PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY
THE SLUSH FUND
W. fl. Cwk, Minnesota Lnmbennan
Swears Be Heard Eiward Eises
BARGAIN FOR LORIMER
On the Sftaad, at Bribery Enquiry,
Declare* He Listened While Hines
Told Seme One in Springfield to
Spare No Expense to Get Lorimer
Elected Senator.
At Springfield, 111., C. F. Wiche,
brothers-in-law of Edward Hines, A
Chicago, a lumberman Tuesday ad
mitted before the senate bribery in
vestigation committee that Hines sent
hdm on a midnight mission to the
Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago in an
effort to have W. H. Cook and Wil
liam O'Brien, Minnesota lumbermen,
evade Cook county process servers at
the tiime the charges that bribery was
used in the election of William Lor
imer to the United States senate were
first published in May, 1910.
Wiehe's statement followed the tes
timony of Wilto Cook of Duluth who,
it was brought out, had written a
threatening letter to Hines. Wiehe
corroborated some of Cook's state
ments, but denied the pungent part
of his charge.
Cook declared that he was in a
room at the Grand Pacific hotel,
May 26, 1909, with William O'Brien
and Edward Hines when Hines tele
graphed to some one called "Gov
ernor," at Springfield. During this
telephone conversation by Hines,
Cook said that Hines declared that
he was ready to take the next train
to Springfield with all the money nec
essary to effect William Lorimer's
election to the senate. Lorimer's
election occurred later that same
day
IM. B. Coan, investigator for the
committee testified that he inter
viewed William O'Brien in Duluth
within the last week and that O'Biiex
told about the same story as, Cook
only differing that O'Brien got the
impression that Former Gov. Richard
Yates was on the Springfield end of
the telephone.
Following the recital of Cook be
fore the investigating committee Gov.
Chas. .3. Deneen issued a statement
in which he declared that he had
neve at anytime held such a con
versation with Hines.
Former Gov. Hines also denied that
he ever had any such conversation
with Hines as that related by Cook.
Wiehe stated to the committee that
he, although not in the room when
Hine3 got the Springfield call, believ
ed that Hines talked to William Lor
imer.
Wiehe testified that on May 26,
1909, Hines set out for Chicago from
Washington to 8:30 a. m. Hines
said he had "put in" several tele
phone ealls to Springfield on that
day but t?id not know whom Hines
was calling. Hines at a previous
Hearing testified that he talked with
Gov. Dem-en on that morning from
the Continental and Commercial Na
tional bank.
Cook declared that he answered
the telephone in his room at the
Grand Pacific when the call came for
Hines.
'.'I understood the central girl to
say, 'Here's Governor' or 'The gov
ernor 'of Springfield for Hines.' " He
then related the conversation as he
remembered it as follows:
"Hines took down the receiver out
of my hr.od and he spoke in the
phone. Be asked: 'Hello, hello, hel
lo, is this you, governor? Well, I just
left President Taft and Senator Al
drich last night in Washington. Now
they tel! me that under no considera
tion shall Hopkins be returned to the
senate. Now. I will be down on the
next train. Don't leave anything un
done. I will be down on the next
train prepared to furnish all the mon
ey required. Now, don't stop at any
thing; don't leave anything undone:
I will be down on the next train. Or
words to that effect, repeated over
three or lour times."
Cook was specific regarding the
matter of money being mentioned
and on i ross examination repeated
this part of the conversation. On
this point of the Grand Pacific hotel
conversation by Hines Wiehe testi
fied:
"Why, the conversation was sub
stantially or practically as follows:
'1 have just talked with the governor
in the long distance telephone and
he assures me he will do what you
ask. You know what the administra
tion want:?. Now, leave no stone un
turned to be elected. I will get
down to Springfield if necessary in
the morning.'
"And when he got through talking
he turned to the people in the room
and said:
"'I haze just been talking to
"Senator" Lorimer.' "
Weihe st ated that he, O'Brien. Cook,
Njac Baker and Hines were present
I tNtoe time.
leihe <*'sked to be allowed to ques
?? Cook and was allowed to do so.
? charged Cook with trying to
? . -email Hines and the Weyhauser
1 .i?i; >er interest.
tCook admitted that he had sent
a u tter to F. E. Wyerhauser and
air.?- to Wiehe in which he threatened
W***ll what he knew of the Lorimer
{tWfer unless they agreed to settle a
.hv among the stockholders of the
Virginia t.nd Rainey Lake Lumber
ortyany. These letters were\pro
u 1 by Cook, who also testified j
OUTLOOK FOR COTTON
FORTY-TWO MILLION BALES RE
QUIRED TO CLOTHE
I
AU the People of the World When
They Become Civilised and Wear
Clothes..
