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1 ne Marlboro Democr 'tr "DO THOU, OBBAT MBBRTY, JJJ8PIBS 0UB 9QVM ?JSD MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY FOB8BS8ION HAPPY OB OOH DJB?TH9 0L0BIOUS IN THY OAUSB." ? .... i ' ac ' ? ? ? ?. .HIL . , , ,.-1?-.--. . .. VOL.KXI. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, J#NE 1, 1008. NO. m Air. Lyon Says Major Black Threatened To Kill Him. M J, BLACK'S S1DF. He Sa; s Lyon lb Alad Because lie Is Not Allowed to Run Hie Dispensary and Ss Tr, lng to Dam III? Private Character B y Unfair Means and Methods, There was quite a sensation in Go lumbla on Friday morning when li beoame known that Mr. Lyon, a mom ber of the legislative dispensary in vestlgatlng committee, had stated t< the full committee that Mejor Hack, a member of thc State Hoard of Con trol, had that morning used ver j violent language towards him, ant theu n ur.ding i ?T tb lr gs by telling him that he "l ad a roth n thou auc there to shoot" him ai.d "blow him up" on the Bpot. We publish what Mr. Lyon sayB below. We also give Mr J ir Black's version who makes home damaging Statement? about Mr. Lyon's nosing about ano" prying into private mat t rs in his ef forts to damage b's (Itlaok' ) private obaraottr because no would not al low Lyon and Christensen to run tin dispensary to ?ult ttitmsolvcs. MU. I,Ye)N'S STA*] K M KN T, "Mr. Chairman, tnerte OUBU matter cdm'fr.up Friday morning that 1 deem, lt my duty, though uuplcann', te call to the attention of this commit tee. 1 aiso will siate that the part of lt that ?IT et s me personally 1 dc not consider, but ihat part of lt that sileots the wcifan- t f ? ur con mittet 1 do consider, ar el 1 on m lt lmpor taut to tho final particular determina tlon of cur Investigation that lt bc brought forward to the attention ot tnis ct mmittee. "This mtrnh g in coming fri m m j room, which ls above tho hotel, ovei the store of Glradeac & Marshall, 1 was stepped by Mr. Sou.no.cn, who li the agent of the Big Creek Distilling Company, cf Savannah, Ga. He wa talking torre ab<.ut some accounts which the committee has held up These aro accounts due by the dis pens?ry. We have had se me convoi 6atlon about this matter bjfore anr ne renewed the conversation obere and wished me to give Lim se.me de finite information about when we could reach it. "As I v\as standing there talking tt< | him, Mr. Black, of the dispensary board of directors, appeared before me. I really couid not state from what direction he came. 1 could no say whether from the front or re;ir. J was intent with my conversation witt Mr. Solomon. Mr. B;ack't> f<ioe show ed decided ar g?r and lie used ?one very insulting language towards me. He said that he understood that 1 had been spyirg out on him- on his private life -at.el tilings of that kind, and that lt was his purpose to kill mt on the spot. "1 do not care to use any of the par ticular language he used on that occa sion, but lie haiti that he had a notion then and there to bhoot me and blow me up on the spot-to use bis expres sion. There was in his company a per son that 1 do not know to l ave soct. before. My recollection ls that there was a person in his company with a bluo suit of clothes, red mustache arie straw hat. While bo was making nih threats against me arid tlarlng me te investigate lils i ll .Irs he also used ver> violent language against. Senatoi Christensen, which 1 suppose was in the nature of a rebuke to me for at tending such a person atout tilt streets. "1 rt mai ked that there were three of them there* that 1 did not cure to discuss the matter with them; that 1 was investigating the dispensary and expected to continue to do no. Ile wah so impetuous, though, that I seared) had au opportunity of putting in a word, and believing that he Intended to make an attack cn me ai d in put. ting his hands about his person thai ht intended to flo violence, I '.urned ano walked bi ck te> my room, and he user some very unpleasant epithets to wards me and loki me that 1 might go and arm myself. "I returned to my ro m and short ly afterwards returned tu Wright's Hotel. As I passed the Columbia Hotel I did not see Mr. lhaok or t u gentleman with him. I presume, Mr. Chairmun, that Mr. Black exhibited, or attempted to exhibit, a letter from Manning, which 1 understand was from Mr. Black's fourier home-Wal torboro it was. 1 foun 1 it necossarj to go tei Walterboro a few days since for the rear on that I had heard- ant 1 can recagnizd tho dlfnculties thai lt ls likely to p'ace us In-I beare that Mr. Black and Mr. II, ll. tCvaui had been parties to bribing a mcmbei of the General Assembly who livens li tho town e.f Wa terhoro. I do no? know the facts In that case. I hat some information along that linc ant I went there to get some adelltlona information In regard to the matter That was the object of my visit t< Walterboro, ano 1 presume that Mr Black lias been Informed by tin se o whom I li quired there of tho purpoSi of my visit. I wish to S?) this: That I elid gi to Walterboro for the purpose of in vestlgatlng Mr. Black and Mr. II. ll lOvansand tills member of the Genet al Assembly, wiioee name 1 do no oare to mention, as I do not think i is proper, as lie ls not a party to thl transaction. I want to hay th li that I do not know how the commil teo feels about a thing of this son but so far as 1 am Individually cor corned I shall continue to investigad Mr. Black and Mr. Uvans, and anj olso who ls on there and if it is