Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ismmxsm isSadr*- am -'K’~;—*r : !''■ •m is»@ TOL. BARHWELL. S. C., THURSDAT, AUGUST 19, 1909 •*' /: PLANT STRUCK A FIEND HUNG POOR BILL TAFT WAR TO THE LIMIT A FATAL FIGHT By Llgtitnlng and Managar Knocked Sansalass. PATS THE DEATH PEE ADIT FOR HIS ATTEMPTED CRIME* The Wicked Hitckcock Said to be Platting to WITH NO QUARTER ASKED OR GIVEN WITH CONTROL A Silted Lever and Brother Kitted Brothers Tlw Negro Who ARfcinptw! Rr-tor EQUIPMENT RUINED " mmU • Yonnx Ladjr Near George* | (UNDO ALL HIS PLANSl to we Ooafeeeed Before Exeeetfcm. Of the Repnbllciui NeGoiuJ Orgaai* The WlreleM Telegraph Station at Charleeton Torn Up by a Flash of . Lightning—Manager . Ferrick Had Taken Off Head Harness When Bolt Struck. At Georgetown on Friday Alfred ackson, alias “Slippery Joint,” who was convicted of an assault and an attempt to commit criminal assault on a young white school teacher at the special term of coqrt which was held on July 27, paid the death The Charleston Post says William (.penalty for hia crime on the gal- m J. Ferrick, manager of the wireless telegraph plant at Hampton park, wan knocked senseless and his In strument ruined Wednesday after noon by a lightning bolt which strnck his office at about 4:30. The operator barely escaped being killed, the fact that he had removed his ear pieces just a moment before the bolt hit, saving him from be ing electrocuted. It will be neces sary to rush new Instruments from New York to put the wireless sta tion here Into working order again. Mr.. Ferrick was sitting at Tils key during the storm of Wednesday afternoon, as usual, ready to receive or send messages to and from the and through some intuitive feeling, most probably, with the ightntn^OSShlng In a lively manner about him, he > 'f$Gif 0 ® his head har ness for the time befttS-^ Hardly had he done so, when a blinding flash accompanied by a terrific crash ol thunder, swept through his office, and he knew no more until about twenty minutes later, when he found himself lying on his back, half way Into his sleeping room, fifteen feet away. The large glass of the win dow In front of his key was smash ed, and Investigation showed that his ear-pieces, which he had remov ed from his head just before the stroke, were burned and useless, while his tuner, and his magnets were burned out and the city tele phone receiver fused. Fortunately the office did not catch on fire with the operator senseless on the floor. Mr. Ferrick thinks that the bolt crashed through the glass in front of him and struck his instrument, putting them out of business. He was somewhat braised from the shock and the violence with whclh he was hurled from his chair upon the floor, but beyond a ringing In one of his ears today he Is unhurt. A rush order has been sent by the wireless manager to New York for new equipment his plant here, and he thinks that by earfy next week he will be able to receive and sand messages again, with his usual facility. Further examination of the plant failed to show any damage to the tall mast or to the superstructure of the wireless equipment. The whole damage was confined to the office and instrument. It was a providential escape from instant death that the manager had, and if he had not removed his ear pieces, he would have been fatally shocked by the bolt. The operator at Hampton park has been on duty here about two years, coming to Charleston from New York, and has been in the wire less service for a longer time, but he has never before had such a close escape from being killed by light ning. He declared that It was not the custom of lightning to strike the plants of the company. Because of the accident to the plant, at about the time the Arapahoe sustained her accident off the coast of North Car olina, no messages were caught from the wireless instrument on the steamship, and consequently Infor mation of the trouble she was- In came through other stations of the United Wireless Company. lows, In accordance with the Benten-~ ce which was passed upon him by Judge John & Wilson to hang on August 13. Jenkins, just before leaving his cpll for the gallows, confessed his crime, saying that he had had a dream In which the Lord told him to tell the truth before he died. Jenkins up to this time had denied that he was the gtillty party and at bis trial he put up the plea of an alibi. While on the gallowa he made no statement regarding hie crime, the only thing he said being, “Lord have mercy on my soul. The Lord la my Shepherd. I shall not want” His spiritual advisor. Rev. A