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t "v . Jl* '- ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^hjuiilow a oabter j i iw^ aevnotmr : For t\<.? Promotion of Ike r*oii!icczZ, ? * t~iti *hrrn? hmt flmwiniiii ii 11t rulntuj. j 'uuftlk . . *bv gpxtob >gah4q?a | l, i pjmbmim o '1* "i 'ak tttt*'" l \ n e u s e . em 15 e u~17 . 1909 ? * k Wild Man at Fort Mill, His Only Clothing Wiimi lMeeo of A Shirt - He Informs Ottieei8 1'hut Ho Belongs at Kock Hill. Fort Mill, S. C., Sept. 11.?A specimen of ilio traditional wild man which is often road of but seldom scon crossed the limits of Fort Midi last night and was captured. Dr. D. G. Thompson passed the object while on his way to the country about 8:30 o'clock and his attention was attracted Howevei, he drovo on until ho overtook two badly frightened lie groes. After holding an experience meeting the doctor persuaded the two darkeys to go back with him and investigate. They found the man still entering town and engaged his attention until the police could be summoned from the nearest telephone. In appoarance the man wus the wilds est human imaginable, though his nature proved to be extremely amiable. The only clothing he wore was a most dilapidated piece of a fchivt that did not half cover his body, ilis body was horribly scratched by briars. He cjuietly submitted to at rest and was placed in the guard house. Nothing intelligent could be obtained from him except that his name was Dave Wade. This morning it was found that he was from ltock llill and ariangemeuts have been made to send him home. Judging from the direction he came nod from the fact tliut his shirt was urpt it i . tliAimlit !?? ? ? 1 .,w?, ? I.uviu^UI. uun ni'j cr;i/iUt! man swam Catawba river und lust hit> clothes were lelt on the farther side of the i iver. the above is u special dispatch from Fort Mill to the Charlotte Observer. It refers to Dave Wade, th old mulatto gardener, who loft his hotuo in this city last Monday morning, telling his wife he was going to one of the factories to cut same wo--.d. The tir.-t information as to his whereabouts was received hero wlion -he was arrested in Fort Mill. It was supposed up to tlmt time that he jumped into a .well or had gone into tho woods and committed suicide. Dol Massoy, colored, went to Fort Mill Thursday night and brought birn to this city and j to his borne. It is apparent thut i he ia deranged and we understand t an effort will be made to have ( him placed in the asylum. < Wade is an old man now and ] has been very unfortunate. More \ than twenty years ago he was ar- j rested in Union county, being j charged with burning a ginhouse < or barn. After trial and convic- | tion, he was sentenced to the penitentiary for twenty years, but after serving ten vears a nA<rm u?bn < o ' ?r>- w " ? 4 was dying in Union county declared that Wade had been wrong- ] lullv convicted, uh he wan the in- f cendiury who did the burning. ( An investigation wus made, and j the dying statement of the nogro ( appearing to be true, Wade was \ released, his manhood being shut j tered and his health very much g impaired. ? Rock Hill Herald. r ?The business men of Manila, . P. I., have organized for the pur- , poso of securing a restriction in i ( hin<>fca immini-ot!"" ? -- *'--1 -!l - iiiiiii^iuuuii lii nun (;ny. | p Bofore buying, nulling or renting, it will pay ) on loaee T. 8. e Carter, tbo real o.slate agent. ?] Oii Fields Aflame People Powerless to Stiy tl Flames unci th? Enormous Industry Will Likely be Horned A way?The Story. lituumont, Tex., Sept. 12.The great oil liolds hero are allutu and ure being constantly fed l> the fuel oil. The wells on th hills are lined with workuie standing about unable to do an} tiling, even toward protecting that portion of the lield which i not yet afire. The heat is so in tense and the flumes arc spreading so rapidly that none dare up proach the burning territory. Th ground is saturated with oil, am experts say there is no possibl chance to stop the progress of th flaiues until they are burned out which probably means the des truction of tho entire industry with its 410 producing wells many of them gushers. The sky i obscnrod for miles by tho dens< columns of smoke flowing fron the Spindle Top. The lire started yesterday even ing in some wuste oil along th< Texas and Sabine R it track an< burned sixty feet of trestle work This was controlled V..VV.