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M UV ..DO TBOVi ORB AT WJU??Tx", IWSPXB* OUR fcJOVL? AND MASCE OUR L1VK$ IN T?J *O0??88IO? HAPPT OB OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS VS THT AUflB." YOLOTL BENNETTSVILLE, S. O.. FRIDAY. JULY 6. 1906. NO. 28. Mr. J. T. Parks Shot and Killed in Street Row BY MU. ROBT H. COY AB Who is Himself Seriously Wounded in the Shoulder. The Shooting Was Caused bv Some Business Trou- , ble Between the Two Men Brewing Sometime. A moat deplorable tragedy was on aoted In the streets of Orangeburg about eleven o'olook last Friday morn ing, resulting In tho death of Mr. Jas. T. Parka, of Columbia, and thc serious wounding of Mr. Robt. H. Co var, of this olty. Tuese two gentle men met In Ohuroh street, in the rear of the Oourthouso, and without eiohanging many words went to shooting eaoh other with the result above described. Tho tragedv caused ?great shook to the entire communi ty, and 'or a time business was almost suspended and nothing was talked about hardly but the terrible occur rence that bad resulted In tho deatb of one gentleman and the desperate wounding of another. It was about eleven o'olook when several pistol shots rang out in rapid succession, which star lied every one who heard them. The shooting did not last but a few seconds, and noone could say how many shots were ex changed between tue two combatants, BO rapid was the llring. lt is supposed that eight or ten shots were fired In all. As soon as possible people hurried to the scene after tho pistols had been emptied. Immediately after the shoot lng Mr. Parks wasseen slowly walking backward and sideways towards the Northwest corner of the Courthouse Hquaro and Mr. Covar slowly following him, both gentlen an apparently re loading their pistols. When Mr. Parks reaohed the corner ho oroased over Churoh street and on tered the law oflloe of Messrs Bowman & Bowman. When he reaohed the t-fl^tthe gave hie pistol to I. W. Bow njajoT^Eaq., who was standing ip his office door, having gone tht.ro on hear ing the pistol shots. At this time Mr. Parks did not seem to be badly hurt, but he was very pale, and said to those who had gathered that he wau fatally shot. Mr. Parks sat? down in a chair, and it soon became apparent that he waa seriously hurt. He wai examined ay physicians who at first thought that he was not fatally hurt but aller being removed to the residence of his brother in-law, Dr. J. H. Perre) clear, and a oare ful examination made, lt was found that he was shot completely through the body and the attending physicians pronounced the wounds fatal. Mr. Parks was hit In three plaoes. One ball entered hin chin and two struok him In tho stomaoh, one passing olean through his body and lodging just under the skin on the other side. Ile was oonsolous up to half past niue 1 o'olook, but about that time his mind 1 began to wonder and at half-past twelve o'olcok the end oame. Immediately after the shooting Mr. A. O. LiudstedTj took Mr. Covar'e* pistol. About this time Mr. Covar's father oame up and commanded his ' son to stop, whloh he did and turned , from following Mr. Parks and wa?> carried to his c llloa, whero ho waa ? examined by physicians and found to , Lave been hit in two places. One ball parsed oompletoly through his right shoulder anti another struok . him In tho right hand, shooting off his thumb nail. Another ball passen through his hat, but did not touoh , hts head. Several bullets struck the , store of the Orangeburg Hardware ' Company on the comer of Russell and Churoh Streets. These balls must have come from Mr. Park's pistol, and lndioates the position of the com batants at tho timo of the firing. Mr. Covar was removed to his homo, where he now hes suffering from hit> wounds, whloh are quite painful and may result seriously. In the excitement lnoldent to suoh a deplorable affair statements vary and lt has been quite a ouiloult matter to obtain the faots. Homo of thc nearby witnesses state that they are unable to say which of them tired the first shot. Others say that Mr. Parkt, speke to Mr. Covar and appeared to at>k him a question. Thc reply from Mr. Covar seemed to bo alli'mat! ve and then Mr. Parks struck him in thc face with his dat. Then Mr. Parks fired and both pistols were emptied in an incredibly short timo. Wiicn thc shooting took placo Mr. Covar was in his shirt sleeves, and oarricd his pisto5 buttoned up in his shirt. One thing ls oortain both men cxpectod a di IB oufty and had prepared for lt. Tho trouble seems to have been caused by a bualnesi troublo botween the two gentlemen. While Mr. Parks resided lu Oraugoburg ho owned atd publlahod The Patriot nuwspapor. Mr. Covar moved hore from Edgolleld oounty to take charge of the meehan Ina! work of the paper for Mr. Parks, and was In his employ for soveral years, during whloh time they Boomed to boon the most pleasant and Inti mate terms. When Mr. Parks moved to Colum bia about two years ago Mr. Covar ho came lnterostad In the boslness, and was given entire management of thc paper except tho editorial department, which was retained by Mr. Parks, who came down eaoh week to look after lt. About tho first of tho year Mr. Parks sold his interest In The Patriot a?d the printing outfit to Mr. J. H. Fundorburg and Mr. Co var, Mid the newspaper ha? sinos been published by Funderburg & Covar as publishers ?nd proprietors. It ls stated that sinoo this transfer there has not