The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 19, 1905, Image 4
A CRUEL CIRL.
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1
Hoped With and Married Her *
Own Mother's Husband. ,
I
THE PITIABLE STORY '
As Told hv the Dnirnopti VV !fo In !.?
ft'-" ".IV ... Hit
New York Courts in Her Plea for
/ *v * _
a Divorce from Her Cruel and
Unnutural Husband Who
Married Daughter.
No modem Instance l.s comparable
to the case of Mrs. Hruce Crane No.
2. who ousted her own mothers's affections
out of the heart of her own
stepfather, whose tlrst wife wus Mrs.
Crane No. 1 the new bride's own
mother?and eloped with him.
Hruce Crane has jest married his
divorced wife's daughter, co-respondent
lu this Ignoble case.
Where may one tlrd a situation
and a complication more heartless?
Mrs. Hruce Crane, who was Mrs.
.Jeanne Hurchard Brainerd before she
l>ecarao Mrs. Hruce Crane, had two
daughters when she Intrusted herself
and her widowhood Into the hands of
Mr. Biuoe Crane, then a struggling
and afterward, while she was his wife
?matured Into ore of the most dls
linguist.ed landscape painters in the
whole United States.
When the second Mrs. Hruce Crane's
own mother was In the slouch of des
pond and was cast Into prison, she
did not visit her own mother. Hut
she kept 011 keeping houso for her famous
Btepfather, Hruce Crane.
II JUa.I * *- - *? ? *
much, nicer me ur?b Mrs. nruce
Crane, who had given up a'l money,
and everything she had in life to give
up, and when lier daughter took the
aide of the artist father against her
own mother, Bho did not even visit
her own mother In tier dire extremity
When the first Mrs. Bru< e Cram
was haled before a magistrate in a
police court In Greater New York
her own daughter who has succeeded
to her own mother's "name and
fame," let her be locked up lu a cell
like any common, ordinary unfortu
nate without doming to the rescueand
now after all the agony of spirit
the first Mrs. Bruce Crane h is gone
through?goaded so by desperation
that she even had to lag as a final
release from all her intense misery
that she must name h? r own daughter
as the co respondent of her husband,
hfsstepdaughfer and natural guardian
of t he child to whom she had Intrust
ed aim, her portii n is that of Intense
shame. She has seen all her liop> s
blaited, all her life ruined, and
all tho lield of her existence upgarnered
by the unnatural oondi:Gtof In r
daughter who has stolen av ay from
her own mother the heart of her
mother's husband.
*C1I A l'TKll 11.
A woman had been found in New
YorK leaning against an iron railing
in Eighth avenue, between, Fiftysixth
and Fifty-seventh streets, in
the evening. It was In December,
when It was bleak, cold, dismal. I;
was Just ten dujs before Curlsbmas,
to^, when the wnolo city is suppled
to be alive to the most glorh us spirit
of Christianity: ' Peace onearih. pood
will to men."
She was helpless. She could barely
moan out her name and her ud tress.
"Oh Bruce, oh Biuoe," she kept on
moaning, as if there were an ache in
her throat and a break in her heart,
"oh, send for Bruce, or my little
Annie."
Olllcer O'Leary, of the West Fortyseventh
street police station, found
her. With the quick instinct of his
profession . he knew at once that she
was a getulewomin in a most deplorable
situation, He pondered a moment.
"Where Is your home, Madame.
I)o you want to go home?"
"Home, Home?y? s, r o, oh yes,
. .. take me heme! No, don't, den't"?
There was a cut over (tie one of her
eyes, which might have been tlie result
of a fall, and the olllcer called for
an ambulanco and took her to the
Roosevelt Hospital. Finally, after
her mino bad quickened a little bit
with warmth after her exposure, she
gave her name and address;
"Mrs. Bruce Crane, No. 95 F.fih
avenue."
Her husband was not tied. She sent
for her daughter Annie. The daughter
sent no response. The husband made
no effort to come to her rescue.
So she had to be taken like any
common unfortunate to the station
house. Even after another notltication
Bruce Crane did not bail her out,
Uifl t *
uui uiu ins ouv^uuuKiitur uusicu to ner
succor.
' Can one Imagine a more heartless or
crueller ordeal than this, which happened
the next morning In the Yorkville
Police Court?
She was arraigned In court early before
Magistrate Came, who' happened
to be sitting. Alone with all the ordinary
"drunks" and "thugs" and
"rllT rafT" of a great city Policeman
O'Lcary produced his prisoner. There
was that Innate something In her
bearing, hor carriage, her dignity,
that instantly compelled all eyts to
focus on her, for Mrs. Bruce Crane
has always been a handsome woman.
Scarcely anybody could believe bis
eyes when the conventional charge
was made?"a vagrant and Intoxicated."
Poor woman, what made her
so?
Then, and only then, did Bruoe
Crane appear.
She was gowned In a smart ficck of
olofe-littlng gray cloth. Iler splendid
blo id hair uuder her little tcque took
all jhe glints of the sun that stole Into
the dingy, Ill-smelling place.
Me and she stood facing each other.
She gave him one look. She said
nothing. He turned his head away
and In answer to the question of the
Magistrate. "What do you wish
done?" lie said with calm, cold and
precise deliberation:.
"I thlpk she had abetter be put
under retralnt for awblle. 1 bave tried
way to rc{^riy her. I halve
?r.ow, when 1 mosv, ueed a daughter's
ovcl"
"I think my wife needs a physldan's
ministration more," broke in
"?Ir. Crane, still with the most stotdy
;alm. Mr. Crane trilled with his mustache.
