Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WRECK OF TOWNS 9 vty''"' M the Death ani Injury of a Great Maoy People by Terrible ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE - Great Disaster Befalls Italy.?Death i mid Devastation are Caused by the Severe Karthquakes?Troops Hasten to Itender Aid.?Survivors voiaa <n Tnrror into the Country. A dispatch from Naples says a ever? earthquake shock caused a number of deaths and much property damage in Central Campania early Tuesday. The disturbance appears to have centered in the Province of Avellino. -Meager information received this week indicates that the greatest damage was done at Caltri (Avellina Province.) Calltri is said to have been half destroyed and twenty people are reported to have been killed at that place. df*ntha occurred at Valata, V/ v? _ nearby, and it is feared that fatalities will be reported from other villages which for a time are cut off from all communication with Naples. The shock occurred at 3.07 Tuesday morning while the people were Still in their beds. Many houses at Calitri tumbled, hurrying the occupants in the ruins.. Those who escaped death of serious injury fled terror stricken from their homes and into the country. None wanted to don street clothes and as a result many subsequent suffered from exposure. Troops were dispatched from all quarters into the affected district as soon as the loss of life and property damage became known to the government and officers of nearby cities. News from Salerno, at the head of the Gulf of Salerno, thirty miles east of Naples, is to the effect that the shock was distinct there and caused considerable damage. Details are lacking. The shock was felt for ten seconds In the province of Avellino. It was also felt strongly, but for a shorter (11110, ?11 UOXeilZLt, ruUlLia, V/am uu zaso, Reggio, Potenza, Benevento, Capua and Melfi. It is said, however, that the damage in these towns was not serious and that there was no loss of life. (The shocks was first felt in the departments of Rasilicata, Claebria and Sicily. Although centered in the Province of Avellino, it extended throughout the provinces of Benevento, Canipobassa, Casert and Naples. A panic was created at Terre Annunziata and Terre Del Greco, where the population live in constant fear of an eruption from Mount Vesuvius. 'Reports from Rascilicata says and t.he sleeping town was arroused Potfea. Similar reports come from Paola and Catazaro in the compartment of Claebria and from Palermo on l.he northern coast of Sicily. The nrovince of Avellino occupies the central part of the compartment of Campania and is directly east of Naples. Calltri, which according to reports, suffered the most, is a town of 800 inhabitants. It is situated on the Osanto river, several miles northeast of Conza. It was the darkest hour of the morning when the shock was felt and the sleeping town was arorsed by the shaking of walls, the rattling of furniture and the falling of plaster from the ceilings. In a moment panic seized the 20,000 inhabitants who live in daily fear of a seismic disaster. Half naked men, women and children fled from their homes screaming with terror. They had in their minds visions of a Messina and the horror of Reggio. Recently there was gossip about a prediction that the approach of Halley's comet portended the end of the world. The authorities kept their heads, but they could not stay the mad rush for the squares and open districts. I "Wild confusion prevailed and the frightened ones could not be reasoned with; could not be stopped. In the squares hundreds threw themselves upon their faces and implored the mercy of the Almighty. Then the religion fervor found expression in half organized processions to the f Amtrpw'H tho nrot.ec DUI JIIU V A. MV A>MM. ^ .. r tor of the town. Others climbed to the sanctuary of Monte Vergine. After several hours of frantic entreaty the authorities succeeded in reestablishing a semblance of calm and relief squads were organized. It was then found that no one had been killed, although an aged man had died during the excitement. Many houses were damaged as were the belfries of the churches. As is usually the case the inhabitants refused to re-enter theii homes, fearing that another quake would occur. Throughout the day the police were busy bringing together the scattered members ol families and reassuring the frightened ones. ? Lightning Hit Bayonets. Lightning struck the bayonets ir a patrol that was maneuvering a< Trasnoye-Selo, Russia, Thursday, and