The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, February 21, 1911, Page 4, Image 4

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HORRIBLE ACCIDENT i& YOIJNG MAN FEARFULLY MAN GLED BT THE TRAIN. '3&>. S, Etland Cornier Fatally Crushed in Attempting to Alight" From "a' Moving Car at. Fort Motte. ?:? A most horrible accident occurred at Fort iMbtte about midday on last .?Saturday, by -which Mr. S. -Bland -Oonneir, principal of the Fort Motte -school, lost his -life, 'while attempt ing to get off train No. 7, known as -the-Carolina Special, while $he train '.was in motion. The unfortunate young man was thrown .under the train b3r striking against the platform iand was fearfully mangled. The accident occurred about twelve o'clock, and Mr. Conner lin gered until about three o'clock when he passed away. He was attended by Drs. T. H; Dreher, of St. Matthews, and Paul K. Switzer, of Fort Motte,, T*ho did all that medical skill could do to save the life of the young man, hrvt he was so badly injured that all their efforts were futile. All" that could be'done for the sufferer was done, both by the physicians and the Tdnd people. ~( > It was seen from the first that Mr. ' Conner had a slim chance to pull through.. His head was badly cut in ?several places, and one of his arms -was crushed into fragments. With 1 the-hope of sabring his life the doctors amputated the crushed arm, but It availed nothing, as the young man .soon passed away after his arm had been taken off. When first picked up after the accident Mr. CcnTier was ,nneonscious. ? It seems that Mr. Conner, who, as ' above 3tated, was at the head of the ?Fort Motte school, had come down to St. Matthews .to attend a teachers' meeting, and was returning home when' the fatal accident happened. It -.seems that he returned to Fort. Motte ?on what ;ls known as the "Carolina "Special," which train does not stop at Fort (Motte, and'In attempting to get off was thrown under :ihe train and mangled. Mr. Conner was the only living Bon of Mrs. Hennie Conner of Holly Hill, a younger brother having' died last year, whf'e a' beneficiary cadet at the South. Carolina Military Academy in Charleston. Both of them were fine young men, and were winning their way in life when they were cut down on'the very threshold of their young manhood. Mr. Conner had one sis ter, wlbo Is married and lives in Flor ida. Mr. S. Bland Conner, who . was killed Saturday, graduated" from I Wofford College last year, and stands Sigh ;.with, the faculty \ and student ? body of i:hat institution. He was a most excellent young man, and his ' sad death is deplored by a host of Iriends, who esteemed him highly for his many' noble, traits of character. It was largely through his own ef forts that he was enabled to go -through and graduate from Wofford ?Colleger. ? ? ??? Sis death is a aad.icruffafng Brow to his devoted mother, who, left a widow when her children wisre young, 'struggledl . and raised them'to honor able manhood and womanhood, and now the last of her two itobleyboya is taken from her just as he Is en tering upon an hororable and useful, career. Mrs. Conner has the sympa thy of all her friends in the -great sorrow that has come to her by the death of her noble boy. A Friend's Tribute, The following was sent to The "Times and Democrat by a well-known ladjj of this county: - TJ. Bland Conner, who -was killed at Fort Motte on Saturday, while,' trying, to step from a moving train was the son. of Olin F.,. Conner, who Is pleasantly remembered,;by,:8CoreB of friends in this county! and' the grandson of the late, lamented David L. Conner. Bland was a m?>del young man. He graduated at ".Woffqrd Col lege last June and many hearts are saddened at his untimely end. He was the only, son of a widowed moth er. His brother Olln died just as he reached manhood. His father was killed some years ago by the acci dental discharge of a friend's gun. Here All This Week. . : Manager O'Dowd has booked foi all this wek at popular prices Scott Leslie' and His Classy Merry Com pany. Read what' the Columbia Record recently had to say about them: "Scott Leslie's bunch of fem inine flowers was the occasion of a large audience last night. The girls are the hit of the town. They have stylish stage costumes, dresses and the like and everything combined makes a corking good show." Here all this week at popular prices. New Manager Here. Mr. R. F. Walker, who succeeds Mr. M. E. Matthews, as-manager of the local telephone exchange, has arrived in the city and is getting ac quainted with the patrons and work ings of the exchange in this city be ' fore Mr. Matthews leaves. Mr. Matthews made a most efficient man ager, and we regret to see him