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TWO DIVORCES Figure in the Life of Millard, Charged With Bigamy. HE NOW ADMITS THIS Ia Written Statements Which He Made Concerning His Previous Matri monial Ventures, and Which Are Produced at Prelim inary by Prosecution. v The preliminary hearlnVln the c&s of Kenyon V. Millard, who was ar rested April 21 charged with bigamy and who has been confined in the Orangeburg county jail in default of 8500 bail, was heard Thursday mim ing by Magistrate C. P. Brunsur, who issued the warrant for his arreit. The prosscutlf u was represented by Mr. R. L. Weeks of St. Georgb and Hon. T. M. P?aysor, while Messifo Wolfe & Berry and Col. Thomas F. Brantley appeared for the defendant. It had been understood that M J lard would conduct his own defense, u"d lt was learned that the counsel for the defense had been retained by friends of Millard, who reside in an other State. As is usual with such cases, it at tracted undue notoriety and Magis trate Brunson's t lllce was packed to suffocation long b:fore the lime ap pointed for the hearing. In fact, the room was so crowded that there was not room sulllcient for those involvid In the case, and the attorneys were forced to ask that the room be cleared before they would take up the case. Miss Kenyon, who recently married Millard, was the only witness for the State, and the occasion was very mor tifying to her; while Millard, who was brought Intocourt looking fresh and in good sp'rfis, snowed the effect of the strain before an adjournment was was reached. In addition to Miss Kenyon's testi mony, the State entered as evidence three letters written by Millard io Miss Kenyon since Iiis iucaro.ration, while the only evidence offered hy the defense were one telegram ana four letters received from Miss Ken yon since their separation, and a Iso a letter from the cleik of the c^urt of Osceola, Iowa, with reference to a di vorce granted Louisa Millard in 1SS0. This correspondence was so volumi nous that no effort was mace to rea ci it at the time, but Magistrate Brun sou will read it carelutly and either announce his oeeisit u at a later oate or ?x another time f r hearing the arguments by attorneys for both sides. Meanwlnle Millard has been remanded to Jail pending the magis traie 's decision iu the matter. The contention of the attorneys for the prosecution is that the interlocu tory divorce gramed Mis. Ada Millard December 4, 1004, prevents cither party from marrying for one year thereafter, while thc defense lu.ids this to b6 a mere technicality, inas much as Millard had not obtained a copy of t he decree and was ignorant of its restrictions. THE ONLY v .TESS. Miss Sallie E. Kenyon, whose mar riage to Mi.lard hus caused the trou ble, was the only witness examined. She was questioned by Mr. Weeks. She testified as to lier marriage to Mil'ard ou Apnl li), which was per formed at Orangeburg by the Hov. E. M. Lightfoot. Site met Miliard oh April ti at her home in St. Georg?. They were not engaged at that tin,e. The engagement was the result of several'day's association. Millard did not tell her that he had been previous ly married uutil after they had be come engaged to be married, lie stated to her that he had a living wife in California, from whom he had .se cured a divorce years before, after having lived with lier only a few days. After his arrest he told her more of his married life. Stated that he had live children by his California wife, and gave as his reasons for not telling her of this previous to their marriage that he was afraid witness would not marry him. He denied that he had ever been mari led other than to the California wife. Witness has received three letters from de fendant since he was committed to jail and separated from her. These were put in evidence. On cross examination hy Mr. Wolfe she explained Hie fact, tha? his letters to her were addris^.ed to ''Kebeklca,'' while the letteis she had written to him at the jai) were addressed tc "Isaac." This was due to thc sug gestion of Millard that their marriage romance was akin to that of Isaac and Rebekka, and these n,imcs w-ire adopt ed by them for their correspondence between themselves. She had been informed by Millard before they were married that lie had been previously married in California, but he stated that hu had secured a divorce. She stated that before they were married, Millard had written to California to W. H. Haw, clerk of court, 11 urn holt county, Eureka, Cal., asking for a certified copy of the de cree of divorce and 50 cents worth o? stamps had been enclosed in the let ter to cover the charges for the copy of decree. Af 1er the arn s! of the de fendant, a letter from Kurt ka had come to St. (Jeorges, which she had opened under direction from defen dant. It contained the cop./ of de cree of divorce. She had retid it and forwarded it to defendant at Orange burg. Sevi ral letters from witness to defendant and a tell gram were iden tified and put in evidence. The following letter was also placed in evidence: Osceola, Iowa, April lis, 1005. Mr. Kenyon V. Millard, Orangeburg, S. C. . Dear Sir: Your li tier of April 2.!rd in regard to divorce received. 