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? ML JR JVlar ."DOTH, GREAT LIBERTY, INPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR L1VE3 IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." ""**".* ' l-'-r" ? VOL XXXl| DENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY* MARCH 15, 1907. NO ll. SOLD BAD MEAT Charleston Man Accused of Vio lating the Law. HAD MEATS SHIPPED To Him Under Namer* of "Sonp Greiwe" ?nd "Ho? Tallow" Ho AH Ho Oould Fool Tho Department of Agriculture, Which Caught On To the Trick and Guvo Him ?onie Plain Talk. A lotter from Washington says John F. Worner, of Charleston, IH likely to get Into serious trouble with tho government ovor the moat inspection luw unloss ho compiles at once with tho requirements of Sec retary Wilson. For Bomotime Werner has boon lr correspondence with tho secretary of agriculture concerning tho ship ment of meat In Interstate commerce This correspondence began luBt foll. Roferlng to this correspondence, tho laBt lotter of Secretary Wilson teemed. Thursduy to Worner, which explains fully tho caso ls as follows: "Disregarding ali tho instructions and advico which had been glvou you by the department, you wrote to packers having federal inspection, asking thom to ship to you mutilat ed meats, and such parts as will not pass f?deral inspection. You asked thom to pack these meats down in tierces and to mark the Borne "hog tallow" and to ship thom to you. as you could realize moro from their sale than tho pack ers could by tanking tho meat. You havo Instructed shippers that If thoy bill tainted moat as "tallow" or "soap grease" no stamp of Inspection ts required. Tho department has conclusive ev idence that sour and tainted meats have been shipped to and received by you, in some instances billed os soup grosso or meat unlit for lui man food, and it is tho intention of the department that you dispose of these unsound, unhealthy, unwholesome moat for human consumption In the city of Charleston and elsewhere. c- . In ono Instance which was called fcf'tb your attention you claimed that meat shipped to you ns soap grouse was so shipped because of ignorance on the part of tito shipper. Tho de partment has evldonco that this par ticular shipment of meat WUK billed to you as "BOUP grosso," in accor dance with your directions for ship ping it. After this meat had boen shipped you, you wio.to lo the department, stating that 90 pr cont of it was in good condition, healthful, wholesome and flt for human food. You asked that you bo allowed to reship lt in lntor-Htate trade. The statemont re garding the condition of the meat WOB absolutely untrue. Tho meat was Inspected by an oxpert moat inspootor of tho bureau of animal Industry, who reports that none of lt WOB good and that the stench from most of tho pieces was very bad. "It ls a well known fact that prior to tho passage of tho meat inspec tion law, jobbers in some of the Bouthorn states made their planes of business-U regular dumping ground for unsound, unhealthful, unwhole some, and tainted meats, and it seems to me thut you are continu ing tn this practice In the face of the present meat Inspection law. Your house ls used for the collec tion and distribution of any kind or olass of tainted, in forton, unhealth ful, unwholesome. and unsound meats obtained from auy source In nny conceivable way. A watch har been put over your Incoming and outgoing shipments of meat and meat food products and this watch will bo maintained until the depart ment is satisfied that you aro com forming your business to tho law. Common carriers leading into and out of Charleston have been advised - that tho department will not accept iljyour certification to the soundness of moat for human food, and that lt will therefore bo necessary fo: them, by their own observation and examination, to assure themselves affirmatively that any meat which you may offer for interstate com moree is sound, wholesome, and lit for human food. You will note from the above that you have undoubtedly boen an ac .ossory both before and after thc act to the violation of this law, and unless you discontinue your practice immediately you will be reported i? the department of justice for prose cutlon. I surmise that the methods em ployed by you lu e< nd neting y<> business will be of Intel esl lo th health authorities Of the city < Charleston and t<> tho authorities o the state of South Carolina. Accord tngly I have sent a copy of this ter to tho governor of Routh Cnrollo It IR further my purpose t<> gu copies of tills letter to the news papers." __ DAKING HOUH P. Moscow University Professors Re lieved of their Balarie?. A daring holdup took place at the University at Moscow, Russia, while tho officials were being paid off in the chancellory seven armed men en tered with pistols and demanded the money. Tho Intruders fled after Beliing $20,000 and decamped, kill lpg the sergeant of police, whom tfcoy met al tho door as he was about to enter tho room. Tho university ls now surrounded by tho police and al! the houses In tho vicinity are be? lng searched. Confessed to Forgery ?,. I,, Reading, a citizen of (Mies tor, was committed to Jail on Tue;, day charged with forging the name of Mr. h. D. Childs to a number of chocks. Mr. Reading came from Ohio two years aso tO manage the R off a lo Dielf springs near Chester. He has confessed the forgeries. Four Gvodka Killed? Four Crooks employed on Tide water Railroad construction work, were Friday struck by a Norfolk and Wostorn freight train near Ron noko, Va., and killed. Tho men atepped from track to another dir ?fetiy tn frcto't Ht STD appfo'chlug train BURNED TO DEATH. A Spark Popped From Fire to a Quilt Around Him. Power of Speech Returned to Par alytic Wheu He Saw That Ho Was Doomed. Mr. John Torroll Wilkins, aged 78 years, fathor of tho presldont of tho Mary Louise cotton mill wus bumed to death WodnoBday morn ing at his home near tho mille, nud th6 flames spreading from his cloth ing, dostroyed tho house and all the household offecto. Mr. Wilkins has boen paralyzed for a number of years, and ho and his wife lived alone in the vicinity of tho mill, four miles from Gowpens in Spnrtanburg county. Tho stroke of paralysis had made Mr. Wilkins completely holploss. evon to the IOBS of tho power of speech-ho had not spoken for a long time. Wednesday morning ho was as sisted from his bod by Mrs. Wilkins who lort ..im seated before the Are, wrapped in a quilt, while she left the room to prepare his breakfast. Dur ing her absence u hot coal popped from tho flrcplaco onto the quilt about Mr. Wilkins' person, and in a few seconds he was ul most complete ly Wrapped In flames. Mrs. Wilkins was attracted by the nmoll of smoke and, rushing to tho room where she loft hor husband, made frantic ef forts to beat out the 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 speoch, thought even In his dying moments of the life co nt pa n ionwho was spending every moment of her declining years In attention to him and his niblet lons. Realizing that ho was doomed and that Mrs. Wilkins and tho house wns in danger, Mr. Wilkins made an extremo offert, and for a second, re gained his power of Bpeech, crying to his wlfo In plainly distinct, but labored words: "Take care of your self. Get out of the house, don't mind me." Mrs. Wilkins rushed from the house, crying for help, and to the home of some neighbors, but when assistance arrived, Mr. Wilkins had I already been burned to death, und tho house was ablaze. Mr. Wilkins ls survived by two j sons, Mr. S. H. Wilkins, a prominent merchant of that section mid a mom-: bor of tho Spnrtanburg board of as sessors, and Mr. Hall Wilkins, pres ident of the Mary Louise cotton mill. SERVED Tl IHM HIGHT. Two Drunken Negroes Got a Good Whipping for Cuuso. -Near_Grovetewn, Gu., on last Sat urday 2 drunken negroes purposely clllided their buggy with that of !?. young white boy who was in tho road Just in advance of thom. The boy remonstrated with them when they drew a pistol and cursed him for nil sorts of things. Tho boy went back homo and told hie peoplo of what had happened. In a short time quite a crowd of people gathered and went in search of the negroes. They were found In the atore of Mr. J. H. Koger, 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 como out. They could not. give a satisfactory explanation, in fact, their statement seemed to make matters worse. According to authentic reports, the crowd took tho negroes off about half Q mlle and gave them a good whipping, which was considered, by the crowd, to bo the bes! thing to do under the circumstances. jp ATALLY IH"HNE i ). Hy the Explosion of a Small Tank of Gasolene, At Wnycross, Ga., Homer Curry, H 12-year-old boy. was probably fat ally burned by tho explosion of the gasoline tank back of the Herald office Wednesday morning. The boy was filling a simili tank from a large drum of gasoline when a match was lighted, causing the explosion. An Uber boy was playing with the Cur ry boy, nnd each accuses the otho of lighting a match. The boy's Clothing caught on Are and be start >d to run but was thrown down b> some men and covered with sand His clothing was torn from him, hi: body hoing badly burned from hoar lo his waist. EIGHT l'EOI'LH KILLED n n Railroad Wreck Near Sunset .Mill, (JO. Might employes of the Union Pine . oils Saw Mills were killed in : reek noni" Sunset Mill Thursday -norning and others ore Seriously Injured. There were sixty poi'SOU! u th wrecked traill. The train coil Isling of flat cars was bac., lng ont nd the negroes were on t'u front . nr. A tree had burned across the track In a sandy place and wns not noticed until too late to pr.?vent Hu wreck. All tho dead are negroes Several white men were on tho en gine but none were Injured. KILLED HY SHOCK Death Visits the Same Homo Twice in Sume Day. The home of Mr. H. Feldman, of Macon, Go., was visited twice Thurs day bv the angel Of death. In tho morning, Mr. Feldman aged 66 years passed away, and loss than two hours lalor lils stop-daughter, Miss Hettie Arnold, died. The news of the death of her st op-fa t ber was largely responsible for the (loath of Miss Arnold, who was quite Ul at the time. She wan unable to rally