The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 26, 1903, Image 1
VOL
XV11.
i?AIIj KEFIISK!?
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' II Tilunn by Chief Justice Pope
oil the Evidence
iilTTED BY HIS ATTORNEYS
su Sclil|)H Ol* (\l'KIIIIKMIt >1 itlo by
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fyi'birl' .Justice Makes a
A. J. COX StUKMII. lit.
tended the q
the 20th iiitlf-pasL four o'clock on TuursUev.
L. ift< rnoon Chief Justice l'upe rohis
regu* I LI ic application tor bail of J .lines
on lust tollman, charged with the murder
R. Ula? N- '* Conzaks and now contined
section v'.he Richland county j til. The
xeveral nfi-' ^us resumed in the Supreme
erected ne room in Columbia, having been
telson of 1 "ed from Newberry on the 12tl>
Daisevpaa! 10 o'clock and c mtinued unWonder
*,arly f? with an intermission
Coon/' a*1 until 2.40 p. in. The pros?n
was represented by Solicitor
_. Thurmond, ex-Attorney Oener.
I>. liclliiigcr and Judge Andrew
_ f wl'ord.
M *P 10 r't,r,'ns<' was represented by
#* n' rrcssmaii-clect (J. \V. Croft of
near liu M an(, eX-Snlleitor 1'. II. Nelson
It was Columbia. 14.v-,Judge (). \V. Ru1
caving .||lf Messrs. C. L. Hleasc of New
sister TO. llI1(| (j |> lieinbert of Richland,
jnnsel for the det'en ;o, were also
,mt' ,,ot actlvu,y P'l,tiolpitdeath
ai ,)urinK "lost of the day about
and Mr8.>cc'were 1,1 'he room, t ie
two of tb ul times increasing.. Mr. It.
baby and ,m"M' Jr" \l ts"n (,r Senator
their child* a spectator.
10th 1902 ,tc: "PJ'hig Col. Croft read a
.....I of Ins leeal riLrlit to be nresent
* Re"?okK)tb. defendant, C -1. Tillm m. who
,n?r iiuv 1 in Pelson appear. T.ie readt
' the atlldavit.s c<>n<un"d tmi1
u 'jd a half, Mr. Crawford read
was an aiu ,
ulwave kind ' t.lu- and Mr.
Miis jui|Osoof Oicdcfenac.
Jan. 29th ll11- nklson oi'kns.
Ave years ana was burent was opened
both baptist church tb defense. 11
day. She had always nursrawfor.l,
family In all their sickness and rr t he
seemed to tire. She had nurset Cr ?ft
brothers Merman and Am
through a long spell of tyuhoHJly disalso
JessV.be evidence, taking up alii.11
went to rialim and disposing of t heir
brotherig from the point of view of the
and wa . I le stressed the reply of the
had bne in the large number of a ill l.i
baptiahustaining the character or the
profestt Ilolumhacke against the elfort
not knoState to impeach it. Iteaclring
that shfidavit of t he atllant iVItite, lie
about ) termpted by Justice Pope, who
family hat argument as to that atlldaWill
w s noi necessary. lie then prober
at d to analyze the Stale's atllduJulia'inting
out what lie regarded
missed discrepancies and weaknesses
gnii.g self-defense based on the
No'ts of tile State. He then took
r.,, , - legal aspect of the application.
? A . o^elson's case was a brief, concise
' ;n p. 0,cid exposition of the case for
ipnse, without especial elfort at
icaUlTect.
me'
FOR flllC I'UOSKOUTION.
dge Orawfurd drew the court's
T itlon to the alleged threat: "1
i made him show the white feath.everal
times already and if lie
ises my path I will make him do it
?in." lie argued forcibly that this
xmnection with the previous conctofMr.
Gonzales constituted no
uureat whatever. Mr. Gonzales had
never attacked Tillman, had never
drawn a weapon upon him, had never
made any demonstration of violence
towards Idm?"h id never made him
show the white feather," and so had
given Mr. Tillman no cause to fear
bodily harm from him. Having never
"made him show the white feather"
the language even if true meant nothing.
As Tillman's life and limb had
been safe under the so-called "white
feather" performance of the past,
why did Tillman kill Gonzales for
simply doing that, which caused him
the humiliation of "showing the
white feather?" There had been no
personal encounter and the "white
feather" must have been only in a political
sense, the result of the editorial
attacks which ended last September.
Mr. Crawford then argued that
having assisted materially in defeating
Mr. Tillman for governor, Gonzales
had no motive to threaten Tillman
as to try to take his life. Tillman
was the vanquished; Gonzales
the victor. He could understand why
Tillman should desire revenge and so
could understand his declaring, according
to the atlidavlt of (). I).
