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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down For QuicL
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Anderson's city council has adoptee
an ordinance which requires all boys
under fourteen years of age to be
off the streets by ten o'clock at night,
G. W. Thompson, the white mar
who killed the notorious Dick Holsenback
near Edgefield some months
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? ago, was reiusea oan last ween, u,y
Judge Dantzler. Thompson only re
cently surrendered to the sheriff.
President D. B. Johnson, of Winthrop,
reports that he has applications
from 933 girls for rooms in th?
college and accommodations for only
428. There were 506 applications
this summer for the 27 vacant schol\
arships.
J. W. Gallman, white, of Union,
who was recently convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to fifteer
years in the penitentiary, has appealed
to the State Supreme Court. H*
will have to remain in jail, as the
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law provides mat ne cannot give
bond.
Moss P. Hayes and J. F. Miller,
formerly members of the State constabulary
during the days of the
old dispensary system, have been appointed
special constables by Gov.
Ansel under the provisions of the
Carey-Cothran act for the enforcement
of the whiskey law in Spartanburg
county. They have received
their commission from Gov. Ansel
and just as soon as they give the re
quired bond will enter upon the
discharge of their duties.
A PECULIAR DEATH.
Little Boy at Anderson mis nimseii
With Air and Dies.
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A little eight-year-old ^boy, bj
name of Bryan, met with a peculiai
death at the Orr Mills in Andersor
last Friday.
It seems that tha little fellow was
. playing with an air hose, that is usee
to blow off looms in the mill, and ir
some way he got it in his mouth. His
I body was soon filled with air and he
died in a few minutes. The boy was
playing with the hose and put it intc
his mouth not knowing the danger
His body was swollen terribly.
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THRASHED INSOLENT PORTER.
Dr. Blanchard Teaches Pullman Cat
Dignitary a Good Lesson.
Shreveport, La., August 17.?Dr,
I J. Ashton Blanchard, a son of Governor
Blanchard and a major in the
State militia, beat a negro porter ir
ao? nn o Tqvoc on/1
a meeting 01 tne stocKnoiuers nas
been called for Saturday, August 24
when steps will be taken to straighten
the affairs of the company and,
if necessary, to liquidate and wine
up the company. The company is
capitalized at $600,000 and controls
about 10 or 15 oil mills in this sectior
of the State.
Mills Will*Not Close.
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Anderson, Aug. 18.?The Ander
son Cotton Seed and Oil Company
will not go out of business, as was
intimated a few days ago when the
resignation of the president, Mr
Fred G. Browne, was handed in. Al
a meeting late last night of loca
* stockholders, held in the hotel here
it was decided to tide over the pres
ent financial difficulties and keep th<
company going.
T*- in imvni nvnUnKIn fliof fVlO OATY1.
JLb 13 V CI J piuuauic Uiak Wiv win
pany will sell 12 of its 14 cotton seec
oil plants, but local parties interest
ed declare that the two mills located
at Anderson, as well as the fertil
> izer plant here, will be kept in opera
tion. The local stockholders are ir
favor of disposing of the dozen plants
in surrounding towns, but on accouni
of the advantage to Anderson in a fi
nancial way, the plants in this citj
will not be permitted to close down.
It is said that the company is mak
ing good money and that the tempo&
rary financial trouble is due to the
present unsettled state of the monej
market.
A meeting of the stockholders has
been called for next Saturday. The
company is capitalized at $600,00(
and about one-third of the stock is
held by Charleston capitalists.
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f SAT ON TACK AND SPOKE.
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Medical Skill Beaten by Simple Car?
pet Tack.
Utica, N. Y., August 14.?That a
t man may quickly recover his lost
speech by sitting on a tack was illustrated
last night in the case of Edward
Cox, of Williamston, who found
[ the painful experience a blessing in
. rJiccmicp MrmtVis ncrn Vip siiffprpd a
j stroke of paralysis that left him
speechless. The doctors thought a
blood clot had formed near the brain
1 and they said that Mr. Cox would
' never recover the use of his speech.
5 A carpet tack did what medical science
failed to do?brought back the
' lost voice of Mr. Cox and gave him
speech as fluent as in the days before
he was stricken dumb. The tack
. was on a chair, point upwards, and
> Mr. Cox sat upon it last night with
r such force that the surprise and pain
; brought to his lips a forceful excla.
mation. A moment afterwards his
wrath changed to joy when he discovered
he had regained the power of
' speech. The doctors say it is a permanent
cure.
