The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 07, 1908, Image 1
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BARNWELL, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1908
THEY WERE HUNG
Toland Brothers Pay Death Pen*
alty for Awful Crime.
TOUCHED' UVE WIRE.
YOUNG ELUCTRICIAN MEETS A
HORRIBLE DEATH.
m ni..| ^
AN ORDERLY CROWD]
Of About Four Hundred WitncMed
the Execution in the Lexington Jail
Yard—Roth Were Hanged From
the Same Scaffold.—They Held
Firmly to Their Former Story of
the Murder.
At Lexington on Friday Ned and
Brack Toland paid the penalty of
death for the murder of Mrs. Paul
Elllsor on February 26. They died
at a few minutes past twelve o’clock,
both being hanged from the same
gallows. "I am ready to die and tell
everybody to meet me In heaven,”
were the parting words of each. To
the lust they held to their former
y of the crime us they told it on
witness stand at Lexington on
larch 12. & .
The ueghoes met death with scarce*
)y a tremor. The eyes of Brack, the
younger of the Iwjys. displayed a
slight moistness. The cunning, in
stinctively criminal Ned shed not a
tear and he met death with apparent
ly •'s little concern as if it were the
most commonplace thing. The boys
stood erect while the black caps were
being adjusted and very calmly held
_ their heads In position for t he sheriff
to arrange the ropes about their
necks.
Ignorant, depraved, they died with-
out poaslbly a true realisation of the
horrible and atrocious crime which
they had commtted. The hundreds
who witnessed the execution from
housetops, trees, fences, etc., firmly
believed that justice was being meted'
out to them, but*”not one would have
deigned deny them the privilege of
feeling that “all is right with God’*’
The trap was sprung at V. R6 a.
m.. and in 11 minutes Ned was pro
nounced dead and in two mlntutes
mote the last bit of life left the body
of Brack. They difd strangu
lation. As'fhe bodies dropped they
swung around for a fe wseconds and
th in all was still.
Jt was thought that Brack was Vul-
ed instantly, his body hanging per
fectly motionless, with not a twich
of th« hands or feet. Ned’s feet and
hands drew up and relaxed repeatedly
and he died with a struggle. Fu ,(
six minutes had elapsed when Brack
showed signs of life and then his fin
gers began to twitch and once or
twice his feet drew up before his
body again became motionless.
Dr. E. P. Derrick, country physl-
ir> - ^Tsjti. Dr. J. P Drafts of Bnrre, Dr.
Etheridge of Leesville and Dr.
Methias of Irmo. constantly ex-
ed the lodies at at 12.06 Ned
pronounced dead. At 12.08
><ick was pronounced dead. They
were allowed to remain suspended In
the air until 12.20. when l»oth bodies
were cut down and placed in chea,.
pine coffins furnished by the county.
No one claimed the bodies and at 4
o’clock Sheriff Corley turned them
over to Mr. D. D. Clark, coronsr. and
Mr. Geo. H. Koon. county supervise*;
atH they were taken to the poiters
Held and buried without ceremony. *
HANGED AT DARLINGTON.
Mr. Karnetf L. Wicker While Work-
big on a Pole Over In Sumter looses
His life on Wednesday.
At Sumter Mr. Ernest L. Wicker,
electrician of the Sumter Ice, Light
and Power company, was instan.ly
killed about .2:30 o’clock Wednes
day by. coming In contact with a live
wire, while at work on the line at
the corner of Main and Liberty
streets.
Mr. Wicker and Dave Lawrence, his
assistant lineman, were at work oil
the big pfie at the Chandler Clothing
company corner, putting in a couple
of new transformers and bad almost
finished making the connection when
the accident occurred. They were
seated on the cross bars about twenty
feet from the ground.
Mr. Wicker having on a safety
belt with which he ted strapped him
self to the pole. Tne work was al
most finished and Lawrence says he
and Wicker received a shock at thr
same instant as each cut a wire on
opposite sides of the pole.
