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m mm some. ?71,0041 DlHAl'l'KAH* I'HOM IUI HirrWEKN NKW yohk and savannah. Officials of s<?nt icrit I0?|?revt Com pevavjr and Many l-eteclivcs board i Ing fur Minting Money?Several Clues, bat No tiinj; Tangible. Savannah. Oa.. Sept. U.?Tonight a small army of detectives, special agents and etpreus company officials ?re working in an endeavor to ferret out the mysterious disappearance of $71,100 from a portable safe en route from New York to Savannah Of this amount, $50,000 was consigned to the Savannah Hunk and Trust com? pany. $1.000 to the Heal Esute Hank and Trust company and the remainder was destined fur banks in smaller cities in south Ueorgia and was to have been reshif ped from Savannah. A dosen clues hive been discovered, It was >tated tonight, but nothing tan? gible has developed. The express company decline! to discuss the na? ture of the clues obtained and is extremely reticent in discussing the affair. J. D. Hockaday of Atlanta, general manager of the Southern Express company, and other officials are here directing the search for the missing money. Suspicion that the money had been stolen was first aroused when the Savannah Bank and Trust company failed o receive $50,000 in currency shipped from the Chase Na? tional bank. New York. The bank wired the New York institution asking If the money hid been shipped and received a reply, saying It had been sent by Ina Adams Express company and was turned over t ? Southern Ex? press company by the former at Jer se> City, in the meantime a portable Iron aafe had been received at the lo? cal offlcea of the Southern Expreaa company. The waybill was missing. When the safo was opened oily a few packagea of currency were found. The seaia on the aafe were intact, and the key to the aafe had been mailed to the Savannah agent of the company. The Jersey City office was communi? cated with and at was learned that the safe, containing the currency, left that city Monday night over the At Unti. Coast bine railroad. Express meeaengers who had cha.'ge of the aafe between New York and Savannah were given a aevere grilling by the officials. %nd rumors were cur? rent this * (u that an ar? rest was about to be made, but this wits on the nlQ all. Claim A*ent Weaver was hur,-, dly dispatch? es! from the city tonight at 8 o'clock. His destination is unknown. It is stated that In the event the money is not recovered the banks will not be the losers, but the loss will fall upon the exprcas companies. The money was in two packagea Local police have, not been called Into the case. 81 Mil R HOY BADLY HURT. ?lohn Kdens of This City, Son of A. C. Edens, Has teg Crushed by Train. John Edens of this city, the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Edens, E. Hamp? ton Avenue, war the victim of a ter? rible accident Sunday morning, at Orangeburg, while attempting to hoard a freight train bound for Sum? ter, his leg being crushed under the wheels of the train so badly that it afterwards had to be amputated. The news of the accident", to Mr. Edens reached his parents Sunday af? ternoon and his mother and sister went to Orangeburg Monday morn? ing to be with him until he is able to be moved back to Sumter to his home here. The relatives h -re had gained no further particulars of the accident than wbb contained in the account In the State Monday morning, which was as follows: ? - Orangeburg. Sept. 14.?While at? tempting to board a moving train this morlntng. John 1'dcm of Sumter missed his footing and one leg went under the train. The leg war so badly mangled until it was net s ?ery to amputate the member. Mr. Kdens Is resting well at a local board? ing house. Mr. Edens Is a young man about 19 years of age. He is a news butcher on the Orangcburg-Kloreuce train of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Mggta ren< he I < >rangehurg last nlKht on his run. He wanted to spend today In Sumter. The only train going that way In the morning on Sunday wan a fast freight, which ge*M not stop at the passenger depot Ir this elty. Mr Kdens attern >ted to bonrd this mov? ing freight when he whs Injured. The accident oci ired at the passenger station The business section of Liberty ?it. et oimht to he paved with vitii Med brick oi something better. The property owners and merchants on this stree? should have a committee gppigf before ? otincll to present the matter fordily with the view of hav? ing something lone. BUMlim CASE. BOARD OF CANVASSERS AN? NOUNCE RULING. KeasonH Given for Action?Cite Opln ions of Supreme Court to Sustain Throwing Out of Election. Columbia, Sept. 15.?"We Und that there were nu ballots cast at said election which :onformcd to the stat? utory requirement," says the State | board of canvassers in a written decis? ion issued yesterday by R. M. Mc Cown, secretary of state and chairman of the board, ir regard to the Sumter election. The oral decision was given several days at;o. The opinion follows: "On hearing .he appeal herein from the county board of canvassers of I Sumter county, we are unable to find that a majority of the votes cast at said election were either for or against the sale of alcoholic liquors and bev? erages. Said election was so close that existing irregularities are sufficient to affect the result, or make it doubtful and difficult |d determine. In fact, it is impossible to do so us we can not positively say on which side each and every Illegal vote was cist. 