The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 29, 1906, Image 10
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Pathetic Tragedy ot the Recent
Storm in the Quit.
M1NY LIGHT HOUSES
Or Solitary Reefs tad Islands Were
Twisted, Crumbled or Swept Into
the Sea, aad Their Keepers
and Their Families Made
to Suffer.
It was a tidal wave that wrought
the direful havoc?that strange and
awful marine phenomenon, mysterious
of origin, whloh is the ever prosent
dread of those who dwell along
the shores of the Gulf of Mexico.
The news dispatches have told of
the mischief that wan done dnrlDgthe
reoent series of hurricanes on that
coast; of the enormous destruction of
proporty, and of the great number of
human lives lost. Hut in all this history
of tragedy the most striking and
romantic feature has been the literal
wiping out of a whole series of light
stations?the very outposts established
by the Government to keep watch upou
the storm Hands, and to restrain them
from Inflicting preventable daruge.
Not on any known ocact of any of
the continents was there over the
equal of this spectacle. Between the
mouth of the Mississippi River and
Mobllo, Alabama, no less than fortyfour
lighthouse structures were either
uprooted bodily and toppled Into the
sea, or ro recked and twisted by the
impact of the great wave that they
are now uielfwn ruins.
Whother they stood on the main
land ooast or upon the islands that
fringe it, none could withstand the
weight of the dreadful wall of water.
Tnough the skill and oxperionoo of
Government engineers had heen
exhausted and had been believed
to have made these structures
Impregnable to muoh tleroer pressures
of wind and wavcB that had ever been
recorded, this oafcaolysm oruahed,
twisted And otherwise disabled them,
or even obliterated with them the
very shoals on whloh they stood.
In most Instances, happily the keep
ere of the lighthouses and their families
either got away in their own b jats
or were rescued; but In otber oases
were not so lucky. Aooording to
latest reports received by the Lighthouse
Board at Washington, the light
at East IVscagoula. is gone entirely,
taougn at mat point tliecc was no loss
of life.
Hut this was owing to the extraordinary
heroism and persistence of
Master at Arms Peterson and cjuartermaster
Peterson, of tho United
States revenue cutter Winona. When
the Wlnpna fcrriT d otf the P&soagou
la light there was nothing left tuvthe
tower, which swayed like a Hag
staff in a gale and threatened every
moment to pltoh into the sea.
I fc was soon seeu by the keeper whose
wife and two bablea had sought refuge
In the tower, that unl ss speedy
relief was given them the> must bo
lost. The two Petersons embarked In
a email boat with other member of
the crew, and after a desperate tight,
with the waves readied the base of
the tower. The keeper throw to
them from the top a lino, whloh he
had carried up. One after the other
the two Potersona climbed up the
rope, whloh dangled from the tower.
The wind reached them, hurled
them against the building with such
foroe as to bruiae them badly, and
they wero Bdveial times almost comrtallnri
t.n lr>nR<* f-.HMr hnlrl ??a?
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the rope, but tboy finally reached the
top, and then thty lowered to the
men waiting below, first the two
babies, then the keeper's wife, and
then the keeper himself. When all
these had been saved, the two moo
slid down the rope and returned to
the Winona.
At Sand Island the dwelling of the
keeper has disappeared, together
with all tfce other buildhigs on the
island. No) only this, but the island
itself has vanished. There is no
longer suoh a piece of terra flima ar*
Sand Island; and only & bent and
twisted tower, torn half asunder midway
of Its height, to show that while
it was being undermined oo one side
the great wave struck Its top on tho
other, remains to mark the spot.
Horn I-hand, too, is gone; &ud hero
a dreadful tragedy was onaoted. For
it appears that tho keeper and his
wife were both drowned, together I
with two daughters and a little granddaughter.
Tue tidal wave came and
overwhelmed them; and at this mo
ment there In a deep channel where
the Island formerly was. Incidentally,
of course, the lighthouse has
vanished.
