The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 15, 1909, Image 1
TOL. XXXII
BARXWELL, S. C., THURSDAY. JULY 15, 1909
EXPLOITS SOUTH
Till* of This Soctlon's Com
moreltl Advontagcs.
IMPORTS INCREASING
DAWAL ZIMMERMAN
AOKD BOND CLERK FREED FROM
THE PKVITENTTARY.
la Speech Director Dawe at Southern
Commercial Congress Says That
Ocean Frontage of Southeastern
Third of Union Exceeds That of
the Remainder. ^
Nearly 100 Southern cities were
represented at Atlanta Wednesday
at the first annual convention of the
Southern . Commercial Secretaries'
association.
Statistics showing the South's re
sources were given by G. Grosvenor
Dawe of Montgomery, managing di
rector of the Southern Commercial
congress.
Mr. Dawe took as his theme the
potential g eatness of the Southern
States.
"Viewed from the point of coast
line, It Is well to understand that the
Southern States possess an enormous
advantage over the other two-thirds
Of the United States; for the coast
of the Southern States is 3,007
while the coast line of the
Atlantic States is 888 miles;
i the Pacific coast 1,557 miles.
The natural advantages of coast
line are already asserting their in
fluence, for we are able to say that
a Southern port still holds the second
position for exports among all the
ports of the United States—New Or
leans In 1900—and now a Souther!
port that nine years ago was wrecked
and rent by storm, the port of Gal
veston
"We are able to show you tha*
th-« exports along the Kulf now ex
ceed the exports of Philadelphia and
loflcn by 81 per cen*. and the.'
erual acre than 50 dj cent of th>
t<»'n. which belongs to the overshat
port of New York. The tabl«-
of exports for 1900 and 1908 show
that 27 per cent growth in exports
has taken place in New York. Phila
delphia and Boston regarded togeth
er. During this same time the gulf
exports Increased 31 per cent.
Imports Increasing.
"In the matter of imports—goods
coming to America for distribution
—you will flud that while the three
great ports above mentioned have in
creased 27 per cent, the Southern
ports have increased 9 7 per cent. Is
It not reasonable to claim that the
Southern States, by reason of their
coast line, are coming to occupy an
Important relation to the maritime
future of the United States?
"When we consider also that all
thta swing of commerce Is taking
place prior to the completion of the
Panama canal and that the Panama
canal will help to pull Southward
every Inter-oceanic movement, you
must realize that the Southern ports
will be on the very front doorstep
of the world's future commercial
movements.
"We also declare that the rivers
of the South, navigable, and there
fore some day to be brought Into
co-operation with the energetic men
of the South, are more than two to
one when compared with any other
portion of the United States. The
national conservation commission has
reported that there are In the United
Statea navigable streams amounting
to 26,410 miles. How much of this
is in the South? Over 18,215 miles.
"This enormous total does not In
clude a single mile of the Ohio,
though it benefits Southern Staler
through 900 .miles. Neither does
this total include any portion of the
Missouri river. If the Mississippi be
regarded as a feeder for the gulf
commerce.the mileage should be 23,-
691 miles. This leaves only 2,719
miles of navigable streams to affeat
the commercial prospects of - the re
maining two-thirds *>f ithe United
States.
Water Power Potential.
"The vast Appalachian range, the
greatest mountain range In the Unit
ed States, lying within the region of
plentiful rainfall, is producing at
present unharnessed, every moment
of every day 6,000,000 horsepower.
The day is coming when, through
conservation impulses, this water will
be used to drive the wheels of indus
try and of transportation through-
oat the South, thus indefinitely ex
tending the life of power burled now
IB the cool fields of the South.
"If you look at the estimates re
garding fhe Iron ore life of the
tfinitefl Slates, you Witt 8e e that the
Southern Appalachian region Is ex
pected to endure 100 years after the
Lake Superior region is stripped
aad exhausted. Yet. with all the ad
vantages belonging to the Southern
egiremny of The Appmachtans, ad-,
vantages so great that Birmingham
Mta the price for pig Iron, yet at
present only about 10 per cent of
t jR' PlB Iron of the United Sta‘es
ft made in the South. Then look
at the size and energy of Birming
ham the Birmingham district,
Qbattaooege and other cltlee In Ten-
Reronimendutlon of Board Approved
by Governor—Affective Scenes at
Prison When Beneficiary Left.
