The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 18, 1905, Image 4
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A Confederate Soldier’s Escape
from Prison and Death,
WHEN THE CIVIL WAB
Wai (Mat Oa, m Told by His Doiffc-
tv k the Coofederate Vetersa Mar
aziae. Ha Was Uador Sea-
laacc of Death, bat Qava
Sherman the Slip.
The following Interesting sketch
from the diary of the late Oapt. M.
▲. Miller of bow be made bis escape
from “Irrlng Block” prison at Mem
phis k furnished by bla daughter,
Mn. Wm.. B. Vawter of Richmond,
Va “I hSTe one man under aentwea
of death for smuggling arms aoroas
the lines, and I hope Mr Lincoln will
major, spoke np curtly; saying, “Sir,
do you know whom you ara addraaa
tag?” 1 replied In language quite
forcible, with the inquiry as to what
he had to do wlthdt. Boon ilter the
officers left I put my wits to work to
c an eecepe.—I had any
number of friends In the city who
were toying to help me escape. Set-
end plans were suggested; one was
that 1 should get on the roof of the
prison, then go down through an ad
joining bonding. It wps arranged
that one night all the gas wasbe
cut off from Mist portion of the city,
but the scheme failed. My wife
brought me a strong rope with whleb
to “soale" the walls, but I was too
oloaely guarded to use It (aeteral of
the other “boys” did get away on it,
and I still hare the rope in my posses
sion). Another night the guard on
duty was drugged, but that plan
failed, too.
After considerable work, I finally
succeeded In bitting on a successful
scheme. In the prlson (here were, be
sides the regular guards, what were
known as “suparnumsrsrlM,” whose
business It was to accompany prison
era to various places In the city. I
bad gotten on quite friendly terms
with one of them, a Canadian named
Redmond, who belonged to an Ohio
He
approve it” The above la a quotation
from a ktter of Gon. W. T. Sherman
to hk brother John after the capture
of Memphis, Tenn. And herewith Is
a sketch of how that “one man,”
Oapt Matthews Amos Miller, made
bla escape from prison. Oapt. Miller,
vaa assistant city engineer of Mem
phis at the commencement of the war:
: A number of the engineers and ar
ebltects formed-a company of sappers
and miners of which we were the offl
Off and some of our best mechanic<
the privates. This company throw
np the first works of fortificatl ms on
the Mississippi river, beginning four
miles from Memphis, then at Fort
Pillow Island No. 10, New Madrid
and Columbus. At the latter place
wo had our first infantry fight.
Memphis was captured by Gon. Sher
man In Jane, 1802. At that time
was home on sick leave, having just
passed through a serious spell of ty
pboid fever. It was true, as stated
In Gen. Sherman’s letter to hla broth
ar John, that the mercenary spirit of
hk people enabled us to buy anything
wo wanted for gold or cotton
When Sherman first took possession
of Memphis he issued an order de-
elsrtng gold, medicine and sort, eon
traband, and as suoh prohibited their
sale to our people. But bis orders
were practically reversed, and we got
anything wo wanted. So greedy were
they for money 'that they actually
acid us arms. The people with whom
wo dealt were meetly camp followers
and merchants. Finding that arms
could be easily procured In this way,
and knowing our people needed them
badly, I determined to get a quantity
of them. I represented no one but
myaslf, and all that I purchased were
paid for by ms out of my own funds
I was tbs means of equipping the best
part of two companies of cavalry be
fore my operations were discovered by
the enemy. It was rather difficult to
got the arms to the southern soldiers
altar I bought them, for In addition
to the gunboats, the river was closely
patrolled by picket boats. My plan
waa to put my goods mostly sabers
and pistols, on board a skiff and carry
them over to the Arkansas side, where
the cavalry would got them.
" For a month I was steadily supply
tag our soldiers with arms and met
with no serious difficulty. But one
aftarneon, in bhe latter part of July,
my good luck deserted me. I was
carrying over two boxes of o(Boers’
sgroids, and was is the middle of the
river, when a picket boat, that I did
not see when I started out, ran upon
me. I at onoe know that danger was
ahead, and, jumping on the gunwales
of my boat, I tried to sink It; but it
was too heavy and would not
The officer in charge of the
boat arrested me, and the skiffman
also, and took us with the two boxes
to a gunboat nearby. Here the boxes
wore opened, and as soon as the nature
of their contents waa disclosed I was
at onoe carried to the military prison
in the “Irving Block,” In the centre
of the city.
