The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 23, 1902, Image 1
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VOL XVII.
THE COAL STRIKE
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18 Settled by Both Sides Making
Slight Concessions.
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THE STATEMENT GIVEN OUT.
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<'milmission to IJm|uirc Into ami I'ass
I . All t^UOtttlollH lit IfHIIC
Hotwccu the Operators
and Minora.
Ph from Washington says
tl 1,*hc?*'j.vCo?i1 strike is
setti lmhisslon of six .
persons, jvcn.tli, Mr. Carroll
1). Wrig .ecorder, will adjust
dilTereiices octween operators and
miners. 1'resident Mitchell of the
miners will take the necessary measures
to call the strike olT. The president
will uigo immediate resumption
of mining and operations are expected
to begin this week. Organized labor'
has a representative on the commission
in the person of 10. 10. Clark,
grand chief of the Order of Hallway
Conductors, named as a sociologist.
The president added bishop Spalding
of Illinois to the list of live members
suggested by the operators. As named
the commission is perfectly satisfactory
to both miners and operators.
Assent of the miners was given
through President Mitchell and Mr.
Sargent, commissioner of immigration
and of the operators through
Messrs. Hubert Paeon and George \V.
Perkins of the hanking lirm of J. Pierpont
Morgan & (Jo. The final outcome
followed a series of conferences,
beginning with two during the day
wiiii mr. Mitchell and two duringl
the night with Messrs. lineon and
Perkins, Uvens moved quickly at the
last, tlie president lielng determined
on a speedy settlement. The commission
will assemble in a few days
and choose a chairman, probably (Jen.
Wilson, it then will arrange for
sessions and testimony. The following-ollleial
announcement of the close
of the strike was issued ?V the White
House: v
After a conference withv Mr.
Mitchell and some further conference
with representatives of the coal operators,
the president has appointed the
members of the commission to Inquire
into, consider and pass upon all questions
at issue bet ween the operators
and miners in the anthracite coal
lields:
ltrig. Gen. John M. Wilson, U. S. 1
A., retired (late chief of engineers I'.
S. A.), Washington, D. C., as tin oflieer
of the engineer corps of either
the military or naval service of the :
United States.
M. 10. W. Parker, Washington 1>.
C. as an expert mining engineer. Mr.
Parker is chief statistician of the coal
division of the United States geological
survey and the editor of the lOngtnecring
and Mining .Journal of New
>York. ,
lion. George Gray, Wilmington, 1
Del., as a judge of tt United States
court.
Mr. 10. 10. Clark, Cedar Hapids, la.,
grand chief of .the Order of Jtailway
Conductors as a sociologist, the president
assuming that for the purposes
of such a commission the therm
sociologist means a man who has
thought and studied deeply on social
questions and has practically applied
his knowledge.
Mr. Thomas II. Watkins, Scranton,
Pa., as a man practically acquainted
with the mining and selling of coal.
Hishop John L. Spalding of Peoria*
111. The*president has added Bishop
Spalding's name to the commission.
Hon. Carroll li. Wright has been appointed
recorder of the commission.
Nuturat Adxtolv.
Mothers regai;d approaching winter
with uneasiness, children take cold so
easily. No disease costs more little
lives than croup. lt,s attack is so sudden
that the sufferer Is often licyond
lunnan aid-before the doctor arrives.
Such cases yield readily to One Minute
Cough CUre Liquifies the mucus,
allays inflammation, removed danger.
Absolutely safe. Acts immediately
Cures coughs, colds, grip, bronchitis,
all throat and lung trouble. F. S. MeMahon,
Hampton, Oa: "A b;ul cold
rendered mo voiceless just, before an
oratorical contest. I intended to withdraw
but took One Minute, Cough
Cure. It restored my voice in time to
win the medal."
Dr. E. Norton.
Death of a Convict.
Lonnie Huntley, white, a convict
on the Anderson county chain gang
died Wednesday afternoon from a
f stroke of appoplexy at the convict
camp near the city limits. He had
/ apparently been in the best of health
ever since he had been on the chaingang,
and on Sunday was as well as
usual. During the afternoon one of
> the guards told him to1 attend to some
' duty ft bout the camp. He started to
obey and went walking oil', when l)e
suddenly fell backward. Hy the time
those who saw him could reach his
side ho was dying. Ho expired in a
few minutes, and did not speak after
he fell.
biliousness and liver disorders at
this season may he prevented by
-cleansing tlie system will) DeWitt's
^ Little Early Risers. Those famous
little pills do not gripe. They move
the bowels gently, but copiously, and
by reason of the tonic propcrt ies, give
lone and strength to the glands.
