The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 02, 1903, Image 1
VOL XVII.
FEAttEl) DISGRACE.
OeueVal Sir Hector McDonald Coin*
inits Suici le in Paris.
COULD NOT FACE TH J CHARGE ?
Tin? Dint i n^iiinIhmI Officer Sloml
High in the Ilritish Service.
Wax to be Tried on Serinus
Charges.
On Wednesday a <li patch from
Calambo, Ceylnii, said clmrjrcs of the
most.seiions nature have been brought
against Major (ieneral Sir Hector Mac
Donald, commanding the forces in
Ceylon, in consequence of which the
governor of that island, Sir .loscph
West llldgeway, lias been authorized
to convene a courtmartial to try
(Sencral MacDonald. The laferj
when t he charges was filed som -1ihk*
ago, went to Kngland from Ceylon to
confer with his friends and superior
otllecrs and he started to return and
face the charges, which it is alleged,
are based on immoral acts.
Ihit It seems he feared to face the
charges, as he committed suicide at
the Ilotel Itcgima on Wednesday in
Paris, lie shot himself in the right
temple shortly after noon and expired
a few minutes later. The general was
alone in ids small chamber on the
mazzanine lloor of the hotel at the
time of t.hc tragedy. One of the
female attendants heard the pistol
shot and opening the door saw the
general's ligure stretched out on the
lloor with blood gushing from a bullet
wound in the head. She ran screaming
to the balcony overlooking the
lohhvnf I 1 it? hot.pl whorn m-inu .ninolo
including ;i number of ladies, were assembled.
'I'lie proprietor of the hotel
was the lirst to reach the expiring
man.
'idie commissary of police was notified,
and, accompanied by a doctor,
proceeded to a preliminary investigation.
No money or papers of anv kind
were found in Sir 1 lector's baggage.
Two notes written in Lnglish were
found lying on a table in his room and
these were taken possession of by the
authorities, but it is understood that
their contents have no bearing on the
suicide. In the general's coat, lying
on the bed, were found some photographs.
'Idie llritish embassy and
consulate were not!tied later, and
Consul General Inglis visited the hotel
and took charge of the body.
Sir Hector MacDonald arrived in
Talis last Friday evening from London
on bis way back to Ceylon, where
it was understood that an immediate
court martial would beheld to clear
up the charges made against him. On
reaching the hotel at 11 o'clock at
night he was told that only a small
and indifferent room was .available,
lie replied that that was quite sullicient.
lie was not accompanied by
any aid decamp or valet. lie said
he only intended to stay a days or two
in Paris. Little was seen of him sir.ee
his arrival. lie was, however, in the
lobby this morning about noon and it.
is believed that a newspaper, printed
in lOnglish, containing a resume of the
grave charges brought against him
and embellished with the general's
portion in full uniform, came under
his attention. He left the lobby, going
to his room and the pistol shot
followed soon after. The general's
suicide has profoundly shocked the
British ollicial here. Those about the
hotel who have conversed with Sir
Hector Mac Donald recently say lie
showed no signs of excitement 01 men
tal worry.
Need oI'ji Bureau.
The Columbia Record says letters
are being received at the governor's
otllce almost daily which emphasize
the need of an agricultural and immigration
bureau, recommended in
Governor Hey ward's message. The
following fronvW. O. Bacon, Danville,
Mentor county, Ha., is a sample:
"Dear Sir; " Will you kindly cause
printed information to be sent me relative
to the agricultural products,
climate, resources and special advantage
of dilTcrent sections of your state
for settlers from the North?" The
information sent inquirers of this kind
in Anlti mP .? 1 - - ? ?
?.-? IMIIJT KJl ? KlTlH lill IlillUIU ;tIK 1 CHI)IH L
ofcourso cover the ground thoroughly.
Shot llnr Ilotroyer.
Efllc Waggy, daughter of William
Waggy, a prosperous farmer, of Weston,
Va., shot Kalph McDonald son of
Kx-ShcrifT McDonald Wednesday near
the Waggy homestead. Four years
ago Miss Waggy alleges that McDonald,
who studied medicine in a
Louisville, Ky., college, betrayed lier.
I She says slie has been-watching lie?r
. aQr ' bancoever since to kill him. She tired
live shots, two of which took effect in
It is back and side. There is little
hope of his recovery. The woman has
not been arrested.
