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VOL^XI.
BENNETTS VILLE, S. O., FRIDAY, AU Gif ST 17, 19O0.
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Having Strenuous Times in The
County of Cherokee.
i KED HOT MEETING
The firent Wonder ls that Only One Shot
Was Fired and that No One (lot
Seriously Hurt. The Trouble
. Caused by Blind {?Tiger
Whiskey.
A dlspatoh from Ge fluey to The
Nows and Oourlor says tho county
oampalgp In Cherokeo ls waxing
warm. Tho meotlug at Maury's Mil)
Saturday broke up in riot. It waa al
' most a miracle that soveral peoplr
were not killoe!. Tho mooting wa?
oalled In Mm morning, and Mr. W. S.
Hall, oandldato for thc Senate, was
announced as the first speaker, whero
as it was scheduled that the candi
datos for tho Senate Bbculd speak noxt
to laBt. Owing to this agreement Mr.
(Hts, who in opposing Mr. Hall, was
absent. The meeting went on quiot
ly till dinner. A barbeoue was soi ved
and whiskey ls said fco have been dla
tributed freely by some parties, who,
to all appearanooB, were preparing for
a fuss.
The first speaker In tho afternoon
was Mr. Ott?. When lie finished ot?
Will Blackwood, a magistrate's cou
stable, who had, lt la olalmed, beef<
drinking, asked bim a purely personal
question, which brought ou words.
Blackwood thou.applied an oath to Mr
Otts, and his friends look lt up and
went between the two. BUok wood's
friends rushed up and began to make
a fight. Mr. Otts was the coolest mat-,
in tho whole orowd and stood his gruund
well. The whiskey that had been dis
tributed got in its work, however, and
the orowd, or a large party of ifc, got
in a fighting humor. Every man norn
ed to want to fight somebody it mat
tercd nob who.
Dlreotly things got quiotcd down
flornowhat, aud Mr. Otu mounted thc
Wagon and made a statement tbr.t ho
had expected the row ; that he expect
ed lt oh Friday, but the crowd got
drunk too soon, and began fighting
.among themselves; that he had been
warned bctoro lie loft town, and aftoi
took him asideand told him that M
crowd that is fighth-g him -not Mr.
Hall, but his enemies, who are follow
ing the campaign to give him trouble
-had arranged to raise a row when
he got up to speak. He furthermore
said that Blackwood was not tho real
one who was trying to make trouble
for him, but that he was tho mouth
piece for auothor.
- Blackwood oamo up to the wagon
and started fco geo in, when Mr. Otts
told him not to get in the wagon. Hi
then walked efl and was talking from
a distance. When Mr. Otu got oui
of the wagon there were different
groups trying to keep thc men of di fl
erent faobions apart. Shoiifl Tnomas
was on tho scene aud was doing a:l he
ooold to quiet things, when a fight
ooourred bebween two men, who be
gan knocking each otiier about, lt was
ai? this Juncture that one, wilone name
was said to be James Fowler, said to
be from Union, drew hlarivolvor and
started to shoot. Bystanders knocked
his hand up and the shot went ill in
tho air. The orowd soatterod and hid
behind trees, wagons and anything
that was handy. There were at one
timo at least a hundred knives opened
and ready for use, and tho lact that
only one shot waa fired was remark
able.
MAYOR FIGHTS POLICEMAN.
Another lilvoly Horiuiiuajre in Stroit*
uouH Oliorokoo County.
Anotbor dispatch to The News and
Courier from Gaflnoy says tho spirit
of mars was loose In Cherokee County
on Saturday. The county campaign
meeting broko up lu a riot, and that
was thought bad enough, buttbafcwas
nob all tho excitement for in Gaffney.
Saturday night about ten o'clock there
was a report of a fight on the streets,
and an investigation showed thal
Mayor J. Q. Little and Chief of Bo
lice Tom Lockhart were fighting.
Soon Mr. Worth Little, a brother of
the mayor, and Mr. L?ver Little, a
son, Joined In, as did O?lcers Cap Le
mons and Lloyd Auton. Thc lighting
was brisk for some minute*. The won
der is that no shooting irons were not
used. There were scToral knocked
down In the meloe, but none was ser
lousl> burt.
After everything bad quieted down
Mayor Little stood In tho middle of
Limestone street and made an address
to tho bystanders, tolling them that
the trouble was brought on by Chief
Lockhart and thc other two eilljcre
engaged In tho di Maul ty neglecting
their duty to electioneer for .Slier i IT
Thomas for re-election, ard his hav
lng to put another man, J. M. Hamp
^n, on the police ioioo Lo help them
Ho their duty.
lt might be sale) herc that Mayor
L.ttlc and Sher: IT Thomas are not on
good terms and two of the aldermen
are candidates, one for sher.fl and one
lor clerk of Court. M?yor Little tool*
oooaslon to mako a political address,
saving that no i fliper should hold of
fice too long, and advising the peoph
to put out every man holding (.moo In
tho Court IIouso. Before saying thai
he said that tho policemen had no
business engaging In politics.
Tho correspondent tay.s the occur
renee of Saturday ?nd Saturday nlgut
was the talk of Gaffney on Sunday, li
Is tue oonoonsiiH of opinion that tin
chief, who ls a nephew of tho mayor,
aotod in self-defence and in tho dis
ohargo of his duty as did the other
policemen who were acting as peace
Officers. There ls no town the si/.a o?
Gaflnoy with amore obliging Bet >'
polloo cllloors. /
HELPi?D ALL ROUND
A HXO.ll V OF AOXUAti F.XPKUI
I?NOK SHOWING HOW
An Agricultural I ducation Gave
Farm Wotk New Meaning
and Kew Joy.
