Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, May 16, 1907, Image 4
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A Northern Man's Views of the
Chain Gang in ~
ORANGEBURG COUNTY.
Mr. Beers Engaged in the Lumber
Business in Orangeburg County
Writes an Interesting Letter to a
Connecticut Newspaper. Ho Thinks
"We Have Solved the Problem for
Dealing With Lazy Negroes.
The Hartford, Conn., Courant says
Mr. Geo. A. Beers, formerly of Bristol,
Conn., but now engaged in the
lumber business in Rowesville, S. C.,
writes interesting of what he has
seen in South Carolina with reference
to the manner in which the whites
deal with the idle or vicious negroes.
The chaingang, he thinks, is adapted
to the needs of that section and is
operated without inflicting undue
cruelty or hardship upon the men
sentenced to serve time in its ranks.
After living in the South for two
month in a community where the
? j 1- 1
wiuoes uu iiou nuinoer over zuu and
the blacks are at least 1,100, and after
having: had an average of 40 negroes
employed for that time. Mr. Beers
puts forth his ideas in regard to the
negro on the chainpang. The negro
will not work more than he is obliged
to in order to keep body and soul
together and he has no idea of the
future and no care for it. If he has
a reasonable amount of rice and honey
today with a little pork fat to help
it out he is all right and the morrow
may take care of itself.
It goes without saying that in every
community in the South there are a
large number of idle negroes who
will not work under any consideration
and in many cases, most for that
matter, they are young men. The old
time plantation darkey has practically
ceased to exist and there are
grown up in his place a modern negro
who was taught to believe himself
as good, or a little better than
the whites, and it is from these the
vagrant class is drawn that make up
the men who wnrlr nn tKn nliomrron
...v vmuiKOllK.
From vagrancy to the commission
of small crimes is but a step and it
seems Mr. Beers says, that the South
has solved a question as to what to
do with a class that will not work
and is a constant menace to the civil
welfare of the communities, in a way
that is right for this section. The
North is considering the question
what to do with the "rounder" and j
the idle moderately vicious persons
in order to escape constant convic- ;
tion in the courts with the attendant
expenses.
The judge of every local court in
South Carolina corresponding to ConT-V/-J
inn nr?4 1- "
m M w ? < v V? V live allU J USllCU CUlirtv) 1111poses
an alternative sentence for the
crimes that come under her jurisdiction.
He give $10 or 20 days on the
chaingang, or a proportionate penalty
for the offences that come before
him. When a negro goes to jail he ;
is kept there only long enough to fit
him out with a striped suit and then
he is turned over to the county com- '
missioners, who place him on a chaingang
and he is sent with his gang to
some piece of country ro^d and put
to work.
Practically all the roads in South 1
Carolina are country roads and, until 1
recently, were not much better than
cartpaths, but during the last few 1
years many of the roads leading from
one large town to another have been
put in fine shape. It is no great job ;
to work roads in South Carolina as ,
the land is practically level and all (
that is necessary is to run the road .
machine along the highway and j
scrape the sand into the middle of ,
the road and then, with the men on j
chaingang, open the ditches down to ,
clay and cover the sand with a coat- ,
ing of clay, which hardens and makes ,
a good road surface. The gang op- i
erating in one Dart of th#? nut
into good shape in four days nearly ,
a mile of road. There were 15 of the ^
men chained together, four trusties
wearing the stripes, but no chains, .
and four white men who acted as ,
roadmakers and guards. ,
The county of Orangeburg owns t
the equipment, which consists of one (
big wall tent, 16 by 20 feet, a small- t
er tent for cooking, two old stoves, ^
bunks for the men, eight mules, the .
necessary wagons for transportating r
baggage from place to place and a j
road machine. Altogether the in- r
vesmtent on the part of the county
may be $2,000.
