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Sl.SOPer Year THE SCENT; OR. TRACED BY A WVOONG ROtt ?JL LADY MAKOAirr MAJKNDHL CHAPTER XIV. IS . Continued. ? '. tie had a little carriage at the doer, drawn by a staid pons', and of fered Arthur a seat beside him. The baker. Mounter, was* going the same way, and he offered old Nanon a lift. Mounter was evidently anxious to see and hear. , * The house looked forlorn enough . as they drove up to It. Antoinette * was standing outside, leaning against the parapet, with her hands shelter ing her eyes, to watch for their ar rival. Old Battiste was cowering be -/hind her; ho looked a most miserable, " . trembling old creature. *'?" Antoinette hardly noticed the ? Mayor. She sprang forward to meet Arthur with a little cry. "At last!" she exclaimed. "How thankful I am '**to see you! Now wo can force open , the door. I have all the tools In readiness; we have found them." "Do not agitate yourself," he said, gently. "Very probably we shall And that ycur father ham fainted, or that some such ailment has overpowered him." He held her hand tightly In i his. "Oh! do not let us waste time In conjectures," she exclaimed, leading the way indoor*. "TLi3 is Monsieur Tassot, Antoin ette," said Arthur, hastily. "He has coino to help us." "You are very kind, Monslour," she said, looking at him with a sad little cmlle. "Yo;*- will forgive ray anx iety." ~ . Monsieur Tnaset glanced at Arthur In astonishment when he Eaw the thickness cf the doors. "We shell need more help," ho said, and he turned to old Battiste, who was almost crazy with anxiety, and deBlred him to tell Mounler to tie up the horses somehow, and come to their assistance. They were glad of the baker's strong arm, for it was very long bafore the doors gave way. "My brother-in-law put good work in hero," said Mounter, pausing to wipe his brow. "It does him credit; but one is inclined to wish ho were not so good a workman." "Hueh!" eaid Tasset. The last ? blows were being struck. It Was ovi dant that in another moment the door would fall, eud the secrets of the inner room would be revealed; A solemn silence seemed to fall upon them all, only the loud, ringing blows and the trembling vibration of the woolwork* as it cracked, and splint-* ercd, ami broke. I "Antoinette!" said Arthur, "Dear est, leave us now, I entreat you. I will corno to you at once, You shall not be left ono moment in suspense." ! But it seemed as If tho sound of bis imploring voico did not oveu reach her ear. ' . "Antoinette, do, I besecch yon, yield in this." But as he actually uttered tho words the great door fell in with a tremendc * crash, and they all rushed forward into tho room. Never till their dying hour did those three men forget tho awful shriek that came from Antoinette at the first sight of v.'hht that room con tained. It rang through tho houso aud re-cchood through tho woods, and it was followed by u death-like stillness, On the gfound lay the body of hor father? horribly, brutally murdered! Tbe feet find gown of tho daughter were dyed lu the blood which had oured over the floor, Bho would avo fallen on hjr kncoa boside him but Arthur sprang forward and caufht her, thanking God as he saw foer become unconscious In hl> arms. ] Monsieur Taaact wat tho first to spank. His voice wm hoarso from >orror, "This is worse than we could have anticipated, Monsieur," he said. "It Is just as well that you had wit nesses." Arthur made no answer; he was watching Dattisto. The old man had thrown himself on his knees by the corpse, and with his feeble arms was trying to ralso It." "See, Messieurs!" ho cried, pas sionately. "See, he has been mur dered and robbed! Yes, ho wns right in his fenrjt, for thl* was whero ho hid them, niul they aro all gone, all Bono!" I!o pointed out a piece In the floor whero n plunk had been removed, and chorved n yawning aperture bo low. "What was It? What did ho keop thoro?" cald tho Mayor, very gravely. "His treasuro! His diamonds!. Dut they aro all gone. Oh! master! My old master!" cried the wretched man. "It Is my doing! All my doing!" and he burst Into a passion ate wall, moaning and dashing him self upon the ground. Tasset did not speak, he only looked at him with r. grave, pufzled expression. Then Antoinette showed a very flight symptom of returning con sciousness, ar.d Arthur rapidly car ried her away. He took her Into the nearsst room, where fortunately he found a wide, .old-fashioned *ofa, on