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VOL. XXXIV BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. MAY 4.1011 NO 35 AWFUL TALES —♦ Appiiliif Death Tell Bat Beta Taken bj Ike Plagie in China GIVEN A BOOST SPAIN AFTER MEXICO WILL HANG FIRE SLAIN BY REBELS SOUTHERN RAILWAY ISSUES AN KILLING OF SPANIARDS CAUSE SEEKING DAMAGES ATTRACTIVE BOOKLET. A TERRIBLE SCOURGE The Danger Is Passed for the Pres ent.—The Astounding Indifference of the Ihx'tors and the Nurses to Catching the Disease, Which Seems to Be So Fatal. A Pekin letter says ninny true stories are told of the plague in North China. In one shop a tailor had eight apprentices. Two of these died. Their bodies were hidden, and no report was made. Then four more were stricken and died. Hut now the master was unervod. He gathered together his money, collect ing what debts he could, and with a hoard of hurried off to the rail way, determined to flee from the place. Hul he. liad come from, the infected district, and tile railway would not issue him a ticket. In despair he returned to tiis shop, and three days later lie died. Two apprentices how survived. They divided his money, and looked forward to the enjoyment of their gains and of the propert, Escape, however, was denied them. Hoth died, and when the bears came to search the house they found the money equally shared sewn up in tlte clothing on their dead bodies. The danger is over for the present Delegates tire now gathering for the conferemo in Mukden, which will meet under the presidency of Dr. Wu l.ienteh. Many interesting ques tions await answer. What is the or igin of the plague'’ Why h.as it died break out before'’ Why has it died out’’ What is the nature of the marmot plague'’ Will the pneumon ic outbreak be succeeded by a bu bonic infectjon'’ Dunne the recent outbreak there has been an unusual mortality among horses, mules and pigs There are pneumonic symp toms but it is believed no plague in fection W*H»t -is the explanation?. Is the mortality a coincidence only'' Finally, what is to prevent a recur rence of the plague next Oc tober' 1 Infection was b> direct contact Rats and tle,us plai'd no small part in tile inf. tion The attac k was ful minant, there was no authentic case of recow-rv Old persons and wiing children fared better than the strong and m iddle a-ted In ote- family, out of fourteen persons there were only two survivors, a woman of s-venty- one and her great grand-c hild of two K v i cbti i e as to the value of inocu lation is inis nclu-ive, but evidence is overwhelming that nearly ev.rv case of cb ath among a Kuropcan pop ulation in Mi • ■ in fee te.l areas of North Mane her n of not less than On ciiiu Aston.stung indifference w ;ik man in the fa e of danger. Dr a riihun! French doctor who was examining, unmasked the (host sounds of a patient with his naked ear when the patent coughed into his face am! thus gave him his death Dr Michel, the Russian doc tor. whoso death shocked the com- miinit', believing himself immiime. showed a reckless disregard of pre- (a ut ion- When i’c re Mi-tillet was struck down in llulanfii, a largo Chimse town, his fellow mi.sisi nary from a neighboring district. I’ero Dolpal. <aim* to nurse him They had been friends from bo.vtiood I’ero Dolpal kissed Iris dving comrade on the lips, was fnferrert and died in three days. In the chief plague hospital, l.t’.oo plague patients were admitted and l.i’,ho died An aged Chinese quack of the old school, named Ku. assist cd hy one dresser, was in charge of the hospital They eared for the dy ing. superintended the removal of the dead, incurred appalling risks, took no precaution and yet enjoved complete immunity. Both wore opium smokers. Character of the Soils to Be Found in TIUs State and Other Interesting Information Given. South Carolina is given a boost in a handsome booklet issued by the Southern Railway company, descrip tive of the advantages of this State from an agricultural standpoint and I the opportunities here that await the industrial investor and