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WILL SHE HANG?1 - i This Is the Question Being Ask i cd in Missouri ABOUT WR$. Who Cruelly Planned Her Husband's Murder and Then Helped Her Para mour Carry lt Out, The Coward ly Wretch Puts All Blame on the Woman. Qui to oheer ful, her behavior hoyond criticism, young Mrs. Aggie Mver6 sits la her coll in the County Jail at Liberty, Mo. Almost any other wo man in hor position would believe that she saw, written In letters of fire on the whitewashed walls that hom her in. "This ls your tomb. You murdered your husband, who trusted you. Hore, in this cell, on Juno 29, you will bc hanged by the neck until you arc deaol" BUG Aggie Myers, pretty and young, BeesnobuOJ ru.-oripUoujHuBuca wui?> ring, in her miuu's eais. She cannot eheve that they win aoiually hang her, thcugu sue knows bhu rnuiv.ereu her turning husband. Sue ls a model prisoner al way H oueoriul, uoodient; sue makes no complaints, has a pleasant word and smite for ail wno appruaon her, ar.(I bouaobiuies bhe slugs. In another oeil, not far away sits a plain-featured, ungainly, mi?dle-aguc man, wno n morooe and taciturn, lb was with his help, fur his Bake, that Mrs. Aggie Myers murdered her hus band. Ile, too, is condemned to be hanged on Juue 20, bub he has no oheoriul illusions on the buujCct. THU WOMAM 1'L.ANNICD IT ALL. It is nob a picasaut task to print tho dcialls of any clime, especially a orime so heartless, so mot eui cly oruci aud bloody as the minder of Oiareco? Myers by ms young who and worin lens Frank llottman; bub to lind out broauoast tue story ol such orimes, oi tho arieBt ano trial and oonvlotiou of the perpetrators, sei ves uno of the purposes tor which no law mcbts out punishment-a warning to all who arc tempted to violate tho law. What is told hero ls substantiated by tho records of tho trial ol Mrs. Ag gie Myers anu Frank llo?tmau. Myers waa an honcso, sturdy yuuug man, in every way ene bupenur ul Hottnaan. But the latter was a vis lt.or at thc Meyers home and, by ono of those btraLge fleaks of Infatuation which nobody oau explain, he won the vlolout and UCXILKS. fanoy of jou'ng Mrs. Myers. From thiB time cn the woman man aged everything. Iluttman was like wax In her haucs, and une so manag ed that her husband uuspeoud notn lng. Tho Meyers home was lu KauaaB Olly, Mo. In May, 1?04, Mrs. Meyers lound her husband's presence KO hate ful to her th.tt abe resolved on putbiug him out ut tho way. To this end shu conspired with the weak llottman. They finally tlxod upon the nignt of May ll to do tue deed. Together tht,y piatned ali the de tails. Iluktman fuoinooed a bluogauu out of tne ne-avy ena of n biinaru cue wUU wh.ca tu OCab uuo 1 : o tiUauauo'b brainb us ne bitpb. Ab a muu pa^t mldulgbb HutLu.an v>as tu kmc* ab the buck aeor ul tnu Mayers renounce, Mrs. Meyers waste nutnlL mm wini hlB weapon, lead him to tuc room where tno decided mau slept anu make bute that bib blows were fatal. lb bo happened tbab night that My ers was in a wakeful mood. Mrs, My era had tu lethe llrbb before hu womit leave his book, put clio toe lights uno go to bod. Wiaeu lu bed he tusse ; about uneasily, while hit. guilty wifu listened feverishly for tho zap Of her aocontip,ine. lt was bibs than half an hour bat ire Hottnaan 's rup wab Cutlgat by ti .6 wo man's quick can that bac husband ap pearea io have roudy gone to sleep. She rose ?o?lly Hom bia ?.ide, went io tho door and opened it. Tau dooi creaked sllgaily. "Aggie,'' sounded iho husbands voice iiom the bcd. oom. Slie quickly drew ber accomplice into the loem ano closed the door. "Be quiet ; lie's waking," bec ba:d "Stay where you are." "Aggie!" Be th heard the husband's voice inls time. The woman hunted b ck to her hus band's sloe. Ho was v, KC. awake "A^kie, ?bat wtre you doinfc?" he as loo. "I thought I ' rd forgot!rn to fas ti-h ti f? ki cl i .ii,1. > H tu "li p ul id i i. . ? i1 ii SOOTH ICO HIM HACK TO SLUM OUR. Wniie l i t Lt'oi U.pl'.ce COWeled ftltb hi? b udgten lu ti t omer room, w;ut, lng lor t.irsigcal, il c wl.t-hio ncc lnr hubbard Into slumber ogaln.smoothed hiB hair, cooee Into t.l. air-tl ls wo man who was tbir Uri; for hth bio. d lheie wai. a dim light In thc ru m, barely llgiit euotij.li .y walch to els tingulbb the eu? nm s of objects M's. Myers mude ctr1.a;n mat r.vy ot.v would be able li Ste thc oaik head of her Lush r>d outlined upon tbe wbiti pillow. Hir 1 ui tar d no loDg r stiri td. Sc fijy a kain tho lae Hem ht Bide. Still bc cid not stir. Now she walked silently in her i.;iro feet lido th* outer mern cud to where Ilot'rxan stied, rot dailog to m \c except by her direction and took hint by tho arm. "Como," she whispered, "ho BIPPPM now. 1 will remain w? h you. Ye u will see his hoad on thc pillow, ito member, your Jirst blow must bs surd" T?rese things llottman told at tho trial. Silently the wife led the mau with tho blungcon to tho side of tho oed .he had Just loft. Si e showed him the dark head outlined against thc white pillow. Then, with one moment of womanly worknes: lu strange con trast with her latter behavior, she turned hoi face a way. II Jt.tman btruck with all lils might st the dark head on the pillow. But there waa no dying gasp from the husband's Hps, as he anticipated. The bludgeon had glanced. "Burglan I" shouted Myora, reach lng out wildly and sr /.h g the arm um?, bald