'J Lo record shows a divorce WES granted Louisa Millard In 1880. A certified copy of tho decree will bo 31. fours respectfully, F. M. STACY, Clerk of Court. THE CALIFORNIA DIVORCE. The following is a copy of tho de cree referred to in Mi;s Kenyon's tes timony: "In the Superior Court of tho County of Humboldt, in the State of Cali fornia. "Ada A. Millard, plaintiff, vs. K. V. Millard, defendant. Interlocutory judgment. "This case having benn brought on, tobe heard the 1st day of December, 11)04, upon the complaint hircin taken, as confessed hy thc defendant, whofe default for not answering your com plaint has been duly entered. And said court having heard the evidence and testimony, and which ls sufficient* ly corroborated, and after having duly considered the same, and made and filed its decision and conclusions of law beret;., from which lt appears that said r. at ntl fl ought to be granted a decree of divorce together with other relief, as io herein specified; now, in accordance therewith, and on motion of counsel for Bald plaintiff it is ordered, adjudged and decreed, and this court, in pursuance of tho statute in such caso made and. provided, does order, adjudge and deoree that the said plaintiff ls entitled to a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony now and heretofore existing between the said plaintiff and said defendant; suoh deoree to be entered after the expiration of one year from the entry of this interlocutory judgement. It is further ordered, adjudged and de creed that said plaintiff bo and she ls hereby awarded the sole care and custody and control of K. V. Millard, J?d n. Millard and Paul Millard." '. IGNORANCE THE PLEA. Trae following 1B an extract from a letterNwrltten by the defendant to Miss Kenyon, bearing date Friday, 4 pm., iiprll 28th. It v;is written from Oran.geburg by the defendant in Jail, and was mailed to her at St. George: ' "I have heard nothing from the court house Thursday, but I under stand that the prosecution ls going to try and convict me as a criminal on the ground that tho divorce which was -anted my former wife in California las^ ?' December would not permit mc VJ be married to anybody else for one year: That ls, until next 4th or 5th jf December (seven months in the future). 1 think they are wrong. I think that 1 could be married in any State outside of California just when 1 please, after the divorce is cranted. If I made a mistake that could easily he rectified by my walting until De cember 4th or 5th and then securing a license in Georgia and being married there according to the laws of Geor gia. I did not understand all the lit tle technicalities of marriage or divorce laws In any State. I hnew nothing at i all about the laws of South Carolina. ? Never heard one thing about them be fore 1 came down here. All the States have different laws and what ls law here ls not law in Georgia." Ila goes on to justify himself in marrying Miss Kenyon on the ground that he did not know he was doing wrong. He discusses the Interlocutory divorce and suggests that they can wait until after the 4th of next De cember and be remarried and purposes to arrange for her support In the meanwhile. HIS F l HST MARRIAGE. The following ls a portion of a let ter written by defendant, addressed to Miss Kenyon and her mother jointly, from tue Orangeburg jail at this place on the Saturday afternoon when he was first committed to jail: "I soe by The State that Sister Mary; in examining my letters, found cue from my divorced wife, indicating that she. believed that 1 had a wife some where else. She was mistaken. When 1 was 21 years old I married a girl in Farmington, Illinois. Her people's name was Cone. Her name was Louisa due. She had a brother named WU liam Cone, residing there. Be kind enough to write to Farmington, Illi nois, and Hud out all about her. She was not my wife when I married the woman whose letter you read. (Here is given a statement as to his first wife's unfaithfulness.) "1 left her aud if you will write to any of the older citizens of Farming ton, Illinois, you will be able to Know surely that 1 had no wife when I mar ried the woman who lives In Califor nia, and who was my lawful wife un til divorced December 4th, 1004. "1 have now told you all my history. There ls no one else and nothing more, and 1 have nothing to conceal from you or any erie. 1 think the Presby terian minister married me ?o Miss Louisa Cone. 1 got the marriage li cr-nse at Lewiston, in Fulton county. 1 think you had better send Immedi ately and lind out all about her. If there are any questions you or your lawyer would like to ask I will take pleasure in answering them. TRIED TO HO RIO UT. "I am not a criminal. I have tried to do right. 1 have had a strange history, but I have never harmed nor attempted no. done any act to defile nor to lead any woman to do wrong. "I have had to endure it and lt was more than 1 could bear. I am sorry to say that many of our northern so ciety women are not true to their hus bands. I feel pretty sure that the well bread southern lady is one whom a husband can trust. "I recognize no man as my superior, when it comes to purity of character. I am sorry Sister Mary suspicioned mc of hoing a scoundrel. It's bad for all of us, and would have been far bet ti r to use more patience and not jump .to a hasty conclusion. If I have been foo hasty or have made any mis takes, it was of my desire to have my 'Rebekkah'with moto be my helper and companion in arranging my man uscsipt for publication as soon as pos sible.'' Another letter from Millard tells of a letter he wrote to the clerk of court out in Iowa, asking whether a divorce had ever been granted to Louisa Mil lard. lt is evidently the reply to that letter that was written on April 25th by Clerk Stacy from O.iceola, Iowa, which had been copied abuve, stating that a divorce was granted Louisa Millard In 1880. Several letters from Miss Kenyon to Millard were Intro duced In evidence, butas they are not of a public character and furnish no new information In regard to the charges against him, they