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' V ^ The Barnwell ▼•L ITYI BARNWELL. R tL THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12:1912 I.J THEIR AUTO SKIDS - " ♦ - W. S. STEWART ANH H. T. MEIG- HAN ARE BOTH KILLED THREE OTHER MEN HURT Car Carrying Five Prominent Citizens of the Capital City, Returning From Ridgewood, Skids and Plunges into a Ditch, Turning Tur tle and Pinioning Victims Beneath. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says Hugh T. Meighan, cashier of the Carolina Na tional Bank, and W. S. Stewart, hard ware merchant, were instantly killed; Theodore A Bell, seriously injured; \V. C. Swaffield and William Watson, injured, when the automobile in which they were returning from Ridgewood Club skidded and went ever into a ditch just after the car had crossed Smith’s Branch, the car BESIDE WIFE S GRAVE HALF OF THE WOMEN LEFT A. J. CLARK TAKES HIS OWN LIFE IN THE CEMETERT. Right Hand Still Grasping Pistol, Rullet from Which Passed Through Neck Caused Instant Death. A. ,T. Clark, one of Lancaster's most prominent and influential citi zens, who recently resigned the posi tion of manager of the Lancaster News, committed suicide early Thursday morning, between 8 and 7 o’clock, in th^ Presbyterian Ceme tery, at Lancaster, using as an In strument of death, a 32 calibre pistol, with which he shot himself through the neck, the ball entering from the left side and lodging in the base of the brain. From the nature of the wound In flicted, the physicians, who examined the body, say that death must ne cessarily have been Instantaneous. No probable motive is yet assigned for Mr. Clark’s rash act, which has caus ed universal sorrow and regret in this community, where the deceased GOV. BLEVSE’S COURSE LAN- Gl AGE RAN THEM OUT. They All March Out When South Car olina’s Governor Shouts *‘To Hell With the Constitution". An Associated Press dispatch from Richmond, Va., says fully half of the fifty women in attendance at the Con ference of Governor Friday afternoon hurriedly departed from the meeting when Gov. Cole L. Please, for the second time defending his policy of lynching negroes guilty of criminal assault, shouted, “to hell with the Constitution.” Governor Blease’s declaration was made in response to a question ask ed by Governor Joseph N. Carey, of Wyoming. Governor Carey desired to know if the South Carolina Execu- SHE WANTS TO DIE PLEADS FOR LAW TO PERMIT BER TO END HER DAYS A HOPELESS PARALYTIC A New York Woman Who is Helpless Desires That a I-aw Re Enacted Which Would Permit Her to End Her Life Because of Her Intense Suffering. Mrs. Sarah Harris, the remarkable paralytic patient In the Audubon san itarium of New York who made two public appeals during gtho last three months for the enactment of a law Per WHAT ONE KISS COST BANQUET TO BELMONT IN ATTEMPTING TO KtSS AN UN- KISSED YOUTH. Young Married Woman Ilreaks Two of Her Klbs and an Ann in a Twen- ty-flte Foot Fall. A fourteen year old boy, during an intermission at a barn dance held at New Bridge near Hackensack. N. J , SENATOR TILLMAN AMONG THE INVITED GUEST#. Uelmont Honored Becauae of HU Ia- terest tuid Work for^be Publicity Law. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says Senator Tillman has accepted an Invitation turning completely over pinioning the has lived and worked the best of his occupants underm ath life, enjoying the confidence and es- When a«sis';un e arriv ed and the teem of all with whom he came In men were pulled from beneath tlie'contact. automobile, the first two were dead. Tho bo(ly f oun ,j nf 2 o’clocK and the other three were injured. Thursday by parties walking through The in tired men were rushed to the ,j 1(> cemetery, under a large oak tree, e11v and given nodical attention andi n ,. ar the grave of his wife, who died the bodies of the other two removed j , f nl0 eighteen years ago. The discov- to a local undertaking establishment , ,, rv was at onre