Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. -.' J,-. -... > A ?'.. mi. T'n The Cheskriield Adreihser ii i * Paul H and Fred G. Iloarn II Editors u, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY f< : "I Sulrcrir''im Lites: $1.50 a Year;|*i six mtul? c^uta.?Invariably in 1 tc advance. ' P I Oj ?-i. 1 J ? I 11 _ A AU - centered us secuuu-ciuss uwucr hv vuu k postoffice at Chesterfield, South j, Carolina. , |? - ??? 0 REPUBLICANS LOSING IN MAINE ii If the recent election in Maine is d a forecast of the fall elections for v Congressmen the Demounts of the 11 country should be encouraged. The 1 Republican majority was reduced 1 from 19,252 in 1920 to 6000. Maine "J lias boon almost solidly Republican ' since the days when the statement 1 "hell bent for Governor Kent." A :i Democratic member of Congress re- 1 forcing to the recent election in < Maine sai 1 that it was a line showing for a rock-ribbed Republican section < noted for the stability of its voters. ' With these tremendous chanires tak- 1 ing place in Republican strongholds 1 we can only infer that still greater ' changes are taking place in the liberal *l and progressive sections elsewhere, I ^ logically forecasting a Democratic' congressional victory at the fall elec-1 ' tions. ? ?? | 1 HARD LUCK FOR BOOTLEGGERS c Here is bad news for the moon-' j: shiners of Georgia. Certain newspap- ( ers of that state have established ' ; j 1 wireless or radio plants by which the whole state can be covered by wireless messages. By this means prohibition agents can communicate with t each other and with headquarters in t Atlanta. By establishing stations along the , main routes used by whiskey runners, > their movements could be deter- t ted and flashed to headquarters ami i to other agents further down the j road. ( And in Florida the liquor men are t having tough luck. At Miami. Florida, I where William J. Bryan is making his j home, the liquor men right undo.* the c nose of this great apostle of temper- < anee, had of the coast a cargo of C 11,500 cases of whiskev. Gu> ele\en ( airplanes spie i the schooner that had i the goods and the whole outf" fell 1 into the hands of prohibition officials. j JAPAN BEGINS TO SCRAP Japan is one of the first nations to ^ begin scrapping her navy in aecor- <; dance with the action of the recent i naval treatv conference held in W.-iuh ington. The vessels will he as targets : by the Japanese navy. It is a safe bet ] that the Japanese will keep in prae- c tice and will keep a few vessels that . they can use if an emergency arises. , The Japs are long headed citizens and will not l>e caught napping. If j there is any fighting to be done its "Johnny on the spot." ; It is well to note tha*. tvo opposite meanings can be attached to scrap pin# and Japan is equal to both. A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY In excavating in Rome, Italy, a few ^ days aero two paintings were l'oun ! that are believed to be portraits of St. Peter and St. Paul. Digging to make a foundation for a large building a cavern was found. It comprises a number of rooms and galleries, a crypt, and a Christian ' church, with marvelous frescoes of a very early date. It is believed that the portraits were painted from life. A MESSAGE FROM HENRY FORD Henry Ford has sent a radio mes-1 ?aj?e to the people ol' the South in these' words: "Say to the peoyle, and (specially to the farmers of thi< ureal auricuileral section, that niiouid ! ace.uir the AhiUM' Shoals pov.c. property, I shall ope.-ate it f?v t t ? their int* iests, and to the pvn'.uai 'nteiv-t of ali the people, as well as to the ends that the industrial in I commercial as well as the ayrrieultuml south ma\ feel the force of our Icveioptncnl.' Henry is a man ( f few words and many deeds. Hope lie u'*s the shoals. RELATIVE OF SF.N. TILLMAN J, B. Tillman, 00 years old, attorney and nephew of the late Senator Tillman of South Carolina, was posBibly fatally injured during a fnrht in the court room at Mount Vernon. Robert Stemmons, an attorney, waarrested in connection with the affair. Stemmons, according to witnesses resented remarks by Tillman during agrument of a case and attacked him Partisans of both factions joined in the fight and the combatants were disengaged by court officers. TOO MUCH SPF.ED John Duval Dodge, son of the millionaire automobile family, was vaccinated and set to work with other inmates of the Detroit house of correction. Dodge was sentenced to live days in the work house by Judge Hartlett after conviction of violating the speed laws. His license was revoked and $100 ff ne assessed. TRIBUTE TO WOODROW WILSON Hamilton Holt, the eminent editor of the New York Independent in a recent speech made this fine and well deserved tribute to Wood row Wilson: "He has no'. dramatized his wounds. "He has not vituperated his calumniators. He has not signed any round robins. He has fought the good fight and keep the faith. Woodrow Wilson is coming back." Mr. Holt spoke in behalf of the Woodrow Wilson foundation, wh en offers rewards to cittsens of this ypiintq; J/t htfHfS tiif.'virf .?? -v.. ?