The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 07, 1909, Image 3
LOSS OF LIFE
H
?J And Property by Great Earthquake
in Southern Italy.
GREAT TIDAL WAVE
Wrought Destruction in Messina and
Oilier Cities and Towns?Indescribable
Scenes Enacted During
and Following the Catastrophe,
Which is Greatest in Many Years.
or;.
Home, Dec. 2 8.?The three prov,
inces of Cosenza, Catanzaro and Reggio
di Calabria, comprising tho department
of Calabria, which forms
tho southwestern ertremity of Italy,
or "the toe of the boot," were devastated
today by au earthquake, the
far reaching effects of which were
felt almost throughout the entire
country. The town of Messina, in
Sicily, wan partially destroyed, and
Catania wan inundated by a huge
tidal wave.
The tidal wave which followed the
vt? earth shocks on the eastern coast
of Sicily swamped vessels and inundated
the lower part of Catania. It
is known that a number of people
were killed at that place, hut the
rushing waters carried everything
before them and caused such indescribable
confusion that it will he Impossible
for some time to estimate
the damage and the lives lost.
The city of Messina lias suffered
probably more than any or nor place,
he latest information coming indirectly
from that quarter stating that
two-thirds of the town was destroyed
and several thousand persons killed.
The steamers Washington and Montebello,
which were in that harbor,
later proceeded to Catania load-d
with injured, who were so stupiflol
by terror that they seemed unable
to realize what had happened, simply
Ravine that it looked as though th?
end of the world had come.
Five steamers left Catania for
Messina to assist in removing the
injured from that place, wno are *eported
to number thousands. At
Catania the panic-stricken people
absolutely refused to re-enter their
houses and are camping on the
squares, which are free from water,
and the surrounding country. The
todal wave sank five hundred boats
there and did great damage to a
large number of vessels and steamers.
including the Austrian steamer
Buda.
Not only did Catania suffer fro a
the effects of a tidal wave, but a
similar body <>f water inundated the
handsome streets of Messina which
flank the harbor, covering them with
a thick layer of mud, which rendered
more difficulty the removal or
the wounded, many of whom could
be seen lying under the wreckage.
It is reported that tlie villages of
Faro and Ganzirri, adjoining Messina,
have disappeared. The effects
of iho earthquake were aggravated
by fire through an explosion of gns,
the flames of which swept along I
several of the streets, adding terror
upon terror.
Extraordinary scenes are reported
at Catania. Following a violent
earth shock at 5:20 a. m., the sea
rose in a tremendous wave, which
wrecked many smacks, it then suddenly
retired from the shore and re
turned as quickly, must me runner
groat damage and wrecknpro. Awakening
by the shock, the inhabitants
fled panic-stricken from their homes
into the streets and squares. Prices'"c>ns
were organized and soon ad
the\,churehes were filled with weeping
crowds imploring Divine mercy.
Cardinal Nava, Archbishop of
Catania, exhorted the people to be
calm. Tie promised that the body of
St. Agatha should bo carried round
In procession. St. Agatha
is regarded as the special deliverer
from all scourges, and, according to
history, the pious inhabitants of
Catania diverted the course ef the
lava stream in 1 fifth, when a fearful
eruption of Mount Aetna took place,
by extending the veil of St. Agatha
toward It, thus saving the city, as
the Java was tinned aside near the
IV *cI H:i i f11* iiiuii??it*i t> uuu * ov uw
e^'lnto the soa.
Thousands of people abandoned
their homes, although a terrific ra'n
storm prevailed, and filled the air
with lamer, tar ions and prayers In
some places, such as TlrWe/o, Cot rone,
Santa Soverina and Piscopio, the
people entered the churches almost,
while they were falling and carry
out the saints. They i,ore the?e
In procession throulgh the open country,
invoking the mercy of (Tod. In
the mountainous regions Inland the
population has taken refuge In grot1
oes and cnvee, where peasants and
priests, soldiers and persons of gentle
hearth are living in common.
Their bed Is the ground and Arts
burp to kep off wild animals. In
AlV'talone 2,000 people are homeless.
T , ^re is no doubt that a large portion
of Messina haR been destroyed.
To add to the terrible effects cf th*
dlsattter thieves were soon at work
setting fires at various points end
stealing everything they could lay
their hands on, even robbing the
Injured as they "lay helpless ard the
4ead. Stores were broken Into snd
great disorder and even terrorism
prevailed for a time. The anthorl
SUICIDE AT DKNMAKK.
