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I £ r* ■» ' SAVED THEIR LIVES f-* STEAIEI PASSENGER WAS WIRE LESS EXPERT. CHANCED TO BE ABOARD Hi* Work Made PoMlhle the Thrilling IteMCue in Mid-Ocean of the Steam- »hlp "Texas” and Her F«)rty-tlireo I'liNscngci.H, Im-luding Fifteen Wo men Mi.d Nine ^liildreu. It wiis a modent, yellow-haired, hiue eyed younj; man In ilia early thirtlea who made pobaihle the thrill ing icscue in inid-ocian of the forty- three passengers, Including fifteen women and nine children, 01 the dis abled Swe .ish steamship "Teras” by the Scandln.ivian-American liner “C. F. Teltgeu”, which arrived at her pier In Weehawken Sunday morning, s^ys The New York World. Rut for him the forty-three would probably he now In Davy Jones’ locker. The young man to whom the sur vivors owe their lives Is A*el H. Ueer- mnnn, an electrical engineer and pas senger aboard the "Texas" on his way to Vera Cruz. Geermann is the man who has set up most of the wire less appartus on the Mexican coast, and what he doesn’t know about sound wave* Isn’t worth knowing, hut this was tbe first time that he was ever called upon to use his knowl edge to save lives. The "Texas”, a steel single-screw vessel, sailed from Gothenburg, Sweden, for Newport News and Gulf ports on March 1, just in time to en counter the worst blows of North At lantic weather In the vernal equi noctial period. From the very start of her voyage the "Texas" encounter ed bad weather—In the TValllc, In the North Sea and, worst of all, on her trip across the ocean. As she pro ceeded the force of the winds Increas ed, whipping the waves Into huge whtlecapped combera, any one of which threatened to swamp the ship, culminating on Wednesday. March It, In what la known among seafarers at a wbola gale. A-il night long the "Texas" rose and fell from mountainous wave-top to the greon valley below, until, about two o'clock Thursday morning, the largest wave of all crashed against - the ship with a Jolt that, shook hsr from atem to stern The "Texas" shivered In her every tim ber as her engine raced wildly, all the blades of her propeller having been torn sway by the tremendous Impact She sank tn’o the trough of the sea and another great wave slammed ov er her bowa. carrying away the masts and antennae of the wlrelesa outfit, leaving the "Texas" as helpless In the ocean lanes as a blind man In the heart of lirosdway traffic. When the newt spread through the ship that the wireless had been de stroyed. In addition to the propeller being rendered useless, captain, crew and passengers were alike conscious of the desperateneas of the situation Then tome one remembered Geer mann. and also that he was a wire- leas expert For the next thlrty-aix hours Geermann labored with the de- mollabed apparatus before he got It tuned up for an "3 O 3" call acroaa the waste of waters that would bring a succoring ship. All this time the "Texas" was wal lowing In the trough of the sea, toss ed and pitched about like a cork by the highe waves The forty-three pas sengers had lost hope and were pra>- Ing In their staterooms when sudden ly sparks began to era<»\le from the wreeked wireless house on the upper deck, to be answered by other sparks that meant that the ' C. F Tietgen" had heard the call for help at T> Friday morning and was steaming 16!) miles out of her course to the assistance of the "Texas". Scarcely had Geermann pounded out the latitude and longitude of the disabled vesseflf-wtien another gigantic wave destroyed the heartrending lab or of over a day and a half, and the wireless was again out of commis sion. Once again Geermann straight ened it out and thereafter was able to hold connection. On Saturday- morning about four o’clock, just as day was beginning to dawn, the “Tietgen" was seen sliding over the billows close at hand.' Tlien came another problem—how to transfer passengers from the "Texas” to the "Tietgen". The waves were so high that the usual method of letting