The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 18, 1905, Image 1
VOL. 14.
TERRIFIC JTORM.
Town of Snyder, Oklahoma,
Swept By Tornado.
ONE HUNDRED LOST.
Not More than a Score ot Houses Left
In Tact. Relief Sent from
Neighboring Towns. Fire
Followedjn the Wake
of (he Storm.
A dispatch from Snyder, O. T.,
Thursday night says that uptodate
the number of known dead as a result
of the tornado has reached 100.
Arrangements have been made to
convoy all the Injured, who can be
moved, to hospitals at Oklahoma
City and Lawton.
The havoc wrought by the tornado
Is astonishing. Out of a town that
housed 1,000 persons &hi.-*more than a
score of houses are intact while twothirds
of the buildings are wrecked.
Itae Btor.ii formed south of Olustee,
the Texas line, and took a northeasterly
course, through a well settled
region. At 8 o'clock it was observed
by the people of Snyder, but the usual
funnel-shaped formation was lacking,
and though the roar was plainly heard
for some time before the storm broke,
many were of the opinion that It was
a hall storm. Within a few minutes
the sky suddenly beoamo dark and a
terrific downpour of rain began, lasting
for several minutes. Then the
rain stepped almost as suddenly as It
started. For a few moment.* ?n nmi.
nous calm t> Mowed, arid then the tornado
Btruck, tearing buildings to
pieces as though they were made of
paper.
Eighty-five bodies have lieen recovered,
a dozen persons are missing and
given up for dead, and of the 41 seriously
injured, several are likely to
die. More than 100 persons suffered
less severe injuries.
Relief is going from neighboring
towns. Oklahoma city has sent 100
men to dig graves and seek the dead
still in the ruln9, and a dozen under
takers with 100 Collins. Offers of
financial assistance have come from
numerous cities.
Gov. Ferguson of Oklahoma has is
sued a proclamation calling attention
to the needs of the stricken town.
It is still ditlljult to obtain information
from Snyder. A single telegraph
wire furnishes an outlet, but it
is blocked private messages concerning
the dead and the injured.
To add to the general confusion
and distress after the tornado had
passed, Are broke out and burned up
all that remained of the buildings in
one of the business blocks. So far it
has not been nosslble to And out
whether any bjdics were cremated,
but it is possible that such is the
case.
An unldentiAed woman was picked
up dead, having been pinioned to the
ground by a large sliver which entered
her left eye and oame out through
the baca of her head. Clarence Donovan,
a railroad engineer, and Miss
Nina Feasenden were to have been
married last n'ght, bub had just post
poned the nuptials until morning.
Both were Instantly killed by the
storm. m,
Fred Crumjpj a boy, had started.- to
a cellar wheniitlylng timber di c'ii
tated him, twirls was carried northwest
as far jfijf Oooperton, 12 miles,
and i%.i^^pj|frted that there are more
fragingmfe at that town than In the
tor nabo .path at Snyder.
The mayor of Snyder is having
much troubto arranging for the burial
of the dead.> The oonfusion Is great,
owing to ?hl fact that there are numbers
of tihldentitkd bodies at the
morgues.
There is much suffering owing to
lack of provisions and places to stay.
What houses remain in the town are
in bad condition and are unsafe for
habitation. Besides there is not
reom enough to care for tne "omelets.
Bedding and wearing ap^.el
are both lacking, and despite the' fcf
fort to sucsor the unfortunates they
are still in a pitiable condition. Many
of the injured could not be oared for
or given medical aid until morning,
and by that time the wounds were
aggravated. Dr. York of Hobart,
who was active in relieving the suffering,
says that 20 per cent, bf the
injured will die. *
Killed by Nervous (Shook.
A dispatch to the Augusta Chronicle
says Mrs. J. I. Campbell of Fitzgerald,
Ga., died Wednesday after Illness
superinduced by nervous shock.
A few-months-old baby girl had a
narrow escape from death beneath
t.lia h \rvfa f\t a vnnaaiftu hnriA Anfl
V,,V Uv/uin v/> n a uimft%mj u\/>wv| v*
siuoo then the mother has been in n
state of fear for the safety of the lit)
tie one. The incident which precipitated
the attack that terminated ir
death occurred two weeks ago when
an auto, driven at full speed, came
suddenly to a stop dlreotly in front oi
Mrs. Campbell's home. The babj
girl had been playing on the porot
and, struok by the thought that sh<
had wandered into the street and bal
been run down by the machine, Mrs
Campbell rushed out of the house, bul
before she reached the street she fel
and was pioked up unoonsoious. 8h<
never rallied from the shook and grev
weaker till the pnd.
Italian* In JboaUlana.
Last week a vessel brought 77<
Italians from Palermo to New Or
leans All but about 20 were permit
ted to land. Those refused wen
afflicted with disease or did not meet
the requirements of the law in som
other particulars. The Immigrant
were landed at New Orleans at th<
suggestion of the Italian ambassador
through whom southern planter
made an appeal for Italian laborers
They will be employed largely on thi
> plantations of Louisiana and othe
Southern states.