net cessary to be blown up In this matte Mr. Black or se mebody will have it t o." WHAT MAJOR BLACK SAYS. After learning what Mr. Lyo itated to tho board, whtoh ls printed ibo vc, Major Black said that he had aover heard anything about the aile :ati< n that ho said Evans had at oemptid to bribe a representative from Colinton, Ile said he was incensed ai Mr. Lyon because lt appeared to bim Mr. Lyon was attempting to hound (dm down and blaokeu hie porania! character, beoauso be had refused to Ulow M>. Lyon to run tho State dis penvary to suit himself. When ho went to tho dispensary he found thc institution a half million dollars lo lebt for whiskey lor whiob lt had no use. Ho had wiped cut a large imouut of this debt by forcing a num ber of houses to take back thlor un salable whiskey and had done this against the protest of Lyon and Chris tensen, which they telegraphed from the West. They wanted tho whiskey kept to suit thler oonveoience. They al io bsd been unablo to force him to buy it a loss to thc State, from firms tboy favored Ho had blocked their little game to fe roo tho board to ouy from their henchmen and let thora usurp the powers thc Legislature had givon I to the State board. I When they found lt Impossible to , ?ot anytbii g against h.s Ulloial rec- , ?rd, to gratify their spite, they en leavored toblaoken his personal ohar- 1 veter. Ile had a copy of tho taking >f testimony In Cincinnati, In which this attempt was runde and In which they attempted to blacken Supreme i Court Justices and Circuit Judges of this Stale by asking lt they had received presents of whiskey or other things from a house he had ouoo rep- : resented In a cl ilo.il way. Maj r Black said ho had always tried to live ; A cioan lifo and his ( Molal record as sher tr, mayor and In other capacities would show he had never done any oiling dishonest In his life. 111B char i noter was iris proudest possession ano tho best thing lie could hand down to nib children was a olean name. Ho had no intention of permitting auybody to blacken lt to grat ty their personal spite. Major N!aok said the letter referred to was from his brother, II. W. B'ack Jr., of Walterboro, iu which he said: '1 am told Frldiy morning thal Lyon, I Of the investigating committee, was i here Siturday last. IT rom what 1 can i learn he is trying to lind out some thing about a conversation Walker had with his wife i ver tho long dis tance 'phone the night of your elec tion." That conversation was a per fectly private conversation between a man and bis w;fo, in wh c r the for mer said he was glad that Black was elected, as he was his friend and baa i tielpul him and would help him with his peisonal inlluence Incase he ran for solicitor. Major Black said this was a purely personal and private conversa- i dion, in which he had no part aud when he heard that Lyon was in quiring into such matters it oonlirm i ud ins belief lhai Lyon was wliiing to go any length to try and lind some mud to put on his personal oharactor Mc J >r Mack says he was perfeoUy willing for fullest investigation of his record as a publio servant, but would eever submit to an attempt to besmirch his private character. Asa member ef the State board lie had not oiled to please Lyon, but to do what was right, and Chairman Hay and Governor II ey ward could both testify that he bad consulted them and was earnest lo h.s endeavor to know and 1 lo tlie riK'lit thing. Mr. Mobley, the clerk, had been sent to see Cnaliman Hay about some cf the problems of the State board, and his advloe had been taken. Major Bltck said thc board was willing to do anything for the invest igating committee as a whole, but they were eh cted to run tho Sfate dispensary and were not g ling to turn ?vor thc running of the Institution i.o dither the whole Investigating com mittee or a part of it. Filially, Major Hack said: ' When my personal onaivc er lu as.-.ailed I am willing to ile by it. I would rattier go home tu my family (1 jad than go homo alive, nut robbed of my character." Tried io I0?o? i> , A dispa oh from Greensboro, N. C., says John B. McMillan, 25 years old, who wa? c ?nvictcd in that city for forgery and sentenced to two yearr, imprisonment on the county roads was shot lo death near there early Thursday morning, while making a sensational ela di fur liberty McMillan with four other onvlots not away from the guards, who opened Ure upon them killing Jesso Thomas, a negro, Instantly, and mortally wound lug McMillan. Toe latter was taken ?o the hospital at High Point, where lie died several hours later. Before his death he admitted tbat his right ?ame was not M.Millan hut Brent A Morey, the sun ufa imminent Citizen of Lexington, Kv. (Ju |> to tor Pillow. At J Ackson, Ky., Bill O. 