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VOL. XXXII BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1908 NO. 10 Nt WILL IT BE DONE? The State Supreme Court Issues Mandamus Against Commision. CLAIM ORDERED PAID The Attorney for the Winding Up Commission Will at Once Take BRIBED A JURY SENSATION'AL DEVELOPMENT L\ SAN FRANCISCO SCANDAL. , I the Case to the Supreme Court of the United States for Hearing and Decision. ‘The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says practi cally reaffirmed the position taken by that Court in regard to the dis pensary funds and granted a man damus against the commission order ing It to pay a claim approved by Qi3 General Assembly notwiths’andlng the Injunction against such payment from the Federal Court. The attor ney for the * dispensary cor. mission j at once gave notice of appeal Irom the Supreme Court's order, and tht case will be at once taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, tnd it is probable that the case w’!l be argued before that tribunal at the same time as the Flelschman case, that goes up from the Federal Court of Appeals to the Federal Supreme Court, both cases involving the same points as to the powers of the dispensary winding-up commls- elon. The decision of the Court l. tliD new case In full is as follows, mak ing the decision in the previous cnee of Lyon against Murray ct al o part of this decision: South Carolina—In (he Supreme Court, Original Jurisdiction—The State of South Carpllna ex nd A W. Ray, trustee, petitioner, vtf W. J. Murray and others. It appearing iWt the quertiom raised In this proceeding have !<een adjudicated by the case of the State ex rel J. F. Lyon vs. W. i. Murray and others, and that the return of the respondents is insufficient for the reason set forth in the opinion in the said case, now on motio^ of D. C Ray, attorney for petitioner: It Is ordereiFTiTftt a ^leieiuptur.* writ of mandamus do issue requir ing the respondents to pay the mon ey due the petitioner, as set forth “In the petitiou. The reasons for sa-d judgment are stated in t)i a opinion in the case 1 of Lyon. *■ Murray above referred to, which opinion if to be made a part f of this decree, andf the Court reserves *h? ri^ht tc flic a further opinion In case it deems It necessary. Y. J. Pope. Chief Justice. Ira H. Jones. A. J. C. A. Woods. A. J. Prior to hearing the case th> court granted the motion tn make the State a party to the case on con sent of the Attorney General, as fol lows : The State of South Carolina, in the Supreme C iurt: The cons^tV^ii the State having been qiveti^ ns* of Its npi.in In tin- cr*e wf A V/ Ray, trustee, petitioner, against \Y. J. Murray et al. On motion of D. C. R.y. attor ney or petitioner, it is orde-^d than the petition for mandamus, and nihei pleadings in the cause be anumlerl by inaerting in the captions thereof the "The State ex rei,' s<- that said pleadings as amended shall read in the name of the State ex rel A. W. Ray, trustee. nsiiLi-t \V J. Murray, John McSween and Avery Patton, as State dispensary commis sion, respondents. Y. J. Pqpe, Ohief Justice, Ira B/Sones, A. J.,‘ C. A. Woods. A. J. Colnmbln. S. C\. Oct. 30. 1908. When .the Cfturt waa convene! there were present Chief Justici Pope anl Associate Justice Gray A Contractor Having Been Tried and Convicted of Bribery, Admits His Guilt and Tells Whole Story. San Francisco, Cal., on Thursday, had a most sensational court scene. Standing In the shadow of the pen- Itentiary wlthTscntence about to be passed upon him, and having seen his young wife just led from tin Court rooty hysterically crying "No no,” A. S. Blake, a contractor, con victed of attempting to bribe John M. Kelly to qualify on the Jury tc try Abraham Ruef and vote for Ruef's acquittal, made a full confes sion in Court Thursday/.^’*.' Blake said that afUer tw-was-ar.. , - . ,, „ , Tsowoy--a....clttb.