The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, December 13, 1906, Image 1
VOL. III. NO. 46.
CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1906.
31.50 Per Year!
By Walter besant
CHAPTER XIX. 10
Continued.
"Harriet has made up * fine collec
tion of lies," 8n id Jem, with a whole
?erlea of tight winks, and an attempt
?t a light and cheery- manner. "When
ahe'a In a wax there's nowhere a finer
?trlnger of big ones"? he glanced fur
tively at his cousin, who stood medi
tating, his hand on the hag containing
the Jewels. "Now I assrre you I had
no more notion of what she waa going
to make up this time than you your*
aelf. Ran them off fine and fluent,
tldn't she? In half au hour's time she
??will by crying on my neck. Poor Har
rfet! it Is her Infirmity. Poor Harriet!
'And as Tor these lies, the less we dis*
cuss them the better. They're too ab
surd to be mischievous."
"How came the Jewels in the bag?"
"She put 'cm there harselt. I kuow
nothing about them."
"How did she get the key of the
?afe ?"
"I gave It her. Why, when you were
dead, I thought the Jewels and every
thing else were mine. I gave her the
Jewels for herself. She only put them
Into the bag to make up a story."
"Yet you promised ? you promised sol
emnly?that if anything remained over
after the trust money waa paid you
would give it to Katie."
"That was when we thought there
would be barely enough in that trust.
You could not expect -"
"Go on."
"Well, I gave her the key of the safe,
(where tlic jewels were lying. That is
all I have to explain."
"Then there is the old silver. I sup
pose you know that my uncle's collec
tion of silver is worth a great deal."
"I gave it nil to my wife as well. I
didn't want old silver. Women like
those thing*. I gnve It all to her?not
to sell, of course. She wouldn't have
?old It. What does she do? Paek It up
In this sideboard aud pretend I pat It
there."
"Then there are the pictures. I no
ticed a whole stack of tliom In the
hall."
"I suppose she put them there her
?elf. By the Lord, Tom, it's as neat s
put up tiling as I ever saw."
"As for the wlno, now "
? Oh, as for the wine, I drank It regu
larly till you came home. Why not?''
"Jem, there's some law about in
heritance. Were you entitled to all
these things? I have other cou'ins,
you know, by my mother's aide. They
?re in New Zealand, to bo sure, but
?till ? "
"Well, "?.Tern looked embarrassed,
?nd be winked hard? "I can make all
that clenr to yon.- But It's a long
?tory. I can't explain the law of In
heritance in five minutes. When we
have a qnlet quarter of an hour to
gether "
"Ye-yes," said Tom. "Your wife's
revelations have made me seo things
more clearly. My return must have
disgusted you more than enoiigh, and 1
ought to have understood It. I forgot
that altogether. Well, yon had better,
1 think, let me take possession at once
of uiy own house. If it Is mine, or tem
porary care of It, If It la not mine, with
these valuable things. Please make
out a statement of the whole estate
with Its liabilities by? say? by to-mor
row. Can you do that? Shall I send
In accountants to help you?"
"I must say," Jem begou, "that your
?usplclons "
"I do not allow myself to liave any
suspicion*. As for most of what your
wife alleged, I shall never make any
further inquiries. But until I hear
from? from Kate's own lips? If we
ever 11ml her? the truth about her In
terview with you? whether she re
pealed her destitute' condition to you
or not? I can have no denlings with
you."
"1 suppose." said .Tern, "that I may
muke out my hill of costs?"
"Certainly. Oh, Jem! if you had
?cted well by that poor girl? If you had
behaved with common honesty and
truth? there Is nothing in the house
that you might not have taken! Noth
ing of mine that you could not have
had. Man. I would have made you re
joice and thank c.od that I returned."
There Is only one more chapter of
this history to be written, and that Is
? short chapter. Let me. therefore, ex
plain that Jem's after conduct with re
gard to Uncle Joseph's estate was per
fectly fair and upright. He sent in,
the next day. a statement of the estate,
and the various securities, houses and
lands, belonging to it. He also sent lu
tils bill of costs, which was naturally
heavy, not to say outrageous, and he
.wrote a letter, couched In most digni
fied language, stating that after what
had passed he should be pleased to be
relieved of his functions In administer
ing the property without the least de
1*1- .
This done, and having received a re
ply, and a check for the bill of costs, be
?ent the whole of the papers to his
cousin's new ' advisers, cabbed the
check, called a cab. and drova away.
