HOLDS HLR OWN
Charleston Keeps H-r Eight M mberj
and ColUton Los. s Due.
HOW IT FIGURES OUT
W *" "
After l.onj; Fight t!ie Reapportion
in* in ?>iii 11 mi .iiiiriHiru ii^
Prevent tin' I/<>sK of One Member
l?y Charleston at the Evpense of
Colleton (Vtunty.
Charleston retains her eight representatives
in the House of Representatives
under the provisions of
the amended reapportionment bill,
passed in the Senate Friday night
and adopted later in the House This
ended the most persistent Oght, extending
over several days, that the
Senate had and Is all the more significant,
inasmuch as the House
passed the original hill with no
changes.
The Senate adopted the amendment
of Senator Rinkler Friday nighi
givinu Charleston eight instead of
seven representatives, as the hill at
first provided, and giving Colleton
two representatives, instead of three,
as originally inserted into the hill
ami as Colleton now has.
In the battle for reapportionment
at this session Senator Robert hide,
of Orangeburg, was the leader, anu
It is owing to his untiring efforts
that the measure finally passed the
Senate.
He was helped by other Senators,
with no ill-feeling toward Colleton
county. Senator Sinkler, when he
found that Charleston should, b?
cause of the annexation of a part of
Colleton, retain her present representation.
came to the rescue and
won out.
It so happened that when the reapportionment
bill was made up,
vuianesion. neeause or me smanness
of 'he fraction of proportionate inhabitants.
after the seven representatives
had been accorded, was not entithd
to another representative. This
cu' Charleston from eight to seven.
1 iy the annexation of Adams Itnn
ami Collins townships, formerly in
Colleton, to Charleston county, Charleston
pained 6,444 inhabitants. Uefo-o
this Charleston's fraction was
only 3,047. with a representation of
Seven. Adding the two townships
Charleston's fraction would he 9,491.
entitling her to another representative.
Colleton, on a population of
36 390. had two representatives and
^ f? fraction of 10,948, which would
have given her another representative.
'faking away the two township's
population, namely, 6,444. Colleton
h ' two representatives and a fraction
of only 4.604. not enough to
give her another representative. S'-e
thas loses one, as Colleton now has
th-' e.
This state of affairs was call'"' to i
the attention of the Senate hy S n:?
tor 5lnk1er and a fl lit of three d:c
was then had on the hill. The <i .
tion arose as to whether the cen Should
he a lopted as it stood 1>.
the annexation, or should the i> <
territory lio added to Charleston ''< '
ta'""n from Colleton. The Senate
vr>* '<1 20 to 0 to five Charleston ' "
ei ' t reoresentntives and Coll' oo
on1" two. The six negative voto* ;>>-!
clcWl \ckerman. of Colleton;
Bin k. of Bamberg: Rarle, of Oeon >
C.re?n, of Marlboro, and Summers,
of p tlhoun.
The Senate adopted the bill w'?h
the Sinkler amendment inserted
therein. Charleston's population u*<<ler
the rensiis was given at Sk.r.O',
for the county.
The bill as adopted reads:
"Section 1. That for the purpose
of the apportionment of repre en itives
in the House of Benresentat es
among the several counties in th
St 'tes. the enumeration of the inhabitants
of the several counties l>v
the United States census of into nhereby
adopted as a true and correct
enumeration.
"Section 2. That, until the next
apportionment, the representation of
the several counties shall he as follows:
Abbeville, 3; Aiken. 3: Anderson,
f.: Banrberg, 2; Barnwell 3:
Beaufort. 2: Berkeley, 2: Calhoun.
1; Charleston. S: Cherokee, 2: C1 ?-j
ter 2: Chesterfield. 2: Clarendon :
Co^oton. 2: Darlington. 2; Dill >n.
2' Dorehester. 1: Rdgeflehl, 2; I'm
field, 2; Florence, 2: Georgetown.
2; Greenville, '?: Greenwood. 3:
Hampton, 2: Horry, 2; Kershav . ?
