The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 23, 1904, Image 4
f GRAY AND BENT i
I
But Gallant and Valiant Still in Heart ,
and Spirit '
GRAND OLD VETERANS GATHER. J
Loytl and IjotIiik They Meet to'ltenew
Old Friendships and to
|>o Honor to Their Departed
Brothers.
The old Confederate veteraus had a
big time iu Nashville, Tenn., last
week. The veterans and their friends
constituted a host of thirty thousand
people. The tlrst meeting was held
on Tuesday, 14th instant in the tabernacle
and every bit of space was
taken long before the veterans were
oalled to order by Gen. W. Gordon of
Memphis, commander of the Tennessee
division. It was the tirst conven
lion In the history of the organization
that the Sons of Veterans sat
with their fathers, and the cheers
from the throats of the younger generation
at almost every expression by
those who took part in the strife 40
years ago made it plain that the spirit
of '01 would be perpetuated in generations
to come.
California was represented on the
Moor; from far off Montana a delega
tlon was sent, and Ohio was on hand
with four delegates. It was the fourteenth
annnal meeting and the tirst
at which the distinguished John it.
Gordon did not preside. A few steps
to the rear of Gen. Stephen I). Lee,
who occupied the chair, sat Gen. Gordon's
widow and two daughters, Mrs.
Hurton Smith of Atlanta and Mrs.
Orton Hishop lirown of Maine. To
the right and to the left of them were
seated many of the chief figures of
the Confederacy and a charming array
of beautifully gowned division and department
sponsors. There was a noticeable
curtailment of the sponsor
feature of tlie reunion and it w:is announced
from the stage early that
only the sponsors accredited to departments
and divisions would be
given seats on the stage.
On the stage were: Gen. Stephen
1). Lee, the acting commander in
chief; Gen. Win. I). Jones, of Richmond;
Gen. C. 11. Tebault, New Orleans,
chief surgeon C. S. A., and Miss
Corrine Tebault, spomor-in-chief;
Gen. W. K. Mlckle of New Orleans,
adjutant general; Gen. W. S. Cabell,
commanding the trans-Mississippi;
f ?PT1 A -I W net Af A
v. ? u.iu ui nuiauia,
manding the North Georgia br'gade;
Gen. 0. Irvine Walker, commanding
the department of Virginia, and Gen.
Clement A. Evans, Atlanta, who suecceeded
Gen. Stephen I). Lee as commander
of the department of Tennessee.
The convention hall was well filled
by 11 o'clock. The long wait of an
hour and a half l>efore the gathering
was called to order was enlivened by
the appearance of the Kentucky delegating
and their band and later by
? the arrival of the only surviving drum
corps of the Confederate hosts, a band
of three or four men from North Carolina.
As they marched.down the long
aisle to the tune of "Dixie," escorting
the North Carolina camp, the enthusiasm
of the ili veterans was un
bounded.
A few moments later the Seventh
United States cavalry hand, stationed
at Chaitancoga, came into the hall
playing a spirited march. They
marched down to the stage and were
escorted up to the gallery, where they
took a position in the extreme end
over the platform, their uniforms
forming the only variation to the predominating
gray of those assembled.
WBLCOMKD BY GOV. KHA'/IKH.
After Gen. Gordon had called the
veterans to order Chaplain Jones delivered
the invocation. Gov. J. It.
Frazler welcomed the delegates to
Tennessee in a splendid address. Twice
he started to his seat only to be recalled
and urged in behalf of the vetr
erans.
n Among other things Gov. Frazler
B said: "When that grand man, tiiat patriot,
that noble Christian, Gen. Itobt.
B K. Lee, surrendered at Appomattox
:B; lie spoke with a heart too full for decelt,
in that no BQUthem mother swore
. her.son to bitterness. She swore him
to love and honor. All accepted tire
Bk inequitable finality. When you saw
||B furled for the last time the Stars and
Bars you had followed for four years
B- when you had made your last final
B march back to your homes, had a final
Hfj- farewell to your comrades and found
psf' the sainted mother's grave sleeping
i||| in the family cemetery, tlie beautiful
home in ruin and ashes, when you
ft.'1'. pressed upon your wife's lip a loving
Bk kis<. you sealed a solemn pledge that
g|f^. from that day on you would know but
^B one covin try and but one flag.
||K 11 You came back to take up your old
llpi work, to build a new civilization, to
||B redeem a land that had almost malll|gg?
ciously been given to the iregro. In
|$B less than 36 years, unaided by anypjljB
thing except a fertile land and energy,
B n JOU have attained commercial free^e
south. The south has
i^liiBb snatched from New Encrland
HH a?ESc??rto unchallenged record of
|||^|?; tin* *'uvjracturing. The south Is
fplfi^k CO/nQe the garden spot In
'a>c A ? Plauae.)
m hoesouth
and
He||||^ if that is not wJ^BpBugh, we wel
come you to some offnir good homes."
