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THREE MEN HELD For the Murder of R. T.Westcott in Columbia. TWO ARE NOW IN JAIL Jim (lardncr, Jr., and J. li. liny Charged With the Crime and T. C. Jones Wanted as a Witness. The Authorities Determined to Hun Down the Cuilty Parties If Possible. The State says Jim Gardner, Jr., and J. B. Hoy are in the Richland jail as the result of the inquest into the cause of the death of it. T. Wescott, and the coroner's jury has recommended the arrest of T. C. Jones, who is said to know something1 of the matter. Gardner was arrested the afternoon of the murder and has been in jail ever since. Hoy was arrested last Friday night week after an adjourned session of the coroner's inquest, and was released Wednesday of this week, but was rearrested Thursday night. He was with Gardner the night preceeding the killing of Mr. Wescott. Tom Jones' connection with the matter is that he has declared that he has information which would implicate some one. He made this statement to Mr. Jesse Thomas, the father-in-law of Mr. Wescott, and the jury had the information the night of the homicide, it having been conveyed to them privately. Hut Tom Jones has been seen only once since that time. Mr. Thomas' statement to the jury was that Tom C. Jones had come to him the afternoon of the homicide and had stated that if inducements in the form of rewards should be offered he would give information which would incriminate some people. That is all that is known of Tom Jones' connection with it, but the officers are very anxious to get him and find out what he knows. Coroner Walker stated Thursday night that he has an idea where Jones is and that he may get hold of him Friday. The inquest convened Thursday night at 6:30. This was the third sitting. After having heard the testimony of several witnesses the jury deliberated about an nour and brought in the following verdict; "That R. T. Wescott came to his' death by gunshot wound at the hand | of party or parties unknown to the jury at this time. We, the jury, recommend that Jim Gardner, Jr., J. B. Hoy and T. C. Jones be held for further investigation. "George A. Burns, H. E. Watts, "C. L. Slich, H. L. Creighton, R. L. Murrell, G. M. Miller, F. C. Grigsby, P. M. Malone, W. S. Brown, W. F. Stieglitz, T. I. Harris, J. D. Popwell." The coroner's jury also recommended that the grand jurv be apprized of the conditions in this coun ty with the view of getting mounted rural police. This very interesting action was expressed in the following language: "We, the jury empanelled by the coroner to investigate the death of R. T. Wescott, after rendering our verdict do resolve: "That the coroner be and is hereby requested to appear before the next grand jury to Richland county and give an account of the murders recently committed in our suburbs. "That he express to the grand jury and desire that they carefully consider the pressing needA of a mounted county police service and make such recommendations as will phomote the inauguration of such police protection. "George A. Bruns, foreman; H. E. Watts, C. L. Sligh, R. L. Murrell, i3 *5 . n* o II t x . m. inaiuiit:, v. o. ui ? n< u, Creighton. G. M. Miller. W. S, Brown, T. S. Harris, J. D. Popwell." At the inquest several interesting things were brought out. Coroner Walker so handled the case that Hoj was confused and contradicted himself. He was very much worked up over this and was quite unruly at one time. It will be remembered that Mr. R T. Wescott, a butcher who had a shoj on Taylor street and lived in Waver ley, was found dead by the schoo house in Waverley on tne morning of May 2. By his side was found t 32-callibre revolver with two emptj chambers and the suicide theory wa* at first indulged by some. But latei developments indicated foul play While the bullet which producec death was a 32 calibre, yet the wounc was such that it was wellnigh impos sible for Mr. Westcott, a man wit! one hand, to have inflicted it. The homicide occurred about 5 a m. That afternoon Jim Gardner, i rather notorious young man of Wa verlev, was arrested onsuspicion. H< had been seen hanging around the Shandon dancing pavilion until about 2 a. m. or later, and he was agair there about 7 a. m. and knew all oj the particulars of the homicide which had been discovered an houi or two before. His own contradictory statement about his acquaintance with the de ceased and his knowledge that Wes cott was dead caused his detentior on suspicion. J. B. Hoy was arrested on suspic ion also, lie and Gardner were verj thick. They had tried to "hold up" ex-Magistrate E. A. Larick once, anc when they that their identity SI'KOIAli DKIJVKltV LKTTKltH After July They Will Not Require Special Stamps. No special delivery postage stamps will be needed after July, td insure immediate delivery of a letter. Postmaster General Meyer has issued