The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 08, 1903, Image 1
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THE EARTH YAWNED
And Swallowed Up Two Hotels and
Several Houses.
THEY PLUNGED INTO AN ABYSS.
Gront Terror In tlio Town of <>lipliuiit,
I'u., Wliich is lluill
Over nn Atmn<loiio<l
Mi no.
Abandoned workings of the ICddy
'Creek colliery of the Delaware and
Hudson company, beneath the very
heart of the town of Olypliant, caved
in Friday evening and engulfed four
frame buildings covering an aggregate
ground space of six thousand square
feet.
The settling was gradual and people
in the affected territory escaped without
being immediately endangered. A
gang, of men and boys who were at
work in the mine beyond the fall encountered
a Hooded "dip" or depression
in a vein in making their way
out by a circuitous route and had to
swim from one rise to the other. No
one either above or below ground,
however, sustained any injury.
At :i o'clock the settling began. At
:i.:iO it was no longer perceptible. In
the intervening half hour, O'lirien's
three story hotel. Miss Ann K vans'
double dwelling, Mrs. .lane Ackcrlv's
double store building and a one-story
barber shop were a mound of debris in
tlie yawning pit with the uppermost
part of the mound 40 feet lielow the
surface. O'Hricn's hotel, which
plunged lirst into the opening, has en?
t 4 -- .1* * *
tuciy uisiippuureu. j\ icw nouses are
projecting over the edge of the pit.
The vein that caved in is 1 la feet helow
the surface.
The settling started in the street
.'just in front of the hotel property.
The brick street pavement was seen
to l>e working and the telegraph poles
:and trees along the curb were noticed
to be wobbling. The cause was at
once apparent and the alarm given to
;all the neighborhood. Two sick
guests were removed from the hotel
and taken two blocks away to a private
house. Some attempt was made
at saving the contents of the buildings,
but the rapidly increasing size of
the opening in the street put a Stop
to this and everyone lied from the
neighborhood.
Twenty minutes after the disturbanot
was Ji 1st noticed the opening had
wi^HvJ ,uj.it il it reached all the way
across live street and half way beneath
the O'Brien hotel. Then with a terrilic
crash, the hotel , pitched forward,
turned completely about and
land on its roof in the bottom of the
abyss. A moment later the adjoining
double dwelling of Mrs. Evans fell
over the edge and demolished itself on
the ruins of the hotel. The Aekerly
double store building and the Evans
barbershop property slid into the
Chasm about the same time, and piled
themselves, broken and twisted on the
oilier debris.
It is confidently believed there will
he no further settling but 110 one went
to bed Friday night in any building
within fifty yards of the disturbed
erea. The property damage is estimated
at $.'10,000. District Superintendent
Bennett, of the Delaware
and Hudson company went into the
mine and with a party of other otllcials,
made an examination about 5
o clock. They camo out and reported"
that the settling had ceased. The
workings which had settled were in
the uppermost of the worked veins.
The timbers, it is explained by the
company otllolals, supported a thin
roof of rock, which in turn supported
stratus of quicksand and gravel extending
to the surface. The timbers
rotted, the roof gave way and all
above then sunk into the pit. Up to
midnight no ffirther disturbance had
JL ecn reported.
Why the Hky In IUiic.
ic blue color of the sky has been
'long attributed to refraction of light
. , Py dust, or minute particles,
-?tt?rea ln the air. A different
Cfiebfy ha s ,,ccn worked out by M.
;Sprlug'cif L) Cgc, who has made many
experimowU with light rays under almost
all pomih.'e conditions, inject'ng
them into aghxf i solutions and into
;glass tubes JWcc1 w,th such limpid
solutions as aWflf'de of aluminum.
?While lie could get ) crl, yellow, violet,
fctc., no blue appeaiwi until by elcc
trioitv lie obtained a perfectly pure
? ^atmosphere. Ills conclusion is that,
f ' the sky', azure is pureJy electrical in
origin, an "mv essential quality of the
?air.