are not re produced. In Memory ol'Timrod. THE State is urging the Columbia Libcrary Association to change thc name of the library to "Tho Timrod Library." With no intention of in terfering in a k cal matter, we hearth ly endorse the suggestion of The State, lt would be a graceful and deserved compliment to the memory of South Carolina's sweetest singer, who, we confess with shame, was not appreciated during life as he sbould have been. No man can read the poems and odes of the gifted Timrod wimont being a better man for hav ing communed withins sweet spirit, in perpetuating the memory of such a man as Hery Timrod thc Columbia Library Association would be per forming an act In keeping with the objects of Its organization. Bat Doll Weevils. Charles Howard of the entomologi cal bureau, department of agriculture at Washington, has been notified of the discovery in Fall county, Tex., of a peculiar bug which is destroying tho lioll weevil. The insect was found on a plantation near Waco. WILL STRETCH HEMP. The Fiend, William Johnson, Guilty 1 ol Diabolical Crime. A Sickening and Pathotio Oaso. The Verdict Moots the Approval of tho Poople. William Johnson was convicted of ot criminal assault on Geneva Howell, a little eight-year-old white girl, In the court ot general sessions on Thursday. Johnson is a young mulatto about seventeen years of age, but well de veloped for his age. The fiendish crime was committed near Bowman a few months ago. A full account of lt, was published in The Times and Democrat at the time. The little girl upon whom the fiend ish assault was made, ls quite hand some in face, and she told of her hor rible treatment at the hands of the brute Johnson in a calm and innocent, childish way. It was pitiful to look upon her, and her condition tended to cause the nobler sensibilities af man hood to feel indignant against the fiend who committed the brutal crime. The child was brought into the court room in the arms of her mother. She was seated upon a chair in the court room, within the bar. When she was called to give her testimony, thc obair was lifted and in this way she was taken to the witness station. After she had testified she was taken back to the side of her mother lu the same manner. She is helpless and cannot walk a step as the result of the crime that was committ ed upen her person by the diobalical fiend. Being a little child, she did not realize the hellishness of the crime the (lend bad committed, aud conse quently she did not tell ber mother uutil several days after the assault, when the serious effects began to be manifested. The testimony produced at the trial is practically as follows: Geneva, in a frank, childish way, told thc jury all the circumstances In connection with the assault. She said she did not utter an outcry at the time and said nothing about lt to her mother until a few days after the occurrence. She told a plain straight forward story of the brutal way the fiend had treated her. While she did not say so, it is very probable that the reason why she said nothing about ? the matter she was afraid of the scoundrel, who had treated her so brutally. Bettie II ?well, the ?mother of the ; child, stated- the age of the little girl to bo eight years. The child was hearty and could walk hefore this as- i sault, but is now a helpless cripple. The defendant had worked for them some time hack but was not working for her at time of assault. She lives about li? miles below Orangeburg. She has never been married, and has no other children. Dr. W. M. Carn testified that about a week after the assault he examined the child. He found in ll animation. Later he made a more careful exami nation and found the child suffering from a loathsome disease. Could not tell at that length of time after the assault what rorce was used. There was no question as to the child's suf fering from the disease. The child is now suffering from chronic poisoning from the disease. This has produced a rheumatic condition that has ren dered her lower limbs helpless. Dr. D. J. Hydride testified that he had examined the defendant a few weeks ago, after he had been lodged in jail. The result of this examina tion proved to him beyond question that the prisoner had a loathsome dis ease. Ue stated that this was true beyond a question. On the part of the defense Dr. J. A. Clifton was called to the stand and he testilied that he had made an ex amination of the prisoner a few days after he was committed to jill and he had reached the conclusion that be did not have the disease. He ha 3 not made a microscopic examination. Tim defendant was called to the stand and denied the charge. He made a statement of his innocence. Stated that he was at the house of the child's mother on the day stated, but had not committed any such crime. The case was given to the jury at half-past one o'clock, just at the hour set for the dinner recess, and the jury had not only had their dinners but had agreed upon the verdict when court reconvened at ;i o'clock. The verdict found was guilty, and as there was no recommendation for mercy, the sentence carries the death penalty. The story told by the little girl touched all present and there are some who think that any other verdict might have had serious results. The verdict is regarded as a just inc by those who heard the testimony. By appointment of the judge Johnson was defended by Mr. John S. Bow nan. Johnson was sentenced to be mug on Friday, June 16. Kucket Simpa RIMI KxchanKCH. Peforc the Supreme Court at Wash ngton the other day Judge Crumpack tr bjldly asserted that the Board of Trade of Chicago was nothing better jhan an