The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 27, 1909, Image 3
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A
MADE BIG HAULS
Twelve Million Dollars Stolen
Last Year
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' BY TRUSTED AGENTS
Professional Thieves and Crooks
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Were Far Outdone by Well-Dress- f
r
ed Gentlemen, in Position of Trust ^
and Honor, Whose Only Tools ^
Were Pen and Ink. a
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The vast army of professional (1
J thieves who rob by force or other- ft
wise, steal but a tithe of the millions
of dollars that are taken unlawfully
throughout the length and breadth
of America each year, says the New
York Press. It is the well educated,
carefully dressed gentlemen wlwo
hold position of trust, and whose
only tools are pen and ink, who loot
most of the treasure chests of corporations
and individuals.
They stole last year, so far as the.
records show, nearly $12,000,000.
The year before they got away with
more than $0,000,000. If the embezzlements
during 1000 keep up the
record for January, this year will
be another record breaker for dishonesty
and loss. The report of
defalcations for the first month of
J 000 shows that the enormous total
of $1,2 85,4 0 0 was taken during its
8 1 days. This is at the rate of more
than $15,000,000 a year. Burglaries
and other thefts amount to but
about $8,000,000 annually.
The amount of embezzlements only
can be. guessed at, after all, and
it is more than likely that the tigures
given are far below the actual.
They are compiled by one of the big
New York fidt lity companies from
agents all over the country, from
newspaper clippings and other avail
ame sources ot information. Yet,
it is acknowledged by everyone fa- e
miliar with the subject, that not a
more than half the embezzlements "
that occur are ever heard of, execpt *
by those most directly int? rested. ri
They are hushed up for fear they "
will injure the standing ot the con- 1
cern that has been robbed. s'
Sometimes the embezzler is caught
redhanded and is forced to disgorge a
most of the money he has stolen. '
This generally is before he has had "
a chance to spend it, and usually
follows a theft that is committed n
under sudden and overpowering 11
temptation. In many other cases "
however, it is discovered unexpect- a
edly that a trusted employee's de- ,(
falcations hive extended over a pe- ?
riod of ma'..., months or years. If
he confesses and his family and
friends are able to make up even c
the major portion of the loss, he
frequently is allowed to go free and
nnwhipped of justice. But there are
others whose cases are so llagrant 1
they cannot be hid. The bonding w
company los?s thousands of dollars, a
and then the punishment is severe 11
and certain.
' "I could stand on the roof of almost
any of the tall buildings below
Futlon street," said an employee "
of one of the big private detective
agencies the other day, "and toss a
stone on the roof of one or a score
of places where I, personally, know a
that heavy defalcations have occur- fi
red that have never been reported tl
to the police, or even hinted at in L
the newspapers. In some of the cas- h
es the embezzlers have been caught; n
in others they are being hunted for p
in various narts of tlm onrth Thoir
pursuit never will end until death si
or capture gets the thief. The b
known statistics of los sindicating H
$12,000,000 stolen last year, are f<
accurate, so far as they go. lint the ei
actual amount of embezzlements ?
inigth reach four times that amount." li
Hanks and trust companies are ]
the heaviest losers, according to the 01
published reports. Last year there es
was stolen from such corporations tl
the sum of $5,9933,971, which was rc
$2,901,970 more than in 1 907. Last
Jaruary the defalcations from hanks hi
and trust companies amounted to ti
$794,950. If the embezzlements con- w
tlnue at the same rate during 1 909 si
it will bring the total of losses for b<
such institutions alone up to $9,- cr
53 9,4 00, which is more than the to- hi
tal losses in all lines of business re- n<
ported in 1907. e\
General business, which term in- ?f
oludes commercial houses of all descriptions,
lost $2,402,982 through
defaulters in 1908. During the first ,)?
month of 1909 the total of the losses ,)e
that came to light was $531,220. 1,1
Public service corporations were r'
the next heaviest losers, their total he
being $1,044,741 in 1908. No one ce
knows why it it, but this was nearly 11
$750,000 below the previous year's re
record.
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The smallest losers in 1907 were
In the insurance companies, who had
$81,540 taken from them surreptltiously.
Last year, though their
losses amounted to $581,233, an increase
of about 600 per cent. Beneflcial
associations lost less than us- "
ual in 1908, only $281,511, which 111
was about half what they did in nc
1 907. Court trust funds were em- w
bezzled to the extent of $554,526
last year, an increase of nearly a
quarter of a million dollars. Transportaion
companies, by which is th
meant the steam ralloards and water in
FOUND GUILTY
"Ot'NG WIIITK MAN CONVICTKl)
OF Ml'llDKll.
le Claimed That Ho Was Insane
From Drinking Blind Tiger Wiliskey
With Cocaiue in It.
