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I 1 The yol. xxxiv BARNWELL. S. O, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16.1911 NO 24 MOTIVE SOUGHT Muy Witusses Saaaned ii Attempts to Prove PUt ii Killing. HAYES HOME SEARCHED Oourso of Bullets Tra<'e<} in Effort to Establish Direction From Which They Were Fired—Many Facts Connected With the Sad Tragedy That Ended Floyd’s Life. The Conway corresviondent of The State says as a result of a trip he made to Tahor, N. C., the srene of the killing of Robert M. Floyd on Saturday last by Mrs. Roan Hayed, It was ascertained definitely that the preliminary hearing in this case will be held on Tuesday, the 14th, at Whlteville. This date has been agreed on by all parties interested.- Magistrate W. C. Graham of Ta bor has been designated to sit In the case and this mornln? he was busy binding ever witnesses. I'p until noon -Thursday 2 2 wltnessea had t>een hound over by the State, and. judging by the activity of the rela tives of the slain man. e’lll more witnesses may be summoned. All of these witnesses live In and around Trtbor, and they have been summoned, it is learned, In an at tempt to prove a motive for the kill ing other than the statement* made by Mrs. Hayes and to Implicate in the horrible affair others whom Mr. Floyd's relatives and friend* claim were parties to a plot to get him to Tabor and take hts Hfe. One with no knowledge of the kill ing won Id be Impressed on arriving at Tabor with the idea that some great calamity had befallen this (julct but busy iinle town. N'otwithstand ln« the fa< t that It has been five days since the occurrence and the subseciuent removal of the prisoners to Whitfo | lllf, Tahor it i yet all amir o\ * r th.- oci tirr 'n. •• C rot; i>k :tr<‘ Kathon f.l here and til. TP. .list isto n e’ t li<> t rag.'.1 t , eich com ;*;i r; ml: i Minors * n<! t hoorte* with th. ■ otlifr in an . ffort to solve thr m \ s t. r > « u rro rnliiiK t h e traztr . I.-at h of yotmi; 1 'lovit TIip lla; ■ fs home t* sit uated onl> a l f.'» feet ' irk from the «ide ■ w ilk of a broafi o;.pn side *t 1 ret and only about Jon f anls fr >m the main *' r ft .'f t hf town Within in feet of ''if lu.'i so on flthcr stde are ■ other J w <•1! in i:* on.' ittK i i hotel which on t hf n;• bt of ’hf k‘ lit tig was well fill f.l VM" ItllfS'-' 1 lay f*' b a r' - t hIk >; t s ot 11> about I" n yard* f rom It i* hottif < >nr st ,x nil in K at the front of t hf i-h "I' has an it it ’ hat ri lifted \ it- * of th< f 11 lyes hom e use is a four room dwell i ruilMne u-tweeu the tw< eai h side Tile hill! ope: - Tile !:, ing a ha rooms on by a door on 'he fr"it poreh, wht h dual—Hra. ILaivs in hir ItMliinony S'.tled U ;l - !< x'k' d I lie diHir f , h,. r Up,) room, whir! stir slat. - ib.it Floyd entered Is sev era! but down the hail to The right Fluid •< hat w tiling on a rw k on the le't u ill of the hall : 'ey on d the bed room door. The bed to which Mrs Hay«s Cater Floyd forced tier stands In the fJC’reme right hand corner of the room but to the left of the ped room door Mrs l!av. s' retreat backwards fo! lowed hv Flo.il, as she states In he r test:monv > nrried her the width of a room through a door into the hall the length of this hall, through the front iIo t md across about ten feet of porib. Kind having b»on found at the extreme front of the porch with one foot out on the top step. Those who saw Mr Floyd before he was nuiCed state that his form lay in smh a position that anyone returning to the hall would In forced to go over his prostrate form 'M’es. Hayes' statement Is that she fell out of the door ahead of Mr Floyd and that she afterward re turnud to the house and secured an other pistol and shot him again in the head A thorough search was made of the hed room of the Hayes home is which the shooting is stated to have oecnrredr- -■ - The carpet was removed from the floor and two bullets were accounted for. One, a lead bullet, was found lodged In a sill