The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 05, 1905, Image 3
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v# TAFT TALKS.
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t He Does Nof Paint aji Altogether
Rosy Picture of
THE PHILIPPINES
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Political Conditions in the Islands Not <
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Encouraging. An Outbreak of Ladronism
Recently. Sentiment for '
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Immediate Independence, ]
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is Very Popular. !
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In an Interview with an Associated 1
Press representative, Secretary of War
* W. H. Taft, who arrived Wednesday ,
at San Francisco on the Korea from i
the Philippines, after describing var- '
ious incidents of the trip to Japan, re- '
forred to the political situation in the j
J Philippines, saving: ,
"The political situation In some re- 1
spccls was not as good as it ought to 1
be. A wave of ladronism has swept
over the province of t'avlte, and It has ^
been found necessary to suspend the ;
writ of habeas corpus in the province '
of Cavite and Pataogas, the neighbor- (
I i ri-,i '
ing piuviuiw. use saire was true or
Sa.mar, but the uoe of troops on Samar
and the use of the supremo court of (
the United States and constabulary in
Cavttehas put an end to this business: (
t
however, there were, two or three men (
responsible for the keeping up of the :
Udrontsra, who had not been captured. *
Complaints were *nade agaiust the 1
constabulary and wnile raauy of them
were unfounded, it was probably true rthat
a chancre in the constabulary f
ought to bo effected, and it is now un- 4
dor consideration by the government, f
The distressing agricultural depres- *1
hIod, duo to the loss of 75 per cent, of r
the agricultural cattle, drought, 1< cast 1
and the cholera, as well as other caus- '
es, will probably not cease to be for several
years. This naturally subjects t
the government to criticism because 1
this alien government is much more c
lik-ly to ha criticized for existing con- t
dlttouo, however Uee from blame in C
respect to them, tin ri a native govern- 3
meot. t
"S imc of the younger men of cdu- t
cation have boon advccatlng lmrned- v
late Independence. It., therefore, be- n
cauae necessary to state with consider- 1
abe emphasis the policy of the admin- a
latr .vtiou on this subject and to say i
t'mt in the opinion of the admlnislra- c
t-loii there w?ks no possible hope for indep
nMtnoe short of .\ generation, be* o
OuU e the people, could not be. fitted c
for self government )u that time; In- t
deed, It v. ill probably take a much o
longer period. rj
"Toe party consisted, as Is known, 1
of D ;mooratic as woll as Republican h
senators and congressmen, and their ?
interviews represent all sides of the 1,
Pailippine ques ion, but, with a self- ?
res raint and moderation which can- ?1
not be too highly commended, it was ?
txcitiy agreed between the members f
of tae cur gressional party on both sides <that
it would be moss unwise for them
to dFcu;? before the Filipinos their c
difference of opinion, and therefore *
that an, statement should be made by f
the representative of the administra v
tion as io the pulley of political ad- a
ministration. Hence the sight which n
sodcs of tho irreconcilable Filipinos I
fraa i o,. rl f >r, to wit: a co nstant com- o
bat bet v eon Republican and Democrat- *
ic m^mty-rs, with the Filipino people v
as an audier.ee, was not presented, Is
and I oiur/Ot express too emphatically ?
my apprcci? ion of the patriotic stand /
which our Democratic brethren took t
iu this rniltor la ri mitting a diffusion 11
of difference of opinion to the proper 1
representatives in congress. 1
" While the conditions in the Philip- p
am nut, ;w favorable as we would v
lifce to have them and probably will b
not bs f>?v u'tblo until the depressing 1
conditions eh all be followed by a prosperous
8<>A':?u, still progress Is being fc
made. T e government Is more elll- v
clent; in dlifcient mou are being oil ml- ^
nated and things are settling to bust- t
ncss. Economy is being practiced r
more and more in the government. FJ1- i
ipinos are being introduced very rapid- 1:
ly to the place of Americans aud on d
the whole, in looking back over two p
years, dooided step.* forward have been i
taken. b
"Or the questions which were open c
v ? ? r\ rl An thin t.rln flnH In 11
wngu ouaiwvu v?.? vi.-ju v< m>?v. ?
tho settlement of which It was hoped o
the trip might lend aid, one was the s
establishment of a special tribunal for fl
the hearing of disputed questions in t
relation to possession of churches and 5
" rectories aud cemeteries. I am glad i
to say that before we reached the isl- I
| ands a satisfactory law had been en v
jk * aoted, which, it is hoped, will rapidly
T dispose of these cases. Tho law refers e
the issues directly to the supreme \
oourt. 1
' There was alao remaining unset- a
tied a question about the title to one- t
half of the friar lands -those owned c
previously by the Dominician order, t
After a conference with the representatives
of the vendors, a satisfactory g
com prom iso was effected by which i
good title to tho lands will be lmmed- i
lately conveyed to tbe government and j
possession given, as far as that posses- k
aton is in the vendors, and the differ- ]
ence as to price, a matter of some i
$200,000, will be left to adjustment by 1
arbitration.