M. L Shcnuau, of Ingham County,
M'ohioan, hired a young man who
had graduated from an 'agricultural
cullego and the results were BO won
derful and far reaching that wo give
placo hero to Mr. Sherman's story,
whioh will bo read with Interest by
all. We need to be awakened to the
valuo of an agricultural education,
what it will aooomphliah for us and
our ohlldrou. Few of us havo an ad
equate conception of the possibilit?s
along this lino. Hut liston to Mr.
Sherman's story:
"For two years I had hired a man
who had graduated from our agricultu
ral collcgo. Some of my nelghborn
called me a fool for paying tho wages
he demanded, but I never mado a
better Invent mont. His knowledge
was my lomon and I squeeznd lt. I
bought somo books on farm chemin
try, botany, surveying and horticul
ture and took practical lessons of my
hired help lu these studies.
"My hired man honored his profes
sion. Ina few weeks.my boy, late
ly indH?>rent to farm work, tagged at
his heels and begged to help bl^i.
My girl trailed after us with her bot
any. I stood speechless ono day
when she told me what R ?skln said
about the clouds. Her flngors were
in a book that had tho hired man's
?ame on the Hy- loaf. I looked through
it and showed it to my wife. She
said if suoh cull ino ?vas agricultural
she was glad her daughtor was tindlug
lt out.
"That summer wo began war on
fnnoot posts by studying entomology.
My children went wild with outland
asm, collecting specimens under the
hired man's directions. Booauso he
waB watobing for a on vial n moth,
Will refused to go with some other
boys to the circus, though the year
before be oame near running away
to join a olrcus company. In Ins
threat to do so ho had quoted the
fit quent utterance of a neighbor, 'A
farmer's lifo ls a dog's life. " Tho life
of my educated hlr6d man, by Its
vory contrast with a dog's life had
savod my boy.
"Before summor was over our ohll
dren knew tho birds, their ways and
haunts, from the bobolink to tho owl.
Bj O )tobcr they had set themselves
to protect quails and partridges. Ag
rJnultural soleuoo had taught tn om
thai, IMOUVI bl?(U; ; ., ti wv f . ?Cl..:
"Ia the second year of our farm
education tho children, gave breathless
descriptions of wild fl iwors, ferns and
lovely dogwood white with blossoms
They were amazed at tho beauty of
forest tree Howers. 'Fathor, did you
know that the trees In the woods have
il mers? Why did you never tells us?
Seo tho lovely red and green satin ot
the hickory buds, eyer so much preb
tier than tulips.'
"I was ashamed to confess I bad
never considered the Hiles or the
trees, bow they grow. My girl had
become a lover of treeB. She wade
me promise not to destroy her fairy
land, tho wood lot, by felling the ma
ples, an 1 had intended.
"The chemistry of foods Improved
our eliot and lessened the work of the
kitohen. In connection with some ad
vice from the family physician, I sub
stituted tho glass of milk for tho mug
of older.
"1 had tried to forecast thc weath
er by the barometer, but concluded
that that Instrument was too mercur
ial to be reliable. But Mr. Smith
seemed to understand its changes Buf
Helen ely to keep our hay. out of tin
way of long storms. His obiervatlons
and raine were another example of thc
difference between educated and un
od uoatod eyes.
"No new buildings wore put up.
but under Mr. Smith's directions 1
fixed over our barns and sheds until
dryness, ventilation and ?convenience
for cleaning were as good as in costly
structures. O io result of thone lm
provoments was that my boy easily
and willingly did the work about sta
bles and poultry yardB, whioh lie for
merly Bblrkcd. Io harvest time when
work was pushing my wife and
daughter took pleasure in d dug ebor
es, which had been impossible under
old conditions.
"My farm was saved: that was
much. My boy wa? save; that was
more. Tho farm had become more at
tractive than the circus or tho city.
After Mr. Smith went away tho boy
worked on the farm and with his
books to prepare for a course In the
agricultural college, from whioh he
graduated three years later."
Does not Mr. Sherman's remarka
ble experience suggest the solution of
that vexed problem. How to keep tho
boy on the farm? I think lt docs.
Long llvo the farm collegel May lt
receive the support whioh Its import
ance morita.
I.ftiiftlmii rt*y H li'n FHIHO.
In a lettor received by Gen. Wilie
Jones Wodncsday William La?aban
& Son cmpatlep.Hy deny ?fiat there is
tho slightest foundation for tho re
port th*t they paid for thc repairs oi
(Jjn. Jones rcsldonce. Thoy deny thin
and all other reports about them and
the South Carolina liquor situation
and said that the poople of Soutl
Carolina soem moro than willing to
publish adverse reports about them
The firm says: "Haskell's .statemonl
as published In "The State'of Aug
2, about you and your house and our
uolves Is absolutely false. All other
statements they lia ve published about
us aro likewise falso. "
Holli BtlOt*
Mrs H. A. Leaptrot was shot and
instantly killed and her husband
probably fatally wounded Thursday
night while sitting on the poroh of
their residence near Cherry Valley,
Ark. The shooting was dono by
three mounted mon who tired from
nbc front gato. The flvo Woolb-.ght
brothers wo* o arrestod on tho yoarge
jO.f complicity. Two years ag.i Loapt
' '"?da member of tho v/oolbrlght
DIVOBCK BECOOfl).
A MILLION ItUOIU ON MAHUIAOES
IN TWL3NTY \HAHH.