Mr. Daniel Zimmerman, who has
served sixteen months of a three-
year sentence for embezzling Stale
bonds while bond clerk in the office
of the State treasury, was granted
a full and unconditional pardon by
Governor Ansel Friday, who merely
adopted the recommendation of the
pardon board, which contained an in
teresting couple of paragraphs on the
Zimmerman case, written by Col. W.
A. Clark, the boards secretary.
The pardon has been expected, as
powerful pressure has been brought
to b«ar on both the governor and
the members of the pardon board,
who were appealed to by Influential
people from all parts of the State.
In fact th@ pardon was expected at
the last meeting of the board, but
the discovery of additional shortage
caused postponement of the case.
The first q^ws was telephoned to
the penitentiary immediately after
the governor had acted, by Clerk
Brooks of the supreme court, a fel
low Confederate Veteran of Mr. Zim
merman’s, who sympathizes with ev
erybody in trouble. Capt Roberts of
the penitentiary guard made Mr. Zim
merman’s heart glad with the first
news. Shortly afterward Mrs. Zim
merman arrived and there was a
tearful meeting. £>he waited until
the papers were brought down and
her husband formally released. As
clothes the aged pair drove away in
clothes the aged pair doe away in
a carriage to their home.
It is thought that the pardoning of
Mr. Zimmerman will make a pardon
for his accomplice, Mr. T. J. Gibson,
easier to secure. Up to this time
there have been indications of much
bitterness against Mr Gibson on the
•art of Mr. Zimmerman's friends.
Mr. Gibson has not yet begun ser
vice of his sentence, being out on
bond pending appeal to the supreme
court from the circuit court’s order
refusing him a new trial on alleged
after-discovered evidence. *
DROWNED IN SURF
YOUNG AUGUSTAN DROWNED ON
SULLIVAN S ISLAND.
KILLED BY EMPLOYEE.
Man
BMsee aod in Alabama dependent up
on iron or«, then realize that their
marvelous growth to present dlmen-
rfoniTffis KrdThVThrttigr the creation
of merely 10 per cent of the pig
Iron of the United States. Then let
your Imagination run riot and picture things.
New Orleans Baker Slain by
With Axe.
T have had a little trouble with
your husband.” said Carl Bortuna,
early Thursday morning to Mrs. John
G. Knecht, as he was about to take
his departure from Knecht's Bakery-
in New Orleans, where he was em
ployed. Mrs. Knecht found the mu-
Ulated body of Knecht on the floor
of the baking room with a bloody
axe nearby.
All the money in the cash drawer
of the bakery was missing. The po
lice believe that jealousy, with the
young wife of Knecht as the moving
principal may hav e proven a prime
factor in the tragedy.
1 e yourself what will b« the develop
ment of those portions of the coun
try when instead of 10 per cent they
are producing 90 per cent of the pig
iron of the United States and largely
giving that iron its final form.
Fmcrablo Situation.
"The Southern States as a whole
possess more general accessibility to
coatt line, and therefore to the com
merce of the world than either of the
other thirds of the United States
A string and a pin wheel will enable
you to prove this. You men who
think on commercial subjects do
not need that I should detail to you
the advantages that rest with a por
tion of the county that can be sta
tistical and governmental proof de
clare that it had more coast line,
more navigable streams, more wa
terpower, more minerals convenient
ly arranged, more agricultural range,
more forests, more cheap land, more
accessibility to ports than any third
of the Union.
‘The meaning of this summing up
of Southern opportunities is this:
and none but the blind will fail to
see it. That there is to come a time
in the history of the United States,
as a whole, must have the support
and development of the Southern
States. It means that our nation
will never reach Its full greatness.
It means this, also, that as sure as
the sun shall rise tomorrow there
Is to come a period of commercial
development in the South compared
with which the past growth- has been
but the tottering footsteps of an In
fant.- These are not yrofds of bpasl^-
ing or bombast, but they are se
rious words, based upon the Incon
trovertible evidence of the South’s
resources and what those resources
must lead to.”
, The. afternon ipeslqn was spent
listening to a discussion of the good
roads movement by Gen. Clifford
Anderson of Atlanta and Charles H.
