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OFFERED LIFE In Defence of the Property of His Employer, Now Faces A CttAKGE OF THEFT Bat the Younf Man's Frleods Claim That After Being Shot by Robbers His Mind Became Uncertain and That Caused His Trouble. T. M. Hill, formerly agent- of the 8oublu-m Railway at Orcera, was arrested some time ago charged with ?mbf7sliDK $3,000 of the company's money. Hill's accounts at Greer wore regularly and frequently examined by tmraHror anHlhuu nt M\? Qniffhcrn OTUVIIWJI0 V i W IV ifUUUUQIUi and all of them pronounoed them oorreot UHtll early In 1904, when Mr. W. D. Lowrey claims to have discovered * 3,000 shortage. Hill was relieved of im position three days before his arrest, which was made at the in atanor, as stated, of an agent of the American Surety oompany. This concern bonds the Southerns, agents and Insures the railway com pany against loss throng h thler misappropriation of funds. Vpon the discovery of the alleged discrepancy In Hill's books, the Southern called upon the surety company to make good the loss. The money was paid and the bonding company then took up the matter of making an example Of Hill. Hill was an tffloer in the Presbyterian church and also a popular Sunday school teacher, and his arrest produced a sensation. Four years ago an effort was made to rob the safe at Greer, and 11111, who was In charge of the efflce that night, ceme near sacrificing his *llfe to save the company's property. Two men entered the tffloe, and oove lug blm with pistols, ordered him to throw up his hards and open the afe There were two other robbers watch nig irim wiinoUL. tllll tnrow up DIB hands bub refuged to disch bo the safe combination, whereupon he wag shot ard fell to the floor. Lying on the floor he refused to obey a second order, and this refusal, too, was fol lowed by a bullet, which crashed through the agent's body. The cries and shots aroused the town and the highwayman had tc leave without their booty, mil wu found lying In a pool of blood. Since tbat time, it Is claimed by hh friends, Hill's mind has suffered In consequence of the night's experiences. As a result, they say, the accounts of his c flloe having become muddled, culminating In bis arrest. Many of Hill's friends most of whom remain true to blm, do not believe that he Intended to do wrong, and and that the apparent shortage in his ofllce Is the result of mental and nhysioal troubles caused by the injuries he received as above described. MILIllA OFFICERS Meet In Columbia and Form au As* aoolation. The oflloers of the South Carolina National Guard met In Columbia lagt week and organized & permanent organization and inaugurated a campaign to build up tbe militia generally. Capt. C. W. Coker, chairman cl tbe c< mmittee, called the meeting to order and was elected temporary chairman. Capt. E. M. Llghtfoot opened tbe proceedings witb prayer. Gov. Hey ward, commander-in-chief of tbe militia, was in tbe ball and was called on for a speech. He bas been In tbe militia himself and commended tbe spirit of tbe men wbo had left their business and bad come to Columbia at some cost to themselves. He complimented the militia warmly and deolared that the department should receive more money. He thinks that thecfllceof adjutant general should be taken out of polltloe, and tbe militia oould the* recommend their choice. He wants to send a regiment to Cblokamouga In tbe fall. In the eleotlon of permanent officers Capt. Hyde wis chosen president by acclamation. Tbe vice presidents are: Col. W. W. Lewis, First regiment; Maj. Lewis W. Haskell, Second regiment, Maj. Julius E. Cogggwell, Third regiment, and Lieut. Com. E. L. DuHose of the naval militia; secretary and treasurer, Lieut. David Kobn of Gilurobts; assistant seoretary, Lieut. J. Palmer Smith of Columula; chaplain, Kt:v. E. M Llghtfoot of Orangeburg. Committee on military code: Col. Ezra B. Fuller, Col. Henry T. Thompt,OL, Col. D O . Herbert, Col Henry Sch&chLf, Capt J. G. Richards Jr. Executive committee: Col. W. W. Lewis, Col. D. O. Ilerbet, MaJ. OoggsmcII, Capt. Beues and Capt (Joker, Geo. Willie Jones, Capt. J. H. Claffy, Capt. R Lee Brunson, Capt. J. Ad^ei Smyth, Jr. Lieut. 