The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 26, 1903, Image 1
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VOL XVII.
THK NK(iRO FKOBLKM.j
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Roosevelt, "The President of the
Blai-k Belt," and Is
NOT AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
Tin* I'i'rjiiillrc Attain*! tin* Ni'jjt'o i
Is Not l<ncnl, llm l*roii>|i(<Ml
l?y World-Wide Knee
Scnl imcnt.
The race question was a^ain discussed
in the United States senate
Wednesday. Mr. Monev of Mi<sivvin
J w. |'
pi spoke for two hours, 11is remarks
having direct reference to the action
of the president in closing the India
nola. Miss., postollloe. Mr. Money explained
at the outset of Ills remarks
t hat if he could secure unanimous consent
for leave to print he would not
take up the time of the senate. The
sentiment of the senate seemed t.o he
that remarks not delivered should not
lie spread in the record, lie there
upon proceeded, and delivered himself
of some severe st.rlctures of the president,
stating in the course of his remarks
that Mr. ltoosovelt was not ilie
president of America, but tile president
of the "black belt." At, times
he was closely interrogated by Messrs.
Korakcr and Spooncr.
It was the inherent and constitutional
rltfht of a ureal community,
said Mr. Money, to have their mail
handled regularly. Letters, he said,
wliiofi have been addressed to Deathman,
to important county oilleials residing
at indiauola, have lieen sent to
<Jrcenvillc, and tliis lie declared was
an unwarrantahle interference with
tlm liberty and rights of the people of
lndianola. It, was indeed to nunisli
the people of Indianola, and in his
opinion, the punishment had gone far
enough. The department has shown
to I lie world its authority and nobody
had disputed it. lie declared that the i
postmaster general should do all lie
could to lieal the breach and not continue
stubborn and vindictive. "The
department has made the people hate
the administration."
l)ireeling his remarks to President
Roosevelt, he said that in the south
it was believed that Mr. Roosevelt,
when he succeeded Mr. McKinley,
would make an American instead of a
sectional president, but a change had
come over this dream, "lie is not
so much an American president," said
Mr. Money, "as he is the president of
the black belt," and he added with
some feeling, "we don't consider him
a great American president." He declared
that of all the appointments
made in Mississippi none have given
such general disgust as those made by
this administration and, lie said, the
president had raised the question of
social equality of the negro, but there
could never possibly be any social
equality between the two races.
"There is a race prejudice in the
south," he said, "and I thank Rod
there is."
The prejudice against the negro, he
asserted, is not local, but prompted
by a universal, world-wide sentiment.
Answering Mr. Foraker, he said that
these recent appointments have revived
the race question and while the
people of the south had heretofore t.ol
rniM-u negro unicciioiners nicy (no not
want any more of them. "Tills is a
white man's country and a white
man's government," said lie. "It has
been carved out the wilderness and
conquered from the Indians, not for
the African, hut for the white man." I
Mr. Forakcr asked Mr. Money if Ids'
objection to colored people holding office
extended to all olllces of all kinds,
and also whether it would include the
enlistment of colored men in the army
to defend the Mag and the constitution.
The reply was that he had no
particular objection to colored men
serving in the army, hut declared that
it would he better if no colored men
held any oHlcial position whatever.
"Would you dceiti/enlzo the negro
as to voting?" asked Mr. Forakcr,
"and if so should that be taken into
account in fixing the representation
in congress?"
"That is another question," said
Mr. Money. The participation of the
negro in the alfairsof the government,
he t hought , was dangerous.
"Is it the demand of the south," inquired
Mr. Spooner, "that the president,<>f
the United States shall in no
'v^frappoint a colored man to federal
- ^_m?, in the south?"
* vU '" -VT,ir. Money replied that there was
r ifelf demand made and no authority fori
it/Vju thjwas the feeling hi the south
that ho Win.red mar, no matter what
liis qualifications may l>e, shall hold
federal ollicc. The whole truth of
history, he declared, shows the utter
incompetence of the colored race selfgovernment.
Mr. Spooncr remarked that a president
of the United States who would
yield to the demand of any section
that the right of citizenship should
he surrendered would show himself
unlit to hold the oiliee and quite willing
to violate his oath as president.
^ Mr. Foraker commented upon Mr.
