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i FATAL ACCIDENT ♦ KILLS COLOMBIA NEGIO UNINTENTIONALLY IN PUTTING UP PISTOL LOOK OUT FOR FAKES QUACK “REMEDIES” ARE FIND ING A READY SALE. State Veterinarian Indues Warning Against Many So-Called “Sore Cure* Being AdTertlsed. of a W- if leaving -aid Mr. [••aTe the -aid that huffet to Attorney General Explains to Coro- V Mr’s Jury the Circumstances Lead ing ap to Deplorable Affair—There Was No Difficulty Between Him and Dead Negro. Robert Marshall, colored, was kill ed Saturday night by Attorney Gen eral Thomas H. Peepdes at the Elks’ Club In Columbia, where the negro was employed as chef. According to those at the club the shooting was entirely accidental and Mr. Peeples is sorry beyond expression, at the happening. Sheriff McCain, of Richland coun ty, was on hand personally at the club soon after the shooting and on the suggestion that Mr. Peeples get a good nignt’s rest at the Mansion he sent a deputy with him. Sheriff Mc Cain was heard to express the opinion that this was a matter of form, al though the shooting was explained as accidental. The investigation by the coroner’s jury was held Sunday night and re suited in the verdict that Robert Mar shall, the negro rook at the Elks' Club, came to h ; s death Saturday night from the accidental discharge a pistol in the hands of Attorney ieral Thomas H Peeples. This »nn that the \ttomcy (leneral will Ve brought to trial at the January term of court for accidental himiclde. All the testimony brought out at the Innuest tended to -how that the shooting was an accident Attorney General Peeples himself made a statement to the Jury in which he ex plained the di-charco of the pistol, bit resson for having It and all the ■latters leading up to tIm unfortunate occurrence at the club in effect Mr Peeples a*a'ed that he had placed the pistol In M- automo bile Saturday w h* n his mother went with her brother to I.evmg’on. The return trip was made by Mr- Peeples with a strange chauffeur an I he de sired that she should have the pistol for protection \\ hen lie v ot to the lllks' Club at 10 o'clock Saturday night he took the pistol out of the ear and carried It upstair- to 'he club rooms with the Intent'>n • t there “I do not carry a pistol, Peeples, 'and wanted to weapon at the club " He M he walked behind the place the weapon near the caah reg ister Gapt J H Weaver, who was standing behind the counter, asked kina to let him see the pistol. Tie Stated that he was handing It over when the pistol discharged, killing the negro cook who was standing in front of the buffet at the monument from the testimony of other wit nesses it wa- brought out that the pistol was cocked Mr Peeples stat ed that he did not know of this ‘‘My God, what have I done"’ ei- wlalmed Mr Peoples when he saw the aegro fall after the discharge of the gun “I felt like blowing out my own brains.” he said All witnesses tes tified the Attorney General was dis tressed and Sheriff McCain said he wept as he told film of the shooting a minutes after It happened. ^^■*he supposition Is that the ham- Rer of the gun struck th* 1 counter as Mr. Peeples handed the gun to Mr Weaves, and It was thereby discharg ed. Sheriff McCain made an exam Inatlon of the room that bore out the statements of witnesses with refer- etics to the range of the bullet, and the doctor's testimony also confirm ed this. A brother of the dead negro was present at the shooting. He after wards stated that he had heard no words pass between his brother and Mr. Peeples, and the first thing he knew was the pistol’s report which he was very much surprised to hear. The brother is an employee of the Mub also. All witnesses agreed that no words passed between Mr. Peeples and the negro before the shooting. The oth er negro help In the club also testl- •ed to this. Capt. J. H. Weaver, conductor on the Southern railway, bore out Mr. Peeples’ statements with regard to the discharge of the gun. Capt. Weaver says he was standing right mext to the Attorney General Assistant Attorney General Fred H. Dominick appeared as counsel for Mr. Peeples and questioned wit ■esses briefly. Solicitor Wade Hamp ton Cobb appeared for the State. He will be the prosecuting officer at the trial. - ♦ ♦ ♦ ■ Postmaster Suicides. Despondent because of Ill-health and business reverses, Postmaster D. J^Klrkland, of Homerville. Ga.. who also a prominent merchant, com Wmted suicide Sunday night by Aootlng himself. GAILLARD IS DEAD » FAMOUS SOUTB CAR0L1NAN DIES AT BALTIMOIE CONQUERER OF