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I IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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, SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
fFire destroyed the telephone exchange
in the city of Anderson last
v Saturday morning.
The city of Aiken is taking steps to
* have free delivery of mails, in compliance
with the regulations of the
postoffice department.
rws5|> Berry B. Mobley, who shot and
X killed S. G. WelsB in the town of Kerflshaw,
has been admitted to bail in
Ml the sum of $2,000 by Associate
? &" ' Justice Ira B. Jones.
\ President Roosevelt has reappointi-fe*
ed Joshua E. Wilson as postmaster at
f'W Florence. This is the negro whom the
J/ people of that city have been trying
? " to get ousted and a > white man appointed.
Anderson suffered from a severe
storm last week. All the telephone
and telegraph wires were down, and
i the.street cars could not run because
of lack of power. The city was in
darkness Friday night.
.4 The Paul Jones Distilling Co. had a
hearing before the State dispensary
commission last Friday and they ad,
mitted that the State had been over.
charged to the amount of $5,200. The
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Claim 01 me nouse was ^?,wv.
t r At a hearing: held in Asheville last
. v 4 week, Judge Pritchand, of the United
jfc-. States Court, refused to grant the
petition for the appointment of a receiver
for the South Carolina dispensary
fund. The receivership was askt
ed for by whiskey houses who do not
want to submit their books for exanimation.
The action of Judge
: Pritchard will strengthen the hands
of'the wind-up commission, and it is
4 possible that somebody will wear
stripes after all.
Dies of Chloral Poisoning.
V: V Dillon, Feb. 2.?The body of Coy
Carmichael was found dead in his
room at the Donaldson hotel here
about 8 oVJock yesterday morning.
The body was still warm and as movements
had been plainly heard in the
room at 6 o'clock it was evident that
life had been extinct but a short time.
Friday afternoon Mr. Carmichael
r returned from Rowland and at a late
hour at night was seen on the street
somewhat under the influence of
Hauor. About 11 o'clock he went to
< the Donaldson hotel, engaged a room
|||' and retired. Yesterday morning his
door being open, his body was seen
0$ the floor. Believing him under
the influence of liquor, an attempt
^ I was made to put him in the bed,
when it was found that he was dead.
* Two two-ounce vials were found
> near the body. One was empty, but
had a distinct odor of chloral. The
other contained about two drams of
bromidia. If he took the contents of
/ the two vials he drank about 200
grains from the bottle of bromidia
and possibly more from the one containing
straight chloral. Death was
- : probably instantaneous. Whether he
v. * ' took the poison by accident or design
P - . will never be known.
Mr. Carmichael was connected with
. most of the prominent families oi
Marion.
Funeral services were held today
at Little Rock.
Lost hz Rasing Stream.
Macon, February 1?Mrs. Walter
Byrd, of Texas, was drowned in Town
creek in Jones county, five miles from
r. Macon, late yesteraay evening. She
was on her way to visit her, sister,
Mrs. J. J. Jones, near here and aril
rived in Macon in a storm in the
y afternoon and started to drive in 2
hack to her sister's home. At Towr
creek, which was swollen, the hacl
sank in quicksand, careened ana mre^
her out. She was heard to screair
i three times before disappearing dowr
' the stream into the river. The hack
tfgp man, John Jones, clung to the limt
of a tree and was rescued. Mrs
Byrd's body has not yet been recov
ered.
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St. John's Items.
St. John's, February 3.?Farmer
around this neighborhood are prepar
ingfora new year, buying stock.
We are sorry to hear that Mrs
John Carter has been so ill for th<
past few days.
Mrs. Charley Hiers, who has beei
seriously ill for some weeks witl
pneumonia, is improving.
UVnoct TTiors fnrmerlv a DUDi
of Bamberg Fitting School, is now a
1 s home.
I' v Leander Folk was absent fron
school for the last two weeks on ac
count of la grippe.
j' We are glad to know that our com
munity is so rapidly progressing, af
fording two marriages within a week
* Mr. Wilbur Kear^and Miss Luci;
| Copeland were happily married at th
J home of the bride by Rev. P. E
% Monroe last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. John Brant and Miss Ella Sha\
i = were married last Thursday after
noon. Afterwards a reception wa
given in honor of the bride an
t . groom. We extend to both couple
our congratulations.
(Raleigh Kinard.
* St. John's graded school.
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LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.
What the General Assembly Has Done
and Is Likely to Do.
The house passed the bill making
drinking on trains a misdemeanor.
