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DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
f
f Storm Sweeps Many Towns in Three
Western States.
A heavy wind storm, attaining the
velocity of a tornado in some sections,
and accompanied by rain, hail
and lightning, swept over Western
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma today,
killing 15 persons, practically destroying
two towns, injuring almost
100 persons, wrecking scores of
buildings and putting almost every
f telephone and telegraph wire in the
territory out of commission.
The tornado levied its greatest
toll of dead at Big Heart, Oklahoma,
"where eight persons were killed, 10
Injured and almost every building in
the town wrecked.
Whiting, Kansas, was practically
wiped off the map. Sixty buildings
were blown down, 30 persons hurt
and Mrs. David Stone killed.
Woman and Child Killed.
At Powhatan, Kansas, a woman
and child were killed. A high school
building was wrecked at Eskridge,
? . Kansas, a number of houses damaged
and from 15 to 20 persons injured.
At Hiawatha, Kansas, a school
house was blown down, an 8-yearu
old boy named Pelton was killed and
pv several buildings were struck by
lightning. Several persons are
?|" known to have been hurt at Netawka,
Kansas. A boy was killed at Man
Sville, Kansas.
The Kansas end of the tornado
started near Whiting, and swept in a
southeasterly direction for a disg&;
.tance of more than 50 miles.
Many More Believed Dead.
It is thought many more persons
were killed and injured than have
been reported at this time. Telega
graph and telephone crews are working,
now that the storm has abated,
H to get the wires in shape.
Two more deaths were reported
from near Hiawatha late to-night,
? Geraldine Misenheimer, 10 years old
j* and a small child of Otis Mellott are
the victims. The Misenheimer girl
sought refuge with three companions
in a country school house, and the
i l Ibnilding was wrecked soon after\
wards. The dead girl's companions
f'y.i were injured. It is not known how
the Mellott child met its de^th.
< Hard to Please.
In Kentucky is a quaint character
named Ezekiel Hopkins, who once
. gained local fame by discovering a
piece of broken railway line and
- % warning an excursion train in time
to save disaster. So it was decided
to present Ezekiel with a gold watch.
Mr j
(The head of the presentation com-)
mittee, approaching Ezekiel with a
grave bow, said: "Mr. Hopkins, it
i is the desire of the good people of
Kentucky that you shall, in recognition
of your valor and merit, be presented
with this watch, which they
trust will ever remind you of their
? ,'v undying friendship." Without the
least emotion Ezekiel ejected from
his mouth a long stream of tobacco
Juice, took the watch from its hand
I some case, turned it over and over
in his wrinkled hand, and finally
asked: "Whar's the chain?"?Argonaut.
Death of Mrs. I. W. Rentz.
Ehrhardt, April 10.?Friday afternoon
April 7th, was laid to rest in
Pleasant Hill cemetery Mrs. Betsy
Rentz, wife of I. W. Rentz.
She had been in feeble health for
some time but not confined to her
bed but a few days. She leaves a
husband, eight children, and a number
of grand and great-grand children
to mourn her absence.
She was honored of God with the
ripe old age of 74.
For 52 years Betsy and Isaac
|C: Rentz shared each other's sorrows
%. and joys, bore each other's burdens,
t and strengthened each other's characters;
and experienced the pleasure
awarded to very few?seeing their
g'. youngest child reared to full manhood.
This youngest son, had he
lived, would be 30 years of age.
This noble couple joined themselves
to the Methodist church early
in their married life and have lived
faithfully under the guidance of
their God. Aunt Betsy has gone to
| her reward and uncle Ike looks to
\ his Father for strength and guidance
till he shall meet her over there.
They never worried over life's
R troubles.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
(h that Contain Mercury,
oq m^rriirv will surely destroy the
? sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering
it through the mucous surfaces,
vvi * Such articles should never be used
.j | except on prescriptions from reput,v
able physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can derive from them. Hall's Ca
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Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains
< - no mercury, and is taken internally,
y acting directly upon the blood and
p - mucous surfaces of the system. In
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and made in Toledo, Ohio,
f by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
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Sold by druggists. Price, 75c. per
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Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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DAMAGING WINDS IN KANSAS.
