The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 25, 1903, Image 6

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SHE WAS A MAN. ' Woman Turns; Oat ;to be a Burly Black Man, MA3QU? HADED FOR TEN YEARS, Womel), but His Box Was . Not Dlscloaol, Servcil ' ns House Moid, The Augusta Chronicle of Wednes day published the following:. A burly negro man, after mas querading In this city for ten yeUrs as a woman, going under the name of Alice Jolmsrii, was exposed Tuesday looming by the county ollicers. . . A moro remarkable case is not on record in tho court records of tbis county, although they go back for more than a century. The discovery and exposure was the sensation of the day, and thc general topic of discus sion on the street. Johnson ls an able-bodied, healthy negro man, and that for so long a time he could have hoodwinked every body, seems almost incredible. But he did, and during the past teti years has held many positions with white families In thc capacities of cook, house girl, and even as a nurse. He has also ?igured in thc courts, and spent nigbts In the jail and police cells without exposure. Mixing witli whites and blacks, male and female, he has managed to keep bis secret and was well known in the city-but as a woman. It was on Sunday that "Alice John sou" fell in the hands of the police on a charge or disorderly conduct. It was an aggravated case. "Alice" be ing intoxicated and cursing vilely on the street. Monday morning Judge Picquet sentenced "her" to serve a term of sixty days at the county farm. "She was sent out to the farm Tues day morning, lt is thc rule of the institution that all convicts, and they are principally females, shall take a b?th on arrival. When "Alice" was forced to indulge in the abolutlon, the attendant detected that the "she" was a man. The astounding discov ery was immediately conveyed to the ollicers in charge of the farm, an in vestigation followed. "Alice" was promptly returned to the police, with thc statement that the commitment called for a woman and not a man. The police were lit terally knocked out by the news. "Alice" is well known to nearly every otllcer on the force, and not a one ever dreamed that "she"' was was not a "she." "She" was promptly arraigned before J udge Picquet, chai ged with violating the city ordinance that pro hibits any one from masquerading on thc street in the disguise of the oppo Bite sex. He was given 510 days on the public works of thc city for the second offense. For at least 120 days "Alice" will wear the striped garb of a man, and work for the city. It is learned that the same "Alice" Johnson was a witness in the Norris murder trial in May. "She" ap pe ired in behalf of the state and was attack ed by the defense as a lewd woman but was protected by the court, being informed that "she" need not answer the embarrassing questions. No one thought that the "she" was a man. Johnson gi ves no satisfactory reason for masquearding as a woman, simply declaring that he preferred to be a woman. What was his object is a puzzle. There are those who think he'is High ty in the upper story. Oth ers believe that he is wanted some '-vihere for a serious crime, and that A lie"vycnt as a woman to escape detec * tinny lt is true that his exposure ^greatly frightened bim Tuesday. There is a report to the effect that he hails from Abbeville, S. C., and the police will communicate with the otllcials of that county, giving a de scription of the negro for identifica tion if he is wanted for any crime. W0HLER3 IS INELIGIBLE. AVau Incligihlc iJeouu.se ol' Violation ol",Dispensary I,MW Sustained: Attorney General Gunter rendered a decision in the case of W. G. Woh lers, a beer dispenser of Charleston, declaring bira ineligible for the olllce. lt will be remembered that W?hlers was elected by the county board as beer dispenser, but that thf) point was raised that he was inclligible became I?.? had boen convicted of v'olition f 11 ! dispensary law, which under tho bars an applicant for a dispensary ^The concludion, ?liter a review. ab_ codC; is that fcligible, but ex lcjs were offered violation of the law ir'eiy technical and without "knowledge on his part, but thc board, according to the decision, cannot go behind the record. The point was raised that the general assembly in requiring snell an oath went beyond its authority in attempting to make an additional disqualifying crime for the exercise of the iranehise and hold ing olllce to those already specified in the constitution. This point, how ever, was based upon a misconception of what constituted a county dispen ser. The law says that thc position is one of confidence and trust and not of right and county boards must he guided by certain standards of appli cants not antic!pated by the general assembly. The general assembly, the opinion continues, did not transcend its power in saying that a keeper of a dispensary should ba sober, an elector, not a keeper of a place of public amusement and never guilty of viola tion of the dispensary law. There are rules to establish fitness for ellice. Three Wooten Murdered. Mrs. II. II. Paine, an aged woman her daughter M rs. Williams and a Ll, year old daughter of Mrs. Williams were murdered in their home on farm near Judson, Smith county, Kansas, Wednesday night. The ttirec had been accustomed to sleep together. Mrs. William was found dead outside the house Thursday morning. Thc girl was dead in bed and the