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' * " ' .. ~ - miM ; ... - : - fy-Xy \ j Stye Imitltprg i^raUi i ... Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1908 One Dollar a Year , k NEfiRO LVNCHD AT LURAV BRUTE PAYS DEATH PENALTY FOR ATTEMPTED ASSAULT. Lam Gilmore Taken from Jail by Angry Mob and Done to Death. Confessed His Crime. 5 . Luray, Hampton County, November 23.?About 1 o'clock this morning Ham Gilmore, colored, about 25 years old, charged with attempted criminal assault, was taken from the ^ town jail and lynched by an angry . mob, 300 strong. The negro was hanged from an oak tree directly in front of a negro church in one of the most prominent streets in town. The negro is alleged to have attempted criminal assault upon two daughters of Mr. A. C. Fitts, a prominent farmer residing near this town. About 3 o'clock Sunday morning Mr. Fitts was awakened by the ^ screams of his two daughters, aged v I'A and 1Q rofinPCtivelv. who OCCUDied a room adjoining his. He rushed to scene and as he entered the room some one leaped out of the window and made off. ? The girls informed their father that the man had attempted to assault them. The alarm was at once given and a number of citizens assembled. Tracks led from the house to where Gilmore was found and he was at o * once arrested. f . In the meantime the magistrate arrived on the scene, took charge of Gilmore and prevailed upon the citizens to let the law take its course. The prisoner vras then brought here and placed ni jail for safe keeping. This was about 6 p. m. Sunday. ' Up to this time the negro had stoutly denied the charge, but men kept arriving on the scene and it could be noticed that they were not ?? satisfied. At 1 o'clock this morning the jail door was broken down and the prisoner taken out. After a rope was placed around his neck he confessed that he intended to commit criminal assault. He was then swung up in front of the church and died from strangulation. The magistrate held an inquest this morning and the jury found that the negro came to his death from j? strangulation at the hands of parties unknown. Gilmore implicated another negro and if the latter is captured he will probably be lynched. * About 1,000 persons viewed the negro's body this morning. GREGORY LEAVES ROANOKE. Recently Acqquitted Dentist Departs for Drake's Branch. I Roanoke, Va., November 24.?Mayor Joel H. Cutchin said to-day that he had advised W. S. Gregory, the dentist who last week was acquitted of a charge of criminal assault on a patient, to leave town. Gregory departed Sunday. He is at Drake's Branch. It is not known when he will return. Lee Martin, the negro assistant to Gregory and chief witness for the defense at the recent trial of Gregory, left town Saturday on advice of nei gro citizens who waited on him. The result of the Gregory trial continues to be the topic of conversation here almost to the exclusion of everything else. Criticism of Gregory is severe. .1 WHITE WOMAN A THIEF. ??? Accused of Having Taken Linen and Silverware. A search of the effects of Mrs. William T. McCullough, formerly pantry keeper at Wright's hotel, but - more recently conducting a boarding house on Assembly street, reveals linen and silverware from Wright's and supposedly from other Southern hotels, although the marks other than Wright's had been partially ^ erased. Some time ago an actress who had been bqarding with Mrs. McCullough complained to the police that jewelry aggregating$60 had been stolen from her room. An investigation discovered the iewelrv in Mrs. McCullough's possession, but criminal action was not pursued by the actress. < The search of the house formerly occupied by Mrs. McCullough was made by Special Deputy R. O. Thackham, at the instigation of the landlord, E, A. Allworden, who wished to secure himself as to the rent after Mrs. McCullough had had trouble with the actress about the jewelry. < She was pantry keeper at Wright's hotel until about six monthsx ago, and has worked in Southern 'hotels in other cities, among the number Augusta, from which city some of the linen, etc., found, is supposed to have been taken. Mr. Wright of Wright's hotel identified hotel silverware as the property of Wright's hotel. The whereabouts of Mrs. McCulinneh now are not known?Columbia State. SUICIDE IN FLORENCE COUNTY. John Hains, a Farmer, Ends His Life With a Shotgun. Florence, November 23.?John Hains, aged 35 years, a farmer residing in the Winona section of this county, committed suicide this afternoon, ending his life with a shotgun. So far no motive is assigned for the rash act. Hr. Hains lived about six miles from Florence. He had just returned from a trip to Florida, where he * had expected to locate. He leaves a widow and several children? PEDAGOGUES TO MEET. State Teachers Association to Meet in Columbia Next Month. The