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J ? I' i'- ''=> " J The Batesburg Advocate. VOL III BATESBURG, S.C.,WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1903. NO. 10. FEARED DISGRACE. General Sir Hector McDonald Commits Suici.le in Paris. COULD NOT FACE THE CHARGES The IliHiincuiNhiH) Officer 4iootl lli?li lit tli?> ltiiti-.li S?-rWas ti> In- Trietl on Ser? ouh charges. On Wednesday a dispatch from Calambo, Ceylon, said charges of the most serious nature have been brought against Major General Sir Hector MacDonald, commanding tlie forces in Ceylon, in consequence of which the governor "of that island. Sir .IokimiIi West Uidgewuy, 1 ?as been authorized tn convine a courtinaitiul to try r General MacDonald. The later, when the charges was tiled sometime ago, went to England troin Ceylon to confer with his friends and superior ollieers and he started t.'? return and face the charges, which it. is alleged, are based on immoral acts. But it seems he feared to face the charges, as he committed suicide at the Hotel Hcgima on Wednesday in l'aris. He shot himself in the right temple shortly after noon and expired a few minutes later. The general was alone in his small chamber on the mazzaninc tloor of the hotel at the time of the tragedy. One of the female attendants heard the pistol shot and opening the door saw the general's figure stretched out on the tloor with blood gushing from a bullet wound in the head. She ran screaming to the balcony overlooking the lobby of the hotel, where many guests, including a number of ladies, were assembled. The proprietor of the hotel was the tirst to reach the expiring man. The commissary <>f police was noli 1 > urn, ,11111, utti Mil |i<l(lir<l l>y ,1 UOClUr. proceeded to a preliminary investigation. No money or papers of anv kind were found in Sir Hector's baggage. Two notes written in Knglish were found lying on a table in bis room ano these were taken possession of by tlie authorities, but it is understood that their contents have no bearing on the suicide. In the general's coat, lying . on the bed. were found some photo* graphs. The Kritish embassy and consulate were not!tied later, and Consul General lnglis visited the liotel and took charge of t he body. Sir Hector MacHonakl arrived in Paris last Krida> evening from London on his way back to Ceylon, where it was understood that an immediate court martial would tie held to clear up the charges made against him. < >n reaching the hotel at 11 o'clock at night lie was told that only a small and indiiTcrent room was available. He replied that that was quite snllicient. lie was not accompanied by any aid decamp or valet. He said he only intended to stay a days or two in Paris. Little was seen of him since his arrival. He was, however, in the lobby this morning about noon and it is oeiteven mat a newspaper, printed in English, containing a resume of t he , grave charges brought against him and embellished with the generals i portion in lull uniform, came under his attention. He left the lobby, going to his room and the pistol shot followed soon after. The general's suicide has profoundly shocked the Itritish olhcial here. Those about the hotel who have conversed with Sir Hector Mac Donald recently say he showed no signs of excitement 01 mental worry. A Wllil Story. An aged negro orator, A. .1. I iv' moot, of Watcitowti. S. Dtk . t .TIknown representative ot the col..red rae.e, who. .it the close <>i 111? civil war, was president ol tliesoeietv loal sent ao.uoo negroes hack to Attica, lectured on the "It ice I'rohlem," and while there called on ('oiigrcssmait Tawney and asked for a private interview. lie stated he had a communication which he desired the congressman to convey to the president to tin i ell'ect that he had come into posses sion of information that a plan had been made to attempt the life ol President Itoosevclt on his western trip, hut that it had now been aban dotted and instead the plotters wert planning at some favorable point in Montana or Colorado t.ncapture Sec rctary of the Treasury ">haw, Secre Iiary Di >variiooi aim .m i . irney < >en eral Knox and carry them to tin mountains to be held tor suitable ran som. Frecmont refused to divulge the source of his information, but in sisted that it was correct. A Saul Accidi nt. At Cocoa, l'la.,ata Charavari par ty given Mr. and Mrs. Leddon, an ok cannon used in tin- serenade burst Mrs. It. I!. Holmes' leg was so shat tercd that amputation below the kne* was necessary. Arthur