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KNOCKED DOWN In the Street and Killed by Two Bicycle Riders IN CIT! OF ATLANTA. The Victim a Prominent Insurance Man and Had Just Gotten Off of a Street Car to go to His Home When Run Over. One Rider Arrested. The injuries of Roscoe W. Gorman, who was run over by two bloycles on Peaohtree street Monday eyenlrg, proved fatal. Mr. Gorman died Thurs day morning1 at 3:30 o'clock from a fracture of the skull. His death oc curred at the sohool of Miss Thorn bury, 428 Peachtree street, where he was moved after the accident, and he never regained consciousness from the time he fell un*ll he breathed his last. Mr. Gorman's death was oauRed by two regro boys racing on blcyoles. It ls sa'd they were riding between the car tracks, coming into the city, at a rate of 25 mil* s an hour. Mr. Gorman had stepped efl the cir at the corner of Pine and Peachtree streets, aud Betting off on the ri ?ht side of thc car he had to go around und behind tha car to walk down Pine street to wards his home. The negro boys dash ed ar?.und the car and struck Mr. Gor man with terrible force. He fell heav ily upon the pavement and the fall caused a fracture at the base of the Bkull. He was picked up immediately after the accident and he was uncon scious, the blood flowing from both ears. The boy whose wheel first s'ru'^k Mr. Gorman has not been caught. The ether boy, Will Martin, was tried in theS recorder's court Thursday after vV- ' "noon. He was fined 810 75 for the reckless riding of a bicycle, and held In a 8100 bound for criminal negilence. There were four witnesses who saw the accident. Dr. Gilbert was the first person to reach Mr. Gorman. He saw a bicycle boy run over him after ho was down, but did not see the first rider. J. M. Walker was on the rear plat form of the car and Mr. Gorman spoke to him a-, he got < ff. Mr. Walker wa the last person Mr. Gorman ever ad dressed. "1 saw something fall behind the car," testified Mr. Walker, "and I next saw a boy ride over the man on the ground. The whole thing happen ed in a few seconds." T. M. Smith, who was also on the rear platform of the car, testified that he saw some one run into Mr. Gorman and knock him down. Dr. li. H. Spurlock did not witness the accident, but saw a blcc'e boy fall headlong to the pavement imrxe dlately after Mr. Gorman was ruc over. Will Martin stated that he worked for the Todd Drug Company. He Silo he met up with another negro boy oe a bicycle at the corner of Peachtree and Linden streets. "The other boy was ahead," sale the prisoner, "and he ran into thc white man first. I was close behinc him and could not stop before I rat over ihe man. We were not racing The other boy was going faster thai I was." Oilier Belcher, who, with Otlicei Hole mbe, m:tde the arrest, testified that fr mi what he learned of thc affair, ti e boys mes', have been racing and ^ere riding ab.iut tweuty tivi miles an hour. Will Martin, ls a soi of R 'hi rt Martin, who works foi Colon?! J. W. English, Jr. "There has been a human li ft taken," stated tin; recorder, "ail be cause two boys rode their wheels at, a reckless speed. This fast riding ol bicycles on the streets should be stopped.1' Af^er sen'erc'ng the boy to pay a fine of $10.75 and binding nim over for criminal negligence, the recorder exp-essed the hopu that ti.e other boy be ca jg ht. Pun- ral services over the body of Mr. Goimui will be held at his late residence, 327 Spring street, at 10 3d o'clock Thu slay morning. After the funeral th : bony will be taken io the Atlanta and We>t Point train, and at 12:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon lt wilt ?favo for Newnan, Ga. The interment will bi directly after the arrival of the no ?y. Centra! L dge No. 28, I. O. O. F., \ and the Knights of Pythias, the de ceased having b.'i n a prominent mem ber of both, will attend the funeral, aDd a delegation fr.-m both will ac comp my the bojy to Newnan.-At lanta J mini il. No WortlilcHH OukeH Wanted.; A dispatch from New York says lt became known Wednesday that An drew Carnegie's niece, Nancy, was secreily married about a ye>ar ago to a riding m.ster mined Heaver, whom she met at Newport. The story wi s confirmed by Mr. Carnegie. "My niece was married to Mr. Heaver in New York about a year ago," he said. "Mr Heaver wa-, a riding teacher in the family. The family has no objec tion to tho match. Mr. Heaver ls an honest, upright man. I would rather Nancy had married a p;ior, honest man than a worth!? ss duke. We want no rich men In the family." Mr. Carnegie said that Mr. and Mrs. Bea ver went to Europe Immediately af ter the!, marriage. They returned a few days ago and are now on a visit to New England. Mr. Heaver waa formerly coachman for his wife's mcther, Mrs. Thomas M. Carnegie, in Pittsburg and at her winter home at Fernandina, Fla Ho was a widower with two small children. Kci-pmiMi hi.- lor tho Silverware. Wendell Pailllpi was In a hotel at Charleston, had breakfast In his room, and was served by a slave. Mr. Phil lips spoke to him as an Absolltionls^, but the other seemed to be more con cerned about the breakfast than about himself. Finally, Mr. Phillips told him to go away, saylrg he could not bear to bi waited upon by a slave. The other remonstrated, "'Scuse rae, massa, but Pse 'bilged to stay vere, 'cause i'se 'sponsible io' de silver ware." I un- M list u ni lcm. A little girl was overheard talking to her doll, whose arm had come off, expi slng the sawdust stuning. "You dear, go d, obedient dolly. I knew I had told you to chew your food fine, but I didn't think you would chew lt ls fine as that." A SAD KNDIM. A. Young lady of 8t. Gcoigo Narrien a Stranger' Who Is Arrest? d for Bigamy at Or ange burg and the YOUD? Lady Retnvtis Homo. A speolal dispatch from St. Georges to the State, under ra.o or last Wed nesday, Bays nearly three weeks ago a gentleman calling himself Dr Kenyon Millard, hailing from Indianapolis, Ind., arrived at St. George wearing a silk hat and prince albert coat, going to the home of Mrs. M. O. K ny on, who is the proprietress of thu Aver leigh House in that town. Soon after lt was announced by M id am Rumor that this geutleman was to wed Miss Sallie K-nyon, the accomplished daughter of the boarding house keep er. The dis pa'ch goes on to say that all kinds of time were reported by rumor when the wedding was to take place, then it would h.