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_ The Marlboro* Democrat. ?*t>0 TH, QB?AT LIBBBTY, ISTPlBl O?B 8??LB AKP HAS? O?B L1VJ?I I? THY KtfftlMBIO* ?APPY OB OUB DJSATHS OLOBIOU8 IK THY CAUfM." VOT. Y? YT i in?\r\Ti?TT? xrr r r T? C n ppmAV MA v ai KWH ATO o.QM BRUTAL MURDER I Of a Prominent Citizen of Union County by a Negro. GREAT EXCITEMENT. Mr. Clarence C. ?1st Waylaid by a Negro Pullman Porter at (be Sea board Airline Depot and Assassi nated.-A Posse is Hunting the Murderer Down Wit li Several Wood Hounds. A dispatch from Carlisle in Union County to Tho State says Mr. Clar ence C. Gist was killed there Thurs day night near tho Seaboard Air Lino depot hy Arthur Davis, a negro, -"hom Mr. Gist had arrested at the baso hall grounds Thursday afternoon for boisterous conduct. While being taken to the guard liouso Davis made threats, saying that ho would have further trouble with bim. After being released on bond lt seemed he hld himself near tho dopot and attacked Mr. (Hst while the latter was on his way to his home. After the shooting the negro made his escape but the Citi zens are determined to effect his cap ture. A special to The State from Union Thursday night about ten o'clock stated that there was considerable excitement there over the dastardlv assassination of Mr. (Mst at Carlisle. Parties left Union for Carlisle as soon ns they heard of the crime to assist in inuit lng the negro down. bloodhounds were asked to be sent from the State penitentiary, but as the first train leaving for Carlisle was over tho Southern at 7:10 Fri day morning it waa thought that the dogs would not get there In Hine to bo of service. Capt. Orlfllth would have sent the dogs Thursday night If there had been any possible way. Hounds were secured from Mon roe, N. C. The Monroe dogs are as flue ns eau bo secured in the South, having been In several very success ful chases. It will ho remembered that these dogs were used lu the cap ture of the four safe crackers near Monroe in 1 ?102. A message from Carlisle at hall past twelve Thursday night stated that no trace had been found of tin negro Davis. Conditions lhere are roported easier. No violence has boon dono and lt ls not expected thal the citizens ol" (hat town will com mit and rash act in their excitement. Davis is a Pullman porter and has a Pullman pass on his person. Rail road and Pullman officials and con ductors all over Hie State have been asked to look for him and lt is be lieved that he will ho caught In a few days, If not sooner. 'Mr. (list was a brother of Presi dent William H. Gist, of tho Hank of Carlisle and a nephew of the late Gov. Gist, nc was an Industrious farmer and was serving as constable for the magistrate at Carlisle when bo arrested Ibo negro Davis al. tho baseball grounds. Mr. Gist was about 25 years of age. Ho married two years ago Miss Wilbom, daughter ot' Mr. Stanford Wllbom, a prominent planler of Union county, and who was al. one time county commissioner. The negro Davis is about 23 to 2? years of age; uotweon 5 feet t? In ches and f> feet it inches in height, weight about. 1 fit) pounds. Ile is very black and has bulging eyes, rat hei red. Five hundred dollars reward ls offered for his arrest. Davis was arrested on Friday and ls In jail to await trial. Ile was found al Ibo bouse ol' another ne gro, Chalmers Dawkins, who said ho had come to his house the night be fore and asked to be allowed to spend the night. As soon as the officers reached Dawkins, house he told thom that Davis was in an up-stalrs room, where he was found and arrested. Wade Davis, father ol' the murder er; George Davis, his brother, and George Lyles, his brother-in-law, havo also been arrested as accessor los and locked up. The elder Davis is a bad fellow, and has been before the courts several times for selling whiskey. One or two ol' the lasl named had pistols on their persons Whoil arrested. Davis claimed that tho shooting vas accidental, Winch, of course, ls all a yarn. Not a word was heard n lio Ul lynch ing the prisoners, every body seem lng disposed to let I he law lake ils. course. Mr. (?isl was assassinated for arresting Davis al tim ball ground by order of Ibo Intendant of Carlisle. Davis was disorderly at the grounds and the intendant told bim to be have or leave-. This made the follow mad and ho became more disorderly than ever. Then Mr. (?isl was order ed to arrest bim, which he did ami locked him up. In a short time Davis was linne,! out on bond, his lather and a while man signing il. Davis then weill li llis fathor'H restaurant and got a pis toi. Mo way laid Mr. (?isl on his wn> homo and shot him. There is m doubt about the guilt of Davis, and ho will bo executed accordingly after a fair trial. The man al whose house Davis was arrested is a well-to-do re BpOCtablO negro, and he had no de sire lo conceal Davis. As soon as the Officers asked him If he had seen Davis he told them where they could find him. _ Pi ,i ,\i.