The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, January 11, 1906, Image 1
VOL. II. NO. 50.
. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1906.
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LITTLE MAKE-BELIEVE
OR
A CHILD OF THE SLUMS.
BY B. L. FAHJEON.
PART IX.
nouox.
CHAPTER VII.
. 'r Adolescence.
With the majority of human beings i
the period of adolescence la the mostl
uninteresting portion of life.
pretty ways of childhood have
tuny their tender nud fascinating
course, and there Is a long wait, aa at
tho rull in the act-drop in the drama.
To this rule, however. Little Make
Believe was an exception.
life was full of color, and every' J
Bay that dawned brought with It the
neoasslty of action.
This struggle for the bare necessftr
life, this fight for food, waa re*
* kind WiUl Iutere8t* albeIt of a Painful
Y#t from her inner being. In which
Jay. a well of purest sweetness, she
crew a wondrous compensation for
jniiety and suffering; her gratitude
Cor trifles was so great that it might,
jvith some semblance of truth, be said
that the pleasure of her days was bom
of the pain thereof, and would have
been of a lower quality had her need
been less.
She had found a friend, however, but
Tor whom she might have succumbed,
tho world was so powerful and she so
Rveak. f
These last words have nothing of ex,
?Miration in them, for the world was
ber enemy.
Ruled by social laws which of very
necessity might have compelled Little
Make-Bel lev e to drift into wrong do
ing, in the eyes of the world she was
? sore blemish, for which none but th6
narrow-minded could have condemned
Bfeppily for her, of this exceedingly
From that night upon which he was
? mi Bpectator of own funeral in Para
else Buildings he became her friend.
In a small way certainly. To tho ex
. i J>ro^ably, of three or four pen
??? in the course of a week, bestowed
?pon her a penny at a time when ho
met her in the streets.
It was little enough, but It was a
belp. The wonderful godsend of three
bright shillings from his hand to hers
iwas not repeated, but that was hardly
to be expected.
The occasional pennies were a wind
rail which often sent Littlo Make-Be
lie ve home rejoicing.
8a ranne grew stronger and more
Beautiful, and, accepting as her right
tho cheerfui willingness to provide for
ber which was Little Make-Believe's
chief rule of life, did no work herself
?ven when she was. old enough for it.
But It Is hard to say what she could
nave done had sad fortune deprived
her of her supporter.
Slio knew nothing, had learned noth
ing, and was easily discouraged,
Whereas Little AJakc-Believo fought
doggedly against tho heavy odds, and
aomctlmcs ^exclaimed (sometimes in the
midst of billet* tears), "Never say die."
During the years tliat intervened be-)
twci'ii childhood and womanhood tho
sisters became acquainted with three'
persons who were destined to play im
portant parts in their histories.
Two were gentlemen, one a boy of
the people.
Where this latter came from no one
In Clare Market knew.
Borne said ho had dropped from the
Clouds? an euphemism, for he more
likely sprang from the gutters. .
Ho %aa utterly wild, ungovernable
?nd untamable and seemed to bavo
gypsy blood In him.
Questioned about his parent*, his re
ply was that ho "didn't know noChlnk
about 'em."
Ho had Htert anyhow, from hand to
mouth, as the saying is.
Where lie slept, how he managed to
live, wbcro ho came from, and if there
existed a human being in tho world
?With whoiu ho could claim tho smallest
tlo of kinship? thes* were questions
.which nono could answer.
In somo odd way ho bccnino ac
qualntcd with Little Makc-BeUcvo and
8a ramie, and would sometimes sit in
tho cellar with tho ono and stroll
through tho streets with the other.
A bad companion In every way, but
they were not In a position to chooso
their associates.
? Whatever fell to their share, they
"were compelled to accept, whether for
good or 111.
From the policeman, Thomas Dexter
?who had seen tho lad with Little
Make-Believe, and was curious about
him? received his character.
A bad lot, sir. Been locked up a
dozen times, at least. When he's
charged no 0110 comes for'ard to speak
up for Mm. When he's asked In courf
whethv fte doesn't belong to some
body or whether somebody don't Be
long to him ho sarces tho magistrate
* add tells hfm to mind his own. A
regular bad lot, sir. Is Foxey."
