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ESTABLISHED IN 18
GUT IN TWO.
Thirty-Six Men Perish In a Tor
pedo Destroyer mich
GOES TO THE BOTTOM
The Deck Crew Goes Down With the |
Vessel?Dressed in Oilskins and
Boots, Victims Have No Chance?j
Twenty-Two Are Rescued by Boats |
Prom the Other Ships?-Destroyer j
Tries to Cross Big Cruiser's Bow.
A dispatch from Portsmouth, Eng
land, says thirty-six men, Including
Lieut. Middleton, commander of the
torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, lost
their lives in a collision off the Isle
of Wright, Friday night, between
that vessel and the British cruiser
Berwick.
. The vessels belong to the Ports
mouth division of the British home
fleet and were engaged in night man
euvers in the channel on their way
to Portland.
The night was very dark and the
Berwick was steaming slowly. When
tne destroyer attempted to cross the
big cruiser's bow she was caught
amidships and cut in half with knife
like percison, sinking almost imme
diately.
The deck crew who were dressed in
heavy oilskins and boots, went down
with the vessel, not having time to
free themselves from these heavy en
cumbrances.
Of the twenty two men who were
rescued most of them were engineers
and stokers, who having light cloth
ing, were able to keep themselves
afloat until boats from the other
ships, which were immediately
launched, picked them up. ,
The smaller naval vessels were in
the midst of au attack on their big
ger consorts when the disaster occur
red. The entire fleet was und^r
masked lights, and in darkness. The
destroyer was cut in two as if she
had been made of paper. The for
ward half sunk instantaneously and
the sea became dotted with struggl!ng
men. Most of them, however, sank
before help could reach them. The
Tiger had a complement of fifty-nine
men.
THREE DEAD AND MANY HURT.
Terror Stricken Tenants are Wedged]
Solidly on the Escapes.
At New York three persons werel
killed, fifteen were injured, some of j
them seriously, ana tne lives of near
ly a hundred persons were endangered j
by a fire in a five-story tenement]
house at No. 44 Hester street. Brel
Weinstein, his wife and one year
old son were suffocated in their apart-1
ments on the fifth floor.
In their mad attempt to escape I
from the smoke and fire scores of j
scantly clad men, women and chil
dren crowed the narrow iron plat
forms and ladders until they became
wedged in solid masses on the
fire escapes, unable to extricate \
themselves and blocking the way of
those who had not yet succeeded in
getting out of the building. In the
meantime the flames had been con- J
stantly spreading and the terror ]
among the tenants had carried them
past the point of self restraint.
While the firemen were calling!
ut to them that there was no danger |
and that help soon would reach them
they beggan, one by one, to jump J
from the windows, resulting in the]
list of injured.
GHOST MONEY BURNED.
Clearing House Certificates Destroyed j
in Columbia Last Week.
A fire in Columbia last week de
stroyed $446,832, but no one lost a
cent and there were no regrets. The
Columbia Clearing House Association
held a meeting at which all the banks
were represented and the Clearing
House Certificates issued some time
ago were ordered destroyed, having
been redeemed and recalled.
The total amount of the issue was
about $450,000, and there is about
$5,000 in certificates still outstand
ing, some of which are in rhe hands
of the banks. The Clearing House
certificates served their purpose and
the stringency in currency having
passed, the ssue was retired somej
weeks ago.
SENT UP FOR TEN YEARS
For Sending Through the Mails aj
Deadly Machine.
At Greensboro, N. O. Hardin Ger
many was convicted in the superior
court and sentenced to the peniten
tiary, for sending an infernal ma
chine through the mail to Caesar
Cone, the millionaire cotton manu
facturer to that city, two weeks ago.
Germany was a former employe in
one of Mr. Cone's mills, and Is 20
years of age. He did not emply coun
sel to defend him, and offered no tes
timony, but nedied the charge. Mr.
Con was the pi ucipal witness. *
Admiral Evans Seeks Health.