killed one soldier. I SACK AND BURN CAUSE REIGN OP TTRROU IN VAX<L ADOUI), MEXICO. Yucatan Indians Rise Up and Massacre the Mexicans and Spread Terror in That Region. The most serious uprising with which the Mexican government has had to deal in a long time has start! ed in the State of Yucatan, and the troops are being rushed to the disturbed area. In the meantime, reports which have reached Vera Cruz indicate that there has been much bloodshed and that the insurgents are preparing for a battle with the government forces, which is sure to come soon. The independent newspaper, El Dictamen, publishes dispatches from * m 1 J - 4 1 V nno f o n f n .VICriUcI, tilt? i;apnai vi a. uvyutuuf w the effect that forty persons were killed by the Maya Indians on Saturday. Further dispatches received here state that 5,000 of these Indian insurgents sacked t-he town of Valladolid, 95 miles to the southeast of Merida, killing all the principal government employes, the chief of police and others. They seized rifles and pistols and instituted a reign of terror. Many of the inhabitants of Valladolid are fleeing to Merida. The gunboat Morolos has already left Vera Cruz, with 600 soldiers aboard, while the Yucatan gunboat Zaragoza is lying in the harbor ready to take 1,000 additional troops, who are expected soon to arrive from the interior. Railroad and telegraph communication between Merida and the scene of the trouble is now cut off. Twenty miles of the Yucatan railroad have been destoyed by the Indians. It is reported that many tel' ? 1 l- Mlln^ egrapu operaiura uavo uccn nmCu or are held as prisoners. The jefe politico and the judge of the criminal court are among the dead. The rebels are strongly entrenched in anticipation of the advance of the federal troops. Maximiliano Ramirex Bonilla, the former rebel leader, and Col. Victor Montonegro are said to be at. the head of the* uprising. The towns of Tinum, Uayma, and Tunkas, all between Merida and Valladolid, have been attacked, but. the reports say that the families of all the residents, except officials, have been unmolested. To what extent the insurgents pillaged at these places has not yet been learned. A strict censorship has not been established. The original telegrams giving the first details of the uprising were 6ent before the government took charge of the news. It is understood that the cause of the trouble is dissatisfaction on the part of the Indians over the action of government officials regarding lands, but the exact point of controversy has not been made clear in the reports. It is not thought that any Americans are involved. SHOWING UP PEARY. Took Advantage of Franke's Condition to Rob Hiin. Commander Robt. E. Peary, who was served at Berlin, Germany with papers in a suit for $10,000 brought by Rudolph Franke, left Berlin for London Thursday morning. The American explorer had nothing to add to his statement that he had placed the matter of litigation in the hands of American Ambassador Hill. Franke was associated with Dr. Frederick A. Cook in north polar exploration, and alleges that Peary found him ill at Etah and took advantage of his condition to secure his collection of furs and walrus and norwhal teeth as the price of trans porting him homeward. While in Berlin Commander Peary said to a friend that he would contend that the German courts had no jurisdiction in the matter as he had no property or domicile there. He anticipated, he said, that the box ofllce receipts at Philharmonic hall, where he lectured Wednesday, would he attached and he was surprised that they were not. The case will come up on June 26. Mr. Peary has arranged to he represented in court hy an attorney. #>xnects to sail from England for New York on Sunday. MUKDEKKl) ON STKKKT. ? Mail's Com pan ion Turns I'pon llim Without Warning. iAt Chicago PhMlippo Calolano thirty-two years old, was mysterious ly murdered while walking along i ' street in the Southslde, "Little It aly," Monday. He was with tw< ! companions, when one of them sud denly turned and fired five shots in ' to Calalano's body. The other companion was no harmed. Ho is Edgar Acdete, am told the police he had never seen tin ' slayer until a few minutes befor ^ the shooting, when the three mei ' met in a restaurant. Calalano was a former saloon keeper, but was put out of busines by the police, who had considerabl i trouble with him . He was both hat t ed and feared by his countryma I ind It is believed his murder wa the result of a plot. Tare act valid" Important Decision