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:, ' -. . U;D0 THOU LIBERTY. GREAT, , INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR; LIVES IN Til Y POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSER ^ \/ V ^ ^| - ^ VOL.XXVIII. BENNETTSYILLE^S; C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER II, 1903, ' " ' ANOTHER CALL. Counties Nwt Represented at Recent ?. . v ; ' Irnmigratiori Convention INVITED TO JOIN MOVEMENT. .Ur. -Mathcflon, Originator of tho Present Movement for Ininti Krauts Has Another Word on the Subject. To the Editor of The State: Referring to immigration again, perhaps for tbe last time along tbls line, I wanted to give my - views in full. - First, I want each county that was not represented at Columbia on the 10th of November to let me know promptly whether or not they care to co-operate with us in this great and grand scheme, so that I may enroll them on my list. Then I want two subscription lists circulated in each -county, one of the subscription lists asking for a small contribution for the State board to defray common expenses, such as literature, legal ad vice, and other State expenses, this list to be circulated in each county by a member of our committee. ' This *ls to be called for in such Bums as may be needed from time to time, as it may be required. The amount I would expect from each county 1 would-say $100, and perhaps Charles ton $300, Columbia $200 and other counties that have large cities in them in proportion. And the other sub scription list asking for contributions ? the expenses of getting the immi grants to South Carolina, say at least . $1,000 from each county and counties that have cities in them to give in proportion, say Charleston $3,000, Co lumbia, $2,000, and BO on, to be called for when required for above purposes, j Now,-as to who we want, the Scotch ! peasantry, they are the tillers of the ! soil, honest and able to do good work, j and they have good blood' In their1 veins. They will make good citizens and help us to pay our taxes and help i to support the schools and churches j and st; n 1 In line with us when we have trouble between the races. Now, j as to the Germans-I think they are a good people, too, but they are a com- ' merdai people, and not farmers as we want. As to the Irish, the better class of them are politicians and poor er people are not ambitious-they don't like farm work. The English, as a rule are capitalists and manufac turers. The Swiss and Italians are not tillers of the soil; they like to work in the cities. And, after all I think that tbe Scotch is the kind that ' -we want for the interest of South ; Carolina. -; - Now, the way to get them ls to get some good literature suitable to strike i .*?taH???nv.V4:i? '?r2B?> - n. :fe. . v- " "dollars^ h?viug.'It* distributed iri'tne? ?r - proper imanner in Scotland by some? one that can-be recommended there,j and.in "tb?rm?antlmehave the govern-/ or to endorse our action and-then get; the'president to also, and to have ?be ' proper papers arranged and send them td.our agent in London and have bim to present them to King Edward for his approval. If all of this workB as we want it to, send over two good men, at least let one of them be an educated'man and have some knowl edge of law, that he might be able to draw legal, documents with steamship companies and change our ' literature, if necessary after they get to Scotland. And charter a tramp ship, or buy a ship if necessary. Now, Marlboro county is ready to comply, so far as the $100 for the State pur poses and $1,000 to be spent moving the immigrants is concerned, and will do more if lt becomes necessary. I hope that all the counties that have not come lu will let me know promptly their intentions. Below I submit a copy of a commu nication wlilch I have addressed to the senator of each county that was not. represented at our convention, which please publish for the public in formation. As therein stated, I wish to have committees meet as soon as the vacancies can be lilied. The fol lowing is a list of the counties which failed to send delegates to the con vention, namely: Abbeville, Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berke ley, Cherokee, Chester, Chesteriield, Colleton, Dorchester, Greenville, Hampton, Hnrry, Kershaw, Lancas ter, Ocoxiee, Orangeburg, Pickens and Spartanburg. If in any of these coun ties there ls a commercial organiza tion, such body is entitled to distinc tive membership, and I hope the olll cers thereof will suggest the name of a citizen that I may appoint him. Yours respectfully, A. J. MATHESON, Chairman Executive Com. nnettsville, Nov. 30, 1903. Bennettsville, S. C., Nov. 30, 1903. Dear Sir: At the convention held in Columbia Nov. 10, last, for the purpose of devlsiug ways and means I of bringing to our State a desirable class of immigrants, provision was made for an executive committee to consist of one member from each coun ty of the State and one from each commercial body; the chairman of that committee to appoint at his leis ure a member of the committee from each county and such commercial body as waB not represented at the convention. I regret to say that your county was one of thc few which had no delegates and my purpose in addressing this communication to you is to ask that you suggest the name of a Buitable citizen whom I may appoint to that place. It is needless for me to say that there ls no politics in this matter and we want a man who will take an interest In the objects and purposes ot our organization and who is willing to give some of bis ability, time and attention to the duties of the position