au order that, on and after July 1 next, if there is attached to any letter or package of mail matter 10 cents' worth of stamps, of any denomination, with the words "special delivery" written or printed on the envelope or covering, in addition to the postage required for ordinary delivery, the article will he handled as If ! it bore a regulatlonspeclal delivery j stamp. This change is made possible by an act of the last Congress. The Postmaster General has decided also to recommend to Congress an amendment to the present law, whereby such letters may be' left at their destinations without procuring receipts in all cases. The amendment would enable the department to deposit such letters in receptacles controlled by the adressee, and get a receipt later. Until Congress can act, however, a broader construction of the present law will be given, so that receipt will ho accepted from any one occupying the premises to whom ordinary mail might be given. COItlOY-GIUMAN WRDltlNG. Is Roughly Criticised by the Georgian of Atlanta. The Atlanta Georgian thinks some pretty hard things about the CbreyGilman wedding, and U says them in print. For instance: "The man should have carried his bodIzzoned sireni to a wilderness, and there in the forest at midnight, without witnesses save the priest, yoked up with the actress lie never ought to have known." Hut how then asks the Charleston Post would The Georgian have been able to publish a three-column picture of the "bedizzened siren" and a daring account of the wedding oiv Its drst page? was known they passed it off as a joke. Likewise they held up a boy named Shull in Waverley one night, and when he called their names they again passed this off as "just for fun." Hoy and Gardner were reported to have been seen together on ? Heidt street the night before the I homicide. So far no direct evidence has been produced, but the conduct of the two men has excited suspicion. Thursday night Coroner Walker introduced a witness, W. F. Car tar, ' who conducts a store at the corner of Gervais and Heidt streets. He swore that between 8 and 9 o'clock the morning of the homicide a young man came to him to borrow a nickle with which to get up' town to collect some money. The man was Hoy, for 1 Carter, after remonstrating with the young man for not working, loaned him the 5 cents and wrote Hoy's name on the wall. He contends that about an hour later Hoy came back, repaid the loan, went to the back of tne store and took a drink. Carter mentioned the matter of the killing of Mr. Wescott. Witness' testimony on this point is: if "He went in and took his drink and came back out, and I mentioned something of the tragedy and I noticed he seemed somewhat affected, a change in his complexion at the mention of it, and there was no conversation after that between us. and he soon left and went on." Hoy had been kept in ignorance of Carter's presence and testimony. When brought into the room where ! the inquest was held, Hoy denied that he knew W. F. Carter, denied i having borrowed the 5 cents and denied that he came into Columbia be fore 11;30 in the morning, and swore . positively that he did not take the [ car that morning, i Carter was brought in and con! fronted Hoy, identifying him at . once. Hoy then admitted that he had i 5 it ? 1.1 _ \ i JI i i uorroweu trie mcaie out ueciaroa , that it had been in the afternoon. Hoy gave a rather indistinct ac, count of his movements in Columbia, , but it was brought out that he pawn' ed a pair of shoes to Goldstein for ; $1, got a quart of X liquor for 60. cents and then went home. He could r prove by Steve Gardner that it was . 5:30 in the afternoon. He claimed to > have the pawn ticket at home. He > said that he and Jim Gardner had bought a quart of whiskey in the . morning and he had bought thisoth) er in the afternoon. The coroner asked: "Did you buy | whiskey twice that day?" r A. It was three times, I think, two i or three times. r Q. Do you usually buy it that way 3 every day? A. No, sir. r Q. Seemed to be worried that day? . A. Had nothing to worry me. I Q. You and Gardner didn't usualj ly come up that many times a day - and drink, did you? A. No. \ The other witnesses examined Thursday night threw no light on . the subject except that a negro woi man named Scylla Moore testified - that very early the morning of the 3 homicide she saw a man at tne Shan; don pavilion and when he saw her t and another woman approaching he i turned his back. She could dot idenf tify him. ? A young man named Montz testi* fied thai Jim Gardner had had a 32calibre pistol. 