aloft the bludgeon, "!'a;r gists! Aggie, where are you?" BTA1I1UCI) HIM WITH HK.lt BUR AUS. Tho twon.cn wore, stt uggling over tho bcd on which Myers half reolined, blinded by blood that flawed from his tom fio?.lp into his oyes. Tiro spf o taole maddened tho woman, who knew that her husband was the | itronger. Stlontly abe slipped around to the other eldo of the bec, Buatohlng from . her work table a pair ot shoars. Lean ing over the bed BO that bor unfasten ed hair brushed b?r hualand'a face, Bhe savagely plunged tho sharp points into his budy. "Stop, Agglel Honey, lt's me you're stabbing. < Here's the burglar on this side. I have him fast," soreamed the doomed husband. Breathing hard, tho woman struck with the shears again and again. With a mighty effort Myers leaped from the bed and seized HOM m un by the throat. Mm. Myers, seeing that ber husbaud, In spite of his wounds, was getting ?he bettor of her aooonaplloe, tore a slat from the bed, rushed around to the othor side, and rained blows upon the man sho hated. Again he called out to her: "You're hitting mo, honey. Just leave us alone; I eau manage him." The husband had not tho faintest Idea of his wife's faithlessness. Shi knew this, and the thought increased her fury. Around tho room and over the furniture tho awful struggle con tinued* M y om was saving Uimboli from Hottraau'a bludgeon, but ho could not avoid his wife's blows with tho bed slat. In the deop gloom of the room lt was impossible for him to seo that sho was al ulng those blows at him, and lie never thought 80. And so this terrlblo, inhuman com bat In the dusk wont on. Abd slat ls au awkward wap^n M s Myers could g< t In uo tffiotive o ow with tue oui she held. Sua rav chat H ?ttman was nearly overcome, tu a moment her husbaud would understand their murderous plot, wou'd have thom boin in his power and would learn of tho terrible He she was enacting. I1KLI1CVKD TN ll ICU TO THU'BND. She groped about and found her shoars. Creeping cloie under thc armp of tho struggling men, she struck savagely for the heart of tho man in tue wijite night olothea-her husband. "Oa, Agglel noneyl It is I," ho moaued a last time, and foll to the carpet, dead. Hottman, trembling in every limb, fell over on the bed. Mrs. Myers drow down the blinds oarofully and turned up the night light. The room-was Uko a shambles-blood everywhere, on the b.d, on the overturned furniture, on her nightdress. Hottman's cuffs, ovou nis hat, were covered with blood. Tho woman stepped over her hus band's body Lo a drojser, found a pur of eulin and motioned to Hottman to put tnem on in place of his own. She went to a closet and lound ono of her husband's hats. Tnis she put on Hot man'a lnad. Then.she said calmly to her trembling accomplice: "Go. Get to St. Joe before the po lice can arrest you." Hottman ? jd. Eirly the next morning neighbors found Mrs. Myers lying on the back porch of her homo. Sho said that two negroes had attempted to rob thp home and had killod Uer husband after a terrible strugglo. Soe hal crawled as far as thc porch, socking assistance, and then had falntod. Tho polios wsro summoned, and to them the womin added that certain Jewels had boeu stolen. When they found those ar biol es hid len ina bu reau drawor they they arrested Mrs. Myers and bogan a search for her ac complice. Neighbors told them of tho visits of Hottman. Hottman was missing. He had followed Mrs. Myer's ordois Tiny traced him to St. Joe, thence to Higginsville, Mo., the former home of both himself and Mrs. Myors. and fioin thereto W>lla Walla, Wash., where ho was arrested Ho was still wearing the hat and cull", of the mur doced man. Hiing brought baokto Kansas City, Hottman confess d everything In Mrs. Myer's p^e once. Toe woman laughed In his faoe, denying every detail. Toe pair were tried separately. Hottmau was Bpeedlly convicted a id awarded the death penalty Mrs. My ers's C*ST was continued half a d zen '..lines. The li >ai verdict was tue same as in the oaso of Hottman. Roth cases were appode.1 to the Supreme Court, whore both verdicts wero induisui. Then o vue, ten days auo, the sen tenc: of both tobe hang'd on the na n;; day-J une 2(J -she In her oell, io tho oouutv j ?il, w;iere sho ls oonfined at Liberty, Mo., fer sho will he the lir.s'i white woo*'an to moot that fate in tho Statt of Missouri, where thore ls a s r og sentiment against execu ting lho death penalty upon a wo man. All hope for Mrs. Ag^ie Myers now rests in Governor F ilk. Hut that hope ls so strom; in her that she ls as cheerful ns thi ugh the. J iry had be lieved all her denials of guilt. To In tervi? she ?ays, with au easy smile: ''Hanging? I Invo never given t'io subj?ot ' f barging any thought. Why u IV I ko >w t:>at I shall never ,. i? m polled lo d ! In that manner." S s u ?. rt. - g . womni - h .a >? ms hot t.o k.'ip I? I . ma- ng of the oro "n . v. , " S o ia the favorite priori?? i : f o woman's wai"*, always thc pe C? rn ker lu i-as? of brawls, and a f^reab r-s^h tanto to the matron.! in ma'nta'.nlng discipline. Io ls evident, that pretty Ai/gie My ora has no t x'^otat'on of being hang pd, on Jun iii? or any Ot uer day, In lier cell or els whore. WOO Kolor. A dif>pa4oh from Charleston says the omv 01 and sentencing of William Man li?, a whke man for the mu,der ol . ls wife, has resulted in an examination of the records which MOW