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A PITIA.PLK CASK. AN INSANE CAXADI IN BKOtGUT 1 TO OIlANGKBUltO. Governor Hcywa^d Orders that He 4 Be Beceived and Treated at the Asylum. Temple Flartnett, a Canadian, who had b>eo employed for a 9hort t'meat the Soott & Laoey Lumber Company near Elloree, was brought to this olty on last Thursday night and commit- i ted to Jail on a writ of lunacy Issued by Judge or Probate Copes. Re Is a strong, athletic youDg man, and seem , ed to be In robust health physloally, but apparently hopelessly Insane. During the time be was In the jail here, nearly a week, he wou?d not o?t anything, and refu*ed to talk He 1 ' seemed determined to starve himself to death, lying down most of the time. It ssems that the young ui&n oame dowu a few months ago from 1 his home in Canada to work for the Soott & Lacey Lumber Company, near E 1 >ree. While at work be suddenly weut Insane and wondered oil lu the woods He was caught by the mana 1 gers of the com pauy and sent toK.loree and turned over to Chief of Police Gates for safe keeping. He was exam ined by Drs. Baxter and Browning who pronounced him Insane. He was thenbrjuurht to Oranireburtr and or m mltted to Jill as above stated. Judge of Probate Copes Issued a commitment 1 for him to the 1n?*ane asylumn, on which he stated that Ilartr.ett was a Canadian. Judge Copes icnaw that under the law Hartnett would not be : admitted lato the asylum, but he 1 oarrlrd out the law in such canes and reported it to the proper authorities. , When Dr. Baboocfc ^nf jrmad Judge 1 Copes that he could rot receive the ] unfortunate maa, Judge Copes immediate1'/ wrote to Governor Hey ward, glvlog him all the v^articu.ars In the case, who wrote to 3h? r?tf John 1 H Dukes at once lrstru itlijg him to ' t'oru Hartnett over to Dr. Babcock, saying that he believed it agaiost the ! traditions of this State tu ret an unfortunate suffer in the concltlnn In 1 whloh this poor man now is. T > Dr Bat cook ho wrote that ho w*s ful v 1 aware that seotion 2, of act No. 547, Mts or ihuz, aces not authorize mm ' too direct the superintendent of the 1 t hospital for the Insane to take oharge ' JfTof such a oase, It was, however, his ' opinion that this seollon was intended as a matter of general protection, as a consideration to prevent repeated imposition upon the state by those who should know better. "Therefore," says the governor's 1 letter to Dr. Baboock, "I have directed Sheriff Dukes to bring Mr. Hartnett to you, and 1 hereby direct you to take him In your keeping and give to him all necessary care and attention until 1 can hear from the British minister at Washington. 1 have sent the papers in the case to the secretary nf c tow af tai a *% /? ?? UI nvavo. m* ff MUtu^UJU, Wivu HUC IO quest that he would bring the matter to the attention of the British minister at onoe My action lu this matter is bas.d upon the Knowledge and the oonfiction that the traditions of South Carolina, no matter what the letter of the law be, have ever been, and will always be, against such inhumanity as would be neoeasary to carry out, literally, the provisions of the aot in this particular case " Gov. Heyward did exactly right. The case is one of the most pitiable that haa ever oo*ne under the observation of the officers here, Sheriff Dukes, Deputy Sheriff Tharln, Judge of Probate Copes and Supervisor Dantzler did all they could to relieve the suffering of the unfortunate young man, but that was very little as the poor fellow needed treatment in an institution speolally adopted to his case, and we are glad that he has been admitted to the asylum until his friends oan be located and heard from H&rtnett was not brought to this State by the department of Immigration, but ^arne on his own acooid to work in the lumber business. Whan he first came to this country a few : mc-nths ago ne seemed to be ia per 1 feet health, and what made him go 1 Insane is not known. He must have made good wage* as his appearance would indloate that he dressed well. He has been committed to the Insane 1 asylum, and we hope tha treatment he receive* there will restore him to 1 health. Had he remained here he would have died, as he refused to eat, and the authorities had no way of making llm do so. No doubt his relatives when they hear of his sad plight will come to his rescue. His appearance Indicates that he is an In telllgent, well-raised young man, but the authorities here could not Induoe him to talk and give any account of his family or antecedents. Orangeburg Times and Demoorat. Mall llider Arrested. PostotNoe Inspector