down a ladder over the side of the ship was out of the question, because the rolling motion of the ’'Tietgen” would have carried each climbing passenger under, and in the terror attendant upon a rescue at sea would ’have meant more passengers lost than saved. Just then Capt. A. G. Thomsen of , the "Tietgen” had an idea. He sent to the galley for & potato basket, •trongly made of wicker work, w hich w&s rigged up in place of one of the "Tletgen’s" lifeboats. The “Texas” •ent her passengers over in lifeboats, and one by one, except for the chil dren, wbo went In pairs, they clam bered Into the basket and were hoist ed aboard by the "Tletfen” crew. / The captain and crew of the "Tex- raf—d to deeert their ship. Oth- NEW AND GOOD LAW CAR AND DBFOT THDEVE8 WILL HAVE HARD TORE. ‘ ♦ Will Have to Maud Trial in Federal Courts as Well as ia Mate Courts In the Future. / Car and depot thieves will/ find their operations In the future 7 more difficult than in the past And will have to face prosecution fh the fed eral courts as well as before state tribunals as the result of the bill in troduced by Representative C. C: Car lin. of Alexandria, Va., passed by both houses of ermgress, and approv ed by the president. The npw law, which is a good one, has already gone Into effect. This act Imposes a maximum fi^e of RmflOO or Imprisonment for not more than ten years for any person convicted of unlawfully breaking into any railway car containing interstate or foreign shipments of freight or ex press, or of stealing or obtaining by- fraud or decept or from any car, de pot, platform, vessel or wharf, any freight, express or baggage which constitutes or Is a part of any inter state or foreign shipment. While the Carlin act In no way in fringes on the Jurisdiction of the state courts, It puts the .whole power of the federal department of justice behind the detection and prosecution of persons guilty of stealing from cars or depots, since It will be prac tically Impossible for thieves to dis tinguish between Intra-state ai d In terstate shipments There is mor<' of tf\l8 kind of crime committed , ban one would suspect, and this new law was badly needed to check it It Is confidently expected tnut this law will have a powerful *rf.-ct (a breaking up thefts of this character which not only involve a serious loss to the railways and eause great In- convenleni'e to shippers and travel lers hut are a constant menace tn railway employees and the travelling public since It Is notorious that car thieves do not hesitate to Interfere with trains or resort to other expe dients to serve their own purposes regardless of the consequences It la a common thing for bo\e» of •hoes snd of tier merchandise whlls in transit to be broken open snd robbed of some of Its contents Kvery merchant nearly haa had this kind of pilfering to contend with but this new law will do much to break up this kind of stealing The railroads, as well as the merchants and others who have good* shipped over them, will be greatly bwnefitted by the new hw ns It will save them m o b frou ble as well as money CHANGE IS NEEDED SENATOR TILLMAN DISCUSS RAIL ROAD LAIS cites books The Senator Regrets that the Gener al Assembly Did Not Give Him an Opportunity to Tress Charges He Ma<le Recently, Would Have Khown Record of Gov. Rlease. following letter was received Senator Tillman Thursday were sent out and a with aa offer to tow I.K \ \ ROll.»KI> T II K Mill Negro Mail (Terk \rr«-i»t<-«l <>n a \e»y Serious tTiarge. An Augusta dispatch sa>s charged with robbing the mails. Kdwarl \1 Levy, a negro mall clerk running be tween Augusta and Columbia, was arrested Sunday at noon, given a preliminary hearing before (’oiumia- sloner C J Skinner Jr . and bound over to the Fntted States dlMriet court of South Carolina Monday un der $J,500 bond Fntted States Deputy Marshal Murphy made the arrest Sunday as Levy left the train after completing his run to Augusta That this man has been robbing the mails for