that lt ls ?Im st almost 60 years s're^ a white man has been hung in O lariestoo couoty, Strange to siiy the last w 111 to man bung was executed for wifa murder, his name was White and l.e aim kil'.od his wife by stabbing her. He used a knife and i ob an leo pick as (lid Marcus. Ari other o Incidence oonneoicd with thc conviction of Marom ia that the last wMio mr.n convicted of murder, al though the pl^a of Insanity secured a co omul al by the govorro:, waa also f r wifo killing, and the caso was tried before Judgo Aldrich who sat at tito present term of tho court. Tho llappiriit Homo. Tho home most endeared to the lieut of limbvnd and wife is that willoh has been built up blt hy blt. A little now and a little lator on, when In each pkcoof furniture re prisent? many loving aots of self-de nial and personal sae ri tices, and round which lingers the memory of &he scheming and plotting tho got jl'ig of it gave rise to, and of the ?ileasuro when lt, was i/ot. A ?lr tho uppy aged couple to whom prosperity las been the growth of year?. Thoy .viii tell you tho happiest time in their Ives wore the Qrst few years of m?r lod life, when, with mutual love and elf-denying patience, thoy built up hoir little home and watohod pos terity gathering around thurn. HONE TO HIS HEW ABD. HMV. J. A. <1MIMON, D. D" D1KS BU ODE} N Li Y. He Was a Great Pul pi* Orator and a Genial Lovable Man. This community was shookod to hear ot the sudden death ot Hov. J. A. Clifton, D. ])., at M MI on, S. 0., on Thursday afternoon. He WM Pastor of the Methodist Ohuroh at that place and was one of the moat prominent and lovable ministers in the State. Heart failure is assigned as the cause of his death, whloh was brought on by toute Indigestion lrom whloh ho suffered severely at times. The death of this good man oroatod intenso grief In Orangoburg among all o'asses, as he was universal ly belovod. Ho served St. Paul's Ohuroh in this olby four years and loft hero last Daeomber for bis ap p.liniment at Marlon. During his four years residenoo hero Dr. Clifton bad endeared himself to all church people Irrespective of dcnomluatlon as well as those who ware not mem bore of any ohuroh. The intelligence of his death will carry sorrow to many who honored and loved bim through but the State. Ho was 61 years old, and was apparently hale and vigorous up to the timo of bis death. Ha waa t.o lo,ve preached the funeral of Mrs. J. M. Williams, who died Wednos day at about the san.e hour that be was o tiled to his heavenly homo. J B86 Alexander Clifton was the son of Capt. Josse 0. Clifton and Mary H. Clifton and ho was born S:pt. 26, 1845 After the usual home training and advantages of a oommon sohool, be entered tho Ebene/ar Classical sohool. where ho was thoroughly train od. From here ho went to tho Uni versity of Virginia, where he received tho instruction in the higher branch es. Io tending to enter the practico of law, ho took tho course in law at the University of Virginia, but the brill iant young mind that bad boon thus trained and developed was to bo turn ed into other channels of usefulness aud sorvloe. Ho was converted under tho proaoh irg of the late Rev. Jacob L Shlu ford, joining tho ohuroh at Ei Bothel in Cuester county in 1808. II is conver sion, which was in July of that year, at homo in his room alone at tho hour of midnight, was said to bea most powerful m-.ni fest allon of the divine pr?senos. In September of that year ho felt that bc was called to preRoh the gospel, lo December, 1869. Mr. Clifton was received cn trial into the South Carolina conference at the ses sion held at ohm ch, he and George T. Harmon forming the class lecelv ed. Ills appointments have benn as follows: Columbia circuit, 1870 72; Junior preaohor on Fairtleld circuit, with Rev. JameB P. Kllgo, as senior, 1873; Batesburg circuit, 1874-6; Saluda circuit, 1877 8; Graham olr cu't, 1879 80; St. M ai thews circuit. 1881-2; Spring Street, Charleston, 1883; Newberry station, 1884 5; Con irai ohuroh Spartanburg, 1880 9; DanoomheS reot, Greenville, 1890 91; Bethel, Charleston, .1892 95; Abbeville station, 1890 7; Sumter station, 1898 1901; Orangeburg, 1901-6; ano Marion, his last charge. Dr. Clifton was married, Nov. 24, 1S68, to Miss Mary E IHokliu, (laughter of Dr. W. J. nicklin of Chester, R;v Jacob L. Stauford per furming tile, ceremony. Tue follow? ing are tholr children: I) .. Je.soo A Cilf on, Jr., of Orango mg, Mrs Mary C Kailey, Jam>a S. Clifton, doon nicklin Clifton, member of th? iioose of representitives fr^m Sumte:'; Mrs. Josrp-ine Camp, of Charlotte, and Mrs. K ito Maher Hill, of Aiken. No man in the Stu1.h Carolina con ference had moro warm friends than Dr. Clifton. As a preaoher ho pis 5>es?ed unusual powers. With a line physique, an intelligent face, with oratonoal talents, he was naturalh an attractive speaker. As a lecturer Dr. Clifton was popular and often in demand. His helpful thoughts, clothed in a garment of sparkling wit and hu nor, rendered him au ontcr laming platt roo orator. Dr. Clifton's popularity in thc oon foieuce w s manifested by tho post Lions of trust, and honor whioh were i(ivon him. II J represented the oon ferenoo as a delegate in too general u.'iiforeoe held in Memphis lu 1891 ind also at Balt.lm-we In 1898. \ Oooulno Itevival. The Baptist Courier nays "tho town of Ai kwright, near Sparta'burg, has lust