The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 10, 1909, Image 5
DOG BITE KILLS
An Old Veteran Dies of Rabies at
Columbia.
VICTIM OF MAD DOG
After Living Over One Month After
lieiiiK Kitten by the Fice lie Sue- j
eumlxMl to the Dread Disease and
Dies of Hydrophobia ait the t'olimibia
Hospital.
The death of another victim from
the bite of a mad dog must be added
to%fcio hundreds that have occurred
in the past. The Columbia State
says:
The tragic death of John T. Mc(?rady
at the Columbia hospital Tuesday
as a result of the bite of a dog
a til I c tod with the rabies brought sadness
to the comiades of one of the
gallant wearers of the gray who,
trusting in his little puppy supposed
to be mail, attempted to give treatment
to the animal and was bitten.
Mr. Mctirady, who lived in the
upper part of Richland county, was
bitten by his pet dog on April 28
and the disease did not develop until
May 27, a month later.
At that time Mr. McClrady showed
all of the symptoms of suffering and I
but a few days previously he had
been treated wl h the "Koon cure,"
a madstone remedy which it was
claimed would cure any case of
ra bios.
Sunday night Mr. Mctlrady attempted
to kill himself by cutting
bis throat but his relatives interfered
and the unfortunate man was
brought to the hospital a low days
ago.
Dr. \V. A. Boyd, who was summoned
renlized that, the can* was a
desperate one and gave him every
possible relief but the victim died
Tuesday, after several hours of suffering.
Mr. MeGrady 1s isurvived by a
wife nnd two children. He was a
member of Gump Booktor, U. C. V.
MULK KILLKD BY LIGHTNING.
Two Colored Men Driving it Had
Narrow Rscapc.
The Columbia Aecord says a mule
belonging to Wilson Herbert, colored,
was killed on Sunday afternoon
by lightning In the road near Mrs.
K. S. Herbert's farm, in Mendenhall
township. The mule was being driven
along the road by Wilson Herbert's
son, John Henry, and Hiram
Nelson. There oh mo a blinding tlash
and a terrific report, and the mule
fell tlead. Herbert was rendered unconscious
for a good while. Nelson
. was thrown about ten feet out of the
buggy. The mule was a valuable
one. In the same section of the
county, only a mile away, a cow belonging
to Jake Kinnrd, colored, was
struck by lightning and killed in
Mr. Lk>ulware's pasture.
BOM It I N LAUN1>RV.
Hip Song Tong ('hargcci With the
I>ea<lly Crime.
In the war of the Tongs, in which
there have been many casualties in
New York city, a bomb was explod^
ed Tuesday night in a Chinese laundry
In East Twenty-second street.
A minute before the explosion a
Chinaman presumed to be the one
who placed the bo nib, and came out
of the laundry and warned a score
of children playing in the street
away from the scene, telling them
that there was soon to be a great
explosion. A minute later the laundry
blew up.
'Dir. llln T ~ < ...i-i-i- '
?.? <. >jiuh ivjuf^ ui >viiicn r>aug
Ix*e, tho ownor of the laundry, is a
deadly enemy, was credited by him
with the explosion. The laundry was
wrecked, but no one was injured.
Hut Hite Kills a Ha by.
Mlood poisoning, brought on by the
bile of a rat, caused the death of
little Eugene Jamloau of Ottawa, this
week. The rat bit the babe while
it was lying in its cradle and although
medical aid was summoned,
death resulted in a few hours.
a
f Mane Itig Haul.
Mrs. George Shea, of Duluth,
Minn., was robbed, thiH week, in
Seattle, Wash., of $20,000. Sho had
concealed the cash in a bed in the
home where she was visiting, and
when she returned to the room the
cash was gone.
An Old Man Dies.
Mr. W. A. Kelly, who died near
Stateslioro, (la., recently, was the
^ oldest man in that section. He was
B one hundred and one years old on
the tenth of last March. He was
born in South Carolina in 180S.
Hurled I'luler Gravel.
As a result of a cave-in of a grave,
pit at Olive ft ranch, Miss., a few days
ago. five negroes wore- killed. Tons
of gravel fell on them, crushing
their bodies.
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MORE DAYLIGHT
THE MOST VALUABLE THING IN
THE WHOLE WOULD.
Why Not Have Two Hours More of
It Whf? It Does Not Cost You
Oue Out?