Let a Church Burn.
St. Joseph Italian Catholic Church
in Hazel township, just outside the
city limits, llazeltown, Pa., was burned
down early Wednesday morning.
Mayor Kcnhardt refused to permit
the firemen to extinguish the flames
.,) owing to the residents' refusal to join
( in an anexation movement some time
ago for a Greater Ilazelton. The loss
is $20,000 and the cause incendiary.
\n Cut IIIn Tliront.
A miin believed be Albert Gcrsola*
a Spaniard, was found dead in
bed in hilt room in the Union Square
hotel in \New York, Thursday morning
His) throat wnscut and suicide
is suspectipd. Little is known about
the man. )
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ON CH1CCO STREET.
I'lto CruMudo int (hnrlonton Illiml
Tijjfi'u arc in lCariiOHt.
The Chat K s'.on correspondent <?f The
State says .Governor Tillman once
ordered the dispensary constable to
"raise hell on Chleco street." Substitute
"establishments" for the last
word of t he order and then some idea
may be had of the manner of the warfare
the constables have begun, start
jiiiK in-u ? ? il?i nu; i'j hi, n.ty ami market
street places of the famous king
i ot' the blind timers. It. was slated that
all the blind tigers arc to tic similarly
dealt with and t he work w is started
with Chicco" s establishments.
A gallon demijohn of corn whiskey
was found hi a room over Chicco's
restaurant and bar and this was con
sidered ample evidence to ra (land uismantle
the places. Chico iiioignanlly
denied Tliur alay that "that lu cent
corn wliHkey" was his. lie said that
it belonged to a hoarder, and "everybody
knows that I don't sell that sort
of stulT. You get good goods here."
At all events, when the dismantling
process started, ('nice asked that he
be permitted to remove the fixtures
and furnishings himself, which was
allowed by Howie, and the, sounds of
the saw and hammer took the place of
the clinking of the glasses and popping
of corks at the well known and
much frequented places Thursday.
The fixtures will tie stored for future
use. Chicco expressed his willingness
to quit the retail business, provided
the other tigers were similarly dealt
with, and he said that Chief Howie
promised to dismantle all the other
places in the same way.
Chicco said that he would have left
I Charleston long ;i^r<> if It were not for
his holdings of property here. He
said thai even now he is willing to
leave, provided any one will purchase
all of his pioperty. lie Is willing to
knock off 20 per cent, of its value to
close out. (Jhicco declares that he has
always condcutcd a decent place and
he can not understand why the constables
should have swooped down on
him in the manner that they did. Ilis
fellow violators believe that Chiceo's
trials are largely the result of his appeal
for leniency in the enforcement
of the act. attracting attention to his
own violation of the law. At all events,
lie wants the other dealers to share
the same fate, and the constables say
that the raid is the beginning of a j
general dismantling of the bars over j
the city.
LIFE OF YOUNG GIRL RUINED.
>1 urri( <1 Midi in llartHville, H. C. Alter |
l?Vw HajH Acquaintance.
The Charlotte Observer says at the
hon rfllnir Iwinco \T eo i i
I I.r/uou WI iM 1.1. ?M M I I I linim'l* 1
son, in that city, a pretty woman and
a bride has waited a week for the re-'
turn of her husband. The woman,
who is quite young and penniless,
found that she was not a bride, and
that the real wife of her husband is
still living. The following is the sad
story as related by the Observer:
The girl is Miss Mary Mclnvaillc of
11 arts vi lie, Darlington county, S. C.
She thought until a day or so ago that
she was Mrs. Julius Man us Four
months ago she met Manus in Ilartsville
and became engaged to him, and
when her mother objected to the
match she ran away to Kershaw, S.
C., and was married to Manus. That
was three weeks ago.
A fortnight ago the young couple
came here and engaged board and
lodging at Mrs. Henderson's Manus
claimed that he had been a superintendent
of a cotton mill and that he
expected to secure work in Charlotte.
10 very morning during his stay here
he would leave the house early, taking
his dinrer with him, and would not
leturn until the late afternoon. A
weak ago?Saturday, the 14th inst,?
Manus disappeared. Prior to his departure
he had taken from the woman
he illegally man led all the money
she had, about $2f>.
In a conversation with chief of police
Irwin and an Observer reporter
Wednesday afternoon Miss Mclnvallle
stated that she would leave Thursday
morning for Martsville, her former
home. Her mother had wired to Mr.
