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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. The Ledger. Tlii National Bank of Gaffney, S. C. State, County and City Depository. Everything of a banking nature en trusted to our care receives our very best attention. We would be glad to have your business. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIBAY V Bank Closes Every Day at 3 P. M. Except Saturday, 5 P. M. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Beet Interests of the People of Cherokee County. £8TABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1905. $1.50 A YEAR. THROmiT THE PALMETTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. Silas Lee, a negro brakeman em ployed on the Southern Railway, while engaged in work on a shifting engine at Pacolot Wednesday after noon, was the victim of an accident that cost him his leg. In an incounter late Saturday af-' ternoon at the Paragon kaoline mines near Langley between whites and blacks, one negro was killed and three white men were dangerously wounded. It is believed that several other negroes were shot. Dougan Shoftal! and Solomon Sheft- all, wholesale merchants of Savannah, have purchased the White Stone Lith- ia Springs property and will at once begin improvements and innovations, looking towards the' establishing of a modern tourist hotel in Spartanburg county. It is understood that the consideration was $150,000. A saw mill on what is 1 nown as the Croxton place, near Plea-ant Hill, was blown up with dynamite about 3 o’clock Wednesday morning. The explosion was terrific, jarring houses several miles away. The land on which the plant was located is in liti gation. It is not known by whom the deed was done, but the matter is be ing investigated. Charged with murdering his wife, Innes Hood, a negro living in the low er part of Greenville county, was ar rested Wednesday morning and put in jail to await trial. A load of small shot was discharged into the woman’s abdomen. Hood claims that it was purely an accident, but the communi ty in which the killing occurred think otherwise. On Tuesday night burglars, evi dently professional cracksmen, blew open the safe in the store of Miller Bros., at Bishop, on the Spartanburg & Glenn Springs Railroad, and ob tained $39, belonging to the proprie tors of the store. The postoffice is also In the same building, and the • thieVes looted the safe of the valu ables belonging to the government, ffhey got $18.50 cash, 200 two-cent stamps, 1,000 one-cent stamps, and about 400 pennies. Dynamite was used in getting the contents of the safe, and crow-bars were employed In effecting an entrance to the build ing. A telegram was received at Aiken Wednesday stating that George Ash ley had been accidentally burned to death while asleep in the private car of Mr. W. J. Oliver, at 2:30 o’clock Thursday morning. At the time of the fire the car was at Wyckliff. Ken tucky. George P. Ashley was a son of Mr. Gaines Ashley, of Aiken, and lived there until about four years ago, when he accepted a position with W. J. Oliver & Co., contractors and railroad builders. Starting at the bottom of the ladder, his ability was soon recognized and promotion came rapidly, until at the time of his death he occupied an important po sition. He was educated at the Gita del and has many friends in Charles ton and other portions of the State. Raymond Bowman, white, sixteen years of age. was arrested In Charles ton Wednesday and held at the police station on charges<pf arson, attempt at theft and trespass. While the police would not allow the hoy to be interviewed, it was alleged that he had confessed complicity in various fires which have occurred there dur ing the past few days. It would ap pear that he started the fires with the intention of robbing the cash drawers during the excitement. He was caught in one place while trying to open a safe and made his escape. It was re called by people who were interested that Bowman was always in sight • when the fire was discovered. He has a bad reputation and is reported as saying, when asked why he started the fires, that it was “bad company.” The hay and grain fires within four days have numbered eight, and the aggregate loss was about $30,000. The dispensary at Pendleton was destroyed by fire Friday night and the entire stock of whiskey and the books were lost. The total loss, in cluding the dispenser's private pa pers ^ind a lot of bottles, is about. $2,300. Rumors of a shortage gained currency in Anderson Saturday, but they were promptly denied by Dis penser Hunnicutt. Inspector A. H. Dean, acting under instructions from Columbia, went to Pendleton to check up the books and the stock of liquors but he had not entered u|M>n his work. Two weeks ago the books were checked up by Mr. Dean and a shortage of over $300 was found, but the shortage was .only apparent as Mr. Hunnicutt had not been credited with a remittance of a like amount at the Columbia office. He says that an Investigation will show that ev erything is all right. The fire is sup posed to have caught from a defect ive stove flue. W, G, CATLIN, JR., MISSING. The Boat, Filled With Water and Con taining an Oar, Discovered. (Special to The Charlotte Observer.) Georgetown, S. C., Feb. 4.