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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-06-23

who had arrived from her home in
Schwerin at noon, left the quaint old
castle OF Bellevue, in the extreme
northern suburbs. to make her ot7clal
entrance into Berlin accompanied
by the Emperor. Neither the Em-
peror nor the crown prince went to
Bellevue. On the contrary. as is the
royal etiquette, they waited the young
Duchess in the vast and endless royal
palace.
Enter the Bride Elect.
The young Duchess wore very
decollette corsage of pale pink with
a white veil on her head. We could
see her very distinctly through the
glass panels of the golden COACH
The wheels body and top OF the great
coach were heavily gilded and very
artistically carved, the upper panels
were of clearest glass. The empress,
slightly stout and very sweet-look-
ing woman, wore a white corsage and
white hat profusely trimmed with
enormous pink roses. On the front
seat sat the mistress OF the court OF
the bride, the Countess Won Tiele-
Winkler-far the prettiest and most
graceful looking of the. three women
And now for the wonderful process
sion itself. First came large trum-
peter corp with long gilded trumpets.
And well and Justify did they blow.
They marched at the head of squad
ron of the First Dragon Guards.
Following each horse led by uni
formed piqueur, came slx-horse
coach, containing the chamberlain OF
the empress and the chamberlain Of
the future Crown Princess very
high noble-men. Indeed, the cham-
berlain of the Crown Princess is the
Count Won Observation-Disclosures, a
son of Bismarck's daughter, and so
far as we could learn the only living
male descendant of the great Iron
Chancellor. Both of his sons died
without issue. Poor old Bismarck
laid on the shelf contemptously by
his naughty and self-reliant young
master and leaving no man to perpet-
uate his name. What a commentary
upon the uncertainty of human glory!
However, these Germans idolize, wor-
ship the name of Bismarck. Then
came another six-horse coach, with
the two chief marshals of the en-
peror, Count Won Hohenthal-Dokan
and Count Won Kilmaren-Kilberg.
Then followed still another six-horse
coach with Baron Won Reischeich, the
famous marshal of the court Of the
late Empress Friedrich, the daughter
of Queen Victoria. Then came yet
another six-horse coach with Count
Won Passewitz-Levetzon, marshal Of
the grand ducal court of Mecklenburg
Scherwin. Then followed in foot 300
young girls of the Duchess Cecelia's
age, clad in white. wearing white
shoes and white wells and wreath&
Then one hundred butchers in full
dress suits, and riding black horses.
Then companies of one hundred OF all
the different trades, callings and pro-
fessions in Berlin, including bicycle
riders and chimney sweeps. 1t was
vast, quaint, strange, motley, pic
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-06-23

utterly and disgustingly crazy. For
eight days previous to the beginning
Of the marriage, sometimes IN the
morning, sometimes at noon, some
times in the afternoon, sometimes late
in the night, the emperor, empress or
crown prince generally the emperor
himself has been driving through the
streets to the many different railroad
stations to welcome the many men
and women generally royal persons,
sent by all foreign governments to
represent them at this imperial mar
rage. And all this time-we mean
exactly what we say-one million and
= half out of Berlin's two millions and
a half of people have been pern1a-
nently and patiently planted on side
walks and in public parks and places,
watching, pushing, hustling, scroug-
ing, perspiring, staring, starving, dy-
ing, to catch a heeting glimpse OF
lear, idolized royalty. And only a
glimpse it is, for all the royal carrlag-
es, especially the emperor's open
phaeton, are driven through the
streets at rapid, hurried, clattering
rate. Hundreds Of thousands of peo-
pie. twelve rows deep, have waited tor
ten and twelve hours to catch, final
ly only panoramic view OF the exter-
ior OF royal coach and its outrlders.
But even that much has seemed to
translate them into the seventh heav-
en-.
On Saturday, the day the Duchess
Cecilia entered Berlin, and, with
hundreds OF artillery salutes and end
less magnificent ceremonies, was ten
dered the freedom of the city, we re-
NAMED a close, but restive prisoner
in our hotel. on the Unter den Lin
den. We could make no egress from
the front or the rear, so great, COM
pact. wild, eager, demented was the
slayish crowd. There were many OF
the royal representatives in the hotel,
and whenever they and their suites
wished to go forth the throngl7g
and splendidly uniformed police
promptly and quickly made way tor
them. and the cringing, fawnlng, de-
lighted people bowed down before
them and seemed to say: please do
us the honor to wipe your divine feet
upon U.S." But, being only PLAIN
American sovereign, no police clear
ed the way for us, and we spent the
dav hanging out of a second story
front window, commenting upon the
revolving obsequiousness of the Ger
man people. Every rank is profound
ly smilingly obsequious to the rank
above, and there are many, many
ranks. The hotel-keepers and their
armies of underlings are grotesquely,
fanatically obsequious, and as to re-
ceiving tips we verify believe the en-
peror himself, il you were to offer
him twenty-mark gold piece, would
joyfully accept it, and bow and say:
::D,nLeschon" Before this we have
never felt and known what good,
strong republican we are.
The Wedding Sermon.
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The Wedding Sermon.

