The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, March 06, 1907, Image 1
VOL. XXI, MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 1907 NO. 23
AN OLD BEAU
Sued on Valentine He Sent Ther
ty-five Years Ago.
ASKS BIG DAMAGES.
The Widow After Long Interval of
Marriage Flounts. Rhyme, and
ays He Renewed Troth, But a
Trolley Smash, it Seems, Jolted
All the Love Out Of the Old Gen
tiemaI..
A queer case. Is being tried at
Hartford, Conn., which is attracting
considerable interest. thirty-five
years ago Thomas K.--Fitts, of Ash
wood, who is now seventy-five years
old and wealthy. promised to be the
present Mrs. Bridget Theresa Gor.
man's valentine. Although she af
terward married, and is now fifty
three and a widow' with three chil
dren. she is seeking through the
courts $10,000 damages because her
whilom admirer declines to live up
to his ancient assurances af undy
Ing love.
The breach of 'remise suit of the
widow. against the aged and promi
nent citizen promises to become in
court annuls as celebrated as the
case of Mr. Pickwick. Every action
of Mr. Fitts from the- time that he
sent the valentine through the pro
traeted married life of Mrs. Gorman
and after death had freed her, is
-recorded and its interpretation by
and effect upon the feelings ofMrs.
Gorman affectingly recited.
There were tears in the eyes of
Mrs. Gorman's lover and his voice
broke from pathos when he read
the fateful valentine, and the widow
sobbed tnrough the recital.
"Maiden fair, to you I send
This token of .affection true,
Showing where my feelings tend.
Like the magnet unto you.
"Worlds may pass away and perish
.Every feeling die away. 1
But the constant :love I cherish
Never, never shall decay." <
When the lawyer had calmed him
self after liagering on the words
"Never, never shall decay," and the
comely widow had dried her eyes.
she took the witness stand to teli
of her romance ana its sad ending.
-Mrs. Gorman said that she had
known Mr. Fitts before her mar
riage and that he had showed her
attention, but had *not reached the
point of a declaration when Mr. Gor
man abpeared. This was in 1872.
and after the first announcement ofc
the banns in church Mr. Fitts called
on her. ,
"He said that he would have bjeen
in Mr. Gorman's place if he had only
been more forward, ' said Mrs. Gor
man, "and then he cried, and I eried
and said to Mr. Fitts:
'Now, Thomas, - you never told1
me anything like that before.'"
"Did he show you any marks, of
affection on the occasion of your.a
marriage?" Mrs. (,orman was asked.
"Yes." she replied, with downcast
eyes; "'on the very day of the wed
-ding he sent me three or four bas
kets of peaches, and -I understood."
Mrs. German declared that. with
her husband's knowledge and con
sent, her acquaintanceship with Mr.
Fltts was continued, and that he. re
mained a batcheloy'. They often
met, and went driving together, and
- he alw'ays seemed sad and often
sighed, -and she sighed, too.
She said that her marriage to Mr.
Gorman was a disappointment. be
'- ne of athe conduct of her hiusband.
He left her and was gone four years.
and during this period Mr. Fitts
called upo'n her and they discussed
the possibility of Mrs. German ob
taining a divorce. Mr. Fitts told her
at this time, Mrs. German testitied.
that he was worth $65,000, and that
if she got a divorce he would marr,
her at once and make her life happy.
In April, 1903, Mr. German died.
and in June Mr. Fitts called upon
the widow.
"'Well. you are single at last.'
said Mr. Fitts to me, and I said
.Yes,- Mrs. German testified.
He continued to call on the widov
on an average of twice a mo-ith, ance
made presents to her and to mem
bers of her family.
"Then in November. b& asked m<
to barry him." the witness testified
"and I told him that I would," an.
her voice softened to a whispe
"And he said that he would com
at Thanksgiving and we would tal.
the arrangements over. It was un
derstood that we were to be marr*
the nex~t May and would g" to t
St. Louis fair for a weddiint trip.
"And because he had -'roo5
and I had accepted him. a-id knei~
that he was wealthy. I told all n
boarders about it and let t'3em g
and I had twenty-two."
Just at this time a troiley cz
butted into the romance. It struc'
Mr. Fitts and injiured him so pain
fully that he had -to go to be'd.
"I went to see..htm Just as soe
as I heard of the accident." Mrs
German continued. "and stoope'
down and lkissed him as he lay 0!
the bed."
"Did he kiss you?" she was ask
- ertainly be did." she indignant
ly replied. "He always kissed me~
when he came to see me.
The result of the trolley acciden'
seemed to cause a coolness on tbh
prt of Mr. Fitts. He did not cal'
tsee the widow fro::2 December
to March, and then told her that on
account of getting hurt he did not
want to make a change in life just
thea. Later he almost stunned h'.
with the statemlent that be thought
she was too old1 to get married.
"'But. Thomas.' I told him. 'You
are no older than you were wher
you asked me. '" Mrs. Gorman tes
Ti~hen Mrs. Gorman wrote him the
-followinlg letter. and quoted the
lines of the valentine given above:
"Dear Thomas--I have waited
patienly for a call. but the Summe?
bas passed and W~inter is at hand,
and I am yet waiting. I hope po0o
health has not caused your non-ap
pearancc. It is almost thirty-thre'
ye"Trs si.'ce you seat me the lines.
The poetry failedto bring a repP
fro~m Mr. Fltts, and after waiting foi
a year Mrs. Gorman has tired anc
began suit for $10,000 for breacl
of of promise.
WHAT COTTON MEAN
The importance of the Staple 1
the United States
And to the World May Be Seen Fro
the Article Which We PublL
Below.
