The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 01, 1905, Image 4
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Training the Children to H
Truthful and Honest.
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A Very Readable Article on the Bub- i
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New York American.
As long as the world shall continue ;
to exlBt, as long as It shall be Inhabited
by human beings, we shall con- !
tinue to have criminals, Just as we
have albinos, or men with six lingers 1
?that Is to say, we shall still have
born orimlnals, men in whom a cruel
fate has sown the seed of cruelty, and
whose way of reasoning is different
from that of normal people, and who
are doomed from the day of their birth
to commit crimes. There is no therapy
against this inherited disease. The
only tilings one could do would be to
kill them or to place them In institutions
where they could uot do wrong.
Hut liesldes these born criminals,
whose number Is only between HO and
40 per cent, of all criminals, and who
commit crimes because of Inherited or
acquired tendencies which latter may
be developed by diseases such as tvuhus
or Inflammation of the brain, tiiere are
others far more numerous? habitual
orimluals, or criminals who err because
they are unable to withstand a sudden
temptation of an outburst of passion,
and these wc can redeem and bring
back to the right road.
First of all, we can direct and guide
the abandoned children, the orphans,
the sick and mischievous children.
These are the ones who most often go
astray, who are diiven to crime from
hunger and neglect. While they ar
still young, whllo their evil tendencies
have not yet grown beyond contiol, it
is possible to exterminate thche evil
Instinets. For this reason there arc
fewer youthful orimluals In the cities
of London and Geneva, where there
are numerous Institutions of corrcc
tlon for children.
To day all civilized countries have
begun to see the Importance of taking
hold of the children and more Is being
done than any one had droamed of a
few years ago?the States have male
education compulsory, and humanitar
inns have founded institutes which
look after the welfare of children out
side of school hours while the parents
are working In the factories and endeavor
to keep them out of evil com
pany and away from the streets.
A wonderful institution which do
serves to lie copied everywhere is that
conducted by Mr. Bnrnardo, In London,
who surely lias saved many th usands
frcm misery and crime, for this the
greatest of ull modern philanthropists
takes special care of the poorest of the
poor, the sons of drunkards, of con
victs and the abandoned and orphan
ed children.
The tendencies and Inclinations of
each child are carefully studied and
work is given it in accordance with its
ability. Hut Mr, Harnardo docs even
more, and hero is whore his lustitu
tions are superior to all others. As
the children who are under his care
nearly all como from degenerate parents
and more than others are apt to
give way to temptation, he tries to do
his utmost to keep them away from
evil ir.lluenccs. For this reason he has
employment (lllces everywhere arid
sends his wards to Canada, to Cape
Colony ar.d to Australia, to places in
the country, where quiet rural life
may make them useful and honorable
citizens.
M r. Barnardo keeps an eye upon each
and every one of his wards through
their whole life and never smut
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of them, and statistics show thui ir.
spite of the evil tendencies many of
them must have Inherited only twotenths
of one per cent of tiiem have
gone astray in only two eases of every
thousand has his wonderful .system of
education failed.
- - It is exceedingly Important to teach
the children to detest alchol, for alco
hoi Is at the bottom of more crimes
than any thing else first because the
use of It develops all ovll tendencies;
second, because many crimes are com
milted while under the tr.lluenee of
liquor, and, third, because the saloon
Is nearly always the meeting place of
criminals, where they lay their plans
and gather to dovide their spills.
If alcohol could he taken out of the
world the most brutal and cruel forms
of crime would cease, and the drink
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uvii im per hu as important a problem j
as the problem of how to prevent
crime. Hut there arc many other
things which must be done to prevent
crime. The social Inequality, the
great difference between the very rich
?-?-^.and the very poor, must disappear,
Und laws must be changed to etTect
this.
In Australia, which Is rar ahead of
all other countries In regard to social
conditions, crimes have decreased surprisingly.
The eight-hour working
day, the arbitration of all labor ques
tlons and difficulties, the high wages
and the disappearance of the very poor
class have practically wiped out cer
tain kinds of crime, and whatever
crimes are committed are either com
mltted during an outburst of passion
or by born criminals.
Breach of Bromine Suit,
Damages aggregating a quarter of
a million dollars as compensation for
anegeo oreacn or promise or marriage
arc asked by Mrs. Katherine Polllon
suit against W. Gould llrokaw,
the millionaire clubman, which was
begun In the supremo court In New
York Wednesday. Eminentcounselt,
scores of witnesses, many of them
people of prominence from distant
parts of the country, and a packet
containing more than 200, letters alleged
by the plaintiff to havo been
written by lirokaw, will figure in the
case. The authenticity of the letters,
upon which the suit Is largely based,
is denied by Hrokaw's counsel.
Xliey M iiHt (Jo.
