The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 04, 1912, Image 3
WHAT SHE SEES
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^ Faaeas Pins Witch Sift Natiais Be
Upheaved Daricg Nrzt Year
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MUCH TROUBLE AHEAD
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ITCUICIS lieioac OI in? nqmuuu?u (
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^ Party in the United States Next ]
Year, that the German Emperor (
Will Loose His Crown, and That j
France Will See Hlood and Fire, j
Mtiio. De Thebes, of Paris, "the i
witch of the Etoile quarte," the 1
world's greatest soaress, has issued
her forecast for lWl2. The famous j
pythoness to whom nearly every (
well-known man in Franco has jour- ,
. ' neyod "to have their fortunes told," ,
predicts havoc all over the world. ,
Noxt year is to bo the "Black }
Year." Nations will be upheaved;
a great European war is to be ,
fought; the high cost of living is to |
go higher; Paris will probably top- j
pie into ruins; babies won't have j
^ enough milk; Kaiser Wilhelm of ,
Germany will lose his crown, etc. j
You, perhaps, laugh at "fortune (
tellers," Mile. Lantelme, the beautiful
French actress, felt that way j
jr about it, and when Mine De Thebes j
told her "to beware of the water," (
she only smiled. Mile. Daiitelnio was j
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CirOWIlQU Oil UOJ" HUUtlUUUUl OU Llics (
Rhino last summer.
Anyway, Mme. Do Thebes' "propheciso"
are strangely interesting ]
Even if she bo not inspired, tho fact
remains that wherever sho gets her
in formation, however, it is that she
tears aside tho (furtains for sho peek
into tho future, sho often lilts the
bull's eye. If sho isn't a real proph- (
otess sho's a good guosser, 1SI10
says, in part:
"Last year I called 'tho twilight (
year;' next year?as night succoeds
the twilight?will be tho 'black year.'
But there will bo streak if light. (
Not a single star will rise over Paris.
All will bo dark, save now and then
{ vivid streak if' lightning will cut
? tho shadows preceding the resoundv
ing booms of thunder.
"Mercury and Mars will dominate
the hoavens.* * * Men of affairs,
diplomats, will try their ordinary
affairs, but they will havo to
leavo tho last word to tho military
, forco; force and cannon will speak
when tho business men and diplo- j
mats got muddled.
\ "For France everything points to
war, but I believo this will come
not before the latter part of the
year?unless, that is, things are not (
compromised beforehand. Failing of '
war in 1912, 1913 will be tho last 1
year of grace; then it will bo inevi- 1
table. Between now and then the
chancos of peace and war aro about *
n<itnnlvum fni'naotn la sn <
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* groat, so widespsad, that it is dan- 1
goroua even to speak of it lest it be
precipitated. Not only will it turn
Europe upside down, but ot.hor con- I
tinents as well, notably Asia. We <
will be forewarned by a trembling <
of the earth and wo shall know that ?
the end of our trouble is in sight '
when most of the necessities of life '
Jfc are wanting; especially will milk be <
scarce. <
"A hard winter is ahoad, a sullen <
springtime, heavy summer and bit- I
ter fall." 1
Blood and fire will surround France
throughout the year, accord- 1
* ' ing to the future-reader. Brest, Touing
aftd Paris will bo especially curs- :
ed.?, f|f0k)ri^vwill have epidemics, floods, I
attorney,against the lives of well- i
knowijipjtepple, and, "if those men, I
wli osoJftpfjpntions are good enough, i
cannot get together Paris will bo in i
ruins." \
This is taken to mean that since 5
the government has done little toward
deepening the bed of the Seino 1
the floods, Mme. Do Thebes foretells,
will leave Paris in a sad plight. |
T There is to be an uprising of some
nature or other in Paris, the particular
quarter not being indicated by
Mme. Do Thebes. "There will bo,"
she says, "numerous deaths, as if a ?
