Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? Biri pp {fri fy t|i? fc?JgHt* of tytMM f? tft* $ty o? Orau^u^. Tho Meeting iViniml {tp Woijneiulny Niall?by n Grand linn cine t, nt Which tho Governor Wo? Present. The 17th annual convention of the Viand Indue, Knights of' IJythis; be gan i Us sessions in Qrangeburg Tues day morning May I!>, with 300 repre sentatives In attendance. Just prior to thc grand lodge con vening in executive session Hon. Thus, p. Hoyle, mayor of th? city and an en thusiastic knight, welcomed thc grand judge to Orangeburg in behalf of the city, and Capt. .Joseph A. Berry, a past chancellor of the lodge, extended the welcome in behalf of the lodge. These addresses of welcome were re sponded to in titting and appropriate manner by Senator George S. Mower, grand chancellor. Cul. John M. Knight, vice grand chancellor, and Gen. M. L. Bonham in behalf of the grand lodge. Following these happy felicitations the Moor was cleared nf all not entitle?' to sit in the grand lodge, which Iben opened in due form. All of the grand lodge olllocrs were in their places as follows; Grand Chancellor-George S. Mower of Newberry. Grand Vice Chancellor-John M. Knight of Sumter. Grand Prelate-J. A. Summersett of Columbia. Grand Keeper of Records and Seals -Kev. J. H. Thornwell of Kort Mil!. Grand Master of Kxchci|Ucr- Wilson G. Harvey of Charleston. Grand Master at Arms-R S. H vims of Greenwood. Grand Master at Work-M. L. Hon ham of Anderson. Grand Inner Guard--Geo. W. Reeves of Branchville. Grand Outer Guard - M. H. Witt of Brookland. The first business before the lodge was the conferring of tlie grand lodge degree on the new memberrand it was found there were (Wi candidates for this degree, the largest number to re ceive Hie degree at one time in the history of the. grand lodge. The report ol' thc grand lodge olli cers printed In pamphlet form and distributed amone; the members is very interesting. Thc grand cliacellor. is his report, says in part : "The grand lodge at its last annual convention appropriated ?200 'for the maintenance of such orphans as in the judgment ot' the grand chancellor de serve the aid ?if thc grand lodge." No case, hus been culled tu my alf nf inn and no purl, ul tlie appropriation lias been '?x pended. I recommend, how ever, that the appaopi hit ion he con tinued. The fact thal nu appeal in behalf of the orphan has been made is evidence, tu my mind that '.he subordi nate lodges are meeting their respon sibility faithfully." This amount was again appropriated for thc current year. The grand chancellor also called at tention to thc fact that there is mit a Pythian paper in this domain and expresses the hope t hat such a paper will soon be established hy some brother knight and br given proper patronage. The grand chancellor advocates di viding the grund domain in to districts and the holding of district meetings in addition to the meetings of the grand lodge as a whole. The grand chancellor's report, shows the order to be in a most jlourishinir condition. Five new lodges have been institu ted during the year, making the lotal now 10-1. and the membership shows a net gain of .'HO, thc total number of knights in goori standing now being ll, :15o. The total number of init iations dur ing thc year were 7::.'!, but this in crease is, of course, reduced hy sus pensions, withdrawals, and deaths. Immediately after the opening ex ercises Wednesday morn i nu the grand Jodge went into secret sessiun fur thc cxemplilicatlon nf the unwritten work of the order. Following this came the selection of meeting place for l'JOJ with Columbia, Anderson, Greenville and Beaufort all aspiring for the coveted honor. Each of these cities had consider able backing sn that il look several ballots to finally deckle it and Grceii was selected. it had been thought, that the next session of Hie gr.und lodge would yo lo Columbia, but this session being in the lower part of the State the lip-country was determined to have it in their section next year and thc selection ol' Greenville gives perfect satisfaction. The selection ot a meeting place tic ing disposed ol' Hie next, business be fore the grand lodge was Hie election of olllcers for the ensuing year and in this the spirit ol' brotherhood su beau tifully taught io the order and the cardinal principles of I'ythianism was exemplilied. There was no contest for any ellice and every nomination was unanimous, showing the harmony that character izes Pythian convent ions. Those elected were as follows: Grand Chancellor- John M. Knight of Sumter. Grand Vice Chancellor-.las. S. Summersett of Columbia. Grand Prelate-B. A. Morgan of Greenville. Grand Keeper of Records and Seals -Rev. J. H. Thornwell ul' Fort Mill. Grand Master of Kxohequcr-Wil don (?. Harvey of Charleston. Grand Master-at-Arms - Jos. A. Berry ol' Orangeburg. Grand Inner < iuard (?co. W. Reeves of Branchville. Grand Outer (iuard M. II. Witt of New Brookland. Supreme Representative. M L. Bonham of Anderson, who goes to thc supreme