to Fanners Rendered by Judge DeVere ABOUT BUYING COTTON i ^ Counsel for Ilefense Announces Case Will Be Appealed ?o I he Supreme Court.?Action Test of Constitutionality of 1910 Act.?Law Pro- I vidcs Six Per Cent. Reduction. Judge DeVore has handed down on order sustaining the magistrate in the cotton tare case, brought to test the constitutionality of the Cotton Tare Act of 1910. Messrs. Lyles nmj t.vIph. attorneys for W. G. Mul Una, of Columbia, who was charged with violation of the Act, state that they will appeal the case to the Supreme Court. The Cotton Tare Act provides that 6 per cent, of the bale of cotton sold shall be deducted for tare. Heretorfore the amount was twenty pounds, as is the case in other States. 1. That the Act of the Legislature deprived the defendant of the equal protection of the laws. 2. That the Act of the Legislature deprives the defendant of his 'iberty and property without due process of law. Judge DeVore says as to the first point: "It is well settled that the Legislature has a right to make different classes, and so long as all meml>ers of the same class are treated alike, if the classification be reasonable, the Courts will not declare such legislation unconstitutional.' T-.j i-v^ir ^ Uiung a case, juuge uevuie wiwiuu* es: "The defendant, being engaged in the busines of buying cotton, comes within the classification made by the legislature, and, in my opinion, is not deprived of the equal protection of the laws." On the second point Judge DeVore says that the test seems to be whether the regulations of the Legislature are reasonable. "If they are unreasonable," he says, "then such legislation is unconstitutional; if they are reasonable, then, in the exercise of its police power, the Legislature has the right to enact the law. In the absence of a statute on the subject, the reasonableness of a contract is a question for the judiciary, but if there is legislation on the subject, and the Legislature had the power to pass such a law, then the statute controls." Citing several cases, Judge DeVore concludes: "The cotton buyers and cotton sellers differ as to the amount of bagging and ties that should be placed on a bale of cotton. The Legislature intervened and established a scale of cotton tare, and, so far as I am able to judge, the legislation is reasonable. "Cotton is one of the chief products of this State. There are a great many persons and a great deal of property and a number of organi zations engaged in the cotton business. "What the tare is in this State, w.hat it is in Liverpool or what it is in New York, are not matters for this court to consider. This Court will presume that the Legislture took into consideration the conditions controlling the marketing of cotton and enacted the proper law regarding the tare. Rut this is not a new question in this state. A law fixing tare on cotton seems to have been enacted as far back as 1 84 6. "Cotton buyers have a great many customers, many of wJiom are ignorant and I can readily see how such legislation as this may be both wise and beneficial." The judgment of the magistrate, is therefore, affirmed by Judge DeVore. \V. Gr. Mullins, a cotton buyer of Columbia, was arrested a few weeks ago for violation of the Act. and the case was a test case to determine the constitutionality of the Act. It is stated that $1,800,000 is involved in hhe Act. It will be carried to the Supreme Court. The State Farmers' Union is interested, and all dealers in cotton are watching the proceeding with great interest. , MUTK KII,1,F,1> OX RAIL. J. T. Carter Fatally Struck by a Fussing Train. i J. T. Carter, bookkeeper for the - Kennedy Mercantile Company, at ) Blackstock, was knocked down and - killed Wednesday morning by Train - No. 3 6, one-half mile below Blackstock, while on his way to work. Mr. t Carter regularly travelled the pub1 lie road, but probably on account e of the heavy rains of Tuesday e which rendered travelling heavy, wa* a using the railroad track. Passen gers state that the engineer blew hit - whistle several times, and endeavor s ed to slow down his train when h< e saw what was going to happen. Th? > deceased leaves a wife and four chil n dren. He was formerly a professoi 8 in the State institution for the deaf dumb and blind, at Cedar Springs. WANTS HER MONEY ANOTHER CHAPTER PENDING IN THE TILLMAN ROW. Young Mrs. Tillman Sues for Cash She Claims Her Husband Squandered of Hers. % A Columbia dispatch says another sensational legal battle is about to be joined between Senator