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A Notable Utterance from the Lips
of Senator Ben Tillman.
This being a year of Civil war an*
niversaries, the Southern papers, as
well as others, have been collecting
expressions of opinion as to what
fifty years have done for the country.
Notable in more ways than one is a
statement by Senator Tillman, printed
in the Newberry (S. C.) Observer,
for by source as well as by substance
Jpr it shows that for everybody, at last,
"the war is over." Its wording illustrates
the ability which nobody
ever denied to Senator Tillman, and
it is a sort of "confession" that explains
why he has been loved as
: wel1 as hated, often by the same perSp;
son. He says:
"I have seen the hatred between
the North and South pass away and
the people of the two sections reunited
in real bonds of respect and affection.
The hate I once felt for
the 'Yankee' is gone, and I find no
evidence of any of it in the senate
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among Southerners nor any feeling
of animosity toward the South among
Northern men. We have indeed at
'I last come to know one another, and
\ that was all that was necessary to
W\ bring about the peace which Grant
^ prayed for in 1865."
E| Were Senator Tillman still the savage
fighter of other days, these
words might lend themselves to comp,
ment not wholly serious or wholly
kind, but now they are too pathetic
as well as too admirable for anything
* except appreciation.?New
York Times.
Howling Dog a Nuisance.
One of the most unusual warrants
p- that has ever been issued in this
county in a long time was granted
I"1* this morning when W. L. Moorehead
I came before Magistrate Samuel
I? Stradley and had a warrant issued
for the arrest of one Archie Thompson,
charging him with maintaining a
t v common nuisance, to wit keeping a
dog tied a fence near the home of
Moorehead that kept up a.great noise
by howling all night and greatly an|
\ noying the family of Mr. Moorehead.
The warrant was issued early this
i morning before Magistrate Stradley,
who turned the warrant over to the
sheriff for execution. The sheriff no
tilled Archie Thompson tnat ne was
wanted, and he immediately came hefore
Magistrate Stradley, who released
him on a bond of $200 for his
appearance for a preliminary hearing
that will be held in the next few
days. Thompson is an employe of
$ ? the Greenville Lumber company and
is well known in the city, while
Moorehead runs on the Southern
Railway as a baggage master for the
(express company.
Moorehead and Thompson are next
door neighbors on Stall street and
Thompson, it is said, has a dog that
he keeps tied to a fence that separates
his yard from that of the
Moorehead family. It is claimed
* that the dog keeps up such'a howl
II that it greatly aiihmys the family of
Moorehead until ke) has ta,fcen steps
. to have Thompson prosecuted for
maintaining a common nuisance. He
claims that the dog is tied near the
bed room of Mr. Moorehead and disturbs
him and his family at night.
Thompson came to the city as soon
as he was notified by the sheriff that
ho was wanted and gave bond for
the sum of $200 for his appearance
at the preliminary hearing. Both
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men have a good reputation in the
I . neighborhood in which they live and
the affair over the dog is brought
about by the nightly revels of the
? canine.
The case is a most unusual one,
and one that will be watched with
close interest in the city. The date
for the trial has not yet been set.?
Greenville Piedmont.
All Quit in a Bunch.
~ Anderson, Aug. 24.?According to
* information received here to-night,
the thriving town of Pendleton, this
county, is without any executive ofIficers.
It seems that a few days ago
Dr. R. B. Day, the mayor, became
disgusted because of some criticism
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on the part of certain citizens as to
an official act of his, in dispensing
the town's water, and at a meeting
f of city council he handed in his resignation
and the members of the
board of aldermen did likewise.
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According to the law, the mayor
and aldermen will have to hold to
their jobs until their successors are
elected and qualify. An election has
been ordered for September 5, when
mmnaacnrs trill hp chnspn.
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Man Who Served Unjust Sentence,
^ Goes to Native Land.
New York, Aug. 23.?Andrew
Toth, the Pittsburg steel mill hand,
who served 20 years in prison for a
* murder he did not commit, and was
pardoned when the real murderer
made a dying confession, sailed for
his home in Hungary to-day to pass
his declining years with his wife.