Un- past seventeen years Is the belief of flu- I lilted Stat'S post office in-pec- tors, wbo have mailt- many attempts to sei urt- tangible evidence b^l , haw- failed unti! he was caught red hand ed Sunday A decoy letter was mailed to a fir titious pe r snn at Johnston, S (’, which contained live marked $1 lei'.' \ deputy had been sent to .Johns-on to await the arrival of the letter and reported that it failed to arriw- Mr. J \Y Adamson and other secret ser vice men were wired to arrest tin man when In* came to Augusta The money was found on him. The from nig lit: Fellow citizens: I have a grievance and I want to tell you all about it and ask you to exert your Influence to help correct it. It concerns every citizen. The night I left Washington I bought two mileage books over the Southern Railway for my wife and self. I paid $ JO a piece for them — two cents a mile. They are inter changeable and can be exchanged for tickets over fifty-five railroads oper ating in the South. I exchanged this mileage for tickets to Calhoun, South Carolina, but I could not exchange it for tit kets from Anderson to Green wood or from Greenwood to Colum bia. I note on the ir.side of the back cover this condition: "Coupons from this book will not be accepted on trains, nor on and after May 1, 11 L’, in exchange for tickets for a journey wholly within the State of South Car olina " The Southern Railway has my J40 for these two books, and yet I cannot use them in the State of South Carolina, I call this infamous and downright r<>' bery Why’ R» cause north of th* Potomac and Ohio rivers and westward to the Plains t-.irh -vs-ftn of roads like th*- .-■(■•i*'u-rn m-h-ag*- at two cents p r V> -oci'.it ir*- the pur- i :r 'etjuit-'d On- may us«* such e .o csr- I '-i wh.de family a-* s his to-ign!>or-■ ,io I friends .« rail road' .t n t or t e-j ui! < m upon for *v.r. mile travelled by • ry pansenger \\ by this lis- nm nallon'’ Are the Nortlu-rn people any mor* civilized or better Christians or clfliens than the Southern people'' I do not think anybody claims it. but all the name the people of South t’ar ollna are treated aa though they ar*- criminals ami convicts* Why' Pr esume they have not sense anough it seenis. to elect men to the Legislators to compel the railroads to treat th*-m fairly snd .’u-*ti> like the ri/ejis of * t her s* nt ar*- t re a • *-d Investigation w !! show that x large number of tin- n • mh*- r « - ,* Legislature .,r*- !.iw-.*-rs in th* eu.pl n of th*- railroals Many of thm. ar*- travelling on ft*-** ; avs*-* :n So-.t Faroliua because the r.i.lroad ra’* hill, whn-ll I engineered ’firougfi the I lilted S’vti-s Senate, express!) pro vtdea In terms that no free passes shall be granted by the railroads >-\ cept to their emploveen ' attorneys etc It Is through this loophole that the legislators who are venal can be debauched In every «'ouri House town in the State some lawyer repre sent* the railroads, sometimes more than one. and the*.- lawyers are oftt-m elected to the Legislature If a law 'er IS elected to the legislature who is not aln-adv a railroad attorney h-- soon h*-<oiii*-.s on*- if the railroad** want his \ ote I want it distiii. th understood that I am a fi i.-ml of "h*- railroads and rt-i-ocn /*• their gr*\it fum’ion in nd- SOLDIKRM IN DANGER. van. ! t y very T i!.- a V the :ig th* 1 11 * : 1 !.. r - ■ a r l» ptj | la i: n-at la-gislat nt el fa I e of a II v ’ !i Carolina ai .!. aiiiig w i . .