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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. LYNCHED THEM BOTH For tho Murder of Mr. W. K. Jay Near Troy, S. C. THEY ACCUSED EACH OTHER. Mun und Wlio Quarreled and Jay Ordered Penco Then Ono or . tho Other Shot Ills lleud O IT Prom Their House. A*special dispatch to The State from Greenwood ol' Saturday says Will K. Jay, one of thc most prominent yoting tanners ol' the Troy section of this county, was foully murdered in his own yard Triday" evening between 0 and 7 o'clock by cither Oliver Wile man or his wife, two negroes li vin}? on his place. Both negroes were made to pay thc death penalty for their deed by an I nf ut lated crowd of Mr. Jay's neighbors and friends. From all accounts, many of which differ, the following ls offered as the most nearly correct of how the killing occurred: Air. Jay lives in a new house about three and ouc-half miles from Troy. This place has never been inclosed and thc negro cabin formerly occupied by the negroes is within about 2f> or :!U yards of the residence. Mr. Jay was returning to his house after attending to some business iii the neighb irhdod and when close to his house he heard the two negroes making considerable disturbance in the cabin.Tt seems that the man was abusing or lighting his wife and they were both quarreling and resisting, lt was to stop this dis turbance that lead Mr. Jay to their home, which as stated, is only about 'JO yards from his own house. On his arrival bc ordered thc negroes to be quiet-that If they could not be they could not stay oh his place. Im mediately after this Mrs. Jay, who was in her house, heard the report of a gun. She ran l<> thu dour and looked out, and saw the two negroes, man and wife, running away from their .cabin, balling to them, she asked ?what was the matter, but thc negroes made no answer and kept on running. Failing to get any response from them she called loudly to bc husband. There w.is no response. She was then wild with fear and began looking over thc yard, and in a short v iv.' found him dead in a pool ol his own hlpjjd. Almost his.- entire head had been blb\u?v c5tl.' Death was instan taneous. The aiarm was at once given and the immediate neighbors rushed in. The news of the horrible murder spread rapidly: Carriages started in all directions. A telephone furnished the uews to Troy and nearby towns, 'f.jand the whole country for milos 1 round was S;)on being lifcra^lv scour cu tor xneji,^.o.-.icvs. j ' A party^ol'men coming towards Ibo place from a .section of the community a few miles near Mr. Jay's home, met two negroes in the road, a man and a woman. The party did not know Mic negroes, but arrested them on suspi cion and carried them back to tho place of inquest. They were tho guilty Ouv When examined both acknowl edged thc deed, bul, accused each other ol' committing it. t hc man said the woman did it and the woman said the man did it. They never changed fron? this, but. died accusing each other of the crime. The gnu with which the murder was committed v.as carried to old hill Wideman's house, the father of tho man, and left there while the tvw> started out in Hight. They wore go ing towards fidgeiielri when caught. After thc inquest the two negroes were turned over to the constable, who started to jail with them. Al thc Winterseat bridge they were stop ped by a crowd of infuriated friends and neighbors and lynched. The lynching occurred about midnight. Is Now* a Pud. Wireless telegraphy is now an as sured fact. Tlie Halifax Chronicle announces that wireless telegraphic communications have been succcssfni lly established hy Marconi between (Jape Proton ami Cornwall, Kngland. A message has already boen seul, lo King Edward by Lord .Minto. Gov ernor-Goncral of Canada, and also one to thc King or Italy. Dr. Parkin. M. P., of Toronto, special correspondent of the London Timos, also had a mes sage transmitted. Marconi has hoon at Table Head for J he last eight weeks working steadily. The wires wore all removed and installed anew, the fa mous coherer being replaced hy another wonderful invention of Marconi, called a magnetic detector, width gives most satisfactory results and which cnabl< s the transmitter to attain greater speed and accuracy. Tho. Inventor has also'established at his Table Head station ono of thc wo. d. lt was thought that until a similar current was established at thc Cornwall sta tion satisfactory results would not be had. Tests were' made frequently during the last few weeks, bat I he greatest secrecy was maintained. Last week communication was estab ?i.shed._._v A Street Duel. At Nichols, (?a., on Wednesday Sam P. Padgett and J. C. Duchaban,young white men, fought an impromptu duel on the street, as a consequence of which Padgett is dying and I ?ochar?an is seriously wounded. The two young men married sisters, and while tin: cause of Mic trouble is not known it is believed to be a family disagreement. Padgett and-Buchanan have hereto fore been friendly, but un meeting Wednesday each drew a revolver and . - began shooting. Padgett was she!, through thc chest near the heart and cannot recover._ Suntu Cl/iiiK Scorched. A dispatch from Georgetown to The State says Tuesday night at a Christmas free celebration in thai city, Dr. ll. S. Dailey, wilt? was act ing as Santa Claus, was painfully but n it _iii'.onsly burned. His clothing ac AWFUL E AI LEO AD ACCIDENT. Twcuty-oif-lit Killed ami Many Seri ously "Wimmlcil. The most frightful railroad acci dent in the annals of the past decade happened a short distance from the