Some idea of what the cotton
dustry means may be gathered fro;
a report by the National Bureau o
Manufactures recently issued. It tel
us that cotton and its produci
brought practically five hundred mi
lions of dollars Into the United Stat(
from foreign countries last year.
The value of cotton, raw and mat
ufactured, and its products in vu
ous forms exported during the yea
aggregated 485 million dollars an
thus formed more than one-fourt:
of the total exports of the countr
In the year of its greatest expor
record.
Figures just compiled by the bu
reau of statistics of the departmen
of commerce and latior show tha
the total value of raw cotton export
ed in the calendar year 1S06 wa
$413,000,000, this being the i-rst cal
ndar year in which the exn.ort fig
ures of raw cotton touched or cross
ed the $400,000.000 line. -
Manufactures of cotton aggregat
d practically $43,000,000, or mor
than in any earlier year except 1905
when they amounted to about $56,
500,000. Cotton seed oil exporte<
added another $14,000.00') tn th<
Lotal. and cotton seed oil "ke an(
meal still another $14.3015,000.
Added to this 4s a 4narter of
million dollars worth of cotton seed
while presumably a large proportior
f the nearly five million dollars
worth of lard compounds and suh
itutes exported under the name o:
ottolene. lardine, etc., was com
osed largely of eotton seed oil
.us bringing the aggregate expor
tion of the cotton fields of the Un
ted States up to about $490,000,
00. or 28 per cent of $1.733,000,
)00 worth of domestic products ex
orted in the year.
In addition to this the value o.
otton manufactures sent to Portc
Rico, Hawaii. and Alaska,- and noi
cluded in the figures of exports tc
areign countries, was over $4,500,
)00.
Europe sent the bulk of thi
490,000,000 received as the pur
hase price of the year's exporta
ion of cotton and its products.
Of the $413,000,000 worth of ray
otton exported, $173,000.000 worth
rent to the United Kingdom, $109.
)00.000 to Germany, $45,000,000 tc
'rance. $31,-,000 to Italy, neary
7,000.000 to Belgium, $5,000,000
irect to Russia and '$1,000,000 te
1e Netherlands; while to Japan the
-Kports for the year were valued at
)ver $11,000,000, and to Canada sev
-n and one-third millions.
Even this large figure of $103,
)00,000 worth of cotton sent to the
nited Kingdom falls slightly below
hat of 1905, when the total value
f raw cotton exported to that coun
ry amounted to $177,000,000; but
e increased movements to Germany
nore than offset the reduction in
hose to the United Kingdom, the ex
orts of cotton to Germnany in 1906
,eing $19,000,444 in excess to these
f 1905, and $15,000,000 in exces'
> those of 1904.
The .actual quantity of cotton
om the United States reaching
ussia during the year was doubt
ss nuch greater than that indicat'
d by the figures of direct exports to
;hat country, since much of the cot
on from the United States which
nters Russia is sold originally tc
he markets of the United Kingdom
d Germany and thence resold and
:ranshipped to Russia:.
These figures are startling. Their
agnitude Is so vast that we scarce
grasp their meaning. But they
rove the value of cotton and demon
~trate the importance of the South
half billion dollars wrung fron
he rest of the world simply becausi
ature has made the South the only
place where cotton can be success
ully and largely grown.
The lesson to be learned is plain
he South should get more out o1
this total than it does. Most of th<
anufacturing should be done hert
and instead of exporting the raw cot
:on we should be sending out almos
ll we grow in finished goods. This
will be done some day and that da:
is not as far distant as some imagin
Yearly the disparity between th
~otton grown and manufacture<
vithin the confnes of the cottol
tates is less. With the developmfe'
f our wonderful reources takini
lace evrery day the growth ofcottoi
nanufacturing Interests keeps pac
ome day we will grow almost al
e cotton the world needs and w
:ill manufacture all except a smal
ortin.
It seems to us that the farmers o
he South. who creates all ths wealt
re entitled to more of it than the
et out of it as it passes throug
.r hands. Cotton enriches nearl
-rybody who haIs annthing fo d
ith it except the man1 who produc'
This. is so~mewha1t pite:-- but
true. Now why is this? Arc se
e farme~rS to blame themselve5
ile they have practic~ally amoT
ly in the produetion of cotton, thE
re compelled to take what they ai
ffered for it. and have no hand I
xing the price at which It is sol'
)ur farmers could easily corre
his if they would stick togethe
.ut some how or other they will ni
lo so. Why?
SC.REI TO DEATH.
gro Woman Thought Witch~f
Were After H1er.
A Spartanbu~trg let',er says the
great excitement among the n
rces of that city because of tl
lath of Susie Moore. who dii
tudeny at her home. The woma
~as taken ill and acted in a strani
.uaner, and many negroes believ4
'.hat she was poisoned. but an I:
~estigation by the coroner show(
at her death resulted from natu
l causes.
Sunday night the woman begi
to act in a strange manner. Sl
declared that she was possessed
witches and seized a handful of s'
and scattered it about her root
thinking a free use of salt in tl
house would run out the vitch<
The woman soon lost consciousne
and fell on her bed.
Medical aid was summoned al
when the physician' arrived she he
salt in both hanr hands. Coroner Ti
nr made a thorough investigation
the case, but found no evidence
lead that she had been poisoned
that her death resulted from oti:
tan natural causes.
s SHOT IN PARK.
101,
An Actress Killed and Her Escort
M Seriously Wound ed,
;h
BY UNKNOWN MAN.