The terrible force of the shotfit
threw Lawrence violently against the
pole, causing a severe bruise on his
forehead but fortunately for him
contact with the wire was broken
when he received the shock.
Mr. Wicker remained in contact
with the* wire and Lawrence grabwerl
him by the sleeve and jerked bis
band loose from the wire but he fell
face forward across a bar among the
wires and although Lawrence mude
frantic efforts to push him from the
vires with a stick the attempt was
futile and the unfortunate young man
hung there with a current of 2.300
volts strong pulsating through hi?
FAVOR BRYAN.!
Congressmen in Doubtful States
Declare That He Would
ENTHUSE THE PEOPLE
tee. When taken down he was dead
DROWNED HERSELF
Because Mm Thought She Had Killed
Her Child.
Crased by the thought that she
might have accidentally killed her
son by a mistaken dose of medicine
ten months Ago. Mrs. R. L. Poole
jumped in the Etowah river and
drowned herself Thursday. She lived
in Rome. Ga. On Wednesday she was
tried for lunacy and found guilty.
She resisted going to Jail and was
committed to the ctr* of her hus
band during the day. While her hus
band was not looking she slipped
awsy, went to the river snd jumped
in. It was found that she had tied
her own arms before Jumping into
the river to prevent any efforts being
mads unconsciously.
And Poll More Votes Than Any Other
Candidate the Democrats Could
Nominate.—They Hay All States
v
Should Send Instructed Delegates
for Bryan to the Democratic'Con
vention at Denver.’
” We , want you to tell the Demo
crats of South Carolina that, with
one exception, there is not a Demo
cratic congressman, who represents a
doubtful district west of the Alle
ghany mountains who does not feel
that the defeat of Bryan at the Den
ver convention would imperil Demo
cratic success in his district. We
want the aid of the South to preserve
our political lives, and we do not
want the Democrats to wait till the
Denver convention but to express
themselves now iu no'uncertain terms
by instructing their delegates for
Bryan.
“If Bryan is the nominee, then we
will certainly return to congress and
other doubtful districts in our States
now represented by Republicans will
send Democrats. If Bryan is defeat
ed for the nomination, rv. i.v of us
will as certainly be de:>. ; vl. \Ve
keep in close touch with th*- senti
ment in our districts, r.y bfeve to.
and the is our deliberate judgment.’
Ths Is what Judne h. \V. Shackle
ford. a congressman fS i) Missouri,
said to Mr. Zack McGhee, the Wash
ington correspondent of The Stale
one day last week, to which there was
hearty and unanimous agreement at
an informal conference Mr. McGhee
body (or mor, th.n «r. ^ .T"?r B
from the Middle M est tSates aj. Con
gress hall. There were presmt. be
sides Judge Shackleford, Messrs.
AS IF BY MAGIC.
Blind and Deaf Man Has His Hearing
and Sight Restored.
At Chicago a supposed deaf and
blind mandlcant. who had been ••
rested was fined $30 and costs by
Judge Wells. As if by magic the
man’s hearing and eyesight were re
stored and he took $80 from one of
sin, Russell of Missouri, Adair of In
diana, Ashbrook of Ohio, and Kimball
of Kentucky.
Mr. McGhee had talked In the af
ternoon also with Messrs. Denver of
Ohio, and Dixon and Rauch of In
diana. They are all of one accord
and without reserve In declaring that
the defeat of Bryan at Denver. If
anything should bring about such an
unexpected possibility, would mean
disaster to Democratic fiopes not only
for the presidential and c ngrcssloiial
tickets but for all local tlc!t<*t«. And
they each assure him that this is the
view entertained by all the Democrat
ic congressmen In the States of the
Middle West, with the single exrep
tlon of Mr. Hammond of Minnesota,
who thfnks that Johnson would be
stronger In Minnesota than Bryan
“If Bryan Is nominated,” sal i one.
"then I expect to run and get elected,
hut If any movement hostile lo Mr.
