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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. TL?NCFIEI) THEM BOTH For tho Murder of Mr. W. K. Jay Near Troy, S. C. THEY ACCUSED EACH OTHER. ainsi; ami Wile Quarreled and Jay Ordered Peace Then One or tlie Other Knot His lleud Oft" From Their. House. " A * sp?cial dispatch to The State from Gleenwood of Saturday says Will Ki' Jay, one uf thc most prominent young farmers ot tlie Troy section of this county, was foully murdered in Iiis own yard "Friday' evening between 0 and 7 o'clock by either Oliver Wic'e . man or his wife, two negroes living on his place. Both negroes were made to pay the death penalty for their deed by an infuriated crowd of Mr. Jay's neighbors and friends. From all accounts, many of which ditter, the following is offered as the most nearly correct of how the killing occurred: Mr. Jay lives in a new house about three and one-half miles from Troy. This place has never been inclosed and the negro cabin formerly occupied by the negroes is within about 'J."> or 'M yards of the residence. Mr. Jay was "returning to his house after attending to some business iii tlie neighborhood - and when close to his house bc heard the two negroes making considerable disturbance in tlie cabin." It seems that the man was abusing or lighting his wife and they were both cpiarreling and resisting, lt was to stop this dis turbance that lead Mr. Jay to their home, which as stated, is only about 30 yards from his own house. On his arrival bc ordered the negroes to be quiet-that if they could not be they could not stay on bis place, f m mcdiately after this Mrs. Jay, who was in lier house, heard t he rene.rt or a gun. She ran to thc door and looked out, and saw the two negroes, mau and wife, running away from their cabin, balling to them, she asked1 what was the matter, but tlie negroes made no answer and kept on running. Failing to get any response from them she called loudly to bc husband. There was no response. She was then wild with fear and began kinking over the yard, and in a shortv.-Lr.'" found him dead in a pgjil?otTils own sblond. Almost his?- entire head had been "blo'vVrrdfl/' Death was instan taneous. The alarm was at once given and the immediate neighbors rushed in. The news of the horrible murder spread ranidly. Carriages started in all directions. A telephone furnished the hews to Troy and nearby towns, and the whole country for miles v 'vdund-was p;>on being lllcra'lv scour-, ouapr xne-jiii^-o.-.rors.v^;. . - . ? . * A party "bf men coming towards the place from a section of the community a few miles near Mr. Jay's home, met two negroes in thc road, a mau and a woman. The party did not know the negroes, but arrested them on suspi " don and carried them back to the place cit inquest. They were the guilty <JUV. When examined liotli acknowl edged the deed, but accused each other of committing it-the man said tile woman did it and t he woman said tlie man did it. They never changed from this, but died accusing each other of the crime. The gun with which the murder was committed was carried to old Hill Widcman's house, Hie father of the man, and left there while thc two started out in (light. They were go ing towards Edgellcld when caught. After tlie inquest the two negroes were tnrncd over to the constable, who started to jail with Hiern. At the Wintcrscat bridge they were stop ped by a crowd of infuriated friends and neighbors and lynched. Tlie lynching occurred about midnight. 1H Now a Fact. Wireless telegraphy is now an as sured fact. The. Halifax Chronicle announces that wireless telegraphic communications have been sueccssful by established by Marconi between Cape Breton and Cornwall, Kngland. A message has already been sent lo King Edward by Lord .Minto, (?nv crnor-General of Canada, and also ono to thc King of italy. Dr. Parkin. M. P., of Toronto, special correspondent of the London Times, also had a mes sage transmitted. Marconi lias been at Table Head for t he last eight weeks working steadily. Tlie wires were all removed and installed anew, thc fa mous coherer being replaced by another . .yonderful invention of Marconi, called a magnetic detector, which gives most satisfactory results ?md which enables the transmitter to attain greater speed and accuracy. The inventor - has also established at bis Table Head station one of thc world. Il, was thought that until a similar current was established at the Cornwall sta tion satisfactory results would not be had. Tests were' made frequently during the last few weeks, but the greatest secrecy was maintained. Last week communication was cstab r-r -?.SllOd._._._ A .Street Driel. At Nichols, (?a., on Wednesday Sam P. Padgett and J. C. Buchanan,young white men, fought an impromptu duel on thc street, as a consequence of which Padgett is dying and Buchanan is seriously wounded. Thc two young men married sisters, and while the cause of thc trouble is not known it ls believed to be a family disagreement. Padgett and-Buchanan have hereto fore been friendly, but on meeting Wednesday each drew a revolver and began shooting. Padgett was shot through the chest near the heart and Jcannot recover._ Hanta Cluan .Scorched. A dispatch from Georgetown to The State says Tuesday night at a Christmas tree celebration in that " city, Dr. It. S. Bailey, who was acting j as Santa Claus, was paint olly hut not' AWFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Twenty-eight Killed and Many Seri ously. Wounded. Tile