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S VOL XVII. KKLKASKD ON BAIL. Reuben P. Pitts Gives a iloml of Five Thousand Dollars. KE MAKES A STRONG AFFIDAVIT. 1*11(8 (jives llis Version of sill the Circumstances Conn* ct mI Witli tlx* Depioral)! Inmuii Trageily. A dispatch to The Stale from Spartanburg says: Tuesday morning at io o'clock the court room was well tilled ...St l? I 1 .. ? ? ? ' wiui ? ,iU IIUU BWl'lIlDIl'll lO witness I he proceedings in regard to the application for bail made by the attorneys lor Reuben It. l'itts, who is charged with the murder of Edward L. Foster at the Inman school building on the 24th of February last. The defendant was present and occupied a seat beside his father, Rev. J. I), l'itts, in t lie enclosure of the room mapped out for the bar and visitors. The attorneys for the defendant, Nicholls & .lones an 1 Mr. Stanyarne Wilson, woie on hand as well as Solicitor Scase and Mr. John (Jary lOvans, who will assist in the prosecution. Defendant's attorneys submitted IS affidavits from the following topics illative citizens of Laurens, the ho inc. of Mr. l'itts: Rev. W. It. Duncan, pastor Methodist church; Rev. Robert Adam, pastor i'resbyterian church; Rev. W. S. Holmes, pastor Episcopal church; Rev. It. .1. Woodward, pastor Chestnut Ridge and other churches; Hon. R. A Cooper, John F. Itolt, clerk of court Laurens county; T. J. Duckctt, sherilf of Laurens county; J.J. 1'luss, cashier Rank of Laurens; N. It. Dial, president of the. Itank of | .nteoiic. \A7 \\T ? I uuiubuo, ?? . 11. iiiin, ruitm ij;i ii it'ii.s Advertiser; Dr. W. C. Irby, W. A. Watts, president Peoples Loan and Exchange Hank; Dr. J. A. Itarksdulc, president of the National I tank; (). (I. Thompson, probate judge; U. It. itobo, merchant; W. K. Lucas, president Laurens Cotton Mills; C. E. Cray, mayor; and C. II. Koper, cashier Enterprise Itank. Each of tiiese documents were remarkable for the high candid endorsement of the character and reputation of the defendant. Many of the atlidavits asserted that the person swearing would believe any statement that Keuben Pitts would make, even if his life was in peril of jeopardy, or under any circumstance. Atlidavits of the members of 1 he faculty of Furman University were also read. The professors stated that Pitts, during his three years at college, was regarded as one of the very best students in every particular, and his deportment and general conduct first class. An ahidavit from defendant, Keuben It. Pitts, was also submitted, bearing on the details of the tragedy, it. is given below. Mr. W. M. .lones, for defendant . made the opening argument: ho was i f, ,n.......o i... m .. 1-1 i' r iv/iivnuvi tjy i't i. tiiiiin v.iiiry vjvans ior the State. Solicitor Sease concluded the argument against allowing bail to the defendant, and Mr. Slanynrne Wilson linished with a plea fur bail. Judge Aldriuh decided to grant the motion, and the sum of bail was live I at $5,000. The bond was signed a lew minutes afterwards and Mr. Pitts released from custody. The following gentlemen signed the bond: Mr. W. E. Lucas, president of the Laurens and Darlington cotton mills; Mr. Jas. T. Harris of Spartanburg; C. H. Hobo, a merchant of Laurens and ltev. John 1). Pitts. ltev. J. D. Pitts and Mr. Iteubcn Pitts spent the day at the home of ltev. Lewis M. Itoper, leaving in the afternoon for Laurens. State of South Carolina?Spartanburg County. Hcfore me personally appears It. H. Pitts, who being duly sworn, says: That in September last, deponent was employed by the trustees of I nmau < J ra led School to take charge of the school as its principal for its session of eight months. That his school at the time of the occurrence which resulted In the death of IOdward Poster consisted of an enrollment of about 125 boys and girls, ranging in ages from 1(5 to 9; deponent having one assist ant' as teacher. Thatdcp ncnt graduated from Purman In June, 1902. That he was born and raised in Laurens county and is now 2<i years of age, about 5 feet <? Inches in height and weighing abnit 12<> pounds. That at the time of said shooting, deponent was, and for some time had been, and is now, sulTerlng from a weak back, which renders him very weak physically, and for which he wore and still wears a plaster, under physician's advice. That four of t he lar %;t and most j powerful boys in the Ynool were Edward Foster, Fed lilcnger, Jesse wuU IhryittoJid Wolfe; each of whom was larger and stronger than deponent, and about 17 or 18 years of age. That