The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 27, 1906, Image 7
WHAT DID HESPI?
lilis Is the Question Being Ask
ed About Prof. lien ich.
PROBABLY mk SrUL
Ot tbe Wife He Had Just Murdered, it
thc Solemn Reply of Science Af
ter a Serle? of Remarks*
ble Scientific Ex
periments.
Adolph Bsrrlob, a gaunt, emaoiatcd
maniac, was captured by the sheriff
and a posse last month on tho prarie,
nine miles from Col orado Springs, Gul.
To the physlolan at tho (J .utily Jail,
where ho was first taken, ho iramo>
dlately beoame an obj -ot of Intense
Interest by revealing himself as ai
student of advanced phyBlcs and chem
istry.
Fragmentary utteratoes iudio&ted
further that toe now inmate had fl d
from Boston, Mass.; that ho was
Prof. Adolph Beniah, and tOat he
hr>d killed his own wife in tho Inter
.eats of science. In a ranbling way lie
has dose, lhed au experiment wita a
fluorescent noreen, ultra violet rays
and other apparatus, and a human
soul floating away.
Berrioh's statements were so re
markablo that a MU rob was made o
the cave in which he had b.jen lead
ing a hermitti life for years, in the
hope thkt something moro tangible
might be found of the soul s ekh g
apparatus to whloh ho refer? ed bo ct
ten.
The searchers found nothing rf Im*
pottanoo but a very lengthy manu
?ciipt, very Illegible at times. Though
the doouoient is unsigned its aumin
ls in all probability Professor Berrioh,
for it relftties In slightly Ics3 fr A gm: t\
t&ry form tito details of the ghast
seJeutlfio experiment ou whloh th?
mind of tho maniac ls foi over dwell
ing.
Considered alone AB ah unsubstan
tiated document., the manuscript of
Professor Bon ich is of little apparent
value, and may bo dismlhf-od at toe
irresponsible ravings of a lunatic Bu?
it beoomes of tremen 1' u i importance
when oousldored In cour;eo>'ion whh
the experiments wtiich bav:? Just been
completed by Professer Bimi r G *t?.s
tho Washirgtou scientist. By the u^i
of ultr i vi alee ray^ a fli >r ?scope aud
other appara tts which Bn-rloh iamb
llngly d'boribts over and ovjr a?gain
day after day, Professor Gates cuiras
to have dupi oa.ed the soul-sootog ex
periment of tue mad Professe! Bio:
rloh. Housed a diing rat In tin
final and most buecossful test, am.
detested, lt ls ddc'.ared, a shadow
wbion passed over tho specially pr>
pared ic:ee:i and faded a*ay as toe
litt e ani bal dh d.
Barr loo. asserts th?t he eaw tho
soul ot his own wife lu his ex peri
ment. The discovery by tue Wash
lngton ? c i o iii fit indicati s that it vs as
not lmposusblo for him to have done
?o.
TUB AMA1ZNQ CONFK38ION.
"So it bee med io UIJ t.iat what
would be mus - wort h knowh g ou ihn
earth wouid be woollier tbera is 01
not any hereafter. My training In
tho tolences naturally pnompted mt
to 80ientiflo invest Ration but for year
pty results wore tb3 lutely negative.
"Ten years ago I vas convinced
that sob1 no hao no way of solving
the sui J c.-and indeed, lt hadn't a1
that time. I left, the United Stati ti
and Bpont several years In other ccu ?.
tries. Into all those ri lies of t-.uper
stitlon known as the black rats 1 del
ted.
"After seven years I fell In love In
Paris and married a beautiful lui
vain girl muoh younger than myst If.
1 resolved and promis- d to give up
my ort %/ Ideas and live only for tin
present, as all animals and most peo
pie do.
"We were quito happy for six
months which we (?pent in Europe,
Then my old desire crept b^ok upoi
me.
"B7ery night my wife knelt by thc
bedside and prayed, At first; shs
prayed out loud for lier dead parents
and for herself anti for me. It v/"<>
no uso io argue with her that there
aro no trustworthy . vidences of a. o d
and that the hereafter is a ms th in
vented for slii plo minds. She ha:l to
admit the strength of my arguments,
offered nene in return but kept on
with her prayers.
"An boen as tl e prayer was ov r
she dropped quickly to sb op. I ho *.
ever wat? doomed to follow ont nil thc
small hour?? the Chain of doubt i and
blows engendered by her pr?.s er.
Several lin's are pat Hally obliter
ated by tho wouoer at this point, but
the sense is ev.dmr. frew the remain*
lug words.
"Fjt.m tim1' ec oro ont I wan portia
ed by an idea. A fix ft? Ides, psycho!?
ogiete call lt. I rec >;r.\z dit, fCUtfbt
?gains?; lt, crit ic bed K-and tho lo
sane do not erhielte tboir Ideab-so I
was not insane. Yet the Idea grew
upon me each night boat if I ci uki
kid a human tiing in tbe right Wa.y
and be all prepared 1 might sui toe
human soul.
"If 1 could hut catch a glimpse of
the suiil as lt? ft is ?ok ..ho dead body
my doubts and mis* ry woo d all bn st
an end. I fell that my :ifo would bo
ptaceful ever after and that I vcu d
atone for the murde r by Spread!ug he
truth of immortality to all tho wo ld.
That would surely to worth un
life.
W*ary of wi at he had or dined Iii
Old World travels, lids narrator of a
revolting crime, turned homr-vvatd,
"but b itter ba I drawn lessons fr ?OJ
the legends of Vandard oked, ein.
