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; SOUTH CAROL News of Interest Gleaned Fi i Arranged Fi Court Findings. Spartanburg, Special. ?Harvt I Bradford, colored, charged with bur; lary, entering the room of Miss Jul Reed, a student of Converse Collcg was convicted on last Saturday, tl jury returning a verdict late in tl afternoon. The principal witness w; _ r? i ?> * " * 1 *' neeu, me ucrouie ot tne nigi in question. In a most diamatic ma ner she described the midnight i trader and told of the fierce stru gle she had with him and the hi she gave him, causing him to flee. ] his flight he dropped his hat, whic with the bite she gave him, servt as a clue that led to his arrest. Ha vey is a rough looking negro, wl lives in the outskirts of the cit Under the verdict he was given a li sentence. John Guinn, white, who was co victed 011 the charge of inanslaug ter for the killing of Enrle Trainim at Greer several weeks ago, was se tenced to serve two years. The ju recommended him to the mercy of tl court. Will Haywood, who kilh If.iil TT 1 * n_! 1..MI juuuui'ws nariev, ai neicivinc scvci months ago and found guilty of ma slaughter, was sentenced to ser twelve years in the pen. John Cc lins, convicted of killing Jot Loc man last Christmas Eve, and wl was recommended to mercy, was gi en a life sentence. Negro Hanged at Chester. Chester, Special?Lawson Addiso colored, was hanged here Friday f< the murder of Matilda MeMaster ar Mamie Halsell. The execution toe place in the jail, an immense crow gathering around the building, bi only a few being admitted to the ii ner precincts. The drop fell at 10:' a. rc., and in twenty minutes Addisc was cut down. Iiis neck was broke by the fall. The execution passed c quietly. There was no sort of demo stratiou. and the feeling among tlioi who gathered seemed to be that Add son had met with a righteous fat He admitted this himself. He advi ed his race to heed the advice of tl white race and shun liquor. Orangeburg "Drys" Organize. Orangeburg, Special.?Dr. I'. , Baker, of tlie Anti-Saloon League i America, made a strong address a very good audience again Tuesdi . night. After the regular exercis of the evening a conference of pro! bitionists was held and a committ formed to organize an executive coi .mittee to take charge of the cai paign in this county. Mr. A. ^ Summers and the Rev. B. M. For man are chairman and secretary, i spectivelv, of this committee. A re resentative from each of the church of the city is also on the committt This committee is to report a plan organization to a public meeting be held later. Fire Destroys Large Barn. Darlington. Special.?Fire Monds morning about 1 o'clock destroyi the lame barn of Mr F n W'nn/to , the local bar, in the rear of his res dence on C'ashun street, togeth with a buggy and a carriage. Tl fire also came near killing a horse the stable. This makes the third fi in Darlington in less than two weel no one of which has destroyed mo than $1,000 worth of property. Ti work of the local fire department largely creditable for this, and it ci not be too highly praised. Mondi morning two streams of water we playing on the building ten minut after the alarm was turned in. Drowned in Salnda River. I Greenville, Special.?F. C. Buckn who has been in the employ of tl Pelzer Manufacturing company, w drowned in the Saluda river Sundi afternoon bile swimming. The bof was recovered about dusk, Sundi night. His mother lives in this cit Rosemary Happenings. Rosemary, Special.?The eitizei of the Rosemary school district, cr fifo/1 Kv or* A of af +V*a loot ' WVU KTJ ilV I VI I lit All O L ^COSlVIl I the Legislature, are very much grat fled over the election held last Sa urdav for the purpose of issuir *7 ,000 for the erection of a ne school building at Rosemary. The; f iras nota single vote against the pri " ^ position. The people of this distrii are keenly interested in'the cause < education. The new school buildir will be of brick and will be model in every particular. Something lil I. 200 children will attend this school. St. Matthew's Fears Smallpox. St. Matthew's, Special.?At tl suggestion and request of the seer ' tary of the State board of health, tl phycicians of this town met Tuesde in the office of Dr. A. R. Able at formulated plans for a thorough va cination of the people of this con munity. This action was thougl necessary in view of the outbreak < ^ smallpox in