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A FATAL FIRE A Colored School at Abbeville Destroyed by Incendiary Fire. THREE DIE IN FLAMES Other Students Iholmbly Fatally Injured?Incendiary Origin Indicated?Mass Meeting of Citizens Con domns .\ci.?niy < uiiiicm unci's Howard?<?overnor to Aid. Thursday morning early Harbison College, at Abbeville, was found to be in flames. The alarm was given and the people of the neighborhood assembled to render what assistance they could to save the inmates of the institution. The walls of the building were already beginning to fall in before the Are was discovered, and the flumes were bursting out of all the doors and windows. Three of the students who were rooming up stairs lost their lives, their remains being found in the ashes. The names of those who lost their lives are as follows: Carl Duckett, of Charlotte, N. C.; Samuel Jenkins, of Carlisle, S. C.; and lOdward M. Dubcso, of Lamar, S. C. The two former were about nineteen years of age, and the latter was about twelve or thirrteen years old. Several others were injured in jumping from windows in an endeavor to escape from the tire, sonic of whom 1 were probably fatally injured. ' In addition to the burning of the main building, the house occupied by 1 the Rev. C. M. Young, who is at the head of the institution, was also on lire, hut on account of the fact that it was burning in the rear, instead of 1 the front, as the other building, the flro was easily extinguished. The work shows unmistakable evii\f lutili <r ( hn urnulr #% P nn I n ' ?V..V?V .? \/? ?/v ?.?h v 4i v; n VM IV \j A tin 111" cendiary, as kerosene could be plainly detected on the woodwork of the president's residence. No motive can be assigned for tlie act. nor lias any clue been discovered as to who is the guilty party or parties. The citizens of Abbeville are very strong in their condemnation of such an act of incendiarism, and no effort will be spared to run down and punish the guilty. A mass mooting of the citizens of Abbeville was held Thursday afternoon in the Court House, at which resolution was adopted denouncing the burning of the college, asking the city council to offer a reward for the incendiary and raising a fund to hire detectives. The city council have offered a reward of one hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of the guilty party or parties, and a committee lias 1)eon appointed to request the Governor of the State to offer a reward of not less than' one thousand dollars for such apprehension and conviction. The Rev. Young, president of the college, attended the mass meeting of the citizens and asked that he lie given a suitable guard at night for a short time, until the students could make arrangements to leave town, as he was afraid of future trouble, and a guard will he stationed on the premises as long It is deemed necessary. Harbison College is a negro institution and grew out of what was formerly known as Ferguson Academy. Mr. llarbinson of Pittsburg donated a large sum of money, and other Philadelphia men joined him in establishing this school. T. H. Amos was put at the head of the school, but on account of some trouble, he was forced to leave, and thn Rev. Young, of Abbeville, was put in charge, and is still at the head of the school. He is a gentlemanly and honorable negro, and by his quiet and unassuming manner has made many friends among the white people of Abbeville, all of whom sympathize with him in the misfortunes which have just visited his school. The student body of tho school number about three hundred and twenty-five, llarbinson College being a co-educational institution. CRUSH 101) TO RHATIt. Railroad Fireman Killed by a Run* an ay Engine. Henry Evans, aged 35, of Fort Smith. Ark., a fireman on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, was killed at Boneville, Ark., early Siturday when a runaway engine ci ashed into an engine on which E ins was working. rotli engines wore standing in the TJoi evll!e yarns waiting for a passer, g r train. One was being cleaned and suddenly it darted forward and c ms) ed through a swith into the engin ? on whlch Evans was working, lie w 3 