Admiral Evans, accompanied by Ms!
Bon, Lieutenant Evans, Flag Lieuten-;
ant Tr in and Passed Assistant Sur
geon McDonald arrived at a hotel at
H( t Springs. Cal., Thursday. The
A''-:iiral hopes for a speedy restora
tion to health. ?
69.
BOYS SENT HOME.
FORTY-EIGHT CLEMSOX CADETS
ARE EXPELLED.
Discipline Committee Going to Bot
tom of "AH Fools' Day" Rebellion
and the End is Xot Yet.
Forty-eight out of ninety-two mem
bers of the junior class of Clemson
College and one suspended on Sat
urday for disobedience of orders on
April 1. The boys left college and
went to Pendieton some miles away
on Wednesday, wheu they had been
commanded not to do so. They also
sent disrespectful telegrams back to
several of the professors. After full
investigation the discipline committee
sentenced forty-eight members of the
junior class to expulsion and one to
suspension. The committee has not
yet reported on the sophmore and
freshman classes, many of whose
members took part in the escapade.
None of the senior class were invol
ved in the trouble. It is a deplorable
affair.
Nearly all the dismissed cadets say
that they realize that they did wrong
and that they deserve punishment.
There seems to be an absence of re
sentment. In fact those dismissed
are anxious that no student shall
leave on their account or because of
any pledge that they would stick to
the class. T. S. Allen, captain of the
foot ball team, says that he was a
leader aftr ethe affair got started
and that he has no kick coming on
his punishment. He expects to do all
in his power to keep any other stu
dent from going because of any com
pact or their sympathy. His sensible
action will be followed by many of
the dismissed cadets. It is not like
ly that any considerable number ex
cept those dismissed will leave.
The following are the names of the
dismissed cadets:
Loadholt, J. N., Larnwell.
Behinger. G. D., Columbia.
Murray, .1. D., Columbia.
?Horn, E. S., Prosperity.
Penneil, C. H., Abbeville.
Pennell, J. R.. Abbeville.
Jenkins. R. C, Kershaw.
Allen, T. S., Anderson.
Britt, D. C. Abbeville.
Coleman, L. A., Laurens.
Yeargin, T. H., Laurens.
Fulmer, T: F.. Sa'?da.
Happoldt, A. R., Charleston.
Haskeil, E. C, Abbeville.
Kelly, S. O., Leak.
Boone, L. C, Orangeburg.
Covington. J. C. Bennettsville.
Robinson. W. A., Easley.
Simpson, J. B., Anderson.
Simpson. W. D., Anderson.
Adams. R. E., Edgefield.
Burton, G. A., Newberry.
Gardiner, E. A., Aiken.
Creamer. A. W., Greenville.
?Twiggs, H. C., Greenwood.
Blake, R. E., Abbeville.
Brockington. W. J., Williamsburg.
Clarke, W. C, Leake.
Green, H. H., Abbeville.
Nance, W. L., Laurens.
Sheeley, W. J., Newberry.
Watkins, T. WT., Anderson.
Dove, J. L., Fairfield.
Greene. F. B., York.
Grier, A., Darlington.
Rush, M. R., Charleston.
Hunter, B. G., Pendieton.
McMillan, J. P.. Marion.
Odom, W. F., Barnwell.
Clement. E. B., Charleston.
Tarbox, F. S., Georgetown.
Eason, J. L., Charleston.
Gandy, F. L., Darlington.
Miley, T., Peake.
Wigfall, C. Y? Charleston.
Spratt. W. C, Chester.
Chamness. E., Marlboro.
Wilson, J. H., Chester.
KILLED AT GRIST MILL.
A Colored Boy Got Caught in Ma
chinery Somehow.
