sunday night. ‘‘Tan Bare an"—Where? Bristow Insisted that "Miss Dow" was the only one of the girls whom he had met, but “Van Burean” had met several, mentioning one in Brookkand and one on Blanding street, etc., He gave the names of four or five girls living In.the factory district ^hom they had planned to get into the com pany but he had left It to "Van Burean" so see them and make the ar rangements. He denied that he placed the ad In The State and said that he had never gone to the post office and called for the mall. On being shown an order sent to the postmaster directing that the mail for he Wallace Amusement Co., be delivered to "boy,” he ad mitted that he wrote It. The order was signed "Char.es Van Burean" and was written on a piece of yellow paper. He also admitted that he had sent the same boy to the office on several occasions for the mall. When Hrlstqw was taken In charge by In spector Gregory he had Just $1.20 on hls person and that Is the amount with'which he had planned to take "Miss Dow" out and give her a good time. He said that tbia was "Van Burean’s" money and that 81.50 was given to him by the latter Juft as he (Van Burean) was fixing to leave Columbia for Atlanta Monday He also had a new tape line in hls pocket and the money was to be used In paying for telephone message. Hls attention was directed to the fafct that if 21-50 was given to him ,-fo!^ that purpose he had already spent 20 cents of It for something else and was planning to spend more^qf it.in taleig "Miss Dow" out for, a good time about the city. Well, he could fix that, he sad. Bristow in Arrest. Inspector Gregory had Bristow BUDGE FALLS. Three Men Watching High Water •wept to their Death. Three men were drowned by. the collapse of a auNpensioa-bridge at Rockkk, W. Va., spanning Bluestone River. The victims were standing on the bridge with five other men and boys, watching the rushing current when the bridge gave way, precipita ting the entire eight into the river Five were washed down stream to a point where the river had overflowed Its bankb and were lodged In trees from which they were .rescuo^ The bodies of the three victims have net been recovered. ' EARTHQUAKE PREDICTED.' By a Roaring Well at Beloit, Wls., * On Two Occasions. THEY MUST STOPi- MV REPUBLICANS GETTING TIRED OF FAKE CONTESTS. The "roaring well” near Beloit, Wls., prdlcted the Mexican earth quake as it did the one at San Fran cisco. The well Is on the farm of Charles Lathurs, northeast of Beloit. It roared for several weeks, before the great earthquake at San Francis co, and the curious sound of rum bllngs, together with wind from the mouth of the well ceased at the pre cise hour when the shock struct the California city. On the day, a little over a week ago when the well re sumed Its roaring, residents of Rock county predated a calamity. Mon day it came, at Chilapa, Mexico. DEATH CAUSED BY LAUGHTEK. a Social Function. Disposition on Part of Committee to ' .. v. Refuse to Pay Contestants for Seats in Congress. The Washington correspondent of The State says the contests for seats In congress by a. P. Prloleau, Ai. D. Dantzler and,Isaac Myers wnrtstnmn- ue just so long as Congress allows to these Interesting citizens the sum of $2,000 for the expense of their con tests. But from present indications this is not going to be much longer. As Representative Mann of Illinois, chairman of the election committed which has sat patiepily through the absurd "arguments”, for three times, said to the negro lawyer. Jacob Moori * ; who appeared for Dantzler and J'ers, It is a fraud on the govern- meut, and as already' stated in my dispatch, the chairman indicated that he was In favor of not approve ing the expense account. The law allows the actual expenses incurred by the contestants, "not ex ceeding $2,000.” This account must be itemized, and these negro states men are at least sharp enough to itemize It up to the two thousand. Chairman Mann questioned Jacob Moorer,' the , attorney, very closely about the expense account and gave jthe whole crowd of them a little lm- ' ! promptu lecture on the subject of Widow Overcome by Joke Related at coming here year after year with these bogue contests. “You had some sort of a case six At New York overcome.by laugh-J years ago,” said Mr. Mann. In sub- ter at a Joke by a member of the com-' stance, to Moorer. “Two years ago pany she was atendlng, Mrs. Anna you edme with a weaker case and Fefrera a widow forty-two years old. was unable to stop the laught^btrox- ysm. She fell to the floor, was lift- de back into her chair, gasping for breath