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RIDING >i iJfiWjwt*, i v '. Frink Fahringir Rilatil History ind Dark Doings of *■ Whose Members Were Swont To Loyalty on Fain of. I>eath—A Secret ^uth-Bound Hand Tlwi * Committed the Rankin Murdoi t and Many OUur Outrn^-s. Union City, T£tu>-. I^c. 21.—The State today practically completed U* case against the eight alleged nigh: —riders, on trial for the murder o' Capt. Rankin, when It' (ttttw. Irxuu. Frank Fehrlnger,- a memlx-r of tie band who turned State’s evidence, o detailed statement of the Rankli. 'affair and a score or more of otlur outrages. It also called to the stanu ^—Mrs.. Rn.ma Thurmond Johnson, on, of the two women said to have b »« ^ whipped by the band, and had her tell her story. i;he startling (testimony of Feh ^ringer, who accused the men. on trlaV of belhgact ual part 1 cTpahTs W th* murder of Capt. Rankin with aji. ex a fitness of d«tall,-amazed the thronr in the court room. Then, ns Mrs Johnson was called, a ruurmer rgr through the court room. Fhe removed her -veil. ,. v M.C#^..-loh.MAIL.ha(l married, Joe B Johnson, a man 30 years oldf-TThnn. sh?, and lived with him four years when.axhlld was born. I^ast Ai: gust she sued him for dlvorec charging cruelty and asking malnte nance. Early In September the rid frs- visited her fatJior's 4wme an' left word that she must withdraw the suit She failed to d.Q. ho, and ‘on a second tlslt her father was .whipped. o On both occasions she was at her sister's home. The riders seen t< have realized this, for on Septembei 30, at»ont 1’ o'clock at night, th*:> went to the sister’s home. - Mn Johnson awoke beside her child to •find her bed roofr, filled with maskeV and armed men. A man whom sh said shefrecognized as Fred Pinion one of joe defendant a. was stai^Sjn:. so close that could touch him. "Wo have come to tell you for t!T last time that you must dlsmJpM th.a: divorce suit,” Pinion la chargefTwPl saying. . jj * 1 “I will not withdraw It." ghe re plied. — ^ "You will before we get through with you," was the reply. "If vou dismiss Itmow we will se<> that fie supports the child, but you * must not touch his property." Mrs. Johnson Insisted that sh press IhO rilKP " TlWl ,IIib 'men withdrew Into the yftrd to consult -In a few minutes th<>y returned Pinion stepped* over to the young woman's bed and said, "-‘Come with us.” __ y.;„ i Young Wife Beaten. ' Two others of the hand seized her and dragged her from the bed in ^tfer night ciothi^ms^They hurried her "Itoii* ‘ , . r (0 yards aw*^- and one of them b v Kt her across the zhdulilerf with a r*rap. After the first .beat lug they asked .her If she wotjJd d,is miss the suit She auld no. Then v«- v -s artlift whipped.* This ttnu- her fighting Fpirlt was broken an 1 sh" pobMngly. said sh$. would glee In Jo their demands. t ^'I.et's give her another," said on* of the band..* ‘‘No." she said Pinion—-Tepljed "she has had enough." Mrs. Johnson told her.story under strong objections from the defenses Judge .loirs stmt ojit the jury be fore court adjourned and said: “There are eight defendants here charged with capita) ofTense. The\ are not handcuffed and are undet guard of only two deputies. I do hot think this Is safe. Therefore. I order the sheriff to handcuff the* men and ask the military to detail 10 armed men to serve as guards The defense strongly objected, but the court refused to withdraw the order. Uafer Attorney Caldwell 'said "The order was made advisedly upon the Information which reached th • officers of tlffc-«ourt. This Informa tion was serious enough to justify its In taking every possible and legal precaution.-?-^ r—- Fehrlnger Heavily Guarded. ^ Surrounded by a detail of six TtifUv armed soldiers, Fehrlnger ( was broughrt into dotirt. At the cottr: room door two of the soldiers arme I with rifles.-United, ^Fottr other sol diers, ariped only with 1 revolvers, took Fehrlnger In charge." Four armed deputy sherl^s cleared a wav -through tfae-frowd Id tbe aisles and Fehrlnger was jed to the stand. The soldiers sKt ^own Ihslde the ral'lng, faring the throng. Depe- lies, armed heavily, took positions In various parts of the room. -It > ix a tenoe moment. The witness, a diminutive man, seemed to be com posed, bbt pale. He crossed Ws leg*- and tossed his broad-brinra»*d h^i on the tbe of his hoot. Many in the\ crowd surged 4p Closer, but a stern order from the Judge forced* them back into thel.