The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 04, 1902, Image 1
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VOL XVII.
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* HEY WARD AHEAD.
Talbert in Second Race, Not Far
Ahead of Ansel.
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MARTIN DEFEATS McMAHAN.
( untcr Dt'lcalH SIcvciinoii. Hcvoral
Will Have to Itun Over in I he
Second Primary, to lie
Held \e\t Tuesday.
The returns given below are ollieiul
as tabulated by the State Democratic
Executive Committee. The vote polled
.... ^mivi iiiii i i >? iiii , Willie I Hill
for senator was I lo, being third in
fii/.e. Latimer leads out t,lie senatorial
race by a good figure, his vote being
22,l>71, and John Gary Fvaus comes
second with 17,803.
For governor Gapt. Hey ward lias
more than doubled the vote of his
nearest competitor, Talbcrt, who it
appears is in the second race with 18,2is
votes against Ansel's 17,dsn. Tillman
is in fourth place with 10,308
votes, and Tinnnerman brings u^ the
rear with (1,515 votes.
Col. Sloiy leads out the race for
lieutenant governor by nearly a,out)
votes and will make the second race
with Gary.
Ganttaud Wilson will run over for
secretary of state, the latter leading
out by nearly 1,000 votes.
Hunter has been nominated for attorney
general by over 8,000 votes
over Stevenson, and Superintendent,
of education McMahau is beaten by
Martin by 2,000 votes.
Frost led the race for adjutant general
by a handsome figure and will
make the second race with lloyd.
Jones and Walker will make the second
race for comptroller general, the
latter leading by nearly .">,000 votes.
x For railroad commissioner, Fvaus,
who is in lirst place, is close pushed
by Gauglunan, with whom he will run
the second heat. Moblcy is in third
place. Wilborn is badly beaten.
KOK UN1T1CD STATICS SIC NATO 15.
William 1011 iott 13,058
John Gary 10vans 17,893
John J. Hemphill 13,201
1). S. Henderson 13,771
George .lohustone 13,550
A. C. Latimer 22,971
Total 95,110
Lor Governor.
Martin F. Ansel 17,085
I). C. 1 Icy ward 30,551
\V. Jasper Talbcrt 18,218
James H. Tillman 10,398
W. H. Timmerman 0,515
Total 95,367
For Lieutenant Governor:
Cole L. I ilease 19,271
Frank 11. Gary 35,101
plm T. Sloan 39,779
Total 04,517
For Secretary of State:
J. Thomas Austin 22,398
J. T. Gantt 31,130
J. Harvey Wilson 38,030
Total 94,540
For Attorney General:
I J. X. Gunter, Jr 51,582
W. F. Stevenson 48,073
Total 91,055
For State Treasurer:
II. II. Jcnnlugs 91,572
For Comptroller General:
N. W. Brookcr 18,420
A. W. .lones 24,805
W. H. Sliarpe 21,780
G. L. Walker 29,320
Total 94,391
For Superint endent of Fdwcation:
John J. McMahan 45,891
(). It. Martin 18,850
Total 94.741
For Adjutant and Inspector General:
Paul 10. Aycr 2,987
J. C. Boyd 30,527
.lolin I >. Frost 30,013
John M. Patrick 20,957
George Douglass House 3,894
Total 95,008
For Railroad Commissioner:
.James Cansler 8,915
I>. ii. uaugnman in, m i
W. Iloyd IOvans 20,174
-A. O. Jcpson 7,170
IllcnryJ. Kinard 5,127
.John < . Moblcy 15,241
Hutfh II. Prince 2,005
.1. C. Will torn 10,150
,1. (i. Wolling 7,281
Total 04,507
Till: < ONOHKS8IONAL VOTR.
The following is the vote received
by the different candidates in flic several
congressional districts:
First District.
k ^ ^ Lo^are 7,400
I'.aeol
Second District.
Croft 4,000
IkdJAnKCr 3,074
Thurmond 3,820
Third District.
Aiken 3,042
Smith 2,828
McCalla 2,400
Prince 2,017
Pucker 1,200
StribblinK 2,107
(jraydon 1,180
Fourth District.
Johnson 10,331
Wilson 5,585
Fifth District.
Finley 7,280
I
Strait 3,ltt9
Wilson 2,220
Floyd 1,308
Sixth District.
Scarborough 13,330
Seventh District.
I Lever : 10,57 i i
j McLaughlin 2.132
PREMONITIONS OF DEATH.
Curious Ciiu. noes Vl?i?l? \wnit
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a N'uturuf 1'vplanalion.
