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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mrs. J. M. Hill, of Elizabeth, La., is visiting relatives in the city. ?Mr. E. D. Raney, of Beaufort, visited relatives and friends in the city for a few days last week. ?Mrs. J. D. O'Hern and little son, of Lakeland, Fla., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Geo. A. Jennings. f - ?Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hartzog have returned from Bamberg, where they have been visitinc relatives.?Green wood Journal. ?Miss Mozelle Copeland is visiting friends at Dillon. From there she will go to Hendersonville, N. C., ' to spend the summer. W ?Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Jackson and children, of Oakfield, Ga., have returned home after a visit to the family of Mr. J. A. J. Rice. ?Mrs. M. W. Brabham and little son, Robert, expect to leave Friday for Sullivan's Island, where they will spend tne montn or July. ?Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Brabham, Jr., and children left Wednesday for Sulivan's Island, where they will spend about ten days or two weeks. ?Mr. W. M. Oxner spent several days the past week in Olar, where he formerly taught school and has a number of friends.?Ridgeway News. ?Mr. and Mrs. Otis Brabham and children, of Allendale, spent Sunday in the city on a visit to the family of his father, Mr. H. J. Brabham. ?Mrs. H. H. Copeland and little daughter, and Mrs. W. P. Riley and son, Jefferson, left last Saturday morning for Hendersonville, N. C., to spend the summer. ?Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hughes, of Holly Springs, Miss., are visiting the family of his brother, Mr. H. A. Hughes, at Ehrhardt. Mr. Hughes and wife will spend the summer in this section. ?Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rhoad left Tuesday for Columbia to spend a few days. Mr. Rhoad goes to attend the meeting of the State Firemen's Association, and will no doubt bring back some good points which will be of benefit to the Bamberg tire fighters. ?Mr. W. Eugene Stokes left for Petersburg, Va., Monday, where he has gone to accept a position with the American Tobacco Company in their offices at that place. Mr. Stokes recently graduated at Clemson College, where he took a course in agrik culture and chemistry. Mr. and Mrs. Hugo G. Sheridan and family have moved here from Walterboro and will make this place their home. The, good people of Greenwood give them a hearty welcome to our city. They are occupying the residence on Edgefield Avenue recently built by Messrs. J. E. Crymes and Howard Ellis.?Greenwood In\ dex. I ?Rev. L. E. Wiggins, who is takj ing a post graduate course at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, is home i for the summer. He will be in charge of the ministerial work on the Eh-r: hardt circuit during the time he is i at home, the pastor of that work, | Rev. A. B. Watson, having had to give it up on account of a failure in health. ?Mr. and Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker left this morning for what will be a most delightful "seeing America" trip of a little more than than thirty days, as they will reach home about August 5th or 6th. They went to Denmark to-day and from there they go over the Seaboard Air Line, a special train of Pullman, dining, and * -- * * TT~ ? observation cars starring irum n<nulet, N. C. They will visit the principal cities of the West and all points t. of interest, including Yellowstone * Park, Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, etc., then going into Canada. It is a magnificent trip, and we feel sure our friends will enjoy it. "MAINE" TO KEEP SECRET. I Cause of Disaster Never Known, Col. Bixby Believes. Tampa, Fla., June 26.?"The secrets of the destruction of the battle f ship Maine will never be known," said Gen. W. H. Bixby, chief of enginL eers, in charge of the work of raisV ing the Maine, on his arrival here to day from Havana. The destruction to the vessel was such, said Gen. Bixby, and the deterioration has been k so great, that it will be impossible ^ to tell whether the ship was blown up from a force from the outside or I inside. The greatest force, however, was from the inside, indicating that the forward magazine had exploded. Whether this was from a sympathetic explosion caused by a torpedo from the outside