Money's statements as being most remarkable
because of their far-reaching
'"tequences.
com, Money expressed the conviction
Mthe amendment to the constitutb.it
rhich made negroc voters was a
Hon unions mistake, and he said a
tremeflimhcr of people of the north
vast mined the same view, lie said
enter!aas been no objection in thesouth
therg(jtolored man working and none
V U> jimeen killed for so doing as was
caee in Illinois. The feeling
ff
i
which obtained In the south, be said,
was that if a white man did not think
himself socially better than the negro
he was not half as good.
1 n l he matter of these appoint tnenis
Mr. Money said the president should
consider conditions in the south. Appointing
negroes loollicc in the south
was most obnoxious and repugnant to
that section, it was impossible, ho
declared, for any one raised north of
Mason and Dixon's line to know any
thing about the negro. I le concluded
by saying that there had Icon no Intention
of creating any disturbance
whatever in 1 ndianola, hut the idea of
holding a public meeting was that it
would apprise the postmist ress of l lie
wishes of the citizens and that it
might lead to her resignation. The
basis ot all the trouble, lie said, was
the referee system as it prevails in
tile sunt It.
CONFEDERATE RECORDS
I'lie (hilled Slut oh (Jovri'it iii'Mil
WmiiI'm lo Preserve 'I'll in.
The Columbia llec trd says it was
not, generally known that in t he appropriation
act of the recent congress
provision was made for the compilation
of a complete roster of the otlieers
and enlisted men of the Union and
Confederate armies. Secretary of War
Root lias sent, a letter to the govetnoisof
all states asking theirco operation
in t his work, which will he a most,
imnortant and a stiineiiduoiis one. In
his letter ho says there will Ik; little
or no difllculty in preparing a roster of
the Union soldiers, for the state's
furnish!nisr them have already undertaken
that duty and now have as
complete records as possible, lie says,
truly, that there will he oilUculty in
obtaining Confederate records in Ids
department, and we wish that was I
the only dilllculty to lie. encountered
in this great work, for the loan of the
necessary documents might easily he
obtained If they were in existence.
We fear few of the Southern states
have ever looked after this matter at
all carefully or systematically, and we
know that our own state lias mi rec
irds t hat are at all complete. Time
and again the legislature has been
asked to appropriate a comparatively
small sum in order that Confederate
records might be preserved, and
though at times kmall sums have been
voted for the purpose, the amount has
never been large enough to insure a
complete and cornel list of the nanus
of all the soldiers of t his state who enlisted
in the war. It is hardly necessary
to show that it is proper to preserve
t he names of all who fought or
died in the cause of our state, not
only because such a compilation would
he of great historical value, but hecause
it is our sacred duly to do so.
The legislature in looking after the
matters of present or pressing need
has neglected to appreciate, the Importance
of this work, and the conseI
I IIOlllUI lg f l? ? ? '<? !>>l Hi. ?wv? I I
11v.'* in uiiiiu m; iiiitu IIUU uimi: Ieeords
for ourselves, anil unless Confederate
camps now take the matter
in charge and see to it that our records
are complete, the government
compilation so far as we are concerned
will be very inaccurate. If the South
Carolina soldier is to receive the full
credit due him something must he
done to put our records in proper
shape, tor the government records in
the future will he taken asotllcial and
correct.
A Terrible Tragedy.
A horrible tragedy occurred at Kiley
station, Ky., on the Louiseville and
Nashville railroad Thursday when
Deputy ShcrilT.I. it Williams with a
posse of three men, went to arrest an
unknown crafty man The maniac
was armed with three p'stols and was
frightening people in that vicinity, j
lie imagine I a mob was after him to
hang him. When Deputy SheriiT
Williams and his posse approached
the enraged man and attempted to
overpower him lie drew his pistol and
comm meed to lire. The deputy shcrilT
was shot through t he body, sustaining
a serious wound: Gabriel Kloyd, in
the back, Samuel Payne, through the
arm and Samuel I tavern received a
scalp wound. After Williams had
fallen he. raised and flred a bullet
through Ids antagonist's head killing
him instantly. Nothing was found
on the dead man's person to identify
him, hut tie had $12 in money and a
gold watch. Marly in the day lie had
said that his mother lived in Nelson
county. The 'recovery of Williams
and Eloyd is doubtful.
Two l>octot*H OlU'erod.