A yiKHill ('lIHC,
A t Memphis, Term The suit of the
Wido w of Joel (>. Webb, In the federal
<Oourt, known as the "Tick bite" case
upukwi two insurance companies f(?r
$h,oo#> , each, was compromised today
by the >nopanics agreeing Jointly to
pay the?, '>m of $0,000. Webb held
aceideutjjK dices for $5,000 each in two
\ jcideuUiLS uranee companies. A little,
more, t,a m a year.ago Webb was
bitten by ar'SMck'* while at his plantation
in A,riff rk sas. Blood poison de- |
veloped from th o bite and Webb died.
The companies refused to pay the
policies, alleging that the death had
' been a natural,one,
* i Fell From Train.
W.4 A. Byrd, of Enalqy, Ala., fell
from a moving train near Jacksonville,
Fla., Thursday night and was killed.
' The man was about 35 years old and
was supposed to have been deaf and
umb. He was on ids way to Tampa. ,
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RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Circular ol General Interest Issued
l>y ili(< i*oMtolUcc Department.
The following circular recently is;
sued from the ollico of the Itrst assistant
postmaster general i>y A. \V. Macheu.
general superintendent of the
rural free delivery service, is of cspee
mi interest to uie patrons 01 me various
rural free delivery routes:
1. Tlie department looks to the pat
rons of t he rural free delivery service,
who are receiving the benelits of the
service, to use their utmost personal
endeavors, and also to exert their inlluenee
with the road supervisors, or
with those ollleials who-uro responsible
for tiie condition of the highways, to |
the end that the roa<ls'''traveled by
the rural carriers may be always kept
open and in such passable shape that
the service can be * regularly and
punctually perforated.
2. Should the regularity of the service
he needlessly destroyed as ttic result.
of inattention and lack of eare
bestowed on the highways, the permanent
withdrawal of the delivery
will very likely result.
3. Rural letter carriers are required
to serve their routes at all seasons of
the year and in all kinds of weather
when it can he done without seriously
imperiling their lives or endangering
their conveyances or the United
States mail which is in their custody.
I. Patrons should clear away the
snow drifts, so that carriers can drive
up to and reach boxes from their vehicles
without dismounting.
:>. It is not a part of the carrier's
duty to break out the roads after a
severe, snow storm.
t?. Rural carriers arc expected to
energetically try to serve their routes
even though the conditions may l>e extremely
adverse, and any undue lack
of zeal on their part should be
promptly brought to the attention of
this olllec for such action as the merits
of the ease require.
wouliTnot testify.
And in Consequence Spent Seven
Ysni's in tlie Penitentiary.
The Columbia llecord says there is
a white woman in the penitentiary
who lias been there seven years, and
all the facts go to show that she is ,
innocent, and that from her religious
scruples about taking an oath she was
convicted. Her name is Plume Hall,
and with ;i man ilamed Ferrcll she
was convicted in Marlboro county of ,
killing Watson Hall, tier husband.
There is no doubt about the guilt of
the man, for he has confessed and exonerated
the woman from all participation
in the murder of even any knowledge
of it. When the trial was had
a letter was produced from the woman
to the man in which she warned him
''not to do what he intended." This (
was taken by the prosecution as evl- ,
dence of her knowledge of the crime.
Her attorney, Mr. Clayton, of Florence,
got all of her correspondence
with For re 11 and he clams that it ,
would absolutely have proven her ,
innocence, but to his surprise, and ,
everybody else'!, she absolutely refused
to take the stand, saying she was a
member of a sect known as "Holiness
and Sanctified" people and that t hey j
had told her that she should answer (
her accusers neither aye nor nay, for ,
the Lord would take care of her and
bring her out of her trouble. It didn't
turn out that way, for a plain, ordinary,
practical jury convicted her and (
she was sentenced. All of these facts
nave neon Drought out in a petition
fnrTTer pardon presented to the governor.
lie has not yet acted on the
case, having it under consideration.
This is not the first time a petiton
has been presented in her helynlf. but
the facts stated have just been made
known. (
Good Funning.
The legislative committee, appointed
to look after the state's interest at
the state farm on the De Saussure
place, discharged thatduty last week.