In two or three days there was a
court martial. The evidence was, of
course, conclusive, and I could make
no defenea. What the verdict waa I
did not learn, aa It was not prooouno
ad;ahd Itwas not until some five
woaln afterward that 1 became aware
of it. I was first made aware of the
seriousness of my position in a sensa
tional way. Lata one afternoon In
July, 1862, a friend, a Miss Gibson,
who had been calling on me, after
glaodng around cautiously turned and
whispered to me: “Captain, you are
under sentence of death, and are to be
•hot at an early day. Take my ad-
vloe; get away from here before they
put shackles on your ankles and
wrists, for then you can do nothing. ”
My Idea la that the officer in charge
had no authority to carry such a ver
dict Into execution without the ap
proval of the president, pending
which I waa kept In ignorance.
Later, the same day on which 1 waa
told I was to die (I think it must have
bean about August 13) Gen. Sherman
came into my cell, accompanied by
two members of his staff, whose name
I did not know. I knew the general
as soon as I aaw him. Ha aat there
some 10 or 16 minutes talking to me
J9a was vary polite, but still hla man
ner waa positive. In the first part of
hk conversation ha said that 1 waa
probably aware that the sentence of
ouort marttal waa death. I told him
I had no way of knowing, aa that was
the first official notification of It that
TAGS NOT USKD.
Many of Thorn Boaght aad feattar
in tha Cars.
“dip."
picket
regiment. He dId hot know of my
sentence. I told 'him that my child
waa sick, and I wanted him to go to
my bouse with me so I could see the
little one, as It was not expected to
live. This waa true. Tha man re
plied that he, too had a wife and
children, and If they were slek he oer
tatnly would Ilka to see them, so
granted my request. I bad sent word
to my family that I would be home
and they musj make arrangements
for me to get away. It was quite easy
for mo to get a message home. As
the prison fare was unfit to eat, some
of my friends always brought me my
meals; so when I got my breakfast
n< xt morning I sent the message.
When 1 hsd been home a few min
utes, Mrs. Miller asked me if 1 would
not like to take a bath and change
my linen. She had prepared a bath in
the adjoining room. The guard took
bis position st the do >r. The room
into whAh I went, after taking off my
hat coat, vest and boots, had a second
door, which Redmond could not see
from where be was standing. In the
meantime the young woman who was
nursing my child attracted the guard’s
attention by showing him some hand
some pictures in a book. 1 was not
Idle, and quickly stepped into a second
suit of clothes which my wife bad pro
vided In the room in which 1 was bath
ing. or supposed to be bathing, forth
reality my wife was splashing the wa
ter while 1 was getting away. I left
the hou e at onoe. To do this I had
to lump out of a window, and to
my consternation landed right in the
mlddlei of a company of federal caval
ry that was camped in a lot near my
house. Luckily, they took no notice
of me, and a vicious bulldog, which
came up abjut that time gave me a
good excuse for breaking Into a run.
I cross', d the street in a burry, and
at a bound cleared a six-foot fence,
which effectually bid me from view
A carriage waa in waiting for me in
front of my house, but in such a post
Hon aa to be in plain view of the
guard. While I was onssltg the
streetT signaled the driver, an inti
mate friend of mine, who .waa acting
in that capacity, and by the time 1
reached the alley on the other side of
the high fence he was there waiting
for me. I sha^l always think that
jump over the fence saved ndj life.
Once in the carriage, I was rapidly
driven a short distance outside of the
city, where I stopped at the house of
Judge Woodruff. I wanted to keep
on that night. There were three Unea
of pickets to be passed and the judge
advised me to wait until morning,
which 1 did. Thenert morning my
host put a pair of navy sixes in my
bands, with these I made my way
safely south. It was a case of life
and death, and I would have fought a
regiment. 1 rejoined the Confederates
under Gen. Holmes. Subsequently I
was transferred to Gen. K Kirbv
Smith’s command, where 1 remained
until the dose of the war.
Mr. Redmond waa still interested
In the^pjptures, but finally said to
Mrs. Miller who had just returned to
the room, “MrsiMiller you had bet
ter call your husband ” She replied,
“He Is not there/’ Mr. Redmond
said, “I did not think that of you. 1 ’
My wife said, “He is my husband,.”
a moment, then
That la tha Obama Mada Ip
Letters to the Secretary of tha.