J. II. Weddinglon, chairman of the
county commissioners, asking that
her daughter be j#;nt buck home; and
the young woman said she would
never have another moment's peace
until she again saw her mother.
Manus not onlV left her nenniless. but
failed to pay any part of the board bill
due by t lie couple.
"I want to make Mr. ManussulTer,"
said Miss Mclnvaille to the chief of
police, "lie must be arrested. He
has ruined my lite completely."
"And I want my mother," said the
young K'bl. with a wail.
Another. It'aJlAcy. ^
There were 007,000,000 passengers
carried by the raUro&fls of the United
States in 1002, which means that, on
an average, every man, woman and
child rode eight time durhiK the year,
notes an exchange. That's another
popular fallacy, like this thing of every
man, woman and child in the United
State having $29.05. As a matter of
fact we know a man who rode only
twice and has only 95 cents left.
A I^iUa! Trip.
The irccent llood on the Mississippi
Valley has caused great loss of life
and property. One day last week a
skilT containing four drummers and
two negro oarsmen were swept under
the railroad track near Memphis,
Tenn., and all six men were drowned.
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CONWAY, i
AN EXPERT VIEW.
The Medical News, of New York,
on the Race Issue.
(
THE NEGRO VIEWED MEDICALLY i
t
The New* Hays Unless All the
'acta Are Wel?lie<ls ll?o
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South May be Done |
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( eeat I oj it si Ico. I
The Midital News, a widely known t
journal published in New York eily.
is aroused by the recent discussion
of the race issue to comment upon ^
"Ncpro Supremacy fro n a Medical ,
Standpoint." In an editorial upon >
I hut subject in its Issue of February 'v
2# Ilie Medical News states that in ^
leading papers of the North und |
South have appeared editorials of |
great acumen and power, "hut none ^
see n as yet to have dealt, except in a ^
superficial manner, with the race 0
problem as seen from a biological, |
ethnological or medical standpoint." v
The News continues: ..
One cannot intelligently answer !.
' <1
the (|uestion whether the negro can
take a pi ice in the social and ccono- ^
mlc progress of the nation without ()
being in possession of the main mor- |,
phological dilTerences between the ^
(Caucasian and the African, since v
these are the fundamental bases for a
mental and moral discrepancies he- |,
twecn t he races. p
That the negro more nearly approaches
in body to the quadrumana ((
or anthropoid apes is shown by the Si
following points: The arm is abnor- j,
mally long in the erect position if N,
often reaches the knee-pans, and on r
an averse exceeds that of the Cauca- c
sian by about two inches. The facial
alible, which Is granted by all to have a
a definite ethnological bearing, even ^
if the function of the frontal lobes Is j,
still but little known, average 82 degrees
in the Caucasian and 70 decrees ?
in the black. Coincident,ally with
this is the fact that in brain weight
the white man exceeds the negro by
fully 10 ounces?almost as much as
he in turn exceeds t he highest gorilla.
Another point of dl(Terence anatomically
is seen in the lower extremity?
this is not so well developed as t he
white man's, the foot is broad and
Hat, the great toe prehensile and
divergent, the heel often projecting
so far backward as to merit the term 11
"lark heel."
11 is needless lo dwell longer on v
Hie well known dilTerenee which ex- {
ists, or to urge that they demonstrate
a distinct race of mankind and show "
conclusively in the negro an inferior t
type. Among tlie fair-minded this a
is axh^iatic. o
Sonn? years ago we were all alarmed <
over tlie "yellow peril." Now the f<
"black peril" confronts us. r
The article quotes the late Prof, hi
Ogden S. Rood, of Columbia, as ask- (
ing: "How can there he any ques- t
tion of superiority or inferiority l?e- 11
tween two peoples who develop men- o
tally are separated by a chasm of v
20,000 years?" Kugcnc K. Corson, in a
his contribution to the Wilder Quar- t
ter Century Rook, states that as a re- n
suit of a most careful study of the b
census, and dependent upon personal v
observation in the city of Savannah, p
he is contldcnt that tuberculosis and
alcoholism are madin stultifying In- n
roads on the making negro, poor, n
weakened product, that he is, of mis- c
ccgenatlon. o
Sir Spencer St. John says of the in- d
habitants of I lay tl: "After a resl- f
dence of over twenty years in this d
Island I ain forced to the conclusion i;
that the negro Is incapable of holding
an independent position. 11 ay ti n
shows no sign of improvement?on the .
