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HUM! l|W|3Bg?m VOL XXXl| "DO TH, GREAT LIBERTY, IN PI UK OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY 0AU8B." ==3 f%AI B*fc t"\ ? I ?Mua--. -- -- BENNETTSVILLE, 8. C., FRIDAYj MARCH 15, 1907. OULU DAU Mt AI. Charleston Man Accused of Vio lating the Law. HAD MEATS SHIPPED To Him Under NomoH of "Soap Gretwio" ?nd "Hop; Tallow*' Bo AH Ho Oould Fool The Department of Agriculture, Which Caught On To the Trick tuid Gave Him Homo Plain T?lk. A letter from Washington snyB John F. Worner, of Churle.ston, IH likely to get Into serious trouble With tho government ovor the mont inspection law unless ho compilo? nt ouco with tho requirements of Sec retary Wilson. For Bomotime Werner lins boon in correapondonco with tho secretary of agriculture concerning tho ship ment of moat in Interstate commerce This correspondence began lust fall. Roferlng to this correspondence, the la?t lottor of Secretary Wilson Issued. Thuriulay to Werner, which explains fully the enso ls as follows: "Disregarding all tho instructions and advice which had been given you by the department, you wrote to packers having federal inspection, asking them to ship to you mutilat ed meats, und such parts ns will not pass f?deral Inspection. You aBked thom to pack those meats down In tlorcos and to mark the sumo "hog tallow" and to Bhlp them to you. as you could realize moro from their salo than tho pack ers could by tanking tho meat. You have Instructed ?hippors that if they bill tainted moat aa "tallow" or "soap grease" no stamp of inspection is required. Tho department has conclusive ev idence that sour and tainted meats have hoon shipped to und received by you, in some Instances hillod SB soup grease or meat unlit for human food, and lt ls tho iutontlon of the dopartmcut that you dispose of these Unsound, unhealthy, unwholesome moat for human consumption In tho City of Charleston and elsewhere. ? . In one instance which was called tb your nttontlon you claimed that meat shipped to you us soap grease was so shipped because of ignorance on tho part of the shipper. Tho de partment has evidence that this par ticular shipment of meat was hilled to you as "soap grease," In accor dance with your directions for ship ping lt. ( After this meat had hoon shipped you, you Wt ol o lo the dopa rt meat, stating that 90 pr cent of lt Was In good condition, healthful, wholesome and flt for human food. You asked that you ho allowed to reship lt in inter-state trade. The statement ro gnrdlug the condition of the moat waB absolu toi y untrue. Tho meat was Inspected by an expert meat inspector of tho bureau of animal lnduutry, who reports that none of it WUB good and that the stench from most of tho pieces was very bad. "It la a well known fact that prior to tho passage of tho meat, inspec tion law, jobbers in some of the southorn states made their places of business.a regular dumping ground for unsound, unhealthful, unwholo some, and tainted meats, und it seoms to me thut you are continu ing In this practice in the face of the present meat Inspection law. Your house lu used for the collec tion and distribution of any kind or oiuss of tainted, Inferlon, unhealth ful, unwholesome, and unsound meatB obtained from any source In any conceivable way. A watch hat boon put over your Incoming and outgoing shipment? of moat and meat food products and this watch will bo maintained until the depart ment IB satisfied that you nre coin forming your business to tho law. Common carriers leading Into and out of Charleston have boon advised that tho department will not accept l^our certification to the soundness of meat for human food, and that it will therefore be necessary foi thom, by their own observation and examination, to assure th em sol von affirmatively that any meat which you may offer for Interstate com moree ls sound, wholesome, and Ht for human food. You will noto from the above that you have undoubtedly boen an ac .eflsory both before and after the net to tho violation of this law. and unless you discontinue your practice immediately you will bo reportod to the department of justice for prose cution. I surmise that tho methods em ployed by you lu c< nd net lng yo business will he of Interest to t?> health authorities of the city < Charleston ?nd t<> the authorities o the state of South Carolina. Accord ingly I have sent a copy of this fr ier to tho governor of Routh O'? roi In It ls further my purporn lo ?i\ copies of this letter to the news papers." ______ DAKING HOIJDCIN Moscow University Professors lie* lleved of their Salaries. A daring holdup took place at the university at Moscow, Russia, while tho officiais were being paid off In the chancellery seven armed men en tered With pistols and demanded the money. The Intruders fled after seizing $20,000 ?nd decamped, kill log the sergeant of police, whom .?oy mel at the door as he was about to enter the room. The university is now surrounded by tho police and all the houses In tho vicinity are ho? lng searched. Confessed to Forgery U h. Itondlng. a citizen of ches ter, was committed t<> Jail on Tues day dunged with forging tho name of Mr. lt. I>. Childs to a number of checks. Mr. Heading came from Ohio two years ago to