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VOL. XVIH. MTANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 13 1902. NO.2 TRACY SUImDE. The Tragic End of the Daring and Desperate Outlaw. HE WAS HUNTED AND CHASED Over Four Hundred Mile'. and Was Surroundced ie a i Field Where He Kilei iiimslelf. Harry Tracy, the notorious outlaw. 1 who with David Merrill escap'td from the Oregon penitentiary at Salem on June 9. after killing three prison guards, killed himself early Wednes day morning after being woun(ied by the ritle of one of a posse in pursuit. Trac was surrounded in a wheat tield near Fellowes. a station on the Wash- ! ington Central road about 50 miles west of Spokane Wash. Word was t sent back to Davenport, the county seat and a large number of armed men hurried to the scene. The posse under Sheriff Gardner opened tire on the outlaw, and one bul- t let pierced his right leg between the I knee and thigh. About 20 minutes,' after being wounded he shot himself with one of his revolvers and his body was found Wednesday morning after i daybreak. The revolver with which he killed himself was grasped tightly in his right hand. After baffling the officers of two 1 States, after a wonderful fligh-t of near- t ly 400 miles across Oregon and Wash ington Tracy was hunted down by four citizens of the little farming town i of Preston and a lone deputy sheriff. f Sheriff Gardner and posse arrived in f time to guard the wheattield through the night but the work had already been done. THESE GET THE REWARD. - The posse that will share the re was made up as follows: C. A. Straud. deputy sheriff: Dr. F. C. Lanter, Maurice Smith, attorney: J. J. Morrison. railway section fore man, and Frank Lillengen. These men armed to the teeth set out from Preston Tuesday afternoon about 2 o'clock. They were working on the information of a youth who had been forcibly made the companion of the Oregon convict for over 24 hours at the ranch of L. B. Eddy on Lalle Creek, about three miles south from Fellowes, a station on the Washing ton Central railroad. The party made all possible haste in getting to the ranch. When within a few hundred yards of the farm they encountered Farmer Eddy mowing in one of his c fields. While engaging him in con versation they saw a man issuing from the barn door. "Is that Tracy?" asked one of the party. S "It surely is." replied Eddy. The party separated. Lanter and Smith accompanying Eddy in the di- a rection of the barn while the other two men swung around to the other side. Two of the man-hunters stepped ,behind the barn on a slight eminence,. from which they could watch every- I thing that went on and Eddcy con tinued on up to the door. Tracy ~ .came from the barn again and began .a .helping his host unhitch the horses. e Jie carried no rifles and turned sharp- r i!y to Eddy and said: "Who are those men?" "I don't see any men," said Eddy." Tracy poiuted out the two men. Eddy informed his companion who the mnen were and the outlaw made a leap for the barn door. The pur- f suers stepping a bit closer, commanded r "hold up your hands." e The outlaw jumped behind Eddy r and thus placed the farmer an~d his C horse between himself and his pur- t suers. He commanded the farmer to U lead his horse to the barn and re- t mained under cover moving toward a shelter. When near the stable he t broke and dashed inside. He quickly r reappeared rifle in hand and started r on a dead run. 1 Turning on the two men nearest c him, the desperado tired two shots a but without his usual luck, neither 1: bullets taking effect. Without wait- a ing for further firing Tracy made a y dash down the valley leading south y from the barn and headed for the t .brush. - OPENs A FU'sILADE. ifa an Instant the man-hunters were s sin pursuit, tiring as they ran. Coming i to a rock Tracy dodged behind it. and s resting h~s gun on the rock began a fu- r silade. Eight shots in all were tired i ~by the outlaw, none hitting its mark.( Seeing he was not succeeding. he bolted for a wheat field close by. At the edge of the tield he stumbled, falling on his face, and crawled into the grain on his hands and knees. It was grow ing dark and the pursuers not daring to move in closer decided to surround the place and wait for daylight. In meantime Sheriff Gardner, wvith Police men Stauffer and Gemmerin. Spokane. Jack O'Farrell. of Davenport. and ,other reinforcements, had arrived on the scene and they went into camp :around the field during the night. I Shortly after Tracy disappeared a shot was heard from the direction of the wvheat field. No investigation was made. however, until the 'morn ing. As soon as dawn came an en tranee was made into the wheat field. TRACY'S DEAD RODY was found .lying amid the grain, with i his face turned toward the sky. HisK left hand, thrown over his head. held a revolver, which had inflicted the death wound. The thumb of his hand was on the trigger of his pistol. H1s right hand, thrown across the lower part of his body, firmly grasped thei famous rifle. D~eath wa infieted by a revolver held close to the forehead. The top of his head was badly shat tered. Two bullet wounds on the left leg- showed the cause of the man's despondency. (One shot had broken the leg between the ankle and the* knee: the other cut the tibial artery. which of itself was sutlicient to cause death. It is believed that both of the, wounds were received after the conviet left the barn and made his break for. the wheat field. The fugitive had taken a strap and buckled it tight around his leg in an attempt to stop the bleeding. lDespite the tightly aneds trp the bledingn co ntinued mt it he probablv