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r*- ' ^ THE FORT MILL TIMES. 17TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1908 NO. 5 * V THEY WERE HUNG Toland Brothers Pay Death Penalty for Awful Crime. AN ORDERLY CR0WD{ Of About Four Hundred Witnessed the Execution in the Lexington Jnil Yard?Hot h Were Hanged From I the Same Scaffold.?They Held Firmly to Their Former Story of the .Murder.* At Lexington on Friday Ned and ; Hrnck Toland paid the penalty of | ^ *1. ? ' * urn in ior inr murder of Mrs. Paul Elllsor 011 February 26. They died at a few minutes past twelve o'clock, both being hanged from the same gallows. "I am ready to die and tell everybody to meet me in heaven." were the parting words of each. To the last they held to their former story of the crime as they told it on the witness stand at Lexington on March 12. The negroes met death with scarcely a tremor. The eyes of Brack, the younger of the boys, displayed a slight moistncsH. The cunning, instinctively criminal Ned shed not a tear and he met death with apparently >s little concern as if it were the most commonplace thing. The boys stood erect while the black caps were being adjusted and very calmly held their heads in position for the sheriff to arrange the ropes about their necks. Ignorant, depraved, they died without possibly a true realization of the horrible and atrocious crime which they had conimtted. The hundreds who witnessed the execution from housetops, trees, fences, etc.. firmly believed that justice was being meted out to them, but not one would have deigned deny them the privilege of 1 feeling that "ail is right with Clod." The trap was sprung at 1 l.fii a. in., and ill 11 minutes Ned was pronounced dead and in two mintutos , more the Inst bit of life left th.? body t of Brack. They died frrn strnngu- t latlon. As tlie bodies dropped they i swung around tor a fo wseconds nnd c . tli mi all was still. I It wus thought that Brack was kill- i ed instantly, his body hanging per- ? fectiy motionless, with not a twich ( of thu hands or feet. Ned's feet and j hum's drew up and relaxed repeatedly ( nnd ho died with a struggle. KuM six minutes had elapsed when Brack . showed signs of life and then his fin- , gers began to twitch and once or . twice liis feel drew up before his body again became motionless. Dr. E. P. Derrick, country physician. Dr. J. I*. Drafts of Barre, Dr. 1.. B. Etheridge of Deesville and Dr. It. E. Met bias of Irmo, constantly ex- 1 umined the bodies at at 12.06 Ned ? nu i\t* 11 <"?*?? 1 H no r\ A i 1 Afi Hrark was pronounced dead. They were allowed to remain suspended in | the air until 12.20. when both bodies , were cut down and placed in chea,> pine coilins furnished by the county, j No one claimed the bodies and at 4 . o'clock Sheiiff Corley turned them over to Mr. it. I). Clark, coroner, and Mr. Geo. 11. Kof>n, county supervisor, , and they were taken to the pollers' Hold and hurled without ceremouy. " HAXG1CI) AT DARLINGTON. ( 'laid)' Graham Pays Penalty for Kill* in.; Fiii-maii Moody. Gaddy Graham, colored, was banned at Dnrliti. ion Friday for the murder of r'urnian Moody on tlie night ??t Nov. IS, 1007. The hanging took place at noon end there were fv-v persons present. Among those who witnessed the hanging were tho father, brother and urvle ef t!;e murdered man. Just before the drop fell Graham made a statement, admitting that he was guilty of stealing and lying. lie said that he hated to be banged fot murder, but that lie was prepared for the inevitable. On tlie night of Nov. IS. 11)0 7, iMirntan Moody, who had broil employed us manager on Mr. Williamson's plantation, went hunting. While passing by a corn field on the place he heard what he thought was some one breaking corn. He hailed and was answered, "1 am Isaiah Hostlc-t, don't shooi. I surrender." Immediately he was fired upon, the wounds causing his death some days afterwards In Charleston, whither he had been earried in order to get medleal attention at the hospital. Isaiah Bostlck was afterwards arrested and so was Caddy Graham, who was put in Jail to answer to th-> charge of having killed Moody. it was found that Unstick was not In anv way implicated; his name was gi\en Moody by Gaddy in order to deceive blm as to who was In the ti. id. Gaddy had tried to cover his tracks In e.verv way but. was caught and at the trial the testimony of a woman