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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-08-22

and crash of cannon.
1t was the twenty -ninth of June, 1868,
and the scene was far down yondcr on
great fame, known rs Winchester Va.
Ii is just forty years ago. but every in
cidcnt concerning that memorable morn
ing. was so indclibly stamped on my then
young mind that | shall hold it while |
am still on this side of the wide river
that separates the living from the dead.
The almost indomitnhlr Robert Ed
ward Lee. the mighty Southern Chicftain
was in rout to the lurid fields of Gcttys-
burg. where victory like raven of woe
almost pcrchcd its ebony hurd form on
his banner and Mlroy with an army of
ten thousand men, was lodged ut Win
chester, aud Lee must capture this gar
riSun before proceeding to the lurid hell
beyond. He had come up close to the
doomed city the night before. and had
driven in our outer line of pickrtS. and at
early dawn the next day. his vnlorOuS
army was called to arms by the Silvrry
noted hugle. which clarion like tones
sounded the death kncll to many souls in
and about the little city of Winchester.
in the long ago days of the hot shot of
the rebellion. All. | hear those beautiful.
but hcart-rcndrring notes even to-day
while write, and try to depict the aw
FIJI scenes of that early morn over forty
years ago. in the lovely valley of blood
and thunder Of yorc.
Methink$. | see again mothers running
from the doomed city with babes closely
pressed to their hearts, and leading other
little ones by the hands. and franticHlly
screaming to the king of glory himself.
to protect their little ones | hear solid
shot Scrcrching over: hear shells burst
ing al0ft and the fragments of the hiss
ing devils are doing just the very thing
that Lee intended they should. Humid
reds of SiX-hurSr teams loaded with army
provision are gnllopng away To safety.
Troops are wheeling into line for battle.
! hear the sweet strains of Dixie. aS be
ing played by II brass band. heading
Lees vanguard now coming around Il
stream back of lovely meadow that in
tcrvcneS. | see the handsome form Of
Major William G. Purmcl. our own Billy
G. Iurnrll of the Clerks Office in Elk
tom when he steps ont in front of his
Cecil boys. and | hear him say in cheer
Ing words. Hold up your heads boys,
the hotter the sun shines. the better Il
man feels. But We lovely queens of the
valley of white illirS. | see one now
just over in the meadow between the two
contcmding armies. And inH>much rs the
sweet little story that | promised to tell
hinges just here. and is Il side event of
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-08-22
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-08-22

Go. OW | wonder if | cannot interest
VI'I my many readers of the Wing"
nJ(I with very sweet little story of
100 the great Civil War \ true
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02
The Eruption of Vesuivus.

Naples, Aug. 2S.-The corespon-
dent of the Associated Press has just
returned from spending a night on
Mount Vesuvius, with the special per-
mission of the authorities to pass the
prescribed limits. The scene was ter
rifying but magnificent. Enormous
masses of liquid flowed almost to the
correspondents feet, forming great
mounds. Occasionally mass of burn
ing material became detached from the
pyramid and rolled down the side OF
the mountain, the fast cooling lava in
its turn detaching other masses until
the whole became stationary at the
bottom. The main stream OF molten
lava flowed down the volcano until
stopped by the mounds of old lava,
when it divided and filed up the val
leys, the old and new masses meeting
with such forces to cause loud detona-
tions which shook the earth.
Today the eruption continues and
the volume of lava is acquiring vast
proportions. Detonations inside the
volcano have caused the prediction
that a more violent eruption may be
anticipated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02
JUGULAR VEIN REMOVED.
Woman Lives After a Most Re-
markable Operation.