Iaiphnm's let was fractured. The knee of \V. M l'atersou, and the thigh of his wib were injured, (ieorge Whale, NVil Hansom and Hugh Connor were a 1m hurt. The cannon was an old out rescued from the wreck of the Mrit ish steamer o(T Sebastian. I,et 11 < liurcli Itiirn. St. Joseph Italian Catholic Churel in Hazel township, just outside tin city limits. Ha/.elt.own, I'a., was burn ed down early Wednesday morning Mayor Keuhardt refused to permi the liremen to extinguish the Maine owing to the residents' refusal to joii in an anexatinn movement some turn ago for a Greater Hazeltou. The los is $20,000 and the cause incendiary. ON CHICCO STREET. The Crumulc Acaint < 'liarlt'Mton llllnil ? I 1 '1'incrs are in 1-hirnent. The Charleston correspondent of The State says Governor Tillman once ordered the dispensary constable to ^ "raise hell on Chieeo street." Sub-1 stitutc "establishments" lor the last | word of the order and then some idea 1 may l>c had of the manner of the wartare the constables have bo^un, start| inn fir?t with the East hay and Mar m:i nuiTU t?iiiuvr? Ml ine lailious Klllg i?f the blind tigers. It was stilted that all the blind timers are to be similarly dealt with and the work was started j with Chieeo's establishments. i A gallon demijohn of corn .whiskey c was found in a room over Chieeo's restaurant and bar and this was emi- f side red ample evidence to ra d and (lis t mantle the places. Chicco indignant- 1 ly denied Thursday that "that lo-eent l< corn whiskey" was his. lie said that ? it belonged to a boarder, and "every- k body knows that I don't sell that sort s of stulT. You get good goods here." s At all events, when the dismantling f process started. Cilice ? asked that he c lie permitted to remove the fixtures I and furnishings himself, which was allowed by Howie, and the sounds of t the saw and hammer took the place of I t the clinking of the glasses and pop- j n ping of corks at the wed known and | fi much frequented places Thursday, j P The fixtures will be stored for future t use. Chicco expressed his willingness t to quit the retail business, provided " the other tigers were similarly dealt t with, and lie said that Chief liowie promised to dismantle all the other p places in the same way. o Chicco said that he would have left f Charleston long ago if it were not for n his holdings of property here. He o said that even now he is willing to n leave, provided any one will purchase s all of his ptoperty. lie is willing to ? knock off 20 per cent, of its value to a close out. Chicco declares that he has i I always eondcuted a decent place and s , .. .... ! - I >iv, v Mil uv/? u iiuvi r> t tiim v> 11 y LIIC I h l stables should have swooped down on i him in the manner that they did. His j ' | fellow violators believe that Chicco's! t | trials are largely the result of his ap- f peal for leniency in the enforcement 1 of the act. attracting attention to his ' own violation of the law. At all events, c he wants the other dealers to share t the same fate, and the constables say v that the raid is the beginning of a I' general dismantling of the bars over d the city. s I LIFE OF YOUNG GIRL RUINED. I ' March it Man in Hartsville. S. After a c I'ew Diijh Acquaintance. (, i: The Charlotte Observer says at the i boarding house of Mrs. John Mender- o I son. in that city, a pretty woman and a bride has waited a week for the re- ( turn of her husband. The woman, j j who is quite young and penniless, t found that she was not a bride, and 11 j that the real wife of her husband is 1 I still living. The following is the sad I story as related by the < Miserver: I | The girl is Miss Mary Melnvaille of t llartsville. Darlington county, S. C. s , I She thought until a dav or snaun that, I c she was Mrs. Julius Man us Four c months ago she met Manus in Harts- ' 1 ville and became engaged to him, and 51 ,! when her mother objected to the r match site ran away to Kershaw, S. x , C.. and was married to Manus. That ( | was three weeks ago. A fortnight ago the young couple ' came here and engaged board and ( I lodging at Mrs. Henderson's Manus ' claimed that he had been a superln- 1 tendent of a cotton mill and that he ' xpected to secure work in t.'hailotte. s livery morning during his stay here 1 1 he would leave the house early, taking ' his dimcr with him, and would not 1 - return until the lute afternoon A s weak ago Saturday, the 1 llh inst, ? Manus disappeared, l'rior to his de- c parlure he hud taken from the wo- I man lie