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iii iVlariboro ?xxl in? : ?.DO THO?, GBBAT LWiiATJf, iSfSPIB*! OtfS SOULS ??TD K?*3 O?? WVW Wf T?f POSCSSSIOK H?PF? OB OV? j'JfiA'?Hg OLOBXO0? X? THT AUS?.? VOL^XI. BBNNBTTSVILLB. S. C., FRIDAY. JULY 6, 1906. u. NO. 28. Mr. J. T. Parks Shot and Killed io Street Row BY MU. ROBT H. COY AB Who is Hlmgclf Seriously Wounded la Hie Shoulder, liie Shooting Was Caused bv Some Business Trou- , ble Between thc Two Men Brewing Sometime. A most deplorable tragedy was on noted in tho streets of Orangeburg about eleven o'olook last Friday morn ing, resulting In tho death of Mr. Jas. T. Parks, of Columbia, and tbc serious wounding of Mr. Hobt. H. Co var, of this olty. Tuese two gentle men met in Ohuroh street, in tbe rear of the Courthouse, and without exchanging many words went to shooting each other with the result above described. Tho tragedy caused a great shook to the entire communi ty, and 'or a time business was almost suspended and nothing was talked about hardly but the terrlblo occur rence that bad resulted In the death of one gentleman and the desperate wounding of another. It was about eleven o'olook when several pistol shots rang out in rapid succession, whloh startled every oue who heard them. The shooting did not last but a few secouds, and no one could say how many shots were ex changed between tue two oombatante, so rapid was the tiring, lt is supposed that eight or ten shots were fired In all. As soon as possible people hurried to the scene after the pistols had been emptied. Immediately after theBhoot lng Mr. Parks was seen slowly walking baokward and sideways towards the Northwest corner of tbe Courthouse Square and Mr. Covar slowly following him, both gentleman apparently re loading their pistols. . When Mr. Parks reaohed the corner hie crossed over Churoh street and on tered the law ofDocof Messrs Bowman & Bowman. When he reaohed the eUkghe gavo his pistol bo I. W. Bow manTtesq., who was standing In his tffloe door, having gone thtre on hear ing the pistol shots. At this time Mr. Parks did not seem to bo badly hurt, but he was very pale, and said to those who had gathered that be was fatally shot. Mr. Parks sat down In a chair, and lt soon became apparent that he was seriously hurt, ile was examined ay physloians who at lirst thought that he was not fatally hurt but after being removed tc tho 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 physloians pronounced the wounds fatal. Mr. Parks was hit in three placen. One ball entered his chin and two struck him In the stomach, one passing olean through his body and lodging just under the skin on the other side, lie was conscious up to half past nine o'olook, but about that time, his mind began to wonder and at baif-pasi twelvo o'olook the end oame. Immediately after the shooting Mr. A. C. Liindstedti took Mr. Covar'b pistol. About this time Mr. Covar's father oame up and commanded hts son to stop, whloh be did and turned from following Mr. Parks and was carried to bis ellice, whore bo was examined by physloians and found to Lave been hit lu two places. Oue ball passed completely through his right shoulder and another struck him In the right hand, shooting off hla thumb nail. Another ball passed through his hat, but did not touch his head. Several bullets struck thc store of tho Orangeburg Hardware Company on the corner of Bussell and Church Streets. These balls must have come from Mr. Park's pistol, and indicates the position of the com batants at tho timo of the llrlng. Mr. Covar was removed to his home, where he now Hes suffering from hi? wounds, whloh are quite painful and may result seriously. In the exoitemont lnoldent to sud a deplorable atfalr statements var; and lt has been quito a aitllcult mattoi to obtain tho facts. Somo of tin nearby witnesses s tato that thoy an unable to say which of them fired tia first shot. Others say that Mr. Har ki speke to Mr. Covar and appeared tr ask him a question. The reply fron Mr. Covar seemed to be Affirmativ* and then Mr. Parks struck bim in tin face with his tl?t. Then Mr. Parki fired and both pistols were emptied ii an inoredlbly short timo. When tin shooting took place Mr. Covar was li his shirt sleeves, and carried his pisto buttoned up In his shirt. One thinj ls ocr tain both men expected a dill! oufty and had prepared for lt. Tho trouble seems to have bcei oaused by a business tronhlo OOtwoei the two gentlemen. While Mr. Park resided in Oraugoburg he owned an< published The Patriot newspaper Mr. Covar moved hore from Kdgolicli oounty to take charge of the meehan leal work of the paper for Mr. Parka and was In his employ fur sovera years, during whloh timo they seeme to boon the most pleasant and Inti mate terms. When Mr. Parks moved to Colurr bia about two yoars ago Mr. Covar bi oame Interested In tho business, an was glvon entire management of tl: paper oxoept tho editorial dopartmen which was retained by Mr. rar ki who came down caoh week to Icc after lt. About tho first of tho yet Mr. Parks sold his Interest I The Patriot attd the printing outl to Mr. J. n. Fundorburg and Mr. C< var, and the newspaper has since boc published by Funderburg So Covar i publishers and proprietors. It ls stilted that since 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 tbat Mr. Parks carno down