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Ttie Marlboro Democrat
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VOL XXXIIi BENNETTS VILLI], S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1008 NO. 6
THE STATE WINS
Judge Prichard Refuses to Inter
fere in the Dispesnary Matter.
GRAFT HUNT GOES ON.
Whiskey Dealer? Who Swindled tho
State Will Have to Paco tho Music
or Do Without Their Money That
May De Owed Thom Dy tho Old
South Carolina State Dispensary
Authorities.
At Asheville, N. C., on Wednesday
Judgo Prichard in tho United States
circuit court denied tho petition of
Fleisehniann &. Co., of New York
and refused to appoint a receiver
for the South Carolina State Dispen
sary fund of $$00,000, against which
there are alleged to bo claims ag
gregating $600,000.
Tho Judge mado his announce
ment during tho afternoon session,
after attorneys for tho dispensary
>, ' commission had presented their hill
i In answer to the sensational, charges
made In the Fleisehniann petition,
which was Clod In this court a short
time ago.
The answer alleges that the claim
of Fleischmaun & Co. ls unjust and
Invalid and that there was collusion
and conpsirncy between the plaintiff
and another firm to defraud the
State and that tho State was choalcd
out of a largo sum of money in each
of tho claims made by tho plaintiff;
lt also alleges that Fleischmann &
Co. sold to the State a concocktion
with a more trace of whiskey.
Tho answer declared false the al
legation by Fleisehniann & Co. that
the commissioners were wrongfully
Withholding tho money for their own
Individual interests. Tho answer de
nied as false and maliciouss tho al
legation in tho complaint which refer
red to u conspiracy between Attorney
. General Lyon and the dispensary
commission and demanded proof.
Shortly after tho court convened
for tho afternoon sossion, Judge
Prichard announced from tho bench
that be would not appoint a re
ceiver foi- the dispensary, as he felt
that the fonds are now fully protect*
; ^d. Ile directed the attorneys to inn
flue their arguments to the question
as to whether this court could as
sume jurisdiction, the point hoing
woollier or not this ls a suit against
the State. Mr. h. I,. Remit rec of
Atlanta, for tho commission, consum
ed the remainder of the afternoon ses
sion io argument to establish tho
fact, that the State is an indispensa
ble party to the suit.
Before the hill of the defendants
was read, Attorney (louerai Lyon of
South Carolina replied to tho all?ga
tions made hy Floisehmann ?? Co.
relative to the transfer of funds from
tile jurisdiction ol' the court, saying
tlitit the State of South Carolina was
not running away, that the allegation
was false. Ile read a concurrent res
olution adopted by the house of rep
resentatives Tuesday. In tin? course
of the resolution it was stated that
the legislature of So it h Carolina in
creating the dispensary commission
did not consent to suits against the
Stale Tor claims as a result ol' tho
dispensary muddle.
Just before Judge Prichard nn
yf?unecd his decision there was a
Kiinrp colloquy between Attorney
General Lyon of South Carolina and
George B. Lester of NOW York and
Alf. s. Rarnard, who represent
Fleischman & Co. Mr. Barnard ask
ed for thne to prepare nnswOrs to
the aflldnvlts of the commission.
1 ie stn i ed t hal t lu' commis! lou had
invited creditors to come to Colum
bia to provo their claims. Hut at the
??.?me lime it was known that some
^Jo or Hu warrama were ready in the
^TOice of tho attorney general on
Which Hm repre.-entativen ol' the
creditors would he arrested, and In
stanced the cato of the pre,Uesenta
tive i*>r Ullman ft Co., who had
been iiirested, charged with fraud
and required io rive heavy bond.
J lld go Prichard remarked that if
lie look jurl: (lid icu he would ap
point a i,.aster lo sill all charges of
fraud lo the bottom.
The attorney (5 en oral In reply to
Mr. Kantard said: "Of course we
hoar 'his cry from those who have
defrauder the Stale. Naturally, when
1 can catch any of these fellows in
Soilth Carolina. I will arrest them.
I have no warrant, however, foi tho
Fleischman!! representativos ami I
will agree that they shall come lo
South Carolina lo prove their claims
end depart unmolested." He added,
however, that there wan a warrant
(ll')l' Hie representatives of the An
hon sor-li nr.ch concern.
