The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 16, 1913, Image 3
PASSED AS SINGLE
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST GEORGIA
EDUCATOR
TOOK GIRL TO HIS HOME
He ITi? Been Arretted on the Charge
at Bringing a Young Woman Prom
Her Home in Kentucky to Georgia,
PretendUag to be Unmarried,
The Atlanta Jonrnal aava O. Hoi
man Gardner, a well known educator,
whoso homo la In Decatur with
his wLfe and seven children, was arraigned
in Atlanta police court Wednesday
morning with Marie Portman,
a nlneteen-yoar-old young woman
whoBe homo is in Louisville,
Ky. The arrest of the twain grow
out of a letter written by Captain
Portman to the Atlanta police under
date of last Friday, informing them
that hla niece was reported to no in
Atlanta with Prof. Gardner, and roquoetlug
thorn to locate and arrost
her.
Tuesday morning shortly before
10 o'clock Prof. Gardner was arrested
in his oilice on North Avenue. He
was taken to police headquarters and
v was there subjected to a direct examination
about the girl. He assisted
the police to locate her, telling
thorn that she had engaged to meet
him-at a down town restaurant ro
have lunch with him. The porroo
waited for her at the restaurant and
arrested her at the door of it, recognising
her by the photograph.
After looking Into tho case the
united ouues i;isun;i auuj i: r/ t.imu
said there was nothing' upon wnic*
to base a prosecution for white Bravery,
and Prof. Gardner and the
young woman were about to ho released
when a telegram was received
from Captain Frank P. Fortman
of Louisville. Ho requested that
both bo held. Ho would appear an
prosecutor, ho wired. So both were
formally arraigned by the police,
and Prof. Gardner turnisnea oona
of $200. Tho young woman was holci
at tho police station overnight.
Marie Portman'a chief regret
seemed to be that Prof. Gardner has
beon dragged into "this miserable
affair". Her further regret, express ed
to a Journal representative behind
tho bars Wednesday mornlDp,
was that she herself had been so
humiliated. She has several dear
friends in Atlanta, Bhe declarer*,
whose regard she must now lose,
^ho smilingly admitted all that the
' police charged against her and Prof.
Gardner, and gave details. Ilor paionts
live in Louisville, she said. Her
grandmother and other relatives ??vo
there, she added.
She refused to live longer at homo
because they mistreated her. She
tried living with her grandmothei,
but was again "mistreated.'' So she
moved to a loosely conducted ?>oar<Ting
house, she said. There she mot
Gardner on the night of November
3 0, slio said. Her statemonj TIT tills
point was frank and damaging to
herself. She told Gardner that the
woman in charge of tho boarding
houso was "mistreating her, and bog^
ged him to get her away. Tho next
day she slipped out of tho houso by
the back way (bocauso tho woman
watched her closely and practially
kept her a prisoner, she said, and
from tho house of a friend telephoned
to Oardner.
They mot. that afternoon and left
I \ f I I <J \ ' t 1 1 /\ I h n i ?t I rv V? n m J i *. M i U a
i*iui<i> ui'i uiai niiuuuiu^ lilt'
next ni^ht. In Chattanooga, ana arriving
in Atlanta tho next night. Then,
sho fluid, Gardner took her straight
to his own home, and itronuced her
to his home, and Introduced her
ho was trying to help attain an education
and mako hor way in tho
world Mrs. Gardner was kind to her
-.said tho young woman. Sho Htara
thoro about ten days, when Gardner
engaged quarters for her at a boarding
house in town. The now arrangement,
whereby she worked at a local
t\pewritor establishment and lived in
tho city, had existed but two weeks
when tho affair ended Tuesday, she
ua Id.
The young woman declared her
undying love for Prof. Gardnor, and
vowed that she would rather have
suffered any torture than to have
boon Instrumental in dragging him
into tho "miserable affair", and disrupting
his home. Her regret seemed
to bo more that their relations
existed. Sho said that when her
uncle canto for her she would go
back to Louisville with him If "they
would promise (o treat her right* .
