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\ ALMOST A FIGHT. Mr. Lyon Says Major Black Threatened To Kill Him. M4J BLACKS S1DF. He Sate Lyon In Mad Because He Is Not Allowed to Run the Dispensary and Is Trying to Dam His Private 1 Character B y Unfair V ) Means and Methods, There was quite a sensation in Co lumbia ou Friday mornlD^ when it became known that Mr. Ly> n, a member of the legislative dispensary In vebtigatlng committee, had stated to the full committee that Maj >r B ack, a member of the ?State B ard of Control, had that morning u.vci very 1 violent language to wares him, aud : then rcucdiug.ctT tiling i yy telling him that he "had a not! 'fl^then and there to nhoot" him apcl "blow him up" on the spot. Wo publish what Mr. Lyon says below. We also give Mpjor Black's version, who makes some damagrig statements about Mr. Lyon's nosing about and prying Into private mat ers in his ef forts to damage his (BLek' ) private character because he woutd u<!t al low Lyon and Christens 11 to run the dispensary to suit themselves. Mil, LYON'8 8TATKMKNT. "Mr. Chairman, 1,1 ore has a matter come up Friday mon.irg that ' deem it my duty, though unpicas.* ns to call to the attention of this commit- 1 tee. 1 aiso will stf ic .t,lyJ too part 1 of it that aiTects me perMnaliy 1 dc not consider, but t! at part of it Li at affects the welfare rf our committee ] 1 do consider, and I deem it impor tant to the final particular determlna- 1 tion of our inves'lgation that It be ! brought forward to the atten lon of lids ojmmittce. "This morning In cemJnp fr m my 1 room, which is aoove the | otel, ovei 1 the store of Glrsdeau & Marshall, I was stopped by Mr. Sujumm, who if. 1 the agent of the Big Creek Distilling 1 uompany, or bavunnan, ora. ne was talking to me ab< ut sume accounts which the comiiufft has held up. 1 Thebe are accounts clue by tfie dls ' peusary. We have hud some conversation about this master before aud ' he renewed the conversation there ' and wished mc to give him some de- ^ iinite information about when we | could reach it. "As 1 was s1 audlng there talking to 1 him, Mr. Bijck, of the dispensary board of directors, appeared before me. I realh could not srate from 1 what direction he came. 1 could not say whether f om me front or rear. 1 ' was intent with my conversation with Mr. Solomon. Mr. Black's fice show- 1 ed deoided argjrand housed rone 1 very insultiug language towards uae. lie said thaw he understood that I 1 had been spying out on him?on his private life -ai d things of that kind, ( and that it v. as nis purpose to kill me 1 on the spot. 1 "I do not cue to use any of the par ticular language he used on that occasion, but tie ia>d that be had a notion then and there to snoot me ana blow me up on tbe spot?to u>?e his expression. There wan in his company a per- 1 son that 1 do not know to have seen before. M / ieoolleotiori is that there v<-as a peri^n in his company with a blue fruit c f clothes, red mustache and straw hat While he was making his threats against me and daring me to 1 Investiga e his i IT *irs he also used very violent language against Senator 1 Ohristenseo, which I suppose was lr? the njture of a recuse to me for at tending such a ptr&cn about the streets. MI remarked that there were tliree of them there* that I did not care to discuss the matter with them; that I was Investigating M e dispensary and expected to continue to do so. He was so impetuous, though, that I scarcely had an opportunity of putting In a word, a: d boffeving that he intended to maki an attack cn me and in put ting his hands about his person thai he intended to do violence, I turned and walked back to my room, and he useo some very unpleasant epithets towards me and told me that 1 might i/n and arm rnvself. "I returned to my rcnm and shortly afterwards returned to Wright's Hotel. As I passed the Columbia Hotel I dlcf not tee Mr. Black or t le gentleman with him. I presume, Mr. Chairman, that Mr. Black exhibited, or attempted to txhibit, a letter from Manning, which 1 understand was from Mr. Black's former home?Walterboro It wag., I found it nrcessar> to go to Warfeiboro a few days since for the reason that 1 had heard?and 1 can rec8gn>7.3 the ditlicultles thai It is likely ro piace us iu?I heard j that Mr. Black and Mr. II. 11. Evans had oein parties to bribing a member of the General Assembly who lives in ( the town of Wa'terboro. 