University of South Carolina Libraries
srs DianwGruHKO dkmocrat of . MAHY LAN O FASHES. ON PAVEMENT r*b,. 4 H l>eath Before Dle- ffllk^ew Testjunenl Sue- fttHB Hot Neck and Hold- Young Woman Achool Teacher Take* Fatal Leap. Hie Death Make* the t’nited SUtee \t* Senate Verjr Clone aa a Republican Succeeds Him. Isidor Rayner. one of the leading Democratic memoera of the United States Senate and a man wuoae name waa oflered to tne Baltimore Con vention by William J. Bryan aa a suitable candidate for the Presiden tial nomination, died at Washington early Monday at the end of a long ill ness reeulting from continued attacks of neuritis. Senator Rayner had teen in a co matose state since last Wednesday a week with only one or two slight ral lies. His severe Illness covered a pe riod of about six weeks, dating from the efforts made in the joint political debate with Bourke Cockran at Balti more, late In Septemoer. Physicians compelled him to retire from the campaign Immediately after that and l.e returned to his Washington home, where he died at 6:L’0 o'clock Mon- lay morning. His death creates a vacancy In the Senate that probably will be filled by a Republican through appointment by Governor Goldaborough. of Mary land. While the legislature of that state Is Democratic it does not meet this winter and the Kenublirnn gov ernor's appointment will hold thro' the opening sessions of the next con gress. Senator Rayner was one of the striking figures of the Senate. He had been a member of that body tor almost eight years and was one of ‘ts strongest debaters amt a recogniz ed authority on constitutional law. Before he entered the Senate he had attained g national reputation because of hts vigorous conduct of 'he late Admiral Schlev's case bafore he naval court of Inquiry that tnves- Igatel the action of Vnerirsn o t c- ers In thy battle with Admiral Ger- vera's Spanish fleet. Mr Rayner was a native of Baltimore and was 6- vesra old He was a member of the Maryland legislature when 28 years • Id and served tinge terms In *he na- "onat House of Renresentatlves In •he period from Ik** ?n ISS;. He was elected to the United Sta'es 8sn- ite In H*04 af'er having served a With tin Idea that she pursued for dishonorable pur* ffMM, Miss M»ud Van Deusen, 36 mra old, Isaped from the twentieth •(•17 Of th« McCormick building In Chicago hnd was crushed to deatn on trement of an alley at the fihw Jumped from a fire nearly 2£u feet above the body struck another t the first floor and IntS the alleyway. Nearly her bosel were broken. •Mies Van Deusen. according to pa- founi on ber person, was a boldt. Neb. It .that she had been seeking a tioa at Chicago and bad been ob- with the Idea that she had been tat danger from white slavers. She wrote that she had been driven to appeal for protection from Chief of Police MeWeeney »o the Federal department of Justice and. to social asUlement workers. She had prepared for her death by inning acioss ber bosom a atrip of White linen, which had been stained cHmaon at either en i and on which She printed In large letters “Death before dishonor'*. She had tied •round her neck s copy of the New Testament, In which she had marked passages In John She held h-r hand bag In her hand as ehe lumned and it wss plckeo up near her bod/. In it Was another marked Bible and a typewritten statement of several K Is entitled "Part of My Life's ory**. •*1 will die clean. If I have to kill •yaelr” was written at the head of Me Of the sheets A Strip of baco’U a •mall paner of pepper, an ounce of TeW *Wd ?3 IS tp currency also were fewnd In Ihe handbag. The police assert that Miss Van Deusen ev'dentlv was deranged when sbe leaned from the building The landlady from the house In which Mias Van Deusen bad been rooming •Std that the youne woman nad been Without employment for snm*- ti ne **l am trying to wrl'e thin without the least emotion." her typewritten statement began, “and though th- following statements mny seem dri vaHe. your reason will assure you that they contain nnlv common aen ‘•I have very little money and am ■ot allowed to hoi 1 s position I will •ccspt no money but that i earn "If I do not get help It will be a OTrtalaty that I cannot escsoe railing Into the bands of the spiritualist white slsve trade and that will for<* HVS to eeif-deetructlon ' The police do not understand whst Mine Van Deusen meant by ‘ spirit ualist white slave trade". A copy of a letter In her handbag addeeeaed to Miss Jane Addsms. of Hall House, res 1: "I wonder If this note w'll ever roach you Good people no*ala)» ato protected by secretaries so that It la hard to get to them I snail love you If you ere good really, or Intend to he as you determinw A letter si'|Mrent Iy wnlten by Mis* Addams In reply staled • ..at die ».