grandmother was unconscious and died soon after the discovery of thc crime. Tl ie murderer had b.aten in thc skulls of all thc victims, using a eutivator bar. A young farm hand named Madison is suspected t f the murders. Ile was enamored of Mrs. AVilliams who was seeking a divorce from ber husband and who had iel us ed to marry Madison. Madihon has nisappearcd. WRESTLED WITH? PYTHON. Keeper? at Bronx Park .Had a Very LiiTOly FlRht. Out of the Hew York zoological park, in the Bronx,- there came, Thurs day night, says the New York Sun, a tine story of a fight with snakes. At 10 o'clock Thursday morning, ac cording to the keepers, Curator Ray mond L. Ditmars set out to perform an operation on the biggest of the py thons. The reptile* weighs 240 pounds and even when he isn't full of snake dinner, has a rotundity of some 30 indies, mostly muscle. < ' ? . Some time ago-in fact several years ago-the python developed an abcess or sore of some malignant sort, in his mouth. In 1900 twelve men, led by Mr. Ditmars, went into the python's cage, and by main force held him until sonar, solution calculated to cure the sore had been applied. The .twelve men had a comparatively easy time of it. i . The other day it was noticed that the python's sore mouth had been com pletely cured, and it was determined to perform another operation on the big fellow. Mr. Ditmars came to the conclusion that live men could handle the big fellow without trouble.and de cided to limit his force to that num ber. Mr. Ditmars and Iiis assistant, Mi chael O'Keefe, went into the curator's oilice to mix up u solution they in tended to use. Meanwhile Head Keeper Edward C. Snyder and his as sistants George Mulvilhil and John Tuomey, went Into the reptile house to get things ready. At that time the big python and three companions were coiled in a squirming mass in one corner of the cage. Snyder according to the ao couut of the" affair as given to tho re porters, opened the door of the cage and went in with a couple of heavy blankets, which lie threw over thc snakes. Then he began to feel around for the head of the big python. He finally found it and, turning upa lit tle corner of the blankets, reached in and got his hands upon the snake's neck. Then Mulvilhill and Tuomey jumped into thc cage. They had two things to do, to drag the big python out and at the same time to keep the other three from getting out to make trouble. They soon had their hands very full, As they related it, the three men had to get the big python from under thc blanket, when the reptile wound his tail around Snyder's leys, and be gan to squeeze as only a good healty python can. Mulvilhill and Tuomey were attending to the three snakes that were still under the blankets, but tlicy had tu drop that to keep the big python from getting his ciJl around Snyder's waist. In the wrestling one bf the men accidentally kicked the door of tim cage shut. The door is self-locking and couldn't li? opened from thc inside. Thc men llegan to shout for aid. There was not a soul in the reptile house and the door of Mr. Ditmars olllee was closed and neither he nor O'Keefe heard the shouts. One of the men lu the cage reached into Snyder's pocket in a lull in the light and got Snydi r's emergency whistle. Blasts on that did not bring any answer. The curator and O'Keefe finished mixing up their snake medicine in time and came over to the reptile house, several feet away. When they reached it thc tight was at its best. Ditmars and O'Keefe jumped into the ca^e and joined in. ' Thc live men soon had the big snake subdued. Ditmars int iL on the head and stunned it so that it was easy to take its coil off Snyder's legs. Then the otiier snakes being kept under the blankets, the men hauled the big one out of the cage, head first. The snake came out with such a rush that it got away ftum its cap tors and began to squirm around on the Hour in lively shape. Snyder, however, jumped on the snake's head, put his coat over it and managed lo hold to tho reptile until tile other men went to his assistance. Then, when they had looked into thc snake's mooth, they decided that his abcess wasn't bad enough lo bc treated at once, anyway. So they put him back. They had some trouble doing that, too. SHOCKED CHILD TO LIFE. Physicians Use Electricity on a New born I II l'un t. A correspondeat of Hie New York Herald at E?ex, Ont., says; Drs. James Brien and W. C. Doyle, physi cians in this town, were called last w :e!c to attend Mri. F.-ank Wagner in confinement. Wheo the child was burn it was of usual size and gave no si MIS of life. The physicians worked more than an .?our ni a vain attempt to bring to life the child by inverting and spank ing, hot und cold water baths, inhal ing thc lungs with a tube, artificial respiration, and every other means known, and they finally decided tu usc electricity. Thc house where thc baby was burn is three blocks from thc physicians' ollicc. Tlie doctors wrapped the child up in a blanket and carried it to the otlice, where no time was lost in al tornately applying the Paradle current and thc galvanic current. The nega tive pole was placed at the base of thc brain and the positive pole tu thc ab domen. Tlic physicians administered a current of 120 milliamperes tu thc body, and in fifteen minutes after com mencing thc treatment thc child gave a short gasp. This encouraged the physicians, who increased the power nf the electric current to 200 milliam peres, the positive pole being changed to the base of the brain and thc nega tive pule to thc abdomen. Every mo ment the little one showed increasing signs of life, and witnin ten minutes il wa sbrcathiug naturally. Thc doctors then decided to give Hie child an electrical spray bath. This was done with a static machine, and when it was completed thc youngster was tu all intents as healthy as any oilier child less than two hours old. When thc physicians were assured thal thc improvement was likely tobe permanent, they hurried "back tn thc mother and presented her willi the pink and white morsel or humanity, and that she was overjoyed goes with out saying. Two Killed. Henry, S. Stratton, principal of thc Pittman Grove, N. J., public school, was instantly killed Thursday, and 'Samuel Clodennlng, a farmer, of Richmond; N. J., was probably fatal ly injured in a grade crossing accident at Pittman Grove. .??f?'I SHAKE NICKNAMES. Tfioy ?ro Often Given for Absurd Reasons Generally Stick. "Wonderful how names stick to1 a person," said tho observant man. "There were two nico little women In our village who came to call on us ono evening and wc offered them pop corn, which the children had brought In from the kitchen. They refused, but not so emphatically as to keep us from giving thom two heaping plates of the corn . We kept refiling the plates and they kept crushing all the evening. There was something so fun ny .about it that I called them the 'popcorn ladles,' and the name has stuck , to them so that the whole vill age knows them by it. . "1 once knew a man who talked in cessantly In a high-pitched voice and a bright girl dubbed bim 'the chirpe." The name was quickly passed around among the young peopl , and now thc great part of his friends know him by that name. A very dignified young woman of my acquaintance goes by the name of 'VVhout' to this day be cause when she was a very little girl she" used to call herself 'Mrs. Whont' when she played ground-up ladles, and the 'family picked it up. She Bi inply can't shake the absurd name. "Moro than one red-haired man is known by thc name of 'pink' and phil osophically accepts the title. I have au acquaintance who holds a responsible position who is known by the name of Dotty.' It seems that one day a mis chievous girl discovered that he had three very prominent dimples. She promptly dubbed him 'Dotty Dimple' and now he is known to all his ac quaintances as 'Dotty.' Another man of my acquaintance is always called 'Blue-beard, because he has such a very white and thin skin if he docs nut shave daily his beard shows tlirough it. That name, too came through a woman's quick wit. "Au old lady frieud of mine is still called 'Peachy' because when she was a young girl she had a complexion like peaches and cream. Her brother promptly dubbed her peachy,' and 'Peachy' she will remain to the end of her days. In a certain household a very feminine little woman is still call ed 'The Poy,' because when she was a young girl she went through a very serious Illness which made it neces sary to cut her hair short. Her young er sister said she was 'The Boy' of the family, and the dainty lady ls still called by that absurd name. "Ari effeminate man was once call ed 'Viola' by one of the boys in tb ellice, and now we know him by notc hing else. Another one of the b'iye in theouice is always called 'Chesty,' and al though he get angry at tlrst, he has cheerfully accepted the name now; "Our bookeeper is always putting in his oar when it is not at all necessary, and I think now tie will be known until thc end of time as 'General Buts.' A friend of mine who ls al ways called Cheerful' doesu't know whether he ls called that because his friends believed he basia sunny disposition, or because they consider him a chearful idiot. But at any rate, he can't shake thc name." FEARFUL SCENES On a Steamer tliut Was in tho Liato Storm. One of the most thrilling stories of disaster of the storm is that of the excursion and freight steamer S. E. Spring, which was driven ashore near Greenwich, Conn. Thc Spring was trying to put back to Stamford and the gale had reached a velocity of 80 miles an hour, when the rudder failed and the steamer Hounder jd at the mercy of the huge seas which swept over her. The panic stricken passengers lied to tile upper decu,-wnero they sought, refuge In the cabins, and the women became hysterical. The pilot was still trying to turn about when a sudden gust of wind tore off the entire reef of i the upper deck,-leaving only thc pilot house. When the roof went off the boat was lifted half out of the water. Thc strain was so great that it tore or the rudder and when she settled down again in the trough of the sea she was perfectly helpless. Realizing that they were at the mercy or the storm the sailors as it last resort made a deter mined effort to get uri anchor down tu hoi"1 the steamers head to the wind No sooner liad they done so than thc chain snapped. The steamer was fast being driven toward Shelving Buck, one or the most (langerons shoals on the Connectiontt shore; The passen gers were ordered to put on life pre servers and be ready to board the life rarts. A scene of wild confusion followed. Thc crew launched thc largest life rart and the passengers ./lth the lire pre servers stoof' ready to get upon lt when W:ti rart suddenly struck the huh or thc boat and was pounded to pieces. A second life raft put over by the crew was also destroyed. This left only one small boat of any de scription on tile steamer, and it was so small that Capt. McDonald was afraid to put it over. He tried to put up distress signals, but thc wind snapped off the flagstaffs. The steamer drifted along the.shore ari hour until she hit thc rocks off t ie point at . E. C. Benedict's country home and stove fri her bow. As soon as she touched a colored cook droppei 15 feet to thc rocks. The water was over his held and he was tossed un til he was badly bruised, but lie kept on swimming and ti nal ly was tossed on thc beach. Thc servant ashore grasped lines from the ship and in a few minutes all hoads had been safely landed. Counterfeiters Captured Chief Wilkie of thc secret service received a telegram announcing the arrests at Memphis, Tenn., of Irvine Tolley and Luke Kay, two ex-convicts, together with a man named Willis, all charged with counterfeiting in raising notes of a low to higher denomina tion. The men were captured after a chase lasting over a month and in which one man killed. About Aug._l the secret service received informa tion from a number or points in Ken tucky and Tennessee that three color, cd men were passing raised notxs principally at county fairs. Secret service agents started on their trail and finally h eated them on a train bound ror Cave City. Thc officials telegraphed the agent of the railroad company at thc point who sum moned several citizens and undertook to arrest thc party. A tight followed In which a man named Sheppard was killed. The negroes made their es cape and went to Chicago and from there were followed south, being lo cated Tues lay night in a saloon in Memphis. A STEAMER L?ST. Plunged to the Bottom of the Coast of This State. ? THRILLING TALE OFJTHE BEA. Only bi., on Members of Her Crew Aro Ba ved by PUSH In? fillips* A Story of llor?lo Rescue A dispatch from New- York says the steamer Vldalr, Capt.. Sorrensen. arrived Thursday night from Oaibarl en, having on board six members of tho crew of the British steamer Mexi cano, willoh foundered during a gale on September 10. Capt.. Sorrensen Bald: "I was Bitting In my cabin about, 9 o'clock Thursday morning when -I heard aory. Thinking some one. was fooling oh board the steamer, I went out on the bridge to investigate. Wbcn I reached the bridge I heard the cry again. The sound seemed to come from the ocean, but I could not see any one. I ordered a boat to be gotten ready and when i beard the cry a third time I saw something in the water like a small log, about a milo off. With the aid of my glass I found it tobe a small hatch with a man in oil skins stretched full length on it. I immediately steered for thc man and rescued him; he was com pletely exhausted and had to be haul ed aboard the boat. Ile was unable to say a word and thinking there was no more as I could see no wreckage about, I started on my way. 1 had proceed about a mlle when I saw sever al objects in the water which I coiild not plainly make out. Upon going closer I found five more men clinging to pieces of wreckage. I had tho boat lowered again and picked up the casta ways. They, too, were exhausted and one was nerly crazy. My men had to hold him in the life boat, for he was determined to jump into the sea. There was another steamer some dis tance off and 1 could see that they had a life-boat out, but 1 could not distinguish her name." One of the survivors, August Oster lind, a native of Finland, says he heard two pistol shots as he left the ship and thinks some of thc olllcers shot themselves. The Mexicano was a tank steamer and carried a crew of twenty-two men besides Capt. King. Some of them were probably picked up by the other steamer. The sur vivors aboard the Vldalr are: Seaman August Osterlind and Simon Baderea, both of Finland; Fireman Leonidas Korpedes of Gr?ce, and Sappe Poch of Spain; Seaman Ross Clementine of ? Manila and Juan Fontls of Spain, a fireman. ONE MOUE SAVED. A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says steamer Roxby, Capt. Shields, which arrived here Thursday morning from Port Inglis, has on board Domingo Bailo Reyarberay, the sole survivor o? the crew of 22 men on the British steamer Mixicano,. which foundered with all on board off the South C?ro; lina coast Tuesday night. Reyan beray .caught A,PjecejSj?^reckage. auiL managed to keep up1 until he "was seen' Wednesday morning by the Roxby' and rescued. The Spaniard, through an Interpre ter, told of the Mexlcano's sinking. 1'he steamer was hound from Tampico for Vera Cruz with a cargo of petro leum in bulk when the full force of the hurricane broke upon her. Moun tainous seas broke constantly over the ship and finally one gigantic wave crashed through her decks. Tue fire riMjiu was fl-Kided and the Mexicanb be came helpless. Fur a few moments she swallowed in the trough of the seas and then plunged to the bottom. The rescued man says hundreds of gallons of oil were poured over the ship's -side in an attempt to calm the sea, and if possiable, save the ship. When the Mexicano went down lier crew went with her. All beats had long since been crushed by the force of the waves aud the men were powerless to save them selves. Rcvarberay went under the vessel and by thc merest chance be came entangled in some loose rigging and spars. The buoyancy of these brought him to the surface, and he made himself fast to a-largc spar. For seven lion rs he Hosted in the turbul ent sea until finally the Roxby hoy? in sight. Ills rescue was a daring one. The Mexicano sailed from Tam pico Monday. She was last reported as being bound from Marcus Hook to Mexico, Aug. 1?. Her captain was lt. S. King. Bailo Reyarberay ls unable to give accurante names of the 21 men lost. Thc Mexicano, Capt. King, sailed from Marcus Book, Aug. 14, for Vera Cruz. The Mexicano was built at Sunderland in 181)3. She was 270 reet long, 28 ?cet beam, 22 1-2 feet deep and registered 1,254 lons net. She was owned by the Northern Transport company, limited of New castle. Bog. Wrecks on The Florida Coast. Thc auxiliary schooner Klondyke, C. A. Ball, master, laden with valu able fittings from the British steamer Inchulva, brings the first authentic reports from the several wrecks north of Miami, Fla,. About a mlle north of Boynton the Standard Oil Com pany's barge No 93, oil laden, is hard aground un the beach. The tug hav ing lier in tow lias gone north for an other oil barge into willoh to pump the cargo. As this vessel lies on a sandy bottom and is practically unin jured! she may be saved. About five miles south and nearly opposite Del ray, the British steamship Inchulva is a total wreck. The Inchulva had a mixed cargo of about 5,000 tons. She was from Galveston to Llvespool. Nine of the crew of tilla steamer were drowned. When thc vessel com menced to break up the chief engineer went to his cabin to save $100 and was not seen again. Three others were washed overboard. The other live were drown in an attempt to reach the shore, .lust north of Jupit er is thc lumber laden three-masted schooner Harriett I. Thomas, from Pensacola. Her cargo ls being landed, but the vessel will prove a total loss. The American schooner Martha T. Thomas, lumber laden, bound from Apalachicola to Baltimore, reported ashore nine miles north of Jupiter. Thia may be thc llarriatt I. Thomas above referred to, the error growing out of a similarity of names. These are the only wrecks of consequence re ported on the eust coast of Florida. COTTON 18 DETERIORATING. Has S?fferod Considerably.on Ac count ot tho Iinck of Rain. Thecotton crop bas suffered during tho dry weather-oi tbe past fortnight. Mr. J. W. Bauer, seotlon director of the weather bureau service, says: "Tho extreme..western border coun tlo and lae coast counties had light but quite general rains that were highly beneficial; the enterior of tho State had nono, expect that widely sop ated places had light but in sufficient sbowerR. The average of tho State was 0.1L of an inch. All crops are suffering for rain. "With only one or two exceptions to the contrary, reports on cotton In dicate further deterioration during the week due to shedding, premature opening, and the rapid spread of rust, owing to lack of moisture. Much cot ton is dead on sandy lands. There is little prospect of a top crop. Boll worms and caterpillars are reported from Barnwell county. * "Cotton is opening rapidly, some prematurely, over the whole State, and picking ls general, and under thc favorable weather for the work made rapid progress. Sea Island cotton is less promising owning to shedding ami.Hie appearance of blight. Tlie weather was favorable for rice harvesting, progressed rapidly, but yields are somewhat disappointing. Large quantities of fodder, pea vine hay and other forage were saved in tine condition, All minor crops have failed Tor want of rain, hut the dry weather will add to thc keeping quail ties of sweet potatoes. Fall truck planting continues. Little plowing has been done, os thc ground is too dry and hard. Turnip sowing is not yet finished. ''Late corn failed rapidly on all but moist lK)ttora lauds, owing to drought, and will be a failure on light soils. "The week ending 8 a. m., Monday, September 14, had a mean temperture of 77 degrees, which is about 1 degree above normal. The temperature con ditions were favorable, although cool nights were complained of in some localities. The sunshine was normal, or above, and the relative humidity low during the daytime and moderate ly high at nights. The winds were light easterly. 5 DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE. A Soldier Puts a Bullet in His Brains at Atlanta. Edward Henley, who was stationed with the.Sixteenth United States In fantry at Fort McPherson as a serge ant in company h\ committed suicide Wednesday by sending a ball from a Krag-Jorgensen rifle crashing into his head. The deed wan committed in a bed occupied by Henley. After retiring Henley reached out and pulled under the cover of the bed his big rifle. This bc loaded and p dnting Its muzzle di rectly at his face took a long stick with which he pressed the trigger. From the extent of the wound and thc position in which the dead man was found it is thought that death must have been instantaneous. It later developed that thc pangs of unreciprocated love were largely re sponsible for his action. A short time ago during his furlough Henley spent much of his time in Main, where he ?became infatuated with a young lady to whom it was generally thought hs would be married. ??OS Saturday night last ho. received ? letter from' Maine and presumably from the young lady. About this let-" ter he said nothing, not even to his closest friends, lie continued his routine duties as if nothing out of the way had occurred. The lirst intimation of any trouble was given early Wednesday when his companions were awakened by the loud report pf a ritle resounding cle'ar ly throughout thc sleeping quarters. A number of his comrades rushed at once to his bedside to lind him dead. Henley enlisted in thc services of the Sixteenth in 1!K)0 and with them had served up to the time of Ids death. Through his gallant service rendered in the Philippines he was advanced to a sergeant's berth. His home was thought to be in Pennsylvania. The funeral services were conducted Thursday at Port McPherson, SUBMARINE BOAT EFFECTIVE. A Concludive Ti si Made With thc Adder ut Newport. A pretty exhibition of mimic war fare, important as illustrating the ef fectiveness of tile navy's submarine eraf;, was given at Norfolk, "Va., Tuesday off Brenton's reef lightship, when the submarine torpedo boat Ad der succeeded hi tropeding the tor pedo bijat Craven. So steal til i ly did the Adder creep up on the Craven that the wooden tor pedo successfully tired struck the Cra ven a smart blow "lielow the water line amldship before the crew on the Heating warships could man the guns or the torpedo tubes. Tiie Craven left the torpedo station during the forenoon and running down the harbor, cruised about Brenton's reef lightship awaiting the attack. The Adder, instead of following Im mediately, waited an hour in order to get the crew of the Craven off their guard. As soon as Fort Adams was cleared, thc submarine boat plunged beneath the surface and remained for 45 minutes, during which timeotllcers and men enjoyed lunch without In convenience. On getting outside the harbor, the Adder was once more sent to the surface, but only lier conning tower was exposed. The Craven was sighted a short distance outside the lightship riding unconcernedly on an easy swell. Thc Adder again plunged and when within .'100 yards of the Craven, a wooden torpedo in the shape and size of a regular projectile, was tired. The shot was a got id one and the torpedo struck the Craven amidships with considerable percepti ble jar to the boat. A Cooli Itutc. The State says Mr. U. H. Hammct, chief constable, has issued an order forbidding dispensary constables to In dulge to excess in the use o'f liquor, has also issued an order to thc effect tnat "Any constable who voluntarily accepts the hospitality or a person who is suspected of violating the dis pensary law, or accepts treats or drinks, loans of money, etc., will bc dismissed from thc service This is .not to forbid constables buying whis key, etc., from the illicit whiskey dealer when they lind lt necessary to do so in order to make a case against thc party in court, provided they pay full price for what they receive, and, i accept no favors." MOUNTAIN 1 'ELIND TIGER. ' ' Regular Sign Board Up and all Heady for Business. I heard of these "blind tigers," and ono day, In company with a gentle man and two ladles, I drove to Lin ville Fnlls. As we wore going we passed a fort! Heat lon on ono side of the road; tho drive announced that it was a "tiger." We regretted ?s we drove on that we had not stopped to examine lt,, resolving to give it a trial on our return. Coming back wc found that it was a square, log-bcwn building, abutting on the road, with no front door at all, the logs titting so closely there were co means of seeing anything whatever inside. The rear of the structure was en veloped in a large brush arbor reach ing un both sides to thc mountain ravine. Tackedon thc front of the "tiger" was tho following sign: "Watts's Saloon, July 1st.; Brandy, $2.76 a gallon; whisk?y, 25 cents a pint, $2.50 a gallon, T Anything else lu that Uno. Drop your money in the drawer." There was a bolo in the logs in wblch was titted a box. I dropped 25 cents Jn it and a voice from the in side said: "Five cents more for a bottle." I added live cents to the quarter and a pint bottle of blockade corn liquor was pushed out. lt was a white bottle aqd there were many dregs in the whiskey. I made com plaint and the bottle was pulled back. Another c:?me out, but lt was a black bottle this time and I could not tell whether it had dregs or not. I haven't tasted the whiskey, but brought lt home as a curiosity. "We were anxi ous to see Inside this mysterious for tress. So we opened negotiations with the invisible occupants and were told to put a quarter in the box, wait live minutes and come to thc back en trance. Looking carefully, we could see the shadowy outlines of three men and one woman gliding down thc arbor ambuscade to the ravine. "When the live minutes had expired we went to the rear, found a door open and enter ed. In the room we found two bar rels of whiskey, one barrel of brandy, a modern rubber syphon, a patent bungsturter, bottles of uil sizes, jugs; etc. There were also two rides, three shotguns and two pistols In plain view. There were also a bed, cook stove, cooking utensils, etc, in the room. Things were jo all right shape and everytning was in its proper place, like any other well regulated business. That's all we saw, and we left as we had come. "Hope you got your quar ter's worth," greeted us from the "tiger" as we drove away. ? A SPLENDID TRIBUTE Which Col. Thomas Pays to Gen Micah Jenkins. It is proposed to place in the State house a portrait in oil of Gen. Micah Jenkins than whom no brgadier in the war between the States reflected more lustre upon the Confederate army and than whom no general was more ex cellent in Christian character and purity of life. All of his friends and admirers, and all the olhccrs and men of lils famous brigade and especially of the Jenkins Palmetto Sharpshooters are Invited to contribute to the portrait fund. Sub scriptions may be forwarded to .Mrs. S. Reed Stoney, or to Tue .'State, .Co lumbia, S, ?,?? or to -The News and Courier, Chavlestou, S. C., or to Col. J. A. Hoyt, Greenville Mountaineer. .In his forthcoming sketch on the "Character and Career of Gen. Micah Jenkins"-to bc published at an early day-Col. Thomas says at the close of his paper: "In response to the sug gestion of Mrs. S. Reed Stouey, some of the patriotic and appreciative wo men of the capital of South Carolina, tho Stile to which Micah .Linkings was a loyal and de\ oted as ever Caval ier was to King in English story have proposed to .