Four men are paid wages but even t
white men do not earn big pay in f
this county and county commission- p
ers, who by the way are elected by i
the p>eople, receive $400 a year ex- h
cept one of their number who is road o
commissioner and who is paid $700. p
It was Sunday when Mr. Beers vis- s
ited the camp and the men were v
resting on their bunks, which were s
strung along the two sides of the a
tent. As it was a cold day a stove
had been put up in one end of the ^
tent. The pip>e was run along crotch- n
ed sticks to the other end and the -
interior of the tent was comfortable. ^
All the men wore chains attached to ^
each ankle and these chains were attached
to short ones, which in turn ^
were attached to a long one and these a
held all the men on one side of the ^
tent together. The chains are never u
taken off day or night. sj
Practically all of the men were
under 25 years of age and they did ^
not seem to feel their degradation in
the least. As a matter of fact a ne- ^
gro who had been released from the jj
gang came into Rowesville, his home, w
Saturday night and went around e,
shaking hands with all, both white ^
and black, and did not seem to feel |r
that he had been in a position at all sl
out of the ordinary. w
v The question was asked if thecoun- e,
ty could not get better service out of ti
the men if they were not chained to- A
gether, and the answer was that it
would require a guard to each negro se
| under these conditions as the men w
'
GEORGIA LYNCHING
A Man Lynched and His Family
Severely Whipped.
And Told To Get Out Of The State,
The Man" Was Accused of Shooting
a Planter.
The Augusta Herald says Charlie
Harris, a negro, was lynched Tuesday
night about 9 o'clock, near the
Drane place, in McDuffie county, for |
shooting Hardin Pearson, a prominent
young farmer residing near Harlem.
According to the authentic information
Mr. Pearson, who had the
negro employed, was giving some
directions concerning the operation
of the farm when a dispute arose
and the negro drew a pistol and fired
five times at Mr. Pearson, most of
the bullets taking effect.
He was dangerously wounded and
as soon as the news reached the public
a posse was organized to search
for the negro, who had fled. After
several hours he was located about
ten miles away from the scene of the
shooting and he was taken into custody,
presumably to be carried to
Thomson and lodged in the McDuffie
county jail.
While en route news of the dangerous
condition of younar Pearson
reached the crowd and the negro,
according to the story told by those
who had him in charge, made a desperate
break for liberty in the cover
of the dence growth of a nearby
wamp.
The daring attempt to escaj^e seemed
to satisfy the posse of the dangerous
character of the negro and his
in ton Hon a n.c nlninlu m oni on
raged them to such an extent till he
was promptly taken into the thick
swamp, whence he had tried to escape.
and was there riddled with bullets.
His body has not been recovered,
though it is understood that Sheriff
Hawes, of McDuffie county, is investigating
the matter thoroughly.
The full statement of the story as
it has been related, is to the effect
that Wednesday Hardin Pearson
went over to the farm which he had
Charlie Harris, the negro, working,
and when instructions were given as
to how some work should be done
the negro deliberately drew a revolver,
and shot Mr. Pearson several
times, so that now he is at the point
of death, his life being completely dispaired
of.
The negro fled when he had finished
the shooting, but in a short time
a large posse was organized to search
for him and from time to time their
number was augmented by men who
had heard of the atrocious deed. For
hours a hot pursuit was kept up until
the negro was located near the
Drane farm, about ten miles away.
He was immediately taken in charge,
to be delivered to proper officials,
but with the above related result.
The lynching is the second to occur
in the territory within the last two
years. The other was that of a Cumin
ings negro, who assaulted a young
white girl near Appling and was
lynched on the public highway by a !
crowd of 300 people, who took him j
from Appling jail.
After the lynching was over Wed- ,
nesday night, the report states that
a body of the posse went to the home
of the negro and after whipping oth
er members of the family instructed .
them to leave the section and never
come back again.
Prrss Association Orator.
The State says at the recent meet- j
ing of the executive committee of !
Lbe State Press association it was de- !
cided unanimously to invite Mr. Alfred
B. Williams of Richmond to de- 1
liver the address before the annual 1
meeting of the association to be held '
in Charleston June 13 to 15. Friday i
night Mr. Charles M. Galloway, who
acted as secretary of the meeting, ,
received the following telegram from ,
Mr. Williams: .
"I appreciate the honor you do me
and accept with pleasure the oppor- i
:unity to meet again my old friends.'' i
Mr. Williams was in the newspa- t
ner business in South Carolina for *
many years. As editor of the Greenville
Daily News he made the editorial
columns of that paper read from !