I
A STRANGE TALE.
A Man and His Wife Found Baying
in their Home
After Four Day* of Treatment l>y
a l'atr ot California Fakir*,
Who Knoaped.
The police of San Jose Cal., are
engaged upon a weird case of crime
and hypnotic suggestion. On a recent
afternoon Frank A. Drew, a
marble cutter, whose home is In Mil
ford, N. H., t.nd his wife were discovered
by the police barricaded In a
cottage, which they recently rented
at 393 East St. John street, both raving
mad. After a struggle Drew and
his wife were overpowered and taken
to a local sanitarium, and since then,
as they have gradually regained their
mentality, the strange story has been
drawn from them.
As a result warrants have been Issued
for the arrest of Professor Anton
Weber, a German clairvoyant, whore
oentlv occupied rooms at the Angelus
house, and the woman compaulon,
who is supposed to be his wife.
Professor Weber went to San Jose
from no one knows where, and has de
parted with his companion as rays
uvriuuaiy. jroressor weoer succeeded
In obtaining $2,000 In gold from Mr
and Mrs Drew and has three days
the start of the c Ulcers.
Mrs. Drew is still prostrated from
her experience. Mr. Drew, a man of
great physical strength, is apparently
perfectly well again. As Mrs. Drew
told her story she appealed frequently
to him for corroboration and together
the couple told a lucid tale of their
dealings with Professor Weber and his
wife.
"We first went to Professor Weber
on Monday a week ago," Mrs. Drew
said, "upon seeing his advertisement
in the papers. We had had some
trouble in Oakland and went to con
suit him atK)ut It. Professor Weber
and his wife treated us kindly and told
us to call Wednesday.
"Wednesday we went to his otlice
and he suggested to us that he could
aid us greatly financially If we had
2,000 to Invest in corn, pork, lard or
wheat. We talked about the matter
and then Weber suggested that lie
could give us a treatment which would
be an effective relief from the trouble
about which we had first consulted
him.
"We consented and from my husband's
head and my own he clipped a
small wisp of hair, and he also took a
piece of the nails of our forefingers
These he placed In a receptable with
some powder and ignited them. The
result was a heavy incense, which lie
swung at us with the command that
we inhale it. We both did so, and
the result was a sense of strangulation
and tickling of the throat, which was
followed by a feeling of exhilaration.
"At Professor Weber's suggestion
we then went directly to our home
and remained in the house, without
seeing any one. On the following day
Mrs. Weber came to the house and
gave us a treatment. These treatments
consisted of passing the hands
tirmly over the forehead and drawing
them away, snapplug the tingers after
every stroke. The result was a sense
of relaxation and rest fulness which
was very pleasant.
"Friday Prof. Weber told us to go
at once to Oakland, draw 12,000 from
the bank there and return at once to
San Jose. We drew the money fr< m
the bank In gold and returned on the
afternoon train to Sari Jose and took
the money to Prof. Weber's oHIce.
41 'Take this money home, place it
under your pillow tonight and return
It- fn mn >? II II I..
iv vvi iug au 11 u giui.iv vuiuui iuw, lit)
told us and we followed out his In
htruotions to the letter. We turned
the money over to him the next day,
and were then advised to remain in
the house until we received a tele
gram telling us where to meet him in
San Francisco to get our money back.
"This was on Saturday morning,
and from the Thursday before we had
scarcely anything to cat. We did not
seem to care for food. We stayed
right In the house Saturday and did
not see anyone. On Sunday morning
Mrs. Weber came to the house and
gave us both another treatment, and
that was the last we saw of her or her
husband."
When the police broke down the
barricade at the Drew home, on Monday,
they found the couple In a condition
of actual religious dementia.
"1 am the Queen of Heaven," Mrs.
Drew declared, "and my husband Is
the King of Heaven."
Only by taking oath that they were
emissaries from the King of Kings
could the oflloefs approach to remove
them to the sautariptn. YFor twelve
hours their ravings contihued violent.
The police believe that both were
subjected to hypnotio Influence and
while In this condition wore prevailed
uopn over their money.
A Negro Killed.
' Saturday as a special freight train
1 passed Lookhart junotlon in Union
County It was boarded by a young ne
I gro named Oon. Hyas As the train
passed by that place the negro was
( seen standing on top of one of the
frplt/ht. f'Arrt Tlip Hnnut. nf t.hn amtn*
?W* vuv nnvv/l
tank struck the negro on the head and
it is supposed knocked him senseless
and he fell flit on top of the car.
About & quarter of a mile farther up
the track the young negro rolled (IT
the top of the car dead. The negro
worked ground tho depot at Lockhart
1 juhotlon and has been In the habit of
? riding to Spartanburg on looal
freights the past year. When the
train passed Lookhart it was going at
about 35 miles an hour.
Were U4I Honrs Without Food.
