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4 VOL. BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 3, 1009 IS OLD BEN GOT MAD With McCwnbw'* Tactic* and Voted Wrong. TILLMAN EXPLAINS Why H© Voted Wit* th© Repwb- licans Against Free Lumber—Had He Not Been So Tired and Thinking More Clearlf Would Have Voted for Free Lumber. BEING WATCHED BECAUSE HE THREATENED DR. BABCOCK’S LIFE. " For Proaouuring Him Dangerounlf lusane While lu France. They Were Both Zach McGee in his letter to The BUte says Senator Tillman's vote for a duty on lumber Monday against the unqualified declaration for free lumber in the Denver platform was a great surprise here. A sl^ort while before the vote was taken In the senate Senator Tillman arose, Inter rupting Senator Burkett of Nebras ka and said: "Mr. President, will the senator from Nebraska Inform me why It Is, although we were told the other day that there were only five raaor manufacturers In this country, that 8 0,000,000 Americans were compel led to pay those fire fellows a trib ute and Increase the price of rasors If you are going to put lumber on the free Hat. I am going to vote to put lumber on the free list, but I Just wanted to understand the con tradictions In the reasonings and the arguments on that subject if pos sible.'’ That was not strange, for the Senior South Carolina senator along with the Junior senator had declar ed time and time again that he was going to vote for free lumber. Just before the vote was taken Senator Bailey made one of his bold, em phatic speeches, In which he said he utterly refused to be bound by the Denver platform on lumber be cause he said It was , •undemocratic’ , and loudly declared In effect that no man was a Democrat who voted for free lumber. «- Immediately after BalleV sat down the vote was taken and Tillman had for aome reason changed his mind for he voted against the free lum ber amendment. Senator Smith, as stated in the dispatch of Monday, was paired with Senator Warren of Wyoming. He stated he would vote for free lumber If Mr. Warren was present. Senator Tillman Explains. W. Sinkler Manning. Washington correspondent of the Columbia Rec ord, in his letter Wednesday says: "To me Mr. Tillman explained that his vote came from displeasure at the maneuvering of Senator McCumber, and not from any change In regard to the duty Itself. Shortly before the McCumber amendment was voted on, MlC Tillman had supported the Johnston amendment, putting all building materials on the free list, and as long as Mr. McCumber left his amendment, fettiovlng from the dutiable list all kinds of lumber, Mr. Tillman said that he had Ihtend- ed to vote with him. At the last moment, however, In an attempt to strengthen his cause, Mr. McCunaber modified his amendment leaving cer tain cheaper grades of lumber under a duty of 50 cents. “I Just got disgusted with that kind of monkey business,” paid Mr Tillman, and decided to vote against the whole thing. If the lumber schedule had come up today I In tended to r offer an amendment put ting the whole paragraph on the free list, and I may do so yet Just as a matter of record. But there Is no chance of passing such an amend ment; half the Democrats are vot Ing the other way. I was very tired at the time, but If I had been think ing more clearly perhaps I would have contented myself with getting what I could and voted for the Mc- Cmnber half-hearted proposition But I was too disgusted Just then.’ A Further Explanation. Zach McGee, in his letter to The State, says Senator Tillman stated Wednesday that when he said on the floor of the senate Monday that he was going to vote for lumber on the free list he meant it, and that he voted against Senator McCum- ber’s motion only because <lt did not Include all lumber, but left cer tain kinds of sawed lumber and some other kinds dutiable at 60 cents a thousand.' Senator McCumber Jhst before the Vote was (taken arose and said: "I wish to amend my amendment so that it will be limited somewhat. “I move to strike out all after the word ’measure’ In line 8, paragraph f9T, down tohnd TneluaiH* the rwrt of the^pwmgraph. That simply leaves The paragraph reading ‘tawed hoards, planks, deals, sycamore and basswood. 60 cents per thousand feet board measure.’*' The. rest ot the.-p*r**r*Rh, jwhlc> A Mr. McCumber proposed to strike out, was "sawed lumber, not speedi ly provided for in th 1 .