The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 14, 1899, Image 1
! VOL. XIV.
V
' A TALK OF HORROR.
A Terrible Story that Comas from
Charleston.
AFLOAT WITH A MANiAC.
One of the Survivors Tells of Casting
Lots and Sucking the
I mood ofOnoComThe
Hiitish steamer Woodruff, Captain
Milburn, arrived at Charleston
^ from Hamburg Satutday, August 31,
two handrcd and fifty miles south of
Charleston the Woodruff picked up
Maurico Anderson and Ooodmund'
Thomason, survivors of the Norwegian
bark l)rot, wrecked August 1"), off the
Florida coast. The Drot was bound
from l'ascagoula to Fuenos Ay res. Anderson
is a raving ma liac and his companion
is shockingly mutilated from
bites of tho era/.cd man. Thomason
tells a dreadful story. The captain of
tho Drot and soven seamen were swept
overboard and lost in tho recent West
Illdinn lllirrmnnn Tim llintn onil
other men put to sea 011 a raft made
from decking. The raft parted soon
after, and the mate and otic man wore
separated from the others. The mate's
companion was landed at Phil^olphia
by the German steamer Titania 011 August
22. Ho stated that the mate coini.
:ttcd suicide. Of the six men on the
IOv.ier part of the raft 0110 became crazed
from exposure and jumped into the
sea. Two others exhausted from suffering
fell overboard and were lost. Anderson,
Thomason and a German Beaman,
drew lots as to which one would
bo oaten, as none of them had had a
mouthful since they took to the raft.
The lot fell to the German, llo was
killed and the blood was sucked from
his veins by tho two survivors. Soon
after Andorson lost his reason and savagely
attacked his only companion.
Thomason's breast and faoo were Llttcn
in several places, chunks ol good size,
being torn out. Both men arc now at
the city hospital and the Norwegian
consul lias taken the ease in hand.
IKl- Thomascn is a nativo of Stcvaugcr,
nKfc'i Norway.
Thomascn is a mere lad. lie is a Norwegian,
17 years of age, and this trip
out from his own country was his tirst.
i, Ho is a pale boy, thin and white, and
Bf his bones yesterday showed out from
under the sheets of his cot. llo could
barely talk above a whisper, though he
W nodded floasanlly when a reporter
went to his oidc to talk. On 'the lips
of the lad thero are two thick, black
I scabs, the remnants of ugly sores doubtless
made from contact with the biting
of tho human llesh. There are no
bruises on his face and the ulcers over
bis body have been eovercd with deep
smelling drugs. What might havobeen
Hesh hns disappeared from the boy's
H logs, and lie h oks no larger than a
straw. Tho physicians arc encouraged
1 at his condition, and they will bring
U> him through.
Andersen is an older man. He is
about 35 years old. His chin is covered
with a soft growth of stubby hair,
and whiskers sprout from the sides of
bis face. His eyes are deep set and
I hollow and they burn red liko coals of
1 lire. The man appears conscious. Ilo
V' cannot speak English, but be shook his
m head knowingly as ho gavo his hand to
the reporter. His eyes roamed about
and ho was still so weak that ho could
U barely lift his arm. His general condition,
however, is good, and there is
i tho same encouragement at his steady
; improvement.
1 louring the day many sailors called
at tho hospital. Some of them could
speak the language of the sufferers and
they seemed anxious to hear from tho
survivors tho story of the disaster.
Audersen said Wednesday to an interpreter,
who was assisting tho reporter,
thfli made straws from splinters
picked n'rom tho raft. It had boon
agreed that tho man who got tho longer
stick should die. lie was a German, or
an Austrian, and he made no objection
when he got tin straw that killed. Ho
seemed anxious, howevor, for a quick
doath, and his companions wore eager
for his blood. There was a hoavy
piece of iron on tho raft. How it got
there tho sailors aro unable to toll, but
it came in handy, according to tho story
Wednesday, for it was used to knock
the viotim in tho head. Ho laid flat
on the raft. While one man stood
ready to brain him, another was standing
by with a huge knifo to rip for his
heart tho momont the iron landed on
tho unfortunate's head. Tho German
shut fais eyes. Tho iron was raised
high to^tn^ with a terrible blow, and as
it landed --no knifo was driven deep
into tho heart. Then tho comrades on
the raft fell over, placed the ir lips close
to tho wound, and sucked in the blood.
Onco tho men at the hospital told
Wednesday that after tho blow was
landed on tho head tho knife was jabbed
1 nln ?v? '? 1. A ? ' - 1 '
1>uvu ?iiu tiuviui o liuitri/. /igain nicy
told that tho weapon went into the
throat instead. At times they said tho
man was a German; again they said ho
was from Austria.
