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VOL. V. NO. 34. CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908. Sl.SOPer Year
SCENT;
OR.
TRACED
BY
DIVINING f
ROD;
r By i
LADY
MARGARET
MA JEN DIE.
CHAPTER III. 3
Continued.
"Women are easily satisfied when
they know no better; rest assured of
that. Antoinette will know no bet
ter; also she will be a great protec
tion to me. she has about her some
of the mysterious gift?but I trouble
you. 1 stay too long.**
"Rigaud." said Mr. Denstone,
earnestly, "be advised by me. Do
justice to your child. You have no
right to condemn her to this paltry
life when she has been born to better
things. Believe me, the happiness
will soon compensate you for any sac
rifice."
-I hate the word 'sacrifice.* " said
Monsieur Rigaud; "and, believe me,
my dear friend, it is totally unneces
sary. You kpow the old proverb,
"What the eve doth not see the heart
doth not grieve over.* It is absolute
ly applicable to this case. So why
should I not indulge my predilections
for a quiet and unpretentiuus iife?"
"I have, of course, no right to in
torfere." j
The old Frenchman bowed. The
bow was full of a kind of fine irony j
which irritated Mr. Denstone consid
erably.
"I have said all I can presume to
say," he said, rather fiercely.
"I am obliged to you for your good
advice," said Monsieur Rigaud; then
swiftly turning the conversation,
"and more obliged to you still for 1
your most kind invitation. With
your permission I return at once to
my hotel, there to pack my clothes,
and I will return this evening before
dinner to install myself under your
most hospitable roof."
Monsieur Rigaud was Just going,
when a sudden thought occurred to
Mr. Denstone, and he strode after
blm toward the door.
-Rigaud," he said, "it has Just oc
curred to mo I should like to give
you one word of warning. Do not
deceive yourself with the idea that
when you are at homo at Goucy you
can preserve now the strict Incognito
that was doubtless possible twenty
years ago. You are a well-known
personage both in London and Liver
pool, not only for your financial
acuteness but for your enormous
wealth: They tell me the railway
runs through Goucy now. Where the
railway goes, modern civilization fol
lows. It will bo difficult for you to
preserve your reputation for poverty
even in so quiet a spot. Doubtless
your frequont absences have been a
fruitful source of conjecture and gos
sip in the cafes."
"Not at all, not at all. I am known
to be a commercial traveler. I and
my bng havo been known on the line
the last thirty years, and as for sus
picions in the minds of Goucy folks
?Peste! my dear friend, you who
live in towns can form no idea what
ever of tho obtuscness of country
brains."
"I can form a very good idea of the
acuteness of town I,rains," muttered
Mr. Denstone, but ho only drew back,
saying half apologetically, "I meant
to throw no reflection on your coun
try folk. Rigaud."
Monsieur Rigaud bowed again, and
murmuring, "My respects to madame,
and entreaties that I may in no way
derange her." ho went away.
Mr. Denstone turned to Arthur,
who had been seated during the
whole conversation near the window,
apparently engaged in reading the
Times.
"That is a curious study, Arthur."
he said. "What is your opinion? Is
he mad?"
"No," said his nephew, "not unloss
tho cupidity of a miser is really a
sort of mania. It Is taking complete
possession of him, body and soul.
You can seo it in his very hands, the
fingers beginning to crook them
selves. tho tips pointed and claw-like,
tho furtive glance over his shoulder."
"Wretched man!" exclaimed Mr.
Denstone, walking up and down tho
room. "Did you ever hear such con
summate egotism? As to his wculth,
my dear follow, that man has capital
worth thirty thousand a year at tho
lowest possible calculation of Inter
' est. nnd where is It? Tell mo that.
Into what Is he dissolving It?
"He could not carry about the bul
lion even were ho fool enough to con
vert It Into gold; and I hear of his
closing banking accounts in all direc
tions. I wish ho were not coming
here. I cannot bear him now."
"Where can the child be?"
*:ile said 'at school.' It Is a mercy
"that ho has the decency to give her
some sort of education at nil events.
As for her fate, shut up at Goucy with
an old miser for her solo companion.
