The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 19, 1903, Image 1
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J VOL XVII.
TILLMAN'S WORK
t In Settling the State's Account With
the United States.
STORY OF THK TRANSACTION.
Tlio Slalv'N Debt ?>l !i?l! lll.V.'O is
Wiped Out uiul a lliiluncc ??!'
$HO,1.J7.70 l>iio tu the
Statu is l*ui(l.
Through the ollorts of Senator Tillman
more than anyone else, as we
stated last week, the State treasury
is now $80,1117.80 better olT than it.
has been. This is the amount <?r the
net claim collected from the. United
States Government by Senator Tillman.
Senator Tillman on a recent
visit to Columbia presented the warrant
and receipt in person to Governor
llcyward. The impression lias been
that Senator Tillman collected less
than $100,000, but. as a matter of
fact, he settled claims against the
State aggregating $:t.'l7,887 *'?, as is
fully shown by his statement, of the
case. Senator Tillman, in handing
over the papers in the case to Governor
llevward. submitt d a letter, in
which ho fully explains the entire
transaction in as brief .space as can
well he done, and what he has to say
is of s'reat interest. It. is as follows:
Washington, I >. March 0, I no.I.
Governor 1). C. 1 ley ward, Columbia,
S. C. My Dear Sir: It alTords me
^reat gratification to hand yon herewith
warrants Nos. f>,74(5 and 5,7 IT on
the United States Treasurer for #89,187.80,
together with receipts from
the Southern Uxpross Company for
#125,000, coupon bonds of t in; State of
South Carolina, with coupons attached,
a^K'rcK'atintf, principal and interest,
$24!),750, making a total in cash
and bonds of $887,887.80.
This warrant and these bonds have
been obtained by my receipting the
United States in full for the claim of
the State of South Carolina, which I
^rew out of the expenditures by the
State on behalf of the United Slates
Government during the war of 1812
1816.
I have been working on this mat ter
for the past four years and a brief
statement of the facts may he of in- ;
terest to you and to the people of the
State.
When the expenses attending the
enrollment of the volunteers for the
Spanish whr were heintf provided for
hy Congress in IKtis attention was directed
by the Secretary of the Treasury
to the fact thai Sout h Carolina
was indebted to the United States on
account of the Indian trust fund, the
same bein^ invested in the bonds
above mentioned, ami t he request was
made by the secretary that Congress
tfive him the authoiity to collect said '
amount. Without my knowledge, or
in fact, the knowledge of anyone, a
provision was sneaked into t he conference
report on an appropriation hill,
authorizing the Secretary to bc^in suit!
against the State of South Carolina!
for the collection <>f I lie debt.. I >einand
was made upon Coventor ICIIerhe for
settlement and he referred the matter
to mc. and I at once set about
trying to fKI&ire an ad justment, of the
account of the State lor the old claim
or 1812-15.
It required an immense amount of
work and research to ^et track of the
necessary papers. We had to investigate
the settlement in the war department
and rummage through volume
after volume of treasury reports, decisions
of the courts, reports of committees,
etc. My own time was too
much occupied with other necessary
business with which 1 have, to deal to
do more than give general directions.
The main work of that kind in the
case, was performed by Mr. .lames M.
Jlakcr, assistant librarian of the Senate.
and a citizen of South Carolina.
whose home is at Lowndesville. Mr.
Maker worked zealously and indcfatigably
both while Congress was in ses
slon and after its adjournment, so
that at the next succeeding session I
was prepared to demonstrate that instead
of South Carolina being In debt
to the United States, the boot was on
the other foot, and that we would Ik;
only too glad to have a settlement. In
the mean time suit had been begun by
the Attorney general for the United
States and a summons was directed to
the Governor to answer the suit. I
submitted all my evidence, based entirely
upon otllcial documents emanating
from the treasury department itself
to the committee on claims, and
secured from that committee a favorable
re|>ort on a bill to authorize an
adjustment and accounting between
the SUite and the United States, in
which was included a claim for a balt
w a n 4,tc t he State on account of monI
' -V ^r!u,< "? I'"IIan war
or r"'1"**."' passed the Senate
. I' ",th '"s '"-i-s held up
in the riouse. I trieu ' $1.00 thc
appropriation hill, hut it was i . '
out on a point of order, and the only
thing 1 could accomplish was to have
the law authorizing suit against the
State repealed.
