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FILTH ANDT?RTJ f:.. ' ;' _____ i Horrible Exposure Made lu Re port to ?he President AS TOMCAT P?XJKJNGr. How Food is Prepared for the Free Boro American Citizen-Employes' Peet Clad ia Dirty Shoes Climb Into and Besmear Meat They Prepare for Shipment. Sometime ago President Roosevelt appointed Messrs. J. 13. Reynolds . -.d 0. P. Neill to examine tho methods in use ab tho great paoklng houses In Ohioago and tlsewhoro. Below we publish some exiraots from their re port: The President: As dlrcotrd by yoe, we investigated the couditi ns m th?' principal establishments in Chicago engaged in tho slaughter of eUllo, sheep and hogs, aud lo ibo prepara tlon of dressed moat and meat f od producta. Two and a half weeks wore spent in the investigation in Ouicago, ~and during this time we went thrtugh the prinoiple packing houses lu thc stock yards dlstrlot, togother with a few of the smaller ones. A day was spent by Mr. Rjynolds In New York city In tho Investigation statemouts of conditions and practices in the paoklng houses, together with affida vits and documentary ovldouoe, v/ere offered us from numerous sources. Moat of these were rej :cted as being far from proving tho f.,obi alleged and as being beyond the possibility of vcr illcatlon by us. We havo made uo Statement as a faot in thc report here presented that was not verified by our personal examination. Certain mat ters which we wore unahlo to verify while In Chicago are still uador inves tigation. T.io following is, therefore, pubmltted as a partial report touch ing upon those practices and condi tions wblob wo found most common and not confined to a single house or class of houses. A more detailed re port would contain many specilio in stances of defects found in particular houses. Before entering tho buildings we noted the condition of the yards them selves as shown in tho pavement, pen, viaducts and platforms. The pave, ment is mostly of brick, the brick* laid with deop grooves between them v/lileh Inevitably lill with manure ami refuse. The pens are generally un covered, exoapt thosa for sheep, those latter aro paveo and covered. The viaducts and platforms are of wood. Calves, sheep aud borrs that have died en route are thrown out up th the platforms, where oars are unloaded. OQ a singlo platform on one occasion | we oomaal 15 dead hogs, on the next 10 dead bogs. The only excuse given for delay in removal was that so often heard-the expense. BUILDINGS. Material.-Tho interior finish of meat of tho buildings ls of wood; the partition walls, supports and rafters are of wood, uncovered by p'&ster or cement. Thc dooring in somo In sta? ces is of brlc'i or cement, but usually of wood. In man; of the rooms where water is used irecly the floors arc soaked and slimy. Lighting.-The buildings have been constructed with little regard bo either light or ventilation. The work rooms as a rule, ure very poorly lighted. A few rooms at the Lop Of the buildings are well lighted bee??.u;?o they oannot escape the light, bul mo li of thc rooms are so dark as to m^ko sr ioial light necessary at all tin es. Many Inside rooms where food ls pr pared aro without windows, deprived o' sun light and without direct oomrauima tlon with tho outside air. Thoy may be best described as vaults in whlc the air rarely changes. Ocher roo ns which open to the oncer air are. so large, the windows so clouded by dirt and the walls and ceilings so dark aro dingy that natu al lig-u only pone tratos twenty or thirty h er from the windows, thus making artificial Hgla in portions of even t!",;se ouv.:,i.;e rooms necessary. These ti&ik and dingy roomB are naturally not kept, suitably clean. Ventilat! m.-Systematic ventila tion of the work rooms ls not found in any of the establishments we visa ed. In a few instances electric fan:, mitigate the stilling air, hut usually the workers toll without relief In a humid atmosph?re, heavy with the odors of rotten wood, decayed meats, Stinking offal and entrails. Equipment.-Thc work tables upon whlon tho moat ls handlet!, the door carts on which it ls carried ait >ut and the tubs and other receptacles Into whloh lt 1B thrown aro generally of wood. In all thc places visited hut a single poroelain-llncd receptado was Been. Tables covered with sheet Iron, Iron c.irts and Iron tubs arc being in troduoed into the bettor establish ments, but no establishment visited has as vet abandoned the extensive usc of wooden tables and wooden re ceptacles. These wooden reoeptaoles are frequently found water soaked, only half elsa sed, and with meat sorapsand grease accumulations ad hearing to their sides and collecting dirt. This la largely true of meat raoks and meat conveyors of every sort, which were in nearly all c:isos inadf q lately cleansed, and grease and meat buraps v/ere found adhering to thom, evai after they had boen wash ed and returned to service. Sanitary Conveniences. - N Stiling shows more strikingly the general In difference to matters of cleanliness and sanitation than do the pi Ivies for both men and women. Tho provAll lng type ls made hy cutting < IT a Bee tloo of the work room by a thin woo l cn partition, rising