*» too busy to see Mia Van Deusen nt that ttriib. but would a later appointment with her. One passage marked In the Tests->t„r. nr ih<- M.-tto’-i ment referred to eat (tom the > Unnipa'w on chapter of John “Let uot your heart IMIS THE NISON CLEMENCY HTINDED TO THIR TY-TVS FRISIONLRS. YOUNG GIVEN A PARDON Is Thanksgiving Offering, Governor Cole L. Ill ease Grants Farole to \ Twenty-uUie Convicts and Full Fardon to Three, Who Can Eat Thanksgiving Dinner at f! 'me. Governor IMease gave thirty-two- people their freedom as a Thanksgiv ing present and they who are In the iucky number will be liberated in time to eat Thanksgiving dinner at tiome with their relatives and friends. Among the thirty-two to whom clem- ruicv were, granted seventeen are at present in the Penitentiary, thiiceen >n chain gangs throughout the Stat * nd two were out, one on parole and he other was par oned to restore itlzenshlp. The prison door* of those * ho were recipients of the Governor's demency for Thanksgiving swung • pen Wednesday and marches out In- o the sunshine and to freedom. Among the number liberated is J. stobo Young, of Laurens, who was zlven a foil pardon He was convict ed along wMth John Y. Garltngton of breach of trust In connection with the *cnilnole Securities Company and -emenct d to one year In the peniten- :lary. Recently he has been free on i parole and now goes free with a ''ull pardon. Blumer Ashley, who was convicted >f manslaughter in i SH 1 In Abbeville County, wan given a parole. He kill ed a Mr Stone and the evidence ■diova that the gun went off accl-1 lentally. Ashley la a nephew of Mr. | I VV. A?h!ey. a memoe r of the Legls- [ luture from An 'orsop County. William H Mills, wno was serving' » life sentence for killing a Mr Deal, ■rcelved a parole d- tng good behav ior. Mills waa sent up from Chero- '<ee County for life In 1907 Three of the thirty-two receiving 'emency obtained full pardons white he other twenty-nine were given pa- -olea A full list of the one* recelv- FARMER HELD UP TELLS STORY OF WRECK CLASSIFIED COLUMN OS TH* PUBLIC ROAD AND ROB- SURVIVORS TELL OF THEIR AYS'- Truck Fanse fur ML Olive. N. C. • B* Dial, BED OF HIS CASH. FUL EXPERIENCE. Returning From Darlington, Where The Steamer South Shorn Wrecked He Sold Load of Cotton, Held Up in Great Storm on Lake Superior utiiau Hunuer Durka—tl each. Mun- nlmaker Poultry Farm, Normandy Tenn. 'nur years' term aa attorney-general, 'k Clemency for Thanksgiving fol- >f Maryland i t’"* ' , , , I 1 Stoho Young, convicted of The control of the 1 nlted Matos, . . , A . . u, . . , „ 1 broarh of trust st Richland In .lan- -•■natc after Vlarrh I ma' hinge on he death of Senator Rayner The Republican whom It I* .xpectod Gov ernor Goldsboronrh wiM sp <>tut In hit place will hold off'c* ,.t G-ast un it 'he \ts--y’snd legislature meets In tanusty. 19 1* Sei.ator Fla . ncr's G-xth "tin of the I’♦•n'oerat* "rj -vhoin the control of i he *4en*'e de->,-nr1c't in the •>cw Congress Wl'h hts vf)le the '•emocratlc n-adcr* coun'ed on mu* terlng 49. or or,- more than a mxjor- ty of s total rneriiher*hlp of In any event 44 \o'ea with the vote of he vice president In case of a tv. nary 1919, and aentenced to one ■ear's Imprisonment tn the R'ate Penltent'ary ( : aroled Apr!' 14 1917. 'o October 1. 1912 at which time ps- -ole extended until November 12. t 9’7 > was pardoned MI*hon Bradley, convicted at Abhe- removea v ip,, Vsrch 1910 of tarcenv an 1 r-creed 'o five years tn the State Reformatory waa pardoned I C McFB- ne convicted of has-' •ardv In Rt-h! nd In June 1919 nn 1 -eo'en-.d to -av the dr'endant the aum of $7S an tially until It reached 'he see of 1* - ears was pardoned VIM ton* r .evicted of btgamv at was looked upon as sufficient s reng'h | r , , n 1n Fet #usry 1911. and aen II need to I h r . Imprisonment waa paroled o tnaur* control While the I e noc-a's s'tll have an' nn ' : av a fin,- of l r i n 0 apparent st-ength of 44. the l-ratb of dur'-f root hehsv or •he ida-vlard sena'or r«dur>» the lonn'e Hick* cunvtr'ed of larceny • upposed mahirl') to a point very of s b'cvc> at York in tu'y '910 and near the dividing line of party con- -eefrnred to pi» a fine it f I*, and trol. W HI I K S| \\ URi CM \Kt.F. • ung (,lrl Trapped hj Head of Muslral Conii-any. be troubled Ye believe In Cod Dlscloeures by X1!*y Geneytre Good a In. 19 venra old of C;n, li.nrttl. > of an a'.«-g,-d .atterr p! t" owe her IK a "white »’|V»- reKult.