been pleasant feelings between Mr. Parks and Mr. Oovar. It seems that there was some trouble about business matters, and that Mr. Parks oame down from Co lumbia Friday morning to straighten out tho matter. All the parties were together in a conversation for some time Friday morning and they separated. It was only a short time when they oame together again, and the shooting took place as above stat ed. It is reported that a man tele phoned to Mr. Parks at Columbia Thursday and advised him not to come to Orangeburg Friday, asking him to have his business transaoted either through other parties or by oorrespondenoe, stating to Mr, Parks that Mr. Covar bad threatened to kill him if ho interfered. It is also rumor ed that Mr. Covar had been Informed that Mr. Parks Intended to kill him on account of some reports that he had heard. We believe this Idle Raney Sludo's talk is what oaused the whole trouble. The fact is that both partios acted on tho idle talk they had heard and were well armed and prepared fer shooting without delay. Tho father of Mr. Covar, an old gentloman, who resides here with his son, was also armed. Ile did not attempt to shoot ?nd returned his pistol to his pocket when tho pistol was taken away from bis son. After the fusilado when Mr. Covar was walking forward after Mr. Parks, as stated above, the old gen tleman oallod to his son to stop, which be did. The unfortunate affair has oreated % great deal of excitement, whloh oo curring as it did, in so public a place. Mr. Parks was a native of E?gefleld acuity and came to Orangcburir from Marion peveral years ago. During his stay lu Oraugoburg he was in the newspaper work and had many friends In this olty as well as oounty, who will bo shocked to hear of his tragic Seath. Some years ago Mr. ParkB married Miss Aunie Perreyolear, a daughter of Capt. W. II Perreyolear, D? thlB city, who with two sweet little boys survive him. Mr. B, H, Oovar was also a native :>f Edgeiield, and has boon a resident of this olty for some years. Since he oame here he has conducted himself In such a way as to gain the cordi denoo and respeot of all who have oome In contact with him. Ile, like Mr. Parks, has many friends all over the county, as well as in town. He has a wife and several children, who ire terribly grieved over tho sad af fair. Mr. Or var ls now at homo suf fering from the wound in his shoulder ?nd lt will be a long time befuro he will bo able to do any work again. ROASTS BOO?J<.V?LT. South Carollna/.Honritotr'N Hot Hurrel^ on Uto Morris Affair. .Senator Tillman Thursday after noon paid his respects to President Roosevelt, Saoretary Barnes, the man obarged with the rough handling of Mrs. Minor Morris at tho White House a few months ago, Major Syl vester of tho Washington police, and the Asheville physician, Dr. Weaver for their part in the Morris affair, in .. vigorous speech lu the senate. For two hours he held thc olosest ittcuth n of hundreds of spcciators in the galleries, many of whom wore adles, who had como to the oapltol lours before he was scheduled to be fin his Bpieoh. His arraignment of those whom he charged with the re iponsibllity cf (j joting Mrs. Morrlb from the White Houno was most icvere. Ho recited his efforts to have fin Investigation of the matterat tt e b'mo lt happened and of the reluc tance of thc sonate committee on posteMees and post roads to have the matter examined Into, and said that, while hames, who had already been ippolnted and o ir.firmed as postmas tor ol this olty, oannot be affected by what he might say, he waa determin ed to let the world know what he ??bought of the treatment accotded to Mrs. Morris and tho subsequent ap ?>olntmnnt of Barnes to tho position if postmaster in tho olty of Wash ngton, a place paying a 8(1,000 salary Mutually. Senator Tillman was frequently In terrupted by friends of the prosldent ?'.nd Barnes, but continued to make lils speeoh, while hundreds In the galleries listened closely, and at times second ready to break forth In tumult oun applause. This was especially noticeable when he referred to the women and mothers of the country and to his own mother. Hilled an Intruder. At Danville, Va., an unknown negro was shot and Instantly killed at about midnight Friday night while in the act of attempting entrance to the home of Mr. B. E. Morris, a doteotive for the Southern Express company. Thc negro had raised a window to a room (coupled by Mrs. Morris and her daughter, about IK years, when dis covered by Morris, who was In the room directly above that of lils wife Criminal assault is thought to have been tho motive for tho presenco of tho negro. Some hours after the killing a negro giving his name ai Monroe Richardson was arrested on the charge of being an acccmpllco of the dead negro. Morris was released without hall, and an Investigation will take place. liAi./tod HiuiStti?' Capt. Falk of thc German bark Cosine which arrived at Pensacola on Thursday from Hamberg, commit ted Ki'oide whllo tho vessel was at sea by hanging himself in his oabin. The Geslne left Hamburg In Marob but went ashoro on a rcof and lt wat> necessary to unload her cargo In or der to ?oat the vessel. After that tho captlan became vory despondent and ono m irnlng was found hanging In his cabin. Hilled His Man. Stanford White, prominent in Now York sooiety,was shot and killod In Madison Square roof gardon, New York, on Monday night by Harry Thaw, mombor of a wealthy Pitts