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I I SHERIFF LOSES APPEAL. * Impeachment of Frank Casalas SusVi. . tained by Snpreme Court. Montgomery, Ala., June 18.?The supreme court this afternoon denied the application of Frank Casalas, impeached sheriff of Mobile county, for a new trial, thus making his impeachment final. Casalas was removed from office ivp +>><* cnnrpme court on the charge ? of gross neglect in allowing a negro named Robertson to be taken from the Mobile county jail and lynched. In the original proceedings before the supreme court it was shown that, notwithstanding rumors were current that an attempt would be made to lynch Robertson on the night of ' the occurrence, the sheriff took no steps to protect the negro. The costs of the impeachment pror ceedings, amounting to several thousand dollars, were assessed against the deposed sheriff. " It is reported that Casalas will be a candidate for re-election in iyiu to vindicate himself.-^. WELL SPOUTS^ HOT OIL. Fluid Scalding When It First Comes From the Ground. Galveston, Tex., June 17.?A phe; - nomenon has been developed in Bastrop county, where a well about 100 feet deep is spouting hot oil. The well is on the farm of M. Zimmerhaul, and when sunk a week ago gave forth hot water for three days and then began flowing a heavy crude oil which is too hot to handle when it first comes from underground. The flow of hot oil was at first thought to be temporary, but it has continued for four days without abatement of, temperature. There is no oil well within 150 miles of this place. Charged With Perjury. H. L. Solomons, who at one time lived at Norway, came very near being arrested in Columbia by the dis> pensary winding-up commission on Thursday for denying, while testifying before the commission, thai he had not while a whiskey drummer entered into an agreement to pay the nemrie rebates for orders for whiskey. After starting out after a warrant, however, the prosecution decided not to make the ar:"?st now as this would force the State * to bring out facts it does not wish to reveal. Solomons now lives at Estill, where he is engaged in banking and the newspaper business. Boy Escaped from Kidnappers. Columbus, Ind., June 18.?A welldressed youth, who gave his name as William McGregor, arrived here yesterday, and going to the police he j sought their assistance in searching for his parents, from whom he said he had recently learned he was kidnapped when he was five years old. He said he was 18 years old, and came here from Texas in search of his parents. A few weeks ago he received a letter from a woman in Pennsylvania, informing him that he was kidnapped from Columbus, Ind., V when five years of age. After receiving the letter he eave-dropped the family with whom he was living, and learning enough to convince him that the contents of the letter were true, he confronted the family and they confirmed the information, when he started immediately for this place. His story is more thrilling even than that of Willie Whitla, *and is to ^ the effect that he distinctly remembers of traveling in a covered wagon . ; for a number of years, and being forced by his captors to beg and of being cruelly beaten when he was not successful in securing alms. As yet he has been unable to locate his parents, and it is thought probable that McGregor is not his right name, and that if his parents lived here, they may in the meantime * have moved away. O'Neil Guilty of Larceny. Aiken, June 18.^-Young Ed. > O'Neil, of Charleston, who attempted to commit suicide in this city a day or two ago, is in serious trouble. He attempted to commit suicide Monday evening." Tuesday ^ie was charged with stealing 400 cigarette coupons from Hotel Aiken. Wednesday he y. was charged with stealing a watch from Thomas Taylor, a boarding house keeper, of Graniteville, with whom O'Neil stayed Tuesday night. He was tried in the police court this morning for stealing the coupons and was released. He was immediately carried before Magistrate Smoak to answer to the charge of stealing the watch. He pleaded guilty to this y offense. He was not sentenced at the time as he desired a little time in which to confer with some parties. Lightning Injures Nine. Valdosta, " Ga., June 19.?News was received here to-day of a dis% astrous lightning prank played about midnight last night on the Withlacoochee river, near Olympia. Eleven men, who had been employed in bridge construction there, took refuge during a rain and wind storm > in a signal tower. Lightning struck the wires running from the signal tower, ran along them into the tower house and struck the men, who were huddled closely together. Only two k were uninjured. One of the nine, a negro, was fatally hurt. The nine who were injured were all stunned, all of them were badly burned and blistered, some of them * having places on their skin torn as if it had been ripped by a knife held beneath it. v A watch chain worn by one of the ^ men was melted, but his watch was unhurt. The trousers on another were ripped from waist band to hem. The tacks in another's shoes were drawn and another's shirt was torn to shreds. The bolt shattered telegraph poles before striking the men j. in the tower house. Two of the men were so badly injured that surgeons were called to attend them. TROLLEY STRIKES AUTO DISTRESSING ACCIDENT OCCURS NEAR ANDERSON. One Man Dead and Two Others Seririously Hurt?Lady Will Recover. < Anderson, June 20.?Jas. H. Cobb, < superintendent of the Belton cotton ' mills, is dead. Rev. D. D. Richard- , son, pastor of the Second Baptist ] church of Belton and the Gluck Mills Baptist church of this city, is in a ? critical condition in a hospital here, his wife is slightly injured and Rev. j E. A. McDowell, of Ninety-Six, field f agent of The Baptist Courier, is seri- ] ously hurt as the result of a collis- 1 ? ^ 1 ~ ~ ? 