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FOUL MURDER IN AIKEN
LEVI CHAVOUS IS ACCUSED OF
KILLING C. S. PRIXGLES.
Hat. Bait-can and Skull of Fisherman
Who Disappeared July 3 Discovered
in Savannah Swamp.
Aiken, July 29.?The little town of
Kathwood, on the southern edge of
this county, is stirred with excitement
over what appears to be the
most foul murder that community
has ever known. Levi Chavous, a negro,
was broughj to the Aiken jail tonight
and charged with the murder of
C. S. Pringles, a white man.
A hat identified as Pringles's, a tin
can used when fishing and a skull are
the only remains of the apparently
murdered man. These are now at the
office of the clerk of court in Aiken.
Pringles was missed from his home
on July 3. It was thought that he
had gone quietly away, but a few
days ago some suspicion was aroused
concerning him and a search was in
stituted. C. H. Johns, a friend or tne
dead man, went into the Savannah
river swamps to search for him. His
boat, for Pringles was a fisherman,
*as found at its usual place and
further search revealed a skull, the
I' bat of Pringles and a can used by
him for keeping bait in. Nothing
further could be found of the body or
bones. They were found on the bank
O? the river and it is supposed that
the rest of the bones were washed into
the river or carried away by the
Vultures.
That the man was murdered foully
there remains little doubt. The skull
is broken as with a club or other
blunt instrument. Very little evidence
is known against the negro.
Chavous left Kathwood about 20
years ago and came back about
three months ago. He is known to
have had a quarrel with Pringles and
Wub heard to make threats against
him. It is said Chavous was hired
to leave Kathwood because he was a
witness in an important case.
Pringles was a very quiet and
peaceable man and is not known to
have had any enemies with the possiv
hie exeeDtion of the negro. The com
Inutility is aroused over the ^natter
end a full investigation has been instituted.
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Clemson Trustees to Meet.
Anderson, July 29.?On August
12, two weeks from to-day, the board
' ' Of trustees of Clemson College will
gfeV meet in special session to elect some
^ j directors, some professors and to take
final action on the resignation of
President Mell, which was submitted
^ to the board last month. It is underfV'
Stood that Senator Tillman, who is
now lecturing in Ohio, will be present,
as will all the other members
gjT'V Of the board. It is hard to conjecture
E Vn right now what disposition the board
"Will make of the resignation. It is
~ understood from reliable information
lite; that a majority of the board members
|pv' sympathize with President Mell and
- it may be that he will be asked to
fJ'pX Withdraw his resignation. If the
jfc: resignation is accepted, however,
there will be many applicants for
the place, as many prominent educaSpvr
tors have expressed their willingness
Wp-- find desire to assume the duties of
the president of the college,
p Dr. Barrow, director of the agricul'
' tnral department, submitted his resignation
last month to accept a simiSv'--'..
ikf position in a larger college out
West, and this vacancy must also be
filled next month. This chair is
fcbout the most important at the colV
lege and the trustees are evidently
going 10 move Siowiy aim cauuuuoj;
in selecting a man for it. It is befr,
lieved that trustees' meeting will not
last more than two days.
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Co., Bamberg, S. C.
Like Worm, Yearling Turned.
Lynchburg, July 29.?A very unruly
and somewhat vicious yearling,
while being escorted to the place ofslaughter
this morning by a negro
lad, all of a sudden turned on the latter,
and, after chasing him for some
distance, with no hope of overtaking
him as he was almost flying, reversed
!/ . his course and espying a couple of
Ismail white girls gave chase to them,
but its speed not being adequate he
again failed. It continued to attack
v any and every body who got in his
way, until it was overpowered. This
was, indeed, an amusing occasion for
all the fortunate ones who witnessed
FATE OF THE BRAAKE.
A Treasure Ship that Lies Buried Ofl
Cape Heniopen.
Somewhere in deep water off Cap*
Henlopen lies over half a million ir
British gold, and how much more ir
gold and silver bars and plate and
other treasures can only be guessed
at. In 1798 the British privateei
Braake sailed for the west Atlantic
bearing enough gold to pay off all
the English troops stationed in varisoldiers
had not been paid in many
ous parts of the new world. As the
soldiers had not been paid in many
months the sum was a large one.