reported to the The accident, one of the most de-l membpr9 of thp f am j] y and the plorable in the history of the city, soarcb j n g party, which, on account of happened Thursday night Must about | b j 8 continued absence from home X (i clock The live men, Hugh T slnre ( i n w n Thursday morning, had Meighan. cashier of the < aroltna Na-i i.,,.,, looking everywhere for him nonal Bank; . S >iewait. hard- |j :5 body was found in a reclining ware merchant. Theodor'- \ Bell, p (Htllrfl was partially dressed, shoe Store, had been out to the Conn- and h( , 1(1 in bis r ^ hf ban d the pistol panv. \Y C SwafTwld teal estate man. and mitting her physicians to end her five had taken an oath to uphold the sll ff or j n K by taking her life, wrote a Constitution and laws of his State, tbir j letter recently, and if these laws did not protect nel , j n jt sb( , te n s 0 f a visit from Mrs. and if these laws did not protect ne- (; r0 ver Cleveland, who, being at the "I will answer that question,” re-; bo;; pjt; t ] to see an invalid relative, plied Gov. Blease. "When the Con-j ,, n(1 knowing of Mrs. Harris' case, stitution steps between me and the sr ,, llt b))lir th tvie latter. and lit' iran V atson. retire- nt.i' : ha 1 ! , • n William of Watson's of the Coun- i r 1 w .-re re- i automohde. shoe s'en try Cl lli. 11: turning to tie Mr M.-igl an dr inr w ! . n Mist a'- ter the a ' ". 1 - - 1 h - Fran h a •• • • • n '- - '■ ".. ' •• < : f v t!,.- i ■ kid 1 I' us 1 us* at 11 s po. n• '.!i i' C • s a 1" 1 a: ! \ r 1.1 i.e t in.-- ’ 1 . ■ " ■ I a : ! M*e' (lit, I;» s on * !-s i • •• . > ■!••• p When t !:•■ . i r I 1 t 'r.e i • \ • r-e 1 ** \ r r was I a ■ I - i dden ; v 11. •- tar toppled OV.-r Ml Ml the d . M !l * irt.- 1 r g t ui i !e and , ■ u.. g die m r an's beneath. People running *o the assistance pn'led men from undernea'h f tiding t ‘ at two had been Instar.'lv kil'ed It is S.v.d the first to reach the S' • n>- of d .• *( cident were Watt> s iWith which he put an end to his life M r Clark was a native of North Caiolina, from which place he came to Lancaster 'ears ago to engage in do- newspaper business. For seven teen v.ars hu was editor and man- w h: -h paper was finally taken over u di the Ledger and Review to join do- Lamas'er I’-iidislung Companv 11.- was el,., t.-d manager of this com piin ., ut.l' h pos tlon he h' Id conttn 11< ,s!v e-,ir sin e until atio-it two w • r s ago. w lo n on account of 'ad- defence of the virtue of the white women of my state, I will resign my commission, tear it up afid throw it to the breezes As 1 havtj said before, ’to hell with the Constitution’ ’’ When some of the women present arose and left the hall. Gov. Please ceased six-a-king. Among the women who made their exist Were die wives and daughters of several Governors attend mg t he conference Governor Alncrt W Gilchrist, of I lorida, took exception to Gov Please s remarks Rising to his l-e! he declared "The first thing tha’ indicates a manly man or a womanly woman is thoughtful consideration for other people " Ids remarks jv-re greeted with cheers from the audi ence Rofen ing to die Ivnch law- doc- ‘•Mrs. Cleveland is the most re markable and unaflY< ted woman with whom I ever spoken.” said Mrs. Har- Tuesday night, became so interested from Congressman William Sulzer, Governor-elect of New York, to be present at a dinner, which will he given to-morrow evening at the New Willard Hotel there, by a committee of which Mr. Sulzer is chairman, to Mr. Berry Belmont, in recognition of Mr. Belmont’s successful efforts In arousing sentiment for the enactment of laws requiring publicity of cam- pain contributions and regulating the same. r Mr Belmont was the organizer of »u ~ r» in Mrs. Winfield Ackerman that he felt called upon to tell her the story of his life. In the recital he made the startling admission that he had never been kissed. Thereupon Mrs. Ackerman asked him if he would allow her the signal