%ii OUR WASHINGTON LETTER 1 Washington, I). C.. Mm'. 25.?The ouse has at lavt passed another boil- | i bill, though almost identical in ] >rm with the one passed two years ] ?o and which the Senate laid on the i lelf at Harding's request. It remains > be seen what will be done with the? , resent bill, with all of Wall Street ( pposing it. The bill itself is satisfuc- . >ry to no one. The soldier whose "ad- ] isted compensation" entitled him to ?ss than $.")t) can get it in cash; th? thers have to take a certificate of nlebtedncss which finally becom"s ue in 20 years. Meanwhile, if he ; rants to get money, he has to borrow t at a bank and pay a larger rate of nterest than the certificate bears, hough the certificate is as much the bligation of the government as is a liberty Bond and should entitle ihe >wner to the lowest rate of interest it which money can be borrowed. It s difficult to understand why the sollier should be allowd to borrow only >0 per cent, of the face value of the ertilicate; almost any bank will lend '5 per cent, of the market value of a ertilicate of stock in a railroad or ndustrial corporation if the stock is isted on the New York Exchange, hough these stocks at times fluctuate vildly, and, of course, have much lers itahlc value than the obligation of the Jnited States Government. Senator Lodge insists that Congress >as made a great and glorious record >f constructive legislation; the averigo man on the street thinks .hat "ongress has done practically nothng; and has done it very badly. The Republicans made a gre it deal if noise, about a year ago, over the 1 luestion of reoiguni/.ing llv. Govern-1 nenlal Departments, t utting out i nueh duplication of work and thus t aving the taxpayers many millionsj >f dollars. A most excellent Congivs-j lional Commission was ni.nl" up fori he work, but some tint ago the Di es- , dent insisted that he be allowed to' ilaec a per. onal ri. pr'vontalw c on this: Commission, a suggestion which was, ipposed by the two Democratic me n-! ?ers. Senator 11; rri . n of MisGppi md Representative U. Wii!iu:i Moore, j f Virginia. Nevertheless, the I'ro-i-i lent appointed Waller Ii. Brown of )hio, and the Commission mad him Jhairman. l*j> to that time the Comnission was making excellent progess and gave promist of savine- mam* Millions, but Brown mined a.-- art aasthetio ?>f the most powerful sort anil lie suspicion is very strong that this vas the purpose of his appointment. Since that time there has been ab.so-j utely nothing done; reorganization s chloroformed. No meetings are be-, ng held and work is at a standstill. Thus the administration escapes two'; mbarassnients many hundreds of ? obs are saved to the party and a lumber of inter-departmental \vran-> ;h s are bushed up. Agriculture and J nterior were ready to fly at tacbi tther's throats over the ouestion of j el.ieh should control the Forest Ser-| ice; Interior an 1 Commerce were at, loggers poin.s over Alaska; Tin asury md .In tic > both striving to get. conrol over prohibition en; uvmicit: Niiiinv fie am! Agricuitui divided ?ver tile Backers' Control legislation; md so on down the list. The department chiefs are as jealous of each ithcr as a im wn of opera singera. null i- eon tantiy striving- to extend li. authority, ids dominion and the ; 7/010 Fin the Co Size 30 x 3 Fal 30 x 3 H 41 30 x 311 Co 32 x 4 33 x 4H 33 x 5 HOW the co ;t oi Lu level in history wj to the ctockholde 1. All inventories ?. 2. Increased mantis I. . i r or ' wvf actio i t . 3. Sc'Hh* costs redi Mr. Firestone slated, edvr:Uu';C >i' bv.- in:* fqci IOC/.' ?"<. ' "..g ;?r ;an 'T.v cjvJii nr.' ;i be n sn !i .? ir 7.11 of pro Ow nar. ' The si 1 \ i. /, ihrcnga I Firestone economy and is M L C5f Jm LUCAS AU1 rMHRHnvp r v^v ^ V' : . "T'w n -^fr.'