The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 09, 1904, Image 1
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|ggHThree Million Dollars Increase
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K of equalization has
ors and has announcHnts
upon cotton mill
Hi Is State. The total
pPFease of $3,200,000 over
^^The Increased Income of
Hon the 6 mill levy will be
ooo.
Hal amount of taxable mill
Bas represented In the assessHf
1003 was $34 557.705 and for
Htent year $37,762,060. The
fetae to tjie building of new
^b^Hct Chat there were
Hftion .and Paoolet last
Herd will meet on the
W of 'the committee on
Vwas adopted und the fol*
Hpssments made:
Re County?Abbe ville cotton
F33.130.
1 County?ClcarWater, $300,aiiKley
Manufacturing Com$700,000;
Aiken, $360,000;
Ville, $840,000, Warren, $505,reon
County?Anderson cotton
[750,000; Cox Manufacturing
|, $105,000; Orr cotton mills,
I; Riverside, $110,500; II. C.
pi, |25,000 Coroncca, $15,000;
*T?iuu7uuu; tjunueruss, ?i>,uuu;
Hll, $107,800; Pendleton cotH
$20,00; Pendleton ManufaoHompany,
$50,000; Helton
H),000; Brogan mills, $107,Hola,
$160,735; Pelzer ManuHompatiy,
$1,500,000; PiedHufacturlng
company, $1,Hilllaroston
mills, $200,000.
H County?Bamberg cotton
H>00._
HH^HflKTcbcrokec Falls
^H)any, $250,000;
Himpany, $41,840;
Huring company,
H, $127,000; VulHny,
$7,500.
H-Eureka cotton
HPprlng&tein mills,
HFlte, $160,000; MonB^ounty?Maunlng
IIosK5,500.
HT Coa^fy?Colleton cotton
K ? Darlington
^tiy, $450,000;
H201,210.
Tigeliv.ld ManuHs.OOO.
^hdr field cotton
^^latesvllle CotR',000;
Brandon,
H, $47,500; Foun American
SpitiH
0,000; Carolina
HrAr. l'oe ManufacHHHHH^'bOOO;
Huguenot
He 1 OO.ooo; Mis Manufacturing
Hany (95 per cent.), $359,865;
Hghan, $536,700; McGhee ManuHrlog
company, 60,000; lteedy
Hr, 160,985; Union Bleaching and
Bmpany. 180,000; Woodside cot
mills, $80,000; Franklin mills,
ffffltyO; Pclham mills, $175,893;
\ Blmonfc Manufacturing company
, H Anderson county.)
:?H*reenwood County?Ninety-Six cot/:' !
mill, $61,760; Glendale, $350,000;
Heenwood cotton mills, $188,750.
^ Kershaw County?Camden cotton
^HU^ttr$145,000; DeKalb cotton mills,
- ^"Haster County?Lancaster cotHl)a*$726,207.
HOflunty?Lydia cotton
1 Banna cotton mills,
ItlP^^^'H11re.ns cotton mills, $525,^^^Cwatts
cotton mills, $155,430;
cotton mills, $172 500.
fi|M!exington County?L e x i n g t o n
;-Biufacturing company, $50,000;
&*dleburg mills, $81,200; Saxe
^?>000>
ijraHHrlbn County?Maple, $85,000;
^^^HLcotyHUls, $98,300; llamer,
^^^^^^^J^Kotton mills, $30,000;
iu_ t J
V80ia out' ?nu re?Octorora
mills,
cotton mills, $700,^^ ^Wrry
County?Glen Lowry
gMmfacturlng company, $500,000;
^ ahan, $235,000; Newberry cotton
ffiUs, $470,000.
K|konee County?Courtney Manufaci^Jkcompany,
$350,000; Seneca cot||^4:BM^$240,000;
Walballa cotton
|||1H20,000; Oheswell, $140,000.
^^Wmgeburg County?Orange mills,
lllMpO; Orange Mfg. Co., $200,000.
||i|BkenB County?Easley cotton
S||||m$345,255; Norrls cotton mills,
|3g||Bil; Liberty cotton mills, $113,ggggMenwood,
$207,000; Issaquena,
IraPliAid County?Capital Ci^
Columbia Mills oomn^K|
HjajajigMrfuihg- $800,000; 01ynM|||
H^P^^^^A^metto, $50,250.Mg|||
co^S
^^^^^Kirg County?Ark wrlght
sS^^y?0.000; Clifton Mfg. Co..
^^^^^Sk)wpens Mfg. Co., $60,00^
$26,600; Drayton, $lTJfl
jlgBBpPMie. $020,000; Tyger millsJP
$68?&0(h Flngerville, $50,*
D. E. Converse Co., $500,B^^^lctor
Mfg. Co., $437,500; Inman
llgra (95 per cent.,) $287,650; Blue
gSMe hosiery mills, $30,000; Valley
HPPb Mfg. Co., $00,250; Pelham mllli
(see Greenville,) $19,110; PacoletMfg,
Co., $500,000; Beaumont, $100,000;
8*xon mills, $294,000; Spartan mills,
$1,300,000; Tucapau, $495,650; Whitney,
$385,000; Woodruff, $105,000:
Apal*0fce, $315,000; Arcadia, 129,115
Union County?Buffalo ootton mills,
$300,000 Joncsvillo Mfg. Co., $150,700
Aeto* ootton mills, $138,750; Look
hart ootton mills, $563,000; Excelsloi
knitting mills, $149,500; Monarch oot
k mills, $350,000; Union oottoi
Mills. $1,089,100.
EBKprk County?Bowling Green knit
MgAfcills, $15,000; Oloyer cottoi
HHB^OOO; FortMU^U^Co.