Dr. E. Norton.
Too HeiiNltive.
The mayor of the little town of St.
Emiland, in France, has hanged him
self with his scarf of olTlce, leaving a
note behind to state that he was driv*
en to commit sliicide by the cares of
olllee and the utter impossibility of
pleasing everybody in his decisions.
A v
WHY THEY CAME TO TERMS.
Conl Operators Korooil to Aliandou
Position Taken l?v liner.
While In New York Monday <J. F.
UfWll* / if I lm /?<? ? 1 i ,?? ?.
M%? y \ ?*iv ? va i uu v uai * i ai\?i ^ w
interviewed.
"Do you consider that the proposition
submitted to the president in
t lie nature of a recession from the
stand taken by the operators?" ho was
asked.
"I happen to have drawn the proposition
myself." Mr. Itaer said, "or
at least I had a considerable part in
preparing it. and 1 may state that it
embodies my opinions and my views,
further than that 1 cannot say anything."
President Oliphant of the Delaware
and Hudson was asked If tlie public
would not look upon the proposition
of t he operators as a concession to the
miners.
"It is not a concession to the miners,"
he replied. "It is a concession
to humanity. It is a move taken to
relieve the distr.ss prevalent throughout
the country."
President fowler, on being asked
what influences it' any induced the
operators to submit the differences
with their men to arbitration, replied:
"11 was childly due to the pressure
off public, opinion, or, rather, you
might say, public necessity. We
recognized that the public would suffer
from scarcity of coal if something
was not done soon, and we concluded
that it would be honorable to overlook
in a measure the rights of the
Interests that we represent in order
that a way out of a serious predicament
might he found. Many of the
schools were getting ready to shut
clown, and still greater hardships
might he suffered."
One of the men prominent in coal
t i relnu cn CO
"The arbitration proposition now
before President Roosevelt was formulated
by the men whose names and interests
are appended thereto. It is
only fair to say. that Mr. Morgan took
an active part in the proceedings and
his suggestions were most valuable.
"The operators reall/ed that matters
had to give way. As men of
common sense tlicy knew that they
could not freeze the American public.
Mr. Morgan was frank to say that
something had to he done at once or
the hard coal Interests would suffer
serious harm. The force of his argument
was generally recognized.
"We believe we have been more
tha.ti fair in our position. 1'ntil we
know how it lias been received we can
say nothing more."
A Pour Day* liuttlo.
The battle near La Victoria, Venezuela,
between the army commanded
by President Castro and the revolutionary
forces, which began Monday
morning and resulted in the retiremen
of President Castro to La Vie
toria Tuesday afternoon, was resumed
again fiercely at f? o'clock Wednesday
morning. At that time the president
had received reen force incuts and had
over 0,000 men engaged against 7,000
revolutionists. The artillery played
a part never before seen in Venezuela.
Shortly before f> o'clock Wednesday
afternoon the revolut ionists appeared
to have gained a slight advantage.
The president's artillery, which numbered
15 guns, had been reduced to
four guns. La Victoria was crowded
with wounded, add there were no provisons
in the town. The British cruiser
Indefatigable has left La (luayra
for Tucacas, with provisions for the
foreign residents here, some of whom
are said to he dying of hunger as a
result of the concentration measures
adopted by the Venezuelan author!
tics. The Indefatigable,' to accomplisli
her mission, will have to run the
blockade of Tucacas.
(Election Day Duty.
Some people lyivo. an. Idea that after
they have put themselves to the
trouble of travelling, perhaps, several
miles to deposit their votes at a primary
election, that their duty to their
party is finished, but such is not the
case by any means. iOach party man
owes it to himself to be at the polls on
November 4, when t he general election
is held, and work as diligently
tor the nominees of the party as they
did when the primary election was
the absorbing topic. Those who were
defeated in the party primary should
be all the more pressing when the 4th
comes, because they pledged themselves
to support the nominees of the
party, and we take it that "support"
does not merely mean "vote,'' but it
means "work." With us, the party is
iirst. It may make mistakes, and
doubtless does, but that is neither
here or there. An unbroken, resolute,
determined front, and continuous
work, is what Is needed to bring victory
and triumph to the party of the
common people.
Fixing the Blame.