The North Carolina supreme court
has affirmed the decision of the lower
court sustaining the act passed by the
last legislature prohibiting "bucket
shops" and the practice of dealing In
futures. The law makes It a misde
meanor to open a place where quotations
on futures are furnished or to
buy or sell options for future delivery
when the actual delivery of the goods
is not contemplated. The effect of
the decision is to close up all branches
of cotton exchange houses in that
** abate doing a future business.
How Thoy Value Them.
Two casc^ were disposed of In a
New Jerey court la it Saturday. In
one of them a man was convicted of
stealing a horse. Ho was sentenced
to twenty years in the penitentiary.
In the other a man was convicted of
criminal assault upon a woman. He
was sentenced to eighteen months in
jail. From this it would seem that
New Jersey values a horse muoh higher
than a woman.
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%. Word In Defense of" the Jury that
Tried the Ilooktiart Case.
The Times and Democrat says that
n discussing the acquittal at Oringeburg
of the men charged with the
ynohlng of Keltt Hookhardt the Salula
Standard falls into several errors,
which we desire to correct. The Standard
savrt "it seems morally sure that
*ome of these men were guilty, if not
all; but there had becu hard work
among the jurymen, and then, you
know, there Is a sentiment among
somo people that it is no harm to
kill a nigger." As to the innocence or
guilt of the live men tried and acquitted,
wo have nothing to say, except
that there was strong testimony for
and against them which left at least
a part of the jury In doubt as to their
guilt, which doubt was dissolved in
favor of the accuaed. The charge that
hard work was done among the jurymen
is all nonsencc. There could be no
"hard work done among the jurymen"
after thev were drawn to try the case,
as Judge Dantzler kept them together
under charge of a constable from the
time they were drawn until the case
was ended. Nor could there be any
"hard work done among the jurymen"
before they were drawn, as many of
them were not on the Jury panel when
the case was called, and were drawn
after the prisoners were put on trial.
So much for the jury tixlng yarn.
The Standard goes on to say that the
worst feature of this case Is that which
led ud to the kllllnir. Accord!i ir to ru
mors then current, some of these white
men had been altogether too familiar
with the nogroe's sister. He remonstrated,
and In the 'fuss' raised by his
remuneration he got locked up and
tlnod $6, while the white men went
home to tell lies to their wives. That
night, the negro, Keltt Hookhard, was
taken from the calatioose, terribly lacerated
with kulvis and sunk in deep
water with heavy Iron bound to him.
And then somebody's poor, long sulTering,
faithful wife was fored to go
on the witness stand and swear to save
a husband who had undoubtedly been
devoting a large part of his attention
to the 'colored girl,' when the wife
should have received all his affection."
N ?t a word of such evidence as the
Standard mentions was brought out on
the trial, whatever the rumors may
have been before.
We heard the Hamc rumor sometime
before the trial, but as it was
not brought out during the trial, we
came to the conclusion that it was a
fairy story and dismissed it Since
the trial we have heard another rumor
that is being whispered around,
to the effect that It was Mookhardt's
Intimacy with a white woman that
caused his untimely taking off. We
do not believe that any woman had
anything to do with the brutal murder
of buokhardt, but If a woman was
mixed up in it we are rather inclined
to believe that It was a white and not
a negro woman. In the trial the
State failed to prove a motive for the
murder of bookhardt by the men
charged with Ids murder, and we do
not think that the Standard should
use a mere rumor In making out a
case against them in preference to
the evidence adduced on the stand.
In discussing the case we have no
right to go behind the evidence
brought ( ub all-lie trial. Every juryman
that was on the jury swore to try
the accused "according to the evidence,"
but the Standard seems to
think the jury should have tried them
"according to the rumors" that were
being whispered around. We have no
objection to tho Standard or any other
p aper discussing the case, but the discussion
should be conducted honestly
and fairly.
Tito Oat Hold lleport.
Some of Mr. Garfield's friends are
defending his beef trust report. They
point out that that report showed
that protils on the capitalization ran
as high as eighteen to twenty percent
In the case of one company. Thev
also say that Mr. Gartield's critics
"seized upon the 2 per cent and
ninety-nine cents per head ligures
alone and derided the suggestion that
the packers were making so little
money. The fact that the 2 per cent,
profit Is a profit on gross sales, not on
cipltal invested, and that It means
that the packers are making imn ense
sums annually, was apparently lost
sight of." Mr. Gartield's friends now
point out that "the report says that
while the profit on dressed beef was
ninety-nine cents a head, the profits
on the by-products brought the profit
per head to $1 50; and when It Is considered
that the packers handle millions
of cattle each year the volume of
their earnings Is apparent." Hut
even $1.50 oer head is at. wirio ?nri.
ance with the figures presented by
CJuthberl Powel), who for more than
twenty live years lias been commercial
editor of the Kansas City Journal. Mr.