Tbh was tho name by which ho was
know u,
. : A personal experience of Thomas
Dex tor's was confirmatory of the char
acter given to Foxey by the police
man.
He had bought some odds and ends
at auction, which lie engaged a mau to
wheel home In a borrow.
4'ox?.y, cOaalug on tho scone whllt
too gooas tv ere DCTng conveyed lntc
the shop, appropriated an old-fash
ioned mirror and made off with it
Thomas Dexter, whose back Tor the
moment was turned, detected Foxey In
Without assistance Thomas Dextci
might have run to the land's end with,
ont catching "Foxey, but n woman
caught and held the lad till Dexter
Teached 1dm.
Then the lad. twist in* himself out
of the woman's grasp, da/slied the mirT
ror to the ground, silvering It to
gtece*_and dodging between Dexter'4
legs, made lils escape.
Thomas Dexter picked himself up,
and gazing ruefully at his destroyed
property, returned to his shop.
He declined to charge Foxey with the
theft, having a horror of police courts,
but when he met the lad and Little
Make-Believe in the street, ho laid liia
hand upon tho girl's shoulder and do.
tained her.
"You shouldn't be seen," ho said,
"with that young thief. He'll make
yer as bad as ho is himself."
'?Here, stash that!" cried Foxey,
while Little Make-Belleve looked from
one to the other in fear and trembling.
"Jest you mind yer own business, and
let Make-Believe mind her'n." '
"You know I'm yer friend," said
Thomas Dexter, still addressing Little
Make-Bclicve. "That little villain there
stole a mirror from me, and when he
was caught shivered it to bits."
Foxey laughed loudly and malicious
ly, which caused Thomas Dexter to
exclaim, "I could have hod him locked
up for it." ?
"Well," retorted Foxey, defiantly,
. why didn't yer? I don't care for being
locked up. x'ou're too uiuch of a sneak,
thatls what you are. Yah I I gay,
gov'ner, how much was that bit of
glass worth?"
, "It was worth half a sovereign, you
rascal." ' *
"It would have paid yer to give me a
bob. rather than have it broke, wouldn't
"Yes; it would."
"Why didn't you say so, then? AN
ways agreeable, gov'ner, to take any- I
think that's give to me. go's Make- I
Believe, ain't yer?"
*rB,Ut ?etweou 111680 two stools Little
Moke-Believe was too frightened to
speak.
"I ain't good enough for Make-Be
lleve, ain't I? Oh, no, not a bit of it
There s a bobby. Give me in charge?
I don't care! You ain't got the sperrit
of a mouse, that's what you ain't got
Look here, Make-Believe, I'll git a silk
hat and welwet westcut, and then I
shall be good enough to walk along
side yer. Crikey! what a honor!"
And ofT walked Foxey, imitating tho
gait of members of fashionable circles
Before another twenty-four hours
had passed over his head, Thomas Dex
ter had a further experience of Foxej'.
He missed a smal! piece of Ivorj'
carved into the hideous unlikcuess of
a human being-one of those Chineso
monstrosities Which many persons, who
Should know better, believe belongs to
high art.
He could not imagine where It had
got to. It was on his counter for a few
luinutfe, during which no suspicious
person had been in tho shop.
While he was hunting about and per
plexing himself over his loss, lie saw
l-oxey grinning In his shop windows.
Ho went to tho door to hunt the
scamp away, AVhen Foxey, touching his
cap with mock respect, said:
1 guv'nor, does yer want to
buy a reg'Iar keurJoslmosity?"
'?? wlth yer, yer vagabond,"
cried Thomas Dexter.
"Don't bo so uppy; I ajU't gammon
ng, s help mo tater. It's the rummesl
bit of ivory you ever sor"? Thomas
Dexter pricked up his cars? "with ?
faco a good deal uglier nor mine, and
ears as largo as his head. Come, now
whot'l! yer give for it?"
"Have yer got it about yer?"
"Not me! A particular friend of
mine found it in a dust cart. Honof
bright and shining! Will yer glvo half
a dollar for it?"
