The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, November 05, 1902, Image 1
VOL. XVL MANNING, S. C., WEDN ESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1902. NO.14.
ELECTION FRAUDS.
Affidavits are Presented to the Solici
tor With Request to Prosecute.
SPECIFIC INSTANCES GIWI.
Citizens of Charle,.ton urge Solici
tor Hildebrand to Prosecute
Frauds in the Primary and
Give Him the Fact:.
'The Charleston Post says the agita
tion made by the press of Charleston
and by the good citizens generaily for
punishment of the frauds enacted in
the late Democratic orimaries has
borne fruit and the next term of the
Court of Sessions will bear on its cal
endar cases against some of the ol'en
ders against right and the purity of !
the ballot who were so coUspicuous in
their defiance of public sentiment and
all standards of good citizenship in
the recent political contests.
Affidavits, especially setting forth
instances of fraud and making direct
accusations of persons committing
them, have been sent to Soliciter Hil
debrand, enclosed in a letter from
prominent citizens of this city, with
out any partisan or personal motive
but merely in the general interest of!
good citizenship and with a desire to
protect the ballot box against future
defilement. The letter was mailed
Thursday morning and its text is as
follows:
Charleston, S. C.. Oct. '$. 19t.2
P. T. Hildebrand, Esq., Solicitor,
First Judicial Circuit of South Car
olina, Orangeburg, S. C.
Sir: The general impression of frau
dulent practice in the recent Demo
cratic primaries in Charleston county
is so extensive and the report of it in
the newspapers so detailed that a
scandal of large proportions has fast
ened upon the community. which
:should not go without effort to re
move. The press of the city is united
in demanding that prompt and vigor
ousprosecution be made of the charges
in which have been laid and it is
stated in the public prints and by
numbers of reputable citizens that
evidence which will convict the prep
arations of the frauds can be put into
your hands.
For the good name of the commu
nity and for the protection of the bal
lot in future elections, it is our opin
ion and earnest wish that prosecutions
should be pressed against all offenders
and we respectfully call upon you to
take the matter vigorously in hand
and have justice administered.
We would suggest that you nake a
public call for evidence, as we are as
sured that such a request would meet
with a full response.
F. Q. O'Neill,
Jno. B. Adger.
Wn. Henry Parker. Jr.,
G. Walter Mcver.
J. H. Thayer,
P. Hi. G;adsdein.
MIontague Triest.
0. E. .Johnson.
F. 11. 1c31ast er.
Henry A. 31. Smith.
Philip E. Chazal.
C. B. Northrop,
WV. H. Welch.
Alex WV. MIarshali,
Chas. F. Middleton.
Henry Buist,
Julian A. lHarrot,
Walter G. G reen.
J1. C. Simmons.
The attidavits which wvere enclosedi
leave nothing~ t<> be done nut, the arrest
*of the accused and their praseltation
to the grand jury. It is expected that
Solicitor li,ldiebranA~ wii co:neC tn
Charlesten at once and have warrants
issued and that these will be executed
immediately and the cases tbe present
ed to the grand jury a't the comning
-term of court. The anlidavits. it is
understood, set forth all the circum
:stances in ea~h case arnd name the
witnesses who can testily to the or
fences. It is said that the cases are
absolutely clear and convi ning an'd
true bills on them are almost. certain
to be returned by the grand jury.
Solicitor Hildebrand has declared that
he is prepared to move in the matter
as soon as evidence is placed in his
hands, and with the atiidavits before
him his course is clearly marked out.
It has been thought by some people
that the agitation which was made
by tbe newspapers immediately after
the recent primaries and the general:
demand of citizens for prosecution of
the frauds has subsdt and that
nothing would be done in the way of
bringing the offenders to justice.
~Some of these offenders have even
~made sport of the wvhole matter and
.considered it all a good joke on those
they regard as purists and suJpersensi
.tive citizens. They are likely to take
~different view of the situation when
.Solicitor Hilderbrand gets after them
and will probably not show in the
..court the impudent front they pre
-sented at the polls.
The names of those accused in the
:afldavits were not given out by the
~ctizens who had secured t he evidence.
it being thought best to leave SoliCI
tor Hildebrand unhampered by any
publication which might put the of
fenders on their guard or give them
warning which would perhaps per-mit
of their escape. it is expected that
the first intimation the individual
-- perpetrators of the frauds will have
that they have been caught in the
meshes of the law will be when the
constables present warrants of arrest
to them and haul them before the
court. Aud this will probably be
within a few days.
Served Himt Right.
In New York the other day an auto
mbile ran into a trolley ear, kuueked
it og the track. turned it over and m
jtured about twenty passengers. Three
days later the automobilist was se
tenced to the penitentiary for si
,months for reckless riding.
A Gas E.xPlosiohi
By a sudden rush of gas supp sed ti
have been sulphurated hydirgn, four
men wer-e killed and three seriously
:affectedl near- the twenty-fourth street
heading of the biiz tunnel at Niagatra
TAKES THE TOWN.
Carrie Nations Makes Speeches on
the Streets in Columbia.
The Columia State. in speaking of
the visit of Mrs Carrie Nation to that
city. says one (f the features of the
early morning was a talk made by the
justly celebrated Mrs. Carrie Nation
to the Clem.son cadets outside their
qluartcrs at the old Agricultural hail.
