Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, January 16, 1908, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES.
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16TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1908 NO. 41
A SHORT CROP.
Nearly Two Million Bales Less
Ginned Last Year
THAN YEAR BEFORE
According to tha Census Bnroan lta*
port of Cotton Ginned Cp to the
I
First of January 0,053,427 Bales
Were Ginned I>ast Year Against
11,741,030 Bales Ginned Tha Year
Before.
Tha census bureau Thursday is
sued its showing that the number of
bales of cotton ginned from the
growth of 1907 to January 1, 1908,
was 9, 955,427, as compared with
1 1,741,039 last year, and 9,715,426
for 1906.
This counts round bales as half
bales. The number of round bales
Included is 179,691 for 1908, 255,566
for 1907, and 263,581 for 1906.
Sea island cotton Included is 73,628
bales for 1908, and 64,275 for 1907,
and 98,942 for 1906. The number
of active ginneries for 1908 was 27,276.
The distribution of sea island cotton
for 1908 by States is: Florida.
25,214; Georgia, 37,129; South Carolina.
11,295.
There were ginned 9,284,070 bales
to December 13 last. The number of
i bales ginned to January 1 in tbe
various States and the number of
active ginneries are as follows:
Alabama, 1,030,721 bales; 3,436
I ginneries.
Arkansas, 627,725 bales; 2,093
ginneries.
Florida, 50,136 bales; 4,244 ginneries.
Georgia, 1,765,273 bal?*s; 4,531
ginneries.
Kentucky, 1,329 bales; 2 ginneries.
Louisiana, 662,477 bales; 1,835
b ginneries.
HKj Louisiana, 662,477 bales; 1,835
ginneries.
Mississippi, 1,228,446 bales; 3,495
I ginn9ries.
k Missouri, 26,644 bales. 73 glnI
ueries.
p New Mexico, 95 bales, 2 ginneries.
i North Carolina, 562,479 hales;
2,702 ginneries.
Oklahoma, 745,796 hales; 969
ginneries.
South Carolina, 1,065,690 bales,
3,167 ginneries.
Tennessee, 225.245 hales; 660
ginneries.
Texas. 2,092.733 hales; 3.9C8
ginneries.
Virginia, 7.640 hales; 99 ginneries.
STORES ROIIREI).
Part of the (?oods Recovered and
Three Negroes Implicated.
The stores of half a dozen merchants
at Conway were entered one
night last week and $40 or $50
worth of goods stolen. Part of the
Stolen property was found in a sack
underneath the ofliee of Magistrate
Jailor Bruton.
Three negroes, brothers, were implicated,
two of whom have beeu arrested.
One was discovered hv some
small hoys, the other came to the
jail to see ubout getting his brother
out. The second negro fought hard
against arrest and tried to shoot
Jailor Brunton.
< When searched a quart of whlsi
key and u pistol were found on him
, After his trial by the town and sen
Itence to $4fi or sixty dayB. proor o< i
his conviction with the burglary wa< I
found.
KILLED HIMSELF.
Said lla Had More dhfldirN Thau He
Could Suppon.
Despondent because of his inabil
ity to provide for his family. Joseph
H. Shoppard, of Millerville, N
J., killed himself by firing n bullet
into his brain.
She,#pard compljfned oftea he had
more children than he was able tc
properly support and several times
had threatened to commit suicide
This week a seventh child was added
to the family and the man became
distracted.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT
Causes a Man to lose One of His
Eyes.
Mr. J. E. Clark, who lives a few
miles from Johnston. lost his eye a
few days ago in a peculiar manner.
He was mounting his mule to gc
home when the animal jumped and
the buckle on the bridle struck Mr
Clarke in the eye. cutting the ball ac
badly that it had to be taken out at
ouce.
Killed at Crossing.
Mrs. John R. Reigel. of Kendal
IN*. Y., was Instantly killed, and twr
children riding with her were injur
ed. while crossing the Lehigh Valle*
railroad tracks at Kendai. Thel?
two horses were also killed. Thej
were struck by an extra engine run
ning light.
THEY ARE HELD.
Party of Five Alleged Yeggmen
Jailed at Lancaster.
They Won F?ud KucAuped In the
Wood* Well Armed and Supplied
With Explosives.