Mr. Mordecai responded that Mr.
Famuli!, tho man retened to, had
left the State on business. Hut ll*
Would return and mool all charges,
Ml*. Stevenson, counsel for the
Commission, stated there was no in
tention of Inveigling men to South
TERRIBLE CRIME
Committed at New Burn. N. C,
by Two White Men.
Wife of Prominent Citizen Hold at
Their Mercy-Posse Aiding in tho
Bearch for the Rruteu.
A special from Now Horn, N. C.,
Monday Klyes the particulars of a
horrible ou trago by two white men,
perpetrated early Monday morning ou
Mrs. S. L. Huck, tho wife of a prom
inent citizen of New Horn, at their
homo lu the principal residence sec
tion.
Tho men called at tho home of Mr.
Much about midnight, and Mrs. Huck
finally answered theil repeated
knocks for admission. When she
opened thc door and they learned
from her of her husband's absence,
they choked her Into submission and
repeatedly outraged and assaulted
her. A posso of citizen's are helping
tho oillcers in searching for the men.
TH AW NOT <;i; ii/rir
Of Murder, lint (?oes to the Insane
Asylum.
Acquitted Saturday at New York
of the murder of Stanford White on
tho ground that he was Insane at ?
tho time of tho homicide. Harry K. i
Thaw was ordered hy Justice Howl- ;
lng to he committed to the Manhat
tan asylum for the criminal insane ?
until such a time as ho can convince
tho state lunacy commission that bis
being at large will not endanger the
public safety.
Holli Thaw and his wife, the latter
being the only mom ber of bis family
in ocnrt when the Jury unexpected
ly roturnd its verdict after a delib
eration of 25 lunns, seemed ploascd
and satisfied with the outcome of the
case. Thaw steed and Bmilltngly
bowed his acknowledgements to the
jurors as they Hied one by ono out
of the box. District Attorney Jerome
also seemed satisfied, as bo baa con
tended ever since the crlmo was com
mitted that Thaw was medically if
not. legally, Jnsa.no.
Thaw's counsel thanked the jury
with a hearty hand-shake for each
one of the twelve men. Attorney j
1.it tl john bled au exception to Justice
Dowlng's decision in retaining Thaw
in custody and committing him to i
the asylum.
I IE PROTECTED UER.
Married His Cousin te Prevent Her
Marrying Another,
A special to Tho Augusta Chroni
cle from Albany, Qa., says the con
tracting parties to a marriage Sun
day wore Miss Lemmie Giddens arid j
Mr. H. T. Giddons, both of Worth,
county.
Miss Qldd?n'a father objected to j
her receiving tho attentions of a cor- 1
tain young man of the neighborhood, j
Ile ordered his daughter to remain
in M?e house day and night. H. T.
Giddens, a third cousin, wont to her;
father, and offered to co-operate In'
the plan to save her from the objec
tionable suitor.
Young Giddens kept bis part of
the bargain so far as other men were
concerned, hut be construed the
agreement liberally in favor of him
self and married the girl. I
GOES IT FOR LU E.
From the Lunatic Asylum to the
State Penitentiary,
John Heard was convicted at
Gainesville, (?a., of murder on lasl
Thursday anti ordered sent to the
penitentiary for Hie, for the murder
ol' \Y. (V Hammond, his father-in
law The killing occurred three years
??go. On the first trial Heard entered
an insanity plea Ile was sent to the
Malo sanitarium at Mlllcdgovlllc,
Lately he was declared hy the au
thor i i los there ha have, hoon restored
to mental health. Ile was brought
hack t?> Hall county and arraigned
for tho killing, conviction result?
lng. t
MAN DROI'I'ED 1)10AD
Ami tuc Sheck 011 Seeing Him Killed
His Noire.
At Millville, X. J.. Thursday, Rollin
Nichloson, a well known oyster ship
per, dropped dead Thursday as he
Slopped from a train on his return
home from Savannah, where he had
been ill from typhoid fever. Tho
body wa.; taken to thc home of a
brother near the railroad and when
Mildred Nicholson, a niece, saw lt
she collapsed and died In a short
Ihne. t
Carolina for the purpose of prosecu
tion.
