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The Marlboro Democrat 1 "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AM) MAKIO OLK LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OK OUK OK vms GLORIOUS IN THY OAUSE." VOL XXXI I ! _DIANN ETTSVI L I Ai, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1J)08 N0. 8 MANY KILLED And Much Property Destroyed by a Destructive Cyclone. SWEEPS TEXAS TOWN Two Known to Ho Dead ?ml Many Fatalities Aro Feared-Buildings Flattened and Wiro Lines Prostrat ed-Tornado Visits Mississippi Wip ing Ont Three Towns, Destroying Lifo and Property In Many Piucos. Tylor, Texas, was swept, liv tho most disastrous tornado in its history before daylight Friday. Coining from the southwest, tho storm swept ovor tho main residence quarter ?d' the city, leaving a trail of death and d?vast?t ion. The known dead are C. A. Francis, agent of the Dallas News, and his wife and baby and a negro, Mose L?ee. Francis's body was found a hun dred yards from his wrecked homo. Tho body of his child was found in tho street. Mrs. Frunc?s was in tho wreckage of thc building. Six seriously injured persons nro reported. They are Irwin Franklin and Iiis wife and four children, Ono of the children may die. The Frank lins were ?aught in the wreckage of their home. Wires are down in all directions from Tylor, but reports from far mers are that farm houses along tho lines were blown down. ll is Im possible to ascertain the loss of lifo tn rural regions, but it ls known the tornado swept every! liing chum for a distance of live miles. Three miles from the town the wind demolished tim homo of irwin Franklin, severely wounding Franklin and his wife and four children. The tornado toro a path through Tyler 100 feet wide. Buildings, telephone .and electric light polos wore laid hat f in thc storm's path, while groat dam-j "ugo was dono In other partir oivthe city. * CYCLONE IN MISSISSIPPI. Six People Killed and Three Small Towns Demolished. A dispatch from Meridan says 3 famuli towns were practically demol ished by a tornado friday. Reports of the numbor of the killed milgo from six lo ten, willi the smaller number probably corred. Mossville. SorVleo and Soso arh tho towns destroyed; They aro all In Jones County and all are \? ry small being merely a handful of scattered dwellings. The tornado struck them about; noon, and in most Instances ls report ed lo have carri' ?I buildings in Hs path completely off the lois on which they sit.od. Nearby lahls were cov ered wiih wreckage, and the branches of several trees woro littered with small household articles. 1.. S. .\<ii ri.<>n, a resident, of Moss ville. said that ho was out of doors during the blow and was compelled to grasp a wile fence to koop from being blown away. Ile said the dead at Mossville are Alexander Windham . ami wlfo, negroes. Near tho town he said four white j persons had hoon killed, a man and j bis wife and theil- two children,' > ?U|)so naines he did not learn. Tho ??TiOllsly injured at MOKSVillo are J. W. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs,. Wm. Campbell and Minnie Campbell. Ne-.n- Service one ?hihi of I kp Hol loway is reported dead timi also an min no wu negro. Tho tornado was accompanied by a torrent of rain, which camed a Bllddoil rise in the creeks ami washed away several biidgos. i ^j, VOlNiJ MAN SLAIN. There Was No Immediate Provoca tion, Put Obi Crudge, A. ,1. Cline, a young lumber deal er, formerly of Bristol, Va., was shot sud instantly killed by Lu ko Pan-! lier, sixty years (dd and a wealthy merchant nt Banner 101 k, N. c. There was no Im mod ia (.0 provocation for tho killing, but, it Is sahl, wa? tho result of an tdd grudge. Cline, lt ls alleged, was shol down without warn ?hg? Banner osen pod on horseback, ami is still al largo, though lld was goeii im? r near M?nto/umh heavily armed and (I Oeing. A p?SB? ls In pursuit, POOP, VF/r PH IL A Weall 1 y Mau Dies in a Hovel Willi St bo,ono. Tfohn McMillan, aged Sfi, (Pod In a hovel on the oui hirts of Chattan ooga, Tenn. Thursday, l'or years ho lived in nppnroii! poverty. Aller bis death il was discovered timi ho was worth % I ftO,000, which ho carried with him in a baskot. FAKE WHISKEY FIRMS Whiskey Was Bought From Houses That Nevjr Has Existed. Remnrknblo Testimony as to Dispen sary Creditors Brought Out at tb? Hearing In < 