The house of representatives killed
the bill to provide free school books
for poor children.
The Senate and house have passed
a bill allowing circuit judges traveling
expenses of $500 a year.
The general assembly will no doubt
visit the South Carolina Military
Academy in Charleston next SaturJ
aay.
The Senate has passed the bill fixing
passenger rates in Ihis State at
2\ cents the mile. Senator Black
voted for the bill.
Hon. C. W. Garris has introduced
a bill in the house to guard against
the introduction of the Mexican boll
weevil into this State.
A bill has been introduced in the
house of representatives which provides
for a number of amendments to
th#? nr^sent countv dispensary law.
Mr. Garris has introduced a bill to
amend the charter of the Bamberg,
Ehrhardt & Walterboro Railway Company.
The amendment provides that
the road be extended to Denmark.
The house of representatives has
passed a bill creating a new judicial
circuit. It will be called the 11th
circuit and is to be composed of the
counties of Lexington, Saluda, and
Edgefield.
A bill has passed the house of representatives
providing for an election
in Colleton county on the question
of dispensary or no dispensary.
The whiskey question has been agitated
in that county for some months. <
The house has passed a bill allowing
the people of Aiken county to
vote on the question of dispensary or
?r? Arvril This is all that
piviltk/iuvtt 1U -
the general assembly is likely to do
about the dispensary question in that
county. *
1 The bill to make the terms of office
of county supervisor and superintendent
of education four years instead
of two has passed both the
Senate and house, but Bamberg
county has been exempted from its
provisions. ^
A new contract labor law has been
\passed by the legislature. The provisions
prohibit contracts for more
than one year, and the. employer cannot
hold the laborer under a new contract
for money advanced under an
old contract.
Last Thursday the house of representatives
killed the prohibition bill
by a vote of 62 to 51, only eleven majority.
Messrs. Garris and Miley
voted against the bill. It is likely
; that the matter of prohibition will be
; submitted to the people of the State
| in the primary next summer.
, '*The Senate passed Mr. Appelt's bill
requiring whiskey drummers to pay
a license of $5,000 in each county in
, the State before they can solicit or
! ders. Senator J. B. Black, of this
: county, opposed the bill, as he did
not want liquor drummers wj cume
t here at all. He wanted them barred
? fjsom the State.
The house of representatives has
gassed to a third reading Mr. Miley's
ill, which prohibits the use of any
slot jnachine in which there is an
element of chance or the having of
such a machine on the premises uni
der penalty of a fine of $100 or 3C
t days imprisonment. This will put
the slot machines in this city out of
1 ? ?I. 'n sw\rvsl tViinrr
( DUSiness, WIUU1 id a gwu uiuig.
, Fire at Port Royal.
i Beaufort, Feb. 2.?Fire totally
i destroyed five houses at Port Royal
: Friday night. They were the propr
erty of D. C. Wilson of Savannah and
i were occupied by Bohemians who are
i employed in Maggionni & Co.'s oys
ter factory. The fire was discovered
) at 10:30 and the high wind which was
. blowing soon had it beyond control.
- For a time the whole town was ii
danger, as the wind carried sparks tx
other buildings, which were savec
VkAoro rain HThp nriffir
UiliJT UJ UllV. uvnij *i~". ? 0 ?
3 of the fire is unknown.
Prohibitionists Organize.
I Barnwell, Feb. 3.?The call for t
meeting of all the prohibitionists ii
! the court house today was respondec
i to, and in consequence of said meet
^ ing a permanent organization was ef
] fected, and the -following officers
t were elected: Dr. E. Patterson
chairman; the Rev. M. M. Benson
! secretary, and W. H. Duncan, treas
urer; Messrs. F. H. Creech, W. T
Calhoun, R. R. Johnstone, W. A
_ Meyer and J. Allen Patterson, mem
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1 Ders 01 me executive cummin*^
The organization is to be known a
a "the Barnwell County Prohibitioi
e League."*
A petition was prepared and sen"
to the Legislature requesting <*
v special election on the liquor ques
.. tion.
j If you suffer with indigestion, constipa
tion, feel mean and cross, no strength o
s appetite, your system is unhealthy. Hoi
lister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes th
system strong and healthy. 35c, Tea o
tablets. H. F. Hoover.
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS I
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
5 Colston Cuttings.
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Colston, Feb. 4.?For the past
few days the fire has come in very
nicely. Last Friday was a very cold,
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rainy anu wiuuy uoj.