The keeper of the Horn lslaud
Light was a hardy Swede named
Charles Johnson, and his assistant
was his good wife, Kate. She had
proved herself efficient In more than
one past emergeney, and as a reward
she was appointed not long ago to assistant
keepership at $440 a year: Her
husband's salary was $770 per year so
the two together received $1,110. In
addition they enjoyed an allowance
from the Government of three oords
of firewood, delivered every twelve
months.
In some cases the Government provides
lighthouse keepers with rations
but only when they are so situated as
to be unable to obtain food suppllee.
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In this way groceries, oared meats,
lome kind of oanned goods are furnished.
but the station kept by Johnsons,
while somewhat remote was not
Inaccessible; they visited the mainland
oooaslonally, when the weather
was good, and having at their dlspos
al a small pateh of tillable soil olose
by the lighthouse, they were able to
raise suoh fresh vegatables as they
needed. Besides, the fishing ln the
neighborhood was exoellent.
Thus, being provided with a dwel
ling to lire ln?for the big lantern
that warned mariners of dangers far
out In the Gulf formed a sort of oupola
to their house?the Johnsaons
were able te get along very oomfortably.
The light whloh it was their
business to tend, wss one of the
"fourth order" not revolving, but so
arranged that a red streak was thrown
across the part of the nearby waters
whloh was especially dangerous?the
white light, on the other hand, Indication
bo the mariner the way to safe
ty.
Storms are frequent alone the coast,
and the Johnsons were bo far accustomed
to the raging of the elements
that even a hurricane could not fright
en them. Perhaps the moit pathetic
part of the story which ended so
tragically for them is the Incident
of the Government tugboat, which
offered to rescue them when it was
not yet too late?though at no little
risk to the crew of the tug. They
refused, being convinced they wore in
no serious pelil. But, of oousre, they
reokoaed not upon the tidal wavo,
whioh half a dor,en hours laier tore
the iBlanrt bodily from Its moorings,
so to epeak.anrl distributed the frag
moots of home and Ughthouso ovar
the waters of the Gulf.
Peril, when one is habitually ex
posed to It, becomes uo far a matter
of course that little attention is
paid to it, Under such elrcumlances
a man?or, iudoed, a woman?goes
about the routine duties of life without
paying muoh attention to the
danger, however Immincut. The
edge of f ar Is dulled by the coutln
uai preaen?o of the oiuse; for thus,
If explanation be asked, are human
beings constituted.
No better Illustration of this fict
can be found than Is furnished by the
people who dwell In the lonely lighthouses
along the Gulf ooast, whloh
within the last few days have baen so
ruthlossly aaaalled by the Storm
King. They have two things to fear,
the hurricane and the tidal wave?
thDugh in reality the two are ono,
for the tidal wave appears to b9 at
least tho bastard ofliprlng of
the Wind Demon. A direful
parent truly 1 One learns from the
reports of the Woathor llureau that
during tho recent series or storms
which wroaked suoh havoo along the
shores of the Gulf States the wind at*
tainod a velocity of one hundred and
thirty five miles an hour.
RH00T9 HUSBAND AND*SELF.
A. Farm or Aotroeu Commits Murder
and Suleldo in Chicnico.
At Chicago on Friday James F. Dalaney,
vlos president 01 th? Americiu
Shipping oorupuny, wasshotand killed
by ills wife; who immediately afterward
oommitted suioido.
The tragedy occured in the apartments
oooupied by the Dolanoys at
tho home of Mrs. Oyru3 Woods, 490
LiSallc aveuue. Lato Friday a s?r
vant went into the apartments
after having made several previous
efforts. The body of Delauey was
found on the bed with a bullet wound
in tho back of the head. The body
of Mrs. Delaney was lying close by,
a bullet having been fired into her
brain though the mouth. The revolver
was still clutched in the baud of
Mrs. Delaney.
Edward Tyler a boarder in the
house told the police late Friday that |
1 via -.i-- 1 - - * *
u.%/ 1IOAIU ML'U!;B 111 til? Ulgllt, but/
paid no attention to them, believing
tkat they came from the street.
Tho causa of the shooting le not
known. Mis. Woods, in whose house
the tragedy took plaoe, declared that
Mr. and Mrs. Delaney had not quaereled
to hor knowledge, and said that
she knew of nothing that could have
caused Mrs. Delaney to kill hor bus
hand and herself.