most frightful railroad acci dent iu the annals of tho past decade happened a short distance from . the little station of Wanstead; Gan., " on the Sarnia branch of thc Grand Trunk railway, Saturday night. The trains in collision were tho Paciile 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 thc express, but failed by a minute or two. There was a dreadful crash, the locomotives reared up and foll over in a ditch, thc baggage car of the ex press telescoped thc smoker and in an instant thc shrieks and cries of the wounded and the dying tilled thc air. Tlio loss of life is 28. The injured will number considerably more, and many of these may die. Many of tlio dead were, terribly mu t ivied. Heads we e out off, legs wrenched from bim bodies and the level stretch of snow became crimson with thc bleed of thc victims. The responsibility for the accident has not been definitely lixed, but it is believed to have been due to a tele graph operator's error. The operator at one of the stations where the two trains stopped gave an order to the freight to pass No. 5, the Pacific Express, ab "Wanstead. In thc system of thc Grand Trunk this order "should have buen duplicat ed, a copy being given to the conduc tor and engineer of the express. In stead ol' this the conductor of the ex-, press received a clearance order, tell i ig him to run right through.- The freight train meantime had stopped ab Wanstead, to sidetrack, and was telescoped by the express. The blind ing storm which was raging rcudered objects invisible at thc distance of a few feet. The operator at Wanstead is not usually on duty ab night bub iasb evening he happenedTo bc in the office for a short time, t'le was going out at thc door when lie heard thc telegraph instrument click repeatedly the message: "Stop No. o.'* "Stop No. 5." Seizing a lantern the operator dash crVfor tb.e door and as he closed it be hjind lie heard the crash of the col lision up the track. / There was not a house at hand to which the injured could bo carried. Fortunately, however, the two Pull man cars on the train did not sustain any damage. Thoy wciv warm and comfortable and were converted into a temporary hospital. The injured were placed in the bert'is and every thing possible done tool se their suf fering. Tho Cold V ivo. Tho following hnlle?; U^Unrt JCr.lHny by: Obsei'vefVL?uiier :-j 'om Columbia shows that thc severe weather is gen eral: "Tlio severest c'jld wave of the season covers the upper Mississippi valley where thc temperatures range from /.ero to 20 below. The cold wave carried the freezing line southward to Northern Florida, with light frost at .1 ackson vi lie, Southern A ta bahia j west ward thjr?uffh Oor.tral a"oxas. Thc Pa cific slope is much warmer, witli rainy weather prevailing, lt iw snowing in thc lake regions, upper ls"cw England and the Ohio valley. Portland. Me., had over 10 inches id" snowfall during tlio past 2-1 hours. Generally clear weather prevails over thc southern States except along the coast where it is cloudy. The. lii^hest reported temperature Friday was-.'80 af Los Angeles, the lowest Saturday morning was 2ii liclow zero at Huron, S. I).-' A Great Sensation. A dispatch from Dresden says all Saxony is agog wit' ?itcrcst ami spec ulation result! ri? from the Hight of Crown Princess Louise, wiio said her husband was a "beast," and that she would never again return to the court. Lt seems that the Princess eloped with a French tutor, who had been em ployed to teach the children. She is an Austrian archduchncss, being the eldest daughter of Archduke Ferdi nand, who represents the Tuscan branch of the Austrian imperial fami ly. She was born af Salzburg in 1870 and married at Vienna in 1801 ! She is considered one of tile prettiest prin cesses in Ku rope, being endowed with great personal charm, keen intelli gence, learning and modesty. The crown prince is a line looking, soldier ly man of ?17 years. There are live children of the marriage, the eldest, Prince George, being nearly lo years old. Tho Kuilroatl Help. The. Columbia State says .a short time ago tho st ate treasurer wrote a letter to thc di fi?rent railroad compa nies asking them if convenient to pay their annual taxes into the State treasury. The lines of the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line systems have complied with this request of the treasurer and have paid their taxes to thc various county treasurers. This relieves considerably the danger or a stringency in money at thc dose of the year when the interest on the State debt must be met. No doubt the readiness of t he roads to comply and ease tho State's financial condi tion will bo properly appreciated by the people of the State. Treasurer Jennings is urging every county treas urer in the State to remit the State faxes as rapidly as they arc received, and hopes to secure a sulllcient sum to fide over the term of stringency. Needed In Hawaii. Thomas Fortune, special labor com missioner appointed by Secretary Shaw to visit the Philippines and Hawaiian islands isat Honolulu, loan inter view in The. Star he. said: "J believe thc importation of negroes there forms a natural solution of the dilll Culty which unavoidably follows the absorption of tropical or semi-tropical countries hy t he United States. In the Southern States and in tile Caro linas thc negro made the Industries what tiley are." Tim commissioner said there might be dilllculby In ob taining tho 'negros bub he thought Bataille planter? could get