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MR. CROCKER ON
HOMEWARD JOURNEY
WRITES INTERESTINGLY OF HIS
VOYAGE.
Life on a Great Steamer—Beautiful
Views of Chinese Ports from the
Steamer’s Deck.
Hong Kong. China. May, 1906.—
You must not expect a great deal
from a fellow when he is on a sea
voyage and has, along with the hard
work of eating and sleeping, a wife
and baby to look after him, hot weath
er and a lazy salt water feeling. But
you excuse anything I may say, be
cause if it is a little overdrawn you
can say it is a little briny, or in other
words, “Take it with a grain of salt,”
for my bath this morning was salt
water, and we are just wallowing in
salt water these days. The view I
get just now in Hong Kong, sitting in
the smoking room on deck looking out
at the thousand lights of the city
against the hill just across the bay
ought to inspire to poetic inspira
tions, but unfortunately my poetry
spot was not developed, or at least
it was exercised once in the days of
auld lang syne (I am entitled to use
Scotch now, as my wife is of that per
suasion). and it did not meet with suf
ficient encouragement at that time to
grow into a flourishing condition. But
at any rate there are many beautiful
things to be seen in this beautiful
part of the world. Today they made
us sit at table and eat dinner Just as
we were passing through the straits
into Hong Kong, but we could get
glimpses turough the port holes, but
not hardly enough for me to give you
a full description of how it looked.
You will, therefore, excuse me. as it
was and is very hot. But it was a
fine trip down from Shanghai on this
big new steamer. The weather has
been open, doing us a fine turn, and
we spent the three days of the jour
ney in getting acquainted with the
ship, the stewards, the passengers
and all, and learning to make our
selves at home. You know, perhaps,
how much one gets to be at, home on
a steamer. I won’t tell you now about
our cabin steward, who is an old
man, an Englishman and a Jolly fel
low. nor about the other fellows just
yet. for I want to save something to
say when I have nothing else to talk
about. But the ship is a big one and
her broad sides send the waves curl
ing away in long waves on either
side, while the green blue of the sum
mer sea dances away to the horizon
and one gets a vision of the wideness
of things. How the stars shine in
this climate—they look like bir elec
tric torches, luminous and brilliant.
Do I need to tell you that Hong
Kong is our first stopping place after
leaving Shanghai on our way to
England, and is still in China? It is
a three days trip down here. When
we left Shanghai last Monde*’ night
it was cold enough for heavy cloth
ing, but we are now in our summer
dress and trying to keep cool. The
coast line is mountainous and dotted
with islands nearly all the way.
Sometimes fearful storms rage in
these parts, and often ships are
wrecked. One of the passengers told
, me w e passed early in the morning
a man of war standing on end in the
water. Alas, shipflife is not conduc
ive to early rising and I cannot give
you a picture of that scene. They
have put all of us missionary folks
together at one table and we spend
our time mostly eating and sleeping
and minding the babies. Did you
ever try to do that on board a ship?
Well, you have missed a chance to
have all of your time occupied, that’s
all. One of the regulation things to
do on a ship is to walk up and down,
but you have to wait till the little
folks are asleep. As a rule every one
is ready to wait until ETAOINN.,
is ready to speak to every one else on
board a ship, so we lean over the rail
sometimes and get each other’s his-
ton r , or crack jokes. When you get
ready to take a sea voyage you ought
to read the Ladies Home Journal, or
at least the joke part of it, or else
attend an association in the country,
when the preachers and visitors have
all had some of the good things in the
way of fried chicken, and then you
will be prepared to be entertaining, to
laugh or be laughed at—unless the
sea is rough. Then read Edgar Allen
Poe, and study about what is to be
in your will.
