The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 02, 1903, Image 3
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"DO THOU LIBERTY
VOL. XXVI1II&
SltTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAt^Q?^?v^
BENNETTSYILTj-fe, S. C.;,FlUbAY, JANUARYSar'lO'O^ *. '< . . 65,%^
JTE, S. C.,,FB?DAY^ JANU??lY^?r':?9'O?'"
JJ?NOHED THEM BOTH
For tho Murder ot' Mr. W. K. Jay
Near Troy, S. C.
THEY ACCUSED EACH OTHER.
Mau und' V U'o Quurrulc-U and Jay
Ordered Tonca Thou Uuu or
. tho Othor Shot His 11 curt
O?V l-'roin Their IIou.su.
A'special dispatch tu Thc .State
from Gleenwood ol' Saturday says Will
IC. Jay, one of thc most prominent;
young fanners ol thc Troy section of
this county, was foully murdered in
his own yard Triday" evening between
(> and 7 o'clock by either UH vcr Wk'e
man or his wife, two negroes living on
his place, Iloth negroes were made
to pay the death penalty for their
deed by an intimated crowd ol' Mr.
Jay's netghlMirs and friends.
From all accounts, many of which'
differ, the following is oll'cred as tho
most nearly correct of how the killin},'
occurred:
Mr. Jay lives in a new house about
three and one-half miles from Troy.
This place, has never been inclosed and
the negro cabin formerly occupied by
the negroes is within about -."> or :ii)
yards of the residence. Mr. Jay was
returning to his house after attending
to some business iii tile neighborhood
aird when close to his house lie heard
the two negroes making considerable
disturbance in thc cabin/It seems that
thc man was abusing or lighting his
wife and they were both quarreling
and resisting, lt was to stop this dis
turbance that lead Mr. Jay to their
home, which as slated, is only about
30 yards from his own house. On
his arrival be ordered the negroes lo
be quiet-that if they could not be
they could not stay on Iiis pince, [in
mediately after this Mrs. Jay. Who
was in her house, iieard thc report of
a gun. She ran to the door and looked
out, and saw tho two negroes, man
and wife, running away from their
cabin. Dalling to them, she asked
.what was the matter, but the negroes
iiiade no answer and kept on running.
Failing Lo net any response from them
she called loudly to lie husband.
There was no response. She was then
wild with fear and bedail looking
over the yard, and in a short y.'U'.V
found him dead in a pout-of'his own
". blQpd,. Almost his,-entire head liad
been blo\V.v <qt." Death was instan
taneous.
Thc alarm was at once given and
the immediate neighbors rushed in.
Thc news of the horrible m ur dev
spread rapidly. Carriages started in
all directions. A telephone furnished
the news to Troy and nearby towns,
and thc whole country for miles
round was S;io:i being lilcra'lv scour*
cu'tor cny ii. eis. ^
A party'of men coming towards thc
place from ?1 section of tho community
a few miles near Mr. Jay's home, met
two negroes in the road, a man and a
woman. The party did not know the
negroes, but arrested them on suspi
cion and carried them back to thc plac?
nf inquest. They were thc guilty
om.-' When examined both acknowl
edged the deed, but accused each
other of committing lt-the man said
the woman did it. and the woman said
tile man did it. They never changed
from this, but died accusing each other
of thc crime.
The gun with which tile murder
was committed v.as carried lo old Mol
Wide-man's house, thc father of the
man, and left Lhere while the tvu>
started out in Hight. They were go
ing towards iOdgclicId when caught.
After tlie inquest the two negroes
were tinned over to the constable,
who started to jail with Hiern. At
the Winterscat bridge they were stop
ped by a crow d of infuriated friends
and neighbors and lynched. Thc
lynching occurred about midnight.
ls Now a Karl.
Wireless telegraphy is now an as
sured fact. The Halifax Chronicle
announces that wireless telegraphic
communications have been"successfol
by established by Marconi between
Cape J Ire ton and Cornwall, Kngland.
A message has already been sent, to
King Edward by Lort! Minto. Gov
ernor-General of Canada, and also one
tothcKingof Italy. Dr. Parkin, M.
I'., of Toronto, special correspondent
of the London Times, also had a mes
sage transmitted. Marconi bas been
at Table. Head for the last eight weeks
working steadily. Thc win s were all
removed and installed anew, the fa
mous coherer being replaced by another
wonderful Invention of Marconi, called
a magnetic detector. whit ii gives nu..st
satisfactory results mid v. hu h enables
the transmitter to attain greater
speed anti accuracy. Thu invent.li
llas also established af bis Table Iliad
station one of the world. It was
thought that until a similar current
was established at the Cornwall Ma
Lion satisfactory results would not be
had. Tests were made frequently
during the last few weeks, but the
greatest, secrecy was maintained.
Last week communication was estab
- -?islied. _._.
A Street Duri.
At Nichols, Ga., on Wednesday San'
P. Padgett and J. C. ihichanan,young
white men, fought au impromptu duel
on thc street, as a consequence bf
which Padgett is dying and linchar?an
is seriously wounded. Thc two young
men married sisters, and while thc
cause of thc trouble is not known lt is
believed to bc a family disagreement.
Padgett and-liuchanan have hereto
fore been friendly, but on meeting
Wednesday each drew a revolver and
. began shooting. Padgett was shot
through thc chest near the heart and
cannot recover._
.Santa (Mans Scorched.
A dispatch from Georgetown L<
The Slate says Tuesday night af a
Christmas tree celebration in that
city, Dr. ll. S. Balley, who was acting
as Santa Claus, was painfully but not
'"iisly burned. -His clothing ac
AWFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Twenty-eight Killed and Many Seri
ously Wounded.