- reported that it had been called off, and so it went for a week or moro, but finally on Tuesiay of last week it was annoi.nccd that the marringa would take place at the home of the bride's mot..or on Thurs day night of last week, aud the ft lends of the bride were busy making ar rangements for the affair, and every thing to make the occasion attractive was b ii g doue, when on the evening of Tuesday of last week tho intended tito tm in company with the .to be bride went to call upon the Rev. M. W. Rankin, pastor of the Sb. George Baptist durch, to request h's Bervlce in performing the marriage cere mopy. Toe Rev. Mr. Rankin refused to act because he had learned that the would be groom had been divorced from a former wife. Then the plans of the couple chat ged and they called in the arrangements for the marriage on Thursday evening and on Wednes day morning packed their respective baggage and bought tickets for Or angeburg, and left on the 9 o'clock train over the Southern railway, where it is said that they will procuro the services of the Rev. E. M. Light foot of the Baptist church to perform the ceremony. The groom beirg un satisfied with a marriage in a Slate where there is no license required, they will take the earliest train for Augusta, Ga., where they will procure a license and be remarried by a justice of the peace. Dr. Millard heard of Miss Kenyon about four months ago through cor respondence. It is said that she sav, where he had made several lectures and Miss Kenyon's first acquaintance with him was in reply to some adver tlsement that she saw lu which tbh gentleman was asking to communicate with his klu. This correspondence :ed to a courtship which brought Dr i Millard to St. Georg* about threi weeks ago, which was the first time that Miss Kenyon saw him or he sav ! her. Dr. Millard says that he ba? .raveled lu Africa and other eat-.terr i countrirs, has been married and di vorced, his divorced wife since having i died. He ls a cultured g entleman o about 55 years and has lectured in tin churches at St. Georges several times i A'hlle there. Miss Kenyon comei from one of the best families In thi I section. M Alt III ED IN ORANGEBURQ. Dr. Millard and Miss Kenyon ar rived in Orangeburg on Wedaesda; I m ruing and after putting up at i j hoarding house called on the Rev. E I M Lightfoot at the pirsonage an; t we-e married bv him The ministe .ind nh cause to think that the couph j should nut be married when he p r formed the ceremony, as he had no . seen The S;atf willi the article fn>a I St. George. Mr. Llgh'. fo tinsknowi $ th . bride for several years, and whet , the couple came to him with the re ; quest that he ma. ry them, he mad? ' inquiries as to why they sh add com* . t<> him to be m ir;ied. He was giver to unders'and that there was no op position among the family to thi marri ge, but that neither the gen .lem?n nor lidy lik-d the Bipti-ii ' minister at St. Georg", Mr. Rinkln and that they preferred coming tc Orang) buri? to being married by Mr Kihkln Mr Lightfootalso say.-thal Dr. Mi'lard said that after living al these years without a ma'e, lie ha-? come all the w iy to South Carolina tc uer. a v ife from among the distin guished Gindina woman." Mr. Light f. ot says that the impression con veyed not enly upon hims If, but upou the members of bis family pres eut, was that Dr. Millard had never bef ire Leen married. Immediately up n seeing The State Thursday morning, Mr Lightfoot called on Millard and asked if it were true that he was a divorced man, tc which he replied that he bad been divorced but that his first wife had since, died. Wi en asked why he didn't admit tl e fact Wednesday he said he considered lt no one's business, either individually or State. Mr. Lightfoot was born In Pennsylvania and raised In New York, but although his minis try has tak*n him from the Atlantic to the prairies, and although all of his ministry up to three years ago was sp'nt lu divorce granting States, he has never knowingly married a di vorced party and regrets exceedirg'y that he was misled Wednesday. Ile so told Millard and further suggested that the couple go to another State and have the marriage p? rformed again. The following card from Mr. Lightfoot fully explains his coonee tion with the afTdlr: MB. I.KMITKOOT'S STATEMENT. In Thursday's State ls an article from your St. George corremondent in regard to Dr. Kenyon V. Millard of Indianapolis, Ind., and Miss Saille E. Kenyon of Dorchester's capital, both of whom were married by me Wednes day, April 19 th. Both Dr. Millard and Miss Kenyon, the latter I have known for some time, were perfectly frank in talking of their desire to be married. Dr. Millard cer tainly gave myself and fi tully the im pression that he never had been mar ried, and when 1 accused him of this fact Wedncsdav, said: "Certainly I considered it nobody's business, either Individual or State, that I had been divorced." My reply was that South Carolina had settled that matter and had I known of the divorce I never would have married them. Dr. Millard has the best of recom mendations from eminent men and newspapers. He has no desire to be known as an adventurer. Ile evidently ls too widely known