who had gone with him In the wagon 'o steal the corn corroborated other testimony and Gaddy war convicted and sentenced to be hanged on Friday, May 1^1908, TOUCHED LIVE WIRE. YOUNG ELECTRICIAN MKKTS A IlOHItlllLK DEATH. Mr. Earnest L. Wicker While Working on a Pole Over in Kuinler l<uses Hi? Life on Wednesday. At Sumter Mr. Ernest L. Wicker, electrician of the Sumter Ice, Light and Power company, was instan.ly killed about 2:30 o'clock Wednesday by coming in contact with a live wire, while at work on the line at the coruei of Main and Liberty streets. Mr. Wicker and Dave Lawrence, his ussistnni lineman, were at work on Lhe big pole at the Chandler C'othin,, company corner, putting iu a couple jf new transformers and had almost finished making tbo connection when the accident occurred. They were sealed on the cross bars ubout twenty Teet from the ground. Mr. Wicker having on a safety belt with which he had strapped himself to the polo. The work was almost linished and Lawrence says he ind Wicker received a shock at the iame instant as each cut a wire on jpposite sides of the pole. The terrible force of the shock :hrew Lawrence violently against the i>ole, causing a severe bruise on his forehead but fortunately for him contact with the wire was broken when he received the shock. Mr. Wicker remained in contact with the wire and I^awrence grabbed Mm by the sleeve and jerked hL innd loose from the wire but he fell 'ace forward across a bar among the wires and although Lawrence made frantic cfTorts to push him from the .vires with a stick the attempt was futile and the unfortunate young man lung there with a current of i.300 rolts strong pulsating through his iody for more than five mlnues. When taken down he was dead DROWNED HERSELF localise She Thought She Had Killetl Her Child. Crazed by the thought that she night have accidentally killed her uin by a mistaken dose of medicine en months ago, Mrs. It. I, Toole lumped in the Etowah river and irowned herself Thursday. She lived n Home. Gn. On Wednesday she was .ried for lunacy and found guilty. 5he resisted going to jail and was committed to the cr.re of her husjand during the day. While her 1msjand was not looking she slipped iway, went to the river and jumped in. It was found that she had tied uer own arms before jumping into .he river to prevent any efforts being made unconsciously. * AS IF BY MA<HC. Illiud and Ileal Man lias His Hearing and Sight Restored. At Chicago a supposed deaf and Idind raandlcant, who had been arested was fined $'.10 nnd costp by fudge Wells. As if by magic the man's hearing and eyesight were restored nnd he took $80 from one of his pockets and counted out the nmount of the fine. He was then searched by the police and a bank book showing a deposit of $1,452 wa.> found. "You won't need these cards which tell of vour lost hearing and poor eyslght since both have been restored," the court remarked, aud the pasteboard was destroyed. TURKIC SAFES H LOWS'. Safe Robbers .Made a Good Haul at llnrtuell, Gm. Fate robbers visited lfartwell, Ga.. about one o'clock Thursday morning The poptoftire was opened and robbed of $50 in money and al>out $ 1,00ft in stnnips. Kone ef the mails were wen molested. The safe was blown open with nitro glycerine. The Southern express office was also visited and the safes blown. The express money orders were tosatd about the place. It is believed about $200 was secured there. BOAT TI'KNER OVe.lt. Two Men aud One Woman (Jet Drowned. Mr. and .Mrs. Wllllard Stone and Royd Ward were drowned in Muskegon i.ake about 11 o'clock Wednesday night when their boat was overturned by the high waves. Msis Ethel Stewart clung to the boat ami drifted a mile to the shore. All foui of the party belonged at Lakeside, a Rurburli of Muskegon. Mich. Dispenser Short. Wednesday afternoon, the Aikci board of control of the county dls pennary visited the North Augusft dispensary and cneckod up the ac counts of that institution, finding i shorta^o of some $400. The dispen sary was ordered Immediately closet and will not he again opened unt.l the mutter la straightened. 