3 Coroner Walker stated Thursday . night that he will urge Gov. Ansel to . increase the amount of reward offeri ed from $100 to $260. The city has offered $250, When Hoy was rearrested Thursf day night by Constable A. P. Rich' ardson of Waver ley, he was disposed I tq be quite resentful at first, but was r placed in jail without dMBcvdty, CURES AF RHEUMACIDE has had failed. Rheumacid< Johns Hopkins Hospital, ?y Ssfern, Va., and D. H remedies and the doctor Almost a Miracle in This Cas Dillon. S. C. A Bobbin Chemical Company Gentlemen ?In September. iw>0. I tor m il ism in a voi y bail form (inflammatory no,,' after tho disoase started I bad to i.iv work and r.'o to bed. It continued I worse until my aims nnd bands wer< drawn si) nmcn so that I could not usi Mv wits were drawn back till my feet 1 n lisps. 1 was is helpless as a baby toi 22 m .inlis. The muscles of my ai ms a wro hard and shriveled up. I sufferet i amy tunes over. Was treated by six d physicians in MrCnll liitiim o?a rone of tlioni could do me any good. unti I*. K win if. of Dillon, came to see trie i tue 10 try your RHKUMACIDK. Iiegot ool'leoF the medicine and I began to I and before the lost bottle was used up to net better. I used 6Yi bottles ai d wt nletelv cured. That was years ago 11 health has been excellent ever since, had 110 symptoms of rheumatism. V>" further that I began to walk in about s after I began to take RHEUM ACIDE w aid of crutches; in about three months began to take it I could walk as good I otxiy. and went back to work aeai ? Yours truly. JAMES WJL HORSE ATE GOLD llhat Was Stored Away in a Sack of Wheat. Tlielr $140 is (kine, Father Won't Have Horse killed?Two Stablemen Art; Arrested. Toodles, an aged roan gelding, wlio used to draw a wagon for the feed store business of Isreal Wishnosskle. to 18911 First avenue, New York city, might under ordinary circumstances bring $17 at auction, but at the present time he is very valuable niece of horseflesh. It is highly probable that if some one were to offer $140 for him it would be peremptorily declined. Pauline, Hose and Yetta, the young /)ni,?l.ln..n - ~? 41? 1 uau^iiiui o vjl LUC uw iiui UI tUf5 UUinu, take the greatest Interest in the aged beast for the reason that the suspect he is carrying in his interior $140 in gold coin that they have been saving for years. Yetta, the eldest, whp is seventeen, and works at cigarmaklng, had saved $106 of the total, and Rose, aged thirteen, had put by the remuining $3 5. They were in doubt about the best place in which to keep their hoard, and, after a consultation, decided that a bag pt oats in the feed store would muke an ideal hiding place for the gold. They went to the bag at intervals to count the coins, and were horrified Tuesday morning to find that the bag had dissapcared. The girls went to the stable hands, two polish young men, who informed the girls that they had taken that phrticular bag of oats to feed Toodles, and that a large part of it had gone toward his supper Sunday night and his breakfast Monday morning. Then a veterinary surgeon was called, and the girls suggested that he cut Toodles open in order to get their gold. The father declared that he would not sacrifice the horse for /\ir I\ / I n 1 nun h Ai?rvln Imrl I. III? lllUiii:^ , (lliu (l iron IIUI Uiv iiictuv/u was tried but without success. Then the young women sought the aid of the police and went to the 104 street station, where they wept opiously while telling the story to Capt. Corcoran. They wanted the two Poles arrested, and this was done. They gave their names as Alexander Yesahitz and Rescio Zenkavach, and when they were arrained in the Harlem police court they were held in $5 00 each for trial in special sessions. They denied seeing any gold coins in the oats bag, which they said they poured into the feed box for Toodles. OLD MAN DIKS. Said to lie One Hundred and TwentySeven Years Old. A dispatch from Spartanburg tc The State says Adam Frost, colored said to be about 127 years old, diec eariy Thursday morning betweei Cedar Springs and Rich Hill. Unti within the last few days Adam Fros was In the best of health. According to his own story, giver a newspaper man a few weeks ago Adam Frost was born on Sullivan'i Island in 1780. His first owner wai a man named Hunter, who sold hiir to Col. Drayton. Before the Civi War he was bought by Dr. Frost anc the old negro lived with the Frosi family until after the war. During the Civil war the family ol Dr. Frost refugeed to this county anc located at Cedar Springs. The ok building that watf formerly used at the colored Institute for the deaf dumb and blind at Cedar Spring! was built by- Dr. Frost. When the Frost faintly returned . to Chart** ton Adam remained In ffcts county. TER THE DC cured thousands of cases of f e cured John F. Eline and c the greatest hospital in the w Olmstead, the Norfolk. Va., c s had given up hope. Rheum of rheumatism she hi ' ,a Hughes, of Atkins, Va., There is a reason why i !) r!na cal science, and while | of the blood, it opera! ? batlly most delicate stomach 'J t lie in. _ oiioiied m in arly M . ? mo oue U fe-i u is com dfliii'1' intl my nl'iij ;:weeps all p