'ol mu bin On Thursday. It having boen established before tho dispensary commission that the achires? given as headquarters of the alleged liquor firm of Uoluir Distill ing Company is in a fashionable res idence of Baltimore, it was brought out. at the hearing Thursday that tho address given at the Washington branch of the Belair concern waa tho same address of Richard fr Co., 4 SO Pennsylvania avenue. From lett tn- heads of both con cerns it was shown that .1. S. Richard, a member of tho hr nf of Richard fr Co., was also president of tho Belair concern, and then it was shown that Richard 1? a brother-in-law of M. M. Goodman, tho agent, of Ullman fr Co., who in now under bond on charges of conspiracy to defraud tho Stale. Tho Belair Company, lt appeared, began to do business with the dis pensary after 1905? when Ullman & Co. wore put. OP tho blacklist by the Hay committee lt was then stated by Mr. Folder that Goodman had put ill bids for l llman & Co., tho Anchor Instilling Company, Strauss & Co., Richard fr Co., tho Commonwealth Distilling Company ami tho itolalr Instilling Company, all of which got sadness from tho dispensary, and all of which according lo Mr. Kohler, be longed to tho "Ullman family." lt vas shown that Goodman in I'.tn:] had lint, in a hld as president of tho Commonwealth Company, though in his recent testimony ho said he len. the Commonwealth Company before that year. Tho old dispensary law prohibited one concern pulling in moro than one hid. Tho commission passed, a judgment .finding that'on account of ovo o' ; . .'ir es tho Belair concern was Indebted to the Slate in tho sum ol* $10,402 to which is to bo applied the amount of tho claim, $G,3SC.41. Bul if the Belair conceru ls a fake concern what, ls tho judgment wort il? To ..how that lt is a fabe concern. Fel der snid no record ol' its charter could be found in any Slate: there was no responso to a aol ico sent by registered mail, no one had appeared for tho concern and lin- house could md be found In Baltimore by a col lection agency. Duthie, tin: InvCstl gntioil Mr. Lyon sir peeled that the Belair concern was a protogo of Fleischman fr Co. He was on tim track, bul did md gol I he panie. Kvidence was alo produced to show that .1. \V. Kelly & Co., and King fr Co., both of Chattanooga, was one and the flame concern and both had put III bid a on Silver Spring corn liquor at prices L'U por cent, higher Iban Kelly ,v Co. had charg ed other customers outside tho State. The claim of King & Co. amount:, to IMPORT INT Hi l l- PASSED. Pr?vidos for thc Sale of Hie Dispon* snry Real Instate. The Nash bill providing for tho sale by Ibo state sinking fund com mission Of ibo dispensary real estate at an upset price of $75,000, was passed ?>.V tho house. The bill carrie., a connpiltee amendment forbidding paying out of any dispensary funds except Ibo checks countersigned 1>> tllO state treasurer and this only up on the certificate of tho commission thal the payment is for some ex pense of tho commission or fdr a claim passed lipon and ordered pal,; hy the comm;, ?on. The bill extends the poi' diem ol' the commission till, January, 1009, and allows them il&O each for service from first of I ho year to the pre; eut time. ? STEPPED ON lilVK WIRE. And Both Horse and Lad Were In Rt anti y Killed. At Thompson, Cn., Willie tilcha rd 8 the eighteen year old son of .lohn II. Richards of that county, was kill ed in a most horrible manner Thurs day afternoon. The electric wire leading from ibo electric plant to tho Smith Manufacturing Company foll tn the ground, and was still on the ground Wlioil young lt I cha I'd S cann up the road, and the horse's feel struck Hie live wire, killing holli thc horse and rider lie I lill I ly. dumped I nen Brooklyn Kiddie Al New York John Cranl. an nu Oin ployed printer, jumped Krida? from thc Brooklyn bridge and ni tho u gb he landed tunohf" floating lc cakes In Ibo river 200 feet below, Ci caped villi only a fow mino I hrili89ft. At Editor Kocster of the Columbia Evening Record WHILE HE iS IN COURT AR a Witness, Where Ile lind Been Summoned by * ito Attorncy-Gencr al <o Give His Reasons for Assert" lng That I ho Attorney General Has Hoon Trying lo Con vlei in Dispen sary Cases willi Minigin Testimony, During the session ot tho dispen sary commission Thursday after noon, Attorney General Lyon do