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WOMAN DVPE8 MARK TWAIN. Housekeeper of the Humorist Got* Rig Ix>t of III? Mohov mill I 'Ice* to Fun? |ie?May Have Forged lilt* Rusne. New York. June 21.?The story tvhlch gained currency today relative to tue Irregularity of the conduct of lain. Ralph W. Ashcroft In the man again*nt of the household affairs of Murk Twain and the subsequent serv? ing of a writ of attachment at her I same through the efforts of the lat? ter received official verification from tbe humorist today at his home In Redding. Conn. Mr. Clerpera was lying down when a reporter visited the houee today and aaat down word that Sunday being a day of rest he was about to take a nan. That he feels strongly upon the eatbjeci waa proved when he eent etown his private secretary with au Reorlty to speak freely on all phases Ulf the matter. Later the secretary waa joined by #M?*s Clara Clemens, the oldest daughter of Mark Twain, who tow gained eome repute as a concert utager and waa the original cause of 'fie whole matter being brought to e*rut "To really understand the case one enge to go way back." aald Mr. Clem? en*' secretary. "Mrs. Ashcroft had keen Mr. Clemens secretary for sev? en years, having come to him upon tue recommendation of his business agent In Hartford. "At thai time she was plain Miss l?Ton. When she made her appear auee upon the scene Miss Clara Clem? ens was avay on a concert tour, and Mint June. Mr. Clemens' oth ?r daughter. was In a sani tat Iura eo ehe had a clear field for whatever she wanted to do. ?ho waa a very quiet and efficient young lady and very soon secured Mr. Clemens' abeolute confidence and be name the head of the household, di? recting all Me affaire. "When Kir. Clemens began to build tee new p itce at Redding she super the 'vork and furnishings and carte blanche eo far as making lendltume waa concerned. It must admitted that ehe performed these veiir well and as an acknowl? edgment or her ec rvtcee Mr. Clemens deedad net a piece of property here. The place :onsrtetod of about twenty ?area und Dad on It an old-fashioned bout*, which Mise Lyon pro to repair aa a residence for her i:her. "At this time ehe was receiving a eularv of HO a month besides her traveling erpenee* and auch expenses. Also she had been aa Mr. Clemens' employ eo long that lee had not the elightost suspicion of ur.ythlng she chose to do or tell him. "It waa In 1?07 that she began the istructlon ?f trie old house, about U year before Mr. Clemens' place, mfteld. waa completed. During course of these operations ehe ln ied Mr. Clemens that It would be iry for her to mort the propei ty he had giv? en her In order to raise tue amount requisite for the repairs. Me told her not to do any euch thing, to use hie money and make an ?untlng when the work should be ejeanpleted. > "Mre. Aehcroft accepted this pro paultlon and the repairs and geeilt ruction on her house con Uno 1 until the fall of 1908 ?grnei ehe reported that ehe l.50i of ?Mr. Clemens' never examined hie bank ?unt nor hie check book; every ui was absolutely In Miss Lyon'* K? and he never questioned her Dud used $1. eeon?v He n V "II was not until Teoruary or March of tils year that any compllcatione urom. Som? friends of Mr. Clemens 'who were familiar with the facts told ftlir. that Mise Lyon was not living by aVty means In a fashion In accordant wlth^er Income. She had furnished h ? lee m<?*t livlsh'y, all sorts o* iuiI ojc fixing* had been Installed id. If one could Judge by ipnour? >, tue amount sho hud claimed ftf repairs, coupled witr her salary fof I gould n d bu) half the thing; bud provided her-elf with. . ??Roth at Mr. Clemene* duuejhttri urge*.' the?r father to have an in gut I m made." ?And that." broke In Ml?i Clara Clem ?Min. "Incr? ??? 1 Maul LfOlt'l 4tm+ like for th?> real of um. 1 had an aw fell time getting father to take the ?natter up tt ail. imt tnullj Iii tented to place the matter In the hand* of Mr. A icroft. t ho Tor two years had been ..is financial manager tly afterward Miss Lyn >u inc ed her engagement to M; Ash graft. They were married Marth || of this yeir, and shortly nfpow ml went down to the old house father had given Ml** Ifen It Wut Inet that I persuade I bun to make the in? vestigation, upon which no h?:tdway had hi eg made up et dt Ii "Mr. If e n r \ Rtp rs. who h ? 