illegally man icd all t he money x slie had. about I r In a conversation with chief of po- 1 1 ' I lice Irwin and an Observer reporter |s Wednesday afternoon Miss Mclnvaille ' stated that she would leave Thurs-jS day morning for Hartsv ille, her former 1 1 ; home. Her mother had wired to Mr. * '.I. II. Weddington, chairman of the ; 1 ' county commissioners, asking that her daughter he sent back home; and ;' "the young woman said she would < | never have another moment's peace 1 I until she again saw her mother. ;1 Manus not only left her penniless, but ' failed to pay any part of the laiard bill ' ' , due by t he couple. !? "I want to make Mr. Manus suffer." ' said Miss Mclnvaille to the chief of ' police, "lie must be arrested. He I lias ruined my life completely." \ nci i warn my mot nor," said tlio 1 young girl. with a wail. Another fallacy. ; There were OUT.(Hid.000 passengers | . carried l?y 1 ho railroads of the United , States in Mini!, whleli moans that, on 1 an average, every man, woman and ' i child rode eight time during the year, , notes an exchange. That's another - popular fallacy, like this tiling of every man. woman and child in the United , i State having $29.95. As a matter ol fact we know a man who rode only ! i twice and has only !!.*> cents left. B A I'atal Trip. The recent lined on the Mississippi t Valley has caused great loss of life s and property. One day last week a! i skill containing four drummers and r two negro oarsmen were swept under s the railroad track near Memphis, \ [Tcnn., and all six men were drowned. I AN EXPERT VIEW. fhe Medical News, of New York, on the Eace Issue ["HE NEGRO VIEWED MEDICALLY flu' News Hays I'nless All the Facts Are Weighed, the South May he l>one (Jrcttt Injustice. The Medical News, u widely known ournal published in New York city, s aroused by the recent discussion T the rare issue to comment upon 'Nejrro Supremacy from a Medical itaudpoint." in an editorial upon hat subject in its issue of February 18 the Medical News states that in ending papers of the North and Mm (11 ii.m; u|i|M-iireu t'd11/ iriiiirs tn ;reat acumen arid power, "but none ee*n as yet to have dealt, except in a uperticial manner, with the race irolilem as seen from a biological, theological or medical standpoint." Phe News continues: One cannot intelligently answer he question whether the negro can ake a place in the social and econo11 ic progress of the nation without icing in possession of the main morthological dilTerences between the lauciisian and the African, since hesc are tiie fundamental bases for ncntal and moral discrepancies heween tiie races. That the negro more nearly apiroaches in body to the quadrutnaua r anthropoid apes is shown by the ollowing points: The arm is abnormally long - in the ereet position it 'ften reaches tiie knee-pans, and on 11 averge exceeds that of Mic Caucaian by about two inches. The facial ngle. which is granted by all to have definite ethnological bearing, even r the function of the frontal lobes is till but little known, average N2 deTees in the Caucasian and 70 degrees n t lie black. Coincident ally with his is the fact that in brain weight | lie white man exceeds the negro by ully 10 ounces?almost as much as io in turn exceeds tlie highest gorilla. Another point of difference anatoinially is seen in the lower ext remity? his is not so well developed as tiie vhlte man's, t lie foot is broad and lat, the great toe prehensile and livergent, the heel often projecting I o far backward as to merit the term | 'lurk heel." It is needless to dwell longer on lie well known difference which ex sis. or id urge that they demonstrate .distinct race of mankind ami show onelusivcly in tlie negro an inferior ype. AmoiiK tlie fair-minded this s axiomatic. Some years ago we were all alarmed iver the "yellow peril." Now the 'black peril" confronts us. The article quotes the late l'rof. )gden S. Hood, of Columbia, as askng: "How can there be any quesion of superiority or inferiority beween two peoples who develop menally are separated by a chasm of 10,000 years?" Eugene K. Corson, in lis contribution to the Wilder Quarer Century Iiook, states that as a reultof a most careful study of the ensus. and dependent upon personal ; ibservation in the city of Savannah, j le is confident that tuberculosis and ilcoholism are madin stultifying inoads on the making negro, poor, veakened product, that he is, of mis:egenation. nn opciii-cr .