experienced a genuine and far roROtili g revival. Rev. W. P Smith, i astor of tho Baptist ohuroh and R*,v. Mr. Popo, past ir of r.Pe Methodist 3 uiroh, be Vari a union me.etti g on bbc night of May 13 vi :c t wa cm lo ivd until May 30, It-v T. S Wright if Sp \ . mi ur.: as '..ii g th ia work. Ci ri -...ns v.er . revived, back* :Hdf rs r ol al mod, and many w*ie con vert* d,47 being received for baptism hy the B.pt 1st Oburch, and a number oy the Methodist ohuroh, In addi tion to thc meetings In tho Churches, prayer meetings were held in many of the hornea, in wide i tho new converts participated rno>?t hear Illy. Girl* ?Shoultl i- u.vv That tho mos, excellent thing in woman-a low voies-can be acquir ed only by home praotice. That the girl everybody likes ls not affected and never whines, but is Just tier sincoro, honest, helpful self. That true beauly of face ls possible only where thero ls beauty of soul manifested in a beautiful charaotcr. Tbat tho homo kitchen, witli moth? or for teacher and a loving, willing daughter for pupil, ls the best cook ing school on eai th, And, ii nally, that one of tho most beautiful things on oar th Isa pure modest, true young girl ono who is her fail or's pride, her mother's com fort, lier brother's inspiration and her sister's Ideal. Bo queen of your Inane. Uogn suprome in the hearts Lif your bust and a> d ohlldron. A \i%t II nurnoo. Mr. S. V. Hutchins, of tho Cordova section, had tho misfortune to lose lils b im and contouls by Uro on Mon lay night. Tho barn contained about. 150 bushels of corn, 8 00C pounds of 3ats, ooo bundles fodder, if> bushels peas and all tho provisions Mr. Hutchins and his son had. There .vas no Insurance on tim liam or its jontonts, and the lcsi falls very loavlly on Mr. Hutchins. We did mu leam tho origin oi tuc uro. Denioorn! lOleoicrlT Goo. IC. Chamberlain, democrat, vas re-elected on Tuesday governor if Oregon by a majority of about two diousand; but Jonathan Bourne, Jr. ecoived tho popular nomination for Jolted States senator by 6,000, LA?ABAN DENIES IT. j Baltimore Whl-jjtey Denier ??ya Ho Bought No Keprcoontattre. The Baltimore Amor loan of June 8 contained a brief In tor view with 8. J. La?aban, the whiskey dealer, whloh is of Interest in this State. The in terview follows: "Mr. Lanahan stated Thursday night at his residence, 206 Goodwood Garden, that the allegations that he had paid money fox a representative in a dispensary office In South Caro lina wore utterly false. He said that for ovor a year his company had been losing business In tbat Stata, and of lato lt had dwindled to nothing. " 'I did meet Parkerand Robertson several times in hotels In New York, but our conference was for nothing more than would come up at a meet ing of mill directors. There was no money passed that I know of at any time that could have been mistaken for tho purohase of a representative. " "Mr. Lanahan waa asked lt hu would testify lu Columbia, if bis evi ' douce was wished there. He replied that ho assuredly would." This Intorvlow relates to statements oontinued lu the following dispatch to Tho American from Columbia: As tho result of disclosures before the rt Injinu sary investigating committee, Gover nor Hayward Friday authorized th? attorney general to prosecute H. H. Evans, L. W. Boykln aud J. B. Tow Ill, former members of tho dispensary board, for malfeasance In office. The oommlttce adjourned Friday and the aotlon of tho governor Immediately followed. "Tho Investigation of State dispon sary Affairs has become highly sensa tional. Thursday night it was testifi ed by Lowie W. Parker, mauager of a large mill in this Stato, that S. J. Lanahan of Baltimore had oonfessed to him that, although he had paid a member of th ? dispensary purchasing board $1,600 ho was unable to got Any business, as tho brother-in-law of tho man in question ropresonted anothar house. Tue statement was oorrcbora tod Friday by E. W. Robertson, a banker. It was brought out that the conversations with Lanahan occurred at a hotel In Now York, where Park er and Rjbertson wero attending a meeting of mill directors. TOTALLY WRECKED. lOlevcn PorsmiH Killed und t'ivn In jured by Explosion. A dispatch from Lancaster, Pa., sayH eleven men were blown to pieces and live others were seriously injured by the explosion of a dynamlto plant Saturday near Pcquea, along the Sus qu hanna river. Tho dead are: Ben jamin G^bhart. Benjamin Rineer, George Rineer, Fred Rich, Collins Parker, Pilarles Sniff, William Funk, John Boatman, an unknown mar., two men, unknown, residents of York ouun ty. All except the last, two, lived In tho vicinity of the dynamite plant. If I ve others were seriously injured. [The accident was ono of th J most horrible lu the history of Lancaster. Th/ vlo timo were literally torn to pleces.