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FOUND ON TRACK. > Body of Physician's Wife Discovered ( After Search. Kissimmee, Fla., Feb. 12.?After an all night search, the body of Mrs. E R. R. Kime, of Atlanta, was found I eight miles from the city lying beside p the Atlantic Coast Line tracks. It d is thought that Mrs. Kime fell from c the train while passing from the r sleeping cr to the day coach^ where b her husband, Dr. Kime, was attend- v ing an injured man. She was not c missed until the train reached Haines a City, 12 miles from where the body f was found'. Xo one saw her fall. The Rimes were en route to Lake- q . land. c LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. t P Instances in \\ hich Dead Shepherd's Saw Was of Might. j One evening, at a dance in Buck- p ingham palace, a young foreigner n saw a girl with a dazzling complex- p ion, golden hair and deep blue eyes passing to and fro with all the briskness of youth and high spirits. In a moment he realized that this was ^ the woman?a mere girl then, inN deed?for whom his heart yearned. He asked her name, and then and there his fate and hers were sealed. 11 The young man was the king of a Spain and the young woman was the " Princess Ena. 0 Some people scoff at the. idea of T love at first sight, but there have been many cases- of this phenome- 1 - - - xl 1 S non of the anecnons, neveimeitras. Painters seem to have been particu- v larly given to sudden love. Every- ^ body knows the story of Sir Joshua 1 Reynolds's devotion for Angelica ^ Kauffmann, the only woman R. A. 13 who was ever elected. She came to c his studio one day with a friend. h and, it is said, the great painter fell t instantly in love with her. He al- v ways called her "Miss Angel." 8 John Opie, another great portrait 13 painter, who lies in St. Paul's cathe- ^ dral, fell in love at first sight with a r f wealthy and very gifted lady, Miss Alderson, and, although he was of t peasant birth, and never got the bet- ^ ter of his rugged style and manner, she accepted him, and the marriage \ was exceedingly happy. Mrs. Opie died in a very advanced age, a Quakeress; but when Opie first saw her she was dressed in a robe o'f 1 blue, her neck and arms bare, and a on her head a small bonnet set side- a , ways in coquettish style, and sur- y mounted by a plume of three white s feathers! She had lovely" hair, too, J s hanging in rich tresses over her! i] shoulders. The artist became her 1 avowed lover that very night, but e he was not accepted, and had to try a again and again. t The great Gainsborough, the d painter of the celebrated "Stolen v Duchess" and "The Blue Boy," and many lovely landscapes, fell in love c at a glance! He was painting a h landscape near Sudbury, v i he d was interrupted in his work by a o lady coming between him and the o sunlight. Her shadow fell upon his e work, for she was wholly unconscious that she was interrupting a work 'ti ? of genius. Gainsborough looked up, perhaps thinking it was a cow that was wandering by. It happened to be a very attractive woman, with * whom the artist was instantly smitten. She proved a very helpful wife, * and used to save every scrap of work her husband did, although he "Would n dash off a lovely sketch and fling it a under the table. These cast-offs a o lof<ro cum of onotirm after ui uu5iii a emu u.u i*vv> the artist's death. . c Burns, was, of course, a famous r( lover, but it may be that he was never more genuinely in love than on 1 the very first occasion, and then he fell in love in a moment. He calls ^ for "a bonnie sweet, sonsie lassie," L and they were making hay together. 0 He says: "I did not know myself ^ why I liked to loiter behind with her, h why the tones of her voice made 11 my heartstrings thrill like an Aeolian harp, and particularly why my * pulse beat such a furious ratan ^ when I looked and fingered over her h little hand to pick out the cruel v nettle-stings and thistles." It was J< to her that he made his very first c song, so that he says "with me be- ? gan love and poetry." g The late Lord Kelvin met his bride 11 at the Canary Islands and fell in s love at first sight, the main attrac- v tion being the lady's d^ep interest a in onion no TVio oniontiot WPtl t tO great and agreeable trouble to un- c fold to her a new scheme of signall- n ing, and as he said good-bye to the p lady he looked at her and smilingly s' said: "Do you think you understand ^ the system now?" "Oh, yes," re- t; plied his friend, "I am sure I un- s t' derstand." "Then," said he, "watch the vessel as it disappears from view, t( and I will flash you a message." The message was, "Will you be my wife?" The lady's replay was in s wife?" The lady's reply was in n f the affirmative.?London Tit-Bits. & Attorney General Thomas H. Pee- I pies last week definitely announced h that he would be a candidate for t< governor two years hence. n TOT AIMED AT THE PRESIDENT. G. 