The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 17, 1907, Image 1

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VOL. XXI. MANNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1907. NO. 29. THE SAD END Of a Man Who Lost His All In Wall Street HE KILLS HIMSELF. After the Recent Panic t the Stock Market Had Rained Him Finan cily. Tragedy in a Rich Home. Where the Wife Discovers the Dead Body of the Husband, Who Had Ended His Career. Commending his wife to the care and affection of his parents and wish ing her all the "luck" and happiness the world could give, Samuel B. Van SicIen, a broker, committed suIcide while alone in his rooms, on the fifth :door of the apartment house at No. 408 Manhattan avenue. New York. "-uck" was the dominant factor in Van Siclen's creed of life, and be lieving that It had failed him when he met overwhelming losses In Wall Street, he saw no reason for prolong ing his life. But his belief in the fetich of luck, and that It would af fect those whom he was leavng be hind, was so strong that his last words to his wife, written in a note just a few minutes before he died, I composed a prayer that good luck should attend her. Like many others whose lives are centred in luck and chance, Van Sic len was silent and seemingly uncon cerned by the turn of fortune. His gains were pocketed with an impas sive face, and losses met without a murmur. None knew, when -he re turned to his home from his office downtown between four and half past four in the afternoon of every business day, what his luck had been and his wife never for a moment sus pected that the recent panic in Wall Street had brought him to the brink of Anancial ruin. Van Siclen returned to his home at the usual time Thursday after noon. His wife was out at a funeral and after he had entered his apart ments nothing -more was seen of him by servants or others n the house. Mrs. Van Siclen returned about o'clock and was told by the elevator boy that her husband was at home. She entered the apartments with a latch key and was surprised to find the living rooms i darkness. She called several times to her husband searched through the rooms and was inally attracted by a light in the kitchen. - She went there and saw the body of her husband lying upon the floor with a bullet wound in the head. Her shocking discovery caused Mrs VanSiclen to scream with terror and she staggered from her apartment. Shc was met by a hallboy, who had heard her cries, and she sent him for a doctor. On his way the mes senger notified Polleeman Mallen, who went at once to the apartments of the Van Siclens, and when Dr. C. H. Dockstader, of No. 483 Manhat -tan avenue, arrived they made an ex amination of the body. It was apparent that Van Siclen had endeavored to ma'ke sure- of his death. He had wound a quantity of legal tape about his waist and tied the revolver to It, so that if the first shot should fail, he could regain pos session of the weapon, although it might fall from his hand from the shock of the first shot. When Mrs. Van Sielen learned from the doctor that her husband was dead she was prostrated, and Dr. Dockstader remained to care for he4 until hei- relatives could be summon ed. On the table In the dining room were two letters written by Yan Sic len just bifore his death. One was addressed to "Mrs. F. Van Sicien and Mr. A. Van Sielen, Jamaict, Long Is land." -It read: My Dear Father and Mother: For give for this great wrong and please pray for me. I do .not accuse any one for my troubles. Father, I ask you, please help my dear wife. SAM. The other letter was for his wife and read: My Dear Wife: Forgive me for this great wrong, but my heart is broken over my luck in Wall street- I wish you good luck and happiness, as we have been very happy together. Your loving husband. SAM Van Siclen was the son of Abra ham Van Siclen, of Lincoln road, near Jamaica, one of the wealthiest farmers and landowners In Long Is land. HAD TO PAY FINE. New York Herald Pleads Guilty To Printing Obscene Matter. -After -a plea of guilty of printing~ obscene matter,sending same-.througg the malls had been made Wednesday,. fnes totaling $16,000 were assess ed against James Gordon Bennett and the New York Herald Company The fnes of $1,000 againstW.H Gilliam, manager of the Herald:5, 000 against the Herald corporation and $10,000 against James Gordon Bennett, were paid in the court room. The cases were the outcome of the famous ' personal" and "redlight" column, which was feature of The 1.erald for years. MANiY WILL STARVE Before Another Crop Is Made If Not Given Food. A letter from London says Dr. Kennard, commissioner of the socie ty of Friends sent to investigate the Russian famine. writting from Sa mara, in the famine district, says that there are at least 20,000.000 people in the Southeastern provinces of Russia who are without aid and can not live to see another harvest. In Samara he says thousands are dying and nearly 750,000 are star? ing. Of the latter enly 372,000 are getting relief, a dole of one meal in twenty four hours. Cut to Pieces. It is stated Gen. Lee Christmas, the American officer in the service of Hunduras, has been cut to piecee by Nicaraguan soldiers. Informa' tion was contained in a letter that there was no hope for the