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BENNETTSVILLE, S. O.. FRIDAY. JULY 6. 1906.
NO. 28.
Mr. J. T. Parks Shot and Killed
in Street Row
BY MU. ROBT H. COY AB
Who is Himself Seriously Wounded in
the Shoulder. The Shooting Was
Caused bv Some Business Trou- ,
ble Between the Two Men
Brewing Sometime.
A moat deplorable tragedy was on
aoted In the streets of Orangeburg
about eleven o'olook last Friday morn
ing, resulting In tho death of Mr.
Jas. T. Parka, of Columbia, and thc
serious wounding of Mr. Robt. H. Co
var, of this olty. Tuese two gentle
men met In Ohuroh street, in the
rear of the Oourthouso, and without
eiohanging many words went to
shooting eaoh other with the result
above described. Tho tragedv caused
?great shook to the entire communi
ty, and 'or a time business was almost
suspended and nothing was talked
about hardly but the terrible occur
rence that bad resulted In tho deatb
of one gentleman and the desperate
wounding of another.
It was about eleven o'olook when
several pistol shots rang out in rapid
succession, which star lied every one
who heard them. The shooting did
not last but a few seconds, and noone
could say how many shots were ex
changed between tue two combatants,
BO rapid was the llring. lt is supposed
that eight or ten shots were fired In
all. As soon as possible people hurried
to the scene after tho pistols had been
emptied. Immediately after the shoot
lng Mr. Parks wasseen slowly walking
backward and sideways towards the
Northwest corner of the Courthouse
Hquaro and Mr. Covar slowly following
him, both gentlen an apparently re
loading their pistols.
When Mr. Parks reaohed the corner
ho oroased over Churoh street and on
tered the law oflloe of Messrs Bowman
& Bowman. When he reaohed the
t-fl^tthe gave hie pistol to I. W. Bow
njajoT^Eaq., who was standing ip his
office door, having gone tht.ro on hear
ing the pistol shots. At this time Mr.
Parks did not seem to be badly hurt,
but he was very pale, and said to
those who had gathered that he wau
fatally shot. Mr. Parks sat? down in
a chair, and it soon became apparent
that he waa seriously hurt. He wai
examined ay physicians who at first
thought that he was not fatally
hurt but aller being removed to
the residence of his brother in-law,
Dr. J. H. Perre) clear, and a oare
ful examination made, lt was found
that he was shot completely through
the body and the attending physicians
pronounced the wounds fatal. Mr.
Parks was hit In three plaoes. One
ball entered hin chin and two struok
him In tho stomaoh, one passing olean
through his body and lodging just
under the skin on the other side. Ile
was oonsolous up to half past niue 1
o'olook, but about that time his mind 1
began to wonder and at half-past
twelve o'olcok the end oame.
Immediately after the shooting Mr.
A. O. LiudstedTj took Mr. Covar'e*
pistol. About this time Mr. Covar's
father oame up and commanded his '
son to stop, whloh he did and turned ,
from following Mr. Parks and wa?>
carried to his c llloa, whero ho waa ?
examined by physicians and found to ,
Lave been hit in two places. One
ball parsed oompletoly through his
right shoulder anti another struok .
him In tho right hand, shooting off
his thumb nail. Another ball passen
through his hat, but did not touoh ,
hts head. Several bullets struck the ,
store of the Orangeburg Hardware '
Company on the comer of Russell and
Churoh Streets. These balls must
have come from Mr. Park's pistol,
and lndioates the position of the com
batants at tho timo of the firing. Mr.
Covar was removed to his homo,
where he now hes suffering from hit>
wounds, whloh are quite painful and
may result seriously.
In the excitement lnoldent to suoh
a deplorable affair statements vary
and lt has been quite a ouiloult matter
to obtain the faots. Homo of thc
nearby witnesses state that they are
unable to say which of them tired the
first shot. Others say that Mr. Parkt,
speke to Mr. Covar and appeared to
at>k him a question. Thc reply from
Mr. Covar seemed to bo alli'mat! ve
and then Mr. Parks struck him in thc
face with his dat. Then Mr. Parks
fired and both pistols were emptied in
an incredibly short timo. Wiicn thc
shooting took placo Mr. Covar was in
his shirt sleeves, and oarricd his pisto5
buttoned up in his shirt. One thing
ls oortain both men cxpectod a di IB
oufty and had prepared for lt.
Tho trouble seems to have been
caused by a bualnesi troublo botween
the two gentlemen. While Mr. Parks
resided lu Oraugoburg ho owned atd
publlahod The Patriot nuwspapor.
Mr. Covar moved hore from Edgolleld
oounty to take charge of the meehan
Ina! work of the paper for Mr. Parks,
and was In his employ for soveral
years, during whloh time they Boomed
to boon the most pleasant and Inti
mate terms.
When Mr. Parks moved to Colum
bia about two years ago Mr. Covar ho
came lnterostad In the boslness, and
was given entire management of thc
paper except tho editorial department,
which was retained by Mr. Parks,
who came down eaoh week to look
after lt. About tho first of tho year
Mr. Parks sold his interest In
The Patriot a?d the printing outfit
to Mr. J. H. Fundorburg and Mr. Co
var, Mid the newspaper ha? sinos been
published by Funderburg & Covar as
publishers ?nd proprietors.
It ls stated that sinoo this transfer
there has not been pleasant feelings
between Mr. Parks and Mr. Oovar.
