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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-13


Selma, n. c, special.-Saturday
night about 11:3O o'clock Miss Pearl
Jones, the telephone operator at this
place, shot and fatally wounded Bud
Richardson, a negro, who, by his own
confession, had premeditated all as
sault upon her.
The telephone Office is located in
a narrow room between Il large store
and the bank fronting on Main street.
In the rear Of the Office, enclosed by
a high board wall, is a small back lot
private TO the operators. This lot
is entered through screen door in
the rear Of the office and there is
also a door through the wall in the
rear of the lot which is kept fastened
by hook on the inside. About Two
weeks ago negro was caught climb
ing over This high wall and scared
away by one of the operators. Three
nights afterwards, as one of the
young ladies stepped into the bacl
lot from the Office, she was confront
ed by negro man. This time there
happened to be yonng man in the
operating roola who ran to her rescue,
only TO see the negro back and give
a fruitless chase.
Fired Five Shots.
Hearing of this second attempt the
young men Of the town decided to
guard the Office Al; night, whicl, they
did regularly, taking tu,i.c, Until Sat
urday night. the Two me-. assigned
to this duty were sitting in front of
The drug store awaiting for the stores
to close SO they could take theif po-
sitions, when at II O'Clock they
heard a pistol SHOT, followed by four
more in quick succession. These two.
with the chief Of police. ran to the
Office, when thew found the young la
dy with the pistol i'll her hand, She
told them she started puL into The
back lot and some one started toward
her, then she jumped back into the
oflice, grabbed the pistol and fred
once: 1.-The aid yofi that lire she
g gould plainls see some 5:6ne ;scrolched
Sin5sthess corner Then Size lli1s. .aiimed al
him and fired the other four shots as
he went out the door and thoughts she
hit him with the last one,
The Doctors examination showed
that the ball went through his left
arm and into his body between the
third and fourth ribs. The bullet
was probed for, but could not be To-
Gated. The wound was bleeding and
he was breathing through the hole.
The doctor says he will not live. but
eighteen hours later he is still living
and is conscious. Three of this ne
gro's associates were arrested and
held i'll the lookup.
. AT 4 O'Clock Sunday they were all
given a preliminary hearing before
a magistrate, resulting in two Of them
being released and two held. AT the
trial the wounded negro, realizing his
condition, said he was ready to make
a statement, which lie did in the form
OF an affidavit as follows:
Wounded Negro's Confession.
North Carolina, Johnston coun-
ty: Bud Richardson, being sworn,
says: Jim Merritt aud I went into
the back lot of tile telephone COM
pnny's Office Saturday night. June
9th for the purpose Of committing
rape Oil Misses Pearl Jones and Jessie
Hunt, who were night operators TO,
the company got shot and jim
told me lie had been there twice be-
fore for the same purpose, but could
not succeed by himself. No one else
was with lis.
(Signed
.tsBJJD RICHARDSON, ,,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-13

.,n. :; ~ M"' sSS;29: :OOO for
had negotiated loaIfs loeis1 oas
the mill at five per cent. from a. "a
N. M. Block the wLiskev men intt g
ested in the RicllIand Distillcry and
M the brewing concern at Macon. Ga.
! dllc mill, capitalized al 1000, stood
Tor The loan. Interest on the loan
Is beng regularly paid. Mr.. LYON
read all affidavit from an insurance
man AIMED Norcum, of Marietta, Ga,
III which Norcum detailed conyer.
s'1l".l he had with members .of The
''ollnson-c cllambcrIain-Dubosc Furni-
Turc IL, Company, of Atlanta, who said
biutlcnillal & .Bickeri. Of Atlanta,
and and Evans had together bought the
suit ;, OF furniture shipped to Newberry
to {, Evans. The furniture people said |
'he deal was a private one and they
.' would not show him tile bill, but thew
that the whiskcy concern
I'ald all but Si0O of The Bill. The
,al' WIS valued at over sa,o0o. ihc or.
leIs IS being Slipped !o..t1sr.
Ihs committee held q short ereou.
.ye session after this, with! I visv
aopoilt'ng day for final adjourn
leRF,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-13
Neproes Administer Poison.