Sho added that she went under the
assumed nanto "Cecil Jackson" aftor
phe severed connection with her re^
Natives in Louisville.
Prof. Gardner was reluctant to
any anything at nil about tho affalv.
TIo docllnod to discuss details with
a newspaper man, but asserted gor?>
erally that he was grievously misunderstood
and that his motives had 1
been misconstrued. Prof. Gardner
declared that ho does not need any 1
ono to attest his character. There
aro 1 00,000 people in Georgia he
asserted, who believe in him implicitly.
He has helped hundreds of deserving
young men and women to '
get through school and college, nr 1
Mid, and their gratitude will not pew <
mit them to believe calumnle? 3
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against him.
Capt. Portman went to Atlanta. He
charges that Prof. Gardner assumed
a fictitious name when he met Miss
Portman, In Louisville, that he poseo
as an unmarried man and that after
he has announced his Intentions 01
bringing the girl with him to Atlat*.
to he was warned against such a
move. ' After seeing her uncle iMlse
Portman denounced Gardner, sarin*
he was cowardly and disloyal.
Throughout her imprisonment at police,
headquarters she protested, n?
had not sent her a word of encout~
agement or communicated with her
In any manner. The large amount or
expensive clothing which she says
Gardner furnished her has been discarded.
She wore the dress he gave
her, but only through dint of necessity.
Captain Portman said that Garaner
not only had assumed a fictitious
ai v. i- _ i ass
name upon meeting m? niece, mie.i
Marie Portman, but had been warned
against leaving the city with hev
after he had announced such Intentions.
"Mario left homo," he safa,
"under fancied grievances. . She
imagined she was being mistreated.
She came to my home. Later she
loft there, thinking she could 'make
her way'. She was not mistreated,
as has boon reportod. She, hereon,
admits pleasant canditions in her
home.
"While working as stenographer
with a Louisville firm, she mot lh?.i
man Gardner. He was traveling under
an assumed name at that time.
I think it was Williams. Ho poseo
as being unmarried and rpuickly won
tho girl's devotions. Gardner and
Marie met at Mario's boarding
boarding house. They were Introduced,
1 understand, by the lanalady.
Two duys after they had inei,
Gardner announced his intentions 01
carrying my niece to Atlanta wfrn
him. Then it was that news reached
certain parlies in Louisville. Pro!.
Gardner was warned personally not
to leave (own with the girl. He was
told that trouble would result, if ho
did. Ho lookod upon the warning
with contempt. That afternoon he
left tho city with Miss Portman.
"We notified the Atlanta police.
T A M ^ A ^ A ^ ^
1U VV ilrl 11 <7 L our UfHIIO (O CilUMt? IIM?
trouble that has arisen in the case.
All wo wanted was to recover the
girl and have her returned to T,oui?villo.
Now, If the government authorities
or the Atlanta police will
push tho case they have my most earnest
support and co-operation. T
myself would prosecute him to the
fullest extent wore it not for his wife
and seven children. They nave my
utmost sympathy." It is said thai
Miss Portman would be married to
a Cincinnati man as soon as she goi
hack home. Tho affair has created a
sensation in Ceorgla.
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RAYB UK BKT TWO FIRK8.
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Greenville Fire Ilug Confesses His
Awful Crimea.
Having confessed some time ago
to tho burning of tho store or C. C.
Good at Oakdale, Hlytho Freeman,
white, has now confessed that ho applied
tho torch to the Hampton Mercantile
Company at Piedmont after
having ransacked the building.
Freeman has implicated another
white man, W. W. Watts who Is now
being hold in the county jail charged
with aiding Froeman in burning
[ho store of Mr. Cood. Freeman
says that he s'olo about $50 worth
of "exchange checks" from the store
before he fired it.
Freeman and Watts were carried
to Piedmont by Sheriff Rector and
while there Freeman mado tho confession.
The confession is duo to tho
untiring efforts of Sheriff Rector,
of Greenville who has boen at work
CUIltUtlllM/ Lilt} piUiL W WK UT IWO ?lrtompting
to pot evidence sufficient
to provo the man's guilt.