—Mr. W. G. Gatlin, Jr., arrived here Thursday morning for a couple of days hunting. That afternoon, accompanied by an ex perienced hunter, he was carried to the ducking ponds. The party was last seen late that evening about 6:30 P. M., at which time they were heading homeward. Mr. Catlin was due in town that night, but as it is not unu sual for hunters to be out all night no suspicion of an accident presented it self. Friday morning when there were no signs of the party, steam launches, row t»oats and patrols were enlisted and diligent search commenced. This morning at G,o’clock the boat was found on the edge of Black river filled with water and containing one gun and one oar. Later the body of the oarsman, Zeb Barron, colored, was found. Up to the present no traces of Gatlin’s body can be found. I am pushing the search diligently and trust to report Sunday. Probably the cause of the accident was the heavy choppy swell in the river, and one of the party in the boat must have shift ed his position suddenly, causing the boat to list, and the water to rush in. They probably attempted to swim ashore and became exhausted. Mr. Catlin came to Charlotte the first of the year as special agent for the Royal Exchange Assurance, of London, Eng. He came from Danville, Ya., where he had been engaged in the insurance business with his father, lie was about 27 years of age and was married about three years ago to Miss Lucile Conrad, one of the most prominent young women of Danville. The news of his probable death came first by long distance telephone to Mr. Osmond L. Barringer and it was Mrs. Catlin herself who, while labor ing under great distress, managed to tell that her husband was dead. The despatch as abve was then secured. Mr. Catlin’s death, and it appears that he is dead, comes as a distinct shock to his friends in this city, where he had not lived long, but had made a great number of friends. He had a whole-souled disposition, great physique and alert mind. He had been with the Royal Exchange since last October. At his home he was always prominent in the life of the community. Probably he never had an enemy in his life, for he was broad minded and gracious in his manners. Deep regret is felt here. Mr. Catlin left about two weeks ago for an extended trip. BLEASE DYING HARD. fc Still Doubting Voice of Senate on the Dispensary. Columbia, Feb. 3.—In the senate tonight Senator Blease, of Newberry, made another endeavor to reconsider the vote, whereby the Raysor-Man- ning dispensary bill was adopted at the morning session. The vote as announced at the day session was 19 to 18 against Senator Blease and in the course of his remarks he said that possibly the clerk had made a mistake because he had been inform ed by certain senators that the vote had been a tie. The president stated that the vote had been correctly counted and officially announced. By a large majority, on a viva voce vote the senate refused to reconsider the bill. The bill requiring compulsory vac cination received a second reading The bill relative to requiring a li cense for wholesale dealers in coca-co la was reported back with recommenda tion that it be referred to the medical committee. The rest of the night session was devoted to providing for salaries of magistrates and county officers in accordance with the agree ment of county delegations. Nine Successive Sets of Triplets. Washington. Feb. 2.—President Roosevelt will he introduced next week to the father and mother of twenty-seven children, and it is ex pected he will present them with an autographed photograph. George W. Dunville, the father. Is forty-three years old and his wife thirty-eight. They live at Yank ton, S. Dak. They expect to arrive here on a visit next week, and the senators ami representatives will take Mirm to the White House. The twenty-seven children are nine sets of triplets. Twenty-four of them are boyc: and three are girls. The children will not he here. Held for Killing a Cuban. Burlington, N. C., Feb. 4.—News reached Burlington today from Ridge- ville, Caswell county, 22 miles north of Burlington, to the effect that John Burton, father of Jeter Burton, who has been in the employ of the Ameri can Tobacco Company In Cuba, as overseer of one of their tobacco farms, had received a message from his son stating that he was being held for the killing of a native, and asking him to send funds to he used in his defense. Mr. Burton is a highly respected gen tleman, and has many friends in this and Caswell counties. It is also re ported that the American Tobacco Company has sent men to investigate the matter. -irSpecial prices on Quilts and Blan kets, at J. I. Barratt’s. —See us for Blankets and Quilts. J. R. Tolleson & Co. Calhoun Knocked Out. Columbia, Feb. 2.