Chester, special.-william Reiglily
was found dead two days ago i'll a
field, near Fort Lawn. Coroner Leck.
ie made am investigation and found
that two stroliing negroes, Ed. Bal
ley and Dennis Cole, have been az
rested and committed to Jail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-13

SANITY killed ard M}
J shocked By lightn{
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22

ION the latest popular models OF near
rhymeS.1
1 remember well the house
7 maj ~ I dWelt dn way down south,
4 was in YOUTHS happy time 0ne'
And l never can forget that dear ola
home. od
1Chorus.)
1t was there a little lady
Promises She would be nv baby
She was pretty n her name was Mar
Jane. mary
She was gay and she was merry,
But I idn't call her Mary
I referred to her as Mississippi Name.
We lived down by h lake,
And at evening, when twas late
/ would take her walking in the fragrant
lane, 0H
I would whisper of my love,
And swear I'd never rove
From my Mississippi. Mamie's side AGAIN.,
(Chorus.9
Cleveland Leader
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Five Koreans on the Island of Ha-
Waii have been accused of a murder OF
unusual atrocity. Their alleged victim
was q fellow cOuntryman suspected of
stealing $50. 1t is charged that he was
beaten and nj Salt is said Ito have
been placed in his open wounds. He
died when Il fire was kindled under his
body. Besides the five men indicted,
four others are in custody.
The vacancy in the BishOpric of Por-
to Rico. through the appointment of
the Right Rev. James III. Blenk ats
Archbishop of New Orleans. has given
rise to the ecclesiastical question
whether Porto Rico is under the juris-
diction of the Congregation of the Pro-
paganda or under the Congregation of
Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs.
A fire occurred at Manila on board
the battleship Ohio, but it was not Sc
riOus. The damage is approximately
estimated at $1,000.
Conditions in the Philippines were
eve so satisfactory as now.
For the first time in its history Hon.
Oiulu has pawnbroking shops. Two
have starred within the past few
weeks.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
les

Will I bullet hole in his chest. SAM
u2l II. Krabill. of the wea!thiest
farmers OF L.Oudon, Ohio, was found
Geld in the woods.
Fraud in police examinations in New
York City was discovered and the ELI
gihle list for captains vas cancelled.
Mrs. John Alexander Dowie has pub
lislied at Chicago Il refutatiOn OF a re-
port that she has turned against her
husband.
\ dispatch from Cambridge. Mass.
announced the appointment of Bliss
Perry as professor of English literature
in Harvard University.
Convicted OF perjury. Attorney Geo.
Collins has been sentenced to fourteen
years Imprisonment at San Francisco.
III an address i'll Charlotte. \. c.,
former Judge Alton b. Parker called
upon the South to assert its supremacy
III the Democratic party and name the
next candidate for President.
Lawrence Ropers. who made afida-
wits III New York City that there was L
plot to murder the Rev. Charles III.
ParkhurSt, testified that he had com-
mitled perjury and denied the exist
cnce Of Il conspiracy.
Tho Columbia River Falls at Kettle
Falls, Wash. have been sold to Jay l..
Graves for $77, 900 to develop electric
power
Congressman Blackburn, of North
Carolina, charged with pr~acticing be-
fore the Government departments for
pay, will be brought to trial at Green's
Goro. \. c.. on April II.
Standard Oil attorneys tried 10 figure
OUT a Plan 10 end, the chase, for John
d. Rockefeller by offering a substitute
to testify.
Colonel William D. Mann, the editor
Of Town Topics. was indicted for per-
jury by the New York Grand Jury.
The report Of James Dalrymple. Of
Glasgow. on the feasibility Of city own
ership Of traction lines in Chicago was
made public.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
He is without the Word who bears
no witness to the Way.
Deafness Cannot lie Cured

neutrality-suspicious. as they cannot rea ii the
diseased portion OF the ear. THERE'S onlyo one
way to cure deafness, and hat is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is n
famed you have Rrumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an
inhamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness(caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free F..J. CHENEY L Co, Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
FREELAND BANK CLOSED
Promoters Accused of Using Money
to Float Other Schemes,
f.. M. Everett, Cashierjof the First Ma.
tionaI. and william Bsckley. aLawyer.
Placed Unde Arrest.