\\V.U IP St 1031A ? N S Of Six Confed?rale Soldiers on tho Battlefield of Antietam. Frank Otto and Arthur Day plow ed np In Capt. David Smith's orchard on Antietam battlefield, near Sharps burg, tho bodies of six Confederate soldiers lying able by side. Tho clothing and shoes were intact until exposed to tho air. when the crumbled to dust. Alongside on of tho bodies were a sword, epaulets and large buttons, the accoutrements nf an o dicer. A leg of OHO of the men had beer, amputated. A bullOl was found in tho skull Of m.I thc soldiers. M. IQ. Snaavely, ref? '-ring to a book containing the names Of Confederate soldiers burled, ascertained that thc remains were i bosci of Col, W. T milligan, of tho Fifteenth Georgia; Dient. IS. M. Fuller, of tho South Carolan Volunteers; D. R. Herring, bf the First Norlh Carolina; R. Hob bins of ?ho First McIntosh Battery; A VV Spraight, of tho Third North Carolina, and W. iv Willingham, ol Company D, Twelfth South Carolina Volunteers, VERY BAD MAN He ls Wanted in Two States for His Many Crimes. An Officer From Greensboro, Ga., Carno For Him, But Faners Were Not Hight. Tho State nays William P. Lovett, who is now in Jail in Pam berg, is in a bail way. Two States aro after bim, and between tho two bo may sorve a long long time, In prison. Tho crimes of which be I? accused nre tho das tardly kind that make men rejoice to see punishment meted in return. Those whom lie offended wore wo mon, or, in the eyes of the law, chil dren. Ono of these ho misled, the other two he married. It. 13. Bethen, chief of police of Greensboro, (ia., arrived In Col umbia Sunday with requisition pa pers issued by tho State of Georgia. Gov. Ansel turned the documents ov er to tho attorney general, but Mr. Lyon reported that, the papers bad hoon made out improperly. Gov. An sel therefore declined to Issuo e\tra dii lon papers. The warrant upon which Lovett was arrested and ls being held for the Georgia authorities charges him with seduction. There ls a graver Charge against him now, that of inf amy, into tho llVea of three women this man has come and brought sorrow, lt is probable that before tho Georgia authorities eau file additional requisition papers, Lovett will have been arrested under a warrant sworn out In South Caro lina, charging him with bigamy. Mr. Bethen stated that the ease is indeed a sad ono. Lovett was a mill hand and was attentatlve to the old er of two daughters of Mr. Di.lard, superintendant of the nilli at Greens boro, Ga. His attentions were re sented by the parents. To the sur prise of all, Lovett and a younger daughter, aired 1 ?I. wore married one night, lt was then that the older daughter, herself not 10, declared Lovett to he a seducer. Lovett left the night he was married, some time in November last. That the marriage was legal Ibero is no doubt; lt was performed by a minister who signed tho legal certificate. lt ls the custom of the officers when they catch a fugitive to look wiso and say nothing of their meth ods of capture, hut Mr. Bethen talk ed very Sensibly about the mat lel and said thal it was quito easy, only that it had required a little lime. The coton mills, for L.elr own protection and for the sake of law and order, issue monthly circulars in which they describe tho new bands om ployed. In this way Lovett was located. Mr. Bethen sent the warrant to the chelf of police at Orangeburg and by tho latter lt. was turned over to Sher iff .lohn ll. Dukes, who Investigated at once and found that this same Lov ett had hoon a resident of Orange bur, hut after havng married in that city bad gone lo Bamberg. The war rant was returned to Chief Bet boa, who forwarded it to Sheriff Hunter of Bamberg, and the man was arrest ed under the Georgia warrant so served. .Mr. Itel hen was unable to get his prisoner, as the solicitor of the cir cuit ii which the crime was commit ted had not submitted an nlhdavit to the Off eel that the accused ls wanted for the crime specified. Not only can li? be arrested for seduction as charg ed, hut he is also guilty of abduction, for any one marrying a child under 1(5 nhnlnst thc wishes of her parents ls guilty of abduction nuder the stat ute's. DIFI) FOU lll'K HONOR. Comely Boarding House Matron ls Brutally Slain hy a Hoarder. Resisting nn attack on her honor ni len lioine lu Lambert ville. X. v.. Mrs. Krank Congillo, tr> years of ugo; was shot ami killed while Hoeing from Michael Thomas, a hoarder. :'.."> years of ugo. Thomas wns captured in 'frent?n. N. .L, and Is in thc Hun lerd?n county jail. Mrs. Congllio wns a comely mat ron ?ind lind ??eon cole! m l itu; tl hoarding house for some years. From the farts tho woman wns able to give before her death, it wns learned (lint she had been annoyed by Thomas" attentions for some time and that she had repeatedly repulsed him. On the day of Hie shooting Ito returned earlier from work than usual, ile found Mrs. Congllio busy at lier housework and once more ap proached ber. She demanded that lie leave Ibo hom;e at once. Instead ie attempted to om brace her. She broke ?way and Hod io the Ht reel 1 hoinns followed, ami. standing ii the doorway ordered the woman I? .onie back. She ran from the Infill" lated man. Theil lie drew a revolve ad tired four shots into ber bode ul -hort range. All four look effect, Mrs Congllio died a few hours lal >r in 'frent?n hospital. Thomas wns captured late In tho same evening in frent?n and placed in Jail. \V AH l.