Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, March 09, 1911, Image 3
AWFUL STORY
Thf Plague and Famine Kills Thonsands
in Cbina Every Day.
DETAILS ARE FEARFUL
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No KpldemJc Kike Plague Haa Via- j
ite<l Cliinn Since the Middle Ages l
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and It is Predicted That One Mil- (
lion Persons Will I>le Before An- 1
other Crop. t
Both famine and plague is sweepIng
China, says a dispatch from Peking,
the capital of that stricken
country.
The known deaths from the plague
number 3 0,000, and oftlcial statistics '
show a daily death rate averaging
200. But the officials have little (
knowledge of conditions in the in- ,
terior, or if they have they are not
permitting tho facts to get out. .
There are few or no foreigners in the .
interior, and therefore conditions
there are not attracting much public .
attention.
It is impossible even to estimate (
tho number of deaths from lack of
food. People die by the thousand
every day. Dr. Samuel Cochran, an
American, engaged in the work of '
relief, writes:
"One million people will die he- ,
fore the first crop is harvested. This
will he scanty, because the people :
have not the strength to till the soil (
and no animals remain for ploughing."
The Chinese are directing their of
forts to control the plneue rhleflv ,
along the railways and frontier f <r ,
political reasons. Since the recent
Ttussinn request for permission to
or ?s the border and quarantine Chinese
towns nlong the Amur China
-I iiDMi irying to mock the nlncuo
along that border, but the Russian
legation savs the work has heen done
!r ffcctivoly, because no doctors
1 tore are familiar with modern
methods of sanitation.
Tn former epidemics the local authorities.
Including the police and
soldiers, left the people to die; now
they do not care or do not know how
to maintain adennate sanitary measures.
Although the central government
has issued numerous explicit
orders, both supplies and funds are
lacking.
.Tananese and Russians have both
ofered assistance, but only in a few
places have these offers been accented,
the Chinese not liking to receive
favors from foreigners whose political
motives they distrust,
k Physicians oomhatlne the disease
think warm weather will kill the
" frma, although there may he nnlv
a temporary respite. Tf the plague
were of the bubonic type, summer
beat would augment it. bubonic being
conveved by (leas, rats and other
ve-mln which thrive in n-it-tv,
pi-eric conditions. But the pneumonic
tvne is transmitted through
tlio rosniratory apparatus, and w'<-n
the Chinese emerge from their wl.itcr
quarters into the oncn air they
will escape much contamination.
Medical nutlioritics say that such
an epidemic as the present one, 1
wMch is entirely pneumonic, 1ms not
vi?'ted the world since the Middle
A ""ft.
Owing to the political questions
involved and the presence of foreigners
along the railways the
plague in Manchuria is receiving
greater attention than the famine,
hut the death rate from the famine
is /many times greater ithan that
from the plague.
The famine is the result of the destruction
of the crops by a fail of
sixteen inches of rain in two days ;
last August in a district where the
people ordinarily livo from hand t.? '
mouth. '
As soon as the first pangs of hunger
were felt the people left their
homes, but many could not get beyond
the borders of the devastation. (
They returned and took up the death 1
struggle beside their homesteads. '
A relief committee composed of 1
foreigners at Shanghai is collecting '
money. Japan and America are the
^?l.r ?i.?
iuiciku cow nines mat Dave eon- 1
tributed so far to aid the sufferers.
But even the extensive assistance 1
from the United States is entirely ina
den hate.
I( is estimated that 2.000,000 pen- '
pie are without food and are existing
on roots, grasses or anything 1
that agords the slightest possibility '
of nourishment. Those possessing '
grain guard it night and day.
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They Send Help. j
The Chinese of San Francisco have y
sent more than $20,000 to their t
countrymen in the famine districts. ;
Friday's donations, sent by cable,
consisted of $in?000 from tlie Chi i
nese Six Companies, a benevolent as- f
eoeiafion, and $1,000 from the \
t7
11mn -i i iiinn Newspaper, which \
r- raised the money by arranging Chi
nesv entertainments in ttie city.