Institution established for thc jromotion of gambling. Ile was de 'endlng the bucket shops In a case ihat ls now pending against them, ind he did so hy declaring that there vas no essential difference between mern and the large institution of the iountry in which commodities and lecuritles arc dealt In on margin. He ridiculed the contention that an ac mal delivery of grain is contemplated when there ls a purchase or sale of wheat or corn In the pits at Chicago. [Ie admitted that some actual sales :akc place, but he declared that the isards of trade of the country could lot be maintained except for the tran lacllons of a purely speculative nature ihat took place in them. He did not leny that hacket shops are places where gambling pure and simple, :oes forward, hut he did contend that ihelr transactions are identical with i majority of those engaged in by the ncmbers of the legitimate exchanges [n either instance he contended that Jie so culled business dono was bet ling, noihing more and nothing less; md he could not sec why any legal mir splitting should ba doue about .be matter. In commenting on the >osltion taken by Judge Crumpackcr Dbe News and Courier says "If the Supreme Court shall now hold with udge Crumpackcr on this point it viii be interesting to watch what tho csult will be. A legal declaration that ur great stock operators are nothing nore than gamblers might make it xccedingly awkward for some of them vho are forced to collect their whi tings in our courts of law. The stat it es on the subject are pretty muon ll made for the protection of lambs athe'r than for the advantage of /olves." TURNS BULL. Theodore Price Give Reasons For His Change ot Heart. He Believes That There Will be "rn, Material Reduction In the Cotton AorouRo, Theodore Price has beoome a bull and ls now endeavor hiv to make up for his wanderings from the light by the distribution of bullish literature. For instance, he sends out the follow lng letter explanatory o' his change of heart: "New York, April 27, 3905. "Dear Slr: For over a year I have been a persistent and consistent bear upon the cotton market, believing as I did that the relatively high prices of 1904 and 1903 would reduce con-, sumption. "The comparatively low prices of late current have, however, reversed the trend ot trade. The world, in my opinion is about to witness a tremend ous expansion In the cotton Industry and the prospect of another large crop next year ls exceedingly doubtful, as shown by my orop report, Issued to day. Under these conditions, I believe that cotton can and should be now confidently bought by all those likely tc require it during the next twelve months. "Should prices decline still further on the marketing of this year's sur plus, purchases will, in my opinion, become only the more attractive. "THEO. H. PKICE." Accompanying the above is his monthly crop report, which comprises a compilation of 2,243 replies of an average date of April nth, from 1,499 out ot a total of 2,340 towns in the cotton belt to which the subjoined queries were addressed: Is the crop late or early In your sec tion, and to what extent? What percentage of increase or de creass will bc shown by the cotton acreage In your section? What proportion of the proposed area has been planted up to date? What percentage of iccroase or de crease will there be in cotton ferti lizer used In your section? From the replies received to these he obtains an average Indicated acre nge decrease of 14 2 per cent. He then goes cn to say: "My previous report was Issued March 25th and summarized or an average date of March 15 th. In that report the indicated decrease in acre age, as estimated by my correspon dents, was 19.4 per cent. "The decrease now indicated is 14 2 per cent, which would seem to sug gest that as the season has progressed thc disposition to reduce acreage has become less pronounced. '"It is noteworthy, however, that the iudicated acreage on the basis of the ligures as rcpoited ls now 1.(18(3, 900 acres less than tlie acreage of 1901-03 which produced a crop of ap proximately 10,200,000 bales. "My correspondents adhere to their previous report as to thc reduction in the amount of cotton fertilizer used," many of them stating that the in crease in the fertilizar tax tag sales reported by the Btate authorities, is due to the increased quantity of ferti lizara sold for use on tho - tobasc": a...' truck acreage, which has been largely extended this season. "The mo3t important feature of the crop report, in my opinion, how ever, is the fact that the crop is re ported on an average twelve days later than the noriual, while thc propor tlon of last year was an average of fully twelve days earlier than the normal, lt ls plain that the growing crop ls at least three to four weeks later than last year. "A notable though unf^rscen fea ture was the recent heavy frost, and I have separately tabulated the re marks of my correspondents in refer ence thereto. Killing frost occurred in: South Carolina-Aiken, Charleston, and Oraugeburg counties. The cot ton reported planted In these counties prior to the frost averaged-60 per cent, much of which has to be re planted. Georgia-Columbia, Hancock, Mon roe, Harris, Troup, Cobb, Burke, ?creven, Washington, Coweta, and Dooly connties. The cotton reported planted in chas?, counties prior to the frost averaged 25 per cent. Much re planting necessary. Alabama-Marshall, Wilcox, Talla hoosa, Lamar, Hale, Chambers, Har bour, Calhoun, Montgomery, Llme itone, Dallas, Perry, Elmore, Bibb, Bullock and Lee counties. The cot xm reported planted in these counties prior to the frost averaged 50 per