While the raft was drifting about at
tho will of tho waves tho water poured
over to add to tho suffering of tho crow.
Almost tho entire time tho men wero
waist deep and more in tho water,
whioh surged on unceasingly and swept
with it small sharks and fish apd littlo
demons from thesea. When the sharks
would como by thoy jumped fiorcoly for
the prov, but strange luck saved tho
croaturcjpon tho raft. Whon tho two
companions died the bodios wore hold
on tho craft f ./r a time, but thoy soon,
began to give forth a sickening, deadly
scent and they wero cast over. Tho '
sharks . hanging about, hungry and
wild, were there and as the forms
splashed on the waves they were lifted
up and eaten by the fighting, struggling
tribe.?News and Courier.
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.
Weekly Review of United States
Weather Bureau for this State.
Tho following is tho weekly bulletin
of tho condition of the weather and
crops of tho State for tho past week,
issued Wednesday by Director Bauer of
the South Carolina section of tho United
States weather bureau.
The temperature, during tho week
ending Septeiuder 4, 1899, averaged
about normal, having been cooler thau
usual during the first part and warmer
than usual during the last | art of tho
week. At a few places only did tho
temperature rise abovo 90 degrees,
while the lowest minima for tho month
were recorded on August 80th.
Tho rains for the week wcie general,
heavy, and continuous, except over tho
northeastern portion of tho State,
where showers only occurred. Tho rainfall
for the week averaged from half an
inch at Chcraw to mx and ono-half
inches at Charleston. Tho drought was
effectually broken.
Cotton did not receive much, if any,
benefit from the rains, except posfcibly
very late cotton that will now put on a
top crop. As an effect of the rain rust has
inc i ;i >.d and open cotton has become
fdai.u d, and somo blown to the ground,
. A * . - I -I* ' *1 1 It t
spr?"t*nig anu ruining 111 1110 uous 18 aiso
quite general, Pair weaihe r is needed
tor gathering cotton. Picking was
retarded by the wet weather. The.yield
prospects have not improved and continue
poor. Sea-island cotton is opening
rapidly and is being picked as it
opens. Plight and shedding continuo.
The rains eaino in timo^to help lato
corn, which is now vciy pron ising
where not being destroyed by army
worms which infest nearly every county
in the western portion of the State. Put
little fodder oould bo saved during tho
week.
Early rice harvest is well under way,
and stacked rice sutfered somewhat
from the heavy rains, which, however,
were very beneficial on late rice.
Peas and peavinc for forage, as well
as sugar cano, swcot potatoes, sorghum,
and peanuts, were materially improved
by* tho wet weather Grass for hay is
making rapid growth, hut in tho west
ern count,ios suffers from army worms.
Tho week afforded hut little opportunity
for saving hay. Much land was
sown and resown to turnips. In the
trucking districts, eahhago and strawberry
plants were set out.
WANTED HIM POISONED.
A Wife Wanted Her Husband Put Out
of the Way.
An ugly story comes from Darlington
in which a wife is accused of trying to
poison her husband. ,James It Kellcy,
who was pardoned out of tho penitcn
tiarv last .laniinrv l<nn liml wif.* i??
dieted for trying to put him out of the
way. Kellcy was sent to tho penitentiary
for shooting a detective, or dis
pensary constable, named .Jenkins in
March, 18th),to serve three years. During
the incarceration his wife loft his
home to live with a man named Arthur
Atkinson. When Kclley returned
from tho penitentiary ho went to his
homo and has lived thoro with his children
oyer sinco. Last Monday Mrs.
Kellcy gavo her son, Kosser Kelly who
lives rfith his father, a powder to put in
the old man's whiskey the next time ho
got drunk and promised to givo tho boy
$50 lor doing it. Atkinson also promised
to givo tho boy a new bicyclo if ho
would sweoten Kollcy's liquor with tho
powder. Instead of doing as ho was
told, Kosser gavo the powder to his
father, who brought it to town and gavo
Zl A. ~ !-i i - n ? * '
ii. iu iuagisiratc uargan 10 nave analyzed.
The analysis proved that tho powder
contained three grains of strychnine,
and a warrant was issued for the arrest
of Atkinson and Mrs. Lou Kolloy.
Tho sheriff has sent for them, but as
they live in Kolloy town, tho "dark
cornor" of Darlington county, and as
tho Kolloy family up there is a pretty
desperate ono, it is likely that tho constablo
will have troublo in arresting
them.?Tho State.
Merited Success.
Spoeial attention is oallcd to the
large advertisement of tho Columbia
Business Coliego, which appears in
another column of this paper. There
is no school in the country that turns
out raoro successful graduates, or is
more progressive, more alivo to tho
demands of tho times or that has a bet?