a few towns of the u] eountry. INA NEWS ITEMS rom Ad Sections of the State and * Busy Readers I Real Estate Rising. sy | Columbia. Special.?Men who have g- money to invest.in this country are ia loeking for real estate, ami the result e, is that laml has gene up about here ;c at east twice as high as it was ten or j ic twelve years ago. Factory stock is as not as desirable as it -was a few years lit since, and the country is pretty well n- filled with banks, which fact has eousn ed men who have money to invest to g- turn their attention more to real te estate. With the improved methods [n of farming now in nse and the probah, bilitv of still greater improvements 3d in agriculture, the prospect is good r- for this Piedmont country to be one 10 of the most prosperous parts of the South. fe In the Interests of Farmers. Senator Smith got in some good .][ work in the U. S. Senate Wednesday n- for the farmers of South Caroina, ry when lie began his tight for the reten'Ie tion of sulphate of ammonia on the free list in the new tariff hill. Ala' though this commodity is placed unll" der the head of those that are to he v"e admitted free. Senator Smith feared l" that through some means a duty k- might he placed on it which would come out of the pockets of the farv_ mers in the end. He protested on the lloor of the Senate and secured permission to place his remarks in the Congressional Record at length. n. ar Inspecting Lexington Farms, id Lexington, Special.?The Hon. E. \L- _T \\*n i M Uioi/n, \.uuiuur>sii'iii;i 1*1 il-uiur d turc. and Prof. Ira W. Williams, in ut charge of the farm demonstration 11- work in South Carolina for the UnitJo cd States Government, were here >n Tuesday inspecting the deinonstrani tion farms near here, which are under iff j the supervision of Mr. G. A. Derrick. 11- | Both were agreeably surprised at *c the progress made on these farms, [i- Commissioner Watson took photoe. | graphs of several patches of vetch, s- j which crop is said to do better in le Lexington than in any of the other counties in the State. Mr. Watson took snapshots at a bunch of beef cattle also. A. of Negro's Case to Be Appealed, to Laurens,Special.?John Henry Aniy derson was not hanged on Friday as es | has for some time been expected; and ii- 1 if he is ever to hang, it will not be ee for several months yet. This situan I tion is brought about by the fact that n-: Attorneys Riche.v and Blackwell have V.! served notice of intention to appeal e-' to the Supreme Court for a new trial, e-1 basing the appeal on alleged errors p- in the trial and sentence of the cones' demned negro. It is understood that ;c. i the cases for this circuit do not come of up in the Supreme Court for at least to six months, and that even if the np| peal is dismissed, it will he some time be lore t lie execution. xy Making Sumter a Clean City. Jil Sumter, Special.?The ladies of the Civic League are making active prep!1" a rat ions for the reception of the Feder eration of Woman's Clubs of South '_ie Carolina on April 27. This organizain tion of patriotic ladies not only mninrc tains a nurse, who attends to the :s? needs of the sick among the poor of re the city, but feels a great deal of civic pride in the appearance of the 18 city. Already a number of the pubin lie places have been greatly improv*y ed under their direction, and the re League is constantly encouraging pries j vate property owners to beautify I their premises. Damage Suit Against Southern Won by the Railroad. cr Saluda, Special.?The jury in the case of Ivrepps against the Southern as Railway Company, being a suit for iy durnages in the sum of two thousand j jv dollars for alleged personal injuries, sustained while alighting from a pas- I lV senger train in Augusta, returned a y. verdict in favor of the railroad. State Treasury at Low Ebb. is Columbia, Special.?The State of e- South Carolina Monday made ar>f rangemcnts to borrow $")00,000, if so i- much be necessary, at any time this t- year. It appearing that the bid of >g J. P. Matthews, for the Palmetto w National Hank, of Columbia was the re lowest offer, as appeared from the o- bids submitted, the said offer to make et the loan at three (3) per cent in)f terest for th#> I'olmoH.. n iiauuiiui IJaiiK ig was accepted. It will be necessary n for the State to borrow about $200,ce 000 at once on account of the pension payments . Four Arrests in Scranton. ,e Scranton, Special.?As a result of e- an investigation held here Tuesday ie and Wednesday by Deputy Insurance iv Commissioner Wharton relating to id the burning of P. M. Lee's store last c- December, the following men were ara rested by Sheriff Geo. J. Graham: P. it M. Lee, C. P. Johnson, Bert Johnson >f and C. F. Kauirow. The two' Johnp. sons are brothers and acted as sales[raeu for Loo. _ . 