THE FORT MILL TIMES
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LVQXJME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 19Q9 NO. 8
HE TOOK THEM IK
An Escaped Convict Flcccei
Many Georgia People.
POSED AS A RICH MAN
Ho Purchased Four Banks and l'so<
v the Deposits, It Is Said, in Sonu
Rcmarkuble Exploitations ?? Hii
Assets IyOss Thau One Hundret'
Dollars All Told.
High finance of a remarkable order
by which, it is alleged, Georgians
have been swindled out ol
1250,000 has come to light following
the arrest of A. D. Oliver, president
of the bank of Climax, Ga ,
and three other banks in the southwestern
part of the State.
Oliver arrived in Georgia last January
and profeseed to be an Eastern
capitalist. He displayed a great deal
of money and said that he had about
$5,000,000 on deposit in banks In
New York city and elsewhere. He
announced that he intended to invest
these millions and that Georgia
suited him. Accordingly he bought
timbered lands, sawmills, bc.nks, automobiles,
etc.
It is said ho secured the ready
cash he needed through deposits in
his banks, in which the public had
confidence, and with partial payments
of cash, usually small amounts
he would buy other properties, giving
him to outward appearances
large holdings.
He controlled a bank at Climax, he
established one at Attapulgus, he
purchased one at Pelham, he purchased
a planing mill at Thomasville, one
at Pelham from D. M. Rogers, one of
the large lumber dealers in that part
of the State, and erected and put
into active operation nn enormout
one at Climax. This is not the sum
of his operations.
The town of Climax is fast becoming
a center of all sorts of manufacturing
and industrial enterprises.
Oliver has erected a $10,000 residence
and he Is building several
brjick stores.
/While doing all this he found time
make love to Miss May England,
^HHtfkHMnreeks ago married her
Jjfa fwive the ride $5,000 In cash and
"*^^^W;TraHPt>1lbbie burst when Oliver was
arrested on a warrant sworn out. by
a) ThomaBville man to whom he had
given n New York draft for $10,000.
The draft came back marked
"no funds," and Oliver was arrested
Examiners took charge of the foui
banks and they found less thau $100
all told. In one bank at Thomasvllle
there was only 00 cents. Just
one month ago Oliver bought fout
automobiles and presented them to
the cnshlers ot his four banks.
Oliver has been identified as ar
escaped convict with an unexpired
term of eleven years hanging ovei
his head. The identification, which
was made Thursday morning bv
SherllT T. O. Jones. of Aberdeen
county. Miss., came as a climax tc
the sensational arrest of Oliver sev(
eral days ago, when he was fleeing
with his young bride in i routed
automobile.
Sheriff Jones reached Dainbrtdg.
Thursday morning and irumediutol>
went to the jail. The moment he
saw the ex-banker, he positively de
clared that the prisoner was a fug
stive from tho Mississippi penlten
tlary, where he was known at
Charles Harding.
The sheriff said that Oliver es
caped from the Aberdeen peniten
tiary on December 3lHt, 1908, and
although the greatest efforts wen
made to capturo him, he succeedec
in tnaking good his escape and al
trace was lost of the man. On tht
sixth day of January, this year, ex
actely seven days after the alleger
escape from the penitentiary, Olive;
arrived in Climax, Ga., the lltth
queen city of the lower Wlregras:
region.
The 9tranger entered the little
town absolutely penniless, but Ir
f a very short time, he was reputec
to be worth millions and began buy
ing banks, saw mills' and propertj
throughout the whole section of th<
state. Oliver, in a few brief weeks
became famous for his ready repllet
to all propotions, "I'll take it, Jus
wrap it up." This applied to land
houses and s.ocks and in fact, everything
that wub purchasable.
Hil U&U the reputation of nevei
L# ' jykMMMMjHBo trade and he always pal<
:Jfroportlon In cash, insisted
I1 that file seller deposit the money Ir
one St Imlvrr's many banks, am
thus the endlesp chain of kiting
continued, . til Oliver's trad*
mounted Into the hundreds of thou
sandq.