Horry Gibson Takes llis Life With
Carbolic Acid.
The Herald says news reached
Bamberg Tuesday night that ju*t
about dark Mr. Berry Gibson, a
young white man of Denmark, had
committed suicide by taking carbolic
acid. Mr. Gibson wan cotton
weigher at Denmark, having been
elected to the jK>sltion last July by
the county board of commissioners.
Ho was about twenty-four years old,
and leaves a wife and a number of
relatives. He was married only a
few months ago to Mrs. Davis.
No real cause can be assigned for
ills act, but it is said that he has
been despondent for sonio time, and
has often said in the presence of
others that he wished he was dead.
About dark he wont to his room in
his home at Denmark, and shortly
afterwards when his wife went to the
door, it was locked. Ho did not answer
when she called to him. so she
called for help at once and entrance
w<?s euwuen i?y mo window. Mr.
Gibson was fonnd in a dy'wg condition,
and death ensued l>cfore a
physician could bo summoned. Tin
must havo drank the carbolic acid
Immediately on r^ing to the room
CAST ACID IN HKH KACH.
.Innlousy Causes Serious Crime in
City of Atlanta.
Atlanta, (In., Dec. 2S.?Following
a few heated words about what no
one knows, Mrs. Alfa Garner throw
what is believed to havo been. a
strong acid in the face of Mrs. Clemma
Txing, in the doorway of the latter's
home at .'!!> (llenn street, last
night. Jealousy is believed to have
been the cause.
Mrs. Long was called to the door
where she met Mrs. Garner. They
talked excitedly for several moments,
when passersby were startled by a
scream from the former. Mrs. Gar
ner dashed away, and the police
have not yet been able Lo locate
her.
The victim wan found to be snf
M-iiuK ? 11 ii Hcrmus nurns oil Wie
face,* tho same having been caused
by a strong acid. She was taken to
tho Grady Hospital, where doctors
could do northing beyond relieve her
of the pain. She will survive any
material injury beyond a marrkig
of her facial beauty, which had previously
been of rare order.
WOULD HK HOtSOXKIt
Failed by the Death of a Common
Douse Fly.
Los Angeles, Dec. 29.?A wholesale
attempt to exterminate ih^
roomers in a hoarding house of 620
Fast First street yesterday failed
because a flv was instantly killed
when it fell into a live gallon can
of poisoned milk.
Two men are held in the city jail
on suspicion of having carefully arranged
to poison the 2 0 persons.
The prisoners, who gave their names
as \V. II. Morris and Charles Johnson,
are both negroes. Johnson, the
polee say, lived at 125 lto.se strom,
and it was there that a quantity
of poison?-salts of vitroil, similar
to that found in tho milk was discovered.
Mrs. Fannie Martin, the land-lady,
said the two prisoners had visited
her place, had been ordered
away and that thoy declared, that
they would lrtve revenge. On
f'h rt?f nine t?rr?r. l^i1* n,A
, .... iinin ? ??.-? n'li u.'i I lit.'
S<>nie (?oo<l Advice.
There are persons who will, without
a murmur, pay an ofllee fee of
$10 to si "city doctor," and yet
grumble when the locsil physician
demands $1 for the same .advice,
with seventy-five cents worth of
medicine thrown in. Don't be one
of this kind, says the Farm Journal;
tuit be willing to pay a fair fee to
your homo physician who, in nearly
all eases, can give as igood advice
as the doctor in the city.
Due to Monoxicd (ins.
Washington, Dec. 28.?Deadly
fumes of monoxicd igas caused the
death of another person in this city
yesterday. The latest victim, William
McfJowan, was over come while
in his bath room and died within
| 20 minutes after lighting a waterheater.
Monoxide gas is caused by
improper combustion. Throe members
of a family were killed by such
a gas at their home on October
6th.
He Hn<l to (io.
Qnn T OA r-1
V.... I inuusuu, uru. ?.?. IslHllS
Speckols, the famous sugar millionaire,
died here of pneumonia Monday
morning. Clans SpeckleR was
born in Lamst, Germany, in 1828
and came to the United States in
184 6. Ater being employed for
some time in Charleston and New
York ho came to San Francisco.
The queerest thing about women's
fashions is how they can shift their
waist from around their knees and
hand H to their shoulder blades.
ties, however, promptly took the
moat stringent measures to maintain
order, and those who were caught
In acts of Incendiarism and robbery
were severely dealt with.