It seems that there was some
trouble about business matters, and
that Mr. Parks oame down from Co
lumbia Friday morning to straighten
out tho matter. All the parties were
together in a conversation for some
time Friday morning and they
separated. It was only a short time
when they oame together again, and
the shooting took place as above stat
ed. It is reported that a man tele
phoned to Mr. Parks at Columbia
Thursday and advised him not to
come to Orangeburg Friday, asking
him to have his business transaoted
either through other parties or by
oorrespondenoe, stating to Mr, Parks
that Mr. Covar bad threatened to kill
him if ho interfered. It is also rumor
ed that Mr. Covar had been Informed
that Mr. Parks Intended to kill him
on account of some reports that he
had heard. We believe this Idle
Raney Sludo's talk is what oaused the
whole trouble.
The fact is that both partios acted
on tho idle talk they had heard and
were well armed and prepared fer
shooting without delay. Tho father
of Mr. Covar, an old gentloman, who
resides here with his son, was also
armed. Ile did not attempt to shoot
?nd returned his pistol to his pocket
when tho pistol was taken away from
bis son. After the fusilado when Mr.
Covar was walking forward after Mr.
Parks, as stated above, the old gen
tleman oallod to his son to stop, which
be did.
The unfortunate affair has oreated
% great deal of excitement, whloh oo
curring as it did, in so public a place.
Mr. Parks was a native of E?gefleld
acuity and came to Orangcburir from
Marion peveral years ago. During
his stay lu Oraugoburg he was in the
newspaper work and had many friends
In this olty as well as oounty, who
will bo shocked to hear of his tragic
Seath. Some years ago Mr. ParkB
married Miss Aunie Perreyolear, a
daughter of Capt. W. II Perreyolear,
D? thlB city, who with two sweet little
boys survive him.
Mr. B, H, Oovar was also a native
:>f Edgeiield, and has boon a resident
of this olty for some years. Since he
oame here he has conducted himself
In such a way as to gain the cordi
denoo and respeot of all who have
oome In contact with him. Ile, like
Mr. Parks, has many friends all over
the county, as well as in town. He
has a wife and several children, who
ire terribly grieved over tho sad af
fair. Mr. Or var ls now at homo suf
fering from the wound in his shoulder
?nd lt will be a long time befuro he
will bo able to do any work again.
ROASTS BOO?J<.V?LT.
South Carollna/.Honritotr'N Hot Hurrel^
on Uto Morris Affair.
.Senator Tillman Thursday after
noon paid his respects to President
Roosevelt, Saoretary Barnes, the man
obarged with the rough handling of
Mrs. Minor Morris at tho White
House a few months ago, Major Syl
vester of tho Washington police, and
the Asheville physician, Dr. Weaver
for their part in the Morris affair, in
.. vigorous speech lu the senate.
For two hours he held thc olosest
ittcuth n of hundreds of spcciators in
the galleries, many of whom wore
adles, who had como to the oapltol
lours before he was scheduled to be
fin his Bpieoh. His arraignment of
those whom he charged with the re
iponsibllity cf (j joting Mrs. Morrlb
from the White Houno was most
icvere. Ho recited his efforts to have
fin Investigation of the matterat tt e
b'mo lt happened and of the reluc
tance of thc sonate committee on
posteMees and post roads to have the
matter examined Into, and said that,
while hames, who had already been
ippolnted and o ir.firmed as postmas
tor ol this olty, oannot be affected by
what he might say, he waa determin
ed to let the world know what he
??bought of the treatment accotded to
Mrs. Morris and tho subsequent ap
?>olntmnnt of Barnes to tho position
if postmaster in tho olty of Wash
ngton, a place paying a 8(1,000 salary
Mutually.
Senator Tillman was frequently In
terrupted by friends of the prosldent
?'.nd Barnes, but continued to make
lils speeoh, while hundreds In the
galleries listened closely, and at times
second ready to break forth In tumult
oun applause. This was especially
noticeable when he referred to the
women and mothers of the country
and to his own mother.
Hilled an Intruder.
At Danville, Va., an unknown
negro was shot and Instantly killed at
about midnight Friday night while in
the act of attempting entrance to the
home of Mr. B. E. Morris, a doteotive
for the Southern Express company.
Thc negro had raised a window to a
room (coupled by Mrs. Morris and her
daughter, about IK years, when dis
covered by Morris, who was In the
room directly above that of lils wife
Criminal assault is thought to have
been tho motive for tho presenco of
tho negro. Some hours after the
killing a negro giving his name ai
Monroe Richardson was arrested on
the charge of being an acccmpllco of
the dead negro. Morris was released
without hall, and an Investigation
will take place.
liAi./tod HiuiStti?'
Capt. Falk of thc German bark
Cosine which arrived at Pensacola
on Thursday from Hamberg, commit
ted Ki'oide whllo tho vessel was at
sea by hanging himself in his oabin.
The Geslne left Hamburg In Marob
but went ashoro on a rcof and lt wat>
necessary to unload her cargo In or
der to ?oat the vessel. After that
tho captlan became vory despondent
and ono m irnlng was found hanging
In his cabin.
Hilled His Man.
Stanford White, prominent in Now
York sooiety,was shot and killod In
Madison Square roof gardon, New
York, on Monday night by Harry
Thaw, mombor of a wealthy Pitts
burg family. Thaw oreated a sensa
tton ?orno timo ago by marrying Eve
lyn N:sblt, an aotreos, against the
protests of his family. The row waa
caused by family affaira.