may forever remain a mystery. Gen. Bixby says that unless the: fragment of a torpedo is found, there is no way of connecting some outside agency with the blowing up of the vessel. ! PURCHASE AUDITORIUM. Jamestown Exposition Building Will l>e Moved to Columbia. Columbia, June 21.?Columbia's long-felt need of an auditorium, large enough for the accommodation of important conventions, will be filled in a very satisfactory way, it is hoped, by the steel and glass building at Greensboro, which has been purchased by the city of Columbia and the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical society, jointly, and which will be removed to Columbia and erected on the State fair grounds in time for use at the fair of 1911. Bonds in the sum of $25,000 will be sold to pay for the structure and the interest charges will be shared equally by the city and the agricultural and mechanical society. Disabilities preventing the society from issuing bonds were removed by recent legislation. The auditorium will seat a vast audience, estimates of its capacity ranging from 15,000 to 25,000 persons. It is an articulated structure of steel and glass, readily removable. It is 167 feet wide and 400 feet long, covering an area of 66,800 square feet. It was built for the Jamestown exposition and was used there as the main auditorium. Experience with it there indicateed, it is said, that the building would adequately house any convention Columbia is likely to entertain for many years to come. PORTLAND FIRETCHIEF KILLED. Meets Death While Fighting Blaze at Oil Plant. Portland, Ore., June 26.?Chief. David Campbell, of the Portland fire department, was instantly killed and three firemen received serious injuries in a blaze at the plant of the Union Oil Company, on the East Side. Chief Campbell had led a small squad of firemen into the blazing warehouse when a heavy explosion occurred. Two of them were hurled back through a door and Campbell was not seen again. His body was recovered when the flames had been overcome. The loss is $100,000. NEGRO HANGED. Charged With Attacking a White Woman. Atlanta, Ga., June 27.?Tom Allen, a young negro charged with attacking a white woman in Walton county several weeks ago, was taken off a train near Social Circle, Ga., this morning by a mob of 200 men, tied to a post and shot to death. He was being returned to Monroe for trial. Some time ago he was taken there under guard of State troops, it being feared he would be killed. The judge postponed the trial and declared the Dresence of soldiers was not necessary. He was returned to Atlanta for safe keeping. Ailen was in charge of three officers, being handcuffed between two of them. When the train stopped, members of the mob entered the car and, at the points of guns, took the two officers the negro was chained to. The third officer escaped. Outside, the mob detached the negro and put him to death. Soon after Allen's trial was postponed and he was brought to Atlanta, his attorneys asked for a change of venue, fearing mob violence. It was denied. Social Circle is about 40 miles from here on the Georgia railroad. Boiler Flues Collapse. Memphis, Tenn., June 25.?Seventeen negroes dead, two others who will die and Engineer Floyd Morgan fatally scalded is the result of the collapsing of the flues of the boiler on the steamer City of St. Joseph yesterday afternoon. Eight of the negroes died immediately. Five were burned : j ?j-j i^ xt;? ^ ?c etxiu luree suaiueu tu UCO,LII. i>iue UJ. | the others fatally scalded died to-day. Engineer Morgan, whose condition is regarded as critical, declared that he was standing near the steam gauge yesterday at 4:15 just as the boat was about to land at Berkley landing, Ark., seven miles below Memphis. The gauge, he maintains, stood at 145 degrees. The limit pressure prescribed by the government is 144. The high pressure is believed to have caused the flues to collapse and an investigation will be made by the federal authorities. THE WAR OF THE HUDSONS. Double Tragedy in Tennessee Result VI x1 aiiLiij i v uu* Dyersburg, Tenn., June 26.?W. E. Hudson, a prominent merchant and planter, was shot and killed to-day by Drew Hudson, the adopted son of T. A. Hudson, a brother of W. E. Hudson. In turn, Drew Hudson was killed with his own weapon by Morgan Hudson, a third brother. The double tragedy occurred about five miles north of