^ijle foIt mill times.
16TH YEAR FO^ MILL, S. C.t THURSDAY, MAY 9, 19Q7. NO. 6.
SHOT TO NLL
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i A Colombia Butcher KM WMIO
1 on His Way to W)riL t
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MURDER OR SUCfDE.
n
Robbery wm Donbtleii Motive,
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minougn tne Nnlcide jfcory Has1
Been Advanced. He Uallj Carried
His Money to ad from His
Market. Crime Occrs About Urn
O'clock in the Mormg. |
Another homicide. wMi evidence
of a successful hold up occur red |k
the surburbs of Columblaon Thureday
morning. R. T. West cot, a |mN
cher, was shot and killed, htht'tjilf.
his way to his market from tie rsMF
dec OS in the aurburb of >averley
The affair is a mystery, bu there's (
evidencos that a hoidup and obbery, ,
such as resulted several vets ago
in the double killing of Chtles B.
Green, a Shandon merchant, nd Eldgar
Marshall, the supposed hihwayman,
was attempted.
In this case, however, the tobber
(If robber there was) did no take
any chances, bet shot to kill, The '
fact that the homicide occurW at 1
five o'clock .n the morning, an' that
two chambers of Westcott's ow pistol
were empty, lends some ccor to
the theory of suicide, but therel>elug .
circumstances of immaterial jature i
which also tend to suppor this
theory. But the general inprsslott *
is that he was waylaid and mirdered.
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Westcott lives In Wavereyj No. ;
1,016 Oak Rtreet, a street wheh'runs a
parallel to Main street in Cdunibia. i
His home is an ordlnray on, story )
cottage, but seems to have wn a >
happy home, containing a hapy and i
Intelligent family. It was Wetcott's j
cuBtom to arise about G o'clok and I
prepare to go to his market, le lost i
his left hand several vear* ?n ?r?a
his wife usually assisted m in '
dressing. His son. Robert. 1 jtears
of age, was usually awaked 'Ax>ut <
the time his father left the nie
and followed him to the markB
The little spaniel dog, Brfliie,
went with his master, who was Xustomed
to carry his plBtol in h'Rpe
hand as he walked along tliejburban
streets at this early hour. It
was Westcott'R custom, as It was he
custom of Charlie Green, the Shndon
merchant, to carry money b$k
and forth between his market Ad
his home, as he had no safe in 'Is
innrket. Thursday morning he fllIaivaH
thn * />!!Hwo A *
>nv luuiuic >10 una ncuusuuaa
to follow every day.
Arising al>out five o'clock, or *
short time before that hour, he icaty
ed hiR son. and with his dog starte
out. The l>oy in twenty-five minute
followed in the usual routine, alone,
Oak street, across Gervais street
almost to Lady street, where a bj?
path was taken through the ground
of the Waverley School and betweei
the large and small schoolhoua
buildings, which stand about tei
feet apart.
At the corner of the small schoo
house, which Is the left as one walk
in that direction, the hoy came acrosi
the lifeless body of his father, the
little dog sitting by his master's body
on guard. The pistol was at the
dead man's right side.
The hoy, paralyzed by grief and
fenr, kept his wits still about him
and instead of running back home
to alarm his mother, went to hh
grand father's so that th^ news might
, be broken more gently at home. HIf
relatives were soon on the scene and
1 summoned physicians, and the ofil.
cers of the law.
Constable Richardson of Waverle?
was the first officer to arrive, and hf
kept the crowd back as much as pos
nunc, in mum uiiti irncHH IIIIK'II ur
followed. Coroner Walker was therr
an quickly an possible, and Sherlfl
! Coleman followed. The coroner Be
cured from the penitentiary am'
from the county chain Rang severs
blood hounds, but they failed to flnr'
any trail, though put on the scene it
a remarkable short time.
The body was removed to Van
Metre's undertaking establishment
where several physicians examined
the wound. It was found that th<ball
had entered the left'side of tin
head, above and to the front of th<
ear and above and to the rear of the
temple. The ball penetrated the
I brain, lodging in the skin on thr
right of the head, where It was cut
out: It was a 32 calibre. The wound
must have produced instant death
The unmistakable powder burns on
the left side of the head, where the
bullet entered, showed concluslvely
? that the pistol when fired was placed
almost, if not directly, against the
^ head.
