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Tire Marlboro Democrat _' ""? TllOU' qnBAT MMBTV. UWMBB OLK SOULS AND MAKE OMI LIVES IN TH? POSSESSION HAPPY Olt OUKT>EAT1IS ?IXMtlOtB IN TH Y~ "cAUSE/* "-=1 VOL XXXII}_BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1908 NO. ft THE STATE WINS Judge Prichard Refuses to Inter fere in the Dispesnary Matter. ? _ GRAFT HUNT GOES ON. Whiskey Deniers Who Swindled tho Slate Will Hnve to Paco tho Muslo or Do Without Their Money That May Do Owed Them Dy the Old South Carolina stnte Dispensary Authorities. At Asheville, N. C.. on Wednesday Judge Prichard in tho United Slates circuit court denied tho petition of Flcischniann &. Co., of New York and refused to appoint a receiver for the South Carolina State Dispen sary fund of jsoo.ooo, against which there are alleged to bo claims ag gregating $000,000. The Judge made his announce ment during tho afternoon session, after attorneys for tho dispensary commission had presented their hill . in answer to the sensational charges made lu the Fleischmann petition, which was flied In this court a short time ago. The answer alleges that the claim of Fleischmann & Co. is unjust and Invalid and that there was collusion and conpsirncy between the plaintiff and another firm to defraud the State and that the State was cheated out of a largo sum of money in each of tho claims made by the plaintiff; tt also alleges that Fleischmann & Co. sold to the State a con cock lion with a mero trace of whiskey. The answer declared false the al legation by Fleischmann & Co. that the commissioners were wrongfully withholding tho money for their own individual interests. The answer de nied as false and maliclouss the al legation in the complaint which refer red to a conspiracy between Attorney . General Lyon and the dispensary commission and demanded proof. Shortly after tho eo.i-t. convened for tho afternoon session, Judge Prichard announced from tho bench that he would not appoint a re ceiver for tho dispensary, as he fedt that the funds are now fully protoct .Ved. Mo directed tho attorneys to con flue their arguments to tho question as to whether this court could as sume jurisdiction, Ibo point being WllOthor or hot this is a suit against tho State. Mr. I), L. Rou nt reo of Atlanta, for the commission, consum ed tho remainder of the afternoon sos sio ? in argument to establish the fact that tho State is an indispensa ble party to the suit. Before tho bill of tho defendants was read, Attorney G?nerai Lyon of South Carolina replied to tho allega tions made hy Fleischmann &. Co. relative to the transfer of funds from the jurisdiction of the court, saying that the State of South Carolina was not running away, that tho allegation was false. He read a concurrent res olution adopted by the house of rep resentatives Tuesday. In the course of tho resolution lt was staled that tho legislature of Souh Carolina In creating the dispensary commission did not consent to suits against tho State for claims as a result of the dispensary muddle. Just before Judge Prichard an nounced his decision there was a sharp colloquy between Attorney General Lyon of South Carolina and Geoi'gO H. Lester of New York and Alf. S. Barnard, who represent Fleischman & Co; Mr. Barnard ask ed for time to prepare answers to the ailldnvHs of the commission. lb- stated that the commission had Invited creditors lo come to Colum bia to pioVO their claims. Hut. at the ?ame limo it was known thal somo f th ol' l,n warrants w ere ready In tho oul?O Of the attorney general on Which the representative:* of the creditors would be arrested, and in stanced the case of the proproscnta tlvo tor I'llinan & Co., who had been arrested, charged with fraud and required lo give heavy bond. Judge Prichard roma rh cd that if he ?ooh jurisdiction ho would ap point a mai ter lo sift ali charges of fraud to the bottom. The attorney Gonorril In reply to Mr. Laniard said: "Of course we hoar ibis cry from those who have defrauder tho Stale. Naturally, when I cnn catch any of these fellows in Routh Carolina, I will arrest