The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, May 11, 1911, Image 1
PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKL\
DO N?T LIKE IT
People of Flureoce Rtsrut Ac; ten of
G iv. Blease in Removing
-?
NEGROES FROM THERE
News of Governor Blease's Order for
Removal to the Penitentiary of
Negro Prisoners Vnder. Death Sen
tence Received with Complete Sur
prise by the People of Florence.
The News and, Courier correspon
dent at Florence says the article in
Tuesday's iS'ews and Courier sent
out from Columbia headed "Rusn
Negroes to Penitentiary," was a stun
ner to Florence.folks, Inasmaxch as
it gave out news emanating from the
Governor's office that the people of
that city believe was .absolutely with
out foundation, for its publication,
and it has caused no little harsh com
ment of the Governor's action, by
not only his enemies, but by some of
his Florence friends and admirers.
The correspondent says the story
Is considered so ridiculous that Flor
ence folks really take It for a State
House joke of the first water. The
Sheriff knew nothing of the story
until It was shown him by the cor
respondent in The News and Courier,
and then he hurried to the postoffice,
where he found the Governor s letter
of the" night before awaiting him.
The correspondent says:
Sheriff Burch, who. by the way.
has never had to carry a prisoner to
the Penitentiary for safekeeping, but,
on the other hand, has faced, two
mobs at the risk of his life to de
fend his prisoners, is mortified over
the fact that the Governor has order
ed these two prisoners hustled to
the Penitentiary, and states that
there Is absolutely no use or reason
for these prisoners to be removed
from the Florence prison and feels
that It is a reflection on him if in
sisted upon.
The following letter from the Gov
ernor to Sheriff Burch was received
by the sheriff at eleven o'clock Tues
day morning, the postmark on the
envelope showing that It was mailed
at Columbia, or rather stamped, May
8. 9:30 p. in. at the Columbia post
office.
"S"tate of South Carolina. Execu
tive Chamber. Columbia. S. C, May
8. 1911.?To Mr. Thomas S. Burch,
?Sheriff Florence County, Florence, S.
C.?Dear Sir: In view of the action
cf the Supreme Court against the
two negroes, convicted along with
the negro Ham, for killing a white
man and. after talking with some
parties who are acquainted with the
facts, I think it would be advisable
for you to bring the negroes to the
State Penitentiary; for if they are
granted a new trial it is possible that
they may be dealt with at once or
cause you much trouble, so bring
them on the next train and commit
them to the State Penitentiary for
safe keeping. Very respectfully,
"Cole L. Blease, Governor."
To the above letter the following,
telegram was sent in reply by Sheriff j
Burch. after immediate consultation J
with Solicitor Walter H. Wells, of |
this circuit, and State Senator Joseph j
W. McCown:
"Florence. S. C. May 9, 1911.-1
To Governor Cole L. Blease, Green-j
vllle. S. C.?Have read article In \
The News and Courier of today. Sher-j
Iff, deputy sheriff and I think no dan
ger whatever. Ask to have prison
ers remain here. Sheriff guarantees
protection.,
"Walter H. Wells, Solicitor.'
State Senator Joseph W. McCown
wired the Governor as follows:
"Florence. S. O, May 9. 1911.?
To Cole L. Blease. Greenville, S. C,
care Ottaray Hotel.?I think prison
ers are perfectly safe in Florence
Jail. j
"J. W. McCown, Senator.
In reply to his message to Govern
or Blease. Sheriff Burch received the
following telegram Tuesday night, j
too late to take the prisoners to Co-;
lumbia on the evening train, but he
did so at four o'clock a. m. next day:
"Greenville, S. C. May 9. 1911.?
Thomas S. Burch, Florei.ce. S. C,
Your wire. Take prisoners to Peni
tentiary on first train as directed.
"Cole L. Blease. Governor."
RelTonnd Was Fatal.
