The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 01, 1913, Image 7
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TURNS HI LOOSE
60VEIN0R BLEASE WHOLES
“i’ORTLAtlD NED”
A YEGGMAN
*
Convicted of Robbing the Enoree
Post Office, and is the Burglar Be-
tective Reed Worked the Dicta
graph on Sam J. Nichols About
Bast Year at Spartanburg.
James Johnson, alias Edward
Murphy, alias Edward Howard, alias
Edward Smith, alias George Howard,
alias Portland Ned, the yeggman
whose pardon Detective Reed, of the
W. J. Biurns agency, posing as H. N.
Porter, a Chicago lawyer, alleged
that he tried to buy last summer and
failed, was Friday afternoon paroled
by Governor Bleese during good be
havior.
Johnson, or “Portland Ned”, as he
is better known, is being held until
a reply can be had from a telegram
the Governor sent the Federal au
thorities asking him if they have
further charges against him. If they
have not he will be set free at once.
Johnson was convicted, largely
through the efforts of Post Office In
spector Gregory, of robbing the post
office at Enoree, in Spartanburg
County, and served a term of seven
years in th^F ederal prison in Atlan
ta. When his term there expired he
was tried in the State Courts and
given ten years in the State Peniten
tiary in 1 1 1.
This prisoner came into th<> lime
light during the sessions of the dis
pensary investigating committee in
Augusta last July At that time De
tect i ye K>','d of the \V. J i'urns
agency, gave the dictagraph proofs
of a conversation he held with Sam
J Nichols :n Spartunburg, at which
alh ge 1, Nil hols ngr>- d to
late Counsel in t he case
lime, it
en‘• •- an
.m ! u n d'
Johnson
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to got
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Heed sa «1 'hat 1
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a pardon '
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LEAPED FROM TOWER
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h * p* ! ’ i ■ s .« >ha* . » . • *.; ; v a
] t ' t. • ti 1 — ■ • p I •• ! ' A as e !i’ a', n
«■ ' and how that tnvestlg.i’ on w 'h
r* , hargei, ra.Mi.i a ktorm in South
i ■ , i- st :l frw>h In the puh.lc
mini
Th.- nr< r riir whlih the comm 'tee
Keld*r atii Hurns re«'eivel at th»
Luuids of the South Carolina Gov
error in pu' Me speeches, charg.ng
that the whole kugueta I'js’.t.ess wti
nn aft- • ' ■ tda< k.-n tils reputation
and Injure an Innocent man. and how
ttewte s; echos and sutis.- ,u»-nt !< v.-;
o ; i: e?i' s 'at.ted the (amp.vl*n into
v • »' . - re ( a’ led by t he parol -
in. i • " . pi'- mo r who figured in the
s. - s t; d vt ag raph testimon. at
Augusta
' Hor'lan! Ne !." from his cell in
1 * e I ' irv t a - a ! dross,. J .sev
eral b'ters to file pe.e le (if S; ar'.in-
tmrg. Viht'h were putdlshed in 'tie
newspapers there, asking for one
more chame and begging them u> use
t ‘ . ir in't ii<Mii •• to get him h,s free-
<! mm and give him another chan -e
\ i '■.i 1 -tretig appeals were male to
the Governor in hehalf of the pris
oner, begging him in the name of
humarin to /.ve him clemency The
Governor finally yielded and extend
ed mercy.
STATE l MVKRSITY FIRST.
YOCNG IX)VERS CARRY OIT SIT-
(TDK PART.
Jumped From Notre Dame Catherdal
^in Antwerp, Belgium, to Ortain
»nd Sure Death.
At Autwerp, Belgium, & youth 18
years old and a 19-year-old girl were
the principal characters in a love
tragedy enacted there Friday. Arm
in arm they climbed to the clock gal
lery In the tower of the Notre Dame
Cathedral and from a height of 180
feet leaped Into apace, falling at the
feet of passers-by.
Fxery bone In the bodies of the
boy and his comp&nloa were broken.
As they hurtled the air several men
and women who witnessed the sight
fainted. According to the police the
leap from the church tower was in
accordance with a premeditated sui
cide pact.
The tragedy occurred at a time
when the market, In front of the
north tower of the Cathedral was
thronged with pedestrians, a large
number of whom stood transfixed,
helpless witnesses of every phase of
the drama. The youth and the maid
en had purchased from the porter at
the entrance door, tickets of admis
sion to visit the tower, from which a
wide view is possible. The porter
noticed^ nothing unusual in their de
meanor.