11. C. Soheper, Col. Ezra C. Fuller. Paid IJpT The Vloeroy tf Canton, China, has paid to the American Consul at Cantoo, $60,000 as indemnity for the mission buildings, personal property of the missionaries and claims of tb( converts, as a result of the destruction of property during the rioting at Lienohow, in October last. The money will be traneferred to the Preabytertan million settlement at Lien SAKJt OLD BWISDLft. About a Spanish Dlphan Being Worked Over Again. Letters are reaching the War department almost dally asking for Inft rmatlon aoout Senor Pedro del Valle, Marino O: pdevllla and various other allege.) HoUf) us Dames, under which the old swmole. with a beautiful Spanish orphan h* the oenter, is worktd from Barcelona, Spain. From North Carolina, New York, Illinois and many other States curlrus Inquiries about the swlrd.e are reoelv ed. One New York man, who Is supposed to be getting ready to contribute to tbe swindiers, sent a letter merely asking who tbe private secretary of Gen. Ma.rtl6z Campos was at the time of the Cuban war. That hint wassuflolent to let the War Department luoo the New Yorker's secret, as other prospective victims forwarded literature and letters to the di partment showing that the chief swindler was posing as prdro del Valle, private secretary to Gen. Martinet Campos. Tne bist letters to vlotims, as shown by copies of the complete correspondence, are written by dtl Valle from 'Military Prisons of Barcelona." The writer says his dead wife waa a relative of the vlotlm to be, who Is asked to become guardian of a beautiful young girl of great fortune. Sub sequent letters are written by an al icgta priest, Mariano (Japdevila, who tells of the death of del Valle and seeks money to obtain the fortune of the young daughter of del Valle, whole to become the ward of the prospeo tire victim. In most of the letters the frrtune Is said to he In safety deposit bcxes in New York, and the keys to the boxes are In the baggage of the lamented del Valle, which can not he obtained without paying certain claims. One vlottm complained to the War Department that the alleged priest has played him false. 1 hat is similar to man/ com plaints reoeived by the State Department since the Cuban war. South Carolina ROttom. June 27-29 will be the date of the annual meeting of the Preas Associa tion of South Carolina, which will be held on the Isle of Palms. The Charleston Post says: President K U. Aull, of Newberry, la conference 1 with editors of local papers, met at 1 the Commercial Club Wednesday > night to set a definite time for the meet, and this date was decided upon Messrs Riddock and Byrnslmve taken the entertainment of the newspaper men of the State in charge. A committee of looal newspaper men wap discussed Wednesday night to act as > hosts of the occasion on oehalf of the ? papers of Charleston. The men of ' the pen will get very liberal rates at the Seashore Hotel, and will be ac ' corded transportation courtesies by the Consolidated. This meeting of the newspaper men will focus for the ? time the attention of the entire State on Charleston and the Isle of P< m .. ' A good time is assured the visitors. | He Got Well. i The day before the San Francisco I earthquake a naval < (fleer on duty at Washington, received a letter from the authorities of St. Mary's houpitai San FraDOl9co, Informing him that his brother, who had been In the hospital for many weeks at the point of death, suffering from heart trrouhle; could not possibly survive the oay. They desired information relative to , preparing and shipping the body, The i earthquake came the following day. The man was lifted out of his bed and in what was thought tube a eying condition taken to one of (he places 1 of refuge nearby. Next day br wh* able to write his brother that