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W VOL 111 BATESBUltO.S.C., WKBNJiSDAY, JULY 15, 1JM>5J. NO 24
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V A FATAL COLLISION.
I Conductors Dreadful Mistake Thai
[ Cost Many Lives.
TWENTY-THREE KILLED
Tlie Man Whose Oversight Cause*]
Death ami Destruction Insane
From Mental Anguish.
Further Detail**.
Twenty-three persons were killei
and nine persons were injured in r
head-on collision on tlie Virginia Mid
land division of I lie Southern railway
at Roc* tsh, Va., at 12 minutes aftei
11 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. I'ussen
ger train No. leaving Washinglm
1* 11 IR n m fur Allnnli R<i
da.died into local freight No. ns
standing on the main line of the roai
at that point, wrecking l?oth engine:
and the baggage and express ear o
No. 35. The baggage ear and tin
second-class passenger coach iminedi
utely following it tclesco|?cd. Tin
coach was occupied mostly by colorec
people. The casualties thus far re
ported in detail are as follows:
Killed:
Engineer Davis.
Engineer MeConnick, who was rid
ing as a passenger on No. us.
A colored fireman on No. us.
The freight train was in charge o
Conductor Itrubeck and Kugineer llat
and at the time of the accident wa
on the return run from Lynchburg b
Charlottesville.
llocktish station is midway betweei
these two points and t he track thiols
a single one. Engineer had order
to get out of the way of the passenge
train but for some reason which ha
not yet been explained he overstayei
his time and had failed to take a sid
ing so that the passenger train emit
pass. The trains came together witl
a horrible crash and a fearful scene o
panic ensued when the occupants o
the cars realized what had occurred.
Train No. 35 ran into the freigh
which left Washington Tuesday morn
ing at 11.15 was made up of an ex
press car, a baggage car, two da
coaches and two l'ullmau cars. Th
two Pullmans formed an early morn
ing New York connection at Wash
?fngton for Atlanta and the south
?The train arrived there at 10..'Vl a. in.
from I'.oston also connected witli N<
35. No. 35 was in charge of Engl
neer Davis and Conductor Mays. On
of the passenger cars of the train wn
a second class day coach and theothc
a vestibule car.
Engineer McCormick. who was
passenger on the freight train, w;i
going t o Charlottesville to t ak<? a t rai
south at the time lie met hisdcatl
The engineer of the freight escape
witiiout injury.
It is estimated here that there wet
in all probability 120 passengers o
the train, including those from Itosto
and intermediate, stations.
It was at tirst reported that Itat
gage master l'ayne ol' train No. 35 ha
met liis death in the wreck. Late
reports, however, show that this is ii
correct, lie was caught under on
. of the coaches and was hadly stunnei
but later he revived and probably wi
recover. It is now said to be almos
certain that 19 were colored person:
as the second-class coach which wr
telescoped was occupied almost cxcli
sively by them.
Later advices from the scene of tl
wreck are that the freight train whic
was on the main track had been I hei
for six minutes longer than the ordei
directed when the collision occur ret
L AT 1211 ACCOUNT.
A special from Charlottesville, Va
says: Southern railway passcngi
train No. southbond. ran into a
open switch at Kocklish depot, miles
south of this city, at d o'cloc
Tuesday afternoon, smashing into
siding. The passenger engine an
express coach telescoped through ti
second class passenger car in the rea
In fctlie 'latter was a party it hum
grants, all of whom were killed orTi
jured. The dead number t!I and th
injured number l.'l. Traffic was su
pended for eight hours.
The dead, as have been ideutiliei
are:
Engineer .lames Mc< lormick of Cha
lottesvillle.
Engineer Charles l>avis of Ale
andria.
Thomas Sheppard of Charlotte
ville, hrakeman on freight train.
Charles T. <1 ay of Cliarlottesvill
fireman on freight.
J. E. Lowe, colored, of Haltimore.
Chas. T. Lciteh, colored, dining c;
water.
C. O. Owen, Philadelphia, boiler i
fcpeetor.
Adam E. Vicocsavlievich, Auslri:
l?oy.
Ifarilani Uugelmo, Austrian w
man.
Two unknown Austrian women.
Unknown mulatto woman.
The injured are:
Engineer Hale of Charlottesvi 11
injuries to spine.
11. A. Sliarpe of Knoxville, Term
head and legs bruise 1 and back bur
Turner A. Henry of Itenfonvill
Ya., injuries to legs, head and shot
ders.
Walter Jackson, colored of ( ha
lottesville, passenger tircman, le
broken.
Austrians, all painfully but not s
riously injured.
T. <1. Hudson, colored, Cliatt
nooga, Term., serious wounds <
head.
T. E. Mercer, colored, VVashingto
L
arms and legs cut and probably Injured
internally.
J. S. Sterett, colored, Tubman por
ter, of New York, hands, and fact
t cut.
