The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, January 22, 1902, Image 4
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THE DISPENSARY. 't
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The Amount of Business Done During >
the Past Yepr |
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AS 8H0WN BY ANNUAL REPORT ^
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Of the Lo(;Uluttvo Committee A|i- ! .
pointed to Kxamlne the IJook?
and Vouchers ot'Those Who
Manage the nusltics*.
The largest and most important
business in which the State Is Inter- n
ested is the dispensary. The business (
for the year eriding No vein Iter .10th >
shows tliat. the aggregate business of i
the dispensary has been nearly two 1
millions of dollars. Out of this sum >
all has been paid out with,the exception
of $.'4,174.8.1, and the report for
the year ,hows that the dispensary has
on hanc $017,700 worth of liquors.
This SG4J.700 wortli liquor is about ;
. equally divided l>etween the Suite dis- (
pensarv and the county dispensaries.
BTIlC
of which stock, distributed
the .State t
the State dispei. ;;lfy. The dispensary
owed on Dccemlier I. according to the
annual report, $ltiG.ooo. There is a v
great deal in tlie annual report that i
will be of interest. The report Is
made hy tlio speeial Legislative com- |
inittec, which consists of Senator ,
Sharpc, and Messrs. A. Z. Stroman (
and Thomas It. I tut lor. t
N / TIIK ANNUAL HKPOKT. t
The comparative statement of as- ;1
sets and liabilities for the tisva 1 year i |
ending November 10. tool. reads tiius: t
^ ASSISTS. I
f'' Cash in State treasury No- t
vein be r :to. 1001 24.174.S3 (
r" Teams and wagons (inventory
November 30. 1001 04.0.? '
Supplies (inventory November
30.1001) 71.G22.40 '
Machinery and otliee fixtures x
(inventory Nov. 30, ltn)l) 4,520.53 <
Contraband (inventory No- I
vember 30, liK)l), 272.50 t
Ileal estate 51,747.42 f
Merchandise in hands of dis- ,
' pgnBers November 3d. I9DT. 342,152.83 ;
Merchandise (inventory of
stock at State dispensary, '
11-30, 1901) 30o,.>S!),20 r
Suspended accounts 2,901.37 %
Personal accounts due State 1
for tax advanced on bonded
spirits, empty barrels,
alcohol, etc ,
MHB Total assets .5*808,344.oo
LIABILITIES.
^^^^ ^Schnol fund $011,354.38
^^^^^^^^H>ersonal accounts due by
State for supplies,
^I^HH^^^^keys, wines, alcohol,
liabilities
?al
is
HBDIHH miorrrs.
merclyaiulisc
DByea
on
ermania
^^^^^ ^^^ ^B^M'harles
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. . i>i?bi kttKkkMi's. i r*
ecember Q188.U5l.94 ^
anuary 385,407.71
ebruary 141,578.45
larch luy,218.54 Ti
ipril.. 155.873.50
lay 185.800.07
urie 144.011.54
uly 119.804.02
lUgust, 105.490.91
eptember 99,642.92 ]
Mobcr 237,519.07
November 221,700.40
"otal disburse- 'r'
ments for year $2,071,720.33
lu la nee in State
treasury Nov.
30.1901 ,. 24.174.83
Total $2,095,901.10
For the year perinanein improve*
nents have been made as follows:
Mice building, costing $ <1,171.00 fo
Vddit ion to main building.... 4,108.81 fe
b'iiull lixtures 1,850.00 p(
ile vat or l, ">40,00 ,?
IcutinK 430.00 .