A special dispatch from Lancaster
to Tho News and Courier says a party
of five good looking, fairly well
dressed white men, suspected of being
safe-crackers, arrested Thursday
night near Van Wyck, on the Seaboard,
were brought to Lancaster on
the Southern and lodged in Jail. The
technical charge against four of them
Is that of carrying concealed weapons
and against the fifth of vagrancy.
Thursday afternoon J. A. Hyatt, a
merchant of Van Wyck, received a
'phone message from Waxhaw, N. C.,
to look out for suspicious characters.
Shortly afterward two strangers
entered his store and bought
some eatables. He watched the direction
in which they went and after
nightfall he and eight of his
neighbors, well armed, started out
iu searcn or me men.
The suspects, who proved to be
Ave In number, were found encamped
about a half mile from Van Wyck.
They were surrounded and ordered
to surrender, which they did without
resistance, saying afterwards that
they thought the woods full of men
and resistance, therefore, useless.
Every man, except one, who has only
one arm, hud iu his possession a
latest improved revolver. The party
also had a valise or two filled with
highly explosive materials, such ns
nitro glyceriue, dynamite caps and
also soap.
They declined state why they
were In Van Wyck, but gave the following
names and addresses: C. F.
Shaw, of Norfolk. Va: Henry 9. Hallan,
of Atlanta, (Ia: .lames Scanelan,
Charlie Williams. J. T. Leonard, the
three last named refusing to give
any addresses. The one armed man
la Hallan, who, with another member
of the party, is said to answer
to the description of two men the
postofllca depatment is looking out
for.
Immediately upou their arrest Inspectors
H. T. Gregory and M. O.
Halverstadt were wired. They arrived
Lancaster Thursday night.
They heguu the Investigation about
10 o'clock p. m. Thursday, which
continued till daylight Friday morning.
The men arrested are not predisposed
to answer questions and not
very talkative. When they were
brought down stairs iu the jail to be
examined one refused' to come and
had to be brought down by force.
Among the things found were money
hidden away on the person of each.
One had some hidden away in his
. oat which he sewed up; and had
money hidden away jn his underclothes.
About $100 in currency was
obtained from Hie five, knives and
razors were also taken away. A
razor was found on one man which
was hidden in a little sack and tied
around his nock, the sack being under
his clothes, which were removed
onlv with dlfflenltv
Mr. Gregory seenis to know some.
DOSBlbly all. of the men. though he
is keeping quiet about it. However,
when one man was brought before
him. Frank Shaw, Mr. Gregory recognized
him and said: "Why, Frank
t didn't expect to see you here."
Neither did I expect to see you."
mid Shaw. Shaw is just out of pris>n
since last February, having been
-tent up for robbiug a safe in a railroad
office at Peaks. Lexington county,
South Carolina. He had promised
Mr. Gregory to turn over a new leaf
hut he was lead into temptation
again.
Thev are men of pleasant appear
'nee and wear good clothes. Then
s little doubt about them being pro
ossional safe blowers and that the
<re the ones wanted in several place
:n this Stnte. Their pictures were
taken Friday with trouble.
SWINDLER CAl*?HT.
Man Who Collected Money I'nder
False Pretenses Held.
G. A. Thurston, who operated in
Sumter last summer, representing
himself as an agent of the Knights
of Honor, and who got a good little
nlle of money and beat his board bill,
has been caught in lx>nisville, Kv..
iiiu ih in jan mere. A photograph
if Thurston has boon received in
Sumter by Sheriff ripperson for identification.
Warrants have been sworn
out against Thurston, and when the
txmisville authorities are through
with him, the Sumter county courts
will deal with him.
Severe Storm.
A storm on the English channel
ilong the west coast of Europe and
in the northern African coast last
week causes the lost of many small
*raft. Two native passenger boats
'oundered off Morocco and 'orty persons
were drowned.
Fatal Mistake.
In Jacksonville, Fla . two young
men who nore cousins got their pis'
n?:? and w.v.t o:; the \-\-.% |>oreh
'ook for a burglar and j'l the search
' me was mistaken for tho burglar
ipd was shot and Install ,'y killed by
the other.
'
FIRED THE AGENT.
Railroad Officials Must Bo Care- |
ful How They Talk.