from Co lumbia Friday morning to straighten out tbe matter. AH the parties were together In a conversation for some timo Friday morning and they separated. It was only a short time when they came together again, and the shooting took place as above stat ed. It is reported that a mau tele phoned to Mr. Parks at Columbia Thursday and advisod him not to come to Orangeburg Friday, asking him to have his business transacted either through other parties or by oorrespondenoe, stating to Mr. Parks that Mr, Covar bad threatened to kill him if he interfered. It is alBO rumor ed that Mr. ?ovar bad been Informed that Mr. P*rks Intended to kill him on account of some reports that he had heard. We believe this idle Haney SInuc's talk ls what caused the whole trouble. The faot ?B that both parties aoteu on tho idle talk they had heard and were well armed and prepared for shooting without delay. The father of Mr. Covar, an old gentloman, who resides hero with his son, was alBO armed, ile did not attempt to shoot and returned bis pistol to his pocket when thc pistol was taken away from his son. After tho fusilado when Mr. Oovar was walking forward after Mr. Parks, as stated above, the old gen tloman called to his son to stop, whioh he did. The unfortunate affair has oreated a great deal of excitement, whioh oe ourrlng as it did, in so public a place. Mr. Parks was a native of E3gefleld 0(uuty and carno to Orangeburg from Marion Feveral years ago. DurlDg his stay In Orangeburg ho was in the newspaper work and had many friends in this olty as well as oounty, who will be shocked to hear of his tragic death. Some years ago Mr. Parks married Miss Annie Perreyolear, a daughter of Capt. W. II Perreyolear, of this city, who with two sweet little boys survive him. Mr. R. H. Oovar was also a native of Edgefield, and has been a resident of this olty for some years. Since be came here he has conduoted himself In such a way as to gain tho conti denoo and respeot of all who have come lu contaot with him. Ile, like Mr. Parks, has many friends all over the county, as well a? In town. He has a wife and several children, who are terribly grieved over the sad af fair. Mr. Oe var is now at home suf fering from the wound In his shoulder and lt will be a long time before he will bo able to do any work s gain. KO AS I 8 JiOO&J&VitLT. 8Quih.qarolii?r^onat^v^.Xfo^.f)ue^eh^ on tho Morris A ft*?ir. Senator Tillman Thursday after noon paid his respects to President Roosevelt, Saorotary Barnes, the man oharged with tho rough handling of Mrs. Minor Morris at the White Houcea few months ago, Major Syl vester of tho Washington police, and the Asheville physioian, Dr. Weaver for their part in tho Morris affair, in a vigorous speech in thc senate. For two hours he held tho olosest attention of hundreds cfspcciators in the galleries, many of whom were ladles, who had oome to the capitol hours before he was scheduled to be gin his speech. His arraignment of those whom he charged with the re sponsibility cf (jioting Mrs. Morris from the White House was most severe, no recited his efforts to have an Investigation of the matterat ti e t^mo it happened ar,d of the reluc tance of thc senate committee on poutcilloes and post reads to have the ?ratter examined into, and said that, while Barnes, who had already been appointed and cm firmed as postmas ter ot this olty, oannot he sffeoted by what he might say, he was determin ed to let tho world know what he thought of the treatment accorded to Mrs. Morris and tho subsequent ap polntmcnt of Barnes to the position of postmaster in thc olty of Wash ington, a place paying a $6,000 salary annually. Senator Tillman was frequently In terrupted by friends of the president and Barnes, but continued to make his speeoh, while hundreds in the galleries listened closely, and at times seemed ready to break forth in tumult nus applause. This was especially noticeable when ho referred to the women and mothers of the oouutry and to his own mother. Hilled an Intruder. At IHnvlllo, Va., an unknown negro was shot and Instantly killed at about midnight Friday night while in the aot of attcmpuiug ?ntranos to the home of Mr. R. IO. Morris, a doteotive for the Southern Express company. The 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 his wife Criminal assault is thought to have been tho motive for tho presonco of tho negro. Some hours after the killing a negro giving his name ai Monroe Richardson was arrested on tho chargo of being an acccmplloo of the dead negro. Morris was roleaacd without bail, and an investigation will take place. H AU jr od M i insult' Capt. Falk of tho German barb Cosine which arrived at Pcnnsacoia on Thursday from Hamberg, commit ted su'oide whllo thc vessel was af sea by hanging himself In his oabin, The Geslne left Hamburg in Marci but went ashore on a reef and lt wai necessary to unload her oargo in or der to Ooat the vessel. After thal tho captiau beoamo vory despondenl and ono m iming was found hanging in his oabin. Killed His Mun. Stanford White, prominont in Nev York sooiety,was shot and killed ii Madison Squaro roof gardon, Nov York, on Mi.nday night by narr Thaw, member of a wealthy Pitta burg family. Thaw oroated * sensa tlon somo timo ago by marrying Eve lyn N:sbit, an aotress, agmnBt th protests of his family. The row wa caused by