''Premonitions of death arc often .
scouted at." said a well known Washington
newspaper man. "hut t here are
j occasionally authentic Instances arising
which raise doubts as to whether
! there may not he, after all. some sort <
j of indetinable spiritual phenomena in
the incidents.
"it will be recalled that a well ;
j known chief of division in one of the i
J departments, in apparent perfeet i
[health on the last day lie appeared i
I at the otllee. died reeeiit.lv o. :iiioi>lew
on 1 hat night. I have since learned <
I hat on the evening in question, .short- 1
ly In-fore he retired, a large (log in l>is i
household set up such a prolonged and
'dismal howling In his yanl that he ?
j went out with a revolver, under the j
j supposition that there might he in- <
traders prowling about, altli ugh the
(log howled and did not hark. The dog <
| refused to stop howling upon the tip- 1
pronch ol his master, and followed i
him in the house, whining and show- , i
ing evidences of distress, looking up i
' into the oilicial's face in such a peeu- i
liar manner that the members oi the <
I family at 1 he time thought it exceeding
strange. The dog continued to
follow his master about the house,
acting strangely in t he manner I have
described. On the following morning
the oilicial was found dead in his room.
"The above incident is a ?curious
as is also t lit; following, and I
j while not of startling ghostly interest ,
is also local to Washington."the parties
being members of my own family.
i "Sometime ago my wife's mother
[started on a journey to California.
Several days after her departure an el- ,
i derly colored woman, who had been a |
[slave in her family, having been raised
i with my wife's mot iter, called at t he |
house. As in similar instances in the.
South, there had been a warm attachment
existing between former mistress
and slave, which has continued
1 t I......... l. i: P- fi'i. 'i
(intuitu hit. in1 OKI M'l'Villi I WJIS I
i visibly agitated. She declared she I
1 had been 'warned' that my wife's mo- ,
llut died at an early hour that morn- i
injj on the tra.n. When asked whether !
she had received a telegram to that 1
cIVect she replied that she had not, but l
thai at the hour in question she had \ i
been awakened by the finning of the >
front door bell. In responding to the (
| call she had found no one on the steps I
tin each instance, the hell having been i
pulled three successive times. Her t
I house, by the way. was on a down- j I
| town street, and was recently razed to i
| make room for a bus!ucss structure. I
"At about 10o'clock on the morning
of the day when the former slave had i
communicated the intelligence of my i
wife's mother's death we received a I
i telegram from the olllcials of the rail- (
i road, diitcd from a far western state, .
S announcing her sudden death at about ]
j the hour when the colored companion <
of her early childhood hacl heard the '
pulls at the hell. Had the hell been
rung during the ordinary hours of the i
day we would have attached no hn- I
portanee to the former slave's positive 1
assertion of a spiritual visitation from <
the deceased lady, but as it was about. 1
:t o'clock in the morning the incident .
has ever been one of more than usual i
interest in our family. If the pulls i
at the hell were not supernatural, they i
were assuredly a strange coincidence." 1
?Washington Star. <
(tanll lor Secretary of Stale.
Mr. .1. T. Gantt, who is a candidate \
for promotion to the otlicoof Secretary (
of State, deserves to succeed in this .
election, and doubtless will lie elected, !'
because of the excellent record he has j (
mam; (Hiring u lour years incumbency .
as assistant Secretary of State.
Mr. (iantt has hcen at all times |
faithful and efficient, always at his
post of duty, and ever willing and J
ready to go, if need he, beyond his (
duty to serve those having business (
with this important office.
lie has systematized and improved [
the records, opened new records and 1 ,
dices, and adopted the most approved |
business met hods in this work. 11 is i .
four years' experience in the olllec has ! ,
qualified him to carry on the work j (
without hitch or hindrance, and to j
point out needed changes and amend- i
ments to the corporation law of the i
State, the enforcement of much of j J
| which devolves upon this olllec. As a j:
I result of his work, the receipts of the '
office have increased ten-fold over t
$10,000 having been turned into Die '
treasury to reduce the burden of taxa- 1
tion last year: <
The work in wliicli Mr. Gantt takes ?
most pride, however, and for which lie 1
is best known, is the attention he has I
attracted to the valuable records of 1
the State and the steps to preserve 1
them, for which lie Is responsible. (
Idealizing this fact, the State commission
requested him to prepare an exhibit
for the Charleston exposition.
and the splendid display In the State h
building resulted. Thd exhibit was j *
secured by Mr. Dantt largely from <
rubbish In the State house. t
It. Is upon this record that Mr. (iantt i
asks the votes of the people, and he j
deserves election. Dorchester Demo- I
crat. <
I>r<'\v lli(! Line.