Last year 200 acres were placed in (
Cotton, from which 223 bales were
gathered. This produced 0,000
bushels of cotton seed. The other |
crops wore also good and were as follows:
12,000 bushels of corn, 2,500 ,
bushels of peas, <5,000 bushels of oats,
2,050 gallons syrup, 2,300, bushels .
potatoes, 1,300 bushels wheat, 175 ,
bushels rice, <>(? bushels rye, 1,000
bushels turnips, 350 tonspcavinc hay, (
60 tons shucks, 50 tons fodder, 200 .
tons shredded stover and pumpkins
galore. If will be noted that the 200 j
acres of land planted in cotton pro- ,
duced nearly a bale and a quarter to ,
the acre. This is good fanning and !
shows what can be done with labor '
that can be cont rolled.
kdilorn li^ht.
A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba, '
says Congressman Corona, editor of
the Cubano Libre, shot and instantly '
killed Senor Insula, editor of the lie- 1
publlca, at 1 i o'clock Thursday mornI,,.,
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iik. ihu.ii mi-11 wnure prominent,
politicians and leaders of rival parties. !:
Senor Corona was drinking in a cafe, '
wlien Honor Insula and a party of i1
friends entered the place and began a ,!
political discussion. Personality and '
insults followed and quickly started a (
light with canes, during which Senor 1
Corona suddenly drew a revolver and 1
shot Senor Insula three times. Senor '
Corona then walked away. The 1
shooting has caused great excitement, *
there. ______________________
Dynamite Kxplodod. 1 |
A quantity of dynamite exploded in f
one of the gangways of the Oakhillj
l colliery one mile north of Minervllle, i
Pa., Friday, instantly killing three j
miners and injuring a dozen others. 1
CONWAY, S.
STOCK RAISING.
Dr. Nesom, the Clemson Veterintrian
Writes of It.
ITS GREAT POSSIBILITIES.
Summary ol* What lias liecently
Been Accomplished in This
Diirctioii. A LIhI *> 1"
Pioneers.
The business of raising cattle in
South Carolina is not now what it
used to bo. The editorials in The State
during the last few months have
shown that atone time cattle became
so numerous in the State that it became
necessary to kill them on the
range with no other object in view
than to lesson the increasing number.
"Palmy days" those must have been,
when the price of a whole beef was a
shot, from a title.
Things have changed much since
then and now t lie breeding of cat tle is
practically limited to family milk cows
with the production of beef as a minor
and secondary consideration. The
farmer who keeps a few cows for milk
may incidentally produce enough beef
to supply the needs of his family or
plantation. This condition of affairs
might prove entirely satisfactory if
the entire population of the State was
rural, but South Carolina is no longer
a commonwealth of farms and rural
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luanufact ores have placed in the State
a large element of population who are
not producers of food stall's and must
buy in the markets what they consume.
The demand for meats is so
great that tlie local supply becomes
insignificant, and this consuming class
is forced to rely on markets outside of
the State for the bulk of beef as well
as pork, bacon, lard, hams and canned
meals. This year bee I has cost more
on an average than it ever has before
within the memory of men, and it has
been really a luxury in many parts of
the South where western beef is sold
after the freight for a long haul has
been added to the original cost. We
may think that the heel trust is responsible
for this, but if you look at
the last census you will at least find
food for thought. No one doubts that
the days of the ranch arc dr swing to
a close and that beef breeding must
come back to its legitimate home, the
farm. According to the last census
the entire west, from Kansas to the
I'acitlc coast, contained only about
20,000,000 oend of cattle outside of
Texas, which holds the banner for a
ranching State with 0,000,000 head.
All the rest of the South from Texas
to Maryland and up to the Ohio Uivcr
contained only about 7,000,000 head,
lust think of that! and then think of
the thousands of little, thin cattle
that enter into t he count to make even
in such a large territory. The South
cannot be looked upon as a producer
of beef, but must be regarded as a
consumer.
Some say that beef cattle cannot he
raised here, and try to support the
argument with the assertion that the
climate is too warm, the soil too poor,
or something else as wide of the mark.
The only real harrier in the way of
the Industry Is t he question of Texas
fever and the fact that Southern cattle
carrying ticks are quarantined out
Df the Northern markets for ten
months of the year. If the people of
these States will take hold of this
problem and rid their cattle of ticks,
buy better brewing stock, make real
pastures out of " what are now the
worn hillsides, gWiies, briar patches
and plum thickets? there is no reason
why cattle raising "can not bo made a
success in South Carolina or any other
part of the Sout h. 'Those who expect
to enter the business and buy feed for
their cat tle would do well to consider
the prices of feed stuffs in this country
and then decide to stay out or go
into it on a farm where foods can be
produced. It is a fact long since recognized
that homo raised grain and
crass are absolutely essential to this
industry, and financial success in any
case depends on the ability to produce
them. < lood soil, plenty of moisture,
find an abundance of sunshine will
make grain and grass in abundance.