j voleane suddenly opened. But in the I
1 ~ t> 4-l.tn tnnninr.t Duria will tinf I
IllIllMt iJl Liua luiiuviib x ui to ? in wi.
interrupt tho trend of her daily life, i
It will continue to have its full share i
of crimes of passion, its society dra- i
mas and singular adventures. * I <
see a famous stage beauty, at a boul- t
evard theatre, who will kill herself 1
after she has killed someone. J
Spain will have lively doings; i
here will bo plots, but Alphonso will I
save his crown. Emperor William of ]
Germany will not be so lucky, it i
would seem. s
"There will be across tho Rhine no *
dominating Hohe'nzollern nor any s
other Prussian; that is what Berlin I
will get for her violent and political i
barbarisms. I have said, and I re- i
V peat, that tile days of the emperor i
are numbered and after him all will i
4 change in Germany. I speak of his
reign, not his life. M i
England has a bad destiny in store j
for her; there are to be deaths, fires, i
etc. But it is the same everywhere '
it will be the "Black Year."
The United States is no exception i
of the rule. The present government,
It seems, will be knocked down and
rolled in the dust of defeat. A new
set will take up the reins. iMme.
De Thebes did not say so, but wiseacres
here simply substitute for "a
FORTY-ONE INJURED
SEABOARD FLYBK DITCHED AT
GLOSTRU, GEORGIA.
Wreck Was Caused by a Broken Rail.
?Several From Thip State Are
Among the Hurt.
Forty-one persons were injured
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saiuruay mguc m iuu wruuu. ui nam
Mo. 38 of the Seabord Air line, near
jloster, Ga. The wires to the scene
were torn down and it was not until
Sunday morning that details of the
lerailment became known. None of
Llie injured will die, according to
"ailroad ollicials. Glostor is 25 miles
northeast of Atlanta.
The train left Atlanta at 8:35
i'clock for Washington. It was going
40 miles an hour when near the
Jloster station it struck a broken
rail. The engine and several cars
went over safely but a Pullman and
3iio first-class passenger car left the
roadbed and wont into a ditch.
The injured were in those two
2ars. Their hurts consist of cuts and
bruises. If there had been more serous
consequences the railroad would
tiave had difficulty in caring for the
victims, as the surrounding country
s sparsely settled and few if any
Joctors were at hand.
A train with physicians and wrecltng
apparatus was dispatched from
Howell's station. The tracks were
cleared by daylight. Most of the
injured live in Georgia and tho CarDlinas.
They include:
P. M. Cain, Washington, D. C.
G. W. Brewer and Miss Brewer,
Elberton, Ga.
C. M. Parish, Raleigh, N. C.
C. F. Leffler, Rutherfordton, N. C.
Mrs. Ella Moon, Coiner, Ga.
Miss Bert Watson, Comer, Ga.
F. F. McNaughton, wife and five
children, Burgaw, N. C.
Mrs. Floy Tally, Sanl'ord, is*, u.
Mra. J. F. Thornton, Abbeville, S.
J. W. Bolt, Laurens, S. C.
Arch McCormick, Wilmington, N.
G. P. Waddell, Wilmington, N. C.
J. B. Allman, Mullins, S. C.
C. A. Halgler, Abbeville, S. C.
W. Bright, Mullins, S. C.
W. P. Childress, Laurens, S. C.
A. A. Champ, Winder, Ga.
J. W. Steel, Waxhaw, N. C.
C. P. Holmes, , N. C.
HE TOOK THEM ALL IX.
Pretended Deaf and Dumb Man Imposed
on Good People.
"Some roast duck, please; some
jold sliced turkey, .brown potatoes,
iorno coffee, and, oh, just bring me
j. good meal. You know 1 am hungry
ind tired."
The State says this order was
Irolled out to a waiter on n, dining
:ar entering Columbia Tuesday night
from Charleston by a young man.
The waiter complied with the order.