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No Excuses Accepted.
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French omciais are saia to oe par,
ticularly rigid in their discipline of
tourists. A lately returned traveler
tells several more or less apocryphal
stories to illustrate the state of af[
fairs. An American lost his footing,
5 slipped down into an embankment
and fell into a small, shallow pond.
As he scrambled dripping up the em5
bankment to the footpath he was
confronted by an arm of the law.
"Your name? Your address?"
; demanded this uncompromising per_
son, notebook in hand.
"But I fell," began the astonished
American. "I only" The
man waved his arm. "It is
forbidden to bathe in this lake," he
said firmly. "I am not here to listen
^ to extenuating circumstances."
Passenger Train Wrecked.
r Florence, August 17.?Atlantic
Coast Line passenger train No. 32
i came near being in a serious wreck
a short distance on the other side of
> Mayesville late yesterday afternoon.
I A log cart had broken down on the
i crossing and, before it could be mov5
ed, the passenger train came along
; from Augusta, striking the cart and
A X UUU1CU1 Vii C4> x vivuu Wiiu a i*VA?i\
train yesterday, using his sabre foi
' a weapon. The negro, when requested
by some ladies to open windows,
answered insolently, it is said, and
the thrashing resulted. An Ohic
man in the car expressed his opinion
freely to other men present, and one
of the Louisianians gave him a beating
and two black eyes. The con
ductor is quoted as having said thai
tthe negro had been repeatedly reported
to headquarters for insolence
Anderson Oil Company Hay Close.
Anderson, Aug. 15?Fred G
Browne, who has been president oi
f the Anderson Phosphate and Oi:
? Company, and who was Strieker
with paralysis about three months
ago, has resigned as president. At
a meeting of the board of directors
held yesterday Mr. Browne's resignation
was accepted.
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; also a heavy log which was across
> the track. The engine remained on
. the track until it was brought nearly
to a standstill, when the wheels got
off of the rails. Theodore Jarrot,
who was in the baggage car, was injured
by jumping from the train,
and also C. E. Eaves, of Denmark,
who was in the baggage car, and
who was coming to Florence to take
!, a position in the dispatcher's office.
; Mr.. Jarrot had his shoulder and leg
[ bruised and sprained, and Mr. Eaves
received slight bruises. Both of
these gentlemen will be laid up sev.
eral days, but Dr. Gregg, who attended
them, says that their injuries
| are not of a serious nature, though
, they are very painful.
[ Cured of Tobacco Habit.
At a tent meeting of holiness faith
- being carried on at Whitmire, a mit
raculous thing happened at their
service Sunday night. A man came
. up to be prayed for, and the preacher
noticing that the mourner had in
his mouth a wad of tobacco, asked
that the brother be freed from his
F vile and filthy habit. No sooner
j said than done. The mourner swal{
lowed the tobacco, and the result all
. know. He was the sickest man that
ever came away from a mourner's
; bench.?Union Progress.
His Profession.
5 A passing stranger was attracted
, by frightful screams coming from a
little house not far from the road.
, Hurriedly tying his horse he ran to
I the house and found out that a little
5 boy had swallowed a quarter, and his
s mother, not knowing what to do, had
i become frantic.
The stranger caught the little fellow
by his heels and, holding him up,
gave him a few shakes, whereupon
nnartpr soon drormed to the
t floor.
5 "Well, mister," said the grateful
; mother, "you cert'n'y knowed how
to get it out. Air you a doctor?"
I "No, madam," replied the stranI
ger, "I'm a collector of internal revenue."
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~ Badly Burned By Live Wire.
Florence, Aug. 19.?A broken
- electric wire found on the ground by
1 Mr. George Laughtin's little son,
- Laurence, caused a serious accident.
Mrs. Laughtin seeing her son with
- the wire in his hand rushed into the
- street to rescue him and caught the
i wire in her hand and found her foot
5 on it. As a result both are in a very
t serious condition and not expected
- to live, but should they survive, Mrs.
r Laughtin will lose one foot and hand
, and the boy will lose one hand. Mr.