'And when such irregularities or illegalities are of1 such a character and extent as to leave it doubtful whether the result has not been affected, and especially when it appears that illegal votes have been cast, sufficient in number to af feet the result, and the polls can not j be purged of them, it would be a tra- | vesty on popular government to sus tain the election,' said Judge Hy-1 drick in deciding the Wright case,! which opinion was confirmed by the supreme court. This within itself is sufficient to justify us in declaring that there had been no legal election expressing the will of the qualified voters. "We find that there were no ballots cast at said election which con? formed to the statutory requirement, section 236, volue 1, code of 1912, all the ba"ots east being two and one half Inches wide by three inches long instead of two and one-half inches wldo by Ave inches long. This was admitted by all parties and some of the ballots were exhibited to the board during the hearing which plainly showed this fact "If the general law is applicable to this election, and we believe it is, the decision of the supreme court in the case of ex parte Higgs, 62 S. C, He ports, page 293, would effectively dis? pose of this matter. See act of 1J12, providing for this election, page 74 :>, "... .and such election shall be held and conducted by the same officers and under the same rules and regula? tions provided by law for general elections." See also Wright vs. Board of Canvassers. 76 S. C, page 582. hold? ing that the general election law is applicable to special elections upon a question or questions. "We are therefore of the opinion and so hold and declare that there has been no legal election and that the election held on the 19th day of August, 1913, in Sumter county was illegal, null and void." KILLED BY BROTHER. Death of Howard Jernlgan Result.. From Accident. Orangeburg, Sept. 12.?Howard Jcrnigan was shot and instantly killed by his brother, Harvey Jernigan, on yesterday afternoon. The killing Is reported to have been accidental. The boys were examining a gun, tho younger holding the fire-arm. It) was discharged in some way, the load taking effect in the body of the elder brother. The gun kicked the younger brother, inflicting a severe wound in his face. Howard Jernigan was about 12 years eld and was the son of Arthur Jernigan, who resides between ' Cordova and Cope, in Orangcburg county. ITS SURPRISING That so Muny Sumter People Fall To Recognize, Kidney Weakness. Are you a bad buck victim? Suffer twinges; headaches, dizzy spells? Go to bed tired?pet up tired? It's surprising how few suspect tho kidneys. It's surprlsi tg how few know what to do. Kidney trouble needs kidney teat ment. Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kid? neys only. Have convinced Sumter people of their mer t. Here's a Sumter case; Sumter tes? timony. Kidney sufferers hereabouts should read It. Mrs. J. B. Haffleld. 340 W. Hamp? ton Ave.. Sumter. S. C, says: "I con? sider Doan's Kidney Tills a valuable remedy and cheerfully endorse them. My supply was procured at China's Drug Stere and they relieved me of backache and other distressing symp? toms of kidney cemplalnt." For salt by all dealers. Price 50 rents. 1'onter-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo. New York, sob* agents for the United State?. Remember the name -Doan's?nn ? take no other. No. 34. AMERICANS HELD CAPTIVE. MEXICANS SAID TO HAVE CAP? TURED MANY REFUGEES. Story Comes From an Official Source at Sultlllo? Headed by Deputy Con? sul. Mexico City, Aug. 14.?One hundred Americans, including a number of wo? men and children, refugees from Tor reon, are reported to have fallen into the hands of rebels while proceeding overland to Saltlllo. The authorities at Saltillo decline to take the respon? sibility of sending a force to their res? cue, fearing, they say, that the rebels might commit atrocities on the re feguees which otherwise might be avoided. The report comes from an official source at Saltillo, but has not been confirmed. The American mbassy has been advised and has lied on the Mexican foreign office to investi? gate the matter and do whatever is possible to relieve the Americans should the report prove true. Senor Gamboa, the foreign minis? ter, has had no advices other than the communication from the embassy, He expressed regret but added that it was no more than might be ex? pected as the result of the "neutral? ity policy" of the United States which had hampered the administration in proceeding with strong hand against rebels and bandits. Gen. Trucy Aubert, a federal com? mander, with 1,000 men, who is proceeding from the north to the re? lief of Torreon, passed Saltillo yester? day. He is traveling over approx? imately the same route as the Ameri? cans, and it is regarded as possible that the rebels will disappear before his advance. He is, however, making slow progress. Meantime the fate of the refugees remains in doubt. The Americans are headed by Dep? uty Consul General J. C. Allen of Monterey, who went to Torreon to notify American