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MA WON WOMAN A SUICIDE. Mother of Several Young; Children, Mrs. J. 1. Hayes, Kills Herself. Marion, Feb. 20.?Mrs. J. I. Hayes, of this city, committed suicide at her home on Waverly Way yesterday, using her husband's 32-calibre pistol as a weapon. On hearing the fatal shot friends rushed into her room, only to find that she was beyond all succor. The examining physician, Dr. E. Marvin Dibble, found that the skull had been crushed by the bullet, and that the brain had flown through the wound. The pistol was found by the dead woman's side, with one empty shell therein, and upon the wall a little note was pinned, on which was inscribed: "Good-bye father, I cannot stand it longer." It is presumed that this referred to her miserable health, her husband having testified that she had been a great sufferer and that she had stated to him that "if it were not for tlfe children I would rather be dead." The coroner's jury 0IT1VCU HI ci VC1U1UI Hi av^wiuuuw with the facts above. Mrs. Hayes was a young woman, and the entire community is enwrapped in pity for the several young children she leaves. Mr. Hayes is employed ai one of the large lumber plants in Marion. Large Increase in Whiskey Drinking. Washington, Feb. 22.?Americans are drinking more whiskey, smoking more cigars and cigarettes, and chewing more tobacco than ever before in history, according to latest tax returns to Royal E. Cabell, com, missioner of internal revenue. From July to February the nation has consumed 94,000,000 gallons of whiskey, an increase of 5,00.0,000 gallons over the corresponding period of the previous year; 8,500,000.000 cigarettes, an increase of 2,250,- ( 000,000; 4^500,000,000 cigars, an , increase of 250,000,000, and 250,000,000 pounds of smoking and , chewing tobacco, an increase of 12,000,000 pounds. In addition, drinkers of beer are resuming their stride. During the fiscal year 1912 the consumption of . beer fell off materially, but for the 1 first seven months of the current fiscal year the people of the United State have drunk 38,364,000 barrels, ^ an increase of 1,850,000 barrels over last year. ? Drinkers, smokers and chewers 1 thus are enriching the federal gov- ( ernment. Internal revenue taxes from July 1 to date are $12,500,000 greater than any previous record for , a similar period. . CASTS WIFE ASIDE. i Singular Case Recited by Woman in ] Atlanta Court. After sacrificing her wedding ' gifts, giving every penny that came < from her own parents, and doing the ; family washing with her own hands, ] in order that every possible penny might be raised and saved to help ' - 1 1 1 pay me expenses ui a. irgai ^uu^a.tion for her husband, Mrs. Rollin H. < Kimball, wife of a popular young ] Atlanta lawyer, says her husband has 1 thrown her aside as an old glove. 1 Her formal answer to his suit for ! divorce is pitiful in the extreme. < She says that when they were mar- 1 ried several years ago she shared 1 the dreams of her ambitious young ? husband and that no sacrifice was J too great for her to make to help him forward. Money which she got from her 4 own father she declares, helped Kimball study law at Princeton Uni- versity, while, she, saving the pennies, toiled like a slave. For two ] years she lived with her baby in one room, she declares, barely existing j m dou + r* HflV 11VU1 V4W'J vv/ * . I Then, she says, when her husband , got his law degree and began to es- < tablish a successful practice, he forgot all her sacrifices, cast her aside , aDd once when she returned to a , house where he was living, he actu- j ally made her sleep in the hallway 3 while he occupied his comfortable ( bed behind locked doors. So terrible is the story told by ( the wife, that members of the At lanta bar association are discussing , the possible advisability of conducting an investigation. If three-fourths , of the things they say are true, young j Kimball is not fit to rema1"- in the j profession with decent men. However, they are reserving judgment. A Wild Throw. Judge M. W. Pinckney at a recent J -AV n /A,l ? W i ?-> rti / ! fAW I ' [Jciii 1]UtL xcuducu tiii ninucux xu OULWH that there is some humor associated ( with such a serious thing as the law. ' In Dawson City a colored man, Sam Jones by name, was on trial for felony. The judge asked Sam if he de- 1 sired the appointment of a lawyer to defend him. "No, sah," said Sam. "Is gwine to throw myself on the ignorance of 1 the cote."