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17TH YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1908 NO 12.
TAFT NOMINATED
Gets 702 Votes Out of 979 Cast
at the Convention.
.
ON FIRST BALLOT.
Choice Mmle Unanimous After Resuit
is Announced. Yaft and
Roosevelt Clieered to the Echo.
Convention (iocs Wild in Shouts
For President.
For president of the United States.
Win. H. Tart of Ohio.
Taft on tbp fli'uf tioiint- T,.n ?...
702 votes?Taft by. the unanimous
consent of the convention.
Such Ik the record of the culminating
day of the Republican national
convention of 1908, effected
utnid acenes of tumultouH enthusiasm
and after a uervo-racking. continuous
session lusting nearly eight
houis. <
Th picture within the walls of the
vast amphitheatre as the presidential
candidate was named Thursday was
one truly grandiose in its magnitude.
In front, to the right and
left, below and above, the billowing
sea of humanity, restless after hours
of waiting and stirred from one emotion
to another, was in a fever of
expectancy for the culminating vote.
The favorite sons of other States
bad been named, save Kuox and LuFollette,
and now on the roll call
came Ohio. As the Buckeye State
was reached, the tall, gaunt form
of Theodore E. Burton, with student-like
face and severe black clerical
garb, advanced to the platform
to nominate Ohio's candidate. He
spoke fevercntly. with the singing
> * voice of an evangelist, which went
ringing through the great bulldiug.
The close of his speech of nomination
was the signal for loosing the
long pent-up feeling of the Taft legions.
IiiBtantly the Ohio delegates
were on their feet, other States fol
lununi ?nut? nit? nmvi'iiuon noum
in gallery and on floor broke Into
load demonstration.
> "Taft! Taft! W. H. Tart!" came
in a roar from tlie Ohions
Megaphones seemed to spring from
concealed places and swell the Taft
tmuulet into thunder. A huge blue
tdlk banner bearing the familiar features
of the secretary was swung before
the delegates. awakening a
freah whirlwind of enthusiasm.
All semblance of order had beeu
abandoned and the delegates' arena
m was a maelstrom of gesticulating
V men; the guidons of the States were
suatched up hy the Taft enthusiasts
or borne under the storm of dlsor?ter.
The band was inaudible?a
" mere whisper above the deafening
w volume of sound.
For 10, IP, then 2o minutes this
uproar continued. It was a repetition
of the scene of Wednesday,
when the name of Roosevelt threw
i lie convention into u frenry, repeated
in intensity und almost In duration.
But there Is a limit to the physical
resources of throat and lung and at
last the tired voices died down to a
hoarse shout and finally subsided.
The lull now gave the opportunity
for the Kpeoch seconding Tuft's nomination,
by Geo. H. Knight of California,
his big, round face beaming
forth on the sympathetic multitude
rnd his splendid baritone voice welling
forth like the tones of a great
church organ. California's tribute
to Taft was brlof and fervid. Now
there was another lull in the Tuft
movement while the remaining candidates
were placed in nomination.
it was lino in me anernoon iifiorithe
couveutlon. sweltering with the
intense heat and weary after nearly
w?vt?n hours' continuous session,
vonehod the end of the flood of eloquence,
and the decks were at last
clear for the culminating net the
ballot. But no; just as the last
ewoll of oratory, the seconding
speech for LnKollette. had died
nway, like a cyclone from a clear
akv hurst a La Pol let to demonstration
which swept theeor.ventlou front
Its very hearings. In was the same
deafening wave of sound that had
greeted Roosevelt and Taft n little
while before. Intense and maddening
and with the vital ring of genuine
enthusiasm. The delegates sat calm
and waiting, except the frantic Wisconsin
men. but the convention for
the time being was in the possession
of the galleries.
Now a singular transformation oc
curred -gradually the whirlwind
veered from LaFollette to Roosevelt.
A banner bearing the Roosevelt portrait
and waved from the gallery was
the signal for the change.
