Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, May 27, 1909, Image 1
THE EORES* '
VOLUME XVIII FOKT MILE, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 10OI) NO. <; *
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FOUR IN JAIL
They Are Charged With Looting
the Express Cir
OFFICERS ARRESTED
TImmii on Warranl.s Sworn Out liy
I'inkerton IH-tfiiivi's?All the Accused
1'mtrst Tlieir liuioceuce mill
Ih'iiy Any Connection Willi the
(Time?Prisoners Factory IU?ys.
A dispatch from Aiken to Th?Stato
says four arrests were made
lato Thursday nftornoon in connection
with the robbery of the Southern
I'lx press ear on the Southern
train No. 17 Tuesday night. between
W'nrrenvillo and Augusta. Those
under arrest are Charles, Henry and
it.it-...it....... ....a i ......i.. n-i.w.
Warrants fur arrest nw* placed
iti th>- hands of ShorifT Kaboru by
the Pinkerton detectives who manto
Warren ville and took charge of
the ouso Wednesday morning.
Sheriff Unborn wunt down to War
ronvillo Thursday aft<-rnoon on tin
4:itu trolley car, accompanied by
Deputies Mn sro Mamm-ls, Monroe
Vernon and Harney Craig. Tin- suspects
worn easily captured and they
wto immediately brought to \iken
and placed in jail. They staunchly
deny be<UK conn*'cted with the robbery
and laugh at the charges made
against them. They are typical far
tory boys and none of theni looks
to b" more than k'."> years of am
No comment is made by the deter
tives, and untiling is known of th
evidence against the men.
W hat, has I di-cov red of an
Im-rluiinnl ing nature is being closely
guarded ami nothing can lie learned
When the officer:- Went ?'i Warren i
ville, they found II niv (ianltinan
at liis hoarding house wri'lng a let
ti-r. The contI'llts of tin- letter hau
no conneetion whatever with ihtrain
robbery. Ib-u (ianltinan wa.frdlow
d to a plum orchard where h
was found J'ing kiocii plums
Charles t.auli man and 1'rh ? wen
found near I ox's crossing. Pile*
paid lie liail start' <1 to Aiken on bus
i ness.
They maintain their iunocem and
stntw positively that they will hav?
no dilllculty In proving su alibi
'I hev are small of stature and scare
1y more than striplings. Tin* oltlcer
do not brlb ve that tin*} am con
nected with i In* robbery. There art
h i x IMnkcrton detectives at work
nud It can not In* ascertained wh th
er or not more arrests are content
plated in connection with the case
It is understood that these hoy:
have been under surveillance sinci
the detectives started on the ca.-e
They are all residents of Warren
villi* and are operatic s in the War
retitille mill. The hoys do not heat
had countenances, and it is < t n i t
evident that if they are the guilty
parties there must have been sotin
prompting, and it is generally In*
lieveil that they must have I utg
eil by "dime no\. I" reading or some
tiling similar. Further than d ny
iiig their guilt, the (laiiltmatis am
l'rice will not have anything ti
say. ^
Another Man Arrest is I.
A dispatch from \ikeii to tin
Augusta I'lirotiicle says in additim
to the four men already arrested
charg d with complicity in the trail
robbery of Tuesday, lain Thursday
night Constable Craig and one o
r tie* IMnkerti>11 detectives arrived it
(lie city with a man giving his naiin
as \V. M. Markie, .vhein tie y com
mil ted to .tail on suspicion of beiny
connected with thw robbery. Marki*
tells varying stories. Ib> says h>
lias worked all over tin* county am
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lie claims. however, In know (!o\
(Jilrhrist, in Florida, llo was put
through a rigorous examination, am
Hi.' ili'tiM'i iv? say ill > have evidenr.
siitlii'i.'iit to convict hint. On his per
son was found a 1 I calibre pistol
and a larn?* sum of money. II.
weighs about 14'? or lf?0 pounds, i
about foot :? inches high, and lias
a moustache. His general appear
a nee is that of a crook and his conn
tenuncc Is bad.
Mnrkle sai.l that he came to An
gusta yesterday. Ho was shabbilx
dressed and wore a slouch hat. lbhas
an Insolent ton In his voice
and refused to answer many of the
<1 nest ions asked him and gave sev
oral different names to different
parties it is rumored that a suspected
pal of his is under stirvelllane*
ConfcMrn to Outrage.
.John Thompson. white. aged 91.
confessed to the authorities n t
Welch. W. Vn., that on September
11. he outraged and killed hula
Stafford, need ten whose body ?a?
found in a clump of bushes in He
Powell county court house yard.
