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The Marlboro Democrat 'DO THOU , GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOI LS AM) MAKIO OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OH OUB DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL XXXIU_ BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1008 NO. 8 MANY KILLED And Much Proporty Destroyed by a Dest'.uUive Cyclone. SWEEPS TEXAS TOWN Two Known to Bo Demi ami Many Fatalities Aro Feared-Buildings ' 1^ Flattened and Wi?? Linos Prostrat ed-Tornado Visits Mississippi Wip ing Out Three Towns, Desi roy lng filfo and Property in Many IMuccs. Tylor, Texas, was swept by (In most disastrous tornado in its history before daylight Friday. Coining from tho southwest, tho storm swept I over tho main residence quarter of] the city, leaving a trail of death and d?vast?t ion. The known dead are C. A. Franois, agent of tim Dallas News, and bis wl'e and batty and a negro, Mose Eco. I Francis's body was found a hun dred yards from his wrecked homo. Tiie laxly of his child was found in the street. Mrs. Francis was in tito ^, wreckage of the building. Six seriously injured persons aro reported. They aro Irwin Franklin and his wife and four children. One of tho children may die. The Frank lins were caught ia the wreckage of, their home. Wires are down in al! directions from Tyler, but reports from far mers are that farm houses along the tines were blown dov.n. it is Im possible to ascertain the loss of life tn rural regions, hut il ls known the (ornado swept everything clean for a distance of Ave miles. Throe miles from the town the wind demolished the home of Irwin Franklin, severely wounding Franklin and his wife and four children. Tho tornado tore a path through Tyler , 100 feet wide. Buildings, telephone .and electric, light poles were laid Hat tn tho .storm's 'path, while grqat dam-j .?ge waa dono in.other partir.6-8vt.be city. CYCLONE IN MISSISSIPPI. Six People Billed and Three Small Towns Demolished. A dispatch from Meridan says 3 tgY.maU low ii- were, practically demol ished by a tornado Friday. Reports of the tiumber of the killed rang?1 from six to ten, willi the smaller, number probably correct. Mossville, S< rv leo and Soso are tho towns destroyed, They are all In Jones County and all are vqry small being merely a handful of scattered dwellings. Tho tornado struck tlieni about] noon, and in most Instances is report ed td have carried buildings 111 its path Completel) off the lots on which they stood. Nearby Holds were cov ered with wreck ago, and t ho branches of severa i trees were littered with small household articles. h. ?. Norrlson, a resident, of Moss ville, ?aid that ho was out of doors during the blow and was compelled | to grasp a wiro fence to keep from j being blown away. Ho said the dead I at Mossville are Alexander W indham and w ife, negroes. Near thc town ho said four white poisons had hoe ll killed, a man and his wife and their two children. V^ISC names he did not learn. Tho Merion sly injured at Mossville aro .). \V. Rollinson, Mr. and Mrs. Win. Campbell and Minnie Campbell. Near Service one child of I ko Hol loway IS reported (lend and also an unknown negro. Tho tornado was accompanied hy a I orren I of rain, which caused a sudden rise in tho creeks and washed away several bridges. * | \ Vol Mi MAN SLAIN, '?herc Was No Immediate Provoca tion, But Old Crudtfe. A. J, Cline, a yening lumber deal er, formerly of Bristol, Va., was shot and instantly lilied bv Luke Ban ner, Sixty years old and a wealthy merchant ai Bntihor Nik, N. C. There was no Im med lalo provocation for the killing, but. it ls said, waa tho result of an ?dd grudge. Cline, lt is alleged, was shot down without warn ing, I'aum-r osen pod oh horseback, and b; still at large, though ho was peen lal< r near Montezuma heavily armed and fleeing, A poSSo is in pursuit. POOR, VET Lien. A Wealthy Man Bles 111 a Hovel Willi $ i no,ooo, john McMillan, aged So, died In a hovel on l)ie outskirts of Chattan ooga, Teilll. Thursday, for years he lived in apparent poverty. After his death il was discovered that be was worth il'.a.nun, which bo carried with him in a basket. FAKE WHISKEY FIRMS Whiskey Was Bought From Houses That Nevji Has Existed. Remarkable Testimony a? to l)i?pen nary Creditor? Brought Out mt Mi? newring in Columbia