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HAD A HOT TIME. The Rector and the Vestry Have a Battle in Church. LIVELY FIST FIGHT In One Of Philadelphia's Churches in Which tho Hector, Several of the Vestrymen and Even Some Womei^ Were Active Participants* The Trouble llad Been Brewing For Several Months. A rough and tumble fight Sunday morning, March 31. in which the rector. several vestrymyn and even some women took a hand was the culmination of the trouble that has for months been brewing in the congregation of Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal church, Marlborough ?t.rof>t west, of fJimrrl nvonim r?f which Rev. E. G. Knight is rector. It was after Rector Knight had preached on the text. "Let not your heart be troubled," and in closing had delivered the message, "Peace be unto you," that the fight occurred and all of ^hose participating had partaken of holy communion. The real battle took place in the vestry room, located under the chanel ip which the beautifi 1 morning service had just been held, and started over the claims for the morning collection entered by accounting wardens representing the two factions into which the congregation is divided. The trouble was expected and was pulled off on schedule time, when George Shegog, who, still claiming his right as accounting warden, having been elected to that position on Wednesday night by the faction opposed to the rector, started to take the collection from the two silver plates that had been carried down to the vestry room by the rector and placed on a table preparatory to separating the envelopes from the coin. Shegog left tine main auditorium during the recessional hymn and was waiting in the vestry room to claim 11 tut; money. He made a reach for the money, but as he did so he was grabbed by J. H. Watkins, who also claims to be the accounting warden, having been elected by the rector's faction at a separate meeting on Wednesday night, and Jacob Davis, Sr. The two men grappled and pummeled each other at a great rate. Hy this time several of the other vestrymen had taken a hand in the fray, and the rector, wearing the vestments that he wore in serving the communon, was soon in the thickest of the fighting. Chaos reigned, while the women screamed. The fight, a running one, was kept upTrom the vestry room to the Sunday school room, then through the hall to the choir room and finally back to the vestry room. At one time Rector Knight and Shegog had each other by the throat, and again as many as four men were hammering Shegog as he lay on the floor. The rector's faction seemed to have the best of the fight at the wind-up, while to the rescue of Shegog came his 18-year-old daughter, Alice, who dramatically demanded that the rector take off the vestments of his office flnri net Hi?orraen thr?m onv lr?r?nr_ er. Sobbing bitter, she cried: "I will stand by my father until I die. Let me go to him. He needs me at a time like this." With the ypung woman was her brother Harry, a husky lad of 16 years, who gave and took punishment like a soldier. Several mixups were pulled off before the fighters wpre seperated. Rector Knight was exceedingly nervous after the affray, but beyond admitting that the money was in his keeping he declined, as at all times during the trouble in his church, to discuss the matter in any of its phases. Shegog made threats in the hearing of all present that during the proceedings in court, when the case will be called to prosecute the rector on the charge of embezzlement of church money, there would be some starting revelations that would not only disrupt the congregation but unfrock the minister. The trouble centers around the Easter collection of 1906, and has brought much discussion into the church. At that particular service George Shegog, then accounting warden, whose duty it is to take charge of nil mnnnvcs wqk not nrnspnf ?o the pastor took charge of the cash collected. When Mr. Shegog asked for it later Mr. Knight declared that the Easter collection was the rector's fund and was always given to him personally. This began a lengthy dispute and finally Mr. Shegog appealed to Bishop Whitaker that he should force Mr. Knight to pay back the money, which amounted to $1,060. and also remove him from the rectorship. The bishop refused to interfere and the rector was arrested on a warran sworn out by Shegog charging him technically with embezzlement, and when brought before Magistrate Kochersperger he was held in $1,000 bail for court. It is believed that tto fight of Wednesday will result i^frthe complete disruption of the congregation, which now numbers onlyabout 100. Bishop Whitaker, whose requests for f the cessation of trouble in the church has been to a great extent ignored by both factions, will probably