-..map, former repre rested on a charge dw bribery, Frank J. Murphy, Ruef’s assistant counsel, came to him and promised $10,000 if he would keep q'fuet. He sail i that notes for $10,000 purportins to be signed by Ruef, were delivered to a third party, to be paid to Blake immediately after he was sentenced If he were convicted of bribery. He sides thU amount, Blake declared, his wife was to receive $100 a montu while he was in the penitnetiary. When Blake was called on to rise and receive sentence his wife cried She was lead from th> hysterically room. After motions for a new trial and an arrest of Judgment had been de nied Blake said that he had a staie- ment to make as a reason why sen tence should not be pronounced. This came as a surprise to his at torneys. who were permitted to with draw from the case. After he had been sworn and had stated that he had not been promis ed immunity Dlakc said ha had been offered 11,000 by Attorney A. !1. Newburgh and F. J- Murphy,of Ruef's counsel, to Influence J. M. Kelly, a prospective juror, to vote for the acquittal of Ruef. He at first, offered Kelly $500. which was refused, he said, but ,i.i )ffer of $1,000 .was accepted. It was then brought out in a!- legations that Newburgh tr?td pro- -ured attorneys fdp Blake's defence. Blake then told.of hie alleged offer of $10,000 and provision for his wife vhile he was in prison If he would not make a confession. The story *old by Blake created consternation In Court and tae case was continued for two weeks. * BITE OF MAD IHKi Go.. ENDS HIS LIFE A Prominent Lawyer of Mobile Shoots Himself to Death. THE CAUSE UNKNOWN Major Edward Murphy Robinson, After Leaving the Dinner Table, Fires Two Bullets From a Re volver Into His Brain—Leaves Young Wife and One CtWld. A A dispatch from Mobile, Ala., says that Major Edward Murphy Robin son, one,of that city’s mpst promi nent citizens, and one of the leading c-lminal and civil lawyers of the sentative in the general assembly dr Alabama and who had refused many political honors, ended his life Sun day afternoon by two shots from a revolver in his bedroom at his hand some home in Government street, shortly after 3 o’clock. The news of the tragic ending of this brillinat young man, when it became generally known throughout the city, shocked everybody. Major Aobinson had been down into the business district during the ...... morning. He left one of the leading N0 A_ n0 . t ... rha, c ;._ a _ nd . social, clubs of tne city at 2 o clock. went to his home and was seen with his wife and little child on the lawn. Later the trio entered the house and sat down to dinner. During the dining hour he arose from the tabic and went to his room without saying a word. In a few moments two shots rang out, one folfhwlDR the other very closely. On rushlngno his .room, the lifeless body of the attorney was found stretched across the bed, blood flowing from two ghastly hoies in the head. He died before anything could tx* done. Major Robinson was the idol of Mobile county Democracy .and the best known orator ij^.the State. He FIRE IN HER HOLD A STEAMSHIP AT SEA WAS IN GREAT DANGER. Station atf ^'lmrlestou Keeps iu Touch With a Steamer That Had Gone to the Rescue. The Charleston Evening Post say; the steamship Luckenbeck eu route from New York to San Juan, Porto Kico and South American, ports ro ports through thef wireless station at Hampton park the presence of Are In her main hold, but the blaze has been brought under control by th-; combined efforts of her crew ana the crew of th§~Bteamship Philadel phia which has the Luckerrbdck in tow., The message of the fire in the hold of the steamer was caught by the Hampton park wireless station about 11 o'clock Monday night, having been sent by Captalm\Crockett, of the Philadelphia, when the steamship and her convoy^ were off Charleston about 700 miles and 580 miles south of Sandy Hook. At the time that the wireless mes sage was sent to the Charleston wlrelers plant, the steamers were making aliout nine and a half knots an hour. The Hampton park station remained in touch with the plant of- the Philadelphia for several hou^s Monday night. The steamship Luckenbeck is one of a fleet of five ships belonging to the Insular Steamship Company, on® of the competing lines of the Morse syndicate of steamships, running to Borto Rico and South American ports. The Luckenbeck family of New York practically own and con trol the vessels. The Luckenbeck Is one of the best boats of the line, hav ing a tonnage of about 5,000. Bound from the South American ports with coffee and other staple products’ of that country, and re turning with general cargoes of mer chandise, the line ^does a good bus iness. It Is of course not known what will be the damage by the fire on the Luckenback. The survey will prob- TELLS OF WRECK Schooner Abandoned on Voyage From Georgetown North. FALLS UNDER WHEES AND 18 CRUSHED TO DEATH INSTANTLY.. MUST PAY FINE BRAVE LIFE SAVERS Bodietf Island and Nags Head Crew*. Waned for Hours—Captain and Wife Thrice .Wrecked—Rodgers Carried to Charleston us