from deponent's observation those four boys seemed to run together. That for a long time Edward Foster had given him and the school considerable trouble by Ids misconduct or misbehavior in one week while tire demerit system was in force, dep >nent recalls that he, Edward Foster, ^ incurred about 19 demerits; but that deponent dealt with hi in very leniently and with as much patience as any one could have expected, refraining from inflicting tire penalty of whipping, until at last it became unavoidable, leading up to tire lamentable tragedy of Tuesday afternoon, tlie 24th of this month. On Monday, Feb. 2nd, Edward Foster missing Iris spelling and deponent told him to stay in, on account thereof, after School was out. He llatly TOfused to stay and did not stay. That Rowing tire intimate relations be tween hiin ami Fred Itillenger. depo! nent stated to the lat ter that it' Fred i Foster came back to school next morning he would have to taken whipping; that lie could not permit that kind of tiling to go unpunished; and that if on account of his sigo or size, and if his father did not so wish him, t he'll lie must stay away from the school: that if lie did come back, it would be with that understanding, namely, that lie would have to submit to t hat discipline. That deponent cxp-ctcd that ; Fred would tell lid what he said, and I has since learned that lie did. That Tuesday, Itie-lth lilward Fos; tor came hack to school. The short ( recess was from 2.15 p. m , to nearly p. m. During that recess, deponent had one of the smaller hoys of the school in the room, lecturing liini for running away from soli ?ol. A number of the other hoys wre looking in at tlie window at deponent and the boy. Deponent shook his head at tliein and they all left except the lour i big I?oys lid. Fred, .lesse. and Kaymond and a few others. Deponent then went to the door and told them to go away; they all left except those ; four and they refused and remained ! there with their faces at the window, and another wiudow, l ill deponent dismissed the- young boy. School was reconvened a minute or two later; and remained in session till the regular closing time, I o'clock. .I list before dismissing the school, deponent read out the list of those who were to stay in after school, and amongst tliein those four boys, Mil, Dred, .lesse and Raymond: these four being kept in on discipline and the others on lessons. NVIille hearing the lessons of those thus kept in, the four left the room without permission and against the rules, leaving their hats. Deponent, after dismissing t hoso who had been kept in a proper time on lessons, took up the eases of these four, who hud returned to I ho room, lie sent Died, Jesse and Ray in aid into the little room, and told ICd to remain with him. Deponent thereupon called to his attention his llat refusal to stay in the afternoon tie fore. Kd contended that he should not have been told to stay in. Without going into details of that contention here, deponent said to him, in substance: That this thing of disobedience and infractions of the rules and discipline of the school by him had been going on so long that lie, deponent, could not permit it any longer. Deponent had been charged and accused bv the other bovs of iin> school that ho lu<l been excessively lenient to him, and had let him nil' for doing what he punished them for. Deponent told him to stand up and take his whipping; deponent having gone to the e >rner of t lit? room t<? get two switches. Mo got two, because he sometimes found that the switches had hecn cut or notched. Deponent hit him two ordinary licks wit h one of the switches across the coat back. Immediately Kdward threw his right arm violently around deponent's neck, with a very strong and tight elbow grasp, and pressed and pulled deponent's head down to his, Fd ward's chest; bearing him down. At the same moment, the other three boys, l-'red, Jesse and Uaymond, rushed in from the little room, the door of which was about six steps distant. That deponent had felt all the afternoon that trouble was brewing for him at the bads of those four boys; their conduct and demeanor so strongly indicated it that he expressed to his assistant his belief that they were going to combine against him: but that he would have to do his duty, even if they shbtildCas he had a notion they might.)'jump upon him. That when deponCOt found himself in the vice-like grasp of Edward and heard the others rushing upon him, lie felt sure they were about to do him great