"I'll give yer a shilling," said Thomas
Dexter, not doubting that the article
wns his own. _
'A bob! Weil, you are a mean cuss I
But you shall hove it. I say, honor
among thieves, you know."
"Bring It to me, and you shall have
your shilling."
Foxty departed, tuid in tho course of
au hour returned with the ivory tarv
Ing, for which, in a state of great in
dignation, Thomas Dexter gave him a
shilling.
This kind of persecution might havd
developed into something serious for
uextor, had not a stop be-on put to it
by Foxey being taken into custodv,
f P"1 "P?n ?>!? trial for an unblush'
Ing theft committed on a tradesman,
who was less tender of pollco courts
than the old curloslly dealer.
Foxey > proceedings at his trial were
tl?e cause of a great mauy leading arti
cles In tho newspapers.
He conducted his own defense with
extraordinary impudence and shrewd
ness, and pleaded that he stole tho
goods for the simple purpose of pur
chasing "a silk hat and a welwet west
out," so that he might "cut o reg'lar
?troll." I
Am a farther proof of his effrontery
>aad absolute reckl?s#Qa*s, h a called
TJmmas Dexter ar a witness of char
acter.
rf^th as ha was, Thomas, Baxter
*cas compelled to appear In the witness
box and tell all he knew of Foxej, his
evidence being enlivened by the pris
o&?r*f running commentaries. f? some I
such effect as the following: "Oh, what
a whopper!" "Where do you expect
to, go- for runniiig" down a Innocent
chap like that?" *Do yer kflow^thf '
meaning of a oath?" "Oh, you out
and-out aid sinner." i V
' ' The trial was orte of these tfhich are
occasionally mado the medium of an
interchange of much small wit be
tween bar and bench, and Foxey's re
marks were provocative of convulsive
laughter, in which the hardened young
criminsl joined.
with hafd labor, and two yen fa' police
supervlaion at the end of that time.
It. disturbed Thomas Dexter some
what to see Polly Oleaver in the body
of tbe court during the trial, and when
it "was over he found himself once more
face to face with her.
"A good day's work, Tommy." she
said, glaring at him.
Her fsce was flushed, and there were
tears in her eyes.
"Yer miserable old skinflint,- yer'll
live to repent it!"
He hurried from her, but her words
rang in his ears for many a day after
ward.
He was both angry and pleased
angry that he had been innocently in
strumental in the boy's conviction, and
pleased that he was rid of the pest,
and that Little Make-Believe now stood
in no fear of contamination from the*
society of the young thief.
The gentlemen who were destined to
play an important part in the lives of
Little Make-Believe and Saranne were
Mr. Dccpdalc and his son Walter.
The father was a gentleman of inde
pendent means, and one of Thomas
Dextcr's best customers; Walter was'
a handsome lad of sixteen. ?
They lived alone ? the father being a
widower and having no other children
?and were inseparable.
Mr. Deepdale had one love and one
hobby? big love was Walter, his hobby
was the antique.
An easy, credulous manr whose lines
of life had been'cast In pleasant places,
ono great grief had aflilcted him?
the loss of his wife.
One great compensation for a sorrow
which otherwise would have been un
bearable was given him.
Uls boy was all in all to him, verita
bly the apple of his eye and the heart
of his heart, his solace, his comfort,
his Joy.
And when to this was added the
means and opportunity of indulging in
a passion for old china, old carvings,
old enamels, old anything, it will be
easy of belief that his life was one to
be envied by the toilers and moilers
of tbe world.
The truth must be told. He had about
as much knowledge of art as the man
in the moOn, but whether an article
belongs to the fourteenth or the nine
teenth century is really of small con
sequence to the possessor If he derlvo
pleasure in the possession and if his
faith be not disturbed.
Thus, Mr. Deepdnle was an easy prey
to the dealers, who fooled him to the
top of his bent, to their protit and his
gratification.
Having received a letter from
Thomas Dexter informing him that
he had a service of Old Derby for sale,
he and Walter hustened one night to
Clare Ala ike t to secure it.
Hie month Was August, and oysters
were in; also grottoes.
On their way tlicy were attracted to
three children, who had formed them
selves into a company and had
launched into a speculation.
