The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, June 23, 1905, Image 7
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BRUTAL DIVORCE.
Revelations in the Trials That
Outdo Fiction.
CHICAGO IN THE LEAD.
Mabel Cooley, Aged Twelve, Witnesses
for Mother Against Father, Who
Drove Wife to Bank at Point
of Revolver. Judge Hears
Case of Giddy Things.
The Washington Post says fiction
never produced anything to equal the
revelation of tho Chicago Divorce
Courts, and moralists and churchmen
would find it hard to deny the justice
and benefit of divorce in some of the
cases. Here is a lot that came up iu
just one day :
Mabel Cooley, the twelve-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Clauda M. Cooley, of
South Chicago, whose husband, A. J.
Cooley, was arrested for threatning to
shoot her, told a story which resulted
in the granting of a divorce to her
mother.
Toe little girl took the stand after
her mother had testified to long years
of cruelty, "kept in the background
and lived down for the children's
sake," until fear of uer life overcame
her. Mabel plainly was frightened
by the unusual scene and the sharp
questions of the lawyers. She said in
her lisping little voice:
"I remember when mamma was
choaked by papa a hug time ago,
Ile wanted her to go to tov/n and she
did not want to. He blt ber ard she
was sick a loDg time."
" Do you remember what took place
on the night of February 27 last?"
CHILD TELLS OK ATTACK.
"Oh, yes," answered the child,
"Papa had gone to lodge and we sat
up waiting for him. 1 went to sloop,
and when I woke up papa was strik
ing mamma. Ile hit her twice In the
face and her face bled."
"That will do," said Judge Frost
sharply.
The woman testified that she mar
ried Cooley, a farmer, in 1892. There
were four cbildreu, the oldest beleg
Mabel. The tir.st incident of cruelty
she told of was In 1809, when be
threw a glass at her, which shivered
against the wall, ilew back and cut
her face.
Again in 11)00 she testified, her
husband drove her out into the snow
with a revolver because she ref usad to
go to town with him. Of the last in
cident, on February 27, wife and
daughter told the same story.
Neighbors testified, saying that
they had remonstrated often with the
man over his treatment of his wife,
and his only excuse was:
"How could 1 help il?"
"ls be a man of violent temper?"
asked Judge Fr< st.
"Well," said the witness, a neigh
boring farmer, "he is the kind of a
man who would put out the eyes of
his cattle If they did anything he did
not like."
This clinched the case. Mrs. Cooley
at present is teaching school and re
siding with her mother. The couple
separated two months ago.
"GIDDY TH INO" VERSUS "CAD."
Mrs. Stelia Brennan, in applying for
a divorce from James J. Brennan,
claimed that her husband had thrown
"mystic powder" at her on the stree*
to induce her to return to him afier
their separation. Judge Kavannaugh
decided she was a "frivilous person"
and her husband a "cad." As for the
"mystic powder," this was ascribed
to her early reading of Anderson's
fairy tales.
The ill-assorted Couple were married
last June. Brennan was a widower,
with four children. His girl wife tes
tlfied that these children were Ibo
first cause of the trouble.
"I did not like them," she said.
James threw kerosene all over me one
night, and on another Occasion hit ina
with a wet towel.'1 This was the o*'
casion of her leaving him. She ra:.
away to Kalama*! o, Mich., and was
taken back by her husband. She h fe
again a few weeks later.
"I met James at State and Madison
streets one night," she said, "and he
induced moto vro h:me by throwing
mystic powder at me. 1 could nol
see it, but 1 knew he did it. 1 felt
strange and my will power was para
lyzed."
"She can have a divorce without
alimony," said the Judge. "The gin
is a giddy thing and the husband is a
cad. She should have had more sot se
than to marry a man with four chi 1
dren, lt takes a long-headed girl to
do that."
I1L*SI!AND OIS OWN LAWYER.
Tlie unique .feature ot a husband
pleading his own case was witnessed
in Judge Frost's Court room.
The suit was that of Mrs Man
against August Schemmer. Thc wo
man icok the stand with a three
months old bal.iy In lier arms, a b b,,
that laughed and crowed to the dis
traction of lawyers and Judge, Wil -
fully ignorant of the fact thal iL waR
losing its father.
Mrs. Scheramer's main grounds for
divorce appeared to be that her hus
band, a motorman, had threatened
once to hit her with a picture, and on
another occasion had pt.shed her ov
a trunk.
"1 was afraid of him," she reiterat
ed constantly. "When he was sober
he was a perfectly elegant, husband,
but when he was drunk he was a
brute."
Just as her case appeared to be won,
the "perfectly elegant husband" ap
peared in the Court in person. See
ing how things were going, he stopped
forward.
"1 would like to ask this woman a
few questions/ be said. The woman's
lawyer demurred to this, and Judge
Frost hesitated.
"KI,KO ANT" ALSO '"IMPERTINKNT."
"This is not a question of law, but
of facts," .said the husband. Wh n
given permission to ask questions, ni
said:
"Who was in the house the day 1
carno home for my thing-,'."
