The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 03, 1908, Image 4

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-* *- ^r- _ e , OFFICER SLAIN And Three Negroes Were Quietly Strung Up for the DASTARDLY CRIME Three Itrotlu-r* Kcslnti-d Arr«»st for IMsturliinK I’uhllc Worship, Kitl- Iuk One Oflicer ami Falally I’hBrlos Prarro|s Aftanvs, of Mo.Jfoi, on the tariff, to ConKjessman .ae- Tall^Jof Massachusetts, is In full as foTl ows; -t*—- * — The "ttpirr WashlnKton, l». (' . My Dear Mr McCall: I see in the Boston Herald of this moruiiiK that I hr I’rrsidrnt-, rleet is anxious that those, who de sire a revision of the tariff in th» the^acene trf-rmtlty ^tlnliiK HirtTtnin | liiedimr of-TCdurT^rscheduTrs slioulI VVoiimlinK Am>tl»er— Munir refs : CaUKht, Tribal and Kxeruteil. Union -City. Tenn., Nov, 24. -The little town of Tlptonvlll.e., tmrderlnx on Reel Foot Bake, which lias be«*n the past inontli. witnessed'fire hang ing late this uflernoun nf three b— groes, who were arrested this morn lug for murdering Special Depot'' Sheriff Richard Rurruss, and ratal’s wounding John Hall, a tfepntx sheriff. The negroes names are Marshall Stineheck, Edward Silnebeck and Jim Stinebeck. 'I'he brothers creat ed a disturbance-at ir religions nieel- Ing near J.iptonvllle Saturday nigh' and when’ the two lOflieers went to arrest them, a fight ensued In whlc.t the negroes shoi down tho officer* and made tie .. escape. It was barely daylight Sunday morning before a poss* of citizens from Tiptonvllie and the surroundlnt country wen fn pursuit of theTTT' gmes, blit (her successfully eluded th • whlti* men imUl 8 o'clock Hii monring when they w. i^-wrrrfttunded and captured in a little swaini> near the vlllage'of Rldgely. Once captured, the ^murdeters were quietly landed In Jail at Tip tonville. The news of their raptun spread raphtRy to the surrounding territory and In addition to several hundred meiirfeers of the posse men began arriving by every roiid-aiml siKin the JaiJ was surrounded by mob which had no hesitancy In threatening 'a iynclring quickly and surely. ^^ In fact II was feared at noon that tho tiest towns people could not pre vent thet lynching from taking" pine* lu broad daylight. One of the first citizens to moun* the steps of the Jail and make an ap peal to the mob was J. T. Hurneti a will wnown lawyer. He recalled Hie recent night rider outrages which had disgraced th« vlcintly. He arl monished his hearers not to do any thing desperate, and to let^tho law take its course, at tjio^same Him promising that full Justice would b< done tho throe blick nn'ii. This met with a long growt nf xtburpprovfi't apt^ Mr- llprnett. evidently seejnv ' that his remarks were bf no aval pleaded with the men that if they were determined to lynch the n< groes to at least await until nigh 1 had fallen. Taylor Hall, a brother • of thi wounded deputy sheriff, followed Mr Burnett. He said In effect that a postponement of the lynchingyjintil night would tie satisfactory to him The mob, however, was very rest less and It was soon seen that 1' * would lie Impossible to stem tho Ttib of feriing. As a last resort S. .1. Caldwfii a townsman, and Sheriff Haynes went before Justice Bee Davis am! PTffiialned the situation, telling of He menacing ‘attitude of the crowd which thronged the streets leadint to the jail. Justice Davis agreed ;< open his court at once, and at s o'clock summoned a jury of 12 nun and allowed the negroes, _ after all evidence that could be adduced wa. heard, to 1>" duly sentenced to death Meanwhile Governor Patterson was advised by telephone of the sit nation and ordered a company ot militia lu this city to porceed.wllh all- .baste to f secure. the negroes and conduct th in to a place of safety The troops 'were started at once, but failed to arrive in time to pr ■ vent the hanging. At'the trial only the evidence oi „ tho£e w ho had seen the killing .war h aW. and In an Incredibly shor' , rMIrfiyihe fase was given to-the Jin\ v who. In a few minutes, returned .