Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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’Mv 6 ^ 1 % t Tk* The Barnwell • - TOL BARNWELL. S. THURSDAY. JANUARY 2.1913 NO MIDVILinTRIGKEN GEORGIA TOWN HAS EPIDEMIC Of 7 MfM'G |r IS THE PE0P1 [ I'.iYE FLED l'our-flfth> of ti e 1'opulation, Inclu«*- ing the Mayor and All the Alder men Except One, Have I^eft, Bit the Backbone of the Plague la Sail to he Proken. Mtdvilh, a little town over In Georgia, i ot very far from Augu&tr, h sufferin : from an epidemic of ufter- ingitis, w lich which many deaths have occi rred, and the people be- --ame pan c utricken. Four-fifths of ’hem, inc udlng the mayor, and all he aldernen but one, have left and gone to r:her places. The authori- les are <.oIdk all they can to stay ’he ravages of the terrible disease and it is claimed now that the worst is over. The town and surrounding • ountry Is quarantined and closely guarded. No one is allowed to en ter or leave It now. • The Angus'a Chronicle says tele phonic Information from Mldville Monday right waa that the menin gitis g'tuatlen in Hurke county Is now pre’tv well In hand Dr. Harris •ecretarv of the state bosrd of health was In Mldville Monday, but did not go out tn'o the roun'ry He held s ronsultation with the one remaining member of 'he town counc'l. Mr T >1 Wall who Is art'ne mayor, and left Wednesday night for Atlanta The statement was made Mondav night, and ve-lfed by c"'tena of Mld- v I He tha* there Is now not more than one-fif’h of the population of th« town left, the others having gone Tie rravor ard four member* of the town rotinr'l are gene leaving one member of roune'l. Mr T H WaM to handle the affa rs of the munlr! pallty. One new raae developed Mondav there we-e no deaths and Dr Ker thaw summarised the situat'on b' •avlng "We have It very well Ir hand the progreas we are making is entirely sat 1 s'ar'cry ’ The de»en"on eamo* are well or ganised row bu' Dr Kershaw ha« had trnuhl* «n getf'ng a graduate nurse T^or'a were • ade "o get one from At'anta Pavanrah Maron an^ Aogns’a without su’-esns Mondav night Dr Ke-»ha» re-e'ved Informs tlon from Charleston ’hit h's reqnes Of that C" v to sir; ore had bee- eomrlled wt'h nr '1 s’ waa then on her w ay to V‘d’ SHIPS AND, CREWS LOST TWO HCTfOONERS FOUNDERS IN GULF OF MEXICO. REAL WORK BEGINS NHE ALLIES PRESENT TREIR CON DITIONS FOR REBELS BEAT MEXICANS NEARLY 2.V) FEDERAL IRREGU LARS SLAIN IN ATTACK. Both Veaaols Ar« Total Wrocka and All the RfPple on Them, Number ing Twepty-Two, Were Drowned. The British achoonera Cartagena and Georgiana foundered Ih the Gulf <yf Mexico between Cayman Is- landa and Jamaica durlnR the re- cent West Indian storm, according to definite advices received at Mobile Tuesday morning. / All on board, 22 In number, were drowned, including the entire family of Capt. Woods, of the Georglana. Until Tuesday no word has b>*en re ceived from either vessel since the middle of November. The first definite information of the disaster was received in Mobile Tuesday after more than a month, during which no report was received from either vessel. Definite advices from Cayman Hrao, Cayman Islands, says the Oor- elana. with 14 souls aboard, capsiz ed off Lueea. Jamaica. In trying t" make that port during the storm. The Gartacena, with her master and seven other members of the erew. Is given up as lost, not bavin? been heard from since November ’7 Those who went down with the schooner Georglana Included Capt Hyman Wood. Mrs Hyman Wood and child. Miss Louisa Wood. W K n odden and ?allsbury Eden, of Mo bile The Georglana was a two-mas'ed sehooner which hss traded among the West Ind'ea for more than 2'. rears and which had made regular '‘«tfs to 'he var'ous po-'s or, the Gulf roast She sa'led from Montigo H*v. »a •nalca. on November is for Cavmar frar mMh a cargo of merchsndiae with passengers snd a C'ew of four men The Cartapers waa also a two