Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 22, 1909, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES I
VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 19G9 NO. 14 |
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FIRES THE JURY
Acquitted Defendants Who Ad<
mitted Guilt
SERVED THEM RIGHT
Tbe Juror* Very Much Dumb-found,
ed, Left the Courtroom.Crestfallen
Tho Action of Judge Mommiugvi
h Generally Approved by the People
of York County.
A special dispatch from Yorkvllle
to the Columbia Record says Judge
Memmlnger Wednesday morning dismissed
a panel of York county jurors
as unfit for further service in his
court, because It had deliberately
failed to convict of carrying concealed
weapons In a case where two defendants
openly admitted that they
had. pistol*.
The case grew out of a picnic row
at Tirxah last August where there
was promiscuous shooting and two
Russells and a Robinson had been
indicted for assault and battery with
Intent to kill and carrying concealed
weapons. There was a good deal
of conflicting testimony In the case,
but both of the Russells admitted
that they had pistols.
The jury Tuesday night brought
in a verdict of not guilty on all
counts. Wednesday morning Judge
Memmlnger had the Jury called and
tutckly told it that if It saw fit to
make Itself and the county of York
ridiculous with such a verdict he did
not propose to allow it to make him
ridiculous.
If the Jury saw proper to acquit
on the ground of self-defense men
who had shot other men in the back,
as in this case, that was not his
lookout, for he could not help him
self, but when it cam" to acquitting
defendants of carrying concealer
weapons, where there had not ever,
been a denial of the charge, it war
more than he would stand for.
He did not care to criticite tin
Jury or lecture It. but ho would no'
continue to try cases before it. H?
therefore told the members of tin
panel to consl<|or themselves dis
missed from further attendance or
court and Instructed them to get
their pay and go their ways. Then
turning to the clerk, the jttdg? or
dored the drawing of a special venlr.
- - ??wt-u nil
ot l I men wud which iu un mplaces
of the men dismissed.
The jurors were dumbfounded fo; *
a few minutes and finally left th*
court room very much crestfallen
Judge Memminger's action, thougl
coming in the nature of a surprise
has met with unqualified public ap
proval.
NARROWLY KHCARF.D BURNING.
Citi/>eu of Columbia Awakes Wit).
House on Fire.
Mr. \V. J. Jones had a narrox
escape Wednesday morning when th.
home iu which he was living tool
fire at 9:30 o'clock, iu Columbia
Mr. Joues was still in bed, but wu
warned In time to get out of th<
house without injury. He has ;
night job and had not waked u>
when the Ore started. The hous
in which he lived. No. 1,807 Wash
Ington fstreetl was. almost totall:
_ destroyed by the flames. Very llttl?
VfBfcfc ot the furniture was saved. Th
. : house ne~Tt door, occupied by Mn
Lubby, was partially burned. Dot;
houses were owned by Mr. A. H
Boowr, of Columbia, and insurance
was carried. The houses were smul
dwellings. Several houses in th
neighlK>rhood were in danger of b?
ing caught by the flames, but wer
saved. Mr. Jones had some insur
once on his furniture, but he is no
sure that he can recover as the poll
cy date was out a few days ago.
LABORER 8KEK9 GALLOWS.
Says He Would Rather Hang Thai
^#iimn 1 lallakf _
"I killed 'Joe' Zizorda by sma^h
Ins his skull with a piece of angli
Iron," was the cool statement o
Steven Cosh when he was accuse
of murder in Police court at Wos
Newton, Pa., thiB week.
"Put you will be hanced for mur
der." je was told by the police.
"I don't euro whether I hang o
not." protested Cosh. "! would jus.
as lief hanK as stamp ballast on th?
railroad all my life."
? Cosh, aged 30, and Zizorda. ager'
35, were working on tho rallroa'
together when Zizorda walked lntf
the brush. He did not return anr
Cosh started a search. He stum
bled over his companion while th>
latter was asleep and killed him out
right. He declared Zizorda was laz>
and was always shouldering hart'
work on him.
