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' I WILL MAKE GOOD ? Ann B FtMtr Is Eip ctsd la Visit C lathis us M*l< Fight ON GOVERNOR BLEASE ? As to Whether or Not He Can Deliver the Goods There is Great Diversity. of Opinion, Home Holding That He Will, While Others Think He Can't. "It is the talk in Columbia," said a well informed gentleman who returned from the capital, where he attended the state fair, and met politicians from all parts of the state, Bays the Spartanburg Herald, "that Tom Felder re?ally intends to come to South Carolina and try to fulfill his promise that he will furnish ample proof that Covernor Hloase is a crook. Those in a position to know , declare that Felder will come. "As -there is a warrant out against him, enlarging him with offering a bribe, and the governor has offered a reward of $200 for his apprehension, Felder will carry in his pocket a certified check with which to give bond ^fter his arrest. The legislature does not have the power to grant him immunity from arrest, even though he should (H)me to testify at the invitation of the legislature. "As to whether or not Felder will t>e able to deliver the goods, the^e is great diversity of opinion. Some think he will, while others fear that be is only bluffering. "There is sort of hopeless feeling, however, that even if he does prove beyond dispute that Blease is corrupt it will make little difference In the situation. It seems to be the Idea that those whom such an exposure would affe?ct?are already against TMease, and that proof of corruption would be powerless to alienate from the governor any of his present supporters. "To be sure, proof of crookedness would be grounds on which to bring Impeachment proceedings against the governor, but the likelihood of his being impeached is remote. Some members of the legislature are howling about Impeachment, but it is not looked upon with favor by the majority of the members." One of the first things which the legislature will do will be to pass over the governor's veto, the resolu tion caning tor an investigation 01 the winding-up commission of the state dispensary. Governor Blease j himself requested this investigation in a message to the legislature in which he made by Insinuation charges of wrong doing against the commission. When the legislature provided for the investigation, however, Ideutenf ant Governor iSmith proceeded to appoint the senate members of the investigating committee before Governor Blease had signed the measure. The governor then veotoed the measure on the ground that the investigators were men hostile to him. Governor Bilease. later dismissed the winding-up commission and appoint. ed a new commission. Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta at torney, who had been associated with Attorney General Lyon in the prosecution of dispensary grafters, made charges of corruption against Governor Bleaso. Later a warrant was eworn out against Felder, charging him with having offered a bribe to H. H. Evans. Governor Brown, of Georgia, refused to permit the extradition of Felder, whereupon Governor Blease offered a reward of $200 for the arrest, of Fe.lder and the de livery of him into South Caolina. TRIED RED MIKE'S GAME. A Pickpocket Landed Behind the 4 Barn in Columbia. The first arrest in Columbia on the charge of being a pick-pocket took place Wednesday afternoon. Henry Jackson, a young white man, ^ is in Jail, following a sensational flight from the transfer station to the block south of the Statehouse, where he was overtaken by Policeman Newton. Jackson and an elderly man from Sumter, Mr. A. 1?\ Floyd, were fellow passengers on a street car from the fair grounds. When *1. /> s>n*< hod rno nVl od Main nnd I !nr_ tliu vai uau I VMVIIVU J>fA UIU UUU VI _ vais streets, Jackson attempted to remove from the visitor's pocket a wallet containing imore than $100. Me was {caught In the act as the old man's cries attracted the attention of geveral other passengers. ? ? Couple Perished in Flames. At Lake Charles, La., Mr. and Mrs. Balvatore Oertropia, Italians, were * burned to death when thejr dwelling was destroyed by fire. There is strong suspicion. Officers suspect that the couple were slain and their house get afire to conceal the crime. They bad been married one month. Farmer Loses One Hand. Ml*. J. C. Locke of the Lesslle (community south of Rock Hill, had the misfortune Friday to get his left hand caught in a