The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 29, 1904, Image 8
PATHETIC STORY OF 1
A RUINED FAMILY
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Husband's Tender Devotion and
Self Denial.
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INSTANCE OF MOTHER'8 PRIDE
During the Trial for Lunacy of Mont'
bora of Ona of tha Wealthiest Familis
in Kentucky Pathetic and 8efractional
Affair Brought to LighL
Versailles, Ky., April 26.?The pathetic
story of a husband's tender do otion
and self-donlal and a mother's
pride, and an instance of destitution
In one of the wealthiest counties In
Kentucky that beggars description,
ware brought to light during the trial
for lunacy of William O. 8hock and
his wife, Mary Ellen Shock. Both
wore declared unsound in mind, and
they were taken to the Eastern In*
sane asylum In L<exington. Shock If
60 years old and his wife about 45.
Fifty years ago Mrs. Ellen Johnson,
bow 80 years old, the mother of Mrs.
Shock and a grandnlece of the famous
picsaeer, Simon Kenton, married Andrew
Johneon, a wealthy farmer and
alare holder. Johnson died after the
war, leaving hla widow, daughter and
a eon 500 acres of land and valuable
personal property. Mrs. Johneon was
In court and told how, from one cause
or another, their fortune had been
diaaipated.
A Beautiful Qirl.
Fifteen years ago William Shock, ol
Philadelphia, came into Woodford
eounty traveling for a Philadelphia
publishing house. He met pretty
Mary Ellen Johnson and married her.
Soon afterward his young wife beqaroc
hopelessly- Insane. Unwilling to be
saparated'Trom her by having his wife
placed in a sanitarium, Shock undertook
to care for her at home. Mrs.
Shocks' mother was getting old, and
he being the only person who could
control his wife. Shock was forced to
give up work and remain with her
constantly day and night. Through
12 ar 14 long years he has been the
oonstant companion and guardian of
a mad wife shut away from the world
In. a little house near the Kentucky
liver, below Millville,
during the past winter they afid
the* mother who has been with them
wen reduced to suffering and almost
ataAatlon. The pride of the aged
ga ? ? rwler, who remembered her forratf
*?, -"t position in life whan every
aivathed -was obeyed as a
UotUsed, when starv"The^be
known.*
suacepOWSft strain affected
"and for tnla. --in to wander
you to wear them.^
"Shall I get somejto.
While you are here?" aba
a smile. "I will If you
"Would you do It If I a.
was?" he replied, resolving td
ground and looking squarely i
But that elusive young ladj
to be cornered.
"You remind me of a story
once," she said, "about an
Who was called upon to plead
not guilty to the charge of
ness. When asked nfterwnr
pleaded he said, 'Uednd, I
Judge an equivocal answer.'
was that?' bp Id his friend,
whin the judge axed me wa
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He eat etarlng moodily at U
or not guilty I answered,
grandfather a monkey?" At
gave me sixty days.' "
"Well," replied Prank, "tha
story, bat it doesn't answer
tlon."
That afternoon when Alice
with her brother he said, '
how do you like my friend?"
"Qh, he means to be nice
plied, "but he is a little tt
and It would do him good 1
work for his living a year or
The two days lntervenli
Bmiday passed all too quick
three young people. \Vhei
morning came they of cotaw
church, and Frank found hit
mfawaA m* hi, all ?h.
*%? w? m w *jj mi cuv j/cv^ro
gate. lie did not pay muci
to the sermon, but a good
certain awed soprano rote
choir, and when after ser
Joined them he bold!/ wal
with her and left Albert cha
A neighbor.
On the way home she, of o
fA tiK JWhl qtwaUou u t
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I COURT'S ORDER HAS |
CREATED A STIR
Brunswick Railroad Circles Are
Very Much Agog
OVER ACTION OF E. C. MACHEN
It Is Belis^J^n that 8ection that the
, Atlantic and Birmingham Will Con*
tinue to Operate Brunswick and Biri
mingham Road.