to have any such aspirations. Just why thc St. George pnoole who know me so well, especially tho Rev M. W. Hamelin of that place, did not Inform me of the above facts I cannot understand, un'e.ss they preferred a sensation to sending me information which would have savad some annoy ance at least. Let me add In closing that when I asked both the groom anrl bride why they were not married In St. George by Miss Kenyon's pastor, their reply was they preferred tbe writer and I bad no Idea they had been refused a marriage at that place until I saw The State Thursday. E M. LIGHTFOOT. Baptist Minister. Instead of taking Mr. Li g ht foo t's advice, Millard made himself comfort able In Orangeburg and seemed to be in no hurry to ?et away. He was on the street fr- quently Thursday and Friday morning and Impressed thr.se he came in contact with as being a gentleman. He announced that he would deliver a free lecture at the courthouse on Friday night, as will be seen by tho card published below: MILLARD'S BTATEMENT Millard on Friday gava out the fol lowing card: Fo the People of Orangeburg: I nm glad of the opportunity to say a few words in The Evening News in behalf of myself. I came to your oity Wednesdav and was married to a lovable woman by the Rsv. Dr. E M Lightfoot. I am from Indiana, and was perfectly igno rant <>f the laws of South Carolina in reu arri to divorces. Being unhappily married over 20 years ago and having lived only a few years with my wife, who. upon her own confession, proved herself to be a most depraved woman, I obtained a divorce for such cause as Christ himself designated. I have always conducted myself as a Christian gentleman, devoting my self all these years to the cause of Christ and denying myself the pleas ures of a home, and all Its sweet Influ ences, until my acquaintance with my cousin, the good Christian girl whom I have just married. The article which appeared in The Columbia State of Wednesday is an outrage and a malicious lie. Our marriage was not the outcome of an advertisement as therein stated, but ot frcudship of many, many months, I have not deceived anyone and am here to teach people to live as Chi htians in all love and sincerity. I am charmed with yt ur town, and your people have treated myself and wife as you would wish to be treated yourselves. Yes, I have been treated royally by you all and I thank you most heartily. I am no fraud as tte article In The State would make it appear. 1 am of world wide reputation and my char acter ls above reproach. It is uncbris tlanlikc to attack in such a ni,inner one, who though a stranger, wishes only to do good and oue who never harmed a living being. ' I have decided tn give a free lecture In the court house tunigtifc and cordl , ally invite the whole town to come ' out. Those who wish con contribute to a g-; ne ral collection after the leo \ turo if they feel they have been prof : Dod. I am very cordially and sincerely ' yours. KENYON V MILLARD. * ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE. "j Willie Millard was making himself , at.home lu Orangeburg enj lying the j honey moon with his new wife serious trouble was brewing for him at St. ' George, lt seems that Mis. Mary \ Rice, sister of the young lady that \ Millard had just married, had gone a down to St George on Thursday night to sro about the report of th-" mar riage. Friday morning Mrs. Rici and * her mottler, Mrs. Kenyon, overhauled some ot Millard'-! prosessions which he had left at the hotel when he came - toOrangeburg to get married, lt ls / said th se ladles f und a letter or let i teis from a v.if ; of Millard's now liv * lng io the wt st, in which is staten ? that she is tired of the treatment that r she is receiving at his hands, after s having been married for 23 years, and that ?-he had just learned t that Millard had an undlvorc i ed wife, '.o whom he had b ;e.n >f married previous to the one from i which the letter in question came. Th ? ? wife who wrote thc 1 tter states, lt I1 ? said, in the course of her letter, that ? Millard's four children,calling them by i name, send love to their father. This Intellig. nee came as a great ! shock to the mother au.i sister of the pres nt hrlrie, and they were so horrl ? lied to Ul nk that their daught r and i sister had b en dup d that they sum ) m-ned Mr R. L Weeks, their at torney, who arranged to have Mll ~> lard arrested at Orangeburg up m a I warrant thai was arranged to be sworn out up m Inf rjiati'-n and belief. Toe 1 arrest was ma lo by Cm f of P ll :e Fischer on a warrant ?.worn out by oillcer S. J. Bozird. As sion as the amsi was made Millari was taken to ? ho ornee of Magistrate lirunson, where he was examined. He was re presented by Judge James F. Izlar. Millard was quite indignant over his ' arrest-, and wan at times dramatic In his expressions. After living an honor able life so far, he said, it was bitter > to think of being ''arrested and sep e.rat d from his beautiful dower." Commitment papers were made out i and Millard was remanded to the custody of the police. He is at a board ing house under guard of the police, ball having been rixed at 85UO but not given. Ile was committed to Jail on Saturday morning. Millard sent the following telegram on Friday after noon: County Clerk Haw, Eureka, Humboldt County, California. Was a decree of divor?a Issued for Mrs. Ada Millard against K. V. Mil lard, Dec. -Kb, 1904? K. V. MILLA HD. No answer came to the telegram. Mrs. Kenyon and Mrs. Rice, the mother and sister of the yourg lady who married Millard came to Orange burg on Friday evening and carried the young lady b:ck to her homo at St. George. Messrs. Raysor & Sum mers are associated with Solicitor Hildebrand in the prosecution of the case as representatives of Mrs. Ken yon, motlier of the young lady who last