Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PUBLISH?ID TFIRES TTJ TR1? 10 H? Qa Ooe Wire (or the M?rder of a 4 Florence Cooory Citizen. HUB MR. EUH? MOYE Wne Negroes- Were Arrested at First ?'? * Gharged'With the Grime, Which . Was Ctomitdtted in the Home of ?*be Victim, but Two of Them Were Discharged. For the i murder of Elihu Moye, Willie Burroughs, Ellie Weldon and plarance Ham were convicted at Florence Monday and sentenced to be hanged on Friday, December 16. The usual motion for a new trial vras overruled. '-Five negroes were under arrest -charged with the killing of Elihu Moye several weeks ago. Of the five the solicitor held three and had 3.0 bill returned in the case of Henry Jones and Senior Askins. The ne groes on -trial were Clarence Ham, Jong a trusted employe and friend o! ?Er. Moye; Willie Borroughs and El He Weldon. ?v The court ? house and court yard were erowded long before tne hour for trial by people from all over the county, who came to hear the case ' and. see, the negroes who had com mitted a crime that shocked the en tire community. ?; Judge Brown's charge to the jury was brief, covering, as usual, the degrees in homicide cases, and on their duty to the country. The so licitor wished to use Clarence Ham as a witness, so did not put blm on trial with Che other two. W. F. <Jlayton, E. S. Oliver and Claude Casque were appointed by tbe court to represent the accused. .; rCIarence Ham was (put on the stand' flrsjt lie testified that he Jbad.met. the other two negroes and they told him Mr. Moye had gone to Timmonsville and that there was imoney in the house and they must jjhave it. He consented to watch In the ^oad wihlle they went to get It. jHe" was to whistle in case any one [approached and .he did so when Mr. ?;>Ioye drove up later. . Mr. Moye went into the house and Strock a match, the other negroes forced him. to go to. the house. He beard one shot, then another, then saw some one stagrer out of the door. He grabbed up the gun for "his protection, but they led him away and offered him a drink, gave him "$3.00 and told him to say nothing about the affair. They offered him $25 and to pay his way to Florence if he would say nothing about the affair. There was practically no testi mony for the defense and though the eounsel for the accused earnestly worked to prevent injustice or prej udice affecting the case, the jury, without difficulty, found both Wel don and Burroughs guilty. The trial of Clarence Ham was then entered into. He acknowledged his guilt and In response to the usu al question by the solicitor said that any method of trial would suit him. He was promptly convicted. Before the close of court shortly after spven o'clock all three negroes were sentenced to hang on Friady, December 16. Mr. Clayton, on bo half of his clients, moved for a new* trial on the ground that the evidence did not corroborate the confession of Clarence Ham and that the crowd and pressure of public opinion in the matter was an obstacle to unbiased ?opinion. Solicitor Wells replied that the Jury was competent to judge the facts as presented and that there had not been the slightest succejis attendant on the efforts of the defense to dis prove any of the statements and thai the verdict ought to stand. Judge Brown complimented the crowd tor its order and refused to grai'. the 'new trial. Safe Found, lnt.ick. The Iron safe containing $16,000 stolen from the substation of the Wells-Fargo Express company at IMuskogee, Okla., last Saturday night .was found Tuesday nigh: and all the money recovered. The safe, which was found under the porch of an (abondoned house, had not been open ed. Several suspects are being held. Must Pay $300 Damages. Because the Western Union Tele graph Co., failed to transmit a mes sage from Detroit, Mich., to Kansas City, Mo., after accepting it, the United States supreme court held the ?telegraph company for more than $300 damages. The company receiv ed forty cents to send the message. Many Die in Mine. At Durant, Okla.. thirteen miners were killed In an explosion at the Jumbo asphalt mine Monday and one of the 14 men in the workings at the mine was brought out alive but unconscious. Five men were blown Jrom the mouth of the shaft by the force of the explosion and the oth^r 9 were entombed. Mine Victims Found. The bodies of ten miners, who were entombed in mine No. 3 of the Providence Mining company at Prov idence, Ky., Friday afternoon, were brought to the surface, one by ono by the government mine corps station ed at Lintou, Ind., Saturday. &ES A WEEK. ALL HAIL TRAVEL V ' - ?' 