nex{ meeting of the State Teachers Association will be held in Columbia, December 30, 31, and January 1st, and it promises to break ail records for attendance. Holiday rates will be in force, and it is expected that every live teacher, principal and superintendent in the State will be present. The program of the general sessions and the several departments have been practically completed and will be published in about ten days. Some of the best speakers in South Carolina have consented to make addresses, among whom are Senator B. R. Tillman, Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of the University of South Carolina, Col. C. J. Bond, superintendent of the South Carolina Military Academy, Rev. J. Henry Harms, president of Newberry College, Suptelect John E. Swearingen, Hon. John G. Richards, of Kershaw, Judge I Geo. W. Gage, or unester, or. win. | Burdell, and other well known pub! lie men and educators. Miss Nance, of the School Improvement Association, has just secured the consent of Prof. P. P. Claxton, of the University of Tennessee, to make the leading address before that organization. Besides the general program of the Association, of which L. T. Baker is ! president, affiliated organizations and departments have arranged attractive programs. Supt. O. B. Martin, of the Association of County Superintendents, Miss Mary*Nance, president of the School Improvement Association, Professor W. K. Tate, head of the Association of Town and City Superintendents, Dr, P. H. Mell, president of the Association of Colleges, Miss Minnie MacFeat, president of the Kindergarten Association, and Miss Pope, president of the Primary Department, have all secured the best available material for their respective programs. * The halls and lobbies of the State house will be used for the occasion. The school exhibit will be displayed in the lobby on the second floor and here also will be located the headquarters of the Association, where each teacher is requested to report upon arrival and secure a membership card and badge. A reception will be tendered the visiting teachers by the teachers of the schools and colleges of Columbia, Thursday afternoon, December 30, in lobby and library. Music will form an interesting part of each evening program. Misses Nance and Selbyhave been appointed at the head of the committees of the afternoon J 1 - ?WilA P?1 A reception aua music, wmw v^v*. a. R. Banks heads the general reception committee. Although the crowd will be large, ample hotel accomodation at reasonable rates has been provided. Col. Banks will take pleasure in arranging board in advance for all who will write him. One Christmas Dinner of Frank Keenan's John S. Lopez, in the Christmas Woman's Home Companion, relates one Christmas day experience ofFjank Keenan, well known as leading man in "The Girl of the Golden West," and "The Warrens of Virginia." "It was in 1887. In that year Mr. Keenan organized a small stock company at Fort Scott, Kansas. But approach of Christmas found the company in hard straits. N j " l ou can imagine my leenugo, explains Mr. Keenan, 'when it became evident I would have to quit. Our leading woman, Jennie Lee, a well-known stock actress, was as blue as I when we separated from the others and started off together for Wichita on that gloomy Christmas morning. We were too blue to talk. *' 'When the dinner hour arrived, the train stopped on the line. We took dinner with the train hands at a miserable excuse for a hotel. Although the fare included turkey, the dinner was bad, and looking across the table at my companion, I saw tears trickling down her cheeks. " 'I knew what was making her cry. It was the realization of her utter loneliness on a day when the whole world was celebrating and making merry. And here were we, eating a poor dinner, cheerless and almost hopeless. But I would not let her suspect that I shared her feelings. So I asked why she was crying. In a broken voice she sobbed: " ' "Christmas dinner?and no cranberry sauce!" Then she buried her face in her hands. " 'Was she serious? Of course she was. ?For, strangely, the cranberry sauce seemed to be the only thing 1? m Vi r\r* f a fo fo 9 99 lCtUKiJlg LU 11^1 I.W OFFICER DEFENDS HIMSELF. Policeman Dellinger Shoots White Man at Winnsboro. Winnsboro, November 21.?Policeman Dellinger was forced to shoot a white man here about 6 o'clock this evening on Main street. The prisoner's name is Bass, an employee at the Fairfield cotton mills. He was drinking and had been warned several times this afternoon about his disorderly conduct. About 6 o'clock Dellinger arrested Bass and was taking him to the guard house. Bass was protesting vigorously all the while and broke loose from the officer. When called upon to halt, Bass made an insulting remark and put-his hand to his hip pocket, but Policeman Dellinger was