* seats. Fehrlnger said he was one of the * first members of wie band. « t t Fehrlnger knew all the deteudante and haj accortipanled them on many raids prior to the killing of Rankin. The night rMPrs’ garb consisted of Qootlnued fropi Page 1.) -» long, black coats, black mksks, trlu^- med In white, .and some had false beards attached to the .bottonv.-—,— On one occasion Deputy Sheriff 'W th* riders, cafae to a meeting Maya, alnee resigned, who was on" onmaaked. At this meeting Garrett cfl6ke‘ri ?hleJ‘an? oifie- tatn locality. * thought borm-thlng needed .regulating. Sometimes a member failed to appear 'for rUJefi andVon those*, ocoaslons the. eWcrg went after the missing men and forc ed them to go on the raltls. Nigtit Hlder^ Oat hi ,; -, The night rider bsirh In full was: "You do solemnly swear in pres ence of Almighty GodTOIfd these wlt- uessos that you desire to become a night rider: tmat you will not -write, FaHt or teli to any one ofAhe secrets of this order of night riders; that, if you do talk, write or tell to tin/ person any of the secrets of the or der. we are permitted to do with .vote as we see fit. You know death, hell ind destruction will be your portion and that your body will not be burled in a graveyard. Do yop wil- Ingly and freely subnvR to all this, to help you God?" ’’rlneer frankly admitted thnf he had soldiitjitor Illegally, had t>eep Indicted, tried apd convicted for this affetise, both In To tines and ucky.' However, he never •'tilt and never i>erji»r f d hjml -scape fnmtsh men t. T ti was a tartar under cross-examint RARE WASHINGTON RELIC. denleohbt l|l Ulreli. to ie ‘ w lrfiesa 1 s ha * inr d noAj*tha \sk^i An Hon. Once,- when asked alto tit a late, he npll<>I that he did not k> <'*)» ,f"a dary.-”. meaning a diary. WTo-ti ‘)b?_ defendants’. attorjacy attempte i x 1 o quiz him abopt -mIlk the witness wild : "I lifted It’’when I was Fthliill, I’m told, but haven’t since." His Source of Revenue. — l H'-- home'had been under his ha* 'or yoaj-s, he said, and he" db •are much yhere h<> stojiped. where he got his money, be saidg^o Attorney Pierce; "I got It lik<' you fot that. $10 'from me for defending » when you did not. do It.” On October 19 t he riders lent tied hat, Rankin and Col. Tnyltfr vj^.-ee •ho’ Wairiut Ting ,ho*cI.'„<n the hearr >f the rlde-rs' Country. e h "Tld” Burton, one of the defen- '■arts, told Fehrlnger to notify nt" 'wnd to mr-pt that night to attend o Rankin and Taylor Fehrlnger got >ne of WArrett ■Johnson''* hots.-: ;tq/ -odS" all day Htimmo'nlng the band bhe ride<rs met near Johnson's that tight. The band Included *hc eight lefendnntn. ' { They proceeded to the hotel ,ift-r. Garrett Johnson had forced "l•^^ , IN,well to take the riders there, tVPn"#* said thit Ghr'ett John on vas the spokosnuati tind <av tb < or 'ers *o Rankin . nd Trtvjor to dres.t. Qn the march to the densely wood 'd bank of the slough - w here Ran- ■In was slain,- the wIhiosh said, tohnsiin did all th- talking, the oMt- rs, about fiir’in niinMiet, Including he defendant.', following sil**mlv. ^Fehrlnger said to the victim- "Iki you want to say anythlng’to yii • ■ord ? If voai do, say It now.” Ran- hin • replied:• I've attended to th«t.” Shf»t by Rob Hofriiian. •Just as they pulled the n*|H-, Ihm- Moffman shot Rtitik'n and .Sam Ap- 'lewhlatevthen raid: "I know Jn' ii Iead. for 1 put a loa.Vof l.i. v.-l-. 1...1L Only One Known to Exist of Six Mo- dulllons Made for Lafayette. MrsfiF. Lufs Mora’of New York city, owns a Wasb,l%g,ton relic which, ■p far as ts kfip^n, l%tWx(nly one <|t Its kind 1n ekiatehce. It is oh^ of the six medallions which wer*/ made,to order for General Lafayette. Before* I .afayette Took'Teav5~ of thi" officers of his staff, says the Circle, he had they medallions made In Paris, and presented them to the six officers Immediately under him. The •five others have.dlsappeared and may nave been destroyed. The one In Mrs. Mora s possession Is made of cut glass bound by a heavy brim of solid gold, to which Is attached a gold ring by which it ms/ ’Ctfr aut- petided. Betweeji the two layers of glass Is a beautifully modelled head of Washington In plaster, silvered. On the reverse Is the Inscription "Desprez, Rue des Recolets No. 2, a bails WaKlngton." * Note the^omie- slon of the letter "h”dn N^'althlugton.