The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, August 04, 1904, Image 1
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vor,. XXVIII, NO. 31
DARLINGTON, S (J., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4,
WHOLE NUMBER 1,475
iia(hcre4 Froa Varltms S«Brrr>*
aa4 ('•■4rn»r4 for Quirk
ReadDK.
Wilson Barrett, a world-fam
ous English actor, died in Lon
don on Friday of cancer.
The meat packers’ strike con
tinues, the attempt at arbitration
having fallen through.
Robert Keys, a prosperous
farmer, was shot and killed on
Sunday at Jonesboro, Tenn., by
Joe Martin, his son-in-law.
About 25,000 cotton mill oper
atives went out on strike in Fall
River, Mass., yesterday because
of a second reduction of wages
12 1-2 per cent.
Bob Souther and Courtenay
Baker, negroes, negroes, will be
hanged at Rome, Ga., Aug. 18th.
The former killed two negroes;
the latter killed his wife.
Frank Satterwhite, a farmer
of Princess Anne county, Va.,
crazed by jealousy killed his
wife on Friday night with a
monkey-wrench. He fled and
has not been captured.
Senator Burton, of Kansas,
convicted of accepting a fee for
services before the postofflce de
partment while a senator, has
appealed to the United States
supreme court and his case will
be heard before that tribunal in
the fall.
The testimony in the trial of
W E Breese, of the First Nation- 1
al bank of Asheville, N. C., for
embezzlement reveals, among
other things, that the widow of
the late Bill Nye entrusted all
her property to him and lost it.
W T Scott, colored, the can
didate for president of the na
tional liberty party, has be m
deposed because he is servin a
sentence in St Louis jail for
keeping a disorderly house, and
George E Taylor of Ottumwa,
Iowa, has been chosen to fill the
place.
The cotton crop in Southeast
em, Ala, was badly damaged b
a ten-ific hail storm.
Bryan has issued a mamf,
in which ho i n i.Les t ■ me f>
Parker u Ou ■ •
Miss Rm.e Levy, aged nr,
milted si:wide in New \
c' 1 ,? -jer r ath '• a retin. r
< 'vnt wo • , no’ let her mu,
tee young man sh<> loved.
It k U en estimated that the
total amount of insurance money
paid to those who lost their lives
in the great Balth , e Are will
exceed thirty millio illars.
Fully 300 phys ..u : re to be
sent irom the U./mJ States to
the isthmus of P; oama to en
deavor to make labor on the big
c«nal safe from a sanitary stand
point.
Colonel John S Mosby, of Con
federate guerrilla fame, who was
recently appointed an Assistant
Attorney in the Department of
Justice, at Washington, is 71
years old.
Edgar T Washburn, a big
grain merchant of Buffalo, N Y,
-shot and killed his wife and
slaughter and then committed
suicide on Friday. Business
troubles is stated as the cause.
A cat owned by Uriah Adams,
of Mt Holly, N J, recently killed
a rat which had about its neck a
diamond ring belonging to his
laughter. Search for the lost
l ring had been abandoned.
Frank Carter, of Lawton, Ok
lahoma, and his wife have been
married but eighteen years, and
they are the join* parents of
twenty-three children aH liv-
j ing. Fourteen of the children
are twins.
(’apt John Taylor W"<ni.grand
son of Zachary Taylor and ne
phew of Jefferson I>avis, died
I last week at Halifax, Nova Soc-
ita, aged 74. He was on the
staff of President Davis during
I the C’.vil War.
There has been placed in the
State Library, at Richmond,
plate armor taken from the body
of a Federal soldier on the Seven
Pint's field. It is claimed that
this sustains the charge that
Northern soldiers wore armor.
Wiley Davis, of Bremen, Har-
rolson com ty, Georgia, is dead,
at the a.- of 115 years. He
lived in m r ,on county nearly
all of ’ and had been a
very man until a few
year-. ;i m le was considered
th< ' ~v >an in Georgia.
U r er s Story of a Juggler.
Philadelphia Record.
directors’ meeting in
- V >rk recently John D
del idler is said to have told
t) - hiory. “The other day 1
1 -d of a woman who would
'tade an excellent account
■ a: r. This woman’s hus-
Lv.au always left in her posses
sion a number of blank signed
checks She was free to use
these checks, but he required
from her a full explanation of
the expenditure that had been
made with each of them.