1 do not know the facte in that oase. I had some information along that line and I went there to get some additional Information in regard to the matter. That was the object of my visit to Walterboro, and I presume that Mr. Black has been Informed by those of whom 1 inquired there of the purpose of my vlgtt. j I wlslPto say this: That 1 did go i , /* * to Walterboro for the purpose of in- i f hi ve Jigatlng Mr. Black and Mr. H. H. Evans and this member of the General Assembly, whoee Dime 1 do not care to mention, as I do not think it is proper, as he Is out a party t) thU transaction. 1 want to say this, that I do not know how the commit tee feels about a thing of this sort, but so far as I am Individually o >n cerned I shall emtio as to investigate Mr. Black and Mr. Evans, an i auyeUe woo Is on there aud If It Is neccess&ry to be blown up in this mattei Mr. Black or somebooy will have It tc o." WHAT MAJOll SLACK SAY8 After learning what Mr. Lycn stated to the hoard, which *s printed above, Major Blsck sali that be had never heard anything about tire allegata n that he said Evans had attempted to bribe a representative from Colleton. He said he was Incensed at Mr. Lyon because It appeared to him Mr. Lvon was attempting to hound aim aown and blacken his personal character, because be had refused t?i allow Mr. Lyon to run the Sta*e dis p?nsary to sort himself. When he went to the di;p?nsary he fcund the Institution a half million dollars In debt for whiskey for which It had no use. He had wiped cut a large amount of this dt bt, by forcing a nuni her of houses to take back t.hler uu salable whisk y ai.d had done ti.L against the proie.t of Lyou and Chrhtensen, whic v tl.vey telegraphed from the West. Toev wanted the whiskey kept to suit thier convenience. Trey also hid been unable to force him to buy at a )? ss to the State, from firms they favored lie l ad blocked their little game to force the board to buy from their henchmen and let them usuru t ie powers the Legislature had niveu to the State boaio. When the> louud It impossible to K?t auythh g Against h s ttllclal record, to gratify their spite, tliey en rteavorea to blacken uls personal character. lie had acjpyof the taking of testimony in Cincinnati, in which tills attempt wm mode and in which they attempted to black' n Supreme Ui art Justices and Circuit Judge? ol tills State by asking if they had received prc.jeni s of whiskey or other tl :ngs freir a house he had onoe represented in a chrioil wa>. Maj r B.ack <.ald he had always tried to live % clean life and his < lllJlal record as d erlff, major and In other capacities would show he had never done auytl inp dishonest in his life, 11 is cnaridter was Lis proudest possession and the best thing he could hand down to hie children was a clean name, lis bad oo intention uf permitilug anybody to o: cken it to grat.f/ tiielr personal spite. Major Black said the letter referred to was from his brother, H. W. Black Jr., of Walteruoio, in which be said: "1 am toid Friday morning that Lyon, 3f the investigating committee, was here Saturday last. F.om wiiat I can learu ho is trying to tirid out something about a conversation Walker had with his wife ( ver the long distance 'phone the uignt of your election." That conversation was a per re.otly private conversation between a man ai-d his wife, la wh ch the former said he wan w'lad that black was ^leoteri, as he was his friend and had belpul him and wculd help him with tils personal inlluenoe Incase he ran for solicitor. Mjjor Black said this was a purely personal and private conversation, in which he had no part and when lie heard that Lyon was in tjulrlng into such matters it confirm ed his belief that Lyon was willing to KO any length to try and dnd some mud to put on Ills personal character Major Black says he was perfectly willing for luilcst investigation of his record as a puouc servant, but wcu'.d never submit to an attempt to besmirch his private character. As a member of the State board he had not tried to pleas-r Lyon, but to do what was right, and Chairman Hay and Governor Hey ward could both testify that he had consulted them and was earnest in h:s endeavor