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VOL. XXXI{
BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1907.
NO.
TWO SAD DEATHS
Two Young Men Go To a Watery
Grave While Fishing.
THE BODIES FOUND.
They Visit Their Trout Lino on the
Dam in a Hatean, and Not Return*
in?, Causes Alarm ami Leads to a
Search, Which Results in the Pind
ing of the Bodies of the Two
Young Men.
Early Thursday morning the news
.was received in Anderson of the
drowning of J. C. Walker and John
Dickson, which occurred at 2 o'clock
that morning on the pond of the Hel
ton Power Company, six and a half
miles from Helton, on the Saluda Ri
ver. Both of these young gentlemen
wore well known in Anderson, ns lt
was their former home.
lt seems that the two men set out
trout lines across the pond Wednes
day evening, and at two o'clock last
Thursday morning they were in a
bat tea ll visiting the linos, when the
batteau capsized for some unknown
reason.
As neither of the gentlemen re
turned to their home In time to go
to work Thursday morning, a search
for them wns made. The lifeless
body of Mr. Walker was found on one
of the hooks of the trout line. The
body of Mr. Hickson was found about
noon about 4 0 feet below where the
boat turned over.
Mr. Walker and Mr. Dickson were
brothers-in-law. They woro electri
cal onglneers .and wore In charge of
the power house at the ?am. They
had been connected with tho com
pany only a short timo. Both were
tibout twenty-five years of age.
Mr. Walker worked at the sub-sta
tion of the Anderson Power Com
pany four or Ave years. Ho left his
position there about live months ago.
Ho went down on the Laurens road
of the Charleston and Western Car
olina Railroad and from thore ho
wont to work ut the Relton dam. He
married Miss Rossie Dickson, the sis
ter of John Dickson and tho daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Dick
son, who are now residents of Ander
son. His wife survives him.
Mr. Dickson worked at the sub
station with Mr. Walker two years.
He left the services of the Anderson
Water, Light and Power Company
last February, when ho moved his
family to the Relton power dam. Mr.
Dickson married Miss Rossie Kay,
who, with a child of two years and
n child of one week, survive him.
~ The mother, father, sister and
brother of Air. Dickson went to tho
scone of tho horrible accident Wed
nesday morning. The bodies of the
men were carried to Anderson whore
the interment took place.
M ATlilMOMAL SWINDLE.
Victim of His Desire to Wed a Tilled
Woman?
The arrest of Johann Fiedler, a
tradesman, of Hermannstedt in Tran
Bylvanln, and bis wife has revealed a
bare-faced swindle practiced on a
simple minded but welt hy land owner
bf Roumanian nationality named
Ko estant an Brat ea nu.
Fiedler learning that it was Rrat
eanu's ambition to marry a lady of
title Introduced him td Frau Fiedler
who posed as the Baroness Ida Kim
who was unmarried and possessed of
$1 on,non, in her own right.
Frau Fiedler played her part with
completo success, and on the day of
her betrothal hor husband received
$15,000, ns a commission. Fiedler
next offered to obtain for Rrateanu
the title of Baron from the Hungar
ian Government for another $5,000,
and this too, the simple landowner
paid.
Then Fiedler and his wife vanish
ed and Brat eau u realized for the
first time he had boon victimized. ?
TRAFFIC IN WIVES.
Said to be On ile a Practice Among
French Peasants.
The court of the Haute Loire at
Paris has before it a case brought by
a ponsnni who claims $<;uu damages
from another peasant for tho nonful
fillment of a contract for the sale of
his wile. ,
The man who brought tho action
bargained lo buy tho wife of a neigh
bor for $ouo. When the woman
hoard of tho transaction she not only
refused lo leave lier husband's house
l>ut told the two men strongly wha
she thought of i hem. .
The buyer was furious al mu be
ing aide io obtain the execution of e
contract duly drawn np and signed
lind he determined to seek legal re
dress.
lt ls staled thal the sale .and pur
chases of wives have taken place
several limes during recent years.
HP: (ROTS RIG PAV.
John Rays Hammond Highest Paid
.Man in (lie World.
John Hays Hammond, (he mining
engineer of New York, receives a sal
ary aggregating $800,000 a year,
which is mor? money than any other
man ever received for his personal
services, Men make millions on In
vestments or by manipulations of
speculations, hut Hammond ls the
only man in the world who ls paid so
nearly a million dollars a year for
professional advice.
Hammond is tho greatest soldier
of fortune of modern times, perhaps
of all times, and was Hie model from
which Billiard Hardin); Davis drew
his hero in "Soliders of Fortune."
ile was lorn in San Francisco llfty
two y on r's ago, and graduated from
the Sheeld Scient i lie School of Yale.
During his boyhood In California ho
hoard and dreamed ot nothing bul
gold, for the Western coast was gold
mad during this period.
Convict Killed.
In an attempt to escape from the
penitentiary nt Bal legh, N. C., Thurs
day by three young convicts, ne of
(hem, 0. L. Scruggs, was killed and
the others, Jack Williams and Dodd
Wilson, were recaptured, by the
guard.
CITY WIPED OUT
In Mexico by a Sudden and De
structive Earthquake.
ft ls Reported Thnt Flvo Hundred
People Were Killed by the Terribie
Disaster.
A dispatch from Chilpanclngo,
Moxico, says that city has been com
pletely destroyed by ono ot tho most
serious earthquakes that has over
visited that section. Up to Monday
evening the known doad number ll,
and tho badly injured sovon.