Wilkesbarre. Pa. F. NJ. Everett
cashier of the First National Bank OF
Freeland, and William Beckley, a young
attorney of Bloomsbury, who with Ev.
erett and a man named McKillipp were
the promoters of the bank, are in Gus
tody at Hazleton. charged with wreck.
i~ngstliesbank, which closed IFS doors.
Everett is charged with the embez-
element of a sum close to 100000, and
Beckley with conspiracy. Everett re-
fuses TO talk aud is very respondent.
Beckley has merely said that the di-
rectors acted hastily III causing the ar
rests, and that everything could have
been Strengthened up at twenty-four
hours notice.
The news that the bank was closed
created a profound sensation when it
became generally known, and scores of
mine workers, most Of them foreigners.
who had savings deposited there quit
work and rushed to the bank. An ex-
cited crowd hung around all day.
The directors, who are all men of
substance about Freeland. say that
while it will. take q thorough inveStiga-
ton to ascertain how much the bank
udN lOSts tue dSpOSIlOIS Will uOt lOSS.
They estimate the loss from the exam.
ination which has been conducted so
far at $685. 500.
In the pockets of Attorney Beckley
were found fifteen notes for $4,000 each,
drawn by the Pennsylvania Paper
Mills. of Catawissa, on the First Ma
tional Bank, of Catawissa. Three
blank notes, signed by the treasurer of
of the Pennsylvania Paper Mills. were
also found in his pockets. 1t is in this
institution that the directors of the
Freeland bank believe that Everett and
Beckley have sunk the money that is
missing.
Everett. Beckley and McKillipp in
duced a number of prominent business
men TO organize the BAN. with Il capt.
tai stock of $4,000 in 1901. Not the
least suspicion that anything was wrong
entertained until Wednesday,
when a bank examiner, although find
ing the books apparently straight. dis
covered that the outstanding accounts
with other banks were unusually large.
This led to inquiries which. it is said.
indicated tha- the statements of other
banks did not agree with the Freeland
bank regarding these accounts, and it
was then discovered that about $50, 600
was missing.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
When iron bridges first began to

When iron bridges first began to
displace wooden structures, the
change was made largely in the inter.
est OF durability. This faith in the
permanence of iron as compared with
wood has been justified In a measure,
but The Engineering Record notes
the fact that the oldest BRIGGS In the
country have been those built OF tim
Der, explaining that this is true only
in rare cases where the life Of the
structure has not been affected by the
increase Of moving loads. The par
tial failure Of iron bridges which were
expected to have practically indefinite
length of years, has been due not only
toSthe great increase Of moving rail
way loads, but to defects in the earlier
designs. The life Of iron railway
bridges has rarely been more thar
twenty years, many have been re-
placed in a mucn shorter time.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
a FOREIGN.

Tic sale of plans for the construc-
ton Of Russian submarine boats to a
foreign power has caused a scandal in
h Russian Ministry OF Marine.
1t was reported that the present an
tiSemitic agitation i'll Russia may re-
suit in equal rights for the Jews.
The bill for Government ownership
Of railways in Japan was passed by the
House of Representatives.
The plague has r~eappeared at Sgd
ney, New South Wales.
General Rennenkampf issued Il proc
lamation i'll st. Petersburg, Russia, an
nouncing that an attempt on his life or
the lives of members of his escort
would be followed by the execution of
SEQ prisoners.
AdviceS from st. Petersburg say that
Premier Witte has decided not to re-
sign his post, and that no more on
cessions are likely to be granted to
the radical parties in Russia.
The British force which has been
driving the Nandi tribe to Il new reser-
walton i'll Northern Nigeria is said to
have killed 1000 natives.
Forty rebels with bombs were a D
tured in a Moscow hotel.
The parliament instituted by the
Gar may be dissolved by him at any
time, and during the interim he can
make Temporary laws.
Two hundred agricultural represen-
tdtives. appealed to the British Board
Of Agriculture against altering-the law
prohibiting the importation of Cana
dian store cattle.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
NgEs&@M
E@W0eko
WASHINGTON.