master, a regular trader between the We«t Indies an 1 Gulf pat's W R Sodden one o' those who per's k ed on the reorg'xna. was one of »ht 'nost ptom'nent merchants a’ Georgetown Granv G*rmtn PEACE WITH THE TURKS TRIED TO KILL VKTCROV. Armed d. • on e\«>-> M' d v 1 ' ’ e V I« he' g - r c have be, n n buggy tr' *■ t h a' e •," - c 1 h ' i' *' ■ *td l-e r,.i- n • ■ * t Th^ P’ace A -(• • of! f ’ ' u' V t v n ' ’ >r i . v • ru' on guar' 4 vl'rg ou' o' ■ v e nuar»n''ri< * Tbe ' r dg*S d wagon o- s'o-ned I" Seven hoe anoo nte'* "on of t h * cv-es 'n one man p’ a n' a N'ee'r ''on- ,','V T • ; 'a ► '>-rio! a • V .» ra .» ,» • i ha'd* ' hr mti - rn <-ataht• , ' »i , -r <' a r c net ; c■ n p'' ' '' ■ u 1 #a F .' '! ' . • k -, an* ha* '•>*f p dl«">r . ••■ ■id "■ * •■ a • h *> r* and T'- K ' r« 1 ' » t . • t ‘ . «'• ".*fion a* *h a* ■ u o - « . ■ n h a ' d ' *i ' i) !■ r»- w f anv -or* ad ' 11 *> a 1 «•' ~ ■ •■ The ? ii"-rnan and a* siR'a"* f ri'—av "f pla-tati' - h n \ p bf-p- a a o-n in an apcc al d**p - ti'-s nod quar.antlr h • v- r 1 c ‘ d' pnfo'dnr tte nut Re Earaped and One Attendant Mas Instantly Killed At fielhl. India, the v'ceroy of In dia and h « wife Maron and Baron eaa Hardtag* miraculously eacaped a»sassins"on Tueadav hv % na"ve fa natic while making their reremonta' '.n’ry .nto DejM. tte new Imper'a I'ap'tol of Ind'a Th-ee splinter* of the pnwerfu' ‘«oo'b wh'ch k'Hed one native a’ten 'an' and In'ured archer penetrat •d the back and shoulders of th«- v'ce’ov and he was a'*o » "inded •• •t-e neck bv the screw* w’th whU'* 'he bon b w as filed and which pass -d through his helmet Tt-e d x-'ors who removed 'he me* a| spi'r'e' from the wn'ir.d dec'gr,.* M marveMoua 'V»t the Vlre-ov esca- ••d 'a'al !n;ur'>s The howdah tn which he and Lsdv 't*r,t' nC4 hjt *>een sea’t^d was blown into match * oo 1 The v'cerov *000 w'H he able to leave the hospital for ’he vcegen! 'o.tge The hrmb thrower 's* not vt t been rvugM A rv -v ard of 17 h.v# b»<-n o'Ve-. d 'or h e a-rt-s’ Territorial Uomlltlons ImiHvsed on - Turkey by Victorious Balkans to Greatly Change Political Map of Europe Announced at Brief Ses sion of Peace Delegates. After several days of preliminary skirmishes, in accordance with the (herished traditions of Oriental dip- iomaey, the Turkish delegates to the peace conference at London Tuesday lace the real attack of the allies at the fifth meeting of the peace confer ence, which has as an object the set- ,!,ng of the war between the Balkan j lilies and Turkey. The victorious allies laid tbeii t ost impoitant cards on the table i .•<<» wa re ;n the form of territorial onditions. which they had agreed n 11 a pose on the Ottoman Empire Ihe demands as set forth were First The cession by Turkey ot aB the territory west of a line start trig from a point east of Hodesto, on j the Sea of Marmora to a poin’ in 'he | Pay of Valatra. on the Black Seat and excluding th» '>enlnsu!a of Gal | Ppo!!. Albar.'a's »ta'u»< to be d**clded 1 bv 'he Power* Second Thr cegaltnn of the A e j gear. Inlands ocpup ed the Greek I forces n the present war, and by the I'allans In the rece it war ( 1 Th'rd The cets on to Greece o' ! all Turk!«h right* in the Island o' j Grete The all'es d'd n t revs*! Tuesday [ 'he fnanctl prop, sals which th.-v w 11 make 'o Turk*' r*»e-vln? 'h'-m 'or a f’t'u-e mr• g I A4I the a aM-nded Tue* 1 'av » session Uve? v one a: pre.-ta'ed I ’he 'a.'t tha' the mee'Hig was to m*rk the pas«Sge o' 'he d.’!“ve'*•'o--- 'rom 'he prelimlnarv at re 'o ’hat o' renl negot at'on* ar. 1 that '' »a« ' r«. t' n e d to -eiise 'I » rrs- of F a «t e - t h'lj^ipe The a* m ■isp K e-e of the • ’s'e'v cour.-H cha’'''er wa* rharge' ' m"h Intense feeling 'hrough the p-o ceedlPg* M Novakovttch head ' van de leg a "on ' o, a .-ha t 1 a r r h' was M N V o 1 ' ' h ‘ if -h . ‘ ; eevtan Pa ep a men' sod o„ I t 'a left M Vosntlch the Servt I 1 ! - ’ • ' France T K e prewiee’ •re 1 n' • < • e s s k * ' B o n ' Baa' , v,. , • , < ■!., T't'k ’sh ‘e'era’ 1 n r ■ ’ 1 ,V - ' r '' n ^ <7 ♦» r % t (A * >• ♦• » •• r M -* 'onw hi hsdr.ce'ved'rofu ' > at ae f t im,pie rt. -> a 1 ’.