Amid this pandemonium and with
the galleries in full control Chairman
Lodge ordered the roll call of
StatC3 to begin for the vote on president
. Such a call, under such circumstances.
has probably never before
occurred In the history of national
conventions. A ballot was
taken to nominate a candidate for
president while the convention was
cheering frantically for 4 man whose
rime had not been presented to the
convention. ? The votes were being
counted for Taft. while the people
were shouting for Roosevelt. The
delegates, however, cast their votes
uuiutlueuced by the calmor of the
crowd. More than this, the first
States on the call. Alabama and Arkansas,
bad been relied upon by a
' \}j\ *?&?.
I SHERMAN CHOSEN
, TO BE THE RUNNING MATE WITH
TAFT.
RuMh of IK<l('Kft(e? Fall Into Line
When Roll Is Begun?RepublicanConvention
Adjounies.
With Congressman James S. Sherman,
of New York, chosen as the
Vice Presidential candidate and
running mate of Secretary Taft. the
Republican national convention of
1908 passed into history Friday at
Chicago. The final session lasted
less than two hours, adjournment
without delay being taken at 11.45
a. m.
The committees to notify the candidates
were officially promulgated.
Senator William Warner, of Misouri,
past commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, being
selected to head the delegation that
will call upon Secretary Taft. and
Senator J. C. Burrows, of Michigan,
being placed at the head of the committee
to notify Sherman.
Hefore the convention assembled
Friday morning It was pructlcally
certain that the Vice Presidency
would go to Mr.Sherman. A number
had indorsed his candidacy in caucus,
and it spread like wildfire. The
New York delegation alone stood
solidly back of Sherman and when
the voting began there was a rush of
delegates to fall into line, victory being
assured to the New York man
long before the roll had been half
completed. Sherman's victory was
overwhelming.
When New York was reached on
the roll call Woodruff said: "New
York caHts seventy-eight votes for
the next Vice President, James S.
Sherman." The issue was settled
and New York cheered the victory.
The balloting throughout was marked
by enthusiasm. The vote for
Sherman was not broken until West
Virginia was reached, when Fairbanks
was given one vote.
The result of the ballot was announced
by Chairman lodge as follows:
Sherman 816. Guild 75,
Murphy 77. Sheldon 10, Fairbanks
1, Absent 1. *
trick Mason Killed.
John Tuggles, a negro brick mason,
inet instant death Tuesday at
the plant, of the Albany Phosphate
company, Albany, Ga. Tuggles \vr..just
beginning work when a piece
of iron fell upon his neck, breaking
it and causing instant death.
few Roosevelt enthtasts to start the
stampede for the president, but they
held by their instructions while the (
stampede rutted alj about them.
Seizing n megaphone the secretary j
ishouted the roll 'call of States? j
"Alabama"?"Arkansas"?but his j
voice was swallowed up in tlio mad |
uproar. Gradually, however, the
curiosity of the multitude conquered |
their enthusiasm and they lapsed (
into silence to hoar the result of the v
roll call. ,
A hush of expectancy hung over r
the assembly as the call proceeded. ,
Hasty summaries showed that Taft c
was fair In advance. When New York
was reached the Taft column totaled
4 27. Ohio carried the Taft total to
511. or 20 more than enough to nomlnate.
Still the call went on until
the final result was announced by
Chairman Lodge.
The Vote was as follows:
Taft?Alabama 22, Arkansas 18. \
California 20, Colorado 10. Connect!- '
cut 14, Delaware 6, Florida 10
Georgia 17, Idaho 0, Illinois 3. Iowa '
20, Kansas 20, Kentucky 2 4. Louisana
18, Maine 12,Maryland lO.Massa- '
chusettes 32, Michigan 27. Minnesota
22. Mississippi 20, Mlsssouri 36. |
Montana 6, Nebraska 16. Nevada 6,
New Hampshire 5, New Jersey 15.
New York 10, North Carolina 24
North Dakota 8. Ohio 4:2. Oklahoma
14. Oregon 8. Pennsylvania 1, Rhode
Island 8. South Carolina 18. South
Dakota 8. Tennessee 24. Texas 36,
I'tnh 6. Vermont 8. Virginia 21.
Washington Id, West Virginia 14.
Wisconsin 1, Wyoming 6. Alaska 2.
Arizona 2. District, of Columbia 1
Hawaii 2, New Mexico 2. Philippine
Islands 2. Puerto Rico 2; total 702.