• . verdict of guilty aiffl fixing the per- alty~~7mi?kth. The senlence had barely b<g'n pass ed on tlie three negroes when th* —Tnpb, with a whoop ah:l a yplT swarmed Into tX/ 1 court room, aai! seizing th" negroes, rushed them *< a largo tree near the edge of town i and bang'’'? thoni. 111 lug volley aft (vo.li'y Into tiie air as the bodies Vibi drawn up from tite eaj-th. " SAW TWO PUESIDIMS SHOT. TARIFF REFORMERS rrFrAHAMs i:\pb\i\s i keih ab- 8ENCE FROM HEAIUNtJS. He Says the lleiietlciarles of the ^Tariff Faiws ns They Exist are 'Either Thieves or Hogs. j " ’ Boston, Nov. 2.). -The letter of uiak<■ themselves heard in Waslrmy Hm. It is-claimed those asking thill tho tariff schedules should r mai:i is .they arm or should tie changiHl only In the wify of increase, are much In .evidence at the hearing now In progress, and that ■the tariff reform • •r, so-called, does not appear or is silent. . • - ~ • You, my dear Mr. McCall, know perfectly well the reason of this. Phose first referred to are directly and jibcuniarily int'rested; and a j such naturaHy divided into two class es. Speaking after thf fashion «»f men, they arc either tiiiey.es or hogs I myself belong to the former class, l-iun a tariff tiilef, and I h;yi" j. licen-se to steal. It bears the broad soal of tbe United Stall's, and is what is known as the ‘4*fng+cy tiiriff " stole iinibo: it vest-erday; I aiJrsti'al ing under : it toda v. 1 ppufiose R steal under it tomorrow. The Gov ernment lias forced me Into thi position, and I both do and shall take full advantage of it. J am therefore. 1 a tariff, thief, with a li cense te ste;iT And what are you going to do about it? .The other class comes under t!u hog category: that js. they rush. squealing and struggling to tin Washington protectiVm trough, and witli all four feet in it, they proceed to gobble the swill. Well acquaint i*d with those,of this -class, you kno v their at til tide and 1 'their uttera nco. it Is nseb ss for me r _to dilate upon either?-'"To lids class I do no belong 1 am simply .a tariff thief,‘-but, n I have said. wiLh a license fo steal But, on the other' hand, I am aim 1—woiil P like T Itrywu—and—Knm—H«»c«»tve<]—02,280 Votes; Taft and Sherman, tl.SIT; llisgcnf and Graves, l.”>; Delis and County Gave tbe lairgi^st Democratic Vote. .(’ofnmida, Nov, 2jG. According to the official return* as tabulated and deci;ired ~Mo~nday try The fRate board of canvassers, the total vote for‘the Democratic electoral ticket a? 1 -the election of November 3, 190S; was *12,289; for th'e Republican ticket 3,847; for the Independence Leagm ticket, 43, and for the Socialist ticket, 101. This Is a total vote of about 07,(*00, slightly more than half the total number of votes cast in tiie Democratic primary election in Auglist. ' - The - largost'"lfe r jnrtTftfan Vore w as cast In, Orangelnirg county, 405, wit’v Uharleston second, 347; • Beaufort third. 272; Richland, fourth. 230 BerkeKy, tflfth, 225. This shtows iliat the strength of the Republican party in this State is»now as'lfljvays since the war in the counties when there Is the largest negro-population the .main constituency'of the party in this State being colored. The largest Democratic vote wifo cast by Spartanburg. 4,102; wiih- Greenvflle Second,' 2,774; Orange Imrg third, 2.687;~Bexington, fourth a—tariff reformer: see every protective schedule swop out of existance, my own Included Meanwbile.'VTiiit inducement have^l fir go to Washington on a pubitr mis sfon of this sort? A mere citizen I represent no on ; if I w'eni I would receive from the committee secretly a respectful hearing. If (tny .heaplh if all; and l would- have fn go i r The Unique Experience of Mr. E. ft 'Kennedy. Alton, 111., NoV. 24.