Cotton Aaaoelatloa.
* > *
A dispatch from Atlanta says addi
tional letters received by the South
ern Cotton association show that tha
fertillxer tags, the sale of which has
been reported In large quantities of
late, are being scattered over the
country by putting theta In oars In
which fertilisers are shipped and by
placing two, three, four and five tags
on each sack of fertiliser. Theee
letters are from people who are ac
quainted with the situation and who
have seen these things with their
own eyes. This wholesale distribu
tion of tags Is not confined to any one
section or State, but extends through
out the whole cotton growing belt.
The following are some of the letters:
W. P. Gaffney, LaGrange, Ga.: I
notice that much baa been said re
gardlng gnano tags that have been
sold. Did you ever stop to think that
the tags may have been sold, but not
the guano? I have been Investiga
ting Troup county and find . more
guano on hand than last year by sev
eral thousand tons. LaGrange la
heavily overstocked as I heard several
partlee who know say Oblpley has not
sold to date more than 26 to 30 per
cent, of last year. West Point and
Hogansville are way behind last year.
This probably explains the guano
question—that tags have been sold,
but not the actual gusno. I know
my section around Troup factory has
reduced both acreage and guano and
am loath to believe that every section
of the county and State will not do
likewise.
John G. Key, Welsh, Ala : Cotton
acreage here (Chambers county) un
doubtedly reduced about 20 per cant,
and fertilizers under cotton reduced
30 per cent. More corn planted and
more fertilizer used under It than
heretofore. It Is also ^notorious fact
that thousands of unuseq tags are In
fertilizer cars In bundles, this in ad
ditlon ts those on the sacks. Oae
small dealer aaya he baa half a bushel.
Two other dealers whom I have heard
upon this matter make the same re
ports. There Is fraud or collusion
somewhere : ;
- W./H King, Weston, Ga :
la that for trying to
rob tha I
S. H. Christopher, Bnena Vista,
Ga.: A gentleman told ma that some
wbaiaiahlataavMshabad noticed a
large number of
promlacoualy on tha floor of ears. I
waa talking to a representative of the
Virginia-Carol ins Chemical company
a few flays ago, and be says tha out
pat from that concern In Georgia will
fall far short of last season. My in*
dividual gnano bill will ba about 1-3
leas than last season, and nine out of
tan Ofarmers will tell you that they
have made a cut both as to cotton
acreage and gnano.
Hon. O. B. Stevens, in an Inter
view on April 27th, says: “If we are
to judge by the sale of tags, It seems
that the farmers have not decreased
their purchases of commercial fertili
zers. Biporta, however, come to this
office to the effeet'that a considerable
amount of the fertilizers shipped opt
have not yet been told, and may be
left on the hands of the -agents. We
are also informed by letter from many
sources and conversations with per
sons representing every section of the
State that a much greater percentage
of fertilizers than ever before la being
applied to crops other than cotton,
*V
i Grew WaeoaDwtjr
Tha railroad
actios
and that the farthew are ataafllng by
their pledge to reduce the cotton acre-
VO;” 4
W1ATHIR AID CROPS.
Complete Review of the Crop Situa
tion ih South Carolina.
\
please find enoltadd fertilizer tags that
were sent here loose In car. You will
notice that they have not been aepa
rated or broken loose. These tags are
extra ones, besides all the bsg* bslng
properly tagged. Other people are
having cars shipped in same condi
tion. Seems that lots of tags are
being used besides those that are re
qulred.
G. W. Everette, Lumpkin, Ga
The big Increase in the aales of gnano
tags mar be accounted for in a very
different manner, and an unexpected
one, as well as unusual. There have
been se eral cars received here In
hundreds nf
aary for him to have the sentence of
tha cooit executed, wfaloh ha propoi-
•d to do on tba Friday following.
This waa Monday.
Although I knew tb^aantonoe had
It did not impress itself
a something that waa
going to happen. Looking
> straight in the face I
boisterously, bat In a
Jnerednllty.
not rased* my baba-
Mr.
looking up, said, “I don’t blame you.