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LOOK FOR ADVANCE
8ays Massmgale, Who Gives Some
Figures to Show Why
A Further Marly riha in Cotton in
Hiiro to Oomo. ThlH Year's
Crop Darltrm In Years.
The following which we clip from
the Augusta Chronicle will bo read
with interest:
Norwood, Ga., Sent. 20?Ah Grover
Cleveland once said a "condition
and not a theory now confronts us."
So the writer says a condition and a
theory confronts the whole world at
this time as regards the cotton situation.
The bulls and the bears are
actively engaged, the one to convince
the world of a short crop of cotton.
The other to oouvince the world of a
large crop, and on the bull side I align
myself. Not simply because 1 am a
Southern man aud interested in my
people's welfare, but bec?.use I believe
in a short crop of cotton for the
years 1905 Oil and 'acts and conditions
bear me out and not theories. From
the best of iny knowledge and belief
the crop of American cotton, and
when I say American cotton 1 mean
3otton raised in the Southern states,
will not reach over ten million one
hundred and sixty-live thousand hales
;f tive hundred pounds each. While
this is one of the eai llcst crops per
baps on record it has been time and
jgain demonstrated conclusively that
iti extremely early crop is uot indica
Live of a large crop. Even if a large
icreagc was planted neither is an extremely
late crop indicative of a large
jrop, but a crop between the two genjrally
pans out best.
sojik crop figures.
The crou of lHHrt hp r.h? inr.*?ot
>rop ever grown (until the crop of
1904-05) and that crop consist log of
)nly 21,957,000 acres?and threw into
light in September only 982,700 bales
)f cotton. Yet the final crop was 11
235,000 bales, or over a bale to two
lores. That ccop was not an early
lor a late crop, but between the two.
What we call an average date crop.
The crop of 1899 and 1900 was a very
iirly crop, bringing into sight in
September l 1:9.706 hales," acreage
)1 anted 22,433,000, and yet only 9,139,000
bales of cotton were produced.
Tne crop of 1901 and 1902 was a very
ate crop, only 713,198 bales coming
nt.o sight In September; an acreage of
17,874,000 and only 10,425,000 bales 1
leing produced. The Bumper crop of
904 and 1905 Wbs a medium date
irop, bringing into sight 1,359.546
>alcs in September and producing 13,154,029
bales from an acreage of 32, '
163,690. So If you will take the cut
on record for two decides you will see
hat the seme results fjilow and the ,
vrlter Is of the opinion that, a million
,nd a quarter bales of cotton will show
ts snowy bosom this September from
,n acreage of about 27,000.000, aud
f precedent is worth anything you ,
an look for a short crop.
The world spinning a million and ,
>vcr bales per month will consume a
rop of 12.000,000 bales, and even ad j
editing that we have a visible supply ,
if over 2? million bales, whore in the i
larue of all that's fair will you enter i
nt.o next season with any cotton in i
ight. It will be shown that the i
/crld's trade is the best for ages. Dai- |
y and nightly the hum of the factory ,
pindles are heard around the world? Ike
England's drum beat. And the ,
un will Boon not set upon a single ,
oot of soil where people arc not cloth- i
d In cotton goods. I
Toe Japanese and Russian war is ?
losed?Japan, the viotor over what |
pxs once considered the most power- j
ul empifo In the world, both nations ,
/ill rise Phoenix-like from their ashes, |
,ud follow along in the march of com (
nerc'al prosperity. In Japan and <
fcussla cotton manufacturing will at i
nee commence by leaps ami bounds (
nd in live years from this date China
/ill consume one hundred million del
ars of American manufactured cotton
oods instead of twenty-five millions. 1
L.id the watchword will be eastward ?
he course of cotton goods take its '
light. Clothing always follows civi- *
Isution, not civilization clothing. 1
Chose are pregnant words and full of l
>otent meaning. That Japan, now a i
trAwlit ...Ul
>vaiu T?m blVUlZitt U(lUld) IS 1
eyond davll. And open door assured 1
China. I
Thirty million bales of cotton will 1
>ring 12$ cents, and another reason i
phy cotton shall arid will advance. .
