The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 04, 1909, Image 1
CLOUDJURST
the Mexican State «f Tohasce hy
Sweewitf All Befere k.
A VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
"Mr.
Over Thirty-two Inches Fell, Which
I" Heaviest for Three Weeks in
_ Thirty-two Years—Cities _ and
Towns Inundated, People Are
Homeless and Crops Destroyed.
An estimated loss of five millions
of pesos, including crops and fine
hard woods, two lives known to bo
lost and many others, It ia feared,
sacrificed in the floods, hundreds of
homes In country and town washed
away and thousands of head of cat
tle drowned are the known reaulta
of the disastrous cloud burst and
storm that broke over the State of
Tabasco, Mealoo. Wednesday, fol
lowing 21 days of Incessant rain
all over this region. Rivers are
out of their banks, towns Inundated,
thousands are homeless and no re
lief is yet iu sight.
From north to south, eitending
across the State from the Mescalpa
and the Grijalva rivers, which take
the two names after forking near
Hulnagullto to the banks of the Usu-
macinta, which for a short distance
marks the boundary between Chiapas
and Guatemala, the entire country
is a total waste. Only the high
mountain villages and plateau farnia
escaped from the terrific onslaught
of the waters.
Five hundred families are home
less in the city of Atasta alon
Other cities and towns inundat
are Mulnaguilto, Tenosique, Jal^ia
Tlacetalpam, Tinpa, Santa Rowa/an,.
a number of smaller \ illagee/klon*
the Mescalpa river, while th/ soutb
border of the State of Jonuti. Palac-
na. Carmen. Pallrada and/Santarl'a
in the valley of the Usuiyiclnta river
are badly damaged as btae n-ault of
the flood.
of thlrt;'-)4o and a half
inches » fallen In tb«
State In three w'Wtt*. which is th’*
record for wate/ fall fS^^-^ars
A large part oyihe lower si-ctioh <n
San Juan Da^tista is under water.
The barrio prT Santa Crut has tx^a
totally dep</i>ulaft-d *rii the water i»
three an<J four feet deep in man;
houses. Temporary lodging hous
es hav/ be<*n fined up by the
authorities of Snn Juan Hautima an
than a thousand .** »i»ie ire
<1»f. Tairn iir»v<,-lodged *t U. j city's
i^wG^b* uiaigilrvA.
, ^.‘Sb^hvefyt^'rdhu?
nately, however, the express office
and the Haruche-N'ettles store had
closed some time before and only
the occupants in Watkins Brother*
were hurt. The explosion shatter
ed glasses throughout the city, prin
cipally on Main street, and the shock
could be distinctly felt for tulles
many thinking thnt It was an earth
quake.
In the nearby baiber shop men
rusbei to the streets with half sbuv
en faces snd one shoe shined ^tfc
Bulsh their toilet s* *•* — ‘S sre e,
II INK'S J»nunrv \
1,1 lit* * e it, ^ ^ . . __ '.4‘^
GOOD ROADS WORK
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COHMI66IONER WATSON ASKS
FOR INFORMATION.
Number of Mlltt of Roadway ud
Coat of Same to Be Sent in by
Every Ooanty. —
A circular was addressed by Com
missioner Watson a few days ago
to all of the county supervisors of
fhe State calling for exhaustive in-
formatlon as to Just what has been
done in the matter of good roads
in every county of the State during
the year. The information which
will be furnished by the county su
pervisors will be used In the next
annual report of the commissioner,
which will be one of the most com
plete ever submitted on the good
roads question-
The table accompanying the cl
lar has space for Information
as miles of roadway in the ydif-
ferent counties, all data as to/con
struction, number of miles bhllt in
190$, expenditures in momty and
labor, cash tax. labor tag and the
total estimated amount expended by
the counties for roads Tn the last
decade up to 1909.
The following Is the circular and
the schedule:
-, County Super
visor.
