Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I STRUCK BY INGINE BIX PEOPLE AHK KILLED A\l) TWENTY-SIX 1NJ EKED. Kn&lno Hits Front of Street Cur, Tearing it to Splinters, Killing nod Mangling Oecupants. Six persons are dead and 30 in-1 jured, four of whom it is thought will die, as the result of the running down of a street car in the city of Kalamozoo, .Mich., Sunday night by a fast west bound express train on ? ? i 1 tho Michigan Central railroad. aii j of the dead and injured were passengers on the street car. That a single passenger escaped ; death is remarkable. The train was running into the city at a high rate of speed, it is said, and just, as >t . rounded the curve where is located ( 4he east Main street crossing, it crashed into the street car. Conductor Van Horn of the street , car, was standing between the Michigan (Vniral doubled tracks. He j had signalled his car ahead. Van > , Horn claims he did not see the on- j comiing train or hear it until it was directly upon him. it was then too | lato to stop his car. , The train hit the front end of , the car, tearilng it into fragments. , Mangled passengers were carried on the front of the engine for nearly a block before the train was brought!< to a stop. Mot.orman Abbott, with both legs ; cut off, was pulled from under Ilia engine unconscious. The passen- J , gers were caught in the car and were burned and shocked from an electric current that was continuously run- i ning through the metalic parts of the i car until the trolley was removed. i Miss Elvira, Craig was frightfully ' burned. Jler back was a mass of i charred flesh. Her clothing caugnt lire and for nearly a minute she lay in the street, a blazing object, before her condition was discovered. Shortly after her removal to h ) hospital she died. j Cora Frentheway, sixteen years of age, lay all night beside the Michgan Cenral track unconscious from terrible injuries. She was removed to her home and may die. * SHOOTS A MCOKO FOLK TIMES. l>r. Ij. M. Able Defends His Father When ;Aiia<:Kcu. Five shots in quick succession at half-past eleven o'clock Thursday morning cn the streets of ^t. Macthews naturally created some excitement among those who heard. Upon investigation ii4r was found that the pistol shots. tfere fired by Dr. L. M Able, a prominent merchant and druggist., in defence of his father, Dr. A. R. Able, who was threatened by Jim Buyck, a negro with a bad reputation. It see ins that Buyc.K had used Home very severe and abusive language to Dr. A. U. Able, the aged father of the man who did the shooting, sometime before the shooting took place. At that time Buyck was very insolent to Dr. A. It. Able, drew his knife and threatened him with personal violence, which at the time was not resented, as Dr. Able not being armed could not cope with such bully as Buyck. Later in the day, when he was asked to explain his conduct, Buyck reached for and drew his pistol. The younger Dr. Able, standing near by, perceived his lather's danger and bred upon Buyck. Five shots were fired, four of which took effect. The wound are not thought to be of a eerious nature. Buyck was taken charge of and IBs wounds given attention. Dr. Able and iiis father surrendered immediately to the authorities. Bail will be arranged for them as soon as possible. Tlte shooting was justified by the circumstances. MF.FTS SIOW DIOATII. Ncfjro Woman Was ('aught In the Deadly Quicksand. The State says an unknown negro woman, apparently Go or 70 years oi age, was found about 1 1 o'clock Monday, mired to the waist in tile muddy bed of a little creek which flows into the Congaroe river 30'> yards above the Oranby landing. How long she had been in the quicksand or how she got there is not known. The body was discovered by two white men. The banks of the creek at the point where the dead woman was found are very steep. The place is not within calling distance of any house and it was merely by chance that tho mon saw the hodv as thov were passing. It is possible that, the old negross met a lingering death from starvation or cold A little distance down the creek was a luoi-iug. i nu nuuiiui have slipped down the steep banks of the stream while hunting for the crossing. The struggles of the woman in her frantic efforts to crawl to safety had disturbed the mud aii around the place where the body was found. A few feet away from the body was a basket containing a dozen unshucked ears of corn which she had evidently been carrying when i she fell into the creek. WOMdN LEARN TO USE GAS. A new way of earning money hat been opened to women by the gat companies of the largo cities. They are sent to private houses and apartments to explain