Sheriff L. J. W. Fox and his bonds
men have paid the Government $1,000
for having allowed Harvey Logan, a
convicted train DEobber, to escape at
Knoxville, Tenn.
Republican Senators believe they
will have a majority for a judicial re-
view provision in the Railroad Rate
Regulation bill.
x delegation of cement manufactur-
ers and jobbers saw the President with
reference to exclusive use in the canal
zone of the American-made product.
Whether Secretary ofe!War Taft will
go ON the Supreme Court benehsis still
uncertain, and decision has been in
definitely postponed.
Justice Harlan. OF, the United States
Supreme Court, denied the writ of en-
ror applied for in the case of Charles
l.. Tucker, of Massachusetts,, under
s~entencesof death for murder.
Justice Brown, of the United States
Supreme Court, resigned, to take eff
feet May %.
Senator Bdiiey. convinced that the
rate bill cannot pass the Senate in its
present form, decided to propose an
amendment providing for restricted jh-
dicial review.
The President has selected Manly
Lawton. son of the late major-general,
for an appointment at West Point.
The funeral Of Northumberland
John NJ. SchOfield took place in WASH
ingtOn. the burial being in Arlington
Cemetery.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
Frelant-car Honeymoon.

~One of the queerest wedding jour
neYs I ever heard Of" the girl re-
marked, was that of q friend of
mine who was married in Canada
the other day. She lived in Ontario.
and ner husband had settled on a
Ga9m In one of the new provinces in
the far West. After they were mar
ried they set out for their new home
I'm a freight car that the bridegroom
had specially fixed for the journey.
The front half of the car was ar
ranged as a sleeping and living room
and Kitchen combined: They had the
necessary tables and folding chairs,
box cupDoards for the dishes and sup
piles, and a big oil stove Lamps
1Hurg from the roof of the car, ship
fashion, and the whole interior looked
particularly cozy when the bride had
finished the work begun by her hus.
band
The odd part of the outfit was the
tact that the rear. half of the car was
cited up as a stable for the two
horses that were a part of their wed.
ding gifts. The journey ended safe.
sy and happily. / should imagine
from the letters 1 have had from the
bride. No girl who could have a private
or a steam yacht for such a jour
Gey would be more enthusiastic than
my friend was over her economical
ard unique honeymoon."-New York
Press
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
BY DEAD LOVER
Paterson Girl Took Totson That a
Suicide Gave Her.
Pnzzfisl< Features Surround the Death OF
Miss Mae'AEnes Newfoundland Tablets
Contained Corrosive Sublimate.

Paterson, Il. flames Boucher, q
well known young nan of this city,
and a nephew of DR.. A. Noryal, of 3S1
Main street, left Paterson about two
weeks ago for Scranton. Pa. The last
person to see him as he boarded the
train at the station was Miss Mae Ag-
mes Morton, the nfneteen-year-old
| daughter of Alexander Morton, of 72
Madison street. Boucher and Miss
Morton were SWeetheartS for several
| years. He had proposed marriage ito
her, but her father had objected. AS
he stepped upon the train for Scranton
he handed her a small box.
"I'm going TO Scranton to kill my.
SELF" he said. when you hear about
it open this box of tablets. If you
should think of me take some of them"
Miss Morton promised that she
would and they parted.
The next day a dispatch from Scran-
ton said that Boucher had been found
dead at the Lackawanna Hotel in that
city. Heart disease was given as the
cause.
Miss Morton, however, believed that
Boucher had committed suicide. She
opened the box he had given her and
examined its contents. It contained
half a dozen harmless looking tablets.
She dissolved the six tablets IN a glass
of water and swallowed the liquid.
Immediately the girl was taken ill
and DR.. James Smith was called. The
girl didn't tell what she had done, and
the physician diagnose e the case as me
Of gastritis. He prescribed for her, but
Miss Morton grew rapidly worse.
After four days of suffering, the
physician told her she was going to
die. Then she told about the tablets.
James left them for me before he
went to his uoath; you will find pow
der from some of them in an envelope"
The physician and the girls father
found the envelope and upon examina-
ton of the contents found that she
had taken corrosive sublimate. The
physician questioned her, and she said
she had swallowed TIE dose in entire
Innocence of it's character.
Father Gillen, of st. Joseph's Church,
was sent for, end when the circum-
stances were told him he accepted the
girls story and administered the last
rites of the Church. In great pain
the girl died a few moments later.
County Physician A. +. Mcbride
was notified and signed a death certif-
cate of suicide, but this theory was re-
jected by the church authorities, who
gave the body a burial from ST. JOS
eph's Church.
Mss Morton and Boucher had known
each other since they had been chill
dren. They attended school together
and had Oeen constant associates Dur
ing the past three or four years. Mr..
Morton objected to- the young mans
attentions and on several occasions for
babe his daughter to see him. When
Boucher proposed marriage Miss Nor
toms father said he would never give
his consent. and Miss Morton declined
to marry without his permission.
The theory in Paterson is that when
Miss Morton declined to elope with
Boucher he decided to kill himself and
then afford lean for the girl to end
her life also.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
More Steam Engines Used Now Than
Ever Before.

