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A MOST HORRIBLE CRIME
WHITE MAN IS CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
City of Spartanburg Scene of One of
Worst Cases in History
of the State.
Charles Garner, white, aged about
60 years, who lives at Saxon Mills,
was arrested Thursday morning by
constable Nelson on a warrant issued
by Magistrate Kirby, charging him
with making a criminal assault upon
his granddaughter, Nineva Burgess,
alias Sanders, aged nine years. Garner
was committed to jail to await
a preliminary investigation which
will be held during the afternoon or
Friday morning.
The assault, it is alleged, was committed
Tuesday night at the home of
the girl's mother, Mrs. Minnie Burgess,
and the warrant was issued on
an affidavit of George Burgess, the
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has been married twice, her
first husband being a man by the
name of Sanders. Nineva's father
died when she was quite young and
upon the marriage of her mother to
George Burgess she took the name of
her stepfather. *
The story of the alleged assault is
one of the most revolting ever heard
of in this county, the details of which
are unfit for publication, for according
to statements made by the girl's
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stepiatner tne anegeu assaiui, w?u> a
mosrt; shocking and unnatural criminal
assault, and as a result the girl
is said to be in a terrible condition. *
Mr. Burgess, when he learned of
the condition of his wife's little
daughter and heard her statement, he
consulted Solicitor Sease, who advised
him to call in a physician, which
was done, Dr. A. D. Cudd being summoned.
As a result of the visit of
Dr. Cudd Mr. Burgess called at the
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an affidavit upon which a warrant
was issued for the arrest of Garner.
Constable Nelson went out to Saxon
Mills Thursday and found Garner
at work in the mill. He was arrested
and brought before Magistrate Kirby.
He denied the charge of abusing
the girl, though he said they occupied
the same room at his daughter's
home. Magistrate Kirby committed
Garner to jail without bail to
await a preliminary hearing.
Tho invpsticration will be held dur
ing the afternoon or Friday morning
and at the preliminary hearing the
mother of the child, her stepfather
and several inmates of the Burgess
home will testify. ? Spartanburg
Journal.
Roosevelt Forced to Decline.
Washington, Dec 11.?The president
tonight reissued his election
night announcement that under no
circumstances would he accept
another term. The impression here
. is that it was forced from him by a
sudden awakening that he could not
be elected. Numbers of his friends,
among them congressmen and others
prominent in Republican politics,
have been visiting him this week and
at last it is learned that they have
been telling him that there would be
no chance for his election; that Bryan
would beat him if he were put up
for a third term. Convinced at last
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he spoke on the night of election he
really meant it and will not run,
The Republicans who formed the
Southern coalition say in effect that
the situation has not changed so far
as Southern delegates to the convention
are concerned. They will go to
the convention unpledged. If the
president can be induced to accept
the nomination in spite |of what he
says they will be in position to support
him. If he declines it when the
convention offers it to him, then it is
time to decide for whom they will
vote. In other words, they are not
pledged and will not be pledged to
Taft or anybody else. In other
i words certain leaders have, or think
they have, the delegates in their vest
pockets, and will deliver them to
whomsoever seems to them expedient
when the convention meets.?
Zach McGhee, in Columbia State.
Cotton Crop Estimate.
Washington, Dec. 10.?The crop
board of the bureau of statistics of
the department of agriculture from
the reports of the correspondents
and agents today issued a report
estimating that the total production
of cotton in the United States for the
year 1907-08 will amount to 5,581,968,000
pounds (not including linters),
equivalent to 11,679,000 bales of 500
pounds gross weight.
The estimated production in 500pound
bales by States is as follows:
Virginia, 14,000; North Carolina,
604,000; South Carolina, 1,091,000;
Georgia, 1,898,000; Florida, 64,000;
Alabama, 1,216,000; Mississippi, 1,536,000;
Louisiana, 712,000; Texas,
2,490,000; Arkansas, 796,000; Tennessee,
298,000; Missouri, 40,000, and
Oklahoma, 919,000.
"Well," demanded the warden of
Twiorvn "rxrViaf nrp vnn ki^kinj?
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about now?"