It is a miserable prospect. God help
her!"
"Ho must die some day," said Ar
thur.
"I)le!" c/lod Mr. Denstone. "Those
sort of people never die! I must go
and tell your nunt that ho Is coming
hore. 8'te won't like It at all."'
CHAPTER IV.
Monsieur Itigaud arrived In tlr.io
fpr dinner. Ho entered (he drawing
rdoni, where he found Arthur dressed
first, amusing himself by half-petting,
iMtlMrrltating his aunt's pet pug.
The dog, who wanted to be let alone,
kept making odd little yaps and
snarlings. "Ah, your good uncle
keeps some of these little houuds?"
sold Monsieur Rigaud, sealing him
self at some distance from Chloe's
black muzzle. "They are said to be
a great protection."
"They are only little useless play
things of my aunt's," auid Arthur,
smiling. "She is very fond of them;
but as for protection, I don't fancy
they are very courageous."
Monsieur Rigaud was looking fur
tively at Arthur's stalwart form.
"You are very tall and very
strong?" he said, Interrogatively.
"Yes, I am both."
"It Is a fine thing to have so per
fect a physique," said the old French
man, rather plaintively. "Nobody
would like to meddle with you."
"I don't think they would," said
Arthur, smiling. "Only, of course,
one may be one ngainst numbers."
"True. I wish I was strong like
you," he went on: "and I wish my
life were of as little value as yours.
Stay! I did not mean that. Do not
be offended."
"I am not in the least offended."
said Arthur, laughing. "My life can
certainly not be considored the least
valuable Just now. I hope to make It
so in time."
"Ah, yes, doubtless,, of oourse you
will; bet meanwhile?"
"Meanwhile it does not matter."
"Certainly. How well you speak.
I have a box, a little box. It contains
papers of no value to any one but
myself; to others useless, but to me
inestimable. I went into your room
Just now. It was a mistake. I would
not have Intruded for the world, but
I am a man of quick observation. I
could not help seeing you had there
a strong cupboard with a good lock,
a firm, new lock; a mahogany cup
board."
"Yes," said Arthur, "it is so.
There is a stout old wardrobe there.
I hang my coats in it."
"There Ib nothing of the kind in
my room," said Monsieur Rigaud.
"Nowhere to put my little box. And
the housemaid looked at it so much.
What sort of u woman is that house
maid?"
"A very good servant, I believe,"
said Arthur, carelessly. "The ser
vants all nre good here."
"It is a small favor to ask," said
Monsieur Rigaud. "That box, might
I leave it in your charge?"
"With pleasure." said Arthur.
"You shall lock it up there yourself."
"You are strong, you are young,"
said Monsieur Rigaud, admiringly;
"and those whose lives are of small
vnlue live longest and in most safety.
You are sure it will in no way de
range you?"
By no means," said Arthur, who
could not help inwardly laughing at
the naive rudeness of the old French
man.
"Then let us lose no time," said
Monsieur Rigaud, leading the way
upstairs.
He brought in his box, a black
dressing case or dispatch box of
strong leather, strapped and double
strapped and fastened with a Brainah
lock. He put it in Arthur's cupboard
and nestled it among his boots in the
farther corner. He then locked the
cupboard and deliberately placed the
key in his pocket.
"But stop," said Arthur. "Let. me
nt least get all the clothes I want to
morrow morning."
Monsieur Rigaud gavo up the key
vory reluctantly, and Arthur good
naturedly bundled out his clothes,
and, relocking it, returned him tho
ko.v. They went downstairs and
found their host and hostess ready
for dinner.
Arthur slept soundly that nlgtjt,
very soundly, as his vigorous health
and clear conscience enabled him to
do. But about 2 o'clock ho awoke
suddenly with the odd sensation that
there was some one in tho room.
Arthur had plenty of presence of
mind. Ho made no movement, but
lay perfectly still, and through a
chink in tho curtain surveyed what
was passing in his room.
Tho shutters were unclosed and
the moon shone In. making a brilliant
white square on tho ground, as if a
sheet had been laid on tho floor; be
yond the squaro of light it was black
darknoss, only the dim outline visible
of the big mahogany wardrobe with
its do,*>r open.