Hlack: "Hy God, I am going to kill
him!" and the intimation contained
in his language to Hon. VV. II. Gause.
Tillman made threats; Gonzales made
none. Tillman wanted blood; Gon\
n| zalcs did not. Tillman armed him
sejr ior tnopurpose, and uon/.alcs did
not.
TIIK SOLICITOR.
Solicitor Thurmond followed in an
argument covering the law and facts.
iSo threat had been made by Mr. Gonzales.
What he had said, admitting
the truth of the alleged threats for
(the sake of argument, was no stronger
than criticisms. If such language
I could be construed as threats then
every candidate, for example, that ap'
peared on the hustings would 'have a
right to assume that his life was in
peril. "Any one who has had experiv
ence in the court house" knovvs how
easy it Is to prevail upon many people
to make affidavits as to character.
Mr. Thurmond comprehensively ar*
gued the law of the case, citing with
I emphasis the rule laid down in a
Texas case as to the meaning of the
phrase "proof is evident" in the con!
, stitutional provision as to bail in cap)
Nail cases, He maintained that ball
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should not In' grunted merely l>eeause
the case tnignt contain eontlicting
affidavits, but that if I he court were
convinced that the evidence of guilt
substantially preponderated so us to
make a reasonably imiivoicing ease
the bail should be refus <!. As lor Ihe
newspaper attacks, puhll; mei must
exp'ct their records to he attacked
and exploited by tue press. These
attacks had Ih'oii made long before
and Mr. Tillman had submitted to
them.
MU. IIKI.LINGKU HIMCA ICS.
Mr. Itellinger in ide the closing argument
for the Stato. It was an
easy matter to obtain alii lavius to
mstain a nan's cha a tar. If per
chance that, m in had a local repnta
tion as a "had man," in the western
sense, as a dangerous man, it was not
dilllcnlt to ti(id those who, desirous of
not olfeifcling him, would sign testimonials
in Ins favor; but to tell (lie
plain truth about him required in >ral
and physical courage. lie ice the inference
was fair til it in a case like
this the alii lavits attacking a 111 m's
reputation for veracity came from substantial
men representative of the
best classes in the community. Referring
to the expression, "made to
say," applied to tin? ntlidavit of Mrs.
Melton, Mr. Relinger observed t'l it
t lie aill lavit of 11ol.sonbacko was
signed " Richard I loUonbaek \ his
mark." Nevertheless, it was couched
with an elegance of diction and accuracy
of rhetoric surprising t ? say the
least in a man unable to write his
name. In striking contrast was the
allidivit?'f Mrs. Melton, clearly stating
the tacts slie knew in her own
ham)writings, sub mt.'ed to the
State's attorneys at their request.
Mr. Ilcllingc'r summed up the testimany
of the State's allhlavits, forcibly
presenting it. "if tlie dying declaration
of N. (i. (ion/.lies, t te statement
of Senator Talhird and the atildavi t
of M s. Melton be true, 'hen it was a
deliberate, schemed and premeditated
assassination.
COL. CltCOKT CLONKS.
Col. Croft made tirst a strong argument
on the law ?f bail. The rule is
not, lie said, as the State would have
it, that bail should be refused in cases
where a verdict of guilty is probable
that will not lie set aside this without
conceding at all that this case is
I of that character. Where a doubt
may Vie entertained by the court Us
duty is mandatory. 'I he court Is not
to determine guilt, or innocence in
this proceeding. The credibility of
witnesses is not to be passed upon.
The presumption of innocence the
law gives to the defendant and the
true rule is that if testimony is submitted
that presents a defense and
allows of the admission of a doubt
of guilt the court must grant bail.
Mr. Croft then referred to the newspaper
and personal attacks on Mr.
Tillman's public and private character,
beginning, he said, as far back as
1H?)0. They had no parallel for unrelenting
vindictivencss in South Carolina.
Mr. Tillman's good name had
been torn to tatters and besmeared.
lOven in his family life, in the sacred
marriage lie he had been attacked
and only his life had been left. While
words did not justify the. takinur of
| humiin life *thc defendant had the
right to infer from the unceasing porI
seeutlon of Mr. Gonzales the bent of
, his mind towards liim, and to believe
that Mr. Gonzales intended to take
his life as he had taken ills good name.
Mr. Gonzales' holiesty of conviction
hedid not impugn, but his .hatred of
Tillman.became an absorbing passion.
He was relentless towards enemies
and it was not in his nature to brook
opposition.
