The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 23, 1911, Image 5
HOLDS HER OWN
Charleston Keeps Hrr Eight M mbers
and CoiUion Loses Oue.
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HOW IT FIGURfS OUT
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After Long; Fight tlie ReapportionL
htont Hill \Vn_M So Amended as to
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Prevent the I^?sm of One Member
by Charleston at the Expense of
Colleton Coiinty.
CharleBton retains her eight representatives
in the House of Representatives
under the provisions of
the amended reapportionment bill,
passed in the Senate Friday night
and adopted later in the House. This
ended the most persistent fight, extending
over several days, that the
Senate had and is all the more significant,
inasmuch as the House
passed the original bill with no
changes.
The Senate adopted the amendment
of Senator Sinkler Friday nighi
giving Charleston eight instead of
seven representatives, as the bill at
first, provided, and giving Colleton
tives had been accorded, was not entitled
to another representative. This
cut Charleston from eight. to seven.
By the annexation of Adams Run
and Collins townships, formerly in
Colleton, to Charleston county, Charleston
gained 0,444 inhabitants. Before
this Charleston's fraction was
only l>,0 4 7, with a representation of
seven. Adding the two townshins
Charleston's fraction would he 9,491,
entitling her to another representative.
Colleton, on a population of
35.3 90, had two representatives and
a fraction of 1 0,948, which would
have given her another representative.
Taking away the two township's
population. namely, 0,444, Colleton
Iip.1 two representatives and a fraction
of only 4,504, not enough to
give her another representative.
th"s loses one, as Colleton now has
till ' p.
This state of affairs was called to
the attention of the Senate by Senator
Sinkler and a fi ?ht of three davs
was then had 011 the hill. The onostion
arose as to whether the censrs
should lie adopted as it stood hef'^'e
the annexation, or should the new
territory lie added to Charleston a^d
taken from Colleton. The Senate
vo'^d 2 0 to 0 to give Charleston h'?r
eifr,,t representatives and Colleton
? n'v two. The six negative votes included
Ackernian, of Colleton:
Blaek, of Bamberg; Earle, of Oconee;
* Ore^n, of Marlboro, and Summers,
of r,alhoun.
T'he Senate adopted the bill with
the Sinkler amendment inserted
therein. Charleston's population under
the census was given at 88,5IK
for the county.
The hill as adopted reads:
"Section 1. That for the purpose
of the apportionment of representatives
in the House of Representatives
among the several counties In the
St "tea, the enumeration of the inhabitants
of the several counties by
the United States census of 1010 is
hereby adopted as a true and correct.
enumeration.
"Section 2. That, until the next
apportionment, the representation of
the several counties shall he as folio.
is: Abbeville, 3; Aiken, 3; Anderson.
t>; Banrberg, 2; Barnwell. 3;
Beau fort, 2; Berkeley, 2; Calhoun,
1; Charleston, 3; Cherokee, 2; Chester.
2: Chesterfield, 2; Clarendon. 3;
Coneton, 2; Darlington, 3; Dillon,
2: Dorchester, 1; Edgefield, 2; Fair*
JJL flehl, 2; Florence, 3; Georgetown,
.. 2: Greenville, fi; Greenwood, 3:
Hampton, 2; I lorry, 2; Kershaw, 2:
Lancaster, 2; Laurens, 3; Lee. 2;
Lexington, 3; 'Marion, 2; Marlboro,
3; Newberry, 3; Oconee, 2; Oraneeburg,
5; Picgens, 2; Richland, 5;
Saluda, 2; Spartanburg, 7; Sumter,
8; Union, 2; Williamsburg, 3, and
York, 4.
"Section 3. That this apportionment
shall not take effect until the
next succeeding general election."
The following counties gain one j
representative each: Anderson, .
Greenville, Dillon, Orangeburg, Richland
and Spartanburg. *
The following lose one each: Aiken,
Rerkeley, Beaufort, Chester, Fairfield
and Colleton.
When the bill went back to the,
House Friday night a big fight was
precipitated on the change. *
House Concurs.
After some discussion the House ,
concurred in the Senate amendment
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WAISUN IS SCARED
CLAIMS THAT SOME ONE TRIED
TO ASSASSINATE HIM.
Wired Chief Elliott of Augusta to
Come to Thomson and llring Blood
Hounds to Catch Man.
The Augusta Chronicle says Mr.
I Thomas E. Watson thought, Hhursday
night, an attempt was going to
he made to assassinate him. In fact,
Mr. Watson is now offering a reward
of $500 for the capture and return
to Thomson of three men whom he
has seen around his place.