Bppl^r (Applause and cheers.)
HpjgM OHBRTKD WITH ENTHUSIASM. ,
|11|19L After Col. A. S. Williams, mayor of
M||K Nashville, had extended the city's
B welcome, Qen. Gordon brought forward
Gen. Stephen D. Lee as the per- 1
rnanent presiding oftlcer and comman* 1
der-in-chief. Gen. Lej's appearance '
was the signal for a remarkable outburst
of enthusiasm. Cheer after
cheer greeted him. Hats, canes, ,
handkerchiefs and coats went into the ,
air In all parts of the auditorium and {
the gallery added its vociferous voice (
to the demonstration. The band ,
took up the spirit of the occasion and <
Gen. Lee was kept bowing from side ,
to side for several minutes. ,
Hon- Thomas M. Owen of Montgom- ,
cry, Ala , commander of the Alabama ,
division, Sons of Veterans, spoke In |
response to the welcoming for the
Sons, lie was heartily applauded. (
Gen. Lee then introduced Dr. Rin i
dolph 11. McKim of Washington, D. \
O.v as the orator for the -occasion. (
Dr. MoKim was in excellent voice and
his oration was a notable effort. A1-'
though the veterans had listened to j
two hours and more of oratory in a i
temperature approximately 00, they '
gays Prl McK4in their undivided at- 1
' tentlon and frequently interrupted !
brother veterans.'r Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee wired his regrets from Richmond
thus: "Love to the old hoys. 1
am very sorry that 1 cannot be present
to meet and greet them."
The report of Adj. Gen. Mickle
which was adopted, shows that since
the last reunion charters have been
issued to 40 new camps, making the
total 1,603.
The Women's Monument association
was instructed by the veterans to turn
over all funds to the Sons of Veterans,
who will complete the work of erect
ing a monument to the women of the
south.
The most interesting part of the
committee on resolutions report is as
follows:
First, that the resolution requesting
congress to take appropriate action
looking to the care and preservation
of the graves of the Confederate
dead now in the various cemeteries in
the northern States be adopted.
"Second, the committee reports to
the association that more than one
appliciation lias been made to this
association to tlx a permanent place
for our annual reunions, but your
committee is of the opinion that for
the present it would be wise, for many
reasons, to hold our annual leunions
as heretofore at such time and places
as the association shall tlx from year
to year. Adopted.
"Resolved, That all Confederate
veterans regularly enrolled in tills association
and none other shall he ell
glble to election or appointment in
this association." Adopted.
TltlDUTK TO (iOKIX)N.
At the noon hour the regular business
of the convention was set aside
for the memorial services at which
Judge Thomas G. Jones of Montgomery
was the orator. All the departed
heroes of the Confederacy were referred
to by several speakers, but Gen.
John P. Gordon, the last great tigure
to pass over into the invisible beyond,
was made the occasion of special
tribute.
The Association of Medical otllcers
of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy
Wednesday elected theseoitlcers:
President, I)r. John S. Cain of
Nashville.
First vice president, Dr. J. I).
Plunkctt of Nashville.
Second vice president. Dr. I). II.
Key of Monroe, La.
Third vice president, Dr. Win, Martin
of Kingston, Ky.
Fourth vice president, Dr. Peter It.
Pacot of Florence, S. C.
The survivors of the Confederate
navy chose Capt. II. P. Little Page of
Washington, 1>. C., as commander in
succession to Commander Dabney II.
Scales of Memphis and elected Capt.
W. F. Clayton of Florence, S. C., secretary.
The Southern Confederate Memorial
association met, heard numerous
welcoming addresses and responses
and adjourned until Thursday.
TIIK OKKICKK8 ELECTED.
The veterans elected the following
ofllcers; Commander-in-chief, Lieut.
Gen. Stephen I). Lee, of Columbus,
Miss.
Commander of the department of
northern Virginia, Gen. C. Irvine
Walker, of Greenville, S. C.
Commander of the dfpartn ent. of
Tennessee, Gen. Clement A. 10vans of
At,l:mt,a ria
Commander of the trans-Mississippi
department, (Jen. W. L. Cabell of
Dal his, Texas.
Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia
read the report of the historical committee,
which said the South was
now at-sured of fair treatment in history
and that the youth of the country
would not grow up under a false
impression. The report was adopted.
A resolution favoring the erection
at Richmond, V'a., of a home for
needy Confederate women was adopted.
