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Killing of Two Deputies Leads to
V Violence in Arkansas Town.
SDumas,
Ark., Sept. 27.?Forcing
their way into the Desha county jail
here between fifty and one hundred
men, .members of a mob formed so
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the slightest warning, overpowered
the deputies in charge and took
Charles Malpas, Sr., white, to a water j
tank and hanged him early to-day.
The mob then dispersed without
demonstration. None of its members
is known to the authorities, according
to their statement.
The lynching followed a pitched
1 battle at the home of Malpas, yesterday,
in which the sheriff and two
deputies were killed. The wife of
^ Charles Malpas, Sr., a negress, and
the Malpas younger son, a young mu;
latto, escaped from the house during
the fighting. The authorities
say they do not think the negress
and the boy engaged in the battle
yesterday, and for this reason, it is
jj| not thought the two will be sought
further in connection with the affair.
The sheriff's posse had gone to the
Malpas house to arrest two mulatto
sons of Malpas.
Shipped His Wife Away.
Los Angeles, Sept. 29.?Half
starved and penniless, Mrs. Kate
Widmer, whose husband she said
was a tailor at Red Bluff, Cal., was
taken from a train to-day and
brought to a hospital. .Upon the woman's
waist was a tag reading:
"To whom it may concern: This
i \ is Mrs. Kate Widmer. She is feebleminded
and is eh route to her sister's
place, Mrs. Annie Eckert, 31 Green|
* wood avenue, Madison, N. J."
The tag also bore instructions to
trainmen to "Jfiease see tnai me
bearer makes all proper changes as
? called for in transportation from
> R^d Bluff to Madison, N. J."
i Mrs. Widmer said her husband had
beaten her into a dazed condition
and placed her on the train at Red
^ Bluff after having provided her with
a ticket to New Jersey and $200 in
money. Two women who befriended
her on the train, she declared, rob'
bed her of the $200 last night.
"I am not so feeble-minded as my
husband seems to think," Mrs. Widmer
told the police sur&eons. "He
tried to get rid of me because I want(ed
to be with my five Children!"
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* Announce Engagement.
For the purpose of announcing the
engagement of Miss Jennie Smith to
Mr. John Ligoij, of Georgia, * Misses
Lola and Tebie Wanamaker entertained
a dozen of their girl friends
i with a luncheon Tuesday morning.
fii Six courses were served and dainty
hand-painted place cards were given
each guest. Pink and white roses
were used in profusion. Miss Alma
Wannamaker gracefully toasted the
bride-elect, who responded in like
manner. Miss Smith is a charming
young lady and is the eldest daughter
of Col. W. G. Smith. The .wedding
is to take place sometime in November.
Those present were: Misses
Jennie and Gertrude Smith, Dot Bull,
Pauline Cart, Trammel, Ruth Holl
man, Helen Salley, Alma Wannamaker,
Louise Salley, Lola and Tebie
Wannamaker and Mrs. Norman Salley.?Orangeburg
Times and Demo.
crat.
A Fool and His Money Soon Parted.
After saving up for years to buy it,
Adolph Brambler, a salesman, of No.
427 Pacific street, Brooklyn, bought
a $"2,000 automobile recently. After
two hours instruction in running it
he set out alone to drive home.
Brambler got over the Brooklyn
bridge all right, wabbling slowly
* along, but at last thought he had
better get the assistance of a chauffeur.
He pulled up at a garage, No.
-337 Atlantic avenue, and asked a
negro, standing outside, -where he
could get a driver. "Why, sure,
right here," replied the negro. "I'm
{ a chauffeur." "Then take me a spin
round the park," said Brambler. The
negro leaned over to crank the engine.
An explosion followed, Brambler
was jerked out of his seat onto
the pavement. The car burst into
f flame. The negro disappeared.
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(fiOrillcin _A.rauSb Ui i\u. o&i*
avenue, pushed the burning auto
from in front of the garage where a
quantity of gasoline was stored.
When firemen arrived nothing was
left of the car but charred metal.
Brambler had his $2,000 car exactly
three hours.
REJECTS COMMISSION PLAN.
Atlanta Votes Against Proposed
Change by 2,045 Majority.
