The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 23, 1905, Image 1
VOL. XIII.
VICTIM OF BOMB.
The Grand Duke Sergius Assasinated
in His Carriage.
DRIVER ALSO KILLED.
Thf^Cncle and Brothcr-ln Law of the
fcmperor Nicholas K'" . at Moscow
While Driving In a Coach. The
Murderers Were Arrest*
ed and Locked Up. *
A dispatch from Moscow siys that
while the Grand Duke Scr^lus was
drlv n# Friday from the Nicholas
paiaje through the Senate quarter,
his carriage wan followed by two cabs.
At the law courts a sleigh In which
were two men, one of whom was
dressed as a workman, went quickly
ahead of the grand duke's carriage.
The .sleigh then slowed up to allow
the iarriage to pass and at that m?>.
menu a bomb was thrown beneath
the :arrlage. The force of the ex
plosion broke all the windows of law
cour .s and tl e report was 1 c\vd out
side the city.
The carrlag3 was hi >n.\ 1 j niece?,
nothing but the four wheel r< malnIng.
The horses were not hurt and
bolted. The grand duke was Instant
ly killed His head was b'owit < IT
actually being separated fron his
body, which was frightfully mar gled
The coachman was also killed, lb
was so frightfully burned by thcix
pltslve with which the bomb was
charged that he died wl i e being
takes to a hospital. On the arr \st of
the murderers, neither of win m was
known to the police, me of them
cooly said: "I don't care. I have
done my job "
n Immense crowd gathered at the
spot and made a demonstration against
a number of students, who comrnenc
cd rcattorlng revolutionary pro limafcioi.s.
Within a few minutes aft( r the
- l~ . I ? - -
ca)jiv>^iui i jjcopiu unp uii nave uucu seen
gatuerlng up pieces of wood and (1 ?l h
Ing as mementoes of tl e tragedy
Whm the Oiand Duchess E!!zibetb,
widow iA Grand D ike Serguls, wn.s
Informed of the occurrence, she
Immediately went to the scene vitiout
waiting to pJL on a hit or
clonk. The pates of theKnmlln were
closed as soon as tho news of the
assassination was conveyed to the
authorities and the remains of th
grand duke were taken to the Nicholas
palace.
AKKKbTKD HY A POLICEMAN.
One of the assassins was arrested by
a policeman, who overtook him as he
wus running from these in of the asHaslnai
ion. The n an carried a revolver
tut made no attimpt to use it.
He expressed gratification that the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth was not a>
eompaning her husband, Grand Duke
Serglus, when the latter was killed.
The assusiti refused to reveal his id? n
ity, hut admltt1 d that lie wus a mem
ber of the socialistic revolutionary
party.
Tl e head of the Grand Duke
Serglus wus literally blown to atoms.
A mass of his brains was found
nearby by a woman, who handed it to
a pclice commissioner. The grand
duke's pocketbook, which contained
letters and money, was found nearly.
At t ie moment of the exp Osion the
Grar.okDuchess Ei'zibeth was at the
Kremlin, superlntendli g work f r the
wounded at the fiont, and wa? about
to prceecd to the risldt nee of the governo;*
general, txpi cling to meet her
husband there. Ihr carriage was
wait.ng outside the Kremlin
Prayers for the murdered grand
duk6 were held later In the evening,
the Grand Duchess Elizabeth, civil
and military .(ttlelals he lug present.
The body of Grand Duke Sergius will
be intened in the cathedral of the
fortnss of St. Peter and St. Paul
The extra newspapers announce the
dcatn of Grand Duke Serpius by the
explosion of a bomb, but pive no details.
UODK IN MIAIIllY C'AHRIAGK.
AdWding to later details Grar.d
Duki Sergius, who generally was accompanied
by his wife when out driv
ing, was on this occasion going to hi*
private Russian bath in ins old ottl
clal residence in Ivcrskala strt ei.
The vt 1 i :le la which ic r? de was a
plait , shabby, closed cor la e s ich as
would not be likely to ittrt Jt alton
tlon It was followed by ehctivesl
in u wiup:e en caoH. i ne g ana nunc
was driven rapidly, ard w??s ha." way
acro<.s ihe square bttwten tlie Great
Belt tower and the Nicholas Kate,
when the bomb was thrown beneath
his carriage, where It exploded, liter
ally demolishing the vehicle, killing
the grand duke und fatally Injuring
the nriv^r.
Thtx only actual witnesses of the
assat&Jnatlon were a couple of poltcemeu
on beats in the \i;inity. Its i 1
appears to be uncertain whether the
assassin was in a sleigh or hidiog in
the tunnel beneath the Nicholas
tovor. A few people who had been
attracted by the s und of the cxplo
slo) 1 made their way inside the Kremlin
before the pohce w re able to close
the gates, but thoy were speedily
ejected. While enormous crowds
were gathering outside the gate ttie
body of Grand Duke Serglus was taken
by way of a pnvate corridor from t he
palace to the Ch mcii if monastry
Pr .ests will pray there throughout t he
nip tit and ( dicers and aides do camp
will keep vigil over r<he body.
Hi hcut-m Killed.
An explosion occured Thursday
mc ruing on the British submarine
boat known as '"A-5," which was in
(jue^ntown harbor. The explosi >u occurred
while ofllcers were tilling the
gasoline tanks. A second explosion
occurred as a parly of eleven resourers
wero bringing up tnediad and ii jured
frenr tho bold. The original crew of
the submarine boat numbered ten.
The total casualties, including those
arrrng the rescuers, is said to be
twenty.