the use of the gas range and of the meter with the object of teaching economy in the use of gas. According 10 one of these teachers it is a position requiring tact as well as tlie special knowledge they are paid to diffuse. "It is always possible to make a woman feel humiliated whon you tali to show her how to do what she thinks site knows how to do herself," one of the gas emissaries is quoted In Popular Mechanics as saving about her work. "Possiuiy she has complained to the gas company that the stove will not work properly. "The reason may be that she does not know how to use it, but if, will not do to tell her so. So we proceed to ft! d out the season and do it so idroitly that she still believes* the fault was with the range an i not with her, but tit the same time h?s learned cuougn to iiuikp certain uiui there will be no future complaint.' Where flic idea of this new department originated is not known. Chicago has just, claimed the credit of it, but the gas companies of Philadelphia, New York and other cities also have such departments and advance counter claims. In Philadelphia the staff of women go from door to dooi or make sp ?*al visits if oailed. Among the bits of information handed out by the teacher is the declaration that many women make the mistake of trying to light the gas at the same time ihey turn it on. A second or two should he allowed to elapse before applying the ma.eh so that the gas can expel the air. This m.'iUns t hn burners work better and saves gas Another ec*>nom;V t.l oxpc Ulent tn which many women pay little attention is * he simmering Inn-tier. When a saucepan no longer needs tl e entire heat of a burner it is only necary to transfer it to the sinmerng burner to leave the larger burner free for something else and to savt M.hS. Irons Useful in Sewing Room. There are a great many home dressmakers who completely ignore the existence of the Mat iron, when as a matter of Tact its use is absolutely essential for a neat looking and well fitting garment. No matter what kind of a tailored garment is being made, the fiat iron Is needed from the start to the finish, and there is nothing that can bo used in its place. Each seam of a cloth garment should be pressed carefully and thoroughly as soon as it is sewed for the last time and the completed tailored garment receives its finishing touches from the iron. In pressing a garment he sure not to stretch it in the pressing process. For example, if you are pressing a skirt (and skirts as well as jackets need this all during tnoir existence as well as when new), place it right side down on the ironing board and smooth it carefully so that it lies evenly at.u snicjunny on uio Iiumu and then place a .stool or chair under the hoard to .support the rest of the skirt ai <\ prevent It from drag trii:g out of place the part which is on tlie heard. When plaits have to :>e .bast* d into place use tine thread ns?< i:d ( f roa:s< thread, wh'ch is apt to leave a mark. l>>t the iion he a mod* rr.h Iv heavy one. and after 'ayirg a damp Hoili over the p irt to tic pressed, press but do not ri b the rani" i;t. In other wort's, when pressing it do not slide the iron up and down and crosswise, but when changing if from place; to place lift it, move the iron frequently, or it will leave its impress on the cloth. Orci?r in the Kitchen. One can make a kitchen just as dainty, presentable and habita do as any other room, but there are some kitchens which should be 1 brled, "Danger," "l eave till hope behind, ye who enter here," "The baby's cutting teeth?stay out." Anything to keep the curious ai arms length. Why? Not because the kitchen is unclean, hut because it is untidy. The kitchen table Is strewn with dishes and bread boards, the sink is piled high with baskets, buckets, hammers and other kitchen implements. Under the table is a basket of unironed clothes, a clothes rack is hanging on a nail, and a rose geranium and three flat Irons eraeo the one kitchen window. An uncovered wooden box Is half filled with coal an<l kindling and?but why go on? Do women know no better? Or is it that they do not care? There j !s something very much out of harmony in a woman's lifo when she can live in such turmoil. One can not hasten work under such conditions and system is out of the question. Burnt almond charlotte?One-third box gelatine, one-third cup cold water, one-third cup boiling water, threeforrths cup blanched almonds finely chopped, one cup sugar, one cup scalded milk, one teaspoon vanilla, one cup cream, whipped stiff. Scalloped oysters are much bettei if cooked in individual dishes rathei than a pudding dish. Though some what troublesome to prepare they