At Anderson last week Webb Slin110118,
a young white man, was
outld IMlilfV of Tiillfditr u-ll hunt
?commendation to mercy, for the
illing of United States Deputy J.
1. McAdams on February 2 0, last,
'he jury retired at 5:45 o'clock and
t 1 I returned with the verdict of
uilty. The accused heard the verlict
calmly, seeming unmoved by
us terrible situation.
Counsel for the defense at once
nade a motion for new trial, and
rgument on the motion was begun,
t had not been completed when
ourt adjourned until Monday. One
if the bases of the defense's moion
is the allegation that one of
he jurors is over 05 years old.
The arguments by Attorney Daglall
for the defense and Solicitor
ton ham for the State and Judge
)antzler's charge were completed at
>:45 o'clock in tlie afternoon, when
lie jury retired with the case. Heore
leaving the court room Judge
)autzler instructed Sheriff King to
lotify him at any hour during the
light in case of an agreement.
Webb Simmons is a white man of
bout 2 2 years of age and was emiloyed
at Orr cotton mills. While
ie was in a drunken condition and
irhile terrifying the mill village
)eputy McAdams, a sworn constable
inder Sheriff King, attempted to
uiet and later arrest him. Simlons
resisted and fired several shots
.'it 1 i a shotgun, one load taking elect
in Me Adams' body, resulting
ii death shortly later. Simmons
as brought to the county jail, where
e lias rested until now, no attempt
eing made to get him out on bond.
The case was called for trial
?iii.\ r rid ay morning ami rrlday
ml Saturday 40-odd witnesses testied,
about half being for the State,
'he defense was based on tempoiry
insanity, caused by cocaine in
tie whiskey, of which he was under
lie influence at the time of th >
hooting. Dr. Parker of Charleston
istified that the whiskey contained
large quantity of cocaine. Many
Xpert witnesses took the stand for
otli sides.
The trial of Simmons has created
lore interest at Anderson than any
ial in recent years. The court room
as been overcrowded at all times
nd Judge Dantzler caused the doors
) be guarded and locked to keep
ut an overllow.
Simmons has held up extremely
'ell. When the jury retired he
hatted merrily with bis young wife,
ho sat at his side during the entire
rial.
He claims not to have known anyliing
from the time he took the
diiskey on the morning of the fatal
ay until he awoke under arrest
t the jail at 8 o'clock that night. *
WOMAN HUNS AMUCK
eeomes Insane and Tries to Kill
Her Family.
Friday morning while raging in
tit of insanity, Mrs. Charles Bareld,
wife of a farmer residing in
lie upper Hollow Creek section of
.exington county, attempted to kill
er family. The unfortunate womil
was carried to Lexington and
laced in pail and wil be carried to
lie State Hospital. This is very
id case, the woman leaving a husand
and six children behind. Mrs.
arneid is siiid to havo boon suf;ring
from a complication of disises,
which affected her mind.
nes, cut down their losses by $111,25,
their 1 908 defalcations being
nly the trifle of $242,008. This is
specially remarkable, considering
le billions of money that the rail>ads*
employees handle every year.
"There isn't a safe made that a
urglar can't get into with a little j
me and adequate opportunity t>
ork without interruption," said the
iperintendent of one of the big
mding companies. "Hut safe- |
acking isn't half so easy as robng
with pen and ink. There is a
?w system of accounting devised
rery few days, but I never heard
one that was embezzlement-proof.
Kxperts attribute the large amount
defalcations among employees of
inks and trust companies- it will
i remembered that these lead in
e list of losses?to the small sala- !
n jmiu. j\ tenor wno Handles perips
a million dollars a day will reive
$1,500 to $2,500 a year salary,
e lias to dress well and live in a
spectable neighborhood. So long
all goes smoothly, so long as there
no sickness or death in his family,
i may be able to rub along, lint
it to save any money. Then the
ly conies when he needs $100 or
>00 most urgently?more than he
er needed money before in his life. 1
e takes it, and then more and
ore. Neither the fear of detection t
)r anything else deters him for a
hlle.
Found In Itvler.
I
Altmeyer, six years old, who was
lought to be kidnapped, was found
i the river at Newark.