By a surgical operation said to be
unique in medical records, according
to The New York herald, Mrs. Julia
Appleby, of Auburn. n. Y, has had
the internal jugular vein and the
carotid arteries removed, the pneu-
mogastric nerve dissected in removing
tumor growing on the side Of her
neck, and the blood sent up the verte-
bral artery to the base of the brain,
DR.. Neil Macphatter, OF this city, per
formed the operation.
In explaining it last night DR.. Mac
phatter said that his patient was a
married woman, thirty-one years old.
Six years ago she noticed small. hard
lump on the left side of her neck, but
paid no attention to it. The tumor
continued to grow and became trouble
some. so it was determined to operate
on it.
"When Investigation was made for
that purpose it was found, . he con-
tinued, "that there was dense hard
tumor surrounding the carotid arter-
les, the internal jugular vein and
pneumo- -gastic nerve, and apparently
penetrating into their walls. 1t was
seen that it was almost impossible to
remove the growth without interfer-
ence with the carotid arteries.
"Both the internal and external
carotids were held firmly in the grasp
of the tumor, and, moreover, their
coats were seen to be diseased beyond
repair, [ determined to remove seq
ment of the common carotid, together
with the entire external and internal
carotids. This was done, the various
branches of these arteries ligated and
the blood was sent up the vertebral
artery to the base of the brain, max
ing that channel do the work of those
I had removed. This changed the plan
of the circulation of the brain, and
serious consequences were apprehend-
ed.
.sUntil the collateral circulation
should become sufficiently established
I was prepared for symptoms OF giddl-
ness, twichings and mental peculiarl-
ties, but none Of these supervened.
The condition of the patient for the
Immediate day following the operation
differed in no respect from the ordinary
and normal. The pulse, temperature
and respiration remained practically
normal, or so little exceeding the nor
NAL as to be of no moment.
s.The wound healed by first intention
and in few days the patient was out
of bed. In two weeks she was able to
return to her home and has since re-
maind in good health.8'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02
''HERREsHOFF IS 4 WIZARD. /"
Sir Thomas Lipton Has No Hope
OF Winning a Single Race.

New York, Aug. 2.-Sir Thomas
Upton, aboard the Erin, declared to-
day in an interview that he would
never challenge again for the Ameri-
cas- cup until a man had been found
in England who equalled Nat Herresh-
off in yacht building. The Baronet ad-
mitted his disappointment at his fail
ure and frankly said that he had no
hope OF winning even single race.
He said:
American brains and development
have US beaten. If the day ever comes
Wnen England produces a Herreshof
then I will challenge for the cup
again. 1t will not be until then. It
is unpleasant to be compelled to admit
it, but the brains in boat building are
on this side Of the water. Herreshof
is wizard. His work is wonderful:
none can have admired Reliance more
than I have. She is the best boat by
all odds and has won on strict merit.
So I am most disappointed man. My
hopes were high when I left home,
for I surely believed We would carry
back the cup.
Yesterdays fuke only prolonged
the agony for me. I do not want to
win on any slips and I regretted Reli-
ance's failure to get over the line as
much as any one could
Sir Thomas was asked why it was
that Shamrock III was not given
more sail area. He replied that he
trusted everything regarding construc-
tion and design to the best of Eng
lands talent. He complimented Capt.
Barr, and said that he had no fault to
find with the way in which Shamrock
had been handled.
ssI hope" he said, "that we will
get good twenty -6ve-knot breeze and
a heavy sea tomorrow. Then we will
have had all the chances on the calen-
dar to try out Shamrock's qualities.
The Baronet praised the hospitality
and expressed the belief that many of
Ghem wanted to see him take the cup.
They would push Shamrock over the
line ahead if they could, I believe
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02
PROF. F. I. DlRGlN LOSES 4 LIMB.
His Right Foot Crushed by the
Train at Greenwood.

Greenwood, Aug. 2S.-While alight-
ing from the down Southern train
here today, atenoon, Prof: Frank L:
Dargan, of Greenville, fell and had
his right foot so badly crushed that it
had to be amputated. He was on his
way her3 to visit his sister, Mrs. 81.
T. Watson, and also his mother who
lives with Mrs. Watson. In few
days he expected to go to Cornell Uni
versity, Ithaca, New York, where he
had Just been elected to an important
position as an assistant professor of
physics. For some time he had been a
member of the Clemson faculty, but
had decided to give that up and had
accepted the position offered him at
Cornell.
Immediately after the accident he
was removed to the home of his sister,
where the crushed limb was amputated
below the knee. Beside flesh wound
on his face there was no other injury.
His left leg narrowly escaped being
run over as bruise on it showed. The
fact that it was not, was probably due
to his presence OF mind. Although
perfectly conscious and in terrible pain
he never even moaned, his nerve and
composure was phenomenal, but was
only characteristic. He gave directions
as # he we're lookiong after some one
else.
The opertion was performed by Drs.
Neel and Harper, assitsed by Drs.
Epting Swygert and Owens.
Prof. Dargan is resting quietly and
is doing as we'll as could be expected.
News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02
NEGRO RIOT Near Y0REVILLE.
Alexander Lee, the Peacemaker
at a Picnic, Killed by a Drunken
Ri0ter.