>ne end of the country to the other, I
ind some of his editorial writings H
vere classics indeed. Of recent i
rears he has made his home in Rich- r
nond 4hd as editor of the News- 1
-leader he has become a writer of I
lational prominence. c
The Chicago Record-Herald says t
hat Abraham Lincoln would not feel 1
lattered by the claims of many peo- ?
)le that they look like him. But r
f Lincoln were sensitive he would (
lave been heart-broken long ago j
ver the claims of republican news- t
>apers that they thought like him. g
i d
vould run away and once lost in the J
wamps they could never be found n
gain.
In considering this question it must t<
e remembered that the Southern s
egro has not the same sensibility of fi
Ming that the white man has and a
e does not feel his degradation. h
vgain, he will not work steadily un?ss
he is made to. In a mill nnilor I
Ir. Beer's care there are 40 negroes .
nd not a Monday morning comes
tat half of the gang are not absent
nder one pretext or another and the
lightest pretext is enoutrh for him
3 stop work in the middle of the 81
reek. - b
They receive $1 a day, and that is 11
ig wages for them when the cost of !T
ving is considered. Mr. Beers has j)
atcned them making their purchasi
of honey and rice, flour, sugar, n,
urk and tobacco on Saturday night ai
i the stores of Rowesville. These ft
ipplies were calculated to last a T
eek and it was evident that an av- e<
age of $1 purchases all the food ,c
lat the family will need for a week,
s nothing has to be spent for fuel
id but little for clothing, it will be ^
en that the negro does not have to r<
ork much. fC
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LIVING TOMB.
Several Miners Entombed Four
Days Rescued at Last
HOW THEY MANAGED
Were Almost Frozen to Death. One
Of The Imprisoned Men, Took
Charge of the Party?They Built
a Hut From Ties and Slept Most
Of the Time?Scenes at the Mine's
Entrance.
mv ? ?
a ne seven miners entombed in the
Foustwell mine of the BerwlndWhite
company, near Johnstown, Pa.
last Saturday, were rescued Tuesday
night, after nearly four days of heroic
work by the rescurers. The
men were alive though almost frozen
from the cold and starved from lack
of food. The rescurers who came to
their place of Imprisonment first
were Stoney Roden and Charles Rean
They waded through water up to
their necks. Several times they
passed within a few inches of the
mine roof. They were almost paralyzed
when they reached the men.
Bach carried two bottles of milk and
brandy and gave it to the men sparingly.
The rescuers began work at once
aftr the mind was flooded last Saturday.
Pumps were set going. More
than 2,000 gallons of water were
taken from the mine every minute,
day and night. It wan not until Monday
morning that tin pumps began
to gain on the water. The work of
the rescuers necessitated great bravery.
Some of them were forced to
stop working because of the mental
condition. The noise of the pumps,
the splash of the water and the exciting
surroundings, shattered their
nerves. Women and children crowded
about the opening of the mine
and hampered them In their work.
They were kept from harm only
through the UBe of force. The prayers
and cries to the entombed were
harrowing. Mrs. Rolva, wife of one
of the miners, stood weeping at the
mouth of the mine and calling for
her husband. Her father, 74 years of
age, kept up chants nnd prayers for
the man, never ceasing for 72 hours. 1
Their case was not an exception.
The rescued men were found in
the highest point of the shaft. Bolya,
one of the members of the impris- (
oned party, had the men well In
hand. When he found they were
suffering from the cold, he ordered !
them to pull ties from the water and
build a hut. There they lived for
four dayB In comparative comfort, i
Only one of the miner's lamps was i
kept burning. When that one burnpd
nnf unnthor woo 11 crH
the men were no in utter darkness. ,
They could see the water sinking ,
inch by inch, and hear the roar of
the pumps. They tapped frequently .
on the air pipes to let the rescuers j
know that they were alive and to i
spur them to determined efforts. The .
reason the tappings were not made j
more often was that the men spent i
most of their time sleeping in their |
living tomb. When rescued and taken
to the hospital, it was found
that they had suffered from exposure.
