The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 12, 1906, Image 5

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? ' LYON IN REPLY ^iys That /Tillman is Trying to Belittle Committee. Will INVESTIGATE HIM. >? The Dispensary is So Corrupt That Even the Investigating Committee Are Suspected. Savt< Mr. , _.i, Who Fi?es Some Very Hot Shot at ihe Senator. Senator Tillman in a manifesto which he gave to the public recently attacked a great many peo;le and u (.tibials, not even sparing the merrily c era of the committee appointed to investigate theITxirs of the Slate dls pensary. That reference has been taken by J. Fraser Lyon us an eff jrt to db^edlc the investigating committee *>.d in a letter to the attorney for a liquor bolide Mr. Lyon has expressed himself rather forcibly in regard to Senator Tillman's state mcnt. The letter of Mr. Lyon has been secured for publication after some elfort on the part of The State, but the attorney to whom it is addressed a^ks that his name be kept out of it. Following Is tbe communication: Ahhpvillp S f. A rv*U 9 limn w vj Ui "V_y . ) il|/lU U| J (7UU. My Dear Sir: Your two letters of recent aa^e were received by me upon my return home yesterday after au absence of about two weeks. You will, the refcre, understand why you have not tod an earlier reply. While it is tiue Aat I do not think there is any good ^ison for withholding payment of the claim of the Cook & Bernheimer company of New York still, as 1 have said heretofore, 1 will uot give my consent to the payment of this or any other dispensary cialm now held up until the matter of such payment is dh cussed at a public session of our committee. 1 feel sure that you will appreciate my position in this matter, especially since the pu dicailon of Senator Tillman's "Address to the People of Soutn Carolina," in which he says: "Is there not pl? uty of opportunity I for more graft and secret transaction!; F 1?\ regard to the settlement of these accounts? VN ill not the legislative committee be suspected of corruption if It does not get lu the middle of the road and stay there?that Is, stand by the law, obey it itself and require others to cio so? Why so much delay ?" You see this additional reason for my position. It is uufortunaie for your clients to have had dealings with an institution which no one eau even invesugate without having it surges ted or insinuated that he may be a grafter, or at least has a goud opportunity to steal. While 1 regard this reference to our committee as only a shrewd attempt tc shake public confidence in us and Intend to obstruct and interfere wlih our work, which Is evidently becoming distasteful to many of those who are irrevocably wedded to the dispensary, still when 1 see the proneness to criticise us 1 wish to bt especially careful not to put myself ir a position that could, with even aculof justice be criticbed. lu your letter of March 26 you prac' tlcally asked the question, and sincerelyj-''Why so muoii delay ?" I know no facltbat I have learned in thedlspensaify investigation that I shall intentional withhold from the public Sometimes 1 do not think It best foi the si ccess of the Investigation to re veal facts and suspicions as soon ar they come to me or to disclose oui plans for the future, so In this e?jt< I will answer your question only sc far as 1 think the pieser.t status sc the investigation justifies. We are trylug to get the fac's in re gard to several suspicious macbstt which we think should be Invest get ed. Amoi g them is the statement as 1 recall It, of Senator Tilln.an that hi returned certain rebates to a distili ery. We wish to find the credits on thtfvhuoks of the distillery s.lowing thU?tJlou:it of r bates which Senator Tinman said'he ic.urneo as a g.fc fm the gra -itude he felt to the i quo concerned crediting the State of S ur,< Caroiioa. B: sides this there had couie to my ears a rumor?the sou.ee of which 1 do not n -w recall, but a aimor winch I think should be looked into?that Senator Tillman when gov errur was presented with a piano bv a Honor coittnn. Ii. mav he that re ce.pus may be s lOwa fur M:o reb&>.s whicn way iiavvi been returned >,ud also for payment of this piano wmo may have been received j.h wub rumored to be the satisfactory cxplana tlon in the ca.se of tbe To will horse matter. Still we do not know tbe facts in regard to these things and think tbe legislature intended for us to in ve^ttgate sucb transactions as these as;well as other vague and uncertain trotters to which common rumor g^vN currency. We must do our dut y in looking into these tilings and yob may judge by the above samples that we must have, much time in do log It. Furthermore, it is not ex pedieutand I would not approve ol the committee holding a public session every time Senator Cnriatensec and I have done all we can In exam inlng each