now take a hand in the affair that will tend toward its untangling. (iwok vs. Ilulgiu'iu. Macedonia is the scene of a bloody contest between Greeks and Bulgarians. These two nations declared war against each other six months ago, but as several hundred miles of neutral Turkish territory lay between them, an actual state of war has been impracticable. This anomaly of hostilities does not prevent the Bulgar and Greek from engaging in actual strife. There are thousands of roving Bulgarians and an equal number of Greeks in the buffer state, Macedonia. These have espoused the cause of their native lands and are engaging in a war of extermination on about the same scale as characterized the bloody feud between Turks and Armenians. The result is that every time a Greek and Bulgar meet there is a fight to the finish. The stories told by those who escape are harrowing in the extreme. One of the favorite modes of attack by the Bulgarians is to catch the Greeks, while they are in church. In a recent slaughter they destroyed a church by throwing bombs into it when it was crowded. Greeks were killed in great numbers. As the survivors were rushing from the church they were killed as they left the church door. Only a few escaped and these had their tongues torn out or were maimed in some other way. Both Greece and Bulgaria are so called Christian nations, yet they are carrying on a war, the cruelties of which would cause an Indian to blush, if such a thing was possible, Neither of them could tell what they ; are at war about, or what is to be gained by it. Some way should be found to put a stop to such a war. i Why don't the adjacent powers interpose, and teach the foolish Greeks and Bulgar a lesson in common sense> If one nation don't feel like undertaking the job, let them all join in and do it. By some means this most foolish war should be stopped. Christian Intimacy. Because too great "Christian intimacy" existed between the Rev .Solon H. Bryan and Miss Ellen Newby, of Millen, Ga., both are involved in a scandal that will be aired before the Methodist conference when it next convenes. It appears that the Rev. Mr. Bryan was preparing Miss Newby for work in the foreign field and that he took more time for his teaching than was deemed necessary, by his wife and members of the congregation. They declare that he was seen going and coming from Miss Newby's millinery parlors at all times of J:he day and night. finally the wile objected and was given a Bound beating for her pains. The pastor was arrested by neighbors on the charge of wife beating, but the wife repented and baiied her delinquent husband out of jail. Bryan has been suspended from his conference and will have to stand trial. When approached concerning the affair Miss Newby said: "Only a 'Christian intimacy' existed between Mr. Bryan and myself." But the people of the town refused such a plea, and are of the opinion that the intimacy went a little to far. It is a pity that such men cloak themselves with the garb of a minister, and by their acts bring reproach upon the sacred ministry and the church. And it is astonishing how many men do it. The misdeeds of such men, unfortunately, lessens the respect of the people at large for the ministry. There was a time when a minister of the gospel was looked upon as being different from other men. The fact that he was a preacher carried weight with it, and he was regarded as a good man because he was a preacher. But that day is passed, and preachers are now judged after they are known, as other men are. The ras cals who have entered the ministry has made this necessary. But we thank God that a large majority of all the ministers are cleanhanded, and would rather die than bring reproach on their holy calling or the church to which they belong. A Croat County. The Newberry Observer says: "Orangeburg is a great county. Thursday's Times and Democrat published reports of fifteen state banks in that connty, aggregating a capital of nearly $400,(KM) and deposits of about one million. And these are only state banks; there are national banks also, which are not included in this list." As the Observer says Orangeburg is a great county, but she has no national banks within her hnrrlorH. Thorp aro onlv two othor banks in the county besides those whose reports were published in The Times and Democrat two weeks ago. The deposits in the banks whose statements we published was nearer two ( million than one million as the Ob server has it. The Times and Democrat. The Socialists have announced that for the present they have abandoned effort to carry certain States, #inong them South Carolina. The Sbcialists had out a candidate for governor last y< in this State, and he polled three tea. We do not blame them for uitting under the