Flying Dutchman," be says "ni
AhsNueiuri, tue VV&tidorlng do v, < ur
sod with perpetual youth t od tvor
seekini; anebx.ref dea h.
Mto my sieopi. ss nlgnts tho temp
tation was terrible to slay th ^ - oma
who lay bri ai li ng sib inly bo- ide m .
She with her prjiy. rs, was haif tin
oauso of my mist rv.
"At last 1 saw that I must even
tually yield to my obcasion, and de
termined to preparo for it> Solei c;
had progressed mightily in thc eight
years sinon I had relinquished it
Great di civories woro mado wit ii th(
wide r-vig : of il^iit rays oo Mit InvU
ible side of violet From tho ll it 1
octave of light visible t ? tho eye the,
run up and up like monotes of a p a
ro, only to Infinitely higher pitch
Wimms ?
. 1 I bad ldng boon anxious to exp ?i I
ment Wtvb tho .c? new ra/?. On our
roturn to Boston I Qttod qut house up
with many Instruments.',
"M? wife, a sweob ?buv unlntellcot
u?l and vila p ?won, shu vod an an?
tl pat hy to my work. Sba retuned to
enter my lab oratory, a xl see ned to
s mvider a<? my harmless nujrosoope
and I'ght bu'bs.
' Ono night my fixed iiea rose in
i^s gradually acquired might and to~>k
co n maud of me My wife had lust
returned irorn a fashionable bail.
"She complained of a torrlble head
ache and aojeptvod my oflhr to relieve
it. I gave her a hvpodermio o? mor
phia.
' I deliberately gave her an over
dose, but not a fatal one. Tue cflVots
ot the drug oa:no on instantly, the
headache pass d, she thanked me
drowi-dly and was soon Inservible, ly
lng in nor ball guwn breathing Ju av
Hy,
With elaborate eire I brought In
my instruments from the laboratory
and arranged thom. My heart b -a'
as lr, never beat before. It was not ?
palpitation, but a Htrong surging boa'
which sent tho blood tD my brain lin
sttaiior, stronger stream than utual
My ?aculUos seemed except! on all:
ticute, as well they might be, for '.
felt that I w as the first scientist an?
perbap3 Uta first) man to seo a humai
aoul
"At last tho instruments were ar
rangerl, tested and found to be work
lng pftrfcotiy. behind mo were th
tubes emitting she ultra-violet light
I They wero placed bebind me bromus
I believed ttm^. I c mid s o tlio soul l
r?'fl^e:,od light ait tb really looks, au
uot a mero shadow as lt would appoa
between mo a:.d the light. My fluoi
esoent soroen hfrd a loon attnohmen
for focusing an ?migo which I bellev
was an en Lil ol y new idea.
"1 ( pened a secret drawer in m
recretary ant took Un re from th
most deadly of all silent death, a bj
poder mio syringe fl'led with ey an I
?old, two or'pi of which Inj o.ei ti
t.) the veins prcduoea Instaut doatl
leaving no puipl? UolciKS or traces<
any klrd.
"At. fl rat cu Indistinguishable Phi
low seemed to be gathering Just ebo\
ci.u bo;;?, rapidly assuming tho ou
lines oC r.be human form, ai d mot
per foot in Un symmetry. The fea
uren bor.i tho 1 koncss of the dea'
?.nd wero beautiful beyond desorl pfc loi
Tho delloito, olear and oSheroa) heh
floated ia tho aimo^phere with e.\<
closed until tho process of natuj
deemed completo, wheu Uoy cp:n
and a smell mo I itellig' no-? p.v seu ovi
tho face, lt il ated tt>r ugb the a
. mmoont, and then, us if .muelied t
some attr&otii u, move* Ilk* a vap-i
ma s toward a naif open wlt.diw, pi
.sed out and was gone forever in,ni a
dght.
' " fbe eyes He^m^d to look to va
nc, a". Insvant. The expression chao
ed. Not. anger, nor r-proaob, ta
ukber am z i.e.it w<;.sd jplcled on tb
tilmy oeuutenauo) as it drifted out
rang? of my son cn.
' For scmo. t ime I st.ODd Uko o
? trlcken dumb. Tho onormity of t
crime I had committed came like
ivjila? o io Upon my brain. Again a
igjwin 1 ea.Iud my wi .'e's name a
.>nly the coho of her walling vi
answer d mo.
"1 destroyed all evidence of i
(?ullt and ll d from tho city of Host
iway to tlie mountains of the We
j Hire for two years I luve liv.d in
elusion, many times .meditating
ovil life, bub always hoing deals
from my purple b oa.u.e I wan
flrst to provo what I havo all t
tim s been trying to s.ilvo:
"I i di a-'di but the bev taning of li
"Mv mind is wea!.' ai.J fogged 8
pyrite tots, and wv m uory both
me. lam probably gol og Insane,
am n> >t air- a-Hy so,
"Well, KO bi io. I am gbid to
parlance Insanity, to< ; lu fact;-1 1
i ir < ff death at d see what lt ls ilk
(Tue strange manuscript ends
tins point. T.,ore if no signature,
it. ls thought there may possibly h
been moro )
Hoal?tHl to 1> aili
Little Alexander, the two year
?on of Mr. and Mrs. DM No
who live et tim Gannie Maxwell
phansgo in Greenwood, met a rr
a-atli ?atun a . afternoon. Tho ll
; io v foll back v. re's Info a ca
belling bot water which lind J
pl nw \ on tho fl or of the r-:.m
para orv to (.cooring the fl-or.
v.'.-.s playing in the room and in m
v.iy f il backwards In'o the rat
bot water, (te WHS fearfully B3?1
but man .ged bu cxfcrloute i hr
? rom th ca ., but. bits i j tries re;
d .ti death. 'J he fu . r.;l i xe?
were held ni tJ.e O.tbauogo ?
du .*if .. rt oon. Ti o l ural will I
?-i o-> In Charleston, thc former li
'it Mr ?nd Mr.,. N x i today.