- The medallion came into Mea, Mora’s possession though*'"her great g^randfather, Lewis ‘fcCompton, t® whom It was presented soon after the Revolutionary, war* - " Promoting Smallpox Infection. From the fact that smallpox which is very prevalent In the Philippines at certain seasons disappears when | Ulnigcift presidlttg elder;■ St; it's rings in him.;’ Witness declarc-l hat Jess Carter, Ane of ^thc deT it lants-, and a man yet Jo- be f ried mt the rojH* around Rankin's uie, b When Col. Taylor jumped into*t!tt> lough eVorybojly shot into the U.v er and Kt lyfTngcr heat aryptnl in ti vith a pole. Meantime-riibii lioldlng he rope Jet If ^g/i.-atid Rankin's bo l •rumpled up and dropped to th ■ round. His ytiff hat JJ41 ben mb tis head., hotiijing it off fhe' ground, 'tis gldssc!j~drojn>«*d back into ft ■ *. which puddly filled with blood rom tht; wintnd In (jin teuxple. Just before the hojy* Tell, a rid t\ tot on trial.' jptnjdlhd six ;s ca!l- >re bullets In th*> hanging man. The i ld* rs then w ent / to wher > heir bor»>s were hitched and whet * onr men had fieen left'oir^guard. Vhe witness said that Garrett John- on addressed them before they A is.’ 'ersed. snyfng- "Btirn your masks ,md say nothing about this night' ' work;-” * • During fhe-testimony thi* foldjer xuard was Increased. As. soon as he oomt took luncheon rep'ss th',> ’rmed sentries niarched_jjt -rnrPtook ••‘ehrlngt r-aHrt7- _j rRenf he court ask •d tlfencjwspapertcorrespondeitts not o mention the names *of those in- (Heated by the wit tents who are net >n trial. _ *« FKACKMAKKR USED PISTOL. On Drunken .Mail Who Mad Knocked Him Ifiiwn. Anderson, December 2_J. Georg' K(filer, w hite, a rather noted charae- er In -this siKition, was shot and prob ably faitaMy wounded to-day by ,1. L , Hardin, a young whlte-fhan. Kettler was drunk and h^d.^ttark-d t S Fowler, a well knb^Ti’lnurcbant. Hardin Interferred and Kesfi-r knocked-hint down w ith ills fist. Hardin rose and seciTriTTiis prstub and Kesler agstln attacked him. '...ir lln fired five .^ofs In all. Keslijind— vatvekig all the time until the ,ast 'hot, mhiich struek him in the abdo men, puncturing the.Jjitestimjr m ten places. Me was sfVucfc^in both arms andjin th'* hip Icfor'''jln-- 1 hist short, ke was carried rto ttfe^Ander- son Hospital nod gi ven sttrgjrtl at - tentioh. but tjie- clvtMvees-are ^garn^r hlsTecoyca-y. Hardin surrendered. captains were named for different localities and authorized to order raids whenever the riders of a oet- STEAMER GIVEN \;f FOR LOwT. •*».- ' — Steamer Has Not Been Heard From in a Month. . Sydney, N. S.. Decemlver —With ’he passing today of an even month sine** the Norwegian ft earner Strick- elstad left (Jlasgow. Frtortfnd, Novem ber 21. for this port,, the mariners inrt. errs ted in ^he vessel gave up near ly all hope of,ever again seeing her. It Is generally believed than the steamer eanklwlth all on board dur ing the terrific gales of early Dec cm - ber.y Ordinarily the passage across occupied a bo urt a week. 1 * The astronomer may be down on his luck even when . hi* frutinege-ifr looking up. ^ * The straight and narrow path isn’t a favorable thoroughfare with crooked people. the rains set In, it h»» been argued hat the germs.are carried in the air. additional circumstance which has the same apparent significance Is- reported from” London. Hospital ships, to which smallpox patients ar® transferred, are , anchored ln...^jh® Thames-hfdow the clfy.’" It has been fioOfed tfi^t cases break out ,§hore ffeqtttrtntiy on the shore to Ahlch’-Gte wind blows than on th® other side. Woman Who Gambles Moralists say that the emotion of gaming makes women ugly. It is not necessary to take the^word of th® moralists for that. Ganfng does not make women - ugly., tt unma'l;s them, and It Is of that that they rmist he war tied. It i.s natii* el eno yh, since they play ra^slonatoly, and In play lag they forget the worl 1 and their facer,. So much the worse for those who do as Jezebel.