Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ex-*"'-*'' -. T . n-. Ns4t «>■ -*£— Blasphemous Wretch Shot Dead hy the Brother of His PRETTIEST VICTIM CAUGHT BY SHARK. MAN AND A BOY BIT MONSTER. MS the Deluded (Hrl Kills Her Own Brother, sad the Piople of Ore* (os Have Arises to Break Up (be Impi uh Ribfious Sect. The "Holj Rollers,” rsllgloos dopes ot >|he most iofamous creature in the shape of a man that ever used rellgloc ss a cloak for his tvll designs upon women end young girls, are at last scattered and disillusioned. John Oreffhld, their diabolical prophet, shot dead by the brother of his latest and falreet young victim; the avenger promptly acquitted by fudge and Jury and proclaimed a hero throughout the State ot O -fcgon and about, to oe pres anted with a medal by popular eub scription when his life was sacrificed at the hands of the crated sUU.r whom he avenged—these are the Incredibly tragic eventa which have snocked the now prophetlese “Holy Rollers" Into a realisation of their folly. They know that If they permit their delations to return, tliat if they continue their groterque praotloee, the thoroughly aroused people of Ore gon will eoatter them to tne lour wind*. In the midet of his debauch •riee, which hisj'u ei’xeusri 1" thel prophet; John Ore CD did awd plauueo an awful sacrifice as a means of fur ther strengthening his divine preten Uons among his followers Upon that alter, in the/'sacred” grova near Oor- vallts, Ore., upon which, at his com mand. hie followers had given to tb* flames their moat valuable goods, their dogs and cats and other domee- tlo pets, he had ordered the turnlcg alive of an Infant child. Everything was ordered ready. Ths plans for this diabolic Morlflos ot In noesnt babyhood were all prepared. It wAa to be the beginning of the great est glorification of this beast of a mao. The baby was selected and being ten darly nurtured for the orgy. Ta»‘'Holy SoUenV were all chosen for the bowi- lag aad dancing and general devil ment. But for Just retribution, oi which an outraged and resolute broth ar of his girl victim was the Inetru meat, by this time that infant saorl flee would have beem made amid flames and eatantle fro things. In all the history of the rise end tall of religions ■ecta.-aeaa has been organised and dominated by so seif declaration It drove many young men and teen glrla -teto a _ ’.eBay, Tbev left their homes and joined the 'Holy Roller*." Soon the eveets were linking Into a chain ot inevitable tragedy. Among the young girls who oame under the evil influence ot Orefflald ~ere Esther Mitchell and her married who bad left tbelr home In •Portland, Ore., to Join the "Holy Rollers." Tbelr fanaticism was oom plete. Creffleld, now known to be a Dnm . mmmm .. degenerate of a type without a paralb el. had his wicked will with both of ] m ® 11 ^ rom them, and they gloried inf'Sir situs oion. Rumors of tb4lr sisters plight die like ordinary MoR.lt ^ r a fitting enowMor. Bo with ahamaleM aad Ineredi- wm Wi6 ruturt propneii ?oi would be. tlkn Jesus of Nisareth, born no of a virgin. When that virgin ap Beared among hie followers be would .eoognii* and proclaim her. In spite of the outrageous profanity of this prove to horrible poblto fear no 5ft had topeaderto the OreflSeld the wbioh of being then ‘ eombat • la no now that any Infant life is men aced by the daoosaad prohet’s plana to make a human saorlfloe. rh to Another , Man Takes • ’ t on the Back of PelfMki Bid* the Soutbera railway went down to Oole’s Island, a email strip of land near * i, cruel aad libidinous a scoun drel as this asms John Ortffijld. In order to have the fullest warrant with his d/tel piss for his Iniquities, he first declared himself to be John the Bap tist born again, and to that charao ter want on adding divine attributes until his followers looked upon him as the Saviour reincarnated. When he declared In a recent communion ser vice that the breed bis dupes were eating was actually the flesh of his body, and the wine they were drink ing the very blood from hlr veins, their tut J ugatlon was complete. After that he knew that any atrocity, any Uoenee, and hideous