-r m un - IIS Li ••!! t It, t! • i a v > o a n \ el l.t - 1 1. i n i ra 1 tll'-t ■A IS and made when great indip hi: shi t off the gas. Russian Officers Adopted Queer Way to Commit Suicide. Lieut. Perlovsky of the Hussion army committed suicide at Warsaw on Sunday, by deliberately shutting off the motor of an aeroplane in which he was flying and dropped from a height of 600 feet to the ground, according to a dispatch re ceived recently. The tragedy was be lieved to have been an accident unii! recently when a letter written just before the fatal flight was opened. In it Lieut. Perlovsky expressed his intention of committing suicide in midair and gave as a reason that ho had been the victim of many in trigues. » ♦ o - Mother Gave IJfe for Child. Mrs. Irene Rines, aged forty-four, and her four-year-old daughter, Eliz abeth, were Instantly killed by an in- terurban car at Elkhart, Ind. The child dashed in front of the car, and the mother was killed in trying to save her. ♦ ♦ ■ - The Webb law is a irequent sub ject of convene these days. “Some good prohibitionists are afrtld that H ia really cot of to prohibit.’' Bays The nation was <\pri-.--scd in qu-tchcs in till- House of Ho; resontat ivos because I had eriticised no-mb.-rs of tin* Gen- oral Assembly about their suhsor- vieney to the railroads. The House passed the Rembcrt resolution de manding an explanation, and I waited patiently for the Senate to pass it also in orderj that I might tell the people why I made the charge. Rut no opportunity came as the Senate pigeon-holed it. I would have been glad to have shown the records from the House and Senate journals of cer tain men in South Carolina public life, among them Governor Rlease, who cast the deciding vote on one occasion whicli defeated the mileage bill. Now, fellow citizens, this is not only wrong, but it is indecent. Such corruption and cowardice ought not to be tolerated by the people. A shak ing up is needed and some men retir ed to private life to cogitate and pon der over the fate of those who betray the trust the people have reposed in them. This is a day and time in which the masses are more aroused than they have ever been in my life time. Rut '^hile the people are wide awake elsewhere, in South Carolina they seem to be asleep or indifferent to their rights. I do not advocate or believe it is right to require the railroads to sell interchangeable mileage, but each system like the Southern, the Sea board, the Atlantic Coast Line, should bo compelled by law or by public opinion or by whatever instrumental ity la necessary to treat their South ern patrons the same aa they treat their Northern patrons. If I had the They Are Afloat on the MlMtiiwippi River on Levee. With the highest flood waters pass ing Cairo, 111., in the Ohio river, the city is at a state of expectancy never before experienced there. The river guage at 6:30 o’clock stood at ft4.4 and rising, a stage three-tenths of an inch higher than any previous re cord. Nearly every hour brought reports of trouble in other cities, though verification of which were im possible from this isolated town. One of the most thrilling of the stories to reach Cairo was brought by (’apt. S. A. Martin, regimental quar termaster, and Capt. S. A. Jamieson, of the Sixth Missouri National Guard. They were rescued in a launch from a s mion of levee, which broke away at Hird Point, Mo., just below Cairo. Tliirly-six of their men, they said, are now- on the levee section, which is L’00 yards long and ten feet wide and floating down the Mississippi. Commander Mc.Munn, of the Naval Reserves, at once arranged for a steam launch and started out to res cue tlie Missouri soldiers. A pilot, who understands the river course, was taken along to guide the re serves. There is a swift current in the river and the safety of the men is causing their commanding officer much worry. The regiment was on military duty in the town, whjch has been threatened for several days on account of the high waters. HIS LETTER WON CONVICTED MURDERER SAVED IN LAST DOURS FOOLED BY THE POLICE ST. LOFIS WOM AN A SI R TDK. Alleged l nusual Matrimonial Situa- t tion the ('atine. Julia MacFarlane Gerhart, divorc ed wife of ('has It Gerharv brother of Frank H Gerhart. Trotres* vo randh'ate for mayor of St Louis, died at St Louis Tuesd.iv at the tioir.) n^ house of Mrs Adeline Cox. from th>- effects of poison she took am* iHjritiK the two dam been Ulleonsclous She in said to have -.iV* non aft.