.1. W. Payne of Alexandria, bag
gag< master, Internal injuries.
Tiic work of rescuing the injuret
; began immediately. l)r. Wm. A
j Lambeth of the University of Virginia
, was on the train and at once organizer
1 measures of relief. The trainmen un
l der the doctor's dlrectiou cut
through the panels of the baggage'eat
and express car and took out 'JO of tin
dead. Probably a score of injuret
were removed.
W. A. Ward, the Union Newsagent
of tho train, whose home is ii
j Washington, was in the fatal collisior
1 bu , escaped. The shock of the col
i n.Mun threw him through the window
. I breaking his left, arm. The spec! a
, ! train which went from here to th<
' ; scene of Lite wreck returned to theeit]
r | about x o'clock bringing some of tie
- dead and most of the wounded. Thir
, teen of the injured were taken tx> tin
| University hospital where theii
! wounds were dressed. Most of tin
| immigrants were Au;:trians and wen
I | Itound for points as far distant ai
; j California.
I" 1
II. A. Sharpe of Knoxville, Tcnn.
L" | narrowly escaped death, lie and Mrs
~ , Sharpe wore returning from theii
hridal trio, having spent their honey
moon in Washington. Mr. Sharp*
was in the smoker engaged in eonver
sat ion with C. <>. Owen when tin
collision occurred. Owen was killle<
instantly, his hody falling on Sharpe
NV. I?. ISruelH'ck of this city, con
doctor of t he local freight, is reporte<
in a critical condition. After wit
nessing the awful sight he is said t<
have iK'come suddenly insane am
s when found was live miles from tit
" ; wreck.
MAN AT KAtJLT NOW INSANK.
.. The tracks are now clear and t rain
s arc running on schedule time. Tin
i- cause nf the disaster has heen ollicial
s ly reporle<l as inaltention to orders
I t he freight conductor, \V. it. Mrubeck
. reading his orders to mean that tin
passenyer was one hour and twent;
li minutes late when it should have heei
f minutes, lie allowed the switel
f to remain open. limbeck is insain
from mental anguish,
t About ten small children escaped in
i- jury, who, licing foreigners, can no
U'll anything about their parents
y who were killed in the wreck. Tin
c little ones are being care for by tin
i- people of the city.
Saved a Prisoner* tifo.
~ A 'special to tlie State iVom liarn
} well last, week says Herlnirt Sander
|. was shot Saturday, .Inly 4th, hy Sen
0 born Moore, and it is said the woutn
uS is fatal. It is said there was a dune
r at Mr. Lewis Creech's, near Kline'?
ar.d during the dauee these youiii
:l 1 men had some unpleasantness, whirl
LS resulted as alxtve. Full particular
,, | cannot he gotten at this writing
, Moore is in jail, having surrenders
,1 himself to Sheriff Creech. Monda;
night 10 masked men went to Lh
c jail, where they demanded Moore, an
,, being told hy the sheriff's daughtc
t, that he was atchurch with her fathei
the sheriff, they then demanded til
keys of the jail, which she told then
(] she would get for them from the nex
room, and on returning from the root
sue eamearroeu ami drawing a loatte
e weapon she presented it and delie
I them, thereby running them awaj
lj i In a short time the sherilT returne
from church and at once not up
nuard tor the jail consisting of th
mayor and many of the liest citizen!
Nothinn further took place during tb
night and the town is quiet.
1(1 | Noltlc Work of Firemen.
'! At a tire Friday morninn at 1:11
II o'clock on King street, four wome
j were rescued l>y the Charleston tin
men. They were dragged from the!
beds and carried down a narrow stat
way, through smoke and llame. On
>r young lady, Miss Mary l?aly, wr
n painfully, but not seriously burnet
?(j It was a narrow escape for the ladi<
:j. and but for the heroism displayed b
;1 the tireinen they would have perishe
,1 in their rooms. At I o'clock Frida
,e morning a three-story hrick bulldin
r at the corner of King and Trade
j. i streets, was discovered to he on liri
! While the tiremen were busy stretel
,, ! inn hose, some one cried out th;
s i ladies were in the third story. For
man Morris, ot the chemical ennh
1 1 company, and several tiremen, rushr
into the Iniildinn, founbt their wa
r tliroiinh dense columns of smoke I
the rooms occupied by the ladies ar
x I hrounht them out safely while t.l
tlanies licked their feet.
s Miirdnrcd ami llobbctl.