Detective Filled by Tramps.
Watching freight trains for tramps
at Laporte, Ind.. Lake Shore Detec
tlve Charles Sliverslde was killed
probably by. tramps.
Masked Men Rob Postnfflce. "
Threo masked men robbed the ho
tel and postoffloo bit in at. L'tah Hoi
Springs. lTtab. of $500. two-thirdi
being government money.
r SEVERAL BURNED
TWO READ AND TWO FATALLY
INJURED.
Fuel Tnnk of Automobile Ripped
0|teu, Throwing Liquid Five on
OuN Occupants.
Two persons are dead, two mortally
Injured, while three others are
, more or less seriously hurt as the
result of an explosion of the gasoline
tank on tho touring car of
George M. Hill, late Tuesday night
at Jacksonboro bridge, five miles
from Sylvania, Ga. The dead: Hew- I
lot , llill M I... 1.-,. ? ? i ? **111"
*-*v *iui| iuioo i iuniiv miiia.
The fatally injured: George M.
Hill, Jr., twin brother of Hewlett
Hill; Mrs. George M. Hill.
The seriously injured: Miss Ruble
Thomas, badly burned; George
M. Hill, severely burned about head
and trunk; Miss Lurlinn Cooper,
severely burned; George Hlllton,
aged 14, painfully burned.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill had taken a party
of young people for a moonlight
outing. While preparing to leave foi
town the car was backed onto the
bridge, the tank contaiuiug compressed
gasoline being ripped off
The fluid was thrown over the occupants
and flames quickly spread,
covering the entire party.
The clothing of the two infantF
and the women was almost entirely
consumed. Several youths gave such
ild as they could, but it was not until
the shrieking women were dragred
into the waters of the creek that
'he flames were extinguished.
News of the accident was telephoned
to Sylvania from a farmer'*
house, two miles from the scene, an''
Physicians were rushed to the bridge
The injured were carried to Syl
vania at an early hour Wednesday
LIQl'OK POI'KKI) INTO SKWKH.
t-aureus Sheriff Gets ltid "of Thirty
Gallons.
Thirty gallons of "good lirkor'
'ourslng down the sewer main of the
-ity qi Laurens is the sad tale of ar
fticial act by Sheriff f)w ings and
lis constables of that place. Some
?ne could not stand the sight, and
o "get even" with the sheriff wrotr
m one of the cases about to he open-d.
"Sheriff John I>. Owings, I,au ens,
S. C. Express Prepaid." and
hen the laugh was on the officer
or bringing out his own "jug" and
lestroying it by mistake.
The thirty gallons of whiskey have
ieen held in the sheriff's office for the
(Hotted thirty days. It had been
teized, at various times, from persons
in and around I,aurens, who
.vere under suspicion of selling it
v'o claim and delivery papers having
teen served upon the officers, it was
'estroyed Thursday morning by due
rocess of law. This is the first oficial
act of this kind in these parts
n many years.
ASIIKVILLK IJXKMKX K1LLKI).
Pouched High Power Wire Which
lie Thought Was Dead.
Suspended by his belt from an
lectric power pole near the South
rn Railway round house, W'ednesay
afternoon. J. 11. Leonard, a
ineman in Asheville. N". C., in the
tnploy of the Weaver Klectrio
'ompany, hung lifeless, shocked to
eath by a high-power current comig
over a line which he believed to
e "dead."
The deceased, who went to Asheillo
two months ago from Colum'US.
Ohio, on account of his wife'}
ealth, was one of a force of line
ion repairing a break in the trans
lissiou lines, and is believed to hnvi
let his death when he reached u|
-> turn a switch. His comrades or
be ground heard no cry, and die'
ot know of his misfortune untP
bey looked up and saw the dangling
ody. Leonard leaves a wife, but
o children.
PATTEJS A Hlfi TAX PAYER.
hitugn Wheat King Has His Assessment
Doubled.