After an unsuccessful attempt to
shoot a crow. John Collins, aged 82.
a farmer, lies dead at his home near
Hendersonville, N. C, the victim of a
recoiling gun. He had killed two
birds when he missed the third in
vader and was hit in the chest with
the butt end of his gun. After suf
fering intensely for several hours he
died at an early hour Tuesday morn
ing.
Trains Coyotes to Kill Coyotes.
Two coyotes, brought up in cap
tivity and with several captive gen
erations behind them, but still full
blood coyotes, have been trained by
Charles L?beck, of Eld City. Idaho,
to run down wild coyotes. The two
big cats killed 20 coyotes, on recent
hunting trips.
Human Life Cheap.
N. W. Josey, a wealthy merchant
of Brewton. Wednesday shot and
shot and killed Whitt Brantley. a
young white man, there. Several
days ago Brantley threw a rock
against Josey's store. It Is alleged,
and Josey, j- is said, waylaid him.
jam ? Mimt
THAT NATION SEEKS TO THROW
VP THE SPONGE.
Her Game Is to Take China or Rush
Into War, Be Beaten, and Repudi
ate Her Debts.
Japan is bending every effort to
iget control of China and rule the
j Orient. This statement is made by
Prof. Joseph K. Goodrich, until late
ly occupying the English chair in
the Imperial Government college in
Kyoto, 5apan. He declares that Ja
pan's avowed friendship of the Unit
ed States is false and that the na
tion is not only; bankrupt, but is dis
organized and suffering from "swell
head." Prof. Goodrich has spent the
last half century in the Orient and
has a familiar knowlege with the
complicated affairs of the Far East.
"I have seen nothing in Japan's
actions since 1905," says Prof. Good
rich, which did not give good reason
to. believe her a mischief maker. The
antipathy to the United States, in
spite of official statements to the
contrary, has always been most out
spoken; my students were disgust
ingly frank in saying that it was
the intention of their country to
fight mine, and to" whip, too, of
course, so as to get a big indemnity
with which to restore the ruined fi
nancial condition of Japan.
"This persistent nagging of the
United States, that has gone on now
for five years and more, has always
puzzled me, and I do not yet .3 *} what
it clearly means. Can it be a cun
ning device to divert the attention
of the world from Japan's evil in
tentions towards China.
"Or is this pesteriug an evidence
of Japan's desperation and on indi
cation of what there is no doubt she
would do, if it suited her conven
ience? She knew she is hopelessly,
I helplessly bankrupt; the overstrain
[ of taxation began to show itself last
September, when a few (of the many)
j discontented people acted; and there
jare not wanting other evidences of
disorganization. Perhaps Japan is
now deliberately laying herself cut
Itention of then saying: "I am com
pletely knocked out; I throw up the
' for a crushing defeat with the in
, sponge, I repudiate my debts; now
do what you like.' ". *
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WHAT DOES HAYNE MEAN.
Offers Big Price for Entire Stock of
Now Orleans Cotton.
Frank B. Hayne, the well known
cotton dealer, threw the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange into a fever of ex
citement twenty minutes before the
final gong Tuesday, when he offered
to purchase the entire stock of cot
ton in New Orleans at 15.48 cents.
Mr. Hayne jumped in the rig, push
ed aside his brokers and began cry
ing his bids. j
"Five thousand May at 15," he
said.
"Fifty thousand bales at 49."
Pandemonium reigned for a few
minutes, and the days \ot the great
Sully pool were recalled.. Again and
jagain the big bull leader bellowed
forth his challenge to the bears. . In
I the excitement, traders appeared
dazed and those who a few rajHUtes
j before were offering to cell May
around 15.40 were slow to accep1.
the increased price.
Finally, Mr. Hayne yelled. "I will
take the entire stock of cotton in
New Orleans at 15.48."
j When the gong sounded It was es
timated that he had bough' perhaps
15,000 bales. But his su( en and
istartling movement had tr ?? bears
j guessing and May became very ac
tive.
There are reports of a "corner" in
New Orleans Tuesday night in May
cotton, but it is believed to be un-i
true.
! WOMEN TOO BUSY AT BRIDGE.