1 FROM THE SOUTH TO THE CETK OF NEW YORK A REALTIY. "United States Past Mall," of the Southe-n Railway, First Train to ' Enter the Magnificent New Station Rail transportation from the Sohtheast direct to the heart of New York city became a fact Sunday morning, when the Southern Rail day's "United States Fast. Mail," handling sleepers from New. Orleans and Birmingham via Atlanta, rolled j into the magnificent New York pas-' sengor station of the Pennsylvania. Railroad, through the tunnels under the Hudson River, which were open ed for traffic at midnight. Travel from New York direct to the South began when the South bound "United (States Fast Mail" left ten minutes after midnight, being the first through train to leave the station. During the day the other five trains o^ the Southern to and from the South, the "New York, At lanta and * Orleans Limited," the "Birmingham Special," operated be tween Birmingham and New York via .Atlanta, the Southern's "South eastern Limited," between Jackson ville and New York and Aiken and Augusta; the "Memphis Special," be tween Memphis and New York via Chattanooga,' . Bristol and Lyncia bhrg; the "New York, Chattanooga and New Orleans Limited" made their first arrivals at and departuss from the new station. This mammoth passenger station, which covers twenty-eight acres and Is the largest building in the world, ever put up-at one time, was put in to operation under the handling of a force so well trained that everything was working as smoothly when the first train came in as if the terminal had been In use for months. The location of the station, at the space enclosed by 7th and 8th avenues and 31st and 33nd streets, enables passengers to alight from trains only a few blocks from their hotel and, by its use, the ferry trip from Jer sey city, which has been a part of travel to, and from New York since the trains were run from the eSouth, goes into history. Passengers, who wish to go dircet to the down-town financial district, can leave trains at Harrison,' New Jersey, and take cars through the Hudson Tubes, which will put them to lower Broadway in a few minutes. With the use of the n?w station or the Pennsylvania Railroad of only j electric lighted sleeping cars on the 'Southern between the Southeast and I New York. These sleepers, which j supply every convenience which' modern ingeniuty can supply, now! 'take passengers from th?ir homees, ! In all ' important points throughout 1 the Southeast, to this great station, in the heart of the hotel, theatrical and shopping district of New York, with the corresponding service in the opposite direction. The magnitude of the great Im provement which the opening of this new station and the tunnel systemj j puts into use, and the extreme care which is being exercised for the pro tection of passengers, Is the fact that a private fire dc-p^rtment of thirty men has been organized and placed ? j in charge cf a fire protecting plant, i installed at great expense after the I most careful study, despite the fact \ that the station building and the material used in the tunnels are what would generally be considered adsolutely fireproof. ' On the day of the opening, besides the number run In and out, thous ands of interested sightseers, enjoy ed their first opportunity to inspect the arcbitectual beauties as well as ' the ample and excellent facilities of, this great passenger terminal. First Tills Year. The lynching of the negro at Lit- j tie Mountain was r.he only record of ] mob violence in South Carolina dur ing the present year. It was the! second lynching to occur in the state within the past four years. There have been several nogroes convicted and hanged for the same crime that the Little Mountain negro was lynch ed. From Rating Oysters. Flvo persons in the family of F. W. Gibson, residing in Mobile, Ala., including his nctro cook, were po's cn'-d from e:i ' :g n.'sters 3a* i.