-- -i?ii?J *T
nui iMi.iiuu.in ui niiuniiituu course. INO
young man or lady who is thinking of
attending a businoss oollogo should fail 1
to send for one of their catalogues. 1
The college makes a specialty of socur- '
ing good positions for its graduatosand
it often has more calls than it can till.
Kvcry graduato of the oollcgo and many '
prominent business men of Columbia
endorse the school as ono of tho very '
best. A postal addressed to Prof. W.
II. Newberry, tho prcsidont will bring 1
full particulars.
A Queer Case- <
A dispatch from Syoamoro, 111., says: 1
Lylo Smith, son of Deputy Sheriff I
Frank Smith, diod hero, aged 30 years,
He was born with imperfect valves of 1
the hoart, so that tho venuous and ar- 1
tcrial blood wero not separated. This !
caused his complexion to bo very sus
coptiblo to tho changos of the weather. 1
In ploasant weather he was of a fair 1
color, but when a storm was approaoh- 1
ing ho would begin to show signs of 1
changing before it was visible, and
gradually became a bluo color, the novous
blood prodomiating. Physicians 1
had studied his casoa.id predicted his '
earl; death. I
i Mio
CONWAY. S. 0.
MORGAN'S MEN.
An Ohio Town Stampeded by a
False Alarm.
A TALE OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Two Parties of Home Guards
Frighten Each Other. After
All fc ~ : I - -i - r-?...
r\ii iviuigtin raneu xo rm in
an Appearance.
Wc had been alarmed so often that
summer by false reports of lawless raiders
invading Oliio that wo luid como to
look upon every now rumor with suspicion,
in fact, as a huge joke, invented
for tho express purposo of frightening
timid women and children. Hence,
the scare lines in tho sensational dailies
announcing Morgan's movements after
he had actually invaded the State were
regarded with considerable scepticism,
people doubting the statements of bis
whereabouts.
I was teaching in llookstown, a little
Pennsylvania towu some thrco miles
back from the Ohio river, at that time.
I boarded with my aunt, and on that
never to he-forgotten Sunday accompanied
the family to church as usual.
Tho day was warm and sultry, hut
in bpito of tho heat and the uneasiness
fairly well filled at the openiug of the
morning scrvico. The devotional cxnr.Mcno
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viviiiv/.i n< IV Ultl, IIIIU I U13UII Lfill'Wlll
had just reached his ''secondly," when
"Hardy" Davis, thovillago hlaeksinith,
appeared at the open door without hat or
eoat, and, rushing up the long aisle,
beckoned to the minister to loan down
over tho front of tho high pulpit. The
parson obeyed in a dignified way, turning
his ear toeateh the excited whisper,
lie nodded confusedly, as the smith
still tarried, and then, at tho big man's
impatient gesture, said:
"I am informed that the raider Morgan
and his men aro at Smith's Ferryprisoners,
I presume."
"Shades of stupidity!" shouted tho
irato blacksmith. "1 tell you ho is
thcro with his army, and all who dou't
want to becomo pri*oners in his hands
had better make ready to defend their
homes. Let every man who can lind a
gun, pitchfork or axe report at the
blacksmith shop immediately. IJnliitch
the horses from buggies, carriages
and wagons, without a miuuto's delay."
The panic-strickcn congregation
rushed to the door, like a crowd of un<1
ispl 111 1 n/wl oiilmnl il.tl.1 ?.? <
DV.IVUl UIII1UILII UJ 111^ l-U
escape from a burning building, not
halting even when tho pastor raised bis
voice above the din, in a most pathetic
prayer for their safety and tho preservation
of their homes,
The work of dismantling tho houses
began at once. Best things were soercted
in unheard-of places, treasures
were buried, arid horses, cattle, and
even poultry were driven down to ravines
that promisod theui protection
while the town was being pil/aged.
Johnny was sent post-haste to the
hollow with ''Brindlo," many charges
concerning her safety ringing in his
cars, while across his shoulders swung
a brace of quacking Muscovios, tho
boy's own valued possession.
Under Aunt Kate's direction, Lydia and
1 packed tho family heirlooms,
hiding boxes and bundles in queer, outnf-t
ltn.tt'nu nArnnru * K ** K
?- v..v iimj vvi nv/int nunc u'U UUOt nil"
vcr and valuable trinkets were buried
under the unionbed, our digging being
dono in tunnel-fashion by aid of tlio
new-fangled post-digger.
"Oh, mother, don't let us begin to
take earpets up," Lydia pleaded, as,
coming in from ono of our hasty trips
to the saw mill, wo encountered her
mother down on hor knees.
