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She may go back to that h ..e now, where still lingers the a~^uoxy. of a . dark night when J. O. C ron lay asleep In his lied and was n. .rJered by Ed Green and John Pi'EV, while the wife stealthily left the home, and abandoned here hus- b;.:id to his cruel fate. .. \ humble woman now is Fannie •Csou. Out at the penitentiary they say that she has repented of her sins. Conducting a Bible class among her fellow prisoners, it Is pfobahle that she has seen the error of her way and it truly sorry for what she has done. Pity and the o inton that she has suffered much die the moving powers in the secur- ii.g of a pardon f^r this woman. Frail of body, a physical wr^ck ac cording to the written statement of physicians. Fannie Carson is not a fit person, in th i opinion of those who considered her case, to serve out her days in the State prison. Govs. McSweemy jyud Heywai l re fused to pardon the woman that now goes free. Mrs Carson will leave in the pen Hentiary serving life sentences John Page and Ed Green, the two men with whom she conspired to murder here husband. It was by thj con fession on the stand of Fannie Car- son that it was possible to convict these two men who are now serving life sentences in the prison. The planning of that horrible murder waF told by Fannie Carson on the witness B‘and, and she also told of the ac tual killing. On two occasions, before the two non took the life of her husband, ^he and they had discussed the plan a ad on the second occasion poison w is suggested. The first time that P^ge and Green came to the house to kill Carson, the wife Informed-the men that her husband was net sound asleep. This saved his life that time. The next time, when strychnine w is suggested, Mrs. Carson said she “did not have the heart to poison my husband,” thus failed the second plot to kill her husband. Then came tne third and successful plot. Ed Green and Page came around to the Carson home. What to do with the little baby was tb© first matter discussed. The men who were about to become murderers did rot wish to wake the baby, and It was agreed that Mrs. Carson would taloe the child out into the yard With no mention of the killing It- s.'lf. but in words that carried con- \ -Mon with more force than if there had been another eye-witness, the t an men who killed Carson, tlm wife t Id of the happenings of the next U w minutes. After describing the passage of E I Ore u and John Page through the. dining room, one with an axe in his hand, Mrs. Carson said, “well, I went out and went to the well, but I did not stay theme but a few minute* 1 went around to the front yard and stayed there until they came out When they came out John stooped in the kitchen and Ed started towards me, and I motioned my hand to him not to come to me, that the babe was awake, and he never came, and they went and I went th?n to Mr. Jackson’s.” And in those few min utes her husband had been murdered as he lay asleep. Some of those in Spartanburg County, who recall the killing of Carson, say that Ed. Green exerted a hypnotic influence over Mrs. Car son. Green had been received into the Carson home and had very prob ably planted himself In the affec tions of Mrs. Carson. When her husband came home drunk and abused her. Green would take up fot the wife. This attachment must have become closer and closer, judg ing from the matters hinted at in the papers filed in this case. Worn out, perhaps, by the drunk en debauches of her husband and day by day becoming more and more under the control of Green, Mrs. Carson readily lent herself to the fiffid. By securing the aid of Pag'e, this was found easy to do by Green. In a review of the case by the par don board, Green is called the In stigator of the plot and the one who used the other two to carry out tEe"piatr. it wjurtireeti who brought Carson strong drink from his farm across the way, it was Green who saw the need of getting Carson out of the way. One of that trio goes free. Ed. Green was found guilty of murder and sentenced to be hanged. His co-defendants, Fannie Carson and John L. Page, were found bailty, hot Court. to the A WHITE FIEND ATTACKS A YOUNG WOMAN AT NIGHT IN HER HOME. ( , ♦ Her Brother Hears Her Screams, and Went to Hen Assistance, But the Fiend Escaped. HIM Louise Willis, of-Walden, - Senator- 4* bow at his ^ rrrigili? Repahllcahs and Oa., was savagely attacked by an un known man In a room at the home of her brother, Mr. Emmett Wlilia, in a fashionable resld£uc& ^ection of Macon, Ga. r Thursday night. The man was frightened away by the approach of the young lady’s brother, who, hearing her screams, rushed to her assistance, and the young lady was thrown violently from her bed to the floor, a hand kerchief being tied tightly about her mouth. The Intention of the-in truder was criminal assault. The man mYde his escape through a window and made his escapp by the means of lightning rod. The police department are mak ing a determined