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VOL..VI. NO. 3. CAMDEN* 8. C* THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1909. Sl.SOPer Year A FALLEN IDOL Br FREDERIC AN8TEY. the PROLOGUE. 2 < Continued. hl* to? "*lou? ?ubor Sit cen,urcd hlm severely; for * TOw ** ?"?nee J!?7 pr*rented th* offender Jom making nay attempt it solf defense -beyond shaking hie head with much vehemence. That evening, as Acharya presided f Jh? distribution of the day's fit t. *? Wa* even more careful than before to restrict Chalanka's portion both In qusntlty and quality. It was rain to tell himself that tho Brahman s story had had no influ - ence upon him?a slandered saint is like a damaged plum, something is gone from him that can never bo re Jth*n' to?- lhe J*?n had had his doubts from the beginning But tho very next morning re vealed an outrage of tho grossest ir reverence. Every one of the tlrth ankars had been turned upside down in his niche, except Chalanks. who was almost hidden under a mass of flowers! w??!?a.rya T,eU knew that no Ja!n J of ,Uch lmP?ety; he saw in It the hand of his unscrupul ous adversary. Ram Chunga, and was struck with mingled consternation and wrath. He got the idols replaced In a nor r,rrLJH??8lt,!i11 bef?re tho worahlpers arrived, and rb soon as the morning's ? li ??Fe endetl h? w?nt down to li?k *?!. ?' and ha(1 an Interview with the headman. Fattekban Qui, to whom he disclosed what had liao pened. > The headman sent him to the Mus sulman guard. who. having a splen did[contempt for Jains and Brahmans alike, might be trusted to remain Im part!*!. and who wore posted around the temple in such a manner that none could approach uuchallcngcd. And then the Idols were all care fully oiled and batb .1 with sandal rater, and left for ihc night with a strong conviction on Acharya s part tnat their tranquillity was not likely to be again Invaded. But when ho entered the Idol ehamber at 4aw0 ncxt day u tQ And It in a condition at the sight of which he staggered back confounded and appalled. All that had gone be fore was child's play to this. Every niche on tho lower tier was bare, and in the centre of the pavement was a pile or images, each one of which proved to havo been mutilated?Its nose, its ears (which were dispropor tionately largo) and the triple um brella above its head had all beTn chipped off, and upon each altar a nose, an umbrella and a pair of ears were laid out with derisive neatness* Acharya almost lost his senses at .v8*? for ho had the whole night in watching, in going from post to post, and ho knew that for this sooond outrage the Brahman could OOt by any possibility be responsible. Yet a complete and valuable set of imajea had been ruthlessly defaced by tome. one, and the pious Jain* would soon bo at the gatos to per form their morning', devotions, what would they think?what expla nation could ho give them? To his more enlightened mind the Images were but emblems, but this was a doctrine wholly beyond his flock, and he trembled to think of the view they might take of such a whole sale destruction. The reader, who was quick of re sources, proposed to restore the Idols to their nlche3 and trust to tho semi darkness to conceal their Imperfect condition, but Acharya was too de jected and, bo It added, too conscien tious, to resort to any such ovaslou. And so, when tho earliest brazl?r* and coppersmiths, after depositing their^ offerings In (ho porch, came into the Idol chamber to walk around yhrao times and make obelRanccs to the Images as usual, they found their priest standing, with bent head and PM whHo rpbtg torn, behind a heap Pf divinities, and thoy ftfhtlt. Gradually th# ohambor filled and a puit of dlimaysd eurloilty row from Ifet tarlouii froupf. if their gods T ? *a,i m the,r ?&rln?? what was left for them to worship? And while some of tho less devotlonally minded were rather relieved to have a legitimate ecc.iso for non-attend ance In future, (ho majority felt a pious regret for th9lr gods ? their bland, sleepy, smiling gods, who never gavo any troublo and whose faces had become as the faces of old friends. "My children," faltered the priest, perceiving they wore waiting for some explanation, "the destroyer has been at work In the darkness. I know no moro than ye why this has come upon us to humble me and per plex your hearts." "It Is the evil spirits!" whispered Murll Dass, the coppersmith, and the congregation took it up and cried "Yes, It is the evil spirits?It Is the saktls!" And they fell on their knees and struck their foreheads, and Acharya, whatever his private opinions might be, did not contradict them now. But there was a sudden stir In the crowd; several rose to their