Mow (?|H>n Vault. s
At Windfall, 1ml., robbers early d
Friday morning blew open the outer n
vault of the local bank and secured e
$450. They failed to gain entrance i
to the inner vault, which contained t
$10,000 In cash. Tho robbers es- o
caped. tj
WILL BUY NEW CARS
r%ISO NEW ENGINES FOR USE ON
TIIK SOUTHKRN. '
Hie Charleston Division Will be
Very Much Benefited by the Prol?ose<l
Purchases.
We learn from the News and Cour- .
er that advices have been recieved
n Charleston to the effect that the
Southern Railway is in the market
'or extensive purchases in equipnent.
The increase in business is
issigned as the reason for this in rease
in equipment. The purchases
vill Include fifty-five big locomotves
for l)oth freight and passenger j
<ervice on the lines of the Southern. ^
It is understood that the Charles- (
on division of the Southern will be (
jnly in directly benefited by these ,
lew purchases, and that a majority ,
jf the new rolling stock will be us- ,
3d on the main lines of the road.
That the Charleston division will re- (
^eive a portion of the main line roll- (
ng stock now in use on the main |
line, is the opinion of many of the ,
'ailroad men in the city. The South- .
s at present operating very heavy (
rains out of this city, notably the |
Carolina Special and the Augusta
trains, and the engines now in use. ,
while powerful for their size, will ,
soon have to be replaced by heavier (
type locomotives. I
Fifty-five locomotives are to lie (
purchased by the Southern in the <
near future, as follows: Twenty- ,
live of the Mikado tpye, for fgreight
traflic purposes: fifteen of the I'acl- ,
lie tpye. for passenger traffic, and
fifteen standard switching engines.
The locomotives will be of the heaviest
tlive. deslvnorl for tt>?> t?w?ut ,,e..
cient and economical service. It is i
believed that they would prove too (
heavy for the roadbed of the
Charleston division, even were the
Southern disposed to place them on
any other hut the main line. (
Cliarlesepyt xekip't aoinshrdl uetn f wypj
The Carolina Special trains of the
Southern, operating between Charleston,
Ohio, will he among the first
trains to he benefited by the pur- ,
chase of the rolling stock. Powerful
engines of the "1.100" type, (
now in use on the main line, will ,
haul the trains between Asheville (
and Columbia and Columbia ana ,
Charleston.
The Southern has also placed orders
recently for new passenger
equipment. Including thirty-five firstclass
coaches, twenty full postal
ears, ten combination passenger ana
baggage care and four dining ?
coaches. This equipment will consist
of rolling stock of the latest designs.
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Orders have also been placed for
27.1200 tons of S."I-pound steel rails,
which w'll be used in track better- ,
inent. Of this amount 22,4 00 tons
will be furnished by the Tennessee ,
Coal, Iron and Railway Company,
1,800 by the Illinois Street Company
and 15.000 tons by the Maryland
Steel Company.
Important track improvements are
to he m: d by the Southern In the
near futi r<- between Asheville, N. C.,
and Morristown. Tenn.. part of the
route traversed by the C irolina Sue
i-ial trains on their trips bet worn '
Charleston and Cincinnati; and also i
between Knoxville and Cleveland, <
Tenn., by the building of eight or ten I
passing tracks. The latter will >
greatly increase the capacity of these 1
lines.
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Old> VAt'l.T OPFXKD.
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Body of Woman Who Died One Hun- '
dred Years Ago Found. 1
1
The Augusta Chronicle says: Dead |
a hundred years but unchanged by <
passing years, the body of a woman t
sncased in a strong metal casket has r
been found on Shad Island near Sa- j
vannah in an old vault In which also (
were other caskets.