Farmer Suicide*.
T,. T. Hawkins. a well-to-do farmer
of (IroVnville county, committed
. jidde a few nights ago bv cutting
Ills throat. It is paid the man 5
irin.l became deranged on accouni
I of th# illness of his wife and baby
I Women Will Wear IIchI Tomb.
A Chicago nilllnory shop has or
r: dorcii 50,000 ntotalleod toads from r
& , ,ioj any at Waukegan. 111. The:
s| will used as hat ; ins, Just a
met a .^d upos are qow.
i'jy JT
CHASED NEGRO
Sheriff Corley of Lexington
County Shot by.
A BLACK FARM HAND
ATTACKED A NEGRO
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SI.V INMI KKI).
The (ii'oi'Kia Fanner Was Savagely
AssjiiiIkmI Iks-Hust' ll?' Trii'tl (<i
(Vdlcet n lleht.
The Augusta Chronicle says Mr
.1. II. Spires, on?? of the most pro in iUMiit
whito farmers of Lincoln county.
(in., was savagely attacked by
Albert Aiken, a negro farm hand.
Thursday and seriously if not fatally
wounded.
Mr. Spirt-s was on his way to see
his mother, who llv<s about a mile
from his own plantation, when lie
met the negro who was riding a
mule. Mr. Spires was on foot and
-.topped the nemo to nst< tiin> ul.mil
a small debt.
Aik ii became enraged and us- <1
rough language and when Mr. Spires
.approached liIin ho Jumped oft his
mule and began stabbing Mr. Spires
w ii li a large knife, inflicting a de |>
wound and cutting an ugly gash a
ooi long in ilie ha.k, la yiii); the ribs
iii?1 bpinu hare.
Mr. Spire.-! railed for lo-lp and was
heard hy his brother, .1. <?. Spires,
-vim w as plow inn in a Held tu-arby,
nit who arrived too hue to lay hands
on tile to gro, whom he saw riditiK
rapidly off. He pirked his brother
up fiotn where he had fallen in the
road and carried him to his home and
;ave the Hlarru.
A party of fifty men ijulekly forni d,
hut Sheriff Wright cot in ahead
it" tlo-ui and caught ?li negro in a
swamp where lie liad hidden. 1'or
lie keeping tile negro has lieen sent
nil of the ronil'y, for owing to Mr
Spl'-s' protllhl.ne feeling f litis high
iiul lynching is feared.
I,ate Thursday night the physic
an aiiuoiiiii-ei| that there is not much
iope for Mr. Spires. Two of hi
ihs are In two. one lung is carved
:ii half, and there is a long gush in j
uis stomach, two im It s deep. In j
ddition to tho terrible gash down
ii- bark.
II Mill o\ Til Id >1A VOIt.
j t|u?t I nn barge of Selling .lainniri\
I.luger.
Tln? pi eliniinarv in the cas* ol
lie State against Mr. M o ItliNine.
>f Siimiio-rton. was heard by Magis
rate Mh kens in Manning Thursday,
iiul after the testimony was all in
in! arguments mad**, Magistrate
Dickens s- lit tli?' caso to tin* Court
I" I i a 1 Sessions.
This Is tin- first ra-o of the kind
oining up under tin- Carey-Cot hran
aw. in Ithanie was charged with
IliiiK and keeping lor sale Jamaica
ringer, which contains 7a p-r cent
if alcohol, and when used as a bevrage
the sale is contrary to law.
.1 Mi Swain W oods. i-Jsij., appcar d
for the prosecution and Capt. W.
Davis, of Davis Weinberg, for
he defence. Considerahie Interest
s taken in the matter and the nut-1
oine Will he watched eagerly, as
. ?r Ithaine is a prominent citizen.
?lid is at present mayor of the town
of Siiiii licit on.
i:\imki.d st ddi:\ ia
A liile Try iug to shoot at a Passing
An t omohile.
.lolin Walker dropped dead in the
iildic road ahont three miles north
>f Shelby, N. C. lie was just in
lie act of Hi inn n shotgun at an an
otuoliile when he fell d-ad. It
inils that lie had made threats tha*
le would slloot into the next oil*
to s"w and Saturday evening made
he attempt to carry out his threat
r T. K Mcllrayer and family were
n the aiitoiuohile and Dr. Mcllrayer
went to his assistance immediately
fter he fell but was of no assistance.
lie was dead. It is thought that
he vehement of the intended crime
'ins about to commit caused heart
failure.
