Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CASH DRAWER ROBBED. -Ticket Agent Said to Have I5ee Knocked Unconscious Chester, February 27.?The bolt est robbery committed here in yea: occurred this afternoon at the Se; board Air Line depot, when Mr. j Pat Wilson, day ticket agent, w; knocked down, it is said, by tv strange white men, who then rifle the cash drawer of $261.SO, and fle The robbery was committed just a ter the departure of passenger tra: No. 53, after the crowd had left tl station and Mr. Wilson was prepa ing to cross the street to the freigl Harnt One of the men is describe by Mr. Wilson as being about 5 fee 6 inches in height and heavy se while his companion was taller. Th< are believed to be strangers. M Wilson was knocked unconscioi with some blunt instrument, and It in that condition for half an hou or more. Upon coming to his sense he was able to give only a parti description of his assailants, as 1 was knocked down just as he open* the door, and was preparing to st< out. Sheriff Colvin has notified the of cers of adjoining counties and poss< t ~ . are scouring the country in every d ! rection. -f Senators Shocked by Scantily Cli ?-\ - - . Woman's Dance on Capitol Steps ????? Washington, February 28.?Seart was being made here to-day by ; squad of deputies, under orders < Colonel Charles C. Higgins, sergean at-arms of the senate, for Miss Mi] nie Burke, of New York, who : scanty costume yesterday boldly to ) danced down the front 6teps of tl capitol. The exhibition shocked tl > f can, dignity ana mouesiv ui scuavc tors and representatives. The officers are also looking f< two men, who accompanied Mi: Burke to the capitol in a taxics and a moving picture man engaged 1 take films of her performance. Colonel Higgins announced I would cause the arrest of Miss Burl and her three companions and pros cute them for trespass, the penali for which is ?200 fine or sixty da; in jail, or' both. j| ;' ERNEST GARY DROWNED. Son of South Carolina Chief -Justi* Was Testing Ice. ?P ______ Lexington, Va., March 1.?Erne Gary, the 17-year-old son of Chi Justice Eugene B. Gary, of the Soul Carolina Supreme Court, was drowi ? ed to-day while testing ice on a pon one mile from Lexington. Gary, student at Washington and Lee Un versity, was out walking with Cad< Smith, of the Virginia Military Inst tute, when he decided to see if tt ice was thick enough to hold hir He ventured too far and fell ini -twelve feet of water. Smith mac a brave attempt to rescue him, and i so doing, went under. With a plan he endeavored to save Gary fro: drowning, but Gary was chilled an weak and in a moment ne san Smith was rescued. Gary's body wj recovered. It will be sent to Abb* ville, S. C., to-morrow. ' LATTA MAN LOSES EYE. Rifle Ballet Rebounds After Strikin Suspended Bell. Latta, February 27.?Arch M Queen, a white man living near towi accidentally shot himself in the e> a few days ago. He was practicin with his rifle and aimed at a su: pended bell. The bullet, clangic the clapper, striking the side of tl hell, rebounded and struck him in tt eye, putting it out. He wras take immediately to an infirmary i Florence, but it is not believed thj there will be any chance to sa-\ , . his eye. * n / ? _t in i ncie ?am s uuwuws. Denmark, February 25.?Murn Ray is under arrest here, charge with tampering with the Unite States mails. It seems that a t sack for transfer at the Union dep< was opened and a package wit! > drawn. Dan Johnson, porter at tl depot, claims, it is said, that he sa I Ray in the act of opening a box < shoes taken from the sack and r ported it to the operator, who ha Ray arrested. Ray is now in ja pending action of the authorities. Inexcusable Interference. "You insist that the officer a rested you while you were quiet attending to your own business?" "Yes, your honor. He caught n suddenly by the collar and threate ed to strike me with his club unle I accompanied him to the stati< house." "You say you were quietly atten ing to your own business, makii no noise or commotion of any kind "Yes, your honor.'" "What is your business?" "I'm a burglar." BRAVERY OF THE ARABS. n Disaster to Detachment of Army Camel Corps?Death From Thirst. A thrilling 3tory of the bravery of rg the Arabs, our allies in Egypt, is told a_ by Captain Earl Percy of the Grenad^ ier Guards in the current issue of the Army Review, which is the official or, gan of the imperial general staff, says ir O the London Chronicle. Earl Percy ^ is writing of the Egyptian Army - Camel corps, and he tells of a dis. aster that occurred to one of its ill t t companies in the desert west of le Dongola. r"A column which was to supply them with