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WIXXSBORO BURGLARY. _ Second Robbery of Depot Safe Within Three Weeks. Winnsboro, May 21.?The safe at the Southern passenger depot was again robbed last night of its contents by unknown parties, twenty dollars being the burglar's booty. The safe was in the office of the station, and was opened by means of the combination lock, entrance being gained by forcing up the ticket window, which opens into the white waiting room. This is the second time this safe has been robbed in the course of about three weeks, the other robbery occurring on the night of April 26. 9? ! J?il-. nrA*dr 11 IS eviueuu> lUC w n. ui OUUJV local talent and, while no arrests have been made, there is some strong suspicions as to the parties committing the first robbery, and it is probable that with a little more evidence the guilty party will be nabbed and indicted for the crime. IAYhat is a Newspaper. An exchange editor of The State, glancing through what pretended to be a newspaper published in a prosperous South Carolina town of 2,000 inhabitants found that it contained eight pages with six columns to the page, of which thrle-fourth of one (column was occupied by local news. Not one line of original editorial matter was carried by the sheet and not more than two and a half columns, exclusive of advertising, were printed from home set type. The paper had twelve columns of local advertising?showing a liberal disposition on the part of the town's business - men to support a newspaper. \ v This specimen is not exceptional. In N-s the villages of the State half a dozen or more such spurious sheets, print ed witn tne oojeci or uuuumus !??-. C; ore from railroads and of imposing on a local public not informed as to the imitations of newspapers fre-l quently manufactured beyond the I State for local distribution, are eking ;v: out an existence that wastes the money that the people have to spend T on l^gilimate publications. No sweeping criticism of the "ready prints" is here intended, much as the "all home prints" are to be preferred, but a publication should contain a minimum ratio of original and | home-set matter to entitle it to definis tion as a local newspaper. At least X one-half of every newspaper should be printed at home; otherwise it should || be denied recognition as a newspaper. 7 The South Carolina Press Association, soon to meet in annual session, flight with propriety consider wheth... er or not the sheets of which 80 per cent are printed outside of the State should receive the Association's eni/' couragement. The State urges no objection to re? small newspapers. One occupying a single sheet of the size of letter pa per and printed on one side may have, jjv substantial merit?but it is the prejjfc-, . tense of scattering two or three columns home printed among 30 imported with intent to deceive that, in the interest of self-respecting journalism, |.V . calls for correction or, at least, for condemnation from real newspaper v men.?The State. Atlanta Negroes Try to Lynch. j ' > Atlanta, Ga., May 22.?Incensed V because three of their race hatf been wounded as the result of a pistol duel I / between two negro men, 500 of the inhabitants of the negro section this i i afternoon attacked one of the duelists, the other having escaped, and, it is stated, were about to lynch him when they were dispersed by the arrival of the police and the breaking % of a rather severe storm. The duelists, A. R. White and John Henry Perkins, wounded two negro women and a negro man during their exchange of shots. Perkins was shot in the head. White took refuge in a house after arming himself with an axe, but the mob battered down the door with *?r-1-'* oaaiir/vl intftnHpH I'nwb auu uau ociuim wvn ? victim, when the officers and storm interfered. Cut Colonel's Beard. New Orleans, May 19.?Guilty as charged was the verdict of a jury today in the United States district court, in the case of Paul Felix, formerly mayor of Kenner, La., and W. W. Stiles, a deputy sheriff of Jefferson parish, charged with intimidating voters at Kenner on the day of the last presidential election. Felix was given six months in the New Orleans prison, with