"Do you think I'm goiug to havo
thoso cut-throats tramping tho roses
out of my good parlor Prusscls" asked
Aunt Kato, as sho gavo tho refractory
carpet a vicious jerk. "No, indeed; I
wove many a web of ilanncl to pay for
it, and I considor it a real work of necessity
to lift it, Sunday and all as
it is."
Just then Joe roturned from his long
tramp, whistling "Yankco Doodle" at
tho top of his voieo.
"Joseph Addison lilakc, you wicked,
wicked boy," his mother oxclaimed
sternly, grasping his arm and shaking
him vigorously. "Whistling on the
Sabbath day, and 'Yankco Doodlo' at
that! What will bocomo of you?"
"1 forgot, mother; indoed I did, seeing
peoplo rushing about worso than 1
over saw them on week days," Joe answered,
scarcely knowing whother to
laugh or cry.
"Pretty time to mako such a mistake,
and an army of cut-throats marching
on the town ready to burn your
homo, and maybo shoot you down in
your tracks," she added, looking at mo
as if susnieious of n?v lnvnlfv "I'll
give you a chance to work off your extra
spirits. (jot right down thero arid
pull thoso tacks out, and be careful not
to break them off, and do not toar tho
carpet, oithcr."
"I can't see tho difference," began
Joo rcbolliously, still smarting under
what ho considered his mother's injustice;
but she would not allow him to
talk back.
Suddenly tho loud clanging of the
church bell brought us to a realization
of our uttor holplessncs in the hands ?f
an unprincipled mob, such as Morgan's
band had bcon pictured. Womon and
children flookcd into tho streets, ringing
their hands and crying and bogging
their neighbors to flee with them to tho
hills or valleys or ravines anywhere
to hide until t,ho lawless raidors, having
satisfied their greod by ransacking the
village, should havo taken their do- j
paituro. J
Thrco horsemen, lads from tho neighborhood,
rodo past at breakneck speod, ,
ihouting, "They are coming up Cam- ]
cron's lano at full tilt. Qet in and bolt ]
pour doors quickly."
VVtl 1
, THURSDAY. SKPTE
"How do yovi know where the troopcib
arc when tho lane is out of sight?"
asked some one on tho sidewalk. "It
is guesswork, I'll wager."
"Not a bit of it," was tho reply.
"Tho dust rising abovo thorn like a
cloud settles tho point of thuir wheroabnuts."
Nearer and nearer canio tho tramp of
horses' feet, until, through tho cloud of
dust thoy wcro makiug, a squad of
horsemen galloped past, and on?on
out of hoaring. Hut they woro our own
villngo boyn?fleeing no doubt from an
overwhelming foo.
On, on, came tho cavalrymen sweeping
through the bared villago like a
whirlwind. Far down tho long street
wn hoard ?]irnilin?* onrnotdini.
"" d) ?v.ui?i?<u6, ".""i
above the deafening roar of tho horses'
hoofs, tho firing of muskets. Tho next
moment tho horscnfbn thundered past,
and oven through tho blinding dust we
could hco it was a company of our own
inon, neighbors from tho Kidge district,
who liko tho llookstown youths had
gone.out to stop tho progress of tho
guerrillas. In tho distance tlioy had
mistaken tho first squad for tho enemy,
and had given chase, while it was quite
evident that tho llookstown hoys, returning
tho compliment, wore fleeing
from them. Tho mistake was both annoying
and ridiculous, hut at that time
scarcely mirth-provoking, sinco in addition
to tho duel likely to ocour before
it could ho rectified, tho blunder
had left tho road to the river entirely
unguarded, and tho town wholly at tho
j mercy of the raiders.
' Tho horsemen galloped on, deaf to
the shouts from tho sidewalk, and if a
trio of laggards had not brought up tho
j rear far enough behind tho racers to
hear whnt the villagers wcro screaming,
it is quite probablo thcro would have
been bloodshed between tho friendly
pquads before they discovered their
mistake. Hut the laggards were not
long in overtaking the hind riders,
whoso white flag soon brought tho runaways
ahead of them to a standstill.
Half an hour later tho would-be-troopors
camo thurdcring hack, looking
crestfallen. There was no halting in
tho town, however, tho report that tho
raiders were coming up tho valley leaving
no time for the exchange of jokes.
The remainder of tho afternoon
proved quito as exciting as the forenoon.
had been, ns rnmnra nil ani?fa
regarding tho movemonts of tho raiders
wcro in circulation. Ominous reports
of a desperate battlo in progress oamo
with tho shadows of night, and a ?igh
glow shining through the darkness in
tho direction of tho river, gave credence
to the story that Glasgow was- ablaze,
having been pillaged and lired by tl o
raiders.