3 Four men were at the mercy of the
. waves for thirty-six hours in an open
_ boat on Qreat South Bay, while wof
0 men on the shores prayed for their
t, rescue and brave men fought against
e odds to find them. They were dieg
covered and rescued Thursday by a
B party of three in a power launoh. The
rescuing party Itself suffered severely
g from the buffeting of the waves.
When taken from their frail oraft the
B men were nearly exhausted, having
r had no food or fresh water since very
early Tuesday morning.
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CON
BANK BANDITS
In New York Act Just Like the
Old Jarnes Gang.
TOWN HELD AT BAY
By Masked Men, While Their Confcder*
ates Blew Open the Bank Vault
and Carried Off One Hundred
Thousand Dollars in Cash
and Bank Notes.
Millionaire citizens of Ollbertsvllle,
N. Y., are planning to offer a big reward
for the capture of five masked
bandits who on Tuesday night, May 2,
blew open and rt bbed the safe jf the
town bank, and then at pistols' points
made good their escape via Mount
Upton and Norwich. This robbery, (
whloh netted the thieves upward of
1100.000 In caih and negotiable securities,
was one of the boldest that has
ever been perpetrated in New York ,
State, and ranks with the deeds of
J esse James and the Dalton Brothers ,
for skill and daring.
A Hood of telegrams and telephone
messages have been sent all over the
country, giving a dtalled description (
of two of the bandits and a general (
description of the other three. Detectives
in the larger cities who have j
been consulted declare that the men
who dynamited the safe were experts
at the work, and that they have be- ,
fore now converted their securities J
Into money, divided their cash and
disappeared. ,
"It Is a case of dyramlte, division (
and silence," said the SherilT of Chen
antfo County, as he announced his |
search for the men had ended at the (
depot at Norwich. "They had every
move planned; they knew every train
and every foot of the ground, and as j
soon as they had turned the trick, ]
and had the money In their pockets,
they simply dusted and not, clean ,
away." ,
The fact that every telephone and ,
telegraph wire that led out of the
town had been cut shows that the
men knew exactly the lay of the land.
When the llrst explosion wa- heard by (
the citizens of Gtlbertevllle they made
frantic attempts to call the police of
adj lining townships, but the wires
were severed and they could not even
call their next door neighbors. (
The bank which was robbed Is In a
private Institution owned bv E. C.
itrower, one of the wealthiest men in '
the town. A number of New York 1
millionaires have residences here, and
they make use of the hank safo to 1
store their securities, Jewels and even 1
their cash. Owing to the largo sums 1
that are generally drawn by the richer
depositors the bank makes it a rule to
have a large sum of cash on hand all
the time.
All this the safe blowers seemed to
know full well. They slipped into
town on Tuesday night as soon as the
live hundred inhabitants were in bed.
Then they cut the wires, and then
effected an entrance into the bank
Itself. All five of the men were
masked. Two of them sto< d on guard
outside the bink, while the other
three went Inside to superintend the
blowing of the safe. It took four
heavy charges of dynamite to finally
wrench the doors from the big steel
box, and while these chaiges were
being exploded the two guards on the
outside held the town at bay with sixshooters.
WIipr the noise of the first explosion
roused the sleeping inhabitants.
Edward E. Stcckwell hurriedly dressed
and ran Into the street, lie ran
into the arms of one of the bandit
guards who throw him to the ground
in an Instant. With the aid of his
companion he bound and gagged
Stockwell, and then cooly robbed him
of a large sum of money and his
watch and chain. Stockwell had with
him the money belonging to the store
ha o/\r?/lnAfn 4 1 ? * * * *
ug gvam uv>w( Allll lit 18 rOpOTLGCl that
his loss will seriously embarrass him
unless the company charges the sum
to protlt and loss.
liy the time the bandits had disposed
of Stork well other cltizms began
to pour from their homes, only to
I be met with six-shooters in tho hands
of desperate men.
"Keep baok from here," said the
bigger of the guards. "The first one
who approaches will be shot full of
holes."
The citizens were awed, and as they
paused a second and then a third explosion
was heard in the bank. Then
c&cq# the fourth explosion and the
sounfaorthe J,hre6i>a?fc rohlnre ripp
ng thd broken safe^-to nieces with
crowbars and plckaxelL JThe lnneia
compartments of the sate were easily
wrenched open and the large store of
money and jewels quickly taken from
their resting places and thrust Into
the pockets of the thieves.
As soon as the last of the valuables
had been swept up, the bandits ran
out to reinforce the guards at the
front of the bank, lteblhd them they
loft a wrecked building, before them
was a crowd of timid, badly scared
citizens. All the.money and valuables
were transferred to one qf the
gang, and then the other four surrounded
him as a body guard, and the
break for liberty was made.
Groups of men stood In the street,
but they opened the way for the five
men who 3arried six shooters In thnir
hands as they marched by.