(not enough remaining of a single ii? y to make identification possible. Tho cause of the explosion ?not known. The two unknown ro?idcnV York oouuty who were killed hac/just started to drive from tho plaoo wtha loud of dynamite. They had B freely gained a distance of 50 feet whv& the plant, blew uo with a dotooatlor '' at vas hoard 30 miles away. A i reat oloud of 8moak oovired the Bite? the factory and when it had cleared away there w is not a vestige of tho horses, wagon and mon who had left tho fac tory a moment before The ali was ll lcd with debris, fragments cf human bodies and plrc;sof llesh and limbs wore fou id hanging to a tree nearly 100 yards from tho Keane of the dlsas ter. People living near the faotory rushed out of their homos and began the work of resoue, but there were few persons who had noe been blown to pieces. The plant consisted of a dozen build ings. All were blown to pieces except a remote struoture in which several t?lrls were ah work, none of whom wen? Injured. Thc plant was owned by J. lt Mc Kee of Pittsburg. It was situ ited li If wiiy between Pequca and Martio Ford. FL? ,V ARO UN JJ WASHINGTON. AtruMp under Complote Control N?v. .gated About tho Capital. The poople of Washington, QD. 0. and surrounding oountry enjoyed a novi.1 sight on T ?ursday. An air ship, under completo control Hying over Washington was the spuotiolo vltnessod. Thluiaodi turned out to ? o. tho nov l i ignt and oheer? d the lavlgato: s he skilfully dlreoted toe ci*, ft The ship started from a point three miles from Wa tiing ton on the Virgin ia l ide. of thc Potomao mid was steere! dir ctly for Lt o Washington monu ment. Tho navigator, after twice circling the monument at a height of OOO feet, steered for the Waite House. He landed about flfty yarda from the south portico. Mrs Risse vdt was at the window wi ion thc dascent was made and ex hibited great Interest lu the strange hoking structure. Pnsldent Roose velt was absent at tho time. After remaining lu tho grounds a short time the navigator marlo another as cent, carrying his ship over three newspaper edi cos and thon took a straight course down Pennslyvanla avonuo to the Oapitol. Thc navigator passed over thc Cap itol s nth of tho great dome and then circled around over tho pla/.* on the cast front, tinnily bringing his ship to tho earth directly in front of the mlddlo steps o' tho Capitol. Af tor remaining about a quaam of an hour at tho oaplt&l tho na/(gator started back to Virginia. Killed By I'lKhtniiiff. A dispatch from Prosperity to The News and G mrlor says during a than dcrstoim Friday afternoon lightning struck thc house of L. J. Lowman, in thc lower partof Nowborry County, and kllldd Miss Harman, a visitor, and lt ls thought that Lowman can not live. Tho extent of the further damage ls unkuown. Several other persons In thc house wero sovcrely shaken up by the sume bolt. boson Ono 10yt\ The Snarlanburi; Journal say? .In? Jackson, son of W. T. Jackson, had a very Her lou? accident a few days ago. While on his wav to tho ball ground he throw upa bot?lo and struck lt willi lils hat. Thc bottle broke and a piree (lying In his faoo made some very ugly outs. Ho has had one eye taken out altogether. THE SAD STORY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO DIED A CONVIOT, iind The Moral to lie Prawn From the Story of His Bad Fate. ) Seldom In every day life docs one run aerosa a more trap?o Ufo story than that of tho Kentle Kentucky lad who died the other day at High Polut. {h G., a road oonvlot with a hole hrough bis body to mark tho path of a vengeful bullet from the guard's remorseless Winehester. He ls spoken of aa gentle, because, though clearly ! laeklng lu high moral purpose, bo seems to havo been brought up polite ly; and, besides, his dying breath was La plea for better treatment for hi? j follow coo vic tn on tho road. He was considerate of his companions in suf fering, and all tho recorded utterances (of tho dying boy stamp him as p s sessing more of tho il nor inst imus of his race than some of his fellow-mon j who have been luoky enough to stay off of the chain-gang. I Ho was convioted of forgory in a North Carolina court under an as sumed namo, and sent to tho ohaln gang. Ho refused to divulge bis roal name, saving his parents wero well to do people in Kontuoky and that he did not want them to know of his waywardness and disgrace. He was an Intelligent, bright young man aud was no doubt, as no olaimed, reared in a well to-do homo. After serving sometime on thu ohaln-gang he made an attempt to escape, and was shot by ono of the guards and mortally wounded. Ho was told that he was going to die and urged to tell what hla real name was and where his folks llvod In Kontuoky, but ho declined. He Bald ho was reared in a gentle Kentucky homo by indulgent parents, but would not reveal tho name of his paronts or where they lived. He died and carried his secret with him to the I grave. Taking lt as true, says the Gasto nia (!;?/..>(,. i\ that ho was bred In a gentle Kentucky homo, ono wonders ( what ls tho seorot of his downfall. Was it horeulty? Was lt lack ol a mother's nursing and a mother's pray ers? Did this man stn or his parents that ho was born to temptation like tho rest of us and at last died a con viet? Porhaps those things will never be known until everything elso is opened to the ken of man and tho an (reis, but there is one sentence of his last words that may serve to base a guess upon. "1 was reared to every thing 1 wanted," he said, and therein may have been tho open door to all tho Ul that ho could not oonquer In his lifo's little way. There arc few of us who do not need tho saving virtues which come to our characters from disolpliue-hard, aus tere discipline. Endure hardness asa good soldier, was tue Apostle's inj mo tion. Hardness is good when endurod for tho good lt brings, and some hard ness must bo endured by every moth er's sou of uj