We went ashore this afternoon in
a small boat and Mrs. Crocker was
frightened, but we had a hot walk
along one of the fine streets. Hong
Kong is an English posession and
was ceded to her from China. It is
one of the great shipping ports of the
world. Nearly all the lines from the
west coast of America, from all the
coast of China, from Europe, Africa,
India and Australia come through
here and besides it is an Important
strategetic point in the English em
pire. We are to lie here two days
and then make our way on down to
Singapore, the hottest place on the
voyage, unless It shall be in the Red
Sea. I hear the piano going and some
one has been singing the “glory song,”
and seductive sounds draw one away
from letter writing, so you will have
to draw on your imagination or read
a book to get more just now.
W. E. Crocker.
FOR STATE OFFICES.
A List of the Candidates to Choose
From.
The following is the list of candi
dates now runniusr for the various
State offices in South Carolina and
from these you can take your choice
when you go to select the men you
wish to administer the affairs of
*
United States senate, B. R. Till
man and W. W. Lumpkin.
For Congress, First district, George
8. Legare, incumbent; Sec md, J. Q.
Patterson, incumbent; G. L. Toole and
B. Hare; Third, Wyatt Aiken, incum
bent; J. E. Boggs; Fourth. J. T. John
son, incumbent; W. C, Irby, Jr., G. H.
Mahon; Fifth, D. E. Finley, incum
bent; T. J. Strait. W. P. Pollocb;
Sixth, J. E. Bllerbee, incumbent; Sev
enth. A. F. Lever, incumbent.
Governor, M. F. Ansel, C. L. Blease,
J. E. Brunson, W. A. Edwards, A. C.
Jones, R. I. Manning, John J. Mc
Mahan, John T. Sloan.
Lieutenant Governor, T. G. McLeod.
Secretary of State, R. M. McCown,
J. B. Morrison. L. M. Ragin and M. P.
Trible.
Attorney General, J. Frasev Lyon,
J. W. Ragsdale and Leroy F. You-
mans, incumbent.
Comptroller General, A. W. Jones,
incumbent; G. L. Walker.
State Treasurer, R. H. Jennings, in
cumbent.
Adjutant General. J. C. Boyd and
L. W. Haskell.
Railroad Commissioner, J. H. Whar
ton. incumbent; James Cansler. J. M.
Sullivan, J. A. Summersett and J. C.
Sellers.
State Superintendent of Education,
O. B. Martin.
The following are the remainder of
the appointments for the campaign:
Bamberg, Tuesday, June 26.
Aiken. Wednesday. June 27.
Edgefield, Thursday, June 28
Saluda, Friday, June 29.
Lexington, Saturday. June 30.
Columbia, July 10.
Sumter, Wednesday, July 11.
Manning, Thursday, July 12.
Monks Corner, Friday, July 13.
Georgetown, Saturday, July 14.
Kingstree, Monday, July 16.
Florence, Tuesday, July 17.
Marion, Wednesday. July 18.
Conway. Friday .July 20.
Darlington, Saturday, July 21.
Bishopville, Tuesday, July 24.
Bennettsville, Wednesday, July 26.
Chesterfield, Thursday, July 2‘G.
Camden, Friday, July 27.
Lancaster, Saturday. July 28.
Chester, Monday, July 30.
Winnsboro, Tuesday, July 31.
Yorkville, Wednesday, August 1.
Gaffney, Thursday, August 2.
Spartanburg, Friday, August 3.
Union, Saturday. August 4.
Newberry, Tuesday, August 7.
Greenwood, Wednesday, August 8.
Abbeville, Thursday, August 9.
Anderson, Friday, August 10.
Walhalla, Saturday. August 11.
Pickens, Monday, August 13.
Greenville. Tuesday August 14.
Laurens, Wednesday, August 16.
CAMPAIGN OPENS BRISKLY.
Candidates Make Bow at St. George—
Outline Their Platforms.
St. George, June 19.—The State
campaign opened today. Up to the
hour for taking a recess there was
nothing but the speeches of the eight
candidates for governor, and in these
speeches there was nothing signifi
cant.