The lovers placed five letters, one
addressed to the police commissary
and the others to relatives, where
they could be seen by visitors to the
tower. entering the clock gallery
the couple climbed up the stone bal
ustrade. With hands clasped they
poised themselves for a moment and
then leaped downward into the mar
ket place, striking the flags close to
the historic fountain.
kmhulanc*** w* re summoned, hut
the surgeons declared bo'h had died
ius'-cGv The ]e*»er« found In the
'o-a.-'- -how that the youth was File
Walkima and that his home was In
*ha' ctT The girl has not been
Identic, .] The let', rv It Is declar
• d sta'ed that the young couple had
•i. to 'heir d''a’h b«s-ause
a 1 \ • i * v r
» ,
HAKES MS ESCAPE
NOTED THIEF WALKS OUT Of
BLEASE’S OFFICE
I 11 K l.\W \n Y<> » |s||
WHILE MARSHAL WAITS
The Governor Orders "Portland Ned”
Whom He Had Just Paroled, to be
Brought to His Office, From Where
He Dodged an Officer Waiting to
Arrest Him.
James Johison, alias "Portland
ffed”, walked out of the private of
fice of Governor Blease Saturday,
while a deputy with a warrant for
robbing a poet office in North Caro
lina waiting in the other office to ar
rest him. Although the Columbia
police and the county officials are do
ing everything possible to capture
‘‘Portland Ned, 1 * who was convicted
police circlee, nothing had been
heard of him up to the present time.
Announcement was made in The
State Saturday morning that the gov
ernor had granted a parole to James
Johnson, known to the yeggmen as
“Portland Nedd," who was convicted
in Spartanburg on the charge of
housebreaking and larceny and sen
tenced to 10 years In the State’pen
itentiary. It was also announced
that officers of the United States post
office department expected to arrest
Johnson immediately following his
release from the penitentiary on the
charge of robbing a post office at
Plymouth. N C . in June, I SOS The
officials at the penitentiary had temp
notified of the intention of the post
office inspectors and the warrants
had been left with Sheriff McCain of
Richland county. The inspectors did
not arrest Johnson, the reason being
giV'm below
t
“The governor ordered Jamo*
Johnson brought to his office this
morning, dressed in citu.-ns clothes
and under the <• »re of a guard.' said
<‘a;ffi I» I Griffith, superintendent of
th*» penitentiary, Saturday The pr.s
oner was brought to 'he governor's
office by Guard K"'d>.ns o' 'he p«■ 11!
’ • !, 11,ir v. a* ( otnpaii ’•* : * o otfio r“
re; roeeii?: ng the G o ! < l.Gs | )•
v. tk ' irrie | lii'ii !!'.• private . :fi. e of
ro" nf .my o'her d"*crlption. or
at.t other a; pi cam es for the
.ii. g of game fish In ' waters
Ms Sta'e other t' i-i privately
pond* or lak< - . i .-pt hook.
or by phan
art :fl( ! a 1 halt,
he first (lav of \pr.l and
lay of \o\ ember of e.i< h
1, Tfi.it in tin* counties of
• g. 11•• rk*• 1 *■ y. (“arendon, Uolle-
1 lor, lo-ster an! Williamsburg
close season shall he between
Mse
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ii.d 1 lo- an ! or!.na r \
• "in m nnuw, or I
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i
Wofford College Second »nd Fur
man University Third.
The University of South Carolina
won flret place in the annual Inter
collegiate oratorical contest at Rock
Hill Friday night, through her speak
er, Mr. M. A. Wright.
dir. J. C. Hyer, of Wofford, took
second place, and Mr. W. L. Feaster,
of Furman, third.
The Judges were Messrs. John
Gary Ev^ns of Spartanburg; J. M.
Spears, of Darlington; P. A. Bonham,
of Greenville; A. L. Geston, of Ches
ter, and J. L. Douglass, of Davidson
College.
Rock Hill was alive Friday with
college boys, pretty girls and gay
colors, and a great audience assem
bled Friday evening to hear the con
test. Mr. W. H. Scott, chairman of
the executive committee, presided,
and the R^v. Dr. H. W. Bays made
the opening prayer. Songs by the
Winthrop College. Chorus and Glee
Club were a feature of the evening.
Although it was after midnight
When the speaking concluded, a brief
reception was held in the College.
A dance in honor of the visitors was
given in Friedhiem’s Hall.
: » ♦ ♦ —
To Carry Out Plan.