he was on the road to recovery, and hoped to be about his business. Tho Washington ( filoer has lust heard th&t bh brother is now entirely well and is doing u much as any other m&n lr San Franeitoo to alleviate the suffering of those who were Injured in the terrible earthquake. Kindness Krwarard. The man towhom he gave a por tlon of food during the Spanish-A mercan war has willed Charles Mat.hues olerk in the prothonotary 'o tfllce at Media, Pa? 95,000. William Her klni died at his home In Memphis i last week, and among his btquests was found this item: "I hereby leave > the sum of $5,000 in cash to Charles Mathues, of Media., for a service which he rendered me when In dire dJstteM." Mathues was a member of the sixth Pennsylvania. His company was sent to Camp Alger. Cumpt d alongside them was the seoor d Tennessee. There was trouble about ra tlons for the men of the South, and while the men from Pennsylvania were eating fresh meat and baked bread, the others were compelled to take hardtaok and salt meat for their share. This continued for a time, whon^without warning, the provisions were at most entirely out off It was at tills ooint that Herkins, and, learning of his condition, gave hit? bread and meat. Clkak your mind of every gloomy, selfish, angry or revengful thought, allow no resentment or grudge toward man or fate to stay in your heart over night. Wake in the morning with a blessing for every thing on your lips and in your soul. Say to yourself. Health, luck, usefulness, succes are mine, I claim them. Keep thinking that thought no matter what happens just as you would put one fooo before another if you had a mountain to climb. Keep on, keep on, and suddenly you will find that you are an the heights. Babj'i Hhofa, Lay them away, stained by a mother's tears; Precious keepsakes through the coming years. The baby's shoes, the tips now slightly worn? Their spring heels frayed by rqnn'ng o'er the floor? Lay them away, with heartstrings wrenched and torn, For baby's feet will wear them never ? ore. Hut through the gloom of all the coming years The baby's shoes will ope the fount of tears. Lay them away, and sacred memory Will cluster 'round them till his face we see? Until in robes of angels' purest white, With barn swept, by his little fingers blest, His smile shall banish all the gloom of night And call us to his Father's endless rest. Those little shoes! Through all the coming vrars They'll speak or him, and fill our eyes with tears. Lay them away! No more will baby feet Hun to the gate with patt'ring muaic sweet. Upon the shores of brighter endless day He stands. IIo smiles and waves his hand, And after we have quit life's weary way We'll greet our baby in that better land. And so we'll keep these shoes through all the years That they may banish all our doubts and fears. They now par* potato** and watt dishes by electricity. A package or ervelcpe pealed with white of egg cannot be ateam*d open. Fifty years ago one woman to e >*ry ten men worked for wage*. Now Lbe ratio 1b four to on*. Re-member, you can train yourself to throw cff worry, In the same way that you a< quired tbebablt. Let jour brain be a burying ground for other people's secret*. It's a good place for your own, too. Wirelean telegraph may pe comparatively new, but tb* kick under the table Is as old as marriage. The queen of Slam baa the BmalleBt foot of i/ny t J tied person Intha world She wears a No. 1 1-2 shoe. If you bake the soil In which tine llower seeds are to be planted, you will not be troubled so much with weeds. Haifa lemon dipped In salt will b* fou d quite as serviceable a? oxalic acid in cleaning articles of copper and brass. In Austria a man and a woman ar* supposed to be capable of conducting a home of their own from the age of fourteen. In the German colonies white women are scarce, there being only 264 m East Airlca and 23U in the Gtim&n islands In the Pacific ocean. One of the best kDown New York aoiieeses, Miss Blanche Hates, has turned farmer, as a relief from the neivouH strain of theatrical work. In Bavaria the women clean the streets, lb Is only a few jears back, when trains were in faehiou. that women performed ti e same work here. 1 he only womt n tlrearm agent In the world Is pretty Nellie B- nneit of Denver, who sells poweb-r and shot ' un.