My- wHte would - have done the same
for me. “ 11
Ridmond was suspected of having
been instrumental In aiding me to
escape; but It was never proved against
him, for no one noticed when we went
out or paid any attention to Redmond
when he returned. The cxict hour
of my escape waa not knowo, and the
guards were changed so often that it
could not be found out who was on
duty at the time. When my escape
was discovered, I bad been gone sev
eral hours. The strange part of the
affair was that when Redmond was
tried one of the witnesses swore that
he saw him return with mq.
At the time of my escape the neura-
papers stated that, having had acdNS
to the city engineer’s effee which Gen.
Sherman was using, 1 had carried off
plans of all tha works around tbe city.
On the strength of this; a reward of
12,000 waa offered for my capture.
This statement waa not, however,
true; for although I waa at liberty to
go In and out of the engineer’s office
at will, I did not carry off any plana
with ma. I was able, through mem
ory, to give Gen. Forrest some infor
mation as to the location of tha ene
my’s works, which proved of great
service to him in making his raid into
Memphis.
I learned after the war was over
I had received. Aa we talked on Gen. Lh . t b _ the
Sherman toldaoi that in the discharge
of hla official duty It would be necea- , r f 0I \ * ooll *G e m *to
w* _ Zw necee- of m i ne \ ^ ^ relatives end
mine) and some of my relatives and
prominent friends in the north, Presi
dent Lincoln waa pravalled ' upon to
pardon mer The papers, though, were
not received until after the day upon
which I waa to hava been executed,
eg It was lucky for me that I did not
wait for them.
Thm New York World la terribly
worried leet government ownership
entail the rale nfboiaee. This is cal
culated to make Messrs. A(3rich,
Rockefeller, Frick, Geasatt, Rogers,
Depew, Knox §1 al anile broadly,
which there were several
tags other than tho* attached to the
sacks—some In bundles of 60s, some
in boxes and many scattered about
loose in the car. This to me is some
thing new and startling. There is no
use to read between thillnes to find a
cause. There is something dead up
the creek-'
G. H. Lara more, Leesburg, Ga.:
Mr. Jordsn, I think that the guano
tags that are claimed to have been
sold ought to be looked into. Mr.
Tomp McDonald, at Sumter City Ga.,
found 25,000 tags in one of his sacks
of guano. The same Is reported In
DeSoto, Ga., in my home town.
What is more shameful than that
every effort Is made to keep the poor
farmer down? If It can’t be done
honestly they will dc it anyway.
F. W. Traylore, White Oak, S. C.:
The reduction In the cotton acreage
is far greater in the country than the
man sitting on a dry goods box in
town Is aware. Now, as to oommer
dal manure: In this section there
has been less bought and lesa used In
the cotton crop of 1905 Lota of guano
has been and will be used until corn
planting and working la over.
G. O. Williams, Empire/Ga.: Now,
Mr. Jordan, about tbe tags: Mr.
Horsford said there were 390 or 400 to
come to Empire loose In a car and had
never been on a sack; and It waa said
that one half peck of them came to
Dubois In a car and some cam* Aa
Yonker, four and one half miles from
Empire.
F. B. Doyle, Bowerovllle, Ga.: A
very large number of tags can be ac
counted for on account of unsold
guano now in hands of dealers, and
most of It will remain unsold for this
season. The sales for April this year
will be lighter than any year which I
have been in the business. It is no
exaggeration to say that there are not
leas than 7000 tons of guano between
Toccoa and Elbefta now stored in
warehouses that will not be sold this
season. I know of three loaded oars
right here at Bowersvllle that dealers
are trying to get the company to take
back. I have sold 20 per cent li
than last year, and believe that this
has not been exceeded by any other
dealer. The sales of guano hare are
leas than last year, it don’t matter
what the bear crowd say, and there la
going to be more carried over than
ever before.
H. Y. Brooke, Luverne, Ala.:T. W.
Shows, Lu verne, Ala , informed me
that all the cars he has received con
tained a number of loose tags In ad
dition to those on tha sacks. L. O.
Williams, Sr., pf Lu verne. Ala.,
bought a carload of fertiliser, every
sack of which contained two tags. G.
W. Bowen, of Moorefield, Ala., writes
me that a oarload of fertilizer oame to
hla place with six tags to tbe sack.