4.1*^ . ion Dei ween an inieiuruau cai ui tuc Anderson Traction Company and an ; automobile which occurred at Breazeale's crossing, nine miles east of Anderson, shortly before noon tc- i day. The dead and injured were occupants of the automobile. The accident occurred at the foot of a, sharp grade and as the car was coasting at the rate of about 15 miles an hour. The auto party was sighted by those in charge of the car, Conductor C. P. Burriss and Motorman E. E. Sanders, and the usual signal given, there being plenty of time for the machine to clear the crossing t well in front of the car. When the front whee.j; of the auto, however, s had cleared ;he first rail of the track * ine engine seemeu iu eoxne tu a ueau standstill and in a few seconds the car struck it. The machine was thrown some 20 flet into the air and smashed to splinters. All of the occupants were also thrown some distance and it seems a miracle that all were not killed outright. , Mr. Cobb's skull was crushed in several places, his left leg and arm were broken and the thigh crushed into bits. He was also otherwise bruised and mangled and lived butja few minutes after the crash. Rev. Mr. Richardson's skull was fractured and his left leg and arm broken and he is yet unconscious." Rev. Mr. McDowell was removed from the scene of the accident to the Beltoir hotel, where his injuries were dressed. He is suffering from a broken shoulder and^arm and, while badly hurt, his condition is not serious. He was removed to his home at Ninety-Six late this afternoon, apparently resting well. The injuries sustained by Mrs. Richardson were slight, consisting chiefly of a severely sprained ankle. She is in the hospital here with her husband. When the accident occurred the party was en route to Dorchester church, three miles north of Belton, to attend a meeting. At the coroner's inquest at Belton this afternoon the jury, after hearing the evidence, returned the following verdict, exonerating the men in charge of the car from all blame: "We find that the deceased came to his death by being struck by a trolley car in West Belton, on what is known as Breazeale's crossing, as the result of an accident." Only One Day to Register. Columbia, S. C., June 18.?Citizens who are without current registration certificates will have but one J V . V ~ 4 aa.y upun which iu secure ceruucaies i before the elections in "wet" coun- c ties August 17tb upon the question ^ of dispensary or prohibition. Mr. J. M. Malpass, one of the supervisors of registration for Lexington county, wrote to- Governor Ansel, saying that whereas the Richland county board had construed the law to mean that the books could be open only one day?the first Monday in July?before the August election, he and his colleagues on the Lexington board leaned to the opinion that the boards would have to keep the books open three days and thereafter attend with the books in every town in the county of more than 300 population. He asked for instructions. Governor Ansel referred the letter to the attorney general's office and the assistant attorney general, Mr. M. P. DeBruhl, filed an opinion sustaining the position of the Richland board. He says in closing: "As this year is not a general election year and the erection on the question of reopening dispensaries is i to be held prior to the first day of j September, the supervisors of registration are only required to open the 5 registration books on the first Mon- : day in each month, giving one day : for registration. The books must J be closed thirty days before the elec- 1 tion on the dispensary to be held on J the third Tuesday in August. The * provisions directing that one meet- J ing be held in each town, etc., and 1 directing that the books be kept open T three days at the court house, do not apply to the present year.!' t Monday, July 5th, is therefore the t only day upon which citizens nbt I DOW proviaeu wun current registra- j tion certificates may qualify them- * selves to vote in the dispensary elec- ? tion of August 17. Had Turned to Stone. Arvonia, Va., June 17.?A rather remarkable case of the petrification \ of a human body has just come to c light in Buckingham county. Camm f Patterson, lawyer, scholar, author, r and politician, and one of the best j. known men of central Virginia, died ] at his home, "Sunnyside Place," c Buckingham county, about two j months ago. His last request was r one that the body of his wife should i be exhumed and buried by his grave. grave. Several days ago the body of Mrs. i Patterson, buried nearly forty years ago, was disinterred and through the g glass case of the coffin it was dis- s covered that the body had been petri- j fied. Those who saw the body were astonished at the absolute life-like- i ness of the face. Not a feature was x changed. ? Some years ago the body of a child t was disinterred from the same ceme- ? tery, and it was found to have been \ completely petrified. It is thought < that the peculiar mineral proprieties j of the soil in this place account for x the petrifications. CHIEF DARBY NOT GUILTY. Jury Exonerates Police