The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 07, 1909, Image 5
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GLOWING TRIBUTE
To the Young Men of the South During
the Civil War Period
,
' THE BRAVEST AND BEST
U<'v. K. A. Osborne Makes Interesting
Compnrision IMwwn (ho Spirit
of the South and the Conditions
nt the Time of the War With
Those of the Present.
At a meeting in Charlotte, Nr. C.,
by the Confederate Veterans on Monday
to pay tribute to the memory ol
Admiral Ralph Semmes. the greut
Confederate naval hero, many excellent
speeches were made. Kt. Rev
E. A. Osborne spoke with reference
to the spirit of the young men ot
the South during the civil war period
and the exalted type of loader*
produced, wheh he does not believe
could be duplicated today under
similar conditions.
"Perhaps this country will nevoi
produce again," he began, "just suet
a race of men as that which lived
in the last century. Especially doer
one feel this to be true of the greal
leaders of the South. We may pro
(luce as great men or greater moi
even in different directions, for tin
world is growing. Humanity is no!
diminishing at all in its powers. It
is developing under Christian civil
ization. Hut the conditions under
which Seiumcg and tIn; other grea
loaders wore horn and reared were
peculiar and have now passed away
Especially was this so of the South
1 don't suppose that a more patriotic
race of men ever lived than thai
which peopled the South. Theii
life was rustic, simple, plain, unpretentious.
These are tin; very conditions
that are calculated to produce
the spirit of daring. self-relianci
and manhood. They produced those
splendid qualities of hitman nature,
"The Southern army illustrated
that. It was not a well-disciplined
army. It was not a remarkably well
drilled army, but It was one of men
? men who loved freedom, men whe
loved their homes, men who loved
constitutional liberty, men who loved
their own simple life. They
j didn't care much about money. II
was not a money-making ago in the
South, with one or two exceptions
Here and there a fortune had beer
accumulated, of course. But the
vast majority of the men in the
Southern army were of limiter
means; men who owned little hornet
in the country. To own the soil ii
* necessary condition of patriotism
Commercial men who do not owr
their homes or who are so much in
terested in business that they speiu
0 ^ little time at home do not posses'
the same lovo of home and country
>that rural life produces. They wan
to live and enjoy their wealth, too
The man who owns his little home ii
the country, whose living depend
on his tilling of the soil, lives fo
his home and his family and wil
yield the last drop of blood in hi
body to resist any invasion by hos
tile forces.
"And so, while we have a passion
ate, tender and romantic love fo
the South," continued Colonel Of
borne, "1 doubt very much if unde
similar conditions today we woul
he able to produce as strong exam
^ pies of courage, fortitude and dai
ing. I believe we, especially the per
pie of North Carolina, are a wai
like race. 1 ro not believe there 1
one more so on the American cor
tlnent. When the United States call
ed for troops in the war with Spal
the young men of the South hurrie
forward. It was my privilege to b
with them for a time. I saw th
same enthusiasm which 1 had see
4 0 years before. Hut I saw also
different class of men, a differen
spirit and a different state of moral
from that which prevailed on th
previous occasion. i cannot ' bu
doubt if they would have shown th
jntne dash, the same absolute confl
dence in the rectitude of their cans
and in their duty to light.
"It thrills my soul with a pecu
liar sensation to think'of the wonder
fill genius that led the Soutb?ri
armies. Very likely the world wn
never witness again such a brilllan
galaxy of men. Christian men, o
cultivated minds, broad and dee
A learning, soldiers, who trusted ii
- the Triune God for the justice c
their cause and willingly laid thei
lives on the altar.
'.'1 shall never forgot the foelin
of pride and joy the soldiers of th
Confederacy felt when they though
of the glorious Semmo!?. dominatin
the broad ocean and bringing terro
to the enemy. While the hosts n
United States ships were hoverin
about, the coasts keening out whs
little l)it of commerce the Sout
f might, have received, this one ma
was frightening the ships of the oik
my out of their wits."