Powell's statement has been given
wide publicity. It showed that the
average net profit to the packers is
$7.11 per head. Mr. Powell concluded
his statement in these words: "Apply
the average profit of $7.11 on cattle,
20 cents on begs, 50 cents on
sheop and 50 cents on calves, to the
total number of head killed In a year
by the 'combine' packing houses,
gives a total protlt of $47,727,412.
Figuring upon their total capitalization,
undoubtedly heavily watered, of
$110,500,000, we have 43 per cent,
which is ten times what such money
would produce if loaned In large blocks
upon the open market. Besides this,
the trust is heavily interested in the
stock yards at Kansas City and Chicago
and owns outright stock yards at
numerous other cities, together with
private car lines, the profits from
which are undoubtedly large."
Killed l>y Playmate.
A dispatch from Marlon to The
State says Miss Cllnnle, the 13 yearold
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. P.
Smith, wap accidentally shot in the
breast with a shotgun at 5 o'clock
imnb> tilu:i noun. one. wiLii several
other children, some of whom had the
gun, were playing on the lawn at the
home of Dr. E. it. Utley, when the
accident occurred. There are varyIn#
rumors as to which one of the
children had the gun, when the shot
was tired, and your correspondent
could hot ascertain definitely, but it
Is thought to have been Herbert Crispin!,
son of Mr. II. Crlspini, who re
cently raovo there from New York.
The child died from the wound at
9.30 o'clock Friday night. She was a
bright and popular little girl, and
there arc expressions of grief and
sympathy for the family to be heard
on all sides.
One of "Two John#" Dead.
John Stewart Crossy, known
throughout the theatrical world as J.
C. Stewart, one of the "Two Johns,"
the famous fat men of the stage, is
dead at the age of 71 years. He was
born at Dublin.
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Anionic the General officers Killed
In Our Great War.
The Army and Navy Journal says
from the arohlves of the Confederacy
on doposlt In the war department the
military secretary, Major Gen. Alnsworth,
has brought to light some Interc&ting
data concerning the commanders
of the Confederate forces in
the tield in the fateful days of 1801-65.
Deducting eleven' names of officers
who did not qualify for one reason or
another, we have in this list 416 generals,
and the records given show that
of these 74 were killed or mortally
wounded In action, or 18 per cent.
This is a very striking showing
when we recall the almost entire immunity
of the Russian and Japanese
armies lighting In Manchuria from
fatal casualties to general officers. We
recall but one who has been reported
killed in battle In the far East, and if
there are others they must be very
few: whereas the percentage of casualties
among the general officers of the
Confederacy are far in excess of the
percentage of casualties among the
rank and tile of the Russian and Japa
nese armi? s as given by Gen. Bliss,
who has the best of facilities for
learning the facts. No less than 211
general officers of the Confederacy
were killed in battle during the 11
months of campaigning, and the ?
months of lighting commencing with
Grant's battle of the Wilderness and
ending witli Appomattox. Ten brigadier
generals of the Union army were
also killed during this campaign, he
sides 12 colonels commanding bri
gades, 6 of them at< Cold Ilarboi
alone. At Franklin 7 Confederate
generals were Killed, and (luring Slierman's
campaign 5, the Union army
losing 3 At Gettysburg 5 Confederate
and 5 Union generals were killed,
10 In all, besides 3 Union colonels
commanding brigades. At Fredericksburg
2, Union, and 2 Confederate gen
erals were killed. In all, the Union
army lyst in killed or mortally wounded
50 general otllcers, 23 brevet brigadier
generals and 34 colonels com
mandlng brigades.
Taking the proportion as one killed
to 4.62 wounded, this would indicate
that 407 Confederate generals were
killed or wounded out of a total ol
416. Probably, however, the genera
otlloeis were the selected victims ol
the sharp shooters, who shot to kill
In one regiment of the civil war, sub
jeeted to the ordinary casualties ol
battle, the 1st. Minnesota at Gettysburg,
28 prr cent of those engaged
were killed and 82 percent were killed
and wounded, lu forty-two other
regiments the percentage of killed In
different battles was 18 or more. Toe
ratio of killed to wounded in 66 bat
ties of the civil war was 1 to 4.8, varying
between 1 to 3 at Williamsburg
and 1 to 6.7 at Arkansas Post. The
average among the regular troops was
1 bo 4.52.
HAMPTON'S THREAT
CaiihciI Hhoriiian to <^ult Shooting
Gonfederate l*rlHonern.
