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ALARM ROUTED ROBBERS. ^ Unsuccessful Attempt to Rob Postoffice at Scottsburg, Indiana. Scottsburg, Ind., May 14.?A gang of robbers in endeavoring to rob the postoffice here early to-day practically wrecked the building; fired at citizens who had been aroused by the , explosion and escaped without, it is believed, securing any money. Posses . were quickly organized and sent in pursuit. Fire alarms here are sounded by * in rocnnnsp to a rVVOlYCr 3UU to auu iu fusilade the whole town turned out to find not a house ablaze, but a band of safe blowers busy with the strong box at the postoffice and ex? changing bullets with men in a hotel ^ across the street. Yells of the robbers and redoubled shots kept the crowd back for a while, but it grew and surrounded ^ the postoffice building, the robbers lost nerve, dropped their tools and fled into the darkness. They had not yet cracked the inner money vault. The robbers blew off the doors of the safe with nitro-glycerine, and the f explosion jarred the hotel and awakened the men asleep there. The ? 'guests that had revolvers shot from the windows and doors. ..One of the robbers, evidently the chief, was stationed in the street, tia his around and fired rapid AAV OWVU uw ? _ \ ly in return, calling to his comrades "Get the money quick or I'll blow your brains out." As the street began to fill with * * . people it was this man that gave the ? order for the retreat. I Obituary. In loving remembrance of our beloved sister, Mrs. Lalla Rush O'Neal, 3 who departed this life May 15th, 1909, one year ago to-day. , "She is gone but not forgotten, Never will her memory fade; Living thoughts will ever linger Round the grave where she is laid. Through all her pain at times she smiled, A smile of heavenly birth; , And when the Savior called her home, She smiled farewell to earth. ; \ r And though our pathway parted here, Comes not again together, E're long the peaceful evening time Will bring us home forever." BUB, SISTER and BROTHER. Bamberg, S. C., May 15th, 1910. AVENGED BROTHER'S DEATH. _____ / Birmingham Man Held for Murder Without Bail. V Birmingham, Ala., May 14.?Abe Lidden, proprietor of the Seminole Hotel, who last week shot and killed - \* Thomas Alexander here following a quarrel, yesterday met death at the . hands of his victim's brother, Robert H. Alexander. Lidden was shot down by Alexander on a prominent street corner, one bullet penetrating Lidi' den's temple and another his left side, death resulting within an hour. "You are the that killed my brother. Here's where I get you," are the brief words of warning which fell from the lips of Alexander, as he approached Lidden, according to eyewitnesses. Three shots in quick suc1 cession followed his words. Alexander is held without bail. - ?? A Complete Combination. William T. Stead, the editor of The English Review of Reviews, tells the story of an Irishman who applied to one of his friends for a position as coachman, says Judge. " 'You know, Pat, if I engage you ~ * tr, thiners bv 1 snan eipc^t juu w combination. For instance, if I tell you to bring the carriage round at a given time I shall expect the horses with it and the driving gloves, etc. " 'Yes, sorr,' said Pat. "He was duly engaged and gave satisfaction. One da*y his master came to him telling him to look sharp ? and go for a doctor as his mistress was ill. Pat was gone for a long time, and on his master grumbling at ^ him for his delay, he said: 'Sure, they're all here, sorr.' " 'All here?' said the master. 'What do you mean?' " 'Didn't you tell lie to do things by combination?' " 'What's that got to do with it?' * said the master. " 'Well,' said Pat. 'I've got the doctor, the parson and the undertaker.' " A Point of Law. A prominent lawyer of Miami rev cently received a call from a colored woman, says Mack's National Monthly. "What's the trouble," inquired the lawver. i "It's bout mah ole man. He's cahyin' on high wif a lot of no count gals, he is, an' sumfin's got to be - done!" The attorney scenting a fee, asked: ?, "You would like to secure a legal separation, a divorce?" "Go 'long man, Divorce nuffin'. Think I'se gwine to gin him des what he wants, an' low him to go sky* shootin' round wif dem gals? Not on you' life, mister lawyer, I doan want no divorce, what I wants is a !;? * 'junction." fr * ill. * GRAFTERS CONVICTED. Various Sentences Imposed on Con- Xegr fessed Pittsburg Grafters. Pittsburg, Pa., May 14.?Sentence Be was imposed to-day in Criminal Court the i on six of the men who pleaded no de- the fence to charges of graft in connec- Sheri tion with Pittsburg municipal affairs, who