from the sinking spell that followed the. announcement. A double funeral was held at the family residence. Want White Labor. A plan which contemplates sup planting tho negro plantation negro laborers of Louisiana with State Im ported white Immigrants from Eu rope was announced Thursday hy tho State commissioner of Immigra tion and agriculture. Tho Stato pro noses to 'entibie Louisianan planters to engage Immigrant, labor in ad vance and with, a Axed wo, go without vioiuti?'g tVo co'?t'*act labbY law. GIVES UP FIGHT. Pitiful Case of a Young Mother in Savannah Who TOOK HER OWN LIFE. Aftor Rattling for Two Long Years After Her Husband's Death She Ended Life's Struggle? bf Taking Laudanum, Which Sho Bought With Money Borrowed for tho Purpose. Tired out with her struggles with poverty and exclaiming that sho wits unable to caro for her two small chil dren, Mrs. Hello Haslor, twenty-four years of ago, died at tho Savannah hospital Sunday night, ending hor life with throe 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 ono of her children was living at the home of Mrs. Car rie Jones, ut No. 67ti Hay street, west. Wit lila two blocks of Mrs. Jones' homo tho young woman swal lowed the poison a few minutes after sho purchased it from a druggist on West Bond steot. and then went to her room and prepared to die. The poison was bought at two o'clock in the afternoon and for sev oral hours tho young woman lay si - on her bed walting for death. About her lu the little room tiley 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. Haslor's appear ance had changed and her endeavor to lind out the real trouble resulted lu the timi! effort made to save tho young woman's life. Mrs. Jones went from the little room on the second floor to the apartment occupied by Mrs. Eliza beth Hearson, on the first floor. Mrs. Pearson's son, A. Stoddard, a ma chinist, hearing Mrs. Jones tell hts mother of tho ununsual appearance of the young woman who was dying upstairs, remembered some strange remarks about the futuro world which Mrs. Haslor hud machs during the last few days. Suddenly he became Impressed with the fear that she had made an effort to end her life, and tit once begun a round of the drug stores in the neighborhood. Ho found that a druggist hud sold a young woman three ounces of laudnum In the early afternoon. Ho hurried homo and to him and bp Mrs. Hearson, Mrs. Haslor told of swallowing the poison. Turning to Mrs. Hearson the young mother held out lier son in her arms and asked that lier friend keep the boy. "Take him and bring bim up ns he should be brought up." request ed Mrs. Haslor. "My people havo all deserted me and 1 can't (iud enough work to enable me to care for my self and my child. 1 will get out of 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 fight 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. Hasler had swallowed poison, stated thal he be lieved tho young woman had intend ed to end hov life for several days and that she was prevented because she did not have money enough to buy a deadly drug. "Sile wouldn't have used a knife or anything like that." he said. She borrowed 25 cents from my ino thor at noon, and soent the money for the laudnum. We all loved her. She was nice and quiet and sweet. We would have cared for her the best we could If she had stayed with us." Mrs. Haslor's husband died two veers ago and since that time she hod been practically penniless. He fore her death she asserted that she had been deserted by well-to-do rel atives who should havo cared for her. Her elder child, Karl, ls being cared for by a family lu Middle Oeor gta, hut tho youngest, Arthur, had remained with his motlier. KILLED HIS W1FK. To Cet The Life Insurance She Car ried on Her Life. Frank Howler, a saw mill owner, living a short distance south of Hollian, Ala., was arrested Thursday ?barged with murdering his wife last Monday night. Litter Major Adkins, who lived with the family, was also placed under arrest as an accomplice to tho deed. The head of the dead woman was badly bruised, her jaw broken, with numerous bruises on her bony. The noronor's Jury returned a verdict that tho woman came to her death at the hands of her husband. She is said to havo carried considerable Inst) rance. Howler claims tha? returning home late Monda) night ho found his wife very ill and gave her 0. dose of med icine before retiring. About one o'clock Fowlor says he awoke and lound his wife dead. A young daughter of Fowler states that ho killed hor mother and threatened her lifo If Bli? . ?