THE DEATH RATE
More People Die from Consump
tion Thdn From
ANY OTKEK DISEASE,
Pueumonla Comes Next lu the United
States, but Heart Disease 1B
Steadily on the lacrease. The
Census Report Covers
Five Years.
Tho bureau of tho consus has just
publlshod a report presenting mortal
ity statistics for tho United States
for the five oalendar years 1000 to
1004. This report was prepared under
tho supervision of the late William A.
Kin?, chief statistician for vital stat
istics.
Tho annual compilation of statis
tics of mortality was authorized by
the aot ot Congress establishing the
permanent census onion. The statis
tics, however, do not cover the entire
oountry, but, lu accordance with the
provlslous of this aot, are rostrlotod
to what lu termed tho "registration
area." This aroa comprises those
States and oitles which have laws re
quiting the regis'ration of death and
possess records ? ff or dlr g satisfactory
and ocmparable dita. In 1004 lt in
eluding ll States and 334 cities which
bad at munt 8,000 population in 1000
The ll registration States are Oon
neotiout, District of Columbia, In
diana, Milne, Massachusetts, M loh i
gau, Now Hampshire, New Jersev,
Now York, Rhode Island, and Ver
mont; the 334 registration oitles in
olude, in addition to the olties In the
ll registration States, a considerable
number which aro In non-reglstratlon
State.
'.thone States and oitles, oomposlng
the registration area, I nul nd od in 1004
a population of 32 900 080, or only a
trille more than two-fifths of theesU
mated population of the United States
For the remainder of the United
States wo have at present no mortali
ty statistics whlob are Bufllclontly re
liable and oompleto to be included in
this report. Tho registration aroa,
however, is gradually luoreaslng in ex
tent, as tho various States and oitles
como to really.* tho importanco of hav
lng:a?cqtu&vo registrai
efftO?lvely enforcing them.
The number of deaths reported in
the registration area in 1000 was 630,
030, and the death rato per 1.000 of
population was 17.6 lu 1001 the rate
deolined to 16 G and in 1002 the rate
deolined to 10. The rate Increased In
1003 to 10 2 and in 1004 to 16 7. The
average annual rate for the live years
was 16.6 per 1.000.
The average annual death rate in
the registration States was 17.8 per
1,000 tn the cities of 8,000 or more
population In 1U00 and 14.3 per 1,000
In rural districts, which as tho term
ls here used, Inoludcs everything out
side tbeso cities. Rhode Island ls tuc
only registration State In whloh the
rate was as high In tho rural distriots
as In tho olties. Hut In Massachusetts,
ConneoLiout and New Hampshire the
urban rate exceeded tho rural by less
than 1 par 1 000. The exoess wae
greatest lu Naw Jorsey, New tfork
and Maine.
Tho higher mortality for cities lb
due largely to tho faot that rcsidentb
of rural distriots wheu oritically 111 re
sort to tho hospitals and Institutions
in tho eitlen for treatment, and that
the deaths < ccurrlng in suoh cases arc
registered in tho cities, thus increas
ing the urban mortality.
The average annual rates wore low
est In St. Joseph, Mo. (7.6); Owosso,
Mloh., (10.1); Lincoln, Nob., (10.4);
and St. raul, Minn., (10.5), and high
est In Charleston, S. C., (31.3); Wil
mington, N C., (28.2); and Jackson
ville, Fla., (28.1).
There were 44 oitles in which the
average annual death rate for tho five
years was 20 or more per 1,000. Nine
teen of those oitles aro located in thc
Southern Slat s and oontaln a larg
proportion of colored population, the
death rato for whloh In general largo
ly exceeds that for the whites.
Tuberculosis of tho lunga and pneu
monia wore bv far the leaalng ca .?eb
of death.
Tho averago annual mortality from
tubeicnlusis of tho lungs or oonsump
tloh, 11)00 to 1001, was 172.0 por 100,
000 of population, lb ls gratifying to
noto that the rate has shown a mark
ed declino since 1800, when lt was
246 4. Thia Indicates that tho war
fare against thc white plague ls moot
ing with success. Thc mortality rom
this disease lu thc registration a U L in
bbc United States ls lower thun lt ls
In Ireland, Germany, Norway, Spain
and Switzerland, but higher than In
longland and Wales, Scotland, the
Nethorlans, Belgium and Italy.
Tue avorage annual mortality from
consumption was higher In Donver
than in any other registration olty.
Phlu faot is easily explained by thc
deaths of non-residents who resort to
that locality lu tho later stages of the
dlsoasc hoping to be benotltec) by the
iavoisblc ollmatlo conditions, l?xolud
Ing Denver, the rates were highest in
New Orleans, San Francisco, Wash
Ington, Newark, Jersey City, Haiti
more and Cincinnati; and lowest in
.St. Joseph, Mo., ?Scranton, Omaha,
Detroit, St. Paul, DulTalo and Min
uoapi lin.
Pneumonia was second among thc
principal causes of death, the avorage
annual rate bMng 134 0 per 100,000
population. The doath rato from this
.ilseaso In tho registration area of thc
United Statos ls considerably greater
than In longland and Wales and Scot
land.
For the prlnolpal olties tho avorage
annual rates woro highest In Aile,
ghoney, Pittsburg, New York and
Kansas City, Mo. ; and lowest in St.
Paul, Minneapolis, St. Joseph, Mo.,
and Toledo.
