The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, May 02, 1894, Image 4
THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGEThe
Walls if the Gin's College are Tw.?'
S'orlee High.
Rock Hill, April 24 ?The busiest!
place io R .ck Hill di>*t :3 the site of
the Winthrop Normal and Industrial |
College. For a time after it was sertied
that the college was .o be located I
at Rock Hill not much attention was |
attracted mere, as the work consisted l
solely In excavation preparatory to lay- j
iDg the foundation. TheD, too, when j
the work of building was beguD, the I
progress seemed \>ry slow, as it consisted
entirely of work with granite hut!
about a month since the walls of the!
basemeDt story were c ompleted. Since !
thee the work seems to have been in a |
rush. Now the wails are completed to ;
the top of the secoDd story. All the
walls of the basement, inner and outer,
are of granite. The ceiling in the rooms
is twelve feet high. This carries the
granite work about eight feet above
the level of the ground ou the front.
In the rear the basement lloor will be j
above the level.of the ground; this,]
T?irh rhft finp arrangement of the build
ing will allow ample light from the I
sun.
Just above tbe granite, in the right- j
hand corner of the tower, will be placed }
the corner-stone. This is a block of j
gray sandstone, the larger base being ,
41 by 37 1 2 inches, the smaller 20 by 30 j
and 3 feet thick. Two faces of this
will be exposed. On one of these will I
be tbe following inscription:
Wintbrop Normal and Industrial Col- j
lege
1894.
Bruce & Morgan, Architects.
Thompson & Dicker Coustsuction Company.
Builders.
A. D. 1894.
On the other face this will appear:
S. P. Dendy, G. M.
Board of Trustees:
B. R. TilimaD, Governor, Chairman.
?. S. Joynes, W. D. May field,
H. B. Baist. T. A. Crawford,
W. J Roddey, R. R. H^mphill,
W. N Eider, D. W. McLaurin,
A. C. Fuller, A. H. Patterson,
F. B. Gary, J. E. Breazeale.
W. R. Bunlap. secretary and treasurer.
W. H. Stewart, Superintendent.
The granite work is finished off with
a strip of sandstone six inches wide and
extending all around the building.
Four feet above is another strip of the
same stone, which forms a pleasing
contrast with the dark red color of the
brick work, and which serves as a basis
for all window frames.
All exposed portions of the wall are
finished with smooth pressed brick of a
deep red color. The front entrance
will be by a flight of at least eight
stone steps twenty-one feet long. These
lead directly into an enclosed portico
having two large arch openings, each
arch being strengthened by a very
large keystone of sandstone three
feet in length and two feet in
tiULlU&il ?>3} UUIU uciug u?uuovuiv*j
carved. The main buildiDg will be
three stories above the basement, the
tower being 168 feet from the foundation.
This will secure a commanding
view of the city and of the mountains.
Most of the windows on the front side
will be placed above elegant carvings
in sandstone of the Corinthian order.
Many of these are six feet in length.
The main building will have a front
of 300 feet and an extension In the rear
of 198 feet, the whole heing in the
shape of a "T." The dormitories will
be on each side of the main building j
and connected with it by covered ways
im feat lAnfr. "FUrh dormitorv will be I
of the "L" shape three stories high and
226 feet each way.
The entire building: will present a
front of about 800 feet and furnish an
enclosd courtyard in the rear 700 feet
long. The d >ors of the basement |
rooms will be cemented; all rooms will
be finished in plaster.
The heating and rentilatiDg apparatus
will be of the most perfect kind.
The contract for the work has just been
awarded to Messrs. Hunr.icut & Bel
lengrath of Atlanta. The building
will be furnished tnroughout with water
works.
There are at present one hundred
convicts at work on the grounds. The ;
bricK yard under the management of 1
Messrs. Mills & Holler, is turning out :
about thirty thousand brick daily. "
During the next week they will begin 1
with another machine and the output
of the yard will be doubled.
As to the cost of the buildiDg the ws- 1
ual story is to be told. After specific 1
directions to the architect and aasur
ances on his cart as to Driee.it can now 1
be seen that tbe cost of the main build- i
iDg will not be far from $85 000. It 1
appears, however, to be worth every !
cent of this and will be an ornament of 1
which South Carolina may well be 1
preud.