['he southern farmer has just learned I
hat be Is a power in the world. The ;
ural free delivery system brings him i
n dally contact with the whole world; ,
io is no longer a hewer of wood and i
rawer of water, but is today well 1
tosted on current ?vents of the day.
To has just learned his power?drawn i
lis wisdom from the New Orleans
onventior.. Tie reasons if a fourteen
nillion bale crop brings on an average I
f 9 cents per pound, ten million ]
bould bring him 13$ cents, and by the
[rst day of March, 1906 middling coton
will sell in Augusta at 13$ conts.
laybe sooner. Tae farmers are payng
their debts with 10 cents cotton. 1
V.S ROOu as that, is dniift t.lifl halftnr?.?
vlll bo stored away and sheltered.
This crop will be the earliest gath- !
red since "freedom." That's the 1
vay tho darkle reckons. And I here>y
extend, oa tho part of the cotton (
association of Georgia, an Invitation
,o jack frost to come along, as you
an do no harm. Not a bloom since <
,he middle of August.
I see now a brighter day for the
outh. I see the wand of the fatryvafted
oyer my people, uttering these
vords: "Bihold, prosperity I give
rou. Sorely, have you suffered and
x>me the burden of the world, but
^eace and plenty shall Illumine your
pathway?13 J oente cotton In store
'or you.
T. E. Massekoalb. 1
NOTHING BUT VANDALISM.
Monuments Wrecked In the Catholii
Cemeteries In WIioodhIii,
A dispatch from Milwaukee savi
the series of raids on Catholic oeme
terles In Northern Wise msin and up
per Michigan has reached hush a
stage that every cemetery in the en
tire district in which Catholics are
buried is under guard. More than
twenty cemeteries have been visited,
and the crises on monuments smashed
with sledge hammers, while wooden
crosses on graves have been torn
up and piled in heaps. So thorougly
has the work been done that in several
cemeteries the names of those buried
are lost.
Bishop Fox, of the Diocese of Green
Bay. in an interview, says:
"I believe if the monument wrecker
of the Catholic cemeteries in the
Green Bay Diocese were to bo found
he would be lynched, so insanse have
the peopio become over the repeated
des- orations. Their anger is at a
white heat, and they will not he likely
to treat with any leniency the culprit
should he be found .
''We have absolutely no clue as to
the lndeutity of the person or persons
who are engaged in this wretched
work. I believe, and I think the
general impression that prevails
among thinking peopio up there is,
that the work is that of some poor,
demented per on."
A reward of $500 is ottered by the
Knights of Columbus for information
l.hQI VJ.ni laorl t- ^ H." * --* * '
vut?u TT*U wviu ju u'id ut Tjnu
monument wreckers who raided St.
Joseph's and St. Anne's oemeteries
and destroyed tombstones worth 84,000
!n E*oanab&. An additional re
ward of $200 will be offered by St.
Joseph's Cemetery Association.
Allan V. Classon, an attoiney in
Oconto, found In Ills office a package
of pamphlets published In the interests
of the Seventh Day Adventlst
faith. On the wrapper was writ-ten:
Please study up the question of Sunday
laws. You will hometime be called
upon to defend religious liberty,
which is fast being taken from us.
\V111 call upon you soon.
Thomas Gallagher, a traveling pedler,
of Battle Creek. Mich., was arrested
In Gladstone. Mich., tonight. lie
denies any knowledge of the cemotery
desecrations, but will be held until
a full Investigation is made. His arrest
followed the discovery made by
the officers that the foot prints of
one of the members of the baud which
wrecked monuments here on Tues
day night had a small patch on the
bottom of the shoo. A patch similar
to that shown In the footprints was
found on one of the shoes worn by
the prisionor.
Ilattlo With a Shark.
The New York American rvvs five
fishermen on Long Ir laud Sound were
aha??d WeflncsHAo k? ?
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which vioiousiy aUackod their boats
tnd Ka'v? tiietn desperate battle. O^rs
were used ineffectively to beat '<1T the
ravenous ilsb. The ti^ht t ook place al
most oppostte Captain's Island Lighthouse.