realized his hopeless -ndition and ended the struggle. lIe su0s dressed in blue overalls. a white ,hirt and wore no coat or vest. le ore a bicycle cap and a pair of rough hoes. ie had one rifle and two re m(fvers. Sheriff Gardner, of Lincoln county, mrd his assistants arrived on the scene n time to help in the discovery of the -emains, and it is stated that he main ained that he and his deputies were ntitled to at least a share of the oot y. This was disputed by the Pres un party. the members of which de lared they did all the work. Finally heritY Gardner was allowed to take he body, with the understanding that e recommend the reward be paid to he men from Preston. The body and effects of the desper do were taken in charge by the heriIf and taken direct to Davenport. There they will be kept pnding the ic!ision as to the final d isposht ion of Cracy's body. IReports come from Davenport that vild excitement prevails. Stores are losed and people are crowding around a get a sight of the outlaw. It is tated that a heavy guard is kept round the morgue, where the body is :ept, as well as around the corpse tself. to prevent relic hunters from earing the clothing to pieces and car ving away souvenirs. An inquest vill probably be held. TRACY's DOWNFALL. For two days and nights, says a dis >atch from Spokane. Wash.. Tracy ield the family of Farmer I. B. Eddy mder subjection. Here again be howed qualities of nerve and cool ieadedness, but these very qualities >rought about his downfall. Had he ot allowed C. E. Goldtinch, an 18 -ear-old boy. to leave the ranch when ie did this story might have been dif erent: but the outlaw. had too much aith in estimating the terror his rords of warning would have to the ad. The story of the exploits of the amous bandit at the Eddy ranch are given by the boy who was his servant or over a day. In the morning Tracy rst made his toilet. A bath and a have were included in his morning aake-up, the farmer and his men hav ng to provide soap and towel and rater. When the men started to heir work Tracy discovered they were onstructing an overhead rack in the arn for the fall crop. The outlaw ecided to make himself useful, and, ivesting himself of Winchester and ne of his revolvers, labored with the ther men during most of the morn 3g. He kept one revolver, however, z the holster by his side, ready for istant use. During the day the outlaw wanted is ether weapons, which had been !ft with his beddding and traveling uttit. le sent Goldfinch after the -eapons, and proudly passed them round to the awe-stricken workmen. 'hey were allowed to handle the eapons and inepect them, but it is tid they took care not to have the iuzzles of the guns pointing toward he outlaw. Tracy all this time had revolver himself and left no opening r the farmers to get the drop on im. Monday evening Tracy told Gold nch he might go. He wart cautioned, owever, on pain of death, not to tell hat had happened until Wednesday. t was this very display of nerve that ad heretofore made the outlaw appar tly safe that this time caused his an. Goldfinch, instead of being suf ciently terrorized to keep his peace, on spread the news and aroused a osse. The Hiusband's Duty. There are, as D~umas says, apes rom the land of Nod who know either curb nor bridle, but what are yes given for but to see that you do ot take to wife an ape from Nod. ~enerally speaking a woman does not etray her husband, nor deceive him, ness he himself corrupts her heart, ramples on her feelings, or repulses nd estranges her by his manners, is selfishness, narrowness, and his iiserable wvorthless nature. You ist love her. Let her feel that she ;not only your female, but the crown f your head, as precious as your child nd friend; wear her close to your eart, let her feel the warmth of it, nd you may rest in peace: year after ear she will (ling closer and closer to ou, until you two are like Siamese wins. If you do not give her all that. ou pervert lher, estrange her by your rtlessness-and she will leave o. She will leave you as soon as he sees nobler hands stretched out for er: she is forced to do it. is this rarmth. this appreciation are as ecessary to her life as the air she rethes.-ienkiewicz. in Without )ogma. ______________ Destructive Hail Storm. A destructive hail storm did dam ge to growing crops in the country ying in the vicinity of Pickens C.-Hi., few days ago. The course of the torm seems to have followed a line unning from northwest to southeast .d extending for a aistance of about our miles, passing through the town if Pickens. The damage cannot yet me estimated, but many good farmers hose crops are measured three and our horses each are apparently ruined. ;rown cotton boils were torn from the talk and the heavy rains accompany ng the storm washed them into piles i carried them off. Corn is almost tripped, and tar those who felt the ull force of the storm the outlook is ndeed gloomy. This. of course, ap >ies only to those whose crops are in he track of the storm. and the dlam tge is limited to a few. Mili Insurance. The mills of this state have ergan zed a mutual insurance company with eadquarters at Greenvill.e for the u rpose of. insuring members againlst 0ss by !ire. storms, etc. T1he com >anv is known as the Southern MIanu act urers' 3utual 1Insurance coinpany md there is no capital stock, as the ompany is conducted on the assess nent basis. The comyany was grant d a commission Wednesday by the cretary of state. Blown Down. iurinu a terrilic windstorm which assel e r Carolina Beach. twenty nileis fromi Wilmington. at 9~ o'cloek Thrdyngt the Ihotel Oceaic uests miore or less injured. one per