personal injury. In order to forestall them or over-awe them, and prevent their joint assault, he instinctively reached for his pistol for purpose of discharging it in the air or 011 the lloor. lie did not have the faintest idea of shooting any of them, lie would have suffered them to injure him rather than do that. Mis only idea was to, if possible, frighten them with the pistol and thereby protect himself. Ifut, most unfortunately, Edward immediately grasped the pistol, and in the scullle it accidentally went off and struck him ?a result, or consequence, that deponent had not the faintest expectation of; and which overwhelmed him with grief, for deponent had a real fondness for the young man. That all he could do was to get a physician as soon jik possible; and deponent sent for one, and then went himself. Later on in t he afternoon he surrendered himself to I the town marshal. The foregoing are the principal l facts hearing upon the present application, and if anything of importance has been omitted, it is because it does not now occur to deponent. Ileuben I*. Pitts. Sworn to before mc Feb. 28, 1903, Stanyarno Wilson, (Seal.) Notary Public, Miiii.v Want Jobs. Tire State says notwithstanding the fact that the governor lias over 1,000 applications on lile, there are every day a dozen others seeking for places on the State constabulary. Many of these apply in person, it must not be understood that all of the applications on lile will l)e rejected, but they will not be acted upon foi some time and it is probable that delinquent's applications will be rejected. Dies on u Train. Dr. Wm. Milligan, a prominent physician of Moultrie, <Ja., died suddenly on a Central of Georgia train Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Milligan was on his way to Atlanta, whefc he was to place himself under medical treatment. He died just before.the train reached Macon. CONWAY, I CHARGE BLACKMAIL. All About the Payment of the South Carolina Claims. ' CANNON GOES FOR THE SENATE. TIio Stand ol" Senator Tillman Pro- 1 voknti a Protest Prom Man Wtiu Will he tlio Next Speaker. ? The speech of Representative Cannon, chairman of the appropriations committee, delivered after o'clock Wednesday morning in the house, on t! 10 conference report on the general deficiency appropriation bill protesting against "legislative blackmail" and insisting on the ri^ht of a majority to rule in the senate, in view of the fact that lie is to he the speaker of the next house, is regarded as foreshadowing a contest upon this question. The scene when Mr. Cannon delivered this speech was the most remarkable of tills c ntfrcss in the house. Late as the hour was the weary members were set on lire with I enthusiasm and they cheered his i utterances until the tfreat hall re sounded with their shouts. Mr. Cannon said: "(Jentleinen know that under the practice of the house and under the rules of the senate the great money bills can contain nothing hut appro- I priations in pursuance of existing law, unless I?y unanimous consent of both bodies* If any of these bills contains < legislation, it must he I y unanimous consent of the two bodies; and the uniform practice has been so far as I I know the invariable practice has i been, with the exception of one I amendment upon LIiis bill, that when < one body objected to legislation pro- I posed by the other upon an appropria- I tion bill, the body proposing tlie leg- l islation recedes. < "In this case the trouble in arriv- < ing at an agreement all clustered I about one amendment. There were many amendments of a legislative i character proposed by the senate, i covering hundreds of thousands of dollars of claims pure and simple. One by one the legislative provisions and ? the claims disappeared as the senate i receded, until we came to an amend- ' ment to pay the State of South (Jar- I olina $'47,000. A word as to that. 1 In May last, on the omnibus claim 'i bill, a basis was lixed for the adjustment of the accounts of Virginia and Haltimorc and South Carolina with the United States, growing out of Lire war of 1H12-15. The auditing oftl- i ccrs of LI 10 treasury In pursuance ; of that law, adjusted the accounts of Virginia. An indefinite appro priation was made to pay the rev.niu'1 I V'b Sif:?toc VA/li'i i \rr> ** uh/nil/1 found due !