Last year this claim, along with a
similar one from Virginia, and iucludiin'
the. (Mtv of Baltimore, was nlaeed
n *" "* j ? i - - i
on what is known as tlic omnibus
claim bill, but the situation in regard
>, to Virginia's debt was dllTcrent from
i * ours, and Senator Martin, without my
knowledge, Incorporated a provision
which was very advantageous to Virginia,
hut without Ids knowing it,
worked great wrong to our State. (?nder
the terms of this act the auditor
for the war department made up the
accounts, and practically balanced
them, making the bonds of the respective
Spates olTset the claim of
k each. Tt' .^Terence in I,lie cases arose
m from ' ' that Virginia's bonds
r. WL.t,.-'d ?> "<>?yK ,8M. and in order
1 ' tiS balance, as the
lie iii
CONWAY,
I A Bid FAKE
Deal in Pennies as a Result of a
Smart Advertisement
OF A WASHINGTON MERCHANT,
Who Oll'rroil "IH CcntN lor
Pennies," ami by Which
Many Speculator* Wore
Caught.
Recently ti clothing store in Wash- |
iugton ad veil ised that it woukl pay at i
noon Saturday, the 7th inst., "is i
cents tor I noil" pennies, and because I
(>r tliis advertisement practically all
(lie pennies in the picdeinont sect inn |
of North Carolina and in a pood many
towns in upper South Carolina have 1
come into the possession of a few i
speculators. The fact that the ad- |
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two interest-bearing funds were different,
they would have to no back prior
to the maturity of the bonds several
years, thus making Virginia a donation
of about $150,000. In our case
the wrong consisted in charging interest
on our bonds after maturity. I at
once appealed from the decision of the
auditor and had the matter revised by
the comptroller of the treasury, and
he was able to make the case balance
even nearer than the auditor had
done, reducing the amount to .'14
cents, but he also statu! that the
bonds at the dale of their matuiity
amounted, principal and interest, to
$218,750, while the State had at that
time in the treasury $205,005, and it
has since been recognized by Congress,
leaving a balance of $17,215, and thus
L hud the basis of getting more equitable
settlement.
I succeeded inobfaining t.hecons cut
of the appropriation committee to incorporate
an amendment in tbe deli ciency
bill, providing for tbe payment
of this balance, with Interest at I per
cent, from I he 1st of January, 1881,
to date. A very strong tight was
made by the House committee Oil appropriations
against allowing this
item and, while the Senate conferees
and all the Senators familiar with the
facts supported the Justice of the
claim and insisted on its retention, it
was only after six hours of argument
in the committee that at 2 o'clock
the night of March '( an agreement
was reached. I will say Unit I bad
made up my mind that as there were
seven other claims of an identical
character, involving several millions
of dollars in the bill, that 1 felt so
outraged at the seeming injustice and
sectional animosity, that I served notice
that l would talk tin* last twelve
hours of the session or do whatever
Other filibustering was necessary to
secure justice for mv State. I felt
that if the item went out that it
would never he. possible during Mr. !
Cannon's incumbency as Speaker to
obtain redress or get what was due, so
1 decided I would take the resposihility
of of forcing an extra session before i
1 would tamely submit to such wrung, j
in couclusb n, i desire to suggest
: ... Ill i ~ r * -. i - I
iu >>iii iju <ui aut in grace no rceogui- ,
lion and of simple justice to Mr. ;
Maker that the Legislature should ,
recognize his invaluable service by ap- I
propriating a small amount o( money, '
say $1,000, out of that which has
been obtained. Ills work was not j
clone with this idea, however, but lie
is poor and has a growing family, and
the State can well alTord to pay him
handsomely. Yours truly,
M. It. Tilhuan.
l\ S.?To save express expenses for
the transmission of the bonds, worth
as they are in the market fifty cents
on the dollar of their face value liecause
of their being refundable, I requested
that all of the bonds and coupons
should be cancelled. 1 also deem ;
it nothing less than an element of
safety that these obligations of the
State that have been thus redeemed
should be; treated as ail similar bonds
are. They come to you in this shape.
simply ;is evidence am! as a part of i
lite .Slate's debt which lias been paid.
I lis worth while to note that the
United States Government has lost
money by not refunding these bonds
at. lifly cents on the dollar in 1S81,
the same as any other of our creditors.
There would have been issued in lieu
thereof practically t he same amount
of bonds and the interest on these for
twelve years at <i per cent and ten
years at 0 percent would amount to
$115,000. The State has saved this
Interest and has only had to pay about
$124,000 to redeem the bonds at their
face value. As a matter of interest
to the Legislature I enclose you a
copy of my speech in the Senate yesterday,
giving the history of the
transaction, with the olllcial records.