them. I have no warrant, however, for the Flcischmnnn representatives and I Will agree that they shall come to South Carolina to prove their claims and depart unmolested." He added, lipwover, that there was a warrant (i'lir tho representatives of the An heuser-Busch concern. Mr. Mordet ai responded that. Mr. Fanni m, tho niau referred to. bsd Jolt the State on business. But h? would return and meet all charges. Mr. Stevenson, counsel for the commission, staled there was no in Untion of Inveigling men to South TERRIBLE CRIME. Committed at New Burn. N. C. by Two White Men. Wife of Prominent Citizen Held at Their Mercy-rosso Aiding in the Search for the Brutes. A special from Now Horn, N. C., Monday gives the particulars of a horrible outrage by two while men, perpetrated early Monday morning on Mrs. S. I... Buck, tho wife of a prom inent citizen of New Hern, at their home In the principal residence sec tion. Tho men called at tho home of Mr. Buch about midnight, and Airs. Buck finally answered their repeated knocks for admission. When she? opened the door and they learned from her of her husband's absence, they choked ber Into submission and repeatedly outraged and assaulted her. A posse of citizen's are helping tho oflicers in searching tor the men. THAW NOT H Ul I/TY Of Murder, But (?oes lo the Insane Asylum. Acquitted Saturday at New York of the murder of Stanford White on tho ground that he was insane at Ibo Hmo of the homicide, Harry K. Thaw was ordered hy Justice Dowl ing to be committed to the Manhat tan asylum for tho criminal insane until snob a time as he eau convince the state lunacy commission that his being at large will not endanger tho public safety. Doth Thaw and his wife, the latter hoing tlu? only member of his family in oeurt when the jury unexpected ly returnd Its verdict nftor a delib eration of 2f> hours, seemed pleased ami satisfied with the outcome of tho case. Thaw stood and Bmillingly bowed bis acknowledgements to tho jurors as they bled ono by ono out of the box. District Attorney Jerome also seemed satisfied, as be bas con tended ever since the erl mo was com mitted that Thaw was medically if not. legally, Insano. Thaw's counsel thanked the Jury with a hearty hand-shake for each one of the twelve men. Attorney Littljohn Hied an exception to Justice Bowing's decision in retaining Thaw in custody and committing him to tho asylum. mo PitOTWOtioi) i u ni. Married His Cousin to Prevent Her Marrying Another. A special to The Augusta Chroni cle from Albany, Qa., says the con tracting parties to a marriage Sun day were Miss Lemmie Giddens and Mr. H. T. Giddens, both of Worth county. Miss Gldden'S father objected to her receiving tho attentions of a cer tain youhg man of the neighborhood. ile ordered his daughter to remain In the house day and night. B. T. Giddons, a third cousin, went to her father, and offered to co-operate In the plan to savo her from tho objec tionable suitor. Young Giddons kept his part of the bargain so far as other men were concerned, but he construed lite agreement liberally in favor of him self and married t he girl. t (?o?os ll' troll Ll KM, Krotn tho Lunatic Asylum to the State Penitentiary. John Heard was convicted at GainosvlllO, Ca., ot murder on last Thursday and ordered sent to the penitentiary for lire, for the murder of w. tv Hammond, his father-in law The killing Occurred three years ago. On the hist trial Beard entered an insanity pion He was ?0Ut to the stnlo sanitarium at Mllledgovlllo. Lately he was declared hy the au thorities there ha have been restored to mental health. He was brought back to Dali county and arraigned for tho killing, conviction result lng. t MAN DROPPED DLAD And the Shock on Seeing Him Killed ills Nobe. Al Millville, N. J., Thursday, Rollin Nichloson, a well known oyster .ship per, dropped dead Thursday ns he stepped from a train on his return homo from Savannah, where he had been ill from typhoid fever. The body was taken to the homo of a brother near the railroad and when Mildred Nickolson, a niece, saw ll , 6ho collapsed and died In a