' :li was looking over the
■ u i.e< day.
' an say here,’ he said,
•k v.fj, for J‘f went
.ai ■ xp, • w What
hi). , ••! «• r> W. • I: te?’
.v I Urr an, ,’ was
,he won.all's ns . *.
STATE mi
Items of Interest Culled
From Our Various
Exchanges.
There are nine candidates for
coroner of Greenwood county
The State summer school at
Winthrop college. Rock Hill,
closed on Wednesday,
j Two negroes were killed by
I light ning on St Helena Island
near Beaufort last week.
|
J A Summersett, trainmaster
! of the O, N & L road has mov
ed from Columbia to Laurens
J M Sullivan was re-elt'Cted
mayor of Anderson on Monday,
i defeating Paul E Ayer by 141
! votes.
The Columbia Record says
.there are Lti,.ioi; (hi K n in the
State, valued at $4d7,t;i;i'>, and
Only 40.1 :Sv sheep' valued at
$11] ,770.
H H Crum, late liquor eom-
' missioner, died at his home in
i Uenmark, Bamberg county, a
1 few days ago from a stroke of
paralysis.
A Union county constable I
found a nice suit case in a ne
gro’s house and in it a tin can
| with two gallons of corn liquor
J E Gilmer, a young white i
| man, was arrested in Columbia
on the charge of raising a dol
lar bill to a ten dollar bill.
There are six men under sen
tence of death in the Eighth
circuit—one of them, Hoyt
ilayesof Oconee, being a white
man, the others negroes.
At a meeting of cotton mill
men in Greenville it was de
| cided to reduce their produc
tion 25 per cent during the
months of August and Septem
ber.
The surety company that was
on the bond of E D Free, the
defaulting treasurer of Barn
well county, has paid the defal
cation, amounting to $1 IJhio.t 1
Arr; .emeu!-' are being
made gin
pairs •
which s i
i auction ai
in the fad as
no serious effects from the fluid
The Columbia State reports
'hat it is thought now that the
S luthern will build its exten
sion from Wards to Saluda in a
few months. That ho engii
has been in Columbia in eon
nection with the survey of in.
proposed line and that the •
seems little doubt but that tu,
road will f e built very soon.
Lawrence Russell, night
watchman at the Anderson cot
ton mills, accidentally killed
himself by taking an overdose
of anti-febrine by mistake. He
supposed he was taking Epsom
salts. He was fifty-five years
old ami married.
Governor Heyward has grant
ed b pardon to Hugh Nicholson
of Chesterfb Id countv, who
seems to be weak-minded. He
killed a man named Sutton and
was convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to three years on
the chamgang. Nicholson is in
very poor health.
W E Deaton was convicted
in York county of the murder
of J Lawrence Patterson, a
Fort Mill barber, and a recom
mendation to mercy was made
by the jury Deaton and his
wife were both on trial and the
wife testified that she fired the
fatal shot and that Patterson
had ruined Heaton’s home, she
being criminally conncc*" ' it
the jury refus' d to belie ( In r
story and found Imr not gull
and to r husband guilty. (
m,' \ out hunting hart
beerde one day with a rifle
which had not been used for a
long time. While tinkering
with a charge the gun exploded,
tearing his left thumb in shreds.
1 rug r'- companions wanted to
\. e hunt and hurry to
• t . r. t surgeon, hut the
ning Boer refused
Taking out his hunting knife
he placed the lacerated thumb
u. stock of the rifle and
u .ted it himself. By tying
,r ; ie stump a piece "f raw-
I, stopped the flow of 1
blood, and, winding around it!
his red handkerchief, he con- 1
tinned the sport.
Once, when he was chasing a
buffalo bull and his horse had
| brought him close to the game
the buffalo stumbled and fell
into a wallow filled by recent
raias from muddy pool Un-|
ahf« to check his speed, the
horee followed, and with his
ridor fell in a heap oil the bull.
