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m ?. mw .. bli;*- - "DO THOU, ORBIT UBBRTT, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND M A K F OUR LIV KS IN T(?T VOBBERSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS I? THY OAUB?." ..... - - V0L.YXX1. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL PO, 1906. NO. 17. Qi PATHETICCASE. Young Girl Attempts to Commit Suicide Because She HAD BKK?? CAST OFF By Her Home People, Who Lives at Pac? o?et, S. C. The Friendlies Wan derer Drank a Big Doae of Laudanum Atter Getting a Letter from Home, Orrz3d with laudanum and begging for moro, with the avowed purpose cf ending her lifo, a girl of elghteon who gave her name as Annie Turner, of Paoolet, was arrested Thursday af ternoon by Oftlcor Alexander and looked up at the city hall for safe keeping, says Fridays Greenville News. It developed that early In thc morning she bad gone to the livery Btable of Briscoe & Douglas, on West Washington street, and ask. d for water, saying that she intended tak ing the contents of a bottle of laud num which she carried in her hand. George D >ugla,v .took tho drug from her on. ye ur o it ou the ground, and she went away weeping bitterly. When arrested she was begglhg hysterically for work: saying that she had been discharged from the elgar faotery because she couldn't leaan how to make c'gars and that sho couldn't, work lu the otton mill on account of her weak lungs. She deolared heistlf willing to do any honorable labor in order to make a living. Tier story, loki between hysterical sobs, as she clung LO tho door of her cell and pressed her hot face against the cool iron bars, was that she ls ibo second daughter of J. H. Turner, oboe a second-hand In the Paoolet Mill ; that last Ootober sbo ran away at o married a sewing machine agent nam ed Marsh Green, ouly to Hud that he already had a wife; that he heat her and tinally deserted her and her peo ple furthermore would not believe that she had been married to him; that her ohlld died soon after its birth, and was tak?n away so that she never saw it, and that in despera tlon at the abuse and soorn of her homo people she oamo to Greenville with a friendly stranger who promis ed to find work for ber boro. At this point her sobs bcoamo so violent tnat she was unable to goon for sometime, beoauso, shu said, her iirst and only transgression of the social law wa^ then. Rain was falling heavily when sho reached Greenville, according U her story, and the man finally persua ded her to go to a lodging house ai man and wile, assuring her that m one would take her in at that neu , otherwise. Sho went with him, but left the next day and sought employ ment. For a willie she worked m the elgar factory on Court street boarding with a family a bk ck away, on Falls street, but she gave, np the effort ti live honestly and decently when stn was dlroaarged from tho cigar factory and received in addition a letter for bidding her return home, one sale that she had been drinking laudanum at intervals all day. II<r condition, proved the truth of her assertion. Thc police gave ber all the atton tlon possible at police barracks, ano she beoame quieter acd weaker af rei the effects of che drug pissed off. II r parents will be notified and soma ms position made of ber. The faoilkief at the disposal of the police do no. contemplate the caring of such cas1.s and her presence ls rather embarrass lng to the kind hearted itlijcrs. The letter fi om her younger sister which explains thc whole dramatic story and ia rather interesting in it leif, follows: "Dear Annie: "I will writo to let you know we received your letter and was glad arni surprised- Papa saya you can't come homo any more. You would not b - have when you were here, so jon can't come home. I wish you hadn't dono like you have. Now, Annie, you must bc a good girl and work hard and maybe some day we will meet again. Remember poor mamma, bow hard she tried tc make us what we ought to bc. She will bo dead eight yoars Easter morn' the morning (Jurist died for us. ll died that so we might bj cleanser from our sins. What arc you doing? Wo will write to you, but you can', come homo. Do thc best you can You won't stay anywhere long, I'D afraid. Answer as soon as you gel this." Mill IllHldO. A Kansas paper tells the following on Hill Jones, a looal merchant win went to Kansas City laut spring ti buy goods: The goods were shipper Immediately and roached hor.c be fore he did. When the boxes wer< delivered to his store his wiio hap pened to look at tho largest and ut/ i-erlng a loud cry, called for a ban, mer. A neighbor, bearing hcric - an rushed to her assistance and askct what was tho matter. Mrs. Jonell pale and faint, pointed to an Ibsorlp lion on tho box, which read as fol towt; "Bill inside." Milliken Won. The Lncas-Mllllken tight over th control of the Laurens and Darling toi cotton milln has ended. The Mud ken party pays the Lucas party il7 a share for their stock, par vain $100, market value iltiO, for th IJ'XU ens mid, and $(>& a share, mai ket value$60, for^theDarlington mil This means the retirement of Mi Lucai from the management of th two mills. iiuniou to Death, Tiree ohlldren, thc oldest eigii named Dawkins, were burned to doat in a louse lu Union county on Thun day. Tho children were looked up 1 tho house while their paronis were n work some alstanoo away in the tick t? W K ALL TO Wim HAl'PIlCH \S CIJKHICTIIAN