are best of all scalloped in their owl shells, a half dozen being served or each plate. If you cannot afford marron satic? for pouring over vanilla Ice cream fid you ever try preserved tomatoes' It is as pretty as it is delicious. GOES UP HEAD .! Kit It Y II. MOOHU IS CIIAMIMON HOY COKN GHOWKH. The Keport that Another Hoy Made Two Hundred Fifty-eight Husliels Is a Mistake. The State says Jerry H. Moore, of Winona, in Florence county, is tlia champion corn grower of South Carolina and of the world. He is 15 years of age and pro duced 228 bushels and .'1 pecks of corn on one acre of land. This is next to the highest yield i of corn ever produced and is ottiy : exceeded by the Drake yield of 2 55 j bushels. Jerry Moore Is the son of a ruin- j ister, and the great yield was so- j riirpU on t ho nnrsonase land. Tills announcement was made on Wednesday by Ira W. Williams,'State j agent of the United States farm demonstration work. Young Moore Is a member of the Florence County Hoys Corn club, lie will win a number of prizes in the county and State contests and at. the South Atlantic States Corn exposition, which is to be hold in Columbia from December 5 to 8. Several days ago it was reported that a boy in Marlboro county had produced 258 bushels. This record was in vest igated by Ira \V. Williams and he found that there was a mistake in measuring the corn. The hoy only produced 17b bushels, which is far below the record of Jerry Moore. The following announcement was made Wednesday by Ira W. Williams: "After carefully investigating and having the corn measured of the reputed 25S bushels per acre, 1 find that the world's record has not been I 1 *1...* ? U /\ h/\tr llflll ha ?> m \ T1 I Dl'Oia'll, IJIiJL Lilt: Ui'j mil i/v. oviun. so far as the reports now stand in the yield from the hoys' corn clubs in the State. I will say, however, that there was no intention on the part of the boys or the committee or the people of Marlboro county to [give out any statement that was not absolute accurate, as all of them were anxious that the faots be known. The mistake occurred in the method of measuring the corn. We do not accept any measurements in regard to the greatest yield in the State except the absolute weight of the corn. I think, however, that this production is the most remarkable in the history of the State's corn production. It is certainly more remarkable than the Drake yield, if the reports as to how the Drake yield was made is true; for, in cost of production, it is by far the least of the large yields produced, and tlie methods are such that any man could follow and expect the most profitable results. "There were several boys from this neighborhood in the contest. This boy is an orphan boy, his father having died when he was small. He lias two brothers about his si/.e. He did not use but 2,4 00 pounds of commercial fertilizer and two loads of stable manure. "The spirit of this boy in regard to accurate measurement was the best I have ever seen." No blame or reflection is attached, to this young farmer, A rich Odom. The error was caused by the ertuU way of judging it. The largest yield this year in .Marlboro county was obtained by Marvin Usher, who got 15 8 bushels. Young Odom planted his corn in three-foot nine-inch rows, about six inches in the drill. Fertilizer used: two loads of stable manure, luO meal, 3 00 acid and 00o soda. ?.? \y\\tj:j> to kill mixistiok. 1 Mexican Kiotcrs Threaten Iteprosen I tatives of Uncle Sam. Advices received from Uared?. stato that rioters in Mexico City oi. Wednesday atempted the life of tie United States Ambassador. The report came from sources con slderable reliable. The attempt ot the life of the ambassador was mad? early Wednesday morning. The at tack was the culmination of an anti American demonstration which be gan Tuesday night in which twc Mexican student and a Mexican on 1 l?<\ l/nr u'oro i/iiio/i iiv iiim tiiiili'i> ji iuv;i\ii v- i v * * i i ? v/ ^ ^ ? .. ? x w . . v v ? an attempt to preserve order. Hitter feeling was aroused as a re suit of these fatalities and furthei trouble was expected r.-tth the brent of day. On account of a rigorous censorship reports reaching here an meagre. Iteateii to n Friizzlo. The following telegram was re oelved at Tammany Hall in Xe\v i _ _ . _. .. ... . , York City on the night or mo eiec tion from a Democrat in Col. Uoose volt's own district in Oyster J;ay "Roosevelt's own district: I)ix, 21 S Stiinson. 1 f)?S. 