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Men Who Celt Thenwelvee Dem-
ocrntd mud Betray the Party Will
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on Guard.
“* While on a visit to Florence re-
eeatly fiaahtor Smith tare a mo*t
Interesting resume of the tariff
fight in Congress to a reporter of
The Times. The ‘Senator does noh
look for any relief for the people
in the present fight. The situation
is entirely too much dominated by
the rapacious "interests” of the coun
try as represented by Aldrich and
other protection leaders. They are
fighting for protection everywhere,
and many ' Democrats seeing the
tendency have scrambled for a share
of the grabbings. He does think,
“however, that there is enough life
In the Democratic party for it to
positively declare Itself in this mat
ter in the next campaign and by
making ita principles prominent,
with the awakening of the people
through the cpuntry, the Indepen
dence of many of the newspapers and
their free <and fearless discussion
of the question to win the hold the
suppport of the United States.
He has made one speech on the
tariff and he has been very much
gratified by the reception of it by
the senate and by the party and
thu people everywhere through the
country amf will soon make another
in which he will say many thing that
he has In mind, for he has studied
this question as he never studied be
fore. He believes that his unas
sailable position on the strong rock
of Democracy has been a help to
him and to others and he is sure
that the fight that is being made
now has made real Democrats and
stronger in their Democracy, and
has made more apparent the preten
sions of those who love the name
and the name only of Democracy,
but oppose its, principles wherever
they are offered.
He says tho expression of certain
Democrats will result In one oT two
things, a loss of confidence in and
a repudiation of these Individuals
or a loss of and a repudiation of
Democracy. Senator Smith evidently
believes that the people will repudi
ate the ao-called DemAiqrats, who
are voting to protect lumber and
other products. He goes on to say:
"I believe that the essential prin
ciples of Democracy are nearer the
hearta of the people today thair
ever before In the history of the
country. The middle west having
been broken up Into small farms,
the population becoming denser and
for entrance sharper,
and the products of the farm neces
sarlly sold in a free market, while
those things necessary for the cul
tivation and support of the farm are
to be bought In a protected market,
the people of this vast territory are
beginning to feel the effect of this
unjust legislation as the people of
the South have felt since the inaugu
ration of the protective policy.
"No man need be deceived in
thinking that the South with her
tremendous territory and population
will ever allow even In her own bor-
ders. manufacturing enterprises to
be promoted at the unreasonable ex
pense of her agricultural Interests
and those politicians who allow
themselves to be influenced by the
powerful plea of the organized man
ufacturing interests of the South,
will have a very rude, but very ef
fectual awakening when the voice
of the ballot is heard. Therefore,
I confidently expect to see pure De
mocracy gloriously Triumphant In
the next election through the influ
ence of the thoroughly awakened
South and middle West.
"I do not want to be understood
as being against the promotion of
manufacturing interests in the South,
but I do waht to be clearly under
stood as opposing the promotion of
any industry at the unjust expense
of those who produce the raw materi
al. I firmly believe that, at the
present state of perfected mechani
cal appliances that the
By The Firemen’s Strike on
Georgls Road
Mob Wap ted to Lynch Him and Hi*
Brother, Who Has a White Woman
tor m Wtfir.
Hunted all Sunday night and
finally driven to bay by the police
and bloodhounds Monday, John W.
Beam, of Lima, Ohio, a negro at
torney and real estate dealer, ac
cused of murder; attempted to end
hi Awn life. He was arrested on
the charge of murdering Mrs. Estella
M. Diltz, a young widow, who was
shot Sunday night her own home
as she opened the front door in re
sponse to pounding upon the door.
He la not seriously injured.
While It was first thought that
the motive for the murder had been
found in buaincaa telailoae Jieiw.eea
Mrs. Diltz and the negro, a search
of Ileum’s papers In his office In
dicated that Beam was In love with
the widow, but whether the crime
was due to his suit being repudiated
or whether there was a quarrel is
unknown.