WHEN A CAl'lTAMST. A Charleston Manto fie Sid of His Wife Gives Her His Fortuue and Goes West. "I bavo had more peaoo and con tentment Biuoo I came to California than I over had before ia all tho twen ty-eight years of my life " That was tho htatemcnt mado to Judge Trask lo tl e superior court ai Sau FruncL-oo, Gal., by Edward A. Hall, who testified that, after walting uutll thc youngebt of his throe chil dren was ovor age, ho gavo his wife 8100,000 worth of property, and, taking 8000 In cash for himself, eev erod lils family ties aud came to Oall iornia at tho i?ge of hixiy. Formerly president of the Palmetto Pharmacy o^mpauy of Charleston, S C., with a big three story buslnei,; block on the main street of the city . nd a 835,000 su ck of goods, bo ules a good homo and a conmderabh amount of real catato, ho has takon .i position as a clerk in a general store afc Fallbrook in San Diego coun ty. "And I'm happy at the prospect," svas ttie man's only comment. "1 believe that that man's a mau," .aid Ju:)go Trask, af tor he had grant .'rt.a divorce to Hall from Emmoia Hall, his wife, who is now running the business ho foundod at Charles ton ar:d li vie g on tho pioperty he gave her. ' Time and again, I deeded to m. wlfo a piece cf rt al c-.-.tato in the hope that she would slop her wrangling snr. como back to me," said Hall. "For years the publie did not knuw of our dltllculues. ' Fiually I br?ame broken down lo health. Tho children v,ere grown up and one day bbc esme to tho store ano Inbisted that I was unable to manage it, and that the warned a chau^u Lstor, at homo, idic told mc nix wanted me io gm, eui and never cern-, oack. "1 told lier 1 would. I deeded to her all the property I owned and transfered to her the stock I held as preside;it and pri.r,c!pul owner of tl1, o Palmetto Pharm; cy comp iny. Thon I took r-boui $0U0 m cash and came to Cal ifornia. " "Then you havo found In thc many years of your married life," querier; Juego Truste, "that peaoo and euc tent meut aro worth moro than the fruits of ye ur years of labor? 1 "1 havo fe und imat icasopablo peace and content uu-fW t?h woibh moro than all tho money In the world," wa9 tho reply. "Then since you carno to southern California yt u havo beeu perfectly hu pp) ? ' again asked the j idge. "1 na vi had moro peacj and s.Ui.s ?actiou fdnce I came tu California than [ ovor h d ht fo'0 la all tho twenty eight years of my married life," an awered Mr. Hall. "And you gavo everything to your wife o>:c pt t.i ;.e few nundied dollars ofore you iv.' . Charleston-ail the property it had taken you years to earp?" ' Y 's, slr, 1 did." said nail. "That's all," sajd the judge. WILLIAM?Oi?'li COHN PLAN Whnt tho 10 litor ol' tn? Southern Cul tivator Says About lt. We h;.v IK eu asked our opinion at to ti ls "stunting- ;hto>y" of Mr. Williamson's. Weendorse i very won if t-hls t i n except this "htuntln*) i le;?." and usli ? a "Lund;.g pl JW" in oui ti vating his corn, Wo would pre vent the over-production of htalk, by laving 11io c. m thick. Wo would have ours in four-foot rows 12 to IH inches In drill, and would cuitlvau ivith i cr A pcs er Planet Jr., cultiva tors. Wo have always ad vee-.ted put . lug manure around growlrg orops, O ir father made 70 bushels corn or. poi r land, during a dry season by put l ; ; lf>0 pounds in (?rill st planting 200 .;< ut o., on side at second plowing and i5o io the middle when laying b... Wc bnlteve in planting corn cany eu j .ai?;. Wo havo made as Uno ono a? .ve have ew^r seen with Similar malun ing by planting a ter grain on first of June, fuis er ?ii will not blt as often v. i he carly planting bu?, will he made much cheap, r. Havo made 75 hush o!s per acre on rich h u i, wi til two dewings. On tho whole Mr. Wil iaiu>,on's plan ls excellent, but lt it \\r Inst i a! me to stunt any thing" foi b.iKt results. To keep corn or any op io growing condition is best Vir? Williamson suooeeded in making line yield m Qpito of his stunting, by tl.ep and tue lough proparatlon of bi? md, and by liberal manuring of available i>l ot food af tor wards-to eako amends SH lt wore. We want everal tu try ids plan anr! on half tiio il. ld ci ry out his plan full) ; vhile ou tho other half keep the oui tlvatlon gi (ng OM regular and tho core crowing, and :<? ? which dees thu best . /t Krlouli .4 t'A I s H IHIICH, The bureau cf ?staUsfc-.es of thc de partment ? f omnien e. and labor an nOuncest ?at lie agricultural product are now making the highest record in xpi r.s of tho United Srates ano , lould tho pr?sent raie continue dur lng f ho icm'.moor of the ll. cal year, tao exp rtatton of such products will m 100(1, for thd (1 .'st limo ct ss tin billion dollar lino. In the tirtolgiu months, ended with Kobruary, the valuo of grlo.iltural p'ochieu export }d amounted to seven hundred mli liou fl ill .rs wltioh is a lot,al oomJdcr ably In exoeas of the llgurois for n dmllar p*-? i"d r f >?ny iivon.vding year. .J ll III |V II (i'rtllll iOr.'i>. AI Now York while thousands on tho bridge and ferry 0 mts looked on horror stricken during the nish bonni from tho central span of tho middle neb of tho Williamsburg bridge, Thc mi n was pulled aboard a ferry boat and was taken to a hospital ina dying condition. Hu is Nathan Inaacs, a Student Of SOOialisttlf dtvtuniidoiifc 0V61 ibo death of a brother and tho sorlous lllne&s of his mother. i TIT FOR TAT. Senator Tillman Replies to the Letter of Mr. Lyon. HE (?HEW INDIGNANT And Used Sonic Very Plain Language In Speaking of the Insinuations of the Committeemen, All of Which He Says Are Vile and False. Sonator H. R. Tillman wait Bcon at Greeuvillc one day last week by a rep resentative of The State as tho sena tor was on his way from Washington to Clemson coll?ge to attend an im portaut meeting of tho board of trus tees. Ho was asked If ho had any thing to say in reply to th3 lcttor of Mr. J. Frasor Lyon, published lu The Stato Saturday. The senator had not acou tho letter ,and when a copy of it was handed to him, he read lt and grew wrath y as ho read. Being under the Impression that tho publication shown birra was only an out lino of Mr Lyon's letter, he was at first cii.