burg family. Thaw oreated a sensa tton ?orno timo ago by marrying Eve lyn N:sblt, an aotreos, against the protests of his family. The row waa caused by family affaira. THE DEATH RATE More People Die from Consump tion Thdn From ANY OTKEK DISEASE, Pueumonla Comes Next lu the United States, but Heart Disease 1B Steadily on the lacrease. The Census Report Covers Five Years. Tho bureau of tho consus has just publlshod a report presenting mortal ity statistics for tho United States for the five oalendar years 1000 to 1004. This report was prepared under tho supervision of the late William A. Kin?, chief statistician for vital stat istics. Tho annual compilation of statis tics of mortality was authorized by the aot ot Congress establishing the permanent census onion. The statis tics, however, do not cover the entire oountry, but, lu accordance with the provlslous of this aot, are rostrlotod to what lu termed tho "registration area." This aroa comprises those States and oitles which have laws re quiting the regis'ration of death and possess records ? ff or dlr g satisfactory and ocmparable dita. In 1004 lt in eluding ll States and 334 cities which bad at munt 8,000 population in 1000 The ll registration States are Oon neotiout, District of Columbia, In diana, Milne, Massachusetts, M loh i gau, Now Hampshire, New Jersev, Now York, Rhode Island, and Ver mont; the 334 registration oitles in olude, in addition to the olties In the ll registration States, a considerable number which aro In non-reglstratlon State. '.thone States and oitles, oomposlng the registration area, I nul nd od in 1004 a population of 32 900 080, or only a trille more than two-fifths of theesU mated population of the United States For the remainder of the United States wo have at present no mortali ty statistics whlob are Bufllclontly re liable and oompleto to be included in this report. Tho registration aroa, however, is gradually luoreaslng in ex tent, as tho various States and oitles como to really.* tho importanco of hav lng:a?cqtu&vo registrai efftO?lvely enforcing them. The number of deaths reported in the registration area in 1000 was 630, 030, and the death rato per 1.000 of population was 17.6 lu 1001 the rate deolined to 16 G and in 1002 the rate deolined to 10. The rate Increased In 1003 to 10 2 and in 1004 to 16 7. The average annual rate for the live years was 16.6 per 1.000. The average annual death rate in the registration States was 17.8 per 1,000 tn the cities of 8,000 or more population In 1U00 and 14.3 per 1,000 In rural districts, which as tho term ls here used, Inoludcs everything out side tbeso cities. Rhode Island ls tuc only registration State In whloh the rate was as high In tho rural distriots as In tho olties. Hut In Massachusetts, ConneoLiout and New Hampshire the urban rate exceeded tho rural by less than 1 par 1 000. The exoess wae greatest lu Naw Jorsey, New tfork and Maine. Tho higher mortality for cities lb due largely to tho faot that rcsidentb of rural distriots wheu oritically 111 re sort to tho hospitals and Institutions in tho eitlen for treatment, and that the deaths < ccurrlng in suoh cases arc registered in tho cities, thus increas ing the urban mortality. The average annual rates wore low est In St. Joseph, Mo. (7.6); Owosso, Mloh., (10.1); Lincoln, Nob., (10.4); and St. raul, Minn., (10.5), and high est In Charleston, S. C., (31.3); Wil mington, N C., (28.2); and Jackson ville, Fla., (28.1). There were 44 oitles in which the average annual death rate for tho five years was 20 or more per 1,000. Nine teen of those oitles aro located in thc Southern Slat s and oontaln a larg proportion of colored population, the death rato for whloh In general largo ly exceeds that for the whites. Tuberculosis of tho lunga and pneu monia wore bv far the leaalng ca .?eb of death. Tho averago annual mortality from tubeicnlusis of tho lungs or oonsump tloh, 11)00 to 1001, was 172.0 por 100, 000 of population, lb ls gratifying to noto that the rate has shown a mark ed declino since 1800, when lt was 246 4. Thia Indicates that tho war fare against thc white plague ls moot ing with success. Thc mortality rom this disease lu thc registration a U L in bbc United States ls lower thun lt ls In Ireland, Germany, Norway, Spain and Switzerland, but higher than In longland and Wales, Scotland, the Nethorlans, Belgium and Italy. Tue avorage annual mortality from consumption was higher In Donver than in any other registration olty. Phlu faot is easily explained by thc deaths of non-residents who resort to that locality lu tho later stages of the dlsoasc hoping to be benotltec) by the iavoisblc ollmatlo conditions, l?xolud Ing Denver, the rates were highest in New Orleans, San Francisco, Wash Ington, Newark, Jersey City, Haiti more and Cincinnati; and lowest in .St. Joseph, Mo., ?Scranton, Omaha, Detroit, St. Paul, DulTalo and Min uoapi lin. Pneumonia was second among thc principal causes of death, the avorage annual rate bMng 134 0 per 100,000 population. The doath rato from this .ilseaso In tho registration area of thc United Statos ls considerably greater than In longland and Wales and Scot land. For the prlnolpal olties tho avorage annual rates woro highest In Aile, ghoney, Pittsburg, New York and Kansas City, Mo. ; and lowest in St. Paul, Minneapolis, St. Joseph, Mo., and Toledo. Among the loadh g oauses of doath, [diarrhea and enterltlB was third, the average annual mortality