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_/ -m - . i " - . . - .... v ' .. .. .."* - . 5 CTltP lamberg fpralb \ Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C.; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1909. ~~ | One Dollar a Year | ? I i COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. ? i News Items Gathered All Around the ^ County and Elsewhere. Kearse ''Glee Club." V Kearse, November 1.?The young folks of the neighborhood met last ( Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Ethel Kearse to organize a skating * Hnv Ht> nppnnnt of a misunder standing of the appointed time of meeting there were only a few present. However, those that were present appointed the first meeting to be , v held in "Kearse hall," at Mr. J. J. Kearse's, on Friday evening, November 5th, at 8 o'clock. All who wish to join, big, little, old, and young, will please be present at this meeting. ^ We will be glad to have any one join ' and help make our club a "glee club" in reality. Remember to be present November 5th. News From Kearse. Kearse, November 1.?Beautiful Indian summer is here. How pretty f the day, and an old mocking bird is ; singing his sweet strains in his bower of red, purple and gold. The leaves so beautiful now, soon to lie in heaps i of brown, and dead to form a mulch i to enrich old mother earth and grow more leaves to gladden another ( % spring. The little violets, too, are with us, and all wreathed in smiles of brightness, seem to say, "cheer up, sad souls of men, for I bring the joys of other days; join in with me." , Only a few roses left to tell that sum- : ' mer was here but has gone, but the < ^ chrysanthemums will soon be in all fcoir jrinrv The oDossum too. comes in, and one hunter claims to have caught more than fifty. Who can \ v beat that? Rev. E. A. Wilkes is preaching a number of fine sermons at White j Point school house. His sermon on Sunday morning was unusually good. His illustrations suited the occasion and place. He claimed all men could 1 succeed if proper thought, diligence, . - and effort were used, in farming, , business, or professions, but for the . lack of these how many failures?so , in being saved. Dr. N. F. Kirkland, Sr., was in the neighborhood yesterday. All were ( glad to see him looking so well. The young folks have forced a skating rink club and have Tented the vacant store building of Mr. J. J. , * v Kearse as a hall. Dr. Brabham will rub his hands in glee as he receives his fees for splints and arnica used. , m The new home of Mr. H. J. Ritter will soon be finished, and will be one of the prettiest country homes in the k . county. ] Stay on the farm boys. Here is j what one acre produced this year: , * 60 bushels of oats hearvested last of ; > May. Prepared and planted in cot- ] ton in early June by two boys. Cot ton sold off this plat on Saturday, < 30th, and brought fifty-eight dollars ; l and eighty-one cents. There is grain j P and cotton in all Bamberg county ; lands, and the future has much in < store for the farmer. c ????? ^ Mr. J. F. Kearse, Sr., and daugh- ; ter, Miss Ettie, took in the musical i festival in Charleston last week, also 1 Quintus Brabham. < i Miss Evelyn Brabham is visiting 1 , friends in Columbia this week. OLD TIMER. St. John's News. St. Johns, November 1.?The farm^ ers around here have about finished gathering this year's crop. < A good many of our folks went dcwn to Charleston to take in gala week. . Mrs. Rebecca Ritter,^>f the Kearse section, died at her home last week OT1/1 moo laid trt roof in tVio St .Tfthns' MUU TTU0 AUiU W i VWV AM VUV ^ V. W W r > cemetery. It will soon be time to grind cane. '* The cane around here is fine, some of our farmers have got it over 10 feet , J tall. The St. Johns graded school is doing nicely. Mr. James Boles, of Edgefield, is principal this year. Mr. H. W. Carter and family were the guests of Mr. W. D. Kinard last : * Sunday. 1 | Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ray, of Tampa, Fla., are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Folk. , [ Mr. C. S. Hiers and family spent last Sunday with his brother, Mr. J. B. Hiers. . 