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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
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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.
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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.
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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. .'