'Tm kicking about this striped
suit," complained the new convict.
"All the silly dudes are going in for
stripes now, and it's a shame to make
us wear 'em."?Philadelphia Press.
A. G. Perkins, of Memphis, has
been appointed by the agricultural
department to go abroad and investigate
the cotton seed market.
A big lumber company in Mexico
has solved the saving of the timber
supply problem by planting a tree of
the same sort for every one cut down.
Will Teddy Go
He Went Down In a Submarine,
and the Army
Balloons May Yet Allure
Him Aloft.
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A LITTLE more than a year ago
President Koosevelt created
something of a sensation by
h taking a trip in a naval submarine
vessel beneath the waters of
Long Island sound. There was naturally
some anxiety as to what might
befall the chief magistrate of the nation
down in the water's depths, but it
was slight as compared with wnai
would be felt should the strenuous
head of the government take a trip In
the clouds to test the value of air navigation
for military and naval purposes.
There has been talk in Washington
that the president might favor the army
aeronauts as he did the naval submarine
men if congress decides on the
creation of a war fleet for the air.
Premier Clemenceau of France and
the minister of war recently made an
ascension in a government balloon. Experts
who have visited Europe and ob
served what Great Britain, r rance auu
Germany are doing in this direction
say that the United States is far behind
other countries in the matter of
applying air navigation to warfare.
The importance of the United States
keeping up with the procession in the
matter of aerial science as connected
with warfare was emphasized at the
international aeronautical congress,
which met in New ?ork at the conclusion
of the aerial carnival at St Louis.
Prominent among the speakers at
this congress were members of the
United States army who have given
special study to aeronautics. One of
these, Major George O. Squires, who
has had charge of the government balloon
experiments at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., said: "The success of aerial navigation
has been established, and the
success of aerial navigation means the
introduction of new and radical methods
in warfare, extended possibilities
of producing decisive results by strategic
movements against untenable positions
rather than by loss of human
life. It means the ultimate passing
away of warfare in the present sense
and the eventual dawn of the era of
peace."
The big government balloon United
States, piloted by Major Henry B.
Hersey, who went to Spitzbergen with
Wellman, expecting to sail rrom mere
for the pole by the air route, was
among the balloons which sailed in
the contest for the James Gordon Bennett
cup. It landed in Canada. Captain
Charles DeForest Chandler was
another army aeronaut who competed
for the cup, and it was he who sailed
the balloon America from St Louis
to West Virginia in the race for the
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ROMANCE IN HIGH LIFE.
The Adventures of Ex-Crown Princess
Louise, Now 8ignora Toselli.
The history of royalty furnishes few
cases like that of the ex-Crown Princess
Louise of Saxony, who recently
wedded the Italian teacher and composer
of music. Signor Enrico Toselli,
SIGUfOB ABD 8IGNORA TOSELLI.
in London. Signora Toselli might have
been a queen now had her domestic
relations at the Saxon court been tc
her taste. But she and the crown
prince, now King Frederick, did not
agree, and a little less than five years
ago she fled from the palace under th(
w hrnthpr thp Archduke
Leopold Ferdinand. At Geneva, Switzerland,
she joined the young French
tutor, GIron, who had been taken into
her husband's service the previous
summer. The crown prince got ?
divorce, and shortly after the decree
had been issued a girl was born to th
crown princess, the Princess Anne
Monica Pia. The affair with Girou
did not last He went to Brussels
where he is now bank clerk.
About a year ago the former crowr
princess was presented to SIgnor To
selli at the Villa Montanto, in Florence
and their acquaintance soon developed
into more than simple friendship.
Last July, after surmounting manj
obstacles, the couple left Florenct
quietly in an automobile one day, tool
a train at a small station and wen
Up In the Air?
Brigadier General James Allen,
Who Is Planning a
Fleet of Fighting Airships
For Uncle Sam.