>i<i. Fow lor was a prominent citizen and much excitement prevails. Deal h of Drayton. Maj. Cillery M. Brayton, died sud denly at his home In Columbia. Wed nesday night. He was taken sick at. 12:10 and Within ten minutes had expired. Docoasod was a graduate j of Brown university and Harvard I law school. For years ho was one of the most prominent Republicans In this State and had occupied a number of positions. Had acquired a lot of real estate in Columbia, Cant Retail Beer. At the request of tho Richland County Hoard, the attorney general rendered an opinion which prohib? s bottling plants from retailing beer. This affects Columbia and Charles ton particular ly. It. was also said that county hoards did not have the right, to license othor bottling plants not already named under soctlon 631 b'f Ibo" c'rlmin'al coHo". FAMINE HORROR Chinese Women and Children Sold at $5 to $15 Each. In .Some Places the Starving Peoplo Aro Catching Dogs and Eating Them. Millions of peoplo aro on tho vorgo of starvation in China, and unloss thoy aro holped thousands of thom will dio for tho want of food. In fact, thousands of thom havo already died. Advices from Control China report tho famine condition as becoming worse. Middle aged women aro ho ing sold for from $10 to $15 and children for $3 to $4. Tlie famine district is donuded of animals. In some places dogs aro being caught by starving peoplo by means of traps and hooks, nnd aro eaton as soon as captured Those 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 tho people iu lt will starve unless they are given something to eat from throed. Lot us do our share. LOST IN TI110 WOODS. Wandered for Two Dnys and Nights and Will Die. Mrs. Drewerton, an aged white wo man, Is critically lil nt her homo In the lower section of Spnrtanburg County from exposure, hunger and wounds she received as tho result of wandering lu the woods two days and nights. Mer experience was fearful and when found tho old lady svas in terrible physical and montai condition. Last Saturday afternoon oho left lier home to visit relatives In Union County, Just across the Spnrtanburg line. She took a short cut through Hie woods, bul lost her way and wan dered about in the forest Saturday night until Monday morning. After walking until she fell from exhaus tion she crawled on her hands and knees. Searching parties searched for her ill Sunday and twleo wore within a mort, distance of the old lady, but ?tho was too weak to call, and the rese?o party passed on. Sho was found Monday morning by James Lan ford. She may not recover. lier body ls terribly torn by stones and thorns. ARRESTED AS ROBBERS. Pwp Highly Respected Young Men Ar?? Locked Pp. At Chicago Richard O. Hoops, 2 0 years of ugo, a student, ut Luke For est University, and a sou of Ira C. Hoops, a lawyer of Kokomo, Ind.. is under arrest charged with robbing tho residence of Hobart Chat Hold raylor, a wealthy resident of Lake Forest. Following tho arrest of Hoops, de tectives searched the room of Hoops In the university hall and found a trunk lilied 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 lu col lecting. Hoops confessed to the police that lie had also robbed the residence of Rotiert MeOann. In making his con fession Hoops declared that ho was not able to say why ho had robbed the two residences. Ho had every thing that he needed. Ho Hiild he could give no other reason than his leslie to possess beautiful and artis tic, things. AGED GOOSE Said To be Over Seventy-Two Years Of Age. William Yours Strong, a farmer near Caldwell. N. J., owns a goose which ls seventy-two years of age be says. William Yours, tho man I was named after, gave nie this goose In 1871," said Strong. "Yours was going back to the old count ry, and he said 'Hill, I've owned this goose for thir ty-six years. 1 would take her with mo, but I fear she cannot stand the voyage, so I will give her to you. Cherish her. Hill; be kind to her In her old age. for she ls almost like a sister to me.' Yours kissed tho goose goodby," Mr. Strong add ed. "Look at her, she Is as active as p gosling. CH IFF OF POLICE DIES. From Wou*ul Received While Look ing for Blind Tiger. Chief Of Police Ohasln, Of Fayette ville, N. C., Who was shot on last Sat urday night by a negro. Tom Walker died Tuesday morning from tho ef fects of the wounds. Tho negro shot two other policemen, one of whom ls not expected to live. The police were making a raid on the negro's house to learn If ho was con ducting a blind tiger. The negro was landed in the penitentiary and Governor Glenn promised n speedy trial. Court convenes at Fayette ville tho 25th when the trial of the murderer Will take place. TINSELED HOST CARDS Poisons a Miall Currier tu .Jersey City Postofllce. Tho New York American nays Frederick flunokor, a Jersey City letter carrier, ls critically ill at hh home In Magnolia avenue of blood poisoning, caused by tho scratch of a tinseled souvenir postal card. Tlie edge of tho card cut lils finger. A few days ago tho postal authorities of New York took ofllclal cognizance ol fact that flying particles of tinsel or poisonous colored matter had result ed In nu epidemic of bronchial ail ments among post oflloo employes. It ls thought restrictivo legislation win bo demanded. Will Have No Effect, Commissioner Watson When asked what effect ?lie. decision of tho altor noy general that, a state could only fiocuo foreign labor by advertisement said that. Hiere would bo no ult Ininti ! effect, but that his trip to Bremer would have to bo postponed for sonn i time. Mr. Watson oxpoctod to loavt J nb'xt Vc'oic NEW SUN SPOTS _____ Causes' Electrical Blizzard and > Kills One woman. IMttsbufg's Spring Uay Is