\ TH IO CAM I *. Head of Georgia Republican League Issues Address to Followers. A dispatch from Atlanta. Ca., says Chairman Blodgoll of tho State Ro publican League, which was formed lo light the present national admin Istratlon, Issued an address to re publicans of the South, ill which he lakes tho administration severely lo task for tho appointment to olllco ol "Bcmocrnts and lukewarm republi cans," and urges that no fodornl of fice-holder be appointed lo tho nexi Republican National Convention. TUM BROW \S\ ILLF INQUIRY Witness Saw Negro Soldier Fi VC Into The Cowan House. I lorbert Kikins, of Brownsville, testifying at the Brownsville inves tigation nt Washington snld thal he saw two negro soldiers come up an tilley from the harrison and lire into the Cowan house. He said that others followed and also thal he saw the shooting from the garrison Which appeared to como from the balcony of Co. B. barracks. Later he sahl that be heard a no pro soldier say that, they would come out tho next night and finish thc town. An Attempted Outrage Calls To gether an Angry Mob, FIVE PEOPLE DEAD Two Negroes Lynched, Ono White Mau mid Two Negroes Klllod and Heven Other Persons Injured ns n Kcsult of un Attempt to Capture Would-be Assailant of a Widow Nonr Manassas, (Ja. 'I wo negroes lynched, ono white man and two negroes dead, and se ven other persons Injured is the re sult of an attempt to capture a ne gro who Monday night, nt temi) ted a criminal assault upon Mru. Laura Mooro, a widow living near Manassas. Tattnall County. Tho dead: John Hare, white, farmer. Sim Padgett, negro, and daughter, aged seven years. Lynched : Padgett's wife and son. InJured: W. H. Pearson, shot In stomach and nmr, prohahlp fatally. Janies V. Daniel, shot hi oyo and may die. Dr. I). L. Kennedy, seriously. Son of Padgett, seriously. Flem Padgett, slightly. Two daughters of Pagott. Fifteen persons early Tuecday sur rounded the house of Sim Padgett, a negro whom they suspected of har boring another negro who bad crim inally assaulted Mrs. Momo, and de manded to ho allowed to search the house. Permission was given, but when within thirty feet of tho house those inside the building opened lire on the posse, Instantly killing John Hare and seriously wounding Bar 'ow Pearson. James Daniel and Dr i. L, Kennedy. The posse then returned Hm fire Diing Padget! and one of his duugh . .rs, aged ten, ami wounding two , HMM- girls, aged six .and thirteen ospectlivoly, ami two ol' Padgett's i ;ons, aged twenty and twenty-two. The posse then retired for rein forcements. The nows spread rapid- , v and hy ten o'clock flVO hundred ?rilled mon were1 on tho scene and tarted in pursuit of tho negroes, , who had escaped. One of them was captured and taken before Mrs. Moore, but she failed to Identify him. The negro, , however was identified as tho man , who shot Hare, and he was started for Holdsvlllo jail, togcthor with Pad get l's wife and son. On the way the officers wore over taken by about seventy-five, who took the prisoners from them. Tho woman was told to run, and as she did so she was riddled with hallets, nor son being shot to pieces whore be stood. The negro who assaulted Mrs. Moore has not. been captured, but ll ls reported that he ls surrounded in a negro house, and that in all probabil ity he has been killed. Sheriff ICdwards, with deputies, took all tho prisoners from tho jail al Reldsvlllo and left with thom to elude the mob, who, il is reported, will attack the Jail (Heat excitement prevails and lt s foarod Huit other Double will oc cur. Hare was a native of Monroe, X. C., and leaves a widow and sov oral small children. (.'MILS SHIPP10I) IN BOXES. Were Doing Smuggled Int?? the Coun try From Japan. Six Japanese girls, each nailed in a high box were nearly killed by sul phur fumigation on board the steam er Califa al Victoria. Tho girls, said io be imported for immoral purposes, were consigned t?> K. Seasookon, a Steerage passenger, alleged to be Taki Kai joro, a procurer, who was deported from San fTaneiseo two years ago. Through exchange of courtesies between British and Amer ican authorities tho six women and Sesooken were brought lo Port Town send, Wash., and will bo sent back io Japan on the ('ania. Smallpox' broke out on the Califa during' the ship's last previous trip from the Orient, and on roaching Vic loria on the present trip the entire Hteeraago was funilgnatod. The batches were battened down and a larg?- quantity of sulphur was ignited below. In a short time violent and protracted sneezing was beard In the freight compartment, The compartment was hurriedly opened, oflicers of the ship fearing .bat a pel cat was differing lu the sulphur fumes. Their surprise was groat when a chorusofsneof.es Issued from the heavy wooden boxes, while Irani ic scratching In the cases be tokened great anxiety lo escape. Ci opening' the cases an amond eyed girl appeared in each. Food and water supply was Ingeniously places in each box, which was fixed up like a toy room. ONIO INSIDIO TIIIO OTIIMK. Car Starter Vongiie of Columbia lias Curious F.gg. Tho Columbia Record says Mr. Jefferson S. Yongne, ear starter at Ibo si reel railway transfer station, was surprised, on breaking tho Ogg beside his breakfast plato, to find that lt consisted of two eggs, one inside tue other. Both wen4 perfect ly formed. This is a curiosity seldom seen. The egg came from a hen on Mr. YongUO's premise? al 10 17 Creen . treot. LOST AT SKA. TWO Chicago Men and a Launch Are Missing. A cable from Valdaz, Alaska, says thal W. L. and O. K. Ball, of Chicago have been los! at sea In a launch. They