lodge with Supreme Beprc sentative Wm. Goldsmith ot Green ville, who holds over the torin ticing for two years. The grand lodge appropriated Sim each lo tile Connie Maxwell, Thorn well and Kpworth orphanages fur the support ol'an orphan at each ol' t hese, institutions. The election of olllcers practically concluded the business of Hie muming and a recess was taken uni il afternoon when the new grand lodge olllcers were installed with (lite ceremony. Gov. Hey ward, one ol' the most prominent knights in Hie United States, having for years been a repre sentative lo I lie supreme lodge, came down from Columbia Wednesday morning. Aster* t.h*? ?nwMftl.?Hft MF*ti(J lOdjte mut ,ru&a|led (1*4 addj-paaed ? rP*t haag Dov, l?py?paro woo calle? for tine) fpudo H short Impromptu addfn??. hut which lt M> liawlieMPlwof tua VioKt iM?orw pfl?JH )irp, ii? tuon UIP (jrvrtiul luduf? hy ?<??>?. and turn? .'?luaeri waa tho tvolploptof thundornua appl^u?o lasting for eoveral minut?e. The grund'jodft? adjourned after tho governor's add rees, Grand Chancellor ly night ammunoed tho following committees for thu ensu log your: Judiciary-M. U Smith. Camden: M. Rutledge Hivers, Charleston: S. j U. McGliee; Greenwood. , Ways and Means-Havelock Haves, Columbia; C. D. Brown, Ahbevillc; A. S. Osborne, Ninety-Six: W. I*. Henry, TliunionsvUle; .1. Jacobson, St. Matthews. Printing- -.lohn M. Knight, grand chancellor, ?x-oillclo; Kev. J. II. Thornwe?l, grand keeper of records and seals, ex-Ollleio; Geo. W. Dick, .Sumter.* Credentials- Thus Miller, Charles ton; A. TC. Boozer, Columbia; H. II. Husbands, Florence. State ol' thc Order-J. A. Summer sett, grand vice chancellor, ex-ollieio; .1. G. Padgett, Walterboro; L, S. Mattison. Anderson; K. It. Cox, Darl ington: A. H. K ugh 1er, Mount Pleas ant. (..rand Tribune lor three years-C. I*. Quatllcbaum, Conway. On Wednesday night a grand ban quet was tendered the grand lodge, at which nearly MM) covers were laid. A \OW iVliKlon Kaili. The boys in blue may be great fighters, but it must he addtnitled Lhat they are great believers in pen sinus. Thc Washington Tost, in re vering to the fact that <>0,U00 men who enlisted for the Spanish war have ap plied for pensions, thinks it will be well that the question of pensions for them bc raised at once and that this proposed raid on thc treasurer should be stopped at thc start. Thc Colum bia Mccord says it is nothing less than an attempt at a raid, for there can be un possible reason wny that many men should be pensioned, for not one-hair ot" them had any actual experience tn war and sn tiered ni? particular hard ship beyond the usual inconveniences , and disagreeable features of camp life. Not mote than 20,000 men were actually sent to Cuba, and the mortal ity was li?!? for the whole number, and ol' them 2 t.'J were killed in battle. Ot thc other deaths, the investigation ol' a commission soon after the war showed that most of them were for causes not brought on by reason of anything resulting I rom enlistment in the army. There ein then be no jus tice whatever in pensioning that vast army of "veterans'" who have already applied, and all who will apply have not (kmc so yet, and the I'ost very properly iias sounded the. alarm and insists that this proposed "hold up*' ol' the treasury .shall be stopped, lt is doubtful, however, if the warning will be heeded, for in the maller of pensions all government, ollleeis, slate and national, an- cowards. livery ?.oldier who i>> entitled to a pension should have noe hut t ho e who are not. entitled to a pension should lu turned down._ A KtWlit Acculent. A dispatch from Clinton lo Thc Stale says 1 bc Thon)well orphanage is now in need ol the tender sympathy which the good people of the Slate have always been so ready to show it. One of those unforeseen and unavoid able accidents which sometimes hap pen occurred there Wednesday. While ime of the girls was passing by Hie wringer in the steam laundry it. sud denly wont lo pieces with the noise ul a pistol explosi?n. Miss Anna An derson was .struck by a Hying piece and was dead within 20 minute':. Thc whole institution is i ti tears, lt was a merciful Providence that saved the lives of t he other girls, some of whom were near by. Anna was one of the sweetest, purest, most lovable girls in the institution. There is ho blame to bc attached loan, one in eon ncc I rion with the accident. The wringer I was running al. its usual speed. There was evident!1,' a Haw in the iron or I workmanship. The 200 children at the orphanage need the sympathy ot (hui's people now in their loss of one of t heir dearest sist ers. Two Hoy l?enlos. Details have just been learned of the killing of the 5-year old sun of Al bert Wall. ?1 prominent citizen of Sohley county, (?a., by two negro boys, aged 10 and 12 years. The ne groes enticed the boy into a shuck pen. where, with a heel pin wrapped in a shuck, they attacked the young boy .breaking three ribs and i nil leting oilier injuries. Spinal meningitis re sulted, hom which Ibo child