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VOL. XXI MANNING, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1907. NO. 33
LOSES HIS LIFE.
Cadet Jackson Drowned in the
Surf at isle of Palms.
THE ANNUAL PICNIC
Was The Event That Took the Boys
to the Seashbre and the Outing
Was Greatly Marred by the Sad
Accident. Cadet Simm , Rigby,
Dirube and Others Tried to Save
Jackson.
The News and Courier says the
annual picnic of the South Carolina
Military Academy came to a tragic
end Thursday by the drowning of
one of the cadets in the surf. A num
ber of the cadets went in bathing af
ter lunch and about five o'clock it
was learned that Cadet W. J. Jack
son, of Winnsboro, was drowned. The
young man was among the number
of three or four, who more venture
some than the rest, went out in the
sea much too far.
It seems that all of these were
good swimmers and felt confident
that they could suscessfully battle
with the waves despite a warning
which had been given them that the
sea was running high. Young Jack
son had become exhausted and his
friends nearby became conscious of
his perilous condition and immeamate
ly called for help. They were all
nearly exhausted and were in great
danger themselves.
Harold Simms, the nearest to Jack
son, seeing his friend drifting away
went bravely to his rescue, fighting
manfully against the waves and suc
ceeding at expense of his remaining
strength to bring the half drowned
boy a few yards shoreward. He then
became suddenly helpless, but held
on, swearing to his comrade that he
would either save him or drown with
him. Jaskson seemed conscious, but
altogether helpless, and made no ef
fort to save himself, except as is us
ual with a drowning man, at his res
cuer's expense.
It is reported that he begged
Simms to let him loose and save him
self. Cadets Iigby and Dirube, them
selves also exhausted rushed as well
as they could to the drowning and
almost drowned men. They succeed
ed in getting them closer to larid,
when all of a sudden, an immense
breaker came and broke them apart.
Much of this happened..before the
people on snore realized its true sig
nificance. The calls for help were
at first supposed to be in fun, as so
often is the case. But soon it was
realized that the cadets were in grave
danger and the people on shore im
Inediately set to work to aid them.
Mr. Wingate, an employee on the
island stripped off his clotnes on the
beach and swam out toward the boys.
Many cadets were soon with him and
they succeeded in- bringing Cadets
Rigby, Simms and Dirube, they all
of them in a state of exhaustion,
particularily Simms, who had to be
treated for some time before he was
quite himself. There was no doctor
present and the task was very dif
ficult
Miss Estelle Thomas rendered a
great deal of service to the half
drowned youth by her knowledge of
nursing.-.Mr. Wingate swam out as
far as he could with safety to him
self and usefulness to the -almost
drowned cadet before he gave up the
attempt. There was no boat on the
beach, but Mr. Wingate sent out a
squad of cadets to the back beach,
where one was found and brought to
him in the water; he refused to take
any of the crowd but Mr. Dave Coch
ran.
Trhey rowed quite a distance out,
searching all the, time for the body,
for tue young man had drowned. The
search proved futile, and they re
turned to the shore. The colleagues
of the popular young soldier were not
content with this and despite the
great danger in which they placed
themselves, Cadets BucK, Grimball,
Woodward and Clark set out again
in the boat in search. They were
also unsuccessful and it was not untli
10:10 last night that the body was
found by the patrol made up of ca
dets and their friends.
The searching party was organized
soun after the affair occurred and the
cadets divided themselves up into sec
tions to patrol the beach by turns
until the body was recovered. It
was about 10:10 o'clock when Cadet
Watson discovered the body of the
unfortunate young man about 1.200
feet east of the pavillion. Imme
diately after the sad event all the
pleasures of the day came to a close.
dancing ceased and the band left the
pravillion. At 6: 15 most of the
crowd left the Isle.
A gloom was cast over the entire
assemblage and the day that dad be
gun so auspiciously and happily came
to a most deplorable close. Cadet
William J. Jackson was a member
of the Freshman class, having enter
ed the Academy in October, the hol
der of a scholarship from Fairfield
Countyv. His home was in Winnsboro
and he was the pride and hope of a
widowed mother. Mrs. M. A. Jackson.
Fe was a young man of fine parts
and in his short career at the Cita
del has made many friends among
the students and faculty. He was a
splendid specimien of young. manhpoo
stood well in his class and, was a
vreat favorite of all those who knew
him.
SHOT BRID)E OF A NIGHT.
Husband Missing and Woman WVil
Probably Not Recover.
The police of South Franklin
Mass., have been unable to locat
Johan Daneilio, who is alleged to hay
shot his bride of a night. France
Danli.t their newly prepare
homeli Suda night. The yu
little hope was expressed fhrr
The pair were married Sunday an
honme unti n eards midnigt. e
they reti-ed. the groom's fatern th
ocnpied a room upstairs, engt
only other occupant of the hou~
Earley .onday he was arrouised t
hearing revolver shots downstair
and hurrying down to the brid
room he found the young woman 1:
ing on the bed, with three bull
wounds and three stab wounds in he
body. The husband had dissapeare
No cause is known for thA deed.
