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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-07-20
Davis Likes the Platform.

Hlllins, w Va. Special. OF course
I'll support the platform; am per
fectly satisfied with it,. This was the
first statement which Henry G.. Davis
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has yet given relating to his views on
national issues. Mr.. Parker's stand
will undoubtedly strengthen him. When
the time comes, the whole party undi-
yided will stand for the judge and his
ticket"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-07-20
report of Losses Confirmed.

London. BY Cable-A dispatch to
news agency from st. Petersburg says
the War Office announces the receipt
Of a dispatch from Port Arthur con-
i;rming the report that the Japanese
sustained considerable losses on July
II, the exact particulars OF which have
not yet Deen aaceTtained. According To
the dispatch the Russians recaptured
ali the positions lately taken by the
JApanese.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-07-20
Troops Shifted.

Ia Tche Kiao. BY Gable The Japa-
nese have withdrawn from the west
side of the railroad and are massing
their armies on the Russian left. Re
connaissances in force carried out by
Russian cavalry and artillery yesterday
and today almost as far south as Kai
CEou. failed TO disclose the Japanese. A
diversion is expected from Ta Pass. 1t
is possible that some of the Japanese
forces have been drawn off to Port Ar
tIur to replace the terrible losses OF
tVlV 10
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-07-20
Further Fighting Imminent.

Lao Yang. by Fighting is
imminent at TIA Tche Kiao and Hal
Chcng. The Japanese are entrenched
six miles south of Ia Tche Kiao. Much
akirmishing is taking place. The
weather is favorable for the movement
of troops. No rain has fallen for
whole week. The thermometer has reg
istered as high as 80 degrees centri-
grade. II is rumored that Japanese
column has appeared on the Mukden
read. Troops are constantly arriving
here
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-07-20
Must Not Mention Ships.

St. Petersburg. by Gable 1t is possl-
bic that the fourth ship OF the Vladiyo-
stock squadron. now off the Japanese
coast. is the cruiser Bogatry as the re
pairs to that vessel were known some
time ago to have been nearly COM
plcted. In vicw Of the approaching de-
parture of the Baltic squadron for the
far east. extra precautions are being
taken to prevent the publication OF
news of the movements or condition OF
the Russian ships. The newspapers are
strictly forbidden to mention their
names. and even foreign news dis
patches referring TO the Russian yes
sells are not passed by the censor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-11
and was torn to pieces by passing

and was torn to pieces by passing
train.
In an automobile race on Saturday
at Long Island, in which four nations
were represented, Carl Meuset. who
was driving the car OF George
Arents, of New York. was killed IN
an accident which occurred III the
race. and Arents also is likely to die
from the injuries he received. The
race was won by Heath, an American,
who was driving a machine OF I'M
mense power for the Automobile club
of France. He won the three-hun-
dred mile race by only a traction
over minute The proceeding
throughout was characterized by ut
ter disregard for human life and by
an almost utter indifference on the
part of the racers for anything but
the goal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-11
PUPIL HARDLY A PURIST.
Explanation Regarding His Ward
robe Relished By School
Children.
New York Commercial.

New York Commercial.
The misuse of propositions is we'll
illustrated by an incident that oc-
Cured recently in an east side school
in this city. A little Russian Jew
boy came to school one day clad in
a girls dress. ..r
The teacher, Miss Alice Harmon,
saw him crying and asked him what
was the matter. 'The boys are call
ing me girl" he said. "Why are you
wearing this dress?" the teacher ask
ed "Cause me pants, is worn out
and mudder can't get me no new ones,
so she made me wear my sisters
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dress"
well, never mind. Don't cry any
more. I'll get YOU pair OF troou-
sers." said the teacher kindly. The
next day the little fellow came to
school wearing the new trousers that
the teacher had bought him. The
principal came into te room and soon
noticed that the lad was trying to at
tract attention to his trousers.
why. hello" said the principal.
"Where did you get those nice tron-
sers?"
Il go. 'em off Miss Harmon,
proudly answered the boy. and the
other children shrieked with laugh
ter. The teacher blushed and en-
planned 10 the principal:
These east side children almost al
ways say off when they mean
FROM -
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of More OF Less Interest Con-
densed in the State.