feet and made way as if for some person of distinction, ana Acharya, with an Agony of mortification, naw his rival, Ram Chunga, approach ? the vdry last person he wished to witness tie A village In any part or the worM 1# not tho place tpr a secret. The Jain's suspicions and request for a guard'had not been Ions in reaching he Brahman's ears, he had come np o repudiate the charge indignantly, vhen he gathered from the atlr out* side the temple that something extra ordinary was going on within, and with his habitual contempt for all orejudices but his own he strode In lo discover tor himself what the mat* ter might be. Ham Chunga,avcidlngcontact with the rest as much as possible, stood taking lb the aituatlon with no small bewilderment. "What is this, O Acharya Chick?" he Inquired at last. "Behold." said the Jain, "the effi gies of our blessed arhats have been found mutilated and dishonored, as you see, and by whose hand we can not tell!" "Why," tha Brahman asked him self, "had this wretched old creature destroyed the gods by which he lived??for of course this was his work." Itam Chunga was not above conducting a manifestation or ar ranging miracles himself, but he did j not understand a portent on such a ? scale as this; It seemed wanting in | common Judgment. I And then suddenly ho saw through the design; this Jain priest In his mulish obstinacy had actually de stroyed his Siva rather than deliver It to his rival, and then to divert sus picion had been forced to deface his own images. "Where is the Image of 8lva, the undying?" lio demanded with a black frown. "Bring it forth that I may look upon it." "It is there, behind you," said the Jain dejectedly, and Ram Chunga, turning, beheld for the first time the Idol on which he had grounded so protty a quarrel. Till then he had had no particular desire to possess It for its own sake; now the sight of it strengthened his determination to get it out of alien hands. It was really a handsome Idol, rath er antiquated perhaps In design, but atlll of excellent workmanship and, notwithstanding its somewhat ques tionable origin, orthodox in all Its details; It would dcf^Pkdlt to the heat appointed temple. And to his intense surprise he found it absolutely uninjured. Evi dently this old fool bad not had the nerve, when It came to the point, to defaoe it and render it useless (a mu tilated Hindu Idol being, of course, about as formldableas a spiked gun). What could have made him attempt such a piece of reckless folly? Was it?and the Brahman's brow grew darker at the idea?was It Intended to throw suspicion on him? If that were so ho should find be had made a slight miscalculation, Ho turned upon the Jains with a magnlflcent gesttiro. "Hear me, O Acharya Chick," ho said, "and answer truly. Did not I but two days since make demand of you for the restoration of this Image l of the god from which you and your followers have turned away? Did I not warn you of the indignity you did him In Introducing a miserable yogi, who but yesterday was In our streets, to bo his fellow god and com panion in your Idol chamber?" "Even so, Ram Chunga," paid the Jain, "nor will I now deny It." "Behold the warning fulfilled!" the j Brahman cried. "Siva, the beauti ful, the blue-necked, has spoken; he has shattered the gods whom he has I suffered so long!" But Acharya'8 suspicions of the Brnhman rose again at this attempt fo t!irn the situation to his own ad vnn'ago; he was resolved to dispose of those outrageous pretensions If he could "What sign have you, O Ram j Chunga, that It is as you havo said?" he Inquired. "A sign?'/ said tho Brahman. "Is not the image of Siva unharmed? Are not yours defaced and discred ited? And you atk for a ?ign!" Aoharya, in glanoing round the idol ohanabar. bad already observed a faet whloh nt did not at llrat men tion, for It only perplextd him rooro, but now h? turned It to account with deaperatt readiness. "8lva has wrought It, because hta Image has gone unharmed!" he ex claimed, "How, then, hat he vpared the very Image which you assert to be the main cause of his wrath? If Siva is untouched, much more then is the Image of Chalanka, for look you to what honor has he been ex alted!" Ho pointed as he spoke to the con tro niche in the topmost tier, the niche lately occupied by the portly idol of Mahavira. There, looking lu dicrously disproportion^ to its cell, squatted the newest and smallest tlr thanker, basking; with a smilo of sub dued and prlvato enjoyment In the flood of mysterious glory which bad so lately belonged to the deposed Ma havira! The congregation, who had not no ticed this before, saw it now with a cry of rapture?surely Chalanka.who had weathered a storm in which so many deities of, so to speak, far high er tonnage, had founderod, surely ho must be a god of sound and solid qualities, a Rod who could hold his own with tho whole Hindu mythol ogy! Tho Brahman sneered. 