“My Dear 8)lt: This department
Is exceedingly anxious, for various
reason, some of which, of couree,
will be apparent to you, to obtain
an socurAte and detailed statement
as to the work of building public
highways in South Carolina for com-
pIlaGbu and publication In my forth
coming annual report. Of course,
s information can only be obtain-
from the county supervisors In
the Several counties of the State,
and hence 1 iidi sending you this
circular with the requiat that you
fill in the blanks Indicated below
OYER SCORE LOST
SteiRer Hestia Wrecked Off Seal
Crawl Manan, Bay of Foody.
A CRASH AT MID
Navigator Unable to IMck Ont Safe
Course in Terrific Storm—Only
/
Six of Forty 7 Persons Known to
Be Have<l,r*-vShlp on Its Way to
This Country.
The/North Atlantic’s annual toll
of llyAs and vessels received the first
tithe of the winter season from Its
utary—the Bay of Fundy—
ednesday In the loss of at least a
score of souls and the destruction on
a shoal, Inside of Old Proprietor s
Ledge, off Seal Cove, Grand Manan,
of the Donaldson Line steamer Hee-
tla, bound from Glasgow for 8t.
John and Baltimore. Four of the
victims—young Scotch ladles—were
passengers on the ill-fated steamer
and the others were members of the
crew. Captain Newman and twenty
or more members of the crew were
last seen in a ship’s boat which was
being tossed on a stormy sea.
Of the forty persons who were
aboar dthe steamer when she piled
up on the shoal, at 1 o’clock Wednes
day morning, only six are positively
known to have been saved. They
were forced to cling to the wreck,
shifting their precat^ous positions
often as the steamer was tossed by
the great seas. It was not until
3 p. m. that life savers were able
to man their boats and reach the
stranded vessel. When rescued the
survivors were in a weakened state
after their 14 hours ordeal.
Those known to be saved are:
Third Mate Stewart. Second En
gineer Moigan and Seamen Keen, Mc-
to the best of your ability and re
turn the same to me at the earliest I Keuxie,’ Smith and McVickar.
possible moment.
“Wbllk I am sure It is not
sary, I wish to call your attention to
the fact that there are two provis
ions of law which require the turn
iahing of such Information by both
State and county officials when called
upon by this department therefor.
However, I know- that you will b<-
glad to furnish this information
ce to
^ l‘i"r great care and the he«t tante
Tjheir seieetKm# an*!- hope to make
•on I an eclip»lng season.
.V
TodRlhTI A N COX V EMION.
f*?rhe annual convent!^ ^he ChrU-
g r »in Church of ihia c p - , -W5A2v
clfi A nderunn next
ggr-itunie include* a
tnar-'diifiTnr i
C X
A h*a\y northeasterly gale is be
lieved to have been responsible for
the Hestia’s fate, although It Is sup-
poced that a mistake of the man at
the wheel in * Moving he had pick
ed up Gan-eti Rack Light whle
really disci r r.iug the gleams nT the
light house on Miehias Seal Island
(several miles southwest) carried
the ship many miles off her course.
The sallora of the middle watch
hunks a n hour
Miciatioo. “ T " "
B. T. C«ti*ey,
Moderator.
'V. II. Dowlln?,
Clerk.
All delegate* to the shove AssoHa
lion are requested to attend on the tir*t
tiie iu#‘
5AU8EH TROUBLE AMONG THE
BUY ERA AND 8ELLERA.
The Ferment Kefane to Accept the
Rates of Ckrttou Buyers and the
Uaioa Takes a Hand.
The fitate says there is dissatis
faction In the Farmers’ Union over
the tare rate on cotton. This mat-
rf ter i» reported to have bees con
sidered at recent meetings of the
county union in Richland. It seems
the foreign shippers allow a tare
margin of 30 pounds on a 500-pound
bale to the buyers and shippers.
The buyers and shippers are said
to have formed an agreement among
themselves Ho allow only 21 pounds
to the bale.
In this connection the Farmers
Union has Issued a circular letter in
■which the grievance Is presented to
the farmers with a view to taking
some action relative thereto. Some
action was taken at the last meet
ing, but just what was done has
not been definitely «s'*t‘vd by the
State Fartnere’ Union.
