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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-30

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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
PIG SAVES SIX LIVES.
Swims With Line From Wrecked
Ship to Shore.
Lifeboat Smashed and Vessel Going
to Picces--Tied Rope to Porkcr
and Tossed Him Overheard.

Bringing members Of the crew o
the wrecked Welsh bark Ami,
Lloyd, the Hamburg-American lin,
steamer Prinz Ethel Friedrich reach
ed New York from Inauga.
The men owe their preservation
from the deep to pig, and their ex
perience explodes the time-honoret
saying that pig can't swim. A pis
that was on the vessel was used ir
rough SEQ for getting line to the
shore
The Lloyd was bound for Ham.
burg when she was wrecked. On
February %, at night, in a half-gale
the bark was tumbled on coral reef
about twenty miles from Fortune is,
land. She began leaking almost i'm.
mediately.
Captain William tried to get a life
boat away from the lee side, but II
was smashed into kindling.
The sea threw the bark down on
her pirt side until she had a slant
If fifteen degrees.
The waves broke over the ship so
heavily that the crew had to batten
themselves below. The mate. boat
life lines about their waists and
made their way forward to where q
water cast was secured.
They emptied the cast, and MAX
Ing line fast to it, threw tho cast
overheard. 1t was hoped to get the
line ashore in that way, but the pro-
ject failed.
The lines and the cast were hauled
back on board and the mate suggest
ed that the pig be tried as a life
saver. The pig was big, noisy and
strong as All OK. The end OF the
hcaving line was placed about the
pigs midship section, and with an
CRY protests the animal was cast
overheard.
That porker was like swan"
said the boatswain, "He grunted like
thunder when he struck the water.
but he got his compass bearings at
last and headed for the shore.
I'VE thought he was a goner sew
eral times, but he landed at last, and
the natives grabbed the line. They
gobblcd up the pig first OF ALL and
several of them disappeared up the
beach with the animal.
"Other natives hauled ashore the
hawser, which we bent to the heav-
ing line, and we got ashore In
brceches-buoy fashion.
Captain Hughes was the last to
get ashore. We didn't save a stitch
OF our stuff. The bark went to
pieces the day we got ashore"
1t was mere coincidence Of the
pig rescue that the reef on which
the Lloyd struck is known as Hogsty
reef
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
KILLED TWO WOMEN
Mother and Daughter Beaten and
Checked to Death.

Last FRIDAY week ago about 10
miles from Newberry a double mur-
der was committed by VIII Sanders.
All the parties connected with the
affair are colored. 1t seems that
VIII Sanders has for some time been
living with woman, Aurelia Mat
thews and had been jealous Of her.
Friday afternoon late he went to his
house and told the woman to go with
him and see garden patch he had
selected.
They went off together, and in
about an hour he returned and told
the woman's daughter, aged IS,
that her mother wanted her and
to go with him to her He shortly
returned without her. The body of
the mother was found Saturday
morning with the skull crushed in
with some blunt instrumen and signs
OF choking.
The body of the daughter was
found Sunday morning and 1t was
shown that the girl had been choked
to death. After killing the girl San
ders returned to the house and re-
tired. Getting up about daylight, he
commanded another young negro
woman and girl in the house to 60
with him; they refusing he locked
thom ii the house and left and mas
, not been seen since.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
FOUND IN WOODS.
George Mccormick May Have
Been Dead Since Feb. II.
Man Who Killed His Wife and Shot
His Mother-in-law Has Been Dis

