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LOSES HIS LIFE. Cadet Jackson Drowned in the Surf at Isle of Palms. THE ANNUAL PICNIC Was The Event That Took the Boys to the Seashore and the Outing Was Greatly Marred by the Sad Accident. Cadet Sininis, Itigby, Dirube und Others Tried to Save Jackson. The News and Courier says the annual picnic of the South Carolina Military Academy came to a tragic end Thursday by the drowning of one of the cadets in the surf. A num oer or the cadets went in bathing after lunch and about live o'clock it was learned that Cadet W. J. Jackson, of Winnsboro, was drowned. The young man was among the number of three or four, who more venturesome than the rest, went out in the sea much too far. It seems that all of these were good swimmers and felt confident that they could suscessfully battle with the waves despite a warning which had been given them that the sea was running high; Young Jackson had become exhausted and his friends nearby became conscious of his perilous condition and immediately called for help. They were all nearly exhausted and were in great danger themselves. Harold Simms, the nearest to Jack-{ son, seeing his friend drifting away went bravely to his rescue, fighting manfully against the waves and succeeding at expense of his remaining strength to bring the half drowned boy a few yards shoreward. He then became suddenly helpless, but held on, swearing to his comrade that ho would either save him or drown with him. Jaskson seemed conscious, but altogether helpless, and made no effort to save himself, except as is usual with a drowning man, at his rescuer's expense. It is reported that he begged Simms to let him loose and save himself. Cadets Itigby and Dlrube, them selves also exhausted/rushed as well as they could to the drowning and almost drowned men. They succeedIn (rntt Incr Hinni nlnonv fr* lo*>^ V?v? A ?1 l5V?WHUft tlivill V 1 V/OV- I VV7 Klllll , when all of a sudden, an immense breaker came and broke them apart. Much of this happened before the people on shore realized its true significance. The calls for help were at first supposed to be in fun, as so often is the case. But soon it was realized that the cadets were in grave danger and the people on shore immediately set to work to aid them. Mr. Wingate, an employee on the island stripped off his clothes on the beach and swam out toward the boys. Many cadets were soon with him and they succeeded in bringing Cadets Rigby, Simms and Dirube, they all of them in a state of exhaustion, particularily Simms, who had to be treated for some time before he was quite himself. There was no doctor present and the task was very difficult. Miss Estelle Thomas rendered a great deal of service to the halfdrowned youth by her knowledge of nursing. Mr. Wingate swam out as far as he could with safety to himself and usefulness to the almost 'drowned cadet before he gave up the attempt. There was no boat on the beach, but Mr. Wingate sent out a squad of cadets to the back beach, where one was found and brought to him in the water; he refused to take any of the crowd but Mr. Dave Cochran. They rowed quite a distance out, searching all the time for the body, for tne young man had drowned. The search proved futile, and they returned to the shore. The colleagues of the popular young soldier were not content with this and despite the great danger in which they placed themselves, Cadets Buck, Grimball, Woodward and Clark set out again In the boat in search. They were also unsuccessful and it was not until 10:10 last night that the body was found by the patrol made up of cadets and their friends. The searching party was organized soon after the affair occurred and the cadets divided themselves up into sections to patrol the beach by turns until the body was recovered. It was about 10:10 o'clock when Cadet Watson discovered the body of the unfortunate young man about 1,200 feet east of the pavillion. ImmeHlntolv nftar f hp snd pvpni all thft pleasures of the (lay came to a close, dancing ceased and the band left the pravilllon. At 6:1G most of the crowd left the Isle. A gloom was cast over the entire ' * Vlage and the day that dad beCioA u auspiciously and happily came deplorable closo. Cadet YCTfniAj J. Jackson was a member of the Freshman class, having entered the Academy in October, tho holder of a scholarship from Fairfield County. His home was in Winnsboro and he was the pride and hope of a widowed mother, Mrs. M. A. Jackson, Ho was a young man of fine parts and in his short career at the Citadel has made many friends among the students and faculty. He was a splendid specimen of young manhood stood well in his class and, was a great