- Laughtin is one of the engineers of
- the Atlantic Coast Line and resides
i here.
j There has been much complaint
about the poor condition of the elec5
trie wires here, but little has been
i done to improve this condition.
) The accident has cast a gloom over
3 the city among the many friends and
kin of Mr. ana Mrs. Laughtin.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, August 19.?Fodder
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pulling time ana ram is tne uiik 01
the farmers in this section.
Inquiries for ginning being done}
but none of our gins are in order for
immediate work, and expect cotton
is too green to gin.
Late corn is looking well, and if
continues will make fine.
Rev. T. L. Belvin united in holy
matrimony Miss Eloise Stafford, of
Canton, Ga., and Mr. John H. A.
Hartz, of this place, at the residence
of the bride's aunt, Mrs. nenry n.nrhardt,
on Sunday afterpoon at 6:30
o'clock. Notwithstanding the rain
and bad weather, a good crowd of
relatives and friends were present to
witness it and show their appreciation
by donating to them presents
suited to the occasion and wish them
a long and happy life together.
Mr. H. C. Copeland wrent to Bayard,
Fla., last week to see his daughter
and spend a short vacation from
his business.
Mrs. W. P. Pate and daughter
spent a few days with her mother
while her father, H. Z. McMillan,
went to Greenville. Jee.
ITS MISTRESS NEVER ENTERS IT
riagnificent Newport Garden Given
Over to Servant's Use.
Of all the appalling waste of wealth
at Newport there is none more inexplicable
to the outside world than the
leaving idle of enormous establishments
that cost millions to build, and
millions more to keep up. Some of
these palaces have surrounded lawns
and gardens covering as much as 10
acres; but most of them lie close together
in bewildering succession.
In Europe such magnificient structures
would each own a spacious
park of many hundred acres. The
Newport villa is built, however, not
for comfort, not in rnyme or reason,
but purely for show. It is a stage
setting gorgeous surely, but suggesting
neither solidity nor permanency.
One is surrounded by a tree-crowned
wall, which cost over one hundred
thousand dollars. It is empty; the
owner is away in Europe. The white
marble palace, a Vanderbilt residence,
is also unoccupied. There's
"The Breakers," also owned by the
Vanderbilts, the maintenance of
which costs a half million dollars a
season. And the Berwind villa, the
garden of which cost hundreds of
thousands and yet so displeased its
mistress that she turned it over to
her servants and will not enter it, is
also idle.
You note the splendid trees in some
nf t.hp vards. Thev have been trans
planted, most of them from many
miles inland. That beautiful tree
with the great trunk and spreading
branches was hauled thirty miles by
fifteen teams of horses, with many
tons of earth clinging to its roots.
Its removal cost nearly a thousand
dollars. But that is a mere item in
the sum total of Newport extravagances.
Our New York Letter.
In a great city the magnitude of
New York it is not surprising to those
familiar with its ways and doings
how many happenings there are of interest
during every brief twentyfour
hours.
A birth every minute, death every
two minutes, murder every six hours,
marriage every four hours, etc.
The news of the day as published
in the papers does not cover a one
thousandth of the daily events. It
would simply be impossible for the
press to record all or any great part
of the events here, consequently
they do not claim to cover the ground
| completely.
Freak after freak?now comes a
philosopher who has discovered we
do not think with our minds, brains,
but that the heart, limbs etc., do the
thinking; another claims kittens and
pigs have souls?what next week will
bring forth we know not.
Many old landmarks, -among them
the Stataas Zietung building, Leggett
Hotel, and many others are being
razed to make way for the "loop"
of the elevated railroad to connect
the two East river bridges.
The New York Journal occupies a
portion of the German paper's building
and it is preparing to move over
into Broadway.
There has been a perfect reign of
terror the past three weeks?numerous
attacks on young girls, and unless
a stop is soon put to it, there is
going to be a few "lynching bees" in
this r.itv. H. W. FlNLAYSON.
450 Broadway.
The passion for gambling is illustrated
by a case that occurred in Columbia
a few days ago. Fifteen
young negroes were caught gambling
by the police and locked in the
guardhouse. While waiting for trial
five of them got up a game in the
guardhouse and were detected. The
recorder gave the fifteen $15 or 20
days on the gang and the five $5 or
20 days extra.
COWS SAVE nAN'S LIFE.
Attack Vicious flember of Herd
Which Was Goring Him.