Then what else, is needed? True the
iverage Southern soil is not as good as
Hie. rich Western prairies, but land is
3heap and millions of acres producing
ibsolutely nothing. How can they tic
Improved faster than with cattle on
the farm? As to moisture it is a matter
of record that the South has an
iveragc of nearlf sixty inches of rain
innuaiiy against almut thirty-two in
the best cattle raising sect ion of the
United States as matters now st and.
Then when it comes to sunshine well
Lliis is "The Land of Sunshine."
ICvery school boy knows that vegetation
is most abundant and luxuriant
In warm climates, and that the chief
work of the Southern farmer is to
keep grass from growing in the Holds,
ilong fences and roads. Alter battling
with it, till crops are "laid by" it will
i,nun miiHi; ;i .spieilOKI growth III the
late summer, anil when "fodder pulling
time" comes lie wades through
jrab grass waist high to gather one or
lwo hundred pounds of fodder a day
.vhen with a scythe the same man
jould cut as much hay before breakfast.
Corn fodder is hay pure and
dmplc and is but little better pound
Tor pound than crab grass hay. Then
why do we continue to waste these
things which nature forces on us in
>uch abundance?
No argument In favor of any particular
breed or class of cattle is necessary.
The laws of animals life are such
hliut the modern domestic animals
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THURSDAY,
of the same species but of different
breeds may In* made to thrive equally
well in a trivet) locality if any breed of
t his species can be trrown there. The
cow is largely a creature of circumstances
within the control of the
breeder and will uive returns in the
form of milk, butter and beef in proportion
to food consumed. The dairy
btceds have proven successful in the
south and reflect ureal credit on the
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cause, The dairy form is almost dia!
nut rlcally opposed to the beef type
! and i he economic production of beef
| with the dairy breeds is next to impossible.
both hnve their sphere and
neil her should be bred to the exclusion
of i he ot her.
It is a sad fact that when any one
I in South Carolina wants a good eow ;
( I LIic beef t>reeds lie lias to go north
or sonic where outsidcof the State to
j get it. Tiien comes the dnlienlty of
I aeelimat lug the animal, and as many
people have learned by sad experience
northern cattle often die the livsi
year after being brought soulh. but
t his is a day of progress and veterinary
medicine has been making very
rapid strides during the past tenor
t welve years. Among other things j
the true nature of Texas fever lias
been worked out and a means of vaccinating
cattle against it have been
perfected, liven three years ago this
important application of science to
the cattle industry of the south was
regarded as in the experimental stage,
but today it is as positively demonstrated
that cat tie can be vaccinated
against this deadly disease as any
other form of inoculation now pract
iced.
No herd can lie established without
foundat ion stock, and when established
good blood must lie constantly int
reduced or it will degenerate in a
few years. The problem with the j
average southern cattle man was and
is to get a start , and if the history I
of the efforts made to introduce beef!
I cattle into this State Is ever written
j it will show that many men have
lira veil the dangers, bought line cattle,
and afterwards seen them die
1 without evi r returning a cent of their
cost to I lie owner. Talk all you wish!
and write more about an industry, tint
I when a man has demonstrated to his
I own satisfaction t hat he rannot accomplish
a tiling lie will not attempt
it.
One of two things must he done.
The cattle tick which is responsible
for the death of northern cattle
brought south must he absolutely exterminated
in ail of that paitof the1
count ry where such cat tie are shipped,
or t he cattle must be inculated to j
render them immune to aceilimation
or Texas fever. The extermination
of the tick is a question which will
only be solved after years of popular 1
[ education which will produce proper j
legislation hacked hy the necessary
' linaneial aid to accomplish the work.
It must and will lie done in time, as
no intelligent people will always tolerate
on their heads a lilthy little
parasite that is a badge of poverty to
the cattle industry and a reflection on
the business ability of stockmen.
