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AUSTIN BELIEVED NEAR CAPTURE Fugitive Reported Surrounded in Swamp. OFFICERS FIND HIS SHOES. Search Nearly a Month for Hampton Negro Soon to End. < ||. Barnwell, May 25.?The capture of Richard Henry Austin, the Hampton County fugitive, who is wanted on the charge of attempted criminal assault and for the killing of several prominent white men in this and Hampton counties, is again believed imminent. The fugitive is reported surrounded in a bay in Screven county, Ga., ten miles from Xewington, between 1 Sylvania and Halcyondale, with no chance of escape. This information was brought by Chief of Police Harter, of Allendale, who today returned from the present scene of the man hunt which has .been in progress since April 30, and in which hundreds 1 r\* ^ot^vrm'nprl T)iPn hp VP been PIl?cl? l/i lli*i4VV4 . V. ? w _ ed. ' According to Harter Austin has added another to his death list, a negro who, it seems, was sent into a cypress pond after the desperado. Sherift' Morris on Scene. The Allendale chief stated that Austin has been surrounded since last Thursday and that there is no doubt of his capture, which assertion appears to be sustained by a telegram received here this afternoon from Sheriff Morris, of this county, who has for several days been with the posse searching for Austin in Screven county. Sheriff Morris wired that he would not be here for the opening of court to-morrow morning; that Austin was positively surrounded with no chance of escape, and that he (the sheriff) would remain until the fugitive's capture was effected. j A number of men left Allendale and Fairfax this afternoon for the ' purpose of assisting the posse in Screven county. ^ l>utL!ioa Int A r VI 1 A UOOU^V That Austin had never since the hunt for him began crossed the Sa- , vannah River into Georgia until last . Wednesday or Thursday, was the i statement made by Chief of Police . Harter, who stated further that the LV fugitive, by threatening the life of a white man forced the latter to take ; him in a boat to the Georgia side, j It seems that this man recognized ] Austin, but in fear of his life con- j cealed the fact from the fugitive. ( However, as soon as possible after reaching the Georgia side. Austin's unwilling ferryman gave the alarm , and a posse was soon in pursuit. The : Barnwell sheriff left for the scene a3 . * soon as notified ctf the situation. Austin at Father's House. a-v Another circumstance reported by , Chief Harter, indicating that the man surrounded in the swamp is Austin, is , c that about Thursday a crowd went to ^ the home of Austin's father, in Screven county, where they found evidence of a tire recently made, also a pair of 1 shoes believed to be the fugitive's. The elder Austin was found later and he declared that he had not been in . his house since it was shot up several ; weeks ago by a posse which thought , at the time the fugitive was in the building. The house is not very far , from Austin's present hiding place. If the situation is as reported, and j little doubt is expressed here that the man now cornered is really. Austin, ( the fugitive's lease of life is indeed short, for it is not believed that he will surrender, which will leave his ( pursuers but one alternative. , Story from Allendale. Allendale, May 24.?J. B. Harter, < Allendale's chief of police, returned today from Ewington, Ga., where he went with Sheriff Morris in pursuit of a negro report?d to be Richard Henry Austin. The news that Austin was in that section came from the aged ferryman at Hudson's ferry, who said he conveyed the negro from the South Carolina side of the river to Georgia Thursday. Mr. Coker, the ferryman, knew Austin and recognized him at once. According to the ferryman, the negro was heavily armed, carrying two double-barreled shotguns. The officers Friday went to the home of Austin's father, where the $20,000 FIKE IX SAVANNAH. Three Seaboard Air Line Warehouses Destroyed. Savannah. Ga., May 23.?The three Seaboard Air Line Railway delivery warehouses on River street were destroyed by fire to-night with all their contents. The contents were highly inflammable and the flames gained headway rapidly after the first blaze was seen at 10.30. Soon after the fire was discovered an explosion was heard. The entire fire apparatus of the city fought the flames but could do little. Fortunately the wind was from the South and toward the harbor and thus the fire was prevented from spreading. The interior of the warehouses was a seething furnace when the firemen arrived on the scene of action and it may never be known how the fire originated. The contents of the warehouses consisted of miscellaneous freight belonging to various shippers and thus it is exceedingly difficult to estimate the loss. It is said that it will be around the $20,000 mark. Sociable to the Last. Once there was a well-to-do Irishman who found himself about to pass away. He sent for his old friend O'Connor to come and make his will. Everything was in readiness and the dying man said: "Ti-?