which ho laid 1i<m gently, nnd b?gan to chafe her hand?. Sho opened her eyes once, but evidently tho horrlblo recollection of what nho had seen flashed across her mind, for another little ery escaped her. and the fainted away once more. For the next hoar her condition caused htm the greatest anxiety, and be felt that he could not leave her for an Instant. Old Nanon was far too much bewildered and terrified to be of the smallest use. Meanwhile, tbo neccssary measures were being carried out promptly by the Mayor. The body of the unfor tunate Monsieur RIgaud was removed to a bedroom; tho doctor and cure were sent for; people began to come and go. A hasty seml-offlclal inquiry was instituted. Arthur was most thankful to hoar of the arrival of a doctor. He was becoming greatly alarmed by the con dition of Antoinette, and he sent Na non to beg for his assistance, llo administered a considerable dose of opium at once and Arthur sat by her sofa watching for the effect with the deepest anxiety. Ills heart ached and bled for her, this poor, helpless child. In her waking moments she clung to him, and he soothed her and kissed her as tenderly as if she were indeed a child. The others seemed to understand with instinctive tact. An idea had got about that Arthur was her fiance, and he did not contradict it. lie was thankful for the excuse it gave him to keep tho position toward her that he had almost involuntarily assumed. She Hlept at last, her hards related their clinging to Arthv.r, the painful drawn expression died out of her sweet face. She slept so heavily and with such extraordinary stllluoss un der the Influence of tho powerful opiate that new fears began to assail Arthur, and he again summoned the doctor. However, the doctor reassured him. It was all right, tho best thing that could possibly happen to her, he said; and ho then at last felt that he could make up his mind to leave her, and obey the summons of the Mayor to come and give the assembled mag nates all tho Information in his power. Alas! all the rapidly-collected evi dence seemed to point ono way only. BattUte had declared that only he himself had known of tho existence of the diamonds. Arthur at once told of what Mademoiselle RIgaud had said to him the night before, that Battiste had spoken to her of the treasure, and that previously she had heard nothing of It. Tho fact that Uattisto had volunteered this infor mation to his master's daughter on the very night of her arrival, he thought, would tell greatly in the old man's favor; but the doctor inter* posed by asserting that It was his belief that even theu, already at the time of her arrival, Monsieur RIgaud must have been dead. Arthur, at the moment, was almost bewildered by all that had passed, lie put his hand to his head, and said that he was afraid of making fatal mistakes if called upon to give evldenco at that momentr lie asked for time to collcct his thoughts. They agreed at once, begging him courteously not to trouble himself, and went on talking less formally among thomselves. It was well known, unfortunately, that Paul Le duc, In conversation with several In dividuals In Coucy, during his visits there, had spoken of his uncle's ner vous fears and apparent distrust of hjs old servant, The worst of nil was the effect pro duced on tho bystanders by tho un happy old man's exclamation over tho body of his dead master; "It Is all my doing." On the othor hand, th? nature of the blow that had killed Monsieur HI* gaud seemed to Indloate that the deed must have been done by a ?tronger arm than poor old Dattlsto oould now boast of. The force of the blow must have been terrific, and death Instan taneous, for tho skull waa shattered like a nutshell. He had evidently been kneeling over the holo whloh contained his treasure, with hli back to the door by which the murderer entered. He probably was struck down Instantly, for he was discovered lying faco downwards, with both arms stretchcd out. Arthur, In splto of hla request for time to collect his thoughts, could not help Interposing to point out how Impossible It was that that feeblo old man should have been ablo to deliver such a blow, but they wero rather Inclined to laugh at that suggestion, asserting that Hattlsto was as good as ever at felling trees, cutting up logs of wood, etc. They summoned poor old Nanon, utterly unconscious of what was going on, and It made his heart bleed to hear them cross-ques tlonfng her as to her husband's