too quick for him and shot twice at Bass, one ball striking him behind his left ear and coming out the left side of his face. Bass is resting easy and no fatality is expected of what might have been a death shot had the bullet struck one inch farther to the right. > COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, November 23.?Mrs. Holly Hughes died at her home Friday night. She was well up in years, and had been sick for some time. She leaves several children and grand children, together with a host of friends to mourn her departure from this world. Rev. P. E. Monroe preached his farewell sermon at Mount Pleasant Lutheran church last Sunday. He leaves for Johnston, S. C., on Tuesday next. He has made many friends while here, and we regret to see him go. Rev. D. B. Groseclose will be in soon to take charge of the pastorate here. He is expected this week, but exact day is not known as yet. Several bales of cotton were sold here last week, more than our merchants expected Mr. Jno. F. Folk is having a tenant house erected on his Martin Sease plantation. Mrs. Bertha Jones has gone to Augusta, Ga., to visit her husband. Mr. Farrell, of Jacksonville, Fla., is spending some time with his daughter and son, Mrs. J. L. Copeland and Dr. J. J. Farrell, of this place. JEE. Mrs. O. E. Hughes. After long suffering from heart trouble, Sister Hughes departed this life, and we can only submit to our maker's will; rejoicing in the belief that she is in a better world. Our hopes are supported by the fact that she was a consistent member of the Methodist; church for over fifty years, and exemplified her Christlike spirit by her willingness to give up this life according to her maker's law. She was conscious to the last. Was the mother of twenty children. Leaves four daughters and four sons living and numberless friends to be made sad by the vacant place in her home that can ne'er be filled. We extend ermnoOiv tn tho hprpavpd. D. T. S. AJUJ^UVUJ VV VA*v WW* Raui's Slayer Held. Tavares, Fla., November 24.?T. S. Glover was given a preliminary hearing at Umatilla, this county, to-day, before Justice Clark and was held for manslaughter for killing Edward S. Rawl. Bond was placed at $1,000 for the defendant's appearance before the circuit court in March. The bond was given shortly afterwards and Sheriff Cassidy released the young man from custody and he will leave to-morrow with his father for his home in Aiken, S. C. A number of people attended the hearing and much interest was manifested. Attorney G. B. Timmerman of Batesburg, S. C., represented the prosecution, and Jos. H. Jones of Orlando represented the defense. The speeches of the two attorneys were eloquent and excited much interest. The sentiment of the majority of the people seems to be in favor of the defendant, and they say that he acted in self defense. V.-C. Company Files Mortgage. Macon, Ga., November 24.?The Virginia-Carolina Chemical company filed a mortgage in the Bibb county superior court here today on its properties given to secure the sum of $15,000,000 borrowed through the Central Trust company of New York. The interest named is 5 per cent, and the tenure of the mortgage is 15 ypars. The document covers about n)0 printed pages.# It is understood that the mortgage 'is to be recorded in every county' and State in which the company has a plant. The company has a plant in South Macon for the manufacture of guano. Death of a Little One. Little Grace, the fifteen-monthsold child of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moye, died at their home in this city, yesterday morning at 3 o'clock, after an illness of two weeks. The interment took place at Restland cemetery this morning at ten o'clock, Rev. O. J. Frier, conducting the services. Truly a lovely tender flower transplanted in the heavenly kingdom. The warmest sympathies of their many friends go out to Mr. and Mrs. Move and the other relatives in their very sore bereavement. How's This We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. IBjaAeg?-91 laqraeAON 'JPJnqjqa We offer One Hundred Dollars Regoing on at his store, and he is quotcannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., YORKVILLE GETS ORPHANAGE. Episcopalians to Move Institution from Charlestion. I Charleston, November 20.?At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Episcopal Home and Orphanage this afternoon it was determined to separate the institution, retaining the ladies home in Charleston to occupy the premises now jointly used and to establish the orphanage at Yorkville, whose offer was considered to be the best of the propositions made. Greenville, Winnsboro, Greenwood and Spartanburg also submitted propositions. A committee, consisting of R. I. Manning, chairman; Rev. O. T. Porcher, Rev. A. S. Thomas, Capt. Thomas Pinckney and A. M. Lee, was appointed to