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THE B?LLT0WN RIOT.
A Detailed Story of the Trouble
Between Whites and Bl acks.
New Orleans, Oct. 29.-A special to
the Picayune from Balltown, La., says
that the race war between the blacks
and whites, which started at a negro
camp meeeting at Duncan Chapel
Sunday, forms a story of b!-ood un-,
equalled in the history of the Pearl
River Valley.
One white man is dead, anot?er is
dying, with a bullet hole through his
stomach,, and a third white man is
badly injured.
Nine negroes were killed in the
bloody affray, five men, tim* women
and one small child. A dozen or
perhaps more negroes escaped to the
woods and swamps with wounds that
are believed to be certainly fatal in
the brush away from medical atten?
tion.
The dead, white: Joseph Seal, son
of Willis Seal, aged 32, residence at
Varando, La. Wounded, white: Clar?
ence Thomas Elliott, aged 26\ fatally
woundesd, now dying, residence Va?
rando, La; Edward Thomson, 45, shot
through thigh and fleshy portion of
leg, residence Varando.
Dead, colored: The Rev.. Alexander
Connolly, 50, pastor Duncan Chapel ;
Mary Davis, 30, his daughter ; Clear
Lott, 45, Julia Peters, 30, Lott's
daughter; Mellon Peters, her child,
aged 5 ; Amy Tony, 75, mother-in-law
of Clear Lott ; Lewis Duncan, 18, son
of Helen Duncan; Thomas Parker,
24 ; Bad Beverly, 18 a turpentine work?
er from Georgia.
No one is able to estimate the num?
ber of wounded negroes who escaped
the carnage behind the church. They
scattered in all directions. Some are
known to have been shot but they
have not been found. Th-3 conflict
raged for half an hour. Those at a
distance say the firing sounded like a
battle between troops.
To the camp meeting negroes had
come from 200 miles, all up and down
the valley! Elder Duncan, of New
Orleans, for whom the chapel was
named, was present. On last Thurs?
day the meeting opened with several
hundred negroes encamped around
the church in tents and in rudely con?
structed shanties.
One day previous to the camp meet?
ing, when the negro, Bill Morris, had
been burned at the stake near Balltown
for an assault on Mrs. J. J. Ball,
public feeling was at a high pitch.
Under these conditions the negroes
gathered at Live Oak. There was
trouble over a license and Clear Lott's
tent became the center of contention.
Some trouble occurred Saturday even?
ing, but there was no bloodshed. It
came up again Sunday afternoon when
Constable Boon and a posse rode up to
Lott's tent with a warrant.
Lott came out and is reported to
have shouted with an oath :
"One negro has been burned, but
a - white man will be the next."
? Wade Walker, one of the constables'
posse, was struck over the head with a
Winchester and then the slaughter be?
gan. The blacks fled from the frail
?wooden church, for it was no shelter
from the rain of bullets. Ix>tt retired
into his tent, shooting and ^fighting.
John Seal received his death wound.
Preacher Connolly was shot while,
standing in his yard. His daughter
fell just inside the house. The other
negroes around Lott's place kept up a
steady rain of bullets.
Lott's old mother-in-law, his two
daughters and the little boy fell in a
heap inside the shelter. Sophie Lott
saved her life by concealing herself
behind the stove. Then she escaped
and the men did not harm her. They
were after Clear Lott. He was barri?
caded and the next move was to fire
the place, which they did. When the
fire forced him from under cover he
appeared in the doorway and twenty
rifle balls went crashing through him.
He fell in a heap headforemost on
the ground. Parker and Beverly, both
blacks, fell with him.
For twenty-four hours it looked as
f a general uprising would wipe out
the black race in Washington Parish.
Over 1,000 armed men yesterday were
at the scene of the battle.
Yesterday the negroes: who were left
in a heap where they hac died, were
piled into their unmarked graves, dug
near the charred remains of Lott's
tent house. There was no ceremony.