To the Editor of The Sunday News:
1 read with much Interest the communication
In the last number of The
Sunday News, signed by my old friend,
14. Frank Ford, who I hope will pardon
me for making a few minor cor
reotlons In regard to the shooting of
Miller. Instead of twenty or so nav
ing been called out to draw, there
were one hundred and fifty, as told
me next day by one of the guard, lie
also said the number agreed upon waf.
thirty tive, and Miller drew that num
ber, but said it was his opinion that
the drawing was a sham, as it wasupposed
that Miller was the one who
shot the man; though he, the guard,
rl i r\ r\r\t f Klnlr Vv??*- 4 i *
u>u Iivu uiiiim OU, uub It WiUJ
done by one of Wheeler's men; for
they had all sworn never to take a
forager (better kuown as bummer)
prisoner.
After being the one selected to be
shot Miller was taken across the dead
line with one of the prisoners, and
told the prisoner he did not mind it,
only he had nine daughters dependent
on him for support and regretted to
leave them thus. A young Texan, 1
have forgotten his name, olTered to
take Miller's place when he heard
tills, but Gen. Hlalr refused it, saying
it was not legal.
Miller was shot about twelve miles
from C.ieraw, in Chcstertield district,
as then called, and, as well as I remember,
burled on the side of the
road leading from Cheraw to Camden.
The grave was pointed out to me the
next morning as we passed.
At Kayettovllle, N. C , we were
formed in line again, for the purpose
of drawing for our lives. Ten were to
be shot, but Just as theotllcer stepped
to the tirst man for him to draw a
courier came post haste on horseback
and handed him a paper. After reading
it we were marched back in the
"Hull Pen" without drawing. At first
opportunity 1 asked one of the guard
what was up, when he told me that
Hampton had put Sherman on notice
that two commissioned oitlcers or
eleven privates would be shot for every
one of our men shot by Sherman's orders,
in retalation for "bummers"
killed; so this out a stop to the whole
thing, and relieved us of the dread
that was hanging over us continually;
for Wheeler's men continuod shoota
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ing uummors" regardless of Shcrman's
orders.
I could write you more of the
atrocities perpetrated on those that
were so unfortunate to be prisoners
with Blair's corps, the 17th, but 1
fear 1 have already taken up too much
of your valuable space.
A. Bascom Cobubn,
Co I), 2d S. C. Bat., S. C. V. T.
Jesup, Ga., May 20, 1905.
A Queer Gilt.
At Pittsburg, Pa., John Bertges,
a constable having done some slight
favor for Anton Lutz, a brewer, and
having refused cash payment, received
an order for 1,000,000 glasses of beer.
The order is not transferable, nor can
Bertges collect in bulk, the agreement
being that he shall call at the differ
i/uu umitoncn tuuiruucn Oy LiU[Z US
he becomes thirsty and drink the beer
on tlie premises. Itertges spent most
of one day seeing if the order was
good. It was. Then he did a little
figuring, and is now sorry that life is
so short. Ills figures show that,
drinking fourteen glasses a day, Sunday
included, it would take him 208
years to get rid of the little present
made to him by the brewer.
Bomb'* Fatal Work.
At Baku, Caucasin, the governor of
Maku, Prince Nakachidze, was assassinated
by a bomb which was thrown
at his carriage. The lieutenant accompanying
the governor and a bystander
were also killed, and the
coachman Is believed to be fatally Injured.
The South Carolina Policy Holders
Meet in Columbia.
Governor D. O. Hey ward Elected in
President of the Booity. Tho
Resolutions Adopted.
The Columbia Record says the meet
Ing of the policy holders of the Equitable
Life Insurance company held In
Columbia on Thursday was one of the
most interesting gatherings CVer held
In this State. There were present
men with policies ranging from $150,000
to men with policies of $1,000,
and the meeting was in perfect harmony.
The primary object of the
meeting was to dlsouss the recent differences
in the board of directors, and
the policy holders got down to business
at once. There were about 100
present and proxies for about 600
more. The otllcers elected and the
resolutions adopted follow:
I). C. Ilevward, president.
J. L. Coker, vice president.
August Kohn, secretary.
Executive Committee?First district,
A. T. Smythe and T. M. Mordecal,
Charleston; Second district, J. C.
i Sheppard, Edgefield; Third district,
J. Fred Brown, Anderson; Fourth district,
Wm. E. Bcattie, Greenville;
l Fifth district, T. K. Elliott, Wlnns
i boro; Sixth district, D. 1). McColl,
I Bennettsvllle; Seventh district, J. L.
Mlmnaugh, Columbia. The rcsolus
tlons are as follows:
Resolved, That the president of
this society be requested and author"
izod to apply ortlclally to the presl!
dent of the Equitable Life Assurance
society of the United States for a list
' of the policy holders In the Equitable
Life Assurance society In South Caro
i Una, with their postoillce addresses
and amounts.