Some passengers strolled in from
:ho day coaches to get something to
sat, and they found this young man
saitng and chatting and they were
istounded, for they had Jtist contributed
to what they thought to be a
worthy cause. The young man in
luestion had just made a round of
Lhe train, pretending to be deaf and
lumb. Ho had collected over $7 from
:he unsuspecting ones. The passengers
were indignant and protested.
<Vn oilicer was called when Columbia
was reached.
Being questioned by the officer the
poung man said that his name was
Henry Hymens, and that he called
Memphis his home. He declared that
le had jsoarded the train at Wests,
near Charleston, where the race track
s being constructed, and that he was
x follower of the races. Ho was not
irrestod.
EtOBBEllY BY CHINESE BIUGANDS
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Highwaymen and Murderers Terrorize
Inhabitants.
A Warbin, Manchuria, message
jays a band of Chinese brigands aton
limuirinl pmnvw whl'Ml was
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3ii tho way to Kirin with a largo
imount of bullion. The robbers carried
off a sum of $S50,000. Tho
lumber of brigands in the province
3f Kirin has increased rapidly since
ho beginning of tho political disturbances
throughout the the kingdom.
Vtany soldiers liavo deserted from tho
lrmy and have joined tho ranks of
:he brigands and now live openly by
blunder. (Murders occur frequently
among tho highroads and the brigxnds
even attack settlements of considerable
size, in which they loot the
3tores and do not hesitate to murder
[he inhabitants if they offer any resistance.
new set" another word?"progressives"
or "insurgents."
"Can I bo mistaken?" the soothsayer
of the Etoilo asked musingly,
gazing at a peculiarly chiseled stone,
elephant standing in the middlo of a
table encumbered with books, retorts
and papers. "No, I am not wrong,"
she said. And the device, in small
letters in the base of the elephant
rad:
"Je ne trompe pas; J'avertis!" (I
do not deceive (trumpet) ; I warn!"
The word "trompe" has a double
meaning. Forewarned la forearmed.
ANTICS OF THE HOLY ROLLERS.
Woman Thought Sho Could Walk on 1
Water and Was Drowned.
There la a contraversy on between
the officials of the First Presbyterian .
church at Macon. Ga., and the local <
sect of "Holy Rollers." or, as they t
prefer to be known "Children of ;
God." For two Sundays the "Holy 1
Rollers," led by two prominent young 1
Macon women and Prof. J. R. Mose- i
ley, who recently left Christian i
Science for this new faith, have wor- <
shipped at the First Presbyterian
church, and this congregation, de- i
clares It has been annoyed and of- 1
fended by the "Holy Roller" peculiar 1
utterances, frantic and violent gestlc- ]
ulatlons and excitable demonstra,- <
tlons. <
Another unusual featuro occurred 1
Sunday morning when the "Holy 1
Rollers sought to restore life to a
woman "Holy Roller who drowned <
herself In the river Saturday In the 1
belief that she could walk on the i
water. The services lasted four
hours, and at the end of the time i
the woman was still dead. Some .
prominent men and women of Macon '
are identified with the "Holy Rollers" '
sect there.
MANY DEAD FORM POISON.
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Putrid Fish Probably Cause.?Homeless
Berlin Men Victims.
At Berlin thirty-six homeless men,
who sought with decayed smoked herring
to add to the frugal meal of
bread and soup served to them at the
municipal lodging house Wednesday
night, are dead. More than forty
others are sick, several of whom are
believed to bo dying. J
The cause of death has not yet
been announced, but the authorities 1
are confident that the putrid fish is ;
responsible. The partially completed
autopsies appear to substantiate
this view. All those known to have '
partaken of the fish are dead, or in such
condition as to bo unable to 1
throw light on the subject. '
It Is believed, however, that one
of the victims found the fish in the 1
garbage pile of a nearby market and 1
divided them among his comrades.
The men beGame sick, early Thursday
morning, deaths following rapidly.
BODY GROUND TO PIECES.