CULEBRA Burned to Death. Eaek Roby, a tenant on the plact Mr C H Mathis, near BlaekvHla rramated one night last wee| the hone# tm which bn wan U» fcnrmt A circular advising the farmers of South Carolina against the purchase of certain alleged “sure cure” for hog cholera has been Issued from Clem- son College by M. Ray Powers, State veterinarian. “Hog cholera remedies,” says the circular, “of all kinds, many of which are advertised as ‘sure cures’ are finding ready sale throughout South Carolina. With the purpose of pro tecting our citizens from this form of quackery the veterinary division of Clemson college will upon request of any citizens of thts State test any of these so-called cures or remedies. A sealed package "of the remedy to be tested should accompany the re quest.” Concerning one remedy offered for sale in South Carolina the circular says: “With this remedy, which was pur chased direct from the manufactur ers, we received a bountiful supply of testimonials and other lierature. From these we quote the following extravagant statements: “'Properly handled, the remedy will stamp the cholera out of the Enited States in five years For with it you can raise immune pigs from one imneration to another, and there won 1 d be no material for the germ to work on ' “It is also claimed that this won derful remedy will save 92 per rent to 9.', per cent of hogs in an infect ed herd If taken In time The direc tions for treatment of sick hogs are aa follows: * ‘Keep hogs without food for thir ty-six hours, then feed twice daily for a period of eight days, boiled corn over which the remedy has been spread. In addition these sick hogs are supposed to have auffleient appet- tlte to ron«ume. twice dally, slop con taining rhis remedy ' Any one farnll liar with ling cholera knows that the appetite Is usually lost In the early stages of the disease, and hogs suf ferlng from the acute form of chol era are dead or near death before eight da\s have claps* d In the print el directions, however, great stress 1- laid on th** neces«lty for not giv ing more than the hogs will clean up greedlh an t to go slow, keep hun gry ’ Needless to say, we ex perl • need considerable difficulty In giving this remedy ' • Ref.-, ring to another remedy offer <;d for sale the circular saya "If the value of thte preparation could compare with the nerve of Its manufacturer* It would undoubtedly be a specific for cholera They offer to demonstrate at the company s ex pense the efficiency of this wonderful remedy before any body of farmers or State experiment station After test ing this remedy we wrote the manu factur. rs asking th.-m to demonstrate to us th» value of thla preparation Two men were sent to the college and we outlined the following tests To prove the value of the remedy as a preventive Five or six suscep tlble pigs to he treated by the com pany s representatives for aa long i time as they demand necessary to protect them from cholera After treatment these plga were to be ex posed to the diease “Objection was made to this test on the ground that the company dt not make t-fe positive claim that the remedy would protect hogs from chol'-ra We. however. Insisted upon this test, as the company's literatur* was so worded as to leave tho im pres'-ion that the remedy was a pre venti ve. “To prove that a majority of sus of the remedy. Fight or ten suscepti ble pigs to bo divided Into equal lots Lot No. 1, pigs to be Injected with virus and then turned over to th company’s representatives for them to demonstrate their ability to save these pigs. (It will be noted that we did not ask that treatment be de ferred until pigs became sick. This should have been done to make the test conclusive.) Lot No. 2, pigs to be expqsed to sick hogs and as soon as they became sick the demonstra tors were to cure them. Objection was also raised to this test, but, as the manufacturers claimed that the remedy would cure hogs affected with cholera, their representatives were obliged to agree to this test. “To prov that a majority of sus ceptible pigs, exposed to cholera, could be saved by the remedy. A sick hog to be placed in a disinfected pen with four or five susceptible pigs. All pigs to be given the remedy and the company’s representatives to save as many as they could with their remedy. This was the only test to which no objection was raised. "The company’s representative were Informed that In order to pre vent the injectlon'o^ susceptible pigs with antl-hog cholera serum, It, would be necessary for us to keep