.Tudgo Prichard then announced
that nt) receiver would he appointed
and argumenta on Jurisdiction was
then began by Mr. Rountrco.
KING SHOT DOWN
The Crown Prince Also a Victim
ot the Assassins.
KILLED ON THE SPOT
Wore Three of the Murderers, and
tl?! City of Lisbon Was hi an Up
roar-Tho Tradcgy Occurred While
King Carlos, Queen Amolle mu]
Their Two Sons Wore Kiding in
tho Streets of tho City.
King Carlos, of Portugal, and thc
Crown Prince Lui? Phillippo wore ns
Bassinnted Saturday afternoon while
riding alon;; the streets of I,Ibsen on
their way from the raiload station
to the pu I nco.
The King's second son, tho Infantil
Manuel, wai; Slightly wounded, hut
Queen Amelie, who strove to save
the Crown Prince's life hy throwing
herself upon him, was unhurt.
A band of men waiting at tho cor
ner of Praco Do Com mordo and the
Run Do Arsenal suddenly sprang to
ward the open carriage, in which the
family were driving to thc palace,
and leveling carbines which they had
concealed upon them bred. Tli? King
mid tho Crow n Prince, upon whom
(he attack was directed, wore each
shot three times and they lived only
long enough to be carried to the ma
rine arsenal near hy, where they ex
pired.
Almost at tho first shot the King
foll hack en the cushions dying, and
it the same moment the Crown
Prince was seen to half arise and
then sink back on the seat, tineen
rVmclic jumped up and throw herself
toward tho Crown Prince in an ap
parent effort to save his life at tho
sost of her own, but the Prince had
received his death wound. The guard
[Ired upon the assassins and killed
three of them.
A strong guard was in attendance
because of the recent uprising in tho
Slty and the discovery of a plot to
Assassinate Promori Franco and ov
Mthrow the monarchy. Put tho
band of murderers had selected the
most advantageous spot for tho' com
mission of their crime, for they were
concealed from Ibo eyes of tho polico
until the carriage had wheeled into
tho Praco Do Com mei ch), a largo
square Before any of the guard
were aware of what was happening
tho assassins leaped toward the car
riage and instantly a fusiadc of shots
rang out.
In a moment all was terrible con
fusion, tho King and Crown Prince
was shot doun without thc slightest
chaine to save themselves Police
guards sprang upon the regicides, tho
number of whom ls somewhat un
certain, and killed throe of them and
captured three others. One of these
committed suicide after being placed
in prison, it is charged that one ol
the murderers was a Spaniard nam
ed Cardovn
Tho news swept through thc
city like lire through dry
grass, and tho populace ls panic
stricken, not knowing where the noxl
blow may fall. There ls the j; rea tesl
dread for the futuro of tho country
uh hh seems OU the vern?' Of belnp
plunged Into Ibo awful throes of n
revolution with all the attendant
horrors and bloodshed Throughout
the city consternation reigns, and all
the home-; and business places ar*
barricaded.
An examination of tilt) wounds ol
tho King, who was already dead When
lie reached tho arsenal, showed thal
Ihree bullets had found their mark
Cae wound was situated at the nap?
of tho neck, a second in the sllpuldoi
and lin- third, which Was tho fatal
wound Revered Hie carotid artery,
The ('town Prince, who was Stil
breathing, hut who died almos) Im
mediately, after admission to the ar
senal, had sn Herod (bree wounds lil
the head and chest. Two bullets had
druck Prince Manuel, one in tho low
er jaw and another in Hie arm.
Q ii eon Maria Pia. lb'- mother ol
Kin;; Carlos, the Duke of Oporto, his
bret her, a humber of ibo minister!
and Court officials hastened at once
lo the palace when ibo HOWS roached
them of the attack upon the royal
family. 'Tho cold blooded mindel
has seul a thrill of horror throughout
the country.
King Carlos was the son of lh(
billi Klug Louis and spOitSO, th'
Princes? Pin, daughter of Klug Vlctoi
Immanuel, of Italy, ami was horn ot
September L'S. I st'.;{. Ile snceeodei
to Ile- throne October 10,1889. lb
married In I 89G tho Princess, Amelie
of Orleans, tho daughter ol' the Conn
ol' Paris, ano had two sons, Priim
Louis Philippine, Duke of lirnganzft
Hie Crown Prince, bom In 1SS7, Hu
Prince Manuel, Duke of Deja, hom ii
188'.)