M. O. HalverBtadt arrested Mail R'der James W Boulware Wednesday on Star route No. 20202 from Oissels to Wlnnsboro, for rilling a package of mall matter addressed to J, 0. Willliigham. The mail on Star route from Wlnnsboro to Flint Hill Is carried by hand by the mail rider, outside of pouoh. There has been complaint for some time by the patrons of the route from Wlnns* boro that their mail was being rilled, part only of the peokage being taken and the rest left undistributed. A watoh ohaln was found in one of his pockets, wbloh he had taken out of a package addressed to J. 0. Willing, hem. The prisoner was taken by the postoffloe Inspector to Columbia, to be bound over by the United States Commissioner Verner for next term of the United States. j, y" m { SHOT TO IXbATH nu: MAN WHO HAD KUINKI) 1118 HOMB. 'Are You Ready to Tie Tro?" A iked the Wronged Hutband to Hie Wite. The Augusta Chronlole says Charlie Thurmond, an operative in one of the Harrlsburg mills, shot and hilled Ray Rutherford In the meat market of W. P. Crawford, in Harrlsburg, Friday night, between 9 and 10 o'olook- Only two men witnessed the shooting?W P Crawford, the proprietor of the market and J at* 0. MoAlhaney. Clroums'&nces point toward the theory that Rutherford was killed onaoo^unt of the fact ttoat he had wreoked Thurmond 'h home. About 9 o'clock Friday night Rutherford came into the meat market and after a few desultory remarks he seated himself on a stcol, which was In the center of the market, just In front of the counter and dlreotly opposite lihe front door. In two minutes Char !le Thurmond appeared In the front, door, and throwing a 38 oallbre revolver across his forearm, he tired three shots In rapid suooession at Rutherford. Two of them took effect In the roan's side, and the third went wild, cutting a hole in a window screen in the back of tbe store. Thurmond spoke no word when he oame to the door, and after the shots were tired he wheeled around and ran toward the oanal bridge, where he was arrested a few minutes later by Officer Brown. As th*> third shot was tired Thurmond daggered to his feet, and with a mttlbd "He has killed me, men!" hn full illfit. h<?hlnr1 t.h* rmnafc onnnfa. ? -W-. j vuv amuxjcmw wuu?gi| where be died In & few minutes. Coroner Ramsy was summoned, and be ordered the body to be carried to the undertaking parlors of It. E. El* llott. where an 1* quest will be held Sunday morning. Guarded remarks on the part cf a number- of pe"ple who bad gathered on the scene pou ted to the fact that ,aml)y troubles were the cause of the 'hootlrg, and tbe wife of Charlie Thurmond was Interviewed. She was \t Urst reluctant to divulge Information which was necessarily of a verv iellcats nature, but she stated thrft Rutherford bad been killed on her acjount. She and her husband have been separated for the past two weeks, and the faot that Rutherford was tbe 3ause of tho separation has been town talk for some time. After Thurmond had killed the man who had ruined his home, he returned to his wife, and coolly reloading his still smoaklng revolver, he aaid: "I have killed Ray Rutherford, and If you are ready to die. I will kill you!" The frightened wife remonstrated with her husband, and after he bad talked with her for perhaps live minutes he left the house, and only a few minutes elapsed before he had surrendered to Officer Brown on the canal bridge. It Is stated that only a few nights ago Thurmond and Rutnerford had a difficulty In a saloon and that an affair almlllar fr.n oililnVi w. ? - ?? vw ?uwv nuiuu UV/WUIIUU Friday nignt was only prevented by the intervention of by-st&nders. TAINTED MONEY, And It Should be Returned Says Retiring Governor, Retiring Governor S. H. Elrod, of South Dakoto, in his last address to the legislature, denounced in empbatio terms the deal by which South Dakota came la possession of about 925,000 through suits against the State of North Carolina on bonds Issued by that state during the oarpetbag regime. South Dakota, Governor Elrol said, had no right to take the money, and the State University, to which it was given, should not have touched it, because it was tainted. "1 recommend," said the governor, "that tho legislature pass an aot oar rying an appropriation to return the sum of 922,416 to the state of North Carolina. We took it away from our sister state, North Carolina, simply because the law said we oould. Might did not make right in this instanoe. If thA RhttJt Of S<?llkh Mtn.na v* ?? IQIIUkUd said aum to the state of North Carolina, It will do more to oement the states together than anytnlng that hai happened