circumstances. Tram tilled. The westbom Oregon Hallway and Navigation j mger train was wrecked In the I an lln river bottom Phursda.v. Two r ops were killed, ? - > o o< m k- . fr ftn(j 15 passengers wore hurt. ?IS SB Uses to Which the Newly Rich Put Their Money. PROBLEM HOW TO SPEND A $1,500 Bull the Purchase of One West Virginia Farmer?Patent Leather Shoes the Desire of Anothei?Grateful Father and Sons Bought an Axe for "Mother." In West Virginia many persona have suddenly become well to do through tne finding of oil on their barren furm land. The effects of wealth 011 these newly rich ones have been curious. One old section hand living near Munningiou owned a* small plot of ground. A Ann of drillers made tbw customary bargu n with loin, ana planted their derrick right alongside his house. They struck oil, and they struck it rich. The well developed an output of about 200 barrels a day. The old section hand's share amounted to something like $37.50 a day. This Is ?... I.? .1 C .. V, ? A nnu.K UlH ttl) liU I 1 UK U KUIIIK W UU liau earned more than $1.25 a day la his life. He threw up his Job on the railroad, and now ho Just sits on his porch day in and day out and watches the slow movements of the great wooden walking beam of the pump that is drawing for him from nature's wealth a sum each day totally beyond his capacity to spend. At his time of life there is l.tlle likelihood of his acquiring new tastes that would make his money of use. An old farmer living near Volcano, on the Parker^burg branch of tho Baltimore and Ohio, had a few acres of barren land, and he willingly allowed some prospectors to put down a well on his property. A gusher was struck, and the farmer's share of the oil soon amounted to $2,000, which sum all In cash was turned over to h'm. A dollar in cash had been an unusual sum for him to have at ono time, and the sudden possession of bo much money filled him with a dosire to spend some of It. He donned his best suit of Jeans and took the nc vt morning's accommodation train for Parkersburg. After wandering about that city all day lqoking for a suitable Investm< nt he finally paid $1,500 for a finely br d bull. There was Just about as mcell use on his farm for a hull ?s tlu re would he in the proverbial ch:ni shop. The sterile soil of his farm did not produce enough blades of grass to furnish the bull wPh one good food, and the farmer had 1.1 other food fit for his purchase. When asked by his neighbors why in ihe world he had made such a u; e of his money he simply replied: "Well. I had to spend the money somehow!" At the bottom of a piece of farm land on the side of a mountain Hvod a snake hunter, as the West Virginia mountain farmer is nicknamed, in a little hut. The dally fare for this man and his family had never been anything other than the far-famed "cornbroad and sow belly." In summer he went barefooted, while heavy rawhide boots covered his feet when cold weather came. Oil was struck on his farm In such quantities that the farmer's share promised soon to make him the wealthiest man for miles around. As toon as the first Installment of c^sh was paid over to him, he took a s*">rt cut across the mountains until he reached the small railroad town 'hat meant metropolis to him, and the very first thing he bought was a pair of pa*ent leather shoes. Perhaps the best example of all the emharassmept caused these folk by the sudden acquisition of wealth was the case of a family of mountaineers back In Calhoun county. This family consisted of father, mother and ' mr grown sons. Every member of the household was six feet tall and large and strong In proportion. The mother was a v'gorous old woman, almost as powerful as any of the rest or trie iamny, ana upon her de volvod not only all of the household burdens, hut the work of chopping ill the wood as well. This latter duty Is not a light task by any means. The father and his sons were good ixsmples of the West Virginia sen*d'ggers?that Is, diggers of ginseng roots. Between times they would hunt with rlffes sixty years old, with barrels six feet In length and weighing from flf'een to twenty pounds, with which all of them were dead ihots: any one of the men could easily knock out the eye of a squirrel iL a 4 * 4l_ - %. ?- - ' ne u>|? ei me nignesi tree. Rut very little work of any ktnd did they condescend to do and year after year they spent their time thus, living in their old log house of ono room, without seeing $10 in cash from one year's end to the other. Then wealth came. # Prospectors traced oil until it led to the neighborhood of the old log house, and a well was driven on the place, upon the usual terms. A gusher resulted, and when the money for the first month's output was placed in the hands of the father the very first thing he and the hoys thought of was that something must be bought for "mother." So, after a long consultation, they Anally decided to buy her a now axe. # "KNOCKDOWN" IIAHKKIj. Can Ik* Hciidlly DlsuMsetnblcd Into a S11..1I Bundle. The problem confronting shippers in the transport!.m of fruit and vegetables are many. .'