The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 21, 1912, Image 5
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THE FELDERLETTERS
GOVERNOR BLEASE REFUSES TO
LET THEM BE SEEN.
A. . .
HUB EAVANS TESTIFIES
The Legislative Committee Again at
W ork Investigating Charges Made
^ by Governor Against Winding Up
Commission, None of Which Have
Jieen Sustained by Witnesses.
"The governor said that he would
not turn over the letters to the committee
except on the order of a circuit
judge."
^ Tlis statement was made before
the legislative dispensary investigating
committee Friday .by Senator
(Jlil ton, a memuer ol mo com annuo
who called on tho chief executive
with Representative J. J. Evans, to
I make request for the inspection of
certain letters alleged to havo been
written to II. II. Evans by T. J.J. Felj
dor, the Atlanta attorney.
I "I think that we can get that order
from the circuit judge," said a
' l member of the committee. It is expected
that the matter will be carried
into the courts. II. II. Evans of
\j Newberry, appearing before tho committee
Thursday and Friday, told of
receiving certain letters from T. 13.
I Folder, the Atlanta attorney, offering
to for a "whiskey corporation" to
secure the business of tho old State
dispensary in South Carolina. These
letters, he said, were in tho hands
of the governor.
II. 11. Evans said that ho would
try to secure the letters. Ho failed
.and the committee Friday appointed
na'or Clifton and Representative
I'.a ns to call on the chief executive
and ask for the letters. Tho committee
met with a refusal. II. 11.
i vans, in his testimony, charged
v ong intentions on the part of FelB
v , and said that the letters would
t ..bstantiate his statements. JIe said
i iat he was anxious for the letters
*1o be presented in evidence. '1 he
a <ounnitteo desired the letters for inj
tpeetion.
The first witness called at the sesl
f ions Friday morning was L. W. Idoykin,
former member of the dispensary
board of control. IIo was questioned
by the committee as to the
[ purchase of whiskey by the .board.
lie was asked by tho committee con<
rning the statement of Towill that
jsmall orders were made at the regu^
l.ir meetings and that largo quanti
ties came in between the regular
quarterly meetings. He said that he
complained to W. O. Tatum concern}
g the large shipments of whiskey
!iich were made without order from
the board.
He said that the orders were places
1 by (J. II. Charles, the clerk, Mr.
? ( Varies is dead. W. O. Tatum, mon1
ned by the witness, was the coni*i
issloner of the dispensary. Mr. 15oyh
.i declared that Mr. Tatum was
v< ry much worried over the action
< f Charles in ordering the large
amounts of whiskey. The entire
hi line for the large orders were
j.Viced on Mr. Charles.
The witness said that he had met
A M lh Folder on one occasion while
Pj> Columbia and that he had reeeiv.
anvnral lot tors and teleerrams
If.'oni Felder. 11 o said that Felder
v is "always worrying him" for or<1<
"s. Ho did not know tho business
of Felder.
The witness told of a conference
in 1905 at tlio Jerome Hotel in Columbia
between Felder, Towill, Evans,
and himself. He thought that
Evans had introduced him to Felder.
lie said that Folder questioned him
as to who was going to run for tho
positions on tho dispensary board.
"Folder outlined a plan, stating
(1hat he controlled several of tho
largest whiskey distilleries In Ameri(
a and ho wanted to get some busi^
n ss in South Carolina," said HoyMr.
Boykin said that ho left the
room, refusing to discuss the plan
offered by Felder. "I afterwards
| a fold Towill that Feldor had a lot of
^ p. II to conio hero and make a propoI
si ion like that," said tho witness.
The witness denied that ho knew
of any State otlicial receiving graft
Hi connection with the dispensary.
1 > had heard of some gifts by tho
v 1 iskoy companies.
I Hoy kin said that ho had been call|
< ! before the Bleaso commission, llo
<11 1 not give testimony, but made an
I ahidavit, which was furnished to the
le: islativo committee. On question
In the committee he gave a list, so
< .?. nq remembered, of tho "rep
Iiitable liquor houses." Reverting to
the Folder letters and telegrams he
said that they merely asked for a
conference. lTe said that ho had
never heard of a row between Folder
and II. II. Evans.
^ The witness did not remember how
"Hub" Evans received the alleged
proposition by Folder to get buisiness
in South Carolina.
"Does it come within your knowledge
that money was ever paid tc
Attorney Cleneral Lyon or any othei
State official?"