1 Cofisl 1? ? ably Interested In ih? rr?.. * t ? - * aunce the beginning. eatefUd It like it up thin, and we ga\e it |f etui at that an expert mltcht ?U over It und> t his supervision Mies Lyon s ,i. ?? n,' were f ?und to be In such a gctlfgetd atate that very slow progress whs tu.ill*- with them. In the midst of til, Mr Rogers died and that complicated things still more. "When we at last got straightened out again," continued Miss Clemens. "We put the matter in the hands of I John B. Stanchfield. At this stage Miss Lyons?Mrs. Ashcroft, yes, that I wafe what she called herself?develop? ed a sudden case of nervous prostra? tion, due, she said, to the delay, and she end her husband decamped to England by way of Holland, sailing on the 9th of this month. Shortly af? ter that the report from Mr. Stanch field came in, and it was of such a nature that it warranted father to get out a writ of attachment on the prop-' erty he had given her for $4,000. "The report ahowed that Instead of $1,600, Miss Lyon had expended over $3,500 on her house alone. Now, where could a woman earning $50 a mcnth find monej for that? Besides, it showed that her check book cred? ited an amount exceeding $9,700, credited to 'cash.' " Here Miss Clemens leaned over and began to speak very frankly: "I have run father's household for him myself, and I know just about what It costs. That $10,00C waa all drawn during the year* 1907 and 1?03. Every single bill except small sundries and occasional traveling ex? penses In paid by check, and it all shows on Mrs. Ashcroft' ? book. "Now, what did she do with such an astonishingly large amount of 'cash? "But this was not the worst of it," went on Miss Clemens. "This Investl gation also showed a power of attor? ney given to both Mise Lyon as she was then and Mrs. Ashcroft in No? vember. 1908, which I believe was the most bioad and comprehensive Instru? ment of the sort ever executed. The lawyers agree with me, too. It was such a paper as no one would have signed if he had read It, yet it bore my father's signature. He distinctly says that*he never knowingly signed any such thing, and the two witness? es, a former gardner and stable man of ours, when they were spoken to, said positively that they had never seen It before. "This power of attorney had been filed everywhere that It could be of any use to the holders, and there Is no telling what they did und r Its pro? tection. That, of course, wo revoked at once.' Questl?ned aa to what further ac? tion her father Intended taking In the affair, Miss Clemens replied. "We are going to keep right on with the Investigation, Mr. Stanc inVld and Charles B. Lark are still at work upon it We want to find out Just what Mr. and Mrs. Ashcroft did under that power of attorney, and ve should also like to get Itemised bills from stores which were paid In check by Mrs. Ashcroft, without giving any hint of what the money was paid for." "Will you have the couple recalled to this country for trial?" "I bellfve that la what is being planned." "And following a civil trial, will you have a criminal one?" "That has not been gone into as yet, but if I have anything to say about It we certainly shall." Mrs. Lyon, mother of Mrs. Ashcroft, insisted that her daughter s depart? ure for Europe had been occasioned so ley by failing health. "She will return in the fall. I ex? pect." said she, "and will answer any charges that they may care to make against her. But I am certain my girl Is Innocent of anything Wrong." ItOOSEVFXTS UOIXG ABROAD. Will Spend Summer In Euro|M\ He-, turning In the Fall. New York, June 22.?Mrs. Theo? dore Roosevelt and three of the Roosevelt children. Miss Ethel, Archie and Quentln, will leave New York June 26. on boar dthe White Star liner Cretlfi for Gibraltar and will spend the summer on the continent. The party will spend a month with M ss Carev at her villa near Rome. Mis. Roose? velt and her children will sail for America about November 1. having at andoned the previous plan of re innining In Europe through nefct win m?d going uo in ihe Nile In iprlng to meet l '??I. >vv \ e t. The Charleston Culls derated tht Jacksonville Scouts last Saturday. bad h to the |oy of the Charleston baseball lovers. It If hoped 11?:tt the needed financial aid will forthconv KM immediately in order to tall Charleston's standard in the league. Bow'i That? We offer One Hundred Dollars Ro ? I for rm> c t.t' ? 