Bonills government and he was doomed tC death if he did not get out of the MADE A HAUL Chicago Paper Says Sub-treasur) Mystery Is Cleared. A Negro Woman Stole the One Hun. dred and Seventy-Three Thousand Dollars. The mystery surrounding the theft of a hundred and seventy-three thous and dolla-s from the United States subtreasury at Chicago has been cleared. The thief is said to be a negro scrub woman, whom the secret ser v!ce officers hrnve in custody and from her trying to get a trace of the missing money. The clew was secured by the dis play of a thousand dollar bill by a negro in a saloon. A search warrant has been issued and the officers are to search the house of the washerwoman. The money was stolen some weeks ago, and the detectives have been working on the case ever since. AFTER THE TIGER. Want To Cut Off All Booze Except Dispensary Booze. The Charleston authorities are de termined to put the blind tigers in that city out of business. A confer ence was held one day last week In the office of Mayor Rhett, at which representatives of the transportation companies of Charleston hauling into the city by land and by sea were pre sent for the purpose of discussing the enforcement of the ordinance of Charleston restricting the importa tion traffic of Illegal alcoholic liquor into the city. Mayor Rhett, John Marshall, of the county dispensary board of con trol, Mr. Thos R. Waring of The Eve ning Post and Major J. C. Hemphill, of The News and Courier and repre sentatives of all the transportation lines that enter Charleston, were at the conference. The general spirit f the carriers seemed to be in co peration with the city for the en orcement of the ordinance. Mayor Rhett made it clear that Charleston was going to do all in its power to cut off the importation of "tiger" liquor, and emphasized to the ransportation agents the need of co peration en their part. Each com pany had full warning of the city's adtitude In this matter. The confer Dnce was harmonious and should re sult In good for the enforcement of he ordinance. FOUND HALF STARVED Boy Got on Train That Went In the Wrong Direction. Locked in a boxcar standing on a ding In the freight yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Belmont nd Girard avenues. Philadelphia, ulius Kenney, a 12-year-old boy, rom Charlotte, N. C., was.discovered y a trainman who heard the boy's able cries. The lad, who was half starved, as given a hearing before Magis ~rate Gorman, at the House of De enton. and will be held until the uthorities at Charlotte can be com municated with. Two weeks ago young Julius ac ~ompaned a horsedealer who was hipping some horses from Charlotte o Pittsburg. After the horses had een taken safely to their destination tie left his employer and started out to see thesights of the Smoky City. He soon got lost and, being unable o find his friend, began hunting for , means to get home. He found his ay to the frieght yard and crawled nto a boxcar. The boy was afraid to make his presence known and was oon on his way to Philadelphia. TRAIN WRECKERS trrested Before They Had Accomn plished Their Hellish Design. Detectives of the Pennsylvania ailroad landed In jail at Greensburg a., Thos. Oloughlin, and Thos Mc nath of Allegheny who were taken rom an east bound freight train at erry Thursday morning. Track alkers at -12:30 o'clock Thursday orning came upon three men tam ering with the tracks near Stewart station. One was captured there, and the thers two days later, after escaping. he bolts In the rails had been loos eed, but the fish plates had not been emoved. The men were discovered ust before train No. 23 was due at Stewart. It is alleged a railroad wrench was ound in their possession. The Cleve and flyer on the Fort Wayne divisIon truck an engine pole which had been wedged with spikes between the rails at Lowellvlle, O., early Thursday :orning. No persons were Injured. CERTAIN COSTU'MES TABOED And Cincinnati Women Are Told Not To Wear Them. The State says Cincinnatti has a ew and splendid possession in the formof Chief of Police Milliken. One f the first things Milliken under took was the rebulation of women's apparel. He is an authority judgin~g from this statement which he has is sued: "The kimona must rnot be worn on te streets. The high heel must go when accompanied by purple stockings or other gaudy ankle in asement. Skirts must not be held too high, no matter how rainy the day. Topng girls must not wear fascina tors.". He has 600 people to assist him, and has told them to arrest any per son appearing on the streets, dressed in elothes which would not look well in church. With all his policemen to help him Milliken has tackled a big job. W~hy Did He? The Macon Telegraph asks: "Why did the president mark his letters to Harriman "strictly confidential" if he merely wanted to talk to him on railroad matters? He insists on talk~ ing from the housetops on that ques tion, as railroad presidents who re eently visited him found to their dis' comfort" Fifteen Missing Nine adults and six children are mIssing, as a result of the wreck on the Canadlan Pacinec, west of Chap eaU. Ontario, Thursday. SOME WILL TALK John Temple Graves Makes Most Foolish Proposition AT A BRYAN BANQUET When It Was Found Out That He Was Going to Advise Bryan