iVare house No. 2 535.no
Total $14,494.81 d(
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AN OLD TIME RELIC dt
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5" An Ohl Time (Governor of the pi
Stale ofMouth CaiMiint. ) (
The memorial exereises relative to ^
he oillcial reception of the tablet from |1(
he jfrave of Colonial Governor (lien \v
vere held in the hall of the IIousc of 1'
lepresentat ives at Columbia Wednos- J '
lay nitfht. There was a lao;e er..wd p,
nesent. including ladies and gent le- o)
nen of the city, as well as a iiumt>er
f outsiders. The (lovernor and Sena- p
or Marshall and Representative lt?- M
lit entered the House at the head of ;l,
i number of Legislators and other of- '|()
ieials and prominent citizens. Sena- ?p
or Marshall, ehairninn of the eomnil.tee
appointed hy the Legislature
o prepare arranjiements. presided in jj,
penintr the exereises. lie'referred to T
lie fact that a tablet from the cofHn ;i,
>r < lovernor Glen had heen presented
o t he State hy Mr. John It. Cleveland,
vho had reserved it from the jrrave of
lovernor Glen, who is buried in Scot- (j
and. Senator Marshall, In nivinir a
irief historical statement of reasons
or 11 iis celebration, introduced I'rof. j,,
t. Means Davis, who delivered an In- vv
eresting historical address. I'rof. (1(
>a\is*s address was listened to with ,jl
apt attention. His elosimr re.mu.rk-s
re re most eloquently delivered and f,
tis address was most enthusiastically |n
pplauded. sl
in accepting the tablet for the
date Governor McSweeney said. ,,,
Mr. Chairman: It gives me great ,
deasure in liehalf of the State and as
is represent at ivo on t bis occasion to Sl
eeept this tablet of Governor Glen. It sl
las already been placed alongside other ot
nemorials which stand as the repre- li:
entat ives of t he valor.and t he pat riot sin
of t he sons of Carolina. The State w
las made wonderful progress since t he u
ays when Governor Glen stood at the ti
lelm and made peace and opened trade
elat ions wit h the Indians. And yet P1
11 that which goes to make a great a1
date South Carolina has always been h
realthy. Hoard acres and vast expanse
f territory, crowded cities and cost ly t<
tructures do not make a great State. ;lt
nit it takes men, broad-minded men, |,,
nd these we have ever had. This in- , j
ident revives the memories of the
iasl and recalls the sacritices made
nd the hardships endured by those "
rho laid the foundat ions of the Ke
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ON FEDER ATE ROLES.
tie General Assembly is Asked to
Complete Them by the
o
VETERANS. SONS, DAUGHTERS. f<
It
p
licy All Ask Thnt the Work lie Done
II
lie fore It U Too I.ute. The 111
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1'renent IIoIIk iu Had <><
(I
Shape.
The effort to do something now l>c- [*t
re it Is too late to perfect the Conderate
rolls of South Carolina and y
eservc them is being pushed before jj
le general assembly. There is a a,
eat deal to be accomplished and if it
to be accomplished at all it must be.
me at once. The general plan that ^
le vonteuerate Veterans -and the 'y
lughtcrs and sons have determined
[Mm will necessitate some expenses ,.
id the legislature is asked to appro- y
late the money necessary. Again j,
ic present rolls are In constant use
id are in danger of lieing ahsohiteiy s,
orn out from daily lingering. The sj
Aention of the general assembly has 'j,
;en called to this by tho? custodian
ho has made the suggestion that
ley he printed in ix.ok form and adds n
tat the kale of the liooks will pro ha- |j
v pay for t he expense incurred. The
rinting of these rolls in this way will
' course greatly facilitate the work nj
nit t he veterans'organization wishes
? undertake. The memorial on the K|
ihject was presented to the general
wcniblv Thursday and reads as fol- (l
ws: ' . J
0 the (?eneral Assembly of South ,.(
Carolina: h
Your memorialists, constituting a j
tint commit tec of i he South Carolina .t|
vision of Cnited Confederate Voter- r,
is and Sons of Veterans, respectfully w
present:
[The text ??f the resolution is quot1,
as is also the text of the resoldons
adopted by the sons. J s<
Your memorialists, in this appeal t\
> the genera! assembly of tlieir State. ,,|
tiding that then; has never been a S(
orthier human cause better incaruat- y
1 than in the Confederate soldier. [,<
cm it unnecessary to say more than ,r
i emphasize the ahsolute necessity y
r legislative action, in order that the w
en who fought for their country {|
ia 11 live in their country's history. j,
The plan proposed by the Veterans, j,
ldorsed by the Sons of Veterans, etn- y
idled in the foregoing resolutions. j(!
ems to be the most practicable yet ,,,
iggestcd for the complete enrollment
' the soldiers of the Confederacy en- j(l
?ted from this State. j,.
The lion. John I'. Thomas and his
ort hy predecessors (all honor to t hem) p(
idertook this work, but for want of ^r.
tancial aid were of necessity coin- -jdied
to abandon it. The Confederc
Veterans and Sons of Veterans .
ivc succeeded to their labors. ^
The proposed plan. briefly stated, i.-.
' secure the name of every Confeder- u
e soldier, by means of a commit Lee j,
each county of the State, operating
i rough a commit tee of committees in ;i|
eh township of every county: so that *
K-re shall not be omitted from the
tleial confederate rolls of the State
CLAIMS UNPAID SALARY.
he Suite Suid to Owe the Lute Sena*
tor Kurle a Hufuuce.
The Columbia State says "the claim
f the estate of the late Senator Karle
>r balance due on his salary as circuit
icl^c will no doubt occasion somcsurrlse.