80 this, after all, was what the Jain had been scheming for! He had sacrificed the ffffflfcn part of hla iacred stock to toe cm* the value ?| the well. he would checkmate hid there at alt erenta! "Does a titer lie la wait for a rat?" he said. "or shall aa elephant charge a tortoise? Fools, all of ye. and blind, not to see that this Chalanka of yours owes his la inanity to his Inslgnlficanee. These others are In a measure dtrinities, but he Is less thaa all. and therefore the mighty, magnanimous Siva scorns to lift up so much as the little finger of his sixth hand In wrath against him.' He hsth set him thus on high in his derlalon. aa the god before whom It; la Indeed fit that auch aa ye should bow!" * The Jains veered round stain. Ram Chung* was wise snd spoke with as aaranee; he muat know beat. "Set up your maimed Idols." the Brahman continued, with biting ?corn, "worahlp them aa before, for what cpncern la It of mine or Slvs's? But detain hla Image no longer, yield It to me. hia servant For the laat time I demand It!" The Jain was about to refuae once more, but hia followers would not hear of It. "Yield it." they cried. "oh. yield it. lest harm overtake us also!" And Acharya Chick knew that his hold over them waa rudely ahaken. If not loat forever. Suddenly he turned to the Brahman and aald: "Take It, and trouble ua no more." The Brahman was not precisely the man to spare a defeated adveraary a single pang. It was good policy to mako as much of his advantage as possible, and, besides. It was clearly Impossible to walk out with the sar rendered Idol under his arm. "This submission is tardy, but pru dent," he said, "and I accept It In the mighty name of Siva, conqueror ol death, With glory and rejoicing shall the sacred Image of Iswara be con ducted to a more seemly abode. A1 the hour of sunset the Idol of th? ever-living Brahma shall come him self to escort him. See that youi gates are open to ns when we arrive, and should any unseemly encountei take place between our respective fol lowers I shall hold you responsible." Acharya Chick bent his head In si If it resignation; he felt a sullen Im patience to have tho measure of hli humiliation filled to the brim; th? mainspring of his simple, inoffensive life was snapped, the good he had tried to do all undone, and lie felt a bitter protest against the apathj which could allow such things to be. At last ho camo out of hln reverlo with a groan and fled like a haunted man from his dishonored temple, and up the rocky heights, till the noon day blase forced him to fall panting In the shade of a projecting crag, and .the temple attendants went their own ways, and the temple llself was de serted. The Brahman meanwhile had gone down to the village bent upon organ izing as magnificent a display at could be procured on such short no tlce. He was excessively pleased at having so completely outwitted the hypocritical and cowardly old Jain, and he arranged In his mind where the new idol should be set up; It only needed a little purification, a few mantrams, to be as good as ever. And before the day declined ths whole Hindu portion of the villagers, thanks to the Brahman's endeavors, was in a ferment of religious excite* ment. Acharya. greatly cast down, spent the greater part of the day crouched In such shade as he could find, hli mind possessed by s kind of stupor, his main Impulse the childish deter* mlnatlon to mortify himself to ths utmost. But as the sun began to set, and the plain below steamed with the mists from the paddy fields, he grew more collected; soma powerful at traction seemed to be drawing him down the slope to where his temple stood; he was Impelled to be present at his* own humiliation. So, feeling faint and weak, hs clambered painfully down until he reached a banyan grove, from which he could command his own com pound, and see all that took place without attracting attention. Very soon the air thickened with sudden dusk, and part of the village became outlined In flickering lines of fire, while a confused buzzing be gan to be heard In tho direction of the bazaar. The bussing grew louder, ?welling into a low roar, above which rote ths clash of cymbals and the screaming of ohftnk shells; with a little stretch* log the Jain could make out a dim, confused mass swarming up Cbs slops, gnd kuaw that ths procession hid al* ready started to conduct Siva to his new home. Up they came, with clouds of duit, And waving banners and aacred In* slgnla, with leaping fanatics, and