The woman did not answer.
"Did 1 not order a certain man out
of the house and say I 'objected l o the
company you kept?" His wife re
torted angrily that she would not an
swer any mich impertinent questions.
The lawyers objected again, and
Schern mer said:
"1 do not object to this divorce at
all. I am perfectly willing to have it
granted. 1 am a your man, however,
and I cannot afford to pay alimony
and attorney 's fees.
"I will waive all that," said Mrs.
Schemmor hurriedly.
"Well," said Judge FroBt, "as you
?ficm to hate lt settled, I will let lt RO
it that."
"UH15I> WOKDS, NOT A HATCHET.
A surprisingly largo hatchet of de- ,
serted wives appeared In the vari JUS <
Courtrooms. The case of Mrs. Math- ,
da Collins, seeking a divorce from ,
Thomas J. Collins, ls typical. She
said she had been deserted after three
months. She was asked the reason .
for this.
"I do not know," she said, "I was
a gocd wife. Ile Just left me."
"Did ho drink?"
"Yes; sometimes he oame home
drunk."
"How did you express your disap
proval of this?" asked Judge Heard.
"By a hatchet?
"O, no; I just talked."
"Call the next case," said the Judge.
DIVOKCE AFTER 37 YEAHS.
John Mulvey, sixty-li ye years old,
and a retired iron manufacturer, ap
plied to Judge Frost tor a divorce from
Valenda J. Mulvay, elxty-two years
old. He accused his wife of habitual
drunkenness.
"Wo were married in 18G8," said
tho husband. "We were happy for a
nvimber of years, until Mrs. Mulvey
contracted the liquor habit."
A settlement was elTected wherehy
Mrs. Mulvey ls to receive $45 a month
alimony. The Mu'.Yeys have lived at
3,633 Wabash avenue.
"She was too fast for me and I was
too slow for her," was the cjnslsr
way in which William Greeu, 533
West Superior street, told Judge
Heard of his troubles with Mrs. Eva
line Green. "She left me a week
after our r?arriage live years ago,"
continued Green, "and never returned.
I am tired of walting for her."
"WOEPORD COLLEGE.
Thirty-throe Young Men Given Their
Dip'omas Thin Year.
Col. J. E. Korment, writing to The
S ate says the fifty-lirst annual com
mencement exorcises of Wofford col
lege mark au event which links the
vital, nioviug present to all thc tradi
tions of an honored, useful pist. For
more than a half century thc uplift
ing work of this nohle institution has
sent forth it? own meaning, Its own
influences. "Length of clays ls In her
ruht, hand and in her left hand are
ric.?es a-;d honor"-the wealth be
l?g more in what has been done than
is usually included In other considera
tions.
Thc graduates Tuesday morning,
thirty-three In numher, composed the
second largest class in tho history of
the c liege and Mr. H. C. Robertson,
.Ir , aged H> years, has the distinction
of heirg thc youngest student who
ever graduated from Wofford.
The auditorium was again tilled to
overflowing, prominent Carolinians
from all portions of thc State being
present in numbers and with these
was a lino contribution of local repre
sentative men. Andas Wofford stu
dents do throng to similar exercises at
Converse, oven so also do the fair mai
dens gather themselves-and others
together when WolTord sends forth Its
graduates.
President Snyder headed the pro
cession to the stage, which was soon
lilied with the class of '05, the
faculty aud others, and the exer
cises Legan hy singing the hymn which
hasjicre been sung for years, tho gen
tlemen "raising the tune'' Tuesday
morning having performed this otlice
regularly for thirty-nine years. After
prayer hy the Riv. Dr. T. H. Law,
President Snyder arose amid expeo
tant ?.Henee for the li rst words Dr.
Snyder said he was not responsible for
the request which bad been sent to
him, which request, was something
about the ladles hats! There was soft
rustling heard at once, hats came olT
and while hands were busy fastening
waving, stray tresses.
Then came the li rst event of this
crownirg day of the year when Presi
cl-, nt Snyder announced the first of
the senior speakers. These young
gentlemen and their subjects were an
nounced in the following order:
A. 1). Betts, '"fuming Points In
History," J. P. Kllgo, "A Political
idealist;" M. IC. Meadors, "A Friend
o' Conservative Freedom;" R. C. Cli
ver, "Greek Literature and Modern
Lit ;" ti. J. Patterson, "Modern
Knighthood;" V/. D. Roberts, "Self
Knowledge;" J. G. Staider, "Glimpse
Of the Future;" C. P. We lford, "The
Double Mission of the South's;" M. A.
Connally, "Class Prophet;" J. M.
Ariah, "Ave Alque Vaie."
At. the conclusion of those addresses
President Snyder conferred the de
li rees ti pon the graduates as named
below:
L. <? Crinu and J. E Edwards, A.
M.; 1). C. Anderson, J. M. Ariah, A.
D. Betts, J. W. Hoyel, M. W. Hrah
ham, J, H. Gantry, W. H. Carnes, Y.