Their good condition was accounted
for from the fact that they '
were cheerful all the time of their (
Imprisonment, even though they had
little reason to think they would ever
see their families again. ]
FRKFKH8 CHARGES. ]
Another Sensation Created in the '
Walhalla Methodist Church.
A letter from Walhalla to The .
State says it will be recalled that i
some weeks ago there was an unu- r
sua] and sensational service at the j
VValhalla Methodist church, when its j
pastor, Rev* J. C. Younge, made most j
liumhle apologies for certain articles |
written derogatory to certain officers t
in the Methodist church. . i
On that day Rev. Coke D. Mann, 1
who is a resident there and a mem- j
per of the house of representatives .
ind former pastor of Walhalla church :
irose and said that there were evil '
nen in the Methodist church and if
some one did not check their work fi
he church was going to the had in i
south Carolina. i
Things had quieted down; noth- c
ng more was scarcely heard of the ^
ivents of that day. Rut on Sunday
ifter the pantor's sermon, Mr. Mann
isked that he he allowed to make a ^
ttatement. This he did in language t
nost scathing and denunciatory. He t
larrated briefly the various efforts he e
lad made to prefer charges agninst a ii
^residing elder, and all without sue- (j
ess. y
He told of tho manner of his own c
rial, where the presiding elder was
he presiding officer, prosecutor and
hief witness and after a trial lastng
several hours, with only the wit- *
losses for the prosecution sworn, F
hat he (Mr. Mann) was exonerated, n
ie made an unmerciful attack upon a
he veracity of the presiding elder, g
aylng that he had as much confl- q
[ence in his veracity as he did in ?
hat of Lemeriek Gadsden of Chrisopher
Williams, two well known
egro characters of the town.
Mr. Mann said he was very anxious
r> prove his charges and that he
tood ready to fight these alleged
alsifiers in the church at any time
nd in any way they chos^ to come at
lm. p
HHtlVKI' III KMjATIIKK.
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It
l Man Who Was llangcd Brought ii
Hack To Life. s<
It is reported that John Arm- n
trong, the negro hanged at Coluni- lr
us, Texas, Friday, April 19, for wife
lurder, revived after being placed M
1 the coffin, and when delivered to tl
is brother at Scaly for burial was ei
Iven medical attention.
It 1h declared that Armstrong Is M
nw living, and that friends and rel- p<
tives are keeping the fact quiet, 0|
>aring the state may again step in.
ho fact that the negro's feet touch*
i the ground when he was hanged c<
inds credence to the report. a,
If Armstrong is living, he will be jz
le only living man who has paid /
le death penalty. The fact that he .
as pronounced dead at the hanging 01
mders the state powerless to en- w
rce the death penalty, it is said. tl
SCORNED
LOVER
Followed His Sweetheart to
America and JNurders Her.
Her Repeated Refusals To Marry
Madden the Gear's Bodyguard
Causes Her Death Warrant.
The revengeful nature of Franz
Andrukat, a former soldier in the
czar's bodyguard, caused him to shoot
and fatally iniure Martha Koris, in
a bakery, in Philadelphia, this week.
He was maddened by her repeated
refusals to marry him. After the
shooting Andrukat coolly viewed the
Doay prostrate on the floor, then
turned the revolver on himself and
fired two shots that my end his life.
In the ambulance that bore victim
and would-be suicide to the hospital,
the young woman died. Andrukat
has a bullet in his brain and his
chances for recovery are slim.
The murder of the young German
girl finished the climax to a story of
affection unrequited. Eight years
ago Andrukat made his first offer to
marry,.but his proposal was rejected.
He was then 19 yaars of age. and
the girl 15. Three years ago, when
the couple were in their native village
at Taroka, just over the Russian
line, Martha was attacked by
her lover, then a dragoon. She was
asked to marry and on her refusal
Andrukat struck her down with a
hatchet. He was imprisoned two
years for his crime. But imprisonment
did not change his intentions.
Before he was liberated the young
woman came to this country and
found employment in Philadelphia.