41 I "WHAT ABE 700 GOI i ? ?Cartoon by ] STANDARD OIL CASH IS Individual Stockholders Reinvest in Ri in Soap and Also In Candies-Bus Seeks Opportunities Far and I -No Increase of Capital i pany Has All New York City.?Standard Oil men, with Standard Oil dividends, are reaching out for the larger retail trade. They arc applying to the field of investment the Standard Oil methods which have proven so potent in every line of competitive business to which they have previously been applied. The retail lines which have recently attracted the attention of the men who have been trained by the master hand of John D. Rockefeller embrace: Drugs, Soap, Candies, Peanuts, Milk, Starch, Gluoose products, Restaurants. For more than a year the work of absorbing or, at any rate, gaining a controlling interest in entemrlses. which in many Instances seem to have no connection with the production of oil. has been going on quietly but actively, and the complete roster probably would make Interesting reading. Acquiring Many Businesses. Some of these concerns in which *rdividual stockholders of the Standard Oil Company are heavily interested are the Hegeman Drug Company, Childs' chain of restaurants, the Corn Products Refining Company, the New York Glucose Company and the National Starch Company. But there are more to come Reports, which bear every evidence of verity are current that a great candy establishment with many branches in New York and other cities has recently passed into the control of Standard Oil interests. Peanuts and milk probably will be next on the list, for the same reports, based on excellent authority, are that these oil interests have already obtained control of what is known as the peanut trust, and will soon, if they have not already, acquire one of the most extensive milk producing businesses in the country. All these transactions are the outcome of what is known as the "investment department" of the Standard Oil Company. This is entirely for the benefit of the large stockholders and the work is conducted in an unobtrusive manner. HfA??Aw tf * mavuc; luuav iiwi l)f 1uic* So thoroughly does the Standard Oil Company now cover the ground and the earth that It has all the capital that It needs and is practically Impossible to put more money back Into the industry, which yields annually millions in profit. Standard Oil dividends, therefore, are constantly seeking reinvestment, for It is one of the axioms of John D.- Rockefeller himself that money must not be idle. The head of the investment department or bureau was until recently a man who is now a banker and broker in Wall street. There has been a reorganization lately, but the search for good opportunities Is under the general direction of an accomplished financial scout who has a corps of trained assistants. There are numerous firms or companies which have an established reputation and feel that if they had ad[ dltional capital they might greatly extend their business. While they are making inquiries they may receive a visit from an agent, who says that he has heard something of their endeavors and intimates that if the enterprise meets the approval of his principals it would be possible to come to an agreement. Millionaire E. J. Barney, 73, Makes Widow of 30 His Bride. Dayton, Ohio.?In the face of the bitter opposition of his daughters, E. J. Barney, who is seventy-three years old and the wealthiest man in Dayton, vnn mnrrlo/1 in Mi-o vun?? C*v.? widow of State Senator W. W. Chapntan, who is in her thirtieth year. Mrs. Chapman was governess in the Barney family for several months after the death of the Senator, and it is believed that the wedding will cause a complete rupture between Barney and his two daughters. NG TO DO ABOUT IT?" Davonrort. in the Now York Evening Mali. PUT IN FOOD AND DRUG islauranls and Pharmacies-Thousand y Department at No. 20 Broadway llear-Has Enough in Petroleum Possible Because the CornIt Needs in Oil. "Can you make a statement," is h usual question, "which will show th: increased capital will develop tl business and return a good profit?" These statements are analyzed 1 experts and a report is made showii the nature of the territory in whit it is proposed to locate new branchi of a business and the probabilities < the various regions developing. Ti agent takes an active interest in tl industry or the business if the co tract is made, and the capital is Ilk ly to come from a bank which is i touch with the Standard Oil group Prom Restaurants to Oil. Operations such as theso have bee cuiiuucieu ior me last inree year and as a result the country has sec chains of drug stores and an ever li creasing procession of popular price restaurants. It was admitted at the office of tl Hegeman Company that several i the Standard Oil men had as lndlvli nals Invested in the corporation. I president Is John H. Flagler. According to Samuel Childs, vie president of the Childs Restaurs! Company, dividends from his ente prise find their way to No. 2G Broai way. A. Tydeman, of the Bureau i Purchases and Supplies of the Stani ard Oil, Is among the investors in tl Childs emporia. E. T. Bedford, a large stockhohh in the Standard Oil and until recent a director of that corporation, is tl president of the Corn Products R fining Company, of the New Yoi Glucose Company, which has the ta chimney at Shady Side, N. J. Four of the corn products compi nles have offices at No. 2G Broadwa and there also is the headquaters < the National Starch Company. R ports tnat the titnnoard group had 1 any way become interested in tl manufacture of candy are denied 1 leading confectionery companies, ac one of them has within the last wee sent out a circular to the trade e: plicitly stating that there has been r change whatever in the managemen C. T. White, assistant treasure who has an office on the fourteent floor, was asked if thero were p.r truth in the report that the Standai Oil Company was becoming extensiv ly interested in outside ventures. "That is not the fact," was his en phatlc reply. Mr. White referred to the varioi glucose companies as being under tl control of men also affiliated wll Standard Oil and to the Nation Starch Company rs a subsidiary co poration of the Corn Products Con pany. As to the "Investment Departmeni which the officials and stockholdei of the Standard find so useful, he sal that if there was such a thing it wj news to him. Among the larger 01 erations of financiers of the Standar Oil group as Individuals may also 1 mentioned the Amalgamated Conpt and the United Metals Selling Con pany, in which H. H. Rogers is ii terested, and the railroad and hot interests of Henry M. Flagler in Flo; Ida. Paragraphed Pickings. "* ' The Pittsburg Club has sold shor stop Charlie Starr to the Boston Clu! Work is being done in the matt< of unionizing the brewers in El Par Texas. Reports of the various New Yoi *jity railway lines for the last quaru showed assets of S354.000.000. Sixteen hundred men employed 1 the collieries at Aberaman, Wale were locked out. Find Six Ont of Every Ten Children Have Tuberculnsl Des Moines, Iowa.?An lnvestlg; tlon conducted by the Des Moln< Tubercular Association resulted i the amazing discovery that six out < every ten children examined In tl city are infected with the dreaded t berculoslB. Most of the cases are Incipient, hi In many the disease has progressed i a dangerous degree. The associate la considering the ostabllshlng ot children's tubercular camp for scle tlflc treatment. , , jtk rWASfilNdTON NOTES I After twenty hours devoted to counting and recounting the ballots cast Thursday the Daughters of the American Revolution Friday found the honors of the biennial election of their society divided between the administration and the anti-administration forcer. The big light of the congress was won bv tbe administration, in the election of Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, of Illinois, to be presidentgeneral. The second officer in point nf V? ? f ????? ?? ? v.4 UWII^I ( IIIUI ui VIVC I Ht-JWl IV U I-Ut-IIrral in charge of organizations, however, went to the anti-administration followers by the election of Mrs. Mirandi B. Tulloch, of this city. With a majority over Mrs. William Cummings Story, of New York, of only 8 votes out of 873 ballots cast. Mrs. Scott's victory goes down upon the records of the eoeiety as one of the most closely contested in the history of the orgnnizatin. Scarcely