The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, March 18, 1909, Image 1
VOL. .VI. NO. ?. CAMDEN, S. G? THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1909. Sl.SOPer Year
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A FALLLN IDOL
Br FREDERIC ANSTEY.
CHAPTER II. 4
Continued.
"Bat why? you must have some
seaton?"
"Sur?ly -we ara very happy as wo
?re:**
"Hardly, as far aa I am concerned.
Just think, Sybil, how often do I
?\?t see you? Why, this is the first
time wince that evening at the Pontl
fexes' that I've had a chance of being
alone with you. I have t? be content
with catching sight of you through
some confounded crush, and thiuk
myself lucky if 1 get a look or a word
'In the course of the evening."
"I think you might have seen that
from the flrst!" she said, "but I sup
pose it is your nature and you can't
help It, so l must forgive you. And
I will tell Aunt Hilary ' everything
this very evening!"
"I can t think of letting you do
that," he said. .<"It ought to come
from me."
She gave a little sigh of very ob
vious relief. "If you think it best,"
?he paid. "And when will you tell
her?"
?'To-morrow, as soon as the sitting
Is over."
"We shall lie? scolded dreadfully, I
know." said Sybil, ruefully. "Still,
?o long as it relieves your mind?
And now," she added, brightly, with
a complete return to her original gay
ety, "don't let us think of disagree
ables any more. ' I've a surprise for
you. While you were persuading
yourself, I dare say, that I had com
pletely forgotten all about you, what
do you suppose ( was doing' for you
this morning??guess."
"I can't tell?v'i'm sure," he said,
?if It wasn't sllp(pers."
"Of course it Wasn't slippers," said
8yhll, Indignantly; "to -think you've
no more imagination than that. It
was nothing oj that kind?I don't go
in for It. Well, 1 had better tell you.
I bought you a little present?you.
know I never &&ve'3*ou anything In
return for that lovely ring, which I've
never worn yet."
"You gave me this," he said, tak
ing the hand which was nearer to
-Mm. v
"That didn't cost me anything to
*ive; this is a real present?*vre you
grateful, or will you tell me how
? foolish it Is of me to waste my money
N on presents? That is what Aunt Hil
ary used to say when I gave her any
thing. To be sure," she ndded, re
flectively, "I always had to borrow
the money from her first, liut you
"will try to like this?"
"I think I can promise that," he
?aid; "I haven't any words to thank
you with."
"You must wait till you see It?
perhaps you won't care about it. I
don't know what made me think you
would, but I'll tell you how I camo to
get It. I was driving with Aunt Hil
ary, this morning, and we went Into
a little bric-a-bra<; Shop near Oxford
street, where aunt had heard of some
8herraton she -'wahted to look at.
"Well, the shop was kept by the dear
est old man, who wore a velvet cap,
and -seemed so low spirited; and
while Aunt Hilary was upstairs look
ing at Buhl cabinets, the old man
poured out all his sorrow to me. It
?eems he has hnd nothing but misfor
tune for months/ looses and break
ages and burglaries and flres?all
kinds of trouble, poor thing. Well, I
felt so sorry for him, particularly as
1 knew quite well that Aunt Hilary
wouldn't buy" anything?she never
doos; so, I had made up my mind
to get something for you, I thought
1 would get it there to cheer him up
a little. But all the things were so
dear except one. I'm not going to
tell you what it is, because you'll
know very soon: but it has a little
Story connected with It. It was dug
up a short time ago by some Captain
Somebody, who had to leave the array
shortly after for some disgrace he
got Into?so the old man told me.
And the ship which brought It over
from India was wreckcd and all the
cargo lost except Just that 0110 thing,
which floated safely to Innd wedged
inside a lifebelt. So it's rather ?
curiosity in its way."