to know and Jo the rltfht thing. Mr. Mobley, the clerk, had been Meet to see Cuaiiman llay about home cf toe problem* of the State toaid, and his ackv.ce had been taken. Major lllack said the board was wining to do anything for the Investigatlug committee as a whole, out they were eh cted to run the Srate dispensary aud were not going to turn over tne running of the institution to either the whole Investigating committee or a part of It. Finally, Majoi ihaek said: ' When my peraouai character is as ailed I am willing to die by It. I would rather go home ti my family d iad than go home alive, but robbed of mv character." Tried to Kooap . A dlspu oh from Greensboro, N. O., says John B. McMillan, 23 year* old, woo wan c invicted in tuat city f01 forgery and sentenced to two yearf imprisonment on the county road* was shot to death near there early rnursaay morning, while making ? sensational da^h for liberty McMIIUl with four other onviots got away from the guards, wno opened Art upon them killing J -;sse Thomas, a negro, instantly, and mortally wound lug McMillan. The latter was taker to the hospital At High Point, when he died several hours later. Hefort his death be admitted tnat his right name was not McMillan but Brent A Morey, the hod of a prominent citizen if Lexington. Kv. Another Tratct <ly. At New York John KltrovlcF, whe represented that he was employed at the Metrople house, shot a woman with whom she had been living ae wife at 45 7 West 44 h street Friday morning and thou sent a bullet througn bis own Drain, dying Insrantly. The woman, woo gave her name as Oela M Garry, is pronounced In a serious condition. Jealousy is given as the cause. : CAME TOO LATE. I , After Being Caught In His Ras> cality Thackston I ? i ' BECOMES PENITENT : i l I And Curves Out the Dispensary Law, | I Charging it With Making Him a < i Grafter. Dispenser Allsbrook I 1 i Has His Letters Re .d to i The Public. t i i The Legislative Dispensary Lnvestl1 gating Committee reiuand its sit- f titles in Columbia last week. AmonK 1 the witnesses eAmlned was T. F. * ThaekHtou of Spartanburg, who seems i to have b^ea a star witness. lie Is ? reported t<> have *-atd after the com- * mlttre had examined him and made him confess that he was guilty of several rascalities: *T know I wish 1 * bad never seen a dispensary, because It is the greatest cur--? we have ever 1 had on the Slate. I am sorry 1 ever got my hands stained with It. Well * I I ho WO TiAltc * l/n.\r.ir^ - ^ 4 1" 1 1 ?. ir(?Tl> IJVUI f\UV'?*IJ i\ UidM UlJIj 11(VC1 I anything to do with it that the poo1 pie dl 1 not think less of him." 1 Th&ckston Is not the first m\n that has become penitent after heinvr oaught up with. His deliverance on the dispensary is Pimply a new version t ?>f the old saw, that no rogue ever felt t t.he halter draw with a go?<d opinion cf law. As long as he was not defected In his sharp practices he said noth- , irg, but Just as soon as he is caught , up with ue b am?s the law for making t i m a grafter Tne truth of the mattor is Thack*tou was a grafter b fore iie became a dispenser. All he wanted was an opportunity to put ills grafting talent to use and it cvme when he was made a beer dispenser. 1 He wculd have done the same tiling ' in a bank or any other place of trust. A dishonest man is a dishonest man. Mr J. I). Alsbrot k, the dispenser at . Manning, was also put through a course of investigation, but he seem ed to liave had a had memory as he 1 e uld not remember many tiling oon- \ ntcoed with his cllics It was pitiable to see this man douging and Insisting t that he could not remember; that he oould not deny nor could he tlll-m that he liad asked for pap beoause he J" was a dispenser. To the very last lie could not recollect and then finally Mr. Lyon pulled on him three letters; . which were read as follows: TIIE AL8HKOOK LETTKItS. 