At Union Springy Mr. J. ML Ellis
showed me 150-tags that were picked
np loose in a oar of fartllizars, and he
added that ha bad a bushel basket of
them In hla office which oame la the
These caeea come fro
Section Director Bauer Wednesday
issued hla weather and crop report as
followa:
The temperature during tbe week
ending Monday, May 8th, waa much
above normal, and the dally maximum
ranged generally above 80 degrees
during tba last half of the week; the
night temperaturee were also slightly
above normal. Tbe precipitation was
heavy, in many places excessive, and
damaged lands by erosion and flood
ing. Farm-work was Impracticable
during tbe greater part of tbe week,
aa the lands were too wet to plow,
plant or cultivate. Tba prevailing
high temperature and copious rainfall
caused crops of all kinds to grow rap
idljr, and were particular!? favorable
on small grain and truck crops, and
for transplanting. Many fields have
became foul with grass and weeds and
You will stand in urgent need of work, this be
ing especially true of early planted
corn and cotton; though much early
corn haTreceived Its first cultivation.
Corn has good stands as a rule, but
bud and cut worms are thinning
stands on low lands; some corn is trun-
log yellow from too much rain.
Cotton planting is not finished In
the western parts, though practically
finished in the central and eastern
counties, except on bottom or low
lands that have been too wet recently
to plant, ^tands vary greatly, being
generally good for,that planted since
the April killing frost, and very poor
for the early plantings, much of which
is being replanted. Some being re
planted on acoount-of cut worms, and
some on account of being too foul to
rid of grass and weeds. Some cotton
has beep chopped. 4
Tobacco transplanting Is about fin
ished, and is doing well generally,
though grasshappers and cut worms
have damaged stands locally.
There has been a marked Improve
ment In oats, which is quite promis
ing. Wheat is not doirg so well on
account of the Hessian By and some
rust. Truck crops and gardens have
Improved rapidly, though melons are
still poor. The weather was favorable
for rice. Peaches are dropping In tbe
eastern and southern counties, with
enough left to make a good crop; in
tbe western counties the fruit pros
pects are very poor; apple and pear
trees are blighting badly. Pastures
are fine. The shipments of beans,
peas and strawberries are heavy.
took offl-
regard to tha
recent wreck near St. Geofga In which
four man leak their livee.
ta agreed upon Condemns
of the railroad companies in working
their erewt over 20 boors wl *
The crow of tbe wrecked freight
bad been on doty 20 boors eon
onsly before leaving Ktngvllle, and at
tbe UMe of tbe wrack had been on
duty 40 boors. Here la the report of
tbe oommlmlon:
“Tbe report and finding of the rail
road oomnUmion in tha matter of the
investigation of tha wreck on tba Oar
olina division of tha Southern railway,
near Badbam, 8 U., on the 2nd Of
April, between extra freight train No.
166 and passenger train No. 15:
; “After hearing all the testimony
produced before this oommlmlon, we
find the Immediate cause of wreck waa
that Engineer Reed's, of extra 166,
watch was 28 minutes alow, be (Engi
neer Reed) thinking he could make tbe
siding at St. George, but from the tes
timony, we find that when extra No.
155 left Branebville, Engineer Reed
and Conductor Stanley seamed to mis
understand as to where they were to
take tha siding for passenger Hraln
No. 15. It appears from the testimony
that there was a dense fog, and that
tha two rear oars were not equipped
With air brakes and this Is to be de
plored as wall as condemned. Wa con
demn the practice of the crews re
maining on dntv over the required
time expressed In tbe rales governing
the working of orewa, for the reason
that the dispatch of all business con
neoted with railroads depends on the
employes.
“We must Insist upon all railroads
doing business in Sonth Carolina call
ing in their craws at least after 20
hours consecutive duty, except on ex
traordinary occasions. This Is not only
for tha safety of tbe employes and the
property of the railroads, butespec al-
ly for the aafety of the lives of the
traveling public. We condemn tbe
praotloe of the railroad officials in not
ordering these dispatchsrs to state def
inite places In oases like this for al
trains to pass with orderajw each orew
to that effect. —^
A Dfwnkvn Engineer.