under the floor, the course of the bullet being a down ward slant, indicating that It carpe from the direction of the hall door to the hed room. Another bullet had plowed through the top of the floor at such a slant* as to pass out through the window jsash several feet from the floor. This bullet could not be found, but was evidently fired from the sam# place as the other. Hayes bought a number of steel bullets from a local hardware dealer about ten lays ago. stating at the time that he wanted his wife to prac tice with his new automatic. Next door neighbors have frequently since tlmn seen Mr. and Mrs. Hayes taget practicing with this pistol in their back yard. Floyd had been gone from the barber shop only about 15 minutes when the shootinr occurred. Dur ing that time he had taken his horse to a nearby livery stable and had made Inquiries J»eyond the Hayes home as to where the house was, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes having moved to their present home only since January 15~ They moved to T*bor during December NH occupied an* LOSES HIS OFFICE I'ROTKCTLX; VICK CAUSES MAY- OR’8 DOWNFALL. Mayor Gill of Seattle Accused of * Having Allowed Immoral Condi tions and in Recalled. Hiram C. GUI, elected mayor of Seattle, a year ago, was ousted from office by the voters participating In the recall election Wednesday, and George W. Dilling. Public Welfare League candidate, was chosen by a plurality of 6,000 votes to serve as mayor during the remainder of the term for which Mayor Gill had been elected. When "Mayor Gill was elected a year ago he received 1 8,000 vote* out of 36,000 cast. Eight months after he was elected the women of the State of Washington were en franchised and to this fact is due the decisive victory won by the re nal! advocates In W’ednesday’s elec tion. Of the 71,000 votes registered, 22,000 were women and a large ma jority of them. It Is admitted, voted for the recall of Mayor Gill. The votin'? was heavy In all parts of the city, hut the most notable increases were In the residence sections. The total was more than 60,000. Mayor-elect Dllllng received 31,- 000; Mayor pill 25,000, and Brown (Socialist), 4.500. Gill was charged with protecting Immorality. Dilling will take offVee on Saturday. Mayor Gill's troubles began the moment he announced he would ap point Charles Wappensteln as chief of police. Wappensteln was former ly chief of detectives In Cincinnati He was Involved in the scandal that led to the shootln"- of former Chief of Police 'Meredith in a street diiel in the city. Pressure was brought on the mayor to remove Wappenstein. and Wappenstein later sought to re sign As soon as it was announced last November that the women suffrage amendment had been adopted, the movement to recall Mayor Gill tons active form under a provision of the city chart r. and the women entered vl orously into the campaign. Wo men stood In line with the men at the polls, and were as quick to grasp the voting Instructions as their ev perienced men folk 8POII,FI) < OR\ SKI7.FR. Damaged Grain Re|tor4ed From Sev eral Si'rtlons. Shipment* of spoiled corn to South Carolina have U'en held up by the 'eedstuffs department of the State partment of agriculture T’-» do partment was Wednesdav notified b\ consignees In several section of the State that carload lots of corn In * la maced condition had been re- •eived (Vimmissioner Watson upon the receipt of the metisa.;eK, rushed inspectors of the department to make an Investigation "The law will Se vigorously en forced," said the commissioner "and t 1 s very probable that several of pars of corn wtll have to he de stroyed " Samples of the corn sent to the department showed it to !