IN EVERY DAY LIFE Occur Those Tragedies Which Most Appeal to the Heart. An Augusta special to The State says: The Charleston train arriving in Augusta at 7.15 Tuesday morning was a veritable hospital for women, and out of this fact has developed a most pathotic story. Two of the women. were met in the depot by relatives and ta:en away to he cared for at their homes. while the third was left to the mercy of the cold world. From the pathetic story and its su':roundings the railroad people be lip ve that there was some intention of g tting the poor woman oiT the hands of he people who were formerly car ing for her. When the train pulled into Blackville a Mrs. lagen was placed o'n the train by two unkno" parties and given a ticket to Augusta. At that time she was in a condition entirely too weak and sick to travel even with attendants, but was left alone as the train pulled out from Blackville. The journey was too much for M rs. Hagen and she gradually he gain to weaken, though all care possi ble was given her by the train crew. When the train pulled into the union station at Augusta Capt. Tan ner. the station master, was notitied of the woman's condition and im mediately did what he could to care for her until some one arrived to take tne responsioility. Mrs. Hagen was so weak and sick from the trip that she could not talk in an intelligent man ner. Finally, however she made Capt. Tanner understand that there would be no one at the depot to meet her and she could give no account of friends or relatives that she had in Augusta. Capt. Tanner, in the tenderness of his heart, was touched and set about doing all possible to make the ill wo man comfortable. ie had a couch and pillow brought from his office and placed in the waiting room and here the woman was removed from the train. Dr. Hyde was immediately summond and gave what attention he could. As soon as she had been sufli ciently revived to be moved again Dr. Hyde wrote out a certificate of ad mittance, summond the ambulance and sent her to the city hospital, where she is at present. No information could be gained as to her relatives so that they could be notified. AMERICAN CHILD SLAVERY. Lady Florence Dixie Writes to Presi dent Roosevelt. Lady Florence Dixie, poet, novelist, explorer and champion of woman's rights, has sent to The World a copy of an open letter she has written to President Roosevelt on "Child Labor in America." The letter is dated at Glen-Stuart, Scotland, July 16, 1902, and begins: "Dear Mr. Roosevelt: You are a man and 1 am a woman. You are president of tie vas republic which ] call itself 'the land of the free:' and I 1 am but a free lance, wandering over my country, the earth, and seeing every where and on all sides barbar-( ities tolerated and sanctioned by laws the creation of your sex. "'May I draw your attention to one of these harbarities? It is the shock ing and inhuman toleration of child labor in America in which children lit tle more than infants toil for long,] long hours daily and nightly in orderi to line the pockets of those bloated ] monstrosities called millionaries, whol have become such on the daily drudg ery of the poor, in which thousands of hildren of tender age are included. "Think of it: While you are resting in a comfortable bed, and those you love are enjoying the luxury of rest,1 while millionaries are strutting and pufling about in fine linen and in in sufferable atmosphere of snobbish pomposity, thousands of mere mites1 are toiling hard all day, and some all night, in mills and commercial sham bes of the poor whereing the million aires hatch their golden hoards. Do you realize it'?" Lady Florence scoff at the idea of this being a land of the free when child slavery so exists. She asks the president to speak out like a man and down slavery as Lincoln and the North put downi negro slavery. She say the country which tolerates the child slav ry is "an imperial humbug." By the way. Lady Florence has pub lished two pamphlets which also might be of interest to Presidlent lRousevelt They are entitled "The Horrors of Sport" and "The Mercilessness of Sprt." She is a line shot and an ex cellent advocate of the man fashion of riding for women. The Inventer or the Match. 1 The first match was the product of the ingenuity of .Tohn Fredrick Kom erer, who early in the nineteenth cen try was Imprisoned in the peniten tiary at Hiohenasperk. in Germany. lie invented the lucifer match while in his gloomy dungeon. The German government forbade the manufacture of matches on the ground of public policy, because some children playing with them had caused a fire. Komer er was ruined by Viennese competi tion when he was released from prison and died a pauper. Up to 1862 the Vienna manufacturers controlled the match business of the entire world. "Steeple Jack" Killed. l~aniel Barry, a daring climber. known as "Steeple .Jack," fell 96 feet while working in the city hall tower at Philadelphia, on Wednesday, and was instantly killed. Barry had placed electric lights around the hat hrim of the statue of William Penn, which caps the city hall tower, 340 feet above the pavement, and occasionally would lower himself over the edge of the hat and hang in mid-air by his hands. When he met his death he was engaged in the prosaic occupation of painting the interior of the dome. Rerused to Pardon. The governor Wednesday finally acted on the petition for the pardon of tDr. Maxcey Lee. who killed his fatt er in Darlington county in 1399 and was sentenced to life imprison ment. A strung effort has been made to secure a pardon for him, but the governor, after going over' the matter a1efully, refused to