little station of Wanstead, Can., on tlie Sarnia branch of the Grand Trunk railway, Saturday night. The trains in collision were thc Pani tlc Express and a freight. The express was run ning nearly two hours late and was making fast time. The freight was endeavoring to make a siding to get clear of the express, but failed by a minute or two. There was a dread ful crash, tho locomotives reared up and fell over iii a ditch, the baggage car ot tho ex press telescoped tlie smoker and in an instant tlie shrieks and eries of the wounded and thc dying lilied the air. The loss ol'life ?S2??. The injured will humber considerably more, and many of these may die. Many of the demi were terribly mu tlated. Iliads wee cut off, legs wrenched from the bodies and thc level streich of snow became crimson with thc libed of fie victims. The responsibility for the accident h is not been deliultcly lixed, but it is believed to have been due to a tele graph operator's error. Thc operator at one of the stations where the two trains slopped gave an order to the freight lp pass No. 5, the F.toitic Express, al Wanstead. in thc system of the tirano Trunk this order should have been duplicat ed, a copy being given to thc conduc tor and cligiiicer of tlie express. In stead of i bis the conductor of thc ex press received a clea ra nco order, tell-' i lg him to run right, through.'' The freight train meantime had stopped at Wanstead, lo .sidetrack, and was telescoped by the express. The blind ing storm which was raging rendered objects invisible af Mic distance of a few feet. Tue operator at Wanstead is nor, usually on duty ai, night but last evening be happened (lo be in thc otlice for a short l ime. Ile was going out at thc door when he heard thc telegraph instrument elide repeatedly the message: "Stop No. .">.'' ''Stop No. Seizing ti lantern tho operator dash ed for Hie door and as he closed lt be hind he heard thc crash of the col lision np the track. /Thc- w as nota house at hand to which the injured cou lo he carried. Fortunately, however, thc two Pull man cars on the train did not sustain any damage. Tlioy wci'o wann and comfortable and were converted into a temporary hospital. The injured were placed in the boi l is and every thing possible donc tbt>i-se their suf fering. _ Tho Cold V ive. rp?'ti? fnll^wini' h'nljejj il??u?n" Vri.hiy by Obsci*?.cr'-'iiaOur 'vom Columbia shows that thc severe weather is gen eral: ''Tho severest ovid wave o? the. season covers the upper Mississippi valley where thc temperatures range from zero to 2(1 below. The cold wave carried Hie freezing line southward to Northern Florida, with light frost at .hickson ville, Southern Alabama, west ward throuf-h Contra! Texas. The Pa cific slope is innch wanhby, with rainy weather ..prevailing, lt i.s snowing in the lake regions, upper New langland and tlie Ohio valley. I'urtland. Me., had over in inches ol' snowfall during the past 21 hours, Generally clear weather prevails over thc southern States except along the coast where it is cloudy. The highest reported temp?rai un> friday was so at Los Angeles, the lowest Saturday morning was 20 below zero it I turon, S. I>."' A Orea! Sensation. A dispatch from Dresden says all Saxony is agog wit .iterest and spec ulation resulting irorri the Hight of Crown Princess Louise, who said her husband was a "beast," and t hat she wtiti ld never again itt tiru to tho court, ll .seems that the Princess eloped with a Kreuch tutor, who had been em ployed to teach the children. She is an Austrian archduchess, being thc eldest, daughter of Archduke Ferdi nand, who represents Die Tuscan hranidi of the Austlian imperial fami ly. She was horn til Sal/burg in 1870 and married at Vienna in 1801. She is considered one o? tho prettiest prin cesses in Ku i ope, luiiig endowed with great personal charin, keen intelli gence, learning and modesty. Thc crown prince isa linc looking, soldier ly man of ,i7 years. There are live children ol'the marriage, thc eldest, Prince 'George, bel nj? hourly io years ..ld. The lt ti i i road Help. To?: Columbia Mate says a .short, time ago tile state treasurer wrote a letter i<> the different railroad compa nies asking them if con veulent to pay their annual laxes into thc State treasury. The lines of tho Southern and Atlant it: (.'oast Line systems have complied with this request of tho treasurer and have paid their taxes to Hie various county treasurers. This relieves considerably the danger ol'a stringency in money at the close of I lu; year when the interest on the Stale debt must bc met. No doubt the read i i less bf i lu.'roads lo comply and case the State's linaiicial condi tion will bo properly appreciated by the people ol' the State. Treasurer Jennings ls urging every county treas urer in thc Stale to feudi, the State taxes as rapidly as they are received,; and hopes to secure ?isulllcicnt sum to l ide over the term of stringency. Needed In Ihi-.vuii. Thomas Fortune, special labor eom missioner appointed bj Score tri ry Shaw to visit the Philippines ami Hawaiian islands is at Honolulu, loan inter view in The Star he said: "I behove the importation of negroes there forms a natural solution of thc cully which unavoidably follows the absorpt ion of i topical or seini-t roplcal conni ries by Hie United Still es. In the Southern Slates and in the Caro linas thc negro made thc industries what they are." Thc commissioner ?said there might bc di theil I ty in ob thO negro; Iud he thought ; planters cmid get all they if, they sent thc right sort of jyiter them. "You could get t^k^rc in six