The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 27, 1910, Image 1
VOL. XXXIV
BARNWELL. S. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27.1910.
V
NO 8
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AWFUL CRIME
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Black Bnile Crmiiallj Assaults a Wkite
lady ii Culumbia.
TIE FIEND WAS CAUGIT
Ami B'a.s Takfii to tl»<* rejiit«*nt.i»r,v,
Aft* - r BHnu hlrwtllUHl b,v HI** \ ic*
tiin. Who 1*. Soriotisly III S'ront the
Terrible Ordeal Thronj;li Whieh
She l“n , -*>c*l.
Tlie Record Bii> s »ha- was perhai*#
the most n'volting of all erintes that
have over hcen coniniltt*-d in Colum-
ida criminal annuls occurred Tues
day altonioon in the north'rcsu-rD
s< (tjon of the city. A negro, aimed
with a pistol, compelled the wife ot
■a well-known paper hanger and paint
er to * ield to his fiendish designs.
The Indy was in a precarious condi
tion Tuesday night, out Wednesday
morning her condition was reported
to he somewhat improved. No one
bn' her husband and an intimate
fpjj-nd are allowed to be at her side,
by The advice of the attending physi
cian. She Is completely pros rated
The home of the husband and wile
is on Lincoln street between Elm
wood avenue and Lumbei street-
In the family besides the hus and
and wife are two prett> children.
Tuoday afternoon at about
o'clock the woman had lust iohi a
vl- it or goodbye and had returned m
ihe re.'t' "i the house to resume her
ilome-dic duties A negro » h on
Kbc had never seen eefore app'areU
at the fre'.t doer i vplnimnr that lo
hnd hrougl'.t a le’ter from her lath
tl , r 'from ni' fa'her' she
eiaimed. eing vei' much - t i-*
at the n pro's remarks. ' -'at •■*.•
vyei mean’ Here* "hat I mean,
th. necto said drawing -he P'-el
rb.t ctri u ms! a me- ot * ic a'tJi
bti h» 7 worn..!, a 'e t o ev.il’mg ."i
pnblii it’ou hen the negro
h ■ ns** spe seir mi*' of •i-r e'i11
,ll-,.|i io a leUghuor askl' g
III* d 1 a' M a -s; t i n ■'» MaUllu. to
.inline .-::e so inn; on*
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'A ln'.e waiting t ol the pi’' ro, 'V.'r-
,.1, Poll, • man Mil'-tt came up an
gnvii Mic nn;ro a- .m-wnrin;
. 111 si ri' M"n o' 'be man for whop
I,, u arching Th* otTcers .ooh
' u negro 'll :h' homo of Mao woman
a id he ;n ih“ j'l'esenc' ot the offi
r ,i., and a ne.ghls.r said without ap
parent le ; ation. "Vos. ttial i th-
,,, 1 he p s*ol w hu ll had ben
taken front Kird was shown hei in,
w-r-Tp,»ti eo M ing
legro had used,
full name ot tin
.enter and chiim
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tip ,;r fi'-ir-^*'
♦ h«
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Fi-aing 1
weeks ago IHrc.
i police hea ltpiat
pi iced Ulldt al
public tndign.P ioi
w.itild a-sor’ itself in a toon spir'd
th" police had the m-gro tetiiov",
tu Mie pent eiitiary a shoe' time >n
ti.w.nils \n an iomo'mfi' with tip
prisoner and th*' officers nun't!'. !•■!
pub. • headuuai't* r.- ami a f*'" mill
!HTThiTteTw 1 ,finis‘dro-htt*f -hei") piiLOe*
behind 'he w *11'- ot tile pen. entinf
and n.'tore the news of th" iioiri'd'
, r me ha*1 Income generally know;
HIM denies that lie is the n*'gr.
who attacked the woman, tnd'a.or
In to estufilisli an alibi, elaimiiu
rtrat he-had oenu huu'lng with Most
p. e. anotiur negro, on Crane creek
t birf Catiicart has <H*taine*i iron
pile an affidavit to the effect tiia
his- onlv companions on the hunt
were negroes who reside in that com
miinity and who were found and b n
here.
.lohti Franklin, colored, who claim
ed that Bird attempted to shoot him.
said he saw Bird unload a fustoL
Chlef Cut heart upon receiving 'hir
information took Franklin to the
place where the pistol was albged
to have Irern reloaded, and there he
found wo empty shells-'and a cart
ridge This was at the S A L nu n-
table in the northeastern section o
the city j
The h i is hand of* the woman whe
■was the victim of Bird, was nut in
•fie city at the time of the attack
un his wife 1’ ■ was in Darlington
engaged in work and Tuesdav after
noon a friend sent him a telegram
statlne that his wife was seriously
ill Not ' until hts . arrival at his
home did he-become acquainted with
ill.- real facts in the. affair. Natural
ly hr we very much wrought up and
his anguish w;is tourblpg in the ox-
i p me
TALE OF GRAFT
THE FARMER’S WIFE
HEARSAV EVIDENCE OK COHRi r- ITCEMRENT HAKKKTT PAYS HER
TfOV IN llUiH I’LVO.S.
ssistant IHsleftt Attorney Itercjils
Allegctl < ttiifrssion of Bi ilwt .T t*>
m*fe*t Anti-racing Hills.