The situation was plthule; the atmosphere
was tense"Oh,
'truce, Bruce, what are you
doingY" Jdhe turned and throwing her
arms about his neck, kissed him again
and again.
lie tried to break away from bei
grasp and her passionate appeal.
"Where* Is my daughter? I)jn't
seperate us; for God's sake don't!"
The answer tame as If slit from lot
"You cannot go back to jour onil
dren."
"Don't say that after all I havi
done for you. Oh, Bru.sc, let mo g'
back to nry children, my babies. Th< j
netd thilr motliar. What are yoi
doing?" she suddenly cried out hyster
ically. "Are you stealing their lovt
from mtV"
"Don', seperate us for the love o
our untorn child; d^n't do it; don'
do It. You used to love u.e?yoi
know you did. If 1 have transgressed
you knov/ why and what made me d<
It. I ara distraught, besides mys If
Take me back to you, to shield lit
rgtinbt herself, and?you.
"Oh, liruce, Bruce, 1 pie id bo you
Bruce," she kept on Imploring. ".
plead to you as 1 have never p'ead c
before and never will plead again. N<
matter what I have d >ne recently
forgive me for Annie's seko, whon
you say you love like jour owi
daughter.
"You know, too," she went on li
the angolsh of her sou , "that I an
weak and worn out with nursing yoi
through typhoid and am not yet ove
the efltc.s of my own typhoid, whlol
I got during my vigil for your owr
wclfaro. You know I have given yet
aB, all my money, all my love, all mj
hont s. til 1 mv lifi> ''
At this crisis even tho stolid caln
of the brilliant landscape palntci
seeuicd to forsake him. Tears stoo(
in his eyes. Ills immediate emotloi
ever whelmed him. He was ab lit t
gasp out?when in a second's silenc
in the whole tie ree outburst there wa;
an Interruption. There fell from tin
mi nth of the Magistrate hlinsel
these clear cut words:
'"Sir," said Magistrate Crane, ad
drcsilng Brueo Crane, "you have :
stern and, perhaps, a harsh duty t<
periorm. You must face It like i
nan. You must do it for her sak
: and for the sake of your children ati<
yourself." Then turning to Mrs
Crane, he said: "1 will detain yen
only temporarily until :o u.o ro v M
Mrs. Craue, weak and exhausted
almost fill to tlie fl or. lb rue Cram
sneaked rurrledly away.
It was ut Hits epoch in ills life tha
Bruce Crane created a painting am
called it "Su arise." Imaginatlvi
friends have declare! that when till
strung p eturo was created they tav
in it tlie motive of an idea to deptlc
his whole soul at that time.
The long stretch of the dreary
wearlson o marsh was to typify?b
his gwn, Intense seif his own wcari
ness anu dreariness wiLh ids owt
wife.
The dull, cold, gray foreground wa
ills own Heart; theoverlyirgsuow au<
the bleak Hills was his wife's sh.idov
on His life; tHc rising sun, agio w ii
I He far-away heavens was his wife'
daughter?tne one bright, hoptfu
spot.
C1IA1TKR III.
It was after several most palnfu
episodes that Mrs Bruce Crane go
dospe alo. She had given BructlCr.ini
her love, she had given, him lie
money, she was a brilliant art eritl<
iurseif, and she liad impelled him b]
lier own incentive and wifely help 01
the road to becoming one of the most
successful and distinguished pal uteri
of American landscape.
Then there came the little rift ir
the lute ttiat was impossible to bt
avoided.
Mrs. Crane discovered that her owe
child was accepting the attentions ol
her own husband.
She was utterly discardeftand forcec
to watcli this utmost de generacy.
It had been uttered in tire art
wotld, where B-uce Crane and hiwife
moved at that time, that Mrs.
Bruce Crane murmured:
'T alnost wish now that she had
died before she was born." Mr. Bruo
Crane afterward: "It's everything
or 9ulcl(.e for me."
Mrs. Crane kept up her methodical
impulse. "He seems bo fond of my
own daughter, lie does not seem to
care for me," his own wife."
Imagine Mr. Bruce Crane readlug
into two women's heart at tho same
time?especially when one belonged
to ids wife and tho other t>elonged to
his own wife's daughter. And then
came next, for or against divorce, a
most igr obie plea, as one mav look at
It. It I as been said that the mother
favc rod the dissolution, to save her
own daughter name
Anyway, It was asked by the mother
of her own child, against her own busba.td.
The stepdaughter was cores
pendent In llie piteous case. Toda*1
the daughter is acclaimed Bruce
Crane's wife. A d her own mother?
Well, her own mother?she who
brought her Into the world?Is the
outcast, divorced wife of the man who
Is living with the daughter in the
pale of the law as his own, particular
spouse.
CliAPTKR IV.
"My troubles with my husband began,"
sho has confessed, "when I first
discovered his relations with my
daughter. 1 must tell the whole
naked truth. I upbraided both of
them, but they both denied my
charges. 1 know what 1 was talking
about, and my own little girl?the
little girl I had brought Into the
world?slid to me, 'Why, mamma,
you mush be mad. You are crazy.'
" Yes ' said Mrs. Crane, ray own
husband, chiming In, 'you must be
crazy.' I had had enough sorrow to
make me so.
"Aftei that my life with Mr Crane
and my little daughter Aunie became
a veritable Inferno on earth for me.