Woman Died From Shock.
Shock resulting from the death of
her husband caused the death of Mrs.
George Hicks near Oharlotto Tuesday
night. Georgo Hicks was fatally injured
when ho fell from a wagon
loaded Vitli wood while ho was driving
to C'huilotto. Wn 'ii the v? dy *
was taken to his home his wife
fainted and died ten minutes later '
from heart failure.
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Two Killed, Three Hurt.
Two men wero killed and threo (
seriously injured in a premature dy- (
namito explosion at Pomona, Tenn., 1
where a force is constructing a turn
pike between Croosvillo and Sparra.
Dynamite was being thawed, when
without warning, the explosion camo,
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Greek Army Losses Army. 1
The losses of the Greek troops *
fighting against the Turks in the 11
vicinity of Jamaica to date are seven I
thousand killed and wounded. The *
sixth division or tho ureoK army iorr ?
hero today with orders to assist in r
tho subjection of Jamaica.
Veteran Cots Five Year*.
At Dalton, CJa., A. A. Davis Contort- a
orato veteran, aged 75, who was v
found guilty of voluntary manrlaugh- i
Lqr for the Killing of his son Hewlotf f
was sentenced to five years inpris- v
onmcnt. e
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Terriblo Weather Conditions
Telegraph wires between Now
York and Chicago were prostrate
Thursday because of the sreet and p
wind storm Wednesday night. Con- tl
litions were reported tho worst in c
roars. *
WIPE OUT A CITY
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WANTS COATSVILLE'S CHARTER
TAKEN AWAT
i
BURNED A NEGRO ALIVE
Governor Tenor, of Pennsylvania,
Recommended in HIh Mctosage to
the Legislature, That the (Jlurter
of the City Where a \egro Was
Lynched be Revoked.
Recommendation that tho charter
of the borough of Coatesvilio,
Chester county, Pa., bo revoked viy
tho legislature was made in tho message
of Gov. Tenor to the legislature
Thursday. This was bocauso of tho
obstructive tactics of tho othcers and
cltirens of tho borough moro than ?
year ago, when efforts were made to
punish those guilty of lynching
Zack Walkor, a negro, who was ,
burned at tho stako on August 13,
1911, for killing a police ofilcor who ,
tried to arrest him when ho was
caught robbing a foreignor. I
"I believe that thlB authority or ]
the legislature (the power to revoke (
a municipal charter) should bo Invoked
with respect to the borough of
Coatesvillo," reads Tenor's message, (
"and that her charter be taken away. ,
Governmental functions wore given
hor as an arm of the Stato, but sho
has betrayed the trust reposed in
hor.
"Had her officers or her citizens
done their duty tho commonwealth
would not havo been disgraced and
her fair name dishonored. People of j
this borough, by fomenting murder
and consorting with murderers, have
not only violated tho laws and obstructed
the admission of Justice, 1
but, in my judgment, have forfeited
tho high privilege of further acting (
as a Governmental agency of the 1
Stato. I, therefore, recommend tno
enactment of appropriate le^'slaticr
providing for tho dissolution of boroughs,
to the end that State agencies J
like tho borough of Coatesvillo,
which set tho laws at defiance anci (
outrago and penco and dignity of (
tho commonwealth, may be obliterated
from among her orderly municipalities."
Tho Pennsylvania legislature ea- 1
rot specifically royoko a borough
charter, and It is for that reason
that the Governor concludes his roc
ommondation by suggesting a gen- 1
eral law which will give him the i
power to abolish tho municipal gov- f
ernmont. This course would tnrow 1
the borough, which is of 12,000 pop- '
ulatlon Into nothing more than a part f
of the township in Chester county, 1
where it is located.
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THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING.