James A. Patten, who is said by
> fellow member of the board of
rade to have made a profit of $300.?oo
within twenty-four hours
Vodnesday, found himself on top of
he list of Kvanston taxpayers and
>is option on this disMnrtlon he pro oses
not to close out for some time.
Ir. Patten was assessed this year on
*500,000 of personal property, which
s twee the amount levied last year.
>tr. Patten himself atiked the change.
"How much personal property
'URht I to assess you on this year,
, \tr. Patten," asked Mr. Milne, Evans on's
assessor.- .
"How much was-it last year?"
aid Mr. Patten.
"Something like $250,000." rc ponded
the assessor.
"Never mind the figure," Mr. Patten
interrupted, "whatever It was
lust double that now. . I reckon
hat'H fix it about right."
Mule and Ills Rider KMIed.
White returning home from his
farm at Washington. Oa , Tuesday
night, riding a mule, lightning struck
1 John H Amoson, a prominent young
farmer,.killed him and the mule
WANTS EXPERT
SUNT ABROAD TO COLLECT DOTti
ABOUT COTTON.
Tf*t of Resolution Passed Hy th?
Fanner*' Union at Their Meeting
in Columbia Recently.
The cotton producers of the State
ire very much interested in the federal
government sending a cotton
xpert to the various foreign coun.rles
for the purpose of collecting
iata on the cotton trade. By a resolution
passed at a meeting of the
State Farmers' Union, held recently
in Columbia. Commissioner Watson
s requested to go to Washington and
press the matter with President Taft.
The commissioner while In Washington
next week will take the question
1 jp. The resolution asks that the
representative be selected from the
.'otton belt territory. A resolution
>f a similar nature was passed at
.he meeting. of the National Farmers'
Union, held in Atlanta some time
ago.
The following is the resolution
>assod:
"Whereas the cotton producers of
he South are in need of specific
information from the viewpoint of
he producer of essential facts us to
length of staple, gradingt, etc., that
ire required by the consuming manifacturers
of foreign nations, tacts
hat would be of material value in
he development of the cotton growng
industry of the United States,
11 industry representing many milioius
of dollars in the annual agriculural
experts of the United States,
ind
"Whereas heretofore all special
lissions directed to securing information
abroad in relation to cotton
ia\e been rath?*r in the interests of
he manufacturers than the producer?,
and
"Whereas efforts are now being
.lade by the producers to better the
rude existing system of marketing
otton. and
"Whereas thn class of iuformaion
needed can only be secured by a
n?n from the cotton belt skilled In
he growing of cotton and thoroughy
familiar with all of the details
>f the present local system of gracing
and buying crude cotton; therefore,
bo it
"Resolved, That the commissioner
>f agriculture of South Carolina, be
equested to voice to the president
>f the United States the request of
he State Farmers' Union of South
\arolina that this matter be given
iromnt attention nnrt that
il government, through the department
of agriculture, or the department
of commerce and labor, arrange
for a special representative, selectid
from the cotton belt territory, to
>e sent to the various foreign coun*rles
to collect the data needed, and
that his reports be published and
'urnlshed to the producer."
Kvpcrts in Live Stock.
The following resolution, as to
he detailing one or more field experts
from the United States bureau
if animal industry to be stationed
in the State for the purpose of advising,
directing and assisting in live
stock raising and particularly in
he raising of beef cattle was also
mssed at the meeting:
"Whereas we realize the grea'
tood that has been wrought in the
-ealm of plant indvstrv In South Carolina
by the introducci in in the State
f the farm de.nonztrivlon w rk by
ho United States department of ngMcultue,
and
"Whereas one of the great?-st needs
>f th?? State at this time is a proper
in<i intelligent development of the
live stock Industry, and
"Whereas we believe such developnent
as is sought will be more speedily
obtained l>v the conduct of such
nractical work on live stock lines as
is being conducted in the matter of
plant life; therefore, be It
"Resolved, That the Farmers'
''nion of South Carolina hereby indorses
the request of the State department
of agriculture: of the secretary
of agriculture of the United
States and of the United States bureau
of animal Industry to detail
one or more field experts front the
bureau to be stationed in the State
ior mo purpose 01 advising. directing
and assisting those engaged in or
about to engage in live stock raising,
particularly in the raising of beef
cattle.