Hoyt, superintendent of road con
struction of the United States gov
eminent. After the papers had been
concluded, Mayor Maddox Invited the
members to stop at his country home
while on the automobile ride. Thp
mem berm did so and discovered that
Atlanta Is not so dry as the prohi
bitionists would hive th« public be
lieve. There were cigars, punch and
what the mayor dclted' "other
Was Trying to Rescue Miss Bessie
Boyle, of Charleston, TV 1th Whom
He Was in Bathing.
In an effort to save the life of
Miss Bessie Boyle, Of Charleston,
Mr. Fulton Kelsey, of Augusta. Ga.,
lost his life in the surf at Bulllvan's
Island Friday. The tragedy occur
red at about 5 o’clock in the after
noon, and a moat unusual circum
stance was that no one was aware
of the fact that Mr. Kelsey had been
drowned until Miss Boyle regain
ing consciousness after her rescue,
asked where Mr. Kelsey was.
Miss Boyle, who was in the surf
with Mr. Kelsey, narrowly escaped
drowning herself, and when rescued
was practically unconscious. Her
account of the tragedy was therefore
very disconnected. It appears that
Mr. Kelsey and' Miss Boyle were In
bathing together^ and some little dis
tance from any other bathers. It
was an unusually strong ebb tide and
a high east wind was blowing. The
first intimation that any one had
that the bathers were in distress was
the sight of Miss Boyle’s outstretch
ed arms projecting from the water.
Mr. David Huguenin of Charleston,
happened to be fishing in the surf
nearby, and seeing Miss Boyle's arms
in the position they were, realized
the gravity of the situation an im
mediately went to her rescue.
The water was only waist deep
where Miss Boyle was found, and
Mr. Huguenin had little difficulty
In reaching her and bringing her to
the shore. Miss Boyles condition
was quite serious when Mr. Huguenin
reached her her face being already
Jiscolored and there were other in-
licatlons of strangulation.
After reaching the shore Miss
Movie regained consciousness, .and
although in a state of collapse, cried,
Where is Mr. Kelsey? Where is
Mr. Kelsey?"
,Jt was not known until then that
Mr Kelsey was In the surf, and
''fforts wer« immediately made to
locate him, hut the body had al
ready gone down and no trace of it
was discovered
As soon as Mr. Huguenin was
bearing Miss Boyle to the beach.
Mr. Clarence Rowland and young Mr
Cudworth, of Charleston, immediate
ly went to his assistance and helped
take Miss Boyle to the cottage of
Mrs. Joseph Blgnon, where she was
staying. While Miss Boyle Is getting
along very well, she Is still in a ner
vous state, suffering from shock.
Miss Boyle was able to state, how
ever that when she and Mr. Kelsey
discovered their danger, Mr. Kelsey
placed her on his back and told her
to call for help.
Miss Boyle said that she made
several cries, but that they were not
heard. The theory in connection
with the drowning Is that Mt Kelsey
was seized with cramps anc} was un
able to cope with the strong under
tow' that took him out to sea. It
s thought probable that Mlsg Boyle
was first knocked down by the under
tow and that Mr Kelsey went to her
assistance; that Mr Kelsey succeed
ed In rescuing her and carried her
some little distance to the shore,
but was himself stricken and the
undertow bore him under. Mies Boyle
said that she remembered the break
ers coming over their heads, but
that the water in which they were
standing was only waist deep. *
TARIFF BILL
Ten Republicans Vote Against
the Measure.
PASSED BY SENATE
Closing Scenes After the Long Fight
Tame Indeed, Except for Contro-
i
versjr Between Senator Aldrich
and the Insurgent Republicans.
Vote Was 45 to 34.
The tariff bill passed the Senate
Just after 11 o’clock Thursday by a
vote of 45 to 34. Republicans vo:ing
in the negative were Beveridge, of
Indiana; Bristow, Kansas; Brown,
Nebraska; Burkett, Nebraska; Clapp,
Minnesota; Crawford, South Dakota;
Cummins, Iowa; Dolllver, Iowa; La-
Follette, Wisconsin; Nelson, Minnejo-
ta.
McBnery, of Louisiana, was the
only Democrat recorded la the r.f-
fmnatlve.
As it passed the Senate the bill
contains almost 400 paragraphs. I’he
Senate made 840 amendments to the
House provision, many of which were
adopted Thursday.
