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Reported That Eighteen Were Killed
in Oklahoma Storm.
Oklahoma City, May 2.?According
to a dispatch from Altus, Oklahoma,
> to-night, the village of Kern, in a
remote section of Washita county, i
was practically wiped out by the tornado
which swept through the southwestern
corner of Oklahoma last Saturday.
It is reported, but not pos- i
sible to confirm to-night, that 18
persons were killed at Kern and a
? number injured. Kern is removed 1
> from the railroad and without wire
communication. Three persons, Mrs.
William Spradling and two children, 1
are reported to have been killed at
Eldorado, Okla. A revised list of
the dead shows that 22 persons were
killed in Oklahoma exclusive of those :
reported dead at Kern.
May Indict Xear Beer Dealers.
Atlanta, May 3.?The grand jury
which meets to-day has under consideration
criminal indictments against
100 near-beer dealers in Atlanta and
Fulton county.
They are charged with failure to
pay their special licenses of $300
each, which were due in January.
Every effort has been made to collect
this money, and repeated warnings
> , have been given. The authorities
now understand that some of the
dealers are planning to hold out indefinitely
to test the validity of the
special tax, and this has led the solicitor
general to decide on a criminal
prosecution, for misdemeanor, if
he can get the grand jury to act. The
bills have been drawn up, but have
not yet been returned by the grand
jury.
Acquitted for Lynching Negro.
West Chester, Pa., May 3.?Lewis
Dentithorne, on trial for second degree
murder in connection with the
lynching of Zach Walker, a negro,
last August, was acquitted this
t morning by a jury.
After the jury had brought in the
verdict of not guilty in the Dentithorne
case the commonwealth asked
for the acquittal of the other five
defendants.
The acquitted men were discharged,
among them being Chief of Po*
lice Usted.
The commonwealth's reason for
jf asking acquittals was the inability to
obtain convictions because of the
V:, state of mind of the people of the
county. Zach Walker, on the night
of August 13, 1911, was burned by
a mob after being arrested for killing
a special policeman.
Branchville Man Shot by Negro.
Branchville, May 4.?W. W. All, a
well-known young merchant of
Branchville, was shot and perhaps
fatally wounded by Noon Evans, a
negro, to-night at 9 o'clock. The
shooting occurred almost directly in
front of Mr. All's store. The ne*
? gro is said to have fired four shots,
the last taking effect. The bullet
entered the left breast just below
the heart, lodging under the flesh 'of
the back.
Evans made his escape, disappearing
in the darkness in the direction
of the negro settlement in the eastern
part of the town. Searching parties
were formed at once and the country
is being diligently covered in the
hunt for the negro. The searchers
are aroused and if Evans is found
to-night he may be severely dealt
with.
It is said that Noon Evans came to
the door of Mr. All's store to-night
when Mrs. All asked him about an
account he owed Mr. All. His reply
to the question is said to have been
? impertinent, ' whereupon Mrs. All
walked to the rear of the store and
told her husband what the negro had
said to her.
Mr. All secured an axe handle and
walked out into the street. As he approached
Evans, who was sitting with
other negroes, the negro fired four
shots from a revolver that he had
drawn.
Mr. All is about 30 years of age
and has a wife and one daughter. He
was originally from Kline and was
formerly a train dispatcher.
The possibility of the wound proving
fatal can not be estimated at this
time, although it is feared Mr. All
may not recover.
Seek Dispensary Election.
Chester, May 2.?Nine hundred
and thirty-one signatures were turned
in Tuesday, April 30, which was
h the final day according to the laws of
W the State, to Supervisor T. W. Shannon
requesting that an election be
called on the dispensary question at
the general election day in November.
Before an election can be called by
the supervisor 25 per cent, of the
A > qualified voters must attach their sig*
natures to petitions and those peti
tions must be in the hands of the supervisor
on the aforesaid date. As
Chester has about 2,000 registered
voters, it appears that the petitioners
have won, unless a large number of
the names are scratched when they
come under the scrutiny of the county
board of examiners.
Boyce Littlefield and Robert McCar- ,
ter criminally assaulted her near j
Greer Saturday night, April 20, and
he dismissed this charge after a
preliminary hearing in the court
house yesterday. ]
An older woman in whose house
the crime was alleged to have been
committed and who fled prior to the
time when the young woman was
supposed to have been attacked, testified,
however, that the four young ;
men tore her waist and made vile 1
remarks as to their intentions concerning
her. On her testimony, accordingly,
Magistrate Dean committed
the four to jail to await the ac ;~+
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assault and battery with intent to
commit'a felony.