Cleveland, M. A. Connally, L. A.
Duncan, E. C. Dye, W. L. Glaze, Jr.,
.). H. Harnell, .las. Kilgo, R O Law
ton, L. A. Manning, M. K. Meadors,
It. C. Oliver, G. P. Patterson, C. C.
Robbins. II. W. Robbins, H. C. R >b
ertsoti, J. A Roland, W. D. Roberts,
W. II. Smith, J. G. Stabler, J. P.
Stockman, F P. Tatum, L.'P. Walker,
Jr., C. P. Welford, all A. H. gradu
tes. A certificate was then awarded
t." Mr. E. F. Kngman, and President
Snyder next addressed tho graduates.
A lteinarkahlo Mintier.
Mrs. Edith Gillespie, mother of 15
pairs of twins, is dead. This most,
notable mother passed away recently
at the ranch of her son, John Gilles
pie, 10 miles south of Denver. Mrj.
Gillespie, after giving br th to one of
the most marvellous families on re
cord, lived to roach the ago of 84 and
to see her many children scattered far
and wide over thc country. This re
markable mother carno from a long
lived family and was 1 of 20 children
herself. M itty children seemed, lt is
;aid, only the natural course of events
to her and her 15 pairs of twins were
not considered al. all remarkable hy
motlier ai.cl father. It is said that If
m r children, grandchildren and great
?land children cooli bc gathered to
gether a good sized village could easi
ly he populated.
Killed tiilllHOir.
Edward Roberts, ono of the oldest
ind most, skillful shoplifters In San
francisco, when detected stealing
s'Oods In ll S. Crocker & Co.'sstation
ary store, took poison and died before
Ll io hospital was reached. Roberts was
teen slipping a package of twolvc
packs of playing cards Into a parcel
.hat he carried under his arm.
Killed Her Children.
Af, Tuen mari, Ni M., Mrs. George
Campbell, becoming suddenly insane,
tilled her live children and herself
vith a rillle, after she had chased her
lusband from their home on a ranch
icar there.
BOU!'H CAROLINA COLLAGE
3onds Out Forty-two Graduates From ,
Her Walls This Year.
Forty-two young men and women,
with the diplomas of Die South Caro
lina College, went forth Into the world J
rhursday. Thousands of graduates
tiavo been sent forth from this histor
io old College to serve their State and
io honor to their alma mater and
themselves. The young men and wo
men who bore away the diplomas of
this College have opportunities that
some to but few. Thoy go forth int:)
the world confident of their qualifica
tions, their training and manhood.
They go into Carolina blessed with
glorious peace and prosperity, and
truly few have such opportunities as
these graduates.
Tue degrees were conferred by res
ident Sloan upon the following grad
uates:
GHADUATKS, SESSION 1904 1005.
Bachelors of Art?-Aiken, William
David, Jr., Charlotte, N. C.; Black
burn, Mary Ethel, Columbia, S. C ;
Boyle, William Lodson, Sumtei, S.
C.; Clarkson, William Anderhou,
Wateree, S. C.; Croft, Edward Stock
ton, Aiken, S. C.; Croft, Laurence
Eiward, Aiken, S. C.; Dmald, Helen
Stauloy, Columbia, S. C.; Everett,
John Fonville, Bennettsvllle, S. C.;
Fcudley, William Elbert, Maynard,
S. 0.; Flinn, Nell Crawford, C'lum
bla, S. C.; Gasque, Herbert William,
Marlon, S. C ; Hinds. Albert Clifton,
Kbigstrec, S. O ; Holds, Laurence
Beter, Chester, S. C.-, I'Ansou, Donald
son Tiller, Columbia, S. C ; Lyles,
Joseph Berry, Columbia, S. C.; Molds
slck. James Rion, Greenwood, S. C.;
Muller, William Henry, Miley, S. C.;
Potts, Frank Glenn, Pleasant Valley,
S. C : Rend, Samuel Macon, Colum
bia, S. C ; Scott, Walter Marvin,
Cnandler, S. C. ; Wannamaker, Wil
liam Haynesworth. Cheraw, S. C ;
Wcrtz, Wilbur Sohurnpert, Johnson,
S. O.
Bachelors of Science-Barron, Jacob
Thomas, Jr. Columbia, S. C.; Foster,
Ralph Kelsey, Lancaster, S. C.; Scar
borough, Charles Robert, Conway, S.
C.; Wilcox, John Whitfield, Darling
ton, S. C.
Bachelors c f Laws-Baker, I). Gor
don, Marion S. C.: Belser, James EJ
win, Summerton, S. C.; Blgby, Fred
erick Charles, Columbia, S. C.; Breed
in, John [Cobbi Manning S. C.: Brails
ford, James Mouchrief, Summerton,
S. C ; Carter, Jesse Francis, Lodge, S.
C , Craig, Edward Lyles, Blackstock,
S.C. Hoghes, E ?dings Thomas, Cope,
S. C.; ['Anson, Donaldson Tiller, CJ
lumbia. S. C.; O'Bryan, Samuel Oliver,
Helncman, S C ; Rieb, Marlon, Co
lumbia, S. C ; Rooinson, William
Prersly, Lancaster, S. C.: Vaughan
George Wells, Columbia, S. C ; Wil
liams, John Frederick. Springfield, S
C.; Wise, John Mahen, Chester, S. C :
Woods, John McSwain, Sardinia, S.