If Westcott was murdered?and
there Is no reason to say that he was
not?the murderer was standing In
front of the little school house as
the victim walked along the side, and
as Westcott emerged from the house
the murderer placed the pistol at the
nena nua nrca. u was >u iaeii
place?If not an Ideal ti*ie of day
for a hold-up?and not a likely spot
for a suicide. The fact that he was
shot in the left side of the head,
which wan toward the scheol house,
while his left hand wan goi), !s another
circumstance to be tfl*en luto
consideration.
Westcott was fifty yeara i Jage and
wan a native of Richland C?nty. He
left a %lfe and four cluhSn. He
b was formerly an engine** JVfeahout
thirteen yearn ago fell uiUR^H motIng
train, at the union stsiilc^Hnd in
V trying < o shove himnelf Vtu^Hf the
K way. hi? left arm waa cut^V just
W below thle elbow. He then^bt the
road and! set up in buainee^H butft
cher, hla market being o^Haylor
K street, in the city of Columt^B tt is
ft a mile frovn his residence to^Hmar
ket, and f>e place of tho fa
SIMPLY AN OUTRAGE
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Coffin loft on tt?? Porch of the
Baptist Parsonage
Be
A Cud Wu Left With the Coffin
Threatening Her. E. M. Llghtfoot
With Death In a Short Time.
Orangeburg was stirred with indignation
Thursday morning when it became
known that some one on the
night before had left a coffin on the
porch of the Baptist Parsonage,
which is located right on the public
8quare in the brght glare of several
electric lights. The Parsonage is occupied
by the Rev. E. M. Llghtfoot,
Pastor of the Baptist Church, and his
wife. The community looked upon
the outrageous occurrence as a dastardly
attempt to wound the feelings
of a fearless and outspoken minister
of the gospel for some attack he has
made upon vice and Its adherents.
The coffin, which was discovered
ef Mr. Llghtfoot about eight o'clock,
was resting on two benches on the
front porch. It waa a cheap one,
about the slse for a half-grown person.
Just under the lid of the coffin
wm n card on wblch was written a
warning and a threat to Mr. Lightfoot.
It read aa follows: "This will
be roar last resting place after June
1# next. Good by, Rev. Light foot.
P.8., Peace to your ashes. Anon."
The note was written In a fairly good
band, and was evidently executed by
sssae one of average Intelligence.
Key. Mr. Lightfoot notified the potion
at once, who began an investigation.
Later in the day the coffin was
recognised by the keeper of a colored
undertaking establishment as one
that had been taken from his establishment
sometime Wednesday
bight He said that one of the policemen
had informed him that his
place was found open about one o'olock
Wednesday night. The policeman
had told him this Thursday
morning, and not immediately arter
the coffin house was found open. No
fioabt the party was in there then
retting the coffin. It is a pity that
the matter was not Investigated
right then.
A young man who works on The
Ttoee and Democrat says he saw
some one go in this Bame coffin house
on Tuesday night of last week, and
that he tried t? see what he was up
to. bet the fellow knowing that he
was watched stood perfectly ailll. He
Mid the party he saw was a large,
tall man with a moustache. He could
not tell whether he was white or col
orea. no aouoi mis reuow, wno
?ver he wee, had something to do
with putting the coffin on the porch
the night after our yotiug man saw
him at the coffin house.
While no one, of course, believes
for a minute that the affair is serious
so far as the threats made by the
parties are concerned, still the entire
community regards the dastardly
outrage as an Insult to the entire
city, and that it should be ferreted
out and the guilty parties made to
sutler. It was a malicious, dastardly
outrage, and we are glad to know
that nothing will be left undone to
apprehend and expose any or.e living
in this community who would be
guilty of such a thing. Several par
ties were encaged in it and they will
be caught.
