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WORST EVER KNOWN
'FACTS ABOUT THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI
DELUGE.
' LARGE AREA IS FLOODED
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Two Hundred Thousand People Are
Homeless.?Thousands of Animal*
Are Drowned.?Hundreds of Ifu\
man Mves Are Lost.?Hundreds of
Miles of Lund Flooded by Water.
With thousands of its citizens
working day and night, Louisiana fs
atill battling desperately against the
flood tide of the Mississippi river,
which has been gradually break'ng
through the miles of levees and
spreading death, destruction and
starvation right and left. Never in
the known history of the great rivtr
has the water been so high as at the
present time; certainly never has the
destruction been so great. Thera are
a half million people in the state
that have not had enough to eat,
^ some of them for a month.
Tho United States government,
through tho army, is feeding close
to 200,000 people daily, whila the
state authorities, the Red Ctoss society
and private charity *s caring
for tens of thousands additional.
4 Many hundreds of square miles of
territory is covered with from three
ito thirty feet of water. It is all rich
farming territory, mostly used for
sugar cane growing, and as it cannot
be used this year, the monetary
11 S loss from this source will be enormous.
Property loss estimated at
$50,000,000.
The battlo against the raging waters
has been an unequal one. Day
j and night thousands of men have
i fought doggedly to strengthen the
levees, taxed to their utmost by tho
record volume the Mississippi was
Bending down to tho gulf. Put dozens
of times they have seen this work
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'i tons of water. First a small crack,
then a break, and within a few hours
i.a huge gap in the embankment
through which the river torrents
* :pour to inundate the fertile country
i , which the men were trying to save.
I ( Men, women and children are com1
.pelled to fleo for their lives. Live
i stock of all kinds is destroyed,
ft Houses, barns and outbuildings are
" Immersed deeper and deeper In the
i .'yellow flood, many of them Anally
being lifted from their foundations
iby the increasing depth of the water
and carried away to some huge pile
f of debris. Usually these danger
! points in the levees are discovered
long enough before they give way to
f allow the women and children to
reach points of safety further inland,
In many cases taking their valuables
and somo of their live stock with
them.
Put it is not always the case. At
Point Coupes the waters burst
through the town without warning,
sweeping everything before them.
^ Fully a score of people lost thoir
4 lives at this place. Other places
; along the river report loss of life in
emnllor numbers due to the rapidity
with which the waters spread over
tho low territory, following a break
In the levee. The condition of affairs
can hotter bo imagined than discribed.
The oldest Inhabitant never witnessed
any such flood as this one.
AH of the able bodied men along
the river in Louisiana, save those
who are engaged in the work of res cuing
the residents of tho flooded districts
and distributing relief rations,
are at work on tho levees. Citizens
and convicts work side by side, the
atate authorities having opened tho
Jail doors in order that more men
would be available at the danger
point. Negroes, who refused to work
at first were content to live off the
Government's rations, made the sitj
nation so bad that Gov. Sanders call'
ed out tho miltia, and tho blacks are
li now being kept at work at the point
/; of the bayonet.
fa Tho most disastrous levee break
i.i? last week was tho one at Torras, at
l-'i the junction of the Mississippi and
'/ Ber rivers. As a result the combined
torrents of these two streams are
I* " swoeping southward, fast covering
the section known as the "Sugar
Bowl of America." There Is nothing
to bar the progress of the waters botr*rni>n
Tnrrna and the gulf, and It is
Ionljva question of days until the entire
sugar-producing section of the
state will be under from ten to twenty
feet of water. Fifteen parishes
will be flooded by this one break.
The break at Torras was not unlooked
for, as the levee had been
weakening for several days. Hence
, t, preparations for tihe break prevented
jl loss of life. A train had been placy,
ed at Torras with steam kept up conVyj
tinually, as at other threatened
/1 points, and when the break came the
m Inhabitants rushed for It and were
A carried away to safety. In addition
f'l \ steamboats picked up many maroon4
) ed persons and carried them to Baton
H I Rouge, where Government rations
HI ) are being dealt out. Thousands of
/ refugees have gathered at Baton
H I Rouge, which la now seriously
mw^jf threatened Itself. The city la built
Am upon a knoll, and the dikes protectlng
the lowlands surrounding It have
l;M so far kept the waters of the (Missis-1
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MUST OBEY THE LAW
COLON Eli L. M. GREEN'S VOUOIf- (
Ell HELD UP BY JONES.
