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?Utttclpami and Soutljroin. PFR^HH-lfc *$W>\" db4 'Be Just turn" Fear not~-~Let all the ends Thou Atms t at fx- thy Country's Thv .nd Tr,?h-U _ ^MPP--" -t- -^!y_ _H??^Truths"_THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM BMI """""" * ? ??^t,Ay. JAXOARy ,o 191g - VolXXXIH. NoTseT" While one of Ifcetatlon mj? end |I,000 In abode a^ clean mtejute* be n found Iftdf jifc, eWuered er * e>h<-n there wee e lull be-1 .?dna, fwntth. wan ckecklne ?ow when fh? twt r?me' ?eWfiroueh a elee door, ? je^pys^aba> e^SNe^e to* rush Tue iJtriAi wee pwiVeii while beek traa turned. He wee to e retime. Two eao'ce e*n ntout flee^iev surer were left jebbero. V rdwenrllied one of the men aa Itkrdt *0 ream pld. ehort. # nboo* If I pound* Tie f. etrt hat with ? roll brim, aat, k)? eaH eme about SI yearo I weav ta|Nf Jinan hit eonv Ipdtaolutely no clue ireabouti aa no one taw eejrtloa eaw tbem leer?, fadt that the tiefet wind, % teed teoourfU I? ;mrt for the Ore twi V>*er?d f.Vb office y rjey rw? 1 ! a ?de d?or Is 1rWFelke>Ce>firf. following -aeee were tried In line Couft by bVcorder I<ee ? White, i-ubllc dr?nkenneaa retna. lit tf 10 days on each Fine ?u?|tended during good a. ?Itlard. *f?rrylne concealed wtelted bond of 11 |r Durbrtto. drunk and oira failed bond of H. ? Msaet^tl141tl* >* 4 daye* AIL OVER. ACK PETITION SUPREME Abated and Will (?yon Thinks He Meet if Afti ,>^S.?On supple as; the alleged in* abated and m of resuming today, at a laLt Thura ttlon 'or In" :;i?t0reeta pre? facing meet waa filed A. Hoyt on >h, Edwin and J. W. ths costs At er the Lyon aald rlU were, boak Char? t, aa >irit Jf the . Storm Tuesday itht; it will be, pi? tting temperature' and f In Soirttiera and snow Hhetrictfl, and be follow wlitepraad change to colder Tata cold wave wHl appear Northwest Monday night. i^tJOXt general disturbance to ulbe country will appear In the coagt vV*>dnesday, cross the js??dle WeeM aoout Friday, and the llSitern' States at the close of the Veek. it still be attended by wl de? ans* id cloudiness and precipitation and a general reaction to warmer weather J "Sternly weather will prevail the coming week over the North Atlantic ateaajehlt routes, the British Isles and Europe." I ^ i CVAJt?f'ift WITH MAIL FRAUD. Prominent Men Plead not (iullty In Federal Court. New York, Jan. f>.?On sealed in lents, returned Peeember 28 last, ^existence of which was made for the first time, pleas of not were entered In the United District Court this afternoon fullan Hawthorne. Journalistic fter: Joslah Qulncy a former lant Secretary of 8ta.e, ex-may Ma Boston and at present a mem? ber of the transit commission of HOatoni Albert Freeman, a promoter; John Me Kin ?n, treasurer and secre? tary or th,e Hawthorne Mining Com psav, and t>r. Wm. J. Morton, a nerve Ispeclallst, of this city. All are charg? ed with misuses of the malls In a scheme to defraud Investors In the stock of mining enterprises. Freeman's ball was fixed at $2"?. 000; the others were required tu *ivr bonds of $10.000 eneb. All have un? til next Wednesday to withdraw or char ge their pleas. The Indictments charge that by the sale of stock in the Tarnagaml Cobalt Mines, Limited, and the Haw? thorne Silver and Iron Mine?, Limit ad, tb ? defendants netted nearly thr< .?nd n half millions of dollars. It Is alloK^d that Hawthorne and his as? sistants represented that the mines WSte being worked profitably, The Indictments assert that the mines never yielded ore In Paying amounts. Four of the Indictment* contain 'Sixteen counts and thnj- fifth eleven Counts. Three counts In each specify fraud In tho ens, of Hawthorne' | FlU. r and Iron Mines. Limited. In Incorporated, capitalized st 116,000, 100. sale of whose stock nlone net? ted the promoUi*. if i- barbed. ?1 JOHN J. JONES LOSES mi ANDERSON WIFE SLAYER'S I) i: ATH SE \ T1: S CE A FEI RME1). Supremo Court Refuses New Trial to Brunch villo lawyer Convicted of Killing Abe Pearlstine and Si? lenced to Ten Years and One Vontli?Samuel N. Hyde to Expiate Crime of Wife Murder, Appeal Be? ing Dismissed. Columbia, Jan. 6.?John J. lotted, the Branehville attorney, must serve ten. years and thirty days in tho State Penitentiary for killing Abe Pearlstine. The Supreme Court, in a decision today by Chief Justice Jone", affirmed the findings of the Orange ' Mrg bounty court and the rerhktltur ! will be sent down within ten days. | Jones was convicted more than a year ago and following the passing of sen? tence was brought to the State Pen Hen'iary, where he has remained as o detention prisoner. His appeal to the Supreme Court wa3 filed several weeks ago. The failure to exercise due dili- ! ce," says the opinion, "in the use easily available means of dis^over whether a juror is disqualified age or from not being a qualified elector, was fatal to the motion for a new trial." This sta'ement is mada with reference to the appeal on the ^rrounds that one of the jurors was over 65 years of age and that he Wbatfnot a qualified elector. In that he was registered in one township and lived' lo another. Dlspvas'ng the exception to the charge of the Judge to the jury', the decision states that the charge was general and did nothing more than require the Jury to ascertain the truth of the case from the testi? fy. It fs also pointed out that testimony was singled out as true ? ties Jn the Charge? and that there nothing to indicate the Court's one way or another. 