months," he said. THIRTY INJURED By the Explosion of. Gua at Hot Springs, Arkansas. SIXTEEN SERIOUSLY ' HURT. A Crowd Was Gathered to floor lt cimn H From Now Or lon H.s Knees When tho Implo sion Occurred. AL Hot Springs, Arkansas, Wednes day afternoon in thc cellar of thc turf exchange, a club house and pool room operated hy Chambers & Walker, the 1 building was badly damaged and 'JO peuple were injured, 1(5 of them being in a serious condition. The most seri ously injured are: II. C. Chambers, ono of the proprie tors of Hie turf exchange, holli le^s lind both wrists broken. Wini ITclwIg, a blind man, nmhnger of ii balli house, Loth legs broken, will die. The injured are: ,1. ,S. Meeks, Ilot Springs, 'Ark., both legs broken. Joseph Pace, hotel keeper, Hot Spings; both legs broken. Finnegan, plumber, Hot Springs, potli legs broken. James Gowen, Hot Springs, both legs broken. Wm. Met/or, a boy, Hot Springs, both legs broken and skull fractured, will die. .lames Couglin, plumber, Hot Springs, leg broken. (J. G. Parker, Milwaukee. Wis., both legs broken. Al. -F. HotcbskilV, Hot Springs, knee fractured. T. O/.ier. engineer, H.it. Springs, both legs broken. fl, (?eorge, New York, leg broken. F. Cranfield, Cincinnati both legs broken, ribs crushed. Walter Powers, St. Louis, arm broken. Eugene Haly, Hot Springs, both legs uroken. Tims. Phelan, telegraph operator, Hot Springs, badly cut. Mr. Donnelly, visitor, residence un known, leg broken, also badly cut. Twelve others sustained bruises and slight injuries. About 1 o'clock Wednesday after noon tlie poolroom was crowded with more than IOU persons, .lust as a race in New Orleans was being called by the operator the lloor of the build ing seemed to rise in an instant and a report that shook tue building rang out. The news of the explosion sin ead rapidly and soon Central avenue was jammed-with people. The police and bremen, took, obarire. <?r tUa l*,'*x*,.n" ,;.;? ?ilS "tVoiiv ituo?o bC'gatl.. J.iei were pulled from under the building j in a terribly shattered state, tine of the. most pitiable sights was when ''Billy" I Iel wig, the blind manager of tlie Lamber bathhouse was taken from the ruin.;. Ucl wig is widely Known to thousands of visitors who como to Hoi Springs annually. P. C. Chambers, one of the proprie tors of the turf exchange, is one of the best known sporting men in Mic country. His condition is serious. The injured were taken in charge by the local physicians. The exact cause of the explosion has nut yet becti determined, it is said by some that gas:which escaped in thc cellar of thc building was ig nited in some manner, causing the terrible accident. Another report, wittel) is probably correct, says a driver of a gasoline wagon was fliting a tank ir. tlie cellar when the explosion occurred. IJ.Vncheil in Kaunas. At .Montgomery, Kansas, on Christ mas day, Montgomery (Joclley, a negro man, was taken from thc" jail and lynched by a mob because early Christ mas morning he had shot and killed Milton Hinkle, a policeman, while the otllccr was trying to protect .himself against a crowd of unruly negroes. At the first effort to lynch the negro fin; rope broke. Some one - in lite crowd then cut Godley's t hroat, sever ing the jugular vein. After this he was banged a second time. The shoot ingot Policemen ll inkle occurred al a dance, which was attended by a large number of negro men and wo men from neighboring mining camps. Montgomery Codlcy and his brother were drinkhm ?ind bad become very disorderly when Policeman Hinkle in terfered. The negroes became insult ing and, when Hinkle drew his club to defend bin.self, Montgomery (bul ley slipped behind the policeman, grabbed the ohlccr's pistol and shot ninkle behind thc car. The wound ed policeman was carried to thc City 1 lall, where lie died several hours later. The news of the shooting spread rapidly and a mob gathered in front of the jail. Tho doors were battered in and thc mob seized Montgomery God Icy, who, with his brother, had been arrested soon after the shooting. They took the slayer to a telephone pole three blocks away and there hanged him. At Itrst tlie negro was defiant, hut Just before bc was hanged lie begged hard for his lt fe. l??VA??CH Ol' Tillie. In the singular failure of thc old windows of York cathedral, thc glass has lost'most of ils transparency, and in plates has become so perforated that it crumbles af the slightest I ouch. To stop thc ''disease"' some glass of thc thirteenth and fourteenth centuries has been removed, lt is known that thc hardest cement is sometimes disintegrated hy chemical action .set up by minuto organisms, and it is supposed that the destruction of the glass lias been due los?me fun gus. _ Stamin l>y itu; NCKI'O. Gov. Longino, of Mississippi, Wed nesday issued a prod;, mat ion offering fifty dollars reward foi the arrest ami conviction of any person who forc?s a negro to leave el thor of the count les Of Lincoln, Amite, Franklin or Pike. Hundreds of negro residents have been ordered to have these counties (luring the past, few months, hoing served willi not ices supposed to ema nate, from "whiteeapper" organiza tions. ' ". THE MEANEST MAN. Ho HUH Hoon Found nt IJOS Aii?clcs, California. The worst thing about some stories is that they are lies. The worst thing about this story isthat it is literally true. The meanest man in Los An geles has been found, thc ease lias been proved and "Next" has been citied: lt is doubtful, in tact, whether a .meaner mau will bc found anywhere. The story needs no erhbellshmcnt. The simple faets aro bad enough, and thia's