from this disease for tho five years being 113 1 per 100,000. Over 80 per cent of thc deaths from these diseases were deaths of children under five years of age, and aud over 05 per oent of children under one year of age. For tho prlnolpal cities tho rate was highest In Fall Uiver. It was high also iu Pittsburg, Providence, New York and Alle gheny. Heart disease was fourth among the leading oauses of death, the average I annual rate in the registration area of the five years being 120 0 per 100,000 of population. Over 75 per oent of the deaths from this disease occurred at ages above 44, over 45 per oent ooour rlng at 05 years and over. It is no tlocable that the mortality from heart disease ls steadily laoreaslng, the death rato advancing from 111 2 per 100,000 in 1000 to 134 8 In 1004. Another oause of death with an in creasing rate was oanoer, the rato for whloh lnoreased from 03 per 100,000 In 1000 to 70.9 in 1004 A compara tively small proportion of tho deaths from oanoer occurred at ages under 40 years. Tue deaths of females far ex ceeded those of males, tho proportion being 622 females to 378 males in ly 000 deaths. Tho death rate from cancer in the registration aroa of the United States was less than in E jgland and Wales, Scotland, Garmuny, Norway, the. Netherlands and H wi z rland, but was greater than in Ireland, Hungary, Spain and Italy. It was higher In the oltics than In tho rural districts, but this is due partly to tho faot that residents of rural districts lu the last stages of tho disease soek tho hospit als In the cities f r treameut. The average annual death rato from typhoid fevor lu the registration ?voa was 33 8 per 100 000 of population. O. tho ten European countries for whloh similar statistics are available Italy alone shows a higher. The total num ber of deaths in the tl ve years, divid ed as to sex, shows a proportion of 588 ft a'.es to 412 females in every 1, 000 deaths. In eaoh year a greater number of deaths from typhoid fever ocourred between the ages of 20 and 56 than at any other age period. The number of deaths was greatest In Sep tomber aud October, and least in June. Over oue-tblrd of tho deaths occured lu August, September and Oc tober. Among the large oltles tho greatest mortality from this disease occurred in Pittsburg, Pa., tho rate being more than 120 In eaoh yoar. The next high est rate was In the adjoining olty of Allegheny. The mortality from ty phoid foyer was also excessively high in Cleveland, cincinnati, Columbus, Loulsvlle and Washington. The aver ago in New York olty, St Paul, Mil waukee and Jersey City. The mor tality was greater in many of the amador cities and In tho rural dJ?fcrt-1 of certain counties in the registration j States than In the larger oltles. NEW RELIGIOUS SECT. Mtnrlod hy a Nogro In a Now York City. It ls Bald that a peculiar religious scot ls getting a foothold in tho olty of Middletown, N. Y. lt ls the Churoh of God and Saints of Christ and is founded on lines similar to Alexander Howie's Cuuroh of Zion, and liku that lt has a head who pro claims himself God's prophet and mouthpiece. William S. Crowdy, of Washington, D. C., ls the prophet The churoh knows no oolor line, but as the prophet ls a negro the majority of converts aro from tho uegro raca. A branch of the church was organ ized in this city some weeks ago by an intelligent negro, John H. Allen, from Clover, Va., and already lt has made fourteen black and one white convert. The keeping of the Ten Commandments and observing of Saturday as the Sabbath aro the strong points of tho Church of G, d Prophet Crowdy, if he had a white Bklu, would muoh resemble Alexander Dowle, and his methods appear as if copied from Howie's He publishes a newspaper, tho Weekly Prophet, which is tho oulolal organ of the Church of God, and Its chloe end seems to bc to urgo tho membors to send in contributions to Crowdy. Membors of the churoh have to contribute 10 per cont of their earn logs, which, wii \ all other moneyb oolleotcd, goes to Prophet Crowdy. The members are told that Crowdy ls omnibcolent sud that nothing they do escapes his observation. Particular stress ls laid on tho fact that it ls lm possible to fool the prophet In regard to thc earnings of the followers, and it is suggested that li any of them tried to "ni?:" in their JO per cent contributions swift punishment would follow. The prophet has a sohemo of oulldlng a holy city at Belleville, Va , similar to Howie's Zion city. Tin other colored ohurches of this city are up in anns against the Church of God. _ KllloU HIH Formor Wil'o. At Mannlngton, W. V*., Jones E Coad, an oil driller, shot and killed his wlfo early Thursday, dangerously wounded Samuel Hugh Williams, & hoarder, and then comitted suioidc. Coad, lt is said doserted his wife last January. In April she was granted a divorce and then openod a boarding houso to support her family. Thurs day morning her husband roturncd to town, and going dlrcotly to her home shot hor through tho head while she was still in bed. Williams was sleep ing on a lounge and Coad then turned the weapon on him, shooting him in the breast, after which ho put a bul lot in his own brain. Hoth husband and wife died almost instantly. Wil liams will probably recover. Out In tho Opon. Senator Tillman added tho follow ing on Tuesday to what ho had said in his "Address to the Peoplo" rela tivo to tho oampalgn mootings: "I soo by tho papers that they are hav lng