>y the auditing olllcers. Upon that basis, and under that legis- ! lation, the sum of $100,ono in round numl>ers has been paid to the State of Virginia. "Under the same law, which is the law today, the auditing odlcers in the : adjustment of accounts of the war of I IH12, found due to the State of South Carolina the sum of !M cents. Now, < the senate of the United States, notwithstanding the law, proposed legis- i lation on an appropriation bill to the < extent of granting to the State of < South Carolina $47,000. The house conferees objected,and the Wi >le long < delay has been over that one item. In the house of representatives, without criticising either side or any individual members,we have rules,s onetimes invoked by our Democratic friends and I sometimes by ourselves?each responsible to the people after all said and i done, by which a majority, right or wrong, mistaken or otherwise, can legislate. In another body there are no scruples. In another body legisla- i tlon is had by some consent. In another body an individual member of that body can rise in his place and talk for one hour,two hours,ten hours, twelve hours, it is a matter of his- | tury Mi;ib si senator on uie itepuoucan | side, in ;e former congress, talked to | death ;i river and harbor bill. There comes a time constantly in the set- ( tling of bills when yon must do so, or < so and so, else your bill cannot pass, i and this with reference to the great ] money l?ilis. In my opinion such a , condition existed as to this bill, and i clustered about this one amendment. < There was also an amendment put on to the bill in another l>ody which in- | volvcd legislation to the extent of < granting to the State of Vermont i $150,000 in adjustment of her war claims. The senate receded, but your conferees were unable to get the sen- | ate to recede upon the gift from the ] treasury, against the law, to the State < of South Carolina, by unanimous con ?i511ti um.b ?;i unity legislates, aim hi thi! expiring hours of the session we j are powerless without that unanimous consent. 'Help me, Casslus, or I j sink.' Unanimous onsent comes to ; the centre of tiie ilome; unanimous < consent comes practically to the \ house. We can iiavc no legislation < witliout approval of both bodies and one body, in my opinion, cannot legislate witliout unanimous consent. There was the alternative, but this ' applied not only to the deficiency bill . but to the naval bill, or an agreement < as to the naval bill. Your conferees had the alternative of submitting to < legislative blackmail at the demand, i in my opinion, of one individual?I shall net say where or of letting these great money bill fail. Now, 1 what are we going to do alKiut it? 1 This bill contains many important matters -your appropriations for public buildings, legislation lately had all avvy S. C., THURSDAY, along the line of the public service to the extent of *.120,000,000. "Now, i Lave taken the house Into my confidence touching this matter, as it Is my duty to do. I am getting to he a somewhat aged man. I pray (iorl that my life may be spare?', until an Intelligent and a righteous sentiment, north and south, east and west, pervading both pf the great parties, will lash anybody into obedience in the right of the majority to rule. .Majorities and minorities shift back and forth. All, says somebody, did that work in refrenoo to the matter of statehood, and did you believe in statehoodV I did not believe in statehood, and I am putting now the st rongest case against my own party, but a majority of the people, represented in the senate and the house, had the right to have its will expressed. "Uontlcmen, I havo made my pro tost. I do it- in sorrow and in humiliation, but there it is; and in my opinion another body under these im thuds must- change its met hods of procedure, or our body, hacked up by the people, will compel the change, else this body, close to the people, shall become a mere tender, a mere bender of the pregnant binges of the knee to submit to what any one member of another body demand of this body as a price for legislation." (Prolonged applause and cheers.) DOES NOT WANT NOMINATION V 11' Vnlt>H <il' Negro Defers ten Ani Needed to <?et It. K. C. 1 lowland, a close personal friend of President K osevelt, and Washington correspondent of the Mail and 10\press, sends the following uithorative announcement to New York recently: "President Roosevelt does not desire Lhe nomination for the next presidency if that nomination can he won in the Republican national convention >f 1901, only by the votes of delegates from Sout hern States. The president Is an avowed aspirant for the nomination, hut lie is ambitious that it shall zoinctohim from the