A dispatch from St. Matthews to
Tbe State 'aaya on Tuesday night cf
last week several residents of that
town boarded the Southern’s train
from Charleston to Columbia at Or
angeburg and it was not long before
It became evident that something was
wrong, by tbe lurching and sudden
jarring movements of the train. ' On
reaching St. Matthews the engineer
was found to ba almost helplessly
drunk. The conductor, Oapt. Murray,
who was In charge of the train, had
the engineer removed to the baggage
oar and wired to tbe authorities for an
engineer to carry the train to Oolum
bla. An engineer waa aaat from
Branohyille to take tbe train on and
meanwhile tha many passengers had
a tires jme wait. Among the pamen
gera were several prominent men.
This of course, Is a very siriods mat
ter and the penalty under the rales of
the railroad Is Instant dismissal for
the offending engineer. A pathetic
feature of tbe case Is that the engi
neer in question Is said to be one of
oldest in the service and has made an
honorable record.
TheGuinard Brickworks,
Manufacturers Brick, Fireproof Terra-Cotta Building Blocks, for
Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prepared to fill orders for thousands
or millions. . .
KUFYBEH KILFYRB1II
That is exactly what it
day at the State Fair showli
Every Farmer, Oil Mill,
property should have them.
ia, aFire Ciller. Da noostratlon every
g its fire fighting qualities.
Saw Mill, Ginnery -and any one owning
Whlske I Morphine 1 Ctouet All Drug and Tobaooo
Habit, Habit I Habit | Habits.
; Cured by ICeeley Institute, of C.
132® Lady 8t. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, B. O. Confidential
se citd.
Ommut Aad Hla Wife.
There arju husbands who,
among
BIG BAVK DXFALCATIOn. ~
Frank O. Bigelow Didn’t Break Re
cord*. Bat Oame Near It.
The defalcation of 31,600,000 by
President Frank G. Bigelow, of the
First National Bank of Milwaukee,’
will take high rank In definltars’ an-
nals. Tbe shortage of 13.000,000 dis
covered in 1884 in the accounts of
John C. Ebo, president of the ^Second
National Bank” of New, York, how
ever, still holds the palm. Eno dis
appeared st tbe time of tbe failure of
Grant A .Ward, a.failure that precipi
tated one of Wall street’s historic
fT** 1 *"—— -—(—■£
It Is pnb this the record in defal
cation by bank employees under tbe
rank of president is held by Cornelius
L. Alvord. Jr., who stole 8700,000
from the First National Bank of New
York. ' The defalcation was made
public on October 23, 1900. Alvord
was later caught lu Boston and sent
to prison. Tbe amount embezzled
was made up by the bank’s officers
out of a apodal- fund*'which Wall
street previously bad no knowledge of
and which did not appear in the
bank’s published reports.
William Schrieber, a clerk of the
Ellzabethport Banking Company of
New Jersey, bolds the reoord, how
ever, for small salaried employees.
His weekly wages 116, and he stole
8100,000, the defalcation being dlj-
oovered In 1900. Here are a few other
bank defatoatiens of recent yean:
In May, 1891, Gideon W. Mirshr,
president of the Keystone National
of Phlkdelphia, wrecked that bank,
the embezzlement amounting to
81,000,000 and Involving City Treas
urer Bardsley, of Philadelphia, and
0600,000 of the city’s money.
In 1894 It waa discovered that Sam
uel C. Seeley, a bookkeeper of tbe
National Shoe and Lsatber Bank of
New York, had stolen 8354,000 Tbe
embezzlement had been worked
through the account of a depositor
named Baker.
In 1897 the Globe Savings Bank of
Chicago was wrecked through Charles
W. Spalding. The amount of tbe
lest Treatmeat for
Weak Discoarafed men.
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their male companions, Ilka to have •[***,000. The
California Tomato Story.
Throughout the winter months,
when easterners were crouching about
their fires and shivering, and nature
growths were either asleep or frozen
stiff with the cold, F. J. Bates, of
Pasedena, Cal., was in his garden
dlmbing an 18 foot ladder to gather
his various crops of tomatoes. He
has three plants which have reached
a length of 30 feet. The seeds ware
plan bed Yn May, and three m oaths
from teat time they had to
tba top of a 20 foot trellis.' When
they reached this remarkable height
they waved their flower tasseled
heads wonderlngly, then turned
around and grew backward until they
have attained a length of 30 feet.
They have had no especial care or
cultivation, and have had no proteo
tion from the weather, yet, in spite
of every disadvantage, they have
kept on growing and fruiting in the
moat astonishing fashion. The
trunks of these vines are one and a
quarter inches in diameter. The fo
liage is thick and luxuriant, and at
all times blossoms, green fruit and
ripe fruit can be seen on tbe vines.