Thc most frightful railroad acci
dent in tlic annals of thc past decade
happened a short distance from . the
little station of Wanstead, Can., on
the Sarnia branch of the Grand Trunk
railway, Saturday night. The trains
in collision were tile Pacific Express
and a freight. Tho express was run
ning nearly two hours late and was
making fast time. The freight was
endeavoring lo make a siding to get
.clear of the express, but failed by a
minute or two.
There was a dreadful crash, thc
locomotivi-.s reared up and fell over iii
a ditch, thc baggage car of the ex
press telescoped thc smoker and in an
instant thc .shrieks and cries of the
wounded and the dying lilied the air.
Thc loss of life is 28. The injured
will humber considerably more, and
many of these may die.
Many of thc dead were terribly mu
I tilted. Iliads wee cut off, legs
' wrenched from the bodies and thc
I level stretch of snow became crimson
with the I ?lc pd of thc victims.
The rcspons I bi I i ty for the. accident
has not been definitely lixed, but it is
believed to have been due to a tele
graph operator's error.
Thc operator at one of the stations
where the two trains stopped gave an
order to the freight to pass No. 5, the
P.icilic Express, at Wanstead.
In the system of thc Grand Trunk
this order should have been duplicat
ed, a copy being given lo the conduc
tor and ei-uh:-cr ot the express. In
stead of this thc conducto? of thc ex
press received a idea rance order, tell
ing him to run right, through. - Tlie
freight train meantime had stopped
ab Wanstead, to sidetrack, and was
telescoped by the express. The blind
ing storm which was raging rendered
objects invisible at ?.bc distance ufa
few feet. Thc opera tot- at Wanstead
is nor. usually on duty at, night but
last evening be happeiiedilo be in thc
ellice for a short time, ''iowas going
out at thc door when lie heard thc
telegraph instrument click repeatedly
the message: "'Stop No. ">." "Stop No.
Seizing a lantern thc operator dash
ed for tim door and as he closed if he
hjind he hoard thc crash of the col
lision up the t rack.
/There was nita house athand. t<
which Hie injured could be carried.
Fortunately, however, the two Pull
man cars oil the train did lint sustair
any damage, '?'hoy were warm aw:
comfortable and were converted inte
a temporary hospital. Thc injuree
were placed in t hc bert is and every
thing possible done toy^ se their suf
fering: _
Tho Cold y ive.
I 'Ph,, fn\}n\\drii' bolle?; J.ic,mc>d l?pj'l?:
? by 'ObseiVor'v;Hailer Voni Columbi?
shows that thc severe wea flier is gen
eral: ''.Tho severest cUd wave of tin
season covers the upper Mississipp
valley where the temp?rai onus rangt
from zero to 'JU below. Thc cold wavi
carried the freezing line southward t<
Northern Florida, wit.li light frost a
.1 ackson v i 1 lo, Sou then i Ala bama, west
ward through Cor.tr?! Texas. Thc Pa
cilio slope is much warmer, with rain]
weather prevailing, ir, i.s snowing ii
thc lake regions, upper New KnglaiH
and the Ohio valley. Portland. Me.
had over lo inches ol'snowfall dur inf
the past -i hours. Generally clea!
weather prevails over thc southon
Slates except along lin- coast when
it is cloudy. The highes! report?e
tempera I ure friday was 80 at Lo.'
Anecies. Hie lowest Saturday UH.riling
was lid below zero at Huron, S. I)."'
A Groat Sensation.
A dispatch from Dresden says al
Saxony is agog wit. .itcrcst and spec
ulation resulting irom Hie Might ol
Crown Princess Louise, who said hoi
husband was a "beast." and that she
would never again return to the cotirt,
lt seems that thc Princess cloped witt
a French tutor, who had been em
ploy?e! to teach the children. She ii
an Austrian archduchness, being tin
eklest daughter of Archduke Ferdi
nand, who represents the Tusciiii
branch of the Aust rian imperial faun
ly. Shi? was born al Salzburg in I87(
und married at. Vienna in I SUI'. Sin
is considered one of tin- prett iest brill
cesses in l-iuiope, being endowed will
great personal charm, keen i n toll i
gonce, learning and modesty. Tin
crown prince isa line looking, soldier
ly man of ?17 years. There arti li vc
children of the marriage, ibo eldest.
Prince George, being nearly IO year,
old.
The Itailroad Help.
The Columbia State .'?ays a shorl
t inn: ago the slate treasurer wrote;
letter to the different railroad comba
ides asking them if convenient lo paj
their annual taxes into thc Stat*
treasury. Thc lines of Hie Soul lien
and At!.ml ic Coast Hine systems havi
complied with this request ol' th.
treasurer and have paid their laxes t.<
the various county treasurers. Thi:
relieves considerably the danger of ;
stringency in money al the close o
t be yea r when thc interest on t In
State debt must in mel. No doub
tlie readiness of thc roads to com pi;
and ease (?ie Slate's litiaricial Condi
lion will be properly appreciated \v
the people of tlie Stale. Treasure
Jennings is urging every county t reas
mer in Hie Stale to remit tin- Stab
taxes as rapidly as they are received
and hopes to secure a sulllcient sum ti
fide over the tenn of stringency.
Needed lu Hawaii.
Thomas Port une. special labor com
I missioner appointed by Secret ?irySh?v
i to \isil the Philippines and liawaiiai
islands is at Honolulu, loan inter
view in The Star he said: "I believe
fhc importation of negroes then
forms a natural solution of thc dim
cully which unavoidably follows tin
absorption of tropical or semi-troplca
countries by UH: United States, li
thc Southern States and in flic Caro
linas the negro made the industrie:
what they arc." The commisslonc;
said lhere might bc dltliculty in oh
fining thc neg rb) but bc though
planters could get all tl?e'j
i .tliey sent thc right sort o
ter Hiern. "You could gd
In six months," he said
THIRTY INJURED
By the Explosion of. Gas nt Kot
Springs, Arkansas.
SIXTEEN SERIOUSLY HURT.