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Itemized Account as Required by
the Law.
Comptroller General A. W. Jones
lias held up the voucher for some
$400 drawn for Leon M. Green, one
of th? Governor's detectives, out of
his law enforcement fund, on the
ground that the law calls for the accounts
to be itemized and dated and
this, th? Comptroller-General alleges,
was not done by 'Mr. Green. is
similar to the warrant drawn in favor
of the Rev. C. W. Creighton, also
one of the Governor's detectives, on
the same fund, and which was held
up by the Comptroller-General.
The Comptroller-General's office
stated that two warrants, aggregating
some $412, drawn in favor of
Leon M. Green, on the Govern's law
enforcement fund, each one of the
warrants for some $2 00, were held
up because the accounts wero not
itemized and because they were not
dated properly; that the first was
not sent back to the bank and that
it was returned by Mr. Green with
probable dates of his work for which
the account was rendered, but as the
law required exact dates and itemized
accounts, the warrants wero again
turned back to the bank by the
Comptroller-General's office.
The Comptroller-General stated
that during Governor Ansel's administration
detectives employed similar
to Messrs. Green and Creighton always
rendered itemized accounts and
proper dates, and ho exhibited one
to prove his statement. This is what
he is contending for when ho refused
payment to the warrants in favor of
Messrs. Creighton and Green, drawn
on the Governor's law enfocrement
fund.
One such warrant for the Rev. C.
W. Creighton, as a' detective, was
paid, but it was through Mr. Holmes'
misunderstanding of the orders of
Comptroller-General Jones, who has <
issued instructions that none bo paid 1
until Itemized accounts and proper
dates are on all of them.
Leon M. Green and C. W. Croighton
were appointed by the Governor
as special detectives to assist in the
enforcement of laws, and it was in an
interview given out in Newberry that
this matter was made known by the
Governor, although it had been generally
understood in some quarters
before.
The Rev. C. W. Creighton is editor
of the Christian Appeal at Greenwood,
and was formerly a member
of the Methodist Conference. He is
known throughout the State.
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FOUGHT TO THE DEATII.
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When Found Their Lifeless Hands
Hi ill Grasped Pistols.
Propped a/tainst hlie wall of a
shack on Kettle Creek, ICy., their lifeless
hands still clutching their revolvers
and the last looks of defiance
fixed on their faces, the bodies of
Albert Stephens and William Maybury
were found last week by relatives
who had missed them. Each
body was pierced by four bullets.
Stephens had sold the shack and its
contents to Maybury, and it is believed
they went to have a final settlement,
quarreled, and fought to the
death without anyone hearing the reports
of the shots.
men and children, the men being
busy fighting the waters along the
levees. However, a force of about
2,000 workmen 'have been working
all week in an effort to cap the dikes
with Hn.ndhn.srR and then make the
whole solid enough to rosist the fear- *
ful pressure of the waters.
The river level at New Orleans
remains about the same, duo to the
many breaks in the levees above.
A constant watch is being kept on
the main levees, which are still Jn
first class condition, while the emergency
levees have been closed at all
points to prevent tho Hooding of the
city from the north by a break between
Now Orleans and Baton
Rouge. Thousands of refugees are
pouring Into the city, and tho United
States government Is making It the
center for the distribution of relief
rations.
It Is freely predletet by state officials
of Louisiana that food an 1
shelter for at least 1 To,000 people
iw 11 have to be suppllil for auo-her
oonth, and the great bulk of thu
will have to come through the War
department. The cost of this will
be about $15,000 a da* for what is
known as "plantation rations," and
as the Army used up the last of its
$300,000 fund early this week, Congress
will be asked to appropriate
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flood sufferers.
sippi within Its banks. But the river
Is constantly rising, and grave fear Is
fealt, especially as the great bulk of
the people now In the city are woConvict
Was Killed.
Jenkins Manning, an escaped convict
was shot and killed by C. B.
Pate Jr., near Camden Tuesday.
About a week ago the negro was
seen in the room of Pate's 13-year- ^
old sister In the middle of the night. 1
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WANTS HIM BEAT
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THE TRUSTS AND BIG BUSINESS
FIGiiTING WILSON.