tho campaign meetings In tho court houses, which is an additional reason why I'm not going to J In the ca^nalgn party. It would not bo justice to myself after the great strain that has been mado on me dur ing the present session to speak Inside of houses of any kind. I would not stand it. Beside all tho oampalgn I have ever attended woro out in the open, whore they ought to bo. It ls batter for both people' and speakers. TAGES OF SIN. - Qofa to the Gallows for Killing a Friend. ? POLISHED RASCAL. One of the Most Picturesque Figures ia Police Crookdom of tbe Century. ] Probably tbe Most Remark able Ci ?minni Record of Modern Times. After a Ufa of or I me beginning with boyhood, ''Lord Frederiok Seymore Barrington, society highwayman, re sourceful orook, bigamist, forger and murdoror, paid the penalty of his last crime on the . oaffold Friday at Cory ton] Mo. Tho orlme for whioh Barrington was to die OD the sou IT Did was tho murder of /ames P. MoOann, a wol) known sporting man of this ol ty, on June 18, 1003. MoUann was shot, his body robbed and his remains thrown into a a pond at Bonilla. By a peculiar OJ Incidence the nude body of the mur dered man was discovered floating in tbe pond just three years ago Thurs day. During the aotlve years of bis oa roer "Lord" Barrington was one of the moat picturesque figures In "po UGO'* orookdom, for, although he was of lowly origin, his speciality of pass lng as a mombor of the British peer ago, went well in several oltles and helped him to live without work for years. He was the son of a haok driver In Tunbridge Wells, England, and his real name is F. G. Barton. He was arrested for the first time at the age of Bevon years, when he was oaught sotting fire to the common. At 12 ho was sentenced to flvo years in the Bed Mill reformatory for embezzlement. After serving three years ho made bis eboape by means of a rope, only to bo arrested two years later and Bontenoed for robbery. For this he Bervod in Yorkshire prison. About this time he deoided it would bo to his advantage to give himself a new surrounding by Joining oho army, whero ho oould observe the ways of the oilloarn who made up much 1 of the English society. This was in hts 22 i yhars, bub before his enlist- 1 nun t was a year old he he had forged ..'rom -the ?tm . Con* ."Led a burglary for which he did 1 a n years's stretch. hat ojmpleted his English record. ' Whkt orimes he succeeded in commit Mm; In tho short Intervals between nts prisons terms are not known, but ' are believed to be many. He got into 9 some of tho best households as a Ber- 1 vant; studied tho members of sooiety; ' he served as au artist, studies his ' model, and In later years made good 1 use of hin studies. Ho robbed a clergyman three times and each timo by a sorrowing profession of repent- ' anoi and glib quotation succeeded lu bourg fir gi ven. When he was finally landed behind the bars for the ten years' term in E?gland he Bottled down to Improving his education so ho could step out of prison a student. He 1 perfected himself in French, German 1 and the classics, and was a polished fraud when he came to America in 1801. He posed hero as the son of an Engllshnobleman of wealth and rank ' As suoh he won Miss Celestino Mil ler, ef Booklyn, an heiress with a for tune In her own right. After marry ing Miss Miller he had the effrontery ' to return to his own land and estab lished himself with his wife In a home 1 at Wost Brighton. There ho cold 1 bloodedly told his wife the truth about himself. Stripped of overy penny by hor husband, tho unhappy wife returned to this oountry with her child, and Barton was arrested and sent baok to prison to ser ve out an old sentence. As soon as tho sentence was expired Barton returned to the ?jitod Stated having found here the best field for his peculiar operations. In 1002 Philadelphia sooiety receiv ed with open arms "Lord Burgoyne," of the Eigllsh peerage, nis lordship was none other than the exoonvlct, but before that came to be known ho nad c mr ted and wedded Miss Mar garet Bafforty, an heiress. Ho told her ho was heir to 820,000 and bor rowed money from her. While they wero on tholr honeymoon, "Bur gcyno" slipped from the train and disappeared. She would behove noth ing against him until she wont to Now York and learned tho truth from lils llrat wife, with whom '"Burgoyne" was, at the timo, attempting to offdot reconciliation. Ueoeivlng no notice from his Qrst wife, the ex-convlot, who had been wandering In the Wost, mado lils do hut in St. Louis society under the alias of "Lord Barrington." Ho met and married Miss Wilhelmina Grace Coohran, of Independence, Iowa, who was visiting In St Louis at tho time. Before he c:uld enjoy tho monoy he had obtained through this marriage, a hard-headed brother of Mlsn Cooh ran had dlsojvered his rooord and had "Barrington" thrown Into prison. Following his exposuro "Barring ton" Biicoocdod in winning tho conti donco of MoOann, a wealthy horse iwnor and hotel man. On tho night of MoOann's disappearanoo tho two wore seen drinking together. The murder was traced to "Barrington," and ho waa convicted. The legal light to save him extended over two years Man With Twolvo Toon. P. E. Franks, of Pennsylvania, was arrested at Cumberland, Md., on a charge of cmbt/./dtug about $200 at | Charleroi, Pa. Five minutes after thu culegran was received at the polioo station. Lieutenant Selim vt/, had Franks under arrest. Tho iaot