A Cobb County Da., farmer, according
to the Marleta Journal, on hear- 1
ing that his daughter was engaged <
with pingpong, declarged she might 1
flirt as much as she pleased, but that I
she shouldn't bring any Chinese into ?
the family. f
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CONWAY, S. (
HEYWARD PLEASED I
n
With the Result of the Recent Primary
In This State.
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HE TALKS ABOUT THE OUTCOME. *
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hxproHHOH II is (irat illcut ion nt the j
Very IIuikIhoiiio Note (ilvcn
111iti In All l'ar(N of >'
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Sou til Carolina. li
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Capt. I). C. I ley ward passed through r
Charleston last Thursday, en route to I
Columbia. Capt. I ley ward stated t hat
lie could not be but intensely #rut itied (
itthe handsome vote accorded him, u
iiid while he felt highly eoinplimenfed, e
he accepted it as an evidence that the I
krreal mass of voters in Sout h Carolina i'i
approved of 11is ell'orts to eonduet his S
ainpaiirn on iuuli principles, and that . w
I hey were in accord with his platform
to administer the laws of the state ! o
fairly and Impartially and to he a tfov-j I
urnov of the entire state, without re- <
i.?< iiu'iuiuii i M'l'iiiuiiw oilier- i;
snees. J I
' l certainly appreciate the vote o
jiven me by t lie people of Charleston/' n
lie said. "I cannot possibly thank
Lhem in person, bnl I fell so assured I;
>f l-heir kind consideration thai be- !i
fore the recent primary I d -voted ins t
i inn? elsewhere, feeling assiiied that
Charleston svould stand by ine. as she e
has so loyally done, i hope to be back
here in a few days and meet as many \
?f my Charleston supporters as possi- h
hie. Another grat it's ing feature of d
I ho recent vote was the very liberal ,
uipport given ine by the mill (list riots. I p
1 have always been a friend to the la- n
boring men, as evidenced by the iinaiii- n
inous vote given me by every laboring n
man who lives In my neighborhood, c<
hut I have not been in public life be- b
fore, and had no way heietofore
Lo prove it, ann therefore cannot but
feel that the loyal way in which the
nill districts stuck by ine is a tritiute (
.veil worth cherishing, and should I
jecomc governor I will endeavor to
prove to tiiose worthy citizens of our
>tate that they have not reposed their
trust in me unwisely." ?]
44 What do you think of your chances j
n the second primary?" was queried
)y the reporter. | S(
4,Thcy could scarcely he better and ,r
lot lie a certainty," replied Oapt. j ^
I ley ward. "I believe practically every |
Vote i/ivi'll me i II t ho li r?t nrlmnru will !
1)0 accorded me in the second race. In i
my case you see the support was the t.
spontaneous expression of people to ^
me whom they trusted, it was, 1 |,
Uike it, a vote of love, affection and -j
respect and they will be just as ready j,
lo give it to me in the second race as
Lhey were in the tirst. 1 have every S)
reason to count on the support of the
friends of the defeated candidates. In |,
tile, campaign 1 treated every one of L,
my opponents fairly and gave them If,
every possible consideration. I have I j,
Lhe good will of Dr. Timmerman, ! n
Jul. Tillman, (Jol. Talhert, and Mr. |j
Ansel. All of them I count as friend- (J
ly to me and in the second race I
:ount on receiving the bulk of the 0
rotes of each defeated candidate. Cl
"The total vote, you see, recorded ()
ip to date, is about HO,000, and using C(
Lliat simply as a basis, 10,000 odd y
rotes will he required to elect. My
rote is already about .'12,000, so 1 mere- Cl
ly have to get 0,000 votes out of the
">0,000 given to my opponents to give ^
me the required 10,000. These llgures ,,
ire crude, but they arc practically
ibout the way it. will result and a
>llnd man can therefore see that my (
chances are excellent, .lust let my
supporters remain true and then use ,,
ill fair and honorable methods of in- ,
hieing the supporters of the defeated ^
candidates to join with them in their
support of me."
"What about your movements,
"apt. I ley ward," inquired the newspaper
man.
"My movements," lie replied, "will
i>e largely governed hy 'ircumstanc.es.
My plan is, however to continue the
fair, upright, honorable and high
ampaign which I have heretofore coniucted,
and knowing and believing,
is I do, that it meets tlie full approval
)f t he State, my efforts will he to roll
ip a large majority, so that there will
>e no uuestion as to whether t lie nen- e:
>le of South Carolina approve of the. ti
nanner of the campaign which Just c<
ias been concluded."
A It rave Woman.