The closing scenes In the Sonitt
chamber were tame indeed. Mr. La
Follette’s three-hour speech was
earnest, but not especialy animated.
He had a slim audience. Senators
remained in their seats only when
required to be there to vote.
The results of the vote on the bill
had been long discussed. There was
no doubt of Its passage by the usual
finance committee majority.
Following several hours of monot
onous discussion of the general fea
tures of the tariff bill, the closing
hours were characterized by a spirit
ed controversy between Senator Al
drich on the one hand and a number
of the insurgent Senators on the
other as to the standing of Repub
lican Senators who might cast their
votes against the bill.
The Mil being put on Its passage,
was passed.
Upon motion of Mr. Aldrich, the
Vice President announced the Senate
conferees as follows:
Senators Aldrich, Burrows, Pen
rose, Hale, Cullom, Republicans; and
Daniel, Money and Bailey, Demo
crats.
FOLLOWED FUNERALS.
ALTAIAN DIES FROM WOUNDS.
Ravenel Man Shot by J. W. Messer-
vey. Succumbs to Injuries.
A dispatch from Charleston savs
I. D. Altman, the citizen of Ravenel
who was shot by J. W. Messervey
when he went to the assistance of
Dispensary Constable Fishburne sev
eral days ago to prevent Messervey
from carrying away from the depot
at Ravenel a package of alleged con
traband liquor, died Friday at the
Roper hospital in Charleston Alt
man dying in Charleston county
the Inquest was held there, but the
trial of Messervey, who has entered
a plea of self-defense, will of course
fake place In Colleton county. Alt
man had three sons in Charleston
and they” were with him when he
died. The body was prepared for
shipment to Ravenel and left Char
lesion Saturday morning. The fu
neral was held upon arrival at Rav
enel.
AUTO KILLS ARMY OFFICER.
Mijd# Long. R^tined, Ini Automobile
Hater, Run Down by Machine
Major J. W. Long, United States
army, retired, was run down at
Washington Friday by an automo
bile, carried to the Rdsiflair effiJiassy
and died three hours later at the
Emergency Hospital.
Major Long had an aversion to
automobiles and two days ago de
clared:
“If I had my way I would smash
and burn evory automobile In the
District of Columbia.”
Major Long was a native of North
Carolina and appointed to the army
from New York. He formerly was
superintendent pf the Michigan State
Soldiers' Home and
newspapers id Mid
SHOT BY BURGLAR
TWO SttOttfc&eft MKN HELD III
roucE.
The Ykttuu' Siincka Aroused En
tire Town—KvciUug Chase In New
York Suburb.
A dispatch from New York says
two shoeless men. one of them
wounded In the arm and thigh by
bullets, are held by the New York
police charged with the murder of
Mrs. Sophia Staber. wife of George
Staber, a New York importer of pa
per. in whose residence a battle with
burglars early Thursday In which
Mrs. Staber met death. The men ad
mitted they were Implicated in the
burglary, but at first denied any part
in the murder. They say they are
Carlo Giro, born in Trieste, Austria,
and "John Smith."
Mrs. Staber was shot dead at 2
o'clock In the morning, while stand
ing In her bedroom door.
The shrieks of Mrs. Staber and her
two daughters, the reporta of revol
ver shots and the excitement of the
chase by mounted policemen and
nearly the whole neighborhood,
threw Flatbush Into a ferment.
Many wives pleaded with their hus
bands not to go to work Thursday.
There has been comment over the
fact that the burglary occurred 1m
mediately upon the withdrawal of
the police dogs from the vicinity.
CHEROKEE CITIZEN KILLED.
S. Q. Barratt Falls From Portico and
Breaks His Neck.
A special from Gaffney says: As
a result of falling from a portico ear
ly Wednesday morning, Mr. Samuel
Q. Sarratt, one of Cherokee county’s
most prominent citizens, lies dead
at his home two miles north of Gaff
ney with a broken neck. , It is very
bard to determine at what hour it
took place, as Mr. Sarratt was in
the habit of sleeping on the portico
of the second story, and when the
family arose early Wednesday morn
ing he was found on the door steps
with his neck broken. However, the
body was still warm when found, not
long after 7 o'clock.