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306; IMhland Park Mfg. Co., $187,500;
Manchester cotton mills, $231,325;
Victoria $72,000; Tavora, $50,000;
York (05 per cent.,) $172,500;
Chlcora, $00,000; Fewell waste mills,
$2,500.
OIL MILLS ASSKSSED
^The assessment made ou oil mills
nr was adopted for this year
WP following changes:
Aiken Industrial company, $31,200
00 pencent. $18,170.
Darlington, oil mill, $05,000, 00 per
cent. $39,000.
South Carolina Cotton Oil company
at Gi^envllle, $48,200.
SWthern Cotton Oil company at
Greenville, $9,680.
Dillon Oil company (burned), $5,400.
Cowpens Cotton Oil company, $20,000,
00 per cent? $12,000,rebuilt.
Rich Illll, $18,000, 00 per cent 10,800.
capital Increased.
NKW MILLS ASSKSSKD.
Cotton Oil company, Denmark, $20,*
000; 00 per cent. $12,000.
Hroadway oil company, Helton,
$22,000; $13,200.
Clarendon Oil company, St. Paul,
$10,000; $9,600.
independent Cotton Oil company,
Timmonsville, 11,000; $6,000.
TlmmonsvilleOil mill, $29,000; $17,400.
g
Cameron Oil company, $20,000; $12,000.
Rowesvlllo, $20,000; $12,000.
Wllklnsville, $15,000; $9,000.
Prosperity, $20,000; $12 000.
Walterboro Oil company, $25,000;
$15,000.
Goldville Oil company, $12,000; $7,200.
Seaboard Oil company, $32,000; $19,200.
Townvllle Oil company, $10,000;
$9,000.
Lee County Manufacturing company,
$25,000; $15,000.
Westminster. $20,000; $12,000.
Fort Motte, $20,000; $12,000.
Donnald Cotton Oil oompany, $16,000;
$9,000.
Jonesville, $20,000; $12,000.
Williamsburg, $30,000; $18,000.
Pauline Cotton Oil company, $20,000;
$12,000.
Pickens, $20,000; $12,000.
KKKTILIZKK PLANTS.
The assessments on fertilizer factories
were not changed, the follwlng report
having been adopted:
We recommend that all assessments
stand same as last year. While we
tind many of the assessments reduced
we see no reason for same, as wo have
no Information at our command to
warrant same:
Anderson Fertilizer company, Anderson
county, $00,000.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company,
Beaufort county, $106,000.
Ashepoo Fertilizer -company, Charleston
county, $78,000.%
Ktlwan fertilizer company, Charleston
county, $15,120.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company
(Atlantic works), Charleston
county, $118,200.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company
(Chlcora works), Charleston
county, $100,050.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company
(Berkeley works), Charleston
county, $50,808.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company
(Imperial works), Charleston
county, $110,910.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company
(Standard works), Charleston
county, $180,810.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company
(Stono works), Charleston county,
$122,2:15.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company
(Wando works), Charleston county,
$01,488.
Reaiir Prosphate company, Charleston
colnty, $41,049.
VItkWi la-Carol I na Chemical company,
^erokee county, $32,982.
Georgia Chemical works, Colleton
county, $111,421.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company,
Dorchester county, $54,000.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical company,
Greenville county, $80,956.
VirKlnia-Carollna Chemical company,
Richland county, $75,000.
F. S. Royster Guano company, Richland
county, $46,180.
Spartanburg Fertilizer company,
Spartanburg county, $7,000.
I Total, $1,553,474.
I > Killed by Lightning.
|?, Columbia State says a bolt of
jB'ghTOlDK Instantly killed little Jacob
ZHAO A 1 O irAAM / ?!/! ?? ' $ $ " ?- -
f$co, ? iu jrc?i'uiu ujiiuii ixjiii upure
of the Olympia village, Tuesday
rnoon at 20 minutes to 7. The boy
sitting on a little bench next the
p of Galne's store, which is locaton
the Bluff road in the mill village
about 100 yards from Wales'
hoijne. The boy's face was slightly
scratched, but otherwise there were no
malrks on the body and the coroner's
physician testified that there were no
bones broken. Standing in the door of
the store within two feet of the boy
was\C. 0. Lawhorn, also.an operative.
locked backward on the floor
iot injured. T. E. Mitchell,
, wno was standing behind
er near the side door, about
om the front door, was not
ked, hesays. The flash folthe
loud report like that of a
^Vhtened a horse attached to
Rf iar the side door and Mr.
%nfl stopped him from
way. "W. T. Cox, a laundry
ver in the store at the time,
ilightly shocked. The bench
the boy sat was under a shed
whloh shelters the door and surroundings.
^qar the bench a high wire fence
connects with the corner of the store
room. There was no scorching of any
, of the surroundings.
1 Ilattle With a Hawk.
Freeman Lane, a wealthy farmer,
' eighty years old, bad a fierce battle
[ with a huge hawk in bis woods near
. Sayvilie, iL. I., Wednesday, while
| strolling in a pine wood. When near
a pine in whloh there was a hawks'
! nest one of the birds swooped down
! upon the old man, struck him squarer
ly in the face and knocked him down
? ten feet in a gully. The hawk conj
tinned 8oratohing his face, and for a
long time the old qaan lay as dead.
. Lane rallied his remaining strength,
i crawled out of the Wood and reaohed
horde. Ills face was badly torn by
L thAhird'a talons and he was suffering
^rojj^vere shock.
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MURDER OR SUICIDE.
* A
A Man Killed While Riding in a
New York Cab.