The first young woman whose
original story was that after the older
woman had escaped three of the
young men attacked her in the house
and the fourth compelling her to accompany
him to the woods and detained
her there the rest of the night,
was reluctant to testify at the hearing
yesterday. It was feared that
she intended to flee to escape being a
witness?in fact, it was feared that
she would be bribed to keep silent?
and she was accordingly locked up in
jail until she furnished bond.
The warrants against the four defendants
were sworn out before
Magistrate Henderson, of Appalachee,
but it was deemed expedient
to transfer the case to Magistrate
Dean, who is one of the oldest in
length of service in the State, having
ben a magistrate for more than 20
years.
The hearing was held in Spartanburg
for the sake of convenience.
.olicitor Otts represented the
State at the hearing while C. P.
Simms was attorney for the defendants.
Ernest Rollins testified how, after
he had gone to the women's rescue
with a shotgun, the four youths ^
wrested the gun from him and broke
up the furniture in the house.
Took Drink, Missed Wedding.
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PbiiaHoinbin ATav 3?Edward M.
O'Malley, who failed to appear for
his wedding to Miss Mary E. Wineberg
at Haverford yesterday, arrived
home this morning and immediately
made a dash for the home of his
fiancee. Friends held him back and
informed him that he would get a
warm reception if he attempted to
invade the home where yesterday the
wedding guests were assembled waiting
for him to appear. O'Malley took
the hint, and later talked with Miss
Wineberg on the telephone. He
wouldn't say what she said, but he
seemed peeved.
O'Malley declared that he had gone
to Philadelphia with $75 in his pocket
for the purpose of purchasing
furniture. He got into conversation
with a stranger and took a drink
with him. When he came to he was
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gone. That was this morning. He
immediately borrowed carfare and
started for home.
Miss Wineberg this afternoon said
there would be no wedding.
Duel to Death With Knives.
Atlanta, Ga., May 3.?In a fight
with knives in a house of the restricted
district here early this morning,
C. Richard Harper, said to belong to
a prominent Jacksonville, Fla., family
was killed and his opponent, Kell
Potts, chief clerk in the local offices
of an express company, was terribly
cut. The fight was witnessed by a
dozen women. According to Potts,
who is in a hospital with his face
and head slashed in a score of places,
he and Harper had quarreled over a
bottle of beer and Harper attacked
him. When he looked into a mirror
he exclaimed that he was mutilated
for life. Turning on Harper, he stabbed
him repeatedly with a pocket
knife. The latter died in a few minutes.
Harper leaves a young wife. He
was the local representative of a lithographing
company.
PUTS ON PAI) FOR LICKING.
Boy, Prepared for Punishment,
Taunted Teachers.
Because he came to school "prepared
to take a whipping," says a
Springfield, Mo., dispatch, Carl Gibson,
a 12-year-old student in the
Mentor district, about 10 miles from
here, could not persuade a jury in
the criminal court that he had been
assaulted by little Miss Lydia Thornhill,
instructor, and a jury, after deliberating
10 minutes, discharged
the defendant.
The Gibson boy, it was alleged,
padded the seats of two pairs of
trousers which he wore to school and
became unruly, whereupon the
teacher, who had heard his boast
that if whipped he would have her
arrested, promptly applied the
"birch."
Three Young Men Held.
Spartanburg, May 1.?Little credence
was placed by Magistrate J. M.
Dean in the story of a young woman
that Claude Wright, Ben Littlefield,
NEGRO FINDS SPANISH COINS.
About 8,000 Worth in the Woods Y
Near Savannah.
Savannah, Ma}- 4.?A colored man
named Hamden has created a sensa- r
tion in Savannah by bringing into a
the city several ancient Spanish coins a
of gold and offering to sell them. He v
sold one to the Spanish consul to- c
day for $16 and sold one yesterday s
to a gentleman for $20, to be used
as a watch charm. The coins are b
known as Spanish "onzas" because v
they weigh nearly an ounce each. c
The negro says while walking s
through the woods east of Savannah n
he found one of the coins, and dig- b
ging into the earth brought 400 of k
them to light. The find is worth h
easily $8,000. Hamden is very se- b
cretive about where he found the f
money, fearing some one will take t
the coins from him. Those he sold
were dated 1735 and 1782, respect- v
ively. He says he found them near t
an old battle field west of the city, s
YVoman Accused of Killing Baby, j
Protesting her innocence and vowing
that if she should give birth to a c
baby under conditions which made it 0
the foulest disgrace possible for a r
white woman, she would still love *
and cherish the child Mrs. Julia ^
Taylor, 25 years old, of Drayton 11
mills, was arrested yesterday charg- a
sd with infanticide. Her aged D
mother, Mrs. Adeline Tissner, was ^
arrested as an accessory before the v
fact. Their arrest followed the find- a
ing in an old well of a week-old baby z
boy, of whom Mrs. Taylor was declar- E
sd by the coroner's jury to be the ^
Circumstantial evidence adduced
at the inquest seemd to indicate that *
Mrs. Taylor, after working in the *
mill up to and including Friday, s
April 19, gave birth to the baby that a
night without the attendance of a e
physician or anybody but her moth- s
er, and returned to work in the mill c
the following Wednesday. The tes- t
timonv touched on her appearance P
before and after that Friday night 1
and also related to certain noises
heard in her house that night. Wo- ^
men who worked with Mrs. Taylor P
in the mill told of symptoms of ill- r
ness of which she complained. 11
Mrs. Taylor has three children. v
She is separated from her husband. a
Boys hunting frogs found the s
baby, which was floating on the sur- to
face of about three feet of water in *
an abandoned well. Drs. James H.