that he has six toes on eaoh foot was one of the moans of ldentifloatlon. Ho returned to Pennsylvania without a requisition. Not until we have thrown lt away forever do we realizo that love 1B the moat preolous gift life oau bring un. HUMAN FLOWERS. THIS IS WHAT AUNT HAf.IAK, ? AI J 11H TUE GI KLS. Who Are the Fv/ootoot Things the Good Lord Created on the Barth, como, girls, and "snuggle" up close to me while we have a heart-to-heart talk, (or I expeot te get as muoh as I give. I want to think of my girls, whether they are ono year or ton or twenty, as opening flowers-some of thom early spring beauties, others summer roses-all sweet and tender, and all needing love and care to de velop the best that ls In them. Girls, dont be In a hurry to reaoh young ladyhood and the advantages you Imagine will be gained by it. Do not rob yourself of the rosy flush o? bappy childhood. It will soon be over. You will put away with loving hands the playthings of your child hood. How fleeting are the years of childhood. As the years pass they bring with Intelligence and exporienoe, but take away the innooonoo of child hood. Girls, do you realize you aro the rosobuds in the garden of lifo? You are the sweetest things that God ore ated. Your vol?os are like music-so unselfish and sweet, so holpful and loving that sad hearts grow glad and sad fa?on brighton wherever you go. Love this youth that Gjd has given you, and forgot no* to thank Him for lt. There are no skeletons In your closet, no sorrowful memories to bring the tears to your oyo. I hope you are all happy and cheer ful these bright spring days. While che birds are building their homes In hedges and tree tops they are filling the world With muslo. Busy from morning till night, they find time to sing. DphVjgait till yoyr work ls done to sing*-sApg ancf be happy and make otherstytppy. ?YSs,tollow tho bird's example and go singihg to your work. Surely God wants us to be oheerfu! and happy when Ha made this world so beautiful for us. Kind, cheerful people bring out the best that is in us, so that wo oan hardly help being good while we aro under their inllu enoe. There ls no sweeter muslo in our heavenly Fathor's ears than the innocent song and laughter ot his ohildren, and no sweeter tribute could ever be made to the weary ones of earth than that whloh comes from the sparkling, innocent soul of young girlhood. Girls, have all the pets you want, but don't keep any living ching In con finement. Don't have a sweet little songster beating ita whigs, against the sago, nor a irolo^Kr'aplVroi. Let bb ow be free, happy and Joyous in their native element. A fellow-feel lng makes UB wonderous kind. It has been eleven years sinoe I walked the green earth, and the time seems long md dreary. I often long in the glan iprlngtlme to get away Into some Joop tangled wildwood and Unten to bho sweet songs of birds in Joylous Freedom as they lilt from croe to tree. I have learnod lessons of patleno and jubmlsslon to the divine will. AB never before I've learned the value ol true friends, to apprcolate more and more tho love and friendship of pure minded Christian girls. How patient ly and sweetly, with tender hands they ministered to me when the death Angel seemed very near. None but i! .ul is sufficiently wiso to understand the heart of Oarlstlau girls. They bring joy and poace to their homes. They are their mother's companions Etnd helpers, and their sweet Influence brings muoh of heaven down to earth by. keeping their brothers' wandering feet in paths of safety. Surely the ?holtorlng wings of the unseen angels must hover very near our swoot girls. Sod blois them and make us worthy :>f their tender devotion. Pure minded girls an not only blessings In their homes. We meet with them on tho highways and by ways. One of them came luto my life as a ministering angel when I was far from friends, when I was bereft of all that made life worth living, hut we wore as ships passing and hailing eaoh other as we passed. No girl can be pure and good without the world ho ing the bettor for it and making her own heart happier. God bless you all and keop you well and happy, and remember you havo the best wishes of AUNT SALL1R. Dostruotlvo Storm. Oharlio Thomson, a negro living a -J von miles east ot Union, had the roof blown off his houjo and furniture badly broken up by a storm last week. His family were uninjured by the light nlng. An empty house on tho Sin clair piase near by was also blown down. A special from Pride's sa>b there was a vory heavy storm in that soot lon and that great damage was dono at Chester and Yorkvlllo by the blowing down of trees and othor things, which have not been olearod up, At Ked Point, near Pride's crops wore tadly injured there being a heavy hall storm half a mlle wldo all through that section. No damage was dono at Neals Shoals, though tho ourrent had to be turned off. Hurled rwmny-four Hours, norman Fishor, eftor having been imprisoned in a tronoh ten feet deep with only his head above the ground from 4 p. m., Friday was finally dug out at 8 o'olook Saturday morning. He soemed no worse for his oxporlenoo. The work of rescue continued through out tho night. For a long time lt was thought that Fisohor would succumb from exhaustion owing to the pres sure of earth upon his" body. Fisher and several other workmen were dig ging a trenoh for a sowor on Staten Island, when tho sidos gave way, burying all ail vu. The others were