"Evidently," said Campion
"But I had such a frlgh,t while I
was buying it. for in the very middle
who should come in but Lionel Bab
cock! He came smiling up In that
patronizing way of his. swelling his
chest out, and >;ald, 'Well, little one,
and what are we throwing our pocket
money away on now, eh?' 80 of
course I had to show him. nnrt then
he wanted to know wbat possible use
could I find for that. And I told him
1 hnd bought it because his last pho
tograph didn't do him Justice, and
then he went upstairs to find Aunt
Hilary, and I had Just time to give
your address and swear my old gen
tleman to sllenco. It ought to be
at your house by this time, I do
wonder what you'll think when you
009 It.'"
"I shall think it my chief treas
ure, whatever it is. I shall keep It
all my life."
"But will you really. Ronald?
Somehow I don't like to think of
your ever parting *vith It. Will you
promise to keep it?whatever hap
pens?"
"Whatever happens," he agreed,
smiling at her earnest, charming
face.
"Well," said Sybil, "we've had a
nice long talk anil only one quarrel,
and now 1 must go, Ronald."
"Not yet.** he pleaded.
?'Ye?." ih? rejoined, "now. 1
coaxed aunt to drive home and leave
me at the Mastermani', because 1
wanted to talk with,- that odious
Alice; and 1 assured her I could And
my way across tfce pavk alone. She
said one never knows what kind of
people one may meet, which is quite
true, for I hadn't tho least idea 1
should meet you. I ought to so back
at once, or she will be feeling nerv
ous about me. No. you mustn't walk
a stop further with me?I forbid It.
Tou will have your own wi?y to-mor
row."
They parted, and he watched her
graceful figure till it disappeared In
the dusk, and then he, too, made his
way out of the park with a heart
lighter than it had been when he en
tered.
He reached the corner, and was a
few yards from his studio, when he
noticed a youth, an errand-boy appar
ently. preparing to cross the road
with a most superflous degree of cau
tion for that unfrequented quarter;
again and again when half-way
across ho would retreat to the curb
stone he had left, looking this wny
and that, as if completely demoral
ized by nervousness.
At last he seemed to pluck up cour
age and made a run for it, with an
uncalled for determination which
mightily amused Campion; he was
still laughing when an empty han
som dashed round the corner and
bowled the poor boy over a few inches
from tho footpath.
- The cabman, without waiting to
*ee what injury he had done, whipped
his horse to a gallop, and was gone
before Campion, horrified and
shockcc* as he was, could stop him o.*
ascertain his number.
He could only run to the boy and
pick him up and wait there while he
leaned, white and gasping, against the
railings of Campion*# garden. When
the boy could speak he said, "You'll
bear me out, mlstsr, as it wasn't none
of my doing; the guv'nor, he told
me to be keerful, and I've been keer
ful enough?If It's broke it ain't my
fault noway."
"Never mind that," said Campion,
"the chief thing Is, are you broken
anywhere?"
"I don't think as how I'm broke
anywhere, though 1 fell all nohow;
the shaft of that there 'ansom ketched
me on the shoulder and sent me
a-spinning. But feel o' that there par
cel, sir?do it seem all right to you,
through the paper? Well, that's a
good thing, anyhow. If you knew the
job I've 'ad a brlngin" of It 'ere you'd
feel for me, you would Indeed! I
took a ?bus at Tot'nim Court Road,
and blimy If both the 'orscs didn't
go down! Then I took another at
the ClrklB, and we got a-raclng down
the Kdgeware Road, and run Into a
butcher's cart and very near turned
over that time. I never see any
thing like it! Then aez I, 'Not any
more rldln' for me,' I sez, 'I'll walk
the rest.' And, would you believe It,
sir?If all the kebs and 'busses and
carts there was didn't seem bent on
runnln' over me! Never run such an
erran' In all my born days! Why, I
was like a old woman by the time I
got 'ere, and just as I sez, 'Blame the
hlmage!' sez I, 'I'm quit of It now!'
round comes that there gallopadln*
'ansom, and over I goes like a skit
tle!"
"I saw," said Ronald, "you weren't
to blame In the least; and now you
had better come with me and we'll
see If you've broken any bonoB."