favorite of all those who kne\* him. "Good for everything a salve is use< for and especially recommended foi Piles." That Is what we say abou DeWltt's Carbollzed Witch Haze Salve. That Is what twenty years of usage has proven. Sold by Conwa: Drug Co. V . . WAS A DEAD SHOT An Insane Man Uses a Shot-gun With Terrible Results. ' Little Girl's Plea Causes Mad Man to Drop Weapon After It Had Been Leveled at Her. At San Francisco Walter Charley Davis, a carpenter, in a fit of insanity Wednesday shot and killed six persons at 414 Plere street, in that city. Davis and his victims all resided with the family of Irson Bush, who conducted a boarding house. Davis* home was in Farmvill, near Vialia, where he has a wife and six children. He has been working in San Francisco as a carpenter since the fire. The shooting was done with a double barreled shotgun. Davis who slept in the same room with young Orson Bush and W. E. Beard, arose shortly after five o'clock and shot his two room mates. After killing Bush and Beard, Davis took a box of shells from a shelf and walked down the hall way, where he met 1 Mrs. mine uaromers, a uoaraer, wno had heard the first two shots and had come to her doorway to find what was the matter. He shot her and with the other shell, shot Mrs. Orson Hash. M. E. Vinton, a government suveyor, was killed as he lay in bed. Orson Hush, Sr., heard the shooting and rushed up stairs, where he was met by the murderer. The appearance in the hall indicates that Hush had made a desperate fight for his life, nis body was found as it had fallen at the head of the stairs. Seventeen year old Annie Bush came running into the hallway and met Davis. He turned the gun upon the girl, aiming at her head. The girl found voice to say, "Please don't kill me," and the shotgun dropped from Davis' hands. I can't do it," he said. "You are a good girl. Hesides you look like my own child, and I would not see her face if I killed you." When policemen came to arrest Davis he fought like a demon and a riot call was turned in. Seven officers responded in an automobile. Two officers engaged Davis in a conversation while the others got behind him and pinioned his arms. He was then removed to the detention hospital. SECUHINCj HKJHTS OF WAY. Work on Electric Itoud to Begin About September 1. Mr. John B. Stroman of Orangeburg went to Aiken last week attending to business relative to the construction of the Charleston-Aiken electric railway, which is being furthered by the South Carolina Public Service Corporation. He states that the rights of way from Springfield to Scott's bridge, on the Edisto, have been secured and that he is now negotiating for those fro ill that place to Aiken. Nearly all of the deals for rights from Springfield to Orangebnrer have been closed. Mr. Stroman states that a double track will probably be laid and that it is the purpose of the promoters to put on fast schedules, making probably 7 0 miles an hour. The line of the road from Springfield to Aiken will be from that place through Mr. John Guignard's lands to Mr. J. P. MrNair's place, thencp across the Edisto near Scott's bridge and across Shaw's creek near the Hatchaway bridge, thence through the lands of Messrs. George Wright, L. C. Courtney, Croft and C. K. Henderson into Aiken. The construction of the road will begin about the first of September. SCORES imOWN. Passengers Became Panic Stricken and Jumped Overboard. A dispatch from Montevideo announces that the French transport steamer Poitou from Marseilles on April B, for Buenos Ay res, has been wrecked off the coast of Uruguay. One hundred of her passengers and crew are said to have perished. It is" understood that there are 200 passengers on board the vessel and that her cargo will prove a total loss. The Poitou struck at a spot called Rincon de Herrero. A panic broke out on board the vessel, when she grounded, and a great number of terror-stricken people jumped over board. Some of them swam ashore, but many were drowned. Custom officers at Rincon de Ilerrero saved fifty out of three hundred passengers, who are said to have been on board. How many others have been saved is not known. WILL KNOCK 1 HEM OUT. An Invention That Make Battleships > Back Numbers. \ What is the use of building mon, ster battleships, worth $2,000,000 apiece, when they can be blown all to bits by a man operating miles away with an instrument no bigger than a hand camera? That is what 1 a French scientist claims can be ac. complished through manipulation of i wireless currents found everywhere i The explosion which recently blow up tho French battleship Jena at : Toulon was due to stray electrical i currents coming in contact with I powder, this genius confidently asi serts, and offers to prove that this r was possible by a series of long distance experiments. 