A panic provalls everywhere and
people are fleeing to tho open coun
try. The earth continues to rock at
half hour Intervals, and many minor
shocks completed tho/ work of de
rtrnctlon.
All telegraphic communication to
tho outside world ceased shortly after
11:50 o'clock Monday night, when
tho first shock was felt. The tele
graph operators have liiBtalled tem
porary quarters in an opon square.
Tho town of Chllapa, 4 2 kilomet
ers to tho northeastward, has also
boen destroyed. As yet no details
havo been received as to tho numhor
of dead and wounded, but lt is feared
that the number will be largo.
Doth tho volcanoes of Collina and !
Jorullo aro in this region and the .
people fear that the recent eruption
ot tho earth may cause these munn
tains to become moro active and to
destroy much property and mnnv ,
lives.
A dispatch from the City of Mex
ico says the National Hank of Mexico '
has received a tolegram saying that
COO lives were lost in the destruction \f
of Chilpanclngo and Chllupa. Tho '
telegram adda that both cities Were
completely destroyed. In govern
mental circles the report ls not crod- ,
Ited.
lt ls admitted that both citlos were
severely damaged, but it is not ?
thought that the death list will even ,
approximate C>00 owing to the fact ,
that tho housos aro massive affairs,
built of stone in order to resist earth
quake shocks.
The government of tho state of ,
Guerrero has dispatched military en- ,
glnoers and troops to the destroyed
district and tho work of rescue and ?
sanitation is hoing curried on in u
systematic way.
A dispatch from the City of Mexi
co on Monday night says heavy earth
quake shocks continued on the west ?
coast until 4 o'clock Monday morn- .
lng. At that date news from tho
?rea of greatest destruction shows !
that the devastation was grouter than
at hist supposed.
Besides tho destruction of Chilpan
IclngO and Chilapn, it is now report
ed that Tixtla, between thoso two !
cities, containing about tho sumo pop
illation as Chllpanlcingo, was also
leveled.
Messengers from tho const wdio
have roached Chllpanlcingo say that '
tho towns of Ayutlo and Omotopec 1
have been destroyed and that tho loss J
of Ufo IB vory heavy. It will bo sev
oral days before full portlculars will '
be received.
HAD STATE OF AFFAIRS I
One of tho Troubles Small Counties 1
Have to Contend With.
According to a lotter containing 1
much vigorous language, Governor ]
Ansel received Thursday from Mr. W.
X. Faulting publisher of the Echo
and Prosa at Monck's Corner, In Her- '
koley county, somebody has been '
tampering with the court schedule in 1
that neck of the woods for the pur
pose of securing delny In the trial of 1
a number of criminal cases,
Mr. Faulllng encloses an editorial 1
clipping from his paper, which cries 1
out against "the shaine that has been *
practlcsd against the people of Borko- 1
loy county." He says that for some
roAson, which ho ls unable to explain 1
bul on which Senator Haynes of the 1
county may bc able lo throw some *
Unlit, the February term of court was 1
passod up altogether, although the ]
criminal docket was the heaviest in !
tho history of the county, five murder 1
cases awaiting trial now.
And according to the new court '
schedule for Berkeley; whick was !
provided for In the last Legislatur?', 1
?une will bo no more regular terms '
ill next September, which will bo 12
?ont bs from Hie last terni. Mr.
Faulllng says tho chief justice has
signed an order for a special term to i
bo bold this month, but he wants the
governor to look Into tho situation
generally.
In tho editorial clipping some
judge, whose name is not called, is i
severely scored for enquiring when (
tho next train loft Monck'a Corner
soon as be landed In town. The edl
tor says that the next Judge who
.ame to hold court there should have
?ho fact Impressed upon his mind
li?t Berkeley Is a part of thc State
WAS A MAH .MAN.
Champ Clark Relates au Incident at
Gridiron Dinner.
Champ Clark of ?Missouri made a
'?peech al Hes Moines the Other eve
sing in tho course of which he said
thal tho half had not been told of tho
Incidents at the Gridiron dinner at
which Forakor and Roosevelt slashed
al each other.
"I was sitting a little way from tho
President," he said, "and say, I have
soon six men moid violent death at
different times, but 1 never saw a
madder mun than Roosevelt was at
that timo in my whole lifo."
"if." be continued, "wc compel the
Harrlman-Bllss-Odol gang to toll the
truth about the campaign contrlhu
Hons, we would sweep the country.
If we bad a district attorney in Now
York that was worth powder and
lead to blow him to hell, Sing Slim
would beso full Ol those thelvlng Re
publican bosses that their arms and
legs would be sticking out of the
windows."
Rilled Hts Sou.
Al Gadsden, Alu., O. P. Hodson, a
telegraph operator, shot and killed
bis three-year-old son Thursday while
In n dom on tod condition, and nt the
same time tried to kill his wife, lie
escaped tu die woods, but was lated
captured by aid of dogs.
Killed by Cigarettes.
Capers Jones, eighteen, son of L.
M. Jones, n prominent planter of
Stftfrsvillo, Ga., ended his life nt noon
Friday by shooting himself through
tho ho..rt With a shotgun, lt ls stat
ed that tho young man's mind was
undoubtedly affected from cl garotte
smoking.
WHOLE WORLD
Was In tho Throes of Hugh Earth
quake Last Week
THOUSANDS KILLED.