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WINS FIGHT
Cotton Seed Oil Will Remain or
The Free List
A FARMERS VICTORY
Senator's Tilliuun and Smith lasl
the Fight Against the Tariff?They
W ere Aided by All the Southern
Senators iu Their Winning Fight
for the Farmers.
Thursday was cotton seed oil day
In the Senate, and a dispatch to The
' Columbia Record says it is largely
due to the good work Senators Tillman
and Smith have done that a
duty of ?> per cent was not placed
on this commodity.
S? nator Aldrich, chairman of the
finance committee, raised a storm
! of opposition on the Democratic side
j of the Senate by offering an amendment
to the tariff bill, making cotton
seed oil dutiable at 3 cents a
! pound.
After Senator Reveridge, of Indiana,
had come to the aid of the South
ern Democrats, Mr. Aldrich consented
to withdraw his amendment and
I allow this product to go 011 the free
list.
it is claimed by Mr. Aldrich that
without the duty upon cototi seed
I oil some foreign country might, under
favorable conditions, dump its
oil on the United States.
This supposition was laughed to
scorn by Senator Tillman, who declared
that 110 other country could
possibly compote with the United
States in this industry, lie claimed
that the proposition of the chairman
of the committee was indefensible
011 every ground, for it would
! yield 110 revenue. He called attention
to the enormous exports of this
product from this country.
Mr. Aldrich said a number of cotton
seed oil manufacturers in the
South had asked for the duty, having
been presented to the committee
by senators, but if all of the Southern
senators were opposed to the
duty, he would withdraw the ainend,
tnent, which he did.
When the item was read, Senator
{Tillman promptly arose to ask on
I whose suggestion such a duty was
recommended.
Senator Aldrich explained that the
Dingley law provides for a duty of
I 4 cents a gallon on cotton seed oil,
! so that this recommendation caused
a reduction of 1 cent a gallon. This
suggestion had no effect in pacifying
the Democratic senators.
I Senators Tillman, Bacon and Monj
ey were especially urgent in insistI
ing that they wanted no duty whatever.
Before the discussion had
gone on very far, Mr. Aldrich proi
posed to withdraw his amendment,
[ but that action did not have the
effect of putting an end to the critii
cisms.
Mr. Aldrich said that Oremany and
other countries were offering bounties
for the production of cotton
seed oil, and he believed that if the
! American market were not protected,
( it would be overuowed with the foreign
product. He had been appealled
to by Southern men engaged in
{ this industry for the protection he
suggested.
Mr. Bacon declared that the American
cotton seed oil needed no protection,
but he feared that such duty
would result in having maximum
duties imposed on cotton seed now
admitted to those countries free of
duty as well as on other duties on
American products, but Mr. Aldrich
would not concede the point.
Senator Tillman wanted to keep
up the markets abroad for cotton
seed oil made abroad, and then imported
into tiie United States, he
replied: "Of course, I would if we
get a higher price on cotton seed.
The farmers are entitled to some consideration."
The matter ended
there. *
STUDYING CIVIL WAR ILYTTLKS.
Army Officers Going Over Virginia
Battlefields.
The fields of Seven Pines, Fair
Oaks and Malvern Hill, which were
fought over in trie Seven Days' battle
in which (ion. McClellan's army
was driven back from Richmond,
then the capital of the Confederate
States, were traversed Monday by
the 32 student officers from the war
college at Washington who are encamped
in Sherwood park, just outside
Richmond. Tuesday they visited
Cold Harbor, Mechanicsville,
Frazer's Farm, Gaines' Mill and other
serenes of sanguinary engagements.
The whole detachment of
3 2 officers and 4 2 cavelrymen will
travel through Louisa Court House,
Trevllian's Station and Orange Court
House to the theatre of Stnnoiuaii
Jackson's famous Shenandoah Valley
ca mpaign.
Firemen Strike.
News from Augusta says about
50 freight firemen on the Georgia
railroad struck Monday night against
the rules of the road giving seniority
places to negro firemen. The 30
negro firemeu are at their places.
White firemen have been employed
and are In the places of the white
| strikers.
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SOME TEA FACTS j
I W HICH W'EKE llKOI(JUT Ol'T IN
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THE TAIUFE l>EHATE.
South Carolina liaising More Toil
Thau the (itltntcst Tea Kaisiug
Country Hid Thirty Years Ago.
. "1*. 11. Met*.," in oue of his Wash*
,
ington letters to The News and Cour- ,
' ier gives some interesting facts in .