The minister and his daughter filled
one of the holes, the women and child
another, the men a third. At the
same time prominent citizens held a
conference, which was attended by
Sheriff Simmons, and a message was
sent to the negroes :
"Do you want any more?" was the
query.
"No," came the reply.
This had a quieting effect and the
negroes left the country. It is believ?
ed there cwill be no further trouble.
New Orleans, La, October 29.-Gov?
ernor Heard today countermanded the
instructions to Gen. Glynn to send
troops to Balltown. A company of the
Louisiana field artillery and a troop
of cavalry had been in readiness all
night and were about to start for the
scene of the trouble when the govera
nor's telegram came.
$19.50 buys a $25 Bicycle. Call on
E. W. Vogel. Oct. 30-2t.
THE FIRE IN TIMM0HSV1LLE.
Property Destroyed Valued at
One Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Timmonsville, October 30.-The bus?
iness portion of Timmonsville is in
ashes. The most disastrous fire in the
history of the town swept away thou?
sands of dollars in a few minutes about
4 o'clock this morning. A stiff west
wind was blowing, which made impos?
sible any effort to stop the flames.
The fire originated in the wooden
building occupied by Smith & Dennis ;
spread rapidly, consuming in quick
succession the stores of S. S. Carroll,
R. A. Sims and Hill Brothers, and,
crossing the street, burned as follows :
Barber shop and ware house of R. C.
Saverance ; store and ware house, J.
B. Harper: store and residence, oc?
cupied by M. W. Harrell, owned by
Charles A. Smith: warehouse and
other buildings of Charles A, Smith :
warehouse occupied by Welling &
j Bonnoitt, owned by John McSween,
and the whole brick block known as
the McSween-Smith block, contain?
ing the Bank of Timmonsville, drug
store of J. F. Culpepper and stores of
R. C. Severance, W. H. Lowman,
Charles A. Smith, J. R. Ramsey, G.
C. Johnsen, L. Anderson, L. Lyons,
A. J. Broom and Welling & Bonnoitt.
Nothing was saved from the ruins.
The heaviest losses are about as fol?
lows: Charles A. Smith, stock 10,000,
seven stores 10,500, residence 500 and
warehouse 500 ; John McSween, three
stores, hall and offices above, 7,500;
R. C. Saverance, stock 8,000, < ware?
house SOO : W. H. Lowman, * stock
6,000; A. j. Broom, stock 5,000: L
Anderson, stock-5,000: Welling & Bon?
noitt, stock 5,000 L. Lvons, stock
2,000; J. R. Ramsey, stock 1,000; J.
B. Harper, stock 2,500: buildings
1,500: Smith & Dennis, stock 1,500,
buildings 5,000: Hill Brothers, stock
1,500 building SOO; S. S. Carroll, stock
1,500: J. F. Culpepper, stock 1,500.
building 1,000: R. A. Sims, stock
1,000 building 800; G. C.. Johnson,
stock 500 ; Knights of Pythies hall,
1,000 fixtures, etc, 500; Timmonsville
Guards armory, guns uniofrms, 500;
offices of R. K. Charles, insurance;
telephone exchange and barber shop
and fixtures, all a total loss. There is
only a small per cent of insurance, as
the brick block was considered safe.
Sensational developments have fol?
lowed the fire and conclusive evidence
has been obtained that it was the
work of an incendiary. Warrants
have been issued for Alva Smith and
Frank Dennis, doing business under
the name of Smith & Dennis. Dennis
is already under arrest and Smith will
be arrested to-night. The total losses
approximate one hundred thousand
dollars. The losses of the Bank of
Timmonsville, building and fixtures,
Masonic Hall and fixtures, are not in?
cluded in the list giv^en above.
Darlington Oil Mill Burned.
Darlington, Octoerb 30.-The large
plant of the Darlington Oil Mill was
burned today at 1 o'clock. The fire
started in the gin, nobody knows how.