"I must deliver this 'ere parcel,
and get that off my mind first," said
the boy stanchly. and then Campion
discovered that it was addressed to
himself.
"Why, it must be Sybil's present!"
he said, as lie saw the label. It was
curious to think of the perils It had
run of miscarrying and even perish
ing; its escape struck him as a sort
of special providence.
He had the boy attended to and ex
amined at once. Fortunately ho had
escaped with a bruise or two and a
slight shaking. "I never heard 110
cab," raid Bales, "the boy's been
fichtln' 011 the way?them young ras
kils will get fighting?ho never got
thotn bruises In no accident!" and
110 iirgunnnt would move him from
his opinion.
Meanwhile Campion nan unpacKca
the precious parcel in full confidence
of finding iiotm thing with a pretty
fanciful association with it, some
graceful and well-chosen addition to
hi* household gods.
His splritn fell suddenly, at the
reality; It wns a household god liter
ally enough, being nothing more nor
less than an extremely ugly Oriental
Idol, such as a Buddhist shrine In
China or Burmah might contain.
It was made of a dingy mottled
kind of alabaster with a sparkle here
and there under the smooth surface,
the robes were faintly indicated by
a dull red lacqucr, and it was repre
sented squatting cross-legged with
great fanlike hands on Its knees.
The eyes In the broad flat moon
face were closed, and the general ex
pression was one of umug and sleepy
self-satisfaction?as If It were being
reverently tickled by an unseen at
tendant.
This, then, wni Sybil's first pres
ent, and at the sight of the Inscrut
able sinllo on its calm countenance
Campion's demon of doubt again
| stirred; the smile seemed to bo say
ing:
-Now do 1 look the sort of tklif a
girl would giv? a lover alio seriously
and honestly cared (or?* and tho an
swer he gave was: "No, she has sent
me this In some fantastic spirit of
mockery?not love: she has been
playing with me after all."
i
CHAPTER m.
From a Pedestal.
Campion was still gloomily staring
at his Ill-favored sift when Bale* re
turned from seeing the errand boy
safely off the premises. "I suppose."
remarked the attendant, with a du
bious and Inquiring Inflection, "I sup
pose as tint there hlmage struck you
favorable from a ornamental p'lnt of
view, or you wouldn't have spent your
money on it, sir?"
"It was a present. Bales." said
Campion, unconsciously vindicating
his own judgment at the expense of
Sybil's.
"And now suppose you suggest
some place for this idol?how would
It look on the low bookcase?"
"It wouldn't look no handsomer
than what it would elsewnere," said
Bales.
"Try it on the bracket where the
Hermes is now?you had better fetcbi
the steps, perhaps."
Bales fetched a pair of steps, and,
bringing them to the mantelpiece,
mounted laboriously, and. after de
posing the reduced but faithful plas
ter copy of the antique, prepared to
establish the Oriental in tho room
of the classic divinity.
He turned on the stepn, holding
the image out at arm's length, as
he remarked with strong disgust:
"Just think, now, that there's nig
gers so ignirent us to fall down and
worship this hero old flggerhead?
why, I shouldn't have believed "
But what Bales would not have be
lieved was not destined to appear on
that occasion, for at that instant he
lost his balance and fell, accompanied
or preceded by his burden. A wild
clutch at the small overmantel
brought the entire piece down, with
its valuable load of old Bohemian
glass, Venetian pottery and Roman
terra-cotta, the hard won spoils of
Campion's Continental wanderings,
and Bales lay on his back in the
midst of the ruin.
"Well," said Campion, rather grim
ly, as he relieved him of the over
mantel and picked him out Qt the
fragments, "you've contrived to'come
down on a rather extensive scale,
Bales."
Bales sat up and rolled his eyes.
I'*e come down ou the edge of a
fender," he i id. "It'll take me an
hour to clear up this mesa," he added,
in an Injured tone.
