The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 07, 1907, Image 1
THE
VOLUME XVill.
CAMD1CN, S. C., FRIDAY, JUMC 7,
NO. 22.
m rails II
Veterans of the Lost Cause Splendidly
Entertained in Richmond, Virginia,/
OLD SOLDIERS ARE HAPPY;
Governor Swanson and Mayor Mc
Carthy Welcome the Veterans to
the State and Richmond, Both Be
ing Received with Enthusiastic Ap-'
plausc Old Sobers Rise to Their
Feet ond Greil Gcnera.1 Lee With
the Utmost Enthusiasm.
Kichmond, Va., Special.?With th?;
largest number of von federate Vet
erans gathered together sincy tl^e war*
an.I I lie vast horse show building* ill
Which I he convention was held* hcttii
tiinl with flags anil hunting and por
traits of the leaders of the Confeder
acy, the .twelfth annual reunion of
the Confederate veterans hegap here
under the most auspicious eoncilTtMis.
Gem-mi Boiling introduced Rev. J.
William Jon*s, eliuplnin general iff
I lie grand camp, who presented HeV; j
l>r. J. R. Gravatl, of this city* rind
llie latter offered Il:c opening prayoh
Governor Swanson of Virginia* '
mid the wildest enthusiasm, Wei
coined the veterans to the Old Do
minion.
Mayor McCarthy, of Richmon.l, |
welcomed the visitors to the ci'.v !
which -lo years ago they defcnd"d
Against lhe armies of Rurnside, I'opr, ;
McClellaii, Sheridan and (Irani.
R. R. Morgan, ??f the local camp j
Sous of Veterans, added the welcome i
of those lie represents to the wel
comes, which already had been cx
piessedt
General Rolling introduced the eonl
mainler-in-chiof of Ihe Confederate,
Veterans, Gen. Stepheli 1). Lee, and
the old soldiers rose to their feet and
received him with lite utmost gut bus- '
iasni. General Lee assumed the grivct
of the presiding officer and deliver** I
lii< annual address.
i!o said among other things, that
the coining-of a Confederate veteran1
to Richmond was like the return of a s
long-absent child to its mother?thai !
Richmond is to I he Confederacy what J
Calais was to that French Vrjnoo.
who compelled to livo in England,
gald: "When 1 die, you will find en
graved on my heart the ono word j
'Calais.' "
At noon- the first session of the re- J
union adjourned, for the veterans lo
take part, in the unveiling of the \
equestrian statue of Gen. J. E. R. J
Stuart, erected #by the Vavalry asso-'
ciation of tho Army of Northern Vir-1
gi?ia.
The parade incjdent to this cere
mony started at 2 p. Sh. and was a !
brilliant pageant. feather was j
beautiful, and tho dityday was wit
nessed by a vast concourse, estimated
fo number 75,000 to 80,000.
The people were packed along Uio
whole course of the parade, a dis
taneo of about two mi I canton tho side
walks, on the porches and in t'ne
windows of tho buildings on both
sides of the street.
The* whole number in line and on
I lie sidewalks is estimated at from
125,000 to 150,000. There are about
10,000 actual veterans in the city.
Of sons of veterans and other aux
iliary bodies, military and so on, ,
there ^?re about 20,000 and in addi- i
tir.n to those, there are about 20,000
visitors drawn hither by the reunion
ceremonies.
? Monument Unveiled.
The grand serenade at 2 p. m. at
the unveiling ceremonies at the
Stuart monument were all that could
be desired, both from a scenic view
rnd the elegant manner of its being
cariied out.
Veterans Stirred By Col. Lee.
Richmond, Va., Special.?In his
speech, which aroused the Confeder
ate veterans' convention and which
proved to be the leading feature of
tho reunion thus far, Col. "Rob"
Lee sa\d in part:
" Thefov never has bceh n more
critical period of American' history
tiiaii that which ushered tlve year
1S(50 upon the world's stage of act
ion. Thtf lroiitde was of recent or-*
j.rin, it was not the spasmodic out
burst of an hour, nor tho stubborn
and senseless resistance of ft factionx
maintenance of {groundless opinions,
but was the result of the existence
of antagonizing forces operating for
a long time in the country, the seeds
being first sown by the forefathers,
some in the fertiJ?? v*ll*y |j?e |
,lnnies, and soinv frll uywn on *.?c
rock-bound coast of New England.