Minister Says They Have Not Time
to Raise Families.
The Rev. J. E. Wray. pastor of the
Mulberry Street church, in Macon.
iGa., in a recent 3ermon, declared
j that the women of the present day,
!so far as his observation extends, are
too busy playing bridge and going
! in society, and the men too deeply
interested in making money, for them
I to raise families of creditable size.
.He deplored the fact that three or
jfour children are now considered a
I large family, and contrasting this
i era with the time when 10 and 12
children In a family were common.
I He said that this indicated a regreta
ble decline in the standards .md mor
als of civilization.
The Wages of Sin.
At Milwaukee. Wis., two young
women. Emma Nelson and Mehel
iGilmore, were shot and instantly
killed and Joseph Unger was serious
ly wounded in a fight at a resort
there Tuesday, by Charles Yanre. a
stationary engineer of Racine, who
,then killed himself. A quarrel be
tween Unger and Yance pn ceded the
: shooting.
Summer Hotel Burned.
I Fire of unknown origin early
'Wednesday morning entirely destroy
led the summer hotel at Flat Rock,
two miles from Hendersonvllle. The
hostelry had not opened for the
summer. It was erected at a cost of
$20.000, and was insured for $10.
000. C. E. Roper was proprietor.
0RANGEB1
ATTACK JUAREZ
Five ttnerica&s Are Killed by Boilers
That Cross lo This S de
REBELS ENIM JA?RFZ
Contrary to Orders of Gen. Madero,
150 Insurgents Open Fire on Fed
erals, Capturing Important Out-!
posts, Finally Carrying Fighting
into Juarez.
Insubordination in the ranks of
Gon. Madero's army and a lust for
the fight, of which Federal conces
sions^ apparently had deprived
them, caused a fierce attack on Jaur
ez, which ended Monday night in a
careful retreat of the insurrectos af
ter a day of continuous skirmishing.
The 150 rebels who early Monday
morning opened fire on the Federals,
not only captured some of the im
portant outposts, but carried the
fightlug into the city. Failing
reinforcemens, they retreated. The
casualties of the two forces are not
known, but five people on the Ameri
can side of the line were killed, and
at least 12 wounded.
Thousands of people in El Faso,
Texas, dotted roof tops or lined the
river banks In direct line of fire. Col.
Stetever, of the 4tb United States
cavalry, protested to both armies
against the fire into American ter
ritory and it lessened considerably
thereafter. Nearly 1,000 American
troops were massed on the border,
keeping crowds hack and ready to
respond to any orders from Wash
ington.
Monday night couriers galloped
back and forth in an effort to ar
range an armistice, so that peace
negotiations miyht be resumed. Gen.
Francisco I. Madero, Jr., Is a sad
and downhearted man. His efforts
to prevent a general attack was suc
cessful, but only after "he had been
told conflicting stories as to the ac
tual cause of the <-cnflict.
Col. Tamaberuel, it is said, taunt
ed the rebels and incensed them.
Gen. Madero regrets the occurrence.
The fight lasted until dark and fur
nished many a thrilling sight as well
as continuous terror, to many Amer
icans living along the river bank, j
Carrying the fl'-'hting Into Juarez,
the rebels entered the city. Many
Americans were among those who
entered Juarez. Antonio Gacio was!
standing by the side of the Associa-1
ted Press correspondent, about 20<V
yards from the advancing insurrectol
i ranks, and was killed.
A woman sitting on a porch
eral blocks within the city was lvt
In the wrist and the abdomen U\
two bullets. About six o'clock Mon
day night two Americans were levi
ed near the Santa Fe bridge. The
name .of one is supposed to be C-mp
I and his home is said to be Irs Nc -
ibraska, while the other'had on hit
j person a memorandum reading ">t.
H. Ferguson, Troop F., 3d cavalry,
San Francisco." ?
The names of the others killed
have not been learned. Glen Cheea
man, of Shreveport, T.a.: Mrs. Jos
Mooreshead, Edmund Haltor? and
Luis Villobas. of El Paso, were
among those wounded, but not fat
~* 11-y. There was occasional Urine
I Monday night Into Juarez, but Gen.