all they jHBaralif, .they sent thc right sort of miter them. "You could get BWtkl'o in six months," he said. THIRTY INJUEEjL) By thc. Explosion of. Gas nt Hot Springs, Arkansas. SIXTEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. A Crowd. Was Guthcrcd to Henr -HoturtiB liront Now Orleans linces Wlicn tho Exp?o HIOII Occurred. j At Hot Springs, Arkansas, Wednes day afternoon in thc cellar of thc turf exchange, a club bouse and pool room operated by Chambers & Walker, the building was badly damaged and ?JO people were injured jj 1(5 of them being in asericuscondition. The most Seri ously injured are: lt. C. Chambers, one of thc proprie tors of the turf exchange, both legs and both wrists broken. Wiri. ITclwig, a blind man, manager of a bath house, both legs broken, will die. Tbc injured arc: J. S. Meeks, Hot Springs, Ark., boto legs broken. Joseph Tace, hotel keeper, Hot Spings, both legs broken. Finnegan, plumber, Hot Springs, both legs broken. James Co wen, Hot Springs, both legs broken. Wm. Metzer, a boy, Hot Springs, both legs broken and skull fractured, will die. .lames Couglin, plumber, Hot Springs, leg broken. C. G. Barker; Milwaukee', Wis., both legs broken. Al. -F. HotchskilV, Hot Springs, knee fractured. T. Qxicr, engineer, Hot Springs, both legs broken. II. George, New York, leg broken. F. Cranfield, Cincinnati both legs broken, ribs crushed. "Walter Powers, St. Louis, arm broken. Eugene Daly, Hot Springs, both legs broken. Thos. 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 4 o'clock Wednesday after noon the poolroom was crowded with more than 100 perseus. Just as a raco In New Orleans was being called by the operator the floor of the build ing seemed to rise iii an instant and a report that shook Hie building rang out. The news of the explosion sin ead rapidly and soon Central avenue was jammed'with people. The police and li remen., ?ink^?bam?-?*f- i'".''^'"" u?;? t?t?i '.".'oik- w it-.ooiic bogan... . ?dei... were pulled from tinder'the'building in a terribly shattered state. One of tlie most pitiable sights was when '.Pilly'' I??lwig, tlie blind manager of tlie Lamber bathhouse was taken from tile ruins. Hoi wig is widely known to thousands of visitors who come to Hot Springs annually. R. C. Chambers, one of Hie proprie tors of the turf exchange, is one of the best known sporting men in the country. His condition is serious. The injured were taken in .charge by the local physicians. Tlie exact cause ol' the explosion bas not yet been determined, lt is said by some that gas which escaped in thc cellar of the building was ig nited in some manner, causing the terrible accident. Another report, which is probably correct, says a driver of a gasoline wagon was filling a tank in the cellar when thc explosion occurred. Lynched m K?nens. At Montgomery, Kansas, on Christ inas dayl Montgomery Godlcy, a negro man, was taken from the* jail and lunched by a mob because carly Christ mas morning be had shot and killed Milton Hinkle, a policeman, wJiilethe atlicer was trying to protect. himself against a crowd of unruly negroes. At the first effort to lynch the negro thc rope broke. Some one - i ii thc 3rowd then cut Godlcy's throat, sever ing thc jugular vein. Alter tills be was banged a second Lime. The mooting of Policemen Hinkle occurred it a dance, which was attended by a large number of negro men and wo men from neighboring mining camps. Montgomery Godlcy and his brother ?vere drinking and had become very llsorderly when Policeman Hinkle in terfered. The negroes became insuli ns and, when Hinkle drew his club io defend himself, Montgomery God ley slipped behind the policeman, grabbed the otllcer's pistol and shot Hinkle'behindthc ear. The wound ed policeman was carried to tho City Hall, where he died several hours lalor. The news of the shooting spread rapidly and a mob gathered in front if Hie jail. Thc doora were battered n and the mob seized Montgomery 'lodley, who, with his brother, bad icen arrested soon after the shooting. They took the slayer to a t?l?phone mle three blocks away arid lhere tanged him. At li rsl the negro was Ictiant, but just before bc was hanged ic begged hard for his life... Hnvn^cH ol' Tluio. rh tho singular failure of the old windows of York cathedral, the glass^ las lost'most of its transparency, and ii places has become so perforated ;hat it crumbles at the slightest .ouch. To stop the "disease" some Class of the thirteenth and fourteenth lenturlcs has been removed, lu is mown that the hardest cement is oihctlmos disintegrated by chemical lotion set up by minute organisms, jul it is supposed that the destruction if the. glass has been due to some fiiii; ;us. Stund? by thc.Negro. Gov. Longino, of Mississippi, Wed lesday issued a proclamation offering if ty dollars reward for thc 'arrest and onvlctlon of any person who forces ri icgro to leave ci thor of thc Counties if Lincoln, Amlte, Franklin or Pike. I ti nd reds of negro residents have icen ordered to leave these counties luring tho past few months, being evved with notices supposed to clim ate from "whiteeanpor" orgaulza lons. {/-"' THE MEANEST MAN. UH Booti Found nt Los AIIROICS, . Cnliibrnin. Tho worst thing about some Btorics is that they are lies. The worst tiling about this story is that it is literally true. 