One Of the worst features of the
outrage li its effect on M rs. Llghtfoot
who not to the best of health. By
accident ehe aaw the coffin and at
snce became very nervous, and at
jne time It was feared that she would
>e prostrated from the effect it had
>n her nervous system, it Is a mysery
how the coffin was brought up
.'brought the streets without being
?een by the police. It was certainly
t bold pleee of business, considering
he location of the Parsonage and
Vhere the eoflln was put.
BILLIONS OF HKKKIXG.
Atlantic Ocean Is Really a Ureal
Food Pond.
The herring catch is to Northern
urope Orhat the wheat crop is to
Anerlca. Few persons, even among
fo millions that consume this fish
ctllxe its economic Importance. Ac o-dlng
to the latest reports more
hin 3,000.000,000 herrings are capMi-ed
each year. This catch would
vdgh not loss than 760,000 tons. It
wruld require 25,000 freight cars.
win a capacity or 30 tons each t<
hail the herring catch from the Atlaitie
seaboard Inland.
)esplte the unremitting harvest of
mai and gall and the cannibalistic
rod and ahark the armies of herring
-U11 populate the Atlantic And show
to signa of firing way to any other
yp of flafc.
SHOT IN FIGHT.
A Km Charged With Murder I^ead*
fexdttng Chase.
A'. New Toft In a running fight
with a doaen policemen Thomas
Donahoe, whom the police nought
nn the ? a# ?MeM
mixi vi uiuiucr, won oiron
and rat ally ?m&d?d at the handB ol
'he oolictfMM. Donah oes flght wat
op and down Ore escapes and over
several roofs Donahoe died after
'he arrival at the hospital. It was a
flhot In the shoulder that brought
him down- who* ho was obliged tc
expose his, sfrflfs body to the police
TKRftSUE SUFFKItlNt;
One KoadNl Poowaed by the Klslnf
of BOX Ravers.
Over oss hand red persona are re
ported drowned sad 100.000 render
ed holmelesa by the liatng of th<
Dnelpor, Dneleter nod Dwlna riven
In thel vicinity of Odessa. Driver
from tihetr homes by the fast rislni
watersl the peoft* rushed for th<
hills, loavinK ail the household goodi
and talking pnwttphlly bo food. Ter
rihle suffering Is bound to follow, at
tho^arl* withonlXunds.
TERRIBUHCTURE
.
Drawn of tho ConAtons of tho
Uppor Cfftpo
By a Preacher Who Hod Just Returned
from Thai Unhappy and
Much Abased Country. j
The Rev. Charles Patfleld, of the
Congo Balolo MlnRimi. ahn t>.. i?-<
returned from the upper Congo, has
made the following interesting statement
to a representative of Reuter's
Agency at London.
"I have been three end a half
years on the Congo, mainly In what
are known as the Ablr end Lulango
territories, which were visited two
years ago by the Congo commission
of inquiry.
"The Congo admlnlatration has
now taken the territorlee of the Ablr
Company under direct control, and
if you must know what in a practical
sense this means. I will answer that
question in the language of a native
chief to me; If you call a leopard
something else, does he become some
thing else?" :
"Ordinary commercial methods
are unknown and the native country,
or regular soldiers of the Force
Publique, takes the place of the
trader in more favored parte of Africa.
Some of my colleagues found
villages living under the shadow of
the sentry rifle. Their reports were
forwarded, I believe, to the foreign
office. Owing to various causes I
have been unable to travel to any
extent lately; hut heavy fighting in
the Upper Lopori and Upper Maaringa
has been admittedly taktag place
for several months past.
"I do not like to think of-What 1b
going on tnere. Just before I left a
whole crop of rumors reached Barlnga.
Of course. I am not In a position
to guarantee their accuracy, but
from what we have seen ourselves
at Baringa before the advent of the
commission, there is but too much
reason to believe in their anbatantlal
truth. Fighting and massacre, prisoners
shot, misery and outrage that
is the burden of the story. A pathetic
message reached me by devious
ways from a long distanoe Inland
as I was preparing to leave. Why do
not missionaries come up into our
country to save us from being killed
for rubber.? ,3,
"When sheer robbery is the basis
of everything what can the outlook
be? 'Atrocities' are only one aspect
of the question. The system itself is
simply dlbolical, resting, as it does,
upon forcible appropriation of everything.