Lahm cup. The achievements of Ma
jor Hersey and Captain Chandler in
the international contests were highly
pleasing to Brigadier General James
Allen, chief of the United States army
signal corps, who has supervision of
the aeronautical experiments of the
army. He hopes for an appropriation
of $200,000 from congress for the aeronautical
work, and Secretary Taft Is
understood to favor such action. General
Allen has studied every type of
balloon and flying machine and thinks
that the dirigible balloons with cigar
shaped gas bags offer the best opportunities
at present for achieving prac^
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General Allen, who first won fame
as press censor at Key West during
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BBIOADIEB GENERAL JAMES ALLBH.
the Spanish-American war, graduated
from West Point in 1872 and spent
three years with the Third cavalry in
Wyoming. He was then detached for
signal service and remained In that
branch of the army until 1878. He
saw service later in New Mexico and
Indian Territory and on the staffs of
Generals Miles, Ruger and Merritt, besides
being an instructor at West
Point for several years. He succeeded
General Greely as chief signal officer
in 1904. Fort Omaha is balloon headquarters
for the army, and instruction
in military aeronautics will be given
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
soon on their way to London. There
they encountered difficulties on account
of the insistence of the authorities that
the divorce certificate be produced before
a marriage ceremony was performed.
Obstacles were at last removed,
and they were married at the
registry office, a witness being the
noted author, William Le Queux.
JUDGE GROSSCUP'S ARREST.
Noted Federal Jurist and the Significance
of the Charge Against Him.
An unusual spectacle was presented
in Chicago a few days ago when
Judge Peter S. Grosscup of the United
States circuit court of appeals was arrested
on a warrant charging him with
manslaughter. Three others were served
with warrants at the same time, all
leading citizens and directors of the
Charles and Mattoon Interurban Electric
railway, on which a fatal wreck
occurred last summer. The sheriff in
serving the warrants said:
The fatal wreck last Augrust was the
third serious accident on the road In the
last three years. The people who patronize
the line have come to expeot an annual
calamity, and there was a very
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strong public sentiment In Coles county In
favor of Indicting the officials. Moral effect
In causing the directors of traction
I companies to give closer attention to the
management of their properties is what
is desired in this action.
I Judge Grosscup is one of the best
known of the jurists of the federal
r courts. He was born in Ohio in 1852,
i and it was in the Debs trial, over
t which he presided, that he first ob*
talned a national reputation.
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WILL NOT ACCEPT.
Roosevelt Will Not be a Candidate for
a Third Term.
Washington, Dec. 11.?President
Roosevelt will not be a candidate for
a third term. All doubt on this point
was tonight dispelled by the authoritative
statement from" the White
House that Mr. Roosevelt still adhered
to the declaration of renunciation
made on the night of the election
three years ago. In. the statement
issued tonight President Roosevelt
says he has not changed and shall not
change the decision communicated to
the American people in 1904.
It appears that the president has
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publican national convention to afford
the proper opportunity for
making his position clear and unmistakable,
and thus leaving the
field clear for Fairbanks, Taft, Cannon,
Knox, Foraker and other declared
or receptive candidates for
the Republican nomination. The
president's statement follows:
"On the night after election I made
the following announcement: T am
deeply sensible of the honor done me
by the American people in thus expressing
their confidence in what I
have tried to do. I appreciate to the
full the solemn responsibility this
confidence imposes upon me, and I
shall do all that in my power lies not
to forfeit it. On the 4th of # March
next I shall have served three' and a
half years and this three and a half
years constitute my first term. The
wise custom which limits the president
to two terms regards the
substance and not the form, and
under no circumstances will I be a
candidate for or accept another
nomination.'
"I have not changed and shall not
change the decision thus announced."
Dr. Kendall's Case.
! Charleston, December 12 -In the
United States district court today
Judge Brawley heard the case against
Dr. Kendall of Columbia, charged
with making false returns before
Bankrupt Referee Earle. The hearing
continued with a short recess
until 8 o'clock tonight, when Judge
Brawley outlined to the lawyers the
nature of the order to be drafted tomorrow
in Columbia. The order will
require Dr. Kendall to turn over
certain money to the referee and in
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the event of his failure to do so tne
court is to be again applied to for relief.