Delaney is said to be woll known
among business men lu New York,
where he had lived for the greater
part of his life. In his clothing wa?
found a oard bearing the inscription:
J. M. Delaney, Vice President of tb?
A met loan Shipping company, 20
Broadway, Now York." Ills name is
also in the Chicago directory as vie
president of the American oompany.
Mrs. Dalaney was the daughter of
Charles Edward Brown, formerly of
Ubiosgo. She was born In that city
and graduated, a number of ye&rs ago
from the Chicago Dramatic bohooh
She waB later engaged by Oils Skinner
for tho casr, of "Franoosoa da
Rimini" and afterwards played in
"Tho Silver Sbeild" S.10 was known
on the stage an Resile Mortimer. She
was 30 years old and her hiuband wi"
36. Tbey were married about eight
years ago and had no children.
Steamers Crushed.
The steamers Kaiser Wllhelm and
Orinoco collided near Oherburg,
Franca, on Wednesday. The Hhock
1b described as having been terriflo,
causing a panic among the passengers
on board the two vessels, especially
among the immigrants. Oa the
Orinooo three men and women were
killed, six women and men injured,
and five persons knooked overboard
and drowned. Of the two steamers
the Kaiser Wilhelm Is said to have
sustained the most damage. Four of
the crew of the Kaiser Wilhelm are
reported to have been killed and
twelve Injured, bat the exact number
of killed and wounded on that vessel
is not reported.
SIDE LIGHTS.
ON THJ8 PRIVATE UP! OF REV.
BABC JONES.
At Recorded in the Baptist Courier
by the Rev. A. W. Lamar,
Baptist Preacher.
Scjcn ON*.
Some ten years ago Sam Jones made
up his mind that he would have to
change his base of operations and
leave Cartersvllie. His burdens had
become very great by reason of the
large number of people in GarWsvllle
and in the oounty who were depend
ing on his generosity. They waylaid
him at* the train when he was expeot
?d to arrive; they way-laid him on his
way to the train; they way laid him
at his hem?; so he decided to make a
move. He went over to Marietta and
bought a ten thousand dollar home and
paid two thousand d> wti to secure the
trade. He went homo and told his
wife that whrn he returned from his
next evAngohsfclc trip, she must be
ready to make the move.
la the meantime, the news of his
removal got out in Cartersvllle, and
upon Sam's return home, his wife met
him at the.door of his home and sa'd
"Husband, the house la full of people.
The pp.rlor is full of white people, and
the dlniug room la full of negroes.
f?J*rv oil lir.ro frr>
i<; v nil uviv KW
your leaving Cartersvliie. You would
better go right In and sec them." So
flftm went In'.o the parlor. The bink
ers, and merohanfcs, fend teachers, and
preachers, and lawyer**, and doctors,
arm prinolpal oitiziua wero all thcie.
One of them aa spokesman said In
aubstanee: "Mr. Jones, we have come
to enter our protect against your loavIng
Cartersvliie. You belong to us.
You have spont your life hero and wo
all love you, and we cant stand your
leaving ub. Wa feel you ought not to
go, but should spend your remaining
days among us." Sam thanked them
all and dismissed the meeting. 11c
then repaired to the dining-room
where he found the leading negroes,
merchants, teachers, preachers and
laborers. The leading negro said In
substance: "Mr. Jones, we don't
know whether you care muoh about
us niggers, but before the Lord we all
love you. There is not & nigger In
this oommuulty that would harm a
hair on the head of one of your family;
there Is not a nigger In tills county
but would set up all night with his
musket and guard your home from
harm if he know it was threatened;
there Is not a nigger In this county
what kuowB you but loves you. You'se
been a father to us and our best f riend.
Many of us were converted In your
Tabernacle meetings and wo owe
everything to you. We dcea hate to
see you leave Cartersvliie. It will be
hard on ua llQOr nlai/nrn If vnn
a ? - n ? " I * / M w
us. Mr. Jones, If you must go Mid
will go, wa will try to be.tr it as well
aa wo can, bub we have come to beg
you for the Lord sake, if you will go
not to fcpko your wife with you. Mr.
