The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, April 09, 1902, Image 1
THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE.
VOL.11. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1902. % NO. 12. 1
TWO MEN SHOT DOWNI
In Brosd Daylight on the Highway
by Negro Highwaymen.
ONE KILLED AND ONE WOUNDED.
They Were on Their Way Home
V
Prom Augusta in u IIiikk)'
^ When the Assassination
Took IMuce.
\ Mr. \V. L. Collins, farmer, of Edgefield
county, S. C., was assassinated
Wednesday at 2 p. 111., at Fox's Creek,
Martinsburg road, Aiken county, five
miles from Augusta, by negro highwaymen.
Mr. George "Wood, a farmer
also of Edgctield county, S. C., a
neighbor and a friend of Mr. Collins,
was shot slightly in the right hip and
left shoulder. The negroes names are
l not known. They are at largo, eseap|
ing after the assassination. They atI
tempted to "hold up" the farmers,
|i\ who were returning to their homes I
from Augusta, where they had been
transacting business, and the "hold
? up" was resisted.
3 The Augusta Chronicle says the
farmers were riding in a buggy. One
negro appeared by the roadside, with
a pistol in each hand, and commanded
the men to throw up their hands.
Mr. Collins was unarmed. Mr. Wood
quickly drew his pistol. The negro
tired, the ball from one pistol striking
Mr. Collins in the region of ttie heart,
the ball from the other 'pistol striking
Mr. Wood slightly in the right hip.
Mr. Wood tired on the highwayman,
ibut does not know that lie struck him.
Another highwayman, from the
bushes, tired with a rillo, the ball I
:striking Mr. Wood very slightly on t lie
left shoulder. Five shots were tired.
The negroes escaped into the woods.
Searching parties and the law authorities
are seeking them.
^ TKIKD TO GAMHLE WITH THEM.
Having concluded their business in '
the city, Mr. Collins and Mr. Wood,
riding in a buggy, started to drive to
their homes, which are some distance
over the Aiken line, striking the river |
in the vicinity of I'lum Branch. Af
ter crossing the North Augusta bridge
and having proceeded a short distance
they were accosted by two negroes,
one a mulatto and the other black and
sliiny. They had some sort of a match
box gambling device, and. accosting
the travellers, sought to engage their
attention to the game of chance. As
certaining what was desired of them
the travelers declined to participate in
the alleged game of chance and pror~
ceeding on their way, going ahead
^ "quite leisurely.
When they had arrived in the neighborhood
of Fox's Creek, their atten
tion was suddenly arrested by a man
the mulatto?springing from the bush,
a pistol in cither hand, and commaiulA
ing, "Throw up your hands! Your
money or your life!" As stated Mr.
Collins was unarmed. Immediately
Mr. Wood sought his pistol. As he
drew it, the negro tired from both pistols.
Mr. Wood returned the tiro
twice. The black negro was hiden in
the bushes, lie tired one shot from,
apparently, a rilie.
STRUCK A VITAL I'AKT.
The mulatto was quickly back in
the bushes. Mr. Wood was in the act
of springing from the vehicle to give
pursuit, wljen Mr. Collins said, "Keep
on driving.* His voice was weird and
full of distress.
"Hut, he has shot me! complained
Mr. Wood. (Mr. Wood at th" ?'me
did not know how badly or sligutly he
L was hurt.)
A "He has shot me, too," replied Mr.
; Collins. Mr. Wood detected then
, that Mr. Coilins was badly hurt. lie
was turning pale and evidence of great
pain was portrayed on his features.
"Are you badly shot, do you think!"
said Mr. Wood.
"He has killed me," replied the unfortunate
gentleman, and lie was then
in the throes of Peath.
"We will drive fast to Dr. Hounds,"
said Mr. Wood, forgetting all else then
except the distressed condition of his
friend and neighbor.
All this occurred very quickly. A
very short distance had lieeu traversed
before Mr. Collins dropped over in the
I buggy and life was extinct.
SUMMONED IIELI'.
There was no one near at hand.
ILeaving his dead friend, Mr. Wood
went as quickly as possible for assistance,
llrst reaching the home of Mr.
William Harnett. Immediatel that
i attention could tie given the lifeless
body and the neighbors around could
I be notified, Mr. Wood took the pro*
ft per steps to send word to the family
of the deceased and to notify the
authorities. Mr. Wood quickly reached
Marshal Getzen and with that of
tieer and >Ir. Herbert Hunch and
other gentlemen, rode into the city
t to confer with the authorities here
and to as their assistance to aid in
sectoring Ihe highwaymen in case they
should come this way. The; party
met Chief of Police Norris and Mr.
I Wood gave to him what description
W of the negroes that he could, lie had
paid very lettle attention to them
* when they had tirst accosted them and
I had not charged his memory as to
1 their appearance. He described the
I inen as best he could and the police
and county authorities will, of course,
exert every possible diligence to the
end that the men l>o taken.
It is the belief, however, that the
bandits are still on the Carolina side.
' The search for them l>egan in twenty
minutes after the assassination. Ity
night fall passers from Ijoth Aiken
county and Edgefield county wenbeating
the woods for them. It is
stated that men from the Georgia side
had also joined in the search and the
opinion was expossed that it would he
utterly impossible for the men toescape
arrest.
All sorts of reports have been reaching
town, but nothing of a definite
nature is secured.
HOLD-UP OK TUESDAY.