"On my return home I made a
point of visiting Duala, In the German
Cameron8, and New Calabar. In
the Niger protectorate, to see for
myself how the administration works
In those colonies, and more than ever
did I realize, as I saw and noted'the
extraordinary and profound difference
between the principles of rule in
those places, that everything on the
Congo is j& nightmare of brutal despotism
and cruelty."
The Interview with Mr. Padfleld
was submitted by Reuter to a highly-placed
official in Brussels, who
gave the state. . ,' > <
CUT OFF THK1K EARS.
i i
Act of Robber Struck Terror to The ;
Heart* of Women. <
(
The latest exploit of the hooligans i
of Marseilles has struck terror into |
the hearts of every woman in that
city. A few nights ago a woman on i
her way home was suddenly ap- i
proached on the Qual du Vieux Port
by a stranger and asked to hand
over her gold earrings. She started
hack in alarm, and a minute later
screamed and foil fainting to the
pavement. When she was picked
up by a policeman it was found that
the )o!>e in her left ear had been cut
sff, and the earrings with it.
A lady wearing a pair of pearl earrings
was accosted by a well dressed
man in a quiet street and asked to
give up her earrings. She offered
resistance and screamed. In an Instant
her left ear was cut entirely
off, and the thief ran away with the
ear. Another woman lost both ears
Quite a number of women have been
similarly robbed during the past
few day8.
Several ears have been found, and
M. Caviniler, the Marseilles Judge In
structlon, has had them preserved in
alcohol. In one case the assailant
hat. been captured, and Is to be tried
before the assizes at Alx, when the
ear will he produced as evidence.
One resulet of the crimes Is that the
women of Marsellles have now begun
to discard earrings altogether.
SHEEP KIIjIJKD
' Rjr an Explosion of a Can of Dynamite
by Accident.
An explosion of dynamite at John
1 Linn's sheep camp in Trapper Creek,
Hig Horn county, Wyoming, Thurs;
day night, killed 700 sheep and completely
destroyed camp wagons and
1 other possessions of the camp. The
story of the outrage was told by a
herder who said that a hand of maak1
ed men raided the camp and after
: binding him securely, arranged for
* the work of destruction. A similar
- attack was made upon a sheep camp
in the Trapper Creek section two
years ago. ,
j CAUHT WITH THE GOODS.
An Aged White Man in Savannah
Confrwd to Theft.
' J. W. Hart, an aged white man
1 held at 8avannah for robbing a house
1 of a large quantity of silverware
> Thursday told the police of a number
> of robberies that he had committed.
1 The officers have recovered about
" $300 worth of silverware belonglnff
1 to A. H. Sllcox, of Charleston, whose
COST OF LIVING.
The Government Statistics Show
Highest Level on Record.
EVERYTHING HIGHER.
Remarkable Increase In All Lines of
Household and Personal Supplies
Indicated by Recent Complication
Of Statistics of Wholesale Prices
and the Government to Study Retall
Prices.
Living expenses are increasing at
a rate that Anally has startled the
government statisticians?and he is
the last mnn In th? wnfM ??? '?'
led at anything.
For three years the average American
housekeeper haB felt the strain
af increased household expenses, but
until within a few monthB, the matter
has not appealed officially to the
statistical agents of the governments.
Indeed, less than a year ago, figures
were made public by the bureau of
labor which seemed to indicate that
there had been no increase in the living
expenses of the average American
cittxen. The figures showed that
some articles of everyday use in American
households had gone up in
price, but the general precentage of
Increase was so small as to be inconsiderable.
At that very time, it was
known to every householder in the
land that the expensos had increased
materially, and that he was paying
more for the support of his family
than he ever had paid before.
Now, these facts have dawned on
the government officials. The latest
Investigation made by the bureau of
labor have thrown some strong light
an the subject. The criticism of the
reports made about s year ago induced
the officers of the labor bureau to
Institute an inquiry into the cost of
wuuiuBaie amounts or commodities
generally used In housekeeping. The
comparisons instituted covered a period
of seventeen years. The inquiry
Into the wholesale prices of such articles
of the same commodities is being
made. The latter will not be completed
for several months yet; but
the statistics respecting the wholeiale
prices has prepared the statistics
for what they will And -in their
Inquiry into the retail prices.