business inatj. The State will be widely advertised by the publication of this booklet as it will be given a large distribu tion throughout the North and West anion? just the class of thrifty farm ers who are most desired as set tlers. The land and industrial depart ment of the Southern is getting out a series of such booklets dealing with the different State covered by the Southern and affiliated lines. The ; South Carolina booklet is well got ten u [i and fully illustrated. Us pages contain a large quantity of In- teresting information which cannot fail to attract the attention of the farmer seeking a location in a favor ed climate where excellent lands can lie bought cheaply and farm work can be curried on from January to December. Detailed information is given as to the character of soils to be found in South Carolina, the sections of the State best adapted to different crops, and the large yields which have rewarded Intelligent effort. At tention is called to the great increase in corn production and the position of the State as a producer of cot ion, tobacco, rice and small grains is set forth. The success that lias been won hy fruit growers, trubk farmers, and stockmen is shown as indi atin-' the opportunities that South Car lina offers to those wishing to engage in these industries. As this booklet was issued with the purpose of attracting to South Carolina desirable settles from out side the South, it will nor tie circu lated in tile South, but will he plac ed where it is thought the greatest Southern Railway company desires good can he accomplished The and appreciated the cooperation of the people of thi* South in it> \ for tin* upbuilding of the section will be glad to mail a copy of Mu; booklet to any person living in t'. North or West whose name and ad dress is furnished to M y Richards land industrial agent. Southern Ha;! w ay, Washington. I > (' OF FORMAL PROTEST. The Ufislatare May Have U Settle tke Stale Dispensary Matter i LIEUTENANT AND TWENTY- IMPORTANT SUIT TO KNIGHTS OF EIGHT SOLDIERS KILLED. Assassinated by Rebel Rand Because They Refused to Contribute to the j Revolutionary Movement. Spain, through her minister to Mexico, Bernardo Cologan, Wednes day made formal protest to the for eign office against the assassination of six subjects of King Alfonso in Puebla 11 last Monday. Mexico now' finds herself in diplomatic contro- versaries with three nations, as the result of incidents growing out of the revolution. It is not believed, however, that the differences with Spain and Great Britain will prove any more serious than a formal ox change of notes. Minister Cologan demands the punishment of the slayers of the Spaniards in Puebla, Minister l)e La Barra has expressed his deep re gret that such an incident should have occurred, especially as the vic tims w^re in no way Implicated in the revolution. Six Spaniards were shot and Villod Monday at the hacienda Atenc'ngo, in the fttate-of- RttebLn, by a smaFi- , band of rebels, follow ing their refus al to contribute 5,000 pesos to the insurgent cause. On account cf a former loss of horses and money, from this hacienda, Angel Diaz Rub- lan, a Spaniard, announced his in tention of demanding an indemnity. The hand of rebels on Monday en tered a house where nine employees were assembled. The rebels demand ed money and were refused. They Mhen attacked the Spandiards with .machetes and drove them from tin* house, crying out: ’ Run, for we are going ><> Minot von." As they ran, six of tin Spaniards dropped with tm I let s in tin ir bodb s The reason assign* d y the rebels for tin* oiisla ught is that a Spaniard gave informal h n of their vv here ahouts to the authorities, who had h* eti hard pressing Miem The news of the shooting was received Wt iln*'s- d.ry morning and the Spanish min ister immediately called at tin* for ' t ign office The Governin' nt is not re.idv to announce Hi, names of the men who wUi-UJweauU Mn> Govern no nt :n i he peace t- uiferei.ee and no has be> n made as to where ing will he held. PYTHIAS IN THE STATE. THE ONLY WAY OUT Refusing to Surrender, Mexican Roy Policy Holder* Claim Thai an Un* Officer and Handful of Men Are! reasonable Increase of Due* by St .1 ’ *T I “ I • t ll‘' M«' ,1 " w an an m min •■'1 Wo dnosiLn The a nil ist in VV (, 11 111 ho ( Xtoll'loq ti \ i* ilavs and \| mis: • r 1 1 ><* I.a it i^s-'al hn; c that no I'urt In r 14*n> on vvoulil 1h* ii." 1 OSS arv , s' in his f. an arrangement vv reached vv ithin that time Governor Rlen.se Says Not, and Takes the Position That the Commis sion Can Investigate the Old One, Himself and Felder.