How the Southern Railway Pualub* ,
ed au Employee for Discourtesy
Towards Its Patrons.
"Generally citizens who have rea- i
son to complain against the railroads
or the telephone or telegraph
companies do plenty of kicking and
incidentally roast the railroad commission
pretty thoroughly for not
requiring better service, instead of
taking the proper course and immediately
notifying the commission in
writing, so that the proper remedy
may be applied," says the Columbia
Record.
Not so, however, with five wellknown
traveling men who happened
to be at Blackville one night during
the month of November. They proved
a gratifying exception. The party
were waiting at Bluckvllle for a j
Southern Railway train, and the
t T* tl 111 tt'Od lain hrv n?V. J ?
??w>u ?uo iuvv, buuuf>u puoivu upuu
the bulletin board as on time. The *
Southern's ticket agent and operator t
was asked for information but de- i
clined to furnish it. his replies to ^
the traveling men's inquiries being
couched in ungracious language and *
delivered in a most discourteous ?
way. i
Instead of going their way and ^
grumbling all up and down the division
about the arrogance of railroad *8
agents toward a long-suffering pub- 8
lie, etc., these gentlemen promptly t
complained in writing to the Rail- g
road commission. Each of them
signed the letter to the commission.
The Railroud commission took the 1
matter up with the Southern at t
once, and the following letter recent- p
ly received from Division Superinten- s
dent H. A. Williams of Columbia,
shows that the Southern actM upon
the complaint without delay:
"Mr. It. L. Caughman, Chairman, *
South Carolina Railroad Commis- ^
sion. City. 3
"Dear Sir: 11
"I have your letter, together with *
complaint of several traveling men e
of the services performed at RIack- ^
ville by our ticket ugent and opera- a
tor. 1 lind Train Master King go
to Rlaekville and personally invest!gate
this matter and apply the prop- ^
er remedy to this agent. The inves- 1
ligation developed the fact that the '
wires on the Charleston division
were in trouble and were not work- *
ing on the date in question. Hut 8
this could have been explained to '
these gentlemen, which would have *
beeu satisfactory, I am sure; but on ^
account of no effort having been r
made on the part of this man at all 1
to sntisfy these people, I am going c
to relieve him from the service. It ^
is, however, a fact, that the agent *
could not post the hoard correctly 1
on account of wire trouble, and in- F
stead of making an effort to satisfy 11
these people, he posted the train on 1
time. "Yours truly, '
"H. A. Williams, Supt." t
This is not by any means the first f
time that Superintendent Williams a
has disciplined his employees for f
failure to treat the Southern's pa- ?
trons with courtesy. It is a known c
'act that he will gladly entertain and t
patiently investigate any reasonable
complaint that may come from any 1
patron of the road, however, humble
the person may be. This is directly
in line with the Southern's policy toward
South Carolina, as outlined to
Governor Ansel recently by President
Finley.
A blAltOMCAL t'KIMK.
Woman is Murdered and Her Habc
Left to He Hnried.
One of the most diabolical crimes
ever committed in Gwinnett county,
la., was perpetrated in Cater district,
and as a result John Hudson
\nd Henry Campbell, two negroes,
irt in jail at I-awrenceville, Ga.,
charged with murder and arson.
The house of John Hudson was <
'ound to be on fire, and when neigh- <
bors came in they discovered the <
bodies of Hudson's wife and-threc- (
months-old baby in the flames.
The bodies were removed from the (
burning building, and it was seen at |
once that the woman had been mttr- ,
lered by a blow on the head. She <
was also stabbed through the heart,
and *hen also dismembered.
The child was not killed, but was ,
left to die in the flames. Coroner H.
T. Moon was notified, and after investigating
the case ordered the arrest
of John Hudson and Henry
Camphhell as the murderers.
Sheriff Brown brought the two
negroes immediately) to Lawrenceville
and placed them in jail.
EXTOM11ED ONE MONTH
But the Three Miners Are Still Well
and Heart v.
A dispatch from Ely, Nov., says
the six inch water pipe through
which air is fanned to the three
miners that have been entombed for
a month became bent, by the pressure
of rock and earth at the 600foot
level and for a time no air could
be sent to the men. Rescurers. by
redoubling efforts, reached in a few
' hours the break and repaired the
pipe. The men are still well, but
their rescuo is yet far off.
