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BOY KILLS TWO "YEGGS." Plucky Tallahassee Lad Prevents Postoffice Robbery. Tallahassee, Fla., January S.?Inj a struggle early to-day with two safe blowers, Paul Sauls, seventeen years | old, son of J. M. Sauls, the night) watchman at the postoffice building! shot and killed them both in the basement of the building. The boy was only slightly wounded. The two cracKsmen, uuui ox wuum ?nc ? unc, have not been identified. Young Sauls was on duty for his father, and was in the basement when he heard a knock at the door, and going by a cot, took up a pistol before answering. When he reached the door some one on the outside shouted that a mail pouch had been picked up in the street, and he opened the door to receive it. Instead, according to the lad's story, he found himself looking into tho. barrels nf two nistols and the order came to "hands up." "My hands came up as they pounced upon me," he said, "and as they tried to bind me with a rope, I managed to get my pistol in a strained position and fired. The shot evidently took effect, for only one of the men clung to me. I then placed my pistol on my shoulder, and fired to the rear several times, after which I was free from their grasp." That every shot from the boy's revolver hit its mark is shown by bullet holes in the dead men. One has holes in his forehead and right temple, while the other was shot through the stomach and face. It is believed that a third party was on the outside, for when the robbers' clothing was searched, three Atlantic Coast Line mileage books were found in the pocket of one, supposed to be the leader of the gang. The books were purchased in the TtmoSwav station New York. Janu ary 3, being numbered consecutively 86,190-91-92, and bear the names J. Martin, J. E. Walters and J. M. Strong. , A complete outfit for safe robbing, consisting of drills, nitro-glycerine, fuses, caps, soap, wax and electric searchlights, was found on the bodies of the men. . Negro Hanged By Law. Williamston, ky., Jan. 7.?Earl Thompson, a negro, was hanged here > this morning in fulfillment of a judicial promise made to a mob bent on lynching him three weeks ago. On that occasion Judge Carmack left his court room to harangue the lynchers, and declared that he would sentence Thompson to death if the negro was found guilty. The crime for which Thompson was hanged was a criminal assault upon Mrs. Ransom Roberts, near this place last November. Three attempts have been made to lynch Thompson, and on the last occasion the negro was only saved from the mob when its mom hers were dissuaded from its pur pose by Circuit Judge Carmack, who promised that the death sentence upon Thompson would be executed within 60 days, or less, if the law was allowed to take its course. * The negro; who is only 18 years old, recently confessed to his crime. The hanging of Thompson is the first legal execution in this county in 50 years. Thompson's indictment, trial and sentence all took place within a few'hours on December 7. His i attorneys did not take an appeal. Witness Takes His Life. Roanoake, Va., Jan. 5.?At Bedford City to-day John E. Goode, colored, a witness in the case of Thomas W. Preston, the negro charged with the murder of M. B. Curley, killed himself by blowing off his head with a double barreled shotgun. Goode had^ been threatened by Preston's "relatives, who are said to have declared they would kill him if he testified against Preston. Laboring under ; fear, Goode barricaded himself in his home, wrote letters to relatives, and then committed suicide. Goode was an eye-witness to the murder of Curley. ? Farm Lands Get Higher. Country real estate in Marlboro county made new high records at the auction sales here Monday. Fifty-six acres oi the estate lands of R. J. Peeele, in the upper part of the county, was bid off by Harris R. Peele for $7,650. Another tract of the same estate, 45 acres, was bought by George R. Peele at $2,525. One hundred acres of the estate of M. A. J. Moore, known as the Herndon tract, over which there had been many years litigation by the heirs of Thomas Stubbs, was bid off * a rir if frl A ASA Dy J. A. VV. aiwre iui i 11,vov. The Mrs. Ann Conner land, about 50 acres in Hebron, was bid off by H. Brantley Spears for $6,000. The residence lot of the late Judge Hudson, on Pa-sonage street, where his residence wa& burned, was bought by A. J. Matheson for $4,970. Drake and Kirkwood sold two lots on Broad street, each 24 by 85 feet. C. I. Sherrill bid off one for $1,660,1 and Col. J. N. Drake the other for $1,850.?Bennettsville Advocate. I A LIVING FKOM TEX AGUES. Virginia Fanner's Story an I lis pin to Others. When all the crops have been hai vested and ail the accounts settle( the