to Nominate Roosevelt for President He Was Not Allowed to Speak Un til Bryan Requested That He Be Heard. Editor John Temple Graves' sug gestion that W. J. Bryan nominate Roosevelt, which the Atlanta editor intended in a eulogistical speech to Bryan banqueters Wednesday eve ning at Chattanooga, Tenn., was de nied utterance. John Tomlinson of Birmingham, one of the speakers and toastmasters, met Graves on his arrival from At lanta, at noon, and requested ommis sion of this reference in his speech, arguing its impropriety in view of Bryan's presence at the banquet. Col. Graves declined to alter his views or subject his speech to cen sorship. He attended the banquet is an invited guest, remaining but a short while, when he left the banquet hall for an Atlanta train. Wednes day afternoon Mr. Graves addressed a letter to the president of the Bryan Anniversary club, defending his po sition. In his letter Mr. Graves declared that he yielded to no one in his pro found and affectionate regard for Mr. Bryan and for the Democratic party, but that he was profoundly convinced that in this period of tre mendous economic crisis the only man who can carry to successful con- c clusion the reform instituted in be- J half of the people was the man who I s already entrenched in the power I and prestige of dauntless courage and a s a conspicious success in the execu- I tive office. Continuing, he said: "My reasons t for stating this conviction at a Bryan a banquet, with Mr. Bryan present, was 9 because I considered it the manly t and Democratic thing to do. "The time to voice a sentiment so momentous to the life and prosperity and to the realization of the best ideals of a real Democracy is in a counsel of the faithful and in the f full presence of our great and shin ning leader who would be there to l omment, to approve or to condemn I with the full force of his influence I and eloquence as he might see fit. d "It appears to me that the only air and honest thing to do was to D speak my convictions in full council v and with open voice. In this belief a my speech, upon the request of the v Associated Press has already been a sent out to the newspapers of the n country. "I have not one particle of dog- d matism, nor any mere pride of per- f sonal opinion, in pressing this mat- r ter, but the publicy already given to b my speech commits me to it so far hat I can not encourage, or in con- c istency, suppress that part on which a he whole revolves." 1 Later Mr. Graves, after being per- t uaded by members of the club and a t the request of Mr. Bryan himself, t ook his place at the banquet table a nd delivered his speech. Graves, who is the editor of the Atlanta Geor ian. is an erratic sort of a man, al hough he is a brilliant speaker. His peech at Chattanooga will not sur rise any one who knows him. State Senator J. B. F'razier re poned to Mr. Graves' address, de laring that the Democrats could not , fford to take such action. 1 Bryan Speaks. In beginning his address Mr. Bryan ~ aid ais respects to Mr. Graves and what he had said. He complimenited r. Graves in the highest manner for his honesty and his boldness and said f there was any place in the world where absolute freedom of speech 1 should prevail it ought to be in a Democratic gathering. He added that when he had heard that Mr. Graves nd retired from the hall because hre might be doubts about the wis om of what he had to say, he had sent for the Georgia editor to return and insisted that the speech should be delivered. Turning directly to the sbject of Mr. Graves' recommenda ion, Mr. Bryan said: "As at present advised I shall not present the name of Theodore Roose 'elt to the National Democratic con vention. Bear in mind, I say, 'as at present.' "1 Mr. Bryan contended that if after maature consideration and reflection and the presentation of arguments in the case, he should feel that his duty lay in that direction, he would present Mr. Roosevelt's name, even though it should prove to be the last act of his life. He then went on to say that if any Republican was to be selected by the Democrats to head their national ticket the man should be Senator La Follette of Wisconsin. Mr. Bryan then proceeded with his speech, pre sentig reasons why, in his opinion. Mr. Roosevelt was not the proper mas for the presidency. BRYAN REPLIES. Can't See His Way Clear to Nomt Roosevelt. In an interview at- Norfolk on Fri daythe Hon. William Jennings Bryan was asked for an expression on the suggestion made by John Temple Graves. of Atlanta, at a banquet on Wednesday night at Chattanooga, that Bryan nominate Roosevelt for President. Mr. Bryan said: "I said at the banquet in Chattan ooga all that at present I can say. I then said: 'As at present advised, I cannot 'see that it is my duty to nom inate Mr. Roosevelt.' In both of my campaigns I stated that I would not be a candidate for a second term if elected, and as I have endeavered to secure a constitutional amendment making a President ineligible for a second term I eould not conscient iously urge the re nomination of Mr. Roosevelt for a seeond term even if there were no other rasons." Would Be In Limbo. The Kansas City Star says: "if President Roosevelt eenld send a United States Senator to prison mere ly because of a persosal