to within a few feet of thc celling. These privies usually ventllato Into the work room, though a few arc f und with a win dow opening Into the outer air. M my aro located in the Inside corners of the work rooms, and tons have no out side opening whalevor. They arc fur nisbet! with a row of scats, generally without even aide partitions. These rooms are some timi s used as o!o?ik rooms by the employees. Lunoh rooms constructed In the same manner, liy boarding i IT a section of the work room, often adj tining the privies, the odors of which add to ttie, generally insanitary slate of tho atmosphere; ?uo?i?uablu as uite anuvo-namod conditions aro, the ono that affects moat dlreetly and seriously tho clean liness of the food produces ls the fre quent absenoo i-f any lavatory provis ions in the privies. Washing sinks are either not furnished at all or are small and dirty. Neither are towels, soap or toilet pap r provided. Men and women return dlreotly fr >m these placea to plunge their unwMh^' hand? Into the ur at to be voon verted Into Buoh food produoba aa sausages, drlod beef and other Compounds, Some pl the privies are situated at a long dis tanoe from tbo work rooms, and men rolleve themselves or, tho killin* doors or In a comer of the work rooms. Heno?, In some oases the fumes of the uiino swells tho sum of nauseating odors arising from tho dlrty-blotd soaked, rotting wooded doors, fruitful culturo beds for the disease germs ot man and animals. TKKATMFNT OF MK ATS. Uncleanliness lu Handling Pro ducts -An absonon of oleanlluess wai also found everywhere lu the haudllni of meat being propared for tho vari ous meat-foal produots. Af,er killing carcasses aro well washed, and up ti the timo they reach the cooling roon are handled in a fairly sanitary ant oleanly mauner. Tho parts that leavi the coiling room for treatment li bulk aro also handled with rogard t< cleanliness, but the parts that ar sent from the cooling room to thos departments of tho packing houses li whloh various 'arms of mo*t produob aro prepared aro handled wi'rn no rt gardwhatovor for oleanliness. In som nf the largest cstabllsi menos side t'jftt aro sent to what is known as tb boning room are thro ?.> n tu a heap o the tl )or. The workers climb ovt those heaps of meat, select tho plect they wish, and frequently throw thoi down upon tho dirty floor beside the working bench. lOvou in cutting tl meat upon the bench the work is ust ally hold pressed against their apron and these aprons were as a rule, il deacrlhably tllthy. "They wcro mai In most cases of loather or cf rouu sacking and bore long accumulait greaso and dirt. In only a few plao were suitable ot'clotti aprons wor Moreover men were seen to climb fro the ll ocr and stand, with shoes dir with, tho refuse of tho doors, on tl tables upon whloh the meat was bau lcd. They were seen at tho lum hour slttlug on the tables on the sp on which the meat product was han led, and all this under the very eye the Superintendent of tho room, she lng tLiat thia was the common pra tice. Moat scraps were n'so found heh shovelled Into reo-ptaoles fr om tl floors where they were left to lie u:v again shovelled Into barrels or In machluos for chopping. These ll .ti it must be neted, were in mo.it oas damp and sway, in dark, iihventth od repins and tho employees In u'>t ignorance of cleanliness or danger health, exp otorated at will ur. thom, lu a void, we saw mint si veiled from 111'hy wooden linois, ptl on tibies rarely washed, pushed fri room to room in rotten Iv x carts, all of which processes lt was In t way of gathering dirt, splinters, ll tilth and the expectoration of tub oulous and other dlseaso workc Where comment was made to door perlntcndcnb about ithese matters was always the reply that this mi would afterwards bo cooked, and tl: this storiTzition would prevent a danger from its uso. Even this may be pointed oct in passing, is i wholly true. A very considera portion of the meat so handled is si out as smeked products and in I form of sausages, which aro prepa to bo eaten without being cooked. A part icularly glaring Instance uncleanliness was found in a ro where tho best grade of sausage \ being prepared for export. J t ^ made from carefully ho.'ootcd me ind wai being pr oared tob', eat anco ked. In th!? oaie tho emolo jailed tho chopeo up m at acros room in a barrow, nie handics *?hich were filthy with greaso. ^ nrat was then thrown out upon iles, and thc fccopioyee climbed u] ?he table, handled the meat with in washed liar di, knelt with his di iprou and trousers in contaot, w "e meut l e was spreading out, a: ifterhehad finished his operati igain took hold of tho dirty bant if the wheo' * arrow, wc.; ; back .nether load, and repeated this p ess Indefinitely, Inquiry develo; he fact that there was no water Ida room ot al!, and tito only met! lie man adopted for cleaning ai.tis was to ruo them agair?