--E. S. Ken nedy. of East Alton, has sworn o4A 1 calling on presidents fo'r he is prob ably the only nia,n In the I'niteo States who has seen two president of the UnRei^ States assassinated W.Vn Proficient Garfield was shot 1> OlvSVles Giteau Mr. ' Kennedy wa. atoding-'.wlthin a few feet of Uu chief executive and ran to his aid "I right on^ Hx'^hot when President Mclt-inleywas assassinated I was In the ,lino of people who w i shaking hands with the presldem I saw’ a fellow with hiS arm in a sling. I was looking right at him when he shot the president. olishlerablo' expense, botli of I'.v Tnom y and i7^*riine, t hi*. last of which I can least afford. -- My position in these respects is ‘xactly Hie position of !%v-riads of ■ others. And Ihev sav we do not e\ istr . ’ ‘ " Meanwhile. 1 know^fhis: On "Very—oianision when of late 1 hav- had occasion to aibires* an andi cnee any p feretire bo “protection run mad." or to the tarUf-yas ‘.‘the motBgY'm irinFirr Bw»HU»va|-iaiiiv ■llclted a more sponthnenus-r»‘spons« rhan any other utterance Bt-souhl make. 'I'hts fra •) ing—ts—ah road. h '■omlng stronger, and will certainly sniTtv or late, ti ■ in evidence at th 'lolls Meanwhile, the tens of thou sands of persons who feel in that way, like mysfflf,-ennnot afford elth r—the time-or, more frequently, •he money to go to Washington to asTi to be heard b fore a committi wiiiyir thi'y know in advance Is iio b prejudiced and packed against them ! .have in this letter set forth t.iu situatloji so far as a revision of tin ariff Is concerned, as It exists within vour person.il knowledge. You ar. welcome' to msky- such use of It lu' fore tie* riimmittee, or elsewhere is you s'ee fit. Mi aiiwtiib have if distinctly under t nod that m\ pusitlorfmis oxaetii 'be position of Mqis of' thousands r>' ithers {scattered throughout tin •ount,ry. To'^Tfsk us' to put aside ■in 1 business-*ffairs. nml at mlr own xpense go to Washington on a de® 'u rate mission is asking a little ton much whether th' demand com‘*s from ’the committee or from a ITcsIib nt-i h’ct, ' I romafn. etc. UH MH KS FR WHS ADAMS. Mr.* \danis has for years ..been interested in' various railway and Industrial concerns in New England. DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. VOTE IN DETAIL Bryan’s Plurality In South Caro lina Ovtr 58,000. RETURNS CANVASSED Total . . . . ^ 5th.district. Cherokee . . . G(tester . . . . Chesterfield . . Fairfield . . 'I* Kershaw . . . lyancaster ; . York . . . . . Total 6th district. dJeorgetown . Florence . . ' Horry . . . . Marlon . . . . Marlboro . . 2,508, and Anderson, Laurens and Marion each casting over twothous and votes for the Democratic ticket Here-again the same thing Is Ulus (rated the strength of the Di/rmT* >the film suddenly took fire utld thi ’^pteTure _ mff<'hln*' exploded. The -en tire front of the theatre was jn flames. The ‘'property damage wa» slight. ■ f raDc party Idea wii*tr> counties of the Piedmont^ th same^tiling being proved by tm nri mary returns of the primary etec limn In the,Congressional election, th“ largest \ote was cast in the 4th dis trict and the second largest. In th" 3rd (listrfc?, these two districts em bracing the heavy white dountle* ind the Democratic Congressional tiojiiinees paving no opposition? Electoral U.ote by Counties. Democratic Republicar \lib«*vil!e . . Aiken . . . . Xndersnn■.. .... 1.481 .... 1.900 . . .. 2,000. 9 4S -j 7 nit m iHM ^ . .— Barnw* II . . . . . . . 1.4(*7 - 88 Iteauf(*rt . . 622 .272 tBemeley . . .. .. 609 23 5 —. .** -: . ■. ■*. * 669 Eri ChalVeston . . . . . . 1-X1 4 / 347 Cherokee . .' . . 1..506 66 (’hest**r 1,368 3 7 Ch**stet'fi**ld . . ... 1.458 47 Clarendon .. .. .. r.091 - 62 Colleton . . .. 1.3.9V- ilarlington . . . ... 1.27 9 21 Dorchester .T . . . . 883 *03 Edgefield ... . . . 1.097 8 Fairfield .. .. . . . " 830 12 Florence . . . . ... 1,460 28 Georgetown ; . 54 4 1 OS -Gf*‘*‘nville . . .. 2.774 i * ^ Greenwood . . . . .. 1.76>- > 18 Hampton . . . 1.13S - Horry . .. 1.2 4 r . 56 Kershaw . . . . 922 45 Lancaster .. . . .. 1,729 r> s Laurens .-. . . 2.160 i>i Lee .. ...... . ..' 963* 58 Lexington . . , . 