On Thursday. It having; been established before tho dispensary commission that the address given as headquarters of the alleged liquor thin of Boluir Distill ing Company is In a fashionable res idence of Baltimore, it was brought out at thc hearing Thursday that tho address given at the Washington branch of (he Belair concern was the same address of Richard & Co., 4M) Pennsylvania avenue. From letter heads of both con cerns it was shown that J. S. Richard, a member of the firm of Richard & Co., was also president of tho Belair concern, and then it was shown that Richard is a brothor-in-law of M. M. Goodman, the ngont ot' Ullman &. Co., who is now nuder bond on charges of conspiracy (o defraud tho State. The Belair Company, lt appeared, began to do business with the dis pensary after 1905, when Gilman & Co. were put on the blacklist by tho Hay committee. lt was then stated by Mr. Folder that Goodman had pul in bids for Gilman & Co., (bo Anchor Distilling Company, Strauss ?i- Co., diehard <fc Co., (he Commonwealth Dis! ?liing Company and tho Boluir Distilling Company, all of which gol sadness from tho dispensary, and all of v hicli according- io Mr. Folder, bo longed (o (ho "Ullman family." it was shown that Goodman in 11* 0 3 had put In a bid as president of tb?) Commonwealth Company, though in Ids recent testimony be said ho left. tin; Commonwealth Company before that year. The old dispensary law prohibited ono concern putting in moro than one bid. Tho commission passed, a. judgment .tindiif^ thal ou account of over! es the Belair concern was indebted to the Slate In Gio sum of ? 1 0,11)2 to which is to bo applied the amount of (ho claim, ?C.SSG.'I 1. Gul if tho Belair concern is a fake cOUCOrn what, ls the judgment worth? To show (hat it is a fake concern, Fol der said no record ol' its charier could be found in any Statt?; there was no response lo a notice sent by roglstorcd mail, ho one bad appeared l'or Ibo COUCOrn and ile- iiouse could not be found in Baltimore by a col led ion agency. During the investi gation Mr. Lyon BUspCCtOd tbat tho BChlir concern was a protege of Fleischman & Co. ile was on tho track, but did liol the game. FvidenCO was also produced to show thal .1. W. Killy & Co., nod Klug fi-. Co.. both of Chattanooga, was one and ?ho same concern and both had put in bids on Silver Spring corn liquor at prices 20 per cent, higher than Kelly & Co. bad charg ed other cuslomorH outside the State. The claim ?>f Klug & Go. amounis to $t,,3iir,. * IMPORTANT GM,I. GASS GD. Provides fm- thc Sale of the Dispon* Bary Kcal Fslate. The Nash bill providing for (he salo by (he state sinking fund com mission of tho dispensary real ?slate al an lipsot price Of $75,000, was passed by Gu- house. Th?' bill carries a coinmiiteo amendment forbidding paying ont of any dispensary funds except Gu' cheeks countersigned hy tho stain troasurot' and this only up on lb?' cert i ilea le ol fhn commission I hat the payment is for stone ex pense ol' lb?' commission or for a claim passed upon ami ordered paid hy th,- commission. Tin- bill extends tho per diem of tim co min I sion lill, january, I 000, and allow s them $150 each foi" service D'OUI Ill'St of ll?? year to the prosonl Gum. * SU .GGGD ON GI VG WIRE. And Both Horse and Lad Were In s(nutty Killed. At Thompson, Ca., Willie Richards Ibo eighteen year obi son of .lohn ll. Richards Of thal county, was kill ed in a most horrible manner Thurs day afternoon. The electric wire lending from th" electric plant to tho Smith Manufacturing Company foll lo the ground, and was Still on the ground wit? n young Ulchnrds carno up the road, and Gie horse's fe (?I ri, in k Ile- live wire, killing holli th?* horse and rider llb tani ly. * dumped I ro n Brooklyn Bridge. Ai New Vorh .To li ri Grant, an n M employed prlnloi', jumped Fr fd ri j' from Ibo Brooklyn hrldgo and nh I hough he landed arnon g Hon tl rig lc cakes in ibo river 200 feel below, pi caped with only a fow mino' [bruhns, . LYON FLINGS LIE At Editor KoGster of tho Columbia Evsning Rjcord WHILE HE IS IM COURT AR a Witness, Where Hr find Been Summoned by (he Attorney-Gener al lo <.'ive His Unisons for Assert" inf; Timi the Attorney (Jenora] lias lleeii Trying to Convict in Dispen sary Cases with Hough! Testimony. Durin.fr thc session of the dispen sary commission Thursday after noon, Attorney (louerai Lyon de uouueed Mr. George lt. Rooster, edi tor and manager of the Columbia Record, as "A most infamous and (Iii Iv liar." Mr. Koestor, who was present, UKKOU lur mo protection of tin. Court, and arose from his chair. Thc situation was tense und Commis sioner hatton also arose as if to step between Lyon and Kooster. Mr. Lyon warned Mr, Kooster aol lo approach and dramatically told him ho (Lyons) walked thc streets ol Col umbin und was personally responsible for what ho sahl. The Inciden! prow oui o? an edi torial in tho Record Wednesday ar terial In tho Record Thursday af hroughl Into tho room while tho com mission vs ns in session and thc at tention ot Mr Lyon was (ailed to th? editorial. Mr. Lyon had just cullie Into the loom, lb- al once re quested thc commission io summon] Mr. Kooster. This was RR rood lo, and Mr. Stevenson, drew np (ho sum mons, which was sighed by Mr Mc Swooil Tho marshal of the commis sion wai given Hie paper and within a hall hour or so returned will? Mr. Kooster, ?ho had como very willing ly. Ile was examined under oath by Mr. Stevenson, (he regular counsel for the commission. Mr. I'/'.slei- ih.ee?..,JVH>;1. . The official record is lu substance as follows: Q. Mr. Kooster, tho attention of tho commission has berni drawn to this paragraph in this afternoon's daily paper .is follows: "The Record hes I te?'il asked Wh> il assails Attorney Gotii ral Lyon and Kooks to hamper his altenipts to have j "grafters'1 punished The insinua tion in the question ls that the !{..-' cord is in sympathy with th ?fi "grat ters." The Insinuation is too con temptible to not ii e. "io.xplanat ion <n* tho I tech hi's atti tude toward Mr Lyon is wanted. lt is easy to give If (here has been Kruft lb?- Record, Rs much as Mr. Lyon or anybody ehe, wauls it ex poscd lind Hu- guilty punished, but. the methods employed to bring about thal desired result should he clean and honorable and command rOspcet. lt is Mr, I .yon Y methods . (. which the Record objects. Wherever thu] Anglo-Saxon clvllazatlon bas spread a common maxim of Its Com ts baal boen hst ii ls hot (dr lor a thousand guilty men io (-scape than thal one Innocent mau should be punished. "Similai in spirit is thc Record's hoi of that it is bette, thal all dis- I pensary grafters should escape than thal an attempt should be matte to secure < onvh lions willi bought testi mony And that is the ghi 110 Mr.! Lyon has iieeii playing Hi st as a mem ber (it iitC Investigating comhtltloo and how as A tierney General; I f | there v.. re no political phase to the' limiter he could no! hope to secut o j conviction with bought testimony, J and il is only ile' political phnSO of; (he case that keeps his attempts te bay testimony from mooting tho uni versal ev, , i al lon .limy deserve." I Thc commission wishes lo know ! who is responsible tor Hie ?ditorial department 6? ymir paper. A. I Rill. ti. Thc commission being partly charged With rellim; tills testimony, iltld ?le- work which Mr Lyon has j dono In l?ial line bein?; (iirough tho 1 commission, the commission want?! lo Know what informal lon iou have about the purchase of testiirioity? A. Not hill)', bul what has been pub lished. (). Docs what bas boen published justify tho clmr.ee that (hey are hay ing tq&tlmohy.? A. Well, all (Iiis i's very sudden. I have not rot il at my lingers' end. but Mi- Ih'rmann, who is ihe presiden! of the Augusta H rowing Company, (OSlillod (hat he had paid rebates or commissions and 'hst an order was passed b.V tho (dd I pyes I hulling cornhill toe ordering payment of his claim, Which 1 believe I s the ll rsl and the only one paid sp lo that I Imo, Q. i.ci n". ed Heil straight, Thal was when Mr. Lyon and anolher rom ?tlep was. investigating Hm dispon Those who composed thal coin* . ."