"The first man who attempts to
follow us will be shot like a dog," was
the last stern warning the robbers
gave as they left the village. They
made their way easily to the outskirts
of the town, where they got Into
a wagon that they had stolen and
started on a gallop for Mount Upton,
five miles away. Several small posses
were organized at onoe, and the ohase
began. The robbers were followed
until they reached the hills. There
they left their horse and wagon in
the road and took to the woods, effectually
throwing their pursuers off
the trail. The Sheriff who was sleepy,
quit the ohase and with his deputy
returned home to finish his nap, and
the robbers lay close in the woods all
. . *m*m I 1
Mow
WAY, S. C., THURi
day. That night they stole a team
from a nearby farmer and drove to
Chenango County, nine miles across
the hills. They reached there shortly
after midnight, aud as the iShertfT
of the county had not received word
of the robbery he had no one watching
the trains. About 1 a. m the
bandits boarded a train for Oswego
and got safely away.
PRI8UNhK SHOT HIMSELF.
Hold Deputy Hhorifl'at It ay Until Ho
Committed Ntilcldo.
A dispatch from Anderson says
Tillman Weatderall, a young negro
contlned In the county Jail on a charge
of housebreaking, c mmitted suicide
about noon Wednesday by shooting
himself with a pistol. How he managed
to procure the weaaou is a mystery
to the (/Ulcers.
When Deputy Sheriff W. N. Scott
opened Weatherall's cell door Wednesday
night to place some water in the
cell the negro suddenly thrust a pistol
Into his face aud commanded him to
stand aside. Mr. Scott slammed the
door shut, and the prisoner crept back
into a corner of the cell without further
attempting to make Immediate
use of the pistol. The deputy sheriff
secured two gentlemen to assist him
I % /I i 11 A M MA ? I -V
iii uimiuiiMK uio ui'ifro, una wnen uiey
attempted to do so he tired one shot
at them. Fortunately It went wide of
Its mark. Tne oflicers then left the
prisoner securely locked without sue
seeding in disarming him. He remained
In possession of the weapon during
the night and Wednesday morning and
held the otllcers at bay until he ended
his life by his own hand.
About noon Wednesday the otllcers
at the Jail were attracted by a shot,
and an investigation showed that
Weatherall had shot himself through
the breast, inflicting a wound that
caused death in a short time,
Weatherall was a bad negro, and
had served a term on tlic county
shaingang for housebreaking. He
would have been tried at the sessions
court at Anderson next week on a similar
charge, for which he was being
held at the time of his suicide. He had
been confined in jail for a mouth or
more. How he secured the pistol by
which to try to effect his escape is a
mystery.
RURAL MAIL ROUTES COSTLY.
Qovernnient'H Iionn tor Present Fie
cat Year Is $ I iS .OOO.OOO,
The net loss to the government of
operating the rural mail routes of the
United States in the fiscal year ending
June JO, 1005, will not be less
than 48.800,080, and probably several
millions in excess of that amount.
The minimum estimate of loss is
obtained after allowing to the
credit of the rural service every cent
of rovenue derived from mall sent by
patrons of the routes and from mall
rfldalunrl Ku hnrv> ?? ? " m
ivuwi ?v.u uj uuoai| i.iuu an a uratucr UI
fact, only a part of these receipts are
rlue to the establishment of rural servloe.
It Is Impossible to tell *hat propor
tlou of the rural mail business should
hi credited to the establishment of
rural service, but It Is estimated by
competent authorities that the real
loss for the fiscal year will b3 nearer
$12 000,000 than $8 800,080.
The law rasing the salaries of rural
carriers is in effect in the prtssnt lis
cal year. It Increases the most of
service to $58 per month for each
route, exclusive of the expensesof the
field inspection service. It is the
cost of rural mall facilities that prevents
the financial waistcoat and pantaloons
from meeting in the postoftlce
department. Without this endless
and increasing expanse the department
practically would be self sustaining.
^
Hoofoty Woman 8utct?los.
Death by suicide, while suffering
from what her physicians say was
temporary insanity, Induced by poor
health, was chosen by Mrs. Benjamin
Strong, Jr., the beautiful and talent
ed daughter of John Le Bmtilller, a
merchant prince of New York city,
at her home In Huglewood Thursday.
Uuusually pathetic circumstances
surrounded the case. Mrs. Strong
had been sulT;rlng from nervous exhaustion
for some time, and, although
her illness had nnt, hA?r? rocrorSaS ou
, ? w wvu W*"?
acute she never had fully recovered
her health after the birth of her
fourth child six months ago. Mrs.
Strong shot herself through the
heart with a revolver that had been
It her home since a burglar scare,
some time ago.
CaeHAr And Hift Wife.
There are husbands who, among
their male companions, like to have
it supposed that the? Just a littletyrannical
at home. Ore such min
who had two or-three friends at his
house one eveaiiwr remarked, as they
were chattlngCtpgethpr comfortably
at a rather lati hour:""'"Yes, I do
what I like at home. My wife, 'she
has to bend to my will, I cin tell you.
In &y house I'm a regular Julius
Caesar!" His wife came into the
roond irftlme to hear the last sentence.