family affairs. THE DEATH RATE. More People Die from Consump tion Thun From ANY OTHER DISEASE. Pneumonia Comes Next la the United States, but Heart Disease is Steadily on the lacrease. The Cca8us Report Covers Five Years. Tho buroau of the census has just published a report presenting mortal? tty statistics for tho United States for tho five calendar years 1000 to 1004. This report was prepared undor tho supervision of the late William A. King, chief statistician for vital stat latios. The annual compilation of statis tics of mortality was authorized by the aot of Congress establishing the permanent census otlloo. The statis t?os, however, do not cover the entire oountry, but, lu accordance with the provisions of this act, aro rostrioted to what io termed the "registration area." This aroa comprises thoBe StatoB and cities which have laws re quiiing the regis-ration of death and possess reoords affordlrg satisfactory and comparable dita. In 1004 lt in eluding ll States and 334 cities whloh had at mast 8,000 population in 1000 The ll reglbtration States are Oon neotiout, DiBtrlot of Coluaibla, In diana, Miine, Massachusetts, Miohi gan, Now llampshlre, Now Jersey, Now York, Rhode Island, and Ver mont; the 334 registration oities in dude, in addition to the cities lu the ll registration States, a considerable number whloh aro in non-registration State. 'Ihese States and oities, composing tho registration area, included in 1904 a population of 32 900 080, or only a trifle more than two-flftbs of theesti mated population of tho United States For the remainder of the United States we havu at present no mortali ty statistics whloh are BUftlclontly re Hablo and complote to be included in this report. The registration area, however, ls gradually inoreaslng in ex tent, as the various States and cities cometo realiza tho importance of hav ,ing:adequa.o rogiHUat?DU,,?ftWa and of effectively enforolng them. The number of deaths reported In the registration area in 1900 was 639, 939, and the death rate per 1.000 of population was 17.0 lu 1901 the rate dcolmed to 10 G and in 1902 tho rate dcolined to 16. The rate increased in 1903 to 10.2 and in 1904 to 16 7. The average annual rate for the live years was 16.6 per 1.000. The average annual death rato in the registration States was 17.8 per 1,000 In the oities of 8,000 or more population in 1900 and 14.3 per 1,000 In rural districts, which as tho term ls hore used, inoludes everything out side these cities. Rhode Island is tue only registration State in which the rate was as high in tho rural distrlotb as In the oities. But in Massachusetts, ConntoLlout and New Hampshire the urban rate exceeded tho rural by less than 1 per 1 000. The excess was greatest in Naw Jersey, New York and Maine. Tho highor mortality for cities is due largely to tho fact that residents of rural districts when critically ill re sort to tho hospitals and institutions In tho oities for treatment, and that the deaths (ccurring in such cases arc registered in the cities, thus increas ing the urban mortality. The average annual rates were low est in St. Joseph, Mo. (7.6); Owosso, Midi., (10.1); Lincoln, Neb., (10.4); and St. Paul, Minn., (10.6), and high est in Charleston, S. C., (31.3); Wil mington, N C., (28,2); and Jackson ville, Fla., (28.1). There were 44 oities In which thc average annual death rate for tho live years was 20 or more per 1,000. Nine teen of these cities aro located in thc Southern Stat s and oontain a larg proportion of colored population, thc death rato for whloh in gcooral large ly exceeds that for the whites. Tuberculosis of tho lunga and pneu monia wore bv far the leaning causoi of death. Tho average annual mortality fron tubeiculosls of tho lungs or oonsump tied, 1900 to 1904, was 172.0 per 100, 000 of population. It is gratifying t( noto that the rato has shown a mark ed decline since 1890, v/hen lt wai 246 4. This indicates that tho war fare against thc white plague ls mcot lng with success. Tho mortality* ron this d?neuse in thc registration a ea ii tho United States ls lower than lt i in Ireland, Germany, Norway, Spall and Switzerland, but higher than li longland and Wales, Scotland, th Nothcrlans, Belgium and Italy. Tue average annual mortality fron ooiifitimptlon was highor in Donvo than In any othor registration city l'Ida faot ls easily explained by th deaths Of non-residents who lesort t that locality lu tho later stages of th disease hoping to bo benellted by th favoiablo climatic conditions. ICxolud ! lng Denver, thc rates were highest 1 New Orleans, San Franoisoo, Wasli ?t ington, Newark, Jorsoy City, Haiti more and Cinolniiatl; and lowest 1 \ ?t. Joseph, Mo., Scranton, O malu , Detroit, St. Paul, Buffalo and MU . uoapcllu. i Pneumonia waa second among tli I principal causes of death, the avorau , annual rato being 134 9 per ion,nt population. The death rato from tli disease in tho registration area of tl United States ls considerably great* v than in l?uglaud and Waler, and Seo j land. t For the principal cities tho avorai Y annual rates woro highest in All , ghoney, Pittsburg, New vork ar ,. Kansas City, Mo.; and lowest in S - Paul, Minneapolis, St. Joseph, Mc e and Toledo. B Among the lead lr g oausos of doat diarrhea and enteritis was third, tl average annual mortality from tuts disease for tho flvo