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ACCIDENT MAY PROVE FATAL.
Gun Discharged, Load Entering Back
of Young Man from Augusta.
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Leesville, Dec. 28.?A shocking acl
V cident Monday will go down as a
part of Christmas history in the Delf
mar community. Cletus Price and
Quinton Oxner, boys about 19 years
old, were out hunting. Just before
sundown, by some means, the gun in
the hands of Oxner was accidentally
discharged. The whole load of No.
8 shot took effect, at close range, in
l the back of young Price. The 11th
rib was shattered into pieces, and a
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Hole torn tnrouga ine nver. uio.
M. and Jas. Crosson were called, and
did all they could for the unfortunate
young man, but they hold out
^ no hope for his recovery. Oxner and
Price are fast friends, and the former
is prostrate with grief. Young Price
> is grandson of Mr. Owen Cannon; he
held a lucrative position in Augusta,
r * and had just come home to spend the
holidays. Quinton Oxner is a son of
Mr. Boyd Oxner. Both are from
good families, and have the sincere
sympathy of the whole community.
Laurens Woman Slays Husband.
Laurens, Dec. 29.?While he slept
last night, E. A. Hamilton,'a young
farmer living near here, was killed
with an axe and his wife is charged
with the killing.
She recently came home after
some time in an institution for the
insane, and it said that among her
hallucinations was one that she would
|:? kill her husband.
The back of the axe was used to
beat Hamilton into unconsciousness,
ij after which the blade was used to
nearly sever the head from the body.
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To Take Her to Asylum.
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Laurens, Dec. 29.?One of the saddest
things that has ever occurred in
this county occurred last night near
^ this city when Mrs. E. A. Hamilton,
during ?he night arose from her bed,
secured an axe and struck her husband
in the head with it, killing him
f ? almost instantly.
Mrs. Hamilton was ai out? umc m
the asylum, and this deed is the result
of another attack of insanity. There
were no domestic troubles beforehand.
i i Mr. Hamilton was one of the most
substantial farmers in the county and
[was rapidly accumulating a la^e
amount of property. The pathetic
? case is a source of much sorrow to
people all over the county. Mrs.
Hamilton is now in the county jail
jk \ awaiting the proper papers to be
made out before carrying her to the
asylum at Columbia.
Avoided the Rush.
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"I dined with Henry James, the
American novelist," said a magazine
editor, "at his London club, the Atheneum.
Over the dessert'I reproached
f James for the dreadful way he roasts
I the morals and manners of our milf
lionaires in 'The Jolly Corner.' James
said they deserved roasting?and to
: , prove it he told me a story.
* "He said a New York multi-millionaire
got converted one night at a
revival meeting, and standing up in
his place, the rich convert declared
that his conversion was retroactive,
t and he proposed to make restitution
to anyone he had ever wronged.
K. "Well, about 2 o'clock that morning
the millionaire was awakened by
J' a long ring at the bell. He put his
head out of the window.
" 'Who's that?' he said.
" 'I am Thomas J. Griggs,' was the
reply. 'I heard about your conversion
and I'd like you to pay me back that
$200,000 you cheated me out of in
jf-. the U. B. D. receivership.'
" 'All right, I'll pay you,' said the
millionaire. 'But why the deuce,' he
added angrily, 'do you want to ring
me up at this hour?'
" 'Well, you see,' was the reply.
'I thought I'd come early and avoid
the rush.' "?Washington Star.
f \ Boy Accidentally Killed,
I Belton, Dec. 31.?Kennith, the 8v
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J "V1U UVU Vt IT . M JUIA MUAUVJ) f ?w
lives on Lewis street, was instantly
killed by the accidental discharge of
a gun he was playing with while on
a visit to his grandparent, David
Cox, some four or five miles south
^ of here, this afternoon. The news
reached here that, while handling
the gun, it slipped from his hands,
the hammer striking some object,
discharging the load into his stomach.
He was a bright little boy.
Escaped With His Life.
"Twenty-one years ago I faced an
awful death," writes, H. B. Martin,
& Port Harrelson, S. C. "Doctors said
I had consumption and the dreadful
cough I had looked like it, sure
enough. I tried everything, I could
hear of, for my cough, and was under
k. the treatment of the best doctor in
Georgetown, S. C., for a year, but
could get no relief. A friend advised
* me to try Dr. King's New Discovery.