M r.. Nation was hoisted into a window
and from this -antage point exhorted
for stame little time the boysand many
others who gathered near. her every
sentence being punctuated with vo
eiferous applause and peals of laught
er.
"Do you know." sais she after
wards. in the most artless way imagin
able. "'wherever I go or whatever I
say everybody laughs:" There was
nothing original in her little speech to
the Clemson boys, but she speaks
clearly and directly and her English is
very good indeed. She appears to
have the Bible at her tinger tips and
to be thorougly imbued with the idea
that hers is a divinely appointed mis
sion. It may be as they say that she
acts as she does solely fot the sake of
the money and notoriety thus to be
obtained, but those who tar her are
apt in most instances to carry away
the impressicai ti s she herself is
thoroughly sincere if rather misguid
ed.
After she Lari concluded her speech
Mrs. Nation cpned up a satchel she
carried and fl.r some time did a rush
ing business selling tiny souvenier
hatchets. the proceeds of the sale to
go. she stated, to the building of a
home in Kansas for drunkards' wives.
During the day Mrs. Nation made sev
eral speeches on Main street and she
never failed to draw a crowd. thiough
the over-zealous appreciation of the
auldence interfered somewhat with
the success of her orations.
Friday afternoon the chief feature
on Main street was the excitement
created by Carrie Nation, who mount
ed convenient doorsteps and address
ed hundreds of amused citizens. She
was chaperoned by Col. Jim Harris,
proprietor of the White Stone Lithia
springs and one of the jolliest fellows
in South Carolina. Nobody seemed
to take Carrie seriously. but it was all
the same to her, as she found pur
chasers for hundreds of her souvenier
hatchets.
The crowd whooped when Carrie
caught a young fellow mimicking her.
She boxed his jaws good naturedly and
the joke was on her tormenter. It is
supposed that Mrs. Nation endorses
Col. Harris and his mineral spring.
Col. Harris does say his spring is full
-of good properties.
Baried to Death.
A little girl, daughter of Mr. .1. II.
Kirby, of Woodruff, was burned to
death on last Thursday. The child
had been out of doors for some little
time. and as the day was decidedly
cool, she came into the house and
went to a room where there was a fire
in the hearth. ' She stood too near
the fire., and suddenly her clothing
was enveloped in a sheet of liames.
She screamed and her mother has
tened to the spot. Before the parent
culd reach her child and render aid,
the unfortunate young girl ran
screaming out in the yard. and it
was there that her mother caught
her and extinguished the fire. which
ad scretd over her body. The child
lingered in acute agony until Friday
morning at 3 o'clock, when she died.
The parents have the sympathy of
many friends in the city and county
in this sore bereaveme it,
Assauited a Policeman.
A dispatch to The State from Fort'
Miii says Chief of Police Nivens is su f
fring fromi a cut and bruised face. A
ew nmonths ago MIr. Nivens locked up
Mers. Kirby and Ashley, two em
pioes ot the Catawba Power Compa.
ny. ror being drunk and disorderly.
They threatened to be revenged and
Timrsday w'hen Mr. Nivens went to
the dlam looking for a negro. Kirby
ordered him ohf, and on being joined
y some friends the crowd started for
Nivens, who drew his gun, but he was
too late. Kirby got in a lick with a
pair of brass knucks. When he awoke
e was bound and on his way to the
guard house in Rock Hlill. wliere he
was lodged on a charge of assault and
battery.
Gets Eight Thousand.
The case of L. A. Riser against the
Southern Railway was concluded at
Newberry on Thursday. After re
maining out several hours tihe jury
returned a verdict of SS,000 for MIr.
Riser. MIessrs. Cothran & Schumpert,
attorneys for the Southern, had left
the city before the verdict was ren
dered and it is not known what action
will be taken by them. M1r. Riser
was injured in a wreck at Camp For
nance last September and has never
regained his usual good health.
Good for Woffordt.
A dispatch from Sapatanburg to
The State says Friday John B. Cleve-:
land announced that. he will build a
science hall on Wotford college cam
us. Thle plans. whi':h are already
drawn. call for the building which will
cost between 812,000O and Sl16,000. 3Mr.
Cleveland aut horizes the construction
of the building at his expense. MIr.
Ceveland is a graduate of Wofford,
and while not a M1ethodist, is one or
the best friends the college has.
A Law Breaker Killed.
In an attempt to liberate his friend,
S. . II. J1ones. from the county jail
at Miount Olive. M1iss.. Thursday
night, Jfohn MiliN. a white man, was
shot and instantly killed by Deputy
Sheriff Walker. Mills approached
the jail, armed with two six shooters
and an axe. and when ordered to halt
attempted to draw his guns, whereup
on fOricer Walker tired. killing Mills
instantly.
A Sheriff Robbed.
Sheiti' R. E. Ellison of Winnshoro
Was relieved of his po,:ket b ok Friday
hvy cro k on the capitol ground in
Colmbi. Tnce sherilf lost $220 in
cash ck for S100 signed by W.
F. Maritin. and another cheek for $1~>,
signe lby Col. TI. WV. Holloway. The
pole w.-e immediately notitied but
up to a late hour Friday night noth
: in hm - bn h a o h r lotnurse.