Woman Carried Half Mile Picked Up
Dead?Many Injured.
Topeka, Kan., April 12.?A tornai
do traveling in a southeasterly direction,
destroying the town of Whiting,
25 miles north of Topeka, late to-day.
1 Seventy houses were blown down and
| 30 people injured. Meagre reports
received here to-night indicate that
I the towns of Powhatan, Netawka
j and Eskridge were strffek by the
j same storm. Wires are down and
i particulars are hard to get.
Eskridge is 25 miles south of Topeka.
The storm struck there shortly
before 4 o'clock. The high school
building was blown down and 20 students
were injured.
A woman and a child were killed
at Pawhatan. Mrs. David Stone, wife
of a farmer living near Whiting, was
swept from the steps of her home in
to a neighbor's yard, half a mile
away. She was picked up dead. An
interrupted telephone message from
Netawka says persons were injured
there. Only one telephone wire is
working between here and Kansas
City.
George M. Scott, an Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe engineer, who was
in Eskridge at the time of the storm,
says at least 15 houses were blown
down. He says he could see the tornado
sweeping across the country for
a distance of 10 miles, overturning
houses, harns and sheds in its path.
He heard of no one being killed in
Eskridge.
Benjamin Resch, a fireman on his
engine, was blown out of the cab and
hurled across the street. The only
injury he sustained was a slight cut
I on the head.
While Mrs. Ray Garnum, of Powhatan,
was sitting in her house the
storm swept the greater part of the
building from over her head. She
was but slightly hurt.
Child Killed?Cars Overturned.
St. Joseph, Mo., April 12.?The St.
Joseph and Grand Island depot and
box cars at Manville, Kansas, were
blown over by a tornado this afternoon.
A farm house was also wrecked
and one child killed, according to
information received by the Grand
Island officials here. Telephone wires
are uuwu.
Two Killed at Lawrence.
Lawrence, Kan., April 12.?Two
people were killed, scores of houses
destroyed and the streets piled high
with debris by a tornado, which
struck Lawrence at 8 o'clock to-night.
The "Doe Run Shay" Arrives.
Springfield, April 12.?W. W. Keadle
of Doe Run, or Sales City, Mitch-,
ell county, Ga., early yesterday morning
steamed into Springfield in'his
home-made automobile, immediately
attracting the attention of several
dozen people.
About 20 years ago Mr. Keadle
moved to Georgia and went into the
saw mill business, and it is reported
that he has prospered.
Mr. Keadle's invention has not
been named yet, but it is numbered
under the Georgia automobile law as
3281.
Tt is 250 miles from Sales City to
Springfield, by tbe way of Augusta,
and he made the run without a mishap
or breakdown.
The motive power of this machine
was mounted on an old one-horse
wagon, and consisted of a ten-horsepower
marine motor, geared to the
spokes of the two rear wheels of the
"shay," working from a central power
plant directly back of and under
the driver's seat, a substantial dry
goods box. An umbrella rib with
the top of an oyster can, fastened to
the end of a gun barrel, carried the
exhaust far to the rear, while a common
rubber pipe, connecting two old
oil cans, kept "Efroe Run" cool and
perfectly lubricated.
A well-seasoned cross beam of
ancient sassafras acted in times of
extreme emergency as a brake, while
a horn of design both ancient and
historic, being of pattern like unto
that used by Fitz James or Roderick
Dhu, awakened the citizens of the
wayside as this sojourner from Doe
Run clipped the highway.
? Tr - ill nttAknkltr nAnf iniia
Mr. JVtJitUie win yiuuauij wunuuv
his journey to Columbia.
Mr. Keadle made the machine simply
as a curiosity and to show the
people how simple and cheap an automobile
could be made.
Chair Post Pierced Side.
Anderson, April 12.?The condition
of Miss Mildred Hayes, the 17year-old
daughter of Mr. C. W. Hayes,
who was operated on at the Anderson
hospital this afternoon, is critically
to-night.
A few days ago she fell while arranging
a curtain at her father's
home. She fell across a chair, a
post of the chair being driven into
her side. Her condition became so
serious that this afternoon Dr.