The candidates spoke in alphabeti
cal order. As only twenty minutes
were allowed each sneaker littl« more
could be done than to make introduct
ory remarks.
A. C. Jones, of Newberry, assailed
the dispensary in a speech full of grit
and determination.
Blease stands to* the rental of
the Brice luw and perpetuation of the
dispensary, as it is. denying the ex
istence of corruption, so far as he
knows.
McMahan barely touched on the dis
pensary, but made a statesmanlike
address on general issues, and de
clared his belief in the dispensary if
“they would turn the rascals out.”
Col. Sloan and Mr. Manning took
much the same view. The latter made
a very fine speech, considering the
short time allowed. Col. Sloan re
viewed his war record.
Mr. W. A. Edwards, of Saluda coun
ty, made a sensational attack on the
Southern railway and its hold on the
Satte government. He is the one
who in 1903 brought suit to dissolve
the Southern’s merger over the South
Carolina and Georgia.
Joel E. Brunson, the prohibition can
didate, made a temierance address
and ridiculed the dispensary effect
ively. *
SHORT NEWS ITEMS
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER
OKEE
Recant Happenings In and Around
the City and Other Events Gather.
ed by the Local News Editor.
At a meeting of the directors of
the Gaffney Manufacturing company
held last week a dividend of 3 per
cent, was declared, payable July 1.
Dr. W. K. Gunter leaves tomorrow
morning for the Isle of Palms, where
he win remain until Sunday in at
tendance upon the annual session of
the South Carolina Dental Associa
tion.
Wm. H. Smith, fraternal master of
Cherokee Lodge of Fraternal Union
of America, is a delegate to the dis
trict convention which convenes in
Atlanta, Ga.. Tuesday, June 26.
A wagon load of laborers left the
city yesterday morning for Gaston
Shoals to take part in the great de
velopment work on Broad river. Some
scarcity of negro labor is apparent In
Gaffney as a result of the sudden de
mand for men at the r ’ p r.
A sidetrack of the Southern at
the crossing of Granard and East
Smith streets was considerably dam
aged early Saturday morning by one
of the immense engines of the South
ern running off at that point. The
accident was the result of a spread
ing of the rails of the track. A force
of men soon had the track In condi
tion.
Much comment was occasioned Sat
urday by the small uumber of peo
ple in the city. Usually the crowds
are of such size that the streets are
hardly passable, while each member
of the throng is on business bent.
The reason vouchsafed by the major
ity of people as to the small number
in the city was that the farmers of
the county are too busily engaged In
farm work to leave.
Rumor In Gaffney has it that Frank
Young, the negro who fled from jus
tice in Cherokee county some time
ago on a charge of having murdered
his wife, she having been buried and
then exhumed, has been seen. The
report says that he was seen by a
young man of the community near
the exact spot where his wife is
buried. It was of no avail, however,
for a search to be made, as nothing
was seen of him later.
Saturday in Gaffney was a clear
day, which is unusual in view of the
fact that for many Saturdays rain
has signalized the advent of the day.
Old mother wind grew boisterous in
the afternoon with disastrous results
to hats and umbrellas. One instance
—sad yet funny—was furnished by a
very little girl carrying a very, large
umbrella, which the wind caught, niay-
fully perhaps, and carried across
three or four yards with the little
girl In pursuit, with fences, etc. to
climb at every turn. An apple tree
acted as a friend in need in stopping
the wayward umbrella.
It seems from the experience of Mr.
W. J. Maness that a thief of singular
boldness has been at work in Gaffney
and Cherokee. On last Thursday, as
Mr. Maness relates the story that
came very near to being disastrous for
him. he rented a wheel to a young
white man. This was about three
o’clock in the afternoon and the wheel
was secured by Mr. Maness yester
day about noon. It was found near
Cowpens. Mr. Maness was seen by a
Ledger man. and he gave it as his
opinion that the young man was a
thief of no mean ability, having got
away with a horse when he discarded
the wheel for the other mode of
travel. He went on to say the man
went by the name of Denton. He will
be prosecuted.