4 Mr. Hayston Shaw and Miss Bessie Ayer were happily married last Thursday evening at the home of the * bride. (Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kinard were the guests of Mr. J. C. Breland last i Sunday. J A great many of our folks attended 1 preaching at White Point school r . house last Sunday morning. Miss Edith Hiers spent last Saturday night with Miss Agnes Peters. Ladies of the Civic League will serve oyters Friday afternoon and evening at the court house. < COTTON STATEMENT ISSUED. Hester Estimates October Total at 2,513,252 Bales. New Orleans, La., November 2.? Secretary Hester's New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement, issued today, shows the total for October is 2,513,252, against 2,530,171 last year. The movement from September 1 to October 21, inclusive, shows receipts at all United States ports 2,879,971, against 2,688,519 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada 1 13,606, against 181,712 last year; Southern mills takings, exclusive of quantity consumed at Southern outports 440,000, against 416,000 last year, and interior stocks in excess of those held at the commencement of the season 427,625, against 465,481 last year. These make the total movement of the cotton crop brought into sight during the two months ending close of October 3,861,202, against 3,751,612 last year. Foreign exports for the two months of the season have been 1,918,373 bales, showing an increase over last season of 114.581. Stocks at the Seaboard and the twenty-nine leading interior markets on October 31, were 1,376,630, against 1,305,322 the same date last year. Including port and interior towns stocks left over from the previous season, and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the two months, the supply has been 4,113,518, against 4,032,959 last year. Up to the close of October last year 27.14 per cent of the cotton crop had been marketed and for the same two months in 1907 the percentage of the crop brought into sight was 23.24, and for the same time in 1906 the percentage marketed was 24.69. FIREMAN ROASTED TO DEATH. Spectators Were Unable to Help Unfortunate Man. Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 29.?Unable to aid, fifty persons looked on to-day while Joseph Dresser slowly roasted to death in the debris of a wreck in the Piatt street yards of New York Central railroad. John Chapman, - J TI*O o olmACjf lnofOTlflv ydi u uiaoici , nao axiuvov xu^vuuvaj killed in the smashup. Dresser was fireman on one engine which because of an open switch crashed into i long string of freight cars at high speed. Rescuers were driven back by escaping steam while Dresser slowly roasted to death. Ladies of the Civic League will serve oyters Friday afternoon and evening at the court house. Would Raise Price of Yarns. Charlotte, N. C. Nov. 1.?For the purpose of ascertaining if a parity can not be established between the price of cotton and the selling price of rarns a committee representing the North Carolina cotton manufacturers will leave for New York city Thursday to hold a conference with the ram commission men. C. E. Hutchinson of the Woodlawn mills of Mount Holly is chairman of this committee, and he will select the )ther members. The mill men believe that the commission men, who hold a strategis position between the manufacturer and the buyer, can aid the Southern mills in putting yarns on a more profitable basis, the selling price at this time being ruinous to the manufacturers. Passenger Trains Collide. Greenville, Nov. 1.?Train No. 16 from. Greenville to Columbia and train No. 11, coming north, met in a head-on collision tonight near Shedier, not far from Belton. One engine was badly torn up but tbere was no fatalities so far as can be learned tonight. It seems that orders were left at Williamston for No. 16 to meet No. 11 at Shedder, about half way between Williamston and Belton. No. 16 failed to get the orders at Williamston and the engineer of No. 16 evidently thought the two trains would meet at the usual place, Belton. No. 11 left Belton at 6:30. Just before reaching Shedder the two trains came together head on. Schedules are badly disarranged. Hearst Defeated for Mayor. New York, Nov. 2.?Tammany elected another mayor of Greater New York to-day but lost its grip on city finances. William J. Gaynor, of Brooklyn, swept the five boroughs to victory as mayor by at least 70,000 plurality, defeating Otto