Y is. I too jam i n l.owry, a well-know
and 11inh 1 y respected old lady, livin
?in?ui* iirai "??hi ii.. Ill
I son county Va. was murdered at son
| recent date not definitely known, ar
lier house robbed. The body of tl
old lady was found lying on the tlo<
of Iter rum) almost in a nudeconditk
and blood was spattered over the llm
land all about the room. The coroi
I er's investigation developed the fa
that her skill bad lieeri fractured
two places and her body othcrwl
mutilated. It is estimated that aboi
jjitiOti or $Too in cash was taken,
is liclievcd by those making the i
vostigatlon that the murder occur*
last Thursday night.
t.:
I * ii 11? < I Overliouril by a l-'isli.
il- j Wednesday night a number of bo
vvererc gathered on i'erido wba
,r- I'ensaeoia, I'la., fishing for shark, 01
^r.s of them, < art Johnson, tied bis lb
i about bis waist and threw the hm
,e in the water. In a few moments
big lisb took the bait and finding 1
a- self caught longed for the bottor
hi (Irained the little fellow from tl
warf. lie disappeared beneath tl
n. surface and was never seen again.
ANOTHER HOMICIDE.
Mr. John Wham Kills Mr. Fate
Ramage Near Laurens.
BOTH PROMINENT FARMERS.
urt'ui nivin nil ill i rvrr lilt; iiiimr
r
Among the Friends of llotli
1
Funics. Wham Is Still
t
1 ut Cargo.
1
A special U) the State from Laurens
, says: A homicide which has startled
1 Laurens county its no other homicide
? has done since Joe Crews was killed
/ probably saved from lynching the man
* who shot lite other Thursday. In the
- yard of the slayer, L. W. Hamate wtis
e killed by John G. Wham. Iloth men
r were prominent and for a time most
? serious trouble was feared, hut it is
b not likely now.
s The case is a most Interesting one
and there is the usual woman in it.
The scene of the affair Is Simpson's
' Cross lload, six miles from Laurens
' and three from Clinton, on the Columbia,
Newberry and Laurens rail,
road. John Wham's home is on the
right of the road coming up. Across
the road lives Thomas Simpson, aC >nI
federate veteran, who has a large family.
it seems that on Tuesday Miss
^ Mattie Simpson, about id years old,
I received a note purporting to be from
Miss Coleman, a sister-in-law of
( Wham, asking Miss Simpson to come
l' over to Wham's where Miss Coleman
, was visiting and stating that all the
others had gone away. Mrs. Simpson
got hold of the note and her suspicions
were aroused. She went with her
s daughter to Wham's house, where
e Wham was found alone. Asking the
- meaning of the note Wham replied
, that he found it addressed to Miss
, I Simpson after his wife and Miss
e I Coleman had gone to Clinton and had
yj simply sent it over. This did not
i I satisfy the Simpsons and they finally
) I elicited from Wham the information
s that ho had sent the note with improper
purposes in view. However,
- lie declared this was nothing new and
t asserted tiiat he had on four occasions
, within the last year made attempts to
e have relations with Miss Simpson
e with her consent. This statement,
it is said, was made to Mr. SimpsAii,
the iris father, when ho'"went to
Wham s house to demand sa.{ isfaction
' Wham, it is said, refused te come out
w and meet old man Simpson, wiio de -
clared that nothing hut Whatn's blood
d would satisfy him.
VICTIM A 1'KACKMAK|?ll.
News of this reached Clinton Thursl,
day and tliere w is much indignation
,s there against Wham. Thursday night,
it is now reported, a crowd surround(l
ed Wham's house and it was known
Miat some serious results must eome.
Either Thursday afternoon or early
(j i Friday morning Mrs. Wham got in
r her buggy and drove to the home of
Mr. L. W. ltamage, several miles from
! her home. Her oliject was to get
n ; ltamage to act as peacemaker., but
t' siie says she did not ask liim to come
? i to see Wham. Thursday morning
,1 about 8 o'clock ltamage got in his
(I! buggy and started for Simpson's eross,
ing. ()n tiie w.iy he picked up Hied
(j Hlakely, a friend. The two drove on
;l to Wham's house and Wham came
lC out to meet them. There was a shot.
gun in tiie buggy and Wham had a
lC pistol in each coat pocket, but Wham
and the two visitors stiook hands in a
rrienaiy manner.
According to the testimony of
il) Itiakely at the inquest, Hamate openn
ed the conversation by saying. "John,
tins is a bad atlair you are in." Wham
ir replied, "Yes, and 1 am willing to
r- make any acknowledgments that are
ie proper." Kamage then suggested that
us | they all go over to Simpson's hut
1. Wham said he wanted to wait until
?s his preacher came, that lie had sent
iy for him. Wham then started to the
d house, the other two following,
ty Itiakely suggested to Kamage that
g if Wham got into the house he might
Is get away and they hotter make him
i>. give up his weapons. Kamage called
i- on Wham to stop, hut Wham went on
it in the house and upstairs. From tin
e- front window he called to Itiakely to
ie "tlet out of my yard," and Itiakely
'd got. Kamage ha I gone around tin
iv right side of the house and on to the
to rear.
id \ (OI.l>-Itl.OODKI) Ml ltDWi.