Con BUB Pepartment Piligently Gath
ering Statistics Which President
BooBevelt Will Employ,
Ono million divorces, it least, wore
granted by the court? of this country
during the past twenty years. This
ls an estimate bv tho oensus bureau,
and it is so startling that lt probably
will rosult in further important dis
cussion of the question of onaotlng a
uniform divorce law in tho various
States.
President Roosevelt, who has dis
sussed lu his messages and other pub
lic uttoranoes tho geueral subj . ot of
legislation bearing upou marriage and
li verco and bas expresed himself
ttrongly In favor of a uniform divorce
aw, direoted somo time ago that the
jensus bureau institute an inquiry
uto the subjcot of divorce No In
restlgatlon luto a soolal or coonomlo
iuo8tion mado lu many years is re
tarded as more important to the peo
>lo of the couutry personally than
his one, now just fairly begun by
Dlreolor North and his oorps of assis
tants. It is expeoted by the JProsi
lent that tho statistics gathered by
die con?us bureau, together with the
egltimato deductions from them, will
lemonstrate conclusively the ncoes
ilty cf uniform dlvoroe laws, and be
ixpeots to uso tho ligures to bring
ibjut suoh a result.
The quostion has been considered
ty tho President with tho ablest law
ers of the Senate and House of Ho
iresentatives. They havo c..nc.u led
iractloally that, at present, thc Ooo
;ress lacks the constitutional p < w -
o enact a divorce law whiob woulo .
.pplioablo In the States. The Fret
lent hopes, therefore, to create b
entiment in favor of uniform legisla
ion on tho subject by the Legislatur
s of tbo various States or to obtain
rom tho people, through the Legisla?
urea, approval of a constitutional
mendmont confering upon tho Con
ress authority to regulato by law the
:eneral mattel of marriage and
llvorce.
The statistics to be collected and
implied by the oensus bureau will
over the twenty-year period from
887 to 1000, Inclusive. A similar in
stigation was made in 1880, cover
ng a twenty-year period, and the
Igures of the two periods are expeoted
o provo vcluablo for comparison. In
be period of twenty years just pro
edlng 1880. 484,083 applications for
livoroe were mado to tho oourts and
28,710 of them subsequently were
ranted. Figutos airca ly .in the
ianda of Director Nor lib, of r>v\
us buicuv,: iv.-.i-ivfij '?ho sVftc?&ftiC
bat, in tub past twenty years, the 11
indications for dlvoroe aggregated
tearly a million and a half while the |
iivorce actually granted numbered ,
nore than a million. Of courne, ;
iveu this alarming total does not in
ludo all cases of the infelicity of mar
l?ge, but only those whiob reaohed 11
he courts lu spite of the apprcben | <
lon of the parlies of public sea dal.
The inoulry will bo conducted along
uch lines as will make the resultant
Igurcs and deductions valuable in the
iroparatlon of laws for the regu'ation
if marriage and divorce. An effort 11
viii be made to oollect thc statistics | i
tactically simultaneously, as in the
?ase of the taking of the population j
if the country. ?Special agents will (
ic appointed in all parts of country .
,o examine the records of tho divorce j
iourts. In tho United States there \
no nearly 3.000 counties, all of which ?
)robab!y have records In their courts
if div -ree applications. All details
louoerning each oaso will be oolleoted
md tabulated with studious oare. ?
Articular referenco will be made to |
ibe number of children affected by |
lie dlvoroe eases and bow they were
.fleeted, as these faots, lt is believed,
viii bo potent in determining the ao
lou of tho Legislatures in the pans
.ge of laws.
When the investigation shall have
icen concluded and thc figures studied
larefully with a view to presenting
n concrete form the result of the in
piiry, the President will transmit
ho report to the Congress, probably
iccompanicd by a special messag. In
bat utteranoe to lils views on tho suh
?otof the action to bc taken tu correct
vhat is regarded by sociologists as
?no of the greatest evils of o r time.
SEVERAL ARRESTED
''or Throwing I lid I road Siiiki u at an
lOxonrslon Train.
The Floronoe Times says tho Au
(usta excursion train which passed
)rangeburg about two o'clock Tuos
iay morning roachod Florence about
Ive o'clock that morning. The Times
lays "this excursion was not aa bad a?
io rn o of the past Augusta excursions
or fighting and drinking yet there
vas lome mischief dono to the train
jy outside miscreants.
"DJ ioctl ve C. Id Wheeler and Chief
ioopman brought two negro youths
ind one white boy in for throwing
iplkes at tlie train. Tho negroes are
Willie and Luther Anderson who were
irrested for throwing railroad spikes
it tho train at Creston. The whlto
nan, lien Hartman was taken up at
Drangeburg for tho samo mlsohlof.
Plicae parties will bc taken back to
hull native counties and dealt with
iccordlng to law.
"At Harnwell on the second section
)f theoxourslon Flagman MOicnaghan
was found in an UIXDUSCIOUScondition
with a severe gash ovor his oyo, and
ib was not known bow long he had
jcen in this condition. When the
[train reached Denmark his wounds
wcro dressed by a doetor and a speoial
jar was taken by tho wounded man
until ho readied Florence whore Doc
tor Oregg met thc train and went to |
work on the wounded man.
"MoClenaghan is supposed to havA
been blt by somo mlsoreant throwing
rooks at tho trait). Tho exoursfon
was very orderly i(oing and coming,
vory little whiskey was in cvldonoe
and a good crowd wont."
Shot to Death.
At Sheevoport, La., a man was
klilod by hts divorced wlfo who In an
insane condition went to his house
(nd domam;lcd hex children.
INSIDE STORY
? "
Told of <he Corey Divorce Case
Recently Decided.