"To cloche the whole of humanity
would require 42,000,000 bales of
cotton each year." This statement
was made by President Hobbs of the
National Association of Cotton Man
ufacturers, at its recent annual meet
ing in Boston. Mr. Hobbs said.that,
of the 1,500,000,000 Inhabitant? of
the world only 500,000,000 are com
pletely clothed, while 750,000,000
are only partially clothed and 250,
000,000 are practically not '.iothed
at all.
As civilization advanr ?, the propor
tion of the partially clothed and the
unclothed will decrease, and this
with the increase of the popula
tion in civilized countries, will call
for an increased supply of cotton.
The cotton belt of the United States
now furnishes fully two-thirds of the
world supply of cotton, and, as the
demand increases will be be called
upon greatly to increase its annual
production.
In speaking of the cotton situation
President Hobbs says: "From the
present acreage the production could
be doubled if proper methods were
used." There must be improved
methods of cultivation, a better
method of pcking a "general im
provement in every step and process
between the planting of the seed and
the delivery of the cotton to the
mill." "We have drifted too long,"
he said, and "the time is now ripe
for concerted and determined action
if we are to maintain our command
ing position."
While the rest of the world is
j "actively trying to find means to in
! crease the production of cotton," we
, "continue in the old ways of produc
I ing and handling," and little im
? provement has been made in many
years. It is estimated that only
about one-third of the available area
is cultivated, and if scientific know
ledge were applied to natural con
ditions of soil and climate, "we can
well raise 50,000,000 bales" of cot
ton a year and clothe all mankind.
It is a clear understanding of this
[ condition that hasJ led r.he Southern
I Railway company to organize a Cot
iton Culture Department to work in
co-operation with the United Slates
agricultural department and the agri
cultural authorities of the Southern
states, to keep the cotton production
of the South abreast cf the demand
j by bringing about the daption of
those cultural methods rvhich will re
sult in larger average yields per acre,
thus Increasing the profitableness of
cotton growing and leaving surplus
lands to be devoted to other crops
and the growing of live stock.
It is clearly more profitable to a
farmer to produce fifty bales of cot
ton on fifty acres thvi to produce
the same amount on one hundred
acres, for he will receive the same
amount for his cotton and will have
fifty acres for other uses. Under
ordinary circumstances, every in
crease yield of cotton per acre re
duces the cost of production per
pound and yields the farmer a larg
er margin of profit between the cost
[of growing bis crop and the selling
price.
'that Edward Hines Lumber company
[held ?1?0,000 o? Cook's notes and
mortgages.
Cook also testified that he and
j Henry Turrish of Duluth met Mr.
Hines going through the hotel looby
in May, 1909, shortly before the
.election of Lorimer. "Mr. Turrish
[asked him," said Cook, "how he was
getting on down in Washington. 'Oh,'
he said, 'I am having a hell of a
old Stephenson. After I elected him,
old Spethenson. After I elected him,
he has gone down to Washington and
started working there for free lum
ber. I had a terrible time getting
him lined up." Then he went^on and
told about what a time he had with
the Southern Democrats. He said he
would have them all :fixed up today
and tomorrow they wo::Id flop and he
would have to go and fix them all
over again.
"Mr. Turrish asked him how they
were getting along with the senator
ial deadlock. 'Well,' he said, 'it is
all fixed. I will tell you confidential
ly Lorimer will lie the next Senator.
We had Boutell fixed for the sena
torship. He had promised to work to
keep the $2 tariff or. lumber, but,
when the lumber schedule came up
before tho house ways and means
committee, he was working for free
lumber. I immediately took it up
with Senator Aldrich, ::nd so decided
that we had to have another man, a
man whom we could depend on. It
was decided that I should have a talk
with Lorimer I did. Lorimer has
agreed to stand pat. lie will listen
to reason. I have got it all fixed; he
will be the next senator from Illinois.
"That was the sut?tance of the
conversation."
Cook said he "inferred it was St<>
phenson from Winconsin" to whom
Hines alluded. ?
Brings Big I rice.
Th^ first book ever printed from
movable type Monday ni-^ht brought
the highest price ever paid for any
book. The prize was the "Gutten
berg Rible," the purchaser Henry E.