Is Brown. the Wounded Man, Says the
Man, Who Did the Shooting, Was
Davenport, the Woman's Husband
Davenport Denies the Charge and
Says That He Can Prove An1
r Alibi.
dt
h The police of Brunswick. Ga., are
y Itrying to solve a murder mystery.
t Lillian Davenport, an actress, was
shot and almost ihstantly killed, and
t W. H. Brown, a bartender, who was 1
t with her, was also shot, and will I
probably die, In a secluded part of
Windsor park, in that city, Thurs
- day inght. R. L. Davenport, mana- I
ger of theMajestic theater, and hus
I band of the dead actress, is under
arrest suspected 6f the killing.
Davenport denies that he killed t
the woman. Brown at first thought!
that Davenport did, but later, at the
inquest, was doubtful. Davenport's
friends say he cap prove an alibi. a
Three shots in ;all were fired. Two
pierced Brown's body, and the ac-t
tress, trying to defend him, started
toward the man who shot, and her
self was shot. Pefore Brown could
bring assistance to the dying woman,
she succumed. -
Winsor Park is a resort near:
Brunswick. and it was there that i
Brown and the actress went. They 4
sat on a bench in the moonlight, in
a secluded spot and had been there,
only a short time when the man ap
peared.
The man, according to the bar
tender, slipped up on them. Before'
Brown knew that he was being!
- watched, he says, he heard two shots i
and simultaneously fell over. Both 1
bullets had taken effect, one en- C
tering the abdonien, and the other
following it closely.
The woman screamed, and in re
sponse to Brown's appeal to shoot
his assailant, rose to her feet and I
started toward the man, now in full d
view in the moonlght.
She. had gone but a few steps,
however, when a third shot was i
fired. The bullet entered the ac
tress' breast, and she fell, mortally P
wounded.
Then, Brown says, the assallanti
disappeared under the trees. but he C
himself, .although probably mortally
wounded, went to the woman's as- a
sistance. i
"I am dying," she cried. "Loosen je
my dress. Let me breathe." i
Brown, followed her instructions, a
and placed her on a bench. Then
staggering from loss of blood. Brown .
started toward the city for assist-', a
ance. He first notified the police,
and Assistant Chief of Police Owens: t
with his mounted officers, and a phy- $
Iician, hurried the park.
They were too late, however, to I
render the Davenport woman any as- j
sistance. She was dead when they i
arrived, and near her, on the ground, I
were found her wrap, jacket, a book
and a cluster of. roses.D
IMeanwhile. Brown, having notified a
the authorities, fainted from loss of
blood and was borne to the city hos
pital. There'-the doctors said that
his chances of recovery were small. I
The police, after a search, found
Davenport at his Quarters in New1
Castle street and placed him under'
arrest . Davenport stoutly denied
that he had shot the actress and
Brown.
'I have been right here since sup
per," he declared.
Brown, however, thought Daven- c
port was the guilty man, and Day- I
enport was arrested. V
rDavenport is the manager of the'
Majestic theater, which was recently 1
opened here. He came to Bruns- t
wick last January with the Parkert
tAmusement company. His wife the,
dead actress, was "Superbia," the
leading attraction carried by the car
nival company. Brown is a bartend
er at the Mecca saloon, and has lived
'in Brunswick only a short time.
Must Publish Reports.
One of the important acts passed
by the last general assembly requir
ad all county treasurers to reporti
each month, on or beforc the 16th
the amount of collections received
nd the banks in which the collec-t
ions are deposited. The report is
o be published in a county news
paper and is also to be sent in to the
County Commissioners. Just what 1
.e publIshing of this report will ac
omplish we do not exactly see.
SThere is no Question but that an in-t
telligent. plain report by theTreas-I
irer or the County Supervisor would
be appreciated by the public. They
? 3ant one that they can understand
ne that will tell for what the mon
vy was spent and who earned It.1
c he nature and kind of service ren
n. lered and In what part of the coun
1. ty it was rendered.
Gave U'p in D~espair.
>t At Cleveland,- Ohio. five workmen
in the top story of the John Schaber
picture moulding factory had a nar-'
row escape from death when the
building took fire. The firemen
climbed to the third story and res
-cued the workmen. Schaber', own
er of the factory, collapsed at the
fire and after he had been taken
ehome,. shot himself with a revolver.
He said he was too old to begin
ife anew. He will probably die.
The loss was $60.000.
d.
tn Confessed.
In the court in Colunmbia last week
Daniel Zimmerman confessed to
stealing Stete bonds and seliing
dthem. but claimed that he was led
r- to do it by T. J. Gibson. a bond brok
er, of Columbia. Gibson w'as tried
tand convicted on Zimmflermanus tes
0timony. and both of them have been
0 sent to the penitenltiary'. Zimmeman
tLt is 66 and Gibson 76 years of age.
* A sad sight.
s.To Help Mrs. Jackson.
ss Mrs. Myra A. Jackson. widow of
the late General Stonewall Jackson.
ad has been granted a pension of $2O
Id a month by an act of congress. The
r-pension was granted to her as a wid
of ow of a Mexican war officer.
to Senator Overman. and Representa
or tive Webb were instrumental in hay
ter ing the act passed. Mrs. Jackson
COST OF CRIME.
Figures That Will Surprise a Great
Many People.
Over a Billion Dollars a Year Is
Spent in the United States On
Criilna14.
The cost of crime to the governn
ment reaches the enormous sum of
$140,000,000. Of this sum $80,000,
000 is expended in a certain precen
tage of"the maintenance of the su
preme and federal courts, United
tates district attorneys, United
tates marshals, and the secret ser
ice bureaus: part of it is the cost
)f crime to the treasury department
:o prevent smuggling, the cost of
,rime to the army and the navy and
o the postoffice and to allied de
>artments.