T. Bannard, Republican-fusion, and William Randolph Hearst, Independent. He failed, however, to carry his ticket with l: j iu A r? AM..uiuAm mm, auu me .ctejjuuiiuaii-iu&iuii luiuca will control absolutely the board of estimate and apportionment, which will disburse approximately $1,000,000,000 during the administration. This is more than half a defeat for Tammany, for the control of the board of estimate was: one of the principal issues of the campaign. In addition the Repuoiican-fusionist forces elected Charles S. Whitman district attorney of New York county, who defeated George Gordon Battle, the Democratic nomineee, by at least 13,000 plurality, and John S. Shea for sheriff over Christopher D. Sullivan, Democrat, by approximately 10,000. Ladies of the Civic League will serve oyters Friday afternoon and evening at the court house. IN THE PALMETTO STATI SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUI KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Qnic) Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Mrc T.lithor Tnnps while ridine i] a Ferris wheel at the county fai in Edgefield, was badly injured by i fall from the wheel. A charter has been issued to th< Citizens Bank of Allendale. Capita $30,000. A general banking busi ness will be conducted. The dispensary winding up com mission held a meeting in Columbi; last week, and Mr. J. Pope Matthews cashier of a bank in Columbia, wa put through a grilling examinatioi by Attorney Felder. Some very sus picious transactions were brought ti light, being along the same line a .formerly in regard to rebates. David McDowell, the young whit boy of Winnsboro who was accident ally wounded by a parlor rifle in th< hands of a playmate, Warren Flenni ken, died in the hospital in Columbii without ever regaining consciousness The shooting was an accident, youni McDowell being at least 200 yard from the Flenniken boy when he wa shot. ' The recent arrest of Mrs. Cor ir% Mnw Vnrlr fnr tr\ ui n! >? iiovu XJUL Aiv n X VI ik X.V* AM) checks without funds in a bank i interesting reading matter to th< people of Aiken. Mrs. Wilson one organized a bank in Aiken and hai a building fitted up with the costlies kind of furniture for the ban! (which, by the way, was never pah for,) but after using the scheme t< get as much money and credit a possible, she skipped out, and ha not been back, much to the regret o many people hereabouts. F. E. Brunson, a wood dealer a Florence, lost a valuable mule th< other day and came near losing an other. One of his hands was engag ed in hauling wood to the premises o Mr. Julian C. Rogers, in West Pin* street, and after driving in the yar< both mules stepped on the coverini of a "dry well," which was hiddei from view. No sooner than the tw< large, fine mules had landed on th< covering, it broke through, lettini both of them down into the well Help was immediately summoned and for several hours men worked t< save the two animals, which wer< sinking deeper and deeper into th< vault. After considerable effort an< excavation one of the mules was got Ant K11+ Ko<11r {ffiiirofl frrtm +Vti terrible strain and ordeal that it un derwent. The other mule died jus about the time that it was remove< from the vault. Tillman on Rockefeller. Senator Tilman. who was here to day on account of the examinatioi for the appointments to Annapolis expressed himself as much please< with the Rockefeller gift of a millioi dollars for a campaign against th> hook worm disease. "While I was in Washington," sai< he, "Dr. Stiles came around to m; rooms and gave me a very interestinj insight into the subject with a tall illustrated by his stereopticon views There appears to be enough in tb scare to warrant a thorough investi gation, and I believe the Rockefelle gift will be of great benefit. It won' hurt Rockefeller, and spending th money down here can't hurt us. "But as I am able to see the mat ter, it appears to me that Dr. Stile and the other experts have made j false step in this respect: They poin out how the disease is taken ii through the feet on account of th children going barefooted. I know went barefooted until I was a grea big fellow, as did many of my ac quaintances. We never heard abou the hookworm disease then. I don' think anybody will ever accuse me o ever having any symptoms