The Aiken Journal and Review
says on Saturday weeK ago a negro
boy, whose name could not be learn
ed, was killed at Mr. E. H. Toole's
grist mill, near Wagener. The boy
went to the mW with some corn to
be ground into meal, and after it was
ground, he was instructed not to hang
around the machinery. Mr. Toole
went into another part of the house,
not thinking further of the boy. He
soon heard a thud and he thought
that something was the matter with
the machinery. When he reached the
place, he found hte boy lying inesnsi
ble on the floor. He had evidently
touched one of the belts and was
thrown heavily to the floor. He was
uot dead, and was carried to his home
and care given to him. It was found
that no bones were broken, but blood
on the brain was supposed to have
caused his death, which occurred on
Sunday morning. The boy had severe
convulsions from the time he was in
jured to his death. ?
DIED FROM BURNS.
Hanging Lamp Falls to Floor With
Fatal Results.
As the result of severe hunts v ? j
celvcd by a swinging laup ip h< ?
room falling fron, its fasteni? " -i
breaking at her fret, Mil iei
Stniih, daugate ? of y P. f :. o1
Waughto' N. C.,- d-d Tue idj
hev mother is confined to ... joi
suffering from pa. iful hi '-ns ret ;%'ed
in trying to save the life of her
daughter. V .?rocher, Gilmer, was
also badly burned in attempt!: g to
put out. the flames that envelope- his
mother and sister. ?
ORiUSTGEBl
PRETTY ROMANCE.
I SECtRED A WIFE BY NEWSPA
PER ADVERTISING.
The Prospective Bride Came From
Michigan and Met Her Intended
Husband in Columbia.
The Columbia State says through
the agency of dear old Uncle Sam's
mails a romance which bridged 1,000
miles and culminated fhursday in the
joining of the uearts and lives of a
South Carolinian and Michigander.
A venerable citizen of this State,
who had seen service in the Confed
rate army and whose hair is snowy
white, patronized a matrimonial
agency several months ago and had
insereted in the official publication
of t he perpetual bliss society an ad
vertisement, giving notice to all mar
riageable women from coast to coast
that he was lonely in his oi l age
and was in a receptive mood to take
unto himself a partner for life.
The advertisement told of h,s be
ing a farmer, in a prosperous farm
ing section of South Carolina, and
the information that he was able to
provide for a helpmate and would not
only provide for uer but shower upon
her all the love and affection of his
warm heart. j
A winsome lady of far-away Mich- j
igan answered the advertisement and
one letter followed another for a brief
spell, and finally he of marrying in
clinations seiu ner word to "come
down." He liked her photograpn and
liked also the way her tetters were
written.
She told him that she had a son,
and this was satisfactory to the man
who was looking and longing for a
good wife. He sent the money for
the two tickets and wrote that he
would meet her in Columbia.
They met there and recognized
each other instantly, for tuey had
exchanged photograpns, and as she
alighted from the train they fell in
to each other's arms and the little
fellow was happy, too. They left on
the next train for Sumter. where
they planned to be married, and from
there they will go to their home in
Williamsburg county.
F. M. Britton, Sr., is the bride
groom and he resides at Church,
Williamsburg county, he is past 70
years of age and is a little hard of
hearing, but otherwise is sprightly
and well preserved physically. He is
"well fixed" in a financial way and
has a nice home all prepared for the
bride of his later years.
The bride is Mrs. Lillian Barnett
of Kalamazoo, Mich., and she is just
past forty-five. Her son is a bright
young boy and when seen with his
mother and the man she has chosen
as his step-father he seemed to be
very well pleased. ,
KILLED BY FALL.
On the Eve of His Celebration >t His
Birthday.
Just as the family preparations for
a surprise party in honor of his 3 9th
birthday were being completed last
evening. Louis Lee, of Seginow,
Mich., was killed by falling down
stairs. He died half an hour after
being picked up by his mother at the
foot of the stairway.
The young man who was well
known as an athelete and football
player, had been complaining that he
felt sick. Starting to descend the
stairs, he missed his footing, turned
a somersault in the air and landed
on his back on the floor below. Phy
sicians found that his back was
broken. ?