lent. Much replanting necessary. Mississippi-Chickasaw, Oktibeba Jlav. Cotton reported planted In ,hese counties prior to the frost avcr iged 10 per cent. Much replanting leces ary. As?far as present conditions afford my lu llmtio i, the prospect of a lumper crop for the season of 1905-00 snot brilliant, and in view of tho. act that whatever the consumption ibis year may be lt is probable that .ho world will rf quire a crop of at east 12,000,000 bales next year, I am >f the opinion that a policy of con ervatlsm on the part of spinners sug gests the advisability of protecting ,helr commitments as far Into the uture as possible by purchases of cot ,on on the basis of present prices. My reason for this opiuion as de reloped from a close study of the ltuation 1 shall submit in a later Insular. TIIKODQUK H. PRICE. tainted Eaoh Soldier With * Klan A touching incident occurred luring the Lister celebration lere. After thc morning service all n the troops In thc region around leadquarters were drawn up in inc before Gen. Llnevltch's tent ,nd the commander lo chief came mt, greoted the troops and passed lown the line saluting eacli and eve y soldier with a kiss. All the men yere much moved and many of them ?ept. The Incident served to in reasc their boundless worship of the ld, groy leader. Gen. Llnevltch ontlnues energetically the reordan!/. tion of the various departments of be army. Killed HIM Sweetheart. A dispatch from Woodbury, Ga., tates that O.scar Stinson shot and In tantly killed his sweetheart, Minnie Vomble, a sixteen-year-old girl, at ier home in Woodbury Wednesday lght. After shooting the girl, Stln un turned the gun on himself and hot himself. Tho wound did not rove fatal, and he ls still alive. Jeal usy ls said to have been the motive. BOTH Togo and Rujestvensky aro ntltled to large crcclt for the fact bat they have not done any preliml ary fighting with their mouths. A Mistrial Entered for the Sec ond Time in the NAN PATTERSON CASK At Twenty Minutes Past Two O'clock Thursday Morning the Jury Report ed i'uat it Was Hopelessly Dis agreed, After which they Were Discharged. The Jury that has been trying thc Nan Patterson case in New York foi the past ten days failed to agree and were discharged Thursday morning. Nan Patterson is charged with the murder of a gambler by the name ol Caesar Young. Tho jury was given the case at 1.3C o'clock Weduesday and after deliberat ing 12 hours came into court at 1.30 o'clock Thursday morning and inform ed Recorder Goff that they had failed to reach a verdict. The Jury declined the recorder's offer to aid them by ad vice on anv point of law regarding which they might be in doubt, and were sent baok to continue their dellb orations. At 2.20 o'clock the lurj a., lin entered the court room, where the recorder and other court oflloiah were in waiting, and the foreman an nounced that they had failed to agree on a verdict. Ile added that their dis agreement seemed hopeless of adjust ment. Upon this announcement Re corder Goff formally discharged the 12 mon composing the third jury that has considered this celebrated case. Il is understood that a majority of the jury was for acqultal, but in whal proportion they stood cannot be ascer tained. Miss Patterson collapsed on th? Jury's announcement and fainted deac away. She was assisted from the courl by one of her counsel and several courl attendants and revived iu the ante room. On the second return of toh< jury, Recorder Goff made a persona appeal to the foreman to endeavoi again to reach a verdict. The foremar entered the jury box and'pohed tht jurors In opon court, but they wert not able to agree. The recorder ther asked them again if there was noi some point in law or something ht could do by which they might be? able to reach a verdict, but the jurors re mained steadfast and finally declarer their verdict a disagreement. Record ?r Goff, before oismissing the jury, cautioned them not to tell how they stood. Recorder Goff in his charge to the jury said: "You must not think that because of the humble position of thia woman you should not give her the same consideration as if she occupied a more exalted position in society. Whatever her position, she ?B entitled to the same legal rights as the most prominent and most conspicuous. It there be a reasonable doubt in this case on the evidence, this doubt must be thrown into the balance for thc defendant. A danger Hes in the re marks of counsel which might take your mind off the direct issue. You must av.nd this danger." Thi recorder described the two de gress of murder and manslaughter In the drst abd second degrees, which, he said, he apprehended by the requests to charge was thought by counsel to be applicable in the case, and proceed ed: "I understand that there is no claim on the part of the defense that if the defendant committed this homicide lt was either justifiable or excusable. I a'.so understand that the defense claims that the crime was murder in the first degree or nothing. But you are not bound to accept the arguments of counsel as to the nature of this crime. You are the judges of the facts, if there was murder, aud in what dagree. The crucial question ls: 'Did the man kill himself or did this defendant tire the fatal shot?' "If the accused falls to take ad vantage of lier privilege to make a I defense, under advice of her counsel, her failure to do sa must in no way, be held against her. "'Much has been said relating to the motive which actuated this defend ant," he continued. "The prosecution claims that she shot the man because he had cast her off as his mistress. Rut it ls not necessary to prove mo