Kock Hill has good reason to be con- !
tent with the great effort put forth to 1
gain this prize and to be justly proud
of her success.?Register.
A Chence tor TVacherd.
It is virtually settled that since the |'
dates of the South Carolina Teachers j
Association and of the National Association
conflict the former will be .
moved up a week. This will make the ;
former association meet at Spartanburg
on the 1st of July instead of the 8'h.
It is very probanle that a special party j
of teachers will go from here to Asberry
Fark to attend the National. The
following fact will prove interesting to
any teachers contemplating this trip.
The National Education Aasocaiion of
U. S. A. with Hon. a. G. nane, &uper-1
lntendent, Public Schools, Chicago,
President; Hon. J. M. Greenwood, Sup
erintendent Public Schools, Kansas
City. Treasurer; Hon. Irwin Shepard,
President State Normal School, Winona
Minn., Secretary; and Hon. N. A. Calkins,
Assistant Superintendent Public
Schools, New York, Chairman of Hoard
of Turstees; will hold its 1894 meeting
at Asbury Park, N. J., July tlrh to 13th,
1894. Asbury Park is one of the most
beautiful sea-side resort on the Atlantic
Coast about 40 miles from New York
rttt.v and r.wfi hnurs ride from Philadei
phia. It has most spacious and magnificent
hotel accomodation, aud all
members cf the association will be
granted half rates at hotels on presentation
of their membership ceniGcates,
during the meeting. Kates will be
from $1.00 per day up. All railway associations
have granted a half rate plus
62.00, N. E. A. Membership Fee, from
all points in the territory of the association,
(except from points withia one
hundred miles from Asbury F?irk,
where a cheap summer excursion rate
is available.) JL'he tickets will be good
to return until September 1st if deposited
with the railway joint agent at
Asbury Fark during the meeting.
A PENITENTIARY FIREATit?l
Luss of Nearly $23,000 -ThflSt-ue
a Heavy I..-?er.
rni.rMRtA s. C . Acri! 2*J.?The hosi
^ry anil within the w:ni3 of the State
Penitentiary was destroyed by lire yesterday
afternoon betwe<u 8 aud 7
o'cl-J: Nothing was saved but a lot
of hose. The fire was too fierce and
spread too quickly to permit anything
to be done and very little to be saved
It was the hottest and most stubborn
fire which Columbia firemen have been
call, d on *o battle with in years.
The mill is worked by convicts with
the exception of probably twenty free
laborer*, mostly women. All is
stopped e<ch afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The convicts are given their supper in
tin pails ana are then nut- into" their
ceils. When the m ichinerv was shut
down yesterda? afternoon at the usual
hour thera was no fire in any department.
The only person who remained
in the building longer than 6 o'clock
were Foreman Baldwin, Mr. Roe and a
- - j *. r*.
whire life term convict nameuonon. n
was ihe business of the the convict to
lock the coors and see that everything
was all tight.
Twenty minutes after ? o'clock, while
Bookkeeper Burris was in the prison
yard, he saw smoke issuing from the
upper windows of the building, which
was a three story brick strnctuie. forming
a portion of the Western wall of the
prison. The building is well known to
every person who has visited the Penitentiary.
Ivlr. Burris quickly gave the alarm, I
notifying O.pain Allen, who was in j
th* convict barber suop. Captain Allen
rushed to the building and was foliowtrd
by several of the convicts who
are allowed the privileges of the yard.
The door leading to the second and third
stories was knocked down and Opt ia
Allen and the convicts rushed up the
steps. They were forced to return at
once as the building was full of smoke.
It was ascertained, however, mat tae
lire had been started in the toilet room
in the second story of the raiil. There
was nothing inflammable in the room,
but it could have oeen saturated with
oil. After it started aad began to
spread there was plenty to feed the
flames.
The fact that the building wa3 burning
was telephoned to the city, but the
alarm was late in being given. The
firemen answered promptly, however,
the Columbia Company being the first
on the ground, followed by the Independents.
Long lines of hose were
qutckly stretched, being attached to
hydrants in the prison yard. It was
nearly 7 o'clock before streams were
gotten on the tUmes. It was then too
late and the water had no effect. The
fire was so hot that streams had to be
turned on the hospital building, over a
hundred yards away, to keep it from
catching iire. The firemen worked hard
and faithfully, but there was no possible
chance of saving the building.