Raecaster, 2; Ranrens, 2; T,ee. 2:
HexinRton, 2; Marlon, 2; Marlb:>,-o. I
3: Newberry, 2: Oconee. 2: Dran obursc,
r>: Pickers, 2: Richland,
Saluda, 2; Spartanburg, 7: Sumter.
3; I'nion, 2; WilllamsburR, 2, and
York, 4.
"Section 2. That this apportion- j
Tnent shall not tako effect until thej
next succeedinR Roneral election."
The followlnR counties Rain one
representative each: Andercon,
Greenville, Dillon, OranReburR, Richland
and SpartanhurR.
The followlnR lose one each: Aiken,
Tierkel^y, Reaufort, Chester, Fair- .
field and Colleton.
When the hill went back to tbe
House Friday nlyht a blR flRht was
precipitated on the chanRe.
House Concurs.
After some discussion the House
concurred In the Senate amendment
WAISt)N IS SCARED
CLAIMS THAT SOME ONK TRIED
I
T<> ASSASSINATE HIM.
Wired Chief Elliott of Augusta to
Gome to Thomson un<l Bring lilood
Hounds to Catrh Man.
The Augusta Chronicle savs Mr.
(
Thomas E. Watson thought, Ilhursday
nisht, an attempt was going to
be made to assassinate him. In fact,
Mr. Watson is now offering a reward
ui 4>.)uu tor mi' capture ana return
to Thomson of three men whom he
has seen around his place.
Thursday afternoon Mr. Watson
wired and later called Chief George ^
P. Elliott, of the Augusta police department,
and .asked that he either
go to Thomson, or secure and send 1
blood hounds to that place, to capture
"a boyish looking young man.
wearing high heeled shoes, whom
'Mr. Watson thought was "skulking
around to kill him.
One of the messages received by
Chief Elliott, while rather meager as
to description and information, was
to the effect that the chief was wantled
in Thomson on account of an attempt
to assassinate Mr. Watson. \
Chief Elliott, in telephone conversa- j
tion. told Mr Watson that there were
no does available in or near Augnsta.
fit to Ir.iil a criminal, and suggested
that h?' try to get them from
\fianta.
Subsequent Information from
Thomson is *o the effect that Mr.
Watson called on the sheriff of McTtufTle
county early Thursday night
to send a nosse to bis house, to captore
some men who were trying to
'ssassinate him. and a search was
made of the woods around Mr. Wat or.'s
house, which developed the fact i
that some MoDuflle people ?it was
not learned how many were in that ;
neighborhood, trying to catch a couple
of ne*roes.
Chief Elliott says one of the messages
received by him Thursday i
night was to the effect that a posse .
was on the scene at that time, hut
the rings were still wanted. Tcsferdnv
subsequent telegrams were received
from Mr. Watson by the chief
asking for assistance, ami last ntght
the following telegram was received
from Mr. Watson by The Chronicle:
Thomson, Ga., Feb. 17, 1311.
Chronicle, Augusta. Ha.:
Will you kindly allow me space to
I announce that I will pay a reward of
t'.on for the arrest and return to
Thomson of the throe men who have
been sknlkini; around my homo at
niaht and concealing themselves in
the swamp on my place durinr the
d 'vtinto ever sinc e Monday nl;;ht of
chis week.
One of these men is said to he
hoyish lookinu: and h's footprints on
'he soft, damn ground indicate he
is wear'ne pra'dieally new shoes with
tnrsunlly hlith heels, narrow pointed
to"s. cnrvip?r slirhtly Inward. The
style of ?-hoe is known amoncr deal<>rs
.as o\tr Tim. This nrn is thought
to 'a- wenrin a derhy hat.
The nmn are well dressed, each i'l
dark clothes which should now show
I i -ns th:c? thev ha1 several
i-'ays and ni"'?ts d ' -inn a'cuil in
\? >tups and th'eket
It is O'c-p-'ht the. are headed to
r?ls At 1: nt ;i
Tho"'*>s T?I. Watson. *
liMttMUlb TOKTI'KR VICTIM.
i? It's !!nir ami Hlistcrcfl Ills
I'Hct' to (Jet Money.