"I didn't make It, confound you!"
said Campion, laughing In spite of
his anger; "here, get up, and col
lect the fragments. My Hermes
smashes to. atoms, I see. and 1 sup
pose the idol has come off no better."
"The idol, sir, being uncommon
strong, has remained 'old and entire,
which is more than I can say the
same of my ed; my skull's all in frac
tions, and my brains In that state
of concussion I 'nrdly know what
I'm a-saying of, or whether I'm sit
ting down or standing up. All I can
say is. tho next time your friend take9
a fancy for sending you a present I
hopo he'll choose one that's easier
to 'andle, that's all."
But at least Sybil's gift has es
caped the slightest scratch, ar.d Ron
ald, in the midst of his annoyance
at the whoiesalo destruction, was
glad that he would not havo to tell
her that her idol was In fragments.
Where should he place it now?
Perhaps, after all, the studio and not
the sitting-room was tho best place
for It, and there Sybil would see It
when she came the next day; ho had
a little Chinese pedestal round which
a gaudy dragon curled itself, and up
on this pedestal he established the
idol for the present.
The next morning, when he came
In to his breakfast, It was to flud a
letter on his plate, the stamp and
marking of which made his hands
shake as he opened the envelope; he
knew it contained the long-expected
answer from Sybil's futher. Colonel
Elsworti,
It was a cautious and rather hesl
tnting letter. The colonel began by
saying that, if Campion's position and
projects were all he had stated thorn
to be, there could be no reasonable
objection to the match, particularly
i'S his sinter, who was a better Judge
of these things than he could be. had
allowed them io become engaged; for
he presumed that her consent would
naturally havo been obtained In tho
Urj?t place.
'The probability that Mrs. Stanl
land, too, had heard from the colonel
that morning, and bo hopelessly prej
udiced against liim, made Campion's
work fitful and unsteady until the
time fixed for tho appointment, anil
when tho studio bell announced that
t?jbll r.nd Sybil's aunt bad arrived
he felt extremely 111 ot ease.
But Mrs.Stanllnnd'smanner, which
was tho same as usual, showed him
at once that she suspected nothing
yet; the colonel must have put off
writing or missed the mall, and Cam
pion was still In time.
She was a stately, handsome old
lady, with Iron-grey hair veined with
silver, large and luminous eyes, and
a complexion still unwrinkled, and
tinted like a delicate apple; she spoke
with a ccrtaln Inoisi veness, and even
when she meant to be most gracious
her tone was the tone of one having
suthorlly.
To be Continued
"Nothing like making 'possum poih
ular," says the Baltimore Sun. Bless
you; retarts the Atlanta Constitution.
?Possum was popular from the very
day he slipped through Noah's handt
out of the Ark.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF
Kcsm w rkovh iMMcm ay
WW and Cable I
, -^a;. .
GLEANINGS nflf BAY TO MY
Uvt lt?M OovoIm Emits of
or Lm Interest at Bom* and
By an act of Congress on- Feb. 1st
the windows of President Harrison
and President Cleveland may use the
mails free of postage for the bal&nce
of their lives if their autographs be
placed on the letters.
The annex for the demented at the
county home of Rockingham, N. C.,
was burned on Tuesday and two aged
inmates were burned to death.
The State of Washington has local
aption. Every incorporated town and
every country district is a unit.
When Mr. Fairbanks was Vice
President he had an elaborate ink
stand made for his desk. On hearing
complaints of extravagance ho sent in
his check for $200, which covered the
cost and took it with him when he re
tired.
The federal grand jury in New
York found a true bill for slander
against the New York World in the
Panama affair.
South Carolina makes it bad on the
man that drums for liquor orders.
Diplomatic relations with Nicara
gua were practically broken off Fri
day by the State Department, which
ordered Secretary of Legation Greg
ory at Managua tq return home,
leaving the legation in charge of the
consul, who will have no diplomatic
capacity.
Sir persons were hanged in Louis
iana for murder and one for criminal
assault March 5th.