MAN HURT IN WRECK.
Sees His Leg Cut off With His Own
Knife.
Pinioned under wreckage caused
by a rear end collision on the Bur
lington road Friday and with steam
from a broken engine pipe pouring in
to his face. Horace A. McKittrick, a
stock broker of Brookfield, Mo.?
directed the amputation of his leg
and furnished a dull jack knife with
which the work was done. The rough
operation was performed by the
Rev. R. C Allen, of Grove City, Pa.,
ut It failed in its purpose, McKittrick
dying later at a hospital. ?
WEST VIRGINIA FOR BRYAN.
He Is Endorsed by a Vote of Two
to One.
The Democratic State executive
committee of West Virginia Friday
decided tc >ld the state nomination
convention Charleston on July 29.
The conve LVm to select delegates to
the national Democratic convention
at Denver will be held in Wheeling
?n May 2S. After an acrimoniius de
bate of three hours, a resolution,
indorsing WilHam J. Bryan was
adopted by a vote of 10 to 55. *
PREACHER'S BODY FOUND.
"itrieo Under the Rim s of n Wreck
ed Chu h.
Wl'e -'earing away the d Sris of
f. Lpw rth Methodist chur< t, p
o CoIuj ?us. Ga.. whi :h was wreck
? : by : ttorm .sever:. day: ago, the
! ody o Itev. John Wynn, a negro
preach of Cuthbert, Ga., vas found
ld^r ? tin bent. He had :aken re
ge :.e church uuring the heavy
if. . rn: ?
JRG, S. C TUESDAY. A
A GREAT WORK.
State Sunday School Convention
Finishes and Adjourns.
MANY FINE SPEECHES
The Meeting the Largest, the Most
Enthusiastic and the Most Spirit
ual in the History of the Statt
Association?Many Distinguished
Visitors Were Present aud Took
Part.
With the adjournment Friday night
of the thirty-first annual State Sun
day School Convention, which was
in session several days at Union, a
glorious meeting came to a close,
glorious hehcause of the ideal weath
er, as well as the great enthusiasm,
great interest and earnestness of the
hundred, who have been in constant
attendance during the three days to
do more and hetter work in the Sun
day School cause than ever before.
The Convention just closed is unan
imously conceded by all to have been
the largest iu attendance in years,
being considered double, and by some
treble, that, of the usual annual gath
ering of the Sunday-school workers
of this State.
The addresses have all been of a
high order; that of Dr. Scherer heing
especially magnificient, though from
such a list of fine speakers and noble
and earnest workers as W. C. Pearco,
of Chicago; Dr. A. L. Phillips of Rich
mond; Dr. E. M. Poteat and Gov
ernor Ansel, and others it is hard to
make a selection.
In this connection must be men
tioned the incalculable benefit that
the Convention has received by hav
ing with it. Tullar and Meredith, mus
ical directors of New York, whose
presence and work in the daily exer
cises and various other ways are be
yond computation. That the Con
vention marks an advance movement
in South Carolina there is no doubt.
Everybody feels it and talkes it, and
those at the head of the State organ
ization feel sure that the coming year
will show it.
Officers for Ensuing Year.
The following officers were nomi
nated and unanimously elected:
President of the State Convention.
1909. Dr. E. M. Poteat. Greenville.
Vice president. 1st district, Mr. J.
E. Hagood, Easley.
Vice president, 2d district, Dr. W.
F. Pelham, Newbebrry.
Vice President, 3rd district, B. W.
Crouch, Saluda.
Vice president, 4th district, Thos.
H. Law, D. D., Spartanburg.
Vice president, 5 th district, N. A.
Bethume, Bethume.
Vice president, Gth district, Prof. T.
S. Easterling, Marion.
Vice president, 7th district, the
Rev. W. E. Wilkins, Columbia.
Vice president, 8th disrtict.
Vice president, 9th district, Mr. J.