short linne. t Carolina for tho pur poso of prosecu tion. Judge Prichard then announced that no receiver would he appointed and arguments on Jurisdiction was then begun by Mr. Hountre*. The Crown Prince Also a Victim ot the Assassins. KILLED ON THE SPOT Wore Throe of the Murderers, and the City of Lisbon Wan In an Up roar-The Tradegy Occurred While King Carlos, Queen Amelie and Their Two Sons Were Hiding in t lie Streets of the City. King Carlos, of Portugal, and the Crown Prince Lilly. Philllppo were as sassinated Saturday afternoon while riding along the streets of Lipson on their way from tho raiload station to the palace. Tho King's second son, the Infanta Manuel, was Slightly wounded, hut tineen Amelie, who strove to save the Crown Prince's life hy throwing herself upon him, was unhurt. A hand of mon walting at tho cor ner of Praco Do Comtnorclo and the Una Do Arsenal suddenly sprung to ward the open carriage, 1,1 which the family won- driving to tho palace, and loveling carbines which they had concealed upon thom fired. The King and tho Crown Prince, upon whom the attack was directed, wore each shot three times and they lived only long enough to he carried to the ma rine arsenal near hy, where they ex pired. j Almost at tho first shot tho King fell back on the cushions dying, and at the same moment the Crown Prince was seen to half arise and then sink hack on the neat. Queen Amelie jumped up and throw herself toward the Crown Prince In an ap parent effort to save his lifo at tho cost of her own, hut tho Prince had received his death wound. The guard tired upon the assassins and killed three of them. A strong guard was in attendance because of the recent uprising in tho city and the discovery of a plot to assassinate Premer! Franco and ov erthrow the monarchy. Hut tho band of murderers had selected the most advantageous spot for tho'com mission of their crime, for they wei o concealed from the eyes of the police until the carriage had wheeled into ithe Praco Do Com morolo, a largo square. Before any of Hie guard were aware of what was happening the assassins leaped toward the car riage and ?rn tautly a fuslado of shots rang out. lu a moment all was terrible con fusion, the Kin;: and Crown Prince ?was shot down without the slightest t chance to savo themselves Police guards sprang upon the regicides, tho i number of whom ls somewhat un certain, and killed three of them and captured three others. One of those committed suicide after being placed \ In prison, lt is charged that ono of the murderers was a Spaniard nam ed Cardova Tho news swept through tho 'elly like lire through dry p.rass, and the populace is panic 'stricken, not knowing where the next blow may fall. There ls the greatest dread for the future of tho country, Which 8C01US (Ml 'he vergO of being I blunged into the awful throes of n revolution with ail tho attendant honors and bloodshed Throughout tue city consternation reigns, ?ind all tho houses and business places aro i barricaded. An examination of the wounds of the King, who was already dead when he reached the arsenal, showed that three bullets had found their mark. ():?e wound was situated at tho nape j of tho neck, a second in tho shoulder and the third, which was the fatal .wound severed the candid artery. Tho Crown Prince, who Was stll i breathing, but who died almost im mediately, after admission to the ar son ah had suffered three wound in (he bead and " host. Two bull?is had shuck Prince Manuel, one in Ibo low er jaw and another in Hie arm. I (?ueen Maria Phi, the mother of King Car!;;.;, ?he Duke of Oporto, his brother, a number Of the ministers and Court officials hastened al once to the palace when the nows reached thom (o' the altUcIl upon Hie royal family. The cold blooded murder has soul a thrill of horror throughout Hie country. King Carlos was tho son of tho lalo King Louis and spouse, the Princess Pia, daughter of King Victor Immanuel, of Haly, and was horn on September L'S, I S (',:{. He succeeded lo lin? throne October 19,1880. ll" married in ism; the Princess Amollo, of Orleans, tho