blasphemy he might commit would have tbelr full and enthusiastic sanction. In this newspaper three yean ago the grotesque ceremonies of the Holy Rollers were fully exploited In oc no ac tion with the interrupted purpose of thell prophet to make a human tao- rlfioe, the victim marked for this aw ful (pit*‘being a beautiful young girl ~ latUda Johnson. Up to that only Using sacrifices bad dogs and eau and other anl by his followers. These people had already made themselves suoh a nuisance to the people of Oor vellls with tbelr frecited shouting and contortions ee they rolled over the Boor with demoniac actions at their meetings—together with the bad i of all this bpou the susoep title women and glrla of the neigh the prophet had been obliged to rni| away till the excite maul died down. His return was tee occasion for frantic rejoicings. Orel- field roes In the midst of his people and Mid: * “God bade me reChrn. Human Ifiy ftMimis uaJl The affect Of this declaration was electrical. The altar In the grove was prepared for merifioe and the wood was lighted • Back of the alter, with arms tomed r j Mildly above his head, the prophet bbontid! "Subjugate all lustful de- Sires. All that has price ooutaml na tes the spirit and binders oc mm union with God.” Thereupon, the frecsled dopes east their personal belongings into the flames. Jewels, money, cloth Insr, furniture and animal pets were eaorifloed. Little girls threw their dqUa into the fire. A pretty young woman eaerifioed her mirror, the em Mem of her worldly vanity. Boys gave their most cherished toys. O. V. Hurt, a well-to do merchant, cf Oorvallia, with bis entire feoUly, Joined the "Holy Billers,'’ abandon tag hie business, file name was en tered on the "Holy R>Us" kept In the sanctuary, a tent in tee grove, within which it wm profanation for any but the prophet to act hit foot. But when it wm Dotted about that Ortffleld was for a hnman sacrifice, and MmsiiAa Johnson was mark- ad tor that horrid* fate, the sane mod of the neighborhood revolted. They bronght and proved snoh charg- m against Oxeteeld teat he was sent . to tho penitentiary for two years. - The "Holy RoUem" regarded him M a-martyr, and bald tbelr organlxa- Mon together ponding their leader’s ‘ got out of M was soon apparent that ha make the moat of his of martyrdom." His dupea y to believe anything ha told brought their teree brothere—George, Perry and Fred Mitchell—from Port* land to reclaim them. Georgs, the eldest, was twenty-five, while Fred, the youngest, was only a boy of seven teen. While the brotbers tried to get their sistere to go home with them Ureffl Id boldly proclaimed that*Eith- er Mitchell was Indeed the virgin whom the Almighty had orditned to beo'me the mother of hta successor. ~ Learolng that their sisters were, both victims of the worst passions of the prophets, and that they were now infatuated, beyond redemption—oom pletely erszid—George Mitchell bold ly riec’ared that he would avenge them. He said he would kill Orefflald on sight. Upon hearing this threat the prophet slipped away in the night to Seattle, Wash., taking bis chief tool, his wife and E-.ther Mitchell with him. Hiding in a house In an obecura part of tee city, he gave him •elf up to th* worst excesses. In the midst of his orgies he sent messages to his followers at Corvallis that on bts return, which would be soon, he would carry out God’s command to of fer up a human acrliloe. This would mark the snmm't of his elevation as a true prophet, and thenci forth his people would be fre* from persecution and woull absorb all other religious sects. For this saorl flee tbev must obtain a male infant When George Mitchell and his broth erg followed Ortffleld to Seattle on tbelr mission of v mg^anoe the "Holy Hillers” were in a frerzy of z:al to carry out their leader’s awful com mand. For a week George Mitchell walked the streets of Seattle with his band on his revo v r. Oie day be met Orefflald face to face, and without a word sent a buHet craahtng throOgh his brain. He s»nod calmly bwH® tee body of the prophet till the police came and took him to Jail. Never was there a more complete vindication