just the way the events Occur red. A well known woman went out rid ing a few days ago. She had her pocketbook with lier. The pocketbook contained some moimy. Therefore it is unnecessary to explain that thc woman was not out shopping. She lost tile pocketbook. When she came home she told her husband about thc loss. As to whether he scolded her or not my informant docs not say. At ?my rate, that evening thc family telephone hell rang and oh answering it a man's voice was heard to make the usual inquiries, after which lie said: "L found a pocketbook today con taining a card bearing your wife's name. 1 supposed the book belonged to your wife. 1 have if at my olliee." The thanks of thc relieved fa nil Iv were freely poured over the wire, and sleep in that household was sweet t hat night. Next morning the husband of thc woman who lost thc pocketbook called at the olliee of thc well-known gentle man who had telephoned, ile was presented tb a tine looking person who was said to be the one who owned the funnel property. Tire husband des cribed thc portmonnaie accurately, including thc contents, and thc Under graciously acknowledged that thc des cription was correct. The book was then produced and was promptly recognized, " I am very much obliged to you for telephoning us of your lind," said thc gratified visitor; then, as a matter of course, ho added: "Now, how much do L owe you for your kindness?'' Thc other looked serious for a mo ment, and then replied slowly: "Well. I hardly know just how much to say. Well, let's say-no. lt's up to you." To say that thc husband of thc pocketbook loser was surprised would bc putting il mildly. Had he been haggling with a pickpocket, street gamin or a '-gar he would not have been in the k. st taken aback. Hut to hear that sort of a cool bid for a pit tance from a well dressed, grown-up man who had done, an ordinary kind ness such as might bc returnable any hour was moro than he was prepared for. When he had recovered his breath he said'...... .,.^.^---?. .. ' ,vhy, i ..r>. a r?.vnru fr..-., life, and hdv/Vtio idea of thc rules cus tomary governing" such eases. I should feel better if you would hame the amount, yourself.'.'. Th? man looked still more serious. Taking a pencil from his pocket, he heirn n lo make ".ligures on a piece of paper. .. ; ? "fief's see.'1 he said, musingly, as he eyed t he pocketbook. "Pretty good pocketbook; slightly worn-say, one lilly. Contents, three dollars and live cents - total, four tifty-(ive- We might spill thc dill-no, say two dollars." And bc lookpd up at ins viel lin with bite innocence of a child. The man dug Into his pocket speech lessly, and handed out ^2. und started for thc door. He thought, he had had thc experience of his life. Not so. If thc man's diminutiveness had been ex hausted, his nerve hadn't. 1 teaching into bis vost pocket, he drew out a card, handed it to the stu pi fled caller and said: "Here's my card. In case you should ever want anything in our lino we would like to have you remember tho man whit) found your wife's pock etbook."-Los Angeles Herald. Helped tho ttobhers. At Chicago on Wednesday Police man Patrick MahOncy?wns found guil ty, and Daniel Curran, co-defendant, not guilty of burglary, hy a jury which returned its verdict of a locally sensal ional case in Judge McHweu's court today. The burglary of Ilage mann's jewelry store with "which the defendants wen; charged, netted the robbers $10,000 for which $7,000 was recovered by the police. James Clark and an accomplice were convicted and served terms in the penitentiary. Upon his release Clark told a story to the state's attorney which resulted in the arrest of Curran a saloon keeper, and Mahoney,;! policeman, well known and respected among his Minus. Clary test i lied that Mahoney ?ii full uniform stood guard while thc jewelry store was being looted. Hurried to Dcnth. At Malone. X. Y.. four persons were burned to death Christmas day in the house of Julius King, of Picrce (lekl a pulp and paper manufacturing town in tile Adriondacks. The lire had gained such headway before it was discovered that Mrs. M. J. Mc Govern, King's eldest daughter, and her three ohileren, who were sleeping on thc lower floor, wer" not able to gcL out and all were, burned to death, tine of the children, whose body was found close to window, evidently had made heroic eilorts to escape. King and his wife, with a-few boarders on an upper iloor, escaped by jumping out of the windows. One man was burned seriously. lt is not known how thc lire started. Killed by n Woman. News reached Mobile Friday of thc killing on Dauphin island, in Mobile bay. A Fred Matthews, by a (laugh-1 ter of George Sprinkle. Matthews was a son of a former mayor of Scran ton, Miss., where his remains were taken for bural. The details of thc shooting arc not known although one report stat.s that it was accidental; The Oem'.'v L'Ai'ler Kille. Al Springville, J.la., on Wednesday. Prof. JaCjUb Forney, of the State uni versity, was accidentally killed while shoot lng-sparrows with a parlor rifle* Prof. Forucy was a son of the late Mai. '-' V doini II. Forney of the ?Army. ii k> - Expert J s-fake Charge of douBiderabld j , _ ?breage" ??oar '.Colu'rjt?ia.v.; ,. SOME 'FACTS . -P??;; PI02JEEES. . " ' ,. " ?MP. AVo3dcl?:;Tnl1?;s About Holl of lucilia od. County and Its fcvUlubllity* foi- Culturo y il .ot' Weed. ^ . The Oolurr-bia Sta to says.Mr.' H.S. Watkk'lij'^Vylio is a nati vo of. Halifax, county, Virgin hi,; bas arrived iii tlie city. Http tlie '-.xpert In tobacco wno b is bccn^brouRlit here to take charge of tlie c/;\erl mental farms to be estab lished near Irv?tt Park bv Mr. F. H. B^iitt r- .if '-'-J'".