=? Andrew Carnegie has given him a
life pension of $40 a month.
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CUT THROAT IN JAIL.
Virginia Eloper Attempted Suicide
in North Carolina Prison.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 24.?In
Wayne county jail at Goldsboro, N.
C., to-day Buford Miles, from Chesterfield
county, Va., cut his throat
with a suicidal intent and to-night
the jail physician says there is very
little hope of recovery. Miles was
arrested yesterday charged with elop>
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Chesterfield, Va. They arrived in
Goldsboro after passing through
Raleigh and were identified by de-.
scriptions sent out by Viriginia officers.
Miles is said to be married, and
to have three children in Virginia.
The father of the girl, David Bowles,
arrived at Goldsboro to have Miles
taken back to Virginia for trial. He
refused to go and it was while awaiting
requisition papers that he was
confined to jail. To-day he slashed
his throat and nearly bled to death
before the jail physician reached
him.
Road Bond Issne Defeated.
Hampton, Aug. 22.?There Was an
election in this county to-day on the
question of bonding the various
townships for the purpose of improving
and building roads. From reports
received at Hampton late this
afternoon, the election resulted in an
overwhelming vote against the issue
of bonds.
It was proposed to issue $25,000
in each of the townships of the county
for the purpose of building roads
of sand clay. .The question was not
greatly agitated, a gooa many reasons
have been advanced why the issue
of the bonds would be impracticable
at this time, and but very few
reasons for the issue of bonds were
advanced.
TOLD OF JOHN W. GATES.
When He Gambled He Preferred to
Gamble Big.
Mr. Gates's last office was in the
Trinity building. He called his firm
Charles G. Gates & Co. Others termed
it "The House of the Twelve Apostles,"
as a dozen partners were in it.
When the stock market closed for the
day a card game usually began.
Gates was immoderately fond of all
games of chance, particularly card
games, and probably more anecdotes
have been told of his daring and
generosity in poker than have fallen
to the lot of any other man of these
times. One day there were only
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tnree ill tne omce 10 iaj&e nanus, a
young man of good family, but not
wealthy, came in. ' .
"Sit down," said Gates. "I hate
to play with a dummy."
"How much a point do you play?"
asked the new comer.
"Fifty."
"I can't afford it. Twenty-five is a
big game for me."
"Well, make up the. rubber. We'll
play for twenty-five," said Gates, dejectedly.
The young man played well, had
luck and won. The next day he got
a check for $13,000, and took it back
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to times, Baying ttutt ue tutu wuu
$130.
"We were playing for 25 cents a
point, weren't we?" he asked.
"We were playing for $25 a point,"
said Gates.
He would hear no protests and ordered
the young man to go and cash
the check.
Once when Gates was on tour in
the west he came to a town where
a boom was needed. The chamber of
commerce hearing of Gates's liking
for poker, had made up a pot of
$25,000 to give him a game. But
Gates was impatient; he didn't want
to play that day. The merchants
were aggressive in their hospitality.
Finally he yielded.
"I haven't time to play poker," he
said. "But I'll tell you what I will
do. I'll shake you dice, one toss, for
the bundle."
In everything Gates did he figured
spectacularly. He paid $40,000 rental
for his suite at the Waldorf, and
Richard A. Canfield had the ceiling of
his gambling saloon lifted so as not
to restrict Gates when he played
fare. He tried to corner wheat,
and paid $5,000,000 for information
as to the difficulty of -that undertaking.
After his withdrawal from Wall
street Gates devoted his attention to
industries in Texas, where he made
his home. As an exponent of the
Texas Oil company, capitalized at
$36,000,000, he became a formidable
adversary of the Standard Oil
company.?New York Sun.
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Loss by Fire in Barnwell.
Barnwell, Aug. 23.?A fire that is
thought to have been caused by light
ning during a thunder storm at an
early hour yesterday morning, destroyed
a barn on one of the farms
of Mr. M. B. Hagood, about three
miles from town, together with a
large quantity of forage, a mule and
a pig. Mr. Hagood estimates his loss
at between $500 and $600, with qo
insurance.