K | iresentat I ve Otto (J. Foelker.
the man who was carried from his
sick bed into the ,\»■ w York senate
chamber to cast the dc* iding vote for
the anti-racing bills urged by Gov.
Hughes, took the stand as a sworn
witness and told lie Merrit joint leg
islative committee the details of an
alleged attempt in,l!**'S by Former
State Senator Frank .1 Gardner, who
is now under arrest, 'o buy his vote.
Briefly it told of a dinner at Del-
monicu's of phoruinent men friendly
to the race track, of $5,Pt)U,000 suh-
scr'bed to a corruption fund, of the
distribution of this fund to politi
cians and well known pres# corres
pondents of the New York news-pa-
|ters at Albany and of the secret
gnew.ncr ot the late Patrick McCar-
ren who worked for the bill against
his own wishes and his own asso
ciates.
Tp the month of March," testified
Mr. Elder, I sent tor Gardner,
■hrough his lawyer, who wanted to
know wh«t for I told him for a
personal chat, and shortly afterward
Gardner came to my private office.
1 told him f wanted to know about
i lie eft oils made at Albany to de-
'e.v the race track bilb I told him
hat 1 had indictments against cer-
'.iin men and that his information
might help
Fi n . 11 - Ga vd ’I i" s-tTd. 'I d, m'
mind telling you Mia' her. w.i- a
aet'tlflg a * I lei niuii a ii s a ' w fi ;
I.ont-v V.I- -U i t il He men! en-l-
• 1 the nanes o -i . • i i i men w n-i
> err tin t-' im'i ad. ng u;• m >•■ i > m «• n»-
M(trupo!"a:i Tint as-o ..I'iuii and
ice book-makers He Wald 'ha'
- n:un c ; in tru n tut : •
•er wep' 1 a ii "S H K •
lie 11 Mi Pa r.'i'!,i>
\V !i:t nt- v a mi * ha rle-
Mlia: b - H H' d- b
i: n . i v , a Yuri- *';' ■
■ 1' a law paid net o;
'an**'.- It Keene i
DESEIJX ED COMPLIMENT.
' ha : 1 rein* :n
• ne. 11 v ,d Mil -
Ha: r\ Pa m
H Hyb'
s ii"« cn.im ’to-
and w a.-, torn,
M a ■ 'f Ga v not
I lie w e|i known
.uiiig in ii and millionaire -.'o-.k
iiar k*•' "p* r,t tu: M i P.i I'stffj:
■.as nu’ tut: her ub n t: to |
H* I * 1 a rdn e 1- I I on' i ; U'-d M I
E Id ** r -ail there H.I- a displlt*
ii. up win* «h<iuUl ..alldb' i he li'.onev
'::ia ' iv h- sa.d $ 1 w g.v . o
i .lainc' Ga n* ' to take care ot
lit .-*• or tour mem •• rs of the legi -•
a U i • la miii.i Ii' men. lie sa i l
I a in* ■- Gaftlicv is pr* .-itlt-nf of th"
,,-tftl .-v l'oils■ r”,cM-Ol Ii.imuanv wh'ch
i n i- ha ml led nuiiiv muniiipjl con-
■ r.u t s
I asked him t he '."la’ ..mo in'
it fend. the » p lies** I • s V. li'.*'<1.
a ml iie sai-.l. Oh co-* ■: (I era bie 1
old him th.«' I h*-ard th.*’ P wms
IliiMi uop He said that if I had
T Ill's - I'd $ .101,1101) I w.illld have > ecu
it*ar* r the mark
"Of this sum Ilf said. Senator
.ra*l' got onlv $4".""" and I mign’
magin* what th. iiMt."-s go'
"SentPor Mc('arr*n he -aid. "a.
ingrv he* ails*' he did not have '!)•'
'lantflmg "t th*- tun*l and because a
trange man vvas going up there ex
-KH'taig to -get aw .y with sm h a
i>roposttii>n. He aMribut* d thr-t***-
tgv of '.:*• ul! to McCan'cn's dis-
dia-uie \I i <’i r r*'n "as sciTfilv in
■avor of the hill, he said, and w ..nt'-n
0 be ri'cnged ’"fcausf h*- had no:
-e.-n con lilted
Th* n cam*' mention of the press
He i < la rtllier i. ' rt SUIllfd Mr Elder,
-aid the newspaper men were lib'T
11> t iken t ar*' ot o*it of the fund
\skcd the names of 'he ni'ti Mr
ild-T said
man named t*
$
M*
Mill Build HowpDaL
The Tennessee Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South,
has rtssolved ro build s a Methodis'-
hcapit^l at Naabvill*.
l r*cali
inter of The Sun g-d tiia
-'atn*'k Uclihan_ of Th** Pres» gut
-.i.iim*, thin Louis Sealudd of Idle
Vorl.l got George .Jaml ‘.i
- f the BrookD» Citi7.*'ii. |k,0'iu, ano
irr'dl of the Broukl'n Eagle, $;;mi
le said Tile Times man of (.’■iiokl'ii
;o' $.{•**'.
Georg" Tinell. seen tar' to Comp-
t oiler Prcndcrgast and until .fainury
• Albany correspondent of the Brook-
yn Eagle, took the stand and te.-ii-
i* d hat Gardner had offer* d him
fivtin. at Ail.anv and he had decl.n-
•d it.