-. Jea.i Lor rain lias left terrible pictures of old paint ed faces, the natural Condition of which is revealed by the exiltement pf play. .The IV^ittgp Stkmp rrovllfee - -THhnfiqba, which Jias long been dtrb'Eed ; Ihe PoStHgee Vltamp Frov- ince." will soon he In a position to lose her nickname. According to bib Wilfred Lauder's statement In the Dominion House of (’otntnons, Manitoba, w;nirh has hitherto been hemmed In on every side and has,, at least oi) the rnap, appeared to de serve .the nbk/hame she has borne, iir, n -..rt to t «"*t| 1> ' Aadtx M at last to fail actually to rjach the seabottrd. The Sense of. Duty A sense of duty pursues us ever. .It. Is omnipresent like the Deity. If w^takeJ. to -oumolvea. wings -of” the ruornlffg^and dwell In the uttermost parts oTc-thc seay.duty performed or duly jtolated. Is still with us, for our happlqess or our misery.. If we say the darkness shall cover us in th® da: kness as In the light our obliga tions are with us yet.- Daniel Web ster. I’arag* ii-Mnkinjf«‘Golf. Golf cannot he played n.*ally well,* unleas the temper Is schooled to such a degree that misfortune, accident and a general run of defensive play never lead to passion overflowjpg th® limits of a decorous and restrained equanimity. ’ . .. ■ COLORED PREACHERS WHERE THEV WILL NKXTy.YJfAR.' FREACII \ ..weVA**'*'' , ''2' ** Appointments of the Northeast Con ference of the A. M. E. Church, Which Met Here laist Week- The following are rthe appoint- »>- V; tnentl® made by the Northeatt Con ference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which recently m|et: In this elity. This churoh is obmpoaed entirely of colored people ami has a very large n»vnlairship in this section of South Carolina -ais well as In other portions of the State: «*_ latncaster JM.strict. Rev J. N. Burke, presiding elder; -Lancaster start Ion,.'W. 1). "King; Zion BRYAN SPEAKS ; r _ • \• Prefers Not to Ruir for the Presidency, but is mi in pouncs Hill-, P. Garner; Camden, J. A. Gariy>* ) rl <‘h <J«Ick than from any file: St. PhllHtts" A. Isaac* JHeh HHl ^ree." safiiL. Mr. Bryan R. E.,_Andi*rson; BIshopvHte mission, O. U. Tindall; Kershaw, K. M. Ad^ disom « Wateree Dihtrict. Mbittlhews, M. Wa^Jjpp; St. P.hillip, J. W. Collier: AntlocC W." E. John son; ^St. : Bettors, PTI1. Howard;' Wejlgcfl lid, L. A. Wells; New Hope, K. H. Harvis; St. Luke, E W. Wil- Mams; Allen chapel, H. D. Ramsey; Lewisville* L. Pyle*; Center Hilfi-’C (McWTIile; Llm Stored J. D. Black- well; Ft. Mofrte, M. L. Ifimltow: St. Stephen, R B. Holder; Cain Savan- • ah, C..C Conyers; Shiloh, L. Chat-’ mar; Fulton mission, W. S;-Strong; N’.-w mlsslbn, I. Gray; St. John ifiis- lon. (;. Bradford; *St. Jane-s, C. E CutcleasiTroj . Florence Disfrirt. 1,. Chavis, presiding elder; Flounce. Win. Dozer; Mill Branch f . F Player; -CvniteirviHe* A. B. n homas; Litle Rock. W. D. Wither- Ixw'D; St, i.eVe. S. A. Robinson lyevel (Jn'en. D. J. Tonkin; Pine Hi-'l, S.-T’oe; *anlJivAton. J. Er Hagin: Trtersville.^E. V. McBrfil Ml Jon. J. M. Richardson; Dillon. \V I*. AN'e-rteyi; Brown Creek. B. Belser; (Xak Grove. R. H. Perrin; Baltimore, lohn MeRae; F1 ounce circuit, F.^W. Ambrose; Alderman mist-donr' Wm. MeGIll;' Darlington mission, G?«M Riobardson. Marion UlstrirL H. C. DeLalne, presiding, elder? Marion, J; C. Watkinsf North Mar- ioh, A. Richardson; Conway, A. G Sparks; Marirtfi circuit, J. H. Hunt; Conway niirciiit, T. H. White; St. Mary,-E. W.'Cooper; Robertson, G. W. Sidvey; BuckviTle, M. 07 Cald well; Sal |n, I). W. RobertHtjn; So- ■adter, Wm. Charlton; St. John, W. rr+J Jordan; Button .n, F. W. Roginson, Fneiufiifittt: ]J: Itevy+'oroT^Johti Mfis- ^yital’s >file*ce. ^ The* Total mileage operated by th® Natal Government, railways, the end of the.year 1907 wan miles, of which. were worked on be half of the Central South African Railway Administration under agree ment. ' , On Intiinate Terms. Two Chicago girls, graduates of Smith College, are making money by keeping a hoarding house for Ameri can girls In Florence, and are get ting so familiar with’ the' Italian city that they can almost call It Flossie. ’iherTj; Neck. M. R. S. Oa * Ornugeburg District. - G. 