Nineteen prisoners of the county p
lail at Covington, Tcnn., made an ; j,
ittempt to break out this morning in ()
die absence of tlie jailor, and nearly q
luceeedcd. They had Ixired through J p
die top of the cage and were at)out to s
>reak through the roof, when the wife ti
)f .Jailor Smith took a hand. * She tJ
irmed a negro "trusty" and taking si
icr husband's shot gun, covered the ^
prisoners and kept them still until v
lcr husband's return. The prisoners
were then forced to return to their
soils.
Unf iled t<> l>oath.
in a lireat Qehrlng, Net)., six peo- J';
pie lost their lives. S. II. McCuinpsey, ^
i machanic, started a lire with kero- ,
>ene. The can exploded, igniting the ,s
dothes of McCumpsey, his wife, two s'
dilldren, aged one year and four days, 11
respectively, and two other little n
{iris. The parents remained in the il
turning house trying to save tbeehil- 11
iron and all perished.
Hoy Drowns In Well.
Quite an unusual death occured at S
I rbtina (in., at II. L. Thompson iSc c;
Jo's, saw mill 011 tlie Tifton, Thomas- h
dllcand Gulf railroad when a negro I
x>y fell in a well In the mill quarter ti
md was drowned, lie had been dead I<
>omo time when found. g
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DR LEN TOO LIBERAL.
riioi'P Is Ttmihlc ItrnwiiiK for Hint In
Ills Association.
Dr. Lou <L Drou^hton, of the'
taptlst-Tabernacle church, of Atlanta. ;
coins to be a lilt tie hit too liberal for (
lie other baptist denominations <?l
he city, ami they have none after i
iim. alonjr with t he Christian Index, I
ho State Daptist or^a', with allot
ron.
It is all tfcd that Dr. Drouyhton is
eceivinir into Ins church members!
r.mi " l'he bis the Index says) Campicllites
and pedo-Daptists" without!
ueh members beinn baptized hy a i
ocularly organized minister of the
laptist faitM. .
in other "words, the intnersion hy
Mirist tans or I'limitive baptists does j
ottfo with t hoot Inn1 Daptist church- ' '
sin Atlanta, and it is hinted fliat t
>r. Drouth I on will he carried up he-h
are the rnrtheomlnt; session of the >
tone Mountain Dapt ist association,of
ihich his ch u rch is a component part.!1
'The b'.t of cvidi nee of Llic liberality (
f thought pract ised hy Dr. Drouth
oil's colli;rogation Is host, told In a
onversatiou had hotwoo.n a Methodist !k
lytnnn and a lady member of I >r. 1
troughton's church last Sunday night 1
ii the portico of the Itaptist Taberaclc
church. !'
"Why, Mr. 1 dank," asked t his lady. '
uighlng, "what is an old Methodist 1
ke you doing down here at a I tapis!
church?*'
"I don't know that I'm at a Itaptist
lur.'ch when I'm here," he replied. .1
She smilingly assented. "Well, |
ou're about, half right. It is about
all way between Itaptist and Methoist,"
and that closed the incident.
Dr. Drought on and his church is
opular wit)i all other denominations '
i the city. ? xcept the Catholics, and
lost of Ids audience every Sunday
iglit is composed of numbers of ot her
ongrcgations and non-church inemers.
TERRClt OF CONGO STATE.
letopiiK l're<|iieniN Caverns ami
Devours Mcn'ri Drains.
A Itclgian otllccr Just returned from 1
lie Congo Free State reports that in
lie caverns of the Uclle river there
Wells a soccies of ncfnims flint nn>. I
Mils ;i grave danger to all who navinte
tlie river In small boats, say an
iiitwcrp cahlu to the Philadelphia
iOdger.
The strange beasts arc called "incgre"
by the natives, and arc very iiuin- ^
rous in tin; neighborhood of the stalon
of the Amadis, owing to the niiiner
of rocks and caves in that rclgon.
'hey attack the native canoes, eapslzig
them easily with their tentacles,
ml according to their state of hunger,
dzlng one or two inen.
The octopusdrags ids human prey to
is cavern, and there, without Intlictig
the slightest external wounds,
30(ls on his victim's brains by insertig
the. points of ids tentacles in ids
ostriis. lie generally keeps his prey
l'teen hours, then lets the body lloat
ut. 011 the i iver.
"I was an eyewitness to a disaster
f lids kind," says tin; i'.elgian. "A
anoe was capsized in the river and
ne of the three occupants disappearI.
When tlie survivors swam ashore
licy told us that an octopushad t urn1
over their boat and carried o(T their
jmpanion.