searchHand from the description given by the young lady, It is believed her assailant will be captured ^ithin a few hours. The citizens of that section of the dty were quickly aroused and they are aiding in the search. At midnight the police depart ment, lj a d thrown out a dragnet citizens, had thrown out a dragnet, which, it is believed, will result in the arrest of Miss Willis’ assailant A light burning In the room occu pied by the young woman aided her In getting a good description of the man. He is described as being young and well dressed. The Willises are prominent in so cial circles in Macon, and at Walden and the attempted assault has creat ed a decided sensation. In one of the most fashionable res idence sections of the city another criminal assault was made the same night upon Mrs J. C. Hanlierry, a young matron, who with her hus- :>and, boards at the home of Dr. Wil liam Cleveland, on Washington ave nue. Mrs. Hanberry was alone in v room in the rear of the house when her assailant, a young white man, suddenly jerked open a window blind and attacked the woman. Ex- excising unusual presence of mind, Mrs. Hanl^rry succeeded in freeing herself from the grasp of her as sailant. Several occupants of the house were attracted by the woman’s screams and hurried to h'r assist ance, only to see the departing form of the intruder as he beat a hasty exit through the window he entered. BRUTE ATTACKS CHILI). The Fiend Was Pursued by a Posse Hut He Got Away. An unknown negro fnan made a desperate attempt to criminally as sault the 4-year-old daughter of W. C. Hearn, a prominent citizen of Belleville, Ga., Thursday afternoon. The negro wa s frustrated in his des perate attack by a man named Ben ton, who drove him away and res cued the fainting and dangerously ,n- jured child. A large posse of enraged citizens was immediately formed, and It Is thought that if the negro is caught he will be lynched. Bloodhounds traced the negro to a swamp near Pembroke. He later escaped from the swamp and tirade his way toward Daisy. There he was sighted and fired upon by a citizen. It is believ ed the man was wounded, but tv nanaged to again escape. GIVEN THE FROZEN HAND. Peary Had Small <Vowd to ellai' - > Him 4n Atlanta. A special dispatch from Atlanta to the Augusta Cnronicie says never was a man given such a cold shoul- ler in Atlanta as was Commander Robert E. Peary Wednesday ni?ht Only F. L. Seely, who Introduced him ’ared to appear on the stage tvitb him. There was not over 250 in he audience until the performance began, and then the management let in the crowd of the curious waiting in the streets. The audience had some Peary supporters hut was far from enthus iastic. Following the result of his lecture, Peary has cancelled his en gagement at Birmingham and will piohably appear no more in the South. to Imprisonment for life in the State Penitentiary. The defendant, Green, appealed and was granted a new trial. At the second trial he was found guilty of murder, with recom- scheme tp rid her home oX the hus -.ljntenjlatipn to mercy’. and .was there upon sentenced to life imprisonment in the Penitentiary. The case was first tried before the the trial, retired from the bench and died before the first petition was Hied In behalf of the prlsfinferr o L. Shumpert was at that time solic itor of that circuit and prosecuted the case. A petition in behalf of tbl* prisoner was presented in 1902 to M. B. McSweeney, then govern or. This petition was refused. An other petition was presented In her behalf to D. C. Heyward, then Gov ernor In 190S. Again the petition, although the solicitor recommended waa refuaed. m ri COMES TO HIS HOME SENATOR TILLMAN LEFT WASH- INGTON FOR HIS FARM Near Trenton on Wednesday After noon, Arriving There Thursday Morning. home In Trenton, having left Wash ington for that place on last Wed nesday afternoon and arriving there on Thursday morning, standing" the trip alright. He was accompanied by Mrs. Tillman and Misses Lena and Sophie Tillman, his daughters. In speaking of the departure of the Senator from Washington Zach Mc Ghee In his letter to The State says ♦he senator walked about one hun dred yards down the platform at the station to take the train. Just a few minute's ijefor© time for him to leave his apartments, he got up and dressed, then took an auto car for the station. He did not walk down the steps at the station, but went down in the baggage ele vator. Then for some 15 or 20 minutes he waited in one of the small servtee rooms, sitting down in a chair and talking with several friends, who came to see him off. On his way to the station the senator drove by the Capitol, jugt to give it a last look. He drove up to the steps, where he was espied by Senator Hale of Maine, who cam* out to see him. Senator Hale, one of the “big four” of the Senate, told Senator Tillman that he would look after all the local matters In which Senator Tillman would be In terested daring his absence. The Maine senator has served many