Maj. Hale, editor of the Fayctte
ville Observer, presented to the N. C.
Supreme Court last week an oil paint
ing of Jno. De Kosett Toomer, who
made the speech of welcome to Gen.
LeFayette when he visited Fayette
villc. Editor Hale also published the
speech and tho General's response.
At this writing Gen. Butler of
South Carolina, and Hon. Cyrus B.
Watson of North Carolina, seem to
be in the power of fatal sickness.
Preparations are being pushed fo*
the 32th conference for education in
the South to be held in Atlanta, Ga.,
on April 14, 15 and 1G.
Telegrams received from Carinthia,
Austria, report that a series of devas
tating avealanches have occurred
there and that numbers of houses
have been swept away. It is already
known thai ten deaths have resulted.
Ilirschel Hogg, a confessed membei
of the band of night-riders who mur
dered Captain Quenten Rankin at
Walnut Log in Octobcr, escaped from
jail at Dresden Sunday night.
It is said that there are 32,000
cases of land frauds for the Attorney
General to see to as soon as practi
cable.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Lcavitt has won
her divorce suit and is now free from
her husband.
Miss Jennie Reed and Joseph Muel
ler were strolling in Baltimore a few
nights ago when she was shot and kill
ed. Mueller raised the cry that a
highwayman had held him up and
gotten his valuables and on approach
ing her received a slap in the face,
whereupon the robber shot her. Muel
ler now says he himself shot her ac
cidentally.
Bib Springs, Texas, had a fire
Wednesday that destroyed a number
of business blocks entailing a loss of
$100,000.
Lewis Nixon, the shipbuilder, pre
dicts a great future for aeroplanes
and airships.
Michael Donnelly, judge of Third
District, Ohio Circuit Court, is charg
ed with imbez/lement of funds be
longing to the Ohio German Insur
ance Co. to the extent of probably
$300,000. The company has failed.
A tornado struck Brinklcy, Ark.,
last Sunday night and killed 35 per
sons, demolishing most of the houses
and leaving few fit for habitation.
Charles M. Schwab said the Bethle
hem Steel Company would not reduce
wages.
The Standard Oil Company won its
suit that releived it from paying the
$20,240,000 fine imposed by Judge
Landis.
The United Stales District Court at
Kanses City declared tho 2-eent rail
road rate in Missouri confiscatory
I and illegal.
Dr. W. D. Crum has resigned as
collector of the port at Charleston
and it is understood that Mr. Edwin
W. Durant will become his successor.
The technical high school of Mu
nich has conferred tho honorary de
gree of dcctcr of technical sciences on
Wilbur and Orville Wright, the Am
erican acroplanists.
Washington Notes.
A petition widely signed is being
handled by former U. S. Senator C.
W. Hinds, of Mississippi, to bo pre
sented to Congress to pension old
people.
President Taft is so pleased with
his caddiy that he is sending the
1 youth to the University of Virginia,
' allowing him $2 a day for expenses.
111 is stated with some decree of
authority that President Taft will
visit the Southern States next fall.
TWO TRAINS COLLIDE j
Ooimd Tixmmm IU Oalj Victim oJ
ImI-Oi Crash Bttwin Freight
ud Fiw?mpr Trains aft Colon
Sanford, Special. ? Seaboard pas
aanger train No. 32, southbound, and
a northbound freight ran togethei
head-on Saturday .morning about
4:90 o'clock at Colon, a small station
about 35 miles south of Raleigh
Haasey Lindsay, the colored fireman
of the passenger train was killed,
and the engineer, Ed Robertson, ol
Raleigh, was badly hurt.
The engineer, M. J. Eisenhart, of
the freight, and his fireman jumped
and neither was hurt. Capt. W. C.
Cox, conductor on the passengci
train, had a leg broken; Ernest Du
val, baggage master, was hurt in the
back and internally. W. R. Lamb
a merchant of Hamlet, was badly
bruised; John Newton, colored, ol
Hamlet, had a leg crushed; W. S.