1 Householders in a Kentucky r town have been finding minnows in t their milk. Circumstantial evidence l is always open to doubt, but, as a ?I wag once said, a trout in the milk j lean will convince anybody of his ? dairy man's guilt. EXCITING RACE. Murderer Carried to Safety In an Auto by the Sheriff. MOB WANTED HIS LIFE Landed in Miami Jail He Pleads Self-Defence as Kxcuse for Killing Asked Stranger to Drink. I'll Compel You!" He Shouts, After ltcfusul; Theu Two Bullets Were Fired. Smashing all speed laws and cramming on every ounce of speed which a big racing automobile was capable, Sheriff Martin Thursday whirled T. W. Troy, of New York, front West Palm Beach to Miami, to prevent his prisoner from being lynched for the murder of George N. Newcomb. llad the sheriff delayed five minutes the friends of the man whom the prisoner shot would have torn him front the grasp of the ofllcials and undoubtedly killed hint. Troy arrived at West Palm Beach on the steamer Cilecia. front a South American city. After leaving the vessel he went to a saloon and started drinking. He is said to have become almost intoxicated. It is said that Troy asked Newcomb to drink with him. Newcomb declined. This enraged the New i oncer, ana arier a nittcr quarrel with the man who spurned the invitation, Troy shouted: "I'll compel you to drink with me!" The visitor pulled a revolver and leveled it at Newcomb, who, retained his placid mien, still refused to take a drink with Troy. No sooner had the second refusal heen uttered than Troy pulled the trigger twice and two bullets ploughed into Newcobm, n..ling him instantly. Troy was arrested a few minutes later and taken in charge by the sheriff. Newcomb's friends gathered soon afterward and sought out the New Yorker, who had quietly gone with the sheriff, saying he had killed his victim in self-defence. The news was Hung broadcast, and a crowd gathered around where Troy was being held. Martin, divining the intent of the mob, summoned an automobile and soon was dashing to Miami where he could land his prisoner in safety, and be assured of protection against lynchers. Troy says that he and his brother, Daniel W. Troy, who has had ofllces in No. 6$ Wall street, are in the lumber business. He has telegraphed to Daniel to come and aid him in his fight, should the case come to trial, as is expected. MUltDKH AND SUICIDK. Man Kills His Wife and Then Himself By Shooting. As the result, it is alleged, of a quarrell over a wedding ring, Wm. O. Rice, aged 25 years, of 131 Heckman street, S. E., of Washington, and a telegraph operator on the Haitimore and Ohio railroad, shot and instantly killed his wife, Lillian, fired a shot at his one year old baby, Earl, which took effect in the leg, and then committed suicide by shooting himself. Rice, who worked nights, returned to his home at an early hour Wednesday morning and finding his wife and baby asleep, woke them up. A discussion ensued regarding Mrs. Rice's wedding ring, it being alleged, that Rice had possession of the ring and would not return it to his wife. A quarrel followed, when Rice, seeing a pistol lying on a table, fired four shots. BREAKS HIS NECK. By a Fall of Not More Than Twelve Inches. A remarkable accident happened at Greenwood one night last week, by which John Renolds, a negro train hand on the Charlestern and Western Carolina Railway, lost his life. While asleep in his bunk in the caboose of his train he rolled out of the bunk and striking the floor had his neck broken. It seemed that he fell on his head and the weight of body in some way brought about the broken neck. There were other ?r% I ark * l? /V /inlwtAnA 4 1* XT Uf A fA in niu uciuuudo ?uu tuu/ "uiw awakened by the fall. He fell about one foot. OLD SOLDIER'S TRAGIC DEATH Mr. Jesse Pitnmnn Either Stepped or Fell From Train. A dispatch from Cheraw to The State says when the northbound train stopped at the crossing near the oil mill 011 Wednesday night, Mr. Jesse Pittman, a veteran 00 years of age, who was returning from the reunion in Columbia, met a tragic death. Mr. Pittman thinking it was the Cheraw station, started to leave the train and as the cars moved off ho stepped or fell off 011 his head, crushing in his skull and killing him instantly. He lived near Ruby in that county The Washington Herald is much 1 disturbed at the decision of the cab i inet officials. Mr. Shaw ruled thai i frog's legs werejdressed poultry anc , now Mr. Cortelyou rules that froj k skins are leather and The Heralc 1 wants a- further investigation intc the genus frog. % A BIG BILL Internal Revenue