-d III tire irreat .at Vtlant* Saturday n gh* of \t ra Ftnnra IVruLtie Hudson m.tti •ger fvrv-l W..1.^11 atwae Jirec- tan vl u»ical Com- L »* 11 *-1 a 1 warrants harg't-r v'o|-jt ,m o' M r- \1.inn Act H. Mr* H in n an J (. n> r w ■ 11 tie lleve also In Me. i>. my k ath•-r * ratgned hetore I inie l S'me* Com house are many manslona If U w. r^ ' ,,,. r G u ii,. r i,,-vt Tu- Hduv Ifol so I would have told ,ou. 1 gol Ml „ „ , N * r ,.| a ^ d to prepare a place for you " Mias Van Deusen It !■ salt, was the only daughter of Dr. Lydia Van Deusen, Falla City. Nep fthe la sa d to have told friends that she worried, n great deal over a Hlnau cult The young women Is said to have been harassed by a hull urination ’hat' she was pursued by the repremuta- tlvea of this cull. Miss Van Deusen came to Chicago' from Cincinnati June .8, While it: o Federal ot(i»is and 'he chief of the local po! co ,lop.ir t in. ut Accord IIR to her K'.itoim hi *he waa until recently a (ruin--,) mitre n 'tie (h'v Hoapltal at CU-veluid liosirlng to go on the stage she li-ted an apptica ' lion with a i inc.nnati K m ; irt> nn-n t Agency Last week ttifough th*- igency she was dirrcte,) ttie Met rrpolltan Compttny be'ng organized ■n that city, w 11 h an oft»-r of a post- 1 ’ton nt $lit a week an I her tran.s- the Ohio cltv she worxed ns a stem ! pot tation ographer and lived at the ,g Wo »*'.fi.*. CLr’.;. *.a>ociatlon Home Miss N>aud V an Deusen was well Lpor, her arrlvjil she alleges that Mrs Hudson In’ormed her that she would have to "p ^s as the wife of ki.own In FallB_^C|tv. Neb . where ^ p |ono uf iwo "odd" men in the com The two "odd" men acnvrd- givw up to womnnnood She taught school In Falls City, and In R!ctn-d- •on County districts for a number o' years. Her family was well-to-do. About six years ago Miss Van IVvt- ■m. then 29 years old. suffered men tal derangement and became eatrung- ed from her family She Imagliej they were trying to deprive ber rt her property. For a tune she w treated in a Lincoln hospital and lat er she went to Chicago For the lawt two years her relatives knew little about her but understood she was making her own wav in Cnlcago as a atenoflrapher. STRANGE FRISON TALE. pany mg to her statement, were to he biought before her and she was to take her choice Angered at 'he al- i< ged command. Mian Goodwin asked tohavlor for her return fare to Cincinnati. ‘ Travis Bright, convicted of mflU- iKree ve*r* 'n leforma'rvrT for rotor. -d hm • gn S'ste Va-m tn 1 ri'ng'on C...-r'y wa* paroled during good hr h » v'or Vr’s-.n Hsmcton con vie* ed w'-h 'eru-i m r r * * ' 1 on lo rr*rry »’ Grern wood 'n N'ovemhwr tan* and sen • *rrrd »o 11'e t m p r«*on rr r n » 'n 'he p.n"eeHwry w*s parojed dur- trg rood hehav'or Vt^vy-d'-r prnoW* rorylr'rd of m a n «' i •. f P tor at Rich tied 'n '*.>p , e-n ’ a i 0 »nd SHO-m-..d to fi v >• v.->r« on the pttVr worg* w a* par,,- .luring g.iO.1 t»#h»vl,.r K -■. wl-oo 11 * v • • ri.r vr * c f r d of m s n 4 i,,,»k.,. r v - R'rh'reno 1 o ’ n e »-'rtpg ,f t-iM* gnd sentenced to five yevr-' in, ■ rt«op,.'er t w as pare # d diring g(.C • » .'h a V tor \\ \I^ V ' 'o r d cony'c'eo o' ly-rprv at t-'torenre In the sn r 'ng o' to-' ■.nd -eoienci-d to *wn veK', () n cotin 'v worv* wgg parolt d dur n» go '.eh * v 'or I H Bone Ir convicted O f n -laughter at Hsui 'toD In the tlR of •I Ml and sen'enred to ten v-a-s' T” •.r|«onr, 1 ,. n t was paroled d^llig goo 1 eh a vlor Bufus .1 one* convicte' of murder it Dranrrhnrg tn \'av ihin an-1 wen ', prod to life 1 m nr'wonnmn t.. y as p -( led (4.|rt, c good bt^avtor j -fnVe Thom-s r-nviced of man slaughter nt Chester m lu'v. I9uvi and wentencod to six vp*-*' l-nn'tson "'p-’t. was paroleh during got'd be- l^vior. T.iP'es Bou’ware convicted of man- s'auehfcr at Fairfield In February, toon and sentenced to ten years' Im prisonment. was parolel during good at Foiut of Fistula and Robbed. A special to The News an 1 Courier Tom Lloience says Mr l C McLen don, a well known .arincr ol I let tuce county, was neld u • o> three ne gro ruiiians at High Hill (Jr-ck Lai- urday altemoon and -o'r>«'i o; in cold cash. Mr. McLendon, who lives on anl farms the T. C. W’illoughy lands, d miles south of that city, on the Ev- eigreen road, left his home early in the morning with a wagon toad of I icng staple bale cotton for Darling-j ton. j Reaching that place he sold his. cotton and received the money In ( cash, which he placed In his purse j and In the breast pocket of his coat.] .Shortly after noon he started for his home through Flor^uce. As he was passing along 'he road lea ing to Florence from Daiiing- lon, by the side u* the Coast