-r a long p- ri • i of he. au-e h--r n»-c’r<' I. inh in 1 U Kellogg : ml full ia*-I h--r to S’ • l.otil' f-om S* Haul After he had made nevera! xmitn to her lodg • r Mm t'. x h.i!'.*-ng*d -tie negro *» till »!.*• nul I showed h* r a Uiarrisge certificate and demand*-1 he be al , lowed to nee th*- woman he declared wan hi* wife Mr* Cox. however denied him admission thereafier Th e Gerhart divorce decree, ob tamed by the wife gave her $ J a year an al.monv an] wan handed down lant November Fifteen da'n later the m trr age '*> the negro wl,.< w xn butler m the Gerhart home in •aid 'o have taken place In S' Paul I h* n i.cid*- wan .1 h of t tn- la’*- * ** 'of Ju•*’!c- . . ..r g* I M »• K.irlar • i ' rhe \| nnourl S ipr*-m* ''out' Death (’lolht-s Had Rcen Given Him. When Ho Wrote Governor He Was Victim of the l ndt-j world's “Code of Honor" anti Asked for Time to Present an Alibi. With his executhm fi: ‘he electric chair only twelve hours ..way, and with liis death suit, a lie./ alack suu and a clean white siiiit, .fir ndy laid on the bed beside him, fate smiled upon John liulrauey in the death house of Sing Sing prison, in New York, and the condemned man now has sixty days of grace to prove that lie did not murder Patrick McBreen, a saloon keeper, heuer known in the metropolis as “Paddy the Priest”. To make certain of her decree, fate worked through two channels at the same time. While Gov. Stilzer was grunting a reprieve, Mulraney’s law- ' y*-r succeeded in obtaining a stay of j »' \t-cuti* n through the court upon tin ateund of lie' iy discovered evidence Gov. i-'ul/.-i s ac tion was the result of a remarkable letter written him by Mulrariey in which th** convicted man d* laieil In- was going to his deatli the victim of the underworld's "code of hoieT , which condemned a |U< .fi* r" a> th*- most "contemptible t! mg on earth' In the i,. -- Mulrariey declared that, believing ,n 'lie 'cod** of hoii- o: fi an I i b : nr i n iat in- t ould not tie convicted becjiir. lie W.i- intlOCen* In- 1 id done what to- consider* 1 a I SUp- t he lodg'd MAKES MORE CHARGES STATEMENT ISSUED ON CONFKD- * ERATE HOME. ‘ Capt. J. Pat Caldwell, Former Com mandant, Charges Trouble is Due to Course of Richardson. Capt. J. Pat Caldwell, former com mandant of the Confederate home, Tuesday gave out the following statement: "I have been asked by a number of citizens—not merely my limnas but people generally— to make a state ment about the cause ot ail the trou- ,ble at tne Confederate uii.rnuiry tor the past year, it is pu* lucliy piaiu that it is all due to the cuu.se ot .viaj. H. VV. Richardson. "I was commandant, with tne du ties ot superinten .ent and being re sponsible for everytiiing, toe tuiee months, from December 6, UHl, to March 1, IHIL’, under Hr. F. 3. Earle as chairman. 1 dispensed with the services of an adjutant and thus sav ed to the State his salary, and myself performed the duties without nmii- tional compensation. Hut in March lb 12, Maj. Richar.son came in as chairman and immediately assumed also the title of treasuier and a sal ary of $100 per month, although ;here were no duties loi the tieasurer to peitoini, and 1 eoiiAnui d i * uj ail tin- superintending. * m- mat. on eon- tinued to keep the books, and the only change was that tin* p.iy c.ieeKa at the en 1 ot the- inoii'h vviiich had always been signed by the "chair man" were nnw signed by the same man ,.s 'chairman and tit-usurer". For this, and for con-tan - ,v * unp.-ig <n th*- grounds. Maj. Richardson d:*-w $ 1 no pel nion’Ii "He thine L.-ard. t * ,1 1 w ’.*•.’ a :l fo in* an 1 :u i-.e. tha* h The old l*t**f! *J**t 'liw-tn't-’ierj. 'll * V'-'-t- w as Him « 1 *1 » ^ ’ !..» 1 1 r v ♦ * , a." in trvMu.’ to pm' •Cu* POM’ 1 tr.'inl.s t.v porn: it ’ t! #* i barn*’ "f tnuril* r to h*- po; ag:i!!it*t him hr< m> 1 » 1 M ■fitu; til** E ! Th - prison* r <*’at m 1 that !l** he* n had fork pofii** and that wh:!*- in'ox . a'.ed on whisk.-y g:v*-n lilin b> th*- poln •-. *;,• had signed a i onfeaMon w hi. b he sup posed was rn*-re!