'atarrh I oanaoi hi eared I y Hall'i (' ?t;'irh Cur? i' J CHUNKY I ( ?> Toledo, < >. We. the undersigned, have known I i i fheney for th* last i B v >ari. gnd ? \ i him perfectly honoratdt In all business transncjions, and (man daily ald?- t?? carry out any < hllgfl ti.?ns made hjf hla Arm. Welding, Kin nan m) Marvin, Wholeeale Druggists Toledo, <? Hall's Cntarrh Cure is taken Inter? nally, acting directly upon the bloo( and mueoui surfaces of the system Testimonial* sent free. Price. 76c per bottle. Sold by all drtlggiota Take Hall's Family Tills for con itlpatlon. e-4-lm. COXVICT LABOR. City Council Discusses the Propostlon Of Working tlie City Convicts?A Letter From Mayor Gilbert, of Flor? once. In the meeting of the City Council Tuesday night, the question of wheth? er or not it is advisable for the City of Sumter to work tho convicts sen? tenced by the Recorder was discussed to some extent. Some investigations made by a member of the Council shows that, by proper management and supervision, the working of city convicts is a paying proposition to a city. The following letter from May? or Gilbert, of Florence, to Mr. Jas. R. Llgon, shows that Florence has found the working of convicts a pay? ing propostion: Florence, S. C, June 7, 1909. Mr. Jas. R. Llgon, Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: Replying to your letter of June 4th relative to cost of operating our chaingang, beg :o advise that the cost of operating is as follows': Wages of guard $55 per month Wages of helper $16 per month Ccst of rations, clothes, tools etc. 5?25 to $35 per month The number of convicts worked ranges from ten to twenty five, and therefore some months the gang costs more, and some months less than the figures given above. During the past two years the average cost per man per day has been 28 1-10 cents. Of course the more you have In the gong the less the average cost per man, as your guard and his helper receive the same pay on a small number as when the gang is full. Our experience has been that the chaingang is a paying Investment, If you give It proper su? pervision. Yours truly, H. K. GILBERT, Mayor. As contrasted with paid laborers the convicts would be much less ex? pensive. Paid laborers receive from eighty cents to one dollar per .day; while the convict laborers would cost not more than sixty cents per day, if their expenses were double that of the convicts in Florence. As to efficiency of convict labor, it is as good as paid labor If properly supervised. Furth? ermore, quarters for the convicts can Vie built near the stables where the city mules are kept and much time can be saved in getting ready for work at morning and noon. There Is ample room to erect a building in the rear of the opera house house with? out interfering with stables if there are any scruples against putting the con? victs upstairs In the same building In which the mules are kept on the ground floor. A new brick building can be erected at a nominal expendi? ture In which both convicts and mules can be kept; and perfect sanitary conditions preserved. Such a build? ing Is a necessity In this city. Thds building would serve as a city jail in which to keep those held in custody for trial, as Well as the convicts serv? ing their terms after conviction. The city needs the labor of the con? victs here to remedy the condition of s me of the streets which Is causing considerable compliant, if properly supervised, the city can get more ser? vice out of the convicts by working them, than by turning them ever to the County under the present ar? rangement. The average number of convicts in Sumter will be greater than in Flor? ence, for the reason that, at a very conservative estimate, Sumter has from 35 per cent to 4 0 per cent more population than has Florence. Sup? pose the average number of convicts ll 15. which Is a low estimate, and suppose the cost of maintenance to be 60 cents per man, and allow 21 Instead of 26 working days in the cal? endar mojnttV The expense for that time would be $1S0 whereas the* ex? pense of hired laborer? at :5 cents pet day would bg $801.00 for the same number of days. At a low estimate, from $7 5 to $100 oimht to be saved every calendar month by using con? vict labor. The matter Is an Important one to consider, and