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VOL. XXXII ? "1" ?.DO TMOU, GROAT LUIIARTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKIO OUR LIVHS IN THY I'Ofe&WSION' HAVtW OR OUR D10ATH8 OLOHIOUf* IN THY OAUSIC." BI5NNET?SVILL?, S. C., FRIDA X, J AN UAR Y li, 1908 Attempt to Hold up Train am are Captured. ONE IS BADLY HURT My Being Shot by a Posso of Passen gera Lcd by the City Marshal ol Sorrento, Illinois. When Order cd to flMrrcntior thc Bandits Opon ed Fire, Which Was Returned by tho Passengers With Good Effect. A west-bound Pennsylvania train waa held up by two mashed robbers at Sinltlibqro. 111., on the Vandalia division, carly Friday, and after a despera to battle, both men were cap tured and carried to Greenville, 111., where they aro now in jail. The bandits 'opened fire when re sistance. \va? offored.'as they brought t he train to ii .??lt just. beyond ' tho Smithhpro .stat ion',--but. their Aro was returned,; un?!. ^'hon- tho last, of thc IG shots had been exchanged, one Ol the robbers was picked np with five bullets in his body.'? He will prob, ably d)e. " City Marshal Emory Grown ol Sorrento, ill., Ipd the passengers in the fight with tile two hand":,; and he was badly wo Uli dod. One of th? robbers' .bullets passed through bb body. He was placed In the cit> hospital. It is not thought that he h fatally hurt. The Gain was going abo Ut thirty miles au hour and hail started tc slow down In passing through Smithboro when, the two .bandits wit li revolvers drawn turned- t?? signal. The engineer jammed on lilt brakes mid as he slowed tip the i?ah dits..bade him throw np his hands. Ho .??topped the train altogether and was then ordered to quit, ibo cal. with **!li? tVrc'n?hn. The..two. bandits ran to the rear of the train, intending lo go through it orfm end to end but by this time o number of ' the passengers were awake and out of the. berths. City Marsha) Grown was standing on thc rear platform trying to see what was the flatter. As tho bandits caught, sight of him they ordered him to throw up bb banda. Instead, he whipped out hb rovojver a.tid opened tire. Qne of the bandits dropped, w ith. a bullet In ' Hot ' . .ontimiod to Jiro! Ii.t.l join, l'?'?".ros . ' I \i i-i iwn on Ihd reai' platform . mal Choy accompanied .Brown !?> ;< sally Iii (be ?or*.li of fur ' t h wlito"^^ The unwounded robber took to hit heels, Illing over his shoulder as he saw the sally from the train, but lu was captured a few yards further on. after ?lie had put tip a desperate struggle. .Tho other bandit was wounded five limes before he cease? firing Iiis revolver. The two robbers were carried 01 tlie train, th 6 (hie robber not wound ed being bound lo a seal, in Gu smoker. 'I.'hea Ibo engineer and his fireman got back into the cab tine' the train was rushed to Greenville. Investigation after the train left disclosed-the fart that, the two ban dits had broken Into thc Sm it li bor? station and taken everything thej could (Ind bqforo the train, arrived. It is nol known bow much they se cured, but it vs -supposed tho booty wns left somewhere ia the woodi near tho track.;, abd search is now? being made for il. LEAVES SWAG BEI 11M >. New Vork Man (.'els Queer Christ mas Present from Burglar. Santa Clans, in a peculiar guise paid a visit to John Dist 1er of Nov York City. In tho night Distict' wa; aroused by a noise .in. the dining room and be al once decided that I here was .tl burglar In Gie house Bather*'than lake any chances of be lng shot I list 1er made a groat noise in Iiis room for the purpose of scar, ing tho burglar away. Ho was successful ih Ibis and when be iVOUl downstairs he found thai ' no?? pf 11"' family silver bad bool Stolon,, Ort thc contrary he fount" on ?he 'In Ide in 'the 'dinning room i Iorgo quantity of silverware, whicl ho had never seen b. "orc. ' ile be Hoves (hui tho burglar ><M1 obtain od il from some other bouses and being scared by tho noir" he Iliade lied, leaving it behind. N EHItOES LEA YIXO. They Wer? Told to Go and They Ari doing. Negroes are rapidly leaving Hon rlotta, (?lila., whore tho lynenjn? ol .lames Garden, colored, occurred oi Christinas following Gie murder o! Allier! Pate:, n prominent whlti biiisness .man. Thf black were giv Oil nOtico' t" bave town within l f blairs. A second attack was niad< on tho jail early Thursday inornini by a mob''of citizens Who sought ! (Hie eyed negro named Pill Slllil ll chargdd with inciting Garden lb ?om mit; -the crime. . Shorff Robertson, however, spirited the man away fron the incl, and took him to Okmnlgeo :> Jim johnson, a nero?', who cave Cal mo, den a rllje also was taken to Ohm til \ ,___ vv \ " V huber Trouble. l-? 