tive to convict of murder. If it ls shown that a motive existed, then it tends to support the circumstances. Rut to do this motive must be piov ed, not Imagined." Before giving the case to the jury, Recorder Gol! ruled on the requests to charge Interposed in Miss Patter son's behalf. He refused tosubmltone of the requests, saying it would be a direction to the jury to acquit the de fendant. Ile told the jury, however, that they might disregard the testi mony of Julia Smith if they tnought it right to do so. Ile also refused to charge requests concerning Pawn broker Stern and the failure of the de fens,; to call J. Morgan Smith. Ile said that claims on either side were not to be considered as evidence. After going over the requests, one by one, Recorder Gulf told the jury it was not necessary that there should be direct and positive evidence as to eve ry tiling and it was sulllclent that the facts be proven. "If you believe that it was a phy alclal impossibility, so far as the na ture of the wound ls concerned, for Young to have shot himself, then that is a fact," he said, "but you must re member that one Inference cannot be proven by another inference. "If you believe the defendant tired thc shot without deliberation or in tent to kill, hut in a moment of pas sion, then you may lind her guilty of one of the other degrees of manslaug ter. In reaching your conclusion you must not be swayed by sympathy or toher Influence." This is the the sec ond mistrial in the case. On Serions t barge. Jack Mlles, a negro, was Jailed at Thomasvillc, Ga., on Wednesday, charged with attempted assault on Mrs. Belle H. Parker, of Chicago, on March 21. Tho crime occurred at "Wildwood," tho southern homo of Captain II. Thorndee, a Chicago millionaire. Mrs. Parker was in the room when a bullet crushed through the glasa, two lchos from her head. The. ofliccrs claim they have evidence to convict Miles, ind say his motive was to drive John B. Knowlton, the woman's father, from "Wildwood." Other negroes are Implicated in a onsplracy to this end. TBA CHLTUEB. The Rapid Growth of the Industry in tho Sooth. ; w ba Tl co an an tic io: po en Pl ac se th de dj W? Cit Pinehurst Gardons at Summerville, In this State, Furnishes a Prizo Taking Product. .The Pinehurst gardens at Sum merville in South Carolina have shown | c such success in the cultivation of tea as to attraot the attention of the country. The leader in this work is Major R. D. Trimble, a native of New York State, who has been con ducting experiments in tea growing and bas succeeded to a degree so re markable as indicate a wonderful de velopment of tea growing in the southern part of the United States. For generations is has been sup posed that tea could be grown only in China and Japan/ but of late years India has developed a large tea-grow ing industry, and within 30 years Cey lon is very much engaged in it, and now it is transferred also to the United State?. In fact suoh chills as are in the winter air of South Carolina but improve and help the planes, so that in luxuriant growth American tea gardens are in advance of the average Asiatio garden, and natives of Japan who have'vislted Pinehurst have expressed their wonder at tbe splendid growth and production of the plats in that vicinity. It is the handling of the tea crop that makes the di li?rent varieties and makes them more or less valuable The supposition that there are differ I pe eut kinds of plants themselves from | 20 which the varying qualities are gath ered is a mistake. It is in the early and the later gathering and in the maturing of them that the high quail ty, or inferior quality of tea ls de veloped. The imports of tea in this country cost about fifteen million dollars year. The expansion of the tea grow business in the South ls so rapid as to lead to the belief that the American market may be supplied with domes tic tea before many years have passed -time being required chiefly for the growth of thc tea plant to bring lt to bearing conditions as well as to edu cate those who work in tea gardens to do so to the best advantage. The treatment of the tea from the picking through the sortir g and up to ru the firing, as it ls called, is familiar, th This process is shown at Pinehurst tlc and ls of very great interest. tb A wide stretch of country is cov inj ered by this beautiful growth, and af- sai ter the American fashion the tields eai are adorned with llower bushes and goi foliage plants so that lt ls more like coi an' exquisite private park than like tot an ordinary farm. lin It ls recognized that Pinehurst tea to is.of the very finest grown. At the ha Exposition at St. Louis the Oolong da from Pinehurst took first prize In Cet competition with the finest brands of TL tea from tbs old world. rec The'Department of Agriculture of wi the United States is taking the great- coi est Interest in the development of tea growth and manufacture, and the aid lt has 'given has been a very impor tant factor in that work. This is only one of the scores of Instances In which Secretary Wilson, the head of that department, has shown himself to be conducting it on the broadest lines of intelligence and enterprise and far sightedness. The triumphs achieved under the leadership of Sec retary Wilson in the last six or eight years have made a new record of suc cess in the department and placed Mr. Wilson at the head of secretaries of agriculture. Pinehurst tea farming is far past the experimental stage. It is more than a mere culture and is becoming an established occupation. It is also not an exceptional thing possible only In the vicinity of Summerville, lt has taken