A letter addressed to his wife In
endearing terms was found, In which
Beam told of his love for Mrs. Diltz,
which had extended over two years,
and that his call upon her accounted
for his "late hours at night.” In
concluding, the letter directs: "Have
Estella aud myself buried side by
side, that we may arise before the
Almlghtey God together.”
Rumors that a mob was forming,
with the Intention of lynching Beam,
caused Sheriff Van Gun ten to, remove
his prisoner from the city hospital
to the county jail. Beam was es
corted to jail under a heavy guard.
Beam is now in the strongest cell
in"'the jail and a strong guard Is
maintained about him.
Dr. U. Beam, a brother of the
prisoner and a wealthy citizen of
Lima, closed his office and left for
his old home In Kentucky. Colored
people urged him to leave, as it was
feared he might be lynched if he
remained there. Feeling runs high
against him. Dr. Beam's wife is a
white woman and this aided in in
furiating the residents against him.
NOT A WHEEL STIRS
POSITION
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IN THE OTRIKB ON THE GEOR
GIA RAILROAD.
BUY FROM US
Youri Whits Man Who Kiliad
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The Official Statement of the Oaosee
Leading Up to the Trouble and
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COLUMBIA. S. C.
MADE FATAL MISTAKE.
Used Wash Lye In Biscuits for Bak
ing Powder.
As a result of eating biscuits into
which she had, by mistake, put lye
Instead of baking powder, Mrs.
Robert Tarry Is dead, and her hus
band is critically ill at their homo
in Tottenville, Staten Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Tarry kept house
for their bachelor son. A few days
ago the son went away for a three-
day trip, leaving his mother, whose
age is seventy-nine years, and his
father, aged seventy-eight years, at
home alone.
Neighobra heard groans* and
poundings coming from the Tarry
house and upon entering found the
old couple in agony. Doctors were
called in, but their efforts to relieve
Mrs. Tarry were futile as she died
shortly afterward, and little hope
is held out for her husband.
Five unlabelled cans containing
white powder were found in the
kitchen. Four contained baking
powder and one contained caustic
jsoda and this is what was put into
tho biscuits.
VERY CURIOUS CASE.
Perplexes Surgeon Who Works on
Victim of Auto.
Ernest Frye, of New York, whose
right leg was amputated five weeks
ago following an automobile acci
dent, Is the subject of considerable
anxiety among physicians In the
Flower Hospital because of his com
plaint that he suffers Intense pain
in the toes of the foot which was
amputated and which lies burled In
one of the suburbs. Frye declares
that he can distinctly feel a severe
cramping pain in these toes, the pain
being so intense at times as to cause
him to shriek. Doctors believe that
the sensation of pain is communi
cated to his brain by the nervous
cords which ran to his toes and
which were severed by the amputa
tion. The contraction of these in-
American M urp< * fhey believe, would
give Frye the sensatlon-ef pain In
his toes.
manufacturer, both North and South
can compete profitably with the
manufacturers In any section of the
civilized world. The skil) and in
telligence of the American laborer,
plus the skill of the American finan
cier can produce more per unit of
expense than any country on the
globe and the only protection that
we need Is the protection of God
Almighty granting us favorable sea-
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"The Democratic party should not
be misunderstood under our system
ot government; we must have a reve
nue, therefore, we must have a tar- i l,pen in 11 sanitarium In Knoxville
if, and In placing this tariff on im-l* 0 recuperate. He did not Improve
porta some interests will be incident- his wife and his brother went
-And- Itx the protection to,, Knoxville several days ago to
That would Incidentally come from bring him home. They started Mon-
_thls tariff for revenue there- would day morning and a telegram received,
“lJr-*F"sdvahlaftWETparticular brought the news of his death. Mr.
interest. This ia unavoidable, but Conner had been pastor of the Bap-
the end Justifies the means and that | ll8t church at Honoa Path for .about
_ end 1* a revenue tor tha expense of i Lhree yeftrs. aqcl.WAs.a atreng preaoh-
the government. Blit (there is a | er aD( l very popular. He leaves &
DIED OX A TRAIN.
Rev. H. A. Conners of Honea Path
IHes Suddenly.