claim. I recognize the fact that we may be chantry a '"wl'lo' the-wigp" In all of these matters, and that your clients may setT^r in the meantime, but, whether cur ef forts be pucu a chase or not, It seems certain that In all events our committee mus walk through fie mire The opinion Is so prevalent that the dispensary has been a breeder of so much corruption that no one can touch It without, the suspicion of some one being aroused. U.if jrtunately, in the case of our commute, the insinu tion of this suspicion Is cast up 11 us in the public prints by one who, above ail others, may know of the innermost affairs of the dispensary as trusacted by its ctllcers s nee its inception. I I trust, however, that we will dn ally emerge from our distasteful task meriting the cor tldence and approval of all honest citizens. Believing that this will satisfactorily explain our delay. 1 am Yuurs very truly, J. Fraser Lyon. MAY KK OUT OFF. souths di8advantagk as to UUllAlj HOVTKS. 1 1 Large Negro Population Decreases ' the Amount of Mail Handled on fome Routes. , The Washington correspondent <f the State writes his paper from i Washington in regard to rural routes under recent dale that it is probable some of them may be cub off. It behooves the people in the country to patronize them. la regard to this matter the State's correspondent says: Some of the c thctals of the postclHoe department some time ago were 1 somewhat nettled at the reports pub iished in this coi respond once that 1 they intended to discontinue rural 1 free delivery routes which did not ! handle as much as 2 000 pieces of mall a month. They were nettled es- ! ptdaily because in that same letter I called attention to the fact that the operations of this rule would affect 1 routes principally in the south, where the number of negroes on the routes who do not use mails very modi caused the average number of mail ' pieces to he so low. Tne number of pieces haodled on the routes in South Carolina, according to tne tigures of the department, averaged 2 40U pieces a month. In North Carolina. thn a V. 1 erage is ouiy 1,900. So stirred up * about this report were the ctliolalb 1 that they issued a special statement 1 to the papers of North Carolina, where portions of the story were cop 1 ied, with a view of modifying the irn predion. Representative Finley, who is a memhrr of the house committee on post' ifloe and pcstroad, has just re cdved a letter from Mr. DeGraw. fourth assisiant post mast r general, contirming that report. He gives a specific instance of the cutting off of routes or the disposition to do it - "You will observe," savs the letter, after giving the number of mail 1 pieces handled on routes in York * county, "that the amount of mail ' handled on these routes Is far below 1 the average per route, 3,000 per month, and below the minimum which it is thought a route should 1 handle per month, 2,000 pieces." The letter notifies Mr. Finley that * two more routes in Cherokee c unty 1 will be established, completing the ' county system of that county. Mr. DeGraw says concerning Caerokee " county that the records show tuai during the quarter ending December ' 31, 1905, as compared wiwh tnat end " lug June 3C, 1905, there has been a ' material it create in the amount of mall handled on the rural routes of r Cherokee. It was in view of ttils im proved condition that the two new * route* were established and the coun: fcy H>stem perfected. Impactions have been ordered of } the routes In York county and toe number of pieces of mail will be e mated. The department state* to Mr. Finlev that the oi j ct of this is i to "ascertain the came for the ad verse conditions on these route*, and, if poss b'e, Increasing taelr patron > age." Pending reports f ona these routes the department will bold op ! other applications for other routes in York c unty. M r.l: T e country people of Y -rk sod people everv vnare on rural fret lellvery routes had best get busy anri '"ko ijhw pap r-i and vrito letters to folks or send out toe.r olds through the malls. K* piihtiOAiiH in the iiousts 01 hrhiay iYlr. Kilny, of Illinois, resumed uis upo c l/< ih II uk j on the atleged iniquities ot the protective tariff II referred p :ti cularly to he watcn trust. "Tnere are no leaders on the m >Joi Ity Id1 of this H use," continued Katney. 