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Tho Neptune is lavunclied.
A dispatch from Portsmouth, Kni
land, says the Neptune, Great Hri
ain's eighth battleship of the Dreai
nought type, was successfully launcl
ed there a few days ago by the I)uc
esa of Albany in the presence of
great concourse. Experts regard th
^ vessel as unslnkable by torpedoes.
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COST ONE LIFE 1
I
PANIC IN A SCHOOL HOOM CAU8!
1
ES A FATAL Cltl'SII.
One Thousand Little Ones Scared by
Fireworks Stampede W illi Fatul
Results to Little Girl.
Terrified by Black Hand stories, (
1,000 children stampeded in a Polish
parochial school in Jersey City Monday
when fireworks, were sent oft in
the street below and in the mad rusn
' for the doores 14 weie crusneii, one
so seriously that death probably will
result.
The fatally injured child is Ma- ,
rianna Zeelackhky, 7 years old; the .
^ others comprise live little girls and
eight boys, all ranging from 7 to 10 <
years in age. All are in Jersey City j
hospitals, but it is believed that all
will recover.
The school house, a three-story J
brick building, is a stone's throw |
' from an Italian church which had (
1 obtained a permit to set off lire!
works during a church celebration ,
Monday. A rumor got out last week
among the children in lower Jersey
City schools that threats had been
1 made to blow up the school with
I dynamite.
; The children had been particulart
ly nervous about it, and when the
bombs went off suddenly, they ran
1 from tlio recitation rooms into the
5 hailx and down ?he stairways,
t There are two street doorways but
t one of them was closed. At the
~ closed entrance there occurred a disa.-trous
jam. Here several of the
smaller children were trampled into
5 unconsciousness while others ran
hack ' into the building and sprang
through open windows 1 feel to an
areway below.
1> Policemen and passersbv, attracted
I
by the cries, rushed to the scene,
I
but order was not restored until 11
children had been seriously hurt.
> A report spread quickly that there J
5 were eight dead and hundreds of j
> mothers mingled in the crowd, (
mourning, weeping and adding to the (
i general confusion. This is not the
L llrst riot of its kind in Jersey City
I as tlie children of the foreign ele- .
1 merit are constantly in fear of the
> "black band."
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CI ltTAII/S MAYOR'S POWICllS.
! Judge Aldricli 1 tenders an Important
| Decision. i
An appeal case from the mayor's (
J court involving an important quesl
tion of jurisdiction, was decided be
fore Judge Aldrich in tiie Sessions
court at Anderson last week. The
appeal was from a deep ion of the
1 mayor imposing a fine of one hundred
" dollars or thirty days for selling
' whiskey, and the decision reversed
the mayor.
f \ mu'llii nt 'e ciuiiwdl I li.i >>,?_
. -I I - ' - 1 I'"*
jilion that tin* mayor's court had no
jurisdiction to try a defendant eharg1
ed with selling whiskey, maintaining
9 that the mayor had only concurrent
r jurisdiction with the magistrate, and
1 that, as the statutes Rave a magis9
tratc no jurisdiction to try such a
l" case the mayor was hound by the
same statute's limitation. The gen"
oral statutes give the mayor of the
r city the same powers as a magisl"
trate, and it. was argued by counsel
r for the defense that a city counsel
could not extend by ordinance the
jurisdiction defined by the Legisture.
'* The decision of Judge Aid rich in
case it i?> sustained by the Supremo
'9 court will be of the most far reaching
consequences. It might seriously
hamper the enforcement of the liqour
n law in every town and city in the
(* State. All that the police depart0
ment of a city could do would he
0 to make arrests and have warrants
n issued by a magistrate. The magisa
trate would then, if upon a pret
liminary hearing (no evidence war9
rants it. send the caso up to the Sossions
court for trial. The decision
has attracted a great deal of inter
? est hero. The city will appeal to the
Supreme court, and a decision of that
? tribunal will be awaited with geueral
interest over tlie State.