and before the horrified guests realized that anything serious was .he matter she was dying. Before a phy- elctan who was summoned could reach the house she waa dead. TROUBLE AT CLt~-~ON. Over Half of the Boys look Holiday - on Wednesday. \ 0 A diapatcln from ^.emson to The State says a little more than naif the cadets, principally lower ciassnien -taking advantage oft April 1, tooa now you come with practically node at all. It is difficult to undenttud here what your'kick Is about. Ac cording to your own statements there are 1,400 registered Republicap voters in the one county of Beaufori and 600 Democratic voters, and yet you poll only 226 votes In the who** district. In the face of that showing with 1,400 voters who are registered, you come here and claim that yqu are deprived of your right to rejrte ter.” * Taking up the expense matter then and the fact that the cavs are flagrontly absurd, Mr. Mann asked Moorer if he thought it right and Just [ to cqme h^be every year anc ask con gress t6 give them $2,1MW.- Tne sub-] se/e COTTON MILL HELP WANTED. r - Highest wages, test hours, ^p daily at 6 Saturday at noon. Apply Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, Atlanta, Ga. PREACHER’S BOpY FOUND. Bu-l&l Under the Ruins 9t a Wreck ed Church. While clearing away the debris of the Epworth Methodist church, east of Columbus, Ga., which was wreck ed by a storm several days ago, the body of Rev. John Wynn v a negro preacher, of Cuthbert, Ga., was found under the timbers. He had taken re fuge.in the church during the heavy storm. CLASSIFIED COLUMN. WANTED. Wanted—Every farmer and Merchant in South Carolina write us for book let and testimonials. Huggins’ Wrenchless Plough Stock and Clio Sweeps. • Bennett-Hedgpeth Co., Clio, 8. C. CONDITION OF STATE BANKS ■y. r t* ’ ^ The State Dank Examiner Makes His - * ■ Fin*. Quarterly Report. Mr. Giles L. -Wilson, the new ex aminer of State banks, Thursday made hta !:.tt quarterly report.. This shows Lbc -ondltlon of State bank ing InstilJ'.c'.ns at the close of busi ness March 9th. The las 1 report was Dec. 16th. Since that time eight new banks have started business, two have consolidate ed and os '-has nationalized. There e now : 3 i State banka. - Stateme-t o f the conakion of the 233 State, private and savings banks located in “©nth Carolina at the close of business March 9. 1908: Resources. Loans and Hscounts. .$38,484,281.33 Demand loans 1,987,177.94 Overdrafts a71,899.40 Bonds and Mocks owned by tjie b . nk . . .’. . . Banking houses Furniture and fixtures. Other real estate..... Due from bauks and bankers. . .... . . Currency Gold.. Silver, nlckles and pen nies Checks and cash items. Exchanges fortheclear : - log bouse , . . . Other resources 3,663,317.74 733,561.91 • 360,161.07 287.937.82 . 4.862,130.62 . ^4,^92,952^7f . - 165,220.50 332.710 18 359.798.83 97.711.0b 5,973.H Total MISCELLANEOUS. Know Thy Fortune—Send your name, date of hirlh and sex, married or single, and 10c. for a personal type written Horoscope of your life, your future love, business and per* rf . sonal affairs. Prof. Opdyke, BoXr 963, Binghamton. N. Y. . . . . .$47,975,807.2S Liabilities. Capital sto<-k paid in..8 9,061,713.56 FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS. For Sale—One twelve horse power Blakesley Gasolene Engine, cheap Also lot of shafting, pulleys, etc. Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg, S. C. Barter Port Card*—A large variety at all prices. Send 10 cents in stamps for samples. Sims' Book Store, Orangeburg. 8. C. For Sale—Thoroughbred, long type. Essex swine, from prise wlnnlnp stock. Three gilts, three young hoars and also lot of fine pigs for April delivery. Prices right. AleV t Macdonald, Blaekstock. S. C- honday and went to Pendleton thh st8nce '°* Moorer s reply was that'he t g«]e Cheap—One Huger Bread morning. All the seniors, most of th*' members of the athletic teamr and a number of all classes refnain- ed at the college and are attending their regular duties, commute Is consilderng th* matter but it is not known what actolun it will Ukk*. re thought it was right, entering in gen Lend, the plea, that they ueadod money. One new member of the commtt- The discipline Mr - Mauser, a Republican who to (to rue seemed anxious WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE. Wife of tirocerymaa Sends Bullrt into her Breast. the square thing and get at the tide facts in the case, closely questioned Moorer about the allegations that the negroes in South Carolina were denied the right to register. It is really a pity that these contestants and their law yers could not go before all the mem bers of congress so that other Nor thern members, who have false im-! Mixer, one Thompson Moulding Ufaefitne: four Bread ProeuotH- 4-w* Bread Troughs; one Cake Machine; 50 Plane Moulds; and many other things used in a flrst-clasa bakery. Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg. S. C. FOR SA LF—KGCS AND POULTRY. For Hale*—Buff Rwk chickens, prize Stock, also prize winning White Wyondottes. Write for prices. S. M. Oliver ft Co., The Terraces. El- berton. Ga. Surplus fund Undivided profits (less current expenses and taxes i old ) Due to banks and bank- era Dae unpsid dividends. . Individnrl deposits sub ject to '-heck ., , . Savings deposits. . Demand ertlflcates. . . Time certificates.. .. Certified checks.. .. Cashier'* checks.. .. Notes sr.d bills redis counted. ... . • • Bills ps-*»>le^. .. .. Other liabilities. v . .. 1.636,410.44 2,781,584.87 720,577. 27.569.64 r 17,381,322.76 11,075,256. 223,439 2.069.753.0V , 13.441.93 74,716.6.; 754.518.M* 2.237,173.23 18,329.14 Total $47,975,807.2$ A LEOPARD IN HAMPTON. A special to The News and ^ our * er j )reB8 i on8 about the methods of dls- from Spartanburg says Mrs. : fni „chtsment of the negro In the Sharp, wife of J. D. Sharp, a grocer could learn {something as Mr. committed suicide Thursday after noon by shooting herself in the chest with ft 32-calibre p.stol. Desponden cy is said to have been the cause of the act. She walked Into her rbom and seizing her husband's pistol plac ed it to her bbreast and fired. She died almost Instantly. SEN. TILLMAN GOING ABROAD. Mauser and the few other members of the committee did. Moorer was wholly unable to cite any convincing facts as to negroes being denied reg istration. though he asserted that P was done. . Mr. Moss, representing Mr. Lever stated that he hud made an investi gation in nearly every county in South Carolina where there had been allegations of denial of registravK'H to negroes and that not once i.t hi* district hod any negro taken an ap- | peal from the registration supervls- aay* t or to the courts,, although, he de dared, the law distinctly provided for such an appeal to the circuit judge at chambers. The only appeal he found ever made, he said, were in the Se cond district* In Beaufort county H Single Comb Rhode Island Reds only Langford and Ahberneathy Strain. Nqne better at my price. Eggs. 15 for $1.50. Satisfaction guaranteed. W- D. Colclough. Dalzell. S. C. White Rocka and Buff Orpingtons, wonderful white winners, beautiful blocky Buffs, good as any: better than many. Eggs $1.50 and $2.00. Florence Featheriy Farm, Florence, S. C. Beosi Supposed to Have Escaped ^ ' ,»• From Circus is Kill* d P A dispatch from Hampton to the State ssvs an animal bearing the resmblan , 'e of a leopard was fTiled'' Monday by Frank Llnto In the.Grays neighborhood about. 12 miles from Hampton. This animal passed through the lower part of the coun ty last week frighteulng-the people in the community through which It traveled until It wandered ts way to Grays where it was slain. The animal was about three feet In height and bore spots characteristic of a le .pard which i/supposed to have escaped from some circus. Thirty-Two Gent co<t«a msO. MakM ■Borw mt tocrw ordinary land condition. selU (or ITU t* M Mate fm pound. K+Milf pioW CMnned drr ea ordlnxrr saw gl% slaploa 1U to ll.S# pm bushel W. W Wotaeu. Fro- His Physicians Advise a Change and Absolute Rest. A dispatch from Trenton while alarm is felt there is consider able anxiety oyer the continued Ill ness of Senator B. R. Tillman, and announcement is made that, hls phy sicians, Drs. Babcock and Hunter, have decided that the Senator needs 1 some years ago when Senator J. Our “lp-io-date” Sawmill It hu aboniutrly nil the LATEST IMPROVE* MENTS. Am) think we are fitfe It Myinf, the beat feed on esrth. A money maker tor th* owaer. “BEST GOODS-BEST PRICES" Columbia Supply Co^ Columbia, a complete change. It develops that | Karle was a judge, when In a num Senator Tillman's condition demahds | her of cases the appeals were granted absolute rest and quiet, hence any Idea he may have entertained of making another lecture tour after the elose of Congress or later In the year has been put aside. The Sena tor and Mrs. Tillman are making ar rangements to go abroad during the late spring or early In the summer, and will be away several months. * Will Return Ftagf*. The New- Jersey House of Repre- j mlttedthst sentatives Wednesday passed the Sen- j Ate’s Joint resolution providing for the return of Southern flags taken