'J. “Hamilton, presiding elder Orangebi.rg, J. W. Mtirph: Shilrth. T N'. Pearson; St. Pater, Geo. C. John son: Brown Chapel. W. S. Gamble; T.lve Oak, D. A. Chestir; Branch- vilfi 1 , W. W. MuDuffee; St. I’att!.- Th®ma^ Urow'd; Feldenvllle, C. F. Brogdon; Gcxxl Hope, L. I,. Jackson; JhirloTKvIile, T M. Summers; Beth- 1. H IkanpJmar; St. John. W. J. Grrtgg; Jerloho, W. J. Robinson, _ Sumter District. D* M. McGill, presiding elder: Sumrtor, S. F. Flegler; Mayesville, M S. Felix; Bishopvilli, P. S. Mosley; Magnolia. D v L. Coe; Startesburg. J M. Martin; St. Paul. I). H. Allen; St. i.tiko J. p. Alston; 'CttberliKkrb, A. VV. Heyward; Pnkmvillc, D. J 1 Plndorgraas; Mt. Olive, I). C. Dcas: ‘Jh*'loL T. C. McRae: Salem, Y. W WrieilVt;; Srt. Potter. L. ,T. WUliamk^ SunUtor mission, E. G. Jones« Manning District. W. M. Thomas, presiding elder: Manning, John Adams; St. James, S !. Mc-Fadden; Liberty Hill, Edwin -W-nlls; T'Jilirel Hill, if. H. Brown: Snmnie.rton. N S. Delaine; Oaks, M J. Hodg.t; Form-ton, L. B. Murray, Illggera, J. M. Harrison; Manning circuit. J. J., Lindsay; Reevesville 1’. \V. tewis; Jordan, Gibbs James. sity of government j.-guiaiion is in creased and. I may add?the difficulty of securing regulartion Increases In proportion to the necessity for it. Mtinlrtpnl eorrnjrt ion hits tieeome a by.word, and the lobbyist has made his evil presence felt at the national and State capitals. Brtliery is l»eoom- ing a flne' art. and neither the voter nor his- representative Is spared. He appealed to his hearers to pronto penile sentiment against cor ruption. . When asked conTerning his atti-, tud.e_ * toward ariot.hei** * Democratic nomination for the presidency, Mr Bryan said r -“All.Y can say alKint 1912 is that 1 hope it wiH nev.er la* necessary for to run fo'r office again. I prefc to do my work as a private citizen When asked wh**ther I would refuse is advance of ever being, a candidate again. J have said that T would not promise anybody not to be a candi- U-ite pnv aiTcT onr HOLD LEADER’S BODY Why Men Refuse to Teacti. The teacher may have a person- aMty that commands respect In spit® of his calling, hu^ outside of his es pecial work he Is regarded by busi ness men slightingly, as an improvl- » dent visionary. Gir'olcnr and Duatr "1 had to sell jny auto, but To Await Its Resurrection Krruu Jhci * Death Sleep. Tampa, Fla., December 26.—T’eeJ. knokn as Koresh.I. founder and nmid of the Koreshan Unity CornortM'on of Western People, who ootigh' ;t large tract of land at the toe of FI u-- Ida ten ve-aiB die(T-efcrfe-Tm'Hrtiry- tnorning. * ‘ ,» *, »hayen'l iTrt55se(l Jt yet." —t-'-lbnrts .httrtj" i ■'You can get most of the sensa tions by cleaning rt^sT*. Man’s Ike^lracy. A man who is rough and awkward at everything else will show a doll- racy 1 ami sirrlbgTBater:-than any wram- an wfioo- fie hws rev-.patr#=«-44 U- htH-. Speak of Aeronauts. Aerial navigation Is getting almost as easy as it Is to pronounce.—Bos ton Glob®. Skill. There's skill in all things, even In boiling water. . ' Heroes .ind Heroines. There is scare* ly a community," ■ 1 -v ' however small, hut has its boroes j -. and heroines. JJuietly, obscurely and um-otn pi am ingiy t ttey 'endu J ' suf-, ferfng and j»ear great trlnK an 1 they invafiably( meet the'wcrltl will pasted .vw.tv, b t they are just us trtr'y heroer, as tb* men v hore deeds Id and siyHigc- are bla-«ed Jovth flpnij and story. , "* •V The'fact of his death was not dis closed until Thursday, ftmf'whcn In- \ os ligation was mad**, jjpiouf follow ers said,-they were awaiting his'rcs- u root Job; which tltoyj «iRPI»i*eted Christr mas Day. 'j .7^? * While the body of ’he lead* t lay unattended, Victoria •Gratia, the stt]*- .posed wife of Teed, assumed the -tfrrmxe -wit h much sole m n tty .aiul _do- da l^Zha^ - s^oultf J nf'f lrurl*'d until there was a manifesta tion of Divine will. The Teed sect relieve that the population of. the earth Is on the inner surface oi the glolte'lnsfead of ourtstde. • K Big Coftou Crop. ,. x T her- po* rrs to be no doubt'now but that the cotton crop this year is mue-h larger - than It was last yerir. - The government report of cotton ginned up t^, da'c th.irt was t'g-ued Monday, shows that ther.c 'WjfYi been 11,692,900 hales ginned, •vhfch ts nw re Gian nft0.0011..haLa more than wermjmadl'i during the whole of last year. The glnnefs report la.