'This is i heavy blow on the thirsty at Augus tp. t / : FAVOR BRYAN. Congressmen in Doubtful States Declare That He Would ENTHUSE THE PEOPLE And Poll More Votes Than Any Other Candidate the Democrats Could Nominate.?They Say 411 States Should Send Instmrted Delegates for liryuit to the l>eiiH?cratle Convention at Denver. "We want you to tell the Democrats of South Carolina that, with one exception, there is not a Democratic congressman, who ronresonts a doubt fill district west of the Alleghany mountains who does not feel that the defeat of Bryan at the Denver convention would imperil Democratic success in his district. We want the uid of the South to preserve our political lives, and we do not want the Democrats to wait till the Denver convention but to express themselves now in no uncertain terms by instruct ?5p, their delegates for Bryan. "If Bryan is the nominee, then we will certainly return to congress and other doubtful districts in our States now represented by Republicans will send Democrats. If Bryan is defeated for the nomination, in. nv of us will as certainly be ib-'V.tt.- (. We keep in close touch v hh :.o sentiment in our districts. ; e have to. and ths is our deliborst? jurgmont.' Ths is what Judge 1). \\". Shackleford, a congressman ' > i Missouri, said to Mr. Zack McGliee. ilie Washington correspondent of The Stale one day last week, to which there was hearty and unanimous agreement at an Informal conference Mr. McGhee held with Democratic congressmen from i he Middle West tSates nt Con gross hall. There were present, be shies Judge Shack leford. Messrs. Hamilton of Iowa, Murphy of Wscon sin. Russell of Missouri, Adair of Indiana. Ashbrook of Ohio, and Kimball of Kentucky. Mr. McGhee had talked in the nfternoon also with Messrs. Denver of j Ohio, and Dixon and Ilauch of Indiana. They are alt of one acccrd and without reserve in declaring that the defeat of Bryan at Denver, if anything should bring about such an unexpected possibility. would mean disaster to Democratic hopes not only for the presidential and e ngresshmal tickets but for all local tic!r??tj. And they each assure him that this is the view entertained by all the Democratic congressmen in the Statss of the Middle West, with the single excep tion of Mr. Hammond of Minnesota, who thinks that Johnson would he stronger in Minnesota than Bryan. "If Bryan ts nominated." sail one, "then I expect to run and got elected, hut if anv movement hostile to Mr. Bryan names another man, (hen I know that there is not a possible chance for me, because Democrats will knife the whole ticket. If any other man should be nominated, even though not hostile to Bryan, the Der.i crats would not come to the polls for it is impossible to get up any enthusiasm except for Bryan." "There are five counties in iny district," said Mr. Ashbhrook ol Ohio. "Two of these are Republican, two are doubtful, though now Democratic and one is safely Democratic. With Bryan heading the ticket. I can easily carry the two doubtful district and will g.-t u plurality of 2.000. but If Bryan Is not named at Denver 1 fear the consequences, though even .hen I think I rould get a plurality of something like ' 000 " flenve- i.f Ohio :s *he ltrsl Democrat who has ever represented bis district in Congress. lie has boon the county chnirinan of the Democratic party in his county and heknows the sentiment among the oetple throughout Ohio. His district I:, now normally Republican by nearly 5.000. He says with Bryan as the nominee there is an excellent chance of carrying Ohio fcr the Democratic party.. Mr. Hamilton is the only Democrat from Iowa. "With Bryan as the Democratic nominee," he said, "and with Taft tin- Republican nominee for president. Allison again nominated for the senate. I believe there is nn \ ^ Thin would no) be the ease with any other man In pfltce of Bryan. In I lie nrrtheru part of Iowa, next to Minnesota. there is a little sentiment Tor I Johnson, but the overwhelming senti. nient among Iowa Democrats is be. yond all possible doubt for Hryan, and . he is a great favorite with Republi. cans." I Only two other men mentioned . Johnson. One of these was Mr. Mm, phy of Wisconsin. "We know Johnson up in Wisconsin." said he, "and the people do not take to htm at all. They want Hryan. I honesMv believe that Hryan could carry Wisconsin ngarn.t faft. Mr. Murphy's district is largely Republican, but parry lines are being broken up. The people want reform and they will vote for the man who they think will j i give it to them, the three favoritef . being Roosevelt, LnFollette and i Bryan." All the Indiana Democrats refer tc the three districts in their State now represented