Railroad Carpenter Killed in A. C.
Iu Yards at Florence. ' !
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Norphie Pleasants, a white carpenter,
who was employed in the car
repairing department of the Atlantitc
Coast Line shops at Florence, was
run over by a Coast Lino work train
in the freight yards at Florence Sat- ,
urday night and instantly killed. His ,
body was literally ground to pieces
by the wheels of the train, which
was backing through the yards. '
Coroner Cooper held an inquest and
the verdict was that Pleasants came
to his death by being struck by a
Coast Line train through his own
carelessness. The body was shipped
to his old homo at Aberdeen, North
Carolina, Sunday morning.
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THINKS TEDDY WILE KEEP IT.
Roosevelt Prcsideht for Life, if ElectI
ed fiftvs Watterson.
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"If Roosevelt is put in the White ,
House in 1912, we will never get liim
out again except feet first." This was
the statement at Atlanta Monday of
Col. Henry Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, in commenting
on the Republican situation ,
throughout the country. Mr. Watterson
expressed the belief that the long
looke.d for change of parties was at
hand but ho has not declared' his
choice for the Democratic nomination.
Col. Watterson declared that,
in his opinion, the Republicans could
not. elect either Roosevelt or Taft and
said the election of the former President,
abrogating the third term tra- <
dition, would bo a step toward ab- <
solutism.
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THE GIRL MAY ALSO 1)1E. ,
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Two Dead From Drinking Deer That
Was Sent the Family. ,
At Henderson, Ky., a third mem- '
ber of the household may die as the
result of the poisoning Friday night
of tho family of Thomas Roystor. 1
Three members of the family and two
negro servants became suddenly ill
after drinking beer said to have been
furnished by Philip Burrlss, an ad- 1
miror or mancne uoyster, wno was
the only member of the family not 1
poisoned. Sunday night the physi- 1
clans In attendance upon Lorine, the
thirteen-year-old daughter, said her 1
condition was such as to make her recovery
doubtful. The funerals of
Henry Royster, an eighteen-year-old
son, and Ret Davis, who died a few
hours after being poisoned, were held
Sunday afternoon.
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The Unwritten Law.
At Rome, Ga., Douglas H. Harris,
aged 25, was shot and instantly killed
Wednesday night by Uriah L.
Starnes, a travelling salesman,
Starnes immediately surrendered to
the police. He mndo a tsatement
charging that Harris had wrecked
his home and declaring that he was
happy In getting his revenge.
SLAYS FAMILY, HANGS SELF. 1
Arkansas Farmer Murder Seven Be- "
fore Committing Suicide.
Despondent, according to a, hot? C
found Thursday, James Grant, prosperous
farmer and merchant, clubbed
his wife, five children and stepson
to death, at his home near Denton,
\rk., Wednesday night, and then |
tianged himself. Giant's body was I
Pound suspended to a rafter in a barn
And those of the woman and children
about the farm dwelling their skulls j
31'ushed.
Hugh Grant, a sixteen-year-old son,
mado the gruesome discovery when
ho returned from a holiday celebration
011 a neighboring farm. The
note explains that, "owing to deep
despair and that I see nothing for me
ar my children, who I believe would
VwWlrvr. nff In Tfunvnn I rnmnht
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tlfh act." Instructions wero given
where money might be found to cover
burial expenses and a request that
Grant's parents not be notified until
after the bodies had been burled.
Tho body of tho woman was found
In a sitting posture, partly disrobod.
Apparently she was preparing to retiro
when she was killed. Those of
the children, ranging in age from
5 to 13 years, were found in their
beds. A heavy oak club, covered
with blood, was found near the bodies
of tho children.
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ASSAULT ON BAMBERG OFFICER.
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Negro Wlio Attempted it is Shot
Twice by Policeman.