Man Who Killed His Wife and Sho,
His Mother-in-law Has Been Dis
covered Dead.
A letter from Aiken to The State
says q very tragic climax to n bru.
tai murder case developed Wednes.
DAY morning when the decomposed
body of Geo. Mccormick was found
near the scene where he committed
heinous crime on the 18th Of Feb
rnary. The body was found on Mr..
jim Green's place near Toatha. 1t
Is Is supposed to have lain there
since the day after he murdered his
wife and seriously wounded his
mother-in-law.
Coroner Owens went down to the
scene Wednesday, accompanied by
Or. III III .Wyman, Jr., and held an
inquest. The evidence adduced was
all circumstancial, but a chain Of in
cidents was linked together which
pointed strongly to suicide. A re-
hearsal of the murder and the Incl
dents leading up to the finding of
the body will be given below:
On Sunday night, Feb. nth, Geo.
Mccormick went to the home Of his
mother-in-law, where his wife had
hown from him. and after trying in
vain to induce her to return to him,
he flew into a frenzy Of anger and
began beating her Her mother in
terfcrcd and Mccormick pulled his
pistol and shot her.
He then turned his weapon upon
his wife and shot and instantly kill
ed her. He then went, SO the theory
goes, to his own house and there
drank two bottles of laudanum, and
Immediately went to the home of Ed.
Hicks. short distance away, and
begged to be allowed TO remain that
night. Hicks stated that he was pc
culiarly affected and was in some
kind Of stupor. He stayed over
night there and next morning Hicks
ran him off upon learning of his
crime of the preceding night. Nc
Cormick complained OF feeling queer
and said he thought he was going
crazy.
He staggered off and has not been
seen since and it is supposed that he
went to whore he was found, which
is only short distance from the
house, and laid down and died in a
Stupor. He was heard to say prev
iously that If he could kill his wifc's
mother he would be willing to die
himself.
He was supposed all along to be
fugitive from Justice in Georgia and
some parties followed what they mis-
took for his tracks to Katwood. The
governor offered reward for his
arrest few days ago.
The verdict Of the coroner's jury
was that he came to his death at his
own hands.
This ends one Of the most aggra-
waited murder case that has ever oc-
Cured in Aiken County and 1t Is
supposed that remorse possessed
him and he died at his own hands
rather than face punishment for the
brutal crime he had committed.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29

CABLES HEYWARD TO COME,
Col. Watson Sends Him Word That
He Is Badly Needed.

Ex-Governor Hayward Thursday
received a cablegram from Commits
sioner Watson in which he urged
Mr.. Hayward to sail for Bremen on
the 26th. The cablegram reads:
Sail 26th all hazards. Need you
badly" 1t is doubtful, however, If
Mr.. Hayward will ~be able to get
away at that time, as he has some
matters of great Importance to the
immigration movement which he has
not Yet been able to get in shape for
presentation to the North German
Lloyd Company in reference to the
permanency Of the immigration line
to Charleston. There are also per-
sonal matters which might prevent
Mr.. Hayward leaving next week but
he would endeavor to put these out
Of the way If the other affairs were
In shape for presentation. 1t is like
ly, therefore. that he will not sail
until the boat leaving New York on
the End Of April, and when he goes
he Will be prepared to make q strong
pull for the interests Of the whole
South in general and Charleston and
South Carolina in particular.
Governor Hayward has just re-
turned from Atlanta, where he went
on business, and while there he had
the pleasure Of renewing his ac-
quaintance with Governor Terrell,
whose interests he has enlisted in
the immigration movement. He also
had talk with President Finley, of
the Southern Railway, and put in a
good word for Charleston, of course.
Mr.. Hayward found Mr.. Finley very
friendly to the port OF Charleston
as we'll as to the whole immigration
movement for the South.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
MANY ARE: LOST
Eighteen People Perish AT a FIFE
at Wheeling.
THE WATER SO HIGH

On Account OF the Flood that the
Brave Firemen Were Compellet,
10 Use Boats to Fight the Flames
and Rescue Those i'm Danger.
Many Other People are relieved
to BE Dead.
Eighteen persons are known To-
nave lost their lives In the early
morning fire that occurred Saturday
at the plant Of the Warwick Pottery
Company which is located In the
hood district Of Wheeling, w. Va.
Foliowing is partial list OF those
who were drowned:
Mike Bretries, aged 80, store
keeper. & ny
Rosa Bertas, aged 90, single.
niias Mitchell, aged 18 months.
Allen Bertas, aged 2 years.
FRANK Holmes, watchman at the
Pottery. ~ wy
Simon Elias, proprietor Of dry
goods store. :
julia Moses. aged years.
Walder Moses, a8ed seven years.
Charles Matthews, watchman.
because of the water surrounding
ene burned district it was impossi-
PIE Tor the fire apparatus to reach
the scene. The firemen pressed in
W service all the boats that could be
secured. They did heroric work and not
only iought the lire, but assisted in
resculng many persons.
'In0 crew Of q hnof fL 49,. :.
ed across the river from the hniIdinD
manned yawl and rescued about
100 persons. a>
me men were offered all kinds OF
rewards and big sums of money fon
the work that they had done. but
they refused to accept cent At
times the big yawl was filled to over
flowing and 1t was with difiicultv,
that the riverman prevented the fran
TIC Syrians from upsetting the craft.
During the process Of the fire the
scene was most frightful. The
screams for help of those in tho
building could be heard as far as
the steel bridge, q mile north, where
thousands OF persons, unable to lend
any assistance, watched the blaze.
Inc work Of rescuing the bodice
or those who had drowned has been
going on all day. The current has
been very swift and tho impression
IS that more bodies will be recover,
ed when the food subsidies. M
The building occupied by the un.
fortunate victims was not touched
by the flames. The explosion that
started the fire is what terrified the
people living in the vicinity.
No sooner had the report of the
explosion occurred than people COM
menced to leap from windows into
the water. Not all OF those who mot
death were drowned by jumping into
the water. Five OF them were drown
ed by the upsetting of boat that
was carrying them to place af safe
ty.
The majority Of the persons living
In the vicinity Of the wholesale dis
drict are Syrians and after the fire
they refused to return to their homes
They are being taken care Of in the
City Hall and county jail. There is
scarcely family that did not lose a
member, and the survivors are fran
tic .H
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
GREAT BATTLE.
One Thousand Reported Killed In
the SaIvadorean Army.
THREE DAYS FIGHT.