Among the loadh g oauses of doath,
[diarrhea and enterltlB was third, the
average annual mortality from this
disease for tho five years being 113 1
per 100,000. Over 80 per cent of thc
deaths from these diseases were deaths
of children under five years of age, and
aud over 05 per oent of children under
one year of age. For tho prlnolpal
cities tho rate was highest In Fall
Uiver. It was high also iu Pittsburg,
Providence, New York and Alle
gheny.
Heart disease was fourth among the
leading oauses of death, the average
I annual rate in the registration area of
the five years being 120 0 per 100,000
of population. Over 75 per oent of the
deaths from this disease occurred at
ages above 44, over 45 per oent ooour
rlng at 05 years and over. It is no
tlocable that the mortality from heart
disease ls steadily laoreaslng, the
death rato advancing from 111 2 per
100,000 in 1000 to 134 8 In 1004.
Another oause of death with an in
creasing rate was oanoer, the rato for
whloh lnoreased from 03 per 100,000
In 1000 to 70.9 in 1004 A compara
tively small proportion of tho deaths
from oanoer occurred at ages under 40
years. Tue deaths of females far ex
ceeded those of males, tho proportion
being 622 females to 378 males in ly
000 deaths.
Tho death rate from cancer in the
registration aroa of the United States
was less than in E jgland and Wales,
Scotland, Garmuny, Norway, the.
Netherlands and H wi z rland, but was
greater than in Ireland, Hungary,
Spain and Italy. It was higher In
the oltics than In tho rural districts,
but this is due partly to tho faot that
residents of rural districts lu the last
stages of tho disease soek tho hospit
als In the cities f r treameut.
The average annual death rato from
typhoid fevor lu the registration ?voa
was 33 8 per 100 000 of population. O.
tho ten European countries for whloh
similar statistics are available Italy
alone shows a higher. The total num
ber of deaths in the tl ve years, divid
ed as to sex, shows a proportion of
588 ft a'.es to 412 females in every 1,
000 deaths. In eaoh year a greater
number of deaths from typhoid fever
ocourred between the ages of 20 and
56 than at any other age period. The
number of deaths was greatest In Sep
tomber aud October, and least in
June. Over oue-tblrd of tho deaths
occured lu August, September and Oc
tober.
Among the large oltles tho greatest
mortality from this disease occurred
in Pittsburg, Pa., tho rate being more
than 120 In eaoh yoar. The next high
est rate was In the adjoining olty of
Allegheny. The mortality from ty
phoid foyer was also excessively high
in Cleveland, cincinnati, Columbus,
Loulsvlle and Washington. The aver
ago in New York olty, St Paul, Mil
waukee and Jersey City. The mor
tality was greater in many of the
amador cities and In tho rural dJ?fcrt-1
of certain counties in the registration j
States than In the larger oltles.
NEW RELIGIOUS SECT.
Mtnrlod hy a Nogro In a Now York
City.
It ls Bald that a peculiar religious
scot ls getting a foothold in tho olty
of Middletown, N. Y. lt ls the
Churoh of God and Saints of Christ
and is founded on lines similar to
Alexander Howie's Cuuroh of Zion,
and liku that lt has a head who pro
claims himself God's prophet and
mouthpiece. William S. Crowdy, of
Washington, D. C., ls the prophet
The churoh knows no oolor line, but
as the prophet ls a negro the majority
of converts aro from tho uegro raca.
A branch of the church was organ
ized in this city some weeks ago by
an intelligent negro, John H. Allen,
from Clover, Va., and already lt has
made fourteen black and one white
convert. The keeping of the Ten
Commandments and observing of
Saturday as the Sabbath aro the
strong points of tho Church of G, d
Prophet Crowdy, if he had a white
Bklu, would muoh resemble Alexander
Dowle, and his methods appear as if
copied from Howie's He publishes a
newspaper, tho Weekly Prophet,
which is tho oulolal organ of the
Church of God, and Its chloe end
seems to bc to urgo tho membors to
send in contributions to Crowdy.
Membors of the churoh have to
contribute 10 per cont of their earn
logs, which, wii \ all other moneyb
oolleotcd, goes to Prophet Crowdy.
The members are told that Crowdy ls
omnibcolent sud that nothing they do
escapes his observation. Particular
stress ls laid on tho fact that it ls lm
possible to fool the prophet In regard
to thc earnings of the followers, and
it is suggested that li any of them
tried to "ni?:" in their JO per cent
contributions swift punishment would
follow. The prophet has a sohemo of
oulldlng a holy city at Belleville, Va ,
similar to Howie's Zion city. Tin
other colored ohurches of this city are
up in anns against the Church of
God. _
KllloU HIH Formor Wil'o.
At Mannlngton, W. V*., Jones E
Coad, an oil driller, shot and killed
his wlfo early Thursday, dangerously
wounded Samuel Hugh Williams, &
hoarder, and then comitted suioidc.
Coad, lt is said doserted his wife last
January. In April she was granted a
divorce and then openod a boarding
houso to support her family. Thurs
day morning her husband roturncd to
town, and going dlrcotly to her home
shot hor through tho head while she
was still in bed. Williams was sleep
ing on a lounge and Coad then turned
the weapon on him, shooting him in
the breast, after which ho put a bul
lot in his own brain. Hoth husband
and wife died almost instantly. Wil
liams will probably recover.
Out In tho Opon.