The Series Has Deen Most General
Mid Severo In History mid Wero
Accompanied Hy Darkness, Light
ning Storms and the Stilling Odor
Burning Sulphur. Authorities Try
ing to Suppress Kcal Loss of Life.
Dispatches received from four con
tinents Indicated that tho whole
world has hoon in the throes of ti re
markable serios of earthquakes.
Moro than 1,000 lives have boon
loss in Merlcp and many towns have
boon swallowed in the rents of tho
oarth.
Violent earthquakes aro reported
In the Russian trans-Caspian terri
tory in Asia; in Southern Spnln, in
Tyrol and throughout Turkey and
Syria. The startling eruption of a
volcano in Chile is accompanied by
darkness, lightning, storms and tho
stifling odor of burning sulphur.
A dispatch from ICI Paso, Texas,
says more than a thousand persons '
were killed in the earthquake which
devastated tho territory southwest '
j{ Mexico City. 1
The Hst of dead may bo Increased 1
treatly, according to late dispatches '
received Friday from tho affected 1
country. New volcanoes have brok
30 out and the burning lava has sot (
Ire to tho forests and people and live
dock aro Hoeing for their lives.
Scores of towns lying between Mox- (
co City and tho Pacific ocean have '
icon wiped out by the earthquakes 1
In morty Instances tho earth opened (
ind in tho groat chasms thus formed,
JW allowed whole vllllges. 1
The greatest damage done be- 1
tween the City of Mexico and tho Col- '
ima volcano, which seemed to be the 1
Harting point of the disturbance. Co- 1
Ima is now In violent eruption, the 1
lost severe in the history of Mexico, *
ind no estimate can now be placed 1
JU tho extent of tho damage done or
?.et to be done. 1
One of the most alarming feature? f
s tho Indication that thor? '?MS boen
i large loss of life In the City of Mex- '
leo, n fact which the authorities are \
?Tying to suppress. 13 ff or ts to com- ?
nu nica te with tho authorities have '
failed, but privat advices to com- I
merdai houses say that tho loss of
lfo has been heavy, but that no an
louncement would bo made by the
dllclnls.
Messages received at the town of
Touro?., In Mexico, just across the
-Iver from Fl Paso, say that when all
)t the dead In the scores of towns
ind vintages to the southwest, have
noon enumerated, the list of dead
?viii far exceed 1,000.
This series of earthquakes was tho
nost Bovere in tho history of the
?Olintry. Not only did the disturbance
extend from Mexico City to Colima,
mt there was a great disturbance on
.he bottom of tho gulf of Mexico.
Fishing boats returning from the
.ed snapped banks report that they
?vero overtaken by most remarkable
storms in which cross tides attacked
diem, water spouts appeared, and
;roat columns of steam shot from the
mean. Several ol I hese boats were
nade so hot by the steam from the
ten that Ice which their fish were
lacked with, was melted.
All of the railroad lines In tho
muthern and western part of Mexico,
nive been practically destroyed. In
icores of places tho roadbed was car
ded completely away
This has Interfered greatly with
ho execution of the government's
nensures bf relief. The bishop of
,'hilapa telegraphs that the destruc
ion of (Millapa was almost complete
hat in many Instances wdiole tami
les were killed and that the need ol
eliot' was urgent.
The tidal wave which swept over
he town of Acaptllo did great dorn
ige. Tho Ilga I wji/e led two moto
.ologlsts to believe that the oarth
lUnke was of world-wide dimensions.
MAI Ii ( ARRII.R AHR10ST IO I)
W. I,. liOvlnggood Charged With
Tampering With Pouches
W. L. Lovlngg??d, collored, mail
messenger at tho Orangeburg posto f
llce, was arrested Tuesday on a war
rant sworn out by Post?nico Inspector
f. H. living, charged with cutting
moll pouches. I.ovlnggood's duties
ire to take tho mall to.and from the
Mains, and it is understood that sev
. al tines during March tho locked
ponche-! w li Ich contain letters and
H er valuable mail were delivered
ii the postolllco cut. showing thal
i hey had been I am pe red with.
The postolllco authorities In Wash
ington were notified and Inspector
Irvin assingod tho case. lt ls not
Known Whal evidence the inspector
holds, or whether any valuable mail
was taken from the cut pouches, but
these facts will doubtless come out
itt the preliminary hearing which
t'nited States Commissioner Robert
Ldc fixed for April 26. Whether tho
hags were cul on tho train or after
they left the train is the question,
I.ovlnggood boars a good reputa
tion, and hail been mall carrier be
tween tho post?nico and the various
trains for several years. This ls tho
lust Hmo that any suspicion was ever
thrown on him, and there are many
who do not believe that he is guilty
of tho crime ch ar god against him. If
he wanted to rob tho malls he could
have done so wlliout cutting a mail
bag as he is in and ont of the post
?nico at all hours of the day and
night. LovlnggOOd was balled and ls
now out. Postmaster Webster report
ed the matter as soon as he discover
ed it and had the matter Investigated
with Hie above result.
(?lil Defends Self.
[0l\ ter lng a farm house six miles
south of Decatur, Georgia, whero Ada
Smith, a fifteen year old girl was
alone with a three year old Child, .Hm
RI Holt, fi negro, threatened lo kill
the girl with a knife which he car
ried threateningly. Miss Smith re
treated across the room and seizing
a shot gun leveled l< nt IOIliott. who
jumped through a window to escape
two shots fired by the brave girl. IOI
liott was given a hearing and held
for trial.