*t Irty apron or tm his still li tt rousers. As an ex trem? example of thc Ire disregard cn tho part of cop; m of any notion or cleanliness snelling dressed moat, we saw a I ?at had just been kilh d, o'can ashi d ard started ou its way to lol mg room tell f.om tho .siloing i a dirty woodoo fioor and slide p ' the way Into a tllthy men's prl , was picked up by two employ? aced upon a truck, carried Into toling mom an t hun,; up with ot ,roa<8es, no effort being made can lt. Treatment of Meat After Itisi n. The radical def. cr, In the p 11system of inspection ls that ltd it go far enough. It is con fi net ese nt bylaw to paning on lalthfulncss of animals at thc ti killing ; but tho meat that ls u sausage and In the various fermi unod products and tither preps eat foods goes through many i ssr.s, in al: of which there ls po hty of contamination tiuough ultary handling, and further dan r ugh tho usc of chemicals. Dur these pr c ssoa of pr?par?t ero is no Government Inspect d no assurance whatever that tl ?at*food products are wholesi un for food despite the fact that esc producta, when sent cut,, bei ?ol stating that, they havo b wed upon by Government lttS] ?s. As to tbe Investigation of the al use of dyes, preservatives cr cbc s imho preparation of cured mo wages and canned goods wc are > prepared to report. Wc did I 0 tho matter of sanitary hand the meats being prepared for dons food products. Tuc result ? observations have already h .tty given. Oiher install?es of I .ducts may he made up and i ure tho stamp of Government ellon are. herc given. In ono < iwn establishment wp caxo u sh me^t hoing shovelled Into I I, and a regular proportion bf If il of stale >:craps that had lah Irt.y il tor In the corner of a ri some tl sys previous lu ano! ibllsh merit, equally wdl know 1 table was coted covered v .ral hundred pounds of OOO ipa of b?( f and other moats. Si hes:* meat scraps wcro dry, lei and unlit to be oaten, and In p were found pieces of nli/n even some bits of ropostraiiels it rubbish. Inquiry ovoked k admission fruin tho roar go that this was to bo grouut used in making "potted ham. ll of these canned produots 1 labels of whtoh the following is a sam? plo: ABATTOIR No -. The oontonta of thia package have been inspected accord lng to the Aot o ? Congress of March 3, 1891. QUALITY GUARANTEED. Ti.o phraseology ot these labels ls wholly unwarranted. The Govern mont iuspcotors paus only upon the healthtulnesB of the animal at tho timo of killing. They kuow nothing of the processes through whtoh tho mont has passed nineo this inspection. They do not know what else may have beou plaood in tho oins lu addition to "inspooted meat." Asa matter of faot, they know nothing about tho "contents" of the oan upon which the paokers plaoe tbeso labels-do not oven know tbat lt contains what lt purports to contain. The lecend, U'lality guaranteed," Immediately following tuc statement as to G .vern mont Inspection, is wholly u J istilla ble. Io deooiveB and ls plainly do signed to deoolvo tho average pur chaser, who naturally lnfors from the lata 1 that tho Govornment guarantors the coo tent ? of tho eau to bo what it purports to ba. In another establishment piles of sausages and dry, moldy cannod meat, adndttedly several years old, were found, whtoh the sup?xiutendeut stat ed to us would bs tanked and cou vert ed tuto grease. Tho disposition to be made of this was wholly optional with thc superintendents or representatives of thc packers, as the Government does not concern itself with tho dis position of moats after they havo passed Inspection on the killing door. It might all be treated with cheml oals, mixed with other meats, turned out in any form ot meat product de sired, and yet the packages or recep tades In whloh lt was to be shipped out to tho publlo would bo marked with a label that their coutents had b3en "Governmont Inspected." Ills not allem d here that such use was to be made of tills stu tl. Tho case ls pointed out as ono uhow'n; tho glar lng opportunity tor the nulsuoe of a labal bealing tho name and the Im plied gu ranty of the Ualted States Government. Another Instat.Ci of abuse lu thc uso of tho labels carno to our uot'.oe. In two diff?rend estab lishments great stocks of od canned nooda wore being put through a wash lng process to remove ttio old labels. Tiley were then subject to &hffioleut heat to "liv^n up" tho contents-to uso the phrase of the roon superin tendent. Alter tills, fresh labels, with tho G jvernmont name on thorn were t" be ph c d up JU the oaus, and ...)/ wari to he sent out boar lu g vii thc evidence of beluga freshly put no product. In one of these instances, by tho admission of thc euperlnteu dent, thc stook thus being relabeled was over two yours old. lo the other case the superintendent evaded a statement of ho w old the goads were. 1HIRT?EN WBR* KILLED And A Mooro 1 .Jared In Trolley Cur Aoolciont, T ?lrtccn persona were killed and a ?coro seriously Injured by thc ovei turning of a crowded eleotrlo car near Provldenoo, R. I., on Sunday eveu ng. More than 100 young mon and women, who had spout tho evening At Cresoout park, a pleasure resort on the Providence rlvor, six miles below this city, were on a chartered cir rc urning to their homes when thc ac cident happ.