leave, ?but we extend Mr. Walker a warm welcome. $125.00 Reward. On Monday night, Feb. 13th, some one broke into a little out-house on the farm of Mrs. D. L. Faust near Neeses and stole three hams, three middlings, two shoulders and one jowl of meat. A reward of ?25.00 will be given to any one who will locate these goods and identify the guilty party. Bible Days Revivified. The patriarchal dayB of the past are brought before us glowing, strong, eloquent, by Elizabeth Miller in "The Yoke," an interesting novel selling for fifty cents at Sims' Book Store. CRUSHED BY A WAGON. Young Student Meets With a Serious Accident. Master Calhonn Wolfe, son of Dr. W. W.'Wolfe, of Fort"Motte, a stu dent of the Orangeburg College in this city, .met. with a painful as well as seriouB accident ? late Friday after noon,by-being run over .by a wagon loaded with guano, and having: his left arm and his left hip badly crush ed by the wheel which passed over them.,. ... It seems that young Wolfe, who Is about twelve years of age, had been iavited/by another student to go to his home a. few miles from .the city to spend Saturday and Sunday with him. They started out Friday after noon in a wagon. When they reached the end.of their journey young Wolfe jumped out of the wagon before it stopped, and was hurt as above de scribed. The: family he went Jo" visit gave him such attention as they could,, and then sent him hack to this ..city, where he was givea medical atten tion. It was found that the lad was seriously, if not fatally hurt, and it was resolved to send him to Dr. Kn?wlton'8 infirmary, where he now Is. We hope he will soon be all right again. 'The young lad had gone on the visit with the full consent of his father. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The Program Embraces Many Inter esting Subjects. The next regular monthly meeting of the Orangeburg County Teachers' Association will be held in the court house, next Saturday at fifteen min utes to eleven o'clock. A very in teresting and suggestive program has been arranged. , Dr. M. G. Salley has been invited to give a lecture before the jteachers on "School Hygiene." Prof. W. S. Peterson and Supt. L. W. Livingston have been assigned to read papers on "The Modes of Pun ishment in Schools." Miss "Minnie Waltz has been as signed, to read a paper on "The Ideal Teacher." ? Profs. Koon, of Springfield, and C. J. Rast have been assigned to read papers on "Is There Danger of the Educational System Becoming Top Heavy?" X glance at this program Is con vincing of its importance to every teacher in the county. Each and every subject Ib one in which every teacher is interested, and there should be a full attendance. j WILL GIVE FREE SHOW. ' This Afternoon and Evening at Court House for the Farmers. fThe International Harvester Com pany, of Chicago, which Is the big gest harvester company in the world, have arranged to give an interesting and instructive picture exhibition in this city which will be accompanied by a .lecture, which will appeal es pecially to the farmers of Orange burg county. The pictures are both motion and slides and deal with ag ricultural subjects/1 AH the .different stages of farming will be shown by these, pictures, they will also show the large factories where the famouB machines made by the International Harvester Company are ' manufac tured from start to finish. The exhi hibitiohs, which is absolutely free, will be.given at the court house this afternoon at 3 o'clock and tonight at 8 o'clock. It will be worth seeing. It ;win consist of about 5000 feet of motion pictures and some one hun dred . slides. This show has been secured for exhl bitioa here by Mr. J. W. Smoak, of this city. The shows are presented in but one city in a state, and Mr. Smoak was success ful in landing the South Carolina en gagement for Orangeburg. Remem ber that there wiill be no charge for thiss plendid entertainment, which will be enjoyed by all who will go to see it. Woman and Girl Burned. A colored woman and girl were burned up in a house on the place ?of Mr. W. L. DeHay on Thursday night. It is thought that _the wo man and girl were murdered and the house burned down over them to; conceal the crime. Sheriff Salley went down to investigate but could learn nothing o? the guilty parties, if such there be. He carried the blood hounds, but they failed to take the trail. The house may have been accidentally burned and the women suffocated while asleep. The Time is Out. Monday was the last d?ty to make returns of property for taxation to the county auditor. After that date, according to the law, a penalty of 50 per cent will be assessed against all delinquents. For the past sev eral days the county auditor's office