Prize of Stetfncr Fein Several Years ago. v Capt. 8. E. Lawry, of the abandon ed schooner Flora Rodgers, a well- known trading vessel at Charleston^ nainlug conpclouaness. galied national renown by his speech of presentation of the silver servlc- 3 1 a,, ' y be u i><> n the arrival of the to the battleship Alabama, and im mediately became a prominent flgursr vessel at San Juan, and then est mates wilf^be prepared of the- amount ♦ , TTTTT DEAF MUTE KILLS HIMSELF. \ . TTi State politics:: He was mentioned this year ns , candidate for governor. He served in the Spanish-American war as cap tain of company S, Second Alabama [Body of Union Printer Found Dead volunteers, and was made major of . - the battalion on the reorganization in Rood* Sunday, of the military forces following the war. Prover^Fatal to an Elberton, Retail Merchant. ^ A dispatch to the Atlanta Journal from Elberton, Ga , rays Matthew Berman, the merchant who was bit ten by a mad dog on the night of October 1st. died Thursday night at 11 o'clock, after an illness of two lays from hrdrophobla. Mr^ Berman did not become ,vlo- ent until two days b.fore his death One great fear in his lucid moments .earned to be that he would injure omebody. About 6 o'clock he brok-' 'ooee from his attendants and jump 'd through the window. He was brought back to the house, but later broke away again, and running to the oath room drank water as If he comd never get enough. He seemed to be burning up with thirst. Latef he asked that he be strapped to his bed, and this request was complied vlth. Just before he died, after one of bis paroxisms, he asked that everv me leave his room. Though strapped to the bed his fear that h In Mobile he had been elected *j every office to which he aspired. He married the daughter of Prelate D Barker, present postmaster of Mo bile, and leaves a wife and one chil l His political affiliations have been undeviatingly with the Democrat!? party. He was born at Stockton, Ala in 1 873, his fater being a veteran o ’he civil war. He was a social lead er and prominent in fraternal and secret orders. During 1901-02 h’- was president of the Alumni of the University of Alabama. . tells an interesting and thrilling sto ry of the wreck of his boat a few days ago at Bodies Island and the rescue of.himself, his wife and th«* crew. The following account of the wreck and rescue we take from th? Charleston Post: It is not the first time that the Flora Rodgers has lx*en wrecked, having had The same experience sev eral years ago off the Carolina coast when she was towed into Charleston, as a prize of the Italian 8teaiiie r Fert, tjeing later libeled anjl sold by order of the United States cour:. In an interview in The Norfol't Virginian-Pilot, Captain Lawry re lated -a few days ago in,* dramatic manner how Mrs Lawry, his wife. His crew of six,, men and himself stood waist-deep in water with waves from thirty to forty feet m height leaping and sw-lrllng over the wreck, nine hours before a line was shot over the vessel and how two ancho’ chains of links of an Inch and a halt in thickness were snapped like pipe stems which sent the vescel to her doom. It was also brought out how Mrs. Lawry had been In two other wrecks with her husband and how on one occasion she was willing foj* every thing aboard to be loet—that is. property—but to only save her .ci liary bird. When the gale was sweeping the coast and carrying everything befor it the Rodgers, lumber laden, was tuggiug at her anchors. She was from Georgetown, 8. C., for New Ha T.aw[-y seeing that Skittish Mule Starts Oil Suddenly and Leopold Welle Is Run Overly Heavy Loaded Track. ITOSENCE QF LADIES A sad and faftvl accident happened In Charleston on Monday. Tin* Evening Post- says I^eopold Wlele, of No.Jkfg St. Philip atreet, foreman of drays for C. D. Frauke & Company, fell Monday morning under a wheel of his heavily loaded truck at the Atlantic Coast Line freight waire- Evangelist Convicted of tfslaf Vulgar Language In tbe r~‘ The Georgia Court of Appeal* D»> ride* Against Rev. Walt Hokomfea, soii in-l.eu of the Late Rev. Bart house In Bay street, and was so bally Injured that he died a few minutes after the fatal Occident, without re A dispatch from Union to The Ncwr and Courier says Robert Glo ver. 2G years of age, and P deal mute, was found dead in some wi.vdt about one mile west of Union, late Sunday afternoon, with a wound in dicating that a pistol had beer placed In his mouth and fired. Mi^Gtover was a