other hand, it is constantly rctrograd- I
ing, and without external influence a
the inhabitants will soon fall into the c
stage of the dwellers of the Congo." v
The Medical News thus continues its c
comments: p
if it is true. ilS some lliivn norhnnu
-? t
well said, that the time Ik ripe for a f
recognition of the negro, in substance \
rather than In theory, earnest thought v
should be given by those who would e
liberally interpret our laws, and they ?
should be well versed in the opinions a
of such men of science as we have ?
quoted. They must know and recog- i
ni/.e that profound dilferences do exist j
?that one race, is 20,000 years i>ehlnd ?
the other. They must know that c
ethnologlcally, physiologically, anato I
mlcally, the negro and Caucasian t
must always lie widely different. If (
the negro is advancing, which, thanks i
to the noble efforts made at Tuskegee
and similar institutions, he surely Is, c
what, meantime, is the Caucasian do* i
ing? Advancing? Yes, with Ids r
pliant brain case, capable of permit- a
ting progressive development from e
birth to death, lie is thundering ahead
with a rush and a speed which no
alien race can hope to follow.
Unless these facts arc weighed in a .
true balance bitter Injustice may be
done the South. It is no doubt true,
as Carson .assumes that the irrevoc- '
able law of the "survival of the fittest"
will wipe the negro away, hut 5
this will take centuries. There i-> a *
real and immediate peril, as the Sena- J
tor from North Carolina lias well said.
Science, education, religion, philan- .
thropy may well focus their bright 'v
rays upon it, and unless our leaders 11
follow where these trend the South J
will surely suffer.
I.nverH Drowned. (
Walter Chlsm, Luther Owen and <
Jennie George were drowned in the *
I'emiscot Ilayou, Ark., while return* '
ing from a prayer meeting in a canoe. ,
Miss George and Owens were to have <
been married within a fortnight. <
own
3. C., THURSDAY,.
NEQR0E8 ON THE MOVE.
The lOinlKTAtIon from the Southern I
Sfutctt to Mexico llt'Kiiii.
Advices received at the Mexican
embassy at Washington toll of this resent
importation to that country from
,1)0 United States of 100 negroes who
vill be employed along the line of the
I"era Cruz, and I'acllie railroad. This
novo is experimental and Is being
vatched with considerable interest
If successful results ensue, it is said
hut large importations from the
;nuthern States will follow in the et
or I to solve the present problem ol
haling laborers in M? xico who are
ilike competent, and willing to work.
'I o an Alabama negro named McKcl
'in is given Ilie ere lit for inducing
neinbers of ids race to emigrate to
Mexico. McKelvin was at one time
mployed on a large Alabama plunta
ion, but later went to Mexico, where
ic claims to have found bettor wages,
le returned to Alabama and distribued
large circulars amon^ the negroes
oiling of the advantages of the Slexlan
country and of the opportunities
I offered poor negroes who wanted
irork in the country. His circulars i
lso contained as an inducement the
ssuranee that the negroes would not
e subject to the order of "white
rash." This last feature apparently
roved a drawing card for Mr Kelvin
ad no trouble in persuading 100 no- |
roes to return to Mexico with him.
r'here he found work for them at #1.50
day. Most of this llrst importation
ave been employed on the La Junta ;
lantation of (Jeorge C. Sanborn.
So far the negroes, it is said, are
ulie .satisfied and are in turn proving I
atisfaetory to their employers. Mc- >
Lelvin has made the claim that he i
rill be able to induce a million of his .<
ace now in the southern States lo i
migrate to Mexico and so /era I rail- I
itad contractors are endeavoring to i
rrango with him to return to the t
tates and canvass the south for la- j
orers. McKelvin,'it is understood, I
III make a return trip within the <
ext few months. i
TO BE HONORED.
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(
Lolls of (lie Hout h Carolina Tr??o|?? In <
I
tlio Civil War.
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( Iril'ltrnril* I I .. ?r nr.. ?./!