Huntington, of Los Angeles, and the
price was $50,000. It was sold in
New York at the Hoe library sale.
UNUSUAL ACCIDENT
WAS INJURED BY WILD AUTOMO
BILE LAST THURSDAY.
Accident Happened in Roddey Gar
age a Few Minutes After Mr. De
Laney Entered.
The Columbia State says Lyle L.
DeLaney, a young travelling sales
man of Atlanta, who was injured by
a wild automobile in the Roddey gar
age Thursday afternoon in that city,
died from the effect of the wound in
his right thigh Tuesday afternoon at
2:45 o'clock at the Columbia hospi
tal.
Last Thursday afternoon Mr. De
Laney, who represented the Atlas Oil
company, walked into the Roddey
garage and was standing at the desk
near the front show window talking
to B. J. Hennies, an employe of the
garage, when the accident happened.
Walter Alexander, a negro, crank
ed a big touring car and, without
warning, it rushed backward, striking
Mr. DeLaney. The rear spring of the
car cut a deep gash in his tni^n,
which was crushed against the desk.
The automobile was put in reverse
gear by someone and shot backward
when it was cranked.
Immediately after the accident Mr.
DeLaney was taken to the Columbia
hospital, where his wound was dress
ed by Dr. L. A. GrifTith and Dr. S.
B. Fishburn. The physicians held out
little hope for his recovery from the
first. The wound developed a gan
grene infection, and death occurred
Tuesday afternoon.
The late Lyle L. DeLaney was 18
years of age. His father is J. P. De
Laney of Atlanta, general agent of
the Austin Western company. The
other immediate members of his fam
ily are: His m-other, a young sister
and two brothers, Kenneth DeLaney,
in business in Wisconsin, and J. P
DeLaney, Jr., a medical student of
Atlanta.
Young Lyle DeLaney intended to
leave the "road" in September and
study medicine with his brother in
Atlanta. The accident which caused
his death was exceedingly unusual.
A great deal of sympathy for his be
reaved family is felt in Columbia.
SAYS THERE IS NO DANGER.
j Of a AYar Between the United States
the Japanese.
"Japan and the United States are
friends and will continue to be
friends, the Homer Leas and sym
pathizers, to the contrary notwith
standing," declared Representative
Sulzer, chairman of the house com
mittee on foreign relations, respond
ing to the toast "peace, friendship
and good will between Japan and
the United States at the banquet of
the American-Asiatic association ax
New York Tuesday night.
In the interest of peace and of
progress and of civilization he said,
Japan and the United States must
ever be friends and war between
these two countries is preposperous
and unthinkable." Those who make
the wish father to the thought are
not in sympathy with the spirit of
Jthe times.
"Japan wants peace to work out
her domestic problems and to achieve
i her greater destiny in tue orient," ne
|said.
"The United State abhors war with
jail the horrors and responsibilities
i that war entails and we also have
I domestic problems of our own to
j work out for the general welfare of
I the American people."
j Representative Sulzer said he be
I lieved he voiced the sentiments of
the patriotic people of the United
States when he declared that Ameri
can sympathizers with Japan in the
great work that wonderful country
is doing in the orient for progress
j and civilization.
j HIS MONEY DOES TALKING.
j Russian Immigrant Lets His Coin
Answer All Questions.
! Frederick Schneider, who arrived
Wednesday from Russia with a wife
land 14 or 15 of his living children,
joauld not answer in English when
[asked if he had money enough to
! provide for his army of Schneiders,
but he replied in "American" with
,an eloquence that staggered the Im
1 migration officials;.
From the depths of various pock
ets he brought forth rolls of bills,
one after an/other, and tossed them
upon the desk at Ellis Island while
officials and immigrants pressed
! around to hear the money talk. In
all he produced $2G,:'jOO.
Through an interpreter Schneider
j explained that his fortune came from
the Si le of a big farm near Odessa,
and that he was on his way to Glenn
Ullen, N\ D., whither his eldest son.
Christian, had proceeded him.
Dragged by Train.
Tuesday night Mr. S. H, George,
of Augusta, was painfully injured at
iMIontmorenci by falling from a train.
While his injuries are very painful
they are not thought to be of a
serious nature. His body was drag
ged for some distance.