1 Hyde, the Anderson ?ed oy fhe Circuit Court of that county, for the death of his wife and his father-in-law. The Supreme Court ,ln a decision this afternoon, affirmed the verdict of guilty of mur? der found by the Anderson Court. The opinion in the case Is by Asso? ciate Justice Gary. One of the pleas for a new trial was on the grounds of partial Insanity. When Hyde was placed on trial, In the Anderson court, he pleaded guilty to the charge of murder and was sentenced to death. NEGRO STILL AT LARGE. _ * Robert Davis, Who Fired at Police? man McKagen, Makes His Escaix\ A later report of the shooting at the Lincoln Graded school Friday shortly after noon la somewhat dif? ferent from the account as first heard and reported in the Item. It seems that only two shots were fired, one by Davis and one by Policeman McKa i*iFH after Davis had fired at him. Davis was retreating at the time he tired and it is ' nly by some wonder? ful good forti ne that he did not. hit Mr. McKugen or some of the numor cus school children who were stand i ?g near al the tint ? that the shoot? ing took place* It seems that Davis went into the chapel during services there and threatened one of the teachers for r prlmanding his child, drawing a knife and threatening to use It on her. Principal Lawson, after some trouble, goi him to come down stairs and upon the arrival of Mr. Me Ksgen asked that be be taken off the school grounds. When Mr. IfoKagen caught Davis by the arm and told him to come on ehd get off the grounds. Davis drew his gun and thrust it at Principal Lawson. Mr, McKagen Intervened and Davis jerk? ed loee and ran down the steps, threatening to shoot Mr. McKagen who was sdvanolng upon him. draw Ing his gun as hs went. Davis fired after Mr. McKagen had reaohed the ground end then turned and ran. Mr. McKagen fired al him once and bis pistol refused t<> ahooi a. second time. Davis them jumped on his wheel and made Off, being pursued beyond the city limits bv Mr. M Kagen and j other oifcers w ho bad corns up in I iho meant Im Oi It WM stated that l. either Mr. McKagen or Principal Lawson knee thai Davli was armed With a plst.d until hs drew his gun. Mr. McKagen wai not expeotlng tfOUbls and WOI n<>t prepared and it was thus that Davis fired his shot and managed to escape, Luokllyi however, no one was hurt by the ahoi and Davis did nol fire bul once. BLUE TO HEAD SERVICE. TAFT DECIDES TO APPOINT HIM SURGEON GENERAL. South t a^olin.an Who is Stated for Offtco ?f Surgeon General Has Had Brilliant Career. Washington, Jan. 5.?Announce? ment was made at the White House today that President Taft next Mon? day would 3end to the senate the nomination of Dr. Rupert Blue of Marion, a surgeon in the public health and marine hospital service, to be surgeon general of the service to succeed the late Dr. Walter Wyman. The announcement was also made j that the president had amended the j regulations for the conduct of that service so as to limit the term of of-' fice of the surgeon general to four years. Formerly the surgeon general cnioyed an unlimited tenure of office. The light for the position has been a hot one from the beginning. The contest has been between Dr. Blue nd Dr. J. H. White of Georgia. Dr. 'due was born in Scotland County, North Carolina, May 30, 1867. His most recent duty was In Honolulu In? vestigating the stegomayla or yellow fn'er mosquito with a view to Its ex? termination. He is now in Wash? ington on leave of absence. Dr. Blue oas served at many marine hospitals and quarantine stations In this coun? try. / Dr. Blue's most noted service in recent years was his work in charge of the government's crusade against the bubonic plague on the Pacific coast in 1907 and 1908. His work in charge of that task gave him a world-wide reputation. He Is a fel- j low of the Ro;.Tal Society of Tropical ( Medicine of England. Dr. Blue has represented the Uni? ted States government at several medical conferences, among then* the International Congress of Physicians and Medicine held in Buenos Ayres, Argentina, last summer. He after? ward travel through Chile, Peru and other South American countries, Covered trat ground (^rtrreft ?w?re carriers of plague, and before going to Honolulu >was engaged In the ex? termination of infected ground squir? rels in California. Dr. Blue Is a brother of Com? mander Victor Bhie of the navy, who is now on duty in connection with the general board. DR, HART DIES IN CHINA. Noted Mtslunary, Native of Barling ton und Graduutc of Furman Uni? versity, Passes Away. Greenville, Jan. 5.?A telegram re? ceived here today announced the death of Dr. K. B. Hart at Hwang blen, China, January 3. Dr. Hart was one of the most noted Baptist missionaries of the country on the foreign