?TS A VERY SAD ONK
Mrs. Corey Knew Nothing ol Uer Hus? [
hand's Intentions to DeBert Her
Until He Told Her at a Dinner
to Which Ho Had In
vited Her.
jj
I
Thoro has perhaps never boon a life
with greater oontrast on two sidos
and perhaps none more sad In seme
rospoots, than tho lives uf William
Kills Corey, president of the Unibod
States Steel Corporation, and his wife,
..ir former wifo, whioh culminated at
[timo, Nevada, on Monday, July 2U,
when Mrs. Corey was granted an
ibsoluto divoroo from tho millionaire
Husband, who had tired of hor, ana
?lvon the custody of hor minor son-.
Mrs. Coioy is a woman not only of
ittraotlvo appearance, but modest of
manner and somewhat magnotio.
During the trial of ber caso, which
was in no wiso contested by Corey,
ind absolutely devoid of any effort at
kfonse, she was s\d. Wtun tho faot
was announced that ' sho bad gained
what Bhe asked-froedom from the
nan who wanted to bo free of ber
o. orlcd. She Btated that bhe had
. n married to Uoroy, a man then of
ar less ? lil leuce thau now, In P.tta
bu g, on December 1, I88;i, and they
lived happily nearly 20 years. His
Indifference, with accumulation of
wealth, developed and ho ilnally de
serted her. Aftor several weeks of
Inattention and then desertion,
Gorey took ht>r to dlnuor, as bo would
havo taken any other woman ac
quaintance and oalmly told ber she
would have to go; that he was tired
af hor and would not live with ber
longor. Ho was emphatic, his mind
Aaa made up and bo was not to be
ibaken. She presents a different
picture.
After suffering his Inattention and
iesertlon, Beolng him the first time
Tor weeks at the dinner table In a
restaurant, she bogged him to go
?ionio with ber and "talk it over."
indifferently he raised his hat as he
nut her jp, a cab < and,turning, leiv
uer -trever. ^J-^nti lnuiaeni, Vw
ng to Mrs. Corey's testimony, was on
May 5, 11)05, and uinoe that timo she
aas never aeon him. Corey's manner
it disposing of her wasdlscuHscd with
its attorneys, and the statement was
nude at tho trial that there would be
io question of alimony, since that
nul been arranged between Mrs.
Jorey and bis attorney.
Perhaps ouecf tho n ost slgnlliaant
features of tho trial, a:.d one whioh
dieds thought on what preceded it,
s tho evidence quoted from Miss
iVddlo Corey, lils histor. Asked by
counsel If she thought her brother a
lt person to havo custody of young
?Ulan Corey, Bhe replied: "Ho is not
i proper person for his son to asso
nate with. His assoolates and com
pantons ate not ii > com panions for a
poling man of A Han's age. 1 don't
ihlnk any New York man of wealth
s lit to have obargo of a hoy of his
MJ6,"
Tho oool deliberation of William
lillis Corey in his determination to
rid himself of tho tics of matrimony
s deplo'.od in the evidence of his
ittle son, who said In court, referring
io a conversation with his father on
the subj:ct of tho divorce. ''He
laid that my mother was a good wo
man and that my place was at lier
dde. Ho told me I was too young to
understand the reasons for tho sepa
ration." Another feature of tho case
was the connection of certain photo
graphs with Corey's life In New York,
juc of which was Mis:; Gilman, an ac
tress, another of Miss Gilman reclin
ing on a sofa In her room, showing
Dorey's llfosl/? photograph on an easel
nearby.
Whatever may havo beon behind
tho life ourtaln, or may not have
been, deductions aro being drawn far
and wide, and the case is being point
ed to as an Incident of too much
monoy and the dfolre for gay life and
tiring of the tics of home and wife.
Coroy has never uttered, so far as Is
known, a single word relative to his
wife willoh could ho construed other
than an extolling her good points. In.
a sense, his son's evidence pictures
that: "She ls a good woman."
Slnoo thc granting of tho divorce
tho story of how Mrs. Corey first
found out that Hhe was to bc cast o if
has come to light. It was not used
In the trial of tho caso. After some
weeks of neglect Corey asked his wife
to dino with him at a fashionable
restaurant, and she eagorly accoptod
thc Invitation. Thc meal was appar
ently enjoyed by both of them, and
Mrs. Corey especially seemed buoyant
and bright. Tho various courses had
been served and tho dinner all but
ended. Over the ou ps of OGIPC the
two sat chatting when Corey sudden
ly leaned across the table, hooked his
wife squarely in the face, and said.
"Tins ls to bo our last? dinner, I am
going to leavo you tonight. I am
tired of you and 1 want you to got a
divorce from me."
Mrs. Coroy was entirely unprepared
fjr the Information. Though she
was startled, she maintained har self
oontrol, bub tho only rep'y Bhe could
or did unaku, was:
"You don't know what you aro say
ing."
Corey thou beoamc hurt.
"Yes I do, 1 havo fully made up
my mind, and nothing oan oaango lt.
1 will not live with you any longor
and 1 want you to get a divoroo. I
will glvo you everything to enablo
you to 11 vo luxuriously -overything
you need to bo comfortable."
Mrs. Corey could contain horsolf no
longer, and, showing agitation, said.
"Wo will dlsouss the matter when
we get homo, Will. Come."
Corey had a oab summoned ?ni
left tho Vestaurant together. He
wont to tbj; ?urblug with hor, assist
ed lier to ri >j bab, but did not got in.
He poll tin (ted bl3 hat, half smtUi
He polite?sta
lng, and fy$W:
.'This mm
ur good-byo. And re
nienaber, ). v. Jd not be responiible for
your debts tiutll you aro willing to |
make this ??oparntlon final by a dlvoroe
deoree. ^#byo."