A. Crowd Was Gathered to Hear
Ketti mt* )<>on> Xow Orleans
Knees WhCIl thc I5?C|>1?
Bioit Occurred.
At Hot Springs, Arkansas, Wednes
day afternoon in the cellar of thc turf
exchange, a club house and pool room
operated hy Chambers Walker, the
bunding was badly damaged and HO
people were injured, I ti of them being
in a serious condition. The most seri
ously injured are:
lt. 0. Chambers, one of the proprie
tors of the turf exchange, both le?s
and both wrists broken.
Wm. Ijclwig. a blind man, manager
of a hath house,- both legs broken,
will die.
Thc injured are:
J. S. Mocks, Hot Springs, Ark.,
both legs broken.
.Joseph Pace, hotel keeper, Hot
Spings, both legs broken.
Finnegan, plumber, Hot Springs,
both legs broken.
.lames Gowen, Hot Springs, both legs
broken.
Wm. M?tzer, a hoy, Hot Springs,
both legs broken and skull fractured,
will die.
James Couglin, plumber, Hut
Springs, log broken.
U. (r. Parker, Milwaukee, Wis.,
both legs broken.
Al. -F. llotcliskiir, Hot Springs,
knee fractured.
T. O/.ior. engineer, ll,it. Springs,
both legs broken.
II. George, New York, leg broken.
F. ?r?nHeld, Cincinnati both legs
broken, ribs crushed.
Walter Powers, St. Louis, ann
! broken.
Eugene Haly, Hot Springs, both
legs broken.
Tims. Phelan, telegraph operator,
Hot Springs, badly cut.
Mr. Donnelly, visitor, residence tm
. known, leg broken, also badly cut.
Twelve tithers sustained bruises and
, slight injuries.
About 1 o'clock "Wednesday aftcr
. noon thc poolroom was crowded with
i more than HU) persous. .lust as a
I race in New Orleans was being called
, by thc operator thc lloor of the bulld
I ing seemed to risc In an instant and a
. report that shook tile building rang
. out.
The news of thc cxpkvdon sin ead
rapidly and soon Central avenue was
jammed-with people. The police and
li remen took,.charlie, nf i?..tMi?r.
zhc '.Vvjjiv itiii?? began. Mci.
L were pulled from under thc building
" in a terribly shattered state. One of
\ thc most pitiable sights was when
1 "Billy" Holwig, thc blind manager of
? Mic Lamber bathhouse, was taken fruin
i the ruins, fiel wig is widely known
1 td thousands of visitors who cometo
L Hot Springs annually.
il. C. Chambers, one of thc propric
" tors of thc turf exchange, is one of
Hie best known sporting men in tho
} country. His condition ij serious.
' Thc injured were taken i.charge hy
. thc local physicians.
' The exact cause, of the explosion
r has imt yet boen determined, it is
1 said by some that gas which escaped
' in tho cellar of thc building was 'Ig
nited in some manner, causing the
' terribie accident.
. Another report, which is probably
correct, says a driver of a gasoline
wagon was Jilling a tank in the cellar
I when the explosion occurred.
Lynched Ut KailtSlts.
f At Montgomery, Kansas, on Christ
' mas day, Montgomery God ley, a negro
' man, was taken from the" jail and
. lynched by a mob because carly Chrlst
I mas morning he had shot and killed
. Milton Hinkle, a policeman, while tho
i otllcer was trying to protect .himself
' against a crowd ol' unruly negroes.
? At tlie lirst effort to lynch thc negro
i tl?e rope broke. Some one -in tile
? crowd then cut Godley's throat, sevcr
' big the jugular vein. After tins he
J w;ts banged a second time. Thc
. shoot ing of Policemen Hinkle occurred
) lita dance, which was attended by a
? large number of negro men and \vo
- men from neigh boring mining camps.
.Montgomery G od Icy and his brother
' were drinking and had become very
i disorderly when Policeman Hinkle in
> t el lered. The negroes became insult
ing and. when Hinkle drew his club
to defend himself, Montgomery dud
ley slipped behind the policeman,
grabbed tile oillecr's pistol and shot,
t Hinkle behind thc car. The wpiind
. ed policeman was carried to the City
. Hall, where he died several hours later.
! The nows Of tho shooting spread
, rapidly and a mob gathered in front
-, ot thc jail. Thc doors were battered
j in and the mob seized Montgomery
, findley, who, with his brother, had
i been arrested soon after the shooting.
, They look tho slayer to a telephone
f pole, three blocks away and there
. hanged him. At lirst. the negro was
I d?liant, but just, before bc was han,'ed
,. lie begged hard for his life.
KavngcH ol' 'lime.
; in the singular failure of Hie old
windows ol' York cathedral, the glass
' has lost'nu isl bf its transparency, and
in places has become so perforated
. that it crumbles at thc slightest
touch. To stop thc ''disease" soiric
glass of thc thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries lias been removed, lt is
known that the hardest cement is
sometimes disintegrated by chemical
k action set up by minuto organisms,
1 and it is supposed that thc destruction
tif the glass has been due fos?me fiiu
; gus._
stund? hy thc Ne?ru.
Hov. Long!no, of Mississippi, Wetl
1 nesday issued a proclamation pifcring
i Hf ty dollars reward for thc arrest and
- conviction of any person who forces a
?i negro to leave ci thor of the counties
r o? Lincoln, A mil c. Franklin or Pike.
- Hundreds ol' nemo rea ld ch Us have
b been ordered to leave these counties
/ during the past few months; hoing
f served with notices supposed to ema
il nate Lom "whitecappcr" organiza
. tlons. ' . , -
THE MEANEST MAN.
Hollah liocri Found .at Lus Angeles,
Cali lorain.