If, on May 1st of each year, the
standard of tiuio throughout the
United States was advanced two I
hours, so that what is now tive
o'clock become seven o'clock, etc.,
and changed back to our pre%mt |
standard on October 1st, it would add
gretaly to the health, comfort and :
pleasure of all, through the sum- j
nior, without necessitating any
change as to daily habits, or crouto '
any more confusion than if a West- !
era men wont to some point Hast, '
having a time one or two hours fast
er man tnat to which ho was ac-j
customed, but would give two hours i
additional light for recreation and !
health-giving, and the use of two of |
the coolest and best hours of the
day for labor. Americans, in this
manner, would obtain what those i
in England great'dy enjoy today, j
namely, two additional hours of I
light.
This would leave the same number
of hours for bmlness and sleep as
J now, and would give two bettor hours ;
for the day's work, and two additional
hours of daylight to the evenling
hours, which today are too short
to be of much benefit to those living
any considerable distance from
their place of business, and, as the
j hours after business are the only
portion of the week-day devoted to
| pleasure and exercise, the lengthen-!
! ing of same would In1 appreciate d bv 1
[all.
j Nothing is more conducive to
I health than outdoor exercise, such
as ball, tennis, goif, boating, bath-I
ing, gardening, etc., so why not read- j
just the hours devoted to business,
sleep, and pleasure to the benefit of J
all?
Thousands of families would, under
these circumstances, move into j
the country or suburbs, who are now :
held back by the fact that the men j
at the present time could not reach 1
their homes until too late to got I
much benefit from a move of this
kind.
As elderly persons and children
are given to early rising, the breakfast
hour will become more regular,
and many annoyances of today
will be avoided, and, during the
heated term it uhnni/i r* v ?
? .? - v w.?x/?*tu j'l u? r wi ]
special benefit to the school child- 1
ren.
As h rule, nearly every proposed
rule, law, or custom works a positive
injury or hardship to many who
club together and bring about much
opposition; it delays and discourages
those Interested in its passage, but,
in this case, as no property is destroyed
or depreciated, no one can
be inter,estod in opposing it, and it
is one of the few changes that could
be made to benefit all citizens of
each and every state in exactly the
same proportion, and not call for
the expenditure of money by the government,
State or people. Railroads j
would not be compelled to change i
their time-tables, as all trains would i
leave in future at tin* same hour as 1
today. Local travel would be greatly
increased, additional money put
in circulation by the purchase of
such things as are used for pleasure
and recreation, and additional value
would be given to what already ex- j
ists in the way of parks, play
grounds, gardens, resorts, boating J
and bathing facilities, tennis courts,
automobiles, carriages bicycle1*, etc.,
etc.
In Kngland, though they enjoy in ;
summer time the benefits to be do- j
rived from a movement, of this kind.j
they are endeavoring to establish a i
custom to more closely follow the
movements of the sun, which would i
enable them to gain millions of dol- '
Jars paid out each year for artificial j
light. This change is being opposed,
however, by every gas and electric
light company, and tleir stockholders
in every village and hamlet
throughout the kingdom, so that the
proposed movement in America
KMoma not ix confuROd with th.it j
being agitated in Knglnnd, and i
should bo accomplished ut a com par- j
ativoly early date, from the very fact
that is injures none and would be :
of great benefit to millions.
To be beneficial and not confusing, ;
is is necessary that the law or cuk- 1
torn become universal throughout !
the United States. It has no political
significance, so all should lend their ,
aid to the movement. Talk it up. j
See that your friends thoroughly un- |
derstand It. Remember that mil- j
lions in Kngland, for centuries, have
been accustomed to exactly thcao i
same hours and its benefitR. If you:
do not need these additional hours j
for recreation on yourself, aid in
obtaining it for those who do.
Kills Mnn and Mule.
A bolt of lightning killed Jiin !
Kyrd, a negro plough hand, on the j
plantation of Mr. J. A. Clinkscales,1
south of Anderson, and the ftno mule
he was working. Same Clinkscales,
the young son of Mr. Clinkscales. 1
who was ploughing two hundred ,
I yards away, was knocked down and
I badly stunned, and his mule was also j
j knocked down by the bolt.
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A COZY HOME
For Contederate Veterans in
Their Old Age
FORMALLY OPENED
In Columbiu on Thursday Afternoon. \
A Full Description of the Home !
and How it \V"ill Ho Mntint*oil. !
Has All the Convenience* of a
Mullein Homo.