The affidavits accompanying
ie claim whicli is in the liatids of
loll, it- A. Murium ! > Ki..
i;*uv.v * miv III III."*
ist illness Senator Kurlc spoke of the
let that the Stale of South Carolina
wed hi in over a thousand dollars, but
id not state in what way and. on acjunt
of his critical condition, he was
irbidden to speak of business mat rs
again.
"Within the last twelve months
Irs. Earle received some intimation
iat such an amount was due herself
s tlie administratrix of the estate,
lie caused an investigation to Ik*
Kide by ('apt. J. A. Mooney and lier
in. MaJ. J110. II. Earle. As Capt.
Looney himself died suddenly within
le past few months. Ma]. Earle lias
iken charge of the matter, ('apt.
looney had boon Senator Karle's pai;
er in the practice of law.
"The uttldavits and otlicr exhibits
low tliat (Jen. "Earle was cotnmisoned
judge on the 13th of l>eceml>cr.
StU, and served continuously in that
tpacit.y until the 31st of .ianuary.
S97, a tittle over two years. All the
toney Hint he received during that
me was $ii.32o.
"The legislature had passed an act
1 Dee. 1803, r< (hieing the salaryi
f circuit judges to &3,ouo, bull tlie,
enoral appropriations act of 1K04 r.
or?d tlie salary to $3,500. F< r this1
jason there occurred the discrepancy
r $l,o66.(i() wliicSi is claimed to l?e
ue t lie heirs of (Jen. Earle, *500 a
par for two years and -i<???.? for the
i IT--re rice in time between the 15tli of
Hi'iiiiImt. 1801. and the 31st of.lanury.
1807. at the rate of ^08.^5 per
umlli instead of S'250 the ra?e at
ltieli lie was actually paid."
\ Slirk Swindle.
A short time ago a well dressed
ranger was arrested in Columbia for
ying to beat Mr. S. K. McMaster out
r a line gun, The stranger reprcinted
himself to he the son of Mr. W.
. Clark, and the plan was a pretendi
lease of two guns for a hunt. The
11ns were sent to Wright's hotel. Mr.
[cMaster suspicioned That the fellow
as a fraud, and follower* the guns to
ic hotel. Wlien he got there he
?und the fellow getting ready to
avc on a train with the guns. Mr.
IcMaster had the fellow arrested and
teked mi. It. now appears that the
line is iM-ing worked in several South n
cit ies, and the Charlotte police arc
oking for a man who worked the
inn* successfully in that city. The.
Washington police have written the
i!ice of Charlotte and say that the
nTiTwiTs a!>e v. i.rkr'l in Waslihu'M-n. H
he following description i> given <>f I
le of the swindlers by the Washing- H
in police: "About 25 years old, .~>H
el 9 inches tall, medium build, r.tirH
implexion, smooth face, clear address, I
ears ;t silk hat, dark <ir black s'.nt.H
ack overcoat, lis'lii silk scarf withH
ustcr pin,and <>f very stylish appear-H
ice." Dealers in line guns had
ir look out for these rascals. H
^illman'H Neat Thrust. H
in ilisufissi;'^ a I.ill in I lie s.
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THE HOUSfe MKKTS.
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wjlll do what Is right. 'J he State will
iiiil permit Itself to be overrun by the
strum of the earth. Ho favors thedispensary,
though not as at present
nfunuged, The constitution merely
mrovides that liquor shall not Ih> sold
?4v the drink, lie is eternally opposed
t.4> the drenching of the State in blind
tfger liquor, and this bill would not do
11 .*J.
1M Kinard stated that he did not
mean/to reflect on Charleston in an opprobrious
way. merely to cite Charlestoil)
as a county opposed to the disjH'nsay-y.
, Mr. Dorroh favored the bill. Kacli
county is lM'st fitted to settle the mat\er
for itself.
Mr. l/.lar of ltarnwcll had seen barrooms,
prohibition and dispensary in
Mis county atdilTcrent times, lie beflloves
in the dispensary. baleful inllu??-uoos
will lie brought to bear when t lie
(question is taken to tlie polls and proliibition
may. nominally, triumph, lie
li'eclared t hat ttie nroliiliit i<? . <> n.
Rarnwell was the most demoralizing
in its history.
Mr. Morgan of Greenville spoke in
! favor of t he bill.
The closing argument for the hill
, was made hy Mr. Sanders, the author
of the hill, i f t here is to he disintegraItion,
at whose hands will it lie disintegrated?
With all of the tnaehinery
( of the dispensary in operation, if it in*
;j voted out hy the people, then is that
ft ,,r?t evidence that it is objectionable
l| to them? If ii is not objectionable.
? why he afraid of this hill? If the people
of a county oppose a dispensary
they have no way in the world to get
rid of it now.
Mr. (lutiter of Aiken and Mr. M. !,.