He began to persccuto and nag me In
every way posdble to think of. Oh,
can't one imagine the torture I was
going through -and always: He
aided and abbetted by ray own daugb
tor, my own offspring:
"So It went on and on, Ho began
to persecute me In every way. He
struck me even and knocked me down
ny daughter were masquerading as I
Mr. and Mrs. K chard B. Warner
and consorting from one I otel and
from one home to another 1 ome and
another hotel. *
"1 tad bren mortified, c ragrlned,
struck to tt e heart as with a dagger.
And when 1 called my daughter to an
accounting, as I thought 1 hud the T
! ! Ight In motherhood, she a. alu stab
hod me by saving: 'Ob, Ma, you 'e
l crazy, you know. Why toimeutMr.
Orat.e so? He has the re?l artis'lc
empcrament, like 1 have. Vou don't
mdirstand him. Why not go away
J igain now ar.d have a long restY'J d
"It was then stung-to the inn r- ^
: most quick of my soul, thai 1 beg in ^
. my suit for divorce against Brwoe
Crane, naming my own datghter as 8
i co respondent, May O d foregive t
) them, they kuow not what they i
f did."-' New York Amerloau. f
1 THE COTTON UUISTION
i
Debated in (lie House by Johnson
f
>1 ami Oiher Congressmen,
During the deb.ate on the army ap
5 proprlatlor bill In the house Wednes.
day Mr. Jihnson (S. C ) made a short
r speech on the cotton question. He
callod attention to what lie said was
j a systematic effort, unfortunately
I successful, to hear down the prlco of
> cotton, uuc asserted that there was
' no justification for such a brutal campalgn
of deception and misrepresentation.
'1 know," he said, "there
are some <ld glove gentry In Now
York who would not know a cotton
pitch from a pea patch, who ure undcrtaking
to tell lha world that the
, southern ff.rmer can make cotton at
, 4j c?ntB." If he had the power, ho
i said, he weulii have every man who
gambled In cotton on the New York
Cotton Exchange and who said that
, cotton could We produced at 4i cents
go down and with his own naked (
|?nrlo null ? > J
J I ,.t?i'<u pull vuc UVI1 UU1U 1)1 it 1I1U1U auu ,
make cotton at that price.
( Mr. Douglass (N. Y.), interjected
, the rematk that most of the men \
j. Hp; culatlug on tho Now York ex,
change were southern men, which \
\ caused Mr. Johnson to declare thai j
whether they were southern men or .
not, they were enemies tf southern ,
people and of good morals everywhere. ,
1 The peep e of the south were holding ,
) cotton which they had no more Idea
' of parting with at the pre ent price .
' than the owners of United States y
1 b inds had of selling them at 25 cents (
on the dollar. He prodloted that be ,
1 fore. September 1. 1905, thousands of j,
spindles In tho United States and ]
abioad would be Idle became of their ,
1 inability to get cotton to s >ln. (
Mr. Johnson argued that It would (
j ?ie perfectly right, for tho southern
cotton growers to agree an org them- (
15 selves to a reduction of die cotton {
s crop to the rxleut of 60 per cent. (
Mr. Slaydcn (Texas) said that a cur- (
ta'.lment of the colt m crip In this
country would only encourage the (
greater production of It In other j
3 countries. He warned tin southern (
members that they should not be de- (
1 luded by the idea that the south pos
sealed tho only climate or soli which \
R could produce c tton profitably.
y Many Killed In Dlnaucri.
i Without including the last week,
s the accidents In North America In
1 i which five or more persons wero klHcd
iu 1904 caused the death o' 2,224 persons.
Tno burning of the lroqt ols '
Theater, Chicago, and tlvs wreck of <
the Duquesne 11 >er, near I'ittsb rg, s
1. occurred Iu the last week (f 1903, vncl v
their death r. 11 of 800. Is i.ot coui ed 8
r In the figures given. Tno w reck of the 8
3 steamship Norge, with 040 lost Is in- ^
i/ eluded, mi st of tne passengers ha' Ing ^
i tickets for this country. Hy far the '
j worst accident of 1901 ww the de
i I struct I on of the New York exnnr inn 1
stt amor General Slitcum, which burn- 1
i ! ed iq June, with a loss of 1,020 lives.
; The worst railway accidents were a ?
; collision at Wlllard, Kan., 17 killed; ?
i collision at Jackson, Utah, 24 killed; ?
' {collision at Kowanee, Miss., 43 killed; ?
'derailment at Lltchtleld, 111.; 24 kill- ?
1 ed, collision at Midvale, N. J., 16 kill- ?
od; Sunday school tx ursion at Chlca- 1
> no, 20 kill d; train through bridge at '
i Eden, Col., 94 killed; collision at ?
Hodges, Tout)., 58 killed, and collbl jU 1
| at Warren burg, Mo., 29 killed. Tor- ?
I nadocs during the year killed 38 at ?j
Moundvllle, Ala ; 12 at St. Paul; 5 E
at Jamesti wn, N. Y., and 98 in east
em Cuba. The worst tornado In the 1
United States occurred In January, in E
Alabama. The worst explosion was ?