President Wilson and Secretary
Houston have appointed Dr. T. N.
Carver, professor of economics in
Harvard university, to head a new
bureau of servica in the department
of agriculture, which Is to carry put
th* plan of eO-operatlon in buying
and selling.
1 lie h: ' (l|iv of
M.,iy 111 \ nyUi■(!
i mbit on of 'his
April and the first
of oauh y oar For
section, the party so
iiolatiru; shall be fined twenty ij.’o
inti dullara or Imprisoned tdOl
thirty days for each offense
Providvii. that this section shall
not apply to such person or persons
as are catching game fish with a net
or other appliances for the purpose of
stocking a pond or other streams pot
for commercial purposes: Provided
that In the counties of Bamberg, Ber
keley, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorches
ter and Williamsburg fish may be
sold:
Provided, also that any or all per
sons engaged in the catching of fish
for the purpose of stocking a pond or
stream must notify the nearest game
warden or magistrate of his or their
purpose to so catch the fish: Pro
vided, also That no game fish shall
be sold during the months of April,
May June:
Provided, further, That this shall
not prohibit the catching of any kind
of fish in a private pond not erected
on a navigable stream in any manner
by the owner of such pond or by per
mission of owner at auy season of
the year.
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chagrin* him
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In the corridor
out
Will Have t a Park.
Reevesville will soon have an up-
to-date park. On the site donated by
the Southern Railway the ladies of
Reevesxille have planted a variety of
flowers, which will give the spot a
beautiful appearance. The park is
located Just below the depot, oppo
site the Reevesville Hotel. Orange
burg needs a park the worst kind. <
♦ » ♦
Drowned in a Lake.
Henry Harris, a prominent young
man of Voldosta, G*.. was drowned
Wednesday at noon in a lake near
that city while seining with friends.
* The body was recovered an hour lat-
1 er. Mr. Harris was 16 years old and
' the son of Mr and MrsJ W. C. Harrla,
I formerly of Hawklnevtlla.
■ i-i** th«« governor • office. nail Mr
Mipp. ' vih.-n the governor •ent h
to-gro out to tell me to come Into hi*
ivffiie*' I Went in Htl'l he nuked whnt
kit. 1 of papers I ha 1 for Johnimn
who w a* senteffi hv the governnr *
leak I handed the governor tin
I Hl'ed State* »arr.m* lie looked at
It and asked me if 1 wa-u l a rjra!
policeman 1 told him that I was
The governor then asked no- what
r’ght I had to *■ rie United States
papers and said I had better attend
to my own business before I was out
of a Job The governor warned me not
to pu' my hands on Johnson, as he
had a letter from Cochrane and told
me to go on and attend to my busi
ness or I wouldn't have any job All
this took place In his private office,
which I would not have entered ex
cept for the fact that he invited me
in. I walked out of his office and
met United States Deputy Marshal
Senn, to whom I turned over the
warrant for Johnson. I believe it
was my duty to arrest Johason when
I had been deputized by United
States Commissioner Sloan to do so
and the warrants had been in the
sheriff’s office ever since Johnson was
put in the penitentiary.’’
Later Commissioner Sloan went to
the governor’s office with a warranV
sworn out by H. T. Gregory, post of
fice inspector for the arrest of John
son. He was accompanied by Charles
D. Senn, deputy marshall. Commis
sioner Sloan turned over the war
rants to Deputy Senn and instructed
him to wait until Johnson came out
of the governor’s private office and
to make the arrest. Deputy Senn
took a seat in the anteroom to the
governor’s private office to await
Johnson. In a few moments the gov
ernor came out from his office, leav
ing Johnson. He talked for several
minutes with some visitors and then
returned to his office and found that
Johnson had disappeared. It was
said that Johnson made his escape
through the door connecting the gov
ernor's office with the corridor.
R. Beverley Sloan, United States
commissioner, made the following
statement Saturday: “Capt. Sondley
telephoned me to-day from the pen!
tentiary that the governor had re
quested that James Johnson be sent
to his office. I immediately commu
nicated with the sberilT* office and
deputized R. 8. Hlpp to serve a
bench warrant as tbs shsrlff was out
of town. I instructsd Mr. Hipp to
go at Ones to the penitentiary and
accompany tbs prisoner to tbe gov
ernor’s office. He took a Mr. Hsllams
along with him, to aaslst him. Mr.