Brunswick, Ga., April 2G.?Railroad
circles in Brufiiswick are in a stir over
the appointment of a receiver by Judge
' Speer, of the United States court for
the Brunswick and Birmingham railroad,
E. C. Machen being the only
complainant who claims that the road
is indebted to him $3,000 for services
when president. John R. L. Smith, of
Macon, is the receiver. He returned
here from Waycrose, where he has
been in conference with the Atlantic
and Birmingham officials, the purchasers
of the road, while the order issued
by Judge. Speer prohibits the officers
of the Brunswick and Birmingham
sanctioning the sale to the Atlantic
and Birmingham, and further re
strains the Brunswick and Birmingham
from carrying out the conditions of
the sale.
Just why Machen has taken this
step is unknown. He claims that the
road is indebted to him only |3,200.
When the stockholders' meeting was
held there March 29 to confirm the
sale of the Brunswick and Birmingham,
Machen did not participate at
all.
It has been learned that a petition
was filed in the superior court several
weeka ago by the Knickerbocker
Trust company, of New York, asking 1
for a receiver for the road, but this
was only done to protect the bondholders.
None of the officials of the
Atlantic and Birmingham are in the
city, and nothing can be learned as to
their future movements. However
It if believed that they will continue
to operate the road, and that no
changes will take place.
SPURN8 A FORTUNE.
Poor and Aged Man Says He Would
Not Cross a Street for 9100,000.
Omaha, Neb., April 2G.?James
Dotle, an aged man of this city, has
; a rortuiftT awaiting him at Dixon, 111.,
but, he declares he does not wish it
ajAhtrlll not go there to claim it. ^
"I don't want to be bothered about
this fortune," he said Impatiently,
WhgflLlnformed that s relative had ,
dihd ar Dixon and left him sole heir
to'a large estate. "I don't want any
more ninn?v 1'vo -1 ? ?
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without riohes andTm too old to begin
to worry about them now. I would
not walk across the street for $100,000.
1 am. cfertalnly not going several hun
djred miles for it."
JL Mr. Doyle has never been married.
f 1has always worked hard for a liv^m*nd
never has accumulated any
BeirtoKPr Property. He was born in
Irishman '^?ut 70 yoars ago and has
guilty or fasha many years,
drunkon- ,
d how he pleasure,.man In Opsn Car.
give the you for n gu April 26.?An
A ltd (What I think it couten Horr and
Begor,ra, only coax my motde <*f snow ,
s I guilty and you and yotn.n one i
us. Wo would visit x'.nstant/ 1
C2/x\ sorts and have no end v
"It's a delightful outxna '
gest," she answered, "and I
JA very much, but I wouldn't 1
coming if your family had to b
*? 8?. nn(l then It's not likely t
wk. could find the time."
"Oh, I didn't mean It that ^
(iLy sold, looking serious, "only mo
V?~VA the Kir'8 are afraid of the wa
? Iff la aI1"
IfS JMA When conversation lagged
\gjgm\i begged that she would sing
t Ms J and suggested selections fron
and Sankey, and despite her 1
STnAj sarcastic remark that It wnsi
E|L^S vlval meeting they were hol<
not only played nnd sang r
U V > time worn melodies, but a lot <
? from older collections. When
^ time came Frank asked that
elude with "Ben Bolt"
"I shall not need to recall t
to remind me of you," he s:
low voice as he spread It on tl
rack In front of her, "but I
ways feel Its mood when I
m /lames. you."