In a mint at Cheswick, Pa., which ?
cost 186 lives. An Infernal machiue ?
explosion at Independence, Col., kill- ?
ed 13. T in worst elevator accident ^
was at St. Louis, with 8 killed. Ten E
persons were suffocated by coal gas at (
WilliamsU wn, Pa. There was hardly C
a month v/ltliout a loss of numerous ?
live* in tenement house fires. Nine ?
schcol chl dron were suffocated in a S
vault at Pleasaut Ridge, O do. Eight S
children were drowned while bathing S
at Alton, 111, The average nmuber of ?
deaths in the larger accidents of the v
year was 326 a month. It Is a htavy ^
waste of life from preventable causes.
MlIII Pixhtlnx.
A special from Manila says an engagement
which took place on January
8, with refractory Moros on the
Island of Jolo, Lieut. James J. Sawell
and ono private of the Eourt.ftp.nth
Cavalry were killed and second Lieut.
Koy W. Ashbrook, of the Seventeenth t
Infantry, Capt. Halstead Dorey of the t
Fourth Infantry, Second Lieut. It. C.
Itlchards >n, of the Fourteenth cavalry l
and threo privates were wounded.
The action was In connection with t
the capture of a fort held by the Moro
outlaws which Maj >r Scott, governor p
of the island, had attempted to secure |
by peaceful means several months ;
ago. ltecently while attempting tosc- p
cute recruits on the Island klnuly ]
means taken by Major Soott were mis j
taken by surrounding Moros and |
troublo brewing necessitated forcible
action. The Moro leader has been kill- ^
ed and the fort has been dlstroyod. t
Amerloan troops were assisted by the
gunboat Q tires In command of Lieut.
Walker. Lieutenant Richardson is n
from Charleston, S. 0. gi
A Horrible Tr?K?< y.
At Chicago on Wednesday. With
a pistol and razor, John Miller, a
cook, killed his wife aid infant
; daughter Annie, fatally w funded an*
i other daughter, Martha,' .wo and a
half years old, and then, alter shoot{lug
hlmrelf through the breast, cut *'
his own throat. The i nconscloua J.0
jayjo^tftheMlller family were found ^
>I8PENSARY REPORT.
I
he rircctoji Submit a Statement of
the Years Business
i
8
ho Total Profits Do Not Yet Kcacli u
the One Million DolC
lars Mark.
8
The annual report of the board of i
ireotors of tae State dispens ry wa* ^
Iveu to the governor aud ma< e p lb
io Thursday. The report Itself ocerelj j
ummarlzcrs the figures of th) year's t
msltiet-s, which are set forth 11 detail t
n accompanying exulblts. The report
ollows: ,
L"o Ills Excellency, L>. C. lleyward, (
Governor of South Carolina, Columhla,
S C.
Sir: Wo have the honor to suhiult ,
rcrewlth a statement of the business (
lone by the State and county dispell- j
larles during the tlscal year ending 1
Soveirber 30th, 19u4, to bo trarisiult- |
ed by your excellency to the general ,
issembly of South Carolina
by referring to the several state ,
nents attached hereto ycu will 11 ad (
.hat the total cjst of liquors, wines, .
leer, etc., purchased during the yea- |
nnuunts to $2,316,242.07 ard that (
,he total sales (exjluslve of "fre^h
>eei") amounts to $3 374,786 43 (
The net earnings for account of the (
cln.ol fund for the fiscal year, which (
lave been placed to Its credit, auuunt
:o $171,377 73.
The profits that have accrued to,
ind equally divided between, the ,
counties and towns, amount $603,)98
22, making the total earnings for ,
.he year for the school fu.id, counties ,
ind towns $775,375 95, which Is an In*
jrease over earnings of last year of
1136,893.60.
We have paid to the State treasur- ,
)r slnoe Decerobor 1st, 1903 ( lie beginning
of our fiscal year), on account
>f the school fund the sum of $304,- ,
138 91, which reduces the school fund
to $400,000 00 as required by law.
During year we have disposed of a
arge amount of "bard stock" (which
ras been accumulating for several
?ears), at a fair pr tit, and hope that I
ivlthln a short time we wlU have ]
lothing on hand except "live" or '
loarkelable stock. J
Wo are very much gratified to re
yort that the business of the dlsptn- i
lary has been conducted with harmony
ind suotcess In all Its departments, 1
wblch will be shown by the attached
itatements, and the reports of the 1
egislatlve examining committee and ,
md (Xpert accountants, appointed to ,
examine the books and reoordt for the ,
?ast fiscal year. j
You will also note that the volume s
?f business 1 as Increased, but this we
ittrlbute to a more rigid enforcement
>f tbe law rather than to an Increased
consumption of liquors, etc.
In ooncludon, we court your mo; t 1
careful inquiry Into all the details of
ihe dispensary management, and are
eady to furnish any data you may j
leslre.
All of which Is respectfully submitted.
11. II Evans,
Chairman,
L. W. Hoy kin ,
John Hkli. Towijll, <
State Hoard of Directors.