TAKES QUEER VIEW
SHOOTING l'I? lmOWNHVIIilitt A
GOOD THING,
Mays a Georgia Man Who Now IJvok
Out in the Shot t'p Town in tin*
State of Texas,
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 28.?Prof. I.
L. Candler, a native Georgian but
now a citizen of Brownsville, Tex.,
is In Atlanta for the first tlnio in
many years. He is a brother of forMier
Governor Allen 1). Candler, and
he is hero to attend the educational
convention which begins tomorrow.
"Yes, 1 was at Brownsville on the
night of the 'shooting up," ' Mr.
Candler said today. "My opinion
is that it is the best thing that
ever happened to Brownsville. The
unfortunate features were the killing
of one man and the serious injuring
of a policeman. But the occurrence
advertised the town to the
world, and made its existence known
to all the people of this country
Better still, It brought about the
elimination of the greatest nuisance
we ever had in that vicinity. I refer
to the army barracks, where
negroes often garrisoned. The
Port Brown garrison, where the negroes
who (1 i<i the shooting were
quartered, has been abandoned by
tin* war department and is now used
by the department of agriculture as
an experiment station for cattle diseases.
"The riot there has been greatly
/exaggerated, as such occurrences
usually are," he went on. "It was
not so pretentious or so serious .as
one would think from the national
coiiu'ovitsh-s it lias caused. It
amounted to very more than a
drunken row and the 'shooting up'
was confined to a very email section.
Ninety per cent of the residents
knew nothing of it until after it occurred.
"My private opinion is that the
white officers were in secret sympathy
with the men, and their conduct,
In my judgment, was more responsible
than that of the soldiers.
"There is doubt of the shooting
having been done by members of
the twenty-fifth Infantry, that is
looked upon as a settled fact in
Brownsville. Private, non-participating
members of the Imttallon
would admit that their companions
were guilty. Only a small percentage
of the troopers were Involved,
hut they made such; threats that
the others were afraid to talk.
"The battalion was made up in
large part of Georgia negroes. 1
knew several of them before I left
this State and some were reputable,
reliable negroes."
KILLED BY AN OI TILED.
Drunken Negro Desist Arrest and
Is Shot Down.
John Maya, a negro who was drunk
aim disorderly in Wagoner Tuesday
night, was shot and killed by Policeman
Kirklnnd.
Kirkland attempted to arrest Mays,
who said he would not be arrested,
pulling a pistol at the anno lime,
when Kirklnnd hegan Tiring, one bu1let
taking effect in the centre af the
abdomen.
Dr. O. I?\ T ort wood was summoned,
but found the negro in n dying
condition. A post-mortem was held
by Drs. Port wood and Schofield, wPh
th" above findings.
The shooting took place about 7
o'clock p. in. Mays li"od about ltd
minutes after the shooting, lie is a
strange negro in his section, nut
is said to li tvo deserted his family
in Kdgefield.
Strange negroes and blind tiger
whiskey is responsible fo~ many of
t he murders with which South Carolina
is charged. Policeman Kirkland
had to shoot Mays or he shot
himself.
The owenr of a smart dog does
most of the barking.
When a girl's hair is a golden halo
instead of being just plain red. it's
a sign it's her mother describing iu
A man seems to bo able to outgrow
most any superstition except
that his whiskers couldn't be finer.
The average girl Is ambitious to
make a name for herself, but she
usually ends by accepting some
man's.
The kind of photograph a woman
thinks is good of her is one her
own mother couldn't guess who it |
was.
The man who can make his children
smile docs not need to worry
over his inability to preach sermons.
Women seem To regard a charity
work as a stepping stone into society.
The largest Imnd saw in the
the world is in use In a mill at Hiaquim,
Wash. It in 65 feet long by
20 inches wide and has teeth 3 inches
apart.
There's no way a man can help
his wife to enjoy herself when she
is having a good cry as to tell her
to go right or doing It.
The kind of a novel a woman
dotee on in whoro the beautiful
clothe* and costly Jewels of tho
heroine are an adorafblo setting to
all the heart agoney she has to suffer.
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DEATH TOLL AWFUL
TWO lll NDItKI) THOUSAND PFOPIJ?
PFIUSHHR.
Vandalism of the Worst Kind lias
Itroken Out?\riny to Itury tin*
Dead and Relieve Suffering.