'?I heir stock in trade, the value of
which was nil, was represented by oys
ter shells, but they had an available
| asset (which, however, was consuming
itself and eating itself up, ns it were),
In the shapo of a penny candle.
Tho firm consisted of Little Make.
Believe, Saranno ond another child,
whose visions of wealth-conjured
chiefly by Make-Believe ? wcro of an
fin trancing nature, the crowning glory
of which was to bo an eel-pie supper.
Tho grotto they hnd built was more
artistic and ambitious than most; the
candle was alight and tho children
were ready for business.
But whether it was owing to the
strikes in the north, or the scareity of
meat, or the high prices of coals, or
over-population, or tho disturbed stato
of Ireland, or the rlso of a half-penny
in tho four-pound loaf, certain it whs
that trade did not flourish with Little
Make-Bellevc's firm, one of the mem
bers, at least, of which worked hard
for nearly a couplo of hours without
obtaining a copper.
"Please remember the grotter!" was
first launched merrily and saucily at
tbo passers-by; at tho end of tho first
half-hour there wos no light-hearted
ness In tho appeal; at the end of the
sccond It bocauio pathetic; at the end
of the third, mournful; at the end of
the fourth, despairing.
Nsranuo was the first to give way
cold looks chilled her, and she left the'
battle to her two partners, of whom
Little Make-Believe was the active
worker.
Two-thirds of their only asset, th(
/candle, were consumed, and tho eel-pic
supper was an airy imagining, not at
all likely to be erallzed.
Saranne was crouching sullenly on
the ground, the light of the caudle
shining on i,,.,. f?ro; fl|) jm
patient Ktifieror ? tin* very reverse ol
Little Make-Believe, who was, merci
fully. endowed with n fortitude rarely
excelled even In men engaged In the
highest struggles fcr humanity's sake
To be coulinucd,
^ASSEMBLES
| j Bott i .
Both the Benate and House of
ReDDMentatfves re-convened on Jffn
^ir^Ith/lSthiii? wm a done on
Thursday, however, beyond meeting
. aud adjourpmtefii, a jg<jod many mem
bers being* absent from tlAeir seats.
."plWM^jVk D?ocr?cr?."
"Cfliamp Clark Democracy" was
expounded to the delight and enter
tainment of the House for three
BW^idiW>/Mr. park, of Mis*|
souri, And c||b?titutcd the feature of |
tlio debate oil the Philippine tariff
bill. ..Mr. ^lark's speech took a
wide range ami during its progress
he labeled his political beliefs as
above in answer to a question as to
what kind of ?emocrat ho really was.
Ho talked of-Ubc Philippines and fa
vored the ptildiug bill; he discussed
the general taftff question and in par
ticular the German tariff situation,
lie ascribed future greatness to what
he termed the great 4 4 stand pat"
disciples ? one i of these, Secretary
Shaw, whose faeord as Secretary of
the Treasury included, he said, classi
fying frogs' legs as poultry and
ponies as "household articles" for
the collection <of revenue, was a logi
cal Hepubliciui Presidential inabil
ity unless the mantle should fall on
"the gray and grizzled Speaker,
Uncle .loo Cannon."
DINNERS' ASS'N SAYS 9,694,096.
Estimate of (jetton Ginned to Dec.
31?98.6 Per* Cent. Pickcd and 97.3
Oinned. ?,
Dallas, Tex., Special.' ? Following is
the compilation of the reports trom
cotton giuners over the South, by
tho National Qinncrs' Association.
Figures following names represent,
respectively, total, ginned, per cent,
picked, and per cent, ginned:
Alabama ? 1,17b, Tiki, 99.3, 79. 9 ; j
Arkansas? 506,870, 96.8, 92.9; Flor
ida? 71,464, 99.4, iM> ; (leorgia? 1,667,
682, 99.6, 99.1; Indian Territory?
292,153, 96.8, 94.2; Louisana? 454,
440, 99.2, 95. 4; Mississippi? 1,016,
073, 98.2, 95.U -/Missouri? <15,646, 97.0,
,95.6; North Carolina ? 627,559, 99.2,
97.7; Oklahoma ? 279,597, 95.0, 93.8;
South Carolina ? 1,081,800, 99.6, 99.1;
Tennessee? 243,956, 98.2, 98.7; Texas
?2,224,143, 97.5, 96.6; Virginia and
Kentucky? 15,971, 99.4 98.0.