'According to n stateinotil lssuo( Officially <li(> rOCOIlt encounter; a PWnl Cafton bi no, Chili, between nitrate utilk nfcf OO.O?IV and the police resulted In (iii V" t'MWJrtg Of 2 1 o mon and the woondin, "'h'i'UW rf'"'. Hf ty. During one ol' Gp ' t? I'Vi^r'1 fl ,,of>l>^ tired parilcu '? oviifr' 1'u' leaders of the striker;! r'h romody \"iv "lm Wils Poor and the mei ' hurt. Just Before Sitting Down to a . Christmas Dinner. J>r. Amesbury Kills His Wife in Kit chen of Her Mot lier's Hom? Just After Quarrel. Dr. Waller tl. Amesbury, of Mil ford, shot and Instantly killed his wife, Anna, a teacher of music in Roanoke College, Danville, Va., as tho family wore about to sit down to thoir Christmas dinner nt tho home of Mrs. Jennlo Rees, Mrs. Amoabury's mother, nt 220 Metropolitan avenue, Hyde Park, Mass., Christmas Day. Dr. Amesbury was placed under arrest Immediately after tho shoot ing. Mrs. Amesbury had como from Virginia to pass the holidays with her suns, Walter K. Amesbury, and Ira R. Amesbury, who live with theil grandmother, Mrs. Roos. Dr. Anica burg carno from Milford, whero he has practiced for. somo timo, to. the Christmas festivities with tho fami ly. Accdording to.tho police, Dr. Am esbury fired, two shots, both of which took effect in Mrs. Amesbury's right side. Her death was almost Instan eous. " -j After his arrest, Dr. Amesbury declared that the shooting was acci dental, ile would not make any fur ther statement. Mis. Amesbury was ,.40 years old and a nativo of Kentucky. ' Since her marriage to Dr. Ames- ' bury they had lived at di ff oren I 1 times in Kingston and Tuxbury Mass., ?ind Corslcana, Tex. Some i lime ago Mrs. Amesbury went lo Vir- < ginin and began leenhiug music in < Roanoke College. She was an' ac complished vocalist. I According to the police Dr. Ames- '. bury became engaged in a quarrel regarding family matters. They ' woro conversing in the kitchen when < suddenly the other members of the t tinnily, who were In the dining room i heard two shots fired. i Rushing into the kitchen the Am- | oahu ry boys, the' oldest of Whom ii t about twenty years of age, grappled \ with their father and throw him t( t the floor. Aller a struggle the re- I volver was taken away from him and he was held until the arrival ol I the pollc?. ? Dr. Amesbury is forty-nine years-'] > of age. He was formerly a surgeon ! ie British army stationed in 1 neure'-'''.!?-. Christ??????* Present, Seul f by Mail Delected in Time. !| " A dispatch from Brie, Pa., says h vhile distributing Christmas bundles ii n the South Erie sub-postofllce (\ Christmas Eve an employee became s< !U8plci0US of a package, the end ol f< vhlc.h had boen broken open, anc j, ipon making an investigation 'thc lack age was found to contain an hi emal machin?, so constructed thal he opening of the box would canst A in explosion thal would have un louhtodly killed all persons around it, and set lire lo everything In Hu building. I Thc package was addressed to Ar hie Carr, 2,208 Cherry street, and liad been mailed from that City. Tin & box was turned over to PostmostOI w dobell, who called In Chief of Police n Wagner. The chief cul t>ul the shh ( itt' the box and exposed a bottle and contrivances so arranged that tin opening of the Uti would have loosen ed the cork and ignited several j matches. , The following Inscription was on tho inside wrapper: "You may per Imps lind tho cover will caleb a lit ( tb; when you opon tho box. Pay n< attention to il. Merry Christmas.' I. VS'. Wright, health offlcer and chemist, after an examination of Hie, bottle said ?I contained it high OX- j Illusive. K11.1.ED HY H< HIRERS. Prosperous Negro Merehun! Fount, i i Dead In his Store, ? A dispatch from Slimier t<> Th< -'tate says Coroner s. F. Flowers re 'urned Tuesday afternoon from Uti 'lutosburg neighborhood, where h? investigated Hie donlh of Waite Handing, colored. The negro wa 'ho'owuer of a store and was fount brutally cut np in his store. No one nppearod to know anylhliu \( thc altair, and Coroner Flower: !id nol empanel fl jury. From al ippodrancoB.thc murder was douo foi ho purpose of robbery, as only iii .