Itiakely says he stood at the gate
and look through the hall which rum
nearly through the house and that Ik
n could ear Mrs. Wham and Kaniagt
ig talking, hut could not distinguisl
li- what they said, lie saw Wham upie
stairs pick up something and then
id saw him come down stairs with a gur
ie in his right hand. As he left tin
f?r staircase he passed out of Itiakely"?
iii slyht and the shot was tired almost
nr instantly. Kamuyc called to Itlakcl]
n- and Itlakely heard him fall, and say:
et he kn?'w his friend was dead hut die
in not go to him. With the shot yun h
se his hand he went to the corner of tin
ut, fence where he could see Ilamayi
It lyiny hack of the house.
n" sri.KViun ACTING.
d
When Mrs. Wham ran out to tin
front piazza screaming Itlakely askei
if it were safe for liim to yo t,o Ilam
vs aye's hiidy and she replied it was no
if safe. Ih-re was enacted as wonderfu
ne a hit of actiny as ever a woman dii
ic on or olf the staye. The wife to wiion
>k Wham had heen untrue, either in in
a tent or aet, for nearly three hour
t- played an artistic role in order to yiv
n, him time to escape. She knew that i
le Wham was taken hy the friends of th
ic other woman his life would lie the foi
felt, and so not only to Itlakely, bu
to the doaens of other* who gathered
there this nervy woman pretended
that her husband was upstairs and
that it would mean more bloodshed .
and instant death to any man or any
set of men who might attempt to enter
that yard or that house. With
prayers and pleadings of this sort she
kept the erowd at bay while the dead ]
man lay right at her back door and
tier husband was making his way to
safety. For it must have been ?,s i
soon as the shot was tired that John
Wham rushed past his victim across
the cotton ticld and into the woods
200 yards in the rear of his house.
Me has not since been seen in these
parts and at this writing Ids whereabouts
are unknown. When it was
found that Mrs. Wham had been paying
a part and that he husband was
gone the crowd made l>o!d to approach
tlie man who had l>eeo lying there
dead these two hours and more. Hut
this was not until word hail been sent
to Clinton and Laurens and SherilT
Duckett had arrived with a posse.
Kven then Mrs. Wham bogged the
sherilT not to turn over her husband
to the mob, and acting on her fears
thesherill' addicssed the erowd, cautioned
them against violence, and by
this time Wham was putting miles
between himself and the cold body of
Ilamagc there in the back yard. >
Whether lie went on foot or had a <
j horse is not known, hut since he had <
known for two days that, he must get
away or snlTer It is probable he had t
prepared means of escape. It is said <
by conservative men that if Wham u
had been taken Thursday morning t
either before or after I be shooting be
would have been lynched, as there v
were a number of men congregated at 1
the Simpsons with all kinds of guns *
! and feeling was hot against Wham. J
both on account of the airland of the '
| death of Hamate, but the testimony
> at the hupiest caused this feeling to
| partially subside.
SHOT IIIS WAY TO 8AKKTY.
it is known from the guarded statements
of Mrs. Wham that Hamate
asked Wham to come out and go to
the Simpsons and that Wham reI
fused, telling Ram age that he could
not protect him from that crowd and
that it would mean death for him
(Wham) to go there, it is supposed
Ramage commanded Wham to come
out and Wham decided to shoot his
way to safety without more delay.
His judgment seems to have iKicn good
| as was his aim, for under damage's
! body was found a loaded Smith <S:
j Wesson selfacting reviver while the
: wound under the dead loan's arm in1
diets that his left arm fyas raised and
I the lingers, ware i as if in the
act of grasping the tKm?ei. Wham
shot with a Remington /u2-calibre rim
tire target ritic and the ball entered i
just aiove Kamage's left nipple. 1
' passed through the large artery aiove 1
! the heart, ne net rated the hodv. en- ! 1
to red the right arm and lodged in the '
musole. Death was doubless almost
instantaneous. Kamage was left* 1
handed and was standing with his
left side next the house hardly ten 1
feet from the back door froin which <
Wham shot as he ran down the stairs 1
from the second story. Kamage | I
was a magnificent man physically, six i
feet high, stout and handsome, lie '
was a bachelor and a half brother of '
Miss Simpson's mother, who was the 1
nephew and heir of the late (.'apt. J.
A. Hell, and was himself a prosperous ;
farmer and dairyman, standing well
in the community. 1
Wham moved here several years ago |
from near the <Ircenvillc line where'I
the family of that name is numerous j'
and prominent. lie brought the old j
Simpson homestead, the Simpsons
moving into a smaller house across i
the road. The old place is a typical
Carolina country home with big oaks '
in the yard and a general appearance 11
of homeliness, a most placid scene for
a man to work the wreck of a wo- i
man's life and to slay her kinsman. !
Nearer Clinton Wham had bought,
other pp iperty and there has in process j
of erection an unusually stylish house j
almost completed into which he in- j
tended soon to move. lie is a prosper- i
ous fellow about :tf> years old and has
four children. Last year he was a |
candidate for county treasurer and :
was the second highest out of fouri
aspirants.
