The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 02, 1909, Image 4
A BASE LIE
"Told od Confederate Leaders by the Merchant
Marine League
DENOUNCED BY WATSON
"The 1/oaktie in It# KiTorts to Loot
the l'Ublic Treasury for the t?enetlt
of tlie Shipping TruHt Slander#
J^iVerson Duvitt, Robert Tomb# and
Other Ijoadertt.
In IiIh Weekly Jeffersonlan Mr.
Thomas E. Watson vigorously refutes
u foul falsehood that 1b being
circulated by the Merchant Marine
League, in its effort to loot the national
treanury for the benefit of the
shipping truHt. To cover tho truth,
that the high protection tariff caused
the decline of our merchant marine,
a monstrously false charge is made
against Jeff Davis, Toomlaj and other
leaders. The Jeffersonian Bay?:
On page 10 of the American Flag
for September, 1909, wo find the
headline:
"Destruction of Marine Planned."
Then the league "historian" proceeds
to relate how Jefferson Davis
and other Southern leadsrs, anticipating
secession and war, conspired
with British agents to destroy the
American Marine ! ! !
The League has the astounding effrontery
to charge this treason on
Jefferson Davis, when ho was a member
of the Cabinet of President
Pierce. The league declares that
this "plot" of the Southern leaders
"was not perfected in 18f?5," but
that these long-headed, evil minded
Southerners kept on scheming and
conspiring against the merchant marine?
having In view, always, secession
and civil war. The League, of
course, mentions Kobert Toombs as
one of the arch-consplratora.
The name of Davis and Toombs
aro used for a sinister purpose. Those
names are as unpopular in me i<;ast.
North and West, an the names ol
Btanton and Sherman aro at the
South.
It is almost Impossible to deal
patiently with lies of the sort one
finds the llanna-Cannon-Aldrich Ivouis
circulating.
If Robert J. I^owery, of Atlanta,
and D. A. Tomklns, of Charlotte, N'.
C., and Geo. W. IJrunson, Jr., of
Greenville, S. C., have the true
Southern blood iu their veins, they
will denounce the outrageous slander
of the League, It Is the lowest,
meanest, vilest attempt to bolster
up a bad measure with sectional prejudice.
The League virtually says to the
North, "Robbers anil traitors of the
South formed a plot with llrltlsh
agents to destroy the merchant marine
In order that secession might
succeed. Protective tariffs did not
drive the American Hug from the
seas. Southern rebels like Jefferson
Davis, Reuben Davis and Robert
Toombs did it. Now in the name
of pure patriotism, reinstate the merchant
marine with bounties from the
..
common treasury."
How amazing that this vicloua and
foul slander uhould have provoked
no reaentmeut in iho .South.
The Dengue accuses Jofferaon Davis
of Ktarting the plot at the time
wheu BecesHlon was not even in the
air. The South and the Democratic
party were in the saddle, and fully
expected to remain there. Mr. Davis
opposed secession down to the
very last. At the time he was li
Pierce's Cabinet there wasn't a
stronger Union man In Arnericu. H<
was planning and mapping out route?
for the transcontinental railways
He was actually making the surveys
for the grent trunk lines which wort
to fasten the Union together more
securely.
Ah to Robert Toombs, ho and Mr
Stephens had just made one of the
grandest of fights In Georgia against
tho disunlonists, and they had won s
decisive victory!
Talk about Toombs and Davis
planning the war during the administration
of Pierce and Buchanan!
Why, these Southern leaders, in
1865, 110 more dreamed of the sudden
disruption of their great party.
ot Oio eti!irl?utnn oit n vnn f if t n r?f 1 X f> 0
than they suspected that Jefferson
Davis would one day be a prisoner in
Irons at Fortress Monroe.
As to long-headed preparations for
civil war, I thought that every wellInformed
child knew that the seceding
States made no preparations
whatever. Why? Because it was
not believed that the North would
attack the South; and the South had
no thought of attacking tho North.
Toombs was quite sincere when
he declared that ho would drink all
the blood that would bo shed. That
was his vivid way of expressing his
belief that the North would not in-j
trade the South.
Ie it not a shameful thing that
theee Ship Subside thieves should
play on the passions and prejudices
of the North In this manner?
* KILLED WOMAN.
On Friday morning Bob Washington,
colored, shot at and instantly
killed Mary Ltllte Linsey, a negress,
ear Mr. 1. K M<?Oord'?, about three
Oillea above Hodgea.