provisions," he explains, "having failed to arrive at the appointed time, the Egyptian officer in ^ charge of the detachment decided ' that the r^k of remaining there was too great, and set out to march to Dongola. The party lost its way in ty the terrible sandstorms. The women and children were discovered by the al belated convoy and rescued in the last stage of exhaustion, but of the le v ? * ? j n? ^ j men wno naa scattered m iue uoye [ of finding water twenty perished, in-! P eluding one officer. ''The incident revealed the extraordinary courage and endurance of Ag ~ which the Arabs are capable. Many of them refused to kill their cameis, though the only hope of prolonging , their lives lay in the course always lo taken in 6uch circumstances of open ing the camel's stomach and drinking the water inside it. The animals, they said, were the property a of the government, and they were responsible for them. "The most remarkable feat was a" that of a sergeant who eventually in reached water, alone, the small party e~ that accompanied him having lain ie down to die. Having refreshed him-! ie self and his camel, he returned to I i a~ his unconscious comrades and revived them by pouring water into their 5r ears, their tongues having by that' Sb time swollen to such an extent that they could swallow nothing. The into quiry subsequently showed the marvelous fortitude and calmness which ie these men display under the most tryce ing circumstances. Earl Percy also writes of weird underground fighting, where savage k S trihocTYion hiHHon tlipmsplvpc with their cattle and other belongings, in a burrowing that he described as a "vast rabbit warren." This district, he explains, is the house of the Baggara, or cattle-owning tribes, the remnants of those fierce warriors who formed the main st fighting strength of the Dervishes. At southern Kordofan is the country of the Nubas, remnants of the original negro inhabitants of the country, who have been driven into . the isolated rock hills, rising 2,000 or 3,000 feet above th^ swamps and 1 forests. "In these mountain fastnesses," le Earl Percy continues, "honeycombed Q* with caves, this strange race builds its villages, grows its corn and tends its herds of sheep, cattle and goods, k Generally speaking, they are peaceable enough, but some of the clans have an evil reputation for raiding the neighboring Arabs, murdering isolated parties that may happen to iS stray too near, or canning off their a^ n*Amon A1 no + nf tho fiorhfinor H rvn o n V/U1CU. iUVO t V/I l-"V> uv/uv by the camel corps has been against these tribesmen, but its details, however, thrilling, are hardly of inter!g est to the student of military science. The tribesmen invariably retire, with i the greater part of their personal proc perty and live stock, to the bowels a, of the earth, whence they maintain e a hot fire on any troops who may ,g happen to come within range of their s- Sniders or Remingtons. Lg "The unsatisfactory nature of this ie fighting may be understood if the ie reader can imagine himself walking .n over a vast rabbit warren composed in of enormous boulders piled to a it height of some 1.000 feet or 2,000 ,-e feet and covering several square miles in area, with an invisible enemy beneath him whose whereabouts it is impossible to ascertain. "Officers naturally hesitated to eni\ gage in underground warfare in laby>d rinths where whole battalions might >d be swallowed up, and where all the ie advantage lay with the enemy. Latterlv. however, the Droblem has been h- tackled in a systematic manner by j ie the camel corps, and in recent expediw tions extensive cave clearing opera Df tions have been carried out. e- "Parties preceded by torch bearid ers have explored these recesses with lil great success, and though some loss has been sustained, the Xubas now know* that their immunity is gone, and that the arm of the government is able to reach them." ,!*_ ? Mother?Helen, little girls must not talk all the time at the table. Helen?When will I be old enough ne n_ to, mother??London Opinion. "T am p-]ad vrm have bought a nar rot. papa. What will you do if it learns bad language?punish it?" "No, son; punish you."