It lacked but half an hour to midnight,
and wo wcro trying to get a rttlo
rest, watching in turns while the otlnys
slept, when suddenly, out of tho silent
darkness, the noiso of horses' feet was
honrd. Nnnrnr mid nnomr aoi??a
.. vxv? uouici vnniu IHU
march like troail, reasuring in its regularity;
a few horsemen rode by in a leisurely
way, and then down in tho villaeo
cheer after cheer rent tho air.
"Morgan must ho captured," cried
Joe, picking up his cap for another
race down town.
It was all truo enough; Morgan had
surrendered to (ion. Shackelford, without
a hattlo, early in tho afternoon.
Tho capturo had takon plaoa far off in
Cdumbiana county, Ohio, fully 15
miles from our town. All our exoitomcnt
and alarm had been groundless,
that "Glasgow fire" was only tho reflection
of a honfiro kindled by a lot of
boys to cclcbrato tho capturo of Morgan.
Tho llookstown men had waited
hours, after tho truth was known, to
catch a glimpso of tho prisoners, who
worn haw iunll V? At? ? ??? t ~ 4 ^ ~
....v -uii nvii v/ii o tun ?uy iu tuu military
prison at Columbus.?Hello V.
Chisolm in N. Y. Evening Host.
Assassination in Lexington.
Wednesday night about 8 o'clock,
Albert Swygcrt, colored who lived a
few hundred yards from tho residence
of Col. D. T. Harro, in Hollow Creek
township, Lexington county was shot
and instantly killed by some ono?at
present unknown. IIo had just finished
eating supper and pushod his
chair back, and while attempting to
light his pipe ho was shot with a shotgun
through tho window of his diningroom.
Au alarm was raised and in a
few minutes Col. Harre and quito a
crowd a?somblcd. The colonel would
not lot tho body bo touched during the
night, and Thursday morning ho sent
for the coroner to hold an inquost, ,
which is in progress now. There is no
clue as to who tho guilty party it.
Ho killed another Negro a few years ,
ago about a milo from his homo, at a 1
barbecue, and was tried and acquitted.
Marrifiil Piva Si at am
1(111 Mercer, of Raccoon Creek, Va.,
is probably tho happiest mortal in the
county. lie has secured his fifth mar- ,
riagc liconsc.and wines and other dolicaoics
for the feast that is to follow, j
Mr. Mercer has just passed his fiftieth (
year, and was married to his first wifo
when nineteen. She was Miss Jennio 1
Moffat, and her four successors havo
boon her sistors, Ada, Cathorinc, Missouri,
and finally Anna. Sho is twenty
bix ana good looking. 'I'hcro is but
one moro of tho Moffat girls left, and
sho is now twenty. Tho paronts of tho
girls made no objections to thoirdaugh- 1
tors marrying Mcrcor. Consumption
carried off most of tho Mrs. Morcers.
Mr. Mcrcor is the fathor of oight chil- '
drcn. Mcrcor dcclaros that ho just
simply foil in lovo with tho Moffat
family. ______________________ i
A Slight Mistake. <
A Louisville newspaper has boon 1
forocd to offer an apology to Colonel
Phil Thompsoa for a froak of ono of i
its lynotype machines. The napor's i
roport of Colonol Thompson's speeoh <
at tho Loxington convention reoontly 1
\nado him say that "at tho Louisvillo i
convention in 1806 wo nominated a i
lying devil," when tho fact was that I
he had said they nominated "Alvin j
Duyall." i
fttratt
MHKR 14, 185)9.
TO (JROW WIIKAT.
What a Practical Farmer Has to
Say About It.
GOOD LAND SHOULD BE USED
An Article That ShnulH
by Every Farmer Who Contemplates
Planting
Wheat.
We find the following in the Ooonco
News on wheat growing, which wo com
mend to tho careful perusal of nil our
readers, whether they plant wheat or
not. It was written by a practical
farmer:
Certainly tho first thing to do when
you make up your mind to sow wheat is
fo select the best land for that purpose,
lied land is without a doubt tho best
adapted to wheat in this part of the
State. Though any of tho uplands if
properly treated will produce wheat
with the possible exception of that
which is too deep in sand. It is of
prime importance that tho land to be
town shall havo boon woll cultivated
that year, and if it had been well
prepared for tho crop that preceded tho
wheat we do not advise deep plowing
for wheat, but if there is any kind of
grass or weeds to create a turf when
plowing, then wo advise a thorough
breaking of the soil. Wheat will perhaps
follow a well cultivated pea crop
to the best advantage of any hoed crop
and do well after peas are sowed broad
cast if the pea crop coyors the land sullieicntly
to keep down grass or weeds.