The gin, the mill, several out -build?
ings the office building were complete?
ly destroyed. The engine room and
one seed house were saved. The machi?
nery will not be a total loss. The
furniture and books of the office were
saved by the employees.
The fire spread rapidly and defied
the efforts to combat it.
The mill was independent of the
trust, and R. K. Dargan was the
manager. The capital stock was $84,
000. Included, in the loss were 200
bales of cotton and one box car load?
ed with cotton seed on a spur track.
Help to Exporters.
Washington, Oe-J. 28.-United States
Consul Frank D. Hill at Amsterdam,
has sent the State Department ex?
tracts from a letter written to him by
an American trading company of
Amsterdam, from which it appears
that one of the reasons for the small
sale of Americna furniture and other
manufactures in Holland and European
countries in general is the slow deliv?
ery, owing to the absence of stock in
the factories.
/'As to European imitations of
American specialties, weean state that
they are not cheaper than American
goods," says the letter, ''and are of
very bad workmanship. But we are
sure, if we showed this people their
faults and supported the home trade,
they would work as well as manufac?
turers in the United States, and we
would not need to send money three
months before we saw the goods: on
the contrary, we would pay three
months after invoice.
"We have bad an offer from a Brit?
ish house to take goods on consign?
ment. The managers propose to send us
stock and to pay for all advertising.
That would be the way for Americans
to do business. United States manu?
facturers do not understand how to
treat European dealers. We never
receive the goods at the right time :
we also think, if we give bankers'
guaranty in New York, the manufac?
turers could take the risk of sending
the goods payable against shipment
documents in Folland, instead of New
York.
"We do not think American export?
ers will ever be willing to send stock
on consignment, but it would be to
their interest to keep samples in
Europe, and Amsterdam would be the
right place being on the sea coast and
the center of a neutral country.
"We are sure, if we could keep a
permanent exhibition of American
goods here large buyers of Europe
would come to examine them and much
trade could be done. We would be
prepared to give American manufac?
turers every security."'
Mr. J. S. Breece, a nurseryman in
Cumberland county, has succeeded in
crossing the Japanese walnut with the
American pecan, producing a nut four
times as large as the pecan. If the
nut proves acceptable in flavor, etc.,
he will propagate the trees.
HARD FIGHT WITH BOERS.
Latter Defeated, but Left Their
Mark-British Lost 83 Men.
London, Oct. 29.- A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Octo?
ber 28, says he has received reports of
important fighting, October 24, near
Great Marico river, when De Larey
and Kemp attacked a British force
and were oniy repulsed after severe
fighting, leaving forty dead on the
field, including Commandant Omstir
heysen. The British lost twenty-eight
men killed and had fifty-five wounded.
The Boers carried off eight British
wagons. The republicans appear to
have paid special attention to the gun
as thirty-seven gunners and drivers
were killed or wounded.
Lord Kitchener mentions a number
of minor affairs arid says this week's
bag consisted of ?seventy-four Boers
killed, sixteen wounded and 353 made
prisoners. In addition forty-five'vBoers
surrendered, and the British captured
471 rifles, 75,950 rounds of ammuni?
tion, 216 wagons, 530 horses and 8,000
head of cattle.
Pretoria, Oct. 29.-Commandant
General Botha's recent escape from
the British columns pursuing him was
a close affair.
Gen. Jos. Remington marched on
the commander-in-chief's quarters at
night only to find that Botha had got
off with a few hundred yards start,
leaving his hat, revolver and papers
behind. Ten prisoners, including
Commandant Hans Botha, and former
landrost, Schutte were captured.
Won't Repay Ransom.