D. Riser, Round.
Vice president, 10th district, Mr.
R. C. Lebby, Charleston.
Vice president, 11th district, Mr.
B. G. Collins, Conway.
Recording secretary, the Rev. W.
I. Herbebrt, Charleston.
Treasurer, Mr. S. R. McElroy, Pel
zer.
Adult department superintendent,
the Rev. F. W. Gregg. Abbeville.
Superintendent elementary grades,
Miss Grace Vandiver, Spartanburg.
Executive committee, at large,
Capt. J. Adjer Sraythe, Jr., chairman,
Pelzer; Prof. Thos. W. Keitt. Clem
son; Mr. Paul Quattlebaum, Conway;
Mr. William Goldsmith, Greenville;
Hon. Jas. E. Peurifoy, Walterboro.
Executive Committees by Counties.
Abbeville, 2?The Rev. 0. Y. Bonner,
Due West.
Alken, 2?The Rev. W. S. Myers,
Ward.
Anderson, 1?Mr. W. R. Osborne,
Anderson.
Bamberg, 1.
Barnwell, 2?Miss Hattie Creceh,
Barnwell.
Beaufort, 3.
Berkeley. 1?T. J. Russell.
Charleston, 2?The Rev. Walter I.
Herbert, Charleston.
Cherokee, 1?Mr. Jas. L. Strain,
Wilklnsville.
Lee, 1.
Calhoun, 2.
Chester, 2?J. Lyles Glenn. Ches
ter.
Chesterfield. 3?The Rev. B. G.
Murphy, Cheraw.
Clarendon, 3?The Rev. A. R.
Woodson, Manning.
Colleton, 3. .Miss Ida M. FIshburn,
Walterboro. OC=>
Darlington, 2?L. A. Welling, Dar
lington.
Dorchester, 2?The Rev. A. E. Cor
nish, St. George.
Edgefleld, 1?Mrs. J. H. White.
Johnston.
Fairfield, 1?J. Frank Fooshee.
Winnshoro.
Florence, 1?Mr. J. W. Hoffmyer,
Florence.
Georgetown, 3?Mr. B. I. Beaty,
Georgetown.
(Greenville, 2?Mr. John Wood.
Greenville.
Greenwood. 2?Mr. A. A. Morris,
Greenwood.
Hampton, 1.
Horry, 3?Mr. J. C. Spivey, Con
way.
Kcrshaw, 2?C. W. BIrchmore,
Camden JOF
Lancaster, 1?S. E. Bailea.
Laurens, 3?Mr. J. T. Tolbert.
Laurens.
PBIL 7. 1908.
DOES IT FREE.
OP GREAT INTEREST TO ALL
STOCK OWNERS.
Investigations of Contagions and In
fectious Diseases of Animals Made
Without Cost to the Owners.
The majority of stock owners do
not know that this State provides
for the investigation of contagious
diseases and consequently there is an
unnecessary loss of many animals
each year. Some of these animal dis
eases are also communicable and fa
tal to man, and, therefore the ap
pearance of any disease of suspicious
character should be promptly report
ed to the State Veterinarian. All let
ters asking for information of noncon
tagious diseases of animals will be
promptly answered, but owneds are
fully requested to fully describe the
symptoms of the disease. Observe
the following rules in requesting in
vestigations:
Rule 1. All notices for contagious
or infectious aiseases should be sent
to "Veterinarian. Clemson College, S.
C."
Rule 2. When two or more reput
able citizens of any county in this
State shall notify said veterinarian
that any animals in their county are
affected with a contagious disease,
the tendency of which is to cause
the death of such animals, he will
? investigate the same, or cause an in
vestigation thereof to be made. Such
notices should also state the num
ber of animals sick, the number ex
posed and the number dead, or it
should eontain such other information
as may indicate that the disease in
question is contagious or infectious
and one that can he legally investi
gated under the law.
Rule 3. When said notice shows
that the disease is contagious or in
ectious'an investigation yill be made.