Total, 9,694,041.
The report is of cotton ginned to
Dec. 31, and shows the total per cent,
picked as 98.6, and total ginned as
97.3. The amount ginned from Dec.
13 to 31, inclusive, was 402,041 bales.
This, added to the last census report,
makes 9,694,041.
. Loss at Albany, Ga., $150,000.
Albany, Ga., Special.? The property
loss caused by the tornado which
struck this city and section is con
servatively estimated at $150,000. The
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
is the heaviest loser, the damage to
their plant being estimated at $50,000.
The Georgia Cotton Oil Company, the
Artesian City Ice Company, tlie Cen
tral of Georgia Nailway Company the
telephone and telegraph companies
were heavy losers. It was near noon
Thsursday before normal conditions
as to wire communications with the
outside world wero restored. Two
dead, four seriously injured and a
large number slightly injured are in
cliulod in tho revised casualty list.
All tho dead and seriously injured are
negroes,
Went to Sleep on Track.
Danville, Special. ? A young man
named lless, whoso residence is un
known, was killed by a train near Ruf
tln, N. C. He had been employed as
a flagman and had been sent out to
flag a train. While waiting he fell
asleep on the tracks and was run over.
The body has not been called for, aud
it is being held for orders.
McCall Pays the $236,000.
New York, Special. ? John A. Mc
Call, president of the New York Life
Insurance Company, has paid to the
company the $235,000 advanced to An
drew Hamilton an so far not account
ed for by Mr. Hamilton. Thomas
P. Fowler, chairman of the company's
investigating committee splinted by
tho board of trustees, received a check
from Mr. McCall for $85,000 and note
for $150,000. A meeting of the board
of trustees was called and it was ac
cepted as a fact (hat Mr. McCall V
resignation as president will be then
presented.
By Wire and Cablo.
An order for 20,000 freight cars
placed by t ho Herman Government is
to mean that preparations are Win:
made to move troops to Hie frontier
as an answer lo similar action on the
part of France.
Charles Edwards, a wealthy retired
rhemist of New York, was mystcrous
ly shot while sleeping in the homo of
his Wot?ier-in-law, Charles A. Hiller.
in New Haven, and died as a result of
tho w^und.
KILLED BY TORNADO
Serious Loss of Life and Prop
erty ft Albany, Georgia
r . ; : , * t ? . , , .
SEVERAL DEAD AND MANY HURT
# f ' ? V 1 f T ?
Havoc Was Wrought Over Portion!
of a Dozen Blocks, Largely in Ne-.
gro Quarter, and the Fact ThatJ
\?corcs Were Not Killed Outright is
Amazing View of Wreckage
Left. ' X
Aibauy, ha,, tornado
of terrific force passed ov\r Alb nay
at 1:30 o'clock "\Y?$ducsda5* afternoon
coming from n soutl^csterly ^irtfw^ion )
and spreading ruin th^d desolatuxn
over portions of a dozen flocks. Sev
eral persons are dead and others will
die as the result of injuries, ami
many are more or less seriously hurt.
Viewing the wreckage left hy the tor
nado, it scenes a miracle that scoria
were not kiled outright, the trihuU
claimed in the way of human lives be
ing astonishingly small.
The known dead are:
Hen Jones, a negro machinist in
the employ of the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company.
Jake Johnson, a 0-year-old negro
boy.
Among those whose injuries will,
in all probability, prove fatal are:
Lulu (Madden, Jessie Davis, Annie
Davis, ami Jessie Woodall.
The list is still incomplete, owing
to the fact that much of the destruc
tion wrought was well beyond the
city limits. Reports from (lie tornado
after it left Albany have not been re
ceived. Humlrcds of -negroes in the
city are homeless and many have h?sl
all their household effects. The in
jured are being cared for ami efforts
are being made to secure shelter for
all. This is dillicult owing to the
scarcity oY all kinds of dwelling
bouses in the city. Under direction
of Mayor Rawson. relief will be se
cured and promptly furnished those
in the greatest distress.