Section at difference* exhibited them
Bjph AoquitUd at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?Fred Boah,
charged with assault with intent to
^$jpnrit murder, ura# acquitted. Baah
was chanted with sanding an infer
nal machine to the home of Mm.
Julia McCarthy, on May 8th, the
Jir Jirtaialj injured
and ?!???> ksr
itow atSlSt She
' .'J* if***? V
. \
, \ ? , \ j
selves long before the adpotion ofL
the Federal eohstitutioiii /
"For the |Mirpose of this occasion!
we care not (low the African slave
first placed his unhallowed feet on
Southern soil. Suffice it to say that
although (lie Honth had at one I
no inconsiderable earner ot maritime
adventure, 'no ship or shipmaster ol
hern had ever in a single cA*e been
implieated in the illicit African slave
maintained slavery to ho the tno*t
dangerous element in the country.
Frolii the b6#ih?ing the stilttteman of
the South Wented danger in the great
nw'e Jiroiileih with which they were
being saddled and lh^. question that
SVaS tippbrihOst ixi thvif tyiiuis was,
wliat shall bt> dottfe with the Mndiiei
pated seiH
Tild Evils Of Slavery;
"Much as t deplorb slavery*' said
Patrick Henry, 41 nee that prudence
forbids its abolition.' Henry ( hiJn
asserted that 4The evils of slavery
are absolutely nothing in compari
son with the fitt* greater-evils which
would inevitably follow 1'rom sud
den emancipation;' Aiui ittfJUff ho
sayS: 'if 1 wer?J to invoKfe the
greatest blessing oil Oa^Wi which
lujavoiij lii its tnereyj j^uiid bestow
on this iinlio.i, it would! be the sep
aration of t'.ie ni/st numerous
races of its populaj^on and their
comfortable astablf^nincn^ in distant
and distinct count lies.' Mr. Mason,
of Viriiiniil. went farther in deflat
ing 'Till1 Itnllic is infernal.( To per
mit it ,1m against e\ery principle
honor and safety.' Mr. Calhoun was
of the ophioh dial the existing rela
tions between master and servant
cannot be destroyed without subject
ing (lie Dvo races to the greatest ;???
1 amity rtild the section to poverty,
desolation. and wretchedness/
"Virginia in October, 177tf, and
Oeorgiit) lit 1.708, passed acts pro
hibiting tho importation of slaves^
The foriuM- tiCl provided for n pen
ally ? f 1,000 pounds, and also 'every
-I: ve itliputied contrary to the true
interest and meaning of this a>*t
shall, upon such importation become
fice,' tint:5, io llie everlasting credit
? if 1 Ire South, upon whose devoted
In ad the vials of holy wrath have
been so unjustly and brutally pour
ed out for propagating, nourishing
and harhoting slavery, she leads the*
world in an earnest attempt to pre
vent Vie very thing of which she is
accuse!!,
" 4 Ilow can the Union bo saved?
thundered Mr. Calhoun from the floor
of the .Senate 11 years before the be
ginning of hostilities. 'There is but
one tray by which it can be, with
certainty, and that is by a fqll aim
final settlement on the principles of
.justice, of all the questions at issue
between the two sections. The South
asks for justice, simple justice, and
less she ought nol to take. She lias
no compromise to offer but the Con
stitution.'
"When the red curtain of war
rolled upon the American stage it
revealed the Sputh in arms reacly
and willing' to defend all that
ma Ices life worth living, the Free
dom of' country,* flic honor of the peo
ple. ?I he. sanctity of home."
To Meet Next at Birmingham.
.The Grand Camp, United Confeder
ate Veterans re-eleetedd its general
officers as following;
Commander-in-chief General Steph
en D. Lee.
Lieutenant General, Department
Ai'rtiy of Nortehrn Virginia, Gen. Ir
vine "Walker.
Lieutenant General Department ot
Tennessee, General Clement A. Lv
nns.
Lieutenant General, - Trans-Missis
sippi Department, Gen. W. L. Ca
bell.
All the officers were chosen by ac
clamation.
Hirmingham was chosen as the,|
city for tjie next, the eighteen, an
nual reunion of the veterans. Other
cities competing were San Antonio
and Nashville. The vote at first
stood about. 1.000 to 800 in favor of
the Alabama town.