Until then the other horn (if the
dilemma must he taken, in fact,has
been take n during the past two
years hy a number of enterprising
breeders of t he State, lnnoeulation
must be done hy a competent veterinarian
or some one specially trained
for the work, and at present is done
gratuitously at the experiment station.
Not only this hut the station
has (luring the past two years
' bought, inoculated and sold a
! number of registered cattle and
bought many others on orders
from citizens of the State who
found it very expensive to make single
shipments such long distances. The
last carload was bought by the writer
at Indianapolis about the middle of
October of the present year and arrived
at the experiment station on Oct. j
22. < )u November 7th t hey all received
a hypodermic injection of 15 drops
of blood taken from an immune native
steer. They all took light cases
of fever and required careful treat
j incut and feeding while sick. They
have all recovered and are now being
shipped to the owners.
Our New UallroadH.
According to returns collected by
the Hallway Gazette, l?>I,"?J7 railroad
ears have been built In the United
States during the past twelve months.
This does not include electric railway
cars, which exceeded the output of
last year by 25,542 and that of 1000
by about 15,000. The number of
locomotives constructed was 1,070, as
compared with OKI built last year.
I'lacing the average cost of a locomotivcat
$12,000, the output of 1002
represents an expenditure of nearly
$48,000,000. And the demand is
still very heavy for both cars and locomotives.
Found in Dock.
The Charleston Post says the body
of .John Washington, colored, was
found Moating in the dock at. Carolina
wharf Wednesday night. The body
j had evidently been in the water for
several davs. as t tie ilnsh hart imnr.
eaten by crabs and tisli. The ease was
reported to Coroner O'Donnell, who
had the body sent to the city hospital.
A burial certificate was issued. Washington
was one of the crew of the |
schooner Olando Wooteu and It is
supposed that he fell overboard.
Washington was last seen alive on
; December 15.
If you feel ill and need a pill
Why not purchase the best?
DcWItt's Early Risers
Are 111 tie surprise, rs,
Take one -they do t no rest.
W. II. Howell, Houston, Tex., writes j
1 have used Little Early Riser Pills .
In my family for constipation, sick
headache, etc. To their use I am Indebted
lor the health of my fainllt.
l>r' E. Norton.
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THE VERY GREATEST.
Tho Columbia State Pays this Hi^h
Compliment to
THE LATE J. MARION SIMS, M. 1) ,
Who llcciinic a World Kciiowitcd
Sni'Komi. t>r. Sims Was a
Nalivo of liaiu asioi'
?'tiiinly, H. i '.
"The visit of- Prof. Loren/. to this
country anil the appreciative welcome
tendered liim by the medical profession
and the laity of t lie I'nlted Stales
in every city lie has visited recall,"
says the New York Sun, "to those
who moved upon the seenea generation
ago tlie tour made by tin; late
l>r. J. Marion Sims throughout Ureal
Britain and t lie continent." This
comparison Is apt, and it Is Interesting
to recount in connection with Dr.
Lorcn/.'s great work that of the greater
physician and surgeon, I ?r. Sims, 1
it South Carolinian. The Sun pays
him a high but deserved tribute when
It says:
The special object of Dr. Sim's visit
was the demonstration of a method
of curing by operation a condition
which rendered the victim far more
helpless and hopeless than that which
exists In the unfortunate patients
with congenital dislocation at the hip.
I'.eforc the advent of tins great man,
whose genius carried the fame of
American surgery throughout the civilized
world, noeurutivc measures had
succeeded, and the host of womon sufI'eiing
from the painful and loathsome
condlt Ion which lie had learned
to cure could tip to that moment look
forward to no relief from a life of suffering
and isloation but that which
death alone would bring.
The scene witnessed on Tuesdav in
the surgical ampithentre of the New
York Polyclinic Medical School and
Hospital when the gifted Vienna sur- |
goon deinonstrated to the physicians
in attendance at Mils institut ion, rep- !
resell tint; practically every State in
the United States, his original operation
for t he correction of lameness |
caused l>y a fault in development, re- j
calls the never-to-be-forgotten occasion
at La Charite in Paris when, In
in the presence of Velpeau and
Nidation and a large audience com-1
posed of rcprc sent at i ve physicians from
all parts of Prance, "the country doctor
from Alabama" successfully demonstrated
his method In the cast! of j
a young woman upon wliom more than
a dozen operations had been essayed
In vain.
l-'rom this hrllliant triumph Marlon
Sims went forth to the professional .
conquest of Kuropo. The journals of
the day heralded Ills advent, and the j
gates or the capitals of kingdoms were i
thrown open to his coining. Fro.n
place to place he Journeyed, healing
the atllicted and teaching others how
to lical. Kings of the realm of Science
vied with each other to doliini
honor, and kings and rulers of nations
were proud to confer upon him the
highest decorations in their power.