WAS A DEAD SHOT
An Insane Man Uses a Shot-gun
With Terrible Results.
Little Girl's Plea Causes Mad Man
to Drop Weapon After It Had Been
Leveled at Her.
At San Francisco Walter Charley
Davis, a carpenter. in a fit of insan
ity Wednesday shot and killed six
persons at 414 Piere street. in that
city. Davis and his victims all re
sided with the family of Irson Bush.
who conducted a boarding house.
Davis' home was in Farmvill, near
Vialia, where he has a wife and six
children. He has been w'-!king in
San Francisco as a cen:penter since
the fire.
The shooting was done with a dou- r
ble barreled shotgun. Davis who a
slept in the same room with young
Orson Bush and W. E. Beard, arose
shortly after five o'clock and shot I
his two room mates. - After killing I
Bush and Beard. Davis took a box p
of shells from a shelf and walked n
down the hall way, where he met
Mrs. Lillie Carothers, a boarder, who ti
had heard the first two shots and p
had come to her doorway to find f
what was the matter. He shot her d
and with the other shell, shot Mrs.
Orson Bush. M. E. Vinton, a gov- o
ernment suveyor, was killed as he A
Ilay in bed. Orson Bush, Sr., heard v
the shooting and rushed up stairs, e
where he was met by the murderer. c<
The appearance in the hall indi
cates that Bush had made a desper- c<
ate fight for his life. ?is body was d<
found as it had fallen at the head of Y
the stairs. w
Seventeen year old Annie Bush t2
came running into the hallway and
met Davis. He turned the gun upon o
the girl, aiming at her head. The
girl found voice to say, "Please don't le
kill me," and the shotgun dropped hj
from Davis' hands. a
I can't do it," he said. "You 'are a
good girl. Besides you look like my b
own child, and I would not see her tr
face if I killed you." e
When policemen came to arrest st
Davis he fought like a demon and a
riot call was turned in. Seven offi- la
cers responded in an automobile. Two sj
officers engaged Davis in a conversa
tion while the others got behind him aj
and pinioned his arms. He was then Y
removed to the detention hospital. ti
vi
SOIL SURVEY MAPS.
e<
Work of The Agricultural Depart- hi
ment for this State. m
sc
The department of agriculture, cc
through each of several bureaus, is b
giving special attention to the state ly
of South Carolina. The bureau of D
soils has a party in the field making in
a very careful survey of the soil of b(
Lee and Sumter counties. Upon com- D
pletion the maps will be ready for
distribution to all who make appli- as
cation for them. The maps that are
now completed and subject to dis
tribution in the state are of the
counties of Anderson, Greenwood, T
Laurens. Greenville, Spartanburg,
Charleston, Colleton, Cherokee, Dar
lington, Lancaster, Oconee, Orange
burgand York. All reprints are now H
available of those counties upon ap
plication without cost to the appli- ei
cants. Chief Clerk Rice will be hl
pleased to forward to all who can
make a proper use of them.
Professor True, of the divission of ~
irrigation and drainage, is now push- C
ing the drainage work near Charles- d
ton neck. He is finishing the work inb)
Christ Church Parish; at a point
caldPit Pleasant, opposite Char- b
letnIl of Palms, and between
Ashley and the ocean. He hopes to a
in great measure make it more heal-h
thy, and to redeem about 36 square
miles of land.0
At Jettburg 300 acres of land that c
have been given over by the Southern
railroad will receive attention, andh
when the experts have completedg
their part of the work, it will bed
turned to the Clemson college forr
further exploitation. r
A special effort is being made to h
benefit healthful conditions and theree
by increase the amount of rice lands P
and better class of land for truck d
farming, the latter crops paying bet-c
ter than other crops. They also wish
to aid the people to Isay more atten- p
tion to diversified crops; as this gen
erally pays better than to rely mainlyuoacrpfonkid
SECU'RING RIGHTS OF WAY. b
Work on Electric Road to Begin .y
About September 1. 1
a
Mr. John B. Stroman of Orange
burg went to Alken last week at
tending to business relative to the
sonstruction of the Charleston-Aiken y
electric railway, which is being fur
thered by the South Carolina Publi
Service Corporation. He states thei
the rights of way from Springfield tt
Scott's bridge. on the Edlisto. have I
oeen secured and that he is now ne
gotiating for those from that place ts
Aiken. Nearly all of the deals for I
rights from Springfield to Orange- I
burg have been closed. Mr. Stroman
states that a double track will proba
bly be laid and that it is the purpose,
of the promoters to put on fast sched
ules, making probably 70 miles an
hour. The line of the road from I
Springfield to Aiken will be from
that place through Mr. John Guig
nard's lands tO Mr. J. P. MrNair a
place, thence across the Edisto near
Scotts bridge and across Shaw's
creek near the Hatchaway bridge,
thence through the lands of Messrs.
George Wright, L. C. Courtney,.
ICroft and C. K. Henderson into
Aiken. The construction of the road
will begin about the first of Septem
WOMEN CUT TO PIECES.
Mutilated With Razors at their Home
In New York.