Col. Croft strongly argued the testimony
of Senator Talbird that he occupied
the outside position on the side
position on the sidewalk with Tillman
between him and Brown, accentuating
the point that, such being the
positions, Mr. Gonzalc's turn towards
the Inside was a direct approach towards
Tillman.
TilK DHOISIOM.
As Col. Croft was concluding Chief
Justice I'ope requested him to explain
the course of the ball as shown by the
autopsy, and the testimony of l)r.
Know 1 ton was read.
Then while the spectators listened
with breathless attention the chief
justice announced his decision. "Theic
are always two sides to a homicide,"
he said, "and even with the miny
that have taken place in this State in
late vears. there is in most of r.ham
some provocation?that is, there is a
defendant's side to it. It seems from
the testimony that the defendant has
Ijeen the object of newspapers attacks
for 11 years perhaps without a p nallel
in this State. The liberty of the
press does not permit the license of
the press. I)r. Franklin said the
liberty of the press would often be
followed by the liberty of the cudgel.
In this case no cudgel, though, was
used, but a deadly weapon. One could
hardly believe that a man could bear
the long continued ordeal ofthoabu.se
that the defendant underwent without
having malice in his heart. The
rule was long ago adopted in this
court not to give the reasoning leading
to our conclusions in bail applications.
The law is that the taking
of human life with malice premcdiat
ea constitutes murder, r.iinrul as It
is, under my oath of ottlce, so recently
fresh on my lips, I must do my duty
and decline the appliciation."
The following Is the order denying
the application:
State of South Carolina County of
Richland.
The State vs. Jas. H. Tillman.
This was an application for bail,
and after hearing the affidavits both
of the State and the petitioner and
after argument pro and con It Is
ordered that bail is hereby refused,
however without prejudice to the
petitioner to apply to some other
judge If he should be so advised.
Y. J. Pope, Chief Justice.
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CONWAY, S. C
THE TESTIMONY
Presented by the State in the Case
ot J. H. Tillman
MEJtuitE UHJJSI? jusiiuis rofij,
Ami Upon Wliic i llo Itol'uAod to
Allow t Ito Dol'omlunt to l>o
ItolcitHcil from Jail Ity
UIvIiik Hall.
Last week we published the entire
testimony presented i>v .1. II. Tillman
in his applicat ion for biil. Below we
present alx>ut one-hilf of the testii
mony presented l>y the State in opposition
to tlie kranting of hail to .1. li.
Tillman, and upon which bail was refused
the defendant. The testimony
speaks for itself, and every one can
read it and draw their own conclusions.
The testimony is as follows:
Personally coihes Kobcrt Lathan,
who says on oath: That ho was stenographer
and secretary to the late N. (I.
(ion/ales and occupied such a position
at the time of the shoot inn of said N.
(?. (ion/ales; that on the afternoon of
the shoot hitf, and just after the said
N. (J. (Ion/ales had been brought into
The State newspaper otliee, on Main
street, some 50 yards north of the
point of t he said sho >t in^, N. (i. (?onz.ales
told deponent that he, the said
N. (1. (ion/.ales, knew the result of
un,.|t *1 wluO 'lu Iwi ) 1 i?I Knf.nl vn/l Mini
more than once while in said oMIee.
suffering from said wound, intimated
in plain language that lie knew his
wound was mortal; that thereafter,
and in a couple of hours thereafter
when said N. G. Gonzales had been
conveyed to t lie Columbia hospital, to
b* there operated upon, he repeated
said intimation of the result of his
wound to deponent; that while in this
state of mind he said the following
words, or of like imnort, to deponent,
to wit: "I started ou of The State office
walking as usual 011 t lie right hand
side of the pavement, going towards
the State house, and as I got close to
the corner, the intersection of Main
and dervais streets, where I had to
t urn to t he left into (iervais st reet on
my way home, I observed Tillman.
Two men were with him, Senator Talbird
of Beaufort and another man.
! whose face 1 did not observe. Talhlrd
was next to Tillman, and this other
I man was 011 the inside. Tillman was
on < lot nntewl.i l/iwu.-bi.r I le.l Si'
I 'mi i ill wiii inn;. i\ iumi i i ii iiut ll I IM |M
straight on I would collide with him. j
because the three men were walking i
abreast and Tillman was on the outside,
I also being on the outside, I cut
diagonally to the left, intending to
turn into (iervais street, as I could
have done without touching the man
of the three who was on the inside.
As I got (1 had just merely glanced at
his face) on the burn, not more than
two or t hree feet from the exact corner,Tillman
suddenly pulled his pistol,
or perhaps he had it in his hand, possibly
up his sleeve (I did not notice,)
presented It and tired, making some
exclumat Ion which I have forgot ten.