Five to Hang.
i
At Oklahoma City five negroes
were sentenced to hang from 1he
same scaffold on June 21, for the,
j muredr of W. H. Archie, who was j
I robbed and killed March 9,
It
JRG, S. C, THURSDAY, APR!
AFTER HINES
-?
Head of the Lumber Trost fed Up
ia Timber and Lorimer Cases
WILL GO UNDER PROBE
Mines is Known Principally for His
Deadly Enmity Toward Reciprocity
With Our Neighbor, Canada, and
for Raising the Slush Fund to Buy
Lorimer's Seat in the Senate.
A special to the Greenville News
says the name of Edward Hines, head
of the Lumber Trust, i6 about to be
thrown upon the screen for ciose,
public scrutinizing.
Recent indications are that two
very important investigations?one
I by the senate into the election of
j Senator Lorimer of Illinois and the
I other by a Federal grand jury into
the lumber trust?will both involve
the personality of Edward Hines.
Edward Hines may not be aware
j of it, but there is a strong tip afloat
in Washington to the effect that a
j Federal grand jury investigation of
j his lumber trust will be begun within
the next two or three weeks. Every
effort has been exerted by the de
partmnts of justice to keep the plans
of the government secret.
Enough has been learned from
other sources, however, to afford sub
stantial basis for the assertion that
the evidence already collected is
deemed sufficient for presentation to
a grand jury with a view to criminal
proceedings against the corporations
and individuals who compose the
combinations which are generally de
signated as the lumber trust.
Edward Hines will undoubtedly be
summoned as an. important witness
I in both the lumber trust and Lorimer
investigations, because he has been
active in looking after both.
Mr. Hines is an arch-enemy of
Canadian reciprocity. He recently
appeared before the ways and means
committee of the .house and the fi
j nance committee of the senate in op
position to reciprocity, because of the
damage, he insisted, would be done
to lumber interests.
Prior to that he had called upon
the President to protest against the
notoriety which was being given the
lumber combinations by the inves
tigations into their affairs made by
the commissioner of corporations.
Mr. Hines, it is reported, urged the
president to make public all the in
formation obtained by the commis
sioner of corporations, asserting that
it could not show the existence of a
lumber trust, because none existed.
Soon after this the bureaus of cor
porations published a bulletin upon
private ownership of timber lands,
which, so far from dispelling the sus
picion that there Is a lumber trust,
presented information which clearly
indicated the existence of such a com
bination.
The prospective investigation of
the Lorimer case, yet it is also ob
vious that each has a bearing upon
the other. Hines' efforts to elect
;Lorimer were first enlisted when, ac
cording to his own statement, he
jwas urged by Senators Aldrieh and
; Penrose to do what he could to
break the deadlock in tho Illionois
;legislature, in order that another
vote mi?ht be obtained for the Al
drieh tariff bill and the high rales
on lumber which Hines demanded for
I the lumber interests.
Clarence S. Funk, general super
intendent of the International Har
vester company, testified before a
committee of the Illinois legislature
jthat Hines approached him with the
j statement that "we put Lorimer over
but it cost us $100,000 to do it."
! Funk declared Hines was endeavor
ing to collect the $100,000 from con
'cerns which would be benfited by
j Lorimer's election. This is all de
nied by Hines.
The great timber supply of thoj
country, which but a short time ago
belonged to the government, is now I
owned by a few corporations and in-!
dividuals, and the public has receiv
ed little, if any benefit, from the!
I transfer. But the value of the hold
ings to their present owners is esti
mated at $6,000,000,000.
This would not be so bad if thero |
had been any considerable distribu
tion of this enormous wealth. But
! at-eordinR to the commissioner of cor-j
'porations less than 2,000 owners hold
: more than 88,000,000 acres of tim
ber land. An average of 40,000 each;
!or 77 square miles. Of these 2,000!
owners many of them hold com para-j
tively, small acreas. A few hold the
great bulk of the property.
The three largest owners are tl.ej
Southern Pacific railroad, th<^ Nor
thern Pacific and the Weyerheuser|
Timber company. The latter, which I
is generally regarded as the demi-j
natiug influence in the lumber com
bination and has been represented by
Edward Hines. owns 1,945,000 acres
of timber land in the north west and
controls vast additional acreage
through family connections and bus
iness associates.
The policy of these great holders
of timber land is to hold this sim
ber supply until the country's resour
ces elsewhere are so depicted t?al
they can sell for most any price they
wish to charge.