Hef purchased automobiles n
wholesale and gave them right anc
left In wanton prodigality to hi
newly-made friends. He built man*
flno houses and the whole countr;
stood aghast at his wealth and hli
napoleonlc business ventures.
Oliver was seriously ill shortl;
. after his arrival in Climax and hi
recovery was in part due to th<
faithful ntirs;..* ki\*ui him bv Mis
Rose English, a beautiful young girl
,dk|^en years of age. who tender!;
g^MBL^terod to his wants.
recovered from his dee
he the beau
short time the
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| A SERIOUS CHARGE
MADE AGAINST CHIEF OF POLICE
i
OF BATE8BURG.
Arretted on Warrant Sworn Out by
| a Woman Who Says He Attempted
to Assault Her.
I A dispatch to The New? and Courier
says Mr. John J. Darby, chief of
* police of the town of Hatesburg, wae
* arrested Wednesday by Deputy SherI
iff Sim J. Miller upon a warrant
sworn out by a woman of that town,
charing him with assault with intent
to ravish. Mr. Darby was carried
to Lexington and was immediately
released upon a $2,000 bond.
' The crime is alleged to have been
. committed on or about the 7th day
of February, this year. Mr. Darby
and his friends decrare that he is
1 I n n t anrf thai it lo a
...MWWU%| uuu vuav IV 10 o WUWVVCVI
scheme to injure aim because of his
untiring efforts in rounding up the
band of thieves, who had been operating
in Batesburg for several weeks,
and which finally resulted iu the arrest
of three young men. e
Mr. Darby employed two detectives
to work up the case, aud ono
of the men arrested was the son of
the woman who has brought the warrant
against Darby. This, it is alleged,
incensed the woman, and the
arrest of Mr. Darby upon the very
serious charge of attempted criminal
assault followed Wednesday. The
fact that more than three months
were allowed to elapse before she
issued the warrant, the friends of
the chief assert, shows conclusively
that it is a concocted scheme.
It is said that strong evidence
igainst the woman is on hand, and
her arrest 011 several charges will
nrobably follow within the next day
>r two. The woman is a widow, her
husband havin died about two years
igo. She has been operating a
hoarding house in Batesburg since
ler husband's death. It is said that
<he will enter suit against the town
if Batesburg for $20,000 for havng
removed from her home an elec:ric
light metor.
Mr. Darby moved from Chester to
'latosburg about two years ago, and
has made a most excellent police
fllcer. He has been unrelentlna in
'lis efforts to put the ban on crime t
if all kinds in the town, and has t
made a host of friends. It Is said <
"hat the town of Hatesliurg will (
"stand by" him in this trouble, and t
hat he will have no trouble in mak- <
ng a strong defence. His arrest t
aused no little sensation at Hates- t
>Ulg.
JUMPED FItOM A WINDOW 1
While Asleep and Sustained Fatal 1
Injuries. i
Mr. B. B. Mouzon, of Kingstree,
ifter retiring for the night, arose
n a stupor of some kind, or a dream,
:s he calls it, and Imagined that he
vas in a fox chase, jumped or fell .
rom a second story window in the .
esidence of Mr. Graham, of Cade, ,
i distance of about twenty feet, to
he ground, inflicting a very serious .
nd probable fatal inpury.
Mr. Graham's family were awakned
by groans and calling for help .
rom the unfortunate man. Dr. C.
I). Rollins, of Bake City, was
ailed in. and was with the Injured
uan in a short time, but so far the .
xtent of his Injuries has not beeu
scertained.
Mr. Mouzon is a man about 35
ears of age and has a wife and two
-hildren.
Champion Sting}' Man.