'riticism of Patronage Appointments I5i General, Says l)r. Eliot. Boston. Feb. 16.?Dr. Charles W. lliot, president-emeritus of Harvard ce Jniversity, was quoted in these dis- fit atches recently as criticising Presi- te ent Taft for having placed fourth gr lass postmasters under civil service qi ules. Dr. Eliot said to-day he had in een misquoted and explained that, in vhile he has said that the fourth bi lass postmasters were patronage ds ppointees, he had not singled out be 'resident Taft for censure. T1 He said: "The reporters did not w< uote me accurately. I did not criti- to ise President Taft. I did not menion his name. I did say, as quoted, w hat 'the fourth class postmasters are ti< atronage appointees.' but this is not he ew to the present administration, hi 'hey have been patronage ap- ni ointees in earlier administrations. I lo nade no personal criticism of the at resident." w< MORE MAGISTRATE TANGLES. h 6 IIease Appointees in Spartanburg, Unconfirmed, Doing Business. ar 1 i, i . Spartanburg,. February 16.?Five ll( uagistrates in Spartanburg county ppointed by Gov. Blease, but whose ppointment the senate refused to ^ onfirm, have taken the oath of ofor ice and prepared to do business. 'hey supplant magistrates who were ecommended for reappointment by enator Howard B. Carlisle, but /horn the governor refused to ap- _ IV oint, notwithstanding the fact that ,. , . . lie he senate in executive session enorsed Senator Carlisle's recomlendations. In passing on similar ases last year the supreme court Ji eld that magistrates appointed by ^ he governor to succeed magistrates * ,'ho' had not resigned could not lew ally hold office unless their appointC2 aent was confirmed by the senate. _ i n 1 Vith rival claimants to each of five St nagisterial positions?and more to ollow?the situation is somewhat angled. LRRESTEI) OX BRIBERY CHARGE U1 hi Vest Virginia Candidate for United m States Senate Accused. h( Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 13.? 'he senatorial bribery situation took sensational turn to-day with the rrest of Col. William Seymour Edrards, a candidate for United States A enator to succeed Clarence W. Waton\ Edwards is charged with offer- 0f ag bribes. He was released on bond. re 'he arrest of Edwards caused excite- p? aent in the capital, coming as it did ar fter the arrests of four representaives and one State senator last Tues- er av on charges of accepting bribes to ra ote in favor of Edwards. m In a statement to-night Edwards haracterized the charges against 0f im as untrue and preposterous. He enied emphatically he had directly r indirectly offered or caused to be ffered bribes to legislators to influ- fu nee their votes. ra "I court an immediate investiga- ^ ion," said Edwards. jn A CHINESE GENTLEWOMA X H l Vho Rules Her Family and 800 Servants With Rod of Iron. ? R] "Would you like to meet a Chinese sa lillionaire of high rank in his own tu ncesttal home?' 'asked my friend pa s^^Chinkiang one day in June oiSRears ago, according to an ex- ^ was years before the so T^vould like it above all things," er replied. 56 So it came about that soon after n re were duly invited to call upon co rord Ho at Yanchow, in the province te f Kiangsu, and to see what few ^ >reigners ever witness?a bit of the ome life of a great Chinese noble- ar] lan of the old regime. Ju Of servants in this wonder house su learned there are more than 800 *hen the family is in residence and ot alf as many the year around. A f 1 S? A F1 eneraoie iooiman or uuuy servaui, Pined us in one of the curio-hung & orridors and entered into a whisered conversation with one of the ^ randsons of the house who looked m uuch pleased as he dismissed the w< ervant and said: "My grandmother risbes you to visit her in her own partments." sl< From behind one of the screens w< ame a dainty gentlewoman of 70 or eE lore, supported, because of her imossible small feet, by two female ^ ervants, and smiling adorably with ilack eyes, carmined lips and ar- r istically decorated cheeks. Black in atin that could "stand alone," as or he old-time story writers were wont &e p put it, clothed Lady Ho from neck t0 d ankle. * The interview was short, and con- r isted mainly of reciprocal compli- 10 lents; but I shall not soon forget ^ he picture nor the glimpse of a life o foreign to all our Western ideas. w{ ^ ^ 1 T ^ T io o nATTnr in t l"l O C3 ri 'dUV I 1U, A icai iitu, AO C4> ^/UlTUi AAA VUV U11 ousehold and dictates absolutely as ^ fa o the education, pursuits and amuse- . a L ients of her