Tho finding of the body recalls the
tld Shad fnmily, the last of whose
members is said to have died more
ban 80 years a?o. Every indication '
il>out. the old vault bears out the
belief that the unknown woman
whose face is as fair and whose hair
s carefully parted over her smooth f
row as it was when she was laid to '1
rest long before Commodore Peary s
rought the British on the Great t
Lakes, has Iain in her eofiln for a 'I
entury. a
In the liitle, forgotten colony of
ho d ad are said to be eight caskets 1
til containing members of this c\- a
inct fan ily. The other caskets will '
e examined later and it is probable 1
hat some care will be taken of the '
>ld vault. A heavy glass covers the '
ace of the vonng woman whose body I
vns the first to b found. Through it v
irr i ice is piainiy seen. She looks
is If she had just died. ^
There are no ruins of a house vis- '
hie ou Shad plat yet it. Is said the **
niily re hied on the island for many 1
ears, prohil ly before and during the <
var of the revolution. 1
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15 eaks Keno's licciiril.
A record was established by the 1
uperior eourt at Macon, C'.a., Thurslay
afternoon when one jury, without
removing from its seats, granted
ight divorces in ??."? minutes, hear- P
ng all of the evidence and signing I
he verdicts in that time, an average k
>f one divorce for every three min- a
ites. ii
WILL BE SHOT
Forfy-Fire Supporters of Zelaya io'Nicaraugaa
to be Executed.
ARE AGAINST ASTRADA
riiese Men Are Charged With Having
Conspired to Overthrow the l'resent
Xic?rngunii (Government and
Heeall Ktiaya, Who Fled to Europe
a Few Mont lis Ago.
According to cable advices received
lere from Costa Rica. Dr. Rudolph
Sspinosa. well known throughout
Central America, and forty-four others
are to be sho? by the Estrada
government of Nicaragua for alleged
'ompli !ty in the plot against the administration.
No ofhclal announcement of the executions
has l>een made and friends
if the condemned men fear that official
announcement will he delayed
until after the executions are accom|)llshed.
As that is generally the way
hey do things down in South America.
The \fnited States ministers to Costa
Rica, It is said, has been asked to
make official request of President EsLrada
for definite information of his
intentions towards the prisoners and
cablegrams will be sent to President
Taft and Secretary of State Knox
seeking their assistance.
The forty-five members of the Liberal
party in Nicaragua who have
been eond-.-ninvd to death for participation
iti the plot to kill Pr> si dent
Estrada and overthrow the government.
include many who were prominent
in N raguan political affairs
during tl. t gn of Jose Santos Zelaya.
Mail ad\i - received at New Orleans
say that the men are now In
chains in various penitentiaries in
Nicaragua. T le date of execution f?
bpin? kept secret.
Dr. Ra-iolfo Hspinosa is accused of
heing the leader in the plot and with
directing: the destruction of the ammunition
barracks at Managua recently.
Many of the men under death
sentence are Masons, and the Masonic
Grand Dodge at San Jose is using every
means to prevent the executions
Others of the forty-live condemned
men are Dr. Octavlo Gomez, Adam
Hspinosa, Dr. Ducian Gomez, Felix
Pedro Zelaya, Dr. Manuel Maldonado,
Dr. llildebrand Castollon, Dr. Renjaniin
Zeledona, Jose Maria Dessage.
Telemaco Darn, Dr. Solomon Delgado,
Dr. Rostran, Jose Maria Zelaya, Antonio
Fonzca, Jose Santos Ramlre,
Gen. Fernando Rlvas and Dr. Jose
Dolorez Gomez.
Dr. J. Iiasillo, a German, is also
said to he under sentence of death
for complicity in the plot, lie is in
the penitentiary at Greneda.
STANDS ItV HIS FRIFNDS.
Please Appoints Commissioners Who
Voted for llim.
