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The kinc _ :;honi A NOVEL or AMERICAN LIE k ^ a V MAURICE Ksfl*"" ' 3* Ct pyrilfct. lW*Bd 1?* ! - CHAPTER XXIII. > COXTINTKD. **Violence, violenoe, ah! I have felt what it it. 1 ttn uot violent! I %m simply God's blade of rengetuoe. I am not living man as yon are; I St dead, save for the little spark that hta me to my purpose. You do not Understand me; you can not; you have not suffered enough to realise my meaning." "Ta! You are unreasonable." "Am I? So I am. It is veil that ( am. If I were reasonable I could Ant do what is to be done. Behind ?? J -?J I BOO 18 a desert, a scorcueu >uu aned way, a life made of cinder by ! Kirk MacCollongh. Reasonable, reasonable! To kill him is the only rea. konable thing!" ' Bnrns'a words fell upon Mr. Vernon's ears with a strange power. It pas not the crazed old preacher's parpose that struck with most terrible affect. It was what lay beyond even }he most perfect consummation of reyenge. There seemed little probability, indeed, that Barns could ever Bq harm to the man he was trying to follow; but what he might do with the mere breath of his frenzied lips was incomparably dreadful to think of. Strange it is that, although Mr. Vernon had not the slightest assurance of the safety of his wife and daughter trom even the most horrible eonseqaences that could come out of their captivity, he felt their danger from that source far less than what would befall them were his past to be made known to them. Somehow, so long as he had Jackson's army with iiim he conld not lose the hope that all wonld be well, so far as retaking his loved ones was ooncerued. mu: I?i if rrlif "Rnf. f Xiiis was uuc a uiuuti w>? u^uv* mm. the other! That was not to be fought back, once it should find the way to reach them. He felt that Burns, in his monomania, was likely at any mo* ment to make an end of all this beautiful, precious dream of happiness. Happiness? Ah! He had beeu happy?no man happier?but now, what was coming? Where were his wifo aud daughter? He felt his brain awim and waver. Suddenly he grasped Bnrns's arms again witk^ll his giaut strength. ht here and now," he "tell Are you are you to of BSK, SUYU l<-? 3UUUV 1VI assault me liko this," I forgot." ok off his hands from ms as he spoke, see how terrible it nk of my wife aud rgaret! But?but?to er harmed her, and I owe mj lire to you and yours," said Burns. He stood a moment in ilence, and then added: "Tour secret is safe with me so long as you do not interfere with? asith my purpose. To accomplish that I would, if I could, destroy heaven and earth and all that is in ihem. I tell you that Kirk MacCollough shall not live!" anlmnnlv awful. Mr. Vernon felt helpless before him. {They stood there in silence after that nntil, suddenly, a light flashed forth from the hon9e where General Jackson had his headquarters, t* "Gentlemen, it is time to be up," |hey heard the gruff commander exclaim, as if to awaken his sleeping staff, the redcoats will be upon ns before we are ready, if we don't step spry. Come, come, gentlemen, .fall out!" Immediately there was a stir and bustle in the house. Lights shown at the windows and the clicking of latches and the openiLg ot doors told how promptly the officers responded to the call of their leader. A moment later Jackson himself came forth, followed by the enthusiastic but sleepy aides, who were buckling on their aide-arms. "Ah, Mr. Vernon, is that you?" he demanded, as he came near the two old men. "How goes everything? Any stir among the redcoats?" "Not yet," replied Mr. Vernon, "rave that they soem to bo making ready for an advance." ' jLetthcmcomejwearereauy. wuo ia this you have with you?" The general peered askance at Burns through the fog and dust. "It ia a friend of mino," said Mr. Vernon, without offering further introduotion. The members of Jackson's staff were coming around him for orders, Vvhieh he began giving with his usual swift and clear understanding of what the moment called for. Meantime Barns managed to disappear. CHAPTER XXIV. 1508 PUTT'S BIFLE -PB ACTICB. At a little after daybreak, though the fog was still heavy and the breeze too light to remove it, it waa observed that the British were steadily advancing. Jackson had everything ready and was nervously eager for the fray to begin; but he preserved a cool expression of face, and gave ordersjthat there be