-'ned. The met. rmau, W J. L\uohcr of Dlneyvllle, was making his lirst trip j vcr the road. L metier was put in marge of the oar at the solicitation ?f tho passengers, members of a J'thollo st.cinty, which had been to Crescent park for an outing. Fog prevented a olear view of the oad ahead and tho mot? man, un aware of thc sharp curve? below, al owed tho car to coast rapid.y down lia bill, Suddenly ho felt the car vi lng into the curve, and realising he peril, applied the brakes and rs ersed the power. The wight of a iiimbcr of men on the ri lining board nd tho mom uitu n sn 111 oed to derail he car and throw it into thc road 20 ?et fi om the track. S von cf tho passengers wore pin mod bennAth the car and Instantly Hied. Those who wo=o r.ble, began ic wotk of re c ie, a largo Jo'st was tilly.*d as a lever, a pile of stories rmlng a fulciux, and the car was ih.ed from thc gr ind j mt enough, i permit tho o^c^po of its imprison 1 p issengers. Two persons had succeeded In cs tplng when the Joist broke und >r ie weight of the car and thc heavi side fell back, killing two of thc Jured. Tho rescuers cgaln raised io car from the ground aud by bulld g a pllo'of heavy stones, kept lt in Mitton while tho dead and Injured ero removed. BHA1N LEAKS. lHt> SftylnKM by \V. .H.^Inopin In Til" Clio ni mor. A half truth Is a whole Ho. Regeneration works from within. A corporation io known by thc mon keeps. A man ls rich when he has what he illy needs. Giving a shirtless mau acollar ls t philanthropy. Tue poorest, nun we know owns thing but money. : inly a fool noeks temptation In or r to provo his strength. \ lot of men who think they arc 'ependent aro only contrary. Tho hardest way to oarn a living ia hunt for an easy j Db. Thc best way to "get '-.ven" with ir enemies ls to help your friends. itac! bread ls a stumbling block to a at n any men who want to be rlstlans. Pile men wno .see tho little things 1 rio them ave thc men whoaccom ih gnat results. Ve have of cen wondered during bot woither If the summer ulris as oool as they look. 1 i i many spend so much timo got ^ ready that, they run out of time ore they bevin. f uu put nothing Into lifo you I alsv.i.yj meet disappointment lu lng t" got something out cfit. ), port unity knCCka at every man's r but a lot of mon are so busy do a Hf le "knocks" themselves that y fa I to hear opportunity, 'rte man who ls determined to do ethlng for his fellows must mako IIB mind not to bo discouraged by ?g called "grafted", or a oemei". fe have of ton wondorod why the y Just washed and newly dressed j.s finest clothes would rather play i a li mp of coal than a nice Le pobbio. ?E3S SAME OLD ST?hY. Startling Qra? Among Employ ees ot Pennsylvania Rood. NO BUSINESS ?Xi?MPT Prom the Peculations of (he Modern Qrafter. Many of the Officials of the Biff Railroad Company Were Bribed by thc Big Coal Companies. Tho Interstate Commerce Commis sion, whloh has been investigating tho employees of the Pennsylvania ll vi lro;ul at Philadelphia for some time ha? unearthed many oases of graft among the officers ot that glgau tlo corporation. Some of the highest oitloera were bribed by the big coal companies, Sortie of tho highest tni el?is of tho road are Involved. It seems tonat the modern grafter ls everywhere. He is nnt only lu the S-rath Carolina dispensary, hut In tho government aorvloe, railroad service aud every where elso. Many olllolalsof tbe Penn sylvania Road bra/.inly admitted that Uiey accepted all the graft that oirae their way. One fellow sxld when mon oy was to be given away bo would try to ho there to receive lt. As a sneol men caao we present that of Joseph Boyer, of Altoona, obiof clerk In the offloe of A. W. Glhlu, superintendent of the motive power, who testified bo fore the oom mission ou Thursday. In its entirety Mr. Layer's tcstl mony was a startling cbaiaoter. Ills Stock bedding were only a small por tionof tho gifts be admitted reoeivlng from the ooal raining oompanies. In his capa Hy as a purohaser of fuel ooal no icstiuY.d that be bad received from live oompanies au allowance of from 3 to 6 cents a ton on coal U3?d by the railroad for fuel purposes. During a period from tho latter part ol 1DJ3 to riaie be bas received a total of more oban $16 OOo The compaules which made bira this allowance wore thc f?ra.fr Coal Company, the Clearfield and Granton Coal Company, Dunkirk Coal Company and Taomas Illy the Com pany. GrUT Coal Company allowed him live oonts a ton and the Clearfield and l?ranton C raipany gave him a share tn the pr "tl ts which amounted to not less t han four cants a ton. lily the ano Company gave bim three oents a ton He wus asked why he discriminated ia favor of Blythe and Co. Ho replied be lld not discriminate as the money jame to bira without solicitation or uiy ttfjrt on his part. Ue believed that he money had been paid in voe same nannor to lils predecessors ku ellie iud he believed he was only fo'lowlug die cus? ora of tho d?partaient. ''What did you do with thijmonej ? 1 liked attorney Glasgow. ''I kept it vii." "Hew do you ao?ou for gett ng lt?" I imagine soinebo( ? bad been lotting lt before me." Ana erlng the lUdstlon by Mr. Glasgun, r. Hoyer aid that for tba money 1 reoelved rom thc coal oompanies "D.d vhat he could fo? thgifoj * .