The Nicaraguani Army Completely
Tfiumphcd Over the SaIvadoriap
Army, Which Was Routed, And
Left the Field In Great Disorder,
This Battle VIII Likely End the
War.
a dispatch from Washington saws
the State department received the
following dispatch Friday from Jose
D'Oliverez, the American cunsul AZ
Managua, Nicarauga.
This government reports chat on
March Is an army Of 5000 Salvado-
reans and 1000 Mondurans, com
manded by Gen. Presa, a Salvador
can, attacked the Nicaraguan van
guard near Namisque, Honduras.
jThe battle lasted three days re-
Suiting IN the complete rout Of the
SalVadoreans, who lost 1000 killed.
the front and Will commence IN i'm
mediate attack on Chatluteca and
Tegucigalpa.
Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan min
ister, mas received cablegram from
MS Government confirming the press
report to the effect that the Nicara-
guam navy has captured the impor-
tant Honduran Caribbean port of
Ceiba.
The naval vessels are now on their
way to Puerto Cortez, where they
probably will repeat their success,
and as Trujilli already has fallen in
the hands OF the Nicaraguans, prac-
tically the whole north coast Of Hon
duras Is in their possession.
The cruiser Chicago, which has
been patroling the Pacific side of the
lsthmus and Central America, has
gone from Acajuta, Salvador, to Aca-
pulco, In Mexico, a thousand miles
northward. This voyage is made nee
essary from the fact that coal is
scarce in Central America.
The movement for intervention IS
gaining strength and Assistant Sec
retary Of State Bacon strongly i'm
pressed upon the minister from Cos
ta Rica and Nicaragua the wisdom
of speedily terminating the warfare
in Central America, as 1t promises
to in volve all the other Republics.
and 1t is almost certain, If prolonged,
to lead to the presence in their wa
ters of European naval vessels, with
possible intervention in behalf Of
their own citizens.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
RODE a CROCODILE Ar SEA
A Queer Exhibition Given at Palm
Beach, Florida.

Warren Frazier, better known as
Alligator Joe," treated society folk
at Palm Beach, Fla, lately to new
sporting sensation. He towed q croco-
die weighing 200 pounds well out
into the Atlantic Ocean, had wrest-
ling match with it, mounted 1t bare
back, and brought 1T back to shore.
Uho crowd, mostly women, gasped
until it was over, and then applaud
ed smartly.
The crocodile was about sixty to
seventy years old and perhaps twelve
feet long. Hes young one," said
Frazier, and he spoke truly, for the
patriOrch of his tribe Ia declared to
be more than 400 year old After
towing it out Frazier released It.,
then made q quick jump, and land
ed stomach down on the creatures
back. Over and over they went, like
boys wrestling. The tail OF the ami
nal lashing about could be seen, and
at times its forefeet we're exposed
as Frazier tilted 1t up.
Gradually Frazier worked the rep
tile to steep bank. A rope was
thrown to him. Keeping the croco-
dile under water he tied the cord
around It's long snout in two places.
1t was then dragged ashore and it's
tail was tied to it's head so that 1t
could be lifted to a cart. The rep
tile toward the end appeared to be
completely tagged, but Frazier show
ed no exhaustion.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
A WHITE FIEND.
GO vernon AnseI Offers a Reward
for one Goldberg.
Who Is Charged With Criminally. As
saulting Mere Child in Colum-