died af ter tillich agony. After torturing thc hoy the negroes left him in the shuck pen where he was found several hours later. The negroes ran ?way, but re turned lo gel a look at their work and were caught. They are being held pending a full investigation of their crime by the grand jury. IjCiiped to His limit ti. A sp?cial dispatch from Savannah, Ga., says from a balcony forty feet above Hie sidewalk, Robert V. Hilton a paillent of St. Joseph's hospital, leaped, dashing out, bis brains on the sidewalk and dying i inmediately. Ten minute-, before, when visited by his nurse, Hilton seemed to he hillie best ol' spirits and he had given no intima tion ol' an intention to kill himself. Ile was temporary insane. Hail to fay Up. Miss Francis Pettit, of Hallston, N. V., has been awarded $.1,000 damages against James P. Tartcmorc because in the wooing of her, he kissed her l,2:ia times-a penalty of just $2.42 per osculation, lt is said that .Miss Pettit has also kept ?1 faithful record of the meals Mr. Filttcmorc ate at her house and will sue him for the value thereof. Mc Was Arrested. s While President Roosevelt was in Sacramento City, Uah, on Tuesday a . man named llurdleman was arrested because he was heard to say: "One has died and .mother had just as well.*' In his pockets was lound a big six shooter and two extra cart ridges, _ A Still late. Miss /.ella Lawrence (if I.anett. Ala., a pretty girl ol 2::, attempted suicide on Monday hy jumping info the Chattahooche river, bul was res cued alive. The failure of thc bride groom lo appear af the wedding where she was to be the bride was the cause. Killed hy liiitln uiiijf. Mrs.'Thomas Connlessi, wife ol'a prominon? citizen ol' Meridianville, near Huntsville. Ala., and her ser vant, Margaret Morris, was .struck by lightning during a storm Thursday and instantly killed Mrs. Contessis two daughters narrowly escaped death. . ?fr????tl??fit. i?i\& fttittu'taln.m.ent nf Ui^ ^rtlurt H?^ROt ttnWM of .pythias, wa*liP>nBiU> tn u iwisl brllllgpt pllmtVJt In tll? \ lab? rate imiiquot tendered them >y?(inea< Say night by Orange lodge. The lol lowing account of the bauqnet from the Orangeburg correspondent of The State will bo read with interest: Hon. P. T. Hildebrand, who was called on to reply-to the toast, "Our City," begged tn bc excused on thc ground that it was not titting for him to eulogize "our city!' in the presence of gentlemen from almost every city and town In the State who were all proud ol' their own homes, but this correspondent being an olllccr of Orange'locjge, ls proud of the numer ous congratulations showered on 'the lodge and'that QrangcbuYg not only maintained - her weir earned reputa tion as tiie home of' hospitality, but has added many fresh laurels thereto. Gov. Iley ward said in the course of lils admirable address that he has been a member of the grand lodge tor the last 10 years, and in that time tue grand lodge lias never been entertain ed in fo thoroughly charming a man ner before. The governor has visited Orangeburg frequently and had some idea of what to expect, yet not only he bul thc entire grand lodge express ed thc entertainment accorded them ?is beyond .their most sanguine expec tations, Orange.nirg always does her duty well, and when the grand lodge ac cepted the invitation to meet in Or angeburg no time was lost iu prcpar lng for their entertainment. The de tails were all agreed on months ?go and consequently there has been no friction or inconvenience anywhere. Not only the local lodge, but num bers of others, including thc city coun cil, were generous in their contribu tions. 12 very one felt it an honor to as sist in entertaining so distinguished a body of men, and thc greater part of the homes of the city were thrown wide open to them. They were met at thc depots with enthusiastic wel come and assigned to hospitable homes, so that it did not require the address of welcome by the mayor or representative of Orange lodge to make, them feel at home. Everybody was at their beck and call, everything possible done for their pleasure, and cliey enjoyed every minute of their st ay with us. Thc banquet was held in the spa cious hall on the the third door of the handsome ofllcc building just erected on Court. House square and was, so tn speak, the christening of tho building. The hali itself ls lieauUfuiiy finished and lighted, being admirably suited fur snell an altair. The serving bf the banquet was awarded ."