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A Man in France Invites Friend to j
See Him Kill Self. 1
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After declaring ho would commit f
suicido so many time that his friends
only took his assertions as a Joke, p
Marcelin a young painter, of Horde- r
a;ix, Franco carried out his threat ^
in a highly spectacular manner rj
When he Invited his friends to n r
^ r. i. Vf /\n rl n t, 1 rrli f Vi rt o rn nil i _
I JifrU l( ur.n \J 11 ifiuuuu; liJfSii t 11VJ n 111 u^u y
them that it would bo a suicide affair ^
and that they would witness his {
self-destruction. Believing tins an- ,
other of his jests a circle of friends
sjM'nt a merry evening, but they were
horrified after dinner when Ader produced
a revolver, Ho said he had |
no cartridges and 0110 of his friends,
still thinking that Ader was Joking,
furlnshed tho ammunition. The
young artist loaded tho revolver,
clinked glasses with his guests, and
putting the weapon to his forehead, j,
killed himself. c
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Many Face Trial for Murder. p
Never before In tho history of the h
circuit court In Jacksonville, Fla.,
have thero ,been so many murder a
cases on the docket as are scheduled a
for trial at the session beginning last \
week. Sixteen persons, including 'a H(
women, aro to be tried before the 8(
end of this month on charges of first R
legree murder, whllo several others i p
ire to be tried for manslaughter. jT
Voarly all of tho accused aro negroos.
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Married After Hong Court snip. j)(
After a courtship of 4 7 years. Miss! li
<ato Banning, f>2 years old, of West I r.<
IrowrisvlUe, Pa., and Samuel Clear, <h
>2 years old, of California, Pa., have ir
narried. They were tendered a rous- gj
ng reception by their friends, after
i vain attempt to keep the wedding
i Hcurui. i ut-ti l uiiauuii iui uui tuatylng
poorer are not known.
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Youiij? lhido Kills Herself. w
Mrs. Jennie Hancock, IS years old, b:
, brldo of a few months, w.fo of a ri
palthy fanner of Colquitt County n
iYiday was found stretched on the t,
loor with blood streaming* from a bl
round in her side. Her hands still w
lutchcd a shotgun, which she Tiai }p
sod. in
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"Missouri Giantess* Dead.
Flla Kwlng, "the Missouri plan- j
pss," snid to be the tallest woman tn |
he world, died at her home, near. aP
.orin, Mo., Friday, npod 40, She to
as eight feet two inches tall. ' th
BOILERS EXPLODE
KEVKRAL MfOPLK KILLED AND
MANY WERE HURT.
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Ilia Captain, Engineer, Pilot and
Other Officers Among Che KileO
and Steamer is Lost.
Nineteen people perished anc
twenenty were Injured In the destruction
of the Tomblghee steamei
James T. Staples, when all three
boilers of the boat exploded Thursday
afternoon while the vessel was
Dn the river, three miles from Blaa
en Springs.
The captain, pilot, engineer and
second clerk of tho Staples, all Mobile
men, lost their lives, and four
negroes are known to have been killed.
Eloven negro deck hanas are
unaccounted for and aro Believed to
be among tho dead.
Among more than a scoro who
wore Injured, fivo white men were
seriously maimed and burned. One
man and one woman were painfully
Injured and 15 negro deck hanao
wore more or less seriously injured
Tho dead: Captain Chesley T. Bartee,
.Mobilo; Engineer John Kop\,
Mobile; Pilot Henry Moulton, Mobilo;
Second Clerk Coots McKoo, Mobilo;
negro cabin boy and throe ne~
^ro dock hands.
Tho injured included: Mrs. Cyril
W. Pooley, Alexander H. ITssery,
Captain W. J. Bethea, Robert Horring,
Albert Cheney, Cross Scruggs,
Pilot Major Garnett, all of Mobile,
and 15 negro deck hands.
The Staples was built in Mobile
five years ago and was valued at
$50,000. One week ago, on Thursday
afternoon, Captain Norman Staples,
who built the boat and nameo
tier for his father, committed suicloe
at his home in 'Mobile.
His death was precipitated by ;ne
financial loss of tho prido of Tim
heart, tho steamer passing from fn?
control ono month ago when his financial
affairs collapsed.