* section, t. thousand feet, hour! nessurc,'’ red the provt'o of 60 reels additional (or each side planed, so on. Senator Tinman «\ys he was in favor of striking out the entire para graph. and "#8 McCumber, the Re publican "Insurgent.'’ did not eon ■nit him, or »o far as he knew, any other Democrat, before modifying The Columbia Record says a sen sational and partially inaccurate story is published is Wednesday’s issue of the Augusta Chronicle to the effect that the State Hoepltal for the insane is being guarded by the Columbia’ police in order to protect the superintendent, Dr. Bab cock, from personal violence at the hands of a young physician, who wae formerly in the United States navy. The etory has a foundation in the fact that the life of Dr. Babcock is said to have been threatened by this young physician, who has for sev eral days been under the surveillance of the Columbia police, but there has been ao extraordinary precau tion taken to guard the State Hos pital for tbe Insane, aad Dr. Bab cock has gone about his usual duties both Inside and outside of the grounds, without any fear or Inter ruption. It will be remembered that last summer this physician, who was for several years a surgeon In the navy, was placed In confinement In Paris and committed to a French asylum for the insane. It happened that Dr. Babcock and Senator Tillman were In France at the time and they in terested themselves in the young man s behalf. At the request of tho American consul, Dr. Babcock exam ined tbs surgeon and regretfully made a report that the surgeon was dangerously Insane and should not be released. Later the friends of the surgeon brought him to this country and he hss since been at lils former home In the upper portiom of South Car olina. It Is said that he now pro poses to bring suit against the Preach government for his confine- meat and that the certificate glvea the American consul by Dr. Babcock is considered by the surgeon to be a barrier In the prosecution of his case. He Is, of course, no longer In the naval service. When he came to Columbia some days ago and It was learned that he had made threats against Dr. Bab cock, the friends of Dr. Babcock, who instructed the patrolman on the asy lum beat to keep a watch out for the wrgeofr, and that Is tbe extent *o which the asylum has been guard ed by the police, and the story pub lished in the Augusta Chronicle has this much foundation In fact. CAN’T AGREE 'V- • Tht Flrtmtn’f Strlki Causss Graft Tanslon. TRYING TO SETTLE Transportation Facilities Along tin* Line Constat Chiefly of Antomo- bllea, Mute Carte aad Hand Liars. All Anxious to End Strike and Lay Ugly Spectre of Race Conflict. A dispatch from Atlanta says the DAMAGE WROUGHT J FEARED ARREST STRANGE DISEASE DEVASTATION IN WAKE OF RAIN AND WIND STORMS. Commits Suicida in Tragic Man ner With Razor. Crop* Over Wide Territory Are Al mostDestroyed, Towns Under Wa ter and Families Take to Roofs. WAS HOUNDED DOWN FIVE PERSONS DEAD And Many Injured as Result of Heavy Itains. Five persons are dead, at least 10 seriously Injured, several acres of crops are Inundated and every stream In the northern and eastern part of Oklahoma is raging as a result of heavy rains during the last few days. A number of houses were washed away. The dead are: Mrs. W. W. Brown and three child ren of Foraker, and Mattie Jones, a negress. Mrs. Brown and her child ren were drowned on Salt Creek while attempting to escape from high waters. The negress dropped dead from fright when the waters of Bog gy creek near Enid surrounded her home. # A small tornado struck Morris, de molishing the Methodist church aud seveml residences, including that of Ernest Scott. He and his wife and child were serlosuly Injured. Drummer Commits Suicide. John W. Hill, drummer for a wholesale drug firm at Chattanooga, Tenn., committed suicide near Kappe Mill, Surry county, N. C-, Tuesday, by shooting himself through the head. He received a letter an hour or two before he shot himself, and It Is believed that the contents of the letter were responsible for the suicide. fer another motion striking out the entire paragraph. The senate Im mediately adjourned, however, and the next day took up the #ugar schedule. But, he says, he Intends yet to offer the motion to strike out all the lumber paragraph, thus putting all lumber on the free list. Lever’s Joy Short Lived. In