—New Com mission to Meet Soon. The Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle says the gen eral impression is that the Felder- H lease dispensary controversy will be left for the next general assembly to decide and that the entire matter will be cleared up by the passage of' a resolntion providing for an in- j vestigation of the charges preferred by the governor against T. B.-Fel-j der, and the members of the old disjK*ns;try commission; Gov. Blease himself and others. That “In (he opinion of many lir* thi* only solution to a very complex situation that has been brought about by counter charges on the part of the governor of South Carolina, and tho Atlanta attorney, T. B. Felder. The Governor takes tho position that he will use the new dispensary oonnnission to Investigate tho old commission and himself. Under the, law providing for the dispensary commission no such investigation tie held. The governor vetoed the res-1 olution of the last general assembly; which provided for an Investigating committee on the grounds that his '•netnies were members of that part of the committee named by C. A. Smith, tlo* president of the senate. He brought ehurg'-s against well known and honest business men of the state and then dented them the ri-ht of an impartial investigation. When tlo governor named tin* new ( ' in m i ssi'an. one member which s his former law partner. ,F._ H., Dominick, he said that he had turn ed over liis special message to the g-lt* ral a see i teb U in which the char_ m's against tin* old commission were cbnt lined with instructions to make a thorough investigation. This move s < otmider'd by man\ as the tlrst steps toward tin* preparation of a po-t of ' whit, wash " The metnjiets of Mie old con: m .-sinii will Insist on an : n v es* ma* ion and will verv probably ' 'on t o g • ip r a I assem hi v to Slaughtered. Refusing to surrender or to leave the train on which he and his com mand of thirty soldiers were being carried to (he Ifity of Mexico, a second lieutenant, little more than a hoy, yet engaged in a battle with a force of four hundred rebels at Cajones, Gillerro. At the conclusion of the brief encounter the leutenant and twenty-eight of the soldiers were dead and the remaning two were made prisoners. One of the lieu tenant's arms was shot away. The rebels were under command of Brudencio Flguro. Learning that troops were being carried on the Cuernavoca division of the National railway, the rebel leader marched to Cajones, some distance from Cuerna vaca. When the train stopped he sent forward a messenger to demand the surrender of the troops and request, if they would not surrender, to abandon the train In order that the lives of the passengers be not en dangered. Fr’sb from \spirantes. a militarv training school, the boyish officer sent back word that he had hie or ders to continue on train. Little time was lost in beginning the light. The rebels poured down the embank ment on either side of the train and the shooting was begun by both sides. Passengers who had been implor ing the young officer to yield were In a panic. The cries of women and children were heard In the rattle of the rifles and the shots from the reb els raked the sides of the train. Many bullets entered the coaches occupied by passengers. Only one, however, did any damage. That one killed Luis' Bustamente, a civil engineer, on bis way bo the capital to be married With Hie blood of their compan ions running from the