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DOES MURDER FOR $?()0! Widow Accused by Slayer of Paying Him for Recent Crime. Macon, Dec. 27.?Following the confession to-day ^ of Nicholas Wilburn, a young farmer, that on De-! cember 12 he shot and killed James j King, a wealthy Jones county plant- I er. and that to commit the crime he was offered $600 by Mrs. King, the ' i latter was arrested at her home near ) Round Oak and is now being brought to Macon. I Wilburn and a negro witness named Jesse Barber are already in the I Bibb county jail, having been brought here for safekeeping on account of the formation of a mob at Grays, the county seat of Jones. Mrs. King was one of the most highly esteemed women of the county and her arrest has caused a shock and a sensation. She is well related in Macon. King was found dead with a bullet wound over his heart, and his faithful setter dog keeping watch by the corpse. The man went bird hunting, and when he did not return a search was instituted. Wilburn says he killed King with the latter's own gun. He also says that Mrs. King had promised to marry him. The negro's statements corroborates Wilburn's confession. The place where the killing occurred is abput 18 miles from Macon. Mrs. King has six children, and her oldest daughter is the wife of a brother of Xick Wilburn. J. P. Wallace Killed by lb*. McManus. McBee, Dec. 24.?To-night about 8 o'clock the whole town was thrown into a state of confusion as the news rapidly spread that Dr. Clyde McManus, a druggist of this place, had shot and instantly killed J. P. Wallace, a farmer living about one mile south of town. It see is that in a general fusilade of fireworks, McManus and Wallace began a friendly duel with Roman candles. Wallace became angry because he was being worsted and drew his pistol. McManus was near him and grabbed the pistol. In the tussle which followed Wallace succeeded in pulling the trigger and McManus received a flesh wound across the stomach and one on the hand. McManus then gained possession of the weapon and shot Wallace three times, all the bullets entering the head. Wallace was about 35 years old, was married and had five children, the oldest a boy of 14 years, the youngest a baby of nine months. He was very industrious and generally well liked. McManus3 is the prescription clerk of the McBee Drug company. TARIFF MUST RAISE MILLIONS. Figures on Which Next Congress will Base Revision Legislation. Washington. Dec. 26.?Between $325,000,000 and $350,000,000 will have to be raised by the tariff legislation of the next congress. This is the basis on which the ways and means committee is figuring the amount representing what would have to be provided for upon the elimination of the present Payne Aldrich tariff law. The committee plans to provide in the tariff revision plans whether the new congress should deal with it schedule by schedule or as a general bill, and whether there should be an excise or income tax to meet part of the revenue necessities. A number of the members of the house committee on ways and means were at the capitol to-day preparing for the hearings. Representative Underwood, of Alabama, chairman of the committee, who is to confer with President-elect Wilson next Tuesday, in response to an invitation from Mr. Wilson, which he accepted to-day, was at the capitol still suffering rrom the attack of grippe. Mr. Underwood had a volume of correspondence to attend to, relating to plans for the hearings. The hearings begin with the chemical schedule, January 6. HOYT ASHLEY SHOT BY UNCLE. Is Not Believed to be Critically Injured?Wounded in Both Legs. Honea Path, Dec. 28.?Hoyt Ashley, who lives some four miles from here, in the Keowee neighborhood, was shot yesterday afternoon by his uncle, Sam Bigby. They had had some misunderstanding before, and Sam Bigby in company with John Marion Bigby, his brother, went to the home of Ashley and called him out. The difficulty was renewed, it is said, with the result that Ashley was wounded in both legs, after which his wife came on the scene armed with a gun. The Bigbys then ; left, but. it is said, renewed the fire ! at a distance as Mrs. Ashley was hav-{ ing her husband carried indoors, j Doctors from here were called who ministered to the needs of the | wounded man. They found him painfully but not critically wounded. STABS DEPUTY TO DEATH. "Ifcid Man" Arrested After Being * "Boss of the Town for One Day." Oak Grove, La., Dec. 27.?After having been "boss of the town for < one day?" as he declared, Fink Mad- 1 dox, a reputed "bad" man, was shot 1 and killed by officers he-re yesterday r after he had stabbed to death Deputy > Marshal L. E. Ray. < Maddox had almost complete pos- I session of the town the entire day. i By the liberal use of his firearms he 1 kept nearly all of the terrorized pop- i nlntion indoors. 