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AN ADDRESS
To the People of the Fouth from Preside
t Jordan.
Dct the South Continue to Htanil I'at
In the l'roteotlon ot Iler
(Jrcat Money Staple.
To the People of the South:
The Southern Cotton association recently
organized at New Orleans, La.,
by the largest and most distinguished
gathering of prominent farni( rs mer
chants, bankers, c tton men and
others, Is already getting well under
way and exceeding the most sai guine
expectations of those who at New
Orleans so enthusiastically advocated
its policies.
The daily press of the south fndi
cate today that hundreds of countv
and precinct organizations were perfected
on the 11th instant throughout
the mtire cotton belt under the plans
adopted by the Southern Cotton association,
and that thousands of farmers,
merchants and bankers have enthusiastically
joined the movement.
Reports this early from hundreds of
counties, townships, pre ducts ano
parishes show that everywhere the
pledges on reduction of aoroage and
guano are being promptly signed up
by the cotton gr?wers. The very se |
vere weather of the past ton days has
In no wise checked the determination I
of the farm r> to Immediately organ 1
Izi and meetings everywhere have1'
been larg< *y at iend id.
Ai o he, m ib'.er which the cotton
world must be forced to understand,
and that Is, that spot holders cf cotton
In the south are tirmly and unalterably
tixed In their determination '
to hold cotton and refuse to sell at
prices less than 10 cents per pound de- 1
nvored at the ports. Holders in every 1
part of the south signify their wiling
ncss to sign contracts to tie up l)te
surplus part of the crop until next '
fall and the Planters' Cotton at d 1
Comraiss'on compiry recently organ- !
Ized at New Orleans as a branch of 1
the Southern Coiton association with
W. P. ltrown as president will ha"e
but little trouble in s curing the nec- 1
essa y tie up of 2,000.000 bales.
The Southern Cotton associate n j
has already proceeded far enough i/O
assure its sueecss. Its policies of or- '
gai izitlon and conduct of Its hITiIm, 1
Is br ad an 1 lib-ral enough to com
maud the prompt and active suppo t !
of the cotton growers and all al)l< d
business interests in the south. Th
cotton world has been absolutely !
amazed at the acton of tlie farmers
a. 1 southern bankers dur ng the pa t
two months.
The spinners are demanding the
fulfillment of contracts from the bu '
ers. The bu>ers must yet buy the 1
cotton to till their contracts and tim
spot cotton is In the hands of the pr >uucers.
In many sections farmers 1
are now hauling their cotton home
from warehouses. In o'h>r sections
warehousemen are off.'ring to store
cotton freeand bankets are advaoclng
loans at 6 per cent ier annum. The
entire south is working in perfect
harmony and unity to restore the
price of cotton to i's legitimate value
of 10 cents.
No cotton must be sold on temporary
advances. It is a well laid '
so; emu of the "boars" and bu>ers to
bring out cotton on the market so as '
to Insure heavy reaction in price and
s.cure the fulfillment if spot contracts.
IIold cotton Lighterithan ever
before and prove to the foreign spin
nor and speculator, who consider the '
southern fanners as so many "brain
less laborers," that we can combine
a id force tbe world to recognize for
once that the south can and will protect
its interests.
Lot the active work of organization
rapidly proceed. Lot every coun ty
and p irish in the south hold its m ic ings
on the 10th, organ.'zi and elect 1
delegates to attend the meetings at
t?,? O . ?? - ?
uia outkuu ua|Jll/tin UU Ullt) iil ''t, Hit
railroads have already lntlm it d their
willln^'noss to give a rate or < m fare 1
for the round trip to all delegates att
tiding the St ite meetings ou February
21st. Reduce your acteage and
use of guano atleisl25per cent, or
more.
Diversify your farming Interest^
and plant mure food crops. Hold your
cotton with a death grip until prices
advance to 10 ceuts. Pay no atten
lion to temporary advances. He'p to
tie up the two mldlon bales of the
surplus and "hears" and exporters
will be whipped to a standstill. Tin
sixty m.lllons of nollars cut otT the
value of the orop during the last 60
days by speculative depression will be
retutued and the south will attain njoy
h it period of prosperity.
W- DLU. t win In this contest. The
future of evei/ farmer, mereia. it,
bi nker and burnetii and piofesMonai
men of the south is at st ike. (3m
operation is now almist perfect. L t
us stand unfalteringly togetner. Lit
no break In the ranks co ur anywiero
The cotton meh arc fright-ned. The
"bear" speculators are frlghtenei
They can't hold out many weeks longer.
We have victory Insight. Stand
by the Southern Cotton association
and with success.
Recognizing the Importance of dis
bcuiiiifcLiiig information tnrougho it
the 9 >uthern press for the bent-lit of
all the people Interested in this move
ment, the Southern Cotton as>ocla
tlon has opened In Atlanta a depart
ment of publicity, which will dally
from now on supply all the news to
the press from every section of the
s uth covering the entire work of toe
association and all other information
on t >e cotton situation.
The columns of the sou'hern prri-s
in all sections have been placed it
our disposal and is aiding the movement
in every way possible. Lett* r*
of interest bearing on the pr.-s nt. sit
uation and all other matters of ne vs
Intended for publicity should be seat
to the Southern Cotton As ocl*tkn,
care T. J. Simmons, Jr., Maragtr,
Department of Publicity, Atlauta,
Qa.
We want good strong letter* from
farmers, merchants, bankers and
others.
Let the south c ntlnue to stand pat
in tho protection of her great money
staple. We now have the situation
absolutely In our control.