The shock almost threw me oil my
feet. 1 swerved around and felt very
weak. 1 threw my back up against the
corner on the Main street side, so as to
support myself, and faced him. He
had his pistol pointed at me, and 1
said to him. 'Fire, you coward: you
have already killed me, you know
it. Shoot again.' Tillman said something
about, 'I took your advice,' then
looked at my face, dropped his hand
holding the pistol and sauntered out
Into t he middle of the st reet." Replying
to some question, Mr. (lon/.ales
continued, "1 had no idea whatever of
meeting him. I had seen hint two days
before in the lobby of the house. lie
saw mr and was talking to someone,
while I was walking around. He did
not say anything. 1 did not say anything.
The thing was finished as far
as 1 was concerned." M r. (ion/, ties was
then asked whether Tillman said anything
when he tired on him. He re
plied that- he did say something. Doing
further questioned, whether he
had sent Tillman any message, Mr.
Gonzales answered, "Never sent him
a word of message by anv one." Then
the quest ion was asked, "Did you hear
him say you had sent/* him a message
by anv one?" Mr. Gonzales answered,
"No. he said something like 'I have
taken you at your word,' or something
like that. I sent-him no message, so
kelp me God." Mr. Gonzales further
sain Tillman used the expression'!
have taken you tit. your word,' or something
of similar import, after he tired.
On the first day of the present session
of the general assembly, or the day
thereafter, 1 was in the lobby of the
State house 011 the side next the hall
of the house of representatives. While
there I saw Mr. N. G. Gonzales standing
just at the door of the committee
room to the left as you enter the hall
of the house of representatives, lie
was talking with a gentleman. While
he stood there 1 saw Mr. James If.
Tillman standing in the lobhy within
a few feet of the said N. G. Gonzales.
He, the said Tillman, was speaking
with some one when I saw him, and
he passed into the committee room
opposite that one near tlie door of
which Mr. Gonxalcs was standing.
Said .lames Ii. Tillman was obliged to
have seen N. (J. Gonzales,as there was
nothing interposing l>etween them.
Robert Lathan.
1'ersoi ally appears before me 10. .1.
Watson, who being duly sworn says:
That on the 28th day of November,
1!M)2. the dav that the tinal meeting of
the ward of canvassers was held to declare
the result of the general election
held earlier in the month, deponent,
saw Lieut. Gov. Tillman, lie was with
several others chatting in the ofllcc of
the attorney general. Finally those
present, among whom was Mr. Tillman,
l>egan to leave the room. As deponent
started to go out also Mr. Tillman
detained him a few minutes, and
standing engaged him In conversation,
which led to a statement from Mr.
Tillman that he would porhaps leave
the Slate after his term of office as
lieutenant governor had expired. That
he ha 1 received a good business offer
In another State. Then Mr. Tillman
referred to the way lie had been persecuted
by"that man over yonder, pointing
towards The State office, and re
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' marked t hat lie luid stood all he intend
led to stand: that if he, Mr. (ion/ales,
' did t.ot <|uit hounding him down and
continued to do him so he would kill
: him. Thinking a moment Mr. Tillman
said. "You can take him that as
a message from me." Tnat deponent
told 11iin that the host thing he could
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ir;inn elsewhere would be lb avoid the
possibility of having any trouble; that
what had taken place and had been
said was past and mimic, and that so fat
as taking a message to Mr. Oon/. lies
was concerned lie (deponent.) certainly
would not I tea 1 such a message from
him; t li.it it lie wanted to send such a
message the proper way to send it was
lo write it and address it to Mr. Gonzales;
thai (leuonenl could not alVord
and would not lit* mixed tin wit It.such
a matter in any way; t hat M t\ Tillman
repeated what he had said, and said.