POISON PLOT
May Kill Three Little Children
in the City of Chicago
Father and Mother Slain. All tho
Victims Suddenly 111 After Eating
Oatmeal. 7* * ~r -
Three of the surviving mombers
of tho Ill-fated Motto family, of No.
2849. North Harding avenue, are dy
ing at tho Swedish Hospital, How
manville, Chic igo, ns a result of a
second poison plot dlKcoverod Thurs
day by tho irving Park Authorities,
in tho poison mystory that has al
ready resulted In the death of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Mette, father and
mother of the latest victims.
Ono member only of tho family
which consisted of father mother
and four childron, is now in dangor
nf death. This ls Mrs. Mary Sludok,
tho married daughter, who is now at
Dunning being examined for her san
ity.
The names of tho victims of what
tho poilce believe to bo a now attempt
to exterminate tho onttro Motto fam
ily are: Joseph Motto, nlneteon;
Rudolph Motto, thirteen; Frank
Motte, Jr., ten. All of' tho victims
became suddenly ill Thursday aftor
Dating oatmeal for breakfast.
The boys were unconscious when
tho policeman arrived and placed
them In the ambulance, lt. was dis
covered there was no room for the
riotlms In Dunning Hospital. The
liol Ice took them on to tho Swedish
Hospital in Mowinnnvlllo, tho institu
tion where their father died.
"Tho condition of the threo boys
ls so serious that they are likely to
Ile at ony time," said Captulu Hain
es. "Ono of them will not recover
md there ls little chanco for tho
i thors."
Lieutenant Collins, of tho Irving
Park police station, detailed a dozen
>olIcemen and detectives on the cas'o.
r* quantity of the oatmeal found on
;ho table was given to a cat, which
it once was thrown into spasms. Tho
miloo are now certain that food In
ho house ls Impregnated with pel
ion.
Mrs. Mary Sladek, who was token
o Dunning Hospital, wns agaiu ex
imincd for the "third degree."
Coupled with this renewal of ac
lvity by the police carno tho report
.hat isJmli Sladek, husband of Mrs.
Vin ry Sladek Is about to bring suit
'or divorce, having loft her and gone
o Los Angeles.
The police sny tho woman was on
he verge of 0 breakdown and a con
fession was expected momentarily.
The Coroner says tho woman ls not
nsnno.
MILLION DOLLARS ASKED
Vs a Ransom for the Little Stolen
Marvin Roy.
A dispatch from Dover, Del., says
ino million dollars ls tho ransom
iskod for little Horace Marvin by
Salvatore Antone, of Hoboken, from
./hom Dr. Marvin received a letter
Thursday morning.
Antone says he has the child in
ils custody, and If un advertisement
s inserted tn a New York paper toli
ng where Dr. Marvin will moot him,
ie will deliver the baby. On the
lack of Antone's letter, a large black
land was drawn.
Dr. Marvin received about, thirty
otters Thursday morning from all
?arts of the country. Moat of them
i ff or ed condolence', the writers ex
cessing tho belief that the child L>
load. One writer suggested that D'1.
Marvin odvertice in the papers of 10
urgest cities of the country. Clove
and was underscored several timed.
>r. Marvin said he would advertise
n all the Cleveland papers.
Dr. Marvin was Informed Thursday
norning that the Pinkerton dotec
IVOB, who had been working on the
.ase, since the child was reported
Hissing, had withdrawn.
'The distracted father wa-5 hurried
ly summoned from the Capitol Hotel
Thursday morning by tho report
that hts baby had been found dead
in the woods near the farm at Dover
Del. 'The rumor proved to bo un
I rue.
MANY WAR SHU'S.
Will Rc in the Fleet During thc Ex
position.
Never In tho history of the United
States Navy han there been such
formidable array of warships as that
will gat lier In Hampton Hoads this
month to participate in the James
town ICx position ,
The largest beet ever previously
lissom bled under the command of one
Culled States naval olllcer wan that
wb ich was reviewed by President
Roosevelt in Long Island, September
3, 1906.
VVhilo tho Jamestown aggregation
Of lighting sea monsters will not
quito equal thal of Oyster May in
number of numerical strongth, lt will
surpass lt In lighting power, and
counting tho foreign vessels of war,
which Will fi?rin a part of tho naval
display, the Jamestown Meet will be
superior to tho rovlow last fall.
Visitors to Jamestown, howevor,
will be given the opportunity to see
both Hoots, for the navy department
has decided to place in the govern
ment building' an exact reproduction
by model of the Long Island Fleot.
Roar Admiral Evans will be In com
mand of tho Jamestown fleet, which
will consist of 116 war-vessels. There
will bo 1 f> Hist class and ono second
class battleship, whereas tho Oyster
Hay fleet contained only 12 battle
ships.
A N IN LAW FPL WERRI N<?
Pastor of African Church ut Orlean,
N. tl., Arrested.
Rev. W. F. Coffey, pastor of nn
African church nt Orlean, N. J., was
arrested Friday night on tho ch argo
of unlawfully marrying Arthur Jones,
colored, and Dorn Hitchcock, white.
Coffey was held for the grand jury in
the sum of $500. Fred Hitchcock,
the father of the girl, and Arthur
Jones, to whom she was married
wore ar ral ned. 'They ploaded not
guilty to disorderly acts. . .J
SAFE AND SANE.