Suddenly Turned Into Snow, Lightning, Thunder and C?ale. Pittsburg, Pa., was visited Wed? nosduy j ovening by a remarkable electrical rnowstorm, amounting to a blizzard. Prof John A. Brashoar, tho eml nout a lonomer, had predicted lt would como, owing to tho influence on tho earth of tho sun spots ho dls covoredi Tho storm was oven moro wonder ful than tho ono which came sevoral weeks ago as per his prediction. So r?feat was tho voloclty of tho wind that a woman was blown up against'.'i building and killed. Professor Brashest- discovered lils latest sun spots only a little over a year ago; then they wore lost, but ho located thom nguiu Wednesday, this timo not in a solid mass, but broken into several different and dis tinct sub spots. "Now look out for an electrical disturbance tomorrow," said Prof. Brashoar. "This is the timo lie has missed lt," said wiso Plttsburgers, for a more beautiful Spring day would be hard to imagino. Soon after Fix o'clock there was a sudden transformation. The frlud sprung up Into a gale. The skies'were covered with a great bank of black clouds, out of which snow began to desond lu enormous quantities. Tho wind increased to forty-eight miles an hour. Then the skies were torn by great Hashes of lightning, and peals of thunder made tho earth tremble. In fifteen minutes tho mercury had tum bled from 40 to 2 G. Miss, Sarah Stuart, aged thirty, of Allegheny, alighted from a street car lu front of lier home, was seized by tlie ?wind and thrown against a building with such Torce that she died a short time afterward. KILLS HIS STEPSON. Columbia Mill Operative Shoots the Toung Mau to Death. At Columbia Lewis YV. Pyers, shot and killed lils stepson, Oliver (!. Lan aham, in tho Olimpia Mill village. There had been ill feeling between tho two men for sometime. From what can bo understood Lanaham went to see his mother and whllo there ho and Byers got into a dis pute. Byers was evidently ready for young Lanaham as he literally riddled lils body with large shot. lt ls stated that as many as eighty of tlie shot took effect lu Lanaham's side. Lanaham was only about 21 year .'' age and luis berni engaged in c?rpenlei .wwk. BjOVS I.; a mar. of about 46 and does not appear to have done much of anything. Ho lived in the mill village, where the shooting occurred. Lanaham it ls said had a pistol on his person at the time of tho killing. Byers has been in trouble before and the report is that he has been In jail in Spartanburg on the charge of having shot a friend. The feeling betweeu Pyers and his stepson has existed for sometime and threats are said to have been heard. Pyers was arrested and is in the county Jail. "WA Y BA ll) AND Kl I,LL 1 ). Primincut Georgian Foully Murder ed Near His Home. Mr. G. W. May, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Ashburn, Ga., was waylaid and killed near his home Wednesday night. A negro whom Mr. May had employed the day before is suspected of tho mur der, and the sheriff and a posse are now in search of him. The body of Mr. May was discov ered Thursday, lt hild been dragged from the roadway and concealed in the hushes. The hotly showed that he had been struck on the head with an ?ixe. Mr. .May luid been to Ashburn and drawn $150 from the bank. lt h 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. FAlt.MF.lt Ml HDFHF,D A Negro Farm Hand Suspected of The ('linn-. Information was received at Ash burton, Da., on Wednesday afternoon of a murder mystery about live miles away which ls puzzling Die authorities. Air. Gcorgo W. Way, a prominent farmer, and one of the most prosperous ami well known men of lils section of the state, was murdered on his placo by some* un known party, lt is stated that there ls no clue to the guilty party, beyond tho fact that a strange negro whom Mr. Way employed a short lime age as a farm laborer, and who has been missing since the murder. AGA INST SOI TH t'.MKH,! NA The state Government Can Not Pay Immigrants Passage. Tho Attorney General of the Uni ted States lias given President Poos ovelt an opinion on the South Caro lina Immigration case, holding that lt ls unlawful for the State Govom tnont to pay the passage of prospec tivo Immigrants otherwise than hy .tdvertismoptS. Previously the solic itor of tho Department of Commerce .ind Labor, decided there was no vio lation of the contract labor law in the wittokimi case wherein the Im migrants were brought to South Car olina on money raised by subscrip tion, amounting lo $:ui.oon. Must Buy Their Papers Tho railroad commission has de cided that I* will not pay for news paper subscriptions and that the newspapers I alien hy Its members must bo paid for by them Individu ally. Nono Can Pass. A scientist says that, soon every body will bo Insane. There aro plenty ->f alienists now who will dmonstratc tho Insanity of anybody desired Thero is not a man in tho world who cb\jl'd pufes" bli tho ttefetfe foV insanity. THEY GO CLEAR. Virginia Jury Upholds the Unwrit ten Law by Verdict IN STROTHERS CASE. Two Young Mon, Who Wore Charged With Murder, Were Acquitted for Having Killed ? Matt hy the Name of Bywaters