..11 ions of barrels, crates and boxes of every conceivable kind are required for the purpo. e In the great majority of cases tiies* barrels, etc., are used but once, at the cost of returning them to th* shipper Is greater tliau the cost of new barrels. A New York man dosigned a barrel that seems to havo solved the problem, an Illustration of which is shown here, it is termed u Can be Taken Apart, "knockdown" and can be readily assembled when doslred and as readily disassembled when Its contents have been removed. It can then be packed in a small space to facilitate transportation. This barrel Is made in tw o sections, preferably of sheet metal, and in form resembles the common typo of barrel. The longitudinal edges are divided into tongues, each alternate tongue having double edges, forming recesses into which the interlocking tongues on the opposito section connect. Perfect Joints are thus provided, preventing any damage to the barrel should it be handled carelessly in transportation. The clrculsr head* f the barrel fit into grooves top and bottom on the outside of the barrel; I fitting into the groovos are band?! of wire, both ends of which are connect* ' d to a lover. By turning the love'* in the direction of the arrow in the illustration, the hand contracts, uuslng the end of the hurrel to contract also . What the Kyoa Toll. Steady, widely opened eyes that are not afraid to meet yours mean sincerity and honor. But tho steady, glinting eyes that look through half closed lids at you | would indicate a cold and suspiciousnature. Beware of the shifting, faltering eyes that always look away from you. Small eyes usually moan un alert mind. If they look straight out at you steady and bright, liko a squirrel's, you may expect the right sort of aleremoHg, a quick tongue and a gift of repartee. But if the small eyes are more dim and do not look straight Into yours, you may look for the wrong kind of cleverness, for lit'tle dishonor ties and equivocations and for a buslne## sharpness that is willing to sacrifice too much for a little money. Your large, tr&nqull "cow like" eyes, on the other hand, are less responsive than the alert, bright, little beady eye#, but once stir them to their depth# and they will look InAnitely more Intense and meaningful than the more impulsive eyes. Round, protruding eyes show an ambitious nature and a love of action. The longer eyes show more the temperament of the dreamer. The most beautiful eyes In the world aro clear (that Indicates good health) and are set widely apart and rather deep. That width of settling always gives a certain expression of sweet spirituality. About Tlint Crape Rand. It is astonishing how many por sons, both men and women, who give every other Indication of culture and refinement, aro Been on the streets riowadadys wearing crape bands on thlr coat sleeves. This form of tnourntng was originally a military ono, the British officer's cap, with Its ridiculously low crown, not admitting of a band. When he boasted a decoration the medal also was covered with crape. From the military the sleeve band descended to the coachman and footman, and has long been the recognized sorvant's mourning when there was a death in the master's family. Then the costermongers adopted It because it was cheap. When one of 'Arry's friends dies the purchase of a black coat Is out of the question, so he puts the band of crape around the sleeve of his old coat and lets it go at that. The well-to-do New Yorker who unwittingly adopts this custom Is first cousin to the parvonu who invests In a coat of arms and picks out one with a bar sinister because he thinks It looks just the thing. The Elephant's Trunk. "The elephant's trunk," says Dr Ray Lankaster, "originated through a shortening of the lower jaw. Therefore, I am sorry to upset Mr. Rudyard Kipling's explanation that the length of the trunk was accounted for by Its having been pulled by the crocodile." FOUND AT LAST. A Tribe of Monkey Men Discovered That May Be, THE MISSING LINK. i Prof. Klaatoli Discovers a Tribe of Hairy Australian Natives, With 1 i llaiuls aiul Feet Like 111k Apes, , And Who Live in Trees. They Ar? Very Wild, and It Was llard to Kxamlne Tlietn. Professor Klaatsch, of the University of Heidelberg, has discovered a new and most important link in the , chain of evolution that|binds man to the ape. He has observed a race of Australian natives who possess some of the most marked characteristics of apes and yet are