-.eilis s as found in tho, Store and lin .let-eased was said to have been dolllfi fi good business and lo ho well off The body was terribly mutilated: with gashes Inflicted with a hatchet ind knife thal were found near tb? body covered with blood. Tho mur ri cr is' being invest Igatetl by tin county Authorities, and further light may bo thrown on this horrible af fair. PHYSICIAN COMMITS SUICIDE Dr. Thorn, of Custon Sholl IM, Puls His Throat. Dr. -Je h. Thorn, of Gaston Shoals in Cherokee County, committed sal .ide Christmas night by cutting li h thront. Mo retired apparently In Ill usual health', bul about a r| mirier lo eleven o'clock he told bis wile thal be was oppressed by the weight ol tho covering. She suggested thal lu 1 throw sonn? of it off. Ho then arose 1 anti went hilo the next room. ;lllli . wile, hearlpg waler dripping on Hu floor, asked him whal was I lit? mal ! ter. Ho rep.'tad? "Come and BOO.' As she entered the door he sank lo Hie floor, dylnk In a few' seconds'. Dr. Thorn was ^boul forty yearn ol i age, and leaves a wife and two Unit children. NEGRO BURGLAR Enters the Home of Mr. Wellborn, of Anderson. FIGHT IN A BED ROOM. ?fr. Wellborn Found tho Darin?, Burglar in His Hod Doom Christ nias Kvo Night ami Has a Thrill ing Experience in a Hand to Hand Hattie With tile Thief? Who Has Keon Lodged in .fail. The People's Advocate or An let - son, says Will Guyton, colored, has been lodged in tho county jail charg ed with a most serious offenso, tho pedal ty for which is from live y ears lo life sentence1. Between ten and eleven o'clock Christmas eve, Mr. and Hrs. Will Wellborn, who reside In Garvin township, sovon milos north of the city, wore awakened from theil sloop by footsteps in their hod room. Thinking nt once that a burglar had entered I he house, Mr. Wellborn jumped out of bed lo got his trous ers, which had been bung on a Chair near Hie bed. He bad marketed a beef on the afternoon before and had about $4 0 in his trousers, pockets. The negro who was ascertained later lo be Will Guyton, also grabbed for Hie trOUS 9rs. Mr. Wellborn and Hie negri) JlInched and a Ugh! ensued. The fight con! inned in (lie bed room for some lime. Tim darky sile ?eeded in freeing himself and start id for tho kitchen, which ad joins Mr. vVellhorn's bed room. Mr. Well born followed and Hie fight was ro mmcd in Hie kitchen. The darkey dually got loose and went out in the yard, whore he gath ered some rocks and began throwing hem (brough a window in the bed .oom. One ol' (be biggest of these .ocks crashed through the window lanes and fell in Hie cradle where? he baby ol' Mr. and Mrs. Wellborn vas innocently Blooping. Luckily it lld not fall on the babe and there ore the child was unharmed. Some of the neighbors of Mr Well >orn arrested Guyton the next morn? ng and s<ml for Deputy Sheriff Scott, vho carried him to jail. v (layton claims, so il is said, thai jv- was drunk, and that ho does not wmomber entering tho house. It ii:) 5 .oj.?>' i? .,?.," tr v- ..y'^ ' "\ moy to a person whi asked btm/loi on Tuesday afternoon. ' / 11 Is sa ?.I t.hnl be ir-.'ri i ;.. { mn .< lal he did not have the moiled then ul thal his employer, Mr. Wellborn, nd il and that he would got it from im that night. It is said that the arkey knew thal Mr. Wellborn had lld some beef on Hu- afternoon he ire and knew that he had the $40 i his room. Bf i tit b eil W FATA 1 J HI HI) HUNT. Voling (.ad Accidentally Shot hy His Lucie. A special dispatch from Aiken te be News and Courier says .Lillies fumphroy, the 12-yoar-old son ol Ir. C. A. Humphrey, of Atlanta, (?a. /as shot and killed Friday afternoon cor Aiken accidentally hy Mr. Dei': \ Tyler while hunting. The full barge nf a shotgun loaded willi bird liol look effect in the hoy's bead, lil rally (oaring it off. Mr. Tyler b i rostrated with grief, and inadt lucais ol' Committing suicide. Lillie James, willi bis mother and ?thor members of tho lamily. cann iver from Allanta to spend Hie boll lay with relativos In and mar Alk .n. Tho family resided at Montnioi incl, near Aiken, until a few year tgo. Mr. Tyler was an uncle of lb lead boy. Mr. Tylor, with a large party, ii ?hiding a number of Aikcnitcs, wont 0 attend a dove shoot, and Jami md bis small brother were presen licking np Hie birds. They, wit l'y lor and Dan George, another roi itlve, were on one side of Un1 lb-|<| ii the beginning of tho shioting. As 1 drove Hew over George fired, kill