Near Clearwater Tuesday morning a
well known colored man. Hob Mcrriwether,
was hold up by a mulatto
and black man robbed of a pistol
and money. Meriwether reported the
hold-up-to Marshal Getzen and gave
a very excellent, description of the
men The authorities arcsutistied that
the assassins of Mr. Collins are the
same men who held up Merriwether and
tlicMerriwethr description will be ;J
of much service to them in identifying
the bandits. Mr. Wood is positive
that he will l>e able to identify
the men or either of them, if they are
brought before him.
The excitement and indignation
caused by tlie assassination are in- ,
tense, particularly in the neighborhood
where Mr. Collins lived and
among the people in the vicinity adjoining
the scene of the crime.
THE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.
( rout ('rowilH Arc Now (<oiit(; to (
VlHlt It. !
t
The Charleston correspondent of the (
State says Wednesday was the great- '
est day in the exposition's history so ]
far as crowds are concerned. The: (
same correspondent, writing on Wed- i
liesday say for the last .'hi hours the j ]
railroads have been pouring people i '
into Charleston by the thousands. |
Every train entering the city has lieen .
loaded to overflowing and the trainsj,
have been divided into sections of
eight awl ten coaches each. At this '
time it is impossible to estimate how : '
many have come within that time hut J
it is certain that Charleston now has '
within her nates the largest crowd of '
the exposition. Today the grounds '
I were for once animated. The people *
were so nunierousas to delight and in- '
spire the folks who have been for '
months explaining and describing '
their exhibits to the casual inspector ]
or to each other. Today there were
plenty of visitors to talk to and the (
concessionaires were joyous. The '
, crowds have come chielly from South \
Carolina. Educational Week and the
I rock bottom Tuesday rates have '
brought them. A number of colleges '
and schools are here and many pupils
are accompanied by their parents. ?
Teachers and fathers and mothers 1
were today escorting the children ;
around the grounds and an occasional I
weeping spell was indulged in liv the >
youngsters too tried to do more sight - 1
seeing. The difference in the eharac- .
ter of the crowds now here and the 1
visitors on earlier occasions is most
noticeable. The Yankee, the silk hat l
man and the silk lined woman, have t
given way to tlie wool hat Carolinian |
and his wife and family. The gold ]
headed cane and the silk umbrella are l
replaced by the lunch box and the ha- '
by's bottle. The virot hats have been
supplanted by the product of the
small town millinery shop, with a
bunch of not inconspicuous ribbon and
a red or yellow Mower. The rural
bride and her rust ic crooni?a l/roon
waist, red shirt and a fur collar betraying
the bride's happiness: striped
trousers, a red tie and new wool hat
giving away the groom's precious se- (
cret?the are here, imagining t hemselves
the admired of all admirers.
The manager of the Northwestern
railroad the miniature concern thai
traverses the grounds never fails to
spot this happy couple and immediately
he announces that the "Honey- ,
moon Special" is about to start.
Shot Itoi't's I.ike Ituhltils.
The London Morning Leader publishes
the alleged story of the crimes
which led to the courtmartial and execution
of two Australian officers in
South Africa which is just now exciting
keen indignation in Australia.
The newspaper asserts that several
officers of this particular irregular
corps shot Itoers like rabbits and that
they are even suspected of murdering
men of their own command. The incident
which led to their courtmartial
was the cold-blooded "execution" by
these officers of ten Hoers supposedly
having 20,000 pounds, who were journeying
to Petersburg to surrender.
The Australians stopped the liners,
tried them by mock courtmartial and
ordered all to be shot. This was done
by a squadron of the soldiers after
some of the non-commissioned officers
had refused to carry out the death
sentence. The officers then ransacked
the lifter wagons but found the 20.000
pounds was in Transvaal money. Lieutenant
Hancock, one of the Australians
concerned, fearing a Herman
missionary would divulge his information.
shot the missionary dead.
A Wleril Story.
A Strang case is being tried in a
Montana Court, it was reported that
a man named .L C. Paulsan had commit
ted suicide in March, 18t>7. The
body was at once placed in a receiving
vault by his wife, who had refused to
admit anyone to the house to see the
body. An insurance company which
carried $(5,000 on Paulson's life became
suspicious.nan a local agent investigate
the death, and he saw the tody
in tlie vault, hut said t he face of Paulson
was veay lifelike. The insurance,
however, was paid. Mrs Paulson started
fordermany with what was supposed
to lie the body of her hushand,
and is now living in some island province
of that country. The insurance
agent and his attorneys and witnesses
at the trial declared their lielief that
Paulson is not dead, hut that he feigned
death afterwards made Ids escape
and is alive today.
Fired tin* l.ast Sliot.
('apt. S. If. Itarton, 0. S. A. who
is said to have tired the last hostile
shot in the rebellion on the plains of
lira/os. Santiago. Texas, May id, 1 s?;r?,
is now living in l>el Kin, in t hat State.
It is said that among his neighbors Is
one Ncy. a comrade on that occasion,
who claims to be a descendant of
Napoleon's marshal of the same name,
who tired the last shot In Napoleon's
retreat from Russia, ('apt. Itarton j
says that a young man who fell by his
side was undouhlly the last man killed
in tlie civil war.
A Fatal Accident.