C.
President Sloan bade thc young
graduates God speed. The main idea
of his brief talk to thom was that there
were no short cuts to fame or success.
NRWB?RRY COLLEGE
A\vnrdn Diplomas tn a Cl HUB ol'
Twenty-Six This Year.
The forty-ninth sc sion of Newberry
College closed on last Thursday. This
has been the most prosperous year in
the history of the College, the enrol
ment of new students has Increased
and the graduating class, numbering
26, shows the Interest taken by the
Lutheran Church in the education of
its young men and young women.
Twenty young men ai.d six young
ladies are thb statistics of the graduat
ing class, 2(5 in all. These graduates
arc going out in the world bo represent
the old College as the last offspring of
a noble mother, their reputation and
the reputation of thc ir alma mater is
in their kef plug to do evil or good by,
for thc College is judged by the repre
sentatives lt gives to the world.
They leave the College with music
in UH-ir ears and ll wens scattered in
their steps, they leave it with the best
wishes of their friends and class mates,
they will be watched to to see if they
use their talents to tho best ad van
tage and their success will be the sue
ccsH of their college.
Thc exercises Thursday closed the
com menc( ment proper, and the day
has been given entirely to thc gradua
ting class.
At, 10 o'clock the Op3ra House was
packed with \ isitor.s tj hoar the senior,
speak. The following young men
spoke:
J. C. nipp, Newberry, "Thyself,
Thy Monument."
E ll Olney, of Charleston, "The
Big Slick."
W. E. Pugh, of Prosperity, "Co
quetta Cotton."
W. E Derrick, of Chapiu, ' Shall
WE Trust Hie Trust?"
J. W. Qxner, of Leesville, "The
Minister sud the Man."
J. H. fcslgler, of Oranpeburg, "The
Ogden Movement."
R VV. Frick, of Chap?n, "The Na
il mal Crisis "
J. F. Hipp, of Newberry, "Ich
Dan."
The board of trustees conferred the
legree of D. I), on the Etov. J. II.
Wilson, of Salisbury, N. C., and the
honorary degre: of master of arts was
conferred on the Hiv. W. C. Schaef
fer, Jr., now in Gannan}, and Prof.
El. A. McCullough, of North Carolina.
Diploma-; were delivered to the fol
lowing young men and young ladies:
Master of Arts -W. B. Seabrook.
Raohelorof Arts -A B. Ciugbman,
F. Wr. Chapman, W. E. Derrick. R
W. Frick, J. W. Ful mer, J, E Hipp,
J. C. Hipp, J. C. Lybrand. J. W.
Oxner, W. E. Pugh, H. Y. Paysinger,
S. F. Stoudenmire, A. F. Swygert,
D. IT. Taylor, J. H. Z iglcr and T.
E. Zlpperer.
Bachelor of Science-S B. Bowers,
J. L. Amlck, Hattie E. Hipp, T. W.
Holloway, Leona O. Johnson, Louise
Innes, E. ll. Olney, W. P. Roof, Jr.,
md Lucy Sober.
Bachelor of Philosophy-Miss Mar
tha Johnson.
After thc delivery of diplomas Dr.
Oberer spoke to tho graduates and
?ouched feelingly on the relations
while in College. Ho admonished
.hera to be faithful, to ho faithful to
themselves and to the world. With
hese few timely remarks thc exercises
wore closed with prayer.
Ho l-i All Hight.
An exchange asks: "What has be
:ome of the boy in patches?" Why
jlcss your soul, he ls out on the farm
droppings clods Iii hours a day. He
will come to town after a while to run
he banks and stores, and be the suc
;e sful lawyers and preachers ana phy
ilclans. Don't worry about the boy in
latches. Its the slick-looking, store
slothed, nicely groomed lad you want
o inquire about. He's the fellow
ihat'B'going to drop through a crack
n the sidewalk:, out of sight one of
,heso days.
OBAME??EGr SOIL
rho Best for. Growing Cuban Tobacco
in the Country
booking lor Souie of the Samo Sort
in Texas-Statement by
Department.
The National department of agri
culture has issued an interesting bul
letin announcing the result of its ex
periments in Texas with Cuban tobac
co seed. ? large pirt of this report
deals with Orangcburg clay and Boil,
and great effort has been made in Tex
as, wherever possible, to find this soil,
tho kind that the department has
found in Oraugeburg county, near St.
Matthews.
The report says: "The soil in the
Texas arcas ls believed to be derived
from the thorough weathering of Ter
tiary clays, and in some localities the
clays are underlain at a depth of
eight to twenty feet by a low grade of
glauconlte material, Indicating that
tbe ultimate origin of the type may
have been green sand of Eocene age.
