Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NEWS NOTES. ore of Less Interest Con- I sed Outside the State. Admiral Robley D: Evans will e cO-1 :. : (f tl.h- ' -rtlb \A n et todav. t ree m cii k.r kill--d .utrigb ano ther fatally injured by an c\'-b n in a powder mill near Troy, N. -, on Tt:e-%i.. The business ptirtion f Faunsdale, Ala., was'practically wiped ou. by fire on Monday. The approximate loss is given at $55,ooo. Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick has been t sentenced to ten years in the Ohio state penitentiary. An appeal has been taken in her case. Four men were killed near Clarks ville, Tenn., onl Monday, when a string of freight cars running wild crashed into a freight train. It is stated on authority that it is z probable the Southern railway will begin the use of motor cars on sever- a al of its :mall branch lines within t the near future. Thomas Blackburn. a well known iarmer of \\Warrior. Ala.. was burned to death in a cell in the town lock-up, '3y a fire of his own making, in an at .empt to c_,ape from jail. John Parks Black, a 5-year-old boy of Charlotte, died on Tuesday as the result of burns received a few days before. The boy, with several play mates, was -triking matches for sport, when his clothing caught fire, and be fore assistance could reach him he f was fatally :.urned. Thomas V. Connors, general su perintendent for Armour & Co., was Z arrested in Chicago on Tuesday night on the charge of interfering with a witness summoned to appear before the grand jury, which is investigating the alleged beef trust. The prisoner was released on a $5,ooo bond. Af terwards he refused to discuss th. matter at all. I Efforts are being made by parties in Texas to bring about a meeting between President Roosevelt and President Diaz, when the former comes to the south-west next month. It would be customary for President Diaz to secure leave oi absence.from congress to depart from Mexico, but no such formality would be ne..essary 1 if a meeting could he brought about.. In the event of a meeting being ar ranged, the two presidents would .j grasp hands on the international t bridge over the Rio Grande river, i each remaining on his respective side i of the boundary line. Henry L. Woodward, an at-torney of New York, and Charles A. Brouz, a traveling salesman for the NationalT Supply Co., of Toledo. Ohio. com mitted suicide in their rooms at the Hollenden hotel, in Cleveland, 0., some time during Monday night and Tuesday. Both men had used a pistol and had sent a bullet into their heads in almost the same spot, death in each case being in stantaneous. So far as is known there was no agreement be tween the two men to and their lives. The coroner's verdict in each case gives despondency over domestic and business troubles as the cause of the. suicide. Merit Everywhere. Frederick Law Olmstead, who holds the chair of landscape architec ture at Harvard, visited Philadelphia recently to make an address on the subject of city parks, says the San Antonio Express.1 During his visit Mr. Olmstead din ed at a Walnut street club, and he cit ed, during dinner, a certain elevated tract on the Biltmore estate, of which he is landscape gardener. "That tract." he said. "would be< beautiful for some purposes, hideous for others. Everything is like that- 1 good for some things, bad for some1 things. Thus, if we use our minds we can utilize nearly everything--can put nearly everything to some good 1 use.1 "Someone had asked this colored, man what breed of chickens was the " 'All kinds has their merits,' as ani old Georgia colored man once said. best. "'All kinds has their merits,' he1 replied. 'De white ones is de easiest found and de dark ones is the easiest hid after you gits 'em.' " "OUTH CAROLINA NEWS. tems of More or Less Interest Con densed Throughou. the State. The G:z:iLs momiielt in Colum 'ia is to be located on Sumter street ,t the east of Sumter, and near Trini y church. Deputv Sheriff Lee Hilton, of Poll ountv N. C.. was shot and instantll :illed by Frail Durham. in Tryon. oi ;a:urday night. The officer had jus laced the prisoner in jail. Surgeon General Rixev and Theo orc Ro;.,.velt. Ir.. son of the presi lent, have been in the lower part o he state this week on an outing rhey left on Wednesday for Pensa ola, Fla. Six negroes confined in the Green -ille county jail made a desperate at empi to escape on Monda) e,-ning )nly two prisoners succeeded in pas ing the .ailer. one of whom was soor fterwards captured. For severa inutes the jailer fought the desper .e criminals, who vainly endeavoret o secure his pistol. There vas a personal ~ culty i1 ,olumbia on Tuesday nig t -betweer V. Bovd Evans and G. W. Persons n front of the Columbia hotel. Th< ow started over a personal matter he two men were quickly separated Two murder trials were postpone( n Saluda this week on account of th< inship of county officials who drev he juries to the deceased. Judg rince presided over the