soon resoucd. Vory CJonaitlornto. Bather than wake his traveling companions-some of whom wore wo men-to take the regular train at 6 a. m., from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., George Fostor Peabody, tho rich edu cational philanthropist, waited on Monday until later In the day and hired a special, paying for it 9688, and {lying the employes of the train large Ipi beeidet. ALONE IV DI AT li. The Bad Fut? ot a Yotinj; woman at at Floren eb. The Florence rimes lays: Telling in ito sad details a stol? of suffering and botta> al by a man Who professed to love her, and who had deserted nor three months before the birth of a ohild last Saturday morning, ls the li io of a young woman supposed to be Laura May Rhame, who died last Friday night about ll o'clock at the infirmary of Dr. Wm. Ilderton on Evans street. The young woman had been in Florenoe for some time sud had taken a room at a boarding house in E ist Floren oo, where she wat being treat ed by Dr. Ilderton. Friday morning her condition was alarming, and lt was deemed advisable to take ber to the infirmary where she could receive more careful attention and be under \ constant medical supervision. Bub she had passed the stago of human aid and death ensued-leaving her real identity a mystery, and a little baby girl. The remains of tho unfortunate young mother were taken to Water's undertaking establishment and pre pared for burial, and the Interment ls being postponed In the hopes of get ting Intelligence from friends or rela tives. The ohlld ia belbg oared for by Dr. Ilderton until something else can be done In the way Of providing a home for lt. As to the real identity of the wo man no one knows. She had gotten only ono letter slnoe she had been here, addressed to Miss Laura May R jame,* and three letters were found In her ??session addressed to ?liss Helen Trautman, Wedgefield, S. CV and A. D. Rhamo, Clarendon, S. *C, and one to Mrs. Duchamp, Pine wood, N", 0. Another letter from an unknown party was found in which he wrote in the most endearing tones, ?nd mak lng unfulfilled promises. Also a rec ord In the faded leaves of a worn Bible wore found some family reoords, but nothing tending to throw any light on the mystery. It ls said that a man oame here about four months ago looking for a party by tue name of the dead wo man and that he had some money willoh belonged to her through the e&le of some property. But he looked in vain and could not get In communi cation with her in any nay. He has hot been hoard from since. Dr. Ilderton bas born? the expense of the woman's stokneM and death and says be does not mind (bat, but would like to make some disposition of the ohlld. % BATTLESHIP SOUTH CAROLINA . -- A Fi&lr?atovluitoii ot tho Now Fight* In? Machine. Much Interest is shown in Wash ington in the new battleship South Carolina, the Contract foi whlob will shortly be awarded by the navy de par tmept. Tho South Carolina ls tb be 450 feet long and will have an extreme bredth at low water line of 80 feet and 2 Inches. Trie mean draft at ti lal dis pincement ia not to exceed 21 feet, 0 inches. The ooal bunker oapaolty of the ship will be 2 200 tons. THU AHMAMKNT The new ship will have a main bat tery of 8 twelve lnoh breech loading rlfies, and two submerged torpedo tubes. The secondary battery will consist of twenty 3 lnoh (14 pounder) rapid fire guns; two three pounder seml-autom&tio guns; eight 1 pounder seml-automatio guns; two 3-lnoh field pieces; futir machine guns of oalibrc of.30. Tho hull of the South Carolina ls to be protcoted by a water Une belt eight feet wide, varying In thiokness from eight to twelve Inches. Thia armor will be tapered in sections, be ing thicker above the water line. It will be driven by onglnes of 16,000 horse power, four cylinder triple ex pansion lu type. Tue smoke pipe of tho ship will be 100 feet high and steel masts fore and aft will be equip ped with wireless telegraphy. Every precaution will be taken to guard against fire, ant' di the living spaoes are to be sheatL 1 with metal, baoked with an Inch and a half of oork and asbestos and felt. The maximum timo to be allowed for the completion of the South Caro lina will be forty-two months and heavy penalties will be provleed for delay. . FOUND DEAD IN SWAMP. Mystery tn Death of Mill Operativo Nour Columbia, The body of Bon Walsh, an English man and itinerant cotton mill opora olve, who has been working at Colum bia, Winnsboro, Charlotte and other points, was found Friday In a swamp near tho Assembly bridge in a badly decomposed state, though the man ls said to have been seen allvo as late as Thursday. Whether he was murdered or acci dentally drowned ls what ls now pu/, zling the ( Ulcers. Ills body ls oovored with blue marks, but the physicians havo so far discovered no othor cvh denco of foul play. Ills pockets were found turned out. Four men have been arrested pend lng investigation. These aro John und ILnry Oreen, of Columbia, and P De witt and 1. C. Crouoh, of Winnsboro, all cotton mill operatives. The Greens and Dewitt wore seen drunk with Walsh Thursday. Orouoh's father ls Dewitt's brother-in-law. Dewitt wont to Winnsboro on tho early train ?rririftVj And Crouch s?ys he told his relatives that a doad man's body rr'gilt be found in the swamp near Columbia. Crouoh oame to Columbia Friday morning, after seeing Dewitt in Winnsboro. The Greens say they moved Walsh, In a hopelessly drunken