M'viviuMi nvj nuiu ii enay nuni (
tie following letter to Hon. Kllliu 1
Loot, secretary or war:
"Absence from my olllee has pre- .
en ted my replying earlier to your |
ummunlcatlon of March loth. I note 1
if Ii much pleasure that It is the in- 1
cut Ion of your department to compile ^
tid publish, as a continuation (
f the publication known as "The (
miclal Records of the Union and Oon- |
sderatc Armies," a complete list or
aster of the olllcers and men wlio ,
crved in tiiese armies during tlie |
llvil war. 1 feel sure that tills aoion
on the part of the general govern- (
lent will meet witli favor through- |
ut tiie entire south, and that those .
dio served in the Confederate armies
nd their descendants will appreciate
his opportunity of having their
ames handed down to history, I shall
ie glad to give to your department
whatever cooperation lies in my
ower. :
"You request that I should desig- i
ate some one from this State to com- i
nunieate with Hrig. F. 0. Alnsworth, '
hlef of the record and pension olllee i
f your department, relative to the
olails of the work. I would respectully
suggest Col. M 1*. 'fribble of An- i
lerson, S. C. I will request Col. Trlb>le
to correspond witli you."
The governor also sent Col. Tribblo
, letter as follows:
"I liave been notified by the Hon.
31ihu Hoot, secretary of war, to name
.ii oflieial from South Caiollna locoi
per a to villi Ifilg. (iei . F. C. Aln:vorth,
cliief of the record and pension
tfllce of the war department, in coinliliug
a full roster and list of I lie others
and enlisted men who bore arms
or the Confederacy during the great
var. This roster and list of names
vill he complied and published as a
ontlnuatioii of the publication known
is "The <illlcial Itccords of the Union
ind Confederate Armies." In com pi i
iin-c wiiii me request* or secretary
loot, I have the pleasure of naming
'on for this importint work. I feel
urc that with you the work will resolve
loving and faithful service, and
am very glad to name so true and
,ricG a citizen for the discharge of this
luty which means so much for tin?
iistory of our State.
"Secretary Hoot requests that you
ommunicate with brig. Gen. F. C.
Vinsworth, chief of the record and
tension otllce at Washington, 1). C.
aid I have written him that you will
lo so."
Itovn HlAiiKhter.
During the big Kansas City shoot
8,000 defenceless doves whose natural
lectncss of wing had been dulled by
:oop life, were, to the disgrace of
,liat city, thrown from traps and shot
it "Just for fun." As Longfellow
ays: "A slaughter to be told in
(roans, not words." Many crippled
ilrds escaped, to die a lingering
leath, with broken legs, beaks shot
iway or bodies ripped open. For Initance,
I found near ttie gun club
(rounds a dove with both legs shot off
luttering helplessly about hunting
'ood. Surely this dove was paying
learly for somebody's "fun." It
causes pain, hardens the public con*
icience and above all Cultivates cruelin
the hearts of the young, than
which there is nothing more dangerhis
to the future happiness of our
>wn race.
APRIL 2, 1903.
SETTLED AT LAST.
Interesting Suit Against the Charles
ton and Seashore Railway
SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS
l>ninnu<'N Awarded Mis* Annie Carroll,
Who Cell Through tlifl
I'ompaiiy'm WhuiTuud Wiih
Very Seriously IiiJuml.
The supreme court lias lately atllrmod
a decision of the circuit court In
(l.angeburg, awarding a verdict or
$(1,000 to t li?' plaint ill", in the case of
Annie It. Carroll vs, the Charleston
and Seashore It ill road company. This
case is quite an interesting one and
has been thoroughly investigated under
the law, having been three times
brought to t rial in the lower court,
and then appealed by the railway company.
On the 2:trd of August, 18DH, there
was to tie a dance at the Isle of Palms.
Miss Carroll left Charleston, attended
the dance and returned when It
was over. < >n the way back she alleges
that while leaving the Mount Pleasant
wharf to hoard the ferryboat she fell
through a hole in the wharf and Into
the water and was rescued only with
great dittlculty. The complaint further
alleges that though it was at the
time of the accident about 1 ..'10 a. m.
that there was no light on t lie wharf,
and thus it was that she failed to see
llic hole in t lie planking.
Miss Carroll claimed that alio suffered
so from sickness and from shock,
caused hy her sudden ll.ingeand from
remaining in her wet clothing until
die got home, that she was practically
incapacitated from ever earning her
living again. She asked from the
railway company for her disability
Mo,(100, and in addition $250, which
die had paid t he physician who attended
her. Five thousand dollars
was also demanded because of the
legligencc of t.li?* company.