The tyrant his household looked a
little uneasy, but his wife neither
frowned, nor apparently paid any attention
to the remark. Hut after a
moment she remarked very positively:
"Gentlemen, It is late, and Juliurf
Caesar has irot to ao to bed!" wiisw.
upon the husband arose, stammered
his excuse and retired, leaving his
guests to tind their way out as best as
they could.
Has He Two WIton?
George 0. Hoggs, a barber from
Chattanooga, was tried at Dal ton,
G&., Thursday on the charge of bigamy.
He is said to have married
wife No. 1 in South Carolina twentyseven
years ago, and to have five living
ohlldren by his first wife, and
three grandohildred, who reside at
Calhoun, S. C. He is alleged to have
married his seoond wife, who was
Miss Nellie Coney,, in Dalton, Ga ,
last Christmas. Boggs, it is reported,
deserted his family about a year ago.
The maiden name of bis alleged first
wife was Mauldin, and she has a
brother In Atlanta, who was a witness
In the case. Boggs was bound
over to oourt on a I20C bond.
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SDAY, MAY IS, I8<
DEATH DEALING
Tornado Kills Twenty-Six People
at Marquette, Kansas,
THE TOWN WBECKEI)
Death and Destruction Followed in the
Work of the Terrible Wind and
Rain. Many Residences and
Fublic Buildings Blown
Down and Wrecked.
A dispatch from Marquette, Kansas,
under date of May U. says wh hi darkness
fell upon thatstrlcken town Tuesday
night it was known that 2d lives
had been lost In the tornado that
wrecked part of Marquette early Tu^s
day and did much damage In that vicinity,
and that 44 persons had been
injured. Of the Injured 35 were scri
ously hurt, and some of them may
die. During the day two victims died
of their injuries. Several of the others
are suffering from broken limbs and
Internal 'njurles.
In st veral cases entire families have
been killed. A man named Swltzer,
a night watchman at the railroad
yards, lost his three children. N. 1'.
Nelson and his wife and three children
were found dead. Two other children
were not at home and escaped injury.
Tuesday night order bad practically
been brought out of the chaotic win
ditlon that prevailed Tuesday and a
relief committee had begun dispensing
aid. Among the relief sent from out
Hide were 25 pupils from Bethany college,
who acted as nurses
The tornado struck the southern end
of the town and cut a clean swath 100
yards In width through Its entire
length. Coming as it did at midnignt
all the people were caught without a
moment's warning. A heavy rain
storm had proccded the wind.
When daylight broke over the town
it found the entire population in a
state of panic. Business was entirely
suspended and every one who escaped
injury turned his attention toward
aiding the injured.
The tornado seems to have formed
three miles south of Marquette and
did not spend its force uutll it had
passed many miles north of the town.
In Marquette the residence portion
west of the main street sulTered the
principal damage. The houses in t' e
course of the tornado were all, with
two or three exceptions, completed
wrecked. In this section there were
a number of modern residences, of
which only one was left standing.
The Swedish Lutheran and Methodist
churches were among the tirst
buildings struck, and they, t"gether
with the parsonage adjoining the Me
thodist church, were demolished.
Monday afternoon was hot and oppressive.
Late in the evening a terrific
rain storm broke over the town
The rain continued to fall In torrents
until midnight, when the tornado
struck. Within less than tive minntAo
It had wrought its terrible work an i
passed on. Telegraph and telephone
wires were carried down, and It was
several hours before the outside world
could be apprised of the plight of the
city.
It was not until 8 o.clock Tuesday
morning that physicians and surgeons
began arriving from surrounding
towns. In the meantime dozens of vol
uuteers set to work to clean away the
debris and extricate the dead and in
Jured. The Swedish Lutheran parson
age and several private reside*.ces
were turned Into temporary hospitals.
The dead were taken to a storeroom
nearby.
Dr. Lund, the Lutheran pastor,
parsed about among the suffering,
ministering to their comfort, while .'10
or 40 other pers >ns, working under his
direction, cared for the injured at
other points.
There were many narrow escapes
'from death. The Infant daughter of
Charles Sailon was lifted in her bed
and carried to the middle of the street,
receiving only a few scratches. Sailon
and his wife were Rerlously Injured.
The mattress upon which, toe baby
daughter of the Rev. Smith lay was
doubled up In such a manner as to
cover the child and protect It from
falling limbers. In spite of the destruction
of the Smith house, the entire
family escaped uninjured.
Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Eilvln were carried
on their herl a rUutur\e<j r\t r.nn
and laid down without being sericinly
Injured.
W?nt the. Oiaponsary.
A digparch from Washington to
The .Columbia Record says Secretary
Shaw and Iowa people in Washington
are deeply Interested in the announcement
of E. W. Weeks, a prominent
member of the'Iowa legislature, that
he proposes to Introduce into,tlx; nex
session of the legislature and push to
utmost ability a bill establishing a
dispensary law in that state modeled
closely after the South Carolina law.