of th disease. "However, I think Rockefelle would accomplish much more gooi with his millions if he were to de vote some of them to the educatioi of the poor whites of the South. Tha is the most important thing to b done." The senator was reminded that th oil king had already given many mil lions to the cause of education in th South and all over the country. "But," exclaimed the senator swearing a bit, but not for publica tion, "he has placed his money in th hands of blooming old boards com posed of people who do not under stand us down here and it will gi for the wrong sort of education." LaughiDg, the senator inquire! how the fund was getting on to rais' the $10 for his ticket to the Taf banquet. "I see this crowd here is trying t< have some fun out of me about tha A!? 4 A VIA Tf r V* 4 T AA ? AVvnAtltT, tiuivei, uui iiuiii wuai a v,aix uuaci y it looks to me more like a case of dr; grins on their part."?Columbi; Record. Accidentally Shot. Winnsboro, Oct. 29.?A deplorabl accident occurred near J. E. Couser' home on the Eastern edge of towi late this afternoon, when Warrei Flenniken, the young son of W. H Flenniken, accidentally shot his play mate, David McDonald. A party o four boys were out with .22 calibr* rifles shooting sparrows when the ac cident occurred. Young McDonali was struck in the back of the head At the time of the departure of th< Columbia train the ball had not beei located and consciousness had neve been regained by the boy. Young Mc Donald was taken to Columbia for ai operation. J LEGAL BATTLE OVER DOG. Raw-Boned Hound Keeps Lawyers * and Magistrate Busy all Day. 1)1 Aiken, Oct. 28.?One raw-boned, red hound, known as "Buck," was t the cause of a litigation in Magis- Co trate Smoak's court Wednesday, which lasted all day, and cost quite a sum of money to the parties interested. "Buck", was an interested 1 witness in court, but before the end r of the tedious hearing, he got sleepy qu a and went off to the happy hunting bo grounds, only to be suddenly awaken- bri e ed by the joyful winner of the suit by 1 and carried home. tei Mr. Laurie M. Courtney instituted of claim and delivery papers against tic _ Mr. Hastings Hendrix, to compel him an a to give up the dog, on the ground bu it that he had been stolen from Mr. at1 s Courtney several years ago. Early on a in the morning the case began. W. Q. Davis, Esq., represented Mr. Hen- ch 0 drix. Countless witnesses were ex- ca: s amined. Mi .Tndee Smoak finallv decided that m< Mr. Hendrix was entitled to keep the ca: e canine. , An interesting point in- blc " volved was that under the law a dog e is not considered one's property un- tai " less the dog is returned for tax- co a ation. Mr. Courtney had not return- as ' ed this dog. The dog in question is pr 5 about eight years of age, and in ac- ch 8 tual value worth very little, being an de 8 ordinary hound. However, the case lei was one of the most interesting, as ne a well as exciting that has ever come off ? up before the magistrate for a hear- do s ing. + ? Power Wire Stops Train. I Rock Hill, Oct. 28.?The passenger t train that leaves this place at 7.55 i in the morning for Kingsville, via *0 i Lancaster and Camden, was delayed a about two hours and a half at Lessg lie's Station yesterday morning on acs count of the wires of the Southern ca; f Power company's lines breaking a where they cross the railroad, near no that place. Le r Fortunately some one heard the of e noise when the wires broke, and m< " when the train reached Lesslie's in- Ch - fn.mo/l Pont ATnflii iro whn WS? in 1U1 iliW vapu. iuvviuiiv) T? uv WM ? * charge of the train, that they were lei ? down, and after running his train ed ' down to the point where the wires ed 5 were down, and seeing that it was 1 impossible to get by without coming to 3 in contact with them, ran back to ap B Lesslie's and he and Mr. Dixon Less- ne = lie of that place got into an automo- do * bile and. came to this place, 'phoned thi " the power company to cut off the wa 3 current and get some linemen, who tie B went down and cut the wires out of to1 B the way. * It was a very fortunate thing that th< ~ the break did not occur in the night & 8 time, as your correspondent is in- soi " formed that one of the wires was th< J down to where it would have struck 1 the smoke