Mr. Sarratt was very widely known
all over the county, having many
prominent connections and being uni
versally respected. He was about
oO years old, having lived in that
section practically all his life, en
gaged in farming. He is survived
-by five children, Messrs. J. E. Sar
ratt, Morris Sarratt and John Sar
ratt, Mrs. Joe Humphries and Mrs.
Wade Humephries. all of that county
The Interment took place Thursday
afternoon at Providence church cem
etery.
SLAYER IS TAKEN
RATION IX COURT.
ClAima He Shot Constable and Alt-
nuui In Self Defen*e—Isqneet Held
at Ravenel.
J. W. Messervey was arrested
Wednesday at Meggett by Magistrate
Cowles and later taken to Ravenel
for the Inqnest, and afterward waa
transferred to the Walterboro jail
by Deputy Sheriff Buckner. He de
clared that he Shot in self-defense^
An Inquest held at Ravenel into
the killing of Constable C. P. Fish
burne resulted in a vedlct that the
deceased came to his death from the
result of a gunshot wound inflicted
by John W. Messervey.
Magistrate Cowles apparently had
no trouble In arresting Messervey,
whom he put iu chargfe of his broth
er. and the two were coming to Rav
enel when they were met by Deputy
Sheriff Buckner. who took charge of
the defendant.
Messervey declared that he had
shot the constable only after the
latter had drawn a pistol on him,
and that he had shot Mr. Altman
after the old gentlman had raised
a stick to hit him.
At the hospital Mr. Altman was re
ported to be "about the same." He
has sons In Charleston who are see
ing that he gets every attention.
Solicitor Peurifoy made a motion
before Circuit Judge S. G. W. Shipp
for a special term of court to con
vene at Walterboro Monday, August
2, to try J. W. Messervey, who was
committed to jail, charged with the
killing of Constable C. P. Fishburne
at Ravenel on Tuesday evening. The
order was granted and this extra
term of court will be presided over
by Judge Shipp.
DROWNED AT SOCIETY HILL.
For Forty Years Man Has Strange
Custom.
Daniel J. Gallagher, who, for for
ty years, has had no apparent busi
ness except to follow funerals In the
lower West Side section of New
York, has been sent to an institu-
lofc-ior the blind. He was stricken ^egro Lad Met Death In Waters of
shortly after the funeral a few dayi
ago of Florence D. Sullivan.
Gallagher was known as “Johnny
Lookup" because an eye affliction
which compelled him to tilt his head
backward so that he could see. When
about twenty .years old he iarted to
foiow funerals, attending the servic
es in (he churches, and then run
ning alongside the hearses In a dog
trot, leaving them only when they
reached the ferry.
He was on e of the many who
Ihed off the bounty of “Big Tim"
Sullivan, and mw that Sullivan is
n Europe, "Johnny Lookup” had to
seek an institution when he became
totally blind.
TRAMP SAVES PASSENGERS.
Flags Rio Grande Train and Warns
Engineer of Bad Hoadbed.
The lives of more than 200 per
sons on a westbound Rio Grande
train leaving Canon City, Col., were
saved Wednesday by an unknown
tramp, who was left unrewarded.
. fhe train had just passed Swal
lows. a little station two miles east
of Canon City and was going at 'a
forty-mile an hour gait when It was
flagged. The tramp called the engin
eer’s attention to a serious under
mining of the tracks just below.
The roadbed was found to be in
a dangerous condition for two miles
which the passengers walked along
for that distance while the train felt
its way along and got past the danger
spot. In the excitement the hero
w r as forgotten.
Evtuiu’ Joud.
Monday Morning about 11 o’clock
Jess,. Douglas, colored, aged 16, was
drowned In the water below the flood
gates of Evans mill pond near Soci
ety Hill, S. C. Jesse and a compan
ion attempted to *wim up stream
from the bath houses to the flood
gates above where the water la over
ten feet in depth. When about 25
feet from the bank above Jesse cried
out, "I can’t make it,” and sank and
rose three times and went to the bot
tom.
Search for the body waa made
until a gig was stuck into the left
leg, above the ankle, and the body
was recovered.
There was sadness on the faces of
a very large crowd and great grief
and lamentation among his relatives
and friends, many of whom had toll
ed and waited through the long hours
of the day and night.
SEARCHING FOR NEGRO.
W. F. McRee Waylaid and Shol at
Americus, Georgia.