^yflie report of the committee on
^solutions was adopted without de
bate. It recommends that the speech
es Vf Gen. S. I). Lee, Senator John
\V. Daniel and Col. K. E. Lee,?Jr., be
printed in pamphlet form for distri
bution and endorses the objects and
aims of the Arlington Confederate
monument in Arlington National
Cemetery.
On the correct representation of
the Confederate hot tie flag the reso
lutions committee submitted as a sub
stitute "that the action of this* a|r
... _ A ? a .. a : ? l*i j
SOvIaliOiVf ot i in ^tnivciiuv^i ticiu Ail
Nnshhviile, Tenn., in 1904, be en
dorsed and reaffirmed. j
Ntfro T?QMt Killed by Tanner.
Americus; Ga.,^Spscial?Charles
Grant, a prominent farmer of 8umtex
county, in an altercation with a ne
gro tenant, shot and instantly killed
tlio latter aftlr^Ming struck with a
brick. The tenant abused Grant be
CAQM of bttof rtpriaattdtd tot wt]
kit
? * .....
THE DAVIS MONUMENT UNVEILED
? vol/ Member of Reaiaaats of
Armies of tho Or&y "Who Could
Walk at All Took Pait.
Kuhiaoiuij Va.< Special;? Under a
perfect sky; with bauds playing
bundling music in whic^li "Dixie" and
"Mainland" wore preeminent, the
remnants of the armie-j of the gray
Monday pasMs| through the streets of
Richmond and out ou splendid Monu
ment avenue, unveiled an enduring
memorial to Jefferson l)a\ i^, the tlrst
Hud Ohly President of tin* Confeder
ate States of America. Tiie *-\rmt
t-juue as tin1 climax of Ule reunion of
the I ailed Confederate Veteran* and
every- member of the body of old men
who was able to walk ai ail to k
part. The day and the event is one
that will live forever in the memory
of those present ami the expression#
of beautiful pentimenl which were
tillered by the speakers are destined
!<? become a part of the history of
the South. Second only to the
tribute given to the memory of
Dixieland's great chieftain we*e those
offered on every hand to the women
of the South, whose gift the monu
ment is.
The cerMtlony tvas om< of the Sou.h.
No other section hint riuy part in it.
The veteran* Mio fought for I he
"Lost Canst*" Were gathered together
-1<> pay their tribute to the man
wlWi memory it revered above ..11
others. Their descendants weie as-,
sembled because it is bred in them to
cbeiish that memory and because
they wish Jo imbibe new lessons.
ThO sjK'eches Counseled the leaching
of loyalty to I lie cause for which there
was nothing in the tcacjiiug but what
excited the sympathy/'ami approval
of visitors frohi the nthcr sections.
THe lirst addess was by (lov,
Claude A. Swanson, of Virginia.
The speech of (Jovernor Swanson
was a welcome to all veterans io
Richmond and Virginia. In the
course of his re murks the Govern >r
spoke feelingly of the "Lost Cause."
Governor Swahsoii was followed bv
Mayor Carlton McCarthy, of Ri<-:i
inoml, who introduce<l (lem-ral Evans
as orator of the day, who said in pari :
1 Gen. Evan's Address.
General Evans began hi* address
with a tribute to the women of ihe
>*outli, through whose .efforts the sta
tre to Mr. I)avis had been- erected.
Taking up fffoii the influence wliicli
had moulded the life of the futuro
president of the ('on(ederuey, the
speaker traced his lineage from Eng
lish ancestorrs. I lis falher and gfand
' father, on his father's side, had
fought in the revolutionary, war and
three older brothers had borne arms
in the war of IS 12. The speaker point
ed out how Mr. Davis after a service
of seven years in Indian eompaigns
<luring which he "won fa mo which
Ins country gladly gave him then and
should not forget now," returned to
his Mississippi iu?me; served in Con
gress; led a regiment of Mississipppi
Rifles in the Mexican war; rendering
Viilliant service at Monterey and
Huena Vista and later serving in the
United States Senate and the Cabinet,
Gen. Evans discussed the issues which
led to the civil war, mainly the righI
of secession. He said: "Mr. Davis
accepted Ihe ideas of the eminent
makers of,the constitution and believ
ed that they had ordained and estab
lished a general government, which
had ample powers lo oonud.net tha.