representatives if the Republican party, chosen by Lhe free electors in the States where its votes are in the majority or where they have a fair possibility of winning the election. "He does not wish the verdict of the convent-ion to ho determined by delegates representing merely the skeleton of an organization instates where Republican citizens are either hopelessly in the minority or are disfranchised by the wholesale or can not command an honest count of their ballots. "Thisdeclarat ion isannounced publie.lv for l.IlP lir<t tin,,, I 1 loose veil's altitude as unprecedented as It is independent, may be accepted us indicating the confidence that pervades administration circles in the overwhelming popular approval of the president's course throughout the North and the great West. Itut It may he regarded also as a response to some recent events in Democratic States growing out of the race issue and appointments toolllce. "in relation to the so-called 'negro' policy of the president it is devoid of any purpose to capture the votes of Southern delegates in the next national Llepubiican convention. Tills declaration that the administration views with equanimity the criticism uf the local Southern leaders, whose apposition arises from disappointment over the control of Federal patronage and from the president's refusal to debar the qualified negro voter from membership in the party organization will come as a surprise to the South'. Hut it is only the logical outcome of the president's policy witli which Secretary Hoot's recent speeches upon the status of colored citizenship is in complete, accord." GOT THE MONEY^ Senator TIIIiiiuii'n Threat Won lllin a V.ctory in the McnatO. Senator Tillman caused a flutter in the Senate at 10 o'clock Tuesday night by announcing his Intention to defeat the naval appropriation hill and the general deficiency hill. This determination was the result >f an announcement from the conference room on tiie general deficiency i)ill to the effect that the House conferees had refused to accept the senate amendment providing for the payment of the Soutli Carolina State ilalm of $47,245. The senator had a stack of Isioks beside his desk almost as high as the lesk, while on the desk reposed a volume of My roll's poems open at "The Vision of Judgment." "It Is a Just claim and must go In," lie said, "or I will defeat liotli the remaining lulls and force an extra session of both houses of congress. I can talk until 12 o'clock tomorrow and that is all that is necessary for the accomplishment of my purpose." Later -The conferees on the general deficiency bill have agreed, the amendment for which Mr. Tillman 3ontended to pay the claim of the State of South Carolina being acceptid by the house conferees. A Itcimirkahtc Case. One of the most remarkable cases of a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenncr, Marion, Ind.. who was entirely cured by the use or One Minute Cough (Jure. She says: "The coughing and st raining so weakened me that I run down in weight from 14H to 02 pounds. I tried a number of remedies to no avail until I used One Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles of this wonderful remedy cured me entirely of the cough, strengthened my lungs and restored me to my normal weight, health and strength." Dr. K Norton. Mim MARCH 12, Ii><>:i. TILLMAN HITS BACK At Cannon for Accusing the United * States Senate of Blackmail. SOUTH CAROLINA'S WAR CLAIM Mr. Cntinon'H H|tiM*cli in the House 011 Wednesday on lamisiatlve lllackmail Spvorcly t'rhlCisutl l>y Senator , Tillman. In obedience to the president's proclamation the Senate of the .*>Slh Congress convened in extra session at nonn Thursday. An immense crowd was attracted to witness the interesting ceremony, lie lines of the *>7tli Congress had not died away when I'resident I'ro. Tem. Fryo called the body to order, and soon thereafter the senators who were re-elected and those who were to take their seats for t.he tlrst time (with the exception of Mr. (hu man, who had seen long service in the senate) were sworn in. Friends and admirers of the senators loaded down their desks with beautiful dowers. One of the features of the opening yereinony was the ovation accorded Mr. (Jorman. The new senators are: Ankeny of Washington, Clark of Arkansas. Fulton of Oregon, (lorman ,of Maryland, Heyburnof Idaho,llopklhs of Illinois, Latimer of South Carolina, Long of Kansas, McOreary of Kentucky, Newlanos of Nevada, Overman of North Carolina, Smoot of Utah, Stone of