A special from Tarboro, N. C., says:
Dr. II. T. Pass, who was shot here
Sunday by Dr. .1. M. Daker, died at
his residence that night between 11 and
12o'clock. lie was on the operating
table, and as he began to show signs
of sinking the operation was not completed.
IOarly in the night tie became
unconscious and thereafter sank rapidly.
The funeral took place from
Calvary church this afternoon. I to v.
Dr. Gamble conducting the services.
The church could not seated the immense
crowd that attended. The remains
were interred in Calvary churchyard.
Dr. (taker, who is out on ootid,
left here Wednesday Tor Richmond on
professional business. The coroner's
jury went to the house of the deceased
and viewed the remains this morning,
then adjourned until the 2:trd, when
they will hear testimony. The preliminary
hearing will he on Monday.
Mkmi'iiis and Nashvillo are engaged
in a war of words as to which city lias
the most and the "widest open"
gamblers. We agree with the Augusta
Chronicle that it would be letter
to devote the time spent to presenting
arguments for reducing the
numl>crs and shutting up those that
remain, in both cities.
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CONWAY,
\ BRIGHT OUTLOOK.
The Governor Tells of the Day o
Industrial Prcsperity.
GREAT FUTURE FOR THE STATI
The IVn|tle ol* South Cnrolhiii Art
Ileitis ltrou^lit into Touch
Wilt Those ol' Ot her
States.
Gov. Ileywar.l attended the miniversary
dinner of the llihrrnian Society
in Charleston last Tuesday nitfht
week. He responded to t,he toast ol
South Carolina and spoke as follows:
Mr. Toastmaster and Meinhers of the
11 ibornian Society:
liel'ore addressing myself to the
subject of tin: toast, which has just,
been announced a toast which st i ike.s
a responsive chord in every heart
around this hoard and tinds it, echo in
the hearts of every true Carolinian
from the restless wave of the Atlantic
to the rantfc of blue mountains on the
northern border of our State I must
say a word of thanks for the invitation
which brings me here tonight.
To tell you that I appreciate most
highly the honor you have done me
woiild not he expressing all t hat I feel.
It, is not only an honor hut a privilege
to commemorate with the members of
this historic society the birthday of
him who is the patron saint of the
Emerald Isle.
Today with fonder memories, the
hearts of Irishmen the world over are
turning hack to Erin. Today they
rejoice because that liberty which has
a I\v:iVK lent -i htmiii In I i-i?jl? I...!.
,? . ..Mix in >11011 iu til 1 r>
about to tind a lodgment on Irish soil.
Today the prophetic words of your
own poet, llio' we of America and of
the south ran claim him too, are being
realized, when he said:
"Look aloft! look aloft! the clouds
drifting by,
There's a gleam through the gloom
there's a light in the sky,
'Tis the sunburst resplendent far
Hashing on high!
Klin's dark night is waning, her daydawn
is nigh!"
It cannot, my friends, come too soon
From our hearts we all should say:
(Sod speed t be coming of that day.
Nevermind how poor an Irishman
may be when lie comes to our shores
there Is one tiling which he always
brings with him, and that is bis love
of country; but loving and remembering
the land from whence lie came
makes him none the less loyal to the
laud of his adoption. Irish South
Carolinians Irish Americans, are
true S tilth Carolinians, they are true
and p it rjotic A nun .cans. They love
South Carolina and 1!i<*> low America
willi tins same love that they love
Ireland and hence it is that on such
an occasions as this, when a toast is
proposed to the "State of South Carolina,"
the l'almcttn is greeted hy as
"loyal hearts and true" as ever hailed
the shamrock in an Irish banquet
hall.
The few words which I shall address
to you tonight shall Ik; to you
not as Irishmen or as descendants of
I rishmcn, hut as Charlestoniaus and as
South Carolinians as men who rejoice
that "over tlie newly-wedded mountain
and seaboard" as expressed in my
toast, "peace and prosperity" now
reign. I know, my friends, and my
countrymen, that I voice the sentiment
of every true Charlestonian and
of every true South Carolinian, when
I say 1 re joice that the day has come
when, forgetting the things of the
past we can, hand in had and shoulder
to shoulder, with renewed courage,
as brethren, press on to the
tilings which lie before.