The wails fell in with a crash, making
the work daDgerous for the firemen.
Some of the con nets worked shoulder
to shoulder with the firemen, lending
assistance in holding the nozzles and
pulling the hose from point to point.
Only a few convicts were at liberty,
however, the majority having been
locked up in the big prison building at
the Eastern side of the yard. This
building was never in danger. A convict
is suspected of having set fire to
the mill. There is not much ground
for the suspicion except that he was the
last person in the buildiDg. It is not
known how the fire could have originated
in an accidental manner
The building was owned bv the State
and was worth not less than 810,000
Xearl) 82 000 had recently been expended
on it iu repairs. A new roof was
put on aDd much mont y spent in improvements
on the inside. There was
not aceot of insurance on the building.
In addition to this the State loses at
82,500 in machinery. A ten-horse power
and a twenty-horse power engine be1
?- ? ? * ? ! ? r\ L.1
lUI*glUfc? ' U I L'O Otitic ?nr ucotiuycu,
besides two electrict dyuatnrs and a lot
ot shafting, belting. etc. The State
merp'* furnished the motive power for
the mill. The State, therefore, sustains
a clear loss of fnilv $12,500. About ten
[lays ago an elec ric dynamo, valued at
3900, was put iu the uoiil. A year ago
a third story was added to the structure.
The hosiery mill was established years
ago. It was run with varied success
until Optain J. M. Graham bought the
machinery and began to operate it.
lie leased the convicts to run it from
the State and did a large business
throughout the South. Ali the machinery
belongea to him. lie had a heavy
stock of goods on hand and the loss on
the stock was great. Tne total loss sustained
bv Mr. Graham is estimated at
3i2 000, 89,000 neing on machinery and j
33,000 the sTock. Mr. Grahsm hacl a
total of 69,000 insurance ?Register.
Terrible Earthquakes.
Athens, April 22.?Many reports
from the towns which have suffered
most severely from the earthquakes of
the last two d iys were received this afternoon
and evening. The loss of life
and property is much greater thau was
at first supposed. In the Lceris district
129 persons are known to have been
killed by falling walls, and many others
are missing. A paris church in Pros kino
coiiapsed during vespers and thirty
men and women were killed outright,
while several who were dug out alive
from the ruins are likely to die. Ninety j
persons were buried in the ruins ot
Maiesinaand sixty of them were killed.
The others may recover. In many
towns whole households have disappeared
without leaving an inkliog of
their fate. In. Martino, thirty-nine
persons were kllied by falling timbers.
Most of them died within the walls of
a church whose roof ftll in during service.
Although there has been small
loss of human life in Athens and its
environs, the damage to property ha?
been enormous.
Not Dead,
Columbia, S. C., April 2s.?State Li
quod Commissioner Traxler today
state t hat the dispensary knock out
is only temporary, and that within a
short time something would develop
that would enable him to open the big
State barroom again. lie said that the
ofrmlr r\f limmra tst f.hft vnrir>tl? Pniini V
O tVV/ IX VI !?V|UVi t*".' V I v*t kvMv vv W 4.?> J
dispensaries would have been caiku in
but for th^ reason. It was thought
best to recognize the decision of the
Supreme Court until the matter could
be settled further, in just what manner
Mr. Traxler would not indicate.
This is a surprising piece of information,
as Governor Tillman had declared
that he was "paralyzed" and could do
nothing. .1
I IS IT A SWINDLE?
j Some Prru>la?nt Barnwell County Men
Have a Narrow Escape
Augusta, Ga., April 25? A case
j that resembles the gold brick fake per]
petrattd on several prominent citizens
j of Barnwell county, S. C., has been deI
veloped and one of the men in the
' gam* who got the money was arrested
| in Augusta at midnight last night by
| Detectives Howard and Murray. Late
: yesterday evening the police received a
telegram from Allendale, S C, ordering
the arrest of B. C. Dillman, a
I stranger, who whs said to be stoppiog
I at the restaurant opposite the Union
Depot. Closely following the telegram
Mr. George P. Allen, cashier of the A1
leDdale Bank, of Allendale, arrived in
the city on the Port Iloyal and Augusta
train. He immediately went to the
police barracks where he was delighted
to find the man there in custody he
was after. Mr. Allen said he and a
party of his friends had been fleeced
out of ?1.400 hy Dillman and his partner,
F. \V. Fischer, who had been arrested
in Allendale, and he charged
them with cheating and swindiing.