"I would be glad if you would give
hi n that as a message from me"; that
deponent repeated lie would not take
stieli a message, and Mr. 'rillmati being
called went out Into the olllce of the
secretary of state l.o attend the meeting
of the board; that deponent later
in the presence of the members of the
board saw Mr. Tillman in the otticc
of t he secretary of st at e, hut no further
reference was made to the conversation
above referred to: that deponent
have never seen Mr. Tillman to speak
to him since; t hat deponent paid no
attention to the matter at the time,
as he had beard Mr. Tillman make a
remark during lite summer that lie
had Stood all lie intended to stand;
that deponent said nothing of the
con versa! ion to any one, and certainly
u t to Mr. Gonzales. l)epotent never
at any time intimated to Sir. Gonzales
anyi ning in regard to t lie mat tor; t hat
lie had 110 other reason for refusing to
take a .message to Mr. (ion/alcs than
his determinat ion, long formed, never
to take a message of such character,
knowing Mr. (ion/ales' disregard of
any kind of a threat; he would not
have home t he message feeling that
in so doing lie would he in the position
of being used simply to revive conditions
t hat had long since ceased to exist:
that so far as depinent is aware
nothing appeared in the editorial
columns of 'Pile State in regard to
Tillman from the time of t lie conversation
wit h Mr. Tillman above referred
cO; that toe conditions of the
threat had never been fullillcdso far
as deponent knows; that deponent
never saw Mr. Tillman afterthe day
in November until the opening of the
session of t he general assembly, when
while stilt uling in the lobby of the
hall of the house of icpresentatives,
deponent, who was talking with Mr
(Jon/, lies near one of t he committee
ro ens. saw Mr. Tillman enter the lohbv
and stand some feet away, engaging
in conversation with several gentlemen:
thiit deponent and Mr. (ion/alcs
unci a xiiiii i iiiic |iiis.st'ii Mill mi i lie
lobby and went to the senatoeliamber.
10. .1. Watson.
Personally comes (J. M. Lido, who
being duly sworn says: 1 am a brother-in-law
of I'rof. Wardlaw of the
South Carolina college, who lives on
South Sumter street, in the city of
Columbia, and there deponent lives
also: That on Thursday, January
loth, 1mu:i, I was going down Main
street towards my home, which led
me past the transfer station of the
st reet railway, at the nort heast corner
of (iervais and Main st reets, city of
Columbia. Walking along some feet
in front of me was Mr. N. (J. Gonzales,
editor of The State newspaper; I
also noticed coming from the direction
of the State house, and meeting said
(ionzales, Lieut. Gov- Tillman with
two other men. 1 did not, not ice t he
two men accompanying him at onco to
recognize them, i>ut 1 did observe that
Gov. Tillman was walking on the outside
of the three as they came along
|vip Main street from across Gcrvais
street and that lie maintained that
position with his hands in ids overcoat
pocket until just before he had
lired the ?shot, hereinafter described.
I was not close enough to hear anything
that was said, either by Gov.
Tillman or by Mr. (Ion/ales, both of
whom 1 am informed Invariably spoke
in a low voice. They (Gonzales and
Tillman) approached each other, Gonzales
going south, Tillman coming
north. Gonzales turned when about
20 feet in front of Tillman to the inside
of the pavement, Tillman being
on the outside, when just as lie was
going around the three, on the inside
of the pavement, Tillman being on
the outside of the throe and near the
outer edge of the said pavement, and
having both hands in his overcoat
pocket, the latter, that Is Tillman,
suddenly lired his pistol. 1 just noticed
that he threw up his pistol and
lired. 1 do not, know where lie drew
Ids pistol from. 1 only know that he
drew it up and lired instantly. Gonzales
:lI t he. t ime had hot it hands in
his overcoat pockets. 1 could see that
much from the rear view 1 had. As
Tillman shot (Jon/ales turned Immediately
and then I saw that his Lhumh
was projecting from ids overcoat pockets.
I did not stop on my way and as
I advanced of course I came nearer to
the parties. When Tillman tired the
muzzle of the pistol was several feet
from the body of ins victim. I saw
Gonzales distinctly and 1 say that he
made no motion whatever or any demonstration
whatever up to the time
that Tillman tired upon htm: arjd'l
say further that if the shot had fScen
delayed for another step taken by Gonzales,
Tillman would have shot 1dm in
the hack. As soon as Tillman tired
one of the men with Tillman threw
himself between Tillman and Gonzales
turned square around and looked
Tillman in the face, lie then turned
towards the corner column of the
transfer station and leaned his-head
over. Tillman still had ids pistol up
as if lie meant to taJkq another shot;
lie still held tho*.plsto)''ji0 the
shoulder of the man who frot between
them. Mr. Ootjzalos then turned
again and fuced Tillman.- Mj\ Sims
then went up UFhita'? afterwards Mr.
LiMotto.coming frjum llond's bicycle
shop, and they almost simultaneously
took him by his arm. They akked If
Oonz^ilcsjwisjsh^
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J III* Alt Y !>(>, 1905*.
SWEPT BY STOltM.
I
I
The Details of the Fatal Disaster at
Honea Path.
THREE LITTLE ONES CRUSHED
To Di'iUli In AikiMt County by
I I'ci'v Hint t'bliiiiioyn, Tim
W imlM lligli All < ?vim'
t llll, St Hi i?.