Hunter and G. H. Bunch testified that 11
the baby was seemingly not more to
than one week old and had apparently
been born alive. E
After the inquest of Coroner John to
S. Turner the jury found that "the c
infant child came to its deatn oy
drowning in a well at the hands of
its mother, Julia Taylor, and that i]
Adeline Tissner is an accessory be- a
fore the fact."?Spartanburg Herald. P
Fire at Allendale.
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Allendale, May 4.?At 5 o'clock t
this morning fire consumed the four ^
wood stores owned by B. R. Myrick,
situated between H. Wolff &. Co.'s .,
new brick structure and the Southern t
Railroad, in the centre of the business
section. The cause of the fire 0
u
is not known, but began in the build- ^
ing occupied by Louis Hepner, from t
which it spread in both directions. .
But for the favorable condition of the
air currents and the fire wall of H.
Wolff & Co. the fire would have prob- ^
ably wiped out the greater part of
the business section. One of the.
buildings was used as'the grocery
department of H. Wolff & Co., who
succeeded in removing tne greater ^
portion of their goods, sustaining a t
loss of about $400, with no insur- d
ance. d
B. R. Myrick occupied one with ^
his butcher shop, the contents and f
fixtures of which was a total loss of
about $400. n
Louis Hepner, whose stock of dry ^
goods is estimated at about $3,000, .,
had $1,600 insurance. E
Julius Claus's stock of toys and
confectionery, estimated at $1,200, .
had $500 insurance.
The barber shop fixtures of Angus
Williams was saved, and so was the ^
pool table and furniture of the pool ^
room.
B. K. .uyriCK carnea no lusuiauuc
on the buildings, which loss amounts
to about $2,000.
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Why He Left the Church. 0
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A lonely bachelor, at the age of p
72, married a young wife. A Sun- 1
day or two after the wedding a wid- s
ower asked the minister who had of-1
ficiated at the marriage of the bachelor
to pray for him, as his wife had
just died. The minister, in his pray- b
er, therefore, did not fail to remem- w
ber "our aged and grieving brother ti
upon whom the heavy hand of sore 1
affliction has so lately fallen." v
At these words the old bridegroom, 1c
red and snorting with rage, rose is
from beside his girl wife. tl
"It may be a sore affliction," he
growled audibly, as he left the h
church, "but I'll be hanged if any k
man is going to pray in public for o
me that way." a
CHILD SHOWS RARE NERVE.
Valks Mile With Mangled Hand and
Sees Fingers Amputated.
With one hand nearly cut off as the
esult of an accident, Mary Corkhill
7-year-old child, displayed remarkble
bravery and fortitude when she
talked more than a mile and then
almly held her hand while a phyician
amputated four of the fingers.
The little girl and her younger
rother were playing in the woods
- hen the boy picked up an axe and
ut the girl so that two fingers were
evered, two mangled and the hand
early severed at the wrist. The child
ound a string around the arm to
eep it from bleeding, walked to her
ome wtih her brother and then held
er hand for amputation, stopping to
orgive the brother with a kiss as
he surgeon's knife did its work.
It was only after dressing of the
rounded member was completed that
he child's iron nerve gave way and
he cried.
at Carson's Band Causes Civil War.
Walnut Ridge, Ark., May 4.?This
ommunity is excited by the develpments
in the grand jury probe of
ecent dynamiting outrages perperated
by "Kit Carson and his band."
is a result of the operations of that
lysterious organization, resulting in
n exodus of the greater part of the
iegro population, a company of the
Itate militia was called here last
reek to quell a threatened race riot;
,nd this week nine prominent citiens
were arrested on the charge of
light riding in connection with the
lynamiting of the home of John San[ers,
a negro, April 19.