At Bamberg on Saturday night a
negro rr.an named William Zeigler
was arrested for being disorderly and
taken to tho guard house. As the
door was opened he made a dash for
liberty and succeeded in making his
escape. About one o'clock Sunday
morning he reappeared 011 the streets
loaded up with boozo and attempted
to take vengeance on Policeman Sandy
Nevils, and in defence of himself
Mr. Nevils had to shoot the negro.
Due ball passed through his arm and
entered his side . It is not thought
he is dangerously wounded, but the
extent of tho wound in his side cannot
yet be definitely determined, and
it may prove serious.
TRAIN CRASHES INTO BOULDER.
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Engineer Fireman and Brakeinan
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Killed.?Another Injured.
Three men were instantly killed
and a fourth probably fatally injured
Sunday when a double-header freight
train on the Virginia and Southwestern
Railway ran into a houlder,
which had fallen on the track in the
natural tunnel, forty miles west of
Bristol, Tenn. The men killed were
Engineer W. S. Adams, Fireman Bee
Glober and Birakeman Clinton
Sprottes, and the injured man is
Brakeman S. S. Carriger. The tunnel
is being cleared of wreckage as
rapidly as possible.
DIDN'T GET THE MONEY.
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Bold Attempt at Highway Robbery.
Detective Wounded.
At Patterson two men armed with
automatic revolvers, held up Frederick
Wilde, a manufacturer, and a city
detective, who were guarding a sat- ;
chel containing $2,000, in the street
Saturday The detective, John H.
Tracey, was shot in the leg in the
struggle, but the money, which had
just been drawn from a bank for the
Christmas pay roll of a shirt factory, (
was saved. The highwaymen escaped, (
and up to a late hour Saturday night c
no trace had been found oi them. (
Tracey's injury may cripple him for
life. (
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DIED WITHOUT GIVING CLUE. t
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Killing and Kooning or Tampa
Watchman Raffles Police.
At Tampa, Florida with both of his '
eyes battered out and his skull broken
by thugs who assaulted and
robbed him, L. P. Cutting, a night
watchman at the Tampa Steam Ways t
died in the Gordon Keller Memorial (
Hospital Sunday, following a trephl- .
nal operation, lie never regained
consciousness to tell who bis assail- {
:ints were and the polico have no t
clue. A niece of the deceased, on
her way from Lexington, N. C., did
not. arrive in time to llnd her relative ^
alive.
Rlown to Atoms by Dynamite. j.
Edward Van Rfever, of Little Clear j
Creek, Ky., was blown to atoms on f
Christmas night whilo discharging (
dynamite. Van Ilever, with a party \
of friends were celebrating Christ- <;
mas. Thinking that the fuse at- ],
tached to the stick of dynamite had c
been extinguished he walked up to f
the deadly explosive to relight it. \
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Made Two and a Half Rales. j
In a cotton contest at Newman, Ga. i
liol/l lout urnfllf YTioa Pl'irn ITavnln wnn r
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tlio first prize of twenty-five dollars, t
Malachi Towns won tho second prize
of twelve and a half. Miss Haynie
inado two and a half bales per aero,
and Mr. Town two bales. Miss Hay~ t
nle was also winner of tho corn prize. ]
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Tho Only Way. (
Hewitt- "1 want him to stand b&c, t
of what he says." Jewett?"Then you' h
better get him to say it by telephone, j
MANY SET FREE
Itferair Blease Tarai Thirty Caaricts
Latse aa Christian E?e
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iLEVEN LIFE TERMERS
Jiggest Batck of Convicts liberated
in South Carolina in Years.?Some
From Penitential jr, Others From
County Works.?Offences From
Non-Support of Family to Murder.
Thirty persona held In tho South
Carolina penitentiary and in the
:ounty jail received their liberty Satlrday
at the hands of the governor
>f South Carolina when a record for
mrdons and paroles was made, says
he State.
