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V - - ' V ..... . -*4 / VV .- > , _ , = v tyty llamhmj ^ralin j = ^ Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL, 30, 1908 One Dollar a Year i iM - : :'%l IN THE PALMETTO STATI SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. M . 1 s State News Boiled Down For Quicl Reading?Paragraphs About ' vliV/* Men and Happenings. ' Bishop Ellison Capers, of the Epis copal church, died at his home in Co lumbia last week. # From the results of the club meet ings held last Saturday, it seems tha . ? l>? 4-V.fi ftf tVlii SI UU111UC1 UJL UK t/uuvvtww ..? State want Bryan for president. J. B. Sims, the Lancaster whit< man who was shot from ambush las > week, died Monday of his wounds There is no clue to his murderer. The prohibitionists of Colletoi county have organized and will mak< > a determined effort to vote the dis pensary out of that county this year Hie dispensary at North August was dosed Tuerday afternoon by th< county board of control. The dis penser, 0. H. Moyer, is short abou Igpoo. Senator Tillman's health is still im proving, and he has made arrange ments to start on his trip for Europ E about the 16th of next month. Dr Babcock and several people from Co , lumbia will be in the party. The State Supreme Court, has sus tained the injunctions against th Charleston blind tigers, and it is no\ likely that this method will be vigor oosly pushed by Governor Ansel an< Attorney General Lyon, so as to sto] } as far as possible the illicit sale o * '' whiskey in Charleston. The oratorical contest held a Greenwood last Friday night betweei the various colleges of the State wa won by J. C. Hardin, of Woffori / CWIpw. Mr. Hardin is a brother o ? ; Mr. E. K. Hardin, who formerl; t taught in the Fitting School here $ Mr. J. W. Hicks, of Furman Univer sity, won second place. .. E:i' F. M. Sellers, a white man and cot ton weigher at Chesterfield, has bee. arrested, charged with robbing store in that town. The store of J. C Johnson was broken into and abou $10 in money stolen, and the circun stances pointed strongly to Sellers a the guilty man. After a prehminar hearing, he was bound oyer to court Riddoek & Byrnes, who have bee ' running the Charleston and Argyl l^hofcels in Charleston for some years hive met with financial failure. Las week the leases on both houses wer M cancelled by the owners because Ric dock & Byrnes had not paid thei rait. The Charleston hotel will k main open, and will be operated b the company owning it. At the inquest held over the bod of J. B. Sims, the Lancaster whit man who was assassinated, the jur returned a verdict that he was she . by Ben Stogner, with Lee Stogne accessory. They have been arrestee ??>v lt it stated that Sims said on hi death bed he was shot by Be * i Stogner. The Stogners are brothei of S. H. Stogner who was kille ^ r by Sims a few months ago. The Republicans held their Stat ' y convention in Columbia Tuesday, t which the usual row took place. Joh G. Gapers threw the negro oil tfl platform, who was attempting t preside over the meeting, and a nun ber of negroes threatened Caper some attempting to draw pistol . However, the tumult subsided an Capers and his friends controlled th convention. A mixed delegation 1 the National Republican conventic was chosen, consisting of whites an rtgroes. First Horseless Buggy. "The first horseless carriage in Oh: was first seen down in my town, "sai C. A. Warren, of Springfield, tl other day. "Then," says Warrei "it went to Cleveland about ten yea: ago, and we never heard any more < it. Have you ever seen it up her< Fiavius Banforth was the inventor < ? v this first horseless carriage. He h? 0- a little milk route, but as he didn own a horse, he hitched up his cow 1 a two-wheeled cart By thisarrang mentthecow was active in the d partments of both production ar V " transportation for he delivered mi direct from the cow. There were i i7 complaints about unsanitary mi bottles on his route. The customs would hand out a pitcher, and tl old man would milk the cow whi the cus^pmer waited." ??-?_?? ? Summer School. Some time this summer tl counties of Aiken, Bamberg ar Barnwell will join in a joint summi school for teachers, to be held in tl city of Aiken. The date for tl school has not yet been fixed, but ? arrangements will be made at a mee ing of the county boards of educatic . and the State Superintendent of E ucation, which will be held at Blac ville on May 1. It is expected th ' the attendance at the school will 1 very large, as the total enrollm? of teachers in the three counties very large.?Aiken corresponden News ana Courier. - - - - . . - .v . .