undoubtedly men. Those characteristics consist in having the thumbs but very slightly developed i as in the apes, and in having great toes of almost identical form with the thumbs. Professor Klaatsch set out to explore the country between the Daly and Victoria rivers, in northern Australia. This country a few miles in land from the coast has hardly been ; touched by the white man. While in Port Arthur, on the coast of this region, he happened to be present at the trial of some natives who were charged with the murder of a white man. The trained scientific eye of the professor noted with amazement that one of these natives possessed hands and feet like those of an anthropoid ape and many other similar characteristics. Professor Klaatsch with great difficulty ascertained the direction from which the man came and then started thither with the intention of finding and studying the rest of his tribe. He reached the locality indicated after a journey of three weeks across the desert. At first he could observe no signs of human habitation, but he ; was prepared for this, because ne knew that the natives were exceedingly timid and possessed no regular houses. He spread out various glittering objects as bait, and after a few days these aroused the curiosity of the wild men to such an extent that they crept up to steal them. The professor then put out food, and after they had tasted this he was able to make friends with them just as he might have done with some wild animals. lie found that these natives were covered with long hair from head to f#ot in all parts of the body except the face, the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet and their haunches. The most remarkable feature of all was the formation of their hands and feet, i he padns 01 ine n umo v\u almost as long proportionately as th< | muc vi on Miuiiiai ; vviim: man a iUU1 and the fingers were proportionate]} short. These were partially joine* together by skin. The thumb wa noticeably short, and its tip did no reach half-way towards the base oi the fingers. It did not possess th< power of moving freely across th< hand, which is characteristic of th? civilized man's thumb. All the pecu liarities noted in the thumbs of th< natives are found in the higher an thropoid apes, especially the chim panzee and gorilla. The feet of the natives were form ed in almost exactly the same manner as their hands. They were also slightly turned up on the inner side, so that the little men did not move with the same apparent ease as white men, whose feet came evenly upon the ground, but nevertheless the> were able to run very well. Their feet possessed the same prehensih power as their hands, and they used one and the other with equal facility in climbing trees and seizing objects. Now, the possession of a thumb by the ape is one of the most remarkable facts indicating his close relationship to man, but its lack of development shows the immense gulf which still separates him from the human family. The Klaatsch apeman possessed an absolutely ape-like thumb and great toe, together with the structure of a man in other respects, and therefore apparently he partook equally of the characteristics of an ape and a man. Professor Klaatsch examined the physical conformity of the natives with thf* irrnntnut minntunncu orwt ,, . v.. V.w 1^. V V?WV?'V lli|UUWIiV/i7D (411M found that apart from their hands and feet their bony anatomy did not differ in any fundamenta' respect from that of man and did n 4 uresent any of the minor charac'erotics that differentiate the skelet< r. of the anthropoid ape from that of man. The wild men are very eimian in general aspect.-. They have scarcely any forehead and they have lartre projecting ndges above their eyes. They are highly prognathous, that is haviny p otruding under jaws. Their nose.- aie flattened almost to nothing at the bridge and are very broad at th< other end. the nostrils being large and opening forward. They build no houses but shelter themselves under bushes or in the branches of trees, when the women are raising children however, the men make night shelters of boughs over them. They have no regular marriage, but when a man desires a wife he lies in wait for her behind a tree, springs upon her, beats her into unconsciousness with a club and drags her off to his lair. They do ir> > >^s?ss a'properly articulated la ire, and they make known their v . ics by criesandhowls resembling l noises made by monkeys and ot . animals. They know bow to build fires and they kill small animals with rude bows and arrows. Kxeept in these two respects they do not exhibjt the rudiments of ordinary human nowledge as exhibited ov savages. They cannot be said to posse a vestige of civilization. They eat snakes, frogs, insects and all kinds of things that would be generally considered unfit for human food. The children are covered with a soft fur, which disappears at the age of about ten, and is then replaced by coarse hair, resembling that of the ape.