-orne weeks ago to thc local chapter of the Daughters of the Conti dei.icy and since then lim knights have had no misgivings whatever, knowing that it Could nut be in better hands. To arrange a tempting menu for .">ui) men was far f hun being an easy task, yet this was not only done, hut the tables draped in snow white linen and decorated with beautiful Howers, mak ing it a scene of loveliness and one that not, only called forth continual praise from those present, but will linger with them for years. This charming arrangement did not com plete the ladies' task, however, but, all dressed in Hie Confederate colors, while and red, they deftly waited on their guests and by their smiles and charming grace added much to tin pleasure of tiie banquet. The menu was as follows: Turkey Bod i lion, Individual Loaves of Bread and Buttel Sweet Pickles, Cucumber Pickles, Fresh Celery, Boast Bliode Island Turkey. Oyster Dressing, Whole Tomatoes, Sauce -Mayonnaise New Potatoes iii Melted Butter, Saratoga Chips, Frozen Pythian Punch Olives, Sal ced Peanuts, Palmetto Ham, Chicken Salad. Potato Salad Vanilla Ice Cream, with Fresh Strawberries, Chocolate Cake Pound Cake Cocoanut Cake, Lemon Layer Cake, Black Devil Cake Cheese, Saltine Crackers, Water Biscuits Cafe Noir, With cigars came the toasts, whlcl were as follows: "Tiie Revival of Friendship" "Friendship; this virtuels the corner stone of our order, and our member: are sworn to exercise it toward eacl other." -Proposed hy W. (!. Smith, Orangeburg; response hy C. C. Simms Barnwell. Our Order" --"Our order bas bul one purpose, one result--the eleva Lion, the happiness, Mle betterment of mankind."-Proposed by J. A Berry, Oraugcburg; response hy M, L; Smith, Camden. "The I). O. K: K." --"Night hatti glories the ?lay can never reveal." Proposed by J. T. Parks, Umngebnrg response by li. McC. Clarkson, Col um bia. "Woman"- - "Their force ol' charlie ter and prudent counsel should guide us past the dangers that linc tin pathway of life." "The rainbow ti the*storms of life. Tiie evening beams that smile the clouds away."--Pro posed hy Dr. L. K. Sturkie, Orange burg; response by B. Frank Wilson Sumter. "Our City"-"Our order strives ti gather into one mighty fraternity worthy men, whose, loyalty to thei country and 'to the authority nude which tliey enjoy citizenship is un doubted." Proposed by T. F. Brant ley, Orangeburg; response by P. T Hildebrand, Orangeburg. Music hy the Orangeburg orches tra. Thc names ol' the speakers togethe with tiie subjects assigned is enougl of itself to tell of addresses of (li highest order, and all were accorde* much applause. Mr. Simms, thc first speaker handled the subject assigned him ii au admirable manlier and in th course, ol' his remarks referred to th revival Of friendship throughout Soutl Carolina alter years ol' political strife as cemented hy the election and ad ministration ol '(?ow I ley wa rd, wilie! was greeted willi prolonged cheers. lion. M. L. Smith seemed as on inspired as he replied to Iiis Idas' "Our Order," and his oratory wa sublime, lie made himself a repul? lion as one ol' Hie foremost orators i South Carolina and was warmly coi g ra tu lated at thc close of his niastc fut address. Mr. Clarkson caused much inc rr mentas he told ol' the trip across ttl hot sands by those who join the D. ( K. IC, while the applause that grec ed Hon. B. Frank Wilson not on! told of lils popularity as a speak? haift?flo tue th?siibj??fcoi tito t?a?t, SyffiMHIfff ww de?? ta n\\ BW ont, j |tM address P?4? fttfpm antfttnft llbe?fjUy p?ti?tilatpf) wi tl) &nplaus*, ? ?^U^??i'H?^* Hilde mir cdty ,?> nut, pMpnndort"jn n witty inimner nnd .wan jf?\\ Voop|vofj. Af. Mr, llllflqnrfirjd' hud. ponoludod ?oy. 1 foy ward was called fer nm? re. smmged in ti feeling aqd character? Utje inanner. Jn 'the cqqrao of his remarks lie ocrap jraen?ed Oran?e lodge, but more especially tho ladles, for thobanquet, telling them lt surpassed anything of the kind ever tendered the grand lodge and not only the governor hut every speaker had something of a nat tering manner to say to the ladles/ present. The music for the banquet was ren dered by the OrangcbuYg orchestra under thc leadership of Mr. Wm. L. Glover and they were the recipients of many complimentary remarks and round after round of applause greeted each selcctiou rendered. This orchestra is the pride of the ci ty and is composed of some of pur most popular gentlemen and ladies and ls purely a social organization, kept up because o? their love for music" Their services are not at the call of enter tainments generally and when they do appear they arc always accorded an ovation. Those who composed the orchestra were: Miss Ida [Cohn, Miss Rayna Slater, Mrs. Hertha Erl ich, Messrs. Wm. L. (Mover, Lenard Bennett, Ashley Waunamaker, Richard IX. .Jerome and .lames McMichael, and (). W. S pahr. Tlic following selections wc rc ren dered: "Thc Gaincsboro March"-Rascy. Selections from "Florodoa"-Stuart. "Thc Grand American Fantasia" Bendix. "Hiawatha"-Moret. "An Autumn Bird," waltz "Good Old Summer Time," a med ley-Chattaway. "Wa r bl c rs' Fa re wei 1" -Taba n c. "Dixie Land March"-Haines. Mrs. Henry Kuhn, chairman, and all thc ladies of the D nighters of the Confederacy deserve much praise and thanks for their efforts to make thc banquet a success, and Orange lodge is under lasting obligations to them. In fact, the ladies deserve thc major part of thc praise for the success of thc week. A HAPPY SOLUTION, Tin? Scared Carrier Kestens IVoiii Hie Kural Service. A dispatch from Washington says Postmaster General Payne has