MIK three, and (IS Tyler raised his 'run lo lire. .Linn.; jumped III front 11 )f tin- gun, receiving the full charge ( in Hie back of Hie dead, dying In- 1 slam ly. Tyler was crazed with ci iel', and :ii<| lu- was going lo kill himself. when be was disarmed. Ile Iben foll in a swoon, .lames was a -bright boy, md t ?te horrible accident ls great ly | I deplored. Tho boy's family la a very prominent one. DIN Fl) AND WIN F.D. Flee! oiiicers Guests of Hie CJovom-11 J ( ment ol' Trinidad. Tbe captains of tho American bat tle ships and Staffs were eui erl a ?ned at luncheon Thursday by sir Henry Moore Jackson, Ibo Govornor of Trinidad, and later were tho guests of tho Governor nt Ibo boise races. The weather was Ideal, and Hie race course svas thronged With otb ors and men of thc (loot together willi a holiday crowd from the city be American horses carried off (ho Honors, being the winners lu . nearly tho races, and Hie visitors gave themselves over to applauding these victories. Lillie (?hi I turned. At ('ballest?n tho six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ftohOI'l Marlin, was so badly burned Christ mas In playing about a Christmas I tree Hint tho child is not ox poe tod to live. The little giri either reached for a pr Son I on the I ree or tried (< light a candle, causing her dress lo become ignited hy a lower candle, and before the llames were extlng uimod she was fearfully burned. GROUND TO PIECES. Wealthy New York Lawyer Leap ed in Front of Train, Financial Troubles Caused Hy tho Faille Said lo Jlo tho Chief Caus? of Suicide. Ernest G. Sled man, one of New York's most prominent lawyers, rated to b? worth In excess of $7,000,000, mid a brother of Kumunu Clarence Sleeman, the poet-banker, last week tragically committed suicide by leap ing In front of a local su h way train it tho Fourteenth street station. Tho J. 0. Lyon Building and Oper itlng company, of which he was vlee lesident, treasured and director, ailed for several millions of dollars hst Friday when receivers wero ap to in ted ami financial troubles are iel loved to be tho chief causes of t li o ucide. Mr. Stedman was president of the American Cushion Elbow company reasuror of tho Baritan River Clay ompany, a member of several prom irent clubs, and had offices on Broad way, whore ho was a member of tho aw firm of Stedman & Larkin. Ills own house was at 1081 Madison Vinnie. Tho suicide could not havo select d n spot where his death would ave created a greater sensation, 'he uptown platform of the sub ay ai Fourteenth street was crowd d with porsons, mostly women, who '.ere walting for trains, when Mr. tedman, who bad been observed alking up and down the platform, iiddenly darted through a group ol omen, jumped to tho tracks lil .ont of tho fast moving uptown .alu. Six cars of the train had passed ver the lawyer's body before tho 'alu was stopped and by thal tim< 10 body had been terribly mangled. In the meantime tho excitement on ie pla! form bad become a panic, overal women who bad seen the man .ap to death fainted or collapsed nd for several minnies in the wild tellement they lay about the plat inn unattended, it was more than three-quarters ol 11 hour before order was restorer;! nd thal tains had resumed theil annal running orders. ANOTHER COTTON PICKER ne Invented Over In Augusta "Said To Be a Success. Tbc AugUSTn Chronicle says a pe :'.< Ion was filed In the office of tho^V ?tv'?. .sf l?w ...J,,. C.??....., !.. 4U-1.' * lo y on Monday by Bryan Lawrence, k llilnni K. Miller, Benjamin A;yJ?e ?ew and W. O. Tarver, of Richmond l i S ninty, Georgia, and C. .1. Canfield Cook County, Illinois, asking to incorporated under the name ol I ai e Georgia Colton Picker Company. | gc The principal place of business of e company will be in Richmond g< linty, willi the righi to establish ol ancla:; in any part of this stale H liero Hie petitioners may desire, oi oilier slates. The purpose of Ila1 concern, as I M aled in Hie petition, is the manu-| ai clure and salo of coll?n picking acliinery ol' all kinds, in the pur ill ol' winch they ask ibo right to i v franchises . and patents, lo ac-1 \\ miniate real estate, and do all lOSO oilier Illings incident to such business. The capital slock of iho concern 1 i be $25,000 fully paid in. ami ll |,.