doorways of the little second class coach, the men coolly fired into the ranks of their esseilents until only two remained HAD CLOSE CALL A Twig by Uckri ia a Car Nt Fn4 ar Driak Fnr Days SAVED Di NICK OF TIME Supreme Lodge Has Been Made. A test suit of State-wide Import ance against the insurance depart ment of the supreme lodge Knights of Pythias has been filed In the Richland county court, saya the Co-1 lumbia State. The suit has been filed to test the right of the order | to raise the rates on Insurance of the fourth class of policyholders. This action follows a long fight on ^y the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad the part of several hundred policy- . .. „ .. , , . _ . un the Comtnunipaw yards at New holders in South Carolina, who i claim that a prohibitive rate has j ^ or ' t unlocked a car loaded with been placed upon them by the aacka of flour Wednesday evenlnf, an Knights of Pythias. Two suits have l unconadous boy fell through the op en doors to the ground. He Was Senseless When the Door of the Car Was Opened.—Had Eaten Flour Found in n Sack, and His Only l>rink Was Rain He Caught Through the (Yacks. When freight handlers employed been filed flnvolving the same Is sue. The ease* were brought on April fifth by Edward McC. Clark son and S. L. Miller, of Columbia, against the supreme lodge Knights of Pythias. The complaint of Edward McC. Clarkson alleges that on January 5, 1885, he filed with the Knights of Pythias In Columbia an application for Insurance, and, upon the accept ance of the application, entered upon The freight handlers carried the boy to the police station and after water had been ponred between his clenched teeth, he opened hie eyes and began to cry. A doctor said h« was suffering from thirst and starra- tlon. For a time the boy’s condition was. so serious that It was feared he would die. i His mouth and throat a contract for Insurance wherebv It were filled with dry flour, and his was agreed that Mr. Clarkson should tongue was swollen. The boy re pay a certain membership fee. The fee Is not stated In the complaint, It being about $5 per month. The amount of Insurance apeclfled was 13 ,000, to be paid to the beneficiary upon proof of death. "That alnce the said date above mentioned," the complaint contin ues, "this plaintiff has faithfully per formed the duties placed upon him by the said contract of insurance, paying all monthly dues and assess ments as stlpuated up to and In cluding the month of December, 1910. "That beginning with the first vlved almost immediately after wa ter was given him, and begged and pleaded for more, but under orders from a doctor only a amall quantity was given him at a time. As hla strength began returning the boy begged for food, declaring he was starving. After more than an hour he was strong enough to tell hla story. "I have no idea bow long I was old," he began, “and I live at No. 2634 East Forty-seventh street, Cleveland, Ohio. I was employed by the Henkel Flour Company in Cleve land, and last Thursday 1 was pent ROBBED AN OLD FARMER. ROBBED \\ HIRE \SI EI P. if.'St.*. M.-sni rtiod. flir T!iic\«“>. Sp< tnvd TwenO-three Well Killed Wallefi. J wenty-t hree jHir.-es ■ oni ;i in iiur in Ml*' aggregate |J. | e ■' Were stoien from a party of ;i r ns[>e.'t"rs while t liev slept at a ram li lintel near San Antonio. T* xas. eariy Sntuiav , a. cording to A G Soger, who rime in San Antonio Wediiesdav to report tin rohherv. The party came from Illin ois, Wisconsin and the nortuvvest. The intruder made the rounds if flic rooms, removing tin* walh tv from under the pillqfA's, where they had hoen rarefuly tick'd away fhe night before, without distiirldng tho sleep ing men unti' lie entered the room occupied hv <\ M Metzger, of (III' ago. Met/.vjyr was awakened and gave chase hut the roeher escaped and up to adato hour Thursday night had ii"f l)**|*n captured. A F. .Johnson, of Chicago, lost the largesf ndividual amount, $7nn J M reported flie loss of $ln.' WEAMil.S Ml LING R \T>. '1 mle" Eli Wall >avs He Ha' DB- doii h Spe, i; | 1 - V (•' o, lie ap; ti.it ire r: e.is ire. over t Ik* for t !; 1 v pow er would lied to any inoasiile h> the chief exovii- ( (i V (Toil till ‘ T ’in 1 l*i|ier." 1 hf n o\V 0.