-iud on December 21 last vear showw that 9,784,000 hales had a leave smilf? None but the angels _ , record th dr life; yn.m h ej._ X jju^d..nn«i.tlu’-Ld»I >4eW for haddmrnru^^' he wa.^ j _!.... "■'''J . .« , . ]laFrt year was ll.g26.88 2 haleo. and he understood that The reason girls come out of School so attractive Is they^ Hnow; the} - haven't teamed anything He SayS the Commitment of Gom- pers, Mitchell and Morrison Is t . f. ‘ Unfijtie in the Annuals of the- la- IhT Movement.—He Still Believes in Democracy. a - — ■ - — Philadelphia^ Ifi'c. 2 4.—Wm. J. Bryan delivered the principal ad- dr**ss at the annual commencement of a Imsinces school here; , His theme was ‘‘Business Integrity/"*" . J ■ - —You will find that more of your temtxtatiions will come from a desire MET TRAG FATL. COTTON GINNED "There ta. nothing more emptty than a life entirely devoted to social en joyment." — ■ .' ' ‘ Ijet money be you servant rarther than your master." “Love of money has a mnltljude of ways in which It works the de moralization of those whom It rules. Mr. Bryan described the ooifbt room as a "souls market, where many barter a tray their Ideals in the hope of winning wealth or fame.” referring to lawyers who boast of having secured the acquittal of met! known to.Vhem to lie guilty of crime. Referring to corruinton In |>olitics as one of the temptations to Which th** commercial man Is 'subjected, Mr. Bryan said: “Just in proportion as a C*) rr u ptfon *<•<• iifoff■'3t~Jnotio [ki! y of the liusin<‘ss in which if is e,u gaged, in thart nronortion the neees-' bather Kelley Jumps Frc in Sf« , .»u»er Into the Ocean. A -. I .. .J~' Queenstown, Dec. 20.—A marconl- gram recei ved here/Today from the White Star liner Araldc reports that - . ..* ^ the Rev. Father Thomas A, Kelly, pastor of Agne’s church. In Pater- on, N. J., leaped overboard lid. hursday and was drowned. According to tht. marconl ream Father Kelly was suffering T r< j}' elaheholia aod he Jumped into the ocean at 3 a. m. Thursday. He had een walking on deck for some time efore this, owing to insomnia. There was a heavy sea and it was inpossible to launch a beat, but the •feafner's engines were reverted and she circled about a number of times while a searchlight played on the wa- ers* and life belts were cast over in the h#jK» that one of them, might fell near the drowning man. The tragedy was not gejleraHy ■mown on board until *F?fday morn ing, and it caused great grief among the hundreds of Irish ya^mgers. Father Kelly was on his way to Ire land to sjiond Christmas with rela- NEGRO ATT.A(‘KEI> YOUNG LADY REPORT SHOWS NEARLY 12,000,- ' 000 BALES, , J "I will add one olher tIrafi -is tIvat^" 1 am still and thing in fKklitics. and <'.\|h-ct to 1*^ for alvout 20 years, and I shall make it convenient to lit* present whenever and wherever ^matrtor group of .men attempt to R* - liuMieattize'44h' . -l>emoerat.fi* i»arly Six million five hundred thousand voters of tlie Democracy endorsed the platform adopted art Denver. I arm satisfiod that a great' majority of those who vorted the ticket honestly -believed In the platform, and 1-^hall cooperate with them. rather than with those who woitTiT attempt t* conciliate th** six-clal interests that draw defeated theaDeinooratlc party and 5 now dominate, the eounrtr/ through the Republican jrarty." Mr. Bryan was much Interested In the decision in the Buck .Ktove com pany. He gave considerable pronti- nenee to the churls' inJjincllon issue in the late presidential campaign? An Interview with him on yesterday's decision was sought.'Mr. Bryan said: , "The com m it men t to prison of two men so prominent to thejalior world as Gompers and Miteh*‘tl is uniqu* in the annals of lalrtr movements tn this country. Un*il I have r*ad th court's opinion and consfilcnvl the matter rarefulljL l have nothing to say r*‘garding the case," , Who \ Found Hfin Hiding on Her f House Porch. Ath!