A sweet voiced young woman of
Norfolk, V'a., Miss Mary E. Ewell,
maid of honor for the south, by her
singing of "My Old Kentucky Home"
Wednesday won for Louisville the reunion
next year of the United Confederate
Veterans.
It was after the old veterans had
Chosen Lieut. Stephen I). Lee as their
commander in chief and had listened
to a stirring speech by Col. Dennett
II. Young of Kentucky, extolling the
beauties, capabilities and hospitally of
his home city and people and their desire
to entertain the followers of the
Stars and liars, that Miss Ewell was
escorted to the front of the stage.
Her voice thrilled the great crowd
that tilled the tabernacle and the last
note of tlie song had barely left her
lips when the convention went wild
with shouts of "Louisville," "Louisville."
Seconding speeches were unnecessary,
although Gen. Lee graci
ously permitted one from a Virginia
delegate and another from Kentucky
before recording the choice of the
veterans as unanimous. The date will
be determined later.
It W*h Brutal Murder.
The State says Nathan Truesdale,
uncle of the negro killed at Oloud's
creek on Saturday week, swore out a
warrant before Magistrate Little at
Saluda on Wednesday for Sion Miller,
Joe Miller and Kussel McCormick.
Thursday the Millers and McCormick
surrendered themselves to the sheriff
and are now In Jail. The Miller boys
are 22 and 23 years old, respectively,
and McCormick looks to be the
younger of the three. It was stated
that McCormick did the shooting but
the report cannot be confirmed. The
home of the Miller boys is not far
from where the homicide occurred,
while McCormick hails from Lexington
county. He joined the Miller
boys at Batesburg and was going on a
visit to his brother, whose home is in
this county. It Is not known whether
application will be made for ball or
not. The older of the Miller boys Is
married.
Opportunity for a Young Man.
The South Carolina College (ffers
scholarships in the Normal Department
.to two young men from each
bounty. Each scholarship is worth
140 in money, besides remission of $40
tuition and $18 matriculation or
"term" fee. The money is paid at
the rate of $5 a month for eight
months, to assist in meeting the
necessary living expenses. Examination
will be held Friday, July 8th,
before the County Hoard of Education.
Applicants should be at least 19 years
:>f age, and preferably teachers. Write
President Benjamin Sloan, South
Carolina College, Columbia, S. C., for
blank on which to apply before July 8.
Dr. E. Norton,
isk the readers of tl.is paper to test
Lhe value of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
Those persons who have used it and
who have been cured by it, do not hesitate
to recommend it to their friends.
**k>l digests what you eat. cures in geation.
dyspepsia and all sh^^ehd
SIX HUNDRED DIE.
[continued from pane 1 ]
water.
By this time the shrieking whistle
of the Sloeum had attracted the attention
of river craft for a considerable
distance around and tugs and
other small boats were rushing to the
assistance of the burning steamer.
These small boats rescued all those
in the water whom they could reach,
but many persons struggled and sank
before any help could reach them. In
the wake of the Slocum as she hurried
up stream was a line of little black
spots, marking the heads and bodies
of those who had sought to escape the
roaring furnace on the ship by throwing
themselves overboard.
Few of those saved by the small
boats had on life preservers. At no
time during the progress of the tire
was there opportunity to either lower
life boats or get the life preservers out
from under the seats. This perhaps
gives an Idea of the rapidity with
which the flames swept the decks.
It was an experience harrowing and
terrible and that any escaped alive
seems wonderful.
HKMAINKD AT TI1K1K I'OBT.
Through all the wild panic, during
all that Inferno, with lire and smoke
surrounding them theoillcersand men
of the doomed boat remained at their
posts, but they were powerless to
avert tire catastrophe.
The Slocum got within 50 feet of
the northwest point of North Brother
island and there slopped In the shallow
water.
It was just before she beached that
the hurricane deck, the supports ,of
which had burned away, fell with Its
loads of women and children, adding
to the paidc and horror of those on
the deck below. Very soon after parts
of the second and third decks also
caved in. But l>efore this happened
the tug Walter Tracey had come alongside
the burning steamer and been
lashed to it. Many of the passengers
were taken olT by the crew of the Traccy,
which remained alongside the
steamer until the tug's pilot house
took lire.
The point where the Slocum beached
was just olT the scarlet fever ward on
North brother island. The patients
who had been out on the porches and
lawns watching the approach of .the
burning steamers were indoors and
the physicians on the island hastened
to the assistance of those who were
being brought ashore through the
shallow water. Many of those who
leaped from the Slocum were carried
away by the current, even after she
was beached, and were drowned.
A lMTIHl'L 8CKNK.