IIakvik Jordan,
Pres. Southern Cotton Association.
mt
CON
\ MYSTERY SOLVED
Body of a Missing Man Found in
Fair Forest Creek.
It Ih Supuogril That tie Shot lit in hi- 11'
and Fell Into the Creek
Where Ho Wan Found.
A dlspa'oh to "Che State says Mr.
F. Q. Trefzer, the well known Jewel
er, who mysteriously disappeared
from Union on Tuesday afternoon,
February 7th, was late Thursday af
teruoon f< und In Fair Forest creek
and evidently committed suicide
while in a state of mental aberration,
as a wound was found near his heart.
For a week the keenest anxiety has
prevailed and searching parties have
scoured the country, but though many
Indications pointed o his body being
in the creek, nothing could be really
done, as the stream was greatly
swollen on account of the recent melting
of the snows, and not until Thursday
afternoon was it possible to take
out a boat and institute a thorough
search.
llisVody was discovered about 4.16
Thursday aferternoon and the wound
near his heart was apparently made
by a .'18 calibre piston ball. The din
o-very was made by J. E. Mabry at
the bend in the creek, a streim about
six miles west of Union, half a mile
oelo v tt e big Rice bridge. The b ?dy
was {( pt under water by some willow
trees.
Thursday a big boat 3 by 17 feet
was made and takeu out Thursday
afternoon, accompanied by Gllber J.
Foster, brother of Mrs. Trefzar, II.
Gk Ralley and J. L Mabry. After
gaining the stream they pulled down
the river, carefully examining every
tiling for some distance, when at a
hind half a mile below Rice bridge
near the Prulttplic, Mr. M ibry saw
i mithing under the water whieh
3 ?uld not be at llrst distinguished.
Calling to Clias. A. Rot*,ell and
John bishop, who had joined the par
ty at Buffalo, they pulled the boat, up
lo where the o> Ject was, and stooping,
they pu'led out the body of Mr I
I're'z'-r, wlilch had become entangled
u; d ;r willow branches and could nol
rlhc t1 th'? surface of the water.
Mr. Tre Lit wore the same brown
suit, blue overcoat and cap that h<
Had on when be left Uniou Tuesday,
K b. 7th His face was very mud
swollen and dlseollori ^ Lb" ugh oilier^
whe the body is well preserved.
His body had been pierced by a pis
tol bill, apparently a 38 calibre,
which, however, has not yet been
found, as it was evidently lost In th
stream. His tiody is thought to hiv?
Una ted down some distance from
where tracks were prcvisouly discovered.
On his person were found a ring,
watch and chain, while in the upper
left vest pocket was a pocketb ><>k i f
the Heaver organization c attaining
his own picture, and in a purse was
$1.19.
Arrangements were at once made
for bringing i.?i. rema ns to town on
a 11 it car from Hutlalo as a special
train, and arrived there about 0
('clock after which the body wa>
taken to the Bailey undertaking
establishment where the inquest was
held.
In 1886 he married Miss Florence
F ?ster, daughter of MaJ. and Mrs. W.
M. Foster, and of this union live children
have been oorn, the youngest
three years old and the eldest, M'ss
Fannie, 17 years of age. About 1891
Mr. Trefzir left Union for E barton,
Ua , where he conducted a jewelry es
tabllshment for ten years, returning
to Union ab >ut three years ag ?.
Mr Trefzsr was an expert wa'cb
m.ikcr, aim of quite an- Inventive turn
nf mind. During his tirst residence
In ITnInn hf> h na ma corn nrMinh ' <("
>.v vi? >?4U rvi; LUUl/li III UUI "
estcd In perpetual motion, and gave
so much thought to this that he b
came aim >st mentally unbalance I,
though he afterwards seemed to re
eover from It. It was while In Elberton
that he met with a terrible accident
In mending a piece of jewelry
which destroyed the sight of one eye
Entirely and came near killing him;
since which time his wife has had to
devote almost her entire time to conduo'
ing the business.
Mr. Tre'zjr was a man of very quiet
disposition, and a mtm'ier of the
First. B iptist church. He was also a
M vs in and a heaver. He had two
brothers in this c >untry, but both
have died within the past few years
and one brother and a sister still re
side In Germ >.ny.
A Fat*I Wreck.
It bur' Gilbert, flagroar, and Fields
it c?, a colored fireman, were killed
rue day night in the head on c illslon
between freight train 71 and 74
of the Southern ral way at Lathems,
twelve miles south of Greenville. The
track was blocked for more than
o/? hnnra W.inrlnnoi
wi *V MVutot VUI AllH3| UH
train 71, left there near midnight
with oiders to take the siding at La
them, which Is just a spur track In
the woods. Wednesday he admits
that ho ran by the far end of the
switch b fore discovering It. The
brakes were quickly applied, but the
train was going down grade and was
still moving when 74, rounding a
curve, dashed in. Coizlne Jumped
and escaped with slight bruises, but
Klce, bis tlreman, wits killed. Gilbert
was on the same train, several others
were hurt, but none seriously.
A Wrack.
A dispatch from Spartanburg to
The State says No. 37, the Southern's
southbound vestibule, the handsomest
and n ost expensive train of the
syntom was wrecked at Fair Forest,
tlve miles from Spartanburg, at 1 30
' 'chick Thursday afternoon. The locomotive
and tender, two mail cars, the
baggage and chair combination car
and the dinning coach were derailed,
and three sleepers and the Gorton
minstrel coach were left on the tracks.
Six persons were Injured, none serl
ously.
Many Raptlz'-d.