prejudice does anybody suppose that F'oraker and Tillman would be going around .. chippr as they are? JOE EVANS HUNG in Greenwood Friday For the Mur der of Another Negro. The Murderer Confessed His Guilt,, and Professed His Entire Willing ness to Die for His Crime. The first hanging in Greenwood County. passed ofl very quietly Fri- I day. The negro, Joe Evans, appear- 4 ed composed and resigned. He show ed no sign whatever of either fear or nervousness. All the morning two colored minis ters had been with him, praying and i singing. These two preachers, the Revs. J. C. Goode and John W. Swink remained with him until the last. Evans did not eat any breakfast, although he ate a hearty supper Thursday night and slept well. Dep uty Sheriff Dukes says Evans has re rained from eating every Friday since he was sentenced. Shortly before 14 o'clock Sheriff McCaslan had Evans made ready to eave the jail and said to him: "Joe 6vans, this is your last scene. It is ,he State of South Carolina that is oing to hang you, and not the sher Lff of Greenwood county. I am going o read to you my authority for hang ng you." The sheriff then read the sentence. When he had finished Evans said: 'Yes, sir." Evans was calm and seemed per ectly resigned. He then made this itatement: "I have made peace with he Lord, am glad that He allowed ne time to make peace with Him. The march to the scaffold was then nade. Standing on the platform sans asked the sheriff if he could Ing, andupon permission being giv- C n he sang with steady voice a song, ne of the songs used by negroes in evivals when feeling is tense. There 1 eemed no special beginning or end b f it. When he stopped the Rev. rohn W. Swink, colored, offered a rayer for the condemned man. vans himself prayed in a low tone P 1i the time the Rev. Swink was pray g for him. I] At the conclusion Evans offered t he following prayer of his own: "I m at peace with all men. I am c ;uilty of the crime.' Lord, I thank P hee for the time You have allowed v ie. Go with Thy people who are tanding around me. I am so glad v -am allowed this priviledge to talk. f )h, Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, I w rought my sins to You and You have ] B yrgiven me.." The hangman's black cap was then S >wered over his face, and at 12.36 t I.- M. the trap was sprung and 12 t ainutes later he was pronounced a ead by Drs. Hood and Owens. t] The Rev. J. C. Goode, the colored 1 anister, who prayed for the negro rho was lynched for the attempted N seault on Miss Brooks last Summer, as also on the scaffold with Evans, d nd had been with him during the torning. At 12:50 Evan's body was cut a own. His neck was broken by the c all. H!sbody was turned over to a elatives, who carried it to his old u ome, near Coronaca for burial. Evans was hanged for the murder his brother-in-law, Hughey, Evans ,ttempted to assault his sister-in- G aw, Hughey's wife. Hughey came > Greenwood and had a warrant worn out for Evans immediately af er. That night Evans came to hIs ouse, called him out and shot him. e TAUGHT THEM A LESSON a 'reacher Thrashed Cowboys Who~ a Tried To Make Hint Drink. ~ Rev. John McVey, a missionary, s Tho is workIng among the settlers ~ athe Bad River country, in South )akota, soundly whipped two burly si woys, George Carney and Fred ~ ~emple, because they tried to compel F im to take a drink of whickey. The d ~inister is a college man from the f last, and used to be a football player .nd all round athlete. He was on his way to a ranch to p hold a religious meeting, when the 2 owboys, who had sworn to prevent ~ e meeting, waylaid him, handed 0 .n a bottle and told him to drink. e e declined, whereupon they sought o force the liquor down his throat. n five minutes with his bare fists, ,?cVey knocked out both men and *ook from one of them a revolver 'hich he had drawn in the scrap. Carney got up and shook hands ith the missionary. Temple was ug y and threatened to shoot McVey on a ight Carney. however, made hIs )artner apologise to the missionary, hake hands with him and promise f o threat him right" in the future ') rhen the three men mountea ,.heir 1i apuses and rode on togets.' to the t anch where the meeting was to be a aeld. At the meeting Temple got up d told how McVey had knocked 1 ut Carney and himself. SHOULD. NOMINATE BRYAN I lenicks Club Makes Better Sugges Iton Than Graves. The Hendricks Club, of Evansville, 1 [nd. the largest Democratic organi- I tation in the State, while celebrating I he birthday of Thomas Jefferson, I he other night adopted the following t resolution and telegraphed it to John 'emple Graves, of Atlanta, Ga. "The Hendricks Club, of Evans 'ille, believes that, in the interest of . a 'square deal,' Roosevelt should nominate Bryan for President in 1908 as there is now no doubt that Bryan was beaten in 1896 by the contribution of money from insur ne companies, railroad companies 4 and tariff protected monopolies, and that President Roosevelt knows this 4 to be a fact; and that Bryan, in 1896] stood on the platform on which Roosevelt now stands on railroadi regulation." ROOSEVELT HAS CHANGED 1 He Championed Once Some Things He Now Antagonizes. Hon. W. J. Bryan, while in Norfolk last Friday, in a interview spoke of the Harriman-Roosevelt episode, say-! "The