Rowe, express messenger, was badly
cut; Sam Wicks, colored, of Char
lotte, was badly cut. Others receiv
ed minor injuries.
The injured were taken to Raleigh
for treatment.
The engineer of the freight train
misread the orders. He thought No.
33 was an hour and a half late, when
it was No. 32 that was late. The
trains were running at full speed
and engines were practically demol
ished. The baggage and express cars
and first passenger coach of the pas
senger train were splintered.
WAR ON ?'BLACK HAND."
Brutal Murder of Italian Detective
Stirs New York Police?Other Cit
ies Asked to Aid in the Extermina
tion of the Criminals.
New York, Special. ? Relentless
warfare will be waged against the
"Black Hand" societies by the
police of this, and it is hoped, othei
cities as a result of the murder ol
Lieutenant Joseph I'etrosini,. the not
ed detective of New York, in Paler
mo, Friday uight. For years Petro
sini had been . active in his work to i
bring to justice members of his own
race who carried on , blackmailing
operations in thi9 country through
threats of murder made in the name
of the "Black Hand." It is believ
ed here that his murder was the re
sult of a plot thnt had its incepion
in the United States and that the
persons indirectly responsible foi
his death are still within the reach ol
the American police. If so, every ef
fort will be made to bring about theii
arrest and conviction, and with this1
end in view Inspector McCnfferty.
head of the New York detective bu
reau, sent telegrams Saturday to the
authorities in the principal cities of
the country asking that increased
activity be exerted against all
"Black Hand" suspects. Immediate
orders were given to arrest at once
all men in New York City who are
believed to have connection with'
"Black Hand" operations.
Petrosini's murderer, who was n
member of the "Black Hand," fired
four shots from a revolver. Petro
sini arrived in Sicily only a short
time ago and was engaged in con
ducting an investigation regarding
Italian criminals.
Inspector McCaffcrty said Satur
day that he was anxious to know
whother Petrosini had been robbed
after being shot. He intimated that
Petrosini had some papers valuable
to the police here in running down i
Black Hand and other Italian offend-1
ers.
A cablegram from Pnlerma (Itnly)
says: The assassination of Lieuten
ant Petrosino has stirred the police
to unprecedented activity. Many ar
rests already have been made, includ
ing a number of Italians with crimi
nal records, lately returned from the
United States.
Great Floods in the South.
A special from Montgomery, Ala.,
says the Alnbnma is f>] feet above|
normal and is slottly rising. It \r
expected to be 55 feet. No great
casulties have yet occurred as fait
warnings were given and resilient?
from the lower districts moved tr
ti e higher parts. The Consa at Rome I
is .'Jl 1-2 feet, and 2S> feet at (tads-1
den. The Tallapoosa is a raging tor
rent.
South Pines Chosen.
Fitzgerald, (la.. Special.?The Blw |
and Gray Association at its animal
encampment lie/e Saturday selected
Southern Pines. N. ('., for the next
reunion. The following officers wen
elected: Commander in chief, Majoi)
H. F. Dixon, North Carolina; senior
vice commander, ('apt. William. M
McCormick, Georgia; junior vic<
commander, Capt. Joseph Price
Florida; chnplinn in chief, Rev. W
S. Harden, Georgia; judge fldvocnti
general, (>. S. Deming, Warren, 0.
quartermaster general, C. H. Worth
Texn*.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS
News of Interest Gleaned From AH Sections of the Stale and
Arranged for Busy Readers
W*r Afainst Tuberculosis.
Aiken, Special.?Miss Susie S. Rev
enel has been employed by the Aiken
County Anti-Tuberculosis league as a
trained nurse to assist the league in
its work for the prvention of the
white plague. The league has been
very active in its inauguration of a
war against consumption. Although
the lcnguo has been organized only a
few weeks, practical results are now
being obtained, and the people are
being instructed in the means of pre
venting the disease.