crushed boneath the wreckage. * Fight in Cell, At Candersville, Ga., Soloman Brhn ley. charged with murder, and Chu cji Scott, alleged murderer, both lingoes, gought in the Washington county jail. Scott's throat was cut ' almost from ear to ear. The weapon used was a small pocket knife. * 1 FARMERS CO-OPERATE TliltlOK MlTl'AIi COMPANIES OP10 It AT 10 J) IN KANSAS. Insurance, Telephone, and Mercantile Companies Have Headquarters at I'plaiul.?All Paying. Farmers in Dickinson county, Kail., are working out an Tilteresting experiment in co-operation. They >wn three successful mutual companies, each paying a good dividend and under competent management. That part of Kansas was s ttled 40 years ago by Germans, who are still the majority of population. Later came Swedes and then farmers from Indiana and Illinois. Upland is the headquarters of the telephone, insurance and mercantile companies. It boasts less than 100 population, but the amount of business transacted there is wonderful, farmers attribute the success of their companies to the low cost of administration, no oillcial receiving more than $12 a day and that only while he is actually employed on the company's business. The community idea took root during the Farmers Alliance days, hack in 185)1. A meeting of fanners was called to take up the question ind each farmer was constituted an agent without pay to solicit new members. It was decreed that any 'line a lire occurred an assessment diould be levied to make good the loss. Six years later it had 2 11 members, with $ ICS,000 insurance n force. Today it has 3,500 members, with nsurancc representing $4,000,000. A'hen the company started in busiiess it was decided that $2 a day was enough to pay any ollicer, and hat amount has never been raised. Fliis is paid only when the oUlcer works. The average yearly salary list is about $800, due to the simple methods by which records are kept ind the fact that everybody pays his assessment promptly under pain of being dropped at once. In 1885 the fanners decided to build a creamery. Later the advent of the farm seperator caused it to Ijo closed up, as there was more money in selling1 the cream to the central butter making stations. One day when a number of farmers wen1 waiting for their tickets from the creamery it was suggested that it would bo just as easy to bring farm produce along with the milk every morning. Why not have a store? Within a few days a co-operative organization with a capital of $25,000 was formed. Only a part of this was used at the beginning, hut the store has been so profitable that the stock is quoted at $150 and the cash value of its resources is around $2 5,000. Once a year the storkholders meet in the town hall, hoar the reports, declare a good dividend and elect officers. No one is permitted to hold more than $100 worth of stock an I this entitles hilil to one vote. Hy the articles each stockholder binds himself to sell oil of his grain and produce to he Ool Rule company, which is its incorporated name. The business is dom* largely by credit. Farm produce br>nglu in is credited to the man who furnishes it, and 1 e is debited w'?.h whatever ho buys of giocories 1 dry gVods. Cash settlements are made at the end of each month. The company owns a grain elevator, but this is at Ylda on the line of the nearest railroad. A few years ago after a full discussion it was agreed that as there was no hope of the railroad .wining hi upiaud me company ought by buy Alda. It. did, taking in the elevator, stockyards, everything except the town's name. The telephone company serves over 4,000 persons, most of them being farmers. It is on? of the biggest concerns In the state. It is purely mutual, with no capital stock, and this serves to make certain the retention of the control in the hands of the farmers. Fifteen or twenty trunk lines radiate from the stone building in Upland . The oillcers condcnd that the success of the enterprise lies in the fact that no fixed rental is charged, each owner of a telophone payiug a proportionate expense of operation and maintenance. Each farmer must buy outright his 'phono. These, it is insisted, must bo lojjg distance