Hughes -New York 65, Virginia
2. total 67.
Cannon?Illinois .">1. Michigan 1.
New Jersey 3. New York 3; total
58.
Fairbanks?Georgia 1, Indiana 30
Kentucky 2. New Hampshire 3, New
Jersey 2, South Carolina 2: total 40.
Knox?New Jersey 4. Pennsylvania
64; total 68.
LaFollette?Wisconsin 25; total
25.
Foraker?Georgia 8. Ohio 4.
South Carolinn 2. Virginia 1, District
of Columbia 1; total 16.
T"* "1 * Donnat'lvuniii 'A * totill
IWUWTCU 1 VUiin,w.....? ...
3.
Alteent?South Carolina 1.
Total delegates 9 80.
A great shout went up as Lodge
concluded his announcement, nnd
with one accord the cohorts of Cnnnon
and Knox and Hughes and the
other heroes joined in a common
tribute for the candidate of the
party.
Nomination Made I'lianmoiis.
Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, for
Gov. Hughes, moved to make the
nomination of Taft unanimous;
Senator Penrose, for Knox, and
Bomell, for Cannon, and Emory of
Georgia, for Koraker, and a member
of the Wisconsin delegation for
, seconded the movement.
FOUR KILLED
IN A FATAL Al'TO ACCIDENT IN
NEW YORK.
I N
Ran tlic Machine Over the Pier Head
Into East River Drowning the Oc- ||
eupants.
Locked up in New York without
ball, on Tuesday, John Bauer, a '''
chauffeur, who took out hla employer's
touring car without permission
for a wild night ride, faces a charge
of homicide and four persons are
dead as the result of his exploit.
On the public pier at the foot of
West Fifty-sixth street and the to
North river is the damaged high
power French motoring car which ?d
Bauer, driving like the wind over 'in
slippery streets and in the fuce of (
a cutting rain, sent over the piers jM
urinn nnu Into the river with its six j)ei
occupants. The dead: wo
Colman, John, 25 years old. of un
No. 521 West Fifty-first. street. mi
Coleman, Itosle, 23. his wife, same gQi
address. eq,
Knight, Virginia. 9, Mrs. Cole- yi,
man's sister. pP(
Berdon, Adeline, 19, of No. 533 CXt
West Fifty-first street. ser
Bauer took his employer home af- i,?i
ter a ride with her finance. Bedell I>0,
H. learned, who is Frank J. Gould's ]
secretary. He was directed to take for
the car hack to the garage which is nu.
the same place whore the Gould an- r0,
tomohile are ca od for. He met his ulo
friend John Nrland. at Fifty-fourth |ie
street and Tenth avenue, and pro- u,G
posed a ride. , to
They culled for the Colemans and ,l(jj
as there was still room In the ton- auj
aeau. they took little Virgin! Knight anf
ind Adeline Berdon, who lived next tra
door. 1
The car was sent north to Fifty- tjOI
sixth street, where they met Mary wol
Knight, an older sister of Virgin!. ^oc
tnd stopping. Mrs. Coleman asked
lier to go along with them. She we,
bought the car was sufficiently well tuR
!Rled and declined to crowd the j
jleasure seekers. Her courtesy sav- tjOI
ng her life. cru
Bauer let the car out to a racing ?WI
?alt. The street were ruuning with 0?vater
and the heavy machiue slid
'rom side to side us the velocity in reased.
At twelfth avenue they were er
;oing like mad and heading straight wj,(
'or the nier. half a block nwnv
? - w 1-1
Like a Vanderbllt contestant near- 'i
ng the finish line, the heavy Hen- nf
mlt was sent straight to the end of jna
lie pier, where It struck a string pro
ilece snapped it like a match stick, |ni|
ind then, overturning, went crashing jze
nto the dark waters of the North
river. Bauer was catapulated 20 (0g,
eet ahead of tne car and Nolan
eaped as the car struck.