Constantinople, Oct. 31. -The Turk?
ish government is already preparing to
resist the anticipated demand of the
United States for payment of the ran?
som necessary to secure the release of
Miss Ellen M. Stone, the abducted
American missionary. The porte
denies all responsibility for the kid?
napping of Miss Stone and maintains
that the United States has no claim
against Turkey and that, therefore,
the latter is justified in refusing to re?
coup the United States for the money
expended in her rescue. A high Turk?
ish official this morning informed a
representative of the Associated Press
that the Turkish resistance of any
claims would be based upon the con?
tentions, first, that Miss Stone, al?
though warned of the dangers of the
road, insisted on traveling; second,
that she did not notify the author?
ities of her intention, in order to ob?
tain an escort whiich precaution even
the foreign consuls always take when
traveling in such outlying, insecure
districts of the empire, and third
that the brigands who kidnapped
Miss Stone and her companion were
Bulgarians, and that the coup was
planned in Bulgaria.
Constantinople, Oct. 31.-It is again
rumored that Madam Tsilka, the com?
panion of Miss Stone, and her child,
born since her capture by the
brigands, are dead.
Two More Regiments.
Washington, Oct. 31.-General
Miles has recommended that the
Eleventh cavalry and the Twenty
eighth infantry be sent to the Philip?
pines. Two regiments are all that the
secretary propos-.es to send to the
Philippines at present. These regi?
ments are to take the place of regi?
ments in the Philippines to be brought
home, which have been serving there
three years or more and the terms of
the enlistment of the men about to ex?
pire. The order will not interfere with
the department's plans for reducing
the army in the Philippines.
The regiments which are to be rer
turned as soon as the transports are
ready, are the Fourth, Seventeenth,
Twentieth and Twenty second infantry
These regiments: have been longest
in the islands.
Roosevelt to Open Exposition.
Washington, Oct. 31.-President
Roosevelt was today invited to attend
the South Carolina Inter-State and
West Indian Exposition to be held in
Charleston beginning December 2.
The president said that he would at?
tend if public business would permit.
The committee told the president that
he could set his own date but suggest?
ed February 12, Lincoln's birthday.
This caught the president's attention
and he said he would attend on that
day if possible. The presidentjpromised
to open the exposition on December 2d
bv touching a button in the White
Rouse.
A Convict Killed.
A negro convict, Johnson by nama
and one of the recent recruits to the
chain gang was killed late Tuesday
afternoon by girard James Windham.
The facts as learned are that while re?
turning to camp Tuesday afternoon
near old Taw Caw church in the Sum?
merton section, Mr. Windham who
was in the front part of the cart, had
his attention directed behind him by
a suspicious noise, and on turning
round found that the negro had an axe
raised above his head ready to strike.
Mr. Windham .seized the axe, and in
the scuffle both fell out of the cart,
and Mr. Windham seized an imple?
ment and dealt the fellow a blow on
the head which, killed him. Coroner
Brewer went down yesterday morning
to hold the inquest. The affair is to
be regretted, and no doubt Mr. Wind?
ham hates that he was foreod to thus
defend himself.-Manning Farmer.
Subscriptions are being taken in
Rock Hill and Yorkvillefor permanent
improvement cf the roads. It is pro?
posed to do some model road building
between the two towns.
THE FATE OF MISS STONE.
It is the Impression in Sofia That
the Captive Missionary is Dead.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 29.-The Rus?
sian foreign office is still co-operating
heartily with the United States officials
in the efforts to obtain the release of
Miss Stone, the American missionary,
and her companion, Madame Tsilka,
who were captured by brigands on
September 3. M. Ba'khmetieff, the
Russian representative at Sofia, who
is married to an Amercian is display?
ing energy in co-operating with Uni?
ted States Consul Dickinson, of Con
statinople. In government circles at
Sofia the impression, appears to be that
Miss St?he is dead. Measares are be?
ing taken by Dickinson and M. Bakh
metieff. Mr. Dickinson is trying to
learn definitely whether she is alive or
not.