Homo, Dec. 20.?Rasing stat'stieB
upon i ho very latest reports received
from the devnsted districts of
Southern Italy, which was swept t?y
eaithquake, tidal waves and tire, it
is predicted this morning that the
casualties will reach 200,000, perhaps
more. Hundreds of men and
women and children were hurled
alive, caught in the debris and carried
to suffocation and instant d ih.
The disaster in the P evince of
Oaalhria and Island of Sicily ha- today
assumed staggering propoitnns.
Kach succesive report rccent'd from
the stricken region makes it more
apparent that the first rtoriw*? of
widespread destruction wre little,
If any, exaggerated.
Reggio stil! remains In the tragic
isolation. It is impossible t AJ gel
word from the sftrieken city and
the silence gives rise to *he most
fearful apprehensions. News has
com" from M"ssina. eight miles norrh
of Reggio, hut no roliahle estimate
of the dead 'here lias been made.
Vandalism of the worst kind has
broken out and the gom rnment has
adopted 'lie most energetic and most
severe measures for its ropres-iou.
Robberies and looters are shot on
sight. The prison at Messina col
lapsed, :iiki some of the prisoners
w?!i'o killed, but the survivors nude
their eseape, and joined the 11 (>< 1 i ?nns
who were sacking the city.
Such confusion reigned Mint t he robbers
met witli no resistance. The
local chief of police lies dead. The
barracks at Messina were demolished.
the commander of ih * troops was
ki'ied outright and there were n any
victims among the enlisted men.
The government sent an ninty
crops commander to take charge of
t he troops in the devasted district
One of his first measures will he to
declare martial law. Robbers pillaged
the ruins of shattered buildings,
and even stole clothing and
valuables from the corpses of the
victims. They were not deterred h.v
the liames that broke out in several
sections of the city, but took advantage
of the light for their vandalism.
The night in Messina was oim of
horror indescrilmble?fire, robbery,
dead and dyimg on every side the city
in utmost confusion and people
panic stricken and under the spoil
of terror. The finest palaces, churches
and theaters of Messina are maps
of ruins; countless dead i-odies are
scattered through the wreckage.
No part of the Province of Reggie de
Calabria escaped.
Premier (lioletti has received a
telegram from Deputy Feiicoat at
Messina confirming the previous reports
of the complete destruction of
M'?ssina by the live following th ?
earthquake. The report says that
ih? dead at Messina will be counted
by tens of thousands.
In some towns gas meters exploded.
The tidal wave that completed
the destruction work of the earthquake
was thirty-two feet high and
sank numberless small boats in the
harbor of Catania. Wireless telegraphy
has been of great assistance;
an Italian naval squadron at sea was
reached by wireless and ordered to
Messina.
Value of Sweet .Milk.
The value of the pure sweet skim
milk fed to pigs fresli from toe
cream separator, was found by the
wel'-kuovn dairyman. M?\ P.
Hood rich. to be much greater than
i sunlly rotlmated. He found that
I 00 pounds of gain in pigs weighing
1 2r? pounds w hen fed alone, a id
one bushels of corn fed alone mad.* a
i
Kiiin or ion pounds. Tills puts \
high vahro on swrct skini milk.
When h<' joined skim milk and corn
n dm proportions tlio food value ol
both wore increased L'O pm* oont,
tIhowing tiliirt bqth made a fine bla!
ancod ra'ion. Ho f?*(l 10ft pounds
I of Hwoot skim milk with one hush d
of coin, and that gave IS pound;
of gain to the shoats. Hoard's
Daryman says:
"In our own cxp-rfenco \yo have
made skim milk worth ' ?, rents p w
100 when fed to grade (inernsey
ulves soil at, 7 months of age at
$2."? each.
"It 1.^ well enoiu h to say that, a
large part of the feeding value of
sepa^hifcor skim n ilk may be wash d
ly improper methods of feeding: also
itlsi best value is always found in
feeding it to young pigs and fheart-."
Prize fighting is a brutal pastime
which shows that a good deal of the
savage remains yet in the average
man. It Is bad enough when tv,o
men pound each other into a mass
of bruises and wounds, but when, as
was recently the case in an eastern
State, two women are the pugilists
and fight like wild beasts for a
purse of money and for the amusement
of sporty toughs that pay libr
orally for the sight, is becomes absolutely
disgusting. The dehumanizing
of mea is vicious, but the de
humanizing of women is revolting in
the extreme.
KHfrTSK TIIKM HAIL.
riio (Vmpcrs Must Stuy in .Inil I'ntll
Tried.