I did so and was completely cured. I
a feel that I owe my life to this great
thoat and lung cure." Its positively
? guaranteeed for coughs, colds, and
all bronchial affections. 50c. and
$1.00. Trial bottle free at Peoples
* Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C.
PROBABLY TO SUPREME COURT.
Highest Tribunal May Finally Decide
Cheraw Crossing Case.
Columbia, Dec. 29.?The war between
the Atlantic Coast Line Railway
and the Seaboard Air Line -railway
will very probably end in the
Supreme court. To-morrow Judge
Watts, at Cheraw, will hear injunction
proceedings in the matter of the
much talked of crossing at Cheraw.
Th? Roflhrwrd Air LinA is tirvine to
enjoin the Coast Line from crossing
its main line with a spur track and
the Atlantic Coast Line is trying to
enjoin the Seaboard so as to cross
the track. No matter which way the
question is decided by Judge Watts, it
is generally believed that an appeal
will be taken to the Supreme court
for a final settlement of the matter.
The railroad commission has issued
an order permitting the Coast
Line to cross the Seaboard at Cheraw
and only asks that should the
crossing be put in that it be provided
with an interlocking switch, as required
by law. There was a dissenting
opinion, or order, by Commissioner
Caughman, who is of the opinion
that the Coast Line should not be
permitted to cross the tracks of the
Seaboard at the place in question.
King of Gypsies Held for Crime.
Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 29.?Like
the weird Bohemian romance of Balfe
reads the story of a feud among
gypsies encamped near Wadesboro,
N. C. For several weeks a large
number of these strange people have
pnramned near the little town and
many have visited the camp. Everything
about the camp was quiet and
peaceful until a few days ago when
there appeared upon the scene one
Chief Mitchell, who is said to be
chief of all the gypsies in America.
Mitchell bore credentials from sixteen
tribes of gypsies who recognize
him as their chief and also carried
credentials signed by Secretary of
State Knox and bearing the seal of
the United States in which Mitchell
is authorized to compel submission
to the laws of the nation from all
gypsies in the country.
Upon the arrival of Mitchell a
feast was spread and great rejoicing
took place. One division or band,
however, refused to acknowledge the
leedership of Mitchell and trouble ensued.
Stephen John, who was the leader
of the "insurgent" band, was taken
prisoner by Mitchell and his follow
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and Paula John.
It is said after this took place,
Mitchell went to the tent of Paula
John and criminally assaulted his
wife while his followers stood guard,
keeping the followers of the John
hand from interfering. Mitchell is
held under a charge of criminal assault.
Followers of the Johns
claim that several hundred recruits
will arrive shortly. It is feared that
further trouble may arise should the
additional forces appear on the scene.
Rational Diversification.
No new crop should be planted on
a large scale, until a few acres have
been grown for a year or two, and
the culture of the crop learned.
It is safe to stick pretty closely to
the well known crops, corn, oats,
hay, sweet potatoes, and such other
crops as there is a ready market for
and those we know how to grow and
for the production of which experience
has proved the country is adapted.
New crops should be sought and
thorough]v tried, but only small
areas sbo id be planted until -their
culture ha3 been learned and it has
been demonstrated that they can be
profitably produced. This can be
done before the arrival of the boll
weevil so that when it becomes necessary
to largely discontinue the grow- ^
ing of cotton, which should always
be done for two or three years after
the appearance of the weevils, other
tried crops, with the culture of which
we are familiar, may be substituted.
?Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer
and Gazette.
SEEK GIRL'S BANK ACCOUNT.
Young Woman Charged with Many
Jewelry Thefts.
St. Louis, Dec. 28.?Lilly McDowell,
in jail here on the charge of
stealing $6,000 worth of jewelry
from H. Choteau Dyer, an attorney,
while acting as a servant in his home,
has $12,000 on deposit in the Pittsburg,
Pa., Bank for Savings, according
to information in Dyer's possesj
sion. Dyer has attached the bank
acount and it is reported Ira J. Mix,
of Chicago, on whose information the
girl was arrested here last Saturday,
also has filed an attachment.