honor of making tho initial in scription on his facial slate. The boy blushed and backed away. Mrs. Ackerman rose and repeated REGAINS ■via SFEAKS HltT Tt A AS SR HI WHO WENT TO VISIT Eight Year Old UttU GM, M* / - .j- jj&wii From Her Birth, Says When Aaked by » On* Cured by Some Felt. her request. The youngster blushed more furiously than before and ran'the Contribution Publicity Law Aa- toward the door. ^ soclatlon, to whose efforta are largely ‘'I’ll kiss you for fun," cried Mrs due the atatutea whten now exist re- Ackerman, starting after him, while| stricting campaign contribution* and requiring their publication. Mr. 8ul- zer was also identified with the Asao- lose ( or.fineim-iP Ml urnp' • J i•-!u< 'ant METHODIST DOI.IAT.ES, t rino. Go v i-rnor lohn F Q h a froth ■ " f l Uolora.lo , sal.L "Ono in oh ran do morn in ; urv to society th an t wr nt y ii tin!* Tor ■ , her: in-.* 1 v n< lunc 1 •-r- n .-a i • s Hie on' ire lO rn n. ini'v an.l I'ro-lu. ’rS a nareh v T!i :! : 3 Ilf nr. - of 11 -. t!. ru !.. : s most r-p m hon-■ hi" V! "M It -.\ are tr :i'L- ! t •■llOlll.l ho L ’.- .!> 1 * N of H. r> L'OVeri :or *o orif. tr. e »1 fin. VV Ii- Ho r ho a; i' r n\ > s or not U li.-n th '> law hi -esi r: ■ ; i a 11 8 i ng for i! M (iff. •nr *>. ai.ii a man i- ; frv '111.! gl! ll'v, he >t<10ll! J ho ha DC "1 w I.e Hi or " Into <.-• hi a ck aud th • TO iS no eX'"l«o for mob 1 s I c. 1 n C O t V e \ [ to ho on r the other dancers, who had switched their attention from the entertain ment to the incident, laugli'-d and 1 tdation shouted encouragement j Senator Tillman was a pioneer in The boy, fear evident on his face,] the matter in that he offered in the ns. ' She will bring to my help the ran upstairs and tried to hide him- Senate and secured the adoption of loimsels of wise people I am as'self behind one of the supports .Mrs.I the first law prohibiting corporations much in iK-t-d of relief as when I Ackerman, pursuing, located him and t from making contributions in Fed- mado the first appeal. The law does > for a few minutes they dodged and eral campaigns. The Tillman atatute, rot scruple to demand life for IIfe.' sped around the wooden column The; which was approved January 26, Why mny now the law become an boy finally sprang out into the open 1907, Is as follows: instrument of mercy ss well as ven-| Mrs. Ackerman caught htm hut hel "Be it enacted by the Senate am nance’ ’ j wriggled free and then dashed |[ 011gH 0 f Representatives of the Mis Harris made a grim appeal to around the room, with the voung wo-- futted States of America in Congreai 'b" P'-ople of New York last Septem- man keeping up the chase. | assembled, that it shall be unlawful 1" r to have a law enacted which will When she caught him the second for any national hank or any corpor- . mibl" a practicing physician to end f| me Mrs Ackerman held him tight- 1 -rtion organized by authority of any hi i life and her prolonged miserv. ]y j{e yelled and fought seeking tojiaws of Congress, to make a money Time vears ago Mrs Harris was'squirm from her grasp This he con .ontributlon In connection with any stricken with paralysis and since that tinned while she backed him against, . lection to an) political office. It time has been able to to move nnlv a double door. She was bending over shall also be unlawful for any cor- 'he muscles of her head. She is about him when the door gave way and the poration whatever to make any elec- thirtv years of age, nnd is the moth- hoy and Mrs Ackerman both fell tion at which Presidential and View er of two children Her husband is through to the ground, twenty-five Presidential electors or a Repreaenta- a salesman Mrs Harris suffers con- feet below nv,. i n Congress Is to be voted for stantly and has yet to find any medi- ( -phe fall had come so unexpectedly oi any election by any State Legia- ' in** that w ill get re! • f Physicians ( n t br > young woman that she couM lature of a United Stale# Senator, have told her that she is the vlo'om make no effort to gave herself Sbe of s- nal trouble, wlc h has result. ! suffered a broken arm two broken in parhlvsi-v. although they have been Tt \^ an ,| numerous ps-nful bruis.