P.ryan names another man. then I
know that there is not a possible
chance for me, because Der.utcrata
will knife the whole ticket. If any
other man should be nominated, even
though not hostile to Bryan, the Dem
crats would uot come to the i>olls
for It is impossible to get up any en
thusiasm except for Brynn."
“There are five counties !n iny dis
trict," said Mr. Ashbhrobk of Ohio.
THEY WANT FOOD.!
CARING FOR THE LIVING IS A
PROBLEM.
r
The Injured Are l)oing"\\Vll anO-Jtl^
Hundred.
Death List Will Not Kxeoctf F
our
YW»YWi>Vv*>>»V» <• • ^YXYtY*v
Practically complete returns fro?*',
all portions of Ijoulslkna. Mississippi,
Alabama and Georgia show that tttg
death list In the wind, rain and elec
trical storm of last Friday. Saturday^
and Sunday will not be more than
400. The number of Injured stand
at abeut 1,200, with reports Indicat
ing that a number of the persons huit
in this storm probably will j*e
Relief measures have been extend
ed by the United States governme it
to Hattiesburg, Miss., Purvis and oth
er towns In the four States. In ad
dition to federal aid the States took
prompt measures -for the prompt as
sistance of those made homeless by
the storm and for Jiospital accommo
dations for those injured.
A dispatch fron? New Orleans un
der date of April 27 says with about
325 newly made graves distributed
broadcast over nearly the entire width
of Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala
bama, the dead In Friday's tornadoes
has been mostly cared for at this
time, and it was possible with ac-
curracy to say that the death list
in these States would not exceed 350.
The few who may be added to this
fatalities are possibly a score of the
200 most seriously wounded in hospi
tals throughout the States. The re
maining injured number about 1,000
were reported on the road to recov
ery.
The gravity of the situation cen
tered in the problems of the living,
namely, hunger and shelter. At least
one stricken town was reported to
have eaten literally Its last meal at
that time and was relying on charity
for its supper. Fortunately, the great
territory over which the stricken dis
tricts were acattered Ibft an oppor-
tunlty for the unharmed neighbors in
terspersed everywhere throughout
these centres of want to furnish relief
Hamilton of Iowa. Murphy ol Wactm store quickly and effectively than
Gaddy Graham Pays Penalty for Kill
Ins Furman Mw»dy.
’"“(fluldy Graham, colored, was hang
ed at DwUnyton Friday for the mar-
drr of Furman Moody on the nigM ot
Nov. If; 19D7. •The hanging took
place at n° on and *-h ( “’ e 'a' 0 ™ f 011
persons present. Among those who
witnessed the hanging, were ?ho fath
er, brother and uncle cf the murder
ed man. Just before the drop fell
Graham made a statement, admitting
that he was guilty of R’eoilng and ly
ing. He said that he hated to be
hanged foi mnrder, but that he was
prepared for the inevitable'
On the night of Nov. 18, 1907,
^urman Moody, who had been em
ployed as manager on Mr. William
son’s plantation, went hunting. While
passing by a corn field on the place
he heard what-he thought was some
one breaking corn. He hailed and
was answered, “I am Isaiah Bostict,
don’t shoot. 1 surrender." Itnme-
dlaTelyhe was fired upon, the wound*
causing his death some days after
wards In Charleston, whither he had
been carried in order to get medical
entlon at the hospital.
iah Bostick was afterwards ar-
and so was Gaddy Graham,
ho f-as put in jail to answer to the
ibajfge of having killed Moody. It
v/jig found that -Bostick was not iu
anv way implicated; his name was
given Moody by Gaddy in order to
deceive him as to who was in the
field- ’ Gaddy bad tried to cover hi^
tracks in every way but was caoght
and at the trial the testimony of a
woman who had gone with him Jn
the wagon to.steal the corn corrobo
rated other testimony and Gaddy was
convicted and sentenced to bo hangod
on Friday, May 1, 190I.
searched by ^beUoMce and a bank
book showing a deposit of $1,452 «as
found. “You won’t hftfid the«« caWs
which tell of your lost nearing aiid
poor eyslght since both have tx'en
restored," the court remarked, and
the pasteboard was destroyed.