A sad and fatal accident occurred
in Charleston on Friday, (his Itooney ;
of the crew of the I'nited States
cruiser Cincinnati which is now in
Charleston harbor, was run over and 1
killed by a trolley car on the Meeting
street extension Friday night, lie
j was horribly mangled, lie endeavored
to jump on the front of tlie car while
jit was in motion and was knocked
j down and run over.
THE DEMOCRACY.
Meeting of the State Executive Committee
in Columbia.
SENATOR TILLMAN ATTENDED.
Some Wanted the Convention Held in
CharlcHton, hut the C?>iniiilttee
Decided to Meet in
Columbia.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee met in Columbia Thursday
light and tixed the date for the State
xmvention. Twenty-six out of forty
ounues were represented. senator
Cillman was present by virtue of his
position as member of the National
Jommlttee. Col. Wilie Jones, chairman
of the committee, presided, and
Mr. U. X. Hunter, Jr., tire secretary,
ivas also present.
The members present were: A. \V.
Fdnes, Ablieville; W. W. Williams,
\iken; J. i'erry (Ilenu, Anderson; S. fJ.
Maytleld. Itamberg: (1. Duncan I?elinirer.
l'.arnwell; S. (I. McCoy, Iierielcy;
W. F. Stevenson, Chesterfield:
Louis Appelt, Clarendon; 1,. J. Wlllauis.
Edgefield; T. II. Kitchens, Fairield:
lb II. Traxler, Florence: M L.
1 tonaldson. (Ireenville; 1). II. Magill,
1 recti wood: M. I). McSweeney, dampon:
J. A. MeDermott, 1 lorry: 1>. (I.
Itichards, Kershaw: J. II. Wharton,
Laurens; I). .1. Critilth. Lexington: W.
I>. Evans, Marlboro: Cole L. Itlease,
Newberry: W. J. Strihling, Oconee: W.
b Tutmn, Orangeburg: Wilie Jones,
Itichland; 11. 11. Watson, Saluda: Altanont
Moses Sumter; J. C. Wilborn,
i'ork: F. X. Hunter, Jr., secretary: It.
li. Tillman, member of the national
Detnocrat c executive committee.
There was considerable discussion
caused by the introduction of a resolution
l?y Mr. Magill that no member be
illowed to vote unless that member
iad been regularly elected. This was
aipported by Mr. W. I). Evans, and
Mr. I {lease. Col. Wharton and Mr.
Altamont Mosses opposed the motion.
Senator Tillman said In reply to Mr.
Moses triat it is sometimes the case
hat members of tlie national Democratic
committee are represented by
proxy. It was decided to let members
present, by proxy or otherwise, participate
in tile proceedings and in the
rotes.
INVITATION KltOM CII.VULB8TON.
When this matter was settled. Col.
tones announced that the committee
had received a request that the meeting
of the State convention be held in
Charleston, lie read a telegram from
Maj. .1. C. Ileinpliill, manager of the
department of promotion and publicity,
offering the convention the use
i?f an auditorium and assuring the
members of a warm welcome. There
was also a telegram froin Capt. F. W.
Wagener, president of the exposition,
in which lie asked Senator Appelt and
Mr. .1. ('. WillHirn to use their inlluL'licc
to have the convention meet in
Charleston.
in accordance with these invitations.
Col. Wharton offered a resolution
that the May convention of the
State Democratic convention be held
in Charleston. In supporting his resolutions.
Col. Wharton spoke in glowing
terms of the exposition and stated
that the railroad fare from most of t lie
towns in the State would lie lower to
Charleston than to Columbia on account
of the exposition rates.
The matter had been discussed
among the members of the committee
during the afternoon and it was pretty
well understood that there was no serious
objections to calling the convention
to meet in Charleston. Hut the
proposal was fought by a number of
members of the committee.
Mr. Hlease offered a substitute for
Col. \\ barton's resolution. The resolution
tlxed Columbia as the place for
meeting and the 21st of May sts the
date, in supporting his resolution,
Mr. Helasc spoke in highest terms of
Cliarleston and the exposition, but it
would he contrary to the spirit of the
constitution of the Democratic party
for t he meeting to be held outside of
Columbia.
Mr. L. .1. Williams said this would
he a very radical step for the convention
to meet in Cliarleston. The railroad
fare might lie cheap, hut there
were other evnen^vs to ooiwidor
Mr. Itellingcr contended that tlie
lirst tiling to consider is whether or
not it would henetit the Democratic
party for convention to meet in
< 'harleston.
Mr. Wharton a^ain spoke in favor
of Charleston. The constitution of t he
party is silent on the place of meeting.
and this very silence shows that
the wisdom of ttie members of the
committee is relied upon. Mr. Appclt
also favored Charleston.
Mr. Wllhorn explained how he had
received a telegram from Capt. Wagoner.
Senator Tillman asked If Mr.
Wilburn had been fishing for an invitation.
Mr. WillMtrn then prodded
Senator Tillman, lie spoke in warmest
terms of praise of the exposition
and said that he felt his State pride
drop a little when he looked upon this
magnificent exposition and saw how
piwuiv ii i* ociiig pai romzcu. ny Holding
the ('(invention there, the State
Democracy would endorse the exposition.
lie referred to the light which
Senator Tillman and the other congressmen
had made for an appropriation
fur the exposition.
Mr. I'.lease And Senator Tillman
gOt it, t(K I.
Mr. Wiltiorn (Sot it in the neck,
i Laughter. I
Mr. Wilhorn then went on to say
that it had never heen explained why
St. Louis got $.*?,000,000 and Charleston
could not get a few thousands.