of the crime of murder than resulted from that brief trial. Neither the sisters nor the widow of the prophet appeared in court. When Bather was asked to testify for her brother who had avenged her, she evinced only the ulmoaf hatred for him. The elder Mitchell bad arrived to do what he o>uld far his son. Now test he was free, father and the three sons went in search of E>ther. Ah met at the bouse where the widow of Creffleld, and Either were living. Esther submitted to a partial recon ciliation. She agreed to go home with them. . Oq the following day all went to the station to take the train for Port- land. While waiting for the train they eat together on a bench in the waiting room. The train rolled up to the atatlon. Esther motioned to George to go first and took for seats. She was nrxt behind him. AsGmrge lifted hie foot to the oar step, Eiter Mitchell drew a revolyer from her skirts, pieced the muzzle within a few Inches of her brother's bead, pulled tee trigger and he rolled dead at her feet. The murdvr«M of her brother was immediately arrestedTAeihe wa* being taken away, her taro Hying brothers, Perry and Trod, sat on a stetfoo benob weeping in each other's arms. This la the story Bather Mit obeli told In her oell: Mn. Creffleld and I talked oyer the matter of killing George. The one that had the b«t chance was to do It. Mn Creffleld bongbt the gun We were it the roomafibuf 4 o’clock this afternoon and I thought I would havt a better ohanee to do It than Mnir On fflald, as my brother wanted to aee me and be lieved that he would think nothing about my going to the depot. Then Mrs. Urtffleid gave me the gun and I to du it. WMnteQ that It must be dqA'as soon tepoprible. I took the my brother Fired Ktawah Island, for a marooning trip. They took Detective John Hogan along with teem for Mfety, bat not withstanding this precaution tee ma- rooners met with numerous ad vent ur- ss some of which oame near resulting seriously. On Friday afternoon Oept. M. P. Dinner, general yard master of the Southern, took a raft bateau and paddled out into tee erote, wbioh- nnULteelast boll of half unripe-open runs along the ebon of Cole’s Island, and commenced to hah. Be bad canght a few whiting when suddenly something seized his line and Oapt Danner was dragged with A 001T0B HABFBBTBR. A Now Proec ol Picking Cotton —- Mac ifr— l«vented. The following article appterlng In the weeks Imus of the Manufacturers’ Record, as a special from St Louis, will be of Interest to the cotton grow •is of the Booth: TO meet Ibeoonstently growing de* mand for groater economy of labor In harvesting cotton, the American Cot ton Separator Co, of St. Louis, Mo., L. D. Ktngsland president, through lie general manager, Mr. W. A. Pat tenon, has Invented, secured patents and bnllt machines upon the principle THE COTTON CHOP. - - > AUGUST REPO It T OP THE JOUR I—«al op ooxMMiteir Indioatee That the Two Carolimaa, Georgia and Florida Has Had - Too Kneh Rain. The Angnst report of the New York Journal erf Commerce, wbioh was published in that Journal yester day, shows conditions to be SI 7 com pared with 82 7 for the previous month, ana nuu* msouiuea u|wu a decline of qne point against a 6 8 of mvingof tee cotton crop on tee point decline last year. For theoor- same basis as wheat and other cereals have been ttvedtor yesn. All grain, seeveribody, knows, is&eparatsd from its natural hull by wheat or oorn separators, and the Inquiry first start ed In Mr. Patterson’s mind wm, Why not separate cotton from its ball by a similar meteoo? From this idea hM been developed a cotton separator, and the American Cotton Separator Co., of St. Louie, Mo., la now prepar ed to give to the planter or the glnner a machine that will accomplish this work. _ This method of securing the cotton crop from the time the boll first open* responding monte in 1905 tee etmdk ren to useful manuood and hood force over the tide of hie bateau Into the water. An enormous porpoise had se’zid his bait and In. swimming away had palled the flehermtn Into the creek. These fish are noted for their great strength and It la not to be wondered at. that Capt. Dannei wm