manage the Buffalo Lick Springs near Chester. He has confessed (he forgeries. lom Creeks killed. Tour Crooks employed on Tide water Railroad construction work, were Friday struck by a Norfolk and Westoni freight train noar Roa noke. Va., and killed. The men stepped from track to another dir ectly tn frrm't bf au ap p foch lu g train ?UKNtU IU Ut A m. A Spark Popped From Fire to a Quilt Around Him. Power of Speech Hot urned to Pnr ?lytlo Whou lie Saw That Ho Was Doomed. Mr. John Torroll Wilkins, aged 78 yearn, father of tho prealdont of tho Mary LKJUIBO cotton mill WUB buruod to death WodnoBdny morn ing at his homo near tho mille, aud tho flamoH apr jading from lila cloth lug, doatroyed tho houao and all tho household offecta. Mr. Wilkins hue hoon paralyzed for a number of yoara, and ho and lila wlfo lived alone in tho vicinity of tho mill, four miles from Cow pena in Spnrtanburg county. Tho stroke of paralyBla had mode Mr. Wilkins completely helpless, evon to the IOBH of tho power of speech-he had not spoken for a long time. Wednesday morning ho waa us slstod from his bod by Mrs. Wilkins who left ..im seated before tho lire, wrapped lu a quilt; whllo alie loft tho room to preparo his breakfast. Dur ing her ab&once n hot coal popped from tho llreplaco onto the quill about Mr. Wilkins' person, and lu a few seconds he was almost complete ly wrapped In flames. Mrs. Wilkins was attracted by the smell of smoke and, rushing to the room where she loft hor husband, made frantic of forta to beat out tho blaze. A remarkable and extremely pa thetic feature of the sad accident waa tho fact that the old gentleman, who had for years been paralyzed, for many months robbed of his pow er of speech, thought oven in his ?lying moments of the life compan ionwho WAS spending every moment of her declining years In attention to him and his afflictions. Realizing that ho was doomed and that Mrs. Wilkins and tho house was In danger, Mr. Wilkins made an oxtromo effort, and for a second, re gained his power of speech, crying to bia wlfo In plainly distinct, but labored words: "Take care of your self. Get out of tho house, don't mind me." Mrs. Wilkins rushed from the house, crying for help, und to the home of BO me neighbors, but whou assistance arrived, Mr. Wilkins had already been burned to death, und the house was ablaze. Mr. Wilkins is survived by two ?ons, Mr. S. R Wilkins, n prominent merchant of that section and a niom bor ot' tho Spartanhttrg board of us ossors, and Mr. Rall Wilkins, pres ident of tho Mary Louise cotton mill. SK II VIO I) TH KM HIGHT. Two Drunken Negroes Got a Good Whipping for Cause, -??ear Grovetown, Ga., on last Sat urday 2 drunken-negroes purposely childed their buggy with that ol' it young white boy who was In the road Just In advance of them. The boy remonstrated with them when they drew a pistol and cursed him for all sorts ol' things. The boy went back homo ?ind told hi* people of what had happened. In a short timo eulie a crowd of people gathered and went in search of tho negroes. Tuoy were found In the store of Mr. J. H. Kogor, near the scene of the trouble. They were asked to come out and explain their actions, but refused to do so. They were then made to come out. They could not give a satisfactory explanation, in fact, their statement seemed to make matters worse. According to authentic reports, the crowd took the negroes off about half o mile and gave them a good Whipping, which was considered, by the crowd, to 1)0 tli<* best (bing to do under the circumstances. FATALLY JIU KN NI >. Hy the K.vploslon of n Small Tank of Gasolene. At Waycross. Ga., Homer Curry, H 12-year-old boy. was probably fat ally burned by tho explosion of thc gasoline tank back of the Herald office Wednesday morning. The boy , was filling a small tank from a large drum of gasoline when a match wa* lighted, causing tho explosion. An other boy was playing with tho Cur ry boy. and each accuses the ot bc of lighting a match. The hoyt clothing caught 011 fire and be start od to run but was thrown down by Home men and covered with sand His clothing was torn from him. hit: body being badly burned from heat to his waist. IO Killi' IMOOl'WO KIM - IO D ' ii a Railroad Wreck Near Sunset .Mil!, Gu. Hight employes of tho Tulon Pine ?polls Haw Mills were killed in : 'reek hear Sunset Mill Thursday .norning and others oro seriously Injured. There were sixty perso ni ? o th wrecked train. The train con isling of fini cars was backing out .nd the negroes were on thc front ?ar- A tree had burned across the .rack In a sandy place and WUK not noticed until too late to prevent tin wreck. All lb<- dead are negroes Several white men were oil tho eu glue but nono were injured. KUXIOD RY SHOCK Death Visits the Same Homo Twice in Kaine Day. Tho home of Mr. R. Feldman, of Macon, Ga., WAS visited twice Thurs* das by the angel of death. In tho morning. Mr. Feldman aged 06 years passed away, and less than two bonis later his Rtop-dnughtor, Miss Hortic Arnold, died. Tho news of the death of her step-father was largely responsible for tho death of Miss Arnold, who was (pille ll st the. time. She wns unable to rally from the sinking spell that followed tho announcement. A double funeral I was held at the family