carry out the plan of separation and reestablishment of the two institutions. The offer of Yorkville was consid ered to be equivalent to an offer of $30,000 in cash and in addition the city is to furnish water and light free of cost for a period of 10 years. Greenville made the next best offer, which had a money equivalent of probably $15,000. The buildings of the old King's Mountain Military academy, founded by Gen. Micah Jenkins and Col. Asbury Coward, 11 acres of land and $5,000 in cash practically made up the offer of Yorkville. The board heard the various propositions and first considered the question of removal of the institution from Charleston and then the possible place of location. It was finally decided that the best results would be attained to separate the home from the orphanage and locate the institutions as already stated. Widow Wounds Intruder. Dublin, Ga., November 21.?W. L. Tillery, a prominent Laurens County farmer, lies at his home mortally wounded, according to physicians' statements, as the result of well directed aim of Mrs. Rosie B. Davis, a widow, who used a revolver to protect herself and her home from invasion. Tiliery, according to Mrs. Davis, and corroborative evidence, went to the widow's home and attempted to gain entrance. When refused Tillerey tore open a screen door and as V\ /v c 4-fA*v?r\f a/^ Arv in V* o 11 ttto tt iik; aui^inyt^u tu oicp m tuc nan w aj, was shot down by Mrs. Davis, who warned him not to break the door. Mrs. Davis is a handsome woman and possesses property of considerable value. She declared to officers that she believed the intruder meant to do her great harm Officers put little stress on the theory of robbery. The bullet entered Tillerey's left breast near the heart, and made an ugly wound. The bullet has not been found. Old Negro Burned to Death. Fort Motte, Nov. 21.?A small outhouse on Dr. W. W. Wolfe's place was burned to-day. It was occupied by Tom Smalls, an old negro who had recently been placed under the care of Dr. Wolfe for treatment. The old negro perished in the flames. Although the fire was observed shortly after it caught, it had gained sufficient headway to prevent the removal of the old man. It is not known how the fire caught. WHITE MAN FATALLY WOUNDED. Ed. Kirby, of Pacolet, Shot by S. S. Tiner Last Saturday. Ed. Kirby, of Pacolet, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by S. S. Tiner yesterday morning at Pacolet station. Kirby had not been on good terms with Mr. Tiner for some time. It is claimed that yesterday morning he approached Mr. Tiner with an open knife, cursing him and threatening to cut him, and that in self-defense, Mr. Tiner drew his pistol and fired, the ball entering Kirby's abdomen. Mr. Tiner immediately went to the authorities and surrendered himself. He was brought up to Spartanburg aud lodged in the county jail, where he will remain until the matter of his bond can be arranged. Kirby was brought to Spartanburg by Dr. Douglass and placed in the city hospital. Yesterday afternoon, Dr. G. R. Dean, assisted by members of the hospital staff performed an operation on Kirby to locate the ball and close up the wounded places in the intestines." They found that the bowels had been perforated in five or six places. The operation was a very delicate one, and Dr. Dean performed it with but little hopes of the man's recovery. At midnight last night Kirby was still living. Mr. Tiner in speaking of the shoot ing yesterday with a Herald representative, said: As head of the Law and Order League, some time last year he had prosecuted Kirby for gambling and disorderly conduct, and that Kirby had held ill will against him ever since. Yesterday morning he went to the station at Pacolet to get some fruit trees which he had received notice of their arrival. When he reached the station the agent was not there, so he sat down on a box to wait for him. In the meantime Kirby came up and began cursing him, drawing a knife and swearing that he would cut him. As he advanced on him he drew his pistol and fired. Mr. Tiner said that he felt as clear in his conscience as a man could feel who had acted in self defense. S. S. Tiner is well known throughout the county. This summer he made the race for the legislature, receiving a good vote. He is a man of good standing in his community, and his many friends will regret to learn of the difficulty in which he has become involved. The shooting was done with a 38-calibre pistol.?Spartanburg Herald, Saturday, November 21st. iHs v IN THE PALMETTO STAft SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Work has commenced on the post office building at Greenwood. It will be a handsome structure of colonial design, costing more than $40,000. Ed. H. DeCamp, editor of the Gaffney Ledger, is a candidate for clerk of the State Senate. He will no doubt be