A DOUBLE CRIL.
A Terrible Sight Met the Gaze of'!
Visitors to a Ranch.
A special from Bearmouth. Mont..
gives the following details of the dis
covery of the double crime at the
Conn ranch on Willow Creek. which
was at first believed to have been
committed by the bandit who robbed
the Northern Pacilic train last week:
A member of a threshing crew on an
adjoining ranch had occasion to visit
the Conn ranch and when he entered
the farm house a terrible sight pre
sented itself. On the floor, with the
brains oozing from his head, lay .James
Conn dead, with a ragged bullet hole
through his temple. Near him lay
his mother, her head crushed in with
a blunt instrument, presumably the
butt of a revolver.
At the time of the holdup of the t
Northern Pacific train bloodhounds
were put upon the trail of the robber
and the dogs followed it for several
miles in the direction of Willow Creek
territory, but lost the scent. Those t
familiar with the country decided at
the time of the robbery that in all
probability the outlaw would attempt
to escape that way, as the country is -
such as to afford an excellent oppor- I
tunity to evade capture, being heavily
timbered.
The discovery of the crime was
made at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
and oticers are now at the scene. 1
Near the stable the threshing men
met a demented woman who had t
dwelt with the Conn family for son i
time. This woman killed her hus- c
band about 20 years ago. and it is i
suggested that she may have know
ledge of the tragedy. The scene ot r
crime is about 30 miles from Bear
mouth. and details are meager.
A Fatal Fall.
A dispatch from Spartanburg to c
The State says Capt. John H. Mont- t
gomery died Friday afternoon at 65
o'clock in Gainsville, Ga. He went to
Gainesville Thursday on business con
nected with the mills there, of which y
enterprise he is president and treas- f
urer. Friday morning he was stand
ing on a scaffolding, a distance of I
about 16 feet from the ground, in
specting some work on the new mill i
of the Pacolet Manufacturing Compa
ny in that town, when by some means r
he lost his balance and fell. His skull
was fractured by the fall. and he was a
rendered unconscious. The physicians
gave no hope of his recovery from the '
first examination, and be lingered un- t
til late this afternoon, and died. His
wife and children here left for Gaines- I
ville on the morning train. His re- .
mains will be brought to Spartanburg
for interment Sunday. John H.-Mont- r
gomery was 69 years of age. having t
been born in Spartanburg County i
Dec. 3. 1833.
Physicians Jailed.
As a result of the twenty-five in- e
dictments returned on Saturday by the
grand jury at Indianapolis four physi
cians of prominence have been arrest
ed charged with grave robbery. This
is only a preliminary as the investiga
tion still proceeding. The following
physicians are now under arrest: Dr.
Joseph C. Alexander. demnonstrateor of
anatomy in the Central Colkcge of
Physicians and Surgeons; D.Wl i
Molt, demonstrator of the Physico
Medical College; Dr. Frank M. WrightC
secretary and treasurer of the Eclcctic
Medical College, and Dr. John Wilson
an interne of the Central College of
Physcians and Surgeons. One of the)
doctors, a country practitioner, against
whom an indictment was found, has
not 3 et been arrested. The physicians
are charged with taking, concealing
and buying c:rpse. The arrest ofa
these four make twenty-four who are
now under bond or in jail charged C
with grave robibery and complicity in
the crime,
4 Fighting Mayor.
A sensational street scene occurred t
during a political meeting in the pub-' t
lic square at Cleveland, Ohio, Friday, It
in which Mayor. Tom L. Johnson '
struck William Mylecraine, a Repub- 1
lican tax board ollicial, in the lace
with his fist. It seems, according toi S
the statement of the bystanders, that r
the mayor overheard Mylecraine as- t
sert that he (.Johnson) was a liar. A a
few hot words followed and the mayor
struek Mylecraine in the face. Myle- 1
craine left the square, declaring that aj
he would secure a warrant for the I
mayor's arrest.
Killed Himnself.
John A. Horgan. a leader of the ~
"Straightout Democratic Party" in
Norfolk County. Va., which faction ~
has been fighting the organization of t
fusionists for several years, blew his
brains out at his residence Wednesday I
morning, lie was found by a servant t
in his room in Berkley. On a table',
was a note which stated that it had
been said that his death would smooth j
the waters of the county politics, andi
if such was the case. it could be shown
now. His wife was visiting her (laugh
ter in New York when the affair oc
curred.
All for Love.
Miss lInte Hayes, the 1-2-year-old
daughter of George W. Hayes, form~
erly town marshall of Powder Springs
Ga., shot herself with suicidal intent
Thursday morning about 9~ o'cli.ck.1
She placed the pist ol against her lef't
breast just to the left of the nipple.
The ball went entirely through her
body and buried itself in the wall
nearby. She cannot live more than a
few hosurs. it is thought the act was
caud by despondJency over a quarrel
with her lover.
Sutrocated.i
Allen Ore and Will Weedon. white.
men, while working on a grade fo
the Eastern Railway of Alabama.
were killed as a result of a prematur
explosion of dynamite near Anniston.
The explosion unloosened a quantity
o dirt which entombed the two men,
therieby causing suffocation.