"Resolved, further, That the secretary
of agriculture of the United
States he specially requested to give
this matter his earliest and most
rareful attention." *
PROVIDE rX'XISHMKNT.
Georgian* f'a-i Rill Making Defamation
of Women a Prison Offense.
The penitentiary stares scandalmongers
In the fare now. The Georgia
senate passed a bill Wednesday
making it a penal offense to utter
false or defamatory remarks about
a woman. Heretofore the women defamed
had no recourse except In the
civil courts. Rut the McCurry bill
changes all that and will, it is believed.
put a hridle on scandalous
tongues, it wa not pasted without
long debate, many -eiaators hplievinj
' M Impaired right of free speech.
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BUILDING F ALLS
Disesfer In Busiest Section of
Philadelphia
SEVEN ARE KILLED
Thirtjr*ttro People Boiled Beneath
the Ruins of a Pfvc-Htorj Building,
1
tVhlch Was Betng Reconstructed. (
Accident Occurs about Ona o'clock 1
1
and Terrifies Passcrsby. i
In one of the busiest sections of J
the city of Philadelphia, and at a (
time when thousands of pedestrains <
were passing to and fro, the fire- i
story brick building at the north- '
east corner of Eleventh and Market 1
streets, which was being recon itmrtiwl
frtr f T!nUo/l *
? ? .w. % t?v vmvvu v*ua tuipruv^
ment Company, collapsed with a ter- c
rifle roar shortly after 1 o'clock '
Thursday afternoon, burying or -1
pinning beneath the ruins 32 per- a
sons, 7 of whom ar? dead, 1 miss- ^
ing, 1 fatally Injured and 2 4 more c
or less seriously Injured. The dead 1
are: '
Charles Larson, 45 years old, sub- 1
stltute foreman of carpenters.
Peter Fritz, 6t> years o:d, carpen- '
ter. *
Paul Hanning, 4 9 years old, laborer.
1
SiRniund Tansberg, 23 years old, ^
laborer. *
Alvin ?, 50 years old, a Swede. ^
Unknown man .terribly mangled. ^
Fatally injured:
James Haggerty, 30 years old, frac- ''
tured skull.
The two lower floors had been ''
torn out and the three upper floors w
were shored up by heavy timber. '
Steel girders were bracing the shor- 1
lug. It Is supposed that by moving 9
one of the girders, the eutlre struc- 9
ture was loosened.
The crash came without warning, a
and the narrow escapes were many. ''
The roar of the collapse was heard 0
for blocks. Hy-standcrs and passers- ''
by fled in desperation, as It was
thought an explosion had occurred. 0
When they realized what had hap- u
pened. people flocked to the ruins and *
began a series of thrilling rescues. r
Het'ore professional aid could be a
mustered, automobiles, teamsters' *
wagons and all sorts of nearby ve- *
hides were filled with the dead or
Injured, and hurried to hospitals. It "
was a swaltering day and several of
the rescuers were overcome by the *
h**at and dust tram *h? debris. AJ K
most as strennouH as digging up the ?
injured was the task of keeping the s
congested masses of people from sur- ''
rounding too closely the wreckage. ?
The walls which were left standing T
iuur\vu uu>uit', uui ptMipi? SUTg 13
forward heedless of the danger.
For a time service on the subway s
line, which runs along Market street R
in front of the building was tied up.
A woman subway ticket seller, ter- 1
rifled by the crash of the collapse and ^
the shower of bricks and stones that
dropped down the subway stair, w
fainted in her ooflice. ?