Harmon of Ohio ls Suggested as
Such a Candidate.
Homo Aro Of tho Opinion, However,
That Ho Is Too Snfo nncl Sane to
Win.
Zach McOhoo. tho Washington cor
respondent of the State says tho con
servativo Democracy IIOB flxod upon
a candidate for tho presidency, so the
tale goos in Washing ton. It is Judson
Harmon of Ohio. He was attornoy
gonoral in President Cleveland's sec
ond term. ,
Tho information comes from an
Eastern Domocrat of national repu
tation, and it strongly appears that
tho forces of tho Parker nomination
lu 1904 are back of lt. Harmon is to
l)0| tho "safo and sano" candidate ns
against Bryan, tho "unsafe and In
sane" candidate. That's tho pro
gram.
Harmon made on oxcellont attorney
genorol, and since his retirement has
joen practicing law in Ohio. He did
ono notablo public service about 3
veers ago when Proaldent Roosevelt
appointed him to look into tho alleg
ad, violation of tho nntl-rebato law
b'the Atch son, Topeka and Sante
Fe railroad. ,, , ,
! Harmon looked Into it ond found
that Paul Morton, a member of the
president's cabinet was tho guilty
[?arty, for Morton was president dur
ing tho time tho rebatos wore given.
Harmon and his associate in tho
work recommended that prosecutions
Im instigated against Paul Morton
ind Bomo of the other oillcials of the
.ond. This did not suit the admlnls
ratlon though, at all, which wanted
o prosecute the railroad tracks, the
ocomotlves and things of that sort,
tu.I put thom all in jail.
Harmon oxpressed the opinion that
f robotos were given somebody was
.osponBlble nnd they offered to show
ho president pretty quick who and
ldw, but tho president had no idea
>t allowing his friend and cabinet
dtlcor to ho prosecuted. Harmon
horetipon quit and the caso was
Iropped. , ,
Harmon is quite much of a man
ill right, but tho opinion is that ho
s too "safo and sano" for the sontl
nont of tho party and of the country
,t this timo. ., , ,
BIO DISPENSARY TRADE.
Vhnt Was Taken During the First
Month.
j
According to figures which State 11
mailor W. B. West has just checked
ip, tho gross sale of tho Caroy-Coth
nn dispensary liquor throughout tho
?tate for March, the first month of
iiislness sluce tho now system was ,
m.ngura ted, amounted to $153,444,- ,
G. There aro now only nineteen .
ounties under the new system, and
onie of these, particularly Charlcs
on, did not get started under the
ow system at once.
Tho nales by counties were:
kbbeville.$ 6,553.85
Liken.7,917.19
lamborg.2,068.90
Inrnwoll.2,015.25
lharleston.17,991.83
Sheeter.6,900.12
Clarendon. 3,826.40,,
Jolleton. 1,537.10
)orchestor. 3.3 28.10 M
'airfield.3,lf7.32
Toronco. 6,343.65
?eorgetown.9,01 4.9 f.
Cershaw.7.3 25.35
?nu rons. 4,466.95
.exington. 1,669.90
,eo. 2,769.ST?
Irangeburg. 16,756.86
tichlnnd.38,438.30
limiter.11.S05.98
EDITOR SENT INTO EXILE.
Vhipped, Imprisoned and Banished
for Offending Guatemalan Ruler.
Francisco Osorno Rojas, former
di tor and proprietor of a daily paper
n Guatemala City, is at New Orleans,
a exile.
Ito jus says that just beforo the
luatemala congress assembled Pros
dent Cabrera sent him a copy of his
nessnge, with instructions to display
t. in the nort (sue of his paper. The
irst pago had already been made up
md primed, so Rojas printed tho
.resident's message on the last page.
Cabrera thought this was les ern
esto, had tho luckless editor arrested
md beaten with a bul whip, and thon
tept in durance vile for a month. Fi
ialy ho was given his liberty on
iroroise that ho leave the country,
['he only possession ho has today is
he bull whip.
DISFRANCHISES NEGROES
I'he Florida Legislature Dont Want
Him to Vote.
The Florida nate by a vote of
?5 to 5 adopted a Joint resolution to
Inclure the fourteenth and fifteenth
imendraentsln tho federal constltu
lon void and to disfranchise tho no?
jro in Florida.
Tho resolution was introduced by
3enotor John S. Board, of Pensacola,
tvho spoke at length upon tin* subject.
Senator John S. Beard, of Ponsacoll,
that, the supreme court, of the United
states would uphold th action of the
Hate in disfranchising the negro.
The housn ls overwhelmingly for
the resolution and the question of tho
legality of the amendments In ques
tion will thus go before the United
3tates supremo court. Crowded gal
leries cheered tho action of the sen
ttto.
LITTLE BOY STOLEN
Strange Man Gave Child Money and
Candy to I,ure Him.
. John Snhol, aged six, was kidnap
ped on Sunday afternoon from lils
homo nt Hauto, Pa. Tho boy ls the
hon of a Slavolan miner.
John and his threo-yoar-old broth
er, Joseph, went for a walk. A short
time later Joseph returned and said
that a etrango man had given John
a dollar and some candy to go along
with him.
There ls no known motive for tho
kidnapping, as the father of the lad
ls in ordinary circumstances, und tho
kidnappers could not hope for a ran
som.
THE OLD VETS
Program of the Reunion to Be
Held in Columbia
WILL HAVE BIG TIME.