And, without walting to hear more
from heri .ho turned and walkod
away. TfteVo' la no evldonoo to that
olf'jot, bui, ?V'.ra. Coroy's money supply
was out ell a*nd in this way sho was
praotioallY forced Into submission.
After abe died iuit for divorce her
hind,and p&l&'hor bills.
SOAIJDK?V?N A KI?IILKOV UOIIi
IN?? OBKMIIOAIJB.
"A _
Paused by the Carelcs3neas of Turning
on Hamitic Before the Boy
Could Hemove.
The Augusta norald says an aool
lont so horrlblo that lt beggers all
lescrlptloh bapponod Thursday, af ber
mon at 4 :JU o'clock at the Clearwater
Jloachory, In willoh Jaok J. Widener,
>he 14 year-old son of Mr. W. H.
Widener,- met a horrible death from
?caldlng. At tho bleaohory there are
i numbar Of largo kettles known as
roars with a oapaoity of thousands of
?ards of ol?fh. Into these kettles the
doth runts -in a methodioal manner
md goes though a ohemloal prooass,
iy havirtQ shearn and chemicals turned
m lt through Iron pipes, at stated lu
ervals.
To prevent the cloth from piling | \
ip and filling tho kettles bofore the
apaoity had been reaohed, a boy is
:cpt tn each kettle to koop tho o;oth 11
iropcrly wound on ameobanical appa
atus,especially prepared for lt. When | (
ho boyunas taxed tho oapaoity
f the kettle he comes out and the 11
austio ie turned on. For a long
rhlle Iber llttlo sou of Mi. W. H. | j
Vldenor has Ulled this position very
redltably. Day after day he lias
aken Mo place In the various kettles
,nd work-d faithfully at his work,
lover dreamlug of any danger. Fri
lay afternoon at 4:30 the boy was In 11
ne of J\t kettleB working assiduously,
losslbl? lu antlo'.patlon of tho hour |i
yhou th? whistles of the bleaohery
tfould rejease bim from his work.
LlttW)>tiid tho boy know that aa lt
ho banya of the olook were moving
owarfl the time when the ohemioal
iroocishould be turned on that be | \
vas to bti the victim of a horrible an
ldont.- The kettle next to the one
ri whi :;-! J*ok Widener was v/orklng
/a? tl :d With oloth, and Jerry Mid
letto 'Se man whose business it
lon ot turning the hot steam into it,
aado a mistake and sent the hissing
austio into the kettle whore the boy
ra? working.
For four minutes tho boy was in
he kettle and when William Vernon,
n employe, dragged him out of the
wful place, observers say that his
jdy from his faoo down was baked
lnuost to a orlsp. Physicians were
uiokly summoned and everything | ?
osslblo was done for tho BU ff ar lng
oj ; bis pain was alleviated by thc I 'c
so of anesthetics, but death was in
vltablo.
The child died at 8 o'clock Friday
ight, just three hours and a half
fter the accident. The suffering I j
oy was perfectly conscious up to hU
catii, and stated that while ho was
ri the kottlo, he realized that he was
ylng and that bis body would be hor-1 j
ibly dlbilgurcd, but to save his face j
ie burled lt In tiie oloth. The acci
enb ls one of tho first to happen at
he bleachcry and it is groatly de
ilored by the olllolals of the company.
L'he parents of the cleceasod boy are
ilghly regardod at Clearwater and
hey have been tho recipients of much
ympathy._
Whit? Prisoners Munlorod. | (
H. H. Trawlok and Sam Chandler,
vhlto men, conlined In the Angolina
lounty Jail, Texas, were found dead
n their ell, Thursday morning, the
kulls of both men being orushed, and
lohn Wilson, held on a minor oharge
ind who waa oonflned In the same cell
s held charged with having murdered
lis ooll mates. Wolle denying that
ie oommltted tho orimo Wilson baa
?ade a number of ooi. (hoting stat*:
non ta concerning tho tragedy. Ile
leolares that at one time during thc
light lie disoovered the men fighting
md separated them. An earthorn
cuspidor found in the cell waa evl
lontly the weapon used. It ia be
loved tho mon wero killed while they
dept._
In i'orll ?lt NI?K?r?.
Tho falls of Niagara oamo near
Maiming two mon, six women and a
oaby as vlotims to its floods Wcdncs
lay night. The party was out l>oat
lng on tho upper river in a launoh
when the propeller .was injured by
Jtrlklng a rook. When this occurred
the launoh drifted swiftly toward thc
Tails. Those aboard the boat throw
jut an anchor and lt oaught as tbcv
were passing through thc Devil's Half
Acre. Then thoy displayod wliito gar
ments assignais of distress. Other j
lioats put out frcm slioro and rcsoued
them._
Fought III tJi.orKl* H?ll.
RoprosonUtiv* Whitley, of Doug
lass county, and Solicitor Hill, of thc
criminal court of Avon county, fought
Wodnesday on the floor of the House.
They were separated by friends before
?lthor wa? aorloualv hurt. The light
ls said to have grown out of remarks
mado by Whitley In thc House Tucs
iay. The Ho was passed between tho
men and li lo? s followed.
OhuroO Htruck.
Lightning struck the Walnut Grovo
fJhuroh Sunday a?id Sunday Soho
was dismissed. Carl Stinton was!
fatally burned. Kiri lOmerson's finger'
and Karl liver?' too were burned efl
Ruth Hiss was burned about tho faoo
and head. Half a di/.en others wore
Boorched.
Fatal Fifth.**
At Cold Springs, Toxas, In an elco
Mon light Friday, K. B, Adams, Dom
ooratlo nominee for tax assessor, was
Instantly killed. Sam Adams, his
brother, fatally shot in the head, and
two other men wounded.