—The proposed new county of Calhoun may be looked upon as a dead cock in the pit. The senate committee has reported against it unanimously and the house committee also reported It unfavor ably, with a minority favoring It, signed by five members, Messrs. Cloy and Toole, of Aiken, Irby, of Laurens, Otts, of Cherokee, and Harley, of Barnwell. The Anderson county mat ter was Included in the reports. A NEWSY LETTEH FROM WILMNSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. Wilkinsville, Feb. 3—Mrs. Dr. L. R; Black and Miss Oregon Estes went to Hickory Grove this week to have some dental work done. A few' farmers have been making preparations to sow' oats. Mrs. S. F. Estes has been suffering with a neuralgic affection in her jaw' and face. Since the cold snap passed off the people have begun their out-door w’ork. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bigham, of Sharon, whose illness w-as recently reported in this correspondence, we are glad to say are both better now. Mr. Jimmie Strain is hauling lum ber for his new house. Mr. Terry Estes has been quite sick with cold for the last few' days. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Blackwell re turned from a trip to Lowrysvllle, Chester county, recently. Farmers still hold out for better prices for the cotton they have on hand. Mr. “Tosh” Foster, of Asbury, is expected to be In this neighborhood after the 15th wdth his saw mill. Mr. T. Jeff Hughes went to Union this week with a loa 1 of chickens, eggs rind butter. The ice and low water together, in Broad river, are still -ome hindrance to travel across Howell’s ferry. Some farmers who failed to get their wheat sown before Christmas have finished it since then. The county authorities ought to macademize a place in the public road between Mr. J. D. Hughes’ and Wilk insville. The mud is usually axle- tree deep in bad weather and it takes a good team to pull an empty wagon through it. It’s the worst place be tween Howell’s ferry and Gaffney. New's Is scarce in this section now’. Hogs and cattle are generally plen tiful for sale, but purchasers are scarce and prices low. Miss Stella George was buried at the family graveyard last Tuesday in the presence of a large assembly of sorrowing friends and relatives. Rev. Mr. Hickson conducted the funeral service. That family has been great ly afflicted and still the fever contin ues with them. Another sister, Miss Eliza, is down with it. Albert is im- providlng. The sympathies of this community go out to them in their great trouble and breavement. The measles has not got much hold in this neighborhood yet. But the opportunity for an early and gen eral spread of the malady is very good. The eyes of this country are turned to the work of the present legislature, and especially those of the far-seeing are watching the fate of the compul sory education act. From a letter of General Robert E. Lee, Whitten just after the war to Rev. G. W. Layburn, we quote the following extract: “So greatly have interests (educa tional) been disturbed at the South and so much does its future condition depend upon the rising generation, that 1 consider the proper education of its youth one of the most impor tant objects now to be obtained, and the one from which the greatest ben- < fit may be expected. Nothing will compensate us for the depression of the standard of our moral and mtel- lectual culture, and each State should take the most energetic measures to revive the schools and colleges, and. if possible, increase the faciliiies for instruction, and to elevate the stan dard of learning.” To Gen’l. John B. Gordon, in De cember, 1867, he wrote: “The thorough education of all classes of the people is the most etti carious means, in my opinion, of pro moting the prosperity of the South. The material interests of its citizens, as well as their moral and intellectu al culture, depends upon its accom plishment. The text books of our schools, therefore, should not only be clear, systematic, and scientific, but they should be acceptable to pa rents and pupils In order to enlist the minds of all in the subject.” Although more than one-third of a century has passed since this great est, wisest and best of men gave ut terance to those views the world is just beginning to acknowledge the truth of his assertions. On the subject, pf reading novels and trashy literature, in writing to his daughter, Miss Mildred, under date of December 2lst, 1865, he says: "Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances. Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and when summoned away to leave with out regret.” Mr. V. C. Comer, who went to Gaff ney yesterday, brought the news that a blizzard was scheduled to reach here last night at midnight. From the way he was driving one might think he was trying to beat the blizzard home or else he had found the dis pensary In full blast. But Vaney Is like Caesar’s wife—above suspicion. J. L. 8. OUR LAW MAKERS AT THE CAPITAL. REST AFTER A HARD WEEK’S WORK. —Ladies and Misses Jackets at cut prices, at J. I. Barratt’s. Two More Weeks to Work—A Change in Court System Favored—The Fer tilizer Tag Tax. Columbia, Feb. 6.