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TO TRY ALLEGED GRAFTERS c DISPENSARY CASES WILL COME ? UP IX RICHLAND. Number Under Indictment Will be o Tried?Much Interest in the Situation. n The trial of a number of the ex- n officials and. others employed at the P old State dispensary and charged B with graft as a result will take place Ci next month, if the plans of Attorney General Lyon are not sidetracked in u some way. ? This is practically an official state- ^ ment given the attorneys represent- ? ing some of those now under indictment. Judge Memminger will pre- b side at the coming term. * There are now a number under in- H dictment, all being out on bond, but 11 it has not yet been definitely decided b which of the cases will be taken up. 11 However, Attorney General Lyon wishes to clear the docket as rapidly as possible and he will consult with 11 Solicitor Cobb as to the disposal of a the "jail cases." It is probable that a the first week will dispose of these and the officials will be able to take 0 up the dispensary trials. Among those now under indict- a ment are: W. O. Tatum, John Black, John Bell Towill, L. W. Boykin, Jos. 51 B. Wylie, J. W. Rawlinson, W. A. Byers, J. S. Farnum and Norton A. G Goodman. Warrants were sworn out w for these men at various times, fol- G lowing the investigation of the legislative committee and the work of the p State dispensary commission, after ^ evidence adduced by those interested w in the investigation. There is also an order for an indictment of J. D. Allsbrook, a form- B er dispenser at Manning, who testifled before the legislative committee B and whose arrest was afterwards or- 0 dered for perjury. Allsbrook will be remembered generally because of his " remark, "Whose bread I eat his song I sing." *( There will be a number of attorneys on both sides in these cases and the testimony will be read with in- r' terest throughout the country, because of the prominence given the investigation and the results that follsi-nrori tho /loath nf tho Stato disnpn- P !! sary and the adoption of the local op5-iv ei tion plan and, later, prohibition in ^ many counties. In the testimony produced by the State or the defendants some of the P most prominent men in the country will probably be involved. From a legal standpoint it is expected that there will be a battle from the start, ^ but the outcome in the lower court probably rests with the jurors of Richland. ^ The fall term of the court of gen- t eral sessions will convene on Monday, >. September 6.?Columbia State. Denies the Charge. b The young man, Alex. Jennings, a who was arrested, charged with selling whiskey in violation of law, denies that he was guilty of any such . thing. He says he is a member of the Edisto Social Club, and that the party for whom he got the whiskey ^ asked him to get it for him, and having some whiskey in his club locker, he did not think it was any harm to let him have a little whiskey to ^ quench his thirst. Mr. Jennings is J a young man of good family and we n hope he will be able to make it clear c: that he did not violate any law.?Or- f< angeburg Times and Democrat. b WOMAA KJLLLfcD *UK 2UUAJBX. Body of Maiden Lady Found with g Skull Crushed. b Broxton, Ga., August 19.?News J has just reached here of the murder S Of Miss Mattie Grraham, which occur- tl red some time during last night near n her home, two miles north of Hokes- ii boro, in Coffee county. The woman h Was dragged to a branch half a mile h from her house, where evidences of a t< desperate struggle ensued. The f< body was beaten and the skull crush- tl ed. C The object of the murder was evi- n dently robbery, as she was a rich wo- b man. An autopsy, however, may re- s< veal evidence of a more serious & crime. She was prominent and high- b ?? ? ly connencted. *' Miss Graham was one of two maiden sisters who occupied their b x home alone. The other sister was h away from home at the time of the Q win onH + V? ic nrk r>l it o tr\ the 1 ^ a.LX\A WilWV UV VAU^ vv VUV perpetrators of the deed. Sheriff Dave Ricketson was at h once notified and, in company with J the coroner, went to the scene of the crime. ^ <? e An Arrest Made. c Douglas, Ga., August 19.?Sheriff ^ Ricketson late to-day arrested Wil- ^ liam McLeod, a youth who is em- c ployed on the Graham farm, and under a strict examination he confessed to knowing where the body had B been hidden, although he denied hav- a ing murdered the woman. He was S placed in the Douglas jail. A. Carter, another white tenant, was also arrested. s %%?? ; ; DIES