O. H. Charles, Clerk.
The annual statements of tbe pro- ,
Its of the dispensary pall to the (
:ountles and the pr jilts of the whole
lale dispensary paid to the set ool fund i
vere also completed Tours lay and
ihow an Interesting inoreaie. Ti e
itatenvnt is us follows: i
Vbbevllle $ 13 69.) (.4 ;
Viken 14,87 1 (.">
Vndersoa 2 7 698 87 <
timherg 11.26) 60 ,
Drnweil 19.940 21
teaufort 9.436 96
Berkeley 8.662 77 ,
Charleston 65,342 16 j
Iherolcee 10,279 78 j
Jhestcr 13,324 62 i
Ihcstertield ? 146 28 i
Jlarcndon 12,602 66
Jolleton 10,409 01 1
)arlington 17,220 64
)orcll6atur 7,639 62 .
idgelleld 0 671 73 c
'airtleld 6 254 4 7 t
Florence 23,203 16 1
leorgetown 20,349 5J 1
Ircenvlllo 27,017 38 i'
lampton 6 486 69 '
lorry 5,732 61
[orshaw 14 088 37
<ancaster 12,368 14 ,
jaurens 11,608 69 [
<ee 12.523 32 ^
zextngton 3,370 90 v
larlon 20,788 80 ,
lewberry 13.604 18
iconee 8 200 88 s
trangeburg 30,835 40
'tokens 4 021 49
Llohland 44,771 32 J,
aluda 3 437 81 y
umter 20 565 75 J
partanburg 25,874 20
fnlon 10 508 23 ,
Williamsburg 11,680 18 ,
"ork 0,140 24
Total 1003,998 22 r
ret profit of State dispensary
for fiscal year ending
November 30, 1904,
placed to the credit of
the school fund 8171 377 73
Grand total $775 376 95 /
'otal net profit* of 1904.. 775,375 95 1
otal not profits of 1903.. 038 4S9. a* 1
" '.'11?II t
acrease of net profits of 1
1904 over 1903 $130,893 00
otal amount to consum- ,
mcrs $3,37 4,786 43
aid school
Fund tisoal t]
pear $186 063 17 ?
aid school ^
fund since
Deo. l 1904 ,
LO date 118,676 77 H
Total schod fund $30 4,338 94
otal amount accruing to a
town and county during '
tiscal year $603,998 22
u ^ school fi nd Dec I 1903. $13 2,901 21
ince then to date we have
paid the i bove and also a
the amount accruing to lj
sohool fui.d during the
fiscal year $171,377 73 ?
ft
Bryan Haoks Tort dr.
William J. Bryan, In an address to \j
16 Indiana legislature Thursday, folwed
up hh commendation of Prcsl;nt
Roosevelt made at Lafayette, s<
peaking on the president's rcoon.- ir
HOMESICK CADET
langed Htiimelf to a Treo In Ashvlllo,
N. O.
At Ashv 1'e, N. C., the body of O
A. Whlttaker of Paraxon, Ind , a
tudent at Bingham Mlllta-y acad
uiy, wan found Wedi e day hanging
rorn a tree In Victoria woods. The
toroncr'tt jury returned a verdict that
he deceased came to h's death by
ulcldal banging. Whittak r. who'
va.s 22 years old, cirae to the Bmglam
Military academy teu davs ago
ilueo his arrival hero the school
luth rltles state Whlttaker suffered
rom heme s'ckn?ss and It Is thought
-hat he committed the deed while unlor
Its Influence.
He left the school Tursd&y night
without permission and according to
witnesses, was seen pacing the platform
of the railway station late Ttieslav
night. A telegram was received
Weduesdiy evening from J. G. W.ilt-I
taker of Paragon, lnd., father of the
lead b y, directing that the body of
his son he sidpptd home at once. The
remains have been embalmed and will
too placed on the train Wedne day
night.
The suicide of young Whlttaker
was planned with minute care and
axecu ed in a methodical manner.
The phi e st leeted by t le boy for ending
his life is a illicitly woodad spot
slose to a trail leading from the Vie
lorla r iad to the tracksof the South
ern railway an 1 s mi 200 yardi frnn
the Viotorla Inn. The rope was of
new cotton and o e y preoautl >n
tak( u by the Intended suicide to pre
vent any miscarriage of his plans
Up >n r. achlng the spot be selected a
i small whit' oik tree Whlttaker
removed his collar and tie and placed
tin m near the base of the tree. The
rope was then doubled and a no<?.se
formed and placed about his neck
He climbed the tree and after adjust
ing the noose and tying one end of
the rop i to a limb, thrust his hands
Into his pockets and jumped, dlslocatIrghis
neck When taken down by
the sheriff Welncsday morning the
body was cold and stiff. ^ /
No More Stoiuitch Tf unities.
aii stomach irouble is removed by
Ihe use of Kodol Dyspeps a Cure. It
jives the stomach perfect rest by digesting
what vou cat without the
stomach's aid. The food builds up the
body, the rest restores the stomach
In heal h. Vou don't have to diet
yourself when taking Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. .1. I). Krskine, of AllenvilJe,
Mich., says, "1 sulTered Heartburn and
Stomach trouble for sometime My
sister-in-law lias had the same trouble
and was able to eat for six weeks. She
lived entirely on warm water. After
taking two bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia
[Jure site was entirely cured. She now
3ats heartily and is in good health. I
im glad to say hat Kodol gave me Instant
relief." Sold by
Dr. E. Norton.
IMyHtecouMl} Inland.
The State says William Wesslnger,
an employe at the State dispensary,
was carried to the Columbia hospital
Wednesday night with the clietk bone
and lowt r jaw bone on one side or ids
face broken, lie was also in a partially
unconsc- us condition. The manner
In which Wess ngor met with his inj
lry is something of a mystery. He
lives at :i00 Elm wood avenue and
Wednesday morning he started for tire
dispensary to begin work at the usual
time. Later en he staggered back to
hU house) hruLed and bleeding and
entirely unooriscb us. He was carried
to Dr. Glbbs' < lll'.e where ids wounds
wore dre sed and he was removed to
the home of his irother. Mrs. Harriet
Wesslnger, ak, 1108 Hugher street
Last night it was dt elded to plue h'm
in the hospital. 1'ho ambulance was
lummonri and tho removal wis ir a lo
with safe y. Tho wi uaded man is in a
very serl us condition and tho ie ult
>f his h j iri's is uncertain.