He never came back. The two old
clerks went on dozing and meditating;
the boy slumbered, and read penny
novelettes, and played at astragals In
the office below until Saturday, and
then Ihere was no money, and no on?
to n*k for It. They waited anotlic
week The master cam# no more, nix
tytu uu4tr?*o4 AM tfeflr tn
V
?M
gagement had come to an end. The
boy waa the moat grieved of the three,
because to him the dlaaater meant that
be would now have to find a place
where be must work In earnest. The
two old men, who had done tbelr life's
work, also looked for other places, but
failed to get an engagement elsewhere.
One of them had saved money, and he
proceeded to buy himself an annuity,
and la a moat reapectable old gentleman,
with a strong opinion in politics. Tbe
other, wbo had aaved none, went Into
tbe Marylebone Workhouse, and 16 now
one of those useful collegians wbo
learn the rules by heart, and Insist
upon their belnp carried out to tbe
letter, and complain to tbe guardians
continually.
Tom met his cousin a few months
afterward. He looked less like a seri
ous solicitor than ever. Tom bore no
malice, being now restored to happi
ness, and shook hands with him In
cousinly fashion.
"And how are you doing?" he asked.
"Getting on with your profession?"
"No. I say. Tom, what that she
devil said was all true. I meant to
have stuck to all tbe money when you
were dead. You ought not to have
come back. You were dead. You had
your funeral, so to speak? what would
happen If dead men kept on coming
back and upsetting things? When you
came back, I saw that I should get
nothing unlets I helped myself. But I
did hope that you would find the girl,
and that we should arrange everything
friendly.'*
"I see," Raid Tom. "Well-It was or
dered otherwise, as they say. And
how is your wife?"
"She Is singing at a Liverpool music
hall. She went her way and I went
mine. A fine woman, Tom? with a
temper. I believe that Baronet fellow,
Surennery, as they call him, put her
on to it."
"What Is your way, Jem?"
Jem winked both eyes and laughed.
"I atn now a tipster, Tom. I send
the name of the winner, you know?
and the mugs send up their half-crowns
by the dozen. Juggins, thank goodness,
Is everywhere. Oh, I'm doing pretty
well. As for the law, I always hated
It. You're looVjng well and beaity,\
Tom. Good-bye? good-bye!"
CHAPTER TIIK LAST.
I. IKE AND I-OVr,
Everybody at the hospital continued
to show the most extraordinary Inter
est and sympathy with Kfltle during
her short convalescence. The senior
physician spoke mysteriously of joy as
a great assistance In cases where the
patient bad been brought low by trou
ble; she also said that freedom from
anxiety would be found an Invaluable
medicine; and that rest from every
kind of work with perhaps travel amid
new scenes, would complete her cure.
8hc said these ridiculous things just as
If rest and ease and travel were attain
able, and within the reach of the poor
est girl In all London. Then the Sister,
a most sober-minded and practical per
son, free from all enthusiasms, agreed
with the senior physician, and sihl that
she was always right, as her patient
would find. Then the secretary used
to sit by her bedside and whisper that,
pfter all, there was no cure so good
as happiness. And so with everybody.
The other patlenta were all In the
same tale, and would tell her that she
was a happy girl, and no one envied
her, bccausc she denerved all. Why,
even when visitors came to see other
patients there used to be a great whis
pering. and the visitors would look at
her curiously.
Kate mended fast? and one ofternoon
her friend. Miss Wllloughby, told her
that the time had now come when she
could leave the hospital.
"And now, my dear," she said, "you
pre to have a surprirfh. Oh, what a
lot of things I have to tell you! I
heard yesterday what the dortor-oh,
she is ? wise womon!? said about joy.
Yes, Joy Is a beautiful medicine. Thank
(jod, I know It in my own case. Now
there Is no luggage to pack up, la
there?"
"I am the only girl in the world,"
said Katie? "the only girl, I believe,
who has got no luggage, no posses
sions, no money, no friends, and no
relations."
"Yes; which will make all that fol
lows tbe~niore delightful. You may
add, my dear, that you have got no
Clothes."
"No clothes?"
"Why? you could not possibly go to
the House of Joy in such poor, shabby
things as you had on when we brought
yon here." \
"Katie, I am In maurnlng, yen
know "
"My dear"? she kissed hfr? "nobody
knows it better than I do. Sometimes,
however, wc put off mourning -on joy
ful occasions? say, for weddings. To
morrow, If you like, you may put it
on again."