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Made Mini Mouiesick.
,1 At a diplomatic reception in WashI
ington, Mrs. Taft, on being otmplif
mente.l on her exquisite French, told
p a little story about a Senator who-*,French
(acqired in twelve phonographich
lessons) is by no m "ins
exquisite. V
The Senator, fresh from one of his
phonographic recitals, pounced upon
" an under secretary of the French
? legation at a dinner.
* "Monsieur," lie said, "eska?ah?
" eska?voo?eska voo voo-ly ma?
1 voo voo-ly da dunny "
^ "My dear Senator," the secretary
8 interrupted, "do, 1 beg you, stop
speaking French. You sneak tt so
-1 well?ah, so very, very well?It
n makes nie homesick!"?Kansas City
i- Independent.
Husband Itutlicd Once a Year.
Declaring her husband bathed only
a;, once a year, and that, though worth
t> $.r?0,000, bought tainted meal, eggs
[1- that were nealy rotten and rancid
h- butter, Mrs Henrietta Newman, of
h- Washington, I). C., has filed suit for
a a limited divorce from Mayor H. New-,
is man. She also charges cruelty and
neglect.
REFUND REBATES;
I
lie Benihein Drilling Company oi
Louisville, Ky.,
MAKES RESTILUTION
'onrtill, Once Represented l?y Kariium
Akivivs to Pay. to the W'inding-l
p Commission !< tO.OOO, Al- .
though (be Commission Has no !
Claim of Overcharges.
The Columbia correspondent of I
The News and Courier sa\s follow- ;
ng a conference last week between |
he winding-up commission of the old j
State dispensary and the representa- j
ives of the Hernhelm Distilling Com- j
)any, of Louisville, Ky., the comnanv '
Monday announced that it will re- |
fund to the State overcharges on 1
liquor amounting to $30,000. The |
company, which was represented he- I
fore the old State board of control '
by Jatnes S. Farnum, acquitted Sat-j
unlay of hrihing Jos. 11. Wylie, then !
n member of the purchasing hoard, to |
give the concerns represented hy
Farnum the preference in purchasing
liquors, admits the overcharges and
says it is willing to make good this
much of the State's loss.
The refund is voluntary on tin1
part of the company, as the old State
dispensary hoard of control had effected
a complete settlement with j
the concern before the winding-up j
commission took charge of the affair
of the dispensary when the institution
was legislated out of existanco,
and the company never has put in
a claim for money due it for the
liquors sold to the dispensary, as
has been done by many of the other
houses, which had been awarded
contracts for liquors.
Attorney General Lyons was asked j
iibout the matter. He said that the
facts in the case were that the Mernludin
Distilling Company had offered
to tin? dispensary commission $30,
DUO, and that the money is on deposit
in the Louisville banks. The
fact that this company wished to
turn over this large sum of money
same over the telephone from the
Atlanta firm of Anderson, Felder,
Kountree & Wilson. It is understood,
though not obtained officially,
that the Atlanta firm secured the
settlement, but it also appears that
the money comes voluntary. The matter
is settled now, and the money
belongs to the State of South Carolina.
The remarkable part of the whole
transaction is that the liernhcim
firm had no claim against the State
of South Carolina.
The money that the State owed
nils linn had been previously paid
up and the hooks were closed. To
offer $3 0,000 and (hen to turn the
money over is clearly an admission
that, there were overcharges.
Although th?*re had heen a general
understanding that some of the whiskey
firms might possibly "cough up"
this transaction is a new one in its
nature. It is known .lames S. Far1111111
represented the Hernheim firm
here during the days of the Slate
dispensary. In the recent trial oi
Mr. Farnum it was mentioned in
the testimony that this was one of
the firms that he represented. The
payment of $30,000 to the State is
taken as an admi.-sion that the State
was overcharged at least this much
and that rebates were paid. This
is the only difference that can be
drawn. Aside from the fact that
the money has been tendered the
State, it was very diOUnlt to obtain
any oflicial information.