President seems unduly ex cited over the alleged $50,000,e0 raised by Wall street to prevent his re-election. If Wall street is opposed: to any doctrine held by President Roosevelt, it is certainly not a Re-| ublan doctrine. When we came up against the corruption fund in 1896 we found no more ardent champion of these special interests +an Mr Roosevelt'' FELLED BY MANIAC. Paroled Lunatic Attacks An Old Lady and a Man. rhe Old Lady Struck In the Head And the Man Assaulted With an Axe and Knife. While in a At of violent insanity ind thinking, as he said, that some )ne was trying to kill him, Joseph W. agood Saturday made a murderous ittack upon Mrs. Eugenia Smith ith an axe, fracturing her skull, Ld with a long knife stabbed Mr. rohn J. Riley in the back in Colum >ia. Mrs. Smith and Mr. Riley are iow under care at the Columbia hos tal and some doubts are entertain ,d as to their recovery. The State says Hagood has been on L parole from the insane asylum for ust 30 days and up to his tragic teed Saturday has been conducting imself commendable since his re le. But Saturday morning he was eized with a terrible malady and get ing an axe he went to the house oc upied by Mrs. Smith, Mr. Riley and thers, and battered down the door f the roon in which the helpless ras. With a blow he felled Mrs. mith across the bed, infficting a ser :us fracture of the skull, and then te went to the room where Mr. Riley ra in bed. Mr. Riley, a one-legged man, hear ag the noise in the back part of the ouse got out of the bed and started leave the house when he was seen y Hagood. The maniac gave chase : Mr. Riley and soon overtook and verpowered him, dealing him a blow n the hip with the axe and then tabbing him in the back with a knife ear the backbone. About this time a general alarm ad been given by Mrs. A. Andrews rho was in the house at the time, nd Mr. J. H. Faulk and others over owered the maniac and after sum ioning the police patrol placed him the wagon, where he was carried the station and locked up. Dr.- C. F. Williams, the city physi- 1 an, who is attending the injured C eople, said he 'can not say just yet E -hat will be the outcome of their in iries. Mrs. Smith's fracture is of a ery serious nature and may prove C ttal. Mr. Riley will probably get 9 'ell, unless the knife penetrated into I ie lung, which the doctor fears. S oth parties were resting well late aturday night. Saturday afternoon I ie unfortunate man was remanded the State hospital for the insane a gain. t He was carried to the hospital in I xe patrol wagon and was very order- s and quiet, the only thing that , .emed to worry him was that he i ,ared some one would at any time t ) him harm, it seems. Hagood is a I skster by trade and is married. is. wife saw a part of the sad affair Ad tried to control her husband, but 1 )uld not. She seemed not to be raid of him, as she had seen him ndergo spells at other times. PLOT To KILL. an Powder is Found In Auto that Blew Up' W. 3. Jarvey. a Chas. E. Moore, a wellknownl deal- E Sin automobiles in Boston, caused i sensation by declaring that he had I umbled on a murder plot in connec on with the explosion of one of his utomobiles in the town of Auburn, Cass., last Friday afternoon in which tilfred J. Javery, of Boston, was so verely injured that his death is im tinent. Moore says that he removed the arker box from the wrecked auto-t obile, and upon exzamination found 1 it two tablespoonfuls of gunpow er. Further, he found as much ore in the oil. He believes it was laced there by. some one who wished > cause Javery's death, for it was ex-t loded by the sparks. Jarvery is the man who holds thet dle record (45 seconds), and know! f ne enemy who would attempt to ncompass his death. A FATAL FIGHT, 1uarc Over Trival Matter Ends Ini Terrible Tragedy.1 The killing of Charles E. Newbury nd the fatal shooting of John Mc inlay and D. M. Curry at the Citice urnace slag pile near Chattanoogs, 'enn., Thurdsay, ofternoon created krofound excitement and regret in ie neighborhood of the scene and mong frIends~ of the parties. One of the most pathetic incidents a connection with the shooting is the act that 3. A. Curry, father of D. M. )urry, took his bleeding son and >lacing him in the wagon which he ras using to haul slag and hauled im to the hospital. The whole trouble seems to have keen the result of a quarrel between -oung Curry and a negro employe of Jewbury over a trival matter. The ather of young Curry was beaten in he face but was not seriously hurt. e was clinched with McKinlay at he time of the shooting.. FRAUD ORDEB. he Mals Closed to the Concord Pub ishing House4 Alleging hundreds of women in the Jnited States and Canada have been lefrauded of money, the postoffce lepartment recently issued a fraud >rder against the H. W. B. Conrad Pblishing company, Bible and book >bishers of Philadelphia, denying tt the use of the mails. It is claimed hat by advertisments, letters andi ircular, women in halt the states of' he union were induced to pay a dol ar to register with the company for writing letters for it. None was paid !or work, and to a few money was re Eunded, it is charged. Daniel H. Chamberlain Dead. Daniel H. Chamberlain, who was governor of South Carolina during the turbulent times of the Recon struction