The iron concretions found In the soil,
lt ls thought, have been gradually
built by oxidation, and leaching of
Iron In thc soil, which acts as a ce
ment between the grains of sand. Oe
caslonaly, though rarely, the concre
tions have thc Irregular form of Iron
crust, aud such fragments sometimes
weigh several pounds. The presence
of these concretions ls one indication
of thc adaptation of the soil to the
production of a cigar leaf of tine
quality.
The Orangcburg One sandy loam,
In addition to its special adaptation as
a tobsC30 soil, is well adapted to gen
eral farming, lt- combines marked fer
tility with a liuc friable texture, and
Is easily kept in good tilth. The re
port then gives a table showing the
results of mechanical analyses of sam
ples of thc soil aud subsoil of this
type taken from the locality of the
experimental field in thc Macogdoches
(Texa1-) area.
The character and relative propor
tions of the principal plant focd con
stituents iu this soil arc also set out in
a table giving the icsult of a chemical
analysis hy the water extract method.
Continuing the rep >rt says: "Orange
burg clay dilf-irs from the Orangc
burg line sandy loam mainly in hav
ing a much shallower covering of
lighter soil over the red clay sub soil,
the hitter often lying within reach of
the plough, even with the shallow
ploughing practiced lu this part of the
country. A typical description gives
the following prolile; soil from live lo
nine inches deep, a dark red color:
and ranging iu texture from a heavy
sandy loam, to a clay loam, sub soil,
a still dark red clay, generally reach
ing to a considerable depths, thougn
generally underlain hy gre?nsand marl
at three feet. ( in the surface and mix
ed with the soil, and sub soil, are
found varying proportions of Iron con
cretions, and fragments of weathered
grcensand marl. A few limeston frug
meuts arc found in thc sub soil.
"The suriace characteristics of the
soil vary considerably. The large
areas form high, evenly rolling land,
while the smaller areas wi -,h occur
as narrow strips, are usu*1 ly more
rolling, and in places ev<?n hilly and
broken. The surface drainage ls for
the most part excellent, except for a
few slight depressions fo^nd in the
gently rolling areas, v. are arciQcial
drainage would be very beneficial.
"The Orangeburg clay, like the tine
sandy loan, is a residual soil derived
through the weathering of greensand
marl of E icene agc. Tho marl is lo
cally called "shell rook" and outcrops
In manj places in all the typical areas
of thc soil in Texas, and In cuts a
gradual i ii from the unfeathered un
derlying formation to the most thor
oughly weathered surface Boil may he
readily traced. In some places an al
most complete weathering has taken
place to a depth of several feet. The
grcensand is rich In lime; phosphoric
acid, and pota-slum, and has some
value for us? locally a? a fertilizer.
"At thc beginning of thc year 1904
the bureau had asc^rtah ed through
two years experiments already detail
ed, tht. types of soil up ID which the
tobacco nearly approaching the Cuban
leaf lu all its qualities, could be sue
cessfully pr'ic'uued. The i xperlments
were theo continued through the sea
sou of 1904 on the soils of the O'ange
burg ol iy and tho Orangeburg tire
sandy lo.ira to further study their
adaptation to tiller tobacco and to see
If by d.ff rent method-of fer? llization
aud cultivation, a still better leaf
could be grown."
lo closing, the report says that the
re ult or the work done during the
year 1903, and the sales of tobacco
grown in T xas, according to the de
partment's methods, have proved, al
mo t without exe ptl?n, to have been
entirely satisfactory. It further says
that a good domtsMc iiiler can be
grown on the o a igcburg soils lu east
Tex is, and ::t tills time about one
hundred and fifty acres aro being
grown there. The industry looks ex
ceedingly bright at this time in east
Ti xas.
Oi-iH Pen Thousand.
In the United States Court at Char
leston on We hl sclay a sealed verdict
was * pan< (1 awarding Sol Blank ?10,
OOO for the compound fracture of his
left leg winch may yet have to beam
putated, having bjen hurt in the
head on collision of two trains of thc
Southern railway at Newmarket,
renn., last summer. The suit was for
&;>0,000. The verdict seems to have
been satisfactory, for the counsel
Lhauked the jury and no motion of ap
peal was made in either case. The
Southern railway, admitted itsrespon
ilbllity, but took thc position that the
?um sued for was out of all reason in
hat the physical condition of Mr.
Mark was largely to be blamed for
.he slow progress which has been
nado In thc treatment and that the
Company should not bo made to pay
'or this drawback.
Philadelphia ItiterH Bitten.
According to the stories which come
'rom Philadelphia many of the ninety
ir moro members of the city council
who voted for the gas lease steal ex
oectcd to make several thousand dol
ars apiece as a result of the expected
?ise In the stock of the United Gas
Improvement Company. Hut when
ihe scheme failed thc shares fell In
minc from 12.5 below par and the re
mit has heeu to wipe out the margins
which the corrupt councilmen had
jaid In order lo secure their privileges.
Thus instead of making money out of
,hc transaction they have been sevcre
y punished.