"No, sir."
The witness denied that he had
A
! over received any money outside of
his salary.
"I would not doubt but that they
are tho men of highest honor. They
are upright." This statement was
made by Mr. Boykln when asked as
to his opinion of the members of
the Ansel commission. He thought
them to be competent men and well
able to wind up the affairs of the
dispensary.
Evans Recalled.
H. H. Evans was called by the
committee. He continued his story
of the relation of T. B. Felder to the
State dispensary. lie said that Felder
was alleged to havo become the
owner of the Sidney Lucas Whiskey
company of Nashville. He said that
during one conversation Felder had
told him that ho had his (Evans')
stock in the Sidney Lucas company
already paid for.
Evans said that ho told Felder
that the plan to form a whiskey corporation
was impossible, "because it
would have been impossible to place
the goods." Ho said that the conversation
was after tho conference in
Columbia between Felder, Towill,
Boykin, and himself. He said that
they all left tho room together after
Felder had outlined his scheme.
Evans said that he know of no officer
in the State of South Carolina
that received any money in connection
wtt.ii the Sfnfe dlsnensarv other
than the compensation allowed by
law. lie said that he heard of some
rumors that gifts had been given.
110 said that the whiskey drummers
had "tried all kinds of parliamentary
ethics on me." lie said that M. A.
Goodman had offered him "the cold
hard cash" to get business for a new
com pany.
"There is John Black. lie has
been pardoned, he is free to come up
hero and testify. Ask him about
tbose matters." Evans said lie
kicked '.VI. A. Goodman down some
steps for offerig a bribe. lie said
(hat Goodman afterward received
some business. All whiskey, lie said,
was bought 011 requisition of the
commissioner of the dispensary.
Evans was questioned by the committee
as to houses represented by
Good man.
"Did you give the governor any
information set out in message No.
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"I did not."
"Did you tell the governor that
(lie statement that you held a conference
with Attorney General Lyon,
John Gary Evans and T. B. Folder
was a mistake?"
"I did," replied Evans.
"I think that I did discuss the
alcohol with him," said Mr. Evans,
"f did not know anything about the
price of tlie alcohol," he continued.
"Do you know anything either by
flic record or otherwise of any of the
charges made by the governor in
message No. 4?"
"I do not," replied Evans.
CUTS A COOI> SLICE.
Creighton Paid Nino Hundred Dollars
by (Governor Please.
In the report of Ihe Comptroller
General, page No. 55, part two, under
the head of, "Governor's Fund
for the Enforcement of Law," the
following items of expenditure,
which will be of interest appear:
May, C. W. Creighton. . .$200.00
July, C. W. Creighton. . . 100.00
August, C. W. Cerighton. . 200.00
November, C. \V. Creighton . 200.00
December, C. W. Creighton . 200.00
It is not stated for what special
purpose this total of $000"was spent,
but it is interesting to note that all
of these items are under the same
head as the several amounts paid by
the Governor to Loon M. Green. A
sensation was sprung in the Legislature
when it was said that Green's
report was based almost entirely on
the data secured from the oflico of
Commissioner Watson. Green was
factory inspector appointed by Governor
Please after ho vetoed the salary
for the regular cotton mill inspectors.
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Lumber Mill Wiped Out and Other
Buildings Hurt.
A cyelono which passed through
tho south edge of Cheraw Friday afternoon
totally destroyed tho plant
of tho Boykin Lumber Company, unroofed
tho main building of the Cheraw
Door, Sash and Lumber Company,
and blew down the dy kilns;
unroofed the Seaboard Air Lino depot,
destroyed the negro Baptist
church and the baseball grandstand,
blew down every smokestack in the
town and levelled many chimneys
and small buildings. Nobody was
hurt. St. Davis church, one of the
oldest in tho State, was not damaged,
but many tombstones* in the
l church yard were broken by tho
, snapping off or uprooting of large
oak trees.
Snow Slide is Fatal,
At Tellurillo, Colorado, four men
- are dead and several missing as the
[ result of a snow slide that swept
i down off Black Bear mine. The slide
carried away mine buildings.
) Bryan Harmon's Guest.