-la" night and had a narrow escape fron death. They ate turkey stuffed with oysters left over from the Thanks giving dinner and soon af :rwards suffered excruciating agony for sev eral hours. Senator Tillmau Better. Senator Tillman will attend th* rcssions of con-Mcs dur.'ni: tns pies ent winter. This announcement ?vh.s made Friday by Dr. J. W. Babcock. who returned to Columbia fro-n Trenton, where he spent Thanksgiv ing day with Senator Tillman Dr. Babcock said that he found Senator Tillman in very much Improved health. Unusual Display of Nerve. Cutting off his hand with a razor.) after it had been crushed in a corn shredder. J. Bruc> Vaucrhn, of Eu reka Mills, Charlotte County. Vir ginia, carefully bandaged the stump and awaited the arrival of a surgeon to put the finishing touches to the operation. OBANGEBUBG, IS FOUND GUILTY COMMITTED DARING CRIME ON CTRCU8 TRAIN. Young Columbian Met Death on the Train the Same Night?Conflict ing Testimony Expected. The trial of Roy Rich, one of the circus employees on the Hagenbeck Wallace circus train, on the night in which Paul Williams, of Columbia, met his death, which was begun In the special term of General Sessions Court Monday afternoon at Lexing ton and was concluded Tuesday af ternoon with a verdict of guilty. ?Rich was charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, and rob bery, the direct charge being that he, together with several other men, as saulted Barlie Hightower, an 18 year-old boy of Knoxvllie, Tenn., on the circus train. The only feature of the trial was the powerful argu ment of Solicitor Geor.re Bell Tim merman, which was the subject of much comment throughout the af ternoon. >N; H. Bullock, special agent for the Southern Railway, with head quarters at Washington, stated that he bad been in many Court rooms throughout the country, but that he had never heard an argument the equal of that made by the solicitor in this case. Rich was defended by Attorney E. F. Asblll, who made a strong and able fight In his behalf. The testi mony in the case was practically, the same as that adduced at the trial of the negroes convicted Monday, and showed beyond doubt that in the circus crew there must have been a number of thieves and robbers. Rich was charged with having relieved Hightower of forty-five cents In mon ey, which he had tied up in his shirt. The young man said that Rich covered him with a pistol, while others took the money. "Trix" Baker, a nerro, who wa3 captured by Sheriff Corley in Owens boro, Ky., a. few days ago, testified that he saw Rich on one of the wa gons, on a flat car, and that there were six or eight with him. Ric'j had a pistol in his hand swlnglta; by his side, but didn't see him as sault anyone or use the weapon at all. Clarence Lamberson, white, who had only been with the circus about a month, swore that he was in the baggage wagon; saw a man with a white rag tied over, his /face and with a pistol in his hand. Didn't recognize Rich, however, as being the man. Special A^ent Ehney, of the South ern, testified as to his being on the Strain on the night in question, and that ho saw a number of people on ;the flat ear, when the train stopped [at Lexington to get water. There was shooting and general rodyism on ithe cars; did not recognize the de fendant. Deputy Sheriff Miller was the lasi witness Tor the State. He testified as to having been shown the torn shirt by Marlie Hightower. Frank Anderson, another circus hand and a negro, was the first wit jness for the defense. He swore that he saw Roy Rich in bed on the car, that Rich had been sick and had left the show before it was over in Col umbia. Elijah Clarke testified l-> the same. Clark said that he him self slept on a flat car, while Ricj was in the sleeping car. J. S. Rowell, the Southern's agent at Lexington, saw four men on the fiat cars, when the circus train pass ed the depot, one of whom he thought was special Agent Ehney. The defendant then took the stand. Rich said that he was sick in bed on a property car; joined the circus In May or June and received $3 0 per month from the circus bands, for furnishing them ice. soap, towels and $10 per week from the show. He denied being drunk on the uight of the crime: denied that he had ever been drunk in bis life; denied that ho ever gambled in his life; said it would have been impos sible to have gono from the car ne whs in without going through the boss's car, and this car was always kept locked. Richards Appointed. Governor Ansel Friday appointed John G. Richards, Jr., of Korshaw county, railroad commissioner to succee-! the late J. M. Sullivan. The term is for -6 months. Capti Rich ards ran for governor last sa.riPl if. He was 12 years In the General as sembly. Man Wctls in Hurry. While goinc to Savannah from Beaufort by boat Monday Mr. I. Kerserling, of Dale. S. C, proposed marriage to Miss Cecilia Levitt, of New York and upon the arrival of the boat in Savannah they sought a rabbi and were married. Hestrwctive lkenb Explosion. A bomb explosion early Tuesday mor.'i'ng Khook up one of the most! populated (docks in New York. It j did extensive damage and created a i panic in ihn neighborhood. The