The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 03, 1908, Image 1
VOL. XXXII ?
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?.DO TMOU, GROAT LUIIARTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKIO OUR LIVHS IN THY I'Ofe&WSION' HAVtW OR OUR D10ATH8 OLOHIOUf* IN THY OAUSIC."
BI5NNET?SVILL?, S. C., FRIDA X, J AN UAR Y li, 1908
Attempt to Hold up Train am
are Captured.
ONE IS BADLY HURT
My Being Shot by a Posso of Passen
gera Lcd by the City Marshal ol
Sorrento, Illinois. When Order
cd to flMrrcntior thc Bandits Opon
ed Fire, Which Was Returned by
tho Passengers With Good Effect.
A west-bound Pennsylvania train
waa held up by two mashed robbers
at Sinltlibqro. 111., on the Vandalia
division, carly Friday, and after a
despera to battle, both men were cap
tured and carried to Greenville, 111.,
where they aro now in jail.
The bandits 'opened fire when re
sistance. \va? offored.'as they brought
t he train to ii .??lt just. beyond ' tho
Smithhpro .stat ion',--but. their Aro was
returned,; un?!. ^'hon- tho last, of thc
IG shots had been exchanged, one Ol
the robbers was picked np with five
bullets in his body.'? He will prob,
ably d)e. "
City Marshal Emory Grown ol
Sorrento, ill., Ipd the passengers in
the fight with tile two hand":,; and
he was badly wo Uli dod. One of th?
robbers' .bullets passed through bb
body. He was placed In the cit>
hospital. It is not thought that he h
fatally hurt.
The Gain was going abo Ut thirty
miles au hour and hail started tc
slow down In passing through
Smithboro when, the two .bandits
wit li revolvers drawn turned- t??
signal. The engineer jammed on lilt
brakes mid as he slowed tip the i?ah
dits..bade him throw np his hands.
Ho .??topped the train altogether and
was then ordered to quit, ibo cal.
with **!li? tVrc'n?hn.
The..two. bandits ran to the rear
of the train, intending lo go through
it orfm end to end but by this time o
number of ' the passengers were
awake and out of the. berths. City
Marsha) Grown was standing on thc
rear platform trying to see what was
the flatter.
As tho bandits caught, sight of him
they ordered him to throw up bb
banda. Instead, he whipped out hb
rovojver a.tid opened tire. Qne of the
bandits dropped, w ith. a bullet In
' Hot ' . .ontimiod to Jiro!
Ii.t.l join, l'?'?".ros . ' I \i i-i iwn on Ihd
reai' platform . mal Choy accompanied
.Brown !?> ;< sally Iii (be ?or*.li of fur
' t h wlito"^^
The unwounded robber took to hit
heels, Illing over his shoulder as he
saw the sally from the train, but lu
was captured a few yards further on.
after ?lie had put tip a desperate
struggle. .Tho other bandit was
wounded five limes before he cease?
firing Iiis revolver.
The two robbers were carried 01
tlie train, th 6 (hie robber not wound
ed being bound lo a seal, in Gu
smoker. 'I.'hea Ibo engineer and his
fireman got back into the cab tine'
the train was rushed to Greenville.
Investigation after the train left
disclosed-the fart that, the two ban
dits had broken Into thc Sm it li bor?
station and taken everything thej
could (Ind bqforo the train, arrived.
It is nol known bow much they se
cured, but it vs -supposed tho booty
wns left somewhere ia the woodi
near tho track.;, abd search is now?
being made for il.
LEAVES SWAG BEI 11M >.
New Vork Man (.'els Queer Christ
mas Present from Burglar.
Santa Clans, in a peculiar guise
paid a visit to John Dist 1er of Nov
York City. In tho night Distict' wa;
aroused by a noise .in. the dining
room and be al once decided that
I here was .tl burglar In Gie house
Bather*'than lake any chances of be
lng shot I list 1er made a groat noise
in Iiis room for the purpose of scar,
ing tho burglar away.
Ho was successful ih Ibis and when
be iVOUl downstairs he found thai
' no?? pf 11"' family silver bad bool
Stolon,, Ort thc contrary he fount"
on ?he 'In Ide in 'the 'dinning room i
Iorgo quantity of silverware, whicl
ho had never seen b. "orc. ' ile be
Hoves (hui tho burglar ><M1 obtain
od il from some other bouses and
being scared by tho noir" he Iliade
lied, leaving it behind.
N EHItOES LEA YIXO.
They Wer? Told to Go and They Ari
doing.
Negroes are rapidly leaving Hon
rlotta, (?lila., whore tho lynenjn? ol
.lames Garden, colored, occurred oi
Christinas following Gie murder o!
Allier! Pate:, n prominent whlti
biiisness .man. Thf black were giv
Oil nOtico' t" bave town within l f
blairs. A second attack was niad<
on tho jail early Thursday inornini
by a mob''of citizens Who sought !