Js'avarro seemed in complete com
J mand.
In the main rebel camp Monday
confusion reigned. Orders we.'e en
en for a general attack, but they wore
countermanded. It was argmd by
some of the rebel chiefs that since a
small detachment had made such
progress, it was the duty of the rest
of the army to a'd I he attackers. *
Gen. Madero waivere?! in a;e de
cision, to stand by his piomije of
Sunday night, not to a'.tlCK the city.
Flaes of truce suffered grossly dur
ing the battle. A rebel whi b?te
one, was shot from his horse. Those
j who were trying to persuade Made**
ito make a general attach, it !?? sail,
'reported that the Federn1? In? tir.-,d
? on the truce-bearer, but this was
? contradicted later.
j Gen. Navarro was willing durine
j the day to grant an armJatPw. but |
I the insurrectos ignored this. The to
tal dead for the day s fighting In
cluded insurrectos and Federals, is
estimated at near .''.0. The wounded
; will number close to 6 0.
Costly Poker Game,
j A Sunday afternoon poker game
I played in a hay shed caused the fire
? that swept Hangor. Maine, burnittg
I nearly four hundred buildings:
I causing two deaths, rendering t hous
ands homeless, and deine damage es
timated at four million dollar-;. One
of the players threw r match on the
floor and the loose hay burst In>o
flames.
Striking Carmen.
i
At Oklahoma City. Okln.. ore man
was shot and four other were sllght
lv injured Monday night during a
fight between special police employ
ed by the Oklahoma street railway
.company and sympathizers with
striking employees. The company
has refused to meet the demands of
,the carmen for increased wages.
Ragles Hurry Off Two Sheep.
i Two Egyptian sheep, valued at
$100 each, while out in a pasture at
jAshintully farm, near Lenox. Mass..
j last week were carried off by two
.American eagles. The eagles had a
i ten-foot spread of wing.
JRG, S. C, THURSDAY, MA"
NIGHT STOPS FIGHT
ADVANTAGE WITH REBELS AF
TER ALL-DAY FIGHTING.
?
The Opposing Forces Resting on
Arms, Reaily to Resume Conflict
at Daybreak.
What was perhaps the fiercest
battle of the Mexican revolution was
fought at Jaurez, across the river
from El Paso, Texas, Tuesday. That
night both Federals and insurrectos
are resting on their arms, ready to
resume the battle at daylight. At
least five ]*ersons have been killed on
the American side of the border
since the skirmishing began Monday
and about fifteen have been wound
ed, while the loss on the battlefield
Is variously estimated at from 30 to
60 dead on both sides and about 75
to 100 wounded.
Fifteen wounded rebels have been
brought, to the American side and
more are believed to bp within the
town. Gen. Navarro at seven o'clock
Tuesday night agreed to stop the
firing while the wounded rebels were
removed. Tbe Federals have ade
quate medical facilities -ind are car
ing for their wounded within the
town.
All day the battle raged, the reb
els swarming through the streets of
Juarez and meeting the heavy fire of
the Federals with an equally vigor
ous volley of musketr}'. The rebels
claim the town Tuesday night. It
is true that they actually control
more city territory than do the Fed
erals, yet the position of the Gov
ernment force Is so well fortified
that it is almost impregnable.
The rebels forced the fighting in
the face of the deadly fire of the
Federal machine guns. They dared
not gather in too great number for
an attack on the Federals, for the
Federals demonstrated many tlmet,.
the accuracy of the guns. Gen. Nav
arro is said to have mined most of
the buildings in the city, and it is
believed he Will be able to Inflict a
terrible blow to the rebel fortes
should they take the city.
An actual view of the fighting in
the streets of Juarez showed the in
surrectos as more than holding their
own. The sun beat fiercely on the
battlefield, and a fire, started by the
insurrectos, filled the streets with
clouds of smoke. #The fire is still
smouldering, the post office and sev
eral adjoining buildings being in
ruins. The light from fire gives
the rebels an occasional glimpse of
the Federals. The crackling of ritte?
is intermittent.