has been busil yengaged in receiv ing the returns. On completion the county tax books are made up for the current year, which involves a task of no small magnitude. Will Be Cold. According to the prediction of the weather bureau an extensive area of cold weather that covers the Plains States and the Northwest will ad vance eastward and southward and cause frosts and freezing tempera tures Monday and Tuesday in the Gulf States and Tuesday and Wed nesday in the South Atlantic States except southern Florida. If you have-hogs to kill you had better be getting ready for It. May Locate Here. A pants factory may be located In Orangeburg through the efforts of Secretary IMatheny of the Chamber of Commerce. This factory is now lo cated in North Carolina BOLL WEEVIL PLOT WHAT IS SAU) LN NEW YORK BY .COTTON MEN ABOUT IT. A Similar Diabolical Scheme Said to Have Been on Foot Some Seven Years Ago. What one desperate man might do to a Southern cotton State with a single pickle jar full of boll weevils was the subject recently of specula tive Interest among several cotton operators in New York and produced marked divergence of opinion, says the New York Sun. The debate waB aroused by the report, printed in a despatch from Atlanta, Ga., that Governor-Elect Hoke Smith had re ceived definite warning of a plot to scatter boll weevils all over the State of Georgia and into South Carolina to the ruin of the cotton 'crops of those two commonwealths. One operator, who says he is not in the market now, related that in 1904 he had received an anonymous letter from a city in the south say ing that a certain disreputable char-, acter had collected several salt sacks full of boll weevils and that he in tended to pass over all^the railroad lines of the State of Georgia scatter ing the: bugs out of the car window. This he considered alarming intelli gence perhaps because he was a bear then. At any rate he got right on a Washington train and hurried to the office of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. When Wilson had heard the story of the plot he lost no time commun icating with Chief Wilkie of the se cret service and the sleuths were un leashed. The cotton operator who had received the anonymous letter answered It and learned the name and address of the man who knew of the plan to ruin the State of Geor gia. He tried to arrange a meeting with his Informant, the Informant was agreeable. Secret service men were stationed all about the trysting place and the cotton man went to keep the appoint ment. ''But the secret betrayer of the plot did not show up. Neither did the transplanted. boll weevils and that was the end of it, except that Secretary Wilson managed to have a law passed through congress making It a felony wilfully to trans port harmful parasites from an af fected district to one unaffected. ? 'The report from Atlanta says that it was a' New York man who tipped off Hoke'Smith on the details of the plot," said this operator. "Well, I believe that part of it. It was a New York man, or a group of New York men who And them selves long on cotton and would like to see the impression gain ground that we're In for a very short crop next year. Let me add that the boll weevil pest is constantly on the de crease." ? A'group of cotton operators were found chatting together in the lobby of a hotel. All had read the des patch from Atlanta, aoout Governor Elect Hoke Smith's discovery of a plot. "Now I have no opinion as to whether this story from Georgia is true or not," one of them said. "I am not competent to pass upon that. I am only able to say that I am sur prised that the trick has not been tried already. Why should a man do it? Well, let me ask you. Why does a man commit murder? For revenge or profit? There's your answer. "A man who would plant boll wee vils In a territory free of them would murder his own mother. And yet how easily it could be I done. Take a desperate man or a man witn no conscience; let him pick a pickle jar full of male and female weevils down in Louisiana, say; then he gets on a train and rides into Georgia. All he has to do Is to open a window In the car when nobody is looking and chuck the jar of weevils out. Why, he wouldn't have to uncork it> even. , "If a fellow had a million bugs, as the report from Atlanta has It, he could just carry them in a valise and chuck them out the window by handfulls as the train went along. One pickle jar of weevils would mean 1,000. next year and 1,000,000 two years from now. "Do you think that a man who was long on cotton might be tempted to do a think like that?" was the question that was asked. "Sure, if he was skunk enough. Anybody who wanted to see a short age of the crop might he led to