printer by trade and had work- ' ied in Union for several years, with both the Progress and the Union Times. On Thursday last he returned tj the city after several months ab sence and resumed hi* position with the Times, working ther* Friday a,id Saturday, and seemed to bo in high spirits. Sunday morning, however, “ '-he left his boarding house a’mut' 8 Eight Murders Gonnnitu-d in New-* o clock and did not return for dinner. -A- party of friends went In search of berry in Four Months. j n n ,i[ nK his dead body, ns stated What a tremendous mania f ^ above While there was no eye w|t ‘nesses as to the manner of his death HEAVY CRIMINAL DOCKET. he could not sail In such a storm, had the vertel anchored off the island. Two anchors were thrown out and these were held Jiy many fathoms of chain, the links of which were an inch and a half of solid Iron. The vessel was double-reefed. Every thing was done to prevent the erafi from stranding, hut to no avail, anT at 10 o'clock at night? the anchort tore Icote and two and one-n/ilt hours later the stern of the Rodger was battered away. Masts and rigging and spar-i crashed to the: 1 deck and lay In an Inextricable mass. The wind was Increasing from the south-east, anl presently the vessel bega nto b Mr. VVlole had driven his some what skittish mule up to the freight platform and having found out that It would be necessary for him*"It move to the receiving door furttate up, stepped upon his dray to drive off. He could reach, only one rein, and leaned Jorward to get possession of the other. As he Tested one hand upon the back of the big mule at tached to the truck, the animal start ed quickly, and Mr. Welle lost hi- balance.. lie fell to the side of the .-haft and v his body struck the pave men.t directly in front of one of th< heavy wheels whlen passed, over hh body, as the now more startled mub moved off. A great weight bore the heavy wheel dowbytipon his body, crushing his stomach and ab domen Jataily. Immediate assistance was given the poor old man by witnesses to the horrible accident, but he ciinlrt not be helped, and was deal not feng after his Injuries were received The body was taken to Jhb undertak ing rooms of,, J. Henry Stuhr, in Wentworth street, where Monda' afternoon at 6 o’clock an inque-i into the death of Mr. Weile was held by the coroner. * — —— His body was almost severed Into two parts. The dray, a two-wheeled affair, was heavily loaded with car rlage stock, and th» big wheel press ing his body against the graiuu paving bt Bay streeta fatal force, that the strongest man cou'd not have withstood. Several peo;d« witnessed the accident, but It oc- curred before tficy could realize tlm awful fact Mr. Welle was a native of Ger many, coming from the home city ol Mr. E. H. Jahnz. He Is survived b- a widow. He had been In the cm ploy of C. D. Franke ft Co. for ov - twelve years, w luning the esteem ol his t*vu>loyers by his faithful and '▼illjng service. There was n- prompter man at the company s store than lampold Welle, and n- took pleasure In performing his work day by day. Before he entered th ? employ of Messrs. Jahnz ne was known by hundreds of people as a driver of a Rutledge avenue horse car. lipoid Welle had AJ^h^ r ' greeting and a good word foY every body he knew, and his friends wen. working broadside on the beach | shocked deeply when they heard of his terrible death. He was between flfty-fivo and sixty >A*ars of age murder Newberry must have. The \ Herald and News says: ‘Solicitor Cooper has ordered a second wire t vould injure seme one was so great _ bat he wattled to be alone. It was Jones and Woods. Mr. D. C.. Ray,, . o6l ^. afler while alone, that h fnrmerlv Attnrnev fJenerat. renr»‘.j - * formerly Attorney General, repr sentlng the petition r, his brother Mr. A. W. Ray, ipade a brief argi. ment for his motion, relying prinrl pally on the decision of the Court a the case In which on motion of th< Attorney General last winter an or fler was granted compelling the com mission to pay^tJle sum set aglde from Hie dispensary funds for the prosecu lion of alleged dispenrary grafter? The commission, respondentar- were represented by th?lr regular counrei, Mr. W. F. Stevenson, his position being that under the orders of the Federal Courts the commission., can not pay out any money except ou the order of that Court. Attorney Gen eral Lyon, for the State, appeared in support of the position of Mr Kay. It will be recalled that Mr. A W. Ray Is the purchaser