for Seducing Their Sister Under n Promise of Mar riage. Tho unwritten law has been up held hy a Virginia jury, which ren dered a verdict of not guilty on Thursday at Culpcppcr in the case of James and Phillip Strother, who was tried for murder, they having killed William F. Bywaters for ruin ing their sister under promise of marriage. The caso had excited groat Inter est all over Virginia, and the trial lasted several days. The jury was out ono hour and a half before lt brought Us verdict of not guilty. The case was fought very hard on both sides, hut the verdict was not unexpected, ns it was plain that pub lic sentiment was in favor of tho two young men who Were hoing tried. All tho purtles connected witli the case were prominent. Tho jurors retired to the jury room immediately after Judge Har rison had put the case In their bands Then began the most trying test of the ordeal for tho defendants. Thc strain was most apparent on tho face of Phillip Strother, the young er defendant, while James apparent ly, WUK confident of a favorable ver dict. Ile sat in silence, listening to the comments of his counsel, ?md occas ion^- offerd words of consolation to his wife, who sat at his-side. As the minutes passed away the situation became more strained, many lu the court room taking tho delay tis an unfavorable sign to the accused. Judge Harrison, himself keyed to a high pitch, paced restlessly up and down tho narrow space behind his bench, while the counsel for both sides gathered to discuss the monn ing of what seemed to them n delay. At precisely ll.in o'clock, the jurymen, proceeded by Sheriff How- . ersott, tiled into tlie court room and took their accustomed seats. A breathless silee.ee fell over the room as the spectators waited the announcement of the verdict. "Gentlemen of the Jury." asked Deputy Clerk Gilkerson, "have you ag rood upon your verdict?" "We httVO," replied Foreman Price handing the verdict to the court of- . ^icer. "We lind tho defendants, James and Phi! Jp .Strother, not guil ty," was the message rend aloud by Clerk Gilkerson. Tho announcement waa the signal < for an outburst of approval which JudgC Harrison quickly silenced. The effect of the verdict was, how ever, instantaneous. James Strut lier reached for the 1 band of Mr. Moore, one of his conn- ] sel. ?iud Phillp was quickly surround ed by tho friends who have stood , by tho brothers since the opening of the trial. Mrs. James Strother, overcame by ! emotion, fell forward into her hus band's arms, sobbing and exclaiming her thanks. When the effects of the critical moment passed, Judge Harrison ad- i dressed the Jury as follows: "Gentlomcn of the jury l thank you for a verdict which I think will bo approved by tho publl is an ostabllshd preceden! in the St ito of Virginia that no man tried for de fending the santity of his home should be found guilty." After further words of approval from the bench, the jurymen loft tho court room, with the intention of going directly to their homes In , Shenandoah county. SOLD HIS H U GIITEH. Italians CV.rry on \v ful Practice In New York. A dispatch Lom New York says qUoinli?d for vlvud :.i Ldulu ita... rule steady at $20 with the supply not equal to tho demand. Trannc llons are brisk, tho latest deal in volving tho salo of Mary itlcco, aged fiftoon, to Frank Glrdollo. Tho girl's father accepted tho closing price of $20 bid. Details of tho salo came to light in tho Harlem police court when tho wife, with a black eye, tear-stain ed face, and very hungry, told her story to Justice Moss, who held tho girls father lu $1,000 bail for exam ination on the charge of failure to support bis child. in addition to being sold in mar riage to a man she did not love, tin ghi was deserted b> her husband, after which she was refused a home by her brothers and her father. When she went lo ber father's home he beat ber and turned her out. She said that when she was compelled to marry Glrdollo she got down Ol) her knees to her father ami begged him not lo soil her like a dog but ho merely laughed ai her. Should He Boosted. Mr. Oliver may not got the con tract to dig tho Panania canal, but ho will wake up snakes In Washing ton about, tho way he was treated. Senator Tlllnmn has espoused Oli ver's cause, and you can rest assured th u ho will make lt warm for some body when Congress moots again. Someone has treated Oliver most shamefully, and If lt ls President Roosevelt we hope Senator Tillman will give him a good roast. Oliver was not only humiliated hy tho way his bid was set aside, bul he Wftfl put to considerable expense in secur ing lt. If President ROOSOVOH wasres ponslblo for thia, then wo vant him roasted, and we do not know a man who cnn do lt better than Senator Tillman. He will havo plenty ?f time to shar.pOn up Ills pitchfork, and when ho gets after Toddy ho Will make lt very warm for him. Tho whole thing was moro like child's play than tho serious affair that lt was. We aro walting for tho fun to begin. Kills Iii* Neighbor. Charles Mathews, n prowlneul res iden! of St. ('lair, Ga., was phot and instantly killed hy James Sw!ht, n friend