A dispatch from Amerlcua, Ga.,
says W. F. McRee, superintendent
of the Bagley Ray Orchard Company
there, was assassinated at an early
hour Wednesday morning. Henry
Patterson, a negro, employe, charged
with the crime, ts being hunted by
a posse.
McRee was waylaid and *hot at
close range, two charges of buckehot
entering his neck.
Kills Himself and Wife.
George Knerer, of Loudt, Wis.
last Wednesday killed his wife by
crushing her skull with the butt end
committed
shallow
Aged Ghark»44e Singleton Meets Hor
rible I>eath.
A dispatch from Charleston says,
having first been suffocated by smoke
and being unable to move from her
bed, Charlotte Singleton, colored,
sixty years of age, was burned to
death at 3 o’clock Thursday morn
ing ia a one-etory hut on Heina al
ley, by the Ashley River.
Marta Williams, a married daugh
ter of the deceased, and Joseph Wil
liams, a twelve-year-old son of Marla
Williams, barely escaped with their
lives. The flames completely destroy
ed the house, and Its losa Is estimat
ed at $200. The origin of the fire
Is unknown.
Charlotte Singleton was most hor
ribly burned, In fact, there remained
nothing of the body but portions of
the trunk and the head. Acting
Corpner Behrens held an inquest
over the remains and the Jury ren
dered a verdict of accidental burn
ing
The negroes lost everything In the
house. The house was on fire when
they awoke, and the rapid spread of
the flames made It impossible to ren
der any aid to the old negres. The
deceased had been engaged in the
selling of vegetables. The house she
occupied consisted of but two room*.
GEORGIA TOWN MARSHAL HELD.
Accused of Assaulting a Woman of
His Town.
At Jesup, Ga., Town Marshal T.
M. Thomas is confined in the county
Jail on a charge of criminal assault
upon a woman, who swore out the
warrant for his arrest. A prelimi
nary trial has been set for July 12.
It Is alleged that Thomas, on the pre
text of having a warrant for their ar
rest. took the woman and her sister
from their home and, accompanied
by another man, took them In a bug
gy a short distance in the country
and forced them to submit to indig
n I ties of a most revolting nature.
KILLED HIMSELF.
"Wife Had * Committed Suicide ♦he
* *l,, (
Direct Cause.
Responding to a notice that the
body of his wife. who. it is believed
committed suicide two or thre days
ago. had bcotT taken ffotn the Obt-»
river, Walter J. Honaker. a member
of a prominent retail firm of Louis
ville, M#., ,Identified the h*ly kt an
undertaker’s establishment, then ali|a;
himself, dying instantly.
NEGRES BURNED TO DEATH.
>0.49
MELL RESIGNS
Bowl of TrusttM Has TakM. «
No Actio*, Howovar.
NOT UNEXPECTED
President Mell’s Action Is Held to
Have Been Partly Doe to His Clash
With Commandant Minna Some
Time Ago—Prof. Riggs Spoken of
as tits
Dr. P. H. Mell, for several years
president of Clem son College, South
Carolina’s agricultural institution,
tendered his resignation Thursday.
Dr. Mell’s action is the result of a
clash between the president and ths
military commandant, which assumed
disturbing proportions. Prof. Riggs,
of the faculty, is spoken of ae his
probable successor, though the trus
tees have taken no action.
Dr. Mell waa born in Penfield,
Greene county. Georgia, on May 14,
1860. Hts father waa a Baptist min
ister and a teacher of wide reputa
tion. In 1871 he wag graduated
from the University dr Georgia, and
In 1873 he received from that insti
tution the degree of C. E. and M. E.
The degree of Ph. D| was later con
ferred on him by his alma mat®\
while the University of South Caro
lina has conferred on him the degree
of Doctor of Laws.
In 1 873 Dr. Mell became mining
engineer for a copper mine In Geor
gia, and from 1874 to 1877 he was
State chemist. From 1878 to 1902
he was professor of natural history
and geology In the Alabama Poly
technic Institute. In addition to
these duties he was from 1885 to
1893 director of the Alabama weath
er service. In 1902 he became presi
dent of Clemson College.
WHITE MAN WAS ARRESTED.
( iiarged With Obtaining Goods Un
der False Pretences.
News from Lexington ssys J. W.
