The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 08, 1906, Image 2
THE LAND OF
{Vhere the mists of London come not
To onsen re the Scottish shy.
Where they call a maid a "ia>sie"'
And they all say "dec" for die."
In my hands 1 hold the heather
And my feet arc in the ferns
Oi the land of Annie Laurie
And the home oi l>obu:e Burns.
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CHAPTER I.
m H, dear.' Oil. dear!"
tSJ u=jj Surely some one was
g| crying close by. Dr. Ilnnv/
juornl stocu si ill a moment
jj^j pi' to listen. He was very
ttireu. lie had been failed out of his
bed soon after midnight to attend a patient,
and now was returning home
"with the prospect of breakfast and an
hour's sleep to cheer him on the way.
He gave a little involuntary sigh at
the thought of possible hindrance, then
turned aside from the beaten path
through Balford Woods, as the sound
of distress was distinctly repeated. A
few steps and he came upon the figure
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I Ot a girl, prone ;:i lue iuoi ut ?i utr. i
The thick moss luid deadened the
noise of his approach, and she started I
? .violently when he said:
"What is the matter? Have you hurt
yourself?"
"I didn't hear you coaling. IIow you
startled me! Hurt myself? I should
think L have! Dreadfully, horribly?
Oh! oh!"
-A twinge of pain blanched her
cheeks.
Dr. Hammond was down on his
knees iu an instant.
"Your ankle, isn't it? Yes, I see,"
noting the awkward position of the leg.
"You have given it a "nasty twist. You
fell, I suppose?"
"Yes. I did," iu cross assent. "1
came out for a walk. I thought -I'd
like to see how the woods look iu the
early morning. Oh, dear, I wish 1
?.>" hadn't come?I never will again! And
then I caught my foot in a horrid root
that stuck out, and fell, and when I
tried to get up I couldn't, and I have
been lyiug here, oh, ages, and 1 thought
no one ever would pass by."
"Poor little girl," said Philip Hammond,
compassionately. "I dare say
the time did seem long. Where do you
live? I don't know your face."
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at Myrtle Cottage. And how I am
to get back there I don't know." and
the tears trickled forlornly down the
girl 's pretty cheeks. For she was
pretty?very pretty?the prettiest girl
Philip thought he had ever seen.
"Oh, that's easy enough. I shall
carry you."
"You carry me? Who are you. pray?"
"Phiiip Hammond, doctor, of this
village, quite at your service," responded
the young man. his recent fatigue
entirely forgotten.
' 'A doctor! How lncky! But"?dubiously?"are
you sure you can carry
Aud, suiting the action to the word,
Philip lifted the slender form with gentle,
capable bands. ]
The girl shuddered, but set her
teeth close.
"I am afraid you will have to endure
some suffering till I can bathe
, and bandage the ankle," said Dr. 11amAnd
before they had gone a dozen
paces Philip saw that she had fainted.
CHAPTER II.
It was a bad sprain, and Lalla Halding?such
Mrs. Dawson informed the
doctor was Ler boarder's name?was a
natipnt Slip \vn? nppvish nnd ir
oug OUUU1U CUUVlf uuv liV, H V/UiU liuv IV
keep her there, not merely for a few
days or a week, but for always. Until
now women, except in the light of patients,
had not interested him. But
Lalla Halding had awakened the love
which had been dormant in In n:s heart
during all liis thirty years of life. He
knew nothing about her. He fancied
|!fe, she was a governess or a typewriter
spending her scant holidays at Monticello.
But her occupation in life mattered
naught to him. He loved her
wif-'* nn nil nhsnrhin?r 1 n<<sinn_ Pr^s
ently, when slie was stronger, he would
tell her of his love.
"On the contrary, I am sorry that
you should be in pain.'* he said, bending
ver the foot, which l?.e was rebuilding.
iu spite ct hi., efforts at self control
his voice and iiis hands trembled ever
so slightly. The tears did not prevent
Lalla's sharo yes from noting these
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small sigm. cf emotion.