( specified that Ibero shall bo no pei mal llabllllty on tile stockholders. >youd the amount cd" their unpaid inscription to Hi?' capital stock. y The Organization of the company (, based on the successful ilivontloil I' a new coi tim picking machine .filch has been tested by OXpCI'tf nd fanners ami pronounced a sure iiccesSi If this picker proves a success lt ill solve to a large extent (lie farm thor problem in the South. II nulli FBO.M LOCKJAW lr. riesen of Chicago Diagnosed Mis Own Casi-. Dr. Joseph F, Ploson, a depart noni superintendent employed by a Ml Icu go packing linn, regarded as ending authority <>n lockjaw, died 'bur sd ay night of the disease, ?niling from ti fracture of tho nose vhich occurred a wcolt ago. Dr, Ploson foll down a stairway 'n | Ito labratory of UH- packing plant, rho skin over Ute nose was broken ind the wound beano: hlf?Ctod with manus germs, tm Christmas lOvn Ibo physician ft-ns stricken willi lockjaw. He dthi A nosed bis own case and with tb?' fildj if pencil and paper directed his faillj ly to send liim to a hospital. I fe thor sent for a lawyer and mad?' his Willi During lils Illness la* constantly joined Willi tho hospital physician;; In Hoir consult?t lons and gave il HS bis opinion several days ago that hr could liol recover. The imm?diat < cause of his death was said lo Ita hear! failure following ll convulsion ? Fumino in Turkey. The American Hoard of Conni is slonei'S for foreign missions ' has re ceived advices from I ho, ,inle>'lor hi Turkey, showing unusually Kove'ro famine conditions. !'.: 'dn'd is dolli de the usual price, and wheal and ol Ijei ((.reals aro considerably highm lasl year. . ?ni Hold Bobbers. At Chicago five men. one of w hf carried a revolver, robbed two otfhei men In tho Walting room of tho ?La sale si reel railway station In heart ol tho ?MlIsn?sS section of [eily. Two of the robbers were rested within a few minutes aflor?tlU attack and a third two hours hi]loi tho Hu ar / SHIP HAD BAD LUCK. Reaches 'Frisco After Tragic. Voy^ age from Baltimore? Coll Med With Another Ship, Which Was Sunk With Pur* of th*,Crow In Midi Occun. Tho ^vinorican ship ;Atlas droppod anch.-r at San Francie co on Christ mas ovo night, 275 days out from Haltipioro. It onded a Voyago made I l agt? by a collision off Capo Horn attended by, tho finking of another vessel tlio drowning of the ill-fated nrnft' captain and tho captains wife, mitti, y on its dertks and death imong its grow. On. Juno 6, nt 6 P. M., tho Atltuj druci, tho Norwegian hark Viking, -apt. Petorson," bound from Hn,m Inirg to Callao. Both wore bnally lanuygod hy tho contact, but the lark .farod tho worst. Tn :he tortor of the wightr 13 of tho iew of tho Norwegian bark boarded ho \niorican ship, crawling uvot aug] J shrouds and dnngling bocans. Ca pu Pearson and his wifo wei.i io( among thoso who, made a dan icrou'? transit, bot it was too dark o rey dor aid though tho A tins stood ?y til' night and next morning the Mk In had disappeared. The Al lao put Into Rio Do .Ta?erlo or r, pairs, badly leaking. On thc .ay In ibis port a mutiny took place mom,' the crew over some trouble .Uh tho mate, but it was easily ucll.id. Hef .ro the collision off Capo Horn li roe of the ship's oonipany met ead On May 23 J. Schumacher nd (.luirles Nolan soamon, fell from he i i boom innd wero drowned. On uno iT) John Hook, sailninkor, died nd y as burled at sea. Whon the bip arrived tho captain's son and; ie iblrd ofllcer woro ill and tho ves sl waa ordered into quarantine. The Atlas had a cargo of coal fol io I' ill cd Sta tos Government. The esse; had boon 102 days out from io >o Jnnerlo and was overdue. elP.-M-anco had hoon ordered at in er pt. T.w.. Yilklng was a now hark of ,r.41 tons. Nothing had been ho;ird f it ..fl Or lt. bogan its lasi. voyar.e ul il . iie Atlas brought in the tidings vi i Wis eve night. TH.JM STHANCJF SLFFP f u '.cunt ifni Young Ciel F tided ju Death. * Ut.n ,\. ?>.?...... '. 'iollom. at Ko, 237 Willis ave i, i\e\> York ended Lu deal h at f> Slock Friday morning lu Lincoln .spit al. To the last the cotna which ma ?ned unbroken for more than IO iiours bullied Ibo ablest alienists j Ol ul scientists in New York. Miss Wardrop was If? years old. id an unusual pretty and Intelll- I n mt girl. Thursday afternoon lasti|st r-ok while watching a lire engine > by, she was stricken at the home ber friend, Miss Adrienne La-|o nelie, a girl about her own ago. The two girls were seated In the irlor when the lire bells sounded, iss La Roche rahed lo tho window id called her companion. "Come quick, F.dith, and look at | I ie' lire horses," she exclaimed. She lookd around and found Miss 'ardrop motionless in a chair. They thought at first, she was h. swoon, but she could not be re ived. The family physician could )t arouse her. and finally advised 'moving her lo the hospital. She as taken thor? and placed in a p?d ate ward, where all Hie prominent hyslclans and specialists in New ork, With few exceptions, had been i see ber during the week of hot I range trance. There was no sign f pain. Miss wardrop was given ourlshmont through a tube, and hud ol loss weight. 