and neighbor. No oause was attAgnett for tho trugoxly? REFUNDS MONEY. Perkins Reimburses New York Life Insurance Company. Say? Ho Acted Oa tho President's Advice for Host Interests of the Policyholders, George W. Perkins, of Now York, former vico prcsldout of tho Now Now York Lifo Insurance company and now a momher of tho firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., has sont to tho New York Life his poiBonal check for $54,019.19 to reimburse the company for the Republican cam paign fund contribution made from its funds in 1904 In connection with which Mr. Perkins was recently made dofondant on a nhargo of lar ceny. Announcement of tho restitution of tho principal of $48,500 and In terest to date was mado Thursday by President Alexander E. Orr, of the Now York Lifo, to whom Mr. Porkies addrossed a lotter " inclosing the chock. President Orr also gavo out the letter. In lt Mr. Porkins declares that In dismissing tho crim inal proceedings against him tho court Intimated that tho campaign contribu? ion wns n?t for a proper corporate purpose. He again asserts that ho was acting upon a request of the then president of tito New York Lifo when he ad vanced the money for tho campaign contribution in 19?4, and sayB that when the then president of the com pany rimbursed him, there was no thought on the part of either of any persoha! advantage, but a belief that tiley were "acting for tho best and broadest interests of tho policy luddors, both at. homo and abroad." The letter follows: "In 1 904, at the request of tho then president of tho company. I advanced $48,500 as a payment on b?tialf of the New York Life Insur ance company to the Republican nat ional campaign committee. I did this with the understanding with the president that 1 should lie reimburs ed by the company. Subsequently I was so reimbursed. The payment I without any thought on tho part of tlie president or myself of person al advantage, hut solely in the be lief that it was for tho best and ! broadest interests of the policyliold- ' ors, hilt h at homo and abroad. "in dismissing the criminal pro ceedings Instituted against mo for accepting reimbursement; the courts ( have intimated that the payment, ( therefore tho reimbursement, was ; not for a corporate purpose. I there- '( fore return to the company the , amount, of money paid by it to me, j Inclosing herewith my check for ^ $54,0.19,10 to cover principal and ? Interest." A SPOOK GAME. Causes a Sensation Among the Cult t in New York. . If half tho charges sho maltes are ?l'?O, ono of tho most sensational ox- ( fiosuros of fake spiritualism in the 1 history of tho country can bo ex- > liocted ns a result of the suit flied ' In New York hy Mrs. Harriet E. ; Strickland agains t Dr. Hugh R. < Moore, a spiritualistic minister and 1 conjuror of spooks. Mrs. Strickland asks $25,000 dam- ' [iges for defamation of character fol ] lowing the quitting of Moore's sec- ' vices, where sho was employed as a 1 "spook in chief." The woman alleges < that tho patrons of tho parlor dlscov- I erod her to be a very tanglblo soi't l uf spirit and she worked to quit 1 the game. Mrs. Strickland says sho will dis i h.se sensational facts relative to the fake practices of Rev. Dr. Mooro, of i the flrst church of progressive spirits tiver which he presided. She says Moore has a complete staff of people of various ages who wero spook actors with which he mot any de mand that might be made by bb clients who wished to converse with . any particular variety of spooks. KILLLNO NEAR DODOES. David Gunter Fatally Shoots Jake Taylor on Monday* About live miles from Hodges, David Dunter shot and killed .lake Taylor on Monday of last week. Doth men were under the influence of whiskey at the time of tho unfortu nate occurrence. They were work ing at a sawmill for Messrs. Pr?ft & Smith. They had been sawing OUl a strand on C. VV. Brlssey's place but preparations were being made to move tho plant to a point near Ware Shoats, otb parties are white and citizens of Abbeville county. Mr. Taylor lived until 1.20 o'clock the morning following tho shooting. (Junior was locked up in tho Green wood county jail. Corpse Found. The Charleston Post says the body of Mr. Rd ward higrahaih, who was SUSpOSOd to haVO been shot near Calnhoy hy a negro some six wonks ?go, has been found jammed be ?ween the rails of a fence of a ne gro named Collins. Details as to ?vi dence? of foul play are Kicking, but ls ls fairly well established that he came to his death from ti gum.hot WOttnd. Tho body was buihd last Sunday near the head of the Cooper River. Must He Delivered. Governor Ansel has warned the ofllclals Of tho express company that Hpitor must bo delivered promptly to the consignees without regard to whether tho constables appear to bc going to 80l7.0 lt. This arose from tho incident of a lot of liquor being taken back to the express Ofllco In Charleston because tho wagon had been followed by state constablos. Mill LnbOf Scarce. Much Interest ls being token in trial of tho cotton mill mon in the federal court at Greensboro, who are accused of importing labor un der