residence. Want White Labor, A plan which contemplates sup planting the negro plantation negro lahore's of Louisiana with State Im ported white immigrants from Bu rope was announced Thursday by tho State commissioner of Immigra tion and agriculture. The Stat?! pro pones to enable Louisianan planters to ongago immigrant, labor In ad vance and with, a fixed wage without vloiatlo'g tVo contract laboY law. GIVES UP FIGHT. Pitiful Case of a Young Mother In Savannah Who TOOK HER OWN LIFE. After Battling for Two Long Year? After Her Husband's Death She Knded Life's Struggle* bj- Taking Laudanum, Which Sho Dought With Money Dorrowed for tho Purpose. Tired out with her struggles with poverty and exclaiming that sho was unable to caro for her two small chil dren, Mia. Hollo Haslor, twenty-four years of ago, died at tho Savannah hospital Sunday night, ending hor lifo with three ounces of laudnum which she bought with money bor rowed for tho purpose. Tho young woman pretty and Well educated, had become almost entire ly dependent upon the charity of friends and with one of her children was living at tho home of Mrs. Car rie Jones, at No. 67G Hay street, wost. Within two blocks of Mrs. Jones' home tho young woman swal lowed tlie poison a few minutes after she purchased lt from a druggist on West Hoad sleet, and then went to her room and prepared to die. Tile poison was bought at two o'clock In the afternoon and for sev eral boura the young woman lay up on lier bed walting for death. About her in the little room they shared together, played her two-year-old son, Arthur, unmindful of tho rapid ly* approaching death of his young mother. Mrs. Jones went into the room during the late afternoon and noticed that Mrs. Rns'or's appear ance had changed and her endeavor to lind out the reai trouble resulted in the final effort made to save the young woman's life. Mrs. Jones went from the little room oil the second door to the apartment occupied hy Mrs. Eliza beth Pearson, on the first floor. Mrs. Pearson's son, A. Stoddard, a ma chinist, hearing Mrs. Jones tell his mother ol' the unuasual appearance of the young woman who waa dying upstairs, remembered some strange remarks about the future world which Mrs. Haslor had mu th) during the last few days. Suddenly he became Impressed with tho fear that she had made an .-?ffort to end her life, ?ind at once; began a round of the drug stores in the neighborhood. He found that :t druggist had sold a young woman three ounces of laudnum in the early afternoon. Ho hurried homo and to him and tn 'Ts. Pearson, Mrs. Haslor told of swallowing the poison. Turning to Mrs. Pearson the young mother held out her son in her arms and asked that her friend keep the hoy. "Tnko him and bring him up as he should be brought up." request ed Mrs. Haslor. "My people have all deserted me and 1 can't And enough work to enable me to care for my self and my child. I will get out ol* the way now, but you must take care of Arthur." Suddenly Mrs. Haslor lapsed Into unconsciousness and was hurried to the Savannah hospital, where a light of several hours was made by physi cians In an effort, to save her life At 11 o'clock she died without once regaining consciousness. A. Stoddard, whoso inquiries re vealed the fact that Mrs. Haslor had swallowed poison, stated that he be lieved the young woman had Intend ed to evd her life for several days and tba she was prevented because sho did not havo money enough to buy a deadly drug. "She wouldn't have used a knife or anything like that," he said. She borrowed LT) cents from my mother at noon, and spent tho money for the laudnum. We all loved her. She was nice and (inlet and sweet. We would have cared for her the best we could If she had stayed with us." Mrs. Hastor'a husband died two veers ago and since that time she had been practically penniless. He fore her death she asserted that she had been deserted hy well-to-do rel atives who should lui ve eared for her. Her older child, Karl, ls being cared for by a family In Middle Oeor Efla, but tho youngest. Arthur, had remained with his mother. KILLF.D HIS WIVli To Gel The Life Insurance Hbo Car lied on Her Life. Frank Fowler, a saw mill owner, living a short distance south of Hollian, Ala., was arrested Thursday .barged with murdering Ills wlfo last .Monday night. Later Major Adkins, who lived with the family, was also placed under arrest a? an accomplice to tho deed. Tho head of the dead woman was badly bruised, her Jaw broken, with numerous bruises on her body. Tho coroner's Jury returned a verdict thai tho woman came to her death at the hands of her husband. She is said to have carried considerable insurance. Fowler claims that returning bono lato Monday night he found his wife very 111 and gave her ... dos?