-ol'ed 'hat 't-e ] • e ■ |' GI'»oman G.ov e-n-e. » v»t I’a'-ir-’.* Several Governmental Force* Are Moving Against Insurgents, Who Number Fifteen Hundred. Refugee Mexican Federal aoldler* arrived Sunday at Jaurei to report that the 250 Federal Irregular troops garrisoning Ascension practically were annihilated Wednesday, when Mexican rebel* attacked the town, about 7 5 miles southwest of Jaurer. The attack wa* made shortly after midnight and fighting continued on ly for a few hour*. The garrison oemmander reports to Gen. Trucy Aubert, at Jaurez, that he knew of only fifteen of his men escaping be sides himself. He Is hiding at r -anch, he writes. The fate of 15' regulars at Guzman, nearby, is not known. It is believed the town was taken by rebels before Ascension. The rebels were commanded bv len In o z .-aalazar. The revolution ists are reported as mobilizing a he captured town. Gen Jose Plan c.a, with koO Federal troops. Is rnov- 1 n>; against Ascension from the Gasa- '•ruiib's district, to the south /' 'r .In bearing 600 regular cavalry o' i b>> 7:h regiment arrived Sunday r ight at Jaurez from Ghlhuahua am went early Monday morning agalns tbe rebel mobilization A battalion of regular Infantry, it > said ofTVtally, Is moving from the west against Asrenslon. forming a necket in which it is hoped to trap •be rebel force, which the Federal* ’i w admit number some l.fiO'V Reb • 1 sen's at FI Paso »av that Gen Pascual Orozco Jr., la In the field w"h more than 2.f ,r '" men. J\M A|C\N BOY RESCUED. Was Far Out at S«va Heating oo a Uecoanut Trtw. "I here * a cocoanut trea drifting Head off tbe port mow 1 be 11 e - e there Is a human being In It ' i, le ' ra.'k of tbe re.ent West I rid I -s hurricane while ;he *• earner k'ca "a Hail »aa ; i-* rg detiris of t ,. s’ ■' n a vv tt.''ei <.ff the tamale .r ar' ’be less. t fl'*i oifirer mat* t a d t j v • -y and »• t.t a lifeboat ti • ! e t re.- Ma.f an h..ur later the cr«» lift* h al f c lad p.ck in' n !, > * Ttie lad . 1 1 .ee ' He w as i i'ort Antonio u'r. ape carne h le'b' refuge ■ a de*erted hut w t* w a* Mown tn s< a He swam to th« "'.ar.-.t ttee where hr drank m'B l'» n .'s and Or.a v fell as.ee; '* hralo !.»» He be level b. • d • » . 1 .v * 1 -"1>- '»• ow 'a now on b-aar.' u. H.a »h b I* dscha'g .«'*•> ' n Brook!) n but or SLVLRAL SHOOTINGS“ ACItt " EW wlre ,GAVE DP ALL THE HANDY PISTOL GETS INTO ITS DEADLY fORK WEEK OF BLOODY DEEDS CAME OVER FREE BIT LOST HIS HEART OVER HERE. A Russian Agriculturist Capture* • South Carolina Girl and Take* Her to His Home. He came for cotton and he left with "calico’*. Such wa* the experi ence of Prdf. Alexl* Lubchenco. of the Agricultural Institute of Moscow, who passed through Washington Sat urday, say* The Washington Star, with an American wife on hi* way bark to Russia, having in the course nf eight months accumulated all the Information he wanted on cotton, a linguistic knowledge of English and an American wife with a technical education. And yet some people say that Russia Is a slow nation. It was last May that Prof. Lub- local Infirmary w here at | c henco drifted Into the Department of \ Vr'at 13 . .One White Man Shoot* Another in Columbia,—One White Man KIHs Another at McBee.—-The Same Thing Happens at DiUoa.—White Man Shot at Gaffney. i- The State says John S. Blake was ,hot and seriously injured about 0.45 o clock Monday nig.U by J. A Barker, the difficulty occurring at the asaenger station of the Seaboard Air Line railway. Blake was rusln d to a early hour Tuesday morning his con dition was considered critical. Parx- ..