alow, serpentine movements of the nautch girls at the head, and In the midst, drawn by lnillocka, came the bilge, clumsy idol-chariot, with Its barbaric splendor of carving and glid ing, its dome-shaped canopy, which caught the last red ray of the sun. And now the crowd bad surged through the templo gates, and there was Ram Chunga with other white robed Drahmans, keeping what order was possible In tho wild throng. And then, the road being clear for It, the Idol-car rolled creaking anJ jolting over tno threshold, whilst th? Idol It boro wobbled, with some loss of dignity, upon the lofty Beat to which It had very prudently been strapped. it was a representation of Jlrahms In one of his numerous avatars, the god being fashioned as a manllon, with the usual superabundance of arms, one pair of which seemed busy plucking a small figure which lay across his knees and was supposed U be a personal enemy, i To be Continue*. . n PALMETTO UCISUTURE. Proeeedlas^ of tki Bute Legislator* Told is Brief. is *e*?* aeeomp 'u^ ,n ??? Senate or Hoitaa c Tuesday. The prohibition and loea) option factions hare become antago nistic. In the Honae especially, tb<> local optioni8ts by roll calls and read ing line by line of bills hope to keep the prohibition bill from com ing to a vote. It was the object to adjourn on Saturday, but the time may have to be extended into next week. In tbe Senate it is Raid tho local optionists have,a majority of four and in the House there is a close division. Local Optioaiita Yield. Having reached an agreement Wednesday morning whereby the lo cal optionists consented to let the two State-wide prohibition bills come to a vote before the close of the leg islative day, the bills wore voted on Wednesday night, the bill declaring i (a(c-vidt prohibition and giving the present dispensaries till next July to clo.se out thejr present Rtoeks being considered first. This was passed to third reading by a vote of l?,.40*. Every attempt to amend I he bill failed, except one by Mr. Dar ns, cutting the pay of the expert ac countant down to $5 from $10 a dav ^n amendment exempting George town, Richland and Charleston coun tounties failed GO to|41. A substitute offered by Mr. Trby providing for a referendum in Au ffiatii 1910, as between State-wide prohibition and the j present system was tabled GO to 37. Other important amendments which - failed were two by Mr. I)oar, one exempting tho coast counties and the other making the act effective twelve month* hence. The House then took up the other prohibition bill, which provides the conditions under which drug stores may sell alcohol and wine for sac ramental, scientific and medicinal purposes. By a vote of 52 to 35 the House refused to kill the bill and later passed it to third reading. Neither bill can reach the Senate till Friday and it is a hundred to one shot it will not get through that body, with the result that there will be no change in the present system. The House bill directed against liquor drummers, has been withdrawn The Senate bill is now on the House calendar and it is barely possible that the bill may be parsed# In the Senate Wednesdav night Senator Oravdon got up his bill do ing away with the present mileage book regulations. It has passed the House and now has a fighting chance to get through the Senate, it appears, on Thursday's Senate calendar as a debate-adjourned bill. The Senate passed resolutions by Croft for referendum on adding a fifth member to the Supreme bench and increasing the term of the Su preme judge to ten years. By a vote of 23 to 15 the Senate Wednesday night passed the lien law bill slightly amended. The House will accept the amendments, and thus ends a fight that has been going on for half a ccnturv. After a three days' fight which may or may not have been a filbust'.r to keep certain other bills in the background, the Senate finally de cided Thursday to .kill the lien law. A great deal of time has been lost and much of the most important legislation of the session remains to be done within two dav*?providing the legislature adjourns Saturday night. None of the three appropria tion and supnly hills have been touch ed by tho Senate. Tho following list of uncontested 'Senate bills were passed to third reading by the House Tlmrsdav. On Ann * w,ucl1 wo"!d appropriate $0,-1 000 for a suitable servico for tho battleship South Carolina objection was made by Representative Irby. I It had been hoped to get the bill tlirough at the present session in order that the battleship might he properly equipped with tho service as given b- all other States. An appropriation of *300 was given for a rcctroiUl window at Blandford church, Petersburg, Va., for tlioso who lost