->t. .Mum says 01 me mlahitants of Hayti: "After a resilenee of over twenty years in this sland 1 am forced to the conclusion .hat the negro is incapable of bolting an independent position. Hayti j hows no sign of improvement?on the t her hand, it is constantly rctrogradng, and without external influence lie inhabitants will soon fall into the tage of the dwellers of the Congo." rile Medical News thus continues its :omments: It it is true, as some have perhaps veil said, that the time is ripe for a ecognition of the negro, in substance atlier than in theory, earnest thought iliould he given by those who would iberally interpret our laws, and they iliould he well versed in the opinions if such men of science as we have luoted. They must know and recoglize that profound differences do exist that one race is 20,000 years behind lie other. They must know that 'thnologieaily, physiologically, auatonically, the negro and Caucasian mist always he widely dilTerent. If he. negro is advancing, which, thanks o the noble efforts made at Tuskegee ind similar institutions, lie surely is, what., meantime, is ttie Caucasian doing? Advancing? Yes, with his ,/n.im. nam v , uipaiflU IM [it"I 1111 Lting progressive development from Idrth to death, he is thundering ahead with a rush and a speed which no alien race can hope to follow. Unless these facts are weighed in n. true balance hitter injustice may he lone the South. It Is no doubt true, as Carson assumes that the irrevoolble law of the "survival of the tittest" will wipe the negro away, but tills will take centuries. There l> a real and Immediate peril, as the Senalor from North Carolina has well said. Science, education, religion, philanthropy may well focus their bright rays upon it, and unless our leaders follow where these trend the South will surely suffer. I.overs llrowncil. Walter Chism, Luther Owen and Jennie (leorge were drowned In the Pemiscot llayou, ArK., while returning from a prayer meeting In a canoe. Miss George and Owens were to have been married witbin a fortnight. < A NEGROES ON THE MOVE. The KiulKrullon from the Southen States to Mexico IIckuii. Advices received at the/ Mexicat eml?assy at Washington tell of the re cent importation to that country fron the United States of 100 negroes win will he employed along the line of tin Vera Cruz and l'aeihc railroad. Thi: move is experimental and is bcinj, watched with considerable interest if successful results ensue, it is saic thai large importations from tin southern States will follow in the el fort to solve the present problem ol finding laborers in M< xieo who art alike competent and willing to work. 'loan Alabama negro named McKel vin is given She credit for inducing members of his race to emigrate tt Mexico. Mclvtdvin \*iis :i?, out* firm employed on a large Alabama planta tion, but later went to Mexico, when he claims to have found better wages, lie returned to Alabama and distribu ted large circulars aiming the negroe.' telling or tlie advantages of the Mext can country and of the opportunities it olfered poor negroes who wanted work in the country. His circulars also contained as an inducement the assurance that the negroes would not be subject to the order of "white trash." This last feature apparentl) proved a drawing card for McKelvir had no trouble in pursuading Km nc groes to return to Mexico with him where he found work for them at $l.o( a day. Most of this tirst iinportatlot have lieen employed on the La Junta plantation of (ieorge C. Sanliorn. So far the negroes, it Is said, an quite satistied and are in turn proving satisfactory to their employers. Mo Kelvin has made the claim that h( will be able to induce a mil ion of 111: race now in the southern States U emigrate to Mexico and several rail road contractors are endeavoring t< arrange with him to return to tin States and canvass the south for la borers. McKelvin, it is understood will make a return trip within tlx next few months. TO BE HONORED IIoIIh til" cIn* South ( 'arolimi Troops I11 I tie Civil War. Governor I Icy ward Wednesday scnl tho following letter to Hon. Ellhu Itoot, secretary of war: "Absence from my has^"r? veuted my replying earlier t/O your communication of March loth. I not* with much pleasure that it is Lire intention of your department to compllt and publish, as a continuatioi of the publication known as "The ( uncial Records of the Union and Confederate Annies," a complete list 01 roster of the officers and men whe served in these armies during tin Civil war. I feel sure that this action on the