Nashville, Tonn., Dor. ilk.?"(?entlomen,
I desire to say that I have
given tliis case careful eonsldt ra!ion
from every standpoint and after hav
lap done so, I am of t!? opinion that
it is not a Wiilable caw. ther< i( re
decline to allow hail, as to any of
the defendants, and deny the application,
this is ail before court this
morning."
The above Is the opinion of Judge
William Mart delivered this mo;t ng
in the criminal court, disallowing
the men bail who are charged with
the murder of ex-l'nited States S? i.ator
K. W. Oarmnck. The decision
soeined to come like a stroke of
lightning out of a clear sky to the
defense, which side had seemed most
confident of receiving a fa\orable
decision.
The attorney for the defense seem
od dazed and stunned. The defendants
themselves bore up well and
held a sort of reception in niur' and
revived re-assurinu words fioni
friends alnml them.
Some of the friends of the Coopers
about the city are stating that tliev
really did not want hail at ai\ ioit
thnt the defense simply made the
move to ascertain sono of tlie most
important evidence against them in
the hands of the State. Ho\\"ver.
this m:iy lu> the decision of Judge
Mart that the case is not a baila'de
one, it is thought will prove quite a
blow to tile defense, t lie > t lltlpoillt
of puhlie sentinient. The Mini conies
iip on Januar.v L'Oi h m \t on t he
merits, and at the same time lielegislature
will he ;n session and a
Stale-wide prohibition i\e>o ? iii ?>.. I
(Ml.
RXIMO i ITS i:\<;A<;i:i?.
Services llcsult in Great Commercial
ISmclit to ()\\ iters,
From recent reports received at
l lie Department of Commerce anil
l/iiMtr it appears* ^t hat the lionov
interests of Fnnland have found it
worth while to employ exports to
supervise that industry. Cornwall,
the heat honey producing county in
that country, was the first to enpaK"
the service of an expert in beekeeping.
with vast commercial benefit.
When, three years apo, "foul brood,"
an infectious disease anions l?eer.
attacked the ap'aros at Cornwall, and
worked Kreat destruction, the supervisors
determined tliat it would be
necessary to destroy hundreis of
hives where the disease * .m prevalent.
This forcible extinction of th"
hives saved th-' Industry in the county.
There now remain but a few
traces of the disease.
In order that attention may let
drawn to the success that may attend
beck coning the authorities have
instructed their expert inspector to
visit all beekeepers in the county,
examine the hives kept by them, and
Kive advice as to their condition and
management. It is also the duty of
the inspector to work up markets.
VOl Xd MAX IvlliLFD.
Ily the Girl lie Was Telling Good
I lye.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 30.? A special
to the la'ileer-Dispatch from Wash-I
ington, X. today says:
John lOinors.tn Stone, aiged 22,
highly connected in Boston and N( w
York was shot and killed horo early
today by May Woodward, who th?*t?
shot herself i wicc and may dim
Stone went to the woman's house
to avow his intention of leaving her. |
It is said she coaxed him into the
house and when he refused to teiiiain
drew a revolver and shot Stone
in the right temple. When In- foil
she (ired again tlie hall lodging in
the base of his brain. Then she shot
herself twice in the forehead and
tomnle.
The doctors at the hospital say
that the woman has a fighting chance
for her life. Stone has two brothers,
Albert. Stone, New York, and
'.Captain Kdgar Stone, II. C. A., sta|
tinned in Luzon, Philippine Islands
The former is on his way here to
take charge of the body.
Kl-II'T IN A <^t Kl?:i: PLACI-:.
Find Will Nailed to tiie Bottom of
Wash! ub.
Boston, Deo. 20.-- Enclosed in a
red envelop and nailed to the bottom
of a washtub the will of Patrick
Monahan, of Charlestown, disposing
of property valued at $250.000
was found today and offered for
probate.
When Monahan died last September
no will could bo found. John F.
Lynch, his former counsel, believed
a will had been left, and today, with
relatives of the dead man, resumed
the search. In a sub-cellar the lawyer
kicked over a wash tub and
camght sight of the envelope containing
Monahai's will. After bequests
to relatives $10,000 is left to Catholic
charities.
Ship and (Yew Ix>st.
Ix>ndon, Dec. 2 8.?A report fron
New Castle today brought the in
telltgence to the English marltlmi
centers that the British stenmshij
Advance and the bark Iverna col
1 lided with the former, sinking wit!
all on board but the first officer.