Line Hacks, a most frequented tliorouah- lare for vehicles be was held up In the High Hill Creek swamp, one mile east of Palmetto, and robbed of his money. ' I Mr. Mcl^ndon, as soon an ne could get away, hurried to Florence and re ported the matter to the sheriff s of fice and a party was hurriedly made up, with Deputy Sheriff Cain in charge, and rushed to the b. ene in an automobile, but was Impossible to capture the highwaymen, us they had more than two hoais' jump on the searchers. Mr. McLendon said tnat Satur lay morning when he passed along he no ticed three negroes sitting on the high trestle at that place, each of them having a bicycle. He thought little of it at the time. \\ heu he returned in the afternoon and, Just as he crossed the hist bridge, wbrch is the Darlington Coun ty line, he saw three men co ne out of the swamp between Hie two bridges on the Florence County side They spprosened him with drawn re volvers and ordered him to hand over Lis money. This be refused to do and endeav ored to bluft them off by threatening to shoot them If they approached iurther He bad notn.ng to shoot with and soon he saw ne was at the mercy of the highwaymen, anl ai > again being demanded to shurk . ut hi* coin h« again refused h> Mrs time one of the men had j imp>-d n'o the wagon Dentnd him ar. i i imklv slapped M'■ M end m n the f.i *• at.d placed h:s hand over hi* tnouM:. h« run the other hand m'u h s po, x- et at.d secuted the *a'>'. » t h $ "• They then left him. •cure! th.-r blryclea and mad- the.r es, :i;*- A ’ ter leaving Mr McLendon saw- •hem changing coa'a and ha'* h it d. ! n >’ know or recognise ant o' then He ran do an ahould oe *ee either o, them again, tie *avs The par'y from Florence after rea-blng the lonely pia-e wh-'e the de« d »a* lommiHeew. followed 'I - trail of the b'cvcle* and men f..r > con* df'ab'e dltanre t )«.•»'!• Lir Lngton but Cna.ly loat t r-r'i • > i* t h e v would walk a * h ; ;i • 1 " curry their whee.aon their sh" i le-r It t* thou 11g Mr Me 11e . o' ton ear kn,,w It g he W\*Jd re dur'ng the dav follow*.,! h I ng'on and wat-n-d l. *>■ •h^c,.' ion, place the mone. tn 1 s then J u f ped on 'her w n, h — - * ■ . n ed tn H gh H" C't-r* anl a*i t- h a con; t.g k t., w r g ' 1 - v 'v, 1 > • pow>-- him and eaca.e w r 1 • i d * t ect ed Fure-bml Ewaex Figs, Southdown sheep and Angora goats for sale H. C. Hargrove, Canton, N. C. Iraat Hunday. Survivors who reached Sault Ste Mai If, Mich., Tueaday, told thrilling stories of their last moments on the steamer South Shore, and of their tescue by life-savers Just before the boat plunged to the bottom of Lake Superior, near Grand Maraie Sunday. ‘T have sailed the lake* for years and have never before encountered euch an experience a« this," said Ar thur King, fireman on the steamer. "It was not long after the boat struck the heavy seas that her seams opened and the water poured through them. Two men and their wives were aboard as passengers. The wo men were remarkably cool, but they did not know their real danger. We, down below, knew we were right In ll.e graveyard of the lakes. "The windows were soon smashed and the stern torn awav. Aa the boit bfftan to fill the fires got low. I was standing in water up to my waist and deck hands passed coal. As soon as they would get a pile of it together water would wash it away and finally we threw Into the fire boxes, a num ber of pads of hard coal we. were carr.' ing as freight. "All night we tossed around the lake In that condition. Just before neon (Sunday) the life-savers on shore, six miles away, saw our wta'te flag and came to the rescue. We all lumned into the life-savers’ boat and made for the shore. The wheelsman lashed her wheel and headed her sf night for shore. She started tn as prettllv as anything you ever saw and 'hen suddently dropped out of s'ght." DOZEN MEET DEATH Of ED k SCORE OTHERS INJURED IN t) PLOSION. PLANT BADLY WRECKED ft CornUli ludiaiiM. white and dark stock for sale. Egg orders booked now. C. T Miller, Hsrtsrllle, S. C. Dogs For Hale—Trained and untrain ed fox and cat hounds, coon and opossum dogs. Write M. L. Craw ford. Tiger, Ga. Wanted—Persons to earn good com missions getting members for Nests and Auxiliary Nests. Order of Owls -inu'h Bend. Ind Come, all lonely bachelor-maids and rr-n join our friendship circle. Send s up for particu'ars. Frien ishii C'rcle, Oneida, N. Y. I or Sale—190 acres of wood land In one and 1 miles of Vass, N. C. Lor further 'information apply to Box 14, Lobellk, N. C. FMmes Follow Expl don. Cream ing Work of Kekcne—Estimates Of Dead Vary From Three to Twelve Dead Vary