?Houston^ 3g Post. ?" Tobacco is the chief product of Northern Borneo, but the land produces only one crop in eight or nine years. ALLEGED ROBBERS IN JAIL. M Strickland and Beckham Brought to U Lexington. Lexington, February 27.?Oscar Strickland and Harry Drayton Beckham, the two young white men charged with having entered a jewelry store here last week, are behind the , bars of the Lexington county jail, * having been arrested in Gastonia, N. j C., and brought to Lexington Wednes- I day night by Sheriff Sim J. Miller. I Oscar Strickland, whose home is said | to be in Union, is about 21 years of 1 5 age and of good appearance. Beck- U ham gives his home as Detroit, Mich., and appears to be a few years older than his alleged partner. Like Strickland, he is of good appearance, well dressed, and of good demeanor. He refuses to talk of the case at all, while young Strickland is said to have made a complete confession. It is said both are anxious to settle the case out of court. Sheriff Miller believes that Beckham is wanted in other places for one offence or another, and the two men will be kept closely confined. ?? HEX LIVES WITHOUT HEAD. Q Walks About, Lays Egg, Succumbs After Xeck is Cot Off. A headless hen, that for 12 hours after she was decapitated walked around the corral like any other chicken, has been worrying Ephraim Tucker, a local stationery merchant, O residing at No. 408 Eureka street. M T'V, r\ nAn o A en ffnrin cr oavorol I I I a nc lieu aau ouuui vi u* d^.ys from what is known as the ' gapes." She became so sickly that after a conference with his wife Tucker decided to cut the hen's head off and end her misery. When he performed the opera tion the wound did not bleed. Instead of fluttering to the ground, the hen walked off a few feet and stood still. Tucker was puzzled. When he returned from the Elks show at 11 o'clock he went back to ( the corral with a lantern. The hen was still standing and in addition had laid an egg. The next morning the merchant went to the chicken yard once more. The headless hen had moved 20 feet, but was apparently as full of life as any of the other chickens. Tucker could st^nd it no longer. He seized the hen and with the hatchet cut off what was left of its neck. This time the hen fluttered and " died.?Redlands (Cal.) Dispatch to New York Sun. SHOOTS TWO WHITE WOMEN. J Negro Then Sends Fatal Bullet Into His Brain. New York, February 27.?Warren Nelson, a negro and an ex-convict, 29 years old, after he had shot and prob- 1 ably mortally injured two white women late to-day, sent a bullet into his brain, dying instantly. The Injured women are Mrs. Louise Oldershaw, aged 27, and her sister, Mrs.. Elizabeth Koenig, 21 years old. Nelson, a mullatto of extremely light complexion, was an admirer of Mrs. Oldershaw and became angered at her rejections of his attentions, according to the police. He shot Mrs. Oldershaw first and then opened fire on Mrs. Koenig, who was in another room at. the time. The tragedy occurred in the home of an aunt of the young women, Mrs. Henry Mack, on the middle west side of the city. m ? "Prove Your Innocence!" In theory the law assumes a man innocent until he is proved guilty. But actually, as in the Gore case, the law assumes a man guilty until he proves his innocence. ; When that part of "the public ! j which does not profit by litigation ! wakens up there will be a commis- 11 j sion to determine whether there is 'j a probable cause of action before a |j man can be dragged into court and made to submit to a public trial.? ; Kansas City Star. ! j Down Trodden. j j I wish I was a grown-up man, as big as brother Jim; He smokes cigars, goes out at nights, an' does what pleases him. He's got a girl, an' once a week they? go down to the show His job downtorwn is somethin' swell; he makes a lot, I know. Pa says that Jim's just like he was, an' surely will 'advance; But better still than all them things, he wears long pants! I dassent let 'em see me smoke; an' once 1 did inhale, # Ma made me swaller castor ile because I looked so pale. An' when my chum an' me snuck out a giggin' fish last week, Pa made me stay in bed all day for fallin' in the creek! Thpv laughed because I fell in love. i A kid ain't got no chance. Oh, gee! I wish 'at I was Jim an' wore long pants! j ?Herman D. Costa, in Judge. liz: " 11 Concrete \ ( { I have employed an < plumber and am no\ pared to do all kinds ol class plumbing at reas* prices and on short ALL WOK P. A. J ) - J713 9X)0 J / IJ~ajertiln this to you, i * JioYster's i comparisoi H F.S.R,o\j N< 3 Sole Vork and Plumbing 1 II' I ' M ~ 5 .*.^ expert . \; wif vgj ^ pre- . pm^k f first- :|S llftli enable \, I notice i ' " 1 - -!<Wm - | jp|f|i 2525252525? ?????????????????????? i I am also prepared to do all j kinds of Street Paving, Side- , . walk, Septic Tank, Under- ' "3 ground Systems, Coping, Curbing, and all kinds of reinforced cement work :: X GUARANTEED HATCHELL ^oai?II?JC0 | icL <2.5 :'9M 7~> / w KoYsters J :1la rer dealer says f| ask yourself why Jj s ihe standard of # J : .: 'if 1 , 3.$.Q&*/>lz 'f / . ;'''?S?| TRADE MARK . 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