Nixon bas oh argo ol tim Orphai
furn. _
Tlio fl* oe?. S.o.. ty.
Tho State M (bo d ,S o'e'.y mr
Co'um rda liwSb week. Tin ro Wi
largo a.Lteijdaoco of m ?obors ci ucl
,.?:.jiot ii /. ere harmonious and p1
a t. The ri'gu.ar annual elect
u i uhi d i.> fo ;b rn: President,! 1;
VYbal?y, bf Chariest or 5 VM P
dints, V/ P. Ti . merman, of E
' eld, Henry Ho lb ck, of Co?u ;
M. G ia b j, (;f () ?mi < b .r ; K.
.ary W !' ! 0 v.i OA, ?if S.,;v
rc ni; r, O P. Al mar, of Charles
V G. Ore fr, i f A k *n, ard B\ II.
L'sodj of Fibienco weiro re?-bec
>t)e coi 11.cl ?.
l h?' <. h. rli mon Shel ko,
It is no\r!y twenty years since
great cart q lake which wr ugiit.
b .v Cit. Ci,.u n tOU. TlV?t d s uri.:
( c >:rr d ( u I, H i Ighi ( f /-.ugii.st
1880 s nr.'. Jic il.nt tJ:o;;k last? d a
forty seconds. Toe tot*! I si of \
e.vr.y fr ) n u o ?art! (in.-k.i wwi est
ted Kt fl c o inion ?'ollaia and the
of life attributed to tho d:stu:b
includh g Ui i e who died of ix;n.
?.s wi ll a? f?r?? killed outrigho ti>
falling of bulli 1, gil leached to
ot ui ly a i u 'f'r. o (tenon*.
A l> Oior'? A.iv.oo.
A* N rf ik V i , Df. H obard
RJ'.not, o( W..s i tug ton, read a rem
bio paper btfote l?s Houtbeas
Virginia ph>Sid's U), taking t?>t> s
, >ai. i he time l ad c?,m i when (bx
ihould st 'p ?tdmirdAtdrtug io b
)id mi dioloo in thfdr treatmsu
ii Mo m smerism and Oui-.KUI
;iioo I) . (J.ibot sa'd far h .tier
luttb would bi n COD mp Kin d if
,.?iv done. Ubi papei made a m -so
/rabie im >r. n
'1 Wi? l>CA<!) Tl . I ni.
fiVnm a thre?-stiiry lodging b
. b'ift i a? d Minna streots. .San b
!0>, which cn?hp od W dnc
norning, mee than 76 b) les
ikon ut friday. There are 60 <
. ad b d Ort In 8 gilt ll1 tho I Ul US.
xntdluK vas one of thoiir.stto
r? on Fif h stroi t. Afc har 100
o r. w i- ki 1 d In tho Gusmcpu
u Fourth aorcet.
The Mystery As to These Noto
rious People Revived.
SKVJKB4L YEARS AGO
They Cruised a Black Chapter In the
History of The State of Kansas.
Their Tavern and Inn was
The Scene of Many
Ci ucl Murders.
Tho q^stlonas to what became of
tho notorious Bender family has bnen
revlvod, says a dh*pa*oh from Topeka,
Kansas. M . SJ propio for years have
believer] that tho Benders escapee
from Kansas ?nd aro still living some*
where. Bub Dr. James A. D* Moss,
of Thayer, declares that the Bonders
aro ali laid to rost In unmarked grav
es near Thayer, and that ho knows
tho exact sp.it.
"I h ive in my possession," said he
"tho names ot eight living person?
who can tell tho pu bl lo, If they would,
where tho Bonders aro hurled and who
Inden M tied theil bod'e* he foro their
burial. They cm point out Ibo graves
ot that wicked family. To establish
a historio f.iot ftod tir tho purpose of
removing any doubt about the rn?1
ter, tho bjdle3 Bhoul 1 b i exhumed, If
v rn?, ene w:M aid mo I s*i?.ll under
Uko tho task.'1
TU1? BENDKNS IN KANSAS.
Kansas h .s ind m my re vol ting
orimos committed within her borders,
tur. nono ever cqtlttlid tho Boeder
od mes, oxeo ps ps ilbly tho packing
of L*?w renou. Tho Benders lived on
the main traveled road, about bair
way between Ttiayer and Oborrj vale.
That waa In tho carly 70's There
woro four In the family. Old m n
B ?udor an.l his ?rifo and sou and hts
wife. Tho son's wife claimed to b-1. t>
medium aiul hadgr<>st Influence ovrr
he members of the f m?iv They s 11
refreshments and fed travolors who
happened sioux about meal timo
i'r.oir h ?use ha-.t two ico ns, and thc
partition cmststod of a oaliop curtain.
In tho carly spdng ot '73 pa plo Ix.