dragged out Of bis boat when be kept cUnging to the line Capt. Danner immediately called for help and Mr. Fritz Diers, a ear in specter for the Southern, who was fishing in a boat nearby, sprang to bis assistance. It was a peculiar ooinddenoe, but just m Mr. Diers jumped from bis boat into tee stream the porpoise darted under him. It wm very large and Mr Diers landed punp mb's back. The sight wa Oghly ludicrous. Mr. DUrs scooted along, at a fist dip through the water seated on the back of the por poise, whose body could be plainly seen. Had the occasion been Ism serious, the spectators would have been re minded of the story of Arion, the fa mous old Greek musldan. According to the legends of the anotents. Avion was on a voyage to Corinth when tee avortcious seamen determined to slay him, but the god Apollo warned Him In a dream. So be played on his lute aad a number of dolphins, or porpjle •s, charmed by the sweet music, assembled round tee vessel. Arlon leaped on the back of one of them and was carried aafely to Corinth* Mr. Diers, however, wm not desir ouh of proving the delights of porpobe transportation. He had no idea or making a Journey on the back r f a dolphin, so he slid Into the water v soon as be oould collect bis faculties. Capt. Danner, during this time, was la a dangerous condition- He wm al most drowned when help oame to him and It wm with the greatest difficulty tost he wm taken from the water and revived. He is attli quite unwell and unable to be at hia work. The day before, Thursday^ witness ed mother adventura that: almost terminated serlouily. Berjvmlo Hernandrz, a 15 year old boy, the son of the owner of Cole’e Island. Mr. Robert F. Hernandez, wm swimming In the creek alone. Mr. Charles E. Milligan wm fishing from a whan tuat Is used m a river landing for ■mall craft. Suddenly Mr. MilUgan heard young Heruanoiz shout “Shark I ibark 1 Save me P He Jumped in the water for the boy and the shark turned from the lad and made for him. The Javet of the monster said to be about twelve feet long, oame together at Mr. Milligan's V taklng off a toe and some flmh. The Injuries to Benjamin Hernandrz were more serious. The shark had bitten the boy, taking off two large pieces of hie right limb, in the calf of hia lower leg and In his thigh. ed cotton after frost has struck It is to gather or snap from the stalk the bjil, deliver it Into a wagon, or ear, take It to the cotton separator, which terrUSc sucks the cotton from the wagon or car and psseee It through the machine and separates the boll from the lint. In the proceee practically demonatrat- ed by the cotton separator not only effective work bM been done, but It la •speolally effective after the frost hM struck It, m It raises the qualtlty of this cotton at leMt one grade, and In s m* Instances hM raised it two grades- It is beUeved that it will be admitted by all cotton-raisers that man, woman or child can gather or s ap the b* lie from the stem two or | grow heavy throe tlmeaM much weight during a day m can be picked Id the ordinary way. It la also a well known fact that it n quins nimble Angers to pick c Jtton rapidly and mooessfutly, and even then more or less ootton is left in the bell. By the new method an old man or woman, as well as a child of 12 or 14 years old, can pluck the boll and cotton from the stem. The South, like all the world, is be ginning to be seriously affected with labor troublee, and during tbe ootton picking season often It la difficult to secure a sufficient number of bands to properly and quickly take ears of the developed exon. Evan j&ftftugJlLAFlAnt •r bM been fortunate enough to ob tain a requisite number of hands for hia crop, he is more or leu annoyec by their failure to oouatautlj attend to the duty he hM employed them ‘or. This is not on); j xup Siting, but U detrimental id the ex.rome to Uapt. Danner, Mr. Diers, Mr. Bren- , nan and a number of others oame to I—AAMew York while peace cegOtia 1ABCUB ABAHMXSXD B4BBB. In Onhnabta.to HelptrM tafkuua. Gnaw for The Newt *rd Courier of Friday prints a special from Colton bis which saya: Thanks to recant revelations by tee Salvation Army M to