do the work, but I'd hate to think oi what would happen to him if they caught him at it down there." This informant was told what t'ae op erator first quoted had said about the boll weevil being on the decrease. He snorted disdainfully. "I guess he doesn't read the gov ernment reports. Why, the reports say that now the boll weevil covers 100 per cent of all the territory in Louisiana, 25 per cent in Mississippi, 75 per cent In Texas and 30 per cent In Oklahoma and Arkansas as well as having spread to nine conties in Alabama. You see he's worse west of the river. Suppose some ruined cotton producer west of the river wanted to see things equalled up on the east side; he might think of do ing this trick. "What's worse for the Atlantic States, tho weevil can be fought in Texas, for there's no timber there and he can't stand the hot weather anyway. But the minute you begin to burn for the boll weevil in Louis iana he takes to the timber and you can't get him. "Oh, I tell you It would be a sad thing if anybody really had It framed up to do what Gov. Smith says he knows is framed up. And I have no reason to believe that Hoke Smith would give currency to a re port unless he knew it was true." * Teachers and trustees should read our official notice of the superintend ent of education as to annual reportB, corn club work and report cards. "I - OUR BOYS AT WOFFORD. What Part They Are Taking In the College Life. The season of oratory will begin for this year at Wofford Wednesday night when six speakers contest for the honor of representaiug Woffoid at the State Oratorical Contest In Greenwood W. V. Dibble, an Or angeburg boy,, is one of the speakers. This contest will be followed by the sophomore class exhibition, and Orangeburg has two representatives on that, Henry R. Sims and G. H. Hodges. Following close on the sophomore exhibition comes the "Fresh" exhi bition, and there, too, an Orange burg boy will be found, Wallace W. Whetsell. There will be two debates of In teres- at Wofford this year, and Or angeburg is represented on both. The sophomore and junior class will hold a joint debate in the latter part of April, and an Orangeburg boy, Henry R. Sims, has been chosen as one of the sophomore debaters. Later on?in May?the annual junior debate comeB off, and J. M. Crum is one of the speakers elected by the Calhoun society to represent them; and incidentally he won't for get he's from Orangeburg county.' The honor of writing up the boys of the sophomore class for the An nual has been assigned to Hugo S. Sims, he having been elected histor ian by the class. DENMARK HAS A BLAZE. Four Dwellings and as Many Out houses Are Burned. About 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon fire was discovered fiercely burning in the upper story of the Griffith res idence, located on Beech avenue in i Denmark. From this building the ! fames spread r?pidly north and south I until the entire block, consisting of four dwellings and many outhouses, were consumed. In one hour and ten minutes $9,000 worth of property was in ashes, with insurance of only $4,000. The two dwellings on the east side of the block were owned by J. T. Griffith of Denmark and- were valued at $5,000. . The insurance was $1, 500. West of the Griffith property and in close proximity was the resi dence of Dr. J. S. Matthews, valued at $2,500; insurance $1,500. The last building on the we3t side of the block belonged to Miss Don Emma Rice, valued at $1,500; insurance $1,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. The large art glass windows of the Methodist church were cracked and warped by the intense heat. Two of the buildings could .have been saved if the town had had even a small water supply or a partially trained bucket brigade. j' "The Lyman Tvyins." One of the largest and most pleas ing musical comedy attractions of the season will be sen at the Acad emy of Music Feb. 28,-when the fa mous comedians "The, Lyman Twin Brothers" appear with their excel lent, company in the season's big success "The Prize Winners. This wonderful twin star comedy contains au abundance of big features, pleas ing novelties, charming specialties, with a dainty chorus of pretty girls, funny comedians and beautiful dis play . of electrical effects1 never be fore seen with this class of attrac tion. This new success was written expressly for these young stars ?Ke all others in which they have ap peared with wonderful success, but from the way The Prize Winners Is meeting with approval from both press and public, they have outdone all previous attempts in this pro duction, carrying a large company and all necessary scenic equipment complete. Those witnessing the per formance of theBe clever young com