~ xplaln thia, lie" said ho'distributed bo orders for fuel coal among the empa?ica to the best advantage. ' Did you ever refuse auy ?moue) ? ' 'Yes." "Whj? ' "Well 1 dlin't know he people who ollerod it " Mr. G.as ow said . e understood that these pay lents had ceased last March. He. ranted to know why Mr. B iyer said chad not lu q Jil red tho reason, bul idged li was because of the Interstate om meroo Cora mission's investigation. There w? re other interest!(ig devol pmeuts during Thursday's bearing, nlch was protracted until (1 o'clock liursday night. Joseph K. Aiken, ho bus boen chief olerk In tho super iti-ndont's oillce of the Monongahela iviblou of too Pennsylvania railroad, ivcaled almost as startling evldeuco i that g:vcn b> Joseph P. Boyer be re tue commission Wednesday. O i salary wi dun be said varied from IO to 812? per month Aiken had pur iase.1 8took tn di ff iront ooal compau s amounting to nearly 875,000. H i milted having received git** of sh from coal operators ou thc P nn Ivania lines and had also rcooived ? a mouth for several months from Bump, ny atore. S. L<\ Potter, president of tim Dono ic Cool aud Coke o mpanv, whose era; lons ?re located in Westmore nd cuutity, charged that tuc Penn lvanta railroad bad practiced gross iori m biatlon in the distribution of rs to his company. Oue car a day is bis all? tmonb for seven months, declared. Mr. Glasgow asked thc tucas If bia company was able to un tho rating of the neighboring ces. *'Wo sent a deteotlve to the iya; Hanna mine," the witness said, 0 see how many oars wore sent ere. They shot at bira and be was .aid to go back." The last witness of the day was W. Patterson, a hard o al operator, io charged that he was driven out the soft coal business in Meridian, Va , beoau io discrimination on tho rt of thc Baltimore and O ilo? rall td In tho distribution of tura. Ho jlared that the operations of the llllppi Coaly company, of which he s president, bad aoapacity eq ral to it of the S JU them C :al and Trans 'tatton company, and tho Century op-.tny combined, hut that while .li o' these companies were plenti ly supplied willi cars lils company 1 never been able to ill) any one ttraot. The-plant was worth more n 61 ooo ooo no bal 1, hut wai? sold 8450.000, ?oier ls only a typo of hundreds of ors In thc ? m ploy of the Peonsyl iln ll .u i road v/ho havo testified b& i thc commission to the f?ct that y took all tho graft that como their r. S ?mo of these ofllalals received r three hundred thousand dollars i from the favored o al compon who In turn were always furnish* ?ats to ship tholr coal, whllo those i pan les that did nut bribe the offl , could not got cars, lt waii a case no pay, no cars. Arter bis testi ly wai made public Boyer wes dls iod from tho soi vice of Ibo com y hy President Oassart, who has not ,o tills Ilma taken similar aotlo:i )garda to his own son who is one of ohlef gratters.. Po tann nd i>y Nogrooa. 'libara Uolghly. oolored, was fot l Tuesday In a Hold, near Kort n. Coroner Jjooklo made an In? igatton and found that two strol mgroes had administered cooalno :he man. Theso negroes, Kd. ay an 1 Dennis Cole, bavo bcon ar id and committed to jail. WILLISTON STIRRED. A VU HY RBMAHKAB?/K A FF 11R fill Ifni! OMI) IN M YHKKKV. 4 Mr?u Waited Upan and Told He! Must Leave the Commu nity And He Did. Accord lng to a story published In The News and Courier last Friday thore bave been som? high-handed aud outrageous proceedings in aid around the usually peaceful town of WUllston during the last few weeks, If current and well-att?stod reporto are to bo aoorodited, and as an upshot ?of the whole matter El ward Q Boyl stun, a white man, until recently the foreman on Mr. Il M Mixou's place, a few miles frcm Whilst rn, ls said to bavo left for patts unknown. Ills re turn ls not antlolpated at any early date. Indeed, his doparture cannot be said to havo b?eu altogether vo'uatary for lt ls well known that ho was wait ed upon by Dr. J. A. MoOreary, one of tbe loading eli,/.ons of the town, who, as spokesman for a oommlttee composed of somo thirty or forty of the most representative men of Willis ton, made olear to Mr. ll ylston that tho soouor he lid tho community cf his presence the bettor it would be for all tho parties ooncernod, and more particularly for Mr. Ho- lston himself Tue beginning of Mr. Boylstou's troubles dates baok to March 6th of the present year. Their history does not make overly plonsant reading, but so mauy exaggerated rumors are ai re idy current, that the full story must O-imo out sooner or later and porbaps lt ls justas well that it should bo published now. Tue details are too shocking, too rovolting to be pu*i In print, but it is stated with the utmost positiveness that on the date mon tloncd, March 5, a brazen attempt was made to ontico Dr. W. C. Smith, of WUllston, to thc home of Boylston under circumstances which could have had no other result than that of plac lug him in an exoet dingly compromis ing position. Dr. Smith ls ono of the most intelligent and respv.ted gentle men In this part of tho State. He ii well known and well educated and stands very high In this community. This attempt to lure Dr. Smith to Bo/lston's home was of so shameless a charaoter that be was shocked and astonished by it. Tho pioposal was promptly r. ieoted and a further Invi tation made over tho telephone met with a Ilk?, reception. This was or Monday, Miroh 5. Ol Saturday, March 10, Dr. Smith reoelvod a let ter which bad baeu mailed at tho p -st tillie In Williston au 1 of whloh tin followitK' ls a o >py: "Dr. Smith: "I sa? that party be said that he thinks you arc one of his bihb friends and bali willing to do just whatever you think is bost for tno and be wants you to be very careful about it, now don't take lt to bc a 1 Jim Smith scr*pa, at all If lt suits you I will look Tnursday night come* on 1 front right hand room. Very trulr. ' P. S.