Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The case grew out of a picnic row at Tlrzah last August where there was promiscuous shooting and two Ruasells and a Robinson had been indicted for assault and battery with Intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons. There was a good deal _££ conflicting testimony in the case but both of the Russells admitted that they had pistols. The Jury Tuesday night brought In a verdict of not guilty om all counts. Wednesday morning Judge Memminger had the Jury called and tuickly told it that if it saw fit to make Itself and the county of York ridiculous with such a verdict he did not propose to allow it to make him ridiculous. If the Jury saw proper to acquit on the ground of self-defense men who had shot other men In the back, as in this case, that was not hie lookout. Tor be could not help him seif, but when it came to acquitting defendants of carrying concealed weapons, where there had not even been a denial of the charge, it war more than he would stand for, , He did not care to criticise th' Jury or lecture it, but he would no* continue to try cases before it. H> therefore told the members of th' panel to consider themselves dis missed from further attendance oi court snd Instructed them to gei their psy snd «o their ways. Then turning to the clerk, the Judge or dered the drawing of a special venir of 17 ^neh WTlh wrhttrb- to AH Hu-J places of the men dismissed. The Jurors were dumbfounded fo s few minutes and finally left th* court room very much crestfallen Jndse Memmlnger's action, thougl coming tn the naTiTre of u eorprls*—^ has met with unqualified public ap proval. • NARROWLY KKCAI’EI) BURNING. Citlxen of Columbia Awakes Will House on Fire. Mr. W. J. Jones had a narrov escape Wednesday morning when th home in whic(i he was living tool fire at P:30 o'clock, in ColumUi* Mr. Jones was still in bed, but wu warned in time to get out of th< house without injury. He has night Job and had not waked u, when th« Are started. The hou> in which he lived. No. 1,807 Wash ington ^treetl was almost totail; destroyed by the flames. Very littl* of the furniture was saved. Th house next door, occupied by Mn Lubby, was partially burned. Boti bouses were owned by Mr. A. II Booter, of Columbia, aud insurant’' was carried. The houses were smal dwellings. Several houses in th' neighborhood were in danger of b« ing caught by the flames, but wer saved. Mr. Jonea had some insui ance on his furniture, but he is m sure that he can recover as the poll cy date was out a few days ago. laborer Seeks gallows. Buys He Would Rather Hang Thai Stamp Ballast. "I killmj 'Joe* Zlxorda by smash Ing his skull with a piece oT ihgir iron,” was the cool statement o' Steven Cosh when he was accuse "of murder in Police court at Wes* Newton, Pa., this week. der,’* he was told by the police. “I don't care whether I, hang o: not,” protested Cosh. “I would Jut: as lief hang as stamp ballast on the railroad all my life-” **•. Cosh, aged 30, and Zisorda. aged" 2 15*. were working blT the raliroarf together when Zlsorda walked into the brush. He did not returor and Cosh started a search. He stum bled over his companion while the ^ ^Tstter was asleep- and. killed hinj jqut- right. He declared Zlsorda was lazy end was always shouldering hard SEVERAL BURNED TWO DEAD AND TWO FATALLY INJURED. Fuel Tank of Automobile Ripped Open, Throwing Liquid Fire Car's Occupants. on Two persons are dead, two mortal ly injured, while three others are more of less seriously hurt as the result of an explosion of the gaso- ■line tank on the toprlqg car of George M. Hill, late Tuesday night at Jacksonboro bridge, five miles from Sylvania, Ga. The dead: Hew lett Hill, Miss Fannie Mills. TTre fatally injured: George M.