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STOLEN BY GYPSIES r BOV BURGLARS SHOT HATE BATTLE WITH POLICEMEN STATIONED IN CELLAR FIFTEEN SHOTS FIRED HI T 18 FINALLY RECOVERED BY HER MOTHER. Greenville Officers of the Lmw After Spending Six Nights 'Waiting for Burglary Are Repaid for their Vig ilance.—One of the Roys Son of a Prominent Family. A special dispatch from Greenville to The News an$ Courier says upon breaking into the basement of a fash ionable dry goods store, shortly after three o’clock Sunday morning, Leon ard Smith, seventeen y^ars old, son of a prominent and wealthy family, an dhis twenty-year-old companion, Rowley Martin, engaged in a pistol battle with three policemen, who had concealed themselves in the store in anticipation of a burglary, with the result that the young men were shot to death and one of the policemen s> \< r< ly wounded. With five bullets in his holy and a wound ihrout-Mi his heart, young 110tli ran u" i (tight of stairs to the •.>!: 1 floor. v hen- two employees of t' e * ■ i, im ; y itioiK.d themselves in waiting. He w as met at the top step i ' <> . • i f t' i lerks, who shouted to him not to tire again, and passing on by. tearing a mask from his face with one hand and gripping his pistol with the other, sank to the floor and ex pired. Martin ran to the rear of the base ment. with a bullet hole through his head and another in his hand, and cencealed himself In a closet A poluema nfollowed closely upon him and pulled him out. a’ the same time tearing a m»*tt from the tad‘» fare Mar’ln w is i laced in the police am- The Kidnapped Girl Did Not Know Her Mother, But Wm GUd to Leave Life of Gypny. An Atlanta dispatch says Mary Gretchen Small, ten-year-old daugh ter of Hagar, nestled in the arms of the mother who has sought her three years and lisped her renunciation of the gypsy life she has been leading ever since she was able to walk. Mary Gretchen was recovered from a band of gypsies at Elberton, Ga., after a search that took her mother, who used to be a gypsy herself, Into nearly eve;-y corner of the country. United and happy, Mrs. Small and her beautiful little daughter stopped over In Atlanta to break the long journey back to Auburn, N. Y. “I knew you were looking for me, moth er,” said Mary Gretchen. "Every where we have been I have looked from the wagon Into the strange faces along the street, and something told me you were not far away. I would ask the fortune teller if mother would ever come for me, and when TRAILED BETRAVER ♦ VBO FOOLED HIS SISTER IN A HRCI MARRIAGE FOUND AND KILLED HIM FREAKS OF TORNADO ONE MAN SHOT INTO MIDST OF DINNER TARTY. The Avenger Was Held in Jail Five Years Before He Was Acquitted by a Jury and Is Now Bendy for Death in Kansas City Hospital. W. Temple Linson Is dying in a Kansas City hospital. Before he dies he wants to tell his story once more to the world. It will relieve his mind and put him right before his fellow men. He is sixty-five years old and suffering from tuberculosis. Physi cians at the hospital say he will live less than a month. Here Is his story as he tells it: "It was May 10, 1869, (he has tcld the story so many times to the nurses at the hospital that he remem bers the dates perfectly), when I rah (be first locomotive of the Union Pa- ARMY OFTHE LORD SIX HUNDRED FOLLOV SDNDAT SCHOOL BANNER , , , i cific out of Denver. The road had they (old me you woubl never come . jUSt bp(>n cornpletpd that far W est. 1 j had been in the employ of the Union i Pacific longer than any other em- ; I loyee. Tluy trusted me with their , first big engine. I worked for them I knew they were telling stories.’ Mrs. Small was the happiest moth er in th“ land. Still clinging to the child as If she feared the little one might he again taken from her. she told of her plans for the future and of the happy meeting when little Gretchen was restored to her. "When we get back I am going to work very nard to give Gr-nrhsn a good education. You see, I have no forty years. "I was engaged to marry n young woman who lived in Centralja, 111. My home was In Macon, Mo , where I l.ved with my sister, Frances. Iky speculation 1 made a lot of money • • :inu I < r- r islo-d to he expire l.v< r the city hos- d two hours ar* !\ spread : ! . of Go a 1 ' • V VS r> e- rrv , and determined to give my sister the money now to amount to anything J education rajr parent8 had b ^ n un . and will have to work for everything ab , p tQ afford for her ^ ^ her I get,'’ she said "nut I don't mind working now and nothing will be im possible "Gretchen will be a great lad) I am going to sand her to school, give her a good educa’ion and mavbe send her to roll-ge She in ever>thlng I l ave :t\ the worll and all I \wll have to work for ■ one w as very unhappy r w.in' to go Park I 1 o r t'*:o■ o'. .• m v Tlo ■ t. ; t' , n e ». .1 H .1 l' ■ p - \ f 1 k U i r : 1 . » * A t \ to a private school In Maryland. "After my •later, Frances went to arhool she would writ® me every week One day the lettera stopped I wonderel. but thinking she wan busy with her school work, waited patiently Two fears passed and I did not hear from her I d c.ded to go to the school and find in' s'ster "When I arrived at the * | > I the . • s * r ’ i > ’ o r toll n i e t h 11 K r ,v i. t amed a r h tt. m .tu 1 I.a 1 m hoo! ‘ao '.ars t . T.r e had Only One Negro Out of Twenty-Six in * Pool Room That Wm Wreck ed Escaped Death. Among the freak tragedies of the tornado that wrecked a large portion of Omaha, none is more remarkable than that of the Idlewlld pool hall. Twenty-fourth and Lake streets. Twenty-five negroes were killed. The story is told by the single survivor, John Brown, who was dug from the wreckage twelve hours after the de molition of the building. "Eight men were playing pool at one table," Brown says. "The rest of us were standing about watching. Without a moment’s warning a ter rific roar swept down through the room. The roof suddenly was lifted from above. The pool table shot straight upward, many feet In the air. All of us still were unhurt." Insane with fear but wondering the negroes rushed beneath the open roof and gazed upward. Then the heavy pool table and pieces of the roof shot down. All were caught. Drown was dug from the wreckage twelve hours later, uninjured. An Easter dinner party was in pro gress at the home of Benjamin Ed- holm, 1*936 Charles street. Nine per sons were at the table when the tor nado struck. Mrs. Edholm ran to the window and closed the shades. A minute later a human seream mingled with the shriek of the blast Straight through the dining room window and onto the table shot the nude body of a man. Idaho* crashed to the floor Soon the human me teorite Mtt up very much wllve and hanttly converted the table -'loth Into a toga A pair of truaers were lent to him and Yte raced to his home, without leaving his name. Muddled with his family In the basement of bis home at 3229 Cum min g s’reet. Prof K W Hunt saw tin 1 house split asunder \\ hen he r**- I (o'ere.) consi lois v r.ehH beneath th* » r< i kuge he dt-cov ered that a last H the r r l w h it w a- . O. R . 