Ware, Mass. Aug. 13.?Through
the intelligence of other cows in a
herd of cattle belonging to Charles
Austin, of Palmer, James Irwin, a ;
farmer of the vicinity, escaped being
gored to death by a vicious cow this
morning. Before he reached a place '
of safety his legs were badly gashed
from the cow's horns, his clothing ;
was torn, and his body bruised.
Irwin had bargained for some heif- 1
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ers ana weni to tne iarm 01 mr. Austin
to look at the stock. As he went
into the pasture eight of the herd
came toward him, and suddenly a
Holstein dashed out of the group
and made for him. The animal
struck him in the hip, and, throwing
him to the ground, struck at him
again and again with her horns un- 1
til four of the other cows began to :
attack the enraged animal with their ;
horns. ;
Mr. Irwin started to run and the
Holstein chased him. The entire
herd then butted and batted the enraged
animal until Mr. Irwin escaped
over the fence.
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Mr. Folk Replies. <
i'O tne Jjemocrais OI r>amuerg i
county: Replying to a circular letter
of Rev. A. J. Foster, in which he as- ,
sails me for having addressed my !
letter to you calling your attention
to misleading figures and statements
published by him I beg to say :
I addressed my remarks to you
then, as I do now, because you are
the intelligent and ruling element of
our county?because upon you falls
the burden of maintaining our gov- ,
ernment and upholding constituted '
authority?because out of your pockets
would come the cost of experimenting
with the farce that prohibitionists
are trying to foist upon
us?because to you would come the '
loss of profit occasioned by the closing
of the dispensaries?because
upon you would rest the responsibility
to enforce a law that experience
has taught us cannnot be en- i
forced?because upon you rests the
responsibility of maintaining society,
protecting the purity of our homes
and perpetuating the sancity of our
churches?in short, because you are
the backbone and sinew of our county.
By your votes you placed me upon
the watch-tower of Democracy in
this county, as it were, and I wouM
have been recreant to my duty if I
saw impending danger and failed to
sound the alarm. If as pastor?the
watchman on the tower?of the Baptist
church, Mr. Foster saw danger
or disaster threatening his church or
the welfare of its members, would he
keep his mouth shut ? If he did he
would be unworthy to hold the position.
As the head of the Democratic
party in this county, I have as much
right to warn its members of impending
danger as Mr. Foster has to
warn the members of the organization
over which he presides, and I
shall continue to discharge the
duties of my office, as I see them,
regardless of the opinion of Mr.
Foster or any who may think like
him. To the Democrats of the
county and to them alone am I responsible
for my actions. It is the
height of presumption on the part of
Mr. Foster to attempt to dictate how
I should discharge the duties of my
1 office. It will be noted that while I
felt it "my duty as your County
Cairman to sound a note of warning,
" I did not sign my name as County
Chairman. My idea was to become
doubly responsible, if possible, for
my action, and I am proud to have
had the honor of correcting statements
so misleading and figures so
incorrect, especially when they ema
nated from a source that people
would naturally think could be accredited.
I had hoped that Mr. Foster would
have the manhood to come out and
say that he, through no fault of his,
had gotten incorrect figures from
, the treasurer's office and that my
figures were correct, but while he
has not denied the correctness of my
: figures he says, referring to his, "If
the data is misleading it is a fault of
figures and not my own." He knew
the figures were incorrect before this
circular letter was printed. Is not
this a pitiable defense for a minister
of the gospel to resort to ? But, apparently
hoping to still further be,
cloud this issue, he publishes a certificate
of the county treasurer,
which if examined, in connection
with his statement concerning the
Ehrhardt dispensary and the $15.16
excess turned over to him, only goes
' to prove the correctness of my statement
and my figures and the incorrectness
of Mr. Foster's. But this
nnftAHYite fz-k o /^ic^?Vz=kr>on<^V H"f HTllv
A11XV/UX1U9 tv a uiuvx v/* w...^ .
$15.16 between our figures, which
was occasioned by a typographical
error as to county profits at Ehrhardt
in making a copy of the report
for the treasurer's office. The copy
in the office of superintendent of
education and the statement published
in the county papers July 11,
are correct. Refer to them and you
can verify every figure I have given.