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York i "ity.
ii ii Hodgcrs. oik* *?f tlit* Stanl;ir?l
nil ni;iguut> s dh-d in N* w Yoi k
>n Wrtlni'-iluy. Mr. Ifogci's died
*t his house at No Ka-d Seventylulit
li st root about 7 o'clock Wodifsilay
morning. IJ? arose about a,
ml about t'?::iu ho boK.au to ill,
-ompluinlng of uuinhii- ss ami naiio>a.
lt?>foi?> anything <'"'>1*1 b?> done,
ho sank nn>l died Ho went on Cri!
i\ lsv to hjs country place at I'air\!u?n,
M?o? an*! returned to Now
York Tuesday. Nona of his death
anio as a surpris* to wall stroot
Mr Rogers was at tho office of
bo Standard <MI Company Tnesdav
and appeared to bo in good spirits.
Stole \\ biskry.
The express office at Heath Spring*
was broken into and robbed of about
eleven gallons of whiskey a f^w
night a?m A railroad detertiv
I and a Rock Hill policeman were at
: Heath Springs a day or two ago in
xes'igating the matter, but no ar
' rest ^ have been mad? yet.
Frrning Meal |m Supper.
Judge Mover, In cltv court, at Fas
- St. bonis, Mo., this wtek, ruh't
i that the evening meal is supper? no
c dinner. His Jury had become oonfus
e>l becatise pome witnesses called i
dinner and others supper.
Shoots Through Window at Sheriff
\\ tin llrol Wai'i'iint for llis Arrest?Tlo*
Sheriff is lladly Wounded,
and Hundreds of Angry Citizens
Pursue the Ne?n(.
SherilT P. II. t'orlry of Lexington
was shot and dangerously wounded
Wednesday hy s negro, Willie P.yiiittn.
who at last aeeounts is fleeing
for his own life in front of a posse
of determined L- xington men.
Sheriff t'orl* y is wounded with No.
4 shot in tlm hand ami fare, and
is now at the home of Mr. 1?. .5.
t'aiighiuau, a few miles from the
low a of Lexington, whom ho is he
lllg .it t? "led h> lM\ Willgard.
'L'he shooting oeeurred Wednesday
morning on Mr. I). J. Cnnghman
s plaee. Ityiium was working a
.nop on that p'.aee, lint a lew d tys
ago lelt tiis crop, la order to proleet
liis interests, Mr. Cnughinui.
put a gang of laliorers in the lietds
w hit It Ityniim had de.-ert'd. Tno
negro dro\o off the hands with a
Mioigiin. .Mr. uaugnman went to
tow n and swore mil a warrant for
Itynuni, which was placed in the
Hands of tlie sheriff to serve, and
Sheriff Corby, always ready to perform
Ins official duty, went at one
to arrest the in -10. lie was found
>ti the |>la< e ot Mr. ranchman, and
as th>* sheriff approached his house,
> he negro fired with the shotgun,
part of the load tearing up the
di- i ill s hand and tie- rest lodging
ill his laee. '1 he sliei iff was at once
.anted io tin- home of Mr. Caugh
.nan and tin- physician summoned
\t noon a telephone message from
.a-*ingtoti stated that th- sheriff had
not y-t recovered from the shock of
he wound, hut hopes are entertained (
hat tin- wounds will not prove fatal
>r sei ions.
"I lie ivgro itiitiu-diately made his
I 'scape, leaving his tainily on the
pine. His former home is north of
iie town of Lexington, hut he Is said
,o have gone south toward the sandiitll
se? i ion, ami he is being followed
u thai direction hy a large posse ot
Lexington citizens, with hloodlouiiils.
If captured, as he doubtless
will l> . it is not likely that he
will ever he put in jail. lie is said
o l>e a had negro, and the citizens .villi
whom lie worked last year
Mated to Tile Columbia Record that
lie had always given trouble.
Sh riff Corh-y is one of the most
Mtpular men in Lexington county,
iitd one ot the best officers in the
date, cool, determined and courag luts,
Th town ot Lexington was
tracticailv deserted Wednesday, hs
he men were all out hunting for
h<* negro, and tie- whole sut loutidng
country is being thoroughly
I'll relied.
In the aim nee of Coventor Ansel
ii New f ork, Secretary Ret hen is
tu'i get ii ally using the telephone
vires to keep constantly' in touch
with tie' situation. If good judg
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it. tlere will !n? no lynching in
Lexington. Mr Hot In i, however, is
i. | \ 111 < ontlde niially on the law
inline fl?'iiii-nt in la xington (o pro
\ out a Iy in liing.
