The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 01, 1910, Image 4
RED HANDED WAR
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Is few Oa ii Deal Eariesl Betweei tke
Gtferueal aal Rebels.
MEXICO AN ARMED CAMP
?
lit (Mini With Government Troops
Op '
IU^voIuUooHn Seem to Hare Been
* VIctoHou*.?Ileports Say the IteIvmbtie
Moat Serious Situa
CfcHl.
southern Mexico practically has
teefca cut off from the Capital, railroad
bridges have been blown up and
SJm revolution bits 'attained grea/t
proportions t/i that section of the Iteptiblic,
especially in Yucatan. This
is the burden of unofficial advices
received at Washington.
Tbi* recipients of the unofficial infeneation
declare that Vera Cm;:
wdl ho captured by the revolutionis.!.*;
within throe days, and that the
rf.'VOMitiotiary movement is swcuijiuk
northward <\ copy of the proclamation
issued by (fen. Madero was
rectulved at Washington Wednesday.
s^o far it has not been presented
r.e the State department. It contains
3f.n outline of he proposed new Govacumen
I and pledges Mexican protec^Ofl
to American lives and property.
One of the highest official and one
*no by virtue of his poaklou Is in
touch with the revolutioftary
'Wfri'Mucut in Mexico, that fighting
je now going on in Cmetro Clenegus.
>a largo and prosperous city just bedew
Monclovd. It is regarded as a
tnmghold of the anti-Diaz forces.
Tiiis same autho-rky says the situation
now iu Mexico is more serious
than at any time in the past several
years. He delaros the excitement
on the border is uothiug compared
to what It would bo if all was
known of the situation in the Interior.
A high Mexican official stated that
ht was his opinion that the Diaz
reign was at an end. West Livuadais.
a Mew Orleans business man,
wrUa has reached Kf Paso, Tex., from
Torreou, confirms the report of ,1
-c.lnsh between Federal soldiers and
revolutionists., The Government
forces apparently were beaten and
the rebels investtd Gomez Paiacio
and Lerdo.
"The rebels at o'clock Monday
rooming. ' said l.ivaudais, "shjl
down the police on the corners uJ
Gomez INUacio. The garrison war
sent against them and many were r&
iKirted kit lied. The -soldiers wen
forced to fall hack and when I lef
Torreon a large force from there hat
been sent to retake the town. Tor
re.on is practically under marti i
law* and everything is shut tight.'
H'-ports of fighting in Gomez, Pui
aoio and Torreon. Mexica, ure ii
part confirmed by Mexican official;
-arid army officers stationed in Neuvt
l?are?lo, although it is denied tha
the battles assumed serious propoi
Ties. It is admitted that in l> it
rles between tire insurrectionists an*
Mo* Mexican troops at both place;
sevlnii deaths resulted, the ?oss j
11 ft* 1>4*I ii a4 evenly divided on boil
hides
jl is generally understood that th
Govern mon?t, forces succeeded * ]
quelling the di8turbane.es Ht hot!
places. Reports wore to the effec
that Torrenn had fallen in?to th
hands of the revolutionists. This i
denied by army ofllcors in Neuvc
l.arodM, * bo claim to be in toucl
with Mm situation.
The army officers admit that th
vnout bitter struggle oee.urrei at Mr
me/ I'aiaeio, which is only four mil.1
north of Torreou, In what is know
as the famous Dnguna cotton distric
At. dome?. Palae.io it is acknowledjt
d several deaths occurred on hot
k'mIcm, but the officials decline to giv
otti any figures.
'A passenger train on the MeXiC
Northwestern Railroad, running te
4:ween Chihauhua and Madera, w,i
tired Into and several seootid-elai
passengers killed. The numbe
names and the other details coul
not be secured as the telegram
wires have, all been cut.
Documents found in tin* house <
a revolutionist are said to have ?
votiled a conspiracy for the wh !
*alo assassination of prominent t;<>
eminent officers, including Foreit
Minister dreed, Vlce-Prtsldent (!.>
val and other prominent men.