Tillman's family and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Dugan Tillman, of Edgefield, who gained such a signal victory over the senator and his son last win| ter before the supreme court in the fight for the possession of Mrs. Tillman's two little daughters.. .Edgefield relatives of Mrs. Tillman ?" ?? A # frvwtmt/a Do a a o rl Fin P aaa r\ f I Of%y AVIUI UUJ o uod uuu l/di uou UI Columbia have been employed to institute suit against young B. R. Tillman to recover money he acquired out o.f her estate and money which he borrowed from her and collected from her rents to the extent of about $13,000 and that wdiile he is possessed of practically no property it is hoped to make Senator Tillman pay the judgment if one can be secured. A representative of the law firm mentioned was In Edg field recently in conference with Mrs. Tillman on the subject of bringing this suit, but when asked today whether the papers had been filed in court he said Uiat the complaint had not been and would not be until after tiie firm's rush of business was over with court here in Richland, that as a matter of fact it was not yet determined in what amount the 3uit would be brought for. It is said in Edgefield that the two children were carried to see their father recently for a short visit, much against the inclination of their mother and against their own wishes. Mrs. Tillman's counsel advise her not to refuse this request, it is said. When her Columbia attorneys were asked about this they said that they had not been advised that such request had been granted or made. SMALLPOX IN CHARLESTON. Ca?es ot Debatable Character Receiving Attention. The News and Courier says cha officials of the city health office have discovered several cases in various parts of the city which they believe to be smallpox, and which are now receiving the attention of several physicians. l'he neairn omcer nas requested the aid of Uie police department in keeping isolated the patients and inmates of the buildings believed to contain these cases. Several policemen were detailed Tuesday night to stand in front of the various houses in order to make sure that nobody entered or left the dwellings. It is as yet not certain whether t-he cases are genuine smallpox, but the health officials are unwilling to take any chances, and are making a rigid examination. There have been, it is stated, several minor cases of smallpox in Charleston during the last few months; the sickness appearing among whites as well as negroes. WANT THK.M MOVED. Negro Soldiers Not Wanted Because or Tfieir Arts. For the second time within a few months members of the Twenty-fifth United States infantry (the negro regiment of Brownsville fame) were paraded before a woman in an effort to pick out a criminal; the result was negative as was the case in the case of the first affair. (Mrs. J. W. Redring, a woman who j asserts she was attacked in her home by a negro dressed as a soldier. was unable to identify any of the soldiers as her assailant. As a number of them acted as escort at the funeral of Major John S. Kulp, the inspection will be continued later. Residents near Fort Lawton, where the negroes are stationed, are preparing to hold a mass meeting for the removal of the battalion. A CARKIjKSS NURSK. (Causes the l>eath of an Infant in Charleston. At Charleston Little Fraser Graff, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Graff, who was permitted by the carelessness of his nurse to drink conrAutrated lye in the house o! the nurse Monday aftornooti died Sunday at the Roper hospital.. Carrie James, the nurse, who was , arrested Monday aud held by th< . police department charged with crira : inal carelessnesa was liberated Moil , day afternoon following the inques i over the Infant's body. The fathei . of the child said that he thought i j was simple carelessness on the par - of the nurse with no maliclousnesi 3 and the verdict of the Jury was tha 3 the child met an accidental death li - the way stated as a result of care r lessness of the nurse. The nurs< , Is only 16 years old and had jus been employed. PROTECT THE NEGRO. Law Abiding Blacks at Orange, Tex., to Be Guarded. Following the mass meeting on Thursday called by Mayor Brown, of Orange, Texas, at which an organization was perfected to protect the law-abiding negroes, a proclamation was issued by the Mayor ordering alt saloons closed at nine o'clock until further orders. District Judge Powell has also been urged to call a special court . onH amnunoi ? rmnd iurv to inves