"Was yer "Does that mean that you a
id then "he of mo as sleeping 'In a corner
and alone' in some churchya
t Is a good responded archly,
my que#- "By no means," he aald. "on
perhaps have a little of the sa
was alooo *t times that Ben Bolt had
'Well, sis, hoard of the fate of his sweet
It was a pretty speech, an
i," she co- Imagined she threw a little rr
koughtless, usual pattas Into the song
to have to hut then M doubt his Imagine
two." blasod by his feelings.
ig before When they stood on the plal
ly for tho *?e*t morning awaiting the
a Sunday. *lJd quietly:
b attended "May I send you a few b<
nself slyly *ome new songs when I get he
i of Sand- I "want to show you h
i attention I bare enjoyed this lalt."
deal te a "It la very nice of you to
n In the replied, "and I shall be g
vice Alice remembered and hope you wll
ked away again."
ttlng with When the train came In 1
hurriedly offered his hand an
oursa, ask- "Permit me to thank you aga'
o bow be M b*L tunnd anr 1
A
WITNESS TELLS OF
BELGIANtTROCITIES
Story Told by Former Superintendent
Congo Railway.
UNTOLD CRUELTIE8 TO NATIVES
Bullets Used to Unload a Vessel When
Terrified American Negroes Refused
To Disembark?Alleged They Were
8hot Down by 8oldiers.
New York, April 26.?A former superintendent
of the Congo River railway,
new residing in Brooklyn, gives
some hitherto unpublished facta concerning
the brutal treatment of natives
and others by King Leopold's Belgian
officials. This man is a German, who
has lived' in America some years.
"At the instance of the Belgian government,
1 took from America 300
negroes to the Congo region ly July,
he said. "I engaged these men
to work as laborers for the Con^o railway
for 76 cents a day and' their
board. In crossing the Atlantic we
touched at Las Palmas, in the Canar.es.
to change steamers.
"When we had boarded the steamer
for the Congo region priests came
aboard and warned the negroes that
they would not be treated as paid
workers but as Blaves by the Belgians,
and begged them to leave the
vessel and leturn to America. I told
the negroes that I was not the slavedriver'that
the priests made me out;
and 1 would see that they were properly
and fairly ireated and get their
pay and board as stipulated in the
contract.
"This was my first experience working
for the Belgian government, and
although I had heard tales of the cruelties
of the Belgians. I thought them
exaggerations. So T perstiaded my
men to remain aboard, but their fears
had been so worked on by the priests
that when the steamer reneheO Wrunn
at the mouth of the Congo, they refused
to disembark. The commanding
official of the railroad at Bonia
became gicutly incensed when I reported
that my consignment of negroes
reinsert to leave the vessel. He
said that he would get them ashore.
He summoned a hundred of his native
soldiery and ordered them to shoot
into the negroes, who were hudled together
on the deck forward. 1 pleaded
with the official that he order only
blank car:ridges to be fired, and ho
ag-eed. Tl.t volley from the hundred
rifle.*, however, had no effect on the
frightened negroes, who atfll refused
to Ianve the ship.
"The Belgian official then ordered
his men to load with ball cartridges.
Then, despite my pleading, the 100
soldiers fired at the defenseless, unprotected
negroes. Twelve were killed
outright and about 30 wounded. This
h&d the effect of scarlng-the survivors
into going ashore. I protested to the
official against this outrage and said
that I would report it to the Belgian
government. He laughed and told me
to tell Leopold all about it. 1 learned
afterward that King Leopold was fully
aware of all tho cruelties practised
by his officials In the Congo.
"i insisted that tho dead should be
buried and the wounded attended in
tho Boma hospital. I heard afterward
that the unfortunates taken to the hospital
received Indifferent care.