a fine of $1,000, while Stiles was sentenced to serve 11 months and pay the same fine. Felix and Stiles were alleged to have been among an armed gang, including several deputy sheriffs, who took a vehicle, which was the property of the State of Louisiana, went to Kenner, and there drove from the polls voters who represented another faction in the politics of Jefferson parish. They attacked Col. E. A. O'Sullivan and, much to the mortifi: cation of the colonel, cut off his long wavy beard, which for many years had Enjoyed a State-wide reputation. | " > 1";/... L . COOLNESS PREVENTS DISASTER. Audience of 15,000 Filed Out While Circus Tent Burned. Schenectady, N. Y., May 22.?Barr.nm & Railev's "bie toD." the main tent of the circus, caght fire here yesterday from a cigar stump and burned like an overturned hot air bolloon. Fifteen thousand people, who filled the seats to overflowing, filed out like school children at drill. It was an admirable display of discipline and coolness. Manager Bailey, in commenting on the conduct of the crowd said: "I consider the attitude of the people something marvelous. In all my experience of circus life I have never seen anything like it. At least 10,000 of the crowd were women and children, and they all filed out like veteran soldiers." The management attributed the fire to the obstinacy of a careless smoker. Employees who saw him carry a light ed cigar to his seat in the top tier close to the canvas walls, warned him that he must not smoke. Instead of throwing the cigar away they believe he hid it behind his back, and in so doing brushed the burning end against the canvas. In any event, the fire started in his neighborhood and was soon out of control. Spectators first smelt the smoke, quickly discovered the fire and began to beat at it with their coats^ The fire reached above their beads quickly, and the next effort to conquer it came from ttie circus em ployees, who began to ring out huge patches of canvas. Their efforts met with no better success, for the fire eating upward, had soon worked its way to the topmost peak. Energetic men and cool women in the crowd, aided by employees, had already assumed direction of the crowd, and orderly files were soon moving steadily from the exits. When a woman fainted or a child shrieked in terror, shouts of reassurance rose and strong arms were instantly ready for support. Not a soul was hurt, not an animal was injured. TJ^e damage is estimated at $10,000. W. C. Sibley Shot Dr. L. C. Parker. At the Jansen near beer saloon corner Ellis and Seventh streets at a little after 10 o'clock last night Dr. L. C. Parker, traveling drug salesman for the Murray Drug Co., of Columbia, S. C., w-as shot and seriously wounded by ex-county policeman W. C. Sibley as the former was walking through the doorway leading to the yeard in the rear of the saloon. The shooting, according to statements made to reporters, appears to have been done without provocation on the part of Parker. At the city hospital an hour or so after the shooting Dr. Parker, who was taken there for medical attention, affirmed this statement. He said u -* tttV*ila tyioL'incr hie I lid L lit? V> dO iSUUt n uixv uiun.iUQ u?w way toward the yard through the door-way and that he had no idea who the man was who shot him. Sibley was very much under the influence of liquor when taken to police headquarters and no statement could be obtained from him. Dr. Parker was shot in the thigh, the bullet or bullets inflicting a serious though not a fatal wound. At the place where the shooting occurred it was learned that only one shot was fired, though the wounds on the body of the victim seem to indicate that two shots had been fired. Sibley was taken to police headquarters immediately after the shooting by Lieut. Hatcher and Sergeant McArdle, who hastened to the scene in response to a telephone message. The police have the pistol which was in the hand of Sibley when he shot Dr. Parker, and two chambers of this $ were found empty.?Augusta Chronicl, Friday, May 20th. ?? BLOWN ABOUT LIKE STRAWS. Tornado at Cairo Moves Houses and Uproots Trees. Cairo, 111., May 22.?A tornado, which struck Cairo at 6.40 p. m., demolished four