In the Inquiry only recently completed,
it was discovered that the
wholesale prices of 258 ordinary
commodities had reached a higher
level in 1906 than at any previous
time in the history of the country.
Of course, the period covered by the
Investigation was only seventeen
rears, hot at no time prior to that
liad prices so high been attained as
to any considerable number of the
articles investigated. On the whole
number of articles, the average price
In 1906, was 5.6 per cent higher than
It was in 1905, and 36.5 per cent
higher than in 1897, the year in
which the lowest prices of all the
commodities were reached in the 17
rear period. The statistics show
that the highest level of prices was
reached in December, 1906, the average
for that month being 4.i per
cent higher than for the entire year
af 1906, and 6.3 per cent higher than
for the corresponding month of the
previous year.
It is stated by the bureau of labor
that the inquiries covered farm products.
food, clothing, lumber, building
materials, drugs, house furnlshInara
nnrt mUrpllnnAniiR rommnHllln*
Farm products and chemicals showed
a slight decrease from the prices of
1906. but all other products indicated
a material increase. The average
price of farm products showed,
in 1906, only a slight change from
1905, while food products as n whole
Increased 3.6 per cent over 1905.
Sixty-five of the seventy articles
of clothing showed an increase in
price, while only four indicated a decrease.
In the others there was no
change.
In submitting the figures, the bureau
of labor make no attempt to
discuss the cause of the rise and fall
of prices contenting itself with a simple
statement of the facts as it finds
them. It 1b significant, however, that
an inquiry is being made into retail
prices on the very heels of the other
Investigation.
STRUCK PRISONER.
Negro Who Assaulted New Jersey
Women fleaten by Mayor.
Edward Gibson, a negro living at
Wenonah. N. J., and employed aa a
eook at Woodbury, near Camden, N.
J., was arrested Thursday night, on
the charge of attacking Miss Dorothy
Purls, of Wenonah.
Gibson attacked the young woman
aa she left a trolley car In Wenonah,
for her home. He knocked her
down, an was about to seize her by
the throat when four young men
made their appearance and Gibson
fled. He was captured In the woods
near Wenonah, and given a beating
by his captors.
Gibson was then taken before Mayor
Lawrence, who, when he heard the
story, became so enraged that he
struck the prisoner in the face. May
or btwrencA neia mm ror a nearing
before Justice of the Peace Williams,
who sent him to jail without bail.
A FATA LWRECK
Nothing Has Been Heard Of The
Missing Crew.
It Is now thought that the Italian
bark, Orlente, stranded near Ponyers
Hill on the North Carolina coast will
prove a otal wreck. Nothing has
been heard from the missing crew
of tho Orlente.
SLEEPLESS WONDER
Man Claims Ha Has Not Slept
For Thirty Years.
Ho Rests in Bed at Night Bat Spends
The Time in Rending Books and
Papers.
Most men find it difficult to get the
required eight hours sleep In every
twenty-four. Few are able to live
and work on less than the allotted
number of hours that should be given
to rest. One man. however, William
Warner, who resides a few
miles from Great Barrlngton, Mass.,
comes forward with the startling
statement that during the past 30
years he has not closed his eyes to
sleep. He is sixty years of age and
in robust health. His physicians can
assign no reason for his long period
of insomnia. Mr. Warner Insists
that his statement is true and is
willing to have any and all comers
investigate and see for themselves.
Mr. Warner was born In New Marlboro,
Mass., a few miles from the
place where he now resides. He is
a farmer and spends his days working
in the fields. At night he goes
to bed about midnight, taking books
and papers with him. There he reads
and rests until dawn appears, when
* 1 * " *
no miBTB miu gu?8 8DOUI (US CIUTIOS
on the (arm. Ho never sleeps, but
goes to bed for the purpose of resting
his body. Mr. Warner is a veteran
of the Civil war, having served in
Company F, Second artillery.
In his younger days he had one
romance. The day for his wedding
was set and all was In readiness for
his marriage, when the bride-to-be
fled by night and nothing since has
been heard of her. For years Mr.