Next to peas we would prefer cotton
land to bow in wheat and perhaps nino
tenths of tho wheat of the country will
bo sown to cotton land.
After deciding upon the land to be
sown, the manner of preparing tho
land will depond upon its condition as
indicated above, if it had boon well plowed
the winter or spring provious and
tho present crop kept clear of wocds
and grass then you only need to furrow
out the old cotton stalks. This should
l,A ilnnn ? 1.1 - > ?'
xuuu, viiwivii ^injr njnuuu n IIIll over
immure you mean to use over the land,
sow tho wheat from -15 to 55 pounds to
the aero and harrow or plow it in. We
havo boon using the disk and cut-away
harrows for ton years and havo not put
in wheat with any other implement in
that timo. Cotton seed and horse
stablo manure have given the best rosults
on this fnrm. Though any kind
of uianuvo has proved valuable in increasing
the yield. The main troublo
is to get manure enough to go over tho
amount of land that should be sown in
wheat. This is ono of the great advantages
of cotton seed, I havo found that
in running tho cotton seed through the
farm stables that the manuro becomes
so well mixed and pulverized that it
can bespread over the land as thinly as
.1 : l
uuniuu
With the average land and the averago
year 10 bushels of this inixturo is
perhaps tho most prolitablo quality to
boused. 1 ho great advantage in tho
harrow is reducing the cost of the crop.
One good six foot cutaway harrow with
two good largo mules and only a small
boy to drivo will put in from thrco to
four acres per day. 1 havo in ten years
tried four distinct varieties of wheat,
the purplo straw, early May, bearded
wheat, and what is known here as tho
whito wheat. Tho latter giving tho
best results. This whito wheat, it
makes a taller nnd laigcr straw than
tho purplo straw wheat and tho grain
is full and plump and makes the best
of flour. Tho purplo straw is my next
proforoncc, the bcardod and tho May
wheat 1 do not liko at all. Tho years
of 90, 1)7 and 98 I mado- an average of
20 bushels to ono bushel sown, this year
wheat was not so good. Our lands
would mako from 1-4 or to 1 8 more per
aero if they could be sown in tho latter
part of Octobor or first of November,
but wo usually follow a cotton crop
with wheat and often finish sowing tho
latter part of Dooombor.
I now givo the cxpcricncos of somo
othor farmers in this county. Mr. J.
J. Haley of Oakway mado 212 bushels
this year from lfi bushels sown, and 25
bushels raw ootton sood to tho aero,
purplo straw wheat, plowod up cotton
stalks and plowod in wheat with small
plows, sowod in November. Mr. W. II.
Ilanoook, of Westminister, has for
several years mado an avcrago of 20
bushols to tho aoro, applies homemado
manure, uses whito wh i . Mr. William
Bibb mado last yoai 048 bushels
on 40 acres, bearded e \t. Mr. L.
ASDury Jiiiwaras oi U iy made <?7i
bushels on 1 4 acres of land, $20
worth of cotton seed :i <! icid phosphate
Mr. A. Bcarden, of Ou . way, made 100
bushels on eight acres this year. All
Lheso crops wcro sown to ootton Lnds
and had about tho samo mode of pro[taring
and sowing land, with the exception
of Mr. Heardon, who plowed in
his whoat with a Hancock three-horse
plow about 5 inches deep. Wo do not
think wheat will do for a money crop.
I know it pays to raise onough for homo
supply.
I shall not tako time to try to provo
the profitableness of wheat sowing, it
is sutliciont to say that in this part of
tho State, the man who buys flour and
makes money farming is an oxcoption
to tho rulo, and that tho man who grows
his own wheat is a success without ex
4: rn i _ .? *
uupuuu. iu succoou in una lino ot
faroiing an in any other, you have got to
work. You must riso early and stick
to it lato, you must work >oursolf. If
the wind blows or tho ground is frozen,
or ieo gets i ntho tub on top of tho
whoat that is in soak, just go right on
and broak tho ioo and face tho wind and
stick to tho job until you havo got it
fixed oxaotly right. No mattor if you
got somo skin off your hands or dry dust
in your shoos or mud on. your olothing.
L
All of the liko is afttr all about the best
fertilizer ami you will see the truth of
this whon harvest tiuio comes, Good
ootton land or good land aftor pens will
be uioro protitablo in wheat without
manure, hut is much bottor with it. 1
do not ndviso tho buying of oommcroial
fertilizers for wheat, I doubt one year
with another it would bo profitable to
do so. 1 soak wheat ovory year, one
pound of blue Btono to live bushels of
wheat over night.
MET HORRIBLE FATE.
Seven Members of a Now York Party
Dies in Alaska.