8ome one was moving with a most
unnatural stillness of movement.
Straining his eyes Arthur fancied he
could make out something?a person
sitting on the floor; but the complete
outline was broken by the open door
of the wardrobe. He held his breath
> and watched more closely.
| "flood Heavens!" he thought. "So
I it was cot a delusion of the old fel
low s after all. His bo* was valuable,
land some blackguard Ik after It."
I He was Just about to spring out of
bed when ho was arrested In tlm?.
Into the square or moonlight, for one
brief Instant, cam? a hand; the lljjht
gleamed on It, aad h* recognized at
onco the long, lean Angers, with their
! sbarp, c1a'<y-like tips Hlightly hooked
I downward. It was tho old man him
self.
The tension of Arthur s fpelings re
lazed Into something like contempt
and even a little amusement (or the
present. He was careful not to move;
he was afraid of frightening Mon
sieur Rigaud Into some kind of fit.
But the sight soon became grotesque,
almost ghastly. The old man's face
came Into the light. The thin, hooked
nose, the sharply defined black shad
ows cast on the ground, the old, claw
like movement of the hands, seemed
to Arthur as if he were watching a
creature half-vulture, half-human.
Then came the sound of his voice,
the low whisper of a man counting
"One, two, throe, four,** and so on.
Arthur could not see what he was
counting; that was within the black
case; but it was something the old
man loved, for his fingers fondled it,
his face leered and gloated over it.
It seemed interminable, for tho count
ing went on up to hundreds, even
further, when suddenly the close
struck 3. and Monsieur Rigaud start
ed so sharply that something in the
black box jingled und rattled, lie
hastily thrust in a mass of cotton
wool that he gathered up from the
darkness beside him, thrust it in,
made all tight, replaced the box, took I
away the key with him. and departed
with the same extraordinary silence
with which he had come.
Arthur heaved a sigh of relief as
the door closed noiselessly behind
him. "I can't stand this another
night," lie said to hlmselty "If the
old heathen cannot sleep without
counting his treasures, he , must
change rooms with me; ho shan't
come into mine to do it."
The next morning at breakfast
Monsieur Rigaud asked Arthur If
anything had disturbed him In the
night. He answered "Yes; that he
had been greatly disturbed, but
would explain later." Monsieur Rl
gaud's face turned more yellow than
ever, but he changed the subject with
all the grace of a Frenchman apolo
gizing for having made a mal-apro
pos remark. When they were alone
Arthur told him that his own sensa
tions had troubled him; that he had
an Inward conviction that the casket
left in his charge was of greater
value than he had thought. He was
afraid of the responsibility, and he
proposed an exchange of apartments.
Monsieur Rigaud accepted with alac-.
rlty, and from thenceforth to the end
of the Week, when he departed, the
Denstones saw little of him. He
spent the whole day in his room,
locking it up with the greatest-care
when he was obliged to leave It, and
manifesting so strong a dislike to any
Inroad of housemaids that they re
marked to each other that he was
only going to stay a week, for his
room would be unfit for any respecta
ble dog to live in, let alone a Chris
tian!
Arthur, meanwhile, had been gain
ing in the graccs of his new-found
relations, and he would have been
quite hjippy in tho pleasant conscious
ness that ho was both Riving pleasure
to them and also beginning to help
tho severe necessities at home, but
for a letter from Tola which drew
him back Into the region of worries
for the time. Tola did not often
write; she had really more on her
hands than she could get through
properly; but for her, the little ones
wonld have grown up untaught and
neglected; but for her, the mother
would never hnve been ablo to sit
down for five minutes. She htd had
a little disappointment lately, not a
very great one, but still one that
weighed on her a little. The first
fruits of Arthur's ten pounds had
been the long-coveted cashmere
gowns for tho girls, and one for tho
dear mother, too; but, like a true
man, ho had followed tho advice of
the linen draper's man and had
bought dress-lengths. Ten yards
would have amply sufficed for Tola
and for her mother; but ten yards
for Janet! that was Impossible. Tola
was tho first to see it, and the first to
suggest a remedy. Janet should have
five off hers; and the remaining five
would make a frock for Letty. Janet
would not have accepted it, but the
stuff was all cut out by Tola's deft
little fingers before she knew or could
remonstrate.