The men heard a commotion in
uhe water and 3aw a Iouk bo iy with
bead submerged coming toward the
beats at a furious rate. Suddenly the
bead came above water and the fishermen
saw it was that of a big shark,
whlchshowed fierce-h-oking tcefcb. Tlie
mounter soemed to be mad from hunger.
Several flnh were thrown overixrard
and these the greedy, man-eatUK
fish devoured. Then it made lung
w at the boats and tried to iapslzo
them. John Smlthorscz fired two shots
from a revolver at the shark, but this
31d not frighten it, and the fishermen
bad to row for their lives to the Port
Dhester shore, lighting their foe the
3ntire way. The shark followed the
joats until the men had almost reachjd
Uie beach and then disappeared.
Fatal Fight.
A dispatch from Laurens to The
State bays John P. South was shot
md instantly killed at 10 o'clock
Thursday at Iluyd's mill, 12 miles
west of tho citv. hv Lprvp.ii n w#i.
ier. Walker surrendered and was
orought to Jail by D?xter Elledge,
icting constable. The men were
aeighbors and both industrious young
formers. It is understood that they
had a previous dJlllculty, and S>>uth,
wb/* was drinking, seems to haye
started out to renew the ditlloulty.
After running Mrs. Walker from the
house he proceeded to the Hold, 200
yards distant, armed with a grass
hook, and told Walker that he proposed
to kill hiiu. Walker managed
to get out of the way and ran to his
house, where he secured a gun and
when South approached he shot South
lead. South was unmarried. Walker
Is a married man and has a family.
Each is about 30 ycaTs of age and
both come from good families. They
lived in the Poplar Springs section of
Laurens county.
Bund by Y6ur Uuph*
In a letter to President Roosevelt
the Hon. W. J. Bryan says: "You
have the contest of your life before
you, and I desire to render you all the
assistance in my power. You have
asked Congress to enact a law so enlarging
the powers of the interstate
commerce commission as to permit it
to tlx and enforce a reasonable freight
rate. And the railroad lobby was
strong enough to stop in the Senate
the bill passed by tbe House. The
railroad magnates expect to block the
passage of the bill again. Stand by
your guns. You have developed *&
reform element In the Republican
party; you must lead it or suffer the
humiliation of seeing the leadership
pass to some one else. Go forward.
You owe it to yourself, you owe it to
your party, and more than all, you
owe it to your country."
LAST YEAR'S CROP.
0 Some Interesting Figures Relative to
the Cotton Output.
8 Williamtrm tictfi the Share
of South Carolina Cotton?Consumption
by Mills.
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Oa Friday the national department
s of agriculture gave out some lnteresti
Ing Information relative to the cotton
of 1903 4.
During the year 1899 and 1900 there
were hhipned from South Carolina a
total of 405,328 biles; 1900 1901, 453,244
bales; 1901 1902, 423,690 b-.les;
1902 1903, 493 858 bales; 1903-1904,
477,007 bales. During the year 19031904
there were shipped into thestite
215 188 bales. During the same time
mills In toe state bought 509,659 bales.
The total crop of the state for the
same time was 831.378 bales.
So much of the South Carolina crop
Is taken by its own mills and those of
Georgia and North Carolina that the
hulk of what remains Is distributed
through few commercial channels
than the crops of some other states.
Wilmington gets a much larger share
of the South Carolina crop than any
other port, being 160 446 bales, but
the. receipts for 1903 4 were 2,768
bales less than the nrevlous year.
Toe most notable change in port
receipts occurs at Charleston where
the decrease hoiou ited to 40,492 bales.
1899 1900 Charleston received 98.881
i bales 1900 1901 she received 97,416
Dales; 1901 2 she reclived 93.937 hales;
1902 3 Mhe received 128,672, and in
1903 4 88.180 Imlen. wnm
practically no shipments to Now
Orleans In 1903-4 against 4,4.30 bales
the previous years. Norfolk show a
gain of 20,494 bales from South Carolina,
hor figures being for 1899 1900
16,169; 1900 1,48,677; 1901-2, 24,387;
1902 3, 18,529, and 1903 4, 39,023.
Savannah has gained (i.OOO from
South Carolina, her figures being,
1890 1000, 48,534; 1000-1, 63 606} 1901
2, 36.617; 1903-4, 42,809. New York
has gained 797 bales, her figures being
1800 1000, 1,370; 1900-1, 4.452; 10012.