^ln , med to say much, but when he be came sath li id that ho was in possess ion of a complete ccpy of tho letter, ho threw efl the Bi leuce and talked with chari.ctoji.stic freedom, denium olng tao letter as on oak lng and M.-. Lyon's reference to the rumor that a whiskey house had prosontcd Senator hillman with a piano, as a dirty cow ardly Insinuation." The senator was first approached by the newspaper man as he sit lu the no v puss;.tiger station at Charlotte scanning a ia; ga number of South (Jar olina newspapers with which bis trav eling bag was p eked. Tho interview continued interruptedly on b^ard th.o Southern Southwestern Limited as far as Greenville. O lt IC W INU1GNANT Arter read lug tho letter, Senator miman waa Indignant and grow more so HS he talked. "1 am surprised," he said, "that a uremlemun such as I thought Mr Lyon to be v/ould go In tho papers in such a-speakjug way n p the name bf a lawyer Lo whom he wrote ls not given, but whether he au thor:z :d its publicity or not, I assume lt lo bo authentic ''I have not attacked the investiga ting committee; I only warned it in a friendly sphit. And why? Hither the $700.000 worth of claims against the State b aid aro valid aud binulng oi they aro not. I say they are mit, be cause tho whiskey was b m.?ht eon trp/ry to law and the State ls not le g .? Hy bound for payment. "The c m nittee known this now as w- ll as lt wih ever know lt. Messrs. Lyon and Christi mien have blacklisted certain iirms; tho presump'io-a ia tlioy have dLovercd evidences of fr nd. li h se. lillis havoaobed dishonestly tin dd board cannot bo oloan; but leav lng Messrs. L>. on and Christensen lo hunt for proofs, to which 1 dc not obj et, again 1 auk: 'Why the de aj ?' "Whether fraud ls proven or not, 00 decent lawyer will oontend thal thete larue purchases of whiskey an 1 gal; Fir.-,!., because there was not competitive bidding, as the lav/ ro q tires; second because the Hw expr?s s ly limits rho a nam nt J.ul ma) beet nand to 8-100 OOO and Instead of dick ering -wita lawyers employed to col lect the money, it ls the Investigating committee's plain cuty to repudlati tii.e whoio transaction, fm bid the new board to pay for any liq mr and thu liuvo sn end to it. Messrs, Lyt nano Christenson will be ie p nslble tu tl .? taxpayers of the State if they O. K ay singh- purchase that was illegally bought." "WHAT A HO UT Tim PIANO?' "W a vt ab mt t io plano?" .Sanator Tillman was asked "Weil,"he repned, ' 1 have heard lt said if you throw a rock lu the darb and a deg howls you may swear he 1 hit. "1 have not sought to discredit the Investigating committee," the seuatoi continued, "nut to warn it and when Mr. Lyon, without provocation, maki s pubho Its dirty and cowardly insinua dons that a whiskey lirra uavo me ii piano, lt ls pretty clear to my mind that he howls beoaune ho is lilt, lt w.,s easy enough for him to have found out all about the plano, Mr, Malone, the music deah r in Columbia, knows to whom ho sold it ned who paid for it and he knows when lt wai b tight. "1 nide also Mr. Lyon's pretext foi 'clay ls that, ho may look into the re cords of the Mill Gre? k Distilling cr m pany to see whether there aro any credits, " Son .?or Tillman's reference to ''credits" applied to that part of Mr. Lyon's letter which reads as fol lows: "We wish to lind the orodltHon tho books of the distillery showing the \raountof rei)-1> u which Senator Till man said he returned as a gift, for the gratitude ho felt to tho liquor concern crediting the Scute of South Carolina iii sides this there had come to my ears a rumor-the sources of which I think shouid ho looked into- that Senator Tillman when governor was presented willi a plano by a liquor conoern. "It may he that receipts nrmy he shown for thc rebates which may have boen received as wau rumored to be the satisfactory explanation In the ease of tho Towri! horso matter.'