-- Mr. Waddell has already one over considerable lalid In the vicinity o? Columbia and inspect ed lt. lie has lnnj; been a student of tobacco -.ultu rc. Thursday he closed thc conflict with Mr. Hyatt for the'' cultivation of 5? acros,and will doubt less take, ftp acres also for parties own ing adjoi ling lands. Mr, "Waddell has also CIOS. LI with Mr. Liuifman to fur nish an osp'ert to manage .6ft acres of his land across the river, to place In cultivation, ?le ls ready now to in spect th' iftnd of any others In the county (Lairing. to plant tobacco, ad vise witl them, and if they .desire it secure nen to take charge of the farms, g ;t them here. lie wi hes to establish a tobacco warehoth <p tho ?r3t seasftn and expects to make Columbia bis home. Friday he talker' interestingly of the culture of brlgh". leaf tobacco, which, he says, thc land; hi this section arc adapted to. He considers. ::hose lands much better ?i? anted to such culture than tho a veriee lands now growing tobac co both I.i.this State and North Caro lina. U - fai'ys ho thinks there: are from ?.O.'O to 10,000 acres li; this lrn-> mediate vicinity that arc thoroughly adapted to growing bright tobacco and fha- t'^is is sufficient to .establish a tirst ckfss market, He.says that sclf-draln.dj?? land of light color will make tobacco, and those with thc yel low clay subsoils will make a ilnor grade. Lands of this nature rarely ever fail in producing color or quality, regardiez o?*the state of cultivation. He sa vs; V''As to tlioyhiantity of fertilizers per acre and the kind this is best determined by lkstVivhig the land a ' i ?tie-' study of its. Audition. From <<ii. to 1,000 pounds of : high., grade fe:Hikers on .a basis say of 8 per cent, ph.-spheric aeid, 4 per cent. ai. - monia a-'f^ .i per cent, potash Is ? gout!H combinai ion,-wjthTfr?.in. 10 'to 30 bush-" I els of^cor r m s^redror-double this quam c t i ty. si.- ' .v.?nyjc?:.:: r "r- ' vidinc Thei; _tarmer, inexperienced y in tobaa .,' stands in dread of the ex- t pense ar.d risk in planting tobacco. 1 1 would sw just herc there is a greater t per cern ..pf failure in agriculture In t almost atv other crop cultivated dian t there Ja in tobacco. To* succeed you cannot rule this crop on a half-hand- | ] cd, hap tizard basis. If requires study an Intelligence. Do your part nf the w rk first. I have known farm ers their hst year cult ?vat ing tobacco to fiver.-' e 8if>0 to $250 per acre with out any obstruction from any one. '"I (io inf approve of tile (.ne crop basis. lo believe though in diversi fied f?imii.gi It pays, .liaise plenty tosustan your farm suchas grain, forage, deaf, etc., theil plant some cotton aid some tobacco. Even a one horse firmer wileri he is lixed for farming .?should plant from live to ten acres of foli?ceo, or from one to two barns, [a to the size of a crop that can best tie det ermined by your situa tion, l ie first item is land, then capital, ind next and most important is labor, j The needy Hinein labor is tiic harvlstlng season, .Inly and Au gust, wi (rn your other crops arc all laid by after which it can bc market ed with ;") per emit, less labor. In larjjc crops from 2f> acres up, if pays to luve an'experienced man who maj bo .'poured for an interest in the crop, ?vj?n that arc most capable will cost you, from thc fact they cati make money ai it for themselves alone. I have succeeded In locating titree men with "'ops from 30 to (10 acres and have twd more I know personally to be capable of managing like quantities. I will aiil any one in securing men; that is bring them in and give you my judgment on thc land, Inquire as to his references and sec that all such get gund tobacco seed free., providing any such will write me in the next few days and give, mc full particulars as to how and where they arc located. 1 don'1, ask a penny for what I Lc ll them or di. tor them. 1 do this simply with a view ol' establishing a market here. '". would cay to all interested.: In the event you cannot plant sulla mt acreage t > employ an experienced ii n, try your immediate neighbors' and wor'.c up say IO to ~? acres and write me. as bs important that Ulis decis ion should be made carly. You sow the seed in the months of January ami February and if ls essential that yoi, should push forward your work, particularly where yon have much bu ld lng to do. Tobacco barns can be built from *'!0 up. A barn will har vest from I to 7 acres owing to size aral season, its lifetime, is about 20 years, so practically your building doesn't cost much, lt is the other small expenditures, suca as Hues, sticks arni canvas for plan beds: Uley last from three to eight years, accord ii.g to the care you lake of them. After you once get lixed to make tobacco you can make il and put it cn thc market at an average cost of from 2 to ?l? cents per pound, or from $20 lo *ci"> titi acre, according Lo seasons and conditions as to labor. I will answer all inquiries. 1 finnish to b?ceo seed in plenty of time for you, s i long as they last. This oller ls con tinod strictly to Ulohland and Lexing ton counties or not exceeding 30 miles 'rom this polnf,." tlc ts "Itf-^^isanrU.'' ',. ' In New Yorly'"VVcdnesday. Thomas .1 Sharkey, thc' ?rivate detective, who 'was conyjet?d/ . manslaughter in the. second degrca'for having killed Nicho las Fish, t>" taker, on Sept. 27, was seilten' *.' i?imj<~'"f" prison for ten tf AA ' r ?" ' ^^v-'-'? . ' ' '. . * . . .?- f-'.-'\d?i '"' . ''??? Wc' . j . . ?" ? . ... . . . Mr. W. F. Hudson n. V?iinil. 