houses, damaged a dozen more and destroyed several barns, besides tearing many large trees up by the roots. No fatalities were reported, but one woman was badly bruised and several persons were slightly injured. The house occupied by Henry Smith was lifted from its foundation, carried about fifty feet northward and landed bottom side up. Mr. Smith and three children were in the house, and the former was painfully bruised while the children were slightly injured. The home of Arthur Linguest was carried 100 feet and landed right side up, but badly twisted. The occupants escaped with slight injuries. While members of the family of win. w ise were m supper, i.ue owim lifted the roof so suddenly that they did not realize what was happening. A large barn was carried 200 feet, and landed on a coal shed. Other houses lost porches and several were unroofed. AVANT HAS SKIPPED. His Uncle Receives Letter Postmarked Atlanta. Georgetown, May 19.?That W. B. Avant has left for parts unknown is now certain and Sheriff Scurry is offering a reward of $100 for his apprehension. As was published in yesterday's State, Avant left his home, Andrews, mnrnincr locf eor_ Il^dl 11C1C, uuuua; iuv* uiuq iuut, ouj irig he was going to the penitentiary to serve his term of three and a half years for the killing of Ruth Crisp Bigham. The sheriff discovered today a letter which D. W. Avant, uncle of W. B. Avant, received in to-day's mail, the contents of which were, "I am running away," signed "W. B. Avant. This letter was postmarked Atlanta, 1.20 p. m., May 17. Sheriff Scurry has wired the sheriff of Atlanta, also the chief of police and the detective authorities to be on the lookout for Avant. Mrs. W. B. Avant also received a letter from him in to-day's mail, but what the contents of this letter are 1 Las not been learned. Sheriff Scurry also has a letter from the sheriff at Greenville, saying 1 in part that he has recently had a 1 talk with Dr. Bigham's brother at that place, who states that Dr. Bigham is not in the United States. Sheriff Scurry says that he intends to make every effort possible to apprehend Avant and Bigham, but the chances now seem doubtful. 1 D. W. Avant and George Parsons, close relatives of Avant, are on his 1 bond for $3,500, while Dr. Bigham's mother is on his for $1,500. MORMON STRONGHOLD SHAKES. Salt Lake City Has Several Earthquake Shocks. ] Salt Lake City, Utah, May 22.? 3 Sunday morning slumber of this city was disturbed by "a violent rocking of the earth, which lasted apparently about two seconds, although the seismograph at the State University recorded a disturbance of thirty sec- 1 onds. The earthquake was quite sharp < and causedyconsiderable damage to crockery, chimneys and old houses. The tremor was local, being confined ! within a radius of fifty miles, Slight damage is reported from the towns of Bingham and Garfield. The shock occurred at 7.28 a. m., and was followed by two others, one ( at 8.38 a. m., and the other at 11.24. 1 w J BULLETS END GIRL'S LIFE. Illinois School Teacher Dead Under 1 Peculiar Circumstances. Peoria, 111., May 22.?Miss Minnie Alders, 20 years old, a school teacher ( of Princeville, 111., was found dead in 3 bed at a hotel to-day with three bullet wounds in her body. One had pierced the left lung and the other ' fcJIlLtrCU UCi ileal l? lid Wiuyauivu, S. T. Easterly, of Chillicothe, 111., a 1 freight conductor for the Santa Fe, is detained by the police pending an inquest. No charge has been eptered * against him. Easterly and Miss Alders came to Peoria on Saturday and registered at the hotel as man and wife. According to Easterly, the girl spent most of the time in tears. He said he left her ? early this morning and went downstairs. He was absent about fifteen minutes, he said. When he returned J he found her dead. < SHOWED HE WAS "GAME." i Careless Handling of Pistol Causes I Fireman's Death. 1 Douglas, Ga., May 2^.?Dan John- < son, a fireman on the Georgia and ] Florida Railroad, died at ajocal hospital before daybreak this morning ' as the result of a bullet wound inflicted by John Co wart, an engineer on the same railroad, and his intimate friend for years. 