Her new clothes were fitting for a
young lady, being, In f?ct, much finer
than anything tbe poor girl bad ever
worn in her life before, but Katie put
?hem on without a word.
"Where have you brought me?"
Katie looked about the room. They
had come In a rati; It was fi o'clock;
outside it was dark already; they werp
in a room beautifully furnlsbad, wltb
?11 tortf of prfttj tbiofi In It; tb?
j' .
lamp was lighted, and on the table tea
was standing in readiness.
"My dear, yon mast not ask. too many
questions, because I have got such a
lot to tell you. Oh, how shsll I ever
begin! First, you shall hare a cup of
tea? and so will I? nothing In the world
like a cup of tea. Formerly ladles
drank amall beer. Think of that! Is
It sweet enough, dear? Ob, Katie? I
am so happy to-night." She stopped in
tier talk to kiss her. "This is my room
?is it not a pretty room? And now 1
sm going to give it up to my sister, be
cause I am going to be married? you
know that, don't you? My lover, who
was dead, has come back to life again,
and nothing will please him? the fool*
Ish boy!? but that I must marry him
at once. Oh, fT^our lover could come
back, too! And I shall never have such
a pretty room as this again. I am sure.
But I shall have him Instead. He was
In Egypt, you know, like your boy
Tom? poor Tom Addison. My boy
knew Tom Addison very well. He will
talk to you about him if you like."
She stopped and kissed her again, and
again the tears came Into her eyes.
"Well, It was all in the papers, and 1
dare say you saw It. There was nn
expedition made, an attack, nnd the
Egyptians ran away, and my boy was
reported missing? Just like yours. Yes,
dear, we were sisters In misfortune?
and we did not know It? that day when
you fell fainting Into my arms, nnd
told me you were without friends nnd
without relntives, aud I was your
cousin all the time."
"Are you really my cousin?"
"That Is one of the things I am go
ing to explain fo you, dear Katie. Oh!
if Tom Addison bad only come home
with Harry McLaucblln!"
"McLauchlln! That Is the name of
the officer who was' missing at the
same time."
"Yes? he was only a prisoner, and he
escaped. If Tom had only escaped
with him! Foor Katie! we lost our
lovers together. Oh! if we could And
them together."
She stopped and listened. Outside
there wore voices.
She ran out of the room, nnd Katie
heard her saying, earnestly: "Not yet
?oh! not yet? I Implore you? not yet?
wait till I call you." Then she returned
nnd shut th s door carefully. "Ob, 1
have such a lot lo tell yon. First of
all. dear, you are my cousin. I)o you
see tills portrait?" It was a miniature
representing nn old lady, sweet of faco
and beautiful. "That Is your great
aunt and mine. Katharine Itegina Wil
loughby. Your name is the same, and
so Is mine."
"But my name Ih Capcl."
nf tllO ?!.? will. JUIU
father called himself Cnpei because he
quarreled with bis relations? and? am!
refused to speak to them any more, you
know." This was n kliu^ way of put
ting It, and the male members of the
family reversed this statement.
"But his real name was Wllloughby.
Here js a portrait of him in uniform
when he was in the army? there It is."
She brought a water-color portrait
showing a very gallant young hero In
searlet. 'Tls a eolor which sets off the
Are and masterfulness of the hero In
his youth.
"Oh! It Is my fnther," cried Katie,
"though I caunot remember him so
young at this. But he kept his good
looks to the last."
"Yes? It Is your father. It Is all
proved now without the leaRt doubt,
Katie." She lowered her voice as one
dot's when one Is going to say a disa
greeable thing. "We will not talk
much about him, because he-he had
his faults, I am afraid. But you should
keep this likeness. He was Miss Wll
loughby's favorite nephew: she gave
him quantities of money; she forgave
him all extravagances; she even placed
? large sum In the hands of Mr. Joseph
Addison, ber solicitor, so that he might
enjoy an annuity of ?300 a year, which
wns paid him regularly."
"Oh, In Mr. Addison's hands? Tom's
Uncle Joseph?"
"Yes, after his death the principal
was to be given to her niece? to you,
my dear."
"To me?"
"Yes, to yon. That trust, the discov
ery of which sent Tom to Egypt, wns
yours, Kntie. And I am very much
afrnld that Mr. llolfe, who seems to
have been a person of no morals at nil,
was actually going to cheat you out of
'j . It Is all yours, Kntie; you are? not
rich, perhaps -but you have plenty. Mv,
dear, If Tom had only escaped with
Ilarry!"