- At New York Mrs. Maria Vite and
her mother, Mrs. Maria Brignoli were
:1literally siashed to pieces with razors
" ' in their home. Gievanni Vite, the
husband of the young woman is un
I der arrest. chax. d with the crime.
e Vite says that two men broke in
e and killed the women, and thathehad
a struggle with them in their de
y fence. Mrs. Brignoli gave the alarm
- which called the police.
Ll An occupant of a neihboring
-apartent heard a tapping on the
t window. Looking out she saw Mrs.
r Brigoli on the fire escape in her
L. night dress with blood flowing from
her hroat She fell back dead.
EXCITING RACE.
Wurderer Carried to Safety in an
Auto by the Sheriff.
IOB WANTED HIS LIFE
Anded in Miami Jail He Pleads
Self-Defence as Excuse for Killing.
Asked Stranger to Drink. I'll
Compel You!" He Shouts, After
Refusal; Then Two Bullets Were
Fired.
Smashing all speed laws and cram
aing on every ounce of speed which
big racing automobile was capable,
heriff Martin Thursday whirled T.
V. Troy, of New York, from West
ialm Beach to Miami, to prevent his
risoner from being lynched for the
urder of George N. Newcomb.
Had the sheriff delayed five minu
s the friends of the man whom the
risoner shot would have torn him
om the grasp of the officials and un
oubtedly killed him.
Troy arrived at West Palm Beach
a the steamer Cilecia, from a South
.merican city. After leaving the
essel he went to a saloon and start
I drinking. He is said to have be
)me almost intoxicated.
It Is said that Troy asked New
)mb to drink with him. Newcomb
aclined. This enraged the New
orker, and after a bitter quarrel
ith the man who spurned the invi
tion, Troy shouted:
"I'll compel you to drink with
e! "I
The visitor pulled a revolver and
veled it at Newcomb, who, retained
Ls placid mien, still refused to take
drink with Troy.
No sooner had the second refusal
en uttered than Troy pulled the
'gger twice and two bullets plough
I into Newcobm, .ling him in
antly.
Troy was arrested a few minutes
ter and taken in charge by the
.eriff. r
Newcomb's friends gathered soon
*terward and sought out the New
orker, who had quietly gone with
e sheriff, saying he had killed his
ctim in self-defence. The news was
ing broadcast, and a crowd gather- t
. around where Troy was being
id- s
Martin, divining the intent of the
ob, summoned an automobile and
ion was dashing to Miami where he
uld land his prisoner in safety, and
assured of protection against t
nchers.
Troy says that he and his brother,
aniel W. Troy, who has had offices
No. 6$ Wall street, are in the lum
r business. He has telegraphed to
aniel to come and aid him in his
ht, should the case come to trial,
is expected.
MILLIONS TO HIS WIDOW.
>bacco Magnate Who Wed Nurse
Last October Dead'.
By the sudden death of Charles H.
alliwell, vice-president of the Am
ican Tobacco Company, the bulk of e
is great fortune will go to his wife
a few months, who, before her t
r
arriage to him, had been Ruth A.
les, a pretty train nurse, depen
nt upon her labor for her daily
ead. Hie left, it is estimated, $20,
)0,0 00.
The fatal seizure came to the To
eco Trust magnate while he was
dinner in the Holland House with
s bride and his nelce. He was tell
g the two young women a hunwr
s story when his face suddenly be
ie swollen and flushed ~and ne fell
dn his chair unconscious. Somxe
urs later he died. Apoplexy wasi
yen as the cause of Mr. Halliwell's
It was last October that he mar
ed the handsome young woman who
ad nursed him through to conval
ene followinlg an operation for ap
endicitis. His physicians had or
ered him to Virginia. Miss Coles
tanced to be the nurse who was de
led to accompany the Halliwell
Later, while he was recuperating
Maine. Miss Coles went along.
ll in the capacity of nurse for the
ing millionaire. Long before he
eame convalescent he had fallen in
ve with the woman.
Before he went with the trust.
r. Halliwell was the head of the
ig tobacco firm of Liggett & Myers,
Sts. Louis.
THE DEADLY AUTO.
oman Loses Control of Machine
and Is Killed.
While racing with a Jersey Central
llroad train between Point Pleasant
nd Asbury Park Wednesday, an au
>ornbile in which Mrs. George B.
oyce and Miss A. Wilda Mass, of
oint Pleasant, were riding, was ov
rrtuned, and Miss Mass was killed
1stantly.
Mrs. Boyce, wife of an automobile
elealr in New York city, was render
*d unconscious and was taken to her
ooie in Point Pleasant.
Mrs. Boyce was operating the ma
hine. The train had .just left Point
leasant, bound for Asbury Park,
reere the automobile, going at -a
rric pace, came along the road
ay which parallels the railroad
racks and attempted to pass the
rpssengers in the train witnessed
hee accident and crowded to the
)forns and windows, cheering the
wow omen as the machine steadily
orged ahead of the train.
Just as the automobile was abreast
i the locomotive, and when both
we going at the rate of 50 miles
t hour, Mrs. Boyce lost control of
he automobile. The machine swerv
dd from the roadway, went over an
mbnknet into a swamp and over
turned, crushing Miss Mass.