Rev. R. A. Conners, pastor of the
Baptist church at Honea Path, died
Tin the train between Knoxville,
Tenn., and Newport, Tenn., Monday
morning. Mr. Conner's health had
been bad for some time, and he had
world of difference between a tariff wlfe and six children.
ter the expense of the government ! —
and M tariff for the prllt of indlvld- I Killed His Mother.
This distinction should be kept
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Under Gravel,
i cgve-fn of a grave.
Mist., a few days
were killed* Tons
toA them, icraihlnc
Guilty of murder lq the second
degree was the verdict returned Sat
urday by the jury before whom Del-
mar Young was tried on the charge
of tmurdering his mother. Young
showed no signs of distress % when he
heard the verdict. It is understood
bla attorneya will ask tor a new
trial.
Along the Entire Hystein end a
Crisis Has Been Reached—Chief
of the Federal Bureau of Labor
Reaches Scene of Strike—Towns
- Feeling the Strike. —-
How lees than a hundred striking
Georgia Railroad firemen were able
to stop practically all train aervlce
In a territory 170 miles long and
from twenty-five to a hundred miles
wide was the knotty problem Into
which United States Commissioner
of Labor Chas. P.^NeiH plunged Im
mediately after his arrival at Atlan
ta, Ga., on Tuestfay night. An
emissary of conciliation he faced first
the race problem, the force behind
the strike; second, an announced
wish of many persons in this sec
tion to have Georgians settle this
question by arbitration, and third,
the necessity of moving the United
States mall Immediately. Within
two hours after his arrival Mr. Naill
was In private conference with Gen
eral Manager Scott of the Georgia
Railroad.
A dispatch from Atlanta says what
a remarkable feat this handful of
union firemen accomplished and what
power was behind them became ap
parent Tuesday when a considerable
section of Georgia was compelled to
rely on automobiles for passenger,
mail and express service; and when
the transportation of such necessi
ties of life as food dropped back to
the methods of a former degree of
civilization, namely, to wagons and
even pack animals.
The four score firemen alone did
not produce this situation. It was
the communities which the railroad
served that stopped every wheel of
the system during the past three
days; not the officials of these com
munities, but a few men who are
said to have fighting blood in their
veins, who came forward and an
nounced that negro firemen should
not be given seniority over white
firemen. From some hidden source
of public opinion these men have up
to now made good this racial ulti
matum. Few of these men were fire
men, some did not even claim to be
acquainted with striking firemen, and
a dozen or more are said to have
come from counties lying some dis
tance from the railroad. They ac
complished the tie-up without serious
acts of violence, with a few cases of
throwing stones, which appear to
have been accepted as warnings of
what might happen If Trains contin
ued to run.
A settlement by arbitration should
not be difficult so far as the etrikers
demands are eoncerned, Vice Presi
dent Ball, of the firemen's organiza
tion, said Tuesday, because the fire
men are not trying to exact a hard
ai\d fast settlement. They struck
because ten white firemen were re
placed by negro firemen. The rail
road officials declare that the ne
groes were put In these positions
as rewards for faithful service^ and
that they are within their legal
rights In such action. Upon this
one crucial point of the controversy
there has as yet been no sign of
agreement.
The dlreotors of (the road, the
general manager and Other officials
were In almost continual conference
Tuesday, and it was reported that
some of tho directors strongly fa
vored Governor Smith’s proposition
for each side to select three Geor
gians as arbitrators. Mr. Scott would
not say whether these offers would
be accepted. The directors Include
men with local business interests,
which are liable to be affected un
favorably by a long tie-up.
Hand cars, automobiles and In-
terurban cars made little Impression
upon the 3,000 pounds of delayed
mail* in the Atlanta postofflee. Here
and there in the strike district a ru
ral postmaster shouldered a sack of
Outgoing mail, and after hours of
hard work, riding and walking,
managed to reach a railroad station
not affected by the strike. Reports
were current that the Federal courts
might interfere and plane guards
on trains In order to get the malls
through. No such action, however,
developed. The strikers have an
nounced that they are willing to
fire engines to carry mail*, but that
-such engines must carry mails only,
and not passengers.