"Oh; but how did yon find out nil
this? Is It really true?"
"You have lots of friends, Katie,
quantities of friends. There are both
friends and relations waiting for you.
To think that I did not know, and took
you to the Co-Operative Work Olrls!
But never mind. And now I am going
to bring In some of your friends." She
rnng the bell, and the door was opened
with a promptitude which proved that
the man? It was n man? must have
been lurking outside in readiness.
"Katie," said the other Katie, "this is
Hnrry McLauchlin? niy Harry? who
was In enptivity among the Arabs foi
six months with your Tom. Harry
made bis escnpe, you know. If Tom
could only have escaped with him!"
The escaped prisoner, who showed no
traces of his long enptivity, bowed and
took her hand, but said nothing and
looked embarrassed.
"It is like n drram to me," snld Katie.
"I cannot understand. You were ?
prisouer with Tom?you were present
when he? was killed?"
"Harry will tclj you all. If you please
to ask him to morrow; not to-day. dear.
He will tell you how it fared with
them In their long captivity. But per
haps you will hear from another
source."
"MIsf Wllloughby," snld Captain Mc*
I.auehlln, recovering from his eon
funlon, "we found out? Tom and I? In
i the talks which we bad at night oil
about ?ft?U oilier. Wt \U\
ron could bo none other than (1m
laughter of Harry Willoughby."
"Did Tom send me no message when
fou eocaped? none at all?"
"None," said the captain.
"Captain McLauchlln. tell me**? she
caught his hand? "oh! tell me, once for
all. how he died."
"Not now, not now. Ask me. If yon
like, to-morrow."
"Did he Buffer? Was he murdered
while he tried to escape with you?"
"He was not murdered, but he suf
fered?well, he suffered about as much
as I did. We had a bad time of It,
Miss Willoughby. He helped me to
bear It."
"Ask him no more questions, dear,**
said her cousin. "To-morrow, as many
as you please. There is another friend
who wants to see you."
Then there appeared? none other
than Dittmer Book.
At the sight of Katie lip burst Into
unfeigned weeping and sobbing, and
fell on his knees.
"Ach. nimme!," he cried. "It was
my fault. 1 ought never to have left
yon alone. I was a Duuim Kopf. I
lost my way In the fog. And It was
midnight when I got back to the Park,
and yon were gone? you -were gone,
Katclien, can you forgive me? All
your sufferings were uiy fault? mine.
Rut they are all' over now that ?**
He stopped and choked.
She gave him her hand, which he
kissed, and got up still penitent.
"You did your best, Dittmer. Do not
reproach yourself. Can 1 ever forget
that you were the only friend we had
in the world? Lily and I? before we all
lost each other. Where is Lily?"
Dittmer stammered. "I? I? I? do not
know," he said. "I seek her still."
"We must find her, Dittmer. Do not
let us lose sight of each other again.
\ou must have so much to tell me
after all these weeks."
"A eh! I mnst no more Call you
Katclicn, but Fraulein Willoughby?
and you will no more listen to me, be
cause " He stopped and looked
confused. "But you will be happy.
What matter If all the world were
bankrupt, so that you are happy. It 1s
true that my salary, which was forty
pounds a year, Is now sixty pounds. I
should have had thirty pounds a year
to help you with, because I could live
easily on thirty pounds a year." lie
sighed as if lie had lost a beautiful
chance. "I must not grumble. Your
happiness is wortli more than thirty
noiiiuls a year. It is true also that I
have nearly completed a project which
would give, I am sure, another Gode
froi to Hamburg, if I could be helped
by your sympathy."
"You will always have that, Dltt
LAJt'l ? %
"No; yon can no longer listen to my
plans. What are ambitions without a
sympathetic friend?"
"Why not. Dittmer? Did we not
agree that I wa* always to be your
sister? What lias happened to destroy
that Agreement?"
"You are rich: you hare many
friend.?: you will have also " He
stopped because the other Miss Wil
loughhy shook her finger, "Ya? I goiri
br eh end. I any nichts. I search for
my Island in the Pacific Ocean, like
Herr Godefrol."
"Herr Bock"? it wa? the other Kate
?"you can have no more time. Now
go? all of you? because there i? still
one other friend "
"My dear," she said, when they were
alone, "does Joy kill? Are you strong
enough to bear the greatest surprise of
all? Everything has been restored to
yon. Your name, which your father
concealed; your fortune, which a dis
honest lawyer wished to rob; nnd? and
?oh, Kate? we are happy together,
Heaven gave you to me on the day
when my love came back to life? I give
you back to Tom? not killed, but es
caped? and at home again and well?
waiting for you? waiting for you, my
dear "
One shall be taken and another left.