interferec with THE OLI) CONFEDS. Remnants of the "Thin Gray Line" Meet at Greenville. SPONSERS AND MAIDS THERE. The Address of Welcome Was Made by CoY. Mauldin anti IeSponded to by Gen. ('arwile. The Greenville correspondent of 1 The State says under date of Aug. t;, the annual reunion of Confederate veterans is in full blast here. The stores and offices on Main street are prettily decorated and the side walks ire crowded with men who wore the gray. Two thousand live hundred veterans 1 Piave registered their name and it is safely estimated that there are four i thousand tive hundred veterans and visitors in the city. Homes have been r provided for all and at a late hour to- i Night the streets are deserted. The s umber is augmented by the arrival of f every train and tomorrow it is pre- t licted the city will he crowded. The first session of the South Caro ina division of Confederate veterans I ras held this morning in the auditor- a um of Chicora college with several :housand delegates and veterans in at- f :endance. Every seaton the lower floor I )f the building was occupied by veter- r is, while several hundred occupied ;eats in the balcony. The speakers of the occasion occu nied seats on the rostrum together ,vith the following: General Zimmer nan Davis, Dr. B. H. Teague of iken, Jas. Armstrong, Mayor C. C. [ones, Col. Jas. A. Hoyt, P. T. Hayne, s. S. Crittenden, Senator A. H. Dean. Lid Rev. A. P. Taylor of Greenville. The following sponsors and maids of ( Tonor were also seated on the rear of r he stage: Misses Agnes Miller, maid r >f honor; Miss Annie Muller, sponsor or Camp A. Burnett Rhett, Charles- b ,on. Misses Alma Gordon and Nellie - fallard, maids of honnor for Camp f ?ressley, Kingstreet; Miss Daisy Lide, n ponsor, and Misses Virginia Norris e end Lilla Stribling, maids of honor for ,amp Tally Simpson, Pendieton; Miss o 'ravis Stanley, sponsor, and Miss Wil ie Goddard, maid of honor for Camp q arion, Marion; Miss Eula Lee Izler, livision sponsor, and Miss Helene Mc Yee, division maid of hcnor; Miss a Esie Rhett Lewis, sponsor, and Miss vartha Marshal Buist, maid of honor, r or the First brigade: Mliss Carrie fresham, sponsor, and Miss Bessie ichardson, maid of honor for Camp t anning, Austin; Miss Edith Lyles, i ponsor; Miss Gertrude D. Epperson, d ponsor, and Misses Aida E. Winn t Lnd Christine McKagen, made of hon r for Sumter camp; Miss Eu.lah Lane h oper, sponsor, and Miss Mary Hiamp- v on McMillan, maid of honor for amp Henegan, Marlboro county; o iss Catherine Deal, sponsor- for sherokee regiment. After the convention was called to t irder an earnest and fervent prayer a as delivered by Rev. E. S. Taylor, a astor of the Buncombe Street Mfetho- ~ ist church. c General Carwile then introduced r Ion. W. L. Mauldin, who delivered an c .ddress of welcome on the part of the ocal veterans. ADDRESS OF WELCOME. "Mr. Chairman," Gov. MIauldin aid in part, "Veterans of the army: c lepresenting the reunion committee a ,nd Camp Puiliam and the Confederate t eterans of that community I am here '] ,o greet you in their name, to extend t o you their warmest salutations and 3 o welcome you to their hearts and r omes. There could not stand upon t he soil of this mountain country men c epresenting any cause or any interest d vho would be more gladly received or 1; vhose presence would appeal more s lirectly to our affections, our sym- j atheties and our admiration, than the v joifederate soldier. He stands un- t qual in the history of the world and d > his heroic conduct in war and in r eace he challenges the criticism and t dmiration of all time and all ages. d s was an unselfish and patriotic v ar. Hie fought not for aggression or onquest but for the God-given right i freedom and civilization. Biecause e knew he was right he contended C or live long years again the northern rmics and the mixed hordes of Eu ope. when our armies were fought toI frazzle and our resources exhausted i laid down his arms and resumed in tmanly spirit his obligations to as mion restored by force rather than in olve his country in guerrilla warfare d vith all its attendant horrors. Hie did V t lot surrender his honor. Hie never dmitted that he was a rebel, but ontended then and contends yet thata le was obeying the action of his State, he sovereign. Since last you met iere the thin gray line has grown 1 ~hinner and thinner. We obtain no ecruits: they have gone to joinl thata ~ver increasing army on tihe othler ;hore of eternity. But a few years a md we, too, will have joined that iy and pass away in the evening ;hades. Let us. therefore, draw closer md closer togethler. Cherish the ~ orn of the past and unite in all audable efforts to promote thle com-r ?ort of our comrades. Representing he government of thlis picturesque ;pot of earth. where the rigors ofC ~vinter are never known and the balmy ~prng zephyrs are seemingly always urs: I come this morning bearing to you id through you to every member of our command a message from more hanl ten thousand soldiers. We have lust heard the ringing welcome given md thus within our city we know here is a great army of men each lothed in thle glory with whichl he has ought and each crowned with tne plaudits of a civilized world. With n every southern heart tile beauteous ;plendor of his gallantry and manhood rows brighter as each beat marks the progress of time. To the Pearl of the Pedmont we bid you welcome. If you re charmed by the cordiality of her I itizenship' if you listen spell-boundC o the :nusic of her spindles, if you I eel in the very air you breathe the aniy intlnen of her churches, schools Lnd colleges, if you are overtaken