If it has fallen to my lot, as you
kindly intimate in the sentiment
which has just been read, to bear an
humble part in bringing about this
happy condition, I can only say that
I found a fertile Held, in the pi wing
of which 1 found ready and willing
helpers from the mountains to the
seaboard. In every section of our
State 1 found sturdy South Carolinians
men who loved South Carolina
men whose warm handclasps and
whose untiring labor did far more
than anything I could do to accomplish
the results upon which we felicitate
ourselves tonight.
The era of peace and good will
which today is prevailing in South
Carolina means much for us in the
present and for the future -for us,
for our children and for our children's
children. Whether or not we shall
attain our full measure of good depends
upon us and upon us alone. If
we sire t.<? /ml Kiio/iooi'fiillii
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great future which 1 believe lies before
us as a people, we must practice
not only in our lives but also in our
politics the principles of the golden
rule. We should seek to build up and
not to pull down to understand and
not to misunderstand, remembering
always that we are one people with a
common heritage and a common destiny
all sons of one mother and that
mother the grand old common wealth
of South Carolina.
A brighter day Is breaking over our
State a day of industrial prosperity
such as our forefathers never dreamed
of. It is cumin# as surely as the sun
will rise upon the morrow. We can
see its si tins on the horizon we can
breathe it in the very atmosphere.
When a storm Is over, and the lightning
has ceased to flash and the thunder
to shake the earth, how gladly
does the traveler behold the rainbow
in the cloud! It ascends from the
rugged mountain top and with its myriad
of colors spanning the sky, it
seems to sink to rest In the intsom of
the ocean ?-a holy covenant that never
again shall tlioso waters cover the
earth.
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, S. C., TUUHSDAV,
So it is with that prosperity which
today Is gradually spreading its
bright bow of promise over South
f Carolina. From the "everlasting
bills" of the Piedmont to the bar ou
yonder harbor Its light is beginning
to radiate. That light is entering
^ today the bumble home of I he laborer,
making his homo better and happier,
it is causing the farmer to sing he'
hind the plow, it is touching, as with
the wand of a magician, our sleeping
marts of trarjo and bidding them
awake; it is making us South Carolians
realize the fact that truly "our
lines are fallen in pleasant places" and
that, we have "a goodly heritage."
And even beyond lids. In placing us
in closest commercial touch with all
parts of our country, it is also placing
' us in closer social hatch with our sister
States it, is making us and our
fellow citizens In distant States know
and understand each oihci; h tier, and
again like that how in the cloud, it
stands as 21 pledge, a covenant, that
never again shall the people of South
Carolina pass through the struggles
t hat they have iu days gone by.
In the great future which I feel
sure lies before us as a State, Charleston,
the chief metropolis of South
I Carolina, must play a conspicuous
part. This old city has never heon
found wanting hi the past in (lie
days which tried men's souls, and she
will never he found wanting in the
future when she is called upon to
work for the upbuilding of the State
and the betterment of its people.
1 rejoice to see Charleston taking
on new life and in saying this I feel
satistied 1 bespeak the sentiment of
ail South Carolinians. Asa friend of
Charleston 1 rejoice that from the
belfrey of old St. Michael's the watchman
can again call out over your
city, as he did in the days gone hy:
"All is well." As a South Carolinian,
I rejoice that crv need not lie
confined to t he limits of this city, hut
can extend far beyond. It can fall, as
a benediction, upon the cars of the
sailor, as from yon quiet harbor lie
turns Ids prow to seaward, and t hen
it can lie caught up by the whids of
the ocean and wafted hack across ouv
entire State, even to its mountain
tops.
Although there is st ill much to tie
done; although there arc still great
problems to In? solved, and evils to ho
eradicated, yet the wisdom, under
<Sod, to solve them, and the determination
to eradicate them, and hence it
is that of South Carolina it. can he
1 t ruly said "All is well."
We have no cause for discouragement
we have every cause for en
coiiragcment. As one of your watchmen
on the tower, I can say to you
i t. might that the. State of South t Carolina
i;; advancing In every way, and
that, beneath tier banner united
march her sons.
"< >ur union is river, lake, ocean and
sky:
Man breaks not the medal, when (iod
cuts the die:
Though darkened with sulphur,
though cloven with steel,
The blue arch will brighten, the
waters will heal."
AN ELEPHANT DIES AT SEA.
Whole ("row of h Steamer Wan Kept
Huny Hy 'Hugo.