Miguel S Macedo, sub-secretary
. the Government, was also lis'ed fi
4eetii. President I)laz was to <
taken, but his lite was to be spare
DeCftliso ?J iiJh pu.si service* 10 u
country. The bodies of those kill*
were to bo suspended from eieotr
light wire* in the streets. The bull
. ins of 1*11 Lmparcial was to have be
destroyed with dyn unite
The papers exposing the eonspi
ACy were dlscovered during ti ra
by the j?oiioe ou Sunday. Thr??? ei
-ployoes of Ml Imparnlal hud been fi
nJshed with tho explosive and 1
etrucled to use it at the first ropo
of the uprising, which was pl&nn<
for last Sttturady. The seizure
The pi it iih on the day upon whl<
they were to be executed is thoug
to have ? great effect in heading c
the rsbc'Uon.
SLAIN BY TKOOPS
THK SOLINRKH FIRK VOLLHY INTO
CROWDS OF IlJOIiiC.
m + .?/~ . ,->f
Hws:?mJs of Whom Am IWebf
KiiU'd ?od W'oundwl nod the* Rest
Flw for Ut?.
One hundred persona were killed
in riots which took place, at i&acarteeus
in the interior of Mexico, opposite
Tampico on Saturday ulght. Mexican
soldiers tired into a struggling
body of rioters with disastrous results.
One hundred is the lowest esr\r
tii<, lows of life, which may
V U40 V V ? * ?V ?
reach 500.
The American consul nt Zacntecas
telegraphed the first news ot' the ri^t
to the Mexican consul at San Antonio
stating thut tha-t town was in
a state of terror and that the loss
of life was not less that 100. No details
were given other than tha>t a
company of soldiers were ordered to
fire upon a vnst crowd of rioters
which thronged the streets.
Zacatecas is the capital of the
state of Morales, and is remote from
lines of communications. News of
the riots did not reach the outside
world until late Sunday, althou
the battle took place on Saturday
uight. It is stated that quiet has
now been restored by placing the
city under rigid military rule. The
latest reports are that the slain are
still lying in the streets, where they
fell.
Kejrcs to ianul the Itotwts.
A dispatch from Flagle Pass .Texas.
says "Gen. Bernardo Keyea is
coming." This is the whisper which
has gone with telegraphic swiftness
up and down the Rio Grande. If it
is true, and many Mexicans asscut
that it Is. it means that the revolutionists
have at their head a man
superior in military training to any
other man in Mexico, not exen excepting
President Diaz himself.
Gen. Bernardo Reyes, once a bos'
om friend fo Gen. Diaz, is now said
to be an exile from his country. He
was sent a year ago to Paris, France,
on a "militury mission." Since then
' no word has come from him until
uow, when the coutions words were
' sent from Matamoras to Las Vacas.
It was reported among the Mexicans
that he had already taken passage
[ tor New York, and would reach Ka
gin Pass within ten days.
[ Reyes was Govenor of the Stav
1 of Neuvo Leon, the hot-bed of revo
lution in Mexico. Duriug the late
campaign for President of Mexico,
some of his admirers proposed his
name as vice president. Subsequent
1 events appeared to prove that Reyes,
while avowing perfect amity and
5 friendship for Diaz, was rioting
f against ins downfall.
' Then it was that the stirring
events in May 11)09, occurred. Reyes
was surrounded by troops and
was, to all intents and purposes a
prisoner. He prepared to Mexico
1 city, where he was sent on the for*
eign mission. Adherents of Gener1
al Reyes openly assert that he is
1 now foot-loose and they claim he
lias a strong following in all parts
of the republic.
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II1011 WORDS \\ 10It 10 Tlvl K.
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t'liild's Premonition of Death Works
Out Tragically.
\
li "Harbara." said Mrs. Mary Beg*
l c?n.sl>ergor to her daughter of eight
i' Thursday afternoon as she was dn^sh
sing the child at her home in New
i. York, "I want you to Ik* a good
h girl today because I had a tooth to
drop out this morning and that's a
">. sign somebody is going to die ir
>- live family:"
.V "Why," said Barbara, "that's m??;
>1 X'in going to die."
i. Her mother could draw no expla
nation from her, but while she was
U playing on a pier end she fell be
e tween the stringpiece and a barg?
and was drowned,
o ?
