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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-05
A Great Flood at Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Special.-With every trib-
utary Of the Allegheny. and Mononga-
hela rivers emptying swirling torrents
into the banks of these two streams
and rushing dowyn to the point where
they converge to form the Ohio, Pitts
burg was given a visitation Sunday
which forced hundreds of families
either to abondon their homes. or seek
escape from the water in the upper
stories, while mud and water spread
discomfort below. Mills in the low
lying levels throughout the county,
numbering between so and 60, were
flooded and 3S,375 men are thrown out
of work for four or five days with
loss of wages Of more than $326,1O0
The flood was general throughout Wes-
tern Pennsylvania. The streams every
where overfowed their banks, causing
more or less damage to houses and
farms that lay in their course. Down
town in Pittsburg. cellars and base
ments of business houses which are In
the general food belt, were undated,
while In Allegheny two railroads We're
temporarily paralyzed owing to the
water which covered their tracks. Peo-
pie in the first and third wards OF Al
legheny, had to adopt Venice methods
o; going to and from their homes.
Ample warning had been received by
most of the residents and business
firms threatened, in time for them to
make preparations to minimize losses.
The highest stage reached by the
swollen rivers at Pittsbtrg was 29.4
feet at the government dam at Hers
Island. This was at o'clock In the
evening. 1t became stationary at that
mark and gradually began to subside:.
The cold weather which set in last
night served to check the food and
prevented more serious proportions.
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Storm Ar GAsTONlA.
Two Girls Seriously Hurt-A Cotton
Mill Wrecked.

Gastonia, N. c.. Specialists the re-
cult of a storm which swept over this
MACE Saturday morning large section
of the wall of the Avon Cotton Mill
was blown down and four or five Oh the
operatives injured. Two CT these, girls
twelve and fifteen years OF age. were
dangerously hurt and may not recover.
The mill was damaged to the extent
of about $4,000. Other less serious
damage also resulted.
The storm. in it's greatest 1orce'
struck the Avon Cotton Mill. in the
eastern part of the town. The oper-
atives, whose ears were filed by the
din of spindles and thunder of looms
were unaware of the storm that ragged
without until it crushed the southern
wall of the eastern half OF the mill
and lifted one side of the roof and
folded it over on the other half. The
destruction came in a moment. one
hundred and fifty feet of the wall en-
closing the second story collapsed
without warning and fell inward upon
the operatives and machinery, ss the
roof with It's enormous rafters and
beams, shafts, countershafts, belts and
pulleys went flying off like so much
paper. The water connections with the
tank in the tower were torn and twist
ed like green withes and torrents OF
water pouring in from above we're ad-
ded to the confusion Of the awful
wreck, the darkness and the roaring
storm.
Only four or FIVE operatives were
hurt. OF these two little girls are dan
gerously injured and may not recover:
One is Sadie, the twelye-year-old
daughter of JEFF Beatty, and the other
is Bessie, the fifteen-year-old daughter
of John Lay. The little, Beatty girl
worked on the day shift and had just
come in to clean up her spinning
frames. She was found crushed against
the frame by the falling wall. Her hair
was twisted on the spools and blood
was flowing in jets from her nose
mouth and gashes on her head. Miss
Lays jaw and one hand were broken
and the back of her head was crushed.
A little girl named Smith and other
operatives were hurt, but none 80 Sc
riously as the two named, whose chan
ces for life are painfully slender. the
reason more were not caught In that
fatal wall alley Is that the mill was
short OF night hands.
The damage to the mill by wreck,
wind and water is about $4,000 and II
will likely be six weeks before it rs
running to its full capacity.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-05
The Pope Dimes Poor People.

Rome, By Cable.-Surday was "a
great day for the poor OF Rome, a
thousand Of them being the guests OF
the Pope at dinner in the Beleyidere
Court Of the Vatican in honor Of the
Pontiff's jubilee. The tables were dec
grated with flowers and miniature
papal flags. The guests were waited
upon by nuns and the Swiss Guards in
brilliant uniforms kept order, their
band playing during the repast. The
excellent menu included wine and des-
sert. Great enthusiasm was displayed
and there were cries Of Long live the
Pope!" The Pope desired to personally
administer blessing on the gathering,
but although he was well, the doctors
vetoed his desire in order that he
might husband his strength for the
coming functions.
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Nav Be Removed.