1 Tne real lead rs of the Kpublloan party are the MoOurdys, McCalls a el Ilamilt ns, toe Rockefellers who skuia behind htoue walls to resist servic ? vbey are tne real leaders of the Republican party." Boiler Exploded. A disastrous boiler explosion occur red at Kyles Ford, Tenn., Thursday I killing tnree and wounding several i others. Tiie explosion occured without theslig itest warning. Tne boi boiler is to have been in good coudl > tlon. The stw will plant was daraag . ed by dying fragments. All the kllltd i and injured are well known ovei the . country. I GAVE UP WIFE Who Confessed She Loved Another From Childhood. A PATHETIC ROMANCE n the Life 01 Rev. W. F. Cady Crops Out in the Story of Mis Divorce Suit Against His Wife at Bridgeport Conn. Recently. AtNiwburg, N. Y., 0119 night last week the scattered threads tn the romance of May Foster Nichols and Rov. William J. Cady were tinally tirawn together by the wife's story of the strange circumstances that led to the divorce which was granted to the minister a few days before at lirldgeport, Conn., by Judge Gager >f the Sutcrlor Court. It is a story of blighted love which 3n the part of the broken hearted clergyman at least, closely parallels that other story of love aud sacrifice in whloti John Raskin, d'scovering that his young aud beautiful wife lovid aud was beloved of Sir .inhn Milluls, jut of the nobleties of his nature freely gave her up to his bosom friend Tue Rev. William J. Cariy, blinded by his own great love for May Foster Nicho's, learned from her lips six months bfler their marriage, and when she belie /ed sho was on her ieatn bed, so he asserts, that her heart was in the possession of another. Stunned, but*lill loving her, the broken- hearted man sealed his lips until, her mind freed of the great burden which it had carried for six months, the wifes health mended, he gently and lovingly turned her from nim and resigned her to the sweetheart of her childhood. Unlike Raskin, however, he still yearned for her affection, and by all the artifices,jof toe ardent wooer, sought to awaken in his wife the affection which she had avowed belonged to another. To this extent he succeeded, that the wife onee more returned to his home, and on her part sought to kindle the flame which would weld her heart to his. Rut her thoughts wont constantly buck to the sweetheart of old, and sadly and sor.owfully they parted. Toe end came in the Superior Court Bridgeport. The minister was granted a decree of divorce on the g.-ound of desertion. The same day lib dream of love shattered, his con giegatiOQ rent in twain by the revelation of his dom soio tragedy, his heart numb within him, lie departed for Kansas Cltv, where am.d new soenes ne nas aken a new charge in the hope of blitttng ouo the past, j Mrs. Cady, free now to plaoe her af- j factious where they have constantly waudcrcd since childhood has returuad 10 the homo of her mother InNewourg where lives Dr. E. F. Brooks, .he man to whose love the minister has resigned his wife. Ltev. Mr. Cady's last words on leaving for the West wero of affection and forgiveness for the woman who was his wife. "After we had been mar ried six months," lie said t.o an intimate friend, "my wife was taken ill with a severe cold, She feared she was going to die. While in this condition she confessed to me that she vas in love with Dr. E. F. B'onks, of Newburg, N. Y. They were old and intimate friends. I told her she was free to go with the man she loved, hut she remained with me a year after that. Then she went to her home iu Newburg, where she is at present and the physician in question boards at her home. I wrote ner sov oral letters asking her to return, but rhey were ignored. It Is belter so. i have no bitterness in my heart for her. But It was a terrible awakening My only hope now is that I may forget and that she may be happy." The romance dates back several vears, at the beginning is the old story of par n'al Influence guiding t e 3holce of a husband. "Even old ffl I I/O m A u orvmf.H", " 1 luinu IU?/ dv/illci/lui uu wruu|(, " siviu he mo'her of the young wife as she snook her he ah m recounting the story of her daughter's marriage. Tne couple w xe united on April 4, 1900, at N ;wbu*g. Cady, the son of . wealthy Canadian planter, came to New York several years prior and woiked successively an clerk and book agent before bis ordination as a min sr.? r In the M thodlst E >lHCopal Church. It whi lei Newburg, after toat, be met Mrs Nichols, whose fath er no v dead, vn distantly related to Commodore Vanderbilt. He fell In love with the girl, who was tall handsome and a fav ?rite In Newburg society circles, and in the blindness of tils own love and me ting favor in the eyes of Dr. Ellzibeth Nichols, her mother the young clergyman fancied hisafT. otlon whs returned. Mrs. Nichols. herself a st.Hp.t-. church-woman, Haw nothing but ad vaut?g3 in the marriage of her daughter to a stalwart youug member of toe cloth, and though her daughter was madly in love with young Dr. Brooks, her playmate of ohildhood she was encouraged to accept the attentions of Cady, and the match was finally arranged. A dutiful daugh ter. the your# girl gave her consent and, obi vious ofgcverything elso but that the dream of his life was about V* b? realized, the young minister led his loveless wife to the altar. The young husband took hta