The Confederate Home at Colum- >
bia was formally opened Thursday i
afternoon, with appropriate exerela- !
os. Addresses wore made by Governor
Ansel, Senator K. H. Weston and
Col. I). Cardwell. Tho following description
of the Homo we tako from
the Columbia Record:
if any Confederato veteran remaining
tho guest of relatives or i
continuing to dwell in his own house
enjoys more of creature comfort, of
care and of congenial companion
ship than do his comrades now guth- j
erod within the home, a grateful I
State has here provided for them, 1
happy l'.ar beyond the average is
his lot; for in the planning of this i
home no detail has been omitted '
that thoughtful, generous, loving'
kindness could suggest or willing,
hands coukl by untiring diligence
supply. One who has visited it must ;
necessarily in writing of it use often
the word "home," for that is what it |
is. A home its founders studiously
wrought to make it and t lie la^t. act
of the builders was to inscribe the
word over its doorway, so that the
approaching veteran's first glimpse
of the house that Is like to be his
last earthly dwelling place, should
show him that this was indeed a.
home -his home-?"The Confederate j
Veterans' Home."
i
The home will be formally opened ;
tomorrow. The imughtors of the
Confederacy in Columbia have come |
gallantly to the rescue or the commission
in charge and supplemented j
largely the appropriation which the
legislature, through failure to understand
the conception entirely, failed
to make sufficient, and accordingly
the privilege of directing the opening
rvifnioiiM's nas neon given lo those
devoted women. They invito the attendunce
on that occasion of all perons
interested in the home, and it is
to he hoped that many will avail
themselves ot' this opportunity to inspect
the institution. Hueh an inspection,
especially If re-enforced by
little interviews with the 20-odd vet- i
erans already domiciled in the* home,
will remove from the mind of any
reasonable person whatever misgivings
may have arisen in regard to I
the wisdom ol' the home's establishment
or Its adequacy to the needs of \
the veterans for whom it is intended.
The place looks like a home, even t
from a distance. The low white |
building, green-trimmed and girdled ;
by trees, with its white-columned i
jHjrticos, looks out over the city and'
in the near foreground on every side j
are the gently rolling fields of a farm j
calculated to gladden every farmer's |
heart?and most of the veterans i
come from farms. On the slope of
the opposite hill to the southwest lie
the buildings of the Hospital for the
Insane, making a picturesque feature j
of the view, but unconnected with
the home in any sense, even in ap- I
nearanee. Trolley cars of two lines
pass in view to the right and in ;
I
front, and in the evening the light ;
and sounds of the busy city pleasant- i
ly suggest the nearness of youth and i
abounding vitality. The place is j
peaceful, but not suggestive of j
boredom.
The house i^ of one story, with j
basement, substantially built in
frame construction. Its genera) plan
is that of a Latin cross, the main ]
corridor, long, wide and airy, in- j
terseoted by a narrower hall running
approximately east and west. The
house faces southward. Entering
from the front, a wide porch, pro-i
vided with lights for the evenings, |
gives upon the main corridor, where!
arm chairs and settees are grouped
in a way suggestive of casual cozy >
gatherings after dinner. To the left
is the commandant's office, to the !
right a parlor for the entertainment
of the home's friends, the very best
of whom are ladies. The living '
quarters of the commandant and his I
wife are entered by the second door ,
upon the right. The second room,
where the veterans- mregather to
talk, to road, to play games, write
letters or otherwise amuse them- '
selves when the weather or inclination
drives them In from the lawn
or the piazzas, which at this season
are naturally preferred. A lnrrrr.
- - - - n'
room is provided on this corridor
for the safe storage of the veterans'
trunks and personal property not j
needed in the dormitories. These
latter, with the balh-roonis and toilet-rooms,
open off the cross-hall.
TO a eh dormitory contains four single ,
bods, enameled white, with comfortable
mattresses and neat blue !
spreads. The bath and toilet arrangemouts
are altogether modern, ;
sanitary and convenient. Everything
is clean as a hound's tooth. The
lights throughout the building are
electric and the entire building Is
heated by steam. Every room Is an !
outside room and all openings arc
screened. The location and construction
uro such that there is always
some breeze.
The dinging room is a big, airy
place with plenty of windows and
tables seating eight or ten persons ,
each. When a Record reporter visit- j
ed the homo the other day supper
time was near and the tables had
been set, a significant Item being the j
vase of fresh flowers from the yard 1
lu the center of each.