- was arrested and placed In jail. There were few persons In the ata lion at the time of the shooting Mr Blake, who was employed as a Im- ity[>e operator on The State, had gone to the Seaboard station wltn a friend, John Motley, to inquire as to i train leaving for Norfolk, they hav ing purchased tickets The shooting occurred a few feet ip the right of the steps leading to tie shed, near the bay window of th* agent s office J L. Goleman of the Southern Express company, who is a sifcial police officer of the city, mads Hie arrest. J A Psrker, who is charged with he shooting, is s brother of Officer j 'angnag.-, snd spoke It very little and Barker of the Columbia police force '"h difficulty Now, however, he has He is said by his brother to hav* been tn the employ of the Bowell -.upply company, doing some grading work In North Carolina \grlculture. He had letters of intro duction from the Russian department of Agriculture, and explained that the government had been interested in cotton culture, par#eularly in the Southern provinces, for generations, but that the Agricultural Institute, with which he was connected, wanted to learn more of American mehods. and had sent him to find out all he could lie was not at all what Is pictured as the typical Russian, a gigantic •nan wl’h a red beard, nut a medf\itn- -ized, middle-aged scientist, snd one who proved later to be a fluent and attractive conv ersatlonallst. When be first arrived tn America he had merely an academic knowledge of the ROMAN (ANRI>1 BATTLE. iti' '1.8' ' 1 B . ! '■ * W It' A : < u ; »';i ti i* * !I • • r b ! rv** '»«*•• U t . • it ^ 1: i ’ ui 'n tr.a' v *• 1 n ' 1 .! ■ 1 "O'' * I'. a ’ 1 ' r w ’ b x <-» •• a l " p i h e B cr v> •> -1 Pa » ►. a • • b a ' tie a w h.> j; an v c * ’ j.. m . * ■ , n e ' >e * ' ■ i*. ! f' ■ - »te 1 T , • l. \ n • i: b • at ’tja* ,. r * * 1 U I •• he,!, b ■ 1 a a ll the 11 to '-era *• ea 'u< r »; arted h'a home aoion* ' a v »V> t. -< a ,! V 'a ' a'l a r 1 j a e - , aald It waa k" ia e - o v >■ 'C t ra w d, 1 ark 1 f r 'n "t‘n. ar\ i - < o' « Tn w n 1 a * V- . •a town of two Mid Tbe nnot from the pie from baa 1 ee' a,-|fiq« (-sae to tte .1 'v'lie Monday nigbf w;-' h i'f miles In the counirv d'stanf caue ta seven mi!.* tna.n The exodus of neo- M'lvlllo and communlfa stnniied Tiv the af’e'* guards. ! i|t the nan'c eo swept th‘ town tha' tew peop'e s-e left Dr Ketrb.au notified the boa'ds o' health of Savannah. Atlanta. Macon pud Augusta to he on the lookout for people who hnd gotten out before th. riin'.anfTne organization had been perfected Ml Hen and Wayne*horo \wh>ch h.ad been previously notified Brund several people, who had gone tciy those places from the Infected community a.id they have been put In ffeGntion. which tney will remain two weeks. D r H F. Bert, who has been con stantly “on the go" for ten davs fiehilnA many cases'at the same so drained his nerve force as suffered a break-down it has been necessary for him to go a wav for a short time t^> rest and re gain his strength. Dr. Kershaw made the statement that tfie manner in which Dr. TVnt has "slmplv stuck to the fight” wan little sfrort of mar velous. \ It was believed th.,* the quarantine regulations now fn force and the or ganization which has been gotten to gether for fighting trie dlseaae has entirely curbed ttg further spread, and bv the end of fjHs week the en tire situation will be so well in band as to remove any further fear on tbe part of the peop’e The dlrntTuttlo" w* wew esses end auerverts Is attrlhrted to tbe •enftsrv regulations and s*’'''* oqerattHne be. Ing enforced, and ts taken that Ute backbone of tbe plague hss been broken. Tha quarantine, however, will be kept on two weeks after fTe latlons hit Judgment Indlcat last snapact is found, wbMkrsur that, should bu Lmpouud. * H( HIM>1. HOI ‘-E < <H LtUv-EH. Tt(-trew».