Mr. Allen said Dillman and Fischer
who claim to be from Kansas City,
went to Barnwell a few days ago with
a gas generator (which Lieut. Cartlege
called a money taker) f ?r stove cook!
iDg, and they were offering to sell the
I l ? 4. . Ar trv
? ' ftliC riguL3, UiaillJlUg lug gcunauui g?j
be their patent. They exhibited papers
in substantiation of their claim. The
generator was so simple in make and
such a valuable improvement that Mr.
| J. 0. Patterson became interested in
ine machine and entered in negotiations
for the purchase of the rights.
11(3 put up a $200 bonus to make the
deal good after agreeing upon a trade
and on Monday went over to Allendale
to get some of his friends interested
with him in the scheme. Dillman and
Fischer went to Allendale with Mr.
PattersoD, who induced Mr. George
Bryan, Mr Allen and several others to
go'in with him to buy the rights, he
thiDking it was a great money making
machine.
Monday the trade was linally closed
and the gentlemen paid Dillman and
Fischer SI,400 in cash for the State
rights. Dillman left at once and came
to Augusta. Fischer remained in Alleriale
to sign up the papers. Mr,
Patterson returned to his home in
Barnwell and upon his arrival there
found out that the same rights that
had been sold to bim and his friends
had been sold to Col. Mike Brown of
Barnwell. Mr. Patterson at once telegraphed
his discovery to Mr. Allen in
Allendale, telliag him he had seen the
deed Riven to (joi. lirown. Mr. .amen
received Mr. Patterson's telegram just
as the train was about to leave on
which Fischer was escaping.
Fischer was arrested and on his per-on
wa3 found $300 ia cash and a 8300
draft on the New Fork National Park
Dank. Through Fischer it was found
cut that his pal, DillmaD, was in Augusta
and Mr. Allen's telegram was received
just in time to arra3t him before
his departure for Chicago on the
Georgia train. At the barracks Dillman
was searched aod he had $688.65
in money. Eighty dollars of it was in
$20 gold pieces, $575 was in five, ten
and twenty dollar bills and the other
$3.65 was in silver coins. He had a
magnificent cluster diamond pin which
he wore in his shirt. In his pocket he
carried an exquisite solid gold watch
with a Knights of Pythias charm attached
to his chain.
Dillman is a tall, stout fellow, well
dressed and a smooth talker. He said
if Fischer has sold Col. Prown the patent
riehts then he is in the "soup" but
he claims his part of the transaction
was straight. Dillman volunteers to
go back to Allendale without a requisition
and will return there this morning
with Detective Howard and Mr. Allen.
Mr. Allen is delighted that $1,288 65 of
his and his friends $1,400 has been recovered
b? the findiDg of S600 on
Fischer and $688 65 on Dillman.
The machine the men had, Mr. Allen
says, is all rignt and a good thing, but
he thinks now that tne strangers have
no patent right upon it. Lieut. CartIege
thinks the men are swindlers who
have worked a skin game on the Allendale
crowd. It is not known for
what Dillman and Fischer caught Col.
Brown, but it is hardly possible that he
h <s escaped without loss, for he has
the deed-to the patent right which he
holds. This is the second time in the
last few years that the people of Barn
well have been caught by sucu tricas
as this. The last time the gold brick
game was worked upoQ them, and then
like now, the "Augusta police caught
the swindlers for them.?Chronicle.
A VPs-ruan Crazed.
Atlanta, April 24?An exceedingly
sensational story comes from Calhoun,
in Gordon county. Deputy United
States Marshal Turner, of Calhoun,
who was in Atlanta awaiting the preliminary
trial of a party of White
Caps, whom he had successfully run to
earth, received a telegram calling him
home. J t appears from the details as
they can be had that friends of the
"TL:i- ?i ? TI
wmie C/apa, wuuse viiwm, iwucnHooker,
is now in Atlanta, went to
Deputy Turner's house the night after
he left with his prisoners for Atlanta
aud made all manner of bloodcurdling
Threats against his wife. The poor wo
man was frightened almost to death,
sne was too terrified to remain at the
house, and, taking her baby, with a
pistol to defend herself from any attack,
wandered aimlessly into the
w K>as. When her disappearance was
discovered searching parties scoured
the couQty for her, but without avail.