'Juarez looks as if a hurricane had
struck it. Wires are suspended
from jagged telephone poles and the
streets are filled with plaster, abode
de.bris. window gjass and splinters.
Many a building has a hole in it, and
not a few of the characteristic abode
houses of the town are without roofs.
The terrorized inhabitants were
under cover all day, and many were
injured by the hail of bullets. The
town itself is quiet, except for occa
sional rifle balls. Bullets flew across
the Rio Grande, to the American side,
but the United States troops have
kept sighteers several hundred yards
from the river.
WOMAN MAIL CARRIER.
Has Travelled More Than Sixty-two
Thousand Miles.
Miss Florence S. Markham has
completed twenty-two years' service
for Uncle Sam carrying the mail be
tween Stockbridge station and Inter
laken, Mass, She makes the round
trip twice a day and has travelled
G2.000 miles.
Miss Markham -cures for her team
and handles express, baggage and
freight. She has never had a vaca
tion and has never missed a train.
Some dnyB In winter she has had
to shovel out snowdrifts ton feet
deep to get through. She has been
in terrific thunderstorms.
When she first started Miss Mark
ham received $f? a month, now she
get $2r?. There have been four post
masters at Interlaken In the twenty
two years she has served. Miss
Markham is the only child and sup
port of Mr. and 'Mrs. John H. Mark
ham, of Interlaken.
FIVE CHILDREN BURNED.
Father Was Unable to Rescue Them
Through Firery Stairway.
Five of the six children of San
ford Davis, a farmer, residing near
j Free Union, Va? were burned ro
j death in a fire that destroyed the
j Davis home Tuesday. Davis and his
! wife and an infant escaping. The
; dead children ranged in age from
three to fifteen years. The slept in
a room on the second Hoor, reached
by narrow stairs. When discovered
;the fire aleady had eaten its way to
?the stairway. The frantic father at
templed to reach the room from the
outside, but when at the top of the
ladder he was nearly overcome by
'smoke and heat. Davis called vainly
\ for the children to come to him.
The only responce came feebly from
Estelle, aged 15. wlio cried: "Papa.
I can't get out: I am nearly strang
led to death. I?".
Will Be Tried Very Soon.
The double murderer, Ernest E.
iGrirnesley, will be placed on trial in
the Richland county court on May 22
j for the killing of Mrs. Rosa Ressing
|er and Walter Sandifer.
{ 11, 1911.
WILL MEET SOON
Southtrn Baptist CoDventicD to Bold An
nual Session io Few fjajs.
NUMBER SIX MILLION
The Convention Will Be Numerically
Larger Than Congress or the Brit"
ish Parliament, but Is Advisory
Only in Character, and Is Different
From Most Such Bodies.
Greater number than the the Bri
tish parliament or the congress of
the United States, the Southern Bap-!
i
tist convention will meet in Jack
sonville, Fla., on Wednesday, May
17, with delegates present from
every Southern State.
The convention is made up of
delegates from churches, associa
tions. State conventions, missionary
societies and Sunday schools. All
Baptist churches are independent.
Therefore the Convention has no
i authority to bind the churches in
its territory. Its action is advisory,
not compulsory. Ministers and lay
men are admited into the conven
tion on the same basis without any
offlcal distinction between the clergy
and laymen.
The convention has three boards:
The foreign mission board with head
quarters at Richmond, the home mis
sion board, with headquarters at At
lanta, and the Sunday school board
with headquarters at Nashville. The
work of the foreign board is to
preach the gospel in foreign lands.
The home mission board looks after
missionary work in the home field,
which includes the Southern Stales,
Cuba and the Panama section.
The Sunday school board is the
head of (he Sunday school work,
and publishes Sunday school helps,
periodicals and books for use in the
Sunday schools and Young People's
j societies. The Southern Baptist The
? olipcical seminary, the School of the
j Prophets, located at Louisville, Kv.,
I is also under the control of the
Southern Baptist convention.