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WIFE PLAYS THE INFORMER.
Causes Husband's Arrest for Killing
* Done Nine Years Ago.
Jacksonville, Aug. 22.?After
evading arrest since October 22,
1902, on which date he is alleged to
have killed Charles Ellen, in Harnett
j county, North Carolina, Zash Marks
has been arrested in Santa Rosa
county, Florida, where he served at
one time as deputy sheriff, later as
postmaster at Gattis, a village named
from T. Z. Gattis, his alias, and
where also he became a successful
naval stores operator.
He stated while here that he killed
Ellen *n self-defense, after the latter
had tried to force his younger
brother to drink wine with him. He
was informed upon by his wife, who
charges him with brutal treatment,
recently, toward his step-daughter
and herself.
SHOOTS HIS BEEFSTEAK.
Brooklyn Man Uses Bullets on Food
He Couldn't Chew.
New York, Aug. 23.?John Cook
was not pleased by the food served
him in a restaurant at No. 1928
Gates avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday,
so he drew a revolver and shot at
it. Then he made a bull's eye on a
beefsteak on the next table and
plunked a pork chop three tables
away. The other patrons of the restaurant
tumbled over each other into
the street; the waiters dived into
the kitchen.
Cook was arrested and held in
$100 bail.
The Death Dice.
There is shown in the Hohenzollern
museum, a gift of the emperor
of Germany, the "death dice," with
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difficult case in the seventeenth century.
Their history is an interesting
one.
A young girl had been murdered.
Suspicion fell upon two soldiers,
Ralph and Alfred, who were suitors
for her hand. Both of the accused
men denied their guilt, and even torture
failed to extract a confession
from either of them. Then Elector
Frederick William decided to cut the
knot by means of the dice box. The
two soldiers should throw for their
lives, and the loser should be executed
as the murderer. The event
was celebrated with great pomp and
solemnity.
Ralph had his chance first and
threw sixes, the highest possible
number. The dice box was then
given to Alfred. He fell on his knees
and prayed aloud: "Almighty God,
Thou knowest I am innocenf. Protect
me, I beseech Thee!"
Then he arose from his feet and
threw the dice with such force that
one of them was broken. The whole
one showed six, the broken one also
gave six on the larger portion, and
the fragment split off showed one.
This was a fragment of 13, one beyond
Ralph's throw. The audience
held its breath in amazement.
"God has spoken!" cried the prince.
Ralph, appalled by what he regarded
as a sign from heaven, confessed
his guilt and was sentenced to death.
Logic.
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A hungry customer seated hinjself
n f o foKla in o roatail.
aw <* wauiV/ IU a v^uiva iuuvu & vovau
rant and ordered a chicken pie.
When it arrived he raised the lid and
sat gazing at the contents intently
for a while. Finally he called the.
waiter.
"Look here, Sam," he said, "what
did I order?"
"Chicken pie, sah."
"And what have you brought me?"
"Chicken pie, sah."
"Chicken pie, you black rascal!"
the customer replied. "Chicken pie?"
Why, there's not a piece of chicken
in it, and never was."
"Dats right, boss?dey ain't no
chicken in it."
"Then why do you call It chicken
pie?" I never heard of such a thing."
"Dat's all right, boss. Dey don't
have to be no chicken in a chicken
pie. Dey ain't no dog in a dog biscuit,
is dey?"?Everybody's.
TO BUILD ANDERSON COLLEGE.
Contract for Three Buildings Let for
Seventy Thousand Dollars.
Anderson, Aug. 22.?The contract
for the administration building and
two dormitories for Anderson College
was let this afternoon to the Wise
Granite PnmTianv. nf Wise. N. C.. for
approximately $70,000. Seven other
bids were received by the building
committee, ranging from the amount
of the Wise bid to $92,000. The
contract awarded does not include
the heating system, plumbing and
furnishings. The work is to commence
immediately and be completed
by June 15, 1912.
It will be recalled that $100,000
was raised by public subscription
here and presented to the State Baptist
Convention for the college. The
college will be run and governed by
the convention.