Slate to Ihe broadest and loftiest
national glory, without having con.
ferred a grant of even one power tc
oppress citizens, nor to discriminate
against a section or scourge a Stale.*'
Ho quoted Mr,. Davis' words, "As
long as I held^a seat in the Senate
my best efforts were directed to ilie
maintenance of the constitution and
the Union resulted from it, and tc
make Ihe general government an ef
fective agent foV its prescribed pur
poses. As soon as the paramount al
legiance due to Mississippi forbade a
continuance of these effoits 1 with
drew from the position."
Greatest Day of Reunion.
All of the work of the reunion iias
been done and the lifth and last day
was devoted wholly to the payment
of the tribute lo the niomory of Davis
The streets were brilliantly decorated.
There was scarcely a house or busi
ness building in the city that was >t
profusely draped with the Confeder
ate colors and bunting.
Young Women Attract Notice.
A beautiful young woman in white,
Miss Roberta Caldwell, attracted 'i?l
miiation at the head of Troop A, of
Nashville, Tenn., of about 40 gray
uniformed old men with aabers. ^Vliss
Caldwell carried a "'Con federate battle
Hag. Among the interesting features
of the parade outsicc the appe-iranee
of the veteran bodies, were the spon
sors from various Confederate ytute*,
attended by sc ?re:? of m nds of honor.
These attractive ym:::g women in
I white, wealing t lic? cashes oi red, ro.li.
in carriages and h*i a charming auui
tion to tlie long line ot' gray.
The Davis Monument Unveiled,
j Mrs. J. A. Hayes, of Colorado
Springs, Col., daughter of Mr. Davis,
palled gently the cord that held the
canvas shroud which covered the
bronze etatue. Her two young ?one
the prandaona of the Confederate
President, taught the two eords used
j to complete the uneviljnp. The monu
ment was one of nevojr to bo forgotten
i imppressivqnese. One moment of *tb
solute silence, and then cheering burst
fortbtaj- btsit alwtf *ad Ik* Rl?fe
Iftrttt, uA wthwtow i?J
POSTAL SALARIES RAISFD
Increase in Salary For Carolina Post
mafitors.
Tlu? postoffice department announ
ces (lie increase of salaries of 34 post
masters in South Carolina to go into
effect Jniy 1. The increase* in S^th
Carolina are ad follows 1 Aiken, $*?
100 to $'2,200; 'Allendale, $1,100 'o
$1,200; Anderson, $2,.*>00 to $-,000;
Bill I1WI.I1, $1,400 to $1,500; Blltesburg,
$1,300 to $1,400; Helton, $1,200 to
+1,400; Bennett?ville,$l,H00 to $1,
000; liisliopville, $1,300 to +1,100;
Bhuksblirg, 1^1,000 to +1,100; Black
ville, $1,400 (o $1,300; Chester, $2,100 *
Cleinson ('ollege, $1,400 to $1,500;
Columbia, $3,200 to $3,300; Conway,
$1,:100 to $l,.r>o0; Denmark, $1,200 to
$1,300; Dillon, $1,000 to $1,700;
KdgoHcId, $1,400 to $1,500.; Florence,
$2,100 to $2,300; (Jalluey, $l,SO0 to
$2,000; (S recti ville, $2,800 to $.{,000;
(Jreenwood, $2,300 UJ> $2,400; Kiugs
tree, $1,200 to $1,30^; Lancaster, $1,
000 to $1,700; Leesville, $l,(f00 to
$1,100; Lexington, $1,000 t?? $1,100;
Manning, $1,400 to $1,500; Marion.
$1,700 to $1 ,M()0; Mullins, $1,300 10
$1,400; Newberry, $2.1.00 to $2,200;
Spartanburg $2,S00 to $2,000; Siun
ter, $2,500 (o $2,000; Timmouvillc,
$1,400 to $1,500; Union, $2,000 to $2,
100; Westminster, $1,200 to $1,300.
Another Killing.
flohlville, Special. ? Laurens coun
ty has another homicide marked .1
gainst her, but the coroner's jury >ms
returned 11 verdict that the killing
Sunday was justillahle. .John Mc
Morris, colored was killed in the home
of Mr. If,, lihctt Crawford by Mr.