Many instances of heroism were s
witnessed . One man whose leg was 11
broken was pinned beneath some ^
timbers. When firemen came within '
hailing distance he asked that they p
attend the more seriously injured. *
The entire fourth floor of the ''
building lay slant against the side a
of the adjoining building cutting off 1
air In a section twenty feet square >'
where it Is believed the missing man
is burled. Workmen continued dig- 0
glng in the ruins.
CHAXGK IX GKRA1AX CAIHVKT.
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Von Itothman - Hollweg Heconn-s c
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Chancellor of the Kinpire.
A dispatch from Berlin says Or s
Von Hothman-Hollweg has been ap r
pointed Chancellor of the Kmpire in j
succession to Prince Von Tluelow. ^
Various other cabinet changes are f
gazetted. Herr Delhrueck of the ,
Interior Department, succeeds Di. ,
Von Mothman-Hollweg as minister
of the interior and vice chancellorReinhold
Sydow, secretary of the Imperial
treasury, goes to the Depac
merit of Commerce, Herr Wermuth 1
the under secretory for the Interior
becomes secretarv of treasury, and!
Ludwig Holle. Prussian minister of
Public Instruction, reUres on accouu* i
of ill health and is suc-cecicd by Von I
Trott Zm Solz. ?
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ROKBK.RS >fl ST GO. i
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Greenville Citizens Determined to 1
Pnt a Stop to Depredations. <
Admitting that tho police force is ,
powerless to eopa * 1th the gang of
burglars that has terrorized Greenville.
S. C.. for months. Mayor Mahon
has deputized a number of prominent
citizens to arm themselves and
patrol the streets of the residence
district. These men will serve without
compensation and announce that
they propose to end the reign of lawlessness
at the expense of bloodshed
if necessary. The homes of the mayor
and the chief of police are among
i those disposed by the burglars. in<1
though depredations have occur.fd
nightly, not a single arrest has been
made.
MYSTERIOUS CRIME
YOUNG MAN WOIXDKP WHILE
ffLKKPING IN HIH ROOM.
Upon I\rtuiuing From Visit to
Fiaocw, Is Awnkem-d tn the Early
Xorniuc by a Pistol Shot.
Early Thursday morning Edgar
L. Shealey ,a prominent young mau
of Aiken, was shot in his room, at
the home of Misses Reynolds and Mcrjheo.
where he boarded, on York
street. He was shot once with a
pistol, and the ball entered his thigh
*nd lodged. His wound is not
Lhought to be serious, but it is ex:eedingly
painful. The shootiug is
me of the greatest mysteries that
:ity has ever known, and the police.
Mr. Shealey. or the ladles of the
aouse can offer no satisfactory soutlon
of it.
Mr Sheatev Is onpao-wd In >' . m'li.
ied and Invitations were issued a day
>r two ago to his wedding to Miss
luby Coward, daughter of Mr. and
tlrs. Thomas W. Coward, who reside
i short distance from the city e*
Ukcn. Wednesday night Mr. Sh^-stey
ailed upon her, Miss McGhee at
ended a dance with Mr. Wllliaiu
durray, who also boards there. Miss
teyuolds remained at home, but sh?
lad expected to go, when Mr. Sheaey
left, and on returning at ahou'
1 o'clock Mr. Shealey called to see
ler home from the dance, but findng
that she did not come to th<
lance, went on home alone. Mist
levnolds avers that she left the from
loor open and a light burning in thriall.
When Mr. Shealey arrived at
he house he found the front doc
oeked and no light in the hall. )I<
rat rang the door bell, and as he was
oing so, he says he heard someont
calking in his room up-stairs. !!
hought, he. says, that it was Mist
tevnoids trying to find a match t<
trike a light, but Miss Reynold?
ays it was not she. She did not opot
he door, as she says she left it open
nd she thought it was someone long
to get entrance to the house. A
olored woman, the cook, was sleep
as In the house.