by Republicans who hold THEY WANT FOOD. CAKING FOK THE MVING IS A l'KOIlIiK>l. The Injured Alt' Doing Well au?l the Death I.ist Will Not Evitttl Four Hundred. Practically complete returns fro all portions of Louisiana. Mississippi. Alabama and Georgia show tha fne death list in the wind, rain and electrical storm of lust Friday. Saturday and Sunday will uot be more than 400. The number of injured stand at about 1,200, with reports Indicating that a number of the persona hull in this storm probably will die Relief measures have been extended by the United States governme it r n HftttiooiMivff ^ f I"" n* * ~ 1 ..v.uuib, . ion., i ui vis ana oilier towns In the four States. In addition to federal aid the States took prompt measures for the prompt assistance of those made homeless by the storm and for hospital accommodations for those injured. A dispatch from New Orleans under date of April 27 says with about 3 25 newly made graves distributed broadcast over nearly the entire width of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the dead in Friday's tornadoes has been mostly cared for at this time, and it was possible with accurracy to say that the death list in these States would not exceed 350. The few who may be added to this fatalities are possibly a score of the 200 most, seriously wounded in hospitals throughout the States. The remaining injured number about 1,000 were reported on the road to recovery. The gravity of the situation centered in the problems of the living, namely, hunger and shelter. At least one stricken town was reported to have eaten literally its last meal at that time and was relying on charity for its supper. Fortunately, the great territory over which the stricken districts were scattered left an opportunity for the unharmed neighbors intersiiersed everywhere throughout these centres of want to furnish relief more quickly and effectively than would have been possible had the dis'aster been confined to one place. Cities, little and big. on all sides of the tornudo belt made rapid preparations to ship supplies and men into the tornado districts. New Orleans started a money subscription and ulso shipped food to Amite, the worst damaged town in that State. Amite was the town which reported its food supply practically exhausted. Otherwise the little town was maklnc rapid progress toward rehabilitation, the primary feature of the restoration being the opening of streets by dragging trees, roofs and other wreckage off roadways. The churches, every one of which was wrecked were among the first edifices to rise in he form of temporary pavilions above the ruins. At Purvis, Miss., cook stoves were about the most valuable assets in the community. A few of them had been |brought from the wreckage and under the direction of the authorities their use was loaned first to one family and then to another. Purvis was one of the few communities still reporting ^resh lists of injured and dying, who were found in the outlying country, some of them in a desperate state from lack of care. These unfortunates were made as comfortable as possible. So far as known, all wete negroes. Superintendent of Education T. \V. Davis, is I ncharge of the relief work at Purvis, said in descirbing the stuation: "What we will do largelv depends upon what is done for us. We ourselves have no resources. The debris must be cleared away, the dead stock removed, the Injured cared for. We have put on a small froce of workers, but will not be able to continue them unless money is rapidly forthcoming." their seats by small majorities. These are Gilhams. with a majority of :tr>0 over his Democratic opponent, with 1,4 9ft votes for the Prohibition and Socialist candidates; Chanev, wth 3 40 majority over the Democrat, and 1. 620 votes for the Prohibition and Socialist candidates, and the late .or. Brick, who had a majority of 207 over the Democrat and 2,190 for other candidates. These districts, they all declare, will be safely in the Democratic column if Bryan is nominated, and as surely Republican if he is not. Messrs Shackleforii and Kttssel discussed the situation in Missouri, and they say that if Bryan is nominated Missouri will not only come back into the Democratic column so far as the presidential electors are concerned, but that 15 of the Id congressmen will he Democrats. There are now 12 Democrats auci four Republican from Missouri. Congressman Rainoy of Illinois says, "I can not speak from personal knowledge as to any other State, but I do know Illinois." he said. "We have a good chance of carrying Illinois if Rryan is the nominee. With any one else nominated there is absolutely 110 chance. With Bryan at the head of the ticket, we 1 can elect 1 ?