. ftug^- Si 11 . "tf'i rii_in n .i rf_ number of his appoihtments. Rather r nnrd on the poor taxpayer. Why not list the Republican Sena-: torial seats on the New York Stock! Market and thus make the trading' jublic and under responsible supervis-, S ion? j 2 A Washington paper called Labor,it* levoted to the interest of the work- l' its, thinks that Wilson, Lilly Sunday and Harding should be added to the ^ lists of immortals, "because Wilson S1 kept us out of war, while Sunday is 51 keeping us out of llades and Harding P is keeping us out oT work." ; h The Republican candidate was elec- P ted to Congress in the third Maine dis- 11 trict by G.OOb majority; his predeces- t( sor was elected in 11)20 by almost 20,- ti 000. J I "VAMPS" WHO MADE HISTORY |' By JAMES C. YOUNG. ? U?) by MiOluro Newspaper Syniltcato.) THE EMPRESS WHO TURNED 1 VAMPIRE , y MANY women have won power nn<l | 11 luxury by their beauty. This Is | 1 the story or an empress, turned i ? vampire, wlto raised a shepherd boy ' to a position near her own and whose s fancy led her to love men of all de- 1 gree. ( l'eter the Great of Russia and Catli- l eriue. his servant girl queen, left a daughter, Elizabeth. She became eta- t press of Russia, ami before that bad 1 earned a reputation for lightly loving t many men. v Alexis Rnxoinn, born in 1700. son of a poor shepherd, was a wondrously ' handsome boy, with innocent face and 1 early hair. ! One of the imperial ollieerx, passing 1 through the village on a Sunday, I ' ehaneed Into the ehureh and heard I f Alexis sing. lie persuaded the hoy'tl I parents to let him take the lad to Mos- , y eow, where lie might get Instruction. I And the ollicer obtained u place for j ' Alexis in the cathedral attended hy j 1 Elizabeth. It was not long until bis : tine voice attracted notice. Elizabeth ! beard him and was captivated. She j ' ordered that he he added to the clmr- i isters in her private chapel, without i ' even seeing Alexis. Rut when lie came J to the chapel she saw the innocent ; 1 face, soft eyes and gentle demeanor of ' this wonder-boy, and immediately she ! ' lost her heart to him. He was in- j stalled In tlie palace, with the richest j : 1 \ garunnts and all that luxury could command. The shepherd boy was living: a fairy tale come true. 1 Elizabeth's love for Alexis did not prevent her from dallying with sterner ' members of Ids sex. Rut Alexis was her one true love tad she refused many royal alliances. She delighted to see him dressed in tine garments and would sit entranced while tits siivery wire tinkled through her apartments. He could have been emperor had he willed. Alexis did not come from the stuff of which emperors are made. Ho was just si beautiful youngster with a marvelous voice and the soft graces of an artistic nature. If we wished to he unkind we might say tliut he preferred to he the Inpdog of an empress rather than Iter master. Perhaps Elizabeth's love may he cx- . pl.lined hy u fable of La Fontaine. A ltrahmia turned a mouse into a he.iatl tui tnauieu. lie onoreu nor ior nns- | l.ninl to the sun. the wind, the stars, | but she wanted none of them and would have no husband until site saw . u mouic:, which charmed her lu?rt. Elizabeth was the daughter of a peas- ( ant aud Alexis n shepherd's hoy. islone Has I si of Tire Si Jan. 1921 Jan. 1 Prices Pric brie $18.73 $ 9.5 22.50 11. e rd 35.75 17.5 56.55 32.4 4 67.00 42.8 1 ' 81.50 52.1 lilding quality tires has been brougj x3 explained by H. S. Firestone, Presi r3 at the annual meeting on- Decembe nd commitments rt or below the marl: factoring tjjicimiy" and volume Prod tee J 38%. , "This reduct ion in prices is made po litics, and the enthusiasm, loyalty an r/ atron. f.i vcn to Firestone dealers wbo arc lit. This brings every Firestone en first cost plus the saving through daily adding new fame to the Fireston .Oo t Miles per Dollar X) CO., J ' 1 ?I % . ? n-'^- .p^-^r 1G COOPERATIVE DRIVE TO o BE PUT ON NEXT MONTH c ' n Columbia, March 27.?With "It t> hall Not Fail," as their slogan' over ,000 farmers are preparing to take v le field in South- Carolina beginning le first week in April to canvass for t, ignatures to the cotton Co-operative t lurkcting Contract. The two thou- r and canvassers represent those who re convinced that the future proserity of the state depends in a very ^ irge measure on the successful com- j, letion of the campaign for the forIJltion r>f (hn r> 12 ? v* VUV UWUlll V ill UIKia ^oi- i on Growers' Cooperative Associa-j ion. rl ho month of March has been one j V Stories of Great Scouts Watson I ( t ?, Western Newspaper Union. ; i i SOUTH SEA ISLANDER WHO ! 