Torture by fire was resorted to by
two burglar* who broke into the
| rooms of Joseph WIshnoek, a eot>bler
iti Willlnin?M :r?*. N. V., Wednesday
I in the'r determination to make him
| reveal the hi Mm; place of his pitiful
small hoard of sav'ngs. it was not
until the men had burned off Wishnock's
bear 1 and hair and had blistered
his f ace and neck that ho told
that his small store of $1*2 was hidden
in the mattress on which his torturers
had him pinned down. At the
hospital wh> re the cobbler hail bis
nainful bit not fatal burns dressed
he identified two yonnc men whom
the police arrested as the pair v no
had tortured anil robbed him.
A won-an has less faith in her
ideals aft< r marrying one of (hem.
by tho following vote:
For concurrence in Senate amendment:
Messrs. Ashley. Reiser, Retina.
1 ' < o"<(>r, Unwnrs, Bowman.
Boyd, Connor. Courtenny, Tirummond,
K :rio. FJdwards, K, C. ml
Isaac. F . :ins. Fnlfz. fJihert, Harrison,
!i<>i>i<i"- "orlbeck. Hunter, Ilutto.
J a in os. Kibler. Kirkland, Ft 'Rue, I
l.ee, Inland. 'Mngill, Miller, Motto. '
Mower, H. A. Odom, Riley, R. L. I
Shuler. C. D 3mith. Todd. Vander
llorst, Vincent, WinWord, Wyche and
Youmans. Total 4 1.
Against ("oncurrfnre in Senate
amendment: Speaker Smith, Arnold,
Roamcuard, Rrice, Rutler. Ctr>,
Chandler Daniel, Davis, Dixon, DnRose,
Oacqoe, CJraham, Hamilton.
Harris, Hill. Irbv, Jones, Kellaban,
Ketchin. M"Kcown, McQueen, Manuel.
Menres, Mitchum, Nunnery.
I'aulltng, Peoples, Polk. Rembert,
Sanders, Scott, C. T. Shuler, D. R.
Smith, Tlson, Turnhull, Watson, ,
Willis?39.
By this vote Charleston retains
her eight members and Colleton I
ioses one of her three.
SHOT BYTHIEF
Greenville is Stirred by the Shsothiog of
Twa o/ Her Poiic-ratn
INTENSE EXCITEMENT
Dfllror Gunnels Dies From the
Wounds Indicted l>y ttie llnndil.
Who Made His Mscapt*, and Posses
Wrc Scouring the Country on the
laookoot for tlini.
Scores of men, private citizens,
policemen and deputies, armed to the
teeth, scoured the country between
Greenville and the mountains to
North Carolina Friday and Friday
night In search of the lone str inger,
believed to be a professional yeggman,
who Friday morning, between
2: .10 and 3 o'clock, engaged in a
desperate pistol duel in the passenger
station of the Columbia and
(Jreenville Railway, with OUlcers 1>.
V. Johnson and Sergt. Oliver S. Gunnels,
of the Greenville police force,
in which Gunnels received wounds
from which lie died at 9:40 o'clock,
while Johnson was shot through the
right leg.
Perhaps never before in the history
of t lie city has Greenville been
so ex-it i'd. The tragedy of Friday,
which cost tin* life of a universally
popular and faithful olllct r, common
the heels of the dastardly assault
upon the life of "1'ncle Tommy"
Cureton. the oldest policeman on the
force, Tuesday morning by G. W.
Stonecy pher. in a drunken orgie. was
heightened by a dastardly assault,
made a few hours later, upon the life
of another member of the police
force, by an aggregation of disreputable
men and women as the officer
attempted to place one of the women
of the gang under arrest for committing
a revolting act.
At coroner's Inquest held Friday
morning over the remains of Ser-i.
