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BBNNETTSVIIXE, S. C.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1006. NO. 32. MAKING MONEY. That Is What Commissioner Ta tum Says About the STATE DISPENSARY, Which Is Vouched for by den. Wilie Jones. Accordlof to the Pig ares the Dispensary Assets Are Nearly Double that of Its Uabllitlei. Mr. W. O. Tatum, state dispensary oommissioner has given out the fol lowing statement: "Iteoeubly a number of papers, and Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, candidate for afc" toruoy general, asserted that* the dis pensary was insolvent: that If lt woro put In liquidation it could not pay its dobts. Ab tim bl me this stabs menb was made I came out in a card asking a tuspension of Judgment and assorting that tho dispensary was per fectly solvent. 1 said I oould pro duoo the ligures to provs that the dis pensary was amply able to pay ovary dollar it owed. I have tho figures Co moro than sustain my contention and will submit them in this statement. lb took muoh time and lobs of work bo go bhrough tho great mass of aooounbs ab bhe state dispensary and prepare a condensed statement showing exaotly tho condition of the institution. I could not expect bhe newspapers to publish all the figures in their col umns, bub I invite any oibizen, par ticularly Mr. Lyon and bhe editors of the papcrB whlob questioned tho solv ency of tho dispensary, bo call at the Btate dispensary and examine for themselves bhe books and acoounbs, and so verify the sbatomenb I have prepared. Now hore are the tlgures, oondensed to the poinb where any mind oan grasp them and any memo ry retain them: .'On June 1, 1900, the state dispen sary owed for wuiskey, beer, etc., a total of $735,880 94. Slnoo June I, and up to and Including July 21, 1900, there has been paid on the above ac counts a total of $461,005.01, lcavhiK a balance of $284.881.33. Hut of this balance $197 388 07 is not yet due, whioh leaves tho amount due on old accouuts $87,492 71, and the -state dispensary had on hand at the oloso of business July 21, a cash balance ot $90,618.70, or $9,020 05 mdre than enough bo pay all accounts then duo. Howe ter, when bhe new board of directors wero restrained by order of . the-dispensary investigating commit tee from paying old accounts of the dispensary Instead of lotting the dis pensary funds lie idle, they discount ed aru-mobr of new accounts oy bhis Course making au extra profit for the state of $3,908 32. Of bhe acoounbs so discounted, an aggregabe of $79, 119 70 would nob have been due on or before J uly 21, and so had not thoso acoounts beeu discounted tho cash balance on bhat day would haye boen $175,037 52, or $87,145 81 more than, enough bo have paid all acoounbs due at that time. "On .July 21 the Stabe dispensary owed for whiskey, beer, supplies, etc, $448,225.34, though only 87,492 71 of this amount, as stated above, was due on that date. Any assertion that bhe dispensary is not solvent and could not pay out every dollar lt owes If lt owes If it owes if it went into l'qulda tion seems ridiculous, when the as sets of tlie institution are compared with bhab botal of lbs debts. THU ? OT AL FIGURES. "On July 21, bno botal of lbs debt was $413,225 34, to meet whioh it had easily aeaets of $900 000 in round fig ures, mado up of $90,518 70 oash on hand, about $UG5,000 of stock in the state and county dispensaries, real es babe which oosb $50.3(30.60, supplies of bottles, seals, corks, etc, machin ery and chloe supplies. If all of lbs assets were sold at fifty oenbs on the dollar bhey would be more than suffi olenb bo pay lbs Indebtedness. In the abovo I have niven tho value of the real estate ab lbs cost price, bub it must bo remembered bhab lt was boughb bofore the tremendous boom of recenb years in bhe price of Colum bia real esbate. The opinion of real estate men, archlbeots and the count} auditor of Richland county ls that a ^.very conservative eablmatoof bheprea enb valuo of bhe dispensary real estate would be $150,000. Accepting bhat figure would make the dispensary's assets a million dollars with whioh bo mceb dobts of less than $450,000. Far from being iusoivonb, if bhe dis ponsary were dosed oub lb oould pay every cenb lt owes and hundreds of thousands of dollars Inbo the school fund, to whioh it has oontrlbuted in tho last ten years $1,361,097.05, be sides paying $3,991,325.49 bo the towns and counties lu that same pe riod, a total of $5,343,023.12. "That is tho condition of the dis pensary today. The facts given above susbaln my ooutentljn that the dispensary ls in bettor condition to day than evor before. When 1 took ohart<e of tho dispensary in March, 1904, tho dispensary's condition was shown by the following statement complied on February 29, 1904: Quarterly statemonb of Sbate dis ponsary for quarbor ending February W 29, 1904: Aesiora. Cash in sbate treasury Fob 29, 1994. $ 17,680.25 Teams and wagons.... 04.00 Supplies (inventory Feb 28, 1904). 34,828.08 Machinery and Office tlx tures. 0,310.0o Oonbrahand (invonbory Feb 29, 1904). 1,472 47 Real csbato. 62.800.5o Morohandlse in hands of dispenso!s Fob 29, 1004 . 400.558.86 Mcrohandist (Inventory of stock ab Stivto dis pensary, Feb 20, 18C4 400,036 ft? Suspended aooouubi ... 2,890.24 Personal accounts duo stabo for r rnpby bar rels, alcohol, etc... 5.830 7? Total Miete $1,012,537.98 J.I A m I,IT I ICH, School fund. $ 619.664 12 Personal accounts due by state for supplies, whiskies, wines, beer aloobol, etc. 402,873 86 Total liabilities.