From Three to Twelve —Report Heard Throughout the City—Property Damage $100,000. An explosion, which wrecked the dry starch house of the Corn Pro ducts Company's plant at Waukegon, 111., Monday afternoon, killed be tween three and twelve workmen, In jured twenty-seven others, several of whom will die, and caused aboul $100,000 property damage. Uncertainty as to the number of dead was caused by inability of fire men to search the burning ruins be cause of continued minor explosions Edward Conrad, deputy In the Lak( County coroner's oflice, was authority for the statement that twelve men at least had been trapped In the wreck ed building. Charles Ebert, superintendent of the Corn Products Company’s Wau kegan plant, said that only three men had been killed and twenty-seven In jured by the explosion. • Only thirty men hud business In the starch house at the time of the explosion,’’ said Mr. Ebert. Ws have twenty-seven of these at the hospital and three bodies or port'.uns Toole’* Pure (otton Yields of bod)pi have feepn reC0Vf , re(1 Th& , mors lint than any other variety., ^ lhe llgf and j thlnlt thlg wllK ' prices. G. L Toole,! Engraved Visiting Cards are neatest ,i,(l nest iitite for showing of the Litpst styles and prices. Sims Book o> e ( Iru pgelmrg . S C. lor Hale—Imported German mats canaries, guarantedd singers 02.50 each. Mail orders promptly fllled. C. L. Jones. Weldon. N. C. For sale—Fresh Carolina Rice, meal, the best stock food. West Point Mill Company, Charleston, S. C. 11-23-10t* Write Aiken. for S. C. 11-23-5t*l BURNED SELF TO DEATH. Daughter of Former Turkish Hultan Haw Dishonor. According to the story of s war correspondent at Constantinople. Ze- k e. the oldest daughter of Abdul llaml', the former Turkish sultan. whs overcome with desoalr on ae- ount of h< r country * disasters and amat ■ c:t!h commuted suicide In the p’.ir'« n of her magnificent palace at V nrh*!r H-r h ii'hard was Noureld'n Pasha .i vto-ii o' a division of the army ao l a si n of the famous Osman Pasha ha*i. "'he victorious He was fi r h' 11 k u r ' ’l- r Nazim Pasta the T urkish n it 's’er of war. *ho al- h. I (‘ (|e-|are,1 to the su'tin that • — »(.ii'1 1 on the jsttlefleld rath- . • ‘ I i ft r• i. r > "1 e ' - t hi* 0-r- n OV- • •• whe|- <■.! » 'h d-f'-at and I* now ad. * rj; 'he Turkish minister* to ..ban 1 m the sir \ i 'he nt a* of t'.ie successive T i-ki-li defeats came tn Princess Ze- c :e be AM.- morose nud refused to » i r h her friend* After thi dt it-.it of ’lie Turks at Lule Burgas b N-.e uno-r n the O'toman cap- t n' Ue pr nceea de'ermined to cc.“) m t a n . 1 - She bu'lt a funeral pv'e < 't t.er ( «n hands and d»corated It « ' , •* *> rs and i r:c» esa tapeatr.e* I . -'svke'eveiyaiixlouaov- • - ' • ' - • '» ••** h'.a'tor '.ut the> ■d : *. ■ • '1 r’e-t Tne pn-icea* NoCi( e—Two One large thorough bred Jacks One heavy yoke oxen for sale st a bHrgatn A J Spencer. High Point, N C . R F D No 3 For Hale—Standard bred horse*. Durork Jersey hog* p A. Cole- Thoroughbred Jersey cattle and man. Fountain Inn. 8 C. '1-23-3t* eg’ M#’g. »• • . * 1 »*'••• fie* * p ■a.er,! * Vk ' w . • • f * • fi C r * ’Dr n k m 1 * - ‘ , r ^ « r- g K :i d 4 * 1 ' "d Ml * r. A J . ’ 1 * ’ !|ft • ’ * • * ’ r »* p gf.ll »- r ■ I . • rr m. ' K • fa's • ■ t-r • t ■ • nW nr he' * * a c ■; ■ n ■ > I - ' » *’ .ml » • h rha’- rn ‘Ld not - *ad 1* r-d <■» n life • \\ Inrtttver" — New boune targe ne» 1) furnished rooms, modern conven •enres Rate* reasonable Address Vlrs J H Howell Wsynesvllle. N i • \g< ut*—(’atKasKers *ant more long arcen’ houb'.eas >ou d> serve it here Is you' opportunity send poet al for pa r 11. ular# Burton f 'o Pe' ■U -III ‘e I I ah loo I.Mrge > ouua Ja<k> fi>r ^«|e < ht-a |t —< >n t file 3 \ ea r o' d »tailli)U I 4 ■" po .tols One pair j year-old mul.a 1.1"" pound* A J Speueer H'rh lotnt N C \ey* Bewu'iful Rug*. woyen froni >o(j- old aorri rar.et* suite rlor I snv In service plain or designed any sue Ca’alogtie free Often'* Mir Co Ksl'o Md VV lilte Wyandotte* wh'te leghorn Barred Rot g* From p r tie winners 19 1! and 1st; ha'-heg $ I M»m moth bronze 'urkeys Mrs ins VV i • e n f r n « 11 1 1 a Maye 4 nlargement* trade from your f»\o' "e r..ga' ••* for Christmas V ’ m dev-ioied free »ny Siie. i'Mn'V ; < up VV r I r e ( I wo f Mon roe t v r *' » tl S' V be found to be absolutely correct." Mr. Ebert admitted It was possible that additions workmen not employ ed In the starch house might have been caught In the explosion, but said this wa* improbable. Nearly all of the workmen killed or Injured were Polish. Lithuanian or Austrian, and they were on the company's pay roll by numbers and not by names This further Increas ed the dlTcultles met bv the coroner In his efforts to arrive at a correct death list The explosion tore the two-story frame top house from the fl v e-story bu'ldlng and sct'fe-ed hi’* of I' for fifty yar's In all dlr-cttons The body of one man kB'-d was blown acro«» the Chicago and North western Rx'lroad's rlzh' n'.»a\ onto the hillside In Oakwnnd c*>me*'• r v All of the 'n Mired were rot'-d w l'h starch, wh'ch had to i.e^ (-' •■! >>(T Nefo-e s'.l'r-' , -s con'' tr- .» r ! n- •ur'es F'rlva'e G « ■.