>'ou are clumsy this morning; you
hurt me!" she exclaimed, impatiently.
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"I am sorry," rejoined the doctor, as ]
lie adjusted the hist fastening. j
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ANNIE LAURIE.
Now I put the hills behind mc,
And o'er the ocean gray
1 raze out toward the Occident
With tear wet eyes to-day;
To earth's mainland?America?
My tired spirit turns
.From the land of Annie Laurie,
And the home of JJo'nbie -Burns.
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It had been an ordeal today, tending
and talking to this fra-tious patient,
who c every mood allure * and fascinated
bin).
"1 can't hluk how you e re to be always
in the eouutry," she remarked by
ami by.
"Can : ou not? My wcr * is here," he
repiicd.
"Yes. but the country is so dull."
"Perhaps, i! 1 had had a choice, 1
might have chosen a city pr&oti^c. But
I succeeded ilv father, whom I had
previously assisted. lie died two years
ago. my mother only last year?and
my father succeeded his father."
"I see?a sort of inheritance. But
yon would hko to live in tue jtieuupulis.
would you not?" Lalla persisted.
"I might."
CHAPTER III.
"I may try to walk to-day, may 1
not?" Lalla's eyes were sparkling, her
c-hceks were flushed.
She looked radiant. Philip had
thought her pretty before. To-day he
deemed her beautiful. His glance feil
and his pulses throbbed fiercely.
"Perhaps. I will see," he rejoined,
in a low voice.
"How gloomy you look! Are you not
well ?" I
"Quite, thank you," was the rather
curt response.
"Then you must be cross. Fie! fie!"
Dr. Hammond made.no reply. He
was stooping over the limb, examining
it, and Lalla, who was watching his
downcast face, smiled a sweet, mischievous
smile.
"Yes, I think you may venture today,"
he said, presently, straightening
himself.
Lally clapped her hands gleefully.
"Joy?joy! Oh, you're a dear, good
doctor!"
"You must be very careful ?very
careful, indeed." returned Philip,
gravely. "Take my arm, and lean
most of your weight on me. Bear very
lightly on the injured foot."
Hpodfnllv carrvimr out iniunctions
1^. "I liate being ill, and, besides, 1
must go back to the city, I must," she
. declared.
"l'ou can't," was Dr. Hammond's
, quiet rejo.ucier.
"But I tell you I must," with increased
vehemence. "I have things to
PC da"
"They must go undone. You certain'r
ly cannot travel yet."
"When can I? In a couple :>f days?
Three days? r'our?"
"No; neither in two, three nor four
days."
"When, then? Oh. how provoking
you are! I believe you are glad to keep
me here ill!" cried Lalla, petulant
tears dimming the brightness of her
dark eyes.
Philip paused a moment before replying.
The girl's words were in a
measure true. He did not desire that
eVifi chi\nl/1 cnfFap linf lir? nv.n'il IM.-a in I
one tour of the room was successfully
accomplished. Then, becoming venturesome,
Lalla tried to be more independent,
with the result that the ankle
gave way under the strain, and, uttering
a cry, she would have fallen to the
ground had not Dr. Hammond held her
tightly.
That was foolish of me, I suppose,"
she said; with a nervous little gasp.
The foot, relieved of her weight, did
not hurt now, but Philip's arms were
clasping her closer and closer.
"I?I?" she began, then she met
his gaze and her own eyes dropped.
"Oh, Lalla, my darling," he whispered,
drawing her nearer to his breast.
"You knew?you must have knownhave
guessed that I loved ; ou."
"I fancied you did." she retorted,
saucily. "Don't you think I have stood
long enough? Ought I not to sit down
now?"
"Of course you ought. What a selfish
brute I am!"
And he drew her to the sofa without
releasing his clasp.
She could feel the tumultuous beating
of his heart as she leaned her head
against his shoulder.
"When did you first begin to care
for me?" she asked.
"When? Why. when I saw you lying
helpless in the wood," he answered.