net a'shot fired until the enemy were within certain ragga of the guns. i 0F3fe_ BY ISLAND b DURJNU IHfc WAK vr it>iz? WKf THOMPSON, >7 Bohrrt K; nE?r'? Item. Mr. Vernon hastened to male his presence felt among the men, who looked to him for the enoouragement that such beings always need in the snpreme hoar of danger. He foand theru chilled and hungry; but they responded vehemently to his few low words, and showed that they meant to be brave. A fiery rooket whizzed up from the British front and curved through the slowly thinning fog; then another arose from a different point. "They are eoming," said Jaekson bo Lieutenant Ballauche. "Let us go to Spotts's battery." They walked along the line at a rapid gait and, just as they came near, they heard a low order, and then out boomed the guu. The long, red blazo leaped far out through the fog-curtain, and they saw for the first time the glint of red uniforms away off by the line of woods across the open level land. The column was moving at a swift pace right down upon them. Old Euos Peevy came near the general and sainted. "Well, Euos," said Jackson, "is Mary Ann in good order?" "Ye'll see poorty soon, ginVI. I air jes' er waitin' for 'em air fellers ter come close enough for Mary Ann ter talk to 'em; the air got some remarks to say to 'em, an ahe'll make 'om sick, shore 'naff." He rubbed the long, heavy barrel of his rifle while he spoke, and wagged his head grimly. Aud now the breeze strengthened aud began to lift away the fog. Spotts's gun bellowed once more, shaking the wot ground with its tremendous cononssion. The British column came right on; all the batteries in front of it opened ! bravely and sent their heavy missiles plowing through it. Soon enough the rifles of Tennessee and Kentucky began to crack, keen and clear; and when the range became | certain, the effect was terrible to see. Peovy stood on top of the earthwork, with the brim of his old cap turned up iu front. He lifted his guu ; ana nrea at an omuer, ?uu, onum ?u hand, was leading the column. It I was a deadly shot. Down fell the ! brave man; but the column bore right on. Not far, however, for there was that fatal ditch in its way, and the gullets and cannou-shot wore cuttiug I men down like weeds. "Give it to them, boys!" shouted Jackson, as he tramped back and forth behind his brave little army, the fire of battle lighting up his careworn i face. "Give it to them while they aro wavering!" The British recoiled, shattered, , bleeding, confused, their front ranks j breaking into and destroying the orj der of those behind. At first it appeared that tho fight was over; for how could those scattered and widely Seeing men ever be rallied and re-formed? It was then that the brave Takenham showed himself at the front waving his hat aloft and galloping to and f ro and calling ou his men to remember the honor of England. They heard ; his manly voice above the roar of the | patriot guns that were playing upon | them, and they turned and set their ; faces once more toward those low, dark breastworks along which flickered and sparkled and flamed the rifle-blazes of marksmen who shot with the aim of veteran woodsmen. The ballets, like level swarms of furious bees, hummed ' along the crisp air of the morning. "Aim well, men! Get a fine bead on them!" shouted Jackson. "Blow them to kingdom come!" "That'e the talk, gin'r'l!" responded ! Peevy, as he stood deliberately reloadI ing Mary Ann. "I'm er doin' that air : very thing!" There was Vasseur wildly excited and trembling like a freezing lamb, bat fighting like a mad lion. Not far off, Crapaud Crapoussin, ' who came from the city bat an hoar before, was crouclimg Deninu tne wet earthwork anil firing away as best he | could. Fiddler Dick was there, too, i with an enormously heavy guu, which was so long, that he had to rest the butt of it far back on the ground behind him when he was loading it. Indeed, it seemed that all classes of men to be found on the gulf coast, gentloman and cut-throat, dandy and ragamuffin, upright citizen and scowling forban, all the noted characters of city . * swamp were to be seen in that oozy 1 .ch fighting for the country of their i . th or adoption, regardless of self, their wholo energy centered in the one desire to drivo back the British, i Onlv one of the well-known men of I w New Orleans who might well have been looked for in the line