Hipp says that they went to the gov
ernor’s office slong with Mr. Robbins,
from the penitentiary, who had the
prisoner in charge. I was informed
that upon arriving at the governor's
office the governor forbade Mr. Hipp
to serve Che warrant and ordered him
out of his office. As to the truth of
this I can not say. The governor's
private secretary telephoned to me
and I at once went to the governor’s
office, taking with me a warrant
sworn out by H. T. Gregory, post of
fice inspector,, and In company with
Deputy iMsrshal Senn. I was in
formed and was shown telegrams the
governor had from Judge H, A. M.
Smith. United States Marshal J.
Duncan Adams, and District Attorney
Cochrane substantially to the effect
that there were no other charges
against James Johnson. In justice
to Gov, Blease I will say that these
telegrams were in response to other
telegrams be sent these parties be
fore the parole was granted. When
I arrived at the governor’s office I
Immediately sent into him the war
rant which Inspector Gregory had
sworn out. At this time I under
stand that the governor was in con
ference with James Johnson in his
office. I could not get access to him.
Immediately I sent Mr. Cochrane the
following telegram: ‘Have warrant
sworn out for James Johnson by
Gregory on 26th February, 1913.
Wire governor at once.’ I then turn
ed the two warrants over to Mr. Senn
and instructed him to wait at the
governor’s office until Johnson came
out. I came back to my office and
called Mr. Cochrane up over the tele
phone. He informed me that he had
wired the governor to please detain
Johnson. But I am sure that the
governor did not receive this tele-
eram until after the prisoner escap
ed. My recollection is that at the
time I was talking to Cochrane over
the telephone Mr Senn came to my
office and told me the prisoner had
escaped He stated that he was in
the governor's anteroom and the gov
ernor came out of his private office
to speak to a lady The governor
ihen went hack into Ins private of
fice and immediately returned to the
an'eroom and stated that Johnson
had walked out of the door In hi*
private office leading Into the hall of
the State hnu«e at) 1 could not he
found I called up the gmirnor’*
>"',o and verified Mr Senn’* report
is to the fact th.i* Johnson had <■*
( ipe.l I at ori'e comm in rated with
the (’ilumhla j'olhe dr; ar'merit an 1
r > ; o< st*'d them to u^e ewrv endeai
o'- i ' apprehend lohnson In aid!
Mon I depu' 7e<! W T Ma r “h. a con-
Kiab'.e of this rlt>. who know* John
•on personally to serve The war
rant
Governor Bleaac make* the follow
ing statement
' I w aa aitUng in my office, and
Go! John K A all. my aecretary.
came in and atated trial there was an
officer outside who wanted to aee
Jame* Johuaon I told him to come
in Me walked in my office When
he came in 1 asked him to let me aee
hi* paj>era He showed hia warrant
•o me 1 aaw it was a warrant issued
ti) the United Stste* com in laidoner
THEY DUNE TAFT
NOOSE CLAIMS THAT OE CAUSED
THE TIIMLE BY
TEilDYS WORK
TRinrTS TO TBM CMMIPM or
J. MARION SIMS.
1 a I*o
■aw
that
he w an a
rural
po
Ice
man f
i>r Rich la
ini Uoun
y
1
sa 1
to 1
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m
t a
rural
policeman
for 'hia
count
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He
said.
yew
mr ’
1 *atd.
haven t
yo i
enoug
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d<> i<
> a'tend
to your
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iut
r ura
1 policeman v
it bout
t r> Ing
to
run
the h u *
news
of
t he
1 n 11 e,
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te* G
overnment and
of
t he
l 11 > i e r
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v offic
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pored
HO
1 til
en Wit 1 d
well.
if
y o u
u ant
to hold vo
u r Job v <
>u bad
b.
tier
try to
at t*
ml to
t tie bus!
ne** o
f Rich-
iHtni County, for which you are em
ployed, 1 don t know of an> business
von have serving warrants for the
Uni?<*d States Government, when you
,ire in the employment of the people
of Richland County, and don’t you in
your position put your hands on this
man Johnson ’
“With that he left the office, and
tb* next I heard from the warraJit I
learned it waa in the hands of the
man who was sitting in the outer of
fice of the Governor’s offices when
Johnson walked out of the other
door. Rural Policeman Hipp was not
ordered out of my office and was not
treated impolitely either by my sec
retary, so far as I know, or by my
self. I spoke positively to him, as 1
always speak positively on a matter
of immediate business to everybody.