In the issue of The Farmers’
Union Sun of Augue 27, was pnb-
llshed the text of the agreement of
the buyers, together with a reply
by A. J. A. Perrltt, president of the
South Carolina State Farmers’
Union.
The articles 'n question follows:
Gum ky Canties Skew Very lateresl-
. hf Ftfnrei.
CHECKING THEM UP
Agreement of Spinners and Cotton
Buyers of Columbia, 8. C., Terri
tory:
We find It necessary to take some
steps relative to the excessive
amount of bagging and ties that is
now being put on cotton at the gins.
The excess bagging, and ties put on
at the gins is increasing, and it Is
now the custom of many gins to use
an unnecessary amount of bagging
and ties In covering the cotton. The
merchant ia billed back by the spin
ner with the amount of oxceea bag
ging and tins, and, In view of this
fact, it is necessary to take step*
to protect ourselves against this loss
All domestic mills and European
buyers are deducting for excess bag
glng and ties, and we, the under
signed, will he forced to do like
wise; therefore, on and after Hep
tember 1, 1909. w-e will deduct for
exresa tare as specified below.
On all cotton carrying more than
jiix yards bagging, we will deduct
OQqjidti per yard for each yard
_ r.if
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ge foun<r^ n ,|
1 KiT-i
cording Jj a message
under side of a wooden toOH'i'
basket of grapes bought by " l:
V. Hubbard. 825 NonA f.^Dr’
ula street, Indlnnapop* vmlt M /
widow desires a husi.^ V i itli Mr.
be “nice," wealthy an**ie llmUon
py disposition. She a T •‘ , im i l.c-ll
to have dark <confcph
him for the remaindh
Aj
Thxe messag
wit.TV.)*
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•YlT''* 4 ,
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r»>«f w _ “ “ | tf’miaa.l
p held. . w0w ^ •Ivnkl,,^ •* K
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"‘.il,whe waa then eec-
rKury of war, wss pressing Lor-
ton’i name. Bat Roosevelt got the
•lory of Judge Lerton’s use of pri
vate cars, sod be dropped that nsmi
from his Mat-’
"President Taft and Judge Lur
too were on the beach together. At
otve time the court was made up of
Taft. Lvrtoo aod Day. the latlei
being My, Justice Day, of the United
States supreme court. The district
I Deluded Michigan. Ohio. Kentucky
and Tennessee Judge Lurton owe
hie appointment to President Cleve
land.
"A leading member of the Nash
vlli« bar and himself a corporal tor
lawyer John J. Vertress. What h»
had to say of Judge Lurton take*
on added significance from the fact
that he Is personally and pro fee
(donally the Judge’s friend.
“ Tn these days,’ said Mr. Ver
treea, ‘judges aod lawyers are apt
to be classified under two heads
those who place the emphasis or
property rights, and thoee who place
the emphasis on personal rights. To
the former class belongs Judge Lur
ton.'
The attorney went on to argue
that this position is the correct one.
and that stability of property should
be made paramount. I talked with
lawyers in TJtttcimtati and Memphis,
aod found nothing to contradict tbs
Impression as to Lnrton'i corporate
aod ralhray leanings.
" '|f Jadga Lurton baa svar de
cided a motion or a ease fn a way
distasteful to tha* Lonlsvills and
Nashville railroad.’ aald a Memphis
attorney. ‘I never beard of the
h-k ease,' and be added: ‘Thi* may
Sp mean that the L. A N. road Is al-
ways right; but If that Is wbat it
means It Is singular to say tbs
least’ *
"Judge Lurtofi’s pro-railroad and
pro-corporation record oerrers a po
Hod of about 80 years. It began
when the firm was Lurton A Smith,
and be waa local attorney ter the
L. A N. It ts made up on many
baerned decisions, well written and
tony 'buttreseed' by hoary * prpee-
dent, and all ten<1 lug to the weaken
ing of personal and tha •tr^gthan-
1»g of pragdftr rlMMR T*? h*"
■Lj j
H 18 p r
t 4Vf()ni**ilsy,) th**
m-'iiir the in.wt Ihcir nsmrs hv mnil
ir '•,tnii£ folk-* of A* ^ • Given*, ( Imlr-
1<h ncHiuifnl blonisW^ ee 0,1 Uorptt"lity nt
mlrrd br nil wh'o kneV" 1 '"'*' 1 ! |»rrpsr»-
(■ruhb* i* th** vciy rfllcient £ 8tWwW‘iiui wel
in- mi|i;< ymc.it of Mr r'. 1’ r#w>.