was missing. Yes, two. Colonel Loring and Lafitte. The latter had been sent by Livingston to bear Mrs. Livingston and her child to a place of safety, should the battle be lost. Down the line where Mr. Vernon's men wero stationed, the roar of the gnns was continuous, like the long, rattling roll of summer thunder. The British bullets sang keenly overhead or tossed up little puffs of sand along the embankment. f < "111 git thet air feller on 'the hoss yit," muttered Peevy, taking aim at Pakenham, "thet is, ef Mary Ann kin carry thet fur." He fired, and do.vn went thet bravo officer'! horse, piUaing his ndei headlong. "Thet thar stopped his ca-rortin', auyhow!" the scoot bawled out, though everybody was too eicited to hear. Rah fur Gin'r'l Jackson!" About this time Burns came sham* bling along the line, apparently quite unconscious 01 danger, ue was naggard and wild-looking, bis hair unkempt aud his long, tliiu, white beard tanglad across his face. He saw Vosseur and approached him. "Have you seen him yet?" he in* quired, bending over the excited little half-breed, "have yon Been him yet?" A *ound-shot cast ap a splash of rana ?nd water in front of them. "He not there at prayson," stammer** forth poor Yasseur. "Mobba he *yt care abont zis t'ing varee like* The front of the British column dashed up to the ditoh; a few brave fellows floundered through it and rnshed right into the muzzles of the American guns. But it was not for mortal courage to stem that humming current of mis* siles. A thirty-two-pounder was loaded te the muzzl* ??th balls and fragments of metal. Just as the column thickened close along tho ditch, the gnnner, with steady hand, lowered the piece so that tho dreadful charge would rake the level surface of the ground aud tired. Never, perhaps in the history of warfare was there another so destructive a shot. The historians tell (what is # \ tU.t too increaioie even ior ruiunuurj two hundred British soldiers were killed oatrigkt by the storm of lead and iron, that one blast of the breath of war! The whole front of the charging column had melted down. Peevy still stood on the breast* work, peeping through the battle* smoke, trying always to aim at some particular one of the enemy before ' tiring Mary Ann. Pakenham had been given another horse, and although one of the scout's bullets had bit him, he mounted and went to the head of the column once more to re-form it. But he was doomed. A grape-shot dashed him, ( dying, to the ground. ( General Gibbs took command. Peevy saw him and signaled him out for his aim. Mary Ann was merciless. Officer after officer fell. Dowu dropped Gibbs; over went Keaue; Dale fell dead; indeed, it seemed that no man who undertook to lead the columns could escape those special messages of Mary Ann when directed by the imnerturbable aim of the scout. So the battle went; the British recoiled, plunged forward, tumbled ia bleeding heaps, broke, rallied, charged again and again. That little, muddy ditch, with its Blippery banks ami slow, dark tide, was the line of dcatli. No man crossed it and lived. At the last desperate moment, a niau, superbly mounted, was seen calling together the bravest spirits of the English army. He rode like a king; his face was as coid as marble and yot scintillant with magnetio energy. 1 General Jackson leveled his old field-glass npon him and actually recoiled. , "That scoundrel!" he exclaimed, and his bronzed aud jaundiced visage showed a sadden excitement. "A renegade, by the eternal!" Vasseur saw the new leader and leaned over the breastwork to gaze at him. So attracted was he by the apparition that he forgot his fear. Mr. Vernon looked and turned pale. The enemy's line reformed, the Highlanders in front, and came on again, this time with a ready sweep that ap- | pearcd resistless. Peevy was still at his stand, reload- ! ing Marj Ann as calmly as if he were going to shoot a squirrel. "He air a long ways off, Mary Ann," muttered he, "but we inua' re'ch !im, ole gal!" He lifted the rifle and took deliberate sight over the long barrel. The sharp report was lost in the general roar of tho fight. Had he missed? There was no sign to the contrary. "Pierre Ramcau! Viola! See! It's Pierre Rameau!" screamed Vassenr, dancing around wildly. General Jackson came almost running alc^ig the line, the white foam of ' excitement fringing his bloodless lips. "Shoot that