and who is willing to de fray bis own expenses in attending meetings, etc. I would ask you to do mc the further favor of informing me whether or not there ls a commercial or civic organization In your county, and If so, the namo of the secretary. Please kindly give this matter your attention as I. wish to call the com mittee together at the earliest practi cable day. Yours truly, A. J. M AT1I KBON, Chairman Executfvo Com. GETB THIRTY YEARS In tho Penitentiary, for Killing His Three Litttlo Children. j Dr. Jay, the triple murderer, who j was recently tried at Asheville, N*. C., was found .guilty of murder,in the second degree and was sentenced to 30 years in tho State's prison at hard labor. Dr. Jay's crime was one of the most horrible ia.the history of the State.. On the morning of Octo ber 15 last, while apparently in a rage, he killed his three young children with a claw-hammer, at their home at Barnardsville, Buncombe county. The mother of tbe children, becom ing frightened at the action of her husband, rushed to a neighbor's for aid. While she was away Jay killed tho children, one by one, taking the youngest, a babe hardly able to talk, in bis arms and crushing Its' skull with hammer. As soon as neighbors could be summoned Jay was taken in custody and hurried to Jail at Ashe ville. The community was very much wrought up over the crime, and there have been threats of lynching should the murderer escape the death penal ty. The plea ot the prisoner was in sanity, and a number of witnesses were introduced during the trial to to establish ; this contention. The time of the court yesterday was taken up with argument, the case going to the jury late Wednesday afternoon. At 10 o'clock Wednesday night the I jury retired, having failed to reach a verdict. The verdict was not a sur prise, as it was predicted Wednesday that ' the jury would reach such an agreement. Dr. Jay is about 50 years of age. He has been married seven years and his wife is but little over 20. The ages of the murdered child ren ranged from one to six years. Babe in the Woods."" Near Greensboro, N. C., Emily Scholfner, a three-year-old girl, who was lost In a forest for three days, was found half frozen and half starved. After being revived Bhe pluckily told of ber adventure.. Last Friday morn ing week Phillip Shoflner, a farmer, started to market, and tbe child fol lowed the wagon. Her parents did not know this, and the child got lost in the forest. That night a search ing party scoured the country and the girl was found in a thicket cuddled up under a tree. The baby told an intelligent story of her adven ture, saying she had been walking in a pine thicket calling for mama and papa, and when she could hot Hud them'or the "big road" Bhe went to sleeps She had been walking, abe said, when she was 'n'o> sleeping. It ls remarkable that the- child did not freeze to death, os the weather has been.bitterly cold, and Bhe was bare fAft^viand,.vjojre only summer clothes. Tao Boll WeoviliPost . A dispatch from "New Orleans sayB .a special session of the Louisiana leg islature will be held lu December to cass legislation which lt is hoped will keep the boll weevil out of Louisiana. Gov. Heard.made.tbe announcement of bis intention to the boll weevil con vention.. He said be was fully alive to the dangers of the threatened Invasion of the weevil and that be bad been as sured that the State would have thc hearty cooperation of the agricultural department' at Washington in the effort to keep the pest out of tbe State. ' The boll weevil convention was addressed by a number or plant ers, merchants and oil men, and also heard Vice President Miller of the Audubou association on the relation of birds to the bull weevil. The con-' ventlon decided to ask for the enforce ment of laws for the preservation of the birds of the State, as an aid in thr destruction of the weevil. An Afflicted Family. A dispatch from Plckens to The State says Miss Pauline McDaniel, a daughter of Sheriff J. H. G. McDan iel, died Thursday night. She had been 111 for some time of typhoid fever. She has gradually grown worse since the. death of her mother, which I occurred about three weeks agu. ThiB caused a shock from which Miss Mc Daniel never recovered. The remains will be interred this afternoon at Se jcona Baptist church, of which she was a devoted member. She was also i a valued member of the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Three deaths have occurred In this family in about a month's time. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to tbe sorely bereaved family. A Hunter Killed. A dispatch from Spartanburg to Thc State says Juhn Godfrey, a young white man, was accidently shot while out bunting by a white man named Greer Thursday, and ar. a result the wounded man died at 10 o'clock that night. Godfrey and Greer were two of a party of- four who went hunting In the woods of Capt. Dean's farm, three miles from the city. By some accidental means the breech-loading gun of Greer was discharged, tuc en tire load, an ounce of No. shot, tak ing effect in the left knee of Godfrey. The wounded man bled to death from the wound before medical aid could alleviate his sufferfng. He was a resi dent of this city and unmarried. Fonlly Murdered. A dispatch from Greenville to The State says a negro named Ansel Arn old, 45 years old, living between Brandon mill and thc Southern rail way, was found in the woods Thurs day with a bole shot through his head. He left home Tuesday night to visit a neighbor, and search being made, he was discovered nearly a mile from home with his body robbed of money obtained the day before a for bale of cotton. He wa?, a reliable, thrifty, in dustrious negro, owned a farm and comfortable home and was worth sev eral thousand dollars. Some negroes in the neighborhood are under sus picion, but no arrests have been made. State Banks. Thc secretary of the state hos com pleted tho statistics of the capitaliza tion of new state banking corporations organized during the year, most of which are In operation or will be Boon. Tho total capitalization amoun $1,100,000, which exceeds that of pre vious years. ??il;, ; . |.'