A dispatch from Lisbon, Monda;
rays: A reign of terror exist:
throughout the entire country. Mos
of the pcoplo think revolution is cor
J
To Death In His Own Refrigerator
an Atlanta, Ga.
DOOR SHUT ON HIM
And W. ll. Whit?, Jr., Hod Artic
Adventure in hi? Ie? House, Where
Ho Hud Cono to Bee How the
Thermometer Wu? Working und
it the Moats Wore in Good Condi
tion.
This is tho story of how an Atlan
ta man was lost in tho ?rtica Sunday
morning and kept himself from freez
ing to death only hy dragging tho
forequarter or hoof frantically hack
and forth for more than au hour as
told hy tho Allanta Journal.
On last Sunday morning shortly
aftor ten o'clock W. H. White, Jr.,
of tho White McLendon company,
wholesale dealers lu meats, stepped
into the refrigerator of his ware
house at 1 and 3 Knut Wall street,
for tho purpose of seeing what de
gree hts thermometer registered. No
sooner was Mr. Whlto lusldo than
the door of tho Ice house hanged and
tho spring lock clicked fast.
From then until 1 1 o'clock he had
no need to consult tho thermometer
to know the temperature.
"1 have discovered the north pole,"
ho said shortly aftor his release,
"and 1 can toll you H'B a had thing
to hunt for."
While Mr. Whlto wns working his
hardest to koop up a faint spark of
warmth in his blood, his carriage
With Mrs. White In lt was awaiting
him in front of Durant's restaurant
on Alabama street. Ho had called
at the restaurant a few moments be
fore to take James S. Caines and
Mrs. Caines for a morning drive. Mr.
Haines was slightly delayed so Mr.
White said:
"I think I'll drop by tho warehouso
while wo'ro waiting and have a look
at tim mercury. Ho back In a min
ute. ' '
Whoa the m I mi te had passed and
twenty more had followed tho ladles
grew uneasy. Hy eleven o'clock Mr.
Haines yielded to their anxiety and
SOt out to lind the trouble.
In the meant imo a strange and,
for tho time hoing a terrible drama
i was being enacted in that ice house.
Anyone who could have pooped in at
the time would have seen a white
faced man lighted by the misty blue
of a solitary Incandescent globe ruc
jing from one fide of the hex to the
other with a hugo quarter of beer
I on his shoulder. He would hang the
hoof first upon om: hook and then
j upon another, all the while swinging
Ibis anns high above bis head ami do
ing a thousand and ono Bwoboda
st nats.
"lt was either this or freeze," ex
plained Mr. While. "If a man is
hard at work ho can live In such a
rofiigeratort hree or four hours, hut
if he stands still he will pretty soon
he like one ol' those petrified animals
that geologists dig up in northern
, Russia.
And so bach and forth ho tugged
the beef until the end of his lill pr Is
. tournent il looked like a SOUP hone
\ ! thai bud done duty three days.
' j Once a t?jegrarii messenger hoy
'passed on the alley on which a tiny
side window of the refrigerator Op
i ens, Mr. White heard him whistling
and with all his might ho shouted
'land heat Upon the sides, of the ICC
.'house. Hut the hoy kept Oil Ills way
unheeding. Theil he boga h lo think
1 what might happen. He concluded
at. first thal someone was playing a
joke on Ililli and then he decided
' thal pretty soon the policeman of
the heat would pass and seeing the
key;; In tho front door would lock
thinks up and go away.
I I le conjectured that in the inean
' time Mr. Haines and the ladles would
docldO that he had 1)001? detained on
! hm iness and would take a prelimi
nary drive over town. However, he
(might view thd situation, il looked
. hopeless and he remembered all, the
Stories ho had read ol' travelers helli?