His reputation has alwavs been !
gOOd.
Miss Mattie Simpson, the woman in
the case, Is a well developed, good |
' looking girl of alnxit Hi summers, and 1
if anyone knew aught against her
[ character it was not common knowl- j
d^e until these sad developments of |
the last three days. Now as usual,
there is all sorts of gossip. It is re- !
ported to Sheriff Duckettthat Wham
; was seen Thursday going towards the
. (ireenville line. The sheriff thinks he
. will surrender prohably to Sheriff <111,
reath of Greenville or Sheriff Vernon
. of Spartanburg, as Wham's father j
! lives at Woodruff. There is no need
) for Wham to run. At the inquest his i
, interests were looked after hy Lawyer
(3. C. Feathers tone who was summon- I
l ed from Laurens.
, Deputy Sheriff Cathcart came up
from Columbia with the blood bounds, 1
I arriving at 1 o'clock at Simpson's
, crossing, where the train was stopped
, directly in front of the house. The
. dogs were at once put on the trail and
were worked for several hours, hut it
was impossible to catch the scent and
the attempt was abandoned. No one
e is after the fugitive now.
KiHril liy a Negro.
I Arthur Shadden, a prominent
I young planter living about four miles
i south of Osceola, Ark. was shot and
ii \ kilfed by a negro tenant on his farm
; at an early hour this morning. There
s [ was trouble lietween Litem in regard
e ; to an account which Shadden was tryf
lug to collect from the negro. The
e negro made Ills escape, but Lite sheriff
r- and a posse arc in pursuit. A lynching
i is probable if the negro is caught.
_ _ J
PRESS ASSOCIATION
leld Regular Session at White Ston
Springs.
jARGE NUMBER IN ATTENDANC:
roNldrnt Anil's Annual Address i
Which lie I'nys Tribute to Departed
Members?Kverybody
Delighted.
Special stair corresp. -ndent of tli
itate, writing from Wliite Stum
Springs says: The 2hth annual meet
ng of tiie State Press association wa
ttended by a large number of tli
est newspaper workers of the State
Pile printed minutes of the associa
.ion's meetings from 1*77 to Ib.'HH re
:all tiie facts that for the tirst fou
'ears of tiie existence of the associa
inn IK1:' tn IWil Pol I ?>o A I l.oil
hen editor of the Columbia hail
teylster, was the presiding olllcci
Jul. Iloyt is lore today, nearly a
rigorous as lie was a generation a^c
)n hie other hand there area numhe
if \ery youtiK newspaper men here
neii whose work nives promise tha
lie future of the press of South Car
Una will h<> as honorable as the past
m<i thai t lie weekly papers continu
iu he ?ieat educating inlluonces.
After making his annual address ii
which he pictured the future of th
iress iu ylnvvinn terms, Mr. K. II
\ ii 11 of the Newberry News am
lerald Wednesday made his annua
( port.
tilk i'kksldknt s ilki'okt.
Mr. Anil iu Ids annual report call
Lttention to the faet tliat lie wa
dee ted at the meeting in IMP I, a
which time there were but 12 mem
icrs present. At Sumter, tin; yea
'ollowintr, tliere were UP present, an
lie average attendance since tha
,iine lists been not less than ">0. It i
;ratifying to note the increased am
mntlnued Interest in the annual meet
nj?s. lie trusts that the time wi!
lever come when there will he indil
ere nee on the part of the editors an
mhlishcrs in these annual leatherings
l'hey are helpful and pleasant an
oust lie benelical. lie fuels tha
zliose editors who have never identi
ied themselves with the associate*
lo not realize the bcuclits they wont
ceeive.
Losses Hv death."
Continuing, Mr. Aull says: "1>ui
iik the past year, or rather since ou
ast annual meeting, our ranks hav
jeen thinned by the deatli of two ed;
/ors, and one died just at the time t
>ur last session. 1 refer to Mr. Tliof
I. Adams, for many years connecte
with the Kd>{otield Advertisei
Whether or not he was ever identitle
with the association 1 have lieen ut
rhle to tlnd from the record, but li
was a veteran journalist and succes.'
ful beyond the measure of most of u1
n view of his lonj.' and faithful sei
vice in the profession 1 feel it woul
be pcoper for you to take note of hi
ileal h.
"Another veteran who has passe
iway during the past year -one wli
was eminently successful was L. \
liristof the Yorkville Kn<|uirer. II
was possibly the oldest memlier of Hi
profession in the State at the time t
his death, in point of continuous se
vices, as well as in years. So far as
have been able to ascertain, he wr
not at any time a member of this a;
sociation, but in view of Ins long an
faithful service as editor and publish*
of one of the cleanest and best prin
ed country papers in this State,J
would be but proper to take recogn
Lion of tills service by a suitab
tribute.