-e in a deraved condition The corn Is be ine ^hipped here from without tin '• te The spoiled corn problem has afforded a great deal of annoyance to the department The department has had careful ‘•otanlcal and other analysis made and has succeeded In Identifying the •’igo formed in the heart of the *>ea!e<l damaged corn, and has or- t a ML hed a good many other points vhlch enable the men with the de- oartment to identify the corn that is langorous to men and animals. The omm'ssioner will not permit the ° r n to be shipped out of the State. Ten samples are drawn from each ar. SFRMM S KFYOLT. ''’stives of Poiia|>e Island Kill Sev ern! (ierniAus. The steamer Zealandla, brought eports of the revolution suppressed by German warehips on Rtjpape Is land +n the CnroM-ne*.- The rising «farted from the- punishment of a native workman. Th« German overseers took to flight and sheltered in a Catholic mission, which the natives placed under siege. The defenders, nine in number, all'Germans, were killed. Father ^Jebhard, the missionary, was killed when seeking to leave the T'ftsdon and the road "superintendents vere hacked to pieces after a gal lant fight at the beach, where they sought to launch a boat. Virtue is like precious odors friost fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. other house than this one, till the 1 nth of .January; Leuving a brother of Mr. Floyd In Whlteville the dead man's father, M. T. Floyd, and a brother, Her bert Floyd, spent the morning In Loris, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes' old home, and came on to Conway this after noon. It is understood that Robt. R. Scarborough of Conway wlh be employed to aid in the prosecution. The father of the deceased etated to your correspondent that each day he grows more firm in his belief that a scheme was laid for his son and that he grows all the more de termined to see the matter pushed MANY SET FREE G«verMr Aasel’s Pit4m Retard Dor V~e~ UK USED HIS POWER AFTER Convicts Serving Sentence* for Va rious Crimes and Misdemeanor* Given Unconditional Freedom, Pa roled or Sentences Commoted Dur ing I,ast Veer of Governor Ansel’s Administration. There has just come from the press Gov. Ansel’s pardon record for the year 1910. The following ar* the names of those who r*eeiv*d pardons In full: j Pardons Granted. Bland, Richard, Aiken county; crime, murder; sentence, life In th* penitentiary. Braze!!, Warren O., Richland county; crime, manslaughter; sen tence, two years on chain gang. Burnette, W. Mason, Atkea coun ty; crime, breach of trust with, fraudulent Intent: sentenc*, six months' Imprisonment. Carson, Fannie, Spartanburg county; crime, murder; sentence, Ilf* in penitentiary. Carter, Willie, Aiken county; crime, housebreaking and larceny; sentence, five year* In reformatory. Dawson, Rosa, Spartanburg coan- ty; crime, larceny; sentenc*, a tne Foster, Leila, Spartanburg county; crime, petit larceny; sentence, twen ty-five days on county chain gang. Garrison, J. H., Laurens county, nine manslaughter; sentence, two years in the penitentiary. Green. Robert, Orangeburg coun ty; crime rain*; sentence, life Im prisonment in penitentiary Gruber Bascornb B., Newberry county, crime, petit larareny, een- F nee, fine of twenty dollars Kilgore, Robert, Lee county; crime, manslaughter; sentence, sev en years on county chain gang Laury, Rnhesg, Richland county, crime, statutory burglar, sentence, three yours at hard Laber Mime W T. Barnwell county; crime, breach of trust; sentence, to pay flue of ten dollars Moore. Cohen, Anderson rounty; crime, pet it laneny; sentence - - - Renew. Gary, Alkea county, crime, housebreaking and larceny, sentence, five years In reformatory Roberts K B. Charleston county, crime, larceny, sentence, one year imprisonment Sindifer, Walter E. Bamberg county, crime, arson; sentenc*. fif teen vears in penitentiary Swilling. Wilkie. Greenville ooun- ty; crime, manslaughter, sentence, seven years In penitentiary, lliht la bor Taylor. Durant. Chesterfield coun fy: ertme. housebreaking and i*r- eny sentence six months on chain gang or flue of one hundred dollar* Paroles Granted. Bell, Irby. Lauren* county crime, burglary and larceny; sent*ne«. eighteen months on chain gang of n u r t v Burton. David, Anderson