instruments. They cost about $10 apiece. The cost of becoming a stockholder, that is of making a connection, is $10. Thereafter he is a stockholder and all receipts from tolls are credited to him proportionately. The ofllcer's of the company are paid only for the actual time they devote to the business. The first year's cost is about $35. Tills includes instrument, collection and dues. After that the cost is about $5 a year. * Mini's Awful l>co<l. A special from Marlon, X. C., says tnat Charles Morris, living six miles south of that city, shot and instantly hilled his two year old child and mother-in-law, Mrs. Ilird, and seriously wounded his wife. Ilq then fired p bullet into his own head, from the effects of which he died an hour later. Jealousy of his wife and her family is assigned to be the cause. jyi -v.-,/jr.* twKUk WILL BUILD CHURCH WW XT IIAMMjOMK lillLPIXC IN CAPITAL. I*i*om isos of $1:1(1,000 for Church in Washington Xlroady llwonliMl.? liberal Donations Rvpoctod. The national builclin? committee of tho Methodist Episcopal, church South, appointed for the purpose ol raising funds for the erection in th< national capital of a building which shall be "our representative church in Washington." adionrned Saturday On.e hundred and thirty-six thousand dollars lias already been pledged. This amount is in sums ranging from $100 to $10,000. The proposed edifice is to stand at the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and K street, in the northwest section of the city. The next meeting will be held in Asheville in May, at the time of the general conference of that church. Itishops Wilson, Candler, lloss and Atkins, whr> were pivsent at tli/e I meetings of the committee, approved of what had been done and of the plans for the future. They endorsed a Letter which the committee lias sent forth in behalf of the project. Croat satisfaction was expressed over the large amount already pledged and confidence in the denominational loyalty, which, it was declared, would raise the balance of the amount. The question of the architectural style of the new edifice was left with a committee composed of John C. Mayo, 1). h. Coon, Itev. Dr. W. K. McMurray and the Rev. G. S. Soxton. This committee will report at the next meeting of the committee. "Such a thing as failure does not enter into our calculations," says the building committee in its appeal for aid. "There ought to he somewhere in the ranks of our 1,800,000 members at least a few magnanimous souls who will contribute not loss than $1 0,000 to this great forward movement, and surely there are more than a few who will givo us $5,000. Small but 1 ihern 1 contributions wc confidently expect to pour in from a host of others " YOUTII SIOIOKS BAIiM. Voiiiih Mini Demands 9?0,OOO <?f i Widow (JK Years Old. The usual order of breach of prom ise suits is reversed In the case o Frank Cutterton against Mrs. Luc; K. McKnight, of Ilaltimore, Mil. Cat tort on is 2 S years of age, and tin widow in the case 08. The younj man asks $110,000 damage, the clain including bouquets, candy and then tor tickets which he lavished or his charmer during their love mak ing. The plaintiff is a linotype oper ator. Mrs. McNight is said to b< worth nearly $100,000. About three years ago Cattertor met Mrs. McKnlght at a social gath oring at her home. The widow in vited tl?e young man to call agi;n and lie became a daily visitor fci about 18 months. Then, it is alleged, Mrs. McKnlght proposed thai they marry, lie agreed, and a month or two later obtained a marriage license Mrs. McKnlght was to meet lui finance and go to a clergyman's hone to have the ceremony performed, hut he says, when he went to her home, she told him she had changed hei mind and that they would wait until she had her house fixed up and they would he married there. Afterward, it is declared, Mrs. McKnlght still declined to marry, but told Cutterton that she would leave him $ 15,000 in her will. * ium,IH;I> TIIK C11LKCH. Altar Hoys CiiU|(lit Stealing from the Cash Roxes. A systematic robbery of the contribution l)oxos in the Immaculate Conception Italian church at Pittsburg, Pa., which has been going on for