It was known recently that there
was a secret meeting of the dispensary
commission and very probably
this matter came up at the time.
There is speculation as to what
effect that $30,000 "money" tender
will have upon the alleged graft
trials. The effect \ipon the other
can easily he guessed, though, that
no immunity is guaranteed when
the commission accepts the $307000.
It. might he added, however, that
another good gtiess is that one of
iiic Hernneim peop]?> would bo prosecuted.
The proposition they ndvaneo
is fair enough on its face, a return
to the State of $30,000, when no
claim is outstanding, and this in
comparison with a figuring upon
the alleged rebate schedule that
would look something like $10,000
for alleged overcharges. That looks
pretty good for South Carolina.
This case that is brought today
but one of the many matters that
the State dispensary investigation
has brought about. What the mora!
effect will be cannot be estimated,
but the State of South O.iolina is
$30,000 to the good. As brought out
before the dispensary winding-up
commission the Kernhoim Company
was one of the tiio including aiso
the Hig Four people, and one other
eoneorn. all of which the commission
was disposed to '"lass a* one conco.n.
In the present transaction a confer
ence of attorneys was held, and many
other details which probably will
be brought out later.
Illeriot to Stall Aviation School.
Louis Illeriot, the French areonnut,
has decided to start a school of aviation
at Croix d'Hlns, near Arcachon,
France. The proposed circuit will
be nearly 20 miles, but at first only
a four-mile circuit will be used .
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THE FARMERS' UNION
IS A CJHANI) OltUAMZATION AM)
ALL FAllMKllS Ol'UHT
To IU? MoiMbors of It and Work to
Make It the CS rout est llenetit to
Tliein.
Notwithstanding the fact that they
were seriously handicapped during
the past season in meeting their
financial obligations, and in the realization
of that prosperity that is
rightfully theirs, by the distressingly
low price of cotton, yet the farmers
of the South can easily overcome
.1III1....W I. V .. -
.f, t ?i i v; limn iiuh'm ity ii more
marked adherence to the principles
of their different organizations in tin*
future than in the past, says I'aul
Williams in the Macon Telegraph.
The fact has been demonstrated
that the thing for the Southern tanner
to do in order to obtain a legitimate
price for his cotton is to bring
himself to the point where he can
hold it just as long as he wants to.
tint before this can be done it is
absolutely necessary that he raise
his food products at home. This
is the main thing to do in order
to make Southern agricultural conditions
assume a more satisfactory
aspect.
Lot the Southern farmer immediately
resort to the wl.-dom and
advisability of raising his own food
supplies instead of depending for
them upon the Western farmers, and
a wonderful change will he brought
about in the agricultural situation
down South. In fact, such a wonderful
change that the cotton market
will nearly always present a bullish
aspect, because the control of the
price of the tloecy staple will have
< 11 ?rt'.Nifu i ruin i in* grasp of C li?'
Wall street manipulators and placed
in the control of the Southern
farmers.
Then there will be no repetition
of the very unsatisfactory and deplorable
conditions that existed to such
a striking extent last, fall, tremendously
handicapping the farmers in
cancelling their pecuniary obligations.
No bills will have to be carried
over for another year, but debts
will be paid promptly, and farmers,
bankers, merchants and others interested
will enjoy the splendid prosperity
that is the Inevitable result
of the farmer being his own boss.
Many a farmer joins the ITiion
thinking that a membership in the
organization is all that is necessary J
in obtaining satisfactory results from
I their farming operations. They
don't seem to realize that unless
they carry out their obligation as
representatives of that organization
| they will never come into the posj
session of the manifold blessings
and benefits that must inevitably
result from a full discharge of t lie
j duties and obligations, that rest upI
on them as members of that organ!!
zation.