'J lie meanest man in Los An geles has been found, the case has been proved and "Next" has been cilled. lt is doubtful, in facf, whether a .meaner man will bo found anywhere. The story needs no embellishment. Tlie simple facts aro bad. enough, and thisis Just the way the events occur red. ' A well known woman went out rid ing a few days ago. She liad lier pocketbook with lier. The pocketbook contained some money. Therefore it is unnecessary to explain that the woman was nut out shopping. She lost the pocketbook. When she caine' home she told her husband about tho loss. As to whether he scolded her or not my informant do?s not say. At any rate, that evening thc family te?ephonc bell rang and on answering it a man's voice waa heard to.make tho usual inquiries, after which he said: "I round a pocketbook today con taining a card bearing your wife's name. I supposed thc bcok belonged to your wife. I have it at my ollice." Thc thanks of thc relieved family wero freely poured over the wire, and sleep in that household was sweet; that night] Next morning the husband of the woman who lost thc pocketbook called at the ollice of thc well-known gentle man who had telephoned. Ile was presented to a tine looking person who was said to be the one who owned the found property. The husband des cribed the portmonnalc accurately, including thc contents, and the linder graciously acknowledged that the 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 the gratified visitor; then, as a matter of course, bc added: ".Now,-how much do 1 owe you for your kindness?" Tlie 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 he putting it mildly. Had he been haggling with a pickpocket, street gamin or a beggar lie would not have been in tlie least taken aback. Hut to1 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 he returnable any hour was more than he was prepared for. When he had recovered his breath Jje.-fiaiih...*. . ? 'V'by, ? - y-r_P- a-ro'vsrt: , life, 'arid'liaVoio idea bf the rules cus tomary governing such cases. I should feel better if you would name the amount yourself.v. The man looked still more serious. Taking a penovl from his pocket, he began lo maker figures bri a piece of fftpor..' "fiefs-soe," he said, musingly, hs lie eyed the pocketbook, '-pretty good pocketbook, slightly worn-say, one fifty. Contents, three dollars and five cents- total, four fifty-five. We might split tho diff-no, say two dollars." And he looked up athis victim willi thc innocence of "a child. Thc man dug into his pocket speech lessly,, and handed out $2, and started for thc door. He thought he had had tlie experience of his life. Not so. If the man's diminutiveness had been ex hausted, his nerve hadn't. Reaching into Iiis vost pocket, he drew out a card, handed it to tlie stupitied caller and said: "Herc's my card. In case you should ever want anything in our line we would like to have you remember Hie man who found your wife's pock etbook."-Los Angeles Herald. Helped the Itobbers. At Chicago on Wednesday Police man Patrick Mahoncyiwas found guil ty, and Daniel Curran, co-defendant, not gnilty of burglary, by a jury whic!: returned its verdict of a locally sensational case in Judge McE wen's court today. The burglary of Hagc mann's jewelry store with which the defendants were charged, netted the robbers 810,000 for which $7,000 was recovered by thc police. James Clark lind an accomplice were convicted and served terms In Hie penitentiary. Dp?n lils release Clark told a story lo the state's attorney which resulted in thc arrest of Curran a saloon keeper, lind Mahoney, a policeman, well known ind respected among his fellows. Clary testified that .Mahoney in full uniform stood guard while the jewelry store was being looted. Hunted to Death. At Malone, N. V., four persons were burned to death Christmas day in the house of Julius King, of I'ierce 1161(1 a pulp and paper manufacturing town in tlie Adirondacks. The lire had gained such headway before it was discovered that Mrs. M. J. Mc govern, King's eldest daughter, and her three chllcreri, who were sleeping on the lower door, were not able to L?ct out and all were bumed to death. One uf the children, whose body was found close lo window, evidently had made heroic eilorts to escape. King ?md lils wife, with a-few boarders on in upper lloor, escaped by jumping aut of tlie windows. One man was humed .seriously. It is not known how the lire started. Killed by n AVoinnii. News reached Mobile Friday of Hie" killing on Dauphin island, in Mobile liay, of Fred Matthews, by a (laugh-' ter ,0t' George Sprinkle. Matthews kvas ason of a former mayor of Scran ton, Miss., where his remains were taken for burial. Tlie details of the fiiooting are-not known although one report s tatas that it was accidental. Tho Homily Hurler Itlllo. At Springville, Ala., on Wednesday, Prof. Jacob Forney, of the State uni I'ersfty, jvas accidentally killed while ?.hootlug'sparrows willi a parlor rille. Prof, Forney was a son of the late Mai. O John II. Forney of thc Army. li Ol b ii t( fe c? iv ff a< bi ci tl c; is tl gi lu C( P! Ill Cl Cl ni hi w ll! ca I tl ju Iii gi sn du lu lt or a til ac tr wi m io th :II ye pa in bi ve ar ye dc sn .si la: it. Al to nu of flt se? Wi Im 80 !n to fri Al ExpeVfoj^aJke'?^^ , ?o?8?ge." Near \CoIii&bia;.'; SOME '%?OT3 ?'FOR. PIONEERS, iiii'Ma?fl County '?tiid " Its t.-;;i?i?)?.?t?-lutv Culturo Thc (^mmbia'State- says Mr; ll. :S: iV;i(Meli^V<lm.'NJ?V a nat t yo' of; Hall fax, :ounty. ?^y]^^,^?H*'1^'';''^,r^V??^- ?r? *^?e ?ity. IJ?V-jijtH? ??Xpert In tobacco.who ms be? riijonnigrit bci'.e to t?fco charg? if thc c/^eVt mental far ms to be eslab Ishcd near V'Ht Parle by Mr.