wlicrc Im wi,i continue nfler mncrUtc
mul their iiimiiv friend* h re olid to
know that t'.i y "ill mxkn Elko their
home At lln» writing tho mirringe
i< two Jsy< oil’ hihI a ilntsil tl Kvcount
of the runrrirtgo can not he given until
aier.
A didightful attention to the Itnde-
eleot, Mi«> Kai y 1’ender. w a* a "Tin
St'.nwer” tendered to r on Moml iy
»fternoon from 4 ;:>0 to fi lit) bv Mi»*
Janie S l i iocftdlow at the home of tier
(ii,ter Mr* Lneia Lott, t’nt llowetK
and potted plant* in t.rol union were
used for de -oration* Ton ball parlor,
o u r.iotn w
f :7 s J, ‘$t ^Jt^-lor *e
rs-
'i 1 '' t *•- - ri , "i.
tzt-U's. S, Hull,
were heav.lif ul’y de
hesu* w In *■;. ,y ^
-'•'ill [or bunds
mi(T2
Present Dispensary I .aw Doc* Not
Provide for Any HetUement in
Cnae of No Assets—Important
Matters to Gome Before Winding-
up Commission.
The State says one of the matters
likely to come up in connection with
the final winding-up of the affairs
of the dispensaries In the 15 coun
ties in which prohibition becomes ef
fective next month wul concern the
liability for claims for supplies.
At the present time it la thought
that all of the counties will have
enough money when the business Is
closed on the 15th to pay all claims
and in some of these oounties some
money will probably ba turned Into
the county treasuries aa profits. The
preoent dispensary law doss not make
the Stats llabla beyond the assets
in the case wf each county and ap
parently there IdC? way to force the
county Itself to pay ibe claims.
According to the checking up of
Auditor West of claims fro'lii the
'.w-iks of the county hoards affoKij
shows a total of f235.lSl.80 dueV' 1
Tha claims by counties are aa fol-
lows:
Abbeville
f 14,808.43
Bamberg
. .. 11,070 93
Barnwell
. . . 21,575.93
Berkeley
... 10,220.01
Calhoun
... 12.609.66
Colleton
. .. 5,066 92
Dorchester . . . .
... 14,062.92
Fairfield
19,802.09
Hampton
Kershaw
.. . 12,439.04
Le«>
. . . 19,619 03
Lexington
6,024 80
Orangeburg
. 43.423.13
Sumter
. ... 7.772.55
\t jlliamBburg ....
. . . 29,108.52
A good. *nber, bone*t rbT(LT*w .rjribv
man to attend to a four h(ir*e farm
Ho mn*t he able t<> manage labor.
Good wage* to the right man.
Addi e-i*
WlllHton, S C. K. K. I). No. 1,
Box fit;.
LAND FOR S.VLK~
Any one wluhing to buy a good farm
of 4 >0 acre* two horae farm in cultiva
tion, good raxok rou aiot-K
. Apply to
l airf#*^ J H William*.
AilendalPj. SyateKbero, Ga.
ttfiue w ill bviU, F. 1), No. G.
above date*. \
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Total 1235,1 61 80
All eountlee, except Lee, Le-xing
ton. V, IlliamBburg and Berkeley,
have w u chcckod up preparator)
to clofcing on November 15. Thes*-
will bo attended to within tho n"x.
few days. After the closing ot tb-
dlspenBane^M r West will check up
the remainder of the business ami
*— «onn after when the fixtures
**■ - . --flJtioe
IUn,»,ll. C . N-^iaCkUiHjBrp
WANTED '4 “
^ (D^-T)Ott
A good. *obcr, honest mie
man to attend to a four ho™ m « m0nln
11. must he ahle to manage l* me
Good wage* to •■ia 1
- ’~r - /r rr r '
"ho havi I 1 k
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gA- — /ij.Ve’b-' ‘'o^il^Yiiiiil, Eik*^!,,, '
lea tie J 4-^te.^.r* oi 1908.