> a statement d> • • rlbing hi* movement* on th** n:ght of the murder Both Mulraney and h * lawyer de dare they can pro.lu**- n»-w w::n*-a**-* who will completely clear the priaon <r by ****'at)li»hlng an all til He 1** dare** he had this aiiM at th*- time of th*- firsi -rial but had not presented It be*" a 1M- the [sill**- told him fi * ould not be t.o. eima- y John |*ow!,ng a . :«• I of he:n,; M :! r .* t •• y s a* . om; i i, . • 1 • n. a •■ !•■ ' nl M. fir* • n * on'*••.»• | • i . * and said that ••v*-i y eng to sala r *-s 1 ( an old e- d to eX, n SS 11,-..seif he w i- of h> .i,g listless* d S* -a r- iiiad* ’ o p: • v >■:. t ’ ! ’ .. :.. i *\ -. g a * en in u t, * .,*• i.q ’fit. a : ho i• t :*• •• was go. - :’. fi.* r o.ir.-J n l.ing. r .*•..- r ui*-» • • ,m.i •,«•>» . a’tons t*> a o -. t h *• nunun an’ 1 >:»»a! laf ad Ion In- * r* a»* *! In tli*- investigation t>v the !* ^ *- lature- and in kla affidavit* in «-***irt pro* eeilirigs. Maj R:char>l*on ha* told man) ttilngsthat .an not b»- vi-rt- fle.l (in*. I* te* claim that h*- ;.ut a n*-w cover <>n the houwe Another la tint he put a substantial wire f«*nr« a*-'. :nd Hi*- e'gh’een s. re* of land n Dltnl’l'l H It \Id oN TU \( K '|iith«-r 1 ri*-* to K«-*m u«- It an«l llott* \r»- IUmII) Hurt. Mary la!*- a voung n*gro woman nhou’ twiiiiy on*- '•■at* o.d lost !.*-r left leg and had her left arm broken while attempt tig to rescue h*-r (if teen months old daughter from death by an approaching passenger tru.n on th^ Sunth*-rn Railway, near Tirzuh n lurk county, on Saiurdav nlglit Alary s’ar'ed out to go to h*-r father s hoin*- and was tnit-ssary for her to i ross tin- r;t.!road traik When sh* r-;idn-d tin- cri's-ing sin- saw a train a; i roa* liu.g. an I wnil*- a't.-m j>t mg to t is!i a*to-s t .:*• ’rack a'.*-a I of it sh-- dnq*p* d her ha .■> on t h•• ;; a. h at.d it was while die Was fiantaallv *n- . 1.-a v or li u ’.O I • .'* U-- . t I ha • bo; h vv. I *• - i ,. ; 11 \ " 1.. ! i a' o; -1. > t. v i - I !. * - bah* s i ■ ’ i fi g was * 111 * j ft ... i a t . * ■ k i *» - I‘. h noth.: a ud d*i Id vv. r. p! o * d on lae ’rain and can i* d to YorkviHe. w her*- ; lo y w. r*. g:v* n surgical at t* n- tion. They a: *• g*-tt;tig along as well a- i'iu!d he ixpietid and both, the (hi* to: s belit-v **, w ill re* ov er. v ■ - • cr in*- ’ ’•*•'•.: * h*. . on. ! « h : f d*-nt. *: \ N•• -a y ,.rk sta’. ; • » -. '■ ha* found W .:n* -S* H * hi. ■ .<• ranev * al.te sto- 1 :.. v S i! / *■ r ! .* s , • r !• r ^<1 I > t.*r!.*• v *S !,itman ’■. n. *s .■ * • x am r.afton * f the cas* w * 1 r f .i:. t a a r o» t.<- 1 b> 1 : hf hon ♦* A n v t"*(l y ^ .in *■< •■ ’’.at -fi*- :»• n t* • e f• • 11« *• t !.• r** Sim I i * r! v h*- I * * r<*nk ’n 1 H *'.l’*0- t ♦ * t i r h i . * t n* fi * n* .* r*."!: * : vh a * • r w ■ **> ; it . 1 i » E ’ t'i- >* a ' • : ’ v- ! h T'i * • ’ | J < , f • ' v • \ : M - m V . .*; ! a -trot \ • ••tn; !■ ’ I M t I.MMs sHK It \H \ ls|u\. Went Tw <* Tliousaml Mil*-S t*> Ik* lU,*- tl/«-*l in l< y \N at«-r. • Mrs Gather,ne L Grag.n of (hdo ra lo Spritigh. t r.»v id. d .."" 11 : i• s ’.* I.y n n. M a.- s , fo||o w ■ ng a v is: o m * y a.« - ’ a •! . .* v. r . • li j her w ts ' ' ’ v s. v. w fi .- h w ,. a P| i ike t , n,* ’i’en.it. . ci.st S is,. \ • t a i. r.ipr la• on I ■- matn t * a am *• * as f ' 7 tha’ fi av. s near! * $ 1 *t.a>«< u:.f* d for besides rh*- $1.- foi r*-pa. rs an d b a:! 