631; 1902-3, 6.462 1903 4, 7,259.
Baltimore lias lost 894 bales, her figures
being, for 1902-3, 1.012 bales, and
fur 19o3 4, 118 oales. T le shipments
to Augusta increased 4,989 bales, her
figures being for 1902 3, 77,138, and
for 1903 4, 82,127, and to North Atlantic
ports (via Georgetown) 1,140
bales.
The Inland movement to domestic
mills shows the foil >wing changes; an
inoreahoof 3,466 hales to New England
mills, and 899 to Virginia mllla, and a
decrease of 5,084 bales to North Carolina
mills and 1,480 bales to Georgia
mills. Tiro total movement from the
state In 1903 4 was 477,007 bales, or
16 851 bales less tban in 1902 3, and
the average movement for Ihc five
years 1h 462,625 bales. The average
Commercial croo for t.ho Rami* rmrinH
is 834,371 bales!
The following 1h the number of
bales shipped from the prlnc!p?.l
points In South Carolina In 1903 4:
Abbeville, 2,748; Aiken, 5,217; Allendale,
3,281; Anderson, 7,819; Ihmberg,
5,172; Barnwell, 3,849; B -nnettsvllle,
6,678; Blshopvllle, 10.572;
Blackvllle, 4,710; Brancbville, 3,031;
Camden, 4,059, Chester, 8.816, Cdo,
7,124; Columbia, 63,177; Darlington,
9,369; Denmark, 6,810; K1gefl< M, 5,541):
Greenville, 14,591; Greenwood;
16,977; Newberry, 17,131; Orangeburg
8.618; Sumter, 45 319; Spartanburg,
3,035; Yorkville, 6,306.
In add ltd on to tbe above shipment i
from railway stations In South Caro- i
Una there w-re shipped by from
coastwise points in the state to Char- i
leston 14,815 bales, and from Savannah
river landings 647 balevS to An- J
gusta and 1,218 to Savannah. There
originated on plantations in Aiken '
and Edgefield cx>untles 17,988 bal'-s, '
16,198 bales, of which were delivered I
at Augusta by wagons, and 1,790 bales 1
by canal boats. i
PoiiitlitMSnnkoatSva.
A badly lacerated crew arrived at
New York Wednesday on the steamer
Indramayo, guarding a cargo of wild
animals from Chinese and Japanese
ports. Six leopards and two big snakes ;
caused most of the Injuries which (
were lnlhcted by the animals during
an exciting voyage. Besides these (
.anltriftlu t.ho T nrlrunrunn otfii.frr.rl
v* ivy x uu i i%ui * J v_# OlJt*' l/^U t'l' t
with an elephant, six monkeys of a
large and savage special and some
smaller animals. The leopards from !
their ca^es succeeded in lacerating tho ,
arms and logs of six sailors who at- I
tempted to feed them on the rolling,
pitching ship. In the Red sea, one
of the snakes, which weighed 200
pounds, and was twenty-three feet
long, escaped from his cage and
crawled out upon the deck about
dawn. During most of the forenoon i
the entire crew fought and rolled <
about the deck in a struggle to get i
the snake back Into his cage. They i
finally succeeded.
Attitude of the Splnnrra. I
0. W. McAra, president of the
Master Cotton Spinners' Association \
of Great Britain says the spinners had
do quarrel with American cotton planters,
had no desire to interfere with !
their legitimate profits and had noob
jectton to the fluctuations brought
about by a small or a large yield. As
a matter of fact, the grower would be
well rewarded In an ordinary season <
by a return of 8 oents per pound. By 1
gambling operations, however, the i
price bad been advanced for several !
seasons to 14 cents per pound and i
higher, which meant an advanoe on i
the world's crop of 1480,000,000. The <
American spinner, Mr. McAra adds,
Is as badly handicapped as the Europ- 1
ean spinners, the owt of the carriage
i of ootton to New Eogiand mills being
, as great as the cost of oarrlage by sea
to Lancashire.
Kltauro MOTHER,
A Short Ijaoturn to Girls From
Ijatllca Homo Journal.
A father, talking to his careless
daughter, said: "I want to speak to
you about your mother. It may be
that you hAve noticed a care-worn
look upon hor faoe lately. Of course
it has not been brought there bv any
act of yours, still It Is your duty to
chase it away. I want you to got up
to-morrow morning and get breakfast;
and when your mother comes In and
logins to express her surprise, go
right up to her and kiss her on the
mouth, and you can.t imagine how it
will brighten her dear face.