Behind the dining room Is one of!
the best equipped kitchens in the
State, where a splendid cook works !
at. si crest nu\RKii'i> I'nui'n An <1^
sistant cook has? boon engaged and
will report for duty shortly. In the
roar of the kitchen are conveniently
located the pantry, the linen room
and the medicine chest. In the!
latter are kept first-aid bandages and
household remedies, besides such j
drugs as are likely to be needed from
time to time. The main store rooms j
are in the basement, along with the
heating apparatus. The home has
a large kitchen garden, from which
the veterans are already enjoying j
their own beans and turnips. Later!'
on there will be other vegetable.-*,
with melons and green corn.
Full records of pvory department !
are kept. For instance, when asked !
about the bills of fare, the command- !
ant turned to his desk and drew forth 1
at random one sheet from a bundle. I
It happened to be the menu card for
May 22nd and was as follows:
Hivakfust ? I lontiny, breakfast bacon,
broiled; hot biscuit, butter, syrup,
coffee.
Dinner- Lima means, rlr and tovjnatoes,
Irish potatoes, corn bread
light bread hut.or
Supper-- Hominy butter, hot b11-cnii,
slewed fruit, syrup, coffee.
4'We try to make the bill of fare
a littio different each day," sail |
the commandant. "Twice a week I
and on Sumi.es \sc have dessert and
on two days we nave soup?mighty
good soup. Our cook is a line one." |
The veterans seemed contented
and thoroughly at home. The commandant,
('apt. W. I>. Starling, Is si j
veteran; the adjutant, ('apt. 11. K*.
May, was also si soldier of the Confederacy.
They sire deeply Interested j
in their work and a flue thing for j
the veterans, too, is the presence, I
night and day. of Mrv. Starling. The I
institution is directly in charge of
('apt. Starling, chairman of the Confederate
Home commission. The
government of the home, as arranged
by Col. Cardwell and ('apt.
Starling, is simple and kindly.
There tire few rules and none of
these are such as an old soldier
would not Immediately see the necessity
of having. Kor instance, the
veterans are free to come and go
as they like, visiting the city or
walking a trout the suburbs ('apt.
Starling stipulating only that they j
shall report to bim where they ex- j
peel to go. This is necessary because
some of them are feeble and
for all of them he is responsible to
their relatives and to the State.
The health of the veterans is
doubly provided for. The institution's
regular nlivnli'lnn r?- \?m
,, , I'i . ?ll-l
Hani YYoston, makes daily visits, and |
two of the veterans are themselves
practitioners of Ion# experience.
The assembly room has been 1
equipped with a big phonograph and
a piano and doubtless all the newspapers
of the State will he glad to!
enter the home on their free subscription
lists when the matter is
called to their attention.
Careful and disinterested Investi- j
g.ition by Record reporters has disposed
to their satisfaction of every
criticism against the home, from the j
veteran's standpoint, that has come j
to their oars. The home has uoth- j
ing of the jail or poor farm alxjut it; j
it has absolutely no connection with
the State Hospital for the Insane; |
the veteran who enters it does not
lose his pension nor any part of it; j
there* is nothing of reproach or humiliation
connected with residence
there, nor is any effort made to com- t
pel the entrance of veterans?on the
contrary, the admissions are limited
by law to S t, two from each countv, !
* |
and In each case the commission j
must be shown by proper papers j
that there are good reasons why the
applicant should be received. There
is probably not one veteran In nO
who would not be both more coin-!
fort able physically and happy mentally
here than in his present situation.
He may be well provided for j
at homo, from a material standpoint,
but. here ho will have congenial corn- I
panionship in addition to creature j
comfort at least equal to his present I
having. And finally, ho need lot |
~t?.y if conditions at the home Jis-1
please him.
HKTTKIl I.KT IT ALONF.
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Movement on Foot to licor^Hul/^
Clemson College.
It is understood that Mr. M on del
L. Smith, former speaker of the
house and at the present one of thej
floor leaders will introduce a reso- !
1 iition, at the next session of the legislature
calling for the appointment I
of a commission consisting of the at- '
torney general and two other lawyers
of reputation and standing to look
into the feasibility, advisahiliey and
legality of the proposition of buy-J
ing out the interest of the Clemson
heirs in the Clemson estate and mak- !
ine Clemson college In fact as well
as In name a State college. '
SLAIN BY NEGRO
Mr. John watson Assassinated
Near Greensea.