The government losses by smug
-ling and postal frauds, etc., add
he $60,000,000 to make the afore
aid total. In the last statement.
vhich is only an estimate of what
he national government pays for
rime, it should be remembered that
here are no reliable figures on the
ubject.
In estimating the government
osses at $60,000,000 a year for
muggling. fraud, etc., the writer
tas endeavored to keep strictly un
ter the mark, It is estimated that
he government-loses from $75,000,
00 to $100,000,000 a year by smug
ling alone, while the postoffice
rauds are believed to have cost the
vernment something like $40,000,
year.
The detailed cost -of crime in the
Tnited States represents some -as.
unding figures. In 1897 the cost
f crime in .Greater New York was
35,552,133.24. The state, county
nd city authorities outside of Great
r New York-spent for It $42,605,
72.75. In forty-five states (New
ork excluded' the expenditure was
697,080.000. Criminal losses by
res totaled $100,000,000.
By customs frauds the national
overnment lost $60,000,000. Dur
g this one year the loss in wages
a 100.000 state prisoners wa? $28,
80,000, while the loss in wages of
50,000 prisoners in the city and
ounty jails was $33,000,000. The
rand tota-l, therefore, of the cost
f crime in the United States reaches
he stupendous figures of $1,076,
27,605.99.
The cost of religious work in the
rnited States is enormous. The cost
f foreign missions. comprising all
enominations, is $7,000,000; home
2issions expended the same sum.
Ve spend for education $200,000,
00; for church expenses and min
ters' salaries, $150,000,000. Hos
tals and dispensaries for the* sick
oor cost us $100.000,000; for san
ariums of all kinds we spend $60,
00,000.
City missions and rescue work of
11 kinds demand and receive $3,
00,000; humanitarian work of ev
ry kind, $12,000,000. Our Young
[en's and Young Women's Chris
Lin associations cost $5,000,000,
hile all other moral and social
-ork in the United States requires
a expenditure of $5,000,000.
The total expenditure for humani
rian and religious work is. then,
549,000,000. As against this, the
)tal cost of crime in the United
tates for the year reached the In
redible total of $1,076,605.99. This
;to say, we spend more than $500,
00,000 a year more on crime than
*e do on all spiritual, ecclesiastical.
hysical, humanitarian, educational
ud healing agencies put together.
LOOKCING TO THE FUTURE.
LGood Suggestion From the Char
leston News and Courier.
We have frequently advocated the
urchase by the city of a tract of
and for a public park, and we are
till of the opinion that the city
ould make no better investment.
ometime ago the Charleston News
,nd Courier editorially spoke of the
gitation of the subject of parks in
he Spartanburg newspapers, and in
hat article made the following pre
lictions and suggestions:
Within a quarter of a century
spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson,
sumter. Orangeburg, Georgetown,
tnd other municipalities in South
3arolina will be cities of from 25,
>00 to 75,000 population. No strain
ng of the imagination to forsee this
rowth. The towns in South Caro
mn are increasing in population
'ith a rapidity that is scarcely oh
ierved and in a few years parks,
hat seem now a luxury not to be
iforded, will be necessities.
Meantime the price of lands is
lso ifrcreasing. In the growing
towns a park area of twenty-five
cres that would cost now $10,000,
at $500 the acre will cost $5,000
:e acre when the cities will be com.
;lled to purchase and lay out parks.
he question of adding to the park
ereage is one constantly before the
Large cities of the country.
As a general propositica it seems
:hat any prosperous town of 15,000
Luabitants is wise to invest in real
state for park purposes. Even though
the town's revenues do not permit
the 'present conversion of a bare
tract of land into well kept groves
and gardens, the enhancement of
the value the land is almost certain
to pay in time a handsome~ return
u the investment. Meantime. some
work, such as the planting of trees,
can e done at little cost.
There is scarcely any investment
so safe and profitable as town and
city real estate which the citizens
'rnf make. If the purchaser can af
ord to hold long enough t.he pro
fits are certain. In all cases, the
municipality can hold indefinitely
therefore why should not the mun
icipality invest- as trustee for the.
citizens of the future at the time
when it can he done with the best
promise of large profits*
D~ispensary Auditor.
Gov. Ansel Thursday anuounced
the appointment of Mr. W. 11. West,
superintndant of the graded schools
of Gan'nley, as dispensary. auditor,
under the provisions of the Carey
Cothran law. This position carries
with it a salary of $2,000 per year
and actual expenses. The incumbent
will be the most powerful single
official of the system.
Selling us Stock.
The dispensary commission has
agreed to sell the stock of liquors
in the Charleston dispensaries to the
county authorities at 20 per cent dis
count. This will probably be the
asor daling with other countics.
A GREAT WORK.
Thirtieth Annual Convention Of
the Sunday School Association
Of South Carolina Will Meet in
Georgetown in March and Will Be
Largely Attended.
The thirtieth annual convention of
the South Carolina Sunday School
Association will be held in the Meth
odist Church at Georgetown on
March 13 and 14. Mr. W. E. Pel
ham, chairman of the executive com
mittee. says: I beg to express the
hope and prayer that general and
widespread interest will be manifest
ed by Pastors, Superintendents and
Teachers because of the universal
importance of this convention, and
on account of the great work that
lies before us. We hope to make this
the banner convention In the history
of the organization. Here Is the pro
gram of the convention:
Morning Session.
Wednesday, March 13, 1907.
10- 0.30 A. M. Devotional Services t
Conducted by Rev. W. J! Wyly,
Georgetown, S. C.
10.30-1045. President's Address and
Report. Capt. J. Adger Smythe, Jr.