-For G id's sake bs oareful. "March 10, '00 " Tnls letter purported to be signed bv the wife of Kl ward G ll lylstou lb was written lu a small, rather cramp ?d hand. Dr. Smith bad made no men lion to any one concerning tb?; previ )us occurrences noted above, but lm Mediately up JU rcoeiv ng this note ie exhibited lt to several of his "Honda, .and by ono of these lt wa9 icolared to be tho handwriting of BoylStbn, perhaps a little disguised. j impulso..8 wero Instituted with p?olmonsof his writing! known tobe ?emitne and the comparisons boro out ibis conclusion. There vas now no d: ubt in tho ninds of Dr. Smith and bia frlen ls hat Boyliton bad b;eu seeking to uro him to his hom J for tone evil impose, and this supposed aotlon was endered tho more reprehensible by he faot that, as it appeared, he should lave sought to use lils own wlfo as a eoy in the manner alkg-d. Dr. imith's impulse was to see Biylston a person and tax bim face to face lith all theso matters, but ho sought 'gil advice, and, yioldlng to it, was unstrained to call in ti e services of third party, fur thc purpose of vis dug Boylston and demandbu' an ex hi nation from hine. According S;n tor W. E Johnson, of Aiken, and lr. II, S. Evans, magistrate at Wind ir, were r qunsted by Dr. Smith to ndortake this mission. Mr. Johnson ld cab upomUoylston, and lt is ?aid lat Boylston ai il st; denied writing Io note, bot lator admitted li. When this beca ne noised through it tho community it aroused cou dorab'c Indignation and many harsh iMcbmi were directed towards oylstou. These bo ls reporual to ive resented in a manner which ily served to Inciense tbe disfavor In hieb ho was held by many persons his stato ofaffilrs continued until lout ten days ago, by whloh tl ino piston's c.mduct bad become such lat some forty cr Hf ty cf the citizens WUllston and neighborhood held a oetlcg, at wnlch Dr. J. A. Mc ?cary was chairman, and, as Its out me, Boyltou was notl? id that he ju!d have to loav.i the o ai mu 11 ty t tlrst be stoutly rofuiod togo, bul ter telephoned Dr. MoOreary that ? would comply with the demand ie next day, however, be came Into illiston and Insisted that Dr Mc cary should procure from tho coin ittce a paper stating that he had t been driven from thc community, t had merely been requested to ive. This request was refined, and, :er some parleying, Bjylston re ined to his borne. From there ba optioned Dr. MoOreary, (tating at he i a l decided n t to bold om ? thia paper, but would mike his maratlons to h:avo without lt. Several dais wont by, however, ai d was still at his home. The com ttoo did not press tho matt r lin ly at this stage f<>r the reason that was understood that bc was only lting until certain Qnanclal mat s could he arranged, snurday, no 2 id, cmo, and Bjyl3ton c.mo 0 Will's on s one time that after? m. That evor.lt g late Mr. O L icks, who lives not far from Boy ls i's homo and who bad been parti* arly sharp In his crlttchmi of /lston, although not a member of 1 committee willoh ha I demanded ,t he leave, met Boylston driving > of town, In his buggy, alone. Mr. oks remained in WUllston for ab ir or so and then started home, Io buggy with him was a Mr. Oorloy ouog man to whom he had pr.? ed a scat In his buggy for a pi:t he way home About a mile om own Curley and Woeks v/er?> ny.r un by Boylston and another man, i drove up behind them. Boyls cursed weeks and threatened to :?t him, accusing Week* of tolling on him and of trying to raise a diing pftrty to como down and iii him. Weeks donlod these rges and Boylston then doolared r f -i that If things kept on aa they were Wooka would be the man who would Burler for lt, When this booame known the* In dignation of the community, already high against liolyiton, waa greatly augmented and even aome of tboae who set themeelvca up his felon'} hastened to tolephone him and wain ld m that he had boat nob tarry in that community. As a result he very promptly left and when last heard from he waa in Augusta, Ga. To parties there ho ls allogcd to have made the statement that ho proposed to settle in Southwest Georgia. That ls ono story. Another ls that he do -Jared his intention of going to Magi vi lbTrnnesaeo What could hats beer Biylston's purpose ls ho sought tc lure Dr. Smith to his home in auoh i .treking mannerV That la a quos tlon whloh continuos to pur/, e tbi minds of a great many of tho poopli In Winlaton and elsewhere. Tba1 thoro may be those who would like ti havo Dr. Smith out of the way oai very woll bo believed, but there i nochlng known whloh would .cans suspicion bo point to Boylstou as bo ir g ono of this uumbor. Tho phase "Jim