William J. Bryan, who arrived at
Cincinnati Friday to speak at "The
World in Cincinnati" exposition, wa?
lithe guest of Gov. Judson Harmon at
OUTLAW IS CAUGHT
SIDNA ALLEN, MEMBER OF VIRGINIA
GANG,CAPTURED
WIFE KiLLED IN BATTLE
Two of the Leaders of the hand of
Outlaws Wlio Murdered the Judge,
the Solicitor and Sheriff While
Molding Court at llillvillc, Va.,
Have lieen Captured.
The end of the day's chase Friday
of the outlaws who shot tho Judge
and other court ollicials at llillsville,
Va., to death while holding court,
brought the death list of tho court
house tragedy and its sequel up to
live. The iifth death was that of
Nancy Ayres, a 19-year-old girl, accidentally
shot during the fusilade
in the court house.
Sidna and Floyd Allen, two of the
chiefs of the bund which rode down
on the Carroll county court house
Thursday and assassinated the
judge, the prosecutor and the sheriff,
are in captivity, both wounded
severely. Sidna Allen's wife is dead,
shot in a pitched battle with a posse
in the mountains while helping de- |
fend her outlaw husband.
The storming of Sidna Allen's
house late Friday was like a bombardmeht.
The posse trailed through
the bush four miles up the ridge and
surrounded his cabin in a grove. Allen,
expecting their coming, was barricaded,
well supplied with rifles and
ammunition which he had brought
from a store in which he was a partner.
From behind stumps, rocks,
trees and other natural fortresses of
[lie mountain side, the posse blazed
at the house and Allen blazed at the
posse as fast -as the women of his
family could reload his rifles.
in a lull the posse rushed the
house, broke down the doors and
found Allen's wife shot dead and
Allen himself, groaning in a heap,
bleeding profusely. "You got me,"
because I couldn't fight no longer!"
lie is reported to have said to the
men who brought him back to 1 fillsville
more dead than alive. Mr. Williams,
attorney general of the State,
declared Sidna Allen's bullets killed
Judge Massie on the bench.
r loyci Alien, ine cause ot me Tragedy,
was taken to the lock-up this
morning under a heavy guard and immediately
whipped out a pocket knife
and slashed his throat. His wounds,
however, are not serious. Allen's
son, Victor, Cahbell Strickland and
I3yrd Marion were also locked up as
witnesses. All the other members
of the gan probably eight, are up
in the mountains off toward North
Carolina, well armed, well supplied
and determined not to be taken alive.
At daybreak one set of detectives,
which had reported at Hillsville,
joined a party of deputy sheriffs
from the neighborhood and set off up
the mountainside. The traveling was
slow and tedious. The other party,
which went up the north side of the
ridge, stormed the Allen house. Upon
tho arrival of help, confidence began
to take the place of the terror, which
prevailed unrestrained for 24 hours.
Judge Staples, designated by Gov.
iMann to go to Hillsville and hold
court, took the bench and summoned
a special grand jury to indict the
murderers. This one act had more
to do with tho restoration of quiet
than anything. The reognanization
of tho court, which was all but wiped
out Wednesday by the work of assassins,
had a great influence.
Early in the day report came from
Mount Airy that the Allen gang had
raided a hardware store there and
stocked up with guns and bullets.
Sidna Allen was partner of the store,
and the gang probably found sup..II
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|JI1U9 its tiu jr. x' i niiiy t! i ;' 11 i liic; iiiau
hunt is in abeyance waiting for daylight.
Not a stranger will travel
these mountain roads at dark with
tlio Allen gang looso.
Reports have been coming down
tho mountain all day that the outlaws
have recruited a big band to
their defense. Officers think this no't
unlikely. A lawless element has
ruled tho mountain fastness for
years. There is a saying among revenue
officers that every pine tree
shelters a whiskey still. A battle
between law and crime is sure to
draw recruits there. Thursday guard
of mountain sharpshooters surrounded
the jail ready for any attempt to
take off tho two prisoners. The officers
think, however, that with both
Aliens wounded the outlaws may be
less eager for the fight.
With daylight the pursuit will be
renewed with reinforcements that
are still coming from the countryside.
Features of the tragedy have
been so many that all probably never
will be told. One came to light
recently.
Walter Tipton, a lawyer, who was
defending Floyd Allen in court Fri1
day, was a brother-in-law of Commonwealth's
Attorney Foster, who
was killed. Tipton stood beside his
relative when Allen, poking his gun
under Tipton's arm, shot down Foster.
Who killed Sheriff Webb is not
: definitely known.