ixdavs a purely vegetable re it after I 6ure* by removing the cause, as any Sample bottle and booklet fr? KES. BOBBITT CHEMIi MUSIC AGENTS GAME. It is Said He Caught Many Suckers In Suffolk, Va. lie Operated in Columbia and Is ( | Given a Good Send Off by The liecord of that City. , Thursday evening a very plausible ! white man called oa Kev. J. H. John. son, of Columbia, representing him-1.1 J self as the agent of a Philadelphia I music publishing: house. He had i music bargans galore, which he perj suasively offered,, promising to throw in a subscription, to a musical journal as a bonus for purchase of some sheet music.. The Reverend* says the Record, invested $3 and the agent promptly left. Then the minister picked up The > Record, and began reading it. He had not gone very far before his eye was caught by the following dispatch: "Suffolk, Va., May 13.?-An agent, claiming to represent a Philadelphia musical magazine and other publications, has, within the past few days swindled numbers of Suffolk people, principally music teachers and pupils. He took orders at cut rates, collecting in advance and neglecting to turn i in the cash. "A lettter from a publishing house disclaims his authority, and offers to pay any reasonable sum to effect his arrest, saying ho has operated in other cities, using a different alias In each new field." Not being given to the use of slang he dd not orclalm "Stung!" but he thought it. Suspicious circumstances began to flash upon his mind. The receipt given him for $3 was made on an ordinary receipt form that can be bought in any hook store. It did not hind any music paper or publishing house, only "R. L. Railey," the signer, to supply the ordered sheet fuslc and send the monthly musical journal. Mr. "Bailey" had t^pld Rev. . i Johnston he was staying at "the Coli unibia hotel, so the preacher went | . there, but there was no such name on the register and no guest by that i name stopping there, i More than ever convinced that he was flimflammed, Parson Johnson went home. Mr. "Bailey" had told i him he was going to Chester on the i early morning train, so he went to 1 the depot in the hope of catching ' him, but, of course, the music agent ' was not in sight. : Rev. Mr. Johnson thought it but proper to make his experience public, for the benefit of others. Mr. "Bailey" may be all right and his "bargain lots" may be sent to the . purchaser, but it is a safe rule never to buy from any peripatetic agent who insists on cash with order. A favorite game with swindlers is } to represent themselves ae agents, but the gafe is profitless unless they 1 can collect in advance. i ___________________ [ Mr. Debs, who was never charged with violating a statute law is be1 lieved by President Roosevelt to be j an undesirable citizen, while Mr. 3 Paul Morton, who brazenly admitted ? +Wa4- Via irinlataj thp IflW IS ffivPn A > VIMftV lie Tivmv^u v?.w 0. ? 1 fine recommendation by that same [ president. ; __A Catalo; 5 to any of our customers for the as* plumbng or hardware business, ai 1 page catalogue which will be found > prices oa nythlag la the supply line ' | Columbia Supply < f\ July /a>* ltobs hal Rheumatism after all the do< >thers, of Baltimore, after t rorld, had failed. Rheumaci< ;ontractor\ after they had sp< acide cured Mrs. Mary Welb id endured for 20 years. I after the most famous Nev it cures: Rheumacide is the powerful enough to sweep a :es by purely natural meth and builds up the entire sy 'imadai OISONS OUT OF THE iedy that goes right to the seat of Your druggist sells and recommen is if you send five cents tor postage CAL COMPANY. Proprietors. Baltic IMPRISONED IN AUTO. Thrw Women Have Narrow Escape From Possible Death. Practieally imprisoned in a runaway automobile, three women had a narrow escape from possible death at Bryn Mawr, Pa., recently. The machine, a big touring car, occupied by Samuel W. Colton, Jr., Mrs. Colton, Harold Colton, Mrs. Harrison Allen and her daughter, drove up to the railroad station at 8:3 0 o'clock. Mr. Colton and his son, who had occupied the front seat, I.-xi * - - i?n in*? roucnine ana entered the sta-1 tion. They had hardly dissapeared when the machine started off. It headed straight down the road that leads to the tunnel nnder the tracks of the railroad, gathering momentum as It sped on. The women, seated In the rear of the car, were unable to reach the mechanism to shut off the power, and to jump means serious injury or death. After going a distance of about 100 yards the machine swerved from the roadway and crashed into the stone wall that abuts the sides of the road at this point. The iron rail along the wall was broken down and the fore part of the car plunged over the gap. Luckily the rear wheels jamed into the network of the iron railing and held fast. The women, frightened to the verge of hysterics, were thrown to the floor of