eternal, infernal scoundrel for me, Peevy!" he shouted, pointing his long, emaciated linger toward the new British leader. "Shoot him! Kill him!" "Thet air's jes' w'at I tole Mary Aun," replied the scout, priming his rifle. Jackson snatched up an old musket that had been flung down by some one and aimed it. It snapped harmlessly. He dashed it uside with furious emphasis and stood gazing in stark anger. On came that steady, shining line, the regiment of Highlanders stepping all as one man. "Blow 'em up!" yelled Jackson. "Shoot that officer! Everybody aim I at him! Do you hear? Shoot that man ou tho horse!" "Thet's the doctrine w'at I'm er preachin' ter Mary Ann," responded Peevy. Vasseur was so excited that he forgot to prime his gun, and, when at last he did prime it, he had rammed home three loads, and so, when ha fired, it almost kicked him over. Ha thonght he was wounded in the shoulder. He cursed in three languages. The horseman rode right up to the ditch and waTed his hand to signal the oharging troops to cross it. Peevy fired. The man's right arm fell to his side; but he took the bridla reins in his teeth and waved his hat with his left hand. 1 "Shoot that imp, I tell you, Peevy* shoot him!" (to 'bi cosvikuid.) ? JttWAWA'.VMMWAJ HOUSEHOLD * 9 9 5 |i * * ? ? MATTERS jc ' 5WW.,.WAW.VAmV> To Improve Mrat B^flDiinf to Spoil. | Have water ready In a saucepan, also two pieces of burnt wood?that is, charcoal. Put the meat In the boiling water, and put the burnt wood in the tire till it pets red. then drop into the pot. When the fire is extinguished take off the saucepan, skim it, remove the meat ^ Condi** Not Fitting Candlestick*. By dipping the end in very hot water It will become soft and pliable. If the candle is too thick It can be lengthened an inch, and when too thin It is easily flattened out. thereby preventing the candle front falling out of the candlestick, aud making the use of paper wads unnecessary, thereby nSlnimizlng the rlak of Are. The Care of Carpet*. A good layer of newspapers underneath the carpet will prevent all danger from moths, which have a strong objection to printer's ink, and will not come anywhere near it to lay their eggs. Fresh paper should be used every time the carpet is taken up. Tea leaves, damp salt on newspaper that has been soaked In water and then squeezed dry and torn into small pieces are all very good for taking up the dust when sweeping, but tea leaves should always be rinsed in wa ter before using, especially ir tnc carpet Is a light one. Damp salt brightens and colors wonderfully If they are not at all faded or soiled. Remember, that a carpet should always be swept the way of the nap. To brush the other way is to brush the dust In. Attend to all stains as soon as possible. If left, they gradually sink into the carpet and are much more difficult to remove than if done at once. How to PreM Cloth. When woolen cloth is to be pressed, but not washed, It Is sometimes the question of how best to give it the dampness that will enable the hot iron to remove the folds and wrinkles. Good results are to be had by wringing a sheet out in warm water, spreading it on a large table, arranging upon it the pieces to be pressed and then folding or rolling all in a bundle. After lying thus for several hours, the cloth is evenly damp, but not wet, aud all creases and fold soften to the best possible condition for the ironing. The p pressing rather than the ironing must be done slowly with irons not too hot ? nor too cool, moving them just fast T enough to prevent one from printing "J its outline 011 the goods. Hot enough to raise the steam, .,ut not hot enough to scorch the wool, is right for the irons. Ladies' cloth treated thus loses every crease and the too clinging softness lent it by wear. Thinner goods are handled the same way with success. The process, of course, is that followed by all tailors and called "sponging." except that no pressing follows the dampness of new cloth. It being merely spread smooth and left to dry. v li'iUa ? Marking Houaphold Linen. It is a sign of good and systematic housekeeping to have bed and table linen marked, also all towels and everything of personal wear that will be laundered. Articles that arc marked are apt to have better care than otherwise. The ideal way of marking is by cmhnt tif?nppplv 11I1V house- ( UIU1UCIJ, >/% ?. wvM.v.v r keeper lias time for decorative