Smith sorapo1 I In the letter received by Dr. Smlt brings up a tragedy of a year agc when J. T. Smith, Jr., a well-to d young merchant and f rmerOf Willi! ton, was brutally assassinated In SOT woods on tho o'lge of the town. O thc afternoon of March :i, 1906, lat in the day, ho was Beoo to mount hi horse In WUllston and lido out In tr dlreotlon of his plantation, to tl: north of this placo. Ho did not ri turn and when later in the ovonln his horse galloped back into tho tow riderless and with blood stains on tl aaddlo, his frlo-ds were ab one alarmed. A searching party wi hastily organized and it was soc loarued that he had tu on seen bo rh Into a oorbalu piece of woodland ai that shortly afterwards the par who saw him heard two gun shot but attaohed no Importance to thor thinking that lt was Mr. Smith hir self shooting at game. The woo were searched and In soraethlug 111 half an hour the scarchors oame upi tho dead body of him they sough Two loads of bird shot had been di charged in his head and body, the Ur tearing Hs way upward along tl arm and shoulder and entering ai breaking the neck. This woui must havo produced Instant?neo death. The second load had been fir at a somewhat different angle, oui lng out. tho Ups and gums, bearii ono of the eyes from its sookct and e terlng the brain. There wore evl onces of wad ling In the ground in li with this shot and it is believed tb it was tired after Smith had fall from the saddle and prone lu death Tho only otiier circumstances devi oped in connection with the klllli was the fact that just before leavli Wllllbton S aith had received a not tue appearance of which was such to excite comment, the address t lng somjwhat peculiar in its fori ind lb is known that thc letter w mallod at WIlliston, and not broug In by ono of thc rural carriers. No o professes any knowledge either as Me contests of tlitt note or Its antin dilp, but <?"ery ODO seems to think s conneoted in some way with l leath. There ts a rumor to the ?ff ihab lt was written by a woman, b ?o far as eau be learned there ls not ng upon whloh to base this rum I?ho friends of Saith assort that was a mao of tho str!o;8sb Intogrl oui that ho led a blameless life. T ?eople of WUllston generally dooli o dlsouss this phase of the matt* Lsk them as to the why of J Imlth's being so cruelly done to dea ,ud they shake their hoads. "Al hey say, "that Isa mystery." A mystery lt undoubtedly ls so J s the general public is cone ruc Vhether there are those who kn ?oro about the killing than the sea etalls here given l&anather mabt f there are any such they at least < Une to talk for publication. ID nown, however, that au tamest orb has boen made to get at tho b om faots of th" matter. A rewt f 8200 was i Unreel hythe Govon or tho apprehension and oonvlcti f tho slayer of S.nlt'.?, and this ol ras supplemented to the extent 2,600 by the fric?is and relatives he dead man, this money being n n deposit lu thc Gcerxla Ralbi auk, in Augusta. It is stated M olly a thousand dollars additional J cen Hpcnb by the relatives of Sro i thc t ffort to collect evidence wh ould secure the ooiivlothm of I iiilty party. A runnier of doteotl xyc, lt ls understood been cngat i the oise at one time and auoth nt what has bacn ace impllsho 1 c >b be aald, but the Impression ls c ub at Williston that enough e ?nee has already been brought rht to awaken at leist strong sm .ms in the minds of thc hivaS'.igat to tho identity of tho slayer. 1 . 0. Smith who ia a cusin of 1 order d man has b..en untiring lu jrts tn the ratler, and lt ls gen y belli ved that he lins a bet asp of the case for tho prosecut an anybody oise, au1 that lb \ ont of the case being brought li urt his presence would be essen! thc Interests of the State. A ra ?tivc for an attempt upon I pith's lifo ls thus furnished, I ls c'.iess not answer the question idy a kad, as to why H lyistyn hbo sh to make such an attempt. Bi m himself ls reported to rlony tl 3h was nls purpose. Ho gave no v msablo or acceptable explanatioi i strange conduct lu regard to il bli, according to tba reports, t understood to havo taken refuge 3 statement that bi? lips wore *-. and that If ho were only at lib? take ho oou'd cl ar up the wb bier. This explanation dees not ir to li?,ve hoon regarded as sa tory. No one count c.s Hoylston t way with the killing of t 1th. IIRIIMIUII tlioii?-jui 1>I vii. ) seuss! n g too dlsponsiry hives lon with tho Washington cor ident of the State Friday Sonn Iman said lt l.s v ry strange t oom m lt tee forced Mr. Ly wis koi to testify so far and no fur "Why did they not make : ker toll the namool the sumo k in official in South Carolina wi; laban bad employee!? 