I connection with the raising and con1
sumption of tea in the United States.
Ho says whether or not it is true
iu<ii American consumers are paying
GO cents a pound for 12-cent
tea, some interesting information relative
to the efforts of the (iovern,
inent to encourage the industry in
tile United States has been brought
out in the Senate.
it is not generally known that so
far the best results in this country
have been obtained at the Suminerville
tea farm of l)r. C. U. Shephard,
near Charleston. Reports have just
been made to Chairman Aldrich. of
the Senate tinance committee, showing
what has already been accomplished
here, and what may be expected
in the future if the industry j
is encouraged.
(leorge 11. Maey, an expert on this
I subject has just written Senator Aldrich
as follows: "The tea industry
in South Carolina is now raising
15.000 pounds annually, which is ten
times the amount of tea which the
Island of Ceylon produced in 1875.
'Today Ceylon ranks among the largest
tea producing countries of the
world, having exported last year
I!{2,000.000 pounds.
"I understand that the exporta-'
itions of the department of agriculture
show that South Carolina is 1
producing Goo pounds of tea p< r an-|
j nuni to the acre, whereas in China
} and Japan the maximum reached is'
; 350 pounds to the acre.
"The tea trade of the United States
'is fast becoming monopolized by the
foreigners, and in this connection
I would call attention to the fact
that the Japanese (!f>vern men t is |
now paying a subsidy of $05,000
gold to Janunesc vos?i>i*i
, . ? ? .11 I J lift
Japanese t< a, for each round (rip I
between Japan and the United I
Slates. The Japaesne have, under
subsidies, established agents of tea
throughout the United States, and
it is a well recognized fact in tin?,
trade that within a few years they I (
will control, not only the growing,
exporting and shipping of tea to
the United States, but also its very
distribution in this country. it
was demonstrated, under the Spanish
war revenue tax, that a duty on tea,
involving a rash tranasetion upon
withdrawal from bond of such tea,
severely curtailed the operations of
t hose foreign linns."
Those who are asking for a duty
on tea claim that such a duty of
ten cents a pounds can be relied
upon, even in times of business de- I
pression. as a revenue producer of i
about $10,000,000 per annum, and
can be collected with but little ex-;
pense. The Government is now tinder
a heavy charge in the administration
of the tea law of 1897, which
protects the consumer from adulterated
tea, suid even if the consumer
paid the tax, a per capita tax of four
to live cents per annum would be i
a small price to pay for this pro tec- :
tion.
W. A. Courtney, of New York,!
another man who is well versed in
the tea industry, has written to Sen-!
ator Aldrich. He says that during
the years of 1900, 1 907 and 1908
he held the position of Ceylon tea !
commissioner to the United States. '
During those years he distributed
in this country $75,000 per annum
in ?iid of the Ceylon tea. He states ,
that at the outset he was met with
the fact that America was consuming
tea of the poorest average qualii
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ii.v, nut which retailed at prices from
Go to 100 per cent higher than J
those charged in London, where a
| revenue of five pence per pound is I
first, collected.
That there Is a tremendous profit i
in selling foreign tea, in the United ,
i States, is evident from the fact that
I the total capitalization of f> of these ,
I largest concerns is more than $25,- j
000,000, and that three of them have i 1
a chain of almost 1,000 stores?
I scattered all over the country.
It is highly improbable that any
; change in tin? present tea rates will (
! be made in the tariff bill, but it is ;
1 interesting to note the progress that J
is being made here, and so estimate
the extent of tho industry during ^
I the next ten or fifteen years.
Wild Mini Cuiifrht. j!
A wild man has boon captured v
in the swamps near Prentiss, Miss., r
who has shunned civilization for (j
five years. He refused to eat cooked c
food when it was offered to him. v
He was identified as Marvin White- c
head, whose relatives have long t
searched for him. t
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Handed in Florida. f
Will McFadden, colored, was legal- a
ly executed at Titusville, Fla., Friday
for one of the most brutal criminal
assaults in the history of that
community. * I
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They Marry Young. I
Prince Jeassu, heir apparent of the t
Abyssinian throne, 13 years old, was i
married a few days ago to a princess ,
7 years old. ^ g
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TRAINS TIED UP
Demands That State Promise
Safety From Violence.