Constantinople, Oct. 29.-Spencer
Eddy, secretary of the United States
legation here, and W.' W. Peet, treas?
urer of the American mission at Con?
stantinople, had a long conference on
the subject of Miss Stone today. The
information from the missionaries who
are near the brigands' retreat is far
from satisfactory.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct: 29.-United
States Consul Dickinson has left here
for Samokov in order to be able to su?
perintend more closely the measures
to be taken for the release of Miss
Ellen Stone and her companion,
Madame Tsilka.
Death of Col. N. H. Davis.
Greenville, Oct. 2S.-Col. Nathan
H. Davis died here yesterday after?
noon, at 4 o'clock, in his 81st year.
Col. Davis was one of the most perfect
types of the olden time gentleman, a
man of culture, loved and honored by
all who knew him. He was born at
Monticello, Fairfield county. He was
a lawyer by profession. During the
California gold fever he went to the
Pacific coast and amassed considerable
property. While living in California
he was appointed to a judgeship and
took a leading part in suppressing the
brutal lawlessness in the early days
of that State. He served as private
secretary to his brother, James B. Da?
vis, who was United States minister
to Turkey. During the Confederate
war he served on the staff bf Gen.
Hampton and was a gallant soldier,
having the confidence of his com?
mander and the love of his comrades.
He came to Greenville after the war
and made his home with his brother
in-law, Theo. J. C. Furman. When
A. M. Howell bought the Greenville
News Col. Davis was employed as edi- j
tor.
While in this position he wrote a
series of editorials predicting the won?
derful future of this city, which at
the time were considered by many as
fanciful prophecies. His predictions
have been more than realized and he
lived to see the village grow to a live,
throbbing, active city. He took great
interest in agriculture and gave con?
siderable time to the study of im?
provement of agricultural machinery.
He made several inventions which
were valuable, but lack of means pre?
vented bringing them into public use.
He brought the first Angora goat to
this county, believing that the An?
gora could be a source of untold
wealth to the farmer. He neverthe?
less lost faith in this idea and the
present enthusiasm in other States
concerning the Angora goat proves
that his faith wTas well founded. He
was a man of gentle disposition, true,
pure, chivalrous, loving everything
noble and honorable, hating sham and
duplicity, and his death was peaceful,
a fitting close of a pure and noble life.
He was buried this afternoon.
R. S. M.
An Ideal Telephone.
It would be difficult to say whether
Stockholm or Budapest possesses the
best telephone system, but it is
quite certain that these two towns are
the best served in the world.
Stockholm possesses an installation
of about 40,000 telephones. In other
words, nearly every .shop and private
house possesses an instrument, and
the system is so extensive that conver?
sation is not only possible, but easy,
over a radius of about 50 miles
around the city.
Budapest, in addition to being reg?
ularly served with ordinary tele?
phones, possesses a unique system, the
Telefon Hirmondo, which practically
performs the function of a neswpaper.
News is received at all hours of the
day in the central office, and, after be?
ing edited and condensed, is reported
over the wires to some 7,000 subscrib?
ers, who can listen to it in their own
sitting room at stated intervals during
the day. The system has proved not
only a public convenience, but also a
great commercial success.
Raise no Wheat in 1902.
Independence, Kan., Oct. 29.-A
gigantic scheme is proposed in south?
ern Kansas to run up the price of
wheat next year. It is original with
B. H. Giger and other wheat raisers
of this city, and they hope to include
in it all the farmers of the wheat belt
of the country*. Their plan is to have
every farmer sign an agreement not to
raise an acre of wheat in 1902 and
thus force up the price of wheat. Each
farmer will be asked to contribute SI
toward advancing the cause when he
si<rns the agreement.
There is said to be no politics in this
proposed organization, which the pro?
moters say is spreading rapidly.
Frank N. Jordan, the defaulting
assistant postmaster at Greenville, has
been sentenced to nine months in jail
and a fine of SI, 178.34, the amount
of shortage. A petition for pardon
has been started.
"Ik Marvel" Dying.