Hon. J. M. Rengnick, chairman of
he Mean fort legislative delegation,
-tates, in reference to the local conn
iv appointments. dial tlie nominees
:>f the primary wore, all endorsed by
die delegation and appointed by the
governor. The delegation recommended
township commissioners, as
required by law, hut the governor
lid not appoint, as required by law.
instead he appointed commissioners
recommended by Mr. Thomas Talbird.
representing a faction which opposed
the present delegation in the
ast primary and supported Candidate
Mease. The delegation's recommendations
for township commissioners
were by custom based on the recimmendatioiis
of the several clubs.
I'he Talhird recommendations disregard
the clubs where they do not fav>r
his faction. *
r.M'SKD SMAI.L I'.VMC.
inds His \\ if** With Another Man
and llow Mnsues.
Frightened guests fled from a
ashiounble Atlanta restaurant
Thursday night when a qniet lift'
aipper party was suddenly converted
nto the scene of a duel with knives.
The supper party consisted of a man
ind another man's wife.
The participants were two well
noun Atlantans, A. I,. Hendricks,
i real estate man, and C. It. Burtilatn,
auditor of tlie Southern Bell
Tel phone company. The fight toe
owed ; quarrel over Mrs. Burnham,
he husband accusing Hendricks of
laying too much attention to his
vife.
When tic 11.lit \v:is at Its height
.'rs. nurnhani rushed in between the
wo men and tried to stop them. 11 r
leove and waist were out and ripped
>y the knives of the combatants.
>tlier guests finally interferred and
iendrieks and Hnrnham and his wife
> ere sent to a polieo station where
barges against all three were enered.
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Killed t?y Boiler.
At Niagara, N. Y.t a boiler oxloded
in the plant of the Ontario
'ower company Friday morning,
tiling three men. fatally injuring
not her and more or less seriously
njurlng six to ten others.
DESERVED LYNCHING
MANY CRIMES TRACED TO THE
HAND OF ARTHUR YOUNG. 1
Mulatto Who Shot Policeman Gunnels
at Greenville and Who Was ^
Lynched for Killing a Conductor.
The last chapter in the checkered ^
life of Arthur Young has been written
with the sending of his body
from IGreonvlile to Flountaln Inn.
where the remains will be interred
hy his family, says the Greenville
correspondent of The State. The correspondent
goes on to say:
Wiithin the last seven days the
shooting of Policeman Gunnels, the
robbery of the postofllce at Easley, i
the robbery of the depot and a num- t
ber of stores at Willlnmston, and j
numerous other crimes in the Pled- t
mont neighborhond have been traced h
to this mulatto and the guilt finally j
and positively fastened upon him by ]
a most unusual chain of circum- t
stances. j
Two weeks ago when the Pinker- t
ton detective reached Greenville to (
ferret out the murderer of Policeman t
Gunnels, he made brief examination (
of the probable clues found in this ,
city, and then made a short trip to (
AYilllamston and later went to Easley,
where he secured sufficient evi- ,
dence to lead him to the belief that ,
the man wanted for the killing of the ^
Greenville officer was none other ,
than a bright mulatto named Arthur (
Young, alias \V. R. Ross?the latter
being the name under which the no- ,
gro had ordered his make-up mater- ,
in Is and his yegg outfit. (
The evidence leading to these conclusions
was gathered piece-meal and
when finally collected under the guid- |
auce of the local officials dovetailed ,
so closely and well that it was do- ,
cided to start the limit at once for
\rthnr Young. Officer Rector of the j
lo al force, who had arrested Young .
on several previous occasions, was ,
dispatched on the hunt, finally lo- ^
ating his m in in Augusta.
On the night the officer reached
the Georgia city, however, he heard 1
of the lynching of a bright mulatto
In Warren county, Ga., he having 1
shot without provocation a conductor ,
on the Georgia railroad, lie left Au- ,
gusia i\t fliico for tli?? scene of the |
lynching. On his arrival, however, ^
he found that the hody had l>een sold
to a medical college in Atlanta.
doing to that city ho had little |
difficulty in Identifying the negro,
though his hody was considerably
mutilated. Otflcer Hector immediately
made arrangements to bring the
hody of the lynched negro to Greenville.