Richmond, Special.-The committee
of the General Assembly which ha
been investigating the charges agains
Judge Campbell, of the Amherst Coun
ty Court, decided, it is understood, Il
recommend the adoption CT a join
resolution providing for the remova
of the Judge from the bench. TIE ma
iority of the committee will make
report recommending ce1sure. TT
charges against Judge Campbell g:cY
out of the widely reported horse whip
ping by the judge Of Rev. DR.. Graz
ford of the Anti-Saloon League.
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Suit Against Vanderbilt.

Ashepifle, N. c.. Special.-Complaint
1n the case Of n. C. Graham against
q. w. Vanderbilt was filed in the
clerks Office Of the Superior Court.
Mrs. Graham Is suing the owner Of
BiftmoTe House for $4,000 because of
the death of her husband N October,
1890, while In the employ Of Wander
biit. Graham was crossing the French
Broad river in boat, which. 1t is
claimed, vas defective. The boat was
attached by a sort of trolley to an
overhead cable and owing to the swol-
len condition OF the river the boat be-
came unmanageable and filled with
water and Graham was drowned.
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Bow.n's Proposition.

Washington. Special.-Mr. Bowen
the Venezuelan picnipotantiary, has
proposed to the allied powers that the
Car of Russia be asked to naLle three
arbitrators who, as The Hague" tTi-
bunal. shall decide the question oi
preferential treatment The suggestion
has been approved by the State De
partment. Mr.. Bowen submitted to the
allies the representatives the copies Of
the proposed protocols submitting the
Venezuelan case to The Hague tri2u-
nal.
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shot BY TEACHER
Sad and Fatal Occurrence That is
Much DepICred
RESULT OF A MU7INY AT tNMAN.
The Teacher Claims That the Killing
Was Purely Accidental - COMMIT
nifty rluch Wrought Up.

Spartanburg, S. c.. Special.-EGdy
Foster, the 1S-year-old son Of Gabriel
Foster. was shot and dangerously
wounded Tuesday afternoon by Reu-
ben Pitts at Inman. PITS is a teacher
at Inman and Foster is one Of his STU
dents. Several days ago the teacher
fogged one of the boys and won the
enmity of the scholars, who as.eed to
resist any further efforts OF the teach
er as to chastisement. Pitts heard OF
the agreement and determined to quell
this rebellious spirit. Being physical
ly weak man he took loaded revo!-
yer with him to school, and ut the noon
recess hour called young Foster in to
administer a whipping. Foster. as
agreed, rebelled. Pitts drew his pistol,
only TO frighten the boy, so he states,
The boy struck the pistol in an effort
to take the rod from the teacher,
when the revolver was exploded, the
ball entering the stomach and ranging
downward, making very serious
wound.
The feeling is intense but both par
ties have friends and the manner OF
the discharge OF the pistol is not doub-
ted.
Pitts Is graduate of Furman Uni
versity, the son of Rev. ]. Z. PITTS. pas
tor OF the First Baptist church of I.au-
rens. The young man bears the highest
character and reputation. He is grea ~
wrought up over the terrible affair.
Foster is a member Of prominent
family Of Spartanburg.
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Body Recovered.

New Orleans, Special.-Missins for
six days, the body Of Stephen Fitzger-
aid, agent Of the American Cotton
Company, in this city. was taken
from the old basin canal. Mr.. Fitzger-
aid was last seen on Saturday night,
when he boarded a car to go home. His
family suspected foul play and his
brother, John Fitzgerald, came from
St. Louis to assist in the search. There
were no marks Of violence on the body
and no money had been taken from MS
pockets. 1t is probable that he fell in
to the canal by accident and was un-
able to get out. Mr.. Fitzgerald was
from Memphis, where his aged mother
and sister live.
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Willlamson's Slayer Caught.

Monroe, N. c.. Special.-Henry
Young, the man who shot and killed
]. n. Williamson at Hamlet Saturday
night, was caught Tuesday afternoon
about $50 o'clock, one mile from Mar
shville, by Chief Howie. Policeman
Laney, Constable Bivins and Lee Will
Hanson, the brother Of ]. H. William
son. He was brought to Monroe and
placed in Jail. Young offered no resis-
tance., He expressed regret Ior his ac-
ton and begged pitifu1lJ to be protec-
ted.
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Train Wrecked.