(1 in < l u tn inn in k;; W al! . of \! on n tail! View , vv as in m» n t * • k i n d o' vv i ’oi ii i ulna t ho It- r cl; i '■ . ; 11 f i . i f|> T hf na * u I - ' of mil ii ad i n cod st« ) r> to t r ii Hi is M '• t . «l B y ■ Mine II vv • i; s aim Ut ’l ] ' i nr of w *■ a c * -1 > t ho s- * r rn t a r y i >! Tn. ]• " Li ! s a V * t ’] r a ’fair ol u »■, t urn' in. !"« s' so Is ii a v o Iliad** f If t*i r homo in hi- w or K . \\ non ha rtl and ;i It'" ' i ( > i I I kT t h o • I’iod F ■: niff Mng of tho of II. ■mol i n r* ' • n rici dint: Mio |tlnee Thai it VI -oill.l 1 r of Tin !. 1 savs !>• Tn d a sk« • ] if ano' Ik ♦ •wry k ind oi rai tr, . lull r t h ’ > Ilf! • i n T, iv d h r.. ' onij i ’ ■ a 1 • ( : •i * ! ' VV lion , a I'll!.. ] ♦'< 4' j\ 4" d a 1. Mo cm mo Ml" w 1 1 S' i - .in i-l 1 h i ■ g a 11 d ■ ■ -: iii Sf \ • ra' ! davs ini: liioriij \" S' h >n ,i - Mu v |ia v il '1 rfv •od n ton, r 81 r< * > • ■d nil save oif • P air ot ra ls 1,. in w !i. "ii I," ,l< is i: . in: i" kill ' h* n IS 1 o IS id hv t lie Si ate of t Ii .if VV 1)0 11 1 liov i \ ,i -! Mi' a his film it loin: un 1 i n iitod -i or, ■ of 1 •o.j out - Mi* ■ w 11 at od Mi at lie c'cm on ii s , 111 ' • ' I i a lid to i v lum * i n vv ! Mi r-' op in .« li'd" VV til 11 • In • J i r, a. Ii. r o »l! ♦ ! u>t Wn Ml ( iso n don will 111 eet a r f i Mi re w !i. n to dim Phillips, another rhi* ago man. ted Oio loss BOLD ATTEMPT AT ROBBEBY. Daring Burglars Blow Off Safe Door ^.. In r , j’rlvate Iteijk, - n Burglars blew the door off the safe in an attempt to rob the private o,.rk of tho Moses Brothers at Dalton, N. Y., on Wednesday night. The ex- plosifm started the burglar's alaim stationed in the residence, of Lester Young, near the hank building. He and Evoroet Isemen responded to the alarm, hut both were covered with revolvers, held by the robbers and forced to retreat. The continued ringing of the alarm aroused neigh bors, who hastened to the scene. Seeing the crowd Assemble, the bur glars hastened away in the darkness. Only the outer door of the safe was blown off, and nothing was stolen from the bank. Mfo* Dynamite Cap. Ralph aohnston, of Atlanta, whose age is el*ven, and whose mind is of (tie inqqpring, scientific type, found a little shiny cop|a*r tin whistle Wed nesdav niornin *, lying n the nad. He blew on it for a whistle, pressing it perpendicularly, as all hoys know how beneath his under lip. Then h< took a hammer and triad, in hreitk it <>|*en at the bottom. It tore otf two of his fingers, for the whisitc was a dynamite cap. Fought oft Pirates. According to passengers who were rescued from the Pacific Mail steam ship Asia, after the vessel was wreck-, ed on Finger Rock Sunday, says a dispatch from Shanghai, China, the officers had to use their revolvers to keep a fleet of Chinese pirate craft at bay while the passengers were being transferred. Directly the Asia was abandoned the pirates looted her. It is estimated that the total loss of ship and cargo amounts to nearly $1,500,000. Took a Long Walk. lyevey Jones has returned to Co lumbia after a walking trip of 2.0iin miles to Oklahoma City, Okla., and return. He left Columbia last Octo ber and has" been walking since lhat date. He says that he will write a hook about his trip. He has a hook signed hy over 200 postmasters and mayers of the S^fferent towns and cities he visited on the way. He says that he spent $60 on the trip. They ('ante High. The first shipment of this season's peaches was received in Atlanta on Saturday by the A. Fugazzi Produce company, which disposed of them promptly at between $5.50 and $6 per crate. The shipment consisted of 2 4 crates and the price they brotigh is indicative of a high price for the fruit thie season. LUST SLANDER st IT. ('atholii Priest Made to Pay for What He Said. A New .Haven, Conn . dispatch says Fattier