POSTAL REFORM.
\
An Important Ruling by tbo Postoffice
Department
ftMhscribei* Must Pmj l> Prooaptly
or Their Paper WH1 Not ho Carried
by the Mail*.
The PostoGce Department has issued
the following order:
A reasonable time will be allowed
publishers to secure renewals of subscriptions,
but unless subscriptions
are expressly renewed after the term
for which they are paid within the
AWFUL RECORD
Rev. Mr tflstow Writes of Murders
In This State in
THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
Sinct July Ijast There Has Beea One
Hundred and Fifty-Eight Murders
in Sonth Carolina, of Which Eighty-Two
Were Committed in Prohibition
Counties and Seventy-Six j
In Dispensary Count'-s.
Rev. Louis J. Drlstow, a young
Elaptlst preacher and a strong prohibitionist.
haE been keeping the re:ord
of the murders committed in
his State in the lost six months, and
;ivee out the following on the subiect
for publication:
"The appalling frequency of homi:Ides
in South Carolina is a matter
rhicb should give the officers of the
aw and all law-abiding people cause
or serious consideration. Legislate,
executive and judicial officers
ire confronted with a situation
vhicb, if tolerated much longer,
vill result in untold evil to the
itate. If necessary, drastic measures
hould be adopted to put a stop to
he reign of riot that is rampant in
louth Carolina.
"For a long time I have been givng
attention to the matter, and I
lerewlth append figures covering rex.Tts
in the daily papers for the past
ix months, from July 1 to December
1, inclusive.
"Homicides. 158; of the dead,
rhltes 79; negroes, 79; of the slayrs,
whites 70, negroes 85, unknown
It will thus be seen that the
lumber of deaths is and the men
rho did the killings were almost
qually divided also. I have often
leard It said in answer to argument
gainst killing that the large majorty
of the homicides in South CaroIna
were ordinary 'nigger killings.'
'he reports in the daily papers for
he last six months are a complete reutatlon
of the claim.
"As to the manner of death 1 find
hat 121 of the dead were killed by
;uns and pistol shots; 18 by blows
rom rocks, brick and pieces of
k'ood; 17 by knife cuts, and two by
ilows from axes. Here, too is a terible
indictment, against our people;
he deadly weapon?the pistol?is
arried by far too many men and
>oys. Pistols are mnde and carried
or the purpose of shooting men, and
hat person who habitually carries a
dstol is in his heart already a
nurderer, with the possible excepion
of certain officers of the law,
k'ho are supposed to go armed. I
lelieve it is true that an indictment
or murder in this state carries with
i charge of carrying concealed wea>ons;
but 1 have never heard of a
ase where the accused was convicted
>f the charge, or count, relating I
hereto.
"Another matter, and one which
leave to others to account for:
"Of the 158 killings since July 1,
(2 were committed in prohibition
-ounties and 76 in counties in which
here are dispensaries. Since Octo>er
29. killings have been reported
n phohihition counties as follows:
fork, Saluda, Oconee, Union, Pick-1
<B9, Marlboro, Cherokee and Sparanburg.
one each; Greenville, Newjerry,
Darlington, two each; Edgeteld
and Marion, three each, Lancaster,
four, and Anderson eleven.
"In prohibition counties. Hampou,
Williamsburg, Georgetown and
Dorchester, one each: Charleston
ind Columbia, two each; fiamberg,
\iken, Orangeburg, Richland, Laurens,
three each, and Darnwell. four.
"I recite this last paragraph for
Lhe information of those who have
lesired to compare the homicide records
of prohibition and dispensary
lounties.
"My remedy for the evil of homiride
is for the legislature to make
It a crime, per se, to be punished
according to the degree of felony in
eacn case.
"To take a human life is an offense
against God and human society,
except it he due process of
law. When the Lord gave his laws
to Isreal, he made provision for the
manslayer who killed >by accident.
Rut even he was not to go scott free.