. Mr. Lyon hoard my testimony In Calumbia and ho knows I said noth ing about returning any money, for 1 never received any," said Senator Tillman. "If tho books do not show that any monoy was ever paid they certainly will not show that any was over returned. "1 want to roltcrato and cmpha siza, In the most post Ive way my be lief that tho Investigating committee, charged with suoh a Krcat respmsl blllty, should do its duty by ('eoldiuif at unco what is lawful to bo done about theso whiskey olatms; the more lawyers they write letters to or eoe about this matter, tho greater is thc danger that there will bo a mean uoan dal. ?DVKJK TO Tl IK NEW 1JOAKD. "While I am ou the dispensary," said tho fiouator, "I want toglvothe uew board a frloudly warning, too. It cannot purohano liquor under the law unless tho bidding ls dearly oompetl t VJ, and tho lowest priced. With ?ut dellnlng tho artlole to t ? h ught by s mething oilier than X,' ls not com prjUMve bidding, "Then I notice that while 14 o un ty dispensarlos havo been olosod, there li no reduction in the foreo of salrlod inspectors and other employ eu. "I am earnestly desirous, both for their own sake and tho dh ponsary, that the new Lourds aetlons shall be approved hy the people, hut there can ho no excu e for continuing to pay fe>r men wi o nre not needed: Slither the old fjro?. waa overwork" d or ono.thlrd of ll e ught to be dhpeu std with. "lu roy efforts to kef p tho dispen sary from being assiirslratr d, 1 shall sparo r.o man be ho friend or foe, whoso actions do, not. i qu.ue with tho law and indic?te a desire to oarry it out loyally." 1'IANO WAS UOUOIIT. Mr. M. A.. Malone, from e.homSfin ator Tillman said lu his Interview above that he. purohascd the plano alluded to In Mr. Lyon's lotter, was by a representative of .Tho S- atc and a?ked if ho could recall the lalo of the Instrument tho amount paid, the person who bought it and tho time of thesi'.lo. Mr. M?lore had read tin tr tide and unhesitatingly stated that he sold the plano to Senator Tillman ?oi $326 and that the sale was made in 1801, previous to the est ablishme nt ol tho dispensary, Mr. M dono s dd that ho recalled tho salo IK OU USO it was soon after Senator Tillman, then gov jr nor went into cAlco and ne l ad not long moved to thia olty to occupy tho exe cutive mansion. Furthermore, the amount paid for tho plano was a soe olal couccsi lon mado because, as Mr. Malone stated, he thought v?-e Bale .vc uki enable him to dispose of other pianos, "Yes, sir," said Mr. Malone, "lt wa1. % fair and square deal and there was no question ef giuft. Immediately, after moving i uto the mansion Qov riliman, came to my storo and looked at tho pianos. They rented one, for the puprpote of kcopiug it until they had tried it. "Tnis instrument thoy decided f bjuy.&rid it was.the ope psid ?KIO 1 he, amount. ? . stated, itt. never bought any other piano from mo." TfcRKIBLtf RriVJSJfcGS Ol'an IOj c ititi Tenant on an Indiana FariueJ, An explosion of dynamite on the farm of Philip Sobenider, just south ol Hammond, Ind., Thursday, con- ? vinces all the neighborhood that the place ls lioiiry-comhed with thodditd ty stuff. While Schneider was p Ow ing, he struck a glass j^r ii led with ? ?he explose ve. Hew..; thro-vu fifty feet and fataiy injured. His oyes .vere blown out and his body horribly DUtllated. ll ?th hoses were killed. ( Tac uncoutiiiolou? m \n was fouud by , ns wife, when s? o went to l0;k for ulm at dinner Mme. This lu .ho s o md tragi dy that 1 as f llowed the leasing of tho farm l y Schneider. Toe place (ormorly h id ?otu rem d by J nn A. Thomaiou, ho, on hoing ejected by tho owner for non-payment of rem, swore, it u, said, that auyonc wiiu set fo^t on th? land would be klllod. lt, ls claimed uy neighbors that T.:i mason kt il a? time bought 200 pound.? of dynamite oalcd in gla.-s J.?.es. Li .t S ,tui da v, six j irs of dynamite weie found by Schneider in the fur rows ot a li td. When Schneider wim leased tho place two months ug >, to k posesa ion, he found packages of dyna mite lu tho hons : and barn. One oight, not long ago, an.1 explosion oc curred la th ; ha. n \v:.loi v/as d ?S troyed by lire. Tho next day the re mains of Thomasin v.cre found in the debris, UKI. tl Illa Wllo. Jesse Tim mot.s killed his wife near Keysvir.e, (Ja., in an uuu'.ually horri ble manner. It scorns that they hau separated, Timmons na;t bli wife rm tue roadway lh company with anoth tr woman, flo walked up to his wife tn a frloudly ma:,ncr, and when al most within touching distan?a opon* ed tire with a revolver. Four bullets took effect and she was killed instant ly. Hr clothing caught fire from tho ll '.mes of the gun, Tlmmous forced his wifo's companion to accom pany him Shout a milo, pr .v tiling her giving the alana until ho had made his CH Oft po, The corpse of his murdered wife burned in the road way and was badly charred before rosetted from the Ore, Shot a iuu'^t/r. At N<?.w York Henry J. Mill rn, ex cavalryman of the United States ai n y who had seon service in too Phillp pines, Ofirly Friday morning shot and Killel a burglar who on te rod hi; h ?mo, He a'so li red a shot at o second burg lar which struck a bull?n on hi? coat, glanced ond struck Mrs. Millier in the U g. Tlio lattor v/as not hurt serious ly. Miller waa arrested on a Ohargo of homicide Tue other burglar was cap tured. /Vsaaasinatoil, J. uurdetto, pres!tl mbof the Eufau la N? tiona! bank of 10 ifaula, I. T., was shot and killed in hi:, own yard on Wednesday night hy an unknown as sassin. Ho was on? ot I to wealthiest men of tho nation and curled lile In surance to tho an mitti of $250, 000. _ I' >m Walor. Typhoid fovor ls epldemiO In Pitts burg, Pa. .Seventy six new cusi n were reported to the hnawi nf hoaiti on Saturday. It ls attributed to tho drinkiug water. Mr. J, j. Lyon Replies to Sena cor B. R. Tillman's L.\T|ST INW.BVIKW, \ Spirited Rcsentmcdt of thc Senator's n Cr?i?c&ms. Tile Lew Limiting Purchases Not Quoted Correct* ly. As to Mill Creek and Rebates. Tn t?e lSdltor of Tho State. Tho offor of your columns to mo to reply tb Senator Tillman's Inter view Jsacoeptod. I Bhall try nob to ?e burdensome to ol boer yourself or a long-suffer lng pub'"o. 1 do hob thing tho public Interested In tho tauator's opinion, either of my ooirse|n the disponsar/ investigation, or as Ce whether lb w?.s sneaking and cowardly to addrosa m/ reply br) an ibtoruey, in re?