years being 113 1 per 100,000. Over 80 per oent of the deaths from these diseases w^re deaths of children under flvo yoars of age, and and over 65 per oent of ohlldren under one year of age. For tho principal oltles the rate was highest In Fall Uiver. It waa blgh also In Pittsburg, Providence, New York and Alle gheny. Heart disease was fourth among the leading causes of death, the avorage annual rato in the registration area of tho Ave years being 120 0 per 100,000 of population. Over 75 per oent of the deatbs from this disease ocourred at ages above 44, over 45 per oent occur ring at 05 years and uver. It is no tlocable that tho mortality from heart disease ls steadily lnorcaslug, the death rate advancing from 111 2 per] 100,000 in 1000 to 134 8 In 1004. Another oause of death with an In* oroaslng rate was oanoer, the rate for which inoreasod from 03 per 100,000 tn 1000 to 70.0 in 1004 A compara tively ii in a ll proportion of the deaths from oanoer occurred at ages under 40 years. Tue deaths of females far ex ceeded those of males, tho proportion being 022 females to 378 males in l, 000 deaths. The death rate from oancer In the registration aroa of the United States was less than in E igland and W'Jes, Scotland, Garmauy, Norway, the Netherlands audSwi z Hand, but was greater than in Ireland, Hungary, Spain and Italy. It was higher lu the cities thau in the rural distrlots, but this is due partly to the faot that residents of rural districts in the last stages of tho disease seek thu hospit als in the oltles f r treament. The average annual death rate from typhoid fever in tho registration area was 33 8 per 100 000 of population. O. tho ten European countries for willoh similar statistics are available Italy alone shows a higher. Tho total num ber of deaths'in the live years, divid ed as to sex, shows a proportion of 588 n ales to VI 2 females in every 1, 000 deaths. In each year a greater uumber of deaths from typhoid fever occurred between the ageB of 20 and 55 than at any other age period. The number of deaths was greatest in Sep tomber aud October, and least in June. Over oue-third of the deaths occured In August, September and Oc tober. Among the large oltles the greatest mortality from this disease occurred in Pittsburg, Pa., tho rate being more than 120 in eaoh year. The next high est rate was in tho adj lining city of Allegheny. The mortality from ty phoid foyer was also excessively high in Cleveland, cincinnati, Columbus, Louisvlle and Washington. The aver age in New York oity, St Paul, Mil waukee and Jersey City. The mor tality was greater In many of the smaller cities and in the rural ch?t?d of coitalu counties In tho registration j States than In the larger oltles. NEW RELIGIOUS SECT. Started by a, Nogro In a Now York City. lt ls said that a peculiar religious sect ls getting a foothold in tho city Of Middletown, N. Y. It is the Churoh of God and Saints of Christ and is founded on lines similar to Alexander Howie's Cuuroh of Zion, and like that it has a head who pro claims himself God's prophet and mouthpiece. William S. Crowdy, of Washington, D. G., is tho prophet Tho churoh knows no oolor Hue, but as the prophet is a negro the majority of converts aro from tho negro raca. A branch of tho church was organ ized in this city some weeks ago by an intelligent negro, John H. Allen, from Clover, Va., and already it has made fourteen black and one white convert. Tho keeping of the Ton Commandments and observing of Saturday as the Sabbath aro the strong points of the Church of G, d Prophet Crowdy, if he had a white skin, would much resemble Alexander i lowie, and his methods appear as if copied from Dowlo's. He publishes a newspaper, tho Weekly Prophet, which is tho olilclal organ of tin Churoh of God, and Its chief end seems to bc to urgo tho members to send in contributions to Crowdy. Mombers of the church have to contribute 10 per cent of their earn lngs, which, with all other monoyb oolleoted, goes to Prophet Crowdy. Tho members are told that Crowdy is omni).colt nt and thal, nothing they do osoapes his observation. Particular stress ls laid on tho faot that lt is im possible to fool the prophet in regard to the earnings of thc followers, and it is suggested that If any of them tried to "nig" In thoir 10 per cent contributions swift punishment would follow. Tlie prophet lias a soborno of oulldlng a holy city at Belleville, Va , similar to Howie's Zion city. Tnt other colored churches of this city are up in arms against the, Church of God._ Killed Ula Former wiro. At Mannlngton, W. Va., Jones 10 Coad, an oil driller, shot and killed his wlfo oarly Thursday, dangerously woundod Samuel Hugh Williams, a boarder, and then comitted suicide. Goad, lt is said deserted his wifo last January. In April she was granted a divorce and then opened a boarding house to support her family. Thurs day morning her husband roturned to town, and going dircotly to hor ltonat shot hor through tho head widle she was still In bed. William* was sleep lng on a lounge and Coad thou turned the w?.apon on him, shooting him ir the breast, after which he put a bul let in his own brain, lioth husbanc and wifodlod almost instantly. WU Hams will probably recovor. Out io tho Opon. Senator Tillman added tho follow lng on Tuesday to what ho had sail in lila "Address to the Peoplo" rela tlvo to tho campaign mootlngs: " seo hy tho papera that tiioy are ha.v lng tho oainpaign meetings in th court houses, which la au addition* reason wtiy I'm not going to j In th cai*i?algn party. It would not b justino to myself after the grea strahl that has boon mado on me dui lng tho present session to speak insid of houses of any kind. I would no stand lt. Beside all tho oampalg I have ever attended wore out In th ?i open, where they ought to be. It 1 I better for both people' and speakers. Ii AGES OF SIN. - (I030 to the Gallows for Killing 1 a Friend. I .3' ?? 