| v/Ub IV Wilt Inter discovered that the tire biu communicated to the set tlin* tanks, and it was* impossible tc control the tlamcs. A Itesperate Negro Holds i'osst at Bay in Augusta. Special to The State. Align ta, Sept. 10. ? A desper ate negro last night at about 1C o'clock defied two sheriffs in arresting hiiu by shutting himself in a house just outside the eity limits and opening fire on tho officers The negro is wanted on ti charge of arson in Columbia county. Tho sheriffs ?f Colum bia and Lincoln countis were hero to t ike tho n -gro bask with them. The desporato man armed hansel! and when the sheriffs arrived at the house opened fire on them. They sent a hurry call to tho police station for help, and Lieut. Collins and a detail of ellicern went to-tho place. Thoy found that the house in which the negro was hiding was out of the city limits, so they had no authority to act. The negro held his own ind is still in the house, so far as can be learned. The police do not know tho negro's name Mobody was hurt by the firing of tho negro. The latter is wanted in Columbia county on a charge of irson, so it is said. The details }f the crime could not be ascertained. A Killing at Scranton. Special to The State. Scranton, Sept. 12.?Louis Vlou/.en, a young negro man, was shot and instantly killed on tbo mtskirts of the town this afterloon by Mr. Melton Williamson >f Cade's. Mouzon was wanted 'or obtaining goods under false iretenses, and when Mr. Williamion undertook to servo the war nnt Mouzcn resisted. lie was trmed with a heavy iron ?-od ibout throe foot long, and, fear ng his life was in jeopardy, Mr. iVilliamson shot and the uo<?ro ..II viii \4t;rv?. Plvm >th I tuck C'ockorels ch'.'np* ir now than later on. Apply t?> f. M. Stcadiuan. i / x HI . 1 WE 1 o ? Have Bargains r 5 8 mmm All J k : ah me rime ' In Every line Here Are a Few ' THAT ARE "HUMMERS." 1 > 1000 yards stripes and cheeked Dimities, worth 8 2 1-2 ets now 8 ets. ~ > 5 000 yards Ginghams, worth (5 ets, now 4 ets. 8 or 10 pieces Grenadette, newest thing for ladies iniliiied skirts, former price 25 ets, now 15 ets. 10 pieces Point de Bruxelles, former price 30 ets, now 23. 30 pieces Scotch Lawns, fast colors, cheap at 5 ets, now 3 1-2 cents. - SHOES! We also have a lot of shoes that we have thrown 011 our bargain counter and are selling at a j sacrifice. I Heavy Verdict Given Against "he Seaboait William K. Boyd Allowed %22 OOO Damages for injuries Received in an Unusual Way. The largest verdict which Inn been gotten in the State lately win rendered in Camden Thursday The suit was brought by one \\ il liain E. Boyd ngatnst the Si al> > ir< Air Lino railway for ?t)0,000 < i account of injuries received. Boyd, a section foreman, win on a handcar, with sevcr.d section hands, when a box car loaded with 200 crossties, having gotten out of the eontrol of the men who were londinnr it 1 . 1... *?w ? 11 1 111 track, overtook the hand car and killed two of the hands, Boyd wag maimed, being badly used n(>. lie sued the road for $20,000 actual damages, and $10,000 pun itivo damages. The jury brought in a verdict for $22,000. Yesterday morning Mr. Wm. 11. Lyles and Capt. Win Shannon, representing the defendant company, argued for either a now trial or a reduction of the verdict. Judge Dautzlersaid he was convinced that the verdict wuj tx i s* sivc and reduced sameto $10,000. Messrs. M. L. Smith und J. T. Hay, attorneys representing the plaintiff, eloquently pleaded for the verdict to stand as rend red, but asked that if the |w U' should conclude to reduce it, not to make it less than $15,000. It is understood tlu?t the defense will appeal to the supreme ?<*11 rt.- -Tho State. ?- '*v <* Dovastat.in?