"The next morning about !? o'clock
lie body was found Moating and no
race of any wound could lie found,
Idle tlii! only abnormal appearance
'as the swollen state of the nostrils,
hi examination it was found that
lie brains had been extracted. The
a lives of the Uelle all dread the
negwe' while those of the Itimbri
now nothing of its existence."
Mailo I lie first Revolver.
.Joseph Shirk, formerly of Lancas3r,
I'enn., the man who made the
rst revolver, died the other day. The
resent generation hardly imagines a
ime when there was no revolver, hut
i truth it is a modern weapon and in
^ real etllciency only a few years old
-riot to exceed 10. before the civil
rar there wore tlie old-fashioned peper
boxes, which were dangerous to
lie user; then came the "navy,"
hicli had to be loaded like a musket,
ini nurrci requiring separate atten-j
on, and usually being Ineffective ex;pt
at point-blank range.
No llcpiihlicnn Ticket.
While the Democrats are holding!
rlmarles, the. Llepubllcans In their!
opelesH minority are keeping very i
uiot, says The State, of Columbia. ;
'here have been rumors that the lte- ,
uh] leans would call a convention in
eptember and put out) a full state
Icket. A leader of that party stated,
lie other day, that the Kcpubllc&n
late committee would meet in Sepjmber,
but he feit sure that no condition
would be called.
Ilm \V?h Mistaken. I
.lust before the primary election Jim 1
MUman furnished this modest prcdic- 1
Ion for publication in the Atlanta
^institution: "1 arn perfectly conll- 1
cnt I will be the next governor of 1
outh Carolina. It may not be posilile
for mo to win in the first prl
iary, though I may; 1 will not he '
lany votes shy of a clear majority. 1
m sure of winning In the second pri- 1
iary."
A I'mi*l Mwlm.
A special from Miles City says that
ergcant Moon, of troop II, Thirteenth
nvalry, was drowned wliilc attempt- !
ig to swim the Yellowstone river,
lis body has not yet been recovered, i
hough detachments of soldiers from
'ort Kcougli liave been actively enaged
In a search for it. i
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'TEM UElt !, ISM).
RURAL DELIVERY.
One Hundred and Sixty-Seven Routes
in This State.
GREAT INTEREST IS SHOWN.
And tin* I'listollicr Depart iie'iit lias,
llcoclvcd Many Applications
lot' I'SNtahliKliiiiciit of New
< >nes.
According to the otllcial List of the
Aostotllcc depart men! in Washington,
vhich list has just, been eotnpiletl tor
he use of the otlieials, South Carolina
"n?ui May I. 1 sun to .1 uly 1. 1U02, has
jeen given HIT rural delivery routes.
I'hls is considerably in advance of
lumbers of States larger than South
parol Ina.
It is said that I he demand for agents
o lay out new routes in t tie State Is
greater from Soul h Carolina than alnust.
any other State of her populaion.
Interest In free rural delivery
las in creased greatly in the last year
iikI today there arc on tile at t lie department
in Washington a groat iiia11\
k:I it ions from South Carolina.
following arc lho/& V;?I delivery of- ;
Ices in South ('arolii^i, the date of esahlishment.
and the numberof routes
low being operated:
Abbeville. May I, IMPS), three.
Aiken, Mai l.*>. 1HSMI. two.
Ha miters, April .'I, l x, two.
Barnwell, Nov. I. 1001, one.
Bennett.svllle, .1 line I looo, live.
Bishopville, I )oo. 2, 1901, two.
Blenheim, July I, 1902, two.
Camden. Jan. I. 1902, one.
Cameron, May, i">, I "JO I, one.
Campobcllo, Fub. I. 1902, three.
('(.mt ral. (>et. 1. I90I. one.
Cherokee, Feb. I. 1902, one.
Chesterti<*l<l, Feb. I, 1902, one.
Chicks Springs. Feb. I, 1902, one.
Columbia, Nov. 1, 1901, one.
Cope, Feb. I, 1902, two.
Cordova, Nov. I, 1901, one.
Coktatfovillc, Oct. I, 1901.
Cow pens, Feb. 1, 15>02, one.
Darlington, April 2. FJOO, two.
Denmark, Nov. I, 1901, one.
I Mllion, A pril 2# 1900.
Fdisto Island, March In, FJOO, one.
IOUorcc, Dec. 2, 1901, two.
Fairplay, June 10, 1902, one.
Fort- Mill January 1, 1902, two.
Fort Mott November 1, 1901, ono.
Fountain Inn, December 2. 1901.
AVO.
Cctsin^er. October I. lt>01 one.