A dispatch from Sonltlo, Wash., says
Otto Thews, of Primrose, Iowa, who
lias arrived thoro from Copper river,
Alaska, brings news confirming the reported
deaths of seven members of the
scientific prospecting company of Now
York. The dead arc: Karnhardt, Miller,
Allorman, Schultz, Peter Seigel,
Butnor and Bauuigartncr.
Ooorgo Hooker, nnothor member of
j tho party got out alive, but is badly
criplod with scurvy, which carried away
the majority of his companions.
Baumgartncr went out hunting and
was never seen again. Tho most affecting
caso was that of Itutner, who
was driven insane by his sutTorings.
His weak companions had to strap him
down but even tlion they could not restrain
him. Oao morning Thews,
whoso enufrji aas near, found Butnor
Billing uut ill 11Tr. nilOW Willi IllSOlOtllOS
iiid hat olf. Tlio thermometer 45 do
grecs below zero. liutncr was tnken
inside, but bodied in a low hours.
Thews also brings a gruesome story
in connect ion with tho finding of tho
remains of a jowler named Smith,
who perished last November on \ aldez
glacier. lOvcry exposed portion of tho
body had been eaten by ravens.
Leapoil t) His Death.
A dispatch from Lancaster to Tho
State says Wednesday night as tho train
on the Lancaster and Chester railroad
was approaching tho trcssle over fishing
creek, in Chester county, a horse
attached to a top buggy suddenly took
the track in front of tho engine and rati
with tho speed of the wind. Mngincer
Wall, who was at the throttle, brought
tho train to a stand still. Tho horso
by this time could not he seen, having
pursued his break-nock speed down tho
track. Tho engineer thon cautiously
proceeded on his journey with tho train.
On nearing tho trestle ho discovered tho
horso and buggy about 70 feet from tho
bank in tho trestle. Tho train was
stopped again. The crow and passengers
went to sec the strango sight.
Whilo trying to extrieato the horso
lrom Ins porilous position, lie made a
plunge and tumbled over tho trestle,
a distance of 40 foot, to the ground
below, oarryiug tho buggy with him.
He fell on his head with tho buggy top
over hiiu. The horse was killed instantly.
Whon found his head was
doubled up under the forcshouldors.
Tho buggy, of course, was utterly
wrecked. Tho horso belonged to Dr.
.Jesse A. Clifton of the Port Lawn section
of Chester county. Tho doctor
was calling on a patient und left his
horse unhitehed in tho yard. 11o became
freightencd at tho approaching
train and dashod on tho track, in front
of tho engine, and the result was as
above stated.
Experiment Station Work.
The clovcnth bulletin on "Experiment
Station Work" is now in press and
will f-oon bo issued by tho United States
department of agriculture as farmers'
.bulletin No. 103. Twelvo suhjocts aro
discussed. The first calls attention to
the danger from excossivo irrigation
and gives tho remedy. Tho socond
treats of tho cross-pollination of plums,
and tho third of oloso rott pruning of
trees. These aro followed by artielos
on "Tho Oxeyc Daisy," "Poisoning by
Wild Cherry heaves," "Preserving
Eggs in Waterglass," "Tho Period of
Qostation in Cows," "Tho hong Clam,"
"Silago for Horsos and Hogs," "Commoro
al Butter Cultures Isod in Connection
with Pasteurized Cream," and
tho "Stave Silo." Tho last montionod
articlo says that tho stave silo is tho
most practical and .successful silo which
can he constructed and gives suggestions
rogarding tho construction of
such silos, together with four illustrations
showing soctions of tho silo and
general appearance of tho completed
structure. Copies may bo obtained on
application to the secretary of agriculture.
She Was Particular.
Miss Jonnio Wyatl, about 20 years
old, was caught in tho current opposite
a hotel at Atlantic Beach Wednesday
and was being carried out to sea. A
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uwiuiuu mini, it ribiti vr kl i h;ihjw, IlillllLI'l i
(ircy, and a strong swimmer, was first
to reach her side. However, Miss
Wyattsawa white swimmer within a
fow strokes of hor, refused the assist-!
anoo of (ircy and waited until the other
man reached her side. Miss Wyatt
throw her arms around her rescuer, and j
within a fow minutes was brought
ashoro. When sho reached tho beach
sho fell to the ground from exhaustion.
Tho colored man followed tho whito
man with his burdon, ready to lend as- j
sistanoo if needed, and, upon reaching
shoro, helped to carry tho girl to tho '
hotel.
IKOIA
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AN OBJECT LESSON.
Story of a Bloody Fight and Many
Wounds.
FOUR HUMAN BRUTES
Who Would No Doudt Shake the
Faith of the New Englandors
in the
Negro.
