Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, May 14, 1908, Image 4
MANY LIVES LOST
In a Most Destructive Hotel Fire
at Fort Wayne, Ind.
NUMBER OF MISSING
Th* Bunilnc of Uh> Register Renders
j. -V ^
Accurate Estimate of Fntilities
Impossible??The Fire Was amscoveured
ut Half-Past Three O'clock
Sunday Morning in the Elevator
Shaft.
At l?ast 12 persons lost their lives
la a Ore which destroyed the New
Adeline hotel at Fort Wayne, Ind.,
early Sunday mornlug. The entire
Interior of the building is a smouldering
heap of ruins and how many
dead arc concealed by the debris can
only be conjectured. The hotel register
was consumed by the Are and
there is no accurate means of determining
who is missing.
Charred wood, bricks and twisted
girders are piled up between the walls
to the second story. Piece by piece
this mutt be removed before the roll
of the de;id can be completed. Some
of the bodies taken out are mangled
and charred beyond recognition.
The l.re wns discovered at 3:30
Sunday inorning tn the elevator shaft
by Night Clerk Ralph Pipllns. He
rushed to the upper floors, alarming
the guests until the flames, which had
spread with greut rapidity, drove
them back. His efforts, howeve\
saved many lives.
The hotel was erected half a century
ago and the wood work wan dry
us tinder. Within a few minutes from
ilie iiiut* cue in v wub ui9> I'vrifu vnt
whole Interior was a mass of Maine?
end the only avenue of escape was
by the windows.
The flie department rescued main
of tho guests by means of ladders
but Borne, frenzied by the rush ol
flames, leaped from windows to th?
street.
R. S. Johnson, of Pann. 111., jump
ed from I he fifth story. Ills ln^
struck a balcony and bounded far in
to the street. He died a short tim<
later.
Aa the flames increased men anr
women wore seen in the windows o:
their rooms imploring help. Somi
did not wait for the assistance of th<
firemen and leaped to the street
Those who left their rooms before th<
flames cut off their retreat were abb
to make their way to the fire escap<
and were saved.
That there are several bodies ii
the ruins is the belief of Fire Chie
Ililbrecht and Chief of Police Anck
enbruck places his estimate of den?
yet in tho ruinB as high as 20. Th<
New Avellne Hotel was a six stor:
building of brick. It stood in th<
business centre of the city. The hote
and Its furnlshlngB were valued a
980.000.
WILL FIGHT PLAGUE.
PhjaJcta hn W ho \\ 111 Waco War 01
Tuberculosis in this State
l>r. Walter Cheyne, the very effi
clout and popular secretary of th?
South Carolina Medical association
has made public the names of tin
physicians, one from each county ii
this State, constituting the committer
on formation of the Anti-Tuberc.ulosl
league of the State Medical assocla
tlon. This league Is the authoritatlvi
and professional organization whlcl
will take the necessary iteps to sun
press the spread of tuberculosis 11
South Carolina.
Each of the physicians below nam
ed, who have been appointed by Dr
John Li Dawson, the chairman, unde
authority in him vested by the Stati
Medical association, will supervlsi
the proper organization in each conn
ty under scientific and professiona
supervision as the representative* o
the State Medical association.
Committee on formation: Dr. Join
Li. Dawson, chairman; Dr. (1 A
Ne afer, Abbeville; Dr. W. A NnrJin
Jr., Anderson; Dr. Filmoto Moore
Aiken; Dr. T. T. Clckley, Bamberg
Dr. K. C. Kirkland; Barnwell; Dr
W. R. Eve, Beuufort; Dr. B. B. Steed
ly, Cherokee: Dr. Frank Lander
Chester; Dr. T. E. Wannaniaker, Jr.
Chesterfield; Dr. \V\ M. Brooking
ton,, Clarendon: I)r. W. A. Kirby
Coileton; Dr. William Eggleston
Darlington; Dr. F. Julian Carroll
Dorchester; Dr. R. A. Marsh. Edge
field; Dr. Samuel Lindsay, Fairfield
Dr. B. C*. Gregg. Florence; I)r. W. M
Gelllnrd. nw>r?Atftwn- r?f no,,u i"*?