'Beaten to a frazzle.' and illo enjoy it. Look Blue I'or Them. A New York letter says with Con necticut, Massachusetts, Maine. Nov York and New Jersey oone Democratic. it looks to the Republican pol itielans about there as the day oi judgment, but the Republican ran It PINK FRANKLIN CASE MAY MAKE EUliTIIEH MOVE TO SAVE HIS LIFE. I * The State Says a ltevlew at State Capitol Leads Many to Believe in Further Action. "Will the case of Pink Franklin >e placed in the hands of white atto?rieys?" asks the Columbia Stale. The j State goes 011 to say "this conclusion : s reached following the movement* ibout the state house weunsjnny u Lhe negro attorneys for the negro i .v! 1 o has been sentenced to ban ; i> h'anyeburg county and a represent a iiive of some kind of a p.'iilan. iiroe c society of New York city. A whiu voman called at several ofllcies i?. tie State house durW- f.'te day an usked for the court records. "She was directed to t he o lice o! he clerk of the supreme court. S.o stated to Col. II. K. Brooks that she was to meet Adams and Moore, die negro attorneys for Franklin, and that she would like to see I he records in the case. Before she further explained her mission John Adams, one of the negro attorneys, come in. She had a conference wit ii him in the supreme court roo 1. and then left the building. Adams as'c" ' /'.-.I e?v,f>l;u f ar i\ cmiV f > f flip la' lest appeal in the Franklin case. Me was furnished the copy and 1 i". the State house. "Franklin, the Orangeburg county negro, who several years ago kiihd a constable named Valentine, h.us been before the courts, both federal and S?atu several times. The Orangeburg co in My court sentenced him t.o hang. There was an appeal to the State supreme cornt and this verdict was sustained. The case was later appealed to the United States supreme court. There was a contention of a constitutional violation in the selection of the grand jury which handed out the indictment against Franklin. The State supreme court recently gave an opinion ordering a new day to lie set roi the execution of Franklin. "The attorneys for Franklin appeared before Judge Sease in Oi j angeburg and asked for a new trim on the grounds of after discovered evidence. The new trial was refusou and an appeal was taken to the supreme court. This appeal is now be fore the court. i no representative of the New York society dirl not state his business. It is expected that there will be some sort of an announcement as to the case with in the next few days." Wo cannot understand why so much fuss should be made about tius negro murderer. He killed an officer of the law who had gone to arrest him in cold blood, and he should be hung. He had a fair trial and was convicted and sentenced to be filing. If murderers like Franklin j ire to be turned loose on th epubiic, j .ve had better disband our courts iiifl rely on lynch law for protection. There is no doubt about the guilt of Franklin and he should be hung. ? RASCAL IS CAKillT. o Negro lloiiiid Over to Court for Stealing Crips. The people of Branchvllle believe that at last the rascal who has bemi stealing grips and packages from the night trains at that place has been caught. Mossy Davis, alias F. Weston, colored, has been making t a practice to ride tiie night trains. While the passengers were asleep someone would steal their grips and make away with them. Davis got on No. 16 at Orangeburg. Just before reaching Branch ville he is thought to have lifted a negro passenger's grip containing his clothes, money and a pistol. Ho was seen leaving the train with a grip, and the officers were pu' on his trail. After a hard chase at Bamberg Wednesday morning he was caught by Special Officer of the Southern Railway Mr. Moore and brought to Branchville to face charges before his Honor, Magistrate A. S. Dukes, who gave him a prelimianry hearing and bound him over to the court of general sessions. > Mossy Davis is believed to have made this his occupation for years, ?o steal from the night passenger trains. He has been evading the > oilicers for some time. This time he was caught with tlnf goods, which were identified. He has been long I'd in the county jail. Women Fleeted. Four women v.ill sit in the genr" oral assembly of Colorado as result - of Tuesday s election. They are Al ma Laff'-'rty, Louise IT. Jones and . Louise M. Kerwin, all elected repre; sentatives from Denver districts on the Democratic ticket, and Agnes Riddle, Republican. Itoth 'ruined Down. In New York particular satisfac Hon is taken in the fad that Oystei - Ray, the home of Roosevelt, and t't |ca. tlm home of Vice President Slier f man hot h went Ilemoi ratic in Tue*; day's landslide. t TIPS FOR MAKING TAILORED SHIRTWAISTS. So, with tho coming of the spring, one begins to thiuk about replenishing the shirtwaist box, that being of more immediate need than the procuring of frocks, which can well be put off a while until the styles are definitely settled. A natly model is one made in a reasonably heavy quality oi batiste. Over the shoulders are tour half-iuch tucks ol' tho convention length. But instead of a box-plait of lite same material for the front, tin re is a band of white pique about two and a ha]t' im he.y wide, with the edges scalloped instead of simply hemmed. 