1 .!i * e l.e. i, t,., h K • 1 GUM SGHTEI rtuiE HCVSC FIT SAMSBOOI THEY CARRY SICKHRM DEATH INTO HOURS. AMD 1 can. • > a: • i. ■ ’l I . i; Kr. v M V ' • i ,l ! fle’ | • • f, 1 1 * 1 V s: 1 ; ■re : J 1 r ■ t h d-r. I I w a« «ln • r t he ' . a e " e n \Y r, .it 'e’-rn . ■ a s for ' a i I V ' re ' ar . ke ■* a ' ' a » . n * * :• i r ■ She l W .1 ! a' ' • ! A r ! •' .1 TTl •* 1 ti> i;« \ , • ,i •* lit ' '! \ • • ;i • i > . > «i c i i.. 11 i.. ■ 'i \ * a 1 . lo , I I .1- th. i '! \ > .G < i. 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'• .- b ' * i . t ' .-a r- r - h man a«h tiJton . h n r * a n d 1 "dred re Trance ^ « a« n. i .-- J a: (esMtrot, v Tie poll b. ’-s of tl.t ii \ - o 1 n* •’ . •* , c -\ '1 -I no’ develop and ■' .- pl.i n Ht;-! to the en fc-’lfl.-d fh..v m.-rn- t rm of llobb^ Mend.-raon I'onh.ed tl. rn a week ago that thetr More w a-, b.-lng robbed Young SnrCt was,, mployed bv the Arm until a short while ago. and the witnesses sfe’ed. siippicton polnt*'d to him For five ii’chts one of the policemen con cealed himself in the basement of the store, he said, and each night o':>#erv- ed a party or parties come to the rear window* of the basement and flash a pocket lantern. I ast n'ght, he testified, three po- IT-emen w.-re stationed in the base ment shortly before midnight. Tt had been planned to have two members of the firm stationed on the second fioor of the store, in charge of the s'.vGrh governing the electric lighting svstoin. The three policemen con cealed themselves behind a counter in th-’ har.-ment and waited. At five minutes after three o’clock, the testimony ran, the policemen ob served a pocket lantern being flashed on the outside of the rear basement windows. They waited and present ly an arm was slipped through a broken glass, set In f r ont of the bar red window sash, and the padlock holding down the sash unlocked. Itjrn*-". Wnnl- • hi-toin*. Job. Gl>««n t«> Democrat* Now. A Washington diKpa'ch to .The News and Courier sa>s having seen the announcement that the treasury department will not make any ap pointment In the custom service until July 1, In order that vacancie* oc- turlng in the meanwhile may be sav- • 1 r- > c t an ' I ’ .i\ he w .-n • * ii * I i ’ "!-1 o' him II. w -- V s» ,-a 1 i ' • . H.- k t -a :ng b-ni !».- rt . ! • ' > , j , ' 1 .’i o-r ’ a b f • * '• n'! r • h n i • 1 pp.- 1 . \r fu tlir.iiuh C»- -i ’ r :i 1 ' tner:. a ! ha ' I I ii l.-’.-rnir-.-.i . n*-ci's»:iry. to rat.-i. him ! He w err to J.- h \n t ei.>iurg D ’• "•here Dow o sin sn-1 ,i! ' to r m • • * •it til. Mr- • • r. - ’ ; 1 .1 \ • from G . . . -' \D -. i » c Ml w . r.- f ' m ti d r clo p, n i F 11 r > s n' it- t < T"t • rt. ', In a f r !h U.e a - * s Mar' l: .t)-. no’.* T r .i i. * - |. M W I n. Tt* •t' ’Ii t.>• r a -n Dr D G M fi.Gf fo in-I • ■) uni e- k at -! it * - i ’ !..) - :: t bit .v a » a ' WO, I I l l-d ’-ryant at W .3 S II Al'S a I V . A M- l • • ' *. > ill M' ! \ tner' I s I'! • n i 1- " '«• un-' . •-> "p. nd t f r ok - I ”p 1 1 -on,, b. 5 A * • f •berm.'.n a»«-nue Sb« I i’b [ bmrt .. • l V f rn a -tt t be t ti 1 rcl floor of t be . to - n.i io sir . k 1 b,. tn at b ))• r w • r.- , ’ i t ti, ’ ' - - r : • ’ok . 1 ■ It 1 ''.it.’ n tol - I ’ - t bo ’ l - 111- t, . 1 tli.or 1 it ' . t (H It \ ( K TO Mis WORK was n h ■ i i.e tbr. e 1 Ollt t l Si* m I nt -* i* unln- A ! I • W I • • I • r -m t in ti i, They Should All be Killed Now Be fore They Bepin to Raiae Bkg Families. Juat as soon aa the farmer finds that some pest Is destroying or dam aging his crops he begin* nt onea to try some means of destroying that pest. He makes this attempt because he can see with his own eyes that his crop will be cut short or even de stroyed if the destroyer is allowed to go on unchecked. When it comes to some danger, the result of which cannot be seen, we often let it alone, simply because we cannot see the damage done. You remember