I n answering t lie complaint the rail
.vav company said that Miss Carroll
tad left the regular passageway and
limbed over a pile of lumber, placed
specially for the purpose of guarding
persons from the hole in the wharf.
The case was brought up in Charleston
in November, 1890, before.lodge
Jage, but resulted in a mistrial. It
was again brought up In November,
IUOO, In Charleston, before Judge Ihidianan
with the same result, it, was
then transferred, on motion of the
plaintilY's attorneys, to <irangeburg,
where It was heard in May, 1002, before
J udge < lage.
The jury at that time, after hearing
the evidence, rendered a verdict
if $0,000 for Miss Carroll. The defense
then asked for a new trial on
the ground of excessive damages, and
lllll.rn Ci.r,. u..O.,ln<wl ll?U. I
' v.u^v nu.itann *? 1/111.1 HUM l"ll,
recommending ;i new trial unless the
plaintilT should remit $11,000 of the
verdict rendered. The attorneys for
the defense appealed on the ground
Lhat Judge Gage should have granted
i new trial without the option of the
reduction of the verdict. The case]
was heard by Judges Tope, (Jary and
Iones, and the decision atlirmed.
New Clitof CoiiHtnhlCH.
The matter of Governor I ley ward's
appointments to the position of chief
constables has been agitating a large
number of olllce-seckers for some time.
The governor has received hundreds
of letters applying for positions on the
force.
After much thought and a careful
selection be Wednesday made the following
appointments:
C. L. Curcton. Pickens.
J. C. Hall, Greenville.
J. It. Pant, Spartanburg.
A. S. Osborn, Columbia.
S. V. Delgar, Sumter.
S. T. ilowle, Charleston.
W. F. Holmes, Iteaufort.
()f the old force Constables Howie,
I*ant and Curcton are retained, the
other appointees having never occupied
such positions before.
.1. C. Hall has been lirst sergeant of
the police force of Greenville, S. V.
Delgar a business man of Sumter, and
W. F. Holmes a farmer of Harnwell
county.
A. S. Osborn who will have Ids
headquarters in Columbia is a merchant
of Ninety- Six.
The appointments become effective
April 1, when the officers will take up
temporary headquarters at the places
indicated and proceed to enforce the
law.
A Club ofHIIence.
There is in Paris a society of deaf
mutes who maintain a club called the
"Club of Silence." The servants are
deaf and dumb, and arc summoned, It
Is said, by slight electric shocks Instead
of bells. When the club members
arc bavin# a particularly gay
time the servants are so heavily
charged that the electric sparks drown
the popping of champagne corks.
Killed l>y a Train.
J. C. howling and \V. A. Cooper,
farmers, were killed by the eastbound
Southern railway train eight miles
west of Durham, N. C., at Scarlet
crossing Thursday. The men were in
a wagon, which was struck and were
carried some distance. It Is supposed
that because of a deep cut the men
did not hear the train.
I ToCi
I Take Laxative Bro
I Seven MQfion boxes toM In past 12
1
Id.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
A Litilo Hoy Fell Thirty Feet Intr
an Unused Well.
I
In an open well, 30 feet deep, f??i
fifteen hours, without any means ol
escape, was thu harrowing experience
of Henry Miller, the seven-year-old
son of S. C. Miller, a machinist foi
the National Furniture company, win;
lives at 12 l'onders avenue.
The cnlld fell in the well a'tout H
o'clock Saturday mumlng, ami was
not found until II o'clock that night,
cold, injured and almost unconscious.
He had in ide <1 .p rata elf irts t g?*l
out of the well, hiving <1 g sieu> in
! the dirt half way up to the suifi1 ,
only to fall hack agalm
Til! wi'll i ito which I ho hoy had
{fallen was 01 the property of the
Ware Furniture cnmpiiiy, on West
Fourth street, ah ait one huo lied and
tlfty yards from the residence of the
hoy's fat her. A building of t he company
was burned some time ago, and
since t hat time there has been nothing
on the property.
About, h o'clock Saturday morning
while flying Ills kite, the hoy fell Into
the well, lie was running backward
at the time and did not know of the
opening, lie stumbled hack ward .and
fell to the bottom without anything
to brake the force of the fall. There
happened to he no water in the well,
and the hoy's fall, on the hard tx)ttum
, was one which rendered him unconscious.