Ono person observed It, but that
was because of the extraordinary per
spicacity of his gaze whenever Tola
was concerned. This was the vicar, a
grave, tall gentleman of nsarly forty,
John Irvine by name, who lived with
ItIh mother In St. John's vicarage,
and was beloved by the poor, and
rather feared than liked by the rich,
lie seemed to know Instinctively how
things stood, lie would talk to Janet,
and glvo her directions as to h?r
school teaching and her district visit
ing; but he never gavo directions to
Tola, and once, when ho saw hor
large, brilliant eyes looking at him
wistfully when he spoke V>f some siok
person Janet was to visit, ho turned
to her and snld, with tho rare, sweet
smllo that used to lighten up his
grave features: "Orand old George
Herbert would appreciate your life.
Miss Denstone."
She did not thank him. but the flno
light camo back into her eyer She
thought a good deal of the few words
he said to her, fe?1lng that she was a
little household drudge and he like
some saint of old days.
But though Tola's letters were
rare, they were generally very full
of matter, and this one carried Ar
thur back nt onco Into the society of
tho homo circle.
To bo Continued.
Curious Korean Animal,
A countryman reported that a curl*
ous anlfnal had appeared in the dis
tarict of Chungwha. It has long hair
and Is different from anything be
fore seen there. It roams through
tho villages at nlaht, and many do
mestic animals have be?'n carried oS
by it.?Korea Dally News.
SOME FLOOD STATISTICS
Reports Still Coming in Showing the
Great Loss by Recent High Water.
Columbia, Special.? Commission)-!
Watson hns received very lull re|>orU
concerning the flood damage in tlie
Savannah River Valley on tlie South
Caiolina side, in rpply to liis recent
requests for information to promi
nent and intelligent residents of the,
flood swept district? of the State. The
replies from this section referred toj
ace made by Mewrs. Harry Ham
mond and J. C. Lamar, and the terri
tory a fleeted is almost exclusively in
Aiken county, down to the Barnwell
county line. >
From North Augusta to the mouth
ol Horse ('reek, it is estimated that
by the flood three thousand bushels
of corn were destroyed, .520 tons of
hay, and that tiie damage to proper
ty, including manufacturing plants
largo and small, amounted to .|82,(i00;
the hiss to husiuess enterprises
amounted to $i:i(>,f>f>0. Two negroes
were drowned in this territory and
that covers the loss of life in that
area.
Jrcm Horse Creel: to Cpper Huns
it is stated that ii2.i.>0 bushels of
corn .vere ruined, 1 .US 1 tons of hay
and 1-*2 bales of cotton; 22M hogs
were diowned or lost, 20 cows and
two .ies. The property loss, iu
cluding buildings, etc., was $:u>r>o.
and t lie huisncss los was $410. One
lite was lost in this territory.
It !?:?.?; already been published that
there is much destitution in this par
ticular territory as the nsult of the
destruction of the cr?>ps. the loss of
live stork and rations in the coun
try distrifts, .just as there vs in the
Conga re:* River Valley in this county.
hnJ measures of relief through the
Red Cross and other agencies, are on
foot to supply the wa:its of the ne
groes and others who have suffered.
Responses to Commissioner Wat
son's ii.(|iiirv are still coming in, but
Mr. Watson yet lacks sullicient data
on which to f?>rin a satisfactory gen
oral estimate. However, the rcsimuses
that have so far come in give definite
information and are from reliable
people. They indicate a very heavy
loss throughout the sections of the
State visitel by the flood.
In the Congaree Valley, the owner
of one farm, who requests that his
nam" he withheld, reports a loss of
$21,700. $10,000 of which is in dam
age to his lands from deposits. His
other losses include S.000 bushels of
corn and 8,000 bales of hay. An
other farmer near him reports a crop
loss of $0,030.