It was made in answer to Mr. Cannon's
speech and in justification of
the Senate's act ion and my own part
in the transaction. 1 should be obliged
if you would transmit it to the
Legislature when it convenes again.
It. It. T.
Even up to the very last, as will be
seen by the following letter, certain
of the ollictals in Washington tried to
hold down the claim by allowing only
two days' interest, but Senator Tillman
would not consent to any such
business. The letter follows:
Treasury I >epart.nent,
OlTlce of Comptroller of the Treasury,
Washington, March. 5, 100.1.
The Honorable the Secretary of the
Treasury Sir: At your request and
under your direction, I have re-examined
the account of the State of' South
Carolina against the United States,
us settled by the auditor for the war
department by certificate No. 21,804,
wherein he allowed the State the sum
of $47,245.77 together with two days'
interest.
This audit was made under the
terms of the following nrovision of t he
Deficiency Act, which was approved
and became a law on the 3d inst, viz:
"To pay the State of South Carolina
for balance found due from the
Mnltcd States to said State, according
to the computation made by Lite comptroller
of the treasury up to January
t, 1881, as stated in ids letter to the
Secretary of the Treasury^ dated
February 21, 15)03, $47,245.77 and interest
upon the same at 4 per cent
annum until paid."
The force of this language is a direction
by Congress to pay the State of
South Carolina the sum of $17,245.77
and interest thereon from the 1st day
of January, 1881, up to the date of
the approval of this Act.
The Act, while it only sets out said
sum, yet it clearly appropriates tire
interest thereon as if it had been set
out in specitic figures. It is the same
as if a Court should render a judgement
for a specific sum and the interest
thereon from a date certain. The
amount of the judgment is simply a
matter of calculation, s-j the amount
of this appropriation is simply a mat
? v i t?ov. ii ivn u " cui i m m ?i iiuii.nnn' |Mu* \
position, hut a play on words, did not. i
heroine known until Wednesday, when i
it was discovered that, thousand of i
1002 coppers had changed hands after t
a big premium had been paid. I
The following is the story as told i
by the Charlotte Observer: h
Kor a week or ten days it, has been |
currently rumored in thiscity that a t
Washington agency wanted tlie pen- <
nies in question, and it. was said that
the agency was acting: for the govern- l
metit, which wished the pennies re- t
called because it had been found that j.
in coining them a largo quantity of \
gold had been accidentally spilled into (
the. molten copper. <
The absurdity of the rumor seemed ;
to impress no speculator, and for the >
last four or live days penny-buying ;
lias been going on here at a great |
rate. <
Marly last week Mr. Mdwin It. L
(Jresham, of the firm of (Jresham \ : i
Company, the well known railroad |
eating house concern, collected all tlic L
1902 pennies he could in banks and!;
I 11 I II > I* I II IVI I ll.W 11 fl lino III I <linvl.il In I I .. I .
vnx iMiimvtKi (MIIVUI III VIKll IW! l.c, II' I
got tin' pennies at, their real value and
before t he report of the prmium-giving
had become widespread. A day .
or so after his purchase Mr. (iresham !
sold to Haggagc Agent Sooner of the (
Southern railway, il.'H) pennies for $.'t:t, (
and Sooner stated that the next day t
he sold the pennies to a hank in |
Alexandria, Va., at la cents apiece. ^
Mr. (jrcsham worked assiduously (
and collected many hundred other
pennies, but lu; was able to sell none
of those at a prolit. He st ill has on j
hand enough copper to make life-sized
stat ues of both t he mayor and the re- k
eorder. I
Mr. (iresham was not the only man ,
who bought pennies in large quanti- |
ties. Tom Itowland, the popular |
conductor on the Statesville road, de- ^
voted a large part of his time to copper-urn
hbing and did not desist in his |
speculative operation until Wednes- >
day. I
Half a dozen other Charlotte men, .
men in near by South Carolina towns, ,
and residents of Sallisbnry and other (
places in this State, made wide search
for last year's coppers. ?
The movements of the speculators k
had-its natural elfect, and for a week j
lii()2 pennies have been selling high; ]
jumping rrom two and a half and three ^
cents end) to live, seven and ten cents |
apiece.