- of mod Iclno before retiring. About one o'clock Fowler says lie awoke and lound his Wlfo dead. A young daughter of Fowlov states that hO killed her mother and threatened hov life If she told. Fow I 1er was a prominent clti/.en and I much excitement prevails. Death of Brayton. Maj. tfillery M. Brayton, died sud denly at, his home lil Columbia, Wed nesday nield. He was taken sick at 12:10 and within ten minutes had expired. Deceased was a graduate of Brown university and Harvard law school. For years he was one of the most prominent Republicans In this State and had occupied a number of positions. Had acquired a lot ol' real estate tn Columbia. Can't Detail Hoer. At the request, of tho Richland County Hoard, the attorney general rendered an opinion which prohibits bottling plants from retailing beer. This affects Columbia and Charles ton particular ly. H was also said that county hoards did not have the right to license othor bottling plants not already nnmod under soctlon f>31 b? ih'd c'rlmlual tfefab. FAMINE HORROR Chinese Women and Children Sold at $5 to $15 Each. In,Some Places the .Starving People Aro Catching Dog? nnd Eating Them. Mill Iona of peoplo aro on tho vorgo of starvation in China, and unlosa thoy oro helped thousands of thom will dlo for tho want of food. In fact, thousands of thom havo already died. Advices from Contrai China report tho famine condition as bocoming worso. Midd lo aged women are ho ing sold for from $10 to $15 and children for $3 to $4. The famine district is donuded of animals. In some placea doga aro being caught by starving peoplo by moana of traps and hooka, und aro oaten as soon ns captured These poor, starving people aro in groat distress and want. They ry to tho civilized world for succor. Christian America should help thom bountifully, and at once. In some districts nearly all the peoplo In lt will starve unless they aro given something to eat from ibroad. Let us do our share. LOST IN THE WOODS. Wandered for Two Days and Nights nnd Will Die. Mrs. Drewerton, nn aged white wo man, ls critically ill at her homo in the lower section of Spnrtanburg County from exposure, hunger and wounds she received as the result of wandering in the woods two days and nights. Her experience was fearful and when found tho old lady was In terrible physical and montai condition. Last Saturday afternoon abo left her home to visit relatives In Union County, just across the Spnrtanburg lino. She took a short cut through the woods, but lost her way and wan dered about in the forest Saturday night until Monday morning. After walking until she foll from exhaus tion she crawled on her hands and knees. Searching parties searched for her all Sunday and twice were within a short distance of the old lady, but she was too weak to call, and the rescue party passed on. She was found Monday morning by James I -a ufo rd. She may not recover. lier body ls terribly torn by stones and thorns. ARRESTED AS HOHHEHS. Two Highly Respected Young Men Are Locked Up. At Chicago Richard O. Hoops, 20 years of ago, a Btudcnt ut Luke For est University, and a non of Ira C. Hoops, a lawyer of Kokomo, Ind., is 'inder airest charged with robbing tho residence of Hobart Chat Hold Taylor, a wealthy resident of Lake Forest. Following tho arrest of Hoops, de tective? searched the room of Hoops in tho university hall and found a trunk filled with property said to have been taken from the Taylor res idence. It consisted of diamond rings, silverware and curios which Mr. Taylor had spent years In col lecting." Hoops confessed to the police that he had also robbed the residence of Robert McGann. in making his oon fesslon Hoops declared that ho waa not able to say why he had robbed the two residences. He had every thing that be needed. He said he could give no other reason than his desire to possess beautiful and artis tic things. AGER GOOSE Said To be Over Seventy-Two Years Of Age. Will iain Yours Strong, n former near Caldwell. N. J., owns a goose which ls seventy-two years of age he says. William Yours, tho mun I was named after, gave nie this goose In 1871," said Strong. "Yours was going back lo the old Country, and he said '1)111, I've owned this goose for thir ty-six years. I would take her with mo, hut I fear she cannot stand the voyage, so l will give her to you. Cherish her. Rill; bo kind to her In her old age, for she ls almost like a sister to me.' Yours kissed the goose goodby," Mr. Strong add ed. "Look at her, she ls an active as a gosling. CHIEF OF POLICE DIES. From Wound Received While look ing for mind Tiger. Chief of Police Chasin, of Fayette ville, N. C.. Who was shot on last Sat urday night by a negro, Toni Walker died Tuesday morning from the of fed* of tho wounds. Tho negro shot two other policemen, one of whom ls not experted to live. The police were milking a raid on the negro's house to learn lt' he was con ducting a blind tiger. The negro was landed in the penitentiary and Governor Glenn promised a speedy trial. Court convenes at Fayette ville the 2f>til when the nial of the murderer will take pince. TI? HE LED POST CAI 11 >S Poisons n Mull Carriel in .Jersey ('i?y I'oMoftlco. Tho New York American aays Frederick Hunokor, a Jersey City letter carrier, ls critically lil al hit hoi ie In Magnolia nvenuo of blood poisoning, caused by the scratch of a tinseled souvenir postal card. Tlie edgo of the card cut his linger. A fow days ago tho postal authorities of New York took ofllclal cognizance ol fact that Hying particles of tinsel or poisonous colored matter had result ed in an epidemic of bronchial ali ments among post ofllco employes, lit ls thought restrictivo legislation will be demanded. Will Have No Effect. Commissioner Watson whon asked what, effect