Her lover learned of her whereabouts
and pursued her across the
ocean. Frequently he called at the
home where she was employed as a
domestic and demanded to see the
girl. He was always turned away. A
short time ago he sought revenge
by having Martha arrested on the
charge of stealing $30 and two rings
from him. She was acquitted, but
returned suit by prosecuting Andrukat
for tormenting her by his attentions.
He was fined $15 and announced
his intentions for getting revenge.
Martha seldom left the home of
August Ramstein, 1209 South street,
except on short errands. On the
morning of the shooting she went for
a loaf of bread. Scarcely had she announced
her order when her lover
entered the store. "I will give you
one more chance to be my mife,' he
said in German. Fearful because of
his former attempt to take her life
the girl was indignant and at the
same time resoiute. "I would rather
die than marry you," was her reply.
Her refusal was her death warrant.
"Then you shall die!" her lover responded,
and, pulling his revolver,
fired two shots, one entering her
right breast and vhe other severing
her spinal column at the neck. Then
he made the attempt to kill himself.
A.11 efforts to locate the bullet in the
injured man's brain have proven futile.
It is thought by physicians that
he cannot recover.
The Same Old ( ??
In discussing the chances of the
Democracy in the next campaign the
Greenville News says: "Bryan has
irifted away from the true principles
of Democracy as they were interpreted
and practiced by Jefferson."
What were the true principles of
Democracy as they were interpreted
ind practiced by Jefferson, and
therein do they differ from the Democracy
of William Jennings Bryan?
Will the News please enlighten us.
The News goes on to say that "the <
oarty has too many false leaders, and
t may be said to be drifting aimless- ;
y. With true Democracy nailed to
;he masthead of the good old ship, 1
vith a leader at the helm who is will- J
ng to turn back into the old and j
.ried path, the Democratic party (
:ould go out and meet the enemy and ,
oecome the ruling power." This is '
iie same oia gag mat we nave been <
tearing since 1896. <
Papers like the News seem to loose 1
sight of the fact that the Democrat- (
c party suffered its greatest defeats
n 1894 when Cleveland was Presi- J
lent and in 1904 when Parker tried (
o be President. On both occasions the ,
o-called safe and sound Democracy c
vere in charge of things, and what i
hey did, or did not do, about ruined t
he party. Under the matchless lead- '
rship of Bryan the party won a glor- 1
ous victory in 1896, but was swin- *
lied out of it by the Republicans ^
vith the aid of such so-called Demorats
as Cleveland and those who aid- $
d and abetted him. What the Dem- 2
cratic party needs is a readjustment. 2
'here are many in its ranks who are i
tepublicans, and they should be 1
tiaide to go where they belong. We J
re sorry to say that we have some !
uch wishy-washy Democrats in South
Carolina.?Orangeburg Times and
lemocrat.
CAI'CIIT IN FlltK TKA1*.
iiimlH'r of IjIvon I<ohI in Kansas City '
By a Fire.
At Kansas City, fire destroyed tho
'enner Ixiildinc n avo-Hinrv o?^n?- ''
lire at Locust and Ninth streets,
nd it is feared that the loss of life J1
lay be from three to twenty, with 20 ''
ljured. ?
Soon after the flro started it was w
*en that the building, which was
Diisldered a fire trap, was doomed
nd efforts were directed toward sav- "
ig lives.
The building was occupied by s
lontgomery. Ward & Co., and more K
lan 200 persons, mostly girls, were e
mployed. *
The flro gained rapid headway. T
en and women appeared at the up?r
stories appealing for help. Many 11
! the girls were rescued. '
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Dr. James H. Carlisle of Wofford
dlege Saturday celebrated the 82nd j{
iniversary of his birth. Many citi- V
ens and students called upon him
wring the day and the local chapters
F the D. A. R. remembered him r?
ith beautiful floral tributes. He is h,
uly a grand old man. g
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WAS SCARES OFF.
Haw York Clark Lost - Courage
and loft bonds.
Stole Bonds to the Value of $800,000
and Had an Additional $500,000
Worth of Securities.
Fear saved the Trust" Company of
America in New York city, $500,000
and prevented the greatest steal that
has ever been planned. Had William
0. Douglass kept his courage
to the last he would have suceeded
in carrying away bonds valued at
$1,300,000. In that case he would in
all probability have been in a position
to compel the bank officers to
let him go free.