\F..H. ?fljatb a,\ij;;/:v.^-K^ iti\ . Waddell has ih-eaOy.-ibtic over considei^ble.kVbd in be vieiu:r,yof Columbia ab(l(ln^eot d lt. illa bas lona; been s rX?i??nh.of lObaccp vij?iiurc. TbursdiVy; he closed be con J oct Wi r.h.! - M Tl Hy n.t-t- ?for\tbo' :ult'v;it,;orx of;?0.ncr?5,iiiiii vviii uouot ess takelSfi acres also. for. barties, ow li ng adjobiirg-.la.ndsV Mr. Waddell.lias Iso clos.-d' wit h Mr, H?ffmarr to" fur lisb an u^pert tb'manage .66* acres of ils land across the- river .to . plaoeiln tiltivatl>n. ?ie ls ready now-to in pecb t??i' !*nir of any others In the ounty desiring lp plant tobacco, ad ise witl them, and if they,;,desire;it coure Lien, to take charge ; of.-the ?urns, g it't'.be'm liere. He wi-.he.s to establish ? tobacco rarehou. e. tho first season and expects ii make.Conimbia bis 'home, Friday? e talke.'.Interestingly ot the culture f bright "leaf'tobacco, which, he Bays; ho hindi, in this '.section are adapted o. He i >nsiders. :he.sc lands much etter ai.apteci to such culture 'than he avert so lauds now g rowingtobac 0 both i.i this- State 'and ?forth';ga,ro na. H Kaya he thinks 'ther'?^'are rom fi,o.u)'"tp "10,000. ' acres'iii; this d rn? ?cdiatc vicinity that aro thoroughly dapted to growing bright -tobacco nd t ba-.';"'!s is suiliclent to establish lirst ( law market'.. ' Ile says that :1 f- d re i ; fad ' la nd": > of -ll gb t 'color will lake t i.:?;?c6: itiid:tTibso.J\ith'the yoi-' nv cia y/subsoils wiU . mako a finer rade. J?yi?dH of .this haiiurc rarely vcr fail io .'producing c?l?r.?r quality, ?gardle?.'or' the state of.oalti vattph. He sa>sv':''As to tho\ quanti ty of ;rti lizers peVvacro and "the Ut od this 1 best determined by flrst/Wi vlng the md a 11 fr?le- 'studyof M ts.; \?MCI 1 blon. 'rom lot. to .1,000 pounds of . high., rade fe: Ull*/er.s o? a basis say oJ S nef mt. phosphoric acid,' -1 per cent, a?, - ionia a>\f, $''por C?nb'. - potash isa^qlt? jmbinari'9n>^bh,.?rom:10 to 20 bush-, i ls of^cot.rsw'Rxre^o.'tVrl?.ub quan-Ti Ity-&m. \'J^f,3?iih???" "' ' " ' '?^R> idinti Thcv ^ ^^jurmer, inexperienced irtoolia -, stands In dread of the ex ense ard risk in planting tobacco. I rould say just here there ts a greater erce!it;J>f failure in agriculture in Imost at? other crop cultivated than licrc is i i tobacco. To" succeed you innot riile this crop on a half-hand :1, hap azard basis. It requires budy aii intelligence. Do your part f the w-rfc lirst. f have known farm rs timi-, irstyear cultivating tobacco 3 avcrc. e $1.10 to $250 per acre wir,h utany I is.brtioblou from any one. "1 do lot approve of thc one crop usis. .'do believe though in diversi ed tarring. It pays, liaise plenty ) suata p your farm such as grain, n-age, i i t to n a orso f; troting. ;res of eat, etc., then plant some d some tobacco. Even a onc mer when he is lixed for Should plant from live to ten ;obacco, or from one to two urns, .s to the size of a crop that m best ic determined by your situa on. Tlc lirst item is land, then ipi bal, fud next and most important labor. The needy time in labor Is ie harv sting season, .Inly and Au iistj wi :n your other crops arc all id by a ter which it can be markab* 1 wi til fi per cent, less labor. In-lari o crops from 25 acres up, it lys to lave an .experienced man who ay be Retired for an interest in the op. r>icn that are most capable will ist youl from the fact they can make oney a j lt for themselves alone. 1 ive succeeded In locating three men 1th crops from .'JO to (?0 acres and ive two more I know personally to bc t pablo if managing like quantities will ali any one in securing men; lat is lirlng them in and give you my dgment on the land, inquire as to s references and sec that all such get md tobacco seed free, providing any ich will write me in the next few iys and give mc full particulars as to >w tirid where they are located in't ask a penny for what I tell them du for them. I do this simply with view of establishing a market here. would cay to all interested: Ii ie event you cannot plant sulllcient rcagc to employ an experienced man, y your immediate neighbors and irk up say 10 to 7? acres and write c. as lis important that this decis n should be made carly. You sow e seed in the months of January id February and it ls essential that m should push forward your work, j bleu lari y where you have much l iding to du. Tobacco barns can be ult from $:t0 up. A barn will har st from 4 to 7 acres owing to size id season, its lifetime is about 20 ars, so practically your buildlnf. ican'b cost much, lt lathe other mil expenditures, suca as Hues, ieks and canvas for plant beds; they st from three to eight years, accord g to the care you take of them, fter you once get lixed to make bacco you can make lt and put lt i tho market at an average cost from 2 to :i? cents per pound, or 3in *20 to $35 an acre, according to usons and conditions as to labor. 1 ll answer all Inquiries. I furnish to cco seed in plenty of time for you, long as they last. This oller ls coo led strictly to Richland and Lex lng n counties or not exceeding 30 miles JIU bills point." , ," -m.. ~* US*/ lu Now Yorl$"*\Vedncsday, Thomas ?harijey, the'private detective, who is convicted/1 ; manslaughter in the cond degrcq for having killed "Nicho ? Fish, tb ^kcr, on Sept. 27, was nten' '.' -^J?LState prison for ten MriW. -F. .Hu(l8onh.^??n;I..|l>cna I ri .. ^d?Bpatc^ 6?m dctvsttVBVUpyriblo. tragedy was enacted.' .at;tiio ?VS&tp?eoRiver, bridge; geii'?r ?l?y. knownias the iron bridge, Friday night/. aod,.tbd,whole: aitiiir4s so fat shrphdedylh ^i?y?f?ryv-.T3?ly Satur day: niprnlng.