'lllo, a negro, shot Dr. Strong, anothor negro, and deliberately went to sleep with the corpse for a pillow. Crinia was beating hia wife, and Dr. Strong an swered her cries for help. As he entered the door C; Hi ishot him with all caliber revolver, the bullet enter I lng his forehead directly between the. eyes. When the olllcers reached th. [ scone Guilla was lying on the lloor fast asleep, with his head resting on . che corpse pf lils victim, ) ir ?? i h.:, Isoliert, i Facts wore made known Thursday I of thc attemi t which was made Sat 1 urday last, during the ceremonies of I the opening of the Simpl?n tunnel, at Domod0880la, italy, to assassinate King Victor IO m manuel. An anarch . ist, known to be dangerous, made thc f itttmpt and was only frustrated i thrungli tho watchfulness of the ef fectives watching V ctor. Thc anar t> diist was arrested and a long'silllctt? . was found in Iiis sleeve. Hoity found, t The body of a negro, Willie Jami t son, was found on thc tracks cf tin a Atlanl'c Coast Line In the suburbs ol (i Charleston Thursday morning. There is a suspicion of fe ul play. The mar i, ls thought to have been killed by , some netfro and the body laid on the e tracks. _ Ho ll AD Sk ppoel. A speolal to The State from Spar ?r I au burg says that W, VV. Hughes o 0 Union, who was found to be about $.10.000 short In his building mol lom accounts some time ago, has left tba1 in city, and will not bc prosecuted. CAME TOO LATE. After Being Caught In Mis Ras cality Thackston BECOMES PENITENT And Curses Out the Dispensary Law, Charging it Willi Making Him a drafter. Dispenser Ailsbrook Has His Lcttcts Reid to Thc Public. Tbe Legislative Dispensary Investi gating Committee resumid lbs sit tings in Columbia last week. Among Dbe witnesses examined was T. F. Thackston of Spartanburg, wbo seems to have b en a star witness. He IE reported to have bald after tho com mittee had examined him and made him oonfoss that he was guilty of sev eral rasoalitles: 1 I know I wish I had uever seen a dispensary, because lt ls the greatest ourse we have ever had on the State. I am sorry 1 ever not my hands stained with it. Well I have neve).* known a man that had anything to do with it that tire peo plo did not Mi!nk less of him." Thackston is not the drat man that has heoome penitent after being eaught up with. His deliverance on the dispensary Is simply a new version f the old saw, ttiat no roguo ever f jit "ie halter draw with a good opinion of law. As long as he was not detect ed in his sharp practices he said noth ing, but just as soon as he ls caught up with he b'am^s the law for making lima ?rafter. Too truth of tho mat ter ls Thackston was a grafter before he became a dispenser. All ho want sd was au opportunity to put his ?rafting talent to uso and lb oame when he was made a beer dispenser. He wculd have done the same thiug lu a bank or any other plaoe of trust. A dishonest man ls a dishonest mau. Mr J. I). Alsbrot k, the dispenser at Manning, was also put through a course of Investigation, but he senna ed to have had a bad memory as he o uld not remember many thing con nected with his t nice It was ph table bo see this man dodging and insisting that he could not remember; that he Bould not douy nor could he till-rn that he had asked for pap beoauso he was a dispenser. To the very last he eould not recollcot and then linally Mr. Lyuo pulled on niuo three leeters;' which were read as follows: TIIK ALSDllOOK L.KTTKKS. Manning, S. C , November 13, 19C5. Duffy's Milt Whiskey Company. Rochester, N Y.-Dear Slr.? : Your letter of November 0 ls to hand, and In reply will say the advertisements aro pasted, as you Indloatiin your let ter, at six different plaocs, all of whloh, 1 think, are very good, but this will accomplish nothing unless you oan (iet the county dispensers to handle the goods. 1 am dispenser hero, aud have been handling Duff/'s Malt Whiskey ovei since 1 have been dispenser, but lt is hard to get it at limes-and besides, .f you want the goods sold, communi cate with the county dispensar of each county and let him know what he may hxpect, If anything, fur spcolal cour bestes. Ib Is an old proverb, as true as Holy writ: ' Whose bread leat, whose song I sing." Toe county dispensers order what they want, and sell what they get. A bin", to bhe wise ls sulllolent - and this is given oontldentially. 1 have sold during the past twelve months about SC oases Duff/'s Malt, but have nut had any shipped me since (asb Augusb. Since receiving your letter of Satur day, 1 Ith Instant, 1 ordered several cases, but do not kn^w If tho goods will be shipped me or nob. 1 shall ex peet to hear from y JU again in the next few days, and expect to continue to sell some of your goods. Yours very truly, J. I). Alsbrook, Dispenser. Manning, S C., November 28 1905 Duffy's Malt Whiskey Company, Rochester, N. Y. Dear Slr: Sine writing to you on the 13 h Instant 1 have secured a fow oat.es of your whls kev and bav.i sent in an order for more, which 1 hopo will bc shipped to me, but would like to hear from you at once before placing mv order for the Christmas holidays. Yours very truly, J. D. Alshiook, Dispenser. Manning, S. C., December 12, lU;>f>. Duff'y Malt Whiskey Company, Rochester, N. Y.~ Dear Sirs. On No vembor IO, wc senb you statement, showing (J5 cases your goods sold. O.i November 15 we received 15 eases, and on thc 29th '?0 cases more, whloh stock ls being rapidly sold. Wo oan handle the goods alright If the proper quid pro quo is forthcoming. The case of goods was received to day in good order, and we desire to "xpress to you many thanks for thus remembering us during thc Christmas holidays. With best wishes for you and yours, and wlbh greetings for the season, wc aro, yours truly, J. 1). Alsbrook. Dispenser. TIIAOKSTON'S CHANUK OK JIKA HT. When the committee was in Spar bantu g several months ago tney worked Thackston for all they could and he swore that never a cent did tu give any ene for his Job, never a oenl did he got, and butter Could melt lr his mouth, bub ho now tells a differ ont story btcause ho knew the mei behind the work ha l tho document1 I on him. Ho 'fessed up to getting 1561 from tho Augusta Brewery with whiol ; bo buy his J ib from bhe