Tho worst thing about some stories
is that they are lies. The worst thing
about tills story is that it ls literally
true. The meanest man in Los An
gol?s has been found, Uni ease has
been proved and "Next" has been
cillcd. It is doubtful, in tact, whether
a .meaner l ian will be found anywhere.
The story needs no eihbellshmcnt.
The simple facts are bad enough, and
thisis just the way the events occur
red.
A well known woman went out rid
ing a few days ago. She had lier
pocketbook with lier. The pocketbook
contained some money. Therefore it
is unnecessary to explain that tho
woman was not. out shopping. She
lost the pocketbook. When she came
borne she told her husband about the
loss. As to whether he scolded her or
not my informant does not say. At
any rate, that evening thc family
telephone hell rang and on answering
it a man's voice was heard to make
tho usual Inquiries, after which bc
said:
'T round a pocketbook today con
taining a card bearing your wife's
name. 1 supposed the book belonged
to your wife, i have it at my otllce."
The thanks of thc relieved faruilv
were freely poured over the wire, and
sleep in that household was swe et thal
night.
Next morning the husband of the
woman who lost thc pocketbook called
at thc ollice of the well-known gentle
man who had telephoned. Ile was
presented to a line looking person who
was said to be. the one who owned the
found property. The husband des
cribed Um portmonnalc accurately,
including the contents, and the Under
graciously acknowledged that the des
cription was correct.
Thc book was then produced and
was promptly recognized;
"I am very much obliged to you for
telephoning ns of your lind," said the
gnu ?lied visitor; then, as a matter of
course, he added: "Now, how much
Jo 1 owe you for your kindness?"
The other looked serious for a mo
ment, and then replied slowly:
"Well. 1 hardly know just how
much to say. Well, let's say-no. lt's
up to you."'
To say that the husband of thc
pocketbook loser was surprised would
be putting it mildly. Had lie been
haggling willi a pickpocket, street
gamin or a beggar lie would not have
been in the lenst taken aback, lint to
hear that sort of a cool bid for a pit
tance from a well dressed, grown-up
man who had done an ordinary kind
ness such as might he returnable any
hour was more than ho was prepared
for.
When he had recovered his breath
he said.-...*. .
.> ?y? " rj/vnr.u *r
life, and ha,/'*io Idea of the rules cus
. toma ry governing" snob cases. I should
feel better if you would name the
amount yourself.'.'!,
Tho man looked still more serious.
Taking a pencil from Iiis pocket, bc
began to make figures on a piece of
pa per.
"'Let's see.'' he said, musingly, as
he eyed the pocketbook. ''Pretty good
pocketbook, slightly worn--say, one
i.ii'ty. Contents, three dollars and live
cents- total, four ti f ty-ll ve. We might
split thc cliff-no, say two dollars."
And he looked upai, ins victim willi
the innocence of a child.
The. man dug into his pocket speech
lessly, and handed out $2, and started
for the. door. Ile I bought bc had had
tho experience of Ins lite. Not so. If
tho man's diminutiveness had been ex
hausted, his nerve hadn't. Reaching
into his vost pocket, lie drew out a
card, handed it to the. stu pi tied caller
and said:
"Herc's my card. In case you
should ever want anything in our line
we would like to have you remember
the man who found your wife's pock
etbook."-Los Angeles Herald.
Helped che Itobhcrs.
At Chicago on Wednesday Police
man Patrick Mahoney,was found guil
ty, and Daniel Curran, co-defendant,
hot guilty ol' burglary, by a jury
which returned its verdict of a locally
sensational case in Judge Mo Ewen's
court today. The burglary of Hagc
mann's jewelry store wit h which the
defendants were charged, netted the
robbers * it),ooo for which $7,000 was
recovered hy the police, .raines Clark
and an accomplice were convicted and
served terms in the penitentiary.
Upon his release Clark told a story to
thc state's attorney which resulted in
the arrest ol' Curran a .saloon keeper.
I ;nnl Mahoney, a policeman, well known
and respected among his fellows.
Clary testified that Mahoney in full
uniform stood guard while the Jewelry
store was Vicing looted.
Burned to Death.
At Malone. X. Y.. four persons
were burned to death Christ mas day
in ibo house of Julius King, of Pierce
lield a [adp and paper manufacturing
town in Hu- Adriondacks. The tire
bail gained such headway before it
was discovered tint Mrs. M. J. Mc
IC?vern, King's eldest daughter, and
her three ci?ieron, who were sleeping
on the lower floor, were not able to
get out and all were burned to death.
j One of the children, whose body was
found close to window, evidently had
made heroic eiforts to escape. King
and his wife, with a few boarders on
an upper floor, escaped by jumping
out of the windows. One man was
burned seriously. lt is not known
bow the lire started.
ti Hied by n Woman.
News readied Mobile friday of the
killing on Dauphin island, in Mobile
bay, or Fred Matthews, by a daugh
ter pf George Sprinkle. Matthews
j was it son of a former mayor of Scran
ton, Miss., where his remains were
taken for bur/.tU. The details of tue
shooting are not. known although one
report stat.s that, it was accidental.
The Oem!ly I'nrler Ullin.
At Springville, Ala., on Wednesday.
Prof. Jacob Korney, of the State uni
versity, ivas accidentally killed while
shoot lng'sparrows w illi a parlor riflei
Prof. Forney was a son of the late
Maj...-'-' Violin H. Forney of the
?rmy.
j y"' "- .. ?"'*". f.* '
Experto -Take Charge of Considerable
, ... Acreage Noar Col?mhia;
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SOME PACTS Tba, PIO?IEEKS,
'M ?- ? :'V : ?
.Mr. Wui??II; Tail's.' About Soil of
lli'-i^aiHl County and Its
?.^Uanij?tibr.; Culturo
'.?l.'V **" ?" '-::'.? - ' ' . V- ?
The (^lumbla State says.Mr." ri. S.