According to the Mosaic dispensation
every person guilty of a homicide
suffered a penalty for his offense
against human life and society,
whether the death blow was given
premeditatedly and wantonly, in
heat of passion, or in fear; or
whether l?y error or accident. This
was God's command: and every provision
of the Mosaic economy enshrined
some enduring principle By
it some lasting moral lesson was intended
to be impressed upon the
minds of the people. The institution
may be altered or entirely disappear
amid changing social conditions; but
the principle ever remains the game.
"The Cities of Refuge provided for
by the Mosaic laws were to give an
esylum only to Ihose who killed by
accident or error, but even they had
to suffer on indeterminate sentence
| fcv/iiuwi ue periods?dalles within 3
i months, triweeklies within 6 months,
| semi week lies within nine months,
weeklies within one year?they
shall not be counted in the legitt
nave iibi oi BuoacriDers, and copies
mailed on account thereof shall not
be accepted for mailing at the second
class postage rate of 1 cent a pound,
but may be mailed at the transient
second class postage of 1 cent for
each four ounces or fraction thereof,
prepaid by 6tamps affixed. The
right of a publisher to extend credit
for subscription to his publication is
not denied or questioned, but his
compliance or non-compliance with
this regulation will be taken into
consideration In determining whether
the publication Is entitled to transmission
at the second class postage
rates.
Under this order all newspapers
will have to come to the cash in advance
system almost or be heavily
fined for violatlug it. At present
newspapers are circulated free in the
counties In which they are published
and one cent per pound for papers
sent out the county. Under the
above order any publisher that sends
his paper to a subscriber who is in
arrears more than one year for a ,
weekly, nine months for a semi- J
weekly, six months for a tri-weekly,,
six months for a daily will have to j
pay one cent postage on each paper !
sent out by him to such subscriber, j
This is a tax that no paper could
Btand and so they will all have to
come to the cash in advance system,
which will be better for all. The
subscription price to a newspaper in
-the majority of cases is a very small
amount. There are few subscribers
but could pay it regurlarly and would
if compelled by the law to do so.
The newspaper is usually a lenient
creditor and therefore comes last.
This ruling of the postofflce department
might turn out to be a
tllnottnor 4m ^IcillaA 4a 4 4.A MM....**..
uivooiiig ^ iu uto^uioc iu iuc vviuuil J
press and its subscribers. It will
cut off all dead beads and subscribers
who will not pay. and in consequence
there will be very little loss
to the publishers. They can then all
publish better papers, which would
benefit those subscribers who always
pay anyhow. The honest man who
expects to pay for his paper would
Just as leave pay for it in advance
as any other wpy. .
There Is not a paper published
that gives almost unlimited time to
subscribers but what loses hundreds
of dollars every year from this source
alone.
There is one class of publications
that would suffer, and that is tho
mail order journals, and it is doubtless
this class the government is after.
As the Minneapolis tribune
says. "The department has been trying
to get rid of carrying periodicals
that collect a nominal subscription
price once to get in the second class
and are continued indefinitely free
on the pretex of long credit."
The country paper will certainly
i not be injured by the cutting down
of the free circulation of mall order
journals. It is a pity the govern;
ment cannot distinguish between the
; two, for the mail order journal is the
chief sinner in this respect, and is
responsible for burdening the mails
with tons of matter for the sol? purpose
of carrying advertising.
of confinement in such city?until
lha n f tho Vi I o-h nrl Afl" l?Ae oil
other manslayers tho penalty was
death.
"It is my conviction, after long
and serious study of the matter,
that homicide should be a felony
and that punishment should follow
upon proof of homicide according to
the degree of carelessness or wilfulness
or felony in each case. Were I
a legislature I would introduce into
that body next week a bill declaring
homicide to be. a felony, and fixing
the punishment for man killing at
from two to fifty years imprisonment
and for dastardly or wilful murder,
death.
"I venture the ascertion that had
the 158 persons who killed their
fellowmen during the last half of
last year know positively the penalty
for homicide was certainly two, possibly
fifty, years' imprisonment, not
one-fourth of the number of homicides
would have occurred in this
state.
"I know I will be met with the
case of person who kills unquestionably
in defense of himself, his home
or his family. My reply is, we usually
have a man of integrity and
honor in the governor's ehair, in
whose hands is the prerogative of
' pardon.
"I stated at the outset that drastic
measures should be adopted, I repeat
it. Louie J. Hristow.
i Williamston, Jan. 3, 1908.