The knowledge that tlie advertise- |
incut was inserted with intent to dc* t
ceive did not reach here until Wcdncs- (
day. It was said that hags holding ,
over 0,000 pennies belonging tospecu- .
iators in tills section, reached Washington
Saturday morning, and, keeping
company with copper that came
from many other sources, were about '
to be taken to the clothing store to be !
redeemed at the 18 cents valuation,
when it was discovered that a visit to ^
the store would provoke ridicule and
allow no profit. It was declared that c
the iirst man who entered the store (
presented 1,050 pennies and demand- *
cd 18 cents for each copper.
"You have misunderstood the ad- *
vcrtisemcnt," was t lie reply.
"Hut you said you would give 18 N
cents for 15)02 pennies."
"Certainly; we are prepared now to |
give 18 cents for one thousand nineteen
hundred and two pennies."
Then the would be vendor under- 1
stood the game that had been played "
shouldered his coppers and walked
away, other men who came carrying '
copper sis si pri/.e were met with si J
similar reception. And the copper
thsit went to Washington from the
piedmpnt section was shipped back
home Mr. (ireshain said last night
that lie had been told thsit the enter- <
prising business men who worked the (
advertisement had been arrested. (
It was reported in Charlotte Wed- (
nesday night that tlie mad scramble for j
tiie 1902 pennies was still maintained. '
Pennies of that date sold for I) cents t
each in Moorcsville yesterday, it was t
declared, and were still bringing a >
fancy price in Salisbury and other <
neighboring towns. The agitation over i
copper has struck the rural districts t
of upper South Carolina and unless
runners convey the intelligence of the
fake game into the various hamlets
the tierce rush for one cent pieces may 1
last for a good many days. J
tor of calculation.
The auditor will therefore restate (
tills account and allow the State of j
South Carolina toe further sum of .
II,SHI.(11, being the interest on said f
sum or $47,247.17, at 4 per cent, from .
said 1st day or January, IH81, up to
the approval of said Act. A credit
cert iticate of difference will Issue for
said amount. <
llespectfully, i
11. J. Trace well, (
Comptroller. i
HTM \
S. C., THURSDAY J
EXCHANGE OF RIFLES.
Soon ili?? Btuto Mllit lumen Will Have
Tholr New llntKN. ]
Adjutant-Ooneral Frost, recently
visited Washington to see if lie could
not arrange with the war department
Tor an immediate exchange of old for
new rifles and uniforms for the mill la, ,
saving the freight bills for two ship- i
ments.
lie called to sec the secretary of war
in company with Senator Latimer, and
was received by Assistant Secretary of
War Sanger In the absence of Secretary
Itoot. (Jen. Frost says lie was
warmly received and after going over
the provisions of the new act of congress
it was determined that South
Uarolina could at once proceed to ex- [1
Change the Springfield rilles and car- '
tridges for the new K rag-Jorgenseu
magazine rilles. The requisition will 1
go forward shortly.
Tlie secretary of war has been so
busy since the adjournment of congress ?
bhat lie has been unable as yet to >
place contracts for the furnishing of 1
tire now regulation olive drab uni- '
forms, consequently they will not he '
ssued for some time. The depart- ^
nent, however, has allowed (Jen. Frost 1
,o make requisition for khaki uni- (
'orms and campaign huts for t lie State 1
nilitia for the summer. This requi- 1
iition will he sent on at once. The '
3resent blue uniforms will be con- 1
,inued in the service until tlie olive J
Irah suits are available, I
(Jen. Frost asked for authority to 11
oait to certain schools in the State, v
lot having commandants of cadets, ?
ionic of the old Springtteld rilles. He *
vas informed that this could not he c
lonc; that tlie law only allows tlie war j
lepartmerit to loan rilles to military *
linirlowHoc li.li.inw ? /*? r . I I i
M IIUl.l I Ml > I I (U III) III l|l?* I '
itatiuiird at, them as commandants, N
ind then onlv upon the tiling of an up- v
>lication and a hand from the trustees |1
>f such institutions; that the State j'
annot loan rilles at all. This will | I
ncun that the Citadel's supply, of j
Krag-.lorgenseu rilles will have to bo ] s
ailed in by the adjutant general soon, '
ind another supply secured in the I
Vgular way.
Under the Dick act also the exchange
of equipments provided for
ipplics only to rilles and cartridges ^
ind not to tents or camp equipage.
Jen. frost also made inquiries about. '
die stationing of an army otlicer in (|
lie olllcc of the adjutant general.
Upon Secretary Hunt's return the do- j
jurtmeut will determine whether to
letall active army ollleers to these '
positions or retired ollleers.