Not 1 ft ( aught.
A telephone message from IIhk
ion to Mm liecord at 2:,11) o'rlork
\ filiif.-ilay atifinoon stat. <1 that the
negro hail hffii tracked hv tho poslo
a point across tho railroad,
alioni ihifr niilt-s south of where the
-hooting took place, and from signs
,i was evident that the negro had
stopped for a rest at a log near a
ranch. 'I lie po--e has gone on into
i lie w nods aft i 'tho negro. The
ilood hotmds ironi the penitentiary
ami i In- enmity chaingang ait- on
lie (tail and tin- men following are
-oiitident that lln-y are on the riglit
eiit. The gentleman giving the information
stated that it was not
t bought the men composing the pos-e
would lynch the negro, but if
lie shows light when cornered, as
he pro al ly will, he will be killed ill
short order. The negro Is said to
:, , llell.Ill '. i.ootl in his make tit).
Tin* now of .lie soliciting In some
111> ii-rloiis waj reached the home of
tin- negro ;i few miles north of Lexington
in a wonderfully short time,
.ui<l it Is reported in Lexington that
the house of the negro s father is
guarded hv the negroo- of the family.
The negro has gone in the opposite
di reel ion trom this plagq, hut
it ma\ : e his idea to circle.. around
and reach his home, if he can evado'
til'' posse. s' t
Shot iff C'orlev is at this hour satdfl
to he in great pain, and tb.p shfJ
lia\e not yet lieen extracted from W
wounds. lie was fired on t>y jfffc
negro frotn a window, with'' a ^pitgun
loaded with No 1 shot, the %hp'.
entering the right side of hts
and nei k. his br"a?=t and Hi0 ru^tt ]
hand, ti e hand i>eir.g badly afOiiii&tJLHe
as about :til feet off jartiAHthe
negro fired, and saw that jEBdtnegmjj
was about to shoot., a n d I lupt-U^
drop on him. The sheriff
with his pistol, at'er lie w.JHw^npC*
' ed, hut did not hit the qq#>. iSTh|B
' i negro left his gun when tifOTfcn, .bajt
1 ' has his plr'ol with hlm.|||nd ti &
expected lie Will tr^fc|
1 if cornered. tjCW . '
from 100
HELD IN A SHACK
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FOB THRKK DAYS AND NIGHTS
IIY TIIHF.K BAD MEN.
Tin* Tcirililc KxiH-i iciice of n Young
lauly Slum Worker Willi Itiilliuns
Near New York.
Miss E .in 11 Tp'tter, a missionary
for the Florence Critt> nten circle at
Asbury Park, New York City, related
her remarkable experience as
a prisoner of three men, who aft r
having captured her, had brutally
beaten and drugged her, holding iter
for three days.
Following her escape Wednesday
night from the shark of her captors.
Miss Trotter made 11? r way to the
Florence Crittenten mission at Asbiir.v
Park and was then so weak
that, site was ?? nt to a hospital.
A telephone message requested
Miss Trotter to call at a certain house
in a good district of Asbury Park
early Saturday night in connection
with her work as a missionary. As
the door was open* d she was grabbed
by three men \\ ho dragged iter into
the house.
There she says that the men demanded
knowledge of the whereabouts
of Charlotte Craves, a girl
who ii;ki neeii taken rrotn tliem a
week before by the Florence Crittenten
circle and sent to a home.
When she denied them the information
they demanded, she said,
one of them threw his arm about
her neck and opened h?-r month
while another poured a drug down
her throat.
It was not until Monday night
that she recovered consciousness.
Miss Trotter reported, and then she
lonnd hers- If alone in the shack on
lite outskirts of the city with one of
her captors. Site prayed with this
man and cattsed him to so repent
that he permitted her to escape late
VW dnesday night.
The police after a hurried investigation
and visits to the location,
described by Miss Trotter, said that
thero was no doiild thai Miss Trotter
was telling the truth.
KIM.KI) HIS I1KIDK
lo Whom He Was .Married Four
Days Only ami Himself.
That 1*. H. Worley killed his bride
if four days and himself, was asserted
by the police tonight. The
Itodies of Worley and his wife, who
woas Miss Until LeRoy, of Lincoln,
Seb., were found on Worb y's farm
near Redmond, Neb. Last Friday
ind Saturday the house was closed.
It was burned on Saturday.