John Boyd. The negro's purpose*
there was robbery. Mr. Crawl..id
conducts a si ore* aboul three miles
from tSoldville and for some time 'ms
been missing"* articles therefrom. The
store adjoins and is a part of his res
idence. lie has observed that the
fobjjerics had occurred generally on
Sundays. Last Sunday he prepared
it trap for the thief or thieves. I lis
brothers-in-law, Messrs. .John C. Boyd
and .John L. Dickett, remained in the
house while Mr. Crawford and his
family drove off to church, after g j
in;;' through the I'oiin of locking up
the house. When the Craw lords were
weii oil their way to church ??! (ioiil
ville .John McMoiris came out of the
woods and walked boldly up to the
house, taking a key from his pocket
ami opening the doov. Once in the
duelling bo would have had 110 trou
ble to gel into the store. When Mr.
lloyd ordered the negro to halt and
throw up his hands McMorris drew
his pistol and fired twice. Mr. lJoyd
return! the (Ire with a Winchester
rifle and the negro fell at tlnr'llrst
shot with a bullet through his brain.
The doroner's jury returned a verdict
of justifiable homicide. Mr. Boyd re
grets the occurence very much. It
is believed that others were implicated
with McMorris in these robberies.
Mayor Carniichael in Marion County
Jail.
Marion, Special. ? Mayo Carmieh
acl, {lie lo-vcar-old negro boy who
was reported about three weeks ago to
have attempted to assault the 10-year
old daughter of a Mr. Sawyer, near
Mullins, am! who was reported to
have been killed by tlie pursuing
parly, was arretted near Brownsville
and lodged iii jail here. He admits
his identity and says he escaped his
pursuers and has been working since
(hen up to the last few days for Mr.
?I. ('. Sellers, near tellers, having gont?
to Brownsville after leaving Mr. Sel
lers. lie denies 'any intent to com
mit any crime. The arrest lias-caused
110 excitement.
Steamer Evans .Sinks in Port. ?
Brunswick, tJa., Special. ? The
passenger steamer (II. Kvans, ply
ing between Biv.nswhk and Sat i I In
river [loints with a full cargo, sank
while in port. The crew had a nar
row escape. 11 is thought the vessel
sprang a leak. 1'iTorts are being made
to raise her, but the cargo is almost
a total loss.
Four Ncgroea Drowned, on Thoir Way
To Funeral.
Spai tanbuj'g, Sj>eciat. ? Four ne
groes, Mamie Robin-op, (leneva Sel
lers, Kssie Mmitgomcry and a baby
of William Strobles,' were, drowned
near Moores, in this county, Sunday
afternoon when a spijii of the bridge
over the T.vger river gave awav wi;h
a mule team and wagon occupied by
I I Rp,vroes, who were following tne
remain^H?.XLiy>lored friend to'a neigh
boring cemetery-<or burial. It is saici
none of the bodie.v, have been recov
eied, \
Cotton Mill at Washington.
Washington, Special. ? Th^ro is
a movement on foot among a large
number of citizens to establish a cot*
ton factory in' this city. At present
no Special plans have been formulated
but it it stated on good authority
that a qui? be r of outside capitaliata
are anxioqr-to establish such an en
terpriea in. this eitjfa and if Wash
raise
iogton dfttzens will msa half the re
quired teOttl ft* wiU put up tbt
TtwalwUr,
. r * ? "N ? ?
Or riMlSTIC SKCRKTAKK OF AGRICULTURE WILSON
?('artpun hy lim-vinan. in (lie \Vaaliin<r'?)? Sf \r.
GIRL VICTIM OF
Panic in Tents Whan Enrngod
Animal Ghargatl oa Crowd
and Attacked Ponies.
Twin Falls, Idaho.? FOur-year-obl
Ruth Jtozell, who was attacked l?y a !
Itoyal IJengal tiger wMrli escaped I
from lis cage al Ilie-1 performance of j
the Sells-Kioto cirrus hero. has di<-i]
from her injuries. Mrs. Uo/.< II. the !
mother of the child,who w;in ktinclti'd I
down and badly shaken bv the tiger,
Is overcome.,wit h grief and the shock
of her experience. TImir far ? o crim
inal action has been brought against j
the circus management. and. while
the panic following the breaking of i
the animal from its cn^o mid the en
suing trhgedy are the solo,topic of;
convention, there lias been no dem- j
onstrtftlon made against tho circus,
by citizens because of the unfortunate !
occurrence.