The scene on North brother island
as described by the rescurers was a
pitiful one. body after body was
washed ashore or brought in by boats
and added to the long row on the
beach. Fifty-three persons died
there while the doctors were attending
them.
As the bodies of the living anil the
dead were taken out of the water,
those alive were taken to the hospitals
on the island or sent across the
nvur iajuospitais in raannaixati. Here
ambulance? from almost all the hospitals
In Greater New York and every
other sort of conveyance which could
he found were put into service.
The hod lea of the burned and drowned
drifted ashore on the island between
KMst and 1118th streets In Manhattan.
Some came ashore still
alive. Many of these died while others
will recover.
The scenes on the beach of North
Brother island were pitiable in the extreme.
as the living and the dead were
brought in. The row of bodies
stretched along the beach and hysterical
women and frantic men went
along looking at one after another
searching for children and friends.
Women with disfigured faces, their
clothes partially stripped from them,
were carried to the improvised emer
geney hospital, crying for children
who had been torn from them in the
mad rush when the boat took tire.
Meanwhile the Slocum burned to
the water's edge. At 12 25 o'clock,
two hours and 2."> minutes after the
tire was tirst discovered, she sank. It
is estimated that there were then
nearly 100 charred bodies on her decks.
Just after the steamer sank the water
nearby was black with bodies. The
tug Fidelity succeeded in picking up
88 charred corpses in Hunts Cove olT
Bakers island and carried them into
the sound. None of these bodies, it
is thought, can ever be Identiticd.
DOES NOT KNOW CAUSE.
Charles F. Ilill, a diretor of the
Knickerbocker Steamboat company,
visited the Lebanon hospital late
Wednesday to see Capt. Van Schaick,
the commander of the Gen. Slocum,
who had been taken there earlier in
the day under arrest. After a talk
with him Mr. Hill said that the captain
did not know the cause of the
tire.
"The cause of the fire is not known,"
said he. "I say that, because no Investigation
has begun. The government
will undoubtedly begin an investigation.
The captain is under
arrest and it would be inadvisable for
him to make any statement at pres
ent, but he told me that he and Ihe
first and second pilots, Kdward Van
Wart and K. M, Weaver, were In the
pilot house until the Slocum was
beached. Then they jumped directly
from the pilot house Into the water.
The captain hurt his leg and may require
an operation. The two pilots
were practically uninjured and assisted
in savin# life. They were all in the
wheel house until the last."
"Was the boat under steam all the
timci"' Mr. Hill was asked.
"It has been said that the pilot
house was deserted, and the boat
drifted with the tide until she ran
aground.
"The steam was on until the boat
struck. The engineer, Frank Conlin,
told me thatr he was in the engine
room until the boat struck. The current
was on the flood, and could not
have carried the boat earlier, for there
is no shallow water nearer than North
Brother island. If the boat had been
run alongside the piers or pushed on
the rocks on the mainland she might
have sunk, as the water is deep along
there and more lives would have been
lost. The captain said that the first
he knew of the tire was when he was
told of it through tube by some one
below. The Slocum w^yi^n off the
sunken meadow. to
the nearest be
beached."
ing the
fire
he
there
the
MHI^^HHHB^HHSBrhere
back by police lines formed about the
city morgue at the foot of east 2Uth
street. The crowd lav an to gather
as soon as It became rumored about
the city that the dead would be
brought to Mauhattau from North
Brother Island and other places.
When Anally the morgue authorities
allowed the crowd to enter the
morgue a scene ensued which was harrowing
In the extreme. In some cases
tirst Identifications were found to be
erroneous, men laying claim to bodies
they afterwards discovered were not
those of their relatives.
At the entrance to the Charities
pier at the foot of east 2t?th street the
crowd Weduesday night tried to push
past the police and a riot resulted.
At the height of the trouble a man
who had learned that his wife was
among the charred dead tried to stab
himself.
Inside the pier the bodies are ranged
In three rows, the entire length of the
pier, about lf>o feet.
ST. MAKK'8 ClIUllCII.
St. Mark's Lutherain church con
taln?d in its membership practically
all those Germans of the i'rotustint
faith within a radius of ten square
bl cks. The excursion was the event
of the year for scores of well-to-do
German faml'i s and hud been looked
forward to for many months Kaip'ly
parties of ten or more had been made
up, including in many ca es the o d
grandmothers, the mothers and the
chid re 11 of all ages with a sprinkling
of tho e men of the families who could
spare a day from their v\ork.
A bureau of information was op nied
in the church shortly after the tir.it
news of the oatasirophe was received,
and ever since there has been a stream
of agonized men, women and children
climbing the steps to ask for news of
their rnla'tives or friends. As soon
as news is received, as to survivors or
victims, it is posted outside and the
information so >n spread thoughout the
neighborhood.