Mr. Wash Wesbury and Mr. Miller
Wolf visited friends here last Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. J. C. Bishop is visiting her son,
Mr. B. D. Bishop, near Ehrhardt.
Mr. Arthur Thomas and sister,
Miss Katie, visited friends here a
few days last week.
Miss Letitia Bishop, who spent last
week with her aunt in Colleton county,
returned home last Friday.
The pindar shelling was largely attended
at Mr. C. C. Fender's last
Saturday night and was enjoyed by
every one present.
We are glad to see Mr. Joseph
Moore out again.
"M"* finpnl last
iui< uuiiuiiiv uiji utwuv>
Sunday with Mr. Bruce Padgett.
Mi iss Adrienne Padgett is at home
for the summer vacation.
Mr. W. C. Clayton is at home from
school on account of sickness.
Messrs. W. H. Folk, and C. F.
Padgett went to Bamberg last Wednesday.
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Mrs. Jabe Padgett-and daughter,
Miss Ruth, from Lodge, visited Mrs.
C. F. Padgett last Tuesday.
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N Denmark Doings.
Denmark, Feb. 1.?Work on the
Methodist church and the new school
building is progressing well. Both
will be handsome structures and will
orM miipli tn the heautv of the town.
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There will be a fine park in front of
the church, Dr. S. D. M. Guess having
donated a tract of several acres
for that purpose.
Books pf subscription for the cotton
warehouse have been opened.
The building will store about 3,000
bales. Capt. J. B. Guess is the moving
spirit in this enterprise.
The young people of the town are
rehearsing for a play> "Hearts
and Diamonds," which will be played
this month for the benefit of the
Methodist church. Mesdames C. A.
Brux and W. D. Rice are coaching
the young folks and a creditable exhibition
is promised.
Mr. E. T. LaFitte and his family
are staying with Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
McCrae. Mr. LaFitte is building a
housevon Magnolia street wmcn, wnen
finished, will cost $6,000 and will be
one of the best residences jn the city.
News of Olar High School.
Olar, Feb. 3.?Our school has the
largest enrollment in its history, and
the students seem to be working
earnestly.
The new music hall adds much to
the appearance of the campus, and is
certainly a great convenience to both
the teachers and pupils in that dei
partment.
The literary society recently elect
J Affinnw piucidonf
'' till koe iUliUWlllg UUlbCi.9. J. ivoiuviiv,
Mr. James Chitty; vice president, Mr.
Athen Morris; secretary, Miss Anna
, McCormack; treasurer, Miss Nora
( Barker; censor, Miss Belle Cooke;
. critic, Miss Emma Bessinger; door
( keeper, Mr. Wyatt Cooke; program
; committee, Misses Effie Barker, Ettie
; Kearse and Hattie Ray.
, The program for Jan. 30th was
greatly enjoyed by the audience and
? was as follows:
Recitation?Mr. Purdy Ayer, Mr.
Elvyn Kearse, Miss Maida Still.
Composition?Miss Ettie Kearse,
Miss Effie Barker.
17* ? A???o AT nPrvrm <a nlr
| HiSBiiys iUldS mil La. iuvwiuwvu,
Miss Belle Cooke.
Readings?Miss Agnes Kearse, Miss
| Hattie Ray.
! Dialogue?Mr. Henry Kearse, Mr*
James Chitty.
1 Miss Ida Bessinger, of Windsor,
5 spent Saturday and Sunday at home,
accompanied by her friend, Miss
Daisy Evans.
| Mr. Erank Sadler, formerly of
1 Richmond, Va., is spending some
1 time with his parents of this place.
i#;?triAA,'/. Diillsvn nf T?v?hmnr?H
lUlSBIVltUC X U11C11, UA AUWU..VM.,
Va., is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. M.
Neeley.
i Rev. R. A. Yongue filled his reg1
ular appointment at the school
1 auditorium Sunday night.
The Woman's Missionary Society
- had their meeting at Mrs. C. F.
s Rizer's on Wednesday last. A large
, number of ladies were present. Tne
, Woman's Missionary rally will be
. held at the Olar Baptist church, the
. 8th, 9th and 10th, of following month.
. A large crowd is expected.
Miss Nora Barker.
3 Boll Weevil Spreading.
1 Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 4.?The
State crop pest commission of Louisit
ana today withdrew the quarantine
1 on cotton shipments from boll weevil
" territory. The quarantine has been
in effect since the weevil was first discovered
in this State. The com"
mission finds that the pest is now
_ practically over the entire State and
e a quarantine against the shipment of
r cotton from infected territory is without
effect.
