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V * 1DRDER IN SPA8TANBUM E JOE BATES CRAZED BY JEAL OUSY, SPILLS BLOOD. . v, Spartanburg Man Slays Docia Boiter, a D Wife of Farmer, and Wounds n Eight-year-old Girl. f f( Spartanburg, Aug. 29.?Docia Boiter, aged 18 years, wife of J. R. cj Boiter, a farmer living near Fair- t< mont, was shot and instantly killed t by Joe Bates, a former police officer, a now guard of the city chaingang, this y morning at 11:30 o'clock at the fj home of W. B. Cox, 168 Thompson n street. Mamie Cox, the 8-year-old daughter of Cox, who was standing e; near with her little baby sister in 0 her arms, was also shot by Bates and o seriously wounded, the ball entering w just under and to the rear of the n shoulder blade of the right arm, a raneine downward and to the front, h lodging in the fleshy part of the b breast. The ball was extracted by ti Drs. Wilson and Lonard. w Bates was caught in the hallway ii of the house by Cox before he could lc get away and was held until the po- ii lice arrived. Officers Lockman, Cudd, T Gash and J. Crocker arrived a few n minutes after the shooting and took p charge of Bates, who was carried at A once to the county jail and turned ^ over to Sheriff White. fi Jealousy was the cause of the ei shooting. Docia Boiter was until a h few weeks ago Docia Moore. She lived with Joe Bates at his home, a: 168 Thompson street, as his house- tl keeper. She had lived with him for v about two years, when a month ago o] she left him and married J. R. Boiter, aj a farmer living near Fairmont. ft She was married to Boiter by bi Magistrate Lawrence Berry. Since t< the marriage Bates has been crazed g< with jealousy. pi It is said that just before she left tl him the Moore woman sold a cow Bates had, and a number of house- ^ hold articles. For this Bates swore h< out a warrant for her arrest and the tl case was to have been tried tomor- ol . row morning. - hi The crime came as a shock to the hi entire city. The inquest held this oi afternoon was attended by a large fr crowd. The verdict was in accord- w ance with the facts. si Bates is in jail and has made no b Statement, He was severely beaten ir by citizens who captured him and ss these wounds have been dressed by T physicians. ' ir Bates is one of the best known tl Characters in the city, having been is a member of the police force for a years and a terror to the negroes of T this section. He has employed at- fc torneys. di ? fa POSSE SEEKING SUSPECT. a - tl Searching for Negro who Frightened w Young Lady. * Aiken, Aug. 30.?Today the little JT town of White Pond is in a state of a] excitement. Last night a young lady, j a daughter of one of the most prom- js inent citizens of that place, was aroused from her sleep by a negro trying to gain entrance to her room. The negro fled, when an alarm was given, and made good his escape, w Today' a posse is searching the in neighborhood with the aid of blood- ot hounds for the negro, and it is very hi likely that he will be captured. P< The negro secured a chair from the porch, and using this as a step oi raised the window to the room oc- ot cupied by the young lady, when she ja was aroused by the noise and saw the man at the window. When the tl negro discovered that she saw him, pi he quietly commanded her to make m no alarm, but she screamed, and w the negro ran. The moon was bright- st ly shining, and the figure of the ne- ce gro was plainly seen by the young re lady. The negro is said to be a oi stranger in the community. The st bloodhounds trailed the tracks for a long distance to the Tinker creek swamp, and the posse is still in the -. swamp searching for him. The blood- n. hounds were secured from Barnwell and were on the scene before 12 r, o'clock last night. L, ;< The negro left his shoes in his ^ -hurry and he is now barefooted or ^ was when the tracks were last seen. ^ The motive of the man is unknown, w but there is no intention prevailing ^ to not allow the law to take its ai course, and if the negro is captured jt he will be brought to jail. A strange 0| negro was seen loafing around White jy *;>. Pond yesterday, and it is generally Wl believed that he is the guilty party. pj ? th To Sell Plant at Auction. al Rock Hill, Aug. 29.?The local hl Water, light and power plant of this city, which has been in the hands of a receiver for the past 11 months, will, on next Tuesday, August 31, at tu 12 o'clock, be sold at public outcry. m The sale will be made here by P. A. Wilcox of Florence, receiver. The a' ' sale was ordered by Judge Pritch- T! ard of the United States court of ap- aj peals, while the court was in session a* at Charleston. There is an upset " price or $7o,uuu, ana it is pretty cer tain that the bondholders will buy it. The plant is known as the Rock e<i Hill Water, Light and Power com- st pany, but is owned by capitalists in Philadelphia. It has given the people considerable trouble in the past two ai years or more on account of an in- ec adequate supply of water for all pur- " poses. ?1 tt ? hi Preacher Held for Bigamy. Connellsville, Pa., Aug. 28.?Rob- if ert Martin Matthews, formerly a pas- h: tor of the Welsh Congregational tc church in South Connellsville, was ir arrested here today barged with w bigamy. tl The information was made yester- t day before a Pittsburg alderman by tl John H. Martin, a brother of Mrs. hi Matthews No. 2. U Recently Mrs. Matthews came to t* believe her husband had another st wife in Liverpool, Eng., and she n made a trip to that city , to substan- tc tiate her belief. Mrs. Matthews dis- h; covered that her husband had not st only a wife in the English city, but tl also an eight-year-old child. g: The pastor was brought to Pitts- m burg tonight and held by an alder- h: man for a court hearing Monday. R - . .. " - -I'..: - V .