THREE SAFES BLOWN*
his pockets and counted out the a-
mount of , the fine. He was than.these are Repub1iC7inr*two
Safe Robbers Made a Good Haul at
Hartwell, Ga.
Safe robbers visited Hartwell. Ga..
about one o'clock Thursday morning
The postoffice was opened and robbed
of $60 in money and about $1,000 in
stamps. None of the mails were were
molested- The safe was blown open
with nltro glycerine. The Southern
express yffioe was also visited and the
safes blown. The express money or
ders were tosstd about the place. It
is believed about $200 was secured
there.
BOAT TURNED OVjb-U.
Two Men
and One Woman
Drowned.
Get
Mr. and Mrs. Nvilliard Stone and
Boyd Ward. ntenMrowned in Muske
gon like abouTAT"o’clock Wednes
day night when their boat was over
turned by the high waves. Msis Eth
el Stewart clung to the boat and
drifted a mile to the shore. All four
of the party belonged at Lakeside, a
surburb of Muskegon, Mich.
'Dispenser Short.
Wednesday afternoon the Aiken
boaVd of control of the county dis
pensary visited the North Augusta
dispensary and caecked up the ac
counts of that tBstUntion. finding a
shortage of some $490. The dispen
sary was ordered Immediately cioaed
and will not be again opened until
the metier is etralghtened. This is n
henry Mow on the thirsty nt Augus
te. ' _ - ■
are doubtful, though now Democratic
and one Is safely Democratic. With
BryaB heading the.ticket. I can easily
carry the two do’ilbtful districts and
will get a plurality of 2.000. but if
Bryan is not named at Denver 1 fear
the consequences, though even .hen 1
think I could get a plurality of some
thing like t 000 ’’
yr I'enve- of Ohio *s *be first
Democrat who has ever represented
his district in Congress. He has boon
the county chairman of the Demo
cratic party in his county and he
knows the sentiment among the oe.v
ple throughout Ohio. His district is
now normally Republican by nearly
5.000. He says with Bryan as the
nominee there is an excellent; chance
of carrying Ohio for tho Democratic
party..
Mr. Hamilton Is the only Democrat
from Iowa. “With Bryan as the Dem
ocratic nominee,” he said, “and with
Taft the Republican nominee (6r
president, Allison again nominated
for the senate, I believe there is an
excellent chance of carrying Iowa.
This would not be the case with any
other man In place of Bryan, lu the
northern part of Iowa, next to Minne
sota, there is a nttle i sentiment for
Johnson, but the overwhelming senti
ment among Iowa Democrats is »e-
yond fllL possible doubt for Bryan, und
he is a great favorite with Republi
cans.” »' • " —-
Only two^other* men mentioned
Johnson. One of these was Mr. Mur
phy of Wisconsin. “We know John
son bp In-Wisconsin,” said he. “and
the people do not take to him at
all. They want Bryan. I. honesMy
believe that Bryan could carry Wis
consin aganst Taft. Mr
district is largely Republican, but
party Hues are being broken up. The
people want reform and they will
vote for the man who they think will
give It to them, the three favorites
being Roosevelt, LaFollette and
Bryan.”
All the Itodiana Democrats refer to
the three dlstricU ia their State now
represented by Republican* who hold
would have been possible had the dis
aster been confined 19 one place.
Cities, little and big, on all sides of
the tornado belt made rapid prepara
tions to ship supplies and men into
the tornado districts. New Orleans
started a money subscription and also
shipped food to* Amite, the worst
damaged town in that State.
Amite was the town which reported
its food supply practically exhausted.