-- t'lijuM'n Whs Hangvil.
A London dlapatch says I>r. Crip
4S pen was hanged at 0.02 o'clock Wed
r' neHday morning, in the yard of thi
* Pontonv}llo prison. The morning o
the dny set for l)r. Crippen's execu
Hon anorued tno gloomiest shuii^
** A dense fo'R overhung the city ao<
traffic was at a standstill,
e- mm*
Hun ()v?m- by Train.
:n At Hack II111 Henry L. Tiillcy.
4 young "hastier" on the Char lea to
, division, was run over by on cngln
In tho yard late Wednesday nigh
and so badly Injured that he wl
lose one of hi* legs and perhaps a
' arm.
ie _
KUIed Ills Oottisiu.
'10
In a fight at Crane's sawmill n?i
Lilxjrty Sam Hoggs was shot an
killed by his cousin, Henry llogg
They are prominently connected. Th
4j slayer surrendered to tho sheriff an
- both are reported to have bee
ur drinking.
"I Pint Killed Him.
2d On a wager that he could drln
of s pint of whlekoy at one gulp Wt
ch linin Andrews, of Kast Liverpool, 0
i* won tho 50 cent stake but lost h
?ff life. He collnpsod immediately aft'
he swallowed tho Uquor.
FIEND TO HANG
Hifkttwer, Ike Ifefrt Caatided af Criafill
AssmIi ia Moalii
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WILL HANG NEXT MONTH
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After Hearing TestUnwajr of Victim
mad Severn! Other Wttneswa <furjr
(leturuo Verdict of "Utility" in
Cn?e of Urate, Charged With Kuvi
tailing Voting Colombia Murried
Woman.
* *.??? ?K.r, tinlnnni! <>r(m A nf IIMM (lit .
X U K VUC UN IIIWO IftMA' v? ?>.,
VIlaob Hightower, a young negro
fiend. will pay the death penalty in
Columbia on December 2!i.
The hand of the law moved swiftly
and with unerring decision Monday,
in the trial of the youug fiend,
who. on October IB, ravished a married
woman of Columbia. Placed ou
trial Monday morning, at a special
teiin of Court ordered by the Oov
ernor. the evidence lu his case com-1
pleted at 0:30 o'clock. Hightower
knew his fnle within three minutes
alter the jury retired. The *entoncv
of the Court was immediately auuounced.
following the verdict of
"guilty."
There was uo special demonstration
against the negro, although the
crowd appeared eager for the law
to be carried out. It is only within
the rauge of surmise that might
havo been done if the verdict had
been othtrtvLse. likewise Is the
question as to how many of the men
had pistols. The Governor's Guards
and the Kichmond Volunteers wore
on guard duriug the trial. These
are two of the oldest military companies
in the State.
The husband of the prosecutrix,
during the morning hours, had a pistol
in his pocket. When this was
found out by the sheriff, the pistol
was taken away. The talk arouud
the Court room was that the husband
intended to star4: something
if his wife had to testify before the
crowded Court room. That afternoon,
the husband whs closely watched
in Court. He is a p tinier by
trade, and there were many of his
friends, both inside and outside the
Court room. The police co-operated
with the militia and officials of the
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county ana uouri m .nmuuiif,
case systematically.
In addition to that of the prosecutrix,
there was testimony by a negro,
John Franklin, who stated thai
High tower did not go with him ou
a hunt, as the accused had stated in
jail. Policeman Hite, who made the
arrest, and one or two othtr witnesses
also testified.
The Court appointed Alfred Wallace,
Jr., and Ricliarl E Carwile
to defend the negro. When Minus
Highower was nrrested, within half
an hour after the assault, with which
he is charged, was committed he
gave the name ot "Ed Byrcl. During
his arrest he had other alias's,
but Minus Hightower is his right
na me.
Cndor the law, the newspapers
may not print the name of a woman
upon whom an assault or attempted
assault has been committed,
rhe prosecutrix in this case is a pretty
young woman. She lives in inc
northeastern section of the city. The
State did not take advantage of the
law of 1909 as to the prosecutrix
testimony, but she was in Court ami
. testified.