Rev. J. (?. Schultz, the assistant
pastor of the church, called at the
temporary morgue and ido nt i tied
the body of Mis. Anna Haas, the
wife of the pastor of the church.
The coroner gave permi-sion for
the body to be romoved to the residence
of I)r. Haas.
I)r. Haas is among the rcscu red. He,
ids wife and daugh er got outside the
rail of the Slocum before the steamer
beached. He cannot,say whether they
inmiiorl nr nr moni
J U .m. |/VV. VI IVII VI ?? l ? V puauou 111 IA/ Vlic
water. He siink and when he rcse he
found scores about him lighting for
life. He failed to find his wife and
daughter. With great effort he kept
afloat and was about to give up when
a man on one of the tugs picked
him up. of the scores he saw about
him when lie rose, one by one sank.
Assistant District Attorney Garvin
was at the scene of the wreck for some
hours. He said that lie would subpoena
the entire crew and as many of
the survivors as possible and would
make every effort to lix the responsibility
for the catastrophe.
Si far as known only one of the
crew of the Gen. Slocum lost his life.
This was Michael McGrath, steward
of the steamer, whose body has been
recovered. When he jumped overboard
he had with him, according to
Capt. Van Schalck, $300 or $400 dollars.
The money could not lie found
when his money clothing was searched.
WOKK OF Til 1C (,'KKW.
Regarding the work of the crew
during the disaster, John Iloltliusen,
sexton of St. Mark's said:
"The crew appeared to be undisciplined
and unfamiliar with working
of the life rafts and life boats. I was
standing besides the pastor nearly all
the time. He did everything in his
power to save people. 1 placed my
two daughters, Nina, aged 12, and
Clara, aged 10, no top of the paddle
l>ox and kept them there until a tug
boat by the name of Sumner picked
all of us up.
The members of the crew of the
burned steamer who are under arrest
are being held simply as witnesses.
They are Capt. W. II. Van Schalck,
Pilot Edward Van Wart, Second Pilot
Elward N. Weaver, W. W. Tremby,
a deck hand, Henry Cantleld, a cook,
Edwin Robinson, a cook, and James
Woods, a cook.
All of these men had been overboard
and were suffering from exposure and
in some cases from burns.
Coroner Herr> had them all sent to
Lebanon hospital with the exception
of Pilot Van Wart, who was paroled.
For a Hundred Years.
For a hundred years or more Witch
Hazel has been recognized as a superior
remedy, but it remained for E. C.
PeWitt & Co., of Chicago, to discover
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world for sores, cuts, burns, bruises
and piles. The high standing of this
salve has given rise to counterfeits, and
the public Is advised to look for t he
name "PeWitt" on the package, and
accept no other. Sold by
Pr. Norton.
nfgretiu KUIh White Woman.
News was received Tuesday of the
killing of Mrs. Halliday, a white woman,
by Addie Smith, a negro girl, at
Loachap>ka Monday night. The
slayer was caught as Notasulga, a
small town near Montgomery. A
large crowd soon gathered and fearing
violence the sherliT of Lee county took
the negress to Tuskegee for safe keeping.
The woman acknowledges killing
Mrs. Holllday.
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Dr. E. Norton.
Reward for Adamn.
Gov. Heyward Wednesday offered a
reward of $*>00 for the capture of It.
A. Adams, who escaped Monday night
from the Walterboro jail. Adam is a
white man, who was sentenced last
June to hang for the murder of Henry
Jacques. His appeal to the supreme
court had been dismissed and he was
to be resentenced at the August term
of the court.
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little pills relax the nerves, give quiet
rest and refreshing sleep, with a gentle
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Negro Cotton Mill Failed. |
J The Columbia State says: "The
Wilmington Messenger calls our attention
to the fact that the defunct
Coleman cotton mill, the failure of
which was lately noted In these ,
columils, was not only operated but'
owned and managed by negroes. In
that case we do not think that the
evidence of the negro's failure as a i
cotton mill hand was as conclusive as
in the case of the Charleston mill, i
which was financed by white capital,
and managed by skilled white cotton I
mill men. The case of the Coleman |
mill Is, however, equally interesting I
In another wav.J'
Last Soldier
Vigoi
Edward Noyes, n Drummer Boy Ui
Served in the Civil War, til
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I
At Jacksonville, Fla., CharlesS. Me *
Coy, a prominent attorney, with oili- <
ces in the Atwood building, Chicago, '
committed suicide Friday morning h>
cutting 1)is throat with a razor in n ,
bath tub at a hotel. McCoy, it is said, i
in the last few days had lost $10,000 1
hy speculating in stocks on Wall 1
street, through a local iirm.