It is difficult to estimate the prop
erty h?ss. The Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company b. the principal
sufferer, its destroyed buildings and
machinery having been worth prob
ably $00,000. It is safe to say that
the total loss will be found to .exceed
$150,000. Very little of the de
stroyed property was protected hy tor
nado insurance. #
The Southern Hell Telephone Com
pany is among the heaviest sufferers.
Its lines were down in several parts
of the city. Some little apprehension
is felt for Prcoria, in the southwest
ern part of the county. The tornado
camo from that direction, and as the
telegraph wires are down, nothing
can be heard from there.
To Settle Virginia's Part.
Richmond, Va., Special. ? John H.
Moon, chairman of the Virginia debt
commission, who has charge of the
settlement with the certificate holders
of West Virginia's part of the Slate
debt, left Richmond Wednesday with
Secretary Button for New York,
where the final papers in connection
with the controversy will be submitted
to the certificate holders. These
holders will accept as full payment
whatever may be awarded by the
courts in adjudicating the matter, re
lieving this State of all their part of
the debt. Suit will be brought in the
name of Virginia.
Orders 8,729 Freight Cars.
Atlanta, Gn., Special ? The South
ern Railway has just placed orders
for 8,720 freight ears, involving an
outlay of more than $3,000,000, The
delivery it? to begin in March in ear
lots of 500 and will bo increased each
month until all shall bo received.
Southern Colleges Invited to Rich
mond Track Meet.
Richmond, Va., Special ? The Rich
mond Intercollegiate Club has sent out
invitations to the colleges throughout
the South to its first annual inter
colegiatc track meet, to be held here,
in the arena of the Immsij show build
ing, Saturday tiighl, February 50.
Great interest is being taken in the
event.
Gives Bond on Fraud Charge.
Baltimore, Special. ? J. Bernard
Scott, fromer treasurer of the Mary
land Trust Company and one of the
three officials that "orporat ion who
were presented by the grand jury on
charges of fraud, appcan-d in flu
Criminal Court Wednesday and gave
bond for his appearance in the sum
of .$10,000. llenry J. l'owdohi, for
mer vice president, was arrested and
gave a similar bond. The other
official presented is J. Wilcox Brown,
former president, who resides in Vir
ginia and has not vet been arrested,
but v ho, his friends say, will appeal
and xive bond in a short time.
New Lino From Gulf to Mtxico City
Tampico, Mexico, Special. ? Richard
Honey, of Mexico City, has been
granted a concession for a railrom'
connecting Tampico with thescapital
of the country. It is expected that
when completed the line will reduce
the trip between twelve and fifteen
hours. A day will be saved to passen
gers hound to Mexico City from tin
United Stales by water and from Kan
Antonio about six hours. Engineers
ore already in the* field.
TERRIBLE MINE HORROR
Terrific Explosion in Remote Depth*
of Immense Operation of Cooper
Mine Company, at Coaldale, While
Mines Were Crowded With Men,
' Claims Many Victims, Nearly All
Americans.
i
' Roanoke. "Va., Special.? Twenty
one miners were hilled in an explo
siop mf mine gas in the shaft of the
Cooper Mine Company at Coaldale,
West Virginia, at noon Thursday.
Up to midnight, only one hotly had
been recovered. Immediately follow
ing the explosion which was heard foi
several miles, rescue parties set to
work to explore the wrecked shaft.
Coaldale is a mining town situated
in Mercer county on the line of the
Norfolk & Western Railway and is
15 tnilcs west oi' Bluefleld.
? Rut once before in the history < f t lie
Pocabon*.?s> coal lie I?1 has there been
surh a /'earful disaster as that in the
C>>i*l<lule (fal Company's shaft. Tin
^viriitns <>f other disaster sleep
ttj ilio eemetervV^.t Pcahontns.
At noon, w.."!.e\ the mines were
crowded will .nen, there was a sudden
and heavy rumbling a mile and more
in the depth of the mountain, and
through the mjlcs of passages and
air shafts of that immense miue^Jie
shock was felt. He fore the detoiu^
tions had died out, Bank Boss Thome s
Williams, who was a long . distance
from the explosion, staggered to hi
feet, and feeling his way to a mine
telephone, tailed to those on the out
side that r eve had been a terrilic cx
plosion of mir.c gas and asflfcd for
help.