~> (uju lo^imuut tue wuiucor Ljiie Magazine. A man In Pennsylvania hold bis wife for $3 and then spent the money for a bar.quet to the puichaser. Some womem would sell thier husbands for less. An Indiana woman succeeded in laying in a stock of fourteen husbands bclore the authorities deem?d it best to interfere and clip the wings cf her monopolistic spirit. The man who breaks (ff an engagement without an explanation, should be waited upon by the girl's father or orother and an explanation demanded This will be merely for satisfac Hon. Randolph Milbourne, the Washington, D. G. mui-lo teacher, who wears woman's clothes, has got around legel ot lections by wearing a large silver badge bearing the inscription, ' Randolph Milbourne. I am a man." To shut out an otjeolonal view from side or reAr windows mix a lit tie mastic varnish and whlto lead h, i ntlkl nnantli-loB in?l ? < u a J. J VU ItUV 1U" side of tho penes with an old paint brush. It will be a good Imitation of ground glass and will wear a long time A Chicago professor recently predicted that the Industry ol the twen ty first centu-y would be controlled by women; and Supreme Court Ju? Mce David A Brewer, In an adores* before Vas&ar, sugnsted that "thi nut halfctntury may txtend full suffrage throughout, tbennion.h When vcu've r. gotd wife and true, Who, let fortune be foul or fair, Of whatever may come to you, Will cheerfully bear her share; Who has proved she's a brave, true helper, Perhaps far more tban you know, It will lighten her end of the burden, If you kiss her end tell her to. Pivorck decrees granted In one state do not bind the defendant if he or she resides in another, according to a decision of the United States supreme ceuj t, and as a result thousands of men and women who, after separation in states where laws are lax hare married again, lace the possibility of having themselves declared bigamists, and their children illegitimate. i \ v Kate Legislation. The railroad rate bill is still the storm c nter in politics. The Democrats generally, favor a measure that would give adequate relief to the people without doing injustice to the railroads. Tire consolidation of transportation facilities has reached such a point in this country that seven combinations contol practically all the railroads and wield such vast power that the people are unable to prevent abuses The Democrats want a law giving the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to iix reasonable rates and forbidding any interference by the courts, or such a limited courtreview, as will prevent the r ullitication of tlie work of the Commission by interlocutory court orders, and leave the rates tixed by the Commission in full force until the Unal hearing and decree in tlie case. liut a number of broadest possible review by the courts including the power to suspend the Commission's rates by an interlocutory order or temporary injunction before the final hearing. Judging from the debates in l>oth Houses, Congress will hardly pass the bill without providing for some sort of court review; but the Democrats will insist on limiting that power. For a painful burn th^r# la nothing Ilka DeWltt'a WUch Haael Salve. Thera are a hoal of ImUatlona of D> WttVa Witch Haael vSalv? on the market?aaa that you gat the genuine. Ask for DeWltt'a Good, too, for sunhorn, cuts, brulaaa, and eapaetall* rac mtreDded for pilia. The name ? C. DeWltt & Co., Chicago, Is ony *very box. Sold by Conway Drug Co. t^joman ever gains arrvth ng by try ing to belittle others. Remember this young man and act on it. Tiik Republicans in Congress are di ided on every proposition that looks towards reform, but they are all united on the "pork