-Ta } FARMER SHOT FROM AMBUSH. < J. B. Sims, a White Man, Mortally ; Wounded Near Lancaster. Lancaster, April 23.?J. B. Sims, the farmer shot from ambush last c night as he was returning home from town, is still living, but the attending physicians entertain but little hope of his recovery, as they believe that his intestines were perforated by that struck and _ SUU1C OX tllC OilVI- VUMV W?. ? , entered his body. Sims, who lives about four miles - from town, spent yesterday here t and was within a mile of his home 3 when shot. He was walking along the road with his coat over his left a arm when some unknown person cont cealed in a strip of woods fired on him with a gun loaded with duck shot, the shot striking him all the way from the face to the hips on the left side. 1 The coat probably saved him from in3 stant death as the force of the load " seems to have struck that garment. The assassin was not more than \ twelve steps distant from his victim, a as shown by the tracks where he I. stood and the point in the road where f Sims fell. Sims was placed in the buggy of a passer-by, the Rev. E. 0. Thompson, and carried to the home of Lafayette Kinnington, a neighbor, where he f now^is. Sims is a well known citizen of the " county. Until recently he was a United States deputy marshal and at r one time was a State dispensary cone stable. He was tried at the last term 7 of Court for killing Hampton Stog - ner, whom he shot at within 150 yards i of the place where he himself was 3 shot last night. At the trial referred f to, it was re-called, the jury failed tc agree and a mistrial was ordered. t News from Olar. s Olar, April 27.?At the last meetj jng of the literary society the followf mg officers were elected: President, Y Miss Belle Cooke; vice president, im Miss Hattie Ray; secretary, Miss Emma Bessinger; treasurer, Miss f Orrie Morris; critic, Miss Maude Owens; censor, Miss Kathleen Kirkland; reporting censor, Mr. James n I nviittv V/AMWJ # ? The program was as follows: ' Recitation?Miss Annie Laurie * Kirkland. ' l" Composition?Mr. Charley Chitty, s Current Events?Miss Hattie Ray, y Composition?Mr. Henry Kearse, ' Recitation?Miss Emma Bessinger. n Reading?Miss Berta Morris, e Essay?Mr. Lee Morris, j, Debate, Resolved: That the white men were wise in driving the Indiana e from America. I- Affirmative: Mr. Bernice Barker, ir Miss Effie Barker. Mr. Lennie Reid. j- Negative: Mi*. Ellis Barker, Miss y Versa Morris, Mr.- Elvyn Kearse, The decision was made in favor oi <the affirmative. y Messrs. Bissell Beach and Charli< e Rentz, of Bamberg, were the guqpts X of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rizer East? * Sunday. ;r Miss Kate Sadler, who has be? ' teaching at ^iken, returned hofnt 18 last Friday for the summer vacation n We are glad to know Misses Emms 5 Cooke, Sara Brabham and Zelnu a Rizer, who have been sick for severe days, are able to be up again. 6 Mrs. Sadie Gilchrist visited Miss it Kathleen Kearse last week. n Miss Lilla Qpattlebaum, our mush ie teacher, was called to her home a ? Ridge Spring last Sunday on accoun i- of her grandmother's death, return S-1 iner Tuesday. s. Quite a crowd of the young folk id attended a picnic given at Spring ie town church last Saturday. jo Mrs. Ben Joyner and little daugh >n ter, of Georgia, are visiting at th< id home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Joyner Little Miss Jesse Zorn, of Govan is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Paul Cooke Mrs. W. N. Barker and little son of Kline, visited her sister, Mrs. J io G. Barker, of this place, last week, id Our town has been greatly improv ie ed by putting in gas lights, i, Miss" Edna Chitty, of Kearse, i rs visiting at the home of Mrs. C. F >f Rizer. Elk. a? J Pensions Seat Out. id Comptroller General J ones has sen 't out to the clerks otcourt of variou to counties in the State, the sum o e- $251,270 as pension money for th e- Confederate veterans and the widow id of Confederate veterans. Ik The appropriation amounts to $250, io 000, but there was a refund of $1,27 Ik due to the fact that a number of vet er erans or widows died since last yeai ie There has been an increase of 21 le pensioners since last year. The nun: ber now amounts to 9,275. Uf thi number, 4,277 are women, beinj about half of the total number o pensioners. These widows draw $110, le 316. id Those veterans who are paralyze er or totally disabled come under Clas le A, and receive $96 each. Class E le those who have lost a leg or arr ill during the war, get $72 each. Clas it- C, those wounded in the war or suffei >n ed disabilities, receive $48 eacl d- Class D, those widows whose hus k- bands died or were killed in the wai at receive $48 each. 3e The remaining two classes receiv at $21.20 each. is Excluding the pensions of $251,27( ce the State has paid out $1,000 for art ficial limbs. - S ' ' ; r; ' ; -'V - COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS some Interesting happenings in various sections. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. News from Kearse. Kearse, April 27.?Had you been on some of our highways a few evenings ago, you would have seen a merry party of young men, with gUns and hounds, a few lightwood splinters, frying pans, in fact every thing neces^ sary for a fish fry; only fish, hot coffee. redhorse bread and rabbits. These young men were full fledged members of the Diverpond Lying Club, limited, recently organized f 0r mutuai good will and to see which one can tell the biggest fish tale. On this evening they expected to have rabbits and fish no end. Capt. Q. B Kearse and some others took the hounds and guns to procure the needed rabbits for the fry, while W. H. and J. 0. f Ritter put out the lines in the cele' brated diverp0nd near the residence of Gen. J. S. Breland. Soon night came on, and they all returned to camp. Only two rabbits were the rei ward for an evening's hunt, and no ! fish. They didn't* bite. There were few smiles jn that crowd. What was > to be done? Something desperate it i seemed, for they each and all had an : appetite as only hunters and fisher' men could have, so W. H. Ritter pro1 posed to forage, which was done. ' They procured sixteen eggs, and one [ Very lean hen, borrowed a pot to cook ! her in, and in due time she was plac' ed in the pot and over the fire, when, ' mother of Moses, the pot had a in it and there was danger of the fire being extinguished, so off came the pot and some cloth was procured to stop the hole, but that hen was tough ; and very thin; only sixteen eggs and , two rabbits was a poor prospect for so many hungry men. What about i +v?q+ h<an in the not. would she ever ' VAtWV MV4? x , - _ i get tender in a life time? Doubtful; : just then some one proposed to try the lines once more, so in sheer des? peration some went. Soon returned with thirty or more pounds of as fine catfish as swim these waters. Luck t had changed, mourning into joy; soon they were at work, and about . 9.30 a bountiful fish supper was an. nounced. Then the members of the . Diverpond Lying Club told tales, . cracked jokes, and kept them up until 12 o'clock, midnight; had a fine time and soon to meet again. 1 The entertainment given at ?he 3 White Point school room was a success; only one hitch. v Old Timer got , mixed up in his part, not so with the > boys and girls; they did well, all of 5 them, and for two hours kept the . large crowd in an uproar of laughter. ' The teacher, Miss Aline Kearse> certainly deserves credit for the tact 2 and discipline shown on Thursday s evening by her pupils. Miss May r Bassett deserves special mention as * i >? fL_ i ' Mowier uoose. out; ts.uuws mu wcu i how to manage a large and varied ; family. Ennis Breland in the role of . "Father Billingswdrth" was also a i trump. He left with an armful of i un&rellas amid the laughter of the 1 audience. His secret was out. .We are certainly having unusual 3 weather conditions for this season of the year, and only in the spring of 2 1881 have I seen vegetation so fort ward. t Mrs. A. P. Gray reported corn tas sels a week ago, the earliest since 1881. That year Gen. Jackson Rice s had them in his garden just back of - where now stands H. C. Folk's store in the town of Bamberg, on the lasl - day of March. Something he told me e when he showed them to me, he hac never seen before. , The spring of 1881 was warm anc i. very dry, while this one is noted foi i, its heavy rainfall. . ' We had heavy rains and wind foi some days and the weather is stil - threatening. The Ehrhardt nine cleaned up the s Kearse nine so completely in th( game of ball on Saturday evening until the Kearse boys can't say wher< they are at, but hope to win out nexi time. Yes, boys, hope is a great com t forter. s The Kearse Democratic club wa< f reorganized last Saturday, the 25th e Below is the list of officers elected s President J. F. Kearse, Sr.; vic< president, J. W. Kinard; secretary and treasurer, J. J. Kearse; membei 0 executive committee, J. A. Peters > Delegates to county convention: J. A \ Peters, H. J. Ritter, W. H. Ritter 4 If we were as strong as our patriot i- ism we would elect a Democrats is Dresident. Old Timer. I' ??? Denmark Democratic Club. The Denmark Democratic clul d met Saturday afternoon for the pur s pose of reorganizing and electing {, delegates to county convention, n Most of the old officers were re s elected, and are as follows: C. W *- Garris, president; C. S. Folk, vic< i. president; W. L. Riley, secretary an( r treasurer. S. G. Mayfield was elect % ed executive committeeman. The delegates to county conventioi e