married Millard. Standard Oil ..inst Pay. Comptroller General Jones has noti fied counsel for the Standard Oil Com pany that the valuation of Its proper ty in this state had been raised froT, $f>fl,000, as returned, to $200 OOO. This action was taken after a careful examlnatloj of the r-turns made for the various counties in this state. In Columbia tho plant ls valued at $4, 500, and the highest va'uttlon In the state ls that of Charleston, where there are. supply tanks and other works for supplying the entire sta e The entire plant ls valued at 837,000. A confidential report received by tho comptroller places th" va'uatlon of of this plant, at cl tse to $100 000 The time ha-, past for the payment of the license tax under the law for suoh cor porations, but tho comptroller will ex tend tho time In this case, as there will cert linly b> a protest. IT Isa poor policy to U t the stock j tramp over the cornstalk fiel ls when | the fro-t ls coming ? Ut hi the snrb v. 1 Such tramping either on field or meadow at that time is always Injuri ous to the soil, jet most men do it. ? FORGOT HIS BAMS iL Man of Thin Kind Turned Up Mn Charleston. The Charleston police and city hos pital authorities had a problem on their hands last week in ascertaining the ide. itt ty and the treatment of a man who presented himself one morn ing at the police t tatton. It was a case not of mistaken, hut) cf what might be termed unknown, Identity. The man's mind was an absolute blank on every matter which might Identify him. He hud forgotten his name, residence, relatives and bl o t was nothing about bis person which could positively tell who be was or where he belonged. Realizing the predicament of the police otBclals, when the man entered the station and asked that ha be sent to the hospital fur treatment, he suggueated that he called Harry Slnolair, but he added that this was not h 1B name. His mind was perfectly clear about his movements since April 10, when io came to consciousness in Savannah. He definitely traced bis movements Charleston from that time, but Bttll he could nob solve the mystery whioh surrounded his bel?g. He was refused free treatment in the Savan nah hospital, he states, when he came to himself, and he then came to Charleston. His money gave out and he pawned his gold cuff buttons to ie him over, and ho finally had to present himself to the station and a>k to bs given medical treatment. In ally the man was Identified as G Wooten, of Columbia. It Is thought that the man had been sand-bagged by footpads. KILLED AT BAMBERG. . M. Joline Crushed to Death by a Train. A special dispatch from Bamberg to The State says J. M. Johns, a white man about 45 years old, was struck and killed Sunday morning about 3 clock by train No. 25, going from Charleston to AuguBta. Tho accident happened on the east Bide of town ust beyond the oil mill switch. The train crew notified Policeman Dickin son of the killing when the train stop ped at the depot. It is stated that the engineer said the man was sitting on the crossties on the right side of the track with his right band up to his hoad. He was seen plainly by thc nginrer. but it was sc close the train could not be stopped. This ls a mixed train, ??nd the speed rarely exceeds 30 miles an hour. The man's head was spilt open and his brains came out His right arm was broken os well. There were no other bruises on his body. "Evidently the blow which crushed his skail was cau8?d by his head coming 11' jontact with the end of the croEStl^s. The hedy was guarded at tho spot where he was killed until about 9 o'olock Sunday morning. Tn j coroner em paneled a jury and vit wed the bo&.v ?here it lay, thpn acj util Monday morning. when\ bers of the train ere v.'will tes'X--, Johns liver! in the Ehrhardfi seotion of Bamberg county, being c instable for Magistrate J. C. Copela 3d. He had been in town all the weela attend ing court as a bailiff. He w/is drink ing saturday afternoon andjwas seen by the writer on Main stree;. Just be 'ordark, and he \ias evid"*fly und r the Influence of liq ii. ir. Various par ties i-a?v him Saturday night, and it is the general opinion that he was drunk. What he was doing in that part of the to .vu ts not known, but it ls presumed he was just wandering around. Two bottles of whiskey and a pistol were found on his bedy, the bottles ont heir g broken, fits wife ls dead, but he leaves four children. Tne body was brought to the court house Sunday morning. VioitniH Of Vanity. Woman's vanity has proved a fertile field for George Lavlne, who, by flat tering his vlct'ms with the belief that they aro social leaders, has swindled many women in Chicago re cently. Levine pleaded guilty In Judge Tuthill's court to t:ie charge of oper ating a confidence game, and was sent to j ill pending an investigation of his operations in Eastern cilles. "I have been sent to you because you are one of the leading society women of the city," Levine said to his victim, "and you have been selected to share in the distribution of prizes by my firm for advertising purposes." He then pro duced a package of euvelops and de clared each envelope contained money, The euvelops he sold at prices rauging from 81 to 815 each, with the stipula tion that they should not be opened until he had been Rone half an hour. The envelopes contained only blank paper. _ Little Doy Killed. A distressing accident occurred Monday afternoon at the home of N. Z. Helder, near Bamberg, by which his 9-year-old son, Sam, lost his life. Tlie little fellow, with others, was playing ball and whllo running along with a bat In h's hands, fell and struck one end of che bat on the ground and the other under his chin. Ills neck was dlslooited and despite the atten tion of several physicians ho died about 0 o'clock Thurday night. He was a