Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion taken occasionally will soon relievo you of all the simple stomach ailments that you now have, but which may be more serious later. Try Kodol today and take it on our guarantee. We know it will do what we say it will Ar\ T Jo o,,l,l l... ?ii J---- ? * uui 11. 10 auiu yu,V <111 urugglSlS. Do tho outside painting while the dust is still mud and before insects appear. DeWitt's Little Early Risers, gentle, easy, pleasant, small little liver pills. Sold by all druggists. Do you have any further need for your little carriage that baby rode in? If not, there may be a poor woman near you who would be very thankful for it. She will give her little ones a ride in it, and it will do them all good. We know of nothing better for cuts, burns, bruises, scratches, or in fact anything where salve is needed, than DeWitt's CarbOlized Witch Hazel Salve. It is especialy good for i piles. All dealers sell and reconiI mend it. GUILTY OF MURDER KILLED ONE MAN AN1) TWO HELPLESS WOMEN. Avery Blount, Prositerous I<otiisiutia Diisiness Man, Sent to (lie Gallows by tli? Jury. Amite City, La., April 7.?Late this afternoon the jury in the case of Avery Blount, charged with tli murder of J. O. Brelatid, Mrs. lireland and Mrs. Joe Everttfte, brought in a verdict of guilty in the first degree. The verdict carries the death penalty. The accused man received the ver! diet with much coolness. Judge Ellis fixed Friday of this week for the hearing on motion for a new trial. Mount, a prosperous merchant, of Tiekfaw, was indicted on the charge of murdering "Buz" Breeland, Mrs. Breeland and the latter's daughter. Mrs. Joe. Everette, and was tried first 011 the separate indictment of "Buz" Breeland's killing. Garfield and Ben Kinchen, two brothers, indicted for complicity in tlie assassination, are yet to be tried. The killing of the Breelands, and Mrs. Everette was one of the most I lw?.vU.I, - * i.winnic i i iiiivb c\cr I'OIII UUCLCd 111 the State. The tragedy occurred on the night of January L'2, near Tickfaw several miles south of Amite City. Hreeland and his wife were bringing their daughter, Mrs. Hvorette, from her former home in Livingston Parish to live with them near Tick fa w. Mrs. Hverette's husband had been killed by Ben Kindlon a few days before. Hreeland was shot from ambush. He was on foot, anil the two women were riding in it buggy. According to Breeland's dying statement Avery Blount, accompanied by some other person, then levelled guns on Mrs. Hreeland and her daughter. The latter held her young baby in her arms. The elder woman was iirst shot and killed. Mrs. Everette in the meantime was beseeching the assassins to spare her baby's life. Her supplications finally resulted in the child being taken from her arms and laid by the roadside. The mother was then shot to death. CJOKS A FT EH 1)ESPEHAIM). Berkeley Sheriff to Bring llenry Huyiics Back. Columbia, April 5?Henry Haynes, convicted of manslaughter at Monck's Corner ten years ago, a man against whom also there is a sealed sentence for breach of trust with fraudulent intent, will be lodged in the State Penitentiary in a few days, as Sheriff Causey, of Berkeley, left yesterday for Jacksonville to bring Haynes back to serve out his sentence. The arrest of Ilaynes in Jacksonville recalled an interesting story of the man's escape just before he was to be brought here ten years ago. TIRED OF I,IFF. One of Philadelphia1* Richest Men Takes His Fife. Philadelphia, April 6.?Charles H. Ellis, president of the Citizens' Passenger Railway Company, and one of the wealthiest men in Philadelphia, shot and killed himself today at his home in this city. lie was discovered lying in a pool of blood in his bed room by his wife, who heard the report of the revolver while she was at breakfast. A physician who was hastily summoned pronounced him dead. The dead man was 74 years old and had been a sufferer from neuralgia and rheumatism for some time. Mr. Ellis' wealth was reported to be above $10,000,000. THAT PRIZE MULE. Given to the Runner Democratic County by Hryan. Lincoln, , Neb., April 8.?Announcement was made today at the office of William J. Bryan that Esmeralda countv. Nebraska. h;iv_ ing made tlie greatest Democratic gain in the election last November had been awarded the prize mule. The mule, Major Minnemascot, was presented to Mr. Bryan during the campaign by Minnesota admirers and Mr. Bryan offered it as a prize to the^ county making the greatest Democratic gain. Esmeralde county showed a