tho decision of tho attor ney general Hint a state could only noelle foreign labor by advertIsomont snld that, there would bo no ultlmut< 1 effect, hu*, that his trip to Tl remen would have lo bo postponed for som? i time. Mr. Watson oxpocted to leave j nxfct tfeola NEW SUN SPOTS J - Causes Electrical Blizzard and Kills One woman. ? Pittsburg'" Spring i>ny Is Suddenly Turned Into Snow, Lightning-, Thunder and C?ale. Pittsburg, Pa., was visited Wed nesday J evening by a remarkable electrical snowstorm, amounting to a blizzard. Prof John A. Drashoar, the emi nout a'.rouoinor, had predicted it would como, owing to tho "influence on tho barth of tho sun Bpots ho dis covered. Tho storm was ovon moro wonder ful than tho one which came several weeks ago as per his prediction. So great was tho velocity of the wind that a woman was blown up against^ building and killed. Professor Drnshear discovered his latest sun spots only a llttlo over a year ago; then they wore lost, hut. he located them again Wednesday, this timo not in a solid mass, but broken Into several different and dis tinct BUh spots. "Now look out for an electrical disturbance tomorrow," said Prof. Brashoar. "This is the time he has missed it," said wise Pittsburgh's, for a moro beautiful Spring day would be hard to Imagine. Soon after six o'clock there was ti sudden transformation. Tho wind sprung up into a gale. The skies'were covored with a great hank of black clouds, out of which snow began to desend In enormous quant if ?OB. Til o wind increased to forty-eight miles an hour. Then, the skies were torn hy great flashes of lightning, and peals of thunder made the earth tremble. In fifteen minutes the mercury had tum bled from 4 0 to 2t?. Mis?; Sarah Stuart, aged thirty, of Allegheny, alighted from a street car in front of her home, was seized by the wind and thrown .against a building with such force that site died a short time afterward. KILLS HIS STEPSON. Columbia Mill Operative Shoots the Young Man to Deal li. At Columbia Lewis W. Byers, shot 1 and killed lils Stepson, Oliver (!. Lan- ? aham, in tho Olimpia Mill village. Thero had been ill feeling between tho two men for sometime. From what can ho understood Lanaham , went to BOO his mother and while there he and Byers got Into a dis- ? pute. Byers was evidently ready ' for yoking Lanaham as he literally riddled his body with large shot. It is stated that as many ns eighty '< of tluv shot took effect in Lanaham's side. Lausham was only about 2 1 I year:, ..>'' ago and has been engaged J li\ . . . ; cuter work. Byers la a mar. ? of about 45 and does not appear to 1 have done milch of anything. He 1 lived in the mill village, whore tho shooting occurred. Lanaham it. ls I said had a pistol on his person at the time of the killing. Byers has been in trouble before ? and the report ls that ho has been In Jail in Spartanhurg on the charge 1 of having shot ii friend. The feeling ? between Myers and his stepson has ? existed for sometime and threats are 1 said tb have boon heard. Byers was ( arrested and is in the county Jail. WAYLAID AND KILLED. I Prlmlnont Georgian Foully Murder* ed Near His Home. Mr. 0. W. May, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Ashburn, e.a.. waa waylaid and killed near bb home Wednesday night. A negro whom Mr. May had employed tho day before is suspected of the mur der, and the sheriff and a posse are now in search of him. Tho body of Mr. May was discov ered Thursday, lt had been dragged from the roadway and concealed in tho bushes. Tho body showell that he had been struck on the head with an axe. Mr. May had been to Ashburn and drawn $150 from tho bank. lt li presumed that the negro was aware that tho money was on Mr. May's person. The pockets had been rilled when the body was found. I AHMED MLDDEDED A Negro Farm Hand Suspected of Th? Crime. Information was received at Ash burton, Cu., on Wednesday afternoon of a murder mystery about live tulles away which is puzzling tho authorities. Mr. George W. Way, a prominent farmer, and one of the most prosperous and well known mon of his section of (he state, was murdered on lils place by some un known party. It is stated that there ls no clue to the guilty party, beyond the fact that a strange llOgl'O whom Mr. Way employed a shorl time age as a farm laborer, and who has been missing since the murder. A ( < A INST SOITH CA KOI. 1N A The State Government Can Not Pay Immigrants Passage. Tile Attorney General of the Cul ted Staten has given President Boos evelt an onlnloi- on the South Caro lina Immigration case, holding that lt is Unlawful tor the State Govern tnont to pay the passage of prospec tivo Immigrants otherwise than by .idvertlsments. Previously the solic itor of tho Department of Commerce I "IIKI Labor, decided there was no vio lation of the contract labor law in the Wlttoklnd case wherein Hie Im migrants were brought to Sont li Cai Ollna on money raised by subscrip tion, amounting to $30,000. Must Buy Theil Papers Tim railroad commission has de cided that lt will not pay for news paper subscriptions and that the newspapers tah en by its members .mist lie paid for by them individu ally. None Can Piss. A scientist says that Roon every body will be Insane. There aro plenty )f