MORE PAY FOR ENGINEERS
rie Southern Railway Increases thel
Wages of Locomotive Drivers.
Efective at once the locomotive
engineers on the Southern Railway
through the system have been grant
ed an increase in wages amounting
to ten per cent for passenger engi
neers and 6 per cent for freight men,
and 50 cents and 45 cents, respective
er oovertime.
SCARED TO DEATH.
When the Gentleman Got His Sil
ver Ear Trumpet
The Negro Hotel Porter Thought It
Was a Big Horse Pistol and Ban
For His Life.
A laughable mistake occurred one
night last week at the Piedmont,
mne of Atlanta's big hotels. The fol
lowing is the story as related by the
Atlanta Journal:
A shattered cup of coffee, a porter
rightened almost into hysterics and
i narrowly averted panic on the se
ond floor of the Piedmont hotel war
.he result of an effort by Grand Com
nander John J. Seay, of Rome, to
'mploy bis harmless ear trumpet as
t means for communicating with a
egro emplbye at 5:30 o'clock Thurs
lay morning.
Grand Commander Seay who num
ers his friends by hosts in other or
arjizations as well as Masonry, is
ompelled to use his ear trumpet on
early all occasions. This little
lack trumpet is a most harmless In
;trument in the eyes of his friends.
o the porter this same ear trumpet
ras a means of terror and it requir
d much persuasion to convince the
egro who had taken refuge behind
he elevator shaft and was peering
vith wide anxious eyes at the trum
et Mr. Seay held In his hands.
The grand commander was not
Lble to sleep well Tueday night on
ccount of a severe headache. Un
.ble to secure any relief he thought
hat a cup of black coffee might be
Lsed as a remedy. He telephoned
D the night clerk and asked him to
lease send up the coffee.
Realizing that he would not be
ble to hear the porter knock at his
.oor when he came with the cup of
offee Mr. Seay left his door slightly
pen, with the one incandescent light
irned on.
When the negro came to the door
[r. Seay saw him in the half dim
ght. He sprang from the bed and
tarted rapidly toward the dresser
here his ear trumpet was. As he
ached out his hand for the trumpet
here came a piercing shriek from
he negro and as the grand comman
er turned he saw the cup fall from
ie negro's hands and shatter on
he floor, the black coffee spattering
he walls.
Then the negro fled to the elevator
haft, and wrestled vainly with the
oor to escape by means of the shift.
:r. Seay with his ear trumpet fol
)wed. Seeing the negro's alarmed
mndition Mr. Seay called to him,
lling him he'did not intend to hurt
Lm.
"Well then, Boss, for Gawd's sake,
ut down that big Colt's pistol you
ave in your hands."
A CYCLONE IN TEXAS.
'own of Brightwell Was Completely
Wiped Out.
A dispatch from Mount Pleasant,
'exas, says nine persons were killed
d many injured by a tornado which
*recked the town of Birthright and
ldgeway. Details are meagre, but
is known that other towns suffer
heavily both in life and property.
The cyclone practically destroyed
be towns of Ridgeway and Birth
ight, forty miles west of here. -
The killed, so.far as known, are:
Mrs. Brazil and baby.
Calvin Trammel and son.
Roy McFall.
-. -. Stevenson and wife.
Sidney L. Oakley and wife
The injured reported are:
Ben Pogue, skull fractured; Mrs.
len Pogue, internally injured; Mrs.
oe Ferguson, scalp wound.
Birthright, a town of 500 was com
letely wiped off the map. Great
amage is reported at Caney, a negro
ettlement. and it is believed many
aore were killed there.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Ian Kills His Wife and Then Him
self By Shooting.
As the result, It is alleged, of a
Luarrell over a wedding -ring, Win.
). Rice, aged 25 years, of 131 Heck
an street, S. E., of Washington, and
telegraph operator on the Balti
nore and Ohio railroad, shot and
nstantly killed his wife, Lillian, fir
d a shot at his one year old baby,
arl, which took effect In the leg,
Lnd then committed suicide by shoot
ng himself.
Rice, who worked nights, return
dd to his home at an early hour Wed
iesday morning and finding his wife
.d baby asleep, woke them up. A
liscussion ensued regarding Mrs.|
Rice's wedding ring, it being alleged,
hat Rice had possession of the ring
sd would not return it to his wife.
t quarrel followed, when Rice, see
ng a pistol lying on a table, fired
oour shots.
SU CCEDS HIS FATHER
W W Bradley Elected Trustee of
Clemson College,
V. W. Bradley of Abbeville has
>en elected a life member of thel
board in the place of his father, J.
E. Bradley, who died a few weeks
Mr. W. W. Bradley is Congress
man Aiken's private secretary. Mr.
Bradley was former chairman of the
State board of equalization, having
been the prime mover in that body's
organization. He is about 40 years
The board of trustees attended to
regular routine business. No matters
of importance came up for discussion
Senator Tillman was present, it be
ing the first meeting he has attended
in many months.
SENSATIONAL CHARGES.
Cinese Said To Have Been Thrown~
Into The Sea.