Yorkville, Aug. 2s.-The negro
farmers living in the vicinity of this
place have for several years past held
a picnic at some convenient point
after crops were laid by. Today was
the appointed time for the gala occa3
sion for this year, and the place was
grove about two miles west Of towu.
All went smoothly until about 8
o'clock this afternoon, when number
Of negroes tanked up on "fuss \, J"
started row, which soon developed
into riot. Alexander Lee, who is
represented as being good, reliable
darky, undertook to restore peace, and
caught hold of Ep Leach, one of the
principal belligerents. Leech freed
himself and Immediately shot Lee, the
bullet penetrating the bowels and
death resulted in about twenty min
utes. Immediately after the shooting
by-standers seized Leech and dispatch
ed messenger to Yorkville for an
officer, who was soon on the ground
With warrant, and IN less than two
hours after the shooting, Leech was in
jail.
While the messenger was gone after
the officer a number of the negroes
concluded that they would rescue
Leech from his captors and allow him
to escape.
AS result there was second riot
and four of the participants were ar
rested and lodged in Jail, several OF
them. after being relieved of loaded
pistols. 1t is said that several others
will be arrested.
AS reported by your Rock Hill cor
respondent, Policeman Johnson, of
Fort Mill, several weeks ago put his
bloodhound on the track Of a young
man named Norman, whom he was
trying to arrest for some trivial offence,
and trailed him to Catawba River,
where the trail was lost in the stream.
Norman's dead body was found few
DAYS later. johnson was brought to
Yorkville today and lodged in jail,
where he is likely to remain until the
next term of Court, when be will be
tried on the charge Of being response
BILE for Norman's death.
There was only one prisoner in tbs
county jail this morning. There are
eight tonight, the eighth, negro,
being incarcerated this afternoon ON
the charge of disturbing religious wor-
ship at nergo church near town g few
nights ago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02
Fees of Probate Judges.

Columbia, Aug. 2s.-Assistant At
torney General Townsend has render.
ed very interesting opinion regard
ing the fees for Probate Judges. The
inquiry as to the fees is on the matter
of lunacy.
The proceedings in lunacy, for which
a fee of $40 is allowed under Section
8, ia of the Code Civil Proceedings,
such as involve the appointment of a
committee to take charge of the luna
tics estate, and are paid out OF the
estate placed in the hands of the COM
mittee, and,n to commit lunatic to
the State Hospital for the Insane, in
which fee of only S. is to be paid
the Probate Judge by the county, un-
der Section 2,254 of the Code. You
will see there is no conflict between
these two sections. If they could be
construed to refer to the same proceed
ings, then Section 2, 254 would prevail,
as that is the later Act.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02
GREW 4 DEER-RAIR BEARD.
Fawn's Skin Grated ON Him and
it Took Thoroughly.