-ponse to an inquiry, giving,my rearons for delay, and al lowing; that letter to bo published, However, I do nob wish to bako tho senator at a disadvantage, and if ha thinks! it moro tn keeping with hh ideas of fairness, he twxy treat my lotter as if it were addressed lo him personally, with eaoh statement there in reiterated. Senator Till mein says, "I have not attacked the invobtig ii lng commltte ' I only/war nod lb in a friendly tplrib." Ills ro^orence to toe com in I otoo in his address stands for itself, and I scarce ly think ho can expeeb that t'ois latter sbateuvi-nb can ba understood as being consiatfmb with his former. In my opinion it will be a very indulgent pers?rj who does think BO. The. Senator has Da le tho wonder ful discovery that the $700.000 worth ul ol>)ms again t bhe.State board nr.. viUid and binding, or they aro not. Perhaps the enth? coinailbbco will grce to this sta omen b when they knowfcttfO senator In; i said it. Bub when j bc says: "They un not, b cause'tho whiskey wai b h c trary i>o law, aud tho State is nm Usg .illy bmnd for payment," I hesitate for 1 : lave no facts to baso sueh c >n o'.uslo i on tho opinion of a por.? JA him self ujider investigation, and know of fflEWIWH?lbJng thb amount of stock, "-' " ? by thia ?ame oeri.v 1 am not. f.imlliar with law ' that expressively limits th3 amount of goods bhat may bs on hand U) ?400.000. I have need 'An aol re lating io dispensary profits,' acts ioo2 pag.) 1102, in which lt is p ovidid that tho director.? of tho dh iioosar* mall pay to tho S ate treasurer by J'lunary i, 1004, ??li of the so io?il fund reported by them In oxccs3 0f S100 000 ,ind making provlsl* n for ascertaining quarterly ihoreafeer the neb profila ?icoiu'ng to tho Stato. No doubt the Senator will oLe accurately tho law ne refers to. It ls somewhat a surprlso to know thao tho sou;tor ha3 spoken in rue J J tr enuc UI language, hi mas tho pu i lio has neon notified, slid:, request, that wo aro Investigating tho plano matter. H? oharao-.crta i this as a dirty and oowardly Insinuation. 1 iuree with him that it is ral dirty looking thing all the way through, ami 1 may Iii ve aol n l c >w uroly, but the senator cannot fl .r tr-r himself that lt wasan Instnutitioi . O the other baud, lt wi s a p ..In s a i mi nt that the p?ai o mai I i was uuder Investigation, uc.u te l o\mo to u im.it it wa3 posrioly a "rako-i ff ' .-a ufHolont reason for investigating lt We hvive investigated at 1 st m< othor transaction s mc fha similar to | the piano matt; r. Tal. 1 ? ter ?vas in vtstigated largely for t ie reason that tho senator publicly < x urns d his sus picton about lt. i' tn only Buspiot ms uhao we have to o ?rn nenc? on, a ul h ls nob my purpose to t- il a out sus picious transactions that aro b ing probed uni ?ss t loso iii d r In vi s lg \ lion a k for information ;.b a time when lt may safely he given: 1 w< u d .suggest; however If information 1: lu.e really desired lt may bi ti ll not' i.o be too li qulslbtvo, for someone CIJC might be offend* d. Tuo Interview has represented the! senator as saying that my pr. I. X? for delay ls that 1 may look into the reoords of the Mil) Orcck Distillery oom pan y to seo whether thoro ?-re any credits, ls it not a little ?trange thai rho Senator should thus rofor to M.li Greek when no mention of lb is mad hi my lottOi V The statem?nb in this I respect is tho product of his own for illo Imagination, ls lt not singular I that he should associate lu his mind Mill Orock dist! 1, rv and robatcs? This of itself vould warrant tho committee In looking for "a hlggi r In tho wood pile" In tho bick yard of tho Mill Urook distillery. Hub nov/ comes tho storth g denial that ho over said anything about re turning rebates, lt ra y bo hilero it lng to read bis Interview along with n s BW?r? statement befOro tho com mittee. tUTniUVIK^ . "Mr. Lyon heard my teiltlmony In Columbia and ho kOOWS I said no I h lng about n Lon lng any money for 1 nover received any." SWORN STATEMENT, .'Hub for tho fi.cbtlnft Hubbell cred ited mo I could not havo started the dispom:ary at all. When wo looked through it ho Bald: 'Thia purchase 1& suhj jot to a ronato, boo uio of tin fact that tho Mill Creek om pinny ls a member ot tho liquor trust.' * * * , Well, l .r.M, 1 s/u O want any deal* lugs with rebates; y< u keep that aa a bonus for too accommodation yoi) nave given mo In Roiling mc liquor at ; fair prloo, and assisting mo lu my i fforts to starb the dispensary,' " 1 take li bhab b-ie Himatoi dons nov d -sire <:.o qulbblo and l profi r ?0 h - lleve li s sworn statement i uo, OBpi o lally tho act under which we ait |I?UUVW.?U^1AI?....... USQBWeariVig uuion the oommlbtoo perjury. Such bclnn the condition of affairs, l th.uk w?J have reasonable grounds, and lb ls our duty, to probe this nutter as we have boon doing and are oontlnulug to do. The senator avov s he has a friendly spirit t J war da the committee. Leaving aside tho suddenness of his recollec tion of this fact and aotlng up m bl? avowal as if it were true, I suggest that If he has any moro tetters in bis possession of similar nature to the one Mr. Fant wrote him some ynars ago, ho will confer a favor by deliver lng thom to tho oommltteo before wc learn of