net profit is the real test of th farmer. Brilliant experiments ar well enough, and the trial of unusu* methods is most interesting; but ho1 the farm pays alone determines th value of the new system. Intensiv cultivation, diversified crops, farn ing specialties and secondary croj are, therefore, only important whe it can be demonstrated that they er rich the farmer. The veteran planter, T. 0. Sand] of Nottoway, is thoroughly convince of the truth of these principle.1 says the Richmond Times-Dispatcl In a recent letter to the Souther i Planter he backs up his belief wit a transcript from his ledger for a p* riod of three years. The farm i question consisted of only ten acrei and was apparently in a bad cond: ! tion when cultivation began. Sut soiling was necessary, while two an one-half tons of bone meal had to b used. From the profits 01 that yeai therefore, the expense of these in provements had to be deducted. Bu the ten acres produced 700 bushel of corn and twenty bushels of cor stover, with a net profit of $490.0 to the owner. When the corn was worked for th last time during the first eeasoi crimson clover was seeded for th next season, twenty pounds to th acre. This required little cultivs tion, and at the end of the yeai yielded sixteen tons of hay, wort $169 net. For the third season th ten acres were fertilized with tw and one-half tons of bone meal, an were planted in timothy, herd' grass, sapling clover and alfalfa. A1 A ^11 Avnnncfna r\f thio SPftSH ICi <111 VUC CA^/VUsJVkJ V4 had been paid the year's hay cro sold for $572.50. Thus, within thre years, the profit from the ten-acr lot amounted to $1,232, or a clea yearly revenue of $41.07 per acre. Here is a sermon that needs n praise. Here is an argument in b( half of good farming that requires n explanation. If every farmer i Virginia would take it to heart, th next three years would revolutioniz the agriculture of the state and trip] the productivity of our farms. A Wretched Mistake to endure the itching, painful distres of piles. There's no need to. Listen "I suffered much from piles," write Will A. Marsh, of Slier City, N. C "till I got a box of Bucklen's Arnic Salve, and was soon cured." Burn! boils, ulcers, fever sores, eczeim cuts, chapped hands, chilblains, vai ish before it. 25c at Peoples Dru Store, Bamberg, S. C. HELD ON SEDUCTION CHARGE. **? r>Ann? xouiig mail ui o>?oi uuiuuift, wuut Bound Over to Sessions Court. Spartanburg, January 8.?Spui geon Johnson, a well-known youn white man of the Holly Springs sec tion of this county, was bound ove to the Criminal Court to-day on th charge of seduction, the prosecutin witness being a young lady of th same neighborhood. The young wc man alleges that Johnson courted he two years, and when she began t make preparations for the weddin Johnson left An eighteen-weeks-ol infant was introduced as evidence i the case. To Avert Lynching. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 9.?After night spent in the swamps in Brya county, whither he was driven b rumors of violence to the three n? groes alleged to have been implicate in the murder of E. M. Purcell, 1 days ago, Judge M. A. Gibson of th AAimfr a/mi rt Vn?rvn rrVi + a nC groes to Savannah to-day for saf keeping. Yesterday Judge Gibson took th negroes from their guards at the d pot at Pembroke, where the killin occurred, just as the guards wer about to board the train to brin them here. He disappeared, but earl this morning appeared with his pris oners at Ella Belle, several mil from Pembroke, boarded a train an delivered the negroes safely in Sa vannah. All the men showed ev, dences of having been in the swam in hiding. It is stated that Bryan county i quiet and that no trouble is antici pated over the killing. The negr prisoners are Ed Dickinson, Williai Street and Ben Burgess. Dickinso accused the two others of the crim< Yeggmen Rob Postoffice. Hartsville, January 6.?The saf crackers who rifled the safe at th postoffice Tuesday night got awa witn about $ouu in casn. iney iei three tools, which were taken from blacksmith shop, near the safe an must have used an abundance of ei plosives from the manner in whic the safe was torn up. Postmaste Heustess wired the postoffice author ties, and is congratulating himse! that it did not happen the night b< fore, when there was a much large sum of money in the safe. MONEY AND WHISKEY STOLEN. ?