After i<3 arrival In this city the ,
hody was Identifird by a number of
citizens, by the Rasley postmaster, .
by Williamston people and the final
result is that another mystery has
been cleared.
HI KNKI> Til KM A I.I V K.
Some Awful Scenes lleiug Koucted in <
l
Chinese Towns.
IMade desperate by hunger, hands 1
of hundreds of starvin1 refugees a'
roving through the famine area of '
China plundering and 1 illing. and '
a reign of tt-rror prevails, according
to persons who have just arrived
here from the Orient.
At Kuoshan. a walled village fifty
miles from Shangai, the villagers, '
after a raid in which stores were '
looted and many killed, meted out
punishment peculiarly Chinese in its ;
callousness to the raiding refugees. '
A band of more than uftO are report- ''
ed to have been surrounded in a '
compound and burned to death.
Thn rnf iur<\rto *??. .1 ? 1- ? * 1
...v. mill l llhi'll pOSHCSSlOn
of Kunshan and for two days ransacked
the stores of everything eat- 1
able, killing or wounding all wno
resisted. Many villagers were slain
and others were taken prisoners and
hold for ransom.
When the raiders moved on to
plunder the next village the Kunshan
people held a council of war
and offered to pnrue the fugitives, i
They came up with them in a small ,
village and surrounded the houses. \
The gates were locked and the <
houses fired. .1
The refugees took five prisoners (
into the compound in view of the
besiegers and threatened to kill them r
unless the siege was raised. On the t
villagers pressing them hack to the \
burning buildings, they slowly \
hacki I the live men to dea'h. ;
Three other prisoners were tied to y
stakes in the burning building and
burned with their captors. * s
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Itiirns Two Horses. "!
A colored renter on the plantation h
of C. It. Dunbar, near Millettsville, I1
Harnwell county, was plowing In a c
l?rooni p>'dgo field and becoming
thirsty went off in searcli of water,
first setting fire to the sedge. He
left his two horses hitched to a plow n
and when lie returned in a short a
while both horses were burned to <1
death, still hitched to the plow. n
Five Die in Fire. h
Supposed to have been caused hy
the explosion of a lamp, fire during
tlie night burned two houses at.
Oneida. I*a., occupied by Gabriel' C
Oerotsky .and Michael Slovak, Ilun- ii
garians. Five members of the Gerot- o
sky family lost their lives in the 7
flames. y
DWELL IN CAVES
\ Steamer Boarded by Strange Tribr in
the Magelliin Straits.
ARE KNOWN AS ALACUFS
IVcnrs No Clothing and Dive on Haw
Fish?Do Not Know How to Make
a Fire?A Hint to Civilized Mothers
Whose Hahies Are (liven to
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Crying. I
The Ilritish steamer Strathesk, 1
vhich is discharging a cargo of ferili/.er
at the foot of Columbus street, 1
tad a most interesting voyage boween
Iquique and Charleston, and ,
the encountered many strange peo- (
ales, says The News and Courier,
lot the strangest of these was the
ribo of Alarufs, met by the vessel
n the Straits of ^Magellan. This
ribe came out to meet the ship from
he north shore of the straits, while
he vessel was lying at anchor. The
}Ulcers were thus enabled to learn
many of their customs, and to exchange
gifts with them.
it was at a late hour of the night
that It was reported to the captain of
the vesst 1 that a party of strange
looking natives were approaching the
ship in "dug-outs," uttering loud
ries and gesticulating wildly. Their
actions were easily described by the
ivntch, because of the fullness of the
moon. All hands were called on
leek, and they prepared for trouble.
I'owi ver, tlie natives came alongside,
and showed signs of wishing to have
friendly intercourse with the men on
he vessel, and they were accordingly
allowed to come aboard.