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UKU?i> IN UKh
FIVK i'KKSONH MUKT TliAGIC ^
DKAT1I IN MICHIGAN.
Launch C/a|Nilml us ltetiult of I'anic
Which Followed Kx plosion of Gas- |
olinc?Four In One Family.
A dispatch from Muekogoti, Mich.. ,
saya flvo persona woro drowned in
Muakegon Luke Thursday afternoon,
when a pleasure launch, carrying a
party of nine young people, capsized
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ilM IUU I I'nUll U1 U IUIIWWIUK it
gasoline explosion. Four of those
who loHt their lives wore members
of one family.
The dead are: Oscar Carlson,
aged 28; Hulda Carlson, aged 24; i
Anna Carlson, ag?nl 20; Jennie Carlson,
aged 18; Ann Hauders.
The party started out to attend
a wedding on the north side of the
lake and decided to tako a short
cruise before going to the festivities. 1
They encircled the lake and wore
within 1G0 feet of tho north land- *
iug, when in some manner some gas- j
ollno exploded. Tho girls became .
panic stricken.
The bodies were all recovered. ,
GYl'SKY Tit IIIKS CKA8IC
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Allied Kidnapping of Girl Causes
tlio Feud.
There is a feud between two Gyp- *
sey tribes with Chicago and vicinity (
as the scene of conflict. Tne al- J
legod kidnapping of thirteen-year-old '
Amelia Johnson from her father, '
Ephram Johnson, in Elizabeth, N. J.,
throe years ago started It. Tho urrest
of Zalacho Demotro on a charge 1
of stealing the girl aggravated the
fond. 1
Now, Nicholas George, his wife
and three children, said to be members
of Johnson's hand of Gypsies, 1
arc under arrest, and may bo deported.
They were arrested when they
arrived In Chicago presumably to aid '
Johnson in getting his daughter
back.
Dcmetro's nomads Informed the
authorities that the Georges were
"smuggled in from Canada after boIng
denied admission by way of Detroit."
The Gypsey girls repeated on the
stand before Judge Holt lor that she
did not want to return to her father,
but preferred to live with the
Domotres because she loved to travel.
Demetro declared that bis son was
Amelia's husband and that the girl's
father had been paid $1,000 for the
bride. He said $100 was sprint for
a bridal feast. The girl and boy
were held to the Juvenile court.
VICTIM OF AHSAUIiT.
Ag?*d Man Found lbidly Wounded
and Unconscious.
F. G. Puncko, an old Gorman who
runs a restaurant and bakery in
Rockingham, N.C., was found lying
unconscious under a stove in the
rear of his shop Thursday afternoon
with two big gashes in Ins hoau.
Charged with the deed, Klmoro Manor
and Aloe Covington, two young
wliito mon, are being hold in the
county Jail without ball. The injured
man in Httll unconscious and
will probably die.
There were no eye-wltneasos to
the affair and the motive of the old
man's assailants is unknown. Manor
and Covington were seen running
from tlio restaurant about the 1
tlino the assault is thought to have
been committed. Both are said to
have been intoxicated. I'uncke 1
came to Rlcklngham a short time
ago from Wilmington, where ho owns
considerable property.
rilOISAIlIA" FATALLY LVJUUNl).
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Maniac Attacks Woman Who Kinployed
Him.
When Mrs. lOllen Sullivan, of New
York, employed a man-of-all-work
at her hoarding house sho obosrved
that he acted strangely, but she 1
did not know that he was a maniac.
llo W o <1 Koon n( ti;nrl/ nn 1 i/ n fna?
bourn when, under the pretense of
showing her u leaking water pipe,
ho lured her Into the bftBomont and
thoro attacked her with an Iron bar,
indicting Injuries from which the
hospital surgeons nay she will probably
die.
On escaping from the house the
niRQ ran several blocks before boing
captured, and now he Is In Bellevue
hospital whero It Is said he has been
au incurable maniac for a long time.
From Defective Wiring.
It is believed that the fire at
Butler, Mo., which cauBod the death
of Congressman DeArmond and hie
grandson Tuesday started in tuo attic
of the DoArmond homo a? the ,
result of defective electric wiring.