edians and their remarkable com pany will be given a treat seldom ofr fered the treatre going public. Meeting of Teachers' Association. Jamison, Feb. 18.?Special.?The next Teachers' Association will be held at Orangeburg, Saturday, 25th inst., in the court house at 11:15 a. m. The following is the program: Dr. M. G. Salley has been invited to give us a lecture on School Hy giene. President W. S. Peterson and L. W. Livingston have been assigned to read papers on Modes of Punish ment in Schools. Miss Minnie Waltzs has been as signed to read a paper on "An Ideal Teacher." Prof. Koon of Springfield and Prof. C. J. Rast have been assigned to read papers on "Is There Danger of the Educational System Becoming Too Heavy." Dissolution of Partnership. Drs. Browning and Green wish to inform the public that they have severed partnership and hereafter will practice separately. Dr. Brown ing assumes complete control of the store, and will continue his office ::n same. AH accounts due the firm of Browning and Green will be paid :o Dr. Browning. Dr. Green will have ais office upstairs over the new bank building. They will, however, con tinue to assist each other, when de sired?i nevery way possible. Elloree, S. C, Feb 18, 1911. Lawn Party. The King's Daughters will, in ad dition to the entertainment on Tues day evening, Feb. 21st, have a Lawn Party in the afternoon, commencing at half-past four o'clock at the res idence of Mrs. N. H. Bull. Every body cordially invited. Remember the date, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 21 st. Lawn party commencing at ?1:30 o'clock and interesting enter tainment in the evening, commenc ing at 8 o'clock. Refreshments will be served. I LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED DP ALL OVER TOWN BY OUR REPORTERS. What Is Happening Here and There. Local Items of Personal Interest to Our Readers. A load of high class horses and mules will be received by Stahn Bros. Saturday, Feb. 25. Miss Spring will please take a back seat for awhile, as Mr. Winter has not yet taken his departure. We seem to get a good many eu terprises inclined this way, but some how or other we fail to land them. The Tbeato is no place to eat pea nuts unless you put the shells in your pocket instead of throwing them on the floor. . The East Reel company has buoght a new horse for their hose wagon. The old horse w.as sold -to the ex press, company. The alarm of fire on Sunday night was caused by the burning of ? ten ant house in the Rich quarter. The loss was not heavy. A cold wave is on its way, but how long it will last is not known. It may give those who have hogs to kill an opportunity of doing so. The Legislature adjourned with out electing the new justice of the su preme court or doing all that Gov ernor Bleaso wanted them to do. The public is invited to come out and hear Prof. W. K. T?te deliver a lecture before the Teachers' Asso ciation on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 11 o'clock. Mr. 0. J. Dietz, business manager for the Lyman Twins, was in towu lately making arrangements for the appearance of that excellent attrac tion here. . Senator Lide, after a hard fight, got his reapportionment bill passed, and in the next legislature Orange burg count}- will have five instead c! four representatives. The rooms of Mr. Toney Farris and Lwo friends at the corner of Hamp ton and M?ddleton streets were en tered and robbed on last Friday night. A. number of articles were stolen. Prof. W. K. T?te, supervisor of rural schools, will deliver an address at Bowman, on next Friday evening, and on Saturday morning he will be present at the teachers' meeting In this city. The alarm of fire on Saturday wai caused by the roof of the reEidence of Dr. Edwards,' colored, on West Russell street taking fire. Th-3 de partment reported, but its services were not needed. The Lyman Twins are to appear here soon In their high-class musical comedy, "The Prize Winners," carry ing a large company and chorus, to gether' with beautiful ecenerv? cos tumes and'effects. If you want to sell, buy, rent or exchange anything; if you want a nosltion; It you have found or lost anything, just advertise In- The Times and Democrat and watch the results. They come quick. "Marry a business girl," says one giver of free advice. "Marry a home girl," says another. Here's still an other piece of matriconial advice giv en by the Georgetown Times: "Mar ry the girl you want, the girl who wants you." Hester Tobin, a highly respected colored woman of the Fork, was found dead kneeling at her bedside as if In the act of praying, on last Thursday. She suffered from heait trouble, which is supposed to ha been the cause of her death. She had many friends