The reason of it is that we are Democrats
down here and they are Republicans
there and that is why he would
like to see the Democrats of the State
endorse the exposition.
Mr. \V. .1. Stribling of Walhalla
said that the fare from that place
would really he ."?U- cheaper to
Charleston than to Columbia, hut the
other expenses would offset, this difference.
Furthermore the members
of the convention might fall into the
/
I
hands of the Philistines?the blind
timers.
Mr. Ketchins of 1 "airfield remarked
banteringly that as this invitation had
not come unsolicited, it had better not
be accepted.
The motion was put and Mr. Hleas'es
substitute to hold the convention in
Columbia was carried by a vote of 21
to 7. The seven were: Cunningham,
Appelt, Traxler, Magill, Wharton,
Watson and Wllborn. As there are
400 members of the convention, they
would have had a lively time together
in Charleston, and Columbia could
spare the convention for once. There
seemed to be a hidden reason for objecting
to the proposed change in the
place of meeting, probably some expect
matters affecting the organization
of the party to come up, and
think it l>est for such matters to be
disposed of away from the enchanting
music of the midway spielers.
One of these matters of party policy
is tlie attitude of organized Democracy
toward the socalled "Commercial
Democrats." Mr. lilease last night
introduced a resolution to the effect
that the committee advise the convention
to add a new section to tne oath
to oe taken by candidates in the State
primary, so that they would be bound
tosupport the platform of the national
Democratic party. Hut he withdrew
the resolution at the suggestion of
Col. \V. I). Evans, who declared that
it would be somewhat like arrogance
for this committee, which now goes
out of existence, to make any such
suggestion to the convention.?The
State.
A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.
Four Negroes Does to a Dcntlciunii'M
(tonne to ANNaKNliiute Him.
On last Sunday night week there
was committed near Cameron an outrage
by several negroes that merits
the severest punishment, and we hope
the rascals who committed it, and who
are now in Jail, will Ik* made to feel
the heavy hand of the law. About
eleven o'clock of the night above
named four negroes went to the home
of Mr. .1. M. Stalllngs, who lives a few
miles from Cameron, and called to
him tocomeout. Mr. Stallings. .mowing
that there, were several persons in
the yard, declined to go out, and asked
what was wanted. The negroes made
some insolent answer and began
throwing bricks and other missies into
the house through the window, in the
meantime Mr. Stalllngs had his pistol
and was endeavoring to get a
chance to shoot some of the scoundrels.
The black brutes remained
sometime in the yard, cursing and
yelling, but finding that Mr. Stallings
was ready for them, they finally
left.
My some means It was ascertained
that a negro by the name of Ilussell
was in the gang that committed the
outrage, lie was taken in custody,
when he give the whole thing away.
He confessed that he and three other
negroes had gone to Mr. Shillings for
the purpose of assassinating him and
then robbing the place. Had Mr.
Shillings came out when called he
would have been shot down, and then
the ladies and children of the family
would have lieen at the mercy of these
fiendish, black brutes. We shudder
when we think of what might have
happened had it not been for t le forethought
of Mr. Shillings. No doubt
every one in t he house would have been
murdered and the house set on fire
and burned to the ground had Mr.
Stallings came out and been assassinated
as the plotters intended.
The names of the three negroes implicated
by Russell, is Caleb Hampton,
Meter Dantzler and Isiah 1 lanes.
All of them lived in the neighborhood
of Cameron, and are well-known to
the people of that section. All of
them have been arrested and are now
in jail. It is reported that others are
concerned in the plot, and we have no
doubt but that is true. If so. we hope
they too will be apprehended and
punished to the full extent of the law.
The people in the section where the
outrage was committed are determined
that an example will be made
of these rascals, who, really, deserve
hanging. as they fully intended, by
their own confession, to commit murder.
and possibly a blacker crime had
opportunity offered. This outrage
should be a warning to those people
who live in issolated sections. Let
them all prepare for such emergencies
as confronted Mr. Stallings. It is a
pity he. did not have in his house a
good Winchester ride. Then he might
have given these scoundrels what they
richly deserved.? ()rangeburg Times
and Democrat
Major Micati tlcnkina,
A dispatch says Major Micah Jenkins.
of South Carolina, famousas the
principal ligure In the South Carolina
sword episode, is likely to be appointed
a retired captain, with pay, in the
regular army by a special act of congress,
the favor to Ik; bestowed at the
request of his friend, President Roosevelt.
Major Jenkins appeared before
the house committee on military affairs
to ask the appointment and the
committee will report in his favor.
He will draw eighteen hundred per annum
for the balance of his life. If he
lands. Major Jenkins was in Roosevelt's
rough riders and made a distinguished
record. Roosevelt asked MeKinlcy
to put him In the regular army,
as captain, but the request was not
granted for some reason. Theodore
Roosevelt, when he liecame president,
gave his approval to a plan to have
congress pass a special bill to put the
major on the retired list, disabilities
sustained in the Cuban campaign
rendering him unfit for active service.
To Almllnh Slavery.
Representative Patterson of Tennessee
Wednesday Introduced in the
; house a bill to abolish slavery in the
: Philippine islands and to Invalidate
I the treaty between (Jen. Rates and
, the sultan of the Sulu islands. Tills
will embarrass the Republicans, as
they sanctioned the trade made by
'(Jen. Rates with the Sultan of Sulu.