As it is he got away with bonds
to the value of $800,000. Why he
did not carry away the addition al
$500,000 worth of gilt edged securities
he had concealed in his desk,
is not known, but it is thought he
had not the temerity to return for
this portion of his plunder after the
theft was discovered.
After a meeting this week of the
directors of the comxany, a formal
statement of the loss was made public.
It shows that securities of the
market value of $570,000 were abstracted
by the assistant loan clerk.
All the securities have been recovered
with the exception of $63,000.
In making this recovery the company
had to pay $102,000 to various
stock exchange brokerage firms,
who held the securities as collateral.
Deducting the clerk's bond, the total
net loss to the company is rated
at $140,000. A complete report of
the entire transaction by which
Douglas and Dennet got possession
of the securities was made to the
directors.
n j? ii i* ? -
ivegaraing tne aisciosure oi the
theft by Douglass and Dennett,
Charles H. Kept, state superintendent
of banks, made the following
statement:
"We shall begin at once the examination
of the securities of trust
compines.This means all the securities.
The practice has been growing
for New York banks to borrow
money for Western banks on collateral
sent on here. We have not
in the past examined these securities,
but shall do so in the future.
The purpose is to prevent substitution.
"For instance, a bank might take
securities from trust funds and put
them with the collateral for loans
during a period of examination.
They could be returned to their
proper places when the examiners
finished with their work, I don't say
that this has been done, but I say
that it could be cone."
\VI IX CiKT HKiHKlt PAY.
Schedule of Increased Salaries of
Rural Mail Carriers.
No branch of the public service is
of more interest to the rural population
of the country than the rural
delivery of mail matter. It has had
a phenomenal development, and careful
administration and efficient management
has brought with it increased
responsibilities for the rural carrier.
These employes are required to
perform services in a suitable conveyance
which they must furnish
themselves.
The postofflce department, having
these facts in mind, succeeded during
the last session of congress in
securing substantial recognition for
the class of employes through an increase
of upwards of $6,000,000 in
the appropriation for the next fiscal
year.
The calculations incident to a proportionate
distribution of the amount
appropriated under authority of congress?to
increase the maximum salaries
of rural carriers to not exceeding
$900 per annum?necessarily
required most careful consideration.
The worif hnu
..MM uvvu I'lUglCOi-llllf; nilier
the immediate supervision of the
Fourth assistant postmaster general
ind the superintendent of the rural
ielivery.
Postmaster General Meyer has ap>roved
the detailed adjustment and
.he new schedule, which will become
'ffective July 7, 1907, will make a
graded increase in the compensation
>f carriers of from 9 to 25 per cent,
>ased upon the number of miles trarersed
by carriers as shown by the
ecords of the department. The reidjustment
adopted will involve an
>xpenditure for rural service during
he fiscal year of nearly $35,000,000.
The schedule is aB follows:
Routes. Per Annum.
!4 or more miles $900
!2 to 24 miles $864
10 to 22 miles $810
8 to 20 miles $720
6 to 18 miles $630
4 to 16 miles $540 ]
2 to 14 miles $504
0 to 12 miles $468
8 to 10 miles $432
6 to 8 miles $396
GAMI1LKK KILLH OAMHLKR.
x?.kt nt Cards Murders Winner and
Takes Money From Pockets.
Henry Manigault and James I*ewls
layed cards in Savannah, Ga.f on
unday. Luck was with Lewis and
e soon won $50, all the money Man?ault
had. Manigault accused him
r cheating^ ?ot a repeating rifle and ?
rent hunting for him.
Manigault learned that Lewis had 1
id on a train that was about to pull
ut. He moved up the track about I
00' yards and as the train came on 1
lowly. Manigault covered the enineer
and ordered him to stop. The I
ngineer paid no attention and Mani- I
ault. sent a bullet through the cab.
he engineer then stopped.
Meanwhile Lewis leaped from the
-ain and ran. Manigault sent three
ullets after him, all of which took
ffect. Manigault then ran to the
ying man and took from his pockets <
ie $50 he had loss at cards. He *
len held a crowd at bay with his t
ifle and escaped.