Missouri. Speaking for Mr. Iturrows, chairman of t.lie committee on privileges and elections, Mr. Hoar stated that questions of qualification should be postponed and acted upon by the senate afterwards. Mr. Cannon's speech in the house of representatives early Wednesday morning in presenting tlie conference report on the general deficiency hill, in which he charged I hat t lie senate conferees had resorted to legislative, blackmail and attacked the rules of the senate, formed the subject of some fervid remarks by Mr. Tiliman and by the senate conferees, Messrs. Hale, Allison and Teller. Referring to Mr. Cannon's speech, which lie characterized as "remarkable," Mr. Tillman said lie did not know that there ever had been a similar one delivered in either branch of congress, lie then quoted from Mr. Cannon's speech, giving the reasons for the house conferees receding from their position with respect to the claim of South Carolina for $47,000 growing out of the war of 1812-lf>. There were two issues, lie, said, involved in that speech, one affecting the dignity of the senate and 1 he other affecting his own integrity, responsibility and personal character. The speech, lie said, was "wholly indefensible, indecent and an outrage." lie r.n.1 fI..IV,...U....V. \l I - 1 I IVU\I nwiii ?M IIUIDVMI r? manual ing the comity that must obtain between two branches of a legislature and asked whether it had not been grossly violated in bids case, "rower," lie said, "had made some of these men drunk." Senators do not realize, lie said, tiiat a most outrageous tiling has been performed. SOUTH CAROLINA'S CLAIM. lie then gave a history of South Carolina's claim, answering Mr. Cannon's criticism with respect to legislating by unanimous consent. Mr. Tillman said that nothing in tiie house of representatives seems to go except by unanimous consent of a few leaders. "The unanimous consent of the members," lie said, "has fallen into innocuous desuetude and tlie unanimous consent lie speaks of so strenuously here is the unanimous consent of those in control." South Carolina, in this matter, he declared, had been an outcast, with no voice here, and nobody for h) years to ask that she shall receive recognition or justice, j Mr. Tillman quoted the law autho- I rizirtg the payment of interest on South Carolina's claim, and it was that which led the committee on appropriations to ao simply because it meant to do a long delayed act of justice to South Carolina and to undo the wrong which had been done. "That is the cause of this cry of 'blackmail,'" said lie, "and which caused the charge that the senate uuwu tin; mnitii*. tu niiiKU a Kill/ Ml South Carolina of $n,oou." Mr. Tillman thco said lie had tfrcat respect for Mr. Cannon, who, as the watchdog of t,he treasury, had saved the country millions of dollars. 11o had objected to the matter, he said, cirri nlo Ii/ip'IIKo hn /mllo/l II n?vm an appropriation bill. HC'KKK IN CONKERKN0K. Mr. Tillman drew a picture of the scene In the conference room while the committee was discussing his Item, and said: "The watchdog of the treasury came In, Bhut his massive jaws down on this claim and said 'whenever you all get ready to rub that out wiUte inc up.' " He said lie was only speaking metaphorically. He then spoke of the determination arrived at by him. "I simply shut my jaws down on the proposition," said lie, "that I would have that money or have an extra session and I was in a position, under the rules of the senate to force It." Mr. Hale of Maine said he would let the matter pass into oblivion, dis[To Ci Take Laxative Broi Seven MBBon boxes soM In past 12 agreeable as It was, but i alT< oted him because ho had charge of the deli* ioiicv bill. Speaking very deliberately Mr. llale said there had >? en un legislative blackmail. Mr. Ilalo, to set Mr. Till man ri^hl do dared t hat he had never visited the conference room and that ho did not obtrude himself upon the c >unnlt.tce The appropriation committee, he said, had a "ted on the claim ;is a mutt or of fair and even hand) >1 just ice llr. Halo said it has never been thought that one house oi congress sbouid arraign the otiicr. It ha> never been thought or said In-fore that tVo process of one I* <use are processes of blackmail. M*\ ''Miooti'. use of the words "legislative black in ill," Mr. Hale declared, wore un lovtainatc Improper, and a hreae.h ol the privilc^'s. which If they are not in the written law, praeti -ally s' uid in the judgment of all k<>o I men as the comity diet ween the tw > h-*us -s. lb; was followed hy Mr. \ 11i?n also a member of thoWutference commit tee. who said In* commended and a?