Little light was thrown on tm-
>art, taken at Alfianv 'ay
He i Gardner i." said Mr. Eld* r
told me he wept to Albany wim
Hyde because Hyde did not know
the ways of Albanv and how- to ap
proach people
"He said Hyde had secured a
the meeting at Delmonico s for Wil
liam Kneerman who had sailed to
pav. and that Hyde had put tn a
vill for persona! expenses to rei.n-
uirse himself. He said h* nad an
ippointment with Hyde hv- whbh ne
was to, he -paid for doing the work at
\lhany. hut f ha' Hvde did not pay
him and ibat it waF"*-necessary, for
him to take $10,000 out of the
amount he did get elsewhere to
make good on two appointments. $S.-
000 of this he said went to the pres
ident of the senate "
The witness was reminded that the
•hen president of the senate. Lewis
sturvesan: Cbanler. had voted for
• he bill ' Hid you uudersund that
be meant Senator Raines. Republi
can leader and president pro tern
of the senate?" asked counsel.
"I so understand.' said the w,t
QC8>.
In an Address He H»*< .lii-t Made
tt> the ^Members of 4lie Emiiih'iV
Fn ions.
Tli\t the farmer s wi!e is lie muG
vita! fifttoc in the uplHtlng of the
a g i ten Rural interest* of the cuuu-
trv today i^the contention of Presi
dent C’harb'8\S Barntt, in a state
ment which hk has ju>t i.-sued from
his home at 1'iiion Gitv. Ga . and ad
dle: .-ed lo tliw offict rs and m* m e. s
of the Farmers' l\iion
• Says Mi Barrett: V'Now a ; .oi*; that
wife of vouis. 1 wonder if you
think what an indispensable iu.lu
ence she has been for your own w,-,-
fare in this world, and for the gen
eral advancement of the country?
"I doubt It A good wif*> we aie
too apt to take like we do the sun
shine and the fertility of the fields -
as a matter of course Only wh"n
all three are missing do we discover
*ht> genuine blessing.
"The wife of the farmer it is n no
keeps hope and ambition kindled on
the hearthstone, who uervt-s tired
bodies to the work of supporting tu"
nation, who rears up the men and
the women into whose hand.-, (he des
tinies of the nation art* to be handed
"I sometimes think that it is only
within recent years we have comi*
to ,appreciate the monuniental and
historic sacrifices of these farm wo
men. If you will Indulge a slight
personality I cheerfully bear witn**-.-*
to the fact that whatever I have ac
complished for the good of the bretn
ren in this world. Is due to the un
selfishness. the industry and the
co ir ge of the woman who is m>
w M" -'t.-l ' he inoMier of in v children
I k no*\ t :' it *■ v et i■ i v ns
'Ittll w.irk v* e 11 in the tia'tb- fm t s,.
'"mmon „ 1. an I liv.- ;jh i would
h * V *> »hv-'.i: I'-' f an example 'ft all
>ueti j- .tiau e ot the 'intirinr
w atcli: u 11 n*■-.- and the i.most iiii r.' l-
i .b- so I: --a, l i fici- ot theii nio* lie;
I talk Macs [lia* v on ni.tV lo-.k
• *'u' 'on in v ou r ow n 'mni* . a ntl see
what on iin ib* <> lighten hi* ta-r
of • one ov iv v»ite, rhii mother, u.
yom "UiMien
If 'Ml Roe- 'well hi Ml til" tarn,,
find "Of how niu. li is d ’ii. to her ,.*-,.
si-tent toil and forge*fulni".., ,,f he,
OW u , otntir : It v our cliil.ir. n g- •
ahead .n Ii:.' . (>li.-l,l"i he: j.att III
their SHI'-- |; v on have "VpiTiei;-
c*'I 'he common l"t ot pa-.-uig
hrough i'.'vi'rtv and s',.'kn*'s« .u..|
misfort *; ne
would hd't
c* .lisid'-r
llflpl 1.
'•"*'11 the ou'Jook had
h* I
no', '.-"ti toi
and i in I'c*
"Thev , ill til*
and th*- sUepoi' .
W 1 ft* ('lit is ■ he
u-t.*in:ng v "ni ,,
t.i rniei
\ ui*t:- *
i u -1 * i r a ' i
' he ilf .ji
lt 'S Ill
'll of the
hope and Mi* iiedioik -up;.of
B*.*r Mi*-* ta*t- iii inr.d. when von
ai" in* lined to '..e a lit'.l* mean a
little sting) with Ml" poi'ke mone . .
or a little vainglorious a,, "it vo-ir
ac.onipltshnieiits
"Not all of Caniegit' s mtd.ils coin-
ed hetwetn now ; nd doonis.lav will
r* »ard the sib nt heroism of *he
farm wom* n who are hum M- ui'tltt-
mg he agririil'*ira' life of this , oun
tr* "
THEY ARE SAFE
Crew Ike Steuier Treat Gives Ike
Facts ef tke Rescae af
T4» f IjX in roM MniA.
4 ontrwet Nignesl ft** Tu** Flight* lull
ing 4 kirn Fl\|Misltiun.