their Uvec and are buried in the ecmetery near the church. The |!.t of the bills are as followii Mr. Weeton?To amend an act to citaMUh the insurance department of South CorclSna. i Mr. Bates?To amend nection 2040 of the code of law* of South Caro lina. 1902, volume 1, relating to tlie empanelling of jurors. Mr. Gravuon?To fix Ihe plnco of trial in all action* to rccovcr I lie penalty fixed by statute for delays, loss 01 dnmrgc to freight by common cairitrs. Mr. Clifton?To amend section 2 of an act to amend section 2 to regulate the manner in which common earners doing business in "this State shall adjust freight charge*. Mr. Sinkler?To establish a bonrd of commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in tlx United States. Mr. Otts?To provide for costs in the original jurisdiction of the su promo court. Mr. Sullivan4?To fix the salary of the mayor or intendant of any citi or 1<?Wn. Mr. A. Johnstone?To provide for the administration of institutions sup ported bv tho State of South Caro iina to the benefits offered by the Carnegie I nundation for tlx? Ad vancement of Teaching. Mr. Mauldin?To Vfstrict the us of taxes collected by municipal of tta*ra to the purpose for which levied mid prescribed. Mr. est oh?To amend sectior. f#48 ,codc of laws of South Carolina vol mm* 1, relating to the probate of deeds beyond the limits of this State Mi. Earlc?Kclatitg to action^ for th?- recovery of personal property. Mr. Clifton?To provide for the appointment of referees in counties' in which the cflice of master doe? not exist. Mr. Johnstone?friv.ng the assent of the State to an act to provide To wn increased annual appropriation foi agricultural experiment stations. Mr. Lide?To amend section 1935, code of laws, 1002. volume 1, relating to incorporation of towns. Mr. Sinkler?To amend title ft. chapter 48, of code of laws of South Carolina, 1D02, volume 1, entitled "Of Wills." ..Mr. Weston?To amend an act re lating to borrowing money by muni cipal it it it. Mr. Croft?To make article 7 of chapter 14 of volume 1 of code of laws of South Carolina applicable to banks. Tho Senate spent the day Friday largely in discussing the railroad rale bill. The action Friday night was to Mil that part of the measure in reference to 2 1-2 cent rate, but to leave the section referring to the taking up of mileage coupons on the trains, with the indications that the whole of the bill would be killed Saturday Vmrning. The following resolution has pass ed the senate: Whereas there is now pending be fore the spnatc the following bills: " 'A bill to regulate certain frieght rates.' " 'A bill to prescribe a mileage base for makipg freight rates for all roads in South Carolina,' and " 'A bill requiring the railron 1 commission to put into effect n uni form classification for all roads in the State.' "And it being necessarv tliut, in the consideration of said bills the sea ate should have before it certain in formation bearing upon the subject matter thereof; now, "Be it resolved .by th senate. That tho railroad commission of this State be, and the same is hereby, requested to furnish and transmit to this senate on the first day of ils next session a report, with accompanying schedules, of the classification and rates upon freight hauled by tho common car riers in the State of Georgia, North Carolina. Virginia, Texas and Ala bama, and such other information concerning the subject matter of the aforesaid bills, with their suggestions . thereon. I "Resolved, fort her. That a copy of J this resolution be transmitted at the earliest date possible to tho chairman of the railroad commission." The above mentioned bills have been continued until next year. The House passed a number of third reading bills including Senator Kel lev's bill making if a misdemeanor to publish the name of any woman upon whom a criminal assault has bent at tempted which went to third reading, although Mr. Aver pointed out the danger of making a sweeping law of that kind. Tho bill rends: "Section 1. That whoever pub lishes, or causes to be published, the name of any woman, maid or womun child upon whom the crime of rape or an assault with intent to ravish lias been committed or alleged fo have been committed in this State in any newspaper, magazine or other publi cation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment of not more than three years; Pro vided, That provisions of this act shall not apply to publications made by order of court." P.osidcs the consideration of the rail rood rate hill on Saturday, flic State Senate passed several bills of locnl nature end a few of State-wide interest. There wen a very brief ses r?ion as nn adjournment until Tuesday evening r.t ft p. m., was