Mr. Weeks Is secretary of the Nation
ai Association of Republican Clubs
and stands well in the legislature. He
has recently made a visit to South
Carolina, where he has studied the
operations of the dispensary system
and is pleased with it. He believe*that
the long standing contentions oi
Iowa people over the control of liquor
oan be settled by the introduotlon ol
the South Carolina Idea.
UI?H Blowers Fight.
As the result of trouble among glasf
blowers at the Chattanooga glass plant
Wednesday Frederick Cummins was
shot and killed; Wm. M each am was
spot in the thigh and Albert Meacham
was struck on the head with a heavj
wrench and may die. The shotting
was done by Albert Meacham, foreman
o{the plant. The lifficulty occurred
in the office. Wm. Mcaoham whe
was shot is a brother of the man who
did the shooting and the manager ol
the plant. Albert Meacham was arrested
and is confined in the hospital
ward of thejiil. The coroner's Jurj
placed the blame for the killing on
Cummins and Albert Meacham'. *
imli
)5.
PENSION LIST GROWS.
Rolls Show Many Additions 8ince ihe
Last Report.
Formerly llcfdduo W*h Hcturued
to I'eiiHlon Fund, But Now
Goes to Gonoral Fund.
Over 800 names have been added to
the pension rolls of South Carolina
since the last report. There were 517
deaths during the year but there wak
a net Increase of 217.
The pension funds are distributed
as well as they can be apportioned by
comptroller General Jones. The work
of the pension bureau Is extensively
arduous, as there are so many stalls
tics and conditions to be recorded.
Wednesday the comptroller with
the aid of his elllclent pension clerk,
Ml.-s Kate Maher, made out a statement
of the distribution as follows
for the year 1905:
COUNTY AMOUNT.
Abbeville * 8,540 (0
Aiken U,K28 50
Anderson 11,180 50
Bamberg 1,054 00
Barnwell 3,207 50
Beaufort 052 50
Berkeley 2,340 00
Charleston 3,017 60
Cherokee 5.001 60
Chester a is>h mm
Chestertiei<i 5,030 60
Colleton 0,912 00
Clarendon 3,287 50
Darlington 4,?41 50
Dorchester 1,078 20
Kdgelield 2,82.1 60
Fair Held 3,2117 00
Florence 3,835 50
Georgetown 007 00
Greenville 10,928 50
Greenwood 3,248 50
Hampton 4,111 60
Horry 4.387 00
Kershaw 3,341 50
Lancaster 5,810 oo
Laurens 0,650 50
Lee 2,882 50
Lexington 6,084 00
Marlon 5,430 oo
Marlboro 3 450 o.?
Newberry 3,675 oo
Oconee 0,835 Oo
Orangeburg 4,305 oo
Pickens 5,200 0>
Richland 5,050 50
Saluda 3,701 00
Spartanburg 17,410 50
( Sumter 3,030 00
Union 4,081 50
Williamsburg 3,934 oo
York 7,601 50
Total $190,583 00
STATISTICS.
An interesting table follows:
Names on roll 1904 8,544
New names added 1005 820
Total 9,375
Less those who died 1904, 517;
t hose oil' for other causes, 65; 682
Names on roll of 1905 8,701
Net increase 247
N umber of pensioners on t lie roll in
1005, showing as compared with 1004,
| c 1 n 1W i I 11 r " ??'! ' 1 " " * * 1
.jiivii ni^ iin_/ii aou tinu ul'UIl'iUiC uy
I ckisses.
1904 1905 lncrs.
Class A 07 74 7
Class 11 202 192 *10
Class C, No. 1.. .*>72 583 10
Class C, No. 2..4,020 4,002 42
(/lass C, No. 3... 728 750 28
Class C, No. 4. .2,954 3,124 170
* 1 )ecrease.
The above classes cover 4.802 soldiers
in 1904, and 4,911 in 1905, an increase
of 49.
Paid expenses of the department
amount to:
Joint resolutions and legislative
expenses $ 84 00
Kxpcnscs State board 119 00
Slal ionery and stamps 102 35
County boards and commissioners
2,342 30
Salary pension clerk 000 00
balance on hand 169 35
Total number of widows on roll
1904, 3,682, and in 1906 3,880, showing
an increase of widows drawing pension.
198
Formerly the money left from the
fund in each county was returned by
the clerks of court to the pension fund
of the next year but it now goes to
the general fund of the State and last
year$6,000 was returned.
Orcat Forest Fires.
One thousand men, including liremen,
laborers and volunteers, struggled
Wednesday night with the forest
tiro which, starting near Plymouth,
Mass , four days ago, has extended
into four towns and shifting frequently
with the wind, has threatened
first one settlement and then another.
The front of the lire extends
two miles, while its side lines reach
back six miles. It has laid waste
seventy live square milts and Is by nc
means under control. Nothing but
a heavy rain, will, the lire lighters
say permanently stay the progr. ss of
the dimes. The land burned over
includes valuable tracts of timber
and thousands of cords of cut wood.