letter- [ Jng. If she chooses to mark her best j hemstitched sheets and pillow slips In j Ibis way the initials should be placed just above the hem In the middle of the upper half of the pillow slip and midway across the upper end of the sheet. The embroidery should be done in a raised stitch with the best embroidery initials, or mouograra, a little one side of the centre, and napkins near one corner. Indelible ink is the usual medium for marking. Select a good Ink and then note carefully the directions for using, as a failure to follow these closely may result disastrously either 1 by the Dame fading, or the cloth be- ' ing Injured by chemicals. One ink t may require a steel pen. and another a i quill pen, but for either a hot iron x or direct bright sunlight will be cs- j scntial to set the ink indelibly. ! .; recipes . v ; Lemon Sauce?Put one cup of waler { over the fire; rib two level tablespoonfuls of corn starch in a little cold water until smooth; then add it to the boiling water, stirring until thickened; add half a cup of sugar and the grated ] rind of one lemon. , Whole Wheat Fudding?Sift together j one pint of whole wheat flour. Half a ( teaspoonjful of soda and half a teaspoon of salt; mix half a cup of mo- 1 * ?? r.. i ?t ->-111L- iin n r 1 lassos ana one cujiiui ui uma, this over the whole wDeat; add one ' cup of chopped date?: (urn into a but- f tered mould and sleaui one hour; serve , with lemon sauce. t Scotch Cakes?Put Into n bowl two c cupfuls of flour; rub into It with the 1 tips of the fingers three-fourth cup 1 of butter, then add one cup of sugar 1 and two small eggs, beaten; add one teaspoonful of cinnamon; mix well; roll out on a floured board quite thin; 1 cut Into rounds and bake in a inoder- 1 ate oven fifteen minutes. j Salmon Cutlets?Mix equal parts of j cold flaked salmon and hot mashed ( potatoes; season with salt and pepper; , shape in cutlets; roll in crumbs, then j In beaten egg, then in crumbs again; i put several in the frying basket and 1 fry a good brown in smoking hot fat; ' drain on paper; arrange on a folded i napkin; garnish with parsley; serve 1 .with a rich cream sauce, j \ LAW AND OIDEK LEAGUE. kn Address to the People of South Caroline. Columbia. Special.?The executive' ommittee of the Temperance Lav and j; Jrder league, which was organize 1 fair ! reek, met in the city last week and 1 jiepared an address to be issued to the :ecple of South Carolina. Constitution ; md by-laws were also adopted. It was etided to put a man in the llo?d at nee. The necessary expenses muse be 1 nut by roluntary contributions. All 1 rhe aro intereeted in tbe welfare o." the ' State are urged to send contributions j 1 ? of the leamio. Mr. Howeil i 1 iorrell. of Horrell, Richland county. After the adjournment of the corncittec meeting, the chairman, Cap- J. 7f.- Hamel. editor of the Kershaw Era, tated that the members are very much n earnest; they hare met with much encouragement and expect to succeed, t must come about slowly, just as the wesent state of lethargy has come iver the State gradually, but the league xpects to see the cay when the people Pill see the cause of "crime. THE ADDRESS TO TT!B PEOPLE. Following Is the address which was ssued last night: fo the People of Squth Carolina: The executive committee of the State Psmperance Law and Order league, in he discharge of the duty imposed on hem, would address to their fellow dtlzena a few considerations and contusions as to the deplorable condition >f lawlessness existing in the Stfcte. a ?ndition well calculated to humiliate is in our own eyes and degrade us in he estimation of the civilized world. xi is auiueieni 10 cuu ?ucunuu <--> he fact that 180 homicide* are reported 1 n the daily papers as committed in J his State for the nine months ending < teptember SO of the current yeiT, to ihow that a terrible state of lawlessiees exists and to justify the most ttrnest and strenuous etTorts on the , )?? of law-respeei'ng citizens to cor. ect it Besides this reeord of bloodguiltixess, crimes of all lesser grades which ' esult from a lawless spirit are on the j crease, while efforts to repress them >y the ordinary processes of law seem 1 0 be singularly ineffective. It is scarcely necessary to recite 1 he catalogue of these crimes against ' norality and good order. They are ' mown and read of all men. The laws ' if God and man are violated with ' mpunitr as witnessed by the dese- s ratios of the Sabbath, the profama- < ion of the sanctuary of God by scenes ' Irunkenness. disorder and bloodshed, < he violitions of the criminals law, < ind the shameful violation of the dis- < >ensary law in all its restrictive and ! irohibltive provisions. ' Under these conditions it becomes ] 1 proper enquiry for thoughtful men, < vhat is the cause of this disordered < ondition of society, and to seek to liscover a remedy therefor. The most painful feature of the r.iv lation is to be found in the general ndifference on the part of tho better J<*ment to assume their part in the >nforcoment of law, and their reiuv*! >r neglect to support those an >ointe J gents who are charged with its enorcement. We believe it the duty of good cltzens of all classes, and especially of Christmas, to aid in the enforcement ?f all laws which have been placed on he statute books by their sanction, hat their neglect or refusal to disiharge their duty in this respect Is he chief encouragement and support 0 lawlessness. We commend his excellency, G<5v. deyward, for his sincere effort to enorce the dispensary law, and declare 1 to be one of the puroo3os of our orran'zation to render all available aid iinl encouragement to him and his offiicrs in their laudable endeavor. n-nrA nm mniiU rail unnn nilr ellow citizens to come promptly and J joldly to the rescue of our Sjito from he perilous position in which we have >een placed by suffering a small milorlty of law breakers to imperial ?very true interest of the people by i heir criminal conduct. i For this purpose we would urge upon 1 ,he people in every county and com- , nunity to unite with us in organir.'tcl , fffort by forming themselves Into eagues for the purposes set forth in j he simple form of organization which i s herewith submitted. j J. W. Harael, Chairman. Howell Morrell. Secretary. ( New Union Depot. 8partanburg. Special,?Mr. Frank ?, Milburn,. of Columbia, architect for he Southern Railway, was here last < veek inspecting the site for the new i mion passenger station. Mr. Milburn j iays he has instructions form Genera! , Manager Ackert. of the Southern, to ] lesign a modern, up-to-date building | lot only large enough for the present < loeds, hut loking forward to the ( growth of the city. ( Palmetto Note*. Fowkr Miller, colored, charged with m j -avm/v rs.9 O ooffnn I laving iorgeu mc uauiu w?. u vwwM weigher in Union to a cotton ticket ssued hv one of the samplers of the potton Arm of Goss & Arthur, of that place, was arrested on Saturday night, jut was Monday afternoon released on i $300 bond furnished by E. V. Going, jf Kelton. The forgery was an almost, perfect reproduction of the weigher's signature, and was only detected by he man having used the bale number jf another buyer. It is thought that ;here is a white man also implicated, who had gotten the bigger portion of :he $45.83 paid ont before the forgery was discovered. Saturday night about 11 o'clock a aegro was shot and killed and another was shot through the shoulder, In a 1 negro gambling ddn. in Coon's alley In GranitevUle. The negro killed jr*s Fbbe Redd, living at GranitevUle, and nio norm wounded is Quitman John son 'of Aiken. The details of the affalr are somewhat mysterious. It seems that about 25 negroes were at the house of a negro named Keel, which bad long been considered a gambling dire by the people of the neighborhood. A shooting affray was started and next day the two negroes were fonnd in the house. V / | no iiiil Sninor Event* of tba Week ha | Brief Form * nr. Richard* Indicted. Anderson, Special.?Mr. J'. C. Hi thirds, manager of the Pendleton Manifacturlng Company, waa gives a learing before Magistrate Dittos at Pendleton Tuesday on a charge of rlnlntlnsr fho Stotn I*w In whrtMil t? selling fertilizer below the standard printed on the sacks, and was planed mder bond in the sum of 9600 to SBtwer to the charge at the February term of court. If the grand Jury find* i true bill against him, the ease will :>e thoroughly sifted. The case wan Drought at the instance of the authorities of Clemson College. Attorney General Gunter represented the prosecution, and the defendant was repretented by Maj. A, T. Smythe, of Charleston, and Mr. J. M. Paget, of this city. The fertilisers la question were manufactured by the Anderson Phosphate and Oil Company, of thte ilty, and