$1,012 637 08 "lt will bo noticed bow little cash was on hand at that time. The amount of stock was 9800,000 In round figures or 1226,000 more than July 21, 1906. Of that stook 9?60, 000 WAS represented by an accumula tion of hard stock whtoh had not been worked off since the institution began business. This has buen worked off during my administration, and tho present stook oontalns hardly 920, OOO worth of anything escort new, fresh salable goods. This alono rep resents a tremendous Improvement of condition In the last two years. "Besides, In the liabilities as repre Routed In the statement of Feb 20 ,h, 1904, there was over 9300,000 of ac counts past due, some of them as muoh as six months overdue. This condition compared to tho statement for tho present day ought to be con* vlnolng to any reasonable mind of the Improvement of the Ananda) condi tion of the dispensary. "The school fund ls not a debt of the dispensary, but Its profit and los? aooount. It ls less understood tban any other feature of the dispensary. This artlole is too long to permit me to stretch it further by adding an ex planation of the school fund. 1 will give suoh an explanation later in another artlole." WILIE JONES' STATEMENT. Goneral Wilie Jones also gave out the following statement: "After reading Commissioner Ta turn's statement, and after having ex aminod the balanoo shoot of tho books of the institution I say without hesi tation that I regard the present con dition of the finances of the institu tion as In better shape than at any time during tho last ten years. I was chairman of the board from April 1st, 1806 to April 1st, 1897, and also s member of tho board by appointment of Governor Hey ward about six months in 1003, and 1 feel that I am thoroughly familiar with tho affairs of the dispensary.'' (Signed) WILIE JONES. TO PRKVBMT LYNCHING. A Negro to Ou Uangod on Board An Oyonror Bunt. A dispatch from Baltimore, Md., ?ays with the greaast possible aeorcoy, William Lee, the negro who bas been held In the olty Jail under sentence of death for assaulting two women In Somerset county, some weeks ago, was on Wednesday placed aboard the steamer Governor R M. McLano of the Maryland Oyster navy and started for Somerset county to be exeouted for his orlme. Lee's case has been one of great ililli jolly to tho authorities owing to | the indignation the orlme aroused on tho eastern shoro of Maryland, lt has been repeatedly declared that the citizens of that locality will never allow the negro to be legally exeouted and throats of burning at the stake have been freoly made. After the orlme Lee fled to tho eastern shoro of Virginia, ?nd to protect bim from Maryland pursuers he was taken to Norfolk under Kuard of Virginia State ! troops, thence ho was broughb hack to tho city, tried and oonvlotod prompt ly. The law gives a oonvloted mur derer 20 days between the day of con viction and his exeoution. This period expired Wednesday. On board the Governor MoLane the oflioors having Lee In charge took sallows, coffin and all othor necessary things, and, lt ls said that tho execu tion will take pisco on board thc steamer as soon as possible after thc waters of Somerset oounty are roach ed. This probably will not be until early Friday morning. It ls hopod thus to circumvent those who swore to lynoh Lee. UUKUUOI ul Divorce. A special dispatob to tho A gusta Herald from Savannah says a mar riage that will attraot attention all I over the state, if not throughout the I south was that of Judge H. 1). D. Twlggs to Mrs Lucie E. Twlggs. I They are now both residents of Sa vannah. It was a remarriage which was attended by the daughter of the I contracting parties. Judge Twlggs] was married to the lady who ls now again his wife about thirty five yearn ago In Augusta. About ten or fifteen years ago there oame an estrange ment. Judge Twlggs moved to Da kota and secured a divoroe after a six months' residence there. He came bsok to Georgia and married another lady, who had boen a client of bis In Augusta. Since then he has secured a di torco from her. Not long since his love for his first wife was rekln died and there came a reconciliation. The result was the marriage. Atratd of Toxiiwuy Dum. N. A. Patterson, a brother of Con gressman Jas. A. Patterson, of Barn well, writes to Governor Heyward from Arden, N. C., calling attention to what he considers the danger to Anderson and other South Carolina counties from the big dam at Lake Toxaway. He says the lake ls a con stant monaco and that residents below lt will some day have a Johnstown flood to go through with. Mr. Pat terson also wishes a commissioner of deeds for South Carolina appolncd in Asheville. Ile says notarial fees there are just double their amount In this state. _ G'umkod Again. President Roosevelt announces that I he ls pleased with tho oampalgn plans I of the ropublioan congressional o on mlttee whloh mot tho presidont and it was decided that a "stand pat" pro gram was tho proper one. Messrs. I Taft, Shaw, Cannon and Beverldgo were agreed upon the big guns for the stump. The committee will op on headquarters In N. Y. By agroo Ing to stand pat on the tariff ques tion the President flunks again, as he has been passing as a tariff reformw. Anothor Battle. A dispatoh from Manila says anoth j er battle has occured between the Twonty.fourth Infantry and constab ulary against tho bandits in the