, * t I'lVTin I* III
mm, Greenville; Dr. C P Neal, Green
wood; Dr. C. A. Hash, Hampton; Dr
J. A. Norlnn. Horry; Dr. .T. \V. for
belt, Kershaw; I)r. T. L. \V. Bailey
Laurens; Dr. C. \V. Harris, Lee; Dr
C W. Harron, Lexington; I)r. A. M
Hrallsford, Marion; Dr. \V. J. Cross
land. Marlboro; Dr. P. C. Ellison
Newberry; Dr. A. K. Hlnes. Seneca
Dr. L. C. Shecut, Orangeburg; Dr
W. A. Tripp, Pickens; Dr. A. Earh
Boozer, Rlchlnnd; Dr. E. 13. Frontls
Saluda; Dr. G. A. Bunch, Spnntan
burpc; Dr. L. M. Parlor, Sumter, Dr
D. 11. Montgomery. I'nlon: Dr. Y. B
Durant, Williamsburg; Dr. R. A
Bratton, York.
Cnlhoun county committeeman yet
to be named.
Perhaps the most important work
done by the State Medical association
at lta last meeting was the inauguration
of this systematic and Intelligent
warfnre against tuberculosis. While
nothing has as yet been actually accomplished
beyond the preliminary
steps toward organization, noverthe
lebs the fact that the physicians of
tbtu Stat? have agreed to go Into n
campaign of education in which the
masses of the people are to receive
free instruction 1n the methods of
preventing the spread of this dread
disease will be received with grntltude
and unusual interest by the
people of this entire State.
| PARTY RULES
FOR GOYERIXG MEMBERSHIP OF H
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS.
The Qualification of Voter*, and the V
Conduct of Priinurjr Election* of
the Democratic Parti of This State.
Tho following rules shall govern
the membership of the different sub- at
uruiuaie democratic Clubs of tbisLtt
State,, the qualification of voters at g
the primary elections held by the w
party, the conduct of the primary a
election to be held on the last Tues
day of August, and the second primary
held two weeks later, if one lie tl
necessary, w
Rule 1. The qualifications for b
membership in any subordinate club ^
of the Democratic Party of this State, C1
or for voting at a Democratic prim- *
ary, shall be as follows, viz: The ap- n
plicant for membership, or voter, tl
shall be twenty-one years of age, or l>
shall become so before the succeeding
general election, and be a white Dem- tl
ocrat, or a negro who voted for Gen- b
ernl Hampton in 1S7 6, and has voted tl
the Democratic ticket continuously w
since. Provided, that no white man n
shall be excluded from participation
in the Democratic primary who shall d
! take the pledge required by the rules li
of the Democratic Party.
The managers at each box nt the t
( primary election shall require every t
I voter in a Democratic primary election ^
[ to pledgo himself to abide results of c
, the primary, and to support the nom- f
' inees of the party, and to take the o
, following oath and pledge, viz: "I do C
solemnly swear that I am duly quail- 1;
fled to vote at this election according u
to the rules of the Democratic Party, t
, and that I have not voted before at s
, this election, and pledge myself to S
, support the nominees of this prim- 1
i ary."
. Rule 2. Every negro applying for f
membership in a Democratic Club, or i
r offering to vote In a Democratic prim- t
ary election, must produce a written t
f statement of ten reputable white men C
, who shall swear that they know of t
their own knowledge that the uppll- r
cant or voter voted for General 11
r Hampton in 1876, and has voted the u
. Democratic ticket continuously since, i;
s The said ticket shall be placed In the I
ballot box by the managers, and re- ,
j turned with the poll lists to the f
t County Chairman. The managers of s
j election Bhall keep a separate list of
3 all negro voters, and retiffn it with
poll list to the County Chairman,
j No person shall be permitted to
? vote unless he has been enrolled on
a club at least five days before the
said primary election. Provded, that
j in Charleston County the voter must
f have his name o nthe club list at
least sixty days before the said primj
ary election.
p The club lists shall be inspected
by and certified to by the president
^ and secretary and turned over to the
. managers to be used as the regular
J list.
, Rule .1. Each County Executive
Committee of the Democratic Party
in this State shall meet on or before
the first Monday of each election year
and shall appoint three managers for
i each primary election precinct In
their respective Counties, who shall
hold the primary election provided
under'the Democratic Constitution, in
accordance with the Acts of the Genoral
Assembly of this State regulatp
lng primary elections, the Constitu1
Mou of the Democratic Party of thlp
e State, and the rules herein set forth.
The names of such managers may be
published by the Chairman of each
R County Executive Committee in one
or more County papers at least two
weeks before the election.