wife to Manorvllle, L. I., whtro he waa In charge of a church, and for six months his happiness knew no abatement. Then the young wife was suddenly taken ill. A heavy cold settled on her lungs, and the husbaud was almost frantic as he saw her fading away before hi i eyes, llor mother attended her during her Illness, and she as well as the languishing patient, knew too well that another illness that centered In her heart, was wasting the young life away. Hut still not a word was spoken, until finally it became necoessary to call In the services of another physician, who silently shook his head and pronouneed the case of the wife hopeless. Then It was that she formed her resolution. Calling to her bedside the anguished husband she told him with what she thought was her dying breath as he knelt beside her, her eyes turned full on his, the sacret that blasted his hopes forever. "Will, Will," the minister says she cried between her sobs "I must speak and tell you that 1 never, never loved you. 1 love another. All this while, all this time that you have known me, I've lovrd an tber. The kneeling man fell back; prostrated the blow. Then, as the thought of the solemn hour occurred to him, he steeled his heart and listened sliently until the full confession had been mule, Lie then called his religion to Ills support, and in a voice strained weak and passionless, he said: "I forgive you. If iudeed a wrung nas ueen none, 1t is i wno have done it." That night the patient's condition took a turn for the better and within a week she was on the road to recovery. hut not yet did he spead to her of the blight which had been cast over Ms life. Not until she had fully rtcivered did be take ihe last step. Tnen It was In the same calm passionless voice that he said, as he took her hand gently: ' if It be true you would better to go to the man you love." Hut now she faltered. She had seen him In adversity, under the greatest blow thai, can be struck at a man, and his strength and fortitude, his gentle forbearance and noble self-sacritice, sounded a new note, and for a pear ,he remained at his side, striving to awaken in her heart the love for 111m that he still craved by look and act. Hut the old affection would not die. At the end of th year she left liim. Still he sought her by letter, beseeching her to return once more and strive to tlnd In hlui the qualities which w mid crown his devotion with the love he sought. Hut It was in vain, and, bowed 111 his grief, the minister gave her up lie tuok a new c'.arge in Stamford, Conn., and began 1 1 f,. ar.fL'JP He made the mlsta do Of not informing l>is new congregation of the peculiar state of his domestic ties. By and by mothers with marriageable daughters beg n to make him the oojeot of th? ir attentions, and at last in ?esp< ration, the harried minister made an announcement from his pul, pit which spread c msteriuwlon among bis C3ugregation and oaqseq a rupture which ended, a few days ago, in him resigning from Ins miaistry ahd accepting a charge in the FarWest. It v/as but a short time ago that the newspapers prlntc the \n noun cement. Ltav. Mr. CJady, froox his pulpit declared he was a mariied man who for reasons over which xe had no control, had been forced to apply for a divorce. Tuere followed a little later the visit ol the ^it'e to Bridgeport, where she was served in the trainshed with the summon! in the suit. Woe made no defence. Aud the decree was grant?d. A MIN2R KfcSJUKf Alter BeiiiK (Jtider CJroiind TwentyFive I>*vh and Nights, A dispatch from Lens, France, says another living survivor of tHe mine disaster at (Jourtter *,s on M*rch 10 was disc 'vered Wednesday morning and brought out of the pit. The fluding of another miner alive after twentv-tive days' entombment caused intense excitement. He was in good c indition. Acc irdii g to bin first statements, this m in, August K B, Itoo, suffered lews than the preceding retcueq men. As the news spread it cau?\*d extreme exasperation against the enwfln? ers who have been directing the salvage work. Briton who was covered witli i layer of coal dual, described his experience as follows: "1 waa w< ikiDg with my oousin when the expfydon occurred and we beoapae separated Afterward, alone, I groped anode in the darkness, trying to iiad an outlet. I ft rat found a dead horse! tut was unable to eat any of Its fl :&h. Later I found some lunch bags which had belonged to the men who had oeen killed by the explosions and I lived ou the food I found in them. I sufT ;red 'rora c ?)d and took c ofchini/ and shoes from ibe dean. I also found three washes and twenty tour sous. At one time I gave up all hope and tried to commit suoldo by opet lng a vein. 1 slept ten times ani tried to count the days, estimating that eight days had passed since the explosion." When the engineers came up from tha-Courtieres