Brooding this misfortune lod to
his final tragic ending. Ono wooit
later, almost at the exact minute at
which Captain Staples killed himseli,
"ho steamer blew up and her tragic
md was at tho gravo of her former
jwnor.
I*AI>Y BIIOT IN HEK IIOMT?
\woke and Found a Negro Burglar
in Her Bedroom.
A negro who entered tho home of
~)r. 13. T. Fiolds, a prominent physcinn
at Ensley, Ala., deliberately
shot and dangerously wounded Mrs.
[Holds at one o'clock Friday niornng.
When Mrs. Fields heard a nolsr
tnd was awakened, she saw a bright
'ght in tho room, tho intruder liav
ng placed a pieeo of paper over the
'Ire and this had blazed up.
Tho negro grasped a pistol on tho
nantel and fired deliberately at
*.Trs. Fields, the hall passing through
ler right breast and penetrating a
eng. Dr. Fields made an effort to
:atch tho nogro, hut was unsuccossul.
Mrs. Fiolds will rerovor.
An hour later two white men wore
ittacki d on Nineteenth street by a
logro who attempted to shoot them
lit 110 cartridges were In the weapon.
rho whites knocked the negro down
tnd took the pistol from him, but
in escaped. The pistol was founiT
0 be the property of Dr. Fields and
lscd in shooting.
PASSED AS GIRL FOR YEARS.
'olice Discover Ills Secret and then
Arretted Him.
After maqueradlng as a girl for T8
ears the sex of Irene Moynahan was
earned Wednesday. He was arrested
n La Junta by tho sheriff, who boauBo
of his masculine appearance,
ecided ho was a boy in girl's clotting.
Irene was on his way to visit
is father in Hisboo, Ariz.
Until tho holidays Irene had been ?
student in tho Victor High School ,
nd all of his life had passed as a girl ,
irs. Moynahan, when told that her j
on had been arrested and that his ]
ex had been discovered, stated tTiar *
ho had always passed him off as a (
irl because of her disappointment j
1 having two sons. t
Not even her husband was awnro
f the boy's sex, she said. This was
orne out by the discovery of a letter
1 the hoy's effects. The letter was
ddrossod to his father in Risbeo and (
colored that tho mother was "send- c
iir i son to him as a New Year's 1
[ft." v
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lT?<o<l Knifo on ? Mm?.
At Sumter on Sunday afternoon a (
eek an unknown person stabbed a
u!o belonging to Mr. J. W. Allen
hilo tho mulo was standing in a
ick lot. Mr. Allen's young: son bad
ddon tho mulo to tow n and hitched f
in tho lot while ho wont elsewhere, s
iter on returning ho found the 1
ood flowing: from several knifo s
ounds in tho mule's side. Why the t
juries wore inflicted on the mulo a
a irystory and tho miscreant has
t boon found.
High Tjiconso Wanted. v
The OHv Council of Charleston will e
ik tbo Charleston county delegation
havo a high licenso 1 nw passed at b
o next session of the legislature.
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PASSENGERS SAVED
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NEARLY ONE THOUSAND TAKEN
FROM STRANDED STEAMER.
HELD FAST ON ROCKS
Captain and Crew Remain Aboard,
Hoping for Release of Vessel at
Low Tide.?Hanger* Not^BelievSt
Imminent Unless Wind Shifts.?
All Passengers Rescued.
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Tho steamer Uranium, of the
Uranium Steamship Company, bouna
from Rotterdam for Halifax, N. S.,
and Now York, stranded on a reor
during thick weather, near tho Chebucto
Head light station, nlno miles
bolow Halifax at 11 o'clock Sunday
and and Sunday night was still held
iust in the grip of tho rocky shore.
Her 880 passengers, 100 in tho
cabin and tho rest in the steerage,
wore taken off this steamer Sunday
afternoon by tho Government steamer,
Lady Lauricr, and a small fleet
of harbor craft, and were sarely landed
in Halifax Sunday night.