—With two weeks more to work, the general assembly is today resting on its laurels after a week of hard labor, having adjourned until tomorrow on account of sales- day, after putting through a number of uncontested matters at the Satur day session. There were several very important debates last week in each house and the action of the two houses i.n these matters marks the policy of this legis lature. Both have put themselves on record, for instance, as opposed to compulsory education, the house re jecting the bill without much ado, while the senate dallied with it as if it might be passed, but finally sending it back to the committee, which means that it will not come forth any more this session in all probability. The house has put itself on record as favoring some change in the court system, having passed the bill for two new circuits. This l)ill is now on the senate calendar with a favorable re port from the judiciary committee, and that means its chances for passage are good. According to this bill two new circuits will be created but no judge or solicitor will be disturbed; in the eighth circuit the judge, Klugh, will be put in the ninth, and the solic itor, Boggs, will be in the tenth, but the other judges and solicitors will remain as at present. This circuit will be composed of Charleston, Colle ton and Beaufort, and already several Charleston lawyers are being “men tioned” for the place. A solicitor will have to be elected for the new ninth circuit, and the only one mentioned now is Mr. R. A. Cooper, of Laurens, who ran against Solicitor Sease last year. In the tenth the new judge will be selected from Anderson, Greenville, Pickens and Oconee, and among those deemed eligible are Geo. E. Prince, of Anderson, and Thomas P. Cothran, of Greenville, both members of the house, and solicitor Julius E. Boggs— and If the genial Boggs is put on the bench there will he another election for solicitor. Under the bill as it passed the house the arrangement of the circuits Is as follows: First—Charleston, Colleton, and Beaufort: Second—Berkeley, Dor chester, Georgetown and Orangeburg: Third—Hampton, Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell and Edgefield; Fourth— Clarendon, Florence, Lee, Sumter and Williamsburg; Fifth — Chesterfield, Darlington, Horry, Marion and Marl boro; Sixth—Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, and Saluda; Seventh—Ches ter. Fairfield, Lancaster and York; Eighth—Cherokee, Spartanburg and Union;; Ninth—Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens and Newberry; Tenth—An derson, Pickens, Oconee and Green ville. The special court law is re pealed and the governor is given pow er to appoint a special judge only when the regular judge is sick. The most spirited debate in the house last week was on the proposi tion to take part of the fertilizer tag tax from Clemson and give it to Win-j throp, ami after a full discussion it I v, as agreed to let as much as $75»000 | of the tax go to Clemson and after! that the balance to go to Wlnthfop. | In the senate there are a majority and ! a minority report on this and as the Winthrop people as well as the Clem-1 son people are opposed to it it may not got through. The senate lias devoted some of its i most serious to the dispensary, and as a result it has passed what is a ! combination of the bills introduced by Senators Raysor amt Manning. | The Justly celebrated “Brice bill” was again presented by Senator Brice and again defeated. Then the senate took up the bills which are designed to improve the dispensary by making it more difficult for the members of the hoard of control to “graft”—if they want to “graft.” The bill pro vides for a board of three directors to be appointed by the governor, each to receive a salary of $1,500 a year; a commissioner to be elected by the leg islature at a salary of $3,000 a year, and the duties of the board and com missioner to be much the same as under the present plan, the difference being in the method of purchasing. The directors shall advertise for bids quarterly; the bids and samples shall be sent to the State treasurer, who shall open th’e boxes, take out the sample, mark it with a distinguishing mark and number it, entering the whole record in a book. The bid, num bered but without any means of iden tification, shall be sent to the board 1 with the sample and after the board has selected the bid the tre£ Jrer shall be informed and shall make the name of the bidder public. This com plicated system is designed to conceal from the board the identity of the bid ders with the view to prevent ap proaches from the said bidders. This is the gist of the pending amendments to the dispensary law. Another change proposed is to allow the intendant and council of any town in which a dis pensary is operated