ordered the imm?diate resumption of service on thc suspended rural free delivery mail route at Galiatin, Tenn. The resignation of John C. Aligned, the negro carrier, who was Intimidated and who refused to resume work, has been accepted and the civil service commission has been called upon to certify ii carrier lb Hil bis place. Thc postmaster general gave out thc fol lowing statement regarding the case: "lu the case of .lohn C. Allgood. ru ral free delivery carrier, who reported that he was held up by masked men while in the discharge or lils duties, bri tlic (ith instant,/in investigation was made by thc 1 ispcclor? Conger j and Bains. From I cir report it ap pears that the.carr '\wa.s.?s'f.'c?ocd.by two men and warned .i;/ "'' t?bue in the service.' The tue case show that this lawles. is not approved or sustained by people living on route No. 1 or by people in that viol nt}', and that l posoaa guilty of thc act are alone i nslble. "It is believed by thu jc-ctors that Carrier Allgood tro' safely resume thc delivery of rh: on tiri ibute and as evidence of '\ t fact it appears that a neighbor!i: route is now, and has been .duce tl installa tion of the free delivery scii .cc, serv ed by a colored man. Un? r all the circumstances thc departing it is not. disposed to hold the people on route No. I. responsible for thc ;.its of the two men referred to, who wie guilty of the threatened assault Vipon thc letter carrier, and it would nb unjust to deprive them of their nail facili ties under thc conditions. '.Therefore, ordered that the rcsiguatio j til" .lohn C. Allgood, rural letter carr'?r, bc ac cepted and that service onjfji? route bc. resumed lit once.'" . Thc postmaster general sfc/.ted that thc civil service commisslo ccrtitics only one name lo him and ta1 t person will be appointed irrespecte v of color, as required by law. ?Mnity Sheep and dut li lite. The heaviest cattle and ?.beep loss In the history of Montana, lt e damage which will bc 80,000,000 has been caused hy the terrible snow storm of last week. In some sections frilly ninety per cent of the slic/ip on the ranges I ave perished. Three herders, al least, have wandered away In the! blinding storm and have frozen in death. An aged herder employed at) Portage was lust Sunda}'. Two more in the Shelby junction country, em ployed hythe Flow ree Cattle company are missing anil t here is no hope that Ihcy can bc found alive. Herders have abandoned their Hocks on every band and lied for safety to the settlements and ranches. Nothing like the fury of this storm has ever before been witnessed in northern Climates. Severe IJOSH by Fl io. Tlic seaboard Air Line railway shops, minor ?nices and warehouse on the outskirts of Portsmouth, were practically destroyed by lire which broke out shortly after 10 o'clock Fri- ? day night. At a late hour the blaze! hail not spent itself, bul Hie destruc tion (d' nearly every building and car at thc yards was about complete. As near as can be estimated at this time, thc monetary loss will foot up to 8700,000. Janies Ilnrrcl, a machinist, who sought to save his tools, was so badly burned that he may die. Noone else was seriously hurt so far asean be learned. Milk l'oison. Eighteen people living at a board ing house at San Juan. Porto Rico, were poisoned Wednesday by milk containing ptomaines. Eleven doc furs responded to the alarm and thc use of stomach pumps saved Hie lives of all the sufferers. Thc Americans a If cc ted were Messer. Kellog. Sisson, Gordon, Schultz and Hallen and Mr. and -Mrs. Chadwick. The incident has caused alarm throughout San Juan. _ She IJUI'I Home. Mrs. G. V. I terrell disappeared from her home near Cherokee Springs, Spartanburg county, thc night of Hie l illi and has not been beard from since. She was in her nightclothes and had just put her baby lo bed. lier husband says there was no home trouble. She left a letter asking lier parents to take care of her children. Ei?VA?Ofc ?AR tA?U. rtftr. Mat? frUd'?lipp;* \4'nm*ft iftttfiiwl fti>yr?t?<1 ?)/?pttf3iilt|<m. Onft man nn<| fhvoo woiii?n, .???ro MHod nnd five qp fdx Injured [friday night ut 1020 jrlft.i nvonuo, Pitts- , burg, l'a., the blinding being occupied by a danolng apaijemy. Tho cause of the fatalities vyus the snapping of toe elevator rqpes allowing the cage to drop 0,0 feet- hbo dead arc so badly , mashed that idcntiticatiou has hcen {inpossible up to midnight. Thc only ?.ne whose name may bc correct is Catherine Curtin. On her body was i round a railroad ticket with the name i on it. ' I Amuug (lie injured arc: Harry t Lipson, aged 22, bruised all over body 1 and hurt internally; Miss Kate Flani- ? gan, 27, bruised all over body and suf- < foring from shock; Albert Myers, -0, fractured leg: Mrs. Lulu Postil waite, ; scalp wound and body bruised. A i banquet and ball was being held In the building by thc Pennsylvania Elcctro Mcchanical institute, and every avail able portion of thc tifth and sixth doors were crowded by members of the institute and their friends. At about 