-s unable to ascertain the .-\a<'t na' iire q b p bov escaped Injury a Fv.-ry corporation which ahall make any contribution In violation of the THEY \KE \ SPEEMMD \MtftK IV THIS sT \TE. r* in t ■ 1 !! ■ ph llatnn on i ami T1 - - e, or! of Hio Poanl of E.Iiira- MU'- o' .V "• .'ir ’vir n-ng ' ii t" !h>‘ Soa’h Carolina <’onfor « N . e, , " , 1 ’ ••• : .■ ! i- H.* • a •• a' ts D.ee-.i.g in Amlorson ear ' ’ • P - ” - ' sa w • . J » :• h • tho rt-roniniondation of ’ .i r 1 ' ; ■ ' . • • . ; .a,- i .1 •he •■■: ■" . on' .-' a eon.ni.salonor f r' ■ ’ 1 ft ' r of . 'Ll'-: 11 - nr who ahail 'iiH.igiir.ito a i *’•■<, \, a rs . am; .gn to r a $ ’. "" - • i •. ’ \ - W , > • , • H.o ' < ' ! . >. a' f of w h,. h is tn go to h‘-n. t 1' !i a i. . a - ■> W n'Tor-l t 'oLego om- 'our' h to 1 .an ■ u '.. • w • r : • . -j • . .) , 1 . ' < ■.. n-^e a: I oi.o fourth t" Col- • l* • * ! * ’ i ■ • 'njjey e Tho Sim' to ho r<-- " :* \\ * r ’ye* *. t.. i i i•v i.. • i: h< , W- | v tins* . ol n ges are *. o he a^e r. - p-,. • pi..*; o:, i L.v.r imie'i-e.liies' ami a'so du'y as Governors to d* '!ar. for law- and order " I'uring the afternoon soss'>n pa ; ers were r.-ad t.v Governors Tasker I. 0.1.lie, of Nevada ant lames H Hawb-v of Idaho, on un-forml'v .L.vorce laws Th.< s’P -ect was under d;aruH*ion when Governor P base spoke \ ''.*r def.-nd.ng t!.e law of South t’aro'ina w he,-^ no divorce U Jerm-.tted. h>* ptoC«-"d< ! to d;s the lace prot.l.ui aid ile.-lar*-l tba' ' .•• in '• nor t .t.-e a I w a - s , of the tnaladv She belb-vec the bg islafure should make it po--'- hie f.>r doctors to end h> r life and the ! .•« of all such w retch* d sufferers Mrs Harris was flr«t stricken earh in 1 909. while out walking, and the n.-xt dav was completely paralyzed The physicians at the Audubon hospital state that no change lias . en discernible in the woman s con- d t on for the past year or more and that she may live ten .>r fifteen vears more, •T am suffer'ng the torture of 'he danmtd " wro'e this woman when her first appeal to the pub- There ts no Why should r.t 1 tho . nd mmea in the Lb t.-nd her 1 -1 r r pit al G F Adams was called *n a* 'Its Vckertnan He found that in nines were 'o severe that he d her to the Ha. kensa. k ilos- The New York World i _ geon'a knife has acaln giren tHur | er of apeech to a child wk« has dumb aince birth. It (• the operation of Its kind in s fortnight by Dr. William Chapman st the Sweediah Hoapttsl, Brooklyn. Tbe first was performed on Seren- year-old Clarence Devltt of No. 419 St. Mark’s avenue, Brooklyn, the sto ry of whose release from life-loo* silence waa told In The World. It was this account of the that led directly to the second opera tion, which was performed last Sat urday on Pearl Thomson, eight yea'a of age, of No. 50$ East One Hundred and Sixty-fifth street. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomaon. Despite her af fliction her mind was alert. Herwatn efforta to apeak were pitiable. She understood all that waa said to her and at times when she tried to rafly and could not the would cry nystor- Ically. Specialists w*r# conosRoe, hut they held out no hopo. Then the psrents read In The World of tho successful operation on tho Dovltt boy. Mrs Thomson Immediately went to see Mr. Chapman, who told her to bring Pearl to him. After an exam ination the aurgeon said he thought he could correct the trouble. The op eration was performed on Nov. 10. It consisted. Dr. Chapman erptatae*. of removing a piece of bone the e(M of a dime pressing on what le known ao the apeech center, which is on tho left side of the head where the tem poral bone joins the greet wing of * n<1 the aphernold bone. Young Clarence Devltt nenri of‘ the operation and went to the hoo- pita) Wednesday morning. No at tempt had been made to see If tho tn a fine not exceeding $'>,000 . v. rv officer or director of any cor-j p."atlon who shall consent to any .