> Democratic congressmen. 1 think wo could elect nine without him. We now have five." Mr. Raini ov himself carried his dstrlct by I about r.,000 plurality, ho ihat Brvan'p defeat would not seriously effect him. ? He declares that it would ho-. .1 ' vital effect upon the l)eniccrac\ of I the State, v hlcb is all for B;ya 1. * LOST WITH SHIP An Awful Accident Befalls Cruisor of Japanese Navy. FEARFUL EXPLOSION OcriirrtHl n thr Sto<-i* ? ill IC* tlio Vessel I.ay at Anchor at Ma*ang. Almost the Kntire Crow of Vouiik Officers is Believed t?> Have Cone Down With Their Ship. A dspatch from Tokio, Japan, says the training cruiser Matsusliima was sunk off the Pescadores Island* Thursday morning by the explosion of a projectile. The cruisers Itsukhlma and Hashidate rescued JO of the crew. It is believed that over 1100 officers and men, includng the captain of the Matsusliima are lost. The cruiser Matsushitas has a displacement of 1,277 tons, being about tho size and carrying pructlcany the same arnauient as the United States cruiser Olympia. It carried one 12inch and 1 1 four-nch guns. . it was one of the older shps of the Japanese navy, having been built in 1890 at a cost of $1,000,000. The total crew numbered 35u olficers and men. Admiral Mospiamtsu, commander of the training squadron reports that the explosion occurred in the stock magazine of the cruiser at 4:OS o'clock Thursday morning while the vessel was anchored at Makang The cruiser immedately sank until only the hrdge was visible. Kfforts at rescue by boats from the cruisers Hashldate and the Itsukliima continued until 9 n. in., and 14 1 men were saved, and at that time tho admirl's report, the cadets snved numbered 5 8 out of the cotnpletetne.il of 300. The sons of Haron Chinda, viceminister of the foreign ofllce, and of Prince Ognia. Held marshal, are among the cadets who it is feared are lost; also Captains Maine. YokH. nioro and Yashiro. The cause of the explosion is unknown. An additional report from Admiral commander of the squadron, Rives the list of dead as 1F?9; 141 navJIug been rescued l>y the crews of other bruisers. All ofllcrs except four went down with the ship. Captains Maine, Vpshiniora and Yashiro are among the drowned. The cruiser was coming to anchor at 4:10 a. ni., when, with out warning there was a terrific explosion and the cruiser foundered almost immediately. it is supposed the explosion occurred in magazine No. 2. llOl.lt THI1CVKS. Pound and (fagged Messengec and Ia>ot<m1 tlie Safe. "After a desperate battle with two robbers, the messenger in charge of the express car of the New York?St. Louis express of the Pennsylvania road, was bound and gagged, tossed into a corner, and brft there, while the intruders looted the safe in the car of four bags of currency and gold and then signalled the engineer to stop. When the train slowed down the men jumped off the car and escaped. In trying to ascertain the cause til the signal to stop, the train erev. rouna tne car door open and the messenger inside. According to the messenger's story, he was busily engaged as the train left the union station at Pittsburg, Pa., at 10:15 p. 111. Without warning he was attacked, and at Carnegie, eight miles from Pittsburg, the stop signal was given and the men got away. * FAMOUS OUTLAW CAUGHT. John Harper Surrounded by a Large Posse and Captured. A special from Copper Hill. Tenn., states that a jtos.se of Tennessee and Georgia citizens and United States officers have captured in the mountains of Fannin county, Tennessee, the notorious outlaw John Harper. Harper murdered Allison Kngland near Blue Kidge over a year ago. He was arrested and Incarcrratd in jail In Atlanta February i, 1908 ponding his appeal to the supreme court for the murder of Sheriff Keith of Murray county, (JeorRia in July, 1907. Rewards amounting to nearly $900 dollars were out for his arrest which was accomplished by making him believe that the house in which he was concealed was being burned down. * TILLMAN TO RKTI UN IIOMK. The Senator I<rft the Simitoriuni on Last Saturday. Senator