THEIR LITTLE SCHEME
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In Independent Newspaper Tells
How the Many Interests Hope to
Defeat the Friend of the People by
Secretly Supporting Other CandiL
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dates and Hob of Votes.
According to a staff correspondent
)f Grit, an independent newspaper,
>vho spent a week in Washington
studying the political situation, the
Trusts and Big Business is moving
leaven and earth to prevent the nomnation
of Woodrow Wilson by the
Democrats. The correspondent says
le has to the best of his ability tried
:o describe the political situation Impartially,
fairly and truly as ho found
t. Here is what this independent,
mpartial observer says about the
netliods being used to cheat the people
by the money interests:
It does not take a very exhaustive
nvestigation of the situation here,
vhich accurately reflect conditions
hroughout the country, to discover
hat. the forces of Conservatism are
n absolute control of tho regular, or
raft machine of the Republican pary,
and that they dominate more or
ess completely most of the Democratic
campaign machines. The Wilton
and Roosevelt organizations are
he only ones that are not being manpulated
directly or indirectly in the
nterests of the Conservatives. They
ire the two targets against which the
mormously powerful reosureea of
ho Conservatives are being'directed
with a venomous hostility and a savtge
craft that has no precedent in
Vnierlcan politics.
Practically every trust, corporaIon,
railroad, and bank, every facor
in tho alliance of Big Bus'ness
tnd politics down to the sllmest ward
leeler and up to the smoothest ar,icle
that Wall street can jimmy into
he Senate, including the great mass
>f the honest and respectable busiless
men, who are Conservatives by
nstlnct, temperament and interest,
ire united in a war to exterminate
loosevelt and Wilson as the two
jreat leaders of tho Progressive pary
Last fall, representatives of the
dorgan and other Big Business interjsts,
after sizing up the situation,
oncluded that a Democratic presilent
was a probability this year and
hat Taft was doomed to defeat. They
,vere prepared to throw their enorlious
and secret influenco to llarlion
preferably, or to another "safe"
Democrat who could beat Wilson,
^ater, it was thought that Taft could
je pulled across after all and they
;ot behind and pushed only to have
heir well laid plans shattered by
toosevelt's smashing campaign
igainst bossism. Now it seems likev
that they will turn to some Democrat,
in case Roosevelt lands the
iomina.tion.
But the Roosevelt managers are
lot alarmed at this threatened man)uver.
They believe, and they have
hacks of letters to justify their
'aith, that Roosevelt will command
id enormous Democratic vote, more
han enough to make up for any Remblican
defection. If Wilson is not
he Democratic nominee for the presdency
and should Roosevelt lead the
Ftepublicans a vast number of Denio*rotic
Progressives will cast their
^allots for the colonel, at least, that
s the tenor of thousands of letters
:hat are coming in to Roosovelt
lead quarters.
Should neither Roosevelt nor Wilson
capture a nomination, should the
Progressives of both parties be goldjrickod
and left high and dry be;ween
choifce of two doubtful or Conservative
candidates a third ticket is
ilmost a certainty and it would
iweep the West like a prairie fire,
ileforo Roosevelt entered the contest
t looked as if the Democrats cxiuld
lominate even a yellow dog for presdent
and still win. Then the Progressive
wing of the party was in the
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iscenoani ana il w*ib uik?u iui b'omid
that some virile Progressive like
Wilson would bo the Democratic
iholce against the Conservative canlidato
Taft.
Independent Republicans were
locking by the thousand to the Wil;on
banner and candid Republicans
confessed that his election was very
probable. To-day, the Wilson boom
s practically side-tracked and his
lomination is viewed as an impossl)ility;
eight candidates are dividing
ho party strength; Progressive inluences
in party councils have waned
ilmost to the disappearing point, and
various plans of committing political
micide seem to appeal to the party
eaders. What has happened in the
past few months to work this great
change in party attitude and prospects?
The solution is very simple. Gov.
Wilson is the only man among these
ilght Democratic candidates whom
nig Business fears. He and Roosevelt
are the two pre-eminent leaders
>f the Progressives and against them
i hidden and secret light has been
waged for their political extermina~
tlon. It has been an utter failure In
MEETING OF DEMOCRATS
STATE CONVENTION WII1I1 BE
HELD IN COLUMBIA.