since the otvll war. Morally we have no right to a oent of this money, and we ought to be brave and true enough to give it back." The retiring governor said it ii evident that ingenious schemers are using the state for private ends. The ease of South Dakota vs North Carolina is the first of similar suits to be brought to oompel the several states of the South that floated wlidoat bonds during carpetbag times and sinae repudiated them, to pay them with inureat. An individual cannot sue a state, but one commonwealth oan sue an ouier commonwealth. Hence certain holders of bonds have onterod into partnership with the state to foroe payment. Hundreds Rilled. tidal wave devastated some of the Dutch East Indian Islands south of Aohln. The loss Is very great. According to a brief offiolal dispatch three hundred persons perished on the Island of Tana, while forty are known to have been drowned at the Island of Simalu. As soon as the dispensary is gotten out of the way yon may look for high license barrooms in most of the counties. They will run a year or two, and then we will go back to the old time barroom system. y \l. AF RHEUMACIDE has had faiUd. Rhsumacid Johns Hopkins Hospital, of Salem, Va., and D. H remedies and the doctor Almost a Miracle In This Ca? ? . , Dil Ion. S. C.. / Bobbitt Chemical Company: Gentlemen.?In September. ISO?. I to matism in a wru Ivirl -* month affor 111 u'd i se as q*a tar ted i i>a'l t'?j my work and go to bod. It continued worse until my arms and bands wer dra\\n so much so that I could not us My Infs v. ore drawn back till my (ret I ni> Ir.ps. I was as helpless as a baby (o 13 months The muscles of my arms a were hat i and Shriveled up. I suffere many times over. Was treated by six d physicians in McColl. Dillon and Mari ' one t'" "> could do me any good, tint I . r.wing, of Dillon, came to see me. mc tol.v your RHEUM ACIUF.. He got bottle of the medicine and I he/ran to and before the lirst bottle was used up to wet better. I used bottles and w< pletejy cured. . T hat was years aco ; lien I tli lias been excellent ever since, bad no svmptoms of rheumatism. \\ further that I begun to walk in about s after I bewail to take RHEUMACIDK u aid of crutches; in about three tnontlis begun to take it I could walk as good t*>dy. and went back to work again. Yours truly. JAMES WIL blVKN DKATH BLOW. WAS GETTING HEADY TO HOB SOUTH CAROLINA. Bond Collecting Agencies Given Setback by South Dakota's Chief Executive. The Washington correspondent of The State, Zaok McGee, says the ac tion of Gov. Elrod of South Dakota In reoommending to the legislature in his annual message the return of the $26,000 that oame Into the possession of that State as the result of the bond litigation against North Carolina attracted wide attention in Washington. It was the subject of muoh favorable comment of the oapltol, not only on the part of the Nortn Carolina senators aDd representatives but by those from other Southern States as well. There are two big bond collecting oompanles, one headed by ex-Secretary Carlisle of the treasury and the other by Marion Butler of North Carolina, which have gathered in large numbers of oarpetbag and special tax bonds issued by Southern States during Reconstruction days. Many such bonds lseued in the name of South Carolina figure in these buildings and recovery was expected on the suooess* ful suit Issued in the name of South Dakota against North Carolina. New York, Illinois and other States refused absolutely to become the collecting agencies for the bond sohemers and shvlooka whn a.r? threatening litigation against all the Southern States for the recovery of the face value of the worthless Raconstruction b .ncs and Gov. Eirod has given a death blow to their ambition. Former Senators Pettigrew and Marion Butler schemed and planned the whole transaction by which North Carolina was forced to pay the New York bondholders, using South Dakota as a collecting agenoy. United tates Senator Klttredge of South Dakota Is in full aooo'd with the ao tion taken by Gov. Eirod and so ex pressed himself. He said: "1 was exceedingly glad that Gov. Eirod made the recommendation to the legislature and I hope and believe that the appropriation for the return of the money will be made. In point of good morals hie position is correct and aotlon by the legislature, such as he has reoommended, would be the gracious and proper] thing to do. I "I do not believe that any State i ahmilri narmlfr. it.uAlf f.r, > I |TW*?M?V ? vywil WU MV uacu M A oolleotiug agency In actions against sister States " Senator Kittredge then spoke of the faot