the pigs under constant supervision dur ing the day and under lock and key at night. “Proposed test No S was com menced the first day The writer left tha college that evening with th# ■md#r#l&fidlnx that the other propo#- t© bn undertaken the FEAR HUERTA HAS TRICK BELIEVE HUERTA IS PREPARING TO SURPRISE THEM. Born at Winnsboro, David Dnbo#e Gaillard Becomes One of the Fore most of Army Engineers and Was Largely Renponsigle for the Sac- cess at Panama. Lieut. Col. David Dubose'Galllard, United States army, who directed the engineering work in the Culebra Cut, a division of the Panama canal, died at John Hopkins hospital at Balti more Friday. Lieut. Col. Gaillard had been a patient at the hospital since August 17 last, suffering from a growth in the head, the result of seven years’ arduous labor in the tropical climate of the Canal Zone. He failed gradually but steadily, and for the last two months had been in a state of coma, due to the pres sure of the cranial growth upon the brain cells. The physicians decided ome time ago that an operation was useless and might hasten his death, le Is survived by his widow and a on. Lieut. David P. Gaillard, Fnlted States army. Roth were at the bed side when tho prid came. Lieut. Col. Raillanl was born at Winnsboro, S. C , in lk'1 He arad- uated from West Point Military \cademy in ISat and since that time had won many honors In the engi neering service A bill was intro- lured in congress lu-t month pro moting him to the rank of colonel In recognition of h 1 * distinguished ser- BURNEDJTO DEATH TIENTT EIGBT MEN CAUGHT IN B0ST8N DEATH TIAP vices which < ulminated In tho great engineering feat in the Cub-bra sec tion of the Panama canal When Culebra Cut was flooded by the blast Ing of Gamboa dike on October 10 ast Co! Gaillard lay unconscious In his bed at the hospital Col Calllard's death Is the cul mination of a breakdown Incurred by ong hours of work and exposure In ttie ('anal Zone, where he pitted his kill as an engineer agairst the shift ing soil of ttie Culebra Cut To him had be<-n glw-n the most difficult task n connect on with the canal s con structlon. to master the landslides and quicksands which extended for L-t.t miles abmp the line of the Cu! ••bra cut During the early years of his con test with the landslide* Col Gaillard never knew what a morning was to bring forth Over night the moun tains moved and covered with thetr deposit the tracks and even the cars, which were used t<> remove materia! The Culebra Cut runs through the backbone of the American continent Gaillard dug Indomitably until hill after hill found Its angle of repose and he checked the landslide* save at Cucuracha and points nearby There the sliding was persistent, but had visibly weakened, when the engineer was compelled to stop h:s work and seek rest For the greater period of his work on the Isthmus Col Gaillard was without a chief assistant He wanted to save money He gave his atten tion not only to the great engineering problems, but to all the details of shovel work, train work and drain age He checked up on the small things and once it was computed that by his careful oversight he had aaved the government $17,0i'0,0o0 Men who worked with him aald that he gave twelve hours of each day to the Culebra Cut In addition he had a voice in all matters pertain Ing to engineering work in the zone, to civil administration and to the general conduct of affairs The hard work, the nervous strain, the worry and the tropical climate combined broke his health at the hour of his final triumph. There was little left, there to be done but to remove the soft earth of tho side of Cucuracha. Federal# Are Believed to Have Aban doned Outlying Districts in Order to More Effectively Guard Interior to More Effectively Guard Interior. The feeling has spread among rebel leaders that the Huerta gov ernment Is preparing some sinister surprises in connection with the pro jected march of Gen. Francisco Villa’s army toward Mexico City. That the Federal troops had aban doned nearly all of the northern part of the republic, after they had been beaten and forced to seek safety in the mountains or on the United States border, and that Gen. Salvador Mercado, the Federal commander, had pronounced his forces bankrupt, was not accepted as indicating that the rebels will be unresisted in their advance south. The idea prevailed that some of Gen. Salvador Mercado’s federal troops, after evacuating Chihuahua, possibly might have left the main body and swung around to the north and west in an