"What! That very first moment?"
"Yes, that very first moment. It was
all I could do to restrain myself from
kissing you as I carried you here.
Your face lay against my shoulder as
close as it is now. Lalla." '
"What!" in a muffled tone.
"Don't hide your lips. It's useless.
I am going to have my due."
"No, no. Not yet?later, perhaps."
And she covered her burning cheeks
with her hands.
But Philip was a masterful lover.
With one hand he imprisoned her fingers
and with the other turned her face
upward. And In spite of her blushes
and protestations he obtained his desired
CHAPTER IV.
At length Miss Halding was pronounced
convalescent, and the day was
fixed for her return to the :ity. What
a blissful fortnight the last two weeks
had been! Every moment that Philip
could spare from his patients he had
spent with Lalla. And she was such a
fascinating little mortal?kind one moment,
cruel the next. Now whispering
words of tenderest affection, anou
laughing at his vows of love. Cold and
hot by turns. But in whatever mood
she might be, she was still the one
woman in the world to the young doctor.
He had arranged to aeeompany
her to the metropolis, but at the last
hour was prevented. Hendrix Harc-ourt,
one of .the big guns of Monticello,
was seized with an attack of in-,
ternal gout, and would have no other
medical man to attend him but Dr.
Hammond.
"In a couple of days I hope to run
up, darling; even if only for a few
hours."
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J. w i# un\ s ; jjuuicu A^vtiut, livtl C-?
tender and scft. "What ages they will
seem 1"
"What ages they will be?to me. Oh,
my darling, how can I exist apart from J
you? We must be married soon."
"We must not. I have a trousseau to J
get."
"Oh. bother the trousseau. That's
soon bought. The home is ready, darling?ready
and waiting for its mistress."
"But. rhilip, I have told you I can't
consent to live in the country. You
must secure a practice in the big city."
Philip looked rueful.
"As soon as I can, dearest. I don't
think I can afford it yet. But we will
save all we can. aud then it shall be
as you wish."
Ealla smiled brightly.
"We will discuss it when you come
up to see me. Mind, you must not be
longer than two days."
But it was a week before Philip was
free to seek his ladylove. Mr. Har- |
court's seizure was more cerious than
any previous one, and Philip could not
leave him till he was out of immediate
danger. Then as fast as an express
train could take him he hurried to the
bustling city.
When his cab stopped at the address
Lalla had given him there were three
or four carriages waiting at the door.
"Evidently her emoloyers rre very
fashionable people." thought Philip, as
he alighted and paid the driver. Nothing
definite as to Lalla'r position had
ever been said, but he had the impression
that she earned her livelihood as
a governess.
He asked for Miss Raiding, and his j
name v.*as passed from one obsequious '
servant to another, till at last the door ;
of a large, sumptuously furnished par-;
lor was throv .1 wide, and "Dr. Ham- j,
mond" was announced in stentorian
tones.
There were many people in the big
apartment, but he clearly saw Laila as J
she rose to greet him, her hand outstretch2d
and a radiant smile on her
countenance.
She was pouring out tea. She gave
him a cup, and a footman handed him
cake. He ate and drank like a man in
a dream.
Then one by one the visitors took i
their leave, and Laila and Philip were
alone.
She came up to him then and laid
her hands on his shoulders, and lifted
her lips for the anticipated kiss.
"Oh, my love, my love!" she mur- 1
mured, "the time has been so long,
and then those people, I thought they 1
would never go."
j But Philip stood cold and unrespon|
sive.
"Is this yenrs?" he queried. "Are
'you the mistress here?"
"Certainly I am."
"Why that masquerading at Monti-,
cello?"
"There was no masquerading. I i.
went there for a little quiet. I was j
tired of the city gayety ana aissipation,
and wanted simplicity for a
change."
"But you led me to suppose that
you were a governess?"
"No, I did not. Reflect a moment, :
and you will remember that I never !
led you to suppose anything of the sort. 1
It was purely your own supposition.