and present owner of a claim against the Safe dispensary formerty held by a distill ing company, which claim the Leg islature has ordered to be paid. The question Is now squarely up whether '""'TneSlate Court or the Federal Court is correct—the State Supreme Court '' ‘holding that the commission is the agency of In its hands are State funds, while the Federal Court holds that in cre ating this commission the General Assembly establlsh?d a trust fund .. . for the benefit of the creditors of the State dispensary and that the funds do not belong to the State. The opinion of the State Supreme Court In the former case was written by Associate Justice Woods, and was a very strong document. It will not be reviewed by the Supreme Court of the Uni^d States. lied. DRIED HUMAN READ FOUND, It socniK to - be generally conceded that it was a case of suicide. Histparents, who reside in Spartan Threshers Make Gmsoine Disooverj on Michigan Farm. A dried human head, apparently ileanly severed' from the body by i saw, was the gruesome object Thursday found by Cooney, ■i farm hand, on the floor of the w^ell house, wrapped in a piece of burlap, on the farnn’of the Tate Satmtcl Bry- int, near Clayton, Mich where hreshors were working. The object lay on the floor and Cooney picked It up and remove i the burlap to see what it waa. He fled in terror and summoned the other men at work on the place They .left the head where it was found and nailed up the house till officers could go to the scene. Dr. S. A. Bryant of Dowaglac, Mich., as son of the late Samuel Bryant said Thursday night that the head found was, no doubt, one of several that ho had In his possession "or the erhnine! court at Newberr; -ijurg, went to Union Sunday night and it is probable that he will He | an( j Monday morning tpok the re- uqable to compete all of the criminal j mains hack to that city, where the business eveji with the two weeks inf^yment took place Tuesday. His if court^ ^ ' irfbther stated that the dead man hid "There are probably more criminal ‘ never entirely recovered from an at- :asos on The docket at Newberry for tack of grip from which he sufferad this court than has hewn there to- soni»- time ago, and U Ts ai io.salii he mauy years, and we do not recall ■»: was of a despondent disposition from my time w ithin our recollection of j brooding over his afflictions. ;he criminal court at Newberry when , 'here wVic as many murder cas*?. | -CENSUS COTTON REPORT. "There arc now eighteen prisoners| . in jail, four of these are appeal cas- s|x Mmihh Ginned Up ®s. and one a prisoner from toe chain gang who is sick, leaving 13 priso ners in Jail for trial. In addition iir 'hese a number of those charged * xrnr cTfmtr^re out on jioitt: ‘Since the 29th of June there hnv. to October 18. The census report on cotton Issue 1 TToiiday shows a total of 6,2'8T,T8''l bales'^ counting round as half bale? Inky darkniss prevailed. The waves by this time were running to a height of from thirty to forty feet, and at one time It appeared that a', must be lost. The life savers had discovered the wreck and they' so notified those al>oard the vessel', l y the Costcn signals. When daylight came the aurfmen from the Bodies Island station at tempted t<^ launch a surf boat, but they were beaten by the wind and waves. Line after line was flfeJ and fell shdrt, and those on tfk wreck despaired of being rescued. Word was sent *16 -The Nags Head station and soon the crew was on the poeu£> If ever a set of men worked to save eight human lives It was the crews from the Bodies lalnud an I Nags Head stations, and at 7 o’clock in the morning a line was shot over the side of the Vessel and made fast to the stump of the mainmast. Then the breeches buoy was run out. The captain and crew Insisted that Mrs. Lawry step into the buoy first The brave woman was reluctant t) do this but was finally persuaded and v?he was hauled through the moun tainous waves to the beach. It was KILLED BY TRAIN. Colon'll Farmer Tries to Board Ca- r-., bOM* ami Fails. been eight homicides In the county;,,^ (rom the growth of 1908 uh and. there are twelve prisoner!*, eight . , . . . ilA to ° ctoher 18 aud a lotal of ‘■ J ' 4 Jim Whprton, a colored farmer, who lived in- the Barkesdale neigh tiorhood in Laurens county,* w as run over and Instantly killed about k o'clock Monday morning by the mix ed train coming over the Charleston 'and Western Carolina from Green ville, the accident occurring at Barksdale Station, seven miles from Laurens. Wharton tried to swln-* the caboose of the swiftly moving train. He fell and was crushed t death under the wheels of an extru box car attached to the rear of th< calmoto. Both legs were cut off um‘ his head was cut iu two by the car wheels. 