an afcly sped along the channels of trac >y her resistless commercial tide, ou are enraptured over the success Ter minor industries, and if you >rave hearts are lost to her beantifi vomen we beseech you not to dispail >ut bid you arise from the depths ( 'our wonderment into the glitterin inlight of her progress and prosperit Lmd be assured that in every succes ,hat has dazzled and amazed you :omrades in arm have played a mop x;nSpiculoUS part. GEN. CAR wILES RESPONSE. The address of welcome was respor led to by Major General Carwilt :ommander of the South Carolin livision of Con'federate veterans. "a .he representavie of the lmost gallan >ody of men that ever drew breath. general Carwile said: "It become ny pleasant duty to say to you. sii hat for all the kind words said to u nd about the Confederate soldiers we return most heartfelt thanks. W ,hank the city of Greenville and thi rogressive Piedmont section for th wearty and cordial welcome extende .o the baldce'ded veterans of Sout ,a.rolina. Col R obert Aldrich made inging address to the veterans. The Sons of Veterans held a busi less meeting 4his afternoon, and eception was afterwards given th ponsors at Chicora college. An ol< lks concert was given by the Daugh ers of the Confederacy tonight at th olleg-. The programme for tomrmorw wil ie a business meeting in the forenoon ,f ter which there will be a parade dow1 lain street to the park where an old ashioned barbecue will be served The Anderson, Smyth and Greenvill iles will participate in the parade. A HIGHWAYMAN KILLED. tut His Pals Blew Up a Car and Go a Pile. A daring and successful train rob ,ery occurred ac Mardus on th hicago, Burlington and Quincy rail lad, five mile north of Savanna abou iidnight Wednesday. The fine vesti led passenger train of 11 coache -Conductor Emerson in charge-wa agged at the little station, and sip tasked rien boarded the engine. Th ngineer and fireman obeyed th perative orders and the robbers a nee uncoupled the engine and expres ar from the train and ran them uarter of a mile up the track. They then blew up the express cal rith dynamite, ran the engine norti distance of a mile from Ranover an< be locomotive becoming dead thi )bbers abandoned it and escaped. he of the highwaymen was kille< eing shot above the eye and also it be leg. He met instant death whil the engine and his body was dump e to the ground by his companions a bey sped away. The express messenger Bye claims t< ave done the shooting. The dea< ,as done quickly the trainmen anc asengers making nodefense. Six sack f money were secured but the amoun not known. The passengers were ot molested. There was no way o: elegraphing news of the hold up an< flagman walked back and gave the larm. A special train of citizen: d several policemen at once pro eded to the scene, but as the traci ans along the Mississippi and thi auntry is addapted to successfu ght the robbers easily escaped. The ork is evidently of experts as the 'ent at it cooly and methodically. Four 'explosions were required t< mplete the destruction of the saft nd car was badly wrecked. The rob ers were eight in number all masked bey evidently were railroad men, ont eing a good engineer. Messengel illiam Bye fired five shots at thi >bbers, but without avail and an at. ampt was made to blow him in hi: ir. The bandits had arranged t< itch the entire train of nine heavil: tden coaches had not the signal t< op been heeded. Several passenger: 1 the buffet ear including the portel ere held prisones during the struiggli >crack the safe. It is thought thi ead robber willed by a comrade b: istake. The body was put on the ander and rur up the track a shor1 istance and then thrown in thi eeds. A Foul Assassination. Isaac Fin kelstei n. who se crusadi osed the eight gambling houses l esMoines, Iowa, two weeks agor, wa murdered in that city Wednesda; ight, near the alley on Walnut street [e was on his way home, less than lock and a half away, when a mat bepped out of the shadow of the alle: nd struck him a blow over the heat ith a heavy stick. Filnkelstein fel >the ground. Four men less than lock away saw him fall and ran ti ssit him. Hie was dead when the: rri~ved, his skull having been crushed ~eyond the bloody stick which wa ft beside the victim, the only clue t be murderer is a report that a litti fter the time of the murder one un cognized man was overheard to sa Sanother: I'1 killed the --. an t another time one man was lieard i ll another: "Keep your mouth shut. he murder is supposed to have re lted from Finkelstein's ?ction i rosecuting the gamblers. Hie dit ot object sto public gambling, bu ranted the city to receive a revenu rom it, he said, and when the polic id not raid the houses he tiled com laints with the sheriff. The result nt raids proved so expensive that th. amblers closed their places. Killed by Lightning. During an electrical storm. accom anied by a heavy rain, William North contractor, of Hlarrrimnan, Tenn. ccompanied by tive workmen. sough helter in an unlinished building ightning struck the building, killn; harles Daniels and rendering the en ire party unconscious. Two member f the party are expected 1o recover. Cool and Breezy. A Pennsylvania preacher recentl. sked the men in his congregation t emove their coats. and wvhen they hai one so he remarked that they looke< nore comfortable. If a man can rear a coat ih chnrch most peopl d A CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN. le if )f That Is What a Neighbor Says Aboul Dr. W. H. Timmerman. -* Mr. Editor: I noticed in last week'; f Edgetield Chronicle an article signet 9 J. W. Brooks, admonishing the people 'Y not to vote for