Thursday afternoon Mr. Watson
wired and later called Chief George
P. Elliott, of the Augusta police de
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two representatives, instead of three,
as originally inserted into the bill
and as Colleton now has.
In the battle for reapportionment
at this session Senator Robert hide,
of Orangeburg, was the leader, ana
it is owing to his untiring efforts
that the measure finally passed the
Senate.
He was helped by other Senators,
"with no ill-feeling toward Colleton
county. Senator Sinkler, when he
found that Charleston should, because
of the annexation of a part of
Colleton, retain her present, repret
1, ,ti ^i(i nin tn ihft r<>RP.IIft
won out.
It bo happened that whon the reapportionment
bill was made up.
Charleston, because of the smallness
of the fraction of proportionate inlio'vUnnta
fiftrxr thft HAVAtl rfll)rf!Hent a
parinieiiL, aria hsk?u uiui ue ciiuci
go to Thomson, or secure and send
blood hounds to that place, to capture
"a boyish looking young man,
wearing high heeled shoes, whom
'Mr. Watson thought was "skulking
around to kill him.
One of the messages received by
Chief Elliott, while rather meager as
to description and information, was
to the effect that the chief was wanted
in Thomson on account of an attempt.
to assassinate Mr. Watson.
Chief Elliott, in telephone conversation,
told Mr. Watson that there were
no dogs available in or near Au-gusta,
fit to trail a criminal, and suggested
that he try to get them from
At lnnta.
Subsequent information from
Thomson is to the effect that Mr.
Watson called on the sheriff of McDutile
county early Thursday night
to send a posse to his house, to capture
some men who were trying to
assassinate him, and a search was
made of the woods around Mr. Watson's
house, which developed the fact
that some McDufTle people?it was
not learned how many?were in that
neighborhood, trying to catch a couple
of ne7roes.
Chief Elliott says one of the messages
received by him Thursday
night was to the effect that a posse
was on the scene at that time, hut
the dogs were still wanted. Testerday
subsequent telegrams were received
from Mr. Watson by the chief
asking for assistance, and last night,
the following telegram was received
from Mr. Watson by The Chronicle:
Thomson. fJa., Feb. 17, 1911.
Chronicle, Augusta, Oa.:
Will you kindly allow me space to
announce that i will pay a reward of
fr>00 for the arrest and return to
Thomson of the three men who have
been skulking around my home at
nl?ht and concealing themselves in
the swamp on my place during the
daytime ever since Monday night of
this week.
One of these men is said to he
boyish looking and his footprints on
the soft., damp ground indicate he
is wearing practically new shoes with
unusually high heels, narrow pointed
toes, curving slightly inward. The
style of shoe Is known among deal
ers as extreme. This mnn is thought
to he wearin? a derby hat.
The men are well drer^ed, on eh in
dark clothes which should now show
?jgns that th^y have sncnt. several
days and rd'rht.s dodging a!>out in
swamps and thickets.
Tt is thought they are headed towards
Atlanta.
Thomas TO. Watson. *
nrUGIiAUS TOItTI'ltlO VICTIM.
Singe His Ilair and Hlistcred His
Face to Get Money.
Torture by fire was resorted to by
two burglars who broke into the
rooms of Joseph Wishnock, a cobbler
in Williamsburg, N. Y., Wednesday
in their determination to make him
reveal the hiding place of his pitiful
small hoard of savings. Tt was not
until the men had burned off Wishnock's
beard and hair and had blistered
his face and neck that he told
that his small store of $12 was hid
non in tho mattress 011 which his torturers
had him pinned down. At the
hospital where the cobbler had his
painful hut not fatal burns dressed
he identified two young men whom
the police arrested as the pair who
had tortured and robbed him.
A woman has less faith in her
ideals after marrying one of them.
by the following vote:
For concurrence in Senate amendment:
Messrs. Ashley, Reiser, 1 tothea,
Rooker, Rowers, Bowman,
Royd, Connor. Courtenay, Drummond,
Earle, Edwards, E. C. and
Isaac, Evans, Fultz, Gibert, Harrison,
Hopkins. TTorlbeck, Hunter, llutto,
James, Kibler, Kirklond, League,
Lee, Leland. Magill, -Miller, Motte,
Mower, H. A. Odom, Riley, R. L.
Rhuler, C. R. Smith, Todd, Vander
Horst, Vincent, Wlngard, Wyche and
Youmans. Total, 41.
