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LANDED ABMS < ERM AN STEAMSHIP BAVA RIA, UNLOADED CART RIDGES AND WIRE ? 4-1 FUNSTON REPORTS . ? The Cargo Was Intended Vera Cruz Bot Has Been Di verted to Puerto Mexico ~ : (Hy Associated Press) fora 'Cruz, May 27.- The Cernen Btcamer Bavaria has boen hcldiicre upon ber arrival without manifest at Brigadier Goner.,] Fun:ton's order. The Bavaria recently landed a large quantity of ammunition on Mexican soil. It lu estimated that the Bavaria put ashore 1.800,000 rounds of ammuni tion. The cargo was destined for Vera Crus, bul ivas diverted to Puer to Mexico. Thc; steamer reached here Sunday.- Tho captain could not pro duce a manifet-t! declaring lt had.been taken away from him by the Ameri can authorities! Later. ' he admitted landing tue cargo which included also. fc.000 rolls o? barbed wire. , ' General Funaton understands the ammunition and wire reached', Cordo ba yesterday bylway of Tierra Blanca. ; The Hamburg-American steamship Bavaria on May S, was reported to be en her way to Mexico with a shipment of arms. Later, it was understood that the war supplies were to be re turned to Germany. The Bavaria ar rived at Havana on May 17 and sailed two days later tor. Progreso. The Weather . Washington, May 27.-A wave of mid-summer-beat, accompanied by en ter vating humidity over the Atlantic stated, thc Ohio and. the Mississippi valleys today cause'! ' suffering in many cities. Aichmond, Va., with a temperature of 96 degrees, was the on ly place where the mercury establish ed a ne^,. record. In Washington thc enclosed thermo meters .at .the jelevated weather 'hu reau registered] 95 degrees., ? . while thore on the streets marked 100 the Official .figure within ou? degree of the recori; cor ?erw?rmest-??ey-?my since 1870. , I In many cities throughout the east the temperatures reached a point on ly one degree lower than in Washing ton. New York, Boston, Hartford, Al bany, ajid^Pbiladsipoia aJk-sweltei'ad. with the. official thermometers show ing. 94. dej^._ Jnjfce-We^ Evan; vino and Terre Haute had tem peratures, bf 92 degrees. vxWanlUta iw^ta?. l'ii?ljhlltMWtiui. Slightly cooler weather. |or4ga^ ?asV puring thc rrnalnder o? tuc- T?CCU. nul tho Indications are that no real re t?o! will ?como utftii Friday , when BI{ disturbance from tho northwest may? bring ge?era! Usuederii&eweT? Storni in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, May 37.-The hottest day ot the year lu this etty and vir tually was brought to ? close today ny an electrical storm that set fire to . several buildings and shattered trees and polee. Pour deaths were reported as being, due to the heat lu ; Storm * In New York. ' New oYrk. May 27a-The heat wave which for two days has sent the mer cury here to unwonted heights for May was broken by a storm late to day. / Two mea were killed by iightn Sand several persons were hurt by lng'timbers or objects blown about f i tito gale. Maay buildings' , were heat and there were more the sen prostrations. The maximum . Stock? and Sonds ?New York, May 27.-^-8pec?altc3 In M4 ?falSSifr^ateti'?fca/.?. *ei. ic tho for?, geh?ral.motors a?dln'g mor? than seven 'points to Its re:?rot sonsa - tiona! rise on reports of s rei-umptlnu of dividends, while stude d,s-.r l??vo < moved 'up, moderately In /-sympathy. American Sugar, Harvester, Icesecu f i ties. Biscuit preferred Texas com pany ?pd Wells Pargo Express gained from l to 8 points. \[\\ Sondp were' Irregular, imericantijcj marine *4 l-2s. becoming ,w^* *dii? acm? other! issues recently, under pre?- ' s?re adv?heed. Total sates?*>.?? --.