But, rhilip," coaxingly and tremulous- '
ly, "it makes no difference, does it, 1
that I am rich instead of poor?" <
Almost roughly he put her from
him.
"No difference!" he repeated harshly.
"I, a poor village doctor, could not
venture to marry an heiress such as (
you must be. I wish you good-by
Miss Halding." j
CHAPTER V.
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It had been a winter of bitter cold s .
and biting frost, and the spring was j
late ' and unpleasant. Philip had L
passed the time with an aching smart [ .
at his heart, that now was settling
to dull, gnawing pain. He had loved
Lalla with such intense passion, such j
sudden, fierce ardor. In that short I
halcyon period she had grown to be
almost a part of himself, and now he 1
must pass his life without her. Oh,
the orderings of fate were cruel!
He would do his best to forget her
?he must. And, as an aid to this laud
able end, be invariably, -whenever be 1
passed through Ralford Woods, visited
the scene ol their first meeting.
To-day the east wind was blowing
I its worst; still Philip turned aside, as
he had done so many times before.
But this time there was some one
j seated on the root which had been the
cause of Lalla's accident. The some
one was a woman, who lifted her
I drooping head as a twig snapped under
Philip's foot.
It was Lalla. Lalla, pale and sad,
and with dark rimmed eyes.
"You!" she cried, rising. "Why do
you come here :"
"Why do you?" was the counter
query.
"Because I must," she burst out.
"Oh, Philip, Philip! if you do not mind
for yourself, have mercy on me. You
want a city practice?you said you
did, at least. Buy one with my money.
Use it for what purpose you will, but,
oh, don't let it stand between us and
happiness. I love you. Philip, and is
my love to be of less account than
my money?"
He stood speechless, motionless.
"Answer me, Philip," she pleaded;
"say you love me still, say you will do
what I ask you?what I beg you to
do!"
Her hands touched his own timidly,
nf ttio rt ft- ii cifldon nnlrfif
auu at inv u. uuuuvk
thrilled Lim from head to foot. He
caught the girl in a fierce embrace;
he rained hungry, passionate ?;i?ses on
her cheeks and her lips.
"My darling?my darling!" he burst
forth, "I cannot live without you! I
have tried, but I cannot. Rich or
poor, you belong to me! I must have
you!"?New York Weekly.
The world's diamond production
summed up shows that India has produced
10,000,000 karats;. Brazil, 12,- J
000,000; Africa, 57,000,000 . I
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Tom Davis Captured in Florida. \
A news item from Starke, Fia., is as t
follows: Georsre W. Baisden, deputy t
Sheriff, captured Tom Davis, colored, c
or Kingstree, S. C., wanted for murder
and criminal assault, and has turned
him over to the authorities of that
state.
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New South Carolina Line.
Notice has been given out at Spar* j.
tanburg that on March 31 application
would be made to the secretary of
state for a charter for the Spartanburg 11
and Glenn Springs Southern Railroad J
company, which plans to construct a ?
line from Spartanburg to Aiken. It h
will be about one hundred miles long, e
and will traverse many sections of t
seven counties. The promoters are a
capitalists of Spartanburg. e
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Slot Machine Man Fined. <]
Manager Cain of the Columbia Vend- s
lng company was fined by the recdrder
for allowing his slot machines to sell ?
cigars and chewing gum in violation J
of the Sunday ordinance. The ma- c
chines did a big Sunday business, s
which excited the jealousy of soft I
rlrink merchants, whose Dlaces were I s
closed. *
Cain will carry the case to the su- L
preme court if necessary. This is the
first case of its kind in the state.
New Court House Under Way.
At the recent session of the state
legislature a bill was introduced by
Senator Cole L. Blease of Newberry,
authorizing the county to issue bonds
to the amount of $40,000 for the erection
of a new court house.
At a meeting of the commission
named in the bill to erect the building,
Hon. George S. Mower was elected
chairman. A site will be selected
by the commission at once, and work
on the new temple of justice is expected
to begin at an early date.