Ninety new members were baptized
at the Springtleld Baptist church,
in Greenville on Sunday. The number
that Joined at the revival Jus1
closed w&h 135. The remaining 46
will be baptized later. _1
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W AY, S. C., THUll!
APPROVES PLAN.
Hon. Hoke Smith Writes on the
Cotton Problem.
$
FARMERS WILL WIS.
He Endorses the Action ol the New
Orleans Convention and shows
What Oo'operatisn Can Do.
Believes That Lint Cotton
D Worth Ten Cents.
Hon Hoke Smith, Atlanta, Op.
Dear Sir: In purs uar.ee to a rtsolu
tion uassed by the sulicommlttce of
the Southern Cotton association, now
In session In this city, I am instructed
to reque.st of yi u an article for publication
in the press throughout the
south giving your rpinions as to the
probability of the success of tire work
undertaken try tire Southern Cotti n
association in the interest of not only
uie omen planter, but all others la
terested In the soutU's great money
or op -co' ton.
riic e nun t'.re Insists on your comp'ylng
with iheir r queat for the reasen
that they feel that jour good
opinion would add much wiight to
the movement and assist them materially
In carrying out the work undertaken.
With assurances of my highest es
teem.
Very truly jours,
Richard Cheatham,
Secretary.
Mr. Richard Cheatham, Secretary of
the Southern Cotton Association.
Dear Sir: 1 gives me pleasure to
c imply with the request contained in
your letter of F bruary 9.
1 cordially approve the work mappi
(1 out for the Southern Cotton asso
ciail >n The association will give an
opportunity for hankers, merchants,
manufacturers and pro'esslonal men
of the cotton growing Stales to or
ganlzi with cotton planters into a
permanent cooperating forte having
us its main object to make the lint
cotton grown in the south bring a
stable p ic* of 10 c^nts a pound.
KKSULT IS FEASIBLE.
Such a ichulb is feas ble. It can
certainly be accomplished, If all whu
will b bein filed by it *111 help to ac
Oompllsh It.
Lint cotton raised in the southern
States is worth 10 cents a pound
The manufacturer can alTord to pay
the planter 10 cents. This Is Jtjr ie
because the price of 10 cents a poind
will not prevent fabrics made of
outbern lint cotton from controlling
the market agdnst all conipe Itinu
Silk, II ix, wool and c tton raised In
foreign c untrles are the competitors
of southf rn lint cotton. Goods cannot
be manufac ured from these four raw
materials lo successfully compete
with goods made from southern llru
cott n when the lint cotton c< sts the
manufacturer in more than 10 cents
a pound. The manufacturer of cot
ton cunrt only utl ird to pay tire
planter 10 cents a pound for lint cotton,
nut a stable price of 10 cents
would help the manufacturer by
making more stable the price of goods
manufactured from ilnt cotton.
If the s iiibhi rn States produced annually
only the quantity of cotton required
by the mills, sales at 10 cents a
pound would readily follow. It has
be? n the great tluotuatl >n in the slz
ft e crops and i nbuslnessllke man
ner in which much of the cotton Is
marketed by the planters and the
gr neral want of trustworthy sources
of Information on ths part of planters
that have made possible great waste
and loss to the south through the
fluctuations In the price of cotton.
Lust year tho crop raised exceeded
by nearly 2 000,000 of bales the
amount needed for this year's con
sumption. Ituyers concluded the
price could tie forced down below 6
cents a piund, and we were presented
with the spectacle of an effort to price
a crop of 13,000.000 bales at over
4100,000 000 le>s than the price at
which a crop of 11,000,000 bales sold.
?> vuuou UMU y itiitcia nan] raised ?*t *
000,000 more bales than will be consumed
during the present year buyers
proceed upon the theory that tbev
should Ik paid ft 100 000.000 leas than
they would have been paid had their
ii p beei 2,000,000 of bales smaller.
This b is been very nuch the mode of
pi oceduro with reft'ence to the- sale
ot p..sc crops Surely there must bo
a way ;o protect the planters and the
cotton growing States fr im sucu
losses. If the Southern Cotton asso
call in receives the support which I
believe it will receive protection can
be bad against such results.
As an immediate remedy the meet
lug at New Orleans proposed:
First. A reduction of acreage in
cotton this year as compared to last
year of 25 per cent., with a cor res
ponding reduc Ion In the use of com
merctai fertilizers.
AN IMMEDIATE REMEDY.
Second. The sale now of no cotton
for less than 10 cents per pound delivered
at the purls.
Third A combined effort to withdraw
fro n the market and carry over
to ntxt year 2,000,000 bales.
The mere earnest declaration of
these three purposes by the New Orleans
convent on stopped the deoline
In the prlc of cotton and carried it
up over $5 per bale.
You ask my opinion of the probable
succ ss of the work vou have unproduction
this year so that next year
the mills absorb the surplus carried
over from last year, they will show to
the world that it Is their Intention
not to pile surplus upon surplus, and
the holders of surplus crops will only
be oalled on to wait 12 months for
sales Such intelligent conduct by
the planters will Inspire all people
with confidence and help vastly the
efforts to give cotton a stable prioe of
10 cents per pound. It will make it
easy to withdraw the present surplus
of 2,000,oco bales from the mark a
and to orrrj it over to next yaxr, It
t I
SDAY, FEB11U All\
will make It posslb e for the farmers
to sell at pr&ctloally 10 ceuts a pound
the balance of the cotton which they
hold.
8TUONOBK FINANCIALLY.