FROM LOCKJAW. harleston Gambler Dies as Result of Wounds Received in Fight. Charleston, August 22.?The inuest was held to-day over the body f J. C. Jaudon, "policy king" and otorious among the sporting fraterity of Charleston, who died last ight of tetanus, resulting from a istol wound inflicted by William yrnes in an altercation at the Palace afe a couple of weeks ago. The verdict of the jury placed the lame for the man's death upon ;yrns, but declared the shooting to ave been justifiable in defense of yrns' life. Bvrns was accordingly admitted to ond by the coroner in the sum of 500. Byrns was not present at the lquest, being still in the Riverside lfirmary under treatment for ruises and cuts which he received 1 the mix-up with Jaudon and the itter's friends. Several police officers, Clerk Stelllgs, of the establishment, Wallace nd J. B. Harley and others testified t the inquest, which took much the )rm of a trial with the examination f the witnesses by Attorney George lomeier, who appeared for defendnt. The evidence showed, as already tated, that the trouble arose beveen Jaudon and Byrnes through le latter's resenting a vile epithet men Jauaon applied to Mr. jonn tr. race, who is a relative of Byrns. An issue was made as to how many istols were brought into play. The vo Harleys claimed that the pistol hich they passed from one to anothr and which was used to prevent telling from assisting Byrns, was yrns' weapon, w-hile the witnesses )r the defendant claimed that the [arleys produced a pistol of their wn. Wallace Harley admitted that he sed the heel of his shoe in forcing lyrns to let go the hold on his pis>1. The ante-mortem statement oi audon, taken under difficulties, was *ad, in which Jaudon told of the ause of the trouble and admitted lat he did strike Byrns with a glass ottle Jaut said that Byrns threw cusidors at him. The autopsy of Dr. W. H. Johnson stablished tetanus as the cause oi eath. The death of Jaudon has renewed ublic interest and comment in the TT?V?4r?V? -f Ttr/"\ r\f uail 1U TVUiVU tnv VI VUV uiiuvui lembers of the sporting fraternits f Charleston were concerned. Jaudon did not measure well witfc tie sporting fraternity and his assoiations and career had nothing tc ommend him to the public. Until z 3w days ago, when evidences of teanus developed, following his reasal to permit the amputation of the rm, Jaudon was considered to have een less badly used up than Byrns nd if the wounded man had consentd to allow the amputation of the rm, he would probably have recovred. TWO HURT IN WRECK. liree (Freight Cars were Smashec Near JonesviUe. Union, August 20.?A serious rreck occurred two miles north ol onesville about 8:30 o'clock this lorning, resulting in three freight ars being smashed, the track torn ui dt quite a distance, and two negroes adly hurt, one having to have his 2g aniyutaueu. The train was freight No 62, ir harge of Conductor Gelston and Enineer Brownlee, and was southound for Columbia. When nearing onesville and when the train was oing at a moderate rate of speed tie accident occurred. Will Jeter, a egro from Carlisle, who was workig his way from Pacolet back to his ome, was caught in the wreck and ad his leg so badly crushed that af*r being taken to Jonesville it was Dund necessary to amputate it, and bis was done by Drs. Southard lhambers, Douglass and Hames. A egro named Gilliam was also badlj ruised about the head, but was nol eriously injured. They were bott aken to Jonesville for attention anc 5ft on No. 14 for their homes in Sanuc and Carlisle. On account of the wreck the mair ine was blocked for four or fiv( ours, delaying trains Nos. 9 and 14 tate of Ohio, City of Toledo, ss Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath thai e is senior partner of the firm of F . Cheney & Co., doing business ir he city of Toledo, county and State foresaid, and that said firm will paj he sum of one hundred dollars foi ach and every case of Catarrh thai annot be cured by the use of Hall's Jatarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY Sworn to before me and subscribed a my presence this 6th day of De ember, A. D. 1886. (Seal) A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter tally, and acts directly on the blooc ,nd mucous surfaces of the system lend for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con tipation. RATTLESNAKE ISLAND. ' Lake Winnepesaukee's Snakes All Concentrated in One Spot. One of those strange freaks of animal and reptile distribution that puzzle naturalists is found on Rattlesnake