bright little fellow and his death isa terrible blow to his parants and his little companions. Ile was a student of tho graded BCIUOI and was present Monday. Catholics Deoonio Daptlsts. An Independent French Cathollo church at Manchanir, Mas?., has be come Protestant, and its pastor, Rev. A. E Ri bourg and his forty-two pari sinners have been formally received Into the Baptist denomination. The forty-two members were formerly communicants of the regular lt mian Catholic parish at Manchang, but they withdrew from thc parent church two or three years ago because of dif ferences with the pastor. The dis senters built an independent churoh and selected as their pastor. Rev. Father Rlbourg, who once belonged to the Roman Catholic church in France. R centiy the little parish accepted Protestant principles largely through the medium of Frenoh Bap tist missionarh s. Wollt?? a ?iiioiilo. The body of Mrs. Grace Loomis, who claimed to be the wife of Charles L oml-i, said to bo a mllllo' aire, was found Thursday in a half-thlled bath tub m a fashionable boarding house In Chicago. Frequent threats that she intended to kill herself leave no doubt of suicide. Domestic trouble was the cause. ! I WATCH HAD STOPPED And Ciew on Duty Forty Hoon Be fore the Wreck, Made It Ponstble tor tbe Wreck Near St. Cror?< u on the South ern to Have Occurred. Forty hours on duty without sleep. That was the condition of the train crew which handled the freight train vrecked at Badham'son the morning jf Aoril 2nd These fruits were bi ought out Tuesday at the hearing i .e fore the railroad commission. There veto several witnesses examined, and the members ot the commission questioned them olosel/, particularly Mal. Eirle. 1 According to the evidence given be fore the commission, the crew had been on duty 29 houri) and 40 min utes without a meal-without even a sandwich, lt was i-tat-d-when the train arrived at Kingville and the crew was a*ked ?f lt could take the train on into Charleston. It is said, however, that this is not a condition but a very unusual cass. Freight train No 155 left Rock Hill ac 2.45 on the afternoon of March 31, although the orew had been called at 12 o'clock and had been on duty about three hours before tbe train started. The train was 12 hours late getting to Camden, reaching that place at 3 a. m. After shifting at Camden for three hours the train was delayed on account of being run into by a train on the Northwestern rall road, which uece?sltated quite a long walt. It was 5 05 p. m , April 1 be fore the train reached Kingville, after having bc n out from Rock Hill over 24 hours, and the crew had been on duty 29 hours. At Ringville the members of the orew were asked by the train dis patcher at Charleston if they felt like taking the train on into Charleston. As it was Saturday afternoon and they wanted to spend Sunday in Charleston, and as the train had been delayed many hours already and their declining to take it into Charles ton might) cause the freight to lie over until Monday morhlDg at King ville, the crew decided to go on with it. At Kingville they got something to eat for the first time since leaving Rock Hill. But lt was not. until ll p. m. that the train pulled out of Kingville. Arriving at Orangeburg the mem bers of the crew were asked by the operator at that ollK*e if they could go on to Charleston, and tiley replied that they would. This was also the answer to the inquiry from theopera tor at Branchville. When the latter operator asked the coniuotor where he would pass tho passenger train, the latter replied at So. George he thought. The collision with westbound pas senger No 15 occurred one and one half miles west of St. George between 4:30 and 4:40 a. m Conductor Stanlt y said yesterday that he had tnought that the trams would meer at R evesville, two miles west of Badham. According to his account, wfrn the freight struck the switc'i at Reeves ville and went on by. he lo ked at lils watoh and saw that even If t ">n pas ser.ger wt-re five minutes late, thc freig it c uld net m ?ko Bidha n whloh ls a mile we^t of St. George. Accordingly he sprang ouo of the cati to Hag the engineer. There were 39 cars on the train, and tue two last were not supplie j with airbrakes When he had climbed over these be came upon a Hit car loaded with all kinds of dcb.is, and before h? cru d pick his way OVIT the car th" collision came. It was a fong.- morning and ti e two trains c .uld mt seo each other, it seema. The \ asse'iger train h?.d ni> orders to look out for the extr,a freight, it was stated yesterday, aud the extra freight, knowing the passenger's schedule, was not given veiy r!eih:ite instructions as to the cashe^ger, but had careful orders to watcii nut f<r the pa seuger train from Columbia, which was following. Tne passenger train was three minutes late, show ing that had tbe engineer's watch been right he would have s.opped at Re vesvllle. Ti.ose who lost their lives were : T. M. Conlon, engineer of the pas senger ; A. T. Reed, engineer of the freight ; John Adams and Thoias Johnson, colored liremen of the pas senger and the freight respectively ; H. H. Stokes, white brakeman of the extra freight. Engineer Reed did not die immediately, and before death admitted that hi? watch was half an hour slow. Had his watch been correct lt ls probable that there never would have been any collision, for he would have been forewarned, but no doubt he thought he had plenty of time to make St. George when he looked at his watch. Conductor Stanley and Engineer Reed compared watches at Klngvi le, and there was but ten seconds dliier ence In the time.. But when the con ductor went to the dying engineer and looked at his watch he siw that it was half an hour slow. There is no way to account for this except that the watch stopped In the