10 o'clock the elevator : with a load of 13 passengers started for thc banquet room on thc sixth tiojr. When that door was reached I it was found that every place was | crowded and thc passengers decided to go to the lifbli door where thc dancing 1 was in progress. W'lv n 1? tween the sixth and Hf Lil doors tue steel cable 1 snapped and with a resounding crash that was heard blocks away the cage dropped with II? loud of human freight. It smashed through the floor above the cellar of thc building and was stopped by a braced post of wood, three foot below the lirst floor. In this inaccessible position the passen gers were jammed under broken tim bers and tiwisted steal, yet none might have been killed had not the heavy balance weight, weighing over a Lon, come crashing down upon them. Miraculously all but four were able to scramble out. The others were pinion ed under the heavy weight. Four were mashed almost beyond recogni tion. Albert Myers was held a prisoner for more than an hour. While lire men and volunteer rescuers were pre paring rigging to 1ft thc machine so as to be accessible he lay pinioned un der the wreckage. Whiskey and water were passed to him with words ol' encouragement. A fireman eudadncr ed his life by (hopping into thc mass of wreckage and holding thc injured ! man's head. "Heavens it was hot down the?e," was the brave man's lirst ' works spoken while being carried from 1 his prison to a hospital in an umbu- j lance. The opinion prevails that the eleva tor was overcrowded and Superintend 1 dent of Police MeTiglic ordered the 1 arrest of Prof. L. N. (Ules, a meehan) 1 cal engineer and instructor of the ' Pennsylvania Llcctor-Meehanieal in- 1 stitutc, who at thc time of the acct- 1 dent was running the elevator, ll is 1 alleged that he allowed the elevator lo ! be Overcrowded and that he had no 1 experience in running an elevator and 4 was partly responsible for the acci dent. lu The 'Viii II I: loss Aji-e. This is Indeed a period of the thing less things. Wc have the wireless , telegraph. Wc have the sinkless ) tunnel. Wc have thc stu bless street. Wc have the moneyless city treasury. Wc have thc scwerlcss intercepting sewer. And, ol' course, wc have the , re form less reformer. Moreover, ex pertinents now meeting tu the Agri cultural Department of the United . States Government have demonstrated the fact that it is possible so to ' pervert species as to produce a thistle less hog, and to give promise of a featherless chicken. Having given us a bristlcss hog and a featherless hen, it would be folly to expect that science ( would pause, and be co?tent. That is not l-lio way of science! Hs motto | and its way is ever onward, still pursuing, still achieving, with a heart | for anything I hat promise to i inprove ( upon nature. So we may as well bc . prepared even for thc hark less dog ? thc howless cat, tile stingles., mosqui to, thc buckless goat, thc llecless ilea, the wingless Hy, the hrayless donkey and thc kick less mule. Evidently the time is near when the sleepless dream of thc poem less poet shall bo fulfilled -when, if the tendency toward thtng less things continues. The coal less man throws a careless arm Round thc waist of I he hal less girl. As over the dosi less and mud less road In a horseless carriage they whirl. Although for lunch his coin less purse For them alfords no means. Save a tasteless meal ol'boneless end By t he side ol' si ring less heans. Vet he lights a lobaceolcss cigarette And laughs a mirthless laugh. While her father tries to call her hack I By wireless telegraph. Too ?VJuny Doctor?. j At the convention of the American Medical association, in New Orl?ans, Dr. Hillings drew attention to the fact that the medical colleges are graduating annually fruin 10,000 to 12,500 physicians, when tile actual needs of this country cal! for only about 2,500. lt seems a pity that some of these graduales have not en tered other professions that are not so crowded and can offer bett cr pros pects for remuneration. Sanitary engineering, naval a relit lecture, and the comparatively new profession of forestry, for instance, arc not over crowded, and there will soon he a great demand for really competent automobile engineers, men who com bine with mechanical ability a thor ough knowledge of gas and oilier en gines that are competing for t he con tad of thc Held._ Killed Ibr Hi* Money. The body of Frank Whitaker, an old resident, was found Tuesday in the waler al Sweeney's wharf al Key West, Fla. On examination four wounds were, lound on the head, either of which would have caused death. Tlic coroner's jury boarded the schooner New Venice which was lying at the wharf, thc body was found and the. dead m in's hat, and (luit Ute deck was covered with blood. Tile, coro ner's investigation resulted in the ar rest of Fred Kverett. An examination ol' his clothing showed if was stained with blood, lt was also known thal bc had no money Monday night, but deposited with various parties Tues day $200 for safe-keeping. Several