Two Gl* nn H t'mtis aeroplan*-
will make exhibition fi ghts on two
da'-- ot the South Atlntic States
corn exposition, w hi. h i- to >e h*'id
in Gol'imhta trom Dect-nihei 'ith
kth. S..I S;|Vs a nepejat <11 spilt* ;1 from
Molunihla Til" conti .o f w a sign. .1
for the aviation ni"*-' t h< t'olum-
bla rhamiiei ot .ommei e Tlii- "HI
''•* the firs aviation meet m 'he
St a t e
AKKE-STTD t>\ SEBMHS ♦ HAR4.E.
ihitierY E. Briee. ttf 4 iiluinltia, \< itis-
e*l of EinlMr/vlemenl.
Mr Rohert K Brice, maiiitgei it
the ('tilmii .ta Grain and Hiovixioti
Gom .iaii v. No 71 a \\’*' v ; Ger' a .s ,->t .
was arres'eil by .Magistrate .fa- II
Fcrw le.-. Jr . on Wednesday iiiornm?,
at hi.- llolne. N) 1I a East Gtrvais
street, ('oluniitia. .ipon a warra.it.
sworn out bv Mr Bunvan R r.ionet.
prnprietot of the Gr. in and Brov ii.
' Ir ^ v _ lU ' -i‘Tompane. * hanging "breach m trust
with fraudulent intent." to ;he
amount of appi oximafely llh. 1 ' 1
latoled Farm House-.
Mis. Mattie Jennings, aged **". and
btr two daughters, Mrs -R. E Ha "-
den and Miss Laura Jennings, were
arrested in their fa-hiomi de home
in Chicago Tuesday morning, accus
ed of being the women automobile
burglars who robbed a score of firm
houses n*'ar Crown Point Ind . and
escaped with the loot
Cholera in Iionffon.
Asiatic cholera ba» reached Lon
don A man died of the dread dis
ease In the Royal Free hospital on
Tuesdav. This is the first ease of
cholera rciordcd in England in many
> eurr
Daviff B. Hill Deari.
A dispatch from Albany. N Y.
says David B. Hill. ex-UnPed Sta’es
senator and former governor of N:.w
YorTc. died suddenly Thursday aH.
j XVolferts Roost, \x\% country home
WELLMAN AND HIS CREW
|jiii<le<l in New Y**ik Wilti Onl.i
Bruise*! Flaiitl. Waller WellniMii
Declares Hr Will Again Allempl
Itt 4'ross Xtlanii* Wben 4>a*<ilint*
A n aiigenieul ^'hii He Perl e< t ed.
Walter Wrlim.tu and Ins party of
five were lauded at New Yoik Wed-
ne-dav afternoon, bv the e'eamei
Trtnt. which picked tfi'-m up at -e„.
after 'hey had abandoned their dir
igible balloon America and failed in
the first, attempt ever made to cross
the Atlantic through the air A
bruisi-d right hand which Wellman
carried in a sling was the only phy
sical injury that resulted from their
long voyage of approximately <un>
mib s and a teseue the life of. wllleii
iv unknown In all history
It was the Morse lamp, winking
Is monsage through the darkness th.,t
itist proceeded the d *w n oi ruesdnv
moriniig -.u l iv" in.' w n fte-.-s u.,
first attr.u ted th** attfiuiofi ol tlio..*'
aboard the Royal Mall steamer 1'ri.ut
to '.he distress'd airship
Stanley Angel, an ordinary seam.in
of IS years, and George Sangster, an
able seaman, had the early morning
watch Angel saw ahead of him,
high up in the northerns!, a faint
ligh' At first," •aid the oov *;.
narr.iting his experieme, I thought
it waa the morning -t.n Tfien !
-aw two taint red lights Icrside the
w hite one. and next made o t a
dark .dm against theskv The while
ligir kept u-wlnk ing and 1 ku* * that
!' "as a signal and repoit.-d it
ti I Fi'c-rald. th#- fon * h oftirei ,,i
c Ii a i Re of the wa'ch
F'lf/.getald notit).-d \V H l.ani
son. th*' chi*f otlic*'! Bv this Mm*
the outlm* of th*' airship had :,".-i.
made out a-aiii-t tht- moonligh' sk
.,ri*l Lanlson calletl Gnpt Down in.'
o’ h.s '*'ith H i-l p tlie white ligh’
of the Ann i li a vv a- -igii! 11ng to ii ■
st*..mer
"When I came on dc..k. su'd
Capt Down, th" airship w a.- plaii'i'
' isi 'll-. In the llgllt or tlie till, lll"on
-he looked enormous, hanging low m
the nor’bi-ast and dose .*• han*i In
:cph to out signals she told us ti- r
name and th.t sh*. was in di-M.-s.-
anil ask*‘dffis to stand -v
Th'-li the wiiele-s wa- ,a!leil in'o
use. and b'tween Louis M Ginsberg,
operator on th.- Tr*'iit. and Jack i\
Irwin, th*' opt-latO! Ill hi' lie 1)0.,!
suspeuibul beiow the ga- ihauibei '>.
the Ano riea, pass* *1 a >*n* - ot no v-
sag. . tli.it will stand iu hi.-toiv -
the tu.-t » 11 *■ less eomni unicHf ion
tw***'U a ship at -ea and a ship in
the an
At 'his time said Capt Down,
of the Trent. ' w,- were m -ptakiug
distance of the ' AiiH-riea She was
only 1? feet above our fnie-tav- and
moving at'ou* 1 J knots an horn \\.-
kept ben* a h her with iliffieub y • or
sh" -w ung to and trd nt Mi* air . ni
l"nts. an*! sometime's wo w.;-*' |«.reed
to go dull speed ast*'lii .*- not t.