Rule 4. Each voter In said primary
shall vote two ballots, on which
shall he printed the name or names j
of the candidates voted for by him f
" for each of the offices to he filled, to- j
' gether with the name of the office. |
* The tickets to be voted shall he far- t
n Is lied by the State and County Exec- ;
, utlve Committees respectively, and <
shall contain the names of nil candl- i
dutes for the representative offices <
and no other tickets shall be used.
' The tickets to he voted shall he in 1
' the following forms, one for
United Stat?>s Senator. i
j Governor. >
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary ot State.
Comptroller General. t
' State Treas .rer. *
Adjutant a' I Inspector General. ;
Siate Supet iatcndcut of Education, i
Attorney General.
Railroad Commissioner. \
' The other with spaces to suit the t
different Counties: j
For Congrtrs District. f
For Solicitor Judicial Circuit. S
State Senator.
Houso of Representatives. t
Sheriff. I
Judge of Piobate. I
Clerk of Court. (
County Supervisor. ?
Coroner. i
County Superintendent of Ednea- .
lion. (1
Treasuror. c
Auditor. I
J Magistrate. t
Master.
County Commissioners. (
No vote l'or House of Represent a- a
tives shall be counted unless it con- f
tains as many names as the county is f
entitled to representatives. C
Rule 5. The managers of election
shall open the polls at 8 o'clock. A. C
M., and shall close them at
1 4 o'clock. I*. M.; provided, that in
' the city of Charleston the polls ahall
open at K o'rlock A. M., and shall
1 close at *> o'clock I'. M. After tabu- w
lating the result,, the managers shall w
certify the same and forward the h
ballot-box. poll list and all other pa- it
pers relating to such election, by one tl
of their number of Executive Com- tl
mltteemen. to the Chairmen of the h
respective Democratic County Kxecu- a
tive Committees within forty-eight m
hours after the close of the polls. cl
Rule fi. The County Democratic ti
Executive Committee shall assemble tc
at their respective Court House* or. m
WHITE AND BLACKS
AVE SOCIAL EQUALITY DINNER .
IN NEW YORK.
k'hite Women Sandwiched in R?" '
twrei Negro Men and White Men
R.4.M.. "
?.. ?iv^iv Tvunira.
Nothing In recent years has so
irred the white people of this coun y
as the "social equality" dinner
iven in New York on Monday night
eek under the auspices of the Cosmopolitan
club.
The purpose of the dinner, and of
ie movement of which it is a part,
as. frankly end confessedly, to
reak down the social barriers boween
the two races, and the advoacy
of intermarriage, cxpresed by
'hites and blacks alike at this relarkable
dinner, was greeted with
he loudest enthusiasm of the evenlg.
There were ninety-three people at
he dinner, the proportion of negroes
elng about two to one. while among
be whites were a large number of
hite women, affiliated with "settletent"
work and socialism.
The seating arrangements were so
t.vised that a white w< man inva*tbly
sat between negro men.
he morning of the second day after
he election, on or before 12 o'clock
I., to tabulate the returns and delare
the results of the primary, so
ar as the same relates to members
f the General Assembly and County
)ffices, and shall forward immediatey
to the Chairman of the State Execittve
Committee at Columbia, S. C.,
he result of the election in their repectlve
Counties, for U. S. Senator,
Itate officers. Congressmen and Soicitors.
Rule 7. The protests and contests
or County Officers shall be filed wlthn
five days after tho election with
he Chairman of the County ExecuIve
Committee, and said Executive
Committee shall hear and determine
he same. The State Executive Coninlttec
shall hear and decide protests
ind contests us to United States Senitor.
State Officers, Congressmen and
Solicitors, and ten days shall be ai
owed for filing tho same. ,
Rule 8. Candidates for the General
Assembly and for County Officers
W?11 AI*. ?* - ' - *
linn mo wim mo *_nairman oi ttie I
bounty Executive Committee a pledge
n writing, to abide the results of the
>rlmary and support the nominee.)
hereof. Canddates for other off:es
shall file such pledge with the:
Chairman of the State Executive
Committee. Provided, That, the
>ledge of such candidate shall be filed
?n or before 12 o'clock, meridian, of
he day proceeding the duy flxpd by
he County Executive Commltte or
he State Executive Committee for
be first campaign meeting of the
bounty or State respectively; provid d,
further, that in Charleston Couny
the candidates for congrss, solidor
and county officers shall file their
)1 edges and pay their assessments
vithln the time fixed by the County
Sxcutive Committee. No vote for any
:andldate who has not paid his aslessment
nor complied with this rula
ihall be countedThe
followug is the forri rf the
mth: "As a candidate for the office
>f In the Democratic primary
election, to be held on the last Tues
lay in August, l hereby pledge ray,elf
to abide the results of such prim?ry
and support the nominees there>f,
and that I am not, nor will 1
tecome. the candidate of nny faction,
dther privately or publicly suggested.