Warner lived in the hopes of her return
and often sat at the window
watching for the coming of his sweetheart.
He is still a bachelor. About
30 years ago he suffered a severe illness
and since that time he has not
been able to sleep. He was in the
grove near his home when he became
unconscious. He remained in this
state for days. When he recovered
the past was a blank to him. He
had forgotten everything that had
gone before, but he could not sleep.
He is as young and active as a man
of 40 years. He stands six feet in
his stockings. Warner has made a
success of farming and has a large
trade n vegetables and other produce.
Within a short distance of his
home is a cemetary where his ancestors
for several generations are buried.
During the past fev years Warner
has become a believer in spiritualism.
His bed stands at a place
he can see the firravastonen In the
eemetary. He declares that he often
converses with the spirit of his dead
father.
Anything associated with sleep
seems to have terrors to Warner. He
Bays he would try hypnotism to see
If that would cause him to sleep, but
he fears that once he closes his eyes
In slumber he may never awake.
Warner is a man who has never tasted
intoxicating liquors. He buys
tea by the case. He keeps his own
house. In referring to his trouble
Mr. Warner calls it "a scientific manifestation
of power."
B17ROL.AR HAD A HEART
He Wouldn't Rob House of Death,
Rot Went Elsewhere.
W. W. Waltneight. of Bellevue,
Pa., whoso baby died early Sunday
night, was awakened by a slight
noise made by a burglar, and thinking
the nurse who was attending his
sick wife was in the room sat up and
inquired what was wrong.
The burglar, turning up on him,
pull Ad a revolver and told blm to "lie
down and keep quiet." Instead
Waltnelght asked the Intruder If he
knew that he had made a mistake
and that he bad entered a house
In which death had Just rocently occurred.
The burglar, impressed, withdrew
the revolver and aaked Waltnelght
to tell htm about It. This was done,
and at the close the burglar expressed
sympathy and regret for the Intrusion,
and returning a watch he
had stolen left the house. The night
prowler made up for this loss, however,
by making heavy thefts In other
nearby houses.
FATAL FALL.
Hurled to Hie Death From Top of
High Building.
At Atlanta Alber J. Stevens, an
Englishman, was hurled to death and
three other workmen narrowly escaped
being killed by the fall of a section
of coping on the new Andrews
building on Marietta street Thursday
morning. Stevans fell a distance
of seventy feet and was horribly
crushed. He died at me urany Hospital
an hour later. The three other
workmen who were working with
Stevens saved themselves by jumping
backward when the coping gave
away. The exact cause of the accident
is not known. Stevens was an
ornafental brick mason, and was 24
years old. He had been in Atlanta
only about two months.
THKY ROBBKI) CARS.
Several Men in Columbia Arrested 01
Serious Charge.
At Columbia Mr. R. R. Sealey, pro
prietor of a retail grocery store, wai
arrested by detective M. Harrisoi
of cae 8eaboard road Thursday 01
the charge with the theft of $30(
worth of tobacco, sugar and rice
which were located in an outhouse o
his relative. Thomas Howell, a far
mer living near Jacob Station, six
teen miles south of Columbia on th<
Seaboard road. Other arrests are ex
pec ted. It la believed that there ha
been a conspiracy on the part of sev
eral men to rob cars In the yard
or at the stations near Columbia
| VOTED IT DOWN.
After a Full and Free Discussion
of the Matter
Citizen* of Sandy Ran Township,
Lexington County, View New
County Project With Disfavor.
In response to a call that had been
issued a few weeks ago by prominent
citizens of Sandy Run Township, Lexington
County, a large number of
voters assembled at Spreading Branch
school house, in that township. The
purpose of this meeting was to discuss
and decide upon the advisability
of iolnlntr tKa naanl. ?# OA ** " *"
? #w.m.u0 mv vii oi. mauoewB
In their efforts to form a new county
out of a portion of Orangeburg County
and that section of Lexington.