D)ogs vs lHens.
Some man whose mind runs on tig
ures. has found that it costs as much
to keep a dog as sixty hens. capable
of laying six hundred dozen eggs.1
Men will continue, however. to pre-i
fer the dog until the superior ability<
of the hens to set birds is demon- 1
MURTDERS HIS WVIFE.
'hen Sends Bullet Through His Ow
Brain.
WFUL TRAGEDY IN AUGUSTA
,arried Only Fourteen Months, an
the Young Wie Had Began
Suit for Divorce Because
of Cruel Treatment.
.A terrible tragedy was enactet
n Augusta. Ga., last Saturda
norning when Policeman Chas. II
alker murdered his wife in col
lood, and then blew out his ow
rains. The couple had only beep
arried fourteen months. lie wa
hirty-two years old and the wife onl,
ineteen. Last August one year ag
he murdered wife. who was befor
per marriage. Miss Stella Speers. rai
way and married the man why
aurdered heron Saturday. She corn
ro one of the bet fa.milies in Au
usta.
On Saturday morning at the usu'a
our of relief, at the police barrack:
harlic Walkeg assumed his dutie
pith his fellow otljeers. and went ou
o his beat known as the upperterri
urv. irncludini, tnat portion of th
itv in which h:s mother's residece
lecated, and where he and his youn
ife had lived, until about thie
2nths ago. when. on accountof somn
omestie differences, they left a o
ent to board. His intimate frierd
new that there was unevenness ii
he course of his married life, of re
ent development. ht none expecte<
he serious turn affairs 1-ave taken
aturday morning, as he went out 01
is beat, he took the same car witl
ieatenant Collins, who was goini
ome. and talked with him of th,
amily troubles be was experiencing
hen they reached the gate of thi
eutenant's home. young Walker stop
ed and talked further. He asked the
eutenant.
"Did you see that piece in th
2orning paper?'
The lieutenant replied that he had
nd Walker asked his superior otlice
he thought that would bring the
latter before the board of police con
issioners. Lieut. Collins replied:
"I do not think so. That is a fami
V affair, and I don't see why th
card would take it up."
Walker then said he hoped it woul<
ot that he did not want to go befor
he board. le explained to the lieu
enant that his intentions had been ti
o ahead with his work and arrang(
:r the alimony, but that he regrette<
xceedingly the publication, the tilini
f the divorce proceedings by his wife
'he story published Saturday morn
ag and referred to by Walker is a
,llows:
"A sensational libel fo;r divorce an<
etition for alimony tiled in the supe
r court yesterday, reads Mi rs. Stell
.Walker vs. Charles H1. Walker.
'Althcough married but little over
ear, Mrs. Walker alleges that he
usband. an otticer of the police force
ruelly and inhumanity beat her re
eatedly and tinally deserted her. She
lieged that as late as the 22d of thi:
)onth he choked her into speechless
ess, and, gathering up his persona
ifets. left her home, declaring h,
could never return.
"The petitioner further asks thi
ustody of her child, costs of court
ttorney's fees and temporary alimon;
ending the iinal disposition of thi
"Judge Brinson has set Dec. 5 a
he date for hearing the petition fo
emporary alimony."
This conversation took place be
ween the two policemen shortly af
er 7 o'clock, and, as the lieutenan
urned to go into his house. Walke
ralkd otT in the direction of the ca
Charlie 11. Walker and Miss Stell;
.Seer, a niece of Dr Speer, wer,
arrid about 14 months ago, and o
his union a boy was born four month
nd three days ago today.
When the young co)upie left th
ome of his mother. three month
go, they went to b-'ard, at 124
road street, where they have board
d together since, until a day or tw
go, when, some of his friends state
.e left there. though this is not sub
tantiated by any of the family.
About 10.30 Saturday morning
Irs. Walker, neatly attired in a blaci
alor suit, boarded the Summervill
a'. in front of 1:'40) Broad street, an<
ode to Chafee avenue. where she lef
he car, and proceeded to th;2 housi
'here sh~e shortly aifter met her death
I1er husband must have known u
tr presence at his mother's home
or shortly after' he came rolling b:
n his wheel and hi~s wife went to thi
at and began a conversation witi
in, still wearingt her h::t.
A bout the gate is an arbor of vines
nd on the left side of this stood Mrs
Valker. just to the side of the wall
nside the fence- lier hu2;and stool
acing her on the outside 'jf the fence
"hat was said no one knows. fo
here was no one near enough to se
ir hear what wvas -going on. Mrs
alke', however, had been talkin;
vith her husband but a few second
then her sister started out of th
Louse toward the gate. Just as shi
merged, Mr. Walker drew his revo]
er and commenced firing. Fou
hots he tired at his wife and the:
>utting his 'revolver to the back c
us head about two inches behind th
eft ear he pulled the trigger on th
ast (artridge in the chamber, an
ell backward on the sidewalk. Mrs
Valker having dropped down besid
he base of the arbor. As soon a
Jhs. Walker's sister heard the firs
hot tired. she fell in a faint on th
loor of the porch and remained ther
mtilu take'n up and carried into th
Liut. Collins. probably the las
>er'son, except his wife, to whor
alker had talked of his famil
rouble. arrived on~ the scene an
nade a search of~ his body. .1 ust ur
ir the edge of his cap, he found th
>ullet lodged on the outside of th
inv.- Exep fo hisre badge an
pistol the only thing found was a
scrap of yellow paper, torn from a
note book on which. in Walker's hand
writing were the words:
"At the mercy of Tiberius."