Bauer made a statement to the po- \iy
ice in which lie said he had ap- nn(^
tiled the brakes when the machine e(j
vas half way down the pier, and that tu(l
he machine had skidded. In the l)e
nud on the pier the wheels of the J|V
nachine made a straight track from cnn
>ne end to the other. un(j
nor
CRUSHED UNDER CAR. hon
Rej
lacks Had to Be Used to Release pre
I.ittle Girl. tha
petl
For half an hour Friday afternoon fact
?lght-year-old Jennie Scopode. of ent
S'o. 4 19 East Fourteenth street New htg
Vork, lay crushed under the fender waj
>f a Fourteenth street car at First are
lvenue, until the arrival of an enier- the
itency crew released her. She was J
knocked down and dragged for about ren
ten feet, her body becoming jammed tioi
iu tut) iiirwaru lenuer. sav
Dr. Wall, of Ilellevue, was called "T1
and crawled beneath the car, but bee
was unable to release her. who was roc
moaning with pain. When the emor- lew
gency wagon reached the place the of
front car -was jacked up. Then it wit
was found that the girl was suffer- cor
ing from a fracture of the right leg am
and Internal injuries. * the
agi
1 IIIj CHASKD BY NKGRO. . the
wa
Young Woman in Canaster County
to
llu.s Narrow K, scape. j-or
It was learned Friday that a a'M
young woman in the Creek section, "?
>f Lancaster county. Miss (Maggie
Mailman, daughter of M. L. Hall- 'Hl'
man, had a narrow escape a day or
two ago from the hands of a black r'ei
brute. She was at a branch near 'ia
the house, washing some clothes. we
when her attenflon was attracted
by a noise nearby. F?ooking up she
discovered n negro man In a clump
of bushes a few feet away in the va
act of sprining at her. The fright- an
ened girl startod to run to the house *?
but the negro headed her off, fore- p
Ing her to take another route, which 110
fortunately, led to an open Held,
where her pursuerer stopped chasing
her.Reacting home in uafety the girl
related what had happened, whereupon
her father and several neigh- or
bors arming themselves wth guns,
searched the country for hours for nii
the negro, but failed to find any trace
of him. *
Fanner Kills Negro Desperado... sa
Ben Nowlan. a faflmer residing A1
near Macalcster, Okla. shot and kill- (>(i
cd R. H. Johnson a negro despera- (;c
do. who Is known to have shot and ar
killed three white men. * jt
GREAT CLAIMS
lade in the Republican Platform
Adopted.at Chicago.
IAS MANY PROMISES
ta of Protection in to bo Kept in
Miiul in Any Changes?Merchant
Marine is Favored?Republican
Administration NVrpssnry to Prosperity?Strikes
at Democrats.
The Republican platform referring
President Roosevelt, says:
"In this greatest era of American
vancoinent the Republican party
s reached Its highest service under
3 leadership of Theodore RooseIt.
Mis administration is an epoch
American history. In no other
riod since national sovereignty has
n under Washington or prepared
der Lincoln has there been such
ghty progress In these ideals of
rcrnment, which make for justice,
lalitv and fair dealing among men.
e highest aspirations of American
>j?le have found voice. Their most
ilted servant has come to repreit.
not political sovereignty alone,
t the best aims and worthiest purges
of all his countrymen "
Referring to his record the platm
recites: "These are achlevents
that will make for Theodore
oscvelt his place in history. Rut.
re than nil else, the great things
hns done will be inspirations to
se who have yet greater things
do. We declare our unfaltering
lerence to the polices thus injuratod
and pledge their continu e
tinder the Republican administlon
of the government."
The platform declares that the nai
has bbecoine the richest In the
rid under Republican guidance and
lares for the orinclnle that in ih?>
elopment and enjoyment of
Ulh there shall ho equal opporitles
for all.
t continues: "Only the obstruci
and filibustering of tho Demotic
minority in the last House of
igress prevented the enactment
a number of measures of great
lie benefit, the consideration of
Ich can only be Instructed to anothRepublican
majority. But, many
jlesome and progressive laws
e enacted."