Word comes from New Haven, Conn.,
that Donald G. Mitchell, better an
more lovingly known by another gen
eration as "Ik Marvell," is rapidh
nearing his end. The venerable au?
thor, says the Chicago Tribune, now
in his 80th year, is hardly
known to the readers of today, and
his works, were they produced now,
would not cut much figure in these
days of commercial publication and
nearly universal authorship. In their
time, however, few books were more
widely read than his, especially "Re?
veries of a Bachelor" and "Dream
Life," and doubtless there are many
today who deny the possession of senti?
ment and yet indulge it of a quiet
evening by the fireside in the enjoy?
ment of the "-Reveries."
Mr. Mitchell's life has been for
many years remote from the world's
activities. It has been without stress
or strife, spent in the midst of that
nature which he loved so well and
knew so intimitely. After his gradua?
tion he studied law, and from 1853 to
1855 was consul at Venice, but since
those days he has lived at his country
home and devoted himself to literature.
In the last half century he has pro?
duced eighteen volumns, all in the
charcater of essays or sketches, except
"Dr. Johns," a sustained novel,
printed in 1866, which was not a suc?
cess. He was not a novelist. His
manner was too delicate, gentle and
polished for this kind of work. He
was in the highest and best sense a
humorist, as Lamb and Thackery were,
appealing at once to laughter and
tears, and having an intimate know?
ledge of the human heart and soul.
Fearful' Weather for November.
Weather Prophet Hicks has his fore?
cast for November ready for distribu?
tion, in which he outlines the weather
for the month in fashion that will, if
found by experience to be correct, will
prove that the old man has his eye on
his number.
Among other things he says that for
the fact that a Venus period of dis?
turbance is central on the 20th, there
are few astronomical reasons why the
month should not be placid, and this
fact is taken to mean that the month
of November is to be a regular hum?
mer, seeing that this is the period of
Jupiter, and Venus generally plays
thunder with all the elements on such
occasions. The usual storm periods
are expected to be beyond what they
generally are at this season of the year
-r,'. ctuations of the temperature are
to .' more sudden and severe and are
t^ . e of longer duration, especially in
t.ie North Atlantic and Lake regions.
ginning with the dates of Friday
S ai+S Z."^urday, Nov. 1 and Nov. %
thbxv .': to be a rise in temperature,
and th. will be followed by a fall in
temperature and snow and rain on
Nov. 3. A sharp, sudden rise in tem?
perature will ensue, and in the extreme
West there is to be a snow-storm. The
Vulcan storm period begins on the 6th
and extends to the 10th, and on the
6th there are to be thunder-storms,
and after that date storms of rain and
snot*-' are scheduled to start from the
west and to cross the country to the
east, preceded by a severe fall in tem?
perature.
Conjunction of the moon and sun
with the earth will occur on the 11th,
warmer weather will ensue and more
snow and rain are to be seen.
Genuine, old-fashioned winter will,
according to the Reverend Hicks,
begin at this time, and from the 14th
to the 20th there will be experienced
the most severe storms known for
years-wind, rain, snow and all the
accompaniments of the blizzard being
prophesied bv this weather man.
From the 23d to the 26th warmer
weather may be expected, but it will
be of short duration, and within forty
eight hours after sundown on the 25th
there will come a cold wave that will
be rapid, severe, and felt in the ex?
treme south and the month is to end
with snow, sleet and general destruc?
tion to everything perishable.
Constantinople, Oct. 30.-The nego?
tiations for the ransom of Miss Ellen
M. Stone, the abducted American^
missionary, are progressing satisfacto-*
rily, it is understood: but, beyond
this, those having them in hand main?
tain absolute secrecy, as they are con?
vinced that publicity would be detri?
mental to Miss Stone's interest and
safety.
Liverpool boasts of the biggest ware?
house in the world. It is 725*2 feet
long, 165 feet wide and 125 feet high,
and is built alongside the docks. It
is intended to store the imported
tobacco. There are now in bond at
Liverpool 93,000 hogsheads of tobacco,
weighing 50,000 tons, on which duties
amounting to $90,000,000 must be paid.