THANiKSGIVIN~G DAY.
Thursday. November 27, Named as
a Day of General Thanksgiig
President Roosevelt Wednesday
issued his proclamation designating
T hursday . Nov. 27. as a day of
Thanksgiving. .The proclamation is
as follows:
According to the yearly custom of
our people, it falls upon the president
at this season to appoint a day of
festival and thanksgiving to God.
"Over a century and a quarter has
passed since this country took its place
among the nations of the earth and
during that time we have had on the
whole more to be thankful for than
has fallen to the lot of any other peo
ple. Gcileration after generation has
grown to manhood and passed away.
Each has had to bear its peculiar bur
d (lens, each to face its special crisises,
and each has known years of grim
trial, when the country was menaced
by malice, domestic or foreign levy,
wllepl the hand of ihe Lord was heavy
upon it in drought or fiood or pesti
1 lence. when in bodily distress and an
guish o: soul it paid the penalty (f
tolly and a forward heart.
"Nevertheless, decade by decade. we L
h .ve struggled onward and upward;
we now abundantly enjoy. material
well being. and under the favor or
the Most~ High we are striving car
nestiy to aclhive moral aind spiritual.
uplift ng. Tho year tht ha s just
closed has been once or peace and.
overilowing plenty, Barely has any
people enjoyed greag'r prosperity thani,
we are niow enjoying. lFor this we
render heartfelt and solemn thanks to
the Giver of Good: and we seek to
praise Him not by words only but by
deeds, by the way in which we do our'
duty to ourselves and to our fellow
men.
"Now. therefore, I. Thcodore
Roosevelt, president of the United
States. do hereby designate as a day
of general thanksgiving, Thursday,
the :7th of November, and (;o rec'm- a
mend that throughoutt tile land the
people cease from their ord-inary oc
cupations and in their several homes
and places of worship render thanks
unto Almighty God for the manifold
blessings of the past year." c
c
Says Negro Will Wie Out. f
A sen'ation was created at Musca
tine, Iowa, by Rev. J. L. Murphy. of
the English Lutheran Church, who r
1 said in a lecture on the race preblem a
that the study of the sociological con- a
dition of the Negro today proves that I
he is deteriorating in this country, s
will later lapse into barbarism and fi- c
l nally become extinct. He points out v
that before the war the Negro was
trustworthy and the honor of any
woman in the South was safe without c
the protection of white men. Today. t
however, a white woman scarcely
dares venture forth alone. Mr. fur- f
phy says that not only is the black I
man becoming degraded morally in 1I
the South, but also physically. Phy- I;
siclans testify that he is more suscep- a
tible to disease than a .few years ago,
and especially in pulmonary troubles.e
Pneumonia is almost always fatal. e
The position taken by MIr. Murphy is(
that in time the progressive class of
-blacks will tire of the conditions inc
1this country and return to their form-i
er African home to teach their fellow- i
blacks while those left in this country
will then rapidly become extinct.
Mrs. Nation in columbia.
The State says 31rs. Nation arrived
in Columbia on Thursday afternoon.
She created quite a stir in Col. Hollo
way's oifice about :3::30 o'clock when
she was introduced to the fair otticials
-and to a number of other people. She
talk~ed fast and interestingly for a
awhile and seemed to be thoroughly
Sbusiness-like. When introduced t-> a
representative of The State she :ao-s
ticed a cigarette in his hand and as,
she stepped back she raised her hands.
cried "Oh, horrors!' and instantly
slapped trie cigarette from his hand,5
stamping on it as it fell. She ex
plained that she did not propose toI
allow any one to commit suicide right
under her very eyes. MIrs. Nation is
a woman of more than middle age.
stout and not uncomely. She has a
flashing eye and is full of vigor and
energy. After a brief chat with those
in Col. Iholloway's oitice she found out
where the place for her lecture was,
took her two v'alises and left to keep
her engagement by tihe first car.
Texas Fever.
A special dispatch to The State says
considlerable uneasiness and anxiety
hias been caused at Williamston with
in tihe last few days on account or the
death of a number of line cows from
what appeared to be a very mysteri
ous (ause and in order to give the casea
a thorough inivestigatiorn. Dr. .J. 11.
Foster, the States assistant veterina
rian from Clemson was summoned.v
and came down this morning. After a
a postmortem examination he pro- e
nounced the disease "Texas fever." t
which he says is incuralie. the best
remedy being to separate all cattlet
which are infested from the others. e
ie says tile disease is commilunicated
by what is commonly known . as the
'tick," and after a cow comes il con
tact with .tihe (disease through thist
medium, and is taken sick. nothingr
can save her from death. which fol
lows within a fcw hours.F
Wadnted Them Watched.