?.e. I believe, were Mr. Lyu.. Mr. lil OR sd, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Splvey. somo others. Tees- gentlemen i, i charge, together with Mr Lyon .iib having purchased (esllmnnv. ls thal tho basis of your chnrgo: of tho purchase of testimony? A. That is, offered to purchase testi mony, yos. , j Q That is tho basis of your charge, that Hie old iuvestlgatiug eommlttoo did that? A. That they offered au in ducement for getting testimony. Q. I want to know this; what evidence have you that there has been a purchase of testimony since the or ganization of this commission? A. I don't say there has heon a pur chaso. Q. Do you mean to nay there lias been an offort to do so? A. I mean to say, tr I be correctly postod, that I have got a right to Infor that ir parties to whom claims wore duo, or who allege that amounts arc owing to thom by Hie dispensary, will come forward and glvo testimony that (hore claims will be paid. There was a report ia Hie paper this morning of :< claim paid on yesterday. ls thal tho publication you refer to. the publication tn tho Stato this morning? A, Yes, sir. Q. Then you state that all you has? your (bargo on ts what was published In ?ho paper? A. As to this prosont commission. Q. ls there any publication that you baso your charge on A. No. Q. The publication In tho State thie morning? A. Yes. Q. With reference to the Paul .Iones Company? A. Yes. Thc first claim said to be paid was the Dani Jones Company, which was of oxees sive volume, but on account of mat ter behind lt. it ls stated that Hu payment of the claim was ordcr?t immediately after ohtalnlug testl mony hy ?hem. Q. How do you connect Mr. Lyoi with that action? A. 1 don't knov that, f lightly connected him Will that action: but at tho same time, consldorod him as advisor of th? commission. (j. You don't hold bim responsl ide for tho action of Hm conimissioi lu aujudlcating tho Paul Jone (daims? A. Not directly. Q. Or that this charge (hat ho i purchasing testimony at tho presen timo is based on that? I understain you to say that tho only hasis o your oha,rgo at Hie present timo i from this article in tho State Now you admit that you cannot hold hil) rssponsMilo for thal. Then you hav no bas!?' for the charge that, lie i now , r...basing .testimony? A. Nc slr, 1 cn:'t say that I draw that in terence. , Mr. Patton: ll. ls Hint tho only source of lil formation you lia ve, what you saw i tho Stale? A. That is all 1 based m article on Q, Yon stated that you had Info? mat ion about to-day. ls what, yo saw in tho State to-day all the li foi iiiation voa have? A That w. alt. ci. Answer bj question? Ai Ye I said, except as to the old co m mi; sion. Q. You have n o further In formt ?ion of ?he purchase of los!Inion except What appears tn I he Slate? No, sir. Mr. Lyon Maters Discus-hoi. A?toiney General i.yon: I wish td niabc a statement In r gard lo this matter. I regret, C coed ugly, ?hat H becomes neccssn for ino take any action or to noli anything that may bo raid or do hy this crealuro (pointing ht;; Pug at Mr KocHteri) Mi Koeal or tf this be a legal proceeding, desire thal ?hat gentleman be t quired ?o ese proper language. Mr I.yon: I wish lo say that tis far as slav inls afternoon (hal Ibo man ?1 wrote that article In Ibo record is mos? Infamous and dirty liar Mr. Koestor: I ask ho the protection of I Court. Mr I.yon: I will he on ?lie Streets of ?''dil birt, ?o?d von need rn? protection, say. Mr. Chairman, thal I regret (.(.('dingly Unit 1 have to notice t charge " ha? colite n> ni y hoi thal he bas written and publh I in bis paiier a tlfisue of Infamous i sci! : lieus lies. 1 haVO no? seen ?o pot ii e them, and I would md h noticed this now, tint il conn s hoi this cont mission in an ofllclal way. simply wish to say that he lia:; pi eh himself a self-convicted, inf; ons liar. And I wan? to say to y Slr, (indicating Mr. Koostei\) ?h: am personally responsible for win say, and I dare you to resent I?. Mr. Koestor: Now, Mr Chairman, in regan this imitier. 1 have nothing furl to say In regard to this edltoi nil tliOf than to ray ?hat I did not n io charge any personal dishonest} the prtl'l of any OHO of the pre commission. H seemed to me a i 1er of policy (hal an editor ha righi to criticise and condemn, it wan ?be policy of the cominis to Withhold Hie payment ol' ch until parties carno forward and ? testimony I ni pl lea ting others, ?lr a wrong policy. 