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WITNESSES TOO READY TWICE THE RAILROAD PAID AND THEN LEARNED ITS LESSON. Missouri Farmer's Scheme for Avoiding Lawsuits a Good One to Begin With. Macon, Mo., August 24.?"There was a very well-to-do old farmer who used to live alongside the old North Missouri right of way, Jonathan Caesar I'll call him. who could beat any man in these parts swapping horses or anything else," said J. G. Yutz, a real estate agent of this city. "Seems like nobody could get ahead of him, he was that smart. In the course of time he noticed that the railroad would rather settle small damage suits than to go to law. So one day when the sDarks from an engine burned up a little patch of meadow that you could cover with a pair of horse blankets he went around to two or three neighbors and asked them if they'd like to take a trip down to headquarters at his expense. This was easy money for 'em and 1 they all said, "You bet." "This darned road burned up my meadow over yonder," said Jonathan, 1 "and I want to see 'em about it. You , boys know that forty over there?" 1 "Of course they did, and though ; they hadn't seen what the railroad < had done to it they were willing to take Jonathan's word for it, being as , he was paying their way. < "When they reached town Jona- than took 'em to a nice quiet place on a side street, where they had a , good dinner, and afterwards h: call- ] ed for drinks all around. They j went down to the office building, j Jonathan put one of his men to walking up and down the platform, like : he was waiting for a train, and post- i ed the others up street a ways looking into the show windows and gaz ing about like country fellows do i when they come to town. , "With his company drilled so they , would know exactly what to do Jona- v than goes up stairs and asks for the ; claim agent. "I live up on your road, a ways," says Jonathan, "and ship a lot of ] stock over your road; never had any trouble till this, when your injines , burned up my meadow forty over there on your right of way; the fire . spread and burned up seventeen pan- \ els of fence and some trees I wouldn't : have took a lot for. I'm a poor man , and don't like lawsuits, so I just , thought I'd call around and talk it , over with you." "The claim agent liked this sort < of talk and immediately began to be social. He took down Jonathan's figures, suggested a reduction here : and there, which reduced the amount ( slightly, and Jonathan very pleasant.ly assented. ? "Now," said the claim agent, ] . ; ^ "we'll have to have a little proof on ' (this, you know; sorter matter of ] form. Do you reckon there's any- < body from your neignDornooa in town to-day?" t "Jonathan said he didn't know, j He walked over to the window and ? began looking up and down the platform. Suddenly he spied his picket j and exclaimed: ] p j "There's Bill Hargis; lives right 2 | , adjacent, I'll call him." ( "Bill was summoned and entered the office, cap in hand. The claim j agent interrogated him and he . promptly corroborated Jonathan's ( loss; not only that; he said there >t were several more men from the i neighborhood in town that day and ] volunteered to fetch 'em. When he < brought 'em in Jonathan said: j "Boys, remember the big fire over t on my meadow t'other day when the < . wind was blowin' so. The gentleman j here wants to know about what you ( think that "stand" was worth; what- j ever you say goes; I only want to do { what's right." i "They gave the figures as Jonathan < had previously given inem, making \ such natural variations as would pre- < vent suspicion of a frameup. The proof seemed so overwhelming that j the claim was settled. Jonathan gave ' his boys another drink all around . and their supper. 1 "Next year about time things were in good condition to burn Jonathan ] was down with another claim for j fire damages. This time it was about < twice what it was before and includ- < ed part of a productive orcnara ana a barn. Just by accident Jonathan i managed to find in tov^n enough , witnesses to make the claim good and that bill was paid. It never oc- , curred to the claim agent that they ] were the same witnesses. i Jonathan got in with his next visit ; about the middle of the hay harvest. < This time the fire spread all along ; the farm, wiping out four great stacks of hay, destroying long strings of fencing and playing the mischief generally. The bill was $2,575.16. Jonathan explained he had figured it very closely as he'd sooner die than i take a cent to which he wasn't entitled. "Call your witnesses, said the GORE CHARGE PROBERS. Committee Adjourns to Meet at Washington in November. Pawhuska, Okla, August 26.?The congressional committee which has been investigating the Gore bribery charges and the McMurray land contracts, completed its work in Oklahoma to-day and adjourned to meet in Washington in November. The committee has taken testimony that will fill two printed volumes. This report will cover the following: The charge made by Senator T. P. Gore in th? senate on June 24 that he had been offered a bribe of $25,-| 000 to $50,000 to withdraw opposi-! tion to the McMurray contracts and that other government officials were interested in the contracts; the contracts themselves by which J. F. McMurray seeks to obtain a 10 per cent attorney fee for the sale of 450,000 acres of coal and asphalt lands owned by the Indians in this State. All other contracts by which it was alleged the Indians were asked to pay exorbitant fees. ! Shoots to Frighten bat Ballet Kills. Spartanburg, August 25.?Vol. V. ' Towe, a young white man of this city, was shot and instantly killed KTlic mnrnin? ahoilt. 