1 The dying man told the officer who ] arrested Cowart that they were walk- 1 +v? ^ on/1 thot I lllg aiUUg UVl V) UUU VUMb Cowart was playing with, a pistol. Johnson said he warned him not to 1 play with it recklessly, and that Cowart said: "You think I am not 1 game?" and fired, the bullet drop- 1 ping Johnson. Both men, it is said, 1 resided at Millen, Ga. ^ ( Young Negro Hanged. 1 Albany, Ga., May 20.?Because he : was charged with attempted criminal 1 assult on an 8-year-old girl residing in the western part of Baker county, Charley Wilson, a negro boy, about 18 years old, was lynched at a late ; hour last night by a mob of citizens, : who took the negro ?by force from a bailiff before he could be landed in ; jail at Newton. " i Wilson, it is anegea, attempted tu assault the child Thursday afternoon, but her screams we/e heard by her , father, who caught the negro and turned him over to an officer. Wilson was hanged from a tree standing near a mucji traveled road and his body : was riddled with bullets. -n. .... . HE FIXED THE DEED. A Judge Who Had Small Regard Foi Legal Quibbles. Theophilus Harrington, a Vermon judge in the early part of the las century, was a man who loved th< right and cared little for mere lega quibbling. "If justice controls you verdict," he would often say to th< jury, "You will not miss the gen eral principles of law." At one trial when the possessioi of a'farm was in question the de fendant offered a deed of the prem ifies. to which the Dlaintiff's lawyer Daniel Chipman, objected, because i had no seal. "But your client sold the land was paid for it and signed the deed did he not?" asked the judge. "That makes no difference," sai< Chipman. "The deed has no seal an( cannot be admitted in evidence." "Is there anything else the mattei with the deed?" asked the judge. "I don't know that there is." "Mr. Clerk," said the judge, "giv< me a wafer and a three cornered piec< of paper." The clerk obeyed, and the judg< deliberately made and affixed th< seal. "There, Brother Chipman," saic he, "The deed is all right now. I may be put in evidence. A man i: not going to be cheated out of hi: farm in this court when there is ? whole box of wafers on the clerk': desk.""The court will give me an excep tion?" pleaded the counsel. "The court will do no such ? thing," answered the judge, and h< kept his word/?Exchange. Kept His Eyes Open. Other things being equal, the boj 5vho keeps his eyes open and take: aote of the things they iall upon i: aiore apt to get ahead in the work :han the boy who takes everything :or granted. There is probably therefore, a good place waiting some where for the youngster who recent .y came under the notice of Mr. Beer the librarian of New Orleans. Opposite the public library in tha jity is a drug store, in the window o which hung for some time one o: those "gift clocks" ywhich advertise somebody's medicine with the same letters with which they tell the time Like many another gift clock, it wai a poor time keeper. Mr. Beer, wh( was accustomed to note the houi *ach morning as he passed towarc the library, took account of its fail ng. One morning, when he came tt work he was surprised?and pleasec ?to find a fine new clock (whicl proved accurate to the minute) hang ing in the gift clock's place on th< wall. "I see you have a new clock!" h< called to the druggist. "It's a gooc move." "It's the boy's fault, though," saic ;he druggist. "That old clock had t( jo every little while to be repaired Dne morning, I was standing her< when in walked a boy about twelv< fears old. ( " 'I've come for your clock,' h* said. 'I'm the clock-mender's boy. I didn't send for you,' said I. " ^ -'--I- JU > "U * "JNO, out. your uiour. uiu, uc saiu I saw it from the street car. It's ai lour and a quarter slow. Don't yoi :hink that's poor business? Peoplt see the clock is wrong, and the} :hink that if you are careless abou ;hat, you may be about other things so they winder if you are that fai wrong in everything. Besides, it's i poor ad. for that medicine.' "That sounded reasonable to me ind as the clock needed repairs, ] jave it to him to take to the shop He brought it back, and it ran al right for four weeks?as long as i ?ver did. Then it went wrong again [n a day or two, in came the boy Now, see here,' he said. 