One banker and five former council- sent men faced four Judges and learned repul their fate. These sentences range in has i length from four to eight months in St. I jail. In addition to the jail sentences whicl heavy fines are also imposed. . a po; - - j The men sentenced to-day were or- auu dered committed to the Allegheny side < county jail, but later Hugh Ferguson Th and Charles Stewart, former council- spent men, were granted respites on a writ groe* of supersedeas, and were released on swan $10,000 bonds. Appeals have been on SI taken in Superior Court, which meets Pott* in July. The appeals are based on an nighl alleged promise of immunity because had i of their promise of no defence. miles E. H. Jennings and F. A. Griffin did in h not appear to-day, their cases being want postponed until next week because of morr illness in their families. they The five ex-councilmen sentenced Pr and their fines are as follows: diers Charles Stewart, former select ing councilman, sentenced to - eight the ? months in the county jail and fined Quig $500. a pr< Hugh G. Ferguson, former common ery i councilman, eight months in the Th county jail and fine of $500. knov Dr. W. H. Weber, former select shooi councilman, six' months in the county the f jail and fined $500. a sh< P. B. Kearns, former common coun- diers cilman, four months in the county iers jail and fine of $250. troul Morris Einstein, former select Th councilman, six months in jail and affaii fine of $250. > Th JI Four informations, charging per- uicia jury, were also made against John F. ters Klein, chief witness for the Common- whic wealth in the graft cases. The charg- wife es are made by counsel for council- Hunt men charged with bribery. The ac- pany tion is based on a law of 1866, which Will provides that a convict may be tried and i for alleged perjury. his ' Two years in the work house and and $100 fines were imposed upon Harry doub E. Muehlbronner and Charles Vever- ened ka, by Judge J. M. Swearingen to- The day. Both were former employees ter s of the? Workingman's Saving and went Trust Company, and were charged Brov with embezzlement. Although not that officially connected with the graft thre* cases, these men were called before caug the grand jury to testify and were state called for sentence at the same time arres to-day as the bankers and council- threj men. the s ' mot! Negro Lynched. Little Rock, Ark., May 14.?Doc her ' McLain, a negro, who assaulted and mate ?~ ~ ~ 1./ Pmoet Uolo g wMinc Virtue aCVCICXJ 1UJU1CU uiuvuv 1AU.V, V. ? o white man, at Ashdown, Ark., in woul April last, was taken from two depu- ter, " ty sheriffs at that place late last them night by a mob of twenty-five men hous and hanged in the jail yard. his o McLain had been kept in the new Ti - Boston, Texas, jail since the assault, at tt and was being returned to Ashdown, who for a preliminary hearing. them The lynching was done quietly, not He s a shot being fired. All of the lynch- at tl ers, with the exception of two, were come masked. Hale is in a sanitarium at shot Texarkana and is reported recovering ran ! from his injuries. ' The acroj ORANGEBURG PAVING WORK. with *Isaia Council will Spend $2,000 in Im- a r-ri provements this Year. Paris Orangeburg, May 15.?At the May hous meeting of city council considerable depu business was tranacted. There is mam now under way the continuation of inflic 1 the paving of East Russell street with folio vitrified brick from Doyle to Loman Ai 1 street, and besides this work the Brov council determined Friday night to Magi place concrete sidewalks on the resi- dami dential streets ^wherever the proper- had u ? ? ???_ "Rrn-n ly uwuws wuutu agiets wj ucai uuc- ?- - half of the cost, and an arrangement Potti was entered into with Berghaus & not Moffitt to do this work at a cost of Pott* one dollar per linear foot, including cutti concrete curb. A number of proper- flictii ty owners have already signified their eighl purpose to join the city in this mat- decla ter, and have signed agreements ac- bush cepting the terms.' The amount of nighi this class of work to be done the present year is limited to $2,000. Alderman Jennings was delegated As to attend a meeting to be held Mon- &ra>' day in Wilmington in the interest of f?urthe project to extend the railroad Reer from Ehrhardt to Bamberg and con- from nect'ing with the Coast Line to this one < city. and Tt An Ideal Huband the i .'s patient, even with a nagging wife, cries for he knows she needs help. She may face be so nervous and run-down in health . that trifles annoy her. If she is melan- Drou choly, excitable, troubled with loss of be i! appetite, headache, sleeplessness, con- furia