^ Hill, Jr., twin brother of Hewlett Hill; Mrs. George M. Hill. The seriously injured: Miss Ru Me Thomas, badly, horned; George M. Hill, sogerely burned about head and trunk; Miss Lurline Cooper, severely burned; George Hillton, aged 14, painfully burned. Mr. and Mrs. Hill had taken a par ty of young'people for a moonlight outing. While preparing to leave for town the car was backed onto the bridge, the tank containing com pressed gasoline being ripped oft. The fluid vms thrown over the oc cupants and ftltmes quickly spread, covering the entire party. The clothing of the two infantg and the womea._was almost entirely consumed. Several youths gave such aid as they could, but it was not un til the shrieking women were drag ged Into the waters of the creek that the flames were extinguished. News of the accident was tele phoned to Sylvania from a farmer's house, two miles from the scene, niv J ohyslclans were rushed to the bridge The injured were carried to Syl vania at an early hour Wednesday LIQUOR POURED INTO SEWER. Laurens Sheriff Gets Rid of Thirty Gallons. c Thirty gallons of ' good licker’ oursing down the sewer main of the ity of Laurens is the sad tale of ar ifficial act by Sheriff Owings and iis constables of that place. Some me could not stand the sight, and o “get even” with the sheriff wrotr m one of the cases about to be open d. ‘ Sheriff John D. Owings. Lau- ens. S C. Express Prepaid,” and hen the laugh was on the officer atTiriugiug jftut Jiis own "Jug'' and I esTroy In gTr~tty—mistake, The thirty gallons of whiskey have >een held in the sheriff's office for the illotted thirty days. It had been ejzed, at various times, from per sons in and around Laurens, who we re 7 urider suspfrtou-M-selliug. Jt_ \’o claim and delivery papers having >een served upon the officers, it was estroyed Thursday morning by dm vrocess of law. This is the first of- leial act of this kind in these parts n many years. ASHEVILLE LINEMEN KILLED. Touched High Power Wire Which He Thought Was Dead. Suspended by his belt from an lectric power pole near the South- rn Railway round house, Wednes- ay afternoon. J H Leonard, a inemau in Asheville, N. C , in the mploy of the Weaver Electric bmpany, hung lifeless, shocked to leath by a high-power current com- ig over a line which he believed to e "dead.” The deceased, who went to Ashe- ille two months ago from Colum- )us. Ohio, on account of his wife's lealth, was one of a force of line aen repairing a break in the trans mission lines, and is believed to have let his death when he reached ui turn a switch. His comrades on he ground heard no cry, and did ot know of bis misfortune unti’ hey looked up and saw the dangling >ody. Leonard leaves a wife, but 10 children. WANTS EXPERT | BUILDING FALLS i mysterious crimes cotton tumbles SENT ABROAD TO COLLECT DOTS ABOUT COTTON. Text of Resolution Passed by the Fanners’ Union at Their Meet ing in Columbia Recently. The cotton producers of the State are very much interested in the fed eral government sending a cotton expert to the various foreign coun Dlmfer in Busitst Section of Philadelphia YOUNG MAX WOUNDED WHILE SLEEPING HIS ROOM. DECLINES OVER TWO DOLLARS A BALE ON FRIDAY. SLVEN ARE KILLED .Upon Returning Tr6m~* Visit to J Drops tm r tries for the purpose of collecting data on the cotton trade. By a resd^ lution passed at a meeting of the State Farmers' Union, held recently in CoTunibTa, Commissioner Watson is requested to go to Washington and press the matter with President Taft. The commissioner "wblliEr+n Washing ton next week will ^ake the question up. The resolution asks that the representative be selected from the cotton belt territory. A resolution if a similar nature wac passed at i Thursday afternoon, burying or Thirty-two People Burled Beneath the Ruins of a Five-Story Buildiug, WliJch Was Being Reconstructed. Accident Occurs about One o’clock and Terrifies Passersby. In one of the busiest sections of the etty of Philadelphia, and -at-a.], time when, thousands of pedestralns were passing to and fro, the five- story brick building at the north east corner of Eleventh and Market streets, which was being recon structed for the United Gas Improve ment Company, collapsed with a ter rific roar shortly after i o'clock the meeting of the National Farm ers’ Union, held In Atlanta some time ago. The following is the resolution passed: "Whereas the cotton producers of :he South are in need of specific information from the viewpoint ot i ter. pinning beneath the ruins 32 per sons, 7 of whom ar e dead, 1 miss ing, 1 fatally injured and 24 more or less seriously Injured. The dead are: Charles Larsen. 4'> years old* sub stitute foreman of carpenters. Peter Fritz, 3ti years old, carpen- he producer of essential facts as to length of staple, gratliugr, etc., that tre required by the consuming man- ifacturers of foreign nations, facts that would he of material value in he development of the cotton grow ing industry of the United States, -ii industry representing many mil ieu^ of dollars in the annual agricul- ural exports of the United States, md "Whereas her-tot jre all special aissious directed to securing infor- nation abroad in relation to cotton uive been rather in the interests of he manufacturers than the produc- ■rs, and "Whereas efforts are now being jade by the producer-, to better the rude existing system of marketing otton. and "\4 herras the Has? of informa- ion needed can only be secured by n nan from the cotton belt skilled In he growing of cotton and thorough- y familiar with all of the details >f the present local system of grad- ng and buying crude .cotton; there fore, be it "Resolved, That the commissioner Paul Hanning, 4 0 years old, labor er. Sigmund Tansberg, 23 years old, laborer. Alvin —, an years old, a Swede. Unknown man .terribly mangled. Fatally injured: James Haggerty, 30 years old, frac tured skull. The two lower floors had been torn out and the three upper floors were shored up by heavy timber. Steel gilders were bracing the shor ing, It is supposed that by mdTing one oT the girders, the entire struc ture was loosened. The crash came without warning, and the narrow escapes were many. The roar of the collapse was heard for blocks. My-standcrs and passers- by fled in desperation, as it was thought an explosion had occurred. When they realized what, had hap pened, people flocked to the ruins and began a series of thrilling rescues. Before professional aid could be mustered, automobiles, teamsters' wagons and all sorts of nearby ve hicles were tilled with the dead or injured, and hurried to hospitals. It if agriculture of Sou Hi Carolina. br-J-^r^g a swaitering day and. several of •equested to voice to the president >f the United States the request of he State Farmers' Union of South PATTEN A BIG TAX PAYER. 'hieago Wheat King Has His Assess ment Doubled. James A. Patten, who is said by fellow member of the board of rade to have made a profit of $3 00,- TTuT you 4Vin be ftafffcd foe mar- j twenty-four hours tfetacOra'Killed by Tramp*. • Watching freight trains for tramps at Laporte, lad., Lake Shore Detec ts#! Uhtrte* ~Citverfide was killed, ibly by tramp*. ' Bob Portogce. men robbed the ho- pddtoflice safe at Utah Hot of $190. two-thirds V**K mi Wednesday, found himself on top of he list of Evanston taxpayers and his option on this distinction he pro poses not to close out for some time, ^r, Patten was assessed this year on $500,000 pf personal property,*which* Is ,tweV the affioupt lerled'lafft year. Mr. Patten himself asked the change. How much personal property ought I to assess yon on this year, Mr. Patten,” asked Mr. Milne, Evans ton’s assessor. 'Jarolina that this ^natter be givea, rrompt attention, and that the fe<ler-\ ii governmeritrThrough Hre--detwvrU- ment of agriculture, or the depart ment of commerce and labor, arrange for a special representative, select; ed from the cotton belt territory, to >e sent to the various foreign coun- ries to collect the data needed, and that hi'! reports be published and 'urnished to the producer.” Export* in Live Stock. The following resolution, as to he detailing one or more field ex torts from the United States bureau >f animal Industry to be stationed in the State for the purpose of advis ing, directing and assisting in live stock raising and particularly in he raising of beef cattle was also passed at the meeting: "Whereas we realize the grea' ;ood that has been wrought in the realm of plant indistrv in SoTiih Ca.