. an suddenly te disappear arouad that
soo ?don of the country. 'J hoy would
start out on tho T iayer (Jiierryvale
road, un i tnt would ba tho last so.m
of them. They wou-d drep complete
ly out; of slght.
WHO T11K VICTIMS WKKE
Io Maroh of that yi ar William York,
>\ brother of Sona>.or Y irk, who play
ed an In p maali role in tho Pomeroy
senatorial scandal, started from Forr,
.Sc ibti tu Independence. Ho droppod
mt of Blgiit. Slimly afterward thc
Bender family disappeared. Thc first
ilma tiny wcro ndased vas when a
neighbor iou dd a calf lied io a tree
dead In the yard. Tao o alf had died
Of rilarVAtlOii. Tli? pC?plo Iben u&??fiiO
ourtous and biyan a.i Investigation.
L'ne.y found a trap door in the house
and lt. upo ?ed to a pit ab ut six foet
lo diamater. Tao ground tloor wis
soaked with blood. Lt smelled bf dc
cayed human ll sh Ou / in the gorden
u'mo sunken holes were discovered
A neighbor though ho wruld dig
down and see waat he could turn up.
Ho soon struck a corpse. Wnen re
moved it was Inden tl tied as that rf
William Ynk. The Investigation c >n
blnued and seven moro bodies were
dug up. Tnoy vi-oro all Identified bul
one.. TIK.S- identified were:
George W. Langoor and daughter,
Ihres months old. Langoor had 1?>KI
ills wife and wan taking his Utily giri
baek to Iowa to llvo.
G JO? ge Bro ".ii of Oiierryvalo.
William MjOrothy of Hj ard coun
ty who ban left homo v. un *2,000 In
cash.
Ii. T. McKtrzlo of Indiana, who
had o -me Wed) with a little mouoy tc
loo* tc.
M. R B yiocf Montgomery county
and au unknown man.
IN THU ?UNDICH HOUSE.
lt af'.or WA vd vf as brwuguc out that
ftp of ihfse per.pie wt re kill d in Mu
header house as cl tf *r.-n\i '.limn, with
one exception of Laug cor and hi?
daughter. T cv CHU W< uld siop foi
?. meal. Ho Wv ubi be seat ed al thc
f..t.bl ) with hil b '.ck near too cale
curtain. Then ono of the Bat/id?/f
m uld slip up and blt him cn thc bead
vltll a hi;rn nor. OfUBlnng his i.ku'l
ills ho ly would bi domp-d through
rho trapdoor Into tho pit ad then io
m iki (turo of nl*de\tha Bender woUld
GU J his ihr. at fiona cj.r to rar Every
victim watt tAirc.i In the mme fash
ion. Theil hesta tvt ro all ern bed tn
?tod their throats out. Ia duo tim
tho body would bo taken co the gat den
AOd ti' cd.
o April 7, 1873, the four Be nd OTK
drovo away. Ta y left their team
a beut a mlle from Tmyer sad took
the tr<'.itt lu ila . bolot. Ar, least toat
ls tho story. They have i.ev :r beei
( ..lc-. Apse wai after tbem
.-.bear.- that tim.*, After Dkirmlddui,
MI tu u, for a few ttays the raomher.*
o? the po- ? returned to their hou ot
. yb g 1 a . i icy had given up th?
They dro?:p d the subject
quickly. Tao whereabouts' ot Hu
.> n .. rs rover wm d io bother them
after that. B it other pt opie were
curious and aro still curious to thl*
d*V; Tho posse oe Vor peach od. But
r-tfH.** th y goo rid of the Bondi rs has
always bo ti Mtpicl ned by many
And che fact that Dr, Do Moss, cf
Pbayer, now (ff rs io tum up the
bones of the Bone ors tends to confirm
Hie suspicion
il AO I) Nil U u.
The State M (heal Socloty at its
annual muetlng at Columbia last.
we?k uno ni mously adopted a res lo
tion nit-red by Dr. A. S. Hydride
f O angeburg, c Ming upon toe next
heg s'ait r: lo 6 tallish a homo fo
iitCbtiAU'Q t'.t.d ViCiliis or itu; flrtlK
bablt. Such an Institution ls badly
ne^dedf .
Mix Wi ru Killed.
A special fr m U m field, W. Va.,
Nay;'. .lunn Wilson wa^ killi d and four
iliK r mon were fatally injured by a
poi mat ure r-xoloslon of dynamite at
Bois IO lt ive, on the P< OMionbaa
rall oud ut w u ider oonstruotlon. The
nam ., of tho ?our Injured mon aro not
?tven.
hw i> il) \ To .'ii ado.
A spcoial to The Statesman from
Bor ram, Tex.. s\vs: Tho town of
Briggs, about 18 miles nortti of this
, In lids o urn y, w.is sw- pt by a
tornado about 5 o'clock Thursday
iftO??oou and .dmoat oomplo ? ly de
itroyod. Two persons aro reported
lilied and 30 injured.
TUKEY ?Lim. ?
THEORIES ON WAYS TO ?MT RID
OP THE NUISANCE
Porno Foots 'Dut Will Bs of Interest
Kverywhoro and to
Xv^rybody,
? recent pamphlet of the agricul
tural department at Washington lin
p;u ts the Interesting Information that
tho common house ll y may be driven
out of a o mmmlty by proper sanita
tion In tho stables, that liles breed al
most exclu .iv. ly in stables and that
ohlortdo of lime will exterminate
them there. ?oting on thia theory
un Asheville sotentlst has gotten
started a well deUned movement thero
to have every stable thoroughly treat
er.' every titree d&ya under the super
vision of tho health department. The
Intormatlon lu that tho eggs require
len days in whioh tu hatch, and that
stabler OMI bo cut off as breeding
places by being treated frequently.