pi us au noon they were Attacked by a crowd of women crying: "Death to the murderers!" kfaey were rescued by squadrons oi dragoons. The people are Intensely excited and serious disorders art threatened. FIFTY-ODD KILLED. huh,dim; gollaphkd whim: tukgdk8t dancki). Many Killed and Injured in Accident Said to be Due to Carelessness. At N&gold, Germany, tlfty-ttve persons were killed and 100 dangerously Injured Thursday b> the collapse of the hotol / > m Hlrschen. The building had not been fully oompleted and the catastrophe Is attributed to the nou-observance cf proper precautions. Tue roof of the building had beon only put In place Wednesday morning, an event which In accordance with German custom, was celebrated by a feast. The quests were reported to have engaged in a dance, and this, to gether with the large number of persons on the lloor, probably was what caused the building to collapse. There were 200 persons present, most of whom were burled In the ruins. At 10 o'clock Thursday night 55 dead bodies had been recovered and 100 injured were taken from the ruins, many of them in a serious condition. Twenty persons still arc missing and probably are dead. The accident is attributed to carelessness on the part of those who were making repairs on the building, which had been raised live feet from the ground in order to give more spaoe for the lower story. The work began early In the morning and was supposed to have been finished at noon. The keen er of the hotel invited the workmen and a large number of townspeople to a grand dinner. The company assembled in the middle banquet room and was drinking the health of the builder and landlord when suddenly a crash was heard above. A score of those in the ban buet room jumped from the windows and doors in time to escape, when the house came down with a crash. The town Thursday night presents an indescribable scene of horror and grief. There is hardly a family but has lost one or more members. The villagers and people of the surrounding country are inquiring for their relatives. The dead are laid out in the town hall adjacent to the sceue of the disaster. The work of rescue Is still proceeding, but the full losses will not be known until Friday. L0B1S8 HIS LIFE. A Daring llallonn Anoont UikIh in the Auionaut'H Death. Death in the waters of Bass creek, along the south shore of Long Island, between Jones Beach and Amltyville, N Y., ended the daring balloon ascent Wednesday afternoon of Paul Nocq let, a French sculptor of noto and an enthusiastic amateur aeronaut. The body was found Thursday night on the muddy shore of the creek where the tide had left it and not a great distance from where Nocquet's collapsed balloon was discovered late Wednesday night by the life savers of Jones beach. The discovery of the body put an end to a seared which had Included ocean, laud and marshes. Noequet apparently landed safely with his oar and In tightirig his way out of the meadows in the darkuess had traversed about two tifths of the distance from Jones beach to Amltyville, several miles, when he died. He had crossed 13 or 11 different islands and had swum or waded through the runlets between them. That Noequet traveled as far as he did Is considered wonderful. lle must have struggeld the last ral e of the two he traveled under fearful difficulties. He essayed a trip that few men could p jsslhly have completed In daylight. The valve c ratrolling the ropes of the balloon when found Indicated that the descent had been started by Nocquet's action and that must have been gradual. When Noequet started on his Hight Wednesday afternoon the wind was blowing out to sea. This meant that unless he should come down after bo lng up but a short time?having startied frnm Hnm*?no .10 W.?v >? v/UA uu Tf VU1V1 surely be blown across Look Island and out over the ocean. A life preserver was strapped Inside the basket and the word to let go was given. The balloon In its flight passed over Jamaica, Garden City, Westbury, Jericho and Cold Spring Harbor, then darkness came and shut it from view. Capt. George Smith of Amltyvllle located the body Wednesday night on the muddy bank of Hans creek ahd made It fast to a stake. It *111 be tak n lo Amltyvillo Thursday after having been viewed by the coroner. Tracks about the balloon when foun l seemed to indicate that the a. ronn;ut nad survived his Might. At about the time the balloon wan lira* dtbc )Vereri by the beach patrol, crle* were heard out on the hay in the direction of the islands by Henry Furdy, who Uvee in a house boat.. He hupp ?s* ed the; calls were those of night shooters or fishermen shouting to each othor, and paid no great attention to them. <Ji*umIi*u1 to Death, A dispatch from Gainesville, Ga., says: '"Ab London, well koowu In Hall and Lumpkin, met death In 8 , horrible manner between this p'ae , and