- JIr. >V. Hudson,'-tho toll keeper, was found 0?:?d. In hi> bed in a'pool pt blood, in his/?liouso.by Che river bridge, on the west" bank bf tho Watorce." A blood traill-leading from tho great-wooden gates of thc bridge,' which a/re about 00 fpbt^riirn the house, ,to the .bcd, indicate-that the shootlngtook 'placeat the.gatcs. The large gates are.closed every night and locked, and"only - a small postern - is left open." T?10supposition's that the person;pr.persons who committed the murder came from the cast Side of the river as'tTie postern shows niarks on it,; as if some one had tried , to prize it open from that side, whllb a- few feet off, tho: : g?te keeper's lantern was found with blood spots oh lt. The blood trail begins on tho right gate, whoro one spot is visible near tho ground,''and leads directly to the . phone wWeh is to tho right of the house door. . There is'blood on the rej} colver, and the unfortunate man either endeavored to.'plio'ne.or reached for his gun, wbl?b hung.pVcr, the door. A.large, pool o? blood is on the mid dle Pf the "door,, and young Hudson liesin another one on his bed." His pistol was found on the desk, but it is not supposed that ho had it with him ,?hen be went,to the gate. "Who perpetrated the horrible deed is still r?ti uhso}ved story, and no very dellnite olues leading up to the detection' of the murderer have been found as yet. Robbery was apparently not tho nuv tlve as nothing was taken out of the house and the toll money was n?t touched, Messrs, Craig and John Clyburn j who passed o ver the bridtre between il and 12 o'clock Friday night,'seem to have been'thclastper sons who saw Hudson before. bhe'-'mur der, state that ho caine' out and opened tho gates to let their> buggy pass through.- Mr. \V. ? F, Hudson was ' about 30 .years", old,: single, and lils position was a very ;r'cr.pptisibie jhe, and the best? evidence of -the'eoh tidenco and;esteem .iib.enjoyed in this jommunity..was his, appoilitm'eht to ?h?sajme .last.year. : :^T? Stilled hy Koli be IV5 "A special'., from Hiatthows, (!a. >.ays;'.. A horriblc'crime waV.perpetfat ^m?arf- that place. on'Chjistraas eve t-igh't.' '. Mr.. Ed.^(>rHyi';who was at hobie' after bis pVaoe of busifiess was ?-'.to'iJrria-V.?*~y^.^cliqingo 'Mi', Gray idly .':c?;;ftb''?t*fli; to.- go to thc ' store, iiich was ix short/distance a\yay, to ,'e? ai r*pr.v "Trr^'^^'-1-- ? M.".*.?? ' ? f- rai^L intaking hoi" husband was stayinK onger than necessary, became uneasy incl started to thc front of the house :o sec If he coming. She was startled id see the storehouse a mass of Hames md gave the alarm by screaming. Before assistance could arrive the itore was gutted. Among the re nains Mr. Gray's skull, fractured, vas found and thc safe was open, lt s believed the man, after forcing Mr. 3ray to open thesafe, which contained 51,200, murdered him, robbed the itore and then set lire to it to cover ip los crime. There ls no clue to his dentity. Twp 1 rains Collide. The Pennsylvania limited, running Llmost an hour late, crashed into t he ear end of the Leetsdale accomoda lon at Quaker Valley, Fa., Wcdnes iay night at ll o'clock. The big en ?Ino of tlie limited ploughed into the .ear car, tlie smoker, like a knife brough paper, and tlie little car was mshed through thc one ahead or it, naking the two cars the length of one. Che crash was heard for a mile and ,hc limited, running at thc rate of ifty-ilve miles an hour, carried tlie rain from Quaker Valley to Edge vorth, a distance of almost half niic before it could bc stopped. Many vere injured, some of them probably ?itally. _ Santa Cta?H Humed Forestdale, l?-ycar-old boy attach ;d to the Salvation Army, at Hamil ,on Ohio, was fatally burned Christ nas night while playing Santa Claus .o 300'poor children. The acciden iccurrcd in tlie Salvation Army's hall, vhere thc annual Christmas enter tainment for thc poor was in pro cess. Gale was swathed in rolls of :otton and wore a long beard of siml tir material. As he was frisking iround thc tree, picking gifts for each ?h I ld, his clothes ignited by a candle, ''ire enveloped him almost instantly, fhe false beard was burned and he ln ?alod thc llames. Gale was taken to i hospital, where he died in twenty nhl tites. Found lu a Well. Tlie body of John Miller, a young nan who had not been seen since Sun lay night, was found in a well at Hy irly'? brick yard one mlle east of Win ton, N. C.\ late Wednesday after ?oon. lt is believed that Ku his Stev itison, who committed suicide yester lay afternoon, and his brother, Sand Stevenson, killed Miller and threw ?Im In the well. Sand Stevenson was irrcstcd near the Stocks county line .cstcrday afternoon. He is in jail. V woman tells the officers that the stevenson brothers and Miller were at ter house Sunday and that thc latter rad money. All of them were drink ng. iit'K Crushed. Mr. Will Moody, a ll re mun on the Jeorgla road, went under thc engine | j vhlch he was ll ring when thc train f nado the stop at Social Circle, Ga., o make some repairs to tho ash pan, md while In a position with one leg ?xtending across the track the engine no ved, the wheel passing over the eft leg and mangling lt so that am putation was necessary. Thc other dp was badly bruised and dislocated. Vt tho time of the ?.accident there was Ibbie hope for recovery., but ho is im proving and there Ts good hopo for .ceovery. Ile at one time worked on .bc Southern road and li ved liH^lum Dia. ^ rjjKt?UtotliKt IipisgoiP?l Oli?ir'cli. I f?ririg . fuhd v.