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STRIKE OF FIREMEN
Cuusm All the Trouble, liecnuse ' ,
I 1
I in* I'oople Art* in Sympathy Willi ' j
Them?The Olllct'i-s of the Hail- '
I
road Will Not Try to Move Trains 1
IHless Protected.
Dispatches from Augusta indicate '
that the firemen's strike on the (Jeor- 1
gia Haiiroad is becoming a very serious
matter. The nianageinea". is <
not trying to move trains, simply !
announcing that it ha; the men, the
i cans and the equipment to proceed I
and will do so when t lie State an- ?'
nounces it is ready to protect its i
property and employes. '
The strikers arc* standing pat.
They assert that tley have not been '
and will not be parties to any violence.
Sympathizers with tho 1
strikers, it is set out, have done till ;
tlie hurt that has been done. (ien- '
oral Mating* r Thomas K. Scott, jnade
the annotinceiiient that "no trains 1
are moving." '
(Jov. Hoke Smith has wired the 1
sheriff of MeDutlie county to eo-operate
with the municipal authorities '
and to summon all deputies necessary
to protect life and property.
It is in this county that Thomson is
located and it is at Thomson that 1
the crowd issued a decree* last night 1
that no trains should pass carrying '
either non-union firemen or nemo 1
tit'elUdl.
(lov. Smith has also asked tin? '
sheriff there to keep him fully advised
of the situation. The gover- (l
nor has also wired the sheriffs of '
itockdale and DeKalh counties, giv- 1
ing t hem information that engineers c'
Ldaiin to have been rocked at Con- '
vers and Liihonia and urging upon *
them prompt action for the prot.ec- 1
lion of the ruilroad's employes and
property.
from the olllces of the Georgia
railroad it is announced that all '
freight accumulated at Atlanta for (
Augusta and points beyond will be ^
moved tonight by the Central and
Seaboard. The Georgia railroad N
freight, station here will bo opened '
for delivery of freight to consignees,
hut shippers are requested to with- f
hold all shipments until further no- r
lice. After thus admitting how colli- '
plete is the tie-up the road says:
"The Georgia road is omitting ^
nothing that offers promise of early *
resumption." '
The Georgia railroad is 171 miles 1
long, running from Atlanta to An- 1
gusta, and branches at Camak to
Macon, at Harnett to Washington, '
;it Union Point to White Plains and *
at Union Point to Athens. It. is 1
owned by a stock company and is
being operated by the Louisville &
Nashville, lessee. The Atlantic Coast f
Line is joint lessee. It employs '
2,400 to 2,500 men, 400 of whom
are in the train service. Its last (
monthly payroll was $80,000.
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liUltGLAIt CIIASHI) 15V WOMAN. '
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Gen. Longstroet's Widow Uses Her j
Revolver.
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Awakening at an early hour to I
lirul a burglar In h?>r home on a farm 1
several miles from Gainesville, Ga., N
Mrs. James S. Longstreet, widow of 1
the famous Confederate general,
opened tire on the intruder, causing (
him to leave poste haste and ahan- (
Joning his booty as he fled. 1
Mrs. Longstreet heard the burglar '
In the dining room which adjoins f
her bedroom. Quietly arising from
Ued she seized a revolver and tip- 4
toed down the room. There the '
man was busily stowing the family
lilat.e in a sack.
She immediately opened fire.
Neighbors who heard the shots bur- '|
"led to the Longstreet home, but
VI rs. Longstreet had a gate calmly
etired. *
WII.I, l?L.\C.\KI> TOILS' DOWN.
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'oininissioner Sends Warning With j,
New Notice?. ?
v,
The lirst case of interference in \
no enforcement of the new labor tl
nspection laws was brought to Com- *'
nissioner Watson's attention Fri- ?
ay. A mill in Yorkville reports that (>l
turning cards posted to protect child- b
en from the machinery were torn
own by unknown employees. The
lommissioner has sent new cards
/ith a notice that at the next oc- si
urrance he would send two inspec- s
ors to encamp on the scene until 1
he guilty parties were arrested. Mo ri
ays he is trying to enforco the law h
or the protection of both the man- s
igements and the employees. a
Scared to l>eath. |
Adeline Hawkins. a negro of
'ordoche. La., was literally frighten- i>
Ml to death Friday morning by the t
>owerful searchlight of the battle- (
ship Mississippi as it was on its way t
up the rivor to Natchez. "Its' the ?
judgment light." she exclaimed and i
then fell dead. * <
LOVED ONE'S DEATH
UAOF A YOUNG MAN' A IIKKMIT
in i*i:aki:u mountain.