B. Jackson, colored, made a prayer In behalf of the condemned man on the gallows. After the prayer Sheriff Scurry asked Jenkins If he bed any thing else to say, to which he re plied, “No." The sheriff sprung the trap at 9:3 1 o’clock and Jenkins hung for sixteen npd a half minutes before life was prdHOunced extinct by Drs. Olin Sawyer, GatWard and Moorer. Jenkins did not show any signs of. nervousness when he walked up the steps on the gallows except that perspiration was streaming from his face. , The execution passed off quietly and his family took charge of the body. One of the witnesses of the exe cution fainted when the trap was sprung and was taken to the jail house by the doctors, who were pres ent for' attention. • CRUSADE ON COCAINE SELLERS. Two White Doctors and Fifteen Ne groes Arrested. Savannah has begun a crusade (against cocaine setTIefs and users which ought to be followed all over the South. Former Coroner Dr. H. B. Stanley and Dr. W. W. Lee, white, and Dr. E. M. Pickney, col ored, were arrested a few days ago as a result of statements made In the police court by fourteen men and women, mostly negroes, who were rounded up as the beginning of a crusade on cocaia sellers. Dr Lee has not yet made bond, but Drs Stanley ; And, J?i«VCk.n.ey gave bond of 11,000 each. The fourteen other defendants were all bound over to the city court. The physicians de clare they wrote cocaine preemp tions only to alleviate suffering, de- wifedBC,- Utf! “fiends” had to have the drug. A scbfe*5r“lndrer of the “fiends” were used as witnesses Slayer Telephones Sheriff. Charles Pons, one of the best known residents of Duvsl county. . Fla., Wednesday night telephoned to - Sheriff Bowden’s residence and in t«»M hi* that he had just killed SWEPT BY FLOOD. Vany Lives Lost sad Many Houses Are Destroyed. A dispatch from Monterey, Mexico, says the Santa Catarina River has returned to its hanks, leaving a score of desolation and destruction In the southern part of the city. Fourteen lives are known to have been lost, and estimates place the number as high as fifty. The exact figures will never t>e known, as the Barrio of San Lolslto, where most of the damage occurred, is inhabit ed by the poorer classes mostly, and many occupied houses were washed away. Over 600 houses have been washed away In this one district, and practically all those left standing are more or less damaged. The people returned to the strick en district a few days ago and spent the time in cleaning the deposits of mud from the houses. Many fami lies have lost all their possessions and there Is great suffering among them. In the city proper several houses caved In as a result of the storm and the damage all over the city has been great. The Monterey bath house was flooded by rain. One man lost his life In the swimming pool. Houses throughout the lower sections of the city were inundated and the fami lies forced to move out. The elec tric light plant was damaged, as was the power plant of the street railway system. The rains continue and another flood is expected In the Santa Catarine. PARCHED BY DROUGHT. Corn Crop in Northern Virginia Almost a Failure. Dispatches from Winchester, Va., says the great corn field of North ern Virginia are burning up. The severest drought of years is prevail ing and for more than six weeks lit tle if any rain has fallen In the Shenandoah and Page -. valleys. Streams are lower than for years and many are dry. The corn crop will be almost a total failure, while -4alT arowlnc crops are cut short. Should the drought prevail much longer the apple crop, which gave fine promise, will W seriously af fected. Thousands of dollars have already been lost to the farmers and each day the Iocs Increases. The railroads are rerlously troub led, bay fields being set on fire by To Break (Mid South by Giving Weak Kneed Democrats a Chance at the Republican Pie Counter in Exchange for Their Support of the Taft Program. President Taft's well-directed ef- forti in fixing his policy towards the South are threatened with rupture If not destruction as the result of the political games being played In connection with the appointment of census supervisors, says P. H. McQ., the Washington correspondent of The News and Courier. He says up to a few days ago It looked as though the appointments to these places would be made by Director Durand, of the census bu- reau, with the President’s approval. Now, however, it has been learned that the real power behind the throne Is none other than Frank H. Hitchcock, aided by the Republi can referees