county; crim. . murder; sentence, llfA In pen itentiary Copeland. Berk, Bamberg connty crime murder: sentenre, two year* on chain gang. Davis lonas Chesterfield eounty; crime housebreaking and larceny, sentence, five years' imprisonment Frasier. Harriet Charleston coun ty crime. larceny from the person; sentence, one vear Imprisonment. Good. B. H . Greenville county; sentof'-e. two years In |a!l. Ga-'Dior, Thomas Kershaw coun ty: enme, assault with Intent to kill; sentence, one year Imprisonment Good, R H, Greenville county; rime, violation of the dispensary law; sentence, six months’ Imprison ment or fine of $200 Hallman. Isaac, Richland county: rime, abduction; sentence, two years In penitentiary. Harris, William. Lancaster coun ty; crime, housebreaking and lar ceny; sentence, to reformatory In IxVlXl I t g t 0 ti 1 . J» .. . „ ~ Hendrix, Frank. Barnwell county; crime, housebreaking and larceny; five years oti chain gang. King, Herman E., Greenwood rounty: crime, murder; life In peni tentiary. Love, James L.. Kershaw county: crime, murder; sentence life In pen itentiary. May, Chas S., York county; crime, breach of trust with fraudulent In tent: sentence, three years In coun ty jail. Melton. Marshall, York county; crime, grand larceny; sentence, three years In penitentiary. Outen, Phillip, "Fairfield county: crime, housebreaTcIng and larceny; sentence, two years on chain gang. Rivers, J. Horace, Newberry coun ty; crime, assault and battery, sen tence,” three years In penitentiary. Rochester, W. H., Oconee county; crime, selling liquor; sentence, six months on chain gang. Wilcox, Marlon, Spartanburg coun ty; crime, housebreaking; sentence, one year imprisonment. Commutations Granted. Anderson, Washington, Clarendon county; crime, accessory to murder; sentence, five year* on chain gang. Commutation granted, to reduce sentence to four years. Boyd. Edmund, Newberry eounty; crime, breach of trust; sentence, three years on chain gang. . Commutation granted, to reduce sentence to June 1, 1#10. Clair, Willie, Darlington connty; crime, manslaughter; sentence, two years on chain gang or penitentiary. Cuffy, John, Greenville county; crime, murder; sentence, to hang January 6, 1910. Commutation granted to a sen tence of ten years of hard labor in State penitentiary. David, Warren, Anderson county; crime, breach of trust; sentence, nine months on chain gang. Cemmutation granted, to a fine of $150 or serve out sentence. Dial, Frank, Greenville county; crime, burglary,; sentence, life im prisonment In penitentiary. Commutation granted to five years of harff labor In State penitentiary. Gadsden, Alonzo, Barnwell coun ty; crime, manslaughter; sentence, two year* on chain gang. Commuted granted for sentence to expire December 2 4, 1910, to De cember 16, 1910. Garvin. William, Barnwell county; erlm*, assault and battery with in tent to kill; sentence, three year* on chain gang. Commutation granted to fine of $100. Harrison, Richard, Spartanburg county; crime, violation of dispen sary law; sentence, $800 or six months imprisonment. Commutation granted to a fine of $100 or six monts on chain gang. Jones, R T., Islington connty; crime, manslsughter; sentenre. twenty-one years imprisonment in penitentiary Commutation granted to reduce sentence three months. lyeach, Levi, York county; crime, statutory burglary; sentence, three years on chain gang. Commutation granted to two years from date of sentence. Scott, Elmore, Aiken county; crime, assault and battery of htgh and aegravated nature; sentence, one year on chain gang. Commutation granted to $100, af ter three months service on chain gang Sls*on, Thomas. Pickens county; crime, burglary, sentence, five years on chain gr.ng. Commutation granted to reduce sentence lo three year* on chain rang Smith, Ed. Saluda county; crime, manslaughter, sentence, six years In penitent lary Commutation granted, to reduce *entenrc to two years and transfer prisoner to chain gang