(-•» p.esKei) 'n’o r-rv'ce ( u , ar - v tic ;n Ju’’••d 'o t*'«• hos; " it 4'. r-”., «• n from N..-- h ' I I ■'go »h Nat Ion at Fnve'o-ir t'•>'>ipanv h flan. a-i d the Vrr-r . nn '-••cl a. d W Le ('orrpanv * ; ' ,t n f v 1 >* I •' e \\ a u '< • e a n d * ■ a'f n.ent iu p-c . i:-‘» g the sp --a 1 oi the fl-e to o’hcr o't'oos ot the ‘ 'g Corn Product* p'ant V'rtc ufh 'he fir* appesred 'O be unde- r-i't'-ol 'he ft-emen said th.y e'oeced it wou'd conf'nu» 'o hu-n the cp,. dav, wl’h the ooMlhPl'v that new (i;lo- slurs would start It sgaln The damage to the pi--' am ■ i"'S »o $109 fvr.O The rsuse of t! •• ey son *■ unknown It-, dc nallon wa* hear' through' u' '• e - •. o-r'*!* of 'he CO p(- \ -X < -hey h*1 h*-»r ur » K 'e ’O T - • e h' a r -• i ' A#* V Me . IT h CM ! v,. •(-« * r w *s i ar*' •^he state* that thi* was refused and -he notified the local police. • UOFNTV SHERIFF KILLED. Fanner, KcwiMing Arrest, Badly Wounded in the Hattie, \V. T. Harris, sheriff of PeSoto County, Miss., was killed and G. W Treadway, a farmer, probably fatal ly wounded In a revolver battle Mon- Jail Officials May Have Hanged the 4 Wrong Negro. Leonard Lewis, sentenced to foyr years on the Georgia stare farm for burglary, may have been hanged at liouglasvilte bv mistake for Leonard Lew!*...who was sentenced to be ex ecuted for murder. If the wrong man »ras hanged, the mistake was line to the fact that two negro con victs. bofib named l^eonaid Lewis and very much alike in personal appear ance, were confined In Atlanta ‘all for ufe keepink. One Lewis was from Coweta county-nnn the other from Douglas county. One was taken Atlanta Jail to Douglasrllle and hanged. Soon after the erecn- iora became current that the fn%« had suffered death for •f tnurdfr. The prison of- r the right Leonard Lewis kMged bat admit the difficulty the aaaerMor. v ^ r—~ LlSiM of Gallow* Kill*. day at tti^ Treadway home, where the sheriff and n posse had gone to arrest , on!TU>nt( wa8 paroled durlpg Rood bp slsupbter nt Chero’ ‘e tn the fall .o f 1911. and aentenced to two and one- ed during rood hehnvlor. half year*’ Imprisonment, was parol- Sam Langford, convicted at Lau rens In Jm.e, 1912. of nssault and battery of a high and aggravated na ture and carrying conc^nied weanons and sentence! to twelve months on 'be chain gang of the countv, was pa roled during good behavior. Jim Lewi*, couriered of man- slnugh'er at Chester In March, 1911. and sentenced to two rears Irtiprls- ft V l*BU ■ the farmeV. j hav)or Trendway was charged with drlv- p„ imer Afih , f0 nvlcted of man- !ng officers, from 1m home at the #)rujchter at Ab bevllle In the fall of point of a revolver Saturday. They, ,,,, nnd 8Pntenrea rn Bevf , n year8 ’ had called to seize some cotton to sat- !mpr1 * onrnpnt , wa8 p aroled dur | ng isfy a judgmehu I goo' behavior. Memhers of the posse stated that, E)hprf W allace, convicted of a*- Trea wav Monday nwted Sheriff 8aillt w | (b i^tpnt to ravish at Aiken Harris to nter hts home: aa Harris |n , nr)p ^07 and * PnTrnc * d t0 12 reached the doorway he wyas shot VPar! ,. )m p r ,*onment In the State Pen- down. n exehahze of shots be- |f Pn t| arv , was paroled during good tween the posse nnd Treadway, as- behav1or . slated t 1 '* wo fions, Earl and ,T a me B M. Center, convicted of as- Murel. followed. The elder Tread- „ 1l1t w , fb ftltpi , t t0 k! „ aT Oreen- 7:Zr^ B ^ fh0U lr!rr ere r ,d ' vine In January. 1?M. and sentenced to one vear’a tmprlsonment or pav fine of >30fi. (Center was anaent at trial and sealed sentence teft with clerk of Court.. H* was a—eated and brourht before clerk of Court May 30. 