bill" and "for the aid Hag and an appropriation." Kansas undertakes have formed a trust. Hereafter funeral expenses must be guaranteed or the deceased will not be buried. Thus do many a man's woes pursue him to the grave. Immigrants are coming into Texas at the rate of 1.000 a day, and New York and Host on at 16,000 a day. This country will have to continue to do some tall assimilating to digest so much raw food. Rkpuhlican senators seem to dread to vole on the Snoot case, and many of them intend to repudiate the bargain made with the Mormon church by l'erry Heath in 1000 which gave the Repucllcans the electoral vote of Utah. The shin-subsidy steal is one vote shy of being reported favorably by the Committee of Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Gen, Grosvenor and the lobbyists have expended all their efforts so far for nothing. A German scientist says the time will come when the supply of water will not be sufficient to supply life on this earth. This may be true, but the trouble is tco far olT for us of this time to worry over It. The standpatters will hardly dare standout against abating the tariff on building material to the unfortunate San Francisco sufferers, though they will still continue the tariff tax on homes for the balance of us. The adxantage of an indirect tax like the tariff is, as one of the principal standpatters said, the foolish geese don't know who is plucking them hut the Republicans are discovering that the voters are getting their eyes opened. An eminent minister of the gospel says ninetv-fiye per cent of the sons of rich men are worthless and do nothing but spend the money they inherited. While this may be true, yet they are some use in the world by r obly helping to keep money in circulation. The city of Johanesburg, South Africa, prohibits all advertisements reguarding liquor and gambling on a penalty of $12, or two months' imprisonment. That is good law, and better ftt.il I Wi> U rn t/tlrl It I ,*4-1 - ' ? 1 v ?.iv iuiu m io ai>iibiiij emurueu. Aged coo: flexion la Impossible with lha stomach out of order. lf psatv a>)k w pe< pie *ould pay more Attention t<> thrtr stomach* and 1< 8* o the akin on the'r faces. |ha? woulr i? rr better romp ' xiona. KODOL FOR DYSPEPSIA vill digest wha yon est anr* put your stomach bark It right shape to do it.H own work. K d>1 relieves palpitation of tha 1 eart. tlsfculeroc, sour at. roach, heart burn: etc. Sold bv Conwav Drug Co. Thk people of 1 or to Rico have found that wearing ehoes is a cure for the "lazy bug" disease. That is not always the case in this section of the globe. Some folk* here who have two or three pair of shoes have the "lazy bug" disease to an alarming extent. Why take a d< z<m thiuga to cure that cough? Kennedy'a Lixitivc Hooey and Tar allays the congestion, sropa that tiokling, drives the coir out through your bowels Sold by Con way Drug Oo Sea that ycur oru*g /?. gives you no Imitation when you for Kennedy* Laxltivi Honey and Tar. the original Laxitive oough ayrup Conway Drug Oo. BANK OF CON W/ capital stock, *20,000.00 total asset ofk1c b. G. collins, p*ppi?biit. " c. p. quattlebaum, v-piai. Oif flank, Wi?| a kwftl iaatitut bniMiaf mi Mmry Com*7 and! lor th< nii| Ail jmac; w? tak? pltMiri in ?cce?ftidbtioi wkftft ftoeaiMeait with WiaE iiwtiUcU for the liberal ] oordiftUj aolieit 70ur future buauaefta Reapectfu D. A. SPIVE Kobt. b. Scarboro U?h, H. 1 Preaident. Vice-b BANK OF Conwt ? Capital Stock DIRfcC Hobt. B. Scarboroigh, Hal L. Buck, Gftorgft J. Holkday, Wft will pftj jou 5 per cent, inte iah aftTiB^a haaka to thoee wiakia| Trj oar plaa for aaving jowr nicklea three littU baaka and the iataraat wa help 700. THE^'Hlf I rifiSA i shoe fo * This braad 01 a shoe means i The best for ytsor money call j. is. 3> rnnMr^r^HDeaMnnrTHar ij ji * u jb II Is possible to obtain relief fr>m ohrbnic lpdV?