Ineestigations will be made in the
order notices are received when this
is practicable; otherwise they will
be made in order or importance or
according to location.
Rule 4. Persons requesting inspec
tions should hold the animals in
readiness, awaiting the arrival of the
veterinarian or assistant veterinarian,
and be present, to give the require']
information and assistance.
Rule 5; The veterinarian, when re
quested, will furnish blanks on which
to make reports. All letters of in
quiry asking for information regard
ing animal diseases will be answcrei
as soon after their receipt as may be
found practicable.
Rule C. In accordance with Section
f), of the act of February 9, 190 .
Clemson College will pay the neces
sary expenses of the veterinarian, or
assistant veternarian, in making In
spections where animals are affected
with contagious diseases. The owa
er is expected to provide transporta
tion to and from the railway station
and furnish necessary labor and fe">d
while the animals are being tested or
are in quarantine.
Rule 7. If an inspection has been
requested and the sick animal die or
recover before the arrival of the in
spector, the person requesting the in
spection must notify the veterinar
ian.
VERY STRANGE CASE.
A Burglar in Sleep, But an Hor.est
Man Awake.
Charged with breaking into the
home of Fred Folger, at No. 4001
Armour avenue, Chicago, and attack
ing Folger and his wife, Ross Free
man, son of a wealthy oil dealer, was
acquitted on the ground that he was
asleep when he conmitted the offence.
Freeman was found by Folger in
the kitchen of his home. He grappled
with the intruder and was getting
badly beaten when his wife appeared.
Although She was beaten also, they
managed to overpower Freeman and
hold him until the police a rrivcd.
In ocurt alienists testified that they
believed Freeman was asleep when
he entered the Folger bouse and that
his attack upon Folger and his wife
was not a criminal act. One alienist,
Dri O'Neill, said that Freeman's act
was committel while he was in the
"automatic mood following an epi
leptic seizure." He asserted that this
was different from the state of sam
nambulism and testimony was given
to show that Freeman was an epilep
tic. ?
Lexington. 3?Miss hl. L. Able,
Leesville.
Marion. 3?The Rev. E. 0. Watcon,
Marion.
Marlboro, 3.
Newljerry, I?Mr. .Jas. F. Epting,
Newberry.
) Oconee. 1?The Rev. J. L. Moore,
Westminister.
Orangeburg. 2?Mrs. Marchant
Fairey. Branchville.
Pickens. 3?Mr. .1. T. Taylor, Pick
ens.
Richland, 3?The Rev. J. 1). Moore,
Columbia.
Saluda. 3?The Rev. J. P. Har
mon, Leesville.
Spartanburg, 1?The Rev. J. W.
Shell, Spartanburg.
Sumter, 2?Mrs. D. Jas. Winn,
Sumter.
Uuion. 2?Mr. George H. Oetael,
Union.
Williamsburg. 1 ?The Rev. W. S.
Goodwin, Rome.
York. 3?R. R. Cunninghr.m.
International vice president from
South Carolina, Prof. Tho. W. Keitt,
Ciem^on.
International executive committee
men from South Carolina, Capt. J.
Adger Smyth, Jr., Pelzer. ?
MANY OUT OF WORK.
THE LABOR CONDITIONS ARE
MOST DISTRESSING.
Thousands o f Wage Earners Are
Thrown Out of Employment i?y
Distressed Industrial Conditions.
A Washington Dispatch says the
most serious problem now confront
ing the country Is the unprecedented
number of Idle work people in every
city of any considerable size through
out the land. In New Yor.c alone,
according to the latest statistics,
nearly 700,000 are without employ
ment and with no visible means of
support except what comes through a
precarious sort of charity.
Of this number over 200.000 are
reported as belonging to the various
labor organizations, the rest being
nonunion work people. The condi
tion of the laboring class is almost
if not quite, as oad in Chicago
Not a city, in fact, either in the
Northern or Central Western states
fs exempt from this anomalous state
of things. Even in the extreme
Northwest there is a surplus of un
employed labor.