11er color was ' good and bei reathtng as regular as if she were sleep, All Hie authorities were advised lt s to ber ailment, but nono Could 11 ive it an appropriate name. lt was learned later that Mis Vardrop, a short time before she be ame ill, fell from a sleigh, and it is Ogal'dod as possibly the only dnnalion of her coma. (?OLD THROWN ABOUT Alien Street Car Struck Wagon Thal Was Hanlin;; il. Al Chicago canvas bags contain ing Kobi and silver coin lo the minimi of half a million dollars were scattered about tho cornor of LnSnlh and Adams streets for a short time Hie other day. hut they were soon gathered up and taken to a place <l safety under the protection of a squad of police. A United Slates Kxpress COmpnilJ \Vagoil on its wiiy from the North western to the LaSalle street station with a load of specie, guarded b Harney Terbock and Henry Kerkes, and driven by W. ll. Smith, was Struck by a Harrison street car. Tcrbaek and Korkes were thrown to tho street and the bags of spode on top of (beni. Terback received a fracture ol' Hie skull and Kork08 was badly bruised by (be heavy bagf ol' money falling on him. M ADIO TFItltlllLP. MISTA Iv M Stint His Son in Hie Dark foi- lltlt'g? lar. Al San Jose, Cal.. Hertrani Somerfi arly Thursday shot and killed his live year obi son, mistaking him foi lt burglar. The child, il ls believed, wns walking In his sleep. The par louts were awakened by a noise itt the room and, seeing the outline of a llguro near tho window, they con clued it was thal ol' a burglar. Mr. Somers reached for his plslol, and flied, killing tho child Instantly. By Negroes Who Tried to Rob His Store. RESCUED BY SHERIFF. Thc? Storekeeper, Mr. 'J\ Iv Caves, After Being Rescued, Was Taken to th*> Hospital in Charleston for Treatment. He Was Unanlo tn Give Any Account of tho Trouble. Tito Robbers Mude Their Escape. The following account of an out rage that took place near Charles ton, we clip from the Nows and Courier of Chrlsmas Day. The Nows and Courier says a telephone call from St. Andrew's Parish yesterday afternoon gave Information of an outrage committed and tho prompt responso of Deputy Sheriff Joseph Poulnot and voluntcors was, no doubt, tho moans of saving the lifo ol Thomas L. Caves, who keeps a gen eral storo In St. Andrew's, a short dlstanco from tho New Brldgo ter mi a us, across the Ashley River. Tho message was roeoived in thc sheriff's oiTico about six o'clock and lt was to the effect that Caves tmd boen set upon and seriously injured by negroes intent upon robbing his store. Caves, it seoms, was, to some extent, able to defend himself for Homo time and, though badly In jur ad, managed to get Inside tho store when he barred tho doors. He then '?ru wi ed to tho telephono and called for tho sheriff's office, Charleston. The message sont was to tho offect that he was being murdered and that Immediate help was needed. ' Mr. Poulnot was in charge of the >ihco and lost no time in starting tor tho scene of tho trouble. He shnrtered one of tho big touring cart-, rom tho Charleston Hotel garage, in '.bargo of Chalfont' Johnson, and ticking up Mr. Harry Lihnstcdt and ater Constable R. I J. Knox, sped ovei o St. Andrew's. Tho mon in the ?ar did not know just w hat, they were o face-but they asked no questions ind were ready for any emergency. Arriving at Cave's store, which b. il tho jane.? Pm of tho shell road and he Ja ?nd road, they 'looked mb ut foi "is. None was ii ight, an lng attention to he stol'? ( ilcd la roulsng it ?a r v nhl be to Pf. ?? .ta ^AV^-^/r^?i 'Mi : blood rom au ugly wound ovoi ie left eye, that he could give no ac irate account -of the trouble, and illy the gonearl details were learn 1. There was not a person In the clghborhood whon the automobile lopped at the storo, and seeing the mdltlon of tho wounded man, Mr. oulnot. decided