The damage in Oconee County i*
reported as follows: Three hundred
thousand dollars in crops destroyed,
$1 .">0,000 damage to farm lands.*
Lancaster County reports crop loss
es of half a million, damage to lands
of $100.01)0.
The Southern Power Company re
ports damage of $S 1.000 at Kocky
Creek, $(>.000 of which was in loss
of cement.
The I'elzer (Vmpanv reports dam
age to its plant of $.'{.000.
Anderson Countv reports damage
to crops $20,000, damage to lands
$.">0,000.
(leorgetown estimates the damage
to its rice fields at *100.000.
The i-eabord suffered damages
amounting to $-10,000 in this State.
From Sumter County reports of
$11,000 have been received. On the
Sumter side of the Wateree swamps
$S,000 worth of entile were drowned.
Lexington Man a Suicidc.
T.exington. Special.?This entire
county was shocked when it became
known that I'rof. John l>. Fa it, of
Chapin, recently nominated for coun
ty superintendent of education, had
committed suicide some time during
the night by shooting himself in th?
head with a shotgun. Few were will
ing to believe that one who had just
a few weeks ago been honored by the
people of his county would want to
take his own life.
?
Planning to Sell Direct to Europo.
Columbia, S. C., Special.?The
State Farmers' Cnion is at work on
a seln me to sell cotton direct t<? Ku
ropean mills, shipping through Char
leston To this end Joseph I,. I\"itt.
of the executive committee, has been
appointed to confer with Commis
sioner Watson to work out the de
tails of the project.
Not Guilty of Infcr.ticifo.
Columbia. Special.? In the General
Sessions Court, a verdict of not
guilty was returned in the ease of
IWia Clark, colored, charged with
infanticide. The woman admitted
throwing the baby in the swamp at
Kingville, but claimed the child had
diitl on the train before she got off
nf Kingville, and sh" said she was
afraid to go through the woods with
the dead child in Vr aims. Since
she has been confined in jail the
woman has given birth to another
child which she had with her in
('ourt.
L**cn TTJV Aprcrl.
Columbia, Sp-'i;'.- \{;rr::ev Gen
eral I yon states {*:;?! the di*p"n?i'rv
ease nil' ?>e fah'M up '-> tiie Fniled
Stales Supreme {'-.tot. Ju?? low !'?'
??'nttfr will go up e,,itrot now h
"i id, Inr it is iH" '''termination o1
'he \tto?-j'(y ft i"i el 'hi' <hn hisr't*
."st ( ouit i i ?' ? l-ind shall pass on
?he i-sues trvrfvrd a -d ill this the
Attorney Gcr.rvt 1 has the ful] ap
proval of tJover-ior AmspI.
THLSTATE LOSES CASE
Fleischmann & Co. Suit Not an Ac
tion Against State- Framers of
Constitution Never Conceived that
Sovereign State Would Engage in
Liquor Business.
i.1'/ an "pinion banded down
K H.moml. \ ,,y the I ?ift ,| Sla(t8
I iieuit < ourt of Appeals Jr
5? ^ IS ?? ''is lindiie-s
in the now famous suit of th;
clitnann Company and others against
. .south (utulinn ?li >ih> isnrv ,irn.
mission.
Tli? opinion in this w
In'i y *,5,,.nrs I'istrict
?J? lift' of t.reensboio. N.
?? by his associates. hjs.rict
.lud?e Umlilill ;iii.I rhirl Justice Ful
ler. |hp opinion is M?it(. len-ihv
consuming more than fortv p.,.^ of
eh'sHy typewriter matter. Mtn-h
* however. is ,|, Vol, ,| ,|.c
statement of facts.
In the opinion proper Judue
savs in part;
There are two main propositions;
st. the jurisdictional. whirl, pre
sents the question whether this is i
suit against the State of S??,th Car
olina a,nl. therefore. forbiiMen bv
!. i? ; ?,,d. s-eond.
e ler the dispensary commission ;s
a court meapahle of bavin" its pro
cet?in?s staged by a writ of injuiic
by a federal Conn. Does thi<
case come within the limits prcserib
<?" In this eonneetion it becomes
necessary !o im,uire if th<> State has
any present interest in the fund in
controversy wilieh ean be divested bv
a judicial determination of the true
amount, if any. just I v due to the com
plainant? Or has the State, bv an
Act ot the Legislature, relicjuislied
of n1"' ,'f n,,v |,xis,w*. c.amh
?f he tni.l to pay all the jus, debts
ol the State dispcusarv.