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WOMAN WITH HIM ARRESTED. f<
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Man Killitl While HIh Wile y
Waited lor llim at I'ior 1
to Hall With Her for n
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Kuropo. n
At New York Frank T. Young, ^
known on the turf as "Caesar" Young, ,
bookmaker, horse owner and stockholder
in Pacific coast race tracks, ?
was shot and killed in a hansom cab j(
Saturday while on his way to the
White Star line pier to Joiu his wife
with whom he was to have sailed for
Europe. Mrs. Young was waiting at
the pier when the news of her hus- j
band's death reached her.
At tlrst the death was reported as a
suicide but various circumstances
caused the police later to change ,
their views.
With Young in the cab when a po- ^
liccman was called was Mrs. Nan Pat- '
terson, formerly an actress, whese ?
stage name was "Nan Randolph,"
who is said to have been a memhnr nf
the original "Florodora" sextette. .
She told the policeman that Young
had shot himself after announcing to t
her that he was about to go to Europe, '
to be gone probably for several
months. The policeman told the
coroner, however, that the revolver ,}
was In the man's pocket and that he
did not believe Young could have put .!
it there after shooting himself. Young
died about live minutes after the po- ,!
1 iceman first saw him.
The woman was taken to a police ,
station where she collapsed. There
was a remarkable scene in the station
when Young's partner a man named
Milin, called there. lie said Young
never carried a revolver and that ho "
did not believe the death was due to P
a self in-fllcted wound. Millln said .l
that Young, who came here from
England 10 or 15 years ago a poor ^
man, was worth more than a half mil- 1
lion. 0
RUSH AT WOMAN.
Shortly after Millln made this statement
Mrs Patterson was brought in
to be taken to the coroner's otlice 1
Millln was leaning against the rail 11
when he saw her. He started at her ^
with a rush. She shrank back aga'nst 0
a detective. Millln again rushed at ^
her, but two or three detectives grab- l1
bed him and held him until the wo- 11
man was out of sight. Millln shouted t
at her as she left the station house.
The woman was taken to Coroner 11
brown's private olllce and closeted ^
with him. While there Mlllin ap- *
peared. He trial to break into the n
room and get at the woman again but 11
was prevented. lie called the woman e
names and shouted that tic would kill (
her If he had a weapon. w
Mrs. Patterson made a statement
to the coroner. She said she was the c
niece of the cashier of a lead ng New
York bank. Continuing, Mis. Pat- e
terson said she heard a muflled report
directly Young had told her he was ?
going to leave her. She said she did 01
not see any pistol. She said she be- n
lieved he shot himself with the pistol
in his coat pocket. The b rid in c
which Mrs. Patterson was held was at a
lirst ilxed at $1,000, she being held as d
a witness, but this was later increased a
to $5,000 by the coroner on the re- c
quest of the police officials. o
Mlllin, the partner of Young, in- *
sisted upon being connected with the c
case and was held in $1,000 bail as a a
witness, which he furnised at once. a
The coroner later looked over the s
statement made by Mrs. Patterson
and found some testimony which he t
had not made pulic. Mrs Patterson" 1
in her statement had said that while f
riding down west Broadway, she heard i
a muffled pistol shot. r
HANDLKl) THE I'IBTOL.
"How do you know it was a pistol a
shot?" the coroner asked.
"Because I took the pistol out of f
his pocket and put it back again," she
answered.
"After the shooting?"
4 "Yes." I
An autopsy was performed on the f
body of Young. At the conclusion of j
the autopsy the examining physician s
said he was unable to say whother the
vYuuuu wu,m neii-iniiietea or noi. The
bullet entered the body high up on the
left side. It had a downward course,
passed through the left lung and lodg- 1
cd In the fourth vertebrae. 1
j Later in the day the coroner com- 8
mitted Mrs. Patterson to the Tombs a
without bail. There was no formal ac- ^
cusation made against her, but the v
coroner decided it was better not to 1
commit her as a witness c
Young was an Englishman by birth. 1
lie was brought to this country In 1890 1
by the old Manhattan club as a rep- 1
resentative amateur athlete of England.
Young several years ago .pur- 1
chased race horses, one of them being 8
Eonio, which won the Iiurns handicap, ^
one of the big race stakes in California. 1
Mrs. Young, then a bride, trained the *
horse and nearly $50,000 was won by 1
them on the race. Young brought a c
string of horses east with him when he v
came there about a month ago. The (
most noted of them was Cunard and r
Water Cure. Mrs. Patterson met *
Young in California and it is under- *
stood she came east about the same
time he did. According to Young's
friends the trip to Europe had for Its
objection the breaking off of his ac- s
quaintance with Mrs. Patterson. Mrs. &
Young left the pier when told of her t
husband's death and was taken to a ?>
friend's home, she was completely pros- i
trated. t
The coat and shirt worn by Young j,
have been examined In the coroner's c
offloe. There was no trace of powder i
marks and no bullet hole In the coat c
pocket In which the pistol was found. r
Stole trie Money, j
A loss of from $30,000 to $00,000 I
through the embezzlement of Its 1
funds by a trusted employe, Douglass r
M. Smith, is admitted by the officers 2
of the National Tradesmens bank of k
New Haven, Conn. The exact loss Is I
not yet known. Smith, who was pay- t
Ing and receiving teller of the bank, t
has acknowledged volantarlly that he c
embezzled about $30,000 and the grea- v
tor Awtnf it. If not all, within^ the t
pfMKot or nine months.
M m
ONWAY, S. C., TH
DROWNED IN THE CATAWBA.
, Prominent Youiik M?ii ol Hock
Hill liOHOH HIh Life.