HE DENIES IT.
OALiDWKIili BAYS HASKELL'S
STATEMENT IS FALSE.
Will Make rath that Ee ?ever
Heard of Ianshan Before lu
HU life.
Willie Caldwell has been heard from
and he absolutely denies having mado
the statement Gol. John O. Haskell
of Columbia says he heard him make
about his brother-in law, Cm. Wilie
Jones. The following is a quotation
(rom Tho Record's report of Colonel
Haskell's speeoh at Sllgh's, on July
31, 1900:
"Haskell assserted that the dispon
sary had corrupted and besmlrohed
everybody who had ever been con
nected vilth lt; that tho mombersof
tho boards of control had gone In poor
men and como out rioh, but that none
of thom had como out clean.
"Mr. Weston: How about Wilie
Jones?
"Colonel naskoll: I am not oall
in;: names, but his own brother-in
law says Limaban paid for the im
provements of his hourn. Jones is not
dod Almighty to r?gul?t? t e af
fairs of Richland county."
Promptly upon the appearance of
tho above, Con. Wlllo Jones denied
that Lunahan had paid for the im
provement of his house and asked Ool.
Haskell to spool fy willah ono of his
jrothers-ln law had made the alleged
itatemont.
Col. Haskell replied that he had
leard While Caldwell in conversation
rvith some young men in front ot
MI ot/ drug store in Columbia assert
mat La?aban paid for improvements
of WllleJonos's houso.
Gan. Jones replied that it was im
joHsiblo for Oaldwoll to h&yo made
luob a statement, as Caldwell had loft
Jolumbla two years before his house
vas repaired and had never returned
iO Columbia.
La?aban promptly denied that he
lad over paid for auy Improvements
if General Jones's house.
Soon as Colonel Haskell's statement
vas printed, General Jones wroto a
tatement of the case to Mr. Caldwell,
vhols in California, and also malice
lim sopi?s of the pupers containing
oports of tho Sllgh's meeting, aakhn,
lim to telegraph upon reoelpt thort
if. It takes sumo time for tho mall
o got from Columbia to California,
mt Friday tho following telegram
tame to Gen. Wilie Jones from Mr.
Jaldwoll, who had just roooived his
otter:
Olio, Calif., Aug. 9, 1000.
Jon. Wilie Jones:
Man making statement about me
ells direct falsehood.- Will make
atti never heard of La?aban before.
WIHUm Tl .flair! wnll.
This makes complete the vindica*
ion of General Jones from a charge
hat nobody over believed.
MANY LIV?8 LOST.
Jolomilo lUvor Loaves Largo Aro?
With Devastation.
Twenty fi vj persons are known to
lavo been drowned, hundreds we e | *
ondered homeless and 8500,000 worth
if property was d ?storyed as the re
ult of a llood in Tt xas Thursday
vben the Colorado River was torced
mt of its banks by heavy rains. Tho
leath list li growing hourly, and lt1
s belli v.d the worst disaster since
,he Ga'.v ston tl.od has visited Texis
V.lief trains are out off, telegraph IJ
md telephone wires are down, and
me fate of thc inhabitants of sevoral
?olated tawns is unknown. Reports
rom the country say loss of life wa? .
peat.
Tho rush oame without warning, j
md Inhabitants at San Angelo and
Ballinger wore foroed to deo tors fot.
u night clothing. An entire family h
named Cook at Ballinger wore drown- (
jd in attempting to leavo their homo
Dn an improvised raft whioh struck
in obstruction. The Colorado River
ls from four to six miles wide in plaoes ,
md tho tributaries south are out of
Danks. Two thousand cattle aro kill
sd. Tho Santa Fe track bridges
were washoe! out and traill.) ls at
Standstill. Persons made homeless
Bought refuge in churches. Provisions
and clothing were rushed to the
scone.
Ono man on horsebaok was lost
willie trying to warn tho inhabitants.
A mother and thrco children at Sui
Angelo perished in sight of a scoro of
mon, who wero unable to attempt a
resouo. Tho mother was in tho up
per story of a house in tho bottoms.
She was calling for holp whon the
Hood oauscd tho small house to totter
and collapse.
Twelve inches of rain fell all over
south Texas last night, oaiulng ah
rivers to overflow their bank?. Ballet
trains were rushed out, hut wero un
able to reaoh their destination.
ROBCUO parties In boat? arc going
from houso to house taking peoplo
from seoond stories and oarrylng the
dead to morgues, lt ls estimated
that two hundred miles of track wai
washed out, Tho death list lnoreases
hourly. Telegraph ollleos are beselgod
by orowds demanding nows from thc
the lloodod dlstrlots.
IlO KOHOIItS lt.
Many a man would be proud to re
semble John 1) Rookofellor as olosely
as (loos Dr. James ll. Jackson, of
Rockford, 111., but tho Dootor doesn't'
Uko to be remlndod in tills way that
no isn't a millionaire. Ho appeared
in polioo court to-day against Joseph
Leonard' Reynold Hean and Lee Pro
linger, oharging that they "humiliat
ed" him by calling him "John D" on
the stroets, whero evorybudy could
hear. Tho culprits wore tined moder
ately.
Af-oil <Joti|>lo HiilOhlOH.
William M. Mothnor, ?god Cl, and
wife, aged 63, sought doath Wednes
day morning by inhaling gus at their
nomo in New York Neighbors, at
tracted by tho smell of gas brokodown
tho doora in timo to savo their lives,
fhoojuple, who aro now under arrest,
charged with attempted suicide, ad
mitted that thor had entorod into a
doath oompn?t. Tlioy said thoy wanted
to dlo together as fortune had recent
y frowned upon thom and they want
d to escapo the poor house.