Against concurrence In Senate
amendment: Speaker Smith, Arnold,
Beamguard, Brice, Butler, Carj,
Chandler, Daniel, Davis, Dixon, DuBose,
Gasnue, Graham, Hamilton,
Harris, Hill, Irby, Jones, Kellahan,
Ketchin, McKeown, McQueen, Manuel,
Meares, Mitchum, Nunnery,
Paulling, Peeples, Polk, Rembert,
Sanders, Seott, C. T. Shuler, D. L.
Smith, Tison, Turnbull, Watson,
Willis?39.
'By this vote Charleston retains
her eight members and Colleton
loses one of her three.
SHOT BY THIEF
Creeirille if Stirred by the Shsothinf of
Two of Her Poiicvmea
INI?NS? EXCITEMENT
Officer Gunnels Dies From the
Wounds Inflicted by the liandit.
Who Mado His Kscape, and Fosses
Are Scouring the Country on the
Ijookout for Him.
Scores or men, private citizens,
policemen and deputies, armed to the
teeth, scoured the oountry between
Greenville and the mountains to
North Carolina Friday and Friday
night in search of the lone stranger,
believed to be a professional yeggman,
who Friday morning, between
2:30 and 3 o'clock, engaged in a
desperate pistol duel in the passenger
station of the Columbia and
Greenville Railway, with Officers 1>.
V. Johnson and Sergt. Oliver S. Gunnels,
of the Greenville police force,
in which Gunnels received wounds
from which he died at 9:40 o'clock,
while Johnson was shot through the
right leg.
Perhaps never before in the history
of the city has Greenville been
so excited. The tragedy of Friday,
which cost the life of a universally
popular and faithful officer, coming
^?? f l?rt h n/xlfi /\P < /I a of o r/llu aoao n If
ull inu itirv."in ui iiiu uuqlwi uij uoo(?uk,
upon the life of "llncle Tommy"
Cnreton, the oldest policeman on the
force, Tuesday morning by (J. W.
Stonecypher, in a drunken orgie, was
heightened by a. dastardly assault,
made a few hours later, upon the life
of another member of the police
f-orce, by an aggregation of disreputable
men -and women as the oflicer
attempted to place one of the women
of the gang under arrest for committing
a revolting act.
At coroner's inquest held Friday
morning over the remains of Sergi.
Gunnels, at the undertaking establishment
of Jas. F. Mackey & Son,
but one witness, Officer Johnson, was
examined. His testimony tells the
story of the tragedy. "Gunnels and
I," said he, "were coming along Augusta
street, beyond the Intersection
of Vardry street, toward the city,
shortly after 2:3ft o'clock. I saw a
man emerge from the railroad cut of
the Columbia and Greenville Railway,
and move on down the track
toward the passenger station, some
3 00 yards away. I could see a mysterious
looking back slung over his
shoulder, but could not tell whether
he was white or black. I called
Sergt.. Gunnels' attention to the lone
tmmn ami mnflo the rcninrk that lie
was probably a chicken thief.
"I watched him closely and saw
him approach the door of the colored
wail in 7 room of the passenger
station. I advanced toward the station
and when within a few feet ol
it I heard the man moving about on
the inside. Gunnels and I approached
the door at the same time. Ho put
his right hand to the door and
poshed it open. At the same time,
with his left hand, he flashed his
eleetric flash light into the dark
room. The light revealed a tough
looking white man, short, thick sot,
heavy, with a shurt, black mustache,
and dressed commonly, without a
collar or tie, and wearing a slouch
hat, standing in the centre of the
floor.
"Simultaneously with the flash of
the oflicer's pocket flash light, the
man raised his revolver and fired.
The first shot pierced Gunnel's abdomen
and he fell back against the
door facing, exclaiming: 'John.
I'm shot, kill him.' llefore the
stranger could fire a second time, I
had my pistol out and opened tire
on him. The second shot he fired
struck Gunnels in the right thigh
and Gunnels receded toward the
south end of the station. The third
shot from the man's revolver pierced
my riirht. leg.
"All the while the man and T were
exchanging shots with lightning-like
rapidity. 1 had a Smith & Wesson
3 8-calibre pistol and I think he was
armed with a 3 2-calibre Colt's magazine
revolver. I tired four times
and pulled the trigger of my revolver
again, but the cartridge failed to
explode. I receded then and the
man sprang through the door, firing
as ho ran. When on the outside he
wheeled about, ran backwards a i
short distance, and fired several more
shots, the first one being fired at
Gunnels, who was in the act of sinking
to the ground, and the remaining
shots being fired at me. lie then
fled, and T turned to assist Gunnels."