oondltlon, from under tho bridge Thursday and loft him in the swamp to get him out of danger and out of sight of the po lbe. _______ Convlotlon ol a Floud? El Rainey, a negro, was oonvloted rt Gaffney on Monday, of committing a rapo on a thirteen old negro girl, The girl is said to haye dieri as a re sult of injurie* inflicted on her hy tnt fiend. POSTAL THIEVES Columbia Has Lost Many Pack' ages id Recent Past HAVE BEEN STOLEN Between Mall Room at Union Depot nnri Postoffice. Inspectors Have Worked Bul, It ls Said, Have Secured Lillie Evidence of Utility Ones. There seems to havo been consider able stealing of letters and packages * going on among the postal offlolals located In Columbia. A dispatoh from that city to tbe Charleston Post says what Postmaster Ensor calls "a regular Saturnalia of stealing" has been going on among the raliway train porters and perhaps others, who have been handling tho malls betwoen the mail room at the union station and the trains, Ile has failed to locate over seventy-fi ve paokages that have been reported to him as having been lost, tho date of tho first paok age malled being December 9 last, and tbat of tho last April 14 last. How many more have been stolen Dr, Knsore has no idea. There may be many oases that . were never reported and still other oases that will bo reported later. As a resulted of a letter Dr Ensor wrote to the Washington division Inspector Williams, located at Chattanooga, de tailed Inspectors Pula for, Banner man and Webers on the oase. After several days' work they wore unable to trace any evidenoe against either of the three transfer clerks who are. In oharge of the mail room at the' union station, in relays. So far only one arrest bas been made, that of Sam Williams who was caught by a decoy letter containing silver whloh was handed to him to be taken to the train. He has been landed in jail by Commissioner Vernor in default of ball. Transfer Clerk Mobloy, a negro, was arresW but was afterward re leased. Nothing has so far been dis covered against the other colored transfer clerk, G. P. Murray, and both ho and Mobloy aro still on duty. Chief Transfer Cle?k N.J.Davis ls the only white mau vin of the- . mail room. He is ? man of high in tegrity, in whom everybody has per feet confidence. Sam Williams has been at the union station only four montos. Eich of the transfer clerks has a key whloh fits all the looked pouohes, and whloh ue ls required by the regulations to oarry on a ohain attached to his body. But whether anything bas been stolen Crom the first class mall, whloh is re quired to be looked, oan not be said. it appears from tue Hst of lost pieces which traolug has failed to looate, that tho stealing was confined almost altogether to paokages. These piok ages are handled almost entirely in large saoks, unlooked, which are candled between the mail room and tho postoflloe by portors. Tbore are a number ot porters working In the employ of the pustoffioo. But Sam Williams ls lu no way con nected with tho office. Ile and other raliway portors and tho postotlloo por ters all bavo aoess to the mail room and as tho transfer clerk* have fre quently to be away from the room there ls a good opportunity for steal ing. Though the Inspectors have given up tho fight for tho time bel?g they nave by no means given up hopes, and other arrests are epeefcod in the immediate future. On one occasion eight packages sent up on the Charleston train were j stolen before they reached the Colum bia olileu. Dr. Pike, a Columbia dentist, lost nine packages, which should havo oome to him in two weeks. "The thing has beoomo notorious." said Dr. Ensor to Tho Evening Post representative. "An awful stench had arisen to tho nostrils of the pat rons of tho office, who wore taking their paokages to the express ofllco. The investigation has deoloscd that the mail room down thora has turned out to bo a regular den of thieves. Of oourao 1 hope you will say nothing that might be ooustrued aa a reileo tlon on Mr. Davis in whom we all have the greatest eon li donee. "Whether any of the stoallng has boon going on among the postal olorka on tho trains 1 eau not say, but I sup. pose not. Tiie students hero in tho malo and femalo oolleges bavo hardly been able to get a thing sent to thom in tho past several months. The thieves mado a olean sweep. 1 am satisfied that not an artlole has boon, stolen by any of tho employee", of this oftloo, not only because I have confi dence In thom but tho systom would rcqulro all to bo in collusion if one stole." '_( Humed to Dofttfi. An awful acoldout happed In the Middleburg Mills village at Bates burg on Friday night. Mrs. Corley, wife of one of tho mill employes, In starting afire in the stove preparatory to cooking supper, poured korosene Into the stove when there was already a small fire. As a result the Hame oame up to the can, oauslug au ex plosion and burning Mrs. Corloy so that at a little past midnight she died from the effaots of the burn. Tho house was completely destroyed by tho Uro and lt was only through tho hercio work of tho operatives that the Uro did not spread further. Al most all of tho household goods of tho Corley family wore destroyed. Mrs. Corloy was less than thirty years old and a very sad feature of tue affair ls that she would have given birth to a child In two weaks. Pluok ploks up nor trailing skirts and goes attor what she w/inu. while i J look Umps on down the road beaning [alma.