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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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News Items Gathered All Around the Ta
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County and Elsewhere.
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Ehrhardt Etchings. g0
Ehrhardt, Jan. 8.?A sad funeral a 1
was conducted over the remains of
Bellinger C. and Jim H. Folk Sunday
morning about 10 o'clock. Two
brothers placed in one grave, side by nij
side. Both of them went to Charleston
last week to purchase a stone to jrj
t place over their brother's grave to CQ
mark his last renting place. This e .
brother was caught in their machin- Bc
ery only a short while before and
was killed. While in Charleston they Be
procured a room in the Pavilion R?
hotel and went -to bed early. They ni)
partially turned off the gas jet or by q
some means it jarred loose and leaked
gas in the room in which they BJ
i slept and when found they were un- Br
conscious. Death claimed them both, Bj
Bellinger giving in sooner than his
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younger brother. They were brought ^
home Saturday to their parents. ^
Bellinger leaves a young wife; Jim
was not married. They leave a host ^
of friends to mourn their untimely
departure from this life. Sympathy
goes out to their bereaved parents,
brothers and sisters. .
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: Report came to town this after|
noon that John Evans had shot and .
L killed President Green with a 22
rifle on Mr. Henry Z. McMillan's ?
f plantation. Could not get any of
the particulars of the shooting. Mr. ^
McMillan came to town to 'phone for
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f the sheriff to come for Evans SunM:
' day afternoon about 5 o'clock. Both
parties are colored.
Mr. Zeigler says that a hand on his
place hired the last bale of cotton ^
picked of last year's crop recently.
When ginned and sold, the money ^
that the darky got for the bale of
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' cotton, was one dollar short of picking,
ginning, bagging and ties ex- ^
penses. Rather discouraging to go ^
after the unpicked cotton.
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Denmark Doings.
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' Denmark, Jan. 9.?The Denmark pc
hie-h school opened on Monday, Jan. ie5
i uary 8th, with a fairly good attend- he
\ ance, considering the inclemency of
the weather. The school opened later he
than was expected, but we hope to q
have such a good work done that
^ the week's work will not be missed, iy;
| Mr. D. B. Reed, of? Columbia, was th
h in town a few days last week. Mr.
Reed was formerly a resident of this s[
W city- af
Miss Minnie Blount is spending ve
| sometime with her brother in Au- 0f
gusta, Ga. he
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. 'Chittv left
last week for Lees, where they will qz
remain for sorrie time, Mr. Chitty he
being principal of the school there, qj
Mrs. W. F.> Rice is- visiting her he
daughter, Mrs. Jack Huggins, of Columbia.
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\ Miss Emma Owens went last week as
to Florida to spend a few months
visiting different places of interest.
Miss Miller, of Pennsylvania, accom- th
panied her. * re
Miss Dunbar, of Augusta, Ga.,
spent a few days with Miss Julia ha
Goolsby this week.
Dr. J. G. Boozer was called to
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BainDnage, i*a., iasi wetK iu aticiiu
the funeral services of his grandmother,
Mrs. Boozer. She had been M.
ill for some time. Her death was vis
not a shock* to her many friends in
here, but was heard with great sor- da
i row. wl
r Miss Lillian Gentry, of Florence, Va
f has accepted the position in the Ja
^ school here, which Miss Dickert held he
before Xmas, but was obliged to give th;
up on account of ill health. pr
* Mrs. Miller, of Abbeville, is spend- j ija
ing some time with her parents here,, cu
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Blount. : in;
Mr. W. L. Califf, who has been in : 0f
the Riverside hospital for the past of
week, was brought home Tuesday, an
( and his many friends are sorry in- th<
deed to learn that his condition is eri
I no better. We hope that he will ha
I soon be able to be up again. gii
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Ehrhardt, Jan. 1.?The Ehrhardt
Banking Co. has just completed a jn
very successful year. The net earnings
for this bank during 1911
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amounted to 18^ per cent. Follow- ^
ing the usual custom, 10 per cent, of
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this will be paid to the stockhold- ^
ere, and the balance carried on to .
surplus account. The surplus for .
this bank now amounts to $6,000. ..