"Besides, you owe her a kiss or two.
Away back, when you were a little
girl, she kissed you when no one else
was tempted b> your fever-tainted
breath and swollen face. You were
not as attractive then as you am
now. And though those years of
childish sunshine and shadows she
was always ready to cure by the magic
touch of a mother's kiss, the little
dirty, chubby hands whenover they
were injured in those skirmishes with
the rough old world. And then the
mid-night kisses with which she
r< uted so many bad dreams as she
leaned above your pillow, have ail
been on interest these long long years,
"Of course, she is not so pretty
and klssable as you are; but if you
had done your share of the work during
the past ton years, the contrast
would not bo so marked. Her face
has more wrinkles than yours, and
yet if you wero sick that face would
nnnfiir m.im ...? ~ - ?1"
..rrvu> .uuiv Kl ItUVIIUI U11AI1 till iHlgWlS
as it hovered to minister to your comfort,
and every one of those wrinkles
would seem to he bright wavelets of
sunshine chasing each other over the
dear old face.
"She will leave you ono of these
days. These burdens, if not lifted
from her shoulders, will break her
down. Those rough, hard hands,
that have done so many necessary
things for you, will he crossed upon
her lifeless breast. These neglected
lips, that gave you your lirst baby
kiss, will be forever closed, and those
sad, tired eyes will have opoucd In
eternity, and then you will appreciate
your mother: hut It will he too late!"
, 1
llt-uinl iMunler Myatory*
London h*s another murder mystery.
In the present oase the victim
Is a young woman, Mary Money,
whose body was horribly mutilated.
A long veil was tightly wedged in her
mouth and the police are coutldent
the womau was murdered In a compartment
of a train on which she was
traveling and her body thrown from
the car. The fact that none of the
doors of the train on arrival at Ited
II111, were open Is considered to prove
conclusively, that It was not a case of
suicide. Miss Money left home Sunday
evening saying she would not he
gone long. The alT&lr thereafter *
complete mystery. No ticket was
found on the body and no one has been
able to explain under what circumstances
the young woman entered the
train or where she was going. If she
was murdered, as is supposod to be
the case, the murderer disappeared
without leaving any tiace. The cars j
furnish no cluo to the crime which
c >uld not have occured anywhere hue
in a railroad car divided Into isolated
compartments such as is used on British
railways.
To HattHty liIn Wife.
"John," exclaimed the nervous woman
according to an exchange, "there's
x burglar In the house. I'm sure of
It."
John rubbed his eyes and protested
mildly that it was immaginatlon.
"No it isn't. I hoard a man downjtalrs."
So John took a box of matches and
went down. To his surprise his wife's
tuspiclons were correct. Seeing that
be was unarmed, the burglar covered
turn with a revolver and became quite
jociable.
"Inn't it rather late to be out of
bed?" he remarked.
"A?er?a?little bit," replied
John.
"You're too late, anyhow, because
I've dropped everything out of the
window, and my pals have carried them
IT."
"O, that's all right. I'd like to ask
bne favor of you, though."
"What is lt??
"Stay hore until my wife can come
down and Bee you. She has been looking
for you every night for the last
twelve years, and I don't want her to
be disappointed any longer."
Broko His Nock.
A dispatch from Waterloo, S. C., to
the Augusta.Chronicle says Mr. Van
B. Roberson, a prominent farmer of
i/Uiiij piace, %van uie victim or a sad |
and at the same time peculiar accident.
Mr. Roberson was helping
some hands load some cotton at his
tfin house when suddenly the wagon
moved off, throwing him to the
ground on his head with terrible
force. Mr. Roblnsou was picked up
and carried to his home a few yards
away, and it was found that his neck
was broken. lie lived only a few
minutes. He was a confederate soldier
and esteemed by everyone. A wife
*nd three children pu^vq him.
Horrible Accident.
A dispatch to the Augusta Chronicle
says Mrs. Q Cogburn, living about
ben miles from Johnston tilled a tin
jyrup oan with hot tomatoes preparing
to oan name. After pushing on
the top the contents exploded going
into her face, burning her to such an
extent as to Inflict total blindness.
One eye has already been taken out. |
On account of the face being so swollen
a thorough examination of the
other eye has not been made yet, but
It Is thought by attending physicians
to be out also.