en^l neer's pocket, and he was too tired to observe it, but afterwards wound lt mechanically without removing it from his pocket. The loss of time was 23 minutes. Among the witnesses examined yes terday were Supt. lleether of the Charleston division; Conduot r Stan ley of the ill-fated freight; O. H. Mar low, the flagman of the regular pas senger; C .H. Mallard, baggagemaster, who was the tlr?t to reach Engineer Reed, and the following operators. Landford of K'ngvllle, Ilalrof Branch ville, Agnew of Charleston aud Izlar of Orangeburg. The commission has made no report on the hearing which was held Tues day, but the members unofflo ally say that the stopping of the engineer's watch caused the wreck. Some of the members think tho railroad company did wrong to accept thc services of men ,vho had been on duty so long. Even if tho men were willing to work, and few would have declined under Buoh circumstances, the company should have laid them oft* as umit, for there, wer? other men's lives as well as their own to be consider d.- Colum bia Stato^ 'eil-.on- U Candy. AtMobjfi., Ala., on Wednesday a reoort was i,tigerl at pol leo luadquir ter.s of an alleged attempt made on the llfeo; Mrs. Florence Hog m ny moans of a box of candy sent her through th'. m?lj|3 by tome unknown perron as j birthday present. When me opened the Lox she found lt con tained Hoe candy, but emitted a pe oullar odo* anri was covered with a Une powdgi sho took lt to a nearby druggist ?iri was informed that lt contalnedWnoiUb poison to kill fifty people. tHtectlves aro on the oaso isnd it ls un-]er,tood the government will make fe investigation. 8H??LD Bis PUSHED. The Use of Cotton for Bat? for Ship ping Purposes. South Carolina Division of the Snath ern Cotton Association Takes Up j Mr. Wagoner's HuKRcation. The officers of the South Carolina division of tho Southern Cotton asso ciation have taken up tho movement, started by tho Southern Wholesale Grocers, to push the use of bags or Fa -ks made of cotton. This matter is presented in another colume of this paper. The idea ls to carry out iu a practical way one of the propositions on which the S 'ut hem Cotton associ ation was founded-to increado the market for cotton goods, as well as tn reduce the acreage usrd In production cf cotton. While some want to create a greater demand for cotton goods in the orient to supplant the costly silks, the practical business men of the : whol33ale grocers' association have seen an opportunity to declare that the market can be expanded right here at home by demanding fiat mn nu ar lu re rs use cotton instead of jute and burlap for baggiog. Indeed there bas been some talk of the people of the south resor: iDg to the us i of water duck, cottonades ard other cotton fabrics for clothing in the ' summer and thus to show to the v/orld 1 that we prefer wearing apparel mae'e of our own home staple. Ttiis was done per force during the War Between tho Sections, when necessity required the : southern people to live very, very eco nomically. To some this might appear to be carrying the "movement" to an extreme approaching fanaticism, but the earnest leaders in the effort to get cotton into the control of the produc ers think that by next summer they will have the people nf thc south will ing to use cotton goods to an extent uuprecedented. While this wearing apparel propos! tion may appear to be somewhat chimerical, yet there is much fore i and logic in the movement to demand the use of cotton Instead of burlap in marketing grain, in shipping fertil izers, and in other comm r Ul uses. This would Increase the consumption of cotton by hundreds of thousands of bales. Mr. F.. H Weston, secretary of the South Carolina division, has tent to every county organization an earnest : appeal to stand by the movement for the Increased use of cotton in the '< manufacture of bags and bagging. II2 has alto written to Mr. Geo A. 1 Wakener of Charleston commending I the movement of whic i Mr. Wagener 1 ls tho. leading spirit. Following ls 1 Mr. Weston's letter to the county organizations: "I am seudiTg you under separate ! cover by today' m iii an p.riiclo in ref erence to the use* of cotton b;<g.. 1 consider 11 is oi e of toe mast imp r tant matters f uit OIK a social I m can undertake. You will recall thai a Hie time the association was formed, it was not only to meet th? p:es?M t emergency, bu: to eudeav r to t marge i the th ld f tr cotton g ois. There ls , PO reason In th.i world why sve shoul buy articles for our consumption especially by fertilizer?-sacred iu . anything bur. oottdu bags. I wis yuit woud read carefully this marked ] article, and also the editor! d; ano if , p; ssl'-le get your c uuty papers to t publish it. Later we will ask the county organizitions of the associa tion throughout the State to adoct r?solut!JUS n q-ie-ting tho fer tl liz r . cimpiu es and others who use sacks to use only cotton sacke; and we j shoul 1 give the pref. ruc. 'o thosi fertilizer companies and merchants s who use colton sicks. "A repsentatlve of the State asso ciation will shortly go to Oharieston ( for the purpose of conferring with the. fertilizer people and will ask them to . I usc cotton sacks." ; Following ls a list of the counties in which there are organization wi h ? the names and po t .tllc jsof the presi dents and secretaries: Aiken- W. W. Woo!s?.y, Aiken; B, F. Holley, Aiken. Anderson-W. n Glen, Lihertv; J. W. Rothrcck, Anderson. , Barnwell- F. H. Creech, Barnwell; H. L. O Bannon, Barnwell. Bimberg-John W. Crum, Den mark; J. D. Folder, Denmark. Cherokee.