“Neither I nor my secretary or
stenographer have any duty to per
form either as detectives or as mar
shals or policeman, and if the mar
shal sent by the United States com
missioner wanted to sit, down in the
outer office, to which I was called by
my secretary on a matter of business,
while James Johnson walked out the
other door, it was none of my look
out and none of my business.”
Where Is Your Boy, To-night?
The Sumter Herald says: "The
sad tragedy in Greenville was an eye-
opener for some of the parents in
this land of ours. There are parents
In this city who know as much about
their boys’ habits as an old grey
mule. They know they have gone
"down street’’, but where, Is another
question. And the sad part about it
is, they don’t seem to care.” Where
is your boy, to-night?
Progressive Republicans Declare
They "Have the Goods" on Presi
dent Taft in Signing the Recent
Treaty With Japan and Which is
Causing so Mach Feeling.
Responsibility Is placed directly
upon the shoulders of William How
ard Taft for>embarrasament suffered
by the federal government in the
preeent situation in California rela
tive to the Japanese question. The
Bull Moosers are the ones who fix
the blame on Mr. Taft, and they say
they “have the goods”.
At the time of the difficulty over
the admission of Japanese children
to the public schools of San Fran
cisco, It will be remembered that
President Roosevelt fixed up the
matter of restriction of Japanese im
migration by means of a gentleman’s
agreement with the Japanese govern
ment. It devolved upon President
Taft to negotiate a treaty to continue
that agreement, and he did so thru
Secretary Knox.
But, according to the claims of
those closest to 'Mr. Roosevelt, Taft
made a mess of it.
This is explained by the fact that
in the Roosevelt arrangement, while
it was agreed that the United States
would accept the word of the Japa-
government to see to It that the
tide of Japanese emigration to this
country was stopped, there waa a
re^rvation of the right to restrict
the Japanese by legislation. In the
treaty negotiated by President Taft
and Secretary Knox this was left
out
The self spoken Japanese ambassa
dor appears to have argued to the
p re* id ent that since the reservation
of t!ie right to apply harsher methods
was not harmonious He. therefore,
Hrggexted that it he li ft solely as a
gentleman’s agreement, and that the
rexi-rv.»’ion of leginraMvo authority
lie H t r 11 ken out
About this time Colonel Roosevelt
heard of wfint wa* pending, and al
though hia relation* with the White
House then were not of the best, he
(onsidered the emergency so urgent
that he sent s special messenger to
Washington from Oyster Bay to warn
the president of ths grave error he
was making
The messenger, however, reached
Washington too 1st* While he was
en route from New York to Wash
ington the treaty was cooaumated
with the smooth suggestion of the
Japanese ambassador Incorporated In
It as one of ths salient provisions
The colonel's messenger wired his
chief too late"
Ever since then Colonel Roosevelt
has known that the treaty contained
p« s i t) II It lee of Indefinite trouble for
United States Aa It stands It
gii<* the Japanese government the
undoubtable right to protest against
legislative acts In this country that in
;<ny way apply to the restriction of
la; an**e rights If Colonel Roose
velt s reeervation had been retained,
'he lapanene government would have
no tangible ground upon which to
-tan 1 while presuming to Interfere
with American legislation
It is on thi* point of the existing
treaty It will do the Wilson admin-
ratrament of the Wilson administra
tion comes In Treaty waa ratified
and promulgated and is In full
force. Japan Is a friendly country
To legislate against the Japanese Is a
brearffi of the express terms of m
solemn International covenant.
To legislate against them even un
der cover. California may prove a
technical violation of the treaty, sub
ject to revision by the courts. In
any event the situation is quite as
nasty and undesirable as one admin
istration possibly could pass along to
Its successor.
That . Roosevelt and Governor
Johnson have been astute enough to
use the loose work of the Taft admin
istration to their own political advan
tage in California is only another of
the injuries Mr. Taft bestowed upon
Mr. Wilson.
If California legislates Japan will
undoubtedly allege violation of the
treaty. It will be the Wilson admin
istration little good to claim lack of
responsibility for the acts of a state,
for a treaty in the supreme law of
both Japan* and the United States
and Japan will hold the federal gov
ernment to account.
It can do so either In an interna
tional court of arbitration or by
force of arms. But that it will do so
much be accepted aa a certainty. It
was this situation which was fore
seen by Colonel Roosevelt when he
made his ineffectual attempt to in
terfere in the negotiations between
the Japanese government and the
Taft administra^on.
Who Was the First
cian Ever Consulted bj the HoynMf
of the Old World.