Upon the base of the pedestal which
his statue In llryant Park overlooks,
the physicians of our time and of all
times may read with encouragement
the epitome of his life.
Truthfully and loyally spoke our
distinguished citizen and surgeon. l>r.
T. Uaillard Thomas, when, in his ad- !
dress before the graduating class of
Cornell within a year, liesaid to those
who stood upon the threshold of a
medical career: "if I were asked to
name the men who In all time have
done most for the welfare of their fellow
men I would say, William Jenner,
< ieorgc Washington and Marlon
Sims."
Tivc genius which Invents and establishes
a system, a method or an operation,
and thus saves life, lessens suffering
or restores to usefulness the
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A ' ** OliT of the Ma- bull*
is .?elr crowded con- had
iai a were afforded every tired
( . ilourish. All rats sent unc<
,1( jYtiiHilolpal laboratory were ml- had
' ^leally examined and as each thej
dj'was tagged it was possible to der
(| hack the Infected ones to tlie It v
w where they were caught. All rldy
^.houses were treated as if the one
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is yet greatly Inferior to that of our
South Carolina Sims. I?r. Lorenz's
fame rests upon his great success in
one type <?f operation; Dr. Sims gave
the profession Improved methods in
several kinds of operations. While
he was still practicing in Alabama'
Dr. Sims published a treatise upon
the cause and proper mode of treat
mcnt of trismus naseentium, or infantile
tetanus, and whi^ his views
were not then generally accepted by
the profession a series of demonstrations
.'to years later established their
value. He fore this Dr. Sims had been
t he pioneer among soul hern physlei ins
in t he t realment of what is technically
called st rahismus, an all'ect ion of the
eye commonly known as ptlnl
Later, in I8I*>. lie conceived a method
of treating vesicovaginal fistula and
after several years of experiments i
achieved a success, which had boeti i
souirlit io vaio liv l h<? iw.wl'. i.... i I
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physicians. For tho carrying out or j
his ideas in this matter 1?r. Sims had |
established at his own homo in Mont- s
gnmory a hospital where patients ,
were treated without charge. During i
ttie course of Ids investigations he in- s
vented several instruments which v
have proved to beof incalculable value >
to the surgical profession. It was at t
this time that lie began to devote his (
study to gynecology exclusively. ( )n ,
account of Ids health lie moved to >s
New York in 1852 and while his
methods were at first (lot adopted by
the profession there it was not long
before he became the recognized |
authority in this branch ot the prac- t
lice. When lie visited ICuropo, llrst i
to study hospital arohltoctore and a
later with his family, lie was invited \
to give, the clinics which The Sun has (|
compared to the demonstrations by (|
Dr. Lorenz. In Paris the leading t,
surgeons of London, Paris, Dublin v
and Edinburgh attended, and from (>
Paris he went to Krussels to demon- s
st rate his methods. o
During the War between the States s
Dr. Sims practiced in Paris hut later j
returned to New York.' During the
Franco-Prussian war, however, he organized
in Paris the Anglo-American >
ambulance corps, and its surgeon-in- |
chief treated, it is said. 1,000 French (
and l.ooo (icrman soldiers after the ;
battle of Sedan. Among his other j
conspicuous services was t he f ninding |
oi the Woman's hospital of New York, |
1.1 which lit1 (IovUmI much of Ills on- >
orgy and knowledge, Among Ids per-, t
sonal benefactions was the romem- |
liranoe of Ids hirl hplaoe In the estab- |
lishing the .1. Marlon Sims asylum >
for the poor of Lancaster, which Is |
si ill in existence, supplanting the y
customary county alms house. I
These, In brief, are some of I ho j
achievements of one of the, greatest (
men Sout h ('arolina has ever produced |
perhaps, If we measure greatness by (
the usefulness to one's fellow man, he (
Is the very greatest. For, as The |
Sun so approprialely says. "The genuls \
which invents and establishes a
systom, n method or an operation, and
thus saves life, lessons suffering or re- ,
stores to osef, -ness the stricken mem- <
bcrs of the human family, deserves ]
the boundless gratitude of mankind." ;
Columbia State. \
A Cold Wave. t
The forecast of sudden changes in
t he weal her serves notice that a hoarse i
voice and a heavy cough may invade i
the sanctity of health in your own
home. Cautious people have a hot I le
of One Minute Cough Cure always at
hand. K. H. Wise, Madison, (la.,
writes: "1 am Indebted to One Minute I
Cough Cure for my present good '
health, and probably my life." It (
cures Coughs, ('olds, LaOrinpe, I iron- t
chitis, I'nuemonia and all Lung t roil- |
bles. One Minute Cough Cure cuts
the phlegm, draws out the inllainat ion
heals and soothes the mucous mom- 1
hranes and strengthens the lungs.