I believe the cotton planters are la
a stronger financial condition than
ever before, and I have confidence In
their purpose to curtail the crop. From
what 1 can learn, they do rot Intend
to sell except at approximately 10
cents. Of course, gome may bo forced
to do so, but I believe they are few.
The mcrohants and bankers should
aid them and discourage sales at the
present prices, while a* the same time
tney should urge a reduction of the
new crop.
Your plan to reduce the acreage Is
mcst Intelligent, and you are im
mrnsely aided by the fact that the
surplus cotton Is still In the hands of
the planters. Those who are selling
cotton futures rely upon the planters
to give up their cotton at present
prices and are also relying upon another
year of overproduction. They
are basing their opinions upon what
has happened in years past, when conditions
vastly differed from those of
the present time. Then the surplus
cotton had pass d from the plantersnow
they hold the surplus and are
able to keep It. If the crop Is reduc
ed this year so that a price of 10 cents
Is restored, your organization will dcvel<
p strength for future years to
ueiii *.<*11/ a nuipiiM uru|i 1 OU Will ;
bo uble tv help perfect system cf low J
Insurance and cheap Interest, and In
many other ways contribute toward
establishing budncss methods for
marketing cotton.
Cooperation is necessary If & stable
price Is Lo bo glvin to our g-eut otop
The accomplishment of such a result
will bcnetit all of our citizens and from
all (who dwell In the cotton growing
States) your ass. elation should receive ,
encouragement and support.
Very sincerely,
Iloke Smith.
NO DEFALCATION cHAROED
.\K*lnut J. T. Gantt, the Secretary of
State by Comuiitteo.
The Joint senate finance and house
ways and means committee made Its
report Tuesday night on the Gantt
matter as follows:
'Whereas, the report of the com
mlttee appointed to examine the
books of the state officers, together
with the letter of the secretary of
state In reply thereto, has b? cn referred
to us, and, whereas, we have
given a hearing to the committee who
made the report, and also to the lion
J. T Gantt, secretary,of state, and
als > to Mr. I). 11. Means, clerk of the
sinking fund commission, we beg to
report that the report of the committee
is correct, and we c< mmend tin
thorough and competent manner in
which their wo?k has been done, and
we call attention to the fact that. t,n?>
report of the committee does not
charge any defalcation on the part of
the secretary of state
"R I. Manning,
"Chairman Flu tone. Committee.
"altamknt mosks,"
"Chairman Ways and M ;ausCom.'!
In connection with the committee
endorsement of the special commitlee's
finding, Mr. Oantt's boast In his
reply to the legislature Is recalled,
namely, that he would resign If the
report was oorrect.
Some members of the committee
were severe In their denunciation of
ondltlns In Mr. Oantt's ?fil *c, and
wanted a resolution adopted excoriating
the secretary of state, but wl er
counsel prevailed end after two days
the report as given above was agreed
to, the Indignant ones -elng won over.
Hiopimd Wild tOnjcino.
A runaway locomotive on the De'a
ware and Hudson Rtilroad was stopped
recently by another locomotive being
sacrificed In a collision which destroyed
both. The runaway was a
pusher at the end of a heavy train going
up the steep Yatesvllle grade
The engineers and firemen Jumped olf
at a station, and the pusher broke
loose and started down grade. A warning
was sent to Wllkesbore, Pa., to
ward which the locomotive was thun
derlng at the rate of a mile a miu
ut.e The yardmen had only a few mo
m ontu ?/\ "4l- ~ ' * ' * *
n.viiun uv) uoi/iuc wiienier to let me
runaway speed past the. pissenger sta
tlon there, perhaps sacrllleinir many
lives or start another locomotive to
ward It. The latter plan was adopted.
A. locomotive was switched to the
main track and started up the road.
As the runaway came Into sight the
crew of tae seoond looom >i ?v Jumped,
and the nixt minute the co Ision oc
cuned.
Hooz sou (i.
The State says Constables Harling,
Garner and Kellett raided Sellers'
place on Gervaia street Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock and woz d 282 half
pint bottles of "King's Cnoice" corn
whiskey, six quart bottles of corn
whiskey and 17 bottles of Macon beer.
The constables went up between the
ceiling and the roof a;id found all of
the booze hidden there. No objection
was made by Sellers \o the raid or
seizure. This is the le.rgest haul that
has been made in some time, as the
weather has been too cold for outdoor
work.
Alter the SUndtrd Oil.
President Roosevelt has ordered a
most rigid Invest igatkn of the methods
of the Standard Oil trust h? ih?
department of conmcrce and lab jr.
He took this action Thursday after a
conference with Representative Camp
bell, cf Kansas, who introduced an Investigation
r< solution which was passed
Wednesday. The investigation
will include far reaching possibility s
the showing up of ctsuriminattoi s,
blacklists, boycotts, etj., and may re
suit in orlmtn&l prosecutions agaii.st
some big men connected with the
Standard.
Treated Them Badly.
The Russian consul at Pckin com
plains that the Japanese are corop dling
Russians to leave Port Arthur
without their property and that many
Russian slok and wounded who have
been detained at Port Arthur have
died because of the unsansitary con
dition of the town. The czar hat made
a protest through France,
iml d
i
r 23,1905.
SMTiSNCKb To 1)1 h
Marion Pair, a White Man, Must Pay
the Penalty
For Murdering Another White Man
on the (?aiiow* at Columbia
on April I t Next
The State says that there was enacted
In the Richland oourt Thursday
a scene dramatic In the extreme tin 1
only too Infrequently seen in the Sta'e
of S iiith Carolina. Mar on Parr, a
convicted n urderer, was placed ' o.'or.
the bar and sentenced to bo handed
on the 14th day of April n< xt. The
court room was well tilled with spectators.