bomb exploded In the doorway of the Bella Triniaria saloon. Killed the Bandit. At San Francisco. Ca!., with nr,?j well directed she:, Augustus Warm bold, a saloon keeper, killer! one j r.ndit and caused another to make' ?. e? THURSDAY, DECJ ?WF?UIMES On the Circus Train cd WMch Young WilHams Was Mardered. TRUE BILL IN THE CASE George Nichols, John Wilson, Elijah Clark and Garland Brown Are Charged With the Brutal'Murder of the Young Man From Colum bia While on the Train. At a special term of court ordered by Governor Ansel, the general ses sions court for Lexington County on Monday entered upon the trial ol several defendants for the murder and robbery of young Paul Williams cf Columbia, which occurred October 2 last, on a special train over the Southern railway, carrying the Hag enbeok & Wallace circus to Augusta from Columbia. Judge George W. Gage of Chester is presiding. The evidence Monday gave bo me idea of the wholesale pillage of the first section of the Hagenbeck-Wal lace circus train by bands of riotous circus employes, white men and ne groes, which took place in the early morning of October 2, between Col umbia and Augusta, and during which Paul Williams was shot and robbed. The circus men were paid off in. Columbia on October i. In the "privilege" car on the first section of the train going to' Augusta there was an abundance of whiskey. The roughs and toughs of the circus gang proceeded to get tanked and robbed or "red lighted" their fellow em ployes. In circus parlance, "red lighting" is throwing a man off the train and letting him see if he Is able, the red signal j lamps on the caboose. Felton Gilbert, a negro, who testified against Dave Woods and Ed. White, was among those "red lighted" during the riot. Masked bands of negroes and white men, armed with pistols, roam ed the train on the night of October 2, robbing and "red .lighting" prom iscuously. Members of one of thest gangs shot Paul Williams and threw his body overboard.? George Nich ols, Elijah Clark, Garland Brown and John Wilson are charged with being the guilty men. In their stories each excepts himself, but declares that the other three did the bloody work. The first indictment handed the grand jury by George Bell Timmer man, solicitor, was that charging Georgo Nichols, Elijah Clark, John Wilson and Garland Brown with the murder of Paul A. Williams and with carrying concealed weapons. The ?!rand jury returned a true bill. The four men charged with ihcj murder are very low types. George, Nichols, the white man, about thirty! years old, has a weak, vicious face, j On his chin is a heavy growth of heard. Elijah Clark is a coal-black negro, with the features, arms audj torso of a gorilla. Ke> was named In two of the true bills returned by tho grand jury, besides the one charging that he murdered Paul Wil liams. John Wilson and Garland) Brown are both mulrttoes. John Wilson, the younger of the two Is not over twenty years old. He claims that he was born in London. Eng land. He has a letter from his sister, written from Springfield, O., In which she advises him to "com mend himself to God." Garland ?Brown Is a thick-set mulatto, with a low, receding forehead. In the case, the court appointed as counsel for the dtfeuse Messrs. J. B. Wingard of Lexington, and Btr rett Jor.es of Batesburg. Solicitor TJminerman has secured several im portant statements, practically con fessions, from various ones of the defendants and witnesses. The sub-! stance of some of these statements is: as follows : Garland Brown, colored: I was In it, me. Elijah Clarke. John Wilson and George .Nichols. (Nichols is n white man). Nichols said: Come on. 1 know exactly where he Is. Made two fellows jump off. Paul Williams said: "Don't kill me, don't kill me." John Wilson said: "G? d? you, I am going to kill you. You are too damned hard on negroes down here in the South." And then ht shot him in the head and Made Cabe (J. O. Cabe. white, n witness) jump, and shot again. I had a pistol. Nichols had a sack, making as if It was a pistol. After that ht- goes to another wagon, wborfc 1 work. R. Clark - hit another "fellow called ?'Shine" over the head with a pistol. Gcogre Nichols was saying: "Give] me the gun." George Nichols had on a black shirt with sleeves roib-d up and a big black slouch hat. John Wilson, colored: Me, Clark.: Garland Brown and Georgo Nichols were together. At the first stop we went to the flats. We got to wagon 7S. I saw "Chickens" and Frank Clark in it. Garland Brown and Gcoree Nichols had this str?ngt fal low in the corner of the wagon when I got u;i. Garland said: "Give me that pistol." and he said: "I haven't got any.' He said: "Let me see." and searched him. Garland hud a pistol. Hi- then reached down and started in lake off one of tii?.