On Sunday, the day after the young
Duchess entered Berlin and was plac-
ed under the care of the emperor,
"the wedding sermon" was preached
in the Royal Dome church, from a
text chosen by the emperor: The en-
peror chooses and names and directs
everything, great or small, that comes
to pass in the German empire. The
preacher was Excellenz Dryander,
and his text was Ruth to Naomi. Then
in the evening-these good, faithful
evangelical Lutherans do not seem to
think it the slightest sin the world
to devote their Sunday afternoon and
evenings to almost every form OF
pleasure and amusement-there was
an extra gala performance in the Roy
al opera house, the opera rendered,
again, by order Of the emperor-oe-
ing the ever-popular, "Lohengrin.' y
Very near US. at this magnificent per-
Torrance, the most magniilcnet we
have ever seen or heard, sat Excellenz
Dryander, in a white satin chasuble,
instead Of the black surtout. Madam
many's greatest soprano and tenor,
sang Elsa and Lohengrin. After
the performance the emperor sent for
them to come to the royal box and
thanked them for the splendor of their
rendition. Consequently, Madame
Plaichinger anG Herr Kraus, Ger
from this time forth forevermore in
the Kingdom of Heaven. And appro-
pos OF this man Kraus. Conried. the
great operate imperesario OF New
York mas offered him S25o,ooo a year
for ten years to sing Wagner roles
in America He is young.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon Sat-
urday-after we had been hanging out
of the second-story window for eight
hours-the young Duchess Cecilia,
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Plan of Murder.

The Rawlings boys. with AIf Moore,
armed with guns. were 10 surround the
Carter house shortly after dark When
they were sure that all the Carriers were
within they would enter the house and
shoot down father. mother. son. and
daughters as they met them. When the
last mad been killed. the bodies were 10
be thrown into one room and the house
set on fire Once 1t had burned 10 the
ground the Rawlings hoped that every
cvidenc, Of their crime would have van
ished
This was the scheme as conceived by
Rawlings. 81. Fortunately, it succeeded
only in part. lie was wise enough TO
know that suspicion Of foul play. If
there were any In the minds OF the
neighb0rs. would naturally fall upon
him, for his threats against the Carriers
had been spread on all sides. He. there
fore. determined to have no direct part
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Murdered Girl in Cornfeld.

When at last the night Of horror was
ended. Carter went out with his wife
10 look for the missing daughter. They
found her in a nearby cornfeid, her face
mashed beyond recognition by the boots
of the fends who had killed her
The neighborhood was aroused. There
was talk of a Iynching If the murderers
could be found Old man Rawlings de-
clared that neither he nor any OF his
FAMILY had been near the Carriers house
that night He proved his alibi. But
the evidence given by the Carter girls
was sufficient to cause the arrest first
of the Rawlings boys and then of their
father. Then Aft Moore was taken.
An extra session Of the court was held
IN order that the people should not COM
plain of the tardiness of the law. The
Rawlings boys swore that they were
innocent. Their mother and sisters de-
clared that they had not left the house
the night Of June 13, But Moore turned
States evidence, hoping thus to save his
own neck. His confession and the evi-
dence given by the Carriers were sufficient
to cause a speedy conviction. In less
than two weeks all three of the Raw
!ings bows. their father, Alf Moore. and
Frank Turner had been tried and CON
victed. Only one of them received
recommendation 70 Eaerey-Frank Tur-
ner. OF the other five four must hang,
and the other spend the remainder of his
Without a lynching by strictly legal
proceedings one Of the most brutal
crimes ever committed IN the South was
avenged.
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must wipe out the whole family root
and branch. This course he determined
upon. AT first. perhaps. because Of the
bond under which he had been placed,
perhaps because he was afraid that his
crime might be found ont too easily If
he himself carried it through, Rawlings
endeavOred to hire negroes 10 commit
the wholesale murder. He approached
several. offering them 800 If they would
undertake the job, First he tried a ne
gro by the name OF Frank Turner. Tur-
neT went in turn to Mitch Johnson and
told hIm that Rawlings was willing 10
give him Johnson. S125 If he would un-
dertake the murder of the Carriers.
Finally. however. Rawlings found q
willing tool in a negro by the name Of
ALI Moore, a laborer in one Of the. near
by mines. But even then he was not
sure that the murder would be carried
out TO his satisfaction. Therefore he
called upon his sons 10 help him.
They are mere boys. Milton. Jesse, and
Leonard, The oldest not quite twenty
and the youngest about fifteen. But ;hey
must be chips of the old block or their
father must have q wonderful control
over his sons for they fell In with the
plan. how readily no one knows This
is the plan as unfOlded by AIf Moore,
their accomplice. when he turned States
evidence recently
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HOW TO TELL HYDRoPEoBIA.