Before the liar Rood the criminal,
the tirst of hU race to he in such a
position since Robert Hodge stood up
to receive his sentence in 1809. There
was a deathly silence over the assem
bled crowd, and during this time
scarcely a word was spoken sive by
the principal actors In this tragedy in
the Ufo of a white man who had been
c mvlcted of a foul murder.
When asked the customary question
by the judge, as to whether ne had
anything to say why the sentence of
death should not be p i scd upon him,
the prisoner In a calm and cool manner
expressed the opinion that he had
pioved au alibi and consequently was
innocent of the crime. declaimed t* at
oecauo he w is poor an i frion iless he
was being persenitel hy b me one, f< r
what cause lie did nut know. His remarks
were short and he displayed lit
tie, In fact not any, nervousness while
making his speech. Parr < lo*ed with
a plea for the mercy of the court
seemingly not knowing that the ouh
punishment which could be indicted
under the verdict was that of death
At the c inclusion of the prisoner's
remarks and amid complete silence,
the judge started upon the speech
which was to conclude with the words
which would, in all probability, settle
the fate of the prisoner at the bar
Judge McDonald said that lie would
not review the evidence adduced dur
lug the trial and also stated that he
regretted that lie could not grant a
new til il. This lie said he could not do
and perform ids duty, and perform Ills
duty he would, unpleasant th ough i
might be The contentions of the de
fendant's counsel he had caicfullj '
weighed and nothing would have
pleased him better than to have grant
ed the new trial, but he bad not been
conscientiously able to do so
lie said that before him win one of
the unplcasante^t duties which man
is called upon to perform for htscnun- ,
try. Counsel had been appointed for
tne defendant and well hal they represented
him. He hoped that the
would lie able to carry ttie case to the
supreme court, so as to decide upon
all points of the law. Upon the evl
donee, that court iiad 110 power to
act. The correctness or the falsity of
that had linen nainori mvin v.u u #..i
rwuwv* -?y*'t * yj j a mil
and Impartial jury.
Judge MoL) maid went on to say
that the prl oner had claimed that h<
was innocent, but in the human tribunals
such matters c uld only be judg
ed on the ev.deuce presented, both
for and against the prisoner. T.iere
might b: an error, bur. so far as hu
man justice could decioe the prisoner
was guilty of a most foul and unjust!tied
murder. Under the verdict delivered
by tiie jury there could be only
one sentence passed There was only
one power that c uld save the guilty
man, unless possibly the supreme
court granted a new trial, and that
was the governor. The judge said thai
he was s rry for the man and hop d
that eyery ell ;rt would no made to
sivc him from death. During the
time wnlch will be given to the prisoner
the judge sab! th it he would
commend him to God and hoped thai
tiie condemned man would spind tin
time in praying to the Almighty Gjd
f >r forgiveness, lie would tind In unchristian
religion that comfort aim
consolation of which he was In sorneed.
The guilty man had been tried
before God and Ills country, so his Only
hope was to pray God giant him His
forgiveness.
Judge McDonald then sentenced
the unfortunate man to tie hung on
Friday, the 14th day of April next.
There was a sigh of relief as scon as
the fatal words had been pronounced
and the crowd quickly left the court
room. Tarr did not exiiblt any erao
tloil and seemed as little concerned
in the proceedings as heretofore. He
was returned to the jail until the day
of his execution, which is Friday
morning, only 2fi days distant. An
on that morning, unlets there Is in
invent Ion, Marlon I'arr will stand
trial before his God as her. he ha
stood trial before his country.
Km. (I l>> Train,
The Columbia It mord says passcn
gers on the early morning train Tuesday
from Charlotte brought news of
the accidental killing of Mr. W. G.
Horn at Hlythewood. It seems that
*- ? * 4
mioie was a, ireigni on Ul6 Skiing at
that station and that Mr. Horn at
tempted to cross botti tracks as the
passenger train passed, not being able
to see the approaching train on ac
count of the steam from the freight
engine. When struck he was hurled
several feet and was evidently Instantly
killed. Mr. Horn was well
thought of In the community at thai
place.
iiurnt to lit aiti.
A dispatch from Spartanburg to
The State says while her mother had
gone out to a well for a tucket of
water mursday morning, Ethel, the
three*yearold < daughter of R. W
Lewis, head of' the card room of the
i'ucapau mill, played too near theilr
and the ll imes trom the open grate act
her dress on Ore. She wa? fe&r'uily
burned and despite the attention of
several physicians died Thuriday
afternoon.
To Return FIak?.
A dispatch frcm Washington savs
the house committee on military affairs
Thursday author!/, d a favorable
report on a Joint resolution providing
that Union and Confederate battle
tlags in the custody of the war depart
mcnt shall Le returned to the proper
authorities In the Stales In which the
regiments bore the colors were organ1
Md.
*
Til Hi I'll I VHjKGK TAX
Will Go to Clemson College As It Has
/ lways Todo.
TIio St?(o Sciixoi KiIIn tiio 1'olWtck
Kill After it llatl I'ahh<I ttio
Ii<)W?>r llouso.
While the senate's session Tues la>
morning was not of great length, a
very Impoita't piece of business was
transacted when the I ouse hill to give
Wtntlirop some of t he very largo prlv.
ilage tax on fertUiz rs was disposed
of The bill was killed. Debate was
resumed 0:1 the b:ll just aft '.r tho senate
returte d from joint assembly when
the judges for the ninth ancl tenth
circuits were elected.