that for a long time it was not known that malaria is con tracted only through the bite of n certain kind of mosquito. When this fact was established, then we began to study about the mosquito, which were malarial and which were harm less, and the conditions under which the malarial kind breed. It has been proved, also, that yel low fever is not contracted by con tact with yellow fever patients, neith er is it carried in clothing; bnt that a mosquito which abounds in yellow fever legioss conveys It by its bite. Ttie danger of the common house fly to mankind was unsuspected un til about twenty years ago. Later, during the Spanish war, it was clear ly shown that the cause of the spread of typhoid fever, which killed so many of our men, was due to flies. This Insect is so active in the spread of typhoid fever that It is often spok en of as the "typhoid fly”. The fly is responsible for dtseams which can be spread by the taking la of germs with food or drink. Soma of these germs are dysentery, chol era. typhoid fever and tuberculosis. During the civil war there was aa outbreak of gangrene among eome of the wounded tn s hospital. The phy sicians used, as they thought, all pre cautions to prevent It* spread, but (’.«■> were not effectual In recent years tt Is known that tbIs g inkrent* was sprea 1 by the flies. tb« ' iigbting ipon the,sore, getting It-' poison upon their feet, then flying t - in.- »(.uiuj of another patient, b. r»- dr;-oi.lt the germs from ths Kant. r. nous pattrnt \ 1 he hoed of a fly ts covered with atifT bristle* like a head of ripened ■wheat the foot ends In a pair of pinchers, the mouth and bead being rough When you push a atlC-bria- ^ tle.1 broow in a pile of refuse then lift It. some of the dirt too That la just the way ths fly does, when tt Jsavss tbs refuse soma | filth sticks to tts body Set the broom I down and tbs dirt shakes off. Jest Me pall »pe« la! .r-nti.n to the'* 0 * lth th * * h « n U O' ..out .,n ’ - Amp flte mil move 1 » lr * n of * lth “ left b * hlo<1 i -nt b.- re , 1 them a« an Impor 1 l>rhaps some one in your vielally ’nut f.o’-r :•! ui. fy-ng t be .o;.|e of ‘ ban 'vpfioi-1 fever or some intestinal Ti.«• patient « excreta la not -liiinficud Fhee visit d.»< t.arvee. get the germs on their 1m>«]!***, fly at on.-e to your h1:?ben or l-nuit; room, rrnal over your food or Sr nday School Convention in Sumter Was a Grand Success.—Rev. YV*. I. Herbert Chosen President.—Meet ing in 1914 Will be Held in Ander son. A dispatch from Sumter to Thu State says every feature of a beauti ful spring day seemed to lend itself to contribute towards the success of the men’s parade—the big feature cf the 3 6th annual Sunday School as sociation convention, which comes to a close with this evening’s ses sion. The parade was composed of it tn and boys who stood for the Bible and believed in the Bible. At four o'clock the parade formed itt the intersection of Main street and Oakland avenue. It was headed by a squad of mounted police and the Sumter band: the leaders were R. I. .Manning, S. H. Edmunds, C. C. Brown, Bartow Walsh and .1. B. Fras er. Some 600 men marched tii it. Of these special train., had brought dele gations from Ddshopvllle, Darlington and Columbia. The part of the line ti at attracted most attention was that given over to the boy scouts, the troops from Columbia and Sumter marching and making a fine appear ance. The line of march was through six blocks of Main street to Calhoun and these were thronged with onlookers, all doors and windows being full and tre sides of the streets lined with au tomobiles Every street in town was closed during the hour which the pa rade consumed Through Calhoun s t r**et to Washington and down Washington to th-- monument souare marched the Bn.