(Jaycourt, May 1, 1902. one.
(ircenvllle, March la. 1900 three.
i i i win* ...
* i \ v nowwu, .?i tijr i , i cjif ;F, l ? < ?.
(ircor, February I, 1002, one.
Hammer, February 1, 10u2, one.
Hickory, April 1. 1002, one.
Ionian, February 1, 1002, two,
Johnston, June I, 1800, t hree.
Lanford Station, June2, 1002. one.
LaLLa, July I, 1002, one.
Laurens, June 2, 1002, one.
Leesvllle, February 1, 1002, two.
Lewiedalo, November, 1, 1001. one.
Lexington, May 15, 1001, one.
Liberty, October I. 1001, two.
Lowndes v I lie, December 2. looi,
two.
McColl, April 2, 1000, one.
Moore, May 1, 1000, one.
Mountvllle, June 2. 1002, two.
Ncwljcrry, August I, 1001, one.
Nichols, July 1, 1002, one.
Ninety-Six, April I, 1001, one.
North, November 1, 1001, one.
(Jrangeburg, March I, 1800 three.
Peak July 1, 1002, one.
Prosperity, May 1, 1800, two.
Kapley, Feb. 1, 1002, One.
llidge Spring, Dec. 1, 1001, two.
Lock Hill, Jan. 1002, four.
Kowesvllle, May 15, looi, one.
St. (Jeorge, Dec. 2, 1001 two.
St. Matthews, Nov. 1, 1001, one.
Saluda, June 1, 1800, two.
Seneca, May 1, 1800, four.
Simpsonvillc, Dec. 2, I Do 1, three.
Sigh's, May I, 1800, two.
Smoak's, Dec. 2, 1001, two.
Spartanburg, Aug. 15, I HDD, four.
Springfield, Dec. 2, 1001, one.
Sumter, Nov. I, looi, one.
Traveller's Itest, Feb. 1, 1002, one.
Trenton, July, I, 1002, two.
Waterloo, March 15, 1000, one.
Well ford, Jan. 1, 1002. two.
Westminister, Oct. 1, looi, three,
WoodruIT, Oct. 1, looi, two.
Yorkville, July I, 1002, two.
Anderson, Oct. 1, 1001, eight.
Helton, May 1, 1800, four.
Fasly, (Jet. 1, 1001, live.
Honea Path, Feb. I, 1001 two.
1 va, (>ct. 1. 1001. four.
Pelzcr, Oct, l. 1901, two.
Pendleton, Oct. I, 1901, tour.
l'ieclmont, Oct. 1. 1901, two.
Starr, Oct. 1, 1901, two.
Townvlllc, Oct. 1, 1901, two.
Wllliamston, Oct. 1. 1901, two.
Caused Ity m Cat.
A terrible explosion of gunpowder
occurred at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
In the cabin of William Holloman,
a negro, on the plantation of
Mr. (<lb. Lowe, live miles from Washington,
Wilkes County, <?a., and as a
result Lily lluloman, aged lf?, is dead,
while Prince llolloinan, aged 7, and
Jesse llollouian, aged 0, arc seriously
Injured. The parents of the children
were attending the great negro camp
meeting at Liberty 11111, near Washington,
and departed at once for their
home upon receiving information of
the accident. A bottle of gunpowder
was standing upon the mantelpiece,
when a cut Jumped from the loft and
knocked It on the floor and partly into
the lire. The children were stunned
and burned by the explosion. Lily
was thrown Into convulsions, which
terminated In her death a few hours
afterwards.
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HEYWARD WILL WIN.
\S hilt An I'p-t'otinlry Man Says
About tlir Second llncc.
The primary election upset calculations
of every sort and knocked many
predictions awry. Its results and what
I he second primary will develop continue
to excite discussion and specula
t ion.
"Since it has been decided t hat Col.
\V. .1. Talhert will contend with ('apt.
I>. Clinch lleyward In the second primary,"
said a business man from tin*
Piedmont belt, Friday, to a reporter
of the News and Courier, "there can
scarcely tie any doubt as to the outcome.
I know something of the drift
of sentiment in Anderson, Oconee,
Pickens and Greenville, where Ansel
polled probably To per cent, of bis
vole, and it seemed to ho generally
understood that Ansel should (jet the
bulk of tin* votes in the llrst primary
and in the second primary they would
Kro to lleyward. 11. was not believed,
even in that section, where Ansel is
known and esteemed, that he would
be in the second nice, but Piedmont
i<>iw wort1 notnn in vole lor 11111), willynilly.
ll was not thai they esteemed
I ley wind less, hut. they loved Ansel
more and tliey stuck to him. as t hey
always have done. Now. however,
since Ansel is no longer a laclor to he
considered, the major part of his
IV,onn and more votes will n<> to I leyward.