Capt. Pickel, a police of St. Louis,
lo.. claims that he has found the
tingiest man In the world. This
lan, although ho owns property and
i reputed wealthy, is said to gather
iK?r mumps ror nis smoking, to go
> a barber's college and get a free
air cut, and to borrow a razor every
/eek from a different neighbor so
a to shave hinvself to save a dime.
ere married and he promised to
ndow her with his millions. He
ved like a prince and spent money
ivishly upon his young bride. He
stabllshed elegant stables and
>ought blooded horses and almost
eekly added to his stock of autoaobllea.
He bought more banks and more
mds, and signed contracts for the
uildlng of towns in the prarie
country and drew at will on New
. ork banks. His Waterloo came
.hen a check for $1,000 given to an
vlhany contractor, was returnod unpaid.
Then the people became suspicous
and his arrest followed his flight
n an automobile vlth his bride,
he couplo wero overtaken at Baln>ridge
and Oliver was sent to jail
1 ending an Investigation.
When Oliver, alias Harding, was
trrested in Bainbridge, It is said,'
he body of his automobile was halfull
of currency In bills of large
e tenomtnatlon, which was wrapped
in newspapers.
\ It is said that Oliver Is not only
f ranted in Mississippi, where It Is |
r illeged he has eleven years to servo
' n the penitentiary, but that he Is j
>. ranted In Atlanta and Birmingham
1 iv federil authorities. It Is said
ic has served a term In the Ohio peni
tentlary for obtaining diamonds uni
!er false pretenses. It Is reported
y that Oliver has a wife In Atlanta.
A COZY HOME
For Confederate Veterans In
Their Old Age
FORMALLY OPENED
In Columbia on Thursday Afternoon.
A Full Description of the Home
and How it Will Be Managed.
Has All the Conveniences of a
Modern Home.
The Confederate Home at Columbia
was formally opened Thursday
afternoon, with appropriate exercises.
Addresses were made by Governor
Ansel, Senator F. H. Weston and
Col. D. Cardwell. The following description
of the Home we take from
the Columbia Record:
If any Confederate veteran remaining
the guest of relatives or
continuing to dwell in his own house
enjoys more of creature comfort, of
care and of congenial companion- .
ship than do his comrades now gathered
within the home, a grateful
State haa here provided for them,
happy tar beyond the average is
hia lot: for in the planning of this
home no detail has been omitted J
that thoughtful, generous, loving
kindness could suggest or willing
hands could by untiring diligence
supply. One who has visited it must
necessarily In writing of It use often J
the word "home," for that is what it
Is. A home Its founders studiously
wrought to make It and the last act
f the builders was to inscribe the
svord over its doorway, so that the
approaching veteran's first glimpse
at the house that is like to be his ,
last earthly dwelling place, should ,
show him that this was indeed a .
home?his home?"The Confederate .
Veterans' Home." .
The home will be formally opened
tomorrow. The Daughters of the .
Confederacy in Columbia have come .
gallantly to the rescue or the com- .
mission in charge and supplemented
argely the appropriation which the
egislature, through failure to under- t
>tand the conception entirely, failed *
o make Butficlcnt, and accordingly .
he privilege of directing the opening
ceremonies has been given to these
levoted women. They invite the at- ^
endance on that occasion of all per- f
>na interested in the home, and it is
o be hoped that many will avail <
hemselves of this opportunity to in- ^
;pect the institution. Much an inspection,
especially if re-enforced by
ittle interviews with the 20-odd vet rans
already domiciled in the home,
will remove from the mind of any
reasonable person whatever misglvngs
may have arisen in regard to
:he wisdom of the home's establishment
or its adequacy to the needs of
he veterans for whom it is intendid.
The place looks like a home, even
from a distance. The low white
l>uilding. green-trimmed and girdled
by trees, with its white-columned
porticos, looks out over the city and
n the near foreground on every side
*re the gently rolling fields of a farm
calculated to gladden every farmer's
heart?and mos>t of the veterans
rome from farms. On the slope of
the opposite hill to the southwest lie
the buildings of the Hospital for the
Insane, making a picturesque feature
af the view, but unconnected with
the home in any sense, even in appearance.