Waddeli.'-Ayho is a native of. Halifax.,
county, ?'irglfiiiv, ha-s arrived hi the
city. lliYjri'the expert in tobacco who
lias bet nj'hioupjit here to take charge
of the '. /-^Hmental farms to bc estab
lished near l{->Lt Park bv Mr. F. H.
Kf.;atL is tf J'i.- Mr. . Waddell has
already V jiic over considerable labd lu
the vicin:r,y pr Columbia and inspect
ed it. ile bas long been a student pf
tobacco ..hilaire* Thursday he. closed,
the con', net with Mr. Hyatt for tho'
cul tl. va til?n of 50 acrns.uod will doubt
less take, ftp acres also for. parties own
ing adjoi iing lands. Mr. Waddell has |
also closed with Mr.. Huffman to fur
nish an expert to manage ?6 acres of
his land across tho river to place in
cultivation. ?IC is ready' now. to in
spect, Lti. (*nrf of any others In the
county cl/siring to plant tobacco, ad
vise, wi tl thom, and if they .desire it
secure, men to take charge of thc
farms, g->t them here.
Ile wi-.hos to establish a tobacco I
warehome tho tir3C season and expects |
to make Columbia bis home. Friday
lie tal kc' interestingly of the culture]
of bright leaf tohaccoi which, he Bays;
thc land; hi .this section arc adapted
to. He i insiders ; hose lands much
better adapted to such culture than
tho avenge lands now growing tobac
co boll) i i. this State and North (paro
lina. II says he thinks there'''are
from r?,0.'0 to 10,000 acres lh this im
mediate viciuity that aro thoroughly j
adapted to growing bright tobacco !
and that nuisis su?lci.cnt to-establish
a lirst class market. Ile says that j
self-drained) land of light color will
make lo..-aeon, and those with thc yel
low clay/.subsoils will make a liner!
grade. 7-ands of this nature rarely
ever fail iii producing color or quality,
regardless! of the state of cultivation*.
He sa>s: "As to thoVqqantity of
fertilizers p?v acre and thc kind tills
ls best d:itci'mlned by llrstVivlog the
land a Mf'tlc study of 'Its. -Wqdltlori.
From i '.ii i to 1,000 , pounds ot high,
grade fe; i'.!libers on a basis say of S nor
cent. pli.'.sphor;c acid; -1 per cent. ii?,
monia a u' 4 per cent, potash is ? good,
combinai ibu, witharom 10 to 20 bush
els of^cotr'm setd;piv double this quari-.
tity. fe.- :--\'';f??il.?49^A'''"'
vidiuff j
coa^o^.
mi*
Thcv;>'v --. larmer, inexperienced
in tobact.," stands In dread ot the ex
pense ard risk in planting tobacco. 1
would say just here there is a greater
per ccu turf failure in agriculture In
almost lily other crop cultivated dian
there .'s 'ii tobacco. Td* succeed yon
cannot nile this crop on a half-hand
ed, hap azard basis. It requires
study an Intelligence. Do your part
of the wrk lirst. I lia vc known farm
ers thai; ?rsl year cultivating tobacco
to averti 6 8iaQ to $2~>0 per acre with
out any ! istrtictioii from any one.
"I do io!, approve of the one crop
basis. do believe though in diversi
fied farm rig. it pays, liaise plenty
to sustata your farm such as grain,
forage, neat) etc., then plant, some
cotton a jd some tobacco. Even a one
horse firmer when he is fixed for
farming .should plant from live to ten
acres of tobacco, or from one to two
barns, is to thc size of a crop that
can best pc determined by your situa
tion, l ie lirst item is land, then
capital, ind next and most important
is labor. ! Thc needy time in labor is
tho harvlstirig season, .Inly and Au
gust, wltm your other crops are all
laid by after which it can be market
ed with f> per cent, less labor.
tn lar;,e crops from 2"? acres up, it I
pays to lave an'experienced mau who
may bc ?cured for an interest in Hie
crop. Sjcn that are most capable will
cost you. from the !':"t they can make
money ai it for themselves alone. I
have succeeded in locating three men
with crops from ?10 to (?ii acres and
have twd more I know personally to be
capable of managing like quantities.
I will ai'i ?iny one in securing men:
Unit is bring them in and give you my
judgment on the land, inquire as to
his references and sec that all such get
good tobacco seed free, providing any
such will write me in the next few
days and give me full particulars as to
how ?ind where tiley are located. 1
don'', ask a penny for what I tell them
or do tor them. I do t his simply with
a view of establishing a market herc.
"A would pay to all interested: lu
the event you cannot plant sulllcient
acreage to employ an experienced man,
try your Imm?diate neighbors and
work up say 40 to 7f> acres and write
me. as Its important thal, this decis
ion should be made early. Von sow
the seed in the mont.hs of January
and february and it ls essent ial that
you should piisli forward your work,
particularly where you have much
bu kling to dp. Tobacco barns can lie
built from 830 up. A barn will har
vest, from I to ~ acres owing to size
and season, its lifetime is about 20
years, so practically your building
doesn't cost much, lt ts the other
small expenditures, suca as Hues,
sticks and canvas for plan beds; they
last from three to eight years, accord
ing to the care you take of them.
After yon once get fixed to make
tobacco you can make If amt put it
on thc market at an average cost
of from 2 toll* cents per pound, or
from $20 to $35 an acre, according lo
seasons and conditions as to labor. 1
viii answer all inquiries, i furnish to
bacco seed in plenty of lime for you,
s i long as they last. This oller is con
Imcd strictly to Richland and Lexing
ton counties or not exceeding 30 miles
'rom this point,." , ,"
(?ct.? rit-ii!.vcmrH.
In New Yorlff'Wcdncsday, Thomas
J Sharkey, the; irivate detective, who
was oOilvloted/ I manslaughter in thc
second degree for having killed Nicho
las fish, tb kukcr, on Sept. 27, wa4
benton' ^^^Statc prison for ten
Vo->
Mt;. AV. F. -Hudson u Fourni. Dun,tl tri
His Rooiii. - .