On the convening of the Court tin
[ grand jury, (Jen. John 1>. Frost betn;
, foreman, was polled and the indie'
j ment, drawn in usual form, w<*<
l handed out by Solicitor Cobb. Or
the bench was the Hon. T. Yaucoj
Williams, of Lancaster, presiding i>;
appointment of Governor Anw<l. Th.
. grand Jury retired, briefly examine
^ a of the witnesses for the Stao
. and soon returned with a true bill
Shortly afterward the prisoner wjj
brought in for arraignment. Sherii
Coleman headed the little group, u
the midst of which walked the negro
Rural Policemen Hipp and Hxffmui
and Couti Bailiffs Orimsley am
e Duming were the officers immediate
. ly iu charge of the accused. The
seated the negro in the dock an
took ehnirs Hrouud n. inner ot-ji*
^ tie? and rur,d policemen had prt
vlously beeD disposed about ifo
room and amonw *he Bpectator* bail
Iff's moved with their staves, enjoin
inn silence on all. One rural police
a man, aiandinp, tooh j>ost lu the ffaU
n way leading to the bar t'rom the mal
** portion of the room.
The tension waa )?><* u-??n mifi.i
have boon oj(p*^t<?d. An tut ere*
4 keen, bu? Impersonal. com pom Mi i
the main of a lively curiosity, w.
the prevailing emotion manifest*-*
There was no display ol arms Th
tr only soldiers within the Court root
d itself ?though, of (ourw;, it wti
s- known two companies wor? undc
10 arms nearby In their armories wet
Major Joseph it. Allen, command!.*]
1 the Columbia battalion of the 2
regiment, and his orderly, Private V
n. Williams, both is olive drab so
vice uniforms,
k The victim was not in (ho (Tou
1- room. Hot* husband, a slight your
man, sat beside tho solicitor. It i
is happened thn* the attorney retain.
by the victim's family, to assist
tho prosecution, Mr. A. V. Spigone
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WHAT CAUSED DEATH? L
WAH WAUiKR WINN, OF HAMPTON
GOUNTT, POLSOXEDT
The Coroner** fury CatuftUsAed
Whether or ikx Young Mmjo Wo*
I Poisoned %rith "Doctom!" Whiskey
Was young; Walker Wtnn poisoned
to hl? .death when he took a
drink of whiskey one Friday afternoon
about two months ago? ; This
is the question that la perplexing the
residents of the Fechtilg cointnun
.???? Wln.1 IUW In
11/, wurru ;uuuh tT IUU <?
Hampton county, and tho members
of tho coroner's Jury.
It l? generally talked and was
brough out In tbo testimony before
the coroner's jury thut Winn was
not on good terms with his young
wife, Lillian, nor with her - father.
Mr. J. YV. l>?e, that their relutlons
wore estranged and that threats ou
the life of young Winn were made.
Walker Winn, 011 Friday, September
Itl, at Fechtlg, was taken suddenly
ill. It Is stated that he had just
taken a drink with his father-in-law.
He Und convulsions, was paralyzed
and blinded, and, although given
medical aid. died within twentyfour
hours to the minute .after he
was stricken. His skin turned
black, and be died in coacuisions.
Hy request an Inquest was h*'d.
and the tost mony adduced at the
first nicotics of the coroner's Jury
was such as to warrant the aendins
off for chemical analysis of 'hp. coatoots
of the stomach of the deceased.
It appears that no other pur a'
of the alitnenary cuoal wort: sent
At subsequent meetings of the Jury
of inquest. Jotters from c'aemlsbs
were read in which it was state 1
whether or not any traces of poison
were found.
At the instance of the jury and
the coroner, Judffe Memmiuper at
the recent term of Court passed hu
order requiring the body of the deceased
to be disinterred and other
r??rtc of th*? aJimnntarv canal to be
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sent i'or chemical analysis.
The coroner's jury or inquest held
its fourth meeting ueTsday, aud in
their presence the body was interred
and Dr. C. A. Rush took out the Intestines
and sent them oft' as required
by order of the Court. further
testimony was offered.