Not for an instant did Kruger
lose his presence ot mind. He
sprung from his horse, and
seizing the horns of the bnffalh,
twisted the head so as to Wing
the nose and mouth of the ani
mal under water. There he
held it by mam force, himself
astride of the buffalo, until it
was drowned.
Cost! Cost!!
Why h Wpp j (Jouniry
“So glad to come out here to
see you,” said the visitors, ac
cording to the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. “The place is just
lovely. But tell me—why did
you move so far away from the
city? Was the smoke to dis
agreeable?”
“No.”
‘Oh, the noise of the street
curs bothered you?''
“No.”
“Was it the rush and rattle
that you couldn’t stand v ’'
“No.”
“Then why, pray, did you
come out here?”
“Just to try and get away
from the inquisitive bores in
the city.”
hotel privile,
been granted 1
of control.
. i.e necessary re
Larleston hotel,
. '-iiny s. •!' i .
tvill be i i i
urist hotel. A
has alreadv
he state hoard
Sarah Bennet. i ■ I nurse,
was arrested in Cun-, 'on for
sprinkling the h ■ ;• ear-old
child of Conductor Thomas
Jellico, of the Southern rail
way, with a solution of carbolic
| acid, which burnt the child's
\head and face and neck con
siderahly. The solution had
been used in sprinkling plants
to kill insects and the woman
turned the sprinkler on the
child. It is said that the ne
gro has maltreated the child
before and the sprinkling of
( acid was done in wanton mean
ness. The child is badly hlist-
lered, hut will doubtless suffer
ii.
It has been reported fron
Charleston licit a row is said '
| he impending in the iiffain
the Virginia-Carolina Chemu
! company, which may result in
I the disruption of the big ferti-
ilizer trust and the organization
ot a competing company.
Aciording to the reports, it is
said, the affairs are in a had
way for the company holding
together on account of dissen-
lions among the stockholders.
Stories ot Oom Paul Kruger.
As an athlete the late “Oom”
Kruger’s physical powers of
strength and endurance were
almost beyond belief.
At is years of age for a sma
w ige wer a st-aightwa'
com sr • i Too , h actual
oiiL .ir a good .me i Iden •%
: p ", •oiient.
i of his nr - i . . oral I
>-i mances, sc U, ’hica. >
riiiij e was an C _ re
i.gj'n •* a number of Kaf
chi* is the pick of that trT
The course as laid out covered
so miles. He was so far ahead
that lie went in and made him
self a cup of coffee. Being dis
covered by his father, the old
man, fearful of the result,
angrily hade him be gone. The
young fellow obeyed, of course,
but bef ire starting took up a
favorite light rifle, determined
to obtain some game. Tnat
afternoon he led his opponents
sufficiently to permit of his
taking a short hunt. The result
of it was that he searched the
veldt, shot a lion and reached
the goal hours in advance of
Ins competitors.
'I ''me
aer c
mon'i-
ers, ie• "
“d ; is ,
ufeu :i
' ree
r’s famous decision in
inheritance is in an-
:• and worthy of Solo-
ement. Two broth
: t her had bequeath
rty to be equally
iween them, could
i -ree upon the division,
n !o Oom Paul to settle
F *i • ite. He said to the
elu a: “You ire the eldest,
are . a not?” and, being an
swered in the affirmative, con
tinued: “Then you shall divide
tho. property. The elder broth
er was mm'h pleaded and the
younger u respondingly crest
fallen Hut < m Paul went on.
Turning o' mother: “You are
’■ yo ia so yon shall have
. choice of the lots.”
00,000 DAMAGE BY HAIL.
- itfic Storm Devastates South-
eastern Alabama.
1 ■ \ Ala,,July 27.—Details
bail “tormlUot, mssed
im isi Ala i •>“
f t-> <- il v ■ , (
/as turn alia I mere 1 to
Cotton was stripped of
•i r '6ti foliage, and the bare
si.dk is left as evidence of the
severity of the storm.
The loss on cotton is estimat
ed at fully $100,000, and the
loss on other crops, buildings
and stocks at $200,000. Hail as
large as hen eggs fell, and many
stones yet remain on the ground
All the sufferers are land rent
ers. An appeal for aid is made.
You have no doubt heard this often--but we are
going to make this one interesting to you.