Dr. 10. Norton. '
I
I'resident 'h I toccpt ion.
President Uoosevelt's New Year's
reception was one of the most brilliant i
events in Washington's recent social i
history. All callers were afforded the
opportunity of greeting the president :
and Mrs. Roosevelt and exclian^in^ i
?them the coinplhnerits of the
?-?iar. No distinctions were
icept such as were rendered
| for the preservation of or- >
CilOBlthj. y,rectin^s extended to all 1
. Lnd low, rich and poor, were '
rgm.... kjaj ,|n(j sincore.
dip ? ? <
" Vxlol I>yH|te|)Hiii Cure. (
, ViiI classes of food, tones and
turpent?i*s t he stomach and digestive
com IB on. .\res Dyspepsia. Indigestion.
Vuhles. and makes rit*11 re<I
Jli and strenjft h. Kodol reWiLM
ili'Mout tissues, purities,
_ a._7> and sweetens t lie stomach.
Turpcntinf AtkinsoI1 ()f w va., says:
e barrels ; | a ntimhcr of l>ot ties of Ko>
oat .e found it to he a very efI.
indeed, a powerful rcmoil
at . . .oacli ailments. I recommend
e Turpenij?"('s00;
Virtfirorton'
CO! short on llnln.
ry Director Haucr of the
trdinary . nireau publishes a summary
iddlintf. ?cr conditions during the
itf .. .. December. This summary
[id'n>^*i he mean temperature for the
)i to have been 17 decrees, just
ic^ree blow the normal, but the
sooh kVor the entire year was 1.35
ailclplila''1 u>? normal. The lowest
. wiAture recorded in December
t'woundVdegrocs on the 27th. The
nlaced a iran?e j" temperature was 32
i ' *?' on the 1Stli when t he maxl*
' na kl..l. ... -> I
>nscious, Win " *"?? "
washed tlX'iiiit'H in ? \aino?
/ found noun^ js |n 11 io name when it
burnH and yitch Ha/el Salve. E. C. l>evas
then dty., of Chicago, discovered,
'e used by ago, how to make a salve
ill Hazel that is a specific for
'Hlind, bleeding, itching and
g IMles, eczema, cuts, burns.
,..'.d all skin diseases. I >e Witt 's
tas no equal. This has given
\ numerous worthless counter.Ask
for I >e Witt's -the genuine.
.V. E. Norton.
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NO. 24.
THE NEGRO VOTE.
In Pivotal States Often Oives Them
to the Republicans.
HOLDS THE HALANCE OF POWER.
In lliti Slnli'H ol' New York, lmltnuu,
\Vi\hI Vli'Kinin, Dnliiwnrc anil
Maryland Ills Note
n lirvfr,
A number of Republican newspapers
ire (li>puii(ig the assertion of some
Democratic writers for the press that
I lie netfro vote holds the balance of
power In the country, and as It, Is always
east for the Republican ticket,
generally elects that ticket. While it
s true that in IHUft and ITHM), hy rea on
of Ine radical division in Deino ratic
ranks, McKlnley would have
icon elected without the ne^ro vote,
.t ill the facts are that the nc^ro vote
fives the Republicans the greatest ad antatfe
over the Democrats, and in a
lean, square way, ail else belnrr equal,
specially in issue and unity, the vote
?f the ne^ro for the Republican ticket
Avians the pendulum to the Repubilan
side.