Spartanburi ' County Board and thou that ho kop ' the money he got to buy his Job oi J this. The sub-commlttoo had doubts but the check and lotter wore conclu 3lvo that ho got $550 from the Brew ? ery, on bho representation that h f net de l the money to buy his posltioi t and tho browery folks knew the triok? i Tony pxpnnt.rid to nay S.'lOO l.onen Mil L lotter: I "Yours of tho 20bh inst., receive and regret to seo this f eiuetzng game going on. We thought three plunks would cover the bill, one ouch, how ever when you told me lt would take Qve. I was ready to swallow tho pill Now If you are able to sell as manv as 12 oars of beet the il rsh year, and we get your trado the seoor d year If re elooted, we will be satisfied to the ono half pulk. We aro ready to put up whon you aro ready." Thaokston utterly denied this sev oral months ago and now Solicitor Sease will handle hi? case. Ile takes the position that tho $550 was sent Mr. Becker and by Mr. Becker given him and that was his Jurisdiction for saying he got no money. He insist? that he used the fund himself, but added that ho asked the brewery to help him with oash in his second elec tion. lt ls said that Allsbrook .will be prosecuted too by the State. HOCH ON EDITORS. .Measures of the oil ii r. Hud li fl n oncj They Wlcfd. Governor Hooh, of Kansas, say? there ls no better index to a town than its newspaper. If lt is well printed, attractive In Its make-up, reliable lu its news columus, btrcug In editorial cemmont, but, above al) liberal In advertising patronage, de pend upon it, nine cases out of ten, that town ls an enterprising, up to dato town, hut if the paper looks shabby, depend upon lt the town if shabby, for a newspaper is every whore and always a town's best mirror. Brethren of the country press, I exalt your station. You are tue real kings and queens. Your throne may bo a riokety chair and your scepter tho stu1) of a lead pencil but you rulo tho world Just the same. L ical politicians may tlT.ot to desplso you. bub they await the appearance of youi paper each week with fear and trem bling. B/il doers may try to belittle your lntluoncc, but they dread the publicity cf your o ilumns vastly more than they will admit. Tho lullueDoe and power of the old home paper can not well be overestimated. It enter? Into the very warp aud woof of the children's lives aud unconsciously molds much of their charactor. To my mind there is no more desirable, no moro enviable occupation than that of tho country editor. To own bis own plant, to havo a medium for tho expression of his honest views, to lock up his t dice every evening and to ho able to go home and keep company with his family and with his books, to return next morning to the ellice, to meet tho peoplo whom he serves bo Jot down the thoughts that occur to his mind, to tear off tho wrappors from his exchanges aud got lb co?., munion with other editors, to pet ter m the thousand ard ono little duties that como to him every day, tobes power in his cimmunity, a^ ho may be and usually ls, to be blt .own boss-lo my mind, this is the ideal life, more to be desired than the most cxalbcd political station. FEIL FROM CAR. Hon. J'E. Tindal la Fatally Hurt lu Col umida. II m. J. E. Tindal, ?ecretary of state when Tillman was governor from 1890 to 1894, died in.the Colum hie hospital at 4 o'clock Thursday mornmg from Injuries he received at midnight by falling from the run ning board of a orowded street car on M tin street Columbia. T ie Rjord says one seems to know Just bow the ucjldent ooiurred. Mr. Tindal was on his way fi cm Clemson college, where be has been a trustee for many years, to visit bis daughter Mrs. Dr. 10. G Quattlebaum, living on Uland lng strhct. He foll from the car as lt was moving rapidly between two streets a few blocks beyond his desti nation The c m. u ;tor sajs ho had signaled to get ( IV and that the gong had sounded for a stop at tho next crossing when Mr. Tindal either jump id 1? or fell oh" with his grip In bia hann. Passengers standing near him were not able to figure nub how the accident occurred, so sudden and un .xpeoted was lt. ll?, fell with the back of his head striking the maca dam and died without regaining eon soiousness Mr. Tindal was a cautious man, and those who know him do no; think he either stooped off the car with the wronk foot cr attempted to jump from lt He was carried to a fruit stand nearby, and from there hlason-lnlaw accompanied him to the hospital. Mr. Tindal was staunch Baptist and a power for good In his commun tty Ile was a tine soldier, serving through the entire Chill war. Mr. Tindal wai a loving aud lovable man In all circumstances, and much of hi. lifo was spent In tho intere.it of ht? neighbors and friends. Ho was eamly eighty years of a<o. Many HOUNOO Humed. A dispatch from Cabolb, Ont., sayi llfty-seven houses arc burned and eh zan others are wrecked as tho re suit of the forosb fire whloh swepi through the northern part of tlu bown Saturday. As lt passed tlx Ontario, powder company's dynamlti magr /.hie, seven tons and a half o : dynamite exploded within 50 feet o the main portion of the town, tear lng buildings frtm their foundation and spreading ruin In all directions Only one fatality ls so far reported New Minimini. 1 The General Conference of th ! Methodist Episcopal Church, South ' which recently met at Bl ni'nglmm ' Ala., la t week elected three nci " bishops as follows: 1 Dr. Seth Ward, assistant missler * ary secretary of thc olniioh. ' Dr. John T. Tlgort, book editor. 