A Utica dispatch to The New York
Sun says: Perhaps the most curious
case of surgery that was ever perform
ed in the Adirondacks has just come
to light, although it was performed
nearly year ago. William Mccoy, a
woodsman, was the person on whom
the operation was performed. He
has Just come out of the Spruce Lake
lumber camp and brings the strange
story and its proof.
Some time ago Mccoy was working
with Johon Duffy getting out some
long poles to repair a chute which is
used to slide logs down the mountain
side. Duty went to cut limb by an
upward swing, when the axe slipped
from his hands and went flying through
the air. It struck Mccoy and its keen
edge shaved off part of his cheek.
William Henry, nurse Of Utica,
took Mccoy in hand. After having
partially stopped the flow of blood he
went out to the stable, took little
faWn that some of the boys had cap
tured two days before, shaved the hair
for about nine square inches off the
animals side and then carried it to
the camp. While some of the woods
menh held the fawn Henry cut the
skin, peeled it off and applied it i'm
mediately to the face of Mccoy. Hay-
ing fitted it in place firmly, he rubbed
over it a thick coat Of balsam gum and
over that he placed tight bandages.
The cheek stopped bleeding at once.
A week afterward Henry took off the
bandages and the graft was found to
be success. Soon afterward. how
ever, Mccoy noticed, when he drew
his hand across his cheek, that hair was
growing on the grated skin. In few
days more the hair had grown so thick
ly that its color and nature were plain
ly visible. It was the hair Of the fawn
growing, and, moreover, IL was spotted
like that of fawn. He did not dare
to shave for fear Of breaking the skin
and allowed the hair to grow until the
fall of the year. Then the spots disap-
| peared and the ''blue" coat of full
grown deer took it's place.
When spring came around he saw
that the hair of the cheek was falling
out and fine red hair was growing.
At last the blue, or winter, coat was
entirely gone and the rec summer coat
took its place. In fact, be and the
other woodsmen, to their merriment,
saw that the hair varied and changed
precisely as does the coat of deer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 29:-John H.
Dey, a thirteen-year-old boy, has con-
fessed that be put strychnine in glass
of water which his stepmother drank,
supposing it to be a dose of salts. Mrs.
Dey died an hour after drinking the
poison. The boy declares he intended
the poison for his stepaunt, Miss
Marsula Simpson, who had been visit
ing the Dey house. His relatives say
he threatened Miss Simpson the day
previous, saying if she did not stop
living on his father something would
happen to her. The matter has been
brought to the attention of Mayor
Riddick by the boys father, and the
boy may be sent to reformatory.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02
EnaIish Favor Free Trade.

LONDON, Aug. 26.--The Liberals
gained a notable victory in Argyll
Shire, where, on Wednesday last, was
held the first Parliamentary bye-elec-
tion fought On the fiscal question
raised by Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain. J. S. Ainsworth, the Liberal
candidate, who represented free trade,
was elected by the great majority of
1856, over Charles Stewart, Unionist,
who stood. for protection. At the pre-
vious election the Unionist majority
was 800. The result is considered a
clear indication Of the feeling of the
constituency on the subject of Mr..
Chamberlain's fiscal proposals, on
which the campaign was mainly
fought.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02
Murder in Columbia.

Columbia, Aug. 3o.-Ed. Moore of
No. Rurleyville, in an alteration
with Mark Taylor OF 1910 Assembly
street, was fatally stabbed last night.
The knife of the latter entered the
right lung, between the third and
fourth ribs. Both are carpenters, and
each is a man of family. The fight
occurred in ]. L. Shull's restaurant.
north side of Taylor street, about 100
yards east from Main. Moore died at
midnight. Taylor was arrested about
the time Moore was breathing his last.
From the facts obtained last night,
Moore seems to have been the agrees
or all the way through.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 29.-By saving
through the heavy steel bars, swim
ming a wide moat, FIVE long tenn
military prisoners, who had been con-
fined in the water battery easements of
Fortress Monroe, last night, mace
their escape and up to this time have
not been recaptured. One of the men
was in solitary confinement, occupying
a easement to himself. The other four
were together in another easement.
They sawed their way out, then cut
through the rollers on the heavy iron
door of the solitary easement, which
allowed the door to be pushed open
enough FOR tie man to squeeze through.
The Eve men then crawled through a
window overlooking the moat, swan
across and escaped. Their terms Of
Imprisonment ranged from three years
up.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02
Must Renew Certificates.