Much Interest Shown in the Election
of IXelegates at Large to the National
Convention.
The State convention ot the Democratic
party of South Carolina wi'.l
be held in Columbia Wednesday 'n
the hall of the house of representatives,
when eighteen delegates to the
national convention will bo namei.
The convention will bo under the
control of the supporters of Judge
Ira 13. Jones. The 33 6 delegates to
the convention were elected at the
county conventions on May 6.
The supporters of Judge Jones will
put up Thos. O. iMcLeod of Bishop
ville for president of the convention.
Ho is former lieutenant governor and
a warm supporter of Judge Jones.
The executive committee of the
Democratic party has been called by
Gen. Wilio Jones, the chairman, to
meet in the ofllce of the secretary of
state tonight, when a State chairman
will be elected. Preparations will bo
made by the committeo for the convention
on Wednesday.
Charleston and Georgetown counties
will send contested delegations
to tho State convention. The ottlcial
iist of delegates to the convention
fiom the various counties, as elected
cn May Gth, were announced Saturday
by Gen. Wilie Jones.
There is much interest in tho election
of tho four delegates at larg?
to the national convention. Several
candidates have been announced.
The supporters of Judge Jones have
announced that two of the four
delegates will be Senator D. It. Ti !man
and Senator E. D. Smith. Judge
Jones will not ask election as a delegate
at large.
Tho contests from Charles ).) and
Georgetown will be decided by t;.e
State Convention. The members of
the executive conimttee fro n the two
counties will oe seated alter tne (ontests
have been disposed of by ?he
convention.
the case of Roosevelt, but it has
about sapped the life out of tho Wil
son boom. The Trusts are not advertising
the fact and Rig Business
never brings of its victories, but it is
nevertheless true that the Trusts are
making the Democratic donkey peiforrn
just about as they want it loo.
The poor beast is on Its way and it
does not appear to care a hoo:. where
it is going. The clever "favorite
son" stratagem, which by the way
Wall street, Is working like a charm.
It is robbing the Democratic masses
of their right to pick their own candidate,
and It means that tho choice
of a candidate will, In tho good, old
style, be determined at the Convention
at a back-stairs caucus by tnose
sterling patriots Murphy, Taggert,
Stone, Hearst and manipulators of
similar political instincts, traditions
and Ideals.
It will be tho pitiful wreik of a
glorious opportunity unless t ie democratic
rank and filo wake up in time
to a knowledge of what is being
done to them by a gang cf the
shrewdest manipulators that . evei
battened on graft and listened obediently
to their master's Wall street
voice. The great mass of the Democratic
voters are Progressive and just
how far it will be safe to go in the
manipulation of the convention is
delicate problem now puzzling the
Consenvatives. One of the surprises
of the pro-nomination campaign has
hpon tho Rtrpntrfh develone i hv
Speaker Champ Clark.
Nevertheless, he is one of the
weakest candidates the D-jmocrats
could nominate. Against Taft he
would have a fighting c.iauee:
against Roosevelt he wouM not actract
a single independent vote not
even from the Republican labc-rranks.
And the Democratics candidate
must be a man who can draw to
himself the independent vote of the
country. There is a growing impression
here that the Under.vooi and
much of the Clark strength is being
so manipulated that with the other
Conservative assets, it can be thrown
to Harmon at the right momen:.
Seventeen Lives Were Lost.
Seventeen lives aro known to ha?c
been lost in the Torras crevasse in
the Mississippi levee. Three white
people were drowned when a raft on
which a farmor, 4hls wife and two
daughters were endeavoring to reach
high ground was broken to pieces
by the swift current from the break.
The farmer was rescued. Fourteen
negroes lost their lives in the Letts
worm neignoornooa.
Rntire Country Under Water
Practically the entlro country between
Vlcksburg and IJalrd, Miss., Is
under water according to reports
brought back to Vicksburg by the
army relief steamer Wyanoka, which
distributed about 100,000 rations *>long
the Sunflower river. Officers in
charge of the vessel report there are
approximately 70,000 head of cattle
to be taken care of along this river.
Man's IiCg Cut Off.
Perry Jackson, a white farmer,
living nearAUendale, nad one leg cut
off by an engine of the Southern railway,
Saturday afternoon.