The Rock Hill correspondent of
'he State says a peculiarly sad and unjrtunatc
accident occurred Saturday
venlng at about U..'10 o'clock when J.
tarr Moore, only son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter 11. Moore, and one of Hock
I ill's mast highly esteemed young
len, met his death while swimming
i the Catawba river. The heroic
ctionof hiscompanion, lliram White,
i the subject of general commendalon.
The two young men left the
Ity for the river Saturday evening to
0 swimming. They had gone out to
n island in the river and were retumlg
to shore when young Mr. White
oticed that his companion was sinkig.
Going to his rescue White was
ragged by him to the bottom, where
ftcr a struggle he was forced to leave
itn, he being barely able to free himjlf
and rise to the surface. Not giv1
it iin hno/nuiir lio m-muiim)
Pt j * ?V> MidUU^UU UV uitl^
lie unconscious form of his friend into
tiallow water. At this point he was
j completely exhaused that he finally
Mlnquished his etlorts and crawled
ut upon the shore.
Later with the aid of the ferryman,
rhom he summoned to his assistance,
e brought the body from the water.
>ressing it Mr. White drove home
lone, seven miles, supporting the
ody in his arms. When he reached
own Mr. White went tirst to the
Lev. Mr. Lingle, pastor of the l'resyterian
church, and in company they
arrled the Iwxly to the young man's
orac. The mother was sitting upon
he porch awaiting the return of her
on. After yielding his charge Mr.
Wiite had himself to be taken home.
Young Mr. Moore was in the insurnce
business in the otllce of Capt. W.
V. Hoyce and was but 21 years of
ge. lie was talented and industries
and especially devoted to his
lothcr, whose happiness was his chief
oncern in life. A new home built by
im as a present to 1/er had just been
urned over to him by the eontractrs.
The father, Mr. Walter II.
loore, is with the ltoddey Mercantile
ompany.
I/ooUh Out I'or liimsolf.
The Southern Cultivator and Dixie
"armor grows quite indignant over
he argument that the worlds demand
for cotton will make it imperaive
for the South to supply an enorrmous
crop next season. All such
alk, it dtclares is diametrically op
os?d to the Interests of the farmers
nd in favor of the factors, manufaeurers
and transporters. "It Is woneiful,"
says "The Cultivator, "liow
iuch interest these part ies seem txo
i el in the welfare of the Indian, tlie
Egyptian, the African, and the Gerlan,
and fear that the Aiu?p!can faroer,
In looking after his own n,t?>rsts,
will fail to look after the intersts
of all these other nations. They
rould greatly prefer to see the
oiling Southern farmer straining ills
redit, and his strength in the elTort
o cult ivate two or three million of
xi,ra acres or cot,tun ana producing
wo or three million extra bales and
ailing the ent're output at 10 or 12
ents, and thereby making about
othing as clear protlt, rather than
ee him with comparative ease and
omfort to himself cultivate the usual
mount and produce the usual 10,#,000
or 11,000,000 bales and sell it,
sThey claim at eighteen or twenty
ents They seem to bo utterly obvius
of the fact that the .100,000,000 or
00,000,000 extra, which the small
rop would bring tc the South and
nd distribute among the farmers
nd through them would produce a
tate of business activity and pros erlty
as was never known in
he South before. In other words
hey asked every farmer to preer
to raise twelve biles of colon
to the horse and sell it at 10 cents,
ather than produce ten bales and
ell it at 18 cehts. They do not seem
o care what becomes of the farmer in
11 this great battle in the linancial
vorld. They brazenly ask him to
orego his own interests, to work to
lis own injury, to plant, produce and
ather an extra large crop, simple and
olely for the benelit of the factors,
nanufacturers and foreigners." We
ully agree with The Cultivator and
)ixle Farmer. The Southern farmer
hould l<x)k out for himself.
A Bloody Fight.
At Knoxviile, Tenn., says a bloody
ight occurred at midnight in a resaurant
on Central street. As a rcult
one man is dead and two others
ire mortally wounded. Constables
*. C. Gamble and T. W. McCarty
vere eating when Lumand Wash Mller,
negroes, came into the p'ace and
irdered something to eat. McCarty
old the negroes to wait until they
lad finished. A war of words folowed.
Then Wash Miller struck at
Jonstable Oamblc with a knife and
he trouble started. Lum Miller was
hot through the head by Gamble and
filled, but not until he had shot Gam>le
through the abdomen and twice in
,he right leg. Wash Miller was shot
through the right arm and in the
shest by a negro named Cook, who
vas trying to hit Constable McCarty.
3ook escaped. The two wounded
nen are at the hospital and can live
)ut a few hours at most. Gamble has
>een an afllcer for several years.
A Fatal Card Came.
A serious shooting scrape occurred
it Piedmont on last Sunday afternoon
it a negro cabin, as a result of which
,wo negroes, Jerry Dial and Henry
sherman, are dead and another War en
Samples, is fatally wounded.
\ gang of them, it appeals, bad congregated
at this cabin for a game of
lards and were all equipped with the
lsual accompaniments, pistols and
sorn liquor. One of the negroes, Jery
Dial, died with the goods on him,
,he deuce of hearts, nine spot of dlanonds
and 35 cents, which he held In
its bands when death claimed him.
rhe gerleral supposition is that the
ow started from a dispute over the
15 cents above mentioned. It is not
mown how many shots were ilred or
low many negroes were present when
he engagement commenced, though
he negroes who were shot each revived
two shots and the two who
vere killed were both shot in the
>ack. Two bottles of cheap whiskey
rer^^up^near^h^|^ negroes.
COP
UR&DAY. JUNE I).
YEMAN'S HALL.
One of the Old Colonial Houses of
Lower Carolina.
8ITUATED ON OLD GOOSE CREEK, j
Secret I'uHHagoH of the Old Manulon,
Which Ih Now UiiIiik
to ltuiiiM. Suhl to Ho
Haunted.