When Mr. Shealey called Miss Roy
oids recognized the voice and go
T> and opened the door. Shenle>
cent to his room and soon aftej
etired. At about a quarter to 1
pistol shot awoke him. and he in
tantly arose and went to the door
rhlch he found closed. He called
t> Miss Reynolds and then felt th?
ound for the first time, although
lood on the bed shows that the
cound had been bleeding before h*
ot up. He says he was asleep lying
n his hack at the time. A careful
earch of the room revcalivl nnfh.
ig. No one was there or could anyne
be found anywhere In the house
'he colored woman and Policeman
lusch, on his beat, heard the shot.
?o one else heard it. Mr. Shealey
ays he heard no sound after th?
hot was fired. Mr. Murray and Miss
IcObee arrived from the dance about
o'clock, soon after the shot was
red.
The room door was shut. The
r-Indow opening on a small porch was
pen, and he believes that he was
hot from the porch. Nothing denite
could be found from any tracks.
Vhen he came Into his room, he noIced
that the window opening on the
orch had been opened, notwithstandng,
he says, that he shut it before
caving. A physician was summoned
t once, and he is now resting easiy.
The ball haa not been extracted
et.
Rome bureau drawers were found
pen In two down-stairs rooms, but
lothlng was missed. Nothing was
nterfered with in Shealey's room.
Co motive can be ascribed for the
rime. The shot was fired from tovards
his head, ranging down Mr.
Ihealey says ho does not know o!
in enemy in the world, and he is
mown to be an exceptionally quiet
nd well-liked young man. If it w.i;
ommltted by a robber, why dil he
hoot when Shealey was asleep, and
here being no danger to the robber?
The robbery theory is not believed
tenerally. Hut it was someone who
vanted to murder him, what was the
uotive?
ILLICIT STILLS ON INCREASE.
[Mlllliltif IOI1 HfOCllllirt I
... ? ? Mnip ivuunillUC
Plants In Georgia.
More illicit stills were destroyed
n the State of Georgia during the
fiscal year just terminated than were
lestroyed in Georgia, Alabama, Klorlla.
and Mississippi a year ago. says
i message from Atlanta. These
statements are taken from the annual
report of Revenue Agent James '
H. Surber. During the year Just
closed. Surber and his assistants
raided and destroyed 61fi stills in
T.eorgia. 231 in Alabama. 2 4 in Florida.
and 10 in Mississippi, a total of
872. A year ago the entire number
destroyed was only 470.
The revenue officer attributes the
increase to the high pr4re and increased
demand for whiskey since
the prohibition laws began to be
passed in the South
Million Attended Kvpoition.
The million mark for attendance
at the Seattle exposition was passed
in 42 days, beating both the Jamestown
and Lewis and Clark shows,
which took 00 and 6f> daNB respect'velT
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COTTON TUMBLES
DECLINES OVER TWO DOLLARS
A BALK ON FRIDAY.
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Di-ops Off on Report of Dr. Hun tor
That Doll Weevil In Less Threaten*
lug.
One of the most remarkable breaks
in the history of the New York cotton
market occurred Friday 09 a result
of a special report on the boll
weevil situaton by the government
entomologist. Dr. Hunter. At the
end of the decline, cotton for newcrop
delivery was selling at $2 a
bale lesa than the closing price of
Thursday.
The break was marked by panicky
liquidation and excitement seldom
equalled except in times of complete
demoralization. Within half an hour
prices declined fully 3T? points and
while the market recovered a few i
points of the loss the close was barely
steady, the general nervousness of
'he trades suggesting a thoroughly
unsettled state of sentiment. i
The decline was the culmination i
>f a gradually increasing lnrk of .
'Idence in tin* stability of piices.
vhich nearly reached the 13-eent lev- i
1 earlier in the week, when the low ]
Fuly condition report was received, i
ihowiiiR a continuation of hot dry i
weather in Texas, where the crop was i
supposed to he rapidly deteriorating >
Bullish interests were disappointed
'hat crop disaster prediction did not i
reate enormous demand for con'rnets
to insure future supplies. The
.eiiing movement which started ,
iround 12.87 for December early in |
the week continued in increasing |
volume until at the opening Friday
norning December was selling at ,
12.15.