J one#, she is the guardian augol of this
community. Jf t>?ero la any poor,
white people or any poor nfg^ora in
troublo, she is there. Sha Is the mluI
iter lug auge!. For the Lord sake,
leavo her with uh if you must go."
Sam sat down and cried like a boy
and the negroes cried with him.
Finally wheu ho could control his
emotion lie said, "Niggers, let's pray I'
They all foil on their kno 8 and pray,
ed and as tliey rose Sam said, "Niggers,
I ain't gwlno. I'll stay right,
here in (Jartersvllle till I go to heav*
en,"
He was well loved in Ills home town.
Everybody knew that however hard
the blows he'd strike for the homes
of the people, for civic righteousims
and for Go 1, they know he v;as great
hearted and loving as a little child.
Scene Two.
Some years ago S im Jones held a
meeting with the leading Methodist
church in Llt'do R )ok. In his characteristic
style he went for the fashion
and the frlvolty and the worldli- i
noES of the "Sawclety folks," many of
whom wore in that church. They
I were much scandalised and offended
as folks of that class often were with
his denunol&tlons of their doings.
Some two or more years thereafter,
Sam was to hold a union meeting
the.ro and some of the " principals
brothren" went to their young piw
wu* x b?iu, irasiiwr, are you tfOtug
into the Jones meeting?" "Yes,"
slid he, "I am why do you auk? '
"Why," H%ld they, "When Mr. Jones
was here before he scandalized us b?fore
t is coDcmuD.b \?ad hold us up
to rldiculo' and we can't stand for
ouch treatment, vv? have come to
ask you uot to go into that mooting.
You arc a promising young man,
and you are vory popular with this
ttiifvrOik ar?rl If", lulil 4, 4 "
(>uvf>u ????u iu nm 11' J UU .VIJUT KSPU11"
nessif you go against thalr feeling
lu this matter. Wo wish you would
not do It." The y uag man said "I'll
' tell you what 1*51 do. You all moot
mo In my siudy to-morrow night and
I'll give you my reasons for believing
I should go Into the J ones meeting
for all I rm worth, and after I've
told you if you still believe as you do,
1 will not do it."
They agreed and the next night
they were all on band. The young
preaoher said. "Years ago my father,
a Methodist circuit rider, died suddenly
in Oeorgla and left my mother
with us six children and nothing In
the world except the plttanoe the
conference provided for the widow
and the orphans. My mother went
to the country town and found that
she oould get a house for 91,500, and
by taking boarders she might be able
to keep her children with her and educate
and rffise them until they were
old enough to help. I wis a lad of
fourteen. But where to get that
fifteen hundred dollars mother did
oot know. Finally she wrote to
Brother Sam Jones, whom s he knew
wis my fathers friend, and asked him
if he omild put put her In the way of
borrowing the money on long time
till she could pay for It gradually.
The mall soon brought a letter from
Brother Jones enclosing his personal
oheck for fifteen hundred dollars as
a gift to my mother. Thus, she was
able to keep her family together and
when I wanted to study for the ministry,
Brother Jones beoame my father
and saw me through oollegei Now,
If you thins I ought to go back on
a man of Qod like that, you all say
so."
They all hung their heads 1 At
heart, they were good men. The
tears began to fill their eyes and finally
the leading brother who had been
most prominent In opposition to Sam
said, Lat us pray," They fell on
their knees and their hearts were
broken up. When they arose they
all took the young pastor by the
hand and said, "Go into the Jones
meeting, piustor, and we will back you
for all we are worth." And they did.
Death of an Kdltor,
Editor Paul Price, of the Record,
one of the best known newspaper men
in South Carolina, for years connect- |
ea wrca various newspapers In Cjlumf.ia
ac* known generally by public
men of the state, died Wednesday
morning at an early hour at his homo
in WlntjSbor>, of cancer of the ton
gue, after ft long and tedlotid Ulnoes.
Mr. Brtoe wis 43 years old. One of
the re'curkable features cf Mr. Brice's
last illuesa was the splendid grit and
tier ?e bo dlsp'a*ed In sticking to his
work. He almost literally died In harness.