Carrol!, re tor of the Wallingford Catholic church, must day dam ages of Jl.uoo t n William Hassett, a member of the Walling ford s; liool rommitt'-e .as a result of a suit for slander 'rough! bv the latter. The action was the outgrowth of a sermon preached by Father Carroll in which he said the public schcoj house was "so unsanitary that any, suLLrusyectiag Aute-ncau pig would commit suicide before spend ing an hour in that sty." Father Carroll admitted preaching such a sermon, saving he believed the al legations to he true. The cas< will be appealed. Burned to Death. At Philadelphia two men were burned to death in a fire, destroying Chas. Dewes building. The victims were Andrew [Harrigan, a^ed 55; and James Johnson, aged 40. They were lodgers, and asleep on the up per floors. Pullman Car Buyicd. The Pullman car Yucca, attached to the Palmetto Limited, of the At lantic Coast Line, was destroyed by fire Thursday morning, while the train was standing at the station at Rocky Mbunt, N. (’., and M J. Prob- stein, a traveling salesman, of Now York, was suffocated, and Flagman J. C. Russ and Mail Transfer Clerk W. F. Ireland were badly burned. Ga« from a leaking tank under tin* Pullman was Ignited by the flagman's lantern. Ten passengers were asleep on the car, four of them Radiks. They saved only a part of their be longings. Prolistein was a young man; and had only been married four ponies. which has not been K e I I V . (if Bish'ipv ille, f tin* body is in Col- 'vs doing "elerual ask'd as to th*- n* xt e iiitnission in* said !>■ held soon When '•r Felder letter had (* replied | have not >r from Mr Felder " ago T. R Felder .1 il- ■ to the commission •scusseil thi* contract South Carolina with Mi, In this h tter he had (a rtain informa- ■ m ■ ■ to the Rji liland Lot that hy the cancelation of the '"titract that a larse sum of money lord hern lew*- to the slate of LiuuLh Carolina which would have been re cover* il had tin* case been left with \nderson, Feliler. Rountree & Wil- s' n Now the tiew commission has ask'd Mr. L'lder to divulge Miis in formation at a meeting to he held soon Tho-o familiar with tin* prop osition point to the fact that just this information was the kind that T B. Felder was receiving pay for. It is just the kind of information that he used in the recovery of over $ Dm.mm for the state of South Car olina Tlie new commission has let lit tle be known of what it has done ■or what-it intends to do and to dis cuss (tie work of tlm commission is more speculation. This definite state ment, however, was made that the commission had not engaged a new firm of attornVys to take the place of Anderson, Felder, ^Roundtree & Wilson, of Atlanta. The commission still has under consideration the question of returning about. $21,00u to the Carolina Glass company of Columbia. The eortimission will also decide as to re-opening the glass company’s case which has already been decided by the old commission. Two Atlanta Plugs Put "Knock Out" Dro|*s in His Whiskey. Charles Johns and Charles Stew art of Atlanta, both white men of rather unsavory reputations, are about to pay tho penalty for drug ging and robbing a farmer named S. A Kent, from the neghborhood of Coliiinbus, whom they got into their toils a few weeks ago when he came to Atlanta on business. Kent came to Atlanta with about $4ntt in a roll on his person. Johns and Stewart found it out and made friends with the farmer. I'nder col or of hospitality they lured him to the home of Johns where they plied him with whiskey, put some knock out drops in one of the glasses, ren dered the old man helpless and took his money. It seems, however, that while the whiskey and the dope prevented tho old man from making any outcry he was able to hear all that went on. He appeared in court and told how tlie two men first took the whole $4u0 and how then Johns said, "Oh, H 1. w e'can't take all he’s got. It would he a shame." So the two thieves magnanimously gave back, put into the old man's [Kicket, half of what they had stolen from him. day of January. 