Wilson, ITeston. Fnion county, crime, manslaughter, sentence, two years in penitentiary Commutation granted to reduce sentence one year ami eleven month* at hard labor on county chain gang Taylor, Hannah, Sumter county, crime, violation of dispensary law. sentence six months imprisonment. Commutation granted, to reduce sentence three months Toatley, John, Fairfield eounty. crime, statutory burglary, sentence, three years on chain vang Commutation granted, to reduce aentece to two joara and four mont he Mbit e. Me Ray, Dillon county . crime, grand larceny; sentence, one year on chain gang Commutation granted, to reduce sentence to nine months PASS IT OVER Tk Bmm Ctadaaes tke Scfal Bill to Litf iTRui SeisiM. PRACTICALLY KILLED The Rill Will ProbaNy Re Taken I'p Next Session, But It Will Hardly Be Considered Again This Hessloh, a* It Wa* Postponed to the Very I*Mt Day. SERVED HIM RIGHT. KanMAs City IjA<1) Wins Her Breach of Promise Suit. Miss Ethel McKee, the Kansas City stenographer who sued Prof Grant H Crain. of Ottawa, Kan., for $25,000 for breach of promise, got a verdict of $10,000. Miss McKee was at one time a pupil of Prof Crain, In Ottawa He proposed to her seven years ago, af ter a short acquaintance, and the wedding day wa* named. When the Dice approached he asked that the wedding be postponed. Mis* McKee had her trousseau prepared, but *he acceded to the request. She testi fied that the wedding was postponed ten times and that she had to alter her weeding dress four time* be cause of the changing styles. Prof. Crain, who is now the pro prietor of the Ottawa Business Coi^ lege, wrote Miss McKee more thin 3 00 letters. Children Gremated. Two children were cremated, the mother seriously burned and three other children who were dropped from a second story window were slightly hurt Wednesday when fire destroyed the home of Petar Eck- land In South New Castle, Pa. Mrs. Eckland sustained burns about the body and was Injured when she leaped from the window and went back for the other two. Cut off from their room by the flames, the mother was forced to leap to save her own life. I>ast Sea Trip. The battleship Texas, which Is to be used as a target in fleet manoeu vres off the Virginia coast, arrived in Hampton Roads Wednesday, from Charleston, S. C., followed by the tug Patapsco. The Texas came later to the Norfolk navy yard, where she will remain for the present. Blew I'p the Boat. Two Americans were drowned Wednesday morning, when a igaso- line explosion, aboard the 4 0-foot launch Dixie, formerly the flagship of Gen. Lee Christmas, revolutionary Hoadaws* ■leader, destroyed the ves sel two miles off Puerto Cortez point. The House practically killed ihe new school bill, for this session at least, when it continued it to the last day. The House’s reversal of Its po sition on the bill was a great sur prise. Several motions hostile to the hill had been showed under, bnt at the phychoiogtcal moment a motion wa* made to adjourn debate until the last day of this session, and this motion swept th* house, th* bill thu* being in *fect sidetracked as above stated. The vote was 63 to 4 2, not voting II. Those who voted In fa vor of the motion to postpone the bill were: Messrs. Arnold. Ashley, Ayei, Bailey, Beamguard, Bowman, B. H. Brown, T. P. Brown. Renter, Carv, 'h.irles, Connor, J. M D.’.nlel. Davt.-, Dixon, Isaac Edwards, Erckman, Gary, Gilbert, Graham, Hamilton, Harrison, Hill, Hopkins, Hunter, Hutto, Irby, Jackson, Jones. Kirk land, Leland, Langnlck, McCravey, McDow, McQueen, Maglll, Mauldin, Mims, Mltchum, Moore, Mower, H. A. Odom, W. P. Odom, Paulllng, Pegue*, Polk, Rembert, Richardson, Sanders, Soott, Searson. P L. Shuler, C. D. Smith, D. L. Smith. K. 1 Smith, Stanley, Stevenson, Tobias, Wataon. Wells, Williams, Willis, W!ng*rd. Those who opposed deferring ac tion were Speaker Smith and Messrs Baskin, Reiser, Bethea, Bowers. Boyd. Brice, , W. L Daniel. Dick, Doar, Dobson,' DuRose, Dnimmoml, E C. Edward*. Fraser, Fultz, Har