the ( Ity Council will very probably take tome definite SC t.on on the matter at their next slon. Tin; CITY CONVICTS. At the meeting Of City Council it Wai decided, on the motion of Abler man Llgon, with bul one dissenting rote, thai upon tin- expiration of the contract with tin- county next month 'he fifty should employ nil city COO vlcti on tin- streets, a committee wai then appointed to select a lite for a city prison and report back to Conn ell, The matter is therefore settled, un? less. Council should see tit to rescind, at the next meeting, the action taken nt tin- leal meeting. The only reason that could be advanced in favor of re? sclndlng the action would be the cer? tainty of making a more satisfactory contreel with the County by which lie city would obtain a larger share of the labor of city convicts than un ?ei the Contract now in force. DISPENSARY FUNDS MOVED. $150,000 Taken from Columbia Banks And Deposited Klsewliere. Greenville, June 22.?The dispen- I sary commission has taken some of the dispensary funds from the banks in Columbia, and have placed them with other banks throughout the State. This was done at the last ses? sion of the commission. This morning, in an interview Mr. Pattoh said: "We moved about $150,000 from Columbia banks and re-deposited in other banks in the State for the very good reason that Columbia, including the amount in the State treasury, had about $350,000, which is considerably more than half the entire fund. Since they are State, and not Columbia funds, and since banks in other parts of the State wished it, and were will? ing to pay interest and put up the col? lateral, we felt justified in moving a minority of the amount deposited in Columbia. After this removal is com? pleted Columbia will still have (in? cluding the amount in the State treas? ury,) more than one-third of the en? tire fund, which we still think, is the lion's share. We had reason to be? lieve that the banks of Columbia, or a part of them, did not want the funds since they regarded it a burden, (while tied up in the United States court,) no the extent that they did not want to pay interest on the funds. If these funds were so burdensome to' the Columbia banks, while they were tied up with Injunctions, we feel that we ought not to burden them furthe:1 since we are at liberty to remove them. There were two deliberate at? tempts by some of the banks of Co? lumbia to avoid the payment of this interest, although we had their writ? ten agreement to do so. An officer of the Loan and Exchange Bank matle an effort to get the banks of Green? ville holding these funds to join them in an effort to avoid the payment of this Interest, which the banks here flatly refused to do. "I notice in the morning papers that Dr. Murray refused to allow the reso? lution passed by the commission on Saturday to remove these funds pub? lished. I see no reason why it should not be published, as there was no se? cret about lt." g Twenty-five thousand dollars will be brought to the Greenville banks, divided between the Norwood Nation - a!, the Farmers' and Merchants', and the Fourth National Banks. The Peo? ple's Eank and the City National al? ready had deposits. The other banks did not make application for the funds. Greenville will get about 125,000 of the funds- clvided among the banks named above. Spartanburg, Ander? son, and the other cities of the State will receive their share. In Charles? ton there is already some of the fund or. deposit, and this will not be In? crease! by this new apportionment, because of the fact that application was not made for it. ?To avoid serious results take Fo ley's Kidney Remedy at the first sign of kidney or bladder disorder such as backache, urinary irregularities, ex hau8tion, and you will soon be well. Commence taking Foley's Kidney Remedy today. W. W. Sibert. Mr. B. F. Burs, a bright and promis? ing young man formerly of Lancaster, has been made assistant general man? ager of the Baltimore News, having been transferred from Mr. Munsey's Washington paper. ?Everyone would be benefited by taking Fol?y's Orino Laxative for constipation, stomach and liver trouble, as it sweetens the stomach and breath, gently stimulates the liv? er and regulates the bowels and Is much superior to pills and ordinary laxatives. 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