* and halted there in front <>f the handstand from wh!< - h it a is reviewed by Bresl '.-nt Green Mr I'.-arce and I r Mi’, h. 1! After ’.'t- hand bad p!.«\.-d Dr t . etl ! t ’■' • 1 T < -1 P’ e* ' ,. r - * "t ( ' \* | • ( ..-11 of the 1 ul>. ri>liy o' S- •!’ fi t ar- o. tia w t o a Idr. -seii the . ■> >•' ;e-..».|e , ’. ti t I ' . s • i n v w ,i a .•’rely . • or. - i < -i . • t-,.-r » !.- o' . ,. «I e.i \ e r tt -' s n ! w . r •• the ' u O \ | i.e - < \ >• r> '. m t,- « ti i. 1.1 inn « «• I in f ro*t' * If tie tnollUIli' III f'l the Gotife-] '.’ate .1 ■ s d » u r ' - u n -1 <-d t- y tx -is of ,!■ ght »<ar',ef verVtia. an 1 every ! ere o.ik t . It) the lira green of t • !r fr- «h 'oliag. I Dr M ’.-b. ll spoke of the armies So’i'h G-»roUna had sen’ oot In Vhe pa "t and t h oti * h t that this a: my of Sun lay »( 't>. 1 » rk.-rs was »n Im portari’ in ’he trust that It must ful i e i 1 1- i! ! ’ ’ . t d t !io u, h t -bit t to-» it i- fi rfose tb.- sor'al o ., m :‘i • S'ate and do a wav with >• nrrntgn’renf f, f c'i*b arvlnt* -" M * •'a’.-tnetit '!.«• the .-tm-lav 1 t r t. u' I «• ' I'-'H” Gy I I . v.-M niiu and woman ! f t' 1 ln 'h*’ milk, leaving behind tkei I’u’ I "as •ig v, t ift«-r Jiiin M. < am.* hark to the states So did I Me was three weeks ahead of me now Down to New Zealand and Australia 1 trail ed him Me whs gaining ail the while Then I los* him I came hack to California with half of my fortune •pent. "It w-as Christmas night, tki»7 j was dining at the Yosemlte hotel at ed for deputies tn the service whose Srorktoni rol Hp ram „ ln j Bhot poHltlona are to be abolished by the fl vp times and killed him c: nsolldation then to become effee- tne James F Byrnes, of the Second South Carolina district, will at once take up the subject with Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, by way of pro test. .Mr. Byrnes said Friday that he does not think that Robert Smalls, the colored colb-ctor at Beaufort, whose term has expired, should be allowed to hold on until the first of July, or that any special trouble should be taken to preserve the offl "I spent the rest of my fortune, $1 '.0,000, for my trial Toe trial lasted six years. Four hung juries and the fifth acquitted me in 1902." •»<-n*t<>r Tillmwn R«-<urn* f<>r lie- trs S*^»*i»»n. K\- CAl SE DEATH OF THREE. Religious Differences Cause ^-af Triple Tragedy. Angered because his only daugh ter. Katherine, is to marry a man of rial status of his colored subordin- different religion. George Brown, Sec- ates. The Second district Represent- rf t*ry of the \\ estern Ivouisiana alive will urge that a Democrat be ^ * an ^ er8 ^ a9 ° c ' at ‘ on ^ ac ^ e ^ or ’• appointed collector at Beaufort for F ’^°t nnd ki’Ied her In bed recently, the period between now and .Inly 1. j ordered the servants from the house and blew out his own brains. Her fiancee wss Frank Ford. A dispatch from Motil, Miss., says when Frank Ford, a wealthy young The question of the date of ap pointment in the customs service af fects Charleston also, if the apponit- ments are all to be held up until the There whs a slight commotion as j consolidation goes into effect, then planter, received a telegram announc- tlie boys slipped through the window and into the basement. As soon as they had entered, the witnesses tes tified, the boys placed masks over their faces, took out their pistols and held them in shooting position, and flashing their pocket lanterns, ad vanced toward the staircase leading to the second floor. As they drew opposite the counter behind which the policemen were concealed, Police man