■.intrltiutlon by the corporation in: violation of the foregoing provision* --hall upon .onvlctlon be punished by .. . u fine Of not exceeding $1,000 tnd 1 ’o talk had been given to rna )'r «rv'r.i! vp.nr* apo 'u P‘‘ f «tr i;> V rtVOYl TT I 'll a w i • i. ♦ X do' m ;'..! ' 'i.G":. .*: at I, g- anJ being brui alight in ir,.--. ^ t iffered a brok.-n ank!-- ! I" was bi i n a st re. t car an j'ital ami Iks iiij : Mr. Hugh T. killed ins’.ant!v. the rare'in a W:..'n man of about 4.'< >>ai w a - Ik" ii i n C..hi m bn. $ i hat . • • r 'b p,ants g ' b>- a ; po. IP men', of l.er of .-'t I'M ’ ion 'O ".. i !,•• ’.'oar.l rei on: - amounts r> i e.v ed for 'lie thlee inst .tut ions, nt- or ot berw is*-, within of our Conference be- and the inauguration of ih:s lainpaigu. shall he deducted from tie amount to he apportioned to that ,1 MB ut ion Tile colleges and schools of vwe;.» avva,v hy He super Governor Please a S«. a g.. n h;s pardon record Gov \Y W K", '-rn nhna annoMnee,| Gtai race •nd. h 1 k n o w- n' \'n t ‘ h H a r he!» had lin'd ' S' Be in s x a Bank ntrl a- . of age lie ng a .-on of A'ai. r Meighan. and vv .ts pr.i"'!-allv ^ reai'd, in tlie Carolmn National Bank, to whnh he ai'a.n.d the position of cashier. One year aco last June he married Mi.-s Grac- Kmard. who sur vives him. Two sisters also survive Mr. Meighan was one of the most) popular young men In the city. Mr. W. S. Stewart, the other vic tim of tho automobile accident, was about r.O years old. He came to Co lumbia a few years ago from Orange burg. He opened a hardware store here, and by his devotion to duty prospered. He was a most estimable man and well thought of by the whole community. He was unmarried apd leaves no relatives here. All of the men who composed th^p fatal automobile party were among the most prominent people of Colum bia, and the news of the deplorable accident spread like wildfire. Many expressions of sympathy were heard and universal regret characterizes every expression. Lightning Strikes Mourmrrs. Lightning sLjjck.down seventeen mourners while they were standing at a graveside In Germiston, In Rho desia, South Africa, Tuesday. One of them was killed and five others were so severely injured that their lives are despaired of. Storm Does Damage. More than 100 persons were kill ed in the cyclone, which stvept over Madagascar November 26, according to the latest reports, received at the ministry-of colonies at Paris. The daixaca is atfUnuted at $2,000,00. f '.h.- Conft-n-nce have . xperi.-n. >-d iin unpi i'-nted >ear of success. At Columbia College there are ’.-achers and tutors, with an enrol ment og 2R7 students Value of tlie ant $-’.TO, and indebtedness of j u go o o * . At Lander College there are 2TL s» ii den t h. of which ].‘>9 are hoarding j , upiK The \ alue of the plant is! 4 1 I 7..Toil endowment $t.2"°. At Wofford College there are 3 03 students and 181 in the Fitting! School. This is the largest enrol ment in the history of the two insti tutions. The property and resources of the College have been increased by $.7 0,000. The endownment is $183,- ooo. There are 82 students at Carlisle Fitting School, overcrowding the dormitory. The property Is valued at 12.7,000; endownment, $3,000. At the Cokesbury Conference School the enrolment was 40. The property Is estimated to be worth $6,000; endowment, $1,000. Thirty-four charges In the Confer- jence failed to pay their Conference qilucational assessments, and elghty- e’fht of the charges paid this assess ment in full. The Klngstree dis trict, was the banner district', paying 80 tker cent, of its assessments, b.-t-n a lv n. hii.g in *h •••ar' and t \pr*-.«» 1 Hi** b. : . f rb '!:•-:•• sbo.|' I !.<• . • mi s in prim . a!! v <■'.•■! y .as.- "!,••:<• t b. ; •■ is 1 v m b in r G.M'Mi'.r Mann o' \'. t g i i .