Although surf boats had to bo used
in transferring tho hundreds of
passengers to tho rescuo boats, tho
work was safoly accomplished and
not a lifo was lost. Capt. Uustace
and his crew remained aboard ship,
which is hanging by her bow on th*
reef.
Tho escape of a vessol from such
a predicament generally Is made at
high tide, but the captain thinks the
weights of th afterpart of tho steamer
will gradually drag the Uranium
free as the tide goes down.
There was much alarm, especially
among the steerage passengers,
when tho fillip fitruck, but oHloer*
and Bailors soon succeeded in restoiing
calm. Tlio light keeper at Chebufito,
who has telephone communication
with Halifax, sent Immediate
news of the steamer's plight to the
port authorities, who dispatched the
Lady I/aurier, tho steamer Bridgewater
and sevoral tugs to tho scene.
Tho roscuo boats arrived at 2 p. m.
and tho transfer of tho Uranium's
passengors was begun at once. Three
surf boats from tho lifo saving station
and tho life boats of tho Uranium
wore usod. Tho Lady Laurior
took women and children nrst and
then tho mon wore transferred to the
Bridgowater.
A heavy southwest wind \tfhs
blowing when tho Uranium ran
ashore, and tho stea>mer, therefore,
was fortunately protected by Chebucto
Head. If tho wind veers to
the opposite direction tho steamer
will bo exposed to tho sweep of the
Atlantic and in peril.
Tho steamer struck head-on when
tho tide was half high. Tho plate*
at tho bow are ripped and numftor
ono hold was flooded. Tho weather
continued heavy Sunday night and
wrecking steamers are standing by
the Uranium to roscuo tho crew
should necessity arise.
Tho last of tho rescue ships, th*
s'oamor Lady Laurior, reached Hallfax
about 10 o'clock Sunday night,
and In loss than an hour hor six hundred
passengers, women and children,
were safely on shore. Some excitement.
followed as the women
sought their husbands, tho children
their fathers and siRters their brothers.
The male passengers were all
on shore beforo them and there were I
many affecting scenes when the so-p
arated families wero united.
The steamer was far ou tnf her
course when she struck. ?Sho did no*
have a pilot on hoard. At midnight
the wind had shifted and was blowing
a gale from the north, kicking up
a big sea and making tho position of
tho stranded liner more perilous.
Tho crew Is still on board.
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Explosion on Kivor.
Capt. Tom Harteo was killed, a
number of persons were injured and
several persons are missing as the result
of an explosion of a boiler on
iho river steamor James T. Staples,
near Powers Landing, Ala., on the
T'ombigbeo river Thursday. After tho
explosion tho steamer caught tiro and
s reported to have been almost toally
destroyed.
Party is Probably Lost.
It is feared that tho famous srtic
>xplorer, Otto Sverdrup, and a parfy
>f sixteen persons who accompanied
tim on a walrus hunt in Greenland
valors have boon lost. Sverdrup .and
>!" 1/ift eSftoMinfl In \t ;irf h
i!^ |;a i i j i vj u vju timuiiv* * > v ? ,
912, In ft motor ship and einco tlion
lothing has been hoard from thn
xpeditlon.
Regular HIin?I Tiger Mivture.
TCarl Dean, 21 years old, of Sheaord
Del., no.irly dieo from convinions
aftcr drinking a half pint of
U:nor obtained from a negro. The
elation, v 1 en analyzed, was founa
> oon'Mn whiskey, concentrated lye
nd Jamaica ginger.
Joy f>r %vo (\ Husband Insane,
Max Grnohy, of Berlin Germany,
'cut iiisano from joy and had to bo
(inflnod In r straight, jacket, when
is wife sud lenly returned from a
osoital where fho had been cured
I partial blindness.
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NUMBER BALES GINNED "
EIGHTH REPORT OF THE CENSUS
BUREAU ISSUED.
lotal Crop Reported 13,911,07
Xteled, of Which Booth Carotin*
FurnUhed 1,173,540 Dolce.