years on the naval affairs committee with Senator Tillman, and the two men are close personal friends. Senator Tillman goes to Trenton and will remain there as quietly as possible. There are no other plans for him, although his family have been trying to persuade him to go to a sanitarium in Atlanta. They thought it advisable for him to stay here several weeks longer before go ing down, but he Insisted on going today, declaring that h e wanted to get out in his yard, where he can see his flowers and hear the June bugs sing. He has great plans in his head for building a cattle barn and raising cattle. SHOOTS HIS RIVAL. Because His Former Sweetheart Hail Marri«“d It im. Valney Owens, formerly living at Lake Toxaway, N. C., but who has been living out west for the past several years, shot and seriously wounded Sylvanus Sanders, at Lake Toxaway a few days ago. It appears that about two years ago dwens left for Wyvuning; prior to leaving for the West he became attached to a young lady of the Toxaway section. Miss Olo Norton; that while absent he corresponded with the lady; that he returned recently to Lake Toxa way and learned that Miss Norton was engaged to be married to San ders. Owens, it is alleged, quarrel ed with the groom to be. MY. San ders and Miss Norton decided to mar ry at once and several days ago a marriage license was procured and the ceremony performed. Mtonday Owens' wrath burst forth and while engaged in conversation with Mr. Sanders drew a p-istol and fired three times, oue of the bullets lodging in Sander's breast. Owens escaped. GETS ANOTHER BLOW. Must Prove His Discoveries or Lise Public Rewards. The proposal to have congress re ward Commander Peary for his dis- covery of the North Poles met with another setback in the house com mittee on naval affairs Thursday. Representative Englebright, of Cali fornia. his principal advocate in th committee, moved to discharge th subcommittee w’hich has been consid ering the Peary award bills and to consider them in full committee The motion was defeated by a vote of 17 to 1, Mr. Englebright alone- supporting his motion. Another mo- ’lon to d' r ect the sub-committee to consider further the bills providing for honoring Mr. Peary was adopted by a^unamimous vote. As a majo’it^ of the committee ig rtrongly opposed to voting a reward to Commander Peary, however, unless his proofs are made public, it is not expected that a bill on the subject will be reported out. Scared Off Brute. At Harmony, Ala., an attempt was made to assault Miss Allie Whitehead Friday night fast. Sfiq awoke to find a man In her room, and scream ed as he pulled the' cover from her. HUNG THEM i Insirgeat Repnblicaas id DenoortU At tack jMi Mu J«e. TWO ABE LYNCHED FOR PART IN JAIL DELIVERY. COMBINE AGAINST HIM the Prisoners Were Returned to Slieriff but Later Taken from Jail.-—The Work Done In Business Fashion. : At- Marios, AYk-, Bote Austin end - late Judge Earle, who shortly after T h® Intruder jumped from a win dow and escaped on a horse.' She could not tell whether he was white or black.- A drug had been poured on' her pillow Death of Dr. Kinkier. IDr. Wharton Slnkler, the noted physician and specialist on nervous fftsssses, died In Philadelphia, Pa., on Wednesday. He wms a brother of Hon. Charles St. George Sinkler of Berkeley, who* up to 1899 was Bute senator from that county. He was *2 years of age. , . ......,v.~ Democratic Members in the House Join in a Fight on Speaker Can non to Curb Ills Glowing Power Over the Members. They had a hot time in the House of Representatives at Washington on Thursday. Encouraged by their re peated victories over the speaker and the regular Republicans of the house, the “insurgents” started an aggres- movement for a change in the rules of the bouse for the purpose- of eliminating Speaker (famtmr Xrnm the committee on rules and curtail ing his power in legislative matters. Without a word of Earning that so radical a proposition would be brought up with the apparent sup port of a majority of the member ship of the house, Representative Norris late in the afternoon obtained the hoof and offered a resolution for k'change In the rule of the house. Mr. Norris insisted that the lan guage of the constitution gave his measure the same privilege that Speaker Cannon had claimed for a resolution relating to the taking of the census. He asked that this res olution be placed before the house at once. On both the Republican and Dem ocratic sides nearly every member was in his place and all realized that at last the “insurgents" were lock ing horns with the regular Republi cans for what might prove to be a death struggle. On both sides of the house the “whijis,” realizing the necessity of obtaining their full vot ing strength, put in motion all their resources for the summoning of ab sent members. Telegrams were sent to those absent on leave and had left the city. Taxicabs were ordered to make trips to he hotels and :es- idences of the few members known to be in Washington