(Hie eyed negro named Pill Slllil ll
chargdd with inciting Garden lb ?om
mit; -the crime. . Shorff Robertson,
however, spirited the man away fron
the incl, and took him to Okmnlgeo
:> Jim johnson, a nero?', who cave Cal
mo, den a rllje also was taken to Ohm til
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V huber Trouble.
l-? 'According to n stateinotil lssuo(
Officially <li(> rOCOIlt encounter; a
PWnl Cafton bi no, Chili, between nitrate utilk
nfcf OO.O?IV and the police resulted In (iii
V" t'MWJrtg Of 2 1 o mon and the woondin,
"'h'i'UW rf'"'. Hf ty. During one ol' Gp
' t? I'Vi^r'1 fl ,,of>l>^ tired parilcu
'? oviifr' 1'u' leaders of the striker;!
r'h romody \"iv "lm Wils Poor and the mei
' hurt.
Just Before Sitting Down to a
. Christmas Dinner.
J>r. Amesbury Kills His Wife in Kit
chen of Her Mot lier's Hom? Just
After Quarrel.
Dr. Waller tl. Amesbury, of Mil
ford, shot and Instantly killed his
wife, Anna, a teacher of music in
Roanoke College, Danville, Va., as
tho family wore about to sit down to
thoir Christmas dinner nt tho home
of Mrs. Jennlo Rees, Mrs. Amoabury's
mother, nt 220 Metropolitan avenue,
Hyde Park, Mass., Christmas Day.
Dr. Amesbury was placed under
arrest Immediately after tho shoot
ing. Mrs. Amesbury had como from
Virginia to pass the holidays with
her suns, Walter K. Amesbury, and
Ira R. Amesbury, who live with theil
grandmother, Mrs. Roos. Dr. Anica
burg carno from Milford, whero he
has practiced for. somo timo, to. the
Christmas festivities with tho fami
ly.
Accdording to.tho police, Dr. Am
esbury fired, two shots, both of which
took effect in Mrs. Amesbury's right
side. Her death was almost Instan
eous. " -j
After his arrest, Dr. Amesbury
declared that the shooting was acci
dental, ile would not make any fur
ther statement.
Mis. Amesbury was ,.40 years old
and a nativo of Kentucky. '
Since her marriage to Dr. Ames- '
bury they had lived at di ff oren I 1
times in Kingston and Tuxbury
Mass., ?ind Corslcana, Tex. Some i
lime ago Mrs. Amesbury went lo Vir- <
ginin and began leenhiug music in <
Roanoke College. She was an' ac
complished vocalist. I
According to the police Dr. Ames- '.
bury became engaged in a quarrel
regarding family matters. They '
woro conversing in the kitchen when <
suddenly the other members of the t
tinnily, who were In the dining room i
heard two shots fired. i
Rushing into the kitchen the Am- |
oahu ry boys, the' oldest of Whom ii t
about twenty years of age, grappled \
with their father and throw him t( t
the floor. Aller a struggle the re- I
volver was taken away from him
and he was held until the arrival ol I
the pollc?. ?
Dr. Amesbury is forty-nine years-'] >
of age. He was formerly a surgeon !
ie British army stationed in 1
neure'-'''.!?-. Christ??????* Present, Seul f
by Mail Delected in Time. !| "
A dispatch from Brie, Pa., says h
vhile distributing Christmas bundles ii
n the South Erie sub-postofllce (\
Christmas Eve an employee became s<
!U8plci0US of a package, the end ol f<
vhlc.h had boen broken open, anc j,
ipon making an investigation 'thc
lack age was found to contain an hi
emal machin?, so constructed thal
he opening of the box would canst A
in explosion thal would have un
louhtodly killed all persons around
it, and set lire lo everything In Hu
building. I
Thc package was addressed to Ar
hie Carr, 2,208 Cherry street, and
liad been mailed from that City. Tin &
box was turned over to PostmostOI w
dobell, who called In Chief of Police n
Wagner. The chief cul t>ul the shh (
itt' the box and exposed a bottle and
contrivances so arranged that tin
opening of the Uti would have loosen
ed the cork and ignited several j
matches. ,
The following Inscription was on
tho inside wrapper: "You may per
Imps lind tho cover will caleb a lit (
tb; when you opon tho box. Pay n<
attention to il. Merry Christmas.'
I. VS'. Wright, health offlcer and
chemist, after an examination of Hie,
bottle said ?I contained it high OX- j
Illusive.
K11.1.ED HY H< HIRERS.
Prosperous Negro Merehun! Fount, i
i
Dead In his Store,
? A dispatch from Slimier t<> Th<
-'tate says Coroner s. F. Flowers re
'urned Tuesday afternoon from Uti
'lutosburg neighborhood, where h?
investigated Hie donlh of Waite
Handing, colored. The negro wa
'ho'owuer of a store and was fount
brutally cut np in his store.
No one nppearod to know anylhliu
\( thc altair, and Coroner Flower:
!id nol empanel fl jury. From al
ippodrancoB.thc murder was douo foi
ho purpose of robbery, as only iii
.-.eilis s as found in tho, Store and lin
.let-eased was said to have been dolllfi
fi good business and lo ho well off
The body was terribly mutilated:
with gashes Inflicted with a hatchet
ind knife thal were found near tb?
body covered with blood. Tho mur
ri cr is' being invest Igatetl by tin
county Authorities, and further light
may bo thrown on this horrible af
fair.
PHYSICIAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Dr. Thorn, of Custon Sholl IM, Puls
His Throat.
Dr. -Je h. Thorn, of Gaston Shoals
in Cherokee County, committed sal
.ide Christmas night by cutting li h
thront. Mo retired apparently In Ill
usual health', bul about a r| mirier lo
eleven o'clock he told bis wile thal
be was oppressed by the weight ol
tho covering. She suggested thal lu
1 throw sonn? of it off. Ho then arose
1 anti went hilo the next room. ;lllli
. wile, hearlpg waler dripping on Hu
floor, asked him whal was I lit? mal
! ter. Ho rep.'tad? "Come and BOO.'
As she entered the door he sank lo
Hie floor, dylnk In a few' seconds'.
Dr. Thorn was ^boul forty yearn ol
i age, and leaves a wife and two Unit
children.
NEGRO BURGLAR
Enters the Home of Mr. Wellborn,
of Anderson.
FIGHT IN A BED ROOM.
?fr. Wellborn Found tho Darin?,
Burglar in His Hod Doom Christ
nias Kvo Night ami Has a Thrill
ing Experience in a Hand to Hand
Hattie With tile Thief? Who Has
Keon Lodged in .fail.
The People's Advocate or An let -
son, says Will Guyton, colored, has
been lodged in tho county jail charg
ed with a most serious offenso, tho
pedal ty for which is from live y ears
lo life sentence1.
Between ten and eleven o'clock
Christmas eve, Mr. and Hrs. Will
Wellborn, who reside In Garvin
township, sovon milos north of the
city, wore awakened from theil
sloop by footsteps in their hod room.
Thinking nt once that a burglar had
entered I he house, Mr. Wellborn
jumped out of bed lo got his trous
ers, which had been bung on a Chair
near Hie bed.
He bad marketed a beef on the
afternoon before and had about $4 0
in his trousers, pockets. The negro
who was ascertained later lo be Will
Guyton, also grabbed for Hie trOUS
9rs. Mr. Wellborn and Hie negri)
JlInched and a Ugh! ensued.
The fight con! inned in (lie bed
room for some lime. Tim darky sile
?eeded in freeing himself and start
id for tho kitchen, which ad joins Mr.
vVellhorn's bed room. Mr. Well
born followed and Hie fight was ro
mmcd in Hie kitchen.
The darkey dually got loose and
went out in the yard, whore he gath
ered some rocks and began throwing
hem (brough a window in the bed
.oom. One ol' (be biggest of these
.ocks crashed through the window
lanes and fell in Hie cradle where?
he baby ol' Mr. and Mrs. Wellborn
vas innocently Blooping. Luckily it
lld not fall on the babe and there
ore the child was unharmed.
Some of the neighbors of Mr Well
>orn arrested Guyton the next morn?
ng and s<ml for Deputy Sheriff Scott,
vho carried him to jail.
v (layton claims, so il is said, thai
jv- was drunk, and that ho does not
wmomber entering tho house. It ii:)
5 .oj.?>' i? .,?.," tr v- ..y'^ ' "\
moy to a person whi asked btm/loi
on Tuesday afternoon. ' /
11 Is sa ?.I t.hnl be ir-.'ri i ;.. { mn .<
lal he did not have the moiled then
ul thal his employer, Mr. Wellborn,
nd il and that he would got it from
im that night. It is said that the
arkey knew thal Mr. Wellborn had
lld some beef on Hu- afternoon he
ire and knew that he had the $40
i his room.
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FATA 1 J HI HI) HUNT.
Voling (.ad Accidentally Shot hy
His Lucie.
A special dispatch from Aiken te
be News and Courier says .Lillies
fumphroy, the 12-yoar-old son ol
Ir. C. A. Humphrey, of Atlanta, (?a.
/as shot and killed Friday afternoon
cor Aiken accidentally hy Mr. Dei':
\ Tyler while hunting. The full
barge nf a shotgun loaded willi bird
liol look effect in the hoy's bead, lil
rally (oaring it off. Mr. Tyler b
i rostrated with grief, and inadt
lucais ol' Committing suicide.
Lillie James, willi bis mother and
?thor members of tho lamily. cann
iver from Allanta to spend Hie boll
lay with relativos In and mar Alk
.n. Tho family resided at Montnioi
incl, near Aiken, until a few year
tgo. Mr. Tyler was an uncle of lb
lead boy.
Mr. Tylor, with a large party, ii
?hiding a number of Aikcnitcs, wont
0 attend a dove shoot, and Jami
md bis small brother were presen
licking np Hie birds. They, wit
l'y lor and Dan George, another roi
itlve, were on one side of Un1 lb-|<|
ii the beginning of tho shioting. As
1 drove Hew over George fired, kill
MIK three, and (IS Tyler raised his
'run lo lire. .Linn.; jumped III front 11
)f tin- gun, receiving the full charge (
in Hie back of Hie dead, dying In- 1
slam ly.