Coining developments will
prove the truth of what I say.
"As for Dr. Tinnnennan's vote,
there is no reason to believe that
I ley ward will net scanty recognition
from il. If I lie Doctor's vote could
he identified it would reveal his
strength with what, for the want of
a better name, 1 would call the reunions
or ehurch-nohin class. The
Doctor is an active member of the
bapt ist Church, and, you remember,
he was not at all worried over the in*
teiTonaflons uncut his habits by the
Kev. Mr. I'.etts. The Doctor received
over 0,UOO votes, and if t he deacons
and preachers had been in the majority
in this state he would have succeeded
MeSweency. and there wouldn't
have' bee.ii tiny second race, either.
Certainly he is to he congratulated on
the character of the vote he not.
"The friends of Col. Talbert say he
will secure Tillman's vote. Suppose
he does, every sinnle one of them.
I ley ward noes into t hi second primary
with I,Olid more votes to Ills credit
than the combined strennth of Tillman
and Talbert. And if you don't
think I ley ward is more invincible in
A11.sol's st ronnhold than Talbert, I hen
todireet your attention to the tubulated
fact that fnpn the remnant vote
left by Ansel to his competitors llcywiird
not o.'IO to Talbert's 'dot In Anderson,
to Talbert's L'lu in <; rectivlllo,
21*1 to Talbert's st In Ploketis
and dlT to Talbert's 'it In Oconee.
Now that's otlleial."
ICcsiill of a (Jnnrrel.
i 11 it ii. L!(? yours old, unci Joseph
Campbell are cloud, unci an unknown
man is dying in Hellovue hospital,
Now York, as the result, the police
say, of ac|uarrel in the woman's apurtinents.
According to the police, 11 it;
two men entered the. apart ments and
a cp'iurrol ensued, during which four
shol.s were llrcd. TI16 Hall woman
lived in three small rooms in the rear
of t he llrst Moor of the house, which
is a large tenement house. I lor almost
nude body was found on the lloor of
t he bedroom, wit h a bullet hole in her
heart. Campbell's body, fully dressed
and also shot through the heart, was
lying behind that of the; woman. The
unknown man lay dying in the same
room, a bullet having entered the base
of his brain and shattered the spinal
column. According to the tenants in
the house, the two men entered the
woman's apartments Wednesday forenoon.
Sounds of quarreling were
heard soon after, and one woman says
site heard four shots fired in rapid
succession. Site ran from her room
across the street to the quarters of a
lire engine company, where she told of
the shooting. The police were; summoned
and took charge of the premises.
A revolver with four empty
chambers waa found in I lie room.
A Cain I lOrror.
At Itlehmond, Ya., Sunday morning
J. I). Wilson, a well known young
man, slink and instantly killed his
friend, <J. 10. Apperson. The families
of the two oeennied the same
hous<\ Apperson's family was away
and Apperson had changed his sleeping
room. Wifgon, hearing a noise in
the room, proceeded to investigate.
Seeing a form which, In the dark, he
supposed to be that of a burglar, he
challenged, and receiving no answer,
lircd with the above result, Moth the
families are highly connected.
,\ I'amlly ol'SulohleM.
Coroner Green Tuesday held an Inquest
over the body of Hessie Code,
colored who died Monday night from
the cfTc+ts of morphine poisoning.
Tho verdict of the Jury was that she
came to her death from an overdose
of morphine administered by her tmn
hand. It was a case of suicide. She
had attempted once before to kill herself.
Just a few weeks ago Mugem
Code, her brother, took his own life.
Suicides among negroes were unknown
until a few years ago. State.
Mnn TiikeH Fatal Nap.
Louis L. Conway, a foreman in tin
New York city cleaning department
laid down on the clItT at One Hundred
and Mighty-seventh street and tin
Speedway for a nap. After sleeping
an hour lie awoke and, in stretching,
lost Ids balance, rolled over the edgt
of tlie elilT to the Speedway IkjIow, ?
distance of loo feet, and was instant
ly killed. Conway's fatal fall was wit
nesscd by several pleasure seekers 01
I the clilT.
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NO. (i.
I THE STEEL TRUST.
It Is Now Worth Over One Billion
Dollars.
EARNS HALF A MILLION DAILY.
Thr l-'lgums Mmln In (lit* A IIUIiivltm
A it sk ) seen piti. Il I Ins a Surplus
11|' si\ly IIv?* Millions.