Former Gov. Odell of New York t
jfers to political reformers as grass- 1
oppers. They seem to have t i ne &{
ood. deal of damage to hia crops.
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FIFTY MEN CRUSHED
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In the Wreck of a Dam at CMhuahau,
Mexico,
The Disaster is Only One of the Many
Which Have Happened in Sana.
Mexican State.
A special from Chihuahua, Mexico,
says:
Without an Instant warning the
great walls of the Chivuscar dam
gave way Friday engulfing nearly
forty men under the enormous
weight of masonry and water, between
fifteen and twenty of whom
are dead, thirteen injured and others
unaccounted for.
Some of the injured will die.
The disaster is only the last of a
large number which have recently
claimed nearly 200 victims in that
State, and mostly in the neighborhood
of rhllhonhiio
The authorities are making a thorough
Investigation Into the present
catastrophe and will severely punish
those upon whom they place the
blame.
According the version of the affair
which reached here, the men were
working on a foundation close to the
foot of the main ramparts of the
dam. which had already been constructed.
The main wall was weak and gave
way under the water pressure. The
dam was being put in for irrigation
and stock watering purposes and was
a large enterprise.
The loss will be heavy. All of
the victims are Mexicans.
BEST TIMK TO <?ET WELL.
All l*oisons Can Ik Driven Out Of
the System Now.
Right now is the best season of
the year to get rid of the blood, liver
and kidney affections that have been
troubling you. You need building
up in oraer 10 stand the strain of
the hot weather of summer. Let
Rheumatism, Sciatica, Gout Catarrh,
Indigestion or Constipation run
through these months and they become
chronic and hang on for years.
A regular course of lthcumiM-tdc
taken at the present time will thoroughly
cleanse the blood, tone up the
stomach, set the liver and kidneys to
doing their normal work again, and
will build up the entire system.
While it Is the most wonderful
blood purifier. In the world, yet Hhenincidc
is a purely vegetable preparation
that operates through entirely
natural methods. It has been tested
In the delicate stomach of a baby
without the slightest harm.
Better get a l>ottle today and start
to get well. Rheumaclde has cured
hundreds of stubborn cases after all
other remedies, noted physicians and
even the great Johns Hopkins Hospital
have failed. Rheumaclde has
cured thousands of cases and we
believe It will cure you. Your druggists
sells It.
Rlieuniacide "gets at joints from
the inside" and "makes you well all
over."
Earth's Angels.
None ever saw an angel
Except the ones in books;
I don't believe a mortal
Knows how an angel looks.
We guess at something misty.
With trailing wings of white.
With amber tresses floating.
And garments strangely bright.
Rut I believe thnt angels
Walk here In mortal guise;
Though we discern but faintly
Through-heavy-lidded eyes,
Or see them as they leave us,
Who walked before us here.
Their angelhood quite hidden
llecause it lived so near.
I can remember angels
Whp seemed but common folks,
Who wore old-fashioned bonnets
And faded winter cloaks;
Who came when dire disaster
Crowned lesser home mishaps,
Or when new claimants crowded
The dear maternal lap.
With curving arms wide open
To take the weary in.
With patient love to listen
To childish want and sin.
What better thing could angel
.For childish sinners do
Than listen to their story.
And bid them strive anew?
And there are fireside angels
Upon whose faded hair
We see no crown of glory?And
yet the crown is there!
Then, there are mother angels?
With patient love, and true,
Whose loving hand upholds us
The darkest trials through.
Ah, me! the childish angel
Who beckons as I write?
Perchanse I should not know him
In mystic robe of white,
He wears a schoolboy's jacket.
And where the shadows fall,
I wait, through long and lonely
years
To catch the long-hushed call.
If OUR till AND MOTHER U8KD IT.
Hut She Never Had Sulphur In Sueh
Convenient Form As This.
Your grandmother used Sulphur
nor ravorlte household remedy,
and so did her grandmother. Sulphur
has been curing skin and blood
iiseases for a hundred years.
Hut in the old days they had
.ake powered sulphur. Now Hancock's
Liquid Sulphur gives it. to you
in the best possible form and you get
:he full benefit.
