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TRAGEDY OF THE | / CIVIL WAR tC Daughter of Gov. Pickeo | Killed by ShelL ACCOUNT FROM OLD NEWSPAPER __ She Was Just About if ' > 1 to be Married When h. the Blow Fell. |.;; A clipping from ah old scrap bool gives the following dramatic pictur of one of the saddest tragedies o the great war from the Charlestoi ?.. Mercury. The Yankees from time to tim threw a shell into the city and no body seems to mind it. But misfor tune willed that a shell should throv the entire community into mourning Miss Anna Pickens, the daughte of our former governor, never con sented to leave the city. Despite th< representations of General Beaure gard, she remained, braving shell and "Greek" fire, tending the wound Zi"' * ed, and cheering all with her pres ence. Among the wounded officer under her ministering care was Mr Andrew-de Rpchelle, a descendant o V one of the noblest Hugenot familie; of this city. This young man wa > ' full of the liveliest gratitude for hi Bjl 1^ -y fair nurse. Gratitude gave birth t< a more tender sentiment, his suit wa listened to, Governor Pickens gavi his consent, and the marriage wa fixed for yesterday, the 23d of April Lieutenant De Rochelle, was oi duty at Fort Sumter in the morninj and it was determined that the cere mony should take place at the resi dence of General Donham, in 'th evening at 7 o'clock. At the momen when the Episcopal clergyman wa asking the bride if she was ready ; shell fell upon the roof of the build ing, penetrated the room where th< company were assembled, burst, am wounded nine persons, and amon the rest Miss Anna Pickens. We can not describe the siene that followed Order was at last re-established am the wounded were removed, all ex cept the bride, who lay motionles upon the carpet. !Her bethothed kneeling and bending over her, wa weeping bitterly and trying to stanc] I the blood that welled from a terribl wound under her left breast. A sur geon came and declared that Mis Pickens had not longer than tw hours to live. We shall paint th general despair. When the girl recovered her con ; sciousness, she asked to know he fate, and when they hesitated to tel her she said: "Andrew, I beg of yoi to tell me the truth. If I must die, can die worthy of you." The youn; soldier's tears were his answer, am Miss Anna, summoning all he strength, attempted to smile. Noth ing could be more heart-rending thai to see the agony of this brave gir struggling in the embrace of deati and against a terrible mortal pang Governor Pickens, whose courage i known, was almost without con sciousness and Mrs. Pickens looke< upon her child with the dry haggar eye of one whose reason totters. Lieutenant De Rochelle was th first to speak, "Anna," he cried, " will die soon 100, but I would hav you die my wife. There is yet tim to unite us." The young girl did not reply; sh a ciiVhf flush ros \WIS> IUU v? ca,rw - 0 - ? _ for an instant to her pale cheek. I could be seen that joy and pain wer struggling in her spirit for the mas tery. Lying upon a sofa her brida dress all stained with blood, her hai disheveled, she had never been mor beautiful. Helpless as she was Lieut enant De Rochelle took her hand am requested the Rev. Mr. Dickinson t proceed with the ceremony. When i was time for the dying girl to sa "Yes," her lips parted several times but she could not articulate. At las the word was spoken, and a sligh foam rested upon her lips. The dy ing agony was near. The ministe sobbed as he proceeded with the cere mony. An hour afterwards all wa over and the bridal chamber was th chamber of death. Two 6-year-old children, son am granddaughter of Noah Crout, of Gil bert, Lexington county, were bitten ; few days ago by a mad dog. Th children were carried to Columbia fo the Pasteur treatmennt. nn?" notr c+o finn or JL I V Uiic Ul LAKJOC " kivubwuvi packages at Herald Book Store. WAS MARINE ELEPHANT. | Famous Great Eastern Proved to Be Great Failure. That famous old steamship of the sixties, the Great Eastern, has been the occasion of a friendly invasion of letters provoked by an item in "Re^ plies to Readers," says the New York ft Sun. The semi-old-timers who remember the ships are many. Their descriptions make her seem a thing of yesterday, and this is natural, for she was years ahead of her time. In fact, that was the trouble with her. The Great Eastern was for many I a year the greatest thing afloat. Dur4t,<t kot- ovistpnr>A she never had a ri lug UVi ? # val for length and tonnage. She was a wonder of the waters. Whenever she anchored at New York, great crowds, such as now regularly visit t the warships when they drop anchor * hereabout, fairly flocked aboard tbe Great Eastern. Unfortunately, a leviathan cannot be made to pay on the basis of 50 cents general admission, and she was as big a financial failure as she was a ship. "Not a Very Old-timer" account v different correspondents reccollec- ^ e tions of the street where the vessel f docked by the suggestion that she a a lay across several streets, all spanned f< by her extreme length. Every one a e naturally located her position from g] _ from the street or dock from which ^ T . he went aboard. i- Besides being a dire failure financi- ^ ally, the Great Eastern was known as ? r the possessor of an uncommonly bad Q . break of luck. "Not a very old2 timer," as the correspondent just - mentioned writes, her name was sub- ^ s sequently changed three times; from v - the Leviathan to the Great Eastern,' . then to the Great Ship, then back to 8 s the Great Eastern. Whatever the c< >. purpose of all this baptising may have f been, changing her name failed to d s change her luck. In his op.nion, c s she should have been called thi Sea s Elephant, says our informant, for ? 