Some small buildings have been burned
but the tlre-flgnters ai led by favorable
winds, have saved the villager
near the tire zone. The loss will bt
lftrge.
!! ? ? ?
Made of IUhbll Hair.
One of tho strangest of modern In
dustrles Is that cartljd on in the Jura
, district in France. It consists ir
taking the fur from live rabbits anc
weaving It into a textile fabric whlot
i makes the warmest kind of clothing
material known Th? anaaI?* r\t k
bits whlch-furnlsh the "raw" mate
rial for the manufacturing process ii
the Angora rabbit, wnioh has receiver
the name of the silk rabbit. Ever]
, three months the rabbit sheds iti
i fur, and several days before this takei
i place nature Is anticipated by femali
i hands, which remove the long silket
i hairs by gentle friction. The skin li
1 already "ripe," and the fur comes of
easily and without the rabbit suffer
1 Ing the slightest pain from the opcr
ation In fact, "bunny" apprars t
enjoy it, lying quietly In tho lap o
the operator during the manlpula
Negro Commits Miiietrie.
i Wright Maker, a negro man llvlnj
i in Hopewell township, Andersn
- county, committed suicide Wednts
day morning by shooting himself wit!
a shotgun. He was working alone h
the Held and when found his bod]
> was torn across the abdomen with <
> frightful wound and life was extinct
r Maker was a half witted negro. Th<
coroner went out Into the oountr:
1 Wednesday afternoon to hold an in
1 quest over the body. There seems ni
i doubt that the death wound was self
lnilloted.
I**
BANK OF
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CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00
TOTAL ASSET
OFF1C
R. O. COLLINS, PRK8IDENT.
O. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Pres.
Our Bank, being a local inatitut
building of Horry County and for tin
suing this policy wo take pleasure in
accommodation when consistent with
With gratitudo for the liberal
cordially solicit your future business
Respectfu
D A. SPIVE
Robt. P. Scarborough, H. ]
Presidont. Vice-1
BANK Ob
Conwa
Capital Stock
| Dili EC
Robt. B. Scarborough,
Hal L. Buck,
Qoorgo J. Hoiliday,
Wo will pay you 5 por cent, iute
ish savings banks to those wishing
Try our plan for saving your nicklos
these little banks and the interest we
help yon.
STABBED TO DJSATH.
A Prosperous Sumter Comity I 'tunnr
Killed liy IIIh Tenant.
A dispatch from Sumter to The
State says Colclough Stokes, negro,
out and stabbed Capt. David D. Wells
of Tindall more than 20 times Friday
ahout 1 o'clock. Capt. Wells died from
Ills wounds. The negro used a dull,
hawk bill, one-bladed barlow knife.
The tlrstcut began at the right temple
and went down to the throat. The
next began on the left side of the
throat and went around nearly to the
right ear, severing the gutleral and
ind jugular vein; then down the scalp
of the head from the back. Two bad
slashes were made on the left hand.
The victim fell on his face and the
negro jumped on the dying man's
hack and plunged the knife more than
three times into his back, six times
in a space no larger than a man's
hand Into his lungs, at the same tin e
-everlng three ribs from the back
hone. The negro and his wi.'o occuplt d
mo' alf of Capt. Wells' dwelling, It
teing a double pen house, divided by
& hallway. This is where the light be
gan.
Stokes, it Is said, had a bad reputation.
He was linfli'r Iniiintmont
.. ??.uu v/k iiiviiu v i *7 r>i i u IUI
disposing of property under lien, and
C ipt. Wells went on his bond and took
him Into his employ. The ncgroe's wife
kept house and cooked for Capt.
Wells.
The dlspu'e arose about some domestic
trouble and, it is said, Capt
Wells threatened to withdraw his bond
and turn the negro over to the county.
Then the light began.
The negro was captured this side of
Tindal by Magistrate Ingram and a
posse. lie claimed ttiat tie was on his
way to Sumter to surrender, lie is
now in jill. Capt. Wells was about
45 years of age and unmarried. He was
a very thrifty an 1 prosperous farmer,
owning a large number of acres of
land. He was wortli about 125,001).
Two Killed In Wreck.
A dispatch from Union to The
State says late Wedneac ay afternoon as
the passenger train on the Lockhart
railroad was rounding a sharp curve
about one and one-half miles from
Lockhart, going at a moderate rate of
speed, the tracks spread and the engine
and tender were completely overturned.
The terrible shock of the ac
cldent was in but a short time succeeded
in those who were uninjured by
me desire to rescue and relieve those
under the wreck.
Their search soon showed that the
casualties were: Killed.
B T. Ilollaman, tireman, of Georgia,
died Instantly.
Richard II. Wllburn, aged 18, a passenger,
caught under the engine and
scalded so terribly that he died within
, an hour.
, Injured: Edward MoOhesncy, engl
neer, hurt Internally, may die.