'I lie sleeve is of the variety called "shirt sleeve," made like those in a man's shirt, hut with a daring, turnud-up cuiX al.o scalloped, h his waist was finished with a rolling ilyron or Dutch collar, scallop* d. of course, to match, hut this mi vht bo replaced by the collar of ordinary cut. This attractive design c?.u be varied in a number of ways to adapt it for wear with special tailored suits. i?"or in-tance, the pique might he colored, a faint vio.'ct or green or any of those lovely dull tones so much in vogue this year, being pretty. Or, perhaps, the white pique might .lie embroidered in the colors, tiid if a small, conventional design in ;ovcral shades were added to the plain scallop, it would lie stunning, indeed, such a waist with the colors of the embroidery matching the tones of a sibt and hat would certainly make a satisfactory, durable and stylish rig for work or shopping. Again, linen eiiher white or colo < <1, might he ln-ins Jtclu d instead of ; rubroider- | ed, and this with feat hers i itching or j a hit of em.'u oid. ry, such as rows oft dots, \v< aid be good-looking, too. A'totimr waist rum atly mad* for a! woman who always itas a number of i these sfllT models on hand, is braided. Tliis particular blouse is one made wi ll ? .10 l i.aooa. sleeves (those cut in one pun- with the body of j the waist) and in pi no of the boxplait has a piece laid on separately. J This, however, is broader at the topi and narrows from about three and <1 half inches there to about an inch less at 1 he hotiotu. The o"JT Is tin ordinary shirt cuff, fastened with link buttons, ami the collar is on the lines of the embroidered liin-n ones so much worn with waists of this bind. liov/ever, the sperial one is saved from n bug m discriminate hy the braiding, whicl is done with while cotton, souiacin* in a simple conventional d -sign. The piece down the front, the tuffs and collar are all worked will* this, the pattern on the first being so arranged that three large pearl buttons that eowie through buttonholes made of the braid, form a part of the design. On the cuff . too, tin* links of oval-shaped pearl, come through holes outlined hy the braid and also til into the design.?I'liila dedphia Fr? ss. Family Peace. The modern theory of child training is to shift the resi>onsibilit> of wrongdoing to a child's own shoulders. it fs early taught to weigh right and wrong and count the tost. Mothers who are in despair over the behavior of their children should try making them free agents. Show them plainly how unpopular they are making themselves by their horrid behavj ior. Appeal to the reason. Teach them u f< i n) lis it ov.n decisions and abide by the results. A child : rained usually acquires s -lf-ceni rtil vie n other children are having parenUil control pun shed into them. This method of training is not feasible, nowever, wit hoot fin rents have the good judgment to k? cp in such close touch with their lift!" o ics that they can act. as counselor, as a hist cc rt of up.amis and as pres.ding judge, wuc.se <h cisic n ii.ro filial. A molii r of a large and interesting family said, "if i had a do/a n eliil lien I would have to evolve a different way to train each one according to its idiosyncrasies." ti 11 iU <if nrimirnin r nvi r n eh Id's misconduct, stinh 10 make it good in spite or itself. Keep it so well that a ha >:>y disposition comes natural. Tercli Mary or John self-government, but at the same time let it he thoroughly under'stood that you are governor-in-chief in disputed points. One mother who had ideas on selfrule for her children allowed those cliildren to he terrors to the neighborhood. Kven in chureh she wo..Id sit. placidly hy while they crawled under the pews to pinch the worshipers In front or slyly run pins into the no-it poison. A mother who does not know the difference between, self-control and lack of control and better abide by Solomonic precepts of child training. | Applied judiciously, the method of making a boy or girl a free agent has been found to work well in the interest of family peace. Sure Things. "If I take the place, mum," inquired the prospective cook, "kin 1 eat with the family?" "I should say so!" exclaimed Mrs. Subbubs. "Why, I'll give a dinner in your honor every week." A Foolish Trick. "Spy, Si your hired