I'pon the publication of the boll
weevil statem ent i.ni.bt.shrdluhrdll
weevil statement, indicating that tin* |
iest was less threatening this year
than last, liquidation reached record- f
breaking proportions and tin* decline
was not checked until December con
'racts had sold at 1 1 * 1?17 points r
below the closiug figures of the preious
night, and 05 points i$4.7f> [
tet bale) below the high record of i
last Tuesday. There was a slight c
ecovery later, with December clos- ,
ng 12.05 bid, a net loss of 3 1 points r
'or the day. c
Rumors of rains in Texas were ,
enied and hulls pointed out that th? r
ondiMons which have restricted the
avages of the Doll weevil have also ,
>een very unfavorable to the plant (
n the Southwest. Rut it is bclievd
that a strong hear clique has been r
ormed under the leadership of Theo- v
'ore ii. Price and that this cliqm ,
xerted a strong influence on th?
lay's market in the immediate situ f
ition. *
I'KKAC'llF.H HOL TS ItURGLAK. ^
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Roanokf ."Minister Overcome* M??? I
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Armed With Hatchet and Knife.
When the Rev. W. H. H. Joyce,
nnstor of Trinity Methodist church,
it Roanoke, Va., entered that ediflct 1
Thursday to into his study he
net a burglar who attacked hiui with
.1 hatchet. The burglar aimed n
blow at the minister's head in an j
fTort to brain him, but Joyce, who c
is an athlete of powerful build, ward- |
d off the blow and in a desperat*
struggle got possession of the hatch- ,
t. The burglar then drew a large 3
knife, but the minister forced him ^
'o a door. The burglar dashed into
the street and the Rev. Mr. Joyce t
chased him several blocks. The
fleeing man dropped a pocket book f
'ontaining a card that bore the words c
'Tan Rice, aged 22 years."
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Drowned at Augusta. 1
Jos. J. VanDyke, a locomotive fire- <
man, was drowned Tuesday night at s
I.ankey's natatorium, at Augusta,
lie went to the swimming pool with t
a party of friends, lie was a good i
swimmer and dived from the spring i
board to come "P no more. It was
not known that he was drowned until ?
he was missed by the party, who be- \
gan search immediately and found
his body In the bottom of the pond,
lie is survived by seven children and
a wife. Miss Norman Vandyke, a
daughter, had just gone to Atlanta
for a visit, and has been wired to ,
return home at once.
Sheriff Kills Negro.
Sheriff J. G Kakley, of Centerville,
Ala . shot and killed an unknown no- ,
gro Wednesday afternoon, who was
j suspected of the brutal murder last (
I week of E. B. Wilson, a nrnminoni
merchant of BrJarfiold. Ala. When
the sheriff went to arrest the negro
he showed fight and was killed.
-1 Children in 35 Years.
Iii his Ho years of marrlod life
William Tonor. a blacksmith, of
Wilmington. Del., has been the father
of 21 ehildren. The latest addition
to his family Is a pair of twins which
arrived this week. Toner is 57 years
of age and his wife is 50. Of the
21 children 15 are living.
I'nuMial Drowning Tragedy.