-R. C. Barratt, GalTne; ; S. D. Parrott, Gaffney. Collet'ii-W. C. Rrant, Getsinger; J. B. Doid, Bound. Chesterter-P. L. Harding, Bas coinville; John S. IsTuuery, Wylie's Mill. Clarendon-E. D. Hodge, Alcolu; H. Riohburg, Summerton. Ciicster-John T. Hurst, CIKS tertield; D. M. Barrentlne, Chester Held. Edgetield-S T. Williams, Lettie; J. S. Minus, Edgetield. Fairfield-S. C. Cathcart, Winns boro; J. F. Fooshe, Wlnnsboro. Fl renee-J. Ii. Mottrido, Florene;; H. M Ayer, Florence. Greenville-H. P. Tindal, Green ville; G. M. Wilkins, Greet.ville. Greenwood-J. M. Gaines, Gaiucs; W. L. Anderson, Ninety Six. Georgetown-W. K. Curry, Rhem's poste Hice; W. E. Snowden, C;:oppeL posf etil Je. Kershaw-W. Thompson, Liberty lilli; C. W. Birchmore, Cimien. Lancaster-T. J. S .rait, Lancaster, George W. Jones, Lancaster. Laurel.s-A. C. Fuiier, Laurens; B. Y. Culbertson,' Madden. Lee-Samuel Bradley, Blshopvllle; R. W. Mccutcheon, Blshopvllle. Lexington-E. J. Etberedge, Lees ville. Marlon-Dr. W. Rtackhouse, Dillon; Mark Stackhouse, Marion. Marlboro-R. M. Peagues, Kollook; II. L Freeman, Bennettsv lie. Newbeny-R. T. C. Hunter, Pees perlt} ; W K. Sligh, Newberry. O^onee-Paul Stribllng, Richland; A. H. Ellison, S meca. O-angeburg-J. E Warmamak. r, St. Matthews; G. L. Salley, Orange bur^. Pickens-J. T. Lnvls, Anderson Mille; J. L. Morgan, Pic eus. Richland - W. W. Rr, C agarre SJucia-J. H. Waihou, Johns n; II. G. Cr tuon, Saluda Sumter-A. H. Stucky, Sum'er; P. M. Pitts, Sumter. Spartanburg-E. L. Arc'c, Sptr tanburg; H. S. L psc.im >, Torough. Union-J no. G Farr U d( n. WiU'a'rs u g - J DLVIS Carter, Li ; R. H. F .. im ui. Gr - uvllle. York-C. E. Spencer, Yoikvlllc; J. M. Starr, Yorkvll?e. The c unties in wh'oh there <ore no organizations arc: Abbeville, Baau fort, Berkeley, Ctiarlesn n, D rling ton. Dorchester, Himpt n and Horry. In wrltlrg to Mr. Geo, A. Wag . nnr. president of the Royal Rag and Yarn Manu'aotur r.g company ot Uharlus'nn, Mr. Weston M s: "I imcouflJent that our organ.zation is Af ntl* FORMEN Twill send freo to any man simply upon his Writ MN request a cotty of my ot-pajto book on lost manhood nervous debility. Impotency, strict are, varlcocelo, enlargement ot tho prostate, blood poison, and r? flex diseases resulting fr TI the aboye, such as ?ni? tlons ot the skin, rheumatism, urinary disorders. >llcs. rectal diseases, etc It Kill tell in plain and simple lancuaee all that you want to know. It ls ? il"Sr . ln* ?na Instructive and wilt open your ?yes. It will show a ?impl? """w^7"0,f cure in your own homo, privately and without the publicity and ex? P.?T0 ?La l0?al d?ctor or druggist I have been pracUolua thIsspco.ailty for more _prooUutag this spoo.aiity for more rTiT^rV?u??t^rnSiJtccnl,u??rBna 111170 ,n my vaults the names or hundreds upon f?Jti??l& ,9??20i2!ft2 navo curcd of thes0 diseases after they hod written mo , ?l J* i ? . thei?.?5 yeara 1 havo developed a system of euro that ts entirely m-n fi?Lafn?^r.'.K,nal.and dl?fe,r8 -Wlcl0ly,rom th? ?W mothods. With it I am TOablS waVt? lnnr?J? ^.<?;?n"a?1,?pl0 El? ?Active way.. Write mo and I will show you tho T^yn 0U?,yllaUti. ,and. Btr?offt1. your manhood and health, no matter how old or worn you aro. and BO thoroughly that you will stay cured forever. If you will me^ntlon ?aw von ffifcw&&2& ?,nf ?se beidesthoW-pawbookaSelf Kxa^taatlonBlinW . ^?^nfmaJ??.o^tUwyof you'casoandrcporttoyoufrceof charge. I have cl? li tether modi ca. ?m^? 88 Inman Building 22 1-2 South Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. KILFYRE! KUFYRE ! I KILFYREIII That is exactly what lt ls, aFlro Killer. DJ ujastratlod evory day at the State Fair showing Its Ore fighting qualities. Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mill, Ginnery and any one owning property should have them. For sale by COLUMBIA SUPPLY 00.. Columbia, ?. O The machinery Supply house of the State Morph!.: Cl garet Habit All Dr UK and Tobacco Habits. fVhlske ^ribit, Habit xi^oiu "~?1U2^. (Cured by Keeley Institute, of &. C 1320 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Columbia, 8. 0. Oenfldantial oorreaponf. gr? cltd. ( ? I THE GUINARD BRICK WORKS, o i o o ? ensGi COX-/IT1VII3?A., S- O. Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof Terra Cotta Building Blocks, for Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prepared to fill orders for thousands or millions. s-) birne that we caa properly ask the f?rtil zer people to substitute cotton sicks for burlap sacks. As I have in dicated in my letter to the prf sidents ind secretaries throughout the State, rome represen?atl ve will go to Charles ton slr rtly to con Tr with the ferti lizar c mpanles. I believe that we :an cr ate such a demand for your nags that you will lind it difficult to iiip.vy them. I hope that we will u ced In this matter for it would x.eau bili tl-Inns for C ?arleston " P-R'ILIZ^RS TJaED. itMcB'd Snt-B iro Ont ol Proportion With ConHumprion. Gol. R W. SimpFon. chairman of he board of trustees of Clemson o . i.e. ho mn de the following state T i;> reference to the sale of ferti z r.-i hi this Srat<j. in reply to a let fro n Sorunt & Son, cotton factor* .f Wilmington. N g. : "R plying io jour inquiry of the 10t1. ii sc., as 'o the salea of f?rtlliss) :a>>s this ft ason, as oompared with ;e ;.me date last year, beg to say ere ir^s of the department here .how as billows, viz: "Ami ont received to this date last ??nr 8104,600 00. ''Amount r.-c.ived to end of season, lu::e 30, 1904. 810(5 730 00. "This amount was almost exclu lively fur fertilizers, but little for neal. "R -rte-med taps sold in 1904 (round mm ers,) 310,000.00. ?'L avion amount or fertilizer taus t u.uly sold and used in 1904, 896, 109 00. "Amount received in 1905, to date, 125,023 00. ' Amount for cotton seed meal foi; ce^ purp S2S, 819,413.75. "Making a total of 8105.609.00. "lc hi s been ascertained that a ar^e number of tays have been pur ihastd mort than were necessary-any ?no may well uudtrsrand for what ;urp -and which will have to be edee m d according to our rules, and s'.t ra td io be 830,000.00. "Leaving actual amount purchased 0 be us:-.f1 this >rar, 875,609.25." Festival of tho PaHsnver. The Jewish festival of the Passover lopins this evening and will close on thursday of next week. The Pass iver comes at the same season of the cir as the Easter of the Christian. This festival bas been celebrated Liming the Jewf. since an early date n their history, and is commemo '.'