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Dr. J. L. Copeland is president of this
institution and A*. F. Henderson, th)
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Let us have your renewal prompt- c0
> ly if your subscription has expired. pa
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POSTMASTER AT DENMARK.
>cil S. Rice Named to Succeed His
Father.
Washington, Jan. 3.?President
.ft to-day named Cecil S. Rice to
postmaster at Denmark, succeedl
his father, who held the office for
me time. The elder Mr. Rice died
3hort time ago.
Denmark Doings.
Denmark, Jan. 4.?On Wednesday
ght, last, Miss Martha Ray enterined
very delightfully a few of her
ends on Elm Avenue. During the
urse of the evening many interting
games were played, and deious
refreshments were served by
isses Livy Ray, Genevieve and Lula
iss Wroton. Those enjoying Miss
ty's hospitality were: Misses Min3
Blount, Gladys Milhous, Ruby
less, Julia Goosby, Catherine Wiln
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onde Barton, Emerald Gentry, of
ooklyn, N. Y., and Duma Ray, of
ackville; Messrs. Thomas Wilkinn,
Ira Garris, Walter Rice, Clifton
>za, Henry Blount, James Fogle,
mry Murry Ray, Eugene McNeely,
Petersburg, Va., and Malcolm Mcae.
The evening was enjoyed by
I present.
Misses- Blonde Barton and Marion
ley have returned to Winthrop Col?e,
after a pleasant stay at home.
Mr. J. Alvin Riley, who has been
Mississippi for some months, came
me for Xmas. His many friends
jlcome him home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Goolsby and
.ughter, Frances, of Fort Motte,
ent the week-end with Mr. and
rs. G. W. Goolsby, of this city.
Mr. J. D. Milhous and family have
Dved to Columbia. Their many
lends here regret to see them leave,
it wish them good luck.
Miss Martha Ray has returned to
lumbia College to resume her for3r
duties.
Miss Lynn Goolsby and little
other, G. W. Jr., visited their
other, Mr. H. W. Goolsby, of Fort
otte, last week.
Messrs-. Hammond and Malcolm
um, Walter Rice and Christian
)lk have returned to Clemson Col?e,
after spending the holidays at
ime.
Mrs. F. B. Wilkinson spent the
lidays with friends in Raleigh, N.
Miss Emerald Gentry, of Brookn,
X. Y., is visiting Miss Blount, of
is city.
The Denmark high school wilt ben
work again on January 4, 1912,
ter a two weeks' holiday. We are
ry sorry to learn that on account
ill health Miss Kate Dickert will
unable to finish out the term.
The many friends of Mr. W. L.
iliff are very sorry to learn that
( is at the Riverside Hospital in
larleston. We hope he will soon
well and out again.
Miss Lynn Goolsby has gone back
Rowesville to resume her duties
principal of the school there.
Mr. C. R. Goza, who has been in
iba for some time, came home for
e holidays, but we learn he is to
turn in a few days.
Misses Ruby and Sadelle Guess
,ve returned to Converse College,
ter spending the holidays at home.
Visiting: at Denmark.
Denmark, Jan. 10.?Miss Frances
Claiborne, of St. Louis, Mo.; is
siting her cousin, Mrs. H. J. Faust,
this city. Miss Claiborne is the
ughter of Col. Robert Claiborne,
10 was born in Franklin county,
i., and served under Stonewall
ckson during the war. Afterwards
moved to Missoouri and for more
an a half century was the most
ominent leader of the St. Louis
r. He was for many years proseting
attorney in the court of crim11
correction and later was judge
the same court. He was a member
the State Senate for four years
d at one time was a candidate for
e Democratic nomination as govaor
of Missouri. Miss Claiborne
s been visiting her relatives in Vir
11a me pasi summer, emu ua? tuuic
Dixie for the winter, where she
11 visit many interesting points
the South.
junction Against I lacing Dismissed.
