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VOL^XI.
BBNNBTTSVILLB. S. C., FRIDAY. JULY 6, 1906.
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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.
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(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