Senator Tillman added tho follow
ing on Tuesday to what ho had said
in his "Address to the Peoplo" rela
tivo to tho oampalgn mootings: "I
soo by tho papers that they are hav
lng tho campaign meetings In tho
court houses, which is an additional
reason why I'm not going to J In the
ca^nalgn party. It would not bo
justice to myself after the great
strain that has been mado on me dur
ing the present session to speak Inside
of houses of any kind. I would not
stand it. Beside all tho oampalgn
I have ever attended woro out in the
open, whore they ought to bo. It ls
batter for both people' and speakers.
TAGES OF SIN.
-
Qofa to the Gallows for Killing
a Friend.
? POLISHED RASCAL.
One of the Most Picturesque Figures ia
Police Crookdom of tbe Century.
] Probably tbe Most Remark
able Ci ?minni Record of
Modern Times.
After a Ufa of or I me beginning with
boyhood, ''Lord Frederiok Seymore
Barrington, society highwayman, re
sourceful orook, bigamist, forger and
murdoror, paid the penalty of his last
crime on the . oaffold Friday at Cory
ton] Mo.
Tho orlme for whioh Barrington was
to die OD the sou IT Did was tho murder
of /ames P. MoOann, a wol) known
sporting man of this ol ty, on June 18,
1003. MoUann was shot, his body
robbed and his remains thrown into a
a pond at Bonilla. By a peculiar OJ
Incidence the nude body of the mur
dered man was discovered floating in
tbe pond just three years ago Thurs
day.
During the aotlve years of bis oa
roer "Lord" Barrington was one of
the moat picturesque figures In "po
UGO'* orookdom, for, although he was
of lowly origin, his speciality of pass
lng as a mombor of the British peer
ago, went well in several oltles and
helped him to live without work for
years.
He was the son of a haok driver In
Tunbridge Wells, England, and his
real name is F. G. Barton. He was
arrested for the first time at the age
of Bevon years, when he was oaught
sotting fire to the common. At 12 ho
was sentenced to flvo years in the Bed
Mill reformatory for embezzlement.
After serving three years ho made bis
eboape by means of a rope, only to bo
arrested two years later and Bontenoed
for robbery. For this he Bervod in
Yorkshire prison.
About this time he deoided it
would bo to his advantage to give
himself a new surrounding by Joining
oho army, whero ho oould observe the
ways of the oilloarn who made up much 1
of the English society. This was in
hts 22 i yhars, bub before his enlist- 1
nun t was a year old he he had forged
..'rom -the ?tm .
Con* ."Led a burglary for which he did 1
a n years's stretch.
hat ojmpleted his English record. '
Whkt orimes he succeeded in commit
Mm; In tho short Intervals between
nts prisons terms are not known, but '
are believed to be many. He got into 9
some of tho best households as a Ber- 1
vant; studied tho members of sooiety; '
he served as au artist, studies his '
model, and In later years made good 1
use of hin studies. Ho robbed a
clergyman three times and each timo
by a sorrowing profession of repent- '
anoi and glib quotation succeeded lu
bourg fir gi ven. When he was finally
landed behind the bars for the ten
years' term in E?gland he Bottled
down to Improving his education so ho
could step out of prison a student. He 1
perfected himself in French, German 1
and the classics, and was a polished
fraud when he came to America in
1801. He posed hero as the son of an
Engllshnobleman of wealth and rank '
As suoh he won Miss Celestino Mil
ler, ef Booklyn, an heiress with a for
tune In her own right. After marry
ing Miss Miller he had the effrontery '
to return to his own land and estab
lished himself with his wife In a home 1
at Wost Brighton. There ho cold 1
bloodedly told his wife the truth
about himself. Stripped of overy
penny by hor husband, tho unhappy
wife returned to this oountry with
her child, and Barton was arrested and
sent baok to prison to ser ve out an old
sentence. As soon as tho sentence
was expired Barton returned to the
?jitod Stated having found here the
best field for his peculiar operations.
In 1002 Philadelphia sooiety receiv
ed with open arms "Lord Burgoyne,"
of the Eigllsh peerage, nis lordship
was none other than the exoonvlct,
but before that came to be known ho
nad c mr ted and wedded Miss Mar
garet Bafforty, an heiress. Ho told
her ho was heir to 820,000 and bor
rowed money from her. While they
wero on tholr honeymoon, "Bur
gcyno" slipped from the train and
disappeared. She would behove noth
ing against him until she wont to
Now York and learned tho truth from
lils llrat wife, with whom '"Burgoyne"
was, at the timo, attempting to offdot
reconciliation.
Ueoeivlng no notice from his Qrst
wife, the ex-convlot, who had been
wandering In the Wost, mado lils do
hut in St. Louis society under the
alias of "Lord Barrington." Ho met
and married Miss Wilhelmina Grace
Coohran, of Independence, Iowa, who
was visiting In St Louis at tho time.
Before he c:uld enjoy tho monoy he
had obtained through this marriage,
a hard-headed brother of Mlsn Cooh
ran had dlsojvered his rooord and had
"Barrington" thrown Into prison.
Following his exposuro "Barring
ton" Biicoocdod in winning tho conti
donco of MoOann, a wealthy horse
iwnor and hotel man. On tho night
of MoOann's disappearanoo tho two
wore seen drinking together. The
murder was traced to "Barrington,"
and ho waa convicted. The legal light
to save him extended over two years
Man With Twolvo Toon.