The words of the only witness, now
nlivo tn fho fatal nffrav in the lone
ly little railway station, in the dead <
of night, with a desperate man, who, <
it is believed now, committed a series
of robberies earlier in the night at
Williamston, eighteeen miles below
Greenville, is a story which has
stirred Greenville from centre to circumference.
Men threw down busi- !
ness and seized weapons to join
squads that left at intervals throughout
the day to scour the country for
the fleeting murderer. The mayor
of the city himself joined a squad i
and went in the direction of the
mountains shortly after noon. ?
The city of Greenville has offered i
a reward of $500 and the State a :
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FALLS TO HIS MATH
BEDSPKINOS BOUNCES LITTLE
BOY OUT OF WINDOW.
Little Fellow Coch From tlie Fourth
Story of His Home to the Pavement.
"Mind the window, Morrie!" cautioned
flve-year-old Sadie Solomon,
who, with her brother, Morris, aged
three, was bouncing a ball against a
wall in the front room of their home
on the fourth floor of No. 1295 Park
avenue, New York Friday afternoon.
The boy and girl were standing
on a bed while playing their game of
hand-ball and the springs lent elasHnliir
in i Knit* Innna ofinr f ha
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The l>ed was alongside the window.
The last time the lad struck the
ball it shot toward the window.
Morris with a cry of alarm jumped
for it and caught it in his chubby
fists. Hut in leaping he failed to
take into account the bedsprings,
which shot him into the air and
through the window head foremost.
A hundred feet up the block was
Herman Panzie of No. 5 4 East Ninety-ninth
street. He saw the baby
come crashing through the window,
as did several other persons. Panzie
started on a run, with outstretched
arms, in the hope of catching the
child before he struck the ground.
A woman across the street rushed
quickly to the other side with- her
skirts held out like a lifenet.
But both were too late, though
Panzie only missed catching Morris
by a few inches, his jacket grazing
the finger tins of the man's hands.
Morris struck the pavement on his
head. When Panzie picked him up
he was still breathing and the man
ran all the way with him to Mount
Sinai Hospital, four blocks distant.
'n 1- _ i _ .1 * i. 11. ? .x J A ^ 1 f.
i ne noy (iie?i jusi <is tut* iiuMj.Mi.iii wmm
reached, the rubber ball still in hlc
hands.
FOUND HTM A WIFK.
Wrote His Nmne on an and
Cupid Did the Host.
Because an egg on which he had
written his name while packing a
crate t'or shipment. East reached it
destination in a fresh condition, Edward
Taylor of Alexandria, S. Dak.,
a grocer's clerk, and Miss Margaret
Orayner, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were
married last week.
Miss Orayner when opening the
eg? noted the name and address on
the shell, and being struck by the
freshnees of the morsel of food and
the oddness of the affair, wrote to
the young man, more as a joke than
anything felse. Enter photographs
wore exchanged, then more notes,
and finally Taylor journeyed down
East to see in real life the object
of his peculiar romance.
Things were better in real life
than on paper, and after a short
courtship he returned to Alexandria
and the grocery store. He did not
write on any more eggs?lie didn't
have to?lie vaa engaged and lie
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loved i lie 55111 anc i/ie gui mveu 111111.
The gi'*l wns the Brooklyn lass who
wrote the joke note because she
round a boyish name inscribed on
the shell of a fresh egg. Two weeks
ago Taylor returned to Brooklyn and
last week married Miss Grnyner.
Killed For flis Money.
The body of Richard Hancock, an
aged man who for years had lived
alone, was found at his home near
Panama, Fla., Friday with three bullet
wounds in the back. Richard
McNeill, a negro, was arrested and
confessed to having killed him. Hancock
was reputed to have been
wealthy and it is said that he kept
large sums of money in the house. *
Deaths From Plague.
The viceroy of Manchuria estimates
that the fatalities in M inch
uroia from the Beubonic plague
already have reached 65,000. According
to the general belief, how
over, (ho number of fatalities will
ho nearer double those of the official
estimates.
Starving Chinese.
The relief committee at Shanghai,
China, believes that the minimum
number of deaths from famine is
1 0,000.
reward of $200 for the capture of the
slayer of Officer Gunnels. Mobs are
still scouring the country for the
tleeiii'2 murderer. Several suspects
have been brought into the city, at
Intervals, since nightfall. Every outgoing
train, freight and passenger,
is being halted and searched by police
and citizens.