The Sponsors Aro Provided For.
They Will Bo Given n Reception
and a Hall. Tn Most of tho Events,
However, Place of Honor Has Boon
Reserved for the Old Confederate
Veterans.
Mr. E. B, Clark, chairman of tho
committee of 'tho chamber of com
merce which has charge of tho prep
arations for tho Confederate reunion
at Columbia Muy 7-9. has completed
the detailed program, lt ls ns fol
lows:
Tuesday, May 7.
11 a. m.-Presentation of Gen
Johnson Haygood's portrait at Col
umbia theatre.
12 m. to 5 p. m.-Band Music on
Main street.
6 p. m. to 7 p. m.-Reception to
Sponsors at Metropolitan club.
8 p. m. to 10 p. m.-Concert on
capitol grounds by Columbia Brass
band.
8.30 p. m.- Columbia Theatre.
Wednesday, May 8.
9:30 a. m.- Assembly of all who
will occupy seats on the stage at the
Columbia theatre. This will include
all specially invited guests, tho may
or and aldermen of the city of Col
umbia, participants In tho program,
members of the reunion executive
and reception committees and the
auxiliary executive committee of la
dles, tho commander of the army of
. .orthern Virginia, and staff, com
mander of tho state division and
staff origade commanders, command
er of the state division, sons of vet
erans and staff; president of tho state
organization of Daughters of the
Confederacy, and tho department, di
vision, brigade and regimental spon
sors of the U. C. V.
10 a. ni,-Opening exercises of the
annual reunion of the state division,
Unlte'd Confederate veterans, the pro
gram ticing as follows:
Overture, Columbia ochestra; dox
ology, assembly called to order, Capt.
W. I). Starling, commander of Camp
Hampton; opening prayer, Rev. Dr.
J. W. Flinn; address of wescomo on
behalf of the city of Columbia, Hon.
T\ H. Gibbes; music, Columbia or
3hostra; address of welcome on bo
liolf of tho Columbia chamber of com
morco, Gen. Wlllo Jonos, president;
?nusic, Columbia orchestra; address
jf wolcomo on hohulf of Camp Max- 1
jy Gregg, U. S. C. V.. Hon. Porter 1
VIcMnster, commander; music, Col- I
nubia orchester; address of welcome I
>n behalf of Cami) Hampton, Col. U. <
lt. Brooks; music, Columbia orches- 1
:rn; address of welcome to the Con- 1
federate veterans by hts excellency, i
Hon. M. F, Ansel, governor of South <
karolina; response on behalf of the ?
louth Carolina division, U. C. V., by I
General Thomas W, Carwile; music,
Columbia Orchestra; reunion formal
y opened; ceremonial tribute of re
meet to the Confederate dead by the ,
issombly; presentation of credentials
ind calling rolls of camps, annuonce
nents, adjournment.
.I p. m. Reunion assembles at Co
nni bia theatre; visit of children of ?
he city schools.
.1:30 p. m.-Business session.
8 p. m. Presentation of sponsors
itCoIumbln theatre by Hon. George 1
Sell Timinormnn; music. Col um bin
>rchostra; response on behalf of tho
mousers by Miss (?race Lumkill.
11 p. m. Presentation of the com
edy tiran?a, "For Her Country's Sake.
Thursday, May t).
!i a. 111. Reunion assembler, for
business.
12 m. Delivery ol' the annal ad
dress to tho division by Hon. Andrew
Crawford. .
5 j?, m.-Annual veteran's parade
headed by military and flower chil
dren. Hine of march from postof?lc?
to state house.
5:30 p. m. - Reception to the Con
federate veterans by tho ladles and
children of Columbia on the capitol
steps.
8 p. m.--Rounlon assembles for
business.
8:31) p. m.--??Experience meeting.
9 p. m.-Confederate war tableau
and camp scenes, "Auld Hang Syne;''
final adjournment.
10 p. m.-Annual reunion ball at
davon Hall.
DON'T BELIEVE IN WAR.
Bryan Makes Not utile Speech Before
the Peace Conference,
William Jennings Bryan was the
last speaker before the New York
Peace Congress on last Thursday
night. He said:
"War comos from misunderstand
ings. At tho finish both parties will
tell you that lt was a defensivo war.
When they will submit to having a
through understanding of their griev
ances, war can bo avoided.
"1 believe one of the subjects of
this convention ls to cultivate peace
and lo dispel tho Idea tba? man must
die In tho battloflold to bo a patriot.
And this convention will not do Its
duty unless lt impresses upon the
world tho Idea that it ts as much n
man's duty to live for his country ns
it Is to dla for lt.
"1 expect to see the world loved
Into peace. Hove ls tho grout force.
Don't toll me that to secure peace you
must build great armies, and navies.
1 want to soe peace by love and not
by force.
MYSTERY CLEARER.
Mall Agent Caught Who Took Ten
Thousand Dollars.
Tho mystery concerning the dis
appearance of $10,000 in transit by
the Atlantic National Hunk of Wil
mington to the Chemical National
Hank, of New York. N. Y., was clear
ed up by the arrest at the installe of
I'ostolllce Inspector lOdwnrd A. Nel
son, employed by the mall service.
Nelson, whose home ls at Wilming
ton has made a confession. His run
was between Wilmington and Rocky
Mount, N. 0, Most of tho money
was found under Nelson's house
whore ho had burled ll. Altogether
$9,4 00 was recovered.
FELLED BY MANIAC.