The men arrested are Robert Mclall,
Dan Tolston, "Dock" Drover,
nil Wilkerson, Cliff Poe, W. F. Cut4r>croT>
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nd Bert Belk. Other arrests are
xpected, as detectives and deputy
heriffs are busily engaged in the
ollection of evidence. Several of
hose arrested are among the most
irominent residents of Walnut
tidge.
The trouble began on the night of
ipril 18, when unidentified persons
osted warnings threatening all negro
esidents with violence if they did
iot at once leave the town. These
earnings were signed "Kit Carson
nd His Band," and produced conternation
among the negroes, who
egan to get out singly and by famlies.
The following night another circuar
was posted, in which a commit-ee
of white residents warned the
Kit Carson" crowd that they would
lot tolerate such interference with
he negro labor of the city. This
ounter-threat was as follows:
To Kit Carson and Band:
You are hereby given notice not to
nterfere with negroes holding jobs
nd working for people, as we will
irotect our help and prosecute you
n the limit of the law.
Furthermore, the white people will
rm their servants, with instructions
o shoot the first intruders who disurb
them. Your notice to the neroes
to leave, if you try to enforce
t, will more than likely get you in
he penitentiary. We are determined
lot to be put to trouble and annoynce
by you and the sooner you are
lealt with the better it will be for
he community. When you go after
he nigger be sure you are not
aught.
Negroes are notified to give alarm
iy telephone is bothered and assistnce
will be quickly rendered.
Authorized by the White Citizens'
ommittee.
This- only aroused the enemies of
he negroes to greater bitterness, and
hat night a crowd of white men
lynamited the home of John Sanlers,
a negro. The porch of the
iouse was torn away, but he and his
amily escaped injury. Several shots
rere fired into the house of another
legro, but no one was injured, and
or several hours the band ran amuck
n the negro district, terrorizing the
legroes and overawing the few offiers
who realized they were unable
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0 SUDdlie SO rormiUclUit; an ai i a> ui
awless citizens.
An appeal was made to Governor
)onaghey for aid and he sent the
Jlack Rock militia company. The
ppearance of the soldiers had a
uieting influence upon the disturbrs,
as they realized they "were up
gainst it." It stopped the exodus
f negroes to other towns, after at
east 50 per cent, of the original
population of 400 had departed,
'hose left behind felt that peace and
afety were again assured.
Whisky Output Curtailed.
A curtailment in :heir output has
een agreed upon by local distillers,
ho fear an overprcAuction of Kenjcky
whisky similar to that from
S90 to IS93, inclusive, says a Louisnip
riiKnntoh The 90.000,000 gal
>ns produced in the last two years
i more than 20,000.000 in excess of
le demand.
The distillers say that jobbers
ave practically ceased to buy whisy
younger than 1910, due to the
verthrowing of Dr. Wiley's ruling
s to what constituted pure whisky.
FELL UNDER TRAIN. ^
Farmer Loses Leg in Accident at g
Allendale. 1
Allendale, May 5.?Perry Jackson,
a farmer living near Allendale, was
knocked down and had one leg cut
off by the engine of the Southern
passenger train yesterday afternoon
at 4:36 o'clock at the Main street
crossing. The unfortunate victim
seemed to have been unconscious of
the train and it is said, walked into
it as it was slowing down for the
station.
The railroad surgeon, Dr. H. R.
Tison, took charge of the case, dressed
the wound, and now has the pa
tient in a fair condition for recovery,
which was at one time in doubt.
War on White Slave Traffic.
Washington, May 1.?Attorney
General Wickersham to-day appointed
Stanley W. Finch, chief of the
bureau of investigation of the department
of justice, a special commissioner
to suppress the white slave
traffic.
Mr. Finch will begin a vigorous
campaign in every State in the Union
for the extermination of the vice. He
will co-operate with societies and individuals
interested to wipe out the
traffic by a systematic and comprehensive
plan of investigation and
pros-ecution and by placing agents in
every State in the Union. About 600
special officers will be employed in
this active campaign.
A vigorous investigation of condi
tions m Virginia, west virgiua,
Maryland, North Carolina and the
District of Columbia has already
been started.
LIFE NOT WORTH LIVING
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Baden, Ind., summed up her existence
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like another person." (We guarantee
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What Vinol did for Miss Abel, we
know it will do for every nervous,
run-down, overworked, tired, thin and
discouraged woman in this vicinity.
Try a bottle of Vinol with the understanding
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