t\\ro years, has ended in the arrest of seven altar boys. Detectives hidden in confessionals, saw them come in and pry open the boxes with knives, while the coins dropped one by one into the hands of confederates. The ringleader said that a brother, who is dead, taught him tc rifle the boxes. One of tho boys said he had stolen between $2T>0 and $300 in the last two years and spest it for candy and in nickelodeons Marked money put in the boxes was found 011 the boys. * ? ? ? Don't hend Auto. Don't lend your auto; it may cost you a matter of $.">,000 or so. This lesson has been brought home forcibly to James C. Ilrady, a New York .XttAVoH I , .Munn, wuii mis oeen directed by a supreme court jury to pay $5,000 to Benjamin Friedbaum, a lad who was hit l>y Mr. Brady's car some months ago. Mr. Brady had loaned the car to his brother and a hired chauffeur drove it. The verdict, however, was returned against the owner of the car. mh - > L COMES TO HIS HOME SKNATOlt TILLMAN LKFT WASH ixc/rox koh ins fAhm i Noar Trenton oil Wednesday After noon, Arching There Thursday Morning. Senator Tillman is now at hi! home in Trenton, having loft Wash ington for that place on last Wed nesdny afternoon and arriving then i on Thursday morning. standing the trip alright. lie was accompaniet by Mrs. Tillman and Misses Lorn; and Sophie Tillman, his daughters In speaking of the departure of the Senator from Washington Zacli Me CJhee in his letter to The State says the senator walked about one hundred yards down the platform at the station to take thq train. Just si few minutes before time for him to leave his apartments, he got up and dressed, then took an auto car for the station. Me did not walk down the steps at the station, but went down in the baggage ele vator. Then for some 15 or 20 minutes he waited in one of the small service rooms, sitting down in a chair and talking with several friends, who came to see him off. On his way to the station the senator drove by the Capitol, just to give it a last look. He drove up to the steps, where ho was espied by Senator Halo of Maine, who came out to soe him. Senator Hale, one of the "big four" of the Senate, told Senator Tillman that he would look after all the local matters In which Senator Tillman would be interested during bis absence. The Maine senator has served many years on the naval affairs committee with Senator Tillman, and the two men are close personal friends. Senator Tillman goes to Trenton and will remain there as quietly as possible. There are no other plans for him, although his family have been trying to persuade him to go to a sanitarium in Atlanta. They thought it advisable for him to stay here several weeks longer before going down, Hut lie insisted on tro'.nc , today, declaring that ho wanted to got out in liia yard, where ho can see his flowers and hear the June hugs sing. lie lias great plans in his head for building a cattle barn and raising cattle. ? HOY FOl/GHT KAGLHS Half Starved Giant Hinds Sought Human Prey. f y Attacked by a pair of eagles while on his way' home from school, In Cottingham, of near Kansas City D Mo., defeated the birds but ho wil S carry the marks of their talons U i his grave. The eagles are helievet - to have been driven to attack tin i boy because of the long spoil ol - frozen weather, in which their nat _ uarl food disappeared. Sheep am 3 other small domestic animals have fallen a prey to the giant birds sinc( i tho Christmas snows. The Cottingham boy, who is onlj ton years of age, has nearly twe miles to cover between his homo and the schoolhouse. On the day of the . attack ho was walking on the pubt lie road when he was suddenly starti led by a rushing sound, and the next infant he was knocked to the ground by the force of something which struck him on tho shoulders, ? at the same time hurting as though a knife had been thrust into his flesh. He found himself being attacked by two immense eagles, first by the one and then the other, each one sailing at him with talons extended, mid Willi the swiftness of shot. He tried to arise, but was only partially 'successful, as the onslaught of the eagles was terrific. Finally he secured ft stick of wood and beat the birds off. Then he scootod for home. An offort to find the birds proved fruitless. 