this city, and is said to have been the outcome of a feud which has existed for some time between W. E. and T. A. Hudson. BATTLE WITH POLICE. Alabama City is Excited Over Killing of Officer. Anniston, Ala., June 25.?One policeman is dead, two others are seriously wounded and W. S. McGuffin, charged with shooting the officers, lies in a critical condition as a result of a pitched battle here this afternoon. Threats of lynching, which spread, when it was learned McGuffin was not fatally injured, later caused a hurried removal of the latter from the hospital to the county jail, where he is heavily guarded to-night. The victims are: Dead: Policeman John L. Cun ningham, shot through the brain. Injured: Chief of Police Nathan Flossen, shot through the- hip. Policeman James Dashwood, shot through the wrist. McGuffin is said to have been drinking during the afternoon and about 4 o'clock he went to a commissary nearby, became engaged in an argument with one of the proprietors, and threatened his whole family with death. A call for the police brought Chief Flossen, accompanied by the sheriff. A call for the alleged resisted arrest, opening fire as soon as the officers had entered the store. The first shot struck the chief's belt, the bullet glancing off, but the next one took effect in his" hip. McGuffin then leaped for the door and ran toward an automobile in which the officers had come to the scene. By this time four other policemen had arrived, and with a number of men and bovs rushed for the fleeing man, who turned and quickly emptied his pistol into the crowd, the first bullet killing Cunningham and the second disabling Dashwood. McGuffin was on the point of starting the machine when an unidentified man leaped forward and fired both barrels of a shotgun full into his breast. The crowd believed McGuffin had been killed and quickly dispersed while the officers took the injured man to the hospital for attention. There he remained until dark, when some of Cunningham's friends learned for the first time that McGuffin had not been killed. Threatening talk then began. I Surrounded by a dozen determined men, with drawn revolvers, the prisoner was then rushed by a circuitious route to the county jail, where tonight he is under heavy guard. BROTHERS DROWN IN POND. Two Boys Lose Their Lives at Clinton Cotton Mill. Clinton, June 23.?Roy and Tom Tucker, aged 17 and 15 years, respectively, were drowned in the Clinton mill pond at about noon to-day. It appears that the younger brother was attempting to jump from one portion of ttie dam to anotner and missed his footing, falling into the water. Roy Tucker immediately made valiant effort to save his brother, but both were drowned before assistance could reach them. The bodies were recovered early this afternoon. Because of the sad accident the mills closed for the remainder of the day. Farmer Killed With Axe. Quitman, Ga., June 20.?W. P. Doles, a prominent farmer living near here, was attacked by a negro turpentine hand to-day and cut to death with an axe. Doles, with a neighbor named Morrow, both unarmed, went to see the negro about some work which he had promised but had failed to do. When they approached the negro he seized an axe and struck Doles twice in the back, inflicting fatal injuries. As the dying man lay on the ground the negro struck him several blows on the head with the axe. Posses with dogs are scouring the country in search of the negro, who made his escape while Morrow was away summoning assistance. RACE FOR SENATE. Percy, Alexander and Vardaman Working for Mississippi Votes. Jackson, Miss., June 25.?Mississippi's three senatorial aspirants, Unted States Senator Leroy Percy, the Hon. C. H. Alexander and ExGov. J. K. Vardaman, returned to the capital to-day to spend a day of rest. In spite of rainy weather, generally prevailing over the State, the contestants had large crowds during the week, speaking to audiences that probably aggregated 30,000 persons. The primary election is seven weeks away and the candidates have ^ 4- AATTAr <x idi duiuuut ui iu iwvci in order to fulfil their plans to deliver at least one address in each county in the State. There have been no developments of unsual interest during the week, barring the stabbing of a deputy sheriff at Rose Hill by a man who was disturbing Senator Percy's speech. Senator Percy stated to-night that no other