The finding in the inquest following
the accident in which President
Roosevelt's body guard, Win. Craig,
u LOll/wl !>!??< .K \? i- *
YTcto nauuu #VU I I u\>7% i III i'UU'SN., IclSb
September, Hied says that "the unlawful
acts of .lames T. Kelly, conductor
and Euclid Madden, motorman,"
of the electric car which ran
into the president's carriage, "contributed"
to the death of Mr. Craig.
The finding was by special Justice
Chas. L ITlbbard.
Forty Year's Torture.
To be relieved from a torturing disease
after 40 years' torture might well
cause the gratitude of anyone. That
Is wjmt DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve;
did for C. Ilaney. Qencva, (). He says:
"DeWitt's Witcn Hazel Salve cured
me of piles after I had suffered 40
years." Cures cuts, bums, wounds,
skin diseases. Beware of counterfeits.
^Dr. E. Norton.
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CONWAY, S. (
y
THE MART 11 QUAKED
For Six Hours Soufriere Belched
Flames, Stones and Ashes.
THE VOLCANO IN ERUPTION, j
II I'll vy lloportM Whs Accompanied
Willi Activity ol' the .Mountains.
Hxtcnt of DniiiiiKC
Not Known.
The voleanos in I he little islands
south of the I'nited States arc act ive
a^ain. A dispatch from Kingston,
St. Vincent Island, says a terrific
eruption of t he Soufrierc volcanocommenced
Wednesday night). During i
tile preceding dav (Tuesday) earth
tremors apparently too slight to he
considered important were experienced
in the central and northern parts of
t he island.
At 8 o'clock Wednesday night there
were induhiluhlc indications of an
eruption. Rumbling noises were
On,lift 111.... I....... ....? il .. . i. -
viiiut tll\ J kll\ I' UM."H lllll II .Ml riOt'lv,
when the roaring volcanic giant bcl- '
chcd out its deadly contents. This
eruption was foil >wed hy a brief lull.
Then, from 10 o'clock until I o'clock
Thursday morning the upheaval continued.
The outbreak was accompanied
hy an incessant and confused canonading.
Then* were incandescent
clouds and sparkling matter was ejected.
After l o'clock the disturbance
gradually decreased hut the noise of
the boiling caldron is st ill audible in
the district near the volcano.
Motli craters of the Soufriero were
apparently active and have been
steaming all day long. Sand fell heavily
everywhere from half past one until
halt past three this morning. At
southern points the sand Is half an
inch deep, the depth gradually increased
towards the volcanic cone,
where there were showers of large
stones, pebbles ami cinder.
Kingston and other southern points
Of the island have not been damaged.
Ueports from the Windward district
are awaited. The sand ejected during
tills eruption has a stronger sulphurous
odor than any previously thrown
out, and one square foot of It weighs
exactly one pound.
A dispatch from Mudgetown, Island
of Marbadas, says volcanic dust from
the Soufriere volcano on the island of
St. Vincent is falling here and has
caused a stoppage of business. The
shopkeepers are closing their stores
and arc returning to their homes. II
was so dark at 10 o'clock this morning
that it was necessary to light the
lamps.
A dispatch from Masse. Tene, Island
of tiuadcloupe, siys between midnight
and '* o'clock Wednesday morning
loud detonations were heard and glimmering
lights were seen in t he direction
of the Island of Martinique.
There were two earthquakes Tuesday
at Lcs Salutes islands, olf the southern
end of (raudcloupc and at Mario
(ialaute island, south southeast of
(laudeloupe.
A T1CUKIBLK TYPHOON.
A terrible typhoon has spread disaster
all over the northern part of .lapan.
11 was accompanied by seismic
tidal waves at Odawara, which deluged
the coast villages, the loss of life
and property being immense. Subscription
lists have been opened in
towns by the leading Japanese, people
and newspapers. A local journal said:
"From telegrams and personal narrations
it seems that the typhoon
which visited this section of Japan on
Saturday night and Sunday contrali/.ed
its fury in the region of Odawara.
Tidal waves visited the shores at odawara.
Kodzu, Kamekura Oi/.o and
loss of life and immense damage to
property ensued. The telegraph reports
that at Odawara alone f>o houses
were washed away and eight persons
killed on Sunday morning. The Yumoto-Kodzu-(Idawara
line was completely
paralyzed. Whole sections
were lifted bodily sleepers and rails
and transported hundreds of yards inland.
At the power house the
dynamo was reported still there, but
the house was supposed to be up the
mounntain somewhere. The loss will
eat up a considerable amount of the
year's profit of the line."