from the various Dem ocratic States. It has been known in Washington for several days that so far as South Carolina was concerned no appoint ment as supervisors would be made without the- approval of John G. Capers and Leumas Blalock, and that in Virginia, another rock-rib bed Democratic State, Congressman Slemp and Alvah Martin would be consulted before anything definite would, be announced as to the ap pointments. In addition to this it was learn ed that Cecil Lyon, the head of the Republican machine in Texas, has been here for several days holding conferences with Mr. Hitchcock and that everything Is now cut and dri-' ed for naming at least ten Repub lican supervisors in the Lone Star State, which sends to Congress a delegation of sixteen Democrats. That at least ten of the sixteen su pervisors will he Republicans Is practically settled, and It Is possible that even a greater division may be made. It is learned, too that Judge Spencer Adams, the recognized boss’’ of North Carolina Republi can politics, has also been talking over matters with Mr. Hitchcock. When seen and asked what would be done in a general way regarding these appointments. Judge Adams knew nothing about them except what he had heard or read in the newspapers, and hardly knew that there was such a man as Frank Hitchcock. But, being on to him, It did not take Washington corre spondents who haunt the postofflce department long to figure out just what his business might he here. North Carolina has three Repub lican members of Congress and sev en Democrats, and as President Taft has already indicated that he would appoint more suprvlsors of the lat ter party In States like North Caro lina, Virginia, West Virginia and Missouri, where there is a maraked Republican tendency, It is probable that in the division North Carolina will get about six or seven Repub licans and three or four Democrats Though Georgia has no Republi cans In Congress, It Is understood that six Republicans will be appoint ed there, leaving room for five Dem ocrats. In Florida, Alabama and dither Southern States, where the Relegations are solidly Democratic and there is to be a supervisor for the Congressional district, the divi sion will be made equally between the Democrats and Republicans ex cept that where there Is an odd num ber of Representatives the odd man will be from the Republican ranks. It is known that nothing can he gained by the appointment of a few Republican supervisors In any of the Southern States, and in those sections overwhelmingly Democratic It would probably be Mr. Taft’s de sire to give the places to the Demo crats, but for the pressure coming from the Hitchcock machine for division to be made strictly along party lines with most of the pie on the Republican aid« and what may be split to go to hungry Democrats These appointments are smal things within themselves^ and it is known that Mr. Taft would gladly nation as the Stake Is Declared by the Progressive Republicans. ~w- War to the limit with no quarter asked or given and with the control of the Republican national organi zation the one great prize at stake Is officially declared b ythe Progres sive Republicans. The Republican National Conven tion of 1912 Is the promised field of the spectacular battle of the cam paign already initiated. The tariff and how to revise It furnishes the line of demarcation between the op posing forces. A dispatch from Chi cago says: Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa homeward bound from Wash ington, flung down the gauntlet and for all practical purposes officially and formally delivered the political ultimatum which opens hostilities between the Progressive and the old order, which has aligned in Wash ington by Senator Aldrich. The big items emphasised hy 8en> ator Cummin# as critical points to be pushed to the fore by the Pro gressives are these: 1. Placing in control at the head 6f organized Republicanism men who will stand absolutely by plat form pledges. 2. Struggle for thUn policy at every convention, local, Congress ional or State between now and 1912 where there are enough Progressive Republicans to make it worth while. 