1912. and sentence then onened,) waa naro’ed during good behavior. > John Elrod, convicted of obtaining goods by false pretenses at Spsrtan- burr |n January, 1»t 5, and sentenc ed to one rer* on the pnhllc work* ildei died with hnlleta. E4rl aurrender ed. but Murel escanel, the latter Is being pursued by posses They Make Peat A truce waa declared between Turk ish and Bulgarian families In New York Thursday and the two Niational- Itlrg singled on friendly ter wedding of Miss Alegre Fein rm« at the elnhch. to a-lan dia- B'bsmin S*mvels, a Bulga Oitfllermn Annulag. at- word merchant. Miss Retnach la of ffnartanhurg Conntv or in the State bMrt failure dne tn e*- pure Turkish and haa t»o b-other* P*nDentfa-w *t bard isbar, was pa- when be view th* ffchHug *t Tehatal'a. 8*mnels was ro’ed duriwg good behavior. • BQgro erlftUftftl It born in Bn1r«Hs and h*s t»*r*o broth-1 Csthonn. eonvfeiad of arson an is th* urmtm ot otlim. ! at AbtOTlOa *■ +9***r. Ill ft* :i'.-t ■ 1 t'-i tcuti *, c • "'.I Hinds Fci'* ronvf '■'! r '’( • * rll 1 JAl *rch I 9^ tl. -.1 » t >!.(' W to f r- ' a I -• cl t<. 1 '» tni' r .* in■> . n' " '*» '’ru'trnYl•et> uas , a' • I ' .' fir »•’" '1 b* hxv ’or 1 F Horton con'l('»(l o' 1 rfi < 1 iC'hfU} st SnartnnLj r tt N nr ^a$6Jnni1 Kent' n *• ' t . - '-i-' - StT'r I'm Urf. I H’ \ . * a- p i r o i 1 poni! behavior 'onzo t'amack c.nvirici o' m.n- ughter ut FairflolG in n:<-r. tl, an! »rntenr*‘(l to t h • w i-s m nrlsonment. waa pirolod du-in: r ■ od b'“hx\ 'or Will Dunlap convlelod of mu-j - w 'h reromtm nda':on to, - <Trv at i o-k tn April. 190’'. nd sent' - < d tu life Imprisonment In tne State IVnl- trnt'ary, was paroled during guod be hnvior. Cbn'lcs Huger convicted of me' slaughter al Dorchester In April. '9!0, and sentenced to six vears' Ln-, "r'sonment. was paroled luring good be ha v'or. -ft. C Summev ronvlrten of nssstrlt ] "nd bn Mery with Intent to kill nt Greenville In May, 19ic, and sen tenced to four venrs’ imprisonment or] rsv « fine of *999 was paroled dur ing rood behavior. Robert Duncan,-convicted of tarcenv: at Greenville In Mav i9'9 and sen-j tcnced to seven venr«' 1mnri«or,men1. wss pa-roled during uood behavior., 8. M. Butt, convicted of nnn- slauvhter al Ocnneo m March, 1919, and sentenced to three rears' Impris onment, was paroled during good be havior. , William H. Mills, convicted of murder, with recommendation to mercy, at Cherokee in Julv. 1 907, and sentenced to 1 fe imprisonment In the State Penitentiary, was paro'- eri during good behavior, and unon the fn r tber con Mtlon that If he de cider to live with the woman about whom this killing seems to nave tak en place, that he must do so hevond the borders of the State of South Carolina; for his Hvln- •rith her In this *tate will be considered a viola tion of this parole. Robert Daniel, convicted of assault wl'h Intent to ravlsn at Fat r fie1d In February, 1909, and sentenced to ten year*’ imprisonment tn »he State Pen itentiary, wai paroled noon the con dition that If he 1* nere.after convict ed of .guy criminal o*ense In the Ses sions Courts of this Stars that he be re-committed to te» State Penlf»n- tlarv to serve the remainder of this sent ene*. WHHtm Brown. conv,cted of mur der. with reeommendstioT. to merry, at Ore*zv11T* In March. 111 3 and sen tenced to l!f< Imprisonment In the State Penltentlerr. was paroled dor- Ing good behavior. I M l < >11 T \ \ r |M*S r \t.E HI LIM. itnlru.i) HtiinipK Will Not be fi()o»1 otl I '*■ kugoK V D W i Nx'.. r K'(' •• • ' c ’' ■ t. *'■ 1 *'•• r Jar a «• v ' 1 '.•! ’. o' Ln .-> j'os'agc statn * » i -at •■i. *- "0 >' !«•* Mi’ough ' 1 pn'""! po<* on tt.l four II • Mil { US I l< I K ’ > r > k > :: * st J :«!’ ■ r ' ' r pr! •■* A *• i, ’ * » » i ' '-T >■ 4 2 K t g <:•••*.• , a*. . i ** gb.' ing i" ••KKar,' siipp:'*-* » • 1 d (k ou'<ts M 1. Lommcr i ha: G S G B «r r > — ' » - i g i: '• * * ■ r • ' , t ■ Mr* UriC ! *' * ■ » t fi. \ ■ *-r.ag« : .■ ID " (• .• 11 ■ ■ 1 .4 ' )a» .and 11 : C.o.fi i a! Jl* at i . * X 1 ’.■• . t < « t ■ r iir.!' A 1, ► " m • 'a *t be u-ed ■ r •'aI»• — A fi ■ '■I n ■ fi t. a * ! ♦ 1 ’ •• i v I ■ fi t •■ r* $ 2 '■ ■) t a fi D '' h t «l < r 8 (’ .rn < < r a *• c'»'->n *• *n * v • t -(n \V - - V rr- < I! » »S due 'o o a*,r» tc 't'#* '-(rrc K»(- K V • >•*' 'ra' 'on m a* fie. • \ o'en'eer r. ,i r ««■» a d' *• -iff *' Mic b ' •* ■ u rt 1 u c • > a • • '. ' s i '•(•*■■ * a - ' * '••,. n i * W :i v • r Mm-t-n ... fi... **•(■• * . » -(» a •: o :■ * ’ t: *• ■4'x’*"- '*'>• to'nz t • < • ' o' '.fie Cri-n Trol : * ■ 1 o• ., —. „ < ('. ll i ■ g | • ■v H • I pi" * \N > o I’rob . R an l an.' pa' kx*< or • ■ ! ■ t 1 “>• o- 'ou-'h cla»s matter ■es r * (. y ..r Unary »tam;a s'.ll be • • • 1 -is fit M for postage', and • c ir •■ *-d to 'fie sender In nJliGon to the above, every ,'i i, po of mt refiandtse bearlna par ti id' b’i:r[i* muKt also bear the * •• mo! .'ohL’ess of*the gender, o- ’' • r a ' '•»> 'hey sill not be accepted 'or piailing TIum a’e the requirements of the new "areel post law. and the public '* a r kod to hear this tn mind. Ws