According to the best available fig
ures, there are about 6,280,649 Bap
i Lists. Of this number 4,110,873 are
j In the South, 2.218,911 of the Sou
thern Baptists are white, 1,891,962
colored. In the Northern States
| there are 1,190,293 Baptists. There
I are 22,4X8 churches connected with
jthe Southern Baptist convention.
They make up the largest religi
ous denomination in the South. The
! Baptists are said to have 39.5 per
cent of the church membership of
jthe South, the .Methodists 26.f> per
I cent, Catholics 15.9 per cent, DIs
jciples 5.2 per cent., Presbyterians
4.9 per cent. Episcopalians 1.7 and
all others 5.9 per cent.
The churches connected with this
! convention raised last year for carry
ing on their work $9,474.777. Of
this sum $1,336.519 was given for
! missions. The church property of
the Southern Baptist convention is
valued a'. $3 7.282.522.
Roger Williams was not the first
Baptist as some erroneously suppose.
The history of the church runs back
for hundreds of years before his day.
John Runkun, who lived nearly an
hundred years before Williams was
'born, was a Baptist. Williams was,
j however, the first to become a Bap
tist on American soil, and he organ
ized the first American Baptist
church in Providence, R. I.
j The first Baptist church in the
South was constituted in South Caro
lina in 16S2. The first established
j in North Carolina was in 1653, in
j Virginia 1714, in Tennessee 1 770.
In Georgia 1771. in Mississippi 1780,
'in Kentucky IW, >" Alabama 1S03,
in Florida 183 8. j
In 1762, when the great Baptist,
persecution began in Virginia, there
were only 3,000 Baptists in the whole
.country. In 24 years they had In
creased to 25.000. In 17110 there
j were 50,000, in 1812, 1 TT..00 0: in
; 1 S 2 r?. 238.000: in 1X40. 570,000,
?and in 1853, 1,258.705. Today
; there are in the South alone 4,110,
: 873.
In 1814 the Baptists of the United
States gave for missions $134,112.
?and had only 64 missionaries em
ployed. Last year they gave $865.
585 for missions, and there were Suit
missionaries on the foreign Held. In
1853 Southern Baptists raised $2 1,
000 for foreign missions.
There were two foreign mission
stations-?one in Africa, and one in
China. In these two fields 11) mis
sionaries were at work. The home
missions board reported 77 mission
aries at work, and 642 baptisms in
the same period. Last year $460,
7X7 was raised for foreign missions
in the territory of tli" Southern
Baptist convention and there were
231 missionaries on the foreign field.
The home board reported last y ;\r
$283.436 with 1.066 missionaries at
work and 188.000 baptisms.
Means Cheaper Clothes.
That the ways ami means commif
tee will put raw wool on the free list
in revising schedule "K" was declar
ed to lie practically certain, and re
sulted in a caucus of the Democrat
ic delegation from New York, at
which eighteen members declared
themselves in facor of free raw wool,
and four argued against it. All
pledged themselves to abide by the
decision of the full Democratic cau
cuses.
WILL TALK (IF UNION
METHODISTS TO CONSIDER OR
GAN IC FEDERATION.
Commissioners from Three Great
Branches of the Greatest Protes
tant Denomination Meet to Confer.
For the purpose of considering
plans for the federation of three
great branches of Methodism, the
Methodist Protestant Church', the
Methodist Episcopal Church, the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
j a substitute committee of a joint
commission representing the three
denominations met at Chattonooga,
Tenn., Monday.
The joint commission consits of
|27 members, each church being rep
; resented by nine commissioners, and
its first session will be held on Wed
I nesday to receive and act on the
j report of the substitute committee.
The federation movement wa6 be
gun at the general conference of the
: Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
I at Memphis, in 1 894, when the com
j mission representing that denoiuina
j tion was created. Later similar com-;
I missions were appointed by the two
?other churches and the three held a
'meeting at Baltimore in December,
; 1010.
j At that time a substitute commit-1
j tee of three from each commission
; was appointed to inquire Into the'
ranees of the alienation of the three
\ branches of Methodism and, to form
i elate and present a plan for unifica
j tion.