'' The lirst piopositiou rests lavcelv
upon the construction to b,. .-iven to
the Act of the South Carolina Legis
lature of February 1(5. provid
ing for the apiKiiiitmeut of a commis
sion to wind up the affairs of the
"tate dis|H'i.sary. and Seetion 17 of
another Act abolishing the State dis
pensary. The State, Iliromrh its Leg
islature. has passed both the title and
possession of the fund to the commis
sion for the pur|?oses designated in
p ?i '* the hands
of the commission charged with this
duty, the State has no interest in so
much thereof as is necessarv to pav
the just debts" ' '
Dispensary Fund a Trust Fund.
I he Court cites the esse of the
I nited States vs. Planters Hank of
(.eorpia. (22. it. s..) and mai.v other
<lcc.s,o,is sustaining this position, in
cludintr the ease of (iunter. Attornev
(icneral. vs. Allansie Coast Line Rail
road, <200. r. S.) -I.. what capaci
ty asks the Court, "are the n.ein
tiers ot the commission acliii",' \re
they officers of the State of SouMi
andimi or are they airents appoint
ed under an Act of the Lcgisinture
empowered to take possession of -i
certain fnml. and directed to admin
ister such fund in a certain manner'
J\c are constrained to hold that the
funds in their hands are held in tru<t
for the payment of the debts men
turned, and I hut the creditors of the
), .sl.K>nsarv have a propertv in
Hie fund in the |,am!s of the commis
sion to (lie extent that the debts are
shown to be just, and that a judicial
determination of the true amount of
such debts ean ... no wav alT.-et the
rifjhts and interests of the State
Ha\ inc. therelore. determined th*
relation of the appellants to the funds
in controversy. we answer the nues
tion propounded in the outset that
tills is not a suit ajrainst the State,
aii'l that the complainant js not for
bidden to maintain his action bv th?
11th amendment of the Constitution
? f the I nited Slates. This suit is
not a-ramst the fSafe nor is the Stale
an indispensihle part v.
"Treating the funds in the hands
of the appellants as a trust fund and
the duties of the trustees bein" clear
ly delined, the trustor is not even a
necessary party lo a suit brought to
compel the truslees to discharge their
hitics The position appears to be
agents and representatives
lit (bblor should (oustilute a Iri
bunal absolute it, ils eharncfer to ar
. i rarilv pass upon what, if anvlhiii".
is due an alleged creditor, and if a
r,"!,n 'V adjndired invnlM to put ??
:"d '' without further op,H?rl unil v
oi redress on the part of ||,e credi
tor. O uphold such a cuilentioi.
? '' ,0 a cr ??!it'?r
" us property without dtl.' process
o| law.
The State a Liquor Dealer.
^ I lie ( onrt further announces that
in the conccfition and adoption of
tlie 11th amendment it never entered
the minds of the framers o<' ?|,e
ameiidment that a sovereijfr, Stale
wouhl eniraife in the li.,?or busine-s
and become a trader by buyiiiir and
sellinu an article of common traflic
in compel it ion with the citizens of
It may be ques
tioned. therefore. whether ihe
? late <?f South Carolina was ?>xerci?.
i"% " governmental prerojrelive i i
per,ormimr n function necessarilv or
orcp-rlv incident to its autonomy ,m
a State."
In reference to the provisions of
the lltli amendment Judge Boyd uses
the following language:
"Undoubtedly the lltli amendment
was intended to prevent the Federal
Court in suits prosecuted by citi>.?n*|
of another State or citizens or sub
jects of a foreign State t'-om inter
fering with a State in the process of
its autonoigy in maintaining its own
system of self-government so long a*
such system is in harmony with th??