residents there of President Wilson's exit warning. They left Torreon on September 1, travel? ing by the most available conveyances across the plains in the direction of Saltillo, there having been no railroad communication tor many weeks. They were parsed on the way by J. R. Everett oi Palestine, Texas, near Har? ras, about half way to Saltillo, or ap? proximately 80 miles from Torreon. Everett reached Saltillo September 10 and reported that the caravan was making alow headway, owing to the bad roads and poor equipment. The vice consul at Saltillo, John R. Silliman, telegraphed to the em? bassy tonight that H. Degener and an? other American had left Saltillo at 7 o'clock in the morning on horseback to try and learn the fate of the Amer? ican refugees. Another American who arri"ed at Saltillo from Torreon today reported that the Caravan had left Parras on September 11, up to which time it had met with no misadventures. MRS. GODBEB FOUND GUILTY, j Convicted of Murder of Former Hus? band's Wife. Millen, Ga? Sept. 13.?Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee today was found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Florence Godbee, wife of her divorced husband. Mercy was recommended by the jury. The verdict was returned at 9.10 this morning, after the jury had been out 13 hours. Mrs. Florence Godbee and her hus? band, W. S. Godbee, a prominent res? ident of this place, were shot to death by the convicted woman on August 18. The killing occurred at the Millen postofnee. Mrs. Godbee was imme? diately arrested and on September 9 was indicted for the two murders. Her trial for killing Mrs. Godbee was called Thursday. Only a small number of witnesses were examined, their testimony dealing with details of the crime. The accused woman took the stand and told a story of al? leged mistreatment by W. S. Godbee. Two minutes ufter the jury returned its verdict, Judge Hammond sen? tenced Mrs. Godbee to remain in the, penitentiary the "rest of her natural life." She stood while sentence was pronounced. Her daughter, Sarah, broke down and wept audibly, but ?he] was as calm and stoic as she had been through the trial. Marriage License Record. Licenses to marry have been issued to Mr. Linwood Deas and Mrs. H. W. Stoudenmlre of Sumter; Mr. M. ft. Jackson and Miss Anna C. Singleton of Sumter. Licenses have also been issued to the following colored couples: Solo? mon Mer'nddin ami Chancy llatvin, Aleolus James Washington and Mar* thl Butler, Sumter; H. B, Singleton and Sarah Hooper, Sumter; and Da? vid l>otts and Mary Brewer, Sum? ter. - The dry weather of the past month seriously damaged the potato and | peavlne crop aa well as cotton. Rome farmers say that the potato crop is , practically a failure. PRIEST KILLED WML HANS SCHMIDT CONFESSES CHIME TO POLICE. After Being Arrested and Failing in Attempt to Commit Suicide Accus? ed Man Describes Deed and .Dis? posal of Body. New York, Sept. M.?With the ar? rest early today of the Rev. Hans Schmidt, assistant rector oi.* St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church, charged with the murder of Anna Aumuller, a domestic, the mystery surrounding the finding of parts of the dismembered body of a girl in the Hudson river was solved. Schmidt, according to the police reports, con? fessed, and at the time of his arrest attempted to commit suicide by cut? ting his throat with a safety razor blade. "I killed her because I loved her so much," Schmidt is alleged to have told his captors, but the police version of the motive for the crime is that the young woman was about to be? come a mother. He had married her through a ceremony of his own per? formed without witnessss. According to the police and the district attorney's office, Schmidt's confession was full and absolute. In it he is quoted as saying that he killed his companion with a butcher's knife and cut up the body with the knife and a saw. The deed wan com? mitted, the police say, shortly after midnight on September 2, in an apart? ment in Bradhurst avenue where the priest had placed her five days be? fore. When her heart had ceased beat? ing, according to the alleged confes? sion, Schmidt carried the body from the bed to the bathroom and placing it in the tub, began immediately his gory task of cutting It up. With the keen knife and the saw he out off the bead, arms and legs. Still fear? ful of detection he then cut the body in two. Five bundles, wrapped in bed clothes and papers were made of the six parts. Five times Schmidt left the apartment house with a bundle to cross the Hudson river to the Jer? sey shore. Fi\e times he leaned over the stern of the ferry boat in mid? stream and gently gave the river his burden. Then he returned to his church. The stains of the girl's blood still discolored the bath tub when de tectives searched the apartment to? day. Schmidt told the police he had taken the mattress op which she lay when dealt the death blow under cover of darkness to a vacant ..lot nearby and burned it. In the apartment, among other things, the police found a marriage license issued in New York last Feb? ruary and bearing the names of the priest and the murdered woman. Ac? cording to Schmidt's confession, he went through a marriage ceremony with the girl. In this ceremony Schmidt