A>?31spateh to Th? State frein Cam
den says, horrible, tragedy, wu's enacted.!
at tho Ayat?xe? Uiver bridge, gener
al?y known as the iron bridge, friday
hight; and. the . whole, affair is so far
shrouded " lu mydtoryi.'= Iflf&iy Satur
day, morning. Mr. W. F. . Hudson,'*tlie
toll keeper,, was found djjad In his bed
in a pool Of blood, in lils- liotisc-.'by Che
river bridge, on the west bank bf t/h?
VVatcrce.", A blood trail leading* frqna
"the great-wooden gates of the' bridge,
.which tyre about 50 foot f?nm tho
house, to thc.bcd, Indicate that the
'shooting took place at tho.gatcs. Tho
large gates arc closed every night and
locked, and only a small postern ls
loft open. Tho supposition is that the
person or persons who committed the
murder carno from thc cast Side of thc
river as'tTie postern shows marks on
lt, as if some one had tried to prize it
open from that side, while a lew feet
o?r, the gate keeper's lantern was
found with blood spots on lt. Thc
blood trail begins on thc rjgiib gate,
where ono spot ls visible near the
ground,'* and leads directly to tho
. phono which Is to tho right of thc
house door. . There is blood on thc rc5
eelver, and the unfortunate man either
endeavored to 'phone or reached for
his gun, which hung over the door.
A large, pool of blood is on thc mid
dle or the lloor, and young Hudson
lies In another one on his bcd. Ills
pistol was found on the desk, but It
is pot stipposed that ho had it with
him .vhen he went to the gate. Who
perpetrated the horrible deed is still
an unsolved story, and no very dclinitc
ci?os leading up to thc detection of
thc murderer have been found as yet.
Robbery was apparently not the mo
tive as nothing was taken out of the
.house and thc toll money was not
touched, Messrs, Craig and John?
Clyburn, who passed over the hridrrc
between ll' and 12 o'clock Friday
night, seem to have been tho last per
sons who saw Hudson before thelmur-'
der, state that ho cario out and
opened tho gates to let:their buggy
pass through. Mr. W. F. Hudson
was about 30 years Old," single, and
his position was a very responsible
one, and the best evidence or the con
fidence and esteem.ho enjoyed in this
community was his appointment to
the same last year.
tlillod Uv Robbers."
"?A special" from Matthews,' GS.,
'says: A horrlblo?rirue was perpetrat
ed near that place, on Christmas eve
bright. Mr. Eel :;'Crajv who was at
home after his pl?ce^bf business was
.cloded fjir^MiAhlght^jyas called to the
\."^;\MM'rhH3?^J?.^v...:rvl. as!.-*?';
change some " money. Xot' b?in?v
.6 to.mako the change Mr, Gray
idly 'co:j?:o'it^tl to-go to the ' stoic,
oioh.wiis a short distance away, to
ge? -Vij?^^?nfp?tr ""nrr^?y--'-5?J>U-?Ai-.ii;.
thinking bor husband was staving
longer than necessary, became uneasy 11
and started to the front of the house
to soc if he coming. She was startled
to soe the storehouse a mass of li?mes
and gave the alarm hy screaming,
liefere assistance could arrive thc
store was gutted. Among the re
mains Mr. (hay's skull, fractured,
was found and tito safe was open, l t
is believed tue man, after forcing Mr.
Cray to open thc safe, which contained
$1,200, murdered him, robbed the
store and then set lire to it lo cover
up his crime. There is no clue to his
identity.
Two 'lea i ns I.'ol lid?;.
Tile Pennsylvania limited, running
almost an hour late, crashed into the
rear end ot" the Lcctsdalc accomoda
tion at Quaker Valley, Pa., Wednes
day night at ll o'clock. Thc big en-1
gino of the limited ploughed into thc |
rear wir, thc smoker, like a knife
through paper, and the little car was
pushed through thc one ahead of it,
making thc two cars the length of one.
Tile crash was heard for a mile and
the limited, running at the rate of I
fifty-tl vc miles an hour, carried the
train from Quaker Willey to Edge
worth, a distance ol' almost half
mile before it could be stopped. Many
were injured, some of them probably
fatally. _
Manta Claus Hunted.
Forest (Jaie, 15-year-old boy attach
ed to the Salvation Army, at Hamil
ton Ohio, was fatally burned Christ
mas night while playing Santa Claus]
to 300 poor children. The accident)
occurred in t hc Salvat ion Army's hall,
where the annual Christmas Oki tor
ta in men t for the poor was in pro
gress. Cale was swathed in rolls of
colton and wore a long beard of simi
lar material. As he was frisking
around thc tree, picking gifts for each
child, his clot hes ignited by a candle.
Fire enveloped him almost instantly.
The false beard was burned and he in
haled the Hames. Cale was taken to |
a hospital, where he died in twenty
minutes.
Pound in n Well;
Tlic body of John Miller, a young
man who had not been seen since Sun
day night, was found In a well at !!>.
orly's brick yard one mile erst of Win
ston, N. C.. late Wednesday after-1
noon, lt is believed that Un fus Stev
enson, who committed suicide yester
day afternoon, and his brother, Sand
Stevenson, killed Miller and threw
him In the well. Sand Stevenson was
arrested near the Stocks county line
yesterday afternoon, lie is in ?ail.
A woman tells thc officers that thc
St evenson brothers and Miller were at j
her house Sunday and that thc latter
had money. All of t hem were drink-1
lng._
lie? Crushed.
Mr. Will Moody, a (Ireman on the
Georgia road, went under the engine
which he was tiring when tho train
made the stop at Social Circle, Ga.,
to make some repairs to tho ash pan,
and while in a position with one leg
extending across the track thc engine
moved, the wheel passing over the
left leg and mangling it so that am
putation was necessary. The oilier
hip was badly bruised and dislocated.