• 'la' he would c.i 1' ii- . 1 v. ■ r v u. : •. in a it in t li<* st,.!.' ' :,i ‘--a r. •.> p ■ t. i » a in.m un.i. i ..rr.-.-i and g’.v. f, a fair trial Movement for t!.<' r 11 a 1 11 a ml t lie u; cult lire v\ ere d.s. ns- Adolph <1 F.bcrhar ‘llerhert S Hadlev "f MisHouri W II Mann of Virginia. G.-oige W UuugTi .•v, of Arkansas. and J..se|.h 7! Brown of Georg a invoice law problems Were also SpoK.'Il to b\ t Gov ernors Joseph M Care\ . <>f \\ v I oniinp. and Simeon K. Paidwiii, o f ' Connecticut. Miss Marc Johnston, Hie nrueli-' addressf-.l tlm Conference on e, iu ,ii suffrage. improvenient of ■ 1111d , ng of a l; i i- .1 bv Governors . >f Min nesot a Killed Playing Indian. At Owensboro, Ky., Roy Muse lit.get ng ib ath m! r. e * "Vario-is mechanical inventions are ’ , ng p>ii«he.l in wh'ch manv sh'n ing ligh's lose their lives and ye» one nuf'sfinn. the r-ea'est of h)I how to end the suffering of hopeless sufferers has never been de'v. jpt.) "Here in the c.vly 'liiHies a voting wetnan. stretched on a bed. immov- .tlde. bepf of the great motor engine o' h> r cons'i I u tion for i\e pa-t three yenr«. which places her in an abso lutely paralyzed condition in which she is unable to exert a single muscle of her body, l>. 4 les suffering much lain, yet in full possession of the strength of her mentality, craves and vearns for that which wotitd .-nd h'-r misery. ‘'Now, why should not the Stale take the matter in its hands and end the wretchedness of such poor suf ferers’’ laH us iust stop long enough to think that when n brute, the low liest of the animal kingdom, becomes ’motive and .loomed to suffer, its suffering is put to an end "Naturally, one's own loved ones cannot bring this about. Your phys ician cannot do it. PLOT To KIEL TWO oops (Tdnese Gamblers Lured Policemen to Intended Death. A' San Francisco the other night f'hincse gamblers lured two police officers to Imprisonment in gas filled 'handlers leaving them to be as- ph'-xiated Each of the men escaped death, however, because they carried small axes and chopped holes thro not lesa than $730. or by imprison meat for a one year, or both auch fine and Im prisonment in tha dtacretlon of the Hourt." i girl: tn fart It was dec I dad beat te term of not more than noCkto* •< this waa explained to tb# vHb waa taken to the bedside of the little patient. She waa gaain* at the vail when he entered. Her nether vac •ittlng beside her, stroking PeerPa hand. Before any oae could caatlea htm tbe boy aaked: "How do you feel*" At the worda the girl tnra*4 her head, looked at her vlattor aaff aaM DROWN AH THE RT! BREAKS. Ihri-e Hkaters Deed and Her era! Oth ers \ cry Htrk. Tl.re»< (Misona were drowned and quite naturally: tho walla of tholr frap« Cor; oral Goff . tho first victim waa wai k-ng alon g when a Chinese brush.- d hv him and whispered "Fight In Siberia Clot \Y it ho*it waiting to rail h •' 'quad C„ff r.twh<-.l to the r! uh Ho thrust sv'ffo the a 1 on r k ooj, or As the door swung ha. k ho h card tho holt rlu-k and simul'ane ouslv ' he gas lights w.-nt out Trvlng ' Hie "th or door ho found him'. !' in il-r-" on.-d in a narrow hallw av so\. n font long and found tha» gas was rush ing : f rom jots which ho could not r.- ii h Af- ter 15 minutos work with h is .IX • • he rut through Hip walls and W I. ' f » rued Officer Bailey was frai SI TI j Par! ly in another club at a] mos' th*. '••vcial other m.-mbert of a family skating parly tiad narrow escape* Mornlav wh.-n they broke through the ice on Hearth lake In North Lacka wanna countv The dead are Mra \d* 1 ben R.-vnold*. xe years old her F’lne " The mother sprang from her chair, amazed and overjoys*. ‘ That Is thp first word ah* hat ev er spoken." exclaimed Mr*. Them ana From that on Pearl began te talk. sen, whose name eouid not be learn-, beginning, of course, with the eeei- r-d and Ross Reynold* 10 years, a monrst words. She waa >3 a axle* I n.phcw Ross Reynolds, skating on to use her new found povern she Hun i.e. plunged into the water Mra threatened to become a chatterbex R.