who would be more than i a piece of drift-wood on a sta of sin. There ls training In it. And training always looks to the future, ls always directed to an hour of trial, of peril, of triumph or defeat- Tno fair-faced : little boy with merry oyes aud loving i ways and ever cheering laughtor over flowing with good fellowship, tempts fond paronts and admiring neighbors < to gratify hlB every want. 1 Better not do that. Bo good to him ! and deny him some things. Thc ld the guard's rifle killed had everything i he wanted wheo he was growing up. i And when the oholoe was presented to him of denying his pride or forging a oheok, he was weak ou self cental and strong in oho opposite dlreOvlou. Ho had not been trained for the tesl and the whl p riugsof evil won thc conflict. Temptations, trials, many perilous hours will come; Wue to him who goes to meet them lu his crude uutralned strength; more woe to him who goes with his powers already dominated by evil lr.lluenoisl Too Hebrew lad in the oourts of Babylon was disciplined before the hour-he had thought of it, he had ''purposed In his heart that he would not," and he didu'tl Our people are accumulating at a rate thoy have never before known the material things of life. Parents are buter able tiiau ever before to gratify every want of their children. H it it ls a good Idea not to do it. Peaoh them to work. Occupied with their work, they forget many foolish wants, and that brain which, when idle, liv tho devil's workshop, becomes at onoo a trysting place for all of life's good angela. Teach tho boy thrift, that is all right; thrift ls a good worn and the word represents a thing that ls Ulled with self discipline, self-dcni al. Teaoh him thrift, with honor to balance it, and one of these days some body ls going to be proud of thc bo>. Mouheis, don't fear to see your darling noys get their garbs mussed up at .../orx. Don't ho afraid to have toe ri oom-o ho:ue at night hungry and mayne tired, too. An honest day's work fu-.j never yet hu; t a boy, and If lt takes cuough of the snap out of him to keep him elf the strcot at night and send him to bed early, you ought not tc say, "Poor Utile fellow!" The rather you ought to say, ' Hurrah for the day's work!" The snap will all be back the next moaning. But if you pet and pamper and Indulge and grat ify because you hav... the means and becauso you aro weak enough yourself to prefer the ease of gratifying them to tho steiner pa th of resisting and training hy thc virtue of wiso denial, then you have only to go far enough with lt lu order to Und a heartache that nothing hut Heaven can help. Look into your little boy's fair, bright face and morry eyes, listen to the muslo of laughtor in his swcot voice, aud if you can do anything In tho way of training -hard training, If necessary-to keep him from dying lu a strange land, in strange striped garments, among strange people, lils thirst growing greater as his wounds bleed more, lils dry lips wet with cool drafts from thu hands of pity smitten allens, and from crying at the last, "Tho way of tho transgressor ls hard, hard, bardi" If you can keep your darling little boy from a fate like that hy discipline, hy training howso ever hard and atom, hadn't you bet ter doltV___ Murdered lu lim Store, John IO. Grubb, postmaster and merchant atAoton, Va., was mur dered Wednesday night hy unknown persons and his store was humed after wards. Tho body of tho merohant shows unmistakable evidences that ho had been killed hy a blow on lils hoad before the building waa (ired, Bob bery was evidently tho motive. Sev eral suspects have been arrested and bloodhounds woro put on trail Thurs day afternoon. Grubb was a union vieran, but had lived at Aooton for many years. BLACK UNDER BOND. lie Makee Prank Statement ?nd Walyea Preliminary Hearluff. Tho ? mir between Mr. John Blaok of the dispensary board of directors and Mr. J. Fraser Lyon of the laves ligating committee, which began oo Friday June I. by a threatened ab tack by tho foi mer, was closed Wed nanday by Mr. Blaok being placed under a peace hoed for $1,000 and Mr. Lyon being dismissed. Tho boaring yesterday was hold in the court of Magistrate Moorman, having been postponed from the day af tor tho trouble lt was set for 0 o'clock, but about 2.30 o'clock Mr. Blaok, with his attorney appeared bo fore the the court and without any for mality waived a preliminary hearing and simply left the disposal of the matter to the discretion of the court. Mr. Black mado a brief statement In which he said that he was anxious to avoid any further dlsoussion ot the affair and for that reason waived a preliminary hearing, and that while he, of course, did not want to be placed under a peace bond and had no idea of keeping the peaoe, be sub mitted the mattor entirely to tho dis cretion of the court aud would furnish bond or not as the court decldod. So far as ho was concerned he said, the matter had passed over. The magistrate announced that he thought lt best that Mr. Blaok should be placed under a bond to keep the peace in the sum of $1 OOO, but that so far as he could see Mr. iv)on had done nothing for which ho should be plaood under bond. Mr. Blaok vol unteered the statement that ho agreed with the court that Mr. Lyon should not be placed under a peace bond. Mr. Lyon was not present. Mr. Blaok Immediately entered in to tho bond