Where 1? the woman who was left?
Alas! they have not yet found her,
though Dlttmer seeks her continually.
Perhaps In (he future, far or near, the
happy woman who was taken may be
permitted to bring the solace of love
that endureth beyond shame unto the
hapless woman who was left. So mote
It be!
They were married from Ilarley
House, so that the girls who have to
seek continually for work and have
never any Joy In their lives, or rest, or
love, and never get enough of any
thing, have now something sweet and
pleasant to remember and to tell,
THE END.
Money From Fro|i,
Several young men of Clyde hav#
been engaged during tbe past week In
catching nnd shipping frog* to the
city market. Tlie frogs are raked np
from tho bottom of the canal, where
they lay in tbe mud In a torpid state.
The business pays those engaged In
it from $5 to $0 per day. From sixty
to 180 pounds of frogs' lrgH can be
secured dally, which can be readily
sold for fifteen cents a pound.
One man in Clyde has been out driv
ing about the country the past two
weeks catching frogs In the ponds
and ditches, and has realized from $5
to $6 a day for his services after pay
ing expense?.? Clyde Correspondence of
Rochester Herald.
A FIUmb Ton Ploc* of Coral.
The dredger Governor, in tho old Pa
cific Mail dock, did hertelf proud yes
terday morning by landing n fifteen-ton
piece of coral on dry land. The big
scoop ha.l been delivering ordinary
loads, when tbe boom dropped and the
engine started to haul In a fresh load.
Then the g*ar groaned and things com
menced to make a big fuss, and more
steam was given and everybody stood
by. Balanced as neatly as an egg In a
spoon came tip a coral rock far too big
to get In the scoop and Just able to
cramp In under the fta block,? Hono
lulu CommtrcUl AdrsrttHr. ^ - -
WRECK AT DANVILLE
Another Rear-End Crash and
Negligence I he Cause
TWO TRAINMEN ARE VICTIMS
Engineer George Kinney, of Thomas
ville, Brother of the Engineer Who
Had Such Narrow Escape Thanks
giving Day, and Brakeman W. B.
King,, Killed Outright ? No. 34 Tel
escope* a Freight in the Tarda at
Danville ? Fire Follows the Wreck
? A Number Injured, of Whom at
Least One Will Die.
Danville. Ya.. Special. ? Another
railroad horror on the Southern
which in many resects resembles that
at Lawyers nine days ago, which re
sulted in the death of President Silen
cer, was enacted in the yards here
Saturday morning at about 4 o'clock.
Two persons were killed outright,
half a dozen more or less injured, ouj
of whom will die as a result of their
injuries.
Train No. .'14. northlxmnd, a solid
Pullman and passenger train, crash
ed into the rear of freight train No.
82, which was standing on (lie main
line. The engine ploughed through
the caboose and demolished several
cars ahead of it. Fire followed the
wreck and the local department was
called out. Four or five cars wciv
consumed and others badly damag
ed.
The Dead and Injured.
Engineer (Jeorge C. Kinney, of No.
34, was scalded to death and Brake
man W. H. King burned to a crisp.
The home of Kinney, who is a brother
of Will A. Kinney, the engineer on
the train that crashed into Spencer's
car, is at Thomasville. N. C. King's
home is iu Danville.
The seriously injured arc: II. M.
Patterson, of Chatham, brakeman. in
jured about the head and shoulders
and kg broken.
(). J. Mull, of Columbia. S. Hag
man of No. H2, back sprained and
hurt about the head.
O. O. Mailer, postal clerk, slightly
Robert Ford, eolored tiremau on
No. 34. injured internally ami will
likely die. Several of his bones were
broken.
The blame for the wreck rests up
on two employes of the Southern.
Flagman Mull, of No. 82, who was in
jured, and one or the other of the op
erators nt Danville and Ncapoli-.
block stations. When the freight
came to a standstill it was the duty
of the flagman to go hack and place
a danger signal for any approaching
train and the information so far
shows that Mull did not do this.