|Dg tr. tdent Mars (Uirlatmas at Flhln. N, C. k i persons were p- ibab'v fata lv n.'u'eJ atid a score -terlous y hjit wi-en a section of a school building ar Fikln N G. collapsed Tuesday nUht during a Ghristmas eti’ertaln- j ti* nt, arcrirding to reports received vf Greensboro Wednesday. Kik.n if located in a remote mountain sectio - and on’v meagre de'ails have bet-n obtained. According to the report, fire broke •nit when more than one hundred tieople were dropped more than twen ty feet by the collapse of a section o' 'he structure. Two . women and :• girl a r e said to have been f.atall' burned and three men sus'alned fraa- 'ored skulls. Uninjured members of tbe audience put out the flames am* anmmnned phyMr'ans. A score ar. cald to have sustained b'oken bones time, hayj s< that he nai Automobile Thieves IMcntiful. It Is not sa'e to leave an automo- bde unaWended In the streets of New York, ev'en under a locking dev.ee according to Secretary Edward S Gornell, of the National Highways Protective Association, who has re cently been Investigating the numer ous thefts of automobiles. An or ganized gang of automobile thieves is at work, he declares \ 1 r 1 1 rrvj^ ♦* ♦ ^ m ho« r> - i-b • " ■••■s \V c f v- n ch'd-.ti p - • ip., arc-1 we-c ail * r, - f'ar\‘cr ll -- -.q' '..a’c, »e saM. UI n'"V i '-‘c'"t'r Vd-'arcn'. '■> an ea ten» wh'ch w.cj'1 •?(,-' I' de'T.-cda r<* V-,b'l' 1 •' would he 1 n s u ffi c 1 en t to p'a-'e rc b‘ ' Brerar's 'n n bet'er" poauion than »b. v when the armistice w a^ signed Rec v 'ad s,al| he was snitnated hv S de«1re to a vo'd I'tccra si i n a *' cn an-1 that the question rr'ght he deal' w'rh 'Brecttv between the Timka anil the Bulgatlans thus making It nns- s ; hle rcr 'he ccn'erence to continue The heads of th»> all'ed de'ega'iont < I-ressed satisfaction with Rechad's statement. Then M NovaVcvltch. tall VI T MI M m i; m. kiti s Burying uf a Itmiaman by < hinamri In \ilania. Develop* Into 8h<w>tlBg Affray Wblcfi Heaalu Faially. At McBee Tuesday night shoo' .t)"Ut eight oilock the whole town was thrown into s state of confusion .a the new* rapidly spread that Dr '•’yde McManus s druggist of th* nlac* had shot and instantly killed i J B Wallace, s farmer living abotr me mile south of town It seemv 1 hat in a general ful'sade of flee • ohks McManus and W allace ‘ egar i f-l.-ndly duel with Roman candlea W ailmce becan.e angry berg is* h- was being worsted and drew h s pi- • nI Mc M *n us w aa near him and crabbed the pistol In the tussl* wh’rh followed Wallace succeeded ir puB'ng the trigger snd MrMsnus re ■e ird S flesh wound Scros* th- *'00 ch and one on the hand MrManu* hen ga ned ; fis»e*»l"n of the •ej uu tnd shot Wallace three t.mer ait the '■ i|'!e' a entering the head W' a Hare waa ab"Ut f> vear* o|c 'as married and bad five chid ten | •he ri!deal a bov of 14 vear* th. j nurgest a hahv of nine month* H- wa* a v e' v Indus'rloca * .id gene's TT ! *-11 I’ked McManus is 'he prearrB ] Hon c>rk of the M.'li«e Drug Com pan y become a fluent linguist and has ev en accumulated quite a stock of col- Inquallsms Prof Lubchenco saw what there was to see In the department. In spected the laboratories, talked with i he cotton experts o* matters of eul- "ire cotton pathology and soil type* Then he vanished Into the eotton belt Mid male a tour of the South, going ia far as Southern California It was 'h!'e he was breaking Into the cot- '-n belt 'hat he met with Dr Portta i Mu Knight a phvsiclan attached to a ' "a', 'arium at Gharlot'e N C She i aa* it..' ms'erlal In Ms official line f !n> . stlgi'ion. but she Interested \ n sr.J while he wa* flltlng about •he Suu'h he managed to keep in •ouch with Gharlotta <>n Ms wsy back he stopped at nrr home Blytbewood. 8 C. and made an addition to bis Impediment' bai v-f* *ii[»erlor* In the Uutverslty of Mo«'• w hal not at all contemplated • hm they B«-nt Mm to this country 1 111 * e»i- r. Vr and Mrs Lubcbsnco ‘K>»h appeared *#ry well saMsfled with tie arrangement when they went to- 1 ce'her through the Iiepartuient of a g • I,- u" u re Saturday Th.-y left for New York Saturday gf and w 11 spend a week of their ’one! moon there before tailing for 'tu-a'a where a woman phys.clan Ir • ,,f <«.