Reports that the necessities of life
were lacking In some communities
caused Governor Smith to telegraph
along the line of the Georgia Rail
road Inquiring whether there was
any food shortage. No replies in
dicating such a condition were re
ceived. and numerous report* stated
that there was plenty to eat every
where, Business men, however, com
plained of serious financial loss. -
. Fgrjhe £f*t time since the .be
ginning of the strike General Man
ager Scott conferred with Governor"
Smtlfc Tuesday evenlnff. Afterward
the Governor eald:
„„“We discussed the situation fully,
and JL now very hopeful that tome
steps may be taken, which will bring
about a speedy adjustment. In the
meantime I regard It of the utmost
importance that perfect order should
prevail.”
Present at this eonferenta were
SUte Attorney General Hart and
Major Job. B. Gumming , general
counsel for the Gttrgte RaUroaA.
There la considerable Interest iu
the etrlke of the firemen on the
Georgia Railroad. The firemen
claim that their position has not been
fully set forth. The official circular
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Engiuemcn, Issued from
the grand lodge headquarters at
Peoria, HI., on the Ikth-iMtant, after
giving a review of previous nego-
tlaEone between the _ffd--inen and
the management of the Georgia rail
road, says:
"At this time ten of our members
engaged as assistant hostlers at the
rate of $1.75 per day, were displac
ed by negroes at the rate of $1.25
per day. The Joint board Immedi
ately took up their matters with the
general superintendent of the com
pany and were promptly informed
by him that he would not deal with
them or listen to their grievances
or the proposRlone wMefr they de
sired to submit. He also stated that
he had orders from his superior of
ficers to reduce operating expenses
$1,000 per month, and that he in
tended carrying out such instruc
tions. He further stated that this
was only the beginning of reductions
and that more would follow.
"The matter was then taken up
with the general manager, who re
fused to do anything except to sus
tain the general, superintendent,
ill<,her Ba" upon attempting to se
cure a conference with the general
manager, was refused.
"After bringing every possible in
fluence to bear with a hope of reach
ing a peaceable settlement if the mat
ter, and failing In every effort, It be
came apparent that It was either
necessary to adjust the affair and
protect the interests of our members
through an issue, or permit the com
pany to displace them and employ
negroes at a reduced rate of pay to
fill the positions thus made vacant;
and It was on account of these con
ditions that our members voted to
strike.
“In further explanation of the sit
uation, I will say that the Georgia
railroad and the Atlanta yard ter
minal ars leased and operated by the
Louisville and Nashville and the
Seaboard Air Line Companies. It
Is believed by the Joint protective
board and by the officer directly in
charge of the situation, that this Is
only the beginning of an attempt on
the part of the pompany to dispense
with the services of white firemen
entirely and to fill their places with
aavroea.”
It Is stated that the Lcrulsvllle
and NashVUle employs only negro
firemen.
Judge Dan taler Overrules a Motion
TWO MEN SHOT attracts throngs
for a New Trial and Posses Sen
tence of Death on Webb Simmons
for Murdering Marshal J. B. Mc
Adams. ——
In a Bad Row in Cotumbta’s Dis
trict of Vico
MANY PEOPLE EXPECT TO
HELPED BY PRAYING
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* FUGITIVE CASHIER.
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Caught by Detective When He Visits
/ 111 Son.
After five months of flight
through Western Cities, and Into
Mexico, Edward B. Towne, Jr., has
returned to his home in Orange, N.
J., to see his sick son. He was
quickly arrested by detectives, whose
vigilance has never ceased on charges
of embezzling approximately $30,-
000 from the Matheson Lead Com
pany of that city.
Towne, who Is only twenty years
old, rose rapidly with his employers,
and was cashier when he disappeared
In December. Following tho dis
covery of his alleged shortage, it
was revealed that he had been liv
ing extravagantly, having two motor
cars and maintaining a residence
believed to be beyond his legitimate
means. It was believed that he had
considerable money with him when
he disappeared.