A POSSE IN PURSUIT
Over Two lliindn-il IVoplr Willi
illnmllinuiiils Are on tlic Hunt
for tlir Assassin, and it i>- Moped
anil llrlii'vnl That Mr Will lie
A special dispatch from Conway
says Mr. Johu Watson, a prominent
voting man of the (ireemn-a section
of the county, about 20 miles from
Conway, was Wednesday waylaid and
shot by Melvin Watson, a notorious
negro. .Mr. Watson died a few hours i
after being shot.
- SherilT Sessions learned of the af- I
fair by telegram and went inunedi- (
nlely to the scene of the Killing.
News reached Conway after the !
sheriiT left that more iii.ui 200 people
\s i111 bloodhounds went in search
of the negro, who lied as soon as ho
tired the fatal shot.
W hat lias been learned 'at Con-1
way of 1he alfffairs came to telephone
from Loris, a railroad station, about
six miles from ({reensea. and hence
fail particulars have not been learn-:
ed.
From the la-si informal ion obtainable
it appears that Mr. Watson nrly
Wednesday morning had started
to Tabor, X. ('., in a wagon. Wle-n
only a short distance from (Iroen ea
Jo- was tired upon'by the negro, who
was crouched in a f< nc.e jam.
.Mr. Watson was sup< rintendeut of
'lie large plantation of lion. J. 1\
Dcrham, Mini it Is stated that m young |
son of Mr. Durham w as in the wagon 1
when Ili,i? shooting oc curred. 11 (
was not hurt.
fJreensca is a populous section and
a largo posse gathered in a very short
time and went in pursuit of the negro j
who. it is said, Is a very dangerous |
character.
Mr. Watson was a young man of |
wide family connection and very
popular throughout the country, and'
great indignation is felt over the |
crime.
IMTC'IIKI) HATTLIO AT ITll IUTI.
Abe Moseley State* John Allen at 1
White Pond.
There was cjtiit< an exciting time j
among the negroes at their church
at Whit'! Pond lit Aiken county on
Sunday. Pistol halls dying in every
direction, women and children 1
peruaming and falling between bench- ]
>s to shun the balls, all sesulted from I
a quarrel between Abe Moseley and !
John Allen, the former stabbing the
latter In the back with his knife,
causing a fatal wound. Sheriff ltabun
was soon upon the scene, arresting
negroes for carrying concealed
weapons, but did not get Moseley,
as he ran to a nearby swamp, and
has not been captured yet.
VOl N(i LADY'S IIOIIKIHLK PATIO.
Horned to Doju.i Trying to Kindle
Fire With Oil.
News of a most distressing accident
near Kings Mountain Tuesday
reached fjastonia, when the information
came that .Miss Julia Ware, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Ware, and a sister of Mr. J. White
Ware, of Oast on in, died Tuesday
evening at X o'clock as the result of
burns sustained Tuesday morning
early. The accident occurred at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ware in the
i-d Bethel neighborhood and was witnessed
only by the unfortunate
young lady's mother who, In her
frantic efforts to save her daughter,
In rself sustained very painful though
not necessarily very serious burns.
CHASKh AXi> KII.LKI)
lly a Uu/./.saw That Broke From
Its Fastening.
Walter Terry, a woodsaw operator,
was pursued and cut down by a
woodsaw insecurely fastened that
broke away from a wagon bed on j
which it was mounted, at Ashland,
Dreg. The saw was whirling at a
high rate of speed and when it broke
from its fastening it ran at Terry,
who (led. The saw overtok him and
ripped his hack for a long distance
and completely severed his right leg
jllSt below the knee. Tx> rv woo o.e
I'll to the hospital at Ashland, whoro
everything possible was clone for
him, but he died within 30 minutes.
ItefuscM to Open Case.
The Supreme Court has refused to i
reopen the case of the State against
It. A\ Adams, thus finally disposing
of one of the remarkable criminal
records of Colleton county. Adams
killed Henry Jacques about five years
ago, and after \ siderable trouble
was caught, tried for murder and
wnt to the penitentiary for life.
it takes more than a sinecure to
ure most people of their sins.
| TRIBUTE TO OAViS
MKMOltY OF CONKKHKItATH
( IIIUKTAIN IIONOItFH.
.1 Park Ilmiring His Name Ojm t??il
at Fail-view, Kentucky, With A|>I
proprioto < 'ere monies.