part of the general govern merit will meet with favor through out the entire south, and that those who served in the Confederate armies and their descendants will appreciate this opportunity of having theii names handed down to history, 1 shal be glad to give to your department whatever cooperation lies in ru> power. "You request that I should dosig natcsome one from this State fc communicate with brig. F. C. Ainsworth chief of the record and pension oilier of your department, relative to th< details of the work. I would respect fnilv suggest Col. M 1'. Tribble of An derson, S. C. I will request Col. Trlb ble to correspond with you." The governor also sent Col. Tribblt a letter as follows: "1 have been notified by the Hon Klihu Hoot, secretary of war. to nami an ortlcl:;l from Soul h ( Carolina toco operate v.lih Iwip. (let . K C. Aim worth, duel ol the lecord and pensioi otliee of the war dep li tineut. in com [ piling a full roster and list of the oifi I eers and enlisted men who bore aim for the (Confederacy during the grea war. This roster and list of name will be compiled and published its i i continuation of the publication knowi j as "The (Jltlcial Records of the L'nioi i and Confederate Armies." In compli ance with the request of Sec re tar I Root, 1 have the pleasure of natniiq you for this importint work. 1 tee J sure that wit 11 you the work will re ceive loving and faithful service, au> i am very glad to name so true am trieo a citizen for thedischaige of tld i (i 111y which means so much lor tin history of our State. "Secretary Knot requests that yoi communicate witli Hri#. (Jen. F. t Ainswortli, chief of the record am pension otllce at Washington, D. (J and 1 have written liim that you wil do so." slioi Iter Iletroyer. Kille Wa^K'y, daughter of Willian Wastry, a prosperous farmer, of West ton, Ya., shot Italph McDonald son o Ex-Sheriff McDonald Wednesday nea I tlie Watwy homestead. Four year hk'o Miss Wajrjty alleges tiiat Mi Donald, who studied medicine in Louisville, Ky., college, betrayed lici She says stie lias becn-watching lie chance ever since to kill him. She tire live shots, two of which took effect i his back and side. There is littl I hope of liis recovery. The woman lis ' not been arrested. Filliail I lie Hill. Lemuel Itorden, lawyer and editor < the Tribune of the l'eople of Wow stock, Va., advertised for ^a wlfi She came in tlie person of Mr". Amai da Deer, from Montazuma, i'nd. Fr day. She was ftdly up to specific tions and in a few minutes tjiey we; married. SETTLED AT LAST. 1 Interesting Suit Against the Charles ton and Seashore Railway. 1 SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS i > Damage* Awarded Minn Annie Car> roll. Who Fell Through the Cpuiinnji'i) Wliiii'l'uiiil Wits Very Seriously Injured. The supreme court lias lately alllrined a decision of tilt; circuit court in Orangeburg, awarding a verdict oi $0,000 to the plaint ill, in the case of r Annie It. Carroll vs. the Charleston ' and Seashore llailroad company. This < is t|unc mii iinci?-&t nig one uuu . lias been thoroughly investigated un. der the law. having been three times brought to trial in the lower court, and then appealed by the rail way com, pany. I On the 2Jrd of August, 1898, there i was to be a dance at the Isle of l'alms. j Miss Carroll left Charleston, attend[ i ed the dance and returned when it | was over. On the way back she alleges i j that while leaving the Mount Pleasant . wharf to Imard the ferryboat she fell ( through a hole in the wharf and into > the water and was rescued only with ! great dillloulty. The complaint furi ! ther alleges that though it was at the | time of the accident almut 1..'10 a. m. ^ that there was no light on the wharf, r and thus it was that she failed to see '. the hole in the planking. > Miss Carroll claimed that she sufi fercd so from sickness and from shock, ) j caused hy her sudden plunge and from . ; remaining in her wet clothing until ); she got home, that she was practically > j incapacitated from ever earning her . living again. She asked from the railway company for her disability ? $10,000, and in addition $2,10, which 1 she had paid the physician who attended her. Five thousand dollars I was also demanded lieeause of the j negligence of the company. In answering the complaint the rail, j way company said that Miss Carroll had left the regular passageway and climbed over a pile of lumber, placed | especially for the purpose of guarding j persons from the bole in the wharf, i The case was brought up in Charleston In November, 1890, before Judge i Gage, but resulted in a mistrial. It was again brought up Jn November. 