Tyler was crazed with ci iel', and
:ii<| lu- was going lo kill himself.
when be was disarmed. Ile Iben foll
in a swoon, .lames was a -bright boy,
md t ?te horrible accident ls great ly | I
deplored. Tho boy's family la a very
prominent one.
DIN Fl) AND WIN F.D.
Flee! oiiicers Guests of Hie CJovom-11
J (
ment ol' Trinidad.
Tbe captains of tho American bat
tle ships and Staffs were eui erl a ?ned
at luncheon Thursday by sir Henry
Moore Jackson, Ibo Govornor of
Trinidad, and later were tho guests
of tho Governor nt Ibo boise races.
The weather was Ideal, and Hie
race course svas thronged With otb
ors and men of thc (loot together
willi a holiday crowd from the city
be American horses carried off (ho
Honors, being the winners lu . nearly
tho races, and Hie visitors gave
themselves over to applauding these
victories.
Lillie (?hi I turned.
At ('ballest?n tho six-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ftohOI'l
Marlin, was so badly burned Christ
mas In playing about a Christmas I
tree Hint tho child is not ox poe tod to
live. The little giri either reached
for a pr Son I on the I ree or tried (<
light a candle, causing her dress lo
become ignited hy a lower candle,
and before the llames were extlng
uimod she was fearfully burned.
GROUND TO PIECES.
Wealthy New York Lawyer Leap
ed in Front of Train,
Financial Troubles Caused Hy tho
Faille Said lo Jlo tho Chief Caus?
of Suicide.
Ernest G. Sled man, one of New
York's most prominent lawyers, rated
to b? worth In excess of $7,000,000,
mid a brother of Kumunu Clarence
Sleeman, the poet-banker, last week
tragically committed suicide by leap
ing In front of a local su h way train
it tho Fourteenth street station.
Tho J. 0. Lyon Building and Oper
itlng company, of which he was vlee
lesident, treasured and director,
ailed for several millions of dollars
hst Friday when receivers wero ap
to in ted ami financial troubles are
iel loved to be tho chief causes of t li o
ucide.
Mr. Stedman was president of the
American Cushion Elbow company
reasuror of tho Baritan River Clay
ompany, a member of several prom
irent clubs, and had offices on Broad
way, whore ho was a member of tho
aw firm of Stedman & Larkin. Ills
own house was at 1081 Madison
Vinnie.
Tho suicide could not havo select
d n spot where his death would
ave created a greater sensation,
'he uptown platform of the sub
ay ai Fourteenth street was crowd
d with porsons, mostly women, who
'.ere walting for trains, when Mr.
tedman, who bad been observed
alking up and down the platform,
iiddenly darted through a group ol
omen, jumped to tho tracks lil
.ont of tho fast moving uptown
.alu.
Six cars of the train had passed
ver the lawyer's body before tho
'alu was stopped and by thal tim<
10 body had been terribly mangled.
In the meantime tho excitement on
ie pla! form bad become a panic,
overal women who bad seen the man
.ap to death fainted or collapsed
nd for several minnies in the wild
tellement they lay about the plat
inn unattended,
it was more than three-quarters ol
11 hour before order was restorer;!
nd thal tains had resumed theil
annal running orders.
ANOTHER COTTON PICKER
ne Invented Over In Augusta "Said
To Be a Success.
Tbc AugUSTn Chronicle says a pe :'.<
Ion was filed In the office of tho^V
?tv'?. .sf l?w ...J,,. C.??....., !.. 4U-1.'
* lo
y on Monday by Bryan Lawrence, k
llilnni K. Miller, Benjamin A;yJ?e
?ew and W. O. Tarver, of Richmond l i S
ninty, Georgia, and C. .1. Canfield
Cook County, Illinois, asking to
incorporated under the name ol I ai
e Georgia Colton Picker Company. | gc
The principal place of business of
e company will be in Richmond g<
linty, willi the righi to establish ol
ancla:; in any part of this stale H
liero Hie petitioners may desire, oi
oilier slates.
The purpose of Ila1 concern, as I M
aled in Hie petition, is the manu-| ai
clure and salo of coll?n picking
acliinery ol' all kinds, in the pur
ill ol' winch they ask ibo right to
i v franchises . and patents, lo ac-1 \\
miniate real estate, and do all
lOSO oilier Illings incident to such
business.
The capital slock of iho concern 1
i be $25,000 fully paid in. ami ll |,.(
specified that Ibero shall bo no pei
mal llabllllty on tile stockholders.
>youd the amount cd" their unpaid
inscription to Hi?' capital stock. y
The Organization of the company (,
based on the successful ilivontloil
I' a new coi tim picking machine
.filch has been tested by OXpCI'tf
nd fanners ami pronounced a sure
iiccesSi
If this picker proves a success lt
ill solve to a large extent (lie farm
thor problem in the South.