Enormous qiantitles of tomatoes
have been picked from these three
plants. The fruit is of unusual size
and has an extraordinary floe flavor-
—Scientific Amerioan.
The Largest Book and Map.
The largest book in tbe world is In
the British museum. It Is an atlas
measuring 5 feet 10 Iqohes by 3 feet
2 Inches and weighing oloee upon two
hundred weight. Tbe largest map In
tbe world la the ordinance survey map
of Eagland, which convert over 108,-
OOO abeeta. In Its preparation It oost
£200,000 a year for twenty years.
Tbe scale varies from ten feet to one-
tenth of an Inoh to tbe mile. The
details are so minute that maps hav
ing a acale of twenty-five Inchea
•bow every hedge, fenoe. wall, build
ing and even every isolated tree In
tbe country. Tbe plans indicate not
Only the exact shape of every baud-
it supposed that the? sre just a little
tyrannical at home. O ie such m in
who bad two or three friends at hla
house one evening, remarked, as they
were chatting together comfortably
at a rather late boar: “Yea, I, do
what I like at home. My wife, she
baa to.bend to my will, I can tell yon.
In my house I’m a regular Jullua
Caesar!" Hla wife oame Into tbe
room In time to bear the last aenteooe.
Tbe tyrant of his household looked a
little uneasy, bat his wff|v neither
frowned, nor apparently paid any at
tention to tbe remark. But after a
moment she remarked very positive
ly: “Gentleman, it la late, and Julios
Caesar has gnTto go to badl” Wbacs^
upon tbe husband arose, stammered
his excuse and retired, leaving his
guests to find their way out as best as
they could.-*
Bee He Two Wives?
G orge 0. Boggs, a barber from
Oh&itancefer was tried at Dalton,
Ga., Thursday on the charge of big
amy. He la said to hava married
wife No. 1 in Booth Carolina twenty-
seven years ago, and to hava five liv
ing children by hla first wife, end
three grsndchildred, who raelde at
Calhoun, S. 0. ‘ He ia alleged to have
married hla second wife, who was
Miss Nellie Coney, in Dalton, Ga.,
last Christmaa. Boggs, it la reported,
deserted bis family about a year ago.
Tbe maiden name of hla alleged first
wife was Mauldin, and aba has a
brother In Atlanta, who waa a wit
ness In the case. Boggs, was bound
over to court on a 8200 bond.
OIm* Blowers Fight.
As the result of trouble among glass
blowers at the Chattanooga glass plant
Wednesday Frederick Cummins was
shot and killed; Wm. Meacham was
spot In the thigh and Albert Meaobam
was struck on the bead with a heavy
wreDCh and may die? The shooting
was dona by Albert Meacham, fore
man of the plant. The Hffleulty occur
red In the office. Wm. Meaobam who
waa shot is a brother of tbe man who
did tbe shooting and tbe manager of
tbe plant. Albert Meeoham waa ar
rested and la confined In tbe hospital
ward of the Jail. Tbe coroner's Jury
placed the blame for the killing on
Cummins and Albert Meacham.
same manner, iineae cases come from Jug, but every porch, area, doorstep,
different portions of the State sm tamp post, railway and fire plu#."
lead me to believe that tbe practice is
Last year la March tbe
Irgtnta-OaroUna Chemical company
purchased 55,000 tags; this year they
purchased 150,000 tags for Alabama
Last year they could not get
•tofi hauled bf tba- mUiwdi,
_ Water Altar Exercise Fetal.
At Lancaster, N. Y., Dr. A. W
Martin, aged tor-eight, died this ev-
ilog from neuralgia of tha
produead by drinking largo q\
of water after vftota!
S0 Hem Witbomt Food.
Foot men were at tbe merer of the
wavee for thlrty-alx boon In an open
boat on Great Booth Bay* while wed
on the shores prayed for their
rescue and brave man fought against
odds to find them. They wan dis
covered and rescued Thursday by a
party of three in a power launch. The
rescuing party Itself suffered severely
from the buffeting of the waves.
Whan takan from their frail eraft tha
ready exhausted, having
had no food or fresh water
earir Toasday morning.
Recognis'd *■ tbe Oldest Etta bile ti
ed end Moet Reliable Speelaiiet.