Trolley cars of two lines
pass In view to the right and in '
front, and in the evening: the light (
and sounds of the busy city pleasantly
suggest the nearness of youth and 1
abounding vitality The place is 1
peaceful, but not suggestive of 1
boredom.
The house is of one story, with
basement, substantially built in
frame construction. Its general plan
is that of a Latin cross, the main 1
corridor, long, wide and airy, in- '
tersected by a narrower hall running
approximately east and west. The
l>ouse faces southward. Entering
from the front, a wide porch, provided
with lights for the evenings,
gives upon the main corridor, where
arm chairs and settees nre grouped
In a way suggestive of casual cozy
gatherings after dinner. To the left
is the commandant's office, to the
right a parlor for the entertainment
of the home's friends, the very best
of whom are ladies. The living
quarters of the commandant and his
wife are entered by the second door
upon the right. The second room,
where the veteran* pnregather to
talk, to read, to play games, write
letters or otherwise amuse themselves
when the weather or Inclination
drives them In from the lawn
or the piazzas, which at this season
are naturally preferred. A large
room in provided on this corridor
for the safe storage of the veterans'
trunks and personal property not
needed In the dormitories. These
latter, with the bath-rooms and tollet-rooms,
open off the cross-hall.
Each dormitory contains four single
beds, enameled white, with comfortable
mattresses and neat blue
spreads. The hath and toilet arrangements
are altogether modern,
sanitary and convenient. Everything
Is clean as a hound's tooth. The
lights throughout the building are
electric and the entire building Is
heated by steam. Every room Is an
outside room and all openings are j
screened. The location and construe-,
tlon aro such thai thcro is always
some breese. ,
The dinging room is a big. airy
place with plenty of windows and
tables seating eight or ten
each. When a Record reporter visit- |
ed the home the other day supper
time was near and the tables had
been set, a significant Item being tne
vate of fresh flowers from the yard
in the ceuter of each.
Behind the dining room is one of
the best equipped kitchens in the
State, where a splendid cook works
at a great massive range. An assistant
cook has been engaged and
will report for duty shortly. In the
rear of the kitchen are conveniently
located the pantry, the linen room
and the medicine chest. In the
latter are kept first-aid bandages and
household remedies, besides such
drugs as are likely to be needed from
time to time. The main store rooms
are in the basement, alonir with tho ?
heating apparatus. The home has y
a large kitchen garden, from which
the veterans are already enjoying
their own beans and turnips. Later
on there will be other vegetables, s
with melons and green corn.
Full records of every department a
are kept. For Instance, when asked
about the bills of fare, the command- 1
ant turned to his desk and drew forth 11
at random one sheet from a bundle.
It happened to be the menu card for H
May 22nd and was as follows:
Breakfast?Hominy, breakfast ba- "
con, broiled; hot biscuit, butter, syrup,
coffee.
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Dinner?Lima means, rice and tomatoes,
Irish potatoes, corn broad,
light bread, butter, coffee.
Supper?Hominy, butter, hot bis- '
cult, stewed fruit, syrup, coffee.
"We try to make the bill of fare
a 111 lie different each day," said a
the commandant. "Twice a week '
?nd on Sundays we have dessert and
an two days we have soup?mighty ^
?ood soup. Our cook ib a fine one."
The veterans seemed contented
ind thoroughly at home. The com- .
inandant, Capt. W. D. Starling, is a
veteran; the adjutant, Capt. B. F.
Day, was also a soldier of the Con- M
w
federacy. They are deeply interested
n their work and a fine thing for
:he veterans, too, is the presence,
light and day, of Mrs. Starling. The
nstitution is directly in charge of
"apt. Starling, chairman of the Con- ^
federate Home commission. The
government of the borne, aB arrang- w
>d by Col. Cardwell and Capt.
Starling, is simple and kindly.
There are fow rules and none of K
, . ,. tJ, ci
n o q n nrn omah A,J ?