Gunnels, at the undertaking establishment
of Jas. F. Mackey & Sou.
but one witness. Officer Johnson, was
examined. His testimony tells the
story of the tragedy. "Gunnels and
I," said he, "were coming along Augusta
street, beyond the intersection
of Vardrv street, toward the city,
shortly after 2:30 o'clock. I saw a
man emerge from the railroad cut of
the Columbia and Greenville Hail
way, and move on down the track
toward the passenger station, some
:'.oo yards away. I could see a mysterious
looking hack slung over his
shoulder, but could not tell whether
he was white or black. I called
Sorgt. flannels' attention to the lone
tramp and made the remark that he
was probably a chicken thief.
"1 watched him closely and saw
him approach the door of the colored
wait In. room of the passenger
station. I advanc ed toward the station
and whnn within a few feet ot
it I heard the man moving about n
the inside, denials and I approach' d
t'x. doer it th>- same time. He put
his right hand to the door md
t> i it open. \t the same time,
with his left hand, he Hashed his
eb?ctric Hash light into the dark
room. The light rove ?led a tough
looking white man, short, thiol: set,
heavy, with a sh#rt, black ma ache,
and dres-ed comtnotily, without a
collar or tie, and wearing a slouch
' at. standing in the centre of the
floor
"Simultaneously with the Hash of
tlie officer's pocket flash light, the
man rimed his revolver and fired.
The first shot pierced (tunnel's abdomen
and lie fell back against the!
door facing, exclaiming: 'John i
I'm shot, kill him.* Itefore the [
stranger could tire a second time. I
had my pistol out and opened fire
on him. The second shot he fired
struck (tunnels in the right thigh
and (tunnels receded toward the
sont'i end of the station. The third
shot from the man's revolver pierced
my r'"ht ley.
"All the while the man and 1 were
exchan"inj? shots with li htniny-llke
rapidity. 1 h'<d a Smith & Wesson
'IS calibre pistol and 1 think he was
armed with a 32-onlibre Colt's magazine
revolver. 1 fired four times
and pulled tin* triyyer of my revolver
: yaln, but the cartridge failed to
explode. 1 receded then nnd the
man wran.y through the door, firiny
as he ran. When on the outside he
wheeled about, ran backwards a
short distance, and fired several more
shots, the first one bein fired .it
flannels. who was In the act ot sinking
to the eround. and the remaining
shots being fired .at me. lie then
fled, and I turned to assist flannels."
The words of the only witness, nowalive
to the f tal affray in the lonely
little railway station, in the dead
of night. with a desnernte mnti uli? i
it Is believed now. commit toil a senes
of robberies earlier in tho night at
WUHainston, elghteeen miles below
Greenville, Is a story which has
stirred Greenville from centre to ctrenmference.
Men threw down husi-1
ncs and sei/.ecl weajvons to join 1
squads that left at Intervals througliout
the day to scour the country for
the fleeting murderer. The mayor
of the city himself joined a s<|iiad
and went In the direction of the
mountains shortly after noon.
Tho city of Greenville has offered
a reward of $500 and the State a
FALLS TO HIS DEATH
llKUSrillXOS HOUNCES LITTLE
HOY OI T OF WINDOW.
Little Fellow Urn's From the Fourth
Story of His Home to the I'nvemeut.
"Mind the window. Morrle!" cautioned
five-year-old Sadie Solomon,
who. with her brother, Morris, aged
three, was bouncing a ball against a
wall in the front room of their home
on the fourth tioor of No. 1295 Park
avenue. New York Friday afternoon.
The boy and girl were standing
on a hed while playing their game of
hand-ball and the springs lent elastlclty
to their leaps after the ball.
The tied was alongside the window.
The last time the lad struck the
ball it shot toward the window.
Morris with a cry of alarm jumped
for it and caught it in his chubby
fists. Hut in leaping he failed to
take into account the bedsprings.
which shot him into the air and
through the window head foremost.
A hundred feet up the idoek was
Herman Tailzie of No. F>4 Fast Ninety-ninth
street. He saw the baby
come crashing through the window,
as did several other persons. Panzie
started on a run. with outstretched
arms, 'n the hone of catching the
child before he struck the ground.
A woman across the street rushed
ouiekly to the other side with her
skirts held out like a lifenet.