a wicked man. He ;s concludes by saying: "I think the tr people would make a wise choice by ;t voting for Talbert or Heyward." A stranger to the other candidates would infer from this article that Tal . bert and Heyward are the only chris .tian gentlemen in the race. I do not a wish to be understood as opposing in s particular any one of the candidates; t but I feel sure that If we all take Mr. Brooks' good advice to vote for the b hest and ablest christian gentleman in the race, Dr. W. H. Timmerman S will be our next Governor. I have known Dr. Timmerman for more than 2 thirty years, and I regard him as not s only the purest man in the race, but e one of the purest and most conscien tious christian gentleman I have ever h known. iHe is not given to going a about wearying religious gatherings with long-winded, noisy Sunday . School addresses, so strangers may not a know much about him: but his near e neighbors (one of whom I have been " for twenty years) will gladly testify that the sincerity of his religion is proven beyond question by his beauti ful, unpretending, consistent chris . tian life, which daily speaks for him more eloquently than all the speeches that could be made. In his communi ty he has always been a leader in every good cause, and is a pillar in his church both financially, mentally and spiritually. He has been a leader in providing good schools for his commu nity. and has often insisted that those not financially able .to attend should do so at his expense. As a physician, t I dare say he has done more charity practice than any man in the State and has done it so quietly, cheerfully, and unostentatiously as to remind - one of the Master who went about e healing the sick. As a farmer, he has always been abreast with the times, giving his t community the benefit of his pains - taking research and experiments. As s a neighbor, I have never one time s known him not to do as he would be done by. As a man, he is simple in taste, quiet in manner, sympathetic in feeling, courageous in action, suc a cessful in business, temperate in hab h its, and irreproachable in character. s He is no politician. If he could have stooped to the underhand tricks of some politicians, he could have held a high and paying offle long ago. le is a patriotic statesman of too pure a type to compromise his in tegrity for the sake of the highest of tice in the gift of the people. He has been identified with the public life of his county and State foi more than 3 t.wenty-five years, and during the - whole time there has never been a s shadow cast on his spotless records, yet he has never held a paying office but once. Brother Christians and Democrats, now is the opportunity of your lives to reward this good man's consecrated life by making him Gov ernor. By so doing, you will honor not only him but yourselves and your State. In him we would have a Governor who would always be on Sunday in his church pew, and on all S other days in his oilice, attending to - his lawful business. You will have C in him a Governor whom the most a refined lady can approach at any time and feel benefitted by - his a presence. He will never be finan I cially enriched by public office, for his pockets will never be - soiled by a bribes, whiskey rebates, etc.,. As to 3 his executive ability to fill the effice, - a lifetime of painstaking performance -of both private and public duties, and a the rare combination of tact, common sense and good judgment which has 3 always marked his successful career, -prove beyond doubt that in him we a would have a governor of whom the 3 whole State might well be proud. Jehn Galloway. S Farmer Burned to Death. SWilliam Dulin, a white farmer. 30 Syears of age, was burned to. death in a his house, about three miiles from RHickory Grove, Mecklenburg County, 3 N. C., the other morning. Dulin, who Swas a well-to-do farmer of Crab Orch 3 ard township, arrived home fromn Charlotte about 12 o'clock the night before. ie found no one at home, his wife and children having gone to a e neighbor': to await his return. D~ulin a found that all had retired, and he told s them to stay there, but that he would v go home. lie left, and several hours later it was discovered that the house Swas in Ilames, and when parties arrived 1 on the scene it was found that all had v been consumed, the man's charred I ody being found among the ruins. I The origin of the fire is not known. 1 On discovering the body it was found that, while one arm and one leg had y been burned off, all of his clothes had .not been consumed, ind about $30 in smoney was found in his pockets. Un a der his body was a bunch of straw, e probably from a mattress, which had - been consumed. The wind or the ycourse of the ilames from some other 3 cause had probably been deviated from Sthe body after life was extinct. Will Get a Large Vote. 2 lion. B3. L. Caughmani will get a large vote in Horse Creek Valley in t his race for Railroad Commissioner, e for the farmers and factory operatives e know that for eight years lie has - stood by them in the General Assemb - ly. His victory in the " Jim Crow e Car" tight should cause his election, especially a~s Edmund Deas, the negro Republican State Chairman. says that the .negroes must fight this law. As - Railroad Commissioner Mr. Caugh -man will see that this law is carried ,out. as well as all others for the peo t Ipls good. We hope he will win. .Horse Creek Valley News. - Killed In an Accident s Two engineers and several laborers were killed Wednesday afternoon in a collision on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. two miles south of Rhoads, Iowa, between a fast