(Jen- frost talked interestingly of
die new uniform regulations of the
tuny. There will henceforth he three V
styles of uniforms for ollleers. The
irstwill he the full dross, with frock
y
oat and gold braid in abundance, a N
icavily gold braided cap and a chap- '
lean. 'J'lie latter will never be wqin .
pVhile tlui olllcer is in the saddle. I
The dress uniform will tie exactly
ike the present blue fatigue uniform,
ivith the exception that the caps will 1
lave bell crowns. Tlie infantry ollleers
will no longer wear white stripes 1
m their trousers, but a lighter shade *
if blue instead. ?
Tlie new olive drati uniform will I o
ilie same for oil leers as for privates 1
save that a small strap will lie worn
iy ollioers on each shoulder, and the
egg ins will 1)0 leather instead of can- "
,'as. No trouscr stripes will he worn
iy ollleers with this uniform.
it Is the latter uniform that will
ie used exclusively 111 the service In s
d;is State. The members of the govirnor's
staff alone will wear the dress
jniform. All other ollleers wlH wear ^
die olive drab regulat ion. 'I'hc State. (
Taken llin Own Life. i
.). W. Logan, a white farmer living
it. Phoenix in Greenwood county comnibtcd
suicide Wednesday by shoot- |
limsclf in his right temple with a
imall pocket derringer. It was stated s
>y those in a position to know in that t
community that bad licaltli and tinan- |
ial troubles no doubt led to his deellion
to end ids life. Mr. Logan was
ibout f>0 years old. lie leaves a wife ,
md live children. lie lias a son, |
Krank, about grown. It is a note- j
vorthy coincidence tliat tlds place >
vas the scene of tlie suicide of one of j
die earliest settlers of that communi- N
>y, namely, Dr. Chapman, who com- j
nitted suicide in what is now a tcne- '
nent house in thw yard of this place, ^
iliout 50 yeafs ago. Also that tlds is t
.he fourth suicide within a radius of
i mile and a half Wit hin the last ten |
'ears. All the suicides were white ,
armors and all over 50 years of age. f
Tlie Criini Cuno. *
The senate committee on commerce 41
I'hursday decided to postpone taction 1
m tlie nomination of Dr.;, W. D. !l
Jrum, to l>e collector of the port at 1
Jharlcston, S. C., until next. Thurs- 1
lay. 'i'he suggestion for postpone- <
nent was made hy Senator Clay. H
There are a number of vacancies on 51
,he committee and he urged that the ?
jommittee should not act until these
vcre filled. It is now believed by the
ipponents of Dr. Crum that another
nceting of the committee will not he ?
leld during the present Session. t
s
Kettle Itrldgcii. I
Perhaps tlie most remarkable ,
>rldges In tlie world are Irte kettle (
irldges in itussia and Siberia, of wliicli <
Cossack soldiers are exocrt builders. .
I'hey arc built up of bbe soldiers' lan- (
res and socking kettles. Seven or t
sight lances are placed under the |
medio of ,a* number of kettles and ,
'listened by means of ropes to form a
aft. lOatth of these rafts will hear
die weight of half a ton.
>
PI?un??m Tlioiu.
The southern prets is unanimous in
commending 'Gov. 'Jlcyward's treatnent
of the Wisconsin race problem
convention plan. The northern papers
maintain an eloquent''silence.
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MARCH 10,
A MAN KILLED I
By His Automobile Running Over
Edge of High Embankment.
DASHED TO PIECES ON ROCKS
IIIh wife, WI?o \Vun Willi 111in I
When tlio Tcri-ihlo Ai'dili-hi
Happened, is Seriously
111,| u red.
Mullah), N. V., has another sensa-i
Lion. Recent ly one of her prominent
L'iti/.ens hy the name of K. 'I1, liurdick, 1
was f.>1111<I murdered in his residence,
iiid up to this time tlio police lias
lieen unable to locale the murderer,
i'uesday afternoon Arthur K. IVnneil,
>ne of l h?* ehiof figures in the investigation
of the liurdick murder, was
Hurled headlong into eternity. Mr.
IVnneil was riding in his electric
uitomohilu with Mrs. IVnneil. They
Are re on Kensington avenue near Fillnoro
avenue, skimming along the edge
>f the (Jehrs stone quarry, a huge
oe.k-ribbed hole in the ground. Mr.