Smith of Kershaw opposed tlx hill.
The latter admitted that the measure
is founded upon true and giwwl Demoeratic
doctrines, yet it would not he
wise to have this whole matter opened
and the State thrown into turmoil.
The vole to recommit was taken and
the hill was recommitted, or virtually
killed, by the following vote:
^ "as Speaker Stevenson, All, Aust
in, banks. Hcamguard, Hivens. Rlease,
I Brooks, butler. Carter, Coggeshall.
' Crum, Dean. DcHrtthl, Doininiek,
I Klird. Klder. Kstridge. 1 last on, (lonr!
din. Ci.inter, liaile. Hardin, llolils.
Hough, Humphrey, l/.ar, James..larnigan,
O. L. Johnson, W. J. Johnson.
Keels. Kibler. Kinard. Lide, !.it 11?*.
Lomax, Lyles, MeCall, McLaughlin,
Mc.Lcod. MeGowan, Mishoe. Morrison.
Moss. Nichols, Haincsford. Richardson,
Robertson, Seigler, M. L. Smith, Stroma
n, Tatum, Theus, J. P.Thomas, Jr.,
Thompson. Towill. Wolling, "Webb,
Wells. West, Williams, Wilson. Woods.
Woodward '? >.
Nays Ashley, baeot. Rolls, brown.
Kryan. Colcoek, Cooper, Dennis. Dodd.
Dorroli, Dunbar. Durant. Fox, Fraser,
Freeman, Gall.tehJit, llill, Kinsey,
Loekw(x)d. Lofton, Logan, Mauluiii.,
Mayson, Defiraw. F. II. MeMaster.
J no. MeMaster, Morgan, Murehison,
Neshitt. W. L. barker. Prince, Pvatt.
Rankin. C. K. Robinson, Rueker.
Staekhouse, Sanders. Seahrook. Sinkler.
J. b. Smith. Vincent. Weston. 1
Wltaley, Wingo -4r?. /" i
THKSE PAHSKO.
Mrs. Sander's hill to reflate the
manner of ngjtiiyg-'i.v* i'osafis and cities
tlieir sliar^Mof dispensary prolits pass- ,
ed s' eond Reading. The hill provides
tlvi^t^j^p' intj treasurers of the
the
and to
?1i
upon lii of I
per visor.
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wherein
hi proper to
to the
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^^^^^^K>ns operating
^^^^^^Bireet railway ears
MHs to comply with
this within
subject to a penalty
H^Hu. to be recovered by
i,i hi
^Biit ion does business for the benot
5^9 Tit:; sT.\Tt*s or noos.
H measure of some important- which
^^Bscil mviiikI' readme u;.s Mr. 1
^Hbertson's hill to declare all dogs and
^ trUcs returned and listed for ta\;i ion
to be personal property, with all
Hl;<' remedies and rights incident to tin
ownership of other personal property.
I Section 1. That all dogs and bitiches,
I which are now returned and listed for
taxation ?>r shall hereafter be returned
by t lie owners thereof and listed on the
tax books of the county auditor of this
State for taxation, are hereby declared
personal property, and the owners
thereof shall have the remedies for
datttages and other causes of action for
the enforcement of their rights to
dogs and bitches which are now incident
to the ownership of all other personal
property: provided, no dog or
hitcli not so returned for taxation
shall he considered or held to be personal
property by tiic courts of the
State.
Section 2. That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with this act be. and
are hereby, repealed.
Dciiioerncy'* Gain.
The State says In one day the Democratic
contingent in the United States
senate trains two valuable memt?ers by
the election of.Gorman in Maryland
and McOenry In Kentucky. Mr. Gorman's
ability as a politician may at
times have been exaggerated, hut
there can be no doubt that he Is in
I That respect the equal of any Democrat
In the senate, and if he applies
himself to ti?e formulation of the party's
policy along lines with which the
rank and tile are in sympathy his return
to active participation in national
politics will i?e a real gain to the
Democracy. The election of "Jeems"
McCreary completes the restoration of
Kentucky to her normal slat us as a
Democratic commonwealth representI
<"i by Democratic officials. McCreary
has served as governor of his State and
1 for .several Irrms a . congressman, lie
h ahitity as well asexperlencc
And has always been a staunch party
kiii. With ltlackhurn and McCreary
^^Uicr senators, Kentucky's represei
hi the upper house compares
favorably with that of any other
iHyie and surpasses the present averof
southern State?,
SnSF
k as an anti-fat seems to have I
^^Bn very effective In tho case of the
A^onsin woman who sued a man for
0 damages because she lost thirty
ipounds of flesh when he married an
' 1 ' $ * i
% ? ? I w*. --?* I M K III
A BOLD BOBBSRY.