'ariff revision at a special session
Congress immediately after the
agination the true principle of
tectlon is best maintained by the
losing of such duties as will equaltlie
difference between tlie cost
production at home and abroad,
ether with a reasonable profit to
erican industries: and the' benethat
will follow are best secured
the establishment of maximum
minimum rates to bo administerby
the President, under the liinion
fixed in law, the maximum to
avuilnhle to meet discriminations
foreign countries against Amerigoods
entering their markets,
the minimum to vepresent the
mal measure of protection at
lie; the aim and purpose of the
lublican policy being not only to
serve, without excessive duties
t security ngainst foreign comition
to which American manu
turers, rarmers and producers are
ttled, but also to maintain the
h standard of the living of the
;e earners of this country, who
the most direct beneficiaries o'
protective system."
Vfter saying that the present curcy
laws have justified their adopi
and declaring in favor of postal
ings banks the platform says:
tie Sherman anti-trust law has
n a wholesome instrument for
>d in the hands of a wise and fearit
administration. The enactment
the railroad rale law is approved,
h the statement that the Interstate
amerce law should be further
ended so as to give the railroads
right to make and publish tralTlc
cements subject to approval of
i commission, but maintaining all's
the principle of competition."
\fter reciting what laws of benefit
labor havp been enacted the platm
says there is further work
?ad and pledges the party's dcvon
to every cause that makes for
? betterment of the conditions of
lorers, adding that the same no'
II be pursued to lighten their burns,
increase their opportunities for
ppiness. It also speaks for the
lfare of the farmers.
Declaring the Republican party is
> friend of the American negro,
> platform declares without resertion
for the enforcement In spirit
d letter of nil those amendments
the constitution designed for the
atection and advancement of the
gro and condemns "all devices
e the so-called grandfather
inses."
Preservation of the White monnIn
and Appalachian forests Is favpd.
Legislation reviving the merchant
trine prestige is favored.
Get Life Terms.
A special dispatch from Laurens
ys: On seperate Indictments
hert rioyd and Henry Beasly.eolori.
were Thursda; convicted of mur r,
with re'oiiir.iendation for mercy,
id each given life sentence by
idge Klugh. "
" . -ni t* & .. fl aMUM
WHO THEY ARE.
NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES THE
STATE OFFICERS.
Seven fur Senate, Two fur <?ovenior,
Several for Congrcxs and Solicitor.
Following Is the list of State
Senatorial, Congressional and solicitor
candidates as it was dually closed
Tuesday:
United States Senate?J. G.
Evans, of Spartanburg; R. G. Rhett,
of Charleston; George Johnstone, of
Newberry; O. B. Martin, of Columbia;
E. P. Smith of Bishopville'; J.
P. Grace, of Charleston; W. W.
Lumpkin, of Columbia,
Governor?M. F. Ansel, of Greenville;
Cole L. Blease. of Newberry.
T. G. McLood for Lieutenunt Governor.
R. G. McCown, for Secretary of
State.
J. F. Lyon for Attorney General.
Comptroller General A. W. Jones,
of Abbeville, is opposed by N. W.
Brooker, of Columbia.
Superintendaut of education: 1?.
C. Elmore of Spartanburg: Stiles R.
Mellichamp. of Orangeburg; J. E.
Swearingon. of Greenwood.
Adjt. Gen. J. C. Boyd, of Greenville,
is opposed by Col. Henry T.
Thompson, of Columbia.
Railroad Commissioner B. L.
Caughman, of Lexington, is opposed
by James Canzler. of Tlr/.ah, F. C.
Fishburne, of Charleston; J. A.
Summerset, of Columbia; and H. W.
Richardson, of Columbia.
For Congress: George.8. Legare.
in the First; Joseph T. Johnson, in
the Fourth, and A. F. Lever, in the
Seventh, each for te-election. are
alone without opposition. , W. S.
Smith contests the re-election ot J. |
O. Patterson in the Second: Julius ]
E. Boggs contests that of Wyatt A. |
Aiken in the Third; W. P. Pollock |
ana r. tJ. m utter win seek to un- ,
horse D. B. Finley in the Fifth: in |
the Sixth Wi'liam Murchlson, P. A. ,
Hodges. J. W. Coggeshall and J. W. ,
Ragsdale are all after J. E. Ellerbe'F ,
Congressional honors and emolu- ]
ments. i
For solicitor. P. T. Hildebrand, ,
in the First; J. M. Speers, in the
Fourth; J. K. Henry, In the Sixth; t
T. S. Sease of the Seventh, and Geor- (
ge Hell Ttiunierman, of the Eleventh; }
have 110 opposition to re-election. t
The candidates where the contests |
are will be: Second. J. E. Davis. J.