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Young Woman Burns to Death.
Miss Maggie Swartz, whose home is
in Columbia, was the victim of death
by fire at Killians, a few days ago.
She was visiting near Killians at the
time, and was out watching a number
of men burn a right of way for a tram t
road.
She was asked to extinguish a fire i
ir. a turpentine box, which caught fire
near her and in throwing an apron
full of sand on it the flames shot out
and enveloped her and set fire to her
clothing.
She ran, screaming, and before she
could be overtaken she was dead. The
body was found in underbrush a short
distance away.
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Legare-Prioleau Election Contest.
A Washington special says: House
election committee No. 1 began hearings
Monday in the Legare-Prioleau
election contest for the seat in the J
house from the first South Carolina
district. James H. Stewart, attorney
for Aaron P. Prioleau, the negro who
is attempting to unseat Representative
George . S. Legare, opened the case
with a view of the charges against 1
Legare's campaign managers. He al- 1
legea that the system of voting was 1
illegal; that legal ballots were kept 1
from the ballot boxes, and that the ]
South Carolina constitution of 1895 1
limiting the right of suffrage was unconstitutional.
Stewart denied the al- i
legation of Legare's supporters that 1
Prioleau was not the regular nominee i
of the republicans and charged that
an attempt was made to mob Prioleau,
w ho was a mail clerk, had to shut himself
in a mail car to avoid the mob I
at Eutawville, S. C., and was falsely
charged with robbing the mails and
convicted. !
W. A. Holman and M. Rutledge Riv- |
ers appeared for Legare. Mr. Holman i
defended the South Carolina consti- i
tution, saying it contains an educa- <
tional qualification for voters, which 1
is enforced against blacks and whites <
alike. Mr. Rivers denounced as ab- :
surd the charge that an attempt was
made to mob Prioleau and said it was
based merely on hearsay. He reviewed
the prosecution of Prioleau for robbing
the mails, and said he was convicted
by a jury on which two negroes
sat.
This conviction, he said, would ex- '
plain the small vote for Prioleau. 1
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Hasty Trial Sensational.
Many sensational features attended
the trial of George Hasty at Gaffney.
The siate introduced several witnesses
in rebuttal, particularly to disprove '
the allegations of self-defense made by
Hasty and his witnesses. Miss Slier '
iden, a member of the "Nothing But
Money" company, of which Davison
was also a member, and to whom she ^
was understood to have been engaged 1
at the time of the killing, was brought i
again to the stand. She declared untrue
the statement that Davison had '
a knife in his hand when he was at- 1
tacked by Hasty. Every effort of the ,
defendant's attorneys to discredit her
testimony and to confuse her on the
stand pfoved entirely fruitless.
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AT ine D'jgiunmg ul mc mai ? j
tion to quash the indictment against
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rlasty on technical grounds was do- I
tied. The motion of the defendant's i
counsel to postpone the trial 0:1 ac;ount
of the absence of material wit.e-ses
was also overrulej.
TJeicre beginning the testimony of ,
diss rheriden the judge frankly warn1
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?c>. ire lacaes present uiui uuuuus
vduld be suppressed and requested
hem to leave if they did not desire
o hear testimony which mighi prove
iffensive. A number left.
DEATH CLAIMS A CAVALIER. I
Isjor Livingston Mims Passes Away
at His Home in Atlanta.
Hon. Livingston Mims, mayor of At^nta
in 1901 and 1902, president of
he Capital City Club for twenty years, .
uanager of the Atlanta offices of the
sTew York Life Insurance company, ,
;allant Confederate veteran, princely ,
tost at his palatial home on many
nemorable occasions, eloquent racon- ,
eur and famous after-dinner orator,
nd one of the mocst widely known
nen in the south, died Monday morons
of diabetes at his home on the
orner of Peachtree street and FJonce
le Leon avenue after an illness of
everal days.*
Notwithstanding his open-handed
;enercsity and princely hospitality;
dajor Mims left a handsome property,
onsisting of his home on Peachtree
tieet, a blcck of brick stores on
3eacliiree, several dwellings, ana a
;eodly amount cf life insurance. It "Is
tstimated that his estate will not be
ess than $150,000.