.->:". ^ THE POSTAL F&AUDS. Bristow's Report Condemns Ty ncr, Beavers and Mat oho WHO BOBBED THE GOVERNMENT The Report Show? that the Ac outed lien Had Been Dishon est from the moment They Took O??co. The brief of J. L. Bristow, Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, who conducted tho investigation of .the United States Post Office Department was made, publi? lost week, lt details tbe glaring frauds, conspiracies, black mailing and t looting of tbe public treasury'that for-ven yeare^had gone on In this department Of the public service. It is shown that in most cases the accused men bad been dis honest from the moment they took office. In the case of August W. Machen, Superintendent of the Free Delivery Division, Mr. Bristow, openly charges that he was a forger when he entered tbe service. As the arch-conspirators of tbe department he mentions for mer Assistant - Attorney-General Tyner, Chief George W. Beavers, of the Salaries and Allowances Division, and August VV. Macben, in charge of the Free Delivery Division. Barrett, Ty tier's nephew is mentioned as a close second to his uncle in plots to rob the treasury. The brief discloses the .finding of forty-four indictments, though more than this number have been recorded. Of these, fourteen were against Machen on Various specific charges, and eight were against George W. Heavers, in charge of the Division of Salaries and Allowances. There is no attempt on Mr. Bristow's part to smuotbover u single detail. Ko feils in a - most open, matter-of-fact way the methods by whom Post Office Officials used their offices to put money into tbeir own pockets. TYNER AND HIS ZiEPHEW. The charges against Assistant At torney-General Tyner for the Post Office Department Indicate, in a very practioal way, .that he was in partner ship with his nephew, Barrett, who bad- been his assistant, In order to profit by the non-prosecution of bond Investment companies, or "get-rich quick" concerns that were using the mails to perpertuate tbeir frauds. "Stop orders" had been issued against these companies, Bristow recites, by Assistant Attorney-General Thomas, who declared they were "a gloater menance to society than the avowed lotteries." Barrett wrote an opinion declaring all bond investment concerns fraudu lent and-'inimical tothe postal laws." but still suggesting that they be given "an opportunity." In order that the "get-rich-quick'.? concerns might not tack the opportunity. Barrett resign ed from his office and formed a part nership with J. Henning Nelms, an agent for one of these concerns. Then they became .attorneys for nearly all of them and thereafter the approval of Assistant Attorney-General Tyner to any plan of the -investment com panies was sure, if the application was through bis nephew, Barrett. Mr. Bristow says that the fees of Nelms and Barrett for the first fifty five days of their copartnership .were $6,000. The opinion of Barrett, prior to his resignation from the depart ment, had scared the investment com panies, who ail fled to Barrett for protection. Bc obtained it through his uncle. Mr. Bristow takes up the case of each bond investment company and shows what was done. Fraud orders were issued against the Southern Mutual Company for using the mails. Tyner arranged with the law firm to allow the' concern to do business. Other concerns operated to gull the public are mentioned, Includ ing the Physicians' Institute, of Chica go; E. J. Arnold & Co., the turf firm, of St. Louis; J. fr. Ryan & Co,, and others. It is pointed out that the fraudulent concerns were able to usc the malls for six years under Tyner's rulings. A BANKRUPT AND FORGER. Mr. Bristow finds against August W. Machen as follows: That he cen tered the service in 1887, a bankrupt and forger; that he had then secured loans from friends on raise representa tions; that, as Superintendent of thc Free Delivery System, he introduced straps Instead of twine for thc use of carriers in tying up mail and collect ed $30,000 from George D. Lamb, a mau with whom he bad only a verbal contract for suppling the straps; that the straps cost the Government $14, 00C a year. That he made a contract with John Boyle & Co., for the furnishing of carriers' shoulder straps and collected a rebate from the firm for each strap used; that he made a similar contract with William G Crawford, of Wash ington, when the Boyle contract for four years expired, and that by its terms be entered into a conspiracy with Crawford and George E Lorenz, of Toledo, Ohio, to furnish straps and divided thc money received from the Government. By Its terms Machen and Loreuz each received 37i per cent. That Machen conspired with the G ron's and Lorenz to defraud the Government in tho supply of the Grolt fastener for attaching letter boxes to posts, and that Machen actually re ceived more than $2f>,000 from the scheme. That Machen conspired with John T. Cupper, of Lockhaven, Pa., to paint letter boxes at exorbltary rates and colleoted a rebate for himself for awarding tho contract;_ That he conspired with Maurice Runkle, of New York, and Charles E. Smith, of