the pres ence among’ negroes here of many white ehilareh abandoned by their parents, there wm a meeting la tet parlors of the Columbia Hotel Thurs day evening for t> e purpose of organ ising a society whose object shall b the rescue of those needy white child ren who cannot now for cne reason or another, be received in the regular or phanages. All interested in saving such child Hsf eri*e Bcesuve bts v o her s ^*ded bta, Ja tepfc Mclfitre, of Baton, jlrlMfi** Jouzteen, committed suicide by dxtok* irg earboiic sold. tbe saving of the product of hta year> effort in the planting and developing of his crop. It is claimed that it re- qulru three men to pick tbe cotter raised by one. With the new method it ft claimed that the man that raises the crop can plucx or gather it, and that the separator will put his eottoo n a better condition for ginning than °* n - Wfiie Jobm calls tk>i. John c. tion wm 75 4i ta 1M4 it wm 84 4, and in 1802 It wm 77, The present report is baaed upon 1,350 replies, tearing an average date of July 24. Georgia and Florida show radical deeltnu, being and 5 5 points, reepsotively, while N rrth and South Carolina, Alabama and ArkaniM show comparatively sUght deterioration. To offset these declines Mississippi Improved 1.7 points; Loulsianne, 18 points; Texas, j 3 polntr; Tennessee, 1.05; Indian Territory, 4 9, and Okla homa -26 points. Practically the whole cause for deterioration hM teen insignificant. North Carolina is now 78 4. against 80 on January 1; South Carolina is 72 4, against 76 2; Georg in, 75.3, against 82 3; Florida, 714 against 77; Alabama, 81, against 81 6: Mississippi. 87 L affhlnst 8 i 3; Louis ianna, 88 6, against 84 8; Texas, 86 2 against 83 8; Arkansas, 84, aga’nst 94 7; Tennessee, 84.9, against 80; in dian Territory, 85 9, against 82; Okla boms, 82 6, against 86. With tbe exception of the Garo- ItnM, Georgia and Florida, weather conditions have been generally very favorable. The excessive and wide spread rain in those States hM pre vented ploughing, allowing gross to and fjrcsirg growth of stalk at the expense of fruitage. L iw lands have suffered most, and especi ally where poorly drained, but clear weather, if not too late, will greatly repair this setback. All other States, with few exceptions, have about held their own, and some have shown im provement, notably Tcxm, tbe Terri tories, L mislana and Tennessee. In the other Statu copious rains have been beneficial rather than harmful ted the prospects are gener ally very bright. The plant, though small, Is strong and healthy, and fruiting well. Insets have done llttU or no damage In the entire belt, bu> fear ef injury by. the boll weevils getting somewhat common in Tt xu tnd L mlalana. Since the average date of these repopts rains have not done any serious dsmsge and temper atures have not been high, which many oomepon dents’ feared after so much rain. Many districts report a late season. Toe crop Is very largely iaid oy and August in to the 15 b ill probably see the end. Complaioto of (carolty of labor are comparatively few. .. . .. DEMANDS XHB PROOF. - were asked to te present. Mr W. B. Streeter, a representative of the National Children’s Home So otety, or white Dr. OharlM Header ton, of the University of Ohiosgo, met those interested at teft gathering and explained in detail toe plan of opera tion.-. How great li the need for such ac organization, not only in the city, but til the country dis'^jpts few people outside of police ana orphanage cir cles real z). T ie regular orpuauagtt may receive ouly the children of re spectable parents; yet among the nt. groes and the "red light" element o; every city, m recent investigations 0; the Salvation Army here have shoirn, there are dizeueof children, oaflabl* of development into ussfui men an? women, born in shame and cut rff a ipnpedlmeptg bi th#ir uihi&tuni lx rents.