Gathering about the entrance,
hastening^crowds urged by cool heads
and anxious hearts hurried to prepare
for the rescue of the missing ones and
an examination of the wrecked work
ings. At 4 o'clock the remains of one
man was brought out. He was II. C.
Conrad, aud his body was literally
torn to pieces, llis el tilling wa< bang
i?,g in shreds.
Up to "i late hour at night, no bodies
had beeu lecovered. Thcic was con
siderable smoke and pis in the en
tries, and notwithstanding the fact
that the big fans were in good order
and weer working with full capacity,
.the gas and smoke were not being
driven out very fast.
The following arc the dead, and
their bodies are still, with the ex
ception of Conrad, buried in the mine:
J. W. Larne, W. Lnrn\ Jim Sluss,
Laraz Aladar, Hungarian; Anthony
Bruce, Pole; II. C. Conrad, Silas
White, John Patterson, Cms Harris,
W. T. Sullivan, William Price, Wil
liam Ward, Walter G. Winn, Siph
Gray, Sterling Williams, Albert Bar
num, Nathan Hairston, William Cur
ry, Silas Harris, Juno Kelly, Lee
Price.
The Coaldale corporation is owned
and operated by the Cooper Broth
ers, who are also the owners of the
Mill Creek and McDowell Coal and
Coke Companies. The Coaldale plant
is considered one of the best ojiera
tions in the Held. Edward Cooper is
on the ground supervising the work
of rescue.
Mr. Grady's Home Burnod.
Fredericksburg, Special. ? Mr. Duff
Grady, of Spottsvlvania county, lost
his rcsidenco by nro Sunday, A part
of tho furniture was savod. Loss,
$1,000; no insurance.
Bouth Atlantic League Meets.
Savannah, fin., Special. ? The annual
meeting of the South Atlantic Base
ball Lenjnie was held here this after
noon and Charles W, Boyer was re
elected president. This was upon his
announcement that he would sell the
local franchise.
The salary of the president wn?
made $1,500 n year, to include the dis
charge of the duties of secretary.
$500,00 Fire in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo., Special. ? Fire in
the retail quarter caused a loss of
$50,000, dsorloying the three-story
brick building of tin- Columbus Buggy
Company, in Walnut sheet, cuai
Tenth, the adjoining building occu
pied bv the Kimball I'iano Company
and the Hettinger Brother's Manu
facturing Company and damaged the
Commerce Building, occpied partly by
the National Bank of Cemraeree. Th?*
bank's loss was confined principally
to an addition which it built to the
Commerce Building about a year an
No Reprievo for Patrick.
Albany, X. Y., Special. ? Governoi
HiguiiiH announced that he would de
ny the application for a reprieve for
Albert T. Patrick, the lawyer, who js
confined in Sing Sing prison undei
sentence to die in the week begiuin
January 'J2, for the murder of tin
aged New York millionaire, Wil
liam Marsh Hice.
HE SHOTJOjKllt
South Carolina Physic&n Bent
on Murder
A SAD TRAGEDY AT LA CASTER
A Serious Difficulty Eea |u From
Seemingly Trival Matte ? W ound
ed Man Popular.
Lancaster, S. C., Racial.? J. Hasel
Witherspoon, t lie popular inpmager of
the Lancustcr Mercantile Company, .
of which Col. Lcroy Springs is pres
ident, was dangerously shot Saturday
by Dr. E. S. McDow, a practicing phy
sician of Lancaster. The difficulty
occurred in front of the company's
store and the particulars are about ab
follows :
Mr. Witherspoon wes standing talk
ing to Mr. Samuel Roberts, a fanner,
from whom lie had just bought some
cotton, when Dr. MeDow walked up
and asked Mr. Witherspoon something
about the company's refusal to send
him a lamp which lie had ordered. Mr.
Witherspoon replied that the doctor
had not treated them right about a
baby carriage, referring to a previous
matter. l)r. MeDow struck at Mr.