who were not on hand. The news of the impending strug gle soon spread about the city and the galleries that had been but half filled became crowded. Mr. Norris, whose seat Is on the Democratic side of the chamber, ap pealed to the speaker for Ji ruling In favor of the immediate consldera tton of his resolution. He insisted that the time had come for action by the house so that It might take mat ters affecting legislation into their own hands The attitude of the Democrats to ward the movement so suddenly put under way was made evident by the prompt endorsement of Mr. Norris' contentions by Mr. Underwood and by Champ Clark, minority leader. Mr. Underwood insisted that the language of the constitution made the Nebraskan’s resolution a matter of the highest import. Minority Leader Clarke reminded the speaker that he had once said that the house could do, anything It pleased, even to the election of a new speaker. “The speaker has said that an election could be put through the house if the house so desired,” shout ed Mr. Clark. “The speaker,” said Mr. Cannon, who had until now watched the pro ceedings in grim silence, "would be prepared to rule on the question when any gentleman thinks that the minority has become the majority. But that presents an entirely differ ent question from the one now be fore us.” “If we can change the speaker,” shouted Mr. Clark, “why can’t we change the rules?” Deafening applause on the Dem ocratic, .side was evoked by this re- Mr. Clark opposing!® * ? 2 =• s » that the resolution J# * ” £-S ^ 5 the committee on ~ 2 g that that committee, conSteti.* ~ / ♦luee Republicans, including >ne speaker, and two Democrats, could uot be trusted with a measure cur tailing its own powers. The Republican majority of one on that committee was as great as their majority in the house, “and," he added, amjd laughter, “more re liable.” “if yon want to change the rules,” shouted Mr. Clark, Iboking over the house, "now Is the accepted time.” When the applause had subsided. Majority Leader Payne made a strong and feeling plea for “regularity.” “We can not have the responsi bility of the majority of this house." said Mr. Payne, “unless we can. ex ercise it under the rules of the house The men on that side,” he continued waving his hand toward the Demo crats, “come today to break down the rule.” “Is the Democratic party going to rtiaY# Tfr nsj^al WutidSr?” lie asked. "Now at this critical time, with an election coming off and with the best interests of the people at stake, you, who have fought for the Repub lican party have a care that you do not atd and abet the enemy of the Republican party. An outburst of applause on tjie Republican side had hardly died oat before Mr Poindexter one of the loan time Charles Richardson, negroes, were lynched at an early hour Friday morning in the court house square by a mob of 300 citizens with abb leg and atieUing a Jail delivery that occurred there Monday night. Richardson wag arrested in Mem phis and while on the way to the local jail a mob overpowered S!.^. ; 1? Lewis and secured the prisoner, He confessed to complicity in ailing the escape of the prisoners and im plicated Bob Austin. The latter war immediately apprehended and It looked as If the trembling prinoners woiU4.be hanged on the spot. Cool er heads prov^ed and the two men were given over to the 'Hi*? woman retired at 7 o’clock, leav- At three o'clcok Friday morning a mob quietly formed and marched to the jail. The negroes were secured and hanged to a tree in front of the court house. The mob was orderly and went about its work in a busi ness-like fashion. The bodies of the victims were cut down at seven o clock Friday morning and were turned over to the negro friends for burial. POISONED EATING POPCORN. Popped in Frying Pan Which Con tained "Black Oil." The manager of the “Mellwood Distillery,” at Louisville, Ky., seven employes and two government rev enue men narrowly escaped death recently by the prompt attendance of physicians after they had eaten corn popped in a frying pan which had contained a lubricant known as “black oil.” In less than fifteen minutes after they had eaten the corn, all were seized with violent fits of vomiting, severe pains ami extreme coma. They were rushed from the distillery jn barriages to their homes and physi cians summoned. Seven of the men are pronounced out of danger. Three of them, Peter repp>r, Conrad Owens, and J. B. Sackleford, all distillery employ es, are still in a critical condiflon. was no regular system of rules In the house by which business inis transacted. Mr. Poindexter charged the insur gents of the houJI to bear in mind that this resolution gave them a chance to allow the country to see where they etood in their attitude of reformers of the practices of the house. Mr. DougltpgjA an impassioned ap peal to the majority, declared that by the adoption of the pending res olution the house would make chaos of its rules. “Now is the time of your salva tion, ’ shouted