Worley's letter addressed to a
neighbor follows:
' It Is all a mistake. Ruth asid
i his morning she did not w ant to
live with me and said she was going
back east again. She robbed me oi
all my money and was going to leave
me. I could not stand it any longer.
so tuniK we dot 11 are better dead.
"Heforo God, lust found my purse
xi Kuth's storking with all my money
<ud she denied it. This is more
than I can stand.
( Sinned ? "I.. II. WOUhRV."
The tragedy was discovered by two
'lien who went to the Worloy farm
to deliver a wed dim; present. On
the barn door they saw this sign:
I- i11< 1 me in the stable."
m \i;i;11:i> at <;t \s- mizzi.ks.
<'laremlon Groom Carries His Troubles
to the Governor.
Claiming lie had been marched at
ih muz/.le of twenty-five shotguns
in the hands of the woman's relaives,
(*. M llolliday, a niemher ol
a Clarendon family, Wednesday appealed
to the Governor's office for
relief, lie said the life of the Haptist
preacher, j. It. Kunderhurk, who
performed the ceremony against his
inclination* was al.-o threatened by
the holders of the guns. llolliday
says that tho woman's relatives are
now trying to kill him for refusing
10 live with the girl.
HOY imOWXHI) OFF WII.VKF.
I'ulled Out of Water Alive Hut Hies
Koofi Afterward.
Tho Charleston IVfet nays a lit?lei
negro hoy, fix ye-*.r3 old, Jain^sJ
All Plott, was drowned Tuesday af-l
ternoon at ahout a o'clock by fa 11-1
Ing jnto the watcf off Lloyre's wharf
Lh<F VoHtct of.Hhe corone^'a jurjl
A*\XXt tprq^jietitaI death. T'rw jh*y.
* r t*>ic?ftird""UAA fce?*o Vubbot rv
GREAT OVATION
V-i
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Given President Taft on His
Visit to Virginia
MAKES GOOD SPEECH
In Which lie l'ays a High Tribute
I
to the Confederate Soldier?|>eclares
the Ceremonies Are Proof
Conclusive of the Cnitiiig for All
Time of the Svtimis.
President Taft Wednesday was the!
guest of both Pennyslvania and Virginia
when he delivered an address
at Fort Mahone, following the unveiling
of a monument and statue of
(Jeiieral John F. Ilartranft, erected
in memory of Pennsylvania soldiers
who fell in tlie fighting ahont Petersburg
during the war liclwci tinStates
and later heeame the g test
of Petersburg at a luncheon au.i r? cept
ion.
The president's visit to Petersburg,
once the 'citadel of the Confederacy.'
has had tin* city aflutter lor more
I hail a month, and tin* plans for his
entertainment .surpassed anything of
the sort ever undertaken here. The
occasion of Mr. Taft's first \ isit into
he South as president was taken
advantage of l>y the Virginians for a
display of hospitality tor which the
section long has been noted.
I'pon his arrival shortly after
o'clock the persident was driven to
the old battlefield so rich in histo> e
interest. lie first witnessed at loot
Stcdman the unveiling of a tablet
which stands on the spot where th
third division of the ninth artnx
tTtrps, coniniauded by Ccneral llartranft,
later governor of Pennsylvania.
recaptured the works on March
2."i, 1 S0f?, after they had been taken
bv tlen ral John It. Cordon and 100
picked iiicii before daybreak of th*
ante day.
From Fort Stednian the president
and his party were driven the mile
and a half to Fort Mahone. wle re the
llartiauft statute has been construct
ed at a cost of $r?n,utip. Kvery inch
of the way traversed by the cltiel
executive witnessed bloody battles
during the si'g<> of Petersburg. Old
soldiers in blue and in gray rode
dde by side from Stednian to Mahone.
At the unveiling ??f the Hartranft
statue President Taft said:
"We are met on the soil of Virginia
to dedicate a memorial to the
bravery of the sons of Pennsylvania,
exhibited in a contest to death with
the sons of Virginia and the South.
We stand here in the center of tin
lilooHi.tO ~- =
iuvrr.1 .11111 ill <HMT.II 1(111
(if tii.' last year c?f the Civil War.
only a few miles distant form that
dramatic scene at Appomattox between
Crant and Lee, which marked
the great qualities of the heart and
soul of each and which was the real
< nd of the terrific struggle between
the two sections.