to come back at nee. Within an hour and a half ol ie time of receiving the message tr. Caves was at the Roper Hospital acelving the best possible attention, lo is getting along very well, al lough not out of danger. Rural Ol iceman Burton, responding to a riephone call was coming ncross the ridge when the auto returned, here ls as yet no clue as to the nils reants who commited 'the murder us assault, upon tho merchant. M ASHED THE MASH KR Sn tia foi Ul po an Tl ly ac th foi th lo? na bc ge sp al liri from Alabama Banded a Don key in the Ditch. A dispatch from New York says dapper young man on upper (roadway Ibo other evening was ol lowing a girl whoso hands were in i huge muffle. Si ddenly, at Forty lfth street, one of her hands, clad n a two ounce boxing glove dashed int and sent the masher rolling Into ho gutter. Then the man picked llmself up and apologized to tin ,'OUllg lady. "I beg pardon." she said, sweetly I am a stranger here. 1 came from Mabanin, and am a stenographer, c done in town. But I'll tell you, '| Lhere is no man in town who cnn in- p suit me with impunity. I taught ( women boxing 111 tho south - and I'll 1 tench New York smashers boxing in t Ibo north." 1 RALEIGH GOES "DBW" jf . t Decisive Vote for Prohibition in an Flection Thursday. |< By a majority of 547 Raleigh, N. I t G., on Thursday voled out Its liquor dispensary and becomes a prohibi tion city. in tho eily there were !>28 votes for prohibition, ?IS1 for dispensary and two for saloons. Tho dispensary has boen in operation for four years, twenty-four saloons hav ing been voted out in favor of the dispensary. The sales have amount ed to about. $200,000 a year, with I about $7.').OOO profit, this being placed to tho credit of the school fund, the road fund and the city ex pense account. It reduced taxation, but Hie voters felt that Its Influence was not for tho city's best. Interest and voted it out. Tho election wafi a (julot one. Entire Family Burned. Five persons were burned to death In a Uro which destroyed the house j of John Clark at Watertown, Mass.,, early Friday. Every member of tin Clark family met death in the flames. Fatal Burning. Henry Meibor and Anton'a Ober Un were burned to death and two other men seriously Injured Thurs day In a firo which y^atroyod ;**c home of Andrew Bait/ /nt Bradford^! Pa. Tho origin ls rn// known. t \ 1 (//known. t'\ The Cotton Milis Declare Cloth Market Need Relief, Mighty Poi- C<uit of yow B????d ?MUIH aii^;<>ijfo HuiKlrod ?nd Fifty Thousand'Wiorkcrs Affected. Tho''Arkwright Club, which von resents tho cotton; nilli interests in Now^yEngland, at a meeting' ut Hos ton T^iursTIhy^V.otoi^for tho curtal! mont o* tween rel lev a.. e neut tP sp?cial special epeoial ?peola.1 .popial ?peo?al special Kollook Hebron Harmony Antioch Willi? Ebooo?or Cho Booda Tatum Booda Pine Grore Ann?. "PWHBI Usurer Marlboro Cou, o-day, iave bo/ Igbt, Th, I ia tor ltd lllls, tho lie Amoskoj! hester, omplc mst of tho^. ^ ictorlen.^gjfc* rf aco, M ; runswiclj. ipnd?lion powdej li?ttd / A high-class remedv u ThrAnd mules in poor conri?i h?ri ne; m need of a tonic S?10* a ass..>uscle an* f- " Bit^ in & i o, . , ? smooi M^ted,^, .>'?;;! ?.><.. ?fapft onth ago, ' 'u Inrcmont, tu vu. 5 shut Mills ^ r deliver lorty to . winter ai o al production .25 r cent partially before March 1, d tho remainder after that dato, ie method of reducing ls left largo to the discretion of tho managers, cording to some of tho oflicers ol e texlle unions, the op?rai Ives pre 1* to work 4 days a week rather an be continuously idle for a per il of nearly three weeks. Tho curtailment movement origl ited in New York commission mses, which feared a congestion ul tods and falling prices In thc ring If tho mills continued to oper e in full during the winter. DASTARDLY OUTRAGE flinken Man Fired Into a Passen ger Train. Augustus B. Stevens, aged IS, iggage master on the Virginia and arolina Coast Railway, was shot id instantly killed Christmas Day f John White, aged 20, while tho oin was passing through Hobbs lile, N. C. White ls under arrest lid has confessed. A group of about f> men were in a field near tho rall aad track and a Christinas frolic as,in full blast. Stevens was standing at the open oor of his car, when suddenly un was fired from the group, (ho bargo striking Stevens In tho head 'he train was Stopped as soon as ossible, but when tho crew roached he scene of