** of a novelty and where Portia sa's she hopes to b# st>*e > lo »<me good among the country "pulatlon with which her husbands •* w ll naturally throw her more -ii leaa into contact 7 ho iictr.da uf pie .-a of red paper • rh :r tny h".'a ».-re acatter | 1 a' mg t 1 - mite of the furiera | - 1 '' • i - "f S nr K-e secre'ary of tt.' i • "f G', r.e^e Musor s f.'. V .i' 'a !'v full' W Couti'ra tueu of th,. 1 t- nn in .''der 11 > v sa 1 to 1::. de the prog'esa of d.-vlD In thel *’ 1 *• lifter S tig K ee a s,i U ; The fun ••ral prorcsslon was headed by a iirpv. baud K. How (ountryn.en of the dea'' iiundryin.an explained tnav accord nv to the Chinese religious belief he de\ 11s have to crawl through eaC- hole In the pieces of red paper !• •hese are acatfered In great numbe" the body of the dead person la safe)' it paradise before the devils ap preach near It K>•.. was shot and killed in hl« Afi' 1 laundry last Sunday night. The fun- erect, arose, hnldlnc In Ma hand a i era! service was a cor.iblna'lon of th' l.arpe sheet of paper. It was the cm-, Christian and Confucian burial ser- c'b) moment of the conference and .a’l vice, eves were turned unon him. The Balkan deletra'es showed emotion Wanted to Kill Self and Child. Bride of noble ancestry Incited Mrs. Kuke Kltakami, a young Jap- arfese woman, to murder her son and attempt her own life at Oakland, Cal., because she had become an ob ject bT charity. Mrs. Kltakatnl’s hus band died two months ago and she Is without funds. She was given a home with an Influential Japaneae family. and nnxtetv; the Turks appeared as] Impassive ns statues. "All the eeconldarv questions hnv-1 Ing been settled, the moment has eome to exnlain the conditions under which the allies are readv to con elude neaoe.” M Novakovlfeh an nounced. Then he proceeded to rend f io'demands of the Balkan States. Rechad Basha asked for a written, eonv of the proposals. M. N'ovako- T'teh ordered the secretary to make the conv and the delegates left their seats and Joined In an animated and cordial conversation. During the long wait for the copy rf the demands and wV’e disclaim ng anv desire to enter Info a dlseos. s,on of their merffs. the Turks saf-1 that, sneaking unofficially, they eon- s dered the allies’ 'arms to have been, designed for the purpose of br'ining < ff the conference. When the d*’- egrtea had signed the documen' Lffhad asl ed for an ad1ournme,u until Saturday, In order to consider 'he pronosalt, and this request was granted. - & Among diplomats there the opl i- lea preratls that notwithstanding ‘h« lurk* consider Inacceptance tbe con- HOBO MAKES HIMSELF AT HOME maw be. The ’Buyke County authorities h«re given Dr. Kershaw carte! d'tions presented by th# allies, ni Manehe in enforcing whatever revoi-] v *• •*! the aTHe* declare are tem.i. to him which cannot he reduced peace ulti-j Irg on) their plantation, about three | roatsly wtli be concluded. i mllea from lynchbnrg. Woman’s Ruse Works, However. * and Police Get Intruder. At Yonkers. N. Y when Mrs. Ar- 'hu- J. \'mn Zeutendael, wife of a honkers architect, went to her bed room Saturday night she found sleeping In her tmd an unkempt stranger with a week's growth of hea'd. Her screams awakened him Turning down the counterpane, he sat up. blinked, and paid: ”1 won’t he long: I’ll be going. ’ "Don’t go: I’ll get you something lo eet." rcnfel Mrs. Van Zeufendael, regaining her composure, although she was alone in the house. Tiptoeing down stairs she went to the telephone and notified the police The ('amp told the police he found the f'ont door unlocked and after warming himself went to bed. Young Smith Wounded A dispatch from LynrhMi'g says Martin SmBh. son of United States Senator K. p. Smith. scCdentally shot himself with a par’or rifle Christmas Dav. Ills condition Is very c-ltleal Mr. Smith la about 23 yeans c’d and unmarried. The Rena»ov and his family