"Hero, in and about Petersburg,
the outwork of Richmond, the home
of the Confederacy, were carried on
those besieging op rations, begun
late in the spring of lSf.4 and con
tinned with the courage and tenacity
of purpose characteristic of the f <|
eral commander, for nearly a year,
and resisted with the bravery and
strategy and the wealth of expedient
of the Confederate leader, until the
forces of the South, worn out. by
constant assaults and incessant hammering.
were compelled to yield to
greater numbers and resources of the j
N'ort h."
President Taft addfd: "It. is 11
years since the battle of Fort Stead- |
man. In that time the bitterness of
the internecine struggle has passed
away and we now treasure as a common
heritage of the country the bravery
and valor of both sides in that
controversy." Tho president paid
tribute to the Southern forces by
saying that a contest was gi\en by
^ .-I >1,1 u : ? hi I'll h\
itny other than the tried ami sea
sorted veterans of Virginia would
have lone before been abandoned
Me continued: "We could not
dedicate this beautiful and enduring
memorial to the volunteer soldiers
of Pennsylvania with such sense of
its justice and appropriate ness had
they not been confronted by an enemy
capable of resisting their assaults
with equal valor and fortitude."
Me said tIrat the ceremonies of today
were conclusive proof of the
uniting of the sections and that all
that was done was well done. Me
said the Army of Northern Virginia
i'out: 111 'or a print tplo tie oejievort
NAMES OF THOSE
IN CHAKfiK OF Till: CAMI'AIO
ACiAINST TI UKIMT I.OSIS.
List of M?Nlital Associations
Committee Chairmen in Various
Counties of South t'aroliua.
To the liditor of The State.
I have Just received from the
chairman of the anti-tiilr rculosis
committee of the South Carolina
Medical association the names of one
medical gentleman to represent each
county in the State.
It is a matter of cr-dit to th
South Carolina Medical association
that it has taken up this work so
thoroughly and in such an organized
way. t'?at the method of lighting
tuberculosis lias been taken note of
I in many States in the 1'iiion as w ll
as the national capital. When tight
1 ing diseases of litis charaet s, it must
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Im- nrpaiu/.ed. This the ussim iaturn
?f tin- South Cm vol iua modieal m> n
lias determined, ami while it ? .?I{:
to its help tlio civic ! actios. I If
v\onion's cluhs, the report ol all t ItWork
<h MM? is llliltlo at tin- .?n 11 <l a I
meeting ol tho assoriatinti. tin- fault
or tho failures of tho counties an
known autl r- ported and tho work
noes on in ouch county with itnprov
od mot hods. W hile there tna> h<
several associatittns in tho county,
ill doing good work, it is only prop
or to say that tho otlicial work of tie
State Medical association is iloio
under lit direction in each county
ol the follow i IIK tialioil gentlemen
Charleston, .1. 1. I?aw on, AM?e
\ ille, (1. A Neither. Atnlerson. \V. II
Nardin; Aiken, Fillmore Moore,
llatnherg. II. I*. Hoover: I'arnwl!
It. C Kirkland; It anion. (heroin
Klllt t; Calhoun, .1. K Fa troy; Cln-i
okeo. It. It Stoodly : t'liostoi . \\ . |t
Cox; Choslortioid. T. il. Wann.iiiiak
or; Clarontlou, \V, M Itroi k mgtnn.
Colh ton. itonli' k Ado i a,an I lat
lington. William Kgle-toti i'mele
a r, F. I?. I tipp r; Ivi lioltl, II. A
Matsh. Fairlield. S. I.indsin . Flor
once. h. C (In kk; (lent gotown, 1.
1 *. Ward, (troonvillo. Mavis Furtnan.
t; roe n wood. t!. A. Neal. Hamilton. C
A. Hush; Horry, (J. 1'. Norton Km
.shitw, .1. W. Corhott; Laurens, T. I.
W. Hailey; I It. O. McCuteheii.
Lexington. It. II Tiiumoinran; Mat
ion, A. M. Mrailsford; Marlhoro.
\\ . .1 ('rosland; Newberry, |'. <;
tellesor; Senica, 10. A. Ilitics; ()i
uiinoburn, I,. C. Shcrut, I'ickens. .1
I. Molt; Richland. A. 10. Ilon/.ci ; Sa
lu?la, 1 >. 11. Front is; Sparta nhtirn.
L. Rosa II. (Intitt: Sumter, Walter
Cheyne; Union, Crown Torrenc .
Williamsburg. 10. T. Kclley; York.
10. W. IM'ersley.
W AI.TIOH CH10YN 10,
Secretary South Carolina Medical
Associat ion.