?WV... HO ?iu UIU BUIUIl'r
vould not Immediately seo the neces>lty
of having. For Instance, the
'eterans are free to come and go ^
is they like, visiting the city or
talking about the suburbs Capt.
Starling stipulating only that they
shall report to him where they expect
to go. This is necessary be- tl
a use some of them are feeble and si
'or all of them he is responsible to c<
heir relatives and to the State. 3
The health of the veterans is r<
loubly provided for. The lnstltu- ?l
ion's regular physician, Dr. Wil- is
lam \Ve6ton, makes daily visits, and 8
wo of the veterans are themselves tl
>ractltIoners of long experience. r<
The assembly room has been
;.]uipped with a big phonograph and pi
i piano and doubtless all the news- tl
mpers of the State will be glad to 3
*nter the home on their free sub- b>
icription lists when the matter is h
:alled to their attention. ni
Careful and disinterested invest!- a
tatlon by Record reporters has dis- c<
?osed to their satisfaction of every L
ritlclsm against the home, from the lr
veteran's standpoint, that has come n
to their ears. The homo has noth- 1?
ng of the jail or poor farm about it;
t has absolutely no connection with c<
the State Hospital for the Insane; T
the veteran who enters it does not a
lose his pension nor any part of it; w
there la nothing of reproach or hu- a'
initiation connected with residence
ihere, nor ie any effort made to compel
the entrance of veterans?on the
contrary, the admissions are limited
tiy law to 84. two from each county,
and in each case the commission
must be shown by proper papers
that there are good reasons why the
applicant should be received. There a
Is probably not one veteran in 50 ,{
who would not be both more comfortable
physically and happy men- e
tally here than in his present situ- '
ation. He may be well provided for ''
at home, from a material standpoint, ?
but hpre he will have congenial com- ?
panionship in addition to creature
comfort at least equal to his present ^
having. And finally, he need not ?
stiy If conditions at thy home dis- f
please him. v
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CTYCLONE IN GEOIU3T %.
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Several Houses Wrecked and a Few
r
Persons Injured. a
a
A half done persons. probably t
more, were Injured in a terrific cyclone
that passed over the lower par' 7
or Screven county, Ga.. at 4 o'cIock f
i uursnay anernoon, and while no I ]
life has yet been lost because of Its ^
passing nfbny persons escaped by
seeming miracles, houses falling
about and upon theni. without Inflict- ^
ing fatal Injuries. Tho cyclone came (
from tho direction of Dover and dls- j
appeared from there in a northeasterly
direction.
Many of those who were caught
by the cyclone saw It approaching,
but owing to Its velocity were un- '
able to And places of safety before 1
it struck. It Is stated that the 1
storm's appearance was that of an
ordinary whllwind. such a& are frequently
seen In summer, fhouRh It
was very much larger and moved
[with much greater rapidity.
SLAIN BY NEGRO
Mr. John watson Assassinate!
Near Greensea.
A POSSE IN PURSUIT
Over Two Hundred People Witl
Bloodhounds Are on the Hun
for the Assassin, and it is Hopet
and Believed That He Will
Caught.
A speciul dispatch from Conwaj
ays Mr. John Watson, a prominent
oung man of the Greensea sectlor
f the county, about 20 miles frou
lonway, was Wednesday waylaid and
hot by Melvin Watson, a notorloui
egro. Mr. Watson died a few houri
ftcr being shot.
Sheriff Sessions learned of the af
air by telegram and went lmmedi
tely to the secne of the killing.
News reached Conway after tht
heriff left that more than 200 peo
le with bloodhounds went in search
f the negro, who fled as soon as ht
red the fatal shot.
What has been learned at Con'ay
of the affffaire came to telephone
rom Ixiris, a railroad station, about
Ix miles from Greeusea, and henct
nil particulars have not been loarnd.
From the best information obtainble
it appears that Mr. Watson earr
Wednesday morning had started
> Tabor, N. C., in a wagon. When
nly a short distance from Greensea
e was fired upon by the negro, who
as crouched in a fence jam.