-vtioldh endeavored to pull him out| until the nurses told her she meat .■.nd she to.> fell in The otlier mem- say very little If ahe wanted te get b. is of Hu party attempted to reacuejvell. Thla warning waa all the girl the woman and her nephew and all needed. The nurses said the Devltt '•-P itP" the Icy water Mr Key- boy had tho same fault. same time In sa le- he 1,1, l <t| R (,RE \ I F.\ ENTS. ,ls manag'-d to fr.-e himself and • .1 all but three of tho party, but strength was exhausted before . ,',iild complete the task The I .-s ,,f those drowned were recov- One of the I*deon Gang Fight* d The survivors are In a critical GONYICT GETS MORTAL WOUJTD. »■ I l li.it Have thcuircd Dui'ilig the \ .-ai Tlial Is Passing. KILLED RY FALLING LI MR. tie With Pc ml,tion from exposure and shock The New* and Courier Bays detar- miug to keep his word that he woald not be taken alive, George Washlag- Ion aliee Isaac Hamilton, one of the seven negro Convicts who teoagsd from the Blue House road camp Son- day night, November 24, and -who formation ot China from a monar 'i most highi-z esteemed and best knovn | 'l’>' >» * e-p'Wle; lb. „pb P av,l ,,„ n ,b.- th . Dol cb F,« ec.lon o.i “l! * T,r * 1 *^ *“ on h, GiuiMian Herald says "four even's will distinguhsh 1912 as ono o' Hi.- epochal years, viz: the trans- formation ot China from Resident of the Dutch Fork Hit the Head by bianch. Adam Benedict M.-v-tr, one of the condemned 17 years old, was shot and probably SU'U'’- fatally wounded Tuesday by his! brother, Clarence Moseley, aged 9. for he would be | Mexico, reorganizing tho social and-. Lexlngton county wai j us taatly kil!- so Hie only means is the political condition of that country; ed Saturday afternoon while . : uttin? 1 the emanciapation of Portugal from down a tree near his homo. It seem? the Incubus of Romanism, and the that a llmb from the lr0H folli 6tr ; k . Fiend Assailed Woman. 1 l '- ur °P ean downfall of the '‘unspeak- ing b i m on the top of tho head and md citizens is ;iblP Turk ’ Rt,in 8 wo11 "‘‘Kht to caus i n g instant death. Mr. Mayer d,ath b y Balkan states, which he wa8 about 76 year8 of age> ha vi ng during a game of Indians . Roy • ^ posse of police and citizens js Moseley in the part of the captive,| searrbtng tbe B Urr0 unding country h . , , • , , d oonresfied v. v. ’ . “ . r%; , nr a „.„ an t cf xfiss i nuellav " contempt and oppressed been born on September 15, H3* for Hi a. sailant of Miss l-ouf' 13 . f or rpn , un ,, s . Last and not least is Ha rm’nGwivot.ron .orv was bound to a ‘’stake" when his brother fired the. shot from the rifle MarHhaHi 35 years old, who was at | tacked Wednesday night on the out- i skirts of Trenton, N. J. Miss’ Mar shall was discovered lying uncon which he thought was empty. Man is Seriously Shot. At Wilmington, N. C., J. M. Leish- ia, a Tqeal manufacturer, Tuesday night was shot and seriously wound ed by Carewe, £* well known Ipcal contractor. The men quarreled over domestic affairs. Carewe was admitted to bail in the sum of $1,- 000. \ ^ " 11 \ Falling KJDs Sexton While he wafk removing a monu ment in a cemetery at Hamilton, O., a cross fell uipoV Charles Welllng- hoff, the sexton, fracturing his skull and causing deatl^.•within a fe# hourt. Lost His Life in a Fire. At New York, Louis Levy, a Jewish rabbi, lost his life early Tuesday in a fire which swept away an apartment house in upper Fifth avenue. Seven persons were injured. It was at first reported that two lives liad been lost but search of the premises failed to disclose any body except that of Rab bi Levy. scions In a field wher# she had been dragged. Her skull was fractured and her condition is serious. She gained consciousness for a few minutes, but only long enough to say her . as sailant was a negro. Death Under Engine Wheels. At Seattle, Wash., C. a. Johnson, an