these One
road for damage
->erwonal Injuries
failure of the road to ftni oiah safety
Appliances required by the eo-oalled
coupler law Judge Lurton protoct-
vd the railroad by reading Into the
’aw the necessity for due diligence
Meantime tha same sort of case
went from Arkansas to tha Unltn-l
Ttatee supreme court and the latter
body knocked out tha ‘due diligence’
’efenee Kelly applied to Lurton
'or rehearing ‘Denied,’ ruled the
•ourt. ’No opinion,’ that was all
Mnce then the supreme court has
ntervened and taken the Kelly case
‘rom Lurton's court.
“Judge Lurton. as a member of
•he United Htatee circuit court of
ippeals, found technical grounds for
'eclarlng the employers' liability act
inconstitutional. In the applica
tion of J. K. Keen for an Injunction
gainst voting certain railway stocks,
fudge Lurton found the Sherman
anti-trust law not to be binding up
-m him or hla railroads, much to the
latlsfaction of E H. Harriman, whose
consolidation program was thus made
ea«ry.
“Aa far back as the early ’70s
lodge Lurton was known as a par
tisan of the corporations as against
the people, defending the claims of
turnpike aod early railway companies
to the subsidies voted them by the
State before the war
*Tt ts recalled that whan ho was
a member of the chancellors court he
read a paper before the Bar associa
tion arsuing the entire rnffleiency of
the CoufES T6 curb trusts monopo
lies, and depreciating legislation of
this character
‘‘Another paper was read a few
years ago is devoted to an elaborate
defense of corporations generally.
“Judge Lurton waa born In Clarks
ville, Ky, but waa brought, aa a
boy, to Tennessee He graduated
from the Lebanon School of Law,
the oldest institution of its tort in
Tennessee. After abont four years
aa judge of the chancellor* court ha
was sleeted to tha State supreme
court bench, where ba served ten
year*. Ha waa appointd to tha fad-
«ral court In 1808. HJ»
tn Nasbvtlla. Ha has
both grown, tad
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lt, o<i Kh " l ojtal dischar
,‘7 s «-*-’St 0 ' - H ^ !
HUSBAND FOUGHT VAINLY TO
EXTINGUISH FLAMES.
Saucer of Unimeat Which Mrs. Mag.
gle Rooks Was Wanning Catches
Finv igniting Her Clothes.
The Atlanta lourniil says Mrs
Maggie Rooks, 22 years of age. the
wife of John M. Kook*, of 95 Cell-
«
ti al avenue, Atlanta, after -audvrutg
excruciating agony from buinn re
ceived Monday afternoon, arose in
her bed acreamlng for water, and
then fell hack llfble«t.
Mrs. Kooks’ death occurred a*. 8
o’clock Tuesday morning at the Gra
dy hospital, whither she waa taken
within a few minutes after she rt-
eelved her burns.
Mrs. Rucks never for an Instant
lost couactousm-ss. On account of
her aerious condition no soothing
opiate could ba administered, and
for 15 houra tha young woman suf
fered agony with great fortitude.
In a room at her noma, 95 Central
avenue, about 5 o'clock Monday af
ternoon, Mrs. Rooks was heating tn
a china saucer, a liniment contain
ing turpentine, which she was In the
habit of applying to her husband's
back, which waa Injured while he
was at work some time ago.
She had placed the aaucer on the
hearth .near the fire, and was wait
ing in,HI iue liniment would h- hot
i enough for use. Mr. Rooks expecto
rated Into the fire causing a number
of spa. v a to fly Into the liniment
which was IgU'.'ed Instantly.
Not thinking oi dJUJg«r- to her
self, Mrs. Rooks selred the saucer,
and with a light cotton apron, which
she was wearing, attempted to ex
tinguish the blaze. Part of the
flaming liniment waa spilled on the
floor and her apron waa soon In a
blaze.