1,191 OR SAI.I0S l \l-l,t\<; HI T,
Auditor West's Rcput Shows a lli*;
I trcruisr,
I >isp? nsary Auditor W'.t', report
for April of sales from dispells.uie
III the 'J 1 COIIII lie., now wet. III.lib
public W ednesday hows a falling oft
for this April of over $70.on Th?
1 cross sal s this \priI are .?; ?
as against $ J 7 1.7 a I > s for tic sane
mouth last year. Total ah . 01
dispensary b\ coiinli's for the mouth
of April, 1909"
Abbeville $ 9.IM1", ' 1
Aiken ilii.l o:; 4
Iterkeley 4,title
Reaufort I ::
Itarnwell I n,f?i!;i.n j
Itainborn ,s.">7 7 I
Calhoun l!.1tI9
Charleston 4K,i! in
Collet011 .an.* I '
Dorchester fi.l74.tla
Fairfield a.'jr.h
Florence 1 0/17 1 7 <
I leorn1 town X.KX7
I I ......
i .milium ...? I 1 I !
Kershaw I 'U> I "> - 7
Lexington 4.S1
I,ee 7 I
OrntiRehurg I L'.^ss.^s
Rich In lid II s. ^ x "
Sumter i:i,70f?.lU
Williamsburg
Total f - t -7.on
Total April. 1 &08 $ 2 7 1,7.7 I ^
SI'l.T \ VS II.AKKM M< >\ I I?.
Turkish (Vou'di Witness Keliousin^
of HO Women.
Eighty ftnmen from Abdul Htm
Id's barfcnjfxvw* driven tlirou/h tie
atreetii iff do^tanMnople, thi u . f k
four eunuch; and .
troop of cavalry. They w. nt frnn
the Tldlz palace, now lining pr? par
ed for ptlbllc use. to the ate e n
tMn^glin palace, which hn not beet
octjttpied since 1824. The corner
all richly ..dressed and heavih
Veil d. Pollotvlng the curiae' i
Wtych thev rode was a train ot wn
ihns w|t.h bag?age.
jf The former sultan's
' heeu- freed.
\?L "! '*
' IvJiiUed by Ugh tiling.
: Afex add Jack Drown. i?n ivcro
?Jtpi'K were Instantly k- I e I
J0Up?.TltfLt*tl9V morning about
o'?Vg^ar*?n tpwlantation "f Mr
t Johnston. There wen
?
ITHAT OLD MYTH
President Taft Talks About it at
Charlotte
IN A DIPLOMATIC WAY
He l!cri'i\n| the W i'Ii omk' ??I" His
I i If oil TlllU'sila) While Visiting
t hit I'll >t I *, Where ll<* Whs s.iluteil
h> <'.union mill Met hy Imposing
t 'o 111111 i | tee anil Military.
i-1 etir I ill's piesenee hi t'hari
III lint ,1 1. Intel st
t 111. mm mi I ? lei ti n t ion of I lie sign- '
illg of the Mei'K lellhlirg it e I :t I III loll
of illi|e|ielii|e||('<>, w hull. It is elli i ineil.
? ,1s tile III I 1 11 (oU.lliI l.e.iv ? .!.
ii bs III" Aiim I i".tii cwlonists. Tim
president's |i.ir' i c i pa t ion marks tli<?
| ru I in i ii .41 ii hi nt a three ilays' ?< !? I
In at i"ii.
Tin M? i k I' ll Inn >; declaration hum
has I tin- mi I?J < * i t nt a stubborn
| rollttosel \ Ii is ilui l:ii"i| li\ it.,
.stippiM in > in |ia\u antedated ill"
famous declaration ul .1111 \ I. 1..ii,
| ami Ii a Ii . . ' I ' ii" ii 11 i'il . i s a "myth.
I h" ill 111 I' 111 e 11 twu.'ll I lie II11 In till" I S
|'?l' til" Merkleubiii k document and
i is i i Hiis hint; have hui'ii considered
i r ! -ri i nil I a . It was with f;iv;il
I'daliuii, liiiwuv r, that thu people ol
North fan-.ma i ii i' <1 tliu accept ilii.'
ul l'i' i i- ill I alt lu attend iii"
J ! lis: Us ul ill" olii iiiK das "I til"
I ? 1 i it ion ul I '.'u'.'
I i in pi .ii-nt iipiui his arris al
till t' ha i in! t < at I " . I .' u rli irk was
I nu't at the railss is station hy an ititI
posiiiK ii i in in i 11<" ul i hi/.'tis and escort
d al <iiir. to tli" S'dwyn lint"!.