Collector After Dispensary Commission WANTS BACK TAXES Which lie Claims Is Due Uncle Sam On Account of the Dispensary Having Done a Wholesale as Well Ml Retail Business. Claims Thirty-five Thousands Dollars as License Fees. Major Micah Jenkins, collector of internal revenue for South Carolina, lias notified the state dispensary coinmission that immediate payment must be made to his department of beer license fees aggregating more than $33,000. This claim represents the difference to date between the gross amount of license fees actually paid by the State on behalf of Its several county dispensaries, and the amount which the internal revenue department alleges should have been paid. The licenses taken out were for retail beer dealers and permitted sales to individuals in single sales of not inoie man iour and seven-eights gallons each. The department's contention Is that nearly every beer dispenser, as a matter ot' fact, repeatedly sold to individual purchases more than the specified amount of beer at one time, and by so doing placed them selves in the class of wholesale dealers. The ft?es for retail dealers is $25 per year, that for wholesale dealers $125, with a penalty of 50 per cent for failure to pay in advance. Major Jenkins* claim is lor $28,000 in back licenses, prior to the past fifteen months, and $5,4 27 in back licenses incurred during that period?$85,427 in all, without including the penalty of 50 per cent, which would bring the claim up to about $53,000. The department has agreed, however, to remit the penalty in case the face amount of the claim is paid over within ten days. Attorney General Lyons and the commissioner's attorney, Mr. W. F. Steveuson of Cheraw, are in consultation as to the validity of the claim, which the commissioner has heen quoted as saying it will fight.. The local dispensary organ this morning quoted dispensary officials as saying that if beer dispensers had made single sales in excess of the 4% gallons limit, they did so in disobedience to explicit directions, and the state commission could not, therefore, be made to pay excess license fees and penalties, incurred through the disobedience of the dispensers. The inference drawn was that the department would have to sue on the individual bonds of the several dispensers, if if proposed to collect the $35,427, the retail licenses being directed to the dispensers by name. Major Jenkins said that the* department had issued the licenses to the state board as principal, the dispensers being named merely as agents, and that he would certainly look to the state board for the money. If this hoard can reimburso itself by suing on the bonds of the dispensers, that is its own affair. The internal revenue department has no Itill against the several dispensers; its claim is against their principal and employer, the state hoard. It is claimed in certain quarters that the department cannot collect excess license fees and penalties for a period extending further back than fifteen months. The department alleges that more than the legal quantities have been sold in the whiskey dispensaries, as well as in the beer saloons. The several summons in the case have been served upon Dr. VV. J.Murray, the chairman of the state commission, and Dr. Murray has called a meeting of the commission. SUCCEEDS HIS FATHER W. \V. Hnullcy Elected Trustee ol Clem son College. , W. W. Bradley of Abbeville has been elected a life member of the board In the place of his father, J E. Bradley, who died a few weeks ago. Mr. W. W. Bradley is Congressman Aiken's private secretary. Mr Bradley was former chairman of the State board of equalization, having been the prime mover in that body't organization. He is about 4 0 year* old. The board of trustees attended tc regular routine business. No matters of Importance came up for discussior Senator Tillman was present, it be ing the first meeting he has attendee in many montns. MORE PAY POIt ENGINEERS The Southern Railway Increases flu Wages of Ix)como(ivo Drivers. Effective at once the locomotiv< engineers on the Southern Itailwa: tiirougli tho system liavo been grant ed an increase in wages amounting to ten per cent for passenger engi neers and 6 per cent for freight men and 50 cents and 45 cents, respective . per hour overtime. , General Leonard Wood, who wa . a mere phvsician ten year/i ago bu t now a major general in the regula \ army, is soon to be stationed at Gov f ernors Island. There is good reaso 1 for this. General Wood is sent t > Governors Island because is it th best job in the army. 9 TRAIN WRECKED. At Least Thirty Persons Killed and Many Wounded. The Victim.