Mr. Watson was superintendent of
tie large plantation of Hon. J. P.
>erham, and it is stated that a young
jn of Mr. Derham was in the wagon
hen thte shooting occurred. He
as not hurt.
GreenBea is a populous section and
large posse gathered in a very short
me and went in pursuit of the negro
ho, it is said, is a very dangerous
tiaracter.
Mr. Watson was a young man of
ide family connection and very
Dpular throughout the country, and
reat indignation Is felt over the
rlmo.
COTTON ACREAGE REDUCED.
ccrCMe Placed at Three and a Half
Per Cent.
In its monthly cotton report Friday
ir 101 k. journal 01 commerce
io*vs that, compared with last year,
jtton avearges have been reduced
.5 per cent, according to over 1,800
ports from special correspondents
r an aveargo date of May 25. This
i approximately the same result as
Iven in last month's report, when
le consensus of opinion indicated a
eduction of 4 per cent.
On the basis of the revised area
lanted In 1908 of 33,870,000 ncres,
ie present season starts off with
2,206,000 acres. The reduction has
een largely brought through the
igh priqes of provisions causing
lore land to be thrown Into corn
nd small grains at the expense of
jtton. Fear of the boll weevil in
ouisiana and Mississippi, especially
i the former, caused heavy curtaillent,
being 2.8 and 5.7 per cont
ss, respectively.
All other States show declines oxjpt
Texas, Tennessee and Florida,
he increase of 4.5 per cent In Toxs
is due principally to drought,
hich destroyed grain crops. This
creage went Into cottoh.
( ORE ASTONISHES SENATE.
iklahoma's Blind Senator Has Marvelous
Memory.
Senator Oore astonished the Sente
Wednesday by the citation of a
>ng list of cotton and woolen manu
icturing companies and giving their
arnings, capital stock, surplus, etc
le undertook to show that corporaIons
engaged in the cotton ana wooln
industries are making very largr
arnings.
The speech was one that 110 other
enator would have attempted with
ut constant reference to notes, bul
he blind Statesman from the South
rest found no difficulty in givinf
ft hand the greatest variety of do
alls without the ability to assis
lis memory in any way.
Referring to the cotton and wooler
nanufacturers, and with a rasplni
ind sinister tone, the Oklahoma Sen
,tor said he did not blame them to
heir large earnings.
"I know they are intelligent citl
;ens," he said, "judging from thoi
nrsiness success and from their so
ection of United States Senators.'
Killed by Convicts.
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Several officers were killed, thi
veek, by convicts during an upri?
ng at the Zuintana Roo mines, Mox
co's penal settlement.
Killed in Wreck.
The California fast mall on th
3anta Fe was wrecked at Peabodi
Kan . thi? week, killing H. C Thomj
son, a postal clerk.
Killed by Cannon.
Explosion of a cannon at S
Marys, O.. this week, killed Henr
Mahan. a veteran.
| TRIBUTE TO DAVIS
MEMORY OF CONFEDERATE
CHIEFTAIN HONORED.
A Park Bearing His Name Opened
at Fairview, Kentucky. With Appropriate
Ceremonies.
j At Fairview, Ky., among the trees
which have grown up above the
t birth-place of JefTerson Davis since
the year, early in the nineteenth
* century, when the Davis fumily removed
to Mississippi, the efferson
Davis Memorial Park was simply
dedicated Thursday. Northeast,
across the State, is Hodgenviiie,
' near which Abraham Lincoln was
1 born eight months after his great
i opponent. Fairview is still a tiny
! town rimmed with forests and slop
, ing gently, toward the grass-grown
battlefields of Tennessee.