R was reported that two sailors
who escaped from the British steam
er Marori King which arrived at San
Diego from Shanghai, make senst
tonal charges of brutality against
th captain and officers of the ship.
Rumors are in circulation to the
effect that 1 5 Chinese were kille~d
during a riot on board and their
bodies cast into t.?e sea.
International complications are
likely to result and It is believed that
the most serious part of the charges
remain to be told. - -
TRAIN WRECKEDU.
At Least Thirty Persons Killed
and Many Wounded.
The Victims Were Shriners and
Their Friends From Ohio and
Pennsylvania Coming Home.
Thirty people were killed outright
and as any more were wounded in a
wreck Saturday afternoon on the
coast line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, seven miles below Surf,
Cal., The train was a special loaded
with Mystic Shriners, who were on
their way home from Los Angeles,
where they had been to attend a con
vention of the order. The train con
sisted of six coaches and were loaded
with people from Ohio and Pennsyl- I
vania.
While running at high speed a
wheel on the engine broke and the
locomotive jumped the track and I
turned over. Four of the front cars i
of the train followed it and were
smashed to pieces. The dead and in
jured were thrown in every direc
tion. The train caught fire Imme
diately after the wreck, but the fire 1
was extinguished by passengers of
the two rear coaches, who were un
Injured.
The injured were hurled all over I
the engine and many of the passen- '
gers were burned to death by escap- t
,ng steam. Some of them were mut
lated beyond recognition. The first t
man to reach Lompoc from the wreck I
a few minutes to 9 o'clock Satur- 1
day night said he had counted 10
dead who had been taken from the
wreckage and laid beside the track.
A score or more were terribly injur- s
ed. Many others received less ser- t
ious injuries.
The wreck occurred on a level
stretch of track near the beach. The e
roadbed is of sand at this point and
the broken cars-ploughed into it and
were half buried. The fireman es
caped alive, though injured. The
engineer was hurt about the head
and wandered down the track in a
dazed condition towards Surf five
miles distant. He had almost reach
ed that place when overtaken and
carried back to the scene of the c
wreck.
A wrecking train had reached the
spot from Santa Barbara with a large a
number of physicians and nurses on
board. The injured were given im
mediate attention. They were placed
with all speed on the train to be c
taken either to Santa Barbara of San S
uis Obispo. Several ladies were
among the dead and injured. They
had accompanied their husbands to
the meeting of the Shriners. Some 1
of those who were killed were horri
bly mutilated by being scalled and t
burned. .
SHOULD WOMEN. POP.
e
n
New York Dames Think They Should t
t
Propose To Men. e
That women should have equal e
rights with men concerning propos- "
als of marriage was the stand taken b
recently at a meeting of the New p
York City Federation of Women's r
Clubs. Mrs. Belle do Rivera. pres-d
dent of the federation, said that
women certainly should have theP
right to propose as well as men. She
said she wondered how women were p
going to marry, if they never had an a
opportunity.
Speaking on the same subject, Mrs. e
Dore Lyon, president of the Electric s
Club, said she thoubht it would be p
perfectly proper for girls to propose i
in many cases. She said a rich girl .
shuld l'ave the right and that she 11
might go about it in this way: "Now, a
my dear, if you would care to marry
me, I will obtain your parents con-t
cent. I am able to support you In e
the style your tastes require. and youa
need not worry about a bank ac
t
CAUGHT IN FIRE TRAP. s
Number of Lives Lost in Kansas City
By aFire.
At Kansas City, fire destroyed the a
Pepper building, a five-story struc
ture at Locust and Ninth streets,
and it is feared that the loss of life
may be from three to twenty, with 20E
Soon. after the fire started it was
seen that the building, which was
considered a fire trap, was doomed
and eforts were directed toward say-t
The building was occupied by
Montgomery, Ward & Co., and moreI
than 200 persons, mostly girls, were
Th ed-ire gained rapid headway.
Men and women appeared at the up
per stories appealing for help. Many1
of the girls were rescued.
LOVE MAD RIVALS.
Foolishly Kill Each Other About a
Handsome Girl.
A special dispatch from Pueblo,
Mexico, says Lauro Jandero, million
aire owner of several haciendas, and
lose Maria Beta, municipal direc
tor of Tatanqui, both aspirants for
the hand of the daughter of a promi
nenuel with pistol in dithictreet
this morning in which both were
mortally wounded. td
The men had quarreled repeated
ly and when they met this morning
following an encounter of last night,
Betran opened fire. Jandero re
turnd the fire and both men fell
badly wounded. From their recum
bent positions they continued firing
until each had received wounds
which physicians say are mortal.
BODY TERRIBLY SH{OCKED
Electrician Lives After Receiving 11,
000 Awful Violts.
Eleven thousand volts of electri
cy uposed to have passed through
thody of James McDonald, an el
ectrician failed tokillthim eandheospt
atpee Rochelle, N. Y. He was un
sansiosfor 24 hours after the
hckhich was received while he
swa working on the overhead trolley
system of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad.
M~onald fell from a platform and
cagt hold of a signal rod and a
feed wire to save himself. Fellow
workmen heard his screams and
manged to rescue him by using rub
ber gloves. - . . .