taken at 12:30 o'clock. At 31:30 tho Senate wont In to executive pcesion to consider and confirm tho various appointment! made, The following bill passed third reading; and was ordered ratified and sent to the Hon*?! Mr. Briec?To amend section 2450 of the code, chapter fl/5, relating to tho reeordine of deeds, mortirasres and other instrument*, limiting time to 20 days, after tho first of May, 1000. This bill was amended upon motion of Senator Carlisle, who had in tho Senate introduced a bill doing away altogether with this time limit, by makinjr the 20 days 10 days and the bill as amended was ordered sent to the House with amendments for concurrence. The Noted Mileage Bill. The Senate, bv a vote of 10 to 20. refused to indefinitely postpone the section of the railioad rate bill refer ring to mileage being accepted on trains and the bill, ns amended, was ordered to third reading An amend ment was adopted to the effect that the provisions of the bill do not refer to lines tinder 50 miles in length. The Bill as Passed. "That in cose anv railroad com pany or companies shall put on sale any form of mileage book at a rate not exceeding 2 1-2 cents a mile the presentation of the current number of mil?s by the short route, out of the said book to the conductor or other officers authorized to take up tickets on trains, shall entitle the person lidding said mileage to travel on the trains of the railroad company selling said mileage and on the trains of nil other railroad companies on which by agreement the said mileage book is receivable in exchange for transportation. A"d upon presenta tion of his mileage to anv nvrent of said company or companies to have his baggage chciked as now provided for by law." This is th-j hill as it now*glands on third reading. Of course there may be amendments on the third reading and the Senate may, or may not, then afTum its action:" Hard Fight cn Bill. The main proponent of the bill was Senator Oraydon of Abbeville, who made some strong arguments in its favor. lie contended in pait that there was no agrenient of any kind made at (he last sess'on bv *7i:eh the Senate should feel bound. Senator Walker made the principal spccch airainst the railroad rale b:II Mr. Walker's remarks were directed n the (hanncl that the legislator' Sad made a moral contract with tin railroads last year tvhen the governor and the otliciuls of the various rail road companies had conferred to gether and the governor had submit ted his recommendation for no legis lation to the general assembly. Mr. Walker also argued that it was not right for the legislature to interfere with the business methods of the rail roads in the mileage section of the bill. The drummers have what they ask ed for, that is to say. hereafter; pro vided there are no further changes made in the bill, mileage must lx> taken up on the trains instead of it being necessary to exchange mi leave for tickets. Also the Senate stood pat upon this implied agreement with t'ne rail roads and have not legislated a 2 1-2 cent rate. The Senate adjourned until Tues day, 8 ]>. in. Money is Given for "South Caro" olina.'' The House on Saturday passed the resolution introduced in both houses providing for .ff>,000 for a suitable silver service for the battleship South Carolina. When the resolu tion came up, on motion of Mr. Rueker, Mr. Duvall objected to the appropriation, stating that it carried an appropriation and suggesting that the money be raised by subscription. Mr. M. L. Smith said that be could not see how the appropriation could be refused. It was customary for each State to appropriate certain amounts for suitable services, and he did not care about the sum named. It was a matter of principle. He urged tho house to give the money demand ed. Tho State could not afford to defeat a resolution of this kind. Tho resolution was adopted by a vote of 30 to 19. Other bills passed by tho house were: Committee on Railroads--Relating to freight rater. Senator Carpenter?Relating to cattle diseases. Senator Weston?Establishing a State board of embalmeis. Senator Mauldii\g? Amending the insurance laws. Senator Lnney?Regulating the sale of fertilizer. A motion was made to table the bill, which won! 1 make it a misde meanor to publish the name of a woman npcu whom assault was nt tompted. Mr. Aver, who made (lie motion. Paid it was a dnnjrerons stop to take nnd the liberty of the press hliould not bo tampered with. Tho ?ood nenso nnd judgment of tlio nowftptt' pers should bo trusted. Tlio bill was pnsnod, howovei*. A flirht wr.s nlfrt rondo on Bonator Clifton's bill extending the linhilitv of trlfgrnph companies in mental nn2uif.l1 fuits. After considerable debnte the bill passed