?Everybody's Magazine. Fine feathers never made one woman, but bedraggled ones have unmade millions. ; HEEUSES TO COXKIKM HOUSEAL. in Votes Against Blease's Effort to Oust J)r. Babcock. le By a vote of 37 to 3 the senate re>r, fused to confirm the appointment of n- Dr. W. Gustave Houseal to be superut intendent of the State Hospital for Id the Insane, and Dr. Babcock will hold ix over. The vote was taken after midy. night and before it was taken the nt governor was scored by several OltANGKBl'KG BOY KILLED. Boniu Connor Shot by Companion Hunt. Orangeburg, Feb. 21.?Boniu, tl 14-year-old son of Mr. L. B. Connc of the Elloree section of this cou ty, was accidentally shot while o hunting with Glenn, the 12-year-o son of Mr. Lucius Collier, yesterd; afternoon, and died almost irstantl The full particulars of the accide: could not be ascertained, but it is u derstood that the boys were huntii in the woods near their homes wii shotguns, and in some way Glenn Cc lier's gun discharged, the whole los taking effect in the head of your Connor, causing death almost i stantly. Young Connor was well grown f< his age, and a boy liked by all wl knew him. This unfortunate acc dent is very much deplored by tl whole community in which he live The funeral services will be he probably to-morrow, and inte ment will be made at the family bur ing ground. Young Connor was a grandson < the Hon. L. S. Connor, and the tv boys were first cousins. SCHOOL FARTHEST WEST. Protecting Angel on Bleak Islar that Flies Our Flag. An island of volcanic origin, mac up of bleak hills and frozen sa marshes; a short summer, the ten perature averaging less than A degrees, when the tundra grass an lichens grow, and quicklv-maturin wild flowers, but most of the year waste of snow and ice-floes dow and pack them in. great hun mocks, twenty or thirty feet hig along the shore, until the current themselves are frozen; emphasizin this desolation as Eskimo settlemer of 300 souls; and in the midst, lik a protecting angel (which in truth is,) a schoolhouse floating4 the stai and stripes, says the Christian Hei aid. % Less than 10 degrees west is tb iSfn-h ns ml lei east beeir again; and it has always been know as "The Schoolhouse Farthest West, until recently, a school has been es tablished at Atka, on one of th Adeutain islands, three degrees sti farther west. The nearest land is Indian Poin Siberia, forty miles away. Since nc body knows when, the natives trac ed ivory, walrus skins, and ski aanoes to the Indian Point nativ for reindeer skins and bear skim They were often compelled to trad against their will, and many battle were fought, sometimes almost 1 the extermination of the St. Lav rence people. The plain one-story schoolhousi with living rooms in the rear, t which the wing has since been at ded, was built more than twent years ago by the Episcopalians for mission, at a cost of $3,000. Aboi that time the missionary at Cap Prince of Wales was murdered b three of his schoolboys, and it wa decided St. Lawrence was too rt mote and dangerous, and the ide was abandoned. Later the Presbj terians purchased the building fc ?2,000. In 1894 the United Stat gutter rsear, muuea a. missiuLiaij' an ais wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gambell, a the school, together with a year supply of provisions, coal and othe lecessaries. Dallas Financier Killed. Dallas, Tex., tFeb. 20.?James I White, treasurer of the -Republi Trust company of Dallas, was she 2nd killed late to-day in the Wilso building here. A. Silvers, vice president of th Republic Trust company and pres: fent of A. Silvers & Co., with office ldjoining Mr. White, was shot in th stomach and one arm. Following the shooting, J. A. Clot ton, said to be a resident of San An :onio, was taken to the odice of Chie Detective Henry Tanner. The thre men were said to be discussing a res estate deal. Clopton is held on a charge of mui 3er in connection with the killing c White and is also charged with as sault to kill for shooting Silvers. The men disagreed, it is said, as t the advisability of financing a real es tate deal in San Antonio engineere by Clopton. m The Case of Bridget. David Belasco avers that it is in possible to say why a new play fail or succeeds. It may be the aud fnce or the play. "It's like Bridget' ?ase," he says. "Bridget was the cook. One da her mistress asked. 