It was in promotion of this scheine]
that Edward Dines, as the represen
tative of the combined timbci and.
lumber interests, demanded the
maintenance of the high tariff duties |
upon lumber and was told, he says,|
L 27, 1.911
MURDER MYSTERY
NEGRO FOUND WOUNDED IN CEL
LAR OF A BUILDING.
He Died on Tuesday and the Spar
tanburg Authorities Are Investi
gating the Case.
The Spartanburg Journal says on
Friday morning Clarence Wingo, col
ored, was found in an unconcious
condition in the cellar of one of the
new buildings on North Church
street. He died at the People's
Hospital Tuesday morning as the re
sult of the mysterious wounds he re
ceived.
An inquest was held over his body
Tuesday afternoon in the Floyd un
dertaking establishment, and the juiy
returned a verdict that he came to
his death from causes unknown to
them.
About six o'clock Friday mornirg
Latis Haynes, a negno porter in Mr.
Green's office, in coming through one
of the new buildings, heard a noise
as if someone was struggling for
breath, and, after tracing the noise,
found Wingo down in the elevator
shaft. Help was called and the in
jured negro was taken to te hospital.
Dr. G. A. Bunch was called in and;
found two dangerous wounds in the |
head, the skull broken on top and
the left jawbone broken.
Foul play was suspected and Sher
iff White and the police made a dili
gent search in the hope of unearth
ing some clue that would lead to a
possible assailant.
Dr. Bunch said that on two occa
sions Wingo regained consciousness
long enough to say that "Good hit
him." Upon investigation, it was
found that he had been going with a
woman named Good, but she denies
any knowledge of having seen Wingo
on Th irsday previous to the finding
of Wingo Friday mornnig.
It is believed that Wingo v/as
knocked in the head and carried into
this building and thrown in the ele
vator hole. The two wounds on the
top of his head clearly show that to
have sustained these by falling it
would be necessary for a man to dive
headfirst into the cellar.
The sheriff is investigating the case
closely and hopes to clear the matter
up in the next few days, and several
arrests will more than likely follow.
SUN ECLIPSE ON FRIDAY.
-o
Interesting Phenomenon Will Re Ob
served During Afternoon.
A total eclipse of the sun will take
place Friday afternoon which will
prove an interesting phenomenon oc
currirg at an hour when with fair
weather conditions, it will he gener
ally seen. Occurring as it does just
before sundown, the whole progress
of the eclipse can not be watched
fnom this section of the United
State, because of the setting of the
sun before the shadow passes off;
but there will be ample time to see
the effect of the total shutting off of
the sun's light.
There will be a greater degree of
darkness probably than at any other
time of the day because of the near
ness of the sun t.o the horizon, and
j the c >nsequent lessening of the sun's
I rays in the air. The refraction will
not he so great, and it will be night
time in the day. The chickens will
"o to roost early and they will have
a long night.
The eclipse will be visible in o
large portion of the United States.
The sun will set eclipsed east of a
line drawn from I'ittsburg to Mata
gorda Bay, Texas. Washington is at
the northern Atlantic boundary of the
area of visibility. The eclipse will
be invisible north of a line drawn
from Portland, Ore., through Mil
waukee and Pittsburg to Washington.
The eclipse will be very small in the
Western and Middle States. At San
Diego less than one-half of the sun's
face will be obscured, while at Chica
go lejs than one-sixteenth will be
eclipsed.
DID NOT MOURN LONG.
Atlanta Man Weds Girl Few Weeks
After Wife Died.
With one wife only six weeks in
her grave, Dr. Thos. H. Cox, a well
known practising plTysician of Tue
ton county, Ga., who is between ">0
and (!0 years of age, has just been
married by a justice of the peace to
Miss Tolbert. a pretty si-venteen
year-old country girl, the daughter
of a neighboring family. The roman
tic wedding was a surprise to the
friendH of both contracting parlies.
It was performed at the Kulten coun
ty court house, immediately after
the license had been procured, by
.lustier Edgar H. Orr. whose oflices
are in the basement of that building.
Dr. Cox and his bride will continue
to reside here.
Fifteen Drowned.
The steamer Charles Pzat. operat
ing between Manila and Corres ii;or.
foundered in a typhoon Sunday. It
is estimated that fifteen persons were
drowned. Fishermen rescind a
number of the crew and passengers.
Or.e American is missing.
by Senators Aldrich and Penroso that
the srrest way to rrseuc the lum
ber interests was to elect a senator
from Illinois who would vote for the
Aldrich bill. Lorimer's election fol-'
lowed.