lu tho required amount with Gen. Wilie Jones and Mr. J. P. Matthews as surlties. BRAIN LEAKS. Wino Sayings by W. Etf.tfanpln lu Tho Commoner. Saintliness is nob surliness. Hard sweata mean sweet rests. The longest lifo is the one of which the most is made. The fool measures yesterday's good time by today's hcadaoho. The best placo to foci for suffering humanity is in your pouket. Satan would willingly contribute to a church divided against Itself. Its a poor fisherman that spends all lils time digging for bait. Tho man who needs advice Is gen erally tho most lavish in giving it away. Tho man who ls always regretting yesterday is not making preparation for tomorrow. It (san angello woman who can hon estly welcome visitors at house-clean ing time. Tue discoverer of the baby's first tooth makes Columbus look like thc ohange out of a lead dime. Some piople take oredlb for oharlty when they glvo away something that ls in the way around the house. Falling luto debt ls as easy as fall ing out of a balloon. Getting out )f debt ls as as ditlloult as falling back into the balloon. Tho best Investment a young man san make ls tho performance of deeds lu the present that will be tho fond memories of the future. Every time we read a love story In ano of the big magazines wo feel like (icttlng a club and going after people wno talk suco stilted language as tho lovers. WKIOH A N> W Ti lal A dispatch from Macon, Ga., says John H. Cooper, attorney for J. G. Riwlings and his sons, Jesse and Md Lon, scoured tho signature of Juogo Mitohell of Lowndes iiiporior ouurc Wednesday to a bill of exceptions in an extraordinary motion for a new bi lal for Rawlings'sons and tho llgnt for their liv? s goes back to tho state supreme court. Twenty days ago Attorney doper filed an extraordin ary motion for a new trail for Milton and Josse Rawlings on the grounds that the father had confessed to liav lng hired Alf Mooro to commit the terrible crime for which all have been lentenced to death. Judge Mitchell [lenies tills motion and exceptions were taken. HUlilon in HOUBO. Miss Josephine Sullivan was burled it. Anderaonvllle, Ga., Wednesday. Dver forty-ilvo hundred dollars were found aeoreted about her house. Over four hundred dollars in gold was In an jld stocking and the balance in sundry places. Rolls of greenbacks found wrapped In old newspapers wcro uu iisturbed for many years. Fifteen Hundred dollars laid for months in an fid box In an outbuilding, covered with p .per arid grain siuks. Probahl) riore win yet he found. Failure of a )i)pk in A merk us yca-s ago and c;n Kquent loss w.ui ihe Cu.utiooi tho wo man's lack of c-mlid'-noe. 1<'M1IH Into 1 .inc A dispatch from Seattle, Wash., mys William J. Bryan received the indorsement of leading Washington itato democrats Wednesday, night thc july qualification helng that ho must, died lils freo silver coat. The an nouncement was mado by Senator rurner at a dollar dinner tn Seattle, where 300 of the faithful had a?acra jled. Free silver ls no U ngor an H8UO. l>iod From Priant, At Richmond, Va., tho fashiona ble resideiiC3 of Rjbert F. ECoglish *a3 ontered hy a burglar carly Wed lesday morning. Mrs. English, whose room thoy entered, died from right and hor husband ls nearly in land with grief. Mrs. English ran 'rom her room calling for lier hus band. As lie came rrom his room thu swooned at his feet and died a ninute lator. illH.IiAHt AOL J M. V nt, marchall of tho town if Morriston, was stabbed to death Phursday by Gabe Prie3t. Just bo ure breathing his laBt Pant drew his e vol vcr and ll red twice at Priest, vounding him, hut nob fatally. No letalis are given I s to the rai.JU of ibo trouble._ Thcro aro so many different kinda if prepared food stuffs on the shelves if tuc modern grocery, that it almost ?cern? as if oity folks must live out of lasteboard b x s. How thankful tho arm jr shouiil bo that ne, day hy day, .A>a l.t.. ll MIMI. I^AMU ?I.s. A.wfU [ULM ..... 12 VI UM l TOS ll 41 ***** mu un hat bore lt. No bettor place to liv?, n all the world, than on thc farm. Wo have of ten wondered why the .ally Just washed and newly drossed n Its finest clothes would rather play ? ?Ith a lump of coal than a nico rhlto poobie. FBBV?NTION Of CONSUMPTION. Some Valuable NUKKOBIIOUH About Xbis Dioad Dlfouo. One iu every six or seven deaths la due to connu motion; and moat o? them aro due to carelessness. We gather around their graves and talk about th? Lord's will when the Lord's will waa that they should have lived j twenty years longer I In the first place, consumption la always oaught: never born in one. With proper o?re I one oan avoid catohiug lt--proper| care on bis part and on the par? of consumptives. Consumptives should ; be told the nature of their affliction, and instructed to conduct themselves with a view to protrotlug others. I They should, above all, be oareful to deposit saliva whora it cannot do harm. But better than this, If one has consumption he eau cure himself. No, it is no wonderful medioino. If It were and cost (5 00 a bottle, thous* j ands would take it who will not since I it ls free. It Is cany to cure oonsump-1 tlon In tho Urst Binges. Be oaieiul, ! therefore, to discover it early. Beware Of suspicious coughs. HA vc a ?peel Al lst to examino you upon the first in timations of the plague. Once dis covered, fight lt. Live In the open air, work