left Valdaz a week ago for Knight's Island, and started without oars, provisions or sall, oxpoctlng to make tho run In a few hours, but never reached their destin?t loa. Tho belief at Valdaz ls that they woro driven to sea hy a broak In the launch's machlnory. FELL OFF SOME. Not So Much Fertilizer Sold This Year As Last It is Thought That tho Cotton Aero* ago In tho State Has Hoon Reduced a Little. It ls usually presumed that tho amount of commercial fortlllizor used ls an indication of tho size of tho cot ton crop, or rather of tho acreage planted in cotton, and if this is truo the acreage this year is likely to he found much smaller than last yoar. hut still a groat deal larger than in IS?05 and 1904. It was In these two years that the efforts to reduce acreage were made through tho Southern Cotton Associa tion, hut last year the acreage went up again in a kind of reaction from the campaign of the year before, and now it seems to have taken a turn again. The amount of fertillizor sold ls determined by tho amount of tax paid Into the State treasury. The tax ls 25 cents per ton on all fortllllzer sold in South Carolina, the money going to Clemson C?o)lego, where under the law the ferlllllzer ls analyzed. To date the amount of tax paid this year ls $132,310.01 and up to the same date In ?006 the amount of tax was $143,889.14, which is $11.579.1:'. more than last year. The amount of tax paid this year represents over live hundred thous and tons-529,240 ton to he exact while the amount of tax to this time last year represented 575,55(5 tons. The total amount of the tax last year was $167,167.89, which ls the largest amount ever paid in on this tax. The tax year ends June 3 0, ac cording to the hooks of Clemson Col lege. From the hooks of the State Treas urer tho following figures as to the amount of the lax in the last seven years are taken: 1 ?KIO.$75,21 '134 1?I01. 84,073.43 1902. 81,744.94 1903. 98,909.80 1904 .11 8.974.15 1 ?105.1 30,4:50.OS I OOO. 1 (57,1 57.80 1 707 to date.132,3 1 0.01 From the last report of the Clem son College for 1000, lt ls stated that "the Inspection tax amounted to $164,996.82, and from this was de ducted for unused tags redeemed $6, 04 2.70, leaving a net amount re ceived from the inspection tax of $158,350.03. which, added to tho'bal ance on hand together with the in come from other sources amounts to $224.003.07." From this amount is deducted the expenses of analysis. The report ex plains that the apparent discrepancy between tho tag tax liguros as found lu Ibo college report is due to the difference lu tho fiscal years. How ever, most of the fertilizer is sold In tho spring, so Hint the difference is aol vory great. NOTK?) SCIENTIST DIOAI). Sentenced Once to be Hanged, Lived ami Became Famous. Dr. Frank L. James, n noted scient ?esl, who was once sentenced to he hanged, died a natural death at his homo in St. Louis. Once an enemy of the federal gov ernment, he was afterward its chief expert in the investigation of the "embalmed heel" scandal during the Spanish-American war. For bis ser vices at tlie Inquiry in Chicago he received $50 a day from the same power that once tried lo hang him. As scientific editor of the National Druggist and associate editor of the Medical Brief, St. Louis publications, Dr. James made his name known to physicians and chemists all over tin world during the 30 years of bis res idence there. When the Civil War began he was a young student of chemistry in Mo bile, Ala. Ile invented submarine mines, which were planted In Mobile bay to blow up Federal gunboats. Thoy wen' so effective thal a price was set on James' head. Ho was cap tured and taken to New Orleans, where Ooh, B. F. Butler condemned him to death. Through the aid of friends he es caped from the New Orleans jail a WOOk before the dale set for his hang lng and went to Japan. Seven years later he returned to America, but Hie death sentence was never carried out. His death was due io erysipelas. A bug Hew Into his left eye ten years ago, blinding ililli. Physicians al Hie Bethesda Hospital, where he died, believe that this may have been tho indirect cause of his death. roo M rei i ruo. 'Frisco Woman's Husband Made Her Hat it Three 'finies a Day. Punkill pie three times a day for a diet, slipplomnted hy salmon, when she dbl not like either and preferred striped bass and soups, led Mrs. Finner Doe Stetson lo sue her weal thy husband, J B. Stetson, president of a San Francisco railroad company, for divorce, Ile not only made her eat things she didn't like, bili sub lected ber to all kinds of slights. Mrs. Stetson said she bad to ont her Christinas dinner alone, while her husband dined with his daugh ters, and that she was never invited to sendai affairs given by the latter. When he sold a pair of horses and brougham belonging to her, he re fused to give her the money and she sahl that the only way she could get what was coming lo her was to take lt out in board. MA HF HIM LHAVH. KOW Way of (Jetting Hid of Objec tionable Minister. Following a sensational driving from his home Wednesday night of Kev. o. James, pastor of tie- Congre gational church al Dragol. Mass., Mo town is badly split into factions for and against the minister. Tile Rev. James recently look the parish and proceeded roundly lo de nounce present day evils, wdt bon* regard