Plenty of Cash.
A dozen big rolls of greenbacks wore
found, according to District Attorney
Jerome, in the safes of two of the five
Mf.iu V..nLr ..r. 1.11 I 1- ?
I.VM I vnn tt<U"1 >111'K IHIUXW WHICH
were the scene of raids Wednesday
night by order of the district attorney,
j "I understand that there is a great
ideal of money deposited each night by
| bookmakers in these places," said Mr.
Jerome, "hut i do not know who
owns the rolls. It will not be suillIclent
identification for a man to say
"that $10,000 roll is mine.' " It has
been ascertained that the total
amount of money In the rolls found in
the safe is about $250,000.
Slapped IIIn Face.
it. o. Colt, a member of the famous
Colt family of gunmakers, who makes
his home in Charlotte, was slapped in
the face on the street by a pretty actress,
Miss (trace Hobart Hanson, a
member of "The Tyranny of Tears"
company. Mr. Colt was walking beside
the lady on the street. When
she reached the main entrance of the
Central hotel the young woman burst
Into tears and as suddenly drew back
her hand and slapped Colt full in the
face. She then quickly entered the
hotel, while the crowd of traveling
men and guests around the hotel entrance
applauded her.
I
i\9 THURSDAY, OC
NEGRO WHIP WILDCAT.
A l-'uithtul l>og Helps liis Master to
Win tin* IHulit.
In Dead river swamp, (la., Wednesday
afternoon George Tarpley, a negro
man of gigantle stature and
strength, encountered a tremendous
wildcat ferocious from hunger. The
L,?.. I.. .. ?...< ?1 I... . i
rnw VII|^ ?^v\l lllii mil lir vv I I II I I I?I IN t IM I
for a quarter of an hour. The man
nearly lost, his life before lie came
out of theli^ht victorious, and luid
not his laitliful dog joined him early
In the encounter the result might
have heen dliferent.
Tarpley had heen hunting, lie
heard a great commot ion deep in the
swamp and an investigation of the
noise brought him upon the wild eat,
which was chasing turkeys. The
man's interference enraged the animal,
and it sprang upon him before lie
realized his danger.
Tarpley tore t oe clawing beast from
his shoulder and threw if from him.
This partly stunned the cat ami hefore
it could recover Tarpley shot it
in the breast, lie thought lie had
killed it and turned away, hut no
s >oner was his hack turned than lie
felt it. alight again on his shoulder
and its sharp claws ripped his neck
like blades of steel, lie fell to the
ground.
Then his dog broke In on the batt lc.
The dog got l lie cat by the t hroat and
dragged if from the negro. Tarpley
staggered to his foot ami tried to get
anothershof. but, fearing lest he hit
the dog. could only stand hy and
watch the two game animals as I hey
battled for life. Over and over they
rolled, howling, hitting and clawing.
First flic dog, then the cat had the
advantage. Itlood spattered against
the tree trunks as they fought. It.
was a desperate struggle between the
wild denizen of the swamp and the
faithful dog protect ing his master.
Finally Tarpley managed to club
the cat with tiic butt end of Ids gun.
Iln (hon.flil I,, It.. I....I.
Vliwu^nu vv >JK iliv I 1/^ IJ 11." K , Dill tur
blow failed of this end and the eat
turned again on the man. As it came
up In its spring he caught it by a leg
and Hung it against a tree. The dog
yvas upon it, as it fell to the ground
stunned and^he tight soon ended. In
the throat the savage teeth of the
dog gripped the cat and its pugnacious
spirit was literally ground out of the
torn and bleeding body. The cat was
weighed in town and tipped the scales
at sixteen pounds.
He Was Despondent.
The ltody of Henry Cordes, who
committed suicide Tuesday at .iacksoville,
where la; went in search of
work,was brought to Charleston Wednesday
and interred in Hcthany cemetery.
Cordes was formerly in business
in Charleston, having conducted a
grocery and liquor establishment. He
failed and then went to Jacksonville,
where he secured employment as a
bartender. He lost his place and became
despondent, linally committing
suicide, to end his troubles. The suicide
was deliberately planned. He
fold his friends good by, destroyed a
number of old letters, and packed his
elTects that t hey might easily be sent,
back to Charleston. After drinking a
vial of carbolic acid he repaired among
a circle of friends at his boarding
house and cooly announced the fact
that ho had drunk the acid. He sat
down on a chair and awaited the end,
which came about 1"> mtnuies after
he had announced the drinking of the
acid.* The cITorts of his friends and
later of a physician to save his life
proved of no avail, lie was 27 years
old 1 le leaves a sister here, the two
having come over to this country from
(icrmany a few years ago.