1 > tatt In .His 'Room. '. .. S : i^f^^|l^^?j^^t^|p|) f roui <2a tuf; dBU fldyftriiorriblo. tragedy.was enacted, at; tho.:A*r*?t??ed Hiver bridge, gener ally known as the iron bridge, Friday night),' and tho. whole affair is so far shrouded .in,-mydiery! 33&ly Satur dav??ri?friingi >?r. W. F. Hudson,Hho toll keeperj was found dead in his bed in a. pool OC blood, in his/ liou.se-.fiy Che river bridge, on the west' bank of tho Waterce." A blood trail, leading" from the great-wooden gates of the bridge, which ate ?bout 50 feet fcQm t lie house, to the.bed. Indicate 'that thc shooting took place ali thc.gatcs. Thc large gates arc closed every night and locked, and. only a small postern ls left open. The supposition ls tbat the person.or persons who committed the murder came from thc cast side of thc river as'the po;?tern shows marks on lt, as if some one had tried to prize it open from that side, while a Tew feet oil, tho gate keeper's lantern was found with blood spots on it. Tho blood trail begins on tho right gate, where one spot ls visible near thc ground,'* and leads directly to thc phone which is to tho right of the house door. . Thcro is blood on thc re3 eel vcr, and the u n Tor tuna to man el ther endeavored to 'phone or reached for his gun, which hung over the door. A large pool of blood is on the mid 11c of the door, and young Hudson Iles in another one on his bed. His pistol was found on the desk, but lt, is not supposed that he had it with lilm when he went to thc gate. Who perpetrated thc horrible deed is still tn unsolved story, and no very detinite ?lues leading up to the detection of thc murderer have been found as yet. Robbery was apparently not the mo tive as nothing was taken out of the muse and thc toll, money was not rouched, Messrs. Craig and John Clyburn, who passed over the bridge ictween il and 12 o'clock Friday light,'seem to have been the last per sons who saw Hudson before the m?r ier, state that, he came; out and jpened tho gates to let'their buggy iass through. Mr.' V/. F. Hudson vas about 30 years old,' single, and ils position was a very responsible me, and the best evidence or the cori idence and esteem he enjoyed ki this lommuhlty was lils appointment-.to Le same last year. : -V .?iH?d hy Rabbers. ?A special from Matthews! ? -Ga., ays: A horrible crime vas perpetra.^ id near that pla?e? on-Ohristmas eve .jfght. ?' Mr;. Er\ .^r:iy,- who was at iooao after his place of huslriess was sloged fpjr^ft hight, jWjasca.ll.od io thc t v.;. r.-"?-'-"i) V!^?,? ask-"<f change some money. ?Tot' b?lu^ ? ito ma k c, th e, elvinfgo M r. G fay idly cc::?.c'yteU'to go to thc : stove, _niall was a short distance away, to ihinlcing hoi husband was staving onger than necessary, became uneasy md started to the front of the house osee if he coming. She was startled o see Mic storehouse a mass of Hames ind gave the alarm by screaming, tefore assistance could arrive t'.ie tore was gutted. Among thc re nal ns Mr. (hay's skull, fractured, vas found ami thc safe was open. Lt s believed foe man, after forcing Mr. ?ray to open thc sn fe, which contained ?1,200, murdered him, robbed thc tore and then set lire to it lo covci ip his crime. There is no clue to lils dentity. Two Trains Collide. Tlie Pennsylvania limited, runnin< dmost an hour late, crashed into th? ear end of the Lcetsdale accomoda ion at Quaker Valley, Pa., Wcdnes lay night, at 11 o'clock. The big cn ,'ine ol" the limited ploughed into th .car car, the smoker, like a knit' brough paper, and thc little car wa: lushed through the one ahead pf it naking the two cars thc length of one Plie crash was heard for a mile am he limited, running at the rate o ifty-live miles an hour, carried ill rain from Quaker Valley to Edge ,vorth. a distance of almost half niic before it could be stopped. Man .vere injured, seme of them probabl atally. _ Smith Oin us Humed. Forestdale, 15-ycar-old boyattaci K! to thc Salvation Army, at liam I .on Ohio, was fatally bumed Chris lia? night while playing Santa Clai Lp HOC) poor children. The ?ccidci jccurrcd in the Salvation Awn y's hal where the annual Christmas ente La i n mont for thc poor was in uri <rcss. (?ale was swathed in rolls < ..of ton and wore a long beard of sim lar material. As he was friskin iround thc tree, picking gifts for cac ?hUdj his doilies ignited by a candi Viro enveloped him almost instantly Thc false beard was burned and ho. ii lialed thc Hames. Chile was taken i hospital, where he died in two ni minutes. Pound i:i a Well. Thc body of John Miller, a your man who had not been seen since Su lay night, was found In a well af II arly's brick yard ono. mile cost of WI ?ton, N. C.. late Wednesday af tc noon. J tis believed that Rufus Ste kitson, who committed suicide yeste lay afternoon, and his brother, Sat Stevenson, killed Miller and th rc lil m In the well. Sand Stevenson w irrested near the Stocks county Hi yesterday afternoon. He is in ja A. woman tells the oitlcers that t Stevenson brothers and Miller were lier house Sunday and that the latt had money. All of them were (Irin lng-_ Loir. Crushed. Mr. Will Moody, a fl reman on t Georgia road, went under thc engl which he was tiring when the tm made the stop at Social Circle, G to make some repairs to the ash pr and while in a position with one 1 extending across the track thc cngi moved, thc wheel passing over t left leg and mangling it so that a putntion was necessary. Thc oil hip was badly bruised and disloca t< At the time "of the accident there v little hope for recovery-, hut bc ls 1 proving and