Atlanta, Sept. 27.?By a majority
of 2,045 votes, the people of Atlanta
to-day rejected the proposed new
charter, providing for a modified
f-r?T.TY? of nnmmissinn srovernment, and
to <stick to the present board form
f: \ Only one ward was carried by the
I? J friends of the new charter. Aly
M though a large vote was polled, the
^election passed off quietly.
PROBING WOMAN'S DEATH.
Ida Stone's Stomach Sent to Charleston
for Analysis.
Saluda, Sept. 30.?Information
reached here last night from Hibernia
that a white woman named
Ida Stone had died suddenly, after
having taken a dose of medicine,
alleged to have been administered by
one Emery Rikard.
Coroner J. H. Padgett was summoned
to hold an inquest and returned
here this morning. He states
that the stomach of the woman has
been sent to Charleston, that its contents
may be examined, and that the
inquest was adjourned until Saturday,
October 7.
It appears from what could be
learned that Miss or Mrs. Stone had
been ill for several days and was unde
treatment at the hands of a Monet
ta physician, but without any apparent
change. It is also stated that
Rikard called in to see her and persuaded
the sick woman to believe he
coma reaany eneci a cure ami proceeded
to prepare and administer a
dose of something, and as soon as
the medicine was taken the woman
began to froth at the mouth and became
intensely ill and died in about
an hour. A report oh the contents
of the stomach is awaited with much
interest. Rikard, it appears, lives
in that community. It is stated that
so far as is known he had never administered
physic to any one else.
Hazing at Wofford College.
j Spartanburg, Sept. 22.?The old
! students of Wofford passed a motion
j that they would, as an organization
and as individuals, refrain from haz
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it down in the college this year.
The meeting was called by Dr.
Snyder and he took the chair. He
explained that the object of the meeting
was to prevent hazing at the
college and told the boys that the
honor of the college was at stake.
He said that the general impression
throughout the State was that the
new men were treated very roughly
and that the practice had grown
within the last few years. He said
that many times he was asked by
parents who wanted to send their
boys to Wofford why the custom was
not put an end to by the faculty. .
After lecturing for some time on
the ill effects, on the reputation that
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it was giving to tne msuiuuuu auu
the foolishness of the practice, Dr.
Snyder then put a motion in effect as
told above. Ho asked that all that
would give their words to refrain
from hazing and would do all in
'their power to discourage it, to hold
up their hands.
The response was a surprise to the
president, and he told the boys so,
and that he intended to take the
name of every student who refused
to pledge himself. Only about half
of those present had held up their
hands. Dr. Snyder said that everyone
who refused could be forced to
j leave the campus, and it was to be
implied from the way the doctor
made this remark that some drastic
action will be taken against all whose
I views on the subject differed from
| his.
Dr. Snyder then left the room
and came back with pencil and paper,
and, beginning at one side of
the room, began to take down the
names as he said he would. He also
asked each boy whose hand was not
in the air the reason for his refusal.
Many more hands had gone up,
though, during his absence.
Several of the students said that
they had never indulged in the practice
and did not intend to, but that
they preferred to remain neutral and
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would not promise to do anytmng
against other boys who differed with
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Charged with Girl Traffic.
Tampa, Fla., Sept. 27.?Charged
with violating the Federal statutes
governing the "white slave traffic,"
Marion Lawrence and her sister,
Ethel Lawrence Edmonds, were arrested
here to-day. The women are
accused of being parties to enticing
Pearl Snyder, a young white girl of
Louisville, Ky., to leave her home for
a life of shame. A woman named
Edna Shelley, of that city, is alleged
to have been an agent of the arrest-'
ed women.
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ACCOraiUg LLf UC OU?UCl feilistory,
she was promised a job as a
house girl; she later escaped. The
prisoners gave bond and will be given
a hearing on Saturday.
Railroad to Cease Operations.
Columbia, Sept. 28.?The order of
the railroad commission condemning
the Glenn Springs railroad will
stand until the required improvements
have been made by the company.
H. S. Simpson, the president
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oi tne road, appeared Deiore uit; railroad
commission to-day and said that
it will be impossible to make the improvements
at this time. The commission
will refuse to allow trains to
be operated over the line.
It is very probable that a new
company will be formed and that
the road \gjll be able to resume operation
early next year.