alienists now who will dmonstrate tho insanity of anybody desired Thero is nof ft man in tho world who coVjlU pufcs" ntl tho tt&tb foV Insanity. Virginia Jury Upholds the Unwrit ten Law by Verdict IN STROTHERS CASE. Two Young Mon, Who Wero Charged With Murder, Wore Acquitted for Having Killed a Man hy the Name of Bywaters for Seducing Their Sister Under n Promise of Mar riage. Tlie unwritten law bas been up hold by a Virginia Jury, which ren dered a verdict of not guilty on Thursday at Clltpepper in the case of James and Phillip Strother, who was tried for murder, they having hilled William F. Bywaters for ruin ing their sister under promise of marriage. The caso had excited great inter est all over Virginia, and the trial lusted several days. The jury vas out ono hour and a half before it brought Its verdict, of not guilty. The case was fought very hard on both sides, hut. the verdict was not unexpected, as it was plain tiltil pub lic sentiment was In favor of tie- two yoting men who were being tried. All the purtles connected with the case were prominent. The Jurors retired to the jury room Immediately after Judge Har rison had put the case lu their hands Then began the most trying test of tho ordeal for the defendants. The strain was most apparent on the facti of Phillip Strother, thc young er defendant, while James apparent ly, w;is confident of a favorable ver dict. He sat In silence, listening to the comments of his counsel, and occas* ionly offord words of consolation to his wife, who Bat at his-side. As the minutes passed away the situation became more strained, many lu tho court, room taking the delay as an , unfavorable sign to tho accused. Judge Harrison, himself keyed to n high pitch, paced restlessly up and down tho narrow space behind his bench, while tho counsel for both . sides gathered to discuss the mean- j lng of what seemed to thom a delay. , At precisely 11.10 o'clock, the ( jurymen, proceeded by Sheriff How-. Qrsctt, Hied into tho court room and took their accustomed seats. A breathless silence fell over the loom as tho spectators waited the j announcement of the verdict. "Gentlemen of the Jury." asked . Deputy Clerk Oilkorson, "have you lg rood upon your verdict?'' j "We have," replied Foreman Price , handing the vordict to tho court, of- j (leer. 'Wo lind the defendants, lames and Philip Strotheri not guil ty," was the message road aloud t>y Clerk Gllkerson. Tho announcement was tho signal ( Tor an outburst of approval which ludgo Harrison quickly silenced. The effect of the verdict was, hbtV >ver, instantaneous. James Strother reached for the land of Mr. Moore, one of his conn- ] iel, and Phillp was quickly surround- i id by tho friends who have stood iy tho brothers since the opening if the trial. 1 Mrs. James Strother, overcame by ? nnotion, fell forward into her hus- j land's arms, sobbing and exclaiming uer thanks. When the effects of the critical moment passed, Judge Harrison ad- i lr eased tho Jury as follows: \ "Gentlemen of the jury I thank , you for a verdict Which I think will . i.e approved by the pul 11 1' ls an t ostnbllshd precedent in ih>? Stato of , Virginia that no man tried for de- < lending tho santity of his home ( should 1)0 found guilty." After further words of approval , from the bench, the jurymen lett the . court room, with the Intention of < going directly to their homes In , Shenandoah county. SOLD HIS H Al GHTFAt. j Italians Ctr;- on \v.fol Practice In 1 .Nen Volk. A dispatch ft Oin New JforSs nays quotation Coi wived ;.i ?.i?.'?' ita... rule steady at $20 with the supply not equal lt? the demand. Tranac tlons are brisk, tho latest deal in volving the sale of .Mary Rheo, aged fifteen, to Frank Gh'dello. Tho girl's father accepted tho closing prlco of $20 bid. Details of tho sale came to light In the Harlem police court when tho wife, with a black eye, tear-stain ed face, and very hungry, told lier story to Justice Moss, who held the girls father lu $1,000 ball for exam ination on tho charge of failure to support Ills child. tn addition to being Bold 111 niar riage to a man she did not love, the giri Wits deserted bj ber husband, after which she was refused a home by her brothers and lier fat lier. When she went to her father's home he Peat ber and turned her out. She said that when site was compelled to marry Girdollo she gol down on ber knees lo her father and begged him not to sell ber like a dog, hut he merely laughed ai her. Should Re Roasted. Mr. Oliver may not get tho con tract to dig tho Panama canal, but he will wake up snakes in Washing ton about tho way bo was treated? Senator Tlllamn has ospousod Oli ver's cause, and von can rest assured th nj ho will make lt warm for some body when Congress moots again. Somoono lins treated Oliver most Shamefully, and If lt is President Roosevelt Wo hope Senator Tillman will give him a good roast, Oliver was not only humiliated by tho way his bid was set aside, bul he was put lo considerable expense in secur ing it. if President Roosevelt wti re ponsiblo for this, then wo want him roastod, and wo do not know a tuan who can do it better thai! Senator Tillman. He will havo piont y o? time to sharpen up his pitch torie, and when ho gets iftor Toddy ho w I il make lt very