Officer of Grave Criminal Charge. Lexington, June 18.?It took just 30 minutes or the jury to return a verdict o not guilty in the case of Chief of Police John G. Darby, of Batesburg, charged with attempted j: 1 ill in a. i aooauu. i The case was begun day before yesterday and a number of witnesses were examined. The arguments of :ounsel were made yesterday afternoon and this morning the case was ?iven to the jury with the result just stated. Mr. Darby was charged with having committed an assault with intent :o ravish upon a widow, a boardinglouse keeper and dressmaker, in the town of Batesburg, on the night of February 1, this year. More than 100 witnesses were sumomned in the ease, and besides these witnesses nany people from Batesburg were in ittendance, including a number of ladies, and three ministers of the gospel. The prosecutrix was the first witness. Her story of the alleged assault is in substance as follows: On :he evening of February 7, in company with her son, she walked down Railroad street from her residence toward the power house; that when she came to a certain point she loticed the form of a man hiding in the shadow of a large oak; when she irrived within a few feet of the man, she asked who it was and he replied that it was "Policeman Darby," and ilmost at the same moment he grabbed her around the waist and neck, exclaiming: "I have got you at last." i&e claims that she was dragged for L5 or 20 steps, and that the defendin t did not turn her loose until the irrival of her son, who was but a short distance away, and who had jeen attracted by her screams. DarDy warned the two "not to betray iim," she said. The witness was ?ut through a grilling cross-examinadon by the Hon. C. M. Efird, leading jounsel for the defense, but she stuck to her story in the main, aliiough it varied somewhat from vhat she had sworn to at the preiminary a week ago. ,The defense contended tha, it is a ;ase growing out of the arrest of the voman's son, along with two other roung men, for breaking into the store of Mr. M. E. Rutland, at Bates>urg. in support Of this contention ;hey assert that, although the assault is alleged to have been comnitted on the 7th of February, the varrant was not issued until the 59th of May, more than three months ifterwards. The woman gives as her eason for not having the warrant is mcu earner, tuat sue was auviaeu. uy ier Attorney to withhold the warrant. The first witness yesterday was the son of the woman in the case. He corroborated the statement of hi3 nother. There were two other witlesses for the State. The defendant denied every allegaion of the prosecution. He denied laving seen her on the night in ques;ion. He stated that he had never ouched the woman in his life. He stated that he was attending services it the Baptist church on Sunday ?vening, the 7th of February, at the ;ime the alleged assault is said to lave been made. The Rev. W. T. rlundley and the Rev. S. O. Cantey vere put on the stand, and both tesifled that Mr. Darby was in the :hurch from 7:30 until the services vere concluded. An Ovation for Chief Darby. Batesburg, June 18.?The citizens >f Batesburg and Leesville this evenng en masse will meet Chief of Poice John G. Darby, who was acquited this morning at Lexington of a Lastardly charge. The Batesburg brass band and the iniformed rank of Knights of Pythas will also do honor to the reign of ighteousness and the upholding of aw and order. This large gathering is not so nuch for a jollification, but a public iemonstration by the best people of >oth towns, showing their condemnaion of the charge brought against an >fficer because he did his duty. Her Answer. An Atchison girl had a proposal of narriage and asked a week to think t over. She went to all of her marled sisters. One, who used to be a >elle, had three children, did all he? >wn work and hadn't been to the heatre or out riding since she was narried. Another, whose husband vas a promising young man at the ime she was married, was supportng him. A third didn't dare say her ife was her own when her husband ?as around, and a fourth was divorctd. After visiting them and hearing heir woes the heroine of this little ale went home, got pen, ink and pa>er and wrote an answer to the roung man. You may think it was efusing him, but it wasn't. She iaid she could be ready in a month. ?Atchison Globe. Greeks Selling Whiskey. Anderson, June 18.?There has >een much excitement in the Greek :olony here during the past few days ollowing the arrests of three of their lumber on charges 01 selling wnis;ey. The first man arrested was J. C. Manos, one of the most prosperms of the colony. He was charged n six different cases, and the mayor equired of him a cash bond of $100 n each, making a total of $600, vhich he gave.L The next arrest was that of Angel Delaley, who had been connected vith a cafe here, but had recently ?one to Spartanburg. An officer was ,ent there and arrested him, bringing lim here. Soon after this arrest, a brother of *.ngel,' George Delaley, also conlected with the cafe, was arrested tnd both were placed in jail. Against ;he first there are three cases, and igainst the latter one case, making ;he total bond $1,000. They remain-' ?d in the city jail for a time, but inally secured the money and were eleased. The case will come up next ??eek. $ CONTRACT FOR PAPER MILL. Structure Will House First Paper Mill to Use Cotton Stalks. At a directors' meeting of- the j | Southern Cotton Stalk Pulp and Paiper Company's