are as follows: C. W. Garris, W. L Riley, S. G. Mayfield, W. S. Cooper ), J. S. J. Faust, C. S. Folk, J. A. Nix i- I. G. Jennings, W. W. Sojourner an< J. J. Fogle. l NEIGHBORS AT OUTS ABOUT DOG. One Harlboro Farmer Has Another Put Under Peace Bond. Bennettsville, April 24.?Jasper Berry, a white man from near Dunbar, was put under peace bond by Magistrate Mclnnis on Wednesday and bound over to court. He was remanded to jail in default of $200 bond, and will have his case investigated by the grand jury. The charge against Berry was lodged by L. C. Carter, a resident of Dunbar and a near neighbor of Berry's. Berry waived a preliminary and hence none of the facts were brought out at the magistrate's, but moo eaon onrl rolatpH tViP fol Vjai LCI VTOO OVbll U11U *v<wvw lowing: That on last Sunday morning he was lying in bed trying to rest. That a crowd of dogs came around and worried him, and one belonging to Berry got in his house. They at last made so much fuss that he had to get up and run them away. The dog belonging to Berry was a pup and he had to whip it before it would leave. Finally he kicked it. out, but not so as to bruise or maltreat it. That on learning of this Berry became furious and going to the home of Johnny Sweat got his gun and stated that he was going to kill him (Carter.) That Berry laid in the woods for him, but he had been warned and kept out of the way. Carter first went to Magistrate Calhoun at Clio to take out warrant, but not finding him at home came to' Bennettsville and swore out one before Magistrate Mclnnis. Deputy sheriff took the warrant and went to Berry's house and arrested him. Berry was unable to furnish bond. There seems to be bad blood between the two men antedating the dog incident, and Carter was much afraid of bodily harm. Both are farmers living near Dunbar. More Trouble Brewing. Springfield, III., April 24.?After twenty years of litigation, the supreme court has finally disposed of the Alton case by the most drastic action recorded in its history. Disregarding the action of seven juries, which refused to enforce the law against the separation of white and negro school children, the court took the matter into its own hands, de<*io%.o/4 ft-io Altnn nntVinritfes were not uaivu uiv luwu entitled to trial jury, anyway, and gave judgment for the negroes. The litigation began years ago when * Alton established separate schools for negroes and Scott Bibb refused to send his children to them. The l$te Senator John M. Palmer was his Counsel and he fought for the entry o? the negro children to the regular schools until his death. Four Dead id Flames. Battleford Saskatchewan, April i 24.?As a result of a prairie fire that [ is raging in the Tramping Lake dis[ trict, four of one family ar ^ dead, the fifth and only survivor is so bad[ ly burned that she is not expected to ; recover. William Matthews and his. ; wife, in attempting to save their home and two children, were burned [/ to death. Anna Matthews fought f her way through the sea of fire to see \ why her father and the others did ! not return. She found that all were ' ti. H 3 burned, tier dress caugnu nre mm . she was horribly burned. Itisdoubt; ful if she can recover. In her agony, \ and in an effort to extinguish the I flames on her dress, she jumped into J a stream of water nearby and then crawled on the bank in an exhausted condition. A neighbor found her and i took her to safety. 1 v ^ j Colleton Home Burned. r Walterboro, April 24.?Thursday night the residence of H. D. Padgett, r at Ruflin, caught on fire and was en1 tirely destroyed. The fire occurred about 2 o'clock in the morning. Mr. 1 and Mrs. Padgett were sleeping and 2 were awakened in time to get out of * the burning building. Put little was 2 saved. His loss is about $2)000 with t $500 insurance. It is thought the fire caught from a defective flue. 5 m A Subtle Difference. * : Mrs. Blank, wife of a prominent - minister near Boston, had in her em7 ploy a recently engaged colored cook as black as the proverbial ace of spades. One day Mrs. Blank said to her: "Matilda, I wish that you would . t 1_ " have oatmeal quite oiten ior DreaK2 fast. My husband is very fond of it. He is Scotch, and you know that the Scotch eat a great deal of oatmeal." "Oh, he's Scotch, is he?" said Matilda. "Well, now, do you know, } I was thinkin' all along dat he wasn't " des like us."?Woman's Home Cojn? panion for May. The friends of Mr. James F. . Byrnes will be glad to know that he 2 will be a candidate for Circuit So1 licitor at the August primary election. - A lawyer by profession, he has been court stenographer for the second i judicial circuit for a number of years, i. and is thoroughly familiar with all , court procedures. A well informed , man, a careful worker, and a fluent 1 speaker. He will make a good solicitor.?Aiken Recorder. .'