era. died Saturday at the home of William C. Chamberlain near the University of Virginia, at CharlotteVille, Va. He was taken ill of cancer of the stomach last fall upon his return from a trip to Egypt. He had recently disposed of his prop erties In view with a view to locating in Virginia. He. was a graduate of Yale and Harvard law school and .a.. ye>rS of age. THEY ALL STOLE. Federal Officer Tells of Stealing by Sherman's Army. A BAND OF ROBBERS. Who Stole Everything They Could Find and That Was Worth Carry ing Off. How the Valuables That Were Stolen Was Divided, and What Became of the Old Negro Men and Women. In the possession of a lady in Ma con, Ga., who with her sister, also* a resident of Macon, was an eye-wit ness of the sack of Columbia' forty six years ago by Sher::nan's army, there is a letter found in the streets of that city after the Yankees had left it in ashes, which shows the pro ess by which the union was restor ed. The signature is that of a lieu tenant in Sherman's army, the ad ress that of his wife in Boston. The letter speaks for itself. Camp near Camden, S. C. February 26, 1865. My. Dear Wife: I have no time for particulars. We have had a glorious :ime in this state. Unresisted license .o burn and plunder was the order of he day. The chivalry have been. strip >ed of most of their valuables. Gold watches. silver pitchers, cups, spoons orks, etc., are as common in camp as >lackberries. The terms of plunder are as fol- C ows: The valuagles procured are esti nated by companies. Each company s required to exhibit the results of ts operations at any given plac >ne-fifth and first choice falls to the hare of the commander-in-chief and I taff, one-fifth to the corps command r and staff, one-fifth to the field of cers of the regiments and two-fifths o the company. Officers are not allowed to join hese expeditions withous disguising hemselves as privates. One of our orps commanders borrowed a rough uit of clothes from one of my men nd was successful in this place.. He ot a large quantity of silver among ther things an old silver pitcher, nd a very fine old watch from a Mr. C )eSaussure' at this place. DeSaus ure is one of the F. F. V.'s of South C arolina and was made to fork over iberally. Officers over the rank of captain .re not made to put their plunder in he estimate for general distrubution. 'his is very unfair, and for that rea on, in order to protect themselves, ubordinate officers and privates keep h ack everything they can carry about heir pesron, such as rings, earrings, k reast-pins, etc., of which, if I ever Eve to get home, I have about a uart. I am not joking, I have at ast a quart of jewelrr for- you and Y 11 the girls and some No. 1 diamond ins among them. Gen. Sherman has silver and gold nough to start a bank. His share in G old watches and chains alone at Col .mbia was $275. But I said I would not go into articulars. All the general officers, C nd many besides, had valuables of very description, down to embroid- r! red ladies' pocket hankerchiefs. I tave my share of them, too. We took b' old and silver enough from the d-d ebels to have redeemed their infer- d al currency twice over. This (the urrency) whenever we came across I t we burned, as we considered it ut erly worthless.C I wish all the jewelry this army as could be carried to the old Bay Il tate. It would deck her out in glor ous style, but, alas! it..will be scat- I ered all over the North and Middle tates.I The d--d niggers, as a general ule, prefer to stay at home-partic larly after they found out that we nly wanted the able-bodied men and ( o tell the truth, the youngest and est-looking women. Sometimes we t ook off whole families and planta ions of niggers, by way of repaying E he secessionists. But the useless >art of thes e we soon managed to I ose-sometimes by crossing rivers, ometimes by other ways. I I shall write you again from Wil nington, Goldsboro, or some other >lace in North Carolina. The order o march has arrived, and I must lose hurriedly. Love to grandmoth- I >rand Aunt Charlotte. Take care of ourself and the children. Don't( ihow this letter out of the family. Your affectionate husband, Thomas J. Myers, t Lieutenant, etc. C P. S.: I will send this by the first lag of truce to be mailed, unless I lave opportunity of sending it to Hil-C :on Head. Tell Sallie I am saving a yearl braceles and earrings for her. 3ut Lambert has the necklace and 1 reastpinl of the same set. I am try .ng to trade him out of them. Those were taken from the Misses Jamison, laughters of the president of South I arolina secession convention. We, ound these on our trip through Geor gia. _ _ _ _ _ _ FIVE WOMEN KILLED Pfre and Lightning Single Out Fe male Victims. Five women died from accidents in Indiana Monday, three of them be ing burned to death and two struck by lightning. Mrs. Del Licke, of Buffton, was washing a shirt waist in Gasoline when the liquid ignited and exploded covering her from head to foot in flames. She jumped into bed and coy ered herself up, but could not smoth er the flames. Mrs. Harry Brighty, of Lafayeete, was found in her home burned to a crisp. Her clothing had evidently caught fire from a stove. Neighbors heard her screams and rushed to her rescue, but she died in a few mo erosene