lo-«> h*M
Then. ’ .-aid Capt Down :he
•rrewr——Uui—aixs.1)'. p agan trading
wne r-'P* V I.alll-'Jn. O'M f ill'd offT-”
* *>i ga ■ a-d "lie and h*-ld until Mu
sk in was iiibhed i'*ft his hand- an*l ne
wav lifted troll) hlv fee' Slid n' a I I \
dragged ov*rboard Att*'l halt an
hum ot 'his we d* . ;d''d f’mit this
method ot resent' was hopeles* an*l
mneh to n-ky So Wellman ask' d
*ip t" keep * lose w inb- h" and ill-
i-rew le* down then Ineivoat saving
that he t, us ed tfi a- to (UcK Mo-m
up
\\ )• go; i w o boa i s lead', and ,-t i
- nulled _Uiejl. .1 long til" side- ,v i Ml ll’*'
ioiovs I sieniHiboi i"t s go. 7*17*1
Mb'llm .n lowered ii'i- aii.-hiii until
l;t*-boa' s'lspemletl undein*.* h w,.-
within six :*•*; of th*- water Piie'
llaib". i.iniposed ol 'ankw ot gas
Iln*- and weighinlg thirty hundred
weight, was the gieate-st dallg*'! anil
,ftt*-l 'h*' ,o.it w;G liiuilchi'd this
fliitiek hei and sloe-- a hot* in luu
sid*' about six in* li* s ,n .iram.-r.--
out a iov *• the water line
\\ h.-n W ellman dropped hi- it!*
hoat it struck tin* -ea broadside '.u;
<|tiiekl' riglit.'d i s*'lf It went mil
•-peed ah".1*1 and w e had * nmi,deI abU-
difficult' in pif king up the boat 'it
Wellman inim*d his hand in 'r ing
to . atoll a pier.- of one ot our rope-
The last I -aw ot the air-nip she
was fifteen ni so wile* aw a* w if*,
oil*' end in the wa er He) Valves
had :>e* n op* n* d and she udr^ih'. fl-
lv -ank soon, dragged d<*w n. by hei
heavy ma'hinei'
Wellman, and his <uev\ tame
a boa rd and a|t*i baths. r);v * lot a -
and a good- breakfas-t appeared .non**
*he wor's* for ’he expcrtenie
The Trent i-ariied 1*1 first ca'dn
passengers, most of whom had been
making a pleasure 'rip to Reimudt
A majoritv of them, clad in night
clothes over which overcoats and
kimonos had been ha.-tilv thrown,
w at* bed tl)^) re.-t tie
Jack [rwin. tbe wircb’Ss, operatoi.
figures that the America sailed about
A7 0 miles—-MrO-Oi Atlao'ie City to a
point off Nantucket 275 milt's, trom
Nantucket northeast about !40 miles
until the storm caught her and car
ried her eoutheast to the point of
rescue, a distance of 455 ojiles.
WOFFORD COLLEGE
BRINGING IN CATTLE
F 4 H NDEHs DAF OHSEHYED WITH KAKMKKN F ATTENINt. THEM F’4>H
FTTTINt. EXEKAISEH.
THE STATE M AHK Fbl's.
Dr. Sny<l**i Anuoiince* l’h«4 $Ut0.04Nt Tim-ty 4'j«i-» *>f Ili<i7i*;ht
H«v FU-en <;u«-u l<*i Flrevlkin* of
Caili-U* Flciiiot iitl H*H.
During the 1***4 Week and Folly
Wilt 4'om«* NexU 1 ' Week.
The Mai.
A spe* i.il di.sp.il* h to the Stale ».* v-
to iinbu s (lav *'/muS**m 'rating t be j w eek o'«*; :'. V , a : s ot
I d'Mh a n ni *. tu sary of he uirth ol
Benjamin Woftotd, wa- ob-ervej a,
oft oi*l colle ;*i tod a) lb** s'.ii-^
II flits W*-|*. given .* hoi' da v and Ul i
HEAVY TOLLS
CU«e^ by I be Hirricaie Tbit Swefl
Caba ai4 SAitbern Flari^a.
ONLY FEW LIVES L(
t > > lI m i ii ^ ? li»* jii» .*♦• i,f
*1 « a f t l *> h,4 v id i.
! Blit tlie l , r*i|*ert.v Da* |t**fn Damaged
! t)***li Diougli- !o Mils St.'t*) T.y ,S - -111 li
[Carolina l'aini**is I his nuans that
within one week the taiiiH-ts ba'"
the *''••1)1115 exa'l.cl-**- W i*| b held yfi hl'Otltilil 111 ovei J .•1***1 .in.lu.iis to be
' h" ...lib ge < hapei. ! he pi iu, ipat n»a • j t * t’.-ueil lot ibe maikel.
fine of vvlii'b w aw • a« address n
waw - au addres-
qp
| Clllted Sta'es Sam a t or E I). SuittiJ
I ot th** ilas of IsSk ou The Mission
The
itlle have beeu Plough! to
| the State under tile dtl**t)oii ot I he
I’u It*
ot th** Chi istian * oil* ge
Dl Hem' \ Siivdet', pM-ldent oi^uffi 1 **
th** * olUvge. a rou.-ed 'Qthusiasni -) (failed Dl C M
Stat*’s tarm demoust ration
111® government r*<*utly de
announcing that $'J0,d*)0 had be* u
raised for the Carlist* 1 Mpmoriat halt,
a much needed dormitory, whirh will
be erected in ineinory ot tbe late Dr.