^is { Ga., December 24.—To- ;ht air l> ? night al>out eight o'clock a negro man Uttempjed to hnter the r*>qr door of Mr.'A. P. Dearing's resl^nce with the evident intention of theft. It so.. happened that just art, the same time Miss; Katie Dearing, the young daugh ter of Mr. Dearlng, opened the back doon to go out nporTthe porch to get a drink of water, and ran right over Number Last Year Was and in 1906 11,112,000—South Carolina’s Heport Is l,ldO,S#<2. Washington. Dec. 21.—A total of 1 1,892,1 15 running bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1908 to December, 13, against 9,284.070 at tine IfBtne dsftelast year and 2 7, 269 active ginneries, agajiust 27,- 156 in 1907 wore announced by the census bureau in its report today. The figures count round bales as half bales, and exeltufe iinters. The Irak's ginned to December 13' aggregate 11,'. 12.789 in 1908; and 9,297,81 9 In 1905. The total 1907 crop was 1 'I .8-22. of which . St per cent was ginned-to Decern In tr 13. crop of 1906, 12.0.?3-201, of which ' 65 ginned to Ikerember 13, and. crop of 1905, 10,495,1 07*. or • 88.6' per cent Jiy December. 13... The reirort incltidi is 51 0.209 rottn i bales for.. 1908, 1 67.204 for. 1907, and ^13,09-6 f5f 19045- Sea island bales included* aggregate so,is? by States as follows;. Florida. 31,072; Georgia?: 37,956! •utifh Carolina, 11,159. The corrected t-tatist ics _of t J i*v quantity of cotton ginned this s a- son to December 1, are 1 fiJ»-d-8z6*: 1 rales. The report of eotton g.inned to December 13 last, and ih* 1 nvtml**'r "of active ’ginneries . respectively’rtiy States ,,follow; Alabama, l,26.3,71)0,baleh, and 3,- .^>i the negro. ' . He perceived that he had l*e<'n. de teejed and seized the young lady by the throat. She >sereamed and her father came at once to her resette The negro ragt just as Mr. IVaring came ipion tin* scene and made good his esoaiK*: The jiolice lielieve they have ctuee that may lead to the ar rest of the criminal. * Poihted Paragraphs. •The devil has such a good time at £js regular business he never takes vaeatioit. A man's wife can't even keep h-ir on the water wagon by. telling him how her mother prodicts be wi!l fall off. v- —* There's nothing a woman can wor ry more about than her age after thirty except the age of the unmar ried daughters after 21. A woman's idea of logic Is r**usou- ing out something wrong when you might guess if”right. ■Th* 1 wv" t ngf pet sun rati I’M fn<77 44-7—M-imiocioM. Arkansatr. 846.791. and 2,192. Florida. 64,1 31,-and 255, ' Georgia. 1,x*»6.346. and 4.4<t'* Kansas, Kentuckj and Mexico. 1 ,- sii and 5. . Ixjuisiana, 434 74 1. MisslisiDpi. 1.449,91: Missouri. 59,386, and 7J. North Carolina. 6;",17'1. •24. Oklahoma. 495.252. trd o*b Ct lina. 1,130.SS2 a >(J7, » - Tennessee, ,392.577. attd. Texas! 3,365.989. and t A'irginia, 1 1.7 67, and 117 ’and 1.681: • 12. and 3,4 5 4, and 2.- 979 and 3,- genttin** joy out of a grievance, than out of a bles.sing.__p / If they had' aftl tHrn«*n v -rttit men the J,ord would have' kept creating more in the hop** of getting some thing I (otter, v but whop there was a Woman it was saf** to stop. The n*'ar<'st th/iiTiWWMUtTihan ran (fixme to arranging a financial pfb- gratu for th^o xt ye^r j« tjQ- or*A - oslt.imate his Income and u adores- tlmate his expenditures. We are all for .reform—If it doosn't Interfere with bur financial interests ^ Winter is** never so satisfying n.s when we look forward to it in suu - mer. Wisdom and love have never been atSe ^to form an effecGvp Alliance. Nothing heals our own jwounds qulrker^than helping others. ' Men are ^£j be known by thei * aims rather, than by. th*dr * rigins. If you would lie far-sighted you must learn to.live on the hoights. Our oWn sins grow f:t*f h*>hinil our harks w'hile we are gazing at the fault* of cur nelghbcTf.’ FA 1 i'll It SHOOTS J AUMI.K. H;Vl a (Jus* • id AlHitit Hiring Some I’iirui Hands. N. v.’t r r, 1 *c. 21.—Manuel K Oxner, a iirominent farmer of Kitiaids. 