This, lt ls pointed out, will tu time
wipu out typhoid fever aud et?use My
sortais and ily paper to KO out of cum
mission. B.HJ Weather S lotion Dtreo
tor H .vier, who ku?;v/s all about these
sort ot things, i-a>s that the time to
ll,;ht flies ls In tho v/lnter, when the
death ot ouo My roeaus ab hast a mil
le. n Uii-, Mles the following summer.
"The spring My cop clots not origi
nate from tho e^gs," sain Mr. Bauer.
"Tho Mles themselves hibernate
through tho winter, ac any well ?.iel
tetad p'aoo, suou as under strips of
weatherboarding, or similar crevices,
whare they oau got together. 1 havi
found tiiem this way, o-.ked together,
nearly a hundred to tue n\' raro inch,
tu the Onad of winter and brought
them io lifo by warming plank the)
had adhered to. Nov it li calculated
t:iat a female Hy v. til breed not less
tuan a milaoa every thirty days, and
this is kept up from tho Mrnb warm
.lays lu tho spring until tho e >.d
weather sals In in tho fall, whsn t hose
ablo to euoapo neath go to sleep fur
the winter, though tho average lifo is
only thirty days lu su muer.
"Tuero ls nu duubi? but that stables
are tue chief breediug plab&S for liles
?.nd that If ttieae places were properly
crea1 ed and often enough tim My pop
ulation weultl bei.o Kioatly reduced as
io almost du away with the neoejtdty
for screens. Still lt ocours to ma that,
a campaign against fl<e* should begin
in tho fall and last through the
winter." It 1B su?gostod tnat the
clvio leagues of the s&ato take hold of
Ute subj .;ob and Institute a vlgorou..
campatga against too Mles through
tho health departments.
House flies dj not bite. Their
I mouths aro nut built for tearing ( ff
c milks of human flesh, and they luve
;i rioadly terror of ohlorldd of lime.
Hurs:s are their best frlcud*, for sia
m?s are their ouitf bn:edlDg plao:s.
As toon as yuu and mo and all tuc
rest uf us auopu automubllcaau? Dob
bin goes tu his lung sleep with thc
dodo, thc Ichthyosaurus and the other
extinct oreaaires, tao house My will
disappear aud scroens and stloitp^per
will bo no loi ger needed. Tueao, In
nriof, aro the conclusions reaihed by
thc argli ? lui. ral department <,.< poi I
in wi loll class Mr. Btuer b longs ano
ls. A very interesting pamp **b has
Just been issued on tho Huh' 'tth
a view to Informing tho on
the best known methods .or
minaiing tba ^est.
"A single stable inwhloha horse
Is kept," says the pimp, lot, "will
supply house flits for an eXbendeo
neighborhood. People living iu agri
cultural communities will probably
never bo rio of the post, but lu thc
cities, with batter methods of dlspus
ing of garbage and with the lessening
ut tho number of horses oonsrqvn nt
up"ii the electric streetcars, bicycles
?md automobiles, the timo may como,
and before v.-ry long, when window
ncreenti may bs discarded. The prompt
H'M hering of horse manure would
greatly abate the My nuisance.'1 Ac
ceding to the estimates mado by tuc
experts 200 fly papparia are frequent
ly found io tho iq .aro Inch of stable
manure. One female My will lay 120
eggs, which will ha; ch and como eu
complete maturity wi chin ton days.
BITTEN HY MAD 1KG.
Thcljlttlo Four Your Old Son ol Mr
li. il. Oauthon.
N 'wu oo m es from Port M .tto that
H/driotc Oau then, t ie 4-year-old son
of Oashler ll. H Oauthen, of the
Bank cf Fort M tie, waj> seriously
bitten by A mad ('cg on Thurso! y
evening. The )ittio lad was walking
? l\.n his mother in tno streets when
the dog BU I deni y dashed upon him
severely mangling tho right hand ano
arm.
Di*. W. W. Wolfe was imrar-dlato'y
u m moued and iit:<\?r<(\ every assist
ai oe possible, Communication wa>
bad lmroeihiiely by long dlstauc
Uh photo wilki tao Pattern Iuhtltute,
iu Bal timon , where the experts w. re
informed o'. Dr. Wolfe's treatment.
They apptovtd of what bad b?e
d no and recommended further tm
a: di atc treatment.
Mea while Mr. Elliott Darby ha
pur.md tho m*d don into the swamp
and ki?id it; Two hours after the
o Mid was ViiM.cn he was on tho north
b um tr tn, ace mpa dod by mother
an . fafhor, en route for tho Pasteur
Ins iluto, in Bil ti more
The pe rt y alsu cirricd tho head of
V o mad di g for examination hy tlr
Pasteur experts. Io is said that thc
e< g had bitten live or s-x other dugs
?im uno cat, and that thc oat died of
ral)'es,
Wc hipe the trip to Baltimore will
bo entirely suooesnful, and that th
lUtlo fellow will bo saved from tho
horrors of hydrophobia. In th
meantime we would advise the killing
J? > vrv dog ur oat that was bitten
by the dog that bit the little buy, or
(.mo other children may bc bitten.