the shooting the mem ors of the frolicking parly bad fled o the adjoining woods. Later lowever, a posse from llobbsville urroundlng the woods and many ol ugitlvos were captured. Among hose was John White, who confess id tho shooting. Ho said he bad boon Irlnkillg and bad no intention tilling anyone when ho bred Hu ?ital shot. in iioai the com ind bel prof who til i turn T niau be ban cast ont soil? L nor tho neel was on hu thai aloi pon / up pall pat 'ld i P fro tho foti Freight Money Short. According to the statement mader ty au pfiioini of Hie Soulhern railway tho entire system bas lost during the past two week-8 more than $2 00, ooo In ?ts freight huisnoss from the volume- of trade last year. The gen eral tight ness of the money market and a more conservative and econo mic conduct ol' trade ls attributed at the cause Of the reduction of thc freight business. All IOU Kii em sat thc dis mc vis sal agi lal ho foi rai Cn of M e Wants to be Hung. At Rome, Ca., Dick Johnson; Wae awakened by his wife Friday night Mrs. Johnson had soon a hogrO standing by her bed, looking down upon her and her husband. Johnson grappled With tho negro, but he broke away and leaping I brough a window, escaped. Furniture Company Fails. The Lion Furniture Company, ol Spar tabbil rig Ka?" gone into bank ruplc;-. The petition to have the furniture company declared bunk rupt was made hy ll. B, Carlisle, re presenting a number of but of tow 1 vi' (ns before ll. E. Dopass, roforco ikiuptcy. il ' tr Found in NEAR CITY'? i [Night Watchman 1{ MH OS as Tiios? pt Saw doing Will, a ,""r?-?.?-T-'*A'^. . . a* V 7 a* <? I a /. ill i i ? ri ?/a ..lin, / 2 >.;:)',, 2 COllI? 4 mills 4 mills 2 milla ?ll male dud 6o nod lil?VVjJ B?6 M IM fe Dollar cerc?os yonra Ooto 'ty. rs sesL nd) ii'.'i i VJ ; JILwo 8awoj Dublin iW. PfOparod to supply WOO? JFOU ALL* - Mill 3 milos from Town, . ?T. JONE/gi April 25 190? Beuottsvillo, 8.1 Seaboard Interchangeable Mi Better Than Ever. The Seaboard Air Xii ohan?cable mi?ec pn salo, will after ga> worgift Souther! iftIN2r<Wk *M Soul tip and Worth CarolL *??. and Carolin?3 five new ,; XA ; ?I l-''<T:-tV:.l?ft*?, ? J...it. Harrison ,'d a woman's crTeT marsh land. They seoTrT 0 from tho direction Of the pindi /. sounded like ''spare mo" and V^y p." Nearer the girls wore np iched by. a well dressed stranger, accosted and followed thom un they met a policeman, when he led nnd lied. be girls lind a good view of the 1 under an electric light and while was woll and nently drossod his v ds showed either that ho was ac oroed to manual labor or had ye- . ;ly been engaged'in work that ad his fingers. Ifo had boon extinct, the coro- ? said, about twelvo hours when body was found. * A mark on tho K indicatod that strangulation tho manner of death. Scratches tho logs and trunk, and pieces of 1er forced into the flesh showed t tho body had been dragged lg a dudor path, which skirts th?' it. d. X ,; I Jong the path tho police picked ' a wliito silk waist, a skirt and a p of silk garters. Following, the ? h tho police carno upon, tho yacht lo Hour," which was tied up at oint on tho Passaic about 300 foot in where tho body was found. On yacht the police say; that they nd a soal skin and fur nock piece. Phe occupants of tho yacht were >ert Thompson, 41 years old, of /.alioth, a boatman, and Fredorlck 'kman, 3 8 years old. Roth wore ployed on the boat. Thompson d that ho found fur pieces near ' i cinder path. Plie pollco lound on the boat . hes enough for threo dinners, rho n, howovor, said that they had no ? itor on the Idle. Hour. The .police d they had practically nothing", [iliist the prisoners, 'but would d i- '' n thom until further Inquiry could ; made. An autopsy will bo per- . .mod as soon as lt can be "'ar ti god. FATAL ACCIDENT / Hised by a Hoy Having Dynamite J in His Pocket. Dan Bradley, tho TC-yoar-old son! a widow at Pratt City, Alfy, died, nirsday as a result of injuries re ived lu an explosion , of dynamite a C.hristn.us party. Tho boy car] od a piece of dynamite in his coal icket. While on the porch lp Hied, and tho dynamite esp)? The boy's right log was toij nd his body was thrown yi<|] trough a window info tho here nie guests wore asf" evoral boys and girls wore own, and others wore badi p by tho explosion and tricking them. Tho housi f wrecked. Sorrowful Occuj At Clinton Mr, lo son was burnt aaa eve.. Tho rn, he children to nas. She wont! md w? ju sho