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OF DELEGATES.
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Primaries Will II? Held and Conventions
Will Meet in No Eess Than
Eleven States to Elect Delegates to
the National Democratic Conven
tioii Which Meets in Baltimore.
The Washington correspondent of
The State Bays with victories in Texas,
South Carolina and Puerto Rico
during the past week, Gov. Woodrow
Wilson picked up forty-six certain
delegates to the Baltimore convention,
with a good chance for eighteen
others, and he is easily in the lead
among the other candidates. The
coming week is a most important one
in the Democratic contest, conventions
and primaries being scheduled
in eleven states.
With the big lead obtained during
the past week the friends of Gov.
Wilson are more confident than ever
that he will be the party choice at
Baltimore. Gov. Wilson's strength to
date is a.s follows: Ponnslyvania,
7G; Oregon, 10; Texas, 40; Maine,
S; Wisconsin, 24; Oklahoma, 10; Jh
linois, 2; Puerto Itico, G; Florida, 2;
Delaware, G; Kansas (instructed second
choice), 20; North Dakota (second
ballot), 10; Total, 214.
The campaign managers of Speaker
Clark conceded 7 4 delegates to
Gov. Wilson. In view of the fact
that the Clark people claim 17 delegates
from Pennsylvania in the face
of the ironbound instructions of the
people at the polls and later by the
State convention, that sort of statement
is In no sense surprising.
While denying to Gov. Wilson
three-fourths of his actual strength
the Clark campaign managers give
to the others of the allies every vote
that cam possibly bo apportioned to
them.
t or instanco, gov. narmon is given
his entire strength?his two votes
from Nebraska?and Mr. Underwood
is given 84 votes, which is the total
number claimed by him.
The allies are playing the game together
even to the smallest details.
Speaker Clark has 160 delegates.
He will probably receive the 2 0 votes
of the Kansas delegation on the llrst
ballot, but two-thirds of the delegation
favor Gov. Wilson and are free
to go to him in pursuance of instructions
on any ballot.
The speaker's campaign managers
claim Massachusetts, bnt the delegates
wero elected under pledge to
vote for Gov. Foss, and do not consider
themselves bound by any other
instructions. George Fred Williams,
who ran in the open as a Clark delegate,
with the prestige of being the
speaker's campaign manager, was
overwhelmingly defeated by the Foss
delegate ticket.
Gov. Harmon has two delegates,
Mr. Underwood 82, Gov. Baldwin 11,
Gov. Marshall 3 0, Gov. Bourke 10,
and 106 uninstructed.
A telegram from A. L. Whiteman
of Roswell, N. M., to Wilson headquarters,
states that 11 counties in
New Merico, have instructed for Gov.
Wilson, giving him 143 delegates to
the State convention. Speaker Clark
carried nine counties, which gave
him 120 delegates. Five counties
have not acted or instructed. It
looks like Wilson will bo the winner.
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TIIE JU1K*E WILL NOT <iO.
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Jones Is Not a Candidate for Delegate
to Baltimore,
The State says there has been considerable
interest taken In the election
of delegates at large to the national
Democratic convention to be
held in Baltimore, and a number of
names have been suggested.
J. William Thurmond of Edgefield,
manager of the gubernatorial campaign
for Ira 13. Jones, was asked pb
to the plans and intentions of the
friends of Judge Jones at the State
convention.
"The friends of Judge Jones will
put forward Thos. (J. McLeod, of
Bishopville, for president of the convention,"
said 'Mr. Thurmond. "Mr.
McLeod 1b a close friend and supporter
of Judge Jones in his race for governor.
Of course Mr. Jonos could go
to the national convention at Baltimore
if he wanted to, but ho will not
allow his name to be used as a candidate
as delegate at large and his
friends will support Senators Tillman
and Smith for that place and for the
other two places citizens who are
known to be friends of Judge Jones."
As previously announced there are
others who have been mentioned and
the selection will bo waited with
much interest. v
Roy Died from Lock Jaw.
The State says Walter R. Rogers,
7 years of age, the son of Mr. anil
Mrs. W. B. Rogers, of 914 Second
street, Elmwood extension , died
'Monday morning as a result of lockjaw.
While playing with a small,
rusty saw Saturday he cut himself
and tetanus set in.