DUAL CRIME AT DURHAM.
“DARK CORNER” RAIDED.
—Each piece of Libbey’s cut glass
has the word “Libbey” etched on the
1 glass itself. Gaffney Drug Co.
Train Between Charlotte and Tocoa.
Spartanburg, June ?L—Despite the
gloomy view taken in some quarters
about the desired changes in the
Southern Railway schedule, it is un
derstood that there win be another
train put on between Charlotte and
Tocoa. This is stated by one who is
ciose to the officials of the Southern
Railway. The impression that the
efforts of cities along the line had
proved a failure seems to have arisen
from a statement which was credited
to Mr. Copeman. That official did not
say that the train would not be put
on; but that the matter would be tak
en under advisement. It is the gen
eral impression in Spartanburg that
the train will eventually be granted.
—Have you seen the pictures Shu-
ford A LeMaster are soiling this week
for 50c a pair?
—Just received a line of sterling
silver. See our violet pattern ex
quisite. Gaffney Drug Co.
Revenue Officer® With Posse of Men
Capture Eight Illicit Stills.
Greenville, June 19.—District Rev
enue Officer Sams, together with
Special Revenue Officer Aiken. Depu
ty Collector Merrill, Division State
Constable Hall and twenty other Fed
eral and State officers, raided the
"Dark Corner” section of Greenville
county early this morning. Eight big
illicit whiskey making plants were
destroyed and hundreds of gallons of
mash and beer were emptied. At one
point in the raid a few shots were
exchanged with moonshiners hidden
on the mountain side but no one was
hit. The officers captured two ve
hicles loaded with moonshine whis
key. They were in possession of ne
groes who were arrested. The raid
was the largest anj most extensively
planned in this section in man*' years,
and the results were entirely satisfac
tory to the officers. Recently the
moonshiners in the “Dark Corner”
have been giving much trouble and
the!’- work has been extensive. Some
of the more dangerous moonshiners
have amused themselves by firing in
to churches and terrorizing the more
pacefullv inclined.
Don’t be fooled and made to believe
that rheumatism can be cured with
local appliances. Hollister’s Rocky
Mountain Tea Is the only positive
cure tor rheumatism. 36 cents. Tea
or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co.
Freemsn Jones Charged With Bur
glary and Attempted Assault.
(Special to Charlotte Observer.)
Durham. June 17.—Freemag Jones,
colored, is in Jail here charged with
burglary and attempted criminal as
sault. which crimes were committed
In East Durham this morning about
3 o’clock. He has been positively
identified by the victim of his brutal
attempt, Mrs. J. W. Barker, and has
partially admitted the desperate
charges against him. The hearing is
set for tomorrow morning at 10
o’clock and in the meantime he has
been committed to Jail without ball
to await the hearing.
Mrs. Barker was dragged from her
home and into the yard by a negro.
In the scuffle that followed she was
painfully hurt, and is suffering today
from a bruised chest and sprained
back. Her cries and the cries of her
aged mother awoke a negro man and
his wi^e who lived near by, and when
they started to ascertain the cause of
the trouble the negro ran off, going
over soft earth that enabled the pfficer
to track him, and bring about his ar
rest soon after the crime. When ar
rested the negro was dressed just as
described by Mrs. Barker, having re
moved only his coat, and had on his
pants and wet muddy shoes. He was
in bed. He was taken Immediately
to Mrs. Barker, who positively iden
tified him, and at the same time she
exclaimed, "see, there is some of my
hair on his button.” Sure enough, the
officer secured a number of strands of
grayish ’ x>king hair that correspond
ed to that of Mrs. Barker. The onl y
statement made by the negro was
while he was being carried to nrison.
He was asked why be committed the
crimes. He said;
“I have been drinking and guess I
was drunk.”