Mayfield, said witnesses, arose and called to the boys, "Hold up your hands, boys.” Without answering the challenge, it was testified, the boys opened fire first. They fired two shots, it was testified, and then the three police men, reallring their danger, opened fire. A total of fifteen shots were fir ed. An examination of the revolvers the now Congressmen from the First ing the murder of his fiancee, Kather- district, whoever he may be, will ine Brown, he went to his room and have the naming of the collector at fired a fatal bullet through his brain. Charleston. If the appointment is He left a note "Can’t live without made before that Congressman quail- her. Goodbye.” He recently inherit- fies, the endorsement of the Senators ed two hundred thousand dollars, from South Carolina may control, and it is understood that they are for Capt. W. J. Storen. Queor Place for Still. Col. W. G. Beach and E. Elmore, Secret Service men from Philadel phia, discovered a full fledged distil lery in the basement of & hotel at Scranton, Pa. The paraphernalia was confiscated. men twelves times together. During the shooting the clerks up stairs, hearing the terrible commo- showed that young Smith had fired ; tion, threw the electric switch and more than that wtU Th*‘ Columbia corr.*fcp<ind**nt of Tin- N. wh and Couru-r Hay* S»-nati)r r»ilrnan ‘•p*‘rtt Thurada) In the rity on h ih way tr> Wauhlngton Me in look ing remarkably well and Ih getting about without the aid of a stick and his mental at’itude and machinery are working with much more ease than ever Me expects the session of Congress to last at least until August, per haps longer Me hopes the Congress will deal with the money questions as well as with the tariff, and says that the Democrats have a great deal to do in undoing all the "devilment" of the Republicans for the past fifty years. Senator Tillman now thinks it was a Providential act that kept him from the chairmanship of the appropria tions committee, as that might have involved more work than he was able to stand, and he is anxious to give attention to the modelling of the new Democratic plans and particularly anxious to take a part in South Caro lina politics. They Stole the Beer. Out of the ninety-six barrels of alleged beer that were confiscated by the Greenville city police last fall eighty-three were found missing Thursday morning when an investiga tion was made of the warehouse in which the beer Was stored. Prizes for Twins and Triplets. Attorney Charles S. Sparks, of Cin cinnati, O., announces that he will be the patron of all twins and thiplets born in Hamilton county. For each twin born he offers $5; for each triplet RIO. Twins and triplets must live three weeks before they will be entitled to a prize. • ■ - Over a Million Given. Friday’s contributions to the Red Cross relief fund brought the amount over the mllUon-doljar-mark. Much needed for the once, Marti ntwlce and the police- j the basement waa flooded with light, flood sufferer*. Drowned in Escaping. At South Dayton, O., Chas. S. Por ter, his wife and six children were drowned while attempting to escape from their wrecked home. The wagon In which they were being conveyed to a place of safety overturned and all lost their lives. Court Justice Rilled. Justice Henry Btschoff, of the New York State Supreme Court, plunged eleven stories down an elevator shaft to his death Friday afternoon in the Emigrant Saving* Bank building, where he had office* He waa near sighted. '!>■ f'.-'-l of tiaf f tj' i, r ] l i'ini-n In t!.»* Christian chnn h I rough* forth much atiplau*.* Anotli’-r po nt Dr Mitchell deeired to HtrrsH wua that tii** Sunday school t.