AS dogs DO not perspire the only re-
lief they seem TO get when overheated
is from inhaling cool air through
their wlde-open mouths IN short. puffy
breaths. The friction between tongue
and lips. caused by their rapid, laborious
breathing. produces saliva which is
sometimes isnOrantiy diagnosed as foam.
one of the symptoms of hydrophobia
Many innocent victims have lost their
lives on account CT such stupidity.
II your dog should feel i'll. sick with
some ordinary ailment, he will wag vel
come TO you with a sad, piriful express
sion, looking up irquiringly as if asking
Tor help and relief If il has come %
the worst, and he feels by instinct the
germs OF the drcadsa disease IN his
frame. his action VIII be entirely dit
ferent You viii lind him with low
bent head, hardly noticing or s-Iaocf1g
at you, The dog, feeling his doom. IS
conscious Of approaching danger and
would like 20 prepare ard warn yoi.
These urmistakable and easily recog-
nized signs should he watched closely
and always needed. Corner the dog at
once and, with the help cf = broom or
barn fork, keep him AZ a safe distance
until locked up.-Country Calendar.
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''BIOOd Thicker Than Water

of range; we had a small steamer called
the Toney Wan, and we towed those
COO men into action We then retired
from the range to go over and see the
English admiral who was lying wound
ed. having had both Of his legs broken.
Just as we got alongside a shot struck
thc stern of our boat and killed the
coxswain. Hart. Lieutenant Trenchard,
flag officer. who is now Admiral Tren-
chard, was wounded Our boat was
smashed and we were all thrown into
the water. That was the first time the
English ever had the pleasure of fishing
for Yanks. Every time they threw the
line over a Yank bit at il. and they
hauled him on board. The commodore
and Trenchard went aft TO see the ad-
miral, who was lying on a settee giving
orders the best he could. And we, as
naturally a s ducks take to water, went
forward The bulwarks were shot
away, the guns destroyed. and the
sanded down to absorb the blood.
1--WE went to the bow gun-a pivot
gun on the forecastIe-and stood a
looking a those four men fighting that
gun. where they ought to have had
fourteen. They had TO act as train
tackleman, side taCkleman, handspike-
man, leaders. and spongers. They could
not fire the gun very often, We stood
there a-Watching them a-straining
themselves 10 fire that gun. one after
another OF us dropped In and fought that
gun for them and made the English
stand back. We went as white Nanks
and came out as black ones. We fought
that gun for two hours. That is the
way in which l served under TWO flags
in one day"
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Tried to Burn the House.