- hoy's shoes ' said: "Oh. come on back." 1 had a pistol too. The train gave a jerk and a shot was fired: "Gome on, throw him off." He looked over and said with an onth: "Ho is si ill on there, and got down and threw J11BER 1 1910 THE COTTON CROP ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT ELEV EN MILLION BALES BY United States Senator, Who Bases ...His Statement on . Reports From Conservative Correspondents. In4 a statement issued Tuesday Senator E. D. Smith estimates the cotton crop of 1910-11 at eleven mill Won bales maximum. ' Hla esti mate is made from telegrams receiv ed in the last few days from conser vative correspondents In every cot ton growing State. It is made up from practically the same correspondents who reported conditions to him which he gave to the press a few weeks ago.' Below will be found a detailed synopsis of theese reports and his estimate: Reports from Texas are to the ef fect that the frost has done more damage than has been estimated, and, from information from corres pondents the estimate is that Texas will make'3,000,000 bales, includ ing Unters. Correspondents from Missippi de clare that on account of the boll weevil''.-'and early frost 'Mississippi will make about 1,000,000. The season in this State was late and the frost comparatively early, and for the first time in its history the rav ages of the boll weevil materially af fected the crop. In North Carolina, conditions have been fairly good. Advices are that this (State will make 650,000. In Arkansas, practically tne 'same conditions exist as existed in Tex as. Late spring, comparatively early killing frost, boll weevil. This State Is estimated to make 650,000. Advices from Louisiana are the most startling of all.' One of the best informed corespondents tele graphed me that he did not believe the Louisiana crop would exceed 235,000 bales. (From Alabama the report is, tak ing an average of these that have reported, 1,150,000. bales. The reports from Georgia indicate a yield of 1,650,000 bales. Oklahoma, 750,000 bales. All other States, Including Tennes see, Florida and Virginia, 500,000 bales.. South Carolina, I give the averago of the estimates so far received as 1,110,000 bales. This makes a total of 10,685,000 bales. Allowing for an error, on the side of under esti mation of a quarter of a million bales of cotton, my estimate of the crop is that it will not exceed 11, 000.000 bales. 'These estimates are made up care fully from telegrams received from my correspondents in every cotton growing State. I am fully convinced that the trade has totally underestimated tbe elTect of the extremely low tempera tures prevailing in the early part of October. A 12,000,000-hale crop would jus tify much lifhter prices thrn those that now prevail. The farmers are in a better condition than ever be fore in their history to demand the full value of the remainder of the crop. It is entirely with t'ieiu as to whether they will realize the same or not. Twenty cents cotton looks awful good to me, and those who for so many years had to take 4 and 5! cents. NOTHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR. Man in New York City Therefore Commits Suicide. At New York, feeling that he had nothing to be thankful for while ali about him were people enjoying Thanksgiving day, Michael McGee, 26 years old, committed suicide In Central park by shooting himself Id. the bead. "I have nothing to be thankful for on this day of thanks giving," passers-by heard him mut ter. With that he drew a revolver and pressing the muzzle to his head, fired. He died instantly. * Stole Bibles ami Whiskey. Out of an assortment of freight, burglars removed a case of whiskey and a box of Bibles from thee Texas and Pacific railroad depot N'atchito ches, La., Friday night. The pack ages were broken open, evidences shjowed, after the outside of tbe building had been reached. The Bibles wore found by a night watch man. ? Fell in a Fit. Pierre Fait Ik, a well known young man of Abbeville, was drowned inj fifteen inches of water Friday n.gh>. lie is supposed to have been SQlva with a fit of epilepsy near tli2 s.'i I low pool in which his body was found Twenty Firemen Rescued. At Chicago twenty firemen, uncon scious from smoke, were rescued by their comrades at a fire which des troyed the Liirre Merhandise Store. The