IVir ell's hat lilew oil'. The automo ile
swerved and in some inexplicable
nunncr it leaped over (lie curb Into
,he abyss below. IVunell was killed
nstaully, his head being crushed to
m unrecognl/ahle mass. Mrs. IVnneil
vas injured so severely that the surtoons
at the Sisters hospital, to which <
.in- w?s tuM'n, my in%r cnanoos ot rii- i
:ovcry sire vory slight, I
Two boys saw t.lu' tragedy. They i
vere too I'ar away to know positively (
ust, how it, happened. Mrs. I'enneil |
vhen found was unable to speak. She j
vas only semi-conscious when taken
o tho hospital and could speak no eo- ,
lerent words. After the operations |
jerformed iininediately by 1 >r. Kutfcne j
hnitb in (lie hope of saving her life, i
lie lapsed into unconsciousness and <
ieiu'0 there can be no true version of i
ireeisely how the all'air oeeurred. 1
Mr. I'enneil left Ids ollice in the ;
usiin building at, I.On o'clock, lie
vent to his home at, lies Cleveland v
.venue. A friend who called up Mr. v
'ennell on the telephone about i
Tcloek was informed that Mr. IViudl (
vas in but that lie was froin^ for a >,
Irive. Mr, I'enneil himself answered i
he telephone and said that he would |
ie back between <>..'{() and 7 o'clock,
caking an appointment with his (
rlend for that hour. ;
"Would (i o'clock do?" he was asked. (
"(ih, Well, you iiii^ht, come at <> |
'clock, but you better making it. .
liter," said Mr. I'enneil.
Those were the last, words i'enneil \
va-> known to speak to any one except |
Irs. I'enneil, save thai he went back
o the stairs and called out, to Lizzie
voinance, t he maid: "Lizzie, we will
>e back between U and 7 o'clock."
I'lieii he and Mrs. I'enneil rode away 1
n the automobile. (
It, was learned that, the matter '
nentioned in the telephone talk was 1
nmcthiiitf he considered most serious '
nd which weighed heavily upon him. 1
t, was in connection with the llurdick <
nurder. 1
Recently Mr. I'enneil made the fol- ;
iiwinx statement: "About this case 1
f iturdlck, I have told the authori- f
ies I went away to New York before t
he. murder and that I met. \lr? ?
turdick while. I was away. In fact I !
aw Mrs. iturdick near New York two '
ir three days before the murder. I (
lave told it frankly and the meeting 1
vas a proper one. hut. they seem to (
>e determined to dra# all the business :
nit in the papers. I would do any- '
hlii^ to stop it."
I'eunell and his wife left their home 1
it t.fjO o'ekek or one or two minutes '
icfore that time. It was a gloomy 1
ifternoon and rain was falling. It
corned a strange day for a man to
akc his wife automobiling, in tlie
unely northeast section of the city
it such an hour.
Penned was not a veteran at auto- '
nobbing. Yet he was an expert at '
Kindling the inaehine and was ex- '
)erlenccd as to its management.
rVhat was unusual about the 1
irocecdlngs, according to the maid,
vas that Mrs. Penned had always be- ;
Ore told her when they would return. 1
Today, however, said the girl, "when 1
,hey went out it was Mr. Penned who
old me." '
Mrs. Penned has been loyal to her '
lusband throughout his trying experi- '
slices during the last ten days. She !
requcntly said tliat her faith in him 1
vas unshaken and that she would
itiek to him to the end. Penned's '
sidy was received at morgue shortly 1
tfter H.'M) o'clock. 'Pile features of 1
.be (lead man were distorted and out
>f all semblance to their natural
sharacter. In the pockets were found
ome money and newspaper clippings ,
ind identilieation cards from two iuin
ranee companies.
M ICS. I'KNNKIJ. 1)1 K8.
Mrs. Arthur l'ennell died ill the I
Winters of Charity hospital Wedncs- j
icsday ni^ht, at 8 o'clock. Kor hours
Ale surgeons worked over the uncorr |
icious form of the injured woman. A
'iilnt twitching of the eyelids or a'
nurmor of pain were tlie only sitfns <?f
'cturnintf consciousness percept ihie j
luring the 21 hours the injured wo- i
nan was in the hospital ward. Kx- [
sept for a few Incoherent words uttersd
when slio was llrst taken to the !
tospitul Mrs. Pennell's lips did not I
nove.
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4 Tdce Laxative Bron
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it.
AN OIL FIRE
In \i'w York ('IuIiiih T\v. nty or More
Vlcl I inn.
Twenty or more lives were lost, and
fully twice Unit number of people
tunned or bruised by an explosion of
oil late Tuesday ni^ht, following the
wreck on the Erie railroad, north of
(dean, N. V. Owing to the fact that
some of the tiodtes were Incinerated
In the tierce Dames or blown into the
creek by the explosion, the exact number
of tUuxd will probably not be
known for several days.