2,508 80 Marion . . ... .... 2.007 91 Marlboro .. .. 910 ' 16 Newberry -. . . .. 1.681 44 ( )|S.I1V< , (* . . . 1.126 172 Orangeburg . . .. C.687 405 Pickens . . . . . . .. 1.241 56 Richland .... 1,750 23 6 Saluda .. .. . 8 Spartanburg . . .. 4.162 225 Sumter . , . ^ . .. 1.228 175 Union . . , . 49 Williamsburg . . . . 1.550 1 SO link .. 1.606 29 '• Total .. . . . . . 62,289 3.847 ... - h1v. 91a mfwy mfwy j Because They Were ttotti Ouf 'of “1 didn't ?ee TV>osev(df~Tri~sri^~ cause T was'a/rafd I rnight s e anoth er president killed.” Killed by Train. Pittsburg, Nov. . 26.^-During dense^fog Monday, Miss Lillian f \i ( ^ K : *nie, and said: Kee,' supervltor of art in the.-NitTfl; side High School, was instantly killed and W. S. Bell, a well known wealthy photographer, seriously In Jured by a fast passenger train—at Rossllae station, a suburb. Wi rk and Hungry. . <8 New York, Nov. 2 1 Charles Wai ter, 75 years old. and his daughter, Emma; 4u y ars old, committed sui- ci| Sunday, in tlicir apartment. 1021 Simpson street,- The Bronx Walter had been a tailor, but had been without work for some Bin e* and had dependedjli>r support onjiis 'laughter, who was formerly a sales woman ln^ a dosvjflown dry goods store lint who also ha’d he n out of work for the past two months. They may lie said to be 'victims '.of th" kind of prosperit.» that^tho Republi WU^liave given the youuxry, *(’ Y4M Ml RDFHFR. U- ... Boy Aged Fourteen Shoots Bltd of Ten. ChtvMafwoga-. ■Nor. ^larence Little, ten years nf age, was ’hot art>( instantly killed by Tom Wickes, aired; 14. Monday pfternooq. Young LtUlerchafad the Wtckes boy in returning from u. hunt without “I would b'of fie F ^fr^idto^give you a .shot at ..me. IMsg n and Graves, Hearst's can didates, receive!} seven votes in Charleston and seven votes in Green ville; Dorchester gave them * flyc votes.- In no other county, did th receive over threr^tfotes. Their total vote, was forty-five in the 1 'State Debs and Snooks, Socialist, go! neari-y all their • ninety-seven , votes in Chari ston. Greenville, Richland md Greenwood, which counties seem to be-Socialists headquarters-in this State. Tlie •- ('oiigrcssiomil Election'. y In the Congr sslonal election th ■ largest Republican vote was cast in the 7th district, where Richardson, 'he Republican candidate, receive I 90S votes.'against 9,950 for Con gressman Lever. The justly ce l - lirated Aaron Priol au, tho Republi can candidate in the 1st district, received 6.'! 1 votes, against 5,759 nit Congressman Legare. ’ The vote by Congressional dis tricts was as follows: isf district. _ Began Berkeley . . ..... 622 Charleston 1,808 Clarendon 1,037 Colleton .‘..1,399 Dorchester 893 Prioleau 211 217 73 a i 79 Total... . _2d district Vikon . . j. . Ba m.herg . “ Heanfort . .759 63 1 Patterson. Mvet*. u ... . . . ST 2, 2-6 . 255 9 ~ ~ r . - "B?f G . I'll tak^ Wlckes, and fired a charge of buck shot into the boy's -breast. The coroner's jury held'WJckes for’ first degree murder. TlcnVfiJ'L •'• '•': -vv. . 1 TIT'— -~rr" Edgefield . . > . ...1,103 Hr iptdh ; . . . - .1,148 . •. . Saluda . . ’r. , . .1.391 5 * t* * - ' ^ Total . : '... 3d distriej; 1 .. ..8,448 58 , V:. Aiken Ahhevlife . F,484 c • b j. i- . I * r- - ^ 2,970 Greenwood .. 1,775 w herry T .rr/ 1.662 1 Dcon'e .. .’. . . 1.083 Pickena . rT. • ■* • r* • • • • • *"'.p • 1,298 Total .. .. .T7t. . . f0,2 7 4 4t_h district - Johnson. Greenville “ ..... 7."" OTT Laurens 2,078 Spartanburg . . . . 4,324 Union 1,413 .10,80*'i Finley. . 1,519 . 1.372 . 1,668 . 8 u i . ■> 1,7-13 1,61 1 , . 9,468 Ellerbc. -• o4 1 TTarTfhgton . .—r Willamsburg . Total . . ... . . 7th district. 1,288 2,03 9 Ui .......;.. 1.28 . . 