1 * - P. Jones, Who Hiul Appealed From Lower Court. nr - **' ~ "The defendant was clearly guilty,- and the record presents no revera- ,ible error,” declared the Georgl* Slate Court of Appeals In sustain ing the verdict of guilty against Rev." -^Valt Holcombe, of Cartersvllle, Ga , convicted of using "profane, obscene and vulgar language in the presence of females." 4 Dr. Holcombe, an' evangelist, and a son-in-law of the late Rev. Barn P. Jones, was^/indlcted for certsis remarks he made at a meeting in the Cartersvllle tabernacle, in the presence of ladies. He appealed the case, and the higher court sustain*! the verdtH of guilty..,.. "It was not the ribaldry of some low grade comedian In a second cla« theatre," said the court. "It was the Indescent Jest of a minister of the gospel, made in a bouse devoted to tlie sendees of (Tod. In the presence oC some Three thousand worshipers, aimed at a female member of the congregation, whose excess of adi pose upon an unmentionable pert of ner person happened to excit* bis attention.” The case against Evangelist Ho'.* "ombe has been In the public eye at intervals for several months, and .•as attracted wide attention, becsucs if its unique features and the prom inence of the minister. The annual tabernacle revival meetings were In progress In Car tersvllle, and Evangelist Holcombs was In charge of the services. A meeting for men only had bees ad vertised and arranged for s partic ular Sunday afternoon, and it Is re* corded that a great crowd gathered. Rev. Mr. Oliver waa to address tht* men. Following the services for men tbs regular services were to be held On this particular Sunday after noon it began to rain very hard Just before the meeting for men was to begin, and a number of women sought shelter under the tabernacle. The court record shows that Mia* inter Oliver, who was to address the men. suggested to Evangelist Hoi* (otnt>e that the women retire, so the meeting could proceed, as per sched* Ul*! Evangelist Holcombe advised th* -- women to retire, and his remarks were such as to lead to bis Indict* ment amt subsequent conviction for using "profane, obscene and vulgar language lifThe presence of females. ’ The mlutsUir's remark*, accord ing to the record, were aimed at one particular womap. whose back waa turned to the rostum from which he was talking. She was a particularly large woman, and his remarks re* ferred, In part, to her adlpos*. In passing on the case, the court of appeals declares that the word profane” is regarded as surplusage, where the language set forth Is. ao a matter of taw, not profane, bat M obscene and vulgar. J'As used In the code, k>bsc*00 and vulgar language Includes nay . foul- words which would reasonably offend the sense of modesty and de cency of the woman, or women, or my of them, in whose presence they were uttered.” — Eiangellst Holcombe will bsvs tc pay the fine of $200 and cost, which was imposed by the trial judg* Cartersvllle. rr" / KILLED BY BLIZZARD. *d with murder.' Heavy Verdict, At Greenville in the Federal Cour: Monday^a verdict for two hundred and sixty-three thousand, four hun dred and fifty-three dollars and fifty- three C! nts was returned for the Southern Bower Company, of Cha*- lotte, N. C., In the suit against the Catawba Power Company, of Rock Hill, S. C. The spit was for the collection of some promissory notes. for^ 190-5 at hla father’s home Steer Runs Amnck. —'A-Thad eteer run amuck Thursday ip the business section of Atlanta, and oefore the steer was caught, at the risk of life and limb, two per sons were injured and others fled to places of safety: .some being forc ed to climb telepnone poles. In opv of his. furious rushes at pedestralns the right hern of th? steer was torn jfrora hj^hoad. The Wages of Sin. At Augusta, Ga., on Sunday night, lames Mcmurphy. twenty-five yean ««*" wfen he- Uve-1 Uf- age, wq^ -prohahly JA.tally shot, ae In Adrian. * fat V bouse In the redllght district. and Is expected to die during the day. John Keener and Jce 'Stafford are both charged with the shooting. Passed Over Klngstree. A balloon parsed over Kingstre® Tuesday morning at 10:15 o'clock, traveling In a southeasterly direc tion, towards Charleston. It was too h*gh to distinguish the occupants h*»t »no could alonirt make Out the * I of a flag, -'i active ginneries. This is as compared with 4.931,- 621 for 1906; 4.990.560 and 6,447.894 for 1 904. The number of active ginnorlo^ In 1906: 4.996,556 for 1905 ami 6.41 7.894 for 1905 was 26,577. Round bales Included this year number 1 15,438 as compared with (67,957 for 1 907. 