stipation or fainting and dizzy spells, an . she needs Electric Bitters-the most .. . wonderful remedy for ailing women. ^ Thousands of sufferes from female waS' troubles, nervous troubles, backache child and weak kidneys have used them and was become healthy and happy. Try ... them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg of B TELLS OF FIGHT. M ?? I o Arrested on St. Helena Island, Near Beaufort. I aufort, May 14.?This morning I epresentauve 01 tne orate, witu launch Mystic, took Deputy iff Matthew O'Donnell White, in the past five years has been out after upwards of a hundred ted negro desperadoes and who ever failed to get his man, to lelena Island, a sea island on h Fort Fremont Is located, with pulation of about 6,000 negroes probably 100 white people outof the garrison. ie officer and the newspaper man t the day in tracing the two ne5 from place to place through the ips and the negro settlements Helena and finally found Isaiab ir. They caught him at 9.30 tot near quarantine station. He ?one to Parish Island, about four > from Fort Fremont, and was iding there. The other negro ed will probably be caught toow, as the searchers believe have him located, ivate McNally, one of the solshot on Tuesday, has been havinternal hemorrhages, though >ost surgeon says he will recover, ley, shot" at the sanfe time, is in jcarious condition and his recovis uncertain. ie negro arrested, Isaiah Potter, rrn as Little Potter, before the ting was a pet and companion of soldiers. It was he who was cut ort time ago by one of the soli, which, according to the soldwas the cause of the succeeding 3le. ie following is the story of the r he tells: ie first trouble between the sol; at Fort Fremont and the Potwas caused by an intimacy h existed between Will Potter's and Private Brown of the On? 3red and Twenty-seventh com, stationed at Fort Fremont. Potter met Brown some time ago accused him of the intimacy with wife. The soldier made denial the negro told him there was no >t about it. The negro threatBrown with a sound thrashing. soldier stood what Isaiah Potsays was "a good cursing," and ; back to the fort. When Private /n returned to" the fort he said the two Potters had made its to shoot the first soldier ht off the reservation, as was d in previous report. The man sted says he knows of no such it being made. Potter says that soldiers went to the house of the ter of the man who did the shootput a gun in her face and told that if she did not give them a h with which to set fire to the e and smoke her son ouf they d blow her head off. Will Potwho was in the houSfe, yelled for i not to come in or to burn the 1 e, as it was not his house but I ciother's. I ie soldiers then began shooting I se house and rushed in. Pottet, I had retreated upstairs, fired at I i with a double-barreled shotgun. B tood on the stair steps, and shot | le men who were attempting to i upstairs after him. When he two of the men down the others and jumped out of the windows, two Potters made their way 5S the island and spent the night negro friends. The next day h Potter, the man captured, had endly negro to row him over to 5 Island, where he went to the e in which he was found by the ty. Isaiah Potter says that the aer in which he received the cuts :ted by the soldiers occurred as ws: 'ter Will Potter had "cussed out" m, he met Privates Pfetffer and aan, who asked him wh^re "that a brother" of his was and if he threatened to do violence to rn or any other soldier. When sr told the soldiers that he did know or care where the other 5r was, Private Maghan began ng him on the head and ear, inag wounds that required seven or : stitches. The Potter arrested ires he knows nothing of the aming of the soldiers on Monday t. Cat Attacks Child. iheville, N. C., May 14.?A large cat this afternoon attacked the -year-old son of William Ward of u's Creek township, seven miles this city, blinding the child in *ye, and badly lacerating its face hands. le child's mother, who rushed to B escue of her boy, answering his fl , was badly scratched about the B and neck. The mother's screams Q ght Mr. Ward from his yard and a turn was attacked by (the in.ted feline. The father ran into adjoining room and returning a shotgun killed the cat as it about to renew its attack on his i. It is supposed the animal seized with a fit, and the head be sent to the State Department health at Raleigh. g Do You If so it is as much to your inl aa it ia fn mirs Wo VP f (M AW AO WW VVU W? I ? *? *>? < Exclusive Stati $ in Bamberg County, and th much larger line for you to will find elsewhere. 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