that the suit agaloBt North Carolina was planned and instituted during the Pettlgrew regime and prior to the administration of Got. Elrod. "I happen to know," Senator Kittredge oontinued, "that Gov. Elrod Las been offered large numbers of old bonds against Southern States with 1 the expedition and hope that suits would be Instituted for the reoevary of what purports to be their face value. "Knowing that these bonds tendered him were fraduleut the governor has deolined to recieve them. I do not know the amounts of these bonds or the names of the people who offer1 ed them." Zack McGhee. Fiied Zimmerman, accused of shooting Mrs. Ruam at her home in Owatanna, Minn., committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell in the Steel Jail. Zimmerman shot at his own wife, who had left him and taken refuge in the Quam home* but the bullet struck Mrs. Quam. J :TER THE D< cursd thousands of cases oi 0 cured John F. Elme and the greatest hospital in the . Olmstead, the Norfolk, Va., *?4 had liiup.n tin Kaw? D^?" ? ? ? o- " ? W|r UVf V( l\ll?u * of rheumatism she I [ ' ia Hughes, of Atkins, Vs , , There is a reason wh' yi in * cal science, and wh ill Vorrow ?* *he it oper e badly most delicate stomac a them. touched nearly M . ^ w W M /p/l&i mc one E Vjncat ^ iiicl m> 'ill'say JWEEPS ALL I A Pure,y Vegetable r< after I cures by removing the caua as any- Sample bottle and booklet 1 .KKS. BOBBITT CHEA "B iMK3 OF ~8TATA ~~ Statement IsHuert Shows Their Condition st Olose of Year, Mr. Lee G. Ilolleman, State bank examiner, baa completed a statement of tbe condition of the 204 State and private banks doing business in South Carolina and the showing made is considered a remarkable one. The slate meat Is up to and inoluding Dec. 20, 1906. Mr. Hollemao said that tbe oanks of this State were in better condition than thaw had hann In years. I The 204 banks have Individual deposits Butjaot to oheok, $17,164,027 82 and in the savings department they have on hand $11,888,556.86. This is one of the best features of the report, showing as it does the saving habit whioh is so muoh encouraged by the banks now. The report does not lnolude the national banks, whioh are under federal supervision and no doubt if they were added the resources and liabilities would show as well as those of any State in the oountry in proportion to population and average wealth. The statement is as follows: RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $30,906,032.51 Demand Loans 2,332,715.14 Overdrafts 820,379.33 Bonds and stocks owned by the banks 3,766,090.44 Banking houses 592,022.35 Furniture and Fixtures... 299,730.09 Other real estate 266,952.25 Due from banks and bankers 5,069,620.08 Currency 1,215,482,21 ( JnlO I'-iu an 1UU )UUW| Ui/ Silver, nickels and pennies, 204,254.01 Checks and cash items... 418,018.20 Exchanges for the clearing house 54,550.48 Other resources . 123,279 00 Total $40,870,821.80 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $7,788,890.01 Surplus fund 1,249,379.61 Undivided profits, less current Expenses and taxes paid 2,501,831.10 Due to Hanks and Hankers 1,023,013.31 Due unpaid dividends 23,201.05 Individual deposits subject to Check 17,104,027.82 Savings deposits 11,888,550.08 Demand certificates 559,500.22 Time certificates 1,973,214.42 Certified checks 18,000.70 Cashiei's Checks 85,612.79 Notes and hills rediscounted 051,912.18 I Hills payable 1,790,924 79 Other liabilities 80,07^.52 Total $40,870,821.80 Murder and Hutoide. At Roanoke, Va , Wallace C. Mays, aged 25, unmarried, Thursday shot and killed Mrs. Etta Murray, aged 30, the wife of Frank Murray, and then hlnw rvnfc hla n?n hfilna ftlHnn ? w .. ? ? ?-w V" - J UOdU at the feat of the woman he murder ed. Maya and Mrs. Murray were cousIns. Tha tragedy waa enaoted In the Murray home while Murray, who works at night, waa asleep in an upstairs room, and was witnessed by Miss Leila Witt, a sister of Mrs, Murray, and the letter's three year-old daughter. Mays was madly in love with Mrs. Murray and letters addressed to his mother and found on his dead body told of his plan to kill both Mrs. Murray and himself. He entered the Murray home from the rear and finding Mrs. Murray in the kitchen fired a bullet through her head. He then turned the revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his own head. Both died instantly. Mrs. Murray leaves five small children. Mays came from Staunton, Va., and boarded with the Murreys until a short while ago. ' f Rheumatism after all the dot others, of Baltimore, after t world, had failed. Rheumaci , contractor, after they had sp< macide cured Mrs. Mary Welb had endured for 20 years. I i., after the most famous Nev y it cures: Rheumacide is the z powerful enough to sweep a ates by purely natural meth ;h. and buildc im *? >?