F. Iinrnes, H. M. Graham; Third, j
J. B. McLaughlin. P. H. Stoll, A. B.
Stuckey; Fifth, Christie Benet, VV.
H. Cobb, G. R. Rembert. B. B. Clark;
Eighth, R. A. Cooper, E. L. Richardson;
Ninth. W. St. J. Jervey and
John H. Peurifoy; Tenth, J. J. McSwain,
P. A. Bouham, A. H. Dugnall,
M. C. Long; Twelfth. W. H. Wells.
P. B. Sellers, C. P. Quattlebaum, W.
F. Clayton.
WON RACE AGAINST TIME.
Chicago Woman Boards Steamer for
Europe After Exciting Exitcricncc.
A dispatch from New York says:
Mrs. Robert S. McCormlck, wife of
hip rormor American ambassador to
France, was the victor by minutes
Thursday in a one-t housand mile race <
against time. As a result she was ,
enabled to keep an engagement and |
sail for Europe on the steamship ,
Kaiserine Auguste Victoria. ,
Mrs. McCormick had engaged pus- ,
sage on the big steamer some time ,
ago. but her departure from Chioa- ,
go was delayed until the last mo- <
inent, when it was found that there |
would be a margin of only fifteen |
minutes between the arrival of her |
train at Jersey City and the depur- ,
ture of the steamer iroui Hoboken. ,
some distance away. . ,
Under ordinary conditions it would ,
possible to make the distance be- (
tween the place in a fast automobile,
Mrs. McCormick did not wish to (
take the chance of the train being a
little late and wired ahead that the
steamer be held to wait her arrival.
She was informed that this could
not he done, as the mail carrying
I contracts made prompt sailing mandatory.
She was informed, however, that
a fast tug would be in waiting for
her at Jersey City, and that she and
her baggage would be taken on
board immediately upon arrival of
the train and she would be transfered
to the ship in the bay if possible.
Kortunatelv the train came in nro
mptly on time, and a few minutes
later Mrs. McCormiek was on the
special tug hound up the river for
Hoboken. She arrived in time to
climb al>oard the Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria just before the big ship
dropped out into the river and started
on her voyage.' *
MIIS. ta'X\K88' WILL OltKVKIi.
! todies of Herself and Four Children
Shipped to Chicago.
A dispatch from Laporte. Tnd.,
says: The bodies of Mrs. Relic (iunness
and four children, who lost
their lives in the destruction of the
Guuness house on April 2S, werr
last week ordered by Ce?xt?er Mack
1 it< ic l tver to ?*e public exe
wiv. h.':s arranged f.i shipm^n. of
the bodies to Chicago for burial
, Thursday in Forest Home cemetery,
r accordance with a request made by
'.Mrs. Ounness in her will.
SERIOUS CHARGE.
YOUNG MAN CHARGED WITH (
HAYING TWO WIVES.
Warrant Sworn Out .\Kiiinxt Him at
Aiken for Alleged Bigamy Is Served
at Orangeburg?Denies Charge.
A dispatch from Aiken to The
News and Courier says: Mrs. George
M. Ttealvey of Macon. Ga.. was in
Aiken Tuesday afternoon, and before
her departure had a warrant
issued for the arrest of her husband.
George M. Stalvey, on the charge
of bigamy. Mrs. Stalvey js a hand-'
some woman and appears very refined.
She says that, she heard that o(
her husband had been married to ^
another woman some time ago and
she came to Aiken to confirm the
report. If was found upon invest!- ...
gat ion that on April 18 last Stalvey
and Miss Etta Light foot, of Orange- 1
burg, came here and were married
by the Rev. Phillip J. McLean at the
Baptist parsonage. The couple left 'J
at once and had not been heard from s.
here until to-day.
An article appeared iu the An- 'fi''
ouovo winuuii:it) i uesuay morning in
which it was stated that Mrs. Stalvev
had horsewhipped her husband in 'J1.
Harlem, Uh, for his alleged' desertion.