Times and Dcmoorat.
Terrible Acouirnt.
During QfIr:^- pr&otlce in the Carib
bean sea on Frlduy there was an ex
plosion in the turret of tho battleship
K^wsarKO Dlcutcnants Hudglnu and
G reamo and iivc Railers woro Jnnant.
ly klllorl and an tier seaman was fa
'ally inj ired. 'lh > acoldi nb was t. m
liar tu that wide i ocourrod oi tn
Missouri two VRfr ago, with about
tho samo ea?ui"> j
i ', lt In t.tiMrloMtoi).
Charleston l\-st a\yn lt was said
Wednesday that asllxht eartbquaki
IbOOk v.as felt In that city lato Tues
lay afternoon, thought nu dcllnlte
r p'>rtsof tho oceurronoa oould be had.
3omo people olin? bed to have folk a
liSl lnoti vi ora l. n J i-.t b fore dark
tuesday evening bub thoshiki must
lave been very slight as it seems to
lave paused without any general no
doo.
i ixon Sccs Tmp3udiug Monaco to tho |
Country iu Pollution cf
Racial Lifo.
Themas Dixon, Jr., author of "The
Clansman," sends to Tho Columbia
R-?Oord BOmo clippings from New
Yoik pnpera giving various details of '
blie Spriggs ci1 o aud that of M rr. '?
Oliverio Wow York. Tao first is a i
negro who was reoontlv convicted of
tioldlug whlto women In slavery for i
Immoral purposes. The second ca^e <
wao? that of a white woman w' o was <
alnppod in the face on a street car hy i
a negro. Slnoo that time, as press i |
dispatches havo shown, Mrs. Oliver j
has hoon subbvetod to ad sorts of In
sulting and threatening letters writ ,
ken by negro men and wumon. Mr. ;
Dixon's lotter ? dlows:
Elltor Tlie R.cord: Permit mo to
edi your attention to the enclosed
clippings from this week's New York
P&WC1H.
The time has come for the South to
boldly demand the repeal of all laws
pormltiiny tho marriage of negroes to
whites. Maloo and Nib ra?, ka have
placed ibo twelves in line with S utb>
ern sentiment oa this issuo
Too incroiSb g corruption of our
race In tho North by tba phys c;d
cintact of more than a million ne
gro^, is something appalling.
The revelation ot tho Spriggs case
is the foulest bloo on tho civil zillou
of tliec.ntury. Too real dei all?! of?
this trial v/ere never printed. T ie
i-alf whimpered bsttmony of those
trembling, broken girls oiusel tho
Judge an i Jury tig^ln aud again to
burst Into teais. This negro was bbs
keeper of four prison houses into
>hioh young white girls wero kidnap*
rod and lund for yours In slavery for
b'acic beasts to viol ibo. Ila will sirvo
but eleven years for those ld le us
erl ne i and will thou return ;o lils
whlto wiro and his old Ufo.
Beyond a doubt this systeo of secret
white :.lavery io negro bestiality IN un
luv.-.rsal in too gr?at N trthern cb leo
Trio luoreaslng pol iu l ion of our rac
ial Ufo is early flxd wht-ro lt bakings.
Tire open and shameless practica of so
c;al cq lallty with negroes hy some of
our urea! educational lov.lors, tho
pandering to negro vows, and tho dis
gusting propaganda of shallow theor
ists ate produoh g ihrse fruit?.
A big buok n>gro is colleocor of in
beru fd revenue in New Y irk. His em
ploy mont of a white giri stino-rraohcr
ls a. daily obj ct, lesso.i lo tits ra<:o.
In Oiiioag'?, reo uily, a public recep
tion wa; Iv 1 1 for negroes only who
had married w.dto women. Seventy
il ve of theso mei g.el families w^ro
present.
Tho rt flex^< notion of negro Insolence
and crlu.o In the North s q uckly felt
In the south, L it ora tell tho story and
Inflame tho mindi of S /Uth?rn bb.ck
mon.
Will you nob uso your power In
moulding the opinion of the nation in
ilia vital issu ?
Liifi you may think, as ha? bien
f lohshlysaid ny my em mles, that rev
>Cfk is only for personal gain, allow
mo to say that ovory dollar oft'ned bj
toe S utiiom Amusement company In
presenting "Too Clansman" In the
South hos been promptly reinvested In
tb-? Northern production.
Asa Southern writer and dramatist
? have given and am giving tue heat
nerglea of my lifo to preservo the
purity of our rare and avoid a slowly
approaching hut inevitable ooo fl lot.
"And I hope to have the continued
inpport of my p opie South of tho MA
3on and Dixon Uno,
SHIO" ely,
'I HOM AH DIXON Jit ,
Rink.i UIXKI fcYiV. H ,
Tho ?urmeio women mint make au
9 x eel lent wife. A Singaporo paper
?av? tbat her highest nmbltlon Is to
na-int a:u her 1 m baud In lordly idle*
ness and to supply l im with abun*
laut funds for cock fighting, bullOOk
eart racing and gamb lng. And m inj
yf tlie Dunne.e w. mon do b'g (ba's in
timber, buying up In advance the
"poddy" crops of a whole (hstro, Und
?j t?n, on a ?oale that r. quire b'g
tloanciiv_
ii y m? lio i t.