exploded in the home of Mrs. Henry Martz at Michigan City, and her aunt, Mrs. Mary Russel, 81 years old and blind, was burned to death. Mrs. Martz was severely burn ed but will recover. During an electrical storm near Cambridge City, Mrs. Monroe Sherry and her daughter, Mrs. Lulu Scott, were in a little outbuilding. It was struck by lightning and both women were killed. The husband of the two women saw the bolt. It seemed to be divided as it struck the roof, one part striking Mrs. Sherry and the ot1er Mrs. Scott. GOOD WORK DONE By the School improvement As soclation of South Carolina. [n a Recent Bulletin the President, Miss Fair, Gives Some Interesting Information. One of tue most potent tactors for school development is that agency which makes the school room bright a.nd cheerful and therefore attractive to children. "The School Improve ment Association of South Carolina" Is doing a great work on this line. The membership of- this association is growing and, by reason of offering prizes to teachers of rural schools who obtain best results In the way of making school rooms attractive, the Interest of all the teachers of the State is being arroused. Each member takes this pledge: 'I do hereby pledge myself to do at east one thing for the improvement )f at least one rural school some Ime during this year." And when >ne good deed is attempted another s sure to follow. The officers of the association are: resident, Miss Mary T. Nance, Ab eville; vice president, Miss Kither ne Mazyck, James Iiand; recording ecretary, Miss Lizzie Rodgers, Lang ey;. corresponding secretary, Miss Lnna P. Starke, Rock Hill; treasurer dias Will Lou Gray, Laurens. Executive Committee-First Dis rict: Miss Louisa B. Poppenheim, harleston, chairman; second dis rict, Mrs. Alma C. Stewart, Green rood; third district, Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, Appleton; fourth *district, Irs. C. Y. Reamer, Columbia; fifth strict, Miss Gertrude Sherer, Lan aster; sixth district, Miss Bertha Leaves, Mullins; seventh district, [iss Theodosia Dargon, Stateburg. The County Organizers are: Abbeville-Miss Loi Crawford, Lbbeville. Aiken-Mrs. M. C. Robertson, dken. Anderson-Miss Lillian E. Erwin, t. F. D., Pendleton.' Bamberg-Mrs. S. L. Baker, Olar. Barnwell-Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, ,ppletot. Berkeley-Miss Essie HarveY, loncks Corner. Charleston-Miss Katherine B. ) [azyck, sames Island. , , , 1 Chester-Miss Florence Bradford, i hester. Chesterfield-Miss Frances Berger hesterfield. Clarendon-Miss Fannie Davis, [anning. Colleton-Miss -Mildred Padgett, I Talterboro. 11 Cherokee-Miss Bonnie McCluney, 71kiesville. Darlington-Miss E. Ellis, Darl Igton. - Dorchester-Miss Caroline L. Dic inson, Summei-ville. Edgefield-Miss Hattie Newsome, idgefeld. Fairfleld-Mis Katherine Patrick, 1 7hite Oak. Florence-Miss Lalla Hepburn, I 'lorence. Georgetown-Mrs. Mattie Price, eorgetown. Greenville-Miss Margaret A. Rob Lson, Greenville. Greenwood-Miss Alma C. Stuart, reenwood. [ampton-Mrs. %[. R. -Goodin,. [ampton. Horry-Miss Lettie Harrelson, iichols. Kershaw-Miss Alice Dunn, Cam Lancaster-Miss Gertrude Sherer, ancaster. Laurens--Miss WIl Lon Gray, -ray Court. Lee-Miss Hattie McCrutcheon, Lexington-Miss Sue H. Corley, exington. Marion-MISS Bertha Reaves, Mul Marlboro-Mias Mattie Covilngton, icColl. Orangeburg-Miss L. T. Tatum, kpe. ( Pickens-Miss Olive Boggs New n, Pickens. Ricland--Miss Madaleine Spigen r,Columbia. Saluda--Miss Ruth Etheredge, Sa-1 ida. Spartanburg-Mis S. A. Nabers, nman. Sumter-Miss Mildred Renick, OS-1 rego. Union-Mrs. C. Murphy, Union. Wiliamsburg-Miss Etta Jacobs, Cingstree. York-Miss Nora Williamson, -uthriesville. The purpose of this organization hallb e to unite all the people of he community for the improvement f the school: (1) by placing in the chool facilities for health, comfort Lnd education, together with objects f beauty; (2) by planting trees, brubs and flowers in the school ound; (3) by encouraging the es ablishment of a library in the school Scenter for the comimunity, by fur ~ishing instructive amnusement.I The regular annual meeting was ield in Columbia December 81, 1906, anuary 1, 1907. This meeting was vell attended not only by teachers, )ut by prominent club women and ther public-spirited people. At this neeting the name of the association vas changed to the "School Improve nent Association of South Carolina." [he association was united with the tate federation of woman's clubs, Ld will be represented by two dele ates at the annual meeting in Or Lgeburg in May. TRYING ORDEAL. Oft Her Legs. At Cleveland, Ohio, Miss Minnie ottschalk, eighteen years old, the ole support of a big family, had both egs amputated at Charity Hospital Chursday. She was perfectly conl cious during the operation and con-' ersed with the gurgeons and nurses while she watehed their every move. The girl was recovering from pneU nonia when the circulation in both egs stopped. Gangrene set in. an a~mputation of both legs was impera Live, but she was too weak to take ther or chloroform. Cocaine was injected into the spi sal cord, destroying all sense of feel ing below the point where the drug was injected. Not the slightest 'pain reached the girl's brain. Tramps Killed. The westbound Oregon Railway and