.'lv?of the Hight out of Egyptian londage, when God wrought the leaviest a ill lotion on the idolaters by rilling the tirst born In every house iold, save that on whose portals ap leared the sign. The celebration of .ns feast is placed from the 14th to lr; 2lst day of Nlsan, which varying a accordance with the coming of the 'nil moon makes the feast a change Lble cue. In Hebrew homes, where tie people ara still steadfast in the alto of ti eir fathers, only unleavened ?read is eaten. The symbol of un eavened bree.d has to the Jews a two old significance. First, to signify .he haste with which the. prepatatlo.is or the hight out of Egypt was mad", nd, s c md, a commemoration of the tartest When the grain had been garnered in before any one partook hereof thc first and finest of the heaves was phicjd on thc altar as a ?urnt sacr.lice, and then the people ?a-?t<-n to pat some of the same grain vhlch t?iey had offered to their God s a sign of gratitude f jr the bounte us harvest._ Monument Ai Appomattox, The first monument to be erected t Appomattox in memory of thcCou ederate ho'diers who fought In tin ! i vii war was dedicate i on M inlay. Ve monument was erected by the rate, of N >rth Cvroiina, whose troops .??..o the last of the Confederate fore s to hold duli against tue victorious I ion a?my. Thededication was m ult i . .is cn for a great gathering of lonfederate v terans of both North 'aroi na and Virginia. Gov. Glenn f North Carolin* delivered tho prin Ipal oration. Other speakers were I ns. Cox ?nd Roberts, who-.e com an i greatly ulstingulsbed them \e. in the lighting about Appomat lt bomh.od Hld Kathor. Two irishmen who had not s en ach other for a lor g time met at a nr. O'Brien: "Shure, lt's married 1 tn; an' Fve got a fine, healthy boy, rhlo i the neighbors say is the very lo e.- of mc.'' Malone: "Ooh, well, 'bat's the har ai so long as tho child's ealthy?" A Proposition of Interest To all readers of this paper, who call or write for treatment within the next 30 days I will cure them of the following diseases for ONE-HALF my usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, SYPHILIS (blood poison), GONO RIIE, GLEET, STRICTURE. VARI COCELE, RUPTURE, CATARRH and all CHRONIC DISEASES, of both sexes. Disease* of women cured w'thout operation. PILKS cured under guarantee without tbe knife or any tying or burning operation. Consultations, Examination, Advice Free. T. S. H0? LEYMAN, M.D., THE SPECIALIST Rooms 421 and 422 Leonard Building, Augusta, Ga. N. B. Catarrh of worst form cured quickly at home. - - -' -- - ^^-'-^-r-^r-^ - MUSIC: s 5 When you make up yorir . mind that home is not hone si 5 without a Piano or an Organ, . come here, or write us, and X we will sell you the right . sell you the right 3 sort of an Instrument s Eaay tormo, ?nd full value. 5 Address. . ABALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, 3 COLUMBIA, S. C. PIANOS AND ORGANS. llllllBaBIBMfittHaMflMM The Canning Business. Reduce your cotton acreage and In crease your income by putting in a small canning plant. Large profits in canning all kinds of fruits, vegetables, berries, etc. A card' to us will bring you desired informa-' tion. RANK Y CANNBH CO., Chapel Hill, N. C. OOO BANK DEPOSIT Rnilimd Fire Him ?Ot lM?F.i? C?urse? Offered ^SSSSSSBSSS?3SSS B -.'Jai COU W tito Quid Lack, or Hom? Training? Two or three contributors have com plained in the Columbia State recent? iy of the very marked lack of polite ness among young men and boys of that city. The State charges this lack of politeness to defective home train ing-and there la no doubt the chief trouble Hes Just there. The Newberry Observer says "schools are expected to do everything now and to relieve parents of all responsibility. The day school ls expected to educate the minds and the Sunday cOhool to savo the soul?, while parents delude them selves-jr try to-with the Idea that Uley have done their duty by their children when they haye sent them t? these Institutions. The rest of the time chtldren are allowed to loaf on the streets or around railroad stations or the Lord only knows where else parents certainly don't. Home train log is aime st a lost art." There is too much truth in what the Observer says. Very few children these days are controlled Dy their parents as they should be, which makes lt a matter of of impossibility for the teachers of tho lay or Sunday School to train them. Children cm be ooutrolled easy enough if parents will only set a good example by controlling themselves. Firmness and kindness will control any ohild and make him stay in the hands of his parents to be made in any shape they desire. Two Minoru Fonn 1 Do ad. A special from Gadsden, Ala , says i, vo min?is, Bob H.-aid and noraoe Williams, were found dead in a ooal nine near Atalla Wednesday. Fifteen ni?era left the mine Tuesday night on account of bad air, but the two went back to invea igate and did not re turn. It is not known whether they died from blaok damp or because hot air was oumoo.1 into the mine; IF you are getting an annual poul try pro MC J farm the from worth, say, ?80, you can djuble it just as easy as rolling off a log. Every farm alvotHd sell poultry products worth 8200 each year. ._ Tm: Republcans aro really anxious to reform the tariff and lower the .schedules whloh foster monopoly, but they dare not do lt ns it would cut oft theil campaign funds if they did, '