The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, August 21, 1901, Image 1
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VOL 1. BATESBURG. S. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1901. NO 32 f
AWFUL HOLOCAUST,
Several Msn Met Daalh in a R.>ar
Ing Furnace.
CAUSED BY AN EXPLