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CLOUDJURST the Mexican State «f Tohasce hy Sweewitf All Befere k. A VERY HEAVY RAINFALL "Mr. Over Thirty-two Inches Fell, Which I" Heaviest for Three Weeks in _ Thirty-two Years—Cities _ and Towns Inundated, People Are Homeless and Crops Destroyed. An estimated loss of five millions of pesos, including crops and fine hard woods, two lives known to bo lost and many others, It ia feared, sacrificed in the floods, hundreds of homes In country and town washed away and thousands of head of cat tle drowned are the known reaulta of the disastrous cloud burst and storm that broke over the State of Tabasco, Mealoo. Wednesday, fol lowing 21 days of Incessant rain all over this region. Rivers are out of their banks, towns Inundated, thousands are homeless and no re lief is yet iu sight. From north to south, eitending across the State from the Mescalpa and the Grijalva rivers, which take the two names after forking near Hulnagullto to the banks of the Usu- macinta, which for a short distance marks the boundary between Chiapas and Guatemala, the entire country is a total waste. Only the high mountain villages and plateau farnia escaped from the terrific onslaught of the waters. Five hundred families are home less in the city of Atasta alon Other cities and towns inundat are Mulnaguilto, Tenosique, Jal^ia Tlacetalpam, Tinpa, Santa Rowa/an,. a number of smaller \ illagee/klon* the Mescalpa river, while th/ soutb border of the State of Jonuti. Palac- na. Carmen. Pallrada and/Santarl'a in the valley of the Usuiyiclnta river are badly damaged as btae n-ault of the flood. of thlrt;'-)4o and a half inches » fallen In tb« State In three w'Wtt*. which is th’* record for wate/ fall fS^^-^ars A large part oyihe lower si-ctioh <n San Juan Da^tista is under water. The barrio prT Santa Crut has tx^a totally dep</i>ulaft-d *rii the water i» three an<J four feet deep in man; houses. Temporary lodging hous es hav/ be<*n fined up by the authorities of Snn Juan Hautima an than a thousand .** »i»ie ire <1»f. Tairn iir»v<,-lodged *t U. j city's i^wG^b* uiaigilrvA. , ^.‘Sb^hvefyt^'rdhu? nately, however, the express office and the Haruche-N'ettles store had closed some time before and only the occupants in Watkins Brother* were hurt. The explosion shatter ed glasses throughout the city, prin cipally on Main street, and the shock could be distinctly felt for tulles many thinking thnt It was an earth quake. In the nearby baiber shop men rusbei to the streets with half sbuv en faces snd one shoe shined ^tfc Bulsh their toilet s* *•* — ‘S sre e, II INK'S J»nunrv \ 1,1 lit* * e it, ^ ^ . . __ '.4‘^ GOOD ROADS WORK ■ 7 COHMI66IONER WATSON ASKS FOR INFORMATION. Number of Mlltt of Roadway ud Coat of Same to Be Sent in by Every Ooanty. — A circular was addressed by Com missioner Watson a few days ago to all of the county supervisors of fhe State calling for exhaustive in- formatlon as to Just what has been done in the matter of good roads in every county of the State during the year. The information which will be furnished by the county su pervisors will be used In the next annual report of the commissioner, which will be one of the most com plete ever submitted on the good roads question- The table accompanying the cl lar has space for Information as miles of roadway in the ydif- ferent counties, all data as to/con struction, number of miles bhllt in 190$, expenditures in momty and labor, cash tax. labor tag and the total estimated amount expended by the counties for roads Tn the last decade up to 1909. The following Is the circular and the schedule: -, County Super visor. “My Dear 8)lt: This department Is exceedingly anxious, for various reason, some of which, of couree, will be apparent to you, to obtain an socurAte and detailed statement as to the work of building public highways in South Carolina for com- pIlaGbu and publication In my forth coming annual report. Of course, s information can only be obtain- from the county supervisors In the Several counties of the State, and hence 1 iidi sending you this circular with the requiat that you fill in the blanks Indicated below OYER SCORE LOST SteiRer Hestia Wrecked Off Seal Crawl Manan, Bay of Foody. A CRASH AT MID Navigator Unable to IMck Ont Safe Course in Terrific Storm—Only / Six of Forty 7 Persons Known to Be Have<l,r*-vShlp on Its Way to This Country. The/North Atlantic’s annual toll of llyAs and vessels received the first tithe of the winter season from Its utary—the Bay of Fundy— ednesday In the loss of at least a score of souls and the destruction on a shoal, Inside of Old Proprietor s Ledge, off Seal Cove, Grand Manan, of the Donaldson Line steamer Hee- tla, bound from Glasgow for 8t. John and Baltimore. Four of the victims—young Scotch ladles—were passengers on the ill-fated steamer and the others were members of the crew. Captain Newman and twenty or more members of the crew were last seen in a ship’s boat which was being tossed on a stormy sea. Of the forty persons who were aboar dthe steamer when she piled up on the shoal, at 1 o’clock Wednes day morning, only six are positively known to have been saved. They were forced to cling to the wreck, shifting their precat^ous positions often as the steamer was tossed by the great seas. It was not until 3 p. m. that life savers were able to man their boats and reach the stranded vessel. When rescued the survivors were in a weakened state after their 14 hours ordeal. Those known to be saved are: Third Mate Stewart. Second En gineer Moigan and Seamen Keen, Mc- to the best of your ability and re turn the same to me at the earliest I Keuxie,’ Smith and McVickar. possible moment. “Wbllk I am sure It is not sary, I wish to call your attention to the fact that there are two provis ions of law which require the turn iahing of such Information by both State and county officials when called upon by this department therefor. However, I know- that you will b<- glad to furnish this information ce to ^ l‘i"r great care and the he«t tante Tjheir seieetKm# an*!- hope to make •on I an eclip»lng season. .V TodRlhTI A N COX V EMION. f*?rhe annual convent!^ ^he ChrU- g r »in Church of ihia c p - , -W5A2v clfi A nderunn next ggr-itunie include* a tnar-'diifiTnr i C X A h*a\y northeasterly gale is be lieved to have been responsible for the Hestia’s fate, although It Is sup- poced that a mistake of the man at the wheel in * Moving he had pick ed up Gan-eti Rack Light whle really disci r r.iug the gleams nT the light house on Miehias Seal Island (several miles southwest) carried the ship many miles off her course. The sallora of the middle watch hunks a n hour Miciatioo. “ T " " B. T. C«ti*ey, Moderator. 'V. II. Dowlln?, Clerk. All delegate* to the shove AssoHa lion are requested to attend on the tir*t tiie iu#‘ 5AU8EH TROUBLE AMONG THE BUY ERA AND 8ELLERA. The Ferment Kefane to Accept the Rates of Ckrttou Buyers and the Uaioa Takes a Hand. The fitate says there is dissatis faction In the Farmers’ Union over the tare rate on cotton. This mat- rf ter i» reported to have bees con sidered at recent meetings of the county union in Richland. It seems the foreign shippers allow a tare margin of 30 pounds on a 500-pound bale to the buyers and shippers. The buyers and shippers are said to have formed an agreement among themselves Ho allow only 21 pounds to the bale. In this connection the Farmers Union has Issued a circular letter in ■which the grievance Is presented to the farmers with a view to taking some action relative thereto. Some action was taken at the last meet ing, but just what was done has not been definitely «s'*t‘vd by the State Fartnere’ Union. In the issue of The Farmers’ Union Sun of Augue 27, was pnb- llshed the text of the agreement of the buyers, together with a reply by A. J. A. Perrltt, president of the South Carolina State Farmers’ Union. The articles 'n question follows: Gum ky Canties Skew Very lateresl- . hf Ftfnrei. CHECKING THEM UP Agreement of Spinners and Cotton Buyers of Columbia, 8. C., Terri tory: We find It necessary to take some steps relative to the excessive amount of bagging and ties that is now being put on cotton at the gins. The excess bagging, and ties put on at the gins is increasing, and it Is now the custom of many gins to use an unnecessary amount of bagging and ties In covering the cotton. The merchant ia billed back by the spin ner with the amount of oxceea bag ging and tins, and, In view of this fact, it is necessary to take step* to protect ourselves against this loss All domestic mills and European buyers are deducting for excess bag glng and ties, and we, the under signed, will he forced to do like wise; therefore, on and after Hep tember 1, 1909. w-e will deduct for exresa tare as specified below. On all cotton carrying more than jiix yards bagging, we will deduct OQqjidti per yard for each yard _ r.if •T’V 7V- ge foun<r^ n ,| 1 KiT-i cording Jj a message under side of a wooden toOH'i' basket of grapes bought by " l: V. Hubbard. 825 NonA f.^Dr’ ula street, Indlnnapop* vmlt M / widow desires a husi.^ V i itli Mr. be “nice," wealthy an**ie llmUon py disposition. She a T •‘ , im i l.c-ll to have dark <confcph him for the remaindh Aj Thxe messag wit.TV.)* *7 / s ; ( •YlT''* 4 , TJj r»>«f w _ “ “ | tf’miaa.l p held. . w0w ^ •Ivnkl,,^ •* K an U' i" jr-r., "‘.il,whe waa then eec- rKury of war, wss pressing Lor- ton’i name. Bat Roosevelt got the •lory of Judge Lerton’s use of pri vate cars, sod be dropped that nsmi from his Mat-’ "President Taft and Judge Lur too were on the beach together. At otve time the court was made up of Taft. Lvrtoo aod Day. the latlei being My, Justice Day, of the United States supreme court. The district I Deluded Michigan. Ohio. Kentucky and Tennessee Judge Lurton owe hie appointment to President Cleve land. "A leading member of the Nash vlli« bar and himself a corporal tor lawyer John J. Vertress. What h» had to say of Judge Lurton take* on added significance from the fact that he Is personally and pro fee (donally the Judge’s friend. “ Tn these days,’ said Mr. Ver treea, ‘judges aod lawyers are apt to be classified under two heads those who place the emphasis or property rights, and thoee who place the emphasis on personal rights. To the former class belongs Judge Lur ton.' The attorney went on to argue that this position is the correct one. and that stability of property should be made paramount. I talked with lawyers in TJtttcimtati and Memphis, aod found nothing to contradict tbs Impression as to Lnrton'i corporate aod ralhray leanings. " '|f Jadga Lurton baa svar de cided a motion or a ease fn a way distasteful to tha* Lonlsvills and Nashville railroad.’ aald a Memphis attorney. ‘I never beard of the h-k ease,' and be added: ‘Thi* may Sp mean that the L. A N. road Is al- ways right; but If that Is wbat it means It Is singular to say tbs least’ * "Judge Lurtofi’s pro-railroad and pro-corporation record oerrers a po Hod of about 80 years. It began when the firm was Lurton A Smith, and be waa local attorney ter the L. A N. It ts made up on many baerned decisions, well written and tony 'buttreseed' by hoary * prpee- dent, and all ten<1 lug to the weaken ing of personal and tha •tr^gthan- 1»g of pragdftr rlMMR T*? h*" ■Lj j H 18 p r t 4Vf()ni**ilsy,) th** m-'iiir the in.wt Ihcir nsmrs hv mnil ir '•,tnii£ folk-* of A* ^ • Given*, ( Imlr- 1<h ncHiuifnl blonisW^ ee 0,1 Uorptt"lity nt mlrrd br nil wh'o kneV" 1 '"'*' 1 ! |»rrpsr»- (■ruhb* i* th** vciy rfllcient £ 8tWwW‘iiui wel in- mi|i;< ymc.it of Mr r'. 1’ r#w>. wlicrc Im wi,i continue nfler mncrUtc mul their iiimiiv friend* h re olid to know that t'.i y "ill mxkn Elko their home At lln» writing tho mirringe i< two Jsy< oil’ hihI a ilntsil tl Kvcount of the runrrirtgo can not he given until aier. A didightful attention to the Itnde- eleot, Mi«> Kai y 1’ender. w a* a "Tin St'.nwer” tendered to r on Moml iy »fternoon from 4 ;:>0 to fi lit) bv Mi»* Janie S l i iocftdlow at the home of tier (ii,ter Mr* Lneia Lott, t’nt llowetK and potted plant* in t.rol union were used for de -oration* Ton ball parlor, o u r.iotn w f :7 s J, ‘$t ^Jt^-lor *e rs- 'i 1 '' t *•- - ri , "i. tzt-U's. S, Hull, were heav.lif ul’y de hesu* w In *■;. ,y ^ -'•'ill [or bunds mi(T2 Present Dispensary I .aw Doc* Not Provide for Any HetUement in Cnae of No Assets—Important Matters to Gome Before Winding- up Commission. The State says one of the matters likely to come up in connection with the final winding-up of the affairs of the dispensaries In the 15 coun ties in which prohibition becomes ef fective next month wul concern the liability for claims for supplies. At the present time it la thought that all of the counties will have enough money when the business Is closed on the 15th to pay all claims and in some of these oounties some money will probably ba turned Into the county treasuries aa profits. The preoent dispensary law doss not make the Stats llabla beyond the assets in the case wf each county and ap parently there IdC? way to force the county Itself to pay ibe claims. According to the checking up of Auditor West of claims fro'lii the '.w-iks of the county hoards affoKij shows a total of f235.lSl.80 dueV' 1 Tha claims by counties are aa fol- lows: Abbeville f 14,808.43 Bamberg . .. 11,070 93 Barnwell . . . 21,575.93 Berkeley ... 10,220.01 Calhoun ... 12.609.66 Colleton . .. 5,066 92 Dorchester . . . . ... 14,062.92 Fairfield 19,802.09 Hampton Kershaw .. . 12,439.04 Le«> . . . 19,619 03 Lexington 6,024 80 Orangeburg . 43.423.13 Sumter . ... 7.772.55 \t jlliamBburg .... . . . 29,108.52 A good. *nber, bone*t rbT(LT*w .rjribv man to attend to a four h(ir*e farm Ho mn*t he able t<> manage labor. Good wage* to the right man. Addi e-i* WlllHton, S C. K. K. I). No. 1, Box fit;. LAND FOR S.VLK~ Any one wluhing to buy a good farm of 4 >0 acre* two horae farm in cultiva tion, good raxok rou aiot-K . Apply to l airf#*^ J H William*. AilendalPj. SyateKbero, Ga. ttfiue w ill bviU, F. 1), No. G. above date*. \ -I- ’BV Total 1235,1 61 80 All eountlee, except Lee, Le-xing ton. V, IlliamBburg and Berkeley, have w u chcckod up preparator) to clofcing on November 15. Thes*- will bo attended to within tho n"x. few days. After the closing ot tb- dlspenBane^M r West will check up the remainder of the business ami *— «onn after when the fixtures **■ - . --flJtioe IUn,»,ll. C . N-^iaCkUiHjBrp WANTED '4 “ ^ (D^-T)Ott A good. *obcr, honest mie man to attend to a four ho™ m « m0nln 11. must he ahle to manage l* me Good wage* to •■ia 1 - ’~r - /r rr r ' "ho havi I 1 k (; n,. gA- — /ij.Ve’b-' ‘'o^il^Yiiiiil, Eik*^!,,, ' lea tie J 4-^te.^.r* oi 1908. these One road for damage ->erwonal Injuries failure of the road to ftni oiah safety Appliances required by the eo-oalled coupler law Judge Lurton protoct- vd the railroad by reading Into the ’aw the necessity for due diligence Meantime tha same sort of case went from Arkansas to tha Unltn-l Ttatee supreme court and the latter body knocked out tha ‘due diligence’ ’efenee Kelly applied to Lurton 'or rehearing ‘Denied,’ ruled the •ourt. ’No opinion,’ that was all Mnce then the supreme court has ntervened and taken the Kelly case ‘rom Lurton's court. “Judge Lurton. as a member of •he United Htatee circuit court of ippeals, found technical grounds for 'eclarlng the employers' liability act inconstitutional. In the applica tion of J. K. Keen for an Injunction gainst voting certain railway stocks, fudge Lurton found the Sherman anti-trust law not to be binding up -m him or hla railroads, much to the latlsfaction of E H. Harriman, whose consolidation program was thus made ea«ry. “Aa far back as the early ’70s lodge Lurton was known as a par tisan of the corporations as against the people, defending the claims of turnpike aod early railway companies to the subsidies voted them by the State before the war *Tt ts recalled that whan ho was a member of the chancellors court he read a paper before the Bar associa tion arsuing the entire rnffleiency of the CoufES T6 curb trusts monopo lies, and depreciating legislation of this character ‘‘Another paper was read a few years ago is devoted to an elaborate defense of corporations generally. “Judge Lurton waa born In Clarks ville, Ky, but waa brought, aa a boy, to Tennessee He graduated from the Lebanon School of Law, the oldest institution of its tort in Tennessee. After abont four years aa judge of the chancellor* court ha was sleeted to tha State supreme court bench, where ba served ten year*. Ha waa appointd to tha fad- «ral court In 1808. HJ» tn Nasbvtlla. Ha has both grown, tad ' n, , lt, o<i Kh " l ojtal dischar ,‘7 s «-*-’St 0 ' - H ^ ! HUSBAND FOUGHT VAINLY TO EXTINGUISH FLAMES. Saucer of Unimeat Which Mrs. Mag. gle Rooks Was Wanning Catches Finv igniting Her Clothes. The Atlanta lourniil says Mrs Maggie Rooks, 22 years of age. the wife of John M. Kook*, of 95 Cell- « ti al avenue, Atlanta, after -audvrutg excruciating agony from buinn re ceived Monday afternoon, arose in her bed acreamlng for water, and then fell hack llfble«t. Mrs. Kooks’ death occurred a*. 8 o’clock Tuesday morning at the Gra dy hospital, whither she waa taken within a few minutes after she rt- eelved her burns. Mrs. Rucks never for an Instant lost couactousm-ss. On account of her aerious condition no soothing opiate could ba administered, and for 15 houra tha young woman suf fered agony with great fortitude. In a room at her noma, 95 Central avenue, about 5 o'clock Monday af ternoon, Mrs. Rooks was heating tn a china saucer, a liniment contain ing turpentine, which she was In the habit of applying to her husband's back, which waa Injured while he was at work some time ago. She had placed the aaucer on the hearth .near the fire, and was wait ing in,HI iue liniment would h- hot i enough for use. Mr. Rooks expecto rated Into the fire causing a number of spa. v a to fly Into the liniment which was IgU'.'ed Instantly. Not thinking oi dJUJg«r- to her self, Mrs. Rooks selred the saucer, and with a light cotton apron, which she was wearing, attempted to ex tinguish the blaze. Part of the flaming liniment waa spilled on the floor and her apron waa soon In a blaze. In a second the entire apron waa a flame and other portions of her clothing caught. Not for an Inutant loring her self- font rol, Mis. Rooks rushed frorp the room to the back porch, cry ing to her busoand to tear off the blazlug garments. In fear and excitement Mr. Rooks began tearing and ripping off the clothing, but even In the few sec onds the work necessitated, his wife received burns which proved fatal. The husband was aided by Mandle Lumpkin, sn aged negress, living In iho basement of an adjoining house, wtu hearing the screams was the ?, a VJ if. M-XS-t a aM # mi Y_t rcnmm jUjb h i w* duun id Br*tkw-»-Uw. THE CRIME LONG PLANNED Unable to Hold His Tongue Re Tells the Potto* and Say* He Win Be Able to Sleep la Pence. Murders Committed on Farm Near Kansas City. James McMahon has confessed that he murdered hla sisters, Mias Rose McMahon and Mr*. Alonso Vg* Royen and th* latter** husband. Alonzo Van Royen. on a farm near Kansas City, Kails., last Tueaday. A long atandlog family quarrel cam? od the tragedy. McMahon killed Van Royen in a wood and later wont to the Van Royen home and ahot IU* ■later*. Fearing mob viol«ne* by a throng that gathered about th* ooanty jail after the confession became known, the sheriff rushed the murderer and bis brother, Patrick McMahon, and Patrick Lamb, a farm hand, who are held aa witnesses, to tho penitentiary at Lansing In aotomobUeo. McMahon’s inability to keep hi* *«crvt caused him to be arrested. 11,^ told a friend where he bad bid den a revolver with which be did the killing, and several article* ho took from Van Roy*n’a bom*. As Sheriff Becker waa preparing to fcrrvrt James McMahon the latter walked fAjo hla office and announced he was rea<f> K help work on tho case as he had bee^^oluj? since the tragedy. Sheriff Becker immediately arrest ed him. Prosecutor Taggart and Sheriff Becker sweated McMahon for two houra. Then McMahon eonfeoaod all. "Yes. I killed my two slater* and brother-in-law and I was crasy when I did It." be shouted, rising out of btM chair and pacing the room. “It took me three months to plan and execute the crime. I waited until 1 knew my Intended victims would be tn the right positions for me to kill them and get away. On Tues day Rose wont to visit at Van Roy- en s and Lon went to the wood*. I*, found him and shot him'in the bead. , v He fell and I fired six shots into his back. I always bated him. "Thtn I walked inta^jhoj -v-2g Cotton Factors, bagging and Ties, Fertilizers, Handlers of Upland, Sea Island and Fiorodom Cotton, Liberal advances made on consignments of cotton. Personal, prompt and careful attention to all business entrusted to us. FURSE & LAWTON, “1“ East Bay St., Savannah, Ga, SAME OLD MAN. IN THE SAME OLD WA Y. BUT WITH HEW TOOLS AND NEW IDEAS. Will guarantee no better Work can be done fiom miv -L we can do. Only regular Apprentice work. 11. Three admlrallty charts, cov ering Smith sound and the polar regions. Nos. 369, 27 4 and 376. 12 One BllssfAlmanae of 1 908. 13. One Negus almanac, 1907. The Times has follof ed the steps i>**e«rlbed by tbeae ti men and has verified their goings and com ings, their purchases of books and charts end the fact of their Inti mate relations with Dr Cook Whether the “obsarvatlona’’ calcu lated by Cspt. Loose and supplied aa he alleges, to Dr. Cook, were adopted by the latter and made a part of his report to the Untverf ty of Copenhagen, it Is. of course/^ <n- poselble to say, without a cott^Vrl- son of Capt. Loose's narrative with that report. The Times has com municated to the University of Cop enhagen tho main facta of Capt. Loose’^ story and Mr. Dunkle’s and offerod to supply to tho university the /Corroborative documents It has Ived from these two men. One of/ then* purports to be Dr Cook’* memorandum directing the prepara tion of obeervaXlons from Svartera&g all the way to tbe pole. In the narrative of Capt. Loose he frankly expresses his scorn of Dr. Cook’a claims, laugh* *t hla Ik norance of the simple*! essentials for accurate observations In the Arc tic region* and deecrlb** at length how, working backward from the pole, he calculated observation* that would fit M with Cook’S narrative and- coached him on the treceeeary modi first ions of the latter. A*, for example, tbet be mugt be sure to record ttast he roee before 4:15 o’clock on k certain morning, be cause ft was at that hour that a eer tain star, mentioned in one of Loose's calculations, would be vlsi ble. Mr. ftnnkle describes the In ception of the enterpriee; bow from newspaper* they gathered that Dr. Cook was In deep water and In ferred that be would be. glad to pay for help; bow Dunkle got John IL Bradley, Cook's backer, to 1 at rod no* dm; how delicately _ ».v, .... '' **? t r, n (r, ^ tilled and**4vo. Unit siding, which hsppt,^. .. fv .-_ Stein's Pane He telegraphed to the dispatcher that he would have to have new running orders, as Mtae Srheff Insisted on remaining there until her bath wee finished. The or- ler was compiled with, aa Miss He he IT was paying for the train **c*Uerei| over _ I -- or , .. J »mee GordmJ*** U * T whe-e than we nave mo*t of their DENTIST* Sant HI, > , . S.& OF Klt’fl: HoUBRt 8.30 «. mi to 6p. m Person* living awiy fro* Bai 11 MR will please make Sppolntmbntk MM coming Br »ri doing ttiek Will to tog* of immediate service and dVeto Atoi sppeliitttonu. Britton's Book Storey Barnwell. At BesideKe, in Stock and fof Sale. Al! School Boo 1 ’•, AdodteJ by t'v.' State. School and Fattcy Statioheryi hi hies, Song Aooks and Stai dard Literary V/ As. Tory FATAL SHOOTING SCRAPE. A Lawyer Shoots Down Town Mar- nhol of Byron, Ga. At Byron. Ga , on Wednesday C. E. Bateman, town marshal, was fa tally Injured by A. T. Harper, a lawyer, In a duel with pistols on th* principal street of tbe town. Bale man charged that Harper bad de stroyed tbe hap(gneee of his home and artacked the latter wi'b a heavy walking cane. Harper pulled bis pistol and fltv>d five shots, two of which took effect. Bateinan drew hie pictol as ho toll and fired upon Harper, but Harper was not Injur ed. Bateman was rushed to a Ma con hoepltnl. where the statemjat was given out that hie Injuries wore fatal. -r-o alayer of Mrs Orlbble and Mrs. Ohlander, and the assailant of Mrs. Msggle Hunter, who was not Identi fied for hours after the discovery of the murder*. If Is now almost certainly known that a negro, tbe negro who waa at flnft suspected is the guilty man. Persona have been found who state that this negro was seen entering the Grlbble bouse with the fatal axe In his band, and was seen clos ing the shutters to the windows of the house, and to leave the premla- es, all at the hour when It Is be lieved the murders were committed. This negro's description has been p. luted on handbills and scattered broadcast over the city and county, with the reward offered, and all nearby towns have been notified and are on tho lookout. Police officers in automobiles have covered all the roads for miles surrounding the city, while posses on foot have scoured the places where automobiles could not go. Tbe house-to-house search of negro homes continues. It seems hardly possible that the egro can long remain at large. • hr, ary ^A^iTLitton, a/fie 7'*v. inctUenlT ideni, I’-'" to e Couple Claiming to be Maa and Wife Wedded Again. Gaffney had s novelty In tbe mar riage line recent*:*' Mias Annie tilrktoJV Ql Gastonia, and Mr. Ja*. Hager. *f Mooresrllle, ^. aiighT ed from the train at G^tey Sun day morning and announced that they had Just been made man and wife; but shortly after their arrival the chief of police received a mes sage from the parents of the young lady to the effect that the couple were not married and to arrest them. The lady Informed the officers tuat they could be married again and securing tbe services of Mr. H. M. Robbins, notary public, were soon tied up tight and fast. BOY STRANGLED TO DEATH. Refnswd to be Baaed When several telegraph meeseng er boys gathered around Ralph Head erson, aged 15. a new recruit to their ranks In front of ths Atlanta Ter- m ins I station late Wednesday pre paratory to “initiating'’ him he turn ed on them with an open knife Ralph Bnlce. tged 15. was stabbed by young Henderson through tbe left lung, probably fatally. Hender- eon le held In the city Jail pending the rneult of Buice’s Injerlee, Lynchers Foiled. A mob of ■nreral hundred citisens went to Dublin, Ga., Wednesday eve ning determined to lynch Hansom Newoome, a negro, who wa* In the cot Spartanburg Lad Accidentally Hangs Himself tn Bath Room. William Pendleton, aged t year*. • sttfi of the Rev W H. K. fcndln- ton. rector of th* Church of the Advent, wes found dead lilt tbe bath room at his home a faw mornings ago in Sp*rt*nbarg, S. C. He evl deotly had been dead for *ome time. The bog went Into the bath room to brush hi* half.^—'<v -Jarir, which tiiGy^ 0MpMn,> 'm, lar cauge. out ritop*. TtS* and ,•*. andsolKjb'- aaat ^4.Vt\*y4. Fatal Know Storm, Blinding clouds of snow, accom panied by lower temperature and a 35 mile* an hour wind, swept over Chicago and the surrounding ter ritory Wednesday, bringing death to three persons. One of tbe victims, a laborer, was found dead from cold and espoanre. The other two wer* riffrbad rfrltchtoen, who, blinded by enow, were run over by engine*. Fatally Burned Th* little daughter of Mr. an<| Mr*. Or over -Godtory. who .Ur* About ton miles from Gaffney, wa* fatally bum ed on Wednesday. The mother wa* at the torn milking, leaving th* lit tie two-yeer-old girl end her broth er, who wee 3, In th* house. The clothing of the girl caught fir# *n< was burned entirely off before the mother oonU reach her. - MACHlNi IHO: Tree Felled. end. We tope to go on bU time and In aa tender possible he lifted the proetrato, bed reached and almost lifeless form of his neighbor and friend and took to his home where hla family waa watting for him aware of a tragedy which had beea nacted only a few yard* fro mtheir own doorstep. The neighborhood waa arc—id. Willing friends volunteered ttolr services. One went five miles to Appling for Dr. J. L, Week*, tto family physician, while many willing hands did all Ir, to res use! late the then dyti Tbe news of tbe terrlbi* ***** spread almost by magic. Neighbor* hurried to the Kendrick tome. ^ About two hours after the injury Mr. Kendrick became scioua. Hi* terrible wound prohibit^ ed his telling of tbe ordeal thro«gh wljich he had paaasd. Hm Meki4 only look with a mate appeal, 4fMI those who were gathered atoaf bedside, into the tearful eye* of Mb fond daughter and the enraged faces of hi* war* condition yet who wore ba destruction of tto boost dealt tto ertol Mow* opoa bead. ’ fjoaUj nW®8sr sufferer lay npoo that IM* end wa* drawing motioned for a pencU He could not speak, was a physician’s skin oouW to th* of the dying maa on the bed. Mr. Koadrkfc rather scribbled cm a per "Jnle m BAMc "V* OP te if s --W,# 40V - ,