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UWIEKIT IT SPARTINBUHfi lNITRlATED t'lTIUEXH &KEK WO MAN'S ASSAILANT. Degmile? Flrv Krpvlm Crowd?ThrfC Of Attacking Forty and Sheriff ttk+adk. Woumkil?Quiet Flnmlly Spar tan burg. Oct. 10.?In tho heart Of Sparenburg, with Its 20.000 peo? ple, a mob of Infuriated cltlsena. at times rgambertng 1.000 or more, fonght today and tonight with the military and rlvll authorities for the possession of John Irby a negro, who to alleged to have attemotcd to rav? ish slaw Ulli? Dempeey earlier In the day while the yiung woman was en hsr way here from Saxon mill vil? la**, three miles away. Four person' ware wounded, ons of them seriously, and John Sparks, a restaurant keeper, vas urr "ted and held without ball o?i the charge of shooting Sheriff NlcholU. who was * ightly wounded In the ex? change of shots between the mob and the authorities, who warn protecting th? prisoner. Beginning about noon, the crowd, sullen and bent on vengesnce on the negro, roamed about the court hou*e square, approaching at times the very gates of the high wall enclosing the jail Later tonight the situation be? came alarming. The crowd was aug? mented by 500 people from Greenville There was some shooting In the street and the mob mo- ed Into the public square. The first shet came from a window of the jail and It wie followed by others from the same quarter. An an? swering shot was flreu from the crowd. This broke a window In the Jail and slightly wounded She-lff Nlch olls. ''.parks was accused of the sh >o lag? and Immediately taken into custo day. His attorneys offered $1.000 boil tonight, but this was refused. Those wounded by the officers when they Used on the crowd were: Orover Fowler, 14 years old, shot ?n the arm and hand; Earnest Fos? ter, It years old, seriously wounded h. la the *.kSe and shoulder; Garner, IS years old. slightly wounded In the hip; all mill operatives. Dr. B. R. Black addressed the mob fror- the church steps, stating that the aegro did net criminally aasutt the girl, hut she woe badly brused about the breast, neck and face. m\\ Wall? today's crime of the negro Irby waa the chief cause of the mob a fury, the ore*enee In the jail of two ether negroes against whom the-i have from time to time recently been forest* of violence added to the ex ^ cite me nt. One of these negroes, Clar? is nee Agoew. wrecked a passenger grain en the main line of the Southern rxilwey two weeks ago, near Duncan, ft. C and the engineer and fireman were killed In that wreck. R w.. ^expected that Agnew would yi he tr'*d at the Isst term of court, bu' L*** ueaoe unexpected i eanon he wis aet triad. The other negro, Will Fos k %*t, WSAVtwW-f. convicted of the re. d? a*ajAer of John Toung. a white *afF November. Vl*0^|plBaaet was effected shortly af *\ ttr fWkailsslon of his crime and a? el'-se ?| fjftj of hlg attack H? wae oaatsewg ky mill operative?, was laken heftete the young lady, whe im? mediately Maatkssd him. snd waa then carried Inks <** woods. His captors were about k> hrsofc him when moont | ed police srrtved m*\ wrested him W from the crowd, get, however, before the neg.o had bee* kadly beaten. Th? negro waa taken to the jail and al? most Immediately tae atoraalng of the jail began. Sheriff Khdxokj .wore la a number of deputlea tag the militia waa ordered out. The steh tried to P gain Ingress by means at tup lad? ders, but that too proved taegectual At midnight the mob ettrtt was waning. The men that rusted Into the city from Oreenvllle made * teur gl tho Mores where nree:,,M might be had. but found policemen M f svery tern and .after conferring with local (eedere the crowd evidently ta? ckled to make no immediate assault o* thf >il. The policemen arrested RveJ ajsdgrd leaders of the mob ubout mil High*, this action having a saluto-y effect. The Laurena company of h Mate troope had been stationed at the P tourt house overlooking the Jail. Shortly after midnight the crowd on the atrecte hsd diminished and the crisis * as believed to be passed. lAurena Company Responded. Laurena, Oct. 10 ? in response to f orders the Traynham Guarda, the Leurrns Military company. 40 strong. Capt. O. W. Babb commanding, left here tonight at 8 41 on a special trsln for Sportanburg. the scene of threat? ened rnob violence. Less thsn an h<>u after reclvlng official notice Capt. Babb had his men at the station, but ) thare wss a long wait for a train from Greenville on wh?ch tha company was to be taken. Diligent Inquiry here tonight failed to locate the Identity of John Irby. the alleged assailant, who Is said to claim Laurena aa his home. ' < aoked I n II Vnoonarkms. 