capa bilities, and to hear her stoutly main tain that in strength he was equal to any young man yet. Tho old wife made her boast with honest pride, while she could not help wondering why such Irrelevant questions were being aftked r.t such a tlmo as the present. No traco of o weapon could ho found anywhere, and tho doctor couhC form no opinion as to what In strument hnd delivered the blow. lie was a timid man, with only the com monplaco experiences of a small country practice Arthur had a theory of his m oft the ?abject, hat he waa afraid to make suggestions prematurely. He wu under the.itrtfai impression that the blow had heea dealt with a life preeerrer. Of Battlkte'a Innocence he had not the alifhtest doabt, attf It was with a hitter sense of his las po tenet to aare him that he saw tho poor, falthfal old aerrant heavily bound with ropes, placed In ftfounler'a cart, and driven off to the gaol at Goucy. Monsieur Taaaet set a s?al upon various bureaus, ordered In a couple of women, and a gen d'arme for the protection of the place, and at last left them In peace. Not till tho actual moment of their departure arrived did old Nanon real ize what was taking place; but when ?be did ao aha was like ono posseeaed. Her crlea and acreama were ao violent that Arthur was terrified leat they ahould even penetrate through the death-like veil of aleep which the doctor'a opiate had thrown over An toinette; but, fortunately, the two women tho Mayor had left were hon cat. kind-hearted peasants. They took her away with them, comforting her with any amount of soothing falsehoods, and succeeded at last In reducing her from violent gi?ef and deapalr to a kind of plain t! .?? faith and 'confldenco In all going well, that wna far more touching. CHAPTER XV. Arthur spent the whole day at Mon Repos, and during all those Ions hours Antoinette never stirred. About five o'clock a little not<5 was brought to him from the Mayor at Goucy. His presence was required nt tho Hotel de-Villc. It informed him that the body of the murdered man was to be removed at eight o'clock to the Chap elle des Morts In the cometory at Goucy; and Monsieur Tasset had the kindness to add that he should not be detained at tho Ilotel-de-Ville longer than couhl possibly be helped, but should be set nt liberty to return to Mademoiselle Rigaud before the removal took place to afford her sup port and consolation. . Arthur was obliged to obey the summons; there was no alternative. When he reached the Hotel -de-Ville ho was at once subjected to a vigor ous cros3-e lamination by the notalre and the Mpyor. At the end of the examination matters seemed to look even blacker for poor Battisto than before. Tho flrst and most important point was clearly to get Paul Leduc bark again. Without his evidence it wOuld hardly be possible actually to convince Battisto; with It no one had the smallest doubt that it would be un avoidable. A telegram had been seht to the address in Paris which he had glvQn. and even while they were seated in conclave the answer was brought in: "Monsieur Leduc has not yet returned to Paris, but was hourly expected, and their wishes should be communicatcd to hlni at once on his return." There was nothing for it but to wait. Poor old Battisto was conveyed back to prison, end the formal meeting broke up. Arthur turned to take down his hat from the peg on which it hung, intending to return to Mon Repos, when his attention was suddenly ar rested by a few words Monsieur Tas set was saying to the notalre Lo tit os. "I liopo something may occur to help us, Legros," ho said, anxiously. "Tell me, do yon honestly believe In t..o cullt of old Battlste?" "There is evidence enough to con vlct him twice over," said the notalro, snapping his Angers, "Evldenco or not," said Monsieur Tasset, doggedly, "no Breton peasant ever Injured his foster-brother. That Is one of the things that does net happen. It Is a puzzlo to me alto gether. Wo want Jacques Aymar." Both laughed slightly, but Monsieur Legros departed. Arthur went up to the Mayor. "May I ask who Is this Jacques Ay mar?" ha said, ''Would he afford a cluo to the mystery?" Tassct shrugged his shoulders, "lie might have done so, monsieur," ho said; ''but, unfortunately, he died In the seventeenth century. Ho used the dlvlning-rod In a peculiar manner for the discovery of crimes." "Yep?" said Arthur, anxious to hear more, I "The reason that we are Interested In him in Ooucy is that a Kantsti