Columbia, Jan. 8.?Upon the
ounds that the respondents return
owed a complete abandonment in
od faith of the nuisance complainof
in the race injunction proceed?s
the supreme court this mornl
dismissed the petition for injunc?n
brought December 8 on affidavits
Columbia citizens. According to
e agreement of the respondents atrneys
at a former hearing, the
urt requires the respondents to
y the costs of the proceedings.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Three candidates are already announced
for sheriff in Aiken county.
The annual report of the Secretary
of State, R. M. McCown, shows that
3,577 notaries public have been commissioned
during the year. The fees
received from this source amounts
to $7,154.
Sam Purdy, a young white man,
died in Greenville on Friday from
wounds inflicted by D. M. Taylor on
the preceding Tuesday in a fight in
"Cripple Creek," a notorious suburb
of the city.
Dr. Routh, of the Rockefeller
hookworm treatment commission,
will begin active work in Orangeburg
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Springfield, North, Cope and Eutawville.
Free treatment, lectures and
medicine will be given.
Three summer residences, vacant,
were set on fire and burned on Sullivan's
Island, near Charleston, on
Monday morning before daylight.
They belonged to the estate of C. 0.
Witte, to W. G. Mazyck and to Henry
Seigling. The loss exceeds $50,000.
The law forbidding the employment
of children under 12 in cotton
mills went into effect the 1st. Up
to that time there had been exceptions
to the law; now there is none'.
Commissioner Watson estimates that
540 children will be affected by this
new law.
Congressman Lever is making a
big protest against the dropping of
Cadet Saunders from the naval academy
because he got drunk on board
the; training ship while cruising near
Gibraltar. The president has endorsed
the finding of the command?
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The prize hog of Saluda county,
so far as can be learned, was killed
by J. E. Zeigler at his home near
Saluda Monday. It weighed net 578
pounds and from it there were obtained
nearly 175 pounds of lard. It
was a Duroc Jersey and was raised
by Mr. Zeigler. The hog was about
two years old and measured about
6 feet in length and 26 inches across
the body.
The resignation of Ira B. Jones,
chief justice of the State Supreme
Court, took effect at noon Tuesday,
he having tendered his resignation
some months ago in order to enter
the race for governor. The legislature
will have to elect his successor
during the present session, and until
that time it is expected that Associate
Justice Gary, the senior member
of the court, will act as chief justice.
Charged With Serious Crime.
Columbia, Jan. 8.?Columbia is in
the throes of a sensation which Saturday
overshadowed even the big
fire in the wholesale district. Dr.
Lewis A. Griffith was arrested Saturday
afternoon on the charge of
having committed a criminal assault
upon a young white woman, a patient.
Dr. Griffith is a son of Capt. D. J.
Griffith, is chairman of the city board
of health and a surgeon of considerable
reputation. He has been for
several years the head of the order
of Eagles in Columbia, which has a
large membership and added greatly
to Dr. Griffith's popularity. The accusation
against him is indeed horrible,
and his frienas hope that the
whole matter will be cleared up, as
there are strange circumstances.
The law does not permit the publishing
of the name of the woman in
a case of this kind. The prosecuting
witness is a married young woman
whose father is well known in the
city, having been tried for his life
on at least one occasion, and it was
reported that he was hunting Dr.
Griffith, who is himself a man of
known physical courage. The husband
of the young woman is a loco
motive engineer.
The young woman's charge is that
she went to Dr. Griffith's office for
treatment. He said a minor operation
was necessary and she went into
the operating room adjoining. Her
allegation is that chloroform was
used. Dr. Griffith was arrested by
Sheriff Coleman upon a presentment
by the grand jury and was released
on $5,000 bail Saturday night.
His friends confidently expect that
he will clear up the n#tter.
Blank books and legal blanks at
The Herald Book Store.