1900, in Charleston, before Judge Hu : | vimnail mill iiiu MIUC ll'MI'l. II WilS I then transferred, on motion of the : plaintiff's attorneys, to < irangeburg, i where it was heard in May, 1902, bei fore J udge < lage. The Jury at that time, after hear ltig the evidence, rendered a verdict > of $9,000 for Miss Carroll. The de; fense then asked for a new trial on the ground of excessive damages, and .Indue Gage sustained this motion, - recommending a new trial unless the j plaintiff should remit $11,000 of the . verdict rendered. The attorneys for ! the defense appealed on the ground r that Judge Gage should have granted 1 a new trial without the option of the L reduction of the verdict. The case ' was heard by .indues Pope, Gary and Jones, and the decision affirmed. . | Vf\v Chief Constable*. j The matter of Governor Ilevward's M appointments to the position of chief ? constables has been agitating a large " i number of office-seekers for some time. ' I Tlie governor lias received hundreds " of letters applying for positions on the ! force. Alter much thought and a careful j selection he Wednesday made the fol; | lowing appointments: ?| C\ L. Cure ton. 1'icketis. .1. C. Hull, Greenville. J. it. Pant, Spartanburg. ' A. S. Osborn, Columbia. S. V. Delgar, Sumter. S. T. Howie, Charleston. W. F. Holmes, lleaufort. 1 <>f the old force Constables Howie, s , l-'.nit and Cureton are retained, the 1 other appointees having never occupi' ed such positions before. 1 J. C. Hall has been iirst sergeant of * ! the police force of Greenville. S. V. v j l?elgar a business man of Sumter, and " W. ! '. Holmes a farmer ot' Barnwell | county. A. S. OslKirn wild will have his (headquarters in Columbia is a merchant of Ninety- Six. s The appointments liecorae effective April 1. wheu the olllecrs will take up temporary headquarters at the places , indicated and proceed to enforce the i ' u Starving in Finland. ' The Berlin I>ic l'ost states that tlie famine in Finland is more acute daily. | The suffering of tlie populace is 11 1 more intense and has been aggravated i- | by entire lack of meat, milk and pof t a toes since October. The people art r barefooted and clothed in rags. lr s Kegani and I'lealmrg alone there arc - a thousand peasants said to lie starv a ing, while the carcases of thousands ol . cattle and corpses of human lieingf r till tlie air witli pollution. Kpidemici (i of various sorts has broken out. Am ii eric in relief expeditions have reachet le llaparalda, Swceden, on the bay o is Hotoina, opposite Clenborgs. Killed l?y a l ull. Clrns. Marsch, 40 years old, dice if Thursday in the yard of the Consoli 1- dated (das company, Avenue A am 8. Twenty-first street, New York, fr<>n ii- the effects of a fall received whlli i- wrestling with a chum and lifcloni a- friend, Thomas J. i'owers. Power re was detained at the police station, am | Is heartbroken. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE A lUllle lloy Fell Thirty Feet Iul< an L'nused Well. In an open well, SO feet deep, fo tlfteen hours, without any means o escape, was the harrowing experience of llenry Miller, the seven-year-ol< son of S. C. Miller, a machinist fo the National Furniture company, whc lives at 42 Ponders avenue. The child fell in the well aliout 1 o'clock Saturday morning, and wa: not found until 11 o'clock that night cold, injured and almost unconscious He had made desperate efforts to ge out of the well, having dug steps it the dirt half way up to the surface only to tall itack againThe well into which the hoy ha* fallen was on the property of thi Ware Furniture company, on Wes Fourth street, aimut one hundred am tifty yards from the residence of tin boy's father. A building of the com pany was burned some time ago. am since that time there has been noth ing on tlie property. About x o'clock Saturday roornlnj while Hying liis kite, the boy fell int< the well. He was running backwan ' at the time and did not know of tin {opening. He stumbled lmckward am fell to the bottom without anything ! to brake the force of the fail. Then | happened to be no water in the well | and the boy's fall, on the hard botton i was one which rendered him uncon scions. Nothing was known of the boy'i fall, and his father reported the mat ter to the police and asko4 them b help him in finding the lad. He state< that the boy had left home