Thursday,afternoon Q.B, Calvin
: n ral mane ger of bho Sout hern P
nil at San Frauolsoo, wired Suporta
n ?ant l igram at b)i Angeles to
Cot a special train, buy flvo osrlons
if goods, and send them to San fi*ran
ilsco at b looarll sb posible moment.
Jalvln paid conditions in tho stricke?
nty aro so apivlliiig as to bo beyond
?'.Hoi or oompieheusloa.
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Not the mere tem
not the little he
ABSOLUTE
Rheumacide
uric acid in tl
a strong and
the blood of J
ural methods
SWEEPS
E.
WSBgSESSS?
Different
tatest scient
Cl/?1^3 Ar
For IC years I Iv
Rhcumcliem. 1 wo
au i; : i but pot no rei
of ever Hei; g well
M .| RHEUMACIDE, I
I havo taken two b
wonderful medicine
gotten a " now loas
?jjnj J| ol tho disease has be<
MUS. LAU!
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Sample bottlo and bo*
A If you send live cents f
THH?E MklM LYNCHED.
niiasourl Mob '?'?koa tho ti?w Into
Th' ir Own Uanda,
At Spring ll ld, Mo., on Saturday
Dight a m b of 6 ooo porsons tore
down the J iii and took Huraco. Dun
can and James Copi land, negroes,
hanged tb em to an electric tower In
the oentre of the publlo .?q iare and
built a tire under the suspended men.
The ne^roea. both unt?ei 2t ytarscf
Fige, were In J Ul, oharged with ai>ault
Ing Mabel Edmondson, a white girl,
Friday night. Tho mob used telophoro
pules and sledge hairme.T to tear the
j ill to picots. It ls a milo from the
I iii to thc square and tho mob ma^ch
3d down euri of the principal btreets,
ihoutlog and dring pistols.
Friday night while Miss E'mond
?ou and a vuung man named Cooper
wero out ridlrg in a buggy they were
?topp.d by two negroes, who beat
? JO por loto unconsciousness and drag
god Miss B ' m mdt on Int) tho woods
by tho roads!Io and assaulted her.
Duno??n awl Copeland were arrentct!
on suspicion hub tuero was no evidence
against them.
Will Alien, a negro chai ged with
the mordor of O. M. Lt mark last Jan
uary was taken from Jill hy the mob
that lyrchod Duncan and Oooolanf
beforo mtdntft-hfei-?A41eu. wa&_hanged
in the publlo fqiura to tho same
tower that had served as a sea Hold'for
tbe two negroes murdered carder in
tho evening. Allen was ctlm ant
colleoiod as he Jumped from the
tower, up whloh oe bad beon oom*
polled to ase- nd. Too ropo about his
necic broke a< his we'ghi? fill on lt.
and i e droppi d Into r.he pjfe contain
ing the charred bodies nf his former
companions In . rlson, Du004n and
Copelaod, Allen was taken up thc
tower again and compelled to jump.
Tais time hts oaptors were more sue
cessful In their ?otk. "I swear that
lam not guilty of killing Rjuark,"
were his last words
A 1) ic min )**ny.
Thc Republican party has brought
the country to a shocking slate of af
fairs and lhere is no end to thc scan
dals and exposures that .are constantly
being brought to light. The keen ob
server of allah's, the New York Post,
which h"s always supported the Re
publican party, says: "The t resent
is a pe iud of havoc and upheaval. The
gale of reform that rages over the
land lays bare most hideous condil ions.
A dollarlzcd society, insensible to all
but pricking selfishness, made possi
ble con option high and low. Bribe,
graft, knavery, exploitation, Investi
gation, disclosure, confusion, shanie,
In the avenues of activity thc public
ferret Is at work- rJ his is a period of
iconoclasm. Idol alter idol crumbles
in thc tierce gi i re of revelat ion. An
agc whose mighty achievements are
grounded on confidence linds itself at
the apex ( f ils triumph preoccupied in
revealing vast bet rayais of trust. And
the bewildered soul shocked into un
certainty snatclu s defporatcly after
fragments of that primal faith which
binds society tOgcthor, fearful le-^t
thc slow fruits of an ?igelong altruism
bc lo.->t to Ibis univcr al exploitai ion "
This pict ure painted hy tho Post ls
not overdrawn. Our people have been
shocked by thc revelations cf graft
that have been brought out In the
dispensary Investigation. That ls
not hing compared to tho stealing and
rascality that is now rampant all over
Lhls country, In public and private af
fairs. A? halt most be called or as ti
ia!.ion wo arc doomed.
H-'imiui' llalli >'n Triumph.
Speeches on political subjects doliv
jreo in tho United States Senate are
said t- bot seldom change the votes Of
Senators. Thc forensic ability of Son*
Itor Balley and his unanswerable ar
gument that Congress lins tho power
o prohibit the inferior federal courts
iom issuing tem; urary injunctions
gainst tho enforcement of orders of
-he International Com me reo Commis*
ion. proved one of tho exceptions'
Senator Halo, a political opponent,
icknowlodged that ho and other tte
mblicans had beon convinced by Sen
ior Bailey's arguments that tho pow
r to lest riot the courts was inherent
n Congress. No Senator of thc pies
nt day has such a record to boast of,
,nd it is a personal and political
ri.-mph that lifts Senator Hailey to
he. pinnacle of fame as a Democratic
rator, debater and Constitutional
twycr. Wc ?nc glad to know that Sen
iors Hailey and Til.man arc in
borough accord and will pull togelh
r. Wc have heard it &aid that ?Sena
01* Tillman regards Senator Hailey as
he ubiusb mau Itt tim Senate?