0. C. Owens testified that on Friday,
September 1?>. Mrs. Lillian
VVJnn. wife of decease^, who at that
time was not living with her husband.
asked witness iC he had seen
her lather with Walker Winn that
day. When witness answered in the
affirmative, she thou said that Walker
would be dead within three
days, and that it was a wonder her
father Clin nor. kim mm mat ua*.
It is understood that Mrs. Winn
will appear before the jury of inquest
at Hampton next week.
Dr. T. ft. Whatloy Is reported to
have testified that if the deceased
had been given poison, it was possible
for it to have passed out of the
stomach. It Is stated that this direct
question was asked of Dr. YVhatley.
The results of the chemical analysis
will probably put an end to the
work of the Jury of inquest, who
will have met six times on the case.
The report of the Columbia chemists
is awaited with much interest by
, people there.
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, Town burnc<i Down.
i Fire which originated in the seci
ond story of the Flose hotel Friday
practically destroyed the town of
> St. Stephens, about 40 mi loo front
; Charleston. Ten stores and residences
were wiped out. the merchants losi
ing practically all their stock in adv
ditlon to the buildings. The loss will
aggregate about $50,000, while the
r* Insurance will among to about $10,
000.
1
e Is the same who defended the vie
. tho\s husband, upon the latter s trla
a for murder several years ago. tin
V case arising from the death of f
i young tinner at Kpworfh, follow'.nf
i. ?n alte rcation. In this ease 'the ac
a cused was acquitted on a plea >1
3 eelf-defence.
The Court ?t>ivotntr-<j ax t-ounse
y for the defendant Meani's. A! t'v?><
? W aline*, Jr.. and U. K. Cnrwiie
tJpou hi? arraignment the aecun ?
... {*%>Isi hin R.'irne ?a? Minus flig'htowet
t) and. rofu.dnp to plead, wax creditor
with a plee ot not puiJty. 11Lx couq
xel retired *lth Mm for a <;on.?ul?M
>. tion. and. returning announced 'ho:
?. wou*d waive their th rood ay conlln
n uanoe a-nd would proceed to trial a
12 M.
it When tho |ur> had bwn em pan
> . elled and polled, Mr. Cm"wile, o
u oounwJ for the wceusod. moved th ?
? ^.r
i.s the Coup; room r.-u\?rca. tie sa?
i. that his ttf-nt wltne**. would be th
prosecutrix herself The Juris,* or
n dercd the Cour* room cleared, ieav
>u 1 ria present only the jurors, th
r Judge. the sheriff and ono ballif!
'v Chief Cnt heart. of the Columbia p"
ig liee force; the husband and a U
:d male relative of the prosecutrix. th
i. Court Ntenogrn pher. the clerk cot;'
r sel ror the Stale and the del'enc*
the accused himself and on* or tw
rl other* who were deemed neeeasnrj
tg Into the presence of these was le
m the prosecutrix. She wns place
k1 upon the stand and there told taf
n atory to the Jury. The telling too
I, a>u>u? bait au hour.
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OFFICIAL COUNT
Stow That Ik DaMcraU Ban Lartt
B-jaritj ia tk Basse.
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THE RESULT PLEASING
Tbow U Onr Socialist la the
sod the Democrat* liar* Sixtythree
Majority.?la the Seoatr
the liv>ar#cut* Will A*alt*t the
Doraocrote.
Tbe rxemocrntic representation Id
tb? next house will be 227, aa
aRa'nat 162 Republicans and one Socialist,
uccord'ng to the roster oi
the house, published Tuesday. Thes>figures
give the Democrats a majority
of 62 arid a plurality of 64.
AceordinR to this publication. Kan
sas Is the only State of any si//
which has a solid Republican dele
Ration. A ,iumb ?r .however, contain
ouly one l>emocrat. among those
thus included being Iowa, Minnesota
California and Wisconsin.
All of the Southern States have
solid Democratic delegations. except
'Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Maryland and Virginia
huve one Republican each, while
Tennessee and Kentucky have two
members of that party apiece. Colo I
-? --v.. -? V
rUCJO IS trj<' OUiy .lunurm mtn'j
resented entirely by Ifemocrata, l>u'
Indiana. possessing a much Large*
representation,, presses dose upo*.
its heels with 12 Democrats out cf
13 members.