are temporarily visit SI.MN ON 1HLI/ON PTHF.ET Ui'v* Hot Wunli l/«*au to FbIaI \ffrai in Front of Store. At Dillon Lawrence \Y ggns w h hot and kMied un 'be XI a a at'ee lueaday afternoon by Walter Turn — t W igg:ns .and Turner had h.T (me word* In one of the afore* o' he town and Wiggins had drlvvi ■wav and had started home Before retting out of town h< 'topped in front of a store s» he wa 1 "olng out and Tu-ner app'oach-il him a* he sat In his buggy nnd frnn 'be rear of the buggy shot him twice me shot taking effect in the hack o' he head and the other In the breast •he latter as Wiggins turned In hi 1 buggy. Wiggins was industrious and a hard worker. It Is thought that the men werr strangers and that the fuss In th> 'tore was the first that either knew of the other. Turner was at oner arrested and lodged tn Jail. Wig c'ns was a young man and Turner •'iilte a young man. possibly not over 'tn vears. Turner, It Is reported, was drinking. ♦ TTVRN FALLS: KILLS PONIES. Ml RDF.RKH is ( \ITl RED. Negro In <'<>lum!»ia Trlis of KUUa# Georgia Farmer. After living unapprehended In Co- i: b a for over eight year*. "Muck' • vereauv. a bright-akinned mulatto it about 4" year*, was arreated Sun- 'ny afternoon by J. W. Aabburn, tiief of the High Point Detective 'treiu'y charged with the murder or D Thornton, tn Hahcock County, Geu'g’a, on July 2, 1 904 [>ever- • au, had been working for James Luther, dray, under the name of Joe ' ,eu s 1 he -ew ard offered for bis capture s $2<"i Mr Ashburn said Monday ".otning that he had communicated with Governor Brown, of Georgia •'nd with the sheriff of Hancocr 'ounty. Informing them that Dever- • aux is willing to go to Georgia with out requisition papers if guaranteed ; rotectloa "Burk” Devereaux said he killed L. D: Thornton on July 2, 1904. MILL BOSS IS SHOT, Unlo Trainers at Aiken Lose Several Valuable Animals. At Aiken Tuesday night Messrs William Post and son, who are train ers of polo ponies, suffered the loss of three of their most valuable horses hv the collapse of their building The barn was located Just on the eastern edgo of the city and severs’ carloads of f.-ed were stored un-stairs In the building. About midnight R collapsed, one horse being crushed tr death: another had to be killed and a th! J one will probably have to he killed These ponies were verv valuable. Vlng worth something like $1.000 a piece. Hltot in His Room at the Mill Mon day Afternoon. Neirm Killed at Lamar. William McPherson, colored, who was carried to the Sumter Hospital Saturday morning from Tsimsr. where he was shot with a shot gun Frtdsv nlrht. died Sunday m^mlnr snd the Inquest held over the bndv resulted In a verdict of death b'- run- shat wounds at tbs nsnds of Cann SUttr At Gaffney 0. A. Sparks, one of the superintendents at the Limestone mill, was shot and seriously though not fatally wounded by WiU Greert Monday afternoon. The shooting took place about 6 o'clock and oc curred in Spark's room of the mill. The lnj'f-ed man was attending to his duties when Green, it is alleged -ntered in an Intoxicated condlMon Sparks attempted to lemonstrate with him, and to persuade him to leave the mill, whei^pon. It Is al leged. r.reen drew his pistol and fired three times. Two of the bullets went wild but one took effect In Spark's head. The sheriff was sum moned and Green was arrested. At tending physicians state that Sparks will recover. HINT VERE ElfECTMi Kill WHEN THE! WEB i RESCUED BY A STEAMER *— The Revenue Cutter Beaeeu the Standard Steamer AB N Ight and Took Off and Crew Ctoriatam* m Them to New York. The 57 passengers and It of the crew of the United Fruit Com pany steamship Jurrlalba usher* since Tuesday morning at Brlgaatia* Shoals, nine mllss north of Atla»> tic City, N. J., arrived at New York Christmas night on board ths United States cutter Seneca. The cutter had stood by the ctranded vessel all Tuesday sight and at 9 o'clock Christmas