is* and of Ley to. Fifty bandits were killed and sixty wounded. TWENTY TWO-KILLED IN A COLLISION ON THK BK\ BOAlt? A 11tl ,1 N M. ?moog the Numbai- ire Two Colored People From the Town of Bennettsville. A dispatch from Ralolgh.N. (J., says the head-on collision between Buckingham and Hamlet on Ibo Sea board Air Line resulted In the death o? 22 persons and tho injury of 23. The regular local passenger tralp WM an hour late and Instruotlons wero wired from the train dispatchers of fice here to bold it thoro for au extra freight going west, but for some rea son tho order was not delivered. Tbo operator at Rockingham ls W. E. Lu ther. The distance between Hamlet and Rockingham is six miles, and En-1 glneor Handy of the freight, seeing the approaching passenger train whon three miles from Hamlet, stopped his trahi and jumped before tho collidion, 'Fie dead: White. Frank B. Lewis, englneor, Hamlet?; ll. S. Byrd, baggage master, Rockingham. Colored: Thomas HUI, fireman j Watt Hogan, porter, Adesborv,; Rev Thomas Jones, Rockingham; Gilben, MoFadden, Hamlet; Sandy Cap?es and wife, Laurlnburg; Q>rt. Harrington's baby; Sliter DuProe, Bennettsville, S C.; Mary Land, BonuettBvllle, S. C.; Mary Hell and child, Rockingham; Hannibal McNair and child, Laurln burg; Georgo MoLaurin, Hoffman, N. C.; Jane Russell, Hoffman, N. C.; Brinker Russell, Hoffman; two un known men. Two other unknown mon died en route to Charlotte on speolnl train. Tho white Injured are: J D Bowden of Wilmington, N. C , couduotor pas .onger train; G. S. Birmingham, Rockingham, N C ; E. A. Carter, Rooklngbam; 10. S. Saudefore of Rockingham. The colored injured arc: George Morgan, Rockingham, N. C ; Ciooro Thomas, Laurlnburg, N. C.. Ojear Lee, Hamlet, N. O ; Gert Henton, Hamlet, N. G ; O.oar Flowers, Liles ville, N, C.; Rtoh Douglass, Bannetts ville, S. C.; May Douglass Bennetts ville, S. C.; IvieOxludlue, Lumborton, N. 0.; n r;\nk Scott,-; Jim Odom, Gibson, N. C.; Lizzie Bowman, Ham let, N. C.; Perry Clark, Laurlnburg, N. C., Mannie Lee, Hamlet, N. C.; Octavia Jackson, X?amle?, N. C ; Jane Stowart, Laurlnburg; James Stewart, Rockingham; Carry McNair, Laurln burg; E. A. Radley; Rockingham; Juno Radley, Rockingham. The freight train was au extra and was southbound from R ?leigh to Mon roe. Conduotor Hauter is nob report od hurt and Engineer Bundy la very slightly injured. The mail train was No. 44, running from Charlotte, N. C., to Wilming ton. This train was in charge of Con duotor John D. Bowen, formerly of Raleigh, and a brother of Capt. J. J. Howen of tho Southcru KxpresB comp any here. He was slightly b.Jured. Boglneor Frank LJWIS of Hamlet, Fireman Thomas Hdlof Hamlet, bag gagernaster H.S. Byrd of Wilming ton and Porter Bogan of Wadesboro of thoorcw of this ill-fated train were all killed. Tho baggage oar and eight oars of the freight were derailed and some of them plied upon othor oars and orusbod to pieces. Why thc order was not given to tho passenger train at Rockingham is not known, and will be investigated by the superintendent of the road, lt is said that tho operator at Rockingham ls an experienced mau and has been a faith ful and careful employe of thc company for several years. Wnen news of the disaster readied R\lelgb Monday night Superintendent Jeoks went Immedia tely to the soone. A train was made up and the Injured takon to Charlotte as soon as they could be gotten from the wreck. Caskets were sent from Raleigh and other points to H.un lot and Rooklngton to receive tito bodies of the dead. The lteason Woy. Backgammon board? aro made to look llkebookB beoau.se Eu les, bishop of Sloily tried to stamp out backgam mon in the llfceentb century. Eudes deoided In 1407 that lils clergy devot ed more time to backgammon and obess Mian was good for their splrtu al welfare, and thereforo orderod that all brckgammon and ohess boards in dbe Sioillan monasteries should be destroyed. Toe wily monks only pro touted to obey. They hound their boards in calf, put pious titles on their backs, and put them on thc book shelves along with thc monastic I works. Thus Endes was satisfied and tho monks not deprived of their inno cent games, and thiu arose the eus tom of constructing backgammon and ohoss boards to resemble folios. liovo Orazod, At New York a love lorn Italian, Salartor Dove, ran amuck In West lOOtb street Wednesday morning and In trylna to shoot bis sweetheart sent bullets Into the bodies of chreo pedes trians, two of whom were seriously In* Jured. Love, who was badly In love with Tharess Lodlto, because sho ac oopfcod attentions from another man, Wednesday morning he waylaid ber and tired shots requiting au stated above._ Alliance OIHUAIKIH. Pursuant to a call Issued by State Secretary J. H, Nosbltt of the South Carolina Farmers Alliance, a meeting of that organization was held In Co lumbia Wednesday night, tbero being about l? present. The alllsnoa ex change fund having been distributed according to an order of thc -supreme court, tho mcmbors decided to formal ly disband, thus ending an organiza tion that waa at ono tl mo ono of the most powerful In the South. Kulai AooMent. A special to Tho Macon Telegraph from La Grange, GA., says: "Tobi afternoon while young Willie Stowart, In tho employ Of tho King Hardware company, was showing a customer a ohlsel, lie dropped lt in a caso of dyna mite, oauslng an explosion. Stewart was killed and sovoral other men in tho atoro wore badly burt. The stock of goods valued