Mr. McCoy was in Jacksonville looking
after a suit of John L. Davis '
against the Seminole Hard Hock 1'hos- I
phate company.
To Judge C. 11. Al'en, who was as- 1
sociated with liim in tlie case, he left I
a letter saying:
"During these months the demon of '
| speculation has had me in its grip and 1
1 am as powerless to resist it as any 1
drunkard his dram or gambler ids '
game. The course I am taking is, all
considered, the wise one. Please do
what is needful. Communicate witli
Mrs. McCoy, DUO Long wood, Chicago."
On the dresser in the room at the
hotel were found several letters, together
with the following that lie had
written:
"Clock just st ruck 5 a. m. In a few
minutes more 1 11 be ready if I have I
the courage.
"7.45?I am a coward after all.
1 '10.05 ?Still resisting 0,Godhave I
mercy; the way of the transgressor is
hard and the wage of sin is death!"
The bed was undisturbed, showing
t hat the man had not slept during the
night.
McCoy was said to be a man of exemplary
habits.
Caused a Panic.
At New York in a panic among the
passengers in a Brooklyn car on tire
Fulton street line Friday nine persons
received severe injuries, most of them
requiring attention of physicians.
The panic was caused by the blowing
out of a fuse while the car was running
at a high rate of speed. The front
platform aud forward part of the car
were at once enveloped in 11 imes, and
the passengers made frantic efforts to
escape. Many jumped, others were
pushed off tire car and others fell and
were trampled on before the the car
could be stopped. Nearly every passenger
suffered some injury. Mrs.
Julia Caiman, 21 years old, with a
six months old baby in her arms, was
pushed from the car and received a
fractured skull, a broken ankle and
severe concussions of the l?ody. The
baby was unhurt and was found asleep
in the mother's arms, by an ambulance
physician.
Mlie Fooled Him.
When the train came down from
AuliftviMo fro Snn rt anhnrcr on WcrfnoB.
day, among the passengers who alight- J
ed was an old negro, named Jim Watson,
who carried In his arms a seven
months old negio boy. The man began
Inquiring alxml for a mother for
his charge, whom he said was to meet
the train and relieve him of carrying
the baby. He did not or could not
recall the name of the mother; and
told the police and others a garbalcd
kind of statement something to the
eflfcot that a negro woman In Charlotte,
learning that he was coming to
Spartanburg made arrangements with
him to bring the child, the child she
said was that of her daughter who |
lived at Spartanburg and who would
be at the depot to meet the baby. ,
He said he was on his way to Laurens,
and was very anxious to dispose of
the hnman burden. The police would
not allow this and he was made to <
carry the Infant along with him to
Laurens. |
It Is estimated that by Jane 15 the
number of men employed by American
rallR>ada will be 60,000 less than at
the same time cne year ago. The full
The Old Standa
Grove's T
has st,ood Lhe tes
over One and a Hi
of merit* appeal t?c
Enclosed with every bottle is
Of 1812 j
reus at 107.1
tidcr Andrew Jackson, Who Also
e Oldest Living Veteran, 5ays
>KEY Has Kept Him Strong and
k.
lior whoso lifo has boon written lip fill over
s Unit ho feels us will ami strong toduy
? ho did-10 years ago, ami recently niailo a
ip from Uiiity Corners, N. II., to C'liieago
itbout suffering any hardships.
A drummer boy in tho war of 1812 ami a
minster in tho civil war, as ho was o von then
>o old to servo in tho ranks, Mr. Noyus has
[id a most ovontual life. Ilo remembers
ith great vividness many of tho historical
gures of tiio last century, find gratefully
[tributes his marvelous vitality uud woiierf
nl old ago to
3UFFYS PURE
MALT WHISKEY.
Ilo says:?"An old man's lifo can be a
appy ono if lie is well, ami 1 have been just
s active and strong up to n few years ago as
was during tho war in tho South. My family
ml friends aro all gone, but I am cheerful "
1 what is now Unity Corners, N. II., in 1797.
i catno upon mo during tho last 20 years.
* Duffy's Pure Malt \M hiskey. 1 am taking
1 nourishment to mo. 1 cannot eat a hearty
ip and going. 1 would not l>o alive without
KDWAltl) NO Y US.
hand with health. Hundreds of men and
0 kept nlivo uml well today by tho uso of
1 so it is theirs. An absolutely puro distil*
ion of malt, without fusel oil, it is recognized i
tlio government ns a inodiciuo. This is a
Ii'<l bv pli.vsiciiins.of overy school, a Ik>oii to
<1. It urrests tho progress of physical deft
hond, gives to tlio limhs tlieir old tiino
ml and nourishes tho vital forces, and in
>h sin I longevity, Doctors call it "a form
ho most d lieato stomach. If you wish to
>onful three times a di?y in inilk or water,
'lis, colds, consumption, bronchitis, grip,
t the throat niul lungs; indigestion, ilyspepisness,
malaria and all low fevers. Used
]>IAT.T tVIIISKKY. It Is tlic only
mcdk-itl, health-giving qualities and tho
rmncut as a medicine.
sold in sealed liotties only, never In tlusk
1 chemist?on the label and sen that tho
arics in South Carolina,
YLT WHISKEY CO., Itochester, N. Y.