*;? *? c? wrnatA MW. POISONS OUT OF THE smedy that goes right to the seat of e. Your druggist sells and recommen< Ires if you send five cents for postage IICAL COMPANY. Proprietors. Baltln | Early Cabbage Plants Guara ISARLT JERSEY CHARLESTON *" 6UCCES! wakefield large typs 9 / Tha Earliest wakefield The Earllc Cabbage Grows Booond Earliest Head Var PRICE: In lots of 1 to 4 m. at $1.60 perm., 6 to 9 m. a r.ae. young s islanq.s. c. My sp 1 I guarantoe Plants to glvepnrohat a Vjuararuee price to any oustomer who la diss: 2 grown In tbe open Sold, on Soacoast of Sonth C I growing the hardiest plants that can be grown V reset In the interior of the Southern States dur a March. Tbey will stand severe cold without bol I m page Two to Throe weeks sooner than if you g w frames. i i My Largest Customers are the Market Gard > A the South. Their profit depends upon them havi E abase my plants for their orops. I 1 also grow a full line of other Plants and Frv I tato Plants: Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Cherry T >... tm ...... - . - yssr v. We Have t One 25 horse power Talbott, second ha: ly been overhauled. This Engine is a great bargain for anyone who is in tl We are headquarters for anything in prompt attention will be given to all in care. Write uswhen you are in the n to get pourrices before placing your c ( ImnMa Kooolv dm. THE WOILD'S BEST PIANOS, SUPERIOR ORGANS, for the Homes or the Churches at low prices and on easy terras. A GOOD HOLIDAY PRESENT can be had, either of a piano or an orgdn on easy terms at a special price AT MALONE'S Write at onoe to M alnnaa Miioir Haiiqo IT IUIVIIVO 1 I 1 UOIV 11UUOV) Columbia, S. C., for oatalogs, prioes& ma Invited to Lee Memorial. President Roosevelt was asked to | attend the Robert E. Lee memorial meeting to be held in Washington on the 19 th init., under the auspioes of the assoolatlon of the Confederate Veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy. This will be oentennlal anniversary of the birth of Qen. Lee and Is to be generally celebrated throughout the South. The president will not be able to attend the meeting, but promised to send a let ter. Tbe committee which called on him Inoludcd Gen. Marous J. Wright of Tennessee, Thomas Nelson Page, Washington, D. C. Judge Charles B Howrey of the court of olalms. Mrs. Walsh of Mississippi and Mrs. Young of Arkansas. Best of food. All students of comparative anatomy know now that the teeth of human beings are identical with those of the fruglvorous apes who live on fruit and nuts. Not only so, but the proportion of bowel length to body :engtb in man corresponds ezaotly with that in the same speoles in " marked contrast to what obtains In all oarnlyorous animals where tbe , bowel Is proportionately abort. A study of anatomy, therefore, suggests a fruit diet as the moat suitable; ( further oonflrmatlon is afforded by tbe obvious predlleetlon of nearly all ( children for such food. The beet < i fruits for food are apples, bananas, i grapes, nuts, dates, raisins and figs, i J 11 ' f I sSP II If t ^F/mLED I stors and all other mea ?Jt he famous specialists of $f de cured Austin Percelle, snt large sums on other J| orn, of High Point, N. C , M Rheumacide cured W. R. \ if V nr 1/ et%A^'ol'?io ! J w VI rv a|^?uiaiisiat Id Ilea. latest discovery of medi? II germs and poisons out | ods, does not injure the stem. j,.CURES. y ^heumatl?m. t ,ciatlca, tumbado, ^ Rheumatic Gout* Indigestion, r R! (inn Constipation, 4u JT 1 Liver Trouble. the disease and Kldnel, Trou!)Nu ds Rheumacide. Lp Grlppe to All Blood lore. Dlseaae* ntefid to Satisfy Purchaser | eSn^augusta short stemmeo -TRUCKER FLAT DUTCH Pty at Flat A little later Largest and Latest lety , than Succession Cabbage -?*?? at $1.26 per m., 10 m. and over, at$1.00 per m. 3 eclal Express Rate on Plants la Very Low. Qm icr satisfaction, or will refnnd the pnrohase ? atlsflod at end of season. Those plants are (V, Jarolina, In a climnto that Is juat suited to C- in tho United States. Thoso plants can be <* ing the months of Jannary, February, and 3 , ing injured, and will mature n head of Oab- 2 row your own plants In hot beds and sold O oners near the Interior towns and oltles of jw ng Early Oabbago; for that roaaou they pur- V lit Trees, such as Strawberry and Sweet Po? . and Apricot Trees, Fig llusbas and Grape rpRATV BOX 86 ? 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