>ther than tho regular Democratic
lomlnatlon." If th candidate is running
for the United States Senate, or
'or the United States House of Representatives
this additional pledge
;hn!l bo required: "I will support the
political principles and policies of the
Democratic. Party during the term
pf Office for whch I may be elected,
pnd work In nccord with my I>empcratlc
associates In Congress on aUpnrty
questions." This the ? day
pf
Rub* 9. In the primary election
terelu provided lor, u majority of
lie vote? cast shall be necessary to
lominate candidates. A second primary
.vhen necessary, shall be held two
veeks after the first, as provided tinier
the Constitution of the party,
ind shall be subject to the rules governing
the first primary. At said
iecond primary tho two highest canlidates
alone shall run for any one
pffice, but If there are two or more
racancles for any particular office,
hen double the number of candidates
ihall run for the vacancies to be
llled. For instance in a race for
therlff the two highest shall run.
Rule 19. In the event of a tie howcen
two candidates In the second
>rlmar.v, the County Chairman, if it
s a Conntv Office, and the State
Jh:iirman, if it is for U. S. Senator
Ua'e Ofllrers, Cong. essmon. or Solictors.
shall order a thir dprimary. The
Ideation of a majority vote shall he!
letermined hy the number of votes)
ast for any particular oifice. and not
iv the whole number of votes cast iu
he primary. .
Rule II. Each County Executive
lonimiftee shall furnish the nianagers
t each precinct two ballot boxes, one
or State Officers, and ihe other for
longresaman, Solicitor and Oounlv
Hikers.
WI LIE JONES,
Ihnlrman State Democratic Executive
Committee.
The Sucessful .Man.
The successful man is the man
ho has made ? happy home for his
if* and children. No matter what
e has not done in the way of achievlg
wealth and honor. If he has done
lat he is a sue ess. if he hasn't done
tat. and if is his own fault, though
* be the highest in the land, he is
most pliable failure. Mow many
ten in a mad pursuit of gold, which
mracterizes the age, realize that
tore is no fortune which can he left
? their families us great as the
etnory of a happy home.
%
WEIRD THINGS
AllE TOLD ABOUT TOE DOINGS OF 1
SOME FANATICS.
Two Followers of "Unknown Tongue" }
Will Be Arraigned on Charge of
Lunacy in Pike County, Ga.
There have been some sensational
developments in Pike County, Gn.. re- ,
cently with reference to a religious
sect which has been operating for the 1
past several years through that sec- I
tlon. Vega, in Pike county being the i
central points of operations. A lot of ,
these people have been acting so
strangely that they have been severely
criticised, and In fact, in a number
of Instances tlieir conduct bus |
been such, it is claimed thai it hits ,
become objectionable to the comuiun- ,
ity.
Last summer they ran a camp
meeting at Vega, which became so notorius
that peopie from the entire
surrounding country flocked there to
witness the performances. The loaders
claimed to have received miraculous
i>ower. and to have a special
favor called the "unknown tongue,"
which consists of such an alleged
Jabbering as was probably never before
wtlnPRSpH nnltotllo'lhlo "-J'
?, ?. ...wniQtuic tv/ uiur
nary begins but clearly understood as
they claimed by all the followers of
the new religion.
Some times various individual*
would go off into a trancs like state,
in which condition they would remain
for hours and days, and at times
weeks. Some times some of them
would tramp the fields aud woods,
shouting and moaning, uutil the
neighltorhood would become alarried
and the women and children much
frightened. In the meantime representatives
of the new sect were traveling
the country, begging fnuds with
which to establish an orphans' home
at Vega aud a large framed building
hud been erected, where several children
hud been collected.
This condition continued until tho
Pike County grand jury niot two
weeks ago, when certain citiaous of
|the county went before the body and
asked relief at its bands. It seems
that, the grand jury, in Its efforts to
aid the people of that section, returned
two bills against two victims
of the new religious order and the
Investigations of tho allog"d home
resulted In two children from the
j home appearing before tho body in
iZebulon and from there sent to their
former home In Columbus, (la.