Constitution of the United States. To
this end. therefore, the funds of llie
State in its treasury, or hold by its'
officers or agents for use in the ad
ministration of the governmental af
fairs in the State are not to be af
fected In the process of a Federal
Court, nor can such Court entertain
jurisdiction of an action which has
for its purpose the invasion ??! the
lights of the State to manage and
eontrol its internal affairs or of an
action which will obstruct the Sta':>
authority or impair the State in.tr".
mentalities in the discharge of legi
timate functions in the maintenance
of the State's integrity.
I-.cxington Crops Short.
Lexington, Special.?Crops in this
county, as a rule, will be sVort. Ks
peeially is this true of the cotton
croit. There is no lop crop at all
this year and.r.ot muc!i of the first.
The tlclds are while everywhere and
if good weather prevails for a wocK
or two longer the entire crop will
have been gat!iei"d. All of the gin
arc running on f?.ill tin <? and ntuc':
of the lir.-l picking is being mark-.*
ed.
Roosevelt Appeal? for Taft.
Oyster Hay. V.. Special.? Pres
ident Roosevelt in a loiter So William
ft. McKinlev. chairman of ihe Rc
publican congressional committee,
made public Sunday, appeals to dis
interested citizens to join with the
national Republican committee and
the congressional committee in a
movement to elect William II. Taft
as President and a RepnMicau Con
gress to support him.
Forest Fires in West Virginia.
Cumberland. Md.. Special.? Re
ports are fc'itig received of disast
rous forest tires in the vicinity of
Thomas. Davis. William and other
points in West Virginia along tIn
line of the Western Maryland Rail
roa;l. Water is very scarce, compli
cating the situation. No water has
passed over Ihe Dry Fork dam for
some lime and conditions are serious
in that locality. The smoke is so
d'Mise at Thomas that objects a few
feel distant tire indisl ingnishahlc.
Confessed Murderer Arrested.
Jacksonville. I" la.. Special.- Wa!
tor l.cdhcttcr. a negro I ramp, was
arrested by Sheriff Howi!cn. in the
settlement <>f Marietta, and confess
ed to killing Mrs. Norman and hei
daughter lliere Sal unlay. A > soon
as the rtsidcnls of the set | lenient
learned that the negro had been cap
tured. there wire threats of a lynch
ing, but tiie negro was safely lodged
in the Duval county jail, where In
is 1111 !< r iiiiard. A speedy trial i>
now being arranged for the negro
Suffocated in Tunnel.
Detroit, Mich., Special.?Two men
wore suffocated and three others in
jured in a fire at the Windsor end ol
the Michigan Central tunnel Tues
day morning. When the fiames were
discovered the two hundred men
working in the r.haft made a dash
for the exits. All readied Ihe air
except four. The exact amount ot
damage is unknown.
Testify to Piscriminationn.
Atlanta. (Ja., Special.?There were
only two witnesses examined by Spe
cial Kxamiucr Smith. representing
the Interstate Commerce Commission
in the complaint of four negro bish
ops a'leging discrimination against
their race by several Southern rail
roads. The Vjitnesses were II. K.
Perry, a negro insurance worker, and
A. Craves, a iwuio real estate agent,
of Atlanta. Roth told of instance* in
which tliev had been refused better
accommodations than was furnished
hv the railroads, even though they
hnd been willing to pay for them.
Lockout of Tv/o Hundred Thousand
Operatives Probable.
Manchester, Fug.. Hv Cubic.- Late
Friday niyht there seemed to be no
hope that a lockout of 200.000 cotton
operatives could be aveded. The wage
dispute is of long standing. The em
ployers pi'OTi'ised to reduce wagrs tiv<
per cent., but they flnallv consented
not to put the reduction in force nn
!il Januarv of next year. The ope
vatives voted on the rpt"?tion whethet
or not to accent f'oj n(T"V.
It Is c.tlmnteil that 115.ut0.nno poo
pie speak the i'/iu'.lth Inn'miTe
CONVICT LEASE ENDS
Georgia Rids Herself of Cruel
System of Long Standing
WORK OF SPECIAL LEGISLATURE
Governor Smith Signs Bill Which
Ends a Regime of Corruption and
Great Brutality in the Cracker
State.