In tho busy rush of our own times,
surrounded by all the conveniences
and luxuries, it is like reading a
romance of another ago, when we '
pause and consider the lives of those
who preceded us In the days when this
land was young. Their quiet, and to
us uneventful lives, seem so full of
peace, and yet llke*us, they had their
cares and anxieties, and perhaps often
greater trials. They went more slowly,
but they had a hard battle to wage in
reclaiming the wilderness.
I will invite my readers to go back
with me about a century and a half
and take a peep at the home and
homo life of one of the stately and
busy dames of that period.
On tho banks of Goose Creek there
still stands the ruins of an old mansion
built about the year HUM, by Sir
John Yemans, and sold by him to
Thomas Smith, Landgrave of South
Carolina. The house was of brick,
remarkable for their small size, and
as an evidence that these peoples' lives
were not altogether passed In peace,
the house was fortified aga'nst the '
attacks of Indians. The walls of the
hn?r>m<vnt itnrl of t lin lir^t
W* W??v inou ou\?4 j nm
provided with loopholes, and an under- '
ground vaulted passage led to the
oreck, where boat# were concealed, so
that In ease the house was tired the
family could make their escape.
Between the celling and Moor of one
of the rooms was arranged a small 1
secret chamber, access to which was 11
had through a trap door concealed In
a closet on the second lloor.
The house was entered from the
front, the door leading Into a large
hall, from which led doors Into other 1
rooms. We are told by one who wrote 1
of this old house many years ago, that '
the walls of this hall were painted In
landscape and tiny glided cherubs
spread their wings above the arches
of the panels. A huge llreplace stood
In one corner, decomted with Dutch
tiles, representing scriptural scenes.
Passing to the hack of this hall, a
stairway led to the upper rooms; holes
were pierced at Intervals In the wall,
so that if an entrance was forced into 1
the hall the defenders could tire upon
the enemy.
Almcst within a stone's throw of
the house Is the family burying
ground, where sleep several genera- i
tlons of those who inhahltated the ,
old mansion. i
We gather from certain old records, i
that It was customary in those days
(1740), to remain upon the plantation
all the year round, and there are some
letters written to friends in Charles- (
ton Inviting them to come Into the (
country In July and August, to escape \
the heat of the city. i
Now let us take a look ntothe busy ;
home life of the mistress of this old
mansion, Madame S , was left a
widow with a large family of children i
and step-children; she proved herself
a most etllcient manager, and was aid- (
ed by a worthy man, Mr. Elorton, i
who appears to have tilled the position
of schoolmaster, and general
factotum of the establishment. He
kept a journal of everything that
transplre l, and it Is from this old record
that we gain an insight into the
dally life of the plantation. To quote
i some of these entries will give a hotter
Idea of this life than 1 could describe,
and so 1 will uso his own
words:
"January 20, 17 10. Madam went
to Mr. Sam Waring's and remained
until 24th.
"January 25th she rented Hack
River Plantation to Peter Husklns,
27th went to church with Mr. Archer
Smith, :10th, sold seven cords of wood
and killed hogs.
"February 20th ?Settled with Madam
for the year. She paid balance In
my favor.
"March 17th Miss Hetsey Smith
and her niece Nancy Waring, came
from Goose Creek from Nancy's uncle,
who sent her to me to school, and to
live with her stop-grandmother, Madame
S
"May 14th?John and Archer S.
came to school.
"May 28th?Received letter from
Capt Grange to appear and muster on
an alarm.
"Thirty-seven negroes taken up and
carried before Mr. Colleton; kept guard
all night in sundry places; this afternoon
came from muster Held, and went
again at night after setting patrols.
"July 12th? Madame went to Mr.
Ralph Izard's to pay her tax; it
amounted to ?138.
"July 23- Madame and Miss Hetsey
went to hear Mr. Whitlield preach;
and the dog, Jowler, died.'*
These are only a few of the entries
In this queer old record, and go to show
how busy were the lives lived by these
people.
\/r - TAl ~ -4. ...? I? %-?_
itii, rjicriAJii wii? vury uaruiui in 111M
notes, recording the negro Insurrection
of 1740 as well as the fact that "the
do# Jowler died," and that he had llnIshed
the "potter cellar."
Madame was kept busy with her
household affairs, she went In person
to pay her taxes, attended to the
schooling <?f her children, and those of
her relatives. She was a "dissenter,"
for she went often to near the noted
Mr. Whlttield preach. With It all she
found leisure for reading, for we are
told that a negro boy was sent at intervals
to Dorchester for books from
the circulating library, He went about
twelve miles, mounted a horse and
carrying a bag made of cow-skin, with
the hair Inside to prevent scratching
the book.
Madame S lived to a good old
age, and lies In the family burying
ground nearby the now deserted and
ruined mansion. She died in 1777,
and a quaint story is told, how she
still haunted the scenes of her busy
life.
A governess was employed In the
family many years after; one Sunday
morning she stole away to her chamber
and indulged in the very naughty
pleaauro of reading a novel called
n* a I d
, 1904.
"TheTurkish Spy." Deeply Interested
In the thrilling talc, she heard footsteps
approaching, the chamber door
opened noiselessly, and an old lady of
bengtn countenance aupeard, dressed
In a brown silk gown, with white
muslin kerchief pinned across her
breast, and wearing a close cap. The
governess supposing her to be a visitor,
arose and offered her a seat; the
figure advanced, pointed to the open
novel, and passed silently on Into another
room where she disappeared.