The citizens of Vega then took a
hand and after public meetings notified
Manager Stafford that he was not
a proper person to be in charge of th?
place and that a proper man would
have to be put in charge or the place
closed. All children there wore immediately
sent to their former homes
and It is probable that the orphanage
is out of bupiuess. Interesting developoitnts
have been going on, however,
in the ranks of the holiness
followers. When the sheriff of the
county went to arrest the young man
and young woman, charged with vagrancy,
u wonderful state of affairs
was discussed.
From the information obtained
these two people went into a trance
at the camp meeting last summer, in
which they lingered many days. They
then went to the home of the young
mun's father where they have since
been, actually refusing to do a single
tiling, not even bathing or changing
wearing upparel. The food on which
they have subsisted had to lie carried
to their rooms and fed to them. They
are sights to look upon.
Strange as it may seem, the father
of this young man is a respectable
citizen and the faiinly esteemed in
he community and they stoutly maintain
that there is nothing the matter
with the young man and the young
woman except that they "had the
power of the Holy Ghost." Iu the
rf Hutv fho uhoriff
rind the two to Zebulon and placed |
them in jail. The friends of the fam
ily at once made bond for their release,
but when the sheriff opened the
doors and told them to walk out they
declined, saying that the "Lord had
put them In jail und when He ordered
them out they would obey."
All who try don'l succeed, but all
who succeed tried.
lirynn Will He Klocted.
The Augusta Herald says the Hon.
Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution, has just returned from
a visit to the North. As the national
democratic committeeman for
Georgia, the editor of the leading
morning paper in the state, ex-president
of the state senate and one of
the best informed men in Georgia
it was natural that he should he a.;ked
for an expression of his views on
the national political situation. In
speaking of the probable nomination
of Mr. Taft and the expected nomination
of Mr. Bryan, Mr. Howell expressed
himself as being confident
that the Democrats would win should
these two gentlemen be pitted
against each other. Mr. Howell's
view, that Mr. Bryan will beat Mr.
Taft. if these two men become the
candidates of their respective parties.
is shared by many well informed
men.
A tradle costing SI.000 has just
been imported for a Chicago baby,
but a baby in the next block may
sleep as well in a f>0 cent crib and
get to the White House first, says
the Birmingham Age Herald.
"Can't some one write a tribute to
the mule in front of the plow?" asks
the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle. We
presume so. says the Washington
Herald. Certainly it ought to be
easier in front of the plow than behind
it.
The directors of the bank at Waycross.
Ga., declared themselves ore!
hundred per cent dividends out of \
the money of the dopo.-itc.-s and i
then the tank failed. Th? board is I
now facing a jury. ]
I
HAD BROKEN NECK 1
SIT DID NOT KNOW IT FOR I
YEARS.
tcuator Money (Jittn Start liny In- '
formation When He Visited Osteopath
in New York for Treatmrut.
A dispatch from Washington says
die fact that Senator Money of Mis- i
iisslppi passed through life for 35 1
retire with a dislocated neck and did &
lot know it became known to some <
if his associates recently and created l
general astonishment. The condltiou *
was discovered when the senator be- 1
gen to take oateopathi" treatment for '
neuralgia. lie has suffered intensely (
from that ailment for many yours. ,
At the Atst battle of Franklin, iu !
April. 1 Stl3, Mr. Money was a cavalry
man in the Confederate service. 1
While riding through th? streets, he '
was struck by a bullet that circled '
around his ribs, doing no other in- I
Jury. The shock was such that Mr.
Money was thrown front his horse 1
and struck on his head. Relng help- t
less he was captured and taken within
the federal lines. He did not ask
for hospital treatment, was exchanged
later, rejoined his troop and
fought until the war was closed.
Years passed and Mr. Money entered
the senate. Neuralgia had taken
a firm hold on him and his eyesight
had grown so bad as to approximate
blindness. Senator Foraker advised
Mr. Money to try osteopathy, which
was just beginning to attract much
attention. Mr. Foraker's daughter
lias been benefited by the treatment.
Senator Money went to New York
accompanied by his son and visited
the osteopathist. Almost the doctor's
first remark was:
"Why, senator you have had your
neck broken."
Senator Money denied all knowledge
of Hiich an affliction. The physician
declared that one of the vertebrae
hud been entirely pushed from
?ne lop or the column supporting the
head and was in a wrong position,
tie demonstrated that the muscles on
one side of the neck were flabby and
useless.