during the civil war. The flags are to be glvento the organizations from which they were captured. Ltoe train from which a person was roseate and almost poetical. Bristow explained thqt the "Wal lace Amusement Co.” were playing at the Bijou theatre, Atlanta, at that very hour,'^putting on that fascina ting dramt, "L Don't Care!" Of’ course “Mbss Dow" had never heard of this play and Bristow proceeded to explain what a gorgeous and absorb-' Ing theme It was. There were only 60 people in it, and only 40 of these were chprus girls. Then [ came the first ''advances” when he began to tell her, in an ex ceedingly apolegetlc tone of voice, that the chorus girls wear short dresses. ' A little alter he came to the "tSfihts,” prefacing his remarks Vemer. Inspector Gregory spent the entire day Friday following up the investigation and every step brought more.iynvluclpg and more damaging SERIOUS CHARGE. The Chronicle says Patrolman L. L. Cawley and Bicycle Officer W. M. Martin, of the Augusta Police De partment, are locked up at Police headquarters, charged with robbery. Leo Yam and John Ling, Chinamen, charge that the officers entered Ling's store Sunday morning and held them up and -rbbbed them of some money and a diamond ring valued at about $300. Red with Van Btfban, but the In mates of these places knew no one but Bristow of the alleged pair. He had come and gone alone. Every where the evidence only added to the theory that Bristow and "Van Bur- tetimonjr against Bristow. Severat ean'* and the "Wallace Amusement Columbia girls who had answered the ad were Interviewed and turned over to Mr, Gregory the letters which they had received from this fake "amuse ment” company. " ~ One young womaq stated that she would not like to have her name ap pear in connection with the case but. that if it were necessary in order to insure Bristow being given the mdvere penalty which she felt he deserved she would gladly appear as a witness. Many places that Bristow stato^. by. Miss Dow. I hop* you won't, he had visited in company with “Via ha offended," otc. . Burean were visited by -Mr. Gregory "Now. that is Just the greatest and at ach place It was learned that trouble we have In securing girls," Bristow bad been there alone each adding that thore is no rea-Jtlme. He gave the names of several Co." were one and the same and operated the schemejUl by himself. Inspector Gregory "left yesterday evening, for Atlanta but before going he had collected a great quantity of amaglng evidence against Bristow. Bristow said last night that he knew h was "up against it" and want ed to know something about the pen alty that would b* Imposed it he should be convlctqd. He Said he did aot know whether he could get out and the supervisor ordered to Issue the certificates. "Why is this?" Mr. Mauser asked "I don't know," answered Mr Moss* A little later. In answer to another question by the Ohio man, Mr. Moss gave the whole thing away. Mr. Moss admitted that there were a large number of negroes In the Seventh dls trlct who were registered and he ad- If they had voted *hey would Tiave voted Republican ticket. Mr. - Mauser wanted to know why they had not voted. Mr. ^lo?s paid there was a reason, but that It was not in hls record In the case and that It would be wholly apart from any thing he had Intended to bring up in connection with it, but that If the gentleman from Ohio really wanted to know he would tell him. Mr Mauser wanted to know. "Wall, the negroes In the district take the contestants’ candidacy as a joke," said Mr. Moss. “I would not say anything a^ainsf the contestant, either .as to his character or hia ability, but this is the simple truth." Dantzler got 133 votes in the dis trict. The claim upon which all these contests have been based for many years, as estimated above, is the claim for the $2,000. But the argu ment, so-called, is as to the validity of the Soub 1, Carolina constitution of 1895. 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If yon want the beat orga on earth, why nay lady oho old object to q< 111 fame which he had rie-lieotoa Bristow will be given .a prelimi nary ea April 10. There are already more then a score of witnesses who will be eabpoeaed to appear la Char him—The Stole. don't delay, bat write ns at once aar •are 111 aad make aoase hsnaoal MAlJiAK - Ml aM. I INCLUDES GASOLINE AND STEAM ENGTN KS, PORT- 1 ABLE AND STATIONARY BOILERS, -*AWMILL8, j KDGERS, PLAN! RS, SHINGLE, LATH. STAVE AN I' J CORN MILLS, COTTON GINS, PRESSES, BRICK MAKING OUTFITS AND KINDRED LINES. Our Mock la the varied aad la thr raid wfil o C<ui r