OF J CT LKSt??
GltHAT Sl'?AKKiltf DIU;
MIIilAK COMPAKlHONi
al. j, j
E.
Han TB Pleased to Learn by Cor;
sons. T he Parablos of C h r i
Prove This Faofc.
Tho successful public speakers
tho world havo been men who liv?'
close to naturo and know bow to dravJs
thelr Imagery therefrom. Herein lay*
the wonderful power of Lincoln.
Born in a log cabin, accustomed to
tho soones of farm and wood, deep
vorscd in the vernacular of those
around him, he was I rrealstablo before
\ rural audience. Imagine how that
uidlenoe of K nlucky stook breeders
were oonvulaod when they board Hen
ry Olay describe a mulo as "that use
ful animal which has noither prldo of
moostry nor hope of posterity." John
Randolph, thogreat rival of the im
aortal Kentuckian, was equally bap.
?y before his constituents, nearly all
)f whom wero slavoholdlng farmers,
tie illustrated bis arguments by abus
ons to tho unfaithful overseer, and in
mo or his famous oampaigns described
Us opponent as having been lmpprtcd
nto the distriot, a staM?n, to
un against him. Audiences are al
vays Haltered wl.en they hear abus
ons to tho calling with whloh they
ire /?aonlur, and ho ls the wiso speak
ir wbo comprehends this truth.
The greatest of all the t?aohors, *\.
'who spa ko as never man spp' .
Irew nearly all of his imagen^ tSo
torc?a from farm lifo. He was
m a farm and knew all ab
Imple agriculture of that po
icrlod, which consisted 1*
rape growing, Intersperse'',
ew cereals and small herds JjLWD
,nd sheep. Thus we lind tr/
.nd notable savings oolorc
ions to the shepherd,.tA^^^^
h? lost sheep, the han
I wers and trees peoi
ino. O JG day a groa/
ssembled on a hill o J
Jennessarot. They w:
udo, dull of undorsi.;
lot "nc of thom able
"o reaoh them tho te:
n lauguage that tb
tand. Ghi Pi hoed w
uga in story form. h.
o have tho facts wi -
anadiar interpreted
.'ho weaver does not otu
lons drawn from tho 111),.,- r.^,H,,4
ames; but he will prie fibX Willig ?I 1U
dieu the proaohor talk jj
he work of the loom, ft ?1 \W
o have the life we kno\
ivld tho great truths ?
nihiu-fyiy - :. . y/11 r i ? 11 .
omprehend.
It was to the multitude on tho hill
Ide from a boat that had been pushoo
ff tho shore that the odebrated par
ble of the sowor was delivered. Prob
bly a* ho talked a farmer was sowing 11
he grain in full sight of the spaakei
nd tho people. How natural, there
ore, to lift forth a hand toward him
nd say: "Behold, a sower went forth
o sow." Simply, easily and natural
y, thc thoughts cf the hearors were
ed up from what was commonplace
,nd everyday to what was now and
ternal. Jesus recognized that all of
ife is a parable. When we oomldor
he marvelous application made of
ho siroplo peasant life of Galilee, we
ire constrained to wonder what tcaoh
uga ho would draw from the complex
ilvllizatlon of today. Kow eleotrloity
vircless telegraphy, steam and the
nodern olty, with its wonderful build
ngs, would bo made eloquent with
rls teaobinga of the higher things of
?ho spirit. It is the oilioo of tho par
ible to invest tho material with thc
plritual meaning, but no imagery lb
o suitable for this purpose as that
Irawn from rural scenes and tho sur
round inga.of farm lifo. The fate of
?he sown grain teaohes an agricultu
-al as woll as a moral lesson. That
vhloh fell ou the trampled wayside
was lost. So also the portions whloh
ell on stony ground and that whloh
was choked by tho thorn bushes
July the grain which fell on fruitful
toil yielded results, and this produced
many fold. Tue good farmer under
itands that if ho would have good
srops ho must use only pure seed and
plant lt in the right place.
Tho great literature o' tho world
likewise owes Us chief o arm to lm
?gory drawn from naturo. H imer de
scribes U.ysaes, returning homo after
lils long wandorlngs, as Unding his
wife, Pcnolope, "spinning among her
handmaids." Poor old Macdulf, heart
broken over the murder of his wife
and children, uses tho illustration
moBt familiar to lila Ufo In the exola
m&tlon: "They have killed the hen
and all her brood at one fell swoop.'
Gray's immortal elegy, in almost
svory stanza, draws on rural scenery
to point his moral and adorn his tale
lt ls "the lowing herd wind slowly
o'or tho lea," or "drowsy tlnkllngs lull
the dlstaut fold," and innumerable
other metaphors drawn from tho Holds
that lend beauty to this incomparabh
product of genius. Take tho farm
aud what lt tenches out of our pootry
and great would be the loss thereof
On thc contrary, but oho pootry sug
gestod by those things willoh ho deals
into the luart of thc farmer, and
great would be tho addition to the
charms of his existence. Unless w(
are ablo to approolate tho natural
boauties around at, to extract senti
ment from leaf and grass and lljwor,
wo aro reducod to tho lovel of the
dumb boasts who know no uso for
such things except tu devour thom.
Pension Hoard Klootntl.
A mooting of the old Oonfodorate
veterans was held on Saturday to
elect a County Board of Pensions. The
meotltg was called to order by Mr. T.