there Ts good hope recovery. He at one time worked thc Southern road and lived In Qjlti bia. . - ' Twenty ?liiMon.?plIqrs Knlued n.y.Uio MetWdiHt KplBoopul Church. :. ' ''?wG?s^ij^rcio\^nc? j the efforts ;of the." MeVhodisE i?piscbpu? C!iu rch - .to -ratee a: Twentieth Century Tl?anic-Or f?rl'ng-. fund of;7'$2o;O0O,OO?o 'About $10,000,000 -lias 'already been' raised -and; ? promise has Just been obtained from a, millionaire to add the required amount to complete tue full sum; The hame of thc donor ls a secret, and- will romain so Until New,.Year's Eve; when, at a watch meeting to be held hr Trinity Methodist Church, in Springfield, Mass., formal announce-, inetit of tho gift will bc made. In" the meantime' speculation is rife as to the man who is willing- and able to give so large a sum. Many names have been" mentioned, and it is be lieved by many that the "SI,000,000 will come from ci tiler, John D." Rocke feller or "Andrew Carnegie," notwith standing that neither is a Methodist Another guess was hazarded that a Vanderbilt. bad opened his purse strings. Kev. Dr. Edmund M. Mills, who has had charge or thc work of raising the fund, refuses to discuss the mat ter, but admits that the final-gift has been "underwritten." Of the thank offering Tund $8,000,000 will be devo ted to the payment of church indebted ness, and the prediction was made that thc result will he that not a Methodist Church In the country will remain with a vestige of a debt hang ing over it arter the committee con cludes its work. Along this same line will be the establishment of a fund of $1,500,000 to provide pensions for aged and infirm ministers: The fund for this purpose will be increased when opportunity presents itself. The contributions have been sur prising in their nature. The Norwe gian conference, in Minnesota, which is made up of a membership frugal, but far from wealthy, bas'contributed an average of $22 per member. The German conference of Oregon has contributed an average of $20 per member. Erora .the son of an old Methodist minister came a gi.it of S400,0qo. ( . . To the education of Methodist ?jbil d'ren'hearly SS.v'UO.OOO will be devoted/ This fund has-.been gathered largely through the efforts of the presidents of Methodist institutions Of learning. The sum of S1,J.7(J,800 was raised by Syracuse TJpIve'rsity. -The Ohio "Wes leyan- U,ni versi ty, raised .Sl,0i)2,80G.'' It is- understood that-8pi000,000 wi|U"je devoted to the hospital worjr. Ten years ago the Methodists had not a,, hospital in the world, whileV'/?ay they have 20 in the United Sta^-^' ?everal.others are.under way. r \V^;;-?,f^Arb<trnte?. . A dispatch 'from AVashhi President Roosevelt will nb tra tor In-the. venezuelan cr rj?cj.wb?blvex?t?tmsrqne.stli referred T?Ta'cJj<?Gitu,yic:i to.the .... tribunal. Epitomized, this'- \s the situation as itiiiid resolved itself at the. conclusion of the cabinet meeting today. The meeting was not a long session. All the members except Hoot were present. The Venezuelan question was thc principal and practi cally t he only topic of general concern under consideration. Secretary Hay presented the net results of thc O?ble correspondence with the governments ol' London, Itcrlin. Home and Caracas In accordance with the suggestion of President Roosevelt, President Castro ol' Venezuela, was reported to have agreed to submit thc differences be tween his government and the Eu ropean powers to arbitration bi thc tribunal at the Hague. The Europ ean powers have not only consented to consented Lo submit the controver sy to arbitration, but while they ex pressed a preference for thc arbitra tion to be conducted by. President Roosevelt, they assented to his sug gestion that the matter he referred tb the Hague court. The presentation of the case met the hearty approval of thc members of thc cabinet. . No fear is expressed by the administration that tim Monroe doctrine will be brought' into the controversy in any manner that might result in embar rassing the situation of the United States. . ' * lli-oiled Alive. . A horrible accident occurred at the Richland distillery on Christmas eve. About half-past 1 o'clock Charlie Till man, a colored employee, while walk ing along-the gangway just above one ol' the great slop vats which holds 2,000 gallons, slipped and fell info thc vat. lt was lilied with.boiling slop, the stull' from which the whiskey had already been extracted. Tills sjtulf was at thc time of a temperature oj 200 degrees Fahrenheit. When Till man fell into tlic vat two fellow work men tried to save >bis .life. They quickly managed to grasp his hands and pulled him out. He hardly spent more than two minutes in the vat, but when he was drawn out he, was unconscious and had really been Cook ed alive1. Tie was in such condition that his clothing had tobe cut from his boiled ilesh. Dr. Kendall was hastily summoned aiid found thc man still breathing. He administered opi ates and as soon as possible the ?suf ferer was removed to the colored hos pital. 'Phrough everything possible wrs done to save thc.man's.life, death came and .relieved his awful'suffering's. Ile had inhaled the deadly vapor from the vat.-Columbia State. Rev. W. M. Jones Shot. While out hunting Rev. W. M. Jones, the pastor of tho Willlston iinptist church, was seriously wound ed in the right arm by the accidental discharge of his gun, in removing it from the buggy, In which he, with Dr. John A. McCrcary, was riding. lt was at lirst thought that amputa tion would bc necessary, but hopes are now entertained that the arm may bc saved. rro/.en to Death. Joseph Harlton, an-old prospector, missing for the past three weeks, has been found dead within throe hun dred yards of his cabin near Ilse, Col. Harlton was a. Confederate soldier and, lt is said, was av. one tifnp mayor of Atlanta. IT ls Supposed that he perished In a storm in an attempt to I seek shelter and food. 