Liter details of the cyelom that
v..sited 11 one* Path on Monday of last
week shows that it was more disas|
Irons than at llrst reporte I. The
damages as near as can he ascertained
are as follows:
The large two-story doidile hriek
store of Mr. W. A. Shirley was entirely
destroyed and his stock of furniture
and house furnishing goods
badly damaged.
Six young men on their way from
school dashed into t his store to escape
the wind and rain. They had Just
reached one of the large double front
doors when tlicy saw the front wall j
was falling t owards the street. They
marie an etTort to escape from danger
hut four of them were hurled heneath
the wreck while two others rushed into
tho front door and took refuge in
the inside of the store.
WKHK KII.I.KI) OtTTUIOIIT.
Katie Me(?ee, son of Mr. W. .1. Modee,
and Hertie Austin, son of Mrs.
Thomas Austin of Greenville county,
were killed Instantly, and Kdgar Donald,
son of Mr. .1. II. Donald, was seriously
injured, hoth legs and arms h ing
hroken and his spine Injured. A ('.
Stone, son of Mr. .1. T. Stone hti one
leg hroken and sustained other in- i
juries about the head and l> idy.
Immediately after the destruction
' of the building Mr. I*. \V. Sullivan,
who was standing at one of the windows
in the l>.ink building only a short
I distance away, saw the hand of some
oneshaking. lie prompt ly called for
assistance and went to work to resell
tho victims. In a few minutes the
Indies of the unfortunate young men
were extracted and carried to nearly !
buildings.
Medical assistance was sumin mod j
iiiki every 1111iij4 p?.ssii>it? was done lor I
the suirerers. The force of the storm
was tcrritlo and the building of Mr.
Shirley was torn to atoms in almost a
second. Lar^e frames from the roof
were hlown hundreds of yards and
brick were scattered in every direction.
HTOHKH I'lVltlil)KKl>.
In addition to the above named
building, several stores were unroofed,
chimneys blown down and trees uprooted.
in a piece of woodland a short
distance from here more than a hundred
trees were felled.
Parties returning home from town
were carried many yards by the force
of the winds. Telephone and telegraph
wires are down and communications
with other points was impossible.
The graded school had jnst< closed
its work for tlie day and it is a miracle
that many of the children were not
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baptist chnreh, although two of them
were carried across the Held and hurled
against a tree.
The damage to property here Is considerable.
Several lirms suffered damage
to their stocks of goods by water,
their storerooms being unroofed.
The loss to property in the surrounding
country Is not very great,
although many chimneys were blown
down.
Stock was killed and out buildings
damaged. The Chiquola mill suffered
considerable damage, several of the
tenant houses beingdemolised. Lights
were broken out of ( lie, mill buildings
. and waste house blown down.
MAIL (.A Kill Kit's CLOSK CALL.
10. it. Culberson mail carrier on one
i of the free delivery routes, had a nar.
row escape from death, lie had taken
refuge in a covered bridge a few miles
, from here, lie realized that the bridge
would not stand the force of the storm
. and made an effort to get his team out
I but before ho could do so the struc
turo gave way. His horse was killed
and his buggy demolished, lie saved
ilimseii ??V jumping IIIIO 1/110 open J lis I
as the bridge went down.
The citizens of Helton, a* nearby.
> town, rendered valuable assistance,
several coming down on the tirst, train.
, Among tiiem wore two of the leading
physicians who very quickly offered
, their services to the families of the
injured.
I The work of removing tiie debris
, from tiie streets was .'it once undertaken
by Mayor Mil ford and in a few
i days the stores will be;.ready for business
again.
! It may bo well to state that.np'onc
other than those mentioned aboved
sustained any Injuries.; The condition
of Kdgcr Donald is critical but his
chances of recovery are good unless
blood poisln dovelopes. One leg. .will
will doubtless have to be amputated.
Til K PLOW AT ANDKUSON.
An Anderson dispatch says tiie
storm was the most'severe in years,
and It Is a wonder that the low*of .life
and property is not larger. Monday
was very warm for the season and a
hard rain fell for several hours during
the day.;
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The Episcopal church at, Calhoun
Em lis was also destroyed. A severe '
j wind storm set in here. Just after dark
and continued with more or less severity
until midnight.
Ligon & Ledbettcr's large wholesale
grocery store and the Anderson Cash
Grocery store wore unroofed. A large
plato glass In It. O. Evans & Co.'s
show window was destroyed, the slate
roof or the court house badly dam- 1
aged, and telephone and electric light1
wires blown down, and much other
j damage was done of more or less Im-|
I portanco.