Comptroller General Jones is in re-
ceipt of the information that there
are three get rich quick" schemes in
operation in South Carolina.
Governor Hayward was sick in
bed last week and was seriously in
disposed for several days. The
sickness was not of a serious nature,
and was brought on by indigestion.
Mr.. Robert Cochran, one OF the
most prominent farmers in the Edge
field section, had the misfortune last
week to lose his dwelling house by
fire.
On Wednesday the railroad COM
missioners will hear testimony on
the Catawba junction wreck case. lhe
wreck occurred some weeks ago, and
caused considerable more comment
than usual.
A sixteen month old child OF Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Barnett. of Spartan
burg. was accidentally drowned by
falling into a tub of water while play
ing alone near the recepticle. This
is the second accident of the kind
which has occurred in that county.
On Friday afternoon double team
at Orangeburg, hitched to heavy
wagon, ran away, and raced through
the principal business streets OF that
city. A little lad was knocked down
and badly hurt, and small girl was
also injured slightly by another run
away at the same place.
On Friday night the opera house
at Sumter was discovered to be on
fire. The FIRE department by their
prompt response prevented what
might have been a serious confaga-
ton. 1t is thought that the hre was
caused by an accumulation OF tlth
in the ticket Office, which was sup
posed to have been fired by spontan-
eous combustion.
The long-continued drought
THROUGHOUT almost all sections Of the
state is playing havoc with the later
part of the crops, and reports come
from some sections, especially the
neighborhood OF Berkely county,
which state that the first picking OF
cotton is going to result practically
in the harvesting of the crop. In
some other sections, however, things
are in better condition.
On last Saturday morning while
the Robinson circus was paradlng the
streets of Darlington, white man.
Edward Kelly, of Kellystown, that
county, shot Henry Bradshaw, a
colored man, four times with heavy
pistol. The negro fell to the side
walk fatally injured. and Kelly was
Immediately locked up III the coun-
ty Jail. The white man and the ne
gro knew each other, having come
to town on the same train, and both
had been drinking. The affair is
stigmatized as brutal murder.
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A Joyous Night.

The bright flames of the Gimme
leap
Winter gives a warning:
With the night watch we'll keep
And dance into the morning!
All the stories, sweet and old,
Shall this wintry night be told,
All the joy our hearts can hold
Well dance into the morning!
We that toiled in summers heat
Feel the joy that heightens;
What care we for winters sleet?
All the prospect brightens!
We will sing dull care away
To the chilly fields and gray
Dance the world into the day,
Till the morning lightens!
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The Boston Maid and the Author.

The Boston Maid and the Author.
Boston Transcript.
Garnish-I see you have my novel.
I'll bet you had to look at the last
page to see how it came out.
Miss Quizzer-No, looked at the
name of the publishers on the title
page to see how it came out, and even
now I can't understand how it was.
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SWEET PEAS KILL FLIES.
Druggist Says the Flower Attracts
And Then Poisons Them.
Springfield Journal.

Springfield Journal.
\ local druggist has found new
agent for the destruction OF flies tha.
for activity and effectiveness dis
counts anything heretofore offered
for that purpose. And not only is
it harmless. but it is thing Of beau
tv as well. After selling annually
thousands oi sheets Of fly paper OF
the sticky and poisonous varieties
and ton more or less of insect pow
der the new antidote for the pest bids
fair to Supercede all previous methods
with him and those Of his friends who
are on the secret.
For several days the druggist, who
is a lover of flowers. has had upon
his front cases punches of sweet peas
of a variety grown originally in CAL
ifornia and but recently cultivated in
this section of the country. Each
morning after opening up the store
he has found collected around the
base of the vessel containing the peas
quite an accumulation Of dead flies.
For the first day or so he regarded
the mass of defunct dipterous IN
sects as an accidental gathering in the
neighborhood of the flowers but cu-
riosity prompted him later to watch
the conduct of the few flies left in the
store. It was observed when the
peas were freshly picked that imne-
diately after their being placed IN
the vases those flies in the vicinity
swarmed upon the petals and pro-
ceeded to fasten themselves there.
Shortly afterward they fell from
their positions dead.
1t is presumed that the odor OF
the peas attracted them first and that
afterward they absorbed some pois-
onous exudation that the flowers pos
sess and died in consequence. So far
as known the peas possess no toxic
effect upon the human being.
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It's much easier for a girl to ex-
plain that she loves a man for his
lovely eyes or beautiful moustache
than it is for her to make people un-
derstand that it is for his intellect.
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Reformed.