loss was fifty thousand dollars. him off. I had a .MS; Garland had a .3 2: E. Ciark had a .4-1. Georcic Nichols, white: .l<>i'n Cur-j ley, Wilson. Elijah Clark, and Gar land Brown, ail together, shot into the wagons?two shots. Don't know wiho did shooting. Clark said: "Throw him off, Brown." Brown I said: "The-got me all over with blood." Saw all ibreo with pistoih. HURRYING THE CANAL BIG PANAMA DITCH TO BE COM PLETED ON TIME. Chief Engineer Reports that the Or iginal Appropriation of $375,000, 000 Will Be Sufficient. There Is every reason to believe that the Panama canal will be com pleted by December, 1913?a year ahead of time? and that the first of the year, 1914, will find ships steaming through the locks, al though the formal opening will not be until Jan. 1, 1915. This Is what Col. Goethals, the army engineer in charge' of the gigantic operation, in formed President Taft on the lat ter's rc nt visit to Panama, and it brought, a smile to the Chief Execu tive's face that had not worn off when he arrived home this week. Col. Goethals also Informed the Pres ident that the canal will be built for the original estimate of $375, 000,000, and not a penny more. Whereat the Presidential smile grew broader. The completion of the work de pends on the situation at the Cule bra cut. Col. Goethals probably will recommend the construction of re taining walls in the cut because of apprehension that there may be fur the slides of earth. The chief engineer also recom mended the establishment of great dry docks, the maintenance of the present machine shops and big sup ply depots, so that not only the Unit ed States navy but the commerce of the world can dock, coal, victual, etc., at the Government plant. Im portant officials say this Is the only means of making the canal pay and successful. If tolls are high and supplies are cornered, ships will surely go elsewhere. The President is considering this and will discuss 11 in his coming message -to Con gress. ? SWEPT INTO THE SEA. Landing Sledge Dragged in Caspian Sea Currying 300. A dispatch from Astrakahn, Rus sia, says during a sudden tempest in the Caspian Sea Tuesday a landing sledge on which were three hundred Persian dock workers was dragged from its moorings and swept out to sea. The storm was so violent that attempts at rescue were futile and all hope that any of the men will be saved has been abandoned. Scores of ships, several with their crews o.i board, were sunk at their moorings at different Caspian coast towns. Seven town? along the coast were flooded, the inhabitants in hundreds being forced to seek safety. STRANGE LY WARN KO. Dream Causes Men to Flee from Mine to Safety. A dream has resulted in the severe curtailment of the output of the Frederick coal mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, at Trini dad, Col., the output showing a de cline of sevoral hundred tons the last three days. Juan Mestas, a Mexican miner, dreamed a few nights ago that the mine blew up. He told the story to his fellow workers and and in less than an hour 150 men had quit' Some have returned, but many of the more superstitious have thus far refused to take up their picks. ? ? ?? Town Burned Down. Fire which originated in the sec ond-story of the Rose hotel Friday ?practically destroyed the town of St. Stephens, about 40 miles from Charleston. Ten stores and residences were wiped out, the merchants los ing practically all their stock in ad dition to the buildings. The loss will aggregate about $50.000. while the insurance will among to about $10. 000. Much Cotton Burned. At Troy. Ala., the cotton compresp and warehouse of the Atlantic Com press company were desroyed by flic Friday morning- Several railroad cars were also burned. The total loss is about $200.000. partially cov ered by insurance. The origin of the rt is nnkuown. P>etwe''u 1.50<i and 2,000 bales of cotton were burn ed. .Arrest Alleged Robber. R, F. Rut/., wanted at Eaulc- Pass, Texas, for bank robbery last .Inn,:-, was arrested in Nassau county. Flu . Sunday afternoon, disguised as a farm hanu. Arcording to Detective Cheatham, Ruiz has been heard from at many places In Mexico and South America since the robbery was com mltted. Commits Suicide. At Kock port. Mass., George W. Tufts, former cashier of the Rock port National Hank, who w . recent ly indicted for the alleged larceny T about $8.000 from the bank, com mitted suicide by shooting himselr through the heart. Accidentally Shot. At Spartanbnrg. Virgil lliggia? 