at 126,OOO, was badly damaged and tho storehouse, Masonic hall and the Elm City dub rooms, all overhead, are badly damaged. WHERE IS IT? Ninety-Six Sailors Ou a Myster ious Island That NO ONE CAN LOCATE. On This Island May bc Living Command* cr Munt and the Crew of the United Stete? Man-of-war That Disappeared Long ARO. Hardly a year passes tbat the Presi dent, of tho United States ls not Im portunod to send forth a naval exped ition to solve tho most fascinating sea mystery that ever oxlsted-and this ono baa balitad all inquiry for nearly half a century. If "Robinson Orusoo" ls tho most absorbing plooo of sea Uotton over written, hov/ muon mme interesting would be the authentlo record of ad ventures of no less than ninety six Robinson Crusoes all oast away on the same uncharted Island In tho North PAOlfla forty six years ago. Whenover sea-faring votoraus con gregate to exchange experiences and r?miniscences tho probable fate of this whole ship's orew of Canoes ls a favorito suri ot for speculation. "Aye, aye, Captain," Bays a griz zled old Bocond otlloer of a tramp stoamor, "I remember tile Levant as well as if I'd sceu her comln' up the Hay only yesterday. In those days she was a man o' war to bo proud of. The United Statoshad few staunoher. The wholo crew lost, you say, lilli? Not a blt of lt. Pitcairn's not the only un charted Island to show up Jupt in time to save a shipwrecked crew." "Right you arc, Mate," says the Captain, "and there's still a patch out In tlie Paolilo south of 20 north lati tude aud east of longitude 14C as big as tho State of Maine that nobody knows any more about than they do of the North Pole. You all know that's about wbero the Levant got caught by tho typhoon back In '00. " "That's thc idea, Captain. If thore's no island in that patoh, says I, why has'nobody ever run aoross tho wooden bull of the old Levant, or any of ber ?\,atin' Junk?" T1U0 TICLL.-TAr.IC MAINMAST. "lOveept uer mainmast that strand ed on Kaalualu in the Hawaiians," <avs Hill, making a historical oorreo tion. "That stranded spar poon to prove what I'm tellln' yo," says tho old tramp second Gillear. Why was noth in' but thc mainmast of tho L jvant ever teen afterwards? Well, I'll tell yo. Tho mainmast wont overboard when thc ty poon fust struck her, au' laid a clear course for Hawaii. Hut the ollioerH mangged to keep the Lc vant'8 nose p'lnted sou' sou'east for Panama till this here undiscovered Is land bobbed up, caught her fast on a rcoral reef an' made Rollinson Crusoes of everybody aboard." finch, In a nutshell, arc the possl bilities-perhaps, even, tho possiblll [ tics-regarding the fate of tho ollicers and crew of tho Levant. Commander William E. Hunt, with ninety-five clllcers and men, started with thc sloop of-war Levant from Ulla, Hawaiian Islands, on Septem ber 18, 1800, bound for Panama via the California coast. These wore the ollicers under Commander Hunt: Lieutenants-MoH. S. Porter, E O Stout, Colville .Ierrett and R T. Ho well. Surgeons-J. S. Gilliam and William Bradley; Purser, Andrew J Watson; Master, .Limes C. Mosel y ; Eflrst Lieutenant of Mirines, P. L Hrowning; Acting boatswain, Harri son IOdmonston; Gunner, It.'bert S. King; Carpenter, John Jarvis; Sail maker, Cb? rles S Frost. The crucial early records of the Le vant's disappearance aro brief, but In teresting and significant. Command er J. H. Mougomcry, United States Flagship Lanoaster at Panama. Thc following are from Montgomery's re ports to Washington from his Hag ship waiting in the Hay of Panama: ' Nov. 20, 18(10-1 have recently re ceived lotters from William IO. Hunt that the Levant ls now ready and on Its way to this port." "January 31, 18(11-The Saranao and Wyoming will proceed In search of the Levant, to Hilo and Honolulu. The unusual length of time since sail ing produces serious apprehension foi ber safety." "February 13, 18(11-- No word yet. Hurricane last September dismasted an American clipper, and IL H. M. line of battleship G inges had her sails blown from the yards. "A letter from Commander Hunt, dfited September S, lHiio, stated he would start from Hilo In ton or t.volvo days, lt ls now known that he sailed from Hilo September 18, without change of purpose to return to this port." "February 14, 1801 - Commander J. IC. Mitchell, of tlie Wyoming, at Hilo, reports bis cruise from Panama. No word, exocpt that Hunt Intended to take thc usual Northern routo to Panama, via the coast to California, to get the record of 1I1B work bofore Congress." "June 8, 1801 --Thomas Miller, U S. Consul at Hilo, reports a mast washed ashore seventy-ll vc miles from there, supposed to bo tho mainma.t of the Lovant. Charles Spencer, Isaac Niohols and Christopher linker ex amined this mast of yellow pina and pronounced it to bo that of tho Lc vant. Part of a lower yard live feet In (drcumferoi.ee at the slings was found near tho mast. Consul Miller and W. C. Parks, Marshall at Hilo, confirm this opinion. Laker was tho pilot who piloted tho Levant In and out of Hilo i harbor, and bc had the dimensions of , her masts and sptrs." ACT OK CONOHK88 JULY 24, 1801. "Juno a j, 1801, shall be doomed and taken to bo the day on which tho sloop of war Levant founderod at sea." This act of Congross, Implying that 1 tho Lovant, having "foundorod," was Irreparably loss with all ber orow, fail ed to draw ?ny ourtaln of oblivion over d thu incident. Tho mystery took toe doop'a, hold on the imagination for it to bi chowed