Yonkers Statesman.
Patience-Peggy used to sing all
over the house before she married
that man.
Patrice-So she did, dear, but you
know he married her to reform her.
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Mrs. Russell Sage is seriously i'll
at her home, in New York, as the
result of a fall.
The price of wheat took tumble
in the New York and Chicago mar
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f. ).
himself; but as it was we could do
nothing which would help him in the:
eyes of the law, for there would have
been plenty of time for him to go from.
the Rue d d'Anjou to. the Rue de la Tour
between halfpast twelve. and the time
when the man there was murdered.
I couldn't help seeing that Marion,
had right on her side, still I could not
give up the hope of doing something,
when we seemed to know so much;
and 1t was so dreadful to be told that
our helplessness was all my fault
that had to beg Marion to leave me
alone for a few minutes, feeling that
I should not be mistress of myself.
She was angry at being asked to go
away, and slammed and bolted the
| door between our rooms-but I did
not care. I wanted to think-and
perhaps to cry. However, 1 hadnt t
j time to begin before there was a
knock at the other door. a servant OF
the hotel handed in a little parcel. i.
It was something which I had lost
the night before, he explained, and
| had been sent to me, as I had left in-
structions at the bureau.
T gave the man ten francs for the
honest coachman, and almost mechan-
ically,, (not being in a mood to take in
/ terest in irrelevant matters) opened
the brown paper Wrappings. Sure
enough, inside was the silk bag which
had SO stupidly forgotten in the
coupe, and united the ribbons, peep
ing in with the idea of finding an ad-
dress.
Even in my preoccupation. Izwas
astonished at what I did sea won
| derful necklace Of diamonds or at
least. if not diamonds, a marvellous
| imitation.
At any other time I should have
heen curious and excited and my
first thought would have been
paper; but as it was 1T didn't seem to
matter very much whether the hand
some young man who had dropped the
bag got his property back tomorrow
or next week. tho. OF course, he must
If the Jewels were sreal-be in a ter
| rible state of mind about it by this
/ time.
I simply put the bag into writing.
lease that was in my big, fitted travel
ing. bag, locked It. up, and went or
working out the plan that had come
Into my head even before had sen,
!. Marion outSof the room.
Perhaps the idea was an absolutely
! mad one, but I wanted more than
had ever wanted ahWhing to see Noe
mot as a lover, Oh, no! but merely
a friend falsely accused Of a crime
whom might be able to help.
!. had no knowledge Of French po.
lice procedure, but it seemed just pos,
sible that I might be allowed to see
him in the presence Of others, if the
authorities knew whoi I really was
and I thought, as father liked Noel
he would not objectset o my making
a:-use OF his name asa sort OF pass
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MORT nrovided T could MANAGE e.. ,r,,a,,
+ occ1,rrad - me- that as fha ,no1ica
neonIe noight not she1ieve mo if.I uant
and announced that was the daughter
Of the British home secretary. 7 had
better 9go to our ambassador who is
a Ifrienisnf fathers ana ask if he co,,ld
do ANYTHING for me. -
1T had heen vexed last night at hear
ing Aunt Glenn called Hco1ventiona1'.
still. there was enough truth in the
.taunt to keen me from taking her into
was sure that she
Sand.Lord Gown would do ANYTHING
they could to stop me from being
consnicuo,1s and nerhans thew would
Wire to father.
We were, not going hack to Eng
land until the 3next day. so there was
No excitement about getting Off. and
Amt Clam. being uuite Unset about
the news Of Noel, had now gone to
lie down. NV time was nv own for
the nresent and without stopping any
LONGER to think. IsWent quietly out of
NV room not Il, advertise NV move
wants r. Marion T took with me- the
1ncLed writinp-case in.which T had nut
49, ,,aoi,1aoa fo,. 1,as - ~ cutie self
ohs ohsa,baa mIshta a,n,,oI - ho 90 oaraiass oq .
t,s;,so. HDsoo1 ,t;ot, ,.sas anasra,ot1y of s,,oh
errtf arnaf ,,ai,,a left IL Of t1,a h,raan
90 g. sSa,,;,ss.tI,at +nara was iewa1Tv II, the
csc .' Which would ike 70 have kent
,n the safe Then 7 told the norter
"a cali me .. cab. which he did and
~ ga arane @ to ' the Rritish nn,b ba @ ssv CIV
s;rf Georpa Mott saw n,n a1nna. And
u,har ~ ,,,e 700 liuS FINE ~ noeLa my
,aniIast found # harder than had
sunnosed. and cot yery much confused
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CHAPTER XII.
Told by MargOt Revelstoke, the Home
Secretary's Daughter.
"For More Than Life.