The frantic husband and father renewed
the search when he arrived at
his desolate home, and found his wife
wandering in the woods, a raving maniac.
She still held her baby in her
arms and had the pistol ready to shoot.
The threats of the White Caps effected
an awful revenge on the faithful deputy
marshal. The news has been received
here by i riends of Mr. Turner
that his wife is better and hopes are
entertained of her ultimate reeovery.
Going to Congress,
Chicago, April 24.?At a mseting
of live hundred uuiou moulders yesterday
it was announced that the three
unions of Chicago tvould send live hundred
men to Washington to present
grievances to Congress. They will
move by train and delegations from a
dozen towns in Illinois, Indiana and
Wisconsin are expected to join them.
A morning paper says that a strike ol
lour thousand employes of the Pullman
Company will be declared on May
first.
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT. f
Tbe Balletlo Issacd by the Weather fin- !
reaa?Good tor Crops.
Columbia, S. C., April 24?The following
is the weekly weather crop re
port of the department of agriculture
for this State.
The cold, dry and generally unfavorable
weather "that characterized the
week previous to the one just passed,
gave way, in rapid transition, to warm
and in every way good growing weather,
which is reflected by the tone of
cheerfulness and encouragement that
pervades the reports of all correspondents,
covering the past week, except
from those in the coast regions where
the improvement was not marKea.oni
account of the lack of much needed
rain.
The temperature was slightly above
the normal in all sections of the State,
being proportionally greater in the central
and western parts, until the latter
part of the week when the nights became
quite cool, but from no place
was frost reported. The war.nth in
the early week, caused an immediate
improvement in the appearance of vegetation
of all kinds, more especially in
gardens, grains, grasses and foliage,
and many trees present the peculiar effect
of withered and dried, as weil as
budding and tender green leaves on the
same branches.
There was showers on Thursday and
Friday, with considerable hail in
places. The latter, however, did little
or no damage. The rains were, in all
instances, needed and were very beneficial
and very timely for the" newly
planted crops; also for grains and food
products in general. In tbe southeastern
part of the State and along the
coast the showers were very light, or
altogether absent. In those sections
the eitect or toe arougot is to give cotton
a very poor stand, where up; to
cause oats to turn yellow with little
or no growth; to give the natural enemies
of young corn, sur*h as worm3,
birds, etc., a chance to do much damage;
and to retard gardens aod held
crops in general, in short to use the expensive
phase of a correspondent "everything
going from bad to worse."
The following excessive amounts of
rainfall for the week were reported:
Cheraw 4.36; Society Hill 2.61
Time of sunshines was generally
above the average except for limited
areas. High winds did some damage
to cotton In a few localities. Cotton
planting was generally over the entire
State during the we_-k and in the low
counties is fast nearing completion,
likely to be finished this present week
if the weather remains favorable. In
the central counties, farmers are also
% -L J4-u 4 u ^
well advanced wim mis crup, wnu we ,
expectation of finishing planting before
tbe first of May. Ia both sections
the early planting is coming up nicely 1
where there is sufficient moisture, and
promises a good even stand. The farmers
are not as well advanced in the
"up counties" although they have been
favored with more rain, and conse- 1
quently the gbrminating period of 1
their planting will be shorter. A generalization
of all reports on cotton, indicates
that at this period it is equal, i
in every respect to the average of former
years. Corn planting continues.
Some up and ready for first working.
Oats doing better, it is estimated to
promise half a crop. Wheat improving,
but no crop estimate can yet be 1
made. Melons are coming up poorly
from first planting, but those from sec ;
ond planting promise better. The first
prospects are not improving to any
gloat CAIC/UU.
Rice, sorghum and food products in
general are being planted in greater
quantities than usual in many localities,
The weather has favored farm
work which is well up with the needs
ot all crops.
J. W. Bauer,
Director S. C., S. W. S.
A Flend'a Work.