132.1 44 for 190G and 1 46,57 4 for 1905. Sea Island bales aggregate 32.462 for 1908, 18.775 for 1907: 12,091 for 1908 and 31,487 for 1905. The report by States giving hales (counted round bales as half bales) is as fohows for the States named: State. Bales. -Alabama , . . . . ... 690,788 Florida .. . . .T7?-. Georgia 1,119.61 7 Louisiana . 206,02" KTDetsslppi .*« . • ....... 621,423 North Carolina ..'V. .... 27«,173 South Carolina 663,078 Tennessee 133.227 Texas - ?. 2.041,570 Virginia 2,816 Each report also announces that corrected statistics of the quantity a~dramatre BCeiHJ. ■ Then be crew, one by one, wore hauled ashore an Captain Lawry was the last to step into the buoy. All hands were drenched to the skin wh n they flit the'*Seach* anl tdrvy lost , all of their belonging?, which wi-nt down In the wreck. The .captain, his wife and crew had not long been off the vessel when she V- gan to break up and the lumber car go to con\c ashore. One of th- masts washed atrfvore and there Is hope of securing tho. other two. Captain Lawry said tuat tho spar* aud rigging might also be saved an i practically all of thexlumber cargo that has washed ashore will,be save !. The cargo *as insured, but tho ves sel was net. Captain Lawyy . had a $1,000 interest in the Rodgers. Train Hits Ix»g Cart. Passenger train No. 3 2, w-hich passed Orangeburg from Augusta on the Atlantic Coast Line on Thurn- day afternoon about fllve o'clock. wag derailed near Plnewdod th same evening. The engine or tn ' fait train struck a log cart as It wa; passing across the track, tearinz aw'ay the pilot and derailing the en gine. Engineer J. L. Wysong wis at the throttle, but neither he nor any one on the train was Injured An engine was sent to th^ disable/! traln'and It went oh into Florence, reaching there about two 'hop£> late. ' ’ * Women Parade. ?, 4 57T-| g|——rr*"**"— tember 25 are 2.590.'639 baler paraded the streotgTH on Thursday. Rev. Anna Shaw, h-od of the Nationgl Order of Suffragists, headed the parade. With her w-ero Mjs. Rendell and Mrs. Coitelle. ot London, famous for thlsr participa tion In the attacks made cnTTarlia- mtnt by the women suffragists of England. The spectacle of 600 w >- men marching through tie streets of eetton ginned this season to Sept, caused the whole -town to turn out to w lines* H. Charged With Murder. Ferris Simpson, a barber, was ar rested at Harroldsburg, Ky., Thurs- ady, charged with tbs ■ murdwus***- Scipio Noble. A body found ne. r Covington wiffl thr~hrath-severod..h thought to be that of Noble, of lackton. Ky.. who had servod three years in the United States army ami hft home three weeks ago. saying ne would re-enlist. When he le't Many Sheep and Herdcrg^Perish In ~ New Mexko. Six herders and 20,000 sheep grac ing cn tlm Cumbers tr^orrYaio rang*. In R>r^iriba county, New Mexico, u^r^pert* d to have perished in< the Gizzard which raged in that section. The storm was the worst In years, ind the snow is from five to ten feet deep. Donald Cameron, a sheep herder, and two others, were caught In the storm. They had to leave their sheep to perish. Cameron beenai xhausted, aud died. After betas sixty hout^without sleep or nonr* isbmenb^the other two reached s raucl^Tn tafety. It Is feared that many other herd- “rs have perished. Three thousand rheep were driven by."the storm In TTflanyMsrandTLnBfohd only 300 * werfc' saved, ■ ^oFhrTTOtaT" SSf&sfrSFSrtnmrt- on tho body of the man found near Covington. Kills His Son. At Russellville, Ala.. James Thors. \ farmer, while attempting to ran a mule out of the yard Wednesday licked up a small stone and thr mule and hit his 2-yenr*old ktlttng him Instantly. Killed From Ambpsh. .1 G. Jotac. a'prominent merchant at Hollaed. Va.,^as shot from am- b-;*h. In his own yard. Monday nigh? and died tuesday of gunshot wounds and pistol wounds. There is no clue, donos was to have given tes timony b a contest win case. Night Riders Caught. Many of the night riders who tally murdered Captain Quentin kin tn Tennessee last week has iryested and is notr in Jail. Om of the murdererq haa confeseed. eating eighty-five other the lynclng. V *