I)ea(l Doilies in Street.
A special From Indianapolis, Ind.,
on Monday says tlilit four dead bodies
were found tied in sacks in Georgia
street and in the rear of the Central
College of Physicians and Surgeons
that morning. The bodies wore identified
as those of Mrs. .lohanna Stilz,
said to have been stolen from the Ehene/.er
cemetery; Miss Glendore(ifltos,
alleged to have been stolen from Anderson
cemetery; Wallace Johnson,
hi ken from Ebenc/.er cemetery, and
Mrs. Catherine Doehring, from the
German Catholic cemetery. It is supposed
at least one hundred graces
have been despoiled within the hist
three months. Judge Alford, in his
instructions to members of the grand
jjiry, told them to go to the bottom of
the. outrage and punish every man for
his part in it, regardless of his prominence.
Event fill Voyage.
The American four-masted ship
Shenandoah arrived at Now York 011
Thursday from San Francisco, after
an eventful passage of 122 days. One
man was killed 011 the voyage and two
ot hers injured, and the ship had several
combats witli the elements,which
damaged tier sails and deck houses.
?t?
i in- 01 iciiiinui'iiii iiiiu iniu wuiiwier until
July 27th. On September 27tb the
rudder head twisted olT and the crew
thereafter were obliged to steer by
tackles on a monkey roller. Under
this pury rig the ship came Into port.
Two Negroes Arrested.
Thursday morning Sheriff Scranton
of Henderson county, N. C., armed
with requisition papers, carried to
Hendersonvillc from Spartanburg,
Dock Jones and Charles Foster, both
colored. These negroes, while working
in a hotel, stole a ladies valuable
gold watch and chain. They returned
to this city after the resort closed for
the season, Spartanburg being their
hojne. Deputy Sheriff White worked
up the ease on the pair, and secured
fcev6ral diamonds and an cmorald,
which adorned one of the cases of the
stolen watch.
TOBEH 2:5. 1{)()2.
TARIFF REFORM.
With That as a Pattlo Cry Cleveland
Say9 Time is Ripo
FOR A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. '
Ilo HayN Itcpttblicitns Should Vol t><>
IVrniit toil to Occupy Oiir iiif.
ill' Itd'orm ( round 'I'IiIn
V car.
To a representative of The New
York Kvening Post, who asked liim
Ids views in regard to the outlook
for and the duly of the Democraey in
the approaching congressional elections,
ex-President < rover Cleveland
said:
"It. seems to me thai If I he Democ-;
racy is really in earnest il cannot fail
largely to increase lis representation in j
the next congress, hut In order I ? do ;
so I think there must he a constant
and stalwart insistanco upon the
thin^ which are recognized hy all to
he true Democrat ic doctrines. ()f
course, hy far the mo^ important of
'..hese Is tarilf reform. < >u this issue,
1'am salislied that the Democracy is
face to face with a ureal opp irt unity.
All of the signs of the times p lint t. ?
?i recognition, far heyond all party
j lines, of t he henelits which would accrue
to t he people hy a readjustment !
of the tarilf, and it would he worse j
than lolly for the party under the I
si less of any tempt at ion or yielding I o ;
any allurement to permit this to be
subordinated to or overshadowed hy
any other issue.
"The present restlessness in llcpuh
llcan circles on this subject, often
amounting to protests against llepuhllcan
protective; theories, should warn
the Democracy of an impending danger.
1 mean hy this the possibility
that our opponents may crowd us from
our posit ion on I his subject, if we allow
them to do so hy our lukewannness
and indifference and to occupy
our ground, just as we permitted
them to crowd us from the ground
that belonged to us on I lie question
of sound money.
"1 am very much pleased with the
ueuverance 01 wie m;w i nrK uernocracy
on tlie tarllT Issue, and II was
titand proper that the Umpire State
should sound the right note. It is my
clear conviction that the best assurance
of success for the Democracy In
the next national campaign will lie
found in a sincere and unremitting insistence
upon its old time doctrine of
a fair and hcncliccnt tarilT adjustment.