AGENT CONFESSES THEFT. 1
Bound and Gagged Himself to Hide
Theft of $1,700. ]
Macon, Jan. 8.?Following four
hours of sweatbox examination at the (
hands of Central of Georgia Special
Officer. Pool and Sheriff Hicks, of
Bibb county, P. H. Smith, the railroad
ticket agent, who, last night
was found bound and gagged in his ;
office, saying two men hhd robbed <
him, this morning broke down and 1
confessed that he had taken the <
money. He at once led them to a i
storeroom in the union depot above
the ticket office and produced $1,300 i
in bills neatly wrapped in bundles
embraced by rubber bands. This
was shortly before daylight. He was '
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through the streets, having stated
that he thought he could get the
rest of it, the plain clothes men
shadowing, until 5 o'clock this afternoon,
when they arrested him and
placed him in jail. He had not produced
the money.
Smith said that he had needed the
money badly and had made up his
mind to frame up a fake robbery. He
said he extracted $1,700 in bills
from the safe, carefully wrapped them
up- and extracted $400 for his persotal
use. This he says he gave to
a Woman, whose name he refuses to
divulge. This was at the noon hour.
He took the rest up-stairs and hid it.
Shortly before the night man came
on he tied his feet and then his
hands together in front of him. He
then backed up against a ticket rack
and made the hanging ends of cord
on his hands fast to it, behind his
head. In this position the night
agent found him half an hour later.
Smith's father is a clergyman of
Griffin.
HUB EVANS GIVES BOND.
Newberry Man Indicted for Receiving
Rebates Ready for Trial.
Columbia, Jan. 8.?H. H. Evans,
of Newberry, who was last week indicted
for receiving rebates and for
conspiracy to receive rebates while a
member of the board of the State dispensary
in 1900, appeared in the
Richland county court at noon today,
accompanied by his attorney,
Mr. Eugene S. Blease, and gave bond
in the sum of $1,000 for his appearance
for trial.- The bond was sign
ed by L. W. Floyd, C. W. Fant, E.
M. Evans and C. J. Purcell. Evans
stated that he was ready for trial.
Evans is charged with having accepted
a rebate from M. A. Goodman,
a liquor drummer, in the sum of $50
It is not known whether the case
will be tried this term or not.
Town Almost Wiped Out. v
Sandersville, Ga., Jan. 4.?The little
town of Warthen, about nine
miles from this place, on the Augusta
Southern Railway, was more than
half wiped out by fire to-day. The
heaviest losers are T. Warthen &
Brother, general merchants, who did
about two-thirds of the business of
the town.
It is estimated that the total loss
will run be ween $50,-000 and $60,000,
with about $15,000 insurance.
Tillman's Vote Won the Day.
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Washington, Jan. 9.?When seen
to-day at his office at the capitol, after
the National Democratic committee
had closed its work by selecting
Baltimore as the place for holding
the National Democratic Convention,
on June 2.9, Senator Tillman expressed
himself as pleased with the general
situation and outlook of the party.
The senator voted against seating
Guffey as committeeman from
Pennsylvania, but voted for Baltimore
as the place for holding the ,
convention. In fact, the senator's
vote settled the matter, for if he had
voted for St. Louis, the ballot would
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have been a tie.
Senator Tillman was asked if he
had any opinion with regard to the ,
horse racing question in South Carolina.
He said that he was against
gambling; that he was not opposed
to horse racing as such, but was em- ]
phatically against the bookmaking ;
feature, and hoped that the legisla- ,
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lire to prevent it.
Representative David E. Finley
said that he, too, was opposed to
gambling, and hoped that horse racing
with that feature attached would
be prohibited in South Carolina. He 1
said that if any such racing were ]
permitted on the grounds of the State 1
Fair Association, the management 1
would be acting without authority.