Towne quickly moved out of one
city to aaother In the West and de
tectives were never able to catch
up with him. Bat the watch on his
young wife never ceased. In some
manner Towne heard of the serious
illness of his little son and dashed
up to the house concealed in the
tonneau of an automobile.
Private detectives on guard sum
moned the police and, w'hen the home
was entered, Towne was found in
an exhausted sleep on an upper
floor, and was dragged away to jail.
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MAROONED IN SWAMP.
High Water Kept Passengers
All Night,
Out
Passengers out of Columbia and
from other points along the Atlantic
Coast Line between Columbia and
Wilmington had a lonesome time on
Friday in Bogue Swamp, between
Hallsboro and Waccamaw lake,
storm waters submerging the tracks
and causing the annuling of the
train. It is feared the high waters
In that section have seriously inter
fered with the railroad construction
woiJl, over, tha .Pee Dee river,near
Florence.
Unless a stay of sentence is grant
ed pending an appeal to the supreme
court of the State, Webb Simmons,
the young white man who killed
United States Deputy Marshal J. B.
McAdams at Anderson on February
20 last, will be hanged in the coun
ty jail yard In Anderson on Friday,
July 23. Sentence was passed on
the prisoner hfonday morning by
Judge Dantzler after Attorney Dag-
nall had completed a strong argu
ment for a new trial. The motion
was overruled, and in the presence
of several hundred spectators Webb
Simmons was condemned to' death.
The Simmons case went to the
jury at 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon
and near Saturday midnight a ver
diet of guilty without any recom
mendatlon was made. At once Mr.
Dagnall gave notice of a motion for
a new trial, and Judge Dantzler an
nounced that he woultl remain in
Anderson until MondtTy morning, at
which time he would hear the mo
tion argued.
Mr. Daguall presented a strong
plea to the couft. He said, among
other things, that, on account of his
owu Illness, lie had not been able
to conduct the defense as it should
have been, but the court Interrupt
ed him by saying that, in his opinion,
the ca^ had been zealously and ad
mirably conducted and that the at
torney had looked well after the de
fendant’s interest at all times dur
ing the trial. Other reasons for
asking a new trial were-stated as
fallows:
That some nU the Jurors had ex
pressed opinions as to Simmons’ guilt
before the trial; that Juror Davie
was over the constitutional age; that
the court failed to charge the Jury
on the law as to self-defense; that
the jury had resented certain ques
tions asked the sheriff by Mr. Dag
nall, while the sheriff was on the
stand; that the case should not have
been tried at this term of court be
cause of personal feeling against the
prisoner, and because of the illness
of defendant’s motner, a material
witness.
Judge Dantzler considered sepa
rately each reason assigned, after
which he formally denied the mo
tion and proceeded to pass the for
mal sentence of death.
Simmons accepted the verdict of
the Jury and the sentence of death
very unconcernedly and coolly.
When called ttpotr-br the^^derk of
court to stand up to receive sentence
the prisoner stood motionless and
without a tremor. From appear
ance it did not seem that he was the
least bit annoyed or worried, but
on the contrary seemed to accept
the sentence as a relief from Court
proceedings. When asked if he had
anything to say why sentence shou'd
not be passed on him, he clearly and
loudly stated that he knew of none,
that he had nothing to say, and after
the court had announced the sen
tence the prisoner made a bow of
acknowledgement and then quletD
sat down in the prisoner t dock. Ho
was at on:e handcuffed and carried
o the county jail by Constable Mar
tin and Police Sergeant Sanders.
Ho had K'Hjing to my while walk
ing to the jail, except to stop at a
fruit shop to purchase a dozen ba
nanas. This he did also late Sat
urday night, while returning to the
jail after being carried to the couit
house to receive the verdict of the
jury. Upon arrival at the Jail
after sentence had been passed Mon
day morning Simmons cheerfully sa
luted one of the negro prisoners,
calling him by name and saying that
he had learned to say it. Evidently
the negro had been teasing Sim-
^nons about what the court would
have to say in passing sentence.