1 iPOLISKED RASCAL. Ono pf the Most Picturesque Figures ia Police Crookdom of the Century. Probably the Most Reraark s able Criminal Record of Modera Times. After a Ufa of crime beginning with boyhood, "Lord Frederlok Seymore Barrington, society highwayman, re sourcoful crook, bigamist, forger and murderer, paid the penalty of his last orlmo on the ; oaff old Friday at Ooly toni Mo. Thc orlme for which Barrington was to die on the soatfold was tho murder of James P. MoOann, ? wol) known sporting man of this city, ou June 18, 1003. MoOann was shot, his body robbed and his :remains thrown into a a pond at Bonilla. By a peculiar co incidence the nude body of the mur dered man was discovered floating in the pond Just throo years ago Thurs day. During the aotlve years of bis oa reer "Lord" Barrington was one of the most picturesque figures in "po lice" orookdom, for, although he was of lowly origin, his speciality of pass lng as a member of tho British peer age, went well In several eitles and helped him to live without work for years. Be was the son of a haok driver in Tunbridge Wells, Eagland, and his real name is F. G. Barton. He was arrested for the first time at the age of seven years, when he was oaught setting fire to the common. At 12 he was sentenced to Ave years In the Bed Mill reformatory for embezzlement. After serving three years ho made bis eboape by means of a rope, only to be arrested two years later and sontenoed for robbery. For this ho Berved in Yorkshire prison. About this time he deolded it would be to his advantage to give himself a new surrounding by joining bhn army, where he could observe the ways of tho om cora who made up much of the Eagllsh society. This was in hh; 22i years, but before his enlist ment was a year old he ho had forged A. , - ,?rom *the J Wd?f?&ricV Con* .yWed a burglary for whloh ho did a a yeats's stretch. 'hat completed his English record. What or 1 mos he succeeded in commit ting lu the short Intervals between nts prisons terms are not known, but are believed to bo many. Ile got Into some of tho best households aa a ser vant; studied tho members of soolety; he served as an artist, Btudles his model, and in later years made good use of his studies. He robbod a clergyman three times and each time by a sorrowing profession of repent ance and glib quotation suoceeded in being f nrglven. When he was Anally landed behind the bars for the ten years' term in IO ?gland he settled down to improving his eduoation so he oould step out of prison a student. He perfected himself lu French, German and the olassios, and was a polished fraud when he came to America in 1801. He posod hero as tho son of an Engllshnobleman of wealth and rank As suoh ho won Miss Colestlne 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 at West Brighton. There ho oold hloodedly told his wife tho truth about himself. Stripped of every penny by her husband, tho unhappy wifo returned to this country with her child, and Barton was arrested and sent baok to prison to serve out an old sentence. As soon as the senteuce was expired Barton returned to the U.dtod Stated having found hero the best field for his pooullar operations. In 1002 Philadelphia nooiety receiv ed with open arms "Lord Burgoyne," of the English peerage. His lordship was nono other than tho exoonvlct, but bofore that carno to be known he nad c lurted and wedded Miss Mar garet Rafforty, an heiress. Ho told her bo was hoir to $20,000 and bor rowed money from her. While they woro on their honeymoon, "Bur gcyne" slipped from the train and disappeared. She would believe noth ing against him until she wont to New York and learned tho truth from his tirnt wife, with whom "Burgoyne" was, at the timo, attempting to effect reconciliation. Receiving no notloe from his first wife, the ex-convlot, who had been wandering in the Wost, made his de but In St. Louis society under thc alias of "Lord Barrington." Ho mot and married Miss Wilhelmina Grace Ooohran, of Independence, Iowa, who 1 was visiting in St Louis at tho time. Before he oould enjoy tho money he had obtained through this marrlago, 1 a hard-headed brother of Miss Oooh ? ran had diso evered his record aud had ? "Barrington" thrown Into prluon. Following his exposure "Barring 1 ton" Bucoocdcd In winning tho coull 1 dence of MoOann, a wealthy horse ? ewnor and hotel man. Oa tho night ] ot McOann's dlsappearanoo tho twe * wore seen drinking together. The murder was traced to "Barrington,' aud be waa oonvlcted. The legal fight to save hin. extended ovor two years J Mun Willi Twolvo Toes. P. IC. Franks, of Pennsylvania, wa< 1 arrested at Cumberland, Md., on i oharge of embtz/.Ung about 1200 al o Charleroi, Pa. Five minutes aftoi (1 tho tolegran was received at