The men only came on board, leaving
the women in the boats. All that
any of the natives wore was a very
serene smile. The men on the Srat
ttcsK Dr.-an a search for old clothes
lo Rive to the natives, but when the
garments were finally distributed, the
natives were iRnorant of their proper
use, and many ludicrous situations
resulted. For instance, when the
second officer presented one man with
\ pair of old sea boots, ho immediately
took them to the spouse and the
latter held them up for a short inspection
and then placed her baby In 1
one of them. One tall, swarthy fel
low drew a stiff hat from the pile of
plothing, and went away with the hat
an his head and a very satisfied look
on his face. The officers did not
state whether or not he had nnythinR
on the rest of his body.
These natives were most primitive
In their mode of living, and appeared
to be little removed from monkeys.
They dwell in caves, and, as has been
mentioned before, wore no clothing
whatever. The men of the Stratliesk
are not sure whether or not the natives
have yet acquired the art of
making a fire. At least, they did not
see any fires from the ship, and they
lid see that tlie people never cooked
their food. They appeared to live
phiefly on raw fish, which they
aught by diving into the water, and
Llieir principal beverace was a kind
>f tea brewed from lierbs, which they
called mati.
Their inventive or rreativo art appeared
to be at its highest in the
rawing of rude mati cups from
grounds. Those were the only things
In sides raw fish, which they had to 1
affer the men of the Srathesk. The
latter noted many queer customs
among these primitive people, one
sf the most singular of which was the (
notion taken hy a mother to stop the
Tying of her baby. When the infant
began to squall, the mother immersed
it up to its neck in the ley
water along the shore, and this treatment
would hush the cries at once. *
SCHOOL H.\Its CIIILI) MIFF.
'1 I.Ike My Tenelmr," I'leuds Little
Mrs. Stump, Aged III.
"1 want to go to school: I like |
ny teacher," pleaded little Carmelia t
Mtimari Stump, twelve years old,
vho was denied the privilege Friday ;
>f attending the baby grade at tne |
lackson Public School in Cincinnati, <
)hio, because she is married. \
Her short dress did not nearly i
each her shoe tops as she bent over |
be table to show how well she could 1
vrlto. The - i rl had he<?? min-i..,!
sMth the consent of her parents in a
Centucky to Frank Stump, nineteen S
ears old. j
Principal O'Donnell of tlio Jack- |
on school holds that iiecause she
s married she cannot attend school, i
tut t ie child wife wants to continue 1
ier studies, and the matter has he n
>rought to die attention of the sup- i
rintendent of schools. * 'I
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Tliey Fight for
According to dispatches twenty- '1
lie persons were trampled to death 1'
t Shah-Yang, lltiapeh province, Fri- '
lay when a horde of starving Chi- '
icse fought for the food which misionarivs
were attempting to distriute.
A great many were injured. *
p
Nearl> Four Thousand.
The population of Darlington, S. I
In Iftlh was 2,7Sft, against 3.0S3 r
n 1 ftoO, according to the statistics* h
f tlie 13th census. This is a gain of h
Oft, or 22.ft j>er cent, in the past ten 1 p
ears. * t
CIVIL WAR STORY
ABOUT TWO JU1XJKS THAT BEADS
LI UK PUBK FICTION.
It Tolls How Judge Hurl an. Federal,
Hanged Away at Judge Lurton,
Confederate, Fifty Years Ago.
Cen. John II. Morgan, the raider,
along about 18G3, swooped down
upon the Federal garrison at Hartsville,
Tenn. Morgan had only about
1,200 men, while the Union forces
numbered about 2.000, Still. Morgan
usually knew what he was
about?result: Several hundred
Federals killed and the rest captured.