>pr >ved every word Mr. Halo had said respect Intf the remarkahle speech maile in the other house at the close t the i last session. Neither house, he s'dd | is to he lectured hy the other as |i> what its titles are or sh uid b Mr. Allison asserted that w i m changes sire adopted in ? (> r i i < \ will be made Iw I lie. sen * I. in * no' I * any out side bo ly. Mr, Teller of ('plot a |o, I c I > m > erat io member of I.be ca lVi uee ?m mibtce explain si his position in tin matter and said that Mr. Cannon's remarks were inappropriate and ont of place. The message from t!ie p e I lent giving I ii reasons for calling lite senate in ext ra iess on was read. ' )n motion of Mr. Cullcm, the senate went into executive session and soon 1 adjourned until Monday. Ivansdale says you can pet a pood ' uality gingham at it you hurry. The best pill' neat h the stars and st ripes; i It cleanses the system and never , gripes. , lilt tie lOarly Itiscrs of worldly re- I putc? t Ask for Do Witt's and take no I substitute. i A small pill, easy to buy, easy to ' take and casv to act, hut never falling in results. f)oWibt 8 Little Karly Ills ' ers arouse the secret ions and act as a 1 tonic to the liver, curing permanent ly. I Dr' 10. Norton. War Time 1'rlce. Housewives who complain sihnut , the "price of things" may tiles-, t heir , stars that they are nob in Johauneshurg. From si letter recently received j is taken the following: " The hens :i t M :ider:L mvivirli> iiv v*.-ill. un.i. ill.wl 'fresh eggs,' which wr get retailed to us ut/ $I.us a dozen; new-laid eggs, , when you are fortunat e enough t o get , any, are from $1.70 to $I.tit) a dozen. Somehow the hens very much neglect their obvious duty here. Mutton is ( sold at thirty Cents a pound, hungry looking fowls at, $2 each, tind turkeys ( about $l.r? each." The Htomiicli 1st lie >lan. A weak stomach weakens t he man, because it cannot t ransform the food ho eats into nourishment, tlealth 1 and strength cannot he restored to any sick man or weak woman without tirst restoring health and st relight It to the stomach. A weak stomach cannot digest enough food to feed I he tissues and revive the tired and run down limbs and organs of t he body. Kodoi Dyspopsia Cure cleanses, purities, sweetens and strenghtens the glands and membranes of the stomach, and cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach I roubles. Dr E Norton. A Fatal Wreck. A light took place Wednesday at Hamlet, Ala., between the Taylor boys and the Itarkleys. As a result Tom Itarkley Is dead, and three others are injured. The Itarkley boys, .loe and Tom, were moving tlio.ir household cITects when the Taylors began deriding them about moving the cat. The liarkleys became angry and the light began. Seizing a heavey stick. Tom Itarkley knocked down t wo of the tormentors and made for the remaining one. This one pulled a pistol and shot Itarkley through the armAt the conclusion of the battle Tom Itarkley was lying In the dust with bis skull crushed, a pistol hall through Ills arm and many knife wounds in Ids body. He lived only a short time. The remainder of the party were covered with wounds and severelv in jured. Two of the Taylors have been arrested. * What's In a Name? Kverything Is In the name when it comes to witch lla/.le Salve. 10. C. DeVVitt vSc Co., of Chicago, discovered, some years ai<o, how to make a salve from Witch lla/el that, is a spec! lie for Piles, i-'or blind, bleeding, itohlngand , prot rudiiiK I'llcs, eczema, cuts, burns,1 bruises and all skin diseases, Do Witt's Salve has no equal. This has tfiven ii.t iu imini:iuu?? win i 11ii'.vs counterfclbs. Ask for Do Wile's the genuine, i Dr. E. Norton. Fatal Wrack. There was a wreck on the Kealioard Airline Railroad al Evergreen, Kla , on Wednesday afternoon. The Engineer, K. S. Pierce, and his colored fireman were fatally Injured. Nine other persons were hurt. The wreck was caused by an open switch. ire a Cold In On mo Quinine Tablets. ^ months. This signature, NO. MEFTS AWFUL FATE. Charles Jeffcoat, the South Caro ina Murderer. Shot to Death WHILE RESISTING OFFICERS. Ji fl'on ti U'ns \Ik.i Wanted in (ai<urniii lor tin* I v 11! i 1114 ot'Dcpnty HiirriIT danders lit Swaliinltoro. The closing chapter In tlio lifivof Ciurles Jetfenat was enacted Thursd iy i i Al.iInn11 wii mi he was shot to <1 atii I y t wo oltlccis or the la-v wl\o itl 1'inplim| to arri'st, li