office in the Candler 1 building, the contract for the erection of the initial paper mill at Cordate for the manufacture of paper fiom cotton stalks, was awarded to j the firm of Little & Phillips, of Cordele ani Fitzgerald. The building is to be one of the finest and most commodious in the South. The dimensions of the building will be 50x300 feet, with an L 40x150 feet, three stories high, with double fire walls. The material to be used in the construction will be brick and concrete and the same will be fire proof. The work on the building will begin at once, and the same is to be completed on or before October 15th, at which time the company will be ready to manufacture paper. The capacity of the plant will be 40 tons of paper per day, as two machines will be installed. One machine will manufacture wax, tissue, toilet and blotting paper, and utilize cotton seed hulls Instead of rags for a portion of the output. The other machine will make wrapping, hardware and bag paper. The number of men to be employed will be from 50 to 75, most of whom will be firstclass workmen, and the weekly payroll will be approximately $750. The plant will be operated day and night. The plant is to be located near the Seven springs in the city of Cordele, between the A., B. and A. and the G. S. and F. railroads and the site for the plant includes about 16 acres. The promoters say that .there are cotton stalks enough in the South to supply the whtjle world with paper. Through the utilization of that which goes to waste, it is estimated that $50,000,000 would be gained to the cotton growers each year. From IVz tons of stalks, one ton of paper can he made, and the annual consumption of paper per year is only nine million tons.' They also claim that the use of the cotton stalk will destroy the boll we vil. This mill is the first of its kind in the world, and the promoters say, wm revolutionize tne maamc 01 paper. There are only six paper mills manufacturing paper in the South, and the making of paper from the by-product promises to be one of the leading industries of the South.?At"anta Journal. Paid Board Bills. Columbia, S,. C., June 18.?Col. Felder, for the State, proved this afternoon to the dispensary commission that two former members of the house of representatives, Mr. W. W. Bruce, of Marlboro county, and Mr. J. M. Walker, of Colleton, were guilty of allowing Major John Black to pay their board bills just after he had been elected as a member of the dispensary board of control. This evidence was secured from tjie books of the Columbia hotel. There was also on the books two mysterious men by the name of Smith and Moore, but the identity of these two gentlemen could not be learned by the commission from Mr. E. L. Gaillard, clerk of the hotel. However, there was one missing booh and a promise was made that the books would be produced at the session of to-morrow. From the house journal it was learned that Mr. Bruce and Mr. Walker attended the session of the legislature when their board was paid by Major Black, and that they voted for him as a member of the board. Gen. Anderson, for the State, made it known this morning at the hearing of the claim of the Carolina Glass Company fOr approximately $22,000, that it is the contention of the State that this company had over-charged the dispensary to the extent of many thousands of dollars, the estimates varying from one hundred to two hundred thousand, and that the company was closely aligned with at 4east two of the dispensary board. The claim is represented by W. H. Lyles, who made answer to the argument of General Anderson. The claim was not disposed of during the day. FATHER SHOT BY HIS SON. Slayer Claims that he Fired in Defence of his Wife. Benton Harbor, Mich., June 20.? During a quarrel at his home to-day, Ferdinand Tilley, a farmer, was shot and killed by his son, Emil Tilley. After the shooting, the young man left the body of his parent in the yard, went into the house and await- ed the arrival of the officers to whom be quietly surrendered. The son asserts he shot in defence of his wife whom his father had attacked with a stick. According to Mrs. Tilley, Jr., her father-in-law had long had a grudge against her, and to-day a quarrel began at the table. The son started for the field to work, and the father, Mrs. Tilley says, followed him into the yard, where the quarrel was renewed and ended by Mrs. Tilley, Jr., interfering between father and son. It is said that the senior Tilley then struck her with a stick on/1 VnnpVorl hor flnwn U'hpn thp snn fired five shots at his father, one of which struck him in the mouth and took an upward course into the brain. Women Who Are Envied. Those attractive women who are lovely in face, form and temper are the envy of many, who might be like them. A weak, sickly woman will be nervous and irritable. Constipation or kidney poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. For all such Electric Bitters work wonders. They regulate stomach, liver and kidneys, purify the blood; give strong nerves, bright eyes, pure breath, smooth, velvety skin, lovely complexion. Many charming women owe their health and beauty to them. 50c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. ?? ** ' ' -A,v- . 'V?. -:v ?. ' i."> --CJf ,A>. 'Vfig * "-* r ; - . m :<< . m ' . /. ji p?j " / j>% - * Summer f Millinery J M a -v;SS " . ' iM Do you care to free yourself from trouble and extraV* agance? 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