P. E. Franks, of Pennsylvania, was
arrested at Cumberland, Md., on a
charge of cmbt/./dtug about $200 at |
Charleroi, Pa. Five minutes after
thu culegran was received at the
polioo station. Lieutenant Selim vt/,
had Franks under arrest. Tho iaot
that he has six toes on eaoh foot was
one of the moans of ldentifloatlon.
Ho returned to Pennsylvania without
a requisition.
Not until we have thrown lt away
forever do we realizo that love 1B the
moat preolous gift life oau bring un.
HUMAN FLOWERS.
THIS IS WHAT AUNT HAf.IAK,
? AI J 11H TUE GI KLS.
Who Are the Fv/ootoot Things the
Good Lord Created on the
Barth,
como, girls, and "snuggle" up close
to me while we have a heart-to-heart
talk, (or I expeot te get as muoh as I
give. I want to think of my girls,
whether they are ono year or ton or
twenty, as opening flowers-some of
thom early spring beauties, others
summer roses-all sweet and tender,
and all needing love and care to de
velop the best that ls In them.
Girls, dont be In a hurry to reaoh
young ladyhood and the advantages
you Imagine will be gained by it. Do
not rob yourself of the rosy flush o?
bappy childhood. It will soon be
over. You will put away with loving
hands the playthings of your child
hood. How fleeting are the years of
childhood. As the years pass they
bring with Intelligence and exporienoe,
but take away the innooonoo of child
hood.
Girls, do you realize you aro the
rosobuds in the garden of lifo? You
are the sweetest things that God ore
ated. Your vol?os are like music-so
unselfish and sweet, so holpful and
loving that sad hearts grow glad and
sad fa?on brighton wherever you go.
Love this youth that Gjd has given
you, and forgot no* to thank Him for
lt. There are no skeletons In your
closet, no sorrowful memories to bring
the tears to your oyo.
I hope you are all happy and cheer
ful these bright spring days. While
che birds are building their homes In
hedges and tree tops they are filling
the world With muslo. Busy from
morning till night, they find time to
sing. DphVjgait till yoyr work ls done
to sing*-sApg ancf be happy and make
otherstytppy. ?YSs,tollow tho bird's
example and go singihg to your work.
Surely God wants us to be oheerfu!
and happy when Ha made this world
so beautiful for us. Kind, cheerful
people bring out the best that is in
us, so that wo oan hardly help being
good while we aro under their inllu
enoe. There ls no sweeter muslo in
our heavenly Fathor's ears than the
innocent song and laughter ot his
ohildren, and no sweeter tribute could
ever be made to the weary ones of
earth than that whloh comes from
the sparkling, innocent soul of young
girlhood.
Girls, have all the pets you want,
but don't keep any living ching In con
finement. Don't have a sweet little
songster beating ita whigs, against the
sago, nor a irolo^Kr'aplVroi. Let
bb ow be free, happy and Joyous in
their native element. A fellow-feel
lng makes UB wonderous kind. It has
been eleven years sinoe I walked the
green earth, and the time seems long
md dreary. I often long in the glan
iprlngtlme to get away Into some
Joop tangled wildwood and Unten to
bho sweet songs of birds in Joylous
Freedom as they lilt from croe to tree.
I have learnod lessons of patleno
and jubmlsslon to the divine will. AB
never before I've learned the value ol
true friends, to apprcolate more and
more tho love and friendship of pure
minded Christian girls. How patient
ly and sweetly, with tender hands
they ministered to me when the death
Angel seemed very near. None but
i! .ul is sufficiently wiso to understand
the heart of Oarlstlau girls. They
bring joy and poace to their homes.
They are their mother's companions
Etnd helpers, and their sweet Influence
brings muoh of heaven down to earth
by. keeping their brothers' wandering
feet in paths of safety. Surely the
?holtorlng wings of the unseen angels
must hover very near our swoot girls.
Sod blois them and make us worthy
:>f their tender devotion.
Pure minded girls an not only
blessings In their homes. We meet
with them on tho highways and by
ways. One of them came luto my life
as a ministering angel when I was far
from friends, when I was bereft of all
that made life worth living, hut we
wore as ships passing and hailing eaoh
other as we passed. No girl can be
pure and good without the world ho
ing the bettor for it and making her
own heart happier. God bless you
all and keop you well and happy, and
remember you havo the best wishes of
AUNT SALL1R.
Dostruotlvo Storm.
Oharlio Thomson, a negro living
a -J von miles east ot Union, had the
roof blown off his houjo and furniture
badly broken up by a storm last week.
His family were uninjured by the light
nlng. An empty house on tho Sin
clair piase near by was also blown
down. A special from Pride's sa>b
there was a vory heavy storm in that
soot lon and that great damage was
dono at Chester and Yorkvlllo by the
blowing down of trees and othor
things, which have not been olearod up,
At Ked Point, near Pride's crops
wore tadly injured there being a
heavy hall storm half a mlle wldo all
through that section. No damage
was dono at Neals Shoals, though
tho ourrent had to be turned off.
Hurled rwmny-four Hours,
norman Fishor, eftor having been
imprisoned in a tronoh ten feet deep
with only his head above the ground
from 4 p. m., Friday was finally dug
out at 8 o'olook Saturday morning.
He soemed no worse for his oxporlenoo.
The work of rescue continued through
out tho night. For a long time lt was
thought that Fisohor would succumb
from exhaustion owing to the pres
sure of earth upon his" body. Fisher
and several other workmen were dig
ging a trenoh for a sowor on Staten
Island, when tho sidos gave way,
burying all ail vu. The others were
soon resoucd.