Attorney Dagnall will take the
case to the supreme court, so it Is
understood, and if this be the case
it is highly probable that the execu
tion will not take place in July.
The supreme court does not take up
the cases from this *eircinit until
late in the fall or early In the win
ter, and unless a special dispensation
Is secured this appeal will have to
come up In regular order.
This will be Anderson’s first le
gal hanging in about nine years, the
victim then being a negro convict
ed of assault on a white woman of
that county.
SERIOUS
To a Small Piece of Boae, Said to
Belong to Saint Rita, Long Since ^
y
TAKEN FROM JAIL
And Lynched by One ^ Hundred
Enraged Citizens.
DEFAULTER SURRENDERS.
Cornea Back After Being
Some Five Yean.
Absent
Th* usual quiet vBrags of Llncoi-'
ton, Ga., was awakened at midnight
Monday from peaceful slumber by
the noise of a mob of about one
hundred enraged citizens as they
stormed the county Jail and brought
Caused by Two Penitentiary Guards
Being Troubled by Two Men of
, Tough Reputation—One of the
Particiimnts is Badly Wounded and
May Die From Hia-Wounds-
A serious row occurred In the
redlight district of Columbia last
Sunday morning, which resulted In
two men being shot. The State says
two penitentiary guards and two men
of bad reputation became involved
In a serious encounter." As a result
Eber Ashford lies In a dangerous
condition in the Knowlton Infirmary,
W. E. Mellette, a penitentiary guard
is wounded in the thigh and Lonnie
Hall and John White afe In arrest.
The story given by the police is
; that Hall and Ashford, both of the
tough element, had been annoying
Mellette and White, who were on a
frolic, it appears. The actual en
counter is alleged to have occurred
on Gates street, midway of the block
between Lady and Gervais. The po
lice were Informed that Lonnie Hall
knocked Mellette down and appro
priated his pistol. Thereupon he was
called by White. Hall knocked
White down and some one began
shootlgg. There were three shots,
is is stated, and two of these struck
Eber Ashford, who had not mixed
up In the melee. The third struck
Mellette.
Ashford Is dangerously hurt, one
bullet having entered his left side
and ranged upward, lodlng near tho
heart. The other wound In the groin
is not of such a dangerous nature.
Mellette was shot In the hip. There
were powder bums on Lonnie Hall’s
shirt, showing that he must have
been close to the mouth of the weap
on.
Ashford’s condition at midnight
Sunday n'ght v a* reported to be a
little more Hopeful. The bullet has
net been located, however. He is a
brother of the young man who was
a Juror in the Sellers trial, and was
brought before the bar of the court
on the charge of contempt. It being
alleged that while drinking he had
done some talking about the ease.
Eber Ashford haa never been In
any real trouble before, but less than
30 days ago Detective Forde found
him loafing constantly around a no
torious place on Gervais street and
warned him that he would be ar
rested for vagrancy. Ashford was
In bad company.
Lonnie Hall is a terror. A mjtn
short of normal stature by several
inches, he is yet one of the most
powerful men in the city. He has
been in numerous escapades and en
counters. The police In Columbia
arrested him once on the charge of
highway robbery committed In Geor
gia. At one time Officer Forde at
tempted to arrest Hall and the latter
drew a knife. The offlebr broke his
night stick over Hall’s head and a
desperate encounter resulted. There
w r ere three policemen in the encoun
ter before Hall was jailed and at that
he was chased across the river bridge
and into Lexington county.
Mellette lives in Columbia. 1114
Divine #tr«et. He was employed as
a penitentiary guard about a week
ago and Capt. D. J. Griffith consider
ed him a good man. He was engag
ed at the State farm in Lexington
county. Mellette has a brother on
the police force.
John White had been a guard at
‘he State farm several years. Pri
or to that time he had been a guard
at the asylum and had been dis
charged by Dr. Thompson for tip
pling. taking part of the whiskey
Intended for the patients on the
ijard. He has a good record at the
penitentiary antf Capt. Griffith was
grieved to hear of his trouble. “He
was a fine guard; humane to pris
oners and a man of rare judgment,"
said Capt. Griffith.