A BIG BILL
Internal Revenue Collector After
Dispensary Commission
WANTS BACK TAXES
Which He Claims Is Due Uncle Sam
On Account of the Dispensary
Having Done a Wholesale as Well
as Retail Business. Claims Thir
ty-five Thousands Dollars as Li
cense Fees.
Major Micah Jenkins, collector of
nternal revenue for South Carolina,
tas notified the state dispensary com
nission that immediate payment
ust be made to his department of
)eer license fees aggregating more
han $33,000.
This claim represents the differ
nce to date between the gross
mount of license fees actually paid
y the State on behalf of Its several
ounty dispensaries, and the amount
rhich the internal revenue depart
ient alleges should have been paid.
'he licenses taken out were for re
all beer dealers and permitted sales
o individuals in single' sales of not
iore than four and seven-eights gal
mns each. The department's conten
ion Is that nearly every beer dispen
er, as a matter of fact, repeatedly
old to individual purchases more
han the specified amount of beer at
die time, and by so doing placed them
elves in the class of wholesale deal
rs. The fees for retail dealers is
25 per year, that for -wholesale
ealers $125, with a penalty of 50
er cent for failure to pay in ad
ance.
Major Jenkins' claim is ior $28,
00 in back licenses, prior to the
ast fifteen months, and $5,427 in
ack licenses incurred during that
eriod-$35,427 in all, without in
uding the penalty of 50 per cent,
rhich would bring the claim up to
bout $53,000. The department has
greed, however, to remit the pen
ity in case the face amount of the
aim Is paid over within ten days.
Attorney General Lyons and the
>mmissioner's attorney, Mr. W. F.
tevenson of Cheraw; are in consul
ition as to the validity of the claim,
rhich the commissioner has been
uoted as saying it will fight. The
cal dispensary organ this morning
uoted dispensary officials as saying
tat if beer dispensers had made sin
le sales in excess of the 4% gallons
mit, they did so in disobedience to
xplicit directions, and the state com
iission could not, therefore, be made
) pay excess license fees and penal
es, incurred through the disobedi
ace of the dispensers. The infer
De drawn was that the department
'ould have to sue on the individual
mnds of the several dispensers, if it
roposed to collect the $35,427, the
tail licenses ~being directed to the
ispensers by name.
Major Jenkins said that the de
artment had issued the licenses to
e state board as principal, the dis
ensers being named merely as
gents, and that he would certainly
)ok to the state board for the mon
. If this board can reimburse it
lf by suing on the bonds of the dis
ensers, that is its own affair. The
iternal revenue department has no
ll against the several dispensers;
:s claim is against their principal
nd employer, the state board.
It is claimed in certain quarters
tiat the department cannot collect
~cess license fees and penalties for
period extending further back than
fteen months.
The department alleges that more
tian the legal quantities have been
ld In the whiskey dispensaries, as
ell as in the beer saloons.
The several summons in the case
ave been served upon Dr. W. J. Mur
ay, the chairman of the state comn
aission, and Dr. Murray has called a
teting of thc commission.
GOT HiS MISSIVES FIED.
'reacher Who Sent Love Letter to
Recorder Resigns.
Rev. D. M. Carpenter, pastor of
bh HolIness Church at Harrington,
)el., got himself Into a peck of trou
lewhen, by mistake, he sent a love
ett'er, addressed to a well-known
'oung woman of Harrington, to Re
order of Deeds James Aaron at Dov
The preacher, who is married and
as two sons. intended to send the
eorder the formal record of a mar
lge. Instead, however, he trans
2itted a letter written in endearing
rrds to Miss Della HI. Goodrich. No
ame was signed to the missive, but
he handwriting of the clergyman
W hen the news of the affair reach
d ~arrington Rev. Mr. Carpenter
rnnt to Dover and claimed the letter
rom Recorder Aaron, but the offi
ial refused to give it up. Subse
uently two of the Harrington church
ffcials arrived and identified the
andwriting as that of their pastor
A ongregatonal meeting was call
dd to take action on the affair, Rath
rr than be expelled, the preacher
rsesnted his resignation to the trus
es.The affair has caused a sensa
oio, the clergyman being well known
SCORES DROWN.
Passengers Became Panic Stricken
and Jumped Overboard.
A dispatch from Montevideo an
nounces that the French transport
steamer Poitou from Marseilles on
AAil 5, for Buenos Ayres, has been
wrked off the coast of Uruguay.
One hundred of her passengers and
crew are said to have perished. It
is understood that there are 200
passengers on board the vessel and
that her cargo will prove a total loss.
The Poitou struck at a spot called
Rion de Herrero.
A panic broke out on board the
vessel, when she grounded, and a
great number of terror-stricken peo*
p jumped over board. Some ol
them swam ashore, but many were
Custom officers at Rincon de Her
rero saved fifty out of three hun
dred passengers, who ar saidman
have been on board. isHot mnown
other ha been saved i o nw
DIED AT HIS POST.
An Engineer Killed by Robbers for
Defending His Train.
Northern Pacific Train Held Up in
Montana, But No Booty Secured.