Baltimore,- for tho stfpply of leather cases for the carriers In rural free delivery routes and thereby made a liberal profit for himself, while the two men mentioned were allowed to defraud the Government. Machen and tho twain were Indicted for this. "ORAVT" IN LETTER BOXES. That Machen conspired with May bury & Ellis, of Detroit, to make and distribute a vast number of rural let ter boxes, at extortionate prices, with intent to defraud the Government. Mr. Bristow gives the prices charged and tho prollts 1 that accrued each year, 870,000 tying paid olit uselessly by the departm?ntvjlq four years, " . That Machen, with Issac McGlebtm; conspired to defraud th?.Government in the manufacture of package letter boxes, charging from 84 to 88 a box when they could have been made for 83.50. That Machen, with George W. Beavers, then In charge or the Divi sion of Salaries and Allowances, con spired to. defraud the. Government through the introduction of the Mon tague iddicator, a device to show the hours of collection at street letter boxes. Machen and Beavers each re ceived stock of the company promoted by W. W. Montague postmaster . at San Francisco Mr. Bristow introduces letters td prove all he says about this allege fraud. That Machen recei ved 10 per cent rebate from Charles J. Heller of Phila delphia, who had been.allowed a con tract to furnish baages to rural car riers at Hf ty cents each. ? Mr. Bristow says in conclusion: "Machen does not seem to have con sidered a day of reckoning possible; over nlnoyears of continued prosperity bad given bim confidence. He had passed through three Congressional investigatlods. He had deceived his superiors through four different Post mas te rs-General and a like number of First Assistants." BEAVERS WORSE THAN MACHEN. The ?udings.of Mr. Bristow against Geoige W. Beavers are: That as chief of the Salaries and Allowances Division he conspired to defraud the Government through a series of schemes for the promotion of clerks, the appointment of others who did no work and drew salaries; that he collected vast sums for the alleged advancement of clerks and by chang ing the otllcial titles of clerks to ad vance their salaries and take part of them himself. Timr li? lnasarl nrp.mlHP-s at exorbi tant figures in order to reap a profit himself. That he purchased a vast number of useless Brandt-Dent automatic cashelrs for post offices, compelling the Government to pay a fraudulent, price for them In order to reap a per sonal gain. The machines proved useless. That he compelled postmasters to buy the Elliott & Hatch typewriter* an Inaccurate and poor machine, for 8200, when other and better machines could be bad cheaper, so that he could;, profil by thus mulcting the depart ment. Mr. Bristow gives many in^ stances* of this kind. That Beavers purchased thousands of unnecessary time clocks, used In the' service to record the time of arrivalj and this departure of carriers through^ a conspiracy' with the Bundy Olocjgj Company In conjunction with Georg'e E. Green, its president. That, ho . conspired wlth^H. ,T Truesdale and George E. Green," Of Binghamton, N. Y., aud W. D.'Dore na us, for the purchase of useless stamp cancelling machines, 070 of which coat the Government 8143,475, while only thirty-nine were used. Mr.# Bristow goos into great detail os to the scheme regarding the cancelling machines which were Invented by Doremus and named after bira. Beavers, Green and Doremus were all indicted in this con nection. Mr. Bristow ends hlB arraig nment of Beavers with tho remark that: "The administration of Beavers was, if possible, more demoralizing upon the integrity of the service thau that of Machen: Mr. Bristow also goes Into the offences of minor officials, giving the history of each one and the action taken against him. THBEEMEN LYNCHED. Whites and Blacks Unite in a Triple Lawler execution. In the presence of a crowd of about 1.200 persons, composed of whites and neg rues, Phil Davis, Walters Carter and Clint Thomas, all negroes, were lynched Tuesday afternoon about 1 o'clock within a short distance of Belcher, which is twenty miles from Shreveport, La. The men were executed for partici pating in thc fatal shooting of Bobcrt Adger, one of the most popular busi ness men in North Louisiana. The negroes confessed their crime. They stated that they were trying new guns and when Adger appeared on the street thought it quite natural to turn thc guns on him. No shots were fired at tho lynching, the negroes all being hanged to a single limb of a tree. Two of the neg roes under arrest, Sam Lee and ; Peter Thomas, were released. Lee. proved that he attempted to prevent the neg roes from shooting and established the fact that he was too frightened to shoot. Phil Davis and Walter were captured Tuesday afternoon several miles from the scene of their crime. Clint Thomas was caught later about a mile aud a half from Belcher. The negroes were taken before Adger and confessed their crime They were held in concealment until shortly before I o'clock today, when they were taken out and hanged. Davis ls said to be an ex-convict and Walter Carter was forced to tlee from Mansfield, La., about a year ago, for Insulting a white woman. The negroes of Belcher Joined In tho search for the men and were appear ently as eager to have them lynached as the whites. One negro was pre sented by the whites with a purse of 8IOU for tho part ho tqok In the pur suit. The negroes who were lyDched were given an opportunity to pray. A Groat Problem Solved.. A North Missouri editor asked: "Who ls the happier, thc man who possesses $r,000,000 or tho man who bus seven daughters?" Another Mis souri editor promptly solved the prob lem in this way: 'The man with thc surplus girls, of course. Tho man with the money ls not satisfied and wants more, the man with tho seven daughters ls satisfied-ho has enough."