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Killed in Auto Accident. ,
Orrln W. Watson, 31 year? old, I
formerly of Hawklnsvtlla, Oft., wft? |
killed at Niagara Falls, N. Y., Thur?- <
day when tho stoerlDg gear of his
automobllo snapped and his machine
^ro?hed into n telephone pole. T,ouif> r
Hoore, a companion, was badly hurt, s
Gtb un- LIGHT ;
lesservey Who Killed Two Men, Convict- !
ed of Manslaughter
PLEADED TO BE HANGED
rhe Double Murderer's* N?*rven Fulled
lliin und He Kobliod Like h
Child, Wliile He Ik'KKisl Jud^e
Dunt/.ler to Change Hin Senteiu?
to Hanging t'l'om imprisonment.
Sobbing like a child and begging
Judge Dantzler to chango his sentence
from 2 0 years In the State
l>onitentiary to hanging, J. W. Mesaervey,
the slayer of Constables
KlHhburne and Altmun, at Kavonol,
July 6, was led from the court room
at Wulterboro Thursday morning, the
Jury having announced their verdict
of guilty of manslaughter and Judge
Dantzler having pronounced the sentence
of the court a few minutes
later.
The sentence was "That you, J.
W. Messervey, he confined in the
State penitoutiary at such labor as
pou are able to perform for the period
of 2 0 yearn."
The Jury had deliberated 16 hours
and when court convened Thursday
morning for the purpose of hearing
heir verdict the foreman announced
that they had Just agreed but
ieslred some Instruction as to the
'orm of their verdict. It was learn!<1
that two of the Jurors were for
acquittal and the 10 at llrst wore
or murder but agreed to compromise
on a \erdict of manslaughter.
Judge Dantzler again instructed
horn and in about 10 minutes they
?turned to their scats and anuounc
ja mm tnoy nua agreed upon u
irerdlct.
A largo crowd wan eagerly watch
ng tho announcement of the verdict.
Judge Duntzlei took the precaution
:o warn thoac preaont' that no denonHtration
would be allowed. Meejervey
betrayed no sign of emotion
iiH the clerk read the verdict.
When naked by the Judge if ho
had anything to any why the senLonce
of the court should not now
be pronounced upon him he replied,
"No, except 1 am not guilty.'
The Judge began to write the sentence
but paused long enough to
ask tho prisoner, "How long have
you been allllcted with your leg?"
"Sixteen or 1 7 years," he answered.
After finishing the sentence Judge
Dautzlor said to the prisoner.
"If you had been convicted of
murder I would not have disturbed
the verdict. You have been represented
by able counsel who did all
they could for you; you have had
a fair trial; you had no right to kill
Mr. Flshboume. 1 do not believe
he Intended to conflscute your horse
ana wagon. 111 consideration of tin*
condition of your leg I will not
sentence you to hard labor in the
penitentiary but will senteuco you
to |x?rform Ruch labor ah you are
able to perforin. The sentence of the
court la that you be confined in the
State penitentiary at such labor as
you are able to perform for the period
of 20 years."
Unmoved through all the trial and
seemingly not affected by any of the
testimony, when the words, "For the
period of 20 years" were uttered,
the prisoner brohe down and wept
like a child, begging the judge to
change the verdict to hanging, saying,
"I would rather die than have
my life wasted In this way. Judge,
change it to hanging. Let mo die,
Judge; change it to hanging. It's
not right. I'm not guilty."
The judge ordered the sheriff to
remand the prisoner to jail. Sheriff
Fox told him to come with him
hut Measervey, not heeding hi in. continued
to cry to the Judge to hang
him instead.
The Judge again ordered hi 111 remanded
to Jail. It was a pitiful
spectacle, this unfortunate man
blind in one eye and a cripple, with
his father on one side and brother
on me omor, Bonmngiy pieauiug witn
the judge to have himself hanged.
A sign of relief broke from the
crowd an the sheriff led him from the
room still gobbing.
Col. Padgett moved for a new
trial on the ground that tho Judge
had erred in holding that it was not
necessary for a liquor constable under
tho Carey-Cothran law to tile
his bond with the clerk of court and
that thoreforo a constable could legally
perform his duties without the
tiling of such a bond. This was the
main Issue in the case froiu a legal
point of view. Judgo Dantzler
promptly overruled the motion.
Three Children Hurncd.
Three colored children were burned
to death at 8witzer In Spartanburg
county Thursday morning.