THE LATE KDITOK OK "THE STATE
"We have also lost one of our ow
members, who was an ornament
uie proiession m inis Male. A ma
who .stood at the head of the profc
sioii, and who loved it for the good 1
could do. llis sudden taking oil ai
the manner of It was not only a shix
to the members of our association ai
to the profession in this State, but
he whole country, for he had a
tained a national reputation. X. <
(ionxales was for many years an a
tivemeinher of this association ai
we all reinemher the interest he tin
in our annual meetings, lie was
sincere and an honest journalist, 01
whose motives were pure and hi:;
lie loved liis profession and served I
State faithfully as lie saw her inlc
ests He w.ls a patriot in the liig
est and truest sense of the word ai
would let nothing couie between hi
and the highest and best interests
the commonwealth, as lie saw thci
He was a partisan. All true patrir
are partisans. 1 believe lie was lie
est and sincere and regarded the i
terests of the State above his ow
Many times wo differed and at tin
1 have thought him unjust and u
fair in Ills criticisms, but I always 1
lieved him honest from his view poii
ii i si ion i< i oner a criticism n win
| tic that lie shut himself up in liissai
I turn 1(H) closely and did not n.iin
enough with the people. Ilis dea
was distinct loss of journalism in t
I State. Ilis personality more Hi
anythying else built up a great ncv
; paper at the capital of the State. ! '
men wrote as vigorous, as clean,
strong and as pure Knglish as lie d
ilis editorials were always gems
Knglish composition and the tendei
to read them was irresistible, e<
when one did not agree with him.
to the manner of his taking olT
would lie improper for me in this c
ncction to speak, it is emincn
proper, however, that we should as
association pay proper tribute to
memory of one who adorned the pr
fession as he did and who rose by for
of Ids own merit and ability from t!
ranks of an humble reporter to tl
e editor of out* of the leading dailies
the south and one that was made sui
by his own personality."
Mr. Aull then recites the fact th
in accordance with instructions fro
the association he has gathered fro
the tiles of The News and Courier r
ii ports of the meetings from 1877 '
1888, inclusive. These reports ha1
been bound iu pamphlet form at
constitute the otlicial records of tl
association for the period covers
The News and Courier's reports fi
that time were written by K. V
c Dawson, N. G. Gonzales, J no. /
e Moroso, all of whom have laid tush
r the pen forever, and by J. C. Hem
hill, Jno. L. Weber and other w<
s known writers.
e The following very important par
;. grupli is also a part of the repor
r "At several annual meetings we ha
discussed the question of handllt
foreign advertisements. I desire';'
r call to your attention the advisahilii
- of forming a State syndicate for th
>, purpose, the plan for which, if yt
y desire. 1 will more fnllv unllinn n ?\I?
? - J
from my report. 1 believe it is pru
s Libahlc."
While there are quite a numtier i
r members here, the committee on pr
. gramme reported that there was on
t- one present to whom had been a
signed tins duty of reading a pape
>, In consequence the morning sessif
e was passed in a rather informal wa
I Mr. Anil told of the arrangements ft
n the trip to Denver, and Col. Ho;
e urged the editors to take the trip. I
told of many things to he seen in tl
il great and somewhat unique State i
1 Colorado, (juite a numlier announce
that they had decided to go.
Senator D. K. Iiydrick made the ai
s dress of welcome on behalf of M
s Jas. T. Harris, proprietor or tl
Y springs. Mr. 11 yd rick spoke wii
pride of tin growth ??f tltc count
r and declared that Mr. Harris isone<
(l the new citizens who have helped
( make it great. Attention wasealh
s to the fact that this county was om
I so poor that it asked the legislature '
pay its taxes. Now it is tldrd
II wealth, lie paid a line tribute to tl
_ newspaper man, declaring that in h
,j opinion the successful editor is tl
! best informed most widely read ma
('l in the world of business.
t ! Senator Kagsdale replied vei
pleasantly to Mr llydrick's remarl
n and declared that lie, for one, is rea(
(l to come here every year.
The association received a lcth
from Col. T Stobo Farrow in whi<
tie says tint lie is getting up a liisto
-1 or reconstruction from 1868 to 18'
r | and he is anxious for the editors
e i tlie State to give him all informatk
J they can.
d | A committee was appointed to co
> i sider the advisability of forming
d master printers' association, whi<
r- ! will have for its object the perfects
d i of a system of making rates on j<
? work. The State l'ress association
1,1 not allowed to consiiler such matte
** except in a general way. Messi
> Strickland, Wolfe and Waddell we
r* appointed. Instance were cited sho'
d ing how the prices on job printing a
s I being cut below living prices.
Among t.he members of the assoei
d tIon here are: Mr. A. J. Clark of t
1,1 j Lancaster Enterprise, Mr. J.