Nothing was known of the hoy's
fall, and Ids father reported the matter
to the police aud askeJ them to
help him in lidding the lad. Me stated
that the boy had left home to see the
cadavers which had been deserted on
the river line and had not been seen
since. When found the. 1 h?y was in
a semi-conscious condition and almost
frozen, the little water In the well
t'lllllimr III in fi> li.? mufpikui
^^ i/w tm. 'iiui n/u,
When lie was taken from the well
the little fellow could hardly speak,
and it was some time before he was
resuscitated, lie said that the fall
had rendered him unconscious and
regained his senses that afternoon, lie
then begun making desperate cITorts
to get out of the well, digging steps
In the side of the well, using only Ids
hands to cut, Into the dirt. I lis hands
were bleeding and lacerated when rescued.
Ills efforts to escape, however,
had proven fruitless, the well having
caved in about half way up, and he
could not. pass the eaved-ln-place.
Atlanta Journal.
\ Thrilling kncA|)?.
A mother, father, infant and servant
were rescued by tlrcmcn from
suirocatiou in a lire which occurred
at Richmond, Va., last Wednesday
morning. The family were all asleep
at the time their lives were endangered.
The household consisted of It. Ij.
Charles, his wife and infant son, and
a servant named Rosa Carter Rireman
K. II. Harris reached the third
Moor by moans of a ladder. lie found
Hie room dense with smoke and the
family fast becoming suffocated. He
| snatched up the baby, wrapped it in
| his coat and handed it to another lireI
man. thou (III t.lio larldor wlm < irrU.il
it, to a place or safety. Returning,
the lirst lireman wrapped Mrs. Charles
in a <111 i 11 and then carried iier to the
window and handed her to a third
lireman, who landed her safely. Mr.
Charles was then awakened and descended
the ladder with the assistance
of the llrcmon. The servant, when
aroused, became so excited that she
started to climb down the ladder head
lirst, and would have been dashed to
pieces on the ground below, but for
fireman No. I, who set her right and
assisted her In reaching the street.
I,OHt Flnr llnlr
Miss Eva Merrell, a pretty and
popular society girl of Carrollton, Ga.,
lost her beautiful hair Thursday night
through the combination of a lamp
light and a celluloid comb.
She was reading and became so
Inerested in her book she did notice
that Iter head was nearly against the
lamp on the table. The flame of the
lamp heated the comb site wore in her
hair and i>efore she. was aware of her
danger the comb had ignited and her
head was enveloped in a mass of fire.
She attempted to brush the flames
from her hair and badly burned her
hands. Finally she conquered the
flames, hut her magniflcient suit of
hair was gone and one side of her face
was badly burned.
A KaiI Acchh ni.
At Cocoa, Fla.,ata Charavarl parf
1/ iri unn Yf r ?? r\/l VI r*j I ??? ? /dd
\jj *?* . uiiu lum. i^uuv/Hf <H1 <J1U
cannon used in tiic serenade burst.
Mrs. It. B. Holmes' le# was so shattered
that amputation l>clow the knee
was necessary. Arthur Lapham's ley
was fractured. The knee of W. M.
l'aterson, and the thltfh of his wlft
were injured. Ccortfe Whate, Will
Itansom and Hugh Connor were als<
Inirt. The cannon was an old one
rescued from the wreck of the British
steamer off Sebastian.
Killed by * Fall.
Chas. Marsch, 40 years old, died
Thursday in the yard of the Consolidated
Has company, Avenue A and
Twenty-tirst street, New York, from
the effects of a fall received while
wrestling with a chum and lifelong
friend, Thomas J. Bowers. I'owert
was detained at the police station, and
Is heartbroken.
ire a Cold In Oi
mo Quinine Tablets.
month*. This signature,
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NO. 35
A GliAIN IiOUSK
, ,
' And Not the Hessian Fly U the
Thing That is
M DESTROYINO THE OAT CROP.