1911, tho defend- 1 »o a car to check off the number of ant above named increased the mon- f)? ur bags that were to be shipped. thly dues above mentioned to a pro- t w aa checking off the baga with the hlbitlve amount. That said Increase door open, when suddenly a brake- being so prohibitive and unreason.- man came along and shut the door atrle as to amount to a violation of an< l locked It. the above mentioned contract with) "I pounded and screamed to be the plaintiff and was instituted by let out, but the man did not come the defendant as a result of fraud back. I felt the car moving and and mismanagement on the part of screamed I lost *11 power’to the defendant and its agents and i make a noise, and then I pounded OH servants. , the door. "That on the tenth day of Jan- "I have no jdea bow long I wu uarv, 1911, this plaintiff tendered In the car. I got so hungry I wu his regnlar monthly dues. $5.50 In weak. I broke Into a sack of flour legal tender, to the defendant, »nd took great mouthfuls of It. Then (brought Its agents and servants, I got thirsty and the more flour I ate w hich legal tender was then and | the more thirsty I got. there refused and declined and this! “It began to rain. I could hear defendant's contract of Insurance the water falling off tbe car, and was duly declared forfeited. I took tny handkerchief and stack "That by this action on the part It through a crack In the door. When of defendant^ the contract of in- the handkerchief got wet I would surance as above mentioned was drag it back and moisten my lipe. broken and this defendant deprived | As long as It rained I kept my band* of his rights thereunder and that by kerchief out of the crack, resaon of the said breach of said “To get my handkerchief back contract, the plaintiff herein has through the crack la the door al- been damaged In the sum of $2,20(*'waya squeeaed moat of the water the said amount being that paid In from it, but I managed to get a few by this plaintiff In monthly dues drop*. I did this all the time It during the existence of said con- waa raining on Friday, Friday night tract above mentioned and Interest; and Saturday, but the flour made thereon.” It Is further alleged that although Mr Clarkson has made demand up on the agents of the company to re turn the amount paid In as prem- speak, much lees cry out. lunis that hls requests have been lw •■Pif choking to death, pored. Judgment in the sum ’bti- "'Whenever the train stopped I $2,200 Is asked by Mr. Clarkson; would beat at the door, but some- me thiratier, and I waa eo hungry I had to eat something. When tbe rain stopped I found ray moutb and throat ao parched that I couldn't I wu elm- agalnst the supreme lodge, BOAT SINKS, FOUR DROWN. NORTH AND SOI Til JOINED. Florida Storm Sends Vessel and Car go to Rottom. Senator Tillman’s Daughter Marries a New Jersey Man. A Trenton, S. C., dispatch says many guests from out of town at tended the wedding there Wednesday of Miss Lona Tillman, daughter of United States Senator and Mrs. Ben jamin R. Tillman, and Charles Sum ner Moore, a prominent lawyer of Atlantic City, N. J. The ceremony was performed in the Church o' our Savior. Miss Sallie May Tillman, yrnmgest sister of the bride was the maid of honor, and the wife of her brother, Mrs. Henry Gumming Till man of Greenwood was a matorn of honor. Mr. Arthur Pringle Hume of Philadelphia acted as best, man and the groomsmen were Henry Wise Hughes of Trenton, Errington Burn ley Hume of Charleston, Ervlng Fen- no Chapin of San Chrlstobol, Cubo, and Nelson Burr Gaskill, of Trenton, N. J. how my car always was far away from the station or where there wu a swjtchman or brakeman. "I could see through tbe crack in the door when we got to stations. At Baltimore I managed to attracfclf* the attention of i IfflB and he step ped at my car. I tried to speak to him but couldn’t. I wu eo thirsty, and he 'passed on, thinking some cat- Loaded to capacity with a five thousand barrel cargo of naval stores, the river steamer Belle, from tie