Local detectives are making countrywide
inquiries to learn whether
the girl has other bank accounts.
The value of the jewelry she is accused
of stealing from different
homes in which she was employed is
stated by the police to be at least
$75,000.
FOUND BAD MONEY.
Secret Service Men Capture Counterfeiters.
New York, Dec, 29.?Further arrests,
government officials said, might
be made in connection with, last
night's raid in Brooklyn that unearthed
one of the biggest, best equipped i
and most dangerous counterfeiting
and moulding outfits which veterans
in the secret service have ever seen. A
large lot' of spurious quarter dollars
partly finished, was found in a heap 1
on the floor of a ramshackle building
in the rear of a tenement, while in
the adjoining room a man was caught
filling moulds with hot metal. There
were more than 300 pounds of metal >
in various stags of progress toward 1
the coinage in the plant.
The secret service men who made
the rai0 took them prisoners, two of <
whom were Frank Steiiberg and :
John Dross. The name of the third
man was not made public.
The federal officials have been
working on the case for four months, 1
since the circulation of a large number
of coins of small denominations
on street cars and elevated lines was
noticed. They estimated the total
value of their seizure at tne Brooklyn
plant at $6,000.
SUGAR TRUST HUMBLE.
Offers to Pay National Government
$700,000.
Washington, Dec. 29.?Recent disclosures
in the "Draw Back" frauds
against the government have put the
treasury department in a position
practically to dictate the terms of
compromise with the sugar refining
companies. <
The American Sugar Refining com
pany's recent offer of $700,000 may
not be accepted in view of the fact
that the government is said to have
evidence to compel the return of not i
less than $1,000,000.
It has just become known that in ?
a recent conference with Attorney
General Wickersham's attorneys for i
the sugar company offered $500,000
in settlement and declared that "was
the last cent."
The offer was declined and the
$700,000 one came on soon after.
One official of the customs service
is authority for the statement that
the frauds appear to grow with every
day's investigation.
Inauguration January Seventeenth.
Gov.elect Blease and Lieut. Gov.
Smith have agreed on Tuesday, January
17 as the day they will suggest
to the legislative committee in charge
thoir inn n en ration. The legis
lature meets on January 10.
The oath of office will be administered
to Mr. Blease by Magistrate
Dunbar, of Barnwell. Ever since the
inauguration of Gen. Hampton who
was sworn in by the late Quitman
Marshall, of Columbia, then a Richland
magistrate, the oath of office
has been administered to incoming
governors by the chief justice of the
State Supreme Court.
NEW MILL FOR GREEXVILLE.
The "Dunean," Million Capital, Will
Make Fine Goods.
Greenville, Dec. 28.?At a meeting
of the new industries committee
of the board of trade, held to-night, .
the movement on the part of Capt.
Ellison A. Smythe and associates to
establish a million dollar mill in
Greenville, for the manufacture of
fine cotton goods, was heartily endorsed,
and a committee to receive
the $100,000 subscriptions which
Greenville is asked to contribute, was
appointed.
The mill has been named the "Dunean,"
after a linen mill owned by
Capt. Smythe's great-great-grandfather,
in County Antrium, Ireland.
The stamp used in marking the linen
in the old Irish mill is now in
Capt. Smythe's possession. This new
million dollar enterprise for Greenville
is now assured.
NEGROES KILLED BY POSSE.
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Latter Fired on While Searching for
Alleged Murderers.
Clarksdale, Miss., Dec. 28.?Two
negroes were killed and three others
were wounded during an exchange of
shots early today, between a sheriff's 1
posse, searching for three farm hands '
who shot and killed W. W. Kirk and
L. D. Kesee yesterday, and a band
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of eleven negroes, Deneyea to mciuue .
the men sought. To-night additional
posses are joining in the pursuit,
and, with racial lines closely drawn,
further bloodshed is not improbable, i
The posse fired on was headed by :
several officers from Parchman con- 1
vict farm, and was following blood- '
hounds through thick undergrowth .
in Sunflower county. When the party 1
came within range of the negroes the '
fusillade started and before the lat- j
ter were put to rout, two had been i
killed, two others crippled and a
negro "trusty," who had charge of 1
the hounds, was seriously wounded. ]
None of the posse were injured. :
Later, two negroes, believed to have i
been members of the attacking party, <
were arrested. ]
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THE WAGES OF SHAME.