ftrally named Aymar settled in the town somo fifty years ago, and it was supposed that the power ? in a modi fled form, it is understood ? still ex isted among them." "That is curious," said Arthur, "Do you bellevo in it?" "Bah! Why not? Our poor vic tim, Monsieur Illgaud, married Into the family." "Indeed!" said Arthur, assuming an Indlfferenco he was far from feel ing. "Ye?, the last of them all, Mado molselle Jacqueline. She was called 'La bello des belles' In Goucy, and Monsieur Illgaud was much disliked for dragging her Into tho poverty and obscurity of Mon Repot. She died very early," and the good man sighed deeply. Monsieur Tassot arranged with Ar* thur that he would return at eight o'clock to be present when the body of Monsieur Rlgaud was transferred to tho Chapelle des Morts. He con sidered It advisable that someone of authority should be present, in case It wa3 found that the curiosity of the crowd should become obtrusive, and Arthur roturnod r.t once to Mon Hf i 03. To bo Continued. Tho 2 000 Ouagrs In Oklahoma art Iho richest community on tho faco of tho globe, and they are getting rlcU or. BAD WRECK IN FOG Four People Go Down Into a - Watery Grave SPLENDID WORK OF RESCUERS Ib? Oeorfle, of the vWte BUr Line, and the Bteaaishly Finance, Out ward Bound, Cmm Together . in a Fog eff Sandy Hook ? Three Fas aengors end Oni of tip Grew of the Finance Find Watery Graves. New York, SpeeiaL ? In the thick of t fog off Sandy Hood the etout, ?teel freighter Georgia, of the White Star Line, rammed and sank the lightly laden Panama steamer Fi nance, outward bound with 85 pas aengers, the Finance going daws within ten minutca, carrying to their death, three of her passengers and one of the crew. The rest of the passengers who included 19 women and 14 children, at well as others of the crew, were rescued by the boats of the .Gcorgic. The freighter was not damaged. Miss Irene Campbell, of Panama, a passenger who was lost clung frant ically to the rail of the sinking vessel and could not be persuaded to release her hold nor were the men who man ned the small boats able to forcibly remove her. She was seen clinging determinedly as the vessel was en gulfed. William "II. Todd third as aistant engineer, jumped overboard and was lost. When a roll coll of the passengers of the Finance was celled, it was found that Charles II. Schweinler, a policeman of Panama, and Henry Muller, a railroad contrac tor of Panama, had disappeared, and there is little doubt that they were drowned. The disaster occurred in the main ship channel off Sandy Hook at 8 o'clock in the morning, and as both vessels were groping their ways through a fog. The Finance had weighed anchor and was picinkg her way down the Swash channel, when Captain Mow bray, who was on the bridge, heard the whistle of an approaching liner. The Finance was immediately put astern and was slowly backing when the Georgie, in-bound from Liverpool, loomed out of the fog and a moment later crashed into the port side and just abaft of the Finance. The prow of the freighter penetrated the side of the Finance nearly ten feet, tear ing away an unoccupied state room and leaving a ragged hole through which the water rushed in. The Pan ama steamer heeled far over to the starboard while men and women, many of whom had been awakened from a sound sleep, were thrown from their berths. Hastily covering them selves with bed clothing they rushed in a panic to the main deck, which was fast sinking to the surface of the water. Many passengers jumped overboard, not stopping even to pro vide themselves with life preservers. That more were not lost was due to the discipline of the crew of the Fi nance and the prompt and intelligent work of the sailors from the Oeorgie. Immediately after the accident the freighter backed off and anchored, her commander. Captain Clark, in the meantime having ordered the life boats lowered. The boats of the Fi nance were also cut away as quickly as possible, though with difficulty, because of the. heavy list of the sink ing steamer. A score or more of those who jump ed overboard were picked up by the small boats. Meantime the Finance was settling steadily. "To add to The confusion, a moment after the im pact there was an explosion of an ammonia tank in the forward hold of the Finance and the fumes drove the engineers and firemen to the decks. William Todd, the third as sistant engineer, was partially over come by the fumes, and staggering to the