Whether the captain of the
Braake decided to turn pirate or
[whether he merely was showing ex!
cessive zeal in making war on all the
enemies of England that he met on
the high seas and intended to turn
over his loot to the crown on his return
will never be known, but the
fact that the Braake took no prisoners
and sank every prize goes a long
way toward proving the piracy theory.
The Braake captured a Spanish
merchantman coming up from South
American ports laden with rich tribute
from the Spanish colonies there,
transferred the precious cargo to her
own hold and. burned the vessel. Another
Spanish ship bringing a church
service of richly jeweled gold plate
to a new world cathedral encountered
the privateer and suffered the
same fate. The next to fall a victim
to the Braake's rapacity was a
Frenchman carrying silks, spices,
brandy and bars of silver. That, too,
was sent to the bottom after it was
despoiled.
The Braake was overtaken by a
hurricane when nearing the American
coast, was blown far out of her
course and sank off Cape Henlopen.
Several of the crew escaped in a
small boat and reached land. Their
tales of the treasure on the sunken
ship caused several expeditions to be
fitted out the following year, but
nothing was brought up save pieces
of the anchor chains and a cannon or
two. During the last hundred years
every effort to raise any part of the
treasure has failed.
The last attempt was made by
Captain Charles Adams, who fitted
out a ship under the auspices of the
navy department, but was unable to
locate the wreck, which is probably
by this time deeply submerged in the
ooze and mud of the ocean bed.?
New York Press.
Car Manufacturers Rushed.
New York, July 29.?Car manufacturers
all over the country are now
flooded with orders for a vast amount
of equipments. The New York Central
has ordered 2,400 box cars, esepecially
designed for carrying automobiles.
The Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg has placed an ordeer for
1,000 steel hopper cars. The Boston
and Maine has ordered ten locomotives
from the American Locomotive
Company, and the Denver, Northwestern
and Pacific two. The Boston
and Maine has also placed an order
for 1,000 freight cars; the Missouri,
Oklahoma and Gulf has ordered 50
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freight cars; the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific 1,000 each, and the
Idaho, Northern and Washington 75.
It is said that the 8,000 freight
cars for which the Baltimore and
Ohio is in the market will be increased
to 10,000 and that a large amount
?r nnninmant trill Ko AfHOT.
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ed in addition.
The Pennsylvania railroad is making
inquiries for 8,000 freight cars of
different types, and the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company, it is said, is
about to purchase 2,000 cars of both
the open and closed kind.
Will Press Case Against May.
Rock Hill, July 29.?E. L. Barnes,
the new treasurer and city clerk, recently
elected to succeed C. S. May,
who defaulted, assumed charge of the
office yesterday. He is under a bond
of $20,000, furnished by a casualty
company. The former treasurer was
under a personal bond of only $5,000.
The city received $6,100 on that
bond and it will be endeavored to recover
more, as will be seen by the
resolution which was adopted at the
recent meeting, this being a fact not
generally known here:
"Resolved, That the city attorneys
be instructed to prepare a warrant
charging C. S. May with embezzlement
of city funds; that the city attorneys
be also instructed to take
steps aB they may deem proper to secure
the city the deficit in May's
books."
The city council held another special
meeting yesterday, at which a
motion prevailed that the mayor and
the city attorney should go to Chester
and lay before Solicitor Henry all
the information brought to light ic
this unsavory case, so that the solicitor
could prepare an indictmenl
against May. It is the intention oi
the city authorities to push the case
against May to the limit.
Molly?But isn't the engagemenl
sudden? He couldn't have seen muct
of her.
Dolly?Oh, I don't know. He
danced with her at the full dress ball
last night and was in bathing witt
her this morning.
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Must Pay Heavy Tax on Covering for Their
Cotton.