court. The United Ctate. ec-airs. wiici ioited over Foit S-irrte at t!.e tim . its surrender in 18:1, )n w N%hici fterwards were raised over that fori t the time of its recapture in Aor:l 864, were recently turned over to th< ar department under the provisior ,f the will of the widow of Genera nderson. in the possession of whos< :mily the standards have been sinc< he war. and Secretary Taft has di ected that they be placed in a glasi ase in the reception room of the de artment. SHOT OUT OF RIVER. Vorkman Hurled From Tunnel Un der East River Through River Into Air. Jew York Sun. Tuesday. The early morning ferryboats wer< lying yesterday past the foot o: oralemon street, Brooklyn, witi heir loads of city-faring clerks. Th< lay's traffic was beginning to liver Ep the river; the workmen along th4 wharves were beating the earl: norning stiffness out of their limbs The river was as quiet as a busy rive na be. Suddenly, some one leaning ove he rail of a ferryboat noticed a boil ng and bubbling on the surface o he water just off the shore. Th vorkmen along the shore saw it, too nd stopped to watch. The :bubblinl ubsided, seemed about to stop alto ~ether. Then a straight geyser o vater shot up thirty feet high. Or he crest of the geyser was the whirl ng body of a man. The geyser sub ided. The man turned over in the vater and struck out feebly as a boa hot out from shore and hauled hin Those early morning ierry pass en ers had seen the finish of the queer st accident that has happened sinc< nan began to dig in the earth. Rich trd Creegan. a tunneTier, had beer >lowvn, by the force of compresse< tir, from a water tight compartmen f the new East River tunnel, clea hrough the bed of the river, througl :he river itself and through thirt: eet of the upper air. Arnd he live< o take a drink of whiskey and ridt iome on a trolley car. The East River tunnel, which is t< :onnect the Brooklyn and Manhatta: ~ubway systems. is being bored fron oth sides of the river. On the Brook yn end the men have worked to oint a'bout 200 feet from the sha' tnd well under the water. They ar< oring through the mud with an im nense tube, keeping the mud an< ater back with a pressure of conm >ressed air of 16 pounds to the squar< nh. There are two sets of locks. In th< -ear compartment. formed by thes< ocks, men are shoveling back th< nud and dirt. In the forward comn >artment, where the pressure is s< ears. eight workmen keep clear the big blades which are biting into the river mud. A scaffolding, or arron, divides this compartment horizontal lv. Fiar men work above it and four below. - It is a position of honor, of extra pay and of some danger. Only that - air pressure keeps back the mud and water. Let there be a leak, let the retaining air begin to bu-bble out, and the river is likely to come in on them -and tha: is all until the bodies are taken out. The tunnellers keep bags oI hay and sand in the compartment to use as corks in just such an emer gency. The squad had just begun work twhen Creegan caught an unusual I sound above the grind of the ma - chinerv-a crackling and crumpling, intensified by the heavy, painful air. - He began to search the walls. Above - his head the ooze was seething and shifting and water was beginning to - trickle in big drops. - "The bags, boys!" yelled Creegan. I Hays jammed a bag against the - weakened spot, and held hard. Cree 1 gan started for another bag-and just then it all happened. A jump of air like the breath of an explosion slung Hays. Egan and Pridey againist the wall; but Creegan. with his arms above his head. shot straight up into the air. His com panions, recovering from the shock, saw Creegan's feet and calves kick ing vehemently, hanging from a hole in the roof. His Body Plugged the Hole. For perhaps a quarter of a minute the three workmen hesitated. Cree gan was plugging that hole. If they drew out the plug, in would come the river. All of a sudden, fate decided it. There was a rush and roar; Cree gan's feet went on up, and the river began to flood the compartment. The rush stopped as suddenly as it had begun, and their ears sang with the return of normal air pressure in the - chamber. Just then their comrades rushed in through the lock and res - cued them. This is what had happened to Cree gan. The leak had burst in an unex pected spot. The compressed air had rushed up to find an outlet through the river, and carried him with it. But his body plugged the hole, and there he stuck, unable to breathe, with the mud and pebbles of the river bed choking him and the air pressing him from below. Helped to Free Himself. An eternal minute he hung there, ,and did some awfully quick thinking. 