Ot I
hot muffins,
made with R<
Powder ma)
eaten witho
indigestion.,
THE GR??T SALL SHE.
Virginia Defeats Clemson in Hard
Fought Game.
Columbia, Oct. 31-Undoubtedly
the finest game of foot ball ever play?
ed in South Carolina, and probably
one of the fiercest battles ever fought
on a gridiron in the South, was play?
ed here today at the Fair grounds
between Clemson College and the Vir?
ginia Polytechnic Institute of Blacks
burg, Va. The result of the great
game was the victory for the Virgin?
ians with a score of 17 to. IL '.
There were 5,000 people in attend?
ance and wild enthusiasm . reigned
throughout the game, whieh lasted one
hour and thirty-five minutes, with two
twenty-minute halves.
This game is to be put down in foot
ball records as a record-breaker in the
South. This for many reasons ; first,
it was noticeable that the spectators
numbered more than any crowd that
has ever assembled in South ^Carolina
to see a foot ball game.
The field was full of "orange and
purple" and "orange arid maroon"
1 ribbons and banners, and the eager
I ness shown from the start proved the
interest ol the crowd. When Eeferee
Thompson, of Georgetown University,
called "play' 'the spectators showed
as much eagerness as the players and
this interest was kept up during the
whole game. The two teams of eleven
fine men of perfect physique battled
with their whole souls and hearts,
playing all the time with that steady
and undaunted tenacity that is only
characteristic of a foot ball aggrega?
tion. This then is the great lesson
taught by a foot ball game-the in?
stilling into a youth's nature the
power of concentrating his mind to a
determination which he knows will
only lead to victory by his own effort'.
No game in the history of humanity
brings out a stronger point of morality
than this one of tugging away with
bulldog tenacity and fierceness when
the game is actually being fought out
.as a "battle royal." To' see these
sturdy youths buck the line, which
is an opposition like a stone wall, and
probably make a long run on some
carefully planned trick, and then get
up, tired, out of breath and frenzied
with excitement and continue to play
faster than the eye can follow, shows
the real benefits to the play-the exer?
cise of downright pluck and "grit."
One of the finest examples of deter?
mination and grit ever shown on a
gridiron was witnessed here today,
when "Buster" Hunter played
throughout the game with his elbow
bruised to the bone and bleeding
horribly. Notwithstanding his pain?
ful elbow he played the star game for
Clemson.
To one who has never seen a foot
ball game the detailed account of
bucks, punts, place kicks, etc., proves
"rot" and utterly uninteresting, but
the game such as played here today
should be thought enough of for even
the uninterested readers to almost go
so far as to buy a rule book and study
the game.-News and Courier.
Davidson Defeats Carolina.
Columbia, October 30.-The event
of the day was the game of foot ball
between the South Carolina College
and Davidson College, in which the
Tarheel boys won the game and took
off the laurels by a score of 12 to 5 :
nothing being made in the second
half. The game was fairly wellfattend
ed, but there was nothing like the
crowd of last year at the game between
Carolina and Clemson. The enthu?
siasm was kept up throughout the
game.
The game was an interesting one,
but in the second half it lagged a great
deal on account of the many fumbles.
There seemed much excitement among
the men of both teams and the ball
was seen to roll out on the side when
least expected.
Davidson made her two touch-downs
in the first half . The first was made
by Wyman around Carolina's weak
end. Rowe made the second on a cen?
ter buck, and on account of Cogburn's
sprained wrist managed to dash 90
yards and land safely.
Oliver made Carolina's only touch?
down on a hard drive. He played a
fine offensive game, making long gains
on bucks.
The good playing of Carolina's whole
team was shown to better advantage
than Davidson's.
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died in -Connemara, aged 125, and the
oldest man in Albania has just shuffled
of the coil after carrying it for 160
years. The cause of their premature
?eaths is not given.
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