* ' " v.--'-: -?*~'v''>/ ?*? * - - ~ ,^i >. ?l- ; t COTTON MILLS SHUT DOWN THIS ACTION WILL BE TAKEN NOT LATER THAN JULY FIRST. Suspension will be Indefinite?Thousands of Hands will be Without Work. Spartanburg, April 25.?The cotton mills of the Piedmont section of North and South Carolina will close down indefinitely July 1, and no further orders for cloth at the present prices will be accepted by the mills. This action was taken this afternoon at 4 o'clock at a meeting of mill pres idents representing the mill industry of the upper section of South Carolina and North Carolina. The action of the cotton mill men did not come as a surprise for it was reported in this correspondence several days ago that the mill men were confronted by a serious proposition. It was either reduction of wages and shorter hours or the closing down of mills indefinitely. The mills had hoped to operate on shorter hours and to reduce wages, in fact, some of the mills have been pursuing that policy for some time, but it gave no relief to the situation. The meeting to-day was held in the Chamber of Commerce, and nearly every mill in this section was rep resented either by a personal representative of by proxy. The meeting was held quietly and quickly. In fact it did not become known that the meeting had been held until representatives of the mills made the following statement: "At a representative meeting of cotton manufacturers held this day in the Chamber of Commerce it was resolved that they will accept no further orders for cloth at present prices, and that they will shut down their mills indefinitely not later than July 1?1908." Thirty-seven cotton mills in Spartanburg county alone will be affected by the action of the mill presidents. More than $10,000,000 is invested in cotton mills in the county. The number of spindles is close on to sever hundred thousand, and the numbei of looms is more than twenty thousand I IU1U( The closing down of the mills will throw thousands and thousands ol people out of employment, and the great problem before the mill operatives is how they will employ themselves after July 1 until the mills resume operations. Had the mills closed down earliei in the season the situation would not have been as serious as the presenl time, for the mill people could have easily made arrangements to secure work on the farms. The employers of farm labor have made all their arrangements for agri cultural work. It has been said that possibly the mills have made arrangements tc provide for the operatives while the Ml 11 _ mills ^re iaie. /Sound Advice. Anne Steese Richardson gives som< pertinent advice to girls looking foi employment, in the May Woman*! Home Companion. "Tell the em pi oyer," she says, "what you thinl you can do, not what you have don< at home or in school, nor why yoi need the position. He wants to knov whether you can write legibly, spel correctly, figure accurately and ari strong enough to serve him so man: hours a day, so many days a week If this man has his own and his em ployer's interests at heart he will re gard you as he does a bolt of fim silk on the shelves outside his office This sounds almost brutal. It sound as if you were no better than the dr: goods upon the shelf. Well, whei you get right down to facts, that em nlover is takincr just as great a chanci r?v ? ? w * in hiring you, an untrained girl whon he must train at his firm's expense as he is in buying a bolt of silk tha may or may not find favor with th firm's customers. If you do the work he is glad to pay you the money yoi need. If you cannot do the work then perhaps for a second he feel sorry for you, but he argues that i charity organization to which hi firm contributes should look afte your case. A store, factory or of fice is a beehive of industry, not; refuge for incompetents in distress.' . Club House Robbed. Hot Springs, Ark., April 23.Four masked men, with leveled re volvers, entered the club house of th Indiana club on Central avenue, fore ed the occupants to line along th side and looted the place of a larg amount of money. The occupant were then locked in a room and th 1 * ? xt^ f A frfofr roDoers liu uciuuw: cutiv ment concerning the amount o money taken can be secured, but i is estimated at between $5,000 am $10,000. A number of guests of the variou hotels were in the club house. N individual was robbed of his monej the robbers devoting themselves t looting the club funds. So quickl; was the robbery conducted that pei sons in the cafe were unaware of th proceedings. One of the locked-i ; men got through a transom, the liberated the others, when the alarx was given to the police. WARRIOR'S LIFE ENDS. .M