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PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and
at Other Points.
?Mr. G. W. Miley, of Branchville,
spen yesterday in the city.
?Mr. J. J. Smoak spent last Friday
in Springfield on business.
?Hon. W. L. Riley, of Denmark,
was in the city last Friday afternoon.
?Mr. J. C. Breland, of the Kearse
section, was in the city last Friday.
?Misses Alice and Marie Sease
visited friends in Denmark Sunday.
?Mr. John Simmons, Jr., of
> Orangeburg, spent Sunday in the
city.
--?Mr. Otis Brabham, of Allendale,
spent Sunday in the city with his
father's family.
?Mr. Ed. Simmons, of Branchville,
spent Sunday in the city with
Mr. John Simmons.
?Dr. O. D. Faust returned Tuesday
from a week's stay with relatives
in Macon, Ga.
?Miss Myra Hooton spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. W. H.
Zeigler, in the Cope section.
-?Messrs. Jones A. Williams and
J. Aldrich Wyman attended the State
Bankers' Convention in Aiken last
week.
j ?Miss Annie Lang Hartzog, of
. Bamberg, is spending the week end
}. with Mrs. R. B. Storne??Biackville
Courier.
?Misses .Flossie Riley and Pearl
Hutto, of Orangeburg, visited at the
homo of Mr. Henry Adams Saturday
and Sunday.
?Mr. Laurie Smoak, of Orange>
.burg, spent Saturday and Sunday in
> the city on a visit to his brother, Mr.
J. J. Siioak.^
p ?^Senator J. B. Black and Mr.
Jones A. Williams attended the fes?
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tlvitles or Dattiesnip wet?s iu ^ihh ics;
ton this week.
?Mrs. Ed. Simmons and Mrs. Ed.
Berry, of. Branchville, spent several
v/S
days last week with Mr. and Mrs.
John Simmons.
?J. F. Carter, Esq., attended the
I Baraca convention in Newberry last
??-^week, representing the Baraca class
of the Baptist church here.
-r-Miss May Brabham attended the
IPhilathea convention in Newberry
last week, she representing the Philathea
class of the * Baxhberg Baptist
church.
?Miss- Laura Smith, who has
been teaching ii^ the Denmark sectiODr-is
spending a few days in the
city with Mrs. Dowing, her school
having closed last Friday.
V ?Mrs. G. Fr^nk Bamberg and
Mrs. H. J. Brabham, Jr., attended the
meeting. of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs in Charleston last
week. The meeting next year is to,
be held in Columbia. v
"i' f ?Messrs. J. A. Byrd and W. P.
Ailey' attended, the State Bankers'
'. Convention in Aiken last Thursday
and Friday.* Mr. Byrd representing
the Bamberg Banking Co., and Mr.
HUley the Peoples Bank.
- ?Mr. Chas. D. Felder, who is now
^ agent for the Seaboard Air Line at
Woodbine, Ga., spent a few days last
and this "week in the city on a visit
to his father's family. He returned
to his work Sunday night.
- -Miss Annie Lou Byrd left Tuesday
morning for Spartanburg, where
t ' she goes to\ attend the various concerts
of the annual music festival,
from there she will go to visit friends
in Lancaster, and also take part in the
wedding ceremony of a school friend
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Hears Great Southern Suit.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 11.?The
casb of the Great Southern Agency
I ' company was argued to-day before
' v Chancellor McConnell in a suit to
force*the company to turn over something
over $140,000,000 to the stock"
holders. Attorney Frank P. Bond, of
Nashville, representing the stockholders
made sensational charges in
/ his speech to-day involving C. J .Hebert
and. other officers of the company.
? The officers of the company are
; fighting for the privilege of turning
\ the funds over to the great Southern
v Insurance Company of Memphis. Arguments
will be continued to-morrow.
Child Bitten by Dog.
Lexington, April 11.?Rosa, the
13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jeff B. Amick of this town, was severely
bitten yesterday by a large dog
which it feared was suffering from
rabies. The child was in the hall of
the house when the dog suddenly
pounced upon her without warning,
knocking her down and fastening
his powerful teeth in both of the littie
girl's legs.
The dog was owned by a relative,
who was visiting at the Amick home.
It was never known to attack any one
before.