*achor should devote his time to teaching the eeeoutlals of Christian ity. for every decade of teachers hrnught different Ideals of most things, hut this w.ip unchanging Dur ing bis address he took occasion to refer to the "big four”. Public schools, pub’ic roads, public libraries and public health At the close of the address Dr. Mitchell and the Doy Scounts were roundly cheered The convention hall at the Thurs day evening session of the Sunday school association was thronged to overflowing, many standing thro»gb- out the evening. The large choir, under the leadership of Messrs. Tul- lar and Meredith, again furnished the song service. The chief address was made by Mrs. E. C. Crcnk of Columbia, her subject being ‘Teach ers That Teach”. Enthusiasm was the main note of the address. W. C. Pearce of Chicago spoke on "Divi dends on Our Investments.” At the close of his address he call ed upon the counties and individuals for pledges for funds to carry on the field work of the association. Three thousand, three hundred and forty- t-cven dollars and forty-one cents was pledged and $118.61 paid in; Spar tanburg following last year’s plan donated $;iOO, the largest county do nation, which Is the largest Individ ual pledge ever given the association. Friday morning the attendant® was again excellent, the interest and «nthuslasm in the work continuing. Several more addresses were made, then came the reports from countie* given by their presidents. It was de cided that Colleton was a front line banner connty and that Spartanburg, Florence. Union and Soluda are ban- i.er counties. The report of the treasurer, Mr. Lanham, showed receipts amounting to $3,069.24 and a balance of $473.13 on hand. Both Anderson and Rock Hill ask ed the privilege of entertaininff the association In 1914 and on Anderson felng selected *■ the place of meet ing. Rock Hill left its invitation open i li»* irvrtii «>f dlseas* Thvn you woi.- !. r ho* the disease was contracted ft r 1 9 1 L>. Flection of officer* recalled in to* following. President, the Rev. W. L Herbert, Bumter; vice-president, C*l- len Sullivan. Anderson, tl.e Rev D. I) Jones, Easley, out secretary, W. A. Harrison, Co lumbia; statistical secretary. Cheater F Harris, Spartanburg; treasnrsr, 8. T. Reid, Spartanburg Department Superintendents: Elementary—Mrs. b. N. Hurls. Spartanburg; secondary. Prof H. A. Wise, Columbia, adult. PaQl Quattlebaum, Conway; teacher training, Rev. T. W. Oregg, Rock Hill, and Prof. L. B. Haynes, Wll- klnsvllle; home visitation, the Rev. J. S. Coker, Charleston; missions, Mrs. 8. T. Lanham, Spartanburg; temperance, Dr. Joseph Quattlobamn, Columbia. Meembers Executive Committee— Prof. T. W. Keitt, Clemson; John D. Capplemann, Charleston; 8. C. Fledges, Greenwood; W. E. M. Peo ples, Brunson; C. W. iBSrchmore, Cam den; W. C. Thompson, I.aueaster; Jas. McCutchean, Blshopvllle; C. M. Efird, Lexington; 8. W. Smith, Ma rion; W. Si Morrison, Clemson; Rev. L. S. Barrett, Elloree; W. Crouch, Saluda; O. iM. Mitchell, Rome. At I. argo—Rev. J. B. Green, Green wood; Horace Bomar, E. F. Vandiver, J. W. Simpson. Spartanburg; J. R. Walked, Edgefield; Jas. E. Penilfoy, Vtalterhoro; R. C. Newton, Bennetts- vllle. ' ' Sick Child Roosted in Bed. Playing with matches while he was ill in bed, Andrew Cobleskie, a four- yeai^ld boy of Philadelphia. Pa., set fire to his bed and w*h literally roast ed to death. Firemen succeeded In extinguishing the blase with chemi cals. 4 Five Ofieers Drown. Two French naval offleers. Li eat. Achilla Lava bee and Ensign Losis Adam, and three petty officer* swept from the deck of tbo rine Turquoise and droi engaged In maneuvers in ranean early Friday. ' >£. 4