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LOW PRICES ON MATTINGS, ART SQUARES, RUGS, COMFORTS, BLANKETS, CURTAINS, OR ANYTHING IN THE ORY GOODS LINE. l?>^a?3BM.Il l IB Shaw & McCollum Mer. Co. No. ?^Ln st ?clous condition In the woods it la said one of the eyes was protruding and that the physician had to replace it. Her face and eck Is very much distorted from having been choked. Her dress was torn and one of hei shoes waa missing. Later?All Quiet. Spartanburg, Oct. 11.?Today has brought a decided Improvement In the situation here arising fron*, the arrest yeaterday of the negro John Irby. charged with attempted criminal as? sault on Iflaa La 11a Dcmpaey, the >oung lady bookkeeper at the Saxon mill. The three companlea of State troops are atlll garrisoned In and about the oounty jail and pickets patrol the Court House square, but ut no time since 1 o'clock last night has there been a crowd In the streets ap? proaching the proportions of a mob. The negro, whose crime haa thrown the Wtg and county Into a frensy of rege and Indignation, la atlll In the Spartanburg county Jail and will not be taken to Columbia. This Is the statement of one who knows the ax-' act situation here tonight. It Is said that Sheriff Nicholls has decided to keep the negro here. This means that there la no way to tell Just how long It will be necessary to keep the State troops on duty at the county jail. The master of taking Trby to Columbia was considered ear? lier In the day. but the sheriff's de? cision was against It. Troops on Guard. The heavy guard is still maintained about the jail and as waa the case last night, pickets are out In all directions. Capt. S. J. NIch ?Iis of the Hampton Guards Is In command of the troops lonlght. The following are the com? panies and the officers: Company I. Hampton Guards of Spartanburg?Capt. S. J. Nicholls, First Ueut. John T. Rhett. Second Ueut. S. T. Lanham. Company D. Traynham Guards, lAurens?Capt. O. W. Babb, First Ueut. W. R. Richie, Jr.. Second Lieut, j, L. If. Irby, and Staff Officer Na? thaniel Richardson, quartermaster of the Third battallcn. Companv C. Morgan Rifles, Clifton ?Capt. P. C. Hundley, First Ueut. John Begg, Second Ueut. F. C. Ham? ilton. Bach company has over 40 men in ranks. The only developments of the day were some half dosen or so arrests of wen charged with participating In ragjaiday'a rioting. These are: Ben KfCgftey, Bob McCarley, Cicero Thonnu Orover Fowler, Oscar Carver and Burnett. These are all In the coUnly jaji Whlch hclds the ne? gro they were attempting to lynch. Orover ?OW|er and Oscar Carver were two 0f the three men wounded when the deputies fired on the crowd vesterday attrnoon. John Parks, the restaurant keeper arrested yesterday on the charge of firing Into the who was refused ball last night, today secured his re? lease on a 11.000 cash bond. E. I* Hnnks. the Greenvm.? man, formerly an engineer on the Southern railway, who was arrested last night by the police while attempting to lead the mob in an ssrault on the was also released by the city authorities today. A man named Godfrey from the Lolo section of the county, who appeared with Hanks, carrying a doubl? bar? reled shotgun, was allowed to leave the city Jail, where he had spent the night under arrest, upon his promise that he would leave town at once. These Incidents constitute the hap. penlngs of the day after. AERONAUT'S NARROW ESCAPE. AMERICAN BALLOOXISTS MIRAC? ULOUSLY PRESERVED FROM DEATH. Contestants ?n Big Event?Gas Envel? ope Bursts at Great Height Soon After Start of International Balloon Race. Berlin, Oct. Hi?The International balloon race which started today from the suburb of Schmargendorf was the occasion of a thrilling accident, two American aeronauts having a miracu? lous escape from death. The Ameri? can balloon Conqueror, the only Amer? ican built craft in the contest, having on board A. Holland Forbes and Au? gustus Post, less than two minutes sfter the start burst at an altitude of 4,000 feet. For 2,000 feet it shot down like a bullet, and then the torn silk bag assumed the shape of a para? chute, thus checking the rapidity of | the descent. Coming close to the earth, however, the basket smashed into the roof of a house, but the two men escaped with but slight