had the Ihst wave of disappointment at t lie narrow defeat of Mrc. Story 1 swept over her followers before action was taken to renew the light to elect the retiring State regent as president-general two years hence, whn Mrs. Scot's term of office will expire. So close an election stirred the congress beyond the experience of years. It was characterized by a bitterness that prevented the motion of Mrs. Story to make the election of her _ rival unanimous being adopted, with S dissent from a group of anti-administration delegates. Senator McCumber, of North Da1S kotu, Tuesday, in criticising the conference report on the census bill, made the charge that the census office has in its employ in one bureau the wife of a secretary of n Reprosen- j I iuihu m V/ongress. mc wives oi two I is officials of the War Department and | lt the wife of a prominent official in 10 the Treasury Department. ''Promojy lion." lie said, "ficoras to be almost :g wholly l'or women who have husbands ih in the departments. This is getting to be a eity of offieial families holding positions under government.' in n_ In the Senate Wednesday cotton e- seed oil was the subject of an exIn chancre of opinion between protectionists Republicans and tnriff-fo<r-re venue Democrats. >n Senator Simmons, of North Caros? lina, protested against such action, !n declaring that he was free to say that he was not in favor of placing cotton seed oil on the free list. ie Stating that the importation of of cotton seed oil in 1008 was 202 galIons, w-?rth $81, and yielded revnue ts of $8.28, Mr. Aldrich said the tax e_ on that article was "for protection pure and simple." r- "Any pretense," declared Mr. Till1 man, rising in his place and speaking of in vigorous language, "that, there is protection on cotton seed oil through 10 such a duty is a humbug. Cotton *r seed oil producers do not want any lv protection at nil." p-| Senator Cummins' bill for an in'k come tax provides as follows: 11 Upon incomes not exceeding $10.a_ 000. "J per cent; upon incomes not exyt ceeding $20,000, 2 1-2 per con'; upon jf incomes not exceeding $40,C )0, 3 per e- cent; upon incomes not exceeding 'n $60,000 3 1-2 per cent; upon incomes 10 not exceeding $30,000, 4 per cent; upon incomes not exceeding $100,090, k 5 per rent; vpon all incomes exceeds ing $100,000. (5 per cent. >o Mr. Cummins believes that the U graduated tax so provided for will ^ produce a somewhat less revenue lV than a flat tax of 3 per cent and is ii of the opinion that the amount raised e- under his amendment would be about $40.000,000. For Relief of Foreigners. is Titlis, By Cable.?General Snarskv, ^ who wn3 in command of the Russian al punitive expedition to Julfa in 1903. r" has been designated to lead the pron . . . . , posed Russian expedition into Persia. This expedition has been or[{j ganized at the suggestion of Great is Britain for the relief of the foreign- . P" era at Tnliri? ito #1 ... ?- tn |?<? j i iti r, nun ever, lias been postponed on account >r of the arn istice granted by the 3_ Shah, nel Situation Grave in Armenia. r* Beirut, By Cable.?The situation in Asiatic Turkey is one of extreme gravity. How many thousands have t- been massacred cannot be estimated, b. lie disturbances having been so wide?r spread. Latest estimates place the o, number of killed in Adnna at approximately 25,000, and thousands have k been done to death in the towns of Jr other districts. The state of siege | which several of the places are unde'n going, has brought the inhabitants to ' the verre of starvation. Foreign Affairs. The young Turks seem to have * the better of the Turkish Snltan and ^ will make him abdicate or yield to iTl their demands, which will probably 0f mean no more rioting in Armenia. ie It is said that 5,000 persons incstu ly Christians, in Armenia, perished in the late riots and that Adana is in ruins. F.x-President Roosevelt has left a Bombcssa where he received great n- ovations and is now o^i the hunting grounds of Africa. * a - ? * ' ~*1 SULTAN A PRISONER - 0 Voung Turks Win Victory In Stiff Contest flLIt'Z GARRISON SURRENDERS Constitutionalists Have Situation in Hand- Martial Law Proclaimed? Foreigners Safe?"Will Test Sultan's Responsibility For Mutiny. Constantinople, By Cable.?The . onstitutionulist tones were in complete control of the capital Saturday. The Sultan was practically a prisoner n the Vildiz palace. His formal subjiission was not -riven, but be and the loops with him were at the mercy of he army of occupation. Muhamoud Schofket Pasha, the . ommaudcr-iii-cliicf <>!' the invading force's, desired to tinisii tlie work vithout further hi m lshe?l. The seiidintr forward of the advance p sts of the Saloniki nrtny Fri!av afternoon t??