others were arrested and will bc held as witnesses. He WIIH Murdered, j I0x-Licut. Governor Henry Clay Knohloc of Louisiana was killed at his home, Thlbodcaux, La., on Mon day in an encounter with a barber named .lames Cumuli. ti I Wibi <t t?iii '\' TtiO HicnlSftU fauMUMU ?di i,? tc hava ut |?;i6t one brute amo -tr itt) mnmbfM, At} ft pubatltuta ftof un ar> piouriution fm'll huma fot* ih? ftH'bjo. minded, UoprosiinHitivQ I! >qVor?? ur Mtinla'jon, IIUK Introducida R??olf L< i) measure pmvldiny for thu killing by electricity ur ull children who ?ipo rc Ut? i dod ns liopolew; eases, The rici i) i U? ut Ahe^n-?Hsuri' aro not worked out hi ?ull. Tho legislator has hacked un his measure with ibo plea that hu manitarian Interests demand the re moval nf children whose minds nie such as to render them a burden to snciety and Incapable of happiness for themselves. Tho bill is based upon thc report from thc superintendent of the present asylum to the effect tjht't many of thc inmates do not posses}--, nor ever will have, mind enough lo know that they are alive. Thc fdea af such a bill being :ntr .duccd In ai y legislature is horrible to contempla , und wc arc pleased to notice that thc committee', to whom lt was referred, will bury it beyond ressurreetion. li. is a-pi ty that the brute who intro* duccd it could not he buried with it. Good Advice. A vast deal of nonsence has been j published about the "good work that Booker Washington ls" doing," but there is a great many conservative and thoughtful men in Alabama who have followed his work carefully, ami who arc unable to discover where it is good. They hold with the Sta les au I Littler southern newspapers that m-j Tuskegee institute is changing ex cellent Meld hands into rowdy crap players and loafers. Much better re sults would be obtained if I tooker Washington would reach hts student.* Iii i w to luok ad the rear end nf a mule j thrungli u pair of plow handles wi tit i profit; in other words how tn tann on ! scientific principles.-New Orleans States._ Fa ?ni Torondo. A special from Manhattan, Kans., says: A tornado pas>eri over the wes tern part of Kiley county Saturday evening traveling in a not th westerly direction. At, Ulla, tm the Bock Island road, two people were killed and Iii injured, several it is thought fatally. Ka il road traille was blocked for some time on account of great trees and debris being blown on the track. The storm was accompanied by a heavy iain and hailstones of un usual si/.e. Many dwellings and out buildings wore wrecked. In thc storm that struck 10 miles southeast ol Dodge City a herder named unknown, was killed and Mrs. Tibb Shane was fatally injured. ?Ilude Mig Profita. A dispatch from Augusta, (?a., ?ivs a unique situation hus developed in the Ur.initeville Manufacturing tompany. President T. I. Hickman dosed a deal for the sale or his stock if coll?n amounting to :?,?0? bales, ind tiguivd oui a profit ol' $70,000 hy telling Iiis raw material and ?dosing lown his 'mill for the summer, as compared with operating the mill and converting the colton info cloth at jivsmi prices. While the mill 1. .lused the operatives will contin?e on .he pay roll at half. President Hick nan will aiso utlli/.'? tlic closing down )f the mill to make some important in pni veineiius and additions to tuachih ?ry. Killed in Buttle. Tlic State says ?(?by. I Icy wa rd re icived a cablegram on Friday from lion. 1\. II. Walker, member of Hie cgislaturc from Barnwell county and i-leading citizen of Allendale, ah? louncing that his nephew, Lieut. Ward V. Walker, had been killed In lotion in the Philippines. He begged ihe gi i vernor to assist in getting the remains returned to tiic home of thc nether of the deceased at Appleton. Thc governor sent his condolences to Mr. Walker, and wired the war lepartinent lo do what they could in Mic case. White .Him Lynched. A special from Madison, Fla., says Lhat a mob entered that city Thurs lay night, seemed the keys to Hie jail from the night, watchman, look out Washington Jarvis, a white mau. and lynched li m. .Jarvis was carried some lista ncc from thc city, tied toa tree uni shot lo death, lie was accused jf murdering lits cousin, .lohn Wald rop. Thc night watchman was blind folded and held captive until tlic mob tinished its work. THERE is a deficiency of ?200,000 in thc free delivery bureau of the postoilice debarment and the year is not half gone, and even the postmast er general has been compelled to ad mit that t here was very loose admin istration. We agree with the. Colum bia lieenrd that if he will go deeper into thc matter he may tine that there was something worse than "lo iseness'' at the bottom '1 ho whole depart ment seems lu be tilled up with ras en ls. _ lu 'Vitia Tr'ii'eV Ai the session ot' the Northern Baptist convention in Buffalo, N. Y., on Monday '"thc secretary referred to ihi' report, ol Miss Joncs, a missionary, who he said wrote that the snuff or to bacco habit is alarming among the mill population ol'South Carolina and that