This morning the dog still acted
strangely and was killed. Mrs. Amick
carried the head to Dr. Coward in Columbia
for examination, and if it is
found that the animal was suffering
from hydrophobia the child will be
taken to Columbia for treatment at
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MURDERED AFTER PREACHING.
Mission Worker Shot Down on Leaving
Chnrch.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 10.?A sermon
on martyrdom in which Frank
Skala, an editor- and prominent mission
worker, had declared himself
willing to lay down his life for the
Cristian cause, was followed to-day
by his assassination in a highly sensational
manner and the shooting
down of a fellow church leader, John
Assassin Escapes. .
There was no policeman in sight
when the murder was done, the
church people were too terrified to
grab the assassin, and after flotirishing
his weapon and stamping his foot
on the bodies he made off from the
avenue to the Fort Wayne railroad
tracks and disappeared.
A large armed posse of police, detectives
and church people was soon
in pursuit, but up to a late herur tonight
they had found no trace of him.
After the madman's disappearance
the mission crowd reassembled about
their fallen leader and .passionately
mourned their loss. Skala's body was
removed to an undertaker's room and
Gay was taken to St. John's hospital.
His wound is a dangerous one but it
is believed he will recover.
Mission Worker and Editor.
Skala was prominent as a mission
worker ,and as editor of The Bohemian
Christian Journal, which he
and the Rev. James Louis published
at -Corapolis. .
He was si Presbyterian but had
filled the pulpit at the Congregational
mission house as a substitute to-day,
as he had often done before.
The Rev. Mr. Rosa was summoned
to the undertaking rooms soon after
the tragedy, and in great emotion he
rrinrip a rtiapnursp ftVfir the bodv while
a hundred persons wept.
Radowitch was a man who had
lived at'the Salvation Army barracks
and as a charitable parasite, elsewhere,
but it is doubtful if he had
ever seen Skala before.
Skala had taken for bis text, "I am
bread of lif&," and had preached
upon the old-time martyrs.
CONDUCTOR BALKED ROBBERS.
He Knocked One Down and the Other
Promptly Fled.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
early Friday morning to hold up the
Pioneer Limited on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul railway, between
Tomah and .Oakdale, Wis. The
robbery was frustrated through the
courage of Conductor Shumway.
As the conductor sapped from the
buffet ?car on to the platform of the
sleeper, two masked men sprang up
from the edge of the platform and
thrusting revolvers into his face, de
manclea tnat ne tnrow up nis nanus.
Shumway promptly struck one of the
men down with his lantern and as
passengers began to crowd to the
door of the buffet car the two highwaymen.
leaped from the train and
fled. Shot after shot was fired after
them, but presumably without effect,
as when the train was brought to a
stop and search was made by a hastily
formed posse no trace could be
found of the men.
Cigarette Caused Fire.
Fitzgerald, April 11.?A match
thrown on the floor after being used
to light a cigarette caused a fire here
to-day which destroyed nine buildings,
part of their contents and badly
burned three horses. The chief
losers are: Graham's grocery, The
Fitzgerald Enterprise plant, J. C.
Rogers, livery; W. R. Bowen, two
buildings; F. G. Clark, two buildings;
Goodman & Co., Beckham and Warren.
The total loss is probably in excess
of $25,000 partial insurance being
carriecton nearly all of the buildings.
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ATTEMPTED ASSAULT.
Young White Man Arrested on Seri- Si
ous Charge.
Sunday Constable George Wolf
brought to Aiken and lodged in the cl
county jail, Patrick Cain, of Augusta, fc
charged with an attempted criminal a]
assault upon a young lady of North ol
Augusta, Sunday morning. ai
From information gathered from e<
several sources it seems that Cain gi
had known the young laay ior a iew i
days only. She lived in North Au- I'
gusta and Sunday Cain came across rt
the bridge and invited her to take a w
little stroll with him. She consented
and they started out, going towards vi
the country. On reaching a little ef
thicket, it is charged Caih made im- si
proper proposals to the young.lady hi
and attempted to overcome her by tl
his superior strength. She resisted oi
with all her strength and screamed p]
for help. She succeeded in getting ct
loose from her assailant and ran w
towards the home of Constable a
\yolfe. Not finding him at home d<
she continued to Augusta and told U
her story to the first policeman. It
Cain was found on the Augusta side tl
of the river and arrrested, offering no O'
resistance.