If, however, this little matter of
$15.16 had been the only error of
i Mr. Foster I would not have considered
his statements misleading and
would have had nothing to say in re
ply to his effusion in the last issue of
the paper before the election.
But he eliminates entirely from his
figures two-fifths of the dispensary
profits-the town's shares, amounting
to $6,146.83?and reiterates his statement
that we get in return for the
$73,872.00 expended in our county
the small, sum of $9,159.64, "or a return
of one dollar for an expenditure
of more than eight dollars." By
what process of reasoning does he
get this ? The footings of the very
column from which he got his figures
show a net profit of $3,841.77 for the
quarter, making $15,367.08 for a
year, and in order to get the figures
he used he had to pick them out of
this very column (see column headed
"net profits divided") leaving out
one item?for each dispensary the
towns' shares, amounting to twofifths
of the whole profit. Yet he
says,' 'I said nothing about the towns,
as the article will show for itself. I
said nothing because I did not have
all the facts in hand." How can
these statements be reconciled with
the facts ?
He says he had access to the report
in the treasurer's office, and that report
contained "all the facts." An
exact copy of that report (except the
error alluded to) was published in
the county papers July 11. Refer to
that statement, verify the figures,
try to reconcile his statements and
say which is right, the parson or I.
Suppose the Deacons of his church
were to pay Mr. Foster only threefifths
of his salary and claim that he
had been paid in full. Do you suppose
he would fail to see the incorrectness
of their figures ? Yet that
is practically what he does for the
dispensary profits and seems to be
so blinded that he cannot see it.
The matter under discussion by him
was dispensary profits, and the part
paid the towns was as much a profit
as that paid to the schools or into the
general county funds, and Mr. Foster
knows that his statement that the
county "spends eight dollars to get
in return one dollar" is both incorrect
and misleading. The county has
not one cent invested in the business.
The board of control buys its liquors
on ninety days' time and pays fbr
them after they are sold, passing the
surplus to the credit of the county as
its'profit. It is indeed a remarkable
business, $15,367.08 net profit per
annum without the investment of a
single cent! Now I do not maintain
that the citizens of the county do not
spend money, but my contention is
that just as much money will be
spent for liquor under prohibition as
under the dispensary law and that
under the dispensary law the county
enjoys a profit of $15,367.08, while
under prohibition it not only loses
the $15,367.08 profits but also has to
tax its people an equal or greater
amount to pay her running expenses.
But enough of figures. Why was
Mr. Foster so uncharitable as to slur
at me and those who think as I do by
alluding to us as "Mr. Folk and his
liquor element? " Could I not with
equal truth and justice refer to him
and his followers as "Mr. Foster and
his blind-tiger element ? " Prohibition
has never meant anything else
in this county, but I have too much
respect for myself to refer to gentle-;
men whom I consider my equals in
such terms.
Again, seeming to question my Democracy,
he sneeringly says, "He
has gone off with the liquor element."
Does he not know that the Democratic
party has combatted with Prohibitionists
and Republicans since the
days ?f his boyhood ? ' If anyone has
strayed from the folds of Democracy
it is Mr. Foster and his followers, but
I would not be so uncharitable as to
say so. I might say more but I will
not. Mr. Foster has opened wide
the door and bantered me for a contest
in "mud-slinging," but I have
too much respect for myself and the
people whom I am proud to represent
to indulge in such. The flings and
insinuations he makes against me are
unworthy of a man occupying his position
but I freely forgive him this
time if he will not indulge in the like
again.
0, charity, charity, thou art a
jewel even when found in the breast
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of a minister of the gospei:
The election is over. The dispensary
has won. The issue is decided
as a county measure for four years
at least. To Mr. Foster and Mr.
O'Neal is due the thanks of all dispensary
advocates, for had their letters
never been published little interest
would have been taken in the
election except by prohibitionists and
the result would have been overwhelmingly
in favor of prohibition.
This is my honest conviction.
H. C. Folk.
Bamberg, S. C., August 21, 1907.
A Remarkable Choir.
An old farmer and his wife
were attending church services one
hot Sabbath day. The windows were
open and the noisy chorus of the
crickets was distinctly audible. In
due course the choir sang an anthem,
and the old man, a music lover, listened
enraptured. At its conclusion,
he turned to his wife and whispered.
"Ain't that glorious and divine,
Mirandy?"