He was regularly at work In
bis offloo until Nov. 3, resting occa
sicnally on a cot he kept by the side
of his desk. Even after this ho kept
up his work in hi* room. The last
edltOilal he over wroto appeared In
the Record Nov. 15, under the caption,
"The Castellan? Divorce," and
was clear, strong and logical, as if he
were In the best of health. lie knew
that death w&s creeping toward, inch
by lnob yet he uovor faltered. Mr.
Brioe was a Mason and an Elk. He
Is survived by a father, a stepmother,
two balf-slittrs and three full
brothers. The brothers are Ribert
E. W., Oicftr and J. Clifford Brioe.
Another fc'lro at Hpringllold.
On last Thursday morning at three
o'clock tire again broke out In the
progressive town of Springfied, and
three buildings on the opposite side of
the street from thoce burned a short
thre ago were destroyed completely.
The fire on Thursday morning orlgl
n r />d I v% '1 ' ~ ? * * *
. tu inn unp^uaary wnion v?as
looated in an old vroodon building,
which burned like tinder. It was
completely wrapped in flame before
fcho lire was discoved. From the
dispensary the flames spread to the
building just adjlining, occupied by
Mr. L, A. nutson. This building
wsj* burned to the t round, aiul a
small building to the left of it, u?nd
ns&nrtlleo, was also destroyed. Oil
each tiklo of the buildings burned,
about two hundred feet apart, was a
two-story brick building, flad it not
been for these the whole blook v/ould
have been destroyed, aa was fcho cane
in tho tire two weeks ago. The entire
stock of the dispensary was destroyed,
and Mr. Hutson succeeded in
saving only a very small part of bis
gjods. lie carried a stock of jewelry
arid repaired watches and clocks. Ho
saved most of his watches. His stock
of goods were valued afc about $2,000;
he had $400 insurance.
Football Fatalitea.
Elevon players were killed and 104
were injured in the United States
during the football season of 1900,
according to tne Chicago Tribune.
The figures are compared with tho
eausu&iitleB of 1905, when 18 players
wer? killed and 156 were severely injured,
and according to The Tribuno
show that "debrutallz3d" football
has accomplished in a large degree
the obj?oi aimed at, in rendering the
game less dangerous to life and limb.
The decrease in oasualities is oopooially
marked among high school players.
In 1905, eleven high school
players were killed and 47 Injured,
while in the season just closed seven
were killed and 26 wese hurt. All oolleges
and high school frames this vp.nr
were ylaycd under Uio new rules
drawn up after the olose of last season
to satisfy the agitation for less dangerous
football. This year not one
fatality has oooured in the games
played by the larger American colleges.
President Bponoer's Address.
Tno address of Samuel Speocer,
president of the Southern Railway,
before the Alabama Agricultural Association
at Montgomery, Ala., on I
()jtao%r 2S % m vatarly presntaI
t.ion of the relation ship of the rallI
roadd to the people. Many facta wore
brought out that people uever realize
when they are considering the rail
roads and their short comings. Many
popular ideas concerning the magnified
power and alleged oppressive methods
of the railroads were completely
refuted and the utter Impracticability
of many proposed reforms and
regulations in railroad control
?.?, 1-i ?- ~
i ma uuui lUUIU^l/ If LIU Wilt flflT. 9p6Qa
oer voiced the deep Interest of himself
aud his company in the welfare
of the South and showed how their
own Interests, If nothing else, Impels
them to do everythihg possible for
the development and enrlohlng of the
South.
The Democrats would have an exoetlent
ohanoe of winning the next
presidential election if they could only
get together, but that seems impossible.
tillkaji /or psisiDnr
"SaTojard" Vblnka He Would Make
m Vine Executive.