- The society Is non sectarian and la supported solely by voluntary gifts. It seeks tbe oo-cpeiaUon of si. good citizens.' . ^ Its child placing department, per haps the most important, certainly the deparftnfcnt moet'meded fur Co lumbia’s present conditions, operates somewhat as follows: It reoeiv.t homeless chlldreh, after careful oon- iideratlon of each oase; selects homes on recommendation cf the local au thorities, afier a visit by te expert enced agent; supervises children, after placement, by correspondence and by visit from i ffi era of the society; am ploys a State superintendent to be friend, receive, place and visit chil dren, aso codec tort; transfeie teil- Jren fam toe homes first selected, if aecestary. Tbe society goes about Its work in practical' ways. DAMAGING HAIL 8I0RM. ^ their treatment. We woman, {he*ebeei» etudjin* and treating 'tteee diaeaaes for over ?0 yean, and have ho lit up a reputation which we believe is second to none in this country. Our plan for treatr ing men at a dis tance-haa met with great success, and no matter where you reside, you can se cure our expert ser vices, and too, with out great cost. Haakell Down. Out on the Richland county stump Thursday In the battle between can is now done by tbe ordinary way |f picking. It la estimated that at least 2,000, 000 bales of o »ttoo are lost through on left In the field unpicked by the ^Mkell and F. H. Weston the latter picker.' With tbe America.! Cotton iffot to twitting the former in the Separator aU of this-ootton ean be srgui saved, It is claimed, thereby giving the planter the full fruit of hie labor and to the South millions of dollars that otherwise would be lost. It is an aoknowh dged fact that the cotton botl poetesses a nutritious character similar to that possessed by tbe seed This can be util zrd after havlng^taea ed through the separator by grinding It up and feeding to cattle, which ir an additional great saving claimed by the American Ootton Separator This ootton separator uses a series of se operated by-a pneu matte system B0MB8J1UBLXD IB CROWD. And Eight Urn Are li, fared by the Explosion. the auistanoe of the two and got them on the beech. Dr. Fripp wm summoned tnd thd wounds dressed The iojuries to Hernandez are of sueh nature that be will be laid up in bed for a number of weeks and In all pro bablUty will loee the use of hia limb. gun j_ _ _ to the when my father went iwey. "They wanted me to tee George then, and I did not want to, because I oould not get the gun unwrapped. I a d the gun wrapped up and eonoeal- , and Frefused to see George. When I went home I took tbe gun and plas ed it under the mattreae. Then I took It out about noon Tuesday and kept It with me. Mv brother Fred wm up to my room to-day and said teat Perry and George were going to Portland Tuesday. I went to the depot and saw Perry get bis ticket. At tost I saw George tnd I ebook bands with him and 1 wm walking to tee door with him. He and Perry were walking in front and Fred and I were walking be hind. At that time I had the gun In my coat. I wm walking to tee door and George was In front of me. "That wm the chance I wanted and Obit Xwo Kinds. There are two kinds of people on earth tod&v, Just trwo Grinds of people, no more, ! say, Not toe sinner and saint, for ’tis wel understood, The good are half bad, and the bad are half good.> Not the rich and the poor, for to count a man’s wealth You must first know the state of his conscience and health. Not the humble and proud, for in life’s little span . . Who puts on vain airs is net counted a man. Not the happy and sad, for the swift flying years, Bring each man his laughter and each man his tears. No. The two kinds of people on earth 1 mean Are the people who lift and the peo ple who lean., ~ Wherever you go you wlif world’s masses •hot him.