3. No general revision of the tar iff for perhaps a decade, but re- The Dead Max's Father in Attempt* Ing to Avenge Their Death by Shooting Thefr Murderers Kills a Man Passing That Way by His Wild Shooting. The Latin temperament is ever ready to fly to extremes, and, - par ticularly when jealously supplies the motive. Thus it was that the little vllTage of Genzano, near Rome,, Italy, was a few days ago provided with all the elements of a lurid mel odrama. Evarlsto Apenni was mad ly enamored of a certain Esmeralda Bernono, who, however, had given her heart to Arturo Caroggl. Between the Apenni and Bernoni families a good deal of rancor had arisen on this account, which had hitherto only found expremon In scowinrr looks and muttered -threats. ' Evaristo Apenni, boiling with rage, under the effects of a new repulse by the enchanting Emeralds, was walking through the streets of ilengano, In company with his brother, Saverlo, when they met Achille and Cesare Bernoni, broth ers of the fair enslaver, and the lat- ler’s father. A feat brief but ex asperating words were exchanged, and soon, long-bladed knives were hissing through the air. Ihe two Bernohis, on the one side, and the tIbIod from tlm, to Urn. 'in pnrO^ ; ,,,0 °" th « 0 , th<,r 1 for a brief moment to get breath. ular schedules as expert investiga tion demonstrates to be necessary and at the same time conforming with the broad principle of protec tion. 4. Appointment of an expert tar- ff commissioner at the earliest prac ticable moment to furnish this In formation to Congress. 6. And, particularly, no oppo sition to President Taft—whom the Progressives believe to have a thor oughly progressive program In hand for his administration—at least un til the Presidential policy demon strates the contrary. ( “What Immediate step will be taken by the Progressives?" Sena tor Cummins was asked. “We shall present the Issue flatly to every Republican Convention be tween the present and the National Convention of 1912 where It is pos sible for the Issue to be presented. That Issue Is: Shall the men now In control Of the party’s destinies he permitted further to disregard plain party declarations?’’ DOCTOR RUNS AWAY. and then fell to again with redoubled vigor. The second round was brief but decisive. Hardly had the prelimi nary feints for advantage been ex changed before the Apennis’ knives struck home and the Bernonia fell to the ground mortally wounded. But the battle was not yet over, for a new combatant appeared on the field. Thl i v-aa the B)»rnonis’ father, who, mr. id/ ned by the sight of his two sons lying on the ground with their life-blood ebbing away, pulled out his revolver and fired two shots at the Apennis. Neither bullet took effect. Achil le Bernoni, however, although lying wounded on the ground, had yet sufficient strength left to enable him to draw his revolver also. Four times he pulled the trigger, and al though he missed his antagonist, one of the shots struck a passer by, Francesso Valente, who was killed. iMeanwhile, on hearing the firing, carabineers hurried to the spot, and on their appearance the Apennis took to flight. The father of the Bernonls was arrested with the re volver in his hand and his two sons were taken to the hospital, where they expired. After a brief chase Saverlo Apenni was caught by the police, but so far Evaristo has elud ed the vigilance of his pursuers. • MAN UNDER THE BED OHKD HE REA BED A OUT AND GRAB- YH ANKLE. Bravi EaUmr, Fstaffy The Bold Md Daring Act of a No. Dearly. Mr*. Iverna Hicks, who lives in Marietta, Oa., returned home at 4:)d o’clock Tuesday evening with her two children and her brother-lQ-law, Charley Hicks, a 12-year-old hoy. Her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Horn, with whom shs and her husband live, were away and the house was empty. The Atlanta JourtilT' gays Mrs. Hicks entered and went the downstairs bedrooms. She de posited some bundles on a chair ghs carried and then walked over to the bed In one corner and began to take off her hat. As she was doing so a negro reached out from under the bed and caught her by the an kle. She tried to jerk loose, but the negro held her tightly. She scream ed and the little boy screamed al- •o.' Their cries frlghtsnsd ths ne gro, who loosed his hold on Mrs. Hicks and began to scramble from under the bed. She herself picked up her two children and ran toward the front of the house. The little boy, how ever. ran toward the back of the house, hut foubd the hack door lock ed. He tried to climb through a window, but he could only get part ly across the sill. Ths negro, too, ran toward the back of the house and being un able to get through the door, turn ed to the window. He brushed the boy out of the way and crawled through the window and to the ground. Possles were quickly formed and search for the negro begun. Every negro who in any way ansewered the description fgrntehed was ar rested. About 2:30 o'clock Wednes day morning a negro 19 or 20 