The eighth ootton ginning retort
of the census bureau for the season,
Issued at '0 o'clock Thursday morning,
announced that 12,919,267 bales
of cotton, counting round as half
bales, of the growth of 1912. had
been ginned prior to Wednesday,
January 1, to which dato during the
past seven years the ginning average
ed 92.8 per cent, of the entire orop.
Last year to January 1, there had
been ginned 14,3 17,002 bales, or
92.1 per ceut. of the entire crop; in
1908 to that date, 12,465,298 balee,
or 95.3 per cent, and in 1906 to bhat
date 1 1,741,039 bales, or 90.4 per
cent.
GInnlnga prior to January 1 by
states, with comparisons for last year
and other big crop years and the percentage
of tho entiro crop ginned
prior to that date in those years, follow
:
Alabama.
Year. Ginnings. P.O.
1912 .1,289,576
191 1 1,618,510 95.5
1908 1,302,338 97.8
1906 1,1 90,062 95.9
Arkansas.
1 912 732,240
1911 786,329 86.6
1 908 ....... 9 1 0,423 91.4
1 906 731,547 81.8
Florida.
191 2 56,018
1 91 1 86,421 91.5
1 908 66,855 94.7
1 906 59.0 1 1 96.0
Georgia.
1 91 2 1,767,013
1 91 1 2,623,91 7 93.9
1 908 1,930,783 97.7
1906 1,571.582 96.3
Louisiana.
191 2 3 67,195 ....
1 91 1 352,503 92.6
190 8 4 5 3210 87 1
1 906 836,459 87.5
Mississippi.
1912. . 937,356
1 91 1 1,047,299 89.6
1 908 1,522,1 60 93.9 '
1906 1,289,294 86.9
North Carolina.
1912 . . . . . 857.403
1911 . . . . 975,223 86.6
1908 647,050 94.7
1906 571,628 93.5
Oklahoma.
1912 946,453 ....
1911 ... . . . 900,409 88.6
1908 525,610 95.1
1906. ... . . 701,814 80.5
Bouth Carolina.
1 912 1,173,549 ....
191 1 1,508,753 89.3
1 908 1,1 76,220 96.7
.1906 868,977 95.2
Tennessee.
191 2 248,506 ....
191 1 3 81,2 SI 88.7
1 908 3 1 7,01 0 94.9
190 6 2 1 1,838 82.5
Texas.
1 91 2 4,4 61,932 ....
1 91 2 3,926,059 95.6
1 90S 3,486,007 96.1
1906 3,626,1 17 91.6
Other tSates.
191 2 82,013 ....
1 911 110,298 79.4
1 906 52,71 0 77.2
1908 67,777 92.7
KILLED THE I It OWN SOLDIERS.
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Mexican Federals Ix>so Twenty Men
by Mistake.
Twenty Federal soldiers wero killed
Tuesday In a clash between two
bodies of Government troops who had
been brought to Toluca, Mexico, because
of an attack by fifty followers
of Zapata on a train flfteon mlloa
south of that city. A detachment of
cavalry had been sent to protect the
passengers of the wrecked train and
to escort them there. As they were
marching they were observed by another
body of Federal troops appioaching
tho same spot and theso
opened flro. Before the commanders
of the two forces had recognized that
they were fighting comrades twenty
men wero dead.
Toole Ills Own Ufo.
Because he wanted to move baer
to town and his wife wouldn't lot
him, la the reason given for the suicide
of Edward McLendon, a prominent
nurseryman of Concord, Ga.,
who shot and killed himself at his
palatial country home, near Jolly,
Saturday. There Is no other reason
of his solf destruction given.
Five Killed in Kiot.
Rioting arising from a local physician's
treatment of patients, resulted
In five town people killed and forty
wounded by troops at Boceagorgas,
Italy Monday a week. Order ntus
been restored, but troops are on
guaru on uio sirens.
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Drugged In a Slo<i?c?\
Evelyn Stewart, a young woman
who was found honnxl and druggo<?
in a Pullman berth on a Big Four
train from Chicago when it reached
Cincinnati Tuesday told tho police *
sensational story of an attack on the
train.