II
nulli FBO.M LOCKJAW
lr. riesen of Chicago Diagnosed Mis
Own Casi-.
Dr. Joseph F, Ploson, a depart
noni superintendent employed by a
Ml Icu go packing linn, regarded as
ending authority <>n lockjaw, died
'bur sd ay night of the disease,
?niling from ti fracture of tho nose
vhich occurred a wcolt ago.
Dr, Ploson foll down a stairway 'n |
Ito labratory of UH- packing plant,
rho skin over Ute nose was broken
ind the wound beano: hlf?Ctod with
manus germs,
tm Christmas lOvn Ibo physician
ft-ns stricken willi lockjaw. He dthi A
nosed bis own case and with tb?' fildj
if pencil and paper directed his faillj
ly to send liim to a hospital. I fe thor
sent for a lawyer and mad?' his Willi
During lils Illness la* constantly
joined Willi tho hospital physician;;
In Hoir consult?t lons and gave il HS
bis opinion several days ago that hr
could liol recover. The imm?diat <
cause of his death was said lo Ita
hear! failure following ll convulsion
?
Fumino in Turkey.
The American Hoard of Conni is
slonei'S for foreign missions ' has re
ceived advices from I ho, ,inle>'lor hi
Turkey, showing unusually Kove'ro
famine conditions. !'.: 'dn'd is dolli de
the usual price, and wheal and ol Ijei
((.reals aro considerably highm
lasl year. .
?ni
Hold Bobbers.
At Chicago five men. one of w hf
carried a revolver, robbed two otfhei
men In tho Walting room of tho ?La
sale si reel railway station In
heart ol tho ?MlIsn?sS section of
[eily. Two of the robbers were
rested within a few minutes aflor?tlU
attack and a third two hours hi]loi
tho
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SHIP HAD BAD LUCK.
Reaches 'Frisco After Tragic. Voy^
age from Baltimore?
Coll Med With Another Ship, Which
Was Sunk With Pur* of th*,Crow
In Midi Occun.
Tho ^vinorican ship ;Atlas droppod
anch.-r at San Francie co on Christ
mas ovo night, 275 days out from
Haltipioro. It onded a Voyago made
I l agt? by a collision off Capo Horn
attended by, tho finking of another
vessel tlio drowning of the ill-fated
nrnft' captain and tho captains wife,
mitti, y on its dertks and death
imong its grow.
On. Juno 6, nt 6 P. M., tho Atltuj
druci, tho Norwegian hark Viking,
-apt. Petorson," bound from Hn,m
Inirg to Callao. Both wore bnally
lanuygod hy tho contact, but the
lark .farod tho worst.
Tn :he tortor of the wightr 13 of tho
iew of tho Norwegian bark boarded
ho \niorican ship, crawling uvot
aug] J shrouds and dnngling bocans.
Ca pu Pearson and his wifo wei.i
io( among thoso who, made a dan
icrou'? transit, bot it was too dark
o rey dor aid though tho A tins stood
?y til' night and next morning the
Mk In had disappeared.
The Al lao put Into Rio Do .Ta?erlo
or r, pairs, badly leaking. On thc
.ay In ibis port a mutiny took place
mom,' the crew over some trouble
.Uh tho mate, but it was easily
ucll.id.
Hef .ro the collision off Capo Horn
li roe of the ship's oonipany met
ead On May 23 J. Schumacher
nd (.luirles Nolan soamon, fell from
he i i boom innd wero drowned. On
uno iT) John Hook, sailninkor, died
nd y as burled at sea. Whon the
bip arrived tho captain's son and;
ie iblrd ofllcer woro ill and tho ves
sl waa ordered into quarantine.
The Atlas had a cargo of coal fol
io I' ill cd Sta tos Government. The
esse; had boon 102 days out from
io >o Jnnerlo and was overdue.
elP.-M-anco had hoon ordered at in
er pt.
T.w.. Yilklng was a now hark of
,r.41 tons. Nothing had been ho;ird
f it ..fl Or lt. bogan its lasi. voyar.e
ul il . iie Atlas brought in the tidings
vi i Wis eve night.
TH.JM STHANCJF SLFFP
f u '.cunt ifni Young Ciel F tided ju
Death. *
Ut.n ,\. ?>.?...... '.
'iollom. at Ko, 237 Willis ave
i, i\e\> York ended Lu deal h at f>
Slock Friday morning lu Lincoln
.spit al. To the last the cotna which
ma ?ned unbroken for more than
IO iiours bullied Ibo ablest alienists j Ol
ul scientists in New York.
Miss Wardrop was If? years old.
id an unusual pretty and Intelll- I n
mt girl. Thursday afternoon lasti|st
r-ok while watching a lire engine
> by, she was stricken at the home
ber friend, Miss Adrienne La-|o
nelie, a girl about her own ago.
The two girls were seated In the
irlor when the lire bells sounded,
iss La Roche rahed lo tho window
id called her companion.
"Come quick, F.dith, and look at | I
ie' lire horses," she exclaimed.
She lookd around and found Miss
'ardrop motionless in a chair.