. E s. Ear-Er .aF r.e-
More Steam Engines Used Now Than
Ever Before.
The use of the steam engine is in
creasinG faster to-day than ever before.
Many mammoth industrial plants are
exclusively engaged in building steam
boilers and engines, and it is the proud
boast OF one ofithese, the Atlas Engine
Works, of Indianapolis, that it aver
ages a complete boiler and engine outfit
of fifty horsepower every thirty min
utes of the working day.
When the visitor to their plant has
gone through two or three of their
great warehouses. and energies upon a
boiler yard of twenty acres. he won
derS where upon earth use can be
found for all the boilers and engines.
But, if he will watch the loading
process, he will see some ten or twelve
trainloads per dag go out, labeled for
destinations all over the world, and
will gain some notion of the magnitude
of the worlds work. Then. when he is
old that this one concern.eleviathan of
the trade though it is, does not produce
ten per cent. of the worlds output OF
steam boilers and engines, he will be-
gin to realize how vast is the produc-
ton and consumption of steam power
throughout the world.
The product of this one plant. which
builds every type and size of horizontal
steam engine. affords an interesting
study Of mechanical evolution. The
balanced slide-valve, the shaft gov
ernor. the rotating. or CorIiss valves,
.seff-oiiing devices, compound cylinders
and direct connected shafts are only
the more visible improvements. The
bullt-up connecting rod. the removable
bearings. improved piston construction,
stronger and lighter designs Of bed.
more Intelligent designing Of all recip-
.rocating parts, better selection Of ma
terials and nor accurate workman
ship throughout are some Of the things
that diferentiate the engine OF to-day
from that OF half a century ago.
The changes in boiler construction
have not been so numerous, but they
lave been quite as marked. In the out
put OF this n concern can be found
every size and type of boiler. from the
little horizontal tubular of fifteen
horsepower. to the new Atlas water
tube. which puriies its own water,
superheatS its own steam and gives the
highest efficiency yet accomplished in
boiler construction.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
A Portrait OF Interest.

No other portrait has sc great an
appeal as the lovely and pathetic
likeness Of Keats which Severn made
during a long night vigil some three
weeks before the end. This drawing
has been severally spoken of as hav
ing. been made the night before
Keats death, the early morning fol-
lowing the afternoon OF his deceaSO
As a matter Of fact, the original
Ghough some of the reproductions
are without it) has the Inscription in
Severn's writing, "28th January, :
O'clock mig. Draw to keep me awake
"a deadly sweat was on him all this
night.4-From William Sharp's "The
Portraits of Keats" in the Century
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
SENATOR DEPEW ILL AGAIN.
Has Suffered a Relapse-"Rest Cure
May Be Continued Indefinitely.

Has Suffered a Relapse-"Rest Cure"
May Be Continued Indefinitely.
New York City.-Serator Chauncey
NJ. Depew is again i'll and absent from
the session of the Senate. At his Wash
ington home the statement is made
that he is in this city, but no informa-
ton is forthcoming from his city house.
Friends of the Senator, while admit
ting that he has suffered 4 relapse,
deny that he is at 4 sanitarium, but
from other sources it is learned that he
has been taken away from the city for
a rest.
By a former associate of DR.. De.
pew's in the New York Central direc-
torate the statement was made that
while the Senator was not by any
means in a grave condition at present
his early recovery was not looked for,
and that it is more than possible that
the rest cure" the patient is now, TAX
ing will be prolonged indefinitely, with
an accompanying retirement from
those duties which he has not yet in
Guided in his list of designations.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22

frequently and with a burning sensa-
ton. They showed sediment. / be-
came discouraged. weak. zlanguid' and
depressed, so sick and sore that /
could net keep up. AS doctors did not
cure me I decided to try Doan's Kid
ney pills, and with such successsthat
my troubles were all gone after using
eight boxc-, and my strength. ambi-
( ON and general health is fine"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-MiIburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.