attempt to throw a force between Villa and his base at J uarez. Shauld Villa lose his communica tion with Juarez he would he isolated ; n Chihuahua and thus tie !n the posi tion of the foderals before they evac uate! that city. Direct cotninunka- tion with Villa's headquarters show ed that no federals had been seen anywhere with Villa's slow progress towards the State capital was merely precautionary. Villa, himself, is convinced that the burr'Inc away of the federal generals without being put under fire was su f (blent indiration that they are dis heartened and fearful of mutiny by the unpaid soldiers ami in conse quence no more Important fighting Is to h*> expected uiit 1 1 the rebel army Invade* the territory south of Shl- huahua Meantime he Is moving < m tiouslv The extension of their terri tory has placed m w respnns'bili'les upon the rebels It consists In pro te, ting the property which formerly thev a * re engaged In destroying Relief is expressed that the F*-<1 • ■rnIs had an ohj' < t in eval uating chi huahua and other Related Federal garrisons where It was Impossible f"r them to do much more than de fend themseh*•«. and that their pur pose In abandoning their post was to permit a more concerted and oner getle defence In the reti'ral and southern states whore forts are more numerous and <otnm in.catnin ,« eas er r>n Villa's intention to augment tils present army of 7 hv v-at- ••red bands aUout Torreon and Zara tecaa and to maw* a aolM force of 2b.bOb or more rebel* on the march in a unique position Heretofore they have been acattered. while the strength i f the Fed* rals was divided ^v the;r having to garrison the north ern Pities As ttie rebel* gain territory the relative positions of the Federal* and NO CHANCE TO ESCAPE Chtap Hotel An Tenement District I# Quickly Consumed—Back Rooms Had Been Rented for the Night and Inmate# Had Doors Locked, Pre venting Access to Fire Escape#. HON0R WORK OF LATE CANAL ENGI NEER IS APPRECIATED. ♦ v; "ti MADE MURDEROUS ATTACK. Negro Named Oliver Adams Assault ed Mr. George llnghe#. The Greenwood Index Bays Mr George Hughes, a well known farm er who lives below New Market close to Lebanon church was murderously assaulted Tuesday morning by a ne gro named Oliver Adams. Oliver was a cropper on Mr, Hughes place. He did not come up Monday to attend to the work of attending to the stock and while h« and Mr. Hughes were weighing cotfon Tuesday, Mr, Hughes reproved bird for it. The negro re sented it and picking up the stick which was used to hold up the steel yards for weighing struck Mr. Hughes several blows with It. Mr. Hughes had his right arm broken and severa very painful cuts on the head and face. following morning. We regret to say that these tests were never romplet ed, owing to the fact that the com pany’s representatives packed their belongings and left by the earliest train on the following morning ” "We can truthfully say that the Injection of water would have been equally beneficial.” says the bulletin regarding another remedy which was given a thorough tout. ret" Is will t**' r*\ tTs.-l, th*- latter having to protect what they have won, while the Federal* will be more at liberty for avgreasive fighting It wa* this condition that led Villa to consider whether the government at Mexico City was not planning a cam paign of considerable extent further south and when the comparatively undisciplined rebel forces might have to contend with greater numbers and superior fighting machinery Word came from the vicinity of Ojlnaga, on the Texas border, that Gen Mercado and the other Federal officers and troops were moving slow- y ami that many of the civillians were on foot. The rebels had prom ised not tolsturb them until the bor der was reached. The picturesque exodus of the peo ple across the desert has attracted thousands of persons to I’residio, Texas, opposite Ojinaca. Somewhere behind the refugees a bullion train is straggling across the desert with $2.