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WHITE OUTLAW.
Bryan County Terrorized by a
Desperado Named Simms.
IS HEAVILY AHMED.
Large Section of One Georgia County
Terrorized by Him. He Makes People
Contribute to His Needs.
He Hns Already Killed
Two Men.
A dispatch from Savannah, Qa.,
says while Will E. Slmms heavily
armed, stoo<j In plain sight, a coroner's
Jury Wednesday found him guilty
of murder.
Ellabell Is In Ilryan county, 24
miles from Savannah, and that vicinity
Is In a state of terror because of
the acts of Simms, a white desperado,
who has already killed two men, has
notltied others that he will kill them
on sight, and, who, for the last three
weeks, has openly dolled the olllcers
of the state and county, being, It Is
said, sheltered and suppli d with
ammunition by relatives and openlylevied
contributions of food and money
froun various persons of the community,
on forcing compliance with his
wishes at the point of a Winchester.
Wednesday, a coroner's jury deliberated
on the death of a negro, the
latest victim of Slmms. Tho murderer
was so near the scene and so
well posted as to the proceedings that
before a verdict had been reached, he
had addressed an open letter to all
who were against him, defying them
to do their worst, and Inviting them
to come In the woods and look for
him.
Four weeks ago Slmms shot and
killed Julius Lansburg, a freight train
conductor on the Seaboard Air Line,
for uo other reason, it is roportod,
than that Lansburg had refuted him
permission to come to Savannah on
his train. After this crime he disappeared
for a few days, but did not
leave the vicinity of Edaboll, merely
keeping out of sight In the day time.
Friday he killed an old negro man and
seriously wounded hl3 son. He openly
admitted the deed to hoitia of h<?
relatives, and gave as his reason the
fact that the negro had told of the
place where Slmrns w is In the habit
of spending the nights.
It was for his latest crime that
Wednesday's Inquest was held. The
man who gave the most damaging
testimony against Slmms immediately
left the vicinity, fearing the vengeance
of the murderer, and numbers
of negroes likewise are lleeing from
the country, being In a stato of abject
fear that they, too, may liecome victims
of Slmms' unerring riflo. A
po;-we, led by the sheriff, Is searching
Slmms' haunts, with the Intentlou of
taking him dead or alive, if ho can ba
found.
Simms is armed Zwith a Winchester
and two revolvers. He is a sure shot.
Ho was within sight of tin court
house, where the inquest was hald,
hut so great Is the terror his name Inspires
that none would dare go to capture
bim.
At the hearing, Sheriff James Parrlsh,
upbraided those who have been
giving food and s ?eltor to the outlaw
A dispatch from Kllabrlle, Oa.,
says that Will PI Sims, the desperado
who has terrorized Bryan county
Thursday afternoon paid the-penalty
for killing Oonduotor Julius L?ndsburg,
of the Seaboard Air Lino. Ho
is alleged, too, to have killed Jamoa
Perry, a negro.
Sherlif Parish and Deputies Gibson
and Dukes of this county, followed
Sims into Liberty oouuty this morning.
They found him at the home of
a man named Parker, his father-inlaw.
A child shouted the alarm to
Sims as the otlloers approached, and
the outlaw sprang from the be-* in
which he was sleeping seized his rltl5.
He lired twice at Sherlif Parish, bub
missed. Sheriff Parish tired orco and
missed, but Deputy Gibson's tH t shot
struck Sims and lie went to his kr ee.
All three officers continued to tiro
rapidly, and Sims sank t) the ground.
P'ourtcen bullet wounds In his bedy
were shown by an czamlnation. Si ma
killed Landsberg hero because the
conductor would not let him ride to
Savannah on Ills freight train. Perry
was killed, It is alleged, because Sims
had heard that the negro had been
carrying reports about him to the
officers. There is great belief in
Bryan county that Sims is no longer
alive to threaten with death all who
oppose him.
lSurneu u> uvAtu.
I At Foru Dodge, Iowa, live children
were oremated in a tire oaused by the
explosion of g&auhne which destroytd
the Adaooson home Wednesday morning,
while the inmates were asleep.
Trie eldest child was ten and the
youngest three. The father had trone
to work and the mother was visiting
a neighbor. Neighbors discovered the
tire but could do nothing. It was
with great difficult that the mother
was restrained from throwing herself
into the tlames. Edward Adamsou,
the father, is a railway swttqjpnian%
and was performing his duties.