This insistence sliould he from
now on It need hardly lie said that
success will depend upon I he presentation
of tarilT doctrine not only recognized
as truly Democratic by those
who may lie termed veterans in the
party, but also commending itself to
the hosts of the younger men of our
land. Thousands of these await the
opportunity to espouse a cause which
must appeal to disinterested love of
country and which is based upon the
thoughtful regard of all our people
and the safety of the institutions under
which we live. To these young
men no hope is olTcrcd for the rcligation
of their patriotic aspratlons except
through the conscientious endeavors
of the Democratic party.
"I am at a loss to understand by
what process of reasoning the notion
hosgaineda footing in certain Democratic
quarters not only that n< importance.
attaches to a Democratic ascendancy
in the next house of representatives,
but even that it might tie
advantageous to party prospects in
11)01 for it to continue in its present
minority now. Powerful warfare ought
to be reagarded as continuous, and if
the results battled for arc worth having
at all, they are worthy of our best
t'nons !iii an Limes arm under an circumstance.
Constant vigilance and
unrelenting attack are essential to victory.
armies are captured by lirst driving
in tlie outposts.
"1 cannot believe that the bright
prospects of the Democracy in the
present campaign are to bo married by
any lack of hard work and strenuous
lighting."
Killed IItinselI'.
E. A. Schrocdcr, of New York, a
tobacco salesman, and son of Ex-Mayor j
Scbroeder, of Itrooklyn, committed
suicide Wednesday morning on the
train from .lacksonvll! to Savannah
by shooting himself through the head,
lie had taken the dra ving room on
the sleeper and it was in t ills that his
body was discovered when the conductor
went through to take up the
tickets. On the body was found a
letter, addressed to the public, in
which was written: "I have committed
a great crime; the law cannot,
punish me hence 1 punish myself."
Another letter requested that his
father and iris wife Ire notilied. It Is
believed the young man was mentally
unbalanced. Tire body is being held
at Waycross for Instructions from
New York. Scbroeder was married
six weeks ago to tjie divorced wife of
Ex-Alderman Howard l\ Okie, formerly
Miss Chcscborough, a sister of
Mrs. Itoland It. Molincux.
mil|> n rurnuu.
Tho wooden steamor It. Lockwood
foundered In a storm about l">
miles ofT Ashtabula, O., Wednesday
night. T I e captain and crew succeeded
In launching two boats Just hefore
the steamer went down. One of
the boats containing the captain was
picked up near the harbor this morning.
Tho other boat lias not been
heard from. Tugs and life savers are
searching for the missing boat, which
contained 10 members of the crew.
Twp |
HE WAS SCARED.
i . \V. .Murray, I lie llluek Hv-Con1
KrrMNiiiitii, .\IYnlcI ol* I<y urlier*.
A dispatch from Sumter to The
State says there was a Beared exoonKrcssman
in that seetlon one ni^ht
last week. <ieo. \V. Murray, the black
v\-> wnm 1-,-v-mii.ii i. ii iwiik ii i i iiiii ins iimc
was quickly drawing to an end. It uppears
thai I?? haul a fuss with a white
man at Providence. No blows passed
and things were settled in a unlet
manner. Pour or live voting men at
OulUards X-roads hearing some rumor
of the fuss rode to Providence t?? hear
abont It. One of Murray's brolIters
was there and when he saw the. crowd M
gather and start talking about the Ul
row lie Immediately look up the idea
that it was a lynching affair. lie ran ;ll
four miles to warn Ids brother, telling 'p
him that a gang of white men were ' w
com log to murder him. Murray i in- ' p(
mediately sent to Sumter to the sher- w
ill' for protect ion and proceeded to get ,
a bodyguard. County Supervisor Scale w
went up there, arriving at Murray's (l(
bouse aliout II p. m. H very where you p,
looked t here were armed negroes. 'The |1(
shadow of every tree was the hiding ()<
place for them. It. is thought Mint ..
there were lot) women and men standlug
guard. It. took Mr. Scale some (|j
time to persuade Murray that there w
was nothing doing in the way of a w
lynching alTair and that the white
man with whom he had fussed was
then In the city of Sumter. A very |1(
serious mattor might have been pre- (^
clpilated by so many armed negroes jj
being called together, and then there
might have been ample Justification ^
for Marrays fears, for he certainly q,
would have been handled had his )N
armed mob tired on a white person, j,,
Murray may not have known it. hut ^j
he was playing wit h lire when he call- m
cd the armed negroes to his house lo ,.(
protect him. H
Tlio Untidy IUhIuI. te
Mr. Perrv Mlto.hem. a well-to-do- 111
farmer living in the upper part of N4
Morgan county, <?u., shot and almost 11
inst ant ly killed Walter Month, of Madison,
(la., and Mr. llamhy, of Fair* s<!