URE FOR RHEUI
porary relief that the old
lp that the doctor's presci
AND COMPLETO CURB,
does. Rheumatism is caug
ie blood, lt is an internal d
I vigorous internal remedy
ill its germs and yet act 1
5 that it builds up the em
5 ALL P0?S0N3 S
from any otEtef remedy?
i?ic discoveries. At the s
Rheuma
TE?3 16 YEARS. O? the b
Ballimore, Deo. loth, ..rt
ave suffered terribly with Ul>
s treated hy leading phy and ClU'C
ief, Long eiuco I despaired
again. But hearing of stlpatlOl
decided to give it atrial? I a.
ottles, and. thanks to this ?"(1 t^V
i, 1 now fee) that I havo if ?g.*,
o on lifo." Every vestige
cn driven from my system. Rlood P
RA. D, GARDNER, ?-??wv*
)1 James St., Baltimore. YOUR
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a great bargain for anyono who is in
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prompt at ontion will bo given to all i
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? Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prc
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Pica of the lt iwiin/:" KefUBO?I by Su
V?rouio Oourt.
The ofts^ of J G., Milton, Leonard
and Josse Rawlings was ou Monday
icctded by the Supreme crurb of tho
United States agxinsb boom, tho opin
ion being rendered by Justice II limes.
This was avorlnalnal proceeding
against the fdfir men, ail ot them
members of-, eire finally residing In
Lowndes county, Qa., on a charge of
murd ?ring two members of a family
uamck Carter, with whkh family tho
Bawllngi.es had a feud. It ls charged
?hat they employed a nogro. named
Mooro, to murder the entire Carter
family, and that soruo of tho members
of the Rawlings family aooompanied
him to tho Uarbor residence on tho
night of tho tragedy, lit making a
noise they attracted a b >y aud his
slater outside the house and then shot
them down. O.her members of the
family rt fused to come out and, there
fore escaped.
On tho trial all of the members c f
the Rawlings family, whoso names
aro given, except Leonard, were found
guilty of murder, and he reoolvjd a
sonterco of Ufo imprisonment. The
Supreme court of Georgia affirmed
bue verdict of the trial oourt, and the
case was brought to tho federal su
preme court on tho allegation of dis
crimination In soleoting tho trial Jury,
In that all professional men were ex
cluded. The court held that thc men
had not been doprlved of any consti
tutional right and sustained the de
clslon of the state court.
A Centre Hhot.
Tho Columbia Evonlng Record
quotes "a leading business man" as
lenouncing the attempt of tho police
omml-slou to enforoa thc Sunday
law. Ile says: "This town is too big
for that sort of t >.lng, an t lt oan'b af
ford tobe held down In this way."
Phe Newberry Observer says in reply
Columbia ls a pretty big town; bub lt
Isn't a big as Sodom yet; and Sodom
ias been hold down pretty effectively
for tho past several yoars.
BiK It ibo try.
J. D Hand, a prominent saw mill
operator of Bay Mlunott, Ala., was
robbed tn Montgomery Friday night
f ' eeurltles estimated to he worth
$500 ooo His satchel containing tho
*eou ri ties was taken from tho home
of the r alflenee cf hin a'.tornay.
A YOUNO g ri cannot be loo careful
cf her conduct. Tho tattlers are ever
ousy, and it's justas well to give them
no material for conversation. You
will do well to follow the advice of
your mol her, even if it does seem pru
dish and old-thuey.
produce heads weighing four
at will ii i ill wi)ito and tonde
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I
.'remedies" gave,
rlptions give; but
That is what
sed by an excess of
isease and requires
r that will cleanse
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>UT
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The result of the
ame time it cures
tism it sweeps out
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;s Indigestion, Con
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a Doctor?
If You Aro Sick You Should Gon
nu KJiny tm.
Expert. Do Not
Allow Yourself to Be Treated
by Just any Doctor, ufou
can Consult tho ?outh fi
Mest Export Spec
ialist About Your
Disoaso Freo.
flavo you ri disease nl>ont wbloh you would
Uko to consult ii dootor-ad^otor in whom yoa
cnn piuco tho utmost oonfldonoo to give yon
not only oxport, but honest advice find treat*
mont? If you hnvo, sit down ?nd writ? to Dr.
J. Nowtou ll.vhaway, of Atlanta, Oa,, explain
just how yu i'uffor and he will give you hts
oxport opinion of your caso, counsel and advise
you- bused on an oxporionooof 25 years e*CfV
will not chargo you ono cont for the eorvloV
mid you do nul obligate yourself to Uiko treat*
mont.
Ur. Hathaway ia without doubt tho moat ex
pert, reliable mid successful spooinlist in th*
South to-day. Ho hus been oetabllshcd longer
than any other specialist and luis built up a
prac ice larger than that of any specialist
In tho United States in his lino ot treatment.
Not only is ho an oxpert, hut an honest, oom*
Boientious physician. Ho ha? nlwnys oonduot*, ,
od his practice in an honest, upright manner an ' ^
you can consult bini with porfeot confidence J
DISEASES US CURBS. ' *
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chronic and private dise?aos of mon and we
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Mond Poison (syphilis) hydrocele. Qloet, Ca
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women, otc.
His methods of treatment are without doubt
tho moat oxpert modern scionoe affords and he
will treat you with Justas much aro and at
tention as you would recoivo in the highest
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sro assured of n cure without great cost. His
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