^ .SlpVoop;ooq jHasr .already- been falsed ? uti j ? promise yh?s Just b?ch Obtained from a millionaire to add,tim required amount t?'complcte the full sum: The name of -th? donor' is a secret, aud .'will remalli so .until; New'ivYear's, Eve," Arrien; at a'watch meeting tb be held in Trinity ' :Mctbb?l8t Church,': In Springfield, M'a?5.y formal aon?unce rri?r?t of Wogift will be/made. ? Irfthe m?n?timo1 Bpcculati?n'is rife as to the.Wamwbo is willing'/ahd abl? to give sp large a sum. Many names have 'been mentioned, ?nivit ls be lieved by mdny 'that the ?$1,000,000 will compfrom either; John D. ' Rocke feller or Andrew Carnegie, ; notwith standing that neither is a Methodist Another guess was hazarded that a Va.nderbllt.-i had opened his parse strings. .. ?. Rev. .Dr. Edmund M. Mills, who has had charg? br thc work of'raising the fund, refuses'to discuss' the mat ter, but admits that the final-gift has been "underwritten.!1. Of the thank offering fund $8,000,000 will be devo ted, to the payment of church indebted ness, and,the prediction was made that the result will bo that nota Methodist Church lo the country will, remain with a vestige of a debt hang ing over lt after the committee con cludes its work. Along this Same linn will bo the establishment of. a fund bf 51,500,000 to provide pensions for iged and Infirm ministers; - The fund for this, purpose-be increased ivhen opportunity presenta itself. kjl'hc contributions have been sur prising in their nature. The Norwe gian conf?rence, in Minnesota, which s made up of a membership frugal, mt far from wealthy, has'cootributed in average of S22'per member. The 3erman . conference . of Oregon has ;on tri buted an average of: 820 per nvnVjori /^rom -.thc son of an old d?th?'di?fc 'minister came a gUfcof iiOp.ouo. . . -. . [\ . \:f?o the'?ducation of Methodist Chil iranjhearly $0,000.000 will be devoted.' [?lils" fund has been gath?red ; largely brough the efforts -of the-presidents ? Methodist ipstltutions of learning. ?bo sum of 81,17.0,800 was raised by lyracuse Ubiversi'ty. -The Ohio Wes ?y?n? University.r^ised.Sl,092,800.) ; It isV understood that - 85,000,000 dil ?J? deyuted to the . hospital work. ?eb-years ago.the Methodists bad not /hospital "in the world, while j^zay bey have 20 in the United StaC-'*7 ?yeralioth?rs are.under Wjty . vV ^?vli?^bltoitc'ii..- ? uA^;'dispatch : from. Washijy 'resident R0ose.ve.lt will no cathrin .the ..venezuelan .cc ]?9^whb?e'_vcxatious qnestii. ?l?Tfcd Tor ifOjUttreayicu to i.ht_. ribunal. Epitomized, this was the ' c ituation as it'liad resolved Itself St [ie;conclusion of tile cabinet meeting 3d5iy. The meeting was not a long issiuh. All the members except toot were present. Tba Venezuelan uestion was thc principal and pr?ctl ally the only topic of general concern oder consideration. Secretary Ilay resented tho net results of the cable Drrespondence with the governments f London, Berlin, Rome and Caracas n accordance with the suggestion of 'resident Roosevelt, President Castro f Venezuela, was reported to have greed to submit thc differences be wcen his government and the Eu opean powers to arbitration of thc ribunal at theHague; The Europ an powers have uot only consented o consented to submit thc controver y to arbitration, but while they e.x ircssed a preference for.i.he. arbitra lon to be conducted by. President toosevelt, they assented to his sug esti?n that the matter be referred to he Hague court. . The presentation f the case met the hearty approval of he members of the.cabinet... "No fear > expressed by the administration hat the Monroe doctrine will be rought'into the controversy in any ?anner that might' result in embar assing the situation of the United ?tates. - Broiled Alive, - . A horrible accident occurred at the tichland distillery on Christmas eve. Lbout half-past 1 o'clock Charlie Till uan, a colored employee, while walk ng along-the gangway just above one if the great' slop vats which holds :,500 gallons, slipped and fell into thc at. lt was Ulled with.boiling slop, bc stuff from which the whiskey had heady been extracted. This sjiuff /as at thc time of a temperature oj 00 degrees Fahrenheit. When Till man fell into thc yajjj two fellow yvork i'en tried to save VUs, Jife." They Ulekly managed to grasp his hands nd pulled him out. lie hardly spent nore than two minutes in thc yat, iut when ho was drawn out her was neonscious and had really been cbok d alive? lie was in; such condition hat bis clothing had tobe cut from iis boiled llesli. Dr. Kendall was lustily summoned arid found thc man till breathing. Ile administered opi tes and as soon as possible the saf erer was removed to the colored hos ital. Through everything possible ;rs done to save the. man's,lifo, death ame and .relieved his awful suffering's lc liad inhaled thc deadly vapor from bc vat.-Columbia State. Hov. Wi M. Jones Shot. While out hunting Rev. W. M ones, the pastor of the "Williston taptlst church, was seriously wound d in thc right arm by the accidental ischarge of his gun, in removing lt rom the buggy, In which he, with )r. .fohn A. -McCreary, was riding, t was at lirst thought that ainputa ion would bo necessary, but hopes are ow entertained that thc arra may be a ved. '.,, '. l'Vo/.eii to Donth. Joseph .11 arl ton, an-old prospector, Hissing for tho past throe w?eks, has icon found dead within throe 'Burr? Ired yards of his cabin ncjvr Ilse, Col. Iar?ton .was a Confederate soldlor ,nd, it is Said, was at one Ump mayor if' Atlanta. IT ts supposed that he ?erished in a r.torm in an attempt to eek shelter ?md food. "E?'v/jKanufactur6T3 Wore. Bel ind Favoied rly-Smith Ihspcwtor or* P?Monater ~ a Patentee . Mail Hos ?rid/;.Broi.Rht;^ the^.