Resolved, That it Is the sense of this
meeting if policy holders of the Equli
table Life Assurance scclety of the
United States, living In South Carol!
na, that In any scheme for mutualization
and in any election of new trustees
or directors for such society that
I representation be given to this section
of the country; inasmuch as a very
i 1 'J rim nrtrHn n n t t nn t i i*o nnf olonH
r i?i 1 lllUli V/* l/IIU VlltUU UUUOtC%ll'l
' ing policies of the society arc held in
I the South, and this seotion Is now
' without any direct representation lu
the board.
llesolved, further, That this meetf
Ing of policy holders desires to place
upon record their coniidence in tire
I stability and solvency of the EquitaI
ble Life Assurance society of ttie
United States. And the policy holdi
ers should not be deterred by anyi
tiling that has happened from contin
uing to keep alive their policies by
paying their premiums thereon as
[ they severally become due.
i Resolved, further. That this meet
i ing of policy holders of the Equitable
Life Assurance society of the United
Slates express their sincere and
hearty wish that the present di 111 unities
existing In the management of
: the society should lie speedily and
amicably adjusted without resort to
any further litigation?and that such
plan will be adopted to secure harmony
and a satisfactory solution of the
, present ditlicultles as will tend to continue
the prosperous condition of the
society and Increase the same.
Dird a. Pauper.
Edward W. Mitchell died recently
In Chicago and the members of the
Chicago board of trade made up a
fund to bury him. A writer in the
New York American says Mitchell
' died a pauper; he was once a great
man. Where the names of Gates.
' Morgan, Armour and other stock
plummets and maiket plunders ate now
printed Mitchell's name was printed
thirty years ago. Mitchell was a big
| grain operator in Chicago when Kisk
and Gould were piling up money In
' railroads In New York. In 18U8 he
'cornered' the wheat market in
Chicago. He had a oompany of fellow
conspirators against consumers.
They shot the prices sky-high. Mitchell
made a million or more. Then
he went into the market as a bigger
plunger. He was betrayed and sold
out and found himself penniless That
was thirty-tive years ago. Mitchell
for ten years sought to regain his
fortune, but he was outclassed by
keener minded men. Then he became
a pauper. And every man that
has tried to 'corner' a food product
has died poor. There is a retribution
for food gamblers. It does not seem
to follow stock gamblers. The same
evil fortune may yet overtake 'those
conservative business men' who,
through the Infamous meat trust, are
robbing the people of the United
States. What a warning the lives of
such men as Mitchell should be to
our young men whose main desire is
to get rich regardless of the means
used to attain their ends. At one
time he was a million dollar speculator
but today he tills a pauper's grave.
What an object lesson such a life
afTord?.
The lii/.liicHN Anti-Toxin.
The Atlanta Journal says the antitoxin
for la/.lness is more than a joke.
It is a genuine product of science.
The discovery is based upon the
i theory that physical exhaustion is the
I result of a poison in the tissues caused
; by strain. To use a mechanical tigurc:
The furance tires of the body are
forced and fanned Into tremendous
heat. In the combustion of the fuel
the grates are clogged with olnders.
, These cinders left over in the tissues
; arc poison. The poison is counteracted
by the counter poison?the antii
toxin. The real value of the discovery.
doubtless. Is to he found in it.u
ability to counteract nervous exhaustion
and to strengthen convalescents.
Hut the Imagination applies it to
many things. The college athlete
whose veins arc infused with the stuff
i ought to beat his competitor, and
i thus the hypodermic syringe must be
I added to the gymnasium. The golf
and the tennis and the basket ball
player will also want the decoction.
And every fan will want to see his
> team Inoculated. Dope may win the
pennant. And who will bet on the
races so long as he is Ignorant of how
much each horse has been syringed?
Vet, the pace of civilization is rapid
enough now. Is the wight who goes
undoped to fall behind the procession?
He Fooled Tlmm,
A report comes from Charleston
that many people on James Island
have been taken in by a seller of soap,
whloh they paid for and never received.
The inducements of attractive
presents, to be secured with large
puiohases, brought In many orders
and the agent reaped a harvest at the
rate of 18 per box. The seller has departed
for parts unknown and it may
bo well for other communities to be
on their guard if the soap seller and
prize distributor should put in his appearance
in their neighborhood.
Handed Down !? Judge Rrawley In
an Inaurtnoo Cue.
In the United States Cirouit Court
at Charleston on Wednesday Judge ^
Brawley rendered anopluion of special rc
interest to the accident insurance
companies and the holders of policies
In such companies, the case coming
up on a motion of the Fidelity and
Casualty Company, of New York, for r?
a new trial, the defendant not being of
satisfied with the verdict which was ca
rendered against it at the recent term oc
of the court In Greenville. el
It appears that the late Frederick
G. Stacy, president of the Frist Na- ti
tional Bank of Galfney, S. C., was P<
walking down the street, when he
was accosted by a man of the name of V(
Porter, who alleged that lie had not
been treated fairly In a business trans rt
action. Stacy and Porter later came b;
upon Stacy's partner, who explained ai
the transaction, whereupon Stacy U
turned to Porter and remarked: ti
"Tills shows you are lying." Porter ti
answered with, "You are a liar your oc
self," and Stacy hit Porter two blows, tl
one in the mouth, slightly abraslng or
Ills hand.