root there because of the enterprise of citizens resident cf South Carolina, who first studied the condi tions of soil and climate favorable to tea growing and then decided that the required conditions are admirably met in lower South Carolina, and especially In Dorchester county. Ex periment:; Sn tea growing in other parts of the South are already said to be producing good results, and a com paratively new industry is added to the list that makes thc agriculture of the United States the most remark able In the world In Its range of pro ducts and vast aggregate in volume, and furnishes a new source of wealth ti) that section of the country fast bc coming the garden of civilization. UAW IIIIUHCII Up. Ajt Spartanburg Sump Nance, who tired a pistol shot at Asha Bishop sev eral days ago. but who killed little Lillie Quinn instead, has surrendered to Sheriff Nichols, lie went to the home of a relative, Joe White, near Cherokee Springs, and expressed a desire to give himself iato the hands of the otllcers of the law and White accompanied him to the city. Nance is now In jail. " The facts lu thc case are familiar to the readers of this paper. On .Saturday night about two weeks ago Nance and Bishop engaged in a dllllculty in tho West End section of Spartanburg. They were near the home of Lucius Quinn and when Naneo tired at Blah op, thc vS-year-old (laughter of Quinn, who was playing in the yard, fell with a bullet lu her brain, causing a wound from which death ensued a few hours later. Nance escaped and has been in hiding since the tragedy until he sur rendered. by coi Tb thi aOl lng in sb( ext col in coi wi: ls shl ma ] tre frc tre ha is 1 sm nol lng bej am tri. adi fev ero aff. is f ust wll at Pa ed Co; shl bee wa .xi ed. of wo in,j ml: she Accidentally Killed tiiniHoir. Gus Wallace, colored, accidentally shot and killed himself Sunday night, while returning home from a negro church, near Fair Forest, carrying a double barreled shot gun. At th time the gun was discharged he bad alighted from the buggy and was quarreling with some negro on the roadside As he attempted to regain his scat in tho vehicle-the gun was discharged and the entire load of one barrel entered his left breast, .pene tratlng to the heart. Grew ot Six 1 io-.i. Tho fishing schooner Florida was lost In a hurricane near Campeachee banks about ten days ago and that the entire crew consisting of six men went down with thc vessel. There were twelve or more vessels of a simi lar character anchored in the imme diate vicinity and each pajted Its ca hie and went adrift. Some of tho fish ermon of other vessels saw a big sea strike the Florida. Her lights swayed to ono side and then she went down Two of her. small boats were later picked up by'another fishing schooner between Galveston and New Or leans. ? we: by lug bui Cai Inj' Th to the of ? of i tioi wal 1 fou froi Mr. lng Gre ein bin gar fou sith cidi cov win pro dea spo is s ste] the not ' "V COD low Thi RILF?R?I KILFYRE .That is exactly what it is, aFIr day at tho otate Fair showing (ts Are I Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mill property should have them. For sale COLUMBIA SU] Columbia, S. O. The mach i THE GUINARD E ? COLUMBI \ Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof T< ? Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prep: I or millions. I mt WE ARE LOO FOR YOUR ORI COLUMBIA LUMBER COLUMBIA S hiske I Morphine I Oigaret kbit, Habit I Habit ;Oured by Keeley Xr 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) OOIUBQ BB cltd. CROP BULLETIN. bat Director Bauer Hnyn About Crops tho Past Wee*. The week ending Monday, May 1st, d practically normal temperature, lough the first of the week was oler than usual, thc last few days ?re very warm, with maximum tem ratures above 80 d3grees on the th. There were rains on the 20th, 27 th d 2i)th, with hall in a few pl*ces, d destructive high winds in Union td Saluda counties. The precipita >n averaged somewhat over an inch r the State, though many places re nted less than an iuoh, but over the tire State enough moisture was sup led for the present need of all crops id for germinating recently planted eds. There were excessive rains in e central and eastern counties that layed farmwork from one to three ys, but, as a rule, the precipitation is needed and proved very benet! - il. Plowing and planting were lnter pted, but made fair progress with e soil generally lu excellent condi ni. Cotton planting ls more than ree-fourths finished, and early p'ant js are coming up to good stands; ne cotton has been chopped In the ?tern counties. Tbere has been n? replanting done in the central inties where the nights have been i cool. Corn planting is now con ed to bottom lands, and generally the western counties. Early corn s good stands but is being severely maged by cut and bud worms, ne sitating considerable replanting. ie corn that was cut down by the ?ont frosts is coming out again and ll not need to be replanted. Early rn is being cultivated. The wheat crop is being damaged the fly in several northwestern inties, but is otherwise promising. ie oats crop was scarcely Injured by 3 frosts and, with exceptions in the itheastern counties,- ls lu a promis I condition though heading too low places. Truck was greatly benefited by the jwers of the week and ls promising, iept peas which were injured by the d weather of February and agiln April. Some white potatoes were npletely destroyed by the frost, die the larger portion of the crop making a new growth. Large pments of strawberries are being ide. Protected peach and other fruit es were only lightly touched by the ist of the 