'iced I !. was killed by his compiri tion Thursday when the latter's gun Mon Thursda! when the latter's gun was discharged. ? ? 'WO CENTS PER COPY she isjrpo Mg To Get ig the Berth and a Clyde Lue Steward Gives Up Woes HE SEES THE FAT LADY Where to Stow 690 Pound Womaat Still an Unsolved Problem.?The Stairways on the Liner too Nar row for the Use of the CorpulCDt Passenger. "What shall we do with Big An nie?" was ?'?ht question which puz zled Steward Dixon, of the Clyde Line Steamer Comanche, which was in port Tuesday, bound from Jack sonville to New York, says the Newt and Courier. Mrs. Ouellette, better known as Big Annie, who tips the scales at 690 pounds and is said to be the world's fattest fat womaa. has been showing for a week-, in Charleston. Tuesday she took: passage on the Comanche for New: York. When she boarded the ship; the steward was at his wits end to know where to stow the big passen ger. It would never do to assign her to a berth such as ordinary pas sengers occupy, so the officer took the matter under serious considera tion. Some one suggested that "he be given one of the big berths on the upper deck, but the problem of getting the fat lady , up the stairway leading to the upper deck killed the. suggestion on the spot. What dis position the courteous and obliging young steward of the Comanche made of his passenger Is not known. Mrs. Ouellette and her J.'tuvhter, a very pretty girl of 18, n?...ieL f'los sle, were seated on the comfortable lounges of the forward salocn of the Comanche when a reporter dropped in to pay his repsects to the world*? fattest, woman. Mrs. Ouellette can not speak English very well, being a French Canadian. Her pretty daugh ter, 'however, "knows United State*, from A. to Z," and through the fair interpreter the reporter plied the large lady with a-number of ques tions. Big. Annie says that she comes ?.honestly by her tremendous sbse. Her mother weighed 245 pounds ami her father 260 potnds. When asked how long she had been exhibiting; herself, she said for the past fifteen years. Luckily, she has never been forced to travel with the side shows of the circus, but has exhibited her generous proportions on her own responsibility. Dig Annie says she 'is the mother of six children. It was a rather em barrassing question to ask of a fair young girl, but the reporter asked Miss Flossie if she expected to be fat. like her mother. She refused to answer the question, adding, how ever, that she was the youngest child and that the two older sisters were women of rather generous build. At present the golden-haired, blue-eyed lassie does not give prom ise of ever tipping the scales at more than 130 pounds. Big Annie says she does not mind travelling around and showing her self. However, she remarked that there was no money for a fat woman in Charleston, probably, as her daughter expressed it, because of the fact that Charleston people all feel bigger than the strangers within their gates. Mrs. Ouellette and her daughter are now on their way te their home in Billerica, Mass. k ? -.+? t ? Rat Gnawed Child's Face * At New Orleans the attack of a rat probably came near proving fatal for ten-year-old Lillian Williams Friday night. The rat was gnawiug at the child's face when she awoke, ner terrified screams failed to frighten the rodent away and it was necessary for her to light it off. Suffering from painful wounds about the fnce, she was taken to a 'hospital. " He Must Pick Up. A member of the Spartanburg fire department of this Spartanburg fire pounds of flesh wiihin the next two weeks or resign his position, accord ing to a ruling handed down by city couneil Monday afternoon. The minimum weight of a fireman in Spartanburg is 150 pounds and this man weighs but J4S. Snake Bite Was Fat?]. Mr. Samuel Kineh, of Mutler, Pa., died at the hospital at Ocala, Fla., Saturday from the effects of a rattle snake bite received whilo out hunt ing, hi trying to capture a raobit which lu had chased into a hole, Mr. Kineh put his hand in the hole and was bitten three limes by the snaks. Fiend Is Quietly Lynched. (Heven miles outside of Mayo, Fla., a fiend, by the name of Richard Lowe, was lynched Saturday for en tering the bed room of the daughter of a resident of the city late Friday night. Tiie scheams of the young la dy brought her father to her room and the negro was caught. Three Drnwn in Buy. A pleasure sail on .Tamica bay re sulted in the drown inFriday of three men. while a fourth was rescu ed in a serious condition. The dead men were all residents of Brooklyn. They were drowned when their launch capBized off Rockaway point.*