STREET 13 if
Followed Cry of "Pickpockets" at
Lakewood, N. J.
ONE MAN IS KILLED.
\ ii< I (treat KxciU'iiifiit is Created
as People Km n in Kvery Direction?At
I?euvt Forty Shots Wer?
Fired in tin1 (linso at the De*|?erailo,
W ho Was Caught.
Lakewood, N'. J., Doe. ,'iO.?Following
a rry of pickpockets at the Manhattan
auditorium, where Miss Hetty
Hammond's play was being produced
hy Lakewood society people,
Frank .lamkowski, a local hotel man,
man, was shot and killed in a running
battle at Third street and Leiington
avenue last night.
Patrolmen Mathews and Curtis
were "lightly wounded and many
men and boys had narrow escapes
from the rain of bullets incident to
the man hunt. The man who did
the shootingwns dragged to the town
hall by police reserves, who fought
a mob that attempted to lynch hi i
while a posse was formed to search
the woods for an accomplice.
At least forty shots were fired in
the chase. When the entire village
had l?e? a aroused, the despera.de
when later refused to give his name,
was eornered on the grounds cf
I toward Applegate, a wealthy repident.
lit re .. last desperate vt.ac !
was talon liy the assassin. Pointing
two It calibre revolvers at th j
rn'tvd, )>< hold them at bay, tho p>lioo
having -niptied th?ir weapons.
Tlifii bugan a fusllade from hotii
guns, but all except throo ballots
wt at wiitl. .lani'wskl, who had .joined
tho ohftso, attempted to rush tho
nan. and as lie grappled with hi n
tho gun was turned to his breast.
Again the tricher was pulled and
.lato.owslti was fatai'v wounded, Perot"
the mob could close in on tho
nan. he emptied the last chamber
of his revolver.
Then he fought with the strength
of a maniac, hut the heating lie received
soon subdued him, and he whj
dragged to the town hall. Jamowiski,
who is popular, was carried
to a physician's ofiice, where be died
within a few minutes.
The shooting eaust d intrnse excitement
in I.akewood, and at midnight
Prosecutor Hrown and Coroner
lltigerman, with Public Commissioner
1 loft', swore in special deputies to
guard the town hall from a possib'e
Jail delivery.
NNHOLi; FAMILY MAKItY.
Fattier ami Two Soils Wed Mother
and Two Daughters.
Washington, Pa., Dee. ;10. ? Powildcting
relationships among ne inbors
of two Fast Finley township
families have resulted from the marriages
of 21 father and his two sons
and a widow and her two daughters.
The three ceremonies were celehrat
ed within the Inst two months.
Henry Hilling r, an aged farmer
whoso second wife died nearly a
year ago. engaged Mrs. Maria Richmond
as his housekeeper. I (. was
agreed that the two daughters of
Mrs. Richmond, Lucy, a'god id, and
Jennie, aged 10, should li\e in the
Dillinger home with the fattier and
his two son?, Charles and David
After a time the aiged farmer married
Lucy Richmond, and the two
families continued to occupy the
same house. A few weeks after the
tirst marriage. Miss Lucy Richmond
became the wife of David Dillinger,
fhe elder son. Jennie Richmond
and Charles Dillimrer were next
stricken with the ma t riom n ial fever
and were married last week.
The three families now live in
the Last Pin ley township home of
the elder Dillinger, all apj arently
happy and contented.
ADVLKTISINCi PAYS.
\ "( 'mined'' IMwif/i \V i?>? 11 -t
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For a Widow.
New Haven, Dec. '29.?A canned
photograph, of herself won another
husband for Mrs. Bessie Jenkins
Woods, of Richmond., Ya.. who on
Christmas Day wedded John Worthington,
of ilolyoke, Mass., at the
home of the bridegrooms fister,
Mrs. William E. Bailey, in t It in city.
The young woman became a
widow several years ago, and was
compelled to earn her living. She
secured a place in a tobacco shop
in Richmond. One day wh.le packing
the weed in the tin boxer she
put a picture of herself in one of
the packages. Worthington got the
. box, went to Richmond and wooed
i and won the widow.
Shooting Scrape.
Doling, Tex.. Dec. 30.?When 0.
N. Coate intervened during a quari
rel between his daughter and her
- husband, Ed. Boothe, at Boothe'*
a home near Leling today, the latter
p fired on and killed Coate and wound
ed a son of Coate, who came to the
h aid of bis father. Another son shot
and killed Boothe.