Paroled Lunatic Attacks An Old
Lady and a Man.
lho Old Lady Struck iii tho Head
And tho Mnn Assaulted With an
Axo and Knife.
While in a flt of violent insanity
and thinkingT as ho said, that some ?
ono was trying to kill him, Joseph W.
Hngood Saturday made a murderous
attack upon Mrs. Eugenia .Smith
with an axo, fracturing hor skull,
and with a long knifo stahbod Mr.
John J. Riley in the back in Colum
bia. Mrs. Smith and Mr. Riloy aro
now under caro nt tho Columbia hos
pital and som o doubts aro entertain
ed as to their recovery.
The Stato says Hngood hus been on
a parolo from tho insano asylum for
just 30 days and up ta. his tragic
deed Saturday has been conducting
himself commendable slnco his re
lief. Rut Saturday morning he WUB
seized with a terrible malady and get
ting an axe he went to tho bouse oc
cupied by Mrs. Smith, Mr. Riley and
others, and battered down tho door
of tho roon in which tho helpless
was. With a blow he foiled Mrs.
Smith across the bed, inflicting a ser
ious fracture of the skull, and then
he went to the room whero Mr. Riley
was in bed.
Mr. Riley, n one-legged man, hear
ing the noise in tho back part of tho
house got out of tho bed and started
to leave the house when he was seen
by Hagood. Tho maniac gave chase
to Mr. Riley and soon overtook and
overpowered him, dealing him a blow
on tho hip with the axe and then
stabbing him In the buck with a knife
near the backbone.
About this time a general alarm
had been given by Mrs. A. Andrews
who was In tho house at tho time,
and Mr. J, H. Faulk and others over
powered tho maniac and after sum
moning the police patrol placed him
in the wagon, whore ho was carried
to the station and locked up.
Dr. C. F. Williams, tho city physi
cian, who ls attending tho Injured
people, said he can not sny Just yet
what will bo the outcome of their In
juries. Mrs. Smith's fracture ls of a
very serious uature and may prove
fatal. Mr. Riley will probably get
well, unless the knife penetrated into
tho lung, which thc doctor fears.
Both parties were resting well late
Saturday night. Saturday afternoon
tho unfortunate man was remanded
to tho State hospital for the Insane
again.
Ho was carried to tho hospital in
the patrol wagon and was very order
ly and quiet, the only thing that
seemed to worry him was that ho
feared somo ono would at any time
10 him harm, it seems. Hagood is a
11 u sk s ter by trade and is married.
Ills wife saw a part of the sad affair
ind tried to control her husband, but
lould not. She seemed not to be
if raid of him, as she had seen him
indergo spells at other times.
DELIGHTFl' L MEETING
The Doctors Had a Pleasant Time
at Rennettsvllle.
The State Medical Association met
it Rennettsvllle this year and the
mem hors had a most pleasant timo,
The following officers were elected
to serve for the ensuing year.
President, Lo Grand Guerry, Col
umbia; Vice presidents, Ri A. Marsh,
ridgefield, J. Adams Hayne, Green
ville, Mary R. Raker, Columbia; sec
retary. Walter Cheyne, Sumter; treas
urer, C. I*. Ali?ar. Charlest?n.
State medical examiners, 1st dis
trict, W. 1'. Porcher, Charleston; and
district. J. A. Rosamond, Easley; 5th
district, R. A. Bretton; Yorkvllle; 7th
district, J. J. Watson, Columbia. The
members from tho other districts
hold over.
State board of health, Robert Wil
son. Charleston; H. T. Hall, Aiken;
c. c. Cambrell, Abbeville; J. A.
I layne, Greenville; w. J. Burdell,
Lu go ff; James Evans, Florence; C.
s. williams, Columbia.
Committee on scientific work, G.
A. Neuffer, Abbeville; J. T. Taylor.
Adams Run.
.Committee on public policy and leg
islation, C. B. Earle, Greenville, T.
Grange Simons. Charleston; J. H.
.McIntosh, Columbia.
lt. A. Marsh was elected alternate
to the American Medical Association
The dOlOgate, J. IL Hamilton, was
elected last. year. F. H. Mcl.oed Was
elected delegate to the North Caro
lina Association.
The resolution to make Columbia
the permanent meeting place was de
feated, and Anderson selected for the
next lin et lng. ,
SECURED DIVORCE
Because Ills Wife Wanted Ulm to
Commit Suicide.
Arthur E. Masher, o? Adrien, Mich
was recently granted a divorce from
Sarah comfort M?sher, for alledg
ed cruelty Of an unuasual nature.
Shortly after the marriage he claims
his wife wanted him to enter Into a
suicide agreement, but he declined.
Later they occupied seperate bed
rooms and one night, ho testified, she
came into his room after he had re
tired and uncovered the magazine of
the coal stove 80 the gas would es
cape. Another time while out driv
ing ho said she wanted him to drive
in" front of an approaching train.
Both are Quakers.
SHOULD BE HANGED.
Husband Saw Two Brotes Brut all]
Assault His Wife.
At Kingsport, in tho proseneo of
lier husband, and fouvteen-year-old
daughter Mrs. Frank Belcher was
assaulted at an early hour Friday
morning by two masked white men.
With draw weapons the men entered
tho Reicher home and compelled Rol
eber to gm out of bed and be Hod.
