The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, December 03, 1908, Image 1
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
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