On being interviewed at the coun- h
ty jail, he said that he had no state- a
ment to make, other than that he S
was entirely innocent, that if he l
could not prove it at the preliminary h
that he had no doubt of the outcome tl
if it came to a trial. He admits be- S
ing with the girl, but denies having a:
wrohged her.?Aiken Journal and C
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Last Thursday Messrs. T. R. Mor- b
gan and W. L. Brooker went to b
Blackville to attend a ^oint meeting (o
of the county boards of education of* ii
BanTberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg and n
Aiken counties. The object- of this tv
meeting was to organize a district y
summer school for the teachers of the
four counties. (
The school has been organized and p
it will be held in Aiken beginning s<
June 13th and closing July 8th. There r<
was much friendly rivalry over the n
question of location, but Aiken won. a
Oranfeburg did not join with the h
others as there is a movement on t<
foot to organize a district school at si
Orangeburg for another group of n
counties. Hovever Edgefield has
been invited to join the other coun- ci
ties in the Aiken district. The Edge- t<
field board has indicated a desire to o
join the school at Aiken, and now it ci
seems that there will be four coi n- o
ties interested in the school. * ci
There will be another joint meet- ii
ing of the boards of the counties at o
Bamberg on April 21st when all de- 31
tails of the school will be perfected, a
However, it is now settled that there ^
will be a large district school, and it P
will be in Aiken.?Journal and Re- fi
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Fraud by the use of liquor and r<
money in securing votes in the recent tl
election held in the new county of g
Dillon is-charged in a letter received ^
by Attorney General Lyon from a e
citizen of' that county. The letted b
says: > b
"We have just had our first election
.in Dillon county, and while we c<
had hoped that it would be a clean b
one, regret to say that it was one of o.
the dirtiest I know of, and there are ji
a few things that came up that I ci
would like* to have your advice on. b
I have been reliably informed that s<
tha ni>ooinr>tn hnth liniior t>i
CLL VI vuv j/ivv^vvw ~ w v. x
and money were used frelly. In fact, I ji
have understood thatatoneof the pre- L
cincts two parties were arrested and t<
were used freely. In fact, I "have o
understood that at one of the pre- M
cincts two paries were arrested and r<
have madejsworn affidavits that they
were given liquor and money. One
of the parties states that he knows
of several voters treated as he was. v
I have understood further, that men o
were carried to the polls so drunk h
that it was necessary for them to be t<
bodily supported. Would not a con- ii
dition like this not only lay the par- si
ties liable to prosecution, but throw si
out the poll? Another case brought r<
to my attention is this: One of the d
cotton mills here has a voting precinct
and the voters are controlled g
entirely by the president and the p
superintendent. In fact, I have un- tl
derstood, and am free to say that I B
believe it, that if the operatives re- q
fuse to vote as the president and su- ci
perintendent directs, they are tl
promptly dismissed. n
"This same precinct counted the
votes with closed doors and would
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tain other results had been announced o
These are conditions that exist here a
and if it is possible to not only throw k
out those polls what were so rotten, tj
but bring the guilty parties to jus- t<
tice, I shall be glad to advise the li
course of procedure." o
Attorney General Lyon has taken a
the contents of the letter under consideration
and will make a thorough k
investigation.?Columbia State. to
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IN THE JURY ROOM. trange
Verdicts and Odd Occurences
Recalled by Business Men.
What was said in an editorial artie
in the Sun on March 9, about the
>olish verdicts rendered by juries is
11 true. It would take a whole page
t the Sun to relate the ridiculous
ad curious things I have experienc1
in thirty years of service in juries,
rand and petit, Federal and State,
ve been ashamed of the verdicts
ve had to concur in civil cases
ither than have a disagreement that
ould be dreaded by both parties.
I remembered a case where a serfint
sued the administrator of an
5tate for a large sum in lieu .of
lpport for life, which she claimed ,
ad always been promised her by
le deceased. To me and to three =
r four others of the jufy it was
tain that the whole thing was con)cted
by the woman's attorney, and
hen we retired we compromised in
$5,000 award to the woman. The
efendant's attorney assured us af>rward
that while it was an absoitely
a cold steal, they'd rather pay
lat sum than 'have the suit hang
7er with all it implied to the estate.
In another case a smart lawyer
ad bought up the claims of a dead
Qd gone company of some kind down
outh and came North to try to colsct
from some of the original stockolders.