Mr. Tillman’s vote, it can be stated generally that Mr. Lever sees justification for the action \of jBin ■elf and those of his colleagues who voted for protected lumber in the house, though Mr. Tillman’s explana tion will probably disappoint him. Perhaps Mr. yer. fodi additional Justification In the fact that Senator Bailey not only voted for protected lumber—on tMe ground* of reve nue, to be sure—but spoke for It. But in speaking of Grover Clrrslant and in spit* of his wordy declaration of respect for the last Democratic president In the abstract, he left the defease to Senator Aldrich. Be side*, Senator Bailey has been play ing so close to Senator Aldrich aad tbe RepujBlicanB 'through all this tenaioa ia the Georgia railroad fire men’s strike is increasing with each hour’s delay In settling the race ques tion Involved. This was the at titude in whlCk negotations for ter minating the strike were .conducted Wednesday in Atlanta. United States mails held up since the beginning of the week, a dozen counties facing demoralization of business, and the race iosue brought continually into unwholesome prominence were the factors which spurred the aegotia- tlons through hours of discussion. Although no statements were made as to the ground covered, it was learned that a very quick settlement is looked for, provided any agree ment can be reached. It was learned that a feeling of nervousness exists on both sides in the controversy over the gravity of further delay. This was taken to Indicate !the posAble approach of an agreement despite a report that Mr. Scott has practically refused to consider any basis of settlement that does not permit recognition of the seniority of certain negro firemen. Mr. Scott, however, has not refused outright to enter into arbitration. That Mr. Scott urged Gov. Smith to Issue a law aid order proclama tion, in the communities bordering tbe railroad was reported. Gov. Smith maintained his previous an nounced attitude that until there have appeared some definite danger that property will be destroyed or lives jeopardized no such proclama tion should be Issued. Gov. Smith and General Manager Scott of the Georgia railroad had a long conference, at which was dis cussed the feasibility of submitting the trouble to a board made up of men conversant with local conditious along the railroad. United States Commissioner of Labor Neill called on Gov. Smith. Gov. Smith and _Mr. ScoU con ferred again and there were several meetings of the representatives of the opposing interests. Various towns in the strike dis trict took inventory of their visible supply of food. Madison reported at least 15 days of plenty In prospect. Washington reported a shortage iu yeast and prices rising. At Llthonia Mayor Brand said: "If supplies should run short and It becomes accessary 1 shall simply con demn the train load of perishable goods now on the siding at Llthonia and tell the citizens to help them selves." There are 11 care of provisions at Llthonia and ice has been sup plied to maintain the perishable por tion of their contents in good con dition. In addition to the visible supplies, the towns have their visible means of transportation, headed by a trac tion engine traveling nearly a mile and a half per hour, automobiles with daring drivers and dangerous roads, mule teams with darkey driv ers and cracking whips—altogether a combination which had furnished a bright side te—the strike and many a holiday prank for rural commuui- tles. This good nature of the country along the silent railroad was a reas suring feature during .the negotia tions in Atlanta for one of the grav est aspects of the strike has been uncomprotnlsing sympathy which has backed it all along the line. An offer of aid in moving the malls was sent to Washington by Vice President Ball, who is conduct ing the strike, and who wired the postmaster general as follows: "It Is currently reported that an effort Is being made to charge the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen with responsibility for Interference with the United States mails on the Georgia rail road. So far from this being true, we stand prepared to aid you In get ting the malls through. I should be glad to confer with any represen tatlve of the postoffice department designated by you and to aid you in accomplishing this result.” - Tile hand car wrhfrti is carrying @*U out of Atlanta