Stokes, of Salisbury, N. C., came to
perform an operation. Mr. Hayes is
master mechanic for the Blue Ridge
Railway.
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COURTS TO DECIDE.
Greenwood Rural Policemen's Salaries
in Question.
Greenwood, April 13.?D. H. Magill
has instituted mandamus proceedings
against the foreman of the
grand jury of Greenwood county and
the county board of commissioners
to compel the payment of the first
month's salaries due the three rural
policemen appointed by Gov. Blease.
The county, through its attorney, E.
S. F. Giles, claims that the appointments
not being legal, the claims
cannot be allowed, even if they were
presented with the indorsement of
the foreman of the grand jury, the
act requiring ail claims ior saiary iu
be approved by the foreman of the
grand jury before the supervisor of
the conuty can issue a pay warrant.
In this case the foreman of the grand
jury has refused to indorse the claim
for salary, and on this account he is
made a party to the proceedings. Mr.
Magill has an order from Judge
Watts in the proceedings returnable
next Monday morning at 10 o'clock
or as soon thereafter as counsel can
be heard. The appointments were
made by Gov. Blease on the recommendation
of Mr. Magill, who is seeking
the writ of mandamus, a member
of the delegation. The act providing
for the appointment says the
appointments shall be made upon
recommendation of the delegation
and as the other members of the delegation
did not join in the recommendation,
the county, through its
attorneys, claims it will be illegal to
make the payments.
Averts Awful Tragedy.
Timely advice given Mrs. C. Willoughby,
of Marengo, Wis., (R. No.
1) prevented a dreadful tragedy and
saved two lives.' Doctors had said
her frightful cough was a "consump
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tion" cougn ana couia ao uuuiiug tu
help her. After many remedies failed,
her aunt urged her to take Dr.
King's New Discovery. "I have
been using it for some time," she
wrote, "and the awful cough has almost
gone. It also saved my little
boy when taken with a severe bronchial
trouble." This matchless medicine
has no equal for throat and
lung trouble. Price 50c. and $1.00.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C.
Strange Platform.
Cadiz, Ky., April 16.?Without
designating by what party he hopes
to be nominated,* Max Hanberry, an
attorney of this place, has announced
his candidacy for governor of Kentucky
on a strange platform.
Among the "principles" for which
he stands, as announced in his platform,
are the giving of "every yellow
doe Democrat a lucrative office;" the
pensioning of all "white Republicans;"
giving each married woman a
4 O-horsepower automobile, two hats
each season and a half ton of chewing
gum annually; while he would
give each negro "a watermelon patch,
a mule and a fish pond with imported
labor to handle his mule and cultivate
the melons."
He concludes his announcement
with:
"So with some imaptience, not on
my account, but on account of the
'dear people,' I await my inaugural."
Endorse Taft Administration.
Columbia, April 12.?For the purpose
of perfecting the organization
set on foot last October, the executive
committee of the white Republican
party of South Carolina met today
in Columbia. The committee today
passed a resolution endorsing
the administration of President Taft
and pledging the support of 18 delegates
for a second term for the chief
executive. The committee put itself
squarely against negroes holding offices
in the South.
John G. Capers, who is now an. attorney
in the District of Columbia
and for a number of years Republican
political dictator and "pie cutter"
of federal patronage in this State
was in Columbia to-day to see that
things went off alright. He denied
that it was the intention of the executive
committee to discuss the
question of putting out a State ticket
in the next election. This was the
general impression and had been so
stated by members of the said to be
regenerated party.
Whether the federal judgeship was
discussed at the meeting of the committee
could not be learned. It is
known that John G. Capers called on
President Taft before coming South.
Nothing was ever announced as to
the nature of the conference. Judge
Brawley is soon to retire from the
bench on account of age and tnere
are a number of applicants. It is
doubtful if the new party in this
State would have any effect in the
matter of naming his successor as
this new party has not as yet been
recognized by the national organization.
There is another Republican party
in South Carolina which is composed
mostly of negroes. Both the parties
will send delegations, it is said, to the
national convention and there will
very likely be a contest as to who
will be seated.
Paper napkins, Herald Book Store.
MAY BE DOUBLE LYNCHING.