He said this as a member of the As- (
sociation. j
Representative Byrnes, of the 2d 1
district, to-day introduced a bill for c
a postoffice site and building at Bam- t
berg, at a cost of $100,000. i
MIS ON SUPREME BENCH
BLECTED FOURTH ASSOCIATE
JUSTICE SUPREME COURT.
General Assembly Quickly Disposes
of Last Year's Contest?Watts
Defeats Fraser.
Hon. R. C. Watts, of Cheraw, now
judge of the fourth circuit, was elected
as the fourth associate justice of
the State Supreme Court by the general
assembly in joint session Tuesday
evening. It will be remembered
that there was a deadlock over this
election at the session last year, there
being three candidates at that time:
Judge R. C. Watts, Judge R. Withers
Memminger, of Charleston, and
T. B. Fraser, of Sumter, a member
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of the house of representatives.
Neither candidate could get a sufficient
number of votes to elect him, so
the legislature adjourned without an
election. However, this year the
matter was taken up and disposed of
in short order, and it appears that
there were only two candidates:
Watts and Fraser, Watts being elected
by a vote of 89 to 55.
An election will be held to-day
(Wednesday) at noon for a judge of
the eighth circuit, to succeed Judge
Klugh, who died, and a judge of the
second circuit, to succeed Robert Aldrich,
whose death occurred a few
weeks ago.
The election of Judge Watts to tfc%
supreme bench creates a vacancy in
the fourth circuit, and the legisla
ture will no doubt elect his successor
at this session.
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Ehrhardt Bank Prosperous.
Ehrhardt, Jan. 6.?The annual
stockholders' meeting of the Ehrhardt
Banking Company was held in
the banking rooms Wednesday morning,
January 3, 1912. The following
were elected to serve as directors
for the ensuing year: Messrs. J. L.
Copeland, J. C. Kinard, Jacob Ehrhardt,
J. I. Copeland, J. William Carter,
H. F. Copeland, D. M. Smith, D.
C. Copeland and Charles Ehrhardt.
The president made his annual report,
showing the Jaank to be in a
prosperous condition, having cleared
18^ per cent, net during the past
year. The dividend as declared by
the directors December 19, 1911, of
10 per cent, was paid.
Following this meeting the newly
elected board held their meeting and
elected officers for the coming year:
J. L. Copeland, M. D., president; J.
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(J. Kinara, vice presiaent, ana a. r.
Henderson, cashier. As a result of
conservative management this bank
has had a steady growth.
Smoaks Wants the Railroad.
Editor The Bamberg Herald: ?
Please allow me space in your valuable
paper to congratulate you and
Bamberg on your new railroad from
Bamberg to Ehrhardt. I think it a
beneficial enterprise for your town
and county. And when the road
gets to Ehrhardt, instead of running
it on to the Hampton and
Branchville Road below Lodge, as
some one has stated, take a direct
course for Smoaks, and when the
road crosses the Saltkehatchie
swamp, which is only about three
and a half miles from Ehrhardt, it
will go through a body of timber as
fine as there is in the State, all kind^
of timber that -can be used for any
purpose.
It would also pass through as fine
farming country as can be found
anywhere, the lands being suited to
truck growing. A railroad through
this section would be a paying investment.
A railroad through this
section would give the people of up
per Colleton and lower Bamberg
county an outlet to the up-country.
I really believe that the people
from the swamp to Smoaks# would
give the right of way free, fn order
to get the road through here.
Now, Mr. Editor, if you can do
anything to encourage the officials of
the road to carry it in this direction
it will be greatly appreciated.
I am quite sure it will be a better
route than the one they have outlined,
at any rate, investigate the
territory I have mentioned and find
3 ut for yourself.
ONE INTERESTED.
Smoaks, S. C., Jan. 6, 1912.
Born a Slave, Died Wealthy.
Champaign, 111., "Jan. 4.?George
W. Smith, born a negro slave in Tennessee
75 years ago, left property
cvorth $116,000, according to his will
Sled for probate here.