The1'. following from the Newberry(
O(bs.erver is a good one on the preach-s
i ers: "Whenever a circus comes to
,town or0 thlere is a very large crowd
expectecd for any other reason it is
cutomary for the city council to put
a few extra men on the police force toJ
ensure the preservation of peace and F
good Irder'. A few days ago wvhle 1
Policeman Franklin was on duty a
young man walked up to him and i
asked him how many preachers thlere
would be in Newberry during the con
ference. Mr. Franklin told him there
would be about three hundred. D~on't
- ou tink." asked the young man
"that you could get places on tihe:
force for me and two of my friends 1
1 whlal they are hlere:- |
THE WORI)S FAIR.
Col. Averill Tells the People About
the Big Show.
-REAT CHANCE FOR THE SOUTH.
Particulariy is This True as far as
South Carolina is Concerned.
lie GIves Some
F'acts.
Cu]. .1. II. Averill, formerly dire,
or general of the Charleston exposi
ion, was in Columbia on Wednesday.
ol. Averill is temporarily acting as
pecial commissioner for the St. Louis
air to present to the people of South
Lnd North Carolina the advantages to
tecrue to them from representation
it the big show to be held in St.
,ouis in 19,14.
To a representative of The State
3o1. Averill gave the followintg inter
,iew and facts preliminary to the ex
2osition;
"It will be the largest exposition
ver held in any country, the total
round area being 1,180 acres, the
otal funds to date being $20,000,000,
" The principal main exhibit build
ngs are manufactures, 525xl.200 feet,
ith tower 400 feet in height.
'Textile, 525x;50. costing $460.000.
"Mines. 525x75), costing $500.000.
"Varied industries. 525x1.:;00. cost
ng 8604.000,
"Machinery, 2.x1,000. costing
;496,5fs7.
"Transportation, 5 5xl,000, costing
7,000,"
"Art palace, 450x8:30,. costing $1,
00,000.
"Agriculture, 500x],600, costing
800.000.
"Horticulture. 306x1,000, costing
200,000.
Forestry, 400x600, costing $350.000.
"Live stock, pavilions covering 25
cres and costing $100,000.
"The generai goyernrent will erect
building at a cost of $450,000, being
250,000 in excess of any amount here
ofore appropriated for any exposition
iuilding by congress, and $800.000
Las been appropriated for the govern
aent exhibit, being eight times in ex
ess of the largest amount heretofore
Bade for Chicago or Butfalo, These
ew facts indicate the scope of the ex
osition.
"The management have their com
lissioners in every civilized portion
f the old world, in Mexico, Central
nd South America, and the West
ndies and have already received as
urances from a large majority of the
ountries that they will be in evidence
7ith exhibits and many ot them will
rect buildings.
'As the exposition is projected to
elebrate the purchase of the terri
ory west of the Mississippi, as would
aturally be expected the States
ormed from that section will be large
y represented at the fair, and the
agislatures of all them have made
irge appropriations for the erection
f State buildings and exhibits-the
tates east of the river will also be in
vidence, Mai's, New York, Massa
husetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania;
)hio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
.ennessee, Mississippi, Maryland and
thers having already signified their
tention of being in the picture, and
t is a picture wherein the southern
itates should hold a prominent place..
"They can there show the unprece
ented progress they have made in
he last quarter of a century. They
an there show to the world that the
outh, has enterprise, and that the
tromises of the future for the south
ind are practically unbotmnded, and
hat it can offer as fair a field as any
ection of our vast country for capital.
nd as attractive inducements for
ioe seekers.
"There are other-reasons why the
outh should be fully represented at
t. Louis. One should sutlice: The
satin-American republics and -the
Vest Indies are enjoying much the
ame prosperity in every line, as the
a~uthern States. They are large ex
orters and importers. Much of this
rade could and should be handled
rough southern cornmercial centres.
hose countries will be represented
rith their industries and resources.
~lace those of the south on exhibition
vere their people can see them, have
le southern representatives at St.
ouis to tell the visitors from the far
outh wvhat inducements can be of
ered them to trade with the south,
nd much good will be sure to follow.
"As to South Car: lina's place in the
icture, the showing made by the
tate and continues at the recent ex
osition in Charleston was a revela
ion to every visitor, and has been
omumented on in most favorable terms
y the press of the entire country.
od the work don~e there is already
ringing forth good results in many
ortions of the State. Shalt it, stop
ith what has been doney Some wilt
ay yes: the State cannot afford to
ontinuc the work of givmng publicity
o its industries, resources and possi
llities. It can he said in opposition
o this sentiment. no surer means of
oitinuing to build up the rsosperity
f the State than by means of an ex
ostion. "They are the timekeepers
I' progress. The State needs capi
al. increased population and dliversi
ed industries. If a comprehensive
xhibit of its industries and resources
a made art St. Louis they will not fail
o attract and bring to the State
vhat is alone needed to place South
arolina much higher in the list oJ
outhern States, in the march of pros
erity."____________
Presidential Advisor.
It has developed that ex-Governor
ones. of' Alabama. was appointed
nited States District Judge upon
he advic. of Booker Washington. A
etter from Washington to Roosevelt.
as just come to light in which Wash
ngton strongly recommends Jones,
mnd adds: ''I will give you more de
ailed inaformation regarding other
sout hern appointments when I see
ou, which I hope will be within a
ew days." So Booker appears to be
he power behind the throne in the
namt- of Southern appointments.
HE WAS TOO QUICK.