Unless they remain steadfastly in
their loyalty to the principles of the
! Union, every fall they will he confronted
by the awful realization that
! necessity forces them to surrender
| to the cotton manipulators of W ail
street in order to meet their coin|
inercial obligations with the hanker.'*
i and merchants and others with whom
they have dealings. This surrendet
means low prices for their cotton
and the consequent disasters attendant
upon it. The agricultural mirror
in the South reflects u very sad
| state of affairs, indeed.
It reflects the heart-rending specI
taele of thousnnds upon thousands
of farmers Mowing down to the professional
gamblers of Wall street,
suffering the terrible and almost unbearable
humiliation and mortiflcaj
tion of having others dictate Mm
| price of the products that they have
J raised by the sweat, of their brows
! It reflects the sad picture of the
| farmers having to mortgage their
i homes and plantations in order to
alleviate the terror of low priced
cot t on.
It shows the aristocratic gentlemen
of Wall street growing rich off
'the labors of the Southern farmers,
j buying their cotton of their own
prices and then coining millions
of tho silver wheels by gambling
and speeulating with the fleecy staple.
It roffects the sad picture of Mm
j Southern tillers of the soil losing
| millions and millions of dollars annually
because of the dictation of
j the price of cotton by the professional
gamblers that dwell in Wall
street, and it reflects thousands of
other equally as sad and humlliatj
Ing picttires.
My a little more progressiveness
and energy on the part of our South|
em farmers their mirror could he
made to reflect vastly different plcj
tures. It would reflect the noble,
| commanding spectacle of thousands
upon thousands of the sturdiest and
, most progressive farmers on the face
| of the globe developing and utilizing
the wonderful agricultural possibilities
of the South to such an
extent as would enable them to enjoy
prosperity, contentment and independence
to quite an eminent degree,
raising their own food supplies
and not making a specialty of
cotton and consequently living in
complete and glorious Independence
I of the Wall street mercenaries, en
thusiastlcally and professionally pro|
mitigating the principles of their va
RAPHML SEMMESi
l
His Memory Honored Ail Over tbe Southland
On Last Monday.
WAS GREAT NAVAL HERO
The One Hundredth Anniversary <?|
the llirlli of Che Only (VinfiHli'rutc
I 1
Admiral .Marked With Public Ceremonies
in Several of Che Southern
States.
At many points in the South on
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, ....i vi-|Mnnu? <n i>uiiimorc. |
the chief city of ins native State, I
in New Orleans, where tie is greatly
beloved, at Mobile and Montgomery,
in tiie State ot' his adoption, and sev- I
erul other places, honor was paid to
Admiral Raphael Semmes. Horn one
hundred years ago, Admiral Semmes
died in 1 S7 7, passing into history
as "the Paul Jones of the Confederacy."
America has hardly produced
a greater sailor.
Fifth In descent from a native ot
Normandy who came over in Idle
with Lord Haitimore, Raphael
Semmes received a high school education
and then found his way into
the navy as midshipman, there lie
ing no naval academy in existano
at the time. He rendered valiant
and etVp'icnt service in the Mexican
war and had attained the rank ol
onitiiaiider when war between tlie
sections broke out. With his first
command, the Sumter, a clumsy olu
boat propelled by both steam and sail
Semmes captured seventeen northern
merchant men.
Blockaded by three Federal warships
at (lihraltar, lie sold tin4 vessel
and proceeded with his officers to
the Bahama Islands. On July 29,
1 St;2, the Alabama, thenceforth famous,
was permitted by British an
| t horit ies to sail from Liveriww.t
whore? she ha?l boon built as "No.
200," her Runs and war inunitioir
sho received in (he Azores. Then be
Kan one of the most wonderful
careers which any vessel ever had.
Within the twenty months of her
ex I .-t a nee the Alabama captured 02
northern merchantmen, burning
most of them at sea for the reason
that few ports were open to their
reception. She sank the Fedora)
warship Hatteras after thirteen minutes'
actual fighting. In June, 1864.
Seinmos accepted a challenge to bat'!
given hy Captain Winslow, of
the Federal warship Kearsarge, at
Cherbourg, France, though ho was
under no strategical or other need
to do so.