At the time of tho-accidentthere was
little hope for recovery, but bc is im
proving and there Ts good hope Tor
recovery. Ile at one time worked on
the Southern road and lived itiCoi\im~
bia. >--<l
[Twenty MilUoh-D?lInra r???scdliytbo
:. ' Methodist IO j) i H c op ul ChnrchV . ..
. 'Success- bas crowned . the efforts of
the. Methodist Episcopal Church - .'to
raise a Twentieth Century Thank-of
fering-.', fund of ?'$20,000,000..: About
$19.000,000 -has -already beeriraised
and:? promise has just been obtained
from a millionaire to add the required
amount to'complctc^be full sum: The
name of the donor is a secret, and .will
remain so until New.?Year's' Eve;';
when, at a watch meeting to be held
In Trinity -Methodist Church, Jn.
Springlleld, Mass.-, formal announce
ment of t-hc gift will bc made.
In the meantime speculation is rife
as to the 'man who ls willing- and able
to give so large, a sum. Mjiny names
have.been1 mentioned, and; it is. be
lieved by many; that tlie $1,000,000
will come from either John D. Rocke
feller or'Andrew Carnegie, notwith
standing that neither is a Methodist
Another guess was hazarded that a
Vanderbilt had opened his purse
strings. s=
Rev. Dr. Edmund M. Mills, who
has had charge or the work of raising
tlie fund, refuses to discuss the mat
ter, but admits that the iinalglft has
been "underwritten.'' Of tho thank
offering fund $8,000,000 will be devo
ted to the payment of church indebted
ness, and . the prediction was made
that thc result will be that not a
Methodist Church In the countrv will
remain with a vestige or a debt hang
ing over it after the committee con
cludes its work. Along this same line
will be thc establishment of a fund of
$1,500,000 to provide pensions for
?igcd and intirm ministers. The fund
for this purpose will bc increased
when opportunity presents itself.
The contributions have been sur
prising in their nature. The Norwe
gian conference, in Minnesota, which
is made up of a membership frugal,
but far from wealthy, has'contributed
in average of $22 per member. The
Serman confereucc of Oregon h?s;
contributed an average of $20 per
member.. ITrom the son of an old
Methodist minister came a gi.Cfc of
3400,000.' j
,,. TO;the e'ducation of Methodist bhil
Iren.ncarry 88,000,000 will be devoted/
Phis fund bas been gathered largely
;hroagh tbe: efforts of the presidents
il Methodist -institutions of learning.
The sum off'81,170,800 was raised by
Syracuse -University,'- .The Ohio Wes-',
eyart Unjvcrsity raised $1,092,890.' .-.
"It Is- understood \ that - 85,000,000
vlll/jc devoted to the hospital work.
Ten-years, ago thc Methodists had not
L! hospital "in the World, whiloV' Zay
ilicy have 20 in the United Stai>-/*7
several mothers are. under way.
.' "ve*i;-he-'Arljitr'nto'dsV
? - - . -irv
. A dispatch from Washhi'
?re?jdent Roosevelt wPl nb
ii-atbrlri.-'ttie'- venezuelan cr
Pfi^y>;hole"Vexatious qnestit
*cfCT?c? ? T?r atTjti?njuuicn to- tilt- _~
iribbnal. Epitomized, this was the
;ituation as it uad resolved itself at
?he .conclusion of tlie cabinet meeting
[oday. The mc'ling was not a long
session. All thc members except
Hoot were present. The Venezuelan
luestion was thc principal and practi
cally the only topic of general concern
inder consideration. Secretary Hay
presented thc net results of thc c&ble
correspondence with thc governments
)f Louden, Rerlin, Rome and Caracas
In accordance with tlie suggestion of
President Roosevelt, President Castro
af Venezuela, was reported to have
agreed to submit thc differences be
tween his government and the Eu
ropean powers to arbitration of the
tribunal at the Hague. Thc Europ
ean powers have not only consented
to consented to submit the controver
sy to arbitration, but while they ex
pressed a preference for the arbitra
tion to be conducted by. President
Roosevelt, they assented to Iiis sug
gestion that the matter bc referred tb
the llague court. . The presentation
of tlie case met the hearty approval of
the members of thc cabinet. . No fear
is expressed by the administration
that thc Monroe doctrine will be
brought ' into thc controversy in any
manner that might result in embar
rassing the situation of the United
States. .
Broiled Alive. .
A horrible accident occurred at thc
Richland distillery on Christmas eve.
About half-past 4 o'clock Charlie Till
man, a colored employee, while walk
ing along the gangway just above one
of thc great slop vats which holds
2,500 gallons, slipped and fell into tlie
vat. lt was lilied wi til. boiling slop,
thc stuff from which the whiskey iiad
already been extracted. This stuff
was at the time of a temperature oj
2i)0 degrees Fahrenheit. When Till
man fell Into tlie vat two fellow work
men tried to save Mils, .life.' They
quickly managed to grasp his hands
and pulled- him'Out. lie hardly spent
more than two minutes in the vat,
hut when he was drawn out bc,, was
unconscious and had really been cook
ed alive'. lie was in such condition
that his clothing had tobe cut from
his boiled llesh. Dr. Kendall was
hastily summoned and found the man
still breathing, lie administered opi
ates and as soon as possible the suf
ferer was removed to tlie colored hos
pital. Through everything possible
wrs done to save tillman's lifo, death
came and .relieved his awful suffering's.
He had inhaled the deadly vapor from
the vat. -Columbia State.
Hov. AV. M. .Jonen Shot.
While out hunting Rev. W. M.