* -i NT-,.., - A fr>r macepfi for the rui uuw u _> viu i uiwu^w/ . -? repose of my soul." The man scratched away, and then O'Connor said: "What next, Mr. Maloney?" "Put down 2501b to the Cork Orphan asylum." "What next, Mr. Maloney?" "Put down 1,000lb for me brother Pat; he don't deserve it, but I can't carry it with me." Finally the dying man said faintly: "I think that is all I have to will." O'Connor looked at the little old bank book, and said: "Xo, Mr. Maloney, there's tin pounds yet." "O'Connor, put down that tin pound to spend with the bhoys at my funeral." "Mr. Maloney, shall I put it down to spend going to the funeral or coming back?" The dying man lay very quiet for a few moments, and with an effort replied: "O'Connor, put that tin pounds down to spend goin' to the funeral, for thin I'll be wid ye."?Cassell's Saturday Journal. A Girl of Forty at a Tea Party. In the May American Magazine, T ? + TTMqcrcr t h o WPl 1 JctliltJS .uulujullicl J JL lUSO, VUV .. snown wit and illustrator, contributes a piece with pictures about tea parties. It is entitled, "Cream or Lemon." Following is an extract descriptive of one of the "girls" at the party: The "girl" was a slip of forty?in spinach green corduroy and scarab tippet, and a large swaying meteoric mass of tarnished zinc and colored glass which she wore suspended on what ought to have been her chest. 1 It made Paul think of the bumpers, tug boats wear to protect their wishbones from docks and things. She bad backed a curly-haired infant up against a radiator and was talking 1 bim to a frazzle, while he smiled and mailed, although scorching." 1 legro was supposed to have gone. 1 The bloodhounds made slow progress n taking up the trail, but the tracks ' seen were followed to the hut oc- * mpied by Sim Austin. ; There wa^ no sign of life here, but 1 evidences were found indicating that ' 1 fire had burned in the hut recently 1 ind that cooking had been done in :he house. a pVinoc cnrmncipti tr> hp the 1>CLH \Jl OIIVV/S, o ^ f property of Richard Austin, were found in a sack in the cabin. 1 Austin's father was found on an- : ?ther part of the plantation. He had aot occupied this house since it was : riddled with bullets a few weeks ago, : when a posse thought it had Richard ( Austin surrounded. The old man was given a description of the shoes and said that it fitted the shoes worn ( by his son. About 25 men composed the offi- ; pers' posse and they were divided into two parties to make a search for Richard Austin. After several hours of fruitless effort the men returned i to the Austin cabin to find that in their absence some one had returned to the house and made off with the shoes. It is supposed that Austin had been near and as the officers scattered for the search he managed to reach the house and secure his shoes. It seems that he must have put pepper or other substance on the shoes, for the clogs found themselves unable to follow the trail, although the tracks were fresh. A negro woman on the plantation admitted that she had given Austin food on Thursday. A telephone message was received here this afternoon that Austin has been seen again in the section just searched and that plans were then under way tor a thorough hunt. NO MIXED PULLMAN CAR DESIRED Conditions on Interstate Trains f.nii:lpniiipf] VVUMVAUUVU* MIGHT APPEAL TO CONGRESS. i? Railroad Commissioners Address Leter to Pullman Co. Columbia, May 21.?Severe condemnation of the Pullman Company for selling negroes berths in Pullman cars along with white people was voiced by the South Carolina railroad commissioned tonight in a letter addressed to F. B. Daniels, the general solicitor of the company in Chicago, by John G. Richards, the chairman. Mr. Richards tells the Pullman Company that he is aware of the fact that the train on which he found a negro man in a Pullman car was an interstate train, but warns against the company continuing to aggravate the white people in this manner or else an appeal will be made to Congress for relief. The letter, which was made public tonight, follows: Negro Mail in Berth 12. "On May 14, 1913, I boarded a Pullman car at Rock Hill, S. C., for Columbia, S. C., and was assigned by the Pullman conductor to a berth or seat No. 11, and was shocked to find out that Berth No. 12 was occupied by a negro man. Practically every reservation upon this car was occupied by white ladies and gentle- . men. < "Southern Railway Train No. 31, as, of course, you know, is an interstate train and is under national control. South Carolina, however, has on her statute books a law which ( undertakes to separate races in travel , upon all trains operating in this State. There are "separate coach" laws in every Southern State through which this train