The Yorkvillo correspondent of the
News ami Courier says if a delegation
of thoso Now Kmglundcrs who scorn to
havo such implicit confidence in tho
virtuo, honor and humanity of tho ordinary
Southern Negro had been in
Yorkvillo last Monday aftornoo it is
very probable that thoir faith would
havo been shaken, to say tho least. It is
more than probablo that they would havo
admitted that thcro wore at least three
that wore brutes, pure and simple, that
is if they aro as honest as they profess
to bo. Thg reader may jud?o by tho
following story whether or not tho foregoing
observations aro justified:
Lizzie Adams, a Negro woman of
doubtful eharaotor, lives in a shanty on
the outskirts of town, whore whiskey of
the blind tiger variety is supposed to be
sold, and gambling is reported as being
ihe favorite pastimo. On Monday afternoon
Lizzio had a visitor, Will Jones,
a Negro, when Adam MeKinncy, Alph
Massy and another Negro "just dropped
in." Tlioy talked plcnsantly at first,
but presently bocamo abusive.
MoKinnoy applied an epithet to
tlonos that called out the remark:
"Adam, I ought to kill you for that."
Mekinncy replied: "Do it, and then
talk about it," and he at once advanced
on .lones with a knife in his hand,
throw his other arm around Jono's nock
and stabbed him. Massy undertook to
separate them, and Mokinnoy got hold
of Massoy and raked his knifo through
Masscy's shoulder. Whilo MoKinnoy
and Massoy wero struggling .Jones got
his pistol.
In the meantime Massoy had brokon
away, crying: "Send for tho dootor;
I am killed." lie got out of tho house,
and .lones tired at MeKinncy twioo,
ono ball taking elfeet in tho left shoulder
and tho other in tho head. Whilo
.lones was tiring MoKinnoy rushed up
on him, slashing him with his knifo.
They olinohod and fell to tho floor,
whoro MoKinnoy continued to hack
until satisfied. Ilo then got up and
left, leaving .Jonos where he had fallon.
Ho went niltuifln llin linnun limn
hud the uppoaranco of a slaughter pon,
swore and stormod for a tiuio and thon
went away.
Tho knife usod was a largo one. having
a blado 2* to 3 inchos long. Jona's
pistol was a cheap ono, of 32-oalibro,
not calculated to do a great deal of execution.
The wound of Alf Massey,
which commenced near the point of the
left shouldor blado, oxlondcd round to
about tho front of tho loft arm, a distance
of about eight inches and reached
to all bones in its eeurse. He w.allrmt
noarly a mile down totho Court House,
where ho met Dr. W. G. White, who
took him in his buggy, carried him to
his oflioo, whero ho and Dr. McDowell
dressed tho wound. Twenty odd stitches
wcro necessary to closo tho gap. Tho
Negrero was very weak from loss of
bloon, hut is reported as boing on tho
road to recovery.
Will Jono's wounds, which aro more
numorous than thoso of Massey, wore
dressed at tho houso of Lizzio Adams
by Dr. M. J. Walker. One wound ponotratcd
his lungs and anothor almost
sovcred his head. It is tho opinion of
tho doctors that his chances for recovery
aro rather slim, but so far ho is getting
along apparently about as well as
an ordinary human boing would with a
cut linger.
Mo Kinney was captured on tho premises
of Mr. W. 11. do Loach, by Policemen
Love and Unsn. I In w?4 Ki li/ml in
jail, whcro Dr. Walker out a bullet out
of his shoulder. Ho has a wound on
his head, but it has moro of tho appearance
of having boon mado by a bludgeon
than a bullet, but it is possiblo
that it was mado by a bullet, as ono
that was slightly flattened was found on
tho floor of tho houso whcro tho fight
occurred. Tho prisoner is apparently
in as good condition as before tho battlo.
Texas Cotton Crop.
Tho Halvoston News published a report
Thursday of tho cotton crop of Texas
and the torntorijs mado up of 385
reports of an avorago dato of September
3, covering 131 Texas couniios, and
33 points in the Indian and Oklahoma
territories. Theso reports indicate a
decrease in tho yield of Texas of 3t>.8
per cent and for Texas and tho territories
of 37.5 por cent. Drouth caused
most of tho loss.
Georgia Cotton Crop.
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VsUiiiiinaaiuiiur ui iv^riuuiiuru >.
Stevens, who rcturnod to Atlanta
Thursday after an inspection of tho
crops throughout Middle and South
Ucorgio, states that cotton will bo at
least half a miMion bales short and that
in order to rcalizo 75 per cent of tho
crop of 1891), conditions will have to
roiuain favorablo for some time to como.
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