Island, in Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H. The lake contains 57 islands of all sizes, from a few square feet to hundreds of acres, but only on Rattlesnake is there to be found anything more alarming than the harmless and pretty garter snake. The country surrounding the lake is mountainous and well wooded, but it | is free from snakes. Rattlesnake Island has a monopoly of rattlers. The island is one of the largest in | the lake, as well as the most picturesque. Its name forbids trespass, 1 and it remains to-day as virgin as when the Indians gave the lake its musical name. Just why the snakes should have * chosen this particular island for their abode is a mystery, although an event of a few years ago made it clear how ! they might have reached it. Rattle1 snake Island is some five miles from the mainland and several hundred yards from any other island. Some years ago a fisherman, bolder than his fellows, landed on the island and there cooked his lunch. Perhaps he was a bit nervous for he forgot to put out his fire, and the wind fanned it into a blaze. A large ' part of the island was burned over, and during the next few days many rattlesnakes were found on the mainland and the neighboring islands. Within a week, however, the snakes were gone from the mainland, and not one snake of a venomous kind has been found outside of Rattlesnake Island since then. The snakes confine themselves to ' the rocky cliffs that form the uplands of the island, and are seldom seen. One doubting Thomas who reasoned | that there couldn't be any snakes on ' the island because he had never seen any went ashore there one day and , tramped about in his bare feet. As luck would have it, he never saw a 1 snake. The barefooted explorer near' ly fainted the next day when a friend ; armed with a shotgun explored the 1 place and came back with a five-foot rattler. This led to the organization of a \ huiiting party. The hunters wore high boots and looked the ground ^ over carefully before taking a step. They found snakes in abundance, and [ the numbers of the rattlers got on their nerves. After killing five unusually large snakes the party chose a large flat rock near the water's 1 edge and well out of the snakes' habitat for a resting place. One of the hunters is a professor 1 in a New York college. He doesn't teach natural history, and his knowl[ edge of outdoor life is not very ex| tensive. As he sat munching a sandwich a cicada set up its shrill cry. Still holding firmly to the .sand* wich, the professor gave a wild leap that landed him in the lake. < The cold water and the laughter of his friends restored his reasoning faculties, but he is still of the opinion that all the snakeskins in creation j wouia not tempt mm to visit itatuesnake Island again. The beauty of the island has 3 caused many people to covet it as the [ site for a summer home, and the sug3 gestion has been made to import a t herd of hogs to exterminate the ) snakes. 5 JEALOUSY CAUSES MURDER. 3 ^ Georgia Farm Hand Kills Woman He Adores. Douglas, Ga., August 20.?De? daring that he had rather see her J dead than married to another, Wil, liam McLeod, a farm hand, to-day l confessed to Sheriff Ricketson that he murdered Miss Mattie Graham, a s wealthy and refined young woman, I whose body was yesterday discovered in a swamp near her home at Hokes3 boro, Coffee county. I Going into every detail, his statemftrif io o f n 1 off Vtio on/1 10 mat nc i^it iiio w ui n. auu l went to the house before dinner. 7 Not seeing her he asked for Miss t Mattie and being informed that she t had gone to her field for a melon, he I followed and found her. Both started back towards the house side by side. Coming to a i branch near the house, he let her J precede him. When at her back he . caught her by the left arm and cul one side of her throat. She turned and looked him in the t face and exclaimed: "Lord have mercy," the only word she ever i spoke after the attack. Then he fin\ ished cutting her throat, and cut hei . in the side as she fell, t He stamped her in the face, wash3 ed the blood from his knife, face anc overalls and when dry went to th house and ate dinner. His only motive for his crime was that he hac rather see her dead than to see hei marry Byrd Mobley. j While he loved her, he had nevei told her and if she was now alive nc motive could induce him to harn her. His only fear appears to be ol being lynched. He does not shov any remorse. * ' 'J 'ibiLZ.C''' v . . - >& J.