1 Strickland of the Cheraw Chronic
c Mr. J. T. Bigham of the Chester La
|l* tern, lion. .Ino. Bell Towlll of tl
?f Batesburg Advocate, Hon. .1. C. Ma
of the Marion Star, Senator .T. 1
1 Kagsdale of the Florence Ilefoi
ls! Advocate, Capt. II. II. Watkins
s-1 the Honea Path Chronicle. Kev. W
d ton II. Hreever, correspondent of T
%r Southern Lutheran, Mr. C. W. Hire
t-' more of the Watercc Messenger, M
if Virginia I). Young, editor and pi
i- prietor of the Fairfax Enterprise;
le | l. B. Warren, Press and Standai
1 Walterboro; N. Christensen, J
?! Beaufort (lazette: Ed II. DeCan
| HatTney Ledger; Col. .1. A. Ho;
rn lireenville Mountaineer; ltev. a
I Mrs. .1. Ferdinand Jacobs. Southe
LUI Presbyterian, Clinton; J. C. Garlli
s* | ton, Carolina Spartan, Spartanbui
C. Pangston, Anderson Intelligt
eer.J. 11. Peden, Carolina Odd FelUi
k Greenville: A. P. Curgile, Salu
Standard : L. Wigfall Cheat ha
l" Kdgetield Chronicle: itev. A. A. Jam
Pacolet; Mrs. Cbas. II. Henry, Sp
' tunburg Journal: lie v. >V. U. Ulcha
son, Southern Christian Advoea
Col. J no. M. Knight, Sumter Hera
('. W. \V< ilfe, K must l ee llecord: M
l Theodnsia Jones, Marion Star: K.
1,0 Prowne, Manning Farmers: llev.
H. Waddell, Spartanburg Herald.
,ls Anions other visitors to the inc
big of the Press association are: M
Kagsdalc of Florence, Mrs. \V
Toney, Johnston: Mrs. (). It. Prist
111 and Miss Marie Pristow, DaNlngt
Misses Mary and Rachel High!
n- Chester; Miss Joyce CWirk, Laneast
'k* Mrs. G. E. Moore, llonea Path: N
'n* Clara DuCkett and Mr. Thor
n" Jaeobs- Clinton; Mrs. P. P. (11111:
" Mrs. L. J. Plake, Mrs. C. II. Her
ICS Miss Allies Petty and Miss May (
vert, Spartanburg, and Mrs. C.
K!" Pirchmore, Camden; Mrs. J. A. IP
't- Greenville.
ild
1(.. Mother's itreadt'uI Deed.
:le A terrible tragedy occurred Th
itli day night in the village of Lcroy.
his Y.. when Mrs. William Paxter halt
ian herself and two children, Good:
vs- aged 8 years, and Gladys, aget
ew Wlten her husband returned to
as house at n o'clock he could not gel
id. lie waited lor some time, then hi
of in a window and searched the ho
icy in an untinished attic oyer the ki
ecu en, reached hy a ladder, lie saw li;
As in#, side hy side, from the rafter
, it wife and two children. From int
on- tinus the woman must have cai
illy the children up the ladder one
an time. The room was so low that
tlie Iniy's feet nearly touched the lloor
- AWFUL HEAT.
tie
tie
in Thirty Six Deaths Recorded in
cb
New York.
at
in
EIGHTY-THREE PR08TRATI0NB.
to
re
111 A Storm in the Kvenlnjc (Javr Some
ie ... . ..
L Itclief to SwelteriiiK ItuiiiRiilnr
^ ty. A Crazed Ne/^ro.CaiiHcd
t. .
jc by Heat.
P>11
Tiilty-six deatli ami Wt prostsatibus
in and around New York -at*!'llrook;i
lyn teil tlie .story of FTWay*s licit." It
' ' was the hottest July lOthWtlii'e history
... of tile local weather idiW-ai* tHi> hinii.
k ? :r,r.+\r?
to est previous re6o^ lsjing, 91 degrees,
Ly recorded July 10^ ]88^Stl iiUis
The early threat of;^t,t^xpcrature
,u that would break aH rpcoj^j however,
rl was not fulfilled, Thursday's. . record
c* of 94 degrees'at f o'clock, th6 "high
weather mark of the-yeah was reached
Kriday at 20- roinutefHpafet I, without
'H signs of relief. Hut by 2 o'clock the
1V
^ temperature had fallen two degrees,
' where it remained during the ne*t
J two hours. At 8 o'clock Friday night
the temperature had fallen to bit de)r
grew, ?1 degrees lower than, at the
, same hour Thursday. *
l(- Dudng the two or three hoursabout
M, noon, when the heat was the most iui(j.
tense, the wind averaged al>out nine
i(l miles an hour. AU>ut 6 O'clock the
watchers at the weather bureau' dlsfj
covered that a thunderstorm was In
progress in the southwest.