to sleep, forgotton. Evory nntivtf whose ARK lloated over thc highways of the North Faolllo saw Its sbjwumeuaoed by tbe unknown. Here was ? .vast area of ocean into wbiob tholrfahlps were liable to be blown by stonoa.whloh was absolutely unknown, ! y Indwell off tho beaton traok of nav Igat&o, and possibly made hazardous by tK>i)\??r?)noe of oharaoterlstlo coral reefs ah? island which In tho Pacific aro generally so low as not to bo vlsi ble uu til a ship ls almost upon them. The greater part of this unknown aroa rMtJ exists. It ls to tho south and ea|s of the route from San Fran olson to Australia, and to the south ol all the, routes from tho Hawaiian Is landsJb^ Panama and to Callao. Wha lers r?at\ explored it only tentatively, noting oortaln islands, somo of which romain mythioal to expeditions which made systornatlo soaroh for them. Tim al most absolute si 1er 03 and mys tory about the disappearance of the Lnvaur, especially, as tho years rolled on, tile fact that no trace of ihr wreck'appeared, beyond tho stranded mainmast and yard, Inspired every sailing master traversing those wal er; with ...?Uno belief that the Levant had oast h?r ,prow upon some land, hersch clinging., fast upon tho rocks whiol caught her. Between 1827 and 1830 this un known region had been somo what nar rowed hy omises of three British anc ono A,rnerloan expeditions. All of thesi expeditions reported indications o shoal water and urged tho need of fur thor investigations. During slxtj yoars, thowever, no further progr?s was rcif?e. In 181)9 the Fish Commis sion steamship Albatross traverse? part orville doubtful region and re ported js?elng several lowly lug islands evidently*tho samo that exist In wba ling annals. Oiie j$?r before tho loss of tho Le vantO&titaln John de Greaves, sabin from H^iiblulu to Callao, reported tb dhoovtry of au Island at longitud l'A.? arid?fiorth latltudo 17, whicti wa about fifty feot high ami two mlle long. ;Thls Island was so near th routo of the Levant that if she ba rc ached,'.^that neighborhood In tb night ?no might easily have bee ?.vive!-cv .mon it. Tho 'batest effort of the Uulte States government to dispel the myi tery pf .ho Levant was made lu 1901 when President Roosevelt dlspatohc the Tacoma out on an expedition ( discov'srjy All that tho Tacoma di was to narrow tho unknown regie down EQ an area of about tho exter of the State of Maine. It discovert no IsUiid where there wore vlsib signs o' a wreok, or wbioh were Inhal lted. f?he Tacoma negatively dispo od vii" . werai Island theories, but m of tDe . isslbillty of the cxlstonco 1 one . n vvhioh the aged Itoblnsi Or1 . t.Vu Levant maj? new ! living; 'v' O _e of the groat oharaotors of fl tion ls popularly supposed to be amoi these castaways-Phillp Nolan, tl pathetic hero of Edward Kvere Halo's l,Man Without a Country whom the author disposed of aboa the Levant. Captain Lawless, writing of his cruise, mentioned 1 ceivhig a letter from thc aged autli of that mastorplece In which he sal "If you have found dear Phil N lan, bring him at once to this hom 1 will adopt him as my grand father The great historical analogy for t theory that members of the crow the Lovant aro still alive on soi unknown Island is thc existence thc colony on Pitcairn Island, in t South Paollio, these people being < soondants of thc orew of thc Bounl which mutinied more than a ccnti ago and were wrecked on that lslai there to exist for eighteen years I fore their fate was discovered a made known to tho world. These Bounty mutiness for nearl score of years were genuino lt )blm Crusoes, 8ubslstlug wholly upon 1 and tho other sea food, the birds a animals aud thc fruits which the land afforded. The Levanters were, perhaps, a to save part of tho wreck of their s from which to build huts, and so of thc stores, Including clothing. If these old men are now clothec all must bo with the skins and featl of birds, or even woven grasses, or 1 haps the woven libre of tho outer h of tho oocoauut. It ls possible t there wore seeds aboard tho Lov and that this colony of Crusoes been ablo to cultivate tho soil a means cf varying their supply of I birds, eggs, turtles and so on. sloly tho salvage of thc ship's clin meier may still give thom the t of dav. As at least a soorc of tl must have been men of cdueat doubtless they have kept diarlos wi contain records of their strange pericnoes from day to day. But the mystery of the lost Le1 and his crew, and also of the great explored region, is too fascinating attempts to solve it to cease 1 every square mile of those latlt has boen scrutinized. Even ten y from now, If tito fatal island ls fe lt ls within the possibilities that 1 broken, half savage old men ma; rescued to tell olvlliz&tion tho story of tho loss of thc Lovant of thoir long and wonderful exile. OAincht Up With. Auna N.?lan, a nog ress, employ? Laudordalo Springs hotel, forty 1 from Meridian, Miss., was arr? Wednesday morning charged will attempt at wholcsalo poisoning ol proprietor, attaches and guests ? hotel by placing a quantity of ll on iut? in tho coffee served Tbui Tho woman had a grlevauoo ag the proprietor. Two of Mm guest reported very 111 from thc tff.o the poison._ Cloped wini wntto euri. Henry Claytcr, tho negro arr In Chicago where bo was abo marry a white girl with vvhon had eloped from Irvington, Ky., placed in tho oounty Jail at 1 ..?.in for safe keeping. Word was rec by tho polluo that a mob was foi at Irvington to lynch Claytcr. 