Illinois has 11 Democrats tn rU
membership of 20, Massachusetts
four out of 14, Michigan two out of
12, New Jersey seven out of 10, New
Vork 23 out of 37. Ohio 11> out of
2 8 and Pennsylvania nine out of 3 2
Missouri's delegation consists of 13
Democrats-and three Republicans.
Tho Nebraska delegation Ls evenl>
divided, three and three, as !?
Maine's two and two; Oklahoma has
two Republicans arid three I>enu>crnts;
Washington is represented b>
three Republicans. All of the States
having one representative only ar?
Republicans.
House of D>rdn In Ihtagcr.
In spite of rumors to the contrary
the conference between the
lords and commons over the veto
question has ended in a iftsmgreement.
Perhaps that la just aa w >1 i
for a compromise on a question in
which principle is involved in usually
un.sa tisfactory to all concerned.
Now the matter will have to be
thrcsh' d out in another general election
In the near future, and the
probability is that the Liberals will
be returned with an increased majority.
If such should prove the
case drastic dealings with the lords
would naturally follow.
With characteristic blindness to
their own true interests and those
of the people the lords have persistently
blocked the way of reform,
and now the inevitable judgment
awaits thein. The whole question 's
of more than passing interest to
Americans heeause of the growing
discontent with the present method
of choosing I'nited States Senators.
While the (jlies'ion wan us is n >i
nearly so aotvte as t!?? Hritish find
theirs yet the feeling exists that <li
rocf or popular election of senator*
will prove an advantage In inuiiy
ways. The House of Lords are in
danger.
ICngland, while having a monarchical
form of government has iti
1 fact one of the most Democratic governments
in the world. The Ilousf
of Lord? seem to have lost sight ol
' this and have determined by oh
structlng reforms which tJu* peopU
' arc demanding, to commit politico
suicide. The indications are that lr
* the near future the pr<*tetU he red i
' tary House ot' Lords will b ? abolish
cd and a Senate similar to ours, witt
the members elected by popular vot<
1 will take its place. It is a wondei
1 that the House of Lords has ?too<
as long as i( has, but If Ik u.ov
^ doomed.
' Hliot l)> t'nkiHXvn >lau.
* Oda Mubbcll, a farmer near Ber
nard ;VIo., and his wife, aged 30, ant
1 two children, a boy and a girl, agei
' \ and K respectively, were shot an<
killed at their home Wcdnewda,
night by an unknown person, whi
set lire to the house to eon coo) th
v
crime.
?
Homkuk lu t*k*keus.
Knd?y afternoon, about 3 o'clock
j. near Liberty, Henry Bogge 5hot an
t killed Ham Bogga. Both were abou
\ years old, and It Is fold wer
Irlrtk-in*. They ?n* prominent!
wvted ,
?
p 'rvalue*t to Steal.
r The police of Brockton, .Mass.. ar
J >oekinp two men who profit throup
^ tholts committed by a trained do?
#1 He removes clot boa and furs frot
.. back yards and carries them away i
his owners
o " m *
^ Thousand hrimtHvl,
d A dispatch front Saigon. Frew
d Indo-China, says one thousand pel
>r sons wore drowned and 4 00 bark
k wore lost during floods In the pr<
vlnco of QaunKbtfln, In Annua.
FINE COTTON CROP
MAKK3 FORTY-O.VK BALR8 ON ^
10 M91KH OF LAXtK
This Id the lu\-wd \6m1p by F?ur?iier
in Uamptun County .icwrdlng
Co th? lUiwi.
A corresj-Fondent writing to the
Augusta Herald from AUendam 8&fu
be went to that towu tor the spec- .4
itic purpose of Inspecting the cotton
crop of Mr. Joslab VV. Wallcer. who ..
lives at Cove, a small station era the
Sdathero Hallway about live utiles
from Allendale. The iolkrwing Is
?rhat the correspondent says ttoouc.
VIr. Walkers cotton crop:
Mr. Walker showt-d m?f two patches
of cotton with a combined are.i
of 19 acres, off ot which h* had
picked nearly two bales to the aere,
with the remaining remnant he tonflduntly
expected would make a total
of forty-one bales gathered from
nine tee n acres. 1 do not hesltafo
to say that I share wttb Mr. Walker
the confidence he expressed.