One Robber Captured.
North Coast Limited, eastbound
train No. 22 on the Northern Pacific
railway, was held up by two masked
men near Welch's Spur, a siding 18
miles east of Butte, Mon., at 2:15
Wednesday morning.
Engineer James Clow was shot and
instantly killed and Fireman James
Sullivan was shot through the arm.
Without making an attempt to blow
up the express car, as was evidently
intended, the robbers jumped from
the engine and ran down the moun
tain side dissapearing in a gluch sev
eral hundred yards from the track.
Sheriff Henderson of Butte was no
tified and with a posse left on a train
for the scene of the hold-up. Sheriff
Webb of Yellowstone county was on
the train with one of the the train
re started on the trail of the hold
up men five minutes after the shoot
ng.
Bloodhounds were put on the trail
and one of the fugitives was captur
ed at Woodville, near Butte. .
The robbers left a telescope grip
on the tender of the locomotive. The
grip was full of giant powder, evi
dently intended for use in blowing
up the express car. The men board
ed the train presumably at the Butte
transfer station, where a locomotive
fof the Montana division was attach
ed. One mile west of Welch the men
crawled over the tender and with
drawn guns, commanded the engi
neer to stop the train, which he did.
Engineer Clow, however, made a
show of resistance and one of the
robbers fired, shooting him through
the body, killing him instantly. The
other man shot at Sullivan, breaking
his arm.
Whent the train stopped Conductor
Bert Culver and the train crew ran
to the engine, where they foun a col
ored man, who related the circum
stances of the hold-up. This man
said that he had been stealing a ride
and that the men offered him a third
of the "booty" if he would assist
them. He said he had refused and
had taken no part in the hold-up. He
says h can identify the robber, and
the man is being held for this pur
pose.
The posse with bloodhounds was
joined at Welsh by R. H. Goddard,
chief of the Northern Pacific detec
tives at Livingston; Deputy Sheriff
Jas. Keon of Gallatin county, and
Jas. Latta of Boxeman. Keon and
Latta are the men who tracked and
captured "Ike" Gravett, who some
time ago tried to force the Northern
Pacific Railroad company to pay
$50,000 blackmail.
RUNAWAY TRAGEDY.
Dne Lady Instantly Killed and Anoth
er Lady Dying.
Near Monroe, Ga., Mrs. Henry
Richardson, a well known Walton
ountry woman, was killed and her
sister, Mrs. John Palmer, was fatally
Injured Thursday morning as the
result of an accident with a runaway
team on the bridge at Balle Prong
reek, a mile north from Monroe.
At the time of the accident the two
women were on their way to town to
o some shopping. Just as they
drove onto the bridge they were met
by a runaway horse attached to a
buggy. The team was occupied by
a negro woman and two children and
as driven by a .negro.
Mrs. Palmer, in attempting to get
out of the way of the vehicle cauglit
her dress on the step and was
thrown to the floor of the bridge. The
horse ran over her, dragging the
buggy with him.
Mrs. Richardson escaped without
a scar, yet, strange to say, she was
the frst to die.
The excitement and worry in try
ing to care for her injured sister
caused congestion of the lungs, from
which she died. The wounded wo
man wa s at once removed to the W.
L. Wood place on the Gratis road,
four miles from Monroe, where she
nd Mrs. Richardson resided.
Remarkable to say, the driver and
other occupants of the runaway bug
gy escaped with only a few scratches.
GAMBLER KILLS GAMBLER.
Loser at Cards Murders Winner and
Takes Money From Pockets.
Henry Manigault and James Lewis
played cards in Savannah, Ga., on
Sunday. Luck was with Lewis and
ne soon won $50, all the money Man
gault had. Manigauilt accused him
of cheating, got a repeating rifle and
went hunting for him.
Manigault learned that Lewis had
hid on a train that was about to pull
out. He moved up the track about
300 yards and as the train came on
slowly. Mantigault covered the en
gineer and ordered him to stop. The
engineer paid no attention and Mani
gault sent a bullet through the cab.
The engineer then stopped.
Meanwhile Lewis leaped from the
train and ran. Manigault sent three
bullets after him, all of which took
effect. Manigauilt then ran to the
dying man and took from his pockets
the $50 he had loss at cards. He
then held a crowd at bay with his
rfle and escaped.
SUICIDE. NOTIFIED FRIEND
Told Them By Telephone What She
Was About to Do.
Requesting central to Ring UP all
her neighbors on the telephoneut Mrs.
eorge Betts, living near Guthre
Center, Ia., announced to the people
who took down the receivers thateshe
was about to commit suicie byi
drinking concentrated le. he aidn
she had been sick fr blsuc wer lngr
time, that the doctori werenogr
mous and thanwd. Thnosh lnet
burden her husbad. maden sodherf
the telephone and aego e
wohde franticneighborsted o call
she wouldnotaswr The men
ae d tothotts home, almost kill
racdgt the hores in their efforts to
reac the woman before it was too
rate. he diean alone before they
eace Sher Her husband returned
reache townr. find his wife a corpse
and was amost crazed with grief.