The description of the figure, and
Its dress corresponded to the appearance
of Madame S no ono else
had seen her, and thus the spirit of
the stern "dissenter" had comeback
to rebuke the desecration of the
Sabbath in her old home. From that
tlmo we are told the governess was
more particular In her selection of
Sunday reading and we suppose confined
herself to tracts and other religious
works. J. I. W. In Charleston
l'ost.
MIXED HIS LETTER8 UP.
Put IIIh Pension niul liiHtirnnco .\|?l?llentIoiin
in Wrong lOnvelopofi.
besides being a statesman, Senator
Drydeu of New Jersey Is also the
president of a prominent life Insurance
company. The other day he
received a letter like this: "Dear
Sir: 1 am desirous of taking out a
life insurance policy, and as 1 am from
your state, I thought 1 would write
you directly, thinking I might get
bettor terms, especially as I am In
the best of health and would be an
excellent ilsk. 1 have never suffered
a day's serious illness in my life. 1
would lie glad If you would have one
of your agents directed to give my
matter personal attention. Very truly
yours, John Smith."
The next letter the senator picked
up had been forwarded to him from
the insurance company's main ottlce,
and was along this line: "Dear Sir:
Uan't you get me a pension? I served
In ll?. Unnnlol. - <
uuv ? ipuuinii mill lA/lillivrtuu iV IUVl'1
In Cuba, and have since suffered with
weakness of the back and legs, shock
lo nervous system, diseases of the
stomach and digestive organs, vertigo
mil other ailments until 1 am a physical
wreck. If anything is to he done
for me it must come soon. Very
respectfully, John Smith."
Mr. Smith had made the embarrassing
mistake of addressing the application
for pension to the insuranceotllce
and t lie letter about the policy to
Washington. Had he not done this
Ids deception would probably never
have been discovered. As a result
Smith will receive neither thy pension
nor the podcy.
A High HaiMlod t*rocno(ling.
Mr. Josephus Daniels, editor of the
Ilatletgh News and Observer, was recently
sentenced by United States
Judge Purnell for contempt of court
and was ordered to pay a lino of $2,1)00,
in default of which he was to go
to Jail for thirty days. The ground
for the imposition of the fine was that
Mdltor Daniels had adversely criticised
a ruling of the judge in a railroad
case In which the state was interested
and which ias created much discussion
and some feeling in the Old North
State. Mr. Daniels refused to pay the
line anmwent to jail. Ho could easily
have paid the tine himself, hut he had
offers of assistance amounting to over
$100,000 from friends and sympathisers.
This kindness, while appreciated
was refused, Mr. Daniels preferring
to stand on his legal rights. Accordingly
lie appealed to Judge Pritchard
for release on habeas corpus proceedings.
The habeas corpus writ was
heard by Judge Jeter C. Pritchard,
the new justice of the fourth, district,
who came from Washington for that
purpose. Justice Pritchard sat alone,
though tiiis week the federal court is
in session and Judge Purnell is on
hand. A rirnmont. wan m;idr> for Mr
Daniels by ex-Judge It. VV. Winston
and by instructions of Judge Prltchard
District Attorney Skinner represented
Judge Purncll. After argument Judge
Prltchard dismissed the ease and released
Mr. Daniels, saying that he
failed to iind anything in section 725,
revised United States statutes, to
warrant the action and hence ire
ordered the respondent dismissed.
Judge Pritchard, who relased Mr.
Daniels, and thereby rebuked very
severely Judge Purnell, who was recent
appointed to the bench by President
Roosevelt to succeed the late Judge
Simonton. PurnelPs action was highhanded,
and the people are to be congratulated
that a pure and up-right
man, like Judge Prltchard, lias the
power to review and reverse him.
Shot illiuHolf i>ca<l.
C. L. Saylor olllcc manager for the
Armour Packing company at South
Omaha, Nth., committed suicide at
Hanscomb park Thursday by shooting
himself through the head. The
act was committed an hour before the
time sot for Mr. Saylor's departure
for an Ohio sanitarium, where he was
going for treatment of his nervous system.
He had been a suirerer from
nervous prostration for nearly a year,
said to have been tire result of over-1
work. During the afternoon Saylor
had made all preparations for his eastern
trip and started for a stroll In the
park before startiirg to tire train. An
hour later his son walked throui/h the
park and discovered his father lying
near a path in a pool of blood. Saylor
was prominent In business and professional
clubs has been connected with
the Armour plant since its construction
several years ago. He was 48
years of age and leaves a widow and
four children.
MysterioiiM Murdora.
Soldiers at Fort Ftlian Allen which
Is located near Burlington, Vt., are
panic stricken by three mysterious
murders that have been committed on
men in the ranks and the fourth savage
attack upon an infantryman who
is now dying from stab wounds. All
of the details of the murders have
been kept\socret by officers, who are
in communication with General Corbin.
He is expected at the Fort to
take personal charge of the inquiry.
Homes are barricaded and men of the
district go heavily armed at night.
The names of the murdored men are
kept secret and nothing but the bare
facts are obtainable. The tirst murder
was three weeks ago Thursday.
The fact that all the victims were
soldiers leads to the belief that the
bloody deeds *r? the work of a deserter
who is oratjr; - !
fe v V
I,
EVERYBODY GOT DIAMONDS.
Kipri'HM Train 8how?ri VIII*ko With ^
I'reolouH Uctim.
A special to the New York Times
from Raleigh, N. C.,says: News has
l>oen received here that Lucama, a N
little town near this city, has l>ccn In
a state of ferment for the past week. T
()n Monday a passenger train was
wrecked near the station and several
ears were destroyed by tire, among
I hem the express car.