Thoir monther, Norah Evans, leaving
the children In bed, kindled a
Are In the room, where they atop!
and went a abort distance to a neighbor^
home, but before her return
her home was burned and her chilIren
perished.
The spirit worl 1 must bo a cold
deoe. for those woo come from thoro
teldom forget their rapt.
SLAIN BY LOVER
Strange Tale of Romance is Told at
Trial of Sla)tr
ENACTED IN PARIS
Infatuation for Popular MuhIc Hull
Actress 11 oh Tragic KihIIii^?She
Insulted Him und Admitted That
She Isoved Another?Slayer is
Acquitted.
A dispatch from Paris, Franco,
under date of Wednesday, says a
strange tale of a romance which had
a tragic ending was related at the
Seine assize court, when a young
man named Stora, the son of a merchant
who left him about $26,000
wan tried for killing a music hall
star known as Muguet, which siguiilea
"Idly of the Valley," who was
in her fortieth year. Htora made
her acquaintance at Algiers, and
soon fell desperately In love. He
accompanied Mile. Muguet from place
to place when she was on her professional
tours, going with her as
fur as Russia, but, as was explained
at the trial, she seldom had a good
word for him.
Much of this infatuation was attributed
to bis having acquired
another habit in her society. In reply
to a question from the presiding
Judge, he said: "I wanted to
do like her, and so took ether. Il
seemed a very simple process. At
tlrst I was dazzled. I saw visions,
and when I gozed upon Muguet at
my side she appeared to me more
beautiful and younger. And she
kept explaining, 'Take more, take
more!' and I thought of nothing but
her."
One day he tried to break the
spoil, and removed to another house,
hilt she followed him therr?. "And
when I saw her," ho sighed, "I could
not desist." Yet even from the accounts
of witnesses, Muguet led hlni
a dog's life. "She had no fault to
find with him," one of her female
friends explained, "but she thought
him a dreadful bore." She used to
say to him: "I no longer love you.
I have never loved you. I regret
the gentlemen friends that 1 had
before 1 met you. 1 want to see
them again. I am still fond of them
all."
On the fatal day Stora escorted
his mistress to a boulevard cafe
frequented by artiste in quest of an
engagement. "Stay here at the door
ami wait for me," she said us she
went In, leaving the unlucky man
with her dog out in the bitter cold.
I Tours called by and there lie stood
like an unrelieved sentry. "You
might have gone in," the Judge remarked.
"She had forbidden me to
do so." Stora answered, evidently
regarding this as a sufficient reason.
Meanwhile, Muguet was chatting
gaily with friends in tho warm cafe,
and making fun of her lover as he
shivered in the cold outside; but
no one joined in her merriment, for
they all pitied him. At last she
condescended to Join Stora, who took
her oil to dinner at a restaurant.
As they passed by a flower-stall he
hnneht her n hoimiwt rtf viol.-tN nil 1
hho throw It In his face. Matters
were not more comfortable when
they got to the restaurant. "There
were a lot of people, and they were
looking at us. 1 was quite ashamed,"
Stora related. Even when they
had returned to their abode, Mnguet
kept on taunting hltn.
She said, "1 am sick of yon; you
disgust me." She insulted me and
called me names, when 1 had spent
$10,000 on her. She said, "I am
weary of all this. He off. 1 am
going to throw your things out of
the window. I love another man.'
And this to me, who had left my
homo, my family, everything that i
was fond of. I was being turned
away like a dog. There was a revolver
on the table, and I tired. 1
no longer knew what I did.
Some of Muguet's former male
friends were then called as witnesses.
They had not a vord to say
against Stora. On the contrary, they
Bpoko kindly of him, but they gave
a poor account of their experiences
n f Vt 11 tr |in
vwn
"When a man has a mistress who
makes him unhappy, tho host thing
for him to do in to leave her," drily
remarked tho advocate general in
his address, adding that he would
not object to Btora's being allowed
to benefit of tho First Offenders'
Act. But there was no need for
this, as the court, after a brief consultation,
returned a verdict of acquittal
amid the applause of the public
in tho court.
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Edits Paper From Cell.
Ora F. Hftvlll, editor of a daily
newspaper at Mount Carmal, 111.,
found guilty of criminal libel, announced
a few days ago that he will
edit his paper from his coll unless
an appeal to the higher covrf-t proves
effective for his release. Circuit
Court Judge Green sentenced Havill
to sixty days In jail.