10 o'clock, near Pair Forest, by J. W. Becknel, constable for Magistrate S. M. Wetmore. The constable went to arrest Towe Dn a wairant charging him with assault and battery with intent to kill, and before he could serve the papers Towe fled. The constable drew his I ?un and fired after him to try to get him to stop. The third shot took effect in the back of the head, causing instant death. After the shooting Constable Becknel came to the city and surrendered to Sheriff White. The warrant Mr. Becknel had for Towr- was one charging him with assault upon Mrs. Wright at Arcada some three weeks ago. It is alleged that in the night time Towe assaulted the woman with a knife. The warrant charged assault and battery with intent to kill. Towe bore a bad reputation. Some time ago he was lodged in the county jail, charged with assault upon an officer at Tucapau. Mr. Becknel made a statement to i reporter this afternoon, who called to see him at the jail. He said he never intended to hit Towe and meant to fire a few shots in the air mly to frighten him and to perhaps lause him to stop. ilaim agent grimly. "Hey?" "Call up your witnesses; I suppose rou fetched 'em along. You always io." "Jonathan didn't exactly understand that, but he went out and got his men. When he came back there Evas a small man with a bundle under ! lis arm standing quietly over to one , side. "Gentlemen," said the claim agent to Jonathan's witnesses, "I believe . I've met you before: Please be seated." "They looked around sorter scared, lut they shuffled into the chairs and leld to the arms like they were ifraid they might want to get up luick. "Mr. Caesar here has filed a claim igainst the road for something over s2,000 for damages by fire," said the ;laim agent, who was standing up md looking fierce. "He's brought ,ou people here as witnesses as to lis loss. Now before you make any statement I want to show you some pictures our photograpner made of :he place the day after Mr. Caesar says his fire occurred. There was a ire on the right of way, and the edge )f it touched his premises, and that is all. It was reported to this office ind next day our photographer svas on the ground, and he got affiJavits of the date from all the seclion men and several reliable farmers. "I just thought I'd tell you these things in fairness to these witnesses. Then if they want to go ahead against the buzz saw it's their own funeral. "With that he began passing the photographs around. There was no i mistaking the farm, nor that the haystacks, trees, fencing and other things sued for were all there intact. The pictures were large and clear, and the evidence they presented was conclusive. The witnesses shuffled about and looked at each other and then at Jonathan for instructions. But he had given them no lines for meeting this sort of a proposition. He was a first rate lawyer on ex parte proceedings, but this thing was beyond his own cunning, and made him very indignant. "I always thought you was a gentleman," he disgustedly addressed the claim agent, 'but any man that will send a low down taker of pictures to skulk around another man's premises when he ain't there ain't fit for a white man to associate with." G. O. P. STRUGGLING. State Executive Committee Holds Meeting in Columbia. The ousting of the negro from prominence in the Republican party in this State, the improvement of the personnel of the party, a general observance of the politics of President Taft toward the negro and the election of a "lilv white" tc the State chairmanship are several of the is sues that are expected to De iougni out when the Republican State convention meets in Columbia on September 26. The State executive committee of the party in session yesterday decided to hold a State convention at which it is thought a State ticket will be put out. There were 16 members out of 24 of the State committee present yesterday. Of the 16 members there were only three white white Republicans, the others being negroes. John G. Capers, the national Republican committeeman from this State, was not present at the meeting yesterday, as has been his custom in the past. L. W. C. Blalock, one of the best known .Republicans in the State, was in the city, but did not attend the meeting. The other white members of the committee stated that they did not know why Blalock was not present. Ernest F. Cochrane, United States district attorney, was in the city, but did not attend the pow-wow. The meeting of the State executive committee yesterday was a tame affair, there being nothing out of the ordinary to take place, although there was much discussion after the meeting as to what vill be done at the State convention. E. H. Deas, who has been State chairman of the Republican party for the past several years, was present yesterday and presided. It is known that there will be a Rtrone concerted effort to displace Deas from the State chairmanship and those in a position to know say that L. W. C. Blalock will contest for the place in the convention. "I would like to see more white men in the Republican party in this State, for I am lonesome myself," said R. R. Talbert, a member of the State executive committee from Abbeville last night when asked concerning the meeting of the committee. "There will be plenty of action at the State convention," said Talbert, "and then you will find out the answers to the questions you have been asking me. The meeting of the committee to-day was very quiet, there being nothing decided upon except to hold the State convention on September 26." Talbert said that there would be about 130 delegates to attend the convention. When asked if there wpuld be a concerted effort to displace the negroes and follow out the policies of President Taft with reference to the negro, Talbert said that he could not answer because all that he knew he 'had read in the newspapers."