Navigation passenger. train was wrecked in the Umatilla river bottom Thursday. Two tramps were killed, the fireman is migg and 15.passen gorn wera hurt. FAILED TO AGREE Only Five of the Thaw Jury Fa vored Acquittal WILL BE TRIED OVER The Celebrated Case Ends ft a Mis trial, the Jury is Discharged and Thaw is Remanded to the Tombs Without Ball, Where He Will Stay Until the Second Trial Which Will Be Next FaIL ' A The Jury in the Thaw case, which has been up in the New York Court for over ten weeks, has failed to agree, standing five for acquittal and seven for conviction. After forty seven hours of deliberation the jury announcel that they were hopelessly divided a id could not possibly agree upon a verdict. The twelve men were promptly discharged by Justice Fitzgerald, who declared that he, too, believed their task was hopeless. Thaw was remanded to the Tombs without bail to await a second trial on the charge >f having murdered Stanford White, the noted architect. The scenes attending the announce ment by the jury of its inability to agree upon a verdict were robbed of any theatricalism by the general be lief that after their long deliberation and reports of a wide division of sen timent the jurors could make no oth Dr report than one of disagreement. Thaw, surrounded by the members )f his family-the devoted, aged mother, pale young wife, the titled mister, the Countess of Yarmouth grs. George Carnegie and Edward Ind Joshiah Thaw, the brothers re-. *eved the news in silence. But it was plain that the verdict was a dis Lppointment. When it became known that the ury was about to make its report ad that the case would be disposed >f Thaw called his wife to - a seat by its side, and sat with his right arm hrown about her until he was corm nanded to stand and face the Jurors, who nad just come- in from the jury oom. Smiling and confident as he enter d the 6ourt room Thaw sank limply sto his chair when ForemanDeming L. Smith, in response to a question y Clerk Penny as to whether a ver ict had been agreed upon said: "We iave not." This ended the long trial rhich will all have to we gone over 4gain next Fall. Thaw's counsel will apply for ball or their client, but it is doubtful if ie. gets it, as the District Attorney ays he will oppose granting him all. The standing of the jury, seven o five againsfthe prisoner, will have ts influence in determining the mat er. ,Should he fail to get bail Thaw rill have to spend the long summer a the city prison. KEPT GOOD STUFF. Tesident Harrisons Way of Telling a Good Presbyterian. Col. Dan Ransdel'l, sergea'nt-at rms of the Senate, and a lifelong ~riend of Benjamin Harrison, says he as known few public men more ab-. temnous than was the President, ut that on one occasion he was re uired to obtain a drink of whisky or the Chief Magistrate under cir ~umstances that were somewhat em arrassing. He had accompanied the PresIdent n a trip to Cleveland, which they eached in the midst of a drizzling ~old rain. Mr. Harrisori intimated a esire for a glass of something good ad Ransdell consulted the butlerg ['his dignified personage had been in tructed not 'to offer liquor of any ind to the President, whom the host :ew to. be like himself, a rigid Pres yterian. But Randell was not to be put off ad the whiskey was forthcoming. macing his lips appreciately after he genorous drink,-- President Har lson said: "Dan, I have always no Iced that the better Presbyterian a an is the .better whiskey he keeps. CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS. o WIn 'Next Time If They WIll Get Together. The Richmond Times-Dispatch ays there is ground for suspicion hat the- alleged conspiracy against dr. Roosevelt is a pure invention for plitical purposes only. Whether so r not, the news ~from VW ashington is hat the President Is making good aise of into line. All Republicans nust now stand up and be counted, and he who halts-ls dammed. The president will call the roll. and those who do not answer will be set down as members of the conspir acy. The black flag has been hoisted and all who fail to enlist and march n the Roosevelt army will be num ered- with the transgressors and punished as they deserve. The big stick will be wielded with nusual force, and every head that als to nod to the President's wink will be knocked. Evidences multiply that Theo. Roosevelt is not only a olitician, but a giant among politi cal bosses. Get together. Democrats, get together! Opportunity is ham mering at your door. OWES FOR BOOE.) nderson Six Hundred .Dollars in Debt to State Dispensary. A dispatch from Anderson says County Treasurer Payne has ,received a letter from Mr. ,W. F. Stevenson, the attorney for the state dispensary commission which says that accord-. Ing to the books of the commission, Anderson county owes the state dis pensary $669.28, which amount was advanced by the state dispensary for the enforcement of the dispensary law In Anderson county, since it be came a dry county. Mr. Stevenson writes that the total amount due from all the counties will aggregate $26,000; and that the commission is, anxious to get the money . Treasurer Payne wrote Mr. Stevenson that there Is no levy in this -county for the enforcement of the dispensary law and therefore he has no fnnds for that purpose