n-e re- uesfed to give the widest p ’b- llritv to the new requirements so as to avoid Inconvenience to the public Bear In mind that all fourth class matter m' st bear the dlsttnc'lve par- f-el-pe«t stamns. and must also show the n .me and address of toe sender, mailable. lor sale—1 mi Barred Blymou’h Ho( k [•ulle's *nd cockerMls ' Ring let" strain. from prize-winning stork $5 pe. trio special price on quantities C G Hill. Tbomasvllle s c \|(|>U-k—No I Wlnesaps. $T barrel. No 2 Winesaps, $2 50 barrtd. Dro[i- ped Wlnesaps. $1 7 5 Fancy Wlne- »aps bushel boxes wrapped, $1 50 W E Hall, grower, Mechums Riv er, ’'s COM ENT HI HNS. Nuns Save file I.Hes of One Hundred Girl Students. Hu ''Hen In their night clothe* In to a shrinking, terror-stricken line one hundred girls, students at St losephs convent, nejr Washington (la., were drilled by'two courageous nuns to the street and safety, when fire completely destroyed the con vent shnrtlv before dawn Wednesday. The Maze was discovered by one of the students Awanened from sleep bv smoke which fllled the en tire building, she hurriedly alarmed the Inmates, going from room to room, unmindful of her own safetv, caring only to rescue her sister stu dent.? from their Impending nent. Among the first awakened were two mins. Who Immediately set about to the task of mnlntainlng order. The b usd red girls were nntcklv drilled In to line, end while fervent prayers were o*ered the Iona line of students Had onlv In their night clothes, marched to the street and out of dan eer. Wolves In Sheeps Clothing, Pickpockets, posing ss delegates to the North Georgia conference of the Methodist Eplsconsl church./South. at C*rrolton; Oa., haee been/robblng ministers attending the c^hferenee Dr. Julius MeOath of Oxford, a mis sionary to the Hebrews relieved of a wsRet containing $jo. an* sev er*! Other tkefta ba*» Hawn rervoi-twA* Me have millions of frost proof cab bage plants Grown under Blue Ridge foothills they are hardy, tough Cultivation suggestions end price list. Wakefield Farms. Charlotte, N. C. I-or Hale—3 34 acres of land, four guns and six mountain guns whet, miles from Jackson Springy. 35 ac- i e# n cultHatioti. good building go> water Term* cash. Apply t< W L Holiday. Jackson Springs, N \gents—Both sex Earn $3 to $5 per day, selling our family remedies, guaranteed staple, We trust you give you 50 per cent, commission cash Address ffi Howard Co., Key mar. Md. Charleston, S C: For Sal, nerv a e—Blythe. Oa.. complete gin nd pr'ess 2 years old. ginned last year, 3,0"0 bales, boughi 4 tons seed, cost $9,000. price lb 500 teifims Look Into this. Rsr- chance to step Into money maklm huslr^ess. Oeo. Nees. Augusta, Oa tlolkteln Hulls—S'x pure-bred, regie tered Holstein bull calves for sale lome from high butter record rows 'town one and double the valne ol vour herd. Reacondale Farms Newport News. Va. Georgia for subdivision Right ad lolnlng two good banking towns Seaboard Air Line Rv T!M»# ne* feet, easv terms. W. H. Thompson Homeland. Oa. Nrtewtan- Weil* drilled anywhere water systems Installed for resi dence# and Irrigation Batlsfaetler rnscanteed Write Hughes Artesian Well Compeny. 50 Chapel Itreet. 3 o r ’ 'N. DfM t f » P r 4>- A* tn- • rfbT'iIaf • v » ! fj- • ‘ \ to i - ’ L ft y ** > t ' . i t n » A I ti \ ft 'it • o tgem* Men ted—ll >o,j <v.ua lo make ruonoy, 44 nte u* for the cy for our line of family medic,.us. They are big sellers, for ihey give results. Agenl* wanted, locate t In ■be country or about the coi ui mills. Address Box 22. Donald-,, ti C. ItufT Orpington Ducks are the g, cut est layer* known, small uatcis. large curcu**, hard) and vigorous, the coming duck, luvesiigaic Lo m. Egg* for hatching, breeding stock and day old duckling for sale at all time*. J. H. Weudler, Lakeland, Fla tiodbey’s Triumph Sweet Potatoes is ready for the table 61) days after planting. Yields twice as much as any other sort. Unsurpassed In quality. Keeps all the year around. I* absolutely Blight Proof. 1 grow vegetable pJanta of every descrip- ♦ lon Prices right. Catalogue free. T. K. Godbey, Waldo, Fie. rystal White Orpington eoek, re>4 and pullets, January and Febrinn hateh, from unrelated paren's; wonderful winter layers and all round utility breed; one pulUt hatched January ?R. 1912. brought off her own brood of chicks July 1(5. Reasonable prices for single bir Is and trios when high class of stock is considered. P. M Rucklnham. HiirYiTrckll Q r c Th# weight of the load a man ear ring through Ufe Is the assurance of hi* value. Like a ahlp It Is far bet ter for him to be heavily freighted than Jffft to oajtt bellaat.