He sued a well known geneman
of standing in the United
tates court before Judge Lacombe^
ud the defendant employed Mr.
hoate to represent him. The whole
ling was so preposterous that Mr.
hoate said but little, and the jury
as sent out. To the surprise of
leven of us there was on the first
allot one vote for the plaintiff. We
egan to discuss /the matter, and one ,
f the jurymen who sat quietly filllg
his pipe, said: "Gentlemen, it's
o use discussing this matter. That as
my ballot, and if we stay here a
ear you will never get me to vote in
ivor of that blankety, blank blank
naming the defendant.) *I'm emloyed
in the custom^ house, and
Dme time ago, when that fellow was
eturning from Europe, he treated
le as if I were dirt under his feet, =
nd here is where I get square with
im, d?n him." We of course had
) report a disagreement, and at the
N..
ime time gave a statement of the
latter to Judge Lacombe^
I remember a humorous icident ocnrred
in Judge Peckham's court. A
odious case had dragged along, and
n Friday the judge told us that
Durt would sit on Saturday. Several
f us busines! men didn't want to
ome to court on Saturday, and durlg
lunch time we arranged with one
f our number, a Hebrew, to remontrate
against serving on his Sabbath,
nd get us discharged until Monday.
Pell, when court reconvened we
ushed our little man up to the
ront, and as soon as he spoke to the
ndge 'we saw there would be some- *
ling doing. The Judge called up
tie counsel, one of whom was pen.
racy, and there was quite a confab,
esulftiig in the judge informing us ^
hat with consent of counsel he was
oing to withdraw a juror and go on *
1th the case on Saturday with elev
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a jurymen. UUI uuic game uau
een entirely successful for the Herew.
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If there were spice to spare I
ould give innumerable instances of
oth the sad and the humorous side
t jury trials. Think of being on a
iry for k year in the "Emma Mine
aseM and losing your business and
ecomiqg a bankrupt through it, as
sme men did. _ Think of a Federal
ourt sitting five days with twelve
jrymen and such counsel as the late
eon Abbett and Edwards Pirrepont
> decide on the loss of a sloopload
f potatoes, frozen on their way from
,ova Scotia. I'll bet Judge Wallace =
emembers it.?New York Sun.
Elind^d by Single Drink.
New York, April 7.?After an inestigation
showing that three cases
f total blindness reported to the city
ealth department were directly due
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J WOOQ dlCUIlUl 1X1 unun.o puiuuaocu
i East Side saloons, a crusade to
top the sale of the poison has been
tarted by the department. The ar9st
of three liquor dealers was orered
to-day. , /
A statement regarding the investiation
says that victims were made
ermanently blind by a single drink,
irough atrophy of the optic nerve,
teports from several physicians were <
uoted. One showed that out of six
ases,- four of the victims who drank
lie wood alcohol at night died before
lorning.?Philadelphia Record.
Quit Work to Hunt Negro.
Franklinton, La., April 11.?Forces
f armed citizens with bloodhounds
re lo-nigni seaicmug iui an unnown
negro, who this afternoon bruilly
assaulted the 12-year-old daugh*r
of a well known citizen of Franknton.
The little girl was attacked
n her way from school, overpowered
nd draigged into a swamp.
When the occurrence became
nown business was suspended to
ike up the hunt for the negro.
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Gay.
Arm-in-arm the two missionaries
were leaving the little congregational
church in Woods Run, a suburb, at
the head of more than 100 foreigners.
A raggedly dressed and collarless
man poked his way through the
crowd and when he was but a step
behind the leaders, he pressed a revolver
to Skala's side and fired twice,
Skala falling dead. Gay, who threw
up his right hand as if to ward off
the weapon, was struck first in the
thumb and then a second bullet was
buried in his head. He fell unconscious
across the body of his colleague
For a moment?for several moments?the
assassin stood over his
prey in amazed contemplation of the
deed, flourishing his revolver, while
the panic stricken crowd fled to shelter
behind posts and doorways.
The madman was Jian Radowitch,
a character known to most of the
^mission for his shiftless habits, slovenly
dress and radical opinions^ A
moment before he had meekly read
juvenile leaflets in the Sunday school
led by Skala. Previously he had sat
in a back pew of the church during
the regular sermon and at the commencement
services Skala had shaken
his hand in greeting. In all this
Radowitch had given no warning of
his murderous intention. .