wa m for him. The whole thing was mo, - like child's play than tho serious affair that lt was. We are walling for the fun to begin. Kills IHslveighbiir. Charles Mathews, a prominent res ident of St. Clair, Ga., was shot and Instantly killed by James Swlnt, a friend and neighbor. No on use was 1 nbVigncti for tho trafftftly. REFUNDS MONEY. Perkins Reimburses New York Life Insurance Company. Snys Ho Acted On tho President's Advice for Mest Interests of the Pol ley holders, George W. Perkins, of Now York, former vice president of tho Now New York Lifo Insurance company and now a member of the Arm of .T. P. Morgan & Co., has sent to tho Now York Lifo his person*", check for $54,019.19 to reimburse tho company for tho Republican cam paign fund contribution made from its funds tn 1904 in connection with which Mr. Pork i ns was recoutly inado dofondant on tx charge of lar ceny. Announcement of the restitution of tho principal of $48,500 and in terest to date was mudo Thursday hy President Alexander E. Orr, of the Now York Lifo, to whom Mr. Perkins addressed <? lotter inclosing the chock. President Orr also gavo out tho letter. In lt Mr. Porkins declares that in dismissing tho crim inal proceedings against him tho court intimated that tho campaign contribution was n?t for a proper corporate purpose. Ho again asserts that ho was acting upon a request of the then president of the Now York Lifo when he ud vancod tho money for the campaign contribution In 1904. and says that When the then president of tho com pany rimbursod him, there was no thought on the part of either of any personal advantage, hut a holiof that tiley were "acting for tho best and broadest Interests of the policy holders, both nt home and abroad." Thc letter follows: "In 15104, at the request of the then president of tho company, I advanced $48,500 as a payment on behalf of the New York Life Insur ance company to thc Republican nat Ional campaign committee. I did this with the understanding witli the president that I should he reimburs ed by tile company. Subsequently t was so reimbursed. The payment without any thought on tho part >f the president or myself of person il advantage, hut solely In tho be lief that lt was for the best and broadest Interests of the policyhold ers, both at h?rne and abroad, "in dismissing tho criminal pro ceedings Inst Hilled against mo for iccepting reimbursement, tho courts | have Intimated that the payment, ( herefore the reimbursement, was : int for a corporate purpose. I there- "( ore return to the company the , inion nf of money paid hy it to me, j ncloslng herewith my check for ) &54.019.19 to cover principal and | ntorost." A SPOOK CASE. < Causes n Sensation Among the Cult I f in New York. j If half the charges sho makes are 1 rue, ono of tho most sensational ?ex- , losures of fake spiritualism In the 1 listory of tho country can bo ex- ? lOCted as a result of the suit tiled * n New York by Mrs. Harriet 1']. . Strickland agalns t Dr. Hugh R. iiooie, a spiritualistic minister and I injurer of spooks. Mrs. Strickland asks $25.000 dam- ' mes for defamation of character fol j owing the quitting of Moore's sec- ' .ices, where sho was employed ns a I 'spook in chief." The woman alleges < hat the patrons of tho parlor discov- I ?rod her to he a very tangible soi't 1 >i spirit and she worked to quit 1 lie game. Mrs. Strickland says sho will dis- i .h,se sensational facts relative to the 1 fake practices of Roy. Dr. Moore, of < he first church of progressive spirits i iver which he presided. She says Moue has a complete staff of people yt various ages who were spook u-tors with which he met any de tnand that, might he made by lilt dtente who wished to converse with i my particular variety of spooks. KI LUNG N IO AR HOIK ? ES. David Gunter Fatally Shoota Jake Taylor on Monday. About the miles from Hodges, David Gunter shot and killed Jake 'I'aylor on Monday of last week. Doth men were under the influence O? whiskey al thu Hmo of the unfortu nate occurrence. They were work ing itt a sawmill for Messrs. Prult & Smith. They had been sawing out a strand on C. W. Hrlssoy's place but preparations were being made to move tho plant to a point near Ware Shoals, otb parties are white and citizens of Abbeville county. Mr. Taylor lived until 1.20 o'clock the morning following the shooting. (Junter was locked up in tho Green-1 wood county Jail. Corpse Found. The Charleston Post says the body of Mr. Edward ingraharh, who was SUSposed to have been shot, near Clllnhoy hy a negro some six .veoks ?go, has been lound Jammed ho ; vs, en I he rails of a fence of a ne gro named Collins. Details as to evi dence of foul play are lacking, but ls ls i'alrlv well established that he came to his death from i gunshot wound. The body was bulled last Sunday near the head ol' tho Cooper River. _ Must Ko Delivered. Governor Ansel has warned the Officials of the express company that llpuor must he delivered promptly to thc consign?os without regard to whether the constables appear to bc going to seize lt. This arose from the incident Of :< lot of liquor being falcon back 10 tin express ofllco In Charleston became tho wagon had booti followed by state constables. Mill Labor Scarce. Much Interest ls being taken In trial of <ho cotton mill mon In the federal court at Greensboro, who are accused of Importing labor un rip-, contract. Evidence (-hows great scarcity of labor for text Ho mills. Hatteied the Train. Several charges of dynamite ex ploded Just as tho Pennsylvania Rail road's Chicago flyer went by near Huntington, Pa., and all the carr wero moro or less battered, two pas BO'uBorB Wein? huVt. HE SAWED OUT A Prisoner Succeeds fn Cutting Through Iron Bars of . -11 1 THE COLUMBIA JAIL Ho Took His Bod licking ?nd Mudo ? Kopo Ono Hundred and Fifty Foot Kong, Lowered Himself to Tho Ground nnd Hotfooted it Across tho Country to Ports Thnt Are Unknown W'. D. Ellison, jv white man, who was sorving out a .