Tillman's condition is so much improved that he bus returned to his home at Trenton. He will continue to rest, remaining quietly at home until about June 1, when he expects to sail for Rurope. This will he good news to the many friends of the Senator, who hope that he will soon be entirely recovered so as h?iwill he able to return to his dutise in the Senate, where he is so much ^missed. THE PRESS GANG HOW TIME WILL BE SPENT AT GAFFXEY. Many Interesting Papers t?? Ho Kon<I. People of Gaffney Expect to Make Visitors Have a Good Time. President E. H. A till, of the South Carolina Press Association, attended a meeting at Gafifney last week of the subcommittee which was appointed to arrange the details of the programme for the annual meeting of the Assoclaton at Gaffney. June 1518. J. E. Norment. C. M. Galloway and Willnin Hanks wrre also of this subcommittee, but were unavoidably absent. President Aull and Mr. Edward DeCanip met and went over the programme as partially agreed upon at a former meeting of the committee, and President Aull was requested to put the programme in shape and arrange for Its publication. As a result of the conference the following programme is announced for the annual i meeting: Tuesday Moriiiiur. .ini?? ?? *" -r?- ?Wf IV O'clock. Association called to order In auditorium of Limestone College by President E. H. A till. Prayer by the chaplain, the Rev. \\\ P. Jacobs 1). 1). Address of welcome on behalf jf the citj cf Gaffney, by Prof. 11. P. Grill', th. Address of welcome on behalf of Limestone College by Dr. Lee Davis I .od/ie. He: ponses to addresses of welcome b/ President E. 11. Aull and Secretary R. 1,. Freeman. ltii*-tiies.s Session. So eject, "The Business End of a Newsnaper Office," If. L. Watson, Gt eon wood Index. "To What Extent Should Newspapers Give the Free Use of Their i Columo to Candidates," C. W. Wolfe. , ivingstree Record. "My Esteemed Contemporary," T. \ R. Waring, Charleston Post. i Afternoon Session. , "The Impress of Environment Upon ( tlio Newspaper and its Formative Influence," J. E. Norment. Miscellaneous business. 4:JO o'clock. Drive around the city, including visit to manufactories and tin mines. Evening Session. K::IO O'clock. Address, "The Great Importance ot i ( the Developnient of our Rural Schools," Miss Mary T. Nance, president of the Rural School Improvement Association of South Carolina. Wednesday Morning, .lime IT, 11 .Visit to power plant of the 1-1 no j trieal Power and Manufacturing Company on Broad Ulver in a special t rain. A general picnic will he served at the power plant. Night Session. Address, "The Postoffice Department. and the Legitimate Publisher," Hon. A. L. Lawshe third assistant Postmaster General. Washington, D. C. . Address, lion. II U Hdmonds, editor of the Manufacturers' Itecord. Baltimore, Md. Thursday .doming, .lunc IH, t t'clock. "The Technical Construction of a Newspaper Story," Jas. A. Hoyt, The News and Courier Bureau, Columbia, S. C. "How to Prepare Copy," C. H. Galloway, the State, Columbia, S. C. "The Use of the Telephone in Gathering the News," A. 11. Carpenter, the Daily Mail, Anderson, S. C. Afternoon Session, it O'clock. "Historical Symposium," paper and addresses by Col. T. It. Crews, Herald, Laurens; N. G Osteon. Watchman and Southron, Sumter; Jno. W. Holmes, People, Barnwell; Hugh Wilson, Press and Banner, Abbeville; Miles B McSweeney, Guardian. Hampton. Miscellaneous business. Klertion of officers. Night Session, lO O'f'lock. Banquet, tendered by citizens of Gaffney. It is earnestly requested by the citizens of Giiffney that all members, with their families, will reach Gaffney during Monday and Monday evening. The officers of the Association, also, earnestly request that every publisher in South Carolina attend this meeting. The people of Gaffney are very much in earnest in their efforts to make this a most enjoyable meeting, and when they undertake to do a thing they do It. In addition to the program Editor Loyless, of the Augusta Chronicle, and Editor Caldwell, of the Charlotte Observer, have accepted invitations to meet with their South Carolina brethren. "If you are not a member of the Association," says President Anil, "send your name and initiation fee to Treasurer August Kohn, Columbia, S C.. and make your arrangements to take a week off, leaving your home on Monday, so as to reach Gaffney in time for the opening session