tin 8 oolloo station Lieutenant Sohmvt: ? had Franks under arrest. Tho fae t that he has six toes on each foot wai '* one of the means of Identltioatlon e Ho returned to Pennsylvania withou t a requisition. n --- e Not until we have thrown it awa; a forever do we realize that love li th moat preolous gift life can bring ul. HUMAN FLOWERS. THIS IS WHAT AUNT SALLIE] GALLS THIS GIRLS. Who Ar? the Sweetest Things the Good Lord Created on tho Come, girls, and "snuggle" upolosc to ma while we have a heart-to-heart talk, for i expect, to get aa mu oh as I give. I want to think of my girls, whether they are one year or ton or twenty, as opening Howers-some of them early spring beauties, others summer roses-all sweet and tender, and all needing love and care to de velop the best that is in them. Girls, dont be in a hurry to reaoh young ladyhood and the advantages you imagine will be gained by lt. Do not rob yourself of the rosy flush of happy 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 experience, but take away the innocence of child hood. Girls, do you realize you are the rosebuds In the garden of Ufo? You are the sweetest things that God ore ated. Your voices aro like music-so untiel ll sh and sweet, so helpful and loving that sad hearts grow glad and sad faces brlghteu wherever you go. Love this youth that Gad has given you, and forget uot to thank Him for lt. There are no skeletons In your closet, no sorrowful memories to bring the tears to your eye. I hope you aro all happy and oheer ful those bright spring days. While che birds are building their homes in hedges and tree tops they are filling the world With music. Busy from morning till night, they find time to sing. Dph'b*?(A?t till yoyr work is done to sing- olag and* be happy and make others Tvtppy. *x1ss, follow the bird's example and go singing to your work. Surely God wants us to be oheerfu! and happy when He made this world BO beautiful for us. Kind, cheerful people bring out the best that is in us, BO that we can hardly help being good while we are under their Influ ence. There ls no sweeter mualo in our heavenly Father's ears than the innocent song and laughter ot his children, and no sweeter tribute could ever be made to the weary ones of earth than that whioh comes from tho sparkling, innocent soul of young girlhood. Girls, have all the pets you want, but don't keep any living thing in con finement. Don't have a sweet little Hoister beating ito^togj^lfialnst the cage; nui a xt?\?adS^?^pSnxo ? Let them be free, happy and Joyous in their native element. A fellow-feel lng makes us wonderous kind. It has been eleven years since I walked the green earth, and the time seems long and dreary. 1 often long in the glan springtime to get away Into some deep tangled wildwood and Iluten to the sweet songs of birds In Joyious freedom as they lilt from tree to tree. I have learned lessons of patlono and Submission to the divine will. As never before I've learned the value of true friends, to appreciate more and moro 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 G jd is suillslently wise to understand the heart of Gurlstian girls. They bring Joy and poaoe to their homes. They are their mother's companions and helpers, and their swoot Intluenoe brings muoh of heaven down to earth by.keeping their brothers' wandoring foot In paths of safety. Surely the sheltering wings of thc unseen angels must hover very near our sweet girls. God bless them and make us worthy of their tonder devotion. Ture minded girls aro not only blessings lu their homes. We meet with them on the highways and by ways. One of them oams into my life as a ministering angel when I was far from friends, when I was bereft of all that made life worth living. But we were as ships passing and hailing eaoh other as we passed. No girl can be pure and good without the world be ing tho better for lt and making her own boart happlor. God bloss you all and keep you well and happy, and remember you have the best wishes of Gharllo Thomson, a nogro living sevon miles oast or Union, had the roof blown off his houso 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 pla;e near by was also blown down. A special from Prido's sayb there was a very heavy storm In that sootion and that great damage was done at Chester and Yorkvillo by the blowing down of trees and othor things, which have not been cleared up, At Bod Poiut, near Prido's oropa were lally injured there being a heavy hall storm half a mlle wldo all through that section. No damage was dono at Neals Shoals, thougn tho ourrent had to be turned off. Hurled i'wonty-rour Hours. Herman Flsbor, after having beor imprisoned In a trenoh ten foe? doej with only his hoad above the grounc from 4 p. m., Friday was H nally dut out at 8 o'olook Saturday morning He seemed no worse for his experience Tho work of resoue oontlnuod through out tho night. For a long time lt wai thought that Fisohor would suoouml from exhaustion owing to the pres sure of earth upon his body. Flahe and sovoral othor workmen wero dig ging a trenoh for a sower on Statei Island, when tho sides gave way burying all alive. The others wer soon resoucd. [ Very (Joiisitlorato. I 6 Bather than wake bis travelini i companions-some of whom wore wo 9 men-to take the regular train at a.m., from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga. ? George Foster Peabody, the rich edu oatlonal philanthropist, waited oi Monday until later in tho day an i hired a special, paying for it 1688, au e giving the employ?