to name one mem ber of the county board of control There are provisions to punish vio lations of the regulations as to se crecy of the bids. During the week the house passed a measure which is designed to assist the public schools, the author being Mr. Richards. This provides that 6 per cent, of the county school fund shall be set aside to supplement funds raised by any school district for the erection of new school houses and when any district has raised $100 for this purpose it shall receive $50 from this fund. The house has also passed a bill to prohibit cock fighting in this State, the present statute prohibiting the sport only within a certain distance of any school house or church. Another bill tha^ has passed is to prevent shooting matches for turkeys, etc. The calendar of the house is crowd ed and unless a phenomenal amount of won. Is done within the remaining two weeks many of the bills will go over to the next session. J. H. THROUGHOUT THE . TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. KNOCKED DOWN BY BURGLAR. Woman Had Thrilling Encounter With Burly Negro. Spartanburg, Feb. 3,—Mrs. A. C. Dillard, whC resides on North Liberty sti-eet, had a thrilling encounter with a daring negro burglar this morning At the time, she was in the act of going from the dining room of her home to a bed room, where her hus band, who came in on an early train from Atlanta, was sleeping, and when in the hallway she met a negro, who wore a light overcoat and gloves. The negro struck Mrs. Dillard and rhe fell. He then made his escape from the house, and when once free in the yard, he scaled a garden fence and disappeared, eluding ar rest. Alter being knocked down the woman screamed for her husband, who appeared on the scene, but the negro had made his escape. Mrs. Dillard was not seriously hurt by th'* blow, but she suffered severely from the nervous shock. The negro was evidently out for stealing, and doubtless belongs to that daring crowd of sneak thieves who for several weeks past have been walking into residences of the city by the front door, taking overcoats, wraps or cloaks from the hall rack, and w'alking away. The police are working on the case, but so far there are no developments. ATTACKED BY A CAT. A Lady and Gentleman of Yorkville Badly Bitten and Clawed. Yorkville, Feb, 3.—J. W. P. Hope, one of the oldest and most highly re spected citizens of this place, was badly bitten and clawed by an infu riated cat at his residence here yes terday afternoon. Mr. Hope was sit ting on a chair, with his right hand hanging down, when the cat, which was lying under the chair, sprang at his hand in a savage -manner, biting and scratching it quite severely. In trying to draw his hand away from the animal it was pulled through tho rounds of the chair and Mr. Hope had to choke it off. Miss Lucy Smarr, a young lady boarding with the family, was also severely bitten and scratch ed by the cat in her efforts to assist Mr. Hope. The cat has been in the family for a good many years and was looked upon as a pet. Mr. Hope attended mostly to its feeding. DEVELOPING THE TIN MINE. Placing Heavy Machinery on Chero- okee County Property. [Spartanburg Special to Observer.] Spartanburg, Feb. 3.—Capt. Ross, of Gaffney, is placing a heavy engine, with pumping and lifting machinery, at ills tin mine in Cherokee county. When the work in hand is completed he will be ready to develop the prom ising vein which he discovered about eighty feet below the ground. The State geologist and an expert from Washington have inspected the mine, and are hopeful that the output will prove exceedingly profitable. A Smelly Combination. [Easley Progress.] It is stated that the State is about to enter into the fertilizer business in connection with the dispensary. We were thinking that the dispensa ry, if reports be true, was about rot ten enough to make fertilizers out of. WINTER MEAT EATING. The Poor Stomach’s Tale of Woe.— Just Now Mi-o-na is Needed, At this season of the year thous ands of people are already showing the ill symptoms that are sure to re sult from the usual winter diet. In door life, meat-eating, healthy food, lack of exercise, overwork, and poor ventilation spell ‘sickness,” and poor health. If the stomach cannot do Its work nroperly. ill health Is sure to fo^ow. Mi-o-na is the one medicine that as sures a natural digestion, that strengthens the stomach, that soothes and heals all Irritation, congestion and inflammation in the stomach or bowels. It is this that makes it a certain and guaranteed cure for all stomach troubles. If the digestion is impaired, the blood Is Impoverished and becomes filled with poisonous impurities, de ranging the whole system and caus ing sickness and suffering. Mi-o-na, acts upon the stomach .nervous troubles, headaches, backaches, and general weakness and debility. If you are weak and ailing the chances are that, it is due to a dis eased stomach, hut you can be cured by using Mi-o-na. Ask Gaffney Drug Co., the reliable