A liiicky dirt.
John P. Hunt of New York city,
iged li), killed himself with a pistol
m Wednesday because his sweetheart
efused to marry him unless he would
[Ult drluking.
GAGGED AND BOBBBD.
By BurKlar* "Who Suooeoded In Male* *
lng Good Their Esoapo.
Gagged, chloroformed and robbed
early Wednesday evening in his own
room at bis boarding house, and this
without the knowledge ot tbe otber
people in the house, is the remarkable
incident that Well Reuben M. Sparks,
24 years old, ? stenographer of the N.
0 , and St. L., railroad, who resides
at 88 South Pryor street. The robbery
was done Wednesday night ar two
men wbo done it made the) oape.
When Sparks recovered consciousness
an hour later and reported the matter,
it was discovered that a pocketbook
had also been taken from a room down
stairs. The police are now investigat
ing the affair.
According to Sparks, he went to bis
room about 0 o'clock to retire. When
he entered he heard a noise but thought
lt was his roommate. He spoke and
received a reply, and still thinking
that lt was bis roommate, walked fur
ther into the room. Suddenly be was
seized In front and behind by two men,
who took bim to tue bad, threw him
on it, and gaged him with a towel. Hi
lost consciousness then, and did not
awake until 10 o'clock.
"When I first entered the room and
started to undress, and heard the men
In there in the dark," said Sparks, "I
thought it was a practical joke beiug
played on me by some of the fellow*
In the house. When they clutched my
throat, though, I knew it was no joke.
1 wanted to give the alarm then, but
they held me so close 1 could'nt. They
hore me to the bcd, ramed a cloth into
my mouth, au:l aproad a towel over
my face. I know no more until Mrs.
Steele, mother of Miss Steele, came
Into tbe room and lossened the towel.
She bad heard my loud breathing.
"The cloth had nothing on it, but
the towel was covered with some dark
substance, with a sickening odor.
This nauseated mc and I was sick
from the effects of it at midnight."
According to Sparks, the robbery
must have been committed by some
one familiar with the house. He says
that a friend of his, a collector, was
at the house earlier In the day. At
dinner the friend handed him a roll of
bills containing about 980. This he
nourished before the otber boarders,
but latter returned I4" to his friend.
He says also that early in the even
ing a negro was seen lu the rear of the
house. He thinks that this negro
might have given a tip to the robbers.
When the excitement bad quieted
down, it was discovered that Miss
Mabel Morgan, a niece of Miss Steele,
who conducts the house, had lost a
pocketbook from her room. It is pos
sible that the thelves went on to
Sparks' room, and helng caught there,
robbed him also. They escaped by a
rear stairway.
When seen Thursday, Miss Steele
declared that at ? o'ol ck a boarder in
the bouse told her that he heard a
noise in Sparks' room. She listened
and also beard a noise; it sounded like
someone was being strangled. She
thought, though, that it was nex-,
door, especially as the could get n ?
response from anybody in the room.
She then returned downstairs and
knew nothing more about the matter
until Sparks' loud breathing attracted
ber mothers attention.-Atlanta
Journal.
Killed By Train.
A horrible tragedy was enacted at
ijiorth at six o'clock on Monday after
noon when Capt. J. Dempsey Jones,
one of the wealthiest and most respect
ed citizens of the county, was run over j
and instantly killed by a train on the
Sjaboard Air Line Railway. The acci
dent happened near the depot in the
presence of a nu-nber cf the friends of
Capt. Joies, who were at the depot to
meet the train. They were powerless
to prevent the horrible tragedy, and
had to stand there and yee the life
crushed out of their friend by the
ponderous wheels.
lc seems that Capt. Jones, who was
quite an aged man, being at the time
ui bisde<a seventy-nine years of aire,
attempted to walk across the track in
front of an approaching passenger
train, which he either did not see or
miscalculated the distance it was from
him, when the train r.in into him and
crushed him to dca'h Instantly. Capt.
Jones was quite feeble, and it ls doubt
ful If he ever did know what struck
him. As soon as possible be was pick
ed up and uriven attention, but lt
availed nothing. When lt bccimn
known the accident cast a deep gloom
over the entire community pf North,
as the kindly old gentleman was great
ly beloved by all. The ?train was in
charge of Conductor hate and Engl
neer l\)teat, who regretted the sad
tragedy as much as anv on ?. else.
Wait Awhile.
The Spartanburg Journal hints at
another phase Of thc yellow peril as
follows: "The sympathies of the
American people have b?en almost
unanimously with tho Japanese in
their war with Russia, but we are go
ing to lind that ttie Japanese when
they are successful are going to give
us a lot of trouhle. They have already
closed tbe Lalo Tung peninsula, which
they captured from the Russians, and
they levy what is known asa Ukin tax
on all Imports. This Includes cotton
goods from our southern mills and will
embarrass our export trade, if kept up
and extended, as it is likely to he.