Major Mams was born in South Car>lina,
and came of a distinguished
amily with a gallant record in the
yar of the revolution. When a very
oung man, he was fired with ambiion
to go further west, and knowing
if the intellectual giants who at that
ime controlled the destinies of Misissippi,
he determined to make his
tome in that state. He removed to
fackson, the capital of the state, was
admitted to the bar, and acquired a
arge plantation near Jackson, which
tecame famous for the magnificence
tnd hospitality of its social gatherings,
ie entered politics as a friend and
ollower of Jefferson Davis, and soon
tccupied a seat in the state senate
vhere he won the reputation of being
>ne of the most fluent speakers, and
ilert debaters of that body. He also
;erved a term as clerk of the supreme
:ourt of that state.
At the first sound of the war tocsin, ,
vfctjor Mims donned his suit of Conederate
gray and offered his services
o bis adopted state.
After the war Major Mims found his
property swept away, but with his ac:ustomed
determination, he buckled on
he garments of peace and started out
? Annomnanipfi hv General John
LLLCVV* v?
?ton, he went to Savannah, Ga., and
ogether they opened an insurance
msiness under the firm name of Joseph
E. Johnston & Co. Attracted by
he growth of Atlanta Major Mims deermined
to cast bis lot with the young
;ity, and* removed to Atlanta in the
icginning of the seventies. General
Tohnston returned to his old home in
/irginia, where,he became a member
)f congress and served as commissioner
of railroads during the first adninistration
of President Cleveland.
GENERAL DUVALL ASSIGNED.
To Command Department of Gulf
With Headquarters in Atlanta.
Formal announcement is made at
:he war department in Washington of
:he assignment of Brigadier General
P. Duvall to the command of the department
of the gulf with headquarters
at Atlanta.
General Duvall, who has a splendid
record in the artillery corps, in which
tie served many years, is one of the
most popular officers of the army.
LOUISIANA WINS CONTEST.
Boundary Case Lost by Mississippi Before
High Court.
The supreme court of the United
States Monday decided the case of
Louisiana vs. Mississippi, involving
the water boundary line between the
states, in favor of Louisiana. As
controversy was between two states,
the case originated in the supreme
court. The dispute involved the peninsula
and adjacent islands.
ENGINE CREW MEET DEATH.
Locomotive Turned Over and Three
Men Were Caught Under It
Three men were burned to death in
a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio
short line at Smithfield, W. Va., Monday
morning. A freight engine turned
over and the engineer, fireman and
brakeman were buried under the engine.
They were literally roasted by
escaping steam.
WILLS TO RESUME OPERATION.
Receiver Ordered by Court to Start
Creelman Lumber Co's Works.
All the mills and lumber camps of
:he F. E. Creelman Lumber and Manufacturing
company of Chicago and
New Orleans, will resume operations.
At the conclusion of a conference of
stockholders, it was decided to petition
Judge Wright, of the United
States court, at Danville, 111., for an
Drder directing Receiver Lansden to
start the company's plants in Louisiana
and Alabama, and carry out existing
contracts. The petition was
granted by Judge Wrignt
GUT DEADLY SWATH |1
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A Terrific Cyclone Swoops j
Down Upon Meridian. J
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Many Large Buildings in Center of
City Demolished?Work of Rescue
and Rebuilding Quickly Put
Under Way.
The revised list of dead and injured
as the result of the tornado which
swept through Meridian, Miss., shows '
a. total of twenty-four dead and forty- ;.|j
six injured, a number of whom are
not expected to live. No additional? ^
deaths had been reported since Saturday
night. I
The property loss has been semi- /
officially reported at $1,250,000, the es- x
tirnntpd dpstmntinn nt' residpnrea ft 39
alone being placed at $500,000, practically
all in the Lindsey Hill section,
of the east end and Georgetown. Ot
the sufferers from the tornado, only ?
five carried tornado insurance, amoun- % |
ting to $67,000.