drug firm, to show you the strong guarantee under which Mi-o-na is sold, Mi-o-na costs but 50c a box. If it does not help you, the price is absolutely nothing. —Ladles Coat Suits at greatly re duced prices, at J. I. Sarratt’s. —The Big Sale at The Battery is still going on. Items of Interest Concerning Out Neighbors in the Old North Stata Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers Andy Martin, colored, was taken to Danbury last week to answer a charge of perjury while securing li cense to marry a young white girl. Martin is white to all apeparances, but his mother is a mulatto. He was put under bond of $500 for his ap pearance at the next term of the su perior court. His mother stood his bond. Several freight cars left the tracks at Garibaldi's switch, at the Mint street crossing in Charlotte Sunday night, and blocked the track for sometime. Northbound passenger trains Nos. 38 and 40, and southbound train No. 35. were delayed on^ccount of the accident. The weather being bad, it required considerable time to open the way. H. L. Gault, a flagman on the mate rial train ,is laid up at the Central Hotel at Mooresville with a pair of swolen ankles, the result of jumping from a coal car at Croft Wednesday afternoon. The car was toppling over, and in order to save himself from what might have been more se rious injuries, the young man jump ed. His home is at Jonesville, S. C. John W. Gates, the millionaire, who Agues so much in the newspa- pers, went to Pinehurst Friday in his private car. John D. Rockefeller has been there three weeks. The latter stays out-doors almost all the time, it taking a very bad day to keep him in. He is a devotee of golf. Leonard Tufts, the owner of Pine hurst, has just completed a hunting lodge in the pine woods, near Biscoe, and he and his wife occupied it last week. It is a picturesque log cabin. A telegram was received at Greens boro Friday afternoon by Mrs. J C Reid informed her that her husband who disappeared from his home in that city two and a half weeks ago, is sick at 269 South Second street, Philadelphia. Reid was formerly su perintendent of the Altamahaw Cot ton mills, near Greensboro. The tele gram was from Mrs. Reid’s sister in Providence, R. I„ and advised her to go to her husband’s bedside, hup fail ed to state the nature or seriousness of his illness. Surveyors are working on the Dur ham & Southern road, which will run from Durham to Apex, and there con nect with the Seaboard Air Line and the Angler road. It is learned that the surveyors will complete their work In a few days. From a reliable source it is learned that this road will be completed into Durham with in the next year. This will give Dur ham direct and quick scedule out for the South, connecting with the Sea board and the Angler road to Dunn and Duke. A. P. Shaw, a pharmacist of Wind sor, committed suicide at that place Friday about 10:30 A. M., by shooting himself in the right temple with a 32-calibre pistol. The deceased was the son of W. W. Shaw, and was a competent druggist and a highly es teemed young man. He married Miss Fannie Phillips, who survives him. with a little boy about two years )f age. She is the niece of the la» e Judge Phillips, of Tarboro. Melan cholia due to physical infirmities i,s supposed to have been the c: use (tf the deed. Mrs. Hale, a respectable white wo man living n Cumberland county, was criminally assaulted by Walter Patridge, a young negro fiend, Wed nesday afternoon, near Fayetviile. Mrs. Hales and her little son w.-re passing along the road and mot the negro, who knocked the woman down, tried to cut her throat with a pair of scessors, and then outraged her. The boy was too young to render any as sistance to his mother. The negro was arrested Thursday morning by two officers, and carried to the Cum berland county Jail. He made a full tonfession of the crime, giving the details of the outrage. Feeling is strong, but there Is no talk of lynch ing. Mrs. Hales was not fatally wounded. A telephone message Sunday after noon from Mr. Haralson, a merchant of Funston, Brunswick county, says that J. W. Collins, a leading farmer of Armour, Bladen county, who Is charged with the murder of a boy there last week, has surrendered him self and Is willing to return to Ar mour for trial. Two weeks ago the body of Jeff Davis, a 16-year-old white boy who was bound by the superior court to work for Collins, was found In Collins’ pond, near Armour, by Col lins himself, who gave It out that the boy had evidently committed suicide in fear of charges being pressed against him for an attempted assault upon a little white girl. Collins had the body buried with no inquest by the coroner. Subsequently the neigh bors became suspicious and a coro ners' Jury, which had been organized, ordered the body exhumed. The boy’s neck was broken and there were bruises on the pit of his stomach, In dicating that he had been killed and thrown in the pond, as there was no water in his lungs when an autopsy was performed.