among both while and colored. News From Cope. , Cope, Feb. 17.?Special.?A few days ago your correspondent was driven over the greater part of the new road that leads from Cope in a northernly and almost direct line until it strikes the Holman bridge road. The consensus of opinion is that Mr. Manuel Hungerpiller. with his efficient force, chain gang No. 2, has done as fine a piece of work as could be done by anybody under like circumstances.. Cope never had a public road leading directly into same until now, and as the section this road traverses is thickly settled, and good farming lands, those who have been using the old crooked road, full of washes and" gullies, will be greatly ben efitted thereby, as they now, not only have a good road, hut. the distance from any point has been lessened about thirty-three per cent. The gang not only built the new road, bu'c did some necessary work on the Branchville and Bamberg roads, to the south of us, until the time allotted tc this section expired. Fertilisers have at last begun to move towards the farms. Last year up to this time, two or three timos the same quantity had been hauled, and it seems from the manner in which it is being bought and hauled out that there will be a big curtail ment this season. The farmers generally have taken advantage of the fine weather since the first of the year and have their lands in fine shape. The small pox patients have all been discharged and the quarantine raised and while there never was much fear of its spreading, still ev eryone iu breathing easier. Cypress Camp No. 161, W. O. W., held the:.r regular meeting last night. Five new applications were presented and passed upon, and it is the de sire of the camp to enroll several more at an early date. Tuesday and Wednesday were reg ular spring days. Yesterday we got another touch of winter. Today spring has again appeared and makes one think of planting corn, but if there is any truth in the ground-hog sign, we'll have more winter yet. The New Goods: They are in now, and so Reas onably Priced too!! The customers tell us that they know the goods are right when they come from KOHN'S. This is very good to bear. Maybe ihe following list of new things will suggest some of the RIGHT KIND. KOHN'S SILKS-FAMOUS FOR 40 YEARS. A grand assortment to choose from. In tl-ie new Spring and Summer shades of lavender, blue, rose, pink, etc. Striped and check foulards, prttty soft secos, waterproof jacquards, messalmes etc, Just what you want at a very reasonable price. Starting at 25c the ya d. SPECIAL!! A complete assortment of new RIBBONS, what you want now. Thee were bought low and we are sell ing them low. All good colors in stripes, checks and flowers. Be sure to see them. All widths. 10c a yard and up. ... < 4 NEW LINGERIE DRESSES AND COAT SUITS-JUST IN The ideas are new and swell. You can afford these as they are so well made and pretty. COTTO-FOULARDS-Some left at the very low . price of 12 1 -2c. Worth 25c. Very prettv and effective too. Beautiful White Goods and Flaxons for Surrmer Waists and Dresses Qis inctive,patterns. The kind j with th s store's quality idea is back of them. 15c i the yarcl. NEW SLIPPERS-The kind you like to stand m and we stand in back of them. A good bargain, isn't it. Dear Friend: Do you like cheese? I like cheese when it is gocd cheese. I will tell you how I (ike cheese. I !ike a piece of cheese with a piece of pie when I get nearly through. Papa says cheese makes his coffee taste better, ancl his cigar when he smokes. Until I went to the groc ery store I didn't know how many k nds of cheese they had. Cream cheese for 20 cents a pound Swiss cheese for 50 cents a pound Green chee e for 25 cents a pound Rogneford cheese for 15 cents a jar. Your Friend, JACOB. P. S. -When you want cheese lio to The White Goods and Embroidery Sale IS NOW ON Every dry we are busy, crowds are on hand getting their share of the many great bargain?. Have you been ) et? Don't delay. A FEW SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK Beautiful Waist Ff-nts.25c 45 inch Persian Lawn.12 l-2c 40 inch Heavy Lawns.5 to 8c yard Fana Curtain Scrim.12 1 -2c Ta-fetta Cloth for Waists.12 1 -2c 36 inch Bleeching, fine and soft.7c 36 inch Fine Can:bric.10c Our s^le will continue to March 1 st, every day we have something special foi you. WIRE FOR US AND WE'LL WIRE FOR YOU. If you will telegraph us (at our expense) or telephone us, or send us any sort of message telling your need3 in the ELECTICAL Equip ment of your home, your shop, your office, the houses you rent to ten ants, we will hasten to do the work for you. We also sell and install Gasoline Lighting Outfits. IKWEXHOFF ELECTRIC CO., 8 W. Russell St. : : Phone 377.