11 ng m:m \\i> leg mow n off Old < ixil War lUmit) IM«*\v t p a Hurt Two Men. came yfren-th 1 otnt* hini I would make it my special business to cam paign this State, county by county, if necessary, to see that fewer rail road lawyers are elected to the legis lature and honest and sensible men sent in their stead. I know the South Carolina Legis lature has no power or control over interstate commerce, but tfre Soutli Carolina legislature has the power over taxation and other regulations, and it can make these railroads come to taw and behave decently and fair ly towards the people by putting on the screws wherever it is possible to do so. Thank God all tlie lawyers in the State are not in the employ of the railroads or venal enough to be sub sidized by them. I will do all I can in Washington with the interstate commerce com mission, but tlie press of the Stat<- and the public men in it ought to have the railroads understand that th^ people of Soutli Carolina are not to be discriminated against in this way, and will not tolerate being rob bed as they have been. If we de mand justice and our rights we will get them; if we do not, we do not de serve them. What are the people of South Carolina going to do about it? B. R. Tillman. Trenton, S. C.. April 3, 1913. | vE U i. h -!,*• , !• • a r*- - t 1 r.- - to M h. r , 11 a \ ■ four, | S»’ \ r.il ho mbs in xn t lo r*- a t. 1 I,.-. ,i n* a in .ni- * »r >■ 1 1 f* rt i •• i r F* rti.i !in t Fla . iiu.b- r • m • v * 1 t!. *• ’ll, 1 ha pG-- . 1 r . , Ol.:’ !■: mm * a In ! 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'fit tv.* l',.-!i* rni- n l’. t . in i',)!. if , I 1 fi ha \\ f *! 1 St -vi-r.il oc*-:is ol, ' I.o’l* * I ; he \<i -no .1111 ; ; a '• i ;.i i i<M p 11 i V ol 1 s. vv hn- h ha 1 l.fi; l idle >in.'i- ’ 'v - e ■ 11 ’IltO i fi*- v.. lt<-r 'I' - . • i t:m (1 th »* ( iMl w a r S. -c n inp ha m iners t *i i 1 I up h ih * - : i - * • ;inil v, .!i!*-i 1 (Eli ! o t h fi* pan to Ih ;it o; the me’al Sul- \ :u • i r * !i: n, \\ h* r* . w th to. th t h;i . d. nly tho re w as an * xjilosion and off ti-ring an 1 tn-mh ill IT from * \ ;>osu r \ \\ i ■nt a 1 *g and an arm while the tli* \ sang hymns, wfiiifi- tu fi, *- s of the sect kneeled in prayer on the shore. TRAIN KILLS AGED WOMAN. The Chicago Herald give# the in formation that the engineer does not eren toot hla whittle when the train whine* pant Armageddon now. Mis. Rebecca Padgett Meets Horrible Death at Rath. Mrs. Rebecca Padgett, about sixty years of age, was killed at Bath Wed nesday morning by tlie Palm Intuited train on the Southern Railway, which passes that place about 12 o’clock. Mrs. Padgett was walking between the'tracks, going towards the depot. She was wearing a large bonnet, which almost covered her face, and it is thought obstructed her view, and the swift passing train knock ed her aside, breaking her neck and fracturing her skull. This train does not stop at Bath and, it is claimed, did not blow a whistle. Presence of Mind Saved Him. By standing sideways and holding himself perfectly erect between two express trains ttiat whirled by him in opposite directions, William Scott es caped death at Hartford, Conn. His companion, Thomas H. Ryan, tried to dart across the tracks and was killed. Page Takes the Post. Walter H. Page, editor of World’* W’ork, haa accepted President Wil- aon’a offer to be ambaeaador to Great Britain. roof of tlie iish house togHher with a portion of the si le of tlie building vvt*nt up in the air. CRAWLS THROUGH SKWKR. Rank Robber Dares Dangerous Fumes to Make Eseape. Clyde Stratton, serving a five-year sentence in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth for the robbery of the McCool, Ind., post office, escaped by crawling a mile through tlie prison sewer. Two other prisoners who made tlie attempt with Stratton' wbre cap tured. The captured monVere over come by sewer gaa and were pulled out of tlie sewer unconscious. When revived they declared Stratton had escaped. Stratton was also allege 1 to have been connected with the'rob bery of a Chicago diamond met chant. He is a college graduate. Saved by Grape Fruit. At Dayton Mrs. Clinton Wallace and her three children had a remark able experience. They were maroon ed without food when the flood came Tuesday and were rescued Friday night. All that time they subsisted on grape fruit, a box of which they secured as it floated up to a windqw. e The Spartanburg Herald’s predic tion is that South Carolina will be the last state la the Union to fire woman the ballot. nnB f»a*r»* - n— y r * w: