The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 29, 1904, Image 4
CASE.
the Dead Body of a Woman in a
Trunk
IN THE CITY OF LONDON, ENG.,
Unmasked thu Most Ingoniousl
"Wito Murderer Sinee tho
Days of the Pirate
Blue Hoard.
One husband with tour wives all in
the same house, three living each tb
ignorance of her husband's real rela
tions with the other two, and one
dead, murdered, and her body burled
In cement in a trunk in the cellar
this is tho extraordinary domestic
Bltuatlon revealed in the London su
burb of Kensal Rise through the sui
cide of George Albert Crossman when
his olly tongue could no longer satisfy
those who suspected him.
Only the strange fascination which
he exercised over woman, his utter
lack of scruples and the persuasive
powers of the bigamous murderer and
suicide made such a situation possible.
And the criminal investigation has
shown that at least four other wives
had become his victims b?fore the ad
vent of those-making a total of
eight.
-There was nothing Mormon about
this household. Each of the living
wives believed herself to be the only
one and ber husband faithful, al
though all lived under the same roof.
When Grossman's persuasive tongue
was stilled by his own hand lt was
only necessary for the three living
ones to speak freely to each other In
comparing notes, and the mystery was
explained, j
An account of this drama of com
plications properly begins before the
advent of living wife No. 3. Wife
No. 1, known to tradesman and all in
the neighborhood as Mrs. Crossman
as she truly was-occupied living and
sleeping rooms with their child on the
second floor of the house in Kensal
Rise known as "Sunnyside." Wife]
No. 2 and her child-also Grossman's
child-were simlllarly situated on the
third door. She was kuown to wife
No. 1 and to the neighborhood as
Mrs Clark the widow of the Hfoiorn/
friend of Crossman, who, dying, had
made Crossman his executor and
guardian of his child. When wife No.
1 objected to his spending so much
time with "Mrs. Clark"' 'ne would ap
pease ber with this explanation:
"HIS INGENIOUS EXPLANATIONS.
"My dear wife, if 1 seem to you un
duly attentive to Mrs. Clard, upstairs,
you must remember that 1 am fulfill
ing a Bacred trust reposed ii me by
my dear friend, her late husband, on
his death bed. Resides, thc position
of executor in this case is lucrative,
and, like many inexperienced woman,
Mrs. Clark has a passion for going
into detail. As she ls extrexely se
cretive about her affairs, I beg that
you will never appear curious."
And so Crossman was free to enjoy
"Mrs. Clark's" and their child's so
ciety, going and coming at his pleas
ure.
To satisfy wife No. 2 about the pub
lio recognition accorded to wife No.
1 as Mrs. Crossman was easily within
the limit of Crossman's Ingenuity, ile
told her.
"My darling wife, of course you
Tin?wT?T?ab the relations between Mrs.
Crossman and me are only what those
of brother-in-law and sister-in-law
should be. Her husband is in India,
and for reasons involving considerable
property lt is necessary for her to be
supposed to be living with her hus
band. That is the role I have to pay
-distasteful though it is. Of course,
you wont mention it. If the little I
deception should become known the
result would practically meau ruin for
the poor woman, and, besides, the ar
rangement is rather prolitable to me
-something to be grateful for these
hard times."
There was no resisting thc fascina
tions of this man, and neither wife
dreamed of doubting his word. So
everything went on smoothly, the
household expenses being paid out of
money Crossman's two brides brought
to him on the wedding day. There
was only one complaint from the two
wives. This was a bad odor which
seemed to come from the cellar.
"I'll" attend to that the first day I
have time," Crossman would say.
"The smell comes from a box full of
cement left by the masons, i'll at
tend to lt presently."
LOW FUNDS CALL FOU ANOTHER WU K.
But funds were running low, and
Crossman had a more important task
before him. He needed another wife
-one with money - and he was al
ready advertising for her in tile name
of "Frank Seaton." Frequently he was
away for a day or two. At length he
announced to wives No. 1 and 2, sep
arately, that he was about to install
on the first tloor as housekeepers an
old and intimate friend ol his sister
in Manchester, adding:
"It is enough for me Lo remind you
that she is my sister s school chum,
that we are named in lier will as heirs
to all her property and LliaL she will
trust no one but the brother of her
girlhood's chum."
Seperately, wives No. 1 and 2 beg
ged him not to mention iL. Together,
Mrs. Crossman and MM. Clark urged
him to go at once and bring borne
Mrs. Seaton.
Thereupon, grumblingly, Crossman
posted off, not to Manchester, but to
Reading, where Miss Annie Welsh,
not especially attractive, bul with a
neat savings bank account at the lo
cal post otlice, awaited her dashing
fiance, "Frank Seaton." For Crossman
was only thirty-five, and in spite of
four years spent In jail for bigamy,
presented a youthful and attractive
appearance.
They were immediately married at
St. George's Church in Head ng, and
proceeded to enjoy their honeymoon
with thc assistance of "Mrs. Seaton's"
savings, which "Mr. Seaton" thought
fully withdrew from the bank after
the ceremony. They went to Man
chester, from which place Crossman
prudently and dutifully wrote Lo wife
No. 1 and 2, and found a let .er from
"Mrs. Clark" telling him how nicely
their little boy was getting along with
the whooping cough.
Coming across this letter, "Mrs.
Seaton," wife No. 3, asked questions.
Crossman was equal to the emergency.
He was acting as go-between for a
husband and wife who were jangling.
This was quite satisfactory.
In good time Crossman and wife
No. 3 set out for London and home.
Now ho became doubly fascinating.
When he saw that wife No. 3 was
finding him perfectly irresistible ho
prepared her for tho somewhat am
biguous state of tilings she would find
at "Sunnyside," saying:
XIKFKEl'AHE.S JI KU KO lt NO. 1 AND NO. 2.
"My angel bride, you know that
many people have family obligations of
whloh nob ev?fl&A'raarrlago for love
can relieve tl?o/m.' That ls why I um
known ai.?eq'rge Albert Crossman,
who ls lu India. He ls ray half-brother,
andfor property reasons his wife, wiro
lives lo my house and passes for mine,
must appear to.be living with her hus
band. Mrs. Clark, who lives with her
child oo the top floor, is the widow of
! my dearest friend, and the care of her,
her child and her property ls a trust
which he reposed in me while on his
death bed. These poor womeu and
their affairs take up much of my time;
but you mustn't mind, darling."
Mrs. Seaton was so deeply in love
that she was far past minding any
thing respectable that coucerncd her
new husband. So on their arrival all
was serene. Having learned about
"Mrs, Seaton's" property and the will
and about her suspicions and exacting
nature, wives, No. 1 and No. 2 even
urged Crossman to humor ber in every
way. And thus thc new honeymoon
was not too rudely concluded.
But on the very day ot their home
coming "Mrs. Seaton" objected
strongly to that strange odor from thc
cellar, much more noticeable on the
lirst lloor, where she was installed,
than on the others occupied by wives
No. 1 and No. 2. Crossman was seri
ously embarrassed. Ile could not
think ;^ow to safely dispose of thc
trunk tfud its dreadful secret.
.In ?vs presence of that odor his fas
ciuatlons lost their effect on wife No.
3. They had a quarrel about il, ami
wife No. ;i was in a fair way to joii
the dead wife in tho cellar when she
suddenly packed a handbag and left
saying she would return to her parentt
and remain Lhere until the cellar wa;
put in a respectable condition.
SUSl'KJIOUS OK THU ILL SMELL.
This episode called anew thc attcu
tlon of wives No. 1 and No. 2 to th<
ill smelling trunk in the cellar. The\
made Crossman take them down ti
look at lt. lt was an old tin truol
and stood in a little dark closet
Crossman tried tc say that old cement
usually smelled that way but the wo
men had Mown to the upper regions.
And then thc wile murderer wouh
go down into the cellar and Liij-T at tin
straps of the trunk in which the bod]
of one of bis victims lay encased in ce
ment, trying to shut lu thc odor tba
was making his living wives suspi
clous.
While Crossman was continuad,
planning to take away the trunk am
bury it in his mother's ?arden, in an
other part of the suburbs, wife No.
finding that absence made the hear
grow fonder, returned. Crossraa
promised to have thc trunk take
away the next day without fail.
nut several dayseistpsed with noiii
lng done. Crossman seemed niue
preoccupied, and when wife No.
hinted her suspicions he looked at he
so strangely that cold shivers ra
down her back. Was he thinkin
that it would he better to let her joi
the dead wife in the cellar?
At last, im Saturday, Crossman cal
ed at the shop of Messrs. Hyden ?
Sons, news agents, in Willcsden lam
in whose window was a notice to tl:
effect that light work was done wit
a pony and van. He wanted a bi
moved, he said.
Young Ryden, who ls still undi
twenty years of age and who does tl
van work, was out and Crossman n
fused to leave his name and addres
saying he would call again.
He called again that same eveninj
but Hyden was again not in. < Ul Tue
day he sent a telegram ordering t l
van, but subsequently cancelled i
Late the same evening he called ;
the shop, again ordering the cart ft
the next day and saying he won
come for it.
On Wednesday evening he went
the shop for the last time and ask?
Hyden to gel the van ready. Li w
j then about *::!(>, and he said that tl
'job would probably lake until abo
9 o'clock.
Hyden suggested that he should ta
a cannan named Wicks to help, b
Crossman insisited that he musl
alone. Hyden was suspicious al 'li
and told Wicks to follow on foot. 1
and Crossman then drove to ''Sunn
side," a drive of about eight or ft
minutes.
DISCO V KU KI), UK KILLS IM.MSjKI I.
Before fetching the car! howevi
Crossman had moved the fateful bi
from the cellar into garden. His a
tions were watched bj a suspicio
neighbor, who, while Crossman wi
away after the van, reported the iriii
ter at the near-by polic? station.
The police sergeant and an o ll leer
plain clothes mei the murderer wilt
he arrived with the van; Ci' ssin:
was completely taken by surprise, ai
it was not until thu sergeant li
actually tone!,ed him thai he took
lils heels and ran wildly down t
road. Lnckilly, lite plain-dot hes m
was young and an excellent ru Uni
Ile stuck close to Grossman's be?
down the length of Ladysmith ro
and into (he main road leading
Kensal Ilise slat mu. Hot!) pursu
and pursuer uerc winded hy this tin
and the constable called out for ass
tance in the chase.
Finding himself corner.d in Ilario)
road, Crossman suddenly slopped a
cut his throat with a razor,
thoroughly did lie do his work tl
the windpipe and blood-vessels wi
served to the hackhone, and he ii
prac! ?cally al once.
Crossman being dead, then Oil
t he mystery ol'I he H unk. Four poli
men managed with great trouble
lift, thc box into the van. while fr
it oo/.cd a thick and evil-smeel
liquid, lt was taken lo the yan
thc police station in Salisbury ri
and there it was broken open and
horrible discovery made.
A WOMAN'S lt()!?V KNCASKI) IN I KMK
When the lid was forced back
box was found to be lilted with si
cement. A few blows broke
crust, revealing the body of a wm
in an advanced stage of decoinp
lion. Owing to a lack of uvide
that violence had been used in kill
the woman, the police assumed i
she had died ol poison.
Upon Crossman's body, soaked
blood, was a death certificate o
woman named as bis wile and Iel
and other papers, showing that,
bad married at least eight woi
through the. medial ion ol' ma'- imo
agencies. Further investigation sb
ed that practically his whole socn
of income had been these bigam
wives and the money they brun
with them.
As already told, it was on ni
sa ry for wives No. 1 No. 2 and N
to frankly compare notes to make
whole mystery plain of Crossnu
ability to live with Ihr e wives in
same house without, exciting the
picjon of any of t hem.
Singularly revolting as is the i
of George Albert Crossman, it exhi
in a pronounced form the char ac t<
tics of Ibo type of criminal wi
monomania .seems tobe the hun
down preying upon, and slaughtc
women. Liko "Blue Beard" in
fairy Kde, they many, murder
marry again.and., murder till some
one fortunately opens the cupboard,
and the world ls rid of them in due
and salutary course.
Grossman's case has.setthe ?uthorl
ties to moralizing on the subject. He
has been married eight times, and was
looking out for another victim when
the end came to his loathsome career,
no difficulty In B ding wives. He
could have had os . any as he
What is the explanation?
KILLING FROST PREVENTED
By Hains, OthorwiBo Damage Would
llave Boon Great to Crops.
. The State says the cold wave made
a sudden and unexpected dip south
ward over the Appalachian mountains
Wednesday and Columbians and other
South Garollans again hauled out
their overcoats and wraps and built
tires after making full preparations in
apparel and otherwise for summer.
There were light falls of snow at sev
eral points in the upper half of the
State, as far down as Newberry, and
thc clouds and rain and wind alone
san ed thousands of dollars crop dam
ages all over the State. With clear,
calm weather Tuesday night, Section
Director Dauer said, there would cer
tainly have been killing frosts practi
cally over the entire State, which
would have played havoc with the
fruit crops, killing cotton and greatly
retarding, corn. The ni^ht before
freezing temperatures occurred iu the
mountainous sections, but Wednes
day's reports from the commercial
peach orchards of this State aud Geor
gia indicated that though the crop
had been damaged to some extent
there still remained enough fruit on
the trees to insure practically a full
crop. The reports from Georgia were
particularly encouraging, and those
from South Carolina poiuts were al
most as good. The North Carolina
fruit crop was seriously affected, not
over half a crop remaining. In Vir
ginia, where there was also clear,
weather killing frosts occurred all
over thc State, greatly aSamaging the
trucking interests at Norfolk, where
the frost was heaviest.
The centre of the cold wave Wed
nesday was in northern Michigan,
Pennsylvania, -W?w' York and"" thc
New longland 'States, with snow as
far south as St. Louis aud with tem
peratures from ? to 10 degrees below
freezing, while in thc central valleys
and on the eastern slope of the
Rockies there were rises of from 10 to
.20 degrees on account of a storm
originating in the luckies. As the
western storm advances tue northerly
winds will change to the south and
this sect ion will get a touch of spring
again Thursday or Friday, SD Mr.
Dauer says. Texas and Louisiana en
joyed seasonable warmth Wednesday,
hut the central Texas farmer:* who
tried to get a jump o.i the boll weevil
have . been disappointed. Their
cotton was killed hy the cold wave of
a lew da>s ago and they are now re
planting.
In the northern half of the country
east ol* the Mississippi practically no
farming has been done on account of
the lateness of the spring, and these
sections have uot suffered by yester
day's cold wave. The unreasonable
has not extended Into the spring
wheat districts of the Missouri valley,
where the crop is all in the ground,
and the New York, Wisconsin and
Minnesota apple orchards are unaf
fected because the lateness of the
spring has prevented even the buds
starting yet. So the prospects for
full wealth and apple crops are still
gi od. _
CHECKS BEING SENT.
Larcest Apportionments of the Fund
(io to Upper Counties.
Tin State says thc comptroller
general's <tli<e force has completed
the pension statistics and Saturday
ti e checks were sent, to the various
counties. The appropriation ls $200,
1)00 this year and this sum had to be
apportioned in proportion to the de
Of t he counties.
l i u n this sum before it was appor
tion, ol was deducted $.'!,.{00 for the
expenses of the county and State pen
si 'ii hoards, for the salary "of the
clerk, for printing, stamps, etc. The
amounts to be paid follow:
Abbeville.* 3,411 97
Aiken. 0,375 GT
Anderson. 10,915 o:?
Hamberg/. l,59ti 13
Barnwell. li,-?io 2?
Beaufort. ?84 ?ST
Berkeley'.". 2,453 95
Charleston. :?, 1 i?."> l??">
Cherokee.t..-. 5,054 12
Chester. ?{,577 00
Chesfertield. 5,810 ut?
Clarendon. li,ill 'il
Colleton. . . ,_7;224 53
Darlington.'. . . 4,793 05)
Dorchester-. 1,515 72
Edgefield. 3,040 34
Kali held. :?, 150 69
Florence.. ... :i,72? 70
Georgetown. l,ooo 15
Greenville. 10,!>57 80
Greenwood. H, 148 71
Hamilton. 4,127 77
Dorry .... 4,7(57 (il
Kr ral law. :t,22:i 08
Lancaster. 5,743 09
Laurens. ?,(?24 02
Lee. 2,905 99
Lexington. 5,.'iou oo
M;t rion. 5,(521 0(5
Marlboro. :t,510 20
Newberry. 3,587 80
( iconee. 7.207 2o
( irangeburg. 4,425 42
Picketts. ."..ooo 40
Itlchland. 5,130 02
Saluda. ;t,841 25
Spartanburg. 1(5,(57? io
Sumter. 3,00(5 2?
I'uioii. 5,155 81
Williamsburg. 3,818 40
Vork . 7,002 21
How io Grow Plowers.
In order to supply the large and in
creasing demand for publications re
lating to the cultivation of (lowers the
I'lilted States Department of Agricul
ture has had prepared and will soon
issue Karn jr.s' Bulletin No. 1.95, en
tilled "Animal Flowering Plants."
This bulletin was prepared by L. C.
Corbett, horticulturist of thc bureiu
ol' plant industry of the department.
The bulletin contains suggestions for
tho usc of plants about dwellings ind
the construction of hotbeds and cold
frames. The date's for planting thc
seed of each of tho varieties enume
rated in thc publication, os well as
the particular requirements In their
cultivation, are stated In tho dlscusr
sion of each species. General cultu
ral directions relating to soj?dhg seed,
germination, moisture, soil tempera
ture and transplanting ,are also given.
Tlie bulletin cuntajjjjsj plans for school
gardens and is irtustratcd with tlfty
tive'ext figures. Copies will be sent
tree .to; any addrQ84i,.in<. the United
States'o? application to a Senator,
Repr?sentative or delegate In Con
gress, or to the Secretary of Agricul
ture, Washington, D.C.
RICH AND RACY.
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Former Congressman dave irenational
Testimony on Morrnau Tenets.
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?HE SITUATIONS CONFLICTING
Cause in Which Obi lotions to
Church Would Clash With
* Duties to tho State
Confessed.
With the reopening of the investi
gation in tho Reed Smoot case before
the senate committee on privileges
and elections, at Washington Wednes
day the prosecution devotod consider
able time to drawing from, Brigham
II. Roberts the character of the oaths
which are said to be necessary for a
Mormon efilclal to take in order to
have the support of the church for
political ofiice. Members of the com
mittee showed an equal interest, in
the obligations which are said to be
taken by Mormons who "go through
the endowment house." Along both
lines much evidence was brought out
which ls expected to have consider
able bearing on the Utness of a Mor
mon clinch official to hold a seat in
congress.
lt was shown by Mr. Roberts' testi
mony that without the consent of the
Mormon church he failed, of election
to a seat in congress and later with
church recognition of his candidacy
he was elected. In relation to the
endowment house obligation Mr.
Roberts was extremely reticent.
Mr. Roberts said he has three wives,
one married in 1877, the second in
1880 and the third in 1890. He said
he has had children by all of the
wives and by the fh*st plural wife
since his election to congress.
Senator Overman inquired of Mr.
Roberts whether his lirst wife aud
his second wife bad consented to his
third wife.
"No slr," said Mr. Roberts. "They
did not learn of the marriage for three
or four years."
"How was that?" asked Senator
Beveridge. "Bo you mean to say that
tlie marriage was not known to any
one?"
"It was known to some of my
friends but uot to my wives," was the
answer.
"Why was this marriage concealed
from them?" asked Chairman Bur
rows.
WOULDN'T EMBARRASS THEM.
"Because I iid not want to nmhar
rass them."
"How embarrass them?"
"Well, we knew the marriage was
illegal and lt might bc embarrassing
to them if they should for any reason
be called on to testify."
Mr. Taylor asked Mr. Roberts why
he thought it incumbent upon his to
take plural wives." "From boyhood,"
replied the witness, "I had been
taught the rightfulness of plural
marriages and 1 believed this practice
to be the law of God. I knew that
this practice was contrary to the
mandates of congress but believed
that the law of God was the highest
rule and 1 felt impelled to obey it."'
Chairman Burrows asked a number
of pointed questions which brought
out the confession from Mr. Roberts
that he still believes In and is prac tic
tej? polygamy. I Io ?aid M.^f ?lc >>o
1 ie ves that the Wood rug manifesto
was divinely Inspired and that now in
practicing polygamy he knows he is
disobeying botii the laws of the land
and the laws of God.-- Ile was asked
why he continued to disobey the laws
of God, if he believed them to be the
highest laws and with a resigned air,
he said: "Well, the manifesto left
rac in the midst of obligations to
these wives. I am trying to do the
best I can to live within the laws but
these obligations 1 cannot shirk."
At the afternoon session Mr. Ro
berts said no action had ever been
taken by the church in respect to his
living with moro than one wife.
Question were asked respecting Mr
Roberts' views regarding the manifesto
of lSiio against plural marriages and
living in poloygamous cohabitation
and the witness said he regarded the
manifesto as an administrative act of
tlie church and of binding force upon
all members. He admitted that to
disobey any of those laws would sub
ject the member to liability to church
discipline. Tlie witness was asked
then in regard to polygamous co
habitation, and said that he and
many others were lLving in polygamy
at th3 time the rule was made against
such cohabitation and that they con
sidered themselves under moral obliga
tion to live with the wives they had
married.
"Do you think you are morally
bound to cohabit with all of your
wives?" Chairman Burrows asked.
"1 do."
AN UNLUCKY NUMHKR.
' Dow many children have you?"
"Thirteen living."
"How many not living?"
"Two."
"When was the last one born?."
"About two or two and a half years
ago."
Mr. Van Cott In cross examination
asked in regard to the rule which per
mits, officials of the church to enter
into politics and the witness said he
regarded it as merely a "leave of ab
sence from tho church ofticial duties
during incumbency of political olllce."
He said he did not regard it as an en
dorsement hy the Mormon church. It
was brought out that in his first can
vass for otlice when he had not the
consent or leave of absence, he was
defeated. In his second canvass he
obtained the "leave of absence" and
was elected.
Senator Hailey asked a number of
questions regarding the witness' views
of his obligations as a citizen and
whether there could bo a religious
obligation which would justify him in
denying his services to his State to
discharge duties which would devolve
upon him by the acceptance of a
political position.
Mr. Roberts said the emergency
might arise whereby an official should
resign bis political ofllce if thc will of
his jconstituonts would not permit
hlm'to perfect his duties in harmony |
only- wi th. tho, church mandates.
ScnaUff'J?Rey asked the witness If
lt was not true that the political sup
port of-:the Mormon church In Utah
was sought by .political parties the
same as the Irish, German or lillian
vote was sought in other communi
ties.
"And the negro vote?" Interrupted
Mr. Worthington.
"I believe not," said Mr. Roberts.
"There may be individuals who ?jrlm
their sales that way, but not \the
church."
"I believe," said Senator Ba,icy,
"that th&iUtst election was carrion by
tho Republicans, the second by the
Democrats, tho third by the lteoub
Heans. The next appears to be our
turn. That appears to indicate that
some influence has been brought to
bear on the church."
Chairman Burrows asked the wit
ness ?whether he ever had been
through the endowment house.
. "Yes, slr."
"Can you tell us In regard to this
ceremony?" asked Chairman Burrows.
"I cannot. I do not feel a liberty
to do so."
"Why not?"
"I consider myself in trust and
not at liberty to disclose what takes
place."
Mr. Roberts said that the obliga
tions were secret and he thought t^em
not unlike the oaths of the Masonic
order or other secret societies.
"What would happen if you did re
veal what took place within the
temple"? asked the chairman.
"I would lose caste and be regarded j
as betraying a trust. If 1 keep faith
I cannot disclose what takes place."
"Then," pursued Chairman Bur
rows, any person who takes the
endowment house obligation is under
oath not to reveal its nature?"
"I think so."
"And Senator Smoot could not re
veal bis oath of that character?"
The witness nodded his his head in
acquiesence.
Senator Hailey asked whether there
was auything iu the ceicmony that
abridged a man's freedom in any
political or religious way.
The witness replied be thought
not.
TSB SUMMER SCHOOL.
Announcement by State Superinten
dent o? Education Min t in.
The arrangements fur a large state
summer school at Winthrop college
are being rapidly perfected, and a
complete prospectus and announce
ments will be issued from the oflioe of
the state superintendant of education
within the next few days.. The facul
ty thus far completed is as follows:
Administrative board-O. B. Mar
tin, superintendant, state superinten
dent of education: D. B. Johnson,
presiden*, of Winthrop college; W. H.
Barton, chief clerk in department of
education; C. B. Eirle, stenographer.
Pedagogy and library work-Prof.
Patterson Wardlaw, professor of
pedagogics, South Carolina college.
In addition to his excellent course In
pedagogy, Prof. Wardlaw will deliver
a special series of lectures on library
work, and a model rural school library
will be maintained and operated iu
connection with his lectures.
History and civics-Supt. W. H.
Band, Chester city schools.
City and county school problems
Prof. Lawton B. Evans, city superin
tendent of Augusta and county super
intendent of Richmond county.
Geography-Supt. E. L. Hughes,
Greenville city schools.
English-Dr. H. N. Snyder, presi
dent of WoiTord college; Dr. Jas. P.
Kinard, Winthrop college, and Prof.
I). W. Daniel, Clemson college.
Educational Psychology-Professor
Bruce R. Pane, Teachers college Co
lumbia University, N. Y.
Algebra and Geometry-Prof. Mar
shall D. Earle, of Eurman "university.
Arithmetic-Supt. S. H. Edmunds,
Sumter city schools.
Botany and School Gardening-Dr.
Haven Metcalfe, of Clemson college.
Physics-Maj. J. T. Coleman, of
?th? SouthjCjjpJij^jTlilitary academy,
Charleston.
Latin and ^reek-Prof. A. G. Rem
bert, of WofTord college.
Nature study and bird life-Prof.
T. Gilbert Pearson, North Carolina
Normal and Industrial college,
cr reensboro.
Marmal Training-Prof. F. R.
Caugh of California.
Expression-Miss Edith Coburn
Noyes, Emerson College of Oratory,
Boston.
Drawing--Miss Elizabeth M. Getz,
Memminger Normal school, Charles
ton.
Primary and Intermediate Methods
- Miss Ellen Rielf, principal of Wash
ington Street school, Columbia.
Special primary work in applied
manual training and blackboard illus
tration-Miss Katherin B?sch, of
Teachers college.
Child study and Kindergarten work
-Miss Minnie Macfeat, of Winthrop
college.
Sight Singing -Miss Margaret N.
Thompson, teacher of sight singing
in Greenville graded schools.
General Lectures- -A number of
prominent educators from this and
other states will address the school
In geueral lectures.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH.
IntorcHtiiiK Figures Given in Current
IHHUO of Tradesman.
"A Quarter Century Development
of the Mineral Resources of the South
ern States" is the subject of an ela
borate article presented in the current
Issue of The Tradesman, and in it are
given ligures which tell the eloquent
story of the wonderful progress of the
South. A table on the value of the
mineral products of the Southern
States in 1890, 100i and 1902 shows
that with the exception of lead, salt,
bauxite, etc., mica and corundum and
manganese ores, there was an increase
in the value of all other maillerais in
1902 as compared with issn. The
value of some of the minerals such as
coal, pig iron, petroleum, clay pro
ducts, coke, zinc, phosphate tock and
natural gas, show enormous gains,
while the total v..lue of till minerals
has increased $217,808,530, or 015 per
cent, lt is also shown that there was
an increase of $36,040,372 in the value
of all mineral products in 1902, as
compared with the previous year. A
comparative statement is also given of
the total value of all mineral products
in each of the Sothern states in 1880,
Biol and 1902. Not, a single state
but shows immense gains in the value
of its mineral products since 1880,
while in some of them a gain is
astonishingly large, Alabama, for in
stance taking the lead, having increas
ed the value of its products by over
$f>7,ODO,000 and West Virginia by
over 85(1,000,000. Virginia comes
next with an increase of $20,Hill,000,
followed by Tennessee with a net gain
Of 818,788,000. Missouri, next in
rank, has increased the value of its
mineral output $17,371,000, and Kon
tuky's gain is nearly $11,000,000, and
that of Maryland $1), (360,000. The
increase in all the other states, in
the order named, is as follows: Texas,
$8,919,000; Indian Territory, $4,070,
000; Georgia, $4,054,000; Arkansas,
$:i,290,000; Florida, $2,777,000; South
Carolina, $1,444,000, and North Caro
lina, $1,019,000. Tito value of the
output of minerals in Louisina, $9<?l>,
039, and of Oklahoma, $431,000; In
1902, is all gain, as this industry in
each of them was undeveloped) in
1880. v
I I
GOES FOB TEDDY.
Kitchin Takes Fall Out of Roosevelt
a d Roasts Grosvenor.
WHAT REPUBLICANS SWALLOW.
Unpaintable Quotations from Presi
dents WritinKS 13XWOB8II1K
Opinion or His Present
. Champions Cited.
President Roosevelt was assailed
bitterly In the house Friday by Claude
Kitchin of North Carolina, who in
cluded in his castigation Gen. Gros
venor, whom he charged with having
humiliated Theodore Roosevelt, the
? vice presidential "candidate whom in h
recent speech tn thc house he bau
glori tied as the worthy successor of
McKinley, forgetting that during Mc
Kinley's last campaign as a contribu
tor to the New York Journal in signed
articles he (Grosvenor) had referred to
the president, then governor of New
York, "as a brilliant, erratic and
curious sort of a man." Mr. Kitchin
charged that Mr. Roosevelt, as a
candidate for vice president, was dis
tasteful to McKinley and challenged
Mr. Grosvenor to deny lt as well as
the statement that Mr. Roosevelt as
vice president was humiliated by the
friends of McKinley, including Gen.
Grosvenor himself. "And yet," he
said, "you men sit here and gulp dowu
everything Roosevelt says and not one
of you dai?.; l?iiit n?B band in memory
of McKinley." McKinley bad a right
to think that Roosevelt would be dis
tasteful to bim. "Contemplate," he
said, "the amazing spectacle of any
Republican In the United States being
humiliated by Gen. Grosvenor and
contemplate this same man marshall
ing under his banner the lusts of Re
publicans with Grcsveuor the chief
bugle blower."
To say that Roosevelt tilled Mc
Kinley's place, he declared, was a
dessecration of McKinley's name, lt^
was, he said, a case of "the aut hld
taking the place of the mountain, thc
owl's screech taking the pit?"- of the
tomb's fytupbooies; the r"innow tak
ing the place or-tb^wkule."
UIS ATTACjyJN MR. DAVIS.
The people of the south, he said,
knew that25 years after Appomattox,
Roosevelt in one of his publications
had decided that until out of the dic
tionary was stricken the word trea
son .leffiison Davis would be an arch
traitor. That, bc said, was a.strike at
the whole south and the Confederate
soldiers. He also referred to another
publication of Mr. Roosevelt's in which
he is quoted as saying that through
out soutnern character there ran a
streak of coarse and brutal barbarism.
Ho (v<npared "the kind, loving words
of McKinley," in an address to Con
fuderate veterans, to "the Insulting
words of Roosevelt." He said that in
one or Ids books President Roosevelt
"deliberately teaches and advocates
lynchings for the stealing of a rag-tail
Texas pony." He asked if that book
did not have something to do with
stimulating "the great people of the
north to lawlessness." The p?ople of
the south, he said, condemn lynching
for all crimes, because the baud of
civilization and Christianity bad been
lifted against it. No man the civilized
world over, be said, vwvuld condone
outrages against women "ami y?t; we
don t preach lynching or teach it, but
knowing the weakness of human na
ture mobs cannot be controlled in
sparsely settled communities where
we caunot get su M?lent police force
on the spot at once." He believed
that eve y Democrat and Republican
In tile country would paus3 in shame
that the president of the United
States had scattered books advocating
lynch law.
Reading from aspeecli made by Mr.
Roosevelt, governor of New York, lie
declared Mr. Roosevelt bad character
ized the congress of the United States
as a "herd of cattle." Laughter on
thc Democratic side followe I.
"The humiliating spectacle," he
continued, "is that since he has been
president of the United States he has
treated thc Republican house as a
herd of cattle, and thc most humiliat
ing thing about lt was that the Re
publicans allowed thc president to
treat them as cattle and lay riovn be
fore bim in his green pastures." lie pro
voked laughter when he said the presi
dent looked upon congress "as his
great ranch" with the Republicans as
his "round-ups." Speaking deliber
ately, he declared that any man who
had such profound contempt for the
legislative branch of the government
was unlit to be its executive head and
was a dangerous man.
HUI OltOSVENOK'S ENJOYMENT.
He closed by quoting from "Ameri
can Ideals" in which Mr. Roosevelt, he
alleged, bad denounced Gen. Gros
venor by name "as a champion of foul
government and dishonest politics."
Then turning to 'Jen. Grosvenor, he
added: "Read that and then read
your recent speech defending the presi
dent and tell the house that you feel
like ."to cents."
Gen. Grosvenor admitted that four
years ago he opposed the nomination
of Mr. Roosevelt for vice president,
but said Mr. Roosevelt during the
campaign had conducted himself in a
dignified manner and had won the
confidence and esteem of the people
by his acts from the time he was
[elected to preside over the senate and
that lie reached the supreme heights
when he declarcJ at Buffalo that he
would carry out the policies of Mc
Kinley. Since then the president had
grown to be one of the great men of
the country. Tho president, he said,
was more dangerous to the IVmooratlc
party than any other man ti ay. The
Democrats in New York, he said, had
launched a candidate for president
who didn't kown where he stood, on
his head or on his heels.
Tnouon the. University of Chicago
has lost Prof. Triggs, who annihilated
Shakespeare, ls still has Dr. Albion
W. Small, professor of sociology, who
bas proceeded to shelve dear old .lohn
Bunyan. "Pilgrim Progress," he
says, "bas done the world incalculable
harm. "From this distance it looks
as if the fool killer is badly needed in
Chicago.
Mas. Mary Dionne of Chicago re
cently entered suit against a young
man accused of hugging lier, and she
wanted damages in the sum of five
thousand dollars. Thc hugs were
valued at 87") a pair and the ungallant
editor of the Greenville News says
"from the picture of thc woman we
should Imagine that the man should
have been sent to thc asylum."
CAPT. Wm. H. Green, assistant
general manager of the Southern, died
at his home in Washington on Fri
day night, aged 65 years. - He was a
nativo of Columbia.
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THE WEATHER AND CROPS.
Prof. Hauer Says Farm Work Has
Made Kapld Progress.
Section Director Bauer's wp.ekijrrw;op
bulletin was issued last ?**?ek as follows:"
The mean temperature for the week
ending at 8 a. m., April 18th, was
about 58 degrees which is nearly G de
grees below normal, due to very low
teit-peratures during the first and last
days, and to moderately high temper
atures during the middle of the week.
There were light frosts on the 12lh
and Kith in the western counties that
did no material injury. High, drying
wiud.-s prevailed during the middle of
the week, that intensified the drough
ty conditions prevailing over the great
er part of the State. The percentage
of sunshine was about normal.
The rainfall was extremely light,
during that part of the week covered
hy the correspondent's reports, and
the surface soil became very dry in all
parts of the State, and unbroken lands
became hard and broke up cloddy in
plowing. There was need of rain for
all growing crops, and for the germi
nation of recently planted seeds. Tnis
droughty condition was relieved by a
general rain at the close of the week,
which was fairly heavy and fell so
slowly that practically the whole
amount was absorbed by the soil, espe
cially on plowed ground. This rain
will prove very beneficial.
tieneral farmwurk made rapid and
uninterrupted progress, . except that
in the central counties the ground had
become too hard and dry to plow.
Planting operations were pushed
where the soil was in tit condition,
but cotton planting was delayed In
places awaiting warmer weather and
moisture, so as to assure quick ger
mination.
Cjrn planting is nearly finished, ex
cept on bottom lands in the western
counties. Early plantings are up to
good stands, and have received their
tirstcultivation. Later plantings are
coming up to poor stands, and are be
ing damaged by birds and worms, ne
cessitating considerable replanting.
Tlie cool weather caused corn to yel
low somewhat.
Cotton planting progressed slowly
in tlie central and western counties
owing to the dry soil and cool weather,
but made fair progress in the eastern
ones, where about half tlie crop has
been planted and some is coming up.
Sea-island cotton that ls up is in need
of rain.
A beginning was made in trans-,
planting tobacco, but this work ls not
general, and confined largely to Marl-1
boro and Marion counties. Tho
plants are plentiful, though small,
and will suffice for thc small acreage
to be devoted to tobacco this year.
Wheat is improving steadily. The
weather was too cold and dry for oats, j
which turned yellow In places. The
condition of tue peach crop ls uncer
tain, but enough fruit remains on tlie
trees in most sections for a fair crop.
Pear trees arc blighting badly. Ap
ples are uninjured. Tlie strawberry
crop has been damaged by drought. |
Sweet potatoes coming up. White
potatoes have good stands. Melons
fairstands. Pastures are scant. Truck I
shipments continue heavy, though I
still confined to the southernmost
coast sections.
BOYS DEFEND A BRIDGE.
They Were In Charge of Their Teach
ers, Gray-Hoaded Ministers.
An order came from General Loe
for ev'ery sick and wounded man who
was able to report at Staunton River
Bridge, as General Cortz with 2,700
mon was advancing to burn tho
bridge. I mounted my horse and
started at once, says W. C. Marshall
of Morgantown, W. Va., in the Rich
mond Thnes-Dispatoh. When I ar
rived 1 fouud Col. Farrington lu coin
manu and the artillery under an offi
cer who had never lired a guu and I
might add that his men were in the
same predicament.
Col. Farrington put me in com
mand of the artillery. After telling
?ach,mau what I expected him to do
and how-bo- do it7 T;received an order '
froin Gol. Farrington td report airuuuo
to his headquarters. I found he
wished to hold a council of war. Dur
ing our talk, two, and, 1 think, three
old gray-headed ministers reported
that they wore there with ?"heir school
boys to help save the briiV .
. It occurred to me at once that this
was our chance, and I advised Col.
Farrington to put the boys in the
breastworks on the other side of the
river, the river being behind them
and the enemy in front of them. The
Colonel agreed at once. Thc minis
ters began to protest on account of
the age of the boys. The Colonel
asked if they did net- cojneiJto help
save the bridge, and he insisted upon
their holding their position^ This
seemed fearfully cruel, but thu result
proved to the satisfaction of tho mfu\
isters it was the right thing to do.
The rest of the command was then
placed in breastworks on the south
side of tlie river. I then went at oncei
back to thc artillery. I had sea
reached it when 1 saw the
come out and form in line of b??
charge the bridge, fouri
number. My heart
boys. I opened tlr*
once with the foui
the harm 1 could.
them think that
in their front. At'
on other side was gh
Down came 2,500
and disabled soldiers.]
wc hear from the 1
were within about,
when one of th
Sprang upon the
order: Fire low,
tie fellows swr
ground like "yej
not know that
the result wits t?
pulsed and as ba<|
saw. They rall j
charge, with btu
The bridge wi
judgment, saved|
boys.
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