Otherwise the little town was making
rapid progress toward rehabilitation,
the primary feature of the restoration
being the opening of streets by
dragging trees, roofs and other wreck
age off roadways. The churches, ev
ery one of which was wrecked were
among the first edifices to rise in
he form of temporary pavilions above
the ruins.
At Purvis, Miss., cook stoves were
about the most valuable assets in the
community. A few of them had been
brought from the wreckage and un
der the. direction of the authorities
their use was loaned first to ohe fam
ily and then to another. Purvis was
one of the few communities still re
porting fresh lists of injured and dy
ing, w.ho were found in the outlying
country, some of them in a desperate
state from lack of care. These un
fortunates were made as comfortable
as possible. So far'as known, all were
negroes. Superintendent of EMucation
T. W. Davis, is i nchar^e'of the relief
work at Purvis, said in descirblng the
stuation:
"What we will do largelv depends
upon what is done for us. We our
selves have no resources. The debris
must be cleared away, the dead stock
removed, the injured cared for. We
have put on a small froce of workers
but will not be able to continue them
unless money is rapidly forthcora
Ing.” . * •
LOST WITH SHIP
An Awful Accident Befalls
Cruiser of Japanese Navy.
FEARFUL EXPLOSION
.rv
THE PRESS GANG
how time Will be spent at
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GAFFNEY, j
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Occurred n the Stock Magazine While 1
tho Vessel Lay at Anchor at Ma-
kaiig."'' Atfhdst the Entire Oev^of
Young Officers is Believed tg, Have
Gone Down With'Their 8h1|R
A dspatch from Toklo, .lapaursays
the training cruiser Matsushima was
sunk off the Pescadores l£landi.
Thursday morning by the explosion
of a projectile. -
The cruisers Itsukhlma and Hashl--
date rescued 30 of the crew.
It Is believed that over 200 officers
and men. includng the captain of the
Matsushima are lost.
The cruiser Matsushima has a dis-'
placement of 4,277 tons, being about
the size'and carrying practically the
bame arnament as the United States
cruiser Olympia. It carried one 12-
inch gnd 11 four-nch gun*. “
It was one of the older shps of the
Japan^ navy, having been built in
1890 at cost of $1,000,000.
The total crew numbered 35u offi
cers and men.
Admiral Mospiamtsu, commander
or the trajning squadron reports that
the explosion occurred in the stock
magazine of the cruiser at 4:08 o’
clock Thursday morning while the
vessel .was anchored at Makang
Tho cruiser immedately sank until
only the brdge was visible. Efforts!
at rescue by boats from the cruisers
Hashldate and the Itsukhlma con
tinued until 9 a. m., apd 141 men
were saved, and at that time the ad- 1
irirl’s report, the cadets saved num
lured 58 out of the completemem o'*
300.
Tire sons of Baron etiindi;-vice- 1
minister of the foreign office, and of
Prince Ograa, field marshal, are
among the cadets who It is feared,
are lost; also'Captalns Marne, Yosh-
moro and Yashlro. The cause of the
explosion is unknown.
An additional report from Admiral
commanider of the squadron, give*
the list of dead as 159; 141 navtng
been rescued by the crews of other
cruisers. All offiers except four went
down with the ship.
Captains Marne, Vpshlmora am
Yashlro are among the drowned.
The cruiser was coming to anchor
at 4:10 a.'m., whedrwith out warn
ing there was a terrific explosion and
the cruiser foundered almost Immedi
ately. It is supposed the explosion
occurred in magazine No. 2.
BOLD THIEVES.
Bound and Gagged Messengc*
liooted the Safe.
and
Many Interesting Paper* to Be Read.
People of Gaffney K^>ect to Make
Visitors Have a Good Time,
, • • •••■-V»Vv>v.,v, . *>V. .♦ .. 0mm.