nouueed Mr. George lt. Rooster, edi tor and manager of tho Colnmbia Record, OH "A most infamous and dh tr liar " Mr. Koestor, Who waa present, asneo tor the protection of tin Court, and arose from lils (bair. The situation was tense and Com mis sioner Cation also arose as if to step between Lyon and Koestor. Mr. I.yon warned Mr Hoosier not lo approach and dramatically told bim ho (Lyons) walked live streets of Columbia and was personally responsible for what he said Tho Incident grow om ot ali edi torial In the Record Wednesday ar terial ia tho Record Thursday af broughl Into tho rpi ai while tho com mis! ion was in session and the at tention of Mr Lyon was called to tho editorial. Mr. Lyon bad just, come ino? Hie room. Ho at once re quested Hie commission to summon I Mr. hoister. This was agreed lo. and Mr. Stevenson i drew up the sum mons, which was signed by Mr. Mc Swcen, The marshal of the commis sion wai civeu tho papei and within a half hour or so returned with Mr. KpOSler, who had como very willing ly. Ho was examined under oath by Mr. Stevenson, the regular counsel for the commission. Mr. l'. <s(er Qn,e?t4<mc,<l4 > ti* The o flic la I record is in substance as follows: Q. Mr. Koestor, tho attention nf tiie commission bas been drawn to this paragraph in this afternoon's daily paper as follows: 'The Record lias been asked why it assails Attorney General Lyon and sicks, to hamper bis attempts to have j "grafters" punished Tho Insinua tion in (lie question ls that the ile-' cord is In sympathy with the ''graf ters." Th? insinuation ls too con temptible to notice. "Explanation of the Record's atti tude toward Mr Lyon is wanted, lt ls easy lo glvp'. If there has Leen I ??raft the Record, as much as Mr. Lyon or anybody eke, wants it ex posed and the guilty punished, hut. the methods employed lo bring about that desired result should he (dean and honorable and command respect. lt ls Mr. I.jon's methods to which the Record objects. Wherever tho I Anglo-Saxon civ mutation bas spread a common maxim of itu Courts baal he? tl that lt ls helter lor a thousand I guilty men to ?sea ph than I hat ono Innocent man should he punished, .'Similar in spirit is tho Record's helot that lt is bettor that all dis pensary grafters should escape than! that an attempt should he nia.de to secure convictions with bought testi mony. And that is Hie game Mr. Lyon has Peen playing th'st as a mern her ut the Investigating committee and now as At form y Ceiieral. If ? these were no political phase to tho iu a tl er be coil ld not hope to sec tiro conviction with bought testimony, and it is only the political phase pf the ciisp that keeps bis attempts to ? buy testimony from mooting tho uni-j versiil execration they deserve." j 'the commission wishes to know Who is i cspoiis!ldc for the editorial j depart nient ol' your paper! A. I am.. (?. The commission being partly charged with gelling this I Palimony, .-.nd the work Which Mr Lyon hil? done in thal line libing through Hie 1 com mission, Hie com mission wants lo know what Informalloii you have about the pun base of testimony? V Not li I it? lint what bas keen pub lished. Q. Does What bas been published justify tile (barre that they are buy ing testimony? A. Well, all this is very sudden. I have not get il .it my ?ngers' end. hut Mr. Hermann, who ls the president of the Augusta I trowing Company, testified that he had paid rebates or commissions and dat an order was passed hy the old Investigating committee ordering I payment of his (daim, which I holloVO , ; s th.- (hid and the only ene paid p to thal lime. Q, Let us gol Hint straight, Tba? wfiji when Mr. Lyon and another coin in I ll co was Investigating the dispon There v ho com posed thal Co hi* iii jop, 1 bel love, were Mr. Lyn.. Mr. ".'