shredder and go badly mangled that it had to be jMnputated. * THIRTY DAYS ADRIFT BLOWN OUT TO SKA IN A SMALL OPKN ROWBOAT. t Was Nearly Dead and Despairing of Ilescue When He Was Picked Up by a Steamer. Blown out to sea in a ro-wboat from the coast of South America, Arango Rodriguez, a Spaniard, formerly employed on the Panama canal as a laabout for thirty days and was nearly dead and despairing of rescue when the British steamer Ikaria pipked him up. The Ikaria reached New York last week from Buenos Aires bringing the castaway. The Ikaria when two davs out of Trinidad sigihted a small boat with a nondescript sail off the port bow. a? she bore down the craft was found to be a rowboat with a broomstick shipped as a mast and a tattered shirt set as a sail. Rodriguez, on the verge of collapse, was taken on the steamer. When he had recovered somewhat he explained that he had been employed on the Panama caanl as a laborer and later went to Caraca.s. There he hired a small boat to go Hailing and was blown off shore by a storm. , He had on board a demijohn of drinking water, but for food had to depend upon fish he was able to catch. After the demijohn of water was exhautsed he managed to trap enough rain water to assuage his thirst. As the days went by and grew Into a month Rodriguez despaired of rescue and was almost too weak to sit up when after 31 days from land the Ikaria sighted him, took him on board and cared for him. The boat was set adrift. ^ * FATHER AM) MOTHER KILLED. And Three Children Hurt in Trying to Escape Fire. Two members of the Shapiro family father and mother, were killed and three of their four children were badly hurt Saturday when they jumped from windows on the second floor to escape the flames that destroyed a Brooklyn tenement house. When flames trapped the Shapiros, a policeman climbed on* the cornice over the first story and told Julius Shapiro, the father, to hand down his four children, aged from 15 months to 16 years. The baby went first and the policeman caught it. Then Shapiro tried to , hand out nine-year-old Aaron. The boy's weight proved more than he could manage, and he fell from the window with his son in his arms. The father's brains were dashed out on the pavement, while the boy escaped with a broken ankle. This calamity seemed to unnerve other members of the family and although they could have been rescued had they waited, one by one, they IfflnoH frr?m the windows. BROKEN RAIL CAUSES WRECK. Two Pearsons Were Killed and Sev. eral Others Hurt. Southern railway ofllcal3 stated that the wreck of train No. 14, from Cinnatti to Jacksonville, at Chattahoochee, six miles north of Atlanta, in which two persons were killed and several more or less seriously injured, was caused by a broken rail. The breaking of the rail is said to have been due to a "pipe" or concealed defect. The colored coach, baggage land express cars left the track. The killed were O. P. Bryon, baggagemaster, Atlanta, and Ben Briggs negro passenger, Cleveland. Tenn. S. P. Whitaker of Knoxville, Tenn., lost his purse containing $600 ^ in the wreck. The most seriously injured were removed to hospitals after their arrival in this city. BELTON BURGLARS SURPRISED. Tlicy Had Taken Oflf Their Coats and Lighted Up Store. At Belton the store of Kay-Mattison company was boldly entered last week .by burglars, entrance being made in the rear through a window about midnight. While the burglaro were making a selection of goods such as pleased their fancy, they were detected by Charles and Clement Willinghain and Mr. Lindrey, three young men who chanced to pass the store and were attracted by the ugnt tno mianignt visitors naa maae. The young men succeeded in capturing one of the men before he could make his escape. The other got away. The burglars were negroes. ? ? He Failed to Pass. For failure to pass his examination for promotion to the grade of lieutenant commander in the irnited States navy, Lieut. C. P. Burt, a Georgian, has been dispharged from the service. Lieut. Burt has been in the naval service since 1892. Poor, Foolish Girl. Because her mother refused to allow her to celebnate Hallow'en, Mary Hays, aged 15, of Bradford, Pa., shot herself 'through the head. She lived only a few oiinatee. WILL BE IN LINE ? Waadrtw Wilsti Seeas ta be Strug ia tbe W s An*rg Itmccrels MANY STATES WANT HIM Coloroda Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ami Utah Will Bo in Jdne for the