n.ere sold by the Pendleton Manufacturing Company. As is wett known, the State law requires that sa uialysls of all commercial fertilisers told ir the Sta?e be printed on the tacks, and provides.that'an analysis 3f these fertilizers may be made by Lhe State chemist, and if the samples fail to come up to the specifications r the party selling them shall be liable to fine and imprisonment The maximum imprisonment, or both. In tfen iistrcuou w tie cuuru She Usual Wind-up. Fort Mill, Special.?A negro dance rhieh ended up in a very tragic manner took place on the plantation of 'if Mr. W. J Stewart, two miles aonth Fort Mill, last week. Among those present were Sam and Chas. StraK. brothers, and "Boa" Mobley. Daring the frolic 8am Strait and Mobley became involved in a quarrel about a woman and the two had struck each jther several times when Chas.8trait, who was standing near, pulled his pistol and opened lire on Mobley. The latter fell forward into 8am Strait's / inns and expired immediately, two of the shots having taken effect In hie bpdy, either of which would hare proluced instant death. The two broth?rs immediately beat a hasty retreat ' .'1 to the thickets, but it is said that Sam Strait will surrender and stand trial. Shas. Strait has not thus far been apprehended. The house in which ths lance and killing took place is ua- jH pccupied. ^ Safe Blowers at Branson. H Brunson, Special?Safe blowers rob- ' flH bed the Bank of Brunson Tuesday light about 2 o'clock. The authoritiee ire checking up now to ascertain the loss, which is thought not to be oyer 5200. The robbery was one of the bold?st ever known in this country. The robbers, fire in number, gagged the watchman of Moore, Barnes & Co.'s store, which is near the bank, and then did their work. The negro watchman is considerably worsted, having been tied with wire hard and fast. The bank has two safes, one a Mosier screw door, bnrglar proof, which was only recently installed. Fortunately the robbers did not enter this one. Had they did so the loss would have been very heavy. So f*r two suspiclous characters have been captured, supposed to be the men who eommlt fed the robbery, i'aey boAi je; the train at Fairfax and wort to *.irant,*l where they were arrested !?v tr.e police of that dty. Sheriff Lightsey, P with a posse, is after the other three: Ice Plant Burned, Orangeburg, Special.?The ice fac tory of the Orangeburg Brick and lea Company, was burned at 6 o Ci(vl Tuesday evening. The plant is located near the Edisto rjver,.ln the wesoerm suburbs of the city, and waa entirely beyond reach of water pmie;tkm, aw ' thai the loss is total. The plart Is rr.jvc-rn, having been eon. pic let! eartr id 1908, and cost $27,604 The totsl ims.j>*ance carrier araourt* to only $13,* 1)03 so that the lose h> fnw*. Cornice Factory. The L. B. Doeier Company hu received its charter. The new enterprise Is capitalized at 1100,000, the first installment of $25,060 having been paid in. The company is to manufacture cornice and motal work of various kinds. Wholesale plumbers', steum Otters', builders', mill and general machinery supplies. Its principal place of business is Columbia, with freight depots at Cjarleston and Columbia. State I?ems. In the case of the State agaiast Whit Crawford, colored, charged with murder at Edgefield, it will be remembered. that at a former trial, the dn fendant was convicted oz mansiacgnter and a new trial granted him. At a recent hearing his counsel interposed objection to his again being tried for murder, as by the former verdict of manslaughter he bad been acquitted of the greater crime. Judge McOq!lough ruled contrary to the defendant's contention, holding that ae a now *H*i had been granted thta wag a trial de novo and that ha eould agate . i be arraigned for murder. A verdict Of J not guilty was returned, hence the m very Interesting point will now be ad- 9 judicated by the supreme court 9 W. J. Tuck, one of the oldest rest dents of Spartanburg county, died .at Lis home - .about four miles north of the scanty osat Monday morning after an tttness of several weeks. Mr. Taek was 89 years of age last Jnly. XJMB J he was taksn with his last illness, ko was physically and mentally vigorous, and performed a good day's work every dey. ' , At a conferemoe at the White Hoop# an agreement was reached between the warring Rtpublioan factions of New York State. $ - H