White Slave Victim Has Kept Her
Master Eight Years.-':v
\>cAn
investigation being conducted
by Government agents and the Pittsburg
police into conditions existing
in the underworld of Pittsburg resulted
in two more arrests this week,
arrests which promise to be very important.
This latest development
in the crusade to break up the system
in this city promises to be of
exceptional interest when the facts of
the case are made known.
At the subsequent hearing before
Magistrate Kirby, Annie Wells, a negress,
testified that within the past
eight years she had given $15,000
to Arthur Hemp, aged 35, a white
man, with whom she was arrested.
Hemp was held in $2,500 bail for
court on a charge of violating the
Edlis act.
In her story told before Magistrate
Kirby, Annie Wells declared she had
been practically supporting Hemp for
the past eight years. Sometimes she
gave him $50 and at others $5, or
whatever amount she had in her pos- !
session. When she refused him
money he beat her, she declared.
Hemp admitted the woman had given
him money, but denied that she supported
him. He said he did not work
as he had a sister, the wife of a millionaire
in Germany, who sent him
large sums of money at regular intervals.
NAILED UP IX HOUSE.
Because Her Husband Refused to
Pay His Rent.
The St. Matthews correspondent
of The News and Courier says: At
this season the fruits of a short crop
are usually manifested in a marked
way by the frequent nailing up of
tenants' barns and cabins, for unpaid
debts. There are complications, particularly
where opposition is displayed.
But the most unique case yet r,e
corded in this community has just
come to light.
A prominent farmer nailed up the
dwelling of one of his tenants, in
which there were goods hypothecated
for furnished advances during the
year. The husband was absent at
the time and the wife was within the
home sick in bed and expecting to be
confined. When he found his way
obstructed he immediately besieged
his liege lord.- The latter, having
lost all confidence in the honesty of
the renter, refused to budge.
A magistrate was finally consulted
and forty-eight hours elapsed before
the ball of red tape was finally unwound.
Fortunately a good supply
of water had been provided and a
few simple eatables near at hand,
but as the woman needed very little
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worse for wear during the quiet and
dull humming f the wintry winds
without.
MOTHER SOLD SON'S VOTE.
Another Voter Bought Three Different
Ways?Probing Continues.
West Union, Ohio, Dec. 28.?Two
new features developed at this afternoon's
session of the grand jury investigation
of wholesale buying of
votes in Adams county. One was ;
that of a woman selling her son's
vote, and the other concerned a
voter who was bought in three different
way?.
The woman is a widow, who lives
at Peebles. She is accused of having
accepted $5 for her son's franchise.
Both mother and son were indicted,
but neither has been arrested.
A farmer in Jacksonville precinct
to-day surprised the jury by his confession
that he was bought three
times last election day. For his
promise to vote the straight Republican
ticket, he said, he received
$12.50; on a contract to vote the
straight Democratic ticket he was
paid $10, and the price for agreeing
to vote for a certain Democratic
candidate was $3. He pleaded guilty
when arraigned and was disfranchised
for five years, fined $5 and
costs, and given six months in the
work house, with the prison sentence
suspended. One hundred and
six indictments were returned to-day,
which brings the total up to 998.
There are indications that the
number will reach 1,500, as predicted
by Special Prosecutor W. B.
Stephenson.
MR. FISHBURNE BETTER.
Wounded Man's Condition is Very
Satisfactory.
Mr. William R. F shburne, who was .
shot while hunting Wednesday afternoon
at Bates Ferry, is progressing
toward recovery very satisfactorily.
This will be gratifying news to Mr.
Fisbburne's many friends throughout
tfie State. His brother, Dr. S. B.
Fishburne, has received many letters
from all over the State inquiring concerning
the wounded man.
Mr. Fishburne was shot in the
hand by the accidental discharge of
his gun as he was removing it from
a b<pat. His hand was badly injured
and he lost two fingers as a consequence
of the accident.?Columbia
Record.
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