Efforts have been made to relieve
the city of New York of its congested
idle working people, but so far all
efforts have proven futile. Recently
the editor of the Christian Herald
sent letters to the governors of over
twenty states inquiring if it would
be possible to replace unskilled with
skilled labor, and saying that he
could supply two thousand skilled
laborers at a moment's notice. With
out a single exception, the governors
replied to his letters to the effect
that their states have more idle work
ing people of their own than they
could provide with employment.
The situation is frightful, and con
sidering the enormous crops made
last year and the vast wealth of the
country, it is .strangely anomalous.
Added to this general impression in
the business world, by which a mil
lion and a half of work people have
been thrown out of employment, is
the fact that the cost of living has
not decreased to any appreciable ex
tent. Such a condition of things
would seem to be prophetic of a reign
of terror.
No work and hunger that cannot
be appeased by honest toil make peo
ple desperate. They are ripe for re
volution of for anything that will
keep the wolf of starvation from their
doors. And yet nothing is being
done to relieve the situation. The
thouble is, what can be done? All
that we can say is that 'tis a pity the
innocent h ave to suffer for the wrong
doing of the guilty.
Business heretofore conducted im
properly, if not dishonestly, in i:s
return to honest channels of output
and trade has left these unemployed
stranded and with nothing to stave
off starvation. They are the suffer
ers, n ot those who by devious and
dishonest methods were responsible
for the panic that has wrought such
widespread ruin.
The South, being an agricultural
country, is fortunately exempt in a
large measure from this dreadful con
dition of labor glut, although in the
larger cities we have more unemploy
ed p eople that they care to see. It is
possible that the farmers of. the
South, who at this time of the year
need he'n, could relieve to some ex
tent the*congestion in other sections
of the country. But the greatest dif
ficulty in the way would be the fact
that the great majority of the unem
ployed are artisans of one calling or
another and know probably nothing
about farm work. *
DOES WELL WEST.
Egyptian Cotton Can Be Successfully
Raised Out There.
Successful experiments in the cul
tivation of Egyptian cotton have been
conducted in New Mexico and Ariz
ona, according to reports made by
the bureau of plant industry of the
Department of Agriculture.
Dr. Webber, now of Corness, ex
perimer/ed with the Egyptian plant
in South Carolina and Northern Geor
gia, but the climate was too severe in
these sections. Dr. Carson of the de
partment was rewarded greater suc
cess in his efforts made in the Col
orado river basis, as much as nine
hundred pounds of lint having been
secured from one acre last year. It
is believed that the plant can be
grown in Northern Florida and South
ern Georgia.
Egyptian cotton, millions of dollars
worth of which are imported annual
ly into the Unted States, is more val
uable than inland specimens of sea
island and upland varieties though
less valuable than the best grades of|
the former. It is the strongest var
iety of cotton, and is used largely In
the manufacture of fine laces and best
quality of undergarments.
SHE HORSEWHIPPED HIM.
Says He Had Annoyed Her With His
Attentions.
In the presence of a thousand peo
ple, Mrs. Minnie Cowden. of James
town. N. Y., horsewhippe 1 Henry
Franklin, on tne city'; maiu thor
oughfare Friday. Wi'cn Franklin
tore the whip from ber hands, Mrs.
Cowden broke an umbrella *Ver hi?
head. According to Mrs. Cowden,
Franklin had been annoying her "^ith
his attentions. *
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$1.50 PER AOTsTUM.
IL0?1Y BATTLE
Man Convicted of Arson Kills One
and Wounds Three
IN THE COURT ROOM.
After Verdict of Guilty Is Read Pris?
oner, in Terre Haute, Indiana?