It is only in rcent years that means
for coping with this dread disease
have been discovered, and this knowl
edge is not vet prevalent among the
people, ami the dissemination of this
knowledge is the primal object for the
league in this country. No dues are
paid for membership in the league,
but voluntary subscriptions arc being
received by the oflicers of the prose
cution of the work. Many of the
Northern visitors have liberally help
ed in this work.
Miss Kavencl has already com
menced her work. She devotes the
forenoons to the work, making visits
to all parties who may need her ns
assistanec, which is given, not from a
acistance, which is given, not from a
charitable standpoint, but as a matter
of giving valuable suggestions for the
caring of patients, prevention of the
spread to other membors of the fam
ily and to persons with whom infect
ed persons may come in contact. Miss
Ravenel has had long experienet as a
nurse, and she has entered the work
with spirit. She will make periodical
reports to the president of the league,
I)r. Fillmore Moore.
The trained nurse will conduct her
work in conjunction with the board
of health. Miss Revcnel will also
consult with the physicians of the
city and work in conjunction with
them. Cases that are reported to her
as needing assistance or advice she
will visit. The object of this is, of
course, to prevent the further spread
of the disease, and it is stated that
where persons refuse to heed friendly
and voluntary juiggestions for sanita
tion and safety of the people against
tuberculosis, such cases will be re
ferred to the board of health to take
such action as they sec tit for public
safety.
Governor Ansel Names Staff.
Columbia, Special?Governor M. F.
Ansel lias issued the following:
"I <lo hereby make the following*
appointments as the military staff of
the Governor, to wit: Assistant Ad
jutant General, Win. T. Hroek, eol
onel, Columbia; quartermaster gen
eral, Win. F. Stevenson, eolonel, ('lie
raw; Judge Advocate General, Benja
min A. Morgan, eolonel, (ireenville;
commissary general, Robert 1'. 1 la
mer, Jr., colonel, llarner, S. C.; chief
of ordnance, David W. Daniel, eol
onel, Clemson College: aides de camp,
William W. Moore, colonel, Barnwell;
Jos. G. Wardlaw, colonel, Yorkville;
Daniel 0. Herbert, colonel, Orange
burg; military secretary to Governor,
Clias. II. Cahaniss, colonel, Columbia;
aides de camp, David R. (leer, lieu
tenant colonel, Helton; Francis S.
Evans, lieutenant colonel, Greenwood;
Alvin Ktheredge, lieutenant colonel,
Saluda; William Banks, lieutenant
colonel, Columbia; Thos. B. Butler,
lieutenant colonel, GalTncy; Satnl. T.
McOravy, lieutenant colonel, Spar
tanburg; Ilal T. Buck, lieutenant col
onel, Conwav.
("Signed) M. P. Ansel.
"Governor."
Wind and Rain Saved Johnston.
Johnston, Special.?At 0:40 o'clock
Tuesday the cry <?f lire was given
and as a strong southeasterly wind
was blowing fear and dread tilled the
entire town, for all knew that tliev
were at the m< rev of the Haines, as
there is no pmtectiou from lire what
ever. The lire originated in the mil
linery store of Mrs. May Taylor, a
wooden building.
Rock Hill's Water Supply.
Hock Hill, Special.?-The Hock Hill
Water, Light and Power Company is
progressing line with the new well it
has been drilling for some time near
Ihe standpipe. The well is 1 '2 inches
in diameter, and will be drilled to a
depth where abundant water can be
secured. At the 125-feot mark a
thickness of about 10 feet of granite
was drilled through. The work is be
ing done in the most systematic man
ner, and when completed it is thought
Ihe well will furnish an abundant
water supply, both for domestic and
fire use.
/
Blow to Liquor Drummers.