Who Is Charged With CriminaIIy AS
saulting u Mere Child in Colum
bia.
The State of South Carolina is
very anxious to catch one Leon Gold.
berg, who Is charged with criminal.
ly assaulting ten year old Belgian
girl who came over in the White
Kind q few weeks ago. The outrage
look place in a boarding house in
Columbia kept for im,nigrants by
Goldberg.
The girls parents are working on
a farm near Columbia. She is not
badly hurt physically, 1t Is said, and
has been taken by interpreter Fam
aey of the department Of immigra-
ton to her parents now home in the
country.
There is deep feeling among the
immigrants over the matter, and
"nlle there was no talk Of violence,
particularly alter 1t was ascertained
that the girl was not badly hurt INV
s1cally, there was and is a genuine
and general contempt for the man
and he will be severely dealt With
If caught.
Goldberg is an Austrian. He came
to Columbia about one year ago
from Canada, and had been from
time to time employed by Commits
sioner Watson as an Interpreter but
had been discharged sometime ago
and had no connection with the i'm
migration department when he com
mitted mis- dastardly crime
IDsomuch as tho crime was com
mitted upon the child OF one Of the
immigrants brought over on the
Whittekind, the immigration depart
meDt is doing everything possible
to apprehend this man and will as
sist the legal authorities IL he Is cap
tured and brought back to Columbia.
Gov Ansel has offered a reward
for the scoundrcl, and every effort
is being made to catch him. The
Columbia authorities are doing every
thing they can in the matter and will
not let up in their efforts until Gold
berg is found and brought back for
trial. Should he be caught he will
be severely punished. In fact, he
deserves hanging
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
SCHOOL HOUSE BURNS.
One Teacher and Eight Children
Crushed to Death.

Nine persons, eight Of them school
children, were instantly killed and
many others injured at Durango,
Mexico, by the collapse OF the roof
of tho public school building, while
the rooms were crowded with pupils
The dead include one OF the teachers
and eight members Of her class.
Scores were buried under the
wreckage and debris. and there may
be additional deaths, as many Of
the victims are seriously hurt The
teachers body was pinioned beneath
a heavy rafter and it was evident
that death had been instantaneous
The injured children were hur-
ried to the hospital and some of
them to their homes, while the dead
were taken to the morgue, where
heart-rending scenes were enacted as
grief-stricken parents searched for
their loved ones.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
RURAL CARRIERS BENSEIr
isecent Act of Congress Greatly In
! crcaSeS Their PAY.

Under the recent act of Congress
making appropriations for the pos
tal service for the ensuing fiscal
year, the Postmaster General NAV
Tx the salaries of carriers in the
rural service at a rate not exceeding
$500 per annum after July /, 1907.
The highest rate now paid is S72O
yer annum. The readjustment OF
salaries under the new law has not
tpen fully determined, but it is pro-
Hosed TO allow the maximum rate,
$500, to all carriers on routes twenty
OUR or more miles in length, as
SHOWN by the records Of the depart
ment. This will give approximately
42,9O0 or about GO per cent Of the
curriers' an advance in salary Of $3.50
substantial increase in pay for
other carriers in contemplated. Car
iiers on the shorter routes, ranging
from 2 to ID and form IA to 16
miles in length, now receive $5O4
and $40 per annum, respectively,
being proportionately better paid
than carriers on routes Of twenty or
more miles.
This advance in pay for carriers
and substitutes, 1t is estimated, will
result in an approximate increase of
S5,900,000 in the cost Of rural de-
livery service.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
REFUSED TO BE BLUFFED
Some Republicans Wanted to Jump
OH Senator TilIman,

According to a story vouched for
by several prominent men OF Win
chester and Martinsburg, w. Va, a
personal encounter was imminent
early Sunday morning in the Berke-
ley Club, at Martinsburg, between
number of it's members and Sena-
tor b. r.. Tllman. of South Carolina
After lecturing there on the race
question Saturday Senator Tillman
was taken to Martinsburg by How
ard Emmart in an automobile. While
waiting for a train to go to Coium-
bus, Ohio, the Senator was enter
tanned by Mr.. Emmart and others
at the Berkeley Club, which is COM
posed principally OF Republican bus
mess men. During discussion of
National affairs Senator Tilman is
said to have made remark reflect
ing upon President Roosevelt, which
many club men took as an insult
they being staunch admirers Of the
President.
1t is stated the men jumped to
their feet and angrily demanded that
the Senator's remarks and harsh crit
iclsm of the President be withdrawn.
but Mr.. Tillman refused to take
back word Of what he had said.
The difficulty was finally smoothed
over
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
CASHIER SKIPPED
After Stealing Sixty Eight Thousand
Dollars From Bank.