! burled under the snow and freezing
I lo death with mi earthly sound to
! greet them. c.VCUpl lltO lugubrious
bou! of far away packs of wolves.
livery delail of his strange prison
' foll Into harmony with such roman
ces. Tim Incandescent globo cloaked
jin its chill fog shot forth fantastic
; i_,
. tain and (hal the country will be
i plunged Into t he throngs, of civil war.
I The Hiv is swarming with troops.
. Many Of these, lt is feared, are dis?
J loyal and this adds to the confusion
t and terror of tho people. Huns have
. been planted lu position to cover all
?approaches to tho royal palace, thc
. paco des Nocssldades. Squadrons ol
)' cavalry aro stationed at various
(points, ready to charge mobs In any
M part of the city. Troops are guard
s lng tho residonco of Premier Franc?
t ' and the homes of nil tho principa
- government officials.
DEATH IN A CYCLONE.
Six Persons Killed Outright and
Several Others Injured.
Lmld Wast? a Strip of Farming Coun
try Three Quartern of a Milo Wide
mid Several Miles Long.
Six persons woro killod outright
Friday afternoon by a cyclono which
laid waste a strip of farming coun
try three-quarters or a mile wldo and
several milos long just north of Wes
son, Miss.
Four persons were probably fa
tally wounded by the storm, and
many others wei o slightly hurt when
their homes wore blown down. Tho
following persons were killed:
.Mrs. 1 kui Martin and her small
children.
Dave Martin.
Fatally injured:
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Maddox.
Unknown negro man
Seriously injured:
Wm. Allen,
Miss Allen.
The tornado struck about four
o'clock. For a distance of twenty
miles In a northqsatorly direction
the wind torc a pathway nearly o
mile wide, partly or wholly destroy
ing nearly every building In this
area.
Scores of dead farm animals lit
tered tho storm's track. Tho resl.
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Maddox was
blown completely off tho premises
and Mrs. Maddox's hack was broken.
A negro was found fatally Injured
In tho dehlia of Robert Littleton's
farm house, The cotton KU and store
of Ras Matthews were almost wholly
destroyed.
At Georgetown buildings wer?
blown down and at Ilazelhurst, two
saw mills were destroyed, many I
fences and several small buildings
wore blown over, and some loss of i
Ufo ls reported
Messengers reached Hazelhurstl
late Friday evening from tho region
swopt by tho storm in quest of phy
sicians, all thoso available at that
point going to the scene. Consider
able damage ls reported to huvo oc
curred at Millsays, twelve miles
southeast, of Ilazelhurst.
Darkness settled down so quickly
after the cyclone- that only an In
completo estimate of tho destruction
to life and property was obtained.
Men in carriages an? driving through
tho district offering aid to tho suf
ferers, t
HUMAN LOTTLRY
Theatre Management Advertises to
(.'ive Away a Little Ruby
Incensed nt what they term an
"insult to motherhood," certain wo
men In Minneapolis, Miss, aro band
ing together in an effort lo compel
tho manager of a local theatre to
desist from his denounced plan of
giving away chances on a slx-weeka
pld child to nil women who attend
a matinee performance nt tho play
house in the near future, and as a
last resort declare they will attempt
to secure an injunction from tho
court to prevent it
The theatre maintains that it is a
legit?malo advertising scheine lu
which many women who wish a child
will be more than willing to partic
ipate. The baby has been provided,
and If nothing happens to prevent,
tho hulnnn lottery will take place as
outlined, the child going to tho hold
er of tho lucky number, hut tho In
dignant, mothers say that tho "san
ctity of tho American homo" ls at
stake and they thick they can stop
tho lottery. t
OV10RDOSF OK MORPHINE.
Brooklyn Drug Clerk Saw Apparition
ol' His Daughter.
Believing that ho had seen tho ap
parition of his daughter ned that
this foretold of tho nine-year-old girl
suffering from searle! fever Albert
Moetler, a R rook lyn drug dork, took
an overdose of morphine and die,! In
a hotel. Moeller is said to have seen
tho haunting vision on Sunday eve
ning, lb' left home on Monday and
nothing mon? was heard of him until
he was dying in tho hotel. t
rays that seemed Uko tho aurora
borealis and the huge blocks of Ice
that hemmed him in were for nil tho
.world like the mountains of Lapland.