Vory CJonaitlornto.
Bather than wake his traveling
companions-some of whom wore wo
men-to take the regular train at 6
a. m., from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga.,
George Fostor Peabody, tho rich edu
cational philanthropist, waited on
Monday until later In the day and
hired a special, paying for it 9688, and
{lying the employes of the train large
Ipi beeidet.
ALONE IV DI AT li.
The Bad Fut? ot a Yotinj; woman at
at Floren eb.
The Florence rimes lays: Telling
in ito sad details a stol? of suffering
and botta> al by a man Who professed
to love her, and who had deserted nor
three months before the birth of a
ohild last Saturday morning, ls the
li io of a young woman supposed to be
Laura May Rhame, who died last
Friday night about ll o'clock at the
infirmary of Dr. Wm. Ilderton on
Evans street.
The young woman had been in
Florenoe for some time sud had taken
a room at a boarding house in E ist
Floren oo, where she wat being treat
ed by Dr. Ilderton. Friday morning
her condition was alarming, and lt
was deemed advisable to take ber to
the infirmary where she could receive
more careful attention and be under \
constant medical supervision. Bub
she had passed the stago of human
aid and death ensued-leaving her
real identity a mystery, and a little
baby girl.
The remains of tho unfortunate
young mother were taken to Water's
undertaking establishment and pre
pared for burial, and the Interment ls
being postponed In the hopes of get
ting Intelligence from friends or rela
tives. The ohlld ia belbg oared for
by Dr. Ilderton until something else
can be done In the way Of providing a
home for lt.
As to the real identity of the wo
man no one knows. She had gotten
only ono letter slnoe she had been
here, addressed to Miss Laura May
R jame,* and three letters were found
In her ??session addressed to ?liss
Helen Trautman, Wedgefield, S. CV
and A. D. Rhamo, Clarendon, S. *C,
and one to Mrs. Duchamp, Pine
wood, N", 0.
Another letter from an unknown
party was found in which he wrote in
the most endearing tones, ?nd mak
lng unfulfilled promises. Also a rec
ord In the faded leaves of a worn
Bible wore found some family reoords,
but nothing tending to throw any
light on the mystery.
It ls said that a man oame here
about four months ago looking for a
party by tue name of the dead wo
man and that he had some money
willoh belonged to her through the
e&le of some property. But he looked
in vain and could not get In communi
cation with her in any nay. He has
hot been hoard from since.
Dr. Ilderton bas born? the expense
of the woman's stokneM and death
and says be does not mind (bat, but
would like to make some disposition
of the ohlld. %
BATTLESHIP SOUTH CAROLINA
. --
A Fi&lr?atovluitoii ot tho Now Fight*
In? Machine.
Much Interest is shown in Wash
ington in the new battleship South
Carolina, the Contract foi whlob will
shortly be awarded by the navy de
par tmept.
Tho South Carolina ls tb be 450 feet
long and will have an extreme bredth
at low water line of 80 feet and 2
Inches. Trie mean draft at ti lal dis
pincement ia not to exceed 21 feet, 0
inches. The ooal bunker oapaolty of
the ship will be 2 200 tons.
THU AHMAMKNT
The new ship will have a main bat
tery of 8 twelve lnoh breech loading
rlfies, and two submerged torpedo
tubes. The secondary battery will
consist of twenty 3 lnoh (14 pounder)
rapid fire guns; two three pounder
seml-autom&tio guns; eight 1 pounder
seml-automatio guns; two 3-lnoh field
pieces; futir machine guns of oalibrc
of.30.
Tho hull of the South Carolina ls
to be protcoted by a water Une belt
eight feet wide, varying In thiokness
from eight to twelve Inches. Thia
armor will be tapered in sections, be
ing thicker above the water line. It
will be driven by onglnes of 16,000
horse power, four cylinder triple ex
pansion lu type. Tue smoke pipe of
tho ship will be 100 feet high and
steel masts fore and aft will be equip
ped with wireless telegraphy. Every
precaution will be taken to guard
against fire, ant' di the living spaoes
are to be sheatL 1 with metal, baoked
with an Inch and a half of oork and
asbestos and felt.
The maximum timo to be allowed
for the completion of the South Caro
lina will be forty-two months and
heavy penalties will be provleed for
delay. .
FOUND DEAD IN SWAMP.
Mystery tn Death of Mill Operativo
Nour Columbia,
The body of Bon Walsh, an English
man and itinerant cotton mill opora
olve, who has been working at Colum
bia, Winnsboro, Charlotte and other
points, was found Friday In a swamp
near tho Assembly bridge in a badly
decomposed state, though the man ls
said to have been seen allvo as late as
Thursday.
Whether he was murdered or acci
dentally drowned ls what ls now pu/,
zling the ( Ulcers. Ills body ls oovored
with blue marks, but the physicians
havo so far discovered no othor cvh
denco of foul play. Ills pockets were
found turned out.
Four men have been arrested pend
lng investigation. These aro John und
ILnry Oreen, of Columbia, and P De
witt and 1. C. Crouoh, of Winnsboro,
all cotton mill operatives. The Greens
and Dewitt wore seen drunk with
Walsh Thursday. Orouoh's father ls
Dewitt's brother-in-law. Dewitt
wont to Winnsboro on tho early train
?rririftVj And Crouch s?ys he told his
relatives that a doad man's body
rr'gilt be found in the swamp near
Columbia. Crouoh oame to Columbia
Friday morning, after seeing Dewitt
in Winnsboro.