"Yes," she answered, "and to
think that they do it all with their
hind legs."
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LIGHTNING STRIKES CtlUKCn.
Good Work of Manning Fire Department
Prevents Serious Fire.
Manning, August 17.?During an
unusually heavy electric storm, which -i
passed over Manning about five
o'clock this afternoon, the pinnacle
of the main tower of the Methodist
church was struck by lightning and . v
set on fire. An alarm was given by
the ringing of the church bell, and,
in the midst of a downpour of rain,
the fire deDartment and throng of
citizens hastened to the church and
went to work.
The fire was burning vigorously
underneath the metal roof of the f.JSj
steeple and it was difficult to reach
it with water, but persistent work
for about an hour saved the church.
But for the heroic efforts of the recently
organized and inexperienced
fire department the church would
have inevitably been destroyed, but
as it is probably $500 will cover the
damage done. . /a
No other reports have yet come in
of damage done by the lightning, |1
but it would seem almost a miracle
if there are not a number of other
instances in this vicinity.
WHITE flAN HELD. M
Is in Walterboro Jail Awaiting Trial,
Charged With Arson.
Charleston, Aug. 15.?G. C. ,
nrViito tiroe fn fail
CI Utj VTXUWV) ?? utj WUUUiVwvt wv
at Walterboro yesterday, charged
with setting fire to a store of the N.
H. Blitch company at Meggett's.
Besides the Blitch fire, which occurred
on the evening of August 3,
doing severe damage, suspicion points
to Verde for the big fire of July 18,
at which the factory of the Standard p|j
Truck Package company, with its -|3
contents and valuable stock, was reduced
to ashes. The loss at this fire
was over $100,000, while the loss by M
the store fire was several thousand
dollars. There is some ground, too,
for suspicion in a third fire in the vicinity
of Meggetts, when property
of Mr. Towles was destroyed. The
case upon which Verde has been nailed,
however, is the Blitch store fire.
twhnns Vprde's alleged statement 53
that he would get revenge and do
some damage was the strongest factor
that got him into the hands of
the law. He was in the employ of
the N. H. Blitch company for a year
or so, but was discharged on July 1.
There was not any particular good
feeling in his heart over the discharge.
About two weeks after- 4 ;||
wards the burning of the big barrel
and crate factory took place and following
that fire by about two weeks ?|i
the store of the company at Meggetts
was burned to the ground.
An old man who slept over the
store had a narrow escape from be- :
ing cremated. He could not see |
very well, and was nearly caught in
the smoke and flames before he could |2|
be taken to a place of safety. He
smelled distinctly an odor of gasoline
and declared that he thought he
could make out some one running
from the building when he looked
out of the window that night. Being
set with the inflammable gasoline,
which appeared to be sprinkled liber
any Uliuei dim awui ure oiuw ui vuv
store, the fire spread very rapidly,
preventing the saving of any of the
contents or the building.
The building was valued at over ,
$2,000, and the contents at less.
What was regretted especially was .
the loss of accounts and papers which
had been accumulating in the store
for four or five years. Postmaster ?
Smith at Meggetts had his furniture
stored in the top of the building and
this was all lost.
Verde is a white man who comes '3f
from around the section where the ||
fires took place. The only motive
which can be ascribed to his deed is
that of revenge. He was fairly wellGreat
relief is felt about Young's
Island in his arrest, because it is now
thought that these fires which have
been occurring with alarming frequency,
will now cease to break out. v
A large crowd attended the preliminary
hearing of Verde yesterday.
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evidence he has collected against the
man will surely send him to the penitentiary.
Whether or not he will be held responsible
for the burning of the pack- .
age factory is a question. There are
several facts which point to incendiarism
in this fire ana N. H. Blitch &
Co. are interested in the factory
financially. About a $50,000 loss was
had in the factory buildings and
plant and an equal amount in stock,
partly covered by insurance.
Garris-Carter.
Mrs. Griba Smoak Garris, of
Smoak, S. C., who is pleasantly
known in Spartanburg, having lived
here for several years, and Dr. Holland
McTiere Carter, of Smoak, S.
C., were married in Asheville, N. C.,
last Wednesday. The announcement
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prise to her many Spartanburg
friends, all of whom wish great success
and happiness.?Spartanburg
Journal.
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up in the morning with the sun,
shouldn't stay up too late with the J