Hy (he lime the quarter Of 1)00f
?had boen frazzled lo gaunt skeleton
Mr, Caines arrived. Inside tho store
ho heard the steady beating against
', tho walla and pretty soon recognized
his friend's volco In the muffled
shout for help.
i Mr. White never stopped to see
' what tho thermometer registered
i When the door wan tinnily pried open
' and ho stood once again In tho tom
pornte zone
> "I don't believe there's a thor
I momoter with enough notches on il
to toil tho story," ho said.
BOLD THIEVES
They Get a Sack Containing Three
Thousand Dollars
BY DARING ROBBERY.
The Express Agent at Mansfield,
Ohio, Knocked Senseless and Thea
the Thieves Got Away With On?
Hag of Money, hut Overlooked
Another Hag That Contained For
ty Thousand Dolara.
One of the boldest robberies
ever known, took place at Mansfield,
Ohio, shortly aftor midnight Wed
nesday, when two masked robbers
entered tho office of tho Adams Ex
prss Company there, knocked Wil
liam Depow, tho agent, unconscious,
and got away with $3,000, while
nearly fifty passengers stood about
tho Btatiou waiting for trains.
A bag containing $40,000 in gold
was lying near tho $3,000, but was
ovevrlooked by the robbers.
Telegrams were sent to tho police
of the nearby towns and as a result,
John McCuo and Joseph Stevens
wore taken into custody at New Lon
don. They had a sack taken from
tho express offico containing tho
$3,000.
Stevens, the police say, confessed
and implicated George McGlnlty, a
friend of Depow's, who was in the
ofllce at the time and was covered
with a revolver during tho robbery.
According to Stephen's story, the
money arrived Tuesday night from
Delphos, Ohio, and was consigned to
a bank at Hamilton, Ohio. Stevens
said McGlnlty lipped off the arrival
of tho money, and cooked up a
scheme with him nud McCuo to rob
the olflce.
McGlnlty was locked up. Ho de
nlos the charge.
LEVER A FTE il MONEY.
For Soil Demonstration Work in Or
angeburg, IJOO and Sumter.
The Washington correspondent of the
News and Courier says a bearing of
considerable importance to the peo
ple of Oi'angeburg, Sumter and Lee
counties was bad in Washington on
Monday afternoon before the House
committee on agriculture. Represen
tative Lever. In whose district the
three counties named lie, secured
the presence of Messrs. . A. Bonsteol
and Frank Bennett, experts lu soil
survey work in the department of
agriculture, lu an effort to secure an
appropriation with which to carry
on work already commenced lu those
counties.
j Messrs. Rousted and Dennett, who
. have been In South Carolina ou fre
quent occasions, and who have done
considerable work In Mr. Lever's
District, demonstrated to tho com
mittee just what the soil In the coun
ties named can produce under prop
; or conditions ann how much Hie
farmers living in those counties
would be benefited by a continuation
of tho demonstration work already
undertaken there.
j Mr. Lever believes that h will he
successful in securing an appropria
tion with which to carry on the work.
lt will mean much to the farming
interests of all the counties iu tho
: oventll district.
NINE MINERS PERISH.
Killed by Explosion in West Virgin
ia Coal Mine.
Nine miners Thursday met sudden
death In tho New River Valley col
lier known to miners as the Lower
?Doom' .line, near llawys Nest, W.
j Va., In an explosion that partly
w recked tho mine.
j About men were In the mino
at the time of the explosion. Those
who escaped suffered only slight in
jury. One of the bodies was thrown
out of the mine and into a tree sev
eral yards from tho shaft. Rowles,
one ol' tho dead men, who was blown
down the incline was the only man
i not instantly killed His arms and
legs were blown off.. t
KEEP TO THE RIGHT.
Tho Duty of ChnlYcurs ls to Re on
the lyookout.
A decision by tho district court of
appeals at Los Angeles. Cal., recent
ly declares In effect that nutomobll
jlsts are obliged to look out for tho
pedestrians and koop from running
them down and that pedestrians can
not be charged with contributory
negligence if they do not keep out
of the way of automobile?. Tho do
clslon confirms a Judgment for J7,
. 000 damages awarded Stanley King
t who bad bfien run down by an au
tomobile of H. K. Oresn. t