At Fairview, Ky , among the r? ?-h
whirh hn\?> grown up alxne tho
Itirt h-plaen of Jefferson l)tvi- sinno
the your, early in the ti> weieootn
CMiitury, when the Davis family ntnoved
to Mississippi, the effomou
Davis Memorial Park was simply
neutral <mi ihursday. Northeast,
across th" Stale, is Hndgctiviib ,
lU'jir sv !i i? ti A lira ham Lincoln was
born eight months after big grea*.
opponent. rnirview is still a tiiiy
town rim mod with forests and slop
ing gently, toward the graas-growu
buttlefields of I nincKfit'o,
In St'pirmbt'r, 1907, when the
grey grown and ontlladod ranks of
Kentucky's famous "orphan* brigade"
not in Glasgow, Ky,, at ttio
:;ravc of (ifn Joseph 11 Lew s, then
o'.ntuandor, former C.ov?rnot Hoiivnr
r.ui'knt r, of Kentucky, breached
the plan of the lefiY.son Davis Memorial
Association. Subscriptions
w? r? st it ted. the w omen of the South
aided nobly, and when ail but $4,000
bad be* n raised, to purchase seyeuHm
n aires a' FairvieW, Gel). t'etinet
II Young, commanding tb<> Ken
lucky division of tin* Confederate
\eteranv, advjinc.eii that sum and
made, the memorial possible
Oratory, music and Hovers made
the day notable. A basket dinner
and a barbecue were provided by the
j people of Todd and Christian counties,
whicli share equally the town
of Cairview, and when Col. W. A.
I Milton, of Louisville, as chairman
in the absence of Gen. Young, who
vat- detained in Chicago, opened fho
meeting, tin- homestead of the Davmes
was erowded. (Ion. Young, a
prominent Louisville lawyer, wrote
the chief address of the day, ami
it was read by Col. Milton. He asserted
t hi?t every Southern Stale
should rear a shaft to Jefferson )>;?
vis, whoso character and sufferings
he dwell upon sympathetically. tie
paid high tribute to Lincoln, saying
that the time had come wten
men might speak kindly and truiy
of the past. Ho said the message
which the united South gave to tie
world today was one of everlasting
peace.
The plan is to rai<*e $(10,000 more
with which to build a memorial temple
to contain all the records of the
Confederacy, and to remodel a tw?>
story residence upon the Davis farm
to house the widows of Confederate
j soldiers.
i The seventeen acres which are to
enclose the memorial buildings to
he erected adjoin the original nine
acres, which wore the remains of
| the plantation upon which Samuel
Davis, father of the President, settled
when he came from Virginia
j in 179k. These nine wCre given by
Mr. Davis to llethel Church on ttot
i occasion, June 21, ISS?>, of his last
; visit to his first home. To the pec?
pie of the neighborhood this chureu
I stands as a memorial to their great,
j neighbor, and to his pride in his
old Kentucky home they ascribe the
j fancy which b-d him to call his land
along tiie Mississippi shore of the
' <rii If " lleauvoi"."
The site of the memorial slopes
j softly from a splendid grove, which
j crow ns its heighest point. It is in
'the heart of Pairview, and the present
plan is to place ail the records
of the Confederacy in the ten.inn
! r?> b<> built, within the shadow of the
trees. A two-atory residence ais?>
, on th land, and the intent in to
make of this a home for the widows
of the Confederates whom age has
; rendered decrcpt and from whom The
years and the war have taken hus;
hands and sons.
WOMAN SHOT IlKKSlOi r.
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\ t tempted t<> Commit Suicide, Hut
Failed to llo So.
The Newberry Observer says Magi
g ieW'aldrop. a young colored woman,
attempted to commit suicide Monday
morning about six o'clock, at
the home of Mattie Miller, wife of
Frank Miller, colored. She got hold
of a pistol and declared she was going
to kill herself. The other woman
tried to take the pistol from l\er.
and in the struggle it went off, the
ball striking Maggie in the thigh,
imbedding itself in or near the bone.
where it remains. No reason is assigned
for ttio attempt., except that
her mind has been a little daft for
a day of two.
Victim of Lightning.
William Camp, a farmer, was killed
by* lightning at his home od North
Paeolet River, lit miles from Spartanburg
Tuesday afternoon. William
Simmons and his family of ft?e
children in the some section were
terribly shocked by a bolt that set
lire to their home.
Killed Ills Mother.
"I've got to murder some ont '
said Fred Daniels, colored, to his
mother at Cleveland, O . thib week,
so he killed her.