Fr m this wound, Stacy died in a y(
few days of blood poison, and later the tl
executor of Stacy's estate, brought y
suit for the payment of the accident o1
policy for $5,000, which the company H
had refused, alleging that Stacy had s*
met his death by violent and unlawful
means. The jury was instructed r<
specifically upon the laws of accident r<
and a verdict was rendered in favor s<
of the estate. It was to set aside c
this verdict that the present action, tl
was introduced which Judge Brawley n
lias refused, dismissing the motion P
for a new trial. d
Iu his opinion, Judge Brawley en- t
ters into an exhausMve review of the h
meaning of the word, "accident," de- b
finitions in law and by various author!- t<
ties being recited, in reaching his con- 11
elusion that the death of Stacy was v
an accident. The question is an in- t
terestlng one to the accident insur- h
anco people. While the blow which t
Stacy struck in resenting an insult a
might not have been an accident, the f
blood poisoning consequent upon it v
was an accident, and the verdict was t
rendered accordingly and the court 0
now justifies the verdict. c
V
WEATHER AND CROPS. 1
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Gotten StamlH Good, Hut Numerous f
Had He ports Are Ma
The following report as to the condition
of the crops has beeu Issued by t
Section Director Bauer:
The first of the week ending Monday,
May 22, was warm, the latter
part very cool, especially the nights.
There were local high winds accoin- n
panjiug thunderstorms on the 16. h 1:
that did some damage to fruit trees, i
The latter part of the week was fair c
with sunshine in excess of the normal e
amount. 1
There were general rains on the t
16th, heavy in places, and occasional a
showers in the eastern counties on tne c
17th, after which the ground drLd a
rapidly. Cultivation of tield crops f
made rapid progress during the lat- t
ter part of the week. Tnere Is still r,
widespread complaint of grassy tields, t
and a probability that some land
planted in cotton will have to be t
abandoned owing to the scarcity of .)
farm laborer?. Labor Is scarce in all e
parts of the state. a
Cotton planting has been finished, t:
and m re than two-thirds has been n
chopped, with chopping still In pro- I
gross. Cultivation has been begun, n
Stands of cotton are geuerally good, f
though there are numerous reports of
ulniiLi *
f.nuui uyiuK un gray lanus in the I!
western counties and on sandy lands s
in the eastern ones owing to too much ti
ralu and the recent cool nights. In L
some of the southeastern counties, s
some tlelds have been plowed up and t
replanted. Excessive rains and lack t
of cultivation caused the plauts to n
turn red or yellow in many places, and v
the recent cool nights have checked g
its heretofore rapid growth. The a
first squares were noted on the 19tli
in Colleton county. The general t
condition of the cotton crop is poor, t
though promising in a few localities. S
Corn is suffering from want of cul- t
tivatlon and is turning yellow, but h
where cultivation has been practic li
able it is in good condition. Stands n
are generally go< d except on bottom h
lands where worms continue destruc- a
tive. There is yet much corn to be
planted on bottom lands, in the west
ern half of the state.
Tobacco Is doing well. Rioe planting
is delayed in the Georgetown dls?
trlct by high tides. The week was fa- ?
vorahle for truck and shipments of
potatoes and beans were heavy. The '
strawberry season is over. Wheat Is '
promising where not rusted or dam- P
aged by the Hessian fly. Fall oats are *
fine, and spring oats have Improved ^
rapidly. Oats are ripening in the n
eastorn counties and some have been l)
cut. Pastures are fine. Peaches are
plentiful in the eastern counties, but a
are very scarce in the western ones. 1
The first shipment of peaches was r<
made this week. Apples are scarce
and the trees continue to blight. Melons,
gardens and other minor crops ^
continue to do well. Q
Ulrl Kills a Baby. c
At Toronto, Ontario, Josephine ?
^arr, a 1.1-yearom ri> Has confessed "
to the murder of Wm. Murray, a nine- !
months-old infant. It is claimed of
the (Jarr girl that she has been in the
habit of stealing baby carriages from
the front of a department store while "
the parents were inside shopping. Last v,
Friday the girl went to a department
store and found a baby in each car
rlage in front of the store. So she ?.
picked out the best looking baby carrlage
of the lot, which contained the
Murray child, and made off with It.