Tho excitement, throughout the
city is intense, and should the slayer
of Officer Gunnels be captured and
brought back to Greenville there will
undoubtedly be danger of a lynching.
The funeral services over the remains
of the dead officer were held
Saturday afternoon. The board of
police commissioners and the police
force will attend in a body. A selected
squad of police will act as
pallbearers, while Interment will be
acoompanied by Masonic rites.
Public subscriptions to a fund to
employ a Pinkerton detective has
amounted to hundreds of dollars already
and Is growing hourly.
GETS THE MONEY
The Colleges Liberally Profiled For by
Ike General Assembly.
GIVEN ALL THEY ASKED
Swells the Appropriation Hill to Over
Two Million Hollars, Which is the
Largest Kver Passed by South Carolina
Legislature for One Year s
Expenses.
The appropriation bill has passed
both houses and is now ready for the
signature of the governor. Kor the
first time in years a fight was made
in the senate on the adoption of the
free conference report on the bill.
By just one vote, IS to 17, the
senate early Saturday morning adopted
the free conference report which
meant that the bill passed with the
appropriations for permanent buildings
at WJnthrop, South Carolina
University, and the Citadel restored
to the bill.
The report of the free conference
committee was not unanimous. Senator
W. L. 'Mauldin, chairman of the
finance committee of the senate, not
signing the report.
The question of adopting the report
from the free conference committee
was debated freely and warm
ly. Senator Montgomery moved the
adoption of the report. Senator Hardin
said that for the first time in his
legislative career he could not support
a froe conference report.
Senator Johnstone explained the
action of the oommittee and told how
carefully the items had been considered
and the deliberations of the
com initteo.
Senator Rainsford regarded the
committee as a board of arbitration
and the senato in honor bound t,o
abide by its decision.
Senator Uaney put in a word for
the common schools but said he
would vote for the free conference
report.
Senator Montgomery said all governments
are bases on compromises,
and when he saw tax levy would not
he put up he consented for the senate
to recede from Its amendments.
Senator Hardin thought the senate
lost out entirely instead of participating
in a compromise. IIo
could not conscientiously vote for it.
Senator Strait sounded a warning,
saying the time is coming when
people are going to rise up against
those Institutions. Might as well
call a halt now. He reminded the
senators ho helped establish Winthrop
and Clem son.
Senator Weston was emphatic in
his remarks. Ho said the University
of South Carolina, the Citadel, Clemson
and Winthrop are not the rich
man's colleges. The appropriations
for Improvements are to be accompanied
by increased . and additional
educational advantages.
Senator Young was glad to see the
action of tho committee and told of
what the action will mean.
rsenaior liners announced that, no
would vote against the adoption of
the report as a protest against ext
rovaganco.
Senator Tjawson asked Senators
Johnstone, Weston and Montgomery
a number of questions drawing out
the features of the added appropriations.
Senator Johnstone told again of
tiie stand taken by' the committee
and earnestly urged the senate to
adopt the free conference committee's
report.
The rote to adopt the report was
passed, 18 to 17, as follows:
Ayes?Senators Ackerman, Carlisle,
Clifton, Hough, Johnstone,
I.aney, T. J. Mauldin, McCown, Montgomery,
iMuekenfuss, Rainsford,
Sinkler, Spivey, Stewart, Sum mors,
Waller, Weston, Young?18.
Nays?Senators Appelt., Hates, (
Black, Christensen, Crosson, Marie, ;
lOpps, Forrest, Green, Hardin, Haw"on,
Manning, Mars, Strait, Stuckey.
Sullivan, Wharton ?17.
Not voting?Senators Croft, Den- ,
"'s, Ginn, Hall, W. J. Johnson, Hide, ,
W. H. Mauldin, Walker?8. i
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I III? llUUJSt? I 111 11 <1(IllJ; I I'll lilt? I Import.
-VIr. Brownin? explained that j
when the bill left the house it provided
for appropriations of $1,971..122,
and as reported by the free conference
committee tho total would he
$2,019,652.46.
The report carries the additional (
$1,000 for militia, $2,000 for corn
oreeuers association, and a row older
items. The principal points at
issue were tho appropriation for the
State colleges. The committee reported
that the senate should recede
from its amendments on State colleges.
The university is to get its
auditorium and NVinthrop the new
building for arts and sciences.
The high school appropriation of
$60,000 and the public schools appropriation
of $20,000 are to come
out. of the dispensary profits and
will therefore reduce the direct appropriation
by $80,000.