* Forr.efr lumu Oregon Oily, Ore., Sept. i'2.? Kielco tires are raging in the vi cinity of Springwater. Houses, barns a d stock arc being burned and the whole country is devastated. Many cattle were caught in the timber and burned to death. There are heavy tires four miles east of Mohdln. The tire between Khuhcl and Clarke is still spreading. Port Columbia, Wash., is reported burning as a result of the prairie tires in that part of the country. A rescue steamer has been sent from Astoria. Timber tires surround Vlehama, Ore., thrcatniug the settlers and their possessions, 'thousands of dollars worth of property have been devastated. Oregon Forest Fires. Oregon City, Ore., Sept. 13.? Late Spring Water report says: "Sixty people are homeless as u result of the forest tires. All the country known as the Rocky Point section, is burning. Spring Water school house, chr.roh, post oltice, Mucnhcc hall, Orange hall, stores and many dwellings have been burned. The most valuable timber belt in Vlackanius county is practically burned out. A large number of live :>tock have been burned to death. K j.'-TIJ \ O ?? tVw'RS \ T H X > *m laving distressing pains In ho d, back and st< niaeli, and l>ein?; without appetite, 1 bftran to use Dr. King's Now Life Dills." write; W. 1\ Whitehead, of Konne l do, Tex , "mi 1 so >n fo't like u row man ' Infalli do in &tom* fteh and liver troubles. Only 2no at Crawford Bros' and ,1. F. Maekoy K Co's drug store. ! .A IU NI.JK!) ;y 2 Crushed Under A Rock, .f??e Groalish of Greenville Killed While Plaj'ing. Special to I lie Slalc. , < irecnville, Sept. 12.?A very sad ending came to tlio fun and ' frolic of a group of hoys who were playing together yesterday afternoon near the Carolina cotton mills, when .loc Grcalish was fatally injured. The hoys wero digging the dirt from around a huge rock, which it is thought would weigh upwards of 2,000 pounds, when it suddenly rolled \ down the embankment, in which it was imbedded, knocking Joe uown, meaning his back, both logs and otherwise injuring him. in a short time ho was taken to the Greenville sanitarium, where an ? potation was performed, but there,was no possible chance for hi< r;c v v. ai.il his sufferings were ended by death yesterday morning. Ido was 1 2 or Id years old, the only child of Mrs. Sophia Grcnlish, and a grandson of Mrs. A. II. .Jenkins, with whom he lived. His mother, who is a trained nurse in Baltimore, was immediately notified by telegraph of the dreadful tidings and she will teach hero tomorrow at 12 o'clock. v Prominent Member of Southern Colony in New York Takes Poison. iNcw 1 ork, Sept. 12.?Col. John G. Garuett, one of tho most prominent southerners iti New York, :t West Poini graduate, colonel of artillery under Gen. Robert K. Leo in the Confederate army and a native of Wakefield plantation, Westmoreland county, Yu., was found dead today in tho Ross hot* !. lie had committed suioidv b\ taking carbolic acid. The body had been lying in the room for two days before it was discovered. Several days ago Mr. Garnett, was visited by his brother, Dr. Garnett, of llot Springs, Ark., and it is supposed they quarreled. A note which stated that the writer had been contemplating suicide for tive days was found besido the body. Mr. Garnett was head of tho St. James Publishing company and was at the time of his death engaged in writing a history of tho West Point Military academy. Two Manslayers Sentenced to Life Imprisonment. Special to The State. Spartanburg, Sept. PL ?A life sentence was passed on Frank .Jones, alias Baltc .Tones, convicted h few days ago of murder. I bis afternoon a motion for a new trial in the case of Bud Bums, who was convicted of mur dor with recommendation to mercy, was argued. Tho motion was denied and Burns was sentenced to spend the remainder of his life in the State penitentiary. Sessions court then adjourned sine die. Court of common pleas convense on Monday morning with Judge Buchanan presiding. I It is not lawful I"shoot doves in South Carolina now bcforo November 1. August 15 used to be the dale, hut tho last Legislature changed the law.