'Bridget, whe are you going to be married?' " 'Shure, I don't believe I will ive be married.' " 'How is that? I though yo and Mike were engaged.' " 'We are engaged?in a way was the reply,'but I won't marry Mik whin he is drunk, an' he won't mai ry me whin he is sober, and there y are.' " n- for bis action, ine reason assignlg ed by the governor for his action th was severely denounced. >1- Gov. Blease was on the floor of the id '"enate when his message first came lg in, but left soon afterwards. His n- sudden action caused a sensation. Dr. J. W. Babcock would not dis3r cuss the matter and said he had 10 nothing to say. :i 12 Appointment Itead. d. Columbia, Feb. 20.?Dr. W. Gusld tave Houseal, of Newberry, was tor night appointed by Gov. Blease as y- superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, suceeding Dr. J. W. of Babcock, the incumbent. The apo pointment was sent to the senate, and by request of the governor, was read in open session. An executive session will be held by the senate to pass on the appointment. Gov. Blease had expected Dr. Houseal to be elected a member of le the board of trustees of the CharlesIt ton Medical College and said that he 1. gave the position of superintendent O of the State Hospital for the Insane ^ to Dr. Houseal to show what he ,g thought of him, the governor oemg a very much disappointed over the n failure of the general assembly to j. elect Dr. Houseal as a trustee of the k Medical college. Dr. Houseal is a resident of Newg berry and the personal physician of ^ the governor. e Dr. Babcock was appointed superit intendent of the Asylum by Gov. Tiling man during his first term in the r_ early 90s and has held the position ever since. The constitution gives ie the governor the right to appoint IS the superintendent and board of ren gents of the State Hospital for the *? Insane. 5. The naming of Dr. Houseal to sucte ceed Dr. Babcock came as a great 11 surprise to the general assembly and to people generally, and caused much 4- ^ lfrtll CCTAn L, uiovuooivu. )- The reason for the appointment is 1- attributed to the failure of the genii eral assembly to name Dr. Houseal ;s as a trustee of the Medical college, s. In Executive Session, e The senate went into executive 's session at once to consider the appointment of Dr. W. G. Houseal as superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane. A hot debate took place over the matter, and during 0 the course of the discussion the 1- splendid work which Dr. Babcock -y has done for the State Asylum was a lauded by member after member. Dr. Houseal was referred to in highest 'e terms, but the senate did not apy prove of the governor's attempted LS ousting of Dr. Babcock. The statements that the constitua tion requires that the board of regents of the Asylum and the superin,r tendent be appointed with the advice !S and consent of the senate; that the d constitution forbids the holding of any office for life, except that of no's tarv public, and, that the appoint:r ment of Dr. Houseal was illegal, were brought out during the threshing out of this matter. At midnight the senate was still j behind locked doors fighting over the c governor's sudden and sensational ,t action in appointing Dr. Houseal. n m Blease Springs Another Sensation. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 23.?Gov. Blease sprang another sensation here lS bv ordering the general election to 0 be held in the first district to select a congressman to succeed the late Geo. S. Legare on April 29, nearly L one month in advance of the date set by the Democratic State Commit0 tee, May 27, for the primary to select the Democratic nominee in that district to be voted for in the general ~ election. The governor gave as a reason for ' his action that the State committee when it met Friday to set the date 0 for the primary did not consult him and also because he announced some time ago that he was going to order the general election in April. There are six candidates for the vacancy and two primaries will doubtless be 1- necessary to make a selection, is State Chairman John Gary Evans i- when informed of the governor's acs tion said he did not know what would be done by the State committee. Of y course the general election being one li month before, the date for the primary will cause that primary plan to t be abandoned. There is some talk of holding a convention to nominate u a candidate to be voted for by the Democrats in the election but this plan has not yet taken shape, e The first district is composed of *- the counties of Charl^ton,. Clarene don, Colleton, Dorchester, and Berkeley. I MEDICAL STUDENT ARRESTED. Charged with" Aiding Girl to Leave Mother for Father. Atlanta, Feb. 23.?Cole Blease Gibson, of Orangeburg. S. C., a medical student, was arrested Saturday night in Atlanta, on the charge of aiding in the runaway of Miss Mary Clarke, 15 years old, from her mother, in Atlanta, to her father, in Monroe, La., who are divorced. The girl was caught in Birmingham and returned to Atlanta. Miss Clarke and young Gibson had been in love with each other for some time, according to Mr. Guess, her stepfather, and he believes that Gibson and Robert S. Coleman, of Savannah, a friend, had framed up an elopement. Gibson acknowledged, it is said, that he intended to marry the girl, but declared that she. had already intended to go to her father, and that he was not responsible for her running away. He gave bond today. a lyaiser story. The following anecdote of the kaiser is taken from Excelsior, where it is stated to be vouched for by a member of the German Yacht club. The Hohenzollern was entering a Norwegian harbor some time ago. The kaiser became very impatient with the slow progress made, and himself sounded the telegraph to quicken up the speed. Immediately, to the kaiser's amazement, the pilot, a gray-headed Norwegian named Norohuns, rushed to the speaking-tube and shouted to the engineers: "Slow, slow. Pay no attention to the telegraph!" The kaiser's anger was j great at the affront. "Pilot, consider yourself under arest." "I shall rot leave this place," replied the pilot without turning a hair. "I am in command of the ship, and no one?not even an emperor?shall give me orders." The end of the story is inevitable. "The officers present looked at each other in silence," it continues, "knowing that all the rules of the sea were on the pilot's side; but they were amazed to see his majesty leave the bridge and allow the pilot to take the yacht through the straights without interference." The finale reads like any fairy story. The next day the kaiser's bad humor had entirely disappeared, and he bestowed h decoration on the old pilot, at the same timp appointing him his official pilot in Norwegian waters.?Westminster Gazette. To,Reclaim Missing Girl. Greenville, Feb. 20.?Sheriff Hen- . drix Rector left this morning for Bal- . timore, where he goes to. take in custody Janie Fields, the young Anderson girl, who has been missing from her home since early in January. At the time the girl disappeared there was talk of abduction, kidnapping and other mysterious circumstances surrounding her disappearance. It is now learned that a young medical student, formerly of Anderson, is under arrest in Baltimore charged with enticing the girl away from home. Ah aged Anderson woman was arrested some days ago in connection with the case, though the details of the charges against her have not been made known. It is quite possible that warrants under the Mann white slave act may be issued, involving one or two people in connection with the case. Clarendon Mob Lynches Boy. Manning. Feb. 23.?A negro boy named Marion Cantri, aged 17 years, . was shot to death by a mob of 12 or ' 15 masked men at Tindalls Mills, six miles west of Manning, about 1 or 2 o'clock this morning. The boy had been arrested for assault and hatterv on a voung white man named Joe Mims and was sent up for trial by the magistrate at Paxville. The magistrate's constable, it is stated, started to Manning to lodge the prisoner in jail, but after travelling about four miles he was overtaken by an armed mob, which took the prisoner and shot him. Coroner Gray held an inquest today, but no evidence was adduced to indicate who composed the mob. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death from gunshot wounds at the hands of "parties unknown." A "Dry" Joke. Gov. O. B. 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