1 stated it I ,ia?e it again. Mr. Patton: Who said that wai notley of the commission? A. , ifed it from Hie action of HU? mission. Mr. ration: And furthcrmor passed judgment yesterday < .claim and nothing was said i that and a half u dozon today. Mr. KooRtor: I waa not aware of that when I wrote that artlelo. I I distinctly disavow tho Intimation of ?any disrespect against any member of the commission. It was a matter of public policy, and If that was tho policy of tho commission that a claim would not be paid unless par ties cunio forward and Implicated the officials, then that was a wrong pol icy. One member of this commission I have kuown for years, Mr. Hender son, and I would not for tho world say anything against Mr. Henderson personally. Col. Felder Makes Statement. Col. Felder: Without indicating tho policy of your paper or resenting in any way anything you said about myself, I want to make this state ment as having been Tiny activo in tho prosecution of theso claims be fore tho commission, that not Ibo slightest inducement lias been held out to any man to como hero and furnish e veld noe. The commission passed a rule requiring all claim ants to produce their books and pro duce; tho representative that con ducted the negotiations with the South Carolina dispensary, which re lated to these sales. And when their books are produced and their agents are produced and examinations are made, tho commission then, without offering any reward, taking these claims as they present themselves in tho books, making deductions as they did In Hie Paul Jones claim of tho amounts that their books show to bo overcharges, purging the claims as tho evidence demanded, have giv en judgment for the balance. I am acquainting you with that, becauso under ymir statement you say you want to be perfectly fair, nol only to tho commission but to all the parties at. Interest. Mr. Kocster: T must absolutely; disavow any intention to reflect against any member of the cominis-1 sion. Mr. Stevenson: Mr. Chairman, (here is another suggestion ? would j like to make. Air. Rooster stales' thai it was (he policy of the com-, mission ho was criticising when he > made this charge about the Attorney ! General. This commission would , profer to have tho criticism made against it in Its own proper person | and not against tho Attorney General , and Ifould llJf.C to ask Air. Koosler i a few questions. Stevenson Ouest lons Witness. Q. Mr. Rooster, tho member of tho investigating committee to whom you referrer, it was tho realizing of Mr. : emuum's account yon referred to In. your paper? A. Yea. Q. Do you mean to < i:arge Air.: May, Mr. ??cnso, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Bpi voy and Mr. Custon with buying ?vidence? A. I don't remember who voted f?>r it or anything of the sort. Q. Mr. Christensen and Mr. Lyon were Ihon on the committee? A. I drew tho inference from tho fact that all claims were hold up and ordered nhl paid, bul thal when Mr. Hermann came mid testified that he had done wrong, immediately on bis doing that his claim was ordered paid the' first one. () Thia crlcicism was directed first at tho old Investigating com mittee and secondly as this commis sion and tneir actions? A. Yes. (j Hut Mr Lyon was mado tho pole tareel? Mr. Patton: There is another in timation mado by you. That this) commission ls being handled by tho' Attorney General; if you were here, as tho other newspaper men are, you j would know thal 'his commission ls nut handled by the Attorney General, or by anybody else. Col. Felder: Although Mr. lier-, mann came lune and made the fuh rst statement in regard lo this mat-I tor tbis commission has not ordered hts claim paid. Mr. Roister: I did not refer to what Ibis commission had done. At tho conclusion of ibis incident members of tho commission assured Mr Koeal er In the kindest way that ho had boort laboring under a mis apprehension In regard io tho pro-j ced it re of tho commission, nhd that I they Invited tho fullest scrutiny of their olUelal nets in regard lo theso claims; thal Ho ir sessions were open 10 the public 111 considering these 11 allers and thal newspaper men were Welcome to attend and that others had attended constantly. Mr. Rooster! was Informed that, tho commission would bo glad to have him prt?sCnt i,, see for himself what thc commis sion vas doing. SV?th I hese assur ances tho matter was closed and Hie commission took up other matters. adjoin niin: soon afterwards. MAIS: A GOOD HAUL. Five Cracksmen Gob n Missouri Hank Of Gog Sum. At Richhill Mo., robbers dynamited tho farmers and Mechanics bank al |?2tf!0 o'clock Saturday morning, dpi I mulish lng (he building and entering Hie vanita which I hey looted of $2fV ooo. There were five of Hie bandits. Whim hoi soon they were riding nor!h at breaknock snood. Cltl'/etlS of thc ?own hoard ibo terrific explo sion and hurried lo I he scone, When (hey saW llVe bank in ruins a posse was immediately organized and pur suit started at once. SERIOUS CHARGE Senator Blease Said to Have Rep resented a Liquor House. AN AFFIDAVIT READ. MP. Ii. W. Parker Swear? That 8. J. La?aban Told Him Tlint He Hail Employed Senator Mease to Ito prcscnt His Firm liefere tlie Stnto Hoard of Control.