It seemed as if it were another per-
son, and not I, who went back that
afternoon to the Elysee Palace hotel,
after hearing that Noel Brent was in
prison on charge Of murder.
+ Naturally we were all certain that
there was a monstrous mistake; tut If
he had been a stranger to us, and we
had read the report in the newspapers,
we would have thought the evidence
very strong against him. Dear Aunt
C1em, who likes and admires Noel i'm
mensely, tried to laugh angrily, and
say how horrid and ridiculous these
French people were, always doing
having to eat humble pie afterward.
But Lord Gawain and Captain Menzies
did not think that the authorities
would have to eat humble pie at all,
however tie case went, for they could
not do otherwise than they had done
In face Of the evidence. I did hate
them so for talking like that. Men
are horrid when they parade their
sense of justice, not making any diff
ference whether it's an affair Of a
friend or an enemy. But of course,
no one In the party except Marion
dreamt that there had ever been any
thing more than friendship between
Noel and me, so they talked quite
freely.
a AS 1 listened to the evidence given
80 far, which Lord Gawain explained
to US, as we did not care to read about
1t in the paper, and realized the dam
ger in which Noel stood, all my proud
Resentment against him began to seem
very trivial. No matter what his be-
havior toward me had been he must
have been sorely tempted by that other
woman, and he was innocent Of this
crime with which they had charged
him. I could not help forgiving him
everything, down deep in my heart
a great tenderness, tho he was moth
Ing to me any more-not even friend
I wanted more than anything in the
whole world to help him: and as Lord
GaWain discussed the dreadful affair.
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BETWEEN TWO FIRES
By MRS. c.. ~ WILLIAMSON
Author Of "Lady Mary of the Dark House, Th Woman Grey
fortunes Sport" ETC., Etc.
y MRS. C.. ~. WILLIAMSON
nd the man had admitted it.