AImuiI It o'clock a team of horses be!
longing to Dobbins' stable ran Into a
i live elect rie light wire on East lioun- 1
j dary street and ope ??f the lioi.v s was ; '
elect incutnd.
(>ii t he account of the broken wires v
j the electric, liglils were shut otf and
soon alter this the lire alarm rang,:
but luckily it was only a loul chimney
burning, and no damage was done
About 10 o'clock idl communicat ion '
with the outer world was cut otf by '
telegraph and telephone, all the wires v
being down in every direction. After v
me storm it> turned bitter cold, unci 1
continued so all day. 5
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CAU HAHN 11I.OWN DOWN.
At Spartanburg tlie storm, which .
lasted an hour and a half, and which ,
blew*down the car barn of the Spar- (
tanburg Kail way, (his and ISlectrlc (
company, situated about one and one- j
half miles from the city in the northeastern
port ion of the cit y. N inner- '
ous trees were also uprooted in the v
suburbs and fell on t he lines of t he
electric and telephone lines. The (
roof of the Southern Cot ton < Ml mill |
here was blown oil', manv glasses and
windows to store rooms on the square |
and on various streets were shivered ,
by the force of the wind and the oh- (
stacles It swept in its path. y
The storm, unaccompanied by rain, ,
hail, thunder or lightning, raged on- .
derasky covered with stars and a full |
moon. On account of the storm, the (
power house of the Spartanburg Kailw.IV.
this :oul D'.leel rle. eniiniiiiiv vvmsi
shut d iwn, aiul transportation trolley i
c irs ub onioned. I he lights of all kinds |
were shut- out and darkness was every- ,
where. The li^htin^ of t he city was
shut down t he earlier part of t he ni^ht
in order that the lives of travolets ]
and pedestrians on the snreots should
not he jeopardized by contact with
live wires, dan^lin^ on the streets, |
where t hey were forced by trees fall- ,
itik' on them. Telegraph and telephone
work Wits out of the question. ,
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At Abbeville about dark the mercury
be^an to drop rapidly, and its
the mercury fell the wind rose, so
that by b o'clock a howling, shrieking
K'ale Wits lilowitiK', makittK' sleep ill- '
most out of the question. 11v some 1
persons it is said that the wind reach- f
ed a higher velocity Monday night 1
t han in the storm of the afternoon. f
\t illLV rsit.o t tin fl:im?no? rl<nw< wiiu
greater. The Methodist church at
the cotton mill is a complete wreck,
as is Hammond's tan-yard, both buildings
being Hat on t he ground. Telephone
poles, trees, shrubbery and
chimneys again sulTered. No news
has been received from the surrounding
country as to damage done. Tilts
wrecked Methodist church is a new
frame building and its destruction
will be greatly felt by the congregation,
as It was by hard work that
funds were secured to erect the building.
BKVISUAL I lOl'SKS IIIjOWN DOWN.
The storm struck Laurens about
half-past four o'clock, and for 10
minutes it was terrilic. Trees were
uprooted everywhere, the plastering
loosened in residences and more or
less damage done to light outbuildings,
kitchens, etc. The telephone
and electric light systems probably
| suffered the greatest damage, i'oles
were flattened right and left and the
wires arc down in every direction.
For several hours the service of
both were badly interrupted. On
Win. M Town's place a cabin was blown
down and a negro child had its skull
crushed and a negro woman was injured
by falling timbers. The child
will probably die. At Owing.-;'
Station Mr. J no. Campbell's house
was wrecked and a negro house on
Will Powers' place nearby was blown
down. Two miles above there Mr.
Hubert Stoddard's residence, a new ,
building was demolished. No one is t
reported to have been Injured. .
At night the wind continued fn- t
rlous, and it was past midnight before ,
many people sl?'pb comfortably. |
Tuesday it, is bit ing cold and extreme- |
ly disagreeable for outdoor work or |
travel.
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Loss of life followed In the wake of 1
the storm which passed over Aiken J
county Monday night. Two children
of Mr. .las. Davis, who lives at Krgles
bridge about 12 miles from Aiken,
were killed by a falling tree. At 1
Lake View the roof of a tenement 1
Jiouse was blown o!T and the family 1
ran out and escaped without Injury,
but the child of Moses Dorklns, about
($ years old, was struck by the falling
jGhlmney and killed. While the wind
was very hard in Aiken no material
damage was done.
Two Schooners Sink.
At Newport News two small schooners,
the Roger Quarles and Decatur,
laden with building materials, sank
in the hari>or Tuesday during a severe
squall. Roth will lie Moated. The
crews escaped.
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MANY DROWNED.