man has just foil off the barn." '"Chat's a foolish trick. lie can't I<M1 mere 'n two or Miroe minutes time bv it and he mUht break a leg. I UNUSUAL REQUEST ' FOR PAJU>ON OP NEGRO WHO pleaded GUII/TY. Convicted of Attempted Assault Oct the Wife of the Man Who Now Wants llini Iteleased. Although the husband of the woman, lor an attempted assault upon whom Joe Bowman, colored, of Oringeburg County, is serving a tvrenty years' sentence, signed the petition f or the release of the negro and wrote a personal letter to Governor Vnsel. in behalf of the negro, bring mg down upon himself condemnation by .lie presiding judge, the Governor Saturday morning wrote on the back of the petition for pardon: Pardon refused.'" In January, 1907, Joe Howmai deaded guilty to an attempted as ault in the Court of General Sea ions for Orangeburg County, and le was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in Hie State Penitentiary. -*'1 \ short while ago a petition was preented to Governor Ansel, asking that ie pardon Bowman. In the petition .ime the following remarkable leter from the husband of the woman. >n t ho complaint oi wnoin lsowman as arrested. "I-Ionored Sir: I write you in ref ronce to application and petition for anion of Joe Bowman ,a young uc10 from Orangeburg county. I was 10 prosecuting witness in that case. \t that time I thought he was guilty tut. aferwards I found out tliat he as drunk and in al! probability did ot have any criminal intent when ie approached the ladies. The facts, is near as I can come at it, are as o 11 o v. s: "Joe, while at Branehville, beanie very drunk. While in that con lit ion lie came up to my residence md went under my steps and dropped to sleep. My wife had been out * visiting. After sleeping awhile the negro awoke and came out from un der the steps. Just then my wife and another lady were returning home and Hearing the residence when the drunken negro approached them Tliey bcame frightened and raised an alarm, going some little distance from the residence. Tho negro ran into a nearby sugar cane patch and came out a -ain on a side street with a stick .just as the ladies were coming along that way. They then became more alarmed. The negro ran off. "I was informed of what had happened and the crowd of neighbors went with me in search of him. We found 1)im and apprehended him and took him to court on Monday at Orangeburg. The next day he plead guilty and was sentenced to twenty if an ??o ' i m tnmif { rt t Vi a non If an J * tk I o I IOUII IIIVIIl 111 tliu |M/UI IA7 I i Mary. Later I found out that the negro was drunk when he went under the steps and when the ladies became frightened Since I have had time to duly consider the matter i feel satisfied that the said Joe Howman had no criminal intent when ho approached the Indies. And believing that he had been sufficiently punished, 1 ask your excellency to pardon him. I do not know why the man pled guilty, but I doubt whether he understood what he was doing. Trusting that you will pardon this | man, 1 am very respectfully yours, ' Judge George W. Gage, who presided at the trial of the case, writes: "It is out of the question to wisely and well administer the law for men like Mr "Hy his own statement tie m'sled-^ the Court and he may now mislead-'^ the Governor. ^ 1 have nothing to recommend, because I do not know what the truth is." The solicitor, P. T. Hildebrand, makes no recommendation. Governor Ansel refused the pardon, with no comment thereon. It is unlawful to print namos 01 victims in assault cases, hence ommissions above. 101il0< "J'lOX .MARC HIM Dl'MIJ. Teddy Could Not lie Induced to Talk About the lb .suit. f A dispatch from Oyster Hay, N. Y., where Roosevelt lives, says he could not Ho induced to talk about the result of the election. "Absolutely nothing to sav," was the word that went from Sagamore Hill Tuesday night. Theodore Roosevelt was at home all evening, hut he declined even to receive inlerviewKerniit Roosevelt appeared at the^i) loor when at 9:30 o'clock an at- ( tempt was made to see the Colonel. The colonel h is absolutely nothing o say," said Kermit. ? Daitgcrttcld Acquitted. Julius I)an?erfleld, the white man who was arrested some time ago with Dallas V. Carn, a magistrate, both being charged with the murdor of Jim Yarner,. colored, was declared "not guilty" hv tne Hon. J. OtOT fteed, special Judge at the present erni of the Circuit Court in Monks Corner, after a short trial Wednesday morning. Mr. Corn was released ?(inio dime aco l>y Magistrate Wilder, of St. Stephens, before whom he obtained a preliminary hearing. The man who complains without a on use will probably soon have cause to complain.