^ United 'States bonds unchanged-on' call. t*v?aw? oempaay. LA?. a ?. w runts H nan "wnsswitt1 lawes a wow-ash NEAR LYNCHING , NEAR ABBEVILLE Sheriff Lyon Taken Unawares By ? Men Who Took Negro end Mutilated Kins Sj -1 ? Ahhtfjljle Press and Banner. Monday night at about 12:30 o'clock a Smarty of some hundred men or moro, fired ktfi; J-tbbevillc In Juggles and au - toafyjtyjlfs 1$ take John Thomas, tho' ! uejgqi) ae?uMU ot attempted assault on - ? l?year^p?d white girl near Hones Patly fl-om the county. Jail. < Shferif< Lyon .Uves on thc opposite side/of ttfte -square from the jail and1 would'have been in blissful ignorance of the whole affair .hut for^e. fact that his ^Pht^C,- J. Lyon, Jr, was on the strcet'allong which the y.arty caple home and notified his*I ( father, the sheriff. The Jailer is also night watchman at thc pumping sta tion and while/bis wife sud children < were In the Jail he waa at his work more ; than balf a mlle away. j . Sheriff Lyon jumped into his shoes without socks, and ran for thc jail. ' On arriving there the front of the jail was guarded and he ran arou.id to the back. This too, was guarded by four men S^lth* shotguns who stood and cal:- i ed on thc sheriff to halt. Just then a ; Very/ powerful man stepped up and threw bb arms about the sheriff pin ning down his arms. The mob was] dlready in-the >Jall. j , .Attar the, negro was' taken out they started to take him up the Due West - road. Members;of the mob told tho sl??riff that they did not Intend to kill { the'negro. The sheriff followed them 1 after getting Dr. Preasly to go with ! him. , The party halted near Long ! Cane cemetery-and carried ont their ] threat:, j Something web. said about) killing the negro and the sheriff wept up and told them they had said they would not kill him and they shouldn't do it. He took the negro In charge placed him in an autotmobile and brought i bim back to jail, where Dr. Pressly dressed his wounds J Tho crowd : was perfectly orderly j etcept for breaking into the jail and holding up the sheriff at the point pt shoe guns. .' ' A reporter o fthe .Press and Banner, j together'with several other gentlemen'' talked to. the ngro y ste rd ay. :f He ?aid that he had just .gone down into ? swamp to tie. up his mother's cow, and that he ran'up on the rail road''fhV'ftent o' the young lady ano She screamd; .that an old negro named Griffin came along, and the .girl saldj something to bim and that Griffin went. up. io Honea Path and? told the white ! people that he had. frightened thai young lady. He said he went bome^ and went to somcone'? house to get a. j floor mop sad .'carried'it hack home,' and then he went down (o Mr. Melvin j Ashley's/ - He ssys his father came to him there an told him to hide in Mr. < Ashley's. barn and some white men came there while he was in the barn and Mrs. Ashley told them to get away WHPWmti^iU* Said,' after the Hillls IsHlinW I?I hill minn *amaOa I the barn and brought him 54 abd toW fhflh to^Jftftft&Blgby. woods'sad he 1 wfculd Meet Win there after dargi that I ha father >h bim 4th the *eods 'ape told him to go to 5Ninety-Sir wnere | an treble lived and he would bring him more money there. He ' says Re walked there and that his father came to Ninety-Six next morning and brought his valise and f Jip more whtcu he said he had gotten from Mr.. Phillipa of Honea Path. He aays his father bought him a ticket to Gainesville, Pla,, j?id%h?t he brought the ticke: and valise? down to V Dyson/B, below Ntnwy^ix. He said he went to Gainesville and a policeman was wait ing tor him st the station sad arrested ' him as soon as he arrived. Sheriff j Ashle/lof ?Berson went down for him sad brought W back defering him { to the authorities in Abbeville, h Tba father of the n^gro'was In thfl * city ycajgfjtty sad^e^dtett^, ^rp^y ^ ty^xH*^ Mof^e^ ?. Mr. Phllltpo and gave the boy $4. Hs % f<ay tto ^sln how the boy could VMa^wr aO?^lvile, "Fte.-ron'-Hr - Ha denied meeting his son in 'th? wocW | I where the boy says his father told him , boy being ia hiding at Mr. Ashley's. \ John .Thomas, the sccused. ls t? i ?eare ot age, tall, rather.light In Olor. , .Wiotfgh he denleB the criminal intent, ( fffp%lrl8' screams, the old negro's tas- ; t. mon/ erad the fact that'he, a man, t ran up to her. Indicate that there waa , , rometetng tb his manaor that con- j I s priced to^ilrl of his phrpobe. :The., I r;fct'.}hPt \*? old negro came Just.then , , lhto \lew ttfcfcly sccduats for h la stop- < i ping. It.lssaldthpChe.madp a pret-|: bMull-con?esslon of his purpose to his i { captors Monday night and he told come i, other very interesting racta In codna***!, Hod witn the case .that'.wa will npf I j qao?^yocy^Kyated^/^ :i . 1 KEW^LEA^s cmroN J; - QrleVus. Msy^i? ^^ne*prfc^^ HH^^M^S^^ 25 po ; iT^SKWrasi opened at me advance ; I and Vent st the sdvsace al i day. Sc#9$ ed aborts were ?cod buyers; longs paid no attention to warnings frota so long continued that a reaction was bound to be met sooner or later. Supplementing the ?fte U of raine ti. ?K . _H... ?;uih bullir' gard lng the pending condition r?part ti?? continued drouth in tb? Western pelt and the? pre v?lenos of weevlll in Mlaelaslpp and Loutslsaa, Futures closed, May 1860 ; July 1 ?50 ; August 18?; October I2*?r Decemhari m*;\j*hwry 12 - Spot cotton steady unchanged raid-1 dltoa ll s-8 Bales oo tba Honor'Those % tn "Who have Earned Honorez?&4?S ki m ! ?.? . Hf* Welcome, Veterans ! E hope you are enjoying yourselves. The entire city has l?oked forward with pleasure to your coming, and if your stay can be made as pleas ant as your welcome is cordial, you will indeed have a good time. We want you to make usa of 0$ conveniences provided tot you^-take the town. Use this store; drop in when you feel like it; take advantage of everv convenience it affords- "Our porters, telephones, writing materials, stationery, etc., are at your disposal, 'and we'll be disappointed if you don't use them. PARKER & BOLT The One Price Clothiers ?oooooooo o oo o I A BRAVE GIRL o fe o ooooooooooooo - ;.u | While the reunion la In session a?a so much is being heard about the jrave acts of t'1* fidlers wearing th?? rray during the tour, years, Anderson people may lost sight of the fact that that many of the women of the South lally as many brave and heroic deeds is did the men. J. W. Bailey of Pen dleton, route 3, a gallant soldier In j fames battalion was in the city yes< erday and showed The Intelligencer i clipping from an old copy of the Laurensville Herald which tells bf the lerplsm of Miss Belle Boyd, who was ?bout 18 or 20 years of age when, ar the risk of her iife, she carried dis ?latches from one Confederate general bb another and thus saved the country nany lives and waa instrumental in a great battle. The ellppl ia heroic girl proceeded on to de- J a note with which she had been 1 to one of the ConXderato Acting upon tho ihforma whlch abe bad conveyed to the Confederates, they gained a complete factory, and lt was a, proud day for tell Boyd when the following note was placed la ber hands. . . May 5?, lifii: Miss Belle Boyd, 'I thank you, for " and for the army, for the im servfes that you rendered your today. Hastily. I am, your friend, T. J. Jackson, CT&. A. "But dark days of Buffeting and im prisonment were approaching for the strop ip -rebei spy," *? ?he. Northern* press called ber. Imprudently en rue*!ss . letter to General Jackson u? he ca>re ot a person who called hun ?elf a Bouthera Soldier, bot who in reality was a Peder*! spy. the docu nent was forwared to Washington and ia order for ger arrest'lasoed by Mr. Manto?. It did not take-km? to put IM order into execttUou and Belle .waa ane? aafaiy ensconced with in the walls of the Old Capitol. The poorwajpaa bird, who .ted aoaajed^xitb so freeTa vrtag through thc.bolds of the'sunny-south now bebt its wings I wearily against the bard prison bars, buL4bata,.ya?, no nsnap^- Th? young prisoners could but think of the sun-1 shine w'thout, of the sweet liberty of. which, she bad been- deprived, of tho daring deeds she would . done, of her bleeding suffering country she vould hgve holpeJ;'.... ENOREE KILLS PLACED IN HANDS'' OF .RECEIVER - . ~PT'1 ' '- . 