James H Carlisle, formerly presi
dent of the college ,at a cost of $',u.-
hOU,
The list of contributors and the
amtiunts they have given, as annuo-
ved by D: Su' d r. includes F, !.,
Archer, of Spartabuig, $10ftrt ,l Mis-
I. O. M. 11a, ot Auderaon. $ *,00h;
.Mr Roh*'i"M>n.. ot Andrusou, $2,0o;
R F'. Caston. of t’lieraw, ) 1 .non, J
'I I reieiHi, "f » '*••«. 1. W
Barker, of GteeuviR' $5i.t >
h* re v h a g >o * at* *i- au. a rit»
exercises, despite Mie rain Dr Sny
der made the first address, which
was a review of Wofford'® n Gory
He told of its foundation in 1S51, of
the difficulties it met with In the
War of Secession and of its renewed
power iu the Reconstruction dav®.
when it was practically the onlv in
stitution ot higher learning for v.ii e
students in the State, the State uni-
vcisi'.v Ixing under Ce control t
negro*** and carpet baggers
He pi "sent'-d almost toigott-n
t.ots a'-o.il tiie college's href faintly
and si 11.1.' ti' s and 'h*> .urrirtihim tn
t h<* e.i rI v d ., s h*'n 'he war broke
ou'. he said th** 71* students volnn
teered so a man. hl.t the gOvertiO"
wisely would no' a* "pi ‘lie -ervi-e-
< ' HI For'y entered the Confederal*
linn ever, and nue-tOI"th of
'ii'-lii li*'d mi (fie tie!.) n! h*t 1«
Moig.n to pro nio ;*'•
live stock iu this -e* t.ol) ot til*' S.yillll
He is located in the office of Ira \\
Williamv at the rapitol
There will be forty carloads of
cattle brought to the State under the
direction of the farm demonstration
work within the next week These
will be distributed on several farms
La*t Sunday morning there w.i,- a
• pevUl cattle tialu ot 1!) vais made
up for Aiken
Of the I.Oon rattle brought to tne
-':<!*' 1,< * wei-k U*o 'v.-r- ! ., Mi*- T.:v
.or larni Abiv.t is iocaieii near Co-,
I n m bin
The t*editlg of beef catte follows
th® programme as outlined by the
demonstration work There uas he-n
a great interest in corn production
In the State and the farmers are in
better posittiou to feed catte fur the
markets There are many agencies
in the State working in the inteiest
ot live stock and reports received by
the several departments Indicate that
there is money in CAttle feeding
There i® also a special’agent of
the Cotton Seed Crushers' Association
working in the tn'ere t ol iiv.- st<ni»
The exteii ion w oi k c*4 Cb-mson co
lege will place ,| mm ill Mi - field to
interest the tai niersMr. ii»e si-.,, k and
B Harris o! th« department ,>t agri
culture is dclng work along tin* same
line a.- is A G Smith ol Mie offi* e
of tarm d< mnnstraflon
to i nto!*! flH-jtree^.—storm Worm?
Than Last. YvfrV—-4)r*nK* >
.» a" ,.
Ditmageil Twenty l’»*r t'em-.—t’rew
♦7
. m
\ F HA SI NS \ nt)\ \L 4 \sf:
— ♦ - . _
\ In,* 4«ii 4 oiixi* t*-<1 ol I’oi-oMing Hi-
I'w4Fen4.
\ *-l V -ell.-atlonal trial ha- JUO
a <11 , 0)1* lucjed a' Swain-uoro, *la
Vt.-c iii'uig on all night tliw jury
:n ti.*' case o', I)i W I M'Nau.'b
ton ilia i god wjtii poisoning Fred
F! loU- h wi'h nmideious ti) »‘iit last
Inn*' re! in nod a I'eidli.'i o! g'riiity
*••): i' M e<ln*'--ilav
• I U * 1 g *• l Libel t »• lit eii - ed M, .N.tugh-
*on to bang Deiouibei ^ Colins*')
!'-i the d eti-u d a tit filed a luoflsiU lo*
a ii**w ti'i.l It will b« heard in (Jo-
iuiii',11- N*iV i-tll ber .’ I i'ldge Gib
*4'rt -iglied an order sta\in) the eie-
, ntion pending the disposition ot ’.he
motion
T his "a-)' has atlrsc'ed widespr'ad
.; t * ** n 11 * * n throughant 'hat section of
th*' S’at** Flanders wite was Indict
'd loinM* with McNangh'rin on the
tlit"'ii Mia' she and t’.i*' d"Ct.")i ,on-
spired iii kill h*'i hu.-band «o 'hi*'.