1 VAS CROOKS Fv.VORITE SCOUT j 1 "1 would rather lose a third of uiy j ( irmy than to have Frank Gruard | t tilled," once declared Gen. Frank I : 'rook, and when this great Indian , , igliter set such a liigfc value on the 1 tervices of a scout It meant that t 'rank Gruard was without a peer, j ruard was born In Tahiti In 1850, | " he son of an American trader and a j * uitive woman. His father returned I * o this country when Frank was hut c wo years old and at the age of flf- ; secu Frank ran away from home and j vent to Moiwkanu. Gruard hecftrr** n mnll carrier, n ' longerons Job in a country full of hos- t lie Sioux. They capture*] him tlnally i md were preparing to kill him when t young brave pleaded for his life, 'ailing their attention to Frank's ' : swarthy complexion he declared that \ he mall carrier must be an Indian , ,vho had been captured by the whites, j This Indian wits the renowned Sit- ! ting Hull. For 19 months Gruard was j j guarded closely and, realizing the use- j i essness of attempting to escape, he j earned the Sioux tongue and entered ' nto the Indian life as one of them. ; | lie lived with the Indians six years ( tefore he linally escaped. i , One day Gruard was scouting for j ] tn ollicer^wlio attempted to guide his j I mnimnnd by use of the compass. They | became lost In a blinding snow storm. Frank borrowed the officer's compass, ' smashed It against a rock, and then, ! taking the lead, he guided the soldiers | | straight to the place they wished to j . go. Gruard's greatest exploit was his j I pari in the "Sibley Seoul" In 1810. ' j Lieut. S. \V. Sibley was sent out on a | ; scout to lltul the Indians. lie found tliem, and In a short time his little ! command was surrounded by hun- j Ireds of Sioux and Cbeyennos. After .? 11 desperate light in which the Cheyenne ciiief, Whiie Aided ope, vvus ' killed, the soldiers were forced to 1 abandon their horses and attempt escape on foot. Gruard's knowledge of the country j was all that saved them. He led them over unknown mountain trails, ! winding through the deep canyons and around high peaks, until the Indians were outdistanced. The next day lie guided tliein to a high point on a mountain side and pointed down. Helow them lay Crook's camp. Frank Gruard was given a life time position as a government scout and j i he performed valuable services In the ; last uprising of the (Sioux, the Ghost ( Dance war of 1890 91. In 1804 Frank saw hi father for the first time since j he had run away from home. Gruard j died in St. Joseph Mo., In 1913 leduced truice 1 j i Reduction !5 47% >5 48% >0 51% 10 43% 15 36% 5 36% it down to the lowest : dent of the Company, r 15, 1921. st. 1 action reduced factory s ble by our unusually . determination of our 13 Firestone tires on 'ing direct to the carhigh mileage doubles e principle of service? ' 5 % ^ Chesterfield ' f great activity in practically all t uuntivs and great headway has been S lade. Over 1 00,000 bales 4mve been s igned during this month and the ma- c hinery hns been perfected for the n rcat drive which is expected to bring b ictory next month. i' L During the month of March bankis, preachers, lawyers, doctors and 1' enchers have joined with the farm-j ^ rs in making speeches over the state' n behalf of the movement. The plans! n nd purposes of the association have ^ icen explaind in every cotton grow-1 ng county of the state. J ? Last week was a great week in many ^ f the counties. Marlboro has now. f igned up 20,445 bales; Darlington,! 9,529 hales; and Sumter, 17,000 a tales. These are the three leading *ounties. Lee county comes fourth P cith 7,327 bales and Dillon is only 1 00 bales behind her. The four lead-' 11 ng counties have signed up over 70.- c' )00 bales or more than one-sixth of ? he quota for the whole scute. These 1 our counties expect to sign a total-1 >f 100,000 or one-fourth of the quota v or the whole state before May 1. c IretnviMe, Spartanburg, Anderson * ind Laurens in the Piedmont section ire exr.ecte I to -ign up another 10*1.