The Washington correspondent of
The Columbia Record says as he predicted
would be the case, cotton bag- ,
ging is restored to the dutiable list by
the Republican conferees. I do not ,
know yet whether the rate is the original
duty of six-tenths of a cent per
square yard, though this will be like- j
ly. The maneuver now worked on
the Democrats is familiar to Aldrich, who
played the same trick when the (
Dingley bill was up. ne accepted ]
senator Bacon's free list amendment i
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to stop talk, chough it was stated (
Wednesday afternoon by a Republi- ,
can friend of his that protection ^
would he restored in conference ,
when the Democrats are out of sight. ^
It iB a heavy blow to cotton planters. (
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FIVE AT A BIRTH. 1
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A New Jersey Woman Breaks the
Family Record.
Mrs. Thomas Renwick, 33 years
old, of No. 726 Springfield avenue, ^
Newark, gave birth Wednesday morn- ,
ing to five children. Although all ;
horn prematurely, four of them, two
boys and two girls, were alive and
continued to live 15 minutes. The
mother will recover. She had pre- ,
viously had three normal children, all
of whom are living. To Dr. Peter F. .
Motzenbecer, of No. 680 High street,
who attended her, Mrs. Renwick said '
that way back in her family on her
mother's side, there had been two ,
sets of twins.
LEGISLATOR DECLARED INSANE.
i Hon. Arthur R. Busch, of Aiken, Sent
to Sanitarium.
A dispatch from Aiken says Hon.
Arthur R. Busch, of the Ellenton sec.
tion of the county, was adjudged inI
sane there last Saturday, and carried
t to the hospital for the insane in Co.
lumbia. It seems from the facts that
. can be gathered that Mr. Busch de.?
veloped a violent case of insanity at
, his home last week, and on Friday
his relatives requested the sneriir to
carry him to Aiken. Drs. B. F. and
. J. F. Wyman examined and proi
nounced him dangerously insane. He
was thereupon carried to the hospital.
| Mr. Busch is a member of the legislal
ture from Aiken county and served
faithfully in that capacity.
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LADY KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Mrs. J. W. Pickens, of Near Jonesville,
Meets Sudden Death.
Jonesville, July 30.?During a
thunder storm about 9 o'clock last
aight, lightning struck the dwelling
bouse of Mr. J. W. Pickens, a mile
from town, and killed Mrs. Pickens
instantly. The bolt struck a stack
:himney and ran down and spread
aut on both sides to the walls of the
bouse and tore the weatherboarding
and ceiling off in several places. Mrs.
Pickens had just got up from her
seat, and was passing through a door
by the side of the fire place, when the
bolt came down. She fell to the floor
on her face dead. She just happened
to be in the current, or she would
perhaps have never been hurt. Her
son-in-law, Josh Kirby, was sitting
before the fireplace with a young
child in his lap and his wife sitting
near him, and neither of them was
burt. Mrs. Pickens's husband was on
i visit at Lockhart.
Charleston Officer Kills Desperado.
Charleston, July 30.?Bob Givens,
i big, lusty negro longshoreman,. was
killed in Cordes street to-day while
resisting arrest. The negro, with a
number of others, was raising a disturbance
when Police Officer Dawson
tame up and ordered them to move
on. They all did so except Givens,
who refused to move and when placed
under arrest, the negro seized the officer's
club and endeavored to use it.
Dawson pulled his pistol and the negro
closed in quickly, both men falling
together with the negro on top.
Three times Dawson fired, but in his
position he could not hit the negro.
A young man rushed up with a barrel
stave and began to beat the negro
about the head. The negro thought
that he was being mobbed and he
inwncd frnm thp nfficers and was in
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the act of rushing away, just as Police
Officer Burn, who had heard the
discharge of the pistol, was running
up to the assistance of his fellow officer.
Burn was recently in close
quarters with a gang of negroes and
he was taking no chances when he
was coming up with his weapon in his
hand. As he spied the negro over
Dawson, he got ready at once for action,
and a moment later, when he
saw the negro with the police officer's
pistol in his hand, Burn opened fire
and brought the negro to the pavement.
The shooting was of course
justifiable, in the defense of the officer's
life and in the preservation of
the public peace.
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