-uitenco lu tho Columbia jail for grand larceny, mado good his escape on Wednesday evening of last weok. Ellison's escape was a particularly daring one. In some way ho had succeeded in getting a saw and some flies. With those tools he cut through six heavy iron bars, and tearing up his bed ho took the tick ing and made it into a rope 150 foot long and lowered himself, to the ground. There was also evldenco on tho broken bars that somo kind of pow erful acid had been usod to aid in sawing through the bars. It is bo llevod that. Ellison is a professional yoggman, ns bis method of his es cupo ia certainly not that omployod by amateurs. Tho oscapo was affect ed between 1 1 p. m. und 5 a. m. Up to last Saturday Doc Miller and young Travis, tho forger, occu pied adjacent cells, and lt is beliey ed tho three men wero In a compact to break jail, but their removal to the penitentiary ...onday left thom out of it. Otllclals believe that had not these men been removed Just at the right time they would baye also made their escape. Tho authorities aro making a desperate effort lo ap prehend Ellison, though there Is no clew whatever to work on. THE- WAGES OF SIN. Killed Himself Bather Thnn Face Result of His Crime. A young mun supposed to ho Leo !)old Weiss, the missing cashier of the Budapest oillco of a Hamburg dilpplng linn, shot himself on board the Hamburg-American liner Bat avia os she was loavlng her dock n Hoboken Monday, bound for Em rope. He was taken to St. Mary's ?ospital, In Hoboken, where he dlod. When the Hamburg-American lin jr, Kaiserin Augusto Victoria pulled niii hoi d..vk l?Bl Thursday one of ho passengers was a man who gave he namo of Ignatz''Lau ff er, Ho was mm moued before the immigration minorities for tho usual lnvestiga lon. . Ho described himself ns n medi cine student of the University of budapest. On the dock was II. C. strike, of New York, representativo af the college in which Weiss had lieen employed. Strike had recolved \ cabio message alleging that Woiss was short in his accounts. Ho con rronted Lauffler, but the latter de nied that, ho knew anything of the *uso. Tho olliclals decided to detain lilni, however, and a hearing was held. Lau ff Or had told tho officials that he lind a sister Miss Irene Lauff ir in that city, and during the hear ing a young Hungarian woman ap peared and identified Lauffcr as hor brother. One of tho persons present picked np tho suspect's hat and Inside found Ibo Initials "f.. W." The gifl then confessed that her brotherlgnatz had given Weiss his university passport lu Budapest and had asked her to deny Weiss" Identity when he arriv ed, The young man was ordered deported and was placed aboard tho Ha ta var ta, where ho was kept a pris oner. SELLS HIS WIPE, Then Asks Board of Charities To Care for Four Children. At Home, N. Y., Lawrence Weir, Thursday made application to Sup erintendant Graves of the Hoard of Charities, to have his four children placed in some institution. Weir admitted to the superintendent that he had sold his wife for $6 to a man at Highland .Nulls, two miles above Home. The wife consented to tho transfer. Weir has six chil dren, besides ?he four at home. Ono is working in n cigar factory and ono is With relatives. Weir is about 4 5 years old, and is einyloyed In a brims nilli. _. Tut l p Your (inns. The limit, set by tho State gamo laws ended on March 1, and lovers of shooting h. (I better take notico of the fact as thu authorities expect to exert thcms?lVOS lo the limit to linvo the law obeyed. Some people are un der tho impression that the limit x pires on the l6lh day of March, as in former years, lint this ia a mis take and tho bill of about two years ago is thoroughly lu effect now, and lt sots tlie dato na March 1, as ahovo ! stated. Need Not Shave Negroes. Harbors in the State of Connect 1 CUt need not shave negro?"; unless ?they wlsli to do so. The State Sn promo Court has so decided. Tho defense was that a barber shop was not a place of public accominohitlon within tho moaning of tho law, and this tho court sustainod. Sunday Boozo. Governor Ansel han written n let ter to tho express agent, nt. Poblarla calling his attention to a violation of tho dispensar;, law In delivering whiskey on Sunday. The matter will also bo taken up with Superintend ent Sadler. I Same Old Story. An eight year Old; nogro girl w RN hurnod to dffttti on a farm at Dal zell, near Sumter, on Monday. She was loft, alone In the house and hey clothing caught fire. She. was b u n od tp death before assistance could bo tfvvbtt. KHHHISBM