Put both were too late, though
Panzie only missed catching Morris
by a few inches, his jacket grazing
the finger tips of the man's hands.
Morris struck the pavement on his
head. When Panzie picked him up
he was still breathing and the man
ran all the way with him to Mount
Sinai Hospital, four blocks distant.
The hoy died just as Hi hospital was
reached, the rubber hall still in his
hands.
FOI'Xl* HIM A WIFF.
Wrote His Name on an Fgg and
Cupid l>id tlie Kent.
Pecause an egg on which he had
wr'tten his name while packing a
crate for shipment Fast reached its
destination in :i fr??sh condition. Ed
ward Taylor of Alexandria. S. !>nk.,
i grocer's clerk, and Miss Margaret
*r;'Vivr, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. were
married last week.
Viss Mravner when opening the
eg- noted the name and address on
the shell, and being s'rnck by the
t'r' ' h'le s of the morsel of food an?l
the oddness of the affair, wrote to
t??o yr?'in r man, mom as a joke than
anything p!?e. l.nter photographs
were exchanged, then more notes,
ami finally Tavlor journeyed down
Fast to see 5r? real life the object
of his peculiar romance.
Tilings were better hn real life
than en paper, and after a short
courtship he r -turned to Alexandria
nd the grocery store. He di i not
write on any more eggs- lie didn't
' ive to ho wan enga'id and In'oved
the "iri and the girl loved liim.
The gi>-' was tin* Brooklyn hiss who
wrote the johe note because she
found a h >yi h name inscribed on
the shell of a fresh egg. T.vo weeks
ago Taylor ret urn e 1 to Brooklyn and
l ist week married M'ss Mr ivuer.
Kdled l-'nr Mis Money,
The body of Richard Hair-oek. an
iged man who for years hid lived
alone, was found at his home near
Panama, Fla.. Friday with three bullet
WOUie's ill the lew If u-.1
M N'elll, :i n?gro. was arrested and
confessed to h >vfnsr killed him. Manrook
was reputed to have lieen
" -filthy find i' is said that ho kept
large sums of money in the house. *
l>enr!is I'roni I'lagne.
The viceroy of Manchuria estimates
that the fatalities in M inehuroia
from the Heuhonie plague
already have r> ached f>."i.O00. Acrording
to the general belief, however,
the number of fatalities will
lie ne;r >r double those of the official
estimates.
St ir\ i 11 g < 'hinese.
The relief committee at Shanghai.
China, lx-llevps that the minimum
number of deaths from famine is
1 D.diin,
r<-ward of jort for the capture of the
slaver of Officer Gunnels. Mobs are
still s'-ouri"tr tlio country for the
fleeiit i murderer. Several ' suspects
have heen brought Into the city, at
intervals, since nightfall. Kvery outgoing
fain, freight and passenger,
is being haltetl and searched by police
and citizens.
The excitement throughout the
city is intense, and should the slayer
of Officer flannels he captured and
brought hack to Oreenvillo there will
undoubtedly be danger of a lynching
The funeral services over the remains
of the dead officer were held
Saturday afternoon. The board of
police commissioners and the police
force will attend in a body. A selected
squad of police will act as
pallbearers, while interment will be
accompanied by Masonic rites.
Public, subscriptions to a fund to
employ a Plnkerton detective has
amounted to hundreds of dollars already
and Is growing hourly.
rrTC TUP MAiir v
uLia mr, luuiui
The Colleges Liberally Provided For by
the General Assembly
GIVEN AIL THEY ASKED
Swells (lie Appropriation Hill to Over
Two Million Dollars, Which is the
Largest Kver Passed l>y South Carolina
Legislature for One Years
Kxpenses.
The appropriation bill has passed
both houses and is now ready for the
signature of the governor. For the
first time in years a fight was made
in the senate on the adoption of the
free conference report on the bill.
Dy just one rote, 18 to 17. the
senate early Saturday morning adopted
the free conference report which
meant that the bill passed with the
appropriations for permanent buildings
at Winthrop, South Carolina
Fniversitv, and the Citadel restored
to the bill.