Outside lowered the Rawlings and A1f
Moore, fearing TO approach the house
lest they be shot down by Carter. They
waited an hour in quiet. thinking that
the man would come out 70 look for his
daughter. They could hear the means
of the dying boy in the house, and again
ALI Moore lost his nerve and would have
gone away had the Rawlings not com
PEELED him to stay.
Losing hope that Carter would come
into the yard, the Rawlings determined
to set TIE house on fire and either burn
the rest OF the family TO death or smoke
them out. They collected bundles Of
corn shucks lying near, and began piling
them against the side of the house in
which there were no windows. Lola
Garter. peeping through crack in the
chimney. saw one of the boys with his
arms full of dry shucks. She, too, reeog-
nized u Rawlings.
She called to her father. and he, as
we'll as he could, fitted his gun into the
crack in the chimney. When he heard
The thud of falling corn shucks he fired.
Immediately there was the sound Of
nurrying feet. Then quiet Though Lola
watched for another hour 10 see If more
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Manchester, and the sturdy lass tramp
ed more than seventy miles When, how
ever. the time for settlement arrived
It was discovered that the father was
not worth as many shillings as he
should have paid guineas, whereupon Il
subscription was opened by the neigh
boring gentry, who admired the girls
pluck. and an amount was collected that
amply compensated her for her eXer-
ton.
a wealthy London solicitor whose
daughter had received an expensive edu-
cation promised on her becoming en-
gagged to give her fifty times the amount
she could earn in a year by her own ex-
ertions. Although she found that her
eXpensively acquired accomplishments
were more or less q drug in the market.
she managed by giving music and draw
in~ lessons to earn sufficient to entitle
her to receive on her marriage the hand
some sum OF $25, 600
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had youth and 1nexperience 10 overcome.
Perhaps they wished many times that
the whole affair was only a dream, that
they would wake up from the night
mare Just as they were killing the Car
ters. All Moore frankly confessed on
the witness stand that he lost his nerve
and HAD he not been kept where he was
by a stronger will of his boy
confederates he would have thrown up
the Job. But his was the weaker mind
and theirs the stronger will
About 8 O'Clock the Carriers were dis
turbed by the barking Of one of their
dogs. Then every dog on the place took
II up. Thinking that IL might be a friend.
CT possibly stranger seeking informa-
ton about the roads, Willie Carter, sew
enteen years old, and Carrie. his sister,
who was only a year younger, and their
baby sister. went out TO see what had
caused the rumpus.
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G "
First Attack.

Mr. and Mrs, Carter, with their two
older daughters, Lola and Leila. were
sitting inside the house. Suddenly they
heard three shots fred in quick success
sion. Rushing to the door. Carter saw
his son. Willie Carter. crawling pain
fully toward him on the ground. His
baby girl lay but a few feet from the
door. Carrie was nowhere in sight.
Quickly he snatched UP the little girl,
and grasping the boy, dragged him to
the house. Quickly, because he knew
that there were other bullets whence
those that had wounded his children
had come Once inside the house he
barricaded the door and locked the
shutters. Then the siege began.
Inside the house Carter, still unable to
handle his gun on account OF the
wounds Rawlings had given him several
weeks before. waited auxiously for the
attack, which he knew must come soon
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Rawlingg Hate GEows Apace.

But though Garter was badly wounded
and was picked up covered with his
blood. the cut was not fatal Since that
time ne has grown slowly better of his
wounds.
While his enemy grew stronger day by
dav. Rawlings became more and more
convinced that his only hope for peace
l9y tn the death Of Carter and his whole
family. For the Carriers hated the Raw
unEe and the Rawlings hated the Car
tevs with the deadly nate Of the South
ern feudists. than which their is no hate
more deadly. II generates a spirit which
does not consider il towards deed 10
shoot another man from ambush, or even
% assassinare women and children. So
Rawlings pondered on his wrongs and
bidcd his time. That time was soon 10
come as nc thought
About the first cf June, when Carter
v-fs on the high road to recover, Raw,
Iinss was bound over 10 keep the neace
under a 81 200 bond. The Rev S. s. Kemp.
a clergyman who was acquainted with
botb men, Went 10 them separately and
asked them 10 drop their quarrel, He
testified later that Carter had signifled
his Willingness 70 keep his hands OF
Rawlings provided Rawlings would
agree to the same thing in regard to
himsr'~ -ut Rawlings ripOed out an
oath when Mr.. Kemp approached him on
the subject and swore that he would
nevCr sign a peace compact with the
man who had wronsed him He declared
that II he were nut under a bond TO
Keep the peace he would steal up behind
Garter and shoot him in the back or
wayIay him on "a dark night KIN him
hc would one way or another
But as Rawlings nursed his hatred IT
dawned upon him that It would never
do TO kin Carter alone. II he was to
be free forever from dread Of Carter he
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A Fathers Bad Bargain.