The Greens say they moved Walsh,
In a hopelessly drunken oondltlon,
from under tho bridge Thursday and
loft him in the swamp to get him out
of danger and out of sight of the po
lbe. _______
Convlotlon ol a Floud?
El Rainey, a negro, was oonvloted
rt Gaffney on Monday, of committing
a rapo on a thirteen old negro girl,
The girl is said to haye dieri as a re
sult of injurie* inflicted on her hy tnt
fiend.
POSTAL THIEVES
Columbia Has Lost Many Pack'
ages id Recent Past
HAVE BEEN STOLEN
Between Mall Room at Union Depot
nnri Postoffice. Inspectors Have
Worked Bul, It ls Said, Have
Secured Lillie Evidence
of Utility Ones.
There seems to havo been consider
able stealing of letters and packages *
going on among the postal offlolals
located In Columbia. A dispatoh
from that city to tbe Charleston Post
says what Postmaster Ensor calls "a
regular Saturnalia of stealing" has
been going on among the raliway
train porters and perhaps others, who
have been handling tho malls betwoen
the mail room at the union station
and the trains, Ile has failed to
locate over seventy-fi ve paokages that
have been reported to him as having
been lost, tho date of tho first paok
age malled being December 9 last,
and tbat of tho last April 14 last.
How many more have been stolen Dr,
Knsore has no idea.
There may be many oases that .
were never reported and still other
oases that will bo reported later. As
a resulted of a letter Dr Ensor wrote
to the Washington division Inspector
Williams, located at Chattanooga, de
tailed Inspectors Pula for, Banner
man and Webers on the oase. After
several days' work they wore unable
to trace any evidenoe against either
of the three transfer clerks who are.
In oharge of the mail room at the'
union station, in relays. So far only
one arrest bas been made, that of
Sam Williams who was caught by a
decoy letter containing silver whloh
was handed to him to be taken to the
train. He has been landed in jail by
Commissioner Vernor in default of
ball.
Transfer Clerk Mobloy, a negro,
was arresW but was afterward re
leased. Nothing has so far been dis
covered against the other colored
transfer clerk, G. P. Murray, and
both ho and Mobloy aro still on duty.
Chief Transfer Cle?k N.J.Davis ls
the only white mau vin of the- .
mail room. He is ? man of high in
tegrity, in whom everybody has per
feet confidence.
Sam Williams has been at the
union station only four montos. Eich
of the transfer clerks has a key whloh
fits all the looked pouohes, and whloh
ue ls required by the regulations to
oarry on a ohain attached to his body.
But whether anything bas been stolen
Crom the first class mall, whloh is re
quired to be looked, oan not be said.
it appears from tue Hst of lost pieces
which traolug has failed to looate,
that tho stealing was confined almost
altogether to paokages. These piok
ages are handled almost entirely in
large saoks, unlooked, which are
candled between the mail room and
tho postoflloe by portors. Tbore are
a number ot porters working In the
employ of the pustoffioo.
But Sam Williams ls lu no way con
nected with tho office. Ile and other
raliway portors and tho postotlloo por
ters all bavo aoess to the mail room
and as tho transfer clerk* have fre
quently to be away from the room
there ls a good opportunity for steal
ing.
Though the Inspectors have given
up tho fight for tho time bel?g they
nave by no means given up hopes,
and other arrests are epeefcod in the
immediate future.
On one occasion eight packages
sent up on the Charleston train were
j stolen before they reached the Colum
bia olileu.
Dr. Pike, a Columbia dentist, lost
nine packages, which should havo
oome to him in two weeks.
"The thing has beoomo notorious."
said Dr. Ensor to Tho Evening Post
representative. "An awful stench
had arisen to tho nostrils of the pat
rons of tho office, who wore taking
their paokages to the express ofllco.
The investigation has deoloscd that
the mail room down thora has turned
out to bo a regular den of thieves.
Of oourao 1 hope you will say nothing
that might be ooustrued aa a reileo
tlon on Mr. Davis in whom we all
have the greatest eon li donee.
"Whether any of the stoallng has
boon going on among the postal olorka
on tho trains 1 eau not say, but I sup.
pose not. Tiie students hero in tho
malo and femalo oolleges bavo hardly
been able to get a thing sent to thom
in tho past several months. The
thieves mado a olean sweep. 1 am
satisfied that not an artlole has boon,
stolen by any of tho employee", of this
oftloo, not only because I have confi
dence In thom but tho systom would
rcqulro all to bo in collusion if one
stole." '_(
Humed to Dofttfi.
An awful acoldout happed In the
Middleburg Mills village at Bates
burg on Friday night. Mrs. Corley,
wife of one of tho mill employes, In
starting afire in the stove preparatory
to cooking supper, poured korosene
Into the stove when there was already
a small fire. As a result the Hame
oame up to the can, oauslug au ex
plosion and burning Mrs. Corloy so
that at a little past midnight she
died from the effaots of the burn.
Tho house was completely destroyed
by tho Uro and lt was only through
tho hercio work of tho operatives that
the Uro did not spread further. Al
most all of tho household goods of tho
Corley family wore destroyed. Mrs.
Corloy was less than thirty years old
and a very sad feature of tue affair ls
that she would have given birth to a
child In two weaks.
Pluok ploks up nor trailing skirts
and goes attor what she w/inu. while
i J look Umps on down the road beaning
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