Tin* ro[>ort of the free conference
committee was not unanimous. Senator
VY. L. Mauldin. chairman of the
finance committee of the senate, not
signing the report.
The question of adopting the report
from the free conference committee
was debuted freely and warmly.
Senator Montgomery moved the
adoption <>f the report. Senator Ilardin
said that for the first time in his
legislative career he could not support
a free conference report.
Senator Johnstone explained the
notion of the committee and told how
carefully the Items had been consid
ereu and me deliberations of the
committee.
Senator Ratnsford regarded the
cominittee as a hoard of arbitration
and the senate in honor bound to
abide by its decision.
Senator lamey put in a word for
the common schools but said be
would vote for the free conference
report.
Senator Montgomery said all governments
are liases on compromises,
and when he saw tax levy would not.
be put up he consented for the senate
to rerede from Its amendments.
Senator Hardin thought the senate
lost out entirely Instead of participating
In a compromise. lie
could not conscientiously vote for it.
Senator Strait sounded a warning.
saying the time is coming when
people are going to rise up against
these institutions. Might as well
call a halt now. He reminded the
senators lie helped establish Winthron
and Clemson.
Senator Weston was emphatic in
his remarks. He said the 1'niverslty
of South Carolina, the Citadel. Clemson
and Winthrop are not the rich
man's colleges. The appropriations
for Improvements are to be accompanied
by Increased and additional
educational advantages.
Senator Young was glad to see the
action of the committee and told of
what tbe teflon will mean.
S rr'ter Hates announeed that he
would vote a.uinst the adoption of
?h? report as a protest against ext
r: vi 'aero.
Senator I.awson asked Senators
Johnstone. Weston and Montgomery
a number of questions drawing out
the features of the added appropriat
ions.
Senator Johnstone told again of
the stand taken by the eonimittce
and earnestly urged tlie senate to
adopt the free conference committee's
report.
The v>to to adopt the report was
passed, IS to 17, as follows:
Ayes Senators A kerman, Carlisle,
Clifton. Hough. Johnstone,
l.aney. T. J. Mauldin. McCown, Montgomery,
iMuekenfnss, Hainsford,
Sinkler. Spivey, Stewart, Summers,
Waller. Weston, Young is.
Nays Senators Appelt, Hates,
Clark, Christensen. Crosson, Karle,
Kpps, Forrest. flreen, Hardin, I.aw?an,
Manning, Mars. Strait, Stuckc'%.
S"llivan, Wharton 17.
Not voting- Senators Croft, Den rs,
C.inn, Hall, W. I. Johnson. I.ide,
W. Ii. Mauldin, Walker S.
The house then adopted the report.
Mr. Hrownin: explained that
when the hill left the house it provided
for appropriations of 81.071.IT2,
and as reported by the free eon
loronce committee tho t? t:t 1 would l>e
$ 2,01 9,6!?2. It',.
The report c"rrion the additional
$1,000 for militia, $2,000 for corn
breeders' association, and a few ot tier
items. Tbe principal points at
issue were the appropriation for the
State colleges. The committ e reported
that the senate should recede
from its amendments on State colleges.
The university is to get its
auditorium and Winthrop 11?< new
iiuilding for arts and sciences.
The high school appropriation of
*60.000 and the public schools appropriation
of $20,000 are to come
out of flie dispensary profits an-1
will therefore reduce the direct, appropriation
by $80,000.
Held I p Town.
Terrorizing the citizens of Dunoanville,
Te*.. robbers destroyed the
vault of the Farmers' bank and escaped
with $2,000. The most venturesome
residents were forced to
stand in line while the robbers used
their high explosives.
NURSING SERViCt
AX IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT OF
RED CROSS ORGANIZATION.
National Society Experts to Knroll
lO,(NX) Truined Nurses for Ser\iee
in Time of War or Disaster.
A red cross 011 white ground encircled
by the words, "American Na
iiwiiiii itcu cross Nurse," in letters
of gold on blue enamel, the whole
enclosed in a laurel wreath?this ia i
the official emblem of the Nursing
Service of the American lied Cross,
and no higher honor can be bestowed
upon a nurse than the right to wear
this badge, for it means that she is
pledged to the service of her country.