The meeting was called to order by
Dr. Brooker, of Swansea, who stated
the object of the meeting. Mr. Nathan
B. Wannamaker, an Influential
citizen of thot community, was unanimously
elected chairman and a secre
tary wan also chosen. In order that
the matter be brought before the
body, the following resolution was
offered for adoption:
"Resolved, That we, the voters of
Sandy Run Township, in mass meeting
assembled, do regard with unqualified
disfavor any movement
from whatever source?whatever
and subserved?that contemplates
the dismemberment of our county
but cutting therefrom any township
or section or any part thereof, or
that in any way imperils the integrity
of the same."
As there were present a number
of gentlemen from St. Matthew's who
came there as promoters of the new
county, the motion which had been
made to adopt this resolution, was
temporarily withdrawn, and a motion
was made and carried that these gentlempn
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present from the city of Orangeburg
bo allowed the privileges of the floor
that they might participate in the
discussion. Mr. J. Scottowe Wannamaker,
Mr. Wlmberly and several
other gentlemen and Mr. J. H. Funderburg,
from Orangeburg, were in-<
vlted to take part In this discussion.
Mr. Wannamaker then made a
speech of about two hours against
the adoption of this resolution. He
put forth the argument of the new
county advocates and endeavored to
show the peole of Lexington that It
would he to their advantage if they
would withdraw from Lexington coun
ty and become a part of the new
county, which would have St. Matthew's
as its county seat. He devoted
most of his time in making charges
of extravagence and mismanagement
against the officials of Orangeburg
County. He said the Court
House officials were receiving extravagant
salaries for their services
and that the county expenses were
annually on the Increase.
He also claimed that the county
commissioners were entirely too extravagant
In their management of the
people's money; that too much was
spent for bridges and roads, and that
this fund was not equitably distributed.
He also said that the lands and
property of this county were assessed
at too high values and consequently
made the taxes burdensome upon the
people. He explained why he thought
the newspapers and politicians of old
Orangeburg County were opposing
the new county Bcheme, and charged
them with having selfish motives for
so doing.
Ho spoke for nearly two hours,
hut seldom referred to Lexington
County or its officials. Orangeburg
affairs seemed to have been on his
mind, and this did not aid him much
in solving the problem for the solution
of which these Lexington people
had assembled.
After Mr. Wannamaker completed
his speech Mr. Funderburg addressed
the meeting in support of the resolution
and endeavored In a brief
manner to present the contrary facts.
He defended the action of the Orangeburg
officials and while he admitted
that a great deal of money
was being spent by the county commissioners
he had no facts to show
that the people did not get the benefit
of every dollar of this money.
Kven if this extravagence were admitted.
it would have no bearing on
the resolution before this body, as
that was purely a I^exlngton matter.
These people were not concerned In
Orangeburg county affairs.
Mr. Funderburg replied to all the
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er's argument, suggested to the people
to let this experiment alone and
remain with Lexington, as to make
the change would he a leap in the
dark. Islington Is not a heavily taxed
county and they would certainly
i have their taxes Increased If they
went Into a new county, which was
i shown by the average rate of taxation
In the six new counties for five
years as compared with the rate they
are now paying. lie claimed that
amputation of a portion of Orange;
hurg County would not he the proper
i remedy for expensive administrations
and If they thought the officials were
i too extravagent they should elect
i others.
8TOLK W1TOUT RKAHON.
Hank Clerk Said He Dld'nt Know
i Why He fttolc $50,000.
Charged with stealing $50,000 in
bonds from the Trust Company ol
America, in New York, W. O. Doug'
lass, a clerk of the company, ha*
1 been arrested and remanded wlthoul
| hail. He was caught in a hotel
' where he had registered under at
assumed name.
' Douglass had been In the employ
" of the company for several yeara ant
* wad never suspected of dishonesty
B He said he took the bonds about tei
- days before and that he had no rea
son for doing ao. He did not^avei
- try to dispose of them. His salar:
was $7,600 a year and he was no
known to be In financial vent.
MANY KILLED.
In an Explosion at Canton, China,
on Thursday.
HUNDREDS WOUNDED.
Fifteen llutldiii|c? Hazed, Score* Seriously
Wrecked, nud Section of
MiMtslve City Wall Thrown I>own.