0?vo lt Up. Jerry Miller & saloonkeeper of toi, Tenn., upon receiving woid he had fallon heir.to mining p-c worth $2.000,000,000 gave Iiis 1 to his ba?k?opor and announced ho woud never soil another drop j intoxicating beverage. i . DENATURE ALCOHOL. HUlll'IiUS FRUITS AND VEGE TABLES AND WASTE STUFF Can Ho Made Into Material for Reat ta?, Lighting and Running Engines. "The passage of tho denaturo alco hol bill by Congress at its recent fies sion is one of the best and most help ful measures evor gotten through that body. Many porsons do not fully un derstand tho real help that ls to come from this bill, but when they learn that donaturod alcohol oan bo used for tho same purpose that gasoline ls, thoy *111 understand in a measuro tho great benefits that we may reasonably expect to dorlvo from it," says Mr. Sigo Meyers, of Savannah, Gs., who has given tho mattor a great deal of thought and his vlows on the subjcot are of more than ordinary interest "I am reliably luformod that dena tured aloohol can bo produced at a cost of from 0 to 10 oeuts por gallon, and I know that tho processes of mak ing lt aro not very diftloulb, and in faot aro in reaoh of any farmer of or dinary means. Tnough evory farmer has not suillolont quantities of raw material for making suoh an enter prise pro?table yet in eaoh neighbor hood thoro ls a plonty of material that is wasted evory year to make these plants paying from tho vory start. Denatured alcohol oan be made from any fruits, oom and all grain, sugar oane, potatoes, beots and a doz en othor vegetables. "It has occured to me that the bcBt thing to do with the large surplus fruit and vegetable orops of thc state would be to convert them into dena tured aloohol. Whon this is done we have at hand the fuel for running our automobiles, our small power plants, and Instead of burning ooal or wood at high prloo wo oan use our cheap and inexpensive aloohol for oojklug and lightning, heating purposes and for many othor USOB. 1 should not go furthor with this Interview before statlug the faot that denatured aloo hol is poison and cannot bo ir .ul as a beverage any more so than gasolineoi kerosene-In fact, a very small quan tity taken internally produces neath; tienoo it is that no one, no mattor how religious, could ot J jot to Its mar. n fact ure as lt positively cannot be used as a beverage. "The passage of this bill was a di rect thrust at the Standard O l, which fought Its enaotment into law with all of the powerful forces at Its cjm m and. Tho farmers of the oountry ??i? % vi? bid ??ud vmaa '?licu? horneyhanded sons of toll gavo the word lt wont on tho statute books. Denatured alcohol, you seo, is destin ed to rob the Standard OH of a good deal of the proilte lt ls now making on gasoline. Denatured aloohol will ho used in a thousand different lines of art, with which chemists and skill ed artisans aro familiar and with which tho general publlo havo little idea. Even I know of only a fow uses lt oan be put to, even these few de monstrate the fact that its uso will become general In the United States In a short timo. "1 am of the opinion that it will he nearly a year before the government will be ablo to permit thc opening of those plants. In the meantime the real bent lits that m*y bo expeoted from tho passage of this bill will be come tho subjeob of favorable oom meut in every section of tho country, and when tho government ls ready for opening of theso plauts there will bo a thousand of them ready to begin business. Commissioner John W. Yorkes of tho Internal Revenue Dc partment, has gone abroad where ho will study the methods of handling these plants by othor governments. Most, If not all of tho important for eign governments do not tax denatur ed alcohol, and lt ls said that In Ger many, for instance, that lt has been of great benollt to the small manu faoturer, and that lt has done a great deal towards making Germany one of the loading manufacturing countries of the world. I look for lt to have much tho samo et?oot in the United States, and 1 am curtain that no seo tlon of country will be bene tiled so muoh from tho ohcap power thus made*possible as will the South. j "It may ho generally understood but at this time the regular alcohol now in usc ls taxed at tho rate of about *2 a gallon. Under tho hill just passed this tax is entirely removed. As 1 have stated it will admit of the farmer utilizing every Hpare ounce ol the fruit and vegetahlo produces of his farm sviiloh under tho old law wa? not permissible, as HO fuw oould ?fiord to pay the Ux to manufacture. In I addition the demand for denatured alcohol at the price it had to bo sold was so inslgfloant that no one cured to manufacture it. It ls now worth In the opon market about ?2 60 por gallon. Who/, thc presont bill becom es of force, say a year hence, lt will he sold at rotall around 20 cents per gal lon and hy the barrel at a much small er price. I look for a new and more prosperous era of industrial activity all through tho country, and tho man who is going to bo the recipient of the greatest benefits ls tho sturdy and hard headed farmer, in ovory seotlon of tho country." Both Hfiot, Mrs. II. A. Loaptrot was shot and Instantly killed and her husband probably fatally woundod Thursday night whllo sitting on thc poroh of their residence noar Ohcrry Valley, Ark. The shooting was dono by threo mounted mon who ll rod from the iront gato. Tho llvo Wooibright brothers wei o arrested