- illna by the introducii in in the State of the farm de.uon/tr I'.'o'i w >• k by 'he United States department of ag rieultne. and “Whereas one of the greatest needs if'the State at this time is a proper and Intelligent development of the live stock industry, and "Whereas we believe such develop ment as is sought will be more speed ily obtained by the conduct c.f such practical wjork on liv e stock lines as s being conducted in the matter of plant life; therefore, be it “Resolved, That the Farmers’ Union of South Carolina hereby In dorses the request of the State de partment of agriculture: of the sec retary of agriculture of the United States and of the United States bu reau of animal industry to detail one or more field experts from the bureau to be stationed In the State Jor the purpose of advising, directing and assisting those engaged in or about to engage in live stock raising, particularly in the raising of beef cattle. "Resolved, further. That the sec retary of agriculture of the United States be specially requested to give this^ matter his earliest "and hiost carefuPatfeTtlt'Itjir”'*^ ' * *- m the rescuers were overrome by the h'-at and dust irjin ’ll* debris. A* most as strenuous as digging up the injured was the task of keeping the (ingested masses of people from sur- _the wreckage. The walls which were 'left standing IVVOUtan and Policeman looked unsafe, but tin people surg m forward heedless of the danger. For a time service on the subway line, which runs along Market street in front of the building was tied up A woman subway .ticket seller, ter rified by the crash of the collapse and the shower of bricks and stones that dropped down the subway stair, fainted in her ooffioe. Many instances, of heroism were witnessed . One man whose leg was broken was pinned beneath some timbers. When firemen came within hailing distance he asked that they attend the more seriously injured. The entire fourth floor of the building lay slant against the side of the adjoining building cutting off air in a section twenty feet square where it is believed the missing man is buried. Workmen continued dig ging in the ruins. CHANGE IN GERMAN CABINET. PROVIDE PUNISHMENT. ‘‘How much was It last ■ycaff" said Mr. Patten. ”9omethlag—Uk*-. $2WLQQQ." xe-1 sponfled the assessor. “Never mind the figure," Mr. Pat ten Interrupted, "whatever It was Just double that now. I reckon that'!! Sx it about rlghL'” | Georgians Pass Rill Making Defama tion of Women a Prison Offense. hu Rider The penitentiary stares scandal mongers in the_Xace now. The Geor- *!s senate passed a bill Wednesday making it a penal offense to utter false or defamatory remarks about a woman. Heretofore the women de famed had no recourse except in the civil courts. But the McCurry bill Wfclte retufnlnK home Tfoia W» change* all that and will, it is be- a war_w I «• • _ ^ . • ■ ■ • . farm at Waahington. Ga., Tuesday night.i riding a mule, lightning struck lieved, put a bridle on scandalous tongues * it was not passed without John H. Amoson, a prominent young | long debate, many senators believing famsr. killed him and the male it impaired right of •peech. m2 Yon Botlimmi - Hollweg Become* Chancellor of the Empire. A dispatch from Berlin says Dr Von Bothman-Hollweg has been ap pointed Chancellor of the Empire in succession to Prince Von Buelow. Various other cabinet changes are gazetted. Herr Delbrueck of the Interior Department, succeeds Di. Von Bothman-Hollweg as minister of the interior and vice chancellor- Reinhold Sydow, secretary of the Im perial treasury, goes to the 'DeiTai'’- ment of Commerce, Herr Wermulh the under secretary for the Interior becomes secretarv of treasury, ml Ludwig Holle, Prussian minister of Public Instruction, re ire 0 on account of ill health and is succeeded by Von Trott Zu Solz. ROBBERS MUST GO. Fiancee, is Awakened in the Early Morning by a Pistol Shot. Early Thursday morning Edgar I.. Shealey ,a prominent young man of Aiken, was shot in his room, at the home of Misses Reynolds and Mc Ghee, where he boarded, on York street. He was shot once with a pistol, and the hall entered hi« thigh and lodged. Mis wound Is not thought to be serious, but it is ex ceedingly painful. The-shooting is -one of the greaLaat mysteries that city has ever known, and the police. Mr. Shealey, or the ladles of the house can offer no satisfactory »o- lutfcOfl-erf-44. — Mr. Shealey Is engaged to be mST : rled