.One man then assaulted Mrs. Bel
cher while the other piado an at
tempt on the girl. Belcher's frantic
efforts to get at the men were stop
lied by a blow on the head which rent
I dered him unconscious.
Citizens uro wildly excited over tho
outrage and there ls open talk of
lynching. Posses aro scourlug tho
country.
LITTLE' SHOCK
Qt Earthquake Was Jolt tn Char
leston Last Friday.
IN SUMMERVILLE TOO.
But Nowhere Did Any Dmnneo Result
and There Was Little Alarm Over
lt. Probably a Reflex of tho Gon
?rnl Disturbance Over tho Earth
. Some Pcoplo Wore Awakened.
A little shock of earthquake was
felt in Charleston Friday morning,
causing some alarm among those who
oxporloncod it, but the seismic dis
turbance was not serious and did no
damage oxcept to scaro timid peo
Jlo.
The Post says tho shock occurred
tit 3:30 o'clock and was said to have
lasted botwoon eight and ton seconds
und to have beon accompanied by a
light roaring Bound, puff of wind and
wave motion, the disturbance seem
ingly moving from southeast to the
northwest.
The shock was moro distinctly felt
In Summerville than in Charleston.
Kt the pineland resort, it is said to
liavo boon attended with tho breaking
>f ornaments which fell from man
tels, but this was exceptional. ,
Whllo the shock was naturally
moro generally felt in Summerville
than in Charleston, at neither placo
lld tho disturbance roach any docid
r;d proportions or causo exits from
houses or any stampede. Tho shock
was quito perceptablo but lt was not
comparable to tho shocks which pre
ceded the great earthquake bf Tues
iay night, August 31st, 1886.
There is no soismograph n Char
leston and no reglstor of tho undula
ory motion of the earth could bo ro
iordod. The weather bureau has
nany delicate Instruments with nee
lles, dipped in Ink, moving over tab
ilatcd sheets, recording wind and
aln variations, but nono of those
iras affoctod, by tho disturbances,
/bleb goes to show how mild tho
reiinor really was.
Tho fact that a slight tremor was
olt should causo little if any uneas
nesu for tho pross reports have boon
oting those disturbance for some
Imo. Only a fow days ago, reports
f similar occurrences were hoard
rom .Tennessee and Kontucky and at
ifforent times and places\report of
arthquako shocks have beon.mado.
Tho fact that Charleston was
trlckon with o big shook nearly 21
cars ago has no significance and it
oos not follow that there will bo
nothor terrible earthquake there,
mother may strike some other city
r section of the country and prehaps
isit thoso places with grouter de
traction than was over wrought nt
marleston. Earthquakes aro things
'hieb can not bo avoided and run
wny from.
People may Uno from an epidemic
f fovor or other disease, but thoy
an not run away from an earth
uako, for they never know where
ne will occur. Tho disturbance at
lharleston Friday was probably caus
d orconnectod In somo way with tho
Isturbances in Mexico and tho trem
r of the ground may probably bo
imply the settling of tho portions
,ithin the earth and the resumption
f normal condition, after the vlo
aht shaking up In Mexico.
The Evening Post received a mim
er of telegrams and long-dlstunco
elophono messages from newspapers
f many cities making Inquiries about
he extent of the damage hy tho
arthquako. Some of tho inquirios
aid that lt was reported at these
laces that Charleston had boon de
troyed and that property which tho
arthquako had not shaken down
vim being devoured by flames.
These exaggerated reports were of
ourse promptly denied and mossag
s were put on tho pross wlros as
uring the pcoplo of tho country that
marleston was unhurt, that not the
lightest damage had been dono to
?roporty, and thal the shock was in
act. so light, that most people did not
eel lt and did not know that it had
icourrod until they hoard lt talked
ibout during the day.
K1LLI0D HY PHONE.
rums on Light Reaches for Receiver
Ami Falls Dead.
At Marlboro, Mass., Miss Anna
Greenwood, aged twenty-nine, was
tilled by electricity while using tho
elophono at her home. An exnmlna
ion showed a slight burn on the
wrist, indicating that a cuff button
tad touched tho switch as oho turn
ed on tho light, tho cuiront passing
through her body Into the telephone
Instrument, which she was touching
With her other hand.
After dinner she left tho tablo
laughing at a remark mado by her
father and stepped from tho dining
room to t?l?phone to a friend. Thero
ls an electric light directly over the
telephone, and she.reached to turn
lt on she started to ring for control
Irai. Instantly all the lights In tho
house were extinguished, and Mr.
Greenwood hoard his daughter fall.
Ho hurried to her but sho was dead.
BITTEN BY WILDCAT.
Never Flinched or Murmured Under
Pressure of Benst's Jaws.
When a vicious wild cut bit Honry
T. Justice In tho anklo whllo ho was
hunting In the Maine woods, Sam
Provost, aa guido, was astonished at
his employer's bravery.
Justice never winced nor mado an
orlng to tear the flesh he took careful
orlng to tear tho flest ho took careful
aim and fired at tho animal. Ho
missed tho cat and lt escaped.
Tho guide, after he had recovered
from his astonishment, at tho wondor
ful exhibition of bravory, suggested
that they hurry to a doctor. "No,"
said Justice, "what wo need Is a car
peni er. You seo tho cat blt my cork
leg." _
Killed By Her Child.
At Jacksonville, Fla., Friday Mrs.
Mary Gardner was shot and killed by
hor Ave year old son, who was play
ing with his father's shot gun, which
was accidentally discharged.