A l'nt uI kiploNiun.
it is now certain that not less than
thirty miners lost, their lives by the
I explosion in the coal mine near Day|
ton, Tenn. Fifteen bodies have Ijeen
I recovered and buried, and the others
j are to Ik* taken out as soon as they
I can i>e reached.
MEMORIAL HALL.
What Capt. B. H. Teague Says o
Present Status
OF THE FUND BEING RAISED
To Itulld (lit; llaidr Altltry it i
Richmond, V?.? Which to
Preserve Helices of t'onl^drrato
Soldier.
To the Editor of The News ant]
Courier: As the South Carolina Division
of the U. C. will not meet in
Reunion until after the Dallas Reunion,
and as it is proper that the
Veterans of the State should he informed
as to the status of the Confederate
Memorial Association ftlw
so-called "Kouss Hat tie Abbey Assn
elation,") allow ine through this correspondence
to give tlicm such information
as I possess.
At the Louisville Reunion it was
shown that subscriptions hud been
obtained in amount to cover the $100,
000 offered bv Mr. Kouss.
At the Memphis Reunion it war
shown that a sufficient amount from
these subscriptions, and what wa-s
deposited in different hanks and held
in the hands of camps, etc, would
warrant the belief that the $100,0U<
to Ire raised by the Association was at
hand and needed only to he collected
and put in the hands of the treasurer,
Mr. Geo Christian, at Richmond, Va,
this city having been chosen as tlu
location of the Memorial Hull.
The soliciting agent. Gen Underwood,
was therefore instructed to get
these sums together and deposit them
with the treasurer. At the.same time,
according to agreement and contract.
Gen UnderwcxKl was instructed t<
draw the amount due and now payable
to him since the $ioo,ooo was practically
In view. Gen Underwood had
not up to the time drawn or had beer
paid anything from the amounts col
lected. The amount drawn by Under
wood was $2~i,023, and was paid ti
him from a deposit of $.V.?,44M in bank
at Covington. Ky, leaving on deposit
$:{4.42.">, subject to tlie order of th?
treasurer whenever tlie full amount ol
$100,000 would be collected. Tlu
sundry amounts were as follows:
On deposit with t reasurer at
Richmond, Va $ gi
Exposition fund on deposit
at Nashville. Term 0.020 '.?
Collections by Underwood on
deposit at Covington. Ky, 50,448 81
Sums in the hands of camps,
etc 5,740 01
X ~
j otai ^ $7?,9U(5 t'.<
These sundry amounts were con
sidcred suviolently good by Mr. Kousi
as t(? prompt him to place an approxi
mate amount of $<50*000 in the hand
of the treasurer.
Now of the subscriptions one o
Mr. Marcus Daly was for $4f>,000?livi
thousand of which was paid by him
The ba'ance was considered as good a
casli. hut unfo innately the donor diet
before it was paid over to the collcc
tor, and since then the widow refusiti)
to pay it, suit was entered into ti
obtain t lie balance, and by legal ad
vice a compromise is alxtut to lie effect
ed, by which this balance is reducet
to $20,000.
There are other subscriptions
amounting to $ 1,550 0<
Add Marcus Daly subscription
40,000 0
And amounts on deposit 79,90(5 (Ji
The total is shown of ..$121.45(5 <>'
The actual cash though, was $79,
90(5 (50.
Now. after the payment of (Jen I n
derwotxl and the unfortunate ltold-u|
of the Daly subscript ion, the cash o
the Ass(M'iation shrinks to $5l,S8,'l <;n
If the Daly compromise is etTecte<
there will then have to he raised stiI
some thirty thousand dollars to mee
the balance of Mr. Kouss's fund.
The heirs of Mr. Kouss assure tb
Association that the last payment o
his fund will Ik; made whenever th
full amount of the one hundred thous
I and dollars required by the \ssocia
tion is on deposit .
it will be seen that the full amouu
in cash realized by the Association
after more than a year of effor
through individuals, camps, chapters
etc. in the length and breadth of th
South previous to the employment o
j (Jen ITnderwtMwl, was $20,457 71. 1
will also Ik> seen that had the mone;
been realized from the Daly subscrip
tion the board of trustees would havi
Im'iii ill I'onHit tun til limn ml Inn ?t?
whole <4 the Rouss fund and worl
would 1:1 vc been going on now on II)
Memorial Hall. The iroaid of trVslce
of the. Association has recently in;
full and harmonious meeting, in At
lanta, (la, at much expenditure o
time and money to themselves, gon
thoroughly over tiie situation and wil
at the Dallas Reunion present a ful
report. The members of the boan
are enthusiastic in their faith in th
ultimate erection of the Memoria
Hall.
It. II. Teague.
MvinixT for South Carolina of tin
Itoard of Trustees C. M. A.
Aiken, March .'<1.
Money Making Scheme.
The Columbia State says Thursda
I morning there was an interestiii|
scene at the old union depot, reeentl.
abandoned. The work of tearing u
the tloor was commenced. There wa
no trouble in linding laliorers wh
wished to take the work olTered. w it I
the chance of what they could get
And they were wise men. Man
have often remarked iliat when th
old lloor eame up there would lie ricl
finds. So it proved yesterday. A1
kinds of money, ranging in size frot
dollars to one cent pieces were foun
by the workmen. A large numljer c
pocket knives were also found, an
other articles of more or less value
The workmen needed no urging t
make them tear up the tloor in
| hurry, hut once a board had been ir
moved it. was difficult to get him t
tear up the next. There was a
interesting scramble all the wa
t hrough.