The tiger Charged into the crowd. 1
killing H>p 1 i 111 r? t?fpl and n Shetland
pony, ami mauled several other spec- j
tators and ponies before it was shot j
and killed .by a man in the audience, j
For a few moments tliero was a panic i
in t he menagerie and women screamed
and fainted. The elephants tugged
at their chains and trumpeted wildly,
and there was great commotion until I
tho tiger rolled over dead in front of !
the main entrance.
Hundreds were in the menagerie
tent at tho afternoon performance J
when tho time came for feeding the |
animals. Maskcl. tho tiger, and his j
mate, Agne9, had been restless for |
some time. At the sight of the meat ,
Mnrkel beat furiously with his paws
on the door of the cage. The door
gavo way, and the tiger sprang from
his cage to the neck of u Shetland
pony fifteen feet away.
The tiger's keeper seized a bar and
struck the animal between the eyes.
Market released his grip on tho pony's
neck and leaped upon the back of an
other pony. Again tho kooper felled
him with the iron,and ho relinquished
his hold of the second pony only to
seize a third. Another stiff blow from
the Iron drove tho tiger from his
prey and he leaped Into tho crowd.
The tent vras well filled, and the
people fled In every direction, most
of them crowding out under the can
vas. One woman scrambled to tho
top of an animal cage and refused to
come down uutii long after the tiger
was killed. '
Shrill criet from thefrightened ele
phants aroused the keepers to furth
er activity. The guns kept by the
keepers for emergencies were seven
ty-five feet away, and had they been
GIRL ALONt ALL
NIGHT IN JUNGLE
*.
Daughter of Mr. and Mi-h. <\ .7. Hell
Loses Way in Indian Wilderness.
Washington, I) C. ?? Miss Helen i
Hoi J, daughter f>f Mr. and Mrs. Chap.
J. Hell, has just returned from an !
eventful winter in India, the mosi I
thrilling episode r,f which way a night j
aiono in the jungle
Miss Bell loft here early In (he !
winter to spend several month;? In In- j
dia with English friends, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur I<\ Hopkins. I'ai t of the
time Mr. and Mrs Hopkins and then
party, Including Miss Dell, were camp
ing near Hyderabad and hunting big!
game.
The men of the party started out I
on a hunt one morning, and toward j
night Miss Boll rode out from camp i
to meet them. She missed the (rail j
after a few miles and j-oon found her- {
self getting fun her Into the heart of |
the jungle and unr.ble to get her h mi- j
Ings Darkness came on, and with It
a heavy rain.
Alone with only her Horse atjd a }
few tyog?, M??k Hell faced a nlghl in\
that finely wildr i-n< 3.*'. known lor its j
venomous 'si>a!?o. Tht uir.ni wore j
on and no help came, and. unable to '?
TERRIFIC WMSTKR.V sNoWfiTOltM
Six Inches of Hnow ot Many I'lnccs in
Michigan.
Detroit, Mich.?Michigan felt the
grasp of the worst May storm ever
known in the State. After violent
rain and light ing? storms, the feath
er turned cold and in many part* of
the State heavy snow fell. At ShuII
ate. Marie there 14 six inches of snow.
At Mackinaw the snow was driven
A forty raUt fait. Reports ivom
^ W* HU IN wy
aviii' }>lo they could not liavo boon
iist*tl on account of the danger to
spectators.
Women seized their oli11?1 roit find
dragged ihom from the path of the
maddened 11??*r. and hundreds of Ut
ile children clung to the skirts of
Ihelr terrllied mothers and scrambled
to g.et away.
Market headed for tIto main on
trance, Jorty foot away. In his rush
he struck several people .with his
shoulders, knocking them down.
Mra. H. 10. Itozell, of Twin Kails,
and her little daughter Until could
not escape the tiger's rush, and were
borne lo the ground. The tiger held
Mrs. Ko/.oll with his pawn while his
laugs sank iyto the neck of the child.
I. W l'i*ll, a Twin Kails blacksmith,
was standing beside Mrs. lto/.ell when
she was attacked. I lis wife .and chil
dren, too, wort; with him and at the
mercy of the beast.