?Columbia State. Lacked Length of Legs. * in.<ra onH nnmnns nerson wear A laifec uuu ^^4? r ing a high hat, a long coat, yellow spats and a congenial sneer for several days made himself obnoxious around a Washington hotel a bit ago. He announced he was from New Nork, nagged the bellboys, jawed the clerks, cussed the service, roared at the food, complained about his room and the elevator and the telephone and the bar, and everything else. One afternoon he walked over to the porter and said: "Here, you, I'm going to quit this town and go back to New York where I can get some decent service. I want you to buy me two seats in a parlor car on the 4 o'clock New York train. Get me two seats now and meet me at the station with the tickets. I want one chair to sit in and one to put my feet in." the seats were delivered at the train just before it pulled out. One of the seats was in car No. 3, and the other was located in car No. 4. at Woman Then Killed Himself. Knoxville, Tenn., August 25.? Pedestrians on South Broadway late this evening saw Henry Gardner, aged 26, aproach a woman, fire two shots at her, then turn the weapon upon himself and commit suicide. Gardner is the son of a farmer living three miles from the city. The woman he tried to kill was Mrs. El" " ? " ? ^ 1 /\nr? iVinn O len Ban, wny cuiue ucic *coo iuau ? week ago from Pelzer, S. C., and previous to that resided at Spartanburg, S. C. The woman was shot through one hand and the lobe of one ear and though removed to a hospital, is only slightly hurt. Gardner fired two shots into his left breast and died almost instantly. He left a note stating that he had rather die than live without the woman, adding that she had gone back on him. Gardner's friends suppose he met the woman in South Carolina, where he had been working, and that he became infatuated with her. A Convict's Daily Routine. ; To attempt to bring the conditions of life in Silverwater prison clearly before the reader's eye, it will be advisable to detail a day's routine. At . ">:45 the gong rings. This sounds like a very ordinary and necessary procedure, but the morning gong is the insistant fact that disturbs one's dream fancies, the everlasting re, mindor of one's status in life. At the sound of it 700 men get out of bed. wash, dress and tidy their cells. At 8:15 they march to breakfast in the dining halls. Breakfast over, they return to their cells for a moment, but shortly march out to the shops, beginning work promptly at 7 o'clock. . Work continues until noon, at which time a recess is taken for dinner. At 1 o'clock work begins again, and it continues until 6, when comes once morD the silent march, and by 6:15 , every man is locked in his cell. During eight months of the year the night school occupies 150 men until 8 o'clock. The remainder may smoke and read, or write verse, from 6 to 9, at which time the gong rings and the light goes out. This is the invariable week-day , routine. On Sundays and holidays comes a welcome change. On Sundays the gong rings an hour later, and after breakfast the men return to their cells for a longer period. Apropos of the word "cell," the aristocratic prisoner uses the euphemism "apartment" or "room," lest after his release he may be unable to break the habit of refering to his sleeping room as a cell. On Sundays, of course, comes chapel service, which continues irom an hour to 90 minutes. , After service, attendance at which is entirely optional, every man is turned out for exercise. With the exception , of the walk of a few yards between the cell house and the shops, this is . the only opportunity that the majority of the prisoners get to breathe fresh air. If it rains or snows, even > this is denied them. After drill comes i dinner, and after dinner the key turns again. From noon on Sunday to 5:45 ; cn Monday every man is locked in his cell and left to his own devices. On i holidays, instead of chapel service and ; drill, there are entertainments, followed by a few hours of quasi-liverby, i during which talking is allowed, i With regard to the meals, it is difficult to remain wholly judicial. Mem. ories of many hungry days persist? J mr nlflto wfLS tlUShed ua^a iu wuivu ui^ ? r , aside untouched. However, 1 am willing to admit that the quality of the food was not so much to blame as the method of cooking and serving. As the years passed, I grew accustomed ! to the diet, or to most of it. To par. ticularize, there were three modererately appetizing breakfasts: Pork, ! sausage, beans and bacon; and four most unappetizing: Hash (twice), liver and Bologna sausage. Similarly, there were three good dinners: roast pork and roast beef (twice), with a ' good vegetable; and four bad ones: Beef stew, mutton stew and boiled , pork and sauerkraut (twice). The suppers consisted of bread, weak tea without sugar or milk and diluted canned fruit of a poor quality. But the most unfortunate feature was that the good meals came together, . leaving an aching void on the other days. It is only fair to say, however, . that men who had been in other pris; ons spoke very highly of the Stillwater cuisine, and to add that the conditions under which I worked , wore not conductive to the develop; ment of a healthy appetite.?John Carter, in September Century. w. E. FREE Attorney-at-Law All business entrusted to me will receive prompt attention, i Investigation of land titles a specialtj , Office for present at court house. ? 5 ; DR. 0. D. FAUST DENTIST BAMBERG. S. C. " 14 | umce m nenuu uiuiuiu6. I la* most!'dYckinson ! 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