After the lire was put out men,
women and children began to pick
about In the ashes, one man found
a small object which proved to 1)6 a 0
small diamond worth $000. Iramedl- 1
ately It became known that there J
were diamonds In tho ashes crowds C
Hocked to the scene of the wreck. o
The night before the news was generally
known the man who made the e
discovery revisited the scene, carrying ti
a number of empty sacks. He tilled a
them with the ashes of the car. On
sifting them he uncovered diamonds o
to the value of $18,000, the railroad a
people are of tho opinion that the si
value of the stones still unaccounted S
for Is more than double that of those ci
already found. c<
The railroad later placed a guard ri
around the wreck. The railroad has si
not been requested to pay for tho tl
diamonds, nor has tho express com- d
pany. It Is believed they were stolen
goods being expressed to some point tl
South, and that the shippers are o
afraid to make known their identity, si
Several lawsuits have grown out of si
tllf? li lirlu rPlin nu/lml- of O.n uoll anno
?..w a iiv x/i uuu own r*ttjrn
that the diamonds belong to him un- tl
less the railroad demands them for a
the real owner. A negro found one ||
getn valued at a thousand dollars, o
The owner of the land on which t.he a'
wreck occurred sued him for the pos- p
session of the diamond, but the negro t,i
won. d
iTIio Weevil Cater. jjj
Dr. Cook says the ant he has dls- J'
covered in South America Is a natural tl
enemy of the cotton boll weevil, destroying
the pest before It, reaches the h
cotton bolls. Dr. Cook believes that a
If the ant can be acclimated In the w
United States it will put an end to a
the weevil. Secretary Wilson cabled I!
him to bring him some of the ants n
home with him. They will be placed p
in the Texas cotton Holds, and it, is ti
hoped that they will thrive in this
country. If they live through the b
winter they will be brought further w
north and int roduced to a colder ell- ii
mate. Secretary Wilson has had a a
sp cial bulletin printed. It, says: w
"If the cotton ant can survive a long
dry season and perhaps cold weather 1)
in the table-lands of Guatemala it S
might, easily learn to hibernate in
Texas, as lias the boll weevil. The ii
ant is much better abler to protect t
itself against frost, since it excavates w
a nest three or more feet into the h
ground. To take worker ants to h
Texas will be evidently a very easy v
matter, but to sdcure queeiv* and ea L<
tablish permanent colonies may re- a
quire considerable time and expori- C
ment. The Insect does not, do the rl
least injury to the cotton or to any o
other plant, so far as has bten ascer- v
tallied, and it can be handled with r<
impunity." Tho Augusta Chronicle v
says "the antl-boll-weevll ant may ii
yet prove the salvation of the Texas
coltxm fields, and the energetic, as
well as the sluggish, be willed upon to
consider her ways, since it pays." '
We hope it will. w
h
I'liilipplim Martyrs. -s
MaJ. Gen. Alnsworth, the military '
secretary, Thursday received from "
Gen. Wade, commanding the division Jof
the Philippines, a cable report of
the recent attack upon American j'
troops in Mindanao. The following is
an extract from the dispatch:
"Maj. Gen. Wood returned May (:
.'{Oth from an expedition to Lake Ligu- a
asan. The remains of olllcers and men a
killed in action May 8th were brought
to Cottabato and Interred. All's out- a
tit, a small aggregation of outlaws,
are now in hiding and will be pursued, r
captured and destroyed. No disturb- '
ances whatever In Cottabato valley. J.
i Following Is a complete list of casual- j
ties among enlisted men May 8th:
"Killed: George Wachter, Ewlng *
Quillen, Benjamin B. Nolde, Elbert 1
W. Osborn, Martin Klnert, Amos J. v
Gilliam, Owen Hughes, William Lult- ^
jcns, John O'Connors, Leonard C. J
Smith, Wm. A. Wallam, Charlie Cole,
Frank G. Meredith, last name having
transferred from Company E, 17th infantry.
"Wounded: Thomas II. Beckett,
George It. Humphreys, Henry I).
Shaddeau, John L. Barnhouse, Francis
M. Davis, John F. Dolonge. All
wounded doing well.
"These men belonged to Company
F, 17th infantry.
Ten l*orCeut. Inoronno.
2
The chief of the bureau of statistics <
of the department of agriculture esti- j
mates the total area planted In cotton t
in the United States this season at '
31,730*371 acres, an Increase of 2,823,- j
Old acres, or 9.8 per cent, upon the r
acreage planted last year. The average s
condition of the growing crop on May e
26th was 83, <us compared with 74.1
on May 26, 1903, 05.1 at the corresponding
date in 1902, and a ten year
average of 85.8.
The percentage of Increase in acre- \
age In the dltTerent States (the com- ]
parison being with the area planted 8
last season) is as follows: Virginia j
19.0; Nqrth Carolina 13.5; South ^
Carolina 9.0; Georgia 7.7; Florida v
10.7; Alabama 9.0; Mississippi 10.5; a
Louisiana 13.5; Texas 7.1; Arkansas a
9.3; Tennessee 11.5; Missouri 23.0; (
Oklahoma 29.2; Indian Territory 26.0. t
The condition of the crop by States t
on May 26 was as follows: Virginia {
82; North Carolina 84; South-Carolina ;
81; Georgia 78; Florida 88; Alabama ^
80; Ml&slssippi 85; Louisiana 86; Texas t
84; Arkansas 84; Tennessee 85; Mis- )
souri 82; Oklahoma 93; Indian Terri- a
tory 70. Aside from the large Increase i
| In acreage, due mainly to the high v
price of cotton, there are no conditions
calling for special comment at
this time.
Will Hang* J
At Greenville last week Fletcher a
Bird and Palmer Croswell were fonnd f
guilty of murder In the first degree\\
for ktlllnflJMfltfM^ three weekrnL
ago. foaa&Mj
FIVE MEN DEAD.