-.eeure a portrait in oil of tile matchless brlgadie to whom a major generalship was in view when Divine promotion came upon the Held of the wilderness-and to place the picture in thc State house alongside of Gordan and Hampton and Kershaw and Butler and Gary. May ^this happy thought of South Carolina's womanhood be promptly seconded and carried to early consummation by her responsive manhood, and may thc best art available he engaged to place on the blowing canvas Hie lineaments of the soldier without fear and with out reproach," the Bayard of thc Pal metto State-as brave as Ney, ?us ten der as Sidney, as dashing as Murat, and wital a devout christian man." It has been said that the fame of the soldier is a high and holy fame founded on self sacrifice and achieved through suffering, lt shines from mountain to seashore with protecting effulgence and lights up every-hearth stune in tire land with the solemn radiance of notional feeling. Such is the fame of Gen. Micah Jenkins. The State. GOCH IO Ncienci;. After mailing ? loiter to a friend giving the date of his birth and death, and directing that his body be turn ed over to the medical college of Vir ginia for anatomical purposes, Charles ll. Wegner, a piano maleer of note, of Richmond, Va., committed suicide. Tlie act had been well planned. No detail had been overlooked. A strong catch had been screwed up into the frame and the venerable musician, after putting a cord around his throat, put both snappers over tho metal support and swung down. There was a bundle of papers under his feet and he doubtless stood on these to ad just the cord. Mr Wegner was for some years with liniibe Brothers In Baltimore, bul had lived in Richmond for tilirty years. Ile had recently been in very bad health, and told Dr. Ilogc he wanted his body cut np after Iiis death, so that tiic medical stu dents could see how a man lived for twenty years without any digestion. Wegner, who was lit) years old, wrote a letter to C. G. Vietriech, of the German Aid Society, giving the date of his birth and death and direct ing thc disposition to be made of his body. Tlie money received for the body was to be used to pay back rent and burial expenses. In the absence ! of Dr. Ilogc thc remains were turned over to the German Aid Society. Wegner had no family. Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water lish and oysters. If you arc dealing in Fresh Fish or intend to deal in them write for prices and send your ord rs to TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. C. or COLUMBIA FISH & ICE CO Columbia S. C. Wo ship only fresh caught tish and our prices are as low as they can be sold al. Write us. Try us, and be convinced Geo A vytt&ener^res;: Geo Y Colemai Coleman- Wagener Successor to C. ... 303 KING STREET, - THE ANSWER TO TVHI?? QUESTI y- GOODS FROM T^HE NORTH . * YES, THIS BEINvi SO, WE OA RATES. - - ... CLAB?IFIOJ? From NEW YOIIK, N. Y. PEU 100 TO 12 3 4 CUAHLESTON, SC CO 40 34 2i Why D.ocs Charleston Make the V home for College will they-not need som quire each pupil to bring her own Kn!: in Sterling Silver at from $4.50 to $8.00 c cles in good sliver plate are good enough $1.25 to $3.501 Doyly Rings In Sterling plate for 60 cents each, sets of 3 shirt * silver, 75 cents to $1.35. In solldgold $2 drinking cups $5.50, *0.00, $7.00 and up $1.50, $2.00 to $3.50. Write to us for any P. H. LACHICOTTB 1421: Mntt? Kt Brn?LDNGTF FANG LARGE STOCK. P GEORGI A-C A ROL Howard H. Stat WRITE FOR PRICES. We Do IM Deceive If you are sick and > but bc sure that your Wc do not believe in s FUBE MEDICINE schei under our treatment lar Need bc pa ld Unti tists who have est?bil ,?&??JP?A. and collecting tho fee rPC-2^*RtfiiS^c5 If you want HONKS form ol' Ch onie Diseases, write us TOD has never been excelled. DR. REYNOLD _BOX Z,_ A; Founded in 1850. MEDICAL S Write for Free C MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UN Curriculum included twenty-three thorough review quiz; seven laboratory work daily. New building elaborately appliances; Tuition ifuu.uO. Address, 041 COLUMB. Building and lie-Pressed Brick. Spc ra Cotta Fiue Linings. Prepared to lil BOARD, RC OM-Rfc. 1ST, and ' for $100.00. Next Session For catalogue or informa -COLUMBIA LUM SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, II INGftlSDLIJMBBR, ANY QL Golumbi ??????Wi.,= rf,'-,v,--V Kr;, ^?^^7???^-^ . ^,uI2 YOUNG MEN, YOUNG Prepare yourselves to meet the dem and bookkeepers. Write for cata MACFEAT'S BUSINESS O W. H. Macfeat, ofllolal Court'Steno Whiskey I Morphine I Cigaret Habit, I Habit I . flabil - Oured by JKZtioliiv : 1329 Lady St. (or P. ?. Box 75) Ooh once solicited. Teetaiug Children During; Hot Weather. Should take Dr. Blggers Huckleberry. Cordial. It cures all Stomach and Bowels Disease, Diarrhoea, etc. At Druggists 25c and 50c._v ' . l-'mal Sleep uh this Crack. The mangled bodies of O. T. and Charles Gates bf .Cincinnati, were found lying on thc ^Southern railway tracks at Greensboro, N. C. Thur? clay. The men bad gone to sleep under a bar car which had been struck heavl-, ly by an incoming material train, throwing them under the wheels. .