- Southern Railway Office at Edgefield Entered by Robbers. r- Edgefield, January 8.?The office 1, of the Southern Railway Company at e this place was broken into last night e and about fifty dollars and a quantity il of whiskey that had come by express w stolen: e Entrance was effected by prizing e open the door that led into the office, l- An effort was made to break open the ?s iron safe, but without avail, the door n of the same being heavily indented, i- The money was received from the drawer in which the ticket and f, freight money is deposited. Mr. d Johnson, the agent, says that he and 3, liis co-laborers left the office at 11.15, 1. and that the door was securely fastn ened. Up to this time there is absoh lutelv no clue to the perpetrators of i- the deed. Every effort is being made n to run them down. 3, From the number of vessels coni taining whiskey taken it is evident )- that it is the work of more than one. d e How Groce and Cannon Were Slain. r, l- Managua, Dec. 29.?Recent reports it that the Americans, Groce and CanIs non, were tortured before being shot, n are untrue. The facts were in the 0 possession of the state department at Washington a month ago, and it was e generally supposed that any details l, of the tragedy had been given pube licity through official channels. As e it is, advantage has been taken of I- tn? opportunity xu sumc inatttuuca iv r, paint a picture that was more interfa esting than truthful, e The glory of Capt. Anibal Chaves, o who refused to obey an order to take d command of the firing squad, is dim's med somewhat by the light of known f- circumstances. Generals Toledo, Men dina and Irias had implored Zelaya p to abandon his purpose of shooting e the Americans. e Zelaya, however, could not be inr fluenced and General Toledo finally . ordered Captain Chaves not to aso sume command of the squad. Chaves ?- chose to obey Toledo rather than the o president, and as a consequence was n arrested and held in jail for six weeks, e Upon his release Chaves made the e most of the episode, e It is also declared untrue that a meeting of peace commissioners appointed by Madriz and Estrada has been arranged for Saturday. Groce and Cannon were notified of ,g the death sentence imposed upon then at 10.30 o'clock on the night a of November 15. They were executed 5? at 10 o'clock the following morning. As they were marched out of the fortg jj^ss a drizzle of rain fell. On the way to the scene of execution they passed tne open graves tnai naa dwu prepared far them. At one time Groce stepped out of the line of * march and pleaded with General , Medina. "Do not shoot me; I am a brother g Mason," he said. Cannon quickly seized his companion and pulling him T back into line said: e "Brace up, old man. We have no g chance under Zelaya's orders." e Standing in the centre of the H square formed by 100 soldiers, the ,r two men heard their sentence read 0 from the four corners together with g the usual warning in such cases. ^ "Any one displaying evidence of n sympathy will be shot in a similar fashion." The hands of the condemned men were bound and their eyes were blindfolded. Cannon shook his head, a attempting to prevent the bandage a being placed over his face, but his y protest was unavailing. They were seated on a low bench side by side. d The firing squad was made up of 12 0 soldiers who advanced in three rows e within six feet of their victims. Capt. Constantino Saenz was in come mand and introduced two Boldiers at the right to fire upon Grace and two e soldiers upon the left to fire upon Cannon. S All four bullets were effective. e Groce was shot through the heart and S death was instantaneous. The buly lets intended for Cannon tore the breast and abdomen. He survived 58 his wounds a few seconds. When the d body of Groce was buried a blanket l~ hid the features, but the body of'Cannon was buried without any protectP inc rnv&T s $100 Reward, $100. t- The readers of this paper will be o pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure n in all its stages, and that is i. catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the, medical fraternity. Catarrh being a , constitutional disease, requires a 9 constitutional treatment. Hall's Cae tarrh Cure is taken internally, acty ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disa ease, and giving the patient strength d by building up the constitution and i- assisting nature in doing its work, k The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer l one hundred dollars for any case i- that it fails to cure. Send for list If of testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. T Take Hall's family pills for constipation. SKLLKKS FOUND GUILTY. V Columbia's "King of Blind Tigers" Convicted of Selling Whiskey. Columbia. January 8.?Going upon the stand for the first time in his career and pleading not guilty to a charge of violation of the whiskey law. Wade Hampton Sellers, known locally as the 'King of Blind Tigers," was to-day in the court of general sessions found guilty of selling whiskey. Sentence was suspended by Judge Prince until Monday. Many a time has Sellers