"Seven companies of state militia.
are still cn guard and enforcing work ::.'A
by idle negroes, one hundred being 'jfj
put to work removing the debris.
Work of relief was continued all
day Saturday, and hundreds of me- ^ ji
cnanic3 are ready to begin the work
of rebuilding.
Authentic reports received froaa _ V
Macon, Marion and Meehan Junction*
all of which were reported destroyed* . ^3^
state that there were no fatalities at
either place. Meehan Junction es- ' :f M
caped entirely, the destruction of the ^Iffi
commissary being traceable to other
causes.
No fatalities occurred other thai* .
those in and around Meridian.
The general relief committee de- >,j
.Jded to accept the voluntary contri- |
buttons from other points, but stated I
positively Meridian was not seeking i
outside aid. A
Many sensational reports were sent .7'*?*?8
cut of sn appalling loss of life, due? k
probably to the chaotic condition of
affairs immediately following the viaitation
of the storm, but after a care- '^118
ful canvass of the situation, the foregoing
figures appear to be complete,
A mass meeting of citizens of Meridian
was called Saturday, and 58,
CCO was immediately subscribed to aid
the destitute and injured. The Mississippi
legislature, in session at
Jackson, appropriated $5,000 to the re- :v^3h|
lief fund.
Governor Vardaman at .noon secured
a special train, and loading it ?||s
with convicts from the Rankin coun- \
ty farm, dispatched it at once to Me-^ ^
lidian. The city now enjoys theunique
spectacle of state convicts.
aiding in the rescue work. i .-4^
The tornado which played such.
frightful havoc appeared in the southwest
at 6:27 o'clock Friday evening.
A low, funnel-shaped cloud was seen .
to foim near the city. A heavy
downpour or ram naa Deen railing
when suddenly the humidity became |
Intense. With a roar that could be- ; |||gH
heard a great distance the storm appreached
from the southwest and descended
upon the city.
First Reports Exaggerated.
Details of the cyclone as first sent ?|pjS
out were as follows:
Information reached Mobile, Ala.,. ,' ./
Saturday morning at two o'clock 7; ;
by telephone, all % telegraph \
wires being down, that a destructive- . y?
tornado visited Meridian, Miss., at
6:30 o'clock Friday evening, killing- * ^7'
twenty-one white persons and over a.
hundred colored people and damaging .. - -1<- Zyijj
property to the extent of |1,500,000.
Two large wholesale stores, several
smaller ones, parts of the principal ,<*'
hotel, the electric lighting plant an<l
all the small property between theMobile
and Ohio railroad and the busi- l i .*;
ness part of the city were badly damaged.
Twenty men were caught in one restaurant
and several were killed. Two
stories of the Young Men's Christian 111
Association building were wrecked r ^
iind other huildings suffered in Xh? : '
upper stories.
NEGROES MEET AT TUSKEGEE. '
Holding Fifteenth Annual 8ession of ";
Their Conference.
Negro farmers from every section
of the state of Alabama met. at Tiiskegee
-Wednesday for the fifteenth
annual session of the Tuskegee negro
conference. Teachers from nearly all ~
the educational institutions in the
south for negro youths, with many ^
white and colored visitors from the
north, were also in attendance. Thirty
states and the District of Columbia
were represented in the total attendance.
Booker T. Wlashingtoif pre- ;.' :
sided. _ .'
FURTHER REPRIEVE OF PATRICK
Hearing in Motion for New Trial la
Postponed. v $
The hearing upon the motion for a
ne"v7"Trial in the case of Albert T. Patrick,
convicted of the murder of Wil- i
liam Marsh Rice, an aged millionaire, 4
was adjourned at New York Friday v '
until April 3. This will make neces
sary a iuriner reprieve uy wveruor
Higgins, as Patrick is now under sentence
to be electrocuted on March 19. ^