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IJL'T BRYAV PROVES TIIAT HIS
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Bryan I^roduces Letter Wlilch Shows
That the Charges lie Made A boot
Hevanney Are True.
Iu answer to charges made by Mr.
Bryan at Findlay, Ohio, that friends <
of Governor Harmon had sought to J }
nnnOman Rrv'in nlnHn'oH rlnlop'ntAn fn ?
| the 1 008 convention, stirred the Ohio
executive to a telegraphic denial in
which he said: "I repeat that no one
authorized by me or with my knowledge
or consent ever tried to purchase
delegate. I never heard of
such a thing except from your statement.
At the date you mention I
had accepted the nomination for governor
and was making no effort for
the presidential nomination. If you
have a letter showing what you say,
why don't you publish it? The peo- !
pie are entitled to the facts and I
wish them to be known."
Mr. Bryan then gave to the pub- ^
lie the following letter, on which he
based his charges, and which proves
them to bo true. The letter was
made public by Ilarvey Garber, who
said it was addressed to State Senator
Frank T. I)oro, of Tiffin. It was
signed Michael Devanney, of Cincinnati,
and was, In part, as follows:
Cincinnati, June 29, 1908.
"Dear sir: In a conference with
our mutual 'friend Mr. Blank, of
Blank, he advised me you were in
touch with the two delegates from
tho Blank district. He advised me
that you see Mr. Blank of Blank and
have him see the delegate of that
place, whose name he did not remember,
and have him, together with Mr.
Blank of Blank meet Mr. Blank at
Columbus on the evening of July 2,
so that arrangements may be made
for the trip to Denver.
"Mr. Blank of Cincinnati will meet
them and take care of their transportation
to Denver. By this letter,
my dear Mr. Blank, you will see there
is something doing , and whilst endorsements
have been given In your
district, I hope that your two delegates
can see their way clear to vote
for Judge Harmon on the first ballot
at Denver."
Mr. Garber is a member of the
Democratic National Committee. He
declined to make known the names
of tvose involved in the letter. Devanney,
campaign manager for Governor
Ilarmon, made an emphatic denial
of the charges brought against
him by William J. Bryan. Devanney,
however, did not deny writing the
letter, but said that he would have
nothing to say until he saw it.
"When Mr. Bryan says, that I attempted
to purc'haso delegates in
Ohio for Governor Ilarmon," said Devanney,
"he is tellnig a plain, unvarnished
lie; for never, either directly
or indirectly, was there any
attempt made by me to purchase any
delegates for anybody." But from
the letter it seems that Devanhey is
the fellow that is doing the lying and
not Bryan.
MEETS 1IOKHIBLE DEATH.
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A Mother Sots Herself on Fire at
Her Baby's Grave.
After kneeling in prayer at the
grave of her baby eon, recently buried,
Mrs. Maria Morterello, wife of
a prominent manufacturer of Tampa,
Fla., poured wood alcohol over her
upper body and set herself on fire
Friday afternoon in a local cemetery,
dying while being carried to a local
hospital.
Two negro women passing the
cemetery at the time were attracted
by the dying shriek of the woman as
she stood a pillar of flames for a few
seconds before falling in the sand
near the grave. The negresses rushed
to the scene and recognized Mrs.
Morterello. Hurrying to her home
they summoned the husband. A call
| was also sent to police headquarters
for an ambulance and when this arrived
the distracted husband was
pouring water in the dying woman's
mouth with a spoon. She died bef
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Mrs. Morterello is the mother of
Beven children, all girls. The eighth
was a boy, and died recently. This
seemed to pray on her mind, and her
trips to tho cemetery became so frequent.
that no one payed any attention
to her. It is believed that she
was mentally deranged.
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Killed in Runaway.
At Greenville Young Jones, a driver
for the Hunter-Wilson Lumber;
Co., was thrown from a wagon heavily
loaded with lumber Friday afternoon
and injured td such au extent
that he died an hour later. One of
the horses bocamo frightened, causing
tho team to run away. The accident
happened near Main street. The
dead man was married and is the
father of sovon children.
Will Rum Him Anyway.
In spite of the fact that the
friends of Judge Jones will be in
absolute control of the Convention
Governor Blease said, according to
the dispatch, that ^ls name would
be presented for one of lbs delegates ..
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