Operator Skenille, at Danville, and
Operator Clellons, at Neapolis, make
contradictory statements regarding
the (tending and receiving of orders
of a clear block for No. 34 and only
official investigation will bring out
the real facts. Dispatcher Skenille,
at Danville black station, was former
ly at Rangoon and was succeeded by
Mattox, who is held responsible for
the recent big wr?ck at Lawyer*, An
investigation by the local police au
thorities will be held in the mayor's
court Tuesday morning.
Wreck at China Grovs.
China drove. Special. ? Several
box cars of southbound freight train
No. 75 were derailed here. A num
ber were completely demolished, but
nobody was hurt. The chief feature
of the wreck was the inconvenience
t-j passenger trains. The main line
is completely blocked, and unabh
to pass at 1 1 :30.
Young Men Needed Tor the Navy.
Washington, Special. ? " We want
younger men to command tin- ships
of the navv," said Admiral Dewey,
after an interview with the president,
"ami the only way to accomplish it
is to retire officers early." This re
sult is sought to he attained hy th"
enactment of the naval personnel bill
which the Admiral discussed with the
president.
Discharge I Negro Soldiers Apply for
Re-Enlistment.
Washington, Special.- At the in
stance of Secretary Taft Sergeant
Sanders and Private Klin >r Krown, of
the Twenty-Fifth Infantry, colored.
Hied with the military secretary ap
plications for re-enlistment in the
army. One of these has been refer
red to the President in order that ho
may determine whether or not any of
the men of the Twenty-tilth Infantry
who wore recently discharged with
out honor shall be re enlisted and if
so on what condition*.
John 0. Brain Dead.
Tampa, Fla., Special. ? John
Brain, of the Confederate uavy, died
here of paralysis. Duriutf the civil
war he commanded scver.il Confeder
ate vessels. After the war he went to
Kngland and returning a month later
he was arrested by order of Secre
tary of the Navy (lidcon Wells and
( was held a prisoner until March,
? 180D, being the last Confederate pris
| oner to be released.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
What Our National Lawmakers Are
Doing From Day to Day
Taft to Give Information.
The resolution ol' Senator Penrose
railing the President or all tlu facts
regarding the discharge of the negro
troops belonging to the Twenty-llt'th
Infantry, was received at the White
House and at oiuv? turned over by tho
President to Secretary Taft, who will
furnish the information desired. The
Foraker resolution. whieli also was
passed at the same time, but whieli
is direeted to tl?.? Seeretarv of War,
had not been received by Secretary
Taft up to a late hour Friday. See
rotary Taft said, however, upon re
t timing from the cabinet meeting,
that he would comply with both reso
lutions to the fullest extent.
Simplified Spelling.
Simplified spelling received a hard
bolw in the legislative bill for 1008
reported to the House by the com
mittee on appropriations, which says:
"Hereafter in printing documents
authorized by low or ordered by
Congress or either branch thereof the
(lovernment Printing Office shall
follow the rules of orthography es
tablished bv Webster's or other gen
erally accepted dictionaries of the
Ki.glish language."
The bill carries an appropriation of
"f.'U .'J 1 which is $liS."?.S4'2 less
than the estimates made for the leg
islative. judicial and executive l>c
partnients of the government.
An increase fiom $1/200 to $1,000
is made in the allowance to members
o F the Hot&o for clerk hire, and th;
requirement that members certify
they have spent 1 1 1 i . * amount is omit
ted.
KlTorts to take up the bill confer
ring eiii/i'inhip upon the citizens of
Poilo Kico, reported from the com
mittee on insular affairs of the House
were defeated by objections of the
f h-mocrats.
An Important Measure.
Hilling th.* three hours th" House
was in session it passed a bill which
has the enthusiastic endorsement of
labor as well as manufacturers gen
i rally, repealing thai portion of the
Wilson inter state coininero* bill re
lating to coii\ ict -made goods and
pointing the several States to regu
late their competition with "free
labor'' made grods.
The bill was introduce! by Mr.
^V"^oVA.,^^fiV.uli\ 1 liter' Vtie <V.V1son
bill, which became a law in 1 S! M >. eon
vinct labor-made poods may enter in
to active competition with the :;oods
U'Miufncturcd by "five labor'" and
under this Federal law a State could
i.ot pass a law that would prevent
the shipping into the Slate prison
trade goods of other States. The law
which was pan* d abrogates the inler
Stal;' commerce law as ai present ap
plied to convict-made goods, thereby
affording to the different States and
Teriitori.-s the right to inhibit the
shipping of eonvict-ninde goods with
in the con linen of nnv State or Terri
tory.