went nearly 40 milea to Union Point. Six strikebreakers who left the employment of the Georgia railroad Saturday complained to the Atlanta j?ollce coffUQlsflipn, .charging that they had been brought here by mis representations and bad been prac tically prisoners for several days in a hotel, finally getting into com munlcatlon with strikers by notes dropped from the windows. A detec lira agency which has had ehaiga rf the squad of rtrlktbreakers nasweri'd the cha ge, declaring them A dispatch from Memphis, Tenn., says reports from the surrounding country bring advices of devastations by the recent rain and wind storms. Mississippi and Arkansas seemed to have suffered most. The Arkansas river is out of bank and flood warnings have been sent out that other rivers will rise above the danger point. _ In both States crops are said to have been almost totally destroyed while numbers of towns are under water and families have been driven to the roofs of their homes and the only means of transit Is by boat. Great damage was done to the railroads and in several places trains are tied up. A tornado passed over the north ern portion of Mississippi, wrecking many houses. No deaths are re ported. Practically every stream in lower Alabama and Mississippi is at flood stage. They have practically destroy ed all the lowland crops. Destruction of cattle and loss of timber has occurred. The Mobile and Ohio suffered a serious inter ruption of traffic. By Detectives, Who Searched His House on last Tuesday—In a Note to His Wife Declared His Innocence—Then Went Out and Killed Himself on the Street. A sad tragedy took place in Au gusta, Ga., on Wednesday evening, when a man hounded down by de tectives took his own life. v “ Rendered desperate because suspi cion was rested against him in con nection with the sensational robbery of the Southern Express Company's car on the Charleston division of tho Southern Railway recently, says the Augusta Chronicle. George P. Hum phrey, a baggage master on that road, slashed his throat with a ra zor Wednesday night at 11 o’clock, at the corner of Houston and Ellis streets, and died an hour later at the City Hospital. Humphrey never spoke after the cutting. When the razor cut his head al- CLOUDBURST DOES DAMAGE. Track 'Washed Out, Bridge Damag ed, Mines Flooded. Over two miles of track of the Virginia Anthracite were washed our, bridges were damaged and the Mer- rlmac Coal mines near Blacksburg, Va., were flooded by a cloudburst a few days ago. Officials of the road say it will be at least five days before the track can be put In shape for traffic again. Meanwhile all mail and passenger service between Blacksburg, where is located Virgin ia Polytechnic Institute, and Chris- tiansburg, must he carried on by a hack line. The cloudburst extended over three miles between these two places. An early report Indicate.-, much damage to crops by high water. Many telephone lines are down. The storm at Blacksburg was the heaviest for many years. ARRESTED LONG AFTER CRIME. OF PELLAGRA TO BE DISCUSSED BY CAROLINIANS. Dm. Babcock and to tJOM**lv»rWo CfD R>ea© V; Senator Bailey mnntoff le the MAIN SENA1 Deadly Malady. The Columbia Record says a paper upon pellagra is being prepared Jointly by Dr. J. W. Babcock and Dr. C. F. Williams and will be read next week by Dr. Babcock at the meeting of tbe Asylum Physicians as sociation at Atlantic City, and by Dr. Williams at the meeting of the State boards of health in Washington. This paper will give the statistical and geographical history of pellagra in this country. It has been found that the disease exists not only in South Carolina, but in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama Mississlp- pie Louisiana and Tennessee, with isolated cases in New York, Texas and Arkansas. It is estimated that not lees than 1,053 cases have been recognized In this country, and Dr. Lavlnder, of the United States marine hospital service, who is noW*' in Columbia with headquarters at the State hos pital service, estimate that there have been 1,500 cases In the South ern States in the last two years. The paper being prepared by Drs. most half off, Evander Humphrey, J Babcock and Williams will give a his brother, was at the corner of thorough review of the InvestlgaHons Greene and Houston streets, run- concerning this disease In the South, ning to overtake him, as George