Apparently about the Alabama's
strength, the Kearsarge was in realty
armored heavily with chains under
her outer planking, so that her adversary
was surprised to see h's
shot rebounded with little injury.
Moreover, the Alabama's powder had
deteriorated during many months
passed in tropical climates; a sh? 1'
placed in the steering gear of the
Kearsarge failed to explode when its)
explo.-ion would have rendered the
Federal vessel helpless.
I'nder these disadvantages the Alabama
fought a brave hut foredoomed
contest, finally going down. Her officers
and crew were saved by the
Knglish yacht Deerhound. Admiral
Sennne.-. later complained that Caplain
Winslow had lured him into a
combat through specifically false
.statements, namely, by representing
that the two ships were on an equal
rooting when in fact the Kearsarg
had armor concealed.
The Alabama was a fine vessel ol
about nine hundred tons and liiiO feed
length, built for both steam and
sails. Her best speed with all her
resources used was about thirteen
knots, or fourteen miles an hour
She usually ran down her prizes,
wlit-n they were sailing vessels, under
.-ail alone, and such was Semnies
pride in her sailing qualities that he
would sometimes prolong the chase
greatly rather than resort to steam.
The havoc which she worked to
the American (lag on the high seas
has never since been repaired. Kr,g
land had to pay fifteen million dollars
for turning her loose, hut from the
standpoint of commercial advantage
this money was repaid many foid.
As far as their personal preferences
were concerned, Semrnes and his
men would have preferred lighting
to prize-making, but there was no / o
a day when the hostile epithet of
"pirate" would justly bo applied
The Alabama was commissioned
after acquisition iti a foreign port,
nut so was Paul Jones' Hon Hornn.e
Itichard. Seinrnei. ,
- ... . . .J V.r V, I / / IT*proachod
on this score without involving
.Jones. In "Service Affoat"
Admiral Sommes tells in effective
style the v ry of itis stirring months
on the Sumter and Alabama. We
advise any one who may never have
read it to repair the omission.
Nothing New There.
Great Author?Walter, this steak
is as tough as leather.
Walter?I've always heard you
was an original character, sir, bnt
I m blessed if you don't jist say the
an id o as all on 'em do -Tit-Hits.
rious organizations, developing
' among themselves the highest Ideals
i of civilization and Christianity and
> thus making the beautiful Southland
the richest and the most prosperous
and the most enlightened section of
the globe.
STORY OF WRECK
TilIIILLIN(i STdKV OF Tills
OF A MTFAMEK AT KF.A.
Survivor^ of lll?Fat?*<l N'??rv,?'{?iiM?
Stoam<*r llroiigtit to I'tuludb l?
pliia From Winter Qunrlor InvttU.
Savod from a crow of fHtoon lt?o *
tJ'Vi'ii who hud a narrow osoapo from
doath by tho fonndorinrr at tot-i* oo
Saturday of tho Norw? Kian Mlo im r
(Joro, .?-ix mllos from tho Y? l?lor
Ijnartor I.l^htship which iu s'
titty rniloH south of tho Uoluwaro
Capos and si\tf?n mi'os at h?'h, ar
rivod at port a fow days ap.o on lUo
mulish steam* r \rrojo, who It look
them from the Lightship, le'tom
leported as having 'he ship a reckift
. I) ?* II ?1 i I. Till' Vieil fcUW'ft III)
Julius Mey *r, the Captain. ?iul ma
seamen. They ar*1 now in 'he f.;vo
of the Norwegian consul in I'f*il??
Oeiphia.
A thrilling storv ? f ptnpwrouN In
which every one was for himself, ?*i
told by the men, in RugllsU tli.it
could scarcely he understood
They said the te re, whiefi Idt
Philadelphia with a crew of fifteen
and a cargo of coal for Hagun 4**
Orcndo, Cuba, *ncounterml rocufh
weather after passing out the Dcfct
ware < tapes.