* of the train larg tips bVsidea. Barth. AUNT SALLIE. Dostruotivo Storm. A LONS IN ?BATU. The Had Fate of a YOIDR woman nt ?t Flor?n fte. The Florence Times lays: Telling In Ita sad details a stof> of suffering and bo tra> al by a man who professed to love her, and who had deserted uer three months before the birth of a child last Saturday morning, ls the life of a young woman supposed to be Laura May Bhame, who died last Friday night about ll o'clock at the infirmary ot Dr. Wm. Ilderton on ?vaus street. The young woman had been In Florenoe for some time and had taken a room at a boarding house In E ist Florence, where she wa* being treat ed by Dr. Ilderton. Friday morning her oondition was alarming, and it was deemed advisable to take h or to the infirmary where she could reoelve moro careful attention and be under constant medical supervision. Bub she bad passed the stage of human aid and death onsued-leaving her real identity a mystery, and a little baby girl. The remains of the unfortunate young mother were taken to Water's undertaking establishment and pre pared for burial, and the interment is being postponed in tho hopes of get ting Intelligence from friends or rela tives. The ohlld ls being oared for by Dr. Ilderton until something else oan be done in the way Ot providing a home for lt. As to the real Identity of the wo man no one knows. She had gotten only one letter slnoe she had been here, addressed to Miss Laura May Buame,*and three letters were found In her ecssesston addressed to .Miss Helen Trautman, Wedgefield, S. CA and A. D. Bhame, Clarendon, S. *C, and one to Mrs. Duchamp, Pine wood, N. C. Another letter from an unknown party was found in which he wrote in the most endearing tones, J>nd mak lng unfulfilled promises. Also a reo ord In the faded leave! of a worn Bible were found some family records, but nothing tending to throw any light on the mystery. It ls said that a man oamo hore about four months ?go looking for a party by the name of the dead wo man and that be had some money whloh belonged to her through the sale of some property. But he looked In vain and could not get in communi cation with her in any Way. He has hot been heard trom si nee. Dr. Ilderton bas born? the expense of tho woman's siokneai and death and says he does not mind vhat, but would like to make somt disposition of the ohlld. BATTLESHIP SOUTH CAROLINA AFulV'ry?)8c?lorioii ul tho Now FJ?hl lng M nortino. Muoh Interest is shown in Wash ington in the new battleship South Carolina, the contract for whloh will shortly bo awarded by the navy do parbmept. The South Carolina is tb be 450 feet long and will have an extreme bredth at low water line of 80 feet and 2 Inohos. The mean draft at trial dis placement is not to exceed 24 feet, 6 inohes. The coal bunker oapaolty of the ship will be 2 200 tons. TUM AKMAMBNT The new ship wdl have a malu bat tery of 8 twelve Inch breech loading j rifles, and two submerged torpedo tubes. The secondary battery will jooastst of twenty 3 inoh (14 pounder) rapid tire guns; two three pounder semi-automitio guns; eight 1 pounder semi-automatlo guns; two 3-inch Held pieces; four machino guni of calibre of .30. The hull of the South Carolina is bo be proteoted by a water line belt dght feet wide, varying in thloknesfi from eight to twelve inohes. Thid armor will be tapered lu seotions, be ing thiokor above the water line. It will be driven by engines of 16,000 herse power, four oylinder triple ex pansion lu type. Tue smoke pipe ol 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, and all the living space* are to be sheathed with metal, backed with an inch and a half of oork and asbestos and felt. The maximum timo to bo allowed for tho oomplotion of tho South Ciro lina will be forty-two months ant heavy ponalties will be provleed for delay. ._ FOUND DEAD Ih SWAMP. Mystery In Death of Mill Operative Nuar Columbia. Tho body of Bon Walsh, an English man and Itinerant cotton mill opera Give, who has been working at Gulum bia, Winnsboro, Charlotte and othe points, was found Friday in a swam near tho Assembly bridge in a badi; decomposed state, though the man 1 said to have been seen alive as late a Thursday. Whether he was murdered or acol dentally drowned is what ls now pu/ -?ling the ( nicer?. His body is oovore with blue marks, but the physician havo so far discovered no other cvl donoo of foul play. His poukots wei found turned out. Four men have boon arrested pend lng investigation. These are John an 11 lhnry Oreen, of Columbia, and P Di ?I witt and I. C. Orouoh, of Winnsborc all ootton mill operativos. Tho Greer and Dewitt wore seen drunk wit Walsh Thursday. Grouch's father 1 Dewitt's brother-in-law. Dewlt wont to Winnsboro on tho early trat Friday, and Orouoh says ho told hi relatives that a dead xr\n's bod tight be found in the swamp noa Columbia. Orouoh came to Columbi Friday morning, after seeing Dowil In Winnsboro. The Greens say they movod Walsl in a hopelessly drunken oonditioi from under tho brldgo Thursday au left him in the swamp to get him oi of danger and out of sight of tho p Ibo. _ Conviction ol a Flond, E1 Balnoy, a negro, was