Tonic to ilio System ^
For liver troubles and constipation
here is nothing better than l)e Witt's
Little Early Risers, the famous little
PUIs. Tlioy do not weaken tlu: stom,
iv>n. i nun uciioii upon liic system
s iniId, pleasant and harmless. Boh
Moore, of LaFavettc, Ind., says,'No
ise talking, Re Witt's Litile Karly
Ltiscrs do their work. All other pills
[ have used gripe and make me sick in
he st omach and never cured me. ReiVilt's
Little Early Risers proved Lobe
he long sought relief. They are simpy
perfect." Persons traveling find
Jttle Karly Risers t he most reliable
emedy to carry with them. Sold by
jr. 1C. Norton.
A Greenwood Hoy MihhIiu;.
P rank Giles, the 14 year old son of
dr. and Mrs. 10. S. F. Giles of Grcenvocd,
ran away from home WedncsIny
afternoon and no trace of him has
>cen found. The boy attended school
Vednesday, received notice that he
vould bo reported to ids parents for
ome little offense. I. issuppo-ted that
his was the cause of ids leaving. Ills
taronts arc great exerciied over his
llsappearanee Chief of Police Macrlliian
has mailed out descriptions of
ho boy. He Is an Intelligent boy, 14
ears old, height live feet six, weight
20 pounds, black hair, lisps In talkng.
Wore brown mixed suit, knee
ants, he may seok employment In
ail road shops.
Speedy Heliof. ^
A salve that heals without a scar is
)ovVitt's Witch Hazel Salye. No remdy
effects such speedy selie.f. It
raws out inflammation, sooths, cools,
lid hfiftla n.11 mira Knr?,o ?u w-..i
mutim nuu iii 111 .vs.
l sure cure for Piles, ami skin diseases
ieWltt's is the only genuine Witch
lazcl Salvo. Beware of counterfeits,
hey are dangerous- Sold hy
>r. K. Norton
Each year shows a further decaenoe
of the phosphate industry in tiic
tate. The revenue at one time
mounted to over $200,000, while for
he last, year it was only $9,723.01.
ialy two companies are engaged in
he business an 1 the output has fallen
ff In about the same proportion as
he rev. nue. The Columbia Record
iys the supply is probablylexhausted,
ut the main cj use of the trouble was
he discovery o equally as good rock
t various placts outside of the state
'hlch could be mined oheaper.
coiik'h mill (joiiim. ^
All coughs, colds and pulmonary
omplaints thai are curable are quickl
cured by One Minute Cough Cure,
lean the phlegm, draws out intlam
nation ana heals and soothes the af;ct.ed
parts, strengthens the lungs, ,
ards olf pneumania Harmless and
Icasant to take. Sold by
>r. E. Norton.
Immigration Commissioner Wat)n
ban made his report, which Is an
iterestlng one, to the general asternly.
Iu the short time the office has
ecn In operation he has accomplished
of dih
IB
Ihe Old Stando
Grove's 1
has sGood t*he t?cs
over One and a Hi
of merit* appeal t?c
ADVICE TO FARMERS
From a Book Farmer Who Fever
Planted nn <ere.
______
lie Hell. Toa 'thai '.Organized JEfforl
Aiiiouk tho Cotton Farmer* ?=?.
NVIII liaise the Price
When the oottm crop of 1904 wan
being planted the farmers looked forward
to realizing 10 cents a pound for ,
the t rop, or thereab ruts. It is qu'te i
evident from the la-go portion of the
crop now heldjbaok f otn imrket that
there was little apprehension In the
minds of the hoi lers that the drop In
the market below 10 cents was -anything
but a t?mporaiy situation.
They thought that there wou:d soon "
be a reacth n, and wi re not prepared |
for the regular descent, and linally
the decided p'unge that followed the
November government report.
W11iIe the present c< n lltlon of the
market is setlrus and discouraging,
perhaps the most seiious problem Iyet
in the future the prospects for
the i ext crop. We believe the.farmers
who have s >ld part of their last
year's oiop could stand the present
juries for the rem n in t still In their
I hands and would let the same go to
I salo, if assured in regard to the mar;
ket for the present year's prorpeitive
crop. What should be done to cause
a reactt n and give assurance of pay- |
I log prices next fall, is the vital ques
i tion now awaiting an annw?r it
evident that the bull influence Is not
yet coufidtnt enough, and strong
enough in that contldenco, to effect
any considerable advance In prices.
After consult ring the \ar!ous
sciii in's and plans for bring'ng about I
a reaction that will carry prices to 9
or 10 cents, it seems obvious that all
plana will foil that do rot Include a
settled determination on the part of
cot*.on growers to very materially
Imlt the area of the next crop. Such
determination should take solid tangible
shape and not end in more talk
an 1 viva voce resolutions. Tho cotton
men who handle tho crop, the
manufacturers who work it up, and
all concerned In the trado, must have
substantial reason to believe that the
farmers are going to do what they
are read, to swear tl.ey will do. We
believe f such substantial, unques
tollable assurance be carried home to
t ielr co: victions the price would Immediately
c immense to advance. Hut
the danger to be feared in cisethe
market shall again be quoted at 9 or
10 cents before planting time, needs
but to bo merely hinted at.