, ould m.ipcv i-io.h o'bei and *■ nioy*
Fljiiiiecs pi (apei't v Th»- wile ha
no'* '.e,'n *:l* ) her , aha. ing iieen
.Tr'X*r*T7«tt —..1
Th>' tot Mi',* Flandei- ha*l j*,'n
murdeu'd almost es, ap'd the notlie
of th-* a ii; horit lev in Emanuel , oun-
'v J land.-t s had 'a-en tuilied -e!*u
a! da's wh'-u th*‘ iondu'4 of Mv-
N.iughloti and .Mis Fiander- aio*u>*d
the siispi* ion o! people at Swa.nxho-
f*, and -. ,ii!*-*i an . u v es! iff , f !o n
wheli i*--ulted in a postmortem nn-1
h'tngtng o: 'he mm dei ,.barge
Tie tiial fi! Mr- Fialideia was
, oiitin ••nt upon the xei dp t o*
I ii ii Ni. ughton a.- h< i p.ut in *he
in a* , e- -ixry
i ssign.'d
MU R DEATHS AT MIAMI.
Sclmonerw Mievk*'*!. Houses Detuol-
islii'd Mud IfaillsaM*Ls \\ Hsfied |'p.
\ dispat* h from Miami. Fla say.-
coinmuiiication wa- e-ta dished wi*‘i
'he outside world Tbursda' atte,
noon toi th*- his* time -nine la_s;
Stindav’. wben all wiles Went duwji
III the inidvt of Mi** We-t Indian
hut rh .me While storm los-e< in the
citv w.-re not gr*-. reports an- ,«jni-
lug iu of ext.-ii-ive dainage to ship
piug all along the southeast cons’
ot FToi iUa
It is repoited that there are
washout- on the East Coa-i R.iilroitd
between West Balm Beach and
St* W alt It is hard to te|! w h**ll
Miami will have mall and train ser
vl* e Only foul deaths in all navi
been i eported a- tlie result of th*
storm, which is -aid to have been
the w ors* in the historv of the FTor-
ida * oast
7h* -"boon* : Harry T Haywood
trom Be a. * o 11.' was W l'.'vk"d off the
i«‘e!s at Boca Ratone. and three of
fha crew drowned Th« others wei**
rescued Harr' T. Geeiinff. of Giptit.
K) wav kill**! bv falling timber.- L t!
t n dVa n TO , fTroTew Tr*- re-fierr+etF +fy-
iured when their homes *eie demol
ished bv the tt-rriti*. wind and ia.ii.
-to riii
H*-! ! i i. 1 k as no! 1 * <• n
ELEI'HANT 4 RI SHES KEEDEI..
T»nk Beast Hurls Man Against \\*||
and Trample* ou Him.
Q i"* u a *rick e|*i>li an *. he,ame
<*ni aged a’ Ro ver* Shields, a n* v
keeper who tried to shackle her
Six Killed In Fixplosiou.
Ai \*w York a boiler i\ plo.-.on
killed -ix fiM-no-ri out right. v tat all','
wr)und*'il two othiu and Yuiew two
Mioii-and »i>m«n and girls and hail'
a- man vinon in'o-n pani* FTidai at
til" bagging and tope plant Ol the
A inert, ni Manutacturing Compav at
i. r*'* n i*bi n' across the Fhtst Rivet
Wt>e I M sefVe* Help.
.oveiry,! Dav id-on of Mic higan.
in hei wintei quarters in .lei s*-v~TT7T
Th’ir-dav and crushed him to d.-a h
Sh** -et/.ed him aiound the waist
with he; t,unk. ®iaiun,*'d him agaio-t
the wall thiew him to the floor,
and then trampled on his face, kn It
on his uody and finally gored him
The body w as . unidentitiafite when
reco.) end
of sloop NmIioI), IVrish. «*
V\ ith tel.-graphic communicAftoB
i,e* w e. -11 Mini section of F'berida arid
the out.-ide world established TUtir*-
day. saw .* Tampa dlspateh, a •r«**apt-
lulation show.- a (JevnsUition of hpn-
dn-dw of thousands of dollars in-tiia
wake of the West Indian storm, that
swept across the peninsula Tiresriay.
The toll of life, -so far. reported. Is
lini'ted to six seamen, Aho Are aulv
posed to have perished when vesr^lc
on which they were quartered*hr*k«
from their moorifigfi at MaaqueeaV
and were tlriven out to sea. **
Wir«i communication with, pojnt^l
south of Tampa has not yet twreft .es
tablished, hut dispatches brought by
mail indicates that the siryrni p&Med
-outh of Tampa, devasta'iim-voi'jjggjB .
grov.-s, levelling frame houses' anti
doing much damage to Binaft ship
ping in many passes alohg the Flor
ida inland waterways.
So far reported Key West was tin
worst sufferer Despite the optimistic
dispatches sent out hy wlreleta tji
which the damage there wa« .min
imized , passengers coming in on
steamship Olivette Thursday afl*r-,
noon report the general damage to
the island city greater than that
a year ago The electric light plapt*
was wrecked, the wireless
l)low n dow n, half a dozen of tlj«
largest cigar factories, which -wRh-
stnod the blow a year a?o. are ht
*rulns. with T7hTT~ a hundred ofh’^r
lofilding damaged ,
Repot t> of the -evere damage sjt
Kev We-t w*• te confirmed at lam(ya
in th*- exhibition of photographs,*
show ing that house- had been movdd
from their foundations and carried
a distance oi several blocks. Rojii*
of 4 tiese we:'*' deposited without ma
terial *|.imag*' to tlie buildings thwui-
s*dv*K i-*t> of the lives reported lost
were oesmen on the alaoc Nahob,
which sllppeil its inoorings
morning ail whk washed out" to Me.