She took the child bo the woods near ^
her home at the east end of the city 0|
and, stripping it of its clothing, threw 0|
it over an embankment and caused its u
death. Later she placed the body In a w
culvert and buried the clothing- On
Saturday she made the announcement ^
that she had ''discovered" the child's ^
body in the culvert. The girl claimed j]
that she got the idea of killing the f
child from seeing a play at a local
theatre.
Auto Kxploded, ^
A large touring car belonging to ^
Mrs. Howard Gould, exploded Wed- ^
nesday afternoon in front of a garage }(]
at Thirty-third street and Fifth ave- n(
nue, New York, through the careless- 0,
ness of a street sweeper, who threw a ()j
lighted match underneath the ma- m
chine where there was a quantity of ia
gasoline which had leaked from the
tank. The explosion could be heard
for a block and caused exoitement r<
among the guests of the Waldorf As T
torla The automobile was wrecked, se
the damage being estimated at 96,000. tt
9 Answer the Vu'*tlon* 01 Agents
as to Aeeragfl.
A dispatch from Washington to
10 Atlanta Constitution says advices
celved Indicate that In some parts of
le south the opinion prevails that
te last congress passed a lav/ compel
?g cotton plauters to report, on dcand
from agents of tho census buau,
their acreage, condition, number
' bales ginned, etc. This Is not the
ise. The only legislation alYeoting
>tton statistics enacted by the tlftyghth
congress was the following joint
solution introduced by Represt nta
ve Burleson, of Texas, and tlnally
issed as a part of the bill providing
>r the collection of marriage and dljroe
statistics:
"lie It resolved, etc., That the diictor
of the oensus be, and he Is herey
authorized and directed to coll.ct
id publish on the same dates and at
te same time he makes publication of
10 gloners' reports of cotton produoon,
statistics of the consumption of
itton, the surplus of cotton held by
le manufacturers and the amount of
?tton exported, the statistics to be
immarized as of September I of eaoh
ear, so as to show the cotton produoon
and consumption of the preceding
ear." It Is obviously to the interest
r the farmers to know something denlte
as to the amount of ootton conimed,
exported and on hand, and the
jatlstics which will be published as a
esultof the passage of Mr. Burleson's
^solution will bring out the facts. It
jems impossible to convince the plantrs
of the South that it Is equally to
heir Interests to have accurate statelents
as to acreage, condition and
reduction issued by the government,
csplte the weight of the evidence in
hat direction. The census bureau
,ad a considerable amount of trouble
1st season with ginnors who refused
0 make reports for use In the six glning
bulletins issued during tho fall,
/inter and spring, and yet the facts
end to show that conditions would
lave l>eeu m&terl&ly Improved had
his information been freely given by
11 giuners. It is argued that such inormation
gives the speculator a club
/herewith to hammer down prices,
iut, If this be the case, It should be
bvlous that In the event of a short
rop the farmers would bo gl ven a lever
/herewith to push the prices up. In
he opinion of experts here it is dilllult
to see how any legitimate interest
an be harmed by having the exact
acts made public.
CRAZED NfiGRO BURNED.
to Shot to Doatli Kvery White Man
Ho Could.
About 0 o'clock Wednesday night a
nob of men and boys surrounded the
louse and s^t It afire. Shaw remained
n the burning house as long as he
ould stand the heat and finally leap
d out and tried to escape. Nearly one
lundred shots were fired and Shaw's
>ody was riddled with bullets. Suuday
fternoon Shaw was terrorizing the
ommunlty around Whitman, Ky..
,nd an appeal was sent to Owensboro
or help. A posse was at once formed,
tut as soon as they approached the
nad man's house he opened lire on
hem.
Town Marshal Watson was shot in
}m nnrl nonntu i ~ 1? *
..v ?uu niamniti <IUI1I1 J.
ackson In the hack. Others woundd
were I)r. G. II. 1'lltt, on the hand;
, boy named Howard and a boy
lamed Pelly In the legs. Wednesday
corning a posse headed by Sheriff
telly went from Lewisport to Whitnan
and found Shaw sitting on Ids
ront porch.
Shaw quickly barricaded himself
n his house. The posse tried to
torm the house, but the negro opened
ire, wounding James Ford and John
toblnson. He apparently had only
mall shot, which saved the lives of
hose he shot at. Shaw was shot at
wlce. He had two revolvers, but an
lounccd that he would save them for
/ork at close quarters. A great crowd
athered around the house, keeping at
safe distance.
At .'f o'clock Will G. Brown, a depuy
Sheriff of Hancock county, Voluncered
to go to the home aud take
haw. When within 15 feet of Shaw,
he crazy man fired, blowing Brown's
ead completely off. The body now
es at the door of the house and can
ot be recovered. The burning of the
ouse is being discussed by the posse
nd this probably will be done.
Dank tor Holly Hill.