They thought at first, she was h.
swoon, but she could not be re
ived. The family physician could
)t arouse her. and finally advised
'moving her lo the hospital. She
as taken thor? and placed in a p?d
ate ward, where all Hie prominent
hyslclans and specialists in New
ork, With few exceptions, had been
i see ber during the week of hot
I range trance. There was no sign
f pain. Miss wardrop was given
ourlshmont through a tube, and hud
ol loss weight.
11er color was ' good and bei
reathtng as regular as if she were
sleep,
All Hie authorities were advised lt
s to ber ailment, but nono Could 11
ive it an appropriate name.
lt was learned later that Mis
Vardrop, a short time before she be
ame ill, fell from a sleigh, and it is
Ogal'dod as possibly the only
dnnalion of her coma.
(?OLD THROWN ABOUT
Alien Street Car Struck Wagon Thal
Was Hanlin;; il.
Al Chicago canvas bags contain
ing Kobi and silver coin lo the
minimi of half a million dollars were
scattered about tho cornor of LnSnlh
and Adams streets for a short time
Hie other day. hut they were soon
gathered up and taken to a place <l
safety under the protection of a
squad of police.
A United Slates Kxpress COmpnilJ
\Vagoil on its wiiy from the North
western to the LaSalle street station
with a load of specie, guarded b
Harney Terbock and Henry Kerkes,
and driven by W. ll. Smith, was
Struck by a Harrison street car.
Tcrbaek and Korkes were thrown
to tho street and the bags of spode
on top of (beni. Terback received
a fracture ol' Hie skull and Kork08
was badly bruised by (be heavy bagf
ol' money falling on him.
M ADIO TFItltlllLP. MISTA Iv M
Stint His Son in Hie Dark foi- lltlt'g?
lar.
Al San Jose, Cal.. Hertrani Somerfi
arly Thursday shot and killed his
live year obi son, mistaking him foi
lt burglar. The child, il ls believed,
wns walking In his sleep. The par
louts were awakened by a noise itt
the room and, seeing the outline of
a llguro near tho window, they con
clued it was thal ol' a burglar. Mr.
Somers reached for his plslol, and
flied, killing tho child Instantly.
By Negroes Who Tried to Rob
His Store.
RESCUED BY SHERIFF.
Thc? Storekeeper, Mr. 'J\ Iv Caves,
After Being Rescued, Was Taken
to th*> Hospital in Charleston for
Treatment. He Was Unanlo tn
Give Any Account of tho Trouble.
Tito Robbers Mude Their Escape.
The following account of an out
rage that took place near Charles
ton, we clip from the Nows and
Courier of Chrlsmas Day. The Nows
and Courier says a telephone call
from St. Andrew's Parish yesterday
afternoon gave Information of an
outrage committed and tho prompt
responso of Deputy Sheriff Joseph
Poulnot and voluntcors was, no
doubt, tho moans of saving the lifo ol
Thomas L. Caves, who keeps a gen
eral storo In St. Andrew's, a short
dlstanco from tho New Brldgo ter
mi a us, across the Ashley River.
Tho message was roeoived in thc
sheriff's oiTico about six o'clock and
lt was to the effect that Caves tmd
boen set upon and seriously injured
by negroes intent upon robbing his
store. Caves, it seoms, was, to some
extent, able to defend himself for
Homo time and, though badly In jur
ad, managed to get Inside tho store
when he barred tho doors. He then
'?ru wi ed to tho telephono and called
for tho sheriff's office, Charleston.
The message sont was to tho offect
that he was being murdered and that
Immediate help was needed. '
Mr. Poulnot was in charge of the
>ihco and lost no time in starting
tor tho scene of tho trouble. He
shnrtered one of tho big touring cart-,
rom tho Charleston Hotel garage, in
'.bargo of Chalfont' Johnson, and
ticking up Mr. Harry Lihnstcdt and
ater Constable R. I J. Knox, sped ovei
o St. Andrew's. Tho mon in the
?ar did not know just w hat, they were
o face-but they asked no questions
ind were ready for any emergency.
Arriving at Cave's store, which b.
il tho jane.? Pm of tho shell road and
he Ja ?nd road, they 'looked
mb ut foi "is. None was ii
ight, an lng attention to
he stol'? ( ilcd la roulsng
it ?a r v nhl be to Pf. ??
.ta
^AV^-^/r^?i 'Mi
: blood rom au ugly wound ovoi
ie left eye, that he could give no ac
irate account -of the trouble, and
illy the gonearl details were learn
1.
There was not a person In the
clghborhood whon the automobile
lopped at the storo, and seeing the
mdltlon of tho wounded man, Mr.
oulnot. decided to come back at
nee. Within an hour and a half ol
ie time of receiving the message
tr. Caves was at the Roper Hospital
acelving the best possible attention,
lo is getting along very well, al
lough not out of danger. Rural
Ol iceman Burton, responding to a
riephone call was coming ncross the
ridge when the auto returned,
here ls as yet no clue as to the nils
reants who commited 'the murder
us assault, upon tho merchant.