In a second the entire apron waa
a flame and other portions of her
clothing caught.
Not for an Inutant loring her self-
font rol, Mis. Rooks rushed frorp
the room to the back porch, cry
ing to her busoand to tear off the
blazlug garments.
In fear and excitement Mr. Rooks
began tearing and ripping off the
clothing, but even In the few sec
onds the work necessitated, his wife
received burns which proved fatal.
The husband was aided by Mandle
Lumpkin, sn aged negress, living
In iho basement of an adjoining
house, wtu hearing the screams was
the ?, a VJ if.
M-XS-t a aM # mi Y_t
rcnmm jUjb h i w* duun
id Br*tkw-»-Uw.
THE CRIME LONG PLANNED
Unable to Hold His Tongue Re
Tells the Potto* and Say* He
Win Be Able to Sleep la Pence.
Murders Committed on Farm Near
Kansas City.
James McMahon has confessed
that he murdered hla sisters, Mias
Rose McMahon and Mr*. Alonso Vg*
Royen and th* latter** husband.
Alonzo Van Royen. on a farm near
Kansas City, Kails., last Tueaday.
A long atandlog family quarrel cam?
od the tragedy. McMahon killed
Van Royen in a wood and later wont
to the Van Royen home and ahot IU*
■later*.
Fearing mob viol«ne* by a throng
that gathered about th* ooanty jail
after the confession became known,
the sheriff rushed the murderer and
bis brother, Patrick McMahon, and
Patrick Lamb, a farm hand, who are
held aa witnesses, to tho penitentiary
at Lansing In aotomobUeo.
McMahon’s inability to keep hi*
*«crvt caused him to be arrested.
11,^ told a friend where he bad bid
den a revolver with which be did
the killing, and several article* ho
took from Van Roy*n’a bom*.
As Sheriff Becker waa preparing
to fcrrvrt James McMahon the latter
walked fAjo hla office and announced
he was rea<f> K help work on tho
case as he had bee^^oluj? since the
tragedy.
Sheriff Becker immediately arrest
ed him. Prosecutor Taggart and
Sheriff Becker sweated McMahon for
two houra. Then McMahon eonfeoaod
all.
"Yes. I killed my two slater* and
brother-in-law and I was crasy when
I did It." be shouted, rising out of
btM chair and pacing the room. “It
took me three months to plan and
execute the crime. I waited until
1 knew my Intended victims would
be tn the right positions for me to
kill them and get away. On Tues
day Rose wont to visit at Van Roy-
en s and Lon went to the wood*. I*,
found him and shot him'in the bead. , v
He fell and I fired six shots into
his back. I always bated him.
"Thtn I walked inta^jhoj
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Cotton Factors, bagging and Ties, Fertilizers,
Handlers of Upland, Sea Island and Fiorodom Cotton,
Liberal advances made on consignments of cotton.
Personal, prompt and careful attention to all business
entrusted to us.
FURSE & LAWTON,
“1“ East Bay St., Savannah, Ga,
SAME OLD MAN. IN THE SAME OLD WA Y.
BUT WITH HEW TOOLS AND NEW IDEAS.
Will guarantee no better Work can be done fiom miv -L
we can do. Only regular Apprentice work.
11. Three admlrallty charts, cov
ering Smith sound and the polar
regions. Nos. 369, 27 4 and 376.
12 One BllssfAlmanae of 1 908.
13. One Negus almanac, 1907.
The Times has follof ed the steps
i>**e«rlbed by tbeae ti men and
has verified their goings and com
ings, their purchases of books and
charts end the fact of their Inti
mate relations with Dr Cook
Whether the “obsarvatlona’’ calcu
lated by Cspt. Loose and supplied
aa he alleges, to Dr. Cook, were
adopted by the latter and made a
part of his report to the Untverf ty
of Copenhagen, it Is. of course/^ <n-
poselble to say, without a cott^Vrl-
son of Capt. Loose's narrative with
that report. The Times has com
municated to the University of Cop
enhagen tho main facta of Capt.