_ A Sad Accident. At Blackstone, Mass., ffrc three sons of Mrs. Nellie,. Jf" Bead, John, seventeen; WlWarri, 'fourteen, and George, eight years of age, were drowned In tho Blackstone Tuesday, whllo attempting to cross the river on .ce. ? '/ THE DE?I) AL?Vk A' Man .Be'turns Homo After an )'?? Absence of Pif ty Years. H? HAD BEEN MOURNED A8 DEAD After Ho Deserted His Home Hil ?StfNever AVtpto n Uno to (ila -Wife or lila Helpless Children. . tir- ' . ' ' - V ?.. " ? ?After an absdnce.of fifty-four.yeats fit}m his family Jacob Wesley Cloy wandered into his son home, Judge John ?L.Cloy, at Granltevllle, last Monday bight week ago. The story reads like th? plot in some romanee .of thc mid dle ages, but surpasses the ancient flec tion lh the fact that;lt.ls a true tale. A:>reporter for the Augusta Chronicle heard of this marvellous story a day p'rVtwo ago and meeting Judge Cloy on 1 th?-streets,- who .'confirmed lt; and added more, wonders to the way it had been told, by another. '-. i Jj j * -The 8tory"-r^cpunted,by.-Judge Cloy began whett-he*was only twenty-seven days old and his father disappeared, letfying bis mother with two .helpless young children, and. never returned until last week. .During the absence ofVjibe father the two children had. advanced past middle age and the good mather, .who tolled for their, support ard education, had died in Ignorance QM what had become her husband. Mrs. Cloy departed. tbls life in 188?... Back in the year 1849 Jacob Cloy wjis the overseer on the plantations of j Frank Posey? a prominent' planter of ?U eastern section of South'Carollna. Tjyc great farmer had a son, Martin f[ey, who married a young wife, and a while lived happily on one of ti??'places owned by his father. One day the young wife disappeared and.a search was Instituted to find her. Tn ter, the disappearance her. mutilated body-was found in ia1 ?warup nearby, and the evidence was plain that murder 'had been com mitted.- The strong-finger of clrcum stances pointed to her husband. He wis arrested and tried: MAIN WITNESS DISAPPEARS. --?yfacob Cloy was one of the witnesses Summoned by. the state at the trial. He was one of the party that found tb.? ; body of Mrs. Posey and lt was tlipjpght that testimony given by him w?jll? throw considerable light on the In fact, many thought that Cjqy's'evidence would convict Martin Posey of the munier?of^hls wife. All jfcre angl?j^yr^ time >?.hen C10y\^0ulrjt;vt?ke. tlBe^scandLang; .?j: y?tbe.l^08r:tnat;,w?uld'-clear up th?' 'tyvstery thal bad shocked the whole W-l^ry .side by its , horrors. ..The ?jHfc?-for the trial drew near and inter :c?'o Increased. Finally the day set for ''' ^7'e?irlng . arrived ,'and the court was crowded totho'doorar-WbSiH Jacob Cloy was called to go on the stand it was found that he had dis appeared. Application being made pt hi? home it was learned from his wite that he had not been at the house fo?- several days. Many people Immediately were convinced that an other murder had been committed to keep the truth about the first one from coming to the light ot day. Again the country was shocked and all sorts of methods were adopted to try and locate the whereabout of Cloy, but without avail. After thorough search not a few people came to the opinion* that Cloy had gone away to keep from convict ing his former friend, Martin Posey. Mrs. Cloy was left with a son twenty seven days old and a daughter not quito two years. She immediately set about supporting them. She un dertook such work as a woman could do and succeeded in raising ber de serted children In a creditable man ner and giving them an education. She of ten harbored the idea-that she would bear from her husband, hut as the years speed on and not a Une came she became convinced that he was dead. BON MEETS FATHER. During the latter part of the war Judge Cloy, then a boy of 14 years of age, was a student at the Arsenal In Columbia. The Confederacy was in desperate straits. It waa almost a case of robbing the cradle and the grave to keep thc armies supplied with soldiers. The boys ot' the Arse nel and the Citadel at Charleston were mustered into one company and Bent to camp at Spartanburg, prr*partory to being ordered to the front. ' In the company with Judge Cloy at the time was Mr. Z. W. Carwylo and others who are now weil know in AugUota. Tho command of boys never reached tho tiring line for Lee surrendered while they were still In Spartanburg and they were mustered out of the service and sent home. While travelling to his homo In Aiken county the youthful soldier, John R. Cloy, meta man in cha ge of a drove of stock that was being driven through the country. The man and the buy soldier struck up a conversa tion and when the young man told his name the man began to question him very closely. They were together for nearly an hour and as tho man was about to depart he told tho youth ful Confederate that ho was his father. Thc youth was Incredulous and the man rode on wlihout giving any further Information. When Young Cloy reached home he reolted the occurrence to his mother. From the description given of thu man and the subjects on which he asked ques tions Mrs. Cloy was positive that tho drover who encountered her son, was her husband. This occurence was just after Lee's surrender. From that day up to one year ago Judge Cloy never heard of his father. During the last festive week In this