suoh letters and tho affair ti to whiou tiley relate, through Borne other B'.uroe. "What wo need moBt ls facts and not "friendly advice. " So far as tho la wy rs are concerned who represent the claims hold up and the poisons under investigation, I will say that when they write ra? lettera they will receive a o urtcousand frank reply and each of them m ty expect tb bo treated In a rospeotful manner when they appear before tho commit leo. In tin ov3nt some Other por ;on may wish to lind out somothiug about the Investigation and pre'ers no?:. to use the newspapers us a medium of cor respondence, jos*, lot him write a po lite inquiry, ii ho eau, and aoOUtteOUS roply will be returned. If suo i parson should bo afraid ot gobbing uu pleasant information and obj.o's to tho reply to his Inquiry being r -?do publlo he will bi accommodated upon request. In conclusion lot mo thank you for I tho usc of ycur columns and ask you, if I am nob too Inquisitivo myself, whoso our wa3 lb that yelped bhe otb er day some whore up bebwoeu Ohar lotto and Greenville ? Abbeville, Anrll, lO&h. THE bUJ?iSoUF?L FAliMER. Somo Hints to i*r*ctto?i Farmers * rom a Dook Farmor. Tho most progressive and up-to date farmers, and likewise those who are most successful from a purely tlud?olal standpoint, are those who read and think and study Intelligent 'y. It ls quite a simple matter to control many of our worst insects and fungus p ats If the work ls undor taken Intelligently. Y^b we lose millions of dollars annually from various caus. s whioh are practically under the control of toe farmora. It la naturally lurprtslng that suet' simula oe the cao In this day of mo darn and suoocssful Journalism, and yet it ls surprising to kuow how oom paratlvely few cf our farmors take an . ; cul ural piper and read lb and profit ny the lnsbiuotlon contained therein, Tno iarmr.r, to be successful, must first of all understand bbat business principles have as dciir.lto a relation to flnanoial success on tho farra as In any other vocation. Ko should thcro foro study over his farra accounts oarcfully during the year and f-ee which crops wore the most profitable. lb is nob a very difficult matter to i'.ocp aa account with eaoh fl?ld, and lt is safe to nay that if we real*/, d 'nore frequently the cost of making J-. pound of cotton or t btCOO, that (Iif tarent methods of culturo Would b pursued and an entirely di ff iront sys tan of crop r tn lon a d forill z>.tto pracblocd. There are arnie crops u tho farm that pay a larger profl ,tha others, and tuc farra r const keep i i';',.s in order to e l m nam thus which are. u pr Q aide x.nd c aug .;s prue'lc so as to hier? asa nl3 pro tl'.s from et-.o desirable ones. A study ot pr tic and loss is c ?i - ii< e.cd essential In every hustoesi .x'-epo that ot farming, Tue great nusinOss houses strike a trial balan?a ivory ooo : In awhile to eeo how thej d, yet farming is admited by al1 o be ab best a c:m:pli x problem, and bo v eui the farmer hops, to sucoe-d who kee ps no record of his varlou brans .otlons? Tho fact that he doev not aoeou "its for the largo numher of rou who barely m;.kc a living from Mm s di lu the long winter month ? taro (sample opp rt unity for those .vho are so m a ", ai bo study the finan dal problems Involved lu their ope.r allons oarefuDy and loam wisdom from tba fallurt-S and suoccss of the j oar. _ Ab T >h do, O lo by a fair,-! | cal opera 1 >n Ha ld llurloy, tw.lvc >eara ede), vb- vas ene 'f tho worst boy? In tho city, hns been made "go d " Ile was so naughty that he ii .d boon sentenced to the reform c .ooh Then his mother remember ed thib ha bad once suffered a fiac tu d scull, ant fd,e decided to try an operation on hh head. This was done an I a hone nearly an Inc i long was found Imbedded In the bralu. Phy sicians did not expeob results before alx months, but tho fleshed ond has ho n quickly attained. From au incorrigible, who would I imp out of thc window at nlgnt to at ay downtown and sleep In alleys from a hoy in whom parental love was wholly wanting -Harold llurloy has been transformed Into a tractable lov ing and thoughtful child. Tno hap py outcorao of bhe operation Is a vin dication for the boy,s mother, who c.mid newer believe ho was wilfully guilty or many had tilinga ho did. Tho Dear Old Alotiior. Young mau, did you ever pub your arms around your dear old mother, tell her that you love her and are graU ful for bho tears she has shed und the prayers abe has e.ff ired for you? She may think that you love lior wlbhout you assuring her that you do, but it oosts you bub little ef fort to tell her and your words may bring more J >y and sunshine to ber h art than you ever dreamed of. Some young men will pay two dollars for a rig to ride throo hours with a venty.five cont girl and tell ber ali tho nico bilinga they oan think of that are true, and more than aro not tru^, and don't spend tlvo cents or fl vt minutes In a year to show their old mother that bhey oare anything for uer._ Fat m.irs Should limul. The fai mor should read tho bullo tins of bis stato oxporimcnt station for they contain much information Ol valu ito him and c >st him nothing, luring tho long winter evenings thor? h plenty of timo to glean much infor mation that oan bo pub to praotloa and prellt able uso In ovary day Ufo oi tue farm dining the busy hours o : summer when labor uud timo are bott ' at a premium. J. F ii A s ic ii LYON. COMING PRIMARY. CANDIDATES