'wo White Men Assassinated by Negroes
and Three Negroes Lynched. 1
EGROE8 START THE TROUBLE.
h??y Murdor Two Men In Gold
lllou.l. Throo HlHUKliterod In
Koturu. Onn .\?>Kro Helps
Wlilto Man.
As a result of a light which occurred
n the Sims & Williams plantation at
'rail Lake, Miss., Thursday night
ohn Sims and ids manager, named
ato, were killed by negroes and threo
f the negroes have been killed also.
The country is in a state of intense
xoitement and it is feared further
rouble may ensue between the whites
nd blacks.
The slaughter started al>out 10
'clock Thursday night, when Sims
rul Cato were shot down in their
tore by a negro named Sam Clark.
Ims was engaged in chock ng up bis
ash when Clark came In. before he
ould make any kind of move Clark
lined a Winchester and IIred, the
tot. taking etTeet tlrst in the back and
hen breaking the collarbone. Ho
led instantly.
Clark immediately turned on Cato,
lio manager, who was in another part
f the store and shot him In the right
de, the ball coining out on the left
de.
Cato staggered out to the back of
tie store and .'is he reached the door
negro convict guard named Van
torn, who was in wait ing, struck him
ver the head with a rltlo. Cato died
t 7 o'clock Friday morning and the
hysiolan gives it as his opinion that
io blow over the bead caused Ids
eath.
News of tilio tragedy was tmniedi*
Loly sent to Greenville and SheritT
ohn Crouch, with a posse, went to
le scene.
The negroes, Van Ihirn and Clark,
ad made their escape before the posse
rrlvod, but the trail of Van Horn
as found and he was tracked about
quarter of a mile Into tlie woods,
lore another negro convict guard
amed Maytield interfered with the
osse and ho was shot down in his
racks.
\7.... i r . i i i _ i
v (VII uuin v*iii l'iV('tliruil <1UU LilKUIl
3 Leland, 14 miles distant, where ho
ras placed in the jail. Ho remained
i jail all night under a strong guard,
nd at 8:30 o'elock Friday morning he
'as taken out and lynche I by a uiob.
While the sheriff and posse were
usy with Van Horn the other negro,
am Clark, returned to the Sims st.orb
dth the intention, it is said, of killig
Muck Williams, the other partner; '
he bookkeeper, named Crow, who
uus also at, work, and ot hers. Crow,
owever, after the previous shooting
ad armed Jg^self and a negro who
mrke{f place named Aaron
'uller. j^^m\ Clark made his appearnee
be4^Hsbot and killed by both
Vow andW"il|ler. !? is believed at j
Vail Lake that the phooting Is the
utcomo of a meeting held in the'
ieinlty of Trail Lake by a negro secat
society / and that the negro ;s inolved
were picked out to do the kill?g.
Accidentally Killed.
At Spartanburg while swinging
rom a ladder on the end of a box car
diieh was being showly carried along
y a yard engine to couple up with
orne other cars about BO yards away,
Jerry B'owler, colored, a switchman,
aet his death In the yards of the
). & W. C. railroad Wedriesday running
at 7.30 o'clock. Ho was midway
he ladder and was exchanging greebngs
with two negro wom6n walking
car the track when his hat blew off,
auslug him to turn his head around
,nd at the same time lean further
.way from the car. Just then the
>ox car passed along where a mail car
tood on a parallel track and the
lead of the switchboard came lu ah- 1
upt contact with the iron appendage
in the outside of the mall car which
s used in handling bags and pouches.
The man fell to the ground and in a
ew minutes was dead. Concussion of
,he brain was caused. The verdict of
.he coroner's jury was th?t the death
vas accidedtal and was not the result
?f the act of any person or persons.?
The .State.
Ants Destroy Weevils. 1
A dispatch from San Antonia,
Texas, says Jose Casslano, former
:ounty collector, who has several hum
Ired acres of cotton in that county, Is
Jio bearer of good tidings concerning
/he work of red ants. Mr. Cassiano's
ields, less than a month ago, were
dive with boll weevils. Today ho
laid there is not alive weevil in his
ields. The rows are strewn with dead
vcftvllll W/Vllf\H t.ho Itiiuu 1IV?1a ././!
WUU WUOy UUtlC 1 UU
tnt? arc carrying away by thousands,
dr. Casslano says a close inspection
ailed to show a single 11 vo weevil on
i cotton plant anywhere in his fields,
['he ants are on the plants and the
ows between In countless thousands.
Phey seem to have completed the
laughter of the weevils and are now
mgaged In carrying the corpses away,
jrobably to be stored for food.
Nine Killed.
Nine persons aro reported to have
>een killed and many injured in a col*
ision of passenger trains on the Mis*
ourl Pacific railroad near Martin City,
5 miles south of Kansas City. The
rains, which met head-on, were the
vestbound Colorado limited, No. 1,
it., .-..it 1 - '
itiu iiiu e?Hii)oiiii? iionnngLon, Kas.,
iccommodatlon No. 30. A message revived
by Missouri Pacific officials
rhere ordered them to send a relief
rain as soon as possible and to get all
lie surgeons obtainable from which it
s inferred that numerous passengers,
vere hurt. Newspaper men were not
>ermitted on the relief train, which
eft about 11 o'clock Saturday night
md details of the accident cAnnot be
earned until the return of the train
rlth the dead and injured. Oar
Overturned.
Twelve persons were hurt near
ten, N. J., early Thursday mornln^gggroBQ
xolley oar overturned and rolkj^yi^BHHWB
hi embankment on the UjrtJ B
rot* Camden to TrenU<dK mKalBffilfiiBn
mdljLAnlured