oonvlou at Gaffney on Monday, of comm! Uh a rape on a thirteen old negro gh The girl is said to have died as a r suit of Injurie? lnfllotod on her by tl fiend. POSTAL THIEVES. Columbia Has Lost Many Pack* - ages in Recent Past HAVE BEEN STOLEN Between Mail Room at Union Depot and Poslolllce. Inspectors Have Worked But, It Is Said, Have Secured Little Evidence ol Quilty Ones. There seems to have been oonslder-1 able stealing o? letters and paokag?V ' going on among tho postal o DJ alala located in Columbia. A dlupatoh from that oliy to tho Charleston Post says what Postmaster Easor calls "a regular Saturnalia of stealing" has been going on among the railway train porters and perhaps others, who have hoon handling thomatis betwoen the mall room at the union station and tho trains. Ho has failed to looate over soventy-il /e paokages that have been reported to him as having been lost, the date of the first pack ago malled being December 9 last, and that of the last April 14 last. How many more have been stolen Dr. Ensore has no Idea. There may be many oasea that wore never reported and utlll other oases that will bo reported later. As a resulted of a letter Dr Eusor wrote to the Washington division Iuspeotor Williams, looated at Chattanooga, de called Inspaotors Pals.for, Banner man and Wobers on the case. After several days' work they were unable J> to trace any evidenoe against either of the three transfer olerks who are In charge of tho mail room at tine union station, in relays. So far only one arrest has been made, that of Sam Williams who was oaught by a decoy letter containing sliver whloh was handed to him to be taken to the brain. He has been landed in jail by Commissioner Vernor In default of bail. Transfer Clerk Mobloy, a negro, waa arrested but was afterward re leased. Nothing has so far been dis covered against the other colored transfer clerk, 0. P. Murra?, and both he and Mobley are still on duty. Chief Transfer Ciork N. J, Davis is the only while mau Jo oairgo pf,the mall room. He ls a mau of high In tegrity, in whom everybody has per fect ooofldenoa. Sam Williams has been at the union station only four montos. Eic h. of the transfer olerks has a key whloh fits all tho looked pouohes, and whloh ne is required by the regulations to carry on a ohaln attached to his body. But whether anything has been stolen from the first olass mall, whloh ls re quired to be looked, can not be said, it appears from too list of lost pieces whloh traoing has failed to looate, that the stealing was confined almost altogether to packages. These pack aged are handled almost entirely lu large saoks, unlocked, whloh aro nandled between the mall room and the postotlloe by porters. There are a number ot porters working In tho employ of the posloffioo. Hut Sam Williams is in no way con nected with tho ullloe. ne and other railway porters and thc postotlloe por ters all have aocss to thc mail room and as the transfer olerks have fre quently to oe away from the room there is a good opportunity for steal ing. Though tho inspectors havo given up the fight for tho time being they have by no means given up hopes, and other arrcBts arc expected In tho immodlate future. On one occasion eight packages sent up on the Charleston train were stolen before they rcaohod tho Colum bia otllce. Dr. Pike, a Columbia deatlst, lost nine packages, whloh should have oeme to him in two weeks. 11 "Tho thing has beoomo notorious." said Dr. Ensor to Tho Evening Post 1 j representative. "An awful stench had arisen to tho nostrils of the pat rons of the otu oe, who wore taking their packages to thc express otllce. The Investigation has doolosed that tho mall room down th ?re has turned out to bo a regular den of tliiovos. Of course I hone you will say nothing that might bo ooustrued as a reflec tion on Mr. Davis in v/horn we all have tho greatest confidence. "Whether any of the stealing has r been going on among tho postal olorks p on tho trams 1 can not say, but I sup* y pose not. The students hero In tho B male and female colleges havo hardly B boon able to get a thing seut to thom in tho past several months. The thieves made a olean sweep. 1 am satisfied that not an article has been " cl stolen by any of tho emp'oyoes of this s oftloo, not only beoause I have eon 11 \. dence in thom but tho system would o requiro all to bo lo colluslou if ono I stoic." Huriiort to DoAtli. An awful accldont happed In the Middleburg Mills village at Hates burg on Friday night. Mrs. Oorloy, . wife of one of the mill employes, in g starting a tire in tho stovd preparatory I to cooking suppor, pourod kerosene into tho stovo whon thcro was already a ?mall fire. As a result the Hame . .oamo up io tho can, causing an ex r plosion and burning Mrs. Corloy so that at a little past midnight she died from thc effaots or the burn. Tho house waa completely destroyed by the tire and lt was only through tho horolo work of tho operatives that t>m Ore did not spread further. Ai lX I most all of tho household goods of tho Corloy family were destroyed. Mrs. Corloy was loss than thirty years old and a very sad feature of i>ne affair ii that she would have given birth to a id oh I ld In two weeks. ig .?? ' fl, Pluok pioks up her trailing skirts e. and goes after what she wants, while at luok Umps on down tho road begging