Dixon. Mo-, Special.-The st. Louis
E. San Francisco fast west-bound pas
senger train was wrecked Monday
night. near the Gascande river crossing
at Arlington. Vim. Clifford. a Wells
Fargo Express messenger. of st. Louis
was killed, and Engineer Decker, o:
Newburg, sustained broken ribs and
internal injuries that may prove fatal
Four of the crew were seriously hurt.
None of the passengers were injured
except slightly.
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King Bill Passed.

Little Rock, Ark. Special.-The Sem
ate passed the King antitrust bill by
a vote OF q to 3, and it now goes tc
the House, which, on January % last.
passed a similar measure. Governor
Davis declares that he wrote the King
bill and intended to exclude from Ar
kansas corporations that are members
CT combinations anywhere on earth.
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DR. Thomas Dead.

Phomasville. Ca, Special.-Dr. I.
Gaillard Thomas, of New York, spe-
cialist of note in women's diseases,
died suddenly at the Piney Woods Ho-
tel. Saturday morning, of heart disease.
DR.. Thomas, with his wife, was spend
ing the winter here. He was in ap-
parently vigorous health up to Friday
night. During the night he complain
ed of feeling i'll and two physicians
were called. He continued to sink. and
this morning died. His body will be
sent to New York.
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Movement to Stop Emigration.

Vienna. By Cable.-With the object
of stearaing the, wholesale immigration
OF young girls to America, which is
occasioning the Hungarian government
considerable concern. Premier DeSzell
has sent o circular letter to the local
autiorities~of Hungary, calling thei;
attention to what he describes as TINS
melancholy sact."' He directs that the
authorities only permit mino>s 10 el1i-
crate syhen sanctioned to do so o.
their parents or guardians, and when
they travel in charge Of adults.
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Another Eruption.

Mexico City, Special-At Sis o'clock
Tuesday afternoon the most violent
eruption OF Colima volcano which has
occurred in years took place. At FPS
.. m. there was severe earthquake
shocks at Tuxapam and a heavy pail
of smoke hangs over the entire vicini-
ty. Both Cludad Cuzman and Tuxa-
nam are near the volcano.
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Gen. Gordon to Quit Lecturing.

Jackson, Miss, Special.-General
John B. Gordon, commander-in-chief
of the United Confederate Veterans,
whot suffered a severe attack Of acute
Indigestion, while en- route to this city
Thursday night, left for Texas. 1t is
reported that after General Gordon has
filed this seasons lecture engagements
he will retire from the platform.
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Aeeused Of Killing Three Wives.

Indianapolis, Special. - Albert A.
Knapp, formerly Of Hamilton, O., was
taken By the police from the home OF
his bride ON a charge Of murder. The
police say that the wife at whose house
Knapp was arrested and whose maiden
name was. Anna May Gamble, is
Knapps fourth wife, and that the
others have disappeared in manner
which warrants investigation. Knapp
later confessed
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-05
H,rbt.ou,ness Creates Happiness.

A life of unselfsh devotion to God and
to righteousness is the unfailing secret OF.
happiness He who lives for himself alone
viii dwindle into miserable and petty IA
significance. He who lives to glorify God
and to make the world better and happier
is sure to be happy. No one can prevent
Il. Usefulness is true greatness ana true
gladness. If we wish this to be q hSp2y
year we must love God and WORK His noiy'
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eff,sers Southern Ice Exchange.

Atlanta, special.-The Southern Ice
Exchange, 1n convention here Friday,
elected the following officers for the
ensuing term: President W. H. Howe,
of Naslvfiie, Tenn; vice president, c.
d. Hay4e3l, Of Richmond, Va; secre-
tary and treasurer, w. E Worth, Of
WHmiagton, d. c.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-05
Think Hccsre We Speak.

Let US thinl: before We speak, since the
words we must speak must enter into the
lie OF the world ard make it worse or
better. and if we err on either side, err
in gentleness and tenderness and love-
The Rev. Dr. Savage. :.
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Immense Forests of Russia.

Forest covers 36 per cent of Rus
sia's total area, or, in all, 464,500,0O0
acres. In other words, there are four,
acres of forest to every inhabitant Of
Russia.
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Ifappiness Lasts.