With Sword Clasped to His Heart Col. Warwick Dies at New York. New York, April 23.?With the sword he carried when a member of Morgan's raiders during the civil war clasped to his heart, Col William S. S. Warwick was found dead in his bed on the top floor of a house in the Bronx yesterday. When his old servant, who answers to the name of Mammy, carried his breakfast to his room, she found Col. Warwick dead. The coroner decided that death was due to the infirmities of old age. Col. Warwick came of a famous old Southern family and was born in Vir- ; J ginia eighty-five years ago. He was "p bred in wealth and luxury and at the opening of the war joined Morgan's - cavalry ana tnrougnouL uie wax . fought under the nag of the Confederacy. Twenty years ago he came to New* vg|| York and began to practice law. He had a large income and his chief em- i% ployment was the entertaining in lav- gS ish style of Southerners who came to '/M New York. Two years ago he be- ^ came involved in a disastrous financial transaction and lost his entire fortune. Since then he has lived in humble lodgings in the Bronx, attended only by the colored servant he brought | from the South with him in the days of his prosperity. Col. Warwick is said to have beeo: related to many well known people in the South, including Senator Daniel, <3 of Virginia. No Mistake. A New York produce commission ||3 house, which prides itself on filling*' * all orders correctly, received a letter ^|1| from a New Jersey customer recent- r ly saying: "Gentlemen, this is the first time we ever knew you to make a mistake ^ 1 in our order. You are well aware that we buy the very best country [ eggs. The last you sent are too poor ?$m 1 for our, trade. What shall we do with them?" , m 1 The fair fame.of the house for -J9| never making an error seemed to be *-%B 1 at stake, but the bright mind of the ' junior partner found a way out of it. ' He wrote: if , "Gentlemen: We are sony to hear l Maof cJiinmonf did not suit U1AU VU4 iuow ijiu^uuv**v ; you. There was, however, no mis- ' V ;]|H 5 take on our part. We have looked up^your original order and find that ?f it reads as follows: 'Rush fifty crates eggs. We want them bad/ "?Phil- ^ adelphia Ledger. ; Lynching in Rorida. ?' Jacksonville, Fla.s April 25.?A . ? special from Millvilte, a small town m off the Gulf coast, near St. Andrew's, \ % ? states that two negroes were lynched . there Friday night by a mob of infu- JH riated white men. The negroes, it i is alleged, entered a store and began > firing at a white man because of some > i act of his a few hours earlier. The "M negroes fled but were captured a $ short while afterwards by officers, who were taking them to jail when they met the mob. The negroes 5 were hanged to a nearby tree and'./s^H [ their bodies riddled with bullets. Ex- y 5 eitement prevails among the negroes H - .? ?. J ia * m tne settlement tuiu ou w I feared. l ncCallough in Washington. i Washington, April 25.?Joseph A. a McCullough, Judge Pritchard's right ' hand man in the dispensary receiver . :/3R business, was in Washington to-day. " * He stated that his visit was in no way - >*|?| _ official, that he stopped here en route 3 from New York where he went on legal business, g He would not discuss the dispen- :J?9 .. sary receivership except to say that [ he believed that no further step would ' *? be taken in the matter until the ~ points at issue are determined by the j circuit court of appeals at Richmond , some time during the next three ; ^ 1 weeks. r.:-.s e He left for Greenville to-night. He did not call at the White House to j see about that judgeship. s Going Some. a An Englishman, an Irishman and a s Scotchman were one day arguing as r to which of the three countries / - possessed the fastesfc trams, a Saia the Irishman, "Well, Tve '.$jm ' been in one of our trains and the tel- -egraph poles have been like a hedge." 'Tve seen the milestones appear I? like tombstones," said tne scot. . y "Be jabers," said Pat, "I was one ' day in a train in my country and we passed a -field of carrots, a field of vSfcjg g turnips, a field of parsley, one of onions and then a pond of water, and _ we were going so fast that I thought 'St e it was broth!" ? Courage Deserts Robbers. t Butte, Mont., April 24.?Lack of d nerve at a critical moment caused the failure of an attempt last night to s hold up the North Coastlimited on the o Northern Pacific near Butte. r, Rudolph Wenk, Paul Filenius and o Albert Teasdale have been arrested, y Wenk and Filenius admit having par> ticipated in the flaggingof the train, .is|g e claiming, however, to have been n forced to it by two armed and made- Sg n ed desperadoes who. when the tram n had come to a halt, lost their courage i % I and nea.