11 Manning, S. C , November 13, 19C5. n DutTy's M ilr. Whiskey Company, n ftochesfcer, N. Y.?Dear Sirs: Your t letter of November (i is to hand, and ^ in reply will say the advertisements t are pasted, as you indicate in your let- 1? ter, *t six different places, all of t which, 1 think, are very good, but this v will accomplish nothing unless you can t get the county dispensers to haudle t the goods. t I am dispenser here, and have been t handling Duff-'s Malt Wolskey ever f since 1 have been dispenser, hut it is n hard to get it at times?and besides, f if you want the goods sold, communi- d cate with the county dlepensar of each t county and let him know what he may Iexpect, If anything, for special cour o testes. I1 It Is an old proverb, as true as Holy n writ: "Whose bread I eat, woose song I sing." The county dlsoensers order what they want, and sell what they get. A hinv. to the wise is sufficient? j and ttils is given confidentially. 1 have sold during the p?st twelve months about 8C cases DufT/'s Malt, out have not bad any shipped me since last August. Since receiving your lettpr of Saturday, 11th lnstaut, I ordered several i cases, but do not know If the goods ...til k. okl 1 ? ?- - vtih uc Binppcu me or nuL. i snail ex y peot to hear from yju airatn in the ' next few days, and expect to continue i to sell some of your goods. Yours very i truly, J. D. Alsbrook, Dispenser. Manning, S. G., November 28, 1905. ' i Duffy's Malt Whiskey Company, ^ \ Rochester, N. Y.?Dear Sir: Since ? wilting to you on the 13ih instant 1 have secured a few cases of your wh's kev and hav? sent in an order for . more, which I hope will be shipped to t ue, but would like to hear from you . at once before placing mv order for the Christmas holidays. Yours very ; r truly, J. D. Alsbrook, ' k Dispenser. } ? Manning, S. C., December 12, 1905. Duff'y Malt Whiskey Company, k Rochester, N. Y.?Dear Sirs. On No J 1 vember 10, we sent you statement, fl MiuwiuK oo cases your goocis sold, uo * November 15 we received 1 /> cas^s, H L and on the 29th 20 cases more wblob stock Is being rapidly sold. We can , > handle the goods alright If the proper 5 quid pro quo Is forthcoming. The case of goods was received to'* day In gdod order, and we desire to ^ express to you many thanks for thus ^ 1 remembering us during the Christmas holidays. Witn best wishes for you and yours, ( and with greetings for the season, we are, yours truly, J. D. Alsbrook. Dispenser. j , thackston's change ok iika kt. v When the committee was In Spar- ' , tanburg several months ago tney * worked Thackston for all they could > and he swore that never a cent did he 1 i give any one for his job, never a cent i lid be get, and butter could melt In ids mouth, but he now tells a differ- c ent story because he knew the men behind the work had the documents on him. He 'fessed up to petting 1550 from the Augusta Brewery with which to buy Mp J ?b froiu the Spartanburg County Btfc'd and then that he kept the money he got to buy his job on this. The sub-oommttteo had doubts, but the check and letter were o^nclu slve ihat he got $550 frooo the Brewery, on the representation that he needed the money to buy his pr sltion and the brewery folks knew the tricks. Thev expected to pay l.'JOO licuce this letter: "Yours of the 26th Inst., received and regret to see this squeezing game jrolng on. We thought three plunks would cover the bill, one each, however when you told me It would take tivo. I was ready to swallow the pill. Now if you are able to sell as mauv is 12 oars of beet the Ikst vpar, and we get your trade the sec or (1 year If e elected, we will bo satisfied to the >no half pulk. We are ready to put lp when vou are ready." Thackston utteGv denied this sev ual months ago and now Solloitor Sease will handle his ca*e He takes he position that the $f>50 was sent dr. Becker and by Mr. B cker given lira and that was his jurisdiction for laying he got no money. Ho Insists bat be uR'^d the fund blmself, but tdded that he asked the brewery to io'p blm with cash in his second eltclon. It Is said that AUsbrook will be irosecuted t io >?v the State. HO OH ON liblAORS. ofthrt C*llirg and Ii duel c?