The Passenger Steamer Olive Wrecked
by a Cyclone.
EIOHIEEN LIVES ARE LOST
Ami Might Other IVrsoim Who Loft
In a Small Hunt Are Still
(Jiinooouiiteil for tiy
Friends.
A cyclone struck the passenger steaner
Olive which piles between Frankin,
Vii., and K teuton, N. C., at 9:110
'clock Monday night, Feb. Hi, and
noil her In the bottom of the river oil
kVonlo's I'er, between Mount Pleatint
and <diver's wharf, at Norfolk,
Virginia.
The whirlwind when it struck tl o
>live caused her to go over on hi r
reams' end and when sire righted It
van only to sink on account of the
vater she had taken. A majority of
die passengers and crew were below
it the time and had no opportunity
o reach t he pilot house of the vessel.
I'hls point was the only portion left
ibove water and in it standing waist
leep from the time of the accident
intil It o'clock in tiie morning Capt.
Jeorge II. Withy and live others were
a veil.
According to the statement of Capt .
Withy to The Associated Press corrcipondcnti
here Monday night 17 pernors
arc known to have been lost on
Ire sinking steamer and a lifeboat
oaded with Knglnocr C. L. Conway,
Vssistant Engineer J. P. Murphy,
Purser J. N. Hell, one white and two
oiored passengers unknown, and two
oiored deck hands, which left the
.trainer in hopes of reaching a vessel
ivhose lights could hr seen in the distince,
is yet unheard from. If these
lave been drowned the death list will
each 2o.
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Jake Lasslter, white, aged 2*?, hotr o
Itich Square, N. C., salesman for Oarin
& l-'u I ton, Haiti more hardware
lealers.
Mrs. Hennctt, Franklin, Va.
Twelve year old daughter of Mrs.
Uennett.
Mrs. Vaughan, Franklin, Va.
Frank Hunter, (ieorge Mutt, W. H.
K'lwards and Andre Vaughan, colored
leek hands.
Abraham Cooper and I'rcseott Scott,
olorod firemen.
Fstlier Williams, colored cook.
.1 <?l111 Cooper, colored porter.
.Folin Cooper, colored preacher.
Four unknown colored passengers.
('apt. Withy reached Nor fork Tueslay
afternoon in company with Mar
lha llarrett, colored stewardess of the
iteainer. The Associated Press correspondent
he made the following
statement:
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"We left Franklin on our regular
Lrip at II oVlock. A heavy southwest
wind was blowing, hut along the Chowan
river we did not mind it much.
At !> o'clock last Monday night we
passed Hollies' wharf and headed for
Kdenton hay. Tin; weather became so
Heavy that i eould not risk the open
water and I put the boat about to reLum
to the river for safety. It was
|ust about li o'clock when everything
Decame inky black and a terrible roaiIng
broke out of the night. I was the
>nly one in the pilot house and most
?f those below had turned in. In a
>ccond something struck the boat on
tier port beam and turned her over on
lier starboard side. I thought she
would never right herself and a monitor
wave dashed over us. It flooded
the hold and smashed every window
iround us. With the rush of wator
into her hold the Olive slowly righted
md in less than two minutes after
naving struck she was resting on the
sot torn with only the pilot house
ilmve the river. Two lifeboats were
iwept away and one was left. Into
Lhis the engineer, assistant engineer,
imser and one white and two colored
lassengers climbed and put off with
die hope of catching up with a tow>oat
that could be seen ahead of us.
I never saw them after they left our
iide. Their going left the stewardess
md one white and two colored passengers
on board with me. We stood in
vater waist deep until ? o'clock in the
norning when a Norfolk and .South'rn
steamer hove in sight, took us otT
md landed us at Edenton, where we
xx>k the train for Norfolk. The boat
Mink so quickly after being struck
i,hat none below had a chance to reach
the deck and all must have drowned
In berths." l
It was learned Monday night that
i white man named Wilder, of Colernine,
N. (J., is also among the drowned,
making the eighteenth victim.
The work was started Wednesday to
recover the dead bodies and if possible
raise the steamer. Five years ago the
Olive while running an excursion
sprang a leak and went down within
sight of Monday night's scene. At
that time no lives were lost.
The olive was an inland passenger
steamer hailing from Norfolk. She
was built In 1800 and was of 287 tons
gross: 120.9 feet long, 20.4 feet beam
and seven feet depth of hold.
A young woman who applied for a
rural school out west was questioned
by the school directors: "What is
yuui pimiuon upon whipping children?"
"My usual position," responded
the applicant, "Is on a chair, with
the child held Hrmly across my knee,
face downward." She #ot the Job.
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