Another father. who had but small
faith in his prospective son-in-Iaw's in
dustry. agreed to give his daughter OH
her marriage an amount corresponding Q
to that which the bridegroom should
make III the course of twelve months.
He had. however. counted without his
host. for the young man. CHANGING TO
obtain some good stock exchange infor-
nation. tabled sum that the other
could only cover on his daughter :
sweetheart agreeing TO advance the de
felt
on receiving very handsome tip
from a customer a waiter al a fash
ionabie London restaurant begged 10
thank the giver in his daughters name.
and, upon being asked for an explana-
tion, said that he had agreed to be
stow upon her as a wedding portion an
amount equivalent to the tips he should
The Washington times., 1905-08-13
Some Unique Marriage Portions

receive in a year. On The gentleman
subsequently making inquiries he was
told by the waiter that his daugh-
ters dot had worked out at more than
500
Very original was the idea of bar
ber who. on his daughter becoming en-
gagged to his assistant, determined 20
regulate her dowry by her sweetheart's
ability a certain sum was accordingly
set aside, from which a fine was deduct
ed every time the flance CHANGED to cut
customer when welding a razor. This
had the desired eject of putting him
upon his mettle, and his reputation as
an easy shaver soon so increased the
shops clientele that on his daughters
marriage Figaro's extra takngs more
than compensated for the money he
was called upon 10 disburse
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When the shadows had grown long
the Rawlings met at this cabin as pre-
arranged. The last directions were
given. probably by Milton. who. as
Oldest. had charge of the party. Then
all four. including Moore, went care
fully through the brush, where 1t was
necessary through the open fields, to
tho Carter plantation. After the sun
had sunk and there was little danger
of their being seen the murderers closed
in upon the house and waited.
Imagine the suspense of those boys
waiting there with murder in their
hearts. No matter how much they may
have been murderers by instinct. pro-
vided that such thing is possible, they
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in the murder, but 10 have a thoroughly
sslDstantiatcd aIibi # he We're called
upon 10 give an account of himself the
night the Carriers died. So it happened
that he was not with the boys when
they made their attack upon the Car
tors, but was seen in the town Of Val
dgsta a few miles south of the Carter
ard Rawlings plantations
During the afternoon Of June I3. the
Rawlings boys took Alf Moore their
accomplice, 10 a cabin on their pIanta-
ton and shut him up there telling him
10 keep out Of sight and that they
would bring him his supper later. They
were taking no chances Of his losing
his nerve and crawling the last moment.
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Beside him crouched his two girls fear
ing they knew not what In another
corner was the mother bending over the
little girl and wounded boy. The baby
girl soon came TO herself. The bullet
had only grazed her. But the boy was
desperately hurt. Part of the time he
was unconscious, but when he was
himself ne moaned piteously for water
water which his father could not bring
him, for the well was in range of the
ellemy's bullets. And Carter knew that
those bullets were from The guns Of the
Rawlings. for the little girl had recog
rtZed one of the boys.
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Near Neighbors for Years.

For years the families of Rawlings
and Carter lived on plantations which
marched together in the Hahira district.
Georgia. For ears the bad blood be-
tween the two had seethed and boiled.
At last it boiled over. with the result
that two young Carter children were
brutally murdered. and the Rawlings
are now to pay the penalty with their
lives.
Rawlings and W L. Carter are both
former ministers. both have preached
The gospel; but il is not recorded that
either OF them lived good lives, for,
though Carter has not been sentenced to
death for murder and Rawlings has.
vet the former has long had an evil
reputation in LowndeS county
Several months ago one OF Rawlings
sons was prosecuted in court for at
tc~7nting 10 drown Willie Carter in the
small river which flows close 10 the
homes of both Young Rawlings was
acquitted, but this did not aDpeasc Raw
Iings. ST. He was spelling for fight
when he met Mr.. Garter in the court
room. and he had il,
The two men fought mp and down the
long room in the Naidosta court house.
fought like demons, while other men
who knew OF THE trouble between the
7pyo looked on. Rawlings was armed
with knife which ne strCVe 20 use.
Garter he'd his wrist in vice-like grip.
striving always 70 keep the glittering
blade from his heart. But Rawlings was
the more powerful man and slowly he
bent Carter backward, hack until he lost
his balance and fell 10 The floor. The
grin ON Rawlings wrist was broken
Quick as a fash the stronger man thrust
with the long knife Carter was wounded
on the hand and his throat was cut
Thinking he had done his work Rawl-