gain of 694 per cent. * CHARGED WITH MURDER. Two Police Ofllcers Sliot Another Man to Death. Fitzgerald, Cla., April 7.?Indictments charging murder were returned by the Irwin county grand Jury today against Chief of Police Bruebaker and Patrolman Johnson, who on Saturday night shojt to death Robert Gresham, manager of a local mill, the officers stating that they were after him for an alleged theft and shot him down only after he had fired shots at them in a dark alleyway. The officers are in jail without bond. WILL FIGHT DUTY ON SENATOR TILLMAN RESTS HOPE OF Till: FAHMKKS. Ix'vor iind ColK'aguos Cannot Got Hearings, l>ut' ()p|Mir(uti!ity for Heoi>rniiig Qiufdon May Arise. Columbia, April 6.?The Record says it is likely that Senator Tillman, who has been at his home in Trenton several weeks resting, will go on to Washington in a few days to take tip the tight in the senate against the provision in the tariff bill increasing the duty on German potash?an item that means a tax of $200,000 on the farmers of this State. The present outlook is that Congressman Lever and the other members of the house from South Carolina will not get a chance at the proposition under the rules, in which ease the light will have to be made in the senate by Senator Tillman and Smith and other Southern senators. Under the rules the matter cannot be corrected by amendment from the floor of the house, and as it is proposed to shove the bill through the house at an early date, it is extremely doubtful whether Mr. Lever will even *get a chance to speak on the amendment, particularly as ho can not get the floor except through one of the party leaders. Commissioner Watson is being materially assisted in gathering facts and data showing the effect the duty will have upon the farming interests, not only of this State, hut of the entire South, and these statistics are being hurried into shape for Mr. Lever as rapidly as possible. State Geologist. Sloan, who is a practical fertilizer man of many years' experience, is in Charleston today to fortify himself on the situation from the fertilizer standpoint, after a conference with Commissioner Watson. M A DM GOOD II Al' L. Thief Stole Grip Containing Money and Capers. The Augusta Chronicle says further news was received in that city Sunday of the daring robbery at Denmark, S. Saturday morning at an early hour. The robbery was committed at 4:30 o'clock. The thief is still unknown. He is said to have stolen $8,000 in cash and a large amount of securietles from Mr. N. G. Evans, of Edgefield, S. C. The robbery was just east of Denmark, and near the crossing of the Atlantic Cjoa^t IJine road. Mr. Evans who was in front of the car, got up and went back as the train came to a standstill and a burly negro came in the front and picked up his grip to make his escape but was halted by one of the train crew. He dashed, however, for the door, carrying the trainman with him. and was about to jump off the car with the trainman hanging to him, when the trainman let go his grip on the negro. This robbery was only a short time after the wreck on the Seaboard and the railroad people are charging both of the crimes to the same party. The best description given of the thief is thar he is about 5 feet 1 1 incites high, very dark, weighs about 175 pounds and was wearing an overall suit, jacket and trousers. The police officers have been notified all over the country to be on the watch for the robber, and every officer in this section is watching for him. Conductor Frank Drawdy was in charge of the train at the time of the robbery. BUSINESS MAN WAYLAID. Tied Wealthy Mail to a Tree and Then Bobbed llim. Kingsport, Tonn., April 5.?John L. I*ond, a prominent and wealthy business man of tlt^j -place, was waylaid by two men tonight about S o'clock, tied to a tree and robbed of $(100 in money, a negotiable bank certificate for $700 and other valuable securities. Mr. Bond was going from home when the two men attacked him. He was loft tied to the tree, where he was found one hour later, uninjured. Bloodhounds were put on the trail of the robbers and a nnsstn e%t ?(U?otia - B V* w.UMUliO JU11IUU in the pursuit. Most cough cures and cold remedies are constipating, especially those that contain opiates. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is free from all opiates and it cures the cold by gently moving the bowels and at the same time it soothes irritation of the throat, and lungs, and in that way stops the cough. It is especially recommended for children, as it tastes nearly as good as maple sugar. Sold and recommended by all druggists. Hat'knnt ine Abandoned. New York, April 6.?Abandoned I by her crew, badly battered by tho s'a and with several spars carried away, the waterlogged barkantino Luarea was encountered about 200 miles east of Cape Hat terns Sunday, by the steamer Norse Prince. WORK OF A FIEND TltAIX DITCIIFJ) 15V WKECKEItS NI:\K DKN.MAHH. Murine and Several Oiaclics Derailed, hilt Only One Person, a Negro Tramp, was Seriously Injured. Train wreckers broke the lock off the switch at Outside, a station on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad four milts this side of Denmark, and train 4.'5, bound for Savannah, ran into a switch and was derailed at half-past one o'clock Saturday morning. The train was the Seaboard's Now York and Florida limited train, with I'ullman sleeper cars as well as day coaches. Fight persons were more or less seriously injured, but luckily no one was killed or fatally injured. The most seriously hurt was a negro tramp who was beating bis way. The wreck occurred a little after Oil? o'clock Saturday mornine while the train was speeding along at the rate of at least forty miles an hour on a down grailo. The whole train entered the open switch, and in a f w seconds was piling itself In the darkness against empty coal cars and then into the ditch, .lust how the engineer and fireman or any of the crew in the mail and baggage cars escaped instant <1 ath is little less than miraculous. The appearance of tilings showed very plainly that it was a diabolical case of train wrecking. The switch lock was broken off, evidently with a hammer or ax1, and the switch turned. In order that the engineer might not see the turned switch the light was taken away and the track wals covered with newspapers and mud so that when Engineer Ashley turned a curve a short distance above the switch he had no idea that there was a deliberate plan to wreck his ' entire train. That there were not a hundred people killed can not yet he explained. The train was run- 1 ning at least 4 0 miles an l?ur and at that point there was no chance to slow down. It was crowded with passengers and carried five coaches, the last one being the Pullman, which was not derailed. The lirst intimation the passengers in the day coaches had of the wreck I was a crashing mass of splinters which came through the rear cars as one expressed it "so suddenly that 1 the passengers were not prepared for the shock that followed." Every i one at once climbed out and hurried to the front where it was thought that there would lie no survivors. The fact that the train crew was able to climb out of tlie wreck age <1 iid mat some of them wore not killod is considered one of the peculiar freaks in railroad wrecks. A view of the wreck causes one to wonder that not half the people on hoard were killed. The Pullman was the only coach that did not leave the .track, hut though the engine was demolished the mail car was the only coach to be overturned. The Pullman was driven up to the parting of the switch into the day coach off the track just ahead of it. The big heavy rails of the main track, as well as those of the side track, were snapped in two, some of them without bending. in thJ sleeper were two ladies. One of these was a o.id., who did not leave her berth. The immense locomotive lay helpless on her side completely wrecked the mail, baggage and express cars were, thrown in all directions, some of them bottom side up, others almost. standing on end in a branch of water near the track. The roar coach and Pullman sleepers remained on the rails and were with the passengers taken bark to Columbia its soon as possible. The sheriff of Hamberg county was promptly on the scene with two bloodhounds, but could develop nothing in unravelling the mystery, the dogs several times would take a trail and come back to tin; wreck , after going away for about a mile. Claim Agent Coffee, who was in Columbia, accompanied Chairman Caughman of the railroad commission to the wreck Saturday morning, and on his return gave the follow iiik HiuuMncnt as to the injuries received by those on the train: < Engineer .1. A. Ashley, of Savan- 1 nah, badly shaken up. Fireman Walter Wiggins, negro, of Savannah, hand crushed. Assistant fireman Elliott Culbreath, negro, thigh and foot crushed. Ike Coleman, negro tramp, of Sa- ' vannah, badly bruised and taken to , hospital. T. H. Cordon, negro, f)f Jacksonville, scalp wound. E. W. Carpenter, of the express service, shaken up. It. McDavid, mail