-* within two and tie-hall miles ol tin* palace foreshadowed the attack upon tiie citv, which bejran at "? o'clock Sunday liorniny. The hridires had been pick?ted and small parties of cavalry had vcontioitered the trrtmd. After desulorv liriny. just lie fore dawn, a strong idvatice was made in the southwest art of Pern. The attacking forces ipreail out in a Innjr line ami made .111 assault upon the Matchku and T;t.chkisehia barracks, south of the alacu. Here they met with a stubhorn resist anee. Tiie invaders continued to advance 11 tllfce columns with the nt timet ?i ifn isivMi. .-.ml occupied all the points of antairc. Tin- voluncers from flncvreli received their baptism of tire from- Matehku. but lbey stood their rround well and replied with steady "olleys. The strength of the voluncers was overwhelming. and the ilatebka garrison simn surrendered. Almost imcmdiatcly the loyal solliers on the Taselikisebla barraeks, ill I lie opposite bill, opened with a leadly lire, but notwithstanding that liany of them fell, the Saloniki roops did not hesitate in their adcanoe, but moved slowly and onuionsly. bringing tip their niaehinc runs, wbieli eventually resulted in lilcticing the garrison. There were jeavy looses on hoili sides. While his attack was proceeding, another orps of Saloniki infantry encounterid a sudden attack from the artillery ii the Taxim barracks but these were >nly supplied with rifles. Muksstar Hey, commander of the Saloniki forces, fell den<l and many were killed or wounded on the first assault. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the attack upon the city was the srreat number of people of all lationalities, including many Eurolean women, who thronged the streets immediately outside the zone ?f fire. Everybody showed that confidence had been inspired by the discipline. valor and friendh courtesy of the invading troops, particularly the gendarmes of Saloniki. The number of casualties probably will never he known, hut it is estimated far into the thousands. Around the Taxim barracks alone it is believed that a thousand or more men ft II. The nrivnt? Iimikoc wilt.in llm line of lire suffered greatly. , In one (junrter some (>.000 or 7.000 troops were engnircd in the conflict, l?ut with the terrific exchange of shots, few non-combatants were killpcl. At noon the batte ceased. and precautionary measures were immediately taken by those upon whom victory had rested, to insure the safety of the residents. No disorders of any kind occurred during the afternoon, \nd no looting was permitted. General satisfaction seemed to be felt at the swift change from uncertainty to constitutional order. A cablegram of Sunday says: The Yildiz garrison surrendered to the Constitutionalist forces. The commanders of these battalions began sending in their submissoion to Maliamoud Schefket Pasha Saturday night and the whole of the troops protecting the palace gave their formal ami unconditional surrender shortly after dawn. Niazi Bey. called the hero of the July revolution, is now in command of the earrison. Sultan Abdul Ilamid hnc boon nop. mitted to remain within the walls of the Yildiz Kiosk, where in eompany with his ministers, he waited for the outcome of the stru<rjrle between his loynl troops and the army of investment, each hour brinpinfj to him word of a fresh disaster. Enver Hey. one of the leaders of the younjr Turks, when asked how military men regarded the Sultan, replied: "We do not have nn opinion' on him duujiti. xup ouitan is in the hands of Parliament. The administration is to rphold the civil government.' ' Turkish, French and English warships are at other ports, and marines have been landed to quell disorders. A Washington City dispatch says, the Turkish embassy has received Dispatches from Constitantinople that the houses and foreign missions (embassies, legations, etc.), and the banks, as well as hotels, are guarded by the military so that there is safety in the town. These measures were only taken for precaution. ' ^5* Miss Mary Curtis Lee, daqghter of . ( Qen. R. E. Lee, is in Turkish Capital.