A Preacher Dangerously Stabs a
Man at Paducah, Ky.
Through an unfortunate misunder
standing Rev. George Waverly Briggs,
D. D., pastor of the Broadway Metho
dist church of Paducah, Ky , the larg
est church in the West Kentucky,
Wednesday night stabbed T. J. Garr,
proprietor of The Inn, a fashionable
boarding house. : The weapon used
was a small pocket knife. The blade
entered the small of the back, on the
left side. infieting a serious, but not
fatal wound. The affair occurred
about 7 o'clock, at the Inn, where
Briggs' family is living.
Mr. Garr had been skylarking with
the minister's little 9-year-old son,.
Waverly, and lifted the lad from the
Ul:or, intending to swlng him upon
his shoulder. The boy's head struck
a banister rail of the staircase, badly
brising his face and outting the scalp.
The lad's screams brought his father.
Sobbingingly the victim of the mis
hap said Mr. Garr had struck him.
Believing in his excitement that the
boy meant Garr had assaulted him,
Dr. Brigg's put the question:
"Did you hit him?"
He understood Mr. Garr to say that
he had. Garr says he answered no
twice.
Fired by anger, the clergyman
dealt the boarding house. proprietor a
blow. Mr. Garr returned the blow.
A ra pid exchange of rights and lefts
followed. In the heat of the struggle
Dr. Briggs drew and used his kinfe,
although he has no recollection of
stabbing Mr. Garr. A physician was
called and the injured man's wound
was dressed. He is resting easy at
midnight. The affair. which created
a sensation, is deeply regretted by
both gentlemen.
Subject for an Asylum.
A dispatch from Ottawa says in
quiry in oticial quarters in regard to
the reports from the west about the
Doukhobors elicits the information
that there are a number of them,
probably a thousand in all, affected
with the religious mania. They are
going from village to village among
their own people and it is said they
are likely to arrange to meet in some
central place, probably at Yoakton, to
decide upon what they are going to
do. The Doukbobors believe it to be
a sin to hold domestic animals in re
straint, and they have therefore
turned their cattle and horses loose
upon the prairie. They will not wear
leather shoes or any clothing produced
from animals and the men and women
have been yoking 'themselves to the
plow and wagon. A large number of
the horses and cattle have been seized
by the government and sold at public
auction-the ammount realized, about
$20,000, will be used to take care of
the fanatics when the winter sets In.
A Bold Robbery.
The boldest bank robbery of recent
years in Iowa occurred at Prairie
City early Tuesday. The robbers
dynamited the safe of the Iowa State
bank and secured an amount approxi
mating $4.000. They exchanged a
fusillade of shots with local officers<
and escaped. Night Watchman Er
skine discovered four nan approach
ing the bank at 1 o'clock. One of the
meu cornered him and kept him
covered with a rifle for three
hours while another broke open the
bank door and worked on the safe.
The other two men patrolled the
street and by a system of signals
were able to hold at bay the citizens
who were attracted to the scene.
Five dynamite shots were fired by
the man in the hank before he suc
ceeded in sgetting to the cash box.
The sum secured was mostly silver.
At 4 o'clock the four men left the
bank and disappeared.
A Mysterious Affair.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun from Parkersburg, W. Va., under
date of Oct. 26, gives the following
story of the shooting of a man who
is well known all over South Carolina:
"Lying on his bed, with the knowl
edge that he is about- to die, W.
Brooks Harley, the proprietor of the
Manhattan club, who was shot in the
breast Tuesday morning, bravely
takes upon himself the blame for the
fatal shot, which he declared was fired
at him by his wife. The cause of the
shooting is a mystery. Harley arrived
home from his club at 4 a. m. and in
a few minutes thereafter the police
were summoned. Upon their arrival
Harley declared that his wife had
shot him, but afteiward he denied
this, and has since stoutly maintained
along with the other members of the
family, that he shot himself and that
it was purely accidental. As there
was no witness outside the family, it
will never be known unless the family
should tell what occurred.
Marion Has a Fire.
A destructive fire took place in
Marion at about halC part 12 o'clock
Friday morning. The satire Holli
day block., consisting of the Planters'
hotel, the livery stables of 0. W.
Holliday & Son and four other build
ings, was completely destroyed. The
tire started in the kitchen of the hotel
and is supposed to have been caused
by a defective flue. It was not dis
covered until it was pretty well under
way and the building being an old
frame structure was an easy prey to
the flames. From the hotel the con
flagration spread to the livery stables
and made quick work of them. Two
small buildings belonging to Mrs. M.
E. Matthews. a small unoccupied
building owned by Mr. L. Wyatt Oli
ver, and the blacksmith shop of Mr.
W. Frank Williams were also reduced
to ashes.
A Tragedy.
A tragedy occurred at Dayton.
Tenn.. Friday night, resulting in the
killing of N. J. Cooley and his son-in
lawv, Will Whittleld, by Manuel Thur
man. Whitfield was shot three times
and died instantly. Cooley lingered
a few hours and made a dying stats
ment to the effect that Cooley an.
Whittield were at Cooley's home when
Thurman entered a room occupied by
Cooley's daughter' Whitfield heard
a noise and entered the room when
Thurman grappled with him. Cooley
then entered and Thurman opened
fire Thurman surrendered.