in. A dispatch I I'lic Stai from Andalusia, Ala., itlvcsthe follow ill); j artleula is of I ho natl.iws's t rai.de deat h: Charles JelT'.' at, alias Charles Johnson, who was wanted in Swainshoro, (Ja., for tlio murder of .1. i). Flanders,deputy sheriff of lOmanuel county, wis shot, to leal h 'I'liursday near Wat kins hridurc, mi Yellow river, hy Deputy Sheriffs I'rest wo id and Dunson, who were attempting to arrest him. .lelTcoat was dso wanted in Soulo Carolina for nnirder. There Is a reward til' $1,000 oi ins ea;>t me from <reoi'uia. Deput y Pin on was shot in I lie lev hy Jelfjoat. A Ti e St He avs: J> ITeoat 's career vin e a lawleis one was nevertheless iefurcspie. (Hilly .Inly in, lt)o2, he (as I) ioj,' piii.siie. 1 l?v a t> sse near Mi'vilie. Da., headed liy Depot v SheriIT Joe Flanders who was endeavoring o a< rest, him for the murder of a man lamed Wilson a! llerodon, Oa. The jriinc had h s n committed some four n >nt lis previ us aud during ttie Inter re n t iii<" limn .1 Ml' ii' 11 ii I I ,.r . pi 1 >" ? 'J y irxucd. A i Shi riff Flanders was alnost upon liitn the desperado tun ed ind shot him escaping Into t he < )geejhee river swamp. A few days later tiov. McSweenoy .vas nut ilied of a g mg of horse I liieves ipcialing near Wagners in Aiken yniiiiy and offered rewards f?*r their apture. They were hotly pursued hy slierlM' Alderman of Aiken county. Does were placed on their trail and die thieves were closed up with. The inrsuit narrowed to a small settlencnti near the river and the posse anno in sight of JolTeoat, who turned ind fired a broadside at the two olll ers.Sheriir Alderman and his deputy, Mr. All. The latter was shot in the sick hy the outlaw who again es aped. A new posse was organized and he chase renewed towards the southon part of Llie State. Ile was thought Lo h ive entered Lexington county and he governor and the sheriffs of Aiken ind Lexington counties kept up a '.(instant telegraphic communication. Kxtra cartridges were sent to the olll ersand fresh dogs were obtained, lint on.Inly 2<i all trace of .1 elTcoat was lost, though t lie man hunt continued. lie was traced to Dixlana, In Lexington county, and from there cntorsl the Cougarcc swamp. The swamp was thoroughly searched but no trace [>f liiui could tic found. From that t ime he h;is tieen unheard of In South Carolina, though there were frequent rumors of Ids appearance in this city, is he lias a brother living here. Most of the stories were, however, myths. At i )ie time of his disappearance thore was tin aggregate reward of 41,200 for Ills capture. SherilT Flanders' widow offered 4200, his brother a like sum and friends of Flanders $200 more; $:too was offered by various South Carolina authorities. It Is a question i?i iinnr.M, as u? wnebiier i,lie two Alabama ollic.ers would lie claimautR for the large sum placed upon the head of this notorious outlaw. A Itui'U liir'H Work. Mr. and Mrs. C. Diokerson, prominent citizens of Jasper county, were fatally injured by a burglar early Thursday morning near Cordova, Ala., and their home robbed of its valuables. The weapon used by the robber was a hatchet, and horrible gashes on the faces of his two victims show he was forced to use it vigorously. Mr. Dlekerson's live-ycar-oid daughter notified the neighbors of the tragedy and when they arrived at the house the man.and woman were unconscious, lying on a bed which was splashed with blood, the hatchet lying nearby. There is no clue as to the Identity of the robber, though posses have been organized and arc making every possible elfort to capture the guilty man. A telephone message from Cordova late. Thursday night says Henry Walker, a negro, is being held on suspicion. Struck hy a Train. Mrs. John Greenwood and her threo children, girls aged HI and 12, and a boy 11, while walking across the Big Four trestle west of Springfield, Ohio, Thursday were struck hy loeal Cincinnati freight No. f>r?, southbound. The mother and the eldest girl were instanly killed and the other two were fatally Injured. All wcf$ knocked from the trestle Into the water tifty feet blow. Engineer Thomas Lealy says the fog was so dense that lie could not see 2f> feet ahead of his engine. ' Another ICniltontl Wreck. The westbound Southern Pacific passenger train was derailed Wednesday at Alley ton, Texas ono coach, going over. Tip Wood and Clint Cooper, both negro passengers, were killed and ' seven others was hurt, none seriously. eT)/|V CureTcrtp | jf In Two Days. /V/ /j on every i box# 25c. |