and Invitations were Issued a day or two ago to his wedding to Miss Ruby Coward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Thomas W. Coward, who reside a short distance from the city o' Aiken, Wednesday night Mr. Slwstey called upon her. Miss McGhee at tended a dance with Mr. William Murray, who also boards there. Miss Reynolds remained at home, but she had expected to go, when Mr. Shea- ley left, and on returning at abou' 11 o’clock Mr. Shealey called to see her home from the dance, but find ing that she did not come to the dance, went on home alone. Mias Reynolds avers that she left the from door open and a light burning in the hall. When Mr. Shealey arrived at the house he found the front doot locked and no light in the ball. H» first rang the door bell, and as he wm- doing so. he says he heard someone walking in hjs room up-stairs. H- thought, be says, that it was Miss Reynolds frying to find a match t< strike a light, hut Miss Reynold! says it was not she. - She did not open, the door, as she says she left it open, and she thought it was someone try ing to get entrance to the houfte. A colored woman, the cook, was sleep ing in the house. When Mr. Shealey called Miss Rey nolds recognized the voice and go' up and opened the door. Shealey went to his room and soon aftei retired. At about a quarter to 1 a pistol shot awoke him. and he in stTmth- nrowp and went to .the door, ; which he found closed. He called to Miss Reynolds and then felt the wound for the first time, although blood on the bed shows that the wound had‘~bn*m~ bleeding before he got ui). He says he was asleep lying on his back at the time. A careful search of the room revealed noth ing. No one was there or could any one be found anywhere in the house Busch, on his boat, heard the shot'. No one else heard It. Mr. Shealey say* he heard no sound after th' shot was fired. Mr. Murray and Miss McGhee arrived from the dance about 1 o'clock, soon after the shot was fl red. The room door was shut. The window opening on a small porch was open, and he believes that he was shot from the porch. Nothing de finite could )w*-found from any tracks. When he came Into his room, he no ticed that the window opening on the porch had been opened, notwithstand ing, he says, that he shut it before leaving. A physician was summoned at once, and he is now resting easi ly. The bail has not been extracted yet. Some bureau drawers were found open in two down-stairs rooms, but nothing was missed. Nothing was interfered with in Shealey's room No motive can t>e ascribed for the crime. The shot was fired from to wards his head, ranging down Mr Shealey says he does not know of an enemy in the world, and he ts known to be an exceptionally quiet and well-liked young man. If it was committed by a robber, why dll he shoot when Shwaley was asleep, and th^re being no danger to the robber? The robbery theory Is not believed generally. But it was someone who wanted to murder him, what was the motive? ILLICIT STILUS ON INCREASE. That Boll Weevil Is Less Threaten* tn*. - One of the most remarksbls breaks In the history of the New York cot ton market occurred Friday as a re sult of a special report on the boll weevil sltuaton by the government entomologist. Dr. Hunter. At the 0 end of the decline, cotton for new crop deliv^iy was Belling at $2 a bale less rffan the closing price of Thursday. • The break was marked by panicky liquidation and excitement seldom equalled except In times of complete denioralizattou. Within half an hour prices, declined fully 35 point!