rls, Horlbeck. James. Ketchin, Kib ler, Klrvln I>ee. McKeown. Manuel. Meares Miller, Motte, Nicholson, Osborne, Reaves. Riley, jtof’, Saye. C. T. Shuler, Singh ton. Tlson, Turnbull, Vsnder Horst, Whlsonant, Wyche. Toumans The absentees were Meesrs Bodie. Bookter, Brownlnv. Bryan, Chandler, Courtn*y. Earle, Evans, Gasque. Hines, Hlott. Kelleban. League, Mansfield, Nunnery, Peeples, Salley, Todd. Vincent Fight on the Rill. When the school hill came up Wednesday morning, under the head of "debat* Interrupted," considera tion of the committee amendments was resumed Mr Mower’s amend ment offered the night before was adopted Thl* provided that the sec tlon In th* bill with reference to the manner of appointing the State board of education be struck out and the following aubatltuted "The State ’>oard of education shall consist of the governor, the State ■uperintend snt of education and one member from each congressional district to be appointed by the governor." Th* houae adopted Mr Drum mond a amendment that no aid shall be given to high schools In towns of more than 2,500 population The committee had suggested "more than 1,000 population '' Trust the People. Mr Mowar sought to have adopt ed an amendment that the count) tioarda of education consist of five member* to be elected by the people Thla waa tabled on motion of .\n Sawyer The propoaitlon then re curred to the committee amendment that the county boards be appointed on the recommendation of the legis latlve delegation. At thla point the house, which had been growing more and more rest less under the adopting of amend- menta showed more and more a dis position against the whole mattei. Mr. Williams of Aiken, who hao "preached the funeral of Heyward county," had also started an oppo sition to thla bill which later mani fested Itself. Mr. Wingard opposed the appoint- of the cmHrty-boards trpon the recommendation of legislative dele gations. He declared that It would interfere with the work of the legis lature, delegations would he assailed by applicants for position* on county boards of education and valuable time would be lost. There is that in human nature which likes power and persons seek positions whica give power. He stands by the old Democratic doctrine of letting the people itovern. The United States senators are to he elected by'the peo ple, why not other officers? Afraid of the People. Mr. Ayer disagreed with Mr.. Win gard. He thought thi* the way to get the good board by the use of the appointing power. ■Mr. Watson of Anderson opposed the bill. He is in thorough accord with the efforts of the commission, but the hill is the most momentous of the whole session and the Judg ment of the members of the house Is .premature. The ahorteet and most concrete way of managing the schools is the best, and for that rea son he favors the bill in part, hut the provisions for carrying out the law are objectionable. He does not be lieve inThe appointive power. They who use It are Influenced by favor- THE EARTH CAVIN6 IN A BOTTOMLESS HOLE APPEARS NEAR GAINESVILLE, FLA. Just How Deep the Water la This Hole is Cannot be Estimated With Accuracy. • Another "aink" on Alachua Lake, Just aero** from the chain of "slnka" south of th* city, developed some lime during Wadneaday night, says the Sun, of Gainesville, Fla., and as a result th* trains over th* At lantic Coast Lin# were annulled af ter the Leeshurz-Jackaonvllle train which reached here Thursday morn ing at 8 o’clock. According to the Sun's account the first report that reached the city was brought by Conductor Frederick, who was advised of the trouble by Section Foreman Thigpen, who made the discovery early In the morning on his way to the south end of his section. _ J* i l% When M^.Thigperi ftnt discovered dlaW the new sink it was not more than 10 or 15 feet in diameter, ^ut it spread very rapidly duriUrthe morn ing hours, and by the arrival of the Leesburg passenger train It had trown to about 40 feet, oae