stack of the engine about wa two feet below the top, and the pos- ne sibility is that had they run into it ou at night the engineer and fireman, ba - and probably others on the train, cu ! would have been electrocuted as the if wires are the main ones leading from thi j Great Falls to the plant on the Ca- ne a tawba, above this city and carry a we e tremendous voltage. m< ' ? ? cli i 111 in a Horse Trough. Y Atlanta, November 1.?Critically I ill with diptheria, Press Walker, a gu t negro workman in the employ of the i. Central Creamery company at 167-A e Whitehall street, was forced to lie in - a horse trough for a day and a half, to r as shelter was refused him at the mi * Tmmi t hospitals. "J e On Friday, about midday, Walker to"' foud himself unable to continue an - work, and as he had no permanent th: s home in Atlanta, the manager of the wl a creamery had him placed in the Mi t stables, until he could notify the on a health authorities. The Grads hos- "V e pital was called, but Walker was re- it; I fused as a patient on the grounds th? t that he was afflicted with a contagious na health authorities. The Grady host pitals were tried with a like result, t Unsuccessful attempts were made f to reach the ward physician. jej e Meanwhile the negro lay unattend- sa! ed, exposed to the air and within a nij r yard of a kicking mule. ye d The police authorities succeeded in K< i- reaching City Warden Evans over the Fc a telephone and he promised that the K( t case would be investigated imm^di- lo< e ately. st{ ? hi! e Killed While Gambling. Cedartown, Ga., Nov. 1.?As the sh e result of an alleged difficulty in a game of cards here Sunday morning, K( '? C. J. Turner is dead and Robert Duke an " is seriously stabbed. Duke has been sh e placed under arrest. The two men are said to have been ~ involved in a difficulty over the game. 0 Turner stabbed Duke in the throat th , with a knife. Duke fired three shots be 1 in rapid succession. Two of the bul- Mi e lets struck Turner in the forehead ju t and one in the breast, killing him in- th< stantly. thi 0 Turner was an employe of a local be t insurance company and Duke is an Cel e engineer on the Central of Georgia Ca y railway. Turner leaves a family. a i a Duke is married. ? ml Scalded to Death With Tea. be Rock Hill, Nov. 1.?J. N. McElwee thi e of this city received a telegram this of s morning from Dr. J. P. Crawford of hu 1 Nashville, Tenn., conveying the sad th< a intelligence of the death of the lat- du ;. ter's oldest child, Edward. A few be - days ago, while sitting at the supper it f table, he in some way overturned a wa e pot of boiling tea on himself and was ph - severely burned, dying from the I effects of the same this morning. Dr. wa . Crawford is a native of York county an a and' a former citizen of this place. He l Mrs. Crawford before marriage was me r Miss Jennie Russell of this city, and pri - they have numerous friends here and Ju l at other places who will learn with of much regret of their sad misfortune, ed ' - - * r';, -i WED TO ASSAULT WOMAN ] ITCH FORK, LEXINGTON, SCENE OF THE CRIME. 1 < ot Lever, Negro Who Confessed 1 < Guilt, Captured and Hurried ] Towards Lexington. j Lexington, Nov. 1.?The usual 1 ietness of Dutch Fork in the neigh- 1 rhood of Piney Woods church was i Dken this afternoon about 1 o'clock 1 the dastardly but unsuccessful atnpt of a negro to assault the wife . a prominent farmer of that sec- ! m. News of the crime is meagre < d nothing definite can be learned i t it is stated that the negro who ;empted the assault was a laborer i the place. The woman is said to have been 1 oked but the extent of her injuries 1 q not be learned. Deputy Sheriff < ller left for the scene in an auto- ] jbile this afternon about 4 o'clock, ] rrying Sheriff's Corley's faithful 1 )od hounds with him. s Messages from Chapin by long dis- 1 ace 'phone stated that the whole 1 untry round about is wrought up : never before and there is some obability of the negro being lyn ed if caught. Those who know the < termination of Deputy Sheriff Mil- J \ however, believe that once the gro gets into his possession the ' icer will see that no violence is '< ne even though he must risk his i m life. NEGRO CAPTURED. i ot Lever Arrested Near Chapin ! Last Night. Chapin, Nov. 1.?Coot Lever