If you are a man a ffering from unnatural
diftcharffM, emiMioot, prematura diac'arga, nr "
from a complete lorn of year manhood, do not
throw your money away on the many worth-
lean treatment* from fake medioal companies,
“inatitu’e*," etc., but ait right down and write
to Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 88 Inman Bldg,
Atlanta Ga. Thia phyaieian haa perfected a
method of treat meat after orar 35 yean at ex
perience that will positively reetore any weak,
womont, di«c -mraged man to a type of perfect*
m mhuod, whether thu patient ia young, old or
middle-agec. Heady made medtcinei cannot
poaaib y cure thia condition, but each aad
every case require* specially prapwed treat
ment adniimetared by an expert phyaieian who
ia competent to undieratand just what your
requiree. The vast exper’enoe of Dr.
U ulve ret ty of Illinois alio loet 1400,-
000 and trust funds of widows and
others 8300, OOO.—BhlUnnre Sun.
Peealar Accident.
A very peculiar and aartous accident
occurred at W. B. Rut's factory
Monday evening of last week at Swan-g
■aa. Einls, thel4 year old son or
Richard Car tin, was boring with an
auger that was turned by machinery.
To steady the short board he was
pressing hla body against it. The
board was a tom one, and tbe anjar
want through and into hH groin on
tbe right aide five or six Inches. He
pulled tbe auger out himself by press
ing dis body from tne machine and in
coming out it brought tbe grooves
full of flash. The bey had only a few
minutes before tbe accident been told
to keep away from the machine. His
condition Is critical.
H Wic "Blacelt Morning "
The cadet mess ball of tbe Virginia
Military institute was destroyed by
fire at 4 o’clock Thufaflay morning.
The building was a large stone struo-
tore, used as a dining ball and for of-
floe purposes by tbe authorities of the
institute. Nothing ifia saved from
the bnlidlngt which Fas completely
gutted by the flames. ..It Is partly
covered by Insnranoe. The only re
great expressed by tbe cadets over
their loos was that the hall burned
down on “biscuit morning."
State Equitable Policy.
Emil H. Neumer, a clerk employed
by the Equitable Life Assurance so
ciety, and Tnomas Lobley, Jr., have
been arrested charged with compli
city with Samuel Lobley, who was
taken Into custody at Spragueville,
Penn., a few days ago, charged with
fraudulently obtaining a 827,000 loan
on a policy which is alleged to have
been stolen from the society’s vaults.
Negro Commit* Suicide.
Wright Baker, a negro man living
In Hopewell township, Anderson
oounty, committed suicide Wednes
day morning by shooting himself with
a shotgun. He was working alone in
the field and whan found his body
was torn aoroas the abdomen with a
frightful wound and life wm extinct.
Baker wm a half witted negro. The
eoroosr went out Into tbe country
Wednesday afternoon to hold an in-
quest over the body. There seems no
doubt that tba death wound wm self-
inflicted. .
Murder aad Suicide. > .
At Richmond, Va., mentally un
balanced by 1U health, Frederick W.
Hill machinist, killed hla wife early
Wednesday morning and then com-
aaJttod suicide, making orphans of
tbe eight children of tbe couple. Hill
naed a revolver, and before ending hla
own Ufa attaoipted to shoot his twelve-
year-old son. The boy was onlnjorfd.
lUth.iwuy baa given him a ko >frl*df« of
cunditinD in iut>a not pomaavd by any other
phyii ianr ami ••very mao in this conditio*
•bnuld,write him without delay. Everything
ta k<-pt-~atrilcly cnifidontiel, and *11 uedl-
cint-a. which art- pro mrod in his own l*bor*-
tory, are at-nt in plain p tekagea. During the
year* and year* he haa been aatabHahod ia At-
fofl hM ciin'iu t+ll h>> frjrifKM fal Ml
honest, atrai hi forward inann*r, and hi* I
Ution is kn >wn to *)l»^IIa,4iil( a nd to <
sufferer hi* book for men, entitled
oeas. Vigor a* d Health." He also ouraa all
other disetae of men tuck ma Stricture, V*-
ricocele, Gleet, etc^-mnd if you mm afflicted
write him for a book on your diaemam. U*
haa m number of th m. Have no heaitancy in
wrilina ium. The addreaa ia J. NEWTON
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