1 Dr. James Atkins, Sunday sohoc * editor. I JIllDK Ililli. , A Columbus, Miss., dispatch aaj George Younger, a nogro, who slit - and kl'lcd William Eotor, a we 0 known white oltlzon last Sat?rela 1 while tho latter waa a member of pos; i. endeavoring to effect the negro's a ? r?at.. i Muni from lall at that dat Wednesday night by a mob au fl lynched. WHO SHOT HER? A Lady Assassinated While Asiccp in Uti Bed BY;UNKNOWN FUNDS Circumstantial Evidence Against a Ne gro Under Arrest and Confined la J nil for Safe Keeping. The Woman's Husband Also Under Suspicion. Tho Augusta Ohronlolo says Mrs. Eb S. Wilson of Pet oh Island was shot at 2 o'uluck Thursday morning and su fatally wounded that she died some boura afterward. Bill Lunaford, odored, lies in the Richmond cornily Jill, with circumstantial evidence pointing to him as tho minderer. Pom Williams, another negro, is looked up under susplo.on, as au ac complice In tho crime. The case was worked up by Detective Howard cf the Augusta city pd leo. Afc tho time of the tragedy Mrs. Wilsen was sleeping in her bed, alone, In onb of the rooms of tho lieu ie. Her husbknd, Mr. Wilson, was in another apartment. At about 2 o'olook the night winds carried far and wide tin echo of a pistol shot. Mrs. Wilson lay on her bcd lu a pool of blood, mortally wounded. Early In tho night Mr. Wilson had seen a strange neuro loitering around ois promises. Having asked the man Us business and received no satlsfac tory answer, he drove him iii tue place, lb Is believed that this negro w .s lilli Lumford, and that he re eurool. Eicltemont and Indigna tion ran rife on Beech Island. Aa soon as the sad story was heard from Mr. Wildon's Ups every effort was made by friends and neighbors to ac complish the capture of the guilty party. Tho trail was warm, and lt led, ap parently, to Hill Lumford. The tracks of a man who wore rubher hteled shoes were followed without a 11 break from the Wilson place to the Unroll ra Bide of the Hamburg bridge. Deltoid ve Howard, following other olue:!, had arrested Lumford. Tho prisoner's shoes were taken from him, iud Dotcotlvo Howard personally went uo.s tho river to seo whether ".*'/ hov fl h the tracks. So far as c .-i uu.d in the read, they dla. The, Imprint of the rubber heels was damaging oiroumstantial evi dence. To make assurance doubly sure, the shoes were given to Mr. P. ii. Pane, a friend of Mr. Wilson's, who Urst brougbt the news of the tragedy to Augusta, and Mr, Pago will flt them to the still olearer Im pressions made in the loose grouud on the Vyilson place. Up to a late hour Mr. Page had not reported tho result of this experiment Other minor but important points converge to ttic same center. Bill Luxford And 'lom Williams are Spar banJurg oounty negroes. After thc arrest lt was stated that they had spent thc night lu Augusta at the House of a uegro woman uamed Meta Meta herself declared that they had slept at her house from tbe middle of the night until morning. Investiga ol in developed that Meta herself, ao companied by her husband, had baen all night across the river at some negro family gathering or wako. Her story was discredited. Furthermore, responsible parties are reported to have Boen two negroes whose description corresponds to that of the prisoners, crossing the Ham burg bridge In the gray dawn of tbe morning, tlielr clothing covered with lust. 11 ls said ttiat Mr. Wilson would be able to identify the negro whom he ordered off his pLc3. Up to a late hour Thursday night Mr. Wilson had not como to tile oliy, nor could it be ascertained at what time lie would arrive. Too members of the family gave tho following account of the tragedy: When tile snob was li red, Mrs. Wil son J.imped from her bed and scream ed '1 have been shot. Somebody hus killed me," and ran imo her hus oand's room, where she fell. She afterward bceamo conscious, an l stat ed that she had no idea who shot her; di?t sile was asleep at the time. Lat? r she lupsed Into scmi-cunsolous oess and lingered until Thursday night, when she died. Tin ?Atai shot was lired at so olose a range that tho flesh showed thc powder mari s. Too buhot entered under tbe right shoulder, and ranged down to tho loft side, penetrating btu: diaphragm. It had evidently berm tired through ttie orlface caused by a oroken pane of glass. A board plac ed against the hole on tho outside had been removed by tho assassin. SKNSATION FOLLOWS SENSATION. A dispatch from Augusta to The State nays sensation followed upon sensation Thursday night and this * afternoon In tho Wilson murder trag f edy. Shoes worn by tho uogro Lum ford wero taken to tho scone of the orlmc during the forenoon and found to Ht exactly thc tracks around thc house and through tho ditch near the bouse. Lumford ls still being held in j.ill there, but Mr. Wilson has not been to the city to identify him as tho man seen late in the af tor noon before thc murder. J. L. Brown, a brothor-in-law ol Wilson's was arrested in Augusta Thursday evening under thc Influence of liquor and held In ja,ll for a time tr pre vont porsonal Injury. Tile mar " I declared lio was on his way to B^eol island for tho hurposo of killing WU son, whom ho declared had killed Mrs ,fl Wilson, saying ho intended after dis )t posing of Wilson to kill himself p Aftor making this statoment, am * ' saying to show that ho was in earnest \c he drew a pooket knifo and slashei r> his own throat, inllloth g a shallot tlesti wound. lfj ?SWS (HUM AIKKN. A disratoh from Aiken to The Stat says lt ls said there that relatives of Mrs. Wilson have demanded the arrest of Mr. Wilson himself, whom thoy allege killed hts wife, lt is further said that these relatives ohargo Wil son with ?ross oruclty to his wife. They say that Wilson ls a hard drink er and that several times while under the iniinnnco of drink he has beaten her unmercifully. A short time agu her brothers retaliated upon him by administering a sound thrashing. That the Wilsons wore not a peaceful family seems to have been known by the neighbors generally. It cmnot be learned here ye!) whether Mr. Wil son has been arrested or net. Mrs 101 Wilson was a niece of ex-Clerk of (Jourt John N. Hankinson, who now resides at Whltepond. She was an estimable lady and highly regarded in her community. BROK? UP MEETING. lwo Georgia Fai-more Shoot Knoll Other to D jut h. A speoial message to tho Augusta Chronicle says resulting' from bad blood, which has existed for some time, Joe Hasty, a farmer, who liv ed about two miles from Ohlpley, Qa., was shot to death in a pistol duel at that plaoe Wednesday at a political meeting, and Sam Irving, who shot Hasty, was killed a few minutes after ward bv aorowd who gave ohase as he ran from the scene. The first shooting occurred on the outer e.ige of a grove where au audi ence was listening to a speech being made by Hon. II ko Smith, candi date for governor. The crowd lm mediately left the grove and Mr. Smith was compelled to discontinue dis speech, being unable later to re sume. It ls stated that the bad blood which existed between Hasty and Irvin was due to an alleged debt of fifteen oents. The two men met at the political gathering and reneweo the q iarrel, when there was an ex change ot heated words. Tho town marshal Interfered and smoothed the jifference over for a time, but. shortly Hasty and Irvin came t< get ? er agali And began to shoot. Almost will the first shot tired Hasty fell to tl e ground mortally wounded, aud dito in a few minutes. No sooner had Hasty fal'eu than Ir via ran and was pursued by a nu L* ber of people from the audience. Im mediately there waa a fusillade cf bullets, and before Irvin had gouc three blocks ho fell dead from bu.l^?s (Ired by some one in the party of pur juers, who is not known. There were about 05 shots tired luring the oxcitement. Two speota tors, standing to ono side of the ludienoe, were hit by stray bullets iud slightly wounded. p ! '_ KILL THEIR BABIES. Horrible Story of Human Sacnlloo to Imaginary G.,tl. A dispatch from St. Petersburg, Russia says the most atrocious orime that has occurred lu Siberia since the famous caso of tho brother*, Kalasohlu kutl ls about to be investigated in To bolsk. Sevon poasants of the neigh boring village of K .bullka aod three women are about to bc put on trial on a charge of sacrlticing a number ol children in order to appease the wrath of an imaginary god of pestilence The Siberian plague bad destroyed the villagers' cattle year after year. The village was reduced to poverty, and many of its Inhabitants were obliga ted to migrate to tho towns. A local quack, who earned a living by making ohlldren "invulnerable to tho evil e> e," ad vined the muzhiks that "until blood has been shed and a church raised upon lt" the village would continue to be visited by pes tilence and-ho hinted -even worse torrors. The panie stricken peasants understood this to mean that a church should bo built upon a foundation of human beings, aa was done by their ancestors in heathen times. A man named Giaz, int fl t tiered to sacrlllco ono uf his seven ch'ldreu, and his cxamplo was followed by the local blacksmith. The two ohlldren were killed at night and a rude wood en chapel hurriedly built over their remains. Wnen the btory became known tho muzhiks from a neighbor ing village raided the culprits'homes, burned tlu m do <vu and nearly killed the murderers. Diotl ol' Habbies. A special to Tho Augusta Chronicle says, Hornard the four year old son of Mr. and Mro. Chas. W. Buxton, of Girard, Ga , died at tho Pastuer In stltuto in Atlanta about 4 o'oltok Thursday morning. Ho was oarrled there for treatment for a mad-dog bite that occurred about a month ago. At tho time the little fellow was bit ton, no ono thought thc dog mad and little attention was paid to the wound. Wednesday the dog showed signs ol the rabbles and lils father oarrled him to Atlanta for treatment. His death was a sad shock to his parents whe have tho sympathy of all in the!.' be reavement. I l i? ?i no Heiitonoo. Probably tho most un?q ie sentence ever imposed by a court of law lr Kansas, says The K tusas City Star, was ordered in the ease of Joe Tran sier, who waa before Police Judgt Herr on the charge of being drunk, Transler ls an old offender, and whet; ho was brought into court J udge Hen lined him $2 and ordered that he bi con lined to lils bcd for a week. Mar ebal Horath took Transfer home ane put him to bcd and tho culprit's fam i ly was instructed to notify the courl If Translet showed a disposition ti leavo tho bed before tho week wa out. Jumped Tot) Hoon. To avoid a wreck willoh did not oe cur, Scott GUlespio, of Somerset, Ky. a locomotivo cnglneor, Jumped fron his locomotivo at New River bridge ono of tho highest in the world, an was killed. John Colyar, the tiremar ?lon 1.... ?..1 in Mun wl.Tr.? .....I !.. ?nt Al Cl. J VS IVMJ^UVt .?A .yin. . I to., **..