* Tliny Wield. Governor Hooh, of Kansas, says diure Is no better lnd< x to a town .ban Its newspaper. If It is well jrinted, attraotiv* in its make-up. ellable in its news columns, strong n editorial crmiiful, but, above all iberal in advertising paironaue, do jsud uooti it, nine cases out of ten, dial town is an entr rprlslng, up tolate town, but if t.no paper looks thabby, depend upon it tne town Is ihabby, for a newspaper Is every vhere ana always a town's best nirror. Brethren of the ountry press, I xalt your station. You are tne rea1 anus and <1 reena. Your throne may >e a rickety chair and your soepter ilie stub of a lead pencil but you ule the world just the same. Local jollttclaus may blf ot to despise you. rut they await the appearance of your I taper each week wlih fear and trem- 1 >iinu. E /U doers may try to belittle our intluence, but they dread the < mbllcity of your c 'Jumna vastly more I ban they will anraH. The Influence i ,nd power of the old home paper can ' lot well he overestimated. It enters < nto the very warp and woof of the < hildren's llvjs and unconsciously < nolds much of their character. To ny mind there Is no more desirable, ' to more enviable occupation than < hat of the c >untry editor. To own i ils own plant, to have a medium for 1 he expression of his honest views, to jck up his l ill lie every cvenlutf and to I ie able to u'O nome aad keep company trlth his family and with his books, i o return next morning to the cilice, i o meet the people whom he serves, ] o j ?t down the thoughts that occur ( o tils mind, to tear oil the wrappers roin his ?xohan^eH and uot In com- < niinlnn vtli.h ai nor uHlt/.rj /-? .. v? v>* t* ?vu vwni/i uu ^JTfl J orm the thousand arcl one little \ luties that come to hlni every day, * o be a power in his onornunity, as i le may be >?nd usually 1h, to be bib i wo boss? o my mind, this Is tne 1 deal life, more to be desired than the i QObt txJuri political elation. KILL THK1K BAB1K8. , lorribWn Story of H uinaii Sacrifice to I in ?Kl>'*ry Ci i?(l. A dispatch from St. Petersburg, iissla says the most atrocious crime lnat has occurred Id Sloeria since the aracui case of the brothers Kalaschlu coir is at) jut to he in vestlgated in Tojoisk. Seven pervitin of the netghwring village of K ibulfka and three vomea are about lo be put on trial on k charge of sacrificing a number of duldren lnorocr to appease the wrath it an imaginary gud of pestilence Cho Siberian plague had destroyed the rlllagera' cai tie vear after year. The tillage was reduced to poverty, anh uany of Its Inhabitants were ooliga;ed to migrate to the towns. A IocaI quack, wlio earned a living >y making children ''Invulnerable to ihe evlleye," advised the muzhiks that 'until blood has been shed and a ihuroh raised upon it" the village vould continue to b3 visited by pes/llence aud?no hinted?even worse icrrors. The panic stricken peasants inderstood this to mean that a church ihould be built upon a foundation of luman beings, au was done by their mentors in heathen times. A map- named Giaz inoff offered to laoiflce one of his seven children, lihI his cximple was followed by the ocal b'acicsm.th. The two children vere killid at night aud a rude woodin chapel hurriedly built over their emalns. Wneu the story became cnown the muzhiks from a neighbor* ng village raided the culprits' homes, jurncd them down ana nearly killed ihe murderers. New iiitifiopM. The Goneral Conference of the tfethodlst Eplsoopal Church, South, vhlch recently met at Bhm ngham, Via., la t week elected turee new >ishops as follows: Dr. Seth Ward, assistant missionary secretary of the ohuio 1. Dr. John T. Tigert, book edltbr. Dr. Jameo Atkins, Sunday school dltor. wM m WHO SHOT HER? A Lady Assassinated While Asleep in Her Bed BY UNKNOWN FlfeNDS Circumstantial Evidence Against a Negro Under Arrest and Confined in Jail for Safe Keeping. The Woman's husband Also Under Suspicion. The Augusta Chronicle says Mrs. Kb S. Wilson of Hetch Island was shot at 2 o'clock Thursday morning and so fatally wounded that she died some hours afterward. Hill Lumford, colored, lies In the Richmond oounty Jill, with circumstantial evidence pointing to him as the murderer. Tout Williams, another r.egro, is locked up under susp.clon, as an aocomplice to tLtTerlme. The o*a>e was worked up by D^l'-ctlve Howard of the Augu-daclty police. At Oho lime of the tragedy Mrs. Wilson was sleeping In her bed, alone, in one of iho rooms of the house Iler husband, Mr. Wilson, was In another apartment. At about 2 o'clock the night winds carried far and wide the sc.10 of a pistol shot. Mrs. Wilson lay on her oed in a pool of blood, mortally wounded. Early In the night Mr. Wilson had seen a strange negro loitering around hU premises. Having asked the man ills business and received no saMsfao tory answer, ho drove him ctT tne