Jones, thc pastor of the Williston
baptist church, was seriously wound
ed in thc right arin by thc accidental
discharge of his gun, In removing lt
from the buggy, lu which lie, with
Dr. John A. MeCreary, was riding,
lt was at first thought, that amputa
tion would bc necessary, hut hopes are
now entertained that the arm may bo
saved.
I'Yo/.cn to Dcntti.
Joseph Harlton, an-old prospector,
missing ror tho past throe weeks, bas
been found dead within three hun
dred yards of his cabin near lise, Col.
Harlton was a- Confederate soldiei
and, it is Said, was at one time mayoi
of ' Atlanta. H is supposed that h(
perished in a fVtorm in an attempt t(
seek shelter ^nd food.
: and Favored, ^y.-??aixt?i.
LEAKING OUT AS A SCANDAL.
Inspector or'Perflonat?r ii Patentee Y -
Mail Box nnd Brought tho
Matter Into Prominence.
Mention waa made in the Spartari
burg Herald some time \go of the
very unusual proceeding ou tho. part
of tile subcommittee of tho commit^
tee on appropriations, in recommend
ing, an increase in salary for the super
intendent of the rural .freo, delivery
service and the chief pf the division
of salary and allowance, of tho post
olllce department, without the recom
mendation of tim postmaster, general.
As a sequel to the episode mentioned,
what promises to be a very interesting
matter has come up in regard- to the
officials of the oostofflce department
and it is said that .an investigation .
will bc asked, to bo conducted by. con
gress. The matter is ia connection.
with the box question oi the rural free
delivery service.
During the administration of Post- /
master General Smith a regulation bf,
the department required that -boxes
purchased for use on. ruraltfree deliY
cry routes must be selected from"'a?
certain number of boxes, approved byF \
the department, and mad? by a small,
number of the1 manufacturers bf such
goods. Dissatisfaction was caused by .
this regulatiori.Jbotb because the pat-,
rons of the service disliked .to..be
forced to buy. a certain box, and be
cause xei tain manufacturers wcrb ap- ? y
par??itly favored the regulation) ^Put}^"
jib gentiment, together with the infl'u-""
??ce of several members of. congress ; "^?'^
who were largely interested" in rural_..
free delivery, .was brought tb bear up- '
on the Officials with such pressure that
Mr. Payne, upon . his assumption of '
the duties of the office of postmaster
general, .bad adopted "another regula- :-Vv:
tion, which prescribed only the ma
terials and size of the boxes . to be
used; and allowed them-to be made by
anyone, who.conid make a hox raee^ iJ?^^?
ing these requirements.- - Tills, it Was'; '
thobght,. would remove ail the forrabr^ :.
dissatisfaction'.' and for a time, Bu'ph '
was thc case. .
It is said now, however, that there
is an understanding between some bf
the high authorities ot the rural Ue?r&
.?ir? .by:;wli/io^V^y^^r^
5,'?f/these - companies .:. ?
rand iii * the', territory,;,,
v delivery l.> .tov bo^.put
.j,-, other co ?pan tbs : ?re '
.LS'-^-T^rr
templat?d. % Tho companies thus nw ..
vored, according to the reports, ! are
the Corbin Lock Company, Bridgeport
Conn., thc Century company, of "De
troit, the Bond Steel Post Company,
of Adrian, Mich., and a company do
ing business in Toledo.
A story is published to thc effect
that one of the Inspectors of tho de
partment, whose business is the laying
out of rural free delivery routes, while
on dul y in New York, went to Bridge
port, and, under the pretence of being
engaged in the laying out of a route
from that point, assisted in the per
fecting of a box in the shops of tho
Corbin company. In a short time, it
was decided by the department to lay
in supply of about 875,000 worth of .
boxes,' and the inspector who had per
fected the box was one of the com
mission appointed to select the box of
which sb large a supply should be pur
chased by the department. The plan,
for some reason, was abandoned.
lt has been discovered, so the paper
says, that one of the high officials of
the department is a large stockholder
in each of the companies whose agents
have'the advantage of others In being
able to get upon the ground llrst.
Another feature of the situation is
brought about by the fact that officers
I of the rural free delivery division are
unquestionably in a position such that
they might be able to confer favors
upon certain members of congress,and
in return receive favors, and in fact
it is stated by the local paper above
referred to that instances arc not rare
where a member of congress, upon in
quiry about routes where he secs no
possible reason for the refusal of the
department tb establish the service,
has been told that nothing could bo
done for him in the matter of rural
tree delivery, while! others, in the bet
ter graces ol' the* officials, experience
no difficulty in securing any routes de
I sired.
The operations of this oligarchy, or
postofllco department trust, as lt is
[called, may be inquired into by con- ?
gross upon its reassembling in Jana- .
ary.
A Komaiicc.
Three years ago while Miss Carollno
C. Pritchard, of Pottsville, Pa., was
nurfing the Yanderbilt family at
"Newport, ll. I., she mot Harry P.
Smith, a*retlred millionaire, of Bos
ton. The romance then begun reach
ed a happy conclusion in their wed?
ding nt Pottsville Friday. Thc cer
emony was performed by thc Kev. Dr.
James T. Satchell, at thc home of tho
bride's father, cx-Chlef of Police D.
C. Pritchard. Miss Edna Stichler
?acted as bridesmaid; L. L. Pritchard,
brother bf the bride, was best man.
I Tho wedding was very quiet and Mr.
Smith and Mrs. Smith left on an ex
tended Mediterranean trip. Mr.
Smith is a member of tho New YTork ?
Yatch Club and of thc Eastern Yatch
Club. Mr. Smith and his bride will
later take a cruise in bis handsome
yatch Adrienne.
B>- Wholesale.
At Armstrong, Mo., Rev. Naylor,
performed a marriage ceremony
Christmas night in which five couples
were united. The brides abd bride
grooms formed a chele aropjj
minister and claspet
th'? vows,
i j monial ci?b^
) I married
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