on the charge of complicity. Two years ago Loapt rot killed a mornbor of tho Woolbrlght family. Doable arnoldo. At Marlon, Ojio, O. G. Johnston, aged 24, was fouud dead Wednesday. Ton day s before Johnston quarrolod with his sweetheart, Cora White, as the result of whloh sho commlttod suloldo hy taking oarholio add. John [ ston alon took oarbollo aold, and to mako tho end sure turned on the gas. MANI WIE KUINED BY BUYING 'VND H IO 1,1, IN?COTTON h u ru it io?. How It Ruined a Strong Van Who Was Immun? Against Other Bad Habits, A few years ago a certain capable lawyer living in a well-known Georgia town, might well havo been soleotcd as tho one oltlzon most likely to dis tinguish himself and ref loot honor up on his community. He was thirty live years of age, happily married, and modestly boasted that he did not know tho taste of whiskey nor tobac co He owned hin home, and some guod farms, ruado a good income from his praotioo, published a county paper, and dlsohargod etlloiently the duties of oouuty sohOul commissioner. Hav ing b?en a member of the State Sen ate, he had had his little fling in poli tics. As he had made a good record in the legislature, and retired with uncorrupted habits, ono might have conoluded him staunch and safe. Big of body, he was otherwise big of brain and big-hearted. It Beamed to give him pleasure to help the needy; he gavo cordially to the support of his church. Today that man ls a fugitive from juBtloe. Soveral Indlotmints charg ing embezzlement, oheatlng and swin dllng, forgery and other kindred crimes yawn as an opon prison door on tho docket hook of his oounty. ne duren not face the court where unco his ekqionoe and logio shared tumors with tho koonest oriminal ad vocate In the state. A strong man caught in tho current ot the under towl Ile was a strong man; ho was a good man; at the age of thirty-five he did not pos sess the elements evan of villainy. Ho had beon reared on a farm, and had wrought his way to promlnonoo by sheer morlt. He was worthy of all the conlldenco the people reposed in him. What oauBod his ruin? Tho mania to sall and buy ootton futuros in a bucket shop of his town. The same insidious, strong right arm of the oe vii which is blasting more homes and blaokcning more souls in our South today than the rum-shops. He knew this current was dangerous. Others embarking weaker than ho, he knew must faiut, but .sn roly with his -xperlenoe, his le^al loaming, his sober Ufo, ho could trust himself to steer safely through treacherous shoals. Serene in his confidence, he began to play tho game. In a small way at first. The habit grew on him rapidly. When losaos came larger than his own funds could oovor, ho could bor row from tho trust funds In his hands and no one should ever know-if he won aud roplaoad it. Then, loaf, again. The game grew desperate. To q, lit now meant poverty and son. o humiliation. The luok must turn; he felt the hour had sbruok to recoup his losses. Hid he have "nerve" enough bo aot on his judgment? Yes, he had nerve; why throw away the golden op portunity when only a few "conven tionalities" stood between him and tho money for the stake. Confident that his time to win had oome, he gathcrod evory dollar that he oould borrow by nrooess fair or fou', staked it on the game-and lost. Honor, reputation, oharaotor,-all lostl Per haps his eternal soul lostl There remained to him oholoe of only three sources. Sulolde? The //oakling's refuge! He was young yet, and a montai collossus. No, he was weakling; he would live. Sur render? The honest course, to be sure, but he could not mako restitu tion, and without restitution, surren der moant long and weary years in prison, and a fag end of lifo hoyond soaiooly worth while. Flight? Oh, yes; if he fly far enough and hide safely he might live as a free man, perhaps repent, suoceed in business under a new naino, and hy and by re turn what ho had stolen. Ile Hod, may he repent, prosper and reatoro. Hut why speak of the sad case? There's reason enough wneu one sees tho iuoroasing number of buokot shops oponlng up in our cities and aud towns. Homo Uouil tVtlvloo. At Jefferson City, Mo., Gov. Jos eph W. Polk, In addressing tho retail merchants of Missouri at their con vention thsre, spoke against the mail order business and favored advertis ing iu town papers. He said, in part: "We aro proud of our splendid oities, and wc w*nt them to lnoroaso In wealth and population, and we also want our country towns to grow. We wish tho city merchants to build up, but we also desiro tho oountry mer chants to prosper. I do not believe in the mall order citizen. If a plsoa is good enough for a man to live in and to mako his money in, lt ls good enough for him to spend his money In. No merchant oan suoceed with out advertising in ono way or anoth er. Patronlzo your town papers, build them up, and they will build tho town up and build yon up increas ed trado and greater opportunities. Do not bc afraid that business is go ing to be hurt by recent exposures of wrong doing in thc commercial world. Nv) man who is doing an honost busi ness can ho injured by tho light. All business will he hotter for tho cleans lng process it ls going through and for the stamping out of evil." Tliey MuBtUu. At Atlanta the lower houso of the Goorgia legislature Wodnosday pass ad what ls known as the Iloykln An tl Huokotshop bill by a vote Of 132 to if), af tor the longest debato of thc present session. The hill