3 that was what she was to her own- ^ s ers. A c%at of white paint might ap? proximately have been added. s She was chiefly idle until 1865, . when she was employed for many n months laying the Atlantic cable. ^ * In 1867 she was shifted to passen^ 0 - ger service again for the purpose of _ carrying visitors to the Paris exposie tion. This scheme failed, like most t of the others. . ^ s From 1868 to 1874 she again en- ? ! gaged in cable laying work. After ^ . that she was laid up for good, for the e simple reason that she cost less to fi 3 keep laid up than to keep going. g * b A Believer in Missions. ^ Rev. Mr. Headland, missionary in e Peking, has the following to say of c Mr. W. J. Bryan, Secretary of State: "When Mr. William Jennings Bry' an took a trip around the world, I j had the pleasure of entertaining him at dinner in my own home ,n Peking and of showing him about the city. He gave the Thanksgiving address jj in the home of Dr. H. H. Lowry, and he carefully inspected every mission p in the vicinity of which he happened f. to be. When he had arrived in India ^ he wrote me the following letter: T " 'My dear Dr. Headland: I am a i \ interested in the work of your girls jj a school in Peking and am anxious to g * know what it costs to support a girl 0 ^ for a year. Will vou kindly write me j in Cairo, Egypt, giving me the necesr sary information. s: " 'Sincerely, 0 11 " 'William Jennings Bryan.' t: "I wrote at once saying that it cost ^ thirty dollars a year. He wrote me n from Egypt, saying: 'Draw on me a s 'till further notice for the support of ^ a girl in the girls' high school.' " tl Mr. Bryan afterward told Dr. Head- w d land that he was supporting eight e boys and girls in different mission n e fields and continues their support up v, T to the present time. CJ e TRICKY BRER RABBIT. p Dodges Large Snake Until It Kills , Itself on Stones. 0 Near Wilkesbarre, Pa., in a battle c: for life between a rabbit and a five- t< 0 foot blacksnake, the rabbit triumph- a: j ed by using strategy. The snake cor- >' nered the rabbit, and as the cotton r tail took refuge behind three large . stones, the snake attempted to close ^ in on it. The rabbit kept jumping from one side to another in the small o t space in which to make the fight, and . every time the rabbit jumped, the ^ " snake moved back and forth over the ^ ^ stones, one of which was very sharp. 0 t The tender part of the snake's body q was finally worn in two by the sharp ^ edge of the stone and as the snake n fell in two parts the rabbit jumped ^ over the rocks and was soon lost in r s 1 the woods. t e 1 A Flaming; Finish. n 3 ".My grandfather." said the oldtimer, "used to put all his money in a a his stockings." ^ e "Wa-al, things hain't changed much," said his old friend. "My 1 . c grandson, who's takin' a course m ^ modern deportment at one o' them y Eastern colleges, puts most all his money into socks."?Judge. si JGHTNING DEALS ~ DEATH IN HOME. lother and Son Killed and j Others Are Injured | VHILE FAMILY WATCH STORM. ?ather and Four Other Children Painfully but not Seriously Hurt. Macon, Ga., June 1.?Mrs. J. C. homas and her-son, Jesse C. Thoms, Jr., were instantly killed, and Dur other members of the family nd a neighbor's child injured by a troke of lightning which struck the homas home, two miles north of effersonville, 25 miles from Macon, aturday afternoon at 5.30 o'clock uring a severe electrical storm. The injured are: J. C. Thomas, Sr., illiot Thomas, aged 9 years; Louise homas, aged 12, and Merrill Methin, aged 14." , Because of the fact that telephone ^ nd telegraph wires were put out of nmmission bv the storm, news of the ' ragedy did not reach here until to- ' ay, when a relative came here to seure the services of an undertaker. The members of'the family were ' athered on the front porch of their ome watching the antics of the , torm. The bolt struck the rear of he house, coming out through the ront. The father was the first to all, but retained consciousness. He ' aw his wife and his son stricken ' ead and for a time thought the othr children had suffered a like fate. In a few minutes he was able to ise and went to their assistance. - ] The body of Mrs. Thomas was bad- < 7 burned as was that of her son. < ,ouise, the daughter, was paralyzed, ,* ar several hours, but has suffered no ] erious results. The hair was singed rom the head of Elliot, the 9-yearld boy, and his neck and chest were ] urned. The Thomas family has resided ] ear Jeffersonville for about a year, j oming there from South Carolina. MINNESOTA JAG FARM. liree Kind of Baths, But No Drugs 1 or Liquids Given. A novel use for part of the saloon ^ cense tax has