was both priest and bride? groom ; there were no witnesses. A gaily eolored pillow clip of un? usual pattern led to Schmidt's appre hesion. This pillow, stained with blood and soiled with the filth of the river, was wrapped around a portion of the torso. The detectives traced the pillow to its manufacturer; the manufacturer traced it to the dealer; the dealer traced it to Schmidt. And the police, tracing Schmidt and the girl, knew all about both of them hours before they arrested him. Schmidt was arrested by Inspector Faurot in charge of the detective bu? reau. The priest was dressed in full clerical garb when the detective en? tered his rooms In the parish house of his church In west One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. The Inspec? tor produced a photograph ol Miss Aumuller and asked Schmidt if he knew the girl. The priest, after a moment of hesi? tation, inquired whether his visitors were police officers. Ilia actions indicated that he was expecting arrest. He then asked per? mission to changge his clothes and it was when he left the room, Inspector Faurot declared, that he attempted to cut his throat with a safety razor blade. Early today, according to parishon ers of the church, Schmidt said to the Rev. Father Huntmann, rector of St. Joseph's church, that he would hear no more confessions and when asked for his reason said: "I have some? thing of importance to tell you." With his superior, Schmidt then re? tired to the study where the latter told all that had transpired in the Bradhurst avenue flat, where, accord? ing to his alleged confession, he mur? dered the girl. Father Huntmann Conferred With his other assistants and it was agreed that the authorities ?hOUld he notified. The police, how? ever, were even then on Schmidt's trail, ami his arrest followed shortly. The weather looked like rain Sun? day afternoon, but it turned off cooler ami the rain was postponed until some other time. The farmers are having beautiful weather for gathering their cotton. DISPENSARY FUND DIVIDED. OVER $42,000 A VAIL. MILE FOR COUNTIES. Fund to Be Distributed at the Dis? cretion of County Boards of Edu? cation. Columbia, Sept. 15.?J. E. Swear ingen, State superintendent of educa? tion, the State treasurer and the comptroller general have distributed among the 44 counties the remaining balance cf the State dispensary fund, arising from sundry sources since 1912. The sum now available for dis? tribution is $42,060.43. This fund is to be expended in the discretion of each county board of education for the best interests of the free public schools. In counties where the general school fund had to be supplemented with borrowed money during the scholastic year just *^sed, all receipts from this source ay be legally expended for past indebted? ness. "Only a few counties in the State," said Superintendent Swearingen yes? terday, "are compelled to borrow money for educational purposes. It is the policy of educational authori? ties not only to repay this borrow? ed money, but to seek to place each county on a cash basis. This end may be readily accomplished if each district board of trustees can be in? duced to close each scholastic year with a cash balance of 20 per cent in the county treasury. Collections from taxes seldom suffice to run the schools before December 1. Repairs during vacation months must be paid for in July and August. Where the schools open in September, teachers' salaries become due in October and November before taxes are collected Counties failing to carry forward an adequate cash balance for school pur? poses are compelled under these cir? cumstances to borrow money to meet running expenses. Districts closing the year in debt are in a worse condi? tion, and must sooner or later either close their schools or levy additional taxes. It, therefore, behooves every board of trustees to consult with the county superintendent of education, and to make a careful estimate of receipts for the current year. Neither contracts nor actual expenditures should be allowed to exceed this es? timate. The dispensary apportion? ment at this season is opportune, and will help to save many teachers and school officers from embarrassment. "Further distribution from this source may be made from time to time. The purchase price of the old State dispensary building on Gervais street in Columbia is to be paid in annual installments, and the money will be apportioned to the schools whenever the fund becomes available. The amount to be received from this source is inconsiderable, and future distribution will be insignificant.' Following is a list of the distribu? tions by counties: Abbeville.... $1,084.53 Aiken. 1,226.22 Anderson.i .. .. 2,085.05 Bamberg. 482.66 Barnwell. 856.35 Beaufort.-. 580.33 Berkeley. 646.03 Calhoun. 415.31 Charleston. 1,548.64 Cherokee. 771.22 Chester .. 906.07 Chesterfield. 590.48 Clarendon. 839.85 Colleton. 662.15 Darlington. 910.89 Dillon. 676.27 Dorchester. 550.01 Kdgefleld. 837.81 Falrfield. 852.42 Florence. 1,103.94 Georgetown.. ..?. 617.75 Greenville. 2,020.61 Greenwood. 1,071.85 Hampton.. 609.94 Horry. 810.30 Jasper. 802.98 Kershaw . 738.12 Lancaster . 892.62 Laurens . 1,256.02 Leo. 638.68 Lexington . 1,015.40 Marion . 585.15 Marlboro. 665.96 Newberry. 1,013.25 I Oconee . 