Loose’^ story and Mr. Dunkle’s and
offerod to supply to tho university
the /Corroborative documents It has
Ived from these two men. One
of/ then* purports to be Dr Cook’*
memorandum directing the prepara
tion of obeervaXlons from Svartera&g
all the way to tbe pole.
In the narrative of Capt. Loose
he frankly expresses his scorn of
Dr. Cook’a claims, laugh* *t hla Ik
norance of the simple*! essentials
for accurate observations In the Arc
tic region* and deecrlb** at length
how, working backward from the
pole, he calculated observation* that
would fit M with Cook’S narrative
and- coached him on the treceeeary
modi first ions of the latter. A*, for
example, tbet be mugt be sure to
record ttast he roee before 4:15
o’clock on k certain morning, be
cause ft was at that hour that a eer
tain star, mentioned in one of
Loose's calculations, would be vlsi
ble. Mr. ftnnkle describes the In
ception of the enterpriee; bow from
newspaper* they gathered that Dr.
Cook was In deep water and In
ferred that be would be. glad to pay
for help; bow Dunkle got John IL
Bradley, Cook's backer, to 1 at rod no*
dm; how
delicately
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'' **? t r, n (r, ^
tilled and**4vo.
Unit siding, which hsppt,^. .. fv .-_
Stein's Pane He telegraphed to the
dispatcher that he would have to
have new running orders, as Mtae
Srheff Insisted on remaining there
until her bath wee finished. The or-
ler was compiled with, aa Miss
He he IT was paying for the train
**c*Uerei| over _
I -- or ,
.. J »mee GordmJ*** U * T
whe-e than
we nave mo*t of their
DENTIST*
Sant HI, > , . S.&
OF Klt’fl: HoUBRt
8.30 «. mi to 6p. m
Person* living awiy fro* Bai 11 MR
will please make Sppolntmbntk MM
coming Br »ri doing ttiek Will to tog*
of immediate service and dVeto Atoi
sppeliitttonu.
Britton's Book Storey
Barnwell. At BesideKe,
in Stock and fof Sale.
Al! School Boo 1 ’•, AdodteJ
by t'v.' State.
School and Fattcy Statioheryi
hi hies, Song Aooks and
Stai dard Literary V/ As.
Tory
FATAL SHOOTING SCRAPE.
A Lawyer Shoots Down Town Mar-
nhol of Byron, Ga.
At Byron. Ga , on Wednesday C.
E. Bateman, town marshal, was fa
tally Injured by A. T. Harper, a
lawyer, In a duel with pistols on th*
principal street of tbe town. Bale
man charged that Harper bad de
stroyed tbe hap(gneee of his home
and artacked the latter wi'b a heavy
walking cane. Harper pulled bis
pistol and fltv>d five shots, two of
which took effect. Bateinan drew
hie pictol as ho toll and fired upon
Harper, but Harper was not Injur
ed. Bateman was rushed to a Ma
con hoepltnl. where the statemjat
was given out that hie Injuries wore
fatal.
-r-o alayer of Mrs Orlbble and Mrs.
Ohlander, and the assailant of Mrs.
Msggle Hunter, who was not Identi
fied for hours after the discovery
of the murder*.
If Is now almost certainly known
that a negro, tbe negro who waa at
flnft suspected is the guilty man.
Persona have been found who state
that this negro was seen entering
the Grlbble bouse with the fatal
axe In his band, and was seen clos
ing the shutters to the windows of
the house, and to leave the premla-
es, all at the hour when It Is be
lieved the murders were committed.
This negro's description has been
p. luted on handbills and scattered
broadcast over the city and county,
with the reward offered, and all
nearby towns have been notified and
are on tho lookout. Police officers
in automobiles have covered all the
roads for miles surrounding the city,
while posses on foot have scoured
the places where automobiles could
not go. Tbe house-to-house search
of negro homes continues. It seems
hardly possible that the egro can
long remain at large. •
hr,
ary
^A^iTLitton,
a/fie 7'*v.
inctUenlT
ideni, I’-'"
to e
Couple Claiming to be Maa and Wife
Wedded Again.