to the persons he might hit. Ile paid no heed to the resulting Storm of protest. The congregation domandod his resignation immediately bul ho said Hie latter part of June would suit him. Wodnosday night a largo party of tho town's people gathered and forced him to leave town, acoom nanying lils departure with tooling horns and jeors. A TAINTED FORTUNE. Texas Farmer Getting Rich by Growing Bermuda Onions. vj This iflnr's Crop is Estimated nt 1,500 Cm* I /duds and tlio Trollts to Growers Amount to $1,000,000. What Texas consldored an experi ment four years ago bids fair in Hie spaco of four years more to bo the principle industry of tho state, out side of', cotton growing. This ls nothing- more or less than growing Bermuda onions, and for tho quali ty and jquatttitr of this product the Bono St,nr state bids fair to soon ox col the group of islands in the Atlan tic that these onions have made fam ous. Tho state ls now busly engaged in harvesting the annual crop of ., muda onions, and this season's out put, which ls expected to bo on cars bound foi* tho north hy June 1. will be about 37,500,000 pounds, or about l,f>00 car loads. Considering that this prpduco solis for botweon two and a half and three cents a pound, the value of this new Industry to those engaged In lt ls apparent. Four years ago the ground now used for growing onions, was consid ered useless and could he bought for 50 cents or $1 an acre. Today lt brings from $150 to $m)0 aa acre, and ls cheap at this price consider ing that tao profits of onion growing run from $3 00 to $7 00 per aero a season, tho average yield of an acre per season is about 20,000 Jounds. Tho eloment in tue soil of Texas give the onions a peen)ia Haver, and they are said to excel even those grown on the Bermuda Islands. The planting season ls in October, which ls a dc.ghtful timo of the year along the Kio Grande border, 'ibo season for Irrigating and culti vating is during tho winter months when there ls just enough coolness in the air to make working out of doors a pleasure. The harvesting time ls In tho spring when all nature ls abloom. My June 1 the crop is out of tho way. That leaves June, July, August and September to the onion planter in which to follow his own inclina tions as to pleasure or somo other business. Most of the men who have made comfortable fortunes in rais ing onions spend tho vacation period of four months nt some Northern resort. By doing this they escape tho enervating heat ot this region in summer. Tho licalthgivtng properties of tho onion are well known. The people of Laredo oat onions as th.; apple lover eats apples. Any day hore Children can be soon running around wit,, ft big onion In one hand and a plcco of bread In the other. .,<?> take Hist a bte of bread. The combi nation i delicious. Laredo is ono of the healthiest towns in Texas and tho onions is saul to bo lite principal cairn, of it. TlIBBOB?ZIil) BY YKcTiMIOX. One Killed and Several Injured at Hornel!, N. Y. Ilornell, N. Y., was terrorized Fri day morning by a gang of yoggmon. Night Watchman Henry was fatally shot, Night Watchman Kelly badly beaten and others Injured. Three yoggmon were arrested after two of the gang ll ad been shot. The robbers first appeared at a grocery where they blew open the safe. A private residence was next entered, whore articles af value were taken. A woman next door put her head out ol' a window when shots were tired at her. Hying glass cutting her. The gang next broke into tho Steuben silk mills. Being apprised by Night Watchman Kelly, they beaat him into insensibility. They secured no plunder there. At the street railways od?eos they were confronted by Night Watchman Hendy, who was shot fatally. Hy this time tho town was aroused. The robbers jumped on a morning freight, police and posse following on switch engine. One robber jumped from the train into tho river and was captured by the police, after a swim of 100 yards. At Cunlnscto, where Hie |iol ice mot them, two were wounded with buckshot before giv ing up. B K M A11 li AI > I iii l-'O B I I IT I ) IO A Man Watches A Surgeon Cutting Off Hotb Ills Legs. Seldom has the nerve of man been put to such a severe test as in tho case of Patrick Creely, and rarely has man displayed such remarkable fortitude on tho operating table as did Creely at the Methodist hospital, Thursday at Philadelphia. With eyes wide open and totally in different to tho terrible pain be must have suffered, (Mooly stoically watch ed the surgeon amputate both leg?, om* at tho hip and the other Just above tho knee. When tho operation was over. Creely thanked tho surgeon and at tendants, Ho assured thom thal ho would be all right In a few days, and tho weal lo sleep. Ile awoke later refreshed-and confident ol' being out of the hospital soon. KAU SKY Kit 101 > BY ?T?ZKBS Student Disfigured Because he Had Worn Sideburns. Captured by Freshman of the North west ern university, Chicago, Charles Sanderson, a student of the Northwestern Preparation school, was hazed for wearing sideburns, and now ho ls minus a nordon of Ills left ear and h.s face s dlsflgurod hy cuts. The profossoro of holli schools aro trying to learn the Identity of tue hazers, .vho will bo dismissed. Sanderson was dragged from an entertainment hall to a secluded spot on Ibo campus and there choked and his hands and