>1 any hives host.
A dispatch frcin Santiago, Cuba,
lays the worst storm of a decade began
Friday and culmh a'ed Monday night
in 14 inches of rain which fell in flv
Hours, accompanied by a hurricane.
The lower village of 101 Cobre has been 1
i:strcved. Forty-live persons arc
known to he dead and scores are misting.
Bodies are Hotting in the C< b .
river. Twenty bodies ha\e been recovered
by boats patrolling the bay. Ail
the bridges on the Cobre railway aie
ant ai <1 many bridges have been lost
an the Cuba railway. A train which
left llabaua Saturday is held between
washouts for eight miles inland. A relief
train bringing mail ar.d passengers
was wricked at Moron. The il eman
and mail agent were killed and
Lwoof the emplojes were injured. Tlu
passengers are safe. The mines at
Daiquiri are crippled and six of tin
employes have been drowned. The piei
lias been damaged. The city's proper
Ly loss Is enormous.
[Dragging Painsl
V 2825 Keeley St.,
I CHICAGO, 11,1,., Oct,, VS, l'JUVJ. ,
I suffered with falling and con- H '
gostion of the womb, with sever? ft
nains through the groins. I suf- re
fered terribly at the time of men- I
struation, had blinding headaches M
and rushing of blood to the brain. I
What to try I knew not, for it g!
seemed that I had tried all and B
failed, but I had never tried Wine fl
of Cnrdui, that blessed remedy for Eg
sick women. I found it pleasant 5jj
to take and soon knew that I had I
the ritrlit medicine. New blood I
seemed to course through my veins B
and after using eleven bottles 1 B
was a well woman.
Mrs. Hush is now in perfect
health because she took Wine of
Cardui for menstrual disorders,
bearing down pains and blinding
headaches when all other remedies
failed to bring her relief. Any
sufferer may secure health by taking
Wine of Cardui in her home.
The first bottle convinces the patient
she is on the road to health.
For advice in cases requiring
special directions, address, giving '
symptoms, "The I.adics' Advisory ,
Department," The Chattanooga
Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
WINE'CARDUI
Ihhbbbbbhhhhbbbii
FRF! TO IS
If you are not wi.', want to km* ti,. I
the
, OK. BATHAWAT. theRe diseases. Write 1
or Hnd for the hook 700 want to-day, and tt
will be sent you free, sealed. Address J. N*wton
Hathaway, M D
2H inman Building, 22k S. Broad St
Atlanta Ga i
[ ToCui
I Take Laxative Broiv
i 8svmi MMBon box? told in part 13 m*
rd
asteless O
t, 25 y ears. Aver*
ilf Million bottles. 1
> you ? No Cure,
a Ten Cent Package of GROVE'S BLAG
BEGINS W
acids that produce 1
Wf out all the danger*
M body?th%t it th
1 L ^sBsmsm
JH Other medicines treat sympt-r
JH mvh, and, therefore, its
B CURES ARE P
Helps the digestion, tones up t
f free on application to Hobki"
WL prietors, 316 West Lombard Si
/writer*
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A A M M? ?^v ? m m t mr?
1 /* ;wcJ7/t//Vt
S&ld on a Gi
Xro cure
CURES AGUE
^^^LaCRIPPE AND li
Of All IJru
^ 50c. I
ti#' * Write lor Tree Ca
I -**9iicdkiil department, Ut
I Curriculum includes twenty-three lecture coi
I quiz; seven laboratory courses, and three ho
I elals>rately equipped with modern apparatus*
J. Itillard Jacobs, M. I)., Secrrtar
?CTATi5TTi?sTcT5^
Everything for supplying Saw Mills, i
Melting, Packing, Shafting, Hangers, I
jeotors,! Lubricators, etc. 10,000 ft. of j
for sale. Write
COLUMBIA SE
Ooluml>ici, H. O. Tlio macl
What I Hxcs
Write to us and we will be glad t<
yoti on PAINTS, OILS, VAIiNlSllLS,
no?