8partanburg, May 27. - The En-I oree Manufacturing company was placed in the hands of a receiver by Judge Thomas 8. Sease in common pleas court. Andrew M. Law, prest- I dent of tho company, waa appointed receiver. .The. company is capalised at $?76,000. It operate VJ.OOO ?pindlees and 896 looms. ' Restricted credit and unsatisfactory ' market, condi tions, coupled with the necessity for a physical r?habilitation of the prop erty, are given as' ihV reasons for its financial difficulties in a Statement Issued by Mr. Law. The mill will bo kept in fall operation. MA Law says in bbs statement: "While the ph yal cal defects have been In a large measure improved and the mills reorganisation brought up to a point of efficiency it has sel dom, .1 ever, formerly enjoyed the | financial condition has.been actually growing worse. "On this account ut a meeting of the directors held yesterday it .was ?A**WI Iwmt for ail Interests that the I company not contest an action] brongbt lc the courts for tho collec tion of ah account, feeling that the interests of all the creditors abd stockholders could be more fairly ad- I ministered upon, expensive litigation j be avoided, and the present organi sation tte maintained without the loss of any order* now'< on"the com pany's books, by the appointment of a receiver." i j^if^^t^ -SQ**. Wllltara E. Hujfer. R Jr. Pelter and P. J. Pelter. Jr., of Charleston, and Jolia B. Clevelaad and A. M. Law, of Spvftanbure. -K.--- I . ... ' i .i ul ' ' 'ilf?V;'iia\???KrW??f''". boooooooooooooooo o o TODAY uN CONGRESS s o - o fooooooooooooooooo Workington; May 37.-Th? Day la. congress waa busy one, following ia the syllabus. The Senate: Met at ll a. m. Secretary Bryan conferred with the foreign relations commute about the Danish arbitration treaty. Senator Shafroth made a speech do fending the new currency law against recent attacks. Resued tolls exemption debate, amendments to the Panamabrdlauouo . Senator Cummins introduced new amendments to the Panama Canal Act to regulate tolla and provide arbitra tion of the exemption dispute. Senator La Folette blocked the Pittman bill to amend the Alaska or ganic act In several particulars. Began consideration of the naval appropriation bill. Adjourned at 5:50 p. m. to ll a. m. Thursday. -The House: Met at r?*>n, Miscellaneous bills taken np under the calendar's Wednesday role. ' Banking and t u roney 'committee democrats conferred regarding rural credits legislation. Interstate commerce committee considered bill for increasing safety In Interstate traffic. Labor committee agreed to begin consideration June 5 of Murdock bill for federal employment bureau. A resolution urging establishment of a permanent tribunal of arbitration at Tho Hague with a view of abol ishing future war's was approved. Debated the Judiciary code revision blU. Representative Webb chosen chair man or toe judiciary committee, suc ceeding Henry D. Clayton. Interstate commerce committee agreed on railroad safety bill. Adjourned at 4:52 p. m. until ll a. m. Thursday. . - -- Th? cartoons 'of the 'fashionably gowned women of the North and East are awful, but the probably do Justice to the styles which prevail. nufiWjm Estate to Widow. Warmington, May 27s.-Tho will ot Chas. W. Post, of Battl Creek, Mich., who died at Santa Barbara, Cal., on May 9, filed here today for probate leaves, the bulk of an estate valued at $20,000,000 to the widow, Mrs. Loila Y. Post and a daughter. Marjorie Post Close. ? You are in Danger of losing tour sli/.'it altogether, lt you neglect to attend to it at the first sign of falling. The eye is Uf? most delicate of organs and is eas ily Injured or destroyed. Let us " look at yours if they bother you at all. A pair of our glasees now may save yon from blindness later on. Prices reasonable, $8.00 to $5.00. and upwards. Repairs on frames and perta, 10c and upward. Dr. ML R. Campbell Itt W. Wattaer St ?ro?ad Flee? Offlee 'Phone.888J. ?get, 'Phone 4683 - Gunter rile and Cement Co? Manufacturers of Hexagon Tile and Cement Walk? --. ' , -- Porch and Vestibule Floors, ?Iso a general line of Concrete/work. We shalt be pleased to have you cali on us for estimates for any thing in our line. Box 360. Anderson,' S. X