years old, named Alvin Gibson, was arrest ed at a negro suburb of Marietta known as Louisville. The boy identlded this negro and the officers are sure that he la the one by whom Mrs. Hicks was at tacked. She herself saw only the back of the head of the negro who seised her and Is unable to say what was his appearance. The little boy, however, got a good look at the ne gro when the latter pushed him from the window. He says that the one now under arrest Is exactly like the assailant of Mrs. Hicks, even to a peculiar tear in his overalls. It has been fonnd, too, that the shoes of this nsgro fit exactly into the Impreeslons made by Mrs. Hicks’ assailant In a plot of i soft earth when he jumped from the rear window. He Is being held for trial. Mrs. Hicks is unhurt, save for a nervous shock from fright She Is the wife of Will Hicks, a fireman on the W. A A. road. Mr. Hick! was on hts run at the time his wife was attacked by the negro. COMPANY TO MAKE PICKERS. RUN DOWN BY SURREY. Gave Patient Chloroform and He Dies at Once. The sudden and excited departu e of Dr. Philip Sussman from the apartment of Mrs. Abramm Lazeic- witz, in the East Side tenement, New York, before daylight Wednesday, was explained later by the doctor to Coroner Harburger as being occa sioned by his fear that the woman and her family would attack him when they learned of the death of their slxteen-year-old. son, whom the doctor was attending. Dr. Sussman was called to per form an operation on the boy’s knee and to do so he said that he had administered chloroform. Before he was ready to operate, however, he discovered that the boy had died while under the Influence of the chloroform. I Mr. Jacobs, In Washington on s "I know how excited those faml- sight-seeing trip, w»g run over on lies become on such an occasion,’’ Pennsylvania avenue Tuesday night the doctor is reported to have told by a two-seated surrey, the coroner, “and I left the house, “i do not want the driver prose- telling the mother that I was going cuted,” said the mlukter, "as I know for my Instruments. Had I remain- it was not his fault, ed there until they discovered that Despite the promise of the police he was dead they and the neighbors to the injured man,-howsvsr, -Iha -KP to Qfls of the big manufactories would have mobbed me.” driver was arrested. Mr. Jacobs When the doctor did not return to founded the Tbornwell orphanage, of Rev. W. P. Jacobs Seriously Hurt in Washington. Refusing to be taken to the hos pital, although perhaps fatally In jured, until the promise was made to him that the person who Injured him would not be arrested, Rev. Wil liam P. Jacobs, a Presbyterian cler gyman, aged sixty, of Clinton, 8. C., put the golden rule of life, which he ha* preached for many years, In to practice. Preparing to Equip Two of Fourcb- er Machines. The Augusta Chronicle says company has been formed to perfect two of the Fourcher cotton pickers and put them in the field for the final and thorough test. Organisa tion was had a few days ago. The stock subscriptions foot up between |6,000 and |7,000, and were made by a number of gentle men of Augusta In stock-takings of |250 to $500 each. This prelimi nary company secure! an interest In the different patents. If the picker develops Into the success that is hop ed for it and claimed for it, the fur ther capitllization for manufacture of the machine will be quickly pro ceeded wi The plan is to have the inventor the house In half an hour the mother discovered that her son was dead and called the police. The coroner will hold an Inquest. A STRANGE VISITOR. 'Possum Calls at the Sumter Post- office for Mall. which he is president. In charitable wort he is known widely. SHOOTS HIMSELF WITH RIFLE. Sergeant of Coast Artillery Flees From Financial Troubles. Discovery was made a few days ago that Sergt. Max Bloek of the let the Southern peoPlA have tfrcm f The SunUr WatchmanrSouthron (coast artillery, station at Fort Du- but for the reasons just given, and passing locomotives and valuable Dtrector Dnrand, as enumerators. Charles Wiggins, I um property damaged. Strike Breaker Killed. At Blsbee, Arlx., William Pfau- kuch, a striking printer, shot and in stantly killed Am A. Hoy, Conner business manager of the Review, the morning paper of that city, gad wU- • 4* ■ ■> i ‘i -. '• and that is Just where many South ern people mey part company with Mr. Taft. The appointment of ne groes to office anywhere and under the conditions—especially In the South—savors strongly of bag tactics. - It t-WV-r s says of all the extraordinary Inci-1 