0. Alborgottl, who prosldod. After
stating tho objeot of the meeting he
oalled for nominations for ponsion
commissioners. Capt. J. A. Petorkin,
of Fort Motto, nominated the present
pension board, whloh ls oomposod of
Messrs G. W. Dannorly, Z M G ram
bling, M. F. Antloy and T. 0. Albor
gottl, and thoy were elected unani
mously, Dr. T, A. Jeffords waa elect
od physician and T. 0. Albergottl
pension commissioner, The meeting
then adjourned,
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Connection H.
U AT BKNNRTTSUIM.K-Tho tout h bound
fl morning trninB on A. 0. h. connoots wp h
Hralu No i. Train No ? conueotH with A.
?O. L. local freight north and BO? th bound.
I AT KOLLOOK-Train NOB t ami ss con
coct with north and uouth bound 8. A. ti,
ruins.
I AT CHBKAw-Tjrjtiu No 3 connect? with
brtb and uouth H?mul S. A. L. trnln?,
?ld troin No 4 connecta with north bound
A. L. tralnH
A. .1. MATHESON,
V. I>)*?nd On. Man.
crt
.MQIlRAMi
U
SURETY MONDS,
.. FIDELITY AND C()URT. -
'WNTRAOTnnd FIDKLITY BONDS.
"Mioro aro no bolter companies thia
bhe BO, ropi OFontcd by
tale. JNO. S. MOO H IC
Inls Nov. 15,1804.
pt'ofc??ional cartis.
II. H. NKWTON, JENNINGS IC. OWKNS,
NEWTON & OVfteNS,
Attorneys at Law,
B?SNNBTTSyJLLB, 80. (JA.
Offices Over Planters National Bank*
Hf* W. BOnoillBIl,
Ju . Attorney at Law,
..Borjucff?ville, H. C.
Oflioo on Darlington street near Posta)
Pelograpb office January, IHOO.
J)K. SPJ?R
DENTIST.
OVVWR IJp-?tnlra in Ortteland BUUdlug,
i' h one ?SO.
BiojfNfflyyBV'iJLiiiia, H. C.
MILTON MOLAUKINT"
Attornoy at Law and
Probate Judge
Oilloo in Court II011 no.
""TWM I'l .?j.,l'l.ilJ|ii>w'wti i.u,jMi, i
J lt I tx "THE po y efl "ii
.shore and prepared for bbe feast.
They beat on tomtoms a..d strange
hums. Tne victims were laid in a
nrclo on the groimd while tho savages
nought brushwood and great logs for
bhe lire.
"Tuen a strange thing oamo. They
jecmed aotually to naako a sort of re? -
liri mi ocremony out of this horrible
iffalr. They boat their tomtoms and
pulled their -hair and uttered their
.voirod, gutteral orien.
"Tho rt st is too horrible, how thoy
oooked their human food, how they
danced about their viotdms, how at
last that company toro the smoklug
uuman flesh to piocos with their nails
.-.nd teeth in a mad orgy.
The Chief ate flrst, and after dano
mg ho allowed 'ida followers to par
cake. Thou, at last, when it seemed
to me that I Hiirely could stand lb no
longer, tho savages formed lu Uno
and started to march away. The
tide had lljwed in and we were free.
"Frantlo to escapo, the frightened
sailors who had resound mo, mado
haste to pull away. But now we
were seen. The savages broke their
dne and rushod to tho Oeach. A sooro
or more of them entered a canoe and
pursued us. We had a lead of several
..undred fathoms, but tnoir oauoe,
driven by a soore of savage arms,
fairly loaped through tho wator.
"Tney gained on us, fast, faster. I
turned sick at heart. I hardly had
strength to pray.
' Now, this island ls a German
pos8i!Siion, though inhabited' chiefly
oy oannlbals. Three miles away,
across tho bay, thoro was a Gorinaa
ttatlon, and for bbl* we bea iud. They
gained on u<i more am nure. Wo
could hear their savage cries, buo
thank G jd, there was a Gorman guu
ouat In sight. Tney saw our predica
ment. Glanolng to vard tho waraulp
I saw a little pulT of smoke ourl ouo
from its bow and a four-Inca shell
came ricocheting ac roi? tue wator to
ward the oan.nlcal canoe, lb missed.
Then another came, and this time it
lilt squarely and exploded and dealt
death and destruction. I oould see
bho survivors jumping int) tho water
and swimming for tho shore.
"TueGjrrm.in welo.)m:d iii, and I
oould not thank thom sulllJtently."
Now and BiranKO itd?tid
Capt. Truebridgo, of tho steamship
Northwestern, Wodnes.lay displayed
a photograph that he brought from
the North, taken by an cihjer of the
rovenuo cutter I'jrry, of a newly for
mor lying Hf ty niles we*b of Dutch
Harbor, directly between the Bogo
jloMalands, commonly known aa Uas
t'tlo and Firo Islands. The new Island
made Ita tlrst appearonoa during Juno
-ind ls now DOO feet high. Tho length
could not bo ascertained as Perry
could not get close enough to make an
Accurate measurement. Clouds of
stoam arise from its summit and lt ls
surrounded by bolling water
NoKroHBOs as Tlgora.
In speaking of the acuteness of tho
I servant problem lu Greenville th6
lothor day, a oltlzen remarked to a
reportor of The Nowa that many of
tho negro womon wero conducting
blind tigers, and that they were abm
to support on biro families on tho re
venue derived theretrom, and that tho
blind tiger was in part at mast re
sponsible for the roluotanoo with
which negroes consent to wash and
cook and for the Joy with whloh they
relinquish mob positions. It was stat
ed that dally many Oi lers were sent
out to whiskey bouses by negro wo
men who conduct blind tigers and
Ibu the business was Increasing,