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A LABOR PAPER WARNED.
. Orders from Washington About its
f|
I'm- of tfie Mails.
The Augusta Herald says l'ostmater
i Smythe. of that city, has received instructions
from the postoitice department
at Washington to exc. tde the
"Voice of Labor," a local weekly pub1
lished in Augusta from the United
States mails if it continues to publish
in its columns inllammatory articles,
as have appeared in several recent
kuiioc
The paper has not yet been shutout
I from the mails, but tlie editor. Mr.
. .John Allen Mette. has been cautioned
by I'ostnuftiter Sinythe that the pos1
tal laws would be strictly adhered to.
and these laws cover the sending
through the mails of such literature
. as the "Voice of Labor."
Kditor Mette went to Mr. Smythe's
oilloe. and asked by "what authority
did the department want to keep his
i paper out of the mails?** Mr. Sinythe
j replied that he was only carrying out i
i tlie laws of the postal department.!
and cited these laws to Mr. Mette.
The latter then wanted to know who
were the parties who had notified the
1 departmental Washington of the pa
per being in the mails. The postmaster
told Mr. Mette that he knew, but
did npt consider it necessary to inform
'I Mr. Mette. Mr. Mette was anxious to
; i know, but was nut informed.
"The Voice of Labor" published
several articles in late issues t hat were
' rather "warm stutf." to use a slang
I phrase. The headlines glowed with
' | strong statements such as: "Consti
tut,ion of I'nitcd States a Damnable
| Document," "Civil War," etc. The
'! last issue, that of last Saturday, eonj
tained an article, denouncing the
municipal government.
A Columbia Mystery.
The Columbia State says Wednesday
morning while some workmen
' were excavating for the foundations
of Mr. Allworden's new building opposite
the Independent engine house a
gruesome find was made. Portions
' of a skull and some Itoncs were uncovered,
all very old and in a very dry
and decomposed condition, almost
' crumbling to pieces at the touch of
; the human hand. The skull when
1 carefully examined seemed to Ik- that
' of a negro, the receding forehead being
easily recognized when the portions
were titled together. How old
the 1 tones were no one could venture
to say. The skull may have belonged
' to a pre-historie man who was wont
to roam about the forests attired only
' in a goat skin petticoat and a smile,
or mayhap upon it once rested a Fcd'
eral soldier's cap. The hones may
have been carefully laid away by lov'
ing hands or they may have had buried
with them the black secret of foul
' nnuvlnr \ n #?v1 l.anwn
xt.iuvi. 4111 ?m? iiuuih; nu?l?u UYUl LiiU
spot where the skull was found until
s torn down for the present work.
S Columbia's Sky Scraper.
The Columbia State says the bids
^ for the big twelve-story Robertson ofe
lice building had been opened and the
contract awarded, and that the work
s of tearing down the Kendall building,
' on the site of which it will stand,
* will begin on the morning of June 1.
-r As soon as this building has been
[) taken down work on the new struc"
ture will begin. The contract was
" awarded by Mr. Robertson to M. T.
' Lewman Co., of Louisville, Ky., a
well known building firm. The big
building is to be t welve stories as orig'
inally designed, and will be 50 feet
deep on the Washington street side,
" running on the front, however, the
width of the present Kendall building
and the two ine-story structures
adjoining, extending to the wall
* of the Parlor restaurant.
Will Visit Charleston.
P Admiral Dewey has announced in
f letters which he lias written to
' Washington friends that the condi1
tion of Mrs. Dewey, who has been
1 sojourning in Florida for his health,
t has much improved, and is in everyway
much benefitted by her trip. The
(> letters state that she has almost comf
pletely recovered from the throat ditlic
culty from which she has been a suffcrcr
for several years. The admiral
- and Mrs. Dewey have left Palm Reach.
and will return to Washington leisureI
ly and by slow stages, visiting many
Southern cities en route home, includt
ing Jacksonville, Thomasville and
Ceorgift point, the Charleston Expos!c
Hon, and a few |>nints in North Carof
Una.
t
l- lircaks Out Al'rcsli.
The fire that has been smouldering
for 20 years in the old No. 2 coal mine
p of the I'nion Paeitie at Carbow, Wyo.,
* has broken out afresh, and a force of
e men is now engaged in walling up tlit*
s mouth of t lie fan eliaft through which
11 the smoke and flame are issuing.
* Twenty years ago, wnen the tire start*
'etfrthe company, being unable to con''
trol it, walled up the shaff. At in'
tervals of two or three years the tire
' lias broken out In new places and for
' five consecutive years it has burned
steadily. The lire has undermined the
' country for a radius of half a mile and
| miners say it will probably burn for
an indefinite period,
e
llllten Oy a >la<l l>og.
Mr. I,. M Ifarrellson. a prominent
farmer of the Walnut < J rove sect ion of
Spartanburg county, has encountered
V a seriesof misfortunes recently atlrib*
utahle to a shepherd dog lie owne<l,
V which went mad several weeks ago.
I' | This dot; hit a cow, several hogs and a
s i valuable horse all belonging to Mr.
" llarrcllson. before being killed. Asa
result, the cow and the hogs died
* shortly after the dog hit them, and
y Wednesday the horse died.
e
h I'roslH ill llic Son III.