foot held while fresh men wielded tho razor. When they saw that they had cut their victim tho fled. NOTKD INDIAN BANDIT I HOAD Apache Kid's Skull Bests in Physi cian's Laboratory. "Apache Kid," tho notorious In dian bandit, bas been slain nnd bb skull now rests In a laboratory of si Chicago physician. It ls sahl that tho mounted skull of the OUtlaW will bo prcsentod tc Yale University with tho suggest lor that ancrnnlum and submit a report Cotton Figures Complied by the National Census Bureau. THE BANNER COUNTY In This State Is Ornngoburg, Which Is About tho Third Cotton Pro ducing County in tho Cotton Bolt. Tho Total Crop Is Put Down nt 1 ?,305,205 Halos, Which Is a Humper Crop. Tho census bureau of tho deport ment of commerce and labor has just issued a bulletin (No. 7G) giv ing tho production of colton by states and territories, with per cent of qual ity produced in each, forms of the total crop, and rank according to the quantity produced from 1902 to 1901! Including llutors and counting round as half balos, tho crop of 190C ls 1 .'1,305,2(55 bales, compared with 10,725,602 for 1905 and 13,697,310 for 1 904. Tho 1906 crop for Texas exceeds all previous records 4,281, 82 4 balos, or 31.5 per cent of the country's production. Tho next lar gest contributor is Ccorgia, with 1, 626,82 1 bales, or 12 por cent. Mis sissippi ranks third, Alabama fourth and South Carolina seventh. The states of Florida, Georgia, North Car olina, South Carolina and Virginia each produced less cotton in 1906 than In 1905, the combined loss amounted to 338.762 bales. South Carolina produced in 1906. in pounds, 1 17,565,601; in 1905, 54 7.999,716. The sea-Island crop of 1906, con sisting of 57,550 bales, or 22,281,889 pounds, ls the smallest production since 1892, when the crop was but 45,4 1 8 hales. The production of Sea-Island cot ton in this country, s confined at pre sent to fourteen counties tn Florida, 24 In Georgia and 1 In South Caro lina, or a total of 4 2 counties. South Carolina bas 23,902 acres 111 Sea-island cotton. The failure of this staple lu Texas shows that it can only bo grown to advantage in cor tain places in South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. The Increased demand for superior staples In recent years ls developing hotter upland varlet ios by seed selection and more careful cultivation. The average price per pound for upland cotton this season ls 10.01 cents, while the sea-Island varieties sold from ll to 30 cents. States showing largest per cent of water power for cotton mills are Florida, 19 per cent; Alabama, 12; Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, each ten. South Carolina produced hy coun ties ns follows, lu hales in 1906: Abbeville. 32,925 Aiken.23,018 Anderson. 50,791 Hamberg.16,186 Barnwell.31,031 Hean fort.6,041 Berkeley.1 2,224 Charleston.7,63 6 Cherokee.1 2,4 66 Chester.23,013 Chesterfield.I 4,994 Clarendon.2 1,69 6 Colinton.ll ,324 Darlington.24,ol3 Dorchester.8,3 13 ridgefield. 22,2 05 Fairfield. 23,578 Florence. . .... 2 2,5 7 4 Georgetown.1,334 Greenville.30,881 Greenwood.28,641 Hampton.11,343 Morry.5,99' Kershaw.1 6,042 Lancaster.1 9,880 Laurens.36,874 Loo.19,628 Lexington.17,144 Marou.33,5(55 Marlboro. 40.82 1 Newberry.:{,,7??:! Oconee.11,876 Orangeburg.60,3 1 9 Bickens.13.501 Bichland.10.5 4 9 Saluda.19.218 Sparinnburg. . 48,328 Sumter. 22,645 l'nlon.1 5,43(5 Williamsburg.1 5,463 York. 3 4.7 7 8 livery county in South Carolina prod neos tho staple of cotton. George town being the lowest with only 1,344 hales. New Mexico, appears In the list of states and territories. In tho produc tion of cotton lu 1906. for the Hist Hmo. lt shows a production of near ly 100,000 pounds. It ls ahead of j Kansas and is expected to pass Vir ginia soon. Tho average crop for tho past five years ls 1 1,790.558 bales. Of the total production in 1 906, tho territory west of tho Mississippi contributed'7, 233,2 1 0 bales, or 53.2 per cent, while the states east con tributed (5.362,2 88 bales or 46.8 per cent, showing that tho country west of tho Mississippi has passed that east of tho Mississippi, nowlthstand Ing the ravages of the holl-weavll in parts of Texas. The production of Texas, 3 8.2 per cent of the total for the country, compared with 30.5 percent in 1905, a gain of 7.7 per cent. Tho production of 918.537 hales in Oklahoma and Indian territory gives the new state a respectable rank among the cotton producing states, bong larger than North Carolina and Tennessee? combined. YOl'Xti OIHL .M1SSIN<i. Parents o? ilonnio ."ny bowler Are Very Much Worried. It s thought at Greenville that 18 year-old May Fowler of Woodside Mill, two milos from that city, Is probably a victim of kidnapers or lins met a fate equally as distressing. She wore short drosses and is un usually small for her age. Sunday morning the girl hoarded a car go ing to Sunday school and has not icen seen d.v her parents since. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fowler. , believe thal she has been kidnapped or that she has been enticed away by some one. The police have begun work on tho case without a clew to lead them 1 in anv direction. Some of the more 1 superstitions people In the city have discovered a connection between tho 1 dlsappearonce of tho child and tho 1 print of a huge black hand found 011 1 tho pavement In front of a residence on a fashionable Street. MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY. Three Men Die. Terribie Experi ences of Shooting Party. Caught in n Mountain Storni mid Af ter Great Suffering Dio From Ex posure. The London Mail says a "hunting foray" on the range of mountains in tho northern part of County Antrim has been attended with the loss of three lives. Five young men, the sons of farm ers, set out from their homes, about Parkmore, early on Tuesday after noon, and met at a prearranged ren dezvous at the foot of Collin moun tain, which rises 1,700 feet above the Glens of Antrim. Ascending about half way, they became so engrossed in the day's sport that they did not notice a thick cloudy mantle creeping down the mountainside, and soon they became enveloyed. With numerous ravines around, and night approaching, they became wildly alarmed, wandered about for a few 'noms, and lost their bearings. One of the party, Kiolty, seeing, as he thought, a light in thc distance, and thinking it denoted thc small farmstead of aman named Courtney, whom he knew, went oft', with one of his companions, White, in that di rection to obtain guidance. They were not seen again alive. The other three, Miller, Smith and Connolly, remained behind together, the last having become exhausted and ill. Out of the darkness they heard the voice of Kiolty shouting, "Pat's down," and understood that Patrick White had probably fallen into a bog-hole or down a ravine; but Kiel ty did not return. They suffered so greatly from cold during the night that Smith volun teered to attempt to reach Courtney's house and bring assistance. Scarcely able to crawl, Smith eventually reached the farmhouse, but fell in sensible before he could deliver his message. With hot fomentations and such : other rough and ready treatment as i the cottage allowed, he revived after a few hours and told his startling < story. Meanwhile Connolly had died in 1 tho darkness of the mountain side. His sole companion, Miller, realizing ! that he could bc of no further assis- . tance to his comrade, marked the j Iliaco where his dead body, lay, and ? with thc approach of dawn he also i crawled away. With many rests, he i reached Courtney's farm. Courtney himself, having previous ly learned Some of the circumstanc- ; es, had set out at break of day down , the mountain to the nearest village ' postoftice, Martinstown, and tele graphed to Connolly's father. When ] ho returned Miller and Smith had sufficiently revived, and the three went off to find the body of young Connolly, which they carried on an improvised stretcher to the village. Meantime the elder Connolly had ' organized a search party of a dozen friends. When the old man learned that his son's body had been already recovered he and his friends remov ed the remains to his home. A large body of police and civilans went up the mountain seeking for Kiel ty and White. Their bodies were found late in the afternoon in a stream which the melting snow and heavy rains had swollen to a ranging torrent. WAN'I'Kl) A DltlNK. A Itiinuway Hors?- Went Into nu Au gusta Saloon. TIlO Augusta Herald says wild commotion reigned supremo for a few moments Thursday morning at 9 o'clock out on Campboll street, near the Union depot. A fr legh toned horse dashed madly along tho street with nothing attached to him in tho way of a vehicle, hut t lu- harness straps wore hanging. Just as he reached Cashin's bar and restaurant, the horse veered from his course and in a twinkling rushed Into the har, putting to dight all who stood anywhere near the path he might pursue. He paused as they reached for tho tempting drink, then fled, forgetting everything in their dight for safety. However, the wild career of the horse was stopped when he reached tho rear end of the saloon. He was arrested by parties in the neighbor hood before ho had time to order his drink and an unwelcome customer was led hack to the shelter of the stahle from whence he had escaped, while hoing "hitched ?ip" to a buggy. CHI'Eli LAMONTS. Half Witted (Mri Confined in Smoke House hike a Heute. One hundred infuriated neighbors rescued lOthel Hellley, a half witted girl about IT yon rs Of age, from a smoko house in which sh" had been confined for several wooka hy her par ents, who reslue oil lt farm near Her lin, Somerset county, Ha. The smoke house prison in which the girl was kept, was s?.\ hy eight feet in size, with but one window, ? hieb had been painted over to pre vent the girl from hoing observed hy strangers who might be about the i prom ison. When food was given tho prisoner, it was thrown in upon the Moor. Tho rescuing parly was composed of the most prominent citizens of Herlln. George (Toffloy, Hie father, was ar rested and gave hall. KO It NOT HAVING TAX TAOS. Proceedings Against John Wobltman Company by Inspector. The Charleston Post says attach ment proceedings were Ailed Thurs day 111 Hie ellice of the clerk of court and placed into the hands of the sher iff for service against John Woblt man Company on 125 sacks of cot i ton seed meal, which P. W. Mayor, i Inspector of fertilizers at Charleston i alleged were exposod for salo and did i not bear tho proper Inspection ta* i tags. The penalty for this offence ll i $3 a sack, making tho sum alleged duo tho Slato ?375. CORPSE FOUND. A Horrible Crime