M ASHED THE MASH KR
Sn
tia
foi
Ul
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an
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ly
ac
th
foi
th
lo?
na
bc
ge
sp
al
liri from Alabama Banded a Don
key in the Ditch.
A dispatch from New York says
dapper young man on upper
(roadway Ibo other evening was
ol lowing a girl whoso hands were in
i huge muffle. Si ddenly, at Forty
lfth street, one of her hands, clad
n a two ounce boxing glove dashed
int and sent the masher rolling Into
ho gutter. Then the man picked
llmself up and apologized to tin
,'OUllg lady.
"I beg pardon." she said, sweetly
I am a stranger here. 1 came from
Mabanin, and am a stenographer, c
done in town. But I'll tell you, '|
Lhere is no man in town who cnn in- p
suit me with impunity. I taught (
women boxing 111 tho south - and I'll 1
tench New York smashers boxing in t
Ibo north." 1
RALEIGH GOES "DBW" jf
. t
Decisive Vote for Prohibition in an
Flection Thursday. |<
By a majority of 547 Raleigh, N. I t
G., on Thursday voled out Its liquor
dispensary and becomes a prohibi
tion city. in tho eily there were
!>28 votes for prohibition, ?IS1 for
dispensary and two for saloons. Tho
dispensary has boen in operation for
four years, twenty-four saloons hav
ing been voted out in favor of the
dispensary. The sales have amount
ed to about. $200,000 a year, with
I about $7.').OOO profit, this being
placed to tho credit of the school
fund, the road fund and the city ex
pense account. It reduced taxation,
but Hie voters felt that Its Influence
was not for tho city's best. Interest
and voted it out. Tho election wafi
a (julot one.
Entire Family Burned.
Five persons were burned to death
In a Uro which destroyed the house
j of John Clark at Watertown, Mass.,,
early Friday. Every member of tin
Clark family met death in the
flames.
Fatal Burning.
Henry Meibor and Anton'a Ober
Un were burned to death and two
other men seriously Injured Thurs
day In a firo which y^atroyod ;**c
home of Andrew Bait/ /nt Bradford^!
Pa. Tho origin ls rn// known. t \ 1
(//known. t'\
The Cotton Milis Declare Cloth
Market Need Relief,
Mighty Poi- C<uit of yow B????d
?MUIH aii^;<>ijfo HuiKlrod ?nd Fifty
Thousand'Wiorkcrs Affected.
Tho''Arkwright Club, which von
resents tho cotton; nilli interests in
Now^yEngland, at a meeting' ut Hos
ton T^iursTIhy^V.otoi^for tho curtal!
mont o*
tween
rel lev
a.. e
neut tP
sp?cial
special
epeoial
?peola.1
.popial
?peo?al
special
Kollook
Hebron
Harmony
Antioch
Willi?
Ebooo?or
Cho Booda
Tatum Booda
Pine Grore
Ann?. "PWHBI
Usurer Marlboro Cou,
o-day,
iave bo/
Igbt,
Th, I
ia tor ltd
lllls, tho
lie Amoskoj!
hester, omplc
mst of tho^. ^
ictorlen.^gjfc* rf
aco, M ;
runswiclj.
ipnd?lion powdej
li?ttd / A high-class remedv u
ThrAnd mules in poor conri?i h?ri
ne; m need of a tonic S?10* a
ass..>uscle an* f- " Bit^
in & i o, . , ? smooi
M^ted,^, .>'?;;! ?.><.. ?fapft
onth ago, ' 'u
Inrcmont,
tu vu.
5 shut
Mills ^
r deliver
lorty to .
winter ai o al
production .25
r cent partially before March 1,
d tho remainder after that dato,
ie method of reducing ls left largo
to the discretion of tho managers,
cording to some of tho oflicers ol
e texlle unions, the op?rai Ives pre
1* to work 4 days a week rather
an be continuously idle for a per
il of nearly three weeks.
Tho curtailment movement origl
ited in New York commission
mses, which feared a congestion ul
tods and falling prices In thc
ring If tho mills continued to oper
e in full during the winter.
DASTARDLY OUTRAGE
flinken Man Fired Into a Passen
ger Train.
Augustus B. Stevens, aged IS,
iggage master on the Virginia and
arolina Coast Railway, was shot
id instantly killed Christmas Day
f John White, aged 20, while tho
oin was passing through Hobbs
lile, N. C. White ls under arrest
lid has confessed. A group of about
f> men were in a field near tho rall
aad track and a Christinas frolic
as,in full blast.
Stevens was standing at the open
oor of his car, when suddenly
un was fired from the group, (ho
bargo striking Stevens In tho head
'he train was Stopped as soon as
ossible, but when tho crew roached
he scene of the shooting the mem
ors of the frolicking parly bad fled
o the adjoining woods. Later
lowever, a posse from llobbsville
urroundlng the woods and many ol
ugitlvos were captured. Among
hose was John White, who confess
id tho shooting. Ho said he bad boon
Irlnkillg and bad no intention
tilling anyone when ho bred Hu
?ital shot.
in
iioai
the
com
ind
bel
prof
who
til i
turn
T
niau
be
ban
cast
ont
soil?