the car, but sustained no painful injuries. NINE KILLED IN EXPIiOSION l*rematui'C Firing of Dynamite Near Alta Pass, N. C. Saturday afternoon while a force of men were at work blasting on the South and Western railway on the works of McCarty Uros, near Alta Pass, N. C., an explosion occurred in which nine men were almost In Buimiy Kinea ana iour otners were seriously if not fatally injured. The men were all employers of the railway company and were natives of the Alta Pass section. The force had drilled for a long blast, and after placing the explosives in the blast hole, and as the force started to retreat, the dynamite tired prematurely and the men were hurled in every direction. Those who were killed were terribly mutilated .while the surviving workmen are badly bruised and lacerated. YOUR GRAND MOTllttH USEI) IT. Rut She Never Had Sulphur In Such Convenient Form As This. Your grandmother used Sulphur as her favorite household remedy, and so did her grandmother, Sulphur has been curing skin and blood diseases for a hundred years. But in the old days they had to take powered sulphur. Now Hancock's Liquid Sulphur gives it to you in the best possible form and you get the full benefit. Hnndcock's Liquid Sulphur and Ointment, quickly cure Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum and all Skin Diseases. It cured an ugly ulcer for Mrs. Ann W. Willett, of Washington, D. C., iu three days. Taken internally, it purifies the hlnnri nnri Honrs* th? rnmnlftvlnn. Your druggists soils it. Sulphur Booklet free, if you write Hancock Liquid Sulphur Company, Baltimore. gue Free. ting, and to any in the machinery, id any machinery owners. A 400 valuable in every way. Write us loir CO., Columbia, 8. C fE FAILED. ;tors and all other means he famous specialists of de cured Austin Fercefle, snt large sums on other crn, of High Point, N. C , ?hcumacide cured W. R. / York specialises failed. i M . _ A -1* ^ _ _ _ mm latest discovery or meat* II germs end poisons out oas, does not injure the stem. CURES, Rheumatism. JT clatlca. Lumbago, fthcumatlc Gout, Indigestion, r PI onn Constipation. " . .5 \ Liver Trouble, the disease and Kld rrooM*. ds Rheumackle. La 0r,ppe to \ All Olood pore. Dlanase* j The economy of special i treatment ' BY When a man or woman, who is wise, enters a le al controversy involving a arge amount of money, do they seek 1 to eonnomixe in the matter cf competent covncel? Would it be eoonomy to engage an attorney at $75 who lost the oase, when ' the one who>waoted f 100 could have won it? With the man or woman suffering from a chronic or deep seated ailmeak there is muoh more At, stake 4hen with ? the party who seeks the lawyer. Thievery day there are t onrands of men and women who are taking treatment for the wrong troublel They have gone to the home physician?a worthy man, yet whose experience in deep-seated troubles is comparatively limited, even after yen** of praotfoa. Oh, how sad it is to see patients wait until four or five d dtors have given , f'em up *nd then oome to us when H is too late!' Thishnppens sora'times. But more often we have been able to effect a complete cure, even under auoh adverse oiroumstanoea. In neerly all of auoh cases it baa been our experience that 1 he root of the trouble has never been discovered, and thAt b it very little treatment would have been necessary had we had the case at the beginning: If vou, reader, are not enjoying the health that Nature iotended yon should, write to us. In the majority of oases it will be cheaper in the end for you to even make a special trip to call npon oe for a FREE EXAMINATION and consultation. After we have t een and had a good long talk with you, we often oan handle i juui uwh hi your own home. I 8?nd f r our journal. "Health.'* | Mailed free in unprinted wrapper^ i Dr Hathaway X Co., 22JS. Hroad St., Atlanta, Ga. I Pleas send me in unprinted <9t>yel] ope, your book for men, for whioh | there is no oharge and whioh does not place me under |my obligations | to you. I Name Address J i Name of paper .. I ? WANTED ODD f I; PIANOS & ORGANS | 11 [ for which we will allow the ? I? highest prices toward ltew in- ? 11 ? strunients. No Club Hat on to 11 \ offer, but we pledge better in- X I | strumentH for the name or less ; ' money than those at club rate i I -v rc * - - - f uueri). write Malones Music)! House, Columbia, H. C., for spe- ( I J clal prices and terms. J j , ........ FHRCKLRH, As well as Sunburn, Tan, Moth, Pimples and Chaps, are cured with Wilson's Freckle Cure. Sold and guaranteed by druggists. 50c. Wilson's Fair Skin Soap 25 cts. I. 11. Wilson & Co., Mfgrs. and Props. 63 and 65 Alexander street, Charleston, S. C.When ordering direct mention your druggist. offered worthy young people. Ho iNlir ls>vllatM year auoa.ityoa4mImaftfco rough buriniM i?ti tag auk good palttoi,wvitolor oar (HtSAT HALS UVWrat T7~~ vr -