Briefly stated, there were 11 life,im?
prisoners freod. Nine of theso
jrisonors were convicted on a chargo
>f murder. One was convicted on tho
diarge of burglary and larceny, and
lie other on a charge of arson. Sovm
wore convicted on a charge of
manslaughter, the sentences ranging
rom five to 2 5 years. Several had
)ceu convicted on minor charges, and
ine was pardoned to restqred citi;ensliip.
Viewing the act of tho governor
'rom an economic standpoint, and
jonsidering tho pardon record for a
lay mado possible by the constitution
>f the State, it means that this State
vas deprived of the service of collects
aggregating 23'J years. This is
or unexpired term3. The estimato
s mado upon an average of 2 0 years
or a lifetime prisouor. The average
ength of service is probably longer.
V liberal estimate of tho value resolved
by the State for the sorvice of
i convict ror one year is $iuo, wnicn
vould make a total of $23,900 lost
n labor.
There was clemency granted In 3 0
jases. Legal statisticians have estinated
that It costs about $500 to conrict
a prisoner in this State. This
vould mean an additional $15,000
:ourt exponses incurred. Taking the
mm total of the expenses and value
,o State, the governor expended $38,100.
Of the 11 lifetime prisoners to receive
clemency at the hands of the
governor, Samuel Ilee, the Chester
jounty wifo slayer, is probably tho
nost known than many others. lie
,vas convicted in November, 1899, for
villing his wifo while she slept in his
lome. The case at the time ataacted
a great deal of attention, and
mblic sentiment was against tho
nan. Ho has served 12 years of a
ife term. Tho parole was granted
luring good behavior.
Tho papers granting tho clemency
:o tho prisoners were made up in the
governor's office Saturday morning
md sent to the secrotary of state's ofIce,
whero it required rnoro than one
lour to affix tho groat seal of the
State. Tho papers wore then sent to
;he penitentiary and there was a gon3ral
exodus of prisoners.
The governor of South Carolina asiumed
office on January 17, and since
:hat time he has graatod celmency in
} 17 cases, which are as follows:
Pardons ,.13 7
Paroles. . .180
Total 317
Taking the estimate of statisticians
if $500 for a conviction, this means
;hat this feature of the clemency rec>rd
lias cost South Carolina $158,)00.
Tlio governor, soon after entering
ifTico, dispensed with tlio Stato board
if pardons, and announced that in
;he future ho would decide all cases
iresented for celemency.
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KIIdJNG AT SUMMEllYIIJiE.
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fwo OlTlcors Tried to Arrest llini
and Ho Shot at Them.
Monday afternoon at Sumniorville
Special Officer J. Stevens, assisted by
Nonstable Sam Miller, while attemptng
to arrest one Arthur McCants
vere forced to shoot him as ho fired
lpon them at close range. McCants
lied instantly.
McCants had been terrorizing the
\eigliborli#od around Taylor's brick
ard, in the eastern part of town, all
lay, with threats and firing off a
hotgun. Officer Stevens was sent
or and taking Constable Miller with
lim to assist in tjiio arrest, they
ound McCants n ar tlio corner of
iurn and Third South streets, ilourshing
a shotgun in a drunken and
lisorderly manner, threatening to
till any one who interfered. The
onstables were approaching him
rom the rear, when his wife warned
lira from a distance. He turned sudlenly
and fired, both sfilcers returnng
tho fire. McCants being killed
nstantly by a bullet entering the
ight side of his faco and penetrating
ho brain.
Probably Fatally Burned.
Playing Santa Claus in flannel afire
and towsled hempen hair, Geo.
i-I. Sawyer, aged 14 years, went too
dose to the lighted candles on the
Christmas tree in his home in Clifondale,
Mass.. Christmas day and
raftered burns which are expected to
>rove fatal.
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CHINESE TROUBLES
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MANY FLEE FROM THE RURAL
DISTRICTS TO CITIES.
English Missionary and Wife As*
saultcd by Brigands and Left for
Dead, but Escaped.