'L?2A&ING OUT ?S A SCANTi?Ir. : ; Inspector or1 PorBo?ater, a Patentee - Mnll Box and - Drought the Matter Into Prominence. " Mention was made in the Spartah b?rg Herald some time ago of - tho very unusual proceeding on the-'part ' ot the "subcommittee-pf "the c?ra?uit-. tee on appropriations^ in recommend ing an increase In salary for the supers intendent of the rural, freo delivery service anti the chief pf thc division of salary and allowance; of the poste olllce department, without the recom mendation of the postmaster general. As a sequel to the episode mentioned, what promises to bc a very interesting " matter has come up in regard to the officials of the postoffice department and it is said that an investigation . will be asked, to be conducted by. con gress. The matter is in connection;, with the box question o? the rural free delivery service. During thc administration of Post master General Smith a regulation of. the department required that boxes purchased for use on. rural ?free, dellv ?ry routes must be selected-' from" a> curtain number of boxes, approved by ' the department,-and inad? by ? small, lumber of the^ manufacturers of such joods. Dissati??action was caused by . ibis regulation,'? both because the ; pat-". rons of the service , disliked to be c-rced to buy. a .certain box, and be cause certain manufacturers were ap7 / iar/htly favored the regulation) PutjX~ Jo Sentiment, together with the inila-"";"" ~ ??ce;of several members of congress?'. vho were largely interested in rural ree deliyeryj was.brought.tb bear up- " tn the officials' with such pressure 1>hat'c;';;c Jr. Payne, upon his' assumption of " .he duties of the office of postmaster ;eneral).-Jiadradopted another regula ion, \vhich'prescribed on,ly the ma- - erials and size of the boxes to be isedj and allowed them to. be made by .n'yone, who co?id ?malte a box meeter - : ng these requlrenients. ;-.Thls, it-was; I-f hOught, would remove ail the former"; .-? lissatisfaction ? and,, for ? /time;.:Bupti,';.:', ^as thc ease. It is said how, however, that there ; ?'an understanding? between: some -of ^ i.v he high authorities of. the rural free / " -or. by.?$^$%??%&sr. ?.'of these .'companies. : ?uhf.Tin-'-tbe territory . delivery" is; to bo" put. .A 6ther:';'coc?paht?s are ? <~rr emplated. The companies thus m ored, according to the reports, are he Corbin Lock Company, Bridgeport !onn., the Century company, of De roit, thc Bond Steel Post Company, f Adrian, Mich., and a company do tig business in Toledo. A story is published to thc effect hat one of ibo inspectors of the de lartment, whose business is the laying ut of rural free delivery routes, while ii duty in New York, went to Bridge tort, and, nuder the pretence of being ngagetl in the laying out of a route rom that point, assisted in the per esting of a box in the shops of the forbin company. In a short time, it vas decided by the department to lay n supply of about $75,000 worth of )oxes, abd the inspector who had per ected the box was one of the com nission appointed to select the box of vhich so large a supply should be pur ihuscd by the department. The plan, or M.Miie reason, was abandoned. lt has been discovered, so the paper ays, that ono of the high officials of ;he department is a large stockholder ? each of the companies whose agents lave'thc advantage of others in being ible to get upon the ground ilrst. Another feature of the situation is arought about by thc fact that officers )f the rural free delivery division are jnquestionably in a position such that they might be able to confer favors j pon certain members of congress,and in return receive favors, and In fact it is stated by the local paper above referred to that instances are not rare where ;i member of congress, upon in quiry about routes where he sees no possible reason for thc refusal of the department to establish thc servico, has boen told that nothing could bc done for him in the matter of rural tree delivery, whije others, in the bet ter graces of thc officials, experience no difficulty in securing any routes de sired. The operations of this oligarchy, or postollice department trust, as it is lilied, may be inquired into by con gress upon its reassembling in Janu iry. A Romance. Three years ago while Miss Caroline 3. Pritchard, of Pottsville, Pa., was nursing the Vanderbilt family at Newport, ll. I., she mot Harry P. Smith, a*retlrcd millionaire, of Bos ton. Thc romance then begun reach id a happy conclusion in their wed? ding at Pottsville Friday. The cer emony was performed by thc Kev. Dr. lames T. Satchell, at thc home of tho bride's father, ex-Chief of Police H. D. Pritchard. Miss Edna Stichler neted as bridesmaid; L. L. Pritchard, brother of thc bride, was best man. The wedding was very quiet and Mr. Smith anil Mrs. Smith left on an ex tended Mediterranean trip. Mr. Smith is a member of tho New York Yatch Club and of the Eastern Yatch Club. Mr. Smith and his bride will later take a cruise in his handsome yatch Adrienne. Wi' Wholesale. At Armstrong, Mo., Rev. Nay Ipi: performed a marriage ceremony Christmas night in which five couples were united. Thc brides and bride grooms formed a euglo, 'nriinnfl~|,hfl minister and clasped^m^t tho vows. They mon I al club married