Residents in Foreign Quarter Not
Hurt. Pagoda Ksenpes. Heavy
Property I/oss.
Poor old China Is always in trouble.
Very great destruction of life
and property was caused at Canton
Thursday by an explosion of a gunpowder
magazine.
Twenty-one bodies have already
been recovered from the ruins. Hundred
of persons were Injured.
Fifteen buildings were razed to
the ground, and over a hundred were
seriously wrecked.
A section two hundred feet long of
the massive city wall was thrown
down. The historical, many-storied
pagoda escaped with Rlight injuries.
Ontcials and staffs of the hospitals
are doing their best to succor the
sufferers. In the Shamien surburb,
whore the foreigners live, the shock
caused by the explosion was felt, but
the residents were unharmed.
Some idea of the force of the explosion
may be gathered from the
fact that roofs of houses a mile distant
from the exploded magazine
were blown ofT.
A number of mportant Chinese and
foreign mercantile establishments
were completely demolshed.
Hodies recovered fmm "m -,. i... ~
wua vuv I Ullin
In the vicinity of the magi/.ine wero
shockingly mutilated. Many corpses
were without heads.
The officer in charge of the magazine
was among those killed, nnd
when his body was recovered a pipe
was found clutched in his hand,
which suggests the possible cause of
the explosion.
FIGHT FOR A SQUAW
Indian Ilrave and White Man Both
Claim Bight to Woman.
Even the indians are up to dato
and air their love affairs in court.
Such 1b the case of Jack Wilcox, n
Quiniault brave, who lives on the
reservation at Aberdeen. Wash., and
who has instituted proceedings to recover
his wife, against Hilly Snell, a
white man. The woman in question
is an Indian and for 17 years Bha
was the faithful wife of Snell, bringing
him up a family of six children.
Then the dashing young brave appeared
and his stories turned her
head. She eloped with him, after he
pursuaded her that the first marriage
was not legal.
It was not long before the brave
and his bride returned to the reservation
and Rilly Snell won her back
again, much to the chagrin of Jack
Wilcox. The first marriage was performed
by an Indian agent. If the
contracting parties thought the first
ceremony legnl It would be binding.
If the womnn did not thing it legal
when she eloped with Wilcox Bho
would not be guilty of bigamy.
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
Sheriff Captures Man From Window
of a Flying Engine.
One of the most sensational cap
tures or nn escaped jail breaker ever
effected occurred early Thursday
morning alont the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad, near
Mlnon, Pa., when Chief of Police
Mlneemover, of Dnnvllle, leaning far
out of a speeding locomotive, seized
Charles Sutton by the collar and
swung him on board, a prisoner. ,
Sutton had broken out of the Mon
tour county Jail several hours before
and believing that he would try
to escape along the railroad, Sheriff
Williams and the chief of police got
a locomotive crew together and started
in pursuit. While running about
20 mlle6 an hour they suddenly espied
in the glare of the headlight
Sutton leaning back against a box
car on the adjoining track to let the
locomotive pass him. He did not
suspect such speedy pursuit, and did
not realize his danger until Mincemoyer's
strong arm shot out and
seized him.
FIVK MK.V DKOWNKD
Captain and Four Men Drowned Am
They Row Out to Vessel.
At Pars Christaln, Miss., the
drowning of five men of the schooner
Sioux on Monday night came to light
Thursday, when the bodies of two
floated ashore and a third body was
seen off shore. The missing include
Captain .lones Connelly, formerly of
Baltimore. lie and four sailors
started to row out to their schooner
Monday evening, but they never
reached the vessel. What accident
befell them has not been learned.
The Sioux is from Biloxl, Miss.
TWENTY HUKT IN WRECK
Fast Train I^eft the Track and Two
1 Passengers Fatally Hurt
I A fast passenger train on the Ral1
timore and Ohio railroad on the Ohio
f River division, was wrecked forty1
five miles below Parkorsbury, W.
Va.t Thursday afternoon injuring 20
i persons and two fatally. It wrji
. running at the rate of sixty miles
x an hour. The baggage car lert the
y track, causing the engine and Are
t ears to follow and the rear coaches
to turn over the embankment.