place, at Madison Wednesday after- ,;l
noon. Walter I.. Main's cireus was in a'
Madison and a very large crowd gath- s'
ered there to witness the performance. 111
It is said that many people were
drunk and whiskey Mowed freely The w,
tight In which MitChcm killed Month
and llamhy, ocoured over a dispute
about a bottle of whisky. It appears ai
that the dispute was between Mitch- 111
em ami llamhy, and that Month was
a disinterested party attempting to w
act as peace maker between the two m
men. Mitchem lircd live shots from as
his revolver, two of which killed the l)(
two men and two of the remaining C{1
three taking elTcct in bystanders. One 1,1
white man and one negro were in- w
jnrcd by stray bullets. The shooting ''
occurred in an alley In I he rear of the ^
store of Yason Mrothcrs. Mr. Month w
leaves a wife and four children. Mr. e>
llamhy was a single man. Mitchem ^
was drunk at the time the shooting
occurred. Late last night he stated r(:
that he was very sorry he killed Mr.
Month who had nothing to do with P'
the trouble. Mitchem Is in jail.
c
lie Hiiro and Vote.
The day for the general election .
will he Tuesday, November-lth. Let "
every white voter remcmlier the day,
so that he can look up the reglstra
biun ucruiiuiibu, in orcior mai lie may
go to the polls and cast liis ballot as !"
lie should. Many of our people look ]'
upon this matter as of secondary eon- \!
sideratlon. It is not only incumhent !!
by reason of t.he pledge at the Demo- .
era tic primaries to support the nomi- "
nees, but it enables our representa- *
tlves iu Congress to present a strong
case when a contest exists, as is gen- 11
orally the case. This one thing, it for
no other consideration, should make .
us goto the polls on the fourth of 1 |
November and cast a ballot for the .
Democratic standard hearers. It is
the intention of the Itepublicans to
nominate a congressional candidate in s,
each district in South Carolina for the (.
sole purpose of getting up contests
should the next congress lie itepuhli- ^
can. Kvery Democrat, should vote and ..
give our congressional candidates a
rousing majority. ^
I'ropfHrHiOH Huccchh, '
,lIt seems to ino that a Democratic
victory is in the air," said Hon.
Stephen Krundidgc, member of con- !'
gress from Arkansas, Wednesday. My
I opinion is that it will materlali/.c in N
the near future in the congressional
I elections, but if not then, 1901 will lie "
j memorable as tlx; year the Democrats vv
swept the country. The great victory
of IH92 will surely is: duplicated two
years hence,if not in the present cam- .
niiiirn It fl/mu f,/>? r/... ,1 .. l?s..u ,
MVV IV lilKII ui- (1
der of intelligence for any one to sec ?
that the country Is getting restless t,
over tlie Inequalities and exactions of *
our tarilT system. Strong Republican f<
districts are showing as great disoon- 1'
tent at excessive taxation ;is If found ?
in Democratic strongholds. The middie
' West protests against it and so
does New Knglund. The leaven of j,
tarilT reform is working all over the a
country." t
".Make No Outcry."
Gaining admission, as a caller, to i
the apartments of Mrs. Amy G. Watkins,
New York Wednesday, a man
who gave nls name as Ilcnry Dawson,
handed her a statement which began
with these words: "Mako no outcry. 1
1 have a hag of dynamite which I w ill 1
drop if you don't give me your dia- c
monds." Mrs. Wat kins did make an r
outcry and Dawson rushed from the I
house, taking his bag and drawing a t
revolver as he went. He was met at *
the door by a policeman who arrested l
him and found that the bag was ]
empty. Dawson was held for trial. 1
NO. i:j. |j
BLOODY SEQUEL
'o a Divorce Suit in Which the Defendant
Kill? Tlirpn Pnr??1?
SLAYS HIS WIFE'S PARENTS
hen KIiIon Six >1IIch and Shoots Ills
i ;i^ht<MMi?Mont IIN?< >1(1 limiKti*
tor. Sajs 11 r Is Mot
Sorry.