As tliu :'"Ku ar Southern railway
I train bcariiiK I ho president's car
I 're ;<d tin- nis limits, a president la I
mi 1 til ut J I an ssa.s lir-'ii hy tli"
I i * Ii a t lottc artillii' Arris t ii n at III"
lut"!, tli" pr . ident held a reception
tut one huiir. At noun, with scores
I ii I'iii< it and i'util' det ate veteran i
| "i in - . - n't. a. i uinpaiiied t?s Mr...
I Sloti' wail' .larksuii. It" proceeded
tin the revt'WitiK -tatid. Irutn which
I lie witnessed i lu- pa -1 it k of proliatdy
I t lie must iiuiahle parade ever held
I in ("hariott?\
I "llie milila s roi t to I lie presiI
.lent duriiiK Ins si is in Charlotte
I i unsisis oi t roup I'l ut the Klevcut It
I nit' 'I States cavalry, a Imitation ul
tliu Seventeenth Inl'niitr.s hand. A
I d"tarlini' iit ui tlu regulars heailed
I i lie militars dis i .ion ut tie imrade.
I \ 11 uk?'I her there SS'ie ei k lit divisI
iuiis tu ill" pageant as t'olhiws:
I lid list ria I, llural, colonial, entic.sjtrian,
farmers, fraternal societies
I did secret orders, automobiles an 1
I i he lire department I.arm* detachI
incuts ut' the National (Snard ol
I.North and South Carolina svere iti
I line Tit" industrial, colonial and
Moral dis i ion ss re made up of
liandsonu'ls ih corated lloats.
*
The president mad" t ss o speeches
| I ii11uk his ,-ta> In Charlotte. Kol
lowing a luneheon at 1! p. in. In* adIr?
s''(l tin- people lit t (? dock, iin!
riinr Kitcln n introdm <1 th?> prest!
ii1 on liotli occ.i ions At r>: n
if ?|?*liv?-1 oil an address especially
>o t lie inloreil people .< li 11 to the
iinl' iits of Middle nnivr ily. At
?' tIn- president dined and from
> to :? In*i I a -ecoiid pnldic r< cption
The pn idem I? 11 at in :t n
'clock Tlmrsclny night for Washingtoil.
Intel' I ill tile president". visit to
'harlotte centered in the attitude
ie would take toward the Mecklen
nig declaration of independ'nee.
I'i< |i|net Taft lalti'H Hie position
h it regardless ol' the exact language
d the di '-hiralloutt ?u May,
. , i. a lull year before the signing
I the ilechiration at P-l| itladelphia, . >1
the fact remains that
here was a declaration of itidcpen
h nee on the part ot the citizens ot
Sort h ('arnlina.
It is not so mat rial as to the
xact language u ei|." aid 1T> ident.
I'aft, "The measure ot the deelara
ion for the prim ipli of civil liberty
Hid self government is not mi intieli
In- aluise or denimei.ir ion of the foriner
controlling power i- provision
made for the I' < 11?i r form of govern- v
iiietif. The impi'i i x i thing ahouf
I lie \iii l ii i i f l .. ..
l'l"ll IM
, till- sensible wa.\ III wlioh t III* pOOpi
>l i lif Slat'-, after ili'i IIIinn to sever
relation-. willi (irusit Britain, went
iboul the in all' : of setting up :i
4"v rumen! of I lo ir own."
1 lio president in his speech does
11 int undertake to roconcllo tho long- ' !
\i 'inn difforoiM Tho important
thing, after all li points out. is
tho ability of t!io \nclo-Saxons <>
rulo ami fho imp ossivo way they ' ^
have alwav son. about I ho etting ;.afi
i ii(> of > ] in p b> a; I it forms of gov
i oi iino nt an I no m .of maintaining
civil liberty. * ??
J
Illumes ^11m it for t'rinio.
i Tin moon will boar an important - ^"v
n tho defense of Richard ?
t ! K r : . of Merlin Ont . w ho shot ii|? * a
p < oif|iia i tors in Detroit, Mich . jreyflpi
in w k a ad wounded three oflic"
e . )[. , ho offer' from mental
<T
dor. ritjcmrnt during the full of the ^
moon ,it<
\\ lode Village Is .sinking.
Son i jences orface * la .
' West I'ilUbnrg, near Wilkee-Barro.
Pn , indicate that tho whole town
c wi1! sink into $hr> ravltles mad* by
1 the removal of ccral by the Cicar
Spring -o&l Coi.yuny.
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