dani':! er of the Count of Hails, and had two sons, PrlllCl Louis Philippine, Duke of Hramn/a the Crown Prince, born In ISST, thc Prince Manuel, Duke of Hoja, born ill I ss:) A dispatch from Lisbon, Monday rays: A reign of terror exlstf throughout tho entire country. M?sl of the pcoplo think rovolutlon la cor NEARLY FREEZES To Death In His Own Refrigerator an Atlanta, Ga. DOOR SHUT ON HIM And W. U. Whit?, Jr., Hud Artic Adventure In his Ice Hou.se, Where Ho Had Gone to See How the Thermometer Was Work lug and if the Meats Were iu Good Condi' (ion. Tliis is tho story of how an Atlan ta man was lost in tho artics Sunday morning and kept himself from freez ing to death only hy dragging the forequarter of beef frantically hack and forth for more than an hour as told hy tho Atlanta Journal. On last Sunday morning shortly arter ten o'clock W. H. Whlto, Jr., of tho Whlto McLendon company, wholesalo dealers In meats, stepped Into the refrigerator of his ware house at 1 and 3 Bast Wall street, for tho purpose of seeing what de gree his thermometer registered. No sooner was Mr. Whlto iusldo than the door of the Ice house hanged and the spring lock clicked fast. From then until 11 o'clock ho had no need to consult tho thermometer to know the temperature. "1 have discovered tho north pole," he said shortly aftor his release, "and I can tell you it's a bad thing to hunt for." While Mr. White was working his hardest to keop up a faint spark of 1 warmth in his blood, his carriage ' With Mrs. White in it was awaiting him in front of Dui ?mt's restaurant 'on Alabama street. Ho bad called 1 at the restaurant a few moments be fore to take James S. Gaines and Mrs. Gaines for a morning drive. Mr. ' Gaines was slightly delayed so Mr. Whlto said: 1 "I think I'll drop by the warehouse 1 while wo're waiting and havo a look 1 at th?? morcury. Ho back in a min- ' ul.-..' i When the minute had passed and 1 twenty more had followed the ladies 1 grew uneasy. Hy eleven o'clock Mr. Gaines yielded to their anxiety and 1 sot out to lind the trouble. ' In the meantime a strange and, ' for the time hoing a terrible drama 'vas being' enacted in that ice house. 1 Anyone who could have |.ped In at 1 tho time would have seen a white faced man lighted by tho misty blue of a solitary Incandescent globe rac ing from one side of the box to the j nt her willi a huge quarter of beef 'on his shoulder. Ile would hang the beef fust upon ono hook and then 'upon another, all the while swinging ii is. arms high above his head and do ; lng a thousand and ono Swoboda ! st nuts. "lt was either this or freeze," ex plained Mr. White, "if a man ls bani at work he can live in such a | refrigerator! bree or four hours, but j if he stands still he will pretty soon | he like one of those petrified animals that geologists dig up in northern ! Russia. ! And so back and forth he tugged [the beef until the end of his impris onment ll looked like a soup bone that had done duty three days, j once a telegram messenger boy passed <>n the alley on which a tiny I side window of the refrigerator op-j ens. Mr. White heard him whistling and with all his might he shouted land beat upon the sides of the he 'house. Hut the hoy kopi on his way ll nil OOd in g. Then he bogan to think what might happen. Ile Concluded at first that someone was playing a joke on him and then he decided that pretty soon the policeman of the beat would pass and seeing Hie keys In the front door would lock thinks np and go away, j ile conjectured that in ?lie mean 'Hine Mr. Gaines and the ladies would decide that bo had been detained on hminess and would take a prelimi nary drive civil town. However, he might view the situation, it looked 'hopeless and he remembered all. the stories bo had read (d' travelers bein? buried under the mow and freo/.lllg to death with no earthly sound io greet them, except the lugubrious howl of far awav packs of Wolves. Kvcry detail of his strange prison j fell Into barine ty with such roman ices. The incandescent globe cloaked I In its chill fog shot forth fantastic tain and that the country