Thrusting his family aside Hell
drew a revolver and opened lire on
the tiger at a distance of three feet.
When the flivt bullet struck Market
behind the shoulders he winced and
opened bis jaws, growling viciously
and lashing his tall against the wall
of spectators. The second bullet
caused him to release Mrs Ifjzell and
her dunghill* from lite grasp of his
l awn, and the third to put.him on tho
run,
tlf'U f'?llo\vod, Hiring three move
bullets* into the lleeing tiger, as It
ran outside the tent. Market wan
syiety bit, but iie managed to crawl
some distance before ho collapsed.
Recovering bis strength for an in
stant the tiger turned and started
back toward the stampeding apccta
lors. P.el| was waiting .for the at
tack with his revolver reloaded, but
the big beast had enough, rolled over,'
snarling and biting at his wounds,
and expired in a fow moments.
Meanwhile the news that the tiger
had escaped hail spread, nud specta
tors continued to fleo from the tents.
, Many of them fell or were knocked
down In the confusion, but
talned serious injuries.
Mrs. Kozell and her dq(u$\)j
taken to the olllce of . a
where'everything possible Iwas (fone
for the child. It whs found that the
teeth of the tiger had frightfully lac
erated the neck and breast of the lit
tle one, and much blood was lost bo
fore the wounds could be closed. The
little girl died, and Mrs. Iloze.U was
removed lo her home.
.Market was reputed to he ono of
the largest and host proportioned tig
ers on-exhibition, and was the pride
of the manager. lie had shown no
previous signs of ill temper, and the
management of the circus was aston
ished at. Ills behavior. Many persons
thought that the door of the tiger's
cage might have been more secure.
The keepers were helpless on account
of the confusion, and had it not been
for Hell's presence of mind and
prompt action In risking an <vicoun
ter with the angry tiger more lives
might have been sacritlccd.
find her way in daylight, she was still
more helpless in the thick darkness.
In the distance she heunl the roaring
of panthers and other wild animals. I
Her horse and doga heard the sounds
and became a':voxt unmanageable in
their fright. '
The rain, which poured down stead
ily, wiij'ii Idej-xiir: in disguise, though
she Knew it not at I lie time.
ller friends told her later it was
undoubtedly the rain that prevented
Iter beii?.g surrounded by reptiles. It
kept them under cover and sho was
unmolested. ^.
Mlaa Lull's friends sent out several
hundred coolies to beat the brush.
They tailed to find her, but at day
break she found her way to a clear
ing. and meeting a nativo \vho-eould
speak Home Hnglish was directed to
th^eainp.
Miss Hell returned to the United
Slates by way <>r Japan Tho vessel
on which she'Jook. passage had Just
left Yokohama when It ran aground
?mi a reef. It. was safely floated, and
sturle?V,o.n i<s voyage, but a few days
later tunaIIpox appeared on board,
and for fourteen days the passengers
were quarantined on the Pacific coast.
Miss P.c.i finally reached her home
rafely, with a stock of exciting stories
for her relatives and friends. She Is
now wiiii itr.v jv.'i ^iltS at Iiicti Cuuu
liy place, Twin Oaks.
wifjs and sox slay ori*i;Ksso:;
So It Ik CU:ujc?a Wlien(V,TU*jr. Bait!
render to Author! tie*,
PaHcerftbufg. W. V?.?A#lt*p fo
Yoh*, ?
farm#/, n??r McFavlan, Rltcble Coua
ty,' wm ?hot mid killed, tt It allefed*
by hl? rrIfe and son. Th? tavrder
took place aftelr ti bitter quarrel, W
wbleh Yob? unmercifully best fcl*
Wit# *?<! tbetf boy, about
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m4wHU??MVfiUlRv^
A POOR COTTON OUTLOOK
j Latter Prom Texas and Elsewhere
Produced?The Warehouse Plan?.
President K. 1). Smith of the South
( aroliua Cotton Association has ia
sued a statement to the public in
which ho says that tho outlook seems
to bo for u short crop. Letters ure
given from Texas and Tennessee t j
support this statement, which will b?
of interest to the entire South.