As the bloody sequel of a divorce
lit, AI'chlc YVoodln, years old, is
uder arrest at Mount Pleasant,Mich*
in. charged with a triple murder
id tiiat community was shocked
hursduy liy a bloody tragedy in
liicli Mrs. Wooditfs parents and tlic
risoner's IH-months-old daughter,
ere shot and killed. Wo ?diu was
i'er-powered Just as lie turned the
capon upon himself and had inllictI
a wound that is not expected to
rove fatal, lie visited the court
>use Thursday morning alxmt a
clock and looked over the papers In
suit for divorce which Ids wife luitutcd
(let. in. From there he went
rectly to Ishel's hardware store
liere he purchased a revolver. There
as no Interruption in his career of
line from the moment his hands let
> of the legal papers in the court
>usc until Ins victims lay dead in
vo farm houses six miles apart,
uving secured the weapon he lirst
ide his wheel to the Uullck farm,
r. and Mrs. Joseph (Julick being the
rst victims. Mr. (Julick was shot
\ ice, once above t he heart and once
i the right side, and was Instantly
lied. Wood in then turned upon Ins
othcr-in-law, who was sitting in a
eking chair, and shot her in the
iroat. She ran into the kitchen and
II upon her hack. Wood In followed
id emptied three chambers of his re*
)lver into her breast, killing her. A
1-year-old daughter of (Jullck came
at the sound of t he tlrst shots and
cing the lilood on her mother's neck
n to the neighbors and gave the
arm. While running down the road
le heard the last three shots. The
urdercr then dashed to his mother's
)ine six miles away. He rode Ills
heel for one mile, then tearing off
s coat and throwing it with his hi" #
cle into a fence corner, ran a mile
id a half through the fields, lie
ade the last four miles on a borrowI
horse, l'asslting the time of day
Ith a group of apule pickers on his
other's farm, he entered the house
i though nothing unusual had hap
Mied, and picking up Ids little girl,
irried her into an empty room. In a
omcnt a shot rang out. Woodln's
if?; was Miss Anna M. (Julick and
ley were married March 25, I poo.
roodin was a soldier in the Cuban
ar. At the jail he refuses to talk
ccept to express regret that lie failed
* kill himself. He was laboring un r
the impression that his wife's paints
had caused the divorce procecdigs,
though his wife's hill of com
ami charged personal violence.
rime of di'cimmtaiitiul Evidence.
History is full of instances where
mocent men have been hung for
nirdcr and other crimes on circumantial
evidence, the facts of the
ise frequently not being known until
lany years after the tragic mistake
us liecn made, but probably no ciri
istancc of this kind has ever eared
with It a more shocking rcalizaon
of the enormity of a man's life
3ing taken by the law because clcum/anccs
are apparently against him
tan a case the details of which have
jccntly been published. In llichlond,
Va., on ()ctober the t hird, .Joliri
Lesley 1 licks, convicted of tlie murer
of Milton Bourne, Ins son-in-law,
as liangcd at Louisa Court House,
list twenty years ago, a man was
anged in Virginia because clreumaritial
cvlvencc pointed to the conlusion
that he had murdered for
leir money an old man and his wife
amed Massey. So strong was the
videnee that everyone believed that
tie prisoner committed the crime;
ut the scqual proves tiiat lawyers,
idge, Jury and public were wrong.
'he. seolicl is this: .Inst before IHeLrs
aid the doath penalty last week lie
ubllcly confessed that he had comdtted
the criine for which another
ad paid Ills life, detailing the circumLances
In such a manner as left no
oubt In bis bearers' minds as to his
wn guilt and martyrdom of the man
dio died asset!rig his innocence.
The Worst Form.
Multitudes are si n^i nx the praises of
lodol, the new discovery which is
taking so many sick people well and
reak people strong by digesting what
hey eat, cleansing and sweetening the
Lomach and by transforming their
uod into the kind of pure, rich, red
lood that makes you feel good all
ver. Mrs. Crantill, of Troy, I. T.,
/rites: For a number of years I was
roubled with indigestion and dyspepsia
which grew into the worst form.
many I was induced to use kodol
nd after using four bottles I am enirely
cured. I heartily recommend
Codol to all suil'erers from indigest ion
,nd dyspepsia. Take a dose after
ncals. It digests what you eat.
l>r. E. Norton.
IteuiiToir Sold.
The formal sale and transfer of
teauvoir, the home of Jefferson Davis,
?y Mrs. Davis to the Sons of Con fed rate
Veterans was consummated
Phursday at the opening session of the
eunion of ttic Mississippi Division,
tons of Confederate Veterans at Jackon.
The home will bo used as a home
'or indigent Confederate veterans.
Mrs. Davis received $10,000 for the
lome.
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