Dr. Babcock, superintendent of the Humphrey's wife had sent him to State Hospital for the Insane, leaves overtake her husband in order to, early next week for Atlantic City to prevent him from taking his life. attend the meeting of the asylum Evander Humphrey arrived almost physicians, and Dr. Williams, State in time to catch the prostrate form health officer, leaves about the same of his brother as he fell to the time for the meeting in Washing- ground. _ ton of the Sta^e boards of health. The brother cried out in a loud voice, horrified at the sight of George Humphrey dying on the street at | his feet. D. F. Meredith, who lives at 131 Ellis street, rushed to the corner and the brother of the dying man and Meredith carried him to the store of Mr. W. H. Broadwater, The DifllcnHy Was Newspaper fttssy New York Times, of Which y ■ -v aims „ ' ■ Mr. Manning is a Washington Cor- C • . - respondent. The spectacle of a United^States Senator, weighing 220 pounds, about 45 years of age, attack ing'a man weighing Just 100 pounds and lens than half Ms age—was the scene enacted in the main lobby of tbe Senate late Thursday afternoon, when Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey, of Texas, made a vicious attack on William Slnkler Manning, of the Washington staff of the New York Times. Tbe following particulars of the affair, which was not very credit able to Senator Bailey, is furnished The News and Courier by “P. H. McO,” its Wusfiington correspon dent: Becoming angered by a publica tion in the paper referred to con cerning his connection with the in come tax amendment Senator Bailey declared the writer to "be a liar. Later on Manning met Senator Bail- ; ey in the lobby near the Senate, and assured him that he was not the author of the article retired to. Bailey became angry and made ~aT lunge at Manning, catching him by the throat and attempting to choke him. _ Manning, however, was game and brone the hold of the Texna Senator, TERMINATES IN TRAGEDY. Two Brothers Shot by Foes in North Carolina. Arthur and Andy Franklin were at the corner of Houston and K n i8 "hot to death Monday night In Laurel a(reefs, where the hospital ambu lance was telephoned for. The lightning flashed and rain fell in torrents while Humphrey was he-] ing carried Into the piazza. Just prior to ending his life, Hum phrey took a drink of whiskey from a pint bottle. After laying it down, drew his razor, and slashed at his throat. Lieutenant Britt, of the poHce de partment, as soon as notified of the William Brown Held for Complicity in Murder Case. Seven years almost to a day since the alleged crime was committed. William Brown, a hard working man who has been a citizen of Macon Ga., and provided well for his fami ly for two years, w’as Wednesday arrested, and, upon requisition of Gov. Comer of Alabama, will be car ried back to Tuscaloose, where he will be tried for complicity in a mur der. Brown made no effort when ar rested to conceal his connection with the crime. He said that he, In com pany with George Moore and War ren Fuller, killed a negro in a dif ficulty at Dadeville, Ala., and that he escaped. The other two men served sentences in the penitentiary, he said. SEVEN DROWNED iatrue. No pi - wei \ plan for starting train service «as reached by sro of the ooufer- act, seat Station Guard Tom W1L instantly killed^ Arthur Franklin Hams to the point where the killing J * & t© r °f his wounds and occurred, ordered the ambulance to "Tweed received a serious wound in get there as quickly as possible. ^iilgh. Beverly Stanton, a hy- Humphrey died at the hospital at slander, was shot in the thigh. No midnight. Coroner W. A. Ramsey arrests have been made. The parties was notified at once and he permit- concerned were among the best cltl- ted the body to be taken to Wilson's I ihe county undertaking establishment and he will make an investigation of the affair. To a Chronicle reporter the heart broken widow, between sobes, told why her husband ended his life: "He was as Innocent as a child,” said Mrs. Humphrey frantically, “and although three detectives came here and searcehd our house, still they found nothing that would implicate my husband in that express car rob bery. He was the best of husbands SEWERAGE SOAKED MEAT At Greenville was Rendered Into Soap Grease. 