rail, threw himself overboard. Ho wa? not seen again. Probably half of the passengers with the crew, stood by the ship, awaiting rescue, and these were gotten off with re markable expedition. War Seems Hear. London, By fable. ? It is generally agreed in well informed diplomatie cireles that war in tlic Balkans if very near and can hardly be avert ed. The belief is joined in by all the newspapers of London. According to The Daily Telegraph, negotiations be tween RuMgia and Austria have pro cessed to such a point that their failure is a certainty. It is generally believed that Turkey, flervia and Montenegro have secretly closed an offensive and defensive compact. Florid?. Exposition. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.? Janu - ary 20 to March 20 are the dates set for the 1000 Florida Kxpcsit on Fail and arrongerr.cn^p for tfco big winfoi show are already b.inj n i<h. Indira tions point to an unprecedented ni*l of Northern tourists to Florida t hi: winter and ncaily all of them wil probably take advantage of the op i portunity to innpcct the fair. ALLIANCE WI1JI JAPS ASeged Agreement Over the Control pf the Pacific MAYBE WAR TALK WILL END (Jnited States cad Japan Havo Ar rived at Definite Mutual Program ae Regards the Attitude or PoUjj Toward Problems That May '.rise In Pacific. Washington, Special. ? Despite offl risl reticence, information from re isble sources bas been obtained of in agreement of far reaching im wrtance between the United States ind Japan eovering the policy of the ;wo countries in the Pacific. The agreement is based upon the ?dea of encouraging and defending ^ree and peaceful commercial de velopment in the Pacific. It contains lot only a mutual guarantee to re ipect each other's territorial pos sessions there, but defines the attitude ?f the two counties towards China, nnding each to defend by every peaceful means China's independence ind integrity, and to give equal com* nercial opportunity in the Chinese >mpire to all nations. Rut more im portant still the agreement in the jvent of complications threatening the status quo, binds the United States and Japan to consult each >ther with a view to acting together. Articles of Agreement. . The agreement has been drawn up n the form of a declaration and con sists of. five article, of which the following is an accurate and faithful lcscription: The first articlc gives expression to the wish of the two governments to entourage the free ind peaceful development of their commerce in the Pacific. The second s a mutual disclaimer of an aggres iive design, and contains also e lefinition of the policy of each gov ?rninent, both as directed lo^ the naintenance of the existing status ino in the Pacific and the defense of he principle of equal opportunity 'or commerce and industry in China The third article contains a state ment of the consequent "firm" re ciprocal resolution of each govern nent, each to represent the territorial possession in the Pacific of the other, fn the fourth article the United States and Japan exp ?ss their de termination "in the c.minon interest >f all powers" in Ciina to support "by all peaceful means at their dis posal " the independence and in tegrity of China and the principle of ?qual commercial and industrial 3pportunity for all nations in the em pire. The fifth article mutuallv pledges the two governments, in the ?ase of "the occurrence of any event threatening the status quo. as above ileac 'bed. or the principle of equal Dp, . ?t unity, as above defined" to communicate with each other for the purpose of arriving at a mutual understanding with regard to the measures they may consider it useful to take. Hitchcock for Cabinet. Hot Springs, Vn.. Special. ? Frank H. Hitchcock ban been offered and hag accepted t be position of Post master General in the Taft Cabinet that is to be. The official announce ment of this conclusion regarding the first Cabinet selection of President elect Taft. will doubtless not be mud* until Mr. Taft bas completed bis Cab inet. at which time it will be an nounced en bloc. Hecause of Ibis view of the situation no expression regarding the selection of Mr. Hitch cock was obtained for publication from either Mr. Taft or the ffepub lican national chairman. There were many reasons, it was pointed out, win it was expedient that Mr. Hitchcock's ?tutus should be fixed, at least so far as the principals arc concerned. an<* \ complete understanding is knowr. to exist