Senator Manning thought the bill
should be r. garrted cautiously, and for
0nmc\ 1 ??-?l?.v -li -j * ?.? ?
uuiu 1113 ill 1 null KllOW UOW lO
voto fur it was ihc expression of a
strong feeling that expenditures at
Clt mson were inordinate. He thought
It best, however, to kill the bill because
the estimates and reports from
various sources varied by thousands (
and th msands of dollars. Besides, no ,
ouo could toll what would he the [
amount of iuoomeof the privilege tax.
And, again, he dl! not consider it good i
business and e. money to tstablish a |
duplicate plant for fcril.Uer Inspco* |
tion. He felt sire that aft r the ag- ,
itation the tru-tees of Ciemson would ;
let tiho general assembly and the |
wt rid know what w is gi Ing on there, i
A frknd of all collcgt s, Senator (
Blake said ho was for no particular |
one. lie did not, however, think that ,
Wlnthiop needed the bureau or the ,
money. Senator B'ake thought Clem (
son, instead of being a failure, was a
'grand scenesi " Lie commended the (
onool fur cstablls log itself on the <
poor red hills of Oc >nee Instead of j
t ie rich lands of other couu 1 s He
cited the fact that Ciemson graduates ]
were well spread through the country. a
If Ciemson was a failure then klil It. c
Senator B ake In stating the advan- f
tnges of Ciemson enumerated the ag- ^
ricultural stations and farmers' Institutes
as examples. He argue 1 that <;
the Ciemson beij lest and privilege tax t
and Morrill funds were all used prop (
erly and that Ciemson should have H
tnem all.
For the committee, Senator Hardin [
gave a resume of the expenditures r
which the legislative committee had
reported at Ciemson. He said that t
he thought that, the c rlh-ge could get. c
along on about 820,000 or $25 000 less. .
If It was couceeded that Ciemson t
had too tuucb in ney and ttie bill was v
the way to oheok expenditures, said |
Senat' r McLeod, then it was an admission
that Ciemson had got beyond t
the control of the general assembly. ,,
He did not think the bill the proper ^
way to cut exp enditures. As to Clem- t
sun as a failure or a success, he was
very much an enthusiast as to Its ca ^
p.ibtliiy. Clenn-on had come at a nee- ^
e.-sary time an I accomplished the ed- s
ucation of the man who wished to
? L
create raih r than go Into one of the ^
professions, mi ill as law or medicine.
Smator MoLuud's speech was a good |
ippeal from his standpoint. I
Senator VV. J. Johnson, author of a j
similar hill to the Pollock measure, c
said that his purpo-e in supporting (
the bill was to p ace Clems in on a
business basis and rem ivn the uncer- ^
alntv due io thesuppo ed fluctuation
of the privilege t.ix The tax had j
gradually risen in am >uot and yet c
ill re was an unpaid am unt in Ciem- a
son's expenses last year of $16,000. As M
far as the farmers paying all of the c
tax, Senator Johnson held that the \
merchant^ piy a la ge part of It. At
(Jleuso) .it ei t haif of tlie boys (
re not. s ns ? f farmers, and there ,
auto only live agriculturls s in the t
g aduatii g class last y< ar, so it is <
saitl At Wmtui p almost every girl \
\s tlte daughter of a farmer. Sen itor
Johnson s ated ha 01< cos n's total ]
o ome < f $2:10,0U0 w.is about. $100,- (
000 more than toe Incomes of the oth
. r State instituti ?ns, roughly optimal ,
1 d as folt ws:
South Carolina college.. . $ 30 000
Citadel 25,000
VVlnthrop 65,000 ,
Cedar Springs and colored c >1 f
lege 20,000
$130,000 |
This $230,000 went, to about 600 (
students while the $130,000 went to j
about- 2,000 students.
In 1?08, Senator Eflrd said he had
passed a measitre through the house ,
givifig Olernson $30,000 of the tux. but
it North Carolloa law (the Pat-apsco
cate) bad since hold t hat. If tne lax
?vus divide I It 0 a-u-d 1-0 be an Inspec- (
ion tax and was then a source of
revenue Although he thought Clemson
got loo DjU h, he must oppote the
bill because he believed the act would
oe unconstitutional and the tax would
be cut otf.
The latter point was made the basis
of argument by Senator Hood, who (
read from a supreme court dlclslon
on inspection tux on telegraph polos.
This tax was lost because the court
held that It was placed merely for (
revenue and not for necessity. He
thought that It would be dangerous
to divide the tax under tne guise of
this bill which was merely a means
to raise revtiiue fur Winthrop After 1
some motions and counter motions 1
the direct vote was taken on .Senator !
Cole L. Hlease's motion to Indefinite
ly postpone the b 11 The vote was:
Ayes Senators Blake, Blea-.eC. L ,
B i;e, Brooks, Carpent? r, Douglas, 1
K Lido TfiH rr\ 11 ? .. " 1 ...
.j.iim, < ?/? aujU| 11 unson,
Manning, Marshall, Mauldln, McGow |
an, McLeod, Kaysor Stackhouse, i
Walker 19.
Nays?Senators Black, Brown, But '
ler, D nuts, Hardin, Hough, Johnson,
W. J., Mclvcr, Talbert?9.
The following pairs were reported
?Senators Williams (aye) with W. E.
J ohm on (nay); Peunfoy (aye) with
Christen.tn ( uijs); Blvens (aye) with
Wells (nav); Hydrlck (aye) with E.
S. BUa e (nay).
And so toe bill was killed after
passing the i ousfi.