Tlie Japanese are an ambitious, enter
prising, aggressive and etllcient peo
ple and If they want to keep our goods
out of Cliina in order to exploit that
country themselves, won't that make
trouble?" This is only the beginning
Just wait a little while, and we shall
see. In a few years from now the Jap
anese will sell all the cotton goods
that China uses. She will do lt by in
llueucing the Chinese to put a duty on
American goods and admit Japanese
goods In free on some sort of a reci
procity treaty. They will pay us in good
measure for all the sympathy we are
lavishing on them.
Fell Four Stories,
At Kew York Cul. A. Clausen, a
produce exchange broker was instant
ly killed Tuesday by falling or jump
ing from a window In his apartments
on the fourth ll )or at 113 West Sev
enty-sixth street. Mrs Olaussen, who
was In the room at tho time, said her
husband was asleep when he fell, hav
ing rushed from bed suffering from a
nightmare. So far as ls known tncre
was no reason for suicide.
Ho WAH I imane.
John Johnson, a Swedish youth,
was taken into custody in Washington
on Wednesday for annoying Miss Alice
Roosevelt, the president's daughter,
with proposals of marriage. Ho was
adjudged insane.
Hovon People Shot.
Seven persons were shot at a wild
west show at Inman, Kas., when a
Cherokee Indian during a war danoo
fired a charge from a shot gun Into
the crowd. It was supposed that a
blank shell was in thc gun.
RAPID BISE OF EDWARD BOK.
Seta the Blftrest Malary or Any Edi
tor lu the United State?.
The ancestors of Edward K. Bok,
?he editor of the Ladles* Home Jour- '
lal and the Saturday Evening Post of
Philadelphia, were aristocratic Dutch
nen for a loner time. The great
grandfather of Edward was chief ad
n i ral of Holland's navy, and hts grand
rather was chief justice ot Holland's
rapreme court. His father was a
s, minister to William III., whose
daughter, Wilhelmina, ls now queen
af The Netherlands. But the B )ks
lost their money, and William, the
minister, oarae to America with his
wife nnd two boys. Edward Bok left
schoc. when a lad, and went to
work. He tells this story of his strug
gles upward:
"We were extremely poor, and I
used to gather woud in the vacant
lots for our fire. I helped my mother
wash dishes and do other household
duties. But the first money I earned
was in selling water. Persons in New
York then went to Coney Island In
street cars which ran through Brook
lyn, I carried a buoket of ice water
on my arm and when the cars str pped
I sold it to tlic passengers for a
peunyaglass. Then 1 put a lernen lu
my bucket and gut two cents a glass.
I added a little more sugar and lemon
juice and raised the prize to three
ceuts. That ls where I learmd that
the publio will always pay the bast
price for the best thing. I sold more
three-cent lemonade than one-cent
water and made mure money.
"In winter, when no one went to
Coney Island, I carried a newspaper
route on Saturdays and worked ina
bakery, cleaning windows, waiting on
the counter, and running errand?, for
fifty cents a week. Wuen I was
thirteen years old I left school forever,
going to the Western Union Tel? graph
Company as an ellice boy. At night
I studied stenography. 1 go: into
Henry Ward Beecher's church and in
to one of Its literary societies. We
printed a little paper for the soolety,
and I took lt up and developed it into
the Brooklyn Magazine. My brother
helped me, We published Mr. Beech
er's sermons 'Ju full, and then made
arrangements for the sermonB of Dr.
Talmage. Curiously enough, some of
the best writers of the day became our
contributors.
"I was nineteen years old, and in
the meantime had been employed by
the telegraph company as a stenogra
pher. A man conspicuous iu the
Standard Oil company wanted to buy
our magazine for his son, and, as it
was not profitable, we sold it. This
man told me that magazines and oil
could he carried along on the earn J
trade principles-that the methods
employed to produce a gallon of refin
ed oil would print and sell a single
copy of a magazine. I tuld him if
that wa9 his belief he would lose a lot
of money. I left the telegraph com
pany and went to Henry Holt and
Company, the publishers, also as a
stenographer. Heaven alone knows
what else I did in my own time. I
started a syndicate and supplied news
papers with high-class matter of in
terest to the female sex, obtaining
what I called forty articles by forty
famous women. Some of the women
were foreigners. I kept out of cook
ery and needlework. Mo man should
attempt to meddle with such things.
I might say that 1 am the father of
the woman's page in the newspapers,
but I am not proud of the relation
ship. I am not proud of the relation
detest it now that lt has grown up.
"From Holt's, I went to Charles
Scribner's Sonp, with whom I re
mained until I was employed by Mr.
Curtis. I became advertising mana
ger at Scribner's and undertook to de
velop the Book Buyer, one of their
magazines. While thus employed I
was persuaded to go to Philadelphia
and the Ladles' nome Journal.
"When a boy I learned the secret of
success, as I have told you-work like
the devil. To this I now arid, and
for the delight uf it. Young men in
this establishment come tu me and
each one asks: 'What are mj
chances?' And I reply: 'You are
making your inquiry at the wrong
place, lt's up to you, n t tu mr;
make yourself invaluable a.id your tu
ture will take care of itself.'"-N. Y.