pont, had commuted suicide a few before by shooting himself the most extraordinary and unusual | with his rifle. He had pfopped the happened in the postofflce Thursday rifle again* a wall and tied a string night about 9 o’clock. Mr. Furman to ths trigger which he pulled after Tisdale, night clerk at the postofflce, placing his body against the muule. opened the back door of the office. Money losses are believed and a- nice fat .’posamp „ WAlked Jn. I cauB6(1 Block to kill He was so well pleased with hie new home was ih Morgan, quarters that he utterly refused to - depart, and consequently the door Towboet was closed .upon him and he spent The naval tug TimliisMHL from a pleasant night’s vest behind a box. | Portsmouth to Boston, capsfimd off Just here the itriqtfltou#' work of the ffeute that occur ground thl» city, ever-ready machine begins to be ap parent. The appointment of Repub lican supervisors naturally means the appointment of at least a limit ed number of negroes, according to of the east and perfect and turn on two pickem The eum named Is fully ample for that purpose. Eve ry facility will be provided to en tble Mr. Furcher to manufacture the tickers. He will leave for the east In a few days. One of the beet known and one of the best equipped manufactories In the country has been arranged with In which to make the pickers When the 'machines are completed they will be tried out in th! jpottan field and on this practical test of the perfected picker will (lepeorttbe fate of the invention. ,£> r ♦» ijs Wreck Tell Orthto Bravery of Engine— Was Fatally Hart la That Wrecked His Ti Passengers who were on flM Southern train wrecked near Bristol, uraday erveofing (arrived at Atlanta Friday night, bringing tails of the bravery of Samuel Bush, of Knoxville, who d*d Friday as a result of bis Injuries. Bush \was slowly aid working bis way out of the wreck of his engine, scalded and fright fully bruised, whan the tew pea- sengers who retained their dug Into tho\maM of twisted and burning Iron to meet tom. He was lifted out upon the ground and a hurried call for phyMelaas resulted In ths was not a doctor on the train. As the passenger! began a hunt tor whiskey to were breaking open their search, Bosh asked tor ook at bis old engine, a wreck as was its When they came to tom liquor, he begged them to the comfort of the that no passengers had he said: “That's good. But before I this whiskey, I want yen smell my breath aad testily, II be. that I had not when this happened." Although suffering horrible ago nies, tbs brave engineer would not tounch the stimulant until the men bad smelled toe breath aad promised to bear rlety. "“All an engineer has Is hie ord," he said feebly, "aad he kfford to have that.’’ And Englnoer Rush upon his last run with hie record spotless. Engineer Rush was a native df Bedford county, Virginia, being n member of an old aad widely family in that section of the He had been in the service of Southern Railway for thirty years. He leaves an vslusd at $100,000 ELEPHANT SHARK A shark of the elepkaat •aid to be the largest ever eanght along the Jerady coast, is oa exhi bition In a Long Branch, N. J. shop. It is twelve feet long and weighs 1,000^ pounds- U wa* fiaottovi jE Long \Jranch by a fishing erow after vicious battle. T l)o shark, which ti of the estlag variety and with a for combatlveneee, was feasting In a school of mackerel when the ermen peered him. For a hour the monster towed the Mb* ermen’! boat arouad the ones a bo- fore he waa subdued with hooks aad prongs. The presence of this shark Intimidated many of the along the Jersey coast wko (oar 0*$ It may be a forerunner of many oth ers. STAKE ALL ON CHANCE. X it now* under arrest ‘tray Into government and will very Brothers Merry Sisters. Mors tteu 50 immediate tivos of the brides and bride-groom! wore in attendance at th# ceremony In Kant county, five brother!. Ml*!! 1 Kata, Anna Md Susie married to Jobs, Dan and Dkk f? Draw for Oflee. Two candidates In Greenville who tied in the election for aldemen have hit on a novel way to decide who shall have the office. A from Greenville says: “The c Democratic committee found that H. Webb Md for aidermea from this had each 718 votes. Th will meet again this take up the matter voters If the rasult is hot the names of the two candidates be placed In a hat Md a boy over ten years of ago will the on# who la to repreeent in the council. ^ It * a xti falra never aeon hero bifoon.* ‘ will save the trottfclo another election. rain/ * Va., forcing Capo of her ond Wednesday. the Efowned, The i