were In the car. Vernon, Fla., to Pensacola, sank in; "j don’t remember much after a severe fifty mile gale late Thurs- that. I Just lay down on the flour day, In the Chotaw River and four sacks and got ready to die. I can’t lives were lost. i remember anything mor« until I got Capt. Fred Burllston, of Pensa- here, coin; Engineer M. Belle, of Ver- The sreJ etyCyluor«ime$ntpg non, and two children, names un known, were drowned with the sink- The Jersey City police got into communication with Cleveland, and Ing steamer. AH of the bodies were Earned that young Golden'htfd'lMsd'' recovered. Several members of the! mpnrt^d missing from homo. An crew and two passengers barely e§- examination of the flour sack* show- raped the fate of the unfortunate four. The vessel and her cargo will probably be a total loss. The Belie was one of the largest steamers In ed that of them had been b open. The boy wu taken to the Oakland avenue police station for tb« night. Doctors who examined him said he / the local river traffic and waa val-, would recover, but that had he *tM* tied at $18,000. She was built at: e d In the car another day he would Vernon In 1903, and had a gross have died from thirst. When he in tonnaze of 7 4. This is the only strong enough he will be sen^ alltldent ■of any consequence that; Collar Too Tight. At New York Rose Dogeran. a rook, lay down for a nap on a sofa in tho home of a former employer Thursday night and was strangled to death by a tight collar. Her for mer mistress found the 1 iff less hady with the collar drown into the skin of tho neck Killed Herself and Child. " At Grand Rapid-, .suffering from the delusion that some one was at tempting to steal her son. Mrs. Cath erine Lutz, aged 37. killed herself and her child, Elma, aged five. f Took Fatal Jump. At San Jose, Cal., Pat Tooling, a trusted inmate of the state hospital’ for the insane at Agnow, adopted a novel means of killing himself Tues day He climbed to the top of a 65-foot smokestack and jumped down inside the stack. Claims a Billion Dollars. A billion dollars is the modest 1 sum that Elbert R. Robinson, a Chicago negro, seeks to collect In the I’nited States Court of claims. The government Is made defendant in a suit he has brought because of alleged Infringements on patents on an electrical signal system he al leges were granted to him. Ship Catches Fire. A dispatch from Polnte-a-Pltre, Ouadaloupe, says while the French steamer Marconi wag loading rum and sugar at the docks, fire b^oke out In the cargo and before tl could be put out caused an explosion among the barrels of rum which killed one fireman The monetary loss s con siderable. i has been reported as a result of the severe storm which swept the Gulf Coast Thursday. Very Strange Find, The body of an Indian boy with Lake City folks such New Paper for The people of Msrktj^ county we to have a new newspaper afld the publisher thereof will be Dr. W. 8. Stokee, who has been givtns the a good paper two heads, four arms and four legs during the was discovered in a cave near Okmul- been sever gee, Okya., Wednesday by a farmer ond paper afloat in Marion during hoy while huflting. The body is near-! the last few years, but each attempt s past year. Thera has al attempts to put a ly five feet tall and the arms reach below the knees. The flesh on the , bones has dried and apparently there has been no decay. has failed, yet the new promoters of their paper are not at all discouraged d they expect to make good. Broke Up Buggy. It ha* been learned that t on occi last Sunday afternoon a buggy occupied by tMr. and Mrs. J. K. Beckham and two children was struck by an auto mobile from Kershaw near Oakhurst. Mrs. Beckham and one of the chil dren was badly bruised up. A -front wheel of the buggy waa also broken. The Tallest Yet Plans were filed Tuesday fpfc construction at Broadway and Place in New York of ths building in the world, curb to the sipex of the tower will stand 760 feet and ‘ stories. The MstropoUtnal ItpST 700 feet. 3 inches, *n4 tower 612 feet.