Seven Mat>\ Men HuM l'*i and Kuh u
Mull Train.
The southbound Kansas City Soul herii
passenger l rain was held up Thur daj
night at 11 o'clock, half a uvi^c
north of Splro, !. T.. by seven masked
men. The express and mail car were
entered. The local safe in the express
car was opened, hut nothing
secured from it. The robbers tried to
open the through safe, hut failed.
Then they rifled the mail cur. and
its said secured a quantify of registered
mail. The scene of the robin-ry is
1"? miles from Fort Smith.
A report from there says that United
States marshals are scouring the
countr) in search of the robbers. Three
suspects, miners, have been arrested
and taken to Pol can, I. T. Ifailrod
and express officials decline to state
bow much booty was taken, it is
said, however, that the robbers got
awa\ with $*2.noil. The rohl>erstlagg- j
ed the train.lictween Spiro and lh d- j
land. Willie two of the seven men i
covered the engineer and lire.nan with j
revolvers others forced a porter who '
had appeared on the steps of the forward
eoaoh to uncouple t lie baggage I
ear from t he t tain.
John Itioc:;. traveling salestmwi from ,
Fort Smith, alglited from the train '
I and was about to tire upon one of t lie
robbers when lie was prevented by j
Conductor Sullivan who feared that.!
t!ie men would tire into the passenger !
e aaehcs. The liagg ag" car uncoupled. ;
tlie engineer was compelled to pull up ?
the road a distance of one mile. There j
the robbers, after disarming the. mes- :
scngcr. went through the baggage and :
mail car. Their work tinislied. one oT J
the robliers handed the messenger t he |
revolver taken from him and ail made j
for t lie t iniher.
Post oil ice officials deny that any |
registered mail was taken, and the express
officials say that one package
containing 3". J covers tie it- loss. Spiro
is a small slat ion near the Arkansas
river in Indian territory. It is a
desolat * place in the timber, which
aifords good cover for a robliery. Poteau.
the second station south from
Spiro. was the scene of a form *r train I
hold-up.
A FUNNY CASE.
A Thiel" Accuses tf*-- Man lie Jtobn
o!" llcing 11 Thief.
George 1. Kline, of St. Louis, and
Uo'iert L. West, of ( iucinnati. were J
arrested across the river from New ()r- j
leans Wednesday morning, charged j
with robbing the trunk of !\ K. Man* 1
juts of Chicago, of alioiit worth h
oTjewelry. They are alleged have I
repreag uteri themselves on h-.F-? night j
as MayjwTrs .rftri another gu .1, at the
Sf,y<*harles. paid i he bills and left i
with the baggage. Tiiey c:oss;ri the j
river in a skill and were caught before ;
the t rain came, on vvhieli they < .vpect- 1
ed to leave, through the watchfulm I
of a news l?oy. who had read lb" story 1
in the newspapers.
Later in the. d?v 1
over to identify the property and j
Kline nreused him of 1 k-i?;yr a thief
under an alias. As lite whole alfair !
had ;t suspicion* appear ine -. Manners |
was also urrrsh-d. 'i'!.pi !i? < 1 K-ti? \i- |
lie may he Kerns. i!i" N -v, York ie\v- '
elry thiol. and < iiief of P. ! dive'
Tit US. of New York, sent a telegram j
lie re wh.ieli strengl iauis the idea, j
Manners elaims lhut lie 's witli his j
father in the pawn brokerage j
busint: . at Chicago. and thai tlie I
jewelry t: ken \va> unr? tlccined pledges
he was i to dispose of. Fifty |
diamond pins, a gold wateh. a dia- 1
niond brooch and some pearls am in
I he h ?t.
\ djvp ? !) from New Yolk says i
Capt. i i . . of t lie detect i ve human, j
of that eity saiit that he had ieeeive?i i
disp.iteh s from New Orleans, which
said that a man believed to he tile i
missing valet. Kerns, who is accused
of having rohhed Paid <!. 'i'liehand of i
f.Y.t.ooo w *1 li of pwvelry item, was un- ;
der arrest there. He added that he.
had reeeived a tie'a d d">.eript ion of;
Hie man under am-i and that he he- j
lleved him to t?o Kerns, lie said the j
description tallied very closely. even
I the gold tooth Kerns had. Steps'
are to he taken looking towards lite |
eomplet iftentii; at ion of toe arrest i j
man. .If this Is established requisition
papers will lw .applied for if tie- j
eessary.
A BE AVE FIGHT.
I
?