WOMAN IS BOBBED
"BUILDING INSPECTOR" BADGES
WORN AS BLIND.
As Her Boy Cowers Under Death
Threat Robbers Flee with $2,000
They Find.
Two men in the uniforms of build
ing inspectors and wearing the gold
badges issued by the Building De
partment knocked at the door of An
gele Mayo's fiat on the second floor
of No. 307 East Eleventh street, New
York City Tuesday afternoon. When
Mrs. Mayo opened the door the men
said they wanted to inspect the place.
To questions Mrs. Mayo replied
that the seven rooms were occupied
by herself, her husband and their
eight children. The men looked
closely at the fire escapes, even test
ing its strength.
"Now, how about the sink?" ask
ed one of the men.
She took the-men to the' sink.
One crawled under the examined it
carefully. Then they went to the
bedrooms. Mrs. Mayo explained that
two of the rooms were occupied by
her four daughters, two others by
her four sons and another by her
self and husband. Besides there was
a parlor, dining room and kitchen.
When 'Mrs. Mayo was showing the
men about the rooms, her son Roc
co, aged nine years old, came home
from school. He followed his moth
ed 'for a time and then went into a
front room.
"What do you keep in this ou
reau?" one of the men asked Mrs.
j Mayo as he shook a big chiffonier.
I" "That contains the clothes of my
;children, my husband and myself,"
: was the answer.
I Just then one of the fellows seized
I her by the throat and bore her to
the floor, choking her so that she
! could not breathe. Both drew re
jvolvers. The second man wet a
j sponge with chloroform and pressed
lit against Mrs. Mayo's nose, holding
I it there until she was only half con
scious.
Then he produced a vial containing
ja white fluid and tried to force the
j stuff down her throat. But she
j clenched her teeth and the liquid
; poured over her dress. Again the
i chloroform sponge was applied, and
j when Mrs. Mayo became unconscious
\ the intruders got strips of cloth and
! twine from the bureau and tied h?r
' hands and feet.
I When they were at this Rocco
jcame to look for his mother. A re
volver was thrust into his face and
ihe was told he would be killed if he
(cried out. By that time both men
had masks over their faces.
While one of them held the boy at
revolver's' point the other began a
search of the flat. First he procured
i all the clothing from the wardrobe,
tying it up in furniture coverings
i which he tore from chairs and sofas.
jThen he searched drawers.
For ten years Mrs. Mayo has been
secretly saving money given to nei
I by her husband for household expen
ses. She wanted to give him a pleas
ant surprise in the near future. In
'a bottom bureau drawer was a stoc.k
! which contained $2,000 in bills rang
ing In denomination from $1 to $10.
'.Mrs. Mayo-was positive no one knew
jof the presence of this money.
The robber drew out the drawer,
turned it upside down and the old
^stocking fell out. He began to stuff
bills in his pockets. So great was his
?excitement that who $125 dropped
Ion the floor he did not stop to grab
jit up. His companion pulled a $.">00
pair of earrings from the unconscious
j woman's ears. Then the men turned
;to the boy and told him he would be
'killed if he made an outcry.
They walked out and, it is believ
ed, ran to the roof and escaped by
i way of the adjoining building.
Mrs. Teresa Massaro, a neighbor.
: was the first to reach Mrs. Mayo.
She untied the victim's hands and
'removed the chloroform sponge. Then
the polire and doctors were called,
i Mrs. Mayo said one of her assail
ants seemed to be about .'!."? years old,
weighed 200 pounds, had dark hair
slightly decked with gray and appar
ently was a German. He was ad
dressed as "Bill" by his companion,
jwho was about 30, with light hair
?and eyes and with an Irish brogue.
"CA ESA It HEAD" TURNED.
Famous Peak of Blue Ridge Suf
fers from Earthquake.
A dispatch from Asheville, X. C,
says belated reports from the moun
tain section of Transylvania County
state that "Caesar's Head." a famous
peak of the Blue Ridge, about twenty
miles from I'trevard, hail been over
turned by the earthquake shocks
which is said to have been relt in
various sections of Western' North
Carolina Friday night. "Caesar's
Head" has been one of the show
places of Western North Carolina
since this country was first developed,
and it would be greatly missed by
visitors if the earthquake has really
destroyed it.
Fight Doll Weevil.