-' t >00. j i Report ; from over the state tell of j v ntliusiasm everywhere. The bankers't tnd business men, realising that thejt irosperity of the state is dependent ^ 0 a groat d op roe upon the formation *. >f the association are throwing ihoni-, t elves actively into the fight. ' 1 York, S. C. Mar. 27.?County farm I lemonstration agents and Women's * ionic demonstration agents who are \ ioing to be busy this year trying to , issist farmers in beating the boll wee- , ;il are going to take enough time oft' I 1 THE RE/ j | Not what you got by chance or inh i in life, but what you gain by hone | successful. What arc you doing to ( funds f 'i future ae 'ft: by starving | THE FARMERS B | M. L. RA LEY. J. S. McGREG , President Vice-Pr ' DIRLC | F. P. Seller, J. S. Si T. H. Burch, I \ She Seopl &OF CHEST \ Will Appreciate Your Busine I $200,0 Our customers and friends Eel | need of accommodation or you t to sec us. Guaranteed bur^l | Let us show you this wonder. ! I R. B. LANEY, President J CHAS. P. MANGUM, ) Cashier I r__ Sjank % aThe 01de5l, Large Bank in Chc5t< 4 Per Cent. Paid on Savings Dep See U C. C. Dougla R. E. Rivera, Preaident. M. J. Hough, Vice-President. 1VI n | ine Dest I Family Reir I'* Because it worl ?' remedies have cei 1 Is Li | Chesterfield L y D. H. DOUGLASS, President VV. J. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres. | ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, HI un itsiqiib . ... 1 -- - - >iT>im..lniniiw> rTT~Tri^" o assist the South Carolina Sunday j Ichool Association in promoting a . cries of county-wide conferences on 1 ountry life and rural betterment. A j umber of these conferences have j een held already and others are be- j ug planned. Those that have been ^ eld already and others are being H lanned. Those that have been held 4 ave been very successful, the atten- )j ance and representation gratifying < nd the programme considered help- t ul and inspiring. According to Leon C. Palmer of ipartanburg, superintendent of the ' iouth Carolina Sunday School As- 1 ociation, the spirit of the movement 1 < co-operative and all sectarian lines * nd sectarian interests are forgotten. , 'hureh nnd Sunday School workers, , public school teachers, farmers and 4 he wives of farmers compose the ! Meetings. The luncheon hour is a so- 1 ial occasion and marked by much 1 food fellowship. The aim of these 1 onforences says Mr. Palmer is "To nake agriculture profitable, home 1 vork 'attractive, social life helpful, 'ducation eflicient, and religion vial." , Among those who will take part in hose conferences are: Dr. W. \V. ^ong, director of the extension scr'11,. nl rlnnwnii rv? II ine N. South, state home demonstraion agent, Winthrop College; Dr. Wilson Gee, professor of Rural So:iology at the University of South Carolina and chairman of the Rural Work Committee of the South Caroina Sunday School Association; Mrs. Iluth Dodd, director of the bureau of Tdiild Hygiene, state board of health: ind I'rof. D. L. Lewis, state super isor of Rural schools,representing the State Department of Education. Othjr representatives of their organizaLion will take part in the program. TEST ! i eritance, not what you start with j sty is what will make you truly j j better conditions? Accumulate ? ! ; a savings account HERE NOW, ! ! ANK,RUBY,S.C. 1 i OR, MISS ALICE BURCH esident Asristant Cashier I TORS j rnith, J. S. McGregor I M. L. Raley, j i r ej' S$ank. j GKFIBLD ss. Total Resources Over 00.00 ped us to do this. When in j have money to deposit, come ! ar proof and fire prooi safe. I cordial welcome awaits you G. K. LANEY, V.-President J. A. CAMPBELL, ' Assist. Cashier ^ i | heaterfield st and Strongest erfield, S. C. oiili. $1.00 Starts An Account 'a s, Casliiar. D. L. Smith, Assist. Cashier R. T. Redfearn, Tiller )A/lir icujr is when all 'other iseel to work (e Insurance ioan & Ins. Go. C. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y A Mgr. GEO. W. EDD1NS, Treasurer. SALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK > < * True Detective Stories !; THE SECRET OF i HOLMEHURST | Copyright by The Wheeler Syndloete, Inc. THH discovery of the body of B. F. Terry in his home at 1310 Callowhlll street, Philadelphia, , ay a mini who had come in to see ibout securing a patent, did not cause my sensation at tlie time, for the coroner's jury gave a speedy verdict ?f "death from accidental causes." There was clear evidence that Boiue sort of an explosion had taken place. \ shattered bottle which had manifest* ly contained some sort of inflammable material, a broken pipe filled with partly burned tobacco and a charred match, lay beside the body. An autopsy showed that Perry had died from congestion of tfhe lungs caused by the inhaling of flames