disturbances had occurred. WEATHER HAS BAD EFFECT. Killing and Free-for-all Fights Cause Blood to Flow in Barnwell. Barnwell, June 26.?One negro dead and three badly injured are the : results of fights and accidents since Saturday. Saturday night on Laz Tilly's place near Greenland Clarence Tilly shot and killed Jim Drummonds. It is said that the two negroes had quar- i reled and agreed to get their guns and fight it out. Jim Drummonds hid behind a stump and when Tilly approached opened fire on him with < both barrels of a shotgun. His fire was ineffective and Tilly shot and i killed him. Coroner J. Staff Halford 1 of Barnwell held the inquest. Tilly 1 surrendered yesterday morning to the sheriff and is in jail. 1 On the place of Mary Davis, also near Greenland, Clarence Mixson shot and wounded Tom Crum, the ball J hitting his left arm and entering his i body. A deputy has been sent to < arrest Mixson. Southern Railway northbound passenger train No. 24, which passes Barnwell at an early hour in the morning, struck and fearfully irangled the body of Sam Bates, colored, near the depot yesterday morning. Engineer McDanicls stated that he saw Bates lying on the track as though asleep and applied the brakes in an attempt to stop his train. He failed, and, when the negro was picked up, it was found that he had sustained injuries about his face and that his right arm was cut off at the shoulder. He was taken on to Columbia and given medical attention, and it is thought that he will recover. As the result of a free-for-all fight at the Southern depot yesterday evening, one negro was severely cut about the face, several others suffered minor cuts and bruises and 12 or 15 warrants have been sworn out charging the participants with rioting. The fight was caused by a negro woman sticking a hat pin in a negro man on the train between Ashleigh and Barnwell, and when the train reached here the trouble started. For a few minutes the air was full of flying brickbats and sticks, and pistols and razors were in evidence. It required 15 stitches to sew up the cut in the face of Chester Anderson. An overindulgence in "red-eye" whiskey is said to have been at the bottom of the trouble. RICH COUPLE FALL OUT. Wife Says Husband Compels Her to Do Family Washing. After 38 years of married life, Jno. V. Steger, a piano manufacturer, of Chicago, has been made defendant in a suit for separate maintenance, filed by his wife, Louise R. Steger. Mrs. Steger in her bill declares that her husband "was engrossed in the accumulation of wealth, which seemed entirely to obliterate from his nature devotion and affection toward her." Mrs. Steger asserted that her hus band was worth $2,000,000, but allowed her only $20 a week to clothe herself, pay doctor bills and all other expenses, and made her do the family washing and other menial labor. TWO DEAD, OTHERS INJURED. Great Property Loss Also Follows Fearful Oil Explosion. Port Arthur Tex.. .Tune 2fi.?Two lives were lost, half a dozen or more men were injured, some seriously, three oil barges and one tug burned to the water's edge, about 10,000 barrels of oil destroyed and two large warehouses and over 500 feet of wharves burned, in an explosion followed by a disastrous fire in the Port Arthur harbor and water front this morning. The loss is estimated late to-day at about $300,000. Capt. Frank Weber, of the barge Gumble, and a man who is as yet unidentified, lost their lives in the explosion aboard the Gumble, where the fire originated. The flames swept rapidly over smaller vessels belonging to the Texas company and spread to two large warehouses of that company. These two, together with over 500 feet of wharves, were soon a mass of ruins. Other buildings were damaged. + m-* GIRLS KEEP SUICIDE PACT. Both Drink Carbolic Acid and Die Together. Ridge way, 111., June 24.?A suicide pact between two girls was car- 1 ried out to-day, when Jessie Cobb- ' man, 17 years old. and Lucy Davidson, 18, drank carbolic acid. The Cobbman girl had quarrelled with her parents and was living with Miss Davidson. The girls agreed to die together if an attempt was made by the former's parents ; to recover her. To-day a constable called for Jessie. She asked for time to dress, ! but instead went to her room and drank the poison. A moment later her friend also drank poison and < both expired within a few minutes, i BRINGING