In September, 1907, when the
Biiv gruoD ana enmaaea ranks or
Kentucky's famous "orphant brigado"
met in Glasgow Ky., at the
grave of Gen Joseph H. Lewis, their
commander, former Governor Boll'
var Buckner, of Kentucky, broached
the plan of the Jefferson Davis Mem1
orial Association. Subscriptions
were started, the women of the South
aided nobly, and when all but $4,000
had been raised, to purchase seventeen
arret, at Kairview, Gen. Ilen'
nett H. Young, commanding the Ken
! tucky division of tho Confederate
Veterans, advanced that sum and
made, the memorial possible.
Oratory, music and flowers made
the day notable. A basket dinner
and a barbecue were provided by the
people of Todd and Christian coun1
ties, which share equally the town
' of Kairview, and when Col. W. A. i
, Milton, of Louisville, as chuirman
in the absence of Gen. Young, who
was detained in Chicago, opened the
meeting, the homestead of the Davis- 1
es was crowded. Gen. Young, a
prominent Louisville lawyer, wrote
the chief address of the day. and
it was read by Col. Milton. He asserted
that every Southern State
should rear a shaft to Jefferson Davis,
whose character and sufferings
he dwelt upon sympathetically. He
paid high tributo to Lincoln, saying
that the time had come when
men might speak kindly and truly
of tho past. He said the message
which the united South gave to the
world today was one of everlasting
peace. i
The plan is to raise $30,000 more
with which to build a memorial temnlo
tD Anniolr* ?11 ? ? ? * ' *
, vMUiaiu ail lUK IttCOFaS OI ID6
Confederacy, and to remodel a two 1
story residence upon the Davis farm
to house the widows of Confederate
soldiers.
The seventeen acres which are to
enclose the memorial buildings to
be erected adjoin the original nine
acres, which were the remains of
the plantation upon which Samuel
Davis, father of the President, settled
when he came from Virginia
In 1793. These nine were given by
Mr. Davis to Bethel Church on the
occasion, June 21, 1886, of his last
visit to his flrBt home. To the people
of the neighborhood this church
stands as a memorial to their great
neighbor, and to bis pride In his
old Kentucky home they ascribe the 1
fancy which led him to call his land
along the Mississippi shore of the
Gulf "Beauvolr."
The site of the memorial slopes
softly from a splendid grove, which
crowns its heighest point. It Is In
the heart of Fairview, and the present
plan is to place all the records
of the Confederacy in the temple
to be built, within the shadow of tho
i trees. A two-story residence is also
on the land, and the intent is to
make of this a homo for the widows
of the Confederates whom ago has
rendered decrept and from whom tho
years and the war have taken husbands
and sons.
BETTER LET IT ALONE.
Movement on Koot to Ilwrganlze
Clemsou College.
It is understood that Mr. Mendel
. L. Smith, former speuker of the
> house and at the present one of the
tloor leaders will introduce a reso
lutiou, at the next session of the leg
- islnturc calling for the appointment
I of a commission consisting of the at
torney general and two other lawyers
5 of reputation and standing to look
- into the feasibility, advisahlliey and
t legality of the proposition of buying
out the Interest of the Clemson
l heirs in the Clemson estate and mak5
ing Clemson college in fact as well
as In name a State college,
r
Made Big Haul.
Mrs. George Shea, of Duluth,
r Minn., was robbed, this week, in
- Seattle, Wash., of $20,000. She had
concealed the cash in a bed In the
home where she was visiting, and
when she returned to the room the
s cash was gone.
An Old Man Pie*.
Mr. W. A. Kelly, who died near J
Statesboro. Ga., recently, was the
oldest man In that section. He was
e one hundred and one years old on
r. the tenth of last March. He was
>? born In South Carolina in 1808.
Killed Hi* Mother.
"I've got to murder some one."
t. said Fred Daniels, colored, to his
y mother at Cleveland, O., this week,
so he klU?d ker.
RIOTS BEGIN
Philadelphia Street Car Strike
Gats Serious.
MANY PERSONS HURT
Strike Sympathizers Are Angered by
Attempt of Traetion Company to
Hun Cars After Nlghtfull With
Strike-Breakers, and Several Blots
Result, Demolishing Mirny Cars.