The Hank of Holly Hill was organ'.ed
Thursday with a capital stock of
15,000. The following are the board
f directors: II. W. H l&me, A. F.
oyner, W. L. Dellay, G. 0. Williams,
tobest Llde, A- If. Bennett, Dr. J. L.
I. Gllmore. Officers: II. W. Rliame,
resident; A. F. Joyner, cashier; Moss
i Lyde, solicitors. Messrs. II. W.
lhamc, A. B. Bennett and A. F. Joyer
were appointed by the directors a
uildlng committee, with authority
a ma?ce contracts for the erection of
suitable brick building for the bank,
t is expected that the band will be
eady for business by September 1.
Drownod OA"the Inland.
mv. - ni? -l - ? r* x -
xuo v>u?rie3i>oa rust sayB J. Amos
lolly, a painter employed on the Isle
f Palms by Contraotor II. I). Schualicr,
was drowned Wednesday afteroon
ofT the island. He left the
eaoh in a boat, which was overLirned
by the waves in sight of the
tiore, and the unfortunate painter
ink without the possibility of help
eing rendered him. His body has
ot yet been reoovered. Kelly with
is wife and ohfld lived in the rear of
[r. John D. Gappelmann's residence.
DO Kutledge avenue. He wan a man
f kindly disposition and of good
haracter.
Nnver Hart Any.
President Hadleyof Yale Unlverlty
as one of the speakers at the dinner
f the Cornhill Alumni, of New York
ty. I)r. Iladley told a story of a
ttle boy whose mother had died and
hose father had married attain, haviK
two sons by the second wife ' I
ad a mother and I've got & steplother,"
said the boy, "but Hilly and
[arry, all they've got is a stepmother,
hey never had any mother."
A Ooort Haw.
The "whipping post law" for wife
waters went into effect Thursday in
le State of Oregon. The law providi
that a man oonvloted of wife beatig
may be punished with whipping,
jt exceeding 20 lashes, but this is
ily an additional punishment as the
d punishment by fine or imprisoncut
is still in effect under the new
,w.
South Carolina will have open bar
oms again in less than ten years,
he so-called prohibitionists will then
e how easily the whiskey element In .
le State fooled them. I
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Whlsko I Morphine I Cliraret
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XV lut limp Coinmonoomeiit.
Invitations have been sent out foi
the annual cdmmcnccraent exercUeb
of Wlnthrop Normal and Industrial
College at Hock llill, on June 4, 5,
and 6. Fifty youn# women will re
celve their decrees. Oa Sundaj
morning, June 4, the sermon will bf
delivered before the Youn^ Womeu'i
Christian Association, and at nl^ht
Rev. K. W. Smith, of Greensboro, N.
O., will preach the hacalaurcale sermon.
On Monday the Joint celebration
of the literary societies and an
Inspection of the buildings and departments
will take place. On June
6, the schedule provides for the
alumnae reunion. adtlr?ss fr? t h<
alumnae by Hon. K I). Smith, of
Sumter. "Daisy Chain Procession,"
address to the graduating class by
Hon. M. It. Ansel, of Greenville, and
the award of diplomas aud ccrtlli
cates.
There In h Difference.
The dilTcrence between Kennedy's
Laxative llo.iey and Tar and all other
Cough Syrups is that it moves the
bowels, thusexpelllng a cold from the
system. This relaxes the nerve tissues
and by its healing and soothing
clTcct on the throat and lungs the
cough is relieved?cured entirely.
Kennedy's is the original Laxative
Honey and Tar. Iteonta ins noopiatcs.
Good alike for .young and old. Sold by
Dr. K. Norton.
In Chicago the other day a woman
was granted a divorce tifty-seven seconds
after her case had been called
for trial. Seven questions of about six
words each were asked for. Each was
replied to in one word, yes or n \ and
the thing was all over. It is believed
this makes the record for speedy divorces.
This Is quick time, but the
Rev. Sam. P. Jones wants its quicker
yet.
Hot Weather 1'ilen,
Persons a til icted with Piles should
be careful at this season of the year.
Hot weather and bad drinking water
contribute to the conditions which
make Piles more painful and dangerous.
Do Witt's Witch Hazel Salve
stops the pain, draws out, the soreness
and cures. Get the genuine bearing
the name of 10. C. Do Witt & Co.
l)r. K. Norton.
Thk Columbia Record says the
weather In the recent past and during
the last two days has been very favorable
to the reduction of the cotton
acreage, and with It, and perhaps just
a little more of the same kind, the
cotton growers' association can take
things easy, knowing that what it
had been aiming at has been accom
*-vl lutwi/1
inuuu
An Artletlc T/ilef.
The police at Paris on Wednesday
arrested Edward Israel Ebsteln, who
Is charged with renting apartments
from Count Glrion and others and removing
valuable art objects. The
police say the prisoner is wanted in
Augusta, Ga.
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