1 am sa that La?aban has bern guilty <lnds of bribery and corruption i been for s une time- What tl ht to do Is to make Mr. Par i > bbc min. They cannot com laban to oomo down and test inst Bvans and those fellows, i ',' can get him .lu?II there ii ti icotite him. if this man, whoo la, has any grit In bim and ls r ribing Lanallan in a legitim , as he may have b en doing, tl vould prosecute Lutahan for si L \nahan ls the mau they n et hold of. He ls ono of tho h ls of the wholo Htlnk." <? -PHI WI ?' ?. PASS TiIKM ABOUM>. t ?.i i: /iDVMii i ?i\(j IVMKED ron BOM IO S ii A li V K :\fa Wbe A^? Rrtr>?ol8g Peipb Oat o? Money On a Get Bich Qu ck ' eherne. Some of the washing maohlne peo pie who had been op'rating in thlt county up to last week hate gone to Sumter, whore no d ,ubt> they ar? now actively engaged lu Irylng lo got the unsophisticated to exshange som? ot their hard earned monty for a vet rich quick sahorno w lloh they palm off under tho plea of selling rights to sell washing raaohlnos and ostabllsh agencies. When they oamo to O.'augeburg sjmethlng over two months ago thoy gave lt out that they wouid be here at xor more months and that they intruded to oarry at least seventy-five thousand dollars from thin p'ace T Us we are glad to say they have failed to do, thanks to tho potenoy ? f prl tor's ink The/ were hore some hule while before the character of their business was ex actly understood, aud lu that time they in icoi s mo. folks to invoBt in their sol erne, which is one cf the most bold faced bunco gamos we have ever attempted to ruu down. On Apri: 20 Tue Times and Demo orat exposed tho Bohemo and warned tho people to lek lt alone. This ex posure had the den red elTvOt, and from th^n up to the t mo they lift thoy did ne t bunco a s'nglc victim, unless it waa sumo one who did not read The Times ard Democrat U?foro tho scheme was exposed in Tho Times and D moorat they had but coed several people out of Btnu varying from two hundred to ?lftoen hundred dollars. S ms of this money was paid in oasti, some in notes and some of it issccurid hy mortgages on farim Wc understand tl tat some of those who paid 04sh have torn up the wondeiful piece of blue paper the) received for their money and gon baok to work on their farms, wbili thoio who pave notes and mortgage: are kicking like blind mules am swear that they will never pay elthoi uole or mortgage. We do not bellov* they will unless thoso papers aro hole by Innocent parties. Several of tho victims were In towr Saturday and what they said ahou un washing machine Niks and the! m >dc of d Ung business was simply ? pl cu ty Ooo po r fellow, who had * largo family, and who had given r mortgage for five hundred dollars or h s farm for a ''tight" was loud an; deep lu his denunciation of the,wa. t icy had robbed him by Indue lng him to buy something that thej knew was worthlr-ss. TUis man is ai honest, hardworking farmer, bu knows nothing about the numerous faklra that go up and down the work, to entrap the Inexpeilenced. He sale, they made him behove that people vould run him down to get a obaucp to buy a "right" and that In a l i bt u while he would bo able to own aL automobile or two. After trying ti sell "rig its" and machines for abou s'x weans ho has given up in dlsguai and gone to work on his farm, a poor jr but wiser mau. Any man or set if mon that would ti.ko advantage of h.'. man we meution above will coax watohlug. These people lived in great styl aere. They drove ?oe horses am .odo around in one of tho most fafih ouable traps lu town. T.i8y evident y spent tho money they got fron ,helr viotlms with a free hand, ano iud a big time g morally so far a; f< od UvlDg was Concerned. Thon ire a d zen or more people lu tnt urey who havo been boarding here uu udlng tho wives of,the severa .gents. We regret to be oompellec 0 attack any man's business, but wt aunot conscientiously let thest moo h talking pooplo go to somi thor o.unty and bunoo the peoph s they did here without warning heir Intended victims. The press ol he Slate should pass them mouin nd compel thom to go elsewhere ti arry on their contiJeuoc game, fJi diat they are doing ls little less thai hat. As we see tho two things, buncc Deering is an honorable occupatio 1 comparison with selling a man right" to sell roally nothing of any alue. Tuc moro wo hear about th? lethods of these people the moro in imous thoy appoar in eur estima lon. We are a^tisdod if tho Uniter tates postal authorities were apprit J of their mode of doing busbies.' lat a fraud order would be Issuer jalnst them and they would ba d ir red the use of the malls. Thai as what was done In the oberry tret vlndle, and we oan't 3eo where ther any dilT?renee iu tho two cases. Tin lorry tree swindlers Bold "rights" t ll oh-rry trees, and the wanui ru aohlnc people soil '"rlghtB" to eb .bilah agencies to sell walbing ma linos. Ia bvjth Instances the peopl ho invested ?ero buncoed and i cms to m that the steerer? ought bo puuiohed. - The Times and Dom rat. Mn m k Hy I .I jill 11, i II f .;. During a heavy rain and electrica' -rm Saturday, lightning struck tin jwcfiville oil mill, burning tut th 1 phono and eleotrio light coonee .KU? and starting a small tiro whlcl 18 uu'okly extinguished, little dam . being done. At the tame time ar the same place, a cow and horst e properly of Owen Mick, wore In ?ntly klllPd and Mack'* sonscverel coked by lightning. It ls easier to keep a ftlcnd than tc ?over him when lost. We Have Fo io 25 lune* power TalHott, second han been overhauled. This Engine ia ii ?rout bargain for anyono who io in the Wo aro headquarters for anything int tuipt ?it ontion will ho given to all inq o. 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