* g , S=r=s HE GOT OLD TWO TOES., > | : : ' , \ i ? tod of Wolf that Gave Much ; Trouble to Oklahoma Stockmen. Along in the early '90's a noted ; olf ranged in South Meade county ? nd in north Beaver county, Okla- ? oma, along the Cimarron river, hid- I lg in the bluffs and sandhills on ? ither side, ravaging the pastures ? >r fifty miles up and down the river. a his early life he had been ? aught in a trap and lost part of his ? aes," hence the name of Old Two * oes. He was a very large gray wolf ? nd could drag down and kill a ? earling steer with ease. He loved ; resh beef rarely making a second ? leal out of a carcass. ? Thus Old Two Toes became a very I xpensive boarded for the ranchers I ? n the river * front. Beaver county j ? ffered a reward for his scalp, to I hich individual ranchers added as ? iuch as $50 apiece, and the cattle ? sociation also set a price on his I ead. But he was both cunning and ? old. Many hunters and cowboys ? ried for the reward offered to out- I -it and capture or kill him. Be lg made wise about traps when he ? >st his toes they were of no avail I 1 the campaign waged against him. ? 'o surprise him or approach him ear enough for a shot was also im ossible and his ravages continued. .bout this point in his career he I as joined by an equally large, I erce black wolf. Hunting togeth- * r, the two attacked and killed orses as well as cattle. The cattlemen became desperate * nd redoubled their efforts to rid ? lemselves of the robbers. Then Willis Peoples, a negro ranchman ? n the Cimarron, took up the fight ? nd said he would win the reward ? >r there was now a price on the lack wolf. Peoples came to Meade f ) prepare for the war. "I'll sure * et those two varmints," said Peo- * les, "cause I'm going to camp on f ieir trail." > That is what he actually did. t Then the wolves became aware that & a VI* o c f nil awItk* 4 K t nao ^UIDIOICUUJ ? ley changed their tactis and broke ;j H their range.. But the old man ^ ng on their trail like a blood- ? ound and they could not shake him ;j I.. His boy brought him food and > esh horses. Peoples stopped ? here night overtook him and relmed the chase at daylight. The lack wolf, abandoning his friend ; t this dangerous time, took off to ive his scalp, but the track of Two ; oes betrayed him at every point * l the hunt. Finally, worn out with * le continual chase and nearly fam hed for food? Two Toes paused in ; ravine to rest, a fatal mistake. ;| he hunter, hot on his flagging ; >otsteps, rode over a ridge a short istance away; for a moment he iced his enemy, then a quick aim, ; puff of smoke and the ravager of le ranges fell, pierced in the head * ith a ball. S Peoples brought the body of Two ? oes to Meade, and as he threw it *J om his wagon Peoples grinned ; id said: "There's Old Two Toes; told you I'd get him. and there he V. i." Kansas City Time,. | Meets Death in Escaping. *J Meridian, Miss., Aug. 28.?Ed- _5 ard Strickland, a federal prisoner i the city jail here, escaped with SO :her prisoners tonight, only to lose is life in a fight with a sheriff's Fo >sse several hours later. Strickland was held on a charge ' robbing the mails, and with two , :hers he pried off a trap door on the lil roof. J. C. Walton, a life prisoner, gave bul te alarm and a posse was soon in irsuit of the fugitives. The three en had separated and Strickland ?ei as riding alone in a buggy with a t10; lotgun on his knees when the offi- uni :rs came up. He fired on them and p?: (turned the fire, Strickland falling C"J it of the buggy with a load of buckiot in his breast. . u tioi Two Shots Made One Wound. ^ &s Rock Hill, Aug. 27.?A negro p0i imed Collins Judge, was shot and 32. lied by another negro named Cal poj arber, at Zion, a negro church near bei andsford, in Chester county, in rprtnPH/!flv rticht Tt ifl rennrted i-ce tat there had been a grudge be- vid reen the two for a year or more, of ith threats to kill each other, so boc rednesday night Barber walked up 4.4 id stuck his pistol to the back of one idge's head, firing three shots, two ' which took effect and are said to boc ive entered the same hole, as there in as only one hole in the head. The 2.6 lysicians took two bullets out of anc ie front. Judge is said to have died lin most instantly and Barber made cer s escape. cor ^ ma Making Pea-vine Hay. tw< Let the peas grow till the pods Cai irn yellow, and then there is no hay