A ft I i >411 ShcrifT an.! n l?;*pufy Sheriff
Kkllot! by If t&h way man.
i
A dispatch from (>wi brie Oklahoma. ;
says Sheritf Frank Sinitii and his de- ;
put y George Keek, were killed by high- !
way men early Wednesday morning in j
the vicinity of Anadarko. Oklahoma. ,
the Inane of the otlleers. A posse of
loo men started immediately on the }
trail of the murderers hut no arrests
have lieen reported.
The posse experts a fierce light hefore
the men shall he taken and it is
known that the notorious highwaymen
Koh McCune Craven- and Koh
Sims, are at the head of the gang, in
t hat region. SherilT Sinitii was appointed
from Norman. Okln., where he had
lieen on tlie stierilT's and marshal's
forces for a nmnborof years. A luiinl>er
of murders and roblieries :ire charged
to the gang that murdered the of- 1
| llcers. and efforts to capture I hem
J have If *n made by all the ollleers in
that vicinity.
Sheriff Smith ami Deptit v Hock met
loath while storming an Indian hut
eight miles west of Anadarko. Highwaymen
on Sunday night had held up
and mhhed persons going home from
church and Sinlt li and Heck, accompanied
by 1 >eput \ Mriggs, ioca' ed the
vohlNM's early Wednesday morning in
the 11 ut. In attempting to enter
Smith was khot through the breast
and died in a few minutes.
Heck also was snot through the
breast and his left arm was shattered. 1
Kriggs was not injured. The highwaymen
rnblied the dead bodies of the officers
and then tied. Sheriff Smith
made a dying effort to arrest the rohIhts
and shot several times through
the door and walls after lieing wound- j
ed. Heck continued the light until
killed.
A fatal Cave In.
Ina cave-in at t lie Ada mine at (,'ai- '
terville, Mo., tour miners lost their
lives, another was injured fatally and '
severs! others were seriously hurt. ;
The aetion was eaused bj the prema- <
lure explosion of dynamite, which
blocked the entrance to the mine. It '
took several hours' work h> the men
from adjoining mines bef >iv the imprisoned
miimrs were ivaol^ed.
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TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE. i;*|>ioeion in a foeioitue. 1
J. W. Martin, a Knoxvllle puetoSce V
< !> 11<. was injured Fr May l?y the cx- H
An i ... Mjui.iv.> Mhock Brio > Wreck plosion <>f ;i package of powder, nitro
.... ... tflyci line or an internal machine.
R?ln to .Mexican row,.. Whll( s!,u,pin._f Otters and package*
One of the most terribl - j wJih tu?4^received" staaap, a pacUge I
. . , addressed to a local hardware i onse
tropins ever recorded Intlic states of exploded when struck with the etam I
tJuerrero Mexico, is rep vej Examination showed on it the name I
oceurred late Friday afternoon who iota New York smokeless powder-eon- I
an ext renielv violent earthquai cem. J lie interior of the package
showed a tin box in which the explos- H
was felt ;:t < .li.panein j.?. causing 51 . ive had been packed. The local tirm I
kraal loss of life and i?ij?icimany j disclaim ha viny ordered such a packr |
[persons. Details from the?s\m^j> ' jkajy|yuvi"'' 1 "
--O- . . oik liUllIII'll (tl IISSIUP' I
district arc very meagre but scatter* postal authorities have I
ing reports received here Friday night gj an instigation. Arrests may I
indicate that probaljly .'ton persons I
were killed and as many njured. Jojr Over t UM Snlt,
It. is known that the state capitol, ' 'Ie ' iraes, of Philips, His., has
the pailsh church and many bus ' ' fof "f1,;inMnailof
keeping the case out of its columns
ttouses and residences are 111 rums, t he paper comes out Vltb tile follow- fl|
and there is much suffering us a re-: ing matter in two-column headlines: H
result of tlie awful seismic lis. in - 'b?d Letter Ikiv for the Times.