will be plunged into the throngs ol' civil war. The city ls swarming with Hoops. Many of those, it is feared, are dis loyal and this adds lo the confusion and terror of the people. Huns have ' bien planted in position ti* cover all ,j approaches to the royal palace, the . paco des Noc8sldndcs. Squadrons of i'cavalry are stationed at various I points, ready to charge mobs in any ' part of tho city. Troops aro guard 5'lng tho residence of Premier Franco t 1 and the home* of all tho principal - government officiais. DEATH IN A CYCLONE. Six Persons Killed Outright and Several Others Injured. Laid Wast? a Htrlp of Farming Conn try Three Quarter? of a Milo Wide und Several M i ICM Long. Six persons wore klllod outright Friday afteruoou hy a cyclono which laid waste a strip of farming coun try three-quarters or a mlle wide und several miles long Just north of Wos son, Miss. Four persons wero probably fa tally wounded by the storm, and many others woio slightly hurt when their homes were blown down. The following person? were killed: Mrs. Hon Martin aud her small children. Dave Martin. Fatally injured: Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Maddox. Unknown negro man Seriously injured: Wm. Allen, Miss Allen. The tornado struck about four o'clock. For a distance of twenty miles In a northqsaterly direction the wind tore a pathway nearly a mlle wide, partly or wholly destroy ing nearly every building in this area. Scores of dead farm animals lit tered the storm's track. Tho ros!, dence of Mr. and Mrs. Maddox was blown completely off tho premises and Mrs. Maddox's back was broken. A negro WUB found fatally injured In tho debris of Robert Littleton's farm house. The cotton gu and store t)f Ras Matthews were almost wholly destroyed. At Georgetown building? were,, blown down and at Ilazelhurst, two'] ?aw mills were destroyed, many' fences and several small buildings were blown over, and some loss of life ls reported Messengers reached Hazelhurst late Friday evening from tho region 9wept by the storm In quest of phy sicians, all tho: e available at that point going to the scone. Consider able damage ls reported to have oc curred at Millsays, twelve miles southeast of Hazelhurst. Darkness settled down so quickly lifter the cyclone- that only an In completo estimate of the destruction to life and property was obtained. |< Men in carriages aro driving through ( i he district offering aid to tho suf- 1 tarers, t 1 HUMAN LOTTIiKY Theatre .Management Advertises to Give Away n Little Raby Incensed at what they term an "insult to motherhood," certain wo men in Minneapolis, Miss, are hand-1 lng together in an effort to compel the manager of a local theatre to J desist from bis denounced plan of giving away chances on a six-weeks- ' old child to all women who attend a matinee performance at tho play house In the near future, and as a last resort declare they will attempt to secure an injunction from tho court to prevent lt Tho theatre maintains that it ts a legitimate advertising scheme in which many women who wish a child will be mitre than willing to partic ipate. The baby has boon provided, and if nothing happens to prevent, the human lottery will take place as outlined, the child going to the hold er of the lucky number, hut tho In dignant mothers say that the "san ctity of tho American home" is at viske and they think they can stop tho lottery. t OVIO H DOS F OF MOD 1*11 IN H. Brooklyn Drug Clerk Saw Apparition of His Daughter, Relieving that ho bad seen the ap-! parltlon of his daughter and that this foretold of Ibo nine-year-old girl j suffering from scarlet fever Albert .Mot lier, a Brooklyn drug clerk, took an overdose Of morphine and died In a hotel. Mueller ls sahl to have seen the haunting vision on Sunday OVO? liing, HO jo fl home on Monday and nothing' more was heard ol' him until ho was dying in Ibo hotel, t _i rays that seemed like the aurora borealis and tho hugo blocks of ice that hemmed him In wore ror all tho world like tho mountains of Lapland. By the time tho quarter ol' beef had been frazzled to gaunt skeleton