* Were Shriners and Their Friend* Front Ohio and Pennsylvania Coming Home. Thirty people were killed outright and as any more were wounded In a wreck Saturday afternoon on the coast line of the Southern Pacific Railway, seven miles below Surf, Cul., The train was a special loaded with Mystic Shriners, who were on their way homo from Los Angeles, where they had been to attend a convention of the order. The train consisted of six coaches and were loaded with people front Ohio and Pennsylvania. While running at high speed a wheel on the engine broke and the locomotive jumped the track and turned over. Four of the front cars of the train followed it and were smashed to pieces. The dead and injured were thrown in every direction. The train caught fire immediately after the wreck, hut the lire was extinguished by passengers of the two rear coaches, who wore uninjured. The injured were hurled all over the engine and many of the passengers were burned to death by escaping steam. Some of them were mutilated beyond recognition. The first man to reach Lompoc from the wreck a few minutes to 9 o'clock Saturday niirht said ho had roiintod 1 n (load who had boon taken from the wreckage and laid beside the track. A score or more wore terribly injured. Many others received less serious injuries. The wreck occurred on a level stretch of track near the beach. The roadbed is of sand at this point and the broken cars ploughed into it and were half burled. The flreman escaped alive, though injured. The engineer was hurt about the head and wandered down the track in a dazed condition towards Surf five miles distant. He had almost reached that place when overtaken and carried back to the scene of the wreck. A wrecking train had reached the spot from Santa Barbara with a large number of physicians and nurses on board. The injured were given immediate attention. They were placed with all speed on the train to be taken either to Santa Barbara of San Luis Obispo. Several ladies wore among the dead and injured. They had accompanied their husbands to the meeting of the Shriners. Some of those who were killed wero horribly mutilated by being scalled and burned. CAUGHT IN FIltK Tit A I*. Number of Lives Lost in Kunsas City Hy a Fire. At Kansas City, fire destroyed the Pepper building, a five-story structure at Locust and Ninth streets, and it is feared that the loss of life may be from three to twenty, with 2(1 injured. Soon after the fire started it waf seen that the building, which wat considered a fire trap, was doomed and efforts were directed toward sav ing lives. The building was occupied bj Montgomery, Ward & Co., and mor< than 2 00 persons, mostly girls, wert employed. The fire gained rapid headway Men and women appeared at the up per stories appealing for help. Man] of the girls were rescued. LOVE MAI) KIVALS. i Foolishly Kill Each Other About i Handsome Girl. A special dispatch from Pueblo Mexico, says Lauro Jandero, million aire owner of several haciendas, am Jose Maria lieltran, mnnicipal direc tor of Tiatanqui, both aspirants fo the hand of the daughter of a promt nent planter in that district, fough ' a duel with pistols in the street this morning in which both wer mortally wounded. i The men had quarreled repeated ( ly and when they met this mornini following an encounter of last night | Heltran opened fire. Jandero re turned the fire and both men fel badly wounded. From their recum bent positions they continued firin, ' until each had received wound ; which physicians say ure mortal. > . 1 BODY TERRIBLY SIIOCK101) i > Electrician Lives After Receiving 11, | OOO Awful V|oit.s. Eleven thousand volts of electrl city supposed to havo passed throug the body of James McDonald, an el ectrician, failed to kill him and he 1 expected to recover at the hospita 3 at New Rochelle, N. Y. lie was un | sconscious for 24 hours after th I ulwwL' 11/li i/.|? u/ ci o moo I iro/1 urh ) l.\ 1. n 11 w \> av vtiiivii ttuo icwurw ? llim II was working 011 the overhead trolle 3 system of the New York, Now Have / & Hartford railroad. McDonald fell from a platform an Z caught hold of a signal rod and - feed wire to save himself. Fello , workmen heard his screams an - managed to rescue him by using rul bor gloves. a Many a cool thing slips through ^ man's grasp because he Is too pr< r vious. f_ About the only time the majortt n of us act natural is when we ai asleep. Freedom of speech has enable e many a man to give It to himself I the neck. * SLAIN IN SWAMP Negro Who Attempts Ciiminal Assault on Little Girl Is SHOT FULL OF LEAD. Tho Father of tho Little Girl id Attracted by Her Screams and She la Thus Saved from tho Hellish Urate Who Had Her Completely at Ilia Mercy. Tho Ilrutal Fiend Is Pursued to tho Swamp and Killed. A dispatch