. ase, Mr. Christensen. Mr. Splvoy, .id some others, TUetto gen I lomen o i charm'. l?gOtlier with Mr, Lyon, .iib having purchased tost huon v. ls that tho basis of your charge: of tho pinchas? of testimony? A. That is, offerad to purchase testl mooy, yos. , Q. That is tho baals of your charge, that the old i^vcstlgatlnc committee did that? A. That they offered an in duc.otnont for gottlng testimony. Q. I want to know this; what ?Tidenco have you that thero has been ? purchase of testimony sine? tim or? ganizatlon of this commission? A. I don't say there has beou a pur chase. ,, Q. Do you mean to say there has been an offert to do so? A. I mean to Ray, if I 1)0 correctly posted, that I have got a right to Infor that if parties to whom claims wore duo, or who allege tittil amounts aro owing lo MUMU by the dispensary, wiil como forward und give testimony Unit ibero claims will bo paid. Th?re was a report In tho paper this morning of a Claim paid on yesterday. ls that the publication you rotor to. the publication in tho State this morning? A. Yes. sir. ' ti. Then you state that all you baso your charge on is what was published In the paper? A. As to this present commission. Q. ia thero any publication that you base your chargo on A. No. Q. The publient iou til tho State this morning? A. Yes. I Q. With reforonce to the Paul .loms Company? A. Yes. The first I claim s:ild to bo paid was tho Paul .loues Company, which was of execs I sive volume, but on account of mat I tor behind lt, if ls stated that tin I paynton! of the claim was ordered immediately after obtaining tostl ino ny by them. Q. How do you eontlOCt Mr. Lyor wit li that action? A. J don*! knew that I lightly connected bim will (bat net iou: hut al tho same time, I ? (O'. Mered bim as adviser of tin co tu mission. Q. You don't bold bim rosponsi hie for the action of the COllUlliSSiOl in aujudicaling the Paul Jone! claims? A. Not directly. Q. Or timi ibis chargo that lu; li purchasing testimony at the presen time is based on Unit? I understam you to Hay that tho only basis o your charge at the present timo i from thliS article in the Stale Now you admit that yon cannot, hold bin rsspOhsiljlG for that. Then you havi no b?slaj for tho charge that, lie i now \ :'. .-hnsine testimony? A. Ne fdr, I c.Hn'i say that 1 draw that in terence. , Mr. Patton: Q. ls thrtt tho only BO U r co of in formation you have, what yon saw it the Slate'' A That is all 1 based ni article on. <}. You stated that you bad infoi ni.aiiou abdul to-day. ls what yo Baw in tho State to-day all (lie iii formation voa have? A That wa alt. tj. Answer b\ question ? A. Ye: I said, except as to tiie old commit sion. Q. You have no further inform; lion of the purchase of testlmon; except what appears in tho Slate? No, sir. Mr. Lyon Mitt ors Discussion. Attorney General T..von : 1 wish ld liiake a statement In n gard to tltlS matter. I regret, e cOediigiy, 'bat. it. becopios necossai for ino tal e any action or to noll? anything that may lie said or ?toi hy this croa turo (pointing lils fhn; at Mr KoOslOr.) Mr Koo: (el li this bo a legal proceeding, desire that that gentleman lie r quired to usc proper language. Mr Lyon: i wish lo say timi as far ns shot Ibis afternoon thai tho man tb wrote thal article tn (he record is most, infamous and dirty liar Mr Ko. s ter: I ask foi- tin- protection of t Court. Mr Lyon: 1 will l>e on tiie streets of Coln hia. and y<>u med no protection, say. Mr. Chairman, Unit I reg rel < ooodiiigly that I have to notice tl charg? I! bas come to my not (bal he bas written and publlsV in bis paper a tis ue of infamous a sen :llous lies. I have not seen to mubo thom, and I would not Iii not Iced this now. luit il comes bo fi Ibis tommi siuii in an official way. simply wish to say that he bas lu ci, himself a ; elf-convict, d, inls ons liar. And I want to say to y sir. (Indicating Mr. Koester.l tba .un personally responsible for whit say, ami I dare you to rosohl it Ml*. Koestei : Now, Mr. Chairman, tu regard ttiis limiter, i litive iiothttip furl to say In regard to this editorial t tber than to say that I did not m to chni'KO any personal dishonesty tl,,, pail of any Olio of tho pit'! COinhllSKtott. lt seemed to me a li 1er of policy that an editor hil? righi ttl criticise natl condemn, il was lliO policy of the cominis: lo withhold the payment of cia until parlies came forward and ? testimony implicating Ot hors, tb: I vas a wrong policy. 