MUST FIIJB STATE MENT OB1 CAMl-AlGN EXPENSES. and Pledge Themseivos Not to Use Money or Whiskey to In fluence Votors. At tho session of the? legislature In 1005 an aot was passed making certain offenses in primary elections misdo meanors and presorlblng a 'Jorm, of pledge to bis taken aud filed by. every candidate boforo offering for ele&.tton The ?ot was ot no speolal Interest yeer, as no primary election was belo1. Hut in thc election this bummer for i he state and Homo of tbo county of floes all candidates will bavo tq abldo by tho provisions of tho aot. Among other requirements every oarjdldate, immediately after the cleo Mon, must Hie un Itemiz.d statement under oath showing all moneys spent during thc elcotlon. In at least one county tbo filing of suob a statement bas boen require ! beforo, bub only ac cording to a rulo of tho oouuby ex-jou tlve conimitteo, but lt was inoori ora ted Into the state law at thc 1005 s s I sion of the legislature. The provisions of tho aot will ba of interest not only to prospective candidates, bub to the people generally, and ls given in full as follows: An act making oortaln offonocs In primary elcotions misdemeanors and prescribing penalties therefor. Section 1-He lt enaoted by the gen eral assembly of the state of South Oarollna, at or before every political primary eleotlon held by any poiltloal party, organization or association, for the purposo of choosing candidates for ofllco, or the eleotlon of delegates ti conventions, In this state, any person who shall, by threats, or any other form of Intimidation, or by tho pay ment, dellvory or promise of monoy, ir other article of value, procuro or offer, promise or endeavor to prooure, mother to vote for or against any particular candidate in suob consider ntlon, offsr to so vote, shah be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 2-Every candid tie offering for election, under tho provisions of 3ec!Aon 1, shall make the following pledge and filo tho samo with tho olerk of oourt of common pleas for the county in which he ls a oaudldate, un* le; a he should bo a candidate in more than one county, In whloh case he shall file with the secretary of state, befoie be shall enter upon his cam paign, to-wit: I, the undersigned.of thr couuty of.and state of South Carolina, oindidate for fie oftloo of.hereby pledge that I will pot glvo nor spend money or ua? ltttuxloatlL.g liquors for tho purposo o/ obtaining or lufluenotnqr votes, and that I shall, at the oonoluslon of the oampaign and before the prlmar> election, render to the olerk of co?it ( >r secretary of state, as hereinbefore o ovided.) under oath, an ttemized ir.at-.ment of all moneys spent or pro " vided by mn during the oimpalgn fur .?impaigu purposes up to that time, vnd I further pledge that 1 will, Im oodtat ly after the primary eleotlon or eleotlon that 1 am a oandldate in, r.-nder an itemtz id statement under lath, showing all further moneys spent ir provided hy me in said .lection. Provided, that a failure to oomph vt t h this provision shall renda? bUOb leoil n null and void, in so txr as thf undi ate who fails td tile tire state ne it. herein rr quired, but shad rot ittoob tho validity of the tlection ot candidate complying with tills roc lou. And provided, further, thai .uah Itemized statement and pb.eg. shall tie ( pen to publie Inspection at ill times. S .ellon 3-~That any violation r.f any f tho provisions of thia act shall b . . mtsdomcanor, and any p mon, upon ionvlotlon thereof, shall bj lined rmi less that i 100 ?.or moro than $500. or ba Imprisoned at hard labor for not leas th in one. month nor mor than six months or both line and lm prlsonment, in thc discretion of tho court. F?tinJul NutMc lt warded. Somo m nibs ago Esther Marvin took a ooun.o of training as a mme and when she bad passed ber exam bunions, she was ru?ko:i to look after Mr. and M:s. lianjunin Rjode>, of ilnmpstead, L I., whom siro bid known from childhood, Bjth were over seventy Uve yoars ol I and very sick and feeble. She nursed them night and day, and seldom left their house. She expooted only a small reimbursement, but was dumbfound ed when by tho terms of their will whloh was recently filed for probate, she received bonds and property worth nearly $70,000. Sluoc then all sorts of propositions of means for Investing tier fortuno have boen nuda to her from ''staking" a mining sohemo to promoting a company for tho nnnu faoturo of balloons. She has also re ceived sooresof letters containing pro posals of marriage. Aoouuod til Arnon. The Columbia Itocord says tho in vestigating Comptroller General Jdnes had instituted In tho matter of the burning of Dawkins & Gibbon's store at Carllhle on the 5th under suspicious e'reumstaners, resulted F.lday In tho arrest of Dave Gibson, a member of boo llrm, on the oharge of arson. Special Dckctlvo Thorn. n has been at work on tho caso. Tho stoak was insured for $1,000, but Information came to tho otllotrs that tho s'eck burned was not worth more than $300, and W. K Thomas, the owner of tho building, writes that part of tho stock was found hidden out from tho Ure. _ MlciiHO Io Acquited. Sonator Eugene S. Hleaso was tried and acquited in the Saluda oourt for tho murder of .Too Bm O dem in, hil brother lu law. The trial only con sumed ono day, a verdlot being render ed in tho afternoon. Senator Blcase testllied and with tears and sobs told - tho story of his regard and respeot for die nan and tho nnutteraulo ' shock it was to him when he discover ed that Improper rotations existed be I tweon and his wife. Oa loavlng the s^and Jilease completely collapsed. J Parslclansattonded him, but he never j recovered sufficiently to roturn to the hoarlug ot the trial. GOT AFTER HIM. Negro Struck Lady on Train and a Mob Came NEAR LYNCHING HIM, The Wretch Wa? Scared Orey, and Only Thc Very Larg; Nuajbe^of HJ? ' .Assailants Saved Him Prom "X ... 