freight and a work train. Twenty d laborers were injured. Seventy-eight i laborers were on the work train, going t at full speed on a reverse curve. The e accident is attributed to disregard of Sorders and signals. WEATHER AND CROPS. Cotton is Opening Freely Over the Entire State. The following is the weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and crops issued last week by Director Bauer of the South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the United States weather bureau: Nearly normal temperatures prevail ed throughout the week ending Mon day, August 4, with an average for. the week of about 81 degrees, and a maxi mum of 97 degrees at Darlington on the 30th, an a minimum of 63 degrees at Liberty on the 30th. There was a alight deficiency in sunshine, with much cloudiness durinng the after noons. The wind were generally light except for a local high wind in Lau rens county that did slight dama'ge. Shovers occurred on every day of the week in some part of the State, heavelest over the eastern and western portions, where also it . was most general, but some heavy local showers in the central counties. The greatest local amount was 4.70 inches at Beau fort. Although rain fell over a great er portion of the State, there are still a great many localities that are suffer ing from drought. The rains were, for the most part, local in character, and the dry spots are confined to any particular section, but are found in nearly every county. Old corn is ripening rapidly, and fodder stripping has become general. Later plantings, especially bottom land corn, look promising where enough rain was received, but are suffering for moisture, and doing poorly in places. In a few localities the corn crop is the best in years. The general condition of cotton was but slightly improved even where the rainfall was copious, owing to the prevalenceot rust, shedding a'nd bloom ing to the top. The plants are gener ally small, but are well fruited. Cot ton is turning yellow on sandy or light soils, and shows signs of early maturi ty. Cotton is opening freely over practically the whole State, and some has been picked. The first bale for season was ginned at Blackville on August 1st. The first bales were ginned in former years as follows: 1901, Aug. 17; 1900, Aug. 6; 1899, Aug. 4; 1898, Aug. 9; 1897, Aug. 2; 1896, July 28; 1895, Aug. 20; 1894, Aug. 15. The present season is, there fore, the second earliest since 1894 The weather was favorable for cur ing tobacco, and this work is nearly finished at many points. The condi tion of rice is very promising with plenty of fresh water for the last flooding. Upland rice is a poor crop. Sweet potatoes are doing well where showers occurred. Peas for forage al so take their condition from the rain fall. Gardens are generally poor. Fall truck is being planted and is com ing up nicely. Turnips are being sown. Late fruit is inferior. COMING OF ITTJNIUM . Alleged Prophecy of an Infant Near Warsaw, In Russia. "In one year's time there will be a great war between the world powers, and in three years we will witness the coming of the millennium." This startling prophecy, it is de clared, was a short time ago made by a male child only three months old born in a small village near Warsaw, Russia, says the Washington Star. Mr. S. Berian, a Seventh street mer chant, recently received a letter from his father in Russia relating the inci dent. According to the letter the mother left the home for~ a few mo ments and told her seven year old daughter to look after the babe.., Forsome reason the little girl be came frightened and .began to cry, when, according to the letter, she was startled to hear the three-months old baby address her plainly with the words: "Don't cry; mamma will be back soon." This unexpected speech from such a source scared the girl still more, and she ran out of the house in search of her mother, to whom she re lated the incident. The mother im mediately went in to the baby and began questioning him, and finally the boy spoke again and said: "Send for the rabbi." The rabbi was immediately called and several of the neighbors who had noticed the excited state of -affairs about the house also dropped in to as certain the cause of the commotion. When the rabbi entered the room where sat the prodigy the baby re fused to speak until he and the rabbi were ]eft alone, and when the room had been cleared, it is said, he gave utterance to the prophecy mentioned previously. A few days af ter Mr. Berlin received his letter with the story of the won derful child another gentleman in Washington received a letter from a different party relating the same inci dent as that told in the first letter. It is said that the predicion has created great consternation among the Jews of Russia, as, naturally, it was calcu lated to do. Several Hebrews told a reporter for The Star that, according to the Torah, the millennium is due in about three or four years, and they seemed much impressed by the reports that have come from Russia. They consider this prophecy as a veritication or re mainder of the approaching reign of the Jews. The destruction of the Mahometan and anti-Christian king doms and the restoration of the seed of Abraham to the favor of God, they say, are all that is necessary to the introduction of the millenium. Tornado Sweeps Over Union. About 4:30 o'clock Wednesday after noon a severe storm of wind passed over Union. At the Monarch cotton mills a schoolhouse in course of erec tion was blown down. Some carpen ters were at wvork on the roof and at the approach of the storm started to leave the building. .Just as they reached ihe