"If you had been old enough to
'ak?? part in the Civil war." said the
physician, "1 would say you were
'livown from a horse and sustained
he broken neck."
"That is just exactly what did
happen." replied Senator Money, recalling
the injury at Franklin.
"1 can cure your neck," said the
physician: "it will require but a moment's
time."
The osteopath laid the senator on
a table, tool; hold of the misplaced
vei table with both hands and snapped
it into proper position. The noise
made by the bones swinging
into pluce was like the report of n
.iftol. The senator's son, who was
looking out of the window, turned in
alarm, saying: "Father, have you
broken your neck?" "No," replied tre
senator. "I have just had it set."
The physician told Senator Money
that he must exercise precaution until
ihe weakened muscles regained their
lornial strengtu. lie was cautioned
jot to turn his head in looking at
anything, but to move the entire
body. Those instructions were observed.
and the neck upurently be
r.sne as strong as it was thirty five
years before the operation. *
A woman worries over chapped
knees as if every body knew it
A hundred years cannot repair a
moment's loss of honor.
To blow your own horn successfully
always speak well of others.
1'se your head to think with. Hat
nvks can he gotten at the 10-cent
tores.
Don't grumble when things go
vrong. H><11 up your sleeves and
make them go right.
What Wottcrson Say*.
The country is always interested in
VIr. Watterson's utterances. He re,
icated Saturduv that there is now no
question about it. that Bryan is the
nominee. To quote him further:
"If the Courier-Journal can get to
Bryan, surely the most disaffected
| ought to be able to reach him with.ut
much trouble, in case they be
democrats and not republicans. We
fought a good tight against him, and
ve fought it to a finish. We fought
.t to unite, not to divide, the party,
ind we fought it whilst there was
cet time for parley. We fought it
sincerely, openly, frankly, unsparingly.
Not until money, mysterious
ind unexpected, took the field?after
the Courier-Journal had plead
ind plead in vain for some intelligent,
disinterested, popular reponse?did
the newspapers of New
York City begin to open their eyes,
to sit up and take notice. It is too
late. In short and fine, democrats
must get down to business and out
?.f the anti-Bryan habit. It is Bryan
<>r nothing. Except that too many
fools got to the front, the party
might have been saved in 189f>. It
can ue savea now, ii too many fools
do not get to the rear. There must
he a change of parties in the government,
else there will never come
i change of policies short of revolu
?ion, the one-party power, next after
the one man power, being fatal
o liberty. In a contest of this sort
'he ad hominem argument shou'd
disappear from the minds of men
like dew3 before the morning sun."
The discovery that there is one
rlivorce to every twelve marriages
in Maine leads the Washington PoEt
to suspect that love doesn't take
eery deep root in a dry state.
Now it is reported that "razorless
?haves" have been perfected. Rufus
Ravtu* Johnsing Brown will see
to it, says the Wa-'hi'Tton Herald,
that razorle s "eciutV ?it n<\x.r
[jerfected.
rRAPPED BY FLAMES. '
'IfUi CAV8R8 THE LOSS OF SIX LIVES.
ilany Prapl* Rwicnfd b.v the Firemen
and Pollrc?Origin #f I'iie Vrr.v ^
Peculiar.
An early Sunday morning fire in n .
Li
our-storv brick tenement at No. 17
duml>oldt. stret, a thickly populated
*ctlon of Brooklyn, caused the death
>f six persons and the serious injury
>f four others. Every member of
he family, consisting of a mother
ind four children, are atuone the
leSCI.
There wer? many thrilling escapes <l(
?y polk? aud firemen and it was due 1
o tlieir brave woik that the death '?
1st tvas not larger. it
A halt dozen or more persons who 01
were trapped in the upper stories
were saved by jumping into life nets. I '
l'he financial list caused by the fire sl
Is estimated at $10,000.
The fire started in th cellar of the ti
building when the people comprising ei
the eight, families living in the house p
were asleep. it had gained much
headway before it was discovered and sl
three policemen repeatedly risked ei
their lives in dragging people d
from within reach of the flames. h
When the firemen came the fire had e
spread through the entire rear of the h
house where the fire escapes were, o
and the terror-stricken inmates of the t'<
upper floors had been driven to the:e<
front rooms where they were hanging i
froiu windows shrieking for help.!