In? juries. The race, In which 23 balloons par? ticipated, representing Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Spain, started at 3 o'clock this afternoon In the presence of at least 80.000 specta? tors. The first balloon sent away w;ia the America II, under command of James C. McCoy, who was accom? panied by Lieut. Voghmann. The bal? loon was decorated with the Stars and Stripes, and It sailed away to the southeast at a rapid pace, the aero? nauts waving their hats. A representative of each of the oth? er nations followed the American bal? loon in succession at intervals of two minutes, the national hymns of the respective countries ringing forth as the ropes were cast loose. The second batch of eight balloons was led by Forbes In the Conqueror, which reached a high altitude in an incredibly short period, the basket rwaying violently. Then almost in? stantly a cry of hlrror arose from the crowd, who saw the silk collapse, and shouted: "The ballon is ripping up." The thousands who had gathered there stood for a moment petrified. Some turned away fainting, as they saw the balloon falling with light? ninglike rapidity. At the same time showers of sand and appurtenances cf the balloon shot downward with equal rapidity and then daylight was reen through the envelope, great rag? ged edges of the silk showing on either side. "They are killed." went In a hushed I whisper through the crowd, but shortly the remainder of the envelope was seen to take, first, a triangular fehape. and then was transformed Into a sort of parachute at th-? top of the net and the speed of the wrecked bal? loon was considerably arrested. It came down slower and slower, mean? while being swept by the wind far to the southeast, and finally disappeared from view behind a block of houses. The suspense among the crowd was terrible. But a few minutes later a telephone message was received from Friedenau, which announced that the men had landed and had not been se? riously injured. The other balloons were sentu p after a brief delay with? out further accident. Occasional shipments are now being made from Africa to the United States of the mahogany nut, the kernel of which Is sweet and resembles the al? mond In flavor. QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF THE SUMTER COUNTY DISPENSARY BOARD, FOR QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30th, 1908. SUMTER, S. C, SEPT. 30th., 1908 ACCOUNT. Caan on Deposit in Banks. Intereat and Discount. Geueral Expense Account. Warehouse Expense Account. Profit & Loaa. Bottle and Sapplj Account. Warehouse Stock Account. Expense Account, Dispensary No. 1. E. T. Windham, Dispenser. Expense Account, Dispensary No. 2. J. B. Baker, Dispenser. R. M. Ives, Dispenser. Expense Account, Dispensary No. 3. Beer Dispensary Stock Account. Bills Payable (Liquor Firms). Undivided Warehouse Profits (Estimated). Fixtures Account. City of Suffer. Accounts^Receivable, Mty's. Net Profit, Jnly tgj to October 1st 1908... Total TRIAL BALANCE. 21 618 96 1 150 68 586 53 3 469 80 18 080 08 953 98 596 04 796 11 369 47 1 687 75 391 83 2 000 00 18 25 46 713 91 67 10 280 49 6043 97 2 724 98 18 595 55 19 031 84 46 713 91 LOSS AND GAIN. 1 150 62 586 58 2 368 98 953 98 596 04 369 47 53 19 67 10 280 49 2 561 17 13 852 63 2 945 13 2 914 51 6 078 85 22 561 03 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. 21 618 96 1 100 83 15 581 19 7 808 68 220 15 3 710 62 1 684 56 391 83 2 000 00 13 25 54 079 57 18 595 55 19 001 84 16 482 18' 54 079 ?T' MONTHLY STATEMENT Of the Dispensaries in Sumter County for Month oi October 190^ ALL STOCK IS GIVEN AT CONSUMERS' PRICES. DISPENSARY NO. E. T. Windham. Sumter. 1 J. B. Baker, Sumter,. 2 R. M. Ives, Mayesville. 3 TOTAL ~' State of Sooth Carolina?Snmter County. Personally appeared O.. W. Stansill, B B. Breedeu, J. J. Britton. Jr., members of t.he Sumter Conuty Dispensary Board, who being each duly aud severally sworn, deposes aud says that the foregoing statement is true and correct Bworn to and subscribed before me this tenth day of October 1908. P. G. BOWMAN Notary Pnhli* LOCATION Total Invoice IncTd'a Stock on Hand First Day of Month Main Street, Snmter, S. 0 Main Street, Snmter, 8. C. Main St., Mayeaville, S. C 27,222 60 2,179 85 9,556 45 38,958 80 TOTAL SALES Operating Dispens' ry 14,476 60 1,752 65 8,183 40 19,412 65 953 98 597 91 369 47 41 85 5 25 8 35 1,921 36 I 55 45 Stock on hand Last Day of - Month. 