Opens Fire on Prosecuting Attor
ney and Officers and is Seriously
Wounded Himself Before Melee
Ends.
j At Terre Haute, Ind., Henry F. Mc
Donald, on Thursday,, in the Circuit
Court room, after lining f ouud guilty
of arson, ?hot and killed Chief of De
tectives Win. E. Dwyer, seriously
wounded three other officers and a
bystander and w as himself seriously
wounded. McDonald had been tried
for dynamiting stores and a church
in San ford last year.
As soon as the jury reached its
verdict McDonald jumped up, drew a
revolver and fired at Prosecuting At
torney James A. Cooper, Jr., but miss
ed because Cooper tipped his chair
over backwards. McDonald continu
ed fired at the officers seated around
the counsel table. Detective Dwyer
fell dead at the third shot.
Policemen and deputy sheriffs in.
the Court room drew revolvers and
opened fire on McDonald, who return
ed the fire. Before the convicted man
fell with half a dozen bullets in his
body he had shot Harvey V. Jones,
superintendent of police, in the side;
Deputy Sheriff Tra Wellman in the
chin; Sylvester Doyle, Court bailiff,
in the leg, and a bystander in the
side.
The jurors jumped to their feet at
the first shot. Judge J. T. Walker,
one of the attorneys, tried to stop
McDonald, but he only hindered the
officers, who were hitting him, when
they shot at McDonald.
Judge Crane, who presided at the
trial, ran to the railing of the jury
box and spectators rushed out in the
confusion. Persons in offices below
the Court room heard the shots and
rushed towards the upper floor only
to collide with the people leaving the
Court room.
Some of the spectators to the shoot
ing said McDonald's brother also fired
at the officers. The officers are look
ing for the brother. McDonald was
finally overwhelmed hy officers and
taken to a hospital.
It is said that McDonald and the
other wounded men will recover. The
events which culminated so tragic
all had their origin in dynamiting
outrages that destroyed the Metho
dist Church and the general stores
of Shychle and Johnson, and J. W.
Erne, of Sauford, on February 2,
1907. Henry McDonald and James
Scanion were arrested the next day
charged with the crime, in a formal
trial the jury disagreeing. Scanloa
has not been tried.
McDonald had been permitted his
liberty during the trial. The police
department has been active in the
case, and several officers were in.
Court to hear the verdict. *
SHOULD BE ENDORSED.
If We Are For Bryan We Should Talk
Out.
The anti-Bryan papers in the State
are insisting that the South Carolina
delegates to Denver go uninstructed
by the convention as to whom they
would support. The Florence Times
says "that would be all right if the
convention picks out the right kind
of delegates, then it would not make
much difference except that It would
lend color to the oft asesrted story
that the south does not stand for
Bryan, which is not correct. If the
representatives of certain interests
in South Carolina were selected South.
Carolina might be misrepresented ha
that convntion, and as South Carolina
is generally mighty careless in these
matters, selecting men for positions
of honor and trust who aer personal
ly highly steemed by their fellow cit
izens, wKhout much regard for where
their interests lie as compared with
the Interests of the people, we think
that t would be far better for the con
vention to put itself on record in the
matter su that there would he n
doubt. The counties and township*
and all up and down the !:'ne v ?.
do well to be careful in this mini ?
this yea." If they want Bryan nom
inated, let the clubs speak out. *
QUARREL IN BARBER SHOP
Results in Death of One Man and
Wounding Another.
As a result of a shooting sc- nr a
a colored barber shop at v rV !e
Saturday af*ornoon John Warlh is
dead, his brother, is p-infu/1 . :h
not seriously wounded ; 1
rence Mariey is in jail < i;' d h
murder. All are your*' i. n.
The'Warllck boys w .n 'he
cotto mi s. Mariey ? 1 ns*>
paintei by tradt and ?.' a r ?
spectator- and well f ought of fami y
living near town. It is dd U .t
Marlev secured tho j istol w .th which
ne did the shooting when he left
Warlick after the first quarrel. It
is ,i 44-calibre six-shot Colt'... a