Smith ran away in 1862 and join?d
the Union army. He acted as a
?uide for Gen. John A. Logan. After
:he war Smith came tp Champaign
jounty, where he bought a small
:ract of land. He added to his holdngs
steadily.
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RICHESON PLEADS GUILTY.
Pastor Sentenced to Die on May 19th.
Sentence May be Commuted.
Boston, Jan. 9.?Rev. Clarence V.
T. Richeson, former pastor of a Baptist
church in Cambridge, formally
entered a plea of guilty of murder
in the first degree in court to-day.
The judge sentenced him to die on
May 19. It is thought that the gov- >
ernor and council will commute the
sentence to life imprisonment.
Richeson has confessed to the murder
of Miss Avis Linnell, a music
student, who had been his fiancee. He
gave her cyanide of potassium under
guise of a medicine that would relieve
her of an embarrassing physical
condition.
Recently Richeson mutilated himself
with a niece of can in his cell.
He claims to be thoroughly penitent
and remorseful.
Sentencing to-day puts his case,
should there be an attempt at appeal,
up to the governor and execu-'
tive council who might alter Richeson's
fate to life imprisonment.
Richeson's original plea on arraignent
was not guilty.
Richeson made no statement. He
was in court only about six minutes.
His face was pale, but he was
perfectly composed and answered formal
questions . in simplest possible
way. When asked if he had anything
to say, replied, "I have nothing fur- >
ther to say than my written confession."
Richeson heard the death sentence
with little display of emotion.
District Attorney Pelletier read
the minister's written confession and
added the government had sufficient
evidence to have convinced the jury
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tnat nicneson was guilty 01 muraer
in the first degree. He then said * < >
that it became his solemn duty to
move for sentence.
Judge Sanderson read the statutes
bearing on case and adked the pris- .*
oner if he realized the gravity of his
action in pleading guilty, if he had
consulted counsel and if he had acted .
voluntarily. To each question Richeson
said "Yes, sir." Sentence was;
I then passed.
Overcome by Gas.
Ysterday afternoon some one in the |
Pavilion Hotel, on King street, in
passing one of the roms, noticed the
odor of escaping gas, and upon entering
found two young men who had
registered as James and/ Benjamin f
Folk, of Ehrhardt, S. C., lying unconscious
on the bed. The room was
thick with the fumes of illuminating
gas and the rescuers were almost x
overcome. The two men have been
under the constant care of physicians
and nurses ever sincr\ but late thisr
afternoon were reported as being:
still unconscious and in a very criti
cal condition.
Immediately after the - discovery
Dr. Lane Mullally was called in to attend
to the asphyxiated strangers, and
worked over them at the hotel the
whole night, even using large quantities
of oxygen. The young men
failed to recover consciousness," and
at noon to-day were removed to the
Riverside infirmary.
How the gas was turned on has
not yet been discovered. The two
young men registered at the Pavilion
on Monday, and did nothing to arouse
the least suspicion. They were in
their room but little, and had attracted
no notice until the gas was
detected to be coming from it yester
day, and both were found unconscious.?Charleston
Evening Post.
WOMAN STARVED TO DEATH.
Lived in Fine Home and Had Bank
Account.
New York, Jan. 3.?Miss Anna
Thornton was found dead from starvation
in her luxurious home in Bay
Side, L. I., to-day. Coroner Amber
gave his verdict as death by starvation.
The woman was 65 years old. She
was wealthy and lived alone. The
police found no food in her house.
Her house is valued at $10,000 and
she had an account at a local bank.
ELLERBE'S POSTOPFICE BILLS.
Seeking Federal Appropriations for
Dillon and Marion.
Washington, Jan. 3.?Representative
Ellerbe, of the 6th South Carolina
district, to-day introduced bills to
appropriate $100,000, for the acquisition
of a site and the erection
of a federal building at Dillon, S. C.,
to be used for postoffice and government
purposes, and for the appro- . .
priation of $100,000 for the erection '
of a postoffice building at Marion, S.
C., on a site already selected.