“Slid while ,the market recovered a few point* of the loss the close was bafe- y steady, the general nervousness of the trades hngg*esTThg~ft thoruughiy unsettled state of sentiment. The decline was the culmination of a gradually increasing lack of con fidence in the stability of prices, which nearly reached the 13-cent lev el earlier in the week, when the low July condition report was received, showing a continuation of hot dry weather in Texas, where the crop was suppmed to be rapidly deteriorating. Bullish interests were disappointed hut crop disaster prediction did not creale enormous demand for con tracts to insure future supplies. The selling movement which started around 12.H? for December early In the week continued in Increasing volume until at the opening Friday morning December was veiling at I 2.1 b. Upon the publication of the boll weevil statem enti.nl.bt.shrdluhrdll weevil statement. Indicating that the nest was lees threatening this yeax than last, liquidation-reached record- breaking proportions and the decline was not checked tmlii December con tractu had sold at 11.91—47 points below the closing figures of the pre vious night, and 95 points ($4.75 wer bale i befow the high record of last Tuesday. There was a slight recovery later, with December clos ing 12.0.') bid. a net lost* of 34 points •or the day. Rumors of rains In Texas ware lenied and bulls pointed out that the onditlons which have restricted the avages of the boll weevil have also been very unfavorable to the plant ‘n the. Southwest. But It is bellev- d that a strong hear clique has been formed under the leadership of Theo- 'orp H. Price and that this clique ■xerted a strong influence on the day's market in the immediate sltu- it ion. ' • Scored by CardHitl Gibbons BE mtmwWm :±^ie®**s1 la ftouth Carol tea and Says Family Utw 9a Thai Qte Be Favorably Compared With Family Life fas State# $JT»ere It Is Easy to Obiate Divorce*. Cardinal Gibbons, la aa interview PREACHER ROUTS BURGLAR. at Baltimore on Wednesday replied to remarks of former Supreme Court justice Henry B. Brofffi otr the snb- ject of divorce before the Maryland Bar Association at Old Point Com* fort last week. The Cardinal saldr “Justice -Brown baa taken except tlon to my views on divorce and rp- marriage. He la reported to have referred to the founder of the Chrle- tian religion as an ‘idesHat,’ whose sentiments; white suitable to leiMU favored times and circumstances, are not adapted to this enlightened age. The learned jurist will permit me to say that the teachings of Christ have been the basla of ail Chriftian Legisla tion for nearly 2,000 years, and con tlnue to be the light and guide of millions of souls. And there ts no subject which he treats more ful’y and clearly than the question of mar* rlage. foundation atone of our family* and social life. "In three of the gospels he pro* claims the unity of marriage and permits separation of a married coup* le only In the cause -of adultry. I do not see why a law which has been _ enforced and cordially accepted in every age and country where Chrletl* an ity dominates, ahouid be consider ed obsolete or impracticable In the United States. . "The multiplication of dlvorcd*/* ~ the Cardinal continued, "is largely ascribed by some writers not to our divorce laws, but to the eager and reckless manner in which ministere of God officiate at marriage eervicee. But are not tbeae persona confound ing cause for effect? Divorces are ronltiplled not by ministere, who willingly assist In ill assorted mar- rages, but becanae loose lagMgt|!E. on matrimony renders It enay for married parties to annual the BMP* riage bond. „ _ "IT the civil laws of all oar State# were aa strict aa they are in South Carolina and Canada, the peraong contemplating marriage* would se riously snd respectfully reflect; they would study each others disposition and temperament before engaging la a contract which would bind them for life. And certainty the peace and good order In the family life in Boetfe favor- 7 : e ‘t: -iiK m *• .,V '• 'TROT ■M i'G - • >V’ -rMs --'V* | Carolina ~and > ~Canada an be favor- Roanok«> Minister Overcome* Man Armed With Hatchet and Knife. When the Rev. W. H. H. Joyce, patitor of Trinity Methodist church, at Roanoke,, Va., entered that edifice Thursday to go into his study he met a burglar who attacked him with » hatchet. The burglar aimed a >!ow at the ministers bead in an '•ffort to brain him. but Joyce, who is an athlete of powerful build, ward 'd off the blow and in « desperate struggle got possession of the hatch- ■t. The burglar then drew a large knife, but the minister forced him to a door. The burglar dashed into the street and the Rev. Mr. Joyce chased him several blocks. The fleeing man dropped a pocketbook containing a card