Dragged from a launch by a wire
catching her under the chin. Dorothy
Bruce was drowned at Iowa Falls,
la., this week, as was also Arehio
1 Drake, who Jumped into the water
}to bave her. _
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DIVORCE LAWS I
Scored by Cardinal Gibbons in H
an Interview H
COMMENDS THE LAWS I
In South C:.rolina mill 1'uumUu, ?u?4 h
Says Fuuiily Life in Theui Cmh
He Favorably ('om|Kiml With
Family life in States Where It is I
Easy to Obtain IHvorces. I
Cardinal Gibbons, in an interview H
at Haltimore on Wednesday replied
to remarks of former Supreme Court
Justice Henry H. Brown on the sub- H
Ject of divorce before the Maryland ^9
Har Association at Old Point Comfort
Inst week. The Cardinal said: HI
"Justice llrown has taken cxcep- BB
tion to my view* on divorce and ro- H
marriage. Ho is reported to tine
referred to the founder oi tho Chris- H
Liau religion as an list." * hoe* B|
ifiitlnifiits, wlilU> suitable to
favored times and circumstances, ore H
not adapted to this enllghlen<xl uge. H
Tho learned Jurist will pcn.it t ic to H
iay that the teachings of Christ have H
'teen the basis of all Christian iogisia
lion for nearly 2.000 years, and con H
tlnne to be the light and guide of I
millions of souls. And there Is no ja
mbject which he treats more fully M
ind clearly than the question of mar- w
rlage. foundation stone of our family I
tnd social life. {S
in three of the gospels he pro- I
Maims the unity of marriage and h
termits separation of a married coup- I
only in the cause of adultry. I I
lo not see why a law which has been ^
?nforced and cordially accepted in I
very age and country where Christi- |
?nit> dominates, should be conslder d
obsolete or impracticable in the
'ilited States.
"The multiplication of divorces,"
he Cardinal continued, "is largely
iscribed by some writers not to our
livorce laws, but to the eager and
eckb'ss manner in which ministers
>f God officiate at marriage services,
lut are not these persons confnunrltig
ranee for effect? Divorces are
Multiplied not by ministers. who
villlngly assist in ill assorted marages,
but because loose legislation
>n matrimony renders it easy for
narriod parties to annual the mariage
bond.
"If the civil laws of all our States
vere as strict as they are in South
"nrolina and Canada, the persons
ontemplating marriage would selously
and n-speetfully reflect; they
could study each others disposition
md temperament before engaging in
contract which would hind them
or life. And certainly the peace and
;ood order in the family life In South
"arolina and Canada can be favorably
compared v(lth Ihe domestic
onditions existing In those States
vhere divorces can be easily obtatnd."
f?l UCl'VUIMV IV
?iciii.m ii.
'ustor .Not Allowed lu llfs Own
Church.
Dissension iu tho Second United
'resbyterian church, of New York
Ity, which led its pastor, the Kov.
)r. J. Howard Tate, to have two
>olIcemen btationed there during serlces
two weeks ago, has become so
[rave that Dr. Tate was barred out
>f the structure twice.
Hack of the Hoard of Trustees' acion
in locking the church against
he clergyman lies a story in which
lis nephew, Paul Tate, formol.v orcanist
there, and a young woman
inger in the choir figure. The pavnent
of $.'>oo for the suppression of
t scandal affecting members of the
thurch is another feature of tho
itory.
Accompanied l>y his wife, the pasor
went to the church at ten o'clock
n the morning, and at eight o'clock
u the evening prepared to hold services,
On each visit he found tho
loors locked, while on the front door
vas a placard, which read:
"No services today. Church closed
?y order of the Hoard of Trustees."
TILM1KDY ON MOHKIK ISLAND.
Voting Ladies Just Kscapod Death.
Assailant a Suicide.
After attempting at about daylight
Thursday morning to chloroform two
/rmng ladies, tho daughters of Capt.
U ieking. head keeper of the light,
house on Morris island, near Charlesion.
who were aroused by an alarm
clock barely in time to save themselves
from probable dcjph. Ludvig
Iiienrsnn nno nf ' - ?
O v/? ? ur aOi-iiM(iui r\ ? ?; 11 ers
of tho Morris Island Light House,
locked himself in his room, and when
officers from Charleston reached Morris
Island and attempted to take him
prisoner, be first ran into a closet
and took a drink of whiskey while
the officers eought. to effect an entrance,
and then lying down again
in the hammock, in which he was
accustomed to sleep, he placed his
pistol barrel in his mouth and fired
a shot, which penetrated his brain
and ended his life. The scene of the
tragedy, the light house keepers
house on Morris Island, is an isolated
spot, some ten miles from the city
of-Charleston, where the roar of the
waves i:- heard perpetually.
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