Mr. Poindexter, after ridiculing the suggestion that this was the beginning of choas in the conduct of the house. One of the most vigorous speeches of the day was made by Hamilton Fish of New York, who told of his efforts to get a hearing on his bills for a parcels post. . ’Your resolution for an inquiry into'the parcels isist suggestion gave the committee only 30 days to con clude its work,” suggested Mr. Smith “Oh,' exclaimed the New Yorker, derisively, “you could have changed that to give yourselves 60 or 90 day a" Then followed charges and counter charges concerning the methods of the house and inability of members to get hearings on bills and the Im possibility of having bills brought out unless approved by “the powers of the house." At three o'clock the regular Re publicans seeing that they were whipped left their seats, thus break ing the quorum, but the Insurgent Republicans and Democrats held the fort and renewed the fight as soon as a quorum asserurbled Friday morn ing. At two o’clock Friday afternoon a motion by representative Martin of South Dakota, a regular, that the house tafce take a recess until 4 p. nr. was carried by a vote of 161 to 151. Indescribable confusion and deafening yells greeted the result of this, the fourth test of strength, of tho question of obtaining a respite. From the Democratic side came the positive declaration that the regulars were defeated and that it was merely a qusstlpn jiyw pt haw L, and whea. It was claimed that a certain .majority was In sight for the Norris resolution whenever the speaker rules, if he does rule. From one of the most intimate friends of the speaker comes the GETS A NEW TRIAL THE SUPREME COURT SAVES A FIEND FROM A Deserved Hanging on a Nonsensical Technicality and Paves the Way for Isiter Lynching*. i ixx iif)mx. 1 -nu upon Robert Johnson, alais Tony Howard, from criminal assault has been stayed by la decision of the su premo court on life groumd that _ t¥e circuit court erred in the trial. The . * negro pleaded not guilty and at tempted to prove an alibi. The opin ion In the case is by Associate Jus tice Hydrick. A new trial will be given the negro. The negro was convicted in the Darlington county court last year. He was held for a time at the penitentiary for safe keeping. The crime was committed In the town of Hartsvllle In December of 1908. On the night of the outrage ii i#i A CaUrrd Sdntl it by Incendiary —*- . ' ‘;TTf t Rt«4e»ts Jared—Incewdisry ed—Mass Meeting of ' <temn* Act.—tHty < ‘ ■ ../'•* ■ Reward—Governor to Thursday morning early College, st Abbeville, was t In flames. The alarm was gives the people of the neighborhood sembled to render what they could to save the is the institution. The waJit building were already begin: falMn before the Are ed. and the flames were burstin of all the doors and win Three of the students who ln ' a . »« •*« d b " r ^r"r‘m'L'| # ri» a( , fund eau In her room. Tti% front doo-”"™ was unlocked. She was aloneMRli* 1 , 1 ”*! „ .. her little son. The woman was ex ™; ,r ^ “ f ° n ™ . pecting her husband. Several minu- Ptt ’ of Charlotte, N. C.J Samuel tes before retiring she saw a negro standing by the bureau. He blewwat the light. Telling her that he woul-’ tfH her if she screamed, the negro seized the woman and dragged her into the hall of the home where the crime was committed. The negro left the home, telling her to return to the room and not to make any fuss for It meant death. The husband came home about ten o’clock and found his wife In a state of shAck. The story of the crime was recited to him and he gave th* alarm and the pursuit of the negro was commenced. Robert Johnson was afterward identified by the wo man as the assailant. The first exception in the case al leged error in admitting testimony that about 20 negroes were arrested and carried before the woman im mediately after the outrage and she failed to identify any of them. The supreme court says “we think that the testimony was competent.” The court also holds the testimony revele- vant In that It “tended to show that she had some recollection of the features of the man.” The other exceptions Impute error in charging open the facts. The following Is the portion of the charge excepted to, “Gentlemen, yon need not -bother yourselves tmjch about the corpus delicti, that is, about the commission of the offense.” - The court hold with refereence to this that the negro's plea of not guilty put In Issue the corpus delicti. The supreme court says that It was nec essary for the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime had been committed. It Is also held that In the above expression that the circuit Judge gave the jury a plain Intimation If not a positive expres sion. A number of authorities arc here cited In substantiation of the bolding of the court that a circuit judge has no right to charge as to the facts In a case. The case war tried In Darlington county. th* lost kins, of Carlisle. 