field. He was born at Dar? lington and graduated at Furman university in 1857. The following year he left Greenville for China, and for over a half century labored among the heathen. He was a member of the First Baptist church of Green? ville from the day" be came to Green? ville until his death. An Advcrt'dng Moral. Once upon a time a donkey fell into a deep hole, according to Cas sell's Saturday Journal, and. after nearly starving, caught sight of a passing fox, and implored the strang? er to help him out. "I am too small to aid you." said the fox. "but I will give you some advice. only a few rods away Is a big. strong elephant, ('all to him and he will get you OUl in a jiffy." After the fox had gone the donkey thus reasoned: "I am very weak from want of nourishment. Every move I make is just so much additional loss of strength. If I ^alse my voice to call the elephant 1 shall be weaker vet. No. I will not waste my sub? stance that way. It is the duty "f the elephant to come without call? ing." So the donkey settled himself back and eventually starved to death. Long afterward the fox. on passing the l?de, saw within a whitened Bl 't eton, and remarked: ? If it be that the sonls of animals at. transmigrated into men, that don key will become one of those who can never afford to advertise." some Presents, There is a girl in this town who received B93 Christmas presents, each costly, ami -lie got none from a fe? male. We cannot help wondering what will hap pen d when she decides. - Charleston News ami Courier. IX THE TOILS OF THE LAW. C, E. June*, Mining Engineer, Ar? rested for Violation of State Law Released Afterwards. C. E. James, a young white man giving his home address as Chapin. X. C, and his business address as Milledgeville, Ga., was arrested Satur? day afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Sykes for violation of the interestate law in that he was selling mining stock in this county without having first paid a license of $50 and put up a bond of $10,000 in order to do business in this State. Jam?s purports to he a mining en? gineer formerly owning the Silver Queen mil re, hut which was sold out to a eorooration doing business under the laws of Arizona and which i3 row known as the Silver Queen Min? ing Company. James says that he sold out his interest in the mine for $100.000 and that he and other agents are noW out to sell stock to the amount of $500.000 in the corpor? ation which has its head offices at Atlanta, with a man by the name of IT. M. Turner as president. James, when first arrested, tried to make light of the charge and show that he had not violated any law, hut a look of intense relief came over his face when Magistrate Wells, after a con? versation over the long distance phone with Insurance Commission? er M< Master at Columbia, informed him that he could go, hut he must not sell any mere stock of the bogus company in this State. Judge Wells gave instructions that James was to I leave the State which that gentle? man insisted were very harsh as he ! intended fo comply with the law and he did not see what right Judge Wells i had to make him leave the State If he was not selling the stock of the mining company. It 3eems from what Mr. James had to say and lette.*s he showed In the magistrate's couvt that he has be?m in this county ever since the middle of November. One letter which Jsmes exhibited was from Commissioner ^ftcMaater and was to the effect that thv? office of tht commissioner had no ' authority over the sale of mining s*ock and that therefore he could not I prevent James from selling his stock in this State. A second letter from Mr. McMaster on December 22nd in? formed James that the corporation charter had been investigated anc" that as it gave the company, among other things, the power to buy and sell land that it did come under the provision of the insurance office and therefore James would have to pay i the State license of $50 and put up a bond of $10,000 in order to do busi? ness in this State. James says that he went ahead and sold stock after receiving the first letter, but stopped selling after getting the second letter and it was because there was no evi? dence that he had sold stock after the receipt of the letter that Tnsur ance Commissioner McMaster ad vis d that he be dismissed with the warning to sell no more stock. A letter from Insurance ("ommis s 'nor McMaster to the sheriff stated ihat Mr. McMaster had written to II. M. Turner. Young street, Atlanta, and that a letter had been received from j that official of the Silver Queen Min? ing Company that there was no per son iti South Carolins authorised to sell the stock of his company and if any person was selling the stock of the company to have him arrested or to see that he obeyed the law. It was after the receipt of this letter that steps . were taken by Deputy Sheriff Sykes tO have Janus appre? hended. A book of the StOCk of the company, each share of which was signed by II. M. Turner, president, was held by the Sheriff as evidence of the fact that Jam. s had sold stock in this county. The