16,(»00 pounds of condemned meat n the local warehouse of Swift & Co., at Greenville, was Wednesday finally disposed of, the whole lot be ing sent to the Greenville central slaughter pen, where it was render ed into soap grease. Each load was weighed and taken to the tank under the personal supervision of Dr. C E. Smith, the-clty meat and milk inspector. This is the meat that was submerged in the recent heavy rains when the sewerage pipes were back ed up by the swollen waters of a nearby creek. KILLED IN WRECK. Collision on New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad. The northbound Norfolk express on the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk railroad ran into a freight train standing on e siding, two miles south of Sallisbury, Md. Wednesday. Edward T. West, en gineer of the passenger traih, was killed, and Wim»« w. Guthrie, bag- gagenuurter. tnd W. W. Wright, ex press messenger, were slightly in Jured. Ail the victims lived Delmar, Dei: township, a remote section of Madl son county, N. C., in a four-cornered duel, in which the Franklins were arrayed against the Tweed brothers. Robert Tweed and Arthur Franklin met at the store of Arthur Frank lin, and resuming the quarrel sev eral days old, both opened- lire. And Franklin endeavored to stop the fight, but Major Tweed interfer ed, and both drawing pistols the fight became general. And Franklin was who U powerfully built and is also very strong. After braking the grip that Bailey had on. Am, Manning - got in some good ones, and though at ctoee range, did moat of the hit*- '• ting. He bears ao marks of violence on his person tonight,' except that his neck is somewhat red and swoi- T len from Bailey's grasp npoa him. After the oombatants had beea separated, and Manning, who had an umbrella in bla band at the Urn© Bailey attacked him; had picked tt up off the floor, he said to Bailey, showing him how the nmbreila hag been bent: "This ia the way yon attack a gentfeman and ruin a good '.'H umbrella." With that Bailey made another frantic effort to knock 1 ning down! Several Senatora tushed in, and the trouble came an end. Kfjg -'ii m By tlie U|isetting of a Boat in a Storm. Gasoline! Washington is discusalitg the affair tonight as it has talked of nothing else in a long time. The ahame of it is on Bailey, that a United States Senator should so lose control of himself and . became ao angered as to make an assault of this kind. Regardless of tbe merits of the ar ticle in the New York paper. It ia said everywhere that there was not the slightest provocation for the at tack on Bailey’s part, after Maaning had assured him that he was not its author. -» , , » Mr. Manning is a son of R. I. iTao- nlng of Sumter. He came to Wash ington about a year ago from New The gasoline boat Dorris, with ten pa^gengrrs on board capsized, in the storm at midnight a few days ago and seven persons are believed to have been drowned. The I York, and became atacbed to the known dead are: Ed. Mandy, Reif Washington office of the New York and every month he gave me all he I Charles Murphy. Eddie "Timee. He is one of the most geflil#*t made. He had worried about being Tickle. B. Alexander. Joe Page, ne- manly young men employed in news- falsely charged so much that he was porter. The boat was returning paper work in Washington, and ia driven to frenzv. although I had no 1° Vlekshtrrg. Mlse., from one of the probably the last person in the world saloons on the island. The waves to provoke an assault without cause, were about four feet high on the However, once in the fight, it was lake and it will he Impossible to only to be expected that he wonid recover any of the bodies until | Ri ve a good account of himself. He could not do otherwise with such an ancestry as he possesses. Idea that he contemplated killing himself. He told me over and over j again that he was Innocent. "Tonight we had been sitting down talking Just after he came from his | late In the day. work, and about 11 o clock he was -A? ymi writing something In a book. Sud-J FIEND HUNG TWICE, denly he got up, and tossing the book Into my lap, put on his rain j Rope Broke in Two But They coat and left hurriedly, saying he was going to use a telephone. After he had gotten out of the door I was horrified to find these words writ ten In the book. Senator Bailey, it ia understood, has been endeavoring to have the matter suppressed. Swung Him Again. At Pinebluff, Ark., Lavett Davis, a negro charged yvlth attacking a I CARELESS SHOOTING. Yorkvllle Doctor — Came Near Be ing Shot By It. I kill myself this night to keep I sixteen-year-old white girl, was taken from going to Jail and save my wife from Jail by an unmasked mob of and little children from disgrace.’ two hundred men and hanged to a "Oh, God! ,1 cried, and called for telegraph pole in one of the principal George’s brother to follow him atT ,i t ree tS. Just as the negro was be- once. He ran out as quickly as pos- raised above the street, the ro P® . . .. . Katr wKtnw sible, but failed to reaeh him before bro,ie bu t he was raised again and ■ v orBJ , 1^5 he had rut his throat. I ran to where lef t hanging. A number of armed | h^ 6611 ^ of . ^ horse On the 19th instant, at night, while Dr. Jno. I. Barron waa driving to see a patient several miles mat [ of Yorkvllle, he wae ©hot at twice my husbanl lay on the piazza of Mrs. 1 deputies were on guard but were Broadwater’s store and he tried to overpowered and the door broken kiss me and talk to me, although | w lth sledge hammers he could not speak. "There was never a more devoted I Killed Himself, husband and father than George, and ■ -Xii we had lived so happily together ever neighborhood of Chester county coin since our marriage three years ago. I mltted suicide a few days ago ly We have two children, one a little I cutting his throat with a nizor. He girl a year and a half old, and our started to where his h-other was other is a baby boy, that was born } at work near the house, and whn found was dead. The cause is at- trlbftW to T©of hetith. He-ww© #5» years of age. " : —i ...... ii ■■ In March.” * Mrs. Htrtfiphrey wit formerly IfTtfs Kate Speering, and many of the peo ple who live In the neighborhood of the couple say that they were very much devoted to each other. Humphrey cut what is commonly me%ns_on account of .the enmity Jt, .known. sL the "Adama. apple", to at hit amendment, he Just d«eid»l to fight that his support must he graded ences. The question of putting might stir up. An agreement to arbitrate appears to be the only other means of Set tling the strike and there was some doubt that the mere fact of such an agreement would remove the danger to such of the roads negro firemen aa might work pending a final settlement of the dispute. Reports from the toi^ps affected by the strike said that perfect order prevailed and that expressions of opinion favorable to the strikers pre- » • » m . . . A a* A. ■ * vote against the whole thing. I below par. from a Democratic view-1 guards on trains was mentioned ns dominate throughout the strike ter- Then ke expected, he says, to of- a last resort, to be avoided by nil l|rltory. twain, and slso his wind pipe. The physicians assert that there would have been no chance to save his life had he received surgical attention immediately after he cut himself. Humphrey had been workihg for tbe Southern Railway for six years, and has been baggage master on the Charleston division for about three years. Wednesday night he came in from his “run” from Branchvllle on the passenger train dae in Augusta at 10:20 o’clock end went directly home. He wee baggage master on the seme train the eight that the the other just back of his buggy top. He Is satisfied the shots ware not intended for him, as the party, evi dently being out of ammunition, threw rocks at a negro In a boggy „ ~ i just behind him. A negro named I J™- Crawford was arrested, charged - „» ahootlng, and taken before * Magistrate R. B. DeLoach and gave bond in tbe sum of 1600 for hie appearance at a preliminary hearing. The negro he was after is named Henry Jones, and there la a womaa Tn the case,* - Entire John Carter, aged 76, an old i and three children of express car robbery occurred. Mrs. Humphrey stated that the I detectives had all of the train of-i .. . ., „- flcials examined regarding, the rob- ' ha *’ * * d * tt * hUr ’ bery and that a negro swore fcer J . husband waa in the robbed ear when **° a flre , - r - It p.«»d Broad .tr«t. attlr* I. . | white cap and shirt. Mrs. Hum- “ helplisg phre, w. that her bo.Mod alw. A >* ** "T wears a Mao shirt, which kind be 1 oerore aid could wore when he ended hit Ufa.. | r ** c * Augusta department says that not only was Humphrey’s residence searched by tho detectives several j days ago, but also was Thomas Hutto’s, the express messenger was found locked in a Drowned -