city Judge Cloy met a relative of bin father, who told bim that he took no stock in the report and did not even brother himself to write to the address given. He bad long since begun to believe that his father had passed away. RETURN OF PRODIGAL FATHER, Last Monday night week an old man, bowed down with the weight of eighty odd years, boarded the South ern train that left Augusta at 11:15 p. m., and told Conductor Wooten that he was the father of Judge John R. Cloy, of Granltevllle, aud wanted to co there, ne had only,mopey/enough to pay his fare to that ; place .and asked anxiously to ITO directed to the homo bf bis son when the train Would reach G rangeville after midnight. The conductor told the old mau that Judge Oloy'8 father had been dead.for over forty years and'thought .be waB endeavoring to deceive him, The ancient passenger was KO Insistent, however, that when the train reached Graniteville, Conductor Wooten called the night man at the depot and asked him to show the old man to the home of judge Cloy and that if the judge was not home to take him to a board ing house and be would see that-the night's lodging was paid. ?j Tbe watchman escorted the traveler to the' home of Judge Cloy and the owner himself answered the loud knocking at the door. When-he asked what was wanted the old man- in a broken volco made himself j known. Ile told his son that he waa how^pen niless and without a home and that he was seeking his roof -as shelter tn the end of his life. There was, not thc time or opportunity there in the chilly midnight air to establish tho identity of the man who came to hts door for shelter and Judge Cloy Invited the visitor inside and made bim comfort I able for the night, la the morning, the old man proved beyond a shadow' of a doubt that he was 'the . father, who deserted his two children and their mother fifty-four years . ago last March. - . UAS'BKEN WBtl>TO-nO. Jacob Cloy admits non that he left home sooner than become a witness' against Martin Posey, but be has not uttered one word that would indicate what his knowledge of the killing of Mrs. Posey was. j During the fifty-four years that he has been away from South Carolina' Mr. Cloy tells a' tale of ups and downs In life. Once or twice he has been well-to-do and bas lived In Mississippi, Indian. Territory, Texas and Canada. He gives no rea I son why he never wrote to his wife or [children. It is with difficulty that he can be questioned as he Is now quite deaf, speaks with difficulty and his mind is not clear as a result of bis I great age* What a change of fortune is this? Here comes an old, world, worn man to the home of bis son asking for. shel ter in his declining years when in an full strength and vigor,of yoting man* hood he left that son a helpless in'fabt of twenty-seven days old In the arms of a young and inexperienced mother. The mother reared the son in ' such a manner, that now af ter having passed tbe .middle mark of life he . ls in tbe ??iGyme&? of plenty of this world f#??id3l?nd the respect and esteem of toft fellow man. ,' ?g?'1-' A Will to Man Unripe tl. At Now Berne, N. O., ? murder case | em bead ng many Interesting "and un usual features came ton traglo end -Fflda^tf?l?r^ Dixon Friday. Godfrey Weberra substantial farmer was shot from ambush near his home, Nov. 22,1901. He lived only a few hours, and while ! dying expressed tho belief that Dixon was the assassin. Dixon was tried and convicted ot the crime, the strongest evidence against him being that two pages of a magazine was used as a gun ? wad and a copy of the same magazine found In Dixon's house had these two pages missing. After being sentenc ed Dixon broke jail and escaped. Ho was rearrested last October near Obestcrnield; S. C., after enjoying two years' freedom. The widow of the man he murdered had become his wife and was living with him. Dixon's crime according to thc testimony at tho trial was prompted by jealousy. Dlx.,n and tbe girl who afterwards married Weber were sweethearts be fore Weber appeared as a suitor. The latter being a man of some means she discarded Dixon and married Weber. No Toy Pistols This Year. Few people realize that it is against tho law for shopkeepers or other per sons to give away or sell toy cap pistols or caps for the juvenile wea pons. The general assembly passed an act at Its last session prohibiting tbe sale of toy pistols because of the fact that so many deaths bad occurred fn un their use but they are now being I offered in many of the stores of theclty. ?The act states that "lt shall be un lawful for any person, firm or corpora tion in this State to sell, put up for sale or offer for sale or give away any toy pistol in which caps or cartridges are used or any caps or cartridges for 6uch toy pistols." The maximum pen alty ls $100 for each conviction. A Fugitive From Justice. Gov. Heyward Wednesday Issued a rewarded of 860 for the aprehensi?n and conviction of Henry Byrd of Dar lington county, who bas been a fugi tive from Justice for some time. He has been committing'depredations in that county, frightening woman and children. The residents of the county, being thoroughly enraged, have offer ed a reward of 340 for his capturo. The sum which the governor has otter ed increases the amount to 8100. Byrd was convicted of stealing a bale of cotton and sentenced to serve two years on the county obalngang, from which he escaped. Caught at Last. A young man who declared that he is Frederlok Strube, wanted at Havana, Ills., on the charge of having killed Alice Hennlnger, was arrested at Macon, Mo., on Wednesday. Strube said be struck Miss Hennlnger with a monkey wrench because she laughed at him when he pressed her to marry him. They wore in a buggy and, he said, fell out of the vehicle during thc struggle and on the ground he struck he * ' - *|??amrds bt?ouoty. ALL LOSSES [ PAID. TOW, AGT ^ettsville, S, C. tc ,,, , v--.