'vhe oh Sat'udav was shot at that .place > y D. Luther Boozer, tit itlier v - 1 knewn planter, is not thiuigbl to te d. tiger nislyl wound- ed, t'i'Ugh T;:- iti>it'i c s are'serious il*' was rt ruck fiy two^ liullets. a>n« Rikln*; effect in hi* eight toot and tu I.*s tigltl hip. ^ W ise Words. Worry Is half of weariness. Revenge never is so sweet as wh**n .jeregoneu v The critical eye remains longe. t in ignorance., . ' , ■ No man is undone as long as he has a work to do. You cannot bless men until you* fielievjsi in them. • He is lost already to whem sarci- ficq appears as folly. The saddest slavery is that of be ing ruled by our pleasures. “The sins we wink at today are the ones we wed tomorrow.* Spiritually the most hipless ar- those who refuse to help. IJfe barriers that resist all force crumble before* friendship' The fool is known by offering his forethough after*the event. j Tomorrow's burdens always .bfovc too much for today's hack. V You have no right to set up yout fad as another man's faith. Keep the heart healthy and hap piness wifi take care of itself. . CLASSIFIED COUjMN Wanted—Laundrv agents;, lilwfal • terms, best work, new manage ment . Sumter Steam Laundry. '—Kunvter. S. C., , \ I want a Imstlcr. in ev)r?r\ cit* and? totuLin Snntl^CarfilTffa. I have iii- p®«rp4)sition*fhhtl-W'in ' i'nt’i'Vi.'ijl y*»u. * •lohn A. .Voting, Mgr , Chilumbia,**'- S. C. Shop by Mail—Send for otfr Catalog of bargains, it’s free. E. Dowda A- Co., Mail-order M»'rehants. Box -302. Atlanta. Ga.. - - ' ’ 4 • Cabbage Plants, . gard*n‘ plants, grown ii the oiien air. will stand the coldest weather. I’ru one to four thousand, $ 1 *59; four to nine thousa«d. $1.25; hie thohs- arul, $1 per th®tisand. \\V have -• special express rarts' — " Wfife" tis for our agent's ou'tlt ai l propii- ?il4on. N. H. Biiflfii Co., Meg* getts. R. C., the jarg* st truck f,.rm in the wbrld. Waptetl to Kuy—.Five hundred to one thouwand bushels mixed cla w peas; must be free from Whip- .poorwillsvand sireckletr peas; give highest market iirice. I. M. Pfarlstlne &.‘Sohs, 201-203 East Bay street, Charleston, S. C. j — A egetabte Plants—Caidiage, Let tue *, Bermuda Onion, Tomato, Peppe- Egg Plant and Sweet Potato; the finest in fhe South,. Catalogue free. ,T. K. Godbey, Waldo,' Fla. i*'nrnis Ftfjr Sale-i-I.arge list of farms for sale in difTeretl. sictlons of the country; also owner’s, name. .Frpe for the asking. J. M. Boaz, I-ock Box 82. Calhomi Ga. Oxner.Jm an angry tone, si “none of your Imsiness," anot 1^< - Tii^ trouble seems to have Wit* al«)Ut bit Big labor. Today Mr itrcrz. i* was lu Newberry and gaiie out a siatemetit on t«dng asked a •u*qt the tjjuiMc. . jJe" says tba’ Hus^rtrouTite' came about from sii . Dxmpr’s hiding bands that he had al ree'iiy hind pj)d had a written con tract witl!', Giat Nir. Oxner knew this," a nd in (pite Jf th** fact tha' he hn^ wTlgten a note to Mr. Oxn**r ’Fryfrff'rt WHIP fit >hft» t oin n>»» wiMiMlt j|j- ■ -■..•.urrrr— ing hint net to move the family, he did it anyhow'is, lh.u this was not the fir. t time that^Mr. Oxiv t hud tab a U away' from him. ’ Su’M'd.ty nion ing, when he drov >i iffi V*f Boozer to Kinards . v. ith intention of <omii*g to Newbetry, Mr 0\:p>i' p i.ss**d by w here he was hitcliing. lie"?poke to Mr. Oxner, he says, and told him he did not think he treated him right In hiring those bands and moving them. M* said it was and ad- vanctai toward him with his rlgh hand in bis pocket, in a hostile man ner. Mr Boozer had been in bed sick two weeks and was too weak to cope with Mt. Oxner, even If he aff^unarmed Mr. Oxner accustomed to carrying a pistol J5<y he told, Oxner to srtand back, the latter still "advanced and Boozer then shot him.-*The State. OUTHERN OTATES SuPPLY ' ^ , $ -ft MacMn ery^Sup p 11 e s Plumbing Supplfes; COLUMBIA Gibbes "Portable” s ^* -c— ~T Uteat Model. «PH'< ‘TEIUHW peredw I th, o I d ®nee. Herd Weod .BerrlMe. Seljd l Steel Triu*k. -> $Smootheat AeV Aeeurete M*w Perfect ment. A atonef-maker Indeed. Quickly pipe to, iV- eelf. Write. /jjv Gibbes Machinery Co., . BOXUB0, COLUMBIA,». 0. . . Next • Week! Watch ■ Space. ' MENT# *U, M f L ^ T 1MFRO Vt. WrtENTS. And we think we ere & Mrlne. ow»ir * 0,1 ' x “ aney "BEST GOOOS-BEST PRICES” ? • ColumbUSupply Co..Colutnbl4.S.C.