The elephant .lingo, said to have I
been larger than .himho, (lied at sea
on the steamer <*corgic, which arrived
at New York'Wednesday from Liverpool.
The animal's death occurred
March 12th and the huge body was
buried at sc.". An animal show brought
Jingo in London. The elephant had
not traveled since infancy, and from
the time of sailing from Livorpool it,
fretted and pined away, Jingo was 22
years old, 12 feet high, weighed six
ton and was valued at $f?0.000.
For 00 hours proceeding It* death
the mammoth iieast. trumpeted without
cessation and twice knocked down
Its keeper, Thomas Lawrence, who attempted
to pacify it. The cries of the
elephant aroused the leopards and tigers
which were on the shipand they,
too, joined in the cry which for tiireo
days kept the crew of the (Jeorglc on
its guard.
As each day passed Jingo seemed to
grow weaker la; squirmed in his narrow
cage in an elTort to get out. lie
was securely chained to the cage in
such a position in the aft hatchway
that escape was impossible. On the
fifth day out t he animal's condition
became such that Lawrence gave him
whiskey and kept him under the inllucnec
of liquor for almost three days.
It. w ii u tlinn
- w f>m<i vnvii miuu ? i^w i?a/(inn; uvl'll
more savage than ever and began the
trumpeting.
The entire crew weht to Lawrence's
assistances on the 11th clay and joined
witli him in an elTort to pacify
Jingo. They all failed, however, and
twice the beast got its trunk ftirough
the bars of the cage and struck the
keeper with such force that he was
thrown to the deck. The other animals
joined in the. great- noise until alstut ' ?
o'clock 'on the morning of tlio 12th,
when suddenly Jingo's cries ceased.
Lawrence ran to the cage to find the
animal dead. His caftcass was examined
and after It was* jleclded 1t could
not he sttifTed it?was thrown overboard.
Shot From AiiiImihIi.
It. 0. Cheatham, Robert Quattlebaum
and Clelie Penn, tiierc wellknown
farmers of the Phoenix section
of Greenwood county, were seriously
shot from ambush at 2 o'clock Thursday
morning. Cheatham received a
charge of buckshot in his chest and
arms and is the most dangerously
wounded. It Is reported that the
desperadoes were negroes anu Hiat
seven or eight volleys were exchange I.
MA KC11 20, 1000.
POUND AT LAST. |
I Thinking Her Husbnml Dead a Liuly
Marries Another Man.
CURIOUS STORY OF WEDLOCK
I
i I'lic lliiKbniHl MVHtorlim^ly Dlsnp.
pi-nretl Tliroo ji'ki'h \u-?. nnil
Ills Itt'iniiiiiK I'iiiiikI in (lir
Is I,its! Week.
The following dispatch published
ed hi The Stale on Tuesday, 17th instant,
caused considerable comment
in Columbia and elsewhere:
"A human skeleton was found in an
isolated spot, in a pasture six miles j
from Wihninnlon, near the coast, and
ident ilied, as a result of an invest lea- I
t ion by t he coroner Wednesday, as
that or W. W. Youut;, a white car- :
penter, It2 years old, who disappeared
from Ids homo in t.11 is city May
I'.)00. The canto of the man's deatli
is unknown and the investigation is
heini; pursued. Members of 11 is family
say they advertised for the man
and made diligent search, at. last jjiv- j(
hitf. up hope of limlin^ him. Yountf j <
has a wile and t \v<> children in < 'oluin- '
t?ia, S. ()., Mrs. Voting having married
a railroad employe named Huberts |
after the tirst husband's disappear-i'
anee."
()n hist Thursday morning t he State '
pulilislied the following sequel to the
above dispatch: .
The Mrs. Yowntf referred to is the
widow of t.he late Mr. Win. .1. '
Koborls, a car Inspector in the employ ]
of I lie Southern railway, who was kill
ed a few weeks ayo by hein^ run over ^
in the At lant le Coast Line yards. She
married Mr. Huberts, believing her (
first husband was dead, no word having
been heard of him.since May, IHOO.
The. dispatch from \Villin^ton was
the first information site has had con ^
ceriiiiiK 11iin siiice that t one.
Mrs. Younu, or rather M rs. Ilolierts, .
lives at U2<mhik st reet in t lie Shannon
district, and when seen Wednesday
hy a State reporter jjave the details of
her tirst husband's strange disappearance.