to Tho Stato from Mullins says between 9 and 10 o'clock Monday criminal assault wan attempted upon the little 12-year-old Tincoy Sawyer, tho daughter of Mr. John Sawyer, a highly respected farmer, residing in tho Miller's church section, three miles from Mullins. Her screams and the hurried response of her father, who was nearby, saved her from the brute. The child was taking a cow to the pasture, near her father's home, and upon reaching tho entrance of tho pasture, tho negro, Lambboll Carmichaol, sprang from a clump of bushes and made for tho girl, who began to scream frantically. Her father heard tho distressing cries of his little daughter, and ran to her assistance. The negro, seeing tho approach of Mr. Sawyer, made for tho nearby swamp, not, however, until the later was near onough to recognize him, who is a well known character in that section of the county. The news of tho outrage rapidly spread and within a short timo tho whole neighborhood was upon tho track of the (lend. Following in the direction of his escape into tho woods .. 11- - - ?? ??? ' ? I 1 will lilt' ntt'liu, lilt? pussu WUlll 111 UUl pursuit. He was chased across Buck swamp, which is of dense foliage. It is said that one of the party who was unarmed got within a few feet of tho negro in the chase, whereupon the negro stopped and drew a pistol, threatening to blow the brains of his pursuer out. After this ho again disappeared in the swamp. The little girl is a sister of William Sawyer, a well known contractor and builder of this place, therefore when the news reached Mull ins excitement ran high. Many of tho townsmen hastened to tho scene. Upon reaching the neighborhood of the attempted crimo they met the crowds returning from tho swamp, wearing satistled expressing*. When questioned as to the outcome of the chuse they simply remarked thjit they wero satisfied and that the negro was where he could do no further crime. Other than this they would not speak of the affair. The State's correspondent learned something of tho affair from one of the most prominent citizens of that soction, who said that frof ills knowledge of it he believed that tho negro was literally riddled with bullets and that his body was left in Buck \ Swamp. It is said that he was killed . as a last resort to effect his capture. , Following upon the heels of tho ? attempted outrage upon Mrs. Charles i Sellers at Zion on Saturday night, and but a few miles removed from 5 the Sellers homo, the crime enraged j tho people beyond endurance and the I whole neighborhood responded to the - call for a posse to track down the would-be rapist. r Carmichael was 17 years old and ? was born and raised in this section, s Those who have known him for a long time Hay that he was a had . character and that the crime was - premeditated, that he had preparer ed to leavo the neighborhood, having his trunk, a hand arrangement, with him. A sperlal from Marlon, giving meagre details of the attempted assault B upon Miss Sawyer and the chase for the rapists, says: The negro was arrested and was being carried to Mull Ins on warrant '? Issued by Magistrate Norton, but was - 'killed while trying to make his es1 cape. The negro is said to be well - known in the community and works r on the plantation of Mr. Albert Rog era, a neighbor. t ? GOT HIS MISSIVES FIXED, e Preacher Who Sent Love Letter to K Recorder Resigns. Rev. D. M. Carpenter, pastor of 1 t.ho Holiness Church at Harrington, ~ Del., got himself into a peck of trouK ble, when, by mistake, he sent a love 8 letter, addressed to a well-known young woman of Harrington, to Recorder of Deeds James Aaron at Dover. The preacher, who is married and has two sons, intended to send tho Recorder the formal record of a marriage. Instead, however, he transI mitted a letter written in endearing words to Miss Delia H. Goodrich. No ,l name was signed to the missive, but I- the hand writlner rif tho rtorcrvmnn 8 was Identified. . When the news of the affair reached Harrington Hev. Mr. Carpenter l~ went to Dover and claimed the letter e from Recorder Aaron, but the offie cial refused to give it up. Subsey quently two of the Harrington church 11 officials arrived and Identified tho handwriting as that of their pastor d a congregational meeting was call51 ed to take action on the affair, Hathw er than be expelled, the preacher d presented his resignation to the trusJ tees. The affair has caused a sensation, the clergyman being well known a KODOL For Dyspepsia clears the steB" mach and makes the breath as sweet y as a rose. KODOL Is sold by drug:e gists on a guarantee relief plan. It )d conforms strictly to the National in Pure Food and Drugs Law. Bold by Conway Drug Co.