Columbia, Aug. 27.-According to
a rule of the state board of education
teachers not attending the summer
schools or graduating from some re-
putable college must renew their cer-
tifcates every two years. Superinten-
dent Martin has just issued the follow
ing letter to county superintendents
"The regular fall examination for
teachers will be held according to the
regulations of the state board Of educa-
tion on Friday, September is. Please
give prospective applicants to under
stand that there will be no examlna-
ton after this one until the third Fri
day in May, 1904"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02

Sandy Hook, N. j., Aug. 30.-The
weather conditions tonight render it
highly improbable that the Reliance
and Shamrock will meet tomorrow.
The northeast wind which continued
all day, abated but slightly towards
evening and at sunset was blowing %
miles an hour, the rain coming in
binding drifts and the sea running
high.
Salt Lake City, Aug. ga rain Of
toad frogs practically blocked traffic
here yesterday for half an hour just
before noon. A light rain was falling
all tie morning. Just before II o'clock
this changed into quite a hard rain,
which was accompanied by a large
number of toads. Pedestrians, who
did not mind the rain, were more
than averse to taking up a collection Of
frogs, and until the unusual shower
ceased the frogs bad the highways to
themselves.
Boston, Mass, Aug. 3O.-Most of the
score or more Of mills in Massachusetts,,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Yer
mont and Maine, owned by the
American Woollen Compny, which
have been shut down from one to two
weeks. will be reopened tomorrow. The
shutdown was ordered by the Boston
Office of the company, to give the 20,
600 or more employees vacation and
to permit repairs and changes to be
made.
Baltimore. Md, Aug. 31.-The trus-
tees of the Johns Hopkins university
have just elected to the professorshiI
of philosophy and psychology in that
institution Prof. James Mark Bald
win, L. L. D., of Princeton univer-
sity, who was born in Columbia, S.
c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02

Columbia, Aug. Ex-Governor Hey
ward has received letter from Capt.
". N. Faulling, of the company at st.
Stephens, asking if members of the
militia were not exempt from road
duty. He thought that under the
provisions of the law and in view Of
the required stated drills that the
members of military organizations
might be exempt from road duty. The
matter was investigated by the At
torney General, who finds that there
is, no law to exempt members OF
military companies from road duty,
simply because they are members OF
such organizations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02

Danville, ILL.,, Aug. 25.-Winfeld
Baker, who formerly lived in the
mountains of Kentucky, was convicted
today in the Circuit Court of assault
to murder Sheriff Whitlock. He was
sentenced to term of from one to
fourteen years. This is the first con-
viction of member of mob that at
tackled the Danville Jail in the latter
part of July, after having lynched the
negro. James Metcalf, and burned his
BODY. Immediately after the verdict
today Harmon Mangold, painter,
who was publicly criticising the Court
officials, was arrested, charged with
melting riot.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02

Wellington, New Zealand Aug. 30.
"A terrific eruption of the Waimangu
Geyser occurred today. Several sight
seers were swept away by the stream
of boiling water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-16
HOPE 1T is TRUE
But Doubts Are Felt as to These Re
ported Increased Salaries.

In Saturdays Boston Globe was a
speciaE from Westinghouse the an
nual REIMBURSEMENT of salaries of clerks
in the post offices, which has been
made by the post office department, in
cluded among which were the follow
ing changes for the Augusta office:
One from $500 to 5000, two from 5000
to $500, one from $500 to $500, "a from
$500 to 5000, five from 5000 to $1,000, two
from $1,000 to $1100, two from $1100 to
1920, one from $500 to $1,000.
The foregoing paragraph was shown
to Postmaster Lane by a Journal re-
porter, and in replying to the question
as to the authenticity of the statement,
Mr.. Lane said that he had received no
official notice of an increase in the
salaries of the clerks, from the depart
ment, but that several days ago he had
received a. letter from Congressman
Bureligh, stating that he had taken the
matter up with the department.
Mr.. Lane further said that presum-
ably the report in the Globe was cor
rect, although it was thought that the
creased by two or three, owing to the
increased amount of business in the
office, but it was not expected that the
recommendation for a general increase
would be accepted, as it appears to
have been, according to the report,
which makes a total increase of $1,000 in
the annual salaries in the Augusta Of
flee, $500 more than the total increase
last year, and that was altogether I'M
precedented.
Moreover, if the above report is COR
rect, every clerk in the office. whose
salary is not otherwise regulated by
law, receives an increase of 800. Two
of the laborers at the office receive an
increase and two do not, as their
salaries are already up to the limit al
lowed under the law.