book, however, had only a few shares left in it and j the stubs showed that nine shares had been sold OUl of it in this county during Xovember and December. A most peculiar and auspicious cir? cumstance connected with the sale of the stock of the compans was that it w as sold only to negroes. Jam- i stated that the chief attorney for the company was also a negro. lie said that he was under Instructions from the president Of the company to sell only to negroes. He further stated that he had sold only enough stock since he had been in this county to pay the expenses <?f bis family and enough to buy suits of clothes for three persons. The stock was sold at a dollar a share. .Tamos' book showed that b.? had sold several hundred shares last year and year I before last in < leorgla. He stated to the reporter after be was released that he intended to comply With the law in this State as far as paying thft license, but did not Intend to ptt up the $10,000 bond. DENY GRUEL WHIFPIK6. ALL OFFH IALS EXONERATED IN LONNIE HALL CASE. Court of Inquiry Lind- That llichland Prisoner Had Had Record at Pen? itentiary. Columbia, Jan. 5.?Several weeks ago Morgan Thrailkill, a life term prisoner from Baluda counts' vas pardi ned by the governor'' >a Thrailkill left prison he *ct" ter to the governov *r that Lonnie Hall, ser tfSr ' years for manslaughter ^ 1? .nland county, had been ^0* .tiul cruelly whip? ped I vials at the prison. 1 the charge a court of inqui. ?vas called by the board of directors and all of the officials of the penitentiary were exonerated. The following statement was given out yesterday by the board of di? rectors of the penitentiary: "After reading ar account of the alleged mistreatment of Lonnic_ Hall, which was published in the new;Sf>a>^_ pers some time ago, the board of di? rectors of the penitentiary, at a re? cent meeting, investigated the same. Each and every officer and guard that had any connection with the case was duly sworn and their evidence is now a matter of record at the peni? tentiary. From evidence obtained the board of directors feel satisfied that the said Lonnie Hall brought all of the trouble on himself. He came to the penitentiary with a bad rec? ord and his conduct while in prison fully confirmed that record. He was regarded as an obstreperous and dan? gerous prisoner and had frequently given the officers trouble. In regard to this particular case the board found that the said Lonnie Hall was the aggressor and that the officers acted solely on the defensive and with a great deal of forbearance. To maintain discipline In the prison #t is absolutely necessary to inflict pun? ishment. After careful consideration ; the board of directory are of the opin | ion that the punishment inflicted on the said Le*oj^ H^ll was jaot cruel or unmerciful; on the contrary they do not regard it as commensurate for the offense committed." FOR SMOKING MEATS. Strauss' Have a Wonderful Prepar? ation. A. A. Strauss and Company are now demonstrating a wonderful liq? uid smoke. This should be used by all far-seeing farmers and just at this hog killing time. Just think of a purely vegetable >tnatter free from any deleterious matter smoking meat, a quart covering three hundred pounds of cured meat. It will not make bad meat good but is guaranteed to keep sound meat. It i3 called by the manufac? turers Figaro Preservar. They have gotten out a very inter? esting booklet about this wonderful product and have supplied Strauss' with several copies. It is entitled "Figaro's Message to The Man on The Farm." and is sold a* 15c per copy, but Strauss' are giving them away to respcnstl la farmers who are interested in curing their meat in an economical manner. We call your attention to their ad? vertisement in this issue. It is brim full of interesting news, adv. I!.' said 'hat lie w K??ing from Sum* tar to see Mr. McMast r .bOUt the matter. He would then go on to Milledge\ i'le. Ga., to attend to busi? ness at that pla^e j.nd then on to a meeting <>f stockholders of th<^ com? pany at Arizona. AtK-rwards hs would return a id work this State, which he had only just touched up to this time, lie further asked the reporter not to say anything lad about him. as he had violated no laws and had even been to the county clerk and the city Clerk to pay any license which cover? ed the sale of bis mining stock. At both places, however, he was inform? ed that there was no license covering tin sala of mining stock. It seems that JameF misplaced his trust 411 Bumter and it was in this way that tie got in the toils of the law. He '.ft one ^ Of Iiis books of Stock with Rees James. the well known blind tiger, for that person to act as his agent in town, while he worked the country, the negro to get a commission for bis sales of stock, flees, however, according to James. did not s? II any stock. but it VTSS from his house that the stock book wai secured* This book was held after Jamei was released as Judge Wells thought it might be used II good ?videncC against Janus should be try to sell any more of bis sup? posed WOl%hleSS milling stock In tlvi? county.