The statement is as follows: '?*
"Having written to the Slate pres
idents us to tho condition of the crop
and the outlook, I want to give to tUo
public a few of tho replies that have
come to me from irfeu whose stand
ing in their community attests their
integrity; therefore, what theyf>say
may bo relied upon.
"From Henderson, Texas, J. S.
Hickcy, president of thhe First Nat
ional .bank, writes under date of Mny
27, as follows: 'The outlook iu Texas
is sorry indeed for cotton. Fastf Tex
as lias reduced her acreage fully 40
per cent'., and many farmers are still
plowing, up cotton and planting peas
and corn; ninny have planted three
times and still have a sorry stand.
The boll weevil is. here in great num
bers, and many farmers have no hopes
of making any cotton at all. So you
?an see why they are replanting iif
something else. Middle Texas?the
blackland district ? has nearly all
been replanted, and the crow will bo
necessarily lute. I. talked with some
fanners from Kllis county last Thurs
dif^-itnd they told nie they had lo
plant the second time, ami are not
done planting yet. Further west, iu
Mitchel, Coleman, Taylor and Torir
(Ireen and that"whole section, have
had no rain since December, and con
sequently could not plant corn or eot^
ton. If they make any iu that scctioii
it is yet to be planted. South Texas
was forced,to replant, and, as a con
silience, the crop is lute, with mueh
complaint of: boll weevil?are punc
turing the squares on all early cotton.
Farmers told mo Saturday that on
early planting they find three or four
to the stalk. So tho general outlook
in Texas is really bad.'
"T. ('. Loin^-^un Jackson, Tenn.,
under ttrtfo **f May 28, writes in part
as follows: 'The outlook for a cotton
crop^frn Texas is extremely bad. The
entire crop was planted over, and it is
not yet up. Under very favorable
conditions we may raise a halt crop.
This morning njereqry down to 40 de
grees and frost visibfe. You can draw
your own conclusions,'
"These two letters are in keeping
with those from Mississippi, Arkaitoaa
Louisana and Alabuma, South Caro- -
| linn. North Carolina and a portion of
Georgia, neem to be best off/while 11|0
! outlook in these Slates iw certainly
below anything like an average cjfop*
The public will bear in mind that ti
is tho lot of Juno. And since <f_
^writing of these letters quoted torril
r>lial rains have covered tlio entire
/ ton belt. Wo have been struggling
for three years to get the situation to
our hands. It seems as if Providenee
has given us the opportunity^ reil
i/.e our hope. From tho present oni?
look and from the principles involy
ed it does seem as if the fanners and
uiorQianls would refrain from seniorV
cotton for fall delivery at a price
which neither tho outlook of a crop
*>or tho present price of manufacture
ed goods warrants. So far as the Sou
thern Cotton Association In itf rela
tion to the cotton world is. concq^ned
the majority of us do not propose to
tako advantage of a cotton' famint
and tho disastrous scarcity of cotton ,
to force the price to unwarrantable
heights; no more than we propose
when seasons pfe propitious and the
supply is ov^aoiuidant fo allow, tho
price to be disastrously depressed.
As I have often Moid before I Avnnt
this to be n sjuare deal. I waiit our
share of ,|he profits that wo are en
titled to in being the source of sup
ply for the world's liber.
The Warehouse Situation.
"Last week 1 wan at St. Mitthows,
and found that their warehouse is
practically completed, ami Oran-^e
iniitf county i* still it*, line, doin^ ne'r
djjiy.. On Auj,'. (5 they will hcivo a
nw>eting of all the counties to go into
ilie question of preparing for the coin*
ing crop in detail. I shall be preaeiit
at this meeting and hope every fann
er in Orangeburg county and every.,
business man that can possibly be
pfbscnt will be there, io thai we can
staft unitedly in our cooperation with
the other comities of tlf) Souths
"From Yoik county C. B. Spencer
sends me a copy of their application ?
for charter for their warehouse aud
holding company. . If-space permit
ted I would like to give to tgfe public
his entire communication as to t^a
progress of out* work. .
"We have on hand a number of"
books of membership eetttflaitefc
wwiBji Sue wii Oi iiio dM^mip? 4wi
up jn_jitt|-actlve iona, w^l::
tb? presidents of tjls diftsrs&t
counties will tupf^ ttaMtifts
?o m to furnish a?h W ptyiof
rfWISS;
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hit dues a oertifteaia, sod
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