COTiTCM A N_U V T ,T _M A PTI i
3?>7 King Street,
Prepare yourselves to meet the dema
and i>ookkeepers. Write for catalo
M AC FEAT'S BUSINESS CO
W. II. Maofeat, official Court Stenogi
Pino Wof/'U Don't, think that?
1 1110 VV alL 11 maker" is compoten
_ . . aro fully competent
l\ Olhl 1 ri 11 Of best?wo CAn make
i\0|JtUl 111^. Our prices are ofi
fVlien our charge for work is $1.50 or over we wil
watch, P. H. liACHICJHOTTK At C<
Southeastern Limt
CHARLEST^i
Building Material of all kin
"RUBKROID." V
Piana and Org]
If you want the bargains of your life
Malone niusic IK
for partk
N. B. In answering th's a 1. please sU
Whiskey I Morphine I Cigaret e
Habit, | Ilabll | Habit
Cured by Keclcy I
1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75)'(Jolur
jnce solicited.
Ivime Ceinen
Terra (Jotta Pipe, Hoofing Papi
Carolina, Portland
H. H. WOODWARD, f<
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CONWAY, S. C. I
n n on a nnr>/\?rn?i
tt. 15. dL>AJti5KUUliIi 1
conway, s. or; (
ATTORNEY AT LAW. 1
At (lie Top. .
The Columbia State calls attention ?
to the fact that of the six "star" students
Kraduated from West point this i
year, one is from VirKinJa, one each '
from Tennessee, Mississippi and Colorado,
and two from North Carolina.
They are all southern boys except one,
and their records are #ood cause for *
pride In the section they have so well
represented. It is really an unusual
Bhowin#.
re a Cold in On<
10 Qttinine Tablets. ? /
Mitht. Tbb signature, ^ *
till Tonic I
ige annual sales I
Does t>his record 1
No Pay. 50c. |j
K ROOT LIVER PILLS. J
ORK with the first dote,
blood of all the poisonous H N
RHEUMA TISM, driving
3us germs that infest the fl
c way cures are by 0
ns; RhiumaciJi rtmttts tki
ERMANENT. ^0 |
he system. Sample bottle
rr Chemical Co., Pro- M
<ure V
OF MERIT. I
mrantce m
CHILLSJ
, DENGUE,
IlICL'SHESo.
uaists,
l/irf
100 H|
TP I ir\CMTC Founded lu lBSO.^J
I LJ LJ LL IN | O Graduate* 4,4bfi. Hj
talo^ur of tlie
kloertftu of 2(ashville.?~ I
irses, each followed l>y a thorough review I
urn of hospital work dally. New building B ^B
ml nppliam-eti.Rxpensc* moderate. Address B ^B
> ,' smith Market St., Nashville, Tpiiii. ^
-j . wnrni
'^nTTr^Mic?^ ;!
Oil Mills, Quarries and OinjieVloSj^B ;Mil
leys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings,
food! in. second hand black pTp^H
PPLYSCO., 9
liinory Supply house of the state.* H ^
TtVC?OST?W
> give you prices that will intev?$$3&.
RniTCIITPCI . ^
i?m oni!iO, cic. >\ iiiit )8 I'aM
S PAINT AND OIL CoA ;
CHARLESTON, S.
nd (orStenographers, typewriters S
bruc of ISiilB
LLEGE, Columbia, s. c. JB' H
rapher, President. B
?v?ry 0110 who hangs out a sign as a
t to rnpair your (Inn watch. Kopai
aro Hcarcn. Wo do work only one
any part of a watch, or a coinnlota^Km'^^g^
Ion 110 morn than you pwy for
I pay nxprnHH cliargn one way. Send B^&fggHBK
h Jnwnlora, 14*24 Main St., Columhie^^^^^^^^^^
3 & Cement Co. BHfi|
dn/s. c. 1111811
tl-4. High Grade Hoofip^^M
Vrite for prices.
pinT^argHnsT^^B
write at once to,
>tiHC, Columbia, S. C., ^|BH|
Hilars. llajg^
ite wiiicli y >u djsirc Piano or OrjB*||gB
AlliDrug and 'IV JPQQ ^HBSfl
I * -lint
i t ute
nbia, S. C. (J *j. A B
er, Car lots,
t Co.,
',onway=Seashore Raj^^H[
DAILY SCHEDtj'H
/v Mrytle Hcach TmM I
Vr Conway '"m&X&SBm
j\ (Conway ftHSra&OESE
\r Mrytle Iteach - .
.V Myrtle licach.. l:3oWMggKg
Vr Conway 2:151 Bj
Conway r>::ui? I
Vr Myrtle Ueach H
Attorney and Councilor atHHfl^H|
CONWAY, 8. C IB
DeWltvr^Td^H
For Plloo, Burn*, IaBHH
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I Day