1.441 9.03 5 Lever. Richardson PEOPLE KlttED the boodle fund — *T— ^ . vvV. 1 By Tornadoes in. Northwestern Part of Arkansas. TOWNS DEMOLISHED Stricken Area Isolated and Dtails i RAISED BY-» THE REPUBLICAN _ CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. A FIEND HANGED HE ENTERED THE ROOM, OF TWO YOUNG LADIES. Total. Amount of Mo8{cy Admitted He ConfcsscLl ThaC” His Intention to Have .lU'en I'sed Over Million and a Half Dollars. One of th«ft Disaster Hard to Get, Rut Meagre IRqnirts Early Monday Indicate Great Destruction ol Lives and Property. Fort Smith, Ark., Nov. 26.*—Ac- - -cording to meagre - refiort* recetvr’iT Lexington . . . . . .2,549 v && Lee ... 966 68- Orangeburg . . . . .2.710 388 Richland . . . . . . .1,819 185 Calhoun . . . . 94 Sumter .. ... 177 Total .. . . .9,959 998 MACHINE EXPIX)DES. One Man Killed and Four Women Radiy Hurt. Chicago, Nov. 26.-—One man may die and four vrbmen have suffered serious injuries as a result of an ex plosion of a moving picture machine, causing a fire and panic lu a five, cent theatre 7 Monday nTghT. Nick Maros, operator of HiTT ma chine, may die. Grace Noonan. Agnes O'Connell, Mrs. Jerry Dalle} and Paullne-Hampton were badly in jured. The theatre , was crowded with a large Sunday night audience when mobs come High. Spartanburg Trouble Cost Over One -'’Thousand 1 Hi liars.” V i 'k.i Columbia, Nov. 26.—The State says the pay warrants for the rrmm tiers of the militia who were on duty at the time of the' near-riot in Spartanburg wfien An attempt was made to lynch John Irby, have,been senC-out by Adjutant General Boyd The total experrs*** of the, department amounted to $l..Vr5r, -which included the pay for‘The companies at Spar tanburg. Clifton and Laurens. Tin authorities c6nsld?r tlie fmme?..'w spent, however, as the majority of the members responded promptly and had it nAt been for the guards there would'mave undoubtedly been further bloodshed. An SltCF ENUTHE HEAD. Actor Killed While Acting as » William Tell. died in- th - effects of a London. Nov. 26. Herbert Lee, a music hall perfotnrer, city Tuesday from th wound in- the head receive^} during a performance of a "William Yell' act at a local hall last night. Le had a ball on his head at which Madame Clementine shot at at a dis tance of 50 feet. Madame Clemev tine Hiirr ndered to thi* police. Mr. Lee had been given'this act for a ■period of 18 years without having met with any accident. MEMORIAL TO CARMACK. Some Admirers Pay Tribute to the lN*nd Statesman. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 24.—John •Sharp Williams, Unlted^tates 8‘»u- ajurr; former Senator Thomas B. Turly and ether friends and ad mirers paid tributes to tin* memorv of the late Senator' Carmack at a monster memorial service held a* the Jefferson theatre Sunday after noon. At,the conclusion of the cx- erclses lesolntlons were adopted In- dorsiag the cause for which the "de parted shed his martyr’s blood.” con denining lawlessness in the State, and calling upon the a ntfr orioles "to bring to justice all the conspir ators who aided and abetted in tin foul assassination." WOMAN SHOOTS HER LOVER. j* null,,.i ,ni - - Accidenlally Kills Young Farmer Sh Was to Wed. Louisville, Nov. 26.—Girth Spon er, ag d twenty-four, a farmer jiving at Owen, Ind..-was accidentally shot and killed by Miss Ida Reinhardt, to whom he was engaged to he marrieJ on Christmas day at the girl s home here Monday. The tragedy occur fed after Spenc' er finished eating breakfast at the Reinhardt home. Miss Reinhardt, her mother, and Spencer were talk ing about revolvers. Miss Reinhardt showed her revolver and an error regarding the wpapon being loaded resulted fatally. Monday night from a score of towns in northwestern Arkansas, 25 pei sons were killed, 50 injured In a tornado which swept through a strip of country two miles w r ide and 7e miles long. The force of the storm was greatest near Oz.ark, Ark^ tin small town of Gravens, four miles west, being wiped out. Four persons were killed there and three fatally Injured. The dead an Mr. and Mrs. John Rosin and two children. The irtjured-gvm-Dr. and Mrs. Hill, who were caught in the collapse of'their house and crushe*’ A grocery In which several persons had taken refuge was blown to piece and all the' occupants were injured .Dr. O. Croker, of Lenall, Ark., wa- slightly- hurt. Three men, two wo-, men and three children are reported missing from Gravens. At Knoxville. Arkr, the storm ■cross, d over the Arkansas river at *■ A the mouth of Pine Creek, demolish Ing everything in its path, ywenn persons were injured and several an reported missing. ' Calls for doejors have been sen' from Barr. Physicians went to th* stricken town on a hamfear. Barr is aivaasL destroyed. ~ -Thr* -country—be tween Knoxville ami Bar Is in wast. and farm house* are shattered. Tin pattf of - destruction in^Sorne places n _four miles wide. V - Tlie damage at Berryville was coh fined mostly to gtores^jind churche^ The storm came—up frtTm the wes' it 2t15 o'cloctr^rmnasted—but a few miuhtes. The Methodist church we wrecked and the parsonage was dam ,u— Albany, N. Y., Nov. 26.-—George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the Re- ptlblican ^National campaign Com mittee Monday filed the list*of con tributions for the reoent national c^mpiiign. It shows 12,330 con tributor, many of them covering a numbemf Jesser contributions. The total amount contributed was $1,- ■'>79,578.27’; —. -Tr*. The names of individual Contfibw- tors are given without specifying ad dress or locality, this being the method of entering jjfhem when re ceived, lint addresses have- been in serted as far as .available. ‘he folloiVfffg'art* the names of th * larger contributors: $H0;tm«, €. lUJ^vferT'lncinnati. $34,777 ;<x t4Ht7rrLeague. New York $22,50?L Union League^Philad i phia. . ■ „ $25,000,» Larz Anderson. Boston G. A. Garretson, treasurer. $20,000, Andrew Carnegie, New York. $20,000, J. P. Slorgan. New York $15,000, Alex.. Smith Cochran, New York. $ 15,000, J. N. Ba'gley. Ctuiirman, Michigan. •' $15,1)00, \Vm. Nelson Cromwel', New York. * $10,00.0, M. C. n. Borden, New York. > $10,000, Frank v A. Munsey. N w York. r - $10,000,' Fred P. Smith, Michi gan. $10,000. Edith Agnes CorMh, Washington. $10,000. W. J. Bohan, treasurer. Washington. j $9.non; ft; Vail and a-SocIStei Washington. $9,0oo; H. N. Coe, Chairman. $7,5(*0, Mark T. Cox, 'New York. $7,0'oo; R. C. KeronSJ St. Loui- $60**00, Win. Barbour, Paterson. The Baptist church cupola wai- blown 150 feet away. A telegram from Knoxville, Ark* states that th* tornado passed through RiissellvilK and killed 15 persons and injure a score. < This report cannot, be, con ffirmed**' % • 1 All mFans nf. communication wer* destroyed ^nd only indefinite report' have as yet been, reported from dis tricts visite.d by the tornado. JCron latest reports- received, at l**ast Ji* liv(*s were lost.’ The property lo^ will reach hundreds of thousand! of dollars. - According to advices received th* storm was al its height when' it swept through Piney, a German se'- tlemeiit on th<* Iron Mountain Rai road between Kuoxvlll" and 7.bndon Late reports from Russellville, th.* nearest town with which communica tion can be had is that between 1* and 12 persons were killed and 2 in lured at'that place. . Five lives 'are also reported L have been lost 10 miles from Mm 1 berry. Practically all telegraph an*! telephone fines in western Arkansas are prostrated. Only at an . earl} hour Monday were several lim's put in operation and these carried on'> unsatisfactory reports of condition' in the western portion of the Sta'< had a DUEL TO THE DEATH. Txvo^SV Was to iVhsnult Them ami Im plicates Another Negro. ~ Ham Gilmore, colored, aged. 25 years, was taken from the Jill at Luray, in Hampton county, at one o'clock,Monday morning by an angry mob of three hundred citizens and lynched. His body was found Swing ing to the limb of an oak tree In front of a m* gro church on a prom- lnen«t street of the town. The story leading up to the lynching is abouc as follows: A. C. Fitts, a prominent fafnvir living two miles out from Lifrav, wad awakened Sunday niorn'ng at 3 o'clock by the screams of his two* daughters in an adjoining room, on entering the room Mr. Fit's saw some party jiiuip.’i)ut of the window. The party escaped! His daughters Informed him that th e negro attempted to assault them: Th**,alarm was given and friends assembled. Tracks were discovered, whfebr when followed, led to Mam Gilmore's house. He was taken in charge by a magistrate wWh^-Rer^ suaded th£ crowd to let the !aw take Its course. The negro was placed In jail at Luray aU6 o'clock Sunday, evening, and everything seemed - quiet enough. The negro den4e<U the charge. Men. began to arrive in great num bers amL-continued arriving. They were not-*, satisfied^ with things as they were. Atjono ere,lock Monday morning they battered down the door and took Gilmore out. t A rope was placed about his neck and he confessed that be w'as in the room of .Gasses b^ts with the in tent to rape.- Gilmorb was quietly led off and strung up to an oak tr-*-e in-front-of'a-negr** cjiurch anT strangled to death. > , A magistrate held the Inquest. Before his death Gilmore Implicat ed another negro, who, if caught will likely be lynched also. About' 1.oi*o people viewed ihe body Mon day. tv’ : a omen Fight fiver Family Affair. Gainesville,- Mo., Nov 2 1 A duel o tin* death with knives was fougiu 8aturday*-4)y Mrs.. James Cr-abtr**.* an i Mrs. Frank Graham. slsterS-mJV'' n a lonely spot in the Ozark wood-, *f>uthw*st of Gainesville. • Mrs. Graham]s throat was cot, dy ing instantly, and' Mrs. Crai#t£*-e-. is Ti-iu I '' v " (trlvc ! m anx .a w lee omB -Aeads. w*Tm-. — -c in .cnulmly. 1 iiO pli —a+H—br-nr- ■ver** fixed, and the sisters-lh-law met ilone according to appointment, ?on i lonely mountain-side ' and fough >ut their—duel. Th*',v had quarrel* d sonn* da ye ago. 'oilowing a trival disput ■ over fan, ily affairs, ami on** challtjigi d, tlie ith* r l-o-meet her at th*' sjiot win r • he klilDig-agcurred. The two worn ■n were well known In the com mo- ilty and *tln> du 1 will probaiily i-"- mlr in further trould**. . * WBIU K TO BE RAISED. CLASSIFIED COLUMN la*di , ">^^\resa capsul*-s, perff'et em- nmnasr VgiH*. never disappoint - infaltlhie in every case By maii, • $2 per box: Free booklet. Ad dress K, D / and So cialty Co., R. O. Box 639, Atlanta. Ga. .. Slicn by Mail—Our Improved method ■Gr ille TWO LAWYERS SCRAI’. , C. F’eatlierstone ami (’. I*. Sim- Figlit In <)|H*p Court. Columbia, Nov. 25.-—The time o! Sf [>‘ TO DEATH. A Woman's Heart Stopped When JXhe-Saw a >iouse. — the State board of canvassers, wa- taken up Monday with the hearing of contests in the, Laurens dlspen sary election ease, and th** electioi in the 1st, 2nd and 7th Congresslont 'districts. Tffe 1 .durens contest was th** prir- cipal thing before the lioard in 1m portance and the argument of conn sei became at one point acrimonious and led to a personal encounter be tween the opposing counsel, C. C Feathcrstone, of Laurens, and C. P Bints, ■of Spartanburg. DflTing th* .argument of Mr. Sims/ represent ing the contestant, he Referred sevep.1 times to Jh**"erazy Prohi 1 dtionijh.s,' w ho, he said, could not see'the fact' exc pt In their own way, intimatln* it seemed, that they were so blinded by prejudice as not to bo able i tell the truth. He was referring par 1 jocularly to the meeting of # citi zens hi Id at the call nf the super visor to ascertain whether one- fourth the number of voters had signed the petition for an election Mr. Featherstone, representing the Prohibitionists, reqiirsted Mr. Sini' to stick to the record and discontin- x * p his Tvforpncos to the “crazy Pro* isfs." 