Senator Simmons gave further at
fen t ion to i1k? case* which lie is to
make out against Federal olhcehold
ers in North Carolina, who have been
perniciously aetive in political mat
ters. Ho eonfered with Mr. Ih'graw,
Fourth Assistant Post master rjencral
concerning the specific charges which
have hren made against Dajrgerhart,
the rural free delivery carrier, who,
it is allied, tried to break up a meet
ing in Iredell county, at which Mr.
Hacked wan to speak. Mr, Degraw
saiil that the inspector assigned to
look into this matter had not vet com
pleted his report, hut lie thought it
would he at hand in a wry few days.
Mr. Dejrraw cnlirincd the report given
out hy the civil service commission
that an agent would he sent from t h ? ?
department to accompany Commis
sion?r (Jreen when In* starts on hi
tour of investigation to the State to
look into charges against Federal of
lice hohlers.
Minoiity lender John Sharp "\ V i 1 -
liiims declared it |o he his intention
to recomineiid Kcpresentat ive Small
for nn'iuhership on the livers and liar
bor- commit Ive. a recoynil ion that i>
being urgvd hv the entir North Car
olina dHegaf ion, Mr, Williams is re
pitted to Imve said that Mr. Small
was his first choice, and that if
Speaker Cannon did not approve ol
this recommendation he would mwi
endorse Representative Kllerhe ol
South Cnt'o)!i:<l.
Japs Want Naturalization.
Washington, Special. Favorable
action hy Congress on the recommen
dation of the president in hi* last :tn
uual message that an act he passed
specifically providing: for the natural
ization of Japanese who com ? to the
Fuited States inlcnditur to become
American citizens, will go far toward
securing a continuance of the tradit
ional friendly relations between this
Cyfl'ifry and Japan, in t li ?? opinion of
Viscount Aoki. the Japanese amha?>
sador.
The ambassador expressed the be
lief that there were not so many Jnp
anerCs in this country to tak** advan
taif of naturalization if if were
granted, but he thought that such an
opportunity should be afforded thcru
::)on.e with the citizens of other coun
tries. |Ic said he did not think it
probably that those Japanese who
wei'c emigrating in large numbers to
Hawaii and the Pacific coast would
avail themselves of natf ralization as
most of them ultimately returned to
. Japan, .
CUL. YOUMANS DEAD 1
The End Came Peacefully, Quietly
and Unexpectedly at an Early
Hour Yesterday Morning ? Ono of
the Most Eloquent Court Ream
Orators Known in South Carolina
in Recent Years.
Columbia. Special. I.eioy F. You
mans it, ill*; (I. The eloquent advocate
?mil learned lawyer passd away [Mon
day morning about !? o'clock.
H:s ? 1?>:i 1 1 1 was peaceful and pain
less. During tlu* I'.iihi (Jen. Youinaiis
awoke ami. as wa* his custom. lic?an
to read in I d. Hi* had a volume of
Mac.iulav, which he read for a time,
and then rested hi.-' heail i>n his wile's
shoulder. Alter a slum while Mi>.
\ oilman-, thiukiuy her husband wa>
asleep, frit that thciv was something
WTony with liini. He was dead.
' Jen. ^ ouiitans was i:i his < in
the Slate Capitol on Wednesday. Tlu
next day beiuy Thanks.; fviny Day
the otVice was elos'd, anil lie has not
?sincr been to the Capitol. Me was i!!
on Saturday. Inn senile I hettrr <>>i
Snndav, and there was uotiiitu* alaini
illy; in his condit am. ll?' iiad sufl'er
t'd for months from cii rliosis of th_?
liver .and se\ei;;l limes dtiiiuy the
Ia<l year his death had been expect
ed. hut he rallied and seemed to pos
sess a wonderful xitalilv.
Besides his wife, who was Mrs. Til
liny ha>t. o| ( tillisoiivillc, Beaufort
county. < S?*ii. Y'MiimiMs i> survived by
the 1 o 1 1 ( i w i n vi ineiahers of his family:
I'l inyle I. \ unmans, of i h .? Coluni
liia bar; .Mrs. M. McCoy Metts, wife
ot Major \\ . A. Melts, of < 'olumbi::,
at whose home lie died, and Mrs. Ol
ivette llimtod. of Kric, |',i. Tbrrr
chiidreii prrrrrd d liini l > yrave;
Mrs. \\ . S. iteamer. Mr. Ifeamer, Mr.