) Tho outlaws could not havo picked
j a bettor time to make a stand against
: their pursuers. Every mountain
KILLED TWO BANDITS
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EXPRESS MESSENGER. TRANSDA
EE TELLS HOW IIE DID IT.
No Was Not Only Ilnive and Dating
in Dealing With the Robbers, Rut
Had P.'enty of Nervo.
David A. Trandale, tlio young oxpress
messenger, tells liow ho succeeded
in saving the money of the
company and the postofiice by killing
two bandits who held up the train 011
which he was running near Dryden,
Texas, a few days ago. Transdale
was not only brave, but he had plenty
of nerve and kept perfectly cool.
Here is his story of the hold-up and
killing:
"The llrst intimation that I had
something was wrong was when the
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and announced that I was wanted
outside. When I stepped to the door
i was covered with a Winchester.
Reagen, my helper, and Hanks, the
mail clerk, and 1 were forced to
stand by and watch the robber collect
the sealed express packages.
These were taken to tho mail car,
where a bag containing registered
packages was split open and the express
packages placed inside.
"The robber used nie very roughly,
striking me frequently with his Winchester
and poking me about, ordering
me 'to get a move on.' That
stirred my desire for revenge. By
feigning indifference I persuaded the
robber to go back into the express
car, telling him that lie had missed
a valuable package, it was my purpose
to lead him into a trap.
" 'There's the most valuable package
in the car,' I said, indicating a
package with my foot. The robber
bent over to get it and I struck him a
hard blow on the back of the head
with an ice mallet, killing him, 1 believe,
instantly.
"From his body I took two sixshooters.
1 gave one to Banks and
(lie other to lteagen. Wo concealed
in one end of the express ear and
waited. When about one hour, 1 fir
nd t no winciU'Ster, tninicing ny this
stratagy to alarm the other robbers
it' there were any. In a few minutes
a man entered the other end of the
ear, crawling stealthily behind some
trunks. lie thrust his head from
behind a trunk and 1 spotted him.
"Then I waited for some time. All
was still and we dared not move. In
about another hour I gave the signal
to the engineer to back up. That's
the whole story, so far as T know,
except that when we got to Sanderson,
T went .before the grand jury
then in session and told of my experience."
K1L1.K!) VlYK PKODLK.
Headland, Ala., is Destroyed by a
V ierce Tornado.
Five persons are known to have
been killed, a dozen injured, several
of them seriously, and scores of
buildings in both the business and
residence districts of Headland, Ala.,
are total wrecks as the result of a cyclone
which struck the town at .'1:150
o'clock Friday morning, causing panic
and confusion among the 1,200
residents.
J. C. Copelaiul and his wife occupied
a room on the top lloor of their
home. The liouso was upset by the
force of the wind and both husband
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aiKl WHO I I't'L'U i ruin i m* w rr*c
wore found lying several hundred
yards from the site of their home.
In Geneva county, according to
meager advices obtainable, a boy was
killed and three other persons were
injured. At Hartford, 30 miles
away, a son of Willy Adams was
killed outright in the presence of
members of his family and another
boy is said to have been badly hurt.
Fifteen minutes after the cyclone
struck Headland all who had not
been injured assisted in the work
of rescue.
Jumped Overboard Willi Haby.
Leaving their baby alone on the
deck of the transport Warren in
charge of a Japanese nurse one evcnmf,
Maj. Albert E. Truby, and his
wife, both of San Francisco, returned
to the deck to llnd the child missing.
The nurse had committed suicide by
jumping overboard and had carried
the baby with her.
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Old Hog Case Settled.
The locally famous "Ames-Combs
hog case," on which the courts of
Hazard Ky., have wasted time for
many years, is settled. The last action
was concerning the costs. The
court decided that each side should
boar its own. So the court costs,
$.">00, will be further swelled by attorneys'
foes.
brook is a little creek, every creek is
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\ small rivur. i uu uunxy i.mus ui
"lio last few weeks have melted flu
snows, washed out the roads, carrlec1
off the bridges and made mud kne<
leop. The hardiest ponies floundci
up the grades with great effort.
Juror Fowler, who was injurec
during the scene of terror in tin
"ourt room, is in a critical conditioi
and is not expected to survive tin
night. The wounds of Jurors Kan<
and Wordell and Dexter fload, clerl
of court, are not serious.
LAID HER TO REST!