L
nor
tho
neel
was
on
hu
thai
aloi
pon
/
up
pall
pat
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i P
fro
tho
foti
Freight Money Short.
According to the statement mader
ty au pfiioini of Hie Soulhern railway
tho entire system bas lost during
the past two week-8 more than $2 00,
ooo In ?ts freight huisnoss from the
volume- of trade last year. The gen
eral tight ness of the money market
and a more conservative and econo
mic conduct ol' trade ls attributed at
the cause Of the reduction of thc
freight business.
All
IOU
Kii
em
sat
thc
dis
mc
vis
sal
agi
lal
ho
foi
rai
Cn
of
M
e
Wants to be Hung.
At Rome, Ca., Dick Johnson; Wae
awakened by his wife Friday night
Mrs. Johnson had soon a hogrO
standing by her bed, looking down
upon her and her husband. Johnson
grappled With tho negro, but he
broke away and leaping I brough a
window, escaped.
Furniture Company Fails.
The Lion Furniture Company, ol
Spar tabbil rig Ka?" gone into bank
ruplc;-. The petition to have the
furniture company declared bunk
rupt was made hy ll. B, Carlisle, re
presenting a number of but of tow
1 vi' (ns before ll. E. Dopass, roforco
ikiuptcy.
il
' tr
Found in
NEAR CITY'?
i [Night Watchman 1{
MH OS as Tiios? pt
Saw doing Will, a
,""r?-?.?-T-'*A'^. . .
a* V 7
a* <? I
a /. ill i i
? ri
?/a ..lin, /
2 >.;:)',,
2 COllI?
4 mills
4 mills
2 milla
?ll male
dud 6o
nod
lil?VVjJ
B?6
M IM fe
Dollar
cerc?os
yonra
Ooto
'ty.
rs
sesL
nd)
ii'.'i
i VJ ;
JILwo 8awoj
Dublin iW. PfOparod to supply
WOO? JFOU ALL* -
Mill 3 milos from Town,
. ?T. JONE/gi
April 25 190? Beuottsvillo, 8.1
Seaboard Interchangeable Mi
Better Than Ever.
The Seaboard Air Xii
ohan?cable mi?ec
pn salo, will after
ga> worgift Souther!
iftIN2r<Wk *M Soul
tip and Worth CarolL
*??. and Carolin?3
five new ,; XA
; ?I
l-''<T:-tV:.l?ft*?, ? J...it.
Harrison
,'d a woman's crTeT
marsh land. They seoTrT
0 from tho direction Of the pindi /.
sounded like ''spare mo" and V^y
p." Nearer the girls wore np
iched by. a well dressed stranger,
accosted and followed thom un
they met a policeman, when he
led nnd lied.
be girls lind a good view of the
1 under an electric light and while
was woll and nently drossod his v
ds showed either that ho was ac
oroed to manual labor or had ye- .
;ly been engaged'in work that
ad his fingers.
Ifo had boon extinct, the coro- ?
said, about twelvo hours when
body was found. * A mark on tho
K indicatod that strangulation
tho manner of death. Scratches
tho logs and trunk, and pieces of
1er forced into the flesh showed
t tho body had been dragged
lg a dudor path, which skirts th?' it.
d. X ,; I
Jong the path tho police picked '
a wliito silk waist, a skirt and a
p of silk garters. Following, the ?
h tho police carno upon, tho yacht
lo Hour," which was tied up at
oint on tho Passaic about 300 foot
in where tho body was found. On
yacht the police say; that they
nd a soal skin and fur nock piece.
Phe occupants of tho yacht were
>ert Thompson, 41 years old, of
/.alioth, a boatman, and Fredorlck
'kman, 3 8 years old. Roth wore
ployed on the boat. Thompson
d that ho found fur pieces near '
i cinder path.
Plie pollco lound on the boat .
hes enough for threo dinners, rho
n, howovor, said that they had no ?
itor on the Idle. Hour. The .police
d they had practically nothing",
[iliist the prisoners, 'but would d i- ''
n thom until further Inquiry could ;
made. An autopsy will bo per- .
.mod as soon as lt can be "'ar
ti god.
FATAL ACCIDENT
/
Hised by a Hoy Having Dynamite J
in His Pocket.
Dan Bradley, tho TC-yoar-old son!
a widow at Pratt City, Alfy, died,
nirsday as a result of injuries re
ived lu an explosion , of dynamite
a C.hristn.us party. Tho boy car]
od a piece of dynamite in his coal
icket. While on the porch lp
Hied, and tho dynamite esp)?
The boy's right log was toij
nd his body was thrown yi<|]
trough a window info tho
here nie guests wore asf"
evoral boys and girls wore
own, and others wore badi
p by tho explosion and
tricking them. Tho housi
f wrecked.
Sorrowful Occuj
At Clinton Mr,
lo son was burnt
aaa eve.. Tho rn,
he children to
nas. She wont!
md w? ju sho