operates and carries your Pullman cars. While we may not be able to reach your company for ; having violated the letter of our law, \ou most certainly are guilty of a violation of its spirit and purpose, , and the railroad commission of South Carolina feels that it should express , to you in no uncertain terms its condemnation of your conduct in selling 1 passage to negroes and affording them accomodations on the same coaches upon which you have white ^ women and white men passengers. Do Not Propose to Submit. "As you are aware, the Pullman ^ Company operating in the South is sustained almost entirely by its white ^ patrons, and these do not propose to submit to conditions which will permit negroes to occupy the same coaches. "We know full well that national law requires your company to give { gquay accommodations to both whites and blacks, but there is no law which ( prevents your furnishing separate ac- ^ commodations for the races, just as Dur 'separate coach' law requires the .*i ~ 4.^ /?/\ i ?-. OrvnlR OorrkliriQ rauruaus tu uu m vui vnau. There are many legal ways open to c your company, that if resorted to would remove the necessity for your company forcing this indignity upon your white patrons in the South, and the people of South Carolina will most certainly expect you to provide accommodations in future that will ] effectually separate the races. Spirit of Law Violated. <c "Through the exposure of this recent occurrence, it has been brought < to our attention that your company j has frequently within recent months violated the spirit of the South Caro- < lina law. With the opening and closing of the negro college at < Orangeburg, S. C., we have been in- ( formed that your company sells to \ negroes reservations on the cars that ] you know are occupied by white la- ( dies and gentlemen. "The railroad commission of South \ Carolina is aware of the fact that it ( may entil some additonal expense , upon your company to provide separate accommodations for the races j while you are operating within this ] Slate, but we are of the decided opinion that if you do not do so. and speedily, you will sustain far greater i loss through those who will positively fvmir pnmnanv i iUiUOC iu v/n i/jv j vua . j "We wish to impress upon you this 1 fact: That we propose to continue to ] give this matter our personal super- j vision and see to it that the people of < South Carolina are kept thoroughly i informed as to what your practice is 1 BEAT OFF FOUR HIGHWAYMEN. Bank Messenger Saves Payroll and Worsts Assailants. New York, May 22.?James T. Wintress, a bank messenger, gave battle In the street today to four highwaymen, who leaped into his carriage and attempted to wrest from him the payroll of the Nathan Manufacturing Company. Resisting their efforts to subdue him with a rifle, a revolver and clubs, he fought to such good purpose that he saved the money, although he was shot in the arm and his scalp laid open. Policemen heard the shooting and ran to his aid. At their approach the highwaymen fled. One of them nroc ohrtt hv a hliiprnflt another was captured after a thrilling chase, two of them escaped. NAVAL STORES CO. BANKRUPT. Outstanding Account of $250,000 Direct Cause of Failure. Macon,' Ga., May 24.?Judge Emory Speer, of the Southern district of Georgia, today admitted to bankruptcy the Yaryan Naval Stores Company, a five million dollar concern with plants at Brunswick, Ga., and Gulfport, Miss. This action was taken with the consent of the creditors of the concern and the officials of the company jointly. Judge W. H. Felton, president of the Macon Railway and Light Company and Central Georgia Power Company, James S. Brailey, president of the Yaryan Naval Stores Company, and Hopier T. Yaryan, vice president of the company, were named receivers. They will operate it as a going concern. The Yaryan Company was a creditor of the American Naval Stores Company to the extent of $25,000 at the time of the failure of the latter company, and this account is still outstanding. It is given as the direct cause of the receivership. The Yaryan Company has the largest naval stores plant in the world at Brunswick, with a capacity of 3,000 \ ?11 OA A Korrolc nf I gclllUIlS U1 luiycuiiuc, ouv uai ? Wi rosin and 1,000 gallons of pine oil. The Gulfport plant has one-third that capacity. By a secret process they utilize stumpage. It employs 2,500 men. t+ wop. tnrinv that to shut 1 I ?? UO o l/U tv^u V4V.J v.. W. down for one day would cost the company $5,000. It runs day and night. Nature Convinced Him. United States District Attorney Henry A. Wise was talking in New York about the financial crooks whom he put in jail last year for pilfering $25,000,000 from the American people. "These crooks are silly," he said, "but they are not nearly so silly as their dupes. Their dupes are the kind of men who go to a fair and bet on three-card monte. They're the