Eighty missionaries, a majority of
whom are Scandanavlans and Americans,
have arrived at Kankow from
tho Lachow and Fan Chepg districts
in tho province of Hu Peh. The missionaries
were escorted from their
stations by revolutionary troops and
afterward by Imperial soldiers. They
report that the cities in the province
are peaceful but the country is infested
with robbers.
The Rev. C. W. Landalit, a missionary
of the Hague's Synod mission
in Tai Ping Tien, at the request
of villagers, took command of an improvised
militia for protection
against robbers and with tho assistance
of tho people captured a robber
spy. Tho people in spite of Mr.
Landaht's efforts killed tho spy, after
which men, women and children dipped
their bread in his blood with tho
idea that by doing so they would become
brave. The revolutionists sent
out a small cavalry force and killed
many of the robbers. The remainder
of the band then submitted aud
Mr. Landalit departed for Ilankow.
Consular reports from Cheng Tu,
Capital of the province of C/.e Chuen,
dated December 5, say complete anarchy
prevails in the surrounding
country. There has been much robbery
and the people have buried their
money.
The British consul at Ichang, province
of Hu Peh, writing on December
21, says that there is serious danger
oi an anti-foreign outbreak there.
A letter from Sain Fu says that
tho Rev. Donald Smith, a missionary
of tho English Baptist mission, and
his wife attempted to take the Chinese
schoolgirls to their homes in tho
north of Shian Fu. A band of robbers
attacked them, seized Mr. Smith,
broke both his arms and stunned him.
They then gashed his wife on the
leg and left them both for dead, but
they revived and were conveyed back
to Shian Fu.
Wang Tien Chung, a notorious briganU,
who has committed many robberies
in the western districts of the
province of Hunan, is reported to
have collected a baud of 2,000 or 3,000
followers.
MANY CHIMES MAR HOLIDAY.
Worst Christmas in Fourteen Years,
Says Police Chief.
"The worst Christmas in my fourteen
years of experience," was Chief
Boyle's summing up of Monday in
Charleston. All tho ofllcers, says
The News and Courier, commented
cn tho long list of arrests and all
woro of tho opinion that they had
never seen a Christmas to equal that
of 1911. Sovcnty-flvo arrests were
made up to 11 P. l\f. This is probably
a record for the department for
one day's work.
Almost every crime that one calls
to mind is on tho police docket.
Beginning with men who merely detained
for safe keeping, the catalogue
of wrongdoing runs all the
way to murder. Shooting scrapes
galore woro pulled off in tine style.
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few, however, were injured by fireworks
during the day, none seriously.
Lawlessness seemed to reign on
the streets and the doublo details of
policemen had everything they could
do to stop lights as soon as they
started.
In utter disregard of the safety
of peoplo walking on the streets, pistols
were fired at random and fireworks
set off on the principal thoroughfares.
Thirteen arrests were
made 011 this charge alono.
It is reported that several "blind
tigers" were compelled to closo their
places early yesterday afternoon because
of the three days of Christmas
celebration had cleaned out their
stock and it was impossible to secure
more.
Many people said that they had
never seen so much drunkenness 011
the streets of Charleston at any time
before. Ordinary cases of drunkenness
were not interfered with, no
one being arrested who was able to
take care of himself and was not
making trouble for anybody else.
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QUITE A HEAVY COUPLE.
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A Man aiul Wife Weighs Over Seven
Hundred Pounds.
It is not truo that nobody loves
a fat man as is shown by the marriage
of Samuel C. Drew and Miss
Hose Lavlgu? in Dover, N. H.\ His
157 pounds demanded a seat all to
himself on a train during their honeymoon,
and his wife, who was Miss
Hose Laviguo, had to havo another
to accomodate her 278 pounds. This
precluded all idea of the whispered
exchange of remarks suitable for a
honeymoon trip. Then again when
they left the train each had to have
a taxicab apiece. Even when they
got home, where their coming was
expected, the town eould not furnish
another rig but a hayrack In which ^
they could ride. UIJ^