large chunk of earth following after an other in rapid succeeslon, and the ground cracking for a space of sever al feet nrourtd the entire hole. At about* the noon hour ths place presented a rather interesting scene, for at this time the great loads of earth ware rolling in at Interval*, and with them the water would boil and sizzle as though It was hot iron being struck In place. The great pool also resembled the waves of the seas for durlnjr all day it was In motion, sometimes being greater than at oth ers. and up to last night the earth was still falling. Reports from the place last night were to the effect that th* hole had covered a distance of 115 feet run ning north and south, while from the east to went banka the distance Is fully 100 feet. Thla sink developed some lOe ysrjls this side of the one that oc- •urred there a few years ago, when a loca 1 freight train with many cars fell to the bottom of the place, but fortunately there waa no water li* thU one, and It was easily filled in, and Is used today the same as the old roadbed Just how deep the water in this new place Is cannot be estimated with any degree of accuracy, for during the forenoon a large tree that was fully 30 or more feet tall wa* In the middle of the place, and In the afternoon H had disappeared though nothing but a bottomless boie wa* there to receive anything that came It* way. Therw are a numlter of old silks In the vicinity, but the new one U larger than any of the others. MOON THE DOG WA8 DEAD. VOTE FOR JU A CIhc tri Excidig bet fa ibt Ifav A NECK AND NECK START Huge Gorilla and Ball Dog Rattle t«* the IViath. A battle to the death between a gorilla and an English bull dog. In which the gorilla waa the victor, wa* the attraction Wednesday night with almost the entire male popula tion of New Iberia, La., aa spectators. A pen 12 feet square and * feet high was arranged for the eembat with seats on all sides. The dog and eorllla were placed Into the pen at 12 midnlzht At 1 2.02.20 the dog w.'s dead. The dog leaped at the gorilla im mediately after being placed Into the pen. The gorilla caught the dog just an a man catches a baseball, then bit quickly through the dog’s skull Into the brain, broke Its back and tore It to piece*. Find Four Dead. A tragedy growing out of the In ability of the head of the houae to provide properly for hla wife and two children, Is the way th# police sum up the discovery of four corpse* In a Brooklyn home today. The vic tims were Frank Bernard, his wife and their two children.. The family were victims of aspyxlatlon from Il luminating gas. Many Drown. coasting Several coasting Teasels in the Mediterranean are still missing and it is feared that they were lost dur ing the recent storm. On the Cata lonian coast alone five barks were wrecked and 43 persons drowned. A friend Indeed Is a man who nev er tells us his troubles. hut If thla bill passes the future would be uncertain. He Is willing to trust the people to elect county sup erintendents. The Final Vote. Mr. Moore of Abbeville moved to adjourn debate until the laat day of the session. The chair announced the result as opposed to Mr. Moore’s amendment. Mr. Osbofne moved to reconsider. *iJd7- Wyche moved to table. By a vote of 61 to 42 the house refused to table. The vote waa then taken on Mr. Osborne's motion to reconsider. This resulted in favor or the motion. The house having reconsidered, tha question then came back to adjourning debate until the last day of the seealon, Mr. Moore’s motion. The result, as announced above, was 63 to 42, and the matter was finally disposed of for this ses sion in that way for It would be use- Itism. In hla connty they have had i leas to discuss the bill on the {ast good superintendents ot educgUon, 'day of the session. Menuninger, WaUs, Frazer, Bonham and Gruber l»nt in Nomination and on First Ballot Ran Pretty Uloee Together, Except Gruber, ‘ Who I jagged Somewhat Behind. At noon on Wednesday the Senate - and House of Representatives met tq joint aseembly to elect a fifth Asso ciate Justice of the Supreme Court. 