free whiskey seemed to be thc rule." _ A Burn Burned, The barn of Geo. C. Hopkins, two miles south ol' Clinton, was burned Suiiday night together with two mules belonging to Mr. Hopkins and a horse, valued at $2f?b, of a Met hodist minister. Kev. .1. ll. Copeland, who was spending thc night at Mr. Hop kins' and a large amount of provender. Tim Savannah News says and "now the unreconstructed Filipinos are call ed 'fanatics.' Lieutenant Walker of the constabulary was 'killed hy a superior force ol' fanatics.' Not long ago they were 'ladrones.' lt.seems to be necessary Inswap thc names around, and occasionally make, usc ol' a new one. to keep from calling Hie trouble war. (if course there can be no such thing as war wit h ladrones or fanat ics on the other side." Tur. Newberry Observer says: "Among the changes brought about hy the whirligig ol' time is the advo cacv of Cleveland hy tim New York Sun, thc papei that h rough I mit "Beast" (hitler in issi asan 'indepen dent pemocmt' to defeat Cleveland;" Thc Sun is now owned by .1. P. Mor gan, thc great trust maker. Thal may account for Its change of heart. I'ltoF. 10. C. McCall ts, inst ruelor ol' mathematics in thc city schools ?if Anderson, has written a novel which will be published by Doubl?day. Page ^ Co., in thc carly tall. Mr. Me Cants has written ?i nu in bc mt' charm ing sheri, stories audit was through his stories in thc magazines that lids publishing house was attracted to his ! talents. The Great Spring Remedy. 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Carolina and Georgia, through its line from Columbia tu Augusta, via Branchville furnished competitive . facilities with' tlie Columbia and Augusta road until its acquisition by the Southern ou a lease for '.Hi1.? years; April 2!?, 189? and that since' that date the i ri the between Columbia and Augusta has been entirely controlled by the Southern and the constitution of the State violated, to the injury ot' shippers at al! points along the two roads. < bangehurg being on the lino between Columbia and Branchville, is affected hy the conditions and Mr. Cart claims that his interest have been hurt and that he is entitled lo the constitutional protection guaranteed in section f. of a rel oie -tt. - -Mr.- Qart. asks damages to the amount of $H7, 200; The suit ?s brought on the ground that the leasing of this road violates section 7, of article 0 of the constitution which forbids the leasing or purchasing of a competing or paraded Hue under a penalty of a line of $100 a day, half of which goes to the state and half lo the plaintiff. Thc Southern railway has not filed its answer to t he suit of Mr. Cart and it will have plenty of lime to present this. The case will not come to trial for some months, probably, and the litigation is likely to be extended The Wai- Goes On; A dispatcli from Manila says Lieu tenant Walker, of the constabulary, who was reported missing after the recent lighting in the island ol' Cebu, was, it became known Wednesday killed by a superior force of fanatics which surrounded the lieutenant's party. Two privates of the constabu lary were also killed and three were captured. Two of these prisoners were murdered. One of them escaped. The situation in some of the districts of Cebu is regarded as serious. It is reported that the total of the bands of insurgents in the field exceeds I,?i00. Colonel Taylor, of the con stabulary, reports that the enemy's forces are dispersing. He say; the constabulary is capable ot surplussing Hie disorders and predicts and im provement in tile situation. It is believed that the adoption of energetic measuies will be necessary to suppress the disturbances. Kiddied Willi IJtlllutS. After au exciting battle, Mose Hart, a negro, was shot to death near Corinth, Miss., Wednesday night by a posse of citizens. Hart bad been ar rested lor carrying concealed weap ons and when on trial before Mayor Young used insulting epithets. Mar shal Bell was directed to keep order, whereupon the negro drew a revolver and lire.' upon Bell. Hart broke from the court room and escaped to a house near the cemetery. The house was tired and when the negro emerged, he was riddled with bullets. Bu ru t 'Them Up. Thirteen hundred slot machines, valued at $125,000, wore publicly burned on Tuesday in Philadelphia by the outer of t he director of public saf ety. 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In his petition Enders-, states that lie. has been put to great', inconvenience and expense in prevail ing upon his wife to return to him'i alter each of thc other twenty-two desertions, and I hat ''patience has at. last ceased to lu a ' virtue.'' Ile^ sets up that bc has been long suffer tilg and kind, but mat he "doesn't propose to stand it any longer'! and. Wi don't blame him. TitK Charleston Past thinks "by lynching a While mao along with two negroes thc people of Mulberry,. Fia.,, have given thc northern shudderers* atraco discrimination and oppression ? of thc blacks a hard proposition to ?o against.