been evolved by the ' legislature of Minnesota. This unique lan is what will be known as a "jag { irm " to which any person who has 1 een "jagged" three times within 3 tiree years is elligible. Two hundred nd fifty thousand dollars has been lvested in the undertaking by the tate. The farm comprises 497 acres ] f land under cultivation and this , ill give employment to the inmates. < Facing Lake Wilmar, and at the , ide of a water tank with a capacity i f 72,000 gallons, a hospital and cot- i ages have been erected, equipped rith tub baths, shower baths, and < larble massage slabs in hydrother- ; peutic bath-rooms. There the ater cure will be administered until j tie patients learn to like it. There ] ill be no drugs and no liquor. But ] very influence will be extended to lake the individual realize that he ] as manhood in him and that he is apable of controlling himself. . As a starter he will be boiled and \ arboiled and rubbed and massaged ; > get as much alcohol out of him as 1 ossible. Then every time he feels a i raving for drink he will be rushed > the hydrotherapeutic bathroom nd put in a tub of water.?Frederick ' tews. ! iT CTTVfi nrmv ritrifiy ' >ast Chapter Written in Series of ' Bloody Tragedies. 5 i Hampton, May 30.?The mutilated 1 ody of Richard Henry Austin, which 1 ad been hanging from the limb of an 1 ak tree in Hampton's beautiful < ourt House square all day, was cut i own a-t 5 o'clock on yesterday afteroon, wrapped in a sheet, placed in a < ooden box and taken in a wagon to 1 'otter's Field, where it was buried. ( 'he removal of this gruesome sight, : -i mnct nrnminpnt nl;iPp. in this I 1 .1 liic UJUOL k VAii V rv .M v.. ttle city, where the gaze of every- 1 ne would naturally turn, was wel- i ome news to all the citizens, and ' 3-day they are all thankful that the * xcitement has subsided and the last i hapter in the notorious career of the i esparado Austin has been written. < Go to J. A. Hunter's hardware ore to get your hardware. WEALTH OF THE CZAR. f Nicholas, of Russia, Richest Man On Earth. While Russia is a frequent and arge borrower among the nations of ;he earth, Czar Nicholas, according o a statement presented to his majes:y by the imperial treasurer general, p s the richest man in the world. The itatompnt in rnnrhed in fanciful lan ?uage, but the facts which recites ire said by St. Petersburg bankers ;o be beyond dispute. "Your majesty," says Baron Menjhikoff, "need have no fear of ever A ;oming to suffer the stings of poverty. Financially, you are solvency tself. With one hand you could buy )ut the American multi-millionaires, Rockefeller and Morgan, and still iave sufficient in the other to talk Dusiness with Baron Rothschild. Or, *" f you prefer, you can take over the Krupps, although I would not recomnend the investment." Czar Nicholas is very angry with Baron Menchikoff and his playful *-ays and rebuked him soundly for iniulging in "such undignified comparsons." The czar's civil list amounts to learly two millions sterling, includ- ^ ng the amounts paid to the grand iukes; and of this sum more than a nillion is available for his private C( purposes. Then he owns lands in Russia and in Europe which cover an irea equal to that of the whole of ^ Nevada, of which the revenues reach j :he vast sum of $20,000,000 per an- ^ num. of which $5,000,000 is paid ^ to the grand ducal families. The . izar's lands in Siberia bring him in another $7,500,000, although they ire at present largely undeveloped. v Mtogetner, including interest on savngs, the czar's income exceeds $30,000,000, and is increasing rapidly. He sets aside each year a large sum for each of his four daughters, so that if any one of the royal princes ,, contracts a marriage in that quarter ^ he will do extremely well from a _ U worldly point of view?though, of course, the exact disposition of the :zar's huge fortune is known only to himself and his financial adviser. s Farmer is Missing. E Orangeburg, June 2.?J. C. Boy- 1 kin, farmer of this county, residing Dn the old Charleston road between Drangeburg and Bowman, has dis\ lppeared and foul play is feared. Mr. Boykin has been missing since May 15 and so far no trace of him has been found. Mr. Boykin left his home on that day to secure someone svith a team to assist him in moving = his personal property, as he was going to move to another farm. c, Mrs. Boykin became alarmed when D her husband failed to return. She knew that sometime ago her husband had been attacked by an unknown party and badly injured. Mr. Boykin r had also been warned by a letter to leave that community or he would he violently dealt with. Mr. Boykin ii was also a main witness in some b criminal cases and from these facts ' ' ' . 