1 stated ll iiote II again, Mr. Pallon: Who said that was notley of the commission? A. I , i red it from tile action ?if the ( m I cslon. , Mr. Patton: Ami furthermore passed Judgment yesterday o claim and nothing was said a that and a half a dozon today. Mr. KooBter: I was not awara of that when I wrote that article. I distinctly disavow tho Intimation of any disrespect against any member of tho commission. It was n matter of public, policy, and If that was tho policy of tho commission that a claim -would not be paid unless par ties came forward and implicated tho officials, then that was a wrong pol icy. One member of this commission I have known for years, Mr. Header son, and I would uot for the world say anything against Mr. Henderson personally. (.'ol. Felder Makes Statement. Col. Felder: Without Indicating the policy of your paper or roseutlng in any way anything you said about myself, I want to make this state ment us having berni very active in tho prosecution of theso claims be fore tho commission, that not tho slightest inducement hus been hold out to any man to come hero and furnish eveidnee. The commission passed a rule requiring all claim ants to prod ice their books and pro duce tho representative that, con ducted the negotiations with tho Soul h Carolina dispensary, which re lated to these sales. And when their books are produced and their agents are produced and examinations are made, the commission then, without offering any reward, taking these claims ns they present themselves In tho boohs, making deductions as they did In the Paul Jones claim of tho amounts that their books show to ho overcharges, purging tho claims as tho evidence demanded, have giv en judgment for the balance. I am acquainting you with that because under your statement yon say you wald to bo perfectly fair, not only to the commission but. to all thc parties at Interest. Mr. Koostor: I must absolutely) disavow any intention to reihet against any member of the commis sion. Mr. Stevenson: Mr. Chairman, there is another suggestion I would like to make. Mr. Koostor states'1 that it was tho policy of tho com-,' mission he was criticising when ho j ? made this charge about tho Attorney 1 ('.??lierai. This commission would, prefer to have the criticism mndo ? 1 against il In its own proper person | and not against thc Attorney General M and Ifould lilr.e to ask. Mr. Rooster H a few questions. I Stevenson Ouest lons Witness. I Q. Mr. Koestor, tho mein her of the 1 Investigating committee to whom you ' referrer, ii was the realizing of Mr. M Hermann's account you referred to lull your paper? A. Yea. j< Q. Do you rican to charge Mr. i Hay, Mr. Gleaso, Mr. Christensen. Mr. ? SpiVoy and Mr. Gaston with buying ? evidence? A. I don't remember who ( voted for it or anything bf tho sort. I Q. Mr. Christenson and Mr. Lyon were theil on the commit lee? A. I i drew tho inference from tho fuel that ? all claims were held up and ordered not paid, hut that when Mr. Hermann | came and tesl Hied that ho had done, wrong, immediately on bis doing i that his claim was ordered paid tho, first one. (.> This criciCism was directed first at tho old Investigating com- i millee and secondly as this cominis- ; sion and their actions? A. Yes. q Hut M r Lyon w as made tho sole target? Mr. Patton : There is another In timation made by you. That this commission is hoing handled by tho* Attorney General; if you were here, as the oilier newspaper men are, you j would know thai this commission is not handled by the Attorney General or by anybody else. Col. Folder: Although Mr. Her mann cann' here and made the full est statement In regard to this mat ter this commission lias not. ordered j his claim paid. Mr Koostor: 1 did not refer to what (his commission had done. Al Ihe conclusion of this incident members of the commission assured Mr. Koostor In tho kindest way that ho had been laboring under a mis apprehension Iii regard to tho pro-j ced ure of tho commission, and that! they Invited tho fullest scrutiny of their dihcial ads in regard to these claims; that their sessions were open to iii? public in considering these matters ard thal nowspapor men were welcome to attend and that others had attended constantly. Mr. KoOStOf was. informed thal, the commission would he elad to have him present to see for himself what the commis sion was (hung. Willi these assur ances the matter was closed and tho commission took up other malters, adjourning soon afterwords. M A 1)10 A GOOD MAI li. Five Cracksmen Goba Missouri Hank of Gig fluni. At rtlchhtil Mo., robbers dynamited lhp Farmers and Mechanics bank al I ii t ? o'clock Sat urday morning, de moll hing (he building and calerini? the vaults which (hoy looted of r..*:>.. 