Meanwhile the wind shifted and increased
in velocity to 32 miles au
hour at 0 o'clock. The storm, which
scarcely touched the city, had given
t() tUe desired relief.1 Bet Ween r?*arrd 7
,(j oV,lock, the temperature fclV^vertil
^ degrees. The city had lieen sWek.r1
Lu ing so long in the hot wave, however,
I that it was hours before the benefits
u, began to reach the tenements, iu
j the streets, where the coollug proems
JC was more immediate, men, womeptanjf|
children crowded In the d?>orwayj> and
walks to recover from the wearin'ir
eiTects of the day. As on the rtfgttt
before many slcpton the parkbeocHeft?.
j". and, where the police would permit it,
on the grass.
,r Waniel Lewis, a heat-crazed uegXu,:
.jj attacked with a .club t wo girls. .who ?-w
* were carrying a large piece.of ice..?*A
-,j mob quickly gathered and shouted,
of 'lynch him." Lewis was r&fcded by.
in di tectives and sent to a hcsflitail? %# ~
TruNlinic to ttic Liw. w. : -.'jj
n- " ,
a A special to Tiie State from' "Laif-"'
L.j, caster says a young negro <by- ttt#*
jn name of Ernest l.Uakeney w as brought) ?
,j, to tire jail by a party of genUemciitf
iS irom the Tabernacle sectioi\ tliat.i
irs county Friday for entering th^liop.so .
-Si of a prominent citizen in tfie night
re time with intent to commit in 'opt- '
rt-_ rage on his daughter. The Yiegro ll'ad '
re entered the room through a' w indow *
before tiie young, lady awoke. -She
a_ screamed and her brother . rushed in'*
l,P the room, putting the. negyotv*Jl1gliL :
^ lie was subsequently .fouqc). It.was.}
|t>i proposed to make' short work pf him, ..
hut the father of the joiing lady ad-.
[,e vised tiiat he be brought to jail and
ce turned over to tin; siierilT, which was
,V. done. The negro lias confessed that
rm his intentions were to qjcrpetrate an
of outrage on tiie young lady, And that ;
aj. lie had lieen put .up to it.by.other ne-i.he
groes. The law abiding spirit, thus. ;
.jr. manifested by tiie citizens of the
rs. county is in striking contrast to the
-0. spirit of lawlessness which prevails in
nt h??r nnrt i/inc f\t Mia TT?i?Arl Chntwos ;
rd, i ,
Peculiar Accident .. .
r., . . i?.i-1>* y
,p Sunday afterndon at thp. Jioijif of -.e
Mr. W. .1. Elder, near Elder,' Cjlcoixe-t^^.
tuj county, Ga., Mrs. Bntlef,v^IM."YJaa "
,rn been visiting there ;for a few na'ys* "
met with a tragic death. Mrs. Bhtier'
r^,; had gone out to tin.* well to draw a1 i
,?l bucket of water, and was in the act of
lW drawing up tlie bucket when the ac(j;i
cident occured that caused her.death.*
m There were two buckets at' the weUk v>
t,s and as one e&me up the other went, ,.
ar! down. Just as the buckets werc'Tialf
rd- way l,P t,1e rxtpe broke and Mts. Billler
was jerked forward 4r?to the-' VvellV "
l,j. Her head was jammed into one$f>t'*s
lSs j the buckets as far as her shoulders and
,1 her body shot downward UirougJu; 4.-,
(; space of forty feet to the hotUtin .Qf;..,
the well. The alarm was given and.
in a few minutes the IxVly o'fMrs'Butiiss
lor was drawn up feet foremost. She
rra was dead when her Inxiy was token
l(,w out. Mrs. butler's remains were caion;
. ried to Window, near which place she
Lm lived, and were interred; She leaves '
?X\: a hiisbdnd and a baby ten mo 11Uis old.
Ii? l<'or Six ThooMiid UatAtH.
im J The largest hotel ever erected for
,rv | an exposition will he within the *
/ill- world's Fair ground at St Louis.* A **'
contract has been signed for the coil- - ,
(yt" struction of this mammoth building- < i
the rates in which will l>o controlled ; . J
hy the Exposition. Kooms will. he. M
divided into four classes according to
urs- size, not less than 500 rooms of each
N. class. The rates will be, on the flBj
ged Kuropen plan, for each person $1, IBS
son, $1.50, $2.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per day.
1 3. The latter price will command - very ->? fifiQj
the large rooms with baths. Meals vfllir
, in. be served to such of the giicsts- as ' * Bn
rokc desire them at the following prices: I JsgS
use. breakfast and noon luncheon, 50
tch- cents each: evening dinner, 76 cents. i:
ing- The hotel management will collect . ^BSfiSS
ibis from each guest 50 cents per day to . M
lica- cover the admission to the exposi- HBH|
-ried tion grounds. Thy hotel will be made ^H?SSB
at a larger tiian now contemplated if the
, the advance bookings of guests shall war-" JgggliBRK
rant.
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