DolltFS FROM IbnnK.
Frank Jones, teller of the Char
lotto National Bank, it is charged,
has defaulted to the extent Of $685.
900. News was Just learned We'd
ncsday morning.
The alleged defalcation will not
inconvenience the bank to any ser
ious extent as 1T has assets Of ST.
100000 There was nothing crook
ed suspected until Jones left Satur-
day night, saying he was summoned
to Richmond, This, it Is ascertain
ed, was a blind, and his whereabouts
are now unknown.
Mr.. Jones has wife and several
children. He was a member Of the
First Presbyterian church and to q
degree was very active ia church
work.
He was chairman Of the religious
work committee of the Y. NJ G. A.
here seven or eight years ago.
The other banks of the city readi-
ly offered to lend aid to the Char
lotte National Bank, but this was
not especially needed
The Charlotte Bank has offered q
reward of $1,000 for the arrest and
delivery to the proper authorities Of
Frank Jones, the teller.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
Heard Five Miles and Kills Two Poo
plo Instantly.

A dispatch from Prosperity to tho
News and Courier says terrific eX-
plosion startled that place on Tues
day OF last week. Many ran out Of
tho stores and Offices to find out the
cause Of the noise, but nothing un-
uasual could be seen In about flf-
teen minutes a phone message came
to Mr.. A. M. Loslc to the effect that
a boiler belonging to Mr.. N. r. Les
ter, his brother, who lives near ST.
Luke's Church, about five miles from
Prosperity, had exploded, and that
Mr.. Lester and negro had beon In
stantly killed and another negro scr
iously hurt. Mr.. Lester was q woll
to-do planter and prominent mar
in his community and the church.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
MADE MONKEY MAD.
And He Scratched a Little Girl Very
Badly.

John Williams two children and
a small friend Of theirs thought
they would have some "fun" with
an organ grinders monkey. They
handed hot penny on the end Of a
stick to the monkey, when 1t climb
ed to the second story window Of
Mr.. William's home, in Richfield, N.
j., The monkey politely do~ed his
hat and took the penny then screcch
ing loudly, dropped 1T instantly.
Chatterlng with rage, tho animal
sprang at the biggest child, girl OF
ten years. 1t bit and scratched her
hands and although she fought It,
retreatcd only when It's master yank-
ed with all his strength on the cord
that bound 1t. Returning home Mr.
and Mrs Williams found their daugh.
ter suffering from shock and nurs
ing her hurts.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
LADY ATTACKED by NEGRO
She Escapes But The Ficnd Kills
Her Baby.

Mrs. James Tolbert, wife Of for
mer Mayor Tolbcrt of Fairmont, Ga,
was brutally assaulted and her two
months old child was murdered by
a negro at their home Thursday eve
ming. The negro, who approached
the house when Mrs. Tolbert was
alone with her child, demanded $50.
Being refused he said he must have
the money or her life.
Then began struggle during
which he followed her from room to
room. until she escaped and ran to
her husbands store, some distance
away. When she returned with q
party the baby was found with its
head nearly severed from It's body
and the negro was missing.
"a posse was soon formed and the
pursuit was kept up during the
nigIt the crowd increasing as tho
search continued. The whole country
has been secured for the negro brute
but his capture has not yet been re
ported. Excitement Is running higl
and there Is no doubt. If caught, The
negro will be Iynchod.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-29
WANTED FROG ARRESTED
Negro Woman Who Thought She
Had Been Coniurcd

The Greenville News say the po-
lice OF that place had call from
"The Cover Limo" Of the hurry up
description and two Of the coolest
and best officers Of the reserves we're
Immediately dispatched to the neigh
hood from which the call came. They
arrived fully expecting to find in
progress family row or rough
house but to their great surprise tho
request was from negro woman
that they arrest another woman for
attempting to conjure her. She al
legged that the woman had placed a
frog under her doorstep and this
had prevented her from sleeping a
moment during the whole night. She
began to dig about the sep to prove
to the officers that this was fact
but was unable to produce tho ami
nal. She was very much in earnest
about the affair and stated that her
intention was to bring out an indict-
ment against the alleged conjurcr.