SACRIFICED HIS LIFE.
Heroism of Wesley Jarrett, Section
Man on Southern Railway.
Asheville, N. C., Jan. 28.?Wesley
Jarret, a section man in the employ
of the Southern railway, yesterday
gave up his life to save a swiftly
running passenger train from being
wrecked, and a resultant probable
heavy loss of life. He was crushed
under the wheels of the engine just
no Via Viq/1 onanaorloH in rpmnvino* a
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heavy obstruction'from the track.
Jarret with other men of a section
gang were repairing a piece of track
a short distance east of Marion. The
work necessitated the use of a heavy
jack. Upon hearing the approach of
fast moving passenger train No. 11,
the gang made an effort to remove
all obstructions, but the jack in some
way had become fast and clung
tightly to the rail, and despite their
frantic efforts they were unable to
remove it, the obstruction lying in
such a manner as to cause a derailment,
with consequent disaster and
probable loss of life should the train
hit it.
With the train almost upon them,
the men, with the exception of Jarret
sprang for safety, feeling that
nothing could prevent a wreck. He,
however, remained to make a last
heroic effort, and by almost superhuman
strength succeeded in wrenching
the jack free and toppled it from
the tracks. His life was the sacrifice,
however, as fct that instant the engine
struck him and he was crushed
to death under the wheels, the body
being fearfully mangled.
The train was stopped and the remains
of Jarret tenderly taken up
and brought to this city. None of
the passengers on the train were
aware of how close they had been to
disaster.
TO RECOVER LOSSES OF WAR.
Representative Patterson Has a Number
of Bills in Congress.
Washington, Jan. 30.?The enormous
loss of the people of the South
during the civil war will never be
lrnn?m TVip saH ftict is that verv
iittle of this loss will ever be recovered.
Only now and then do the people
of the South secure some legislation
by which the ruins of the yvar are
in a way repaid, whereas the North
has long since recovered from what
little damage it suffered. (
Representative J. 0. Patterson is
one of the congressmen who are continually
trying to get the national
government to pay for the havoc its
troops played in the South during the
war, and has introduced at this present
session many bills' for the relief
of churches destroyed by the Federal
troops and of private parties from
TirVirvm nrnnprtv nnH provisions were
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taken by the Federal army. These
bills in all number twenty-nine. Foui
of these bills are for the relief of the
following churches:
Steep Bottom Baptist Church, $3,000;
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church,
$1,000; Bethesda Baptist Church, $1,200;
Great Salkehatchie Baptist
Church, $3,000.
The other twenty-five bills for the
relief of private parties from whoir
property was taken amount to the
total of $278,487.48.
Mr. Patterson has also introducee:
a bill to confer jurisdiction upon the
court of claims to hear and determine
the claims of churches, lodges anc
educational or elemosynary institu
tions arising from the late civil war
Judge Sentences Himself.
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TOLEDO, UHIO, Jan. 61.?ouaxguj*
himself with curiosity, and pleadinj
guilty to the charge, Police Judg<
James Austin, Jr., known as th<
Golden Rule judge, sentenced him
self to a term of one day, in thi
workhouse, in order to determine hov
the many men he sent there live.
Judge Austin is in earnest, anc
says he wants no favors extended t<
him while in the institution othe:
than those shown an ordinary pris
oner. He has not decided on the day
but states it will be within the nex
few days.
He will insist on being taken to th<
fhe workhouse in the patrol wagoi
and will do any labor assigned to thi
men he has sentenced.
Harry Thaw Acquitted.
The jury charged with the trial o
Worro Kendall Thaw, who shot an(
killed Stanford White, the great Nev
York architect, in New York the25tl
of June, 1906, returned a verdict 01
Saturday that the defendant wa
"not guilty" on the ground that h<
was insane when he killed White
, Upon the order of Judge Dowlinj
h^ was sent at once to Mattewan, th<
asylum for the criminal insane. Ef
forts will be made to have him re
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sane at the time of the killing o:
White, he is sane now.
Thaw has been a prisoner in thi
Tombs since the day he killed White
bail having been refused him. Thi
was his second trial, the first having
begun in January, 1907, and ende<
in May with a mistrial. The secon<
trial began in January, 1908. Th
feature of both trials was the extra
ordinary testimony of Thaw's wife,
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! EHRHARDTSCBOOLCOLUMN
PERSONALS AND NEWS FROM A
GOOD OLD TOWN.