Governor of New Jersey When the Time Come to Nominate Presidential Candidate. G. E. Hosmer, member of the Democratic Executive Committee for Colorado, visited Gov. Woodrow Wil son at his. New Jersey home Friday overling and informed the Governor that conditions indicate he can certainly depend upon the solid vote of Colorado in the coming National Convention. Mr. Hosmer is Commissioner of Publte iPrinting in his 'home State, and one of the most active workers in the Democratic party. Just, before his visit to Gov. Wilson Mr. Hosmer gave to a World reporter his views of political conditions in the Rocky Mountain States. He said: :'One week ago we organized in Denver the Woodrow Wilson Club. It was an enthusiastic meeting and there is no doubt in mind that Gov. Wilson will get the solid vote of Colorado. Refone going into the meeting I icalled up on the telephone or met most of the representative Democrats in the State and found the sentiment all for Wilson. "I managed the campaign of Governor Shal-froth, and am closely in touch with all the leaders. I have also talked with many of the leaders In Wyoming and Montana. The sentiment in these States is strongly for Wilson. As regards Idaho and Utah, I am unable to give any first hand information, but have been told that the Progressive will control the Democratic policy in both States, and that the Progressives are for Wilson. "Ouside of Denver, the sentiment in my 'State is solid for Wilson. In the city there is considerable support for Gov. Harmon and Champ Clark, but not enough to endanger the Wilson movement. There is a Democratic organization in Denver that r?.lnsf>lv rarrpsnnnrls in its rnla tions to the State Democracy with Tammany Hall in New York. But oven among the organization men the sentiment is as much for Wilson as it is for Clark or Harmon. "From reports I receive there is no doubt in my mind that the organization in Montana and Wyoming is for Wilson. He made a most favorable impression during his trip last spring, and is the kind of a man the West likes. Although I have on'y been in New York one day, I am pleased to learn from friends that there is a strong Wilson feeling here. T believe he will get the nomination. "As regrads the Republicans T pan only say that Colorado gave a ten times more enthusiastic reception to Roosevelt than to President Taft. A straw vote was taken at a club in Denver of which T am a member, Inct )>oifnrn T Wilcnn lorl fr?r tlio Republicans. President Taft received one vote. "Former Gov. Thomas, who has heen chairman of three Democratic National Conventions, is one of the leaders of the Wilson movement in Colorado, and ho has a great following. The movement for Wilson is spontaneous, as few of the Democrats in Colorado have met him personally, but his general altitude toward public affairs appeals to them." A REIGN OF TERROR EXISTS. Caused by the Assassination of Wliito and Black. A reign of terror exists in the vicinity of L/ewishurg and Arcadia 4 miles north of Birmingham, Ala., as the result of recent assassinations. No arrests were made, because, it is said, the entire communities are intimidated into not giving informaton leading to identity of the guilty parties. The records show that six white men and eleven negroes were assassinated in this immediate section in the past eighteen months. Six negroes have been killed within the past six days. Sheriffs are planning a raid to get the /criminals. Blackberry Without Thorns. At Santo Rosa, Cal., dispatch says Arthur Bur hank, the naturalist, announced Wednesday that ae has produced a blackberry bush that has no thorns. Bxurbank said he had worked ten years on the blackberry bush in the endeavor to romove its thorns. Large Fire at Laurens. At Laurens <a fire which started in tha har/livaro nnH nnlnt fft Ar? rkf .1 tu V (%> V? *T X? XX M*?