banco. One of the edilices t hat sm-|Th.c I'^llmiuary Papers are served in
a Suit for Libel in which the damn H
fered most was the federal telegraph claimed may be $50,000. if
httlcc, which explains the paucity of Convicted Where shall we get the I
nowsthat lias so far reached this city. stuff? Delinquent Subsc rUiers, please ^BQ|H
Later meagre details began to arri e Pay up. We can give a check on the ^^^B
hero. The .eloKru,.h Iter. ar.J appara- ** ,^""'2'". Korluc ?' *? I
, ' '' Lost Atlantic, to save a suit, hut will
tus at Chilpancingo were badh lam- ht be accepted? We know it cannot 1
aged, but tlio employes, all of whom be cashed." B
were uninjured, quickly proceeded to i
erect an improvised telegraph office * s?fe Light V
on t tie outskirts of the city. j A safe light for going about with B
The number of deaths was greater I where there are inflammable mate- *
in the parish church than in any rials as into a storeroom, may be
simile place, as a crowd of worshippers made as follows: Taken long bottle of
were gathered there for theaftemo hi pale glass and put into it a piece ot ^B
service. The solid inasc uiry-wa 11 "d | phosphorus the size of a pea. Upon fB
room came toppling down on the wor- this pour pure olive oil heated to the
shippers as if it had been wrenched hoiiing point until the bott le is about ^9
from its bearings by a t huusaud stri ng one-t hird full and cork tightly. When
hands. Several people were killed light is needed, take the cork out and J^B
there. The war department has or- allow the airtoenter, subsequently
dered the troops in the neigl rhood recorking. The empty space in the
to co-operate in the work of rescue, bottiewill then become liimimw
Until this work is completed it will he give quite an effective *^^^9
impossible to accurately learn the becomes dim. it can easily bfBmwd j
nuiulier oi victims. It is believed, by uncorking the t>ot 11?' f?r a few J
however, that this is one of the most seconds. One l>ottle wiU Hurt S whole 1
destructive seismic phenomena that winter. Small b<A|Sw may also be
lias occurred in Mexico. The German prepared way and carried in ? J
part of the population of Chilpancingo * i
the town, which is live days' jounuV-j
from the national capital. i u
Earthquake shocks wj* felt in! la TITii| ft#<r,s Vnn
inniiv other cities .a^rrfl- towns, in la W1U ubol * X L?U ,*l
Mexico City eartliqnake took 3
place at / tf Friday afternoon and flnltr ftfjjiQ ft Ml*
was of suich violence as to shake the UCU#
inrtst substantial buildings. The pan- ,
A niprip.ni o< innrncu ""is ?
... v - . p. .villi M 11.7 III m .77)1(11 ill | ^ j
tin' time and many of lite delegates) to tind out about the 44Rex ' ?
were greatly alarmed. The first move- Mattress; the quality, the
merit was one of trepidation and was fi,iarantee. the prices, and
very sharp. It was followed by an .. . x
easier oscillatory movement north- **' 8 , ?P posnortheast
to south-southwest. The tal, simply say "Khx," and I
duration was tifty-tive seconds. The aign your name iu full, girdamaite
in tliis city was only slight. Jn<r address.
The state of Guerrero lias always " ' .
hern the focus of seismic disturbances.
Reports received here Friday night ft ..I ? 11 0 11 ti ft
at1anii'si.11'no1 :?z Ntor Broom k Mattress to,
reported from Iier?-. iu duration the u _
Chllpant'lnga shock was less prolonged
than that In Mexico City, having
lasted tiftv seconds against tifty-ti\o pUtTg.*?* ^
seconds at tlie capital. * } >3, v
The actual material chair of St. Pe ! THK YQ'JNGBLOOO
tor is now venerated in bis basilica In
Home, and enshrined in the splendid LUMBER COMPANY
arouzc throne supported by colossal ?? -> ???
"cures of f??ur doctors of the ehurcli, AOUUS'. m.. c;a.
SS. Ambrose, Augustine, Athanaaiua s?u North A. au?i*. 6. 0.
and Chrosostom, the whole weighing .......
219.000 l{omau pounds. The actual L K'V ' ! 4 ttihoERd 5-j
.,..v ut>>\ vuaii) nuivii u:in ivii.
in the nintli century uas adorned in . L- .,i tdSU t'K'LiN'O xw IPfront
with ivory plates. Until the time Sti-E F'N'-'hi'W T ;{
(if Alexander Ylll. the position ?>f the
n-iie frequently changed. In the old- jLOSGIA PIN?.
church . f St. IVter. built hy Con A , ..
i lantinc between 3-0 and 350. theehau
. >i .1 lace of honor nt < neof the ides ' Ju' it? Ijp _ ^
;h ill el -it:'-! erected by -u-.-,
Rope Damascus. In those days the
R. man ]wmtiffs used to seat them PJftti f- SI 1
pelv.-s upon tins chair in order t > r.d Sw .4 fc # J
f. ,.r f?, tirmntion to the reo- ;
i >d. In the o lit) v ?' - -at <- ; . ?* t:'.% at '
; . v : , y picti.ri < r J '' *';* or , ??.
rc.-ent 1 the as kept in the or a- i ' ! 1;go?* fusitywi **
. . ? .1 ?? !.? lO '
torv of hi. J?eo. Archaeologists ii, , - ? .
, . . . > n- rptcial .-3
J:- Rossi and Maruccbi have proved r si one newt ... raiiioad fire, "J
the existence of tliis venerable reii* n..t t ike n . - rti. ,. wurH * > put
tu far lack sis the second eeut.-rj m-yi .. i- i, a . u'c ri.exp r.uard. ?