tigate the assassination of the negroes, Rankin, Moore and Lemon, on Sunday night last. iGov. Campbell has been requested by the Orange officials to supplement the reward of $1,000 offered by the citizens for the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of the crimes against the negroes. The better class of white people are now fully organized to protect the negroes from the lawless acts of certain elements of the white population. This latest turn in the racial troubles is due to the failure of a Jury to convict Jack White, a negro, charged with killing a white man. Fell in a Well. On Sunday morning the body of Lige Pontoon, a negro, who worked od the place of Mr. J. W. Baughman near Wagener, was found in a well on his premises. It is supposed that he fell in the well by accident upon arriving home Saturday night. The man was missed by his wife, who, after a search, discovered the body at the bottom of the wel, which is 80 feet deep. His skull was crushed in by the fall. An inquest was held and a verdict of accidental death rendered. Both Factions Beaten. Late returns from the South Dakota primary indicate that George W. Egan, the independent republican candidate for governor, has won over Governor Vassey the "progressive" candidate for renomination and S. H. Elford the "stalwart" candidate. Egan'a supoprters claim the election by three to five thousand votes. |j?Sg[ woTnrri . ^^^?1 Greatest Internal end External KlIMiKlFain lllillul^ll Remedy For Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back, Stiff Joints and Muscles, Sore Throaty Colds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts. Bruises, Colic, Cramps, Toothache and all Nerve, Bone and Muscle Aches and Pains. The genuine has Noah's Ark on every package. 25c., 50c. and $1.00by all deal- I ers in medicine everywhere. Samp.e bt tnailfrm Noah Rsadr Co., Kick sad- Vs. sad Bsstsa. Mass. TSTTMIJi jPQUO R awiDIQUG Hill .HABITS |k|Sn W I jgM Wfk SELEC TETJC?^ Um N E RVO U <S? BHBHHHR Wm DO YOU FEEL LET DOWIs DR. KINGS BLOOl WILL BRING BACK V BOOST your LI your S" MAKE YOU FEEL GOOE NOW IS ALSO T BOWEL 1 r\n i/i\T/ir? rvi l , L?K. MI^US UIAI ENTERY - RIGHTS ALL WRONGS AND IS G1 t 1 m wm,mmnm 1 j. ^ will force water tc | anywhere about tl I hard water, and hi 8 or attic tank to frc ' Columbia Supj w CLASSIFIED COLUMN Wanted?To buy Hides, Wool, Beeswax, Tallow, etc. Write for prices. Crawford & Co., 508-510 Reynolds Street, Augusta, Oa. Eggs for Hatching?superior quality. Buff Orpington $1.50. Brown Leghorn $1.00 setting. Geo. 3. Austin, 738 Glenn St., Atlanta, Ga. Know Your Destiny.?Your past and entire future told by astrology; pend birth date and 12c stamps. tK. Clark, 210 West 21st street. New York. Wanted.?A flrst-class cook at sumjner resort. Time will be 2 to 2 1-2 ' months. Good wages to right party. Address J. M. Rogers, Dillon, S. C. Wanted?Hardwoods, logs and lumber. We are oash buyers of poplar, cedar and walnut logs. Also want poplar, aah, cottonwood, cypress and oak lumber. Inspection in t it/mi i? nnin^ I?.n ?. rir.ii^ ww JWUI 11/eta J UUllllig. wniv us. Savannah Valley Lumber Co., Augusta, Ga. 1 IMPORTANT NOTICE. For a short while we have decided to save our future customers agents' expenses. This will save about twenty per cent, on Organs, aud about to? per cent on Pianos. Organs, from $75 up. PiAnos, from $225 up. Less the discount as Btated above. Write at once for catalogs and terms to the old established. Clip this and send for catalogue. MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Columbia. 8. C. Scalped Girl Will Recover. Although completely scalped, Myrtle Voss, 13 years old, daughter of a prominent citizen, of Monroe, La., will probably recover, according to attending physicians. The little girl's hair was caught in the fastturning shaft of a motor boat late Tuesday afternoon and her entire scalD was torn off. NO CURE I NO PAY!! Be prepared for an emergency by having a bottlo Of NOAH'S COLIC ft KM BOY on hand. More animals die from colic than an othor non-contagious diseases combined. Nino out of every ten cases would have been cured if NOAH'S COL c WKMBPV had been given in timo. 11 p"""TJ355F5XmI7"""TI Isn't a drench or dope, I I but is h remedy given I \VvV,3V^w vT? I on the tonguo, 90 sirn-BXfeff---.< pie that a woman or| child can give it. If it I falls to cure, yourl uIu money refunded. If your dealer c a n n o t supply send 50c in I ' rlt.l * stamps and we wllil k I w / l 1 mail a bottle. 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