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son siLiys father.
Says Self-Defence Prompted Fatal
Blow with Axe.
Booneville, Ind., Aug. 25.?After
having been pressed by continuous
questioning for almost 30 hours in
jail, William Lee late to-day made a
written statement, in which he said
he had killed his father, Richard
Lee, in self-defence, after the father
had murdered his wife and younger
son, Clarence. The bodies of Lee's
father, mother and brother were
found in their burning home early
yesterday, and Lee "was charged with
their murder. After young Lee's
statement to-day, Sheriff Scales, fear
ing the prisoner would he lynched,
secretly took him to Evansville.
Lee, who is but 22 years old, calmly
reiterated his story that he knew
nothing of the circumstances of the
killing of his family until late this
afternoon, when he suddenly said:
"I have something preying on my
mind," and calling for paper and
pencil, he wrote as follows:
Prisoner's Statement.
"I was awakened by a noise, and
went into the bed room, where my
father and mother and brother slept.
As I opened the door I saw that my
mother and my brother had been
murdered. My father sprang at me,
axe in hand, exclaiming, 'I will get
you too.' I grabbed the axe away
from him and hit him over the head
with it. I could smell kerosene, and
I found oil had already been poured
over the bed. Just because matches
were handy, and I did not know what
else to do, I set fire to the bed clothing,
and then gave the alarm of fire."
After he had completed this statement,
fie said:
"I didn't know what else to do
when I set the place on fire. I didn't
know how the thing would look."
No Faith in Statement.
The streets about the jail were
crowded all day with townspeople
and farmers. The county officials
said they placed no faith in his statement.
The motives ascribed by the officials
in charging Lee with the mur
ueio is uiiat uc wioucu i/Vi v/uwiu
money with which to be married to
Mina Taylor. Cash amounting to
$100, said to have been in the Lee
house Wednesday, has not' been
found.
The lives of Richard and Clarence
Lee were insured for $700. William
Lee is known to have quarrelled with
his parents because they opposed his
marriage.
A MILE OP MELONS.
Or Rather a Mile of Cars Loaded
With 2,000,000 Cantaloupes.
The Southern Pacific has practi
cany completed one 01 tne must remarkable
crop movements in its history
in the handling of the crop in
the Imperial Valley. The total number
of cars shipped to date amounts
to 2,600, says the Los Angeles
Times, with about 100 acres additional
to mov<e. This is approximately
900 acres more than was harvested
in any season before.
There were 56,000,000 pounds of
ice used in the field and Yuma, Ariz.,
to take care of these shipments. The
biggest day's picking was June 11,
when 133 carloads were harvested.
These cars were hauled from Brawley,
the shipping centre, to Imperial
Junction on the main line in one
train, the length of which was 6,175
feet, considerably more than a
mile long*
There were 324 crates in each
car and 45 melons to the crate, or
a total number of 14,580 melons in
each car, and in the train 1,939,
140 melons. When one appreciates
the fact that each of these melons
was handled at least three times in
picking, wrapping and crating he can
readily imagine the army of men
necessary in the field to do this work.
This was probably the greatest number
of fruit cars of the same class
and loaded with the same product
ever hauled in one train.
Smith Fears Free Passes.
Atlanta, Aug. 24.?The law passed
by the recent legislature, permitting
the exchange of railroad mileage for
newspaper advertising, was vetoed
to-day by Gov. Hoke Simtn.
He held that as the measure did
not specify that the railroads must
give mileage in strict accordance with
value received, it might be used to
practically restore the old days of
free passes.
Studying the Boll Weevil.
Natchez, Miss., Aug. 23.?A party
of 25 Georgians, accompanied by G.
H. Alford, of the farmers' co-operative
department in the department of
agriculture, was here to-day to study
the work of the boll weevil and the
best way to combat that pest. They
went to the chamber of commerce
and addresses were delivered by former
President Sim H. Lowenberg and
C. .R. Byrnes, both advising diversification
and raising of live stock with
cotton as a surplus crop.
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