A BAD FAILURE.
The Atlantic Coast Lumber Cammy
in Hands of Receivers.
UNABLE TO PAY ITS INTBR.ST
The Action Was Brought by lITr.
tees, the Colonial Trust Com- sc
pany, of New York, to be
Reorganized.
In the United States Circuit Conurt' _
in New York City on Wenesday4
Freeman Farr and Fdward J. Hath
erne-were appointed temporary receiv=:_
ers.of the property of the Atlantic
Coast Lumber Company, within the
Southern department of New YBrk '
The same temporary, receivers were
appointed previously by the United
States district court for the Eastern.
district of Virginia. Mr. Farr was tlie
former president of the company.
The appointment of the receivers r
was due to an action brought agalnst
the company by its trustees, the Color
nial Trust company of New York, ie
lumber company being unable to meet
the interest payments due the trust -'
company. A statement issued Wed=
nesday by those interested in the"wd
lumber companies says the various re
ceivers were appointed in connection -'
with the reorganization and contem- -
plated consolidation of -the principal
lumber companies owning and, hand
ling- what is known as North
lina pine. The statement claims that;;,
even in the case of liquidation the as
sets of the two- companies .will beu :
excess of all liabilities.
Plans are already in process of for
imation for the reorganization of r&
company and the consolidation of.tbe
Southern Pine Lumber interests. -
terman A. Taft, Edward J. Hathorn
and Ben L. Fairchield- were appoIpt
ed in the Supreme Court Wednesd -
temporary receivers of the. Expor1
Lumber Company on the applicationr
of the majority of the company'sd{
rectors asking for a voluntary dissolu- e
tion of the corporation. The petitio
saysthat thesum of $50.000 Iliabilities
due and about to mature cannot be
met.
The total liabilities amount to:32 9
358,538 and nominal assets $3,598,920:
The company was incorporated-i_ w'
1878 and has a capital stock of half
million dollars. The property to'come -:
into the bands of the receivers in this 1
State will not exceed that amount-i>
The principal styckholders -are Chaas :
F. Flint, Alsden Swan and 3ohn1)=
Carberry. The company has branchek
at Boston, Georgetown, S. C., and in
Canada.
- Coffee Zone Destroyed.
A dispatch from San Francisco pays;'
the entire coffee zone of Guatemal
has been destroyed by flames and
smoke from the volcano of Sants =,
Maria. Eruptions threaten the de
struction of every living thing within
reach of the fumes and fire -that poor':
from the burning mountain, according
to a cable to Castle Bros., importers
of that city, received from their coffee .
plantation in Guatemala. Onlyin
meagre details are given.
"Last Monday," saId Louis Hirsch,
of Castle Bros., "I wired to our rep- ~
resentative there, asking for news o -
the eruption of Santa Maria, and last
Thursday night, I - received in reply
this cablegram:
" 'It is true. Enormous losses -Ee
probable volcanic eruption. Coffee -
zone destroyed. Our lives are In dan -
ger. Further reports will follow.'
"The coffee districts referred to,".*,
said Mr. Hirsch, "are the Costa Cusar
and Costa Grande. They are the fin- -
est plantations ini the country. If
the coffee district is destroyed as the -
cable seems to indicate, one-third of
the crop is most likely- involved.
"That volcano of Santa Maria is
located between ,Retalhulen and r
Quezaltenango. The towns in the ..
neighborhood to be most likely de
stroyed are San Felipe, Mazatenango
and Quezaltenango. The voleano has '~z
been quiet for years. -
Fatal Rioting.
Political rioting at Ponce Porto
Rico, was renewed Thursday evening.
From 9 to 11 o'clock the city was in
the hands of a Republican mob, al
leged to have been aided by munici
pal police. The Federal club was fired
on. One man was killed and several
were wounded, but not fatally. The
rioting was renewed. Business at
Ponce is suspended. Another man
was killed during Thursday's attacks
of the Republicans, and a number of
men were severely wounded. The
rioters announced that they intended
to attack the Fefleration of Labo-r
club and another club during the day,
which caused the closing of -all the
stores in Ponce. A Spanish dramatic
cmpany which had been playing at '
Ponce applied to the Spanish consul
for protection, and. it is reported, that
the consul communicated with the
Spanish minister at Washington.
Shooting and rioting occurred inside
he theatre Wednesday night and
ince that day the company has been
nable to perform.
Charged With Bigarny.
Friday a man named Rhodes who
ad been living for some time near
Seneca, was lodged in jail at Walhialla.
harged with bigamy. A few days
ago he eloped with the daughter of
Dr. Browning. who lives near Seneca.
and the doctor at once began a most
desperate search for the couple, offer
ing a reward of -850 for the capture or
Rhodes. After a most exciting chase
across the country Rhodes was cap
tured in Rabun county, Georgia. by
A. L. Dillard and Sam D~ickson of
Westminster. Rhodes is said to have
a wire and several children elsewhere.
Dr. Browning proposed to prosecute
the offender vigorously.
THE problem of popular education
is one that presses most heavily upon
us. There is flo measure that we now
think of that would more directly and
sensibly benetit the South than this
one, and we hope it will be pressed in
season and out or season until it is
realized in law and in fact.