>^ Mutter Into.Prbminenco. ~ Mention was madc in the Spartan-' .b?rg ; Herald some time ?go of tho : .very'-unusual pfoc?edi?g .op the part ' ot the "suhwmroit]t? tee on appropriaUons,- In recommend-; lng. an Increase in salary for the super intendent of the rural ..freo; deliVery service and the chief pf the division, of salary and allowancei .pt. tho post-, ofllce department,' without the recom mendation of tuepostmaster;J[?h?rj|i. As a sequel to the episode mpntiorFeW; ^V. .what promises to,be a very Interesting matter has come up lu regard to tho officials of the postoMce departmehb;^^ and it is said that .an investigation-1 wlU be asked, to be conducted hy. con-'-; -''';' gr?ss. " Th?.matter is In connection, with the box question of tho rural freo delivery service. v [? During the administration of . Post master General Smith a regulation" of the department required" that hoses - purchaGed.for use on. rural free deliv-. efy' routes must be selected f?\)m a certain number of boxes, approved -hy the department,-and mad? by ? small- - number "of. Ihevoiapufa'^ ipods: Dissatisfaction waa caused by ,: this regulatiohifbpth because tiie' pat-. rons of the service disliked . to-be forced to buy. a certain bpx^ and be-J -, >; ?ause -certain m^u?'?ctui'?rs '. w?r?V'apV:]^' par/ihtly favored: the regulation) JfT^?ntiment, together with the lollu-"" ;~ i?ce'of several members bf '?origj?ss ?vho were largely interested';'.in".rnt^l:.. !ree de)ivery,..wa?Tbrought to^beaT ^ >n the p?leials with such pressure that klrf-Payne, upon his assumption; of" ;he. duties of the office of postmaster:-; ; a 'eneral^iad. adopted another regula .ion,, which prescribed onjy the ma-1 ''-f criais and size of. the boxes to be ?sed ; and allowed them to be made by: mybne, who could make d box .meet- .ri ng; these requirements..This, it warf . -' hought|: would remove ali 'the.tbvrherjL^ lijssatisfaotjonand for afiira'e,' Booh vas the case. .*:?"''.. ' ?' lt is said how,, however,' that there J aa understanding.bet>y?eu; someV?f he high au thor!tl es of the ^xnral\Sip ?.o?*,-- b^;;.wh?oh>^^^s ?-'Of the'seo-C?hap?ht?s lund" iu-:th? vterritory: : delivery ls to M put/ -.'vother^.coto panics are .i^-:'?!^-#>?.' erhplat?d. 'The cpmpShles thus orcd, according to the reports, .'are .7. he Corbin JLock Company, Bridgeport ?oho., the Century company, of "De- . roit, the Bond Steel Post Company, f Adrian, Mich., and a.company do ig business in Toledo. A story ls published to tho effect hat one of the inspectors of tho de artment, whose business is the laying ut of rural free delivery routes, while n duty in New York, went to Bridge ort, and, under tho pretence of being ngaged in thc laying out of a route rom that point, assisted. in the per csting of a box in tho shops of the Jorbin company. In a short time, it iras decided by the department to lay n supply of about 875,000 worth of .oxes,- and thc inspector who had per ected the box was one of the com alssion appointed to select the box of irhich so large a supply should be pur hascd by the department. The plan, or *.omo reason, was abandoned., it has been discovered, so thc paper ays, that one of the high officials of ho department is a large stockholder ii each of the companies whose agents lave' thc advantage of others in being .hie to get upon the ground first. Another feature of the situation is: >rought about by the fact that officers ?f thc rural free delivery division are mquestionably in a position such that bey might be able, to confer favors ipon certain .members of congress.and . n return'receive favors, and Intact t is stated by the local paper above ufer red to that instances are not rare vhere :i member of congress, upon in liiiry about routes where he sees no jossible reason for tho refusal of thc lepartment to establish the service, ms been told that nothing could bo lone for him in the matter of rural ree delivery, whije:others, in the bet er graces of thc' officials, experience io difficulty in securing any routes de fied. Tho operations of this oligarchy, or ?Ostollleo department trust, as it. is ailed, may be inquired into by con fess upon its reassembling in Ja?u .ry. . . . ?? vi'- : A Ilottinucc. Three years ago while Miss Caroline ). Pritchard, of Pottsville, Pa., was turfing the Vanderbilt family at Newport, U. I., she mot Harry P. ?raith,' a*retired millionaire, of Bos on. The romance then begun rcach d a happy conclusion lu their wed? Ung at .Pottsville Friday. Thecer mony was performed by the Rev. Dr. ames T. Satchell, at the home of tho ?ride's father, ex-Chief of Polleo D. . 3. Pritchard. Miss Edna Stichler ctcd as bridesmaid; L. L. Pritchard, irother of thc bride, was best man. Che wedding was very quiet and Mr. ?mlth and Mrs. Smith left on an ox bnded Mediterranean trip. Mr. Smith ls a member of tho New York fatch Club and of tho Eastern Yatch nub. Mr. Smith and lila b?idc will ater take a cruise in Lis handsome atch Adrienne. rty WiioioBnic. At Armstrong, Mp., Rev. Naylor )crformcd a marriage ceremony Christmas night lu which live couples vert? united.' The brides and ^bvide {rooms'- formed a circle iiround??h?' nlnister and clasper ,h'? vows, nonial .harried mi