000. There were, five of tho bandits. When kel RCen they were riding north nt breakneck speed. Citizens of Hld town heard the terrific ex plo? sion and hurried to Hie scene. When (hey SOW tho bank 111 ruins a poss was Immediately organized and pur suit started at onco. SERIOUS CHARGE. Senator Blease Said to Have Rep resented a Liquor House. AN AFFIDAVIT READ. Mr. h. W. Parker Swears That 8. J. Lanahnn Told Him That He lind Employed Senator HIenee to Re present His Firm Before the Stato Hoard of Control.-Hlcnsc Head an Affidavit from Iitinahnn Denying lt. Testimony which the Legislative investigating committee of 1900 de clined to bring out was developed hy the commission to wind up tho affairs of the State dispensary at Columbia on Thursday when Messrs. Lewis W. Parker and Ellison A Smyth were put on tho staad and related a conversation with Mr. S. J. Lanallan, of Baltimore, in 1906, in regard to tho employment of a "prominent politician" to represent tho Lanallan Orin before tho State hoard of control. Mr. Parker said that Lanallan ia a prior conversation, wluui Capt. Smyth was not present had said that Hon. Coleman L. Please was the agent referred to. lt is understood that Mr. Please, who ls now and has for four years hoon State Senator from Newberry, and who was candidato for Governor year before last, has an nllidavit from Mr. Lanallan denying that Mr. La?aban made tho staten ont attrib uted to him. lie said that he had read it during tho campaign last sum mer on tho stump at Union, and that it Was published St that Hmo. Ho mowed tho original affidavit, which bo has kept pinned in his inside pocket. Those familiar with Hie dispensary investigations will recall that two meal's ago tho Legislative oommitto? tb invest Iga to tho dispensary sum moned Mr. Parker to appear and ho ?ealted in substance the conversation iv i til Mr. La?aban, hut when pressed ;?y Mr. Lyon to give the name of tho prominent politician he declined to lo so. As Mr. Parker challenged the power of tho cominillo to make him utswor, a case on habeas corpus pro ceedings was brought in tho Supreme Dourt and the Court decided that the committee bad Hie authority to require Mr. Parker to answer its rj nest lons. Pul the committee docid 5d not to exert its authority and Mr. Park or did md answer the quest lon. li has been common knowledge, however, that the sn ppre sod name af the alleged agent cd' Lanallan was that of Senator Please, ?md Ibis knowledge evidently reached Senator Please himself, as he took Hie pro rant ion to get an nllidavit from La? aban, and it is fortunate that lie did, since Mr. Lanallan died about two weeks ago. The commission to wind up the Siate dispensary had already summoned Mr. Lanallan. When they tesl ?lied Thursday Mr. Parker anil Capt Smyth made i' plain that they did so unwillingly and on ly yielded to the recognized authority of Hie commission, which has tho same authority- as the Legislative committee tis decided by the Supremo Court. lt is md worth while to say who Messrs. Parker and Smyth aro; they are the lending two cotton mill men in Socth Carolina, and their char acters and r?putations need no bols tering. The Lanallan AflUluvit. Kollow I hg is Hie afltdavlt read by Senator Please at the campaign moot ing in I nion on August 7 1. lOOfi. State of Maryland, City of Balli more. - personally carno before mo Samuel .1. Lanallan, who. being, duly sworn, says thal he never told Lewis W. Parker, or any other person, that Colo L. nio?sc was in his employ lo look after his int?r? t in the whis key business in South Carolina, and as a matler of fact, he did not have Cole L. Please so employed. A?gUSttIS W. I '?rad ford. (Notary Seal) Notary Public. Mr. Please also read at the I nion meeting aflldavits from Jodie M. Rawlinson. John Black, Jos. P. Wy lie, li ll Evan?, .lohn Pell Tow lil and l"'-XV, Boyltln, dated either August ;!. I 906, or August 1, I OOO, ann each of which staled that during the af fiant's term of service as director of ibo Stn to dispensary "Colo I-, Pieaso neither directly or Indirectly solicited business or naked that purchases bo made from Samuel .1. La?aban or any other per on engaged in selling whis key or otlu r art.oles to the State dis pensary. Two Miners Are Killed, Two men were killed by tho fall or a chge for a dst anco of 7<t0 feet to Hie bollon) of a ?shaft at the Ni. 1 colliery of Hie Nova Sooth. Stool and Coal Company's mine at Sydney, i P. C.