Montgomery, Ala., April 23? A
special from ruskegee says that Eli
Philpot has been arrested and that he
has confessed to the murderiDg of the
two little colored girls found murdered
on Friday last at a point about live
miles Xorth of Tuskegee. Philpot is a
young negro of about 20. His arrest
crew out of the discovery of the tracks
made by a pair of old shoes given the
murderer by George Sinclair, the father
of the murdered children. The murderer
is a brother of the mother of the
children. When arrested he told a calm
story of the crime; how he persuaded
the children la the absence of their
mother to leave the house with him;
how he carried the younger one in his
arms; how he split their heads with an
axe and after killing them, carried them
some fifty yards and placed them together
under a tree, because, he said,
he did not think they onght to be seperated.
He said he bad been offered three
dollars by other negroes to kill the
children, but that he did not take the
money because he did not think it
right to kill them for money. Additional
to giving an account of the horrible
murders be also confessed to having
set fire to a number of buildings, the
burnings of which had heretofore been
a mystery. He said that others were
implicated in the burning of the buildings
and that he had each tim9 been
delegated to apply the torch. This d ind
is composed of both men and women
and several of them have b?en arrested.
A Southern Inrentlon.
Chattanooga, April 24.?A Chattanooga
company has just completed and
had patented a continuous automatic roil I
train, for converting steel billets into :
rods and hoop3, that they claim will '
revolutionize that portion of the steel
manufacturing business. The billet3 of |
steel when once placed iu the rolls can, ;
without being again handled, be brought
out in any dimension or shape wanted.
It is claimed this wili save fully f 1 50
on every ton of steel handled. The patent
roller was built by Stanley 0.
? - _r .1
fcLaSfclDS, a 3011 OI me pmcuicc auun
build- r of the first continuous rolls ever j
made and which are now used in nearly
every large steel mill in the United '
State?. A company has also been 1
formed in this city to put the patent into 1
immediate use and is now putting three
of the rolls in place and will within the
next thirty days begin the manufacture
of cotton ties on a large scale. With
the nr.w machine, the billet of steel is
put iu;o the rolls and when next seen is
a cot ten tie ready for bundling and j
shipping. The machine will reduce the
cost of manufacturing cotton ties by '
about $2 per ton. 'i
EIGHT NEGROES LYNCHED. "
Bloody Scooos of VeDg^auca 1q a Louisiana
Parish.
New Okleans, April 27.?Nine
men have met violent deaths m Madison
Palish in the last week, and eight of
these have been lynched bv Inluriated
cit zens. The last four were hanged last
night. The news has just reached this
city. Yesterday, the Boyce assassins
were hunted down by bloodhounds and
dually located in the Buckhorn Woods.
Sher!n McClelland 3ent for volunteers
to increase his no3se and a force of two
hundred men Anally Irecd the assasin3
. a negro cabin. The lugitives were
just preparing to cross over the Mississippi
lme, where they would have been
comparatively safe. The posse surrounded
the house and called to the
owner to make bis appearance, but he
refused. The posse then tired into the
building which brought the negro owoer
to the door. He denied that the fugitives
were in his place, but the posse made a
close survey ot the premises and Anally
fcund the four darkies huddled up in the
loft of a small crib in the rear of the
cabin. The four were Pomptly Clayton,
the leader of the assassins, Shell Claxton.
Scott Haivev and Tory McCoy.
They were promptly placed under arrest
and Sheriff' McClelland detailed a party
of twelve to take them to Tallaiah, while
the sheriff' and the rest of the posse
started out to try to capture Tom Grit'
An, who had separated from ihe others.
As the depu'les with the four fugitives
got near Millikin's Bend, they were met
by a mob whomade an effort to lake
the prisoners from them. The guard resisted
and succeeded ia holding on to the
prisouei-3. The guard pressed on with
the fugitives, until they reached the
Shelby Place, two miles from Tallulah.
Here they were met by a crowd of two
hundred men who overpowered the guard
and captured the tour prisoners. The
prisoners were escorted to the Crescent
place, wnere tneir nmcisn muraer naa
been ccmmitied, and there strung up
to the limbs of several tree3. Their bodies
were lound this morning. If Griflh
is caught, he will also be lynched.