Ladders and life lines were quickly I ;
brought into use and most of thejo
Imperiled persons were thus reseued. h
The Abraius family lived on the If
third floor. For some reason, thejd
flames swept through their apartment j t
so that the only way of escape wrs ,,
by jumping from the windows i ,
Charles Abrams and his sister Anna ,
did this, hut both struck an iron tall- j
ing and were dead when picked up. n
Mrs. Abrams and her other children. I
Sadie, and Carrie, wore burned to \ j,
death, clasped in each other's arms. * |
There is no disgrace in playing the .
second fiddle if you plav is at well
as you can. ?
"Knocking" at. someone else's;.,
door may holf to smash it in. but it j ,,
won't strengthen yours. ja
FOUND! P
One of the best Commission Houses
for you to ship your Fruits Potatoes, j
Cabbage. Peas and everything in this J1
line to. Write them today. They are i
Iv
Hewitt Company, ,
10 K. Canulen St.. : Baltimore. Md. i
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
u \\ ri'ii
Salesman Waiitn!?Hell retail trade
your locality. $6f> per month and
expenses to Mr-it. or eonimbsion 1
Experience unnecessary. lleminj;- ! j
sen Cigar Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
Wanted?Second-hand Hags and Rur-l'
lap. Any kind, any quantity, any-j'
where. Wo, pay freight. Richmond 1
Rag Co.. Richmond, Va.
Cow Pens?1 will pay $2.1:0 per hush ]
el, f. o. b. your shiplug point for j
Cla.\s and 1'nknown Pons. Write!,
me. I'. II Daniel. 50 1 Tehoupitoulas
St., New Oilcans. I.e.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
| Elgin and Walthnin Watches?High j
grade jewelry, direct from factory i
to you. cutting out all middlemen'? ,
profit?.. Write for heautifully II
lurtrated catalog No. 11. free. E. (
M. Sehron, 108 Astor Place, Jor- >
sey City, N*. J. ,
FOR SALE?MInCEU.ANFOI s.
For Sale?Laundry outfit consisting !!
of washer, extractor, stove and dry- !
er. holler, mangel, pulleys, shaft- \f
ing, etc. Write J. \\ . Ivey, Flor- 11
ence, S. C. 1
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lor Sale (heap?One Roger Cread
Mixer, one Thompson Moulding
Machine; four Dread Pre.ses; two x
Dread Troughs; one Cake Machine; j
50 Plane Moulds; and many other ;
thing.- used in a first-class bakery.';"
Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg. |
;
For Sab-?One twelve horse power '
Dlaltesley Gasolene Engine, cheap '
Also lot of shafting, pulleys, etc '
Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg, :!
H. C. '
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FOR SAI.F?KGGSANDI'OI 1/l'llV. '
Kg'^s for lliilcliing?ltnrred i-tyinoufh
Ho?k and S. C. Rrown lagliorii. ^
Si.dfl per sitting of l"?, packed and
f. o. l>. Pure stock. New i>iooil
lilylbewood Poultry Yards, ftlyliicwood,
S. C 1
J*
> yj^y ~" "I ^gjy Collard plant*, and I'omntn pit
Farly Jenr VVake(ield?, Charlii
Bl ' ?*?' ^ ' >' ' w 'i
W? have ap-.ial l w I: ,r, '
would advitr ?endmg mn'ic;
sSfcf^ returning the (". <) D'a
Other pljf ? will be r Jy i
fffr and pergonal ?t:entl<?n. When i
THE DLATH GRIP.
error-Stricken Plague City Has
Been Cut Off From
1EST GF THE WORLD.
? (iuH>rn, V?- !s living Depopulated
h? l he Tt-iribJe Diseakr
Known a> flie ltuboiiie Plague?
P??ople Ficon ^ Front the Country.
?The Death llato Very Heavy.
I.a Gnayrn, Vencruela, is m city of
?uth. The ph. ut is spreading there,
he inhabitant? are fighting it fa-ncally.
alone ami unaided. From liie
>al of the world they are rut of,
11 one side In the seu. on all other*
y niilitary p iols under orders to
loot fugitives on sight.
News from the town is hard to ot<lin.
so strict i.-t the quarantine, hut
uough has leaked out. however, to
rove the spof an Inferno.
Itii9iness is practically suspended.
.ores closed, and residences shutterfi.
None vent ure abroad, except unci
absolute compulsion. Food i.<
ardly to be had on any terms. Whover
will nia\ enter with supplies,
ut having entered, none can leave,
veil for the enormous prices offered
>r provision--, few will accept the
ertuint> of imprisonment and tl:e
isk of death.