- . XEGROES SLASH WHITES. Two Boys Seriously Hurt in Louisville Street Car. i j Louisville, Ky., August 22.?As a i result of a street car fight between j prominent white youths and negroes i early to-day three of the youths are ; in a hospital, including Victor von Borries, of Louisville, and Edward Prince, of Wilmington, N. C., son of _ the comptroller of the Atlantic Coast Line. He may die. The boys were severely slashed with razors. Let's Kill Out the Flies. Flies are the most dangerous insects we have. They are much more dangerous than bees or hornets; these may sting you, and the sting is painful, but you soon get over the pain. Flies do much more harm than this. They wal1* over filthy places like sewers and garbage cans, and after eating the filthy food which they find there, they come into your house and walk on the food you eat, carrying on their feet the tiny germs which live in filth just as you live in a house. These germs are not only filthy and disgusting, but many of them cause such diseases as typhoid = fever, cholera infantum and summer complaint. When the flies bring them from some dirty place to your food or leave some of them when they crawl on your face or hands you may swallow these germs without knowing it and be taken ill with one of these diseases. So the fly that seems so harmless may do you much more harm than a bee or a hornet. Your parents should have screens at their doors and windows during the warm weather, to keep the flies out of the house. If they cannot screen all the rooms, they should screen those in which food is kept; and if anyone is sick in the house, flies should be kept from the sickroom, so that they may not carry germs from the sick person to the rest of the family. 1 Children may help to keep flies from swarming in and around houses, and from carrying germs of sickness from one person to another. In the first place, they should not buy candy, fruit or other food which is left in front of stores or anywhere else where flies may feed and walk on it. Flies lay their eggs chiefly in stable manure, and if this is left without screens or other covers to keep the flies away, great numbers will be hatched in every stable. If you know of stores where food is not covered from flies, or of stables that have swarms of them around, get your father dr mother to write to the board of health about them, and the board will make the storekeepers or stable men. obey its rules. But before you report other people for being careless and dirty and so making it possible for flies to become a nuisance, be sure no garbage cans or boxes are left uncovered to attract flies. If you and all the people you know will follow this advice, there will not be nearly so many flies to plague you 1 in hot weather, and there will not be 1 nearly so much sickness and death especially among children, as now. = ; Kales for Dealing with the Fly Nui sauce. Keep the flies away from the sick, , especially those ill with contagious diseases. Kill every fly that strays into the sick room. His body is covered with disease germs. Do not allow decaying material of ! any kind to accumulate on or near your premises. All refuse which tends in any way to fermentation, such as bedding, straw, paper waste and vegetable matter should be disposed of or covered with lime or kerosene oil. Screen all food. Keep all receptables for garbage carefully covered and the cans cleaned or sprinkled with oil or lime. Keep all stable manure in vault or pit, screened or sprinkled with lime, oil or.other cheap preparation. Cover food after a meal; burn or bury all table refuse. Screen all food exposed for sale. Screen all windows and doors, especially the kitchen and dining room. Don't forget, if you see flies, their breeding place is in nearby filth. It may be behind the door, under the table or in the cuspidor. If there is no dirt and filth there will be no flies. If there is a nuisance in the neighborhood write at once to the board of health or city council. Largest line of stationery in Bam I berg county at Herald Book Store. LETTERS DISMISSORY. On Monday, August 16th, 1909, at 11 o'clock a. m., I "will apply to Geo. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate for ; Bamberg county, for letters dismis sory as executor of the estate of An>'na E. Guess, deceased, at which time jl will file my final accounting as such ' executor. All claims against said Restate must be presented on or be> | fore the date mentioned, and all t'amounts owing said estate must be . paid by that time. [i GEO. W. GOOLSBY, 71 Executor. Bamberg, S. 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