The scene of this crime which has
in it every element that goes to make
up burglary in the first degree—enter
ing a dwelling house at night for the
purpose of committing a felony—is
about a mile and a half from the city
limits. Mrs. Barker, who is about
fifty-five or sixty years of age, is half
wilted and lives alone with her
mother, who said today that she is
now eighty-five years of age.
The first that these two knew that
any one was in the house was shortly
after 3 o’clock when Mrs. Barker
heard a noise in the room an<l asked
her mother if she was up. A lamp was
then lighted and the negro was stand
ing in the room. When asked what
he wanted he said that he was a
“Virginia negro” and wanted to see
Jack Barker, this being the wqman’s
husband. He grabbed Mrs. Barker
and she was dragged into the yard
and thrown to the ground. It was
then that her cries and the cries of
her mother awoke the neighbors who
saved her.
The alarm was given and the negro
tracked to his home. Just before the
officer reached the home another ne
gro said that he had seen Freeman
Jones pass a short while before.
Jones was arrested in the condition
named, having in his hand a i^ilroad
spike that he had carried into ffed.
The prisoner is about thirty-five
years of age and lives near the scene
of the crime.
AN UNKNOWN MAN KILLED.
Body Found Near Railroad in Concord
Badly Bruised.
Concord, N. C., June 18.—At the un
dertaking establishment of the Bell
& Harris Co., today lay the body of a
Young and unidentified man who was
killed at Harrisburg, presumably
Saturday night. Early Sunday morn
ing the body was found lying by the
side of the track in a ditch, cold in
death. How he was killed is not
known, nor exactly when. There
was nothing about the man to iden
tify him. His clothing was so badly
torn to pieces that It scarcely covered
the body. He lay at the upper end
of the west switch and was brought
to this city at once. The man was,
to all appearances, about thirtv years
of age and had good features. He was
badly bruised about the body and had
several Injuries about the head and
face. He gave every appearance of
having been above the class of ordi
nary tramps and had a look that in
dicated intelligence. Tim body was
buried today at the burying ground at
the county home.
A NEWSY LETTER
FROM WILKINSVILLE.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OP
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Another Train for Spartanburg.
Spartanburg. June 19 President W.
E. Burnet, of the Spartanburg cham
ber of commerce, today received a let
ter from Superintendent Lynch, of the
C. & XV. C. railroad stating that the
desired train to be operated into
Spartanbure in the morning and in
the evening would be put into optra-
tion about September 1. The rail
road commission, after a conference
with the business men of this citv and
towns along the road, demanded the
extra train and the road officials ex
pressed their willingness to operate
the train. The train will mean much
to the retail men of Spartanburg and
will bring each day manv shoppers
to this city.
Killed by Liqhtnina.
Winston-Salem. .Buie 19.—Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Browm, who recently
moved from Rockingham county to
Bellewg Creek, eighteen miles east
of this city, were killed bv lightning
yesterday afternoon.
Thev leave seven children, several
of "•hom were ‘•hocked.
Tailoring Opening.
June 26, 27, 28 and 29; Over 500
patterns to select from. Come and se
lect a suit, overcoat or pair trous
ers while the line Is complete.
W. C. Carpenter.
Peraonal Paragraphs Conesmlng Pop
ular Psopls and Short Itams of
that Section.
Wilkinsville, June 23.—At this writ
ing Mr. Joe Mitchell is lying very low
and his death is momentarily expect
ed. He had a sinking s^ell last Sab
bath from which he hasn’t yet recov
ered. For two or three days his fami
ly, brothers, sisters and a larenc num
ber of friends have been at and
around his bedside, expecting to see
him breath his last. His devoted
wife and children are in constant at
tendance upon him and they have, to
the fullest extent, the sympathy of a
large circle of friends. Mr. W. A.
Donald, of White Plains, who is Mrs.
Mitchell’s only brother, came down
day before yesterday and will remain
with the family to see the last of him.