contract. Evidence shows groat scarcity of labor for textile mills. Dnttorcd the Train. Several charges of dynamite ex ploded jo?! Aq ino Pennsylvania Rail road's Chicago flyer went by near Huntington, PA., and all the carr Wore move or less battered, two pas tMtoRorK bolus hurt. HE SAWED OUT. A Prisoner Succeeds (n Cutting Through Iron Bars of ~._. . THE COLUMBIA JAIL. He Toole His lied Ticking and Mad? n Kopo Ono Hundred and Pitty Feet Long, Lowered Himself to Tho Ground and Hotfooted lt Across tho Country to Parts That Aro Unknown W1. D. Ellison, a white mun, who was sorving out a sentence in i ho Columbia jail for grand larceny, ni ado good his escape on Wodnesday evening of last week. Ellison's escape was a particularly daring one. In some way ho had succeeded in getting a saw and . some tiles. With those tools he cut through six hoavy iron bars, and tearing up his bed ho took tho tick ing and mudo it into a rope 150 feet long and lowered himself^ to the ground. There was ulso evidenco on the broken bars that some kind of pow erful acid had boon used to aid In sawing through the bars. It is be lieved that Ellison ls a professional yogginau, us his method of his es capo ls certainly not that omploycd by nmatours. The escape was affect ed between 11 p. m. and 5 a. m. Up to last Saturday Doc Miller and young Travis, the forger, ocou pied adjacent cells, and it is believ ed the three men wore in a compact to break jail, hut their removal to the penitentiary ...onday left them out of lt. Odlclals believe that had not these men been removed just at the right time they would havo also made their escape. The authorities are making a desporato effort to ap prehend Ellison, though there ls no clew whatever to work on. TIIE~"\\'AGES OE SIX. Killed Himself Eather Than Paco Itcsult of His Crime. A young man supposed to ho Leo >oid Weiss, tho missing cashier of he Budapest ofllco of a Hamburg ihlpping firm, shot himself on board ho Hamburg-American liner Bat ivla as she was leaving her dock n Hoboken Monday, bound for Eu? ope. Ho was taken to St. Mary's ?ospltal, In Hoboken, where ho died. When the Ilmiburg-Anierlcnn lin !r Kaiserin Auguste Victoria pulled nu) her dofcl<tSt Thursday one of ho passengers was a man who gavo he name of Ignatz Lnuffer. Ho was lUmmoned before the immigration uithorltles for tho usual invostlga lon. . Ho described himself ns a medl dne student of the University of budapest. On the deck was II. C. strike, of New York, representativo )f the college in which Weiss had >een employed. Strike had received i cable message alleging that Woiss was short in his accounts. He con fronted Lauffler, but tho latter do lled that ho know anything of the mt-o. Tho ofici?is decided lo detain ti 1 ni, however, and a hearing was liold. Lauffor had told tho officials that he had a sister Miss Irene La tiff >r in that city, and during the hear ing a young Hungarian woman ap peared and Identified Lnuffer as her brother. One of tho persons present, picked np the suspect's hat and Inside found Lho initials "L, W." The girl then confessed that her brotherlgnatz had given Weiss his university passport in Budapest and had asked her to deny Weiss' identity when he arriv ed, The young man was ordered deported and was placed aboard the Batavarln, where ho was kept a pris oner. SELLS HIS WIPE. Then Asks Hoard of Charities To Care for Pour Children. At Homo, N. Y., Lawrence Weir, hursday made application to Sup erintendant Graves of tho Board of Charities, to have lils four children placed in some Institution. Weir admitted to the superintendent, that he had sold his wife for $6 to a man at Highland Mills, two miles above Home. Tho wlfo consented to the transfer. Weir has six chil dren, besides tli?* four ut home. Oilo ls working In a cigar factory and one is with relatives. Weir is about 45 voa rs old, and ls eniyloyed in a brass mill. Hut Pp Your Guns. The limit set by tho Slate game laws eitdod on March 1, nnd lovers of shooting had better take notice of tho fact as tho authorities expect to exert themselves to tho limit to havo tho law obeyed. Some people are nu der the impression that tho limit x pires on the 16th day of March, aa in former years, but this ls a mis take and tho bill of about two years ago is thoroughly In effect now. and li sets the dato na March t, ns above stated. Need Not Shave Negroes. Barbers in the State of Connecti cut need not shave negroes unless tlioy wish to dr. po. The State Su premo Court luis so decided. Tho defense was that n bather shop waa not a place of public accommodation within tho meaning of the law, and thia the court sustained. . - / Sunday Booze. Governor Ansel lins written a let tor to the express agent at Pomnrla calling his attention to A violation of the dispensary law In delivering whiskey on Sunday. Tho matter will also ho taken up with Superintend ent. Sndlor. Snine Old Story. An eight year old negro girl was burned to death on a farm at \> ;1 zeil, near Sumter, Oil Monday. She waa loft alone In Gio house and her clothing caught Uro. She was b tru ed to death hoforo assistance could ho tfivbu'.