1 ii the year IS'.io Young, a carpenter
by trade and a native of Camden,
married a Miss Kairliy, (lie daughter
of a farme,' living in that county.
This is tin- present. Mrs. Ilolierts.
They made their home in tills city \
for a short period ot time, leaving it. ,
to go to I'arksvllle, and thence to
Augusta. Alter t wo years' residence 1
the couple went, to Wilmington, N. 1
C. I
lliirhur llw> itmd.wl #>f II,..I., lif.. I
r. " kii' i i in' n: I
that latter city Viniu^'s healt h broke
down and he was aide to work at Ills
trade only at intervals, lie urew no 1
I letter and gradually his mind became .k
alfccted. At the end of seven years ,
Mrs. Youiik decided to leave Wilmin^- |
(on with her two children and return
to this city to make her home with her i
father. The little family was then in <
very reduced circumstances and the i
plan was practically forced to a con- 1
elusion by this dire necessity. Voting, I
who was then almost totally incapaci- :
tilted for work, was left with Ids sisters
in Wilmington in the hope that (
lie mitfht recover. I
Mrs. Yountf was in constantcommu- i
nication with his sisters from time
she left North Carolina in Novemlicr, <
1 Htm, but her husband's mental eondi- }
tlon did not I'rtlprove, Ile tfrew moody i
and took long walks .alone if not <
watched. At times far out in the <
forests lie would fall to the ground in
tlie rigors of an epileptic lit and in |
his paroxysms inllict personal injuries ,
upon himself. Once or twice he was <
found lying across his mother's grave |
In Hellevne cemctry. ,
Finally it was decided that he |
should be sent to the North Carolina
State Hospital for the Insane and a
medical hoard was appontcd by tlie
uouiio.iuk n IAI I .111111 I I l(* I 11 II1 ?l?s I, II 11 IS
sanity. Hut on the day previous to
the examination Young mysteriously
disappeared and nothing has ever'ceo
heard of him until the gruesome discovery
on Monday last or Ids grinning
skeleton lying in the dark woods near
the mouth of the ('ape Fear river.
A ft<;r Young was lost to sight every
attempt was made to ascertain his
wherealKMits. The country for miles
around Wilmington was searched and
advertisements offering rewards inserted
In the newspapers of the State.
His fate.remained a mystery, through
it was practically concluded that hehad
fallen, In one of his perambulations,
into the Cape, l-'ear river and
had been drowned. His life was Insured
and his widow kept up the premiums
for many months, expecting
that ids Ixxly would he recovered. For 1
this purpose she used in part the receipts
from the sale, of his tool chest.
When all hope hud been abandoned
the policy was allowed to lapse.
Mrs. Young has now two children 9
and II years old respectively, born to
her by her lirst husband. On February
(?, 1902, she married Mr.
Roberta, firmly tielicving at the time
that her llrst husband was dead. If
is a question as to whet her his death
had occurred at the time, but the probabilities
are that it had.
I To Cui
I Take Laxative Bron
1 Seven MQBon boxes sold In post 12 m
lit
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HOW HE WORKED FARMERS. |
\ Swindler Taken Advantage of n l
</Hh|i In Advance ('iiHioin
The Columbia Stale Hays a ucnlle* i
man from Newberry county !ells of
I lie manner in which II. It. Ilray and
his associates "worked"' the conlidlnc
people, of the rural district. Ilray, |
Johnson and Jones are the names |
h'lven by the three who caused the j
honest yeomanry to separate themselves
from money which represented
toll, self-denial .iikI whose investment
in biiccies would have pievenli d the
farmers tiom imjoyliar holue conn'oi l,s. ,
Now they have not bine to show f>u !
the money and Ilray is.cone. It'
is an easy manner to '^llhn-llani" the
farmers according lo the statement of
I Ins cent leman. They are accustom .1
t i order from agents whocoine around
with cat a lollies, and the purc.l laser is
required to make a cash payment to |
insure the company thai it. will not
lose the freight tolls should the purchaser
fail In conic up with II ic money
when I he ends arrive. (
I lilt. Ill ay seems I u ha ve been c reedy. ,
lie was nol satisfied with an advance (
payment of a nominal amount, but i
required half of the value oT the art I- !.