E i nt that time it was looked upor Vdtii ? ?nv ?'y . i : ...u n
w :!i t lie hi"-he^t veneration as a ma
> Ooilcge,
In the sixth century Abbot .fohr
r< a
ti.<? oil fr- m the lamp ever burning be- a
hard Queen The. dolinda.?Tablet. ?^3
Slisnlrs: cf lti?- Suln Trrnty. ? 1- ~ Of id S (ir~fi.lt.Sl j I
T'ie ? ultnn of Rnhi ivns persuaded f< " "' 1 "1 ' j
t -i the treaty with this country ure for "* A j I
t,i.-:- s of a phoror raph. The sultan ^ - ? ? > ' ? "
1 ' ire w .-re nsrvemhWl < n tlir . : , ;.... , '
the i. 'in of war < h:trle?*? .' ? n ?rl Fn?- t
t '? 1 - ' ' ! .... JT
rl pre! minnry negotiations were t ?
f- > iiuU red nnd terms agreed upon. bin r i . ~
i . . ?* . * n n i\' ? - *
aultnu would not sign. Lvcry et -.-j f.,r . Johnson * -v ?
f?>rt to put htm in good humor hn?l ? " ? ? ?d* to :?> |;
f: I wl on (ion. ratos? had a pli >n< ' /A ' ' " ' , '{.
' 1 srt upton ^Vhen it l.o -n. M ?gm . ?MI5 ;J ,j rt.,^
t(? pour forth tli< words of Thorn 1! w *
H- i Hot Tune in the Old Town, To -r* u id iii;* t Wl)l wit
the i- ' tr* of J In- ?' " > ' ^ vl
uii'.e were variously stricken with -uw^wwwvvvwuv-^ ' ~~
EKM- MEDICATED CIGARS
r.f,.'"r^.v^ln,hir^.t WM- 8MOKISU TOBACCO,
>f ll - America is vanished. lie f t > ot Co acre th*- hr soft 0?
? v.. - v and in irront good l:umo; ***** o- Brunei H* ***** utee
, , ,. ,, ? vr ' ' st r r e d (!) ot aa lb
( . . u the trt'itt. Golden U:ivh. 1 . ?
Ti.? 'i ;! -i. > k < ? i r * -t H?y
FeTcr
! I- III. : ." r ' -!m > i:?t m. < . ; r . . _ ? I I i. it t .
The "blow. V II :i" reported in Ital. w .... > , ?. . .. .. .m- :
is a phenomenon familiar to natural p i- Trn.ie ?ii.< Mrntit I'are Co r
i>ts. Tho in v - :oy??- has dent or >' o ' \
r.trato ! that the ccd.ie. a of the lied ??(*'
sea, of raro snow and occasional rain .
is due to living org-anl?ins transported HFAL FKYl^ELF
by nbnormal ntmospheric conditions.
HnmnlimpR lurid nshes and aeorlre Von enn ilo s? My itetttni- ona of our K?mborne
tunes uirin n.nis ami ecorir.c lyM,,aiolne oases, and Hie Home Phys- !
from hctive volcanoes produce the < ini>.** TUc-se are -Active Principle" (.not
same cfTects. The "futa morgana" is whole Drug' Medicines, all Physicians use ^
. . . , , ., tin-in f. r >ju!<-k mul MiriTiMi!'. \u. 1 Caw
a mirage of the Straits of Messina arm f.s m, -j. Case f-M.ou, book free with either i
;a not ra-a CI case; each t'ase owner entitled to free eon
.. ? rite for free. fl
a -.t. i . ... i t ... samples >t car "After Dinner Pill," It cares
nr'.' " iiBf mrnt, , s?.-nu?cli and IJver diseases. Agents Want- &s
In Sweden thej hare a land arrange- I
meni 01 mis Kmfl. The farmer will . :i I
provided the tenant will give h Send for CaUilOgUo, I
innny days labor for so many years, & 3
the labor to be paid as vented.?N. Y. *dd**<-s V> H. (CflLoai Ouutl. &
I dtveOfUspher.! frwidial a
U&OVIAl'lBUHl 1 9 CoLLSOX^ I
Warned In Time. t OI.I' \! HI f M&t ?
Iirra lrcndwell Hold on; don t go ,
to dat house fcr grub. |?
Sauntering Situ?Why not? ? V?j ;3li?}^ CCCAIXE vVJjiSKj I
"1 seen a delivery boy takin* a enow ? 2 ?|yiRj[ Batata < fl
shovel In lore ylatady."?tl. flotsi^os. r 7~!" ? V~"> % lh?T;- 8
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