nlaoe. It is believed that this uegio w .a Hill Lumford, and that he returned. Incitement and indignatiou ran rife on Beech Island. As soon as the sad story was heard from Mr. Wilson's lips every etTirt was made by friends and neighbors to aoeotuplisii the capture of the guilty party. The trail was warm, and It lei, apparently, to BUI Ljmford. The tracks of a man who wore rubbernr.eied ( hoes were followed without a break from the Wilson place to the arolloa side of the Hamburg bridge. Defective Howard, following other [Mies, had arrested Lumford. The prisoner's shoes were taken from him, irid Detective Howard personally went across the river to see whether 3r not tney tit the tracks So far as x>uld be ascertained in the road, they lid. The imprint of the rubber heels was damaging circumstantial evidence. To make assurance doubly mre, the shoes were given to Mr. P. H: Page, a friend of Mr. Wllsou's, who tirst brought the news of the iragedy to Augusta, and Mr. Page will tit them to the still clearer ImirpNUifitisi In t.hn 1 nnon /-I ^ - r* VUU*WM? m-mv Ml v>n; I V/WiJU ^ IUUUU UU ,he WjIbod place. Up 10 a late hour VI r. Page had nut reported the result jf this experiment Other minor but Important points jonvergo to the aauie center. Bill Liumford and 'iom Williams are Spur ,anburg county negroes. After the trrest it was stated that they had ipjnt the night In Augusta at the nouse of a negro woman named Meta. Meta herself declartd that they had dept at her house from tne middle of the night until morning. Investlgati n developed that Meta herself, accompanied by her husband, had been all nlg.it across the river at some negro family gathering or wake. Iler story was olsorcdlted. Furthermore, responsible parties are reported to have seen two negroes wnose description corresponds to that of the prisoners, crossing the Ilam ourg oridge in the gray dawn of Me morning, tbelr clothing covered with dust. lo Iti ?aid that Mr. Wilson would he able to Identify the negro whom he ordered off his place. Up to a late hour Thursday night Mr. Wilson had not come to the city, nor could It he ascertained at wuat time he would arrive. The members of the family gave the following account of the tragedy: When the shot was Ured, Mrs. Wilson jumped from her bed and screamed ' i have been shot. Somebody has klilen me," and ran Into her hus oand's room, where she fell. She afterward became conscious, and staled that Hhe had no Idea who shot her; that she was asleep at the lim;. Liter sue lapsed into semi-consciousuehs and lingered until Thursday night, when sue died. lh\ . f i 1 > I d -/vrJ *. ? * JL lit. l.tlUI 9HUU TT tfcr) IIIUU au ?'i UlMSC a range that, the llesh showtd the powder-marks. Tne bullet entered under t ie iignt snoulder, and rented down L > the left Hide, penetrating the dlap lragm. It had evidently be^n tired through the or)face caused by a oroken pane of glass. A board plac ed against the hole on trie outside had been removed by the assassin. SENSATION FOLLOWS SENSATION. A dispaioa from Augusta to The State says sensation followed upon senHatiori Thursday night and this afternoon in the Wilson murder tragedy. Shoes worn by the negro Lumford were taken to the scene of the crime during the forenoon and found to tit exactly the tracks around the house and through the ditoh near the house. Lumford is still being held in Jail there, but Mr. Wilson has not been to the olty to identify him as the man seen late In the afternoon before the murder. ? J. L. brown, a brother-In-law of yP * jraI > jUpK*? Wilson's was arreaW^nAngurar Thursday evening uo1?r the lnfl ieiyin r'f liquor and "held li#JatL ffipa ti mirto prevent personal 1 rm* 'The man ftaclared l?3u?jw ofeMBtfluway to l*>eoh Island for tnf r*nri#>H^ of kiiTng' WUson, whom he declariM:had ktll?A Mrfy Wilson, sayIn* he Intended after ^didposing rf Wilson to kill himself. After making this statement, and saying to show that he was In earnest, he drew a packet knife and slashed his owd throat, lufllctlig a shallow llesh wound. NKW8 KItOM A I K KM. A dispatch from Aiken to The State says It Is said there that relatives of Mrs. Wilson have demanded the arrest# of Mr. Wilson himself, whom they allege killed his wife It Is further said that these relatives charge Wilson with gross cruelty to his