---J aowersl Flowers! Jno S. Moore has a fine ^G?raniums, Begonias /alms and other plants, tjLed, that she desires to Jtings 25o per dozen, i Ceil rr Ye or d and .mr : 1 EE fcHOBT CO?ICH CROP Causes Cr??t Excitement and Alarm Amuri g the lingi'sh Milla. . DJspatc]i?.B. frum London says the riselnaitton caused i ntenseexcitement to Mapchaster and Liverpool Friday. American cotton advanced 28. to .-M points pvei Tbursday'?icloslng prices. It. is said localiyhthat?lf th?? official crop estimate, of theLUnlted States department of agriculture made pub lic Thursday Is correct lt means a terrible calamity for.Lancashire. The cotton trade is divided In opio ion, one section contending that the demand for cotton goods, because of the falling off of orders from india! and . China, ls not likely tb be . excep tionally"great"dur'.ng'the coming year and that 10,000,000'bales, as estimat ed by: the... American) agricultural de partment,; will be sufficient to - meet airrequlrements. , On? of the largest firms of cotton spinners at Bradford announce that they are preparing to erect mills .io the United States, to which tbeywlll transfer hundreds of looms, with their complement of combing, drawing and upinn.ig machinery the dismounting of which has already commenced. In making the announcement the firm says: '. ? . . . "The American manufacture* and dyeing of the finest classes: of goods, similar to those we produce, on which we are paying 100 per cent, and up wards in duty, is the reason that we are confident our present. American department will not be able to pay Ita way more tban three or'four years All, the . English morning pa pers print editorials concerning the I serious effect'which the cotton' short age in the United States will have on "the Lancashire trade and the dangers arising from the fact that one market is able to control tho price bf raw cot ton. The belief ls generally held that the United States department of agri culture underestimated the crop, but the editors-avail themselves of the crisis to point cut the necessity of using the utmost exertions to foster the cultivation of cotton in the Brit ish colonies so as to'broadenithe area of supply. ' In Manchester less excitement was I manifested than In Liverpool, mainly because it ls believed that the crop | will ultimately prove to yield 11,000, 000 bales. Manufacturers and spin ners, therefore, are prepared to hold I put for.later reports of the crop.. Lead I ers in the trade also point out that j the present crop ls likely to be a good cine, while; last year's crop was not I seriously: bad, andJas ? result there | Will be less, waste. BOTH HANDS .CUT OFF. . j . . . . - . Tlio-Serions Accident; AVJUIch Befell ! a Cotton Mill Operative. The Spartan.burg Herald says on . day last week while engaged at bl 1 work In the"cardlng room of the Glen dale mills, Mr. Jr> mes FranclB an operative - received InJurleB which , cost him both of his hands'. The unfortunate young man was attending to his duties and was using a yard stick in directing the cotton material to lbs proper place to go through the carding .machinery. The stick dropped and Mr. Francis reach ed for it. Instantly bis hand was caught in the machinery and fearfully lacerated. In his agony and fright be reached his other hand down to I extricate himself, and this member be I came entangled in the machinery. Before help reached him and he was taken from bis perilous position, Mr. Francis's two hands were literally I stripped of all flesh by the merciless, rapid grinding of the machinery. Medical aid was summoned. Dra. G. It. Dean and G. W. Helnish visited the wounded man, and at once decid ed that bis ban-'s must be amputated. The operation was skillfully perform ed by these physicians, assisted by Dr. Ti D. Halrston. The accident is a terrible blow to this youag 'man, who had Just tartly begun the struggle of life, A young wife is dependent on bim and his de privation of* thc natural means for making living renders the prospects for I the future anything but bright or encouraging. The sympathy of many I goes out to Mr. Francis. Ferry Arrested Again. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says Ben F. Perry, son of ex-Gov. B. F. Perry, was arrested here Wednesday evening by State Constables Kubanks and Drake on the premises of C. O. Davis on Lee street. Several gallons of whiskey were also seized. There was a disturbance be tween Perry and the contables during which a pistol was discharged by one of tho officers, but no one was hit. After being arrested ar.d carried to the station house Perry gave bond in the sum of $500. * Ho stated that be carried with him to bis boarding house on Lee street Thursday night four and a half gallons of whiskey, the limit the law allows, and that be offered none for sale since thou. The constables on the other band state that there was found six and a half gallons of whiskey belonging to bim at the boarding house where . he stopped. There ls not the slightest suspicion as to Mr. Davis selling or having at. vthing to do with the Illicit traffic of Abiskey. He Shot Back. On Wednesday week ago as Mr. George waiker was returning to Walterboro from a collecting tour for Terry & Shaffer, he was ordered to bault by three men, who began'firing \ him. Mr. Walker drow bis pistol IS nd returned the fire. Fortunately was not hit. Seeing that ho was med the highwaymen made off. here is no clue as to the Identity of e parties. Sucidal Mania. ?A young woman In Charlotte at* jimpted suicide because she was sall Jited and had the toothache. That rc a rattier disagreeable combination, , V bo sure, but hardly calls for self *?38tructlon. A wave of suicidal mania . -pierns to sweep across' the country ko a pestilence cvory now and then, id this young woman, like many Obers, yielded weakly. THE BOARD DID >IT. Governor Hey ward Did Not BeToeat the Holding Up of OHABLE8TONpS XiaUOE PROFITS. Thia Statement Ia' Made In Reply to ". Unfriendly. Criticism. The . Formal Resolution o* . > :; .v tho Board. .',".