10.45-11.15. Discussion of. Report
and Recommendations. '
11.15-12.15. County Association
Work. W. C. Pearce, Chicago, Ill.,
Secretary International Teacher
Training.
12.15-1 P. M. Adult Bible Class
Movement. F. F. Whilden, Colum
bia, S. C. .
1-1.30. Open Discussion.
Afternoon Session.
Wednesday, March 13, 1907. y
3.15-3.45 P. M. Song Service. F. F. (
Whilden. r
Report of Executive Committee.
W m. E. Pelham, Chairman, New- s
berry, S. C. e
1.45-4.15. Reports of Offlcers. t
A. Teacher Training. Superinten- I
dent E. L. Hughes. Greenville, t
S. C.
B. Primary Work. Mrs. M. A. r
Carlisle, Newberry, S. C. E
C. Home Department. Rev. W. B. iE
Wilkins, Columbia. S. C. C
D. Statistical Secretary. J. F. Tol-|
bert, Laurens, S. C. 0
E. Treasurer. Rev. Walter I. Her- v
bert, Charleston, S. C. .
1.15-5. Training of Teachers. W. C. a
Pearce, Chicago, Ill. c
Evening Session. P
Wednesday, March 13, 1907. t
P. M. Devotional Service. Rev. G
H. Johnson, D. D., Georgetown, S 1
t;
C. t
.16-8.45. P. M. Relation of the Sun- 0
day School to the World-Wide C
Missionary Movement. Rev. J. W.
Wolling, Brazil.
.45-9.45. Rev. A. L. Phillips, D. D.. p
Superintendent Sabbath School
-Work, Presbyterian Board, Rich- d
mond, Va. 33
Morning Session. P
Thursday, March 14, 1907. |
LO-10.15. Devotional Service. Rev.
T. G. Herbert, Georgtown. S. C.
.15-11. Primary Methods. Miss
Grace W. Vandiver, Spartanburg,
S. C.
L1-11.45. Principles and Methods of
Teaching. Prof.W.H. Hand, South 8
Carolina University, Columbia,
S.C. , t
L1.45-12.30. .Spiritual Culture in i.
Sunday School. W. C. Pearce, ~
Chicago, Ill.
L2.30-1. Open Discussion and Mis
cellaneous Business.
Afternoon Session.
Thursday, March 14, 1907. c
.15-3.30 P. M. Song Service. F. F.
Whilden, Columbia, S. C.
3.30-4.30. Superintendant's Confer-c
ence. Conducted by Rev. A. L.
Phillips, D. D., Richmond, Va. c
.30-5 P. M. Sunday School Lesson e
for March 17. Taught by Profes
sor Hand, South Carolina Univer-t
sity.
Evening Session. I
Thursday, karch 14, 1907.
8 P. M. Devotional Services.
8.15-9. World-Wide Sunday School
Movement. W. C. Pearce, Chicago.
9-9.45. The Meaning of the Modern
Sunday School Movement. Rev.t
A. L. Phillips, D. D.. Richmond.
10. Closing Words. Adjournment.
Executive Committee.
William E. Pelham, Chairman. New
berry, S. C.
Rev. T. H. Law, D. D., Spartanburg,
S. C. 1
Rev. E. C. Jones. Newberry, S. C.
Rev. Melton Clark. Florence, S. C.
S. D. Ezell, Spartanburg, S. C.
Rev. W. T. Witeell, Columbia, S. C. I
Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, Newberry, S. C.
Rev. J. W. Shell, Spartanburg, S. C. '1
Hon. J. E. Ellerbe, Sellers. S. C.
Officers.
President-J. Adger Smnythe, Jr.,
Pelzer, S. C.
Vice-President-Rev. J. W. Shell
Spartanburg. S. C.
Sertr-resrrRv W. I.
Herbert, Charleston, S. C.
Statistical Secretary-J. F. Tol
bert. Laurens. S. C.
International Vice-PresIdent for
South Carolina-S. B. Ezell, Spar
tanburg. S. C.
International Ex-Committeeman
for South Carolina-William E.
Pelham, Newberry, S. C.
Teacher Training Secretary-E
L. Hughes, Greenville, S. C.
Primary Secretary-Mrs. M. A.
Carlisle, Newberry, S. C.
Home Department Secretary-Rev
W. E. Wilkins. Columbia, S. C.
Entertainment will be provided
for all Delegates. Notify Mr. L. B
Steele. Chairman of Entertainmnen1
Committee, of your coming. Rail
road companies have granted spe
cial rates for this convention, on
certificate plan. Every Sunday
School should send Pastor or Super
tendent or Teachers. Every Sun
day School is entitled to be repre
sented.
Constables Named.
For the enforcement of the lag
against selling whiskey Gov-, Ausel
Wednesday appointed a constable
in Chester county and one in Green
wood. In the former the constable
will be paid out of the disponsary
profits and in the latter out of the
county funds, as provided by the
Carey-Corthanl bill. The matter was
referred to the attorney general be
fore the governor acted on petitions
presented to him.
Murdered and Robbed.
At Pawtucket, R. I., Mrs. Alexan
der Henderson was murdered in her
little candy store Friday by a robber.
who after emptying the money draw
er and stealing a quantity of cigars
made his escape through a well set
tled section of the city. leaving be
hind hlim a trail of blood.
THE TAX LEVY
In the Different Counties as Fix
ed by Legislature.
STATE TAX REDUCED.
Ranges From Two Mills in Orange
burg and Charleston to Eleven
Mills in Lexington. Change in
Dispensary Law Cause Several
Counties to Make Special Provi
sions In Levy.
Below is published the principal
letails of the annual supply bill
>assed by the1907 general assembly.