Gaffney had s novelty In tbe mar
riage line recent*:*' Mias Annie
tilrktoJV Ql Gastonia, and Mr. Ja*.
Hager. *f Mooresrllle, ^. aiighT
ed from the train at G^tey Sun
day morning and announced that
they had Just been made man and
wife; but shortly after their arrival
the chief of police received a mes
sage from the parents of the young
lady to the effect that the couple
were not married and to arrest them.
The lady Informed the officers tuat
they could be married again and
securing tbe services of Mr. H. M.
Robbins, notary public, were soon
tied up tight and fast.
BOY STRANGLED TO DEATH.
Refnswd to be Baaed
When several telegraph meeseng
er boys gathered around Ralph Head
erson, aged 15. a new recruit to their
ranks In front of ths Atlanta Ter-
m ins I station late Wednesday pre
paratory to “initiating'’ him he turn
ed on them with an open knife
Ralph Bnlce. tged 15. was stabbed
by young Henderson through tbe
left lung, probably fatally. Hender-
eon le held In the city Jail pending
the rneult of Buice’s Injerlee,
Lynchers Foiled.
A mob of ■nreral hundred citisens
went to Dublin, Ga., Wednesday eve
ning determined to lynch Hansom
Newoome, a negro, who wa*
In the cot
Spartanburg Lad Accidentally Hangs
Himself tn Bath Room.
William Pendleton, aged t year*.
• sttfi of the Rev W H. K. fcndln-
ton. rector of th* Church of the
Advent, wes found dead lilt tbe bath
room at his home a faw mornings
ago in Sp*rt*nbarg, S. C. He evl
deotly had been dead for *ome time.
The bog went Into the bath room to
brush hi* half.^—'<v -Jarir,
which tiiGy^ 0MpMn,> 'm,
lar cauge. out ritop*. TtS*
and ,•*. andsolKjb'-
aaat
^4.Vt\*y4.
Fatal Know Storm,
Blinding clouds of snow, accom
panied by lower temperature and a
35 mile* an hour wind, swept over
Chicago and the surrounding ter
ritory Wednesday, bringing death to
three persons. One of tbe victims,
a laborer, was found dead from cold
and espoanre. The other two wer*
riffrbad rfrltchtoen, who, blinded by
enow, were run over by engine*.
Fatally Burned
Th* little daughter of Mr. an<| Mr*.
Or over -Godtory. who .Ur* About ton
miles from Gaffney, wa* fatally bum
ed on Wednesday. The mother wa*
at the torn milking, leaving th* lit
tie two-yeer-old girl end her broth
er, who wee 3, In th* house. The
clothing of the girl caught fir# *n<
was burned entirely off before the
mother oonU reach her.
- MACHlNi
IHO:
Tree Felled.
end. We tope to
go on bU
time and In aa tender
possible he lifted the proetrato,
bed reached and almost lifeless form
of his neighbor and friend and took
to his home where hla family
waa watting for him
aware of a tragedy which had beea
nacted only a few yard* fro mtheir
own doorstep.
The neighborhood waa arc—id.
Willing friends volunteered ttolr
services. One went five miles to
Appling for Dr. J. L, Week*, tto
family physician, while many
willing hands did all Ir,
to res use! late the then dyti
Tbe news of tbe terrlbi* *****
spread almost by magic. Neighbor*
hurried to the Kendrick tome. ^
About two hours after
the injury Mr. Kendrick became
scioua. Hi* terrible wound prohibit^
ed his telling of tbe ordeal thro«gh
wljich he had paaasd. Hm Meki4
only look with a mate appeal, 4fMI
those who were gathered atoaf
bedside, into the tearful eye* of Mb
fond daughter and the
enraged faces of hi*
war*
condition yet who wore ba
destruction of tto boost
dealt tto ertol Mow* opoa
bead.
’ fjoaUj nW®8sr
sufferer lay npoo
that IM* end wa* drawing
motioned for a pencU
He could not speak,
was
a physician’s skin oouW to th*
of the dying maa
on the bed. Mr. Koadrkfc
rather scribbled cm a
per "Jnle
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