Columbia, Special.?A bill of mom
than ordinary interest Unit was pass
ed at the recent session is one to mako
it a misdemeanor to solicit orders for
liquor. The bill started in the Senate
to provide for a fancy license to
solicit orders, but it was clumped so
as to make it a misdemeanor to solicit
orders. The Act as approved reads:
"Section 1.. That each ami every
person, whether acting for himself or
as agent for any jhtsoh. tirm or cor
poration, who shall conduct the busi
ness of liquor drummer, soliciting or
receiving orders lor Inter-State ship
ment within any county within this
State, except ns now authorized by
law, any spirituous, malt, vinous, fer
mented, brewed, whether lagar or rice
beer, or other liquors or beverages. or
any compound or mixture which con
tains alcohol and is used as a bever
age, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and oil conviction lined in a sum not
exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment fof
not exceeding six mouths, or both
line ami imprisonment in the discre
tion of the Court."
Tried after Twenty Years.
Cheraw, Special.?A case of moro
tlvan usual interest was disposed of
at the Criminal Court for Chcstcrllchl
County last week, the case of tho
State vs. Parker Moore, chargcd with
murder. Nearly twenty years ago,
in 1SS0, Parker Moore, a young man
not yet 20, of good family, shot one
Jordan, in the leg with a shotgun
and immediately surrendered himself
to the sheriff, claiming that the deed
was done in defence of his own
life, and was placed in the county
jail to await the result of the injuries
to Jordan. Jonlan died, and Moore,
fearing the drift of public sentiment
that rnu high on account of several
homicides, escaped from jail and
went to Texas, where he married and
lived quietly with his family until
recently when he was brought back
and convicted. The sentence was
made light and a pardon will bo
sought at an early day.
Dr. Crum's Successor.
Charleston, Special.?A Washing
ton dispatch says, it is fairly certain
that E. W. Durant will become tho
sucessor of Dr. Cruni as collector of
the port. Postmaster \V. L. Harris,
of the city, and Postmaster General
Frank II. Hitchcock, who is Mr.
Harris's close friend, called upon
President Taft Monday and consult
ed with him in regard to the matter.
Mr. Harris went to Washington sev
eral clays ago for the purpose ol" <1 is?
cussing ('ruin's successor vith tho
President. The treneral belief thorn
is that. Mr. Dnrant's name will bo
sent to the Senate when the extra
session begins next Monday, and that
there will be no trouble as to confirm
ing the nomination. Mr. Dnrant is a
Yale graduate and a man of consider
able means. It is believed that his
appointment would give general satis
fuel ion here.
First Death Penalty in About 15
Years.
Laurens, Special.?For the first
time in about 15 years a Laurens jury
fias returned a straight verdiet of
murder without reeommendation to
mercy. This occurred Wednesday
afternoon in the court of general ses
sions when the jury returned a ver
dict of guilty in the case of the Stato
vs. John Henry Anderson for thn
murder of his father-in-law. Ander
son shot and killed old Joseph ('artor
at the Cedar (Jrove church at tho
funeral of one of Anderson's chil
dren. Anderson shot Carter in tho
back and without immediate provo
cation.
Killing at Seneca.
Columbia, Special.?A special to
The State from Seneca, savs: Deputy
Sheriff W. F. Corbet and his brother,
Charles, were killed at the house of
?1. It. I'almer, near Walhalla, at 10
o'clock Monday niuht. Il is said that
Corbet had a warrant for the arrest
of one < f the Palmers. Palmer, his
wife, one of his souss and his daugh
ter are all slight 1 y wound* d.
Bitten by Rabid Dos.
OaPfney, Special.- Mr. ,1. 'Volney
Sarratt, one of (JalTney's n.ost prom
inent citizens, was bitten bv a dog in
lii< cify on Friday. He was walking
jijoiig a street in the mill village, when
? l.e dog ran out from a house and bit
him pretty severely on one of hit
hv's. The dog later bit a woman of
the mill village and was kill ??! by its
owner. Air. Sarratt obtained a mad
stone form Mr. IL M. .Johnson and
applied same to the wound with tho
result that, it iv'bered for about eight
hours, lie will leave for Atlanta,
where he will lake the Pasteur treat
ment.
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