or chloroform, the latter having presumably formed the contents of the broken bottle. So, as there were no claimants for the body and no estate, Perry's remains were Interred In the Potter's Held. There they would havs remained undisturbed If it had not been for the evidence of a cduvlct In the St. Louis prison. Shortly after Perry's death, the Philadelphia branch of the Fidelity Insurance company received a letter from Jephtha D. Howe, an attorney In St. Louis, stating that "B. F. Perry" was really Benjamin F. Pltexei, who htul carried a $10,000 life Insurance with the Fidelity company. The only person who could be found to Identify the body was a man named H. H. Holmes, of Wllmette, III., who willingly came to Philadelphia to superintend the exhuming of the body. Holmes and llowe met In the office of the company, presumably as strangers, and the former clearly Identified the body of the dead man as that of his friend. Plte/.el. Satisfied, the insurance company paid the insurance to Howe, Pltezef's attorney, and reimbursed Holmes for bis expenses. The details of the case were reported in the St. Louis nowspupers, and a few days later, Marlon lledgspeth, a convict serving a sentence for train robbery, informed the governor of the prlxnji (tail he would like to give him some Information which he considered most important. "If you will examine tlie records of the prison," said Hedgspeth, "you will find that there was a man here last summer by the nume of H. II. Howard. He was in for fraud, I think, but was released on bull. While he was here. Howard asked ine It 1 knew any lawyer whom 1 could recommend in connection with a swindling scheme which he had in mind?a plan which ought to net til least $10,000 without any trouble. He promised me $500 for niy information and 1 gave him the lawyer's name, but I never got my live hundred." "The name of the luwyfr I recommended to 'Howard' was Jephthu D. Ilowe and 'Howard' Is undoubtedly the man named Holmes who Is mixed up with that insurance case In Philadelphia! The details of the case agree exactly with the scheme, as Howard outlined It to me last summer." As soon as this Information reached Philadelphia, the insurance company, detuiled an experienced detective named Cleyer to arrest Holmes and to investigate his antecedents, for it was clear llim 1 ntZri hud aiot iu'.'t his death through accident, hut hud been deliberately murdered. After a month's search, Holmes was traced to New England und finally arrested. This, however, proved to be practically the beginning of the case for, the further buck Ueyer went Into Holmes' history, the more gruesome details 1)P Il? Oliilnu I'Ael iwv " v?uva<viiii| IU 11I1U out wluiI imu Income of Mrs. I'itezei and her live children, Geyer found In the cellar of a house In Toronto?a house rented by Holmes under the name of Cunning?the bodies of two children later Identified as Alice und Etta I'ltezel. From Toronto the trail led to Indianapolis, by way of Detroit and Cincinnati, and it was in Indianapolls that Oeyer discovered the body of Howard l'itezel, aged ten, Jammed Into the chimney of the furnuce in a house which had been rented some time before by a man who answered to the description of Holmes. It was in the course of his search through Indiana and Illinois that Geyer came uikmi the most sturtling discovery of the entire * case?the mysterious building in Chicago known as "Holmes' Castle" or "Holmehurst." The prisoner had personally superintended the erection of this structure und investigation proved that It contained an air-proof, sound-proof vault, communicating with the cellar by means of a secret staircase. Buried in the cellar tloor and half-consumed by (juickllmo were found the remains of at least live persons who had been lured to Holmehurst and there murdered. All of these crimes had been Committed some time before the IMtezel affair, and had it not been for the fact that Holmes overlooked the promise which he had made to a convict in the St. Louis prison, It Is quit* possible that he would have remained nt liberty, a constant and deadly peril to everyone with whom he came In contact. Hut I>otectlve Geyer returned to I'hlladclphln with more than enough evident ? to secure conylctlon, and Hoi nice paid the penalty fV>r hla crtina on the gallows. ^ J. ARTHUR KNIGH1 AUori?y-kt-Lan Office In CourtbooM whcct?rb?ld. 3. C. R. L. McMANUS Dentist Chcratv, S. C. At Chastereld, Monday A I'agcland, Tuesday.