to see til cadavers wnieh had heen deserted 01 ! the river line and had not been seei I since. When found the 1h>v was it a semi-conscious condition and almos i frozen, the little water in the wel | chilling him to the marrow. When lie was taken from the wel ! the little fellow could hardly speak and it was some time before he wa resuscitated. He said that the fal had rendered him unconscious am regained Ids senses that afternoon. Hi I then began making desperate effort! to get out of the well, digging step in tlie side of the well, using only hi; hands to cut into the dirt. His handi were bleeding and lacerated when res cued. His efforts to escape, however had proven fruitless, the well having caved in about half way up. and hi could not pass t '.e caved-in-place.? | Atlanta Journa'. A ThrllliiiK Kmcu|>c. A mother, father, infant and sar j rant were rescued by tire tutu fron I suffocation in a tire which occurret at Richmond, Va., last Weduesda; morning. The family were all asleei at the time their lives were endanger ed. The household consisted of K. L 'Charles, his wife and infant son, anc a servant named Rosa Carter Fire ! man K. II. Harris reached the thlrc tl<Kjr by means of a ladder. He founc the room dense with smoke and tin family fast becoming suffocated. Hi snatched up the baby, wrapped it ii nis coat and handed it to another lire man, then on the ladder, who carriei i it to a place of safety. Returning ' the tirst fireman wrapped Mrs. Charle 1 in a quilt and then carried her to th window and handed her to a thin fireman, who landed her safely. Mr Charles was then awakened and dc see tided the ladder with the assist anc of the firemen. The servant, whe j aroused, became so excited that sli I started to climb down the ladder hea first, and would have been dashed t pieces on the ground below, but fa fireman No. 4, who set her right an assisted her in reaching the street. 1,oh( Her Hair Miss Eva Mcrrell, a pretty am popular society girl of Cur roll ton, Ca. lost tier beautiful hair Thursday nigh through the combination of a lam light and a celluloid comb. She was reading and became 8 inerested in her hook she did notlc tli:it her tiead was nearly against th lamp on the table. The flame of til lamp heated the comb she wore in he hair and before she was aware of he danger the comb had ignited and he head was enveloped in a mass of firi She attempted to brush the flame i from her iiair and badly burned he i hands. Finally she conquered th flames, hut her magnificient suit t tiair was gone and one side of her fac was badly burned. The Tillman Trial. Solicitor Thurmond stated Frida that the trial of .lames 11. Tillma would probably come up Monday Apri 1 :t. The first week of criminal coui would lie taken up with minor case many of which would be disposed of i a day and none of t he important cast would Ik: reached until the sccon week. There were a large number < witnesses in the Tillman ease, tl . solicitor saici, and the state would 1 I ready for trial on Monday of that weel l?ie<l Yawning. ' At (>>hkash, Wis., after yawnir ' , without interruption for three enti days despite every effort at stoppag Mrs. Henry Jenner is dead. The ph sicians decided that she was sufferii from an obscure lesion of the bra producing laryngial spasms. Kei cdics and anaesthetics were administe j ed without eiTect. She was unable sleep and continued yawning until i longer able from lack of strength. , Cut IliNTIiront. I A man believed to be Albert Gc i sola, a Spaniard, was found dead c bed in his room in the Union Squa ; hotel in New York, Thursday mor s ing His throat was cut and sulci :1 is suspected. Little Is known abo the man. / # V j A GRAIN LOUSE B And Not th? Htttian Fly is ths Thing That is r f DESTROYING THE OAT CROP. e I r 'I he hit tie IVwt Haw Doue Much ) l)anm('j to the Growing Oats, S s Hut ltw Day* Are ' Numbered. I 1 Prof. Charles E. Chambliss of Clem1 son college, an experienced entomologist. was in Orangeburg for a few hours Wednesday and has encouraging I tidings for the farmers of Orangeburg, e Hamberg, Clarendon, Sumter, Flor1 ence, Darlington, Marlboro, Lee, I Itichland and Saluda counties, where 4 the so-called Hessian tly hut been playing wild havoc with the oats and 1 other small grain crops. In some sections of these oouutles the crop has been almost totally de stroyed, and the plague is of such a J serious nature that the State board of I entomology sent Professor Chamblhs R out to study the destroyer and, if pos1 sible, to