Lonnie Hall tells a different story
from that received from the police.
He saya that it was not tratfl after
White had shot Ashford that he
knocked W'hite down and took his
pistol away from him.
Both pistols are at the police sta
tion. Both are loaded all around.
Therefore, unless a third pistol was
used the discharged cartridges were
removed and fresh ones placed In
thfir stead. Both of the pistols
at the station are Smith & Wesson
..38 calibre, bu one shoots, a long
and the other a short cartridge.
Dead.
A remarkable WOT presented
at the Church of St. Rita, of Cascia,
In One Hundred and Forty-fifth
street. New York, when the struc
ture was packed by several hundred
persons, while in the street there
were several thousand more unable
to gain admiwsto® to- the c©»eR*4* -
ing services of the Novena, or Nine-
Days Devotion.
On the alter of the church there
Is a fragment of a bone, duly authen
ticated as belonging to St. Rita, "ad
vocate of the hopeless and saint of
the impossible,’ "as her worshippers
call her. The annual Novena to the
saint In this church and the rever
ence of the relic are credited with
many marvelous cures and perform-,
ances in answer to supplications.
Many have declared that they have
cured themselves or others of physi
cal ailments which baffled doctors,
while others have transferred to the
saint’s answering their prayers con
cerning business matters and other
things In which they sought suc
cess.
The rector. Father Charles Farina,
read a number of letters from those
who had prayed to St. Rita.
A detroit woman wrote a year
ago she canle to New York and pray-
I ed to St. Rita for a cfvll service
I position and soon obtained it.
| A boarding school girl wrote that
: her Novena to St. Rita had com
pletely cured her eyes,, throat and
nose.
, A man, who said his friends
thought he was going Insane be
cause of the pains he suffered In the
head, wrote that St. Rita cured him.
A young girl relates the marvel
ous cure of her mother after making
the second Novena to St. RUa.
A man wrote that he had been
in business troubles and prayed to
&t. Rita for advice. He then aold
one of his grocery stores and pros
pered immensely In the store he re
tained, and gave the "saint of the
impossible” full cerdit.
A janitor subscribed his thanks
for the return of a bunch of keys.
Such large crowds of jroxBhlpers
now attend the annual Novena to
St. Rita of Cascia. thatt'the rector
is planning to increase t ae church's
size.
1
Inspect the cellar of en. and never
allow any animal or vegetable matter
to decay there,
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Ex-Sheriff and Tax Collector John
A. Perkins, of Caleaselu Parish, La.,
who suddenly disappeared five years
ago, going to Honduras and leaving
an alleged shortage of $70,000 in
bis accounts, returned a few days
ago and surrendered. He was re^
leased on bond. He disappeared
while tbe State auditor was check
ing «p hie accounts. The pariah re
covered $10,000 from property left
by Perkins. 1
hand who so viciously cut Jno.
Spires, a highly respected white
farmer last Thursday morning. It
is learned that ^he body of the ne
gro was found swinging to a limb
of a tree at Dry Fork Creek, three
miles from Llncolton and that the
body was filled with bullet holes.
When you find a- man generous
with black paint for other* you may
.. be sure he has whitewash for him
self.
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Prison Ship Martyrs.
The prison ship, Martyrs, forgotten
victims of the Revolutionary War,
Tditfe lOBifr^XIkeh; tire negro ~faF£ •rwte’he eomttimofatrt eftenntttrfert prtwe ewntetent wttb troillty;
than a hundred years of neglect. A ‘ ~
monument to the ipemory of these
11,600 victims of the Wallabut pris
on ship is being erected on Fort
Green Hill in Brooklyn. 1
Girl Killed by Horse.
Effle Townsley, the sixteen-year-
old daughter of Samuel Townsley, of
Johnsonvllle, Bracken county, Ky.,
was found dead a few days ago on
the road near her home. She had
been riding a spirited horse, which
became frightened and ran away
with her, throwing her off, dragging
her over the rough road.
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