Returning With a Fortune to (JJaiui
Ilis Itride lie Met ller Funeral
1'roces.siou.
Far up the valley of ('rooked rive-,
u Washington county, Maine, Lo'oud
the lituits of the logging camp-;,
ivea Jack Wllber, tiie hermit of
I'eaker tnountain, who for 13 years
las dwelt in solitude in a log hut.
Something of a mystery lias always
surrounded this slender, palefaced
recluse, whose physique did
Kit Seem ul I"." ? ?
,...,.1* riuMiKn to withstand
ho hardships of a winter in tho
Maine woods, and who in every
a ay appeared unfitted for the life
which lie had chosen to live.
It was known that VVllbor had to
tiis credit $110,000 in a local hunk,
ind this made his conduct all tho
more inexplainablo to those who
iiicw of tho lonely oxistunce.
The explanation has, however,
>een provided by two lumbermen who
returned to Machias from a trip
through the Crooked river valley,
tnd who partook one night, of the
hospitality of the hermit. They injured
him to tell his story, which
revealed the cause which induced
him to forever isolate himself from
lie haunts of civilization.
This romance of his life, he says,
he has never told before.
".My homo was in tho West."
uiid Wilder, "and when I was a
lOiniK boy my parents db d and I
was intrusted to the care of an
incle and aunt, who lived in Monana.
.My new guardians seemed to
'escnt tho additional burden which
tad been thrust upjn them, and my
ife with them was not pleasant.
"As I became older, the slights beanie
still more unbearable, and had
t not been for the growing attachin
nt between myself and their
laughter, Mary Stoninghum, I would
lave long before started out to liud
111 ploy men t and, if possilile, a less
rksome existance.
"One night, when I was about 20
ears old, I asked .Mary if she would
rust nre smd wait for me three years.
Hiring that time, I said, i would
arn enough money so that we could
;et married and go East.
" Yes, Jack,' she replied, 'I will
vait for you three years, and 1 know
can trust you.'
"The story of my attempts to gain
i living for the next two years is
10I of especial interest, hut at the
ml of that time I succeeded in pur hasing
a building lot of L. 1*. Small,
vho owned a large ranch In Southern
Jalifornia, and by whom I was emdoyed.
Soon after natural gas was
liscovered on the ranch, and I sold
ny section of it for $30,000.
"The three years were nearly up,
ind my first. thought was of Mary
honingham, with whom I had been
n constant communication.
".When I arrived at the little town
a1 hero she had lived with her par nts
I deposited my money in a bank
ind then started for Mary's home.
"On the way I met a funeral profession.
I ask"d a former acquainauce
w ho was dead. His reply shatered
in a moment the air castles
vhich I had been building, for he
old me that my sweetheart had died
>nIy two days before, after a brief
lnness.
"My money seemed valuless to
ne. All the charm of life had gone.
did not feel that I could meet my
incle and aunt, so 1 immediately
vithdrew my money from the bank
ind took the tirst train East. I
tept on In that direction until I
aine to the wilds of Washington
ounty in Maine, in the easternmost
>art of the country, and here I ereot d
my log hut. Here is where I shall
11 ways stay.
"When I go it shall he to meet
dary, and until then the loneliest
dace is none too lonely for uie."
ItllOTIIEIt KILLS KKOTUKit
Miey Were Both Funnel's and Near
Xeighltors.
A duel between Joseph and Monk
Iray, brothrs and prosperous farmrs
residing near I'ensacola, I'M a.,
ccurred Friday, in which Monk
'.ray met death. They had quarreled
vcr the dividing line of land, and
rhen they met both were armed,
lonk Bray cursed his brother, and
len fired at him. Joseph then leveld
his shotgun, and with the statelent.
"I hate to do it," fired, the
ontents entreing the breast of the
rot her, who fell dead.
I<ady Drops Dead.
Mrs. L. I. Clayburn dropped dead
luicienly at DeKalb Friday, just as
ho alightod from Southern Train
17, returning from a visit in Camon.
She was apparently in good
ealth up to the moment of death,
ho leaves surviving her a husband
nd five children.
(ion. Boyd Better.
Monday afternoon Adjutant Genial
.f. C. Boyd loft for his home in
'olumbla, after s wading seve*d'
lays at Aiken, suffering from an a*aek
of apoplexy, having been stricken
Friday afternoon. His recovery
s rapid and Dr. T. G. Croft feels
lonildent of a complete recovery.