AVANT BACK. I>eputy Sheriff Ward Returning with IHrs. Bigham's Slayer. Cameron, Texas, June 26.?Deputy Sheriff Ward, who came here from South Carolina, departed to-day with W. B. Avant, alias William Benjamin, wanted in South Carolina, being under sentence for manslaughter. Ward had requisition papers from the governor of South Carolina, which were honored to-day by Gov. I. B. Colquitt, of Texas. Avant, who went under the alias of William Benjamin, was arrested here while engaged in the selling of 3ewing machines, and admitted at the time of his arrest that he was the man wanted. His wife was with him, both living in a boarding house here. Avant was convicted of killing a woman in Georgetown county, S. C., and was sentenced to three years and a half confinement. An appeal was entered and while it was pending he fled the State, jumping a $3,000 bond. His bondsmen in South Caroi lina, it is understood, have already: paid the bond. DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WOMEN. Woman Lawyer is Not Allowed to Practice. 1 - ? Atlanta, June 23.?Judge John T. Pendleton, senior judge of the Fulton Superior court, yesterday refused to admit to practice at the Georgia bar, Mrs. Minnie Hale, of Alabama, who had graduated from the Atlanta law school, and ruled with his refusal that the State code of Georgia specifically prohibits women from practicing law in this State by that section of the code which begins, "Any male citizen of good I moral standing, etc." The only objection to Mrs. Hale's admission was that she was a woman. If Judge Pendleton's interpretation of the code stands?and Judge Pendleton has been reversed very few times in his career?no woman can practice at the Georgia bar. After her petition for admission had been refused, the local court house reporters approached Mrs. Hale for a statement as to what she intended to (lo. "The newspapers always botch things up so terribly," she replied, "that I don't care to have any more notoriety in print." SHOOTING SCRAPE ON TRAIN. Negro Making His Escape Wounded by Constable Byrd. Orangeburg, June 23.?Last night on the Southern's passenger train from Charleston, a shooting scrape occurred at Rowesville, in which a negro, who had been arrested on the train by Constable Byrd, of Branchville, was shot It is said that the negro, in attempting to escape, pulled Byrd from the coach and during the scuffle Byrd shot the negro. The prisoner, however, escaped. Information from Sheriff Dantzler, of Cal houn County, this morning, is to the effect that the negro has been recaptured and is in his custody at St. Matthews. Just how seriously the negro is injured is not known here. Mr. Bvrd was somewhat shaken up by the fall received, but is not otherwise hurt. The train was not moving at the time of the difficulty. A number of citizens of this city, returning from a fishing trip near Branchville, were on the train and near the constable and his prisoner when the shooting occurred, but none of them were injured. PISTOL DUEL IN ANDERSON. Foster Harper and William Ridgeway Shot Each Other. Anderson, S. C., June 26.?Foster Harper and William Ridgeway, two young white men of prominent families, engaged in a pistol duel near Holiday's bridge, this county, this afternoon, firing fifteen shots and each being wounded, Harper probably mortally. Harper is twenty-five years of age while Ridgeway is about fortyone. The row was the result of some reports one of the principals started, so it is said, but the nature of the reports cannot be learned here to-night. Friends of both men anticipated a C J J UnnrkAM r* A D 1 ^ nf/MITO TT llgllt dUU dMVCU naipci auu ivau^ TV to meet at the home of Bud Holiday in order to adjust amicably their differences. It is said that both men began firing when they met and that each emptied his revolver three times. When their pistols became unload-) ed they calmly reloaded and began firing again. Harper was shot through the liver and two other balls lodged in his stomach. Ridgeway received three bullets in his leg and was removed to his home, where he was attended by physicians. Harper was rushed to Belton in an automobile and was brought to Anderson over the electric trolley. He was carried to the hospital and this afternoon Doctors Harris, Haynie, Babb and Young operated on him. They say there is very little hope for recovery. Ridgeway will recover, if