"Savoyard," the well known Washington
(Correspondent, writes: Ben
Tillman is bluff, blunt, honest, Intensely
Southern and Intensely Amor*
lean. He oan get more votes In Wisconsin,
Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and
Minnesota than William Jennings
Bryan or William Randolph Hearst
and 1 make no doubt that against the
man the Republicans are likely to
nominate he can get a but oh of eleo
toral votes out of that squad. And
whv not? His only fault la that he
speaks the truth. Oan >ou find other
in him? I have tried and failed. Will
some gentleman put me on traek of
one? There he is, standing up before
the American people, his heart on his
sleeves, and all oan see that he would
not flatter Neptune for his trident
nor Jove for his power to thunder. He
too, would carry a big stiok and a deok
of cards. Not as able a man as Bailey,
perhaps; not as cultured amto u
Williams, certainly; not as self poised
as Culberson, manifestly; he has more
of the human In him than any one of
them, and with him Christ would
have sat at meat. If every voter of
the United States knew Ben Tillman
by hand grasp, had rubbed up against
him, felt his splendid personality,
realized his wonderful individuality,
ho would bo the n^xt President of the
Ullltfcd Stat<?? XH snrt SW fcVio Arrflfl. I
can people put character above place.
Ah I sakl at the outset, the Domo
cratio party Is lnvinoiblo vrhen it is
united and lrapotont when it Is divided.
It has been demonstrated that
Mr. Bryan oan not unite it. It was
shown that Judge Parker could not
unite It. It 1*? clear that Mr. Hearst
can not unite It.
Any man at the North who would
vote for any of these three would vote
for Ben Tillman?that is to Bay, unless
Mr. Hearst should run as an Independence
League candidate, as he
probably will. And If ho docs he will
poll as many Republican votes aa he
will Democrats.
Certaih it is, the country is tired,
the times are out of joint. For the
Republican party the returns are
ominous. The election was not a
vote of confidence in even the Rooee
velt administration?certainly not in
tho G. O. P. It is also here that the
returns say to the Denooor^ts in every
language and in every dialect of every
language: "You are tco big a fool to
be given place and powor at this time."
Put Ben Tillman on a safe and sane
platform and Jet him tour the North,
spitting out the truth as only he can
do It, and wo would see a good many
things in the returns you wot not of.
Truth la mighty. Let ua Democrats
try it, If only for a obange.
A Bad Boy,
At PimTfifcfl wriAtt Pa v?i?
? j Ji J 17**1
teacher refused to graut him permission
to go luntlng, James Dcutherty,
16 years old, shot and seriously
wounded Prof. J. E Kokler, pfirici*
pal, and Frof Mr,a,clG Snyder, his assistant.
Following tlio afternoon
session of Softool ycuug Dougherty
his home scoured a shotgun and mooting
the toaoheis demanded ho bo given
perruia-on to go hunting. The
teachers refused a<*a!n, and tho boy
Iked ab fchern. Prof, Suvder reoeivad
a part of the charge in his face,
body and legs, while Prof. Kokler was
only slightly injured iu the legs. Prof.
Snyder,s condition is critical. Dougherty
wah arretted.
We Have I
One 25 horse power Talbott, second hi
ly been overhauled. This Rugine is
a great bargain for anyone who ia in 1
WeaM headquarters for anything i
prompt attention will be given to alt v
care. Writ? u3when yoa are in the i
to pn undoes before placing your
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S March. They will stand severe cold without 1
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frames. _
Q My Largest Onstomors arc the Market Ga
R the South. Their proflt depends upon thom hi
r; ohase my plants for their crops.
C I also grow a full lino of other Plants and 1
5 tato Plants; Applo, Peach, Pear, Plum, Cher;
J! Special termi to pertont who make op dab \Y71V4
J octets, Write (or lllu?uat?4 catalocuo. % "
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KIWilDID FOB XBAYXBT.
French Oenviet Wrenohee Gun from
JLmnatlo'e Hand.
At Paris, France, an extraordinary
act of braysry performed by an esoaped
convlcihas resulted In bis obtain*
log what** praotloally a free pardon.
The man is Francois Plvet, who
seven years ago was sentenced to
death for murder. The sentence wae
afterwards oommuted to penal servitude
for life. Pivot however suooeed*
ed in escaping, and nothing more was
heard of him until a few days ago
when he reappeared at Nantes under
extraordinary oircumat noes.
lunatio barricaded himself In his
house and from an upstairs window
fired shots into the crowd of people
in the street. Several persons were
lDjured and great excitement prevailed.