1He knew that he couldn't get back the air pressure was too strong. His r only hope was to butt his way .thtrough the river bed. He had gone r up with his hands above his head. Frantically he jabbed and swung at e the mvud. And just as he felt the last - air in his lung. -.:omy, he got free. FWith an awful rush he went up. He saw the light; he caught one glimpse of the Brooklyn shore; and he was Sflattened out on the river, :- ng - feebly to get his breath and to svim f at the same time. 1 A lot of longshoremen of the - Woodruff warehouses, at the foot of - Joralemon street, saw the geyser rise e in the air, carrying mud,'boards, rocks t hay-and a man. They saw him 1 splash back into the water and try to swim. In two sec.onds they had un - tied a boat and were rowinrg out to .. him. Creegan had strength to catch a ! liEne and draw himself into the boat. SWhen the Bundle Comes Back r WITH EVERY PIECE, PURE, ~SWEET, SPOTLESS, WHITE, IWELL WASHED, NICELY STARCHED, NEATLY IRONED )IAND NOTHING TORN. You Are Well Pleased. t. THAT'S JUST THE KIND OF -WORK ThelNewberry SteamtLaundry Co. Turns Out. CAN'T WE CALL FOR YOUR - BUNDLE AND DELIVER IT FREE. From the best tested seeds. No% ready for shipment, large, strong healthy, these plants are grown ir the open air and will -tand severc freeze without injury. Early Jerse) Wakefield. Large Type or Charlestoi Wakefield. which are the best knowr varieties -)f early cabbages, also Hen dersoi's Succession, the best large, late and sure header, Augusta Early Trucker, also a fine type of late va riety. Neatly packed in light baskets. $1.50 per i,ooo; for five thousand or over $1.25 per i,ooo F. 0. B. express office. Special prices made on large lots. Chas. M. Gibson. Young's Island, S. C. Early Gardens. Can be had by purchasing your Cab bage plants from us. They are growr in the open air and not in a hot house; they can, therefore, stand extremely cold weather without injury. Our seed was selected from the besi seed houses in the business, and we are prepared to furnish the besi plants. to be had. Prices $T.;O per thousand in lot! less than 5,ooo; $1.25 in lots over _.ooc and less than To,ooo, and special prices on larger orders. Plants shipped by express C. 0. D. unless cash accompanies order. Or. ders promptly filled. SANDERS & LEMACKS, RITTER. S. C. Best Mineral As phalt Roofing, C. H. CANNON, Near C., N. & L. Depot, SOUTHERN THE SOUTH'S GREATEST E UNEXCELLED DINING CAI THROUGHIPULMAN SLEE TRAINS. CONVENIENT SCHEDULES WINTER TOURISTS' RATES points. For full information as to rates,: Railway Ticket Agent, or R. W. HUN SEAME AIR- LINE NORTH -SOUTE Two Daily Pullman V Between SOUTH i FIRST-CLASS DIN The Best Rates and R Via Richmond and Norfolk and Stea Nashville, Memp Louis, Chicago, N Points South and Sout and Jacksonville ar and Cuba. PoSSITIVELy THE SHI NORTH Al asFor detailed informiatk man reservations, etc., apj board Air Line Railway, or Passenger Agent, Columbi C. F. STEWART,) SAVANN W. L BURROUGRS.Trao No Dessert More Attractive Why use gelatine and - spend hours soaking, sweetening, flavoring and coloring when roduces better results in two minutes? Everything in the package. Simplyaddlhot water and set to cool. It's perfection. A sua. prise to the housewife. No trouble leasex. pense. Try it to-day.. Flavors: VWmoa, Orange, Strawberry, Raspberry, 0hocoat and Cherry. At grocers. 10t Dr R. M. Ke czm.-dy, DENTIST. New berry, - - S. C. OVER NATIONAL PANK. Charlogto i alhi toro.laro1 m . (Schedule in Effect Janzuary 23, Lv. Newberry...... ....12.36 p. m. Ar. Laurenis .... .;42 P. ws.. No. 2. No. 16. Daily. E- sun. Lv. Laurens...........5.0. -o p. 6.p. n Ar. Greenwood .......... 2.46 p. m. -. p. m. Ar. Augusta ......... .- 5.26p. M. Ar. Anderson . . . 7.TO p. M. No. zo. No. 4a. Daily. Daily. Lv. Augusta...... ...... .10.30 p. m 2 35 p. m. Ar. Allendale...... .... . 2.27 p. m. 43 p. m. Ar. Fairfax ..... . ...... .2.39 p. Im. 4.4 p. m. Ar. Charleston ............... 7.40 p. m. Ar. Beaufort.................... 6.30 p, m. Ar. Port Royal.... ...... .6.4p p. m. Ar. Savannah............ 2.50 R m. 645 p. m. Ar. Waycross .... . ......05 a. M. 0.00 p. M. Ar. Jacksonville.. .......4o a. m. No. I No. 35 Daily.. Ex Sun. Lv. Laurens......... ...2.07 p. m. 7.00 a. M. Ar. Spartanburg .........-- 3-30 p. m. 9.45 a. m. NO. 52. No. Daily. E.n Lv. Laurens.......... ..2 4 p. m. 8.oo a. . Ar. Greenville ........... P- ~n. 3o 20 A. M. Through Pullman Car Service between Au gusta and Jacksonville, Fla. C. H. GASQUE, Agt., Laurrens. S. C. GEO. T. BRYAN, Gen't Agt., Greenville S. C. ERNEST WILLIAMS, G1. Pass. Agt.,Augusta,Ga. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. RAILWAY! YSTEM. SERVICE. PING CARS ON ALLITHROUGH ON ALL LOCAL TRAINS. are now in effect to all Florida routes, etc.; consult nearest Southern T, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S C. OAKRD -RAILWAY. I -* EAST - WEST. estibuled Limited Trains md NEW YORK. ING CARISERVICE. oute co all Eastern Cittee Washington, c. via mers.-To Atlanta, his, Louisville, St. ew Orleans, and All hiwest-To Savannah d all points In Florida 3RTEST L.INE BETWEEN WID SOUTH. >n, rates, schedules, Pull )iy to any agent of The Sea Jos. W. Stewart, Traveling a, S. C. Esst.Gfeni. Pass. Agt., AH, GA. r. Pass. Agt. Columbia S