agent of Jacksonville, badly shaken up. None of the injuries received by those in the wreck will prove serious, according to Mr. Coffee. An investigation of the wreck has been started and it is expected that there will be some results at once. The railroad detectives did not think it necessary to send for the bloodhounds, at first asked for by .1 NO POTASH TAX Congressman Lever Gets Committee to Remove Duty \ FROM TARIFF BILL The Farmers of Soutli Carolina Will Save Over a (Quarter Mil* lion Dollai's by the Action of the Committee in Kcmoviiig the Tax From Potash. Washington, April S.?A special to the Columbia Record says after a week of diplomatic activity, Representative Lever of South Carolina, today won a decided victory for tho farmers of his State and the South. Following his representations as to the effect of the potential duty of iO per cent on potash and potash salts, t tic* ways and means committee today promised Mr. Lever to remove by committee amendment the off en sive paragraph from the bill. The first, shqi in the direction pledged by the committee was taken this morning when the committee in executive session of its Republican members voted an amendment removing tiie duty on all potash gaits except basic slag, a variation of tho standard product. learning of this exception, Mr. Lever again called on Chairman Payne and after explaining that basic slag, too, was an essential part of the demand submitted in behalf of the farmers, .Mr. Payne said that he thought the committeo would certainly vote a supplementary amendment at its meeting tomorrow morning. The action of tho committee is a personal triumph for Mr. Lever ami he is highly gratified at the result. The attention which Mr. Lever's representations received at the hands of the committee, Republicans, is tho result of a consistently practiced policy of conciliation on tho part of Mr. Lever as well as of the respect iiis energetic tights on particular questions beflore this have called forth on both sides of the hou?v. Among both Republicans and <... Democrats Mr. Lever has many friends, and In that way he can always get a hearing. After that he relies on his presentation of his case. Mr. Lever's activities have been unceasing since telegrams reached Washington from Mr. E. J. Watson, directing his attention to the possibilities hidden away in tho administrative clauses of the bill. There is one New Englander on the ways and means committee, Mr. 11111 of Connecticut, and as the New England soil in many localities requires practically the samje kind of fertilization needed in the South, it was not difficult for one knowing tho ground as well as Mr. Lover to interest certain Republicans in his fight. The victory of the South Carolinian will mean something over a quarter of a million dollars a year to the farmers of South Carolina alone, while to the South as a whole it will mean more than $2,000,000, In his speech recently on this subject Mr. Lever estimated the possible loss to South Carolina farmers from the enactment of this clause at over $3 00,000, and a telegram he received from Wr. Watson this morning practically substantiates his estimate. The indications now are that the Payne hill will go to the Senate with potash and its salts on the free list, and it is not thought that there will be much chance of the duty being restored in the upper house. Woman Dies of Wound. P.ogalusa, La., April 7.?Mrs. Klizabeth King, aged 3 4 years, died here today from the effects of a bullet wound inflicted last night by Deputy Sheriff It. S. Carson, who was a boarder in Mrs. King's house. The shot which struck Mrs. King was aimed at a supposed burglar. Carson was exonerated by the coroner's jury. Killed by Robbers. Birmingham, Ala., April 6.? Ceorgo Housley, a negro brakeman, was instantly killed early this morning in Bessemer by robbers. The robbers had entered a freight car which had just stopped at the depot nnft tho ponrl nrtnr hfinrini' n nnion sent Housley back to investigate. The men escaped. Mr. C. W. Garris, as it would have brought no results at that hour and they aro now at work on a clue. Liberal rewards will be offered by the road in a few days should there be no arrests. Among the passengers on the train were: C. C. Whitehead, of Savannah; C. D. Kortjohn, Jr., of Orangeburg; F. C. Haley, of Chrlatlansburg, Va.; F. A. RufTln, of Hopgood, N. C., all traveling men; .W, R. Black, of Columbia, W. T. McKewn, a railroad man of Orangeburg; Mr. Hair, of Orangeburg; Claim Agent Coffee, of Seaboard.