From miles .way the smoke can he
ecu by day and the (lames by night ^
r blazing In uses where the plague
as been, of burning lumber piles
rom which the people are trying to
rive the diM use-laden rats, and of
lie tires in the oil Hooded si roots, a
Ian adopted bv 1 lie authoritls as ti e
eadlest and poediest means of riding
the eotn unity of the accumnlaion
of tilth which probably -was
nalnly respo slide for the epidoinlc.
Most of th v orkinginen. w ho. pant-ked
by feat of the plague and renered
despot ate by famine, broke
ii'oi>ih>i the iniliutnri cordon and
icai tered ihrmiKli .-usronudlnK
ountrv, hnv? been horded logoUter
nil driven back by the troops.
11." t?*rrlf' 1 villagers and country
mople ann-nn whom they sought rofige
?1 i?l ever- thing in their power to
Id in the h .at. Dr. CSoinez Peraza.
if l.i Quay;:*, who first diagnosed
lie disease as bubonic plague, and
rns thrown in prison hv President
'astro, only <o he released later when
t became evident that his judgment
las orreet. is leading the sanitary
voi iters in their efforts to stamp out
lie epidemic.
Except for a few persons who rush
d from the city before the cases
lecame uun.? rous, the only ones who
vave escape.i liave been those rich
notigh to pay th<* skippers of small
raft to smug .tie them from the hnr- %
or and land them surreptitiously ?t '
list ant place- on tin* coast.
President t'astro has declared a
ilockade at the port, and regular
.hipping i- suspended. Even the
ilockade runners are few. The price*
hey charge for the supplies they
iring in. and the passengers they
ak<* out, are < iiortnous, and only the
nost iuiniitn t risk of death at tha
lands of sanitary guards are they
t l.i I e to break the embargo. 1 he I,a
luayra railroad lias ceased operitions.
The rate of niorlalhy from the dis tise
is enort .jus and those who suc:um!i
are sai to do so in the majortv
of cases in about twenty four
touts from tin* time tin are .trickMi.
There have bee a few cases of the
liseaso oui.'ic.i- or' l.a tlmiyra. but tho
mvernnieiit is tanking herculean c\ jiioiu
to prevent the disease from
jetting a fool hold, and t lie sanitary
u coalitions pro mi so to arc, nnpllsh
ho desired result.
Foreign rosdents and wenlthr Venezuelans
who fro : I>1?? to leave their
(Uslubs are pukting the country in
nrge number-, however, lost the epi
loiitit* spreads. *
Don't .-it down fit the bars and ^
iiit for th< cow to mine and be
nilked. (Jo jot the cow.
in
\\ Iiy buy an (irgun front t lie I'eddlei'? "*
Vhen you can buy a superior organ
rotn your factory representative for
ess money, and on easier terms, and
inve absolute protection in the puarntoe
given by the makers. We make
aw prices ami grant from one to two
ears, without inteiest, for settlement
nd only bind the organ sir security.
\'e save you money and supply Organs
hat v ill prove a life long pleasure.
Vrlte fit once for tatulog and special
iiices and terms to theoldestablished
M \ MINK'S Ml Slf IIOl SK,
Mttnos and Organs. Coluniliin. K. C.
? CLI 1 - s -t 11 f
a oiungie lYilll.
rlced jKiwer feed Hhtntrle mill on the m.ir?,(XHt
to Ift.nOO i hingles per day, t to lo H . ;
). (,'arrtugo hex automttlc return motion.
EST GOODS-BEST PRICES"
it? us for clo?e price quotations.
!'P"!,y CO. - COI.rMBIA.S. C.
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T.;<pet fygiap ^ yi|
> ivln1 lA. tftvlIaiB
?
xperience In growing Cabixpe plain and all
n lor the trade, vii: licit plan a, Onion pUnta.
ints.
wi.t Beet plant* -?sJ Cabbage plant* at. follow#
Hon I.*rgc f'ypeV. >kelitlt)*, anu Hen.leraon Sucknowr.
reliable v !'* to all exp ri< need truck
wn out in the J>. n a t p<- ?..t va'tr and
in/iry.
In Iota of 1 "J to She* ,' ,. ?S
thoiaa.id, 10,#? ind tmi ji i 0'
p'ant from ?
unlcat yor >r tending mmry with oiJera.
; with ord- Vou wiil aave the charge* (or
n Teh'uarj four order" will have my prompt
in >1 of getable plaota give tue Uial ordcri ?
* nil ord to