1 Ray was stabbed to death while i attempting to arrest the desperado, i Maddox mounted a horse and at- 1 tempted to escape, but was overtaken 1 by officers and killed in the battle s which followed. i RATTLER PROTECTS YOUNG. Washington Hunter Authority for a c Curious Snake Story. , "During my 10 years' stay in Mon- * tana I had some experience with the rattlesnake," said an old hunter of Seattle, discussing the poisonous reptile and some of its characteristics, says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. e He continued: "In Montana many have been killed by the rattlesnake. The most dan gerous period is what is known as the dog days of July and August. In these months the reptiles are blind and always coiled for action. Very few people ever recover if bitten during either of these months, as the rattlers are more poisonous at this period than at any other time. The rattler is very savage in its blind condition and will strike at all sounds that appear near him. "Although we are king of all animals, we hate to meet Mr. Snake. The people of Washington should be thankful to have such a prosperous State, splendid climate and to be entirely clear of the poisonous pests that people in many countries dread. I have been informed by good authority that plans are under way to start a big rattlesnake farm near Seattle, the object of the enterprise being to furnish the market with snake oil. which brings a high price the world over. "In the first week of September, 1S95, I had a queer experience with a rattlesnake family. This is a true story. I was on a hunting expedition in the South Crow creek country in Montana. "The morning was cold and chilly. I was in a hurry to cross the Quartzite divide, which is the home of the dreaded reptiles. In picking my way over the rough surface I generally followed old game trails, especially when they led any way near my direction. I just reached the first big butte close to the summit when a large rattler jumped from a flat bowlder and challenged me to fight. She almost struck me before I succeeded in getting away from her reach. She was more than five feet long and game to the tail. I think it was the most vicious snake I ever met during my travels in various mountain countries. "In looking around to see what I could find in the nature of. a weapon 1 to kill this venomous enemy I nearly ( stepped on a large bunch of baby snakes. The little poisoners were . huddled up close together. They ? were about five inches long, brown- ' ish in color. 14 in all, and certainly c were true counterparts of their moth- "r er, who was only a few yards away. ' "You can imagine my surprise in looking down on this reptilian family. I was about to get a step closer ( when the old snake made a peculiar noise. I had no idea what it meant, but I was soon informed by the wise ones; they knew the call and made a dash for mother. She received them ? with open mouth, swallowing her lit- i tie darlings as fast as nature allowed c to give them transportation. It was t comical to see those little reptiles j hurrying over the rough ground to obey mother's call when she gave j them the signal of danger. i "After storing her babies she look- t ed twice her former size, and, ex- 2 pecting trouble, coiled herself for ? battle. At this moment a thought s struck me that I could kill the rep- f tile with my rifle, although I had c never heard of anyone shooting a i snake. Drawing a fine bead on the r body of many lives I penetrated her center with four shells from my j 4 0-S2 Winchester rifle." i Shot Up Two Buildings. ^ Brunson, Dec. 27.?Great damage; was done by some unknown party j ^ Christmas Eve night by riddling with pistol balls were fired through the I sive plate glass front of the store of .Moore-Barnes Company. Nineteen pistol balls werefi red through the massive plates of glass. Damage is a estimated from $300 to $600. Earn- I est efforts are on foot to discover j the perpetrator of the outrage. De- c tectives are working on what they r consider a valuable clue. Several t shots were fired into the postoffice, r through the cabinet and into the let- e ter boxes. a A\'I> RnRRKI)? Joe \Y. Todd Dies Soon After Arrival in Anderson. Anderson, Dec. 29.?Joe W. Todd, iged 33 years, died suddenly at the home of his brother-in-law, E. G. F'ant, near this city, last night. Mr. rodd moved to Blackfoot, Idaho. 