4 (JRFKCR FIGHTING R1S10ASR. * Trying to Kill Out Consumption and Mulurin Fever. i Consul-General George Horton has . made a report from Athens on the conspicuous work of Greek physi[ clans in combating the country's two i great sourges?maliarla fever and tul bereulosis. An annual average of . 2,000 persons die each year from the L former, while in epidemic years, due , to excessive rains, the number ex} ceeds 6,000, which was the case in I 1905. The population of Greece is 2,483,806. The people have been interested through lectures, pamph, lets, etc., to fight the malaria carrying mosquito by draining stagnant ponds and throwing petroleum on them. A tuberulosis congress will be ii Id in Athens next year, to which ... I l l i ? - * * win no inviien not only physicians, but all tlie mayors and other prominent people of Greece. Starved to Death. The northwest Mount d Police Expedition, arriving at Dawson, N. Y., from Fort McPherson at the mouth of the McKonzio, brings word the /8 Fort Rae Indians of the Dogrib tribe near Great Slave Lake, died this winter of starvation. * . | wp mwbwbb I I Rheumatism! Not one case in ten requires 5 internal treatment. Where there is no swelling or fever Noah's Liniment will accomplish more than any internal remedy. One trial will convince you. Noah's Liniment penetrates; requires but little rubbing. i Here's the Proof Mr. \V. R. Taylor, n resident of "Richmond, Va., writes: "For the past four years I have been traveling Eastern North Carolina, where I contracted malaria and rheumatism. Recently I have used Noah's Liniment with beneficial rei suits, and take pleasure In rccommend! ing same to anyone suffering with rhcuj matism." I "I caught cold and had a severe atI tack of rheumatism in my left shoulder J and could not raise my arm without > i much pain. I was persuaded to try | 1 Noah's Liniment, and .in less than a ( week was entirely free from pain. I ' ! feel justified in speaking oi it in the highest terms. A. Crooker, Dorchester, ! Mass." TVohIi'h Liniment fs tho best remedy j for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Rack, ! Stiff Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises, Colic, C r a m p s , 1 Neuralgia, Tooth1 ache and all /vN, TA.\ I Nerve, Rone and i Muscle Aches and ' Rains. Tho gen- a!!nl nine has Noah's 'C Ark on every 'Tift package. 25 cts. |*^t'y^"^F^BTy^l Sold by dealers in v| m AT w ? ISl medicine. S a ni - Ik I / A 1 Pfc J pie by mall tree.- |Ai/Jif<MBw jft A J Noah Remedy Co., Il|^l|., IjJlH Richmond. Va. lU^UILuLU BARGAINS! RARGAI.NS! While they j last.?A number of slightly used $??."> , 11 (irado Organs for only $58.50. These organs appear nearly new and , are warranted to last a long lifetime. Terms of sale given on application. ( Write for catalogue, stating terms desired. This is an opportunity in a life time to possess a line organ at ahout cost. Answer quick, for such bargainst do not last long. Address: bargains do not last long. Address: MADOXE'S Ml'KIC IIOl'SE, Columbia, S. C.?Pianos and Organs. 2 Bargains in l*liro Bred Stock?rlc* 1 and rare Berkshire Boar Pigs, 4 Vt months old from regular stock at 1 $15 each. (One Bred Sow (China 2 Betsey No. 119177) Due to far1 row in April, at the small sum ol 2 $75; has farrowed twice, first lit 1 ter 10 pigs, second 11. S. C. B Leghorn Eggs?15 for $1; 30 to/ ! $.90; 100 for $5. In answering this ad mention this paper. A. E Sloop, China Grove, N. C. r KILLED HIS FATHER. > ' Man Shot at GalVney by Sou Dies of His Wounds. At Gaffney, S. C., W. H. Bright, , who was shot by his son, Trav's ; Bright, Monday morning, died in the i ofilce of Dr. Pitt man Tuesday night at 11 ocloek. Bright never arroustd i from the shock of the operation. A statement was made by him just , before bis death in 'no clerk nf nmiff but this hns not yet beei made public and its contents is not known. , The coroner's inquest was held and the following verdict returned: "That, the deceased came to his death by a gunshot wound inflicted by his , son, Travis Bright." Humeri to Dentil. At Winchester, Va., Miss Ilariett Taylor, an aged spinster, was burned to death in a fire Sunday which destroyed the home of Mrs. Naomi [ Barrett at White Hall. Mrs. liarret had a narrow escape from death. ! Claims the State. , Newell Sanders, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Hepublclan state chairman of Tennessee, says he looks for the state to land in the Republican col, umn because of the unpopularity of the present law. * VQ wm T\? VV 141 -L/Vt? Ttadica* or Mcn'g Garment* C71e?n?