This emblem ia protected by
law, and still further to prevent its
Improper use each badge is nuin1
bered and the names and addresses
of the nurses to whom they are issued
are on file in the lied Cross of'
fire in Washington.
The selection of these nurses is
one of the most important duties devolving
upon the Red Cross, and so
important indeed did this duty seem
that a National Committee on Red
Cross Nursing Service was appointed
by the War Relief Hoard of the
American Red Cross in December,
1909. This committee, consisting of
Initio members representing the
Nurses \ssociated Alumnae of the
United States and six members representing
the American Red Cross,
was made responsible for the organization
of an adequate nursing personnel
which shall be at all times
available for service under the banner
of the Red Cross.
The magnitude of this undertaking
may be indicated by the following
figures: During the last year of
tho Civil War there were 20 4 General
Hospitals under the control of the
Medical Department of the Cnited
Army, with a capacity of 1.10,894
l?eds.
If the Medical Department of tho
Army of 1S?;."> had undertaken to furnish
a nursing service comparable
with that which is considered necessary
in our large hospitals today, an
army of over 27,000 nurses would
have been required. There were,
however, no trained nurses available
in those dark years of the Civil War,
but today there are in the United
States alone over aO.OOO women who
have graduated from training schools
for nurses, than which there >r..
bettor iti the world, and from these
the Red Cross hopes to enroll at
least 1 o.nnu nurses ift.ood selected
women who are not only vouched for
by the schools for nurses from which
they have graduated. b,it are recommended
by well-known members of
their own profession.
The system of enrollment adopted
by the Red Cross is a guarantee to
the nation that in the stress of calamity
or the turmoil of war there
stands ready for service a band of
women worthy to follow in the footsteps
of their great ("iti'licr and exemplar,
Florence Nightingale. *
l>F.T.\l I.S OF F.Asl.KV IvII.I.INt;.
Olin Fletcher, Slaver of Mart-nil
(ioiiilsttn, in Jail.
Tuesday night, at the Kasley Cotton
Mill, in th< town of Kasley. Olin
'leteher killed Harrall Moodson.
From what r-in he learned it seems
that several hoys were sitting on tho
church steps at the mill, about !?
o'clock. Olin Fletcher walked up io
t he hoys and asked I nit her Norris for
<i iiKiinnc, iNorris gave it to him.
None of the hoys h:id ;i match. Olln
Fletcher. seeing H?-i? Harris coming
down the street, asked Harris for a
match. Harris pulh <1 a pistol out of
his pocket ami said: "This is tho
kind of match 1 will give von." II 11ris
put the pistol hack in Irs pocket.
Fletcher then pulled the pistol out
of Harris's pocket and began to sling
it around. It was discharged ami tho
hu!let struck Harrall (loodson and
lie was killed almost instantly. Titey
were young men about ilo years of
me and unmarried. Fletcher was
caught about four miles from tho
scene of tho killing and is now in jail.
The coroner held an inquest, and if
is said a motive for the killing was
brought out.
Woman thinks I'oison.
Swallowing laudanum then carbolic
acid with suicidal intent. Mrs.
Charles M. Tripp <-i Dublin, (la., died
late Friday, after suffering six hours.
It was stated domestic troubles
caused her act. Mr. 'I ripp was- tic
...-iv <>i nt-r mi D.ind s lirst wife ami
was wedded hut a few decks after
the first wife's death. *
Ifotly Was I-omul.
Michael l.illek who Priday niuht
lied from llrostes, i'a., after shooting
and instantly killing Miss Alice H>land.
aged 1!?. because siie objected
to his attentions, was found dead on
a mountain side a half mile from tho
scene. Rather than submit to capture
he shot himself.
Make War on Rats.
Pittsburg:, Pa., is overrun with
rats and there is $ 1,000,000 of Pittsburg
money ready to be handed to
the man who will invent something
which will exterminate rats quietty
and effectively.