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PAYING POSITIONS.
Young Men Urged te Make Application
for Them.
Several Vacancies is South Carolina
Iaternul Revenue Service Under
Civil Service Protection,
A competitive examination under
the rules of the United States civil
service commission will be held at
Columbia and Charleston, in the
postolilce buildings, on February 1,
to fill vacancies in the internal revenue
service In South Carolina,
three examinations will be held, one
for deputy collector, one for clerk In
the office of the collector of Internal
revenue at Columbia and one for
storekeeper-gauger.
The position of deDutv roli?Wnr
pays a salary of $1,100 and an expense
allowance of $700 annunlly is
made; the position of clerk carries a
salary of $1,150 and the position of
storekeeper-gauger pays $4 i>er day,
with about six weeks idle time during
the year.
Major Micah Jenkins, collector ol
internal revenue for South Carolina,
is very anxious to have good men
make application for these different
positions. "I, of course, want men of
character in the revenue service and
the vacancies in my district are
worth the while of bright, energetic
young men in the State and I hope
to see a good number stand appllca|
tlon for them. The examinations
are not hard and the work required
in each of these position is not in the
least unpleasant."
Major Jenkins says that, he will
be glad to give any information concerning
any of these positions to any
one who may desire it. Applications
for the examination must be made
on the prescribed form, which, with
necessary instructions, may be obtained
from Mr. M. W. Peuroifoy, at
the Columbia postofflce. If you can
not call on him in person write for
blank enclosing two cent stamp for
return postage.. All persons wishing
to take the examination should
secure blanks und fill them out at
once in order to allow time for any
necessary corrections. No applications
will be uccepted unless received
In Washington before 4.30 p. m.
on January 25.
All applicants must be 21 years of
age or over. The subjects are extremely
simple.
Other Kxaminations.
On Jan. 22 an examination will be
held to fill the following vacancies:
Assistant Steam engineer in the office
of the secretary of war; forest planting
assistant (male) in the department
of agriculture; teacher of mechanical
drawing in thu Indian service;
teacher in the Indian service;
machinist in the government printing
office.
I An avnmlnallnn lnotinir
Jan. 22-23, will also be held to hit
vacancies in the Philippine service.
There are at least 300 vacancies in
! the position of teacher to be filled,
and appointments to that position
will be made, except In a few cases,
at $1,200 per annum. Those appointed
under this examination will be
eligible for promotion up to $2,000
per year for teacher and from $1,600
| to $3,000 for division superinten\
dent.
An insufficient number of eligibles
| was secured from the recent examination.
It is anticipated that ap!
pointments of eligibles resulting
; from this examination will be made
i to the position of teacher in March
and April next and thei** transporta;
tion arranged with a view to their
arrival in Manila about June 1,
1908, the beginning of the school
year. Others will be required in
; the various clerical and administrative
offices in the islands. The ma;
jority of appointments of eligibles
; resulting from the assistant examij
nation are made at the entrance salary
of $1,200. Each college student
who will be graduated in 1908
should state in his application the
degree he expects to receive.
Men nn]y Wju t)e admitted to this
! examination.
The time allowed for this exami
tion is two day of seven hours each.
The ilrst three subjects will be Riven
on the first day, and the remallilng
subjects on the second day.
Age limit, 18 to 40 years on the
date of the examination.
On January 27, an examination
1 will be held for stenographer and
typewriter. Special attention is invited
by the civil service commission
to the fact that there is a large number
of vacancies throughout the
, United States, and the supply of eligibles
for some time has not been
equal to the demand. Women will
; be admitted to this examination for
the departmental service, but will
not be examined for the isthmian
canal or Philippine service.
On January 29 an examination
! will he held for tariff clerk (male),
at $1,200 per annum, iu the interstate
commerce commission.
Two days will be allotted. Jan. 29SO,
to the examination of applicants
for the position of scientific assistant
in seed testing, in the department ol
agriculture.
Application blanks for any ol
these examinations may be secured
by applying to Mr. M. W. Peurifoy,
clerk, at the registry window of the
^Columbia postofflce.
I VERY SAO CASE
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Mysterious Disappearance of Miss
bailie Shannon of Brookland.