I:
I In- I.liilo I*i mi IIiih Done Much
i Dumnuo to the Orowlnir Gn(?,
Itut Dm Dttyn Are
\ u tube roil.
l'n?r. Charles 10. Cham bliss c?f Olemon
college, an ex per ionised entomologist.
wis in Orangeburg for a few
hour.s Wednesday and has encouraging
tidiug.s for the farmorsof Orangeburg,
Itambcrg, Clarendon, Sumter, Floieneo,
I >ai lington, Marllmro, Lee,
llichlau I and Saluda counties, where
the so-called Hessian lly has been
playing wild havoc with the oats and
other small grain crops.
In some sections of these counties
tiie crop has been almost totally" dcul.iU.Ad
1 ? ?- - ? ? 1 -
numjiu, <uiii one pui^ue is or sucn a
serious nature that the State ixiard of
entomology sent Professor Chambllss
out to study the destroyer and, If possible,
to advise some means of exterminating
it; and lie lias been successful
in Ids research. Professor Chambliss
lias visited Darlington, Florence,
and Orangeburg counties so far, and
finds tire cause and conditions the
same In each. Professor Chamblhs
says that the damage has been done,
not by the Hessian lly, but oy a small
grain louse. This enemy obtains Its
fond by Inserting its jointed beak in
the stem and leaves of the oats, by
which it sucks the sap and if it does
not completely kill the plant, will
cause the grain to be severely injured
and shriveled. There is no practical
remedy, but this need not cause alarm
for, at present, the natural enemy or
the louse has checked Its ravages*
These natural enemies will keep tl.*e
louse in hounds, and If there were a
practical remedy there would lie no
need of applying It. These natural
enemies of the louse arc bugs of foi.r
species, and not unlike the potato bug]
These bugs feed on the louse and ale
rapidly exterminating them. Dry or
cyol weather retards the work of the
louse, so that with favorable weather,
aided by the bugs, It Is not thought
their ravages can continue longer.
The broadcasting of air-slacked lime
when It strikes the Insects will kill
them, but not in sufficient numtiers to
make this remedy pay. The appllca*
tlon of nitrate of soda at 75 pounds
per acre w ill unquestionably stimulate
the plant to vigorous growth which
mli/lit nunliln It t/> r?ul^? . ?
viitvi/iv i v ww vniou tin; illtilLii UI
the louse, ImL (to Immediate results
could he obtained by Its use and it
would prove a needless expense, as the
natural enemies have already so greatly
reduced the numbersof the louse as
to remove the fear of further Injury.
Professor Chamhliss says that all
volunteer oats should Ihj destroyed,
and that In planting next fall It must
he done on land not now Infected.
However, full instructions for future
guidance will he given in the bulletin
to he issued this summer. Professor
Chamhliss urges as much publicity in
the weekly papers as possible, so that
the farmers may he informed speedily,
thereby saving them expense and
worry.
Mid Cheers and Hisses.
A dispatch from Detroit recently
says: Senator Hen. it. Tillman of
South Carolina was greeted with alternate
storms of cheers and hisses
when he delivered an impassioned address
on race problem at the Light
Guard Armory, the audience being
evidently divided between upholders
of his ideas and strenuous opponents
of them. He said the North demanded
majority rule and with a sneer added
that there were 2:if>,000 more negroes
than white people in South Carolina.
"It will mean that more blood
will Mow than was shed in the civil
war if you persist in trying to subject
us to the domination of the blacks,"
he said. "You butchered the Indians
and shut out the Chinamen, hut hud
It been known by the soldiers who surrendered
with Lee that it was your
; devilish intent to set up the negro
over the white man we would have
fought you till now." Upon the sena1
tor's reference to some of Sherman's
s army us hummers, chicken thieves
and carpetbaggers, his northern audience
broke out Into such violent hissing
that the speech was Interrupted
and some of the more timid ones in the
audience feared trouble.
The Htato* Claim.
! The Columbia Record says there Is
considerable misunderstanding among
, the newspapers of the country in reI
gard to that 189,120 war claim which
, Senator Tillman secured recently from
, the government and the Philadelphia
' Press recently stated that the sum
grew out of a claim In 1812 on which
only 34 cents was due. Phis misunderstanding
grew out of a statement
I made by the auditor of the treasury
. in regard to a claim which the governI
mi'iiL hud ai/alnat t.hlu furrtoai r/w
i in# government property in Charleston
. at the betflnuinK of the civil war. Tho
r aiuiitor stated that if tills claim was
( paid by the state a balance of 34 cents
I would be due. No attention was
paid to the claim however.
tie Day 1
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