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THE GALLANT MAINE BURRIED IN j
THE GULF OF MEXICO.
TAKES HER LAST SLEEP
Solemn and Impressive Ceremonies
Mark the Towing to Sea and Sinking
of the Hulk of the Battleship
Maine From Harbor of Havana,
Where She Had I>ain for Years.
Under lowering skies and in a j
heavy, tumbling sea, the old battleship
Maine, resurrected after fourteen
years' burial in Havana harbor,
Saturday plunged, with her colors
Hying, to her everlasting rest, six
hundred fathoms deep in the sapphire
waters of the Gulf. The sinking
of the hulk was carried out precisely
as planned, marking the end of
the great work begun more than a
year and a half ago.
After imposing ceremonies in the
morning, which ended with the formal
transfer of the custody of the
bodies of 111o heroic dead sailors, by
the mayor of Havana, Julio 1). Cardenas,
to Brig. Gen. W. II. Bixby,
chief of the engineer corps, U. S. A.,
as the representative of the United
States, the cofllns were taken aboard
the armored cruiser North Carolina,
where they were deposited on the
quarter deck completely covered by a
great mound of floral tributes, under
a guard of honor composed of marines.
'.Minute guns were fired by the
North Carolina and the scout cruiser
Birmingham and the batteries of
Cabanas Fortress until the ships
cleared the harbor.
Soon after o'clock the navy tug
Osceola, aboard which were the
i'nited States minister, Arthur M.
Beauprc, and the staff of the legation,
Big. Gen. Bixby, Col. William
Black, Lieut. Col. Mason Patrick and
Major Harley B. Ferguson, constituting
the Maine commission, passed
lines to the stern end of the wedgeshaped
wreck and started seaward.
Two flanking tugs attached lines to
either end of the bulk-head, which
then became the afterpart of the
hulk, to steady and steer her.
Iler decks covered with llower9
and palms and a great American ensign
floating from the jury mast,
where the mainmast formerly stood,
tho Maine was taken to sea on lier
last voyage. On deck stood Capt.
John O'Hrien, famous as "Dynamite
.Johnny," skipper of tlie filibustering
steamers Dauntless and Three
Friends, acting as the Maine's last
pilot. As tho wreck passed the
American squadron the crews
manned the rails, the marines presented
arms, the scarlet-coated
bandsmen on the quarter deck played
the national anthem, while minute
guns boomed a requiem.
Passing out of tho harbor, salutes
were fired, the flotilla, headed by the
Maine, proceeded in silence with the
(lags at half-mast. At 4:35 o'clock
the three-mile limit was crossed. The
Vmeriean cruisers took up a position
to the west and the accompanying
vessels to the north and south. Meanwhile,
tho wreckng crew wont aboard
tho hulk and made ready to carry
out the arrangements for the sinking.
At 5 o'clock another whistle from
tho North Carolina sounded and another
gun was fired. Tho cruiser instantly
threw open tho vales and
Capt. O'Hrien jumped aboard a tug
alongside, which steamed a little distance
away. Then all eyes in the
great, fleet were fixed on tho wreck;
the crews of the warships were lining
tho rails. All was silence but
for the washing of the heavy seas.
For ten minutes no change was
visible in the trim of the great battered
hulk, which pitched heavily as
the buire rollers struck her. Then
she was seen to bo sinking at the
bulkhead end. Soon the waves began
to wash over her deck. As she
remained pitching and wallowing,
each moment getting deeper and
deeper, the stern was seen to rise.
In a few seconds the hulk was almost
vertical, showing first, the propellers
and then tho full keel. The
next moment there was a flash of
black and white, as the great ensign
flying from the mnst struck the. waves
and disappeared. Simultaneously
tho decks were blown up by tho air
pressure and with incredible velocity
the Maine plunged down, leaving no
trace save flowers tossing on tho surface
of the seas.
Jumped in Front of Train.
At Milledgeville, Oa., hurling himself
in front of a freight train,
Arthur Welscnlmker, aged Til years,
a pellagra patient, was instantly
. killed, the train cutting off his head.
An attendant, in charge of him nt,
tempted to pull him away from the
I track, but Weisenbaker hold on tight*
ly to the rail until be was killed.
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Frozen in Ice ltloclc.
1 At Pittsburg, Pa., the morgue am2
bulanco was temporarily turned into
1 an ice wagon Thursday. Its cargo
? was a huge cake of ice taken from
c> the Ohio river. Frozen in tho. Ice
< was a man's body, which was discovered
by two rivor forrymen.