As soon as the hattle was over,
says the Chicago Inter-Ocean, tlio
Confederates recrossed the Cumlierland
River. Among the rear guard
was Private Lurton, of the 2d Kentucky
cavalry, lie was the last tn.in
?n reeross the river and just ahead
of him was the last Confederate
wagon, loaded with Federal muskets,
and other captured articles.
In the meantime the sound of
Morgan's guns had disturbed the
slumbers of another Kentuckian.
This one was a Union soldier. Harlan
by name, and he was colonel of the
10th Kentucky infantry, at Castaliun
Springs, six miles from Hartsville.
He immediately started with his regiment
to the relief of the garrison at
Hartsville.
Harlan and his regiment reached
the top of a bluff hack from the river
just as I,urton and the last wagon of
the Confederates was in the niiddlo
of the Cumberland. Harlan had a
Held piece along, and he pointed it at
the Confederate cavalryman and
banged away. Tie didn't hit the cavalryman;
so he tried again and kept
t rving.
Nevertheless, Harlan's shells hit
the river in the immediate vicinity of
cavalryman and wagon, and they
made a mighty splash. The driver
cut loose his mules and made record
time to the shore. If I-urton tarried,
there is no record of it.
Today, in black robes, the colonel
behind the cannon and the private on
the horse sit side by side on the
bench of the most august tribunal
of the world. For the Federal was
John Marshall Harlan and the Confederate
was llnraco lltirmrm 1 urtnn
?and both are Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court of the United
States of America.
This United States of ours is a
great country?and it is just such
things as this Harlan-Lurton affair
that make us sure of it.
When one of these Kentuckians
banged away at the other our country
was in the throes of the fiercest
and bloodiest civil wars of all history.
And that was just about half a century
ago.
In these r>0 years we have grown
to be the wealthiest and most powerful
nation of earth. Hut. better
still, we have outgrown the things
that set Union soldier against Confederate
until the presence of these
two fi-'hting men of the civil war
side by side upon the Supreme Court
bench is truly typical of a sectional
strife forgotten and a country reunited.
It takes a great country and a
great people to make such things not
only possible, but actual realities. *
k11.1.I'D HV A NKtillO.
( rent Incitement Caused by Tragedy
?..
Through a dispatch to The Ptate
we learn of a bloody tragedy which
took place Friday at .Ino, C. Ilipp's
Did Town plantation, 12 miles west
>f Xewberry, in which James S. (Jiiliam,
a white man, cut a negro woman,
Maybell Rook, on the neck and
(aw and her mother, Clayton Mooter,
>n the hand with a knife, (lilliam
limself was shot and killed by Sam
Itoozer, the husband and father of
lie women.
(i'lliam lived on Mr. Ilipp's place,
is did the negroes. This morning
'.oozer and several other negro men
>n the place came to Xewberry and
vere in the store of (Jco. C. Hipp geting
plantation supplies when John
lipp cot a phone message tii.it (lillani
had cut a negro woman's throat,
md telling him to come at once. Ilo
ind the negro men loft on the 2: IS
louthern train Friday afternoon and
t was shortly after th y reached the
dace that the shooting occurred.
\ large crowd has gathered and
here Is inn h excitement. The sherry
and < >roi r have just gone to tho
ci hp. Mr. Ciiliiam was I", years old
I'd I ive | U I'e mil '' in* ? !? 11
"he diflloultv si 'rtod 1?\ Mr. C, 111 i a m
cfusinsr to 1ft the woman wash at
ho W"!1. II is s.ii<! to have been
rinhin-'. W'itm. i that Clilliani
ut his hand hohind him as if to
raw a pistol, but he had no pistol,
toozor niado his oscapo. *
(liven hunger Holiday.
Through an aniondtm lit to the
ostofTloo appropriation hill, offorod
y S nator Swan -on, of Virginia,
'riday and adopted, rural letter cariers
throughout the < mntry will
loreafter he entitled to thirty dnvg
cave of absence each year, with full
ay. At present they are entitled
o hut fifteen days.
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