I lie number of injured, too, is uncertain,
as a lar^e number of them
were able to reach their borne and received
treatment lbore. Nine ui i\u>
recovered bodies have been iilentllbd
as rObidenlH of Qlcun, four of the
number being boys under se. veil teen
years of aye. The Injured are all
young boys of Olean and the neighboring
towns. Do/.cns of others, who
were not carried to the hospitals were
inn urn more ur less severely.
It wus nine o'clock in the evening!
when the train was wrecked. An!
Krie freight train, loaded wit li oil ears,
broke in two on the hill two miles
north of the city. At- first, the forward
part of the. train, released of all
weight of the ears behind, sprang forward
wit h increased speed. I hakes
were applied and the front portion of
the train was brought almost to a
standstill at the Iron bridge across
I Mean creek. The rear cars, gathering
momentum as they came down
the hill, crashed Into the forward part
?f the train. The tank ears caught
lire soon after the collision and burst
nto ilames with a terrilic explosion.
A portion of I.he iron domes of the
ars was boiled a distance of several
on id red feet. The (lames shot high
o the air. Hundreds of people in
loot of Oleau and the surrounding
onntry side gathered to watch the
a illant scene. As the heat became |
ess intense the crowd began to edge 1
? little closer to t he wreckage.
Suddenly there was a terrilic explosion.
A great mass of white Humes
.hot hundreds of feet into the air and
it.erally rolled down the hanked sides
?f t he t rack into the golly where the
spectators were standing. Men and
toys fell before the wave of light to
rise no more. Huge pieces of Iron
were hurled through the air, moving
low n human beings by the score. Men
tod boys with their clothing a mass
if llamcs ran shrinking down the
jrack, some of I Item falling to the
ground unconscious, while others
grovelled in the ditch or pimped into
Ihu creek in an endeavor to put out
:hc lire that was consuming them.
Distillery Cuniiiri>il.
A dispatch to Tile Stale from < Ireenbille.
says Thursday afternoon at 5
>'clork Constables Altaian, (Joolcy aid
I tell, with I >e|)iilics I'hilllps and Putlain,
left, the city with the intention
if finding a blockade distillery, and
.vent, 22 miles to tin; Middle Salnda
iver, where they discovered wlial t hey
ivere expecting, and took possession ot
l large outfit which was being put in
cadlncss for operation, including a
itcain lioiler, three fernnuiters and ~?o<?
gallons of beer. The olllcers knew in
idvance I,hat this was a portable alTalr
md that the still had two localities, a
ia 1 f mile apart. They went to the
>ther place and found a number of fcrnenters.
The still was near t he rcsilence
of I'.eattie (?rice, and there was
i path from one to the other. The oflieers
raided the still at midnight and
ipentonly an hour or so in the vicinity,
but it required seven or eight
hours to reach the city again as the
roads do not allow fast traveling.
Killed on I Ik? Sk yucca per.
The first fatality in connection with
the erection of the skyscraper in Columbia
occurred early Thursday morning,
when William Dixon, a colored
laborer, was instantly killed by an elevator.
There are three elevators
used in the building, null they run
from the lirsf to the twelfth floor
and back at llgtnlng speed. According
to the testimony of witnesses,
Dixon had Just leaned over
the elevator shaft to speak to some
me in the cellar when t he. elevator
ame nown on him, killing him instantly.
As soon as the accident was
seen the engineer raised the elevator
ind the body was taken out. The
Ilea 1 and face were horribly mutilated,
but there were no other injuries,
md death must have been instantaneous.
Southern lluptiNl Convention.
The forty-eighth session of the
Southern baptist Convention, the
largest deliberate body In the world,
will be held In Savannah, (la., this
year beginning May H. Its session will
Is; held in the First baptist, Church
i l.naa l? it. #1.... l ...
i.imr, it/ i?i riiun l.llilL IK'IWCCII
2,000 and 2,f?00 people will be in at- j
tendance. Preparations for the care
nt' tlds iintnense ^atherlnu are now in
course <?f preparation in Savannah. A
room for the secretaries has been
secured in the Do Soto and all dele- |
Kates will be urged to register there as!
s'xin as possible <ifter tlicy reach the
cit y. (>ne of t lie chief matters of consideration
in Savannah Is how to |
house the enormous iuliux of visitors. 1
re a Cold In On
tio Quinine Tablets. ^
oaths. This signature,
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Ml
A VERY MEAN MAN.