been fined in the recorder's court for violation of the whiskey ordinance, but never has he gone on the stand himself and sworn that he did not sell whiskey until to-day. At times he has been acquitted, at times he has been convicted of the charge of illict sale of whiskey, but always was he mute as regards his guilt or innocence. A career that would make interesting reading has Sellers had. Acquitted of the charge of the killing Constable Farmer, Sellers last year noocoH tho <7<ar?itVi r?f ?n n <1 v#vn til roil s V.. w- ? ? life. A newsboy, first on the trains, he began to sell whiskey, and was fined time and time again. Once he promised Governor Heyward not to sell any more whiskey and says he kept his promise during the State dispensary Regime. On one occasion a Seaboard flyer struck a wagon carrying some of Seller's booze, and the driver was killed. The spot is pointed out to visitors where the crash came. Constable Farmer came to his door one morning two years ago and a rifle shot was sent through the body of the officer. But because the search warrant was not properly made out Sellers escaped punishment on the second trial, the first being a mistrial. ^ 1 ? J r% r? attt OfcMiertj LI <15 BlUllCU UUl iilLU a ugn field, that of running a pool room, and it was in this business that he was charged with the sale of whiskey and the return to his old tricks. Saved at Death's Door. The door of death seemed ready to open for Murray W. Ayers, of Transit Bridge, N. Y., when his life was wonderfully saved. "I was in a dreadful condition," he writes, "my skin was almost yellow; eyes sunken; tongue coated; emaciated from losing 40 pounds, growing weaker daily. Virulent liver trouble pulling me down to death in spite of doctors. Then that matchless medicine?Electric Bitters?cured me. I regained the 40 pounds lost and now am well and strong." For all stomach, liver and kidney troubles they're supreme. 50c at Peoples Drug Store, Bamberg, S. C. Attacked by Wild Cat. Covington, La., Jan. 7.?The coonskin cap, long associated with the professionl hunter and trapper, is the very worst thing a hunter can wear. At least this is the belief of Henry Roberts, a hnter living on the banks of Pearl river, near here, who blames that kind of head-gear for an encounter which nearly cost him his life. Roberts, while hunting wild turkeys yesterday was concealed in the bushes, only his coonskin cap showing above - the brush. It was suddenly pounced upon by a wild cat from a nearby tree. The wild cat's fondness for the coon is well known. Likewise his attack upon a person is an almost unheard of thing in this section. Roberts killed the animal with a knife after a fierce struggle. The hunter's head, neck and arms were badly lacerated. Making Life Safer. Everywhere life is being made more safe through the work of Dr. King's New Life Pills in constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, indigestion, liver troubles, kidney diseases and bowel disorders. They're easy, but sure, and perfectly build up the health. 25c at Peoples Drug Store, Bamberg, S. C. . Smallest Crop in Decade. Washington, January 8.?The cotton crop of the year 1909 is going to be the smallest since 1899, according to a statment of W. D. Hunter, of Dallas, Texas, expert of the department of agriculture. "It is due," he Baid in addressing the House committee on agriculture, "to the weevil In Louisiana and in portions of Arkansas and Mississippi and to the extreme dry weather in Texas." The boll weevil, he declared, undoubtedly would cause a remarkable redistribution of cotton, first in large areas. What were large centres of production formerly were going to fall down and more than that there would be a redistribution of the small plantations. "In the large back-from-the-front areas," Mr. Hunter continued, "the production is going to fall off. According to all we know about fighting the boll weevil, cotton cannot be planted profitably in such situations, and those back lands with poor drainage. But the soil and other conditions in certain parts of almost every plantation in the South will permit the planter to continue to raise cotton profitably despite the boll weevil. Recent experiments with a new kind of poison powdered arsenate of-lead seem to indicate that even where the weevil is most numerous a certain degree of control may be obtained." v . .- i'-;-.- c-:j- ....el pi II ?J0C31 ICj Bargains in Real Estate, etc. ' , ' r I - r Farms in small and large tracts, town lots and residences, mercantile businesses, II mill sites, sale stables, and pole and tie |f I propositions, at low figures and on easy 1 terms. Descriptive list sent on application. Call on or write, * J J. T. 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