kind of men who, if locked up in a room, would burn up their money in the fireplace. "The unlikelier a thing is the more readily these fellows will believe xit. To win their confidence, ion't tell them the truth?tell them Hps "In a word, they're as illogical a iot as Smith's substitute. "Smith, the coat-and-hat man at a Dig restaurant, was suddenly taken sick one day, and a substitute was put n his place. The substitute was urg?d not to give out any coats and hats vithout thorough verification, and so, vhen an old gentleman demanded his iat and explained that he'd lost his ;heck, there was a great to-do on the substitute's part. "But that's my hat, the shabby jrown one,' said the old gentleman. It's got my initials in it?F. X. G.' "The substitute looked inside the hat and, sure enough, the initials >vere there. ' 'Humph,' he said suspiciously, you might have seen these initials i somehow.' " 'But, here they are on my shirt, . ;oo.' said the old gentleman, unbut;oning his vest. 'See? F. X. G-' " 'You might have swiped the shirt,' said the suostituie. " 'Good gracious!' shouted the old gentleman, and in a fit of rage he tore Dpen his shirt and undervest. 'Maybe :his will satisfy you! Hey?' And lo, ne pointed to the same initials, F. X. j., tatooed on his breast in blue. "The substitute stared at the tat:ooing closely; then, at last, he handed over the hat. As he did so he said , reluctantly: " 'Well, since nature wrote them initials on your skin, I guess they must be your own for a fact.' " Up-to-date line of stationery just i -eceived at Herald Book Store. in future, and if you do not volun :arily give us the relief, we will appeal to our Representatives in Congress for national legislation that will 1 + Viq Homands nf compel VUU tu 111^^ t HIV/ I :he white people of this State, and of the South generally." DEADLY POISON DOES ITS WORK. Young Macon Banker Loses in Fight Against Death. DEATH CAME WEDNESDAY Walker Quietly Faced for Whole Week the Inevitable Result. Macon, Ga., May 22.?After quietly facing for a week the inevitable result of his mistake in taking bichloride of mercury, thinking it a headache tablet, B. Sanders Walker, a prominent young banker and realty dealer,' died this morning at 1.35 o'clock. Members of the family had gathered at his bedside several days ago when the doctors announced there was no hope for him, and to them Mr. Walker gave no sign of a tremor, but went to his death with a resignation that has rendered the case more than usually interesting throughout the country. During the last day he was under the influence of opiates most of the time, but in conscious intervals gave evidence that he was not suffering. Scores of sympathetic messages were received by the family, and many of them were in the nature of inquiries as to the treatment being given Mr. Walker. It has been impossible to find out definitely whar course the physicians took, as they have refused to talk, except to briefly trace the progress of the poison's slow, but deadly, effect. Members of the family are quoted as expressing much dissatisfaction ~.?fK cnma tVlO ronfirt? thflt hSV? W I HI OWiii^ KJL bUV - originated in Macon. They declare that Mr. Walker remained constantly in his bed room after it was discovered that he had taken the fatal dose. OFFICER SHOT BY PRISONER. I). W. Barr, of Denmark, Wounded With His Own Gun. Denmark, May 25.?D. W. Barr was shot last night by "Sunny" Glover, a negro. Barr had arrested the negro, and was in the act of jailing him, when, by; a quick movement, Glover snatched the officer's revolver and fired the shot, taking effect in Barr's left arm. The negro ran toward Bamberg, and it was reported this morning that he has been lodged in Bamberg jail. Barr is resting well. i To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops th< Cough and Headache and works off the Cold Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. District Court of the United States? District of South Carolina?Bamberg County. In the matter of G. S. Arnett, doing business as G. S. Arnett & Co., bankrupt. To the creditors of the above named bankrupt: Take notice that on the 28th day of iqiq tho ahnve named bank rupt filed his petition in said Court praying a discharge according to law, and that a heariDg was thereupon ordered and will be had upon said petition on the 6th day of June, 1913, before said Court, at Charleston, in said District, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all known creditors and other persons in interest may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. RICHARD W. HUTSON, Clerk. Winthrop College SCHOLARSHHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Collar and for the admission of new * ~o students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 4, at 9 a. m. Applicants must be not lees than sixteen years of age. 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