*.? ta a ?. * \. ... peeled to live. The men beoam alarmed when ono of tho truoks t tho loomotive loft the rails, hellt vin it would fall from tho structure, bi it was stopped on thc bridge by a se ond locomotivo, AWFUL DISEASE Tl 115 WHITK PliAQUfQ GKKATE8T OF Alili OALAMITIKS. The loss' of Life by Consumption Greater Than by Quakes Flood and fire. "The great calamities that have be fallen part of our country within tbe memory of those past middle life," ?aid he, "namely, the Ohloago fire, the Oharieste n earthquake, the Johns town Hood, and tho San Franol?o eartlquakoand oorllagration, brought tho world to its fret with ( fforlogs ot money and relief. Everybody gave, and wealthy men gave most gener ouHly. Everybody gave on faith, mor< over, without personal knowledge ot the conditions existing In those flaues or of the manner In whloh the money would ho expended. Every body agreed that help was needed, and everybody was wllllDg to help. "All of these calamities oomblned are not as great as ls the calamity of tuberouloslH to our o juntry every year. The loss of life In a single year by tuberculosis Is lift y times greater than lt was in all those calamities. The amount of suffering (rom tuberculosis for a singlo year ls greater than wa? the total suffering in those calami ties. There was nota form of human suffering or misery precipitated by those calamities whloh ls not dupli cated rr any times over every year by tuberculosis." The only Item smaller ls tho money valuation, and that loss from tuber culosis waa stated by Dr. Flick to be more than ?50.000.000 annually. Continuing, Dr. Flick said: "Could the disastrous lofluenoo of tuberculosis upjn any community be prescbtcd to the publie In a conorete form in the manner in whloh, for in ?lance, tho San Franclboo cart) quake was presenter" ; could all the consump tives be marshalled into line and their mfferlng thus be presented to the world at a glance, the response for thc amelioration of that suffering wouid bo aa generous as that whloh the world has Just witnessed for Cali fornia." Dr. Fdck asserted that the strength it thc association lay in the fact that its ambition to eradicate, oonsump olon cc uld be gratified. Ile advocat ed thc establishment of hospitals, I sanatoria, convalescant farms, public I tispensarles. where the poor could be I served, aud the scientific care of the i Dieted in their own homes. Ile onilclscd the medical sohools that ? turned out graduates unacquainted i with the best methods of combating the disease. In referring to the great lu'orra . Ional conference of the associations uf'tho world engaged In the orusa^o against consumption, which will be held in Washington in IO18, Dr. Filok recommended that the national association ?lu uld establish perman ent headquarters in Washlrgton, and that ks invitations to the asst elation* of other countries should bear the seal of tho approval of the United State government. Toe governments of France and Germany, said he, active ly participate in thc work of the asso ciations in their respective countries In commenting on thc membership if the asst.dation, Dr. Fliok depre cated the faot that ao few clergymen, professional or business men were laking an active interest in tho work. To create moro widespread interest he advocated the establishment of a .i oiuro bureau, providing speakers to visit every part of the country and disseminate knowledge of how to suc cessfully combat the disease. Tho report of the executive com mittee told of the growth of the association and of the methods that had been employed in spreading knowledge of the maimer to tight con sumption. Exhibitions pictorially depleting the nature of the disease and outlining methods to be followed by tbo.se snffdrlng from it, which have been given in several cities, were attended by over 160,000 people tn the last year. The committee re commended that smaller exhibits be arranged that will visit the smaller cities and towns during the ensuing year. The oommitteo also reported upon Its success lu securing the co operation of toe Y. M. 0. A., the National Federation of Labor, and other asst elations in the crusade. Thc emblem of membership to the oat ur ni, state, and looal association was deolared to bo a double red cross. Nearie;; tho J'Jml, Terrible predictions concerning what will happen to this poor old I oarth during tho next twenty live years were made at a prophetic and S oond Advent conference last week ia London and while they differed somewhat In details, they all agreed that the end of the world ls at hand, thoy were not quito sure whether tho final oatastrophe will cime on May 2, or April U, 1931, but i they aro quite sure thatouo of these d.itcj will provoto bo tho right one. 1 There oan bo no doubt that the world ' has nearly outlived its usefulness, thc prophets declared, Tho wars and cart).q takes whloh havo atUioted il I rocently are p.oof positive and all ' that is required to fulfill the prophe I cics ls thc coming ot anti-Christ, win Mssomcwbat unkindly Identified with \ Napoleon. KAIAI t?xpionion, ? John Saunders was instantly killed r and seven other men wero more or los* ? injured by an explosion of dynamite . on the Tidewater lUUroad oonstruo II tton work near Roanoke, Va., Frldaj levculng Saunders v?as removing the ^ tamping from a hole when tho ex J plosive went IT Among tho Injuree ? Me: Allen Harris, leg broken, ou and burned eui ftci and body; J. W Berry and E. Ferret wero blight.: , hurt. , Fat ul IdxplOMiou. n A speolal from Derrlelder, Lt, says Vi J.IL