Misery will not Iast-happiness gill, IL
olIy in remembrance. No pure joy, how
ever i!eeting, contains any real bitterness.
even when it is gone by.-D. M. Craik.
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or the ability to appropriate the good that
appeals to the soul; power to apply ;hc
principles OF truth; recognition of love rs
the great animating, sustaining, God
knowing principle. Let us see whether
poverty may not be an aid to the soul In
its development along the lines indicated.
We may, think, claim with justice that
poverty renders the soul supremely scnsi-
tive to the best things. Poverty is too fire.
quently regarded as synonymous with pau
perism, and pauperism is the embodiment
of grim, unfeeling heedlessness. Pauper-
ism is cold, indifferent, dead, but poverty
is warm, alert, alive. Poverty needs its
every faculty, its every power. 1t must
fight battles and anticipate the onslaught
Of unseen foes. 1t must read the signs OF
the morrow in the evening sky and adapt
itself to sun and shower and storm. THE
man with the hoe" is not the poor man,
for poverty neither deadens nor brnializcs.
Were to choose my illustration of hcn st
poverty should find it in the humble toll
ers of "The Angelus.' Clad in the rough
garb of workers in the fields, holding IN
their hands the cum5rous instruments o.
their daily toll. they are, nevertheless,
keenly alive to the beauty, the poetry, the
suggestiveness OF the sounds waited npon
the gently stirring summer breozes. Truly
typical are they, as with bowed heads they
stand, of the succeeding generations OF
Gods Door, az. amid toll and trbuiat;On,
they seek to find the good, to know God.
The sensitiveaess OF honest uoverty.! L
see it in the little children Of the rabnle as
they followed Jesus through the street; OK
Jerusalem. and see it in the children who
to-day clutch the flowers carried sSo ta'
homes OF the poor bv sweet charity. SCI
it in the zeal, the devotion of the slaves
who first heard the Gospel message, and l
see it in the enthusiasm OF the ,rulti;"des
who caught the inspiration OF the Renais-
sanee. see it in the faces of the Common
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1903-10-23
o4=zZ xz<<~.ea.
A Prominent Shelton Citizen.

represented the town of Huntington
in the Legislature of 1882, during
which seSs ion he was largely instru-
mental in securing the charter for the
borough of Shelton. and for much of
the time since he has served that
borough in some capacity, at present
filling the position of warden with his
well-known ability and efficiency. In
religious faith he is member of the
Congregationalist church of Derby.
In 1870 Mr. Brinsmade married Miss
Jenette S. Pardee, daughter of DR. John
H. Pardee, of Trumbull, and to this
marriage have been born five children:
Frances L., Daniel e. (who graduated
from Yale S. S., class Of 1867, Caroline
c., Helen J. and Wallace S. The name
of an honored old family Mr. Brins-
made bears worthily and we'll, and in
both business and social circles he ranks
deservedly high. ...-
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1903-10-23

Peter Hayes of Waterbury passed
Sunday with Paul Vanck.
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NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
SOUTHPORT.

NOTES FROM THE DIAMOND MATCH
TOWN.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Shepherd have
recently visited friends in the Elm
City.
Mr. and Mrs Brown have taken fur
nished rooms at Maple cottage, the
home Of Mrs Ida Wooster.
Mr. and Mrs Will Nadolin expect to
begin housekeeping soon in one of the
houses owned by the Diamond Match
Co.
Surveyors have been busy between
the paper mill and the depot, the past
week, surveying for the spur track
that is talked of being laid.
Mrs S. A. Noe visited friends in
Derby, Shelton and Huntington, last
week.
Mrs A. E. French of Stevenson is
with her niece, Mrs George Smith, and
is ailiDg and under the care of Doctor
| Green.
| G. N. Curtiss was in Bridgeport, last
week.
Cyrus Curtis of Naugatuck was ir
town, Sunday.
Mrs Elisha Wheeler entertained he1
son and grandchildren from New
Haven, Sunday.
Homer w. Atwood'S store is pro
crossing finely under the supervision
of Messrs Wheeler and Pope.
Mr. and Mrs William L. Smith ant
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1903-10-23
QUAKER'S FARMS

WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF THE LATE
JAMES WOOSTER AND HIS LITTLE
GRANDDAUGHTER, EsTELLA LOUISE.
IT'S just three weeks tonight. dear,
I sat weeping in your home,
For loved and aged father
Had obeyed the summons, ''Come."
We gazed upon the silent form
With awe, and held our breath,
While we wondered where the, spirit
was,
And what was that, which men call
"Death."
He had passed from out your home
forever,
Gone to live and work and see
All the glorious mysteries of the
future,
Which we mortals call "Eternity."
Tonight your tears are streaming
And my own are falling fast,
AS you tell me that our darling
From your tender love has passed.
An, how can this be, dear sister,
Scarce four short months ago,
Since we welcomed her with blessings,
Kissed and learned to love her SO.
Softly we speak her name tonight,
| And we kiss the fair white brow,
For we know that in the better world
The sinless soul is happy now.
Not for her our tears are falling,
Calm and sweet her happy rest,
But our hearts are full to bursting
With the love and longing in oul
breast.
Did we love her all too we'll?
Was our tender worship wrong?
Would we spoil our little "Queenie"
If she fingered with US long?
Cease, sad hearts, these doubts ant
| questions
Shall be answered by and by,
For the Masters loving hand
Shall lead you into wisdom broad an
| high.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1903-10-23

with her sister, Mrs Arthur Human,
who is critically ill.
W. G.. Tomlinson has recently pur-
chased of G. A. Meigs 80 acres of tim
Der land and is erecting house on bis
lot near it to accommodate the wood
choppers. ~.
Mrs Matte Isham of Pennsylvania
and James Ross were married in Ok
ford at the Congregational parsonage
by Rev Mr. Schaeffer, Tuesday.
George T. Brown of Port Jefferson,
L. l., was guest, last week, of George
Thompson of Good Hill.
Rev W. A. Woodford of Trinity
church, formerly pastor here, ex-
changed with Rev Theodore M. Peck
Of Oxford and Quaker Farms, Sunday.
Miss J. Mabel Lum was at South
Britain, Sunday.
E. D. Tomlinson of Five Mile Hill
had the misfortune to have one of his
team horses drop dead while driving
it, Saturday night.
Mrs William Clarke of York state
has been visiting her cousin, A. J.
Lum, and family.
Mrs Elvira Hyde of Danbury, with
her grandd' lighter and youngest
daughter, MISS Charlotte, were calling
on old neighbors and friends in this
place, last Thursday, in company with
Mrs Charles Hine of Southbury.
Mary Bailey, who has been sick sc
long, is so she can sit up and see
friends now. They are in hopes she
will be able to be taken to her home ir
Springfield, Mass. the last of this
week.
Miss Dora Pierce, teacher in the
Bower Hill district, attended thu
teachers convention in Hartford, last
Friday.
Mrs Arthur Human has been very
low again. Her sister from Stratfore
has been with her; also her eldest son
George Quire, of Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1903-10-23
EDITOR SrlITH IN THE PULPIT.

FORD AND EDITOR PICKETT OF. NEW
HAVEN.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1903-10-23

visits from THE BEE and you cannot
find man, woman or child that is not
we'll acquainted with Editor Smith.
They couldn't do without THE BEE if
they would and wouldn It If they could.
If there is any man in the state who
knows what ought to be said to the
people who go to church, rain or shine,
it is Editor Smith, and if he cannot
successfully prescribe for those who go
only once in ten years their case Is
hopeless. ~.
We are informed that E litor Smith
breaches without money and without
price," which is not new thing for a
newspaper man.
The professional preachers have tried
in vain to induce the stay-at-homes to
attend church, but it appears that
Editor Smith gets them out without
any special effort. .;s,
We expect to hear that the Weekly
Newspaper Mems association of Con-
necticut has invited Editor Smith to
tell them how to fill pufpits and boom
circulation. He can do both to ''beat
the band. "INew Haven Leader.
@The writer did not expect
SO much attention to mod
est effort to give assist;
ance to worthy friend. The
writer's father was for 40 years coun-
try minister and he thinks he knows
something of the difficulties under
which they labor. 1t is natural, there
fore, that he should have warm place
in his heart for them, and have will
ingness to help out friend in time of
need. Who, better than the newspa-
per man, has chance to see the vari-
Gus sides of life, and of the need of the
Gospel as the cure of it's ills?-LA. P.S.