was ptured at the home of John Reaze, negro, at 9 o'clock tonight and is , w, at 11 p. m., well on his way to i xington in a buggy, in the custody . dennt.v sheriff Miller and Roof, a Db of 100 men, which came to ! apin, having been evaded. Lever was captured by Deputy Mil and Mr. Eleazer and has confess- , to them that he made the attempt- , assault. Soon after the negro was brought ' Chapin a crowd of about 100 men " proached the station here. The gro was hustled some distance wn the railroad track- and then rough briars and bushes. Then he ls placed in a buggy and the depu- ! s, as stated, huried away with him : vards Lexington. The crowd at the station flagged 1 b Southbound Columbia, Newberry ] Laurens train and searched it? < me members of the mob going on 1 3 train towards Columbia. 1 The intended victim of the negro < is choked and has bruises on her j ck and shoulders, but is not seri- i sly hurt. She screamed, the hus- i nd of the woman came to the res- < e and the negro ran. l While at the station members of < 3 mob asked questions as to the ] gro's whereabouts, none of which < sre answered. The members of the >b were armed with pistols and : lbs. Lever, the negro, is a young felv. There is no doubt as to his iit. ' Died in the Proper Way. ' 1 A clergyman, who was not averse i an occasional glass, hired an Irishm to clean out his cellar. The , shman began his work. He ought forth a lot of whiskey bottles , d as he lifted each one looked , rough it at the sun. The preacher, 10 was walking on the lawn, saw , m and said: "They are all dead es, Pat." "They are!" said Pat. Veil, there is one good thing about they all had the minister with em when they were dying."?Argout. Bad Lack Starts. New York, Nov. 1.?Professional ilousy wrecked a big mirror in a loon at 1747 Madison avenue last ?ht, and as a starter for the seven ars' hard luck coming to Scott >ren, of 3 East One Hundred and urteenth street, he was locked up. >ren is an ex-bartender of the sa3n. Last night he went in e~ 1 irted to say things to Wm. Glatz, 3 successor. His final insult was: ry, you can't even make a milk ooks!" Glatz seized a bung starter and )ren picked up a big beer glass, d in the melee the big mirror was attered. Tried tv Murder Judge. Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 1.?With the igh bone of the man he had just en convicted of murdering, C. M. ller this afternoon tried to brain dge Prank Smith, who had been e trial judge. When Miller pulled & gruesome weapon from under his d, Judge Smith bolted from the 11 of the convicted man and esped. Miller was overpowered after : fight with the jail guards. Some months ago A. Flood was \ lrdered, and his body dismem- : 3 A - ii. A 4m . rtru, a puruuu ui it uciug iuuuu iu 5 St. Francis river. Under the floor : the home of Miller the bone of a man thigh was found. During 5 trial the thigh bone was intro ced and identified as that of Flood cause of its peculiar formation, : having once been broken. Miller < is convicted on the evidence of the ysician who identified it. ] When court adjourned the bone ' .s left in the court rom in a valise < d Miller smuggled it into his cell, s sent for Judge Smith, telling the j issenger that he wanted to have a < ivate conversation with the jurist. < dge Smith says Miller had a look ] murder on his face when he reach- 1 for the unique weapon. ] ' - v.... BILLS IN GRAFT CASES. Indictments Presented to Chester Grand Jury. Chester, Nov. 1.?Court of sessions met at 10 o'clock this morning with Judge Ernest Moore, of Lan* later, presiding in lieu of Judge Geo. E. Prince. Attorney General Lyon is here making arrangements for the trial of some of the dispensary cases. This afternoon Solicitor Henry landed to the grand jury the follow* ing bills that have been prepared by the attorney general: The State vs. Jodie M. Rawlinsoa? Joseph B. Wylie, John Black, James 3. Farnum, John T. Early, M. A, , Goodman, H. Lee Solomons?indict* ment for conspiracy. The State vs. James S. Farnum? Indictment for bribery. The first bill, after reciting the fact that Rawlison, Black and Wylie were the duly elected representatives . ; j of the people of South Carolina to purchase liquors of the old State diepensary, charges that they did, at Chester, on March 6, 1906, agree to V accept