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1st. Because we are absolutely
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3rd. Because we are constantly
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4th. Because a bank account with
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5th. Because we are strong in the
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We pay 4 per cent, interest on deposits
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Now that the cotton season is on,
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Oscar Hall Shot at Anderson by Sick
Boy.
Anderson, Sept. 28.?Oscar Hall,
aged 50, a well-to-do white farmer,
was shot and instantly killed by his
son, Walter Hall, aged 18, last night.
The elder Hall was in the city yesterday
-afternoon and returned to his
home six miles west of Anderson in
a drunken condition.
Walter Hall was sick in bed with
gastritis and his father tried -to force
some whiskey down his throat. The
boy's mother interfered and she was
hit over the head with a broom by
her husband. The woman then fled
out in the yard and was followed
by Oscar Hall, who had secured
his rile from a hook on the wall.
Mrs. Hall entered the house from
the rear and passed through the
room of her sick son. She hid behind
a door in an adjoining room and
while in that position she heard three
reports of a pistol. (
The sick boy had staggered to the
window and with a 22-caliber pistol
fired three shots at his father, who
was out in the yard. The three bullets
entered his back and all of them
pierced his heart. He died instantly.
The coroner's jury returned the
usual* verdict charging the death to
the son. On account of his condition,
Walter Hall can not be removed
to jail. An effort is being made
to secure bail for him.
When Will Frost Come?
Farmers throughout the cotton
belt are this year much interested in
the first killing frost. On account
of peculiar weather conditions the
past summer the farmers expect a
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mucn larger yieia 01 uunuu suuaiu
the frost hold off well along in November-.
In South Carolina the
season has been a decidedly peculiar
one. Continued drought during the
middle summer prevented the darly
growth of blooms, and caused shedding
of the smaller bolls and squares
during the early days of August.
Rains which came fairly heavily between
the 15th and 25th of August
gave the cotton a new start, so that
many new blooms and squares have
been put forth, and are rapidly, approaching
maturity. The question
with farmers is now whether this
"top" crop, or what portion thereof
will come to maturity before the first
frost falls. *
According to the weather maps in
the office of the federal department
of agriculture, the earliest killing
frosts ever recorded by the government
observers in South Carolina
were on October 10th for the upper
section, October 20 for the central
and November 1 for the lower. The
average first frost date, according to
the map, in South Carolina, is November
1 to 5, for the upper sections.
Farmers who are familiar with the
time consumed by the cotton boll
from tbe bloom to maturity can
figure out their "top" crop yields by
some such data.
Commits Suicide Before Altar.
Winston-Salem, N. C., Sept. 27.?
Lying on his back at the foot of an
altar in a lodge room in the Masonic
Temple,- the body of T. L. Farrow,
Sr., aged 54, was discovered yesterday
afternoon by a negro janitor/
On the. altar a Bible was opened at
the 18th Psalm, the pages being held
down by a square and compass. A
note was left by the dead man, giving
instructions for the disposition of his
body and stating that he did "not see
any use in trying to fight it out."
It is believed Mr. Farrow killed
himself while kneeling at the altar.
He was prominent in the Masonic
fraternity and for many years was
city tax collector. Ill health is believed
to have led him to seek death.
All Bias Turned Down.
St. Matthews, Sept. 27.?The postoffice
inspector was here all day in
reference to a place of business and
to inspect bids for it. It was announced
late this afternoon that all
*
offers were knocked out and new bids
will be called for. Uncle Sam, 'it
appears, wants more for the money
than was offered. This town enjbys
many of the luxuries and utilix
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lies 01 cmey ana me mgu uaco awi
them precludes low rents any more.
HELD UP A NEGRO.
A White Man and a Negro Attempt
to Commit Robbery.
Near Allendale two men, one white
and the other a negro, made a bold
attempt at robbery about 3 o'clock
Wednesday morning, when they drew
revolvers on Richard Bryant, a negro,
who lives on W. F. Googe's
plantation, near the cemetery, as he
was going to town to market a bale
of cotton. Just as Bryant was passing
a thicket the two highwaymen
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stepped out in ironi ui, uim wim icvolvers
and demanded that he halt.
They then proceeded to search him,
but found nothing, and ordered the
negro to move on. The robbers are
still at large and there seems to be
no clue as to who they are.
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