and the man had admitted it.
Noel had demanded, in denying the
crime, whether it was likely that after
committing a murder he would choose
to come back and remain for some
time in the room with the dead body
of his victim; but that went for moth
ing because of the disordered condi-
ton Of the room, which proved that a
long and exhaustive search had been
made. And q motive was supplied ap-
parently thru a statement of the de-
tective Dubois, who said that Noels
object in having the murdered man
"shadowed" was because thing OF
which must be recovered Immediately
on pain of the most disastrous conse-
quenceS.
I was so anxious to speak alone
with Marion that when we got back to
the hotel I made her come into my
room, and began at once upon the
subject which I had refused to discuss
with her earlier in the morning.. ]
said very excitedly that, as we knew
Noel had been with Juliette de Nevers
at the time when the murder was be-
ing committed, it seemed to me that
we ought to come forward and prove
an altbi, or whatever they call 1t, in
spite Of himself.
But Marion had been thinking the
thing over more calmly than I had
She pointed out to me that even if we
took so bold a course as to bring Ma
demoiselle de Neyers' name into the
case when Noel was sacrificing sc
much to save her, we could do him nc
real good. I flew to the conclusion al
first that this argument was mere
sophistry, because Marion was
ashamed Of what we had done, an6
could not bear to be compromised
but she went on to remind me that il
was only about twenty minutes or sc
past twelve when Noel had gone in a
the gate in the Rue d'Anjou, and fol
all we could prove to the contrary he
might have come out again ten min.
| utes later, for we had not remained ii
the street longer than that after seeing
him.
If had not been so obstinately de.
| termined to go away, she said, bu
had consented to wait as she begged
me to do, we might actually be in {
! position now to save Noel in spite ol
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was did not mind. From the chief
of police, who was a most courteous
person, I received an order for the
governor of the prison where Noel had
been taken, which he explained would
procure me the favor I wanted, tho,
Of course, must not hope to see my
friend alone. A .warder who under
emf.
So far had gone without
once realizing what it would
be to come suddenly face to face
with Noel in circumstances so ter
, ribly changed, or what his opinion Of
me and my motives would be for COM
ing to him without being asked, now
that we were not even friends.
But all the terror of it came over me
reception room, and every nerve and
vein in my whole body, was throbbing
SO that I couldn't make up my mind
what meant to say.
| While I sat waiting perfect mass
| of electric wires-there was sound
of footsteps outside the door, and
when it opened there stood Noel him
self with two men in uniform. One of
them came in with him; suppose he
must have been a warder;; and he
! stopped near the door Of the room,
Il =
one said in an ordinary tone of voice
could be heard from one end to the
other.
sprang up from the chair in which
| had been sitting and began to talk as
| quickly as ] could, for there was a
| strange look in Noels eyes which
pierced my heart, and did not know
| what he might say before he under
stood my position.
| I'VE are all so dreadfully sorry for
what has happened, Mr.. Brent"
stammered, trying to be quite cool
like an ordinary friend, tho suddenly
loved him more than ever had, and
could have fogiven worse things
than he had done if only, only he had
loved me, and not-that other. 81
couldn't help coming at once, as
knew my fathehr would wish me to-
so got permission to see you. And
What wanted to say is-at least
one of the things-that I think the
] lady here in Paris. Of whom we spoke
at the railway station in London yes
terday-what ages ago!-might be
able to do something to get you our
of this position before it becomes more
disagreeable. And as for me, / saw
you in the street after you left us al
in the hotel; that is why mention
I the other matter, because you car
guess that the two might be connected
land if there is anything can do
I spokev very, very fast, hoping that
the warder might not be- familiar
enough with English to catch ever.
word, and only limiting things instead
l Of saying them straight out. But wher
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thought 1 saw a way in which could
All Rights Reserved.


Marion and together.
At least, Noel was splendidly loyal
to that woman at whose gate we had
seen him. When questioned he had
refused to say where he had been be-
tween midnight and 10 minutes to 2,
him by the body of the murdered
man, among a heap Of scattered
papers, which showed that the room
had been ransacked in search Of some-
thing.
If he had chosen to tell, perhaps he
might have saved himself, for several
doctors gave evidence that the murder
hour before the crime was discovered
by the very detective whom Noel had
employed to seek the dead man.
Yet he would only say that he had
left the hotel at such and such a time
and had been walking the streets since,
mentioning some Of the streets thru
which h had passed. But nobody
had come forward who had seen him
there, and the concierge, at the house
where the murder had been done,
made matters look very badly for Noel
by saying that, tho he had not been in
| the room during the whole hour which
must have elapsed, when he came at
about half-past one it was for the sec
ond time. It seemed that somebody
! had called an hour earlier, asking in
very English sort of French for Mon
sieur Poisson, an English friend of his
The concierge had been already in bed
in his little box, and had been too
sleepy to notice this mans face. The
only thing he had thought of was the
English accent, and as Mon
sieur Poisson (who was away for the
day. often had callers in the middle OF
/ the night, he (tne concterge) had not
been surprised that the little gentle
man, who had come to stay till Mon
Isieur Poisson's return, should also
| have a visitor at a late hour.
When the concierge had been sound
asleep again for while the English
caller went out, saying he might come
back. And then the bell rang again
land a man came in for Monsieur Pois-
son, whom the concierge supposed tc
| be the same, but would not have beer
absolutely certain Gas he was very
] tired and sleepy II he had not asked