Dahlonega. He was unloading i wagon of a heavy telegraph pol< when It fell on him and crushed hi I skull to pieces and broke his neck , He lay pluned down until a helpe could go several miles for assistance.' DUPES OF FRAUD. __ ^ Thousands of People Bought Love Powders From a BALTIMORE CONCERN, The Factory Where the Lore Tokens Were Made Raided by The Officers, ai,d Thousands of Dollars Found In the Safe and Taken. I I United States Marshal Langharamer, Postal Inspector Ilooton and Sharron and Secret Service Agent Charles Wright raided the "College of Science" conducted by "I)r." Theodore White at 1917 E\Bt Pratt street, Baltimore, Mi., and as a result the "doctor" was held in #10,000 ball for the action of the federal grand Jury by United States Commissioner Bond Thursday afternoon, charged with using the malls for fraudulent purposes. lie waived examination. Seven hairs out of a white mule's tall, eight drops of blood out of a dog's tall and one or two equally unexpected Ingredients constlt te a love potion, thousands of packages of which u/nru f " -- 1 -1 n viu voivoil III till' r^MI. White, who advertises himself In the newspapers as being tho "only reliable" spiritualistic medium in Baltimore has conducted his "College of Sc once" f jr the past two years. When the "college" on East Pratt street was raided the United States oilljlals found eighteen young women working for White, typewriting, mailing his hooks on "Tae Higher Occult Science," and putting up and wrapping a potion, warrauted to oause lovo at tlrst slgnt. In the safe, which the doctor opened at the urgent solicitation of the United States utlloers, was found nearly 813,000 in cash, and White admitted that his operations had extended all over this country, Europe, Central A merica and a p >rtlon of South America. Marshal Langhammcr now has in his possession the names of patrons of ttie Institution residing in Honduras, Central America. The issuance of tho warrant for Wnlte's arrest came as a result of a c mfereuoe between United States District Attorney Rose, Assistant United States District Attorney Sopor, Marshal Langhammcr and the United States postal otllolals. Thousands of letters addressed to White had been received at the Baltimore posted! :e from all sections of the country. Through means known only to themselves, the United States ottlcial secured the rmini'M nt nn^nnu .?? ? _ w* ^/V>1 D';u.) u1 > YT I1UU1 I the' doctor" had sent his circulars, and after reading the matter which he went out they came to the conclusion that hi9 operations were fraudulent. White's circulars stated that the "College of Science" was prepared to teach hypnotism, mental science, telepathy and the "higher occultism" In mall order courses at 17 a course. After taking a course the suosoriber was guaranteed to be able to influence any one in a magnetic or hypnotic way. The course was divided into seven sections, and one of the sections was devoted to charms and incantations. When the otHolals raided the "oollcge" they found three young women busily engaged In preparing a "love powder." which they were inclosing with certain prayers, and which the 'individual desirous of attracting and holding the atT iOtlons of the opposite sex must wear in a bag around his or ? her neck. Toe powder whlci works sucti wonderful results is of a dark, lead color. Three wagon loads of circulars, advertising matter, and mail were brought from the "college" to the United States marshal's otllce, and will be used in evidence against White. Toe prisoner, who is about thirty-six years old, has lived In Baltimore for the past fifteen years, and is well known among those who patronized the spiritualistic me Hums. Marshal Linghamuier satd that uhe raid on the "Uollege of Science" was one of the mort Important that had occurred in Baltimore for many year*; and the postal authorities arc greatly pleased at tne complete man uor iu wnion w nite and his outfit were rounded up. Shot Hit* Father. At H z 'hurst, Ga., on last Wednesday, Cleveland Crawford, a youn^ man of that plaee, about tweiity yearn # - - ui a,gn, a mt ana seriously wounded his father. J. M. Crawford, at the same time accidentally wounding his little brother with a stray bullet, the child being struck In the abdomen, and the father receiving several bullets. The young man wno did the suootlug ; claims that bis father was beating his mother, chat he attempted to interfere, and that the elder Crawford assaulted him with a chair, compelling him to defend himself with the revolver. I Aovuluniaily Hiitoil. k Mrs. Lena Crabb was accidentally kilie 1 by the sueritl of Laurens oouuk ty, Georgia, on la^t Thursday wnlie 3 being earied by him to Dublin jail H on the charge Of abandoning nor * oulldren. His pistol fell from his r pocket and exploded, the ball striking the woman, killing her Instantly.