certain rebates over and above their salary, in a matter not allowed 'S by law, from the other defendants named in the bill. The second bill charges James 8. J ^ Farnum with having on the sixth day of March, 1908, at Chester, corruptly given, offered and promised to Joseph B. Wylie a gift or gratuity of the . \0$ value of $1,575 to influence his vote 0 as a memoer or tne dispensary DO&ra In the purchase of liquors for the r The attorney general does not hope to have any of these cases tried ; ^0$ at this term, but some of them will < surely come up for trial at next term, at least at a term during the year. Negro Kills White Man. Danville, Va., Nov. 1.?Edward 4jg| Powell, white, was shot and,' fatally Injured in an altercation with William Dudley Smith, colored, of Alta Vista, Va., Sunday night in the northern part of Pennsylvania county, dy- , Ing this afternoon. The shooting occurred at a general . -^fa row at the negro quarter, where liquor is alleged to have been un- 4/^1 lawfully sold. Powell was a farmer, aged 35 and leaves a wife and five children. Conductor Kills Negro. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 1.?Conductor <4^ Leek Montgomery of the Augusta Southern tonight at Keysville, 26 V miles below here, shot and killed vfgM John Williams, a negro passenger on fche train. The conductor and the " ^ passenger had an altercation, and the ' r?nnrf?^nr rwolroH n flpsh wnnnH 111 the side before the negro jumped from the train and then ran. The , conductor's aim was good, however, and the negro dropped. This is the second shooting on this road during the past two years in which the conductor and a negro passenger had lights, the last time being when Con iuctor James Mason was killed by ft viSI aegro who was never apprehended. : Conductor Montgomery tonight wa? ^ not incapacitated for duty as the flesh wound was not very deep. Negro Seriously Shot. Lancaster, Nov. 1.?A serious difficulty occurred last night about 9 o'clock in the western suburb of town between two negroes, Lewis Stinson and Henry Boyd, in which ' the latter was shot in the breast, a shot gun being the weapon used. Boyd's condition is regarded as critical. Stinson, who made his escape after the shooting and has not yet been captured, was raised in Chester county. The trouble, it is said, wat about a woman. Voorhees School Aided. Rnofnn Maoss Hrf 20 The VOOIN hees Industrial school, at Denmark, South Carolina, is a thousand dollars % better off through the interest taken in that institution by the late Mrs. (M Marion E. Hollingsworth, of Milton, . Mass. Mrs. Hollingsworth's will, with various codicils, was allowed at the Norfolk County probate court today, and included a number of pub- ' ' lie bequests, running from one . to several thousand dollars each. The most of the bequests were like that to . i; 'J5 the Voorhees school, of $1,000. With but two exceptions the charities to - . - % benefit are located in the neighborhood of Boston. Washington's school at Tuskegee, was the other outside In- v-d stitution, and will receive $2,000. v-4| Mrs. Hollingsworth directed that her % jewels, of which she had a large and valuable collection, be sold, and '.M the proceeds used to aid consumptives. Teach the Boys and Girls to Work. We must not, however, make the mistake of allowing children to grow up in idleness without some regular nxea au^.ea iu yenuiiii. ycisuu has any right to live and enjoy the privileges and pleasures of this life ^ who does not work. The more clearly and forcibly this is impressed on the boy and girl by requiring them to give something in the way of deflnite regular service for what they receive, the more wholesome view of labor and the responsibilities of life will they acquire. $?? Usually if the parents are hard workers, the children are required to work, and as a rule we believe too much labor is required of the boys nn the farm, but there are parents who make slaves of themselves to maintain their children in idleness, rhis is worse than either over-work m or idleness for all. The boys and girls kept in idleness while their lathers and mothers slave for their ;omfort and maintenance are almost certain to develop a supreme selfishness, as well as habits of idleness, which will remain throughout life.? Progressive Farmer. ->5 - 'A