3eing in the main a mass of figures,
he average reader will be inclined
o study alone the figures relating
o the levy in his particular county,
-et a careful study of the entire
aeasure, particularly of the special
evies made by the -various counties,
rill prove Interesting.
The State levy is fixed at 4%
ills, 1-2 mill less than last year. To
his Is added In every county
hroghout the State the constitution
.1 3 mill school tax.
The county levy ranges from 2
Bills in Charleston and Orangeburg
o 11 mills in Lexinkton, the ex
remely high levy In the latter coun
y being on account- of a large
mount of interest to be paid each
ear on bonds given in aid of the
olumbia, Newberry and Laurens
allroad.
The following counties make
pecial levy for good roads: Claren
on, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Colle
3n, Florence, Greenville, Kershaw,.
,aurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartan
Union enjoys the unique and com
urg and Union.0
2endable distinction of being the
Ingle county in the- State 'which
iakes a direct appropriation for its
onfederate veterans. In addition to
etting their pro rata of the $250,
00 appropriated by the State, the
eterans of Union receive the bene
t of a levy of. one-fourth mill on
11 the taxable property of that
ounty. Charleston likewise occu
ies an equally unique position in
iat a tax of one-eighth of 1 mill is
vied for the militia of that county.
he proceeds of this one-eighth mill
x Is paid to the board of oficers
f the State volunteer troops in the
ity of Charleston.
Levy for 1907.
By counties the levy for county
urposes is as follows:
Abbeville-Ordinary 2 1-2 mills,
ebt due sinking fund commission 1
1l, for paying interest and princi
al on debt for new court house 1
Aiken-Ordinary 3 mills.
Anderson-Ordinary 3 %4 mills.
Bamberg-Ordinary 3 mills. I
Barnwell-Ordinary 3% mills.. I
Beaufort-Ordi nary 4% mills.
Berkeley-Ordinary 3 mills. A
pecial tax Is levied on all stock
rithin the territory exempted from
ie operation of the general stock
Lw, as follows: Three cents per
ead on all sheep, goats and hogs
nd 5 cents per head on all cows.
Clarendon-Ordinlary 2%~ mills
nad tax %k mill.
Charleston-For the militia of the
ounty, the various local companies
f the State volunteer troops, %
sill; for other purposes 1 % mills;
or support of the schools of the city
f Charleston 1 mill, special, on all
roperty within the city and an ad
itional levy of M mill on city prop
*rty for school bui'ing fund.
Cherokee-Ordinary 3 mills, road
ax 1 mill,- sinking fund, Limestone.
hite and Morgan townships, %
aill; railroad bonds, same town
hips, ', mill; sinking fund.Grow
teysville, Cherokee and Draytonville
ownships, 1 mIll; for interest on
allroad bonds, same townships, 1
Chester-Ordinary 3% mills. in
erest on railroad bonds and sinking
und 1 mill.
Chesterfield-Ordinary 3 %4 mills,
peial road tax 1 mill. interest on
airoad bonds and for sinking fund
% mills.
Colleton-Ordinary 4 mIlls, road
ax 1 mill.
Darlington-% mill interest on
ourt house, ordInary 4 mills.
Dorchester-Ordinary 4 % mills.
nterest on county bonds %~ mill.
inking fund % mill. Collier's
ownship 2 mills for road purposes
Edgefield-Ordinlary 5 mills; the
ounty commissioners are author
ed to make special levy on proper
y in Johnston. Pine Grove. Pickens
vise and Show townships, to pay
oupons on valid railroad bonds.
Faril-Odnr and past in
lebtedness 4%' mills, for paymeni
irst installment on $20,'00 duE
inking fund commission one~ mill.
Florence-Ordinlary 2 mills, spe
:ial road tax 1 mill.
Georgetown-Ordinary 2 mills
or the purpose of creating fun(
ith which to pay principal and in
erest or loan of $10,000 from coin
nissioners of sinking- fund to be use(
n erecting, equipping and furnish
ng annex to court house mill
or sinking fund Winyah Indiar
schsool district 2 mills.
Greenville--Ordinary 3 m ills, t o'
~ouvicts, roads and bridges 1%
nills, interest on railroad and past
udebtedness bonds, for payment tc
:ommissioners sinking fund on nc
:ount loan % mill.
Greenwood-Ordinary 3% mills
past Indebtedness 1 mIll. Ninety Six
ownship 2 % mills, Cokesbury town
hip 2 mills. Cooper township .3
Hampton-Ordinary 3 mills, past
idebtedess 1 mill.
Horr-Ordinary 5 mills. court
liouse and jail bonds 1 mill railroad
bonds in townships of Conway. Bay
boro, Green Sea and Simpson Creek
4 mills cach.
Kershaw-Ordinlary~ 14 n:lis- in
wer'st m iills, road tax 1 mill,
court house bonds -mil
Lancaster-Ordinary 5 mills, in
terest on railroad bonds 1 mill. sink
ing fund '% mill; Pleasant Hl!!
township 2%~ mills. Gill Creek 2%~
mils; Cane Creek 2% iia.
Laurns-Ordnary 3 mills. road
tax 1 mill, interest on bonds 1 '.
mills, for expenses survey, 7be pr
posed county of Fairview and for ad
ditional road purposes 54 mill.
Le-rdinary 3 mills, sinking
fund 1 % mills.
LexingtonOrdinlary 3 mills.
interest on Columbia. Newberry and
Laurens railroad bonds 7 1 mills.
u-a-nrlnarv 4 mills. jail
DID HE POISON HER?
Atlanta Has a New Sensation to
Talk About.
Man Gave Two Names and Acted
Otherwise Supidously Before Wo
man Died.