ground the storm struck the house and it collapsed, burying them under the timbers. J. Mack Coln was instantly killed: Thomas Long had his hip broken; Charles Vaughan's shoulder was dislocated, and Jesse Carter, colored, was slightly ried. TWO BOATS COLLIDE And Three Lives Are Lost. Several People Severely Injured. NO SPECIFIC CAUSE KNOWN. The City of Venice, Valued at $17.'5,000. Went Down Within Fifteen Minutes After Collision. As a result of a collison on Lake Erie between the steamer City of Venice, ore laden, and the steamer Seguin, a steel lumber vessel, off Ron deau. Canada, Tuesday night, the City of Venice was sunk and three lives lost, while several other persons were more or less seriously injured. . The cause of the collision is not known. There was no fog whatever and the night was fairly clear. The lights of the City of Venice were burn ing brightly. To this the crew and passengers all testify, saying they could see the lights on the Venice as she was sinking. The second mate of the Seguin, W. A. Lavigne, who was on watch, re fuses absolutely to give any informa tion in regard to the way the acci dent happened. "The less said about it, the better," was the only.statement he would make. It was shortly after midnight when the accident happened. The City of - Venice, laden with 3,600 tons of ore, was bound to Buffalo, while the Seguin was going north to Perry Sound from Ogdenburg. On board the Sequin all were asleep save the second mate, W. A. Lavigne, and the watchman ,who was with him in the pilot house. The irst mate of the Venice, Sullivan, was on watch aboard the boat that went down. The first that was known that. anything had happened was a terrible ,rash by the boats coming together. The Seguin struck the Venice fairly amidships and plowed its way halt way through the boat. The crew and pas sengers aboard both boats heard a tearing of timber mingled with calls for help from those already in the water. Those who were asleep rushed on deck and there was a frightful panic for a time. The Venice, which had been split almost in two, was sinking rapidly. Captain . Broderick of the Venice ran on deck and immediately called to the men to man the life boats. The members of the crew who, 2ad not been hurt rushed to his assistance and in five minutes they had the boats in the water. Several of the men fearing that the ship would sink before they had an opportunity to escape threw themselves overboard. They were later picked up by the life boats from the Seguin. The City of Venice went down in very deep water in less than 15 minutes after the col lision occurred. After standing by for an hour the Seguin beaded for Cleve land with the survivors, arriving there early Tuesday. The City of Venice was a wooden vessel, 301 feet long and 42 feet beam. she was owned by the McCraw Trans ortation company of Bay City, Mich., and valued at about $1753,000. She was commanded by Captain Broderick. he Seguin is an Iron vessel 207 feet ong and 34 feet beam. She is owned y J. B. Miller of Perry Sound and ommanded by Capt. J. B. Sims. THE MA&TE's STOEY. First Mate Sullivan of the City of Venice, who is lying in a critical con iton at the Marine hospital, at Cleve and, Ohio rallied slightly Tuesday fternoon and made a statement re arding the collisioni. "I was on the night watch," he aid. "Ilt was something after mid ight when I first saw another boat head. It was still some distance tway, but I blew the whistle to signal he boat. She did not answer. 1~ hought that it was strange, bu.t".as she was some distance away I made no attempt to' get out of the way. All ur lights were burning and bhere-was no fog, so I don't-see hrow they-could ave helped seeing our-vessel.. When the boat was condsidetrably closer I whistled again, but still-there was no aswer. I wasthen. f ihtened,1mnd signalled still another time. I saw hat we were not seen; at least there was no attention paid to our signals, and the boat was bearing directly down upon us. "I then attempted to get out of the way and veered the ship diagonally in er course, hoping to escape . with a slight rub the collision that :I began t~o see was inevitable. She was even earer than I supposed, however, and going at a fast rate. Suddenly the ow loomed up high above us anid there was a sickening crash and then or a moment I scarcely-realized what ad happened. I was thrown from my feet by the jar, and the pilot ouse crushed and piled on top of me. [ felt a terrible pain in my back and hest and then I was swept overboard with the pilot house." Sullivan was picked up after being n the water a short time. Including he crew and passengers there were tout 25 persons on the City of Venice. Cut a Whale in Two. Capt. Neilsen, of the Norweigan teamer Tjomo, which arrived at Baltimore, Tuesday, from Sydney, . B., reports that his vessel ran into school of whales vrhen southeast of St. George's bank, off Nova Scotia. As many as a dozen of the monsters ould be counted at a time from the essel. One of the whales in attempt ing to cross the bow of the Tjomo was aught by the sharp prow of the stea er and nearly cut in twain. The hock of the collision stopped the ves sel momentarily, but she sustained no amage. Capt. Neilsen estimates that the dead Leviathan was 80 feet long. Killed His Daughter. While stooping over his ten-months ld daughter to kiss her good-by, at Baltimore, on Tuesday. a revolver slipped from the pocket of Charles H. Ihornton and fell to the floor. .The weapon nas discharged and the bullet instanfly killed the child. The grief stricken fathcr was released by the police after witnesses corroborated his erion of the accident.