1 The nominations were: Judge R. Withers Meramtnger, of Charleston, by Mr. Vnuder Horst. “* Judge R. C. Watts, of Chpraw, t» Mr. Stevenson. Mr. W. B. Gruber, of CoReton. by. Senator Bates. The Hon. Thoa. *B. Fraser, of Sum* ter, nominated by Senator Johnstone.. Gen. Milledge L. Bonham, of Aux derson, nominated by Senator Snlll-. van. Three ballots were taken, but go 1 election resulted, the vote oa the first ballot "being Memmlnger, !•;’ Watte, 85; Fraser, 33; Bonham, 80; Gruber, 18; Carey, 1. On the third ballot Watts and Frazer received re spectively 88 and 88, while Bonham lost 2 and Gruber 4. The vote of the different members was as fol lows; Voting for Mesnm lager. For Judge Memmlnger; Senators Appelt, Croft, Dennis, Mnckenfuaa, Ralnsford, Spivey, Walker, Weston. House: ' Speaker Smith, Bailey, Bookter. Boyd, T. P. Brown, Bryan, Butler, Connor, Courtnay, Davis, Erckmana, Horlbeck, Kirkland. Le land, Mansfield, Manuel, Motte, H. A. Odom, Osborne, Peeplee, Rembert. Sawyer, Shuler, Tison, Tobias, Todd, Turnbull, Vander Horst, Wells. Wil liams, Toumans—88. bull. Vander Horst, Walls, Williams, Toumans—88. Voting for Fraser. For Mr. Fraeer: Senators Christ ensen, Clifton, Johnstone, Houga, Stuckey. House: Baskin, Reiser, Bethea. Bowers, Bowman, Browning, Chan dler, W. L. Daniel, Dick, Doar. Du- Rose. Edwards, I. and E. C. Fultz, Graham, James. Jones, Klbler, Leg-, nick, McKeown. Paulllng, Reaves, Richardson, launders, Saye, Vincent, Whlsonant, Wingard. Total, 33. Voting for Gruber. For Mr. Gruber: Senator* Acker man. Rates, Black, Croaaon, Gina. Stewart. Summers. • House; Dobaon. Hamilton, Hill, Hunter, Hutto, Polk, Mims, Mitch- • urn, Riley, C. T. Shuler, D. L. Smith. Total, 18. 1 Voting for Watte. For Judge Watts; Senators Car lisle, Earle, Green. Hardin. W J. Johnron, Laney, Lawson. Manning. McCown, Strait, Waller, Wharton. Teung. Houae: Beamguard, Charles, Dixon, Earle, Evans. Gary, Irby. Ketchen, Klrven, McDow, McQneen, Maglll, Meara, Miller, Moor*. W. F. Odom, Peguee, Singleton, Stanley, Stevenson. Willis, Wyche. Total, 38. Voting for Bonham. For Mr. Bonham; Senators For rest. Llde, Mars, W. L. Mauldin, T. Mauldin, Montgomery, Sullivan. , Houae: Arnold, Ashley. Ayer, B. H. Brown, Cary, John M. Daniel, Drummond, Gilbert, Harris, Harri son. Hopklna, Jackson, League, Ijee, McCsry, Mauldin, Mower. Nicholson, Scott, Searson, C. D. Smith, K. P. Smith, Watson. Total, 30. Ohaagee am Second Ballot. On the second ballot th* changes were; Senator W. L. Mauldin, from Bonham to Watts; Mr. Brice, Carey., to Fraeer; T. P. Brown. Memmlnger to Watts; Mr. Doar did not vote; Mr. tlamllton changed from Gruber to Bonham; Mr. Riley did not vote; Mr. C. T. Shuler changed from Gru ber to Fraser. Change* on Third Ballot. On the third ballot the changes were: Senator Croaaon changed from Gruber to Watts; Senator Hall, not previously voting, voted for Fraser; Renatof"WTX. Mauldin voted for Bonham. Senators Slnkler find Eppea were absent for the day, the former being tick at home. In the Honee Mr. Doar did not vote, nor did Mr. Dobaon; Mr. Ham ilton voted for Memmlnger; Mr. Riley did not vote, and Mr. Searson voted for Gruber. This concluded the balloting for the day. :Sxl •v. • '£ M •^1 -i i 5 Q Hanged for Murder. At Waynesboro, Ga., Calvin John ston paid the penalty for the mnrder of Harvey Jones Wednesday morn ing by hanging. The trap was sprung at 11:22 a. m., and he wgg- pronounced dead in fifteen minute* from strangulation. He went to the , 'allows with aa little emotion as he showed daring hie trial, and had no statement to make. \ -t; Prussia’s Population. ' ■ Prussia has a population of 40.- 157.573. The official figures aa re corded In Dec. 1, 1810, were made public today. The increase ia the last five years la slightly more that of the preceding census ~~ Reading maketh a tall ference a ready aaaa, and enact man. .'