There is nothing that makes a person
feel down so much as being all
used up.
miHL uOiiM/iO
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Due to tireed, Mjs Ku*ior i tliman to
Augusta Herald Reporter
TALKS OF OIUEk THINGS
Thinks (ho Proceedings Against tin*
Standard Oil Company Only for
KITcct?TliitikH tho Judges Will
ilx it so as Trusts Will Kscapc
Scricns llurni.
The Herald of Augusta says Senator
B. It. Tillman of South Carolina,
accompanied by Mrs. Tillman, spent
Monday morning in Auguata, while
on their way to attend the golden
Jubilee of Major and Mrs. Harry
Hammond, at Beech Island. The sen
ator and Major Hammond have been
friends for a long time and he w?h
looking forward to the groat event
at Be?K?h Island with much ploasmo.
While in the city many of the senator's
friends met him and expressed
their pleasure at his being in Augusta.
When 8i*en by a reporter for The
Herald Senator Tillman waa ijuit.e
ready to talk and much of his words
dealt with the decision recently made
by the United States court Juices,
notably in the Standard Oil case.
"I believe," he sale!, "that the recent
decision against the Standard
Oil Company is like the $29,000,Odd
tine, and 1 am going to watch which
way the pieces fall before 1 throw up
my hat and start a hurrah. It always
appears to nie that in every such decision
of the United States court the
Judge llxes it so that some of theit
millionaire and multi-millionaire
friends can slip out easily. The investigation
of the sugar frauds i.nothing
new, it should have been
done long ago. The law was passed
ten years ago and why in the
didn't Roosevelt Jump into them, and
raise the devil with them instead oi
shouting aloud and tearing his hail
about what lie was going to do. 1
am going to, and the people of this
country should also watch the graft
I orn like a hawk, for I expect thai
they will find it an easy matter t;
nlip out and no their way unpunished.
if a nigger or a poor white man
stealH a small amount of Home lit tic
goods, In* goes to the penitentiary
but lot a high financier make off with
millions of the people's money an
he Is presented with a chrome anf
hailed as a hero.
"About the mine disasters. It h
not for the national government t<
attend to the punishment of the lr
regularities existing but the State:
should be held to account. The 111!
nois horror 1? only a repetition ot
another result of the greed of cap!
tallsts. The clamor of the State
for national aid is a had thing an<
It Ih rapidly destroying the belie
of the people In State government
The recent utterance of President
Tuft for the health of the country tr
l>e placed under national control I;
all wrong, for the health of the l>eo
pie was always intended to bo regulated
by the police laws of each cit\
or State. It would bo lmposslbb
for the government to carry on thl*
great work successfully. The new
ptir<* food la\VH were line laws an
have worked remarkably well anc'
have done much for the people."
0?-tting near hoinc the senator stat
ed that he did not know what woul
he done to the dispensary grafters In
South Carolina.
"I don't see how they can let oiu
man go and punish another, and >
am watching with much interest the
results of the future trials. Who
will be the next governor of South
Carolina? Why there isn't a persor
living who could tell. The race if
going to be a stiff one and there are
\ number of strong mon ready to
take the job in Columbia."
KILLED IIY A lJCA!) PENCIL.
Two-yenr-olii Child Fell From a
Chair and Injured Herself.
A sad and fatal accident occurred
at Greer, S. C., last Monday night,
when Elizabeth, the 3-year-olr'
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Thompson, fell from a chair, running
a pencil Into her throat. The
little child, suffering severely, lingered
until about 1 o'clock Tuesday
when it passed away. Elizabeth was
a beautiful child, dearly loved by
all who knew her. The bereaved
parents have the deepest sympathy of
t ~ ~ A i
i uiu enure community.
To See the Wind.
Seeing the wind la a rare hut oasy
feat. The object wherewith it may
be seen In a common Raw. On any
blowy day?the wind being, say, in
the north?hold your Raw with the
end pointing, one to the east, the
other to the weft. Take the saw an
if you were going to cut the air
upward, and lot the teeth, which are
on top, tilt over till the flat part
of the Biiw 1h at an nnglo of 46 degrees
with the horizon. You will
then boo the wind. looking along
the teeth of the saw you will see
the wind pour over them as plainly
or '"mi may see wator pouring ovor '
a fall.
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tNuS h?K UWN LIFE
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VOl>G LADY DKOVVN'S HKK8KLP
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IN AN OLD QUAUliY. <
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Threw Herself Into a It>ol Which * *
Marks Spot Whence Came Stat**
House Granite.