This committee met at Cincinnati
, early in the present year and agreed
! upon a tentative plan of federation,
: which will be submitted to the joint
'commission at its meeting. The
! meetings of the substitute commit
tee and of the commissions are be
hind closed doors.
i Among the prominent men taking
part in this conference are:
1 'Methodist Church, South?Bishops
j A. W. Wilson, of Baltimore, and E.
B. Hoss, of Nashville; Collins Denny
of Nashville; Dr. W. J. Young, of
; Danville. Va.; F. M. Thomas, of
Louisville; C. jr. Bishop, of Wichita
j Falls; R. S. Hyer. of Dallas, Texas.,
?and W. B. Stubbs, of Savannah
i Methodist Episcopal Church?Bish
; op Early Cranston, of Washington,
1.1. A. Patten, of Chattanooga; R. W.
'Miller and J. M. Waiden, of Cincin
nati, and L. B. Wilson, of Philadel
phia.
i Methodist Protestant?Dr. T. H.
! Lewis, of Westminister, Md.; L. M.
Jennings, of Pittsburg; R. S. Harris.
of Henderson, N. C, and J. J. Barge,
j of Atlanta.
WARTIME SHELL EXPLODES.
! *
Heat Caused Bomb to Cat Loose In!
Engineer's Hands.
Walter Armstrong, f well known
young locomotive engineer, of Jack
son, Miss., was seriously injured last
week, due to the explosion of one of
I the many wartime shells which are
so promlscionsly distributed over
j that section. It appears that his
j fireman and a companion who were
at work about an engine had got
ten hold of one of these shells and
had been hammering at it with a
view of studying the inside works.
Armstrong came along, and, see-j
Ing that they were rather too close!
to a fire that had been built beside
the track, picked it up an?, was I
walking off, passing near the fire. In I
some way the remnant of explosive
matter became ignited and the shell j
I hurst in Armstrong hand. The re-j
j suit was a badly shattered arm and'
ja loss of one or two fingers, and the
i right leg shattered below the knee.
ALL DIED SAME WAY.
j Sisters, Whose Husbands Were Kill
ed in Their Cabs.
! A most remarkable story comes
from Huntington. W. Va. A dispatch
; from there says four sisters, all wid
ows of railroad engineers killed in;
[wrecks, will meet at the funeral of j
(Engineer Thomas Pllcber of that
city, who was killed in a wreck on
j the Chesapeake and Ohio last Tues
day. Pilcher was one of four en
gineers who married four sisters, the
Misses (hinter of Albermnrle County,
ty, Virginia. Each victim met his
death in his cab: each was the engi
neer of a fast express train, and the
fireman of each was killed at the
same time, though no passengers
were hurt.
Ilal.im e of Tratte.
Tbc world owes the I'nited States
$4 1 1,000,000 !' r food, clothing and
raw materials sold abroad. Only
mice has the lit;lance of trade been
higher in favor of this country, ac
cording to the government figures.
That was in I fu>8 when it was more
than JfifiO.OOO..
Hushed to Columbia.
Two negroes have been rushed to
the penitentiary from Florence by
the order of fiov. BI ease. Alex Wei
den and William Burroughs, under
sentence of death for the killing of
E. M. Move, a Florence county far
mer, are the men.
Laborers Join Heitels.
Farmers at Waelder. Texas, usual
ly relying upon .Mexican labor can
get none now. During the last few
days there has been a general exodus
of Mexicans from that quarter, many
of them going to join the insurgents.
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PASS FREE IM
The R publicans Try in Vain to Amend
the New Tariff Bill
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ATTEMPT FILIBUSTER
.Mann Leads Desperate Nine Hour
Fight to Change Measure, but tho
Democrats Vote Down Over One
Hundred Amendments as Ln.ii
Proposed and Then Pass the Bill.