Me ore easy to cure well than cow- the >as, notwithstanding all the talk lat: >out the difficulty in curing them, dis hey will cure if you just let them, anc id do not go to monkeying with sot 1 sorts of contrivances to spoil as tern. of I had a letter today from a farmer P?1 ho said that he would not have Jei irn room for his pea crop and want- da: I to know if they would keep well of 1 a TT ? -^-11.. VIA /vwn dCKeu. ne rtrttiiy auswcicu 1110 unu lestion, as he said that a neighbor id stacked some when well milted id limp, and they heated and team- 1 1. But to his surprise, he found cid tat they cured perfectly. If he had lened the stacks and tried to cool rea tern off, he would, doubtless, have a I ad moldy hay. tar Mow the peas in the morning, and ba( possible, put a tender beind the mower to keep them m0 >ssed up and hasten the wilt- wa ig. Rake the morning mowing into bo: indrows that afternoon. Turn them ba< le next morning and let lie till af(moon while cutting more. Cock *n lem that afternoon, and when the cai ay in the cocks can be taken and ma visted hard, and no sap runs to the be) rist haul them in. If to go into th :acks, make the stacks well, and er ike down the sides, but cover the tor >ps of the stacks with straw or dry Sp ay. This hay will cure, even if the anj ;acks heat. Put some rails under le stacks to keep the hay off the ca? round and prevent its absorbing ioisture from the ground, and you ave as good hay as in the barn.? aleigh (N. C) Progressive Farmer. es< * *. | INP ? > ? l? & ? >? I > HQ H H^KKBS , ! Si^u^u /tfcjl ? ' ^ ; '-^gfe J "jr f * ? t f * ? A Player-Piano withe : one whose capacity is v ; : The Inner-Player Pis J 2 : Easy Terms. Your c m > # # e?L y ? * f 1 ? * f ? ? i* * > s Cable Building, x UTH CAROLINA IN THE LEAD. /?pty-flve Per Cent of Her Popula- J tion in Protestant Churches. : v i Washington, Aug. 28.?In a bulle- | = just issued by the census j reau, South Carolina, remarkable ' j the statement may seem, has a ger percentage of church mem s in proportion to her popula- s a than any other State in the * ion. Of her total population 45 i _ cent are members of Protestant i J irehes. j t rhe bulletin says: | "Of the total estimated popula- ; u of Continental United States in j )6, 39.1 per cent were reported | x. church members. The corres- i iding percentage for 1890 was j j, 7, so that the percentage of the ! julation who were church mem- ! jj s was larger by 6.4 in 1906 than | jj 1890. The relative gain as repented by this difference was di- ^ ed among the three main classes n members as follows: Protestant j lies, 1.8; Roman Catholic church, j ; and all other bodies together, j j-tenth of 1 per cent. j . 'The membership of Protestant J lies was least important relatively Utah where it represented only per cent of the total population, I 1 most important in South Caroa, where it represented 45 per it of the total population. The *+< responding percentage for the Ro- J [ Q n Catholic church varied from ]; Y, >tenths of 1 per cent in North o J rolina to 56.2 per cent in New <> xico. The Baptist bodies showed ] [ i highest percentage of the popu- <> f Ion in Georgia, 24.4; the Metho- ] t bodies in South Carolina, 17.1; J 1 the Lutheran bodies, in Minne- * a, 13.2. No other of the sub-class- < of Protestants showed a strength ] [ as much as 10 per cent of the ?+4 ?ulation of any State. The mem- 7*7^ ship of the church of the Latter- J** j Saints represented 47.9 per cent o T the population of Utah. < ^ Mowing Machine Maims Boy. || j [Jnion, Aug. 27.?A distressing ac- |* C ent occurred near West Springs c idnesday, according to reports + 5 .ching here, when Johnnie Lucas, f t >oy about 15 years of age, got en- { i igled in a mowing machine and H4 I one of his legs cut off. TTj ft seems that some grass was being T iwed and that the mowing blade ? s frequently getting hung. The j loosened it up several times, and X , 3 been told, it is stated, to be care- ? not to get in front of the blade, s some way he failed to observe X t efully when a turn was being ? g ,de and the blade struck him and j [ore the mules could be stopped X i limb was almost completely sev- f u "?-v a m ^ AAi id about tne anKie. urs. a. v,mr 1 Smith and Lancaster, of Glenn ? rings, were promptly summoned d amputated the limb. The boy is the son of Herbert Luj, a blacksmith, who had his shop srally torn to pices by a cyclone reral years ago, on which occasion i same boy had a most miraculous *rw iape from death. 0 i -l::r.. sIER - I ?1 m i \i! >ut the transposing device is u inlimited?the INNER-PLAT inos are made only by THE < ild piano taken in exchange. SleViam EVERYTHING KNO\ J. V. WALLACE, ) I? illili ili ili ill illil?ilj *1* ili *1; !* il! Many Reasons Why ron Should Carry a Bank Account It teaches economy. It helps your credit. It stimulates your courage. It guards you against extrava- ! ;ance. i _ It gives you confidence in your : am udgment. It furnishes the best receipt for he money you pay out. It creates business habits that j Till increase your savings. 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