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SHERIFF LOSES APPEAL.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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which are Excellence of Quality, Newness of Style,
Conformity to fashion, Completeness of Variety, and
Extreme Moderation of Price. There is such a varied
array of beautiful patterns in this display that inspection
is the only means to get an adequate idea of the
great quantity of new and attractive designs that make '
up this wonderful showing. Further, we are desirous
to emphasize the fact that the best values ever exhibit- J-.-. 'zm
ed in any sales room are here and the price, compaared >.&
with the intrinsic worth of the hat is simply amazing.
.Have you tested the statement? Never a better time
time than now.
Yours for business,
Mrs. E. P. Copeland
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?year when one wants to ride around a great deal. ?
i We have a mighty nice line of buggies, both open 0~r
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Mrs Mamlnns Cores in Blood Poisoi, Blemoatisi and Scrofula.
P. P. P. purifies the blood, builds up the weak and debilitated, gives
strength to weakened nerves, expels diseasp, giving the patient health and
happiness, where sickness, gloomy feelings ana lassitude first prevailed.
in blood poison, mercurial poison, malaria, dyspepsia, and in all blood
and skin diseases, like blotches, pimples, old chronic ulcers, tetter, scald
head, we say without fear of contradiction that P. P. P. Is the best Mood
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due to menstrual irregularities, are peculiarly benefitted by the WOfl>
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