12,662 8.S 421 45 6,364 70 19.449 00 MAKING FOR DILLON. NEW RAILROAD FROM THE SEA? BOARD SAID TO BE COMING THAT WAY?VIA GIBSON AND Mt'COLL. Work Already Begun on McColUGin aoii Division?Marietta, N. C, Is the Objective Point. The Dillon Herald says: For months there have heen rumors Of a proposed railroad connecting the Raleigh & Charleston with the Sea? board at Gibson via Dillon, Clio and McColl, but the propsition had never assumed definite shape until recently when the plans were perfected for building the division between McColl and Gibson. With the Gibson and McColl people the proposition is no longer an Idle rumor. The right-of way between these two towns has been secured, sites have been secured for depots, contracts for the grading have been let and if no unforeseen difficulties arise trains will be i annlng between McColl and Gibson in less than six months. The objectiv e point of the new rail? road, it appears, is some town on the Raleigh & Charleston railroad, prob? ably Marietta. The promoters have approached the citizens of Clio with a proposition to carry tho road to their town and the conditions are th.U they be given a site for the depot ami two miles of right of way entering and leaving the town. This Informa? tion was secured from a prominent business man of Clio who was here Friday and his opinion was that the road was making for Marietta by way of Dillon or Hamer. A meeting of the business men ' of Clio was held Fri? day night to consider the proposition, but what action was taken at this meeting has not been learned. How? ever, as Clio is very anxious for a connection with the Seaboard it is probable that the proposition was ac? cepted. ? , The road would open up one of the finest agricultural sections in South Carolina. Running in an air line from 1 Clio to Dillon it would split the Little Rock section In twain, and from Clio to McColl It would develop some of the best timber lands in the State. The country between Dillon anl Gibson is very level and as there are no rivers to cross the cost of con? struction would be reduced to a min? imum. From Dillon on to Marietta there is only one river to cross?the Little Pee Dee?and the country In? tervening is as level as prairie land. Here also are to be found some of the richest farming lands in the State. Some months ago a party of local promoters surveyed a route from Dillon to Marietta and nearly every land owner along the route of the proposed railroad signified their will? ingness to give a right of way. The Herald will have something more to say of this proposed railroad later on. FREAK CALF IN CHEROKEE. Monstrosity Appears at the Farm -?f Mr. John Harmon. C.affney, Oct. 6.?Another freak of nature has been developed in Chero? kee county. Mr. John Harmon, a well known farmer, living about nine miles from the city, had a cow to de? liver a calf that is a combination of several things altogether out of the ordinary. The calf has two heads, one at each end of its body, two tails and six feet. Both sexes are also de? veloped in it. The animal is quite a wonder and has caused a good deal of astonishment. OIL MILL BURNED. Sal 111 lu Mill and Ginnery Burned Causing Damage of $16.000?In? surance of $6,700. Saluda, Oct. 7.?About 2 o'clock this' morning the Saluda oil mill and gin? nery was destroyed by fire, entailing a total loss of all except the small office building and the seed house and) contents. The plant was the property of Hon. B. W. Crouch, who, bought It at a recent sheriff's sale. He had put it in fine order and was entering upon what promised to be a successful sea? son. All indications *o far point to in? cendiarism. Mr. Crouch's investment represented an outlay or over $16,000. With only about $6,700 insurance on the part de? stroyed, the loss falls heavily on him, and it is a distinct loss to the business of the town. There is little piobabill ty of rebuilding. WOMEN MIX VP AT COUNTER*. K|Mtrtanburs Women Have Pri-Honal Encounter Over a Bit off China. Wliicli is Smatdicd. Spartanburg, Oct. 8.?A ripple of excitement was created here today by a personal encounter between tvro ladies over a bit of china, offered at a bargain sale in one of the local Stores. It was really a lively mix-up from all accounts. The choice piece of earthenware was smashed up an?l thert was consternation for a tiitK rmong the hundreds of ladies attend? ing the sale. When it thunders, the thief become** honest.?French. It is easier to prevent ill habits then to break them.?German.