ele. In this way his sales were fewer i |
hut il did not make him an object of ;
suspicion. When lie did catch a farm- . ,
V UH-II llllll \V I' I I . >> III It' III' ll.Hl ,
ealalopucs from a well known mail or- ,
Ier house, t here is no evidence to in- j
ilicate that they were aware of lfray's ,
heinvr in litis section. The justly eel- ,
dnated I tray came from Chicago, and
lie praet iced on the lllinoise fanners ,
before coining south. (
Soars, KneltucL ?S; (Jo., the linn L
whose name lias been used hy l.ray \
have offered a reward for the capture ;
tf I tray, Johnson and Junes, and, |
partly l h rough I heir elforts, a party I,
ivho duped laimeis in Mississippi in ' v
lie same way lias already lieeu jailed
for thi'ee years. This would lend In |
show lack ol complicit y on t he part of ,
Lite (Jhicuuo house. <
It is strange that with all (lie ras- ,
alit.y of wltitdi If ray lias been guilty |
Lite ollleials of the law in ('oluiuhia ,
ia\e heen furnished wit h no adequate
leseri|it ion ot his personal appearance, \
His disappearance is now causing
Item to loon lor a glance at Itis face. ,
SOLD DEATH FOR $100
I
llerh Itoi'liir A i rcmeil lor AdiiiiiiiH- j
I*olsiiii (<i Thirty* l-'oiir Mr it.
i
Seventy letters, written mostly hy i
women, have heen found in the home 1
1 < M'oiK'f 11<n?s?*v, I lif iH'j.1, i'i? "herb
loci 'I ' in' I'niladelphla, who is sit - .
jused til l -iiiK <111 accessory lo I,lie al- I
c^cd imirdcrof William (J. Dari/.e. (
These letleis, which are said lo hi' 1
ii an Incrimlnatihtf nature, vary liltlc
ii their terms, and, it is asserted,
iliow that, lloosey charged $too for
very case. Some of the. let ters point (
[,o payment of the fee Installments.
The police otlloials have directed J
t#he opening of :m graves, having se nred
evidence that lejtds them to ;
lelieve t hat tieOr^C lloosey, t he liej/ro |
"herb doctor," is resp.mslhlc for at (
least that many deaths, lloosey is in (
jail as accessory to the murder of
William <i. Danxc, whose widow is (
hailed with having administered to {
Iter husband slow poison furnished hy
Lhe ne^ro. I
"We do not know how many poisuiltlft
cases can he traced to lloosey," .
<aid a police otllcial today, "hut t hus '
Tar we have secured evidence that has
warranted us in directing the opening ,
if 'M graves."
This case is assuming proportions (
far heyond the comprehension of t hose ,
[connected with It :tt the time lloosey
was arrested. The real investigation
Is just, he^intdh^ and before it proceeds
much further startling develop- <
ineuts will crop out. ;
I
Itui'iil 1'i-ee Itoute*.
There are now 2ild rural free delivery
routes iu operation in South Carolina
and more in process of beioK '
established. These carriers are paid
by (checks issued by Postmaster lOnsor 1
against funds on deposit in the Caro- 1
lina National hank, the national de- :
pository in (J ilumhia. Some Idea of
the magnit aide to which this service
has grown in this state can he obtaincd
from the statement that the
monthly pay roll of these carriers
amounts to over $11,000.
They W II he There.
Among other novel features of the
St. Louis exposition will he the reunions
of the Smith and Lewis families,
which all the Smiths and Lewises in
the country will he invited to attend.
The Smiths are raising a fund of *10,- '
000 for the erection of a building on
the exposition grounds to he used as
their headquarters during the fair.
Torn I?y a Hear.
(). It. Sanders, an aged resident of
Houston Tex., was attacked and almost
torn to pieces Wednesday night
hy a savage hear. He was thrown to
the ground and horribly mangled by
the frenzied animals tusks. Two
hull dogs and three men came to ids
assistance and rescued him. ills injuries
are frightful.
re a Cold in On*
io Quinine Tablets, js ,
onths. This signature,^- '
'?* jjLvau
no. ;h
two drowned
While Asleep on a Steamer, Which
Suddenly Sinks While
THE PASSENGERS SLUM' EFED,
The WitlriN I'oiiimmI In XwnkcnliiK
Men, Women iiii11 < li 11 Iron
In ii TorriMo Itenltty
nl" Their I'ntr.