third reading. On third reading bills, a motion was made to remnant Senator Wes ton's >>i11 onlaririn^ < nmmiss?ouer Watson's department, t>n as to in clude factory inspection. The motion was lost, however, by a vote of ">S to 20. and the bill was ordered for enrollment. The House then nd.jonrned until Wednesday, ft p. m. Although she may not pot mnoli credit, propounds tho Boston Post, the woman behind the broom raise* a lot of dust. THE NEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Lire Items Covering Events of More or Less Interest it Homo Abroad. The Hotel Clarendon, nt Seabreeze, one of (he largest resort hotels on the Last const of Florida, together with ten cottages adjoining the house, was totally destroyed bv lire Mon day mornrhg, the 2."?0 guests, who were asleep at the time, being saved without injury, and nianv being ablo to gather up most of their belongings. It. L. I atton, n veteran of the eivil war and a survivbr of tlie Custer foiecs whieli were massacrecd by In u in lis at Ri?r Horn, <!ir?i| of paralvsw at Mount Airy, N. C., last week at the ago of 7S. Capt. Ilcnrv McCrea of Hie Geor gia, and ( ept. (ireenlief A. Ileri*iam of the Missouri, had to quit their commands before the fleet left ths Paeilie coast and died soon after. They wore thus deprived of what ?ill the others o| the fleet are justly proud. . It is said that it would be difficut for the n:en of our great fleet to de fide nt whieli port visited the people tried hardest to t-how them respect and make them wehoiiie. Ann lius ( hrsst i:.n, a negro, as snulled and brutally murdered Miss Mary Hohhs of I'otetourf comity, Va., Thuisday aiul was sentenced in reg ular court !? riday to die in the elee.trie eliair on March 22. Wear Admiral James C,. fjreen, U. S. A., retired, died at Kdcnton, N. C..' last Friday. J. L. l'ox killed his former friend, Stephen Watson, at Wadesboio Thursday night. They had been I ho best of friends but were drinking. The American. side of Niagara I"alls was blot ked with iee, making almost a complete dam about Mon day, when in the South the weather was balmy almost like May. Oncu in the history of the KaMs the river was completely dammed with iee and the water did not flow over the Falls. I he Anti-Saloon League of Ken tucky will ask the (lovernor to call the Legislature together in extra session to give the State a State-wido prohibit ion campaign. A man calling himself John Simp son, was caught in the act of trying to break open a safe at Curtain Bay, 1* la., Sunday, who admits being tho pal of Charles Salas, who was killed nt Laurens, S. C., last week, after killing a policeman. Miss Lina Sykes, of Elizabeth City, N. C., died Saturday of burns from her clothing on Friday. Mrs. Llida Hurkhead of Concord, N. C., commit teed suicide Friday by saturating her clothes with kerosene oil and setting a match. (Jray Coleman, a negro, near WiU son, N. C., butchered a \\(.m this sea-? son that more than pulled down an 800 pound scale. The exact weight was not given. The cornerstone of a Confederate monument was laid in the Court House square nt Lancaster, S. C? on Monday. It was laid with Masonio rites. t John R. R. f'arrawny. tellor in tho National Hank of New Ilern, was arrested on Wednesday on a chargo of defalcation bv means of false en tries. The bank is secure. U. Clay Fierce, president of the Wnlers-Pierce Oil Company, of Mis souri, announces that tho company will comply with flic terms laid down by tho court in that it will pay tho fine of $r,0,000 and sever all con nection with the Standard Oil C?m pany. Washington Nov,-3 I"otc3. It is Hp;ni-oflW'i?illy piven out that, having been inauiruruted ax president, Mr. Taft will call Congress in extra session to meet Mat'li tho '151 li. Tho (frond jury lias found a tnto bill against Joseph Pulitrer and Caleb M. Van Horn of tho No* Yorlc World and Dclovan Rrnith and Charles I?. Williams of t ho Indiana* polia Now*, for orlftdnnl libel in thi Panama ?candal en>e, In a forecast of rresident-eleot Taft's inaugural address it is said that he will jrive prominence to tho Ncero question and will declare o poliry unfavorable to app litinjr Ne groes to offices where it is distasteful and irritating to the white people. Foreign Affairs. Sixty-seven persons were lost wlien the Penguin sank last week near New Zealand. An earthquake shock occurred in Mesina and Keggio last Saturdr-y evening that threw down some of the remaining tottering walls. No fatal tics occurred. SURE CURE For All Di?6M6? of STOMACH, Liver 6 Kidneys LECTRK ulok Riltof and Ov? for R?id* ftehe, BacKache. Dlsilnm, In4lf??tfo?, Malaria, ?tc. ITTERS Th? but tonic, Cwitlfi M?4Io1b? for tfi?M dlo? ?M?l. SOo. Outr?nt??4<