- •".00,000 worth of metal from thqi sil ver mines of Parral. Parrg#has-been cut off from train service for months, and it was decided to bring the silver to the border in wagons. Twenty-five men were killed in a fire which swept through the upper floors of the Arcadia hotel, a lodging house in the south portion of Boston Wednesday. Others are missing. Scores were taken to hospitals suffer ing from burns and Injuries received in jumping from windows. Nearly all the bodies were terribly burned and mutilated, making identification Impossible. The victims were men in poor cir cumstances who had resorted to the place for a night’s lodging, ('aught in the crowded bunks on the top floor of the five-story brick building and In tho small rooms on the fourth floor they were helpless. When they were aroused the stairways were In flames and there was a mad ru«h for the fire escapes at the rear. Practically all the men were naked. Many were rescued by the firemen and police Some escaped by walk ing a shaky plank stretched to an adjoining building or by Jumping across a five-foot alb y to neighboring roofs. The property loss la only "00. The Arcadia was located at the corner of Washington and La- ci n.a streets Tho lower floors were occupied by stores The fire apparently started-in a 1 all way closet on the afreet floor. The flumes swept up the wooden stairway* and burned through tho roof Ac cording to William Walsh, the night clerk, there were ]78 lodgers In the building when the fire was discovered by a passing newsboy. After turning in an alarm h** ruah* d Into the build ing awakening tbe m*-n with hit shouts The top f1*>or was one large room filled with cott and bunk* (>n the fourth floor where the loss of life wa* heaviest. there were 30 tiny rooms, like cells, with two cot* in • *< h A hallway ran through the .enter Nearly all those occupying room* on the front of the building P* rlshod Th** men In the rear rooms, opening on the fire escape had locked the door* when they went to bed and those tn front were enable to reach the fire escape When the firemen arrived flames w* re thootlng 20 feet In the sir from the windows on the fourth and fifth floors and the fire escapes and the roof were a mans of shrieking, strug gling humanttv Despite shouts of nn- • urance from below, three men Jump ed from the roof Two were Instant ly killed The third, who had wrap ped s mattraess around himself, es caped with a f*-w bruise*. Life net* were quickly stretched by the firemen and many were rescued in this manner Others were taken down ladders with the flames sweep lug about them. The Intense heat soon drove the firemen from their ladders and made it necessary to fight the fire from the street and from the elevated railway structure running In front of the building It was nearly an hour after the firemen arrived before they were able to enter the lodging house. The first man to asend a smoking ladder shouted: ".My God, boys, that place h littered with dead.” Congress Will Probably Give Evidence of Its Gratitude to Engi neer Who Gave up Hi# Life. Mach sympathetic attenfloh hag been attracted in Washington by th# collapse of Col. David DuBose Gail lard, says a news-dispatch from that place. Immediately after the close of his great work on the Panama canal, his illness resisting all the efforts of the ablest physicians and culminating in his death a few days ago. Col. Gaillard, as nearly everybody knows, was in charge of the Culabra division of the canal. His problem was to dig the famous Culebra Cut and overcomp the landslides. While there will be slides from time to time at various places along the route of the interoceanlc waterway, as the re port of Col. Goethals warns, It is nevertheless, beyond question that the main battle has been won and that the cessation of the slides Is only a matter of time. The chief credit for this, as Washington sees the mat ter, goes to the South Carolina engi neer, whose nervous system gave way irretrievably after the worst of the struggle w as over. There is a peculiar pathos In the manner in which Col. Galllard's breakdown first manifested Itself. He had just accomplished th** solution of what was regarded as the last very difficult problem connected with the completion of his division Ho was taking a walk along the side of the mighty excavation with a friend, con templating the almost finished achievement, when all at once he asked a question which started his companion by indicating utter ignor ance that such a thing as the canal or Panama existed In a few more minutes It was ap- ar. n» that the colonel's memory was blank wl'h regard to everything hat had occurred alnre he had com# th** uthmus This remarkable METEORIC SHOWERS. Cheraw People Are Astounded by Rare Visitation. At 10:30 o’clock Thursday night there was A meteoric shower near Sheraw. One aerolite hurst with a terrific noise, like a clap of thunder, the shining fragments flying in all directions. Many persons In that town mistook the crash, thinking something had fallen in their houses and lighted lamps to investigate. One family thought their mother