TERRIBLE SUSPENSE
1.
Him Nearly Driven Her Grief Stricken
Parents Crazy.?The Young
Daily Was Dost to Sigh; on December
21), anil Since Tlint Day She
Una Vanished from Sight and Iter
Whereabouts Is I'ukuown.
A brother of Miss Sallie Shannon
of Drookland, who has been missing
from her home since SnnHo? ?
- aucinoon,
Dec. 29, called at the State office
and stated that, notwithstanding
the numerous rumors circulated
within the past week, not a single
bit of authentic information concerning
his sister's whereabouts had been
received.
The girl's family is unable to decide
whether she is dead or alive.
The last she was seen, so far as the
family has been able to learn, was
about 20 feet from the Gervias street
bridge across the Congaree. She
vns then coming iu the direction of
Columbiu. The police officers iu Columbia
and Hrooklaiul do not think
she has destroyed herself.
Sallle Shannon was engaged to a
young man in Hrooklaiul and the
marriage was to have taken place
within a few weeks, it is said. It
is known that they had a quarrel
that Sunday afternoon, after whicli
she never returned to iter home. She
I attended Sunday school at the Lutheran
church, w hero she taught a
j class, and those who saw her going
in the direction of the river bridge
did not observe that she appeared
morose or downcast. The keeper of
the bridge does not. recall having
seen the girl cross the bridge that
afternoon or evening.
Mr. Shannon declared with feeling
thnt his sister was a very modest
Christian girl and had nlways exhibited
a very deep interest in church
work. She has been a member of
the Lutheran church for about five
years. While she was usually quiet
and reserved in her manner, she possessed
a happy disposition. While
her relatives have a fear that she
might have jumped into the river
while brooding over the misunderstanding
with her lover, they declare
, rvonitvij iiiui nomine ill nor 11 ro
, would show the least tendency to sui|
clde.
Iler mother is grief stricken over
her disappearance and the other
[members of the family have been in
[Borrow since the fated Sunday. However.
they still have a lingering hope
that Sallie will yet lie returned to
them, the same bright, cheerful girl
that she has ever been. They look
' by day and pray by night for her
{return and the public generally is
; appealed to to assist in every way
i possible to locate her. The police of
I Columbia have believed that she is
[in Columbia, but some think she is
in Charleston. Others suspect suicide.
The following accurate dencip;
tion;
j Sallie Shannon, aged 10; feet
finches in height; weight 1:10 pounds;
i light complexion, rosy cheeks: round
rather full face; dark hair and dark
eyebrows; blue eyes; hair pompadour.
usually tied with ribbon bow
at back; small mouth; medium nose,
i round chin; stood rather erect end
walked with a spring to heels; when
! last seen was dressed in light shirt
waist, sky blue skirt, wore long gray
elrvn Ir on/I !-?/** * ?-? "
I viunn HIIU mi II111., 11 It II IWCI rillgH Oil
second finger of right. hand, one
plain, other with set; pleasant dispo!
nitlon, hut. rather determined; seldom
displayed any temper. Member
of Lutheran Church. Was formerly
, omployed at timekeeper and bookkeeper
in cotton mill, but has proi
fessed desire to be trained nurse.
) Mas relatives in Camden, Chester
count), in Columbia and In Mlssis;
sippi.
Miss Shannon's mother, father,
; two older sisters and three brothers
' aro living in Tlrooklnnd. Any Information
concerning her should be
wired to the State immediately and
j the family will be communicated
I with as soon as any news is rejceived.
FOl'It FIKKMF.N KILLFI)
!
! By n Falling Wall in Xew York City
Friday.
! t . -i. r?.... ?: _? ? ? .......?
1 r\v .>rn i ui i\ ami n i wci r
killed by falling walls In a conflagration
which destroyed the Parker
building, a 12-story structure, located
on Fourth avenue between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets. Twen.
ty-six others were more or less seriously
injured by tho falling debris.
The Are was never under control
i and finally burned itself out. being
: with difficulty confined to the hutld'
ing in which it originated. Tho loss
is estimated at. $1,500,000. The fire
' was one of the most, spectacular as
I well as disastrous of recent years,
, being marked by heart-rending
? scenes, sensational escapes and
flashes of heroic daring.
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