'I don'1 want to carry that clock back again I want to sell you a new clock.' " 'I don't need one,' I said. " 'Why, we have had that clock ii aur shop four times in the last foui months. It has cost you one dollai aach time. It's a poor clock. It wil aever be any better. Inside of a yeai tt will cost you at least twelve dollari for repairs. " 'We're making a specialty of i big clock for store-keepers just nov for ten dollars, that we warrant ant take care of for two years. Yoi will make money by throwing thii one away and buying it-. Besides, i doesn't look well, having an adver tising clock in your window. I makes your store look as if you hat to use furniture that is donated?a: if you didn't make enough to bu: things for yourself.' "He chattered along quite a spel about it, and the upshot of it was : let him take me down and show m< the new clock. He had the figure: all right, and it was a gooa ciock am saving money. So there she is. H< thinks I ought to have a new sigi made: "Everthing in this shop i: as right as this clock.' Wants m< to hang it under the timekeeper." "I want to keep my eye on tha / boy," said Mr. Beer. "I wish w< had a cityful just like him."?Th< Youth's Companion. / I h? ? /"^l ? I I froni H ness ^ and rona ^ ice r We will send around the ice wagoi e house will be OPEN ALL THE TE will always find someone ready anc HAY! F I also sell No. 1 Timothy Hay at in need of anything in my line call ; I SMOAK'S SALE AND J. J. SMOAK, Proprietor ijtwi : | Top Notch ; | Bottom Note ' I SATISFACTION C : 1JNO. W. 8 Qua^ty Store." Th< ; | No More 1 J* with that automobile, bicycle, r JL have me to put it in first-class 2 prepared to do your work as a cities, and my prices are about (A, also have in stock a well seleo " j AUTOMOBILE & BI( ^ which I will sell to you at clos t w what you need I will get it for f J,' the next one. When in need f ^ don't forget me., ill work gu J J. tJ. fcSh 3 X The Repair Man : I Do You Like A m i* 2 ? * <? j :: 1 | aild Most Stylish 1 ' Novelties, Silks, a I $ least money. Ca m jj ' ;; are better prepare ! * !? than ever, ft i f I W !i: I MRS. K. I. SB ? BAMBERG ?? -V -W- -?- -w- -wj @ R. C. Neely. S. C. Neel; ! I NEELY & @ COTTOIM^ r | .741 Reynolds Stree 3 j|| Advances made to Merc t ? Call on us, or write us. i r=======?====?==== X COT' 3 p. The ginning season is now abou have the engine and boiler and gini j tion for next season's work so tha j "starting up" with the first bale. a Works take your plant in hand, putt and save you dollars and trouble 1 paying out the cash for the work a about it, and, "ten to one," they w the work done before the rush, and do no harm to inquire about it an The Denmark Machine Works, Dc a 7 t a I1 1'r ' v ? '--'XV C-j *>' - ive just had erected an ice e next to my Sale and Livery les and expect to handle ice i now on. I am in the busi- * to stay, not for a short time, aslr for a sharp of vour nat> ge, guaranteeing only the best and the politest of service, i once every day, and the ice ME, Day and Night, and you I anxious to ^erve you. 1AY! the very closest prices. When on or 'phone me at LIVERY STABLE Telephone 68 ^ IcCUE I in Goods j j h in Prices | j 1UARANTEED ] { McCUEfj )ne 32. Bamberer. S. C. 9 ' m , gun or pistol if you will "B? repair. I am jnst as well nyone outside the larger yrjt ; twice as reasonable. I * *" ted line of < ... Mm :ycle supplies t j est prices. If I haven't ^ yon just as prompt as V of anything in my line ,L 5* : aranteed. J SICKLE* 1 Bamberg, S. C. I iIiiI;Cli(Iiil!q!g)giiI}t|3(|}$ '*/' Ae Prettiest ll ,1 !! \ ;/l \\ Millinery, Dress ) i , -I nd at the very * II on us. We i if S ; * d to olease vou I -g I , v?l [UCK & CO. 1 1 q p H ' fj "1? '1' *1* !j7*y!g p, Jr. S. H. Wilcox. A WILCOX I ICTORS ? t, Augusta, Ga. A hants and Farmers. j*? @@@@@@@@@@@@ '? J TON! j \. y' t over, and NOW is the time to 7 ling machinery pat in condit there will be no delay in Let the Denmark Machine :ing it in proper shape for you, both. If you do not feel like when d#ne, see or write them rill manage it so yon can have > pay for it next fall. It will yway. Just write about it to mmark, S. C. \ X ? V;