Held Up Town.
Terrorizing the citizens of Duncan
vtlle, Tex., robbers destroyed the
vault of the Farmers' bank and escaped
with $2,000. The most venturesome
residents were forced to
etand in line while the robbers used I
their high explosives.
NURSING SERVICE
AN IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT OF
RED CROSS ORGANIZATION.
National Society Expects to Enroll
10,<K)O Trained Nurses for Service
in Time of War or Disaster.
A red cross on white ground encircled
by the words, "American National
Red Cross Nurse," in letters
of gold on blue enamel, the whole
enclosed in a laurel wreath?this is
the oilicial emblem of the Nursing
Service of the American Red Cross,
and 110 higher honor can be bestowed
upon a nurse than the right to wear
this badge, for it means that she ia
pledged to the service of her country.
This emblem is protected by
law, and still further to prevent its
improper use each badge is numbered
and the names and addresses
of the nurses to whom they are issued
are on file in the Red Cross office
in Washington.
The selection of these nurses is
one of the most important duties devolving
upon the Red Cross, and so
important indeed did this duty seem
that a National Committee on Red
Cross Nursing Service was appointed
by the War Relief Hoard of the
American Red Cross in December,
lOOi). This committee, consisting of
nine members representing the
Nurses Associated Alumnae of the
United States and six members representing
the American Red Cross,
was made responsible for the organization
of an adequate nursing personnel
which shall be :it nil Hmna
available for service under the banner
of tbe Tied Cross.
The magnitude of this undertaking
may be indicated by tbe following
figures: During the last year of
tho Civil War there were 20 4 General
Hospitals under tho control of the
Medical Department of the Ignited
Army, with a capacity of 1 3 6,894
IkhIS.
If the Medical Department of the
Army of 1865 had undertaken to furnish
a nursing service comparable
with that which is considered necessary
in our large hospitals today, an
army of over 27,000 nurses would
have been required. There were,
however, no trained nurses available
in those dark years of the Civil War,
but today there areNin the United
States alone over 50,000 women who
have graduated from training schools
for nurses, than which there are none
better in the world, and from these
the Red Cross hopes to enroll at
least 1 0,000 nurses?10,000 selected
women who are not only vouched for
[>y tne schools ror nurses from which
they have graduated, but are recommended
by well-known members of
their own profession.
The system of enrollment adopted
by the Red Cross is a guarantee to
the nation that in the stress of calamity
or the turmoil of war there
stands ready for service a band of
women worthy to follow in the footsteps
of their great teacher and exemplar,
Florence Nightingale. *
DETAILS OF EASLEY KILIJXG.
Olin Fletcher, Slayer of llarrall
Good soil, in Jail. . ?
Tuesday night, at the Easley Cotton
Mill, in the town of Easley, Olin
Fletcher killed llarrall Goodson.
From what can be learned it seems
that several boys were sitting on the
church steps at the mill, about 9
o'clock. Olin Fletcher walked up lo
the boys and asked Luther Norris for
a cigarette. Norris gave it to him.
None of the boys had a match. Olin
Fletcher, seeing Ben Harris coming
down the street, asked Harris for a
match. Harris pulled a pistol out of
his pocket and said: "This is the
kind of match 1 will give you." Harris
put the pistol back in his pocket.
Fletcher then pulled the pistol out
of Harris's pocket and began to sling
it around. It was discharged and the
bullet struck llarrall Goodson and
he was killed almost instantly. They
were young men about 20 years of
age and unmarried. Fletcher was
caught about four miles from the
scene of the killing and is now in jail.
The coroner held an inquest, and it
is said a motive for the killing was
brought out.
Woman Drinks l'oison.
Swallowing laudanum then carbolic
acid with suicidal intent, Mrs.
Charles M. Tripp of Dublin, Ga., died
late Friday, after suffering six hours.
It was stated domestic troubles
raused her act. Mrs. Tripp was thtf
niece of her husband's ilrst wife and
was wedded but a few deeks after
the first wife's death. *
Hotly Was Found.
Michael Llllek who Friday night
lied from Brostos, Pa., after shooting
and instantly killing Miss Alice Hy
land, aged 19, because she objected
to his attentions, was found dead on
a mountain side a half mile from the
scene. Rather than submit to capture
ho shot himself. *
Make War on Rata.
Pittsburg, Pa., is overrun with
rats and there is $1,000,000 of Pittsburg
money ready to be handed to
the man who will invent something
which will exterminate rats Quieuy
and effectively. #