that bore the words "Dan Rice, aged 22 years." & ably compared ^Ith the domestic | conditions existing In those States \ where divorces can be easily obtain- . ed." to Greenville CRueaa Put a Stop to Depredations. i Admitting that the police force is * ( powerless to cope with the gang.of ■burglars that..has terrorized Green- | 872. A year ago the entire number ville, S. C., for months, Mayor Ma hon has deputized a number of prom inent cRTzens to arm themselves and patrol the streets of the residence district. These men will serve with out compensation and announce that they propote to end the reign of law lessness at the expense of bloodshed if necessary. The homes of the may or and the chief of police are among Prohibition Breeding “Moonshine" Plants in Georgia. More illicit stills were destroyed in the State of Georgia during the fiscal year Just terminated than were destroyed in Georgia, Alabama, Flori da. and Mississippi a year ago, says a message from Atlanta. These statement* axe taken from the an- nuaF report of Revenne Agent James I H ’ Surber? - During the. year Just | closed. Surber and his assistants raided and destroyed 616 stills in Oedrgla, 231 in Alabama, 2 4 in Flor ida, and 10 in Mississippi, a total of Drowned at Augusta. Jos .1. VanDyke, a locomotive fire man, was drowned Tuesday night at Lankey's natatorium, at Augusta. He went to the swimming pool with a party of friends. He was a good swimmer and dived from the spring board to come up no more. It was not knewn.thatiifi was drowned until he was missed by the party, who be- (gan search Immediately and found his body in the bottom of the pond. He is survived by seven children and [a wife. Miss Norman Vandyke, a daughter, had just gone Co AUklita for a visit, and has been wired to return home at once. destroyed was'“onTy~'470: The revenue officer attributes the increase to the high price and in creased demand for whiskey since the prohibition laws began to be passed in the South. t , Million Attended Expertttoa. Th& million niark for attendance at the Seattle exposition was passed those dispoUtd by the burglars, m3 ! i D 42 days, beating both the James-] though depredations have occur.’4(1, town and Lewis and Clark ahows. nightly, not a single arrest has been I lh lch took 90 and «5 days xespect,. made. — ^ , ively. Sheriff Kills Negro. Sheriff J. G Kakley. of Centerville, Ala., shot and killed an unknown ne gro Wednesday afternoon, who was suspected of the brutal murder last week of E. B.‘Wilson, a prominent merchant of Brtarflehi. Ala. W thw sheriff wont to arrest the aggro he showed fight and was killed. 21 Children In 85 Yean. Tn his 3 5 years of married life William Toner, a blacksmith, of W i 1 m I n gton; IMT," "B*Sa''5feWt1»e of 21 rtall<?re*. v The latest addition to his famlliuis a pair of twins which arrived this week. Toner Is 57 yeers of age tend his wife is 50. Of the 21 children 14 are littaf. Dragged catching her Bruce was ii la . this . va - DiaaKNSiOK nr church. -Pastor Not in Hfs Owe . K • ■ f-f Allowed Chairh. Dissension in the Presbyterian chnrch, of New York city, which led its pastor, the Rev. Dr. J. Howard Tate, to have two policemen stationed there daring eer- vices two weeks ago, has become so grave that Dr. Tate was barred oat of the structure twice. Back of the Board of Tmsteos’ ae> lion in locking the church against the clergyman lies a story In which his nephew, Paul Tate, formely or ganist there, and a young woman singer in the choir figure. The pay ment of $500 for the suppression of a scandal affecting members of tho church is another feature of" the story. , '3L Accompanied by his wife, the pae- tor went to the church at ten o’clock In the morning, and at eight o’clock iu the evening prepared to hold ser vices. On each visit be found the door* locked, while on the front door was a placard, which reed: "No services today. Church closed by order of the Board of Trustees." ~ TRAGEDY ON MORRIS ISLAND. Young Ladles Jost Escaped Death. Assailant a Saklde. After attempting at about daylight Thursday morning to chloroform two’ young ladles, the daughters of Wishing, hand keeper of house on Morris Island, near i