had fallen out of bed and went to get her back In bed. Many supposed It was an earthquake and made for out doors, badly frightened. However, they have settled back into their old habits, and no damage was done. Burned to Death. G W. Gay of Cartcrsrllle, Ga , patent In # private sanitarium there was burned to death early Thursday In s fire that destroyed a cottage In which he and four others were hoas- ed Hte room door had UNUSUAL CASE. Saluda Girl Gets 91,000 Damage# for Mistreatment. On the ground that an agent of the Southern Railway company had en couraged others to attempt to hug and kiss Miss Emma Rodgers, a 16 year-old Saluda girl, a Jury in the court of common pleas at Saluda re turned a verdict of J 1,000 in favor of the young woman. A motion for a new trial was overruled. It appears that Miss Rodgers while in the passenger station at Ward In August last, was mistreated and the allegation of the complalm was that the agent of defendant fall ed and neglected to give the protec tlon to the young wrl that the law requires and that, acting in concert with others, he aided and abetted anc encouraged others to attempt to hug and kiss the plaintiff. Miss Rodgers is only about 16 years of age ant was on her way to Graniteville to visit relatives when the alleged mis conduct and maltreatment occurred. A verdict for $1,000 waa returned against the railroad. tl to condition never changed, though, for while *trange to aay the atrlcken getiin* waa able to recall clearly the event* and labor* of hi* career pre- vlou* to hla aaalgnment to Panama All the clrrumafancea of the caae prove that the man sacrificed hla Ilf# In thla crowning work a* certainly as ever a aoldter did In battle—only la tht* Inatanre the battle laated for year* It la tak*n for granted that eon- grcaa will aultably honor the memory of Gaillard. but juat what form the leglalaticn will take remains to be aeen If he had recovered he would ■ all probability have received pro motion to the rank of brigadier gen eral Since hie death, howevsr. It Is understood that If no member of tbo South Carolina delegation In congr— offer* a bill to have the government take care of Mr# Gaillard, one will be •o Introduced by either Repre#«nt»- tlve Austin of Tennessee or Repre sentative Tavenner of Illinois Immo- dlately. It le desired, It i# said, to have some ftouth Carolina member take the Initiative In tbe matter, bit If this Is not done then one of th# other two Just mentioned will prob ably propoee to have the government pay Mr* Gaillard $100 a month dar ing her lifetime In recognition of th# service# of h*r distinguished kan ban d KILLED ON BORDER. Man, Attached to Oavalry, Meet# Death at Post. On Sunday the funeral of the lat# Joseph Wood, of I^aurens county, member of the Fifteenth cavalry, U. S. A . who was killed on the Mexi can border November 21, was held at Mount Bethel church, In the western part of that county, the body having reached home on Saturday. Young Wood was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Wood of the Mount Bethel section and enlisted in the United States service about two years ago. While out with a detachment of cav alry along the Mexican border he re ceived fatal gunshot wotmds, hot th# particulars have not been obtained. • Farmer Drinks Poison. Despondency over the condition of his health is said to hare caused J. C. Tolleson, a well known farmer of Laurens county, to drink a sufficient quantity of carbolic acid to cause his death at a late hour Thursday night. Forty-six lives Lost. Forty-six lives were lost Thursday by the foundering of the Swedish steamer Malmberget off Bodo. Nor- lockad, way Admitted to the Bar. The State board has recommended that the following be admitted to the bar: J. C. McGowan, of Laurens; Paul S. Dodson, of Abbeville; OHn L. Etack, of Columbia; D. E. Finley Jr., of Yorkville; W. A. Isgett, of St. Mat thews; John T. Sloan, of ColamhlaL,. * T. M. Munro, of Union; James If. Lynch, of Florence. » Smothered While Asleep. Eugene Williams, a negro employ ed at the Farmers’ Oil Mill, of An derson, was smothered to death Thursday when he fell asleep near the overflow of a cotton seed flue. The seed poured on him as he slept and before the other laborers noticed the negroe’s disappearance life exinct. Negro Suicides. Monday evening about 8 o’clodk a negro named Foy Henderson, of Rock Hill, shot his wife in tb# shoulder and ran from th# hons#, pursued by the pollee. ty he ran Into th# negro Church and turaod hla gva #a •elf. blowing th# to* of Mb hand