I* hft I \ oiimans, who died about : ix
tccn yea is a ?.???, and Mr. Paul Von
mans, who died in .lnn<\ l!MH. The
loliowiny brothers and dsl is sur?
\ ivc : Mr. \\ . 1 1. \ oi::'i;; )i.?, of Sau
Sanba, 'ievas; I .aw rence W. You
niaus. of Fairfax, S. ('.; M. II. Ynu
uians. ol Statiord, 1 1 a 1 1 1 p t ? > : i cmoty,
S. C. : Mrs. l-'rank Canev. of 1 1. imp
ton: Mrs. Holiest T. Saii>"\. <d' Kstil!,
s. '
l.eroy I*'. Yomnaus \\a . born X.?.
\einhrr 14. lS.'U, a| I. a woiiv i I le. S. C.
He graduated at the Soiuli Carolina
I nivrrsity in 1S.VJ ;nul was admitted
under the celebrated If. J. Davant.
lie fount d a part ucrship with Mr.
Kdinund Kl.eti when iiist admit ted
and laicr with (leu. .1. \V. Moor.*, at
llamploii. He w;;> elected solicitor
in l^liti ami moved to Kdyclicld, 1 ?>
form a partnership with (Jen. M. ('.
Butler, which continued until I -w'J,
when < ten. Votiiuaus came to Colum
hia. wlieir iie has >iuce resided, re
spected by all who knew him and
loved by his associates at the bar.
This year when Attorney Genera!
Ciumer died Uen. Younians, at that
time assistant to Mr. (Junler, was ap
pointed Attorney General by Govern
or lleyward. This appointment was
made on March l!H)C>. and (Jen.
Yoiunans has miicc been in office.
Ihiriny a la rye pan of 'the time hi.
health has been set-ii as to cau>e hi-,
friends much anxi/ly. but lie has yiv
en attention to the duties <>| his olliee
liaviny a e.ipnble assistant in Mr. I >.
C. Hay. of Cdumbia. Mr. YoumaiH
was in his oiliee hi"! week and had
lately seemed in belt r liealtli. This
news of his- tlealh Monday, there
lore, was a ureal surprise to hi*
friends iu ( 'olimihia.
When Mr. W. H. Town-?entl in Sep
t.'inber. I resigned the position of
assistant Attorney (Jrnrral Mr. Gun
tcr selected Mr. Yoiunans to till th"
vacancy. I pon Mr. (iuutcr's death,
ii few months Inter, in Manli. l!NM>.
Mr. Yoiunans was chosen b\ (lnvcn
or lleyward as his successor, ] i i s ccm
mission lviny issued Mai eh '27.
Primary for Aiken.
A iken, S| n"** !??!.-- At 1 1 ! ?? < ilk* !
meet iut; of tin- county e\<ciiii\e ? ? n -
uiitlee l'i?r III;1 | mi r| ?' '* (.n'vis-i
in. if 111* matter ol ? > i? ' a | >r i nut ? y
li? nominate i ? ? lit - (Mv^'ui
county treasurer and jud^e,
holh ??! wltoin i ; * i .'tit i \ i < ? ^ i ? 1 ? 1 1 . it
was ?!?*'? li? ?: i ?!?' r a primary and
1 lit* sain ? ha* bent scheduled I ? ? r III*
j'l'cmnl Tuesday in January.
Capt. Whilaon Woodward .Ocad.
Ma rnwell, Special. -Tli ? town and
surrouudiiia community was shocked
Monday afternoon 1 ?\ the death ? > !'
( 'apt . W liihh'a Woodward. tap',
Woodward ha- been an invalid 1 n
the last lew \ ars -t'lV -i in^ I roin par
alysis Ittil 1 1 1 ^ death v as ? | m ; < *? u nc\ -
peeled and came a> a i en I shock
all his I riciids. < 'apt. Woodward
was injured in a wreck years njfo and
from 1 luil lime !"? has never r. "jain
ed his former strcn-ifh and activity.
Later he suffered a strok- parayl
sis and since that till"" has been con
lined t<> his mom almost rontinuallv.
ly.
William 8 Case on Trial.
Columbia, Special.- In the Federal
Court Monday flu* timv was oceu
pied xvith l!s suit of K. >1. William.
atuinti the Soutl?orn ltailway. tit'
trial not beiny concluded at ni;rh1
Williams claims tlO.OOO damages foi
injuries alleged to have been rceivc!
ed while h" and a companion were
walking aloief I lie Southern's track
near the Hla.uliiu: street depot in Co
luttibiu in April, ."19051