News Written by Pupils of the School
Under Supervision of Principal
T. D. Jones.
Ehrhardt, Feb. 3.?The following
persons were among the visitors to
Bamberg last week: G. F. McMillan,
Julien Jennings, H. Z. McMillan, I.
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U. ^(jperdllU, UU1H1 IVXClTXlllOll OUU II,
L. Warren.
Mrs. Theacia Copeland is visiting
her brother, Mr. Theodore Copeland,
at Williams.
Clarence Moore and Leon Ramseyspent
last Monday night with George
and Clyde Bishop.
Miss Lucia Copeland-and Mr. Wilbur
Kearse were married last Sunday
afternoon at the home of the bride's
parents by Rev. P. E. Monroe. Mrs.
Kearse is a former pupil of our school,
and we wish her a long and happy
life.
Mr Frank Folk is verv sick at this
writing.
Miss Leila Epps, one of the teachers
of our school, was called home last
Friday on account of the illness of
her mother.
Mrs. J. L. Copeland and children
returned last Friday from a visit to
her father at Jacksonville.
Dr. J. H. Roberts was very sick
last week, but is out again now.
Mrs. W. E. Sease spent last Thursday
in town with her daughter, Mrs.
T. D. Jones. Maurice Clayton.
weekly summary.
Below are found the names of the
pupils in the advanced department of
the school, and opposite each name is
cnvpn the number of Derfect lessons
o- -- recited.
If the pupil has been present
every day, the number should
' be 29. Examine the list, and see
what your children are doing at
school: '
Annie Rentz 15
Jesse Rentz 1 27
Talbert Warren 28
John McMillan 20
Robbie Hughes ..*29
Harry Hiers 27
Biddie Carter 28
Jonnelle Hoffman *29
Purdy McLeod I 16
Laurie Kinard 22
Clarenceldoore : 25
Leon Ramsey : *29
George Bishop 26
ityan uiayton
Clyde Bishop 27
Clemmons Carter 26
Lionel Clayton !...:..,..*29
| Harry Copelpid 28
! Leroy Westerlund absent
i George McMillan 26
Gilbert Hiers , 20
Maurice Clayton v..: *29
! John Copeland \ 19
; We have five star pupils this week.
; In many respects this room did better
k work last week than usual. Just
' keep your eye on the above list from
week to week, if your child has a
star by his name, tell him about it;
' and if he hasn't, tell him about it.
The sixth grade isreading a delightful
little book called Persimmons, as
4 supplementary reading. Therlesson
' ic eanh mnminff durincr the open
, ing exercises, and is thoroughly" en'
joyed by the whole school. We are
I not advertising this book, but Pera
simmons should be in every school
I library.
j Mr. A. W. Kinard brought a load
of wood to the school house last
week.
Pistpl Under Pillow.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 1.?Mrs,
r Thomas 0. Smith, wife of the head
r machinist at the Sloss-Sheffield blast
5 furnace at North Birmingham, will
1 probably die from a pistol wound in
. the abdomen, inflicted accidentally
2 Friday. She was removing the bedj
clothes from her bed in the morningj
?' ?TTToa ncnollv
wneil UlC wmi/ll nuu uuuvmv
1 kept under a pillow, became entan3
gled in the bedclothes, fell to the
r floor and the shot was fired.
. Three small children were alone
f with her when the accident occurred
t and it was some time before neighbors
got to the scene. Her life is
g despaired of.
g A Tainted Nickel.
The superintendent of the Sunday
school suggested that the children
make up a Christmas basket for the
poor and each child contribute five
f cents, earning it himself or herself,
i When the class was gathered to7
gether the children were called up
" * * a .11 t
i before the superintendent to ten now
1 they had earned their nickel. Wher
s several of them had told, the superine
tendent asked, with his most benevo.
lent smile, "Now, little Clara, tell lis
? how you earned your money."
2 Irf childish pride Clara announced:
"Why, I made my nickel by carryi
ing empty beer bottles down the
- cellar for papa."?Philadelphia Ledf
ger.
3 Arthur P. Glover, a white man,
was hanged in Augusta last Fridaj
s for the murder of his paramour, s
? woman named Maude Dean. The killi
ing occurred in the Sibley cotton mil]
i about a year ago. Strong efforts
e were made to save the man's life,
i- but it seems that the law is allowed
to take its course over in Georgia.
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MURDERER SHOT TO DEATH.
Attacked Sheriff who was Protecting
Him and was Killed. ?