The New York Sun says It M grat-
fying to note that the day on which
the pioneer of gynecolo^ saw the
light has been remembered In that
severely scientific nation, Germany.
The great regard in which men who
have accomplished things for the
world's betterment are held in that
country has contributed materially te
the renown and prosperity of Its peo
ple. Our republican eimpiiclty hae at
times revolted at what is euphemistic
ally called hero worship.
It is s significant fact, neverthelesa,
that ths achievements of its citizens
are the most valuable assets of a
country. Regarded even in this un
sentimental light the courage and.
genius of our J. Marion Sims in orig
inating an entirely new branch of
surgery deserve to be commemorated
and to be held up to the present gen
eration as an example for emulation.
Dr. J. Marion Sims, a native of
Lancaster, 8. C., emigrated to Mont
gomery, Ala., in order to enlarge his
field of practice. There he devised s
method of surgical procedure for the
repair of serious Injuries which in
that preantisentic day was made poe-
sible only by the substitution of the
silver suture for the silk suture. So
fruitful was this and other work of
Dr. Sims for the welfare of suffering
women that his fame spread to Eu
rope, and he was the first American
physician consulted by royalty.
Those whose happy privilege it was
to know this grand man psrsonalty
were not surprised that he rapidly
became the valued adviser of ths
nobility. In him were discernsd all
those elements of character which
are the attribute of true nobility;
simplicity almost childlike, sympathy
almost feminine, courtesy without os
tentation; the charming manner, ths
kindling eye, ths cordial haadgraap
bespoke a great soul, as did his deft
ness betoken jhe^great surgeon.
The Muenrhner Medtslnische Wo-
rhenschrlft In s recent Issue publish
ed an excellent portalt of Dr. films
with an appreciative sketch of hia
life, concluding that "America is en
titled to honor In the history of op
erative gynecology Ths namss of
Mc-Iiowell, Nott. Battey, Emmet,
Hoiernan. Edebohts and Kelly will
be known for all time, but noae
shines with such lustre as the name
of J. Marios 81ms ”
CHWmCll VETERAN
Joha G. Lewis Victim mi
John G Lewis, an old Goafs
soldier, was murdered at hia home,
three miles west of Cornwell Is Chea
ter County Thursday sight, ths mo
tive evidently being robbery, as a
watch and pistol belonging to tha
deceased were missing. Friday
morning the murder was dlscovsrsd
by James Dove, s farm hand, when
he went to the houee to perform
morning choree, and ths alarm waa
spread hurriedly through tbs neigh
borhood.
It was at first thought that It
might have been s case of suicide,
but the finding of two wounds, ona
In the side and the other in ths hack,
discounted this theory and the coro
ner’s Jury brought in s verdict of
death at the hands of some unknown
party. However, It was necessary to
continue the inquest on account of
scarcity of testimony.
Mr. Lewis lived alone at some dis
tance from the nearest neighbor.ausd
as he was s man of soma means it Is
the general opinion that he was mur
dered for money that he was suppos
ed to have on ths prsmiees. Moat of
his money, however, was in ths bank
at Chester, and the sum of forty dol
lars, which was In the boose, wag
not found by the murderers.
THINKS SOUTH SLIGHTED.
The Rowesville school and the
South Goodland school each has been
allowed one hundred dollars from the
State fond for term extension nur-
Explodes With Fatal Result*.
Fifteen or twenty men are esti
mated to hive been killed or wound
ed by the premature explosion Sat
urday afternoon of twelve took of
dynamite between Pedro Miguel lock
ahd the Mlraflores locks of ths Pana
ma canal.
No Ambassador or Minister and Ooa-
Mils From This Section.
Senator Johnson, of Alabama, has
asked the Senate to have the foreign
relations committee investigate tha
geographic distribution of ambassa
dors, ministers and consuls. He de
clared that not an ambassador came
from the South and only 80 consuls
from 11 Southen States despite the
competitive examination system. Sen
ator Williams declared that the Sen
ate should hold up nominations if
the South were ignored. Upon his
suggestion, Senator Johnson amend
ed his resolution to inquire into ths
politcial faiths of the present consuls
but, with objection by Senator Gsl-
llnger, the resolution went over.
Shot at "Peeping Tom".
Dr. 8. D. Parson, presidsnt of tha
Bank of /Woodruff, found a man up a
tree peaping into his house Thursday
night and fired a shot gun si him.
The man dropped and fiaA. ▲ posse
sd vainly for several hours.
Ths new tariff law puts wmmr
usuW tMr ta*
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