'Mr. Sims replied tha 1 he woulffv settle with^YIr. F'eathei ston** outside afterwards, whereupo' Mr. Featherstone said he w«qld set tle right then, and the two attorney, were instantly in combat. Both are heavy of build and mifsenlar. Mr Feather!tone, in his youDj, hayi/i? he.f*n a*.bas9 ball playee^oT hote/ and the fight', though Short,'was vigorous When the' two were separated. Me. j Sims was bleeding about thr Fcdenil War-hip Sunk During War to lie Removed. Charleston. t-Nov. 2 4 The wreck if til** fam**us Federal warship liousatonic is Jo be removed from L'* ■losltiop mar the mouth of Charle - on harbor. Bids have been subni'*- e.'l tp the' United Stct s engineer s bqiarfment for tin* removal. Th* '-••di-ral ship was slink by the torpedo boat David which slipped through he inlet 'between Sullivan's ’gland md Ll-v of Palms in tlir early mor;.- ing and sunk th" Jug ship. The II*- l<* boat was sunk In the ex|il<>slon- nd her gallant crew were n!I b.s' in ttu* mere shell of a craiLin whi*. h hey w;ere enclosi'd. giv .'t' you a complete departimou store' at your door. Large illus- "trated catalogue free for the ask ing.- A dd re-s D*'pt. A. Dow da 41 Co.. Bof*-Ffi2. Atlanta. Ga S”()(*.**0—Fur jokes, stori's, poem*, ideas, puzzles, given to readers of our inter sting magazine. Partic ulars and three month® suiisrrlp- ^tlon 15c. H Paul, 414 N. C:ilv**r‘, Baltimore. M*l. : Wanted to Huy—One to five thous and bushel® m-lred cla'v peas; will give highest market nrice; pjust In* fro" from "Whipp* orwills. 1 M pearlsiine A-. Sen, 2"l an 1 ■ , *^ > Ea-t Bay S* . Uharb-ti n, S. <\ K«»r Sab*—N* w Hoick 2" h i. fonr- cyllnd**r Roadsf' r; ctimplete with top. gas lamps and m n> ra'or; ei* •. tra large tires; cqst $1,050 d *- livt*r*d. First cheek for $9' 1 gets if. 11qrry 1 -Other-l.arga4n« in nmaliouts, touring cars and White Steamer® E V- lenklns Motor Co , Columbia, S C Sale Ac*nts for Tlie White. Vaxwelt, Reo and Stoddard-Davton. 1 . Buying a Piano <ir an Organ li Not Hard when you come or write to us. Our Pianos and Organs are guar anteed and up-to-date, and at a reas onable price. The cases a|re beautiful, the !n- sltle - Is made ly the best and most experienced men In their lines, *o Fiend Killed.—— Jackson,-Miss.7 Nov.. . 26. Wi I \nderson, suspected of being Will jit is no wonder our pianos and organs hold® th**ir sweet tort** a iif* time. Mack, th** m gro 'w hp criminally as aulted Miss Meyers, a 16-year-old white girl, -at Pelahatchie last Fri day, was shot to death Monday night by a sheriff's posse near Brandon. Th ■ negro ref irked to halt when t he command was given to surrender. Write us at once for ca'a og and stieclal price and terms, stating pref erence piano or organ. MALONE'S MEMO HOfSE, C'olundiin, K. C. Pianos Wiul Organs. V * Southern States Supply Covumny V " ■ Florence. N. J., N’ov. 2 4.—Miss Mary Mead di"d Sunday Evening from fright at the sight of a mouse Miss Mead saw her pet cat was bringing in a mouse. Shrieking, she leaned over to draw up her skirls Mr: Feathers tome 'hart's slight hr ui®e on his neck. Both apologized to the hoard. Machinery Supplies Plumbing Supplies PHONE l«l. ► b’ 1' * CO*U‘ME3|A R C Gibbcs "Portable” s ^ u Utest Model. A “THI UM HH” eem- pared with old one*. Hard Wood Carriage. 8olid Steel Track. Smootheit Action-. Accurate Sawing. Perfect Equip- ment. Next A money-maker Indeed. Quickly pays for It- aelf. Write. , s Gibbes Machinery Co aellera of *‘11:1/®tm Huaraateed a*' . jeatnijy, "—art kimu Box U9P, COLUMBIA, 3. a - Week! Watch .This ' Space. - *Y ‘ Ends His Life. Florence, Nov. 26.—John Haines. 3a years old, ended his life with a Suddenly she stood up, contylainiB.: 'shotgun Monday. : Mr. Haines live I of a pain in her heart. Jn less than a minute she was dsad. The at tending physician said she. had suc cumbed To valvular beArt troubl^. about six mi|es from- Florence. H«' had just returned from a trip to Florida, where ire - had expected *o locate. He leaves a widow anfi^sev- er»l children. ' it ■ 'Z"&, ^ '• -.iff*' r .... ■■ v. . ' -2k- . . f, '4*- \ -. The American All-Wrought Split Steel Pulleys. JluIi STANDARD DESIGN- \ WE CARRY A LARGE ST(X K.‘ Also jsarry a large stock of Wood Pulleys Shafting. Hangers, Belting and anythin* else you tmgl.t wish in this line. When vou are in the market, 'write us fat. COLUMBI/VSUPPIY COMPANY, ' Columbia, S. C;