I may have seen tine eoUon,
for I have seen many of the tin est.
specimens of intensive farming that
rhis stction affords, but 1 n"ver hhw
a field of such luxuriant irrowth
and fruitage, with'"every tw>lt oti'liiw
stalk mature, open and picked.TUo
cotton is planted In tlce-toot
rows and locked in the rowtt. It
swmrd tu average about t!v? foot
high, and ran very regular all over
the field. The ground perfectly fev"1
and til'* lYom gram*-plvtnfi evidence
of careful culture. The stalks
sro full of empty burrs from bottom
*o top, and no half-grown hollit of
tiny coQiH'quenoe. My. Walker says
tie gathertd more than a bate at a
picking, and if he gets as moch as
five bales additional, which ho la almost
sure to do he will have tortyone
bales from ninel-een acres.
The hind In this vicinity *? aaturally
very soft and' pliable, being, for
the most part, a ahndy loam, with
occasionally a light mulatto a-ubeott.
It breaks up into small clods that
readily crumble and pulverize Ilka
4 shea.
Mr. Walker broke his land up
with a 2 4-inch plow, bedded and put
In 700 pound* to the acre of the
Southern Cotton Oil Co."a 8-5-5
:uad? at (he Allendale plant. Ne*t
he made an application of 4 00 pound*
<>f their Top Dream, or t-7 1-2-4,
tnd then a second applies lion of
4 00 pounds of ^'op Dream. ^
tie used no nitrate of taxla and ui
lot manure. }|? ascribes the greut
number of fully matured bolls ttuU:
characterizes his cotton to the "plant
food" contained in the Top Dream
It sots the stalk with fruit that open
before th?- killing frosts come, aud
onaenuontly. his cotton l? now tilled
with empty burrs from bottom
to top.
He showed trie an adjacent Held
where lot manure had been freely
mod. It was very fine cotton, and
in marked contrast with the cotton
>f the surrounding country, but the
<ieat number of half-grown boils,
war the top that had not opened
nid never would oix-n, wan most
noticeable. 1 examined a numlier #f
'.hem to see if there was any pomu *
hiilty of their ever opening, and Is
very instance I found that the ram
had soaked into them and soured.
Til K WAdKS Ob SIX.
i
Man Murders u Woman and Tk?i
Kills Himself.
i At Los Angeles, Cal., J. W. Wheet
or. a blacksmith 36 years old, for
uierly of Kcho, Ala., last Wednesday
f night murdered a woman who regis
tered with him as his wife, under
the name of Mrs. May Wheelor at
j an Fast Fifth street hotel. He theo
i attempted to kill himself. The cou
p) i had been in their room less than
flvu minutes when five shots rang
i out in Quick succession. Persous
> in the hotel rushed into tho room
r and found the woman's body on .the
i floor and Wheeler standing r
/ wound in his head. lie held tTr?- A
volver in one hand and 3 knife >
the other. Before any one could Interfere
he slashed his throat.
j (jilri Brinks Poison.
5 After handing two unaddroseed
j notes to bv-standers in the Huena
y Vtsto hotel at Home, G?.. VTedaeso
day. Miss May Lancaster, aged 19, of
r Marly. (?a., drank an ounce of car-^.
bolic acid and died in great jIT'k
tow minutes late. One of thejnote*
road: 'Tell Hob goodbye." < The
other told of hor relatione with j
"Hob."
I ?
f Cio**? fo Hoitaw County.
>' Ninety three square mllea of Wil'
Mamaburg County, including thv
prospermia town of toko City, h?
voted u]most unanimously to anntfl <
c itseir to Florence County. The voti
b was U.-J to i in fa\or of the prop '
1 osition,
n -? ? ? ?
? Itrklgvs (1<>s4Ht. I
A big .sipn has b?x n poeted at th I
International bridges connecting h I
I'aso. Texas, with Juarez, Mexlc* I
h denying any person to pane over b? I
r- tvoen th?> hours of midnight an
:s *ix o'clock a. n?. The action wt I
>- taken at the instance of the MexiCf I
Rovfrnuient. J