The State Ray? floating in the water
of the "blue rock hole," as the
third of the quarries botweeu the
Olympia and Granby villages Ah
called, a dead lK>ay Identified later
uh that of Miss Sallio Ethol German,
waa found '1 huraday shortly before .
t* yj viuv a.
Elliott Wooten, a motorman In tho
employ of the Street Railway Company,
who was passing the quarry
while testing a now gun iu thin
neighborhood where I hero waa 1 it^tle
danger of injuring auy one, discovered
the body of tho young woman.
He at once notified Officer
Knox, who, in turn, communicated /i
with Coroner Walke-r, who hurried \|
to the "blue hole" and made an examination
of the case that was evident
aulclde. The apparent oxplana- '
tion was strengthened when It was
learned that the young woman, who
was about 3 0 years of ago, had been
in 111 health for some time and had
threatened on various occasions to
end her life.
She lived at 1 204 Ashley avenue
in the Olyinpia village an 1 attended
the house keeping for her father
and two brothers. Tho brothers aro
engaged as operatives In the mill,
while the father is a man of advanced
years and feeble.
The young woman had prepared
dinner as usual and sent It to tho f .
mill and after finishing others du- 4
ties about the house, steppe 1 out?
never to return. When found sbcr *
was almost covered by the water
of the quarry, which, howevor, was
shallow, and the deed must bfavo
required some effort on the part of
the woman to hold herself under tho
water. fiho had been dead but a
few moments when her body wan ?
found.
The quarry whlcl marks tho
young woman's end is well known
to tho men who were boys In Co
iumum ?<j years ago, lor much of
the granlto that goes to mako the
State house caine from the deptha
of this great hole. Here for many
years Columbia hoys learn oil to
swim and not a few daring swimmers
have sunk Into the depths of
the "blue hole" ncvor to rise again
alive. (
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BULL FIGHTEKS DYING OUT.
The IiU\v Interfering With the llull
Fights.
A writer in Success Magazine says:
The bull fight of Spain is doomed.
It la not proposed to abolish It by
law, because an enactment
might cause a revolution, but restrictions
are being Imposed and a
new law forbids Introducing Lnto tho
ring for the second time a bull which
has once killed or injured a matador.
Bullfighting haR come to be a
langerous trade, and since it is manifestly
Impossible to prescribe rules
of etiquette for a bull whllo he la
being slaughtered, It is evident that
tho "noble sport" has reached tho
beginning of the end.
Anyway, If we are to believe a ,
writer who describes the H|K>rt In a
Paris magazine, hullfihting is not
what it was In tho good old dava.
Tho profession of sticking rapiers
Into wild bulls Is sadly degenerating,
the fine traditions of the past
ire vanishing. Formerly bullfightr?ru
ll'Jrl 1 lirl/lu In V. I ? ?-! 11
v... ...... .. mc ui HI'.'JI VY Ul 1\ | IIK7
wore miracles of dexterity; they were
"Napoleons of Tauromachy." Now
every village lad thinks ho is a mute,
ingolrious toreador and tho fatalities
are becoming more numerous * t
than on the Spanish railways.
Wo suggest to our Spanish neigh- t.
hors, if they must have their bullfights.
that the animal have his front * 0'm
legs tied together and his horns coered
with plush, while tho matador
he armed with a galling gun and a
fuse of nitroglycerine. With proper
precaution bullfighting may be made
a safe and pleasant diversion for *
young and old.
1)1 K8 FROM liliOW
Received From llase Rail Whll?
I'laying a Game.
At Florence William Ildorton McPherson,
the 10-year-old Bon of Melvln
McPherBon of the OlaiiBBon section
of Florence county, died at tho
llderton infirmary Thursday night
sh the result of being struck In the
abdomen with a base ball while at
play some two weeks ago. The little
follow was carried to the Infirmary
and operated upon shortly after
the accident, but an abscess formed
which resulted in his death Thursday
night. The body was taken to
Claussen for burial.
Kilted llid Grand-father.
ftecauRe he had been punished for
some minor offense by his grandfather,
W. S. Carrlngton, a notary
public. Will Carrlngton, 17 years old,
shot and hilled the formor at the
family home near Franklin, Ga., ^
Tuesday night. The boy fled after -"jj
the killing, but was captnrod. Jj
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