Tuesdaj morning, and have your business so arranged that you can remain away from your desk until the following Monday, so that yon may take the trip through the henutiful scenery of Western North Carolina, which trip Is being arranged and the details of which will he announced In a sop erale circular. "VNc will live together as one fatni GREAT STORMS. Eight Hundred People Reported to Have Been Killed. HARROWING DETAILS Of a Serifs of Devastating 'lornudoo* in China Slum* That Whole Towns Were Wiped Out of Kxisteuee and Hundreds of Lives Were I>estroyed. Thousands Are Homeless and it* Want. This part of the world is not the only place where there have been great storms in the last few weeks. China has been visited by devastating tempests, which destroyed many lives and doing much damage to property. A itlenotnt. . ' -- ?,.mvn uuui iiong rvong sayh it is now believed that hte death list from the tornadoes which swept over the Hankow region will reach upwards of K00 persons. Meagre reports from outlying districts add only harrowing details to the information already in hand. Means of communication are poor, owing to the damage by water and high winds. A recent report from Hankow estimated the death list there at COO. but this does not include those who perished on numerous foundered vessels. The violent tempests which ravaged portions of the southeastern coast left death and destruction in their wake for miles. Small hamlets were almost entirely desroyed and in rural communities it will require many days to estimate the loss of life and the loss in values accurately. Many vessels of the coast in the China sea were unable to weather the gales. The fragments of sloops have been drifting in upon the beach carried by the lie avy swell. Although there are no deilnite news from the oast towns, the 'oss of liie is thought to be heavy. FATAL ACCIDKNT. Vine Persons Killed in Trolley Accident. Two large trolley ears on the Detrlot. Jackson & Chicago railway, m part of th? Detrlot t'niied Railway system, running from Detrlot to Jackson. collided head on Wednesday afternoon while running at about 4.r? miles an hour, near Ypsllianti. Nine men were killed and about 30 meu and women injured, some of them seriously. Four of the injured are in a critical condition. A mistake in orders on the part of Motorman Fay of tho limited car, who was crushed to death beneath his vestibule, is alleged to have caused tho collision. WAS UFFI'SKD BALL. Decision of the Supivme t'owrt in (Irovcr Welsh Case. The supreme court has refused to grant hail to (Jrovor C. Welsh, who is now in the Lancaster jnil charged with the killing of Herry II. Mobley. The killing took place Inst February on a train near Heath Springs and was the outcome of a shooting affray in which Moblev killed Stephen Welsh, brother of (Jrovor, and Thoe Claybourn. The attorneys in their argument for hail claimed that Mobley was the aggressor, but tills was denied by the prosecution. l?i:.\l> IX A CKKKK. Must Have Boon Thrown From Hi* Horse and Drowned. Thos. F. Ferguson, a prosperous farmer living four miles from Abbeville was found dead in a small creek at 2 o'clock Wednesday. Mr. Ferguson had been over to see his mother t nd was >n his way home riding a mule. I'pon the mule reaching home without its rider, a search was ,1 n on,I II,,, l..,U,' in l!,n creek. I? i.s supposed Mr. Ferguson was thrown info the creek nnd rendered unconscious and drowned. Will Leave ilospitnl. Thomas McCTeoey, who was shot accidentally some time ago by Representative Heflin. has about recovered, and will soon leave the hospital. Ily diving the session at Gnffney, ;n the i imestono College. While thojo we will be the guests of the city. Editor DeCanip made that statement at the Isle of Paints last summer and insists on carrying it out. ' If vou desire transportation lor yourself or any member of your family write in ample time to the president at Newberry, S. C., or to the secretary at Hennettsvllle, R. C., stating by which route you desire to go. and efforts will be made to secure you n?eessu r\ t ran sport at Ion. "Let tis repeat oar request that y< t attend this meeting and sea something of this wonderful Piedmont section of your state. For two years we have enjoyed the 6ea 1 rrczes an 1 hospitality of the people of the City of Charleston, and this i year we want you all to go w|th u* | to Guffney." X "V