; Mrs. J. II. Wllburn, the mother of
the young man who was killed, is at
. Union under a physician's care for a
. week and the terrible news Wednesday
night completely prostrated her.
' IVonUr Accident.
j A very peculiar and serious accident
, occurred at W. B. Rast's factory
Monday evening of last week at Swansea.
ISonls, the 14 year old son of
Richard Cartin, was boring with an
auger that was turned by machinery,
t To steady the short board he was
i pressing his body against it. The
I board was a thin one, and the auger
i went through and into his groin on
5 the right side live or six inches. He
pulled the auger out himself by press
ing dls body from tne machine and in
* coming out it brought the grooves
1 full of fljsh. The boy had only a few
t minutes before the accident been told
i to keep away from the machine. His
s condition is critical.
3
j LekvnH Million to Harvard.
s Harvard university will receive
T $1,000,0(10 or more by the will of the
late Wi llam F. Milton, a retired tea
Importer of ibttstield, Mass. The
3 balk of the estate will be used by the
f widow during tier life, and will re*
vert to Harvard after her death.
Mr. Milton died at his home there,
600 Madison averue, on Feb. 28. His
will was tiled at Pltistield. His prop
* ertv is largely In real eBtate ana its
1 value is uncertain, but it is estimated
* at considerably more than $1,000,000,
1 Va.I. O.?
novt i ui a null,
i
f Mtatn Huitimor School.
i The indto.itlons are that the com*
. Ing sess < n of the State Summer
a ?fii0(51 at Clem on will oe the most
y successful ever h? Id. The applica
Horn are pouring In on the State Sua
perlntcndent and it is thought that
there will be between live and six
*
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SUURPLUS FUND, $17,000.
VS, $140,000.00.
JERS:
1). A. SPIVEY, Cashier.
M. \\\ COLLINS, Asst. Cashiei.
ion, lias always striven for tho up3
bottormont of hor citizens. In perextonding
to our customers ovory
Round banking.
patronage received in tho past, we
i.
illy yours
: X * O AS H ! ER
L. Buck, Will A. Froomnu,
Resident. Cashior.
, 1IO1111Y,
y. S, C.
; $25,000
!TORS:
W. R Lewis,
W. A. Johnson,
A\ ill A. Freeman
rest on yearly doposits. Will farnj
to opon Rinall accounts with us.
and dimes, and you will find that
will pay you on your savings will
Professional Cards.
"d^TTwTllcCordT"
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SURGEON DENTIST,
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8^*0 vcr Bank of Horry.
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Physician and Surgeon,
Conway, S
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U H WAAIMUIDn
ii. u. nuvnintiau,
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Conway Market
Fresh Meats and Sausage
always on hand.
Orders aro taken and
promptly dolivercd
every day.
Geo. Ii. Marsh,
Propretor.
BIO BANK DEFALCATIONS.
Frank O. Blfcelow Didn't llroak KeoordH,
Hut Caiiio Near It.
The defalcation of $1,500,000 by
President Frank G. IUkcIow, of the
First National Hank of Milwaukee,
will take hltfh rank in defaulters' annalu
fph? *
........ a.jo auuna^u Ul <P.J,UUU,UOU discovered
in 1884 in the accounts of
John C. Eno, president of the Second
National hank of New York, however,
still holds the palm. Eno disappeared
at the time of the failure of
Grant & Ward, a failure that precipitated
one of Wall street's historic
panics.
It Is probable the record In defalcation
by bank employees under the
rank of president Is held by Cornelius
L. Alvord. Jr., who stole $700,000
from the First National hank of New
York. The defalcation was made
public on October 23, 1000. Alvord
was later oaught in boston and sent
to prison. The amount embezzled
was made up by the bank's othcers
out of a special fund which Wall
street previously had no knowledge of
and which did not appear in the
bank's published reports.
William Schrteber, a clerk of the
KUzabethport hanking Company of"
New Jersey, holds the record, however,
for small salaried employees.
Ills weekly wages $10, and ho stole
$100,000, the defalcation being discovered
in 1000. Here arc a few other
bank defalcat ions of recent years:
In May, 1801, Gideon W. M irshr,
president of the Keystone National
of Pnilhdslpbia, wrecked that bank,
the embezzlement amounting to
$1000,000 and involving City Treasurer
lUrdsley, of Philadelphia, and
$500 000 of the olty's money.
In 1894 it w?.s discovered that Samuel
C. Seeley, a bookkeeper of the
National Shoe and Leather hank of
New York, had stolen $354,000. The
embezzlement hid been worked
through the account of a depositor
named Hiker.
In 1897 the Globe Saving Hank of
Chicago was wrecked through Charles
W. Spalding. The amount of the
emhezzlmcnt was 9f>00,000. The .
University of Illinois also lost $400,
000 and trust funds of widows and
others $300,000.?Haiti more Sun.
Water After Kxorolan Fatal.
At Lancaster, N Y., Dr. A. W.
Martin, aged for-elght, died this evening
from neuralgia of the heart,
produoed by drinking