Mr. Ben McCullouch, who has been
to see and wait upon Mr. Mitchell,
went home day before yesterday
quite sick himself.
We are having some warm weather
now. and farmers will soon feel like
“laying: by” their crops and getting
into the shade to rest.
Mr. William Fowler is still improv
ing in health and we hope to see him
out again soon.
Mr. Morgan Millwood has a fine
prospect for watermelons, though
they will be late this year. His vines
are beginning to grow now.
We took dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
Hamp Mitchell day before yesterday
at their home.
From what we can hear and see,
the oat crop is not doing much good
ripening this vear. The stalk remains
green after the head is dead ripe and
stock don’t like to eat it.
Next week several farmers will
have to attend court at Gaffney. As
scarce as labor is, its too bad for
them to be compelled to leave home
for perhaps a week, when they are so
badlv needed in their crops. We
would be glad to see something done
for them in this particular. Can’t a
more leisurly time of year be set for
our courts? The farming people
have only one time in the year in
which to make a crop, and that is
just now. We are no pessemist
neither are we an optimist, but of the
two we prefer the latter. When we
travel over the county and see what
an amount of the labor and sweat of
even women and children—both on
the farm and in the cotton mills of
this county, is being used as a basis
for cotton speculators and gamblers
(it matters not who they are) to get
rich over it by depriving these of the
legitimate value of their toil, we
shudder to think that the avenger of
wrong doing is on the track and soon
er or later will overtake and reward
the guilty. No nation or people can
prosper when such unjust conditions
exist, and the sooner things get right
the better for all.
Mascoulay says: “If men are to
wait for liberty till they become wise
and good in slavery, they may. indeed,
wait forever.”* Between the producer
and consumer, there is an unrecon
cilable difference as long as certain
conditions exist to keep them. We
are and have been in sympathy with
the cotton growers association from
its very first movement, and would
be glad to put the organization right
where it wants to be. and ought to
be—“dictator to the world in prices
of the staple the year round. No
body else has any better right. It is
not too generous for us to say that
99 per cent, of the cotton growers
mean to do right while the 100th
man may have art axe to grind, and
if so, he will disrupt the working of
the whole machinery and bring it to
naught.
Farmers have put in full time this
week where they have had the oppor
tunity.
Yesterday we went down on the
York side of the river as far as Good’s
mill at the mouth of Bullock's creek,
and crops along the line of travel
look well. Cotton, in many places, is
small but in a growing condition and
corn in most places is all that could
be wished. We expect soon to make
another visit to that section and will
write more fully when we do so.
Mr. James G. Garner speaks of in-
! ting the campaign meeting to be
held at Thomson’s mill this year and
having a barbecue dinner on the
grounds, together with a general pic
nic of the neighborhood people.
The thanks of we, us and family
are due Miss Sallie Mitchell for a
sample of her home raised white-head
cabbage and beets, also to Mrs. Sallie
Estes for some of her lucious
peaches.
It's told of one of our farmers that
several years ago he nearly froze
himself to death trying to sleep with
out cover in order that his cotton
might get to growing. He had heard
it said that cotton wouldn’t grow until
the nights got worm enough to sleep
without a blanket, and this caused
tlds enterprising gentleman to make
the venture. We don’t assert this as
a positive fact, but there is no telling
what some people wMli do under cer
tain circumstances.
As yfet, we haven’t found a cotton
bloom; but there is plenty of cotton
plants large enough tp have them.
We have never seen cn-ps. both corn
and cotton, grow faster than they
have done this week and the grass
has kept pace with them too.
Mr. Sam Lee is hauling his wheat
hem© to thrash. It’s a great pity so
little wheat is gown in this county.
Those who did sow. and put their
ground in good order, have been
abundantly paid for their trouble,
and this will be the case almost any
year If people will keep it up. It’s a
very poor crop of wheat, indeed, that
don’t pay something.