between them. As chairman of the Republican national committer Mr. Hitchcock bccame more familiar than any other persons with the poli tical phase of questions likely to arise at the beginning of the Taft administration, and the knowledge he gained regarding the personnel of the party will be of great service tr Mr. Taft throughout his administra. t/on. Plunges Off Memphis Bridge. Memphis, Tcnn., Special. ? W. K Kimball, of this city, unable, it i? <aid, to choose between his wife and Miss Norn Acton, n young woman oi Klvondalc, Ala., with whom it is al ledged he had become enamored jumped from the Memphis bridg< and ended his life, his body bcinp discovered under the bridge on tin Arkansas sio of the Mississippi riv er. Kimball and bis wife had just become reunited. It was during theii separation that he met Miss Acton. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS News of Interest Gleaned from All Sections of the vtete end Arranged fcr Busy Rccdcrs Election Returns CanTasrcl I Columbia, Special.? Aaeordinx to' the official returns aa tabulated and declared by the State board cf <au-| vassers, the total vcte for the Doir.o cratic electoral ticket at the election of November 3, 1938, was 62,239 ; for j the Republican ticket, 3,347 ; for the , Independence League tickct 43, ond for the Socialist ticket 101. This is ' a totel vote of about 67,003, slight ly more thnn kclf the total number of votes cast in the Democratic pri mary election in August. The largest Republican vote was cast in Orangeburg comity. 405, with Charleston second, 347; Beaufort, third, 272; lti<-hland, fourth, 23G; Berkeley, fifth, 235. The largest Democratic vote was cast by Spartanburg. 4,1G2; with Greenville second, 2,774; Orangeburg, third 2,687; Lexingto* fourth, 2,503, and Anderson Laurens and Marion each casting over two thousand votes for the Democratic ticket. Elcctcrial Voto by Counties. Dem. Rep. Ind. Soe. Abbeville .. ..1,431 0 1 Aiken 1.000 43 43 Andorson . . . .2,01)0 Bamberg . . . . 843 33 Barnwell .. ..1,407 S3 Beaufort . . . . 522 272 Berkeley . . . . GO!) 235 2 Calhoun (5(H) 51 2 Chnrles:o:i. ..1,314 347 7 2(5 ( 'herokee . . . . 1 ,500 00 Chester 1,303 37 ChesterlK'ld ..1,453 47 Clarendon .. ..1,001 02 Colleton 1,300 01 Darlington. ..1,270 21 Dorchester .. 333 103 5 Edgefield .. ..1.097 3 Fairfield .. .. 830 12 2 Florence . . . . 1 ,400 23 3 7 i Georgetown . . 544 103 1 Greenville .. ..2,774 170 7 23 Greenwood .. 1,705 13 10 Hampton .. ..1.133 Horry 1.247 50 Kershaw 922 45 1 Lancaster .. ..1,720 53 2 Laurens 2,100 01 1 Lee 003 53 1 I Lexinglon . . . .2,503 80 1 Marion . . ... .2,007 01 Mailboro .. .. 010 10 Newberry .. ..1,681 44 1 Oconee 1.12(5 172 2 Orangeburg . .2,637 405 1 Pickens 1,241 56 Richland .. ..1.750 230 3 13 Saluda 1,335 8 1 1 ! Spartanburg . . 4,162 225 5 Sumter 1,223 175 3 I Union 1,331) 40 Williamsbuig .1,550 130 York 1,006 20 Total .. ..62,239 3,847 45 97! Killing Breaks np Fish Fry. Abbeville, Special. ? A negro wo- ' man named Adams was placed in jail here charged with killing another ne- 1 gro woman named Hall at Monterev, ? in this eounty. The negro women of n church in that section were giving, a fish fry for the benefit of the pas tor, ond among the attendants on j these divine services was a gaily J dressed gentlman of color, one of the i leading society men in a nearby town. ' The women, quite naturally, had a little difficulty among themselves as to who should show the gentleman into supper and "do the honors." As a result a general fight took place in which the Hall woman was stabbed to death. The woman Adams was severely cut end six or eight others more or less scverclv wounded. The society .man camped during the fes tivities. Spartanburg Store Robbed. Spartanburg, Special. ? The cloth ing store of the Floyd L. Li leu Com pany on west Mnin street was enter, ed by professional burglars hero ?ome time Wednesday night and rob bed of goods amounting in value to iteveral hundred dollars. They en tered a door nt the rear of the build ing by removing the lock by use of a brace and bit and lifted from its hinges a second dcor encountered. i Breaking up Blind Timers. Aiken, Special. ? Vigil 'lit efforts are b^ing made by the constabulary officers <f this countv in an effort to break up the blind tigers that are nllegcd to infest the Kdisto river swamps. The officers, Cato, Samuels and D. IT. Wallacc, returned to the city last week from Merrill's bridge, where they made a successful haul brinarimr with them a large copper still that appeared to be new. Sun day night the officers paid a visit to the vicinitv and found a quantity of "mash" but the still was conspic iously absent. ronms Are Askel to Meet. * I C'olnmb' v. SpV.al. ? Superinten dent of Education Martin has s??nt I to th?