At Trmiton, N. .1.. Wednesday, tin*
I nltod Stairs Steel corporation tiloil
i in the court of chancery an answer to
i I he amended hill of complaint of .1.
Aspinwall llodgr, lie man I Smlt h and
William II. ('urtiss, to restrain the
proposed conversion of .fjoo.ooo.ooo 7
per cent , preferred stock Into *200,i
000,000 "> per cent, second mortgage
i bonds.
The answer denies that the bonks of
' t he corpocatIon show ('nrt iss to lie the
I owner of any stocks of the concern.
! Smith, it, Is averred, did not own any
I stock of record until June 21, 1002,
after the plan of conversion had been
] adopted, and that the stock now
I recorded In Smith's name was voted
| in favor of the plan.
Hodge, it, Is admitted, owns 100
shares of stock, hut it Is alleged thai
lie was not present at the stockholders'
meet ing when t In? plan was submit ted
and that* his stock wa not voted either
i?y iiiinseii or prow.
It Is donii>d thai- lifteen or more of
the ill rectors of the sloel corporation
a re members of the syndicate through
which the preferred stock was to Ihj
converted into bonds.
It is admitted that some of the directors
are members of the syndicate.
| but that this tact was communicated
to every stockholder in the circular of
April IT, 1902, in the following words:
"To turtle i the access of the plan
there has been formed a syndicate, including
some directors, who will receive
four-lift.hs of the t per cent,
commission to he paid under the contract
with .1. 1\ Morgan \ p(>., mentioned
in the notice of stockliolders'
meeting."
The answer says that the directors
in the corporations are a minority in
I the board of directors, but they are
i large stockholders and favored the
conversion plan because they believed
It would he advantageous to them as
I stockholders.
It is denied that any stockholders
had been ottered special terms in connection
with converting their preferred
stock Into bonds in order to secure
their tiliirmative votes for the
| plan.
it is denied that the #00,000,000 of
additional capital which it was pro!
posed to obtain was needed for purposes
thai were chargeable to the earn;
logs of the company.
The answer then takes up the line
'of argument made in the utttdavlt of
| George \V. Perkins, chairman of the
linance committee, tiled last week, In
I which Mr. Perkins claimed that this
additional $00,000,000 was needed to
pay for Improvements and to give the
company a larger surplus to permit it
to do a cash business and he protected
against a money stringency in the
event of a business depression. The
answer says the earnings of the corporation
for the year ending March
31, 1002, were $111,003,001: for the
month of April, 1002, $12,320,700;
.May, * I y, i ^o,:i?0; Juno, i2,rJ(),;uJ0;
I lily, estimated at $11,1)00,000, or at
the rate of *150,000,000 a year.
An Inventory Is tiled to show that
the company's property is worth
$1,400,000,000 more t han tho combined
par value of the preferred and
common stocks. It is stated also that
the company's surplus is $05,000,000.
The answer emphasizes the point
raised by Mr. Perkins to tlie elfect
that the conversion plan would reduce
the lixed charges of the company and
be advantageous to all stockholders,
both preferred and common.
A Cure lor Insomnia.
How many of us, asks the London
Daily Mail, ever give our lungs a full
draught of the fresh air that Is tho
life of the whole body? We all know
what our lungs are for. We all
breathe at least thirty times a minute.
Yet we practically never breathe
with all our lungs; never breathe
properly. It is possible for a man
to exercise his whole l?ody, to keep it
strong and well, simply by breathing
properly. 10very child should be
taught to breathe, and to get into
the habit of tilling the whole lung
space ai, earn inhabit ion and or emptying
it completely at each exhalation.
Do you know there is no better way of
getting to sleep soon after going to
bed than by breathing properly?
Here is a specimen breathing exercise:
l'ush away your pillow and lie flat
upon your back with your muscles relaxed.
Slowly draw In the deepest
breath possible, hold It for four sce;
oiuls, then slowly expel it until your
1 chest and abdomen have collapsed.
1 Repeat this until you are tried or
1 fall asleep.
Killed by n Trump.
Rolice Otlicer .1. J. Flowers was
, killed Just before daylight Thursday
by two tramps, at Rcssemer, Ala.,
while hcandOtllcer Smithorman were
looking for loiterers. They found two
! white men in a box car and ordered
them to come out. The men refused
I to do,so and as Flowers struck a
5 match he was shot dead.
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Five Were Drowned.
Five members of a boating party of
i six employes of the Rattle Creek sani
tarium were drowned Thursday night
In Lake Coguao, near Rattle Creek,
i Mich. Their rowboat was run down
by the steamer Welcome.