- My brother Fred grab-1 Are always divided In Just these two bed me and I sat down on his lap and classes. put my arms about his neck. I sat | And ,oddly enough, you will find, too, He there and the offloers oame. I Intend ed to follow him to Portland If 1 did not get a chance at him there. I do not regret tbe shooting; I am glad 1 did it. I am not Ineaoe, nor do I pro to try to antes punishment George Mitchell murdered a holy man. He hlmeeif wm a defiled one. I have fulfilled my ml—Ion, and I am satisfi ed.” Later the widow of Creffleld signed with Esther Mitchell a Joint state ment to tee e^eet teat they had con spired together to kill Esther’s broth •r. That both tbe woman aad the gM areInaane(tiehardly poMlble to doubt. Yet sentiment against them in that region so infested with "Holy RoUtfe” M ao strong tfaal it seems not thal both may so to tbe S»;-*95*r I weeo, There’s only one lifter to twenty who lean. In which class are you? Are you ^ easing the load Of overtaxed lifters who toll down the road? Or are you a leaner, who lets others bear Your portion of labor and worry andi care? Tried io 4—mlc Woman. When the steamer Henry M. Stan ley wm Wsdneslay two miles f on GalliopoUs, O., a negro entered the cabin of a woman pamerger and at tempted .to assault her. He wm die covered and driven over tbe side of the boM by the captain. As no trees oould attfirfeard be found of the negro it M beUevedittut be wm drowned. • / ss&fr aii Mope between local uhlans l and 480 of tee Plumbers’ and Gu Fitters’ aa- •oolatlou were In progress Friday eve ning, two bombs or large torpedoes, tilled with bits of stone or metal, were thrown from tee Third Avenue Ele ment over the solvency' of tbe bate dispensary with the fact tea Un. Wilie Jones, president of the falmetto Bank, brigadier general of Ue State mlUMa, chains an of the nkte democracy, had endorsed 'the. fiianoial statement recently Issued by Oinmiaaloner Tatum to' show the sovenoy of the Institution. Col Hnkell retorted that Gin. Jones was noGod Almighty running the affairs of i, ohland -end-ghat the general’ii owi brother-in-law had started the ■f jepwt that trie -yegeurwiaddclirng 61 Gen Jones’ handsome residence was paldfor by Ssm Lanahan. Tlursday Gen. Jones gave out the follovlng Ma copy of a letter eeat Oolonl HMkell: Col; Oohmbls, 8 O Sir; In your speech of August 1st, at Sli|h’i The State q totes you as ng tie f vated Railroad structure Into a group of the members of the latter union waiting outside Teutonia hall at Six teenth street and Third avenue for a meeting to begin.'Eight Of the groups suffered outs and abrasions from the flying fragments. Local No. 2 recently lost a strike against the mMtor plumbers.' The latter refused to employ any but mem bars of No. 480. wbioh is afflicted with the national organization, while No. 2 is not, and required the members of No. 2 to Join No. 480. Many memberr were willing to do so and applied for membership of No. 480 There wm a jeotion of No. 2’s membership, how ever white opposed the merger, and it Is believed teat some of that party were responsible for tbe bomb throw Ing. Overtures were made, however, for an amicable merger, and bote un- ions were in session Thursday following language in reply to a q nation from your opponent for aenatortrom Richland county: "There nave law that lu whio have fc them is give me law refer pronouac Ciops Rained on the L >m Falla e . • • —- r* ■ Heavily and Owners, A. dispatch -from Epworth to The State says Wednesday morning about 9 o'clock this community wm oom pletely swept by a terrible hailstorm, nothing at all being len on the land. Even the trees were robbed of most of tbe foliage and all fruits and vegeta hies are gone. Today the field/arr as clean and barren u tbe public r*ad. One can not oonoeive o. any thing so terrible. It can not be de scribed. The hail stricken district is ahout c frur nrl.es long and from one to one and one half to two mllet across. There are many people left in very, vary destituteolrcumstanoee, without anv pr< v slons, no work to di and nothing fur tbe horses and oat tie. The loss is estimated at 120,000. Many of ihese famines need help end need It now. Any one wishing tc o ntribute to the storm sufferers will kindly send contributions to the E / sorth Supply company land it will be given to the most neeSv^-ooes. Ep worth is in Greenwood County. The State says Gov. Heyward hat had a call for help made upon him and although his sympathies havt been very mnoh touched he hM no contingent fund wUh which to help th6 sufferers. Enterprising sltizena o> the S.ate have started hail storm in su an e ccmpaniM, two of them be log operated success!uliy and the) have paid out a lot of money tel year to people who have suffered The letter whiobGov. Heyward re- oeived is in part M follows: 0 . ‘ ""’Oh Wednesday last our oommunl ty wm visited by an awful hail storm that ruined everything. The -orops are totally destroyed. 