*<l 1 Cll'Altwl A n C. C. Laundry a OOLUMlt I. tA strong blast, with buffa: The ideal port; COLUMBIA SUPPLY / CLASStFI?01 COLUmV I This Curw All Diseases?Send for I free box. Prof. Wm. Dulln, N* I braska City, Neb. I Eggs frpm prize winning S. C. Hhodo I Island Reds, $< aud $2 for 15. I E. H. Craig, Pickens, S. C. For Sale?fancy pigeons, ring dodges, I white doves, guinea pigs. JtSin Ornullas, Springfield, ill. Tobacco CJrowors?Splendid oppor* I tunitles hero. Wr11o .. ?V1 imi um* j lars. Tullahoma Tobaooo Workt, 1 Tullahoma, Term. a 1 Shine Fp?Agents sell Electrified i Polishing Cloths. Sample 12 cts. I Daniel Scott, 27 1 Main St., Po- I keepsie, N. Y. I To Prevent Flies 011 smoked meat I send 26c. in stafhps for dettrps. I Address L. Myers, Jorsy Shore, 1 It. P. 1). 5, No. 71. I For Sale?200 tons pea vine hay at I $21.00 delivered In car lots at 1 South Carolina points. J. M. Far- n rell, Blaokvllle. 3. C. 1 Our $1 Adding Machines save time and worry. Guaranteed. Thousands 1 sold. Agents wanted. Haynes Mfg. 1 J Co., Hutherfordton, N. C. 1 Fden Watermelon Seed for Sale at 1 75c. per pound. The best liavored c shipping watermelon grown. J. M. Farrell, Lilacksville, S. C. ' Salesmen Wanted to handle high- \ grade smoking tobacco; big pay; 1 experience unnecessary. Word Tobacco Co., Greensboro, N. C. ! Agents?Pruett made $2 0 first day. No capital required. Send stamp \ quick to Wholesale Supply Co., Valdosta, Ga. > Your Fortune Told Free?All future life, love and business; send birth v date and 10 c. in stamps. Samrl Ellis, 9 West 4 5th St., New York City, Dept. 61 G. t For Sale?Milch cows Jersey's, grade Jerseys and Holsteins. All of the ^ best breeding. Registered Jersey Vrmla nolraa X* *-i u ? ?-..vo. ?, xi, oiiuiB, joie*" ville, 8. C. Safety Razors llladcs Sharpened bettor than new. 25c a doz. Double Edge Blades, 20c. 50,000 repeating customers. Fine Edge Co., 28 Lower 7Mi St., Evansville, Ind. ^ Eggs for iratrliiiift?From selectod i pen of white Wyandotts, headed by cockrel that won first prize at S. C. Stato Fair for 1909. $1.00 per 15; $1.75 per 20. T. L. Gramling, R. F. 1). 1, Orangeburg, S. C. Echo Hill Poultry Yards?Etggs for hatching. S. C. Brown Leghorns, $1 iper 15; S. C. R. I. Reds, $1 per doz. Naragansett trukoys at $2.50 a doz. C. W. Grissom, Mgr., Kit-f trell, N. C. ?V .Magnificent New Maps?Fastest sellers ever published. Salesmen reporting high as 2 0 orders per day. Liberal terms, exclusive territory. Hudglns, Co., Atlanta, Ga. Pa., R. F. D. 5; No. 71. For Sale?Female Great Dane, whelped Nov. 12, 1 908; light golden brindle; pedigreed and registered; the best blood lines in American. Will furnish papers free. Von Yon Kennels, 512 N. McDuffle St., Anderson, S. C. ^ When medicine fails you, I will take your p.nsu 1/v>~ ? xvuouuiaiiaUl, inaige?tlon, liver, kidney and sexual dl?orders permanently eradicated by natural means. Write for literature, confidential, 'roe and Interesting. C. Cullen Howerton, F. Durham, N. C. Wanted?Hardwoods, Logs and Lumber. We are cash buyers of Poplar, Cedar, and Walnut Logs. Also want poplar, ash, cottonwood, cypress and oak lumber. Inspection at your point. Easy cutting, Write us. Savannah Valley Lumber Co., Augusta, Ga. Wanted?To place Imperial Selfhoatlng Flat Iron ir? every home In South Carolina. Safe, practical, inexpensive. Ileats itself for 1-2 cent pet hour. Regulated to any desired temperature. Ask for booklet. Agents wanted. J. C. Willis, Sab's Agent, McCoIl, S. C. r"'xjv For You or l?yod to look Mk? m?, H?M d lilocked. nd Dye Works, % 8. O. -r? little effort, can be procured with LO 625 FORGE able forge for outdoor work Wiito for prices CO., Columbia, S. C. y