A ()isp:iti !i from I'alalka, Fla., says
lho sic.unci Motauiora of the Lucas
lino i u11niii|? up I ho ( k-kUwaha river
sink Thursday morning a lllllo after
three o'clock four miles above the
month of the tivor. As the passcnjyoiswere
all asleep and the steamer
sunk almost without a moment's
warning it is almost a miracle that
so few were drowned.
IJufus Kink and Walter Watson,
toil 11 colored losidentsof I'alal ka weie
drowned. Manual Myers, the well
known pilot, who was at the wheel
when thohoal went down, was the
llrsl to discover that the Iniat was
linking, lie immediately called CupLain
Mercier, who had just retired.
IOhjs'inoer Fred I'rlest, who was on
I ii t y at. the time also noticed the peculiar
lurching of t he vessel and turnsi
on the midship syphons, but tindn^
no water he started aft and dls overcd
that the vessel was sinking
stern first.
Engineer Itosl^nal hy this time was
>n deck and ordered all hands to the
ahln top. In a?i Instant the vessel
nade a lureji to port striking the
dmher on the north hank of,the river
uidwitha criish reltouuded to starlotird
and sank, suhmerRlnR' the sec>nd
deck and tilling the state rooms
villi water.
Willi an axe Engineer Postanal
iroke in the doors and windows, while
tlier mem.iers of the crew under
'anlaili Mercicr carried out t.ln?
Iiowned passengers, some of whom
lad to lie passed to the eabin roof
iver tlie outer rail.
A boat was immediately sent to
Aetata and within an hour row boats
mil launches were, at the scene of the
lisaster. < >n these the terror stricken
ivomen and children were taken to
A'eluka, where they were clot lied and
ed.
Little or no baggage belonging to
lie passengers lias I Mie n recovered.
Many ilseaped in their night clothing
inly. The Iwait Ik-sat. an angle of alnost
I!> decrees. It is thought she
-an In- tloated. It Is not known with
erlainty what, caused the hoat to
link, hilt it is believed her hull st ruck
i sunken log, causing Iter to spring a
leak. There were twenty passengers
m I Mia rd and all were saved. The tv\o
men who were drowned were of the
jrew.
>lai?y Wiinl .IoIih.
The News and Courier says the
most important fact which lias come
>ut in connection wftli the Crum
?it nat ion is that more than one bunI
red red white men have applied for
positions in t lie Custom House under
I.lie negro collector, if tills list could
I>(! secured for publication it would
>pon llw eyes of the city, or, at least,
I hat was tho statement made by a
prominent. I!rpubliean. The name
?r a well-know citizen has been mentioned
in connection with the deputy
,;ollectorship and tho chances favor
Iris appointment. Crum has made no
promises, so far as the politicians can
ascertain, although it has leaked out
In the quiet ortlce-seeking circles that
the list of candidates is resplendent
with the names of men,,some of whom
would naturally be regarded as opposed
to the nomination of a negro to
any important Federal oillce.
Nothing i'.ui Rot.
The Columbia Record says a good
leal of imlivu'iisilen I Oritur
.... w??. . ./V ./V fS
md pu)>1 islicrl us to what was said
between Chicco and the governor in
their interview, and some of the
bright 'sayings ascribed to the blind
tiger dealer, he Is mentally Incapable
?f conceiving, much less saying. The
interview, in so far as Chicco was concerned,
was in one sense an ootVage)us
Insult to the majesty of the law,
and had he not come inujer a Uag of
truce, as it were the governor* would
have iieen justltied in at once placing
hint in jail. This making Chicco the
hero of conversational controversy, so
to speak, is d sinistiinr. when the eir
iMiinstances arc considered.
Think* I'minell Did It.
A liuljalo preacher has undertaken
(.<? place responsibility for the murder
)f iturdick upon the lawyer, Fennel),
who was crushed to death beneath his
automobile ten days after the mysterious
crime had been developed. The
preacher declares that I'ennell killed
Iturdick and afterwards deliberately
drove Ills automobile to a death plunge
to kill himself aM his
A fatal Accliliittf. "*
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At Fort Wayne, Inch,. a . frefjjht
train crashedMttto a furniture. vaij of
the North Side Transfer Company at
the Sandusky street ero&slng, at Allegheny,
Wednesday, wrecking the van
and killing two men. Two others
were seriously injured. The van was
completely wrecked and threo horses
were killed.
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