1- - 1 it is tnougnt max, iic uas uici mm foul play. IV r Austin's Body Mutilated. p a Hampton, May 29.?The body of d Richard Henry Austin, the negro who ? on April 30 killed three prominent g citizens of this community, was hack- fi gd to pieces here early this morning k by a mob, the head cut off, fingers, " toes and other parts taken as sou- p venirs, and the mutilated carcass, g singed and hanged from a tree in front of the court house. Austin, who was shot and captured in a Georgia swam? on Tuesday night, died of his wounds while being brought back to this place by Sheriff Morris. The sheriff came on with the negroe's body, and arrived here p shortly after midnight. Men had s gathered from the surrounding coun- C await arrival of the sheriff a and his wounded prisoner, of whom g When the officers arrived with the t body the mob wreaked its rage and ii vengeance on the dead. a C' There was no great disturbance. p The crowd simply took the body from t< the sheriff, mutilated it horribly and a bung it to the tree. Portions of the t] body will be preserved for identifi- ^ nation purposes in behalf of claim- o rats for the rewards offered for the tl legro's capture. The Governor, in g bis proclamation of a reward offered _ ay the State, said the money would & ae paid for Austin's body, "just so ri :here is enough of it to be recognized " is him." ?? There is great satisfaction through- ? aut this and adjoining counties at * ;he capture and death of the desperafo. who has been the object of dili nu - ?A? Kent searcn ror a monin. oireim Morris has made the capture of the 9 iegro his whole thought and effort md his success has been complete. ? The chief portion of the reward, imounting in all to $2,500, offered Jor the body of Austin, will go to g Sheriff Morris, though others, it is jxpected, will be entitled to some of ;he money. a: Read The Herald, only $1.50 year. H IASOUNE LAUNCH ENGINE EXPLODED. I arty of Colombians Had Narrow Escape Sunday. 40 ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED. 'arty Was on Way to Govment Locks When Accident Occurred. As a party of five were on their ay yesterday afternoon up the Conaree river to the government locks, tie gasoline engine of the launch, in rhich they were riding, exploded, ainfully but not seriously burning everal of the passengers. The party onsisted of Capt. Frost of the govrnment service, E. A. Jenkins and is little boy, Thomas Jenkins, Dr. . P. Ott and W. D. Ott. The little oy was the most seriously burned, ut it was stated last night that his ijuries were not considered serious. The party had been taken to ride mi. p to the government iocks. iney fere just offGranby landing when the ngine had trouble and when it was ranked again it exploded. Life preervers from the City of Columbia, fhich was docked at the landing, fere thrown to the occupants of the aunch and they swam to the bank, ['he accident occurred about 5:30 'clock.?Columbia State. Threw Away Money. i Henry never knew stairs could be o frolicsome and Alpine until that oidnight. He had reached the turnng point of his perilous journey fhen his wife appeared, armed with he well-known candle and poker. "You're drunk, Henry!" she cried indictively. "You'e drunk!" "Well, if I ain't," responded Henry iemurely, "I've spent $3.65 for nothag!" And he wept! To Cure a Cold in One Day at* T.AXATIYE BROMO Quinine. It stops thi ough and Headache and works off the Cold, ruggists refund money if it fails to cure. . W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. )istrict Court of the United States? District of South Carolina?Bamberg County. In the matter of G. S. Arnett, doag business as G. S. Arnett & Co., ankrupt. To the creditors of the above namd bankrupt: Take notice that on the 28th day of larch, 1913, the above named bankupt filed his petition in said Court raying a discharge according to law, nd that a hearing was thereupon orered and will be had upon said peition on the 6th day of June, 1913, efore said Court, at Charleston, in aid District, at 11 o'clock in the orenoon, at which time and place all mown creditors and other persons i interest may appear and show ause, if any they have, why the rayer of said petition should not be ranted. RICHARD W. HUTSON, Clerk. Winthrop College SCHOLARSHHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION _ t The examination for the award of acant scholarships in Winthrop Col3ge and for the admission of new tudents will be held at the County lourt House on Friday, July 4, at 9 . m. Applicants must be not less han sixteen years of age. When cholarships are vacant after. July 4 hey will be awarded to those makig the highest average at this exmination, provided they meet the onditions governing the award. Aplicants for Scholarships should write ? President Johnson before the exmination for Scholarship 'examinaion blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and ree tuition. The next session will pen September 17, 1913. For furtier information and catalogue, adress Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, . C. ires Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. lie worst cases, no matter of how long standing, e cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. irter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves lin and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c, $1.00 785 1913 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 129th Year Begins September 26th Entrance examinations at all the aunty seats on Friday, juiy mu, at a. m. Full four year courses lead to the . A. and B. S. degrees. A free tuition scholarship is assignd to each county of the State. 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