prohibits all dealings in futures on margin and will oloso all buokotshops, oxohanges, eto, in tho stato. The hill goes to tho senate whore lt is oxpeoted lt will pass. Foll Overboard. Waltor Ormond; a prominent law yer of Atlanta, Ga., foll overboard from tho Kansas Olty off the coast of North Carolina, on Thursday uight on his return from N*w York to Sa vannah, and waa drowned. He waa 86 years of age. Ia an Effort to Make Governor (ilona Pardon 4. B0WE?Y SWINDLER Who W?8 Serving a Sentence la the North Carolina Penitentiary for , Working His Rascally Schemes on Some Citizens of the Old North State. A dispatoh from Atlantic Olty, N. J., says: Governor Robert P. Glenn, of North Carolina, discussed ^ guardedly Friday night the report of his having been held up by a gang of Tammany men in Now York City and threatened with injury if be refuaod to sign a pardon for a Bowery swind ler., who was serving a sontouco in the North Caroliua penitentiary. The faot that a Governor had been subjected to suoli an outrage has been suppressed carefully for a year for fear of oreatlng undesired political prejudices. The hold-up episode, as related by those close to the Governor, oocurred while be was the guest of Tammany Hall as one of tho orators at the Fourth ot July celebration last Sum mer. Governor Glenn and Lion ten-' ant-Governor Sanders, of Louisiana anothor guost, at tho conclusion o the ceremonlos were invited to Join a party going to Coney Island. Thore was a dehborate effort, ac cording to the Governor, to got him drunk, several of ttio party being in toxicated. The Governor, however, had been dlsoreot and was uuaiidoted. Tbey stopped at Henderson's restaur ant aud wine was ordered. Soaroely had they seatod themselv es wnen ono of the men-a district leador, it is said-drew from bis Dock et a legally drafted pardon in favor of a gold-brlok artist named Halsey or Halstead, tuen doing time In Italeigh, North Carolina, but whose headquarters wore bat ween the Bat tery and Fourteenth street. Thinking the Governor was suffi ciently Jovial to sign anything by that time, tue leador remarked: "Just a favor, Governor. We would like you to sign this and let tbat man oome baok to New York." ? J vernor Glenn told the leador that a petition bad been presented to him Just* before he left homo f jr that man's pardon; that he had looked Into the ease, aud had decided in the negative. He was sorry, but he oould not reverse himjolf then, evan to oblige his hosts. The mau is reported to have beoome ugly, aud shouted that tho Governor would not got out alive if the pardon was not signed. SOHO allege that a revolver waa bran dished. The Governor roso from the table and said. "If I have any friends -in this orowd, 1 wiso they would oome on this side of the table, for there's likely to be something doing here pretty soon." "I'll stand by you Governor," re sponded Lleuteuant-Governor Sanders. The romalndor of the party assumed an attitude of helpless intoxication. "Now, gentlemen, do your worst," ls tho reported ohallenge ny Governor Glenn. "I'll see you In hell before I'll sign that pardon," The politicians refused to carry out the bluff of keeping the Govoruor as a hostage for the convict, and he strode out of the building unmolested. He returned to his hotel and paid his own expenses. Toe gold-brlox swindler dlod In prison a few weeks ago and his wife applied to the Governor for permission to tako the body from the State for interment. In recounting har offorta to obtain freedom for her husband she confessed she had arranged to have tho Governor lnvHod to New York and so overwnelmed with kindness tnat ho oould not deny her a pardon, j "Tho truth of the matter was this," that the Governor Thursday night. "After making an address at the Tammany mooting, I went out with a party of mon to seo tue town. They were not Tammany mon SJ far as I know, but thoy did try to get me drunk. "Afterward, I lcarnod that theso men had boen engaged by tho wife of tho man in our pouitontiarv to get me drunk so that I oould bo Induced to sign a pardon. "Instead of bogging or requesting mo to sign a pardon, they made an Immediate domaud, and they wore downright insolent about it, too. "Well, slr, I lust ploked up my hat, turned on my heol and walked out. I cannot toll you who they were.". A MurryliiK Girl. Not yet 17 years old, but a bride for the third timo, was tho record whioh Clara Minor Duezor Ologg, of Charlestown, led., made Thursday whon she becamo the wife of H. Coloy, of Loulsvlllo, Ky. The girl, who is woaltby, obtaiuod a divoroo from William Clogg several days ago and hor friends wore surprised when1 they learned that she and Coloy were married. Mrs. Coley was 14 years old when she married Charles Duczar in Jeff el fionvlllo, Ind., On Novembor 17 1904, she obtained a divorco from her husband and a weok later she beoame the wife of Ologg. The couple lived togothor for about a year, when they separated. Mrs. Ologg sued her hus? for divoroo and several days ago a do oroo in hor favor was issued. Toen sho marled Coley. Tho i'rivAlfKo Tax, The amount of money going to Olemson oolloge this year from the privilege tax has broken all previous records, Up to nate lt amounts to .149 .000.04. This ls a muon larger sum than has ever before boen colle oted from the priviloge tax. Of course it does not represent all the income for Clem son oollego, as that institution ls for un ato in having other sou rora of ta* oona*,