There are seventeen negroes in jail, all
of whom will be given a regular trial
and most of whom it is thought will be
convicted.
An Agitator Killed.
Bluefield, W. Ya., April 26.?ratrick
O'Brien, who came here with other
agitators from Ohio and Pennsylvania
to try to induce the 25,000 miners of the
Flat Top region of West Virginia to
join the great coal miners' strike, was
killed at Turkey Itidge. O'Brien had
finished an address to the mine workers,
composed mostly of negroes and
foreigners, in which he urged them to
throw down their picks and demand
better treatmeut and pay from the
mine owners, a roreigner or rne name
of HaDseni sprang upon a box ?nd addressed
his countrymen. "This man,"
he said, "would deprive your families
of bread when there is nothing to be
gained by striking." Hanseni's remarks
were interpreted to O'Brien in
Thomas McBride's saloon. O'Brien remonstrated
with Hanseni for opposing
the strike order, and Hansen! retorted
with "Your are here for the purpose of
doing my people harm." The lie Was
passed, and Ilanseni backed by an excited
crowd of his countrymen drew a
long bladed knife and plunged it into
O'Brien's body repeatedly, killing him
almost instantly. The murderer then
fled to the mountains. The proprietor
of the saloon attempted to defend
O'Brien, and was severely handled by
the ?rowd. The other strike agitators
disappeared since the O'Brien incident.
More trouble is feared, as the miners
are steadfast in their purpose not to
strike.
Free L'qaor Indeed.
Columbia, S. 0., April 25.?Governor
Tillman's statements, as published in
The State of yesterday in regard to the
liquor situation, had tbe effect of
causing many liquor dealors here to
throw off all restraint, and several
saloons resumed operations just as before
the dispensary act was passed. It
looked very strange to see men walk
into a saloon and flnd beer on tap, get
cocktails, mint juleps and all kinds of
mixed drinks without the slightest
trouble. No city or State licenses are
being paid, and things are running
along as if nothing had happened. But
this does not apply only to Columbia
and Charleston. Travelers say the
same thing was witnessed yesterday in
many small towns all over the State.
Yesterday an ex-dealer, who has been
observing the dispensary law to the
letter, received a carload shipment of
beer, and it is said that he will at once
start his delivery wagons to work
again. The railroads are hauling large
amounts of liquors into the State on
every train.
Musical Homes are Happy Homes.
Have you ever noticed it? Call to
mind the homes of your friends who
have a good Piano or Organ in the
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more attractive than those where the
divine art of music never enters? To
be sure it costs to buy a good instrument,
but it lasts many years, and will
pay its costs many a thousand times
over by interesting the young folks in
their homes. Don't make the mistake,
though, of investing haphazard. Post
yourself thoroughly by writing Ludden
& Bates Southern Music House, Savahnab,
Ga., the great music house of the
South, established in 1870. They have
supplied 50,000 instruments to Sou th
ern homes, and have a reputation for
fair prices and honorable treatment of
customers; and they represent the leading
pianos and organs of America
They take pleasure in corresponding
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A Bottomless Lake. !
Laporte, Ind., April 25.?The Chi
L*ago and West Michigan Kailroad company
have encountered a supernatural
iorce which threatens to engulf one of \
the longest bridges on the line in a bottomless
abyss. To a reporter the chief
engineer stated that 900 car loads of
pine logs had been placed under the
bridge, the only effect being to hold up (
the bridge for a few hours, when it
again disappears. The bridge spans
Lily Lake in the northern limits of the
cltjacd the fact that no trouble has
heretofore been experienced, has added
mystery to the forces which indicate
the existence of a bottomless lake.
Thousands of people have visited the
3cene.
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Miss Mary Murphy, of Buffalo, has
a pug dog whose tail curled so tightly
that it gave him intense pain and
caused him to howl all night. An irritable
neighbor took the kink out with
a hatcher, says the Hartford Times.
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aid I Sell the Best In the Market. Write
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hingle Machines,
Stave Machines,
Brick Machines,
Planing Machines, _
Swing Saws, 4
Band saws,
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rrist Mills 3115 to 3250. J
Saw Mills 3190 to 3400. 1
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Talbott Engines and Boilers.
Seed Cotton Elevators.
Cottoh Gins and Presses.
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