Atlanta has a new sensation to
talk about. While his wife, who is
said to have died under mysterious -
circumstances, laid at .the undertak
ing room of Barclay & Brandon, a
waiting a coroner's inquest, the po
lice and detectives of that city are
searching for Edwin P. Winfield 6r
E. W. Pettus, both names, it is al
leged, having been given to the un
dertaker and the attending physi
cian. An inquest will be held Fri
day. It is said the man had another
wife.
According to the doctors, the wo
man, wHose maiden. name is Lucia c
Carter Brewer, of Marietta, Ga
died, as her husband told them of
morphine poisoning. te
Winfield or Pettus, gave his- oc- si
cupation to the undertakers as that a:
of- a telegraph operator, and said he
lwas employed by the Southern Rail- d
way in one of Its block signal offices
near Howell's station. He is a man *
something over 50 years old, of slen- tv
der build, and with gray moustache. S
'Winfeld, or -Pettus, told conflict- In
ing stories about his name, it is said, e2
and was much preturbed when Mr. Of
Brandon, of Barclay & Brandon, told
him that the coroner would arrive od
shortly to investigate. I
Mr. Brewer, father of the dead dc
woman, said he knew little of Win- la
field or Pettus-he knew him as a
Winfield. He said that- the man had
a daughter at Agnes Scott and a son 1
in New York. h<
The dead woman was 36 years T
old, and was of prepossessing ap- tI
pearance. 0
The woman died early Wednesday t
morning at her residence, 24 Bar- 03
clay street. Dr. Andrew Stribling, fc
of No. 112 North Boulevard, told Mr. h
Brandon that he had been summon
ed by her husband the night. before. fe
Pettue, as he gave his name to m
the doctor, declared 'that his wife Il
had taken morphine, and said that h<
previously she had been attended by E
Dr. C. E. Stone. ai
Dr. Stribling answered the -call, a
as it seemed to be an emergucy one, w
and' finding that the woman, as he cc
said, seemed to have r'ecovered, he is
left. Her death followed the next
morning. fe
Her husband called on Barclay al
& Brandon and gave an order for w:
the funeral arrangements. ' To Mr. al
Brandon he said that his name was to
Edwin P. Winfield. When Mr. Bran- St
don called on Dr. Stribling for the di
death certificate, he was* informed in
that the man had given the name of
Pettus. Neither doctor would issue p
a death certificate. .
h4
WILL GO TO BREMEN fr
th
To Confer With Lloyd Directors Re- sI
garding Charleston Line. or
Former Governor Heyward, Com- it,
missioner Watson and Mr. P. H. hf
in
Gadsen will, it has been decided, go fr
to Bremen to confer with the direc- _fr
tors of the North German Lloyd dc
Steamship company in reference. to
the continuance of the Charleston
Bremen steamship line. Commis- cI<
sioner Watson, who with his assist-- sl
ant, Mr. R. B. Herbert, is now In N<
New York, 'has booked passage for g
the party on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, to
sailing from New York March 12.
Governor Heyward will spend .sever- a
al weeks abroad, but Mr. Watson el
and Mr. Gadsen will have to make th
a more hurried trip-.t
These three gentlemen go as the oz
representatives of the South Carolina n4
diision of the Southern Immigra- ci
ton and Industrial assodiation, of
which Governor Heyward is the pres- si
dent. They were named at the or- g
ganization meeting held at the Col- th
onia hotel last week. I
debt 94 mill. F:
Marlboro--Ordinary 6%~ mills. g
Newberry--Ordinary 3 mIlls.
Oconee-O dinary 2 mills, roads
and bridges 1 mill, interest on bonds
7-10 mill, sinking fund %,, mill, for
bridge at Burnt Tanyard over Little A
river 1 mill, for bridge over Con
cross 3-10 mill, for bridge over Ke
owee river near Chapman Ford %,
mill: for vault in court house and
reindexing county records 1 mill. '
Orangeburg--Ordinary 2 mIlls. ~
P'Ickens-Ordinary 4 mills, debt *
%, mill, sinking fund 1 mill, chain- '
gang 1% mills, bridge over Keowee -
river, near Chapman ford, % mill.
Rich land--Ordinary 2%4 mills. % I
mill in Columbia townshlp for the
payment of principal and interest
on railroad -bonds, and authority It '
given to the county board of comn
missioners of Richland county tc
sell the certificate of stock of Colum
bia, Newberry and Laurens railroad.
being a certificate for 1,600 share
of tbe par value of $40,000, said -
sale to be made at public or privatE
sale after due notice in newspapers
for the best price obtainable, ant
the said county board of commission
ers are authorized to use .the pro
e eeds ot said sale to supplement the -
,und now or hereafter on hand, fo,
the payment of the principal and in
terest <m the outstanding :ailroac
bonds: and said county board o:
ommissioners are authorized to use
any surplus that may remain onhanc
from the levy of the half mill ta.
above referre to and from the sal' ~
of said stock, with authority to tuirx
over to the municipal authorities o
ny incorporated city or town in Col
umbia township, the prorata shari
of such city or town to be applie<
Ito extra work upon the public high
ways within such cities or towns
an additional tax of two mills i;
the school district of the city 0
Colunba In lieu of special tax au
thorized by previous legislature. "
Saluda--Ordinlary 6 %,- mills, pas
indebtedness 14 mill.
Spartanburg---Ordinary 32% mllh
ordinary road 1 mIll. Interest 01
railroad bonds si mills. to pay ican- I
to State 14 mill, sinking .fund 1A
0ni11, for building maacadanuzed road:
t mill.
Sumter-.-Ordinary 2%9 mills. smini
ing fund debt and interest 1 mill.