Off the Winter Quarter Ligbtrhip
whin only three men were on deck,
m unusually heavy sea struck the
steamer and it k"eled ov?-r ,it a duiM
eroiiH angle. She -was repeatedly
struck by high waves and dually wont
over on her side. In the meantime
the other members of the orev/ eamo
on deck and taking in Oie sit nation
secured life halts. Mo thing
could be done to right the vessel ami '
as f lie was rapidly settling the crew
looked about for safety. The on(y
boat had been swept from tho ikivlln
and was floating away. Therefore
here was nothing for the men to do
but*to jump into the sea.
All of thetn managed to find lUn
ber or other floating objects from
the ship which went to the bottom
w if bin three minutes, and the stronger
swimmers struck out for the drilling
boat. The little craft was floating
bottom up, and after a trying '
time tho boat was righted and an
attempt made to clear it of water.
Knough was gotten out after a two
hours struggle to put two men m it '
and with the aid of their hands ant ,
a pair of marine glasses they scooped
enough water out to permit otkeut
to climb in.
Meanwhile the weakest of tho
swimmers and two that could nofe
swim went down, one by one.
When the water was finally oirt el
tho boat, the last remaining. a?u?
clinging to it was hauled in ami ?.
was touit(1 that eight mon were ntiurri
11K- They floated before the wind
until 1:30 p. w., when they sighted
the Winter Quarter Lightship Hid
little craft had uo oars hut the shipwrecked
men "guid? d the boat as her.l
they could, and soon came near
enough to the ship to he taken cn
hoard hy the lonely tejitiln.lH pf |ho
sea who spend their life cn h? r.
j Members of the erew say the (tap"
tain and chief engineer were the last
to leave the ship. Tb" engineer, II.
II. Nilson. was drown, d.
The rapidity wiih wmh the tle.ro
sank is believe I to have be.n.dno
to an unusually heavy load of coat,,
which io dead w eight. A (though, tho ,
(lore was oniy 420 tons burden, sho<
.sailed from port with nnn
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coal and wan commented on as.nhu,
passed down the Delaware river, that?
she had only about nine inches of
freeboard.
I'OI.ICKMAN SHOT NIcHltO.
When AImmiI to H?' I'laceU t'nder
rest Negro Han.
The Calhoun Advance says on Sat-1
I urday night two negro men loaded up
on booze and purchased a bo"* of
shells and proceeded to liven up'
things .'is they le't to.vn. They went
down the railroad, and Mr. A. O.
\utley heard them cursing, yelling
and firing their gun until they reached
his home, in the outskirts of
the town. Police Ant ley had been
informed of their conduct by 'phono,
. ij. hud a oiigejy and passed
thorn, awaiting near tin- home o( Mr.
1 A. O. Antloy until they oame up.
When they ramo near th-y proceeded
to let fly all kinds of abuse and vulgarity,
and emptied their gun?!
u?ain. Police Antley stepped froinl
behind his hiding place and ai rested
I tho.m, but Willie Jones broke and
ran. He was ordered to halt hut
refused to do so. when he was shot
I with a double barrelled tfun. Whot!
stone was looked up and fined Mon1
(In V. whiln lf>iinu 4" ? L- ^
^ ii- uoiur, who,
with the aid of an old colored woman,
i i- trying to g? t rid of the shot that
penetrated him from head to feet.
Sjiw South Cole 01' Mars.
That the South Pole cf Mars is
a white peak surrounded hy an Ice*
clad area, is the stut? ment uiudo hy
Prof. Philip Fox, director of the
Dearborn observatory at the Northwestern
university, at Chicago, III.,
who says that this, week he had an
unusually good observation of Mars
which was then only 3.r>.000,000 miles
from tho earth.
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Put to Other I se.
Crawford So your wife doesn't
make mince pies any more?
Crabshaw No. She uses all the
odds and ends around the house *9
I trimmings for her hat.?Tuck. ,