out of doors, be oareful of i your diet, take a general holiday; and1 in all probability you will effect a euro. If you die of consumption, you dlo of Ignorance or cai rles noss. I These remarks are not our o.vn. We] gather thom from arcading of the| current Bulletin of the Njrth Caro lina Board of Health, the leading article hoing on this subject and by C. P. Ambler, M D. You may have it free upen application to R. H. Lewis, M. D., Seoretary, Raleigh, N. O. Heootvcs tlii- lin warri. John Spencer Bassett professor of history in Trinity college, Durham, N. C., has resigned to accept a similar chair at Smith college, Northampton, Mass. About two and a half years ago Bassett wrote an article for a magazine In which he asserted that with the exception of Robert E. Lee, Booker T. Washington was tho greatest man the Sonth had pro duced In a hundred years. The ar ticle attracted considerable attention throughout the country and was the objector adversecrlsloism at the time. Bassett tried to play the martyr act by resigning, hut thc college authori ties declined to accept it, which null tied to some ex tont his demagogical plans. Bc wanted to pose as a mar tyr for expressing his honest views and be received In thc open arms of some big northern college that believes that the negro is a little better than "he white man, but thc Trinity college authorities spiked hisguns by refusing to-accept lils resignation. But the would bc martyr iras at last been re ward'd by a Massachusetts college, where he can extol thc negro to his heart's content. In time Bassett may reach the top notch of his ambition by receiving a call to share honors with Booker T. Washington in presiding' over thc destinies of the Tuskcegeo Institute. Who can tell? Good luck to him. Portia ul Kino Dross. A peril of fine clothes was Illustrat ed recently lu Central Park says The New York American, when an aristo cratic spauiel was slain by a distinct ly ill-bred bull dog for no other rea s m than that thc viotlm wore cham ois boots a blue silk blanket and a loather oollar. The spaniel was dis porting lt.-xdf on the grass when the bull dog cime along. One look was enough Calmly, dispassionately the lat ter fix jd his teeth In the spaniel's ncok, shook ita few times, seemingly more in pity than ilu anger, and then threw IA,o Ump victim against a tree. It was dead. The only olue as to the owner of tho spaniel was the initials "C. H." on tho blue silk blanket. Dins from ?OK Blto. Asa result of tho bite of a mad dog indicted four weeks ago, 4-year-old Bernard Buxton, of Girard died Thursday at tho Baptist Tabernacle Home and InUrmary in Atlanta. When tho ohlid reached Atlanta hy drophobia had already developed, and the physicians could do nothing hut give the child opiates to relieve his sufferings. It appears that Ber card was playing near a saw mill at Girard, four weeks ago, whoo the dog came to him. Tue animal svas apparently harmless, although it acted a little queerly. Thc child played wHh lt winn suddenly the dog {sprang at tho child's faoe and blt him on the check. Chronic Dise Sutcessfu If Buffering fro Nerve nu KxhmiHtl Vartcocdls, Strict Liver, Stomach, I Disc rd?T, Kidne) to women, etc, ?i "0 years' Kxporloi Reputation flrinly our booka "Brain and MMcn*8 Dinon ndviund. Addreafi luin;m Pmltluig, / Wc Have ? Ono 25 horse power Talbott, aocond ht ly boon overhauled. This Engine in a great bargain for anyone who ia in t Wo aro headquarters for anything ii prompt attention will bo given to all ii caro. Write us whoo you aro in tho i to got our prices hoforo placing your i Columbia Supply.Cn., . ? Insurance At A T. S. Seaso, President. PALMIilTO MUTUAL FIRB fpartantm A home fire insurance company that Management Capable and Conservative. Write for particulars. : THE GUINAKD ? Manufacturers Brick. Fire Proof ' 2 Fluo linings and Drain Tile. Pre ? or millions. ??win .???.?.???.'/??.???s: '?1. , ' "1 '.' - . - 11 ?ira RHV. Sam Janes says Bryon will be the noxt nominee of the Democratic ?arty and will ?weop the country re gardless of who the Republicans put op.. He thinks tho rascalities that have been brought to light has cooked tho Republican goose. HBAHBT will be elected Governor of Wow York this Fall, whtoh wi? put h ira in lino to succeed Bryan as pres ident when he serves his eight years in that otlice. This prediction may causo some to andie but stranger things have happened. Mn. Carnegie says ho would work for a dollar a day if it was necessary. How many dollars ho makes every day out of thc work of other men and through tho virtual monopoly, the tariir on Bteol, is tho question that interests tho American people THK sword of Damocles is suspended over thc heads of the meat packers, but it will not be allowed to fall un less theso wholesale poisoners refuse to contribute liberally to tho Republi can corruption fund for uso in the con gressional elections next fall. SMOOT. tho Mormon, will be allowed to retain his seat tn the Sonate. The Republicans need the Mormon vote in thc coming congressional elections, and will tolerate Smoot. If Senator Burton had had a half dozen or moro wives ho would not havo lost his seat. The man who ts determined to do something for his follows must mako up his mind not to be discouraged by being called "grafter", or a 1 schemer". 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