Mr. Haines nrrlved. Inside the store ho hear<l tho steady beating against tho walls and pretty soon recognized his friend's voice In the muffled shout for holp. Mr. White never stopped to s( ? What tho thermometer registered when the door was finally pried open land be stood once again in the tom pei ale zone. "I don't, believe there's a ther mometer with enough notches on It to toll the story," ho said. BOLD THIEVES They Get a Sack Containing Three Thousand Dollars BY DARING ROBBERY. The Express Agent at Mansfield, Ohio, Knocked Senseless and Thea tho Thieves Got Away With On? Hag of Money, but Overlooked Another Hag That Contained For ty Thousand Dolars. Ono of tho boldest robberies over known, took place at Mansfield, Ohio, shortly after midnight Wed nesday, when two masked robbers entered tho office of tho Adams Ex prss Company there, knocked Wil liam Depew, tho agent, unconscious, sud got away with $3,000, while nearly fifty passengers stood about tho station waiting for trains. A bag containing $40,000 in gold was lying near the $3,000, but waa ovevrlooked by tho robbers. Telegrams were sent to tho police of tho nearby towns and an a result, John McCue and Joseph Stevens were taken into custody at New Lou don. They had a sack token from tho express office containing tho $3,000. Stevens, the police say, confessed ind implicated George McGinity, a Friend of Dope w's, who was in tho )filee at tho time and was covered with a revolver during tho robbery. According to Stephen's story, tho noney arrived Tuesday night from Jolphos, Ohio, and was consigned to i bank nt Hamilton, Ohio. Steven? ?aid McGinity tipped off the arrival )f the money, and cooked up a .?chemo with him and McCuo to rob he office. McGinity wns locked up. He do hles the charge. LEV EH AETjgit MONEY, 7or Soil Demonstration Work in Or angchurg, Leo and Sumter. The Washington correspondent of the s'ews and Courter says a heating of :onsidernble Importance to tho peo )lc of Orangeburg, Sumter and Lee counties was had in Washington on Monday afternoon before the House iommlttoo on agriculture. Represen at ive Lever, in whoso district the throe counties named lie, secured :hc presence of Messrs. . A. Rousted ind Krank Ronnett, experts in soil survey work in the department of Agriculture, in an effort to secure an Appropriation with which to carry >n work already commenced in those counties. Messrs. Ronsteel and Bennett, who htive been In South Carolina on fre quent occasions, and who have done considerable work in Mr. Lever's District, demonstrated to the com mittee just what the soil In the coun ties named can produce under prop er conditions am, how much the farmers living In those counties would bo benefited by a continuation of the demonstration work already undertaken lhere. Mr. Lever believes that h will ho successful in securing an appropria tion with which to carry on the work, lt will mean much to tho farming interests of all tho counties in tho soventh district. NINE MINERS PERISIL Killed by Explosion In West Virgin ia Coal Mine. Nine miners Thursday met sudden death in tho New River Valley col lier kliown to miners as the Lower Doone Mino, near llawys Nest, W. Va., In an explosion that partly wrecked tho mino. About '.?.?> men were lu the miuo at tho Hmo Of tho explosion. Those who escaped suffered only Blight in jury. One of tho bodies was thrown out of tho mino and into n tree sev eral yanls from the shaft. Rowles, ono Of tho dead men, who was blown down tho incline was the only man not instantly killed His arms and legs were blown off. t KEEP TO THE HIGHT. Tho Duty of Clinffcurs ls to Ho on Hie Lookout? A decision by tho district court of appeals nt Los Angelos, Cal., recent ly declares In effect that nutomohil lsts are obliged to look ont for tho pedestrians and keep from running thom down and that pedestrians can not be charged with contributory negligence if they do not keep out of tho way of automobiles Tho de cision confirms a Judgment for J 7, 000 damages awarded Stnnloy King .who had been run down by an nu? Uomoblle of H. K. Gresn. t