She said here however, that
he had never deserted her. She says
that the report as to the whipping is <n
not true, but that they were at Har- ?
leni Monday. She says that her hus- Kl
baud is a traveling man. and that n
he has never been away from her
more than a few days at a time, and '**
that she has always had the most
implicit confidence in him.
Several days ago her suspicion ' )!
were aroused ami she telegraphed 1
her husband in Augusta to come to ' r
vo
tier at once, assigning no reason. He ^
replied that he could not coilie at
that time. She then telephoned him.
but says that he refused to answer
the call. She says that Stalvev final- .m
y confessed to the fact that he was
iiarried to another woman and ask3d
that she forgive him aud that he
would desert his last wife, who was ' "
Miss Lightfoot, and would take her ' "
(the first Mrs. Stalvev i and go to jm
Colorado and forget the incident.
To this ho-wever, she would uot con- ' *
ient and began to look for eonilrnia- on
Ion of the statement. When she "
irrived in Augusta she told the de- r(
ectives about it and they are oti the
ookout for liim. ( *
Mrs. Stalvev is well ->.wi
s an interesting conversationalist.
>he left her husband in Harlem and nif
>l?e at once came to Augusta, where u*
ihe heard that he liad been married
n Aiken, and she ramc here and w'
confirmed the report. She says that <r*
die has l?een married to liini for five ,(;
rears. She was a Mrs. Meigs before s'|
narriage, and was married to i?tal- w'
re.v at Myrtle Reach, S. C. Miss Light- ,vv
oot comes from one of the most pro- on
ninent families in Orangeburg. Mr.
Jtalvey is also a member of a promnent
family. Mrs. Stalvey is deerinined
to have him brought to '>c
justice and Sheriff Duke*, of Ortngeburg.
was communicated with
ind asked to have Stalvey placed
inder arrest if there. pe
Arrested in Orangeburg. en
George M. Stalvey was arrested in po
Drangeburg Wednesday morning, at
charged with Itigamy, the warrant l*i
having been sworn out at Aiken by on
i woman who alleges that Stalvey tir
was married to her previous to his is
recent marriage to a young lady of er:
[his city. No difficulty whatever was wt
experienced in serving the warrant. Tt
Stalvey states that although lie has ho
known his accuser for soveral years, wt
lie was never married to iter, and
he says that lie is confident that he th
can produce conclusive evidence to ,bu
show that she is not his wife. He da
says that the woman, who he alleges th
desired to become his wife, threat- nv
piiocI to make his life a burden to fo
him in the event that ho married an- ed
other. He says also that he believes fl\
that this is only a plot to injure him of
and to bring nnhappiness to Ids wife, pe
Stalvev was married on April 18, kr
last, to Miss ICtta Lightfoot, of this in
city. The ceremony was performed th
in Aiken by the itev. Phillip .1. Ale- fu
Lean. Notices of the marriage a|>- th
peared in the local papers and there
was no apparent attempt on the |
part of Stalvey to surround theh affair
with secrecy. He is apparently stir- m
lirised that two months later such h,
a serious charge should be brought T
against him. t.
Further investigation are being .,
conducted and further developments j,,
are expected in the next few days. af
The accused has retained Messrs st
Wolfe & flerry as counsel. ?
Not Placed in Jail.
is
A dispatch from Orangeburg t]
Thursday says: fi
Mr. Sta'vev lias not !> < n iitr.'ed
In jail on aiv.AU>' of nit sut.cient ei
evidence b3\r g stcurcd a
He is still in the city, and will re- v
main here until the matter has been fi
entirely cleared up, or the proof has fi
been made out against him that the a
allegations made by the woman said t'
to be his first wife, can bo substantiated.
r
Mr. W. Hampton Dukes a brother- a
in-law of Miss Llghtfoo.t, loft for 9
Aiken Wednesday morning to inves- t
tigate the matter. He returned to t
the city and said that he was unable
to secure sufficient proof to r
lodge the accused man in jail. Hut |t
he said that he still had the matter |
under investigation, and he- leftji
?* *
GREAT FEAT.
???"
Ships Make a Date by Wlrelts*
and Meet.