no complications set in. J. W. NAPIER AT HOME.' Young Man Convicted of Wrong Use of Mails Finishes Sentence. J. W. Napier, Jr., a well known young man, of Langley, has returned to his home, after serving a short sentence for fraudulent use of the mails. He was convicted at Greensboro, N. C., about four months ago, and sentenced to serve three months and pay a fine of $200, or serve six months. The fine was paid and the sentence expired on Mond*v, when he came directly home. It was charged that iV.pier with another man would secure samples of diamonds by mail, with the privilege of inspection before paying for them. When they opened them they were alleged to have substituted paste diamonds for the real ones.? Aiken Sentinel. __________ . . ARRESTED IN ABBEVILLE. Clarence Bristow Charged with Serious Offence in Lexington. Abbeville, June 26.?Clarence Rriotnn; a urhita man oVtmtf Afl vaon u n Uivv U1MU uuv u t ? V ^ ti old, was arrested at the Seaboard Air Line depot Saturday evening by Constable White and Policeman Botts, and yesterday morning the sheriff of Lexington county, having ' J been apprised of Bristow's arrest, -{J came for him. Bristow is alleged to- - have attempted criminal assault on a young girl of Lexington county. When arrested here he had a Winchester rifle, which he did not want to give up. He had been here since last Thursday and the sheriff here was asked to keep on the lookout for him. It is undersood here that he has been lodged in the penitentiary at Columbia for safe keeping. Now in Penitentiary. Columbia, June 26.?Sunday night saw Clarence Bristow, who is alleged to have recently committed criminal assault in Lexington county, apprehended and placed for safe keeping in the State penitentiary. After holding the authorities off with a Winchester rifle Bristow soon decamped for Abbeville. # It appears that from here he sent a telegram to his wife, signing his brother's name to the message. Magistrate Buff, of Lexing- > . ton, became aware that Mrs. Bristow. had received a communication by telegram, and on investigation locat- . ed the whereabouts of the sender. He suspected that the brother ' game was a precaution on the part of Clarence Bristow, and so Sheriff Corley, of Lexington, went to Abbe- . .3^ ville and found his man. He was handed over to the State penitentiary Sunday night. The alleged victim is 14 years old," and a relative of Bristow. Sh6 was visiting at the Bristow house at the time of the alleged crime, but has since returned to her home. FATHER'S EFFORT FUTILE. J. J. Humphries Fails in Attempt to, : Rescue Drowning Daughter. Oaffnev. S. C.. June 24.?Miss Myra Humphries, the 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Humphries, was drowned in Broad River, just below the Dravo Dam,. late yesterday afternoon. Miss Myra and her little sister were bathing in, & a deep hole which had been washed f out near the river, when she got beyond her depth. Her father attempted to rescue her, but being a poor swimmer, was unable to save her. The father is almost crazed with grief and says he feels that he should have saved his daguhter. * J 70-YEAR-OLD LOVERS ELOPE. Couple Who Were Playmates Before the Civil War. | Bellevue, Ohio, June 23.?A romance of the days before the war culminated to-day in the elopement miwiaora rtf W fi HftWftPd. a auu uiui i wi u i Mi w| ? _ civil war veteran, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, both of whom are 70 years of age. Howard lives here and Mrs. Hill in Holgate. Before the war began Mrs. Hill and Howard were playmates. The girl married James Hill, one of Howard's chums, and Howard -3* ?went to war. ^ j Eight years ago Mrs. Hill became a widow and Howard a few years later began calling on her. The old love sprang up anew. To-day without saying anything to their friends or relatives the couple took an automobile ride to Norwolk and were married. Mrs. Hill had been visiting in Bellevue and the friends with whom she had been staying thought she had returned home. -m Ladies Writing Insurance. Misses Lila Hart and May Delle Barre have gone to Greenville where they are using the summer months to advantage. They have both taken out insurance licenses and are "selling" policies in a well known southern company. When their vacation is over, however, they will return to their work in the city schools.?Laurens Advertiser. - ' % -