\4 v MVVf v XXX U H. and M. L. Ash caused a total loss of damage to real estate estimated from figures furnished by the owners and real estate dealers at $47,900. j American Fruits In Chill. American peaches, pears and smai fruits grow well in Chill. MUST BE CRAZY Leader $1 the Hly Gkast ?d Us Sad ly u Arresud Up ii Naiae QUEER DOINGS OF SECT There Were Seven Deaths From Scurvy on a Ouise That Led No where Which Has Decided the, Government to Stamp Out the Fanatcal Society if it Can. After nearly twenty years there is a strong probability that the Federal government has at last obtained a hold upon the Holy Ghost and Us society strong enough to disrupt that extraordinary sect and to prosecute the Rev. Frank W. Stand ford, its leader. Mr. Sanford, has been arrested on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Charles Hughey, of Portland, Maine, one of the crew of the Coronet, a yacht owned and commanded by Mr. Sandford, which recently ended a voyage marked by terrible privations and from the effects of which seven have succumbed. Another action against him as a civil proceeding brought by Mrs. Florence A. Whittaker, who demands 4 (\ i \ A /I n m n /m-> R rr tmnn 4- Y\ t\ 4 f /, v u u uauia^irn un iuu wuua mai she was illegally detained and cruelly treated on the yacht. When Mr. Sandford and his company set out five months ago it was on the Kingdom, which he called his flagship, with the Coronet, a little racing yacht which cost him $2,000, as auxiliary. The Kingdom was wreeked on the African coast, and the crusaders were forced to crowd aboard the tiny Coronet. For months they were tossed about the seas, suffering starvation and disease. The charge now i sthat Mr. Sandford, by neglect and cruelty, withheld food and thereby caused the death of Charles Hughey, which was ascribed to scurvy. It is alleged that Mr. Sandford had refused to put into port when off the coast of Newfoundland, where aid might have been obtained. It was a sorry sight that greeted the quarantine officers when the Coronet dismantled and almost disabled, entered Portland harbor. Fifty-five persons, men and women, were in the company, all emanciated from lack of food, and many of them afflicted with i?curvy. Seemingly Mr. Sandford did not regard this situation as at all distressing. Whether or not he is sincere in his faith, there can be no question that he is an optimist. Even though he shows marks of the hardships endured on the voyage he retains his sincerety. Roland Whittom, until recently sailing master of the Coronet, who is one of the deserters, described the privation which he said the leader forced upon his flock. "Soon after we reached the West Indies from Africa," he said, "a man named 'Sellick was taken ill with fever. Mr. Sandford palled his wife before him and told her that her husband's illness was due to the displeasure of God at the doing of herself and her family. He then ordered them to fast 24 hours, and during that time their child died of convulsions. Not a word of sympathy same from the leader, but again Mrs. Sellick was told her baby's death was the judgment. of God upon her family." These stories of the crime have served to recall the remarkable history of Sliiloh Hill. It is more than IS years since Mr.Sandford established the colony. Since then many efforts have been made to put an end to the so-called craze and to punish the leader for alleged crimes committed either directly by him or by his commiands. Children have died there from diseases, hunger and neglect, it is alleged, and on one occasion Mr. Sandford was arrested on a charge of m anslaughter. There are in the colony about f?75 persons, men, women and children gathered from all parts of the United States, and reports from there are to the effect that these people have very little to eat and that little children go to bed at night crying and praying for bread. One girl of 1S years, one of the a Kansas family that' joined tho "Holy Ghosters" eight years ago ran away from Shiloh and told their story: "1 have no sympathy for the men and women at Shiloh. If they want to stay there and suffer let them do it, but something ought to be done to relieve the sufferings of the poor little ones, who are unable to help themselves. It is pitiful, heart breaking, to see them starving. I myself have been as long as 1 6 hours without food. Once I came near dying of hunger. I was ill and they gave me only cow beets to eat. I couldn't eat them and there was nothing else except beans. By the time they got the beans cooked I was too weak to eat at all. "The little children often get so hungry that they cry for bread and when they keel at their beds at night they ask the Lord to send them food. Sometimes we wouldn't have any lessons in the achool, but the children would be told to pray, and they would get worked up to such s pitch that they would become hysterical. They would pray for forgfveness for some of their own number who, they had been told, had STATE MANY THINGS KASCAUTY CAUGHT UP WITH BY THE DEMOCRATS. Some of the