In the following States are included
II t he Republican States of the North
laving any considerable ne^ro populaion,
and also certain border States
low held by the Republicans, or which
re considered somet imes doubtful, In
vhlch there Is a heavy nc^ro vote. Inlian
Territory and Oaklahoma are set
lown because there is some prohabiliy
that they will be admitted ns
States. The total ne^ro population of
ach State, by the census of -litoo, Is
tated, and all colored males twentylie
years of a^e and over, or voters,as
liown by the same census. None but
icrsons of ne^ro descent are included:
Ne^ro popu- N'c^ro vote
States. latino 1?0(). lttOO.
Massachusetts ... :tl.t)7l 10,15ft
Diode Island .... 0,002 2,705
Jonnecticut 16,22(1 4,576
s'ow York 99,232 31,42n
<Iew Jersey (1(1,844 21,474
'ennsylvania .... 15(1,845 61,(168
Jelaware 30,(197 8,374
laryland. 236,064 (10,40(1
>l?io 00,601 31,236
ndiana 57,505 18,186
llinois 85,078 20,762
lichigan 16,81(1 5,108
(iwu 12,603 4,441
Jissouri 161,231 46,418
Kansas..... . 52,003 14,695
Nebraska 6,200 2,208
)klahoma 18,831 4,827
tidlau Territory.. 30,853 0,140
Colorado 8,350 3,215
Jalifcrnia 1 1,045 3,711
tentucky 284,700 74,728
.Vest Virginia... 43,409 14,780
UKALLY DEMOCKATIC STATES.
It will l?e seen by the above that In
line elections out of ten the ltepubll ans
could not carry the States of
Sew York, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, Indiana or West Virginia
vil bout the aid of the negro vote, and
liese States, without the Southern
md Democratic States, would electa
^resident and carry the house of rep(fseotati
ves.
W illing to Mnko Amends.
An amusing street Incident happened
recently. A young lady left
lor husband's side to look in a winlow.
On leaving it she took, as she
[.bought, her husband's arm, and continued
her conversation.
"You see," she said, "you don't
jven look at anything I want you to
ice. You never care bow 1 am dress d;
you no longer love me. Why, you
have not even kissed mi* for .a iv.*??b
ind "
"Madame, I am sorry, but that Is
my misfortune, not my fault," said
the man, turning round.
The lady looked at him and gasped.
She had taken the arm of the wrong
man. Loudon Sparc Moments.
('aiiHt; <>l* Colds.
In these days of many colds tliat
ire hard to cure It is unpleasant to be
reminded that iutluen/.a and volcanic
li^turbauccs liave some association,
Lhough the relation may be only one
of coincidence. The tendency of the
CO in-volcanic eruptions was noted in
the eighteenth century. In the fourth
volume of The New Wonderful Magazine
is a statement that the Immense
volcanic eruptions in the northern V a"
Island of Iceland in 1783 and the
earth-quakes in Calabria were accompanied
by the inilucn/.a?"a disorder
hitherto unaccounted for," states the
paper which spread throughout Europe.
New York Tribune.
married an Indian.
L. II. Wall, a fullblooded Ute Indian,
from Eufala, Indian Territory,
and Miss Lucy Ramsey, of Almlne,
Va., daughter of Mrs. Susan Ramsey,
were married on Christmas day, and
are now en route to the Indian Territory.
The marriage was the result of
an advertisement in a Chicago matrimonial
paper. When the Indian arri
VOfl > no UOnn.# -11 ? -1
... v.*. u.?vy Julius WUIIUIII WiiS U1B (}UtH3U
at tirst to back out of the bargain,
but she finally decided to marry him,
and llev. Mr. Wade performed the
ceremony. The groom has a laundry
at Kufala and seems to be la good
circumstances.
Clour* the Mystery.
Mrs. Sadie Latimer, widow of Albert
C. Latimer, whose shooting by
an unknown midnight intruder caused
such a sensation bust .July, has told
the Brooklyn police the name of the
man whom she suspects 6f being the
murderer of her husband. The suspect
is father of the friend woman the
police regarded with suspicion and to
whom Mrs. Kstmer since has been
reported engaged.