elected, and will make a faithful and efficient officer. Elmore Wright, who was tried and found guilty of manslaughter at court in Spartanburg last week, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. He will appeal.' Col. A. L. Thompson, the weathy citizen who was tried in Spartanburg last week and found guilty of selling liquor, was fined $1,500. He will appeal to the State Supreme Court. The merger suit against the Southern Railway has beei^ decidtd by the State Supreme Court. The decision reverses the order of Judge Klugh, allowing the attorney general to withdraw the present suit, but does not affect the issues. The decision sends the case back to the circuit court to be tried on the old complaint. J. P. Carroll, the Charleston blind tiger keeper, will pay a fine of $500 and go to jail for three months, or should he not pay the fine he will go to jail for six months. The State Supreme Court has rendered a decision against him in contempt proceedings, he being in contempt of cou?t in violating a temporary injunction forbidding him to sell liquor. Dr. A. B. Cooke, has resigned the chairs of German and French at Wofford college to accept the chair of modern languages at Throop college, Pasadena, Cal., the college which recently elected Dr. Jas. A. B. Scherer of Newberry, president. Dr. Cooke will leave Spartanburg the latter part of December and will begin his duties in his new field January 1. It is understoon that Dr. Cooke's successor has been practically determined upon by the Wofford authorities, but his name is for the time being withheld. LAWYERS FIGHT. _? Mr. Featherstone and C. P. Sims Engage in Personal Difficulty. The State board of canvassers had a session lasting 12 hours yesterday, and every minute of the time taken up was interesting. Between arguments by the Republicans for three pnncrressional seats in coneress and a dispute between Mr. C. C. Featherstone and, Mr. Q. P. Sims over the dispensary situation in Laurens, the board was kept busy. \ The board dismissed all of the protests finally, and if the contestants wish to carry the matter into courts they may do so. The feature of the meeting was the difficulty between Mr. Featherstone and Sims. The latter, who is from Spartanburg, argued for the dispensary and attempted to persuade the State board of canvassers to reverse the action of the county elec-^ tion board and declare the election, which gave Laurens prohibition, illegal. The ground of his argument was that no separate polling lists had been provided for the managers of the election and that they had not been sworn separately. In answering Mr. Featherstone, who argued for upholding the Laurens county board, Mr. Sims made several personal references to the prohibition leaders of Laurens and to their prohibition views. ,He called those holding the opinion fanatics and referred to the "colonels" who attempted to control the views of other people, reT?ao+VI_* 1CI X iilg lu ^ui.r^iguauu, vui. x- batuerstone, Col. H. Y. Simpson and others. Here Mr. Featherstone interrupted. "I have kept out of personalities in this argument," he said to the board, "and would ask that my friend on the other side do likewise. Let him stick to the record as I have done." Sims stated that he had said nothing but what he thought was right, and he would, continue to^recite the facts. If Mr. Featherstofle did not it the trouble could be settled on the outside. Mr. Featherstone said it could be settled without delay. Then the two got together, and when the | entire board pulled them apart Mr. Sims-had two bruises, one on each side of his face, and Mr. Featherstone had a slight bruise under his eye. Both apologized afterwards to the board, but it was the almost unanimous opinion of that body that Mr. Sims had by his references provoked the bad feeling and had made remarks that had caused the difficulty. Mr. Featherstone is a well known attorney of Laurens and is considered one of the State leaders of the prohibition cause. He is held in high esteem by all, and his motives and character have never been question ed. He came within 1,500 votes of being governor on the prohibition platform in 1898. j Mr. Sims is also well known in the upper part of the State.?Columbia State. Ambitious young men and ladies should learn telegraphy; for, since the new 8-hour law became effective there is a shortage of many thousand telegraphers. Positions pay from $50 to $70 a month to beginners. The National Telegraph Institute of Columbia, S. C., and five other cities is operated under supervision of railroad officials and all students are placed when qualified. Write them for particulars. ~ _ . ;.V "*' - ' . iii: v .... ;r.v. " :.v "TIGERS" HARD PRESSED. Judge Ward of Superior Court Re* ceives Warning. Asheville, N. C., November 20.? As a result of a crusade by the pro* hibition element in