Queer Things Found in State l*rison at Dannemora, PaM by Officials. The Democratic overhauling of the Clinton state prison at Dannemora, Pa., has resulted in a "clean up," with many remarkable and picturesque features. Following the scandals resulting from the discovery that a combination of Republican politicians had been looting the state in coal contracts for several years, an investigation of the prison itself was Ivrvfvii 4 iir a nw\ittho n(rn l\tf Pal Unni 4 iil'ftiiii l ? u uiuiiiuo VJJ uv-v/ti, the new superintendent of Pennsylcania prisons, and his assistants. Col. Scott learned that the prison had not been systematically searched for several years. So he undertook the task of probing the big institution. An inventory taken by the investigators showed these interesting articles: One 'dope" pot for "cooking" opium. Thirty-four knives, dirks and stilletos, three dynamite cartridges. Eighteen razors, two soldering pans used for counterfeiting spurious half dollars. Eleven "jimmies," crowbars, 22 decks of cards. One 'sweat" board such as are used in gambling houses. Two faro layouts, live saws, nine liles, throe hammers, 1 1 pictures live of which had been painted by prisoners. Two spades one checkerboard, four sets of loaded dice. Eight blackjacks, 2 4 cups and saucers. Seven revolvers, two faco masks such as are used by burglars; 101 books. Not one of these articles was per mitted in the tcells under the rules of the prison. Most of the forbidden articles had been smuggled into the prison right under the careless eyes of the Republican henchman, who were appointed to ollice for political services rather than for any special fitness for the work called for by their positions. Col. Scott made another interesting discovery in looking over the prison. It was that articles were not only being smuggled into the prison but out of it. There is in connection with the prison a manufacturing department, where (Clothing and other articles of wearing apparel, towels, linen and blankets are turned out. The investigators discovered' that owing to the carelessness of the Republican oflicials thousands of dollars of goods belonging to the state had been smuggled out of prison and traded off to the natives for cigar etbes, whiskey, opium, morphine, cocaine and counterfeiting material. ? ? QUEEIl ACCIDENT WAS FATAL. + Young Girl Dies as the. Result of a Collision With Roy. At Durham, N. C., IV^iss Callie Oouch, a pretty girl of 1(5, died Friday afternoon as the result of a fractured skull caused by colliding with Thomas Shepherd, a lad of 17, Tuesday. The two were playing an oldfashioned ball game, when Shepherd ran into Miss Cough an dinvWa.I/Ia/] Ilia inrtdi in lin<< fitrnlmiul I lU'UUirU llio UUUi.lt AAA IIU1 AVt The impact broke tlie front teeth off and they had to be extracted with forecops. She feel insensible to the ground with a fractured skull. From the first it appeared that she would hardly revovor and blood poisoning was a. complication. The young girl and boy were of excellent families. The boy is not seriously hurt. ? MONEY I/)ST IN T1IE MAILS. Twenty Thousand Dollar Package Disappeared in Transit. A registered package containing $20,000 is said to have disappeared from the mails last Friday r.ight between Minefield and Charlottesville, Va. The pouch containing the remittance came to Lynchburg Friday night over the Norfolk and Western railroad and was handled through the mail transfer to the Southern railway. Soon after leaving Lynch burg the clerk on the Washington train telegraphed a report that he was short the package. Four or five postal inspectors are at work on the case. Took the Dynamite Route. Placing a stick of dynamite under his head, exploding the percussion cap with his teeth, Frank Scrasson, at Aspen, Cal., aged 86, blew off his head because of domestic troubles. ? Struck on Head With Wood. Near Newbern, N. C., a young lad passing by whon a man was throwing cord wood over a fence was hit in the head by a stick of wood and killed. done wrong ftnd tell them if they did not repent they would go to hell. At least 100 people have died at his colony. One woman who left a year ago declared sheicounted 89 graves in the little cemetery on the hill, and not all are marked. KILLED BY AUTO ? Mrs. V. S. Hamiter Raa Dtwa aid Fatally Iajorcd ia Calombia ^ / WAS VISITOR IN OIV The Lady Was Knocked Down and Her Head W as Crushed Before the Negro Chauffeur Could Stop the