advise some means of exterl initiating it: and lie has been suocesfL> j t'ul in his iesearch. Professor Ciiara | bliss has visited Darlington, Florence, 1 j and Orangeburg counties so far, and finds the cause and conditions the i same in each. Professor Chambliss | Ru.v.s LiitiL me uamage nas ocen aone, ' not by the Hessian tly, but by a small !? grain luuse. This enemy obtains its 1 fnod by inserting its Jointed beak In e the stein and leaves of tho oats, by 1 which it sucks the sap and if It does 1 not completely kill the plant; will 1 cause the (train to lie severely Injured l and shriveled. There Is no practical ' remedy, but tills need not cause alarm for. at present, the natural enemy of 1 the louse has checked its ravages j These natural enemies will keep the s i louse in bounds, and if there were a practical remedy there would be no ' need of applying it. These natural s enemies of the louse are hugs of four s species, and not unlike the potato bug. s These bugs feed on the louse and arc s rapidly exterminating them. Dry or s I sool weather retards the work of the - kmc, so that with favorable weather, aided by the bugs, it is not thought : their ravages can continue longer. 2 The broadcasting of air-slacked lime when it strikes the insects will kill ; them, hut n<?t in sutticient numbers to make tills remedy pay. Tha applies: tion of nitrate of soda at 75 pounds i per acre will unquestionably stimulate ^ | the plant to vigorous growth *r!;ich . might enftbic u tu iesiat the attack of v the louse, but no Immediate results ' could be obtained by its use and it would prove a needless expense, as the j natural enemies have already so greatly reduced Mia nnmtiArsnf Mu> Imioa uu t to remove the fear of Further Injury. - Professor Chumbliss says that all ' " volunteer oats Hhould lie destroyed, and that in planting next fall it must ^ he done on land not now infected. However, full instructions for future j guidance will be given in the bulletin to be issued this summer. Professor ^ Chumbliss urges as much publicity In (i the weekly papers as possible, so that (1 the farmers may l>e informed speedily, thereby saving them expense and worry. e! ^ Mid Cheers and HIhhos. 0 A dispatch from Detroit recently (j says: Senator Ben. K. Tillman of .. (, South Carolina was greeted with al,r ternate storms of cheers and hisses when he delivered an Impassioned address on race problem at the Light Guard Armory, the audience being evidently divided between upholders * of his ideas and strenuous opponents > of them, lie said the North demand1 ed majority rule and with a sneer adP ded that there were 235,000 more negroes than white people in South Car? olina. "It will mean that more blood e will How than was shed In the civil e j war if you persist in trying to subject e us to the domination of the blacks," r lie said. "You butchered the Indians r and shut out the Chinamen, but had r , it Ikffin L'nnvvn )w t lin c. .hlioru orhrv oti?? I rendered with Lee that It was your ? | devilish intent to set up the negro r over the white man we would have e fought you till now." Upon the senator's reference to some of Sherman's :e army as hummers, chicken thieves and carpetbaggers, his northern audience broke out into such violent hissing that tlie speech was interrupted y and some of ttie more timid ones in the n audience feared trouble. 1, l Kmled Thier (.Ives s< At Milans. Texas. because of family n trouides 1). E. llarmqrc and S. II. -s Worthing ton agreed to take morphine l(j to end tiiier lives. Harmore was the tirst to Hike the dose and when dls10 covered Worthington wa^ among those M" i who worked over him in the effort at k- restoration. Harmore died. Worthington immediately went to his room and wrote a letter to his wife ig from whom he was separated and took re a large dose of poison, lfc was found e, shortly afterwards and" every effort y- was made to save him but -the phyig sieians say it is bardly probable, in : ) p. How It Stands. r- From several quarters In South Carto olina, as well as In other southern r?o Stales, reports come that traffic on highway has been practically suspend* cd because of the condition of the roads. If railroads suspended traffic ,r_ they would soon be bankrupt. Merjn chants in the towns and farmers livre ing on these roads leading to the !n_ towns, occupy the relative position of (jt. stockholders of railroads. Yet few ut realize the heavy losses Incurred by suspended traffic on highways. <11 t . . -1'' ' .J rVirt