Suddenly a man sprang forward and
scaling the wall of the house, wrenched
the gun out of tho madman's
hand. .
The^Mayor of Nant?s speoially congratulated
the stranger on his remarkable
coolness and bravery when
suddenly a policeman present recognized
him as the missing convict. He
was arrested, and was taken before
the trlbuual.
The trial was short but sensational.
The crowd o'i6ered and applauded Pivet
and clamoured for him to be set
free
Instead of being sent back to penal
servitude for life ho was sentenced
t.o one month's imprisonment, after
which he will be five "iu consideration
of Ills heroic doed."
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juuoiu UI IXN(I<)|> JL'litore
Bietiep John J. Tigers, of the Methodist
E>pisoopti ohuroh, South died
at Tulaa, I. T., on Wednesday aftar
au illDefts of ten d&ya. Bishop Tigorfc
'H4 taken ill while attending ft
ohuroh conforenoe at Atoka, I. T.,
but disregarded the advloa
of bis phjsiolau to rest. He cmmo to
Tulas intending to open the ooofarenoo
on the 14ih, but was compelled
to take to his bed. His Illness was
caused by the lodgment of a plooe of
obicken bone just below the tonsils.
This oausod an indamation of the
throat and resulted la blood poisoning.
Fountain Pens For Sale.
W* hate several dozen good Fountain
Pans for sale. Guaranfced 14
k&rat. Prices $1 and $2 each, postpaid.
Leather Pockets for two or three pens ;
16 cents each. Mall orders solieitcd.
Address Sims' Book Stork,
Orangeburg, S. O i *
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An Organ
that will last a life time is what you
want. Our Organs have a pure tone
and lovely cases. We can supply
you with an Organ that will please in m
every particular for only $05 and $70. jw
delivered. Write us for our special
terms of payment, and for illustration!
of the beautiful Organs referred to.
If you prefer a Piano we have beautiful
and good new Uprights from $185
up on easy terms.
Addret s J?alono'8 Music House,
Columbia, 8. G.
for Sale
Mid eagi.no in stock which has rooont\
in first class oon iition and will bd
ihe market for such a size online,
n the way of machinery supplies, nad
nquiries and orders entrusted to out
r.aarket for anything, and bs ?ur
order* elsewhere.
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jases Of Men and Women |
illy Treated. |
m Rheumatism, Bpeoifle Blood Poison,
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don, Debility, Break Down, etw., Catarrh 2
tare, Gleet, any disease of the Heart, 2
BoweU or Lungs; 6kla Diseases, Blood
y or Bladder diseases, Diseases peeuliar X
all on er write ne. We have had over
noe in the treatment of tWo
? .M???wnoo#
y aatabllehed. Examination Hank and X
and Narra Rxha.isiion" and "llaalth" *
imi" tent fraa. Paraonal axamiualion
i?ai curable by our lioma troaUnent plan.
>f your casta free. Write for ex.?fuin*tion T
DR. IIA'L'UkWAY k CO., JSuite 88-D X
Atlanta, Georgia. X
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ranteed to Satisfy Purchaser j
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'.SSION AUGUSTA SHORT STEMMED A
TRUCKER FLAT DUTCH ?
>1lna( TTlai A ll.tui.*
..V. . .ar ? t??IU Mtor l.argest and Latest j ; A
rarlety thai^aooesslon Cabbage S Si
m. at 11.25 peril., 10 m. and over, at$1.00 per m. 3
Special Express Rate on Plants Is Vary Low. 9
baser sat Isfaotton, or will refund the pnrohaso ~ Vj$
ssatlsfled at end of season. These plants aro Q ^
w Carolina, in a climate that Is Just suited to g v j
rn la the united States. Those plants can bo 2
uring the months of January, February, and j
being injured, and will mature a head of Cab* a
i grew your own plants in hot bods and oold *
rdenors near the Interior towns and oltles of S f
tying Early Oabbago; for that roason they pur- g
rruit Trees, such as Strawberry and Sweet Po? T
ry and Aprloot Trees, Fig Bushes and Grape * U
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