Smith, s white man, waa arrestsd
and lodged In Jail by Deputy Sheriff
Miller Wednesday upon a warrant
sworn out by Messrs. Riley and Halg-
ler Brothers, of Swansea, charging
him with obtaining goods under false
pretence* to the amount of about
:;95. Smith I# a contractor, and it "
seems that h e built the store house
of the late W. H. Ff Hast, at Swan
sea, and It was while he was doing
the work It Is alleged that he se
cured the goods. The arrest was
made at the home of his father-in-
law, Mr. Paul 8healy, at Leesvllie.
where he has s wife and an Infant
only about a week old. Smith claims
to be a native of Georgia, and says
that be has a brother who is s bank
cashier at Brunswick, Ga. His peo
ple have been notified of hto pre
dicament, and It is thought that an
effort will be made to amlcahly ad
just the matter.
MOTOR WRECK CAUSES DEATH.
BABY FOR HALE.
Couple Would Spare Child Hard
ships by Getting Better Home.
At New York Harry Beach, twenty-
two years old, and out of employ'
ment, and his wife, both of whom
have offered their two-weeks-old ba
by for sale for $500 cash.
When Beach's first wife died two
years ago she left him with two
children and he married his present
wife six months later.
In discussing their offer of the
new baby for sale. Beach and his wife
said that to keep the child would
be only to Inflict their hardships up
on him, and that by selling the boy
they would provide him with a good
home and bring prosperity to them
selves.
TRAIN FALLS INTO WATER,
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oLja>sA§fgun. He then co
llBnle^bjf drowning a
Senate Votes Sum for Mrs. Hale.
Washington, July 1-.—Following a
long established custom In respect to
Its employees, the Senile Wednesday
voted six months' salary to the wld--
ow of ths late chaplain, Dr. Edward
Everett Hals.
Crashes Through Bridge at Pomona,
Kansas—Rescuers at Work.
A dispatch from Kansas City says
an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
train. No. 5, which left Kansas City
at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning for
the West, but which was detoure<
because of high water, crashed
through a bridge at Pomona, Kan
68 miles southwest of that place,
Wednesday afternoon. Rescue work
was carried on in rowboats ant
skiffs.
The train was one of the heav.
lest traveled on the main line west
of Kansas Citp. It waa running in
the water over iu rail .when the pc-
cfdent occurred, the track slipping.
Kills Father. Defends Mother. .
J. 8. Lamb,’ a well-to-do farmer,
was stabbed to death by his son,
James Lamb, during a family quar
rel Thursday at their home In Mans
field, Texas. According to the evi
dence at the preliminary examina
tion the boy struck the fatal blow
in defense of hl» mother. Young
lamb was released in bond* of
♦5.000. ^ i*_
J, L. Martin of Bryuartlie, G*., Suc
cumb* to Injuries.
From Byronvllle, Ga., comes the
Information that J. L. Martin died
Wednesday from Injuries received
late Tuesday in an automobile acci
dent. His companion. Warren Tur
lington, also received fatal injuries.
The car being driven by Martin
became unmanageable and rammed
the bank on the roadside, overturn
ing on Its occupants. The men were
en route from Vienna to Byromvllle
and on account of the lateness of
the hour when the accident occurred
there was little travel along the road,
causing the men to experience great
suffering before aid was rendered.
BRAKE INSPECTOR KILLED.
Young Man of Columbia Crushed to
Death Between Two Oars.
- Lawrence Ham Iter, air-brake In
spector for the Southern Railway,
a well known and popular young man
of Columbia, waa killed Thursday
morning while attending to hla du
ties as brake Inspector at the Blend
ing street yards of the Southern.
While standing between two cart a
shifting engine Is supposed to have
.struck one of the cars, crushing him
between the two. He never lost con
sciousness, and was able to reco*
nize his parents, who reached
Columbia Hospital in time to he at
bis bedside when death cam*. H
WEARS BARREL.
Man Takes Woman’e Clothes While
She i* Bathing In CJapgt-J,
Miss Mary Hart, sixteen year* old.
"hung her clothes oh a hickory limb”
when she went bathing In a canal
near Paterson, N. J.
While she waa In the water a
stole her garments, bat the aid
ad*rrel. furnlahed by a
heard her screams, aha
reach her htnaa.
The girl latar
for John
tify the man l