Quitman, Ga., Feb. 2.?Charley \ k
Pittman, the negro barber who was . ^
arrested on suspicion of being the -'M
murderer of Miss Lorena Allen at Greenville,
Fla., was shot to death
last night. The particulars as gather- \-3|S
ered from an eye-witness are that the
crowd had gathered around the cala- ryg
boose where Pittman was confined, : ?J9|
when the deputy sheriff ordered them J j|
away. The crowd went off and the * .
sheriff went inside to get the negro
out, when he was attacked by Pitt- , lj|
man who had a knife, and cut the
sheriff badly. The negro was then . .\>jj
shot by the deputy, and, the mob \
hearing the shots, ran up and finished 'J'M
killing the^egro.
The evidence against the negro was 2|||
strong. A horrible feature of the sad '
tragedy is that the young lady was
criminally assaulted before being -StM
murdered.
Pittman's bloody shirt and clothes
were found at a negro woman's
house, and the woman said that Pitt- M
man had brought them there to be
cleaned"
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Sailors on German Line Tell ThrflHng * ^98
Tale of Shipwreck. .
Hamburg, Feb.'2.?A thrilling ac- <Sag
count of the shipwreck of the Woermann
liner Ascam, Woermann, which f f
recently went on the rocks off Grand
Bassa, Liberia, and became a total
wreck, is related by the shilors of the
steamer, who have arrived here.
The night the streamer struck was a
dark one and she seemed to be going :
to pieces rappaiy. meucw w
the boats and immediately,thousapds
of piratical negroes in canoes, who
had not replied to the signals of dis- |
tress* from the stranded vessel sur- ,/
rounded the steamer, swarmed ,
aboard and plundered her. When the K
seamen attempted to return in order '- ''Mm
to obtain provisions and arms the attitude
of the negroes became so vjlg
threatening that it was impossible
for them to do so. They feared to t
land on the hostile coast in the dark-'
ness and were compelled to stay in 4
the small boats throughout the night.
When morning came the crew land- ' %
ed and camped in the brush for seversd
days, always fearful of an atMeanwhile
they watched the negroes
going to the ship and returning V .pj
from her laden with booty. Finally '0
the vessel disappeared.
After this the negroes departed,
and the crew taking- to their boats g?jm
again rowed for 17 hours and were
picked up, completely exhausted, by ";||j
a passing steamer off Monrovia.
Spartanburg Hard Hit. fr'&M
Spartanburg, Feb. 1.?A sleet
blizzard last night followed by a rain
and a har^i freeze has resulted in
business being practically suspended
today. The telephone, telegraph, %
electee light and street railway com- j?j|
panies have suffered untold damage.
Not a street car wheel turned mid
few telephone calls were answered on ^?1
, account of wrecked wires. Every *
telegraph and electric light pole on
Magnolia and South Church streets ,
collapsed during the night and elec- pM
trie lightand telephone wires are a
mass. It will be several days ^
before the work of the freeze will be
repaired. The damage amounts to > <;|?
thousands and thousands of dollars. ^
"Killing in Lancaster.
Lancaster, February 3.?The hip
pocket pistol is sadly in evidence .
i again in Lancaster county. Sunday at.
a negro church near Heath Springs
during a quarrel, Ernest McLeod was
> killed by Ernest Johnson and Johnson
will also die. Allen Johnson, a
brother, was also shot but not serious- < M
Monday near town at the Gregory
{ farm on their way to town, J. Bart
I Simms and Hampton Stogner became ,g|
- engaged in a personal difficulty in
i which both parties used their pistols. V ;;
Stogner was shot through the lower
bowels. Simms was not nit. Stogner
was taken to Pryor's hospital at %
, Chester. It is feared he will die.
Franchise Granted.
5 Augusta, Feb. 3?The Atlanta and ^
Carolina Construction company was
granted a franchise tonight for the
1 operation of interurban trolley care
' through the streets of Augusta. The .
1 company will construct a line from *
Atlanta to Augusta, connecting with
the line of the Augusta & Aiken com1
pany and thence with the extension
from Aiken to Columbia, which has
: not been constructed yet The line
must be completed in two years.
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Choked Mother to Death.
a rrrTCPT* w v 3 ?William
OltUlV^UOb, 11. xa|x v?.
, Halstead Gray, 18 years old, choked r
his mother, Mrs. Clara Gray, 46 years JM
i old, to death this morning at their
home in Burnet avenue. When ar1
rested, the boy told the police that
i his mother attacked him with a razor
, at 2 o'clock this morning and that he
I had choked her to death in self de