The fermer.s seem to be In earnrst
this tlnn In their purpose to cut down
the area Each one Is anxious for
every other one to cut the area, and is
v\i ling t ) join in the cutting. Now,
how are the farmers?acting together
'.o c uiviiice the cotton world that
they "m >an business," that they are
ietermlned, In good fal h, to limit
the com! lg area in cotton more than
thre -f i rtlis of the area of last year?
We believe the reduction should be
greater I ban 35 per cent, not less than
33 percent. Indeed we are not sure
that one half the area of last year
win not yield more money next fall
than any larger prcp?rtion.
At a reduction of 26 per cent It
would be a comparatively easy thin#
to reproduce the total output of las? *
year by throwing out the outlying
poorer soils and concentrating skill,
labor and fertlliz rs on the small-r
area. The very much more libera! (
use of fertll zers last year was more .
largely responsible for the big < rop
than anything else within the farmers'
control. Tho good seasons probably
had more to do with It than j
fertlliz irs, and seasons and liberal
fertilizing together were far more *
Influential than the Increased area _
compared with previous years. And f
yet some may think it Inconsistent t
and unwise nut to Insist on a greatly c
diminished use of fertilizers as well as j
a reduce! area. Wny not hope for, '
pray for bad seasons, for storms and
droughts and blight and ravaging In- |
sect enemies? t
It world be Juj.t as sensible toad- 1
vise the farmers to use old worn out
Implements, to buy cheap, weakly
mules, to plant Inferior seed, etc. -?
Such a pjllcy would surely reduce the
cotton crop, but It would also Increase I
tho cost of producing cotton. What V
the farmer should do Is to largely
diminish the area, say 40 or 50 per
cent on the acreage, plant only good
land, fertilize liberally and make a
better yield per acre, thus rcduoing L
the cost of production while at the A
same time reducing the total amount L
produced, and widening tho margin A
between the cost of production and L
the market price 0n both sides. The A
strength of this contention Is largely L
in the fact that any farmer can adopt A
the policy without waiting for the
co operation of any other farmer. v.
Another strong feature is that such .
a policy is always In order?at all H
Limes and in all places. It is the fund
amental principle that underlies
scientific, Intensive farming. Every
farmer should adopt it, and when ^
every farmer shall adopt it, all wib ~"
have done so, and the cotton millenium
will have come and the "o< un- J1
try will be saved." It Is to be added
that this is no new 'Vospel of #ood Pj
farming." It is the "old, old story" .
that ha1 been preached by many for ^
years and years and practiced by not ' 1
a few, to their profit, prosperity and ?
present serenity. It fits into the a<
policy and practice of "diversified m
farming," of which we have heard so ^
often an< so vaguely; it makes such a
policy p actloable and profitable and ai
Is indlsi ensable to its complete sue- "
cess and as?ured permanence. Many
farmers In this County have tried it
and profited by it. Why can't all our *
farmers do the same is what puzzles :
the book farmer. at
1 - ? t 1
?; i
i3BHBBkiiUyB31>uy nti iflf flfcisrflf'nfc 1531
rd
asteless CI
t> 25 years. Avei
ilf Million bottles.
you ? No Cure
a Ten Cent Package oi' G'tOVE'S ill.A
teu&iamisusz nMseapyasraraswrs^J
' KILFYRE! KILFYR
That i9 exactly what it Is, aF
day at the State Fair showing Its ill
Every Fanner, Oil Mill, Saw M
property should have them. For sa
u0ldmb1a s
Colti?r?1>I?, O The inn
Southeastern Lirr
CHARLES !
Building Materiul of ull ki
"BUBEROI O."
The Guinaud
COIvlIMli
Building and Re-Pros^od Brick.
Terra Ootta Flue Linings. Propa
for millions.
iYhi-ike | Morphiuo i Ulgaret
Habit, | Habit I Habit
Cured by Keelcy J
132k) Lady St. (or P. O. Box 16)' Ooli
n :e solicited.
PnEDICINEj I
This great atock medicine ia nl
money *<iTer for itock raisers. It I
is a medicine, not a cheap food or B
condition powder. Though put up I
in coarser form than Thedford's B
lilack-Draught, renowned for the B
cure of the digestion troubles of B
persons, it has the same qualities H
of invigorating digestion, Btirring fl
up the torpid liver and loosening B
tho constipated bowels for nil stock I
and poultry. It is carefully pre
pared and its action is so healthlul I
that stock grow and thrive with an I
occasional dose in their food. It I
cures hog cholera and makes hogs H
grow fat. It cures chicken cholera H
and roup and makes hens lay. It Gj
cures constipation, distemper and H
colds in horses, murrain in cattle, B ]
I and makes a draught animal do I
more work for the food consumed. B j
I It gives animals and fowls of all I
I kinds new life. Every farmer and I
I raiser should certainly give it a I
I It costs '25c. a can and saves ten
times its price in profit.
Pitthburo, K as., M arch V>, 1904.
I liars been using .your lUack-Draught il
Stock and Poultry Medicine on my H
B stock for some time. 1 have used all H
kinds of stock food but I bars fennd H (
that yours is the best for my purpose.
J. 8. HASBON.
DeWITT'S
WITCH HAZEL
salve:
Till ORIGINAL.
\ Well Known Cure for POet.
'urss obstinate sores, chapped hands, eo?mi,
alKa dUeatea. Makes barns and scalds
ainleas. Wa ceuld nat Imprava the quality
f paid deuble Vha prlaa. Tho bast salva
hat azpartanaa aaa preduee ar that money
an buy.