Proceedings being of a civil
character the court did not impose
any fine or penalty for Dr. Kendall's
disobedience of the order of the referee,
but Judge Brawley intimated
that the criminal side of the court is
open to the lawyers if they should
see fit to avail themselves of any
action of this kind against the Columbia
physician.
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ber of one of the richest and most
aristocratic families in Boston, Nathaniel
F. Emmons, son of N. H. ,
Emmons, is working for $9 a week \
as a "lumper" in the Lewis woolen ]
mill at Lawrence. His bride of three <
weeks, who was Miss Elizabeth Pres- <
cott Lawrence, of Groton, a former (
chum of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
is living with him in two furnished
rooms at a mill lodging house.
She is the favorite niece of Bishop
Lawrence, and eloped with Emmons
three weeks ago, although their wedding
had been planned as an elaborate
affair. She is as well known in
Washington and London society as
in Boston. Her grandfather was
once minister to England.
Mrs. Emmons is a talented artist
and an enthusiastic motorist. She
is about 30 years of age, while her
husband is only 24. Miss Lawrence
spent several social seasons in London,
where she was a guest of Ambassador
and Mrs. Reid. There she
became a great favorite.
The reason why the newly married
couple are living in a lodging house
at Lawrence is unknown. Their families
believe it is a freak on their .
part for both families are very rich ;
and live in the smartest style.
They eat at a restaurant where
Emmons pays $4 a week for his meal
tickets. He works ten and a half
hours daily, in overalls, in the Lewis
mill, learning the wool business.
Later he will go into the wholesale
wool business to look ater his father's <
interests.
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Spirit of the Old Guard.
The splendid loyalty of Napoleon's
old guard has become historic. In
the "Memoirs of the Comtesse de
Boigne," the second volume of which
has just been published, the following
incident is told:
Edouard Dillon had been ordered
by the king, after the battle of Waterloo,
to relieve the wants of the
French wounded who were collected
in a hospital at Brussels. He came
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sioned officer in the Imperial Guard,
whose arm had just been amputated.
In reply to his offers for help the soldier
threw the bleeding arm at him,
and said: "Tell the man who sends
you here that I still have an arm left
for the service of the emperor.
Application has been made to
Judge Newman, of the United States
Court, for the appointment of receivers
for the State of Georgia for
the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company.
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TAX NOTICE.
The county treasurer's office will be
jpen for the collection of State, county,
school and all other taxes from the 15th
lay of October, 1907, until the 15th day
5f March, l?U8, inclusive.
From the 1st day of January, 1908, until
the 31st day of January, 1908, a penally
of 1 per cent, will be added to all unpaid
taxes. From the first day of February,
1908, until the 28th day of February,
L908, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be ada3d
to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
lay of March, 1908, until the 15th day
rf March, 1908, a penalty of 5 per cent,
will be added to ail unpaid taxes.
The following is the levy:
For State purposes, 5 mills.
For county purposes, 3 mills.
Constitutional school tax, 3 mills.
Total, 10* mills.
SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
Bamberg, No. 14, 4J mills.
Denmark, No. 21, 6 mills. ,
Olar, No. 8, 4 mills.
Lees, No. 23, 4 mills.
Midway, No. 2, 2 mills.
Cuffie Creek, No. 17, 2 mills.
Colston, No. 18, 2 mills.
Ehrhardt, No. 22, 2 mills.
Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills.
Go van, No. 11, 3 mills.
Binnaker's, No. 12, 3 mills.
Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills.
Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills.
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16,1 milL
Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills.
Heyward, No. 24, 2 mills.
All male persons between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years, except Confederate
soldiers and sailors, who are
exempt at fifty years of age, are liable
to a poll tax of one dollar.
Capitation dog tax, 50 cents.
I will receive tne road commutation tax
($2.00) from October 15th, 1907, until
March 1st, 1908.
All male persons who were 21 years
of age on or before the 1st day of January,
1907, are liable to $1.00 poll tax. *
Those who have not made returns to the
auditor will do so on or before 1st day
of January, 1908.
JNO. F. FOLK,
Treasurer Bamberg County. *
Bamberg, S. C., September 25 th, 1907.
BRICK FOR SALE*
We are manufacturing a
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can furnish Run of Kiln
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