Posses Making Determined Search
for Woman's Assailant.
Monroe, Ga., April 13.?Posses tonight
are scouring the county (Walton)
for the negro who committed a
criminal assault on Mrs. Leila McKnight,
at her home 10 miles from
Monroe, late yesterday afternoon.
Two suspicious negroes were arrested
to-day, but it is believed the guilty
negro has not been caught.
Mrs. McKnight had gone to a nearby
pasture for a cow. When she
failed to return near nightfall, her
mother went in search of her. Mrs.
McKnight was found lying unconscious
in the mud, the earth showing
her body had been dragged a considerable
distance. She had been
strucK on tne neaa irom Demna ami
there was indications that the woman
had put a desperate fight before
being overcome.
Sheriff Stark was immediately notified
and went to the scene with
bloodhounds, but because of the wet
condition of the ground the dogs
failed to take the scent. Tracks,
however, led to the home of a negro
named Tom Allen, and it is believed
by many that he has been arrested
and will be spirited away to Athens
or Atlanta. The officers stated, however,
that Allen is still at liberty.
Mrs. McKnight, the victim, is in
a critical condition to-night, but had
recovered sufficiently to make a
statement. She declared the negro
Allen was the first to assault her
and that he was followed by another,
whom she did not know but would
be able to identify.
A mob of several hundred citizens
surrounded the jail here tonight
in the expectation that Allen
would be brought here. Early in the
evening a committee from the mob
was permitted to search the jail and
found no trace of the prisoner. Excitement
is intense and if the negroes
are captured a double lynching is
almost certain.
Three Bitten by Mad Dog.
Beaufort, April 11.?Angle Mixson,
tihe 6-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Mixson, of this place;
Leroy Keyserling, 4-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Keyserling, also of
Beaufort, and a negro man, Hennie
McGill, were bitten by a mad dog Friday.
The dog first made a vicious attack
on young Angle Mixson, and
later bit Leroy Keyserling and the
negro man. The bites were not serious,
except from the dangev of rabies.
The dog was* killed by Mir. Mixson
and E. B.Rodgers, and its head sent
to the Pasteur institute in Columbia
for inspection. A telegram was received
here Saturday stating that the
dog had a bad case of hydrophobia,
and that the bitten ones should be
treated at once. Mr. and Mrs. MixfxrHVi
thpfr litt.lft Ron for Co
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lumbia Sunday afternoon for treatment
at the Pasteur institute. Mrs. J.
B. Keyserling left with her little son
for New York, to take the Pasteur
treatment. Hennie McGill, the negro,
left on this afternoon's train for Columbia.
A wire was received from New
York by Mr. Keyserling Monday,
saying that his son had just taken the
first treatment.
Cotton Burned at Gaffney.
Gaffney, April 13.-?A destructive
fire visited the Gaffney Manufacturing
company in this city yesterday
when some 55 bales of cotton were
burned. The fire started in the room
of^the mill where all of the cotton is
opened. Owing to the fact that it
was open the fire had an opportunity
to spread, and before it could be extinguished
55 bales had been almost
completely destroyed. The mill authorities
are at a loss to explain how
nr where the fire originated. The to
tal loss will be over $3,000, with
some insurance. The fire loss adjuster
of the insurance company arrived
in the city last night to examine
into the fire and adjust the loss,
but owing t6 the fact that all of the
cotton was more or less wet it was
impossible for him to take any
steps as yet
fa \farUa finpp.
iVAMUV
Arthur Roberts told an amusing
story anent a certain well-known millionaire,
famed for his cautious habits,
who was once called upon by two
gentlemen who tried to interest him
in a certain theatrical scheme of
theirs, says Tit Bits.
"They talked," said the comedian,
"to the great financier for about an
hour; then they took their leave,
having been told that his decision
would be forwarded to them in a few
days.
" T believe we've got him,' said
the first, hopefully, as they left the
office.
" 'I don't know,' rejoined the other,
'he seemed very suspicious.'
" 'Suspicious!' said the first. 'What
makes you think he was suspicious?'
" 'Didn't you notice,' was the reply,
'how he counted his fingers, after
we had shaken hands with him.' "
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