engineer, after failing to effect a reconciliation with his wife, Tues day picked up his six-year-old son and ran in front of a passenger train, but the father was tossed aside with a broken leg and scalp wounds. Long Time to Serve. Peter Pravata, who escaped from ? Houston. Tex., prison last Decem ber, after serving seven yea*« . f a ninei) nine-year sentence for mur der. is Treked up In police headq lar ter* at Ycnkers, N. Y., Wednesday night awaiting extradition. Eleven Were Killed. Eleven dead and five injured, one probably fatally, was the toll of the rear end collision tv? w?ei two pas senger trains in which the revr coaca of the Cleveland, Akron and Colum bus train was telescoped. An official statement says first train stopped be cause of a defective air atuctiment, and flagman did not have time to go far enough to warn the ether train. He was a Confederate veteran, serv- The political revolution here at home, j D g throughout the War Between the which changes the political map of sections In Company H, Third South j our union and introduces new poli- Carolina Volunteers, and waa wound- nes demanded by the needs ot Lie ed twice ln the conflic t. He suffered timcs a broken arm at the battle of Sharps- burg, and lost a leg in the battle of A Very Large Turtle. | the Wilderness. No braver aoldier ev- The largest turtle ever brought to er carr,ed a muBket than Adam B ’ New York from the tropics is tc be, Ma y er ' ^cording to hi. comrades. made Into soup for the coming ban-| * quet of the American Bankers’- As- Hangs Himself With Necktie, sociatlon. The turtle which arrived At LaGrange, Texas, after hearing mortally wounded early morning at John’s Island, whila flgkt- ing a posse of rural polictmaa, who have been hunting the outlaws far over a week. The wounded mas dlad as a result of his injury ft short Rim afterwards, while being taken to n iallroad station. tT Lebu, on the liner Tivivea is 10 feet long! the tria i 8 0 f feRow prisoners Wed- and weighs a quarter .of a ton. j ne gday, William Klemp, awaiting • * * | hearing on a charge of burglary, Drinks Poison and Dies. Ranged himself with a necktie In his At Kansas City, Mo., Bruce M. cell Wednesday night. The jailer Priddy, secretary of the real estate; found Klemp suspended from the board of Kansas City, wealthy and s bars of his cell when he made his Four Sailor* Drown. Four sailor* were drowned and three were saved when the three masted schooner Ethyl B. Summer was driven ashore in s storm early Wednesday nsar tha breakwater at Waterside, N, B. All the men were residents of that province. prominent clubman, committed aui- oide at his home early Tuesday by urinklng poison. He was 45 years of age and unmarried. ' round of th# county prison Thurs day morning. Prisoners Bunted. At Crowley, La.. WilHan Los Angeles, and an unkno panion were burned to death local jail Wednesday, after started the flames In the making their escape, Colin so a prisoner, was seriously Collier and the unknown were held on a minor charge. / Hazing Causes Killing. At Springfield, Mo., Byron iged 16, d'ed Wednesday frooi wounds in tbe abdomen, InlDetol Ket- urday following a haslng party Morrlerllle College. (MiYiari Ooj Irjtd, a divinity student, charged with stabbing Cause Copeland had been haied. . A. Crane, Boys Sentenced for Murder. Harry Berger, aged 17 and Ed ward Meyer, aged 19, of Janesville, Wls., were sentenced to 18 years In the penitentiary st hard labor, for tha killing of Matilda Berkstermsn. Through With GM The school trustees of 01 Grove, Md., went s new reedy this yesr they he** 1 Single Ballet Slays Two. Tbs ballet that mortally wounded Milton Elx. a pool-room keeper of Marvel. Ark., plowed through his lady instructors, but hath body and struck Chsrlss Norman. * “^ * causing tha lattsr’s Instant deuth Robet Davidson Is under arrest, ac cused of tbs murders. A patron says wanted *‘who Is M false heir and le Inclined.”