President E. H. Aull, dTth* BoMth
Carolina Preas Association, attended
a meeting at OaJfney last ^reek of
the subcommittee which was appoint
ed to -atfkbge the details of the pro
gramme for the annual meeting of
the Associaton at Gaffney. June 15-
18. J. E. Norment. C. M. Galloway
anfr Wjriam Banks were also of this
subcommittee, but were unavoidably
absent. $
-President Aull and Mr, Edward
DeCamp met and wont ov^f the pro
gramme as partially agreed upon at
a former meeting of the committee,
and President Aull waa requested to
put the programme In shape and ar
range for its publication. As a result
of the conference the following pro
gramme Is announced for the annual
meeting: *
Tuesday Morning, June 10, 10
tFclook.
Association called to order in aud
itorium of Limestone College by Pres
ident E. H. Aull.
Prayer by the chaplain, the Rev.
W. P. Jacobs D. D.
Address of welcome on beholf yf
the cRy cf Gaffney, by Prof. H. P.
Griffith. • - ' . -
- vr-
Address of welcome on behalf of
Limestone College by Dr. Lee Davis
Lodge.
Rerponses to addresses of welcome
by President E. H. Anil and Secre
tary R. L. Freeman.
Business Scwsion.
Subject, "The Budlness End of a
Newspaper Office,” H. L. Watecn,
Gu-'iiwood Index.
“To What Extent Should News
papers Give the Free Use of Their
Colunu to Candidaiea." C. W. Wolfe,
Kingstree-Records _
“My Esteemed Contemporary," T.
tight Huntfrad
toHav*
HARROWING DETAILS
; . J ; ‘:i .
Of • Series of Devastating Tornadoes
in China Show That Whole Tana*
Were Wiped Out of Rxtsteaea and
' ; ;; ‘"’"’jh
Hundreds of lives Were Destroyed.
* Thousands Are Homeless and la
Want.
STORMS.
..Nj.’TS
“After a desperate batMa with two
robbers, the messenger in charge of
the express car of the New York-St.
Louis express of the Pennsylvania
road, was hound and gagged, towed
Into a corner, and left there, while
the intruders looted the safe In the
car of four bags of currency and gold
and then signalled the engineer to
stop. When the train slowed down
the men jumped off the car and ec-
caped. „ T . ~ „
In trying to ascertain the cause of
the signal to stop, the train crew
found the car door open and the mes
senger inside. According to the mes
senger's story, he was busily engag
ed as the train left the union station
.at Pittsburg, Pa., at 10:15 p. ra.
Without warning he was attacked,
and at Carnegie, eight miles from
Pittsburg, the stop signal was given
,and the men got away. *
FAMOUS OUTLAW CAUGHT.
their seats by smalt majorities:" These
are Gilhams, with a majority of 350
over his Democratic opponent, with
1,490 votes fof th*-Prohibition and
Socialist candidate*: Chaney, wth 340
majority over the Democrat, and 1 ,-
620 votes for the Prohibition and So
cialist candidates, and the late Mr.
Brick, who had a majority of 207
over the Democrat and 2.L90 for
other candidates. These districts,
they all declare, will be safely in the
Democratic column If Bryan is nomi
nated. and as surely Republican if he
is not.
Messrs Shackleford and Russel dis
cussed the situation In Missouri, and
they say that If Bryan is nominated
Missouri will nqt only come back Into
the Democratic column so far as the
presidential electors are concerned,
but that 15 of the 16 congressmen
will be Democrats. There are now
12 Democrats and four Republicans
from Mtesourf. "'Congressman Rainey
of Illinois says, “I can not speak
from personal knowledge as to any
other State, but l do know Illinois,
he said. “We have a good chance of
carrying Illinois if Bryan ia the hom-
Inee. With any one else nominated
Murphy’ffthere Is absoUrttiy no chance. With
Bryan at the head of the ticket, wo*
can elect Ifi Democratic congressmen
I think we could elect nine 'without
him. We now have five.” Mr. Rain
ey himself carried hi* dstrict by
about 6,000 plurality, eo that Bryan’*
defeat would not seriously effect him.
He declare* that It wonld have a
vital effect upon the Democracy of
.fee SUte, which la all for Bryan. *
John Harper Surrounded by a I ,n rgc
Posse ami Uairtured.
A special fron^Topper Hill, Tenn.,
states that a posse of Tennessee and
Georgia citizens and United States of
ficers have captured Jn the moun
tains of Fannin county, Tennessee,
the notorious outlaw Johu Ha.-per
Harper murdered Allison England
near Blue Ridge over a year ago,
He was arrested and incarceratd in
Jail in Atlanta February l, 19C8,
pending .his appeal to the supreme
court for the murder of Sheriff Keith
of Murray county, Georgia in July,
1907. Rewards amounting to near
ly $900 dollars were out for his ar
rest which was accomplished by mak
ing him believe that the house in
which he was concealed was being
burned down.
TILLMAN TO RETURN HOME.
The Senator Left the Sanltorium on
I .AM Saturday. -
*
Senator Tillman's condition is *4
much improved that he has returned
to''hi* home at Trenton, con
tinue to rest, remaining quietly at
home until, about June 1, when he
expect* to *ail for Efirope. Thi* will
be good news to the mtny friend* of
the Senator, who hope that he will
soon be entirely recovered so as he
will be able to return to his dutlse
In fee Senate, where he ia ao much
R. Waring, Charleston Post.
Afternoon Sewiion.
“The Impress of Environment Upon
the Newspaper and Ita Formative In
fluence,” J. H. Norment.
Miscellaneous business.
"4:30 o’clock. Drive around the xi ne i>,
city, Including visit to manufactories
and tin mines.
ng Hession. II:SO O’clock.
, “The Great Importance of
velopment of our Rural
s.” Miss Mary T. Nance, pres
ident of the Rural fechool Improve
ment Association of South Carolina.
Wednesday Morning, June 17, 0
O’clock.
Visit to power plant of the Elec
trical Power and Manufacturing
Company on Broad River in a special
train. A general picnic will he served
nt the power plant.
Night Heaaion.
Address. “The Poatoffice Depart
ment and the Legitimate Publisher,”
Hon. A. L. Lawshe third assistant
Postmaster General, Washington, D.
C. . ,
Address, Hon. R.< R. Edmonds,
editor of the Manufacturers' Record,
Baltimore, Md.
Thursday Morning, June 18, 0:80
f . . . O’clock. ; "
“The Technical Construction of a
Newspaper Story,” Jss. A. Hoyt, The
News and Courier Bureau, Columbia,
C.
'‘How_ to Prepare Copy,” C. H. Gal
loway, the State, Columbia, S. C.
The Use of the Telephone By Gath
ering the News,” A. H. Carpenter,
the Daily Mall, Anderson, S. C.
Afternoon Session, 8 O’clock.
Historical Symposium,” paper and
addresses by Col. T. B. Crews, Her
ald, Laurens; N. G. Osteen. Watch
man and Southron, Sumter; Jno. W’.
Holmes, People, Barnwell; Hugh
Wilson, Press and Banner, Abbeville;
Miles B. McSweeney. Guardian,
Hampton.
Miscellaneous business.
Election Of officers. —— ^
- Night Session, 10 O’Clock.
Banquet, tendered by citizens oL
Gaffney*
It Is earnestly requested by the
citizens of Gaffney that all members,
with their families, will reach Gaff
ney during Monday and Monday eve
ning. The officers of the Association,
also, earnestly request that every
publisher In South Carolina attend
this meeting.
The people of Gaffney are very
much in earnest in their effort* to
make this a niost enjoyable meeting,
and when they undertake to do
thing they db it.
In addition to the program Editor
Loyless, of the Augusta Chronicle,
and Editor Caldwell, of the Charlotte
Observer, have accepted invitations
to meet with their South Carolina
brethren.'