17th of April, in the ex ime northwest, while exposed trees d all their fruit killed; tbe damage ess in the central counties and very all In the eastern one. Apples are t. promising. Pear trees are blight ; badly. Rice planting bas not yet run in ttie Georgetown district, i is about finished in other dis ais. Tobacco transplanting is weii danced generally, and finished In a i sections. Melons and other minor ps are now doing well. Pastures ird excellent grazing. The season rom one week to 10 days later than ia!. Il \ Di Ul dil nu flt Ol eli rot has u o ri wli pal hu to thc for or ?n I oin (S; Rh um thi yoi nm sel hoi ph; nut th. Bill wh eve nih km ?ii is' Ho cot Yo dun 1 od Iv 1 lin hen yoi ii v is wri Another Mino Horror. sixteen men were killed and one 1 die as the result of an explosion the Eleanora shaft near Rig Run ., Friday night. The mine ls own by the Rochester and Pittsburg al and Iron Company. The night ft was hmall or there would have m more fatalltizes os every man s in tile mine at the time of the plosion, except one is reported kill Three bodies were recovered, two them weie brothers named Kirk ed. The men were English speak ! and resided at Eleanora, a small nlng village two miles from the if t.4 Factory Collup u tl. Vt Omaha, -N?b., three persons re killed Wednesday and six injured the collapse of a three story bulld at 13th and Grace streets. The ldlng was occupied by the Omaha ;ket company and thc killed and ured were employes of the concern. 0 collapse of tho factory was due a heavy wind storm, which near 1 factory assumed tb^ proportions i small tornada. A terrific storm .ain and hail followed tho destruc i of the building several Inches of .er falling in a short time. Found in Pasturo. Mie dead body of John Fogarty was nd Thursday In a pasture one mile m his home, near Woodbury, Ga. Fogarty left home In the morn with the intention of going to lenville. Mr. John W. Williams ic by Mr. Forgarty's home to see i, but not finding him, Mr. Fo ty's family began a search and nd his body with a pistol by his 5. It is supposed he committed sul 3 but no cause ls given for the act. Found Head. 11\ unusually tragic death was dis ered at Union on Friday morning, m Thomas nowze, tho son of a mmcni, business man, was found d in a gasoline house. He had ken Thursday ot being sick, and it upposed that descending the few ps Into the tank pot, the fumes of gasoline overcame him. He was found until hours afterward. ca ne fol us S1! RI CC an bo wi ur an i Fi R< qtl Vre shudder when wc think of tho sequences to the banks had Bige and Mrs. Chadwick joined forces. 9 result would have been just awful. % % Anio Tho Ves', and frat !l KILFTRE11I Killer. D3 nonsbratioa every Sighting qualities. % , Ginnery and any one owning pkiYOO.. inery Supply house of the State {BICK WORKS, i A., O. ' irra Cotta Building Blocks, for - 5 ired to fill orders for thousands m S AU Drug and Tobacco I Habits. ? ?MTlitu? <e, o* ?3. CX ibis, B. 0. Contidential correspond MEN-WRITE TO DR. HATHAWAY ABOUT YOUR CONDITION. !e has been Treating Diseases of Men for Twenty-five Years. His Reputation is Firmly Established. A VALUABLE BOOK FREE. DR, HATHAWAY. Vhosc Knowledge is Free to th Sick. J. Nowton Hathaway, of Atl*nta.~ 0 groat spociulist in tim treatment of soases of mon, wanta to hear from every ui who roads Illili announcement, who is nf ctod with any private disoaso, and let him plain to thom his hew system of curing this tss of d??ense, whiah cures in half tho time quired hy tho old niothod. Dr. . Hathaway a boon teating discuses of mon for moro than quurtor century, and ho is continually giiuiting and perfecting now methods by ich ho eau euro tho ?lillieted. Ho has euroa tients scattered oil ovor this country, whom has never seen, whoso disonsos ho was able euro by a system which ho has for curing 1 alliictod at a distance, and if you are suf ing from any disease peculiar to your cos, any other disenso of a chromo or lingering .uro; such ns Stricture, Varicocele, Nerv i Debility, Loss or Manhood, Blood 'Poison ,'philis), Kidney and Bladder Complaints, oumatism, Diseases o f the Heart, t? to mach i Livor, etc., you should immediately writs s groat specialist, and let him explain to i just what is tho nature of your trouble 1 just what to do for roliof. Ho will coun nndadviso you for nothing-advioo that lt ?od on 25 years of actual_ experience. A ult many men mnko tho mistake of their os by'placing their cases with their local . fsician, for tho nverago practitioner no Uer how competent ho may bo, luis not had i experience necessary to successfully . treat .h delicate diseases. What you need, and nt you will bo compelled to resort to if you sr got cured, is skillful, scientific troatmout, niuistorcd byan expert specialist whom you )W Ls competent to treat you. Dr. Hatha y luis been established in Atlanta*" or nearly years, and his reputation is known to alf. has built up tho largest practice in this intry by dealing honestly with the people, u tako no risk whatovor in dealing with film ou can always fool assured of a "square J." fou cannot expoct to go through lifo affliot with a disenso that you know will eventual load you to a possible death, so write Dr. tluiway a lotter right now, telling him just v you suffer, and ho will immediately send i his opinion of your case, accompanied by uluablo book on your disenso, all of which absolutely freo. Have no hesitancy in liing him. Tho permanent addrossis J NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D 8S Inman Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. 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