Ho Fought a Coffin for His Wife
Before Her Death
BUT SHE MADE HIM OCCUPY IT.
I * fl" llarkctl, Formerly of South
Carolina, lint for Many Ycara
a Virginian, SiillVrt'tl for
Ilia SIiih.
Sometime ago, says n special dispatch
to Tho Stale from Roanoke,
Ya., a fanner's wife In Floyd county
\ a,, who had been ill for many weeks
grew suddenly worse. The family
was small, consisting of two little
children; and the farm house Itself
occupied a lonesome, out-of-the-way
spot. in a rugged mountain country,
a good many miles distant from the
nearest country village. For weeks
the roads hud been in an almost Impassable
condition from the effects of
t he cont inued heavy fall of snow and
rain, and the only visitor to tho nick
woman was the country doctor as he
went his weary rounds. The husband,
.1 ell Ilackctt, a native of one of the
upper counties of South Carolina, had
drifted to Virginia :tf> years ago, and
ever since locating in Floyd county
had been a man known throughout
the section for his meanness and niggardly
habits, and although by such
methods lie had amassed a com for t,l.L.
win.. ..r ........... *....? ....... ?iw.
?? ' ? tm ? ! ui iii''in j, iu IT r ?ui nan tur
color of It, and the numerous visits of
t he doctor to his sick wife were viewed
with increased alarm, as indications
of a good-sized medical I>ii 1 grew mote
apparent. Just sis t he serious turn in
t lie woman's condition came about,
the miserly husband hit on the happy
idea, as it. seemed to him, of killing
two birds with one stone. lie had
come to Roanoke the following day
to attend to some business, and to get
a fresh supply of "them expensive
drugs." Just he fore his depsirture
the faithful doctor arrived to pay si
visit to tile sick wife, llackctt called
the physician to one side sind questioned
him closely as to the prospects
of his wife's early death, lie explained
that had as the roads were, they were
liable to become much worse, and
thsit if he could bting back a cotlln
next day, much Inconvenience and
probable delay In the funeral, etc.,
could l?e saved, should his wife expire.
The mcdicsil man assured him It wsis
his opinion that his wife could not
last t welve hours; and thai she would
in all probability he dead when he relumed
from the city. The next day,
bright and early, the fsirmer bade the
sick woman good bye, and started on
his long drive to Roanoke. On arriving
there lie purchased the necessary
drills, and then sought ail undertaking
establishment, where he bought a
moderate-priced colli 11. Congratulating
himself on his foresight, he plodded
homeward and no sooner was he
in sight of Ids home, when the children
awaiting his return, espied ttie
significant looking casket.' Running
into the house, tin; little ones untitled
their sick mother, who was apparently
in a very weak state, of what their
father had brought hack from the
city. The wife guessed the truth at
once and summoning her now miser
mm 111i.tiiiii m i iajii?;i lu u.min;, r>uu ruincu
herself hy main force and despite her
condition, showered upon him the
vials of her pent-up wrath. A new
resolution Hashed in her eyes. She
vowed her husband would he the worst
disappointed man in the country, and
should have the collin for his own use.
So rapidly did she regain her strength
that inside of ten days, she was bossing
the house as of old, and making
her parsimonious helpmeet's life a
burden. So much did the experience
weigh on the letter's mind that lie
fell ill and live days afterwards was
taken to the little country churchyard
in the identical receptacle purchased
by himself for his better and stronger
hair.
Invitations (Julore.
The governor has received an invitation
from J. li. McBrlde, supervisor
of Florence county, to Ik; present
at a meeting called for the purpose
of forming good roads' associations
on March Id. lie was compelled
to decline. An invitation was also
received from the chairman of the
board of visitors of the citadel to deliver
the annual address at the encampment
at llock Kill on June 10.
The annual meeting of the society of
charities and connections will be held
in Atlanta this year, May 0-12, and
the governor has ijeen invited to attend
and U> appoint delegates.
Am to ItcwartlH.
The governor is being embarasscd
by letters from parties requesting that
rewards he ottered for those who have
committed some crime. Sometimes
t liiiwii lot t ore o/imii onlo ? *!?* ? . ? #
ij ,,n, iwvvia umiiv uiiij a mijr ur ?> ai*
ter tlu: crime Is committed, and the
law expressly states that no reward
should be offered until the officers had
used every means In their power to
capture the criminal. Consequently
the governor does not feel that he
would be Justified in offering a reward
in those cases.
ie Day SSftT 1
srj/ jf, on every 1
box. 25c. I