An appropriation of $200.000 for
the purpose of listing the ravages of
the cotton boll weevil is provided
for in a bill introduced Monday by
Representative Tribble, of Georgia.
The Secretary of Agriculture is au
thorized by the bill to direct the
work.
TWO CENTS "^?R COPY.
MINERS KILLED
Explosion in Coal Mine Brings Dca'.b 1?
Underground Workers
TWENTY THREE IN MINE
Disaster Occurs at Elk Garden, W.
Va., and Cause so Far Vnasccr
tained.?Rescuers Begin Work at
Once with no Hope of Finding Any
of the Victims Alive.
At Elk Garden, W. Va., twenty
three miners are entombed in Ott
mine, No. 20, of the Davis Coal and
Coke Company, as the result of
of debris that has thus far deterred
the progress of the rescuers. It can
not be learned yet whether the explo
sion was caused by dust, or gas. Of
ficials of the company say they have
never known their mines to he gas
eous.
As soon as the accident became
known, Superintendent Robert Grant
organized a rescue corps of the min
ers off duty, and these attempted to
enter the mine after notifying the of
ficials of the coal company at Cum
berland, Md.
The rescue parties had not advanc
ed for into the workings before they
discovered it would take several days
to dig through the heaps of ro)f coil
and slate that had been loosened by
the explosion. It was then decided
to effect an entrance nearer the prob
ably point of the explosion by cutting
through the wall of an adjoining
mine owned by the same company.
Late Manday afternoon the resca
iers had penetrated to No. 20 mine,
! at a point about 4,000 form the out
!side entry. They still remained about
I the same distance to go before reach
ing the miners. The Ott mine, No.
:3 0, is almost directly under the town
'of Elk Garden, which is on a hill,
j The mouth of the mine is about half
a mile fron the town.
I In striki::.,' ccr.tr:.:t ? . 1.1:3 .d
jmine explptions, the victims in this
j case, with one exception are Ameri
cans. .The mine, usually employs
j 200 men on the day shift, and about
j the same number at night. A tem
porary suspension of work, however,
required fewer men in the mines,
leise the casualities might have been
j greater.
I After penetrating about a mile
j down the main entry, the rescuers
I found the body of a man not yet.
j identified. It was crushed beneath
ja fall of slate, as though the roof
j had crumbled as he was running
out of the mine. The uiscovery of
, this body leads the rescue party to
[believe that none of the others are
j alive.
j Several yards beyond, the passage:
I was completely blocked by the cof
Ilapse of the roof. Behind and under
I this fall, it is believed, the bodies
! of the miners lay. Havoc which
was wrought in the mine would indi
cate that the explosion was terrific.
iFor a square mile or more the slate
and coal was slit and props were
splintered, letting the roof fall in
lar;e portions.
NEGROES BOYCOTT WHITES.
Women Driven Off for Washing for
White People.
I Spartanburg letter to The State
says according to a story told Magis
trate R. J. (Jantt certain negroes in
j the county, angered because they de
clare Gary Gist's crime of attempted
criminal assault was not sufficiently
heinous to warrant the death penalty,
?and because they think sufficient ef
fort has not been made to appre
hend rjui Davis, a white man, ac
cused of having assaulted a little
negro girl, have organized themsci
; vt's into a society to prevent the ne
gro women from laboring in white
farrnilies. The story was told by a
negro woman, who claims she was
; driven from her home, ne:ir Glen
dale, because she washed for white
(people. She gave the names of the
negro men who threatened her, and
I three of the six, she said, were in
the mob, were arrested anil lodged
. in jail.
REPAYS DEBT TO "PETE."
Son of Former Slave Hero Acquitted
of .Murder.
At New York James W. O.-borne,
former assistant district attorney,
whose life was saved by "Pete." a
slave In his father's family in Char
lotte, N. ('., when he was a boy, re
paid the debt .Monday afternoon by
winning for "Pete's" son a verdict of
acquittal on a murder charge. The
jury was out less than fifteen min
utes, following an earnest plea of
.Mr. Osborne. The defendant was
Edward Oeborne, "Pete" having
adopted the name of his former mas
ter, who was charged with killing
another negro during a quarrel. He
pleaded self-defence.
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When Man May Slap Wife.
A man is justified in slapping his
wife for going through his pockets,
is the opinion of Justice .V. C. Lee,
of the Superior Court, New Jer
sey. Judge Lee made this ruling in
a divorce suit brought by Elizabeth
England against her husband, John
E. .England.