*tfr>n ard dv^pepH*. by the u?e of KODOL FOR DYSPEPSIA. Seme of tbe rrobw hopeless causes of long Harding bate yielded to It. It enable f yoo to digest the food you sat and exercises a c^r^ctiTe influence, building up tbe fflflobicy of the digestlxe organ*. The stomach in the boiler wberln tbe steam is made that keeps up y< ur vitality, health, and strength K'?dol digests what you eat. Makes the stomach sweet?puts the boiler in condition to do the 'work nature demands of iv?gives you relief from digestive disorders, and puts tou in shape to do ycur best and feel your best. Sold by Conway Drug Co. Tiik United States government and : various states spend at least $1,000 on ! the health of sheep and cattle for every dollar they spend to protect human life," said Dr. W. A. Evans director of the Columbus laboratories, in a lecture at the tuberculosis exhibit at the municipal museum recently. That Is easily accounted for. The almighty dollar is our national god. [There is money in sheep and cattle raising, but none in man raising. Consequently we raise sheep and cattle and let men die. Do you see the difference? A torpid, inactive liver can produce ui<ir? uurijj i'ia fcrwsn ainiosrj anything e?ae. It is grrd to clean the nyBtem out r occasionally. Stir the liver up, *nrl Ret into ahape generally. The h " results are derived from the use of D Witt'a Little early R'sers. Rv u?,<le, effective pleasant ptllH with a rj.u'ation. Never gripe. Sold by Conaft.-* Drug Co. Wine of Cerdail .1 fit Bevtk Ntf ?im>, ?ATULHTA,O^X?Nkt!tl?M. | I rmffered (?r iemr meathe with I \ liti?i MmoniM muI laeeitede. B * 11 had a sinking feeling im my fl ;>l rlimaiih which no medieiae Nm>d B J U relieve, aad leeing my appetite Bi B I Iiimwi weak aad loet my vital- B ;;:1 ity. la throe weehe I loet fourteen B ponade ef fleeh aad fait that 1 maai I lad "paady raliaf ta regain my H health. Having haard Wine W li Jfl Oardui praieed by eeveral af my B m frimds, 1 aaat far a hottla aad waa I; g9 certainly very pleaeed *with tha I J reeulte. Within three day* my fl 3 appetite returned and ay stemach Bj fl troubled me aa mere. I eauld fl |B digeot my faad without difieolty fl Band the aerrouenese gradually fl fl diminished. Nature performed B |B her funetteua without diflUnlty fl S amd I am aaae mere a happy and fl " UTS JOSEM,* I B ftmiiiManiarnaaaAl ISmoti a Dollar Bottle tf I ^^Wlse ot Cardul Today, ) J \ CONWAY. VY, S. O. 8UURPJLUS FUND, |20,000. s, $i80AMtiia fcllS: D. A. SPIYEY, Caadim. M. W. COLLINS, Abut. C^taim ion, fcee aJw^ye atrivan for th? npi betterment of her citieena. In perei tee ding to omr cuetomere every eound banking. patronage received in the peat, we lly yours ^ VCash i eir Puck, Will A. Freeman, 'resident. Ciieliier. ' HORRY. y. S, C.' 125,000 TORS: W. R Lawi., W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman rest on yearly depooita. Will faraI to open email accounts with we. and dine as, and you will find tkat will pay yon on your savings will BTr~SH0K i. rTFR^ iW" &c ?? R MEN something! Tf you want for "The Iluh. For sale by py?.. . .^.WKmrrmrALM jiib??? > Prafessioial Carls. HcCtrd ft KcCord, SURGEON DENTISTS, Conway, S. C. J^rOver Bank of Horry. RTBTsCARBRoSGih CONWAY, S. O., ATTORNEY AT LAW. Conway Market, Fre?h Meats and Sansag* alwaja on hand. A J uraer* am taken and promptly delivered every day. Geo. L. M arsh, Propretor. Uvery~ajidTDrayi^ 'Phone 30. Horry Tobacco Warehon** J. E. Coles. H- M? Burrouflhs, Physician and Surgeon, Conway, S? O H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counselor at Law, CONWAY. S O. B. Wofford Wait. ? ?' w ATTORNEY AT LAW Conway, S.C. Office in Spivey Building. Corny, Coast and Western R. R. DAII Y SCHEDULE. EAST BOUND. ; Lt Conway 9:00 a. si Lv Inland 9:30 a. m. Ar Myrtle Beach 9:4J a. n WEST BOUND. < IiV Myrtle Htaeb 3:35 p. do. Ar P(?) Island 3:?0 p Lv Conway 4:06 p. m ^ \ Secretary Shaw is so thick with the Rockefeller City National Bank and othor Wall Street hankers that he is virtually paying interest on the gold they are importing from Europe by advancing the cash without intereat, on security other than United States bonds. m r