“If you are not a member o^ the
Association.” say* President Aull
“send your name and initiation fee to
Treasurer August Kohn, Columbia, 8
C.. and make your arrangements to
take a week off, leaving your home
<jn Monday, so as to reach Gaffney in
time for the opening session Tuesday
morning, and have your business so
arranged that you can remain away
from your desk until the following
Monday, so that you may take the
trip through the beantlful scenery of
Western North Carolina, which trip
is being arranged *and the details of
which will be announced in a sep
arate circular.
“We will live togetherm one fut-
This part of fee world Jk aot the
only plaee where there have been great
storms In the last few weeks. China
has been visited by devastating tern*
pests,' which destroyed many Ihree
and doing "much damage to property.
A dispatch from Hong Kong says
it is now believed that hte death Hat
from the tornadoes which swept, oyer
the Hankow region will reach up
wards of 800 persons. Meagre reports
from outlying districts add only har
rowing details to the information al
ready In hand. Means of communi
cation are poor, owing to tha damage
by water and high winds.
A recent report from Hankow esti
mated the death list there at $M.
but this does not Include those who
perished on numerous foundered ves
sels. The violent teiripests which
ravaged portions of the southeastern
coast left death and destruction in
their wake for miles.
Small hamlets were almost entirely
desroyed and in rural oommunitlea
it wilt require many days to estimate
the loss of life snd the loss In rail
accurately.—r—;—■—*—
Many vessel* of the coast ta
China sea were unable to weather ths
gale*. The fragments of sloops have
been driftlag to upoa fee beech ear-
ried by the he avy swell. Although
there are no definite news from the
coast town*, the loss of life D thought
to be heavy.
J
M
"M
FATAL AOCIDWTT.
Killed In Trolley
Two large trolley care on fee De-
trio t, Jackson ft Chicago railway, a
part of the Detriot United Railway
system, running from Detriot to Jack-
son. collided head on Wednesday af
ternoon while running nt about 4S
miles an hour, near Ypslllantl. Nina
mon were killed and about Sfi mam
and women injured, aome of them
seriously. Four of the injured are In
critical condition. A mistake la
orders on the part of Motormaa Fay
of the limited car, who waa crushed
to death beneath his vestibule. Is si
eged to have censed the eolllstoa.
*' 1
Decision of the ftopreme Const In
Grover Welsh Case.
The supreme court has refused ta
grant bail to Grover C. Welsh, who Ja
now in the Lancaster Jail charged
with the killing of Berry B. Mobley.
The killing took place lasf; February
on a train near Heath Springs and
was the outcome of a shooting affray
in which Mobley killed Stephen
Welsh, brother of v Orover, and Thos
Clay bourn. Tha^ attorneys la fealr
argument for bail claimed that Mob
ley was the aggressor, but this waa
denied by the prosecution. *
WAS REFUSED BAIL.
DEAD IN A CREEK.
Must
Have Been TJamvn From Bte
Hone and Drpwned.
Thos. P. Ferguson, a prospero
farmer living four miles from Abbe
ville was found dead in a small creek
at 2 o’clock Wedpesday. Mr. Fergu
son had been over to see his moth
er and was on his way
mule. Upon tha mula
home without Its rider, s search
mad? and the body was found ia tha
creek. It is supposed Mr. Ferguson
was thrown into the creek and ren
dered unconscious and drowned.
11 Leave Hospital.
Thomas McCreecy, who was shot
accidentally some time ago by Repre
sentative Heflin, has about recovered, *
and will soon leave the hospital.
tly during the session at Gaffney, ta
the limestone College. While these
we will be the guests of fee city.
Editor DeCamp made that statement
at the Isle of Palms last summer and
insists on carrying it out.
“If you desire transportation for
yourself or any member of your fam
ily write in ample time to fee presi
dent at Newberry, 8. C., or to the
secretary at Bennettsville, 8. C., Mak
ing by which routs you desire ta apa.
aud efforts will be made to aeeuro you
necessary transportation.
Let us repeat our
ytr attend this
something at thi* .1
mont section of yogr.
years we
fireese* and
ot fee City of
year we
-am