this city against ; the selling of liquor in violation of the State law, Wiley Black, a well known character and ex-saloon man, was to-day sentenced by Police Judge Speers Reynolds to serve a term of two years on the county roads for conducting a resort, known as the "Riverside club," at which it was alleged liquor was sold. The trial consumed two days and an imposing array of legal talent figured on both , sides. Black has appealed to the ' superior court, and is now under bond of $1,000. Two other men, E. M. Watson and Zach Doane, said to be associates of tsiacK in conducting tne piace, were also convicted, but are now missing, having forfeited their $100 bonds, and left the city before they could be placed under arrest. A sensational feature of to-day's proceedings in the superior court was the announcement of Judge Ward from the bench that he had received an anonymous letter threatening hi* life if he did not desist from his vigorous efforts to suppress "blind tigers." The judge added that he would not be intimidated or influenced by the letter and would do his full duty regardless of threats, open or covert. Judge Ward has been exceedingly' severe on those brought before him on the charge of selling liquor, and in several instances has added an additional penalty to the sentences of parties convicted in the police court and who have appealed to the superior court. The board of aldermen at their last meeting took up and discussed the "Riverside club," the resort conducted by Wiley Black and his associates, which had been reported to -() the board of aldermen as a nuisance, and will at their meeting to-morrow * night take up the matter of the bonds supposed to have been given by Watson and Doane, for their appearance in court, which bonds, it seems, can not now be found. The anti-liquor people are emphatic in their assertion that the city must be "cleaned up" and the selling of liquor stopped. wuvjLHifiur tfivtitv sritanuK. No Deaths and no New Cases in Eleven Days. Hock Hill, November 21.?The fever situation at Winthrop, which hag all along been of great interest to citizens of the State, and especially so to those of Rock Hill, is altogether favorable. ,lt is a matter of much congratulation that the outbreak hat passed without a fatality. Acting President Kinard, who has handled the situation most admirably, has had the assistance and hearty co-operation of the authorities, the physicians and the students themselves. ^ Dr. Kinard today gave the following: "It is now eleven days since a case > J of typhoid fever has developed at . M the College, and the infirmary has been free of suspected cases for eight days. This indicates clearly that the cause of the fever, whatever it may have been,'has been removed. The excitement at the College haa died down and the work of the institution is moving along ' ^ regularly and smoothly. There has been no cessation of the work in the class room. Some of the students who were called home have returned. .The others will doubtless return in a few days, and thus make up as soon as possible the work in the class room, which they have missed by their absence." The dispensary in Clarendon county was closed last Saturday. The recent election held in that county was against the dispensary, and Governor Ansel ordered that the county boair.d close up their dispensaries. They have been keeping open ever since the election. GIRL STOPS RUNAWAY. Sustains Fracture of Leg and Other Injuries in Her Efforts. New York, November 21.?Eunice Treadwell, a fifteen-year-old girl . living in Brooklyn is in the hospital to-day as the result of her bravery. At the risk of her lire last nignt she flung herself in the path of a runaway horse, checking the animal and saving a number of women and children who were on the sidewalk along which the runaway was dashing. The girl was dragged for a considerable distance, but held fast to the bridle unj*l assistance came. When an ambulance arrived it was found that the child had sustained a broken leg and other injuries. ? Jell McGregor Wins Again. . Last week we had a local notice about Jeff McGregor, the handsome little race horse of Jones Bros., winning a race in Eatonton, Ga., against a bunch of fast horses. This race was during the Fair at Eatonton, and the next week at the colored Fair a purse of $300 was made up for the same horses to race again. Jeff McGregor won again, his time for the first heat being 2,16%; second heat, 2. 17%; third heat, 2.19%. He was entered against some of the fastest horses of the country, the entries for this race being as follows: Leon Russell, Baltimore, Md. Alts Downs, Lynchburg, Va. Jeff McGregor, Bamberg, S. C. Fortune Hunter, Pennslyvania. Eaphon Toodles, Lexington, Ky. f This was the same bunch of horses Jeff had beaten the week before, and as stated above, he beat them again. .