morning pae- sengers. part ot the crew and tbe bag-> gage and mail were safely trans ferred and the Seneca atarted on Its Christmas Journey to Naw York. Th* sea was smooth and ilia weather fair when, the transfer was mad* and the passengers erperlenced little discom fort A Christmas dinner was vlded by the officers of th* "It whs not aa bad as you thought it was.” vouchsafed an tlderly as he stepped, first among th* ed passengers, from a gangplaak aa in East River pier Christmas eight. W e had plenty to eat aad diiak *• board the Turrialba." According to reports tbe Turrialba Ilea with propeller damaged. >ost cracked and rutder m With good weather th* vessel will **'ed, ll la expected, though her go of bananas may have to he uierboard Th* hcneca arrived at quarantine shortly after dark aad was boarded by custom* B&aaengers reported that boms earlier the Santa Maria, ship of the Turrialba. outward beea^ lift the Seneca The Saata Marta’a passengers Hoed th* rails aad cheer* ed man and women oa tbe cutter. According to stories told by th* wagers, many of them prepared ter death by drowsing after th* Turrlaft- ba, eiesuting through a snow u*r way from Jamaica. Waet It N*w York, grounded oa the J tends in tbe early hour* of "We war* reconciled to OUT fat*t M narrated Folk* Inspector Edward Hughe* of New York, reioraleg wtta bis wife from a trip le search ed uealih. "We talked shoot the Ttlaa* c and an can sow appreciate seme blng of » bai the poor pi see agon OO bat ill-fated ship experleaeed. Every on* prayed wkee the storm was at iu height and tboso mee who I (* Wives, we—well, you cae thlah ta over youreelm. young moa." ho said (j reporters i think we struck th* aaadDar at ! 5 tn the morning. I among oth er ram* out on deck to oo* wood wai the caue* of th* peculiar aoaso ,i> i the ship apparently qulvari iff »a i she wa* going to break. ’’he weather was thick. It waa mu wing and tbe wind waa from 'Ao northeast. Then tbe engine* were shut dowa and all that could be heard was th* noise of tbe breakers etrlaiag against tbe ship. Later th* eeglaee * ere reversed and effort* war* made to back off the bar, but th* ahip did uot respond. Wireless message* for help sounded and soon a reply cam* tbe Seneca waa on her way. Early m the afternoon a motor boat, try ing to reach tbe vessel, wa* swept by a giant wave against her «d*. Those •m board the Tarrlalba pulled th* Uf* boat on board to save her from be ing dashed to pieces by comber*." According to passeagdr* th* llfh boats were lowered Tuesday after* noon and those on board were pre pared to enter them but tbe steamer was heaving so heavily that the paa- sengers were unable to stauA A while later the Seneca hove la siffht and a smalt boat with seven came alongside. After a conf It was decided not to attempt t« transfer until- the water smoother. Thu night was passed tn comfort and early Uhristmaa th# transfer bo- (.an with five boats, two from the Seneca, ono from the Turrialba and two from a nearby life saving sta tion. The transshipment was made without mishap on a comparatively smooth sea. women and children go ing first. The passengers were laud ed in time to eat a belated Christmas dinner In New York. Large Chrgo of Silk. Over four thousand bales of raw silk, valued at $2,075,000, the lars> est and most valuable silk cargo av er brought across the Pacific te Pa get Sound, arrived at Toco no a, Wash. Saturday night on the steamer Ball* rophon from the Orient., The "ot »hw steamer tied up, gang longshoremen began transferring silk to a special train whlefe wiBi ry the valuable cargo to New Hunter Killed by TVatm. D. S. R'inson, of Milieu. Oa., went hunting r '-r<atm#s ard sat down te rest on t’- t-arke o* th* Central of Georgia. Tf •#• , n] *p t-ad wff* struck by a freight troln. He lived I9P1T » few mlQutss thereafter. _ Train Hits One person end thrsa were seriously WedmsBlB.kfhks s' tf»*» funeral HI. The