Dures Piles Permanentlv
*
DeWltt'a la the orlrlnal and only pur* and
;onuln* Witch Hazel Salve made. Lo*k for
h* name D*WITT en every box. All ethera
LT* counterfeit. uarAiiBD ?*
B. ?. WITT A CO., CMICAOO.
Dr. K. Norton.
lonway-Scashore R R
DAILY SOniDULR.
Myrtle Ikach 7 a m
r Con way 7 :40 a. aa !
t Cm way AO a. na i
r Myrtle Beaoh 0:45 a m {
14/rile Tieach 1:30 p m i
r Conway 1:1ft p. m J
Oonway 6 30 p. m <
r Myrtle beach ft.10 p. m !
r. E. Norton. (
rr^xiii??sr!
CONWAY, S. C.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Thk criminal statistics furnished in
ie attorney general's report maker a '
itter showing 'or tte State duiing |
ist year than for the previous 'one. <
he number of homloidns was slight- .
lefts, but any Improvement In that t
tie Is a subject for congratulation. I
lit. nf 9.09. mmh ""
- ?? uauu voqui n.cio wero vy I
squlttals. Of oourno all of these
ay have been Justified, but we agnc
ith the Columbia Rccoidthat It will
; generally admitted that the juries .
e too much Inclined to avoid inflictg
the extreme penalty of the law.
few hangings, and there has teen
^undent opportunity for them,
ould do much In further reduolng
te number of such orlmcs in this
ate.
e a Cold in On<
bill Tonic I
age annual sales!
Does t?his record!
, No Pay. 50cn|
CK ROOT LIVER PALIS. 1
E1! KILFYRE 111 ~~~
ire IClUor. D) noiutratlon evory
re fighting qualities. ill,
Ginnery and any one owning
OPPLY CO..
chinory Supply houso of tho State
d) & Cement Co. v.
ON. 8. O.
ads. Ili# i (Grille Hoofing
Wrifrt for prices.
Brick Works,
B A f H. c.
fecial Sh\pos to onl *r. Kire Proof
red to till or lers for thousands or
Habits.
Lo?t itti ( e, of C
itnbia. 8. 0. C ntlioutlal correipon
Vital Weakness,
Blood Poison and
All Discharges.
WRITE HIVI AND HE WILL OIVN YOU
THE MEANS TO CUKE YOURSELF
AT HOME PRIVATELY.
Any gentlemen reador of this paper havloa a
private di*oano, such n>? Nervous Debility, Varicocele,
Stricture, Sp >oiflc Itlood Poisou or
any Urethtl JJisohnrgoti Bhould write Dr. J
Recognized as tho oldest established
and Most Reliable Sueelal
Newton Hathaway o." Atlanta for particulars
of his new system of curing these diseases in
half of tho time rn<|itlrod by tho old method.
You apply it yourself at home, under the Doo
tor'a directions, and no one but you and ho
know anything about it. In a short time yon
find youraelf well and healthy and not a )>ain
or sign of disease anywhere.
He cures [nipoUnoy in old men, stops discharges
in a few d ivs, dissolvoa Striotnro
without pain, and in tho aame short time effects
a marvelous change for the bolter ia all
private diseases of men. By an original system
of answers, ho can toll oxActlv what ia th?
matter with you, and compound the treatmooto
cure.
He sends it directly to your home in a plat*
package without mirks to indicate the contents
bet hitn send you his new books covering
the diseases of men. Ho has four of them
?Diseases of thrj Vitii Organs, Blood Poison
ing, Stricture, ViTrioooo'e. lbs full addross ia
Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 8N In man Bldg. 22$
S. Broad St. Atlanta, Ga. Write for the one
you want. It is free, also a detailed letter
covering your omo. It is a good way to find
out if you oun bo cured and at no cost to you,
so write without delay, and as the doctor has
boon prominent in the South for twenty-five
yeats, you o?m rely on what he says.
T. S. IIOLLEYMAN, M. D.,
The Specialist.
Cures, al diseases of men. Lost,
manhood, syphilis (blood poison),
gonorhoea, gleet, stricture, varioceelt,
hydrocele i nd all private diseases of
men. Cat irrh In all forms cured
quickly. 1'ilos cured without operation
or detention from business.
Under gu<?yintcn. R>oms 421 an 1
422 Leonarl building, Augusta, Oa.
Write for home treatment. Ofti
hours: Ham v ^ ? ?
-. ? i uti wv/ |j, m? ouuddy ft
? a. m. to 2 p. m.
a?? ? > ? > <
n ??
| Hake Home Happy. :
0 ?
Oood Music Will Do This. ?
You want a sweet-toned Piano,
$* or yon may prefer a flue Organ. 5
We represent tho Miamlarri ?
^ IM?k m. Our priced arid terms A
will appeal to you. Ciill on or ad- A
A d roan
S MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, S
1 Jli Opera House Block, 2
| ' % COLUMBIA, S. C. I
HHHHBHHMBBH Boardatc < ^ fl_
IK0B0U^UaAMABUSINC8tC0LL?GE.M?C??>Q*
GL Fabd Stalvby
Attorney and Counsel lr Ls*i
CONWA Y, 8 C *. v
TirwOODWARD,
Attorney and Counsellor at k*w?
CONWAY, Jy C.
3 Day zktz, |
-TV / Km every H
^lKm.25c. n J