Frosts were general jas^ week in
(j Tennessee, portions of Mississippi,
lt- Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas.
,1 The frost was heavy at Nashville,
Charlotte and Wilmington, and se0
vere at Knoxville. Reports from
;i Macon. Savannah, Augusta, Charles'
ton Memphis and Meridian are to
u the effect that the frost was light.
n The damage to the fruit crop in
v Georgia if any was slight, a strong
wind prevailing throughout the night.
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
Wliy Htnte Pensioner* Have to Ho
Somewhat Patient.
The following otliclal statement for
the benefit of the pensioners of the
State was issued Wednesday from the
State pension department:
''Every year almost as soon as the
legislature adjourns and the appropriation
for pensions becomes available,
such questions are constantly sisked, as
"When will the money be paid out".'"
"Why should the poor old soldiers and
widows be kept waiting so lonj; for
their money, when they need it so
badly?" etc., etc.
"These and various other questions
can host, he answered by a simple statement
of the amount of work necessary
before this fund can lie disbursed.
"The various county pension boards
are supposed to meet on the third
Monday in January of each year, to
pass on all new applications and revise
the old list of pensioners. It is necessary
in every county to have several
meetings before they can get their
reports in proper shape to send in to
the State pension hoard, and even,
after they are received hero, every
mail brings in belated applications
from the chairmen requesting that
they tie added to their rolls. This is
not the fault of the boards, but is due
to the fact that the applicants for
pensions often are unacquainted with
t lie time the board meets, or have had
ditticulties in getting witnesses, etc.;
in many cases the hoards held their reports
back purposely hoping to get all :
the applications in at once. The State
board requested that all tho re- '
ports should tie In by March 1, but |
the last one has just oonio in, and
therefore it was impossible to eall a '
meeting of the State pension board before.
"The State pension board when It '
meets lias to consider each new application,
which is necessarily a slow
and tedious process, and also hear appeals.
etc. It is quite likely they will
be in session several days this year as
the number of new applications is very
large. After their work is over, the
pension clerk then has to prepare the
pay rolls for the clerks of court of
each county, and as there arc over
(5,000 names, this of itself takes some
little time.
"It is tlie desire of the State pension
Isiard to pay the pensioners Just
as simhi as possible as tliey who are in
constant touch with them, know Just
how great Is their need this help,
and every expedition possible is used."'
Crop Condition*.
The Unitod States department of
agriculture for the South Carolina
section in the crop service of the
weather bureau has 5? sued its weekly
crop bulletin. In writing of South
(Carolina conditions the reports says:
Preparations of lands, and spring
planting are about as late as they
were last year, which is to say about
ten days later than the average season.
Slow progress was made over
the western counties where the farm
work is backward and the season very
late. Here some corn lands have been
prepared and a little corn has been
planted hut planting has not become
general. Over the eastern and cent
ral counties the upland corn planting
is well under way and some early
planted is up. Ground is too cold,
however, for favorable germination.
I'sually cotton planting is well under
way over the southeastern counties
by the tirst of April, but this year cotton
planting during March has been
contincd to southeastern portion principally
to Beaufort county, where
about one fourth of the contemplated
acreage has been planted, mostly of
the Sea Island variety.
Lands have l>een largely prepared
and arc awaiting suitable planting
weather over the eastern and central
counties, where by April 10th it is expected,
work will become general. In
western counties preparation of cotton
lands is backward and planting
will be late although during the latter
portion of March work of preparation
advanced rapidly but planting will be
delayed until ground becomes warm
enough for favorable germination of
seed.
Itryun In ItiKtil.
Hon. F. A. Ilood of Chattanooga,
Tenn., president of the Itryan club,
i Wednesday received a letter from
I Hon. W. .J. Bryan in response to an
inquiry for an opinion on the proposed
campaign issue. In his letter Mr.
Bryan s.Jd: "1 am afraid that so
long as I live 1 will he accused of having
ambition; however, the fact that
1 am editing a paper and exposing the
recoganizers ought to convince the
people that I am not planning for personal
preferment. While I t>elievc
that the Democratic, party would
quite generally be in favor of the
taking care of the Confederate graves
along with the graves of lTnion soldiers,
I am satisfied that if it was put
forth as a campaign issue it would
a-osuse a bitterness which might delay
reforms far more. With the
southern people the taking care of the
Confederate graves is a part riot ic duty
and one that the southern people
would not be willing to have entirely
turned over to the Federal authorities
and there are certain great reforms
which are of great value to the
people of the south and which might
Im> lost sight of in a condition that
long ago ought to have been forgotten."
Married in tlio Tombs.
Lawyer Patrick, who was convicted
a week ago of murdering niillonaire
llice in New York, and sentenced to
Ik- electrocuted, was married In the
Tombs on Sunday to Mrs. Addie M.
Francis, with whom he boarded up to
the time of his arrest.
Eleven Drowned.
Eleven men were drowned in the
English channel on Tuesday night
as the result of a collision between
the steamer Alba and the British
ship Cambrian Princess, in which the
latter was sunk.
llaiiK?(t lor Murder.
A dispatch from Manila says Private
Ilealv, of the Twenty-seventh infantry,
was hanged Friday for the
murder of Sergt. Moreland, in April,
1901. The murder occurred at Manila.
d.J? , I
SHOCKING CRIME.