> county superintendents of ! education a letter railing: attention to?tbe request of the country l'fe ccmrnissicn with reirard to the dis tufs on of questions sent out by the commission and adding some sugges tions cf his own. Tliat meetings be I held for the consideration of these questions is suggested by the commis sion and Mr. Martin adds that these meetings, if held, mi^ht also serve other good purposes, llis letter is as follows: November 23. 1908. To the County Superintendents of Education: Allow me to call your 'attention to the request of "the com mission on country life" that patrons ? c 1' s? kcols hold meetings before Dc | ermber 5 to diRcuss the questions named by said commission. Such meetings will accompish a great amount of good. Whenever the peo ple begin to consider questions which vitally affect their life and interest, good results will ho forthcoming. In addition to discussions suggest ed these meetings might be returned to practical account by starting move ments for new school buildings, local taxes and libraries. Hundreds of libraries should be established or en larged within tin* next month. Many of the library hooks treat the sub I jeots now hcim; considered by the commission. Please urge your teach ers and trustees to send in their orders for libraries before the close of the year. Orders coming in after January 1 will have to wait for an other legislative appropriation. If you linve not sent in yout^ .supple mentary report please do ro at o.iee. Sincerely' vonrs. O. IV MARTIN. State Superintendent of Education. After Federal Ptitfoller. Columbia, Special. ? Governor An s< I telegraphed Coventor Hoke Smith < f Georgia, requesting him to hold Janus l'oulwnre, a Federal prisoner in the Cnitcd States prison at At lrn!a, whose term is about expired and "fio is wante<( in Fairfield coun ty, t-'.ie ftats Ml (he charge of mur der. Ybe rMMti '*? made at the sug gest i<. a atf Iknrlf Hood, of Fairfield. Houl<MM? Wtu ab.1t to the Federal prison Ml Iks efea&gc of robbing the mailt!, an4 H la uiid that while out on hjnd !n Hlle rase lie killed a ne gro in FairflelJ, and a true bill has been flnnnd again* t him by the grand jnry. Expires cf Wpetlon are now Being | Filed. Columbia Special. ? Practically all of the b'lls for the November general I election have been filed with Comp troller General Jones only one or two counties being out. It is thought that [there will br n small remainder after r.ll of the bills are paid, but, in cluding the newspaper advertising, the general election cost about $24, 000. There was an appropriation of ?f4.000 for advertising the election notices in (lie newspapers and the gen i eral assembly appropriated $20,400 for the election. Monument to Oonfcdnatee, Fidgeflrhl, Special. ? The monument erected bv I he Daughters of the Con federacy to the unknown dead buried here was unveiled Thursday after noon. Hev. T. P. Burgess opened the exercises with prayer, and introduced Dr. C. F. Burtis, who delivered an eloquent address. Mr. Simkins read an original poem, "Unknown," by Hev. Mr. Burgess. Four Daughters then unveiled the shaft. The entiro exercise# were beautiful and opprQ* pvlatn, Tire rrSsonerc Eacape, Lexington, Special. ? Tuesday mortt? ing about 8 o'clock the entire force of hand? on the county ehain eamr, which If located in t ho Dutch Fork, near Wyae's Ferry, made a dash for liberty and six out of twentv-ai* prisoner* succeeded in making their escape, and up to a late hour at night had not been captured. Particulars are mengre, and nothing definite has been learned, Tcrritlo Tra~cdy at Winona. ^ Florence, Special.? News has just reached this city of a f< rrible tragedy which occurred at Winona, in the t eastern section of the county. John Havocs, a white farmer, living on Mr. Natlian Gibson's plantation, made n desperate attempt to kill his wife and whole family with a shot gun. Henry Moore, who went to their assistance, was shot iu the leg by Ilaynes, who then turned the gun upon himself and blew out his brains, Particulars are meagre and only theso I facts <an be obtained. SURE CURE For All DiieaiM off STOMACH, | (Liver a Kidneys