12 ears ago, and while visiting in Anierson last summer decided to go jack to Idaho, sell his plantation and nake his home in Anderson county. Yesterday afternoon when he arrived n this city he climbed into a hack, jut was unable to give the driver my instructions. Some one recoglized him as Todd and directed the lackman to take him to Mr. Fant's. Je was put in bed and a phyisician mmmoned. Death came without his eturning to consciousness. It has- been suggested that Todd vas "doped" en route to Anderson ind that the money he received for lis farm was stolen from his body. 3nly eleven dollars were found on his lerson and no papers to indicate that le had banked his money before eaving for South Carolina. Todd is >f a well known family of this coun;y. He is survived by two sisters md three brothers. The Horrors of an English Prison. The January Woman's Home Comlanion contains a vivid account of nilitant woman suffrage as the cam)aign is carried on in England. The violence indulged in has resulted in he imprisoning of a great many wonen. Of the experiences in prison hat these women have undergone he article goes on to say: "Once in prison, the advantage is >n the side of the government, since echnically, these women are crimnals, and can by law be so treated, rhe life of a comman criminal in an - 1 c lingnsn jan is nut t;asy iux a icimcu voman, educated in modern germ ;heories to follow. There is hard vork, coarse, monotonous food, asso:iation with criminals, and rules hat are both rigid ~nd humiliating. She must undress in public, surrenler all her garments and personal jelongings, take down her hair, and hen, with her arms stretched above )er head, she must submit to a thor>ugh search, wearing only a prison :hemise. "Then she must get into a dingy ron bath-tub and bathe where liunIreds of criminals before her have )athed. She inherits their prison ;hoes, their torn, patched garments tnd their corsets. She must scrub ler cell floor and, in certain cases ;tand most unhealthful odors from insanitary conditions. Her window ioes not open, and she may exercise | )ut-of-doors only three times a week j ;hen she must walk with the other irisoners in single file, and without iommunication. "It is not against these personal lardships, however, that the suffragettes are protesting. They feel that :hey declared war openly upon the government, that they are fighting in 1?. .. if i/io! fraoHnm Q Tl rl 1 . UUU> 1U1 puuuvai ?..? ;hat they are not criminals, but prisrners of war. "Men rioters against the governnent are deprived only of their liberty. They use their own furniture, ilothing and books; order their own :ood, beer and tobacco, and may, f practical, continue their work. The women feel that it is belittling ;he cduse of suffrage to allow themselves to be ranked as criminals. They began their protest against this ;reatment by smashing their winlows, in an effort to get pure air. ^or this they were put into solitary jonfinement in punishment cells." . To Banish Negro Soldier. Washington, Dec. 26.?The proposal to eliminate the negro as an American soldier is a topic slated for sonsideration when the conference of he ranking officers of the army takes dace here on January 8. Some officers favoring the plan are jrepared to urge it on the ground hat in the Philippine Islands the naives are said to resent the appearinna omnnor thpm nf thp black troop ?rs and that there are signs of disiatisfaction in Hawaii owing to the act that the 25th infantry a negro >rganization has been ordered to the slands to form a permanent garison. Friends of the negro soldiers are >reparing to make a strenuous fight n their behalf, pointing to their ;plendid record in time of war in >uba and in the Philippines. sEGRO CHILDREN DIE IX FIRE. Raines Destroy Home of Ola Ruth and Her Three Children. Spartanburg, Dec. 28.?In a fire vhich destroyed the home of Ola tuth, a negress, who lives in the up)er part of the county, her three hildren were burned to death last \\o-ht Thp woman rmt her children o bed and went to a dance in the leighborhood, and when she return;d she found her home reduced to ishes and her children burned. f Art*ri 1 D1 omLa LCgai uiaiind Now is the time to put in a supply of 1 Rlanlcsnf all kinds. Let us print them with your name in them and . 1 P thereby save yourself a lot of writing. J \\r~ i 1 VVC llctvc 111 91UUV | Land Rent Liens, Bill of Sales, Note and Mortgages, Chattel iff . TM J 1 mortgages, iiues, oonas, ana i any other kind 1 of Blank you may f II 7 1 4 want. We also i have a swell line of I Marriage Certificates I ; -:'J -r ranging in price | from 10c to 25c. 3 WTAf? />AIYIA f A TT 111U l/l winv vv Tlin Romham Hanln I 11IC UClllllA/lg 11UIUU J