875.87 Orangeburg . 1,535.82 Pickens . 775..79 Rlchwnd . 1,452.62 Saluda. 720.il Spartanburg . 2,606.36 Sumter . 1.132.35 Union . 1,101.02 Williamsburg . 824.50 York ^. 1,471.14 Total.$42,060.43 The following letter was addressed by Superintendent Swearingen to the county superintendents of education of the State: "This payment is made under the act of 1912, a copy of which is inclosed for your examina? tion. Three-fourths of this amount may be expended during the scholas? tic' year 1913-14, representing the scholastic years 1911-12, 1912-13 and 1913-14, I recommend that this ex? penditure be made so as to prevent the accumulation of a large unused cotton lag mam NEWS CAUSES MARKET TO TAKE MANY TURNS. The High MOM arc Made on Tues? day und the Low Price* on Friday. New Orleans, Sept. 14.?Wide fluc? tuations wore brought about in the cotton market during the week, up? turns being caused by the more fa? vorable news from Washington re? garding legislation against future trad? ing and the downward movements by the heavy rains in the western half of the belt, which effectually put an end to the drought and caused talk of a top crop. The net results were an advance of 33 to 38 points. The high prices were made on Tuesday and the low prices on Friday. At the high? est the trading months were 62 to 6J> points over last week's close; at the lowest they were 1 to 7 points over. The range was 57 to 61 points. The course of prices this week in the cotton market will depend princi? pally on two things?weather condi? tions and the spot demand. There is a possibility, of course, that develop? ments in Washington in relation to proposed legislation concerning future trading may arise, but that is not gon eraly expected by traders. The spot demand thus far this sea? son has not been brisk and this fact has been used by the bear side to some advantage. The situation in he spot department will be watched very closely and indications of a further holding off on the part of buyers would cause renewed confidence on the part of those bearishly inclined while any improvement in the inquiry would stimulate buying of futures for the long account. Another Forceful Demonstration. Of the Schwam supremancy in knowing where, when, how to buy the merchandise that mean money saved for their customers is clearly illustrated in the following: 100 la? dies' silk petticoats in plain and fancy messalines, chiffon taffettas, with deep plaited flounce plain and persean borders. Not one worth less than $3.00, many worth more. Every color. On Monday morning at 8.30 sharp, they are going to be sold at $1.49. How can we do it? Well Just come and get your skirt. But you must be quick. That's all. See he window. It's at the Schwartz Great? er Stores.?Advt. Cotton receipts on the local market have been much heavier this season than for the same period last year, but this does not mean that the re? ceipts will hold up throughout the season. Cotton has opened rap.dly and there has never been a more fa? vorable season for harvesting. county board fund." The fund will be distribu ed under the following act passed at the session of the general assembly in 1912 : ?'Section L Be it ei acted by the general assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the superintendent of education, the State treasurer and the comptroller general are hereby au? thorized and directed to apportion among the several counties of the State the total cash balance of the State dispensary fund remaining in the State treasury and not otherwise appropriated. This apportionment shall be made on the basis of enroll? ment in the free public schools as given in the annual report of the State superintendent of education for the scholastic year ending June 30, 1911. "Sec. 2. All moneys apportioned to the respective counties shall be paid to the county treasurer upon the war? rant of the comptroller general, to be held in the county treasury as school funds, and paid out upon the warrant of school district trustees in the discretion of the county board of education, as provided in section 3. "Sec. 3. The county boards of edu? cation of the respective counties are authorized and directed to use this fund in strengthening weak schools, in encouraging school improvement, and in promoting the educational in? terests of their counties in such man? ner and at such time as they may deem most helpful to the cause of education, under the general direc? tion of the State superintendent of education. This fund shall be a county board fund; and the time, place and manner of its distribution shall bo determined by the several county boards of education, by and with the approval in writing of the State super? intendent of education; provided, that no more than one-fourth of the amount apportioned to a county shall be expended in any one year except in counties where it shall be used to defray past indebtedness due by the school fund, in which counties Ihe whole amount may be used in any one year. "Sec. 4. Any and all additional funds that may hereafter be paid into the State treasury by the winding-up com? mission of the State dispensary shall be apportioned within 30 dhfit from the date of such payment, in the same manner, ami shall be expended as provided in section 3 of this act."