^C ? I* y CT.* C^r r "Z i It must be a wonderful sight to watch these wild men, women and children playing in the trees, hanging by the feet and swinging from branch to branch with the agility of monkeys. Professor Klaatsch narra teshow one of them escaped ir a arm at the sight of his camera by running up a gum tree and then hanging by the feet, looking over his shoulder to see what the thing was. The Australian bushman, as nreviously observed by scientist., was regarded as the lowest existing tvpe of man. He possesses many ol ;ne characteristics mentioned as bel iging to the new ape-man desci ibed here, but not the apelike formation of the thumbs and great toes. He has the prominent eyebrows and jaws, the flat nose and the lank limbs. With all their degradation and sav it i * .... ugery me uusnmen possess skill of a certain kind. They are the constructors of the wonderful boomerang, which when thrown for a distance of hundreds of feet comes back to the hand of the thrower and damages him unless he knows how to receive it. The bushtnen are also noted for their "corroborees" entertainments, at which they imitate the play of various animals. The newly discovered ape-man represents one distinct stage lower or farther back in the scale of evolution than the bushman. Whether the bushman is a direct descendant of the ape-man or a cross between two races will be an interesting question to decide. The newly discovered ape-man constitutes a most important factor in the evidence that establishes the doctrine of evolution. Dr. Dubois, the Dutch army surgeon, had already discovered in Java, which is adjacent to Northern Australia, the remains of an ancient creature, which he called Pithecanthropus Erectus, or "ape-man who walked erect." This creature possessed even more apelike characteristics in its skeleton than the man now discovered by Professor Klaatsch, but yet in its erect attitude and the formation of its skull it proved itself much nearer to man than any existing ape. Now we possess four links in the chain of ev?,Uw.U ~ I * " W1 UVIV/II WIIIV.II JMOVl'S nil* Ul'SCt'ni OI man. These are the ape, the Pithecanthropus erectus of Dubois, the ape-man of Klaatsch and the Australian. There is no longer an inexplicable gap between the ape and man. There is no longer a missing link. A DKPAIHIL WARNING Mas Thrown tin' Colored People IiU Consternation. Consternation of the moHt aggravated type has reigned ut Summerton for Home time. It seems that about a week or more ago a deaf inute near there for the first and only time In his Hlxteen years of existence was hea d to Hpeak by reliable members of hlH race, and these are the wordH that fell fro.n his hitherto unused tongue: "Tne Ixml Is goin' to rain down fire and brimstone." ,, It is not known by what phenomenal chance his lipH were unsealed after all these years of silence and allowed to utter this prophecy. Reliable segroes have attested to the facts of the case, and when the story got abroad amongst the negroes of Clarendon county It did not fail to have a most profound effect upon them. Some regard it in the nature of a Divine utterance, while others say that before many days the boys tongue will be loosened and he will make strange and fearful prophecies of the wrath of th"1 Lord which will he poured out upon this evil generation. The colored man from whom The News and Courier correspondent got the story w..s in tears of genuine fright when it wns suggested to him that the boy's words were full of deep significance. It will be many days before the full effects of the miracle will wear off, and while It is felt the churches of the negroes In that section will he crowded with penitents and mourners, who road a dreadful warning Into this event. PLOT TO KILL. ( mi Powder is Pound In Auto that Blew Up W. J. Jarvey. Chas. E. Moore, a wellknown dealer In automobiles In Boston, caused a sensation by declaring that ho had stumbled on a murder plot in connec tkiii wini me explosion or one of his automobiles In the town of Auburn, Mass., last Friday afternoon in which Wilfred Javery, of Boston, was so severely injured that his death is imminent. Moore says that he removed the sparker box from the wrecked automobile, and upon examination found in it two tablespoonfuls of gunpowder. Further, he found as much more in the oil. He believes it was placed there by some one who wished to cause Javery's death, for it was exploded by the sparks. Jarvery is the man who holds the mile 'coord (45 seconds), and knows of no enemy who would attempt to encompass his death. %