Despite genuine harrying filibus
ter tactics, used by the Republicans
in their "last ditch" fight in the
House against the Democrats "free
list," the firstf.tariff measure of the
House majorit?. passed the House
Monday night/.-without a single
change, by a vote of 236 :o 100.
the Democrats voting solidly aiidj
mustering twenty-four Republicans
with them, Bays the Washington cor
respondent of The News and Courier.
This came after the Democrats had
voted down or ruled out of order
more than 100 amendments, and had
shown again that the Democratic ma
iority was a compact and smoothly
working machine for the enactment
of legislation.
The Republican fi-ht to amend the
bill began with an attempt to make
the free admission of merchandise
apply only to imports from countries
I that in turn admitted American pro
ducts free. This was followed by
efforts to have Incorporated in the
bill a provision that would force oth
er countries to give up their discrim
ination against American meat, Jive
cattle and flour and to include pio
visions in the bill. All of the amend
ments were thrown out by Obair?ian
Alexander and Chairman Hay, the
two presiding officers of the day, as
not permissible under the ruleb of
the House.
The Republican leaders, including
Rx-Speaker Cannon, Mr, Mann and
I Representative Payne, former Re
; publican leader, roundly denounced
iihe Democrats for denying freedom
jof debate and amendment. Mr.
(Cannon declared that never in the
history of Congress.had the right of
[representation on the floor been'so
limited; and .Mr. Payne asserted that
j the Democrats would be discredited
before the country for their arbi
trary exercise of power.
The Democrats smiled through it
all and on the motion of Mr Under
wood, they continued to turn down
the Republican amendments. They
ruled out amendment covering free
rice, free sugar, free iron ore, free
drugs, glass and a host of other
things. Time after time tMr. Mann
appealed from the decisions of the
Chair, overruling his amendments,
but in each case the Democratic ma
jority sustained the Chair.
After four or five hours of at
tempts at amendment, the Republi
can fight took on the complexity of
a filibuster. Once when denied a vote
by the chairman, Mr. Mann intimat
ed that the bill would not pass in a
hurry. Following that, the Republi
cans repeatedly demanded rising
votes, but in the end Mr. Mann made
no attempt to delay the final vote on
the bill.
In all. the Republican leader offer
ed S3 amendments. After every
t)ara."raph he renewed the attempt:
to have clauses put in so that the
free rates would not apply to coun
tries charging duties against simi
lar American goods. The Democrats
steadfastly refused to cut off de
bate or by themselves open to the
charge of having passed the bill un
der a gag rule.
Republicans declared that the
Democrats were ghing away Amer
ican goods. Mr. Hille, of Connecti
cut. Insisted that the bill ought to
be so amended that it would put a
lever under other nations that are
not dealing fairly with the United
States. To none of those changes,
however, would the Democrats ac
cede.
Minority header Mann declared
that the Democrats had not put eith
er rice or rice flour on the free list,
simply because they were products
of the South. Chairman Underwood,
of the ways and means committee,'
replied that the reason rice had not
been made free was because the
Democrats did not know how ruucn
revenue it would cost the Govern
ment.
'?This does not complete our tar
iff legislation." said Mr. Fnderwood.
We introduced this bill t-o give the
pk meats. WeiBCbilloDem
farmers cheaper agricultural imple
ments. We would not go beyond
that without endangering the reven
ues. We intend to take tip all tariff
rates and to adjust ail of them."
Served Him Right.
At Terre Haute. Ind., Frank Huff,
janitor of the Cirst Methodist church,
pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to a
charge of attacking four little girls,
mid was sentenced to life Imprison
ment in the State prison in Micbigan
City. Huff is 54 years old. married
and has a family.
Meeting of leaders.
It is expected that more that 1,000
Democratic leaders of the Dakotas,
Montano, Iowa, Idaho, Oregon, Min
nesota, Washington and probably
Michigan and Wisconsin, will attend
the big Democratic conference of the
Northwest, which has been called to
assemble in St. Paul early next
month.