Atlanta, da., Special.?Just at mid
night Saturday niirht (iovcriuir lloko
Smith signed I lie convict lease hill
which hciTiilicr prohibit* tin1 leasing
i)t" felons except hy the consent of
the (loveriior and prison commission.
The hill was passed hy the IjCijis
lature Saturday alter $:i.~?,000 had
been spent in an extra session, ami
iieai l\ a mouth used in discussing
the legislation. With the signature
of <iovenor Smith on the hiII as cu
posscd, (icoruia has done away wit It
n system which has been in exist
ence ever since 1S(:.">.
It was to settle this convict lease
question that Governor Smith called
a special session of the I.enislatuie.
lie desired that the lease system be
absolutely abolished and the hill as
passed provides that there will be u?
leasinir ol convicts to any contractor
lor private ?ain. It is said these con
tractors have made thousamls of dol
lars out of convict labor i<? deor?ia
in the last tortv years, men beinjf
leased to them at .$100 a piece with
the proviso ot hoard ami sleeping
quarters.
In the investigation which led to
the present legislation there was con
sidciable testimony to the effect that
negro convicts had been whipped hy
overseers, that in several cases the
abuse had resulted in the death of
men under the control of the lessee.
When the (Jeorpia l.enilalure as
sembled a month airo to cousi<h*r the
question ot convict labor, (iovcruor
Smith announced that lie desired all
|' fees ot I lie lease sysein to Ic erad
icated. The Mouse ami Senate disa
greed as to how this should he ac
complished. The Senate insisted that
there should be no leasing alter
March .{1 next. The Motive wanted
the lease system extendi d to 1011.
I* i nit 11 hdwever, Mouse ami Senate
compromised on a measure which
p< rmits the us., hy the Sl.;ie of any
convicts not used on St|roads, no'r
by rnii!iici|.alities, nor in State insti
tutions. Iln se men may l> ? ii ;ed as
the prison commission and (iovcruor
sees lit, hut as a clos,? friend of (iov
cruor Smith said when ii was sug
gested this p!o\ isic-- miuhl have
a .joker. ''(iov.'rsior Smith, you
liia_\ he sure, is tota.lv opposed to
leasing convicts to private individ
uals ami will never coiiM"it to any
leases of this kind. The l->ase system
is dead."
Watchman Killed by Robber.
Durham. Special.--The dead hr.dv
ol Jack Uoberson, niidil watchman
Ibi* ( arringlou Lumber Company,
of Kasl Durham, was found Satur
day morning in the road bet wen lh<*
company's plant and the railroad
tracks, cold ami evidently ha'inpr
been there several hours. When I he
alarm was spread. Sheriff Murward
was one of the first there and made
the examination disclosing the wav
the man died. Two calibre pis
tol wounds were found in the body.
Suspicion rests uon a colore*? man,
and robbery was the cause of the
cri ne.
To Confer or RofJb.
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wil| he oi.'-ial1 v i' present*1 i at th?
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to h.' Ir Id i!i I';;i i - 'i", i iii<i'i<!i, ;ic
coid.i;^ )<< an .*>??: n*!';* < incut made
last week. The IV,irji jii^.f rv of
public worl- ha- b.-md formal in
' i t a I:?us t' i ;; 11 *i ;_*!:? ?:? s a *i11 on I cs
of t !iis eoniif i v ami mr.nv \\: jI iii<
ablv att ad.
B irrlav .'jaoi an? KMbtl
Macon, da.. Sp 'eial. City I; ?tee
live I o;a denes at .'! o'clock Si'mlav
morning shot a id killed Junior ftraid
a ne'."o buiylar, just after he had
burglarized the grocery store of J.
C. Va'in ard attempted to burglar
ize t! i <? d w <lb ii*.: < I i'iionias d, Car
I'oll. Mrs. ( an oil was aroused by
the :ie*rro in the house and ? cream ?
fc 1im ' e tbrough fh" vlass I'dur and
ran. '''he eitv de'ccliv" r : s cuIII'mI.
t ave ?lir>" and w?u-,fi'/e<d to ?d ? ot
lh" in gr<, w'-o sipwed (? ? ijt ?vhcu
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