A Negro Murders His Employer and
Her Daughter
AND WOUNDS ANOTHER CHILD. j
Tin* Negro Thinking All Were Dcud,
Hi* I{iiI)h tin* House anil
Flees, liut Is Cu|?turecl
mid Con lessen.
Fearing that lie would lie arrested
for theft, William II. Lane, a colored
butler, shot and killed his employer,
Mrs. Ella J. Furbush, her 1 years old
daughter Madeline, and probably mortally
wounded another daughter,
Kloisc, aged seven years, at their home,
(if>2 north Fifteenth street, Philadelphia
shortly before noon Wednesday.
Lane, who is 2.*> years of age, escaped
from the house and four hours later
w:?v; innlHwil 1)1.: 1--l-.i-t- - - -
...... wj i iiuaueipuia uei/CO
tivcs while waiting in Camden, "N. J.,
to Ixard a train for Bridgeton, N. J.
lie was immediately carried to Philadelphia
was identified by little Elolse,
and confessed his crime.
The murder was one of the most
cold blooded that has l>oen committed
in this city for sometime. Mrs. Furbush
lived with her two daughters In
a tine four-story house. Lane had
been butler since Christmas, and besides
him she had another colored servant,
a woman named Agnes. Recently
Mrs. Furbush had been missing
small amount of money and finally
she informed the police, who began
an investigation which was still In
progress when Wednesday's tragedy
was enacted. Suspicion fell on Lane
and a warrant was sworn out for his
arrest.
According to Lane's confession, ho
saw Mrs. Furbush on Monday night
counting a large roll of bills. Knowing
where she kept the money, he bided
his lime and at an opportune moment
late in the evening he stole $70. Tuesday
morning Mrs. Furbush missed the
money and questioned the colored
man. but he denied all knowledge of
having seen it. Expecting that the
theft would be placed on him and that
Mrs. Furbush would have him arrested,
Lane planned to murder the
mother and her children, rob the
house and disappear. At 11 o'clock
he went to the third tloor and found
Mrs. Furbusli in one of the middle
rooms. Me instantly shot her twice, 4
once in the breast and then through
the heart. She died instantly, Elolse,
who was in another room, hearing
the noise, entered, and Lane shot her m
in the abdomen. She fell and be^^^L I
thought he had also killed her. With-^^^^^ I
attracting the attention J
the otln-r .-..-i van; iiB^ *
the out-kiUT .o, Lane went to the *
front door and called Madeline, who * r
was skating on roller skates on the
sidewalk, lie told her that her mother
wanted her on the the third tloor, and
without the slightest suspicion of the
tragedy that was being enacted, and
that she was going to her death, Madeline
climbed the stairs without removing
her skates. She went into a room
adjoining that in which her mother
lay dead. Lane followed her and as
she cheerily called her mother, the
negro shot her through the heart,
Ullin.r Via
"W.?..h UVil I I IDCiAl I L 1J .
Lane, in his confusion, says he then
proceeded to rob the house. He quickly
found *130, two watches and a
pocketbook, and while he was searching
for the jewelry he was interrupted
by the arrival of two special policemen
who had a warrant for his arrest
011 the charge of larceny. They asked
to see Mrs. Furbush and Lane showed
them to the dining room on the second
lloor and said he would call his
mistress. Recognizing one of the
men as an otlicer, Lane hastily put
his overcoat on and escaped by the
rear of the house. All was quiet in
the house and the policemen hearing
a moan, statrted an investigation and
on the third tloor hallway found little m
Eloisc. To the policemen she said:
"William shot my mother and my
sister, and tried to kill me." I
she was immediately sent to a hos- J
pital. Lane was traced to the Penn- I
sylvania railroad station at Camden, I
where he was recognized by one of "
the policemen he had admitted to the
house. The ortlcers hustled him on a
ferryboat and out of the jurisdiction
of the state of New Jersey and took 4
him to city hall. He wore new clothes, j
and his old suit of clothes he sent to Ids - - - --J
sister's home in Burlington, N. .1. At w
the Camden station he telegraphed ^
another sister at Itridegton that he
was coming to see her.
At the police station Lane said he
was sorry for what he had done. lie
was surprised to hear that Eloise was
alive and said lie always liked her and
hesitated to kill her, "but it was
necessary to do so."
"Now that 1 have been caught," he
added. "1 hope she will live. 1 am also
sorry for Mrs. Furbush and Madeline,
but poverty tempted me to do it."
Later Lane was taken to the hos
piuu, ?iicre raoise nicniinca mm.
Lane corroborated evertything the
child said.
Lane is the son of a preacher who
lives In ltridgeton, and lists served a
term in the Mount Holly, N. J., jsiil
for larceny and has been contined in
the Huntingdon, Fa., reformatory.
What I'lnrly Will Say.
General Fitzhugh Lee, who distin
guished himself in the Confederate
service and is now on the regular army
retired list as a brigadier general, recently
went on a visit to West Vir- I
ginia. While there he met an old com- '
rade in arms whose reception was
somewhat frigid.
"Well, what's the matter?" said
General Lee.
"Oh, nothing much," was the non- jkI
committal reply. fl
"There is something wrong," per- ju
sisted the general. "Out with it! ^k
What you want?" fl
After lieing strenuously urged the sS|
old comrade said: V
"Well, 1 want to die at least half ??
an hour before yon do. 1 want t<< be
in tlie other world when you arrive
there, Just to hear what Gem ralJubal
Early saya when lie sees you in a blue
uniform Jtk
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