"X had noticed the cruel grins .-of
satisfaction on tne faces of the native
soldiers when they were ordered to
use ball cartridges and learned that
not only did they enjoy killing simply
because it suited their bloodthirsty
patures, but because tho Belgian officers
held out the reward ot promotion
lint hose who killed the most persons.
uninjured survivors of this
vny," we were herded on the wharf
ther ana <j together with chains,
ter, thnt ~r0 attached to their necks
\In this fashion they were
' * "J1 ^lver to Mataldy. They
xt i"U Mataldy to work still
brothers \ ??;
n't a re- ^en the heayy ste l
ling she ,(,er8 whon th0y
ill those I Arcngth gave out,
of others *-*^MverB beat .them
retiring ^at brought the
she con- v?as if the lashAn
ideal'
hat song , T \ over this,
aid In a homes. i^Vssigtance
he music per aere; rrrtmn stopping
shall al- jL released
think Of wheat, oata, j|manly fl8
rill think vegetables. 11 In com;
obscure Stick raogt'' ^
rd?" she . ? day Uie
the year.
ly i may Southeast #rwna,ne?
me mood , # Hiany terrlwhen
be Sa<% LouiaiaAlty of the
Alice." f.11 i dpD?0 raild
Frank rul1 01 by s nalore
than climate 19 mjrtoy death.
C the lands araJ"
Low Hoiffs there, he
tnS he about half fanM RDd 1?ft
? was the
. . Belt twice a vera cmooks
and W , . imc,
Misa third Tuesdajl*01^ the
ow much T7. J Jr16 BlavM
For descnV^^moBt
aay ao," maps and excursion^ j
lad to be
1 vlalt na to y
ie rather N. B. BAIRD, *P
d with a
Cotton Be,t- ATLAf
V
ka I
is lined with these whitening bonce.
"The American missionaries plead
la vain with the Belgians to be lesa
crvel. The missionaries are told that
cruelty is necessary to get any work
out cf the natives.
"This whole Congo region ought to
be taken away from Belgium and placed
iu the care of a decent nation liko
the United States. As long as the
Belgians are in control these cruelties
will always take place.
"One of the worst features of Belgian
misrule* in Africa is that the officials
bribe the natives to work by offering
them gin. Great quantities of
gin are imported f%m Europe and given
to the natives In exchange for labor.
It is quite the usual thing in
the course of a day to come across
hundreds of natives, dead drunk, lying
In the bushes. Sometimes they remain
drunk for days at a time. They
alwayr drink until they have no more
gin left.
"And yet missionaries aro sent to
the Congo to 'convert' these poor beings
who are thus misused by an alleged
Christian nation!"
FIRE HEROINE SUES.
Miss Gaylord Saved Many Lives at
Risk of Her Own Life.
Desinoines, April 20.?Miss Lena A.
Gaylord,jot Belvidere, 111., who was tho
heroine of the fire that destroyed tho
Clifton hotel In Cedar Rapids last
year, resulting in the death of 12 persens,
has-brought suit against the propnetors
of the hotel for $5,500 damages
for personal injuries and loss of
property.
Miss Gaylord occupied the parlor on
the second floor on the night of the
fire, and she was one of the first to
be aroused by it. -She ran through,
the house, clad in her night gown"
warning the sleeping inmates. Sho
forgot her own danger and was cut oft
hv Hin flomAC WOta
?i.v l/uv nou I tOVyUtU UJ IIIO
firemen, who caught her In a blanket
when she.jumped from an upper window.
Her hair had been burned and she
was otherwise injured, but she bravely
assisted In th ecare of tho more seriously
Injured after being provided
with an oVercoat and skirt.
DAUGHTER AVENGES MOTHER.
Stepfather of Young Actress Condemned
to Life Imprisonment.
Des Moines. April 2G.?Charles W.
Graves, charged with murdering his
wife and burning the body, was found
guilty In the district court, a jury recommending
life imprisonment.
A daughter, Winnie Reader, member
of the Grau Opera Company then playing
In Chicago, arrived home to spend
tho holidays three days after the crime
was committed. She buried her
mother, accused her stepfather of the
orime'and secured his conviction.
Used Company's Funds.