SLAIN IN SWAMP
Negro Who Attempts Ctiminal As.
sault on Little Girl is
SHOT FULL OF LEAD.
The Father of the Little Girl is At
tracted by Her Screams and She is
Thus Saved from the Hellish Brate
Who Had Her Completely at His
Mercy. The Brutal Fiend Is PUrh.
sued to the Swamp and Killed.
A dispatch to The State from Mul
lins says between 9 and 10 o'clock
Monday criminal assault was at
tempted upon the little 12-year-old
Tincey Sawyer, the dayghter of Mr.
John Sawyer, a highly respected far
mer, residing in the Miller's church
section, three miles from Mullins.
Her screams and the hurried re
sponse of her father, who was near
by, saved her from the brute.
The child was taking -a cow to
the pasture, near her father's home,
and updn reaching the entrance of
the pasture, the negro, Lambboll
Carmichael, sprang from a clump of
bushes and made for the'girl, who
began to scream frantically. . Her
rather heard the distressing cries of
bis little daughter, and -ran to her
tssistance. The negro, seeing the
pproach of Mr. Sawyer, made for
,he nearby swamp, not, however, un
11 the later was near enough to re
ognize him, who is a well known
.haracter in that section of the coun
The news of the outrage rapidly
;pread and within a short time the
rhole neighborhood was upon the
rack of the fiend. Following in the
trection of his escape into the woods
!rom the scene, the posse went in hot
ursuit. He was chased across Buck
,wamp, which is of dense foliage. It
s said that one of the party who was
inarmed got within a few feet of the
iegro in the chase, whereupon the
regro stopped and drew a pistol,
:hreatening to blow the brains of. his
>ursuer out. After this he again
lisappeared in the swamp.
The little girl is a sister of William
lawyer, a well known contractor and
uilder of this place, therefore when
he news reached Mullins excitement
-an high. ~ Many- of the townsmen
tastened to the scene. Upon reach
ng the neighborhood of the attempt
.d crime they met the crowds re
urning from the swamp; wearing
,atisfied expressings. When ques
ioned as to the outcome of the chase
:hey simply remarked that they were
;atisfied and that the negro was
Pvhere he could do no further crime.
)ther than this they would not speak
Af the affair.
The State's correspondent learned
omething of the affair from one of
he most prominent .citizens of that
ection, who said that frof his knowl
,dge of it he believed that the negro
vas literally riddled with bullets and
hat his body was left -in Buck
wamp. It is said that he was killed
i.Sa last resort to effect his capture.
Following upon the heels of the
,tempted outrage upon Mrs. Charles
ellers at Zion on Saturday - night,
nd- but a few miles removed, from
he Sellers home, the crime enraged
he people beyond endurance and the
rhole neghborhood responded to the
all for a posse to track down the
ruld-be rapist.
Carmichael was 17 years old and
ras born and raised in this section.
'hose who have known him for a
ong time say that he was a bad
haaacter and that the crime was
,remeditated, that he had prepar
dd to leave the neighborhood, having
ts trunk, a hand arrangement, with
A sperial from Marion, giving mea
vee details of the attempted assault
pon Miss Sawyer and the chase for
hee rapists, says:
The negro was arrested and was
eeng carried to Mullins on warrant
,ssed by Magistrate Norton, but was
illed while trying to make his es
ape. The negro Is said to be well
nown in the community and works
n the plantation of Mr. Albert Rog
rs, a neighbor.
WL ENOCK THEM -OUT.
.n Invention That Make Battleships
Back Numbers..
What is the use of building mon
tee~ battleships, worth $2,000,000
apice, when they can be blownl all
to bit by a man operating miles
awywith an instrument no bigger*
than a hand camera? That is what
a French scientist claims can be ac
complished through manipulation of
wireless currents found everywhere
heexplosion: which -recently blew.
up the French battleship Jenala
Toulon was due to stay elctrwical
currents coming is condetact with
poder this geniu confietlyaths
serts, and offers .to prv thttis
was possible by a series of long ds
tance experiments.
BEA.KS HIS NECK.
By a Fal of Not More Than Twelve
Inches.
A remarkable accident happened
at Greenwood onenigh ast aweek,
rainhan Jon the Charlestern and -
Wstern Caolina Railway, lost his
Wese.rn l Caslee in his bunk in the
cabooe.ofhies tain he rolled out of
thoe fn and strikinlg the floor had
his nek broken. It seemed that he
ell ronhshead and the weight of
bod in some way brought about
thebrokn nek. There were other
thgrokesn thecaboose and they were
awned by the fall. He fell about
OLD SOLDIER'S TRAGIC DEATH
LMr Jesse Pitmanln Either Stepped or
Fell From Train.
A dispatch from Chato dTae
State says when the northbun tra in
tpped tdnhescrossing near. thessel
mitllaon a -eea 60 years of age,
Pitman a vetrn from the reunion
inhCluma metn a tragic death. E'r.
iniClmbak hnn it was the Cheraw
statin, stnted to leave the train
statos the cars moved off he stepped
ornfell offon his head, crushing in
his sulllad killing him instantly.
Helvnar Ruby in that county.