Hundcock's Liquid Sulphur and
>intment, quickly cure Eczema, Tet:er,
Salt Rheum and all Skin Diseases.
It cured an ugly ulcer for
drs. Ann W. Willett, of Washington,
3. C., in three days. <
Taken internally, it purifies the I
ilood and clears the complexion,
four druggists sells it.
Sulphur Hooklet free. If you write t
(uncock Liquid Sulphur Company,
Jaltimore. \
We Have
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>e a great bargain for anyone who is
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We are headquarters for anythi
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Shocking Tragedy Occurred Sun- I
day Night In Saluda! |
Walkn Into The Bedroom of Htn
la Drunken Condi*
tlon, Shoots Him Down.
A shocking fratricide was commit*
ted on 8unday night in the extreme
northwestern section of Saluda county
when Law ton Lowery, a young
white man, shot his brother, Preston
Lowery, to death in the home of the
latter.
From the meagre information obtained
Monday morning at this distance
from the awful tragedy it apt\Afl
re thai f ow*i/*w T ?* ?/* * *
|/VW t D vuat uanvuu AA/wm/| W HU 1IVPB I
in the home of his bro-uer whom he
has slain, came in some time during
the night, and going to his brother's
room with a shot gun told him he
was going to kill him. T&e dead
man replied: "No, I reckon not; but
seeing the drunken condition'of Lawton
and fearing he would do something
rash, he ran under the bed
from him. After remaining under
the bed for a short time he started to
come out, whereupon the fatal shot
was fired and he was killed almost
Instantly.
The affair is deeply deplorel by the
people in that section who know the
two boys. Law ton was the older and
nnmarrlod. Preston Lowery was
married. They lived in' thd same
home and were farming together.
There seem to have been no \ cause
at all for the homicide and it Is attributed
to the drunkenness of Lawton.
who, it is said, was addicted not
only to drink but also to the use of
morphine.
Realizing next morning the enormity
of his crime, it is said that the
livng brother is now begging that he
also be killed. The home of the
Lowery boys is in the Panhandle
sestion of Saluda coonty and close to
the Edgefield line. They are sons of
Mr. Jaines Ixiwery.
A knnsix ncu-ununpr uranfo tn
know what is to become of the
Philliphines. Thousands of people
in this country have their theories,
but the American public doesn't
seem to be worried at all about the
proposition, provided we can get rid
of this white elephant some way or
other without compromising the nation's
honor.
Intelligent
treatment at
yonr home
BY
One of the greatest mistakes made ^
by people residing in the oounlry sod
small towns is their failure to o"nsalt
the experienced specialist for their
deen-eeated or chronic disorders. I
They suffer along day after 'lay.
shortening their lives by months aod
years, sit her through igno anoe of wmst
the specie 1st could do for them . r the
belief that special ireatmAit would
quire their removal to the city.
It is not neoessa y that you ahoald
reside in the same city In order to receive
benefit of our special treatment.
We in?i(e al' rofferers from deepseated,
loaf-staining troubles of Heart,
Head. I ^.ungs, Stom-oh. Bowels, Liver,
Bladder, Blood, Nerves, or diseases peculiar
to either eex, to write or call
upon us and learn what we have dons
for others similarly afflicted, and what
we can do for them.
There is no charge for this consultation,
and it is worth rour time and effort
whether you decide to begin treatment
or not.
For mot# than twenty years, I, sad
the specialists associated with me, kavs
given our entire time, thought and
study to the cure of the deep seated
-L - ?f _ ...
utir mo or nervous disorders, which
bare baffled the less experienced allround
physician.
Whatever jou may think your ailment
is, it is not probable that jou can ha
quite sure of your own diagnosis or
that of the ordinary physician.
Or you may write us, first, in entire
confidence, if you choose. Some oases
do not reed a personal visit, although
always adv mMo. '
Send for onr booklet on "Brain and
Nerve Exhaustion" Mailed free ta
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Dr I!at> away &. Co.,
HI S. Broad St., Atlanta, Oa.
Please send me in imprinted envelope,
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there Is no charge and whioh does
not place me under any ebligatioos
to you.
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