Commercial.
How in a Georgia l'uwn.
A tragedy occurred at Chi ploy, Ga.,
at noun Thursday in which Dr. Juhn
C. Hardy, a prominent physician ot
that town, wan killed. Mayor S. A.
Goodman was slightly wounded ano
Marshal White had two h?llet hole^
shot thiough his clothing. Dr. Hardy
had publicly horse-whipped an aged
citizen during the morning, and he
later appeared at the mayor's otllee,
where he and the mayor became in
volved In a dllllculty concerning the
amount of tine that was to be imposed
upon him. Marshal White was present.
Dr. Hardy opened fire on the mayor
and the marshal. The marshal re
turned the fire. Dr. Hardy was shot
twice, ones in the head and once in
the stomach, dying instantly. Mayor
Goodman was shot in thc arm by Dr.
Hardy. _
Cauuhr at l,;w.t.
Geurge G. Glenn, former cashier at
Philadelphia for the Postal Telegraph
company, was arrested Tuesday night
on the arrival of the steamer Talla
hassee, at Savannah, from Boston.
He ls wanted in Philadelphia for forg
ing the name of a Postal official to a
paper on which it is alleged lie secured
$11,000. Ile was last seen in Phila
delphia on April 23 last. On being
arrested, Glenn attempted to shoot
himself, but the ollicers prevented
him from doing so. Glenn will be
held for requisition.
Throe Killed.
Three persons were killed and 29
Injured in the wreck of an eastbound
passenger train on the Southern rail
way at Golden Gate, 111., Tuesday of
last week. Thc train was a "Cotton
Special," carrying Confederate veter
rans to the reunion at Louisville, Ky.
While running at a speed of 50 miles
in hour, the engine struck a spread
rail on a trestle 20 feet high and the
engine and four coaches were over
turned and fell to the bottom of the
ravine. The ergine turned complete
ly over.
A (iootl Showing.
It is stated that the farmers who
compose 50 per cent of thc country's
population, only commit two per cent,
af the crimes. This is prima facie
svldence that lt is easier to deal justly
md mercifully with men and to walk
humbly be.'ore Ged in the uure atmos
phere of the country thf.n In the con
gested cities.
Plnntrcd to HIH Death.
While being hauled up from a well
it Glendale, S. C., Tuesday afternoon
I. W. Arnold, a young white man,
fell from tho box and his body shot
lownward a distance of nearly forty
feet. His hoad struck a rook, break
in; his neok and ho died instantly.
rhree Persons Drowned and Two
Narrowly Escape Death.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT.
The Driver of One Auto Passes Another
Auto, Which Was Standing at a
Bridge, the Draw ot Which
Was Opeo, and Plunges
Into the River.
At Chicago three persons were
drowned and two others narrowly es
caped a like fate Saturday night, when
an automobile in which the Ave were
riding, plunged into the Chicago
river through tho op~n draw of the
Rush street bridge. The drowned:
Jerome 6. Kurtzman, Chicago, man
ager for a chemical company.
Mrs. Jerome G. Kurtzman.
W. A. Hartley, manager f jr an au
tomobile house.
The rescued:
W. H. Hoops, Jr., manpger foran
automobile company.
Mrs. Jerome Runyon, New York
city.
Both Mrs. Runyon and Mr. Hoops
were unconscious for half au hour af
ter being taken from the river, but are
expected to recover.
The accident occurred at the north
end of the bridge where there ls an
upward slope of 200 feet towards the
edge of the draw. This slope ls so
fttuep that lt has not bacn thought
necefsiry to stretch chains acre ss the
roadway, as ls done at a number of
other bridges, where the approach is
on a level.
The occupants of the automobile,
which dashed into the river, were
coming south In Rush street close be
hind another machine, the chauffeur
of which, seeing that the draw was
open, slackened speed and was coming
to a stop about 50 feet from the edge
of the draw.
Hoops, who was driving the rear
machine, thinking to pass ahead,
pulled (.ut to one side. Patting on
extra power, Hoops' machine shot to
ward the open draw at 20 miles an
hour. When close to the open draw,
Hoops realized his danger, and throw
ing all his weight on the steering
wheel, attempted to turn the machine
to the left. The machine was too
close to the draw, however.
The automobile turned slightly and
for a fraction of a second hung on the
brink. The tire of the front wheel
ripped off, the hub broke, and the
machine dropped h'to the river 30 feet
oelow. As the machine slipped along
the edge of the draw, the women In
the automobile soreamed, and all of
the occupants rose to their feet, but
had no time in which to make any
move before they were flung into the
river, and after them plunged the
heavy machine.
Hoops and Mrs. Runyon fell clear
of the machine and were taken un
conscious from the river by sailors
who were on a wharf near the bridge.
Mrs. Runyon was taken to the Lex
ington hotel in a hysterical condition.
Neither Kurtzman, his wife, nor
Hartley rose to the surface, and it is
thought that they were pinned down
by the machine.
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