Discovered In New York City, HIDDEN IN A TRUNK Woman If ad Police to Open Trunk Loft by Two Lodgers, Who Had Loft Without Paying Their Kout, and tlio Badly Decomposed ?ody of a Greek Minister 1? Found Within. Rev. Father Kaspar, of the Armon inn Apostolic Church, of Hoboken, N. J., waa murdered in tho city of New Yory Homo time last woek. Tho body was found Sunday in a trunk, which bad boon left as security for their room rent by two Crooks, who Hi ree weeks ago engaged a furnished room of Mrs. Henry Sheror, who oc cupied tho third floor of a tenomont at 333 Wost Thirty-seventh streot. The body was in a kneeling pos ture with tho hoad bound against tho knees by a heavy strap that passed over the back of tho neck and was hackled under tho shins. Tho mur dered man must have boen about 60 years of age. He weighed probably 160 pounds, and was about 5 foot 4 Inches in hoight. A (lowing board twelvo indies long was streaked with gray, but tho long and bushy hair was black. An undershirt of balbriggan and a cuff on tho right wrist were all tho body wore, but on top of it had boon thrown three coats of clorlcal cut, a white laundered shirt, two pairs of black lace shoes, a soft folt bat, two Roman collars and a dotatcbed cult. The police think it is possible that the body was shipped by express from Chicago and the authorities of that city have been asked to follow one clow, based on a meal ticket, al so found in the trunk. This ticket was issued by a rostaurnnt at 1,222 Halstead streot, West Pullman, Chic ago, and writ ton In ink across it was tho firm name "S. Ermoylan Broth ers." Tbiough the word "brothers" severa) red ink Ines were drawn. Be rra use of the condition of tho body, Ibo manner of death was not imme diately apparent. Following un au topsy at tho mogue two mon wero ar reste on auspician, Mrs. Shorer told tho coroner that when the two men engaged the room in her home called themselves John md Paul Sark Is, each about 3 5 years it age. John was dark and smooth diaveh and the woman understood that be conducted a restaurant In tho tenderloin. The oihor rcsombled his brother, but wore a mustache. Tho men ..ad been visited, she said, by a man wearing a clerical garb, who looked not unlike tho murdered man. 3ho thought that this man called at 8 o'clock last Wednesday morning. No one In the tenement that day heard any unusual noises. Last Wednesday afternoon an ox press wagon brought to the bouse the trunk which later, was found to con lain the body. One of tho lodgers, with the aid of a young man, who drove the express, carried tho trunk with considerable difficulty to' tho room. That night Mrs. Shorer naked ber roomers for the rent due. They pointed to the trunk and said it would he found to contain ampio se curity for what they owed. Later tho men said that the trunk deliver ed to thom was not theirs, but that a mistake had been mado. The next morning the roomers loft before Mrs. Shorer was up. Tho next day unpleasant odors were detected coining from the room and to-day, Mrs. Shorer appealed to thc pol leo and the trunk was forced open. The body was removed to the morguo and the police began a minute exam ination of its hiding placo. It was a cheaply built affair and showed, marks of hard usage. Inside tho covor was printed a name that look ed like Gulseppe Sarkis. On the out side of tho chest was the name "Er movlan." Tho autopsy developed that tho nock and an arin had been broken. Coroner's Physician Lohane declared however, that death was duo to suf focation. The ntornal organs woro congested and Dr. Lehano gave it as his opinion that the man ;vns thrust Into the trunk wbllo alivo, and tho cover of tho air tight trunk held down until death ensued. Tho condi tion of the organs were found to be similar to those in cases of asphyxia tion. A dspatch from Chicago says nt tho West Pullman address on Hal stead street, tho Armenians kept a restaurant until five months ago un der the name of S. Ermoylan Broth ers. The Chicago police Sunday night learned that on February 7, n trunk said to answer the description of that found in the New York board ing house was shipped from West Pullman by express to Sarkis Ermoy llan, 426 West Fortieth streot, Now York city. It was shippod by a mun who gave ..ls name as K. Kenesiam. Lewis B. McDonald, agent for tho Adams Express Company nt Wost Pullman saldthat Kenesiam told him that tho trunk contained silks valued at $200. Search was begun at once for Kenesiam. BABY 1URNED IN CRADLE. Mother Charges an UllkllOWIl Enemy With Selling It On Fire. Frantic with grief over the burn ing to death of her 18-months-old son while she was absent at a groc erv store, MIS. JOim * dveiv, ?>? ago, accuses an unknown enemy ot the crime. When she returned from the store she found the baby, which she had left asleep in its crib, envel oped In flames. Mrs. Paavett declared that a strange man had been watching ber home for moro than rt month. Tho police think that a burglar dropped a match or the lighted end of n cigarette Into the cradle. GREAT STORM IN CAROLINES Pacific Island Said to llavo Been Swept hy Hurricane A dispatch from Sydnoy, N. S. W. i says report han reached thero that I a hurricane and tidal wavo swopt ov .? er tho Caroline Islands on April 3C. ? Immense damage was done to prcp l orly and 200 persons aro reported killed.