Every article enumerated below will be sold at
cost for the next three weeks. .•. .•. .•.
All Suits,
” Extra Pants,
Serge Coats and Vest,
” Serge Coats,
” Alpaca Coats,
Pagamas,
Straw Hats,
Linen Caps,
White Duck Caps,
Nainsook Drawers.
Our Fall Stock will commence to arrive in a
few weeks, and we want room; hence this sale.
Cunningham & Dove,
Gents
Outfitters
Mr Kruger, when a young
A CONVICT SUICIDES.
Fred Brown Cuts His Throat at the
Penitentiary.
Fred Brown, a negro convict
at the penitentiary, committed
suicide today by cutting his
throat. Tiie negro was either
temporarily insane or frighten
ed when he committed the deed,
as there ppears to be little
reason for :.
Brown > as oae of the cooks,
and this m rn.ng had a row
with Johh W uBhmgton, another
negro, who h a: > at work in
the kitchen. s not known
exactly whnt ■ au f the row,
but the guards hearing the
noise put a stop n it at once
and threatened both with pun-
isl.-nent if it w is not stopi ed.
Then the suicide v>nk plan- so
juickly that there was no t mt
for medical aid t< s&ve the
darkey’s life. He simply drew
the knife across h.s throat and
fell down. The jugular vein
was served, and ot course there
was no hope tor him.
Brown was scrying a life sen
tence from Lexington county
for the murder of another negro
in 1891. While not a trusty he
was, as a rule, quiet and only
occaaiocally gave trouble. 8upt
Griffith, who regrets the affair
very much, was notified at once
and made arrangements for the
disposal of the body. The suici
de created a great deal of excite
ment among the other prisoners
who happened to be in the pen
itentiary at the time, but no
trouble was given and the
guards were in command of the
situation throughout.
Ua Kind To Snakes.
Most farmers, and especially
boys, take trouble to hunt down
a snake when they are really
the farmers’ friends. Many
persons will leave a carriage or
team m the road to kill a snake
they see upon the roadside. And
as for the black snake that hves
under the house or old porch, it
is e greater enemy to mic; 'pod
rats than Pie best cat cc j uld
oovsihl La, white it would not
harm ac i-iant; in fact, could
be lamed io be very interest
ing. Kindness always wins
snakes, and they willsb' w it as
perceptibly as most creatures
black
Some people an like whiskers
They live on cheek
Some men look for : fob »s
though they are a f r, thjv
might get it.
When the tenor sings * wom-
ing Through the Rye” is it
necessarily a high haw ?
Many a man who has been
carried away by bis own en
thusiasm has been obliged to
walk back.
The inventor of a flying ma
chine isn’t the only one to real-
iz- that riches take unto them-
se ves wings
The man who comes out or
top loses sight of the fact that
the froth on a glass of beer does
the same trick.
The temperance agitator w
A black snake pet is mor. leH you that the m(xra wou , d
cleanly adog or cat is tar ful! if u wo , lld onl 8tick
less trouble, will respond to the m j| ky w . J
Ih!^ CaU “ 1 uic i ly ’ U’h all wob’enou^h to scatter
i.An 17 evidence of aJfec- of kin , lQest> * bui don , t
tion as sincerely, and if its wcu t,. R n T ,. llr a ,
fangs should scratch the skin gome 0 { j t f or a rai da
or even penetrate the flesh the Ths trouble with the people
result m not so annoying as the who are ^ proud to tegznd
scratcv.os from the briars that ^ honest to steal is that they
pick "“ o ' rr"*"* * ,m ^ “
Tabloid Philosophy.
The girl who has the most
ring isn’t always a belle.
Fresh Turnip Seeds for fall
planting. G O Mertz.
WHITTINGTON’S.
|= The Night And Day Drug Stoi
re.
is the place to buy if you wish to get the best goods for the least mon-
ey. We can save you money on many things in the drug line.
Seven of The Best Five Cent Cigars For T wenty Five Cents.
We are sending out the Finest Ice Cream in all the most Popular
Flavors. All Cold Drinks Five Cents.
TELEPHONE ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
Opeen Until Midnight M M Hi} «}.
WHITTINGTON’S DRUG STORE*