1 have hearc old men say they have never seen anythli g like it. The orops of oot ton, oorn, peM—in fact everything— 1 are completely wiped away. 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Two Polishing Drums.- - - One Hand Lathe. One Large Grind Stone and Stand. Two Car Loads short lengths of Ash, Walnut, Persimmon and DOfl One hundred feet of Shaftl - One lot Shafting Hangers. One lot PuHeys" 125 Doz. Base Ball Bate. Thes fiift/Trv with el 1 attached 30x50ft.*.' two stories Lot measuring 200 feet frontage and 524 feet in depth. Rail Road into the yard. In a desirable part of the clt? of Orangeburg, S. C. This property will be sold In part or in whole. It can be utilized for most any kind of eater- irise- For full particulars,apply to JiUL_" Doz. Base Ball Bate. s ^ ialj©w is situated in a two-etory-* ffi ry building, dimensions 50x100ft., M Orangeburg, ft. O. ta ball, and No. 2 in tbe Clarendoo hotel in Eighteen street. About 600 members were Inside the hall and 100 others with many of No. 2’s members who were seeking admis sion to No. 480 were outside on the lids walk. The bombs fell In the midst of the group. Several were knocked down by the foroeof the explosion, and others flung against the doors. More Tn*n Ever. The Newberry Observer In report ing Mr. T. J. Harmon’s speech who is a candidate for the legislature, says be "announoed blnuelf in favor of the dispensary. Said more liquor is being drunk now In Newberry county from blind tigers than wm drunk in the days of barrooms oi tee diipen- nry; teat every expre« office has be come a barrom, and the expieM oom* pnnj li getting rich. ruminors by his Srother-in anahan repaired his house. ” on had reference to me. I brother*-in law, one of I demand that you name of the brother in to. As to tee rumer, I 04it absolutely false. ' Respectfully, Will* Jones. The Stats says Thursday night Col. laskell had not rooelved the lett r, but when tpe substance of it was read to bin over the telephone, he stated that bis authority for tbe statement wm Mr. William Caldwell Mr. Caldwell left Oolbrnbia a frw years ago, end is now in California. He Is well known to the people cf Golumbia. He la a brother-In-lew or General Jones. It is probable that there will be aome further correspon dence along this line. Boy Drowned, 460 in Teuton- Whlle . b * bhln *. % P» rt I in the North R ver, off D/tkman stre-t Wednesday Fritz Holsten, sixteen years old, cf No. 600 Eut One Hun dred and Fort)first street, Njw York dived iff tee beat In twelve feet of water and did not come up. It is sup posed that he struck the bottom wm stunned and drowned. His body wm not recovered. ByrU* Up par. George Rosset, the Syrian leper, whoee movements Uve been watched for the ImI few »@eks arrived in Parksvlile, W. Va Wednesday ana hta travels were bfeight suddenly to a halt when the Bfitlmore and Ohio offiolata refused to blow him to ride on that division of W road. At Sheeveport, U killed by hia divoroeA insane condition warn to bM ted demaaded her oftldren. , a man w m wife who in aa bCOM east partly covered by Inauranoe, but [inthis Instance there ta nothing tc be recovered. The Itffferen are with out anything to convert into money, with which to pay off their year*! supplies, or to buy anything to live on tntll they begin another crop. "The crops of about 40 plows have been destroyed and many outlying fields have been laid waste. Icon sider 9400 to tbe plow a conservative estimate of tbe loss on cotton alone, which makes 116,000 for tela email ares.” . Negro Killed by • Train. An unknown negro man wm killed by an outgoing freight train in the Southern yards Wednesday morning abou 8 o'clock at Atlanta, Ga. The negro fail from a car, the wheels pass ing ovv r hta left leg above the ankle. No one knew anything of tbe dead man. Blind Algers. The Mayor of Nd wherry had four negro's up before him We< needay ar run ling blind tigers. 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