(iouri lor WofTorJ.
The election of Geo. E. Prince
makts live of the circuit judges In
Snuth Carolina graduates of Wofford
college, and < n of the suprtme court
Judges Is also a graduate of that In.
itltuclon,
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NO. 40.
A WIFE IN WANT
9
Sells A Finger to An Actress
Who Lost One.
WILL BE GRAFTED ON.
The Operation is Performed by Ticinjc
the hands of the Two Women Together
for Three Weeks'While
the Finger is Exchanged
One to the Other.
The Now York Amorlcan says: Dr.
A. L. Nelden, of No. 13 Eist Twenty-ninth
street, said Wednesday that
If his plans do not no awry he will
Thursday afternoon or Friday graft a
new tinker on the hand of a woman
patient who lost the middle one of
lcr left hand by an accident a few
,eurs ago and who has felt very badly
vboub It ever since. She has lieen so
lumillatod, In fact, ti ai she has kept
ter loss a secret from the members of
ter faintly and has worn an arti tloial
inger, which, aside from balng Incou/mlent,
has caused her great uneaslless
of mind for fear It, might drop
iff at an Inopportune moment. The
woman declared that the absence of
;!ic tiug'r so Interfered with her
iareer as an artist that she was forced
;o abandon the stage.
For ail these reasons she came to
Sew York a few days ago and through
in ad vert Demqnt in the newspapers
itferod 85< 0 for a new linger. She reined
to give her name and a idress,
nit produced a large sum of money.
A HrooHyn woman, who also shyly
lecllnes tx reveal her identity for the
ime bein r, olTered to part with one
inger for 1500, and seemed to think
he had n ade a good bargain at that.
Both w iinen are at I)r. Nelden's
lorae now and declare that they are
eady for lhe ordeal.
The woman who expects to get a
lew ti lgei was in high spirits Tueslay.
She consented to have her hand
ihotograp led, showing that the fln:er
was re illy missing, and then told
vhy she was so anxious for another
n lis placi. She Is a striking blonde. *
"i lost this one," she said, holding
ip her hai d, ''about six years ago. lb
vas stiot off, and 1 was pretty lucky
,hat the bullet hit my hand Instead
>f my head. The doctor that attendid
me ml (ht have saved the linger,
iul he did a bad job, and had to am*
mtate it. At that time 1 was on the
tage, and my husband was living. He
lied soon after, and 1 was forced to
[lve up my profession.
"You see, a maimed hand didn't
i ok very well froir the front of the
iouso, and although I had an artilelal
linger made, it was not a suo- ,
less. And now 1 am here to get* a
inger of llesh and blood."
"The woman who is to sell her fin- (>
jer admits that she wants the money. / ^
"My husband had two lingers am- , y
mtated at Bellevue a year ago," she
xplalnod Tuesday, "aid he gets
ilong very well without them. Why
ih mldn't I do without one? W?
ion't make a great deal, and so have
jeen able to save only a small amount." a
Dr. Nelden spoke hopefully of the
'orthooming operation. He had already
placed two cots side by side In
. n oiru 1 1- - '
... miy wrtUK room or his offl -.0 on the
j oond 11 or, and between them has
oad constructed an Iron rest upOD
which the arms of his patients are to
lie. until the transferred linger is on
lh: hand of the purchaser.
"About three weeks in all," he de- J
vlared, 'will probably be consumed,
And at the fend of that time 1 hope to /
have achieved a complete success.
The operation is a delicate one but
not particularly difficult. The chief
trouble will he in keeping the tinker In
place after it is transferred. To do *' ?
this It must be firmly bandaged and
both arms enclosed In one plaster
case so as to prevent Its b lug displaced.
Two nurses will lie on watch
day and night to prevent, if possible,
any violent movement on the part of
either woman.
"For three weeks at least the two
worn' u must lie quiet and will have to
be fed by attendants. Tt ey cannot
even turn over, so yo-. see the ordeal
wl 1 >t In more wa>s than one a try- '$g|
Ing one. Iu spite of that, I hope to
su'. c cd. |
"Wlien this woman who wants a
new finger first came to me 1 heali.ated
a long time before 1 consented
t > take tier case, but site was so anxious
and the other woman was so willing
that L linaally consented. AH
that remains now Is to have the contract
signed, which I believe will be
done In the morning, and then we cm
go ahead. '
Wanted Them to Spread.
A hill has been Introduced in oongress
proving a sovero p nalty for any / " ,
one using the malls for spreading /
ooji weevil pest. The bill fixes thej
penalty a< $5,000 or five years/ t the
penhenth ry. The bill was brbugtrf,
forth by rather peculiar olrcunostauo
bs. It s< ems that s< me wild Texah
wrote to 8 New York outton firm suggesting
t lat the best way to reduoe
the oottoit supply is to distribute the .
boll wee^ il throughout the South, f
This firm sent the letter to the oom- tu
mlttee on agriculture, and, henoo, the
introduction of the bill.
? ^
Cat11 ik Affray at Anderson. ""
A dispatch from Anderson says
Mr. Q. V. Sllpp, an overseer in the
Br' gon cotton mills, was dangerously
out Frlda r by Marlon Tloe, an operative
in lis department. It seems
that Mr. Sllpp had oo-anion to reprove
Tic* for unsatisfactory work.
Tlce resented it, drew his knife and ,>
out the overseer in several plaoee.
One of the wounds U considered serious,
but It will hardly result fatally
unless some other complication arises.
Tlce escaped af er tbe difficulty and
hat not yet been captured,