wife. They say that Wilson Is a hard drinker and that several times while under the influence of drink he has beaten her unmercifully. A short time ago her brothers retaliated upon him by administering a sound thrashing. That the Wilsons were not a peaceful family seems to have been known by the neighbors generally. It cannot be learned here yet whether Mr. Wilson has been arrested or net. Mrs. Ed Wilson was a niece t f ex-Clerk of (Jourt John N. Ilanklnson, who now reNldes at Whitepond. Soe was an est'enable lady and highly regarded In hi^r c.nmmiinltv BROK < UP MEETING. Two Uoorci* KarniorH Shoot K?oh < >i tier 10 I > h, A special message to the Augusta (Jhronicle says resulting from bad blood, which has existed for some time, Joe Hasty, a farmer, who lived about two mile* from Chlpley, Gi., was shot to death In a pistol duel at that place Wednesday at a political meeting, and Sam Irving, who shot Hasty, was killed a few uimutes afterward bv a erowd who gave chase as ha ran from the scene. The UrBt shooting ooourred on the outer eige of a grove where an audience was listening to a speoch being made by Hon. IIoka Smith, candidate for governor. The crowd immediately left the grove and Mr. Smith was compelled to discontinue his speech, being unable later to resume. It is stated that the bad blood which existed batweou Hasty and Irvln was due to an alleged debt of fifteen oents. The two men met at the politioal gathering and renewed the quarrel, when thero was an exchange of heated words. The town marshal Interfered and smoothed the difference over for a time, but shortly Hasty and lrvln came together again and began to shoot. Almost with the tirst shnt. Hr?>rt lloat u foil # >??. _ M?vv* ? Mil u j AUli KVi Ll'O ground mortally wounded, and died In a few minutes. No sooner had Ilasty fallen than Irvln ran and was pursued by a number of people from the audience, immediately there was a fusillade of bullets, and before Irvin had gone three blocks he fell dead from bullets tired by some one in the party of pursuers, who is not known. There were about 05 shots tired during the excitement. Two speotaxors, standing to one side of the audlenoe, were hit by stray bulleta and slightly wounded. Died of iUbblee. A special to The Augusta Chronicle s*y*, Bernard the four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Buxton, of Girard, Ga , died at the Pastuer Insoitute in Atlanta about 4 o'clock Thursday morning. He was carried mere for treatment for a mad-dog bite that occurred about a month ago. At the time the little led jw was bitten, no one thought the dog mad and little attention was paid to the wound. Wednesday the dog showed signs of cue rabolcs and his father carried him to Atlanta for treatment. His dsatu was a sad snook to his parents who uave tne sympathy of all in wheir bereavement lloiqiio SfMitmiOH. Probably the m>so unique sentence ever imposed by a couio of law in Kansas, says Tue Kvnsas City Star, was ordered in tue case of Joe Transler, who was before Police Judge Herr on the charge of being drunk. Transler is an old off inder, and w len he was brougnt into court Judge Ilsrr Liued him $2 and ordered mat hi ba con lined to ills bed for a week. Marshal H jrath took Tratisier home aul put him to lied and the culprit's family was instruct id to notify t ie c ?urt if Translei showed a disposition to ieave the bed before tue wee* was out. Jumped Too Noon. To avoid a wrtc* whloo did not occur, Scott Gillespie, of Somerset. K j.. _ 9 / * V a louoiJQ >Uve euglnser, jumped liom alB locomotive at Now River bridge, one of tne highest in the world, and was killed. John (Joiyar, the lire man, also leaped In tne river, and la not expected 10 live. Tne men became alarmed when one of the trucks of the locinottve left the rails, believing it would fall from the structure, but It was stopped on tne bridge by a second looomotive. Fatal Kxplotlun. John Saunders was lnsun'ly killed and seven other men were n ore or less irjured by an explosion of dynamite on tue Tide watt-r Rtliroad construetton work near R >anoke, Va., Friday evening Saunders was removing the tamping from a hole wbeu the explosive went i if. Among the injured are: Allen Harris, leg broken, cut and burued on ftoi and body; J. W. I Berry and E. Ferret were slightly hurt.