-lllca.se Head au AiUdavIt from Liuiahan Denying lt. Testimony which (lio Legislative Investigating committee of 190G de clined to tiring out waa developed by the commission to wind up the affairs of tho Stale dispensary at Columbia on Thursday when Messrs. Lewis W. Parker and Billson A Smyth wore put on Hie stand and related a conversation willi Mr. S. J. La?aban, of Baltimore, in 11)06, in regard to the employment of a "prominent politician" to represent tho Lanallan linn boforo tho State board of runt roi. Mr. Parker said that Lanallan in a prior conversation, when Capt. Smyth was not present liad said that Doa. Coleman L. Blouse was the agent referred to. Il is understood that Mr. Please, who is now and lias for four yoai'8 been State Senator from Newberry, ?ind who was candidate for Governor year before last, hus an nflldavlt from Mr. Lanallan denying thal Mr, La?aban made the statement attrib uted to bim. ile said that he had read it during tho campaign Inst sum mer on the stump at Union, and that it was published at that time. Ho showed tho original aflldnvlt, which be has kept pinned tn his insido pocket. Those familiar with tho dispensary investigations will recall that two voars ago the Legislative eonnotttoe to investigate the dispensary sum moned Mr. Parker to appear and ho veal ted in substance the conversation with Mr. Lanallan, but when pressed hy Mr. Lyon to give tho mime of the prominent politician lie declined to do so. AK Mr. Parker challenged the power of the coilllllitto to make him answer, a caso on habeas corpus pro ceedings was brought in the Supreme (Vont and the Court decided that the committee had the authority to require Mr. Park or to answer its questions. Lut the committee decid ed not to exert its authority and Mr. Parker did not answer the question. ll has been common knowledge, however, that the suppressed name of the alleged agent of Lanallan was that of Senator Please, and tills knowledge evidently reached Senator Please himself, as he took the pre caution to got an allidavit from Lan ahhn, and it is fortunato thal lie did. since Mr. Lanallan died about two weeks ago. Tho commission to wind lip the State dispensary bad already summoned Mr. Lanallan. When they testified Thursday Mr. Parker and Capt Smyth made it plain thal tliey did so unwillingly und on ly yielded to the recognized authority of the commission, which lias the same authority' as tho Legislativo committee as decided hy the Supremo Court. 't is not worth while to say who Mo., rs. Parker and Smyth are; they are the leading two cotton mill men in South Carolina, and their char acters ?md reputations need no bols tering. Tlie Lanallan Allidavit. Following is the aflldnvll read hy Senator Please at tlie campaign meet in;', in Union on August Tl. I SUP? State ol' Maryland, City of Balti more.- Personally came liefere mo Samuel .1. Lanallan, who. hoing, duly sworn, says that be never told Lewis \v. Parker', or any other person, that Cole L. Please was in his employ io look after his Interest in (lie whis key business in South Carolina, and as a mailer of fact, he did not have Cole ti, I) lea SO so employed. Augustas \V. Bradford, (Notary Seal) Notary Public. Mr. Please also read at the I nion meeting allidavits from Jodie M. U?wlIltS?n. .lohn Black, .los. H. Wy lie, li ll Rvnnsj John Mell Towlll and L. \V. Doyklri, dated either Ai must 8, I j)00, or August I. 1 0 QC i ami each of which staled thal during the af fiant's term ol' service as director of the Stale dispensary "Cole L. Blenso neither directly or Indirectly solicited business or asked that purchases ho made from Samuel jj;, Lanallan or any oilier per on engaged in selling whIs ba v Ol' other art.des io the Slate dis pcm arv. Two Minei'S Are Kilted, Two men were killed liv Oj? f?ll of a tace for a dst fl ncc of 7 HO feet to the bottom of a shaft at the Ne, i coll levy of ?be Nova Seo tin Steel and Coal Company's mino at Sydney, I B. C.