One of these was a white man, Ufa
".ther tiv*- .,eing m groea. ; Two otbaf
lives are reported lost on the FJfwt
foast Hailw.'iy v»xtension. ** '
The A.irerlenn Hteaumr nefl
i-'rasch. w nidi has been the •ourve pf
much inieresf, is ashore in tbraa
fathoms ol.wjiiei at Crocker's Reef.
There are no tugs available witn
which to vend relief to the Yesael
The ate.imei FTorlda, about which
there lias been much concern, T* ****
ported safe She has a barge in tow
which is leaking l.adlv Many other
strong vessels seeming in dfatrea*.
have been reported, tint it will ba
several day s before a list of th® in I Ca
in g is obtain.ih|e
News is hiougbl from Key Weft,
the present Southern terminus of
th*' FTorlda Fjast Boast Railway. !•
entirely cut off by washout*
breaks in o the cement roadbed, and
that it will he two weeks before th*
trains will be tunning between Miami ’j
and that point.
- -iitdiiM report® are coming f»
trom all nearby towhis". TTuT
none of them have reported jtfiy loaa 'A*
nt tile Tne most Henomrdamage.in
this vxtioif is to the orange crop,
w'lii, h General Manager Temple, ‘of
the GitriiH Exchange, says will not ba
over 2d per cent.
Dyginff the height of the atorm
'he sloop .Vnl*ob broke loose from
lx r moorings at Atarqnesa» and wia.
sw*'|)t to -ea Six men ahowrfi per
is lied
Th*' A met ii an steamer Mermhn
t'ibiiLhis ashore in t hree fa'homs.of
wat'-r a Crocker's lte«'f. not'tTieaBUbr'
Alligator light
The British » eajner Inventor fa**
P*>rts having reKcued six men from
1 he schooner Harry T Heyward and
ten men from rhetfiark Huga. bold
vessel^ being adrift in the Gulf. Tb*
Inventhr proceeded to Lirerpoof-
the reecued. —~
4 buighi After I-ong 4Tuise.
After a long cha-se by detecti'es
trom Scranton, Pa., to Orkney, N-.v
Zealand, and hack to this count y
John Majoios was arrested late on
Thursday at the Charleston navy
yard, being a*"used of embezzlement
ot $k.fifth. He aduii'ted his identity.
has rt-ccived a letter trom Mrs Har-
- - .... . .... W
v *•' John-wn. ot TeptiVidu County , in-
quiing about a state* bounty due het
for lo ing the mother of *hree v®*s[but denied, his guilt ID- represented
ot 'wins She *.*v v * she bat* Ixeeu
informed 'hat -he is enritl-d to ri-
naix ia! re* ognition.
foielgn bankers and shipping inter
ests He will be taken to Scranton.
- Roceives Heavier Senlence.
Out of rhe frying p^ Into the
fir* was rh* liter.il experience of 7!
F’ Perdue, or Raresville. Ga.. Thur.v-
day He had appealed from a ten-
vear sen'euce in tbe penitentiary . g*v
a n"w trial, and is now sent tip for
life, with no prospect of getting this
second decision reversed
■“ I'otnlts SuicM®.
Hi* mind perhaps impaired hv a
long illnesb. George V. Kleckley. a
farmer, committed *uicide early Fri
day at his home in Lexington county
by shooting blmwlf through tbe
heart with a shotgun His wife and
six children survive hl».
4’h»ilesinn and Columbia.
Population sta'istics if the thir
teenth century census were made
public Thursday night vr the 'fol
lowing cities*
Charleston. S. C.. 58.833. and in
crease,of 3.026 or 54 per cem over
55.807. in 190ft
Columbia. S C.. 28.319. an in
crease of 5.211. or 2 4.7 per cent over
21.1 f8 in 190ft. v -
•m. \
Teacher Fatally Stabbed.
TA hil#, disciplining' Barney Biad-
herry. a sev«nt®«n-year-old pupil tn
the public-srbool at Juno. Texas, on
Thursday" Wirt* Pauley*, a teaeber.
was fatally stabbed by tha youth.
Young Bradberry wa# arnwted.
\
4 ■
15 ^ sc ofe." j* . " V ■} .
Tht) schooner Huron is safa. b^H—
B was necessary to chop away tor
masts. The Norwegian steamer
loaded with naval stores from Tampa
to Germany. Is wrecked In qtriek-
saod at Marquesas. The;
Vivian was swept to sea and loiffT 4 *
There was no one aboard. Ta^
schooner Standard broke from her
moorings at Marquesas and drifted
to sea
Washoti s between Tampa and
Jacksonville on the Atlantic Coast
Line nyak.' it necessary to trangier
passengers and baggage by hdaf. Tha
Seaboard -en ice i- uninterrupted be
tween theke two ci'ief*.
Ftobbexl a Saloon.
A lone bfindit held up a saloon at
Memphis. Tt-niv. Tiacked out witb
$7 5. then robbed a man with whoai
he collided and made his escap*-ittV
'be s]xare of three minutes . ^
Wednesday. " *
yf-
Suffers a Stroke.
The Hon Jamea M. Sullirnn,
her of the railroad edmmtynffp
stricken with apopiaxy on
morning, whila at work t*t!
of tha commission tn
«t ..*«)
jW "V-^vyrr'