New York, April 26.?Bertram Na?
gelechmltt, cashier of the Hermann
Furniture .company, who disappeared
December 15, leaving an alleged shortage
of several thousand dollars in his
accounts, has -been arrested. Ho returned
from Montreal in order to effect
a settlement of the matter awd.
beg .^forgiveness of his former emnlnvpra
M a oloeohm iff
?-.w. ??UC)iVOVlUlllbV TY ?o Cfc U1C111"
ber of numerous German societies and
took a prominent, part in entertaining
Prince Henry of Prussia two years
' ago. His heavy expenditures in meeting
social obligations at that time, he admits,
caused him to use some of the
company's funds.
Bride To Be Stepmother to Nine.
Dubuque, Iowa, April 26.?Nine children
and a three-time widower have
no terrors for Miss Rose Busch, a Dubuque
girl, 21 years old, who contemplates
matrimony. If nothing happens
Miss Busch will soon be Mrs.
H. G. Kuenster, of Glen Haven, Wis.
The groom-to-be is 49 years old and
this ls^iis fourth offense in the matrimonial
business. He has nine children
and Is prosperous.
Marries Man Who Gave Sympathy.
Poughkeepsie, April 26.?Mrs. Bstelle
Van Wormer stepmother of the
three Van Wormer brothers, who were
executed at Dunnemora prison for the
murder of their uncle, Peter A. Hallenbeok,
has been quietly married In Kinderhook
to William C. Schryver, o!
Pomilnn W V T-V. ~ V.-I J
vuu.uvu, >1. m.. iuo unaegruom nnu
read of Mrs. Van Wormer and of the
brave battle she made to save the
lives of her three stepsons. This
led to' a correspondence and court hip.
Escapes from Gypsy Camp.
Indianapolis, Imd., April 26.?The j
free and roving life of a gypsy is not
t othe liking of Oliver Burdlck, a 12year-old
patient at the City hospital.
The boy says he has been a member
of a gypsy family since the first or
last October, and that he ran away to
escape the hardships. The boy says
he is the son of John Burdlck, who
Uvea about 2% miles west of Terre
Haute.
Lived To Be 104 Years Old.
Berlin, Mass. April 26.?Miss Rebecca
Wkitcomb died at the great age of
104 years. She was born In Bolton
kNov. 17, 1799. She attributed her
flongevity to be temperate mfnner of
living rather than to constitution or
to heredity, none of her relatives livIn*
ux aa age that approaafeaO. hank
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CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT.
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Every business that does not
go forward does the opposite,
goes backward. There is no
such thing as standstill in
business. The man who
wants and deserves your
business is constantly striv=
ing to improve the service
that he gives you and to
make his place of business
Attractive, Pleasant and Satisfactory.
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It has been the policy of this
company since its founda
tion to appreciate fully and
thoroughly every patron,
large or small, and as an
evidence of this appreciation
to give the consuming public
the most thoroughly modern
and
. \
wuiupiv LV UiUtU^ OIUIC
* in
this part of the State; thata
we have done this, and that
we are constantly improving
and making more attractive
both our methods and place
of business, is evidenced by
the constantly increasing
and appreciative line of customers
who are always glad
to testify to the truthfulness
and merit of our claims^
Every day witnesses the
arrival of fresh and seasonable
"things that are good to
eat," and our patrons do not
know what it is to tro hiinorv.
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We Respectfully Solicit
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a share of the grocery busi- .
ness of every honest man
and woman in Union and
Union county, and we give
this unequivocal guarantee,
that no firm selling the same
rlace nf fArv/4 r*H/\/l i Atf
wia^ vi i wu pi uuuvid w ill
sell you any cheaper than
we will, and that every article
that leaves our store
must be as represented. ' v
It is our aim and determinotinn
tn ma Ira aira<*?r 1
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mer a satisfied customer.
We are selling and satisfy.
ing hundreds and if we can
sell you, we will satisfy you. ^
The Union Grocery Go., ,
(Handlers of Everything Good to Eat.) /
L. L. WAGNON, - Manager*