Automobile, in Which There Was Two Ladies. Mrs. w. ?. riamuer, wire or a wen known Presbyterian minister of Blackstock, was knocked down by an automobile about noon Saturday and from injuries recedved died at a local infirmary about 3:.'10 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred at the intersection of Main and Washington streets, Columbia. The State says the car was owned by J. Caldwell Robertson of Columbia, and was driven by his chauffer, Horace Jones, a negro. Miss Olivo Robertson and her guest, Miss Louise Rowland of Augusta, Ga., were in the par of t )io t i 1110 ol' t tin !i nnidon t (it i-iiv mn v v/i v?? v wvv tvtxva&i/* Mrs. Ilamiter was crossing the street to stop a street car or was crossing to the other side. When almost 011 the track, she was struck by tho machine, which according to Miss Olive Robertson was going at a rate of about eight miles an hour. Tho negro chauffeur gave himself up to James II. Fowler, the magistrate, shortly afterward. Many witnessed the accident and there were several versions as to the rate tho machine was travelling and as to the details. The street was crowded at the time and when tho Packard machine struck Mrs. Ilamiter, many rustled to tho woman's assistance. iShe was placed in the car and hurried to a local infirmary. It was late in the afternoon before identification was possible. She carried, at the time of the accident, a suit case with the initials "W. S. II., Rlackstock, S. C.," and in her purse was a ticket to that place.. This gave a clue to the identity with the result that her husband was notified and he panic to the city with his eldest son Mrs. Ilamiter came to Columbia Friday for treatment for her eyes. She spent Friday night at the residence of W. M. Houston, 124 Washington street. It is understood she intended returning to Hlackstock Saturday Mr. Caldwell Robertson, on being l'n fni'nmrl r?f tlin nnniilnnf w<u (ed. "I deeply regret the accident," said Mr. Robertson Saturday. "I have done all within my power to give relief. Following the accident 1 went immediately to the infirmary and asked that all medical attention posiblo be given. "Don Dial, my son-in-law," he continued, "carried the driver, Horace Jones to the officers and asked that he bo held pending an investigation. "When the aqcident occu rred Misa Olive Robertson, and Miss Ixmise Rowland, of Augusta, were riding in the machine. According to Miss Robertson the speed was not over eight iniles per hour. The machine, Misa Robertson said, turned into Main street from Gervais and proceeded north. A street car * was moving north and she said she had just instructed the driver to stop in the next block, several doors from where the accident occurred. "Knowing tho danger of driving an automobile on a crowded street during fair week, I instructed my two drivers not to go out," said Mr. Robertson. "This afternoon was the first time during the week that I have permitted one of my cars to bo taken out," ho continued. Horace Jones, the negro driver, said Saturday night that the automobile was jlist rolling along when the woman was run down. Ho said that the accident would have been prevented had Mrs. Hani iter proceeded across the street. He said she stopped just in front of the machine. Mrs. 11 am iter was 4 0 years of age. Before her marriage she was Miss Annie Cooper of the Indiantown section of Williamsburg county. Rev. and Mrs. Ham iter lived at Iva, Anderson county, before moving to Blackstock about one year ago. Mr. Hamiter is pastor of the Bdackstopk and Concord Presbyterian churches. Ho and five children survive. The children are: Cooper Hamiter, William Scoot Hamiter and Misses Mary, Annie and Emma Hamiter. Mrs. Hamiter was a cousin of Prof. Ceo. McCutcheon of the University of South Carolina. Roast Rut lor Once More. There is a widespread and violent opposition in Massachusetts to the ..-v ?r/\ ?-?% /v n t f/\ m n ft 4 ?t /\ i ? ?% iiivvfiuriii lui a oiaiuu in uicuivi j v* the lato General Benjamin Butler. All kinds of charges against the lawyer, soldier and governor have been raked up, from treachery to labor to admiration for Jefferson Davis. I v ? # ? Seven Girls I>le In Flames. Fire, which destroyed the powder factory of the Imperial Powder Company at Chehalis, Wash,, Wednesday, caused seven young women employed in the factory to lose their lives, an eighth probably will die. Only two girls escaped, although a dozen m?* 1 were unhurt.