Witherspoon over the shoulder of Mr.
Roberts, who was standing between
them, knocking off Mr. Koborts' hat.
W. McD. Brown. a clerk in the store,
rn.i up and struck Mr. MeDow, knock -
iii. : im down. As the doctor arose
he ht'^n shooting with a revolver
which lie hud drawn, tiring th roe shots.
1 wo of the bullets st i tick Mr. Wither
?|k>oii, one in the body, entering the
lungs, and other ^ hit ting him on thle
wrist. Out' bullet struck Mr. Brown
911 the linger.
Mr. Ueorge Heath, manager of the
Heath .lout's ( '?it::|ianyi anti others ran
up and stopped the shootim?, Mr.
Heath placing? luius-lf i:i fronw*f Mr.
W it herspoi ?; i and hedging Dr. MV'Dow
lot to shooi I; i in again.
Dr. MeDow tvjis a nest ( <1 and taktrt.
*,o jail by Shori$Jl miter and police
lien. The sherilfVtirst tlisarmed the
leeti?r, who hud t\vt\l>isiils. As soon
is a conveyance coiilo^* stvnrod Mr
Witherspoon was carricaMo i is homo.
Ir addition t(? a local physician he is
>eing attended by Dr. Pravor of ( :nes
eraud Drs Fennel and Stevenson of
Itock llill, the latter having been
jrought to Lancaster on special trains
The physicians regard Mr. Withe r-^k
ipoon 's condition as being extremely ^
critical. They Bay there is feome hope
for him, however, if pneumonia does
lot set nor abseesr. forms around the
3ullet, which, they think, lodged in
the lung.
The shooting has caused intense ex
citement here. Mr. Witherspoon is
>ne of the most popular young men in
Lancaster, being a universal favorite
ind the entire community anxiously
lwaits tidings from his bedside.
Dr. McDow Is said to be a brother
}f the late Dr. T. B. McDow of Char-,
lesion, who shot ("apt. F. W. Dawson,
?ditor of the News and Courier.
Double Suicide.
Raleigh, N. C., Special ? Violet
Page, one of Raleigh's tenderloin wo
men, and W. II. Hood, a well konwn
young man of this city, committed
suicide together Sunday by taking
laiidniim and died in a close embrace,
I he deed having been done in a house
in a ?|iiest ionablc <|Uiirtcr of the etiy,
owned by a negress, Jane Beasloy.
Hood rented the room Satunlay night,
and later took Violet there. The wo
man who owned the house noticed
nothing unusual until about noon
when her attention was attracted bv
heavy breathing in tlio room. S!io
knocked at the doors and window*
butt received no response. She then
telephoned for policemen and relatives
of Hood, Members of the police force
responded at once and broke open the
door to find the woman dead nnd the
man drawing his last gasp*.
Nino empty lauduum bottles on ?
table in (lie room told the tale; they
were two ounce bottles and bore the
label of a Greensboro drug store. Be
sides the empty Iadnum bottles, on
the table was found a note from Hood
to his wife, enclosing a ling nnd a
wnt ch for his two little piils and a
+2.000 life insurance policy for her
self. The not gave no reason for the
terrible deed.
Big Steamer Blown Ashore.
Pensneola, Fla., Special. ? The big
coast steamer F. J. Thistlowood, from
Tampa for New Orleans, is on the
rj ill f he;?rh -0 miles mst of I'ensncohi
bar. where she wys blown by the pre
vailing gale. The vessel is reported
in a dangerous condition, but little
informal i< n could lie obtained Wed
nesday retarding her. Tugs loft bore
at once lo go to her assistance, stop
piuu 'lie life-saving station to take
on board (lie life-saving crows there,
in order that the new might be res
'?urd witli 'f.-s danger.
Affd Widow of Fromlcnt Vtrgint*
Baptist Minister Dead.
Roanoke, Ya., Special. ? Mrs. Su
sanna V irginia Cocke, widow of the
late Rev. Charles 1. Cocke, D. D., died
at Holiin Institute, near Roanoke,
aged years. Her husband was for
fifty year* president of Hollins In
stilule, and was widely known as a
Baptist preacher.