'J Being Strung Up. The h'tfOy Knocked Down. An lufuriated'iavob oanao very near lynohlng a negro in-^ew York ono otgbt ,'ast wetk. Tho .American ?W one hundred naen ol arnold -ior^the nfx of Albert Traub, a West Indian negro on a Sixth avenue "L" train at Seventy-accond street, when he knock ed duwn Misa ls bal Oliver, a beautb (ul young Southern woman, whom he had grossly insulted. The negro wea dragged to tho platform and was In a way to bo lynched when the police arrived. Ia tho Wost Sixv.y-oighth street oo lloo station, Miss Oliver, who ls a na* tlve of Alabama, would have attaoked the negro herself had she not been re* strained. Olear to tho station house doors the negro, hts faoe turned to a sickly cop pory hue with fear, was followed by the threatening mob. Fifty men forced their way into the station, and only tho presenoe of the pollco pre vented another attaok upon Traut. Ills knees trembled beneath him, and ue had to bo held up to give his name. Miss Oliver, who is highly eduoated aud accomplished, was ea uer way to uer homo at No. 292 West O aa Hun dred and Forty-second street*, and sae it od la tue drat oar of the train, clinging to a strap. Every seat was taken aud many woro standing up wuen Traut forced his way into the* oar from the Sjveuty-seoond street platform, Waen ho oro-vdod past Miss Oliver, eye*witnesses say, he de liberately took ber by the shoulders and threw her to one aide. The young woman almost sat down in the lap of a gentleman opposite her She turned on the negro witb Hashing eyes. .'What do you mean by doing that?' she cemanded. To this tile negro ls declared to bavo made a most insulting reply, ap plying au epithet to Misa Oliver that made tho higb spirited girl almost wild with anger aod humiliation. "You miserablo our," she said, but got no further, for Traut at tuts point drew baok and hit lier full in the face, ?(Hocking ber down. H ir eye was 'Wakened and her ouin cut, but she did not ta&p consciousness. So sodden was tue. attack of Traut "hat tor a fow soconda tho other paa !?;;? ! , in che car sat as if stunned. Tuen tho women shrieked hysterically iud every man present with a common impulse spring to ula feet and made for tho negro. "L nob bimi" "Kill the bruttl" "Throw hlmoa the tolrd rail," were i few of tue cries of tho crowd that cus> d at Tr<iut. Hut it was the very ciumber of hi-) opponents that saved he negro. Ile sro d still, making no Iff jrt tootOioo, aud trie.i to fl^nt off ,Uose near lum, wno woro fairly rain ing blows upon hts head and face. Tho train by tills fciua j had pulled out of tho Seventy-second hireet sta Diou, bu'i tim oo?duooor, who had wit? tossed tue attack ou Mian Oliver, Hopped lt and iud i? backs.t up GO tho pUki form again. Tao motorman blow pollco Blgnals ts the crowd surged off too train, tuiS3 In tue front oar pushed Traut ahead bf thom. To .se in tho other oars ?ho q itckiy learned thc tiuth aud Trauti wai t-pjcdily too oontre of a .?urging nub whose members struck one anotnor in their bhud desire to got at Traut. Patrolman Michael Flattery beard the whistles and reaoued ibo L station m the run. Ho worked his way I t irough to where Traut was bolng uuuohed ard m:.u'.od by the orowd, who unheeded his criss for mercy, but tho mob would uot lot tho policeman take bim. A hundred tongues cried for bis life. Flattery and Traut were pushed against tue railing and it was not un til tho policeman drew his revolver that the crowd subsided. Another policeman and a Holmes detective, who had allghtod at Sovonty-seoond street from a downtown train, joined Flattery and edging along the railing ney managed to get Traut down to the sidewalk. They had to drag tho man to the West Sixty-eighth street station. He was too frightened to walk. It was ftor Miss Oliver had cleansed tho blood from her face and witnessed in he station house mirror the* dlsllgur h g cut upon her coln that ber loath ng for lier assailant again overoame ter and she would have struok bim had not Sorg? autStevenbon interfered rraut cowered In his coll when the door clo ed and whimpered that he was glad to o soi po with bis Ufo. Not Nimtloil. According to official Information, I Lallan anarchists aro arriving in tho United 1 aun in groat nu no os at both Paoltlo and Atlantic seaports. Diplomatic representatives to the Italian government have positive in formation to this ? if ct and have nought the matter to the attontion of the United States. Baltimore, lt ls state I, is rapidly boco ming an an archistic center. It ls said that very shortly thero will be placed in the bauds of tho immigration authorities ; audio -mt data up m whloj to make a number of arrests. tttoio JoWotty. A burglar entered a room of the hotel Himpbon Torraos, Aujuita, Qa , on Wednesday night, oooupied by Mrs. Ona*. F. O^ark and her daugh ter ? f Now Yo.-k, a id stole ?4,000 worth o? jewelry, inoiudlog two gold wat'hes set with diamonds, llvo dla mo .id rings, locket pins, ?to.