8. C.: and M. Dubose, of Lamar, 8. C. '*'7'St The two former wero ■'boot ibis* teen yeaia of age. and tbe latter waa about twelve <xr thirrteen years old. Several others Were Injafedln Jump ing from windows In an endoavor to escape from the Are, some of whom were probably fatally injured. In addlttoa to thp burning of th# main building, the house occupied by the Rev. C. M. Young, who U at the head of the institution, wss also on, fire, but on account of the fact that it was burning in the rear. Instead of the front, aa the other building, the fire waa easily sutlnguiaMd. Ths work shows unmistaka dences of being the work of an cendiary, as ktrossne could be plain ly detected on tbs woodwork .of th* president’s residence. No motlv be assigned for the act nor has clue been discovered as to who Is tho guilty party or parties. Ths zens of Abbeville are vary their condemnation'Of such an act of incendiarism, and J hcr *ffo spared to rdn down and punish ths guilty. A mass meeting of the Abbeville waa held Thursday noon in the Court House, at resolution jvas adopted the burning of the college, the city council to ©ter A- for the incendiary and rmtstng a Ime . i flM ■ : to hire detectives. “TUT FIGHT IS TOO HARD.” Bathetic Note I .eft by u Young Wo man Who Kulc Uied. With her silk stockings tightly knotted together, one end bound around hor neck, and the other fast ened to a shower b$th in the private bathroom of her suite, the Ilff-Iess body of beautiful Selma Ruth Kauf man, aged 2 8. of New York, was found In the Hotel White, McKees- port, Pa. The yeung woman, after arrang ing the Improvised rope of silk hos iery. stood on the edg* of the bath tub, securely fastened one end of the joined stocking to the shower and carefully adjusted the other' in a noose, slipped it over her head and stepped into eternity. In her room was found the following note pinned to a costly parasol: “The fight Is too hard. Goodbye, and God bless all who have been kind. My trunks are at the 23rd street station. New York city. I en treat forgiveness as I hope to he for given and have another chauce.” The city council have offered a reward of one hundred dollars the arrest and conviction of tke ty party or parties, and a com has been appointed to Governor of the State to ward of not lett than dollars for such apprehension ahd nmvffctlon. • The Rev. Young, president of On college, attended the mess meeting of the citizens and asked that he be given a suitable guard st night for a short time, nntll the students could make arrangements to leave town, as be wan afraid of torture trouble, and a guard will be atatioflsd on tho premises as long as it is« necessary. Harblson College is a negro in stitution and grew out of what wgt formerly known aa Ferguson Acad emy. Mr. Harbinson of Pi donattMl a large sum of other Philadelphia men join In establishing this school. Amos was put st the head of arbscj _huLon fcgojiht _ hie, he was forced to'Teuv R«v.\ Young, of Abbeville, Tn ©hkvge, and Mf sttlt the school. ':f; v »ti He Is a gentlemanly and negro, and by his i ing manner has made many among the white people of Abbeville, all of whom sympathize with him jn^ the misfortunes which have just vi Red his school. The student body of the school num’ber about three 1 dred and twenty-fire, Harbinson lege being a co-educational Ji tion. 'g T t < s’ : AUTO TURNED TURTLE Three Ladies Beriowsly that there Friday the Norri# resolution was passed, Speaker Cannon would rtsign and that the regulars would vote with the Democrats for the election of Chemp Clark as speaker ratb/r than side with the insurgents for the selection of one of thek choosing. '-This start ling statement was denied by pther friends of ths speaker. The fight wag still on whan ws went to went to preoe Wife Won't Cook. Because his wife “refuse to cook his meals,” J. T. Perdee, of Btbb county, Ga., has filed suit for di vorce. Tho result ..will be of much general interest, as the issue is one never before passed upon by the court. The question of whether a wife should cook her husband's meals will then be decided. John A. Aidhart, aged 19, * former student at Simmons College of Abil ene, Texas, who was injured in a football game at that place on Octo ber 10, last, died in a sanitarium i&ftlwhat startTTtfg~ sfat&neht that "If t* 1 Hwllas, Thursday. He has. keen for ths greater part of this period unconscious from concussion of the brain. Al'-vv' • Miss Aenld McKinley and Mis* oft Mie Manuel of tfiildl a Mrs. Davis from near suffered serious Injuries In aa smash hieh occurred road from Ualdilla on Thnrsday Misses McKinley and suffering from broken legs, Mrs. Lee Davis wss badly ! were in the car of John who was himself driving. ! going at a -high rate' machine suddenly throwing Misses uel across the road Mrtr Bavflr car was con party waa able to eorad back fa it, Makes Good Showing s&tat ■ * 3 Ifortl, The second report on the North Carolina State high that at the end of year Ido were in 8,282 students. At present only Auditor says SB that list Attttld ; the su