We hear that in many sections of
the county, the rainfall was unusu
ally heavy and did much damage to
growing crops. But, so far ag this
immediate section is concerned, we
have never seen a nicer rain toll, and
there is no damage reported further
than that of stopping the plows and
hoes for the time.
We met our old friend and com
rade, Mr. Jim “Crack” Pearson, at
Gaffney last week. He is a Jolly fel
low, always in a good humor and will
cure a case of blues if it’s not too
chronic. J. L. S.
“UNCLE JOE’Sf* APPRECIATION.
Encourages Expenidture of $96,000 at
Port Royal.
Washington, June 14.—“Uncle Joe”
Cannon today showed beyond aH
doubt his high appreciation of the
numerous articles of wearing apparel,
Including clothes from Wyatt Aiken,
shoes from Major Hemphill, and other
articles recently sent him from South
Carolina, as an evidence of the good
will of the people there towards him.
What he did was nothing more nor
less than to tell Representative Pat
terson that he would not onlv not en
courage members of the house com
mittee on naval affairs to allow the
senate recommendation of $96,000 for
the maintainance of the Port Royal
naval station to be put in the bill,
but that he would fight the measure
to the last degree.
When the senate took up the naval
appropriation bill some time ago the
efforts of Senator Tillman and his
friends on that side of the capitol
wer e successful to the extent of hav
ing a appropriation of almost $100,-
000 made for the purpose of having a
training station established at Port
Royal and otherwise keeping the
property in good shape. The amend
ment with this Item passed the sen
ate without serious trouble, and Sen
ator Tillman and Representative Pat
terson thought no more of the matter
until today, when Chairman Foss, of
the house naval affairs committee, in
formed Mr. Patterson that the item
would not be considered by his com
mittee. Mr. Patterson was greatly
surprised at this statement and lost .
no time in getting in touch with Sen
ator Tillman. In company with seY*
eral of his friends In the house. Mr,
Patterson then had an interview with
the speaker concerning the matter,
and if what the speaker said should
be literally quoted some people in
South Carolina would not be pleased.
Put into parliamentary language,
what the speaker said was that he
did not care what became of the Port
Royal station; that money already in
vested there was a dead loss, and that
he did not propose to see more sunk.
He also remarked that there never
was any use for the station there, and
that we had plenty of navy yards and
training station without going to
South Carolina to establish another.
In parting from Mr. Patterson he
begged that he be excused for having
used such strong language in refer
ence to the urgent appeals made by
the second district representative, and
said that while he meant nothing by
It. he felt constrained to show his
entire opposition to the scheme of the
Port Royal development plan.
While the ultimate fate of the Port
Royal station will be a matter of no
Interest to the people of South Caro
lina generally, it will be a matter
worth considering that Speaker Can
non has recently' been the recipient
of many tokens of good will from
people in different part of the State
expressed in various ways.
Mr. Patterson will continue his ef
forts, and says that if he cannot se
cure the sum put in the bill by the
senate, that a s maller amount would
be sufficient to maintain the station
for a while at least.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Youth Suffers Severe Wounds at the
Hands of His Friend.
Reidsville, N. C., June 22.—Harry
DeLaneey, a 13-year-old son of Mr.
J. W. DeLaneey. yvas shot and pain
fully wounded last night by a pistol
shot accidentally discharged from the
revolver of Stanley Ware, a son of
Rev. W. P. Ware. The boys had
started to Ware's nom’ to go in bath
ing. On the wav voung Ware re
marked that, he had a pistol. De-
Lancey asked to see it, but the re
quest was refused. A few minutes
afterward Ware removed the pistol
from his pocket and it was discharg
ed. the bullet entering DeLancey’s
stomach at the left and coming out
on the right side. His wrist was
also pierced. The physician could not
ascertain the seriousness of the in
jury. The wound bled profusely and,
after probing for the bullet, he was
unable to tell if any vital organs were
pierced.
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