-Ml .vant to k; >\ x tho .ri tit a bou L your tr ?rule, sena tor ray fice booklet:- >uid gel! examination bhmks. Wo. 1, Nci voi.il Dchtll ty (Sexuai V eakne&s'., No. a. VariLoeele, Ko, &: S tr lo ttlVC, No. 4. Kid ney and ?i'uddcr Com plalntH, No. 5, Disease of Women, No. 8; The Poison KIIIR (Blood 'colson), No. 7, Ca f^rrh. These booka 6hon'.>t bc in thc hands of j ve ry person a fillet ed, rvs l>r. Ilathuway, Ith*, author, ls rcoog-. . M?????p^nlfc?ri' as the host au ' C- Him ?ty .ind expert lu it7A ///.Wi t)l<, United States on tt r?n. nATUAWAY thesediseases. Write or send .'or the hook yvu want to-day, ond it will be sent you free, sealed. Address J, New ton '.lathaway, M V 83 Inman Building 22? S. Broad St Atlanta, Ga High Grade Pianos, Best Organs. The Quality, Terms and Prices will please. Call or write Malone's Music House, Established 18S4. Opposite Y M fi, A, COLUMBIA, S. O. Caesars 'Head Hotel ? CAESAR'S HEAD, S. C. 4,000 feet above the rea. Views into several States. Temperature from 50 lo 75 degrees. Dry air, breezy nights. Crystal spring water. Popular resort.. Home life for guests. T?l?phone and daily mails. Resident physician. Fur man University Hotel. : Hack* line from Brovard, N.C., or Greenville, S. C. Reasonable rates. Open froth".lune 1st. to Oct. 1st. For other informa tion write to .). E. GWINN, Mgr. Caesar's Head, S. G. Wol iord OOllejiO. Henry N. Snyder Litt, IL, M. A , President. Mine professors. Four courses leading to the A. B. Degree, Gymnasium under director. Athletics' Grounds. Course of lectures by the ablest men on. the platform. Next Session begins Sept . 23,1003. J. A. GAM KWELL, SEC'Y, Spartanburg, S. C. Wofford College Fitting School. Twenty-two bed rooms, dining hall, class roonis and study hall all under one roof. Steam heat and electric lights. _ A. M. DU PRE, HEAD MASTER, Syartanburg, S. C. P, Poppenheim. - - CHARLESTON, S C . ON CAN CHAIy?,EST?N>:B HY UER #: AS CHEAP AS OTHER ?LT.IE&; \ J?L YO ?P-C ATTENTION TO HER $ P?SK CA?LO NAIL?. LTIONS , mis, : :-i> 15 0. ! Zt 17 12c per 100 lbs. ^?cr^jla^boj^ , re , , l?thlng lb our1 Uno?- Some schools ro fe, Pork and Spoon; we have these sets'. >r more. Some think tb at, these artty^ for school usc, If so wc have them fr?nt'*' from 76 cents, upward, in Uno sllvor. waist pins in line rolled .gold plat?, or .25 to $5.00 per set.of 3. . Sterling silver-. ward. Silver plato cups 81.00, $i.25,\ thing you want to buy in dur line. & CO., Jewelers, 1 CO l.U !UIU A, ? ? \ E* PRESSEpT???D^' iYSHAPES. ROMPT SHIPMENTS INA BRICK CO., ford, President. AUGUSTA, GA^l The Sick, vant to get well, do nob experiment , ar placing your case in expert nanda.1, my form of deception. We have no.; no to deceive sick, but ev?ry case jput': ls positively guaranteed by Not a "Dol v 1 Cured, and wc are the only Special shed a reputation for curing tho aili ct afterwards. r and also SKILLFUL treatment for any AY, for method of Home Treatment S & COMPANY, TLANTA, GA. Graduates 4,453 iTTJDENTS. Jatalogue of the 1VERSITY OE NASnVILLE. _2i lecture courses, each followed by a' courses, and three hours of clinical i eqipped with modern apparatus and J. DILLARD JACOIJS, M. D., Sec., South Market St., Nashville, Tenn. TA, S. C. icial shapes to ord er. Fire Proof Te I orders for thousands or for million ? of Souita G Ok rot i na, J UIi iON for Collegiate Year begins Sept. 23rd, 1903. itiou address A. E. SPENCER. BBte dc Mf=G. GO. STERIOR FIINI?H,^OUL.D. IANT1TY. ia,S. G. WOMEN, WAKE UP - and for Stenographers, typewriters logue of ?LLEGE* Columbia, S. O. -lilli grapher, President. te J All Drug and Tobacco Habits. imbui^^|U_?. Confidential correspond ave lYIoreey, ave Time, V ave Bollier. Buy your Paint.s^ils, Var nishes,} and Brushes, Sash,-V DO JIS, and Blinds from SHAnD BUILDERS SUPPLY CO., 015 Plain St Columbia, S O "Wilson's Freckle Care. Guaranteed to remove Free kies, Sun Burns, Tans, Moth and Pimplos al so asa toilet cream Money r e turned if it fails. Price 50c. Trial Sj size 25c. 5c postage. If not sold by your druggist, write I. R. WILSON & CO, Charleaton.-S. O. 1854. 1902-;03. GREENVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE. Greenv'lle, S. C. Colley J of nigoest grade. Degree courses and specials. Faculty of 18. Greatly Improved ?- equipment. Pure mountain water. Climate rarely' equalled. For catalogue and tetras, write E. C. JAMES, LITT. D., Pres.' G A Guinard, Pres. C. Atkinson, Sec. and Treas. Columbia Supply Co. COLUMBIA, S. C. soi WEST G BUVAIS Ginnies BUILDINO. Now is the time you arc looking around your Gins and other machinery lo sec what supplies you need. We carry three grades -pf Rubber Belt, 3 grades of Leather and Gandy Belt. Largest stock of Wood Pulleys in tko State. Carry Pipe, Fittings, Valves, Shafting, Hangers, Hoofing add overy t bing else in thc supply, line. We want i your orders- this jtU^fs to any ono using or handling nnTcnincry. j You can save money by writing us. itjiD.BLOOD SALM The Oren Tested Remedy for the ?peedy and permanent cure of Scrofula, Rheuma, tisin. 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