Union--Ordinlary 314 mills, roa'
tax 1 mill, debt 1 mill, permnanen
road improvemfents 1 mill, aid Con
fderate rcteranls %/ mill.
Williamsburg-Ordinlary 3 1
mills.
York--Ordinary 4 mills. Cataw
ba township 2 mIlls, Ebenezer ou'
mill, York 3 mills, to pay interes
on bonds issued in aid of C. C. &
C. ranlroad.
BARRIS TO HANG.
Ian Who Murdered Mrs. Morgan
Near Gaffney, Tells of
IS HORRIBLE CRIME.
he Jury Returns a Verdict of Gaui.
ty And the Judge Sentences the
Prisoner to be Hanged on FrdaV,
March 29-Harris - Asks Everyone
To Meet Him in Heaven, After Be.
Ing Convicted.
At Gaffney fn Thursday In the
Durt of General Sessions Tom. r
s, altas Tom Childers,:-wbs convic
d of the murder of Mrs. Horten
a Morgan on November 2,106.
Id sentenced to be hangefon Fil
ty, March 29.
Mrs. Morgan, an aged widow, liv
I alone on the crest of a hill about
ro and a half miles'from Gafney
ie was brutally muidered' a'out
idway, her throat being cut from
r to - ear, and her person. robbed
a -large sum of money.
Great interest has been manfre-t
i In the case and the Court House
a packed very soon after the
rs were opened. A great many
dies werie present. Harris appear
ice had greatly changed..
Several witnesses testified to see
g Harris at and-pear the oldlady's
use on the day of the murder.
he testimony .'was strong against
te man and. there was not a sa'd
r of a doubt of his guiWl Befdies
Le murder.. he had very little mon
, and 'when arrested 4126 as
und on his person, which he said
a won gambling..
While confined In jail Harris con
ssed :to three people that life co
itted the murder and described
s terrible crime. Harris said.that
, and his wife and- two children
Lme-from Grover, N. C. Hisvwife
id children stopped at Blacksbuf'g
id he went to Gaffney.s He th n
ent out to Mr.s Morgan's and ao- '
rding to his own confession- here
what transpired.
When~ he got to her 1fouse, . he
und her sitting on her front porch,
)proached her and pretended to
ant to rent a farm. She -told him
I her land was rented. She got' up -
go- in the house, askfng him to
ay for dinner. He replied that-be
d- not care for any dinner, follow-.
g her into her room.
She stepped to the bed to get a
Lper aid he walked up behind her.
xght her by the throat, choked
,r down on the bed; took his knife
oM- his coat pocket and cut her
roat, after which he waited- in her
on. ten or twenty minutes until
e died.
Al'ter this he searched a cupboard
safe for her money. Not finding
he searched her person. Finding
r money tied around her waist
a pouch or sack, he cut the string -
m. -her person, took the money
am the sack and threw -the sack
wn at the door.
He then walked back' to the-road
Ld walked back to Gaffney, going
a store and buying a new suit of
othes, overcoat, grip and a pair of
toes, and expecting to get on train.
3. 11 of the Southern Road and
>to Atlanta, Ga., and from',there
Memphis, Tenn, never to return.
He says no one else than himself'
id anything to do with this-murder
ther directly or indirectly. He fur
er states at the time he commit
d' the murder he had $40 of his
rn money, and, thinking it wouldi
,t be sufficient for his needs de
dd to rob Mrs. Morgan.
The jury after being out a very
aort time returned a verdict of
lilty. During the entire time the
.e Judge was making his - pelim
ary remarks Harris stood chewing
wad of tobacco. After Judge Al
ich senteced him to be hanged on
rday, March 29, Harris exclaim
1, "Everybody meet me in Heaven."
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Half Witted Man Shoots and Kills
.His Neighbor.
Anderson County was the scene
a- horrible tragedy on 'iuesday of
at week. when Asbury Wooten, a
hite man of forty years, shot and
stantly killled Mr. Duke Owens, a
an of seventy-two years.
It is said that some boys playfully
ked Mr. Wooten's home Sunday
'ening. and that Mr. Wooten; be
thalf witted, b,ecamne vfin-uch
rought up over -the action of 'the
,ys. -
Tuesday morning, Mr. Owens, ac.
>mpanied by another gentleman
ent to the home of Mr. Wooten to
-1 hinm that the boys meant no
arm in rocking his home.
Mr. Wooten ordered these gentie
en off his place, and told. Mr. -
wens that if he repeated what: he
ad said about the action of~ the
oys, he would kill him.
Mr. Oweus remained to pacify Mr.
looten, who became quite angry.
:was then that Mr. Oweus was shot
trough the heart, which caused his
1stant death.
Feud Caused Killing.
Telephone messages from Clark's
'ork. Knott county. KY., give do
il1s of another feud battle between
ae Stone and Clark factions. Mic)L
al Stone was fatally wounded and
is son. Richard was killed. -John
lark. the alleged leader of the~lark
action, was desperately wounded.
Great Power Plant. .
The CatawUba power plant, not far -
om Chester, has been completed
v the Southern Power Company.
his company owns 'the greatest wa
er power in this country, except
agara. Their- plants extend from
ickory, N. C., to Camden, S. C.
ad aggregate 20.0,000 horse power
-.A Good Board.
W. A. Courtenay. Edward Ehrlich
nd. A. E. Gonzales have been ap
ointed members of the commission
Co Improve the capital grounds at
oumbia. The legislature appropri
ted $15.000 for this purpose.
Killed by Ammonia.
In New York on Thursday two
nen were killed and eleven render
4 unconscious by ammonia fumes
t a fire in the market on Eight aye
ue. One of the unconscious may