grandchildren. cj; &MBLEK KILS HIS DAUGHTER ullets Intended for Wife I>urinj Qua rrel?S u rr en ders. New York, Feb. 14.?James Pur 11, the veteran gambler who testi ;d before the aldermanic commit e last week that he had paid polic aft over a period seventeen years larrelled early to-day with his wif their apartment and began shoot g. .Mrs. Purcell fainted, but wil lllets struck their 13-year-ol inghter, Agnes, who lay cowering i: :d, and killed her almost instantl} linking that he had murdered hot omen. Purcell surrendered himsel the police and was locked up. The gambler was so hysterica hen he staggered into a police sta in that he was unable to give a cc jrent account of the affair. He an s wife had quarrelled nearly a] ght. He sobbed until at last h st control of himself and rusheher with a revolver. Four shot ?re fired, two of which struck th rl. One pierced her breast an ?ht arm; another ploughed through ;r left arm. me tragedy may nave an import it bearing on the graft investiga 3n now being pushed by Distric ttorney Whitman. Purcell's testi ony given last Friday, resulted i: e suspension of two police cap ins and his story was being counte l as the basis of indictments. Wit m in a cell charged with homicide s testimony may be invalidated. ' "Jimmie" Purcell was at one tim partner in gambling of Hernia osenthal, for whose murder ex-pc ?e lieutenant, Charles Becker, an ur gunmen are in the death hous Sing Sing. Since his testimon fainst the system, Purcell told th dice to-day, he had been shunne r his friends as a "squealer" an lounded by the cops." Even hi ife was ashamed of him. He be ime morose, sullen. Early las ght they quarrelled. They wer ill at it at dawn; then came th looting. "T o-n^cG vrm want mp " said th imbler a little later, as he slouche d to the desk at a station house nea s apartments. "For what?" d( andea the lieutenant. "For murder," said Purcell. The i told his story. A. C. L. Wreck at Bennettsville. Bennc ttsville, Feb. 15.?Last nigt . 7:30 the passenger train on th tlantic Coast Line ran into som )x cars on the main line, in fror ' the passenge depot, the collisio suiting in serious injury to seven issengers and damage to the engin id cars. It seems* that the yard crew wa igaged in shifting freight cars ah .n these freight cars out on to th ain line and allowed them to remai ere until after the regular schedul the passenger train and that a b\ ander called the attention of one c e train crew to the fact that it wa me for the passenger train. It i rther said that an employee of th ilroad company then told a negr at the passenger train might com soon and for him, (the negro) t ?t down the track and flag it, bu e negro failed to discharge th ity. Mr. F. M. Hicklin, Jr., of 121 ichland street, Columbia, S. C lesman of the Southern Manufac ring Company, of Chester, was issenger and was in the smoker a e time of the accident. He wa rown against the wall and fell i] me way across the seats, receivin, wound in the forehead in which sev al stitches had to be taken, and wa verelv bruised on the shoulders ick and back. He was rendered un nscious for a few moments and af r the accident was taken to th arlboro Hotel, where*he is now un >r treatment of Drs. Faison, Kenne Ld May. The exact extent of his in ries is unknown, but he has beei ffering a great deal during the daj e is a son of F. M. Hicklin, Sr., an her well-known travelling man. Mr. J. E. Meadows, headquarters a orence, representing Robert Harri Brothers, of Reidsville, N. C., wa so painfully bruised and injured 3arlv all of the passengers wer ore or less shook up. Two childre: *re painfully bruised and injured. The passenger train at the time i ruck the freight cars was running a dw speed; otherwise, the result Duld have been more serious. Th igineer stated that no signals wer ven to him at all and that his head ?ht was inferior and no blame cai s attached to him. Alleged careless ;ss on the part of the shifting crew leaving the cars on the main lin i the schedule time of the passen :r train, together with the failur conH r?n+ u flap-ronn and tn nr>fo tVi >proach of the passenger train ar sponsible for the wreck, according the facts that have so far come b jht. See the bargains at Hunter's Hard ire Store. Full line of plows, points id farming implements of all kinds e can supply the needs of ever rmer, anu at prices most reason ile. Your patronage will be appre ited. DIARY CONCERNING MURDER. g Case Against Alleged Slayer of Rich Soap Maker. Salem, Mass-., Feb. 16.?A diary alleged to contain a record of the > death of George E. Marsh, written e some h^urs before the body of the j, wealthy soap manufacturer of Lynn e was found on the West Lynn marshes, April 12, 1912, will figure in the d trial of William A. Dorr, charged d with murder. The case will be openn ed in the superior court here to-mor-, *. row. h The State will attempt to show f that Dorr mailed this journal to an aunt in California, and that through l1 this action the police obtained the - first clue to the alleged perpetrator ?- of the crime. Other circumstances, d including a legacy of $100,000, !1 which was to go to this aunt in 1914 e or earlier, in event of Marsh's death, d lend a peculiar interest to the myss terious affair, e Over 100 Witnesses, d More than 100 witnesses have h been summoned and the prosecution's case, built largely on circum> stantial evidence, will be stoutly conl tested. t Dorr's mother, Mrs. L. C. Dorr, i- will attend the trial. As she is adn vanced in years and in feeble health, ?- it was decided only at the last mod ment to permit her to undertake this h ordeal. j, Marsh was 76 years of age and a widower. His only immediate relae tives were a brother, Caleb, and a n son, James M. Marsh. He was not >- known to have an enemy, and when d his body bearing four bullet wounds e was discovered the police were at a j y loss for a motive for his death, e Reward of $2,500. d A reward of $2,500 was offered i ! a for the detection of the murderer is and a wide search was begun. For | several days this was without re- j i ;t suit. Then came a message from the : i e chief of police of Stockton, Cal. It e read: "Have a low built man, about 35 e years of ago, been seen in company d with Marsh?" .r This description fitted fairly well 5- a stranger who had attracted attention in Lynn and was known there as n William A. Dow. About the time of j Marsh's death Dow disappeared. Held $100,000 in Trust. Investigation developed that Marsh it was the trustee of a fund of $100,e 000 left by a brother, James Marsh, for the latter's adopted daughter, it Miss Orpha Marsh, of Stockton, Cal. ji She was to receive the money at the il death of George E. Marsh, or in e 1914, if the trustee survived in that year. Dorr is a nephew of Miss >s Marsh and made his home with her. \ (j The State will attempt to prove e that Dorr and Dow are identical and n that the defendant left Stockton a e short time before Marsh was killed and was in Lynn masquerading, if when the murder was committed, g Protests Innocence. s Later, it will be asserted, he ree turned to California, stopping in o New York, where he mailed a diary e in which the demise of Marsh was c i o set down. Miss Marsh notified the t authorities of the return of her e nephew and he was arrested in Stock ton on April 18 last. He was brought 9 East and indicted for murder in the first degree. He pleaded not guilty and has been confined since in the a county jail here. t Dorr was in poor physical condis tion as a result of nervous shock n when he arrived here, but is said to g be in fairly good health now. He has always protested his innocence. 3 FELL OX TRAINMAN'S BACK. >? ________ Flagman Slips on Ice from Box Car and Hits Conductor, e Camden, Feb. 17.?Ben Taylor, V the colored flagman of the North~ western Railway, of South Carolina, n who was injured by a fall from a r- box car, and Conductor Bowen, who ~ was struck by Taylor when he fell, on Saturday morning, are getting t along as well as could be expected. s Taylor had three ribs broken and s many bruises. Mr. Bowen was se^ verely bruised, especially the muscles e of the neck, which are swollen to a Q large extent. The Northwestern freight train * was leaving Camden about 7 o'clock t in the morning, and when in the s yards at the old Southern depot Taye lor fell from the top of the box car, e due to slipping on the ice which cov~ ered the car. Conductor Bowen hap11 pened to be running along the side of the car from which Taylor fell r> and was struck by Taylor. The fact e that Taylor fell on Mr. Bowen no doubt ^aved his life, as his body e would have struck the cross-ties on e the ground. Mr. Bowen is expected ^ I < / > Iia nnt apflin in o four Have g _____ " o Oklahoma Bank Robbed. Tulsa, Olda., Feb. 13.?Four yegg- i men early to-day dynamited the safe ; . of the Guaranty State Bank, at Keifer, Okla., securing $2,700 and esy caped. The vault was completely del" molished and the building badly damaged by the explosion. I THEY ARE HERE! | m RL We have some as || ?? L^aEMEjjjKpnice Horses and || is Mules in our stables || 8 as have been shown 11 H '^3Be3$ 'n Bamberg in some ?? I time, and the prices and terms 1| will please you as well as the || stock. We also have some ex- 1| tra nice Buggies, Harness, Whips 11 J and everything in this line. Come 11 and see what we really have. I| I JONES BROS., || BAMBERG, S. C. J| . i ? 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