Johnson was killed, fi . Ker tu d fatally injurod and several other i. slightly hurt by a dynamite cxplosloi ?' at a r&ilfO&d eulup tweivo mites fror e hore F.lday afternoon. The men wee >t out at target practice with ?MI :, wht K one of tho bull?te struok a four hur ii I died po. ucl pile of dynamite, oausln o* a terrille explosion. The oamp was di j htroyod by tire whloh followed, TOLD TO MURDER Her Cruel Uncle in a Dream Says Woman ON WITNESS STAN?. She Said That She Was Subject to Hal lucination, a Voice Comosaodlng Her to "Kill Him" Dreamed She was In the Presence of Qod. In New York last week Josephine Terranova took tho witness stand In her own behalf ab hor trial on the charge ol' having murdered her aunt. The defendant said that she oame to this country when eight years old, going to live with her uncle and aunt the Begglous. She is an Italian girl who told one of the*, most awful tales of depravity and the part of her un ole and aunt, whom she tlnally killed for the groat wrong they had d.mo her. "I didn't go to c'mroh or to sohool. she said, "for seven years after I came to America. My aunt and u? ?lo would not let me. I wanted to go. I did everything, washing, scrub* bing, everything and som Firnes there were ten, eleven, sixteen boarders in the b(_u>o." ''DJ you remember ono wlntor morning when you were about eleven and a half years old? ' she was asked. The girl replied that she did; that her aunt had taken her to the unole's room that day. "That ls what I am on trial here about," she aJded. As the girl told of her unole's treat? ment a woman spectator fainted. The girl hesitated lu giving her testimony saying that she was ashamed to speak lt. S ie said that her auut bad forced uer to obey har undo and had beat 1er, breaking a stick during ono of She whippings, and making the wit uesB so sick that she went to bed. The girl said she was never permitted LO play with other ohildreu and waa forbidden to talk English or associate with the boaiders in the house. Sha said Bho wanted to go to her mother out was not pei mitte d to. The witness said that her husband was lt d to suspect what her relations with her uncle had been, beoause of a remark which tho latter made. She deolarod that her unole's mistreat ment covered a period ot about nix years and that? lt continued up to and luoluding the night after hor civil marriage to Terranova. Sae told of oho elrcumstauces walch led her to kll the ui; cl a, O.iotano, and her aunt, ?Joncelia S io said that her husband after listening to her confession told her that she was no longer his wife and thereupon left her. She remain ed alone during the followlog teu days, sui j ot, she said to tho li limmen of hallucinations in which her uncle appealed. Whcneve- he appeared a voice said "kill him." Etch night, tho witness continued, she would dream or Imagino that she was In the presence of God and there again she -vould hear the words "ktll your u? ?le." Attheendof ten days, the girl sahl she went to her mother's house and was turned away. Tuen the mys terious voices became more insistent and their directions moro pointed, belling her to buy a knife and a revel ver and kill. When armed on her way to their house for this purpose, she said sho had crossed herself three times and prayed to know whother she was doing right. She confronted uer unole, eall'.ng him "traitor," and he replier1.: "You are an oub^ast." "Sae lomerabored little of her at tack, but asserted that she hagan to stab when her aunt came between her and Gaetano. Sire d d not roon ne bo r whloh one struok first. Under oross examination the witness said she had been unable to run away from her unole's '.treatment, as she desired bo. II jr aunt, she said, had told her bhab there was no harm lu her rela tions with her unole. Justice Soott, who ls hearing bhe oise, q ?estioned the girl ab- ut the voloes sue olalm ed to have heard, and she told him that they oame like a ringing in the ears. Dried Heel llorac Mo**. Otlloersof the secret service at Ma illa have been engaged in an investi gation of tho alleged killing of dis eased horses for food purposes. They ' found bhat the praotloe existed in sev eral plaocs between Manila and Cal? , ocean, the product having been sold ' In tho ft>rm of "dried beef." In structions have been given from Washington, wi.ich will enable the ' operators of thc information division of tho constabulary, co-op 3ratlng with tlie health authorities, to broak up ' such unsanitary practices. Toe re 1 p^rt on the case, showing tho extent of the business, has been submitted to the war department. Tue oon I Htabulary ttibi?is at Mulila have , takon pram? t, and what promises to j be effective, action In the matter. Kutft1 Iroltey Collision. ' om man waa killed and nearly ! seventy old soldiers woro lr Jurod, hut j nono fatally, in a ooilision on the ? Layfayotto, Ind,, battlo ground elco trio road Friday. Both oars were ' orowded with veterans attending the " annual encampment of the Q.A.B. Tho collidion cour red at a switch. One oar was ooming sjuth to the olty ?; i from tho battle ground, filled with i> j veterans, and the other was outward g bound, oarrylng old soldiers to the o battlelleld. Ciarlos Uoudebush, mo r? Lot mau o? thu south-bound oar, was ?r killed. M. O. Farmer, the conduo n tor, was slightly hurt. Both oars \. were demolished. Twelve doctora K were summoned and tho injured were j. I uruugut vu li io oity ill PpOOlSl Otra [and taken to St. Uhzabctn's Hospital.