-The Columbia. State says it has been 'regarded!.'as a fact that Gov. Hey ward asked the directors of the State dispensary to withhold from the city of Charleston the profits .which that city would receive from the dis pensary law. This impression seems to have been gained from:the state ment which , was issued at . the,time. / In view of some criticisms which have appeared, which the. governor made known his unwin I agness to notice, Mr. L. J. Williams.-chairman of tbeJb^'r^U of directors, made the following ment Tiiursdaj : "'..;' S ".While tb ti governor h?gT ' co-operated wltustih? boa/ri* has been done,?, ant the prospect of. a, this matter bet< the city authority Injustice to.hlmj ' with the mattejc ?Oft with having .ts^*-*s~r While at & ton was in ff"" A1V1,t. from tho S lng that toll < could get KL funds furnisif State board / 505 of the di lng to co-opeL _? . felt It my dutj^e Far and did so. W~PV nf round that the ?T 0ne ot on his plantation ?r?ojJ?ase. , and waited over to ?'?'s .'^ I his arrival he did notset^ Z informed ar to the status ui^?ii.'.. and,. af ter : several consultations -be??v} twee ri us it was/ determined that was necessary " that I, as chairman ? call the'State board of directors In ex traordinary Session,. since the board was the only authority in the State with power to. furnish'tho governor/, necessary funds to protect tho const?f*: blespY /,;',. "At-Vthis meeting of the board jt^ v was deemed an injustice to thc/bal arice Of -the State, to take this.c^?uey, to', protect ,-tbo;.-t?nstables,-'<fry^ State funds, and it was, therefore, de termined to take an amount^ecessary..,;.' 5 tx) reimburse; the school funi from the . city of Charleston, slncethes failure ot public, sentiment in., Oha?sston and^ . the lack of coTOperatlonf?'/the ?ity o?? ? .flcials .were at lasttbo e'.flse;?iy?d LiO?blev ??^ff ''''''' A&-;\?mg??? ' the governor,; as . ^ published, was for financial aid after these con ferenceB, in b?half of- theconstables. '?'I invited the governor to be pres ent at the hearing' y?ste'rday in re sponse to a letter from Mayor Smyth;J; I to that effect. . These are tho bald ' -. Y facts with reference to tho matter, and I don't, suppose the governor or the State;board have any reason to-, feel that we could have done other wise." v. Following is the text of the r?solu- ? lion which the board bas passed after hearing the return of the offlclahrof the city'of Charleston: Resolved, That tho profits accruing to the city of Charleston are hereby withheld until Jan. 1, 1904, "to pay State constables" for the better en- , v' ?; forcement of the dispensary law in the .; I city of Charleston. .^-V.-/." Second.. That thereafter the profits accruing to the city shall be restored, provided, that in addition to the three detectives now employed for making cases against illicit liquor dealers, four other officers be employ ed by the city subject to the direction of the division cbiet cmstable for the main purpose of detecting and captur ing contraband liquors. ? " .1 UH tico Dono. . V At Tuskegee, Ala., Ralph Arm strong was convicted Friday of tho murder of his cousin, Miss Allie Arm strong, and . sentenced to be hanged Jan. 8. The case will be appealed. Armstrong shot bis cousin, with whom he was in love, Oct. 23, in Natasulga, Ala. The defense attempted to show that Armstrong was irresponsible by reason of excessive drinking. The State proved that Armstrong, the day before the murder, wrote a note to his mother announcing his Inten tion of killing his counsln and him self. Armstrong is a son of tho late H. Clay Armstrong, once United States consul to Rio Janerlo, and twice speaker of the Alabama house of representatives. Long Staple Upland Cotton. Secretary Wilson says satisfactory results are recorded with the hyblrd or lon? staple upland cottons and ex tensive field tests are now under way, and if the result of tho present Rea son's work is satisfactory seed will bo grown for distributions. Indications at the present stage of experiments also favor the belief that we Bball soon have varieties of Egyptain cotton adapted to cultivation in this coun try. At present we pay Egyptian growers 87,500,000 annually for their cottons. There Were Others. The Anderson Mail says this story ls being told In that city: A young man had been vainly ringing the tele-, phone for some time. Finally when central" answered his ring, he asked: "What in the world . ?3 the matter? I have been trying to catch, you for an hour." "Ob, that's nothing," replied a soft voice in the 'phone. "Another young man in town has been trying to catch me for nearly twu years and he hasn't succeeded yet." Killed on tho Rails. A young man by tho name of Lniwry\ !n attempting to beat a ride from Catawba to his home at Monroe, N. O., fell from the train and a part ut hts head and skull was found on the traok and his body r#?rby the next morning. This happened near Ose?la in Lancaster County, about'll o'clock at night. .