FIRST FEAT OF KIND.
annum Liner Allianca OalLs SUtff
Ship to I'nlond a Stowaway Wha
is Found on the Hi^ Liner A ft or I
it Had Bern Out to Soa for Soma ?
Time. ?
.lllKt ?K mm "ion ? ?
? iui^iu ouy 10 an.her:
"Meet me on tho corner of
roadway and Forty-second street at
>011 to-morrow," and the other anser:
"All right, I'll be there,'-' two
lips of the Panama Line made a
ite on the high seas, and kept It.
o.
"Panama! Panama! Panama!"
ackled the wireless on the steamlip
Allianca, calling in code for a
ster ship of the line which was reikened
to be within a radius of a
w hundred miles.
"Aye, aye, aye," came back the
iswer after the operator had calll
a number of times. "This is tho
iperanza. Who's calling?"
"This Is the Allianca," hoarsely
lied the wireless, Captain Sukerth
speaking. Meet me at 30 deees
17 minutes north. 4 hours 37
inutes west, at noon today."
"All right, I'll be there." read the
pe. and the message was signed by
iptain Rogers of the Fsperanza.
And just as though the ocean was
t. up Into streets, and equipped
tli surface cars, subways and othniodern
conveniences, the two big
ssels met promptly at the appotnthour.
"Well, f see you are here." shoutCaptain
Sukeforth through' tho
igaphone.
"Yes. hope I haven't kept you
ilting," replied Captain Rogers. ?
"Not a minute," called Captain
keforth, and then the business of
2 first wireless appointment ever
ide, which conssted of transferr;
a stowaway from New York from
? outgoing vessel to the inbound
e, was promptly transferred, aDd
th a "So long" toot of the whistle
>ni the Fsperanza, and a "Good,much
obliged."response from the
pptoned siren of the Allianca. the
n vessels went their ways.
Word of this remarkable appoint
>nt. and meeting or tne two snips
sea was brought to port by the
peranza. which arrived last week
th the stowaway. Passengers and
ws of both ships were cnthustasovor
the demonstraton of the posdllties
of the wireless combined
th good seamanship in bringing
o vessels together nt a given time
the high seas. *
THREE >1IXKits DEAD.
nnsylvania Coal Mine Claims Moro
Vict inis.
Three miners are dead, two others
rhaps fatally burned and fifteen
tombed, many of whom are supsed
to be dead, from an explosion
the Ellsworth No. I. Mine, of the
ttshnrg Coal Company, near Mongahela.
Pa., Friday. Of the vicns
taken from the mine John Real
the only one identified. The oths
are foreigners, whose features
>re too scorched to be recognized,
ic burned men were hurried to the
>spital. where, it was said, they
mid probably die.
Little is known as to the cause of
e explosion. It occurred when all
it thirty miners working on the
y shift had left the workings. CM
is number fifteen were near the
r>uth of slope and ruHhed out here
the force of the explosion reachthem.
Had the explosion occtirred
re minutes earlier the entire force
over 500 would have been entrap d
with many fatalities. Little is
lown as to the fate of the men still
UK- mine, imu most 01 mem are
ought to have perished in the
mcs, which are still escaping, so
nit rescuers cnnnotenter the slope.*
Itnd .Money Sobered Urnnken Man.
"Sergeant counterfeiters aro f>n
y trail," declared John Kovitt as
3 rushed into the police,station in
renton, N. J. He said he had been in
vo saloons and in one he was given
bad quarter and the other a bad
filf dollar in change. He will never
?ain enter another saloou. so ho
iys.
hursday for Myrtle Beach where it
i stated, by the woman in Aiken
lat the marriage took place the
rst time.
The woman stated, so it is alleg
J, that she was married to Stalvey
t this place, and that he ceremony
fas performed on he pizza of a
Sherman's lodge. The name of the
sherman, it is stated, she was unble
to rememliber, and that he was
he only witness to the ceremony.
Mr. Dukes has gone to Myrtle
leach to invest igate the matter there,
nd will return as soon as he has
atistied his mind, that the accusaion
is false, or that the facts are to
ie obtained at this point.
In the meantime. Stalvey will renaln
in this city, where he can be
aken into custody, should the proof
so strong enough against him to
varrant his being locked up.
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