GREAT LOSS FROM RAINS I
MUCH DAMAGE ItEI'ORTED PROM I
THE SOUTHEAST. I
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South Carolina, North Carolina,
Georgia an<l Alabama Suffered I
More Than Other States. I
The rains of last Thursday night I
and Friday played havoc in the up- I
per part of South Carolina with 1
railroads, cotton mills and other I
property. Jn fact reports of heavy I
property damage throughout tho I
Southeast, as the result of the ter* I
rifle rains of the past two days, con- I
titiue to be received, and earlier esti- I
mates that the losses will reach into I
millions are sustained. I
Rivers and smaller streams are all I
out of banks and railroad traffic is I
generally demoralized. The South- I
ern Railway has been hard hit. The 1
washout of a trestle over the Haw I
River, near Reidsville, X. C., stop- I
ping through trafllc on the main line, I
while schedules on branch linos in I
the Carolines have been annulled be- I
cause of washouts and damages tres- |
ties. Through trains are being detoured
to the south by way of Knoxville
and Chattanooga.
Cotton mills and other industries
along the smaller rivers have been
compelled to shut down by high
water, and in North Carolina alone
the losses are estimated at half a
million dollars. Thousands of cattle
and hogs have been drowned in
the swamps adjacent to the rivers.
The flood came so suddenly there was
no time to get them out.
Reports from Columbia show similar
conditions in South Carolina.
The Congaree and Broad rivers at
Columbi-a, have become raging torrents
and the flood threatens to carry
away the big steel bridges over
both rivers. At Camden, the Wateree
River has carried away two
bridges and all roads into the town
I are submerged. The Saluda River
also is out of bounds and reports say
a freight train litis been caught between
two washouts near Saluda and
abandoned.
r]'he Savannah River, at Augusta,
came to a standstill Saturday night
at. 3G feet, 9 inches, after spreading
over a large part of that city. The
damage, it is said, will bo much less
than the memorable ilood of 190S.
At .Macon the rise of the Ocmulgee
River caused a break in the city .
water mains, cutting off the water
supply of part of the city and leaving
the city without lire protection.
From Southern Alabama come reports
that all rivers are steadily risimr
mid dainaire to nronertv is onor
mous. At Montgomery tlie Alabama
has backed up nearly to the union
station. Governor O'Xeall issued an
appeal for helf for the storm victims
at Headland, where a hurricane
killed live and destroyed forty
homes.
CATGUT IX Till) FLOOD.
Drowned Trying to Cross the Enoree
Hiver Friday.
A dispatch from Spartanburg says
that while endeavoring to cross Enoree
river, a small stream which had
boon swelled to three times its usual
height by six inches of rain which
fell in this vicinity early Friday
morning, O. C,. Ligon, a leading citizen
of Enoree, was drowned when a
small boat was dashed to pieces by
debris which was rushed down the
torrent of waters, llis companion,
Will Pulley, may be dead or alive,
no one on this side of the river can
ascertain, and communication with
thp other side has been cut off by tho
destruction of every bridge for miles
and miles and by the loss of all teland
miles and by the telephone lines
being put out of commission. Theso
two men wanted to communicate
with the other side of tho river,
where their fanii..wJ v^re, and at 4
o'clock Friday afternoon attempted
to cross in a small row boat. Tho
center of tho liver had not been
reached when a huge log, floating
past at a rapid rate, struck their boat
and smashed it to splinters.
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MANY STAKYE TO DEATH.
Population of Small Fishing Yillago
Arc Yictims.
Tt is learned at St. Petersburg.
Russia, that the entire population of
i small fishing village in Nova Zeruhla,
is dead of starvation. The cemetery
is full showing that the few
dead persons who were found untnterrcd
had buried those who died
(irst. The vessel which was to take
food supplies to the village was held
: st by the ice for mouths and when
it "ot through the people for whom
the food was destined were dead.
The minister of the interior notified
the cabinet that ho would ask for a
further sum for the relief of starving
peasants in various parts of tho
empire. This will bring the total sum
expended thus far up to $03,000,000.
Starts Rattlesnake Farm.
A rattlesnake farm has been started
in Great Harrington, Mass., by Cecil
Miles. Starting with 100 reptiles
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selling skins and rattlesnake oil.
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