The street car strike in Philadelphia
Is becoming serious. Oue policeman
shot and probably fatally
Injured "early a hund-od persons
and battered, either by policemen
or strike sympathizers, and
five cars wrecked and then burn ad,
Is the result of an attempt on the
part of th-i Rapid Transit Company
to operate their cars Wednesdnv J./
imported strike-breakers.
The point at wliicn the most serious
rioting occurred is known as
Kensington MilJI district. In this
section of the city there lives nearly
every nationality, the foreign element
predominating. When tho
Traction Company announced that
cars would be run Wednesday night,
nearly all the store-keepres in tho
Kensington district, knowing the
temper of the residents there, closed
their stores promptly at 6 o'clock.
As one car after another left
the barn, crowds stood on the street
corners in sullen silence. Finally,
a hoy cried "scab." and immediately
ho was pursued by a policeman, who
was riding on the car. As the officer
started for the youth the crowd
closed in upon him, and so quickly
was this done that he was unable
to draw his revolver. The weapon
was taken f?-om him, and is believed
to have been the same revolver with
which Policeman Levy was shot a
few minutes later.
The fire which had been smouldering
now burst Into a fiamo of fury.
Tho objective point was Alleghanoy
avenue, and in less than half an
hour seven cars wero wrecked, five
being completely demolished and
burned.
The police officers were powerless
at tho moment to comlint the mob,
but a riot call brought half a hundred
bluecoats to the scene, and the
crowd was driven back. But the
damage had been done and there was
little need of the preservers of the
peace so long as no attempt was
made to run cars from the barn.
While the serious disturbance was
in progress In the Northeastern section
of tho city, there were inoini
ent riots at iho car barns at Sixteenth
and Jackson streets, in the
down-town district, and at Fortyninth
and Woodland avenue, in the
West Philadelphia district.
The crowd grew meanaclng when
an attempt was made to run cars
from the down-town barns, and a
policeman who endeavored to quell
the disturbance was ducked in a
water trough. Twenty-five plainclothes-men
and policemen wero
rushed to the scene on a special
trolley, and after the cars were run
back into tho barn there was no
further trouble.
SA1? END OF LIFE.
Aged North Carolinian Found Dead
in Fence Corner.
A special from Boone, N. C., to
the Charlotte Observer says Mr. Ransom
Coffey, an aged citizen of Blue
Ridge township, was found dead a
few days ago near the roadside.
He had been visiting some of his
relatives at this placo and had started
on his return home. A Mr. Triplet,
noticing a strange mule In his
field, went to turn it outside and
recognized it as Mr. Coffey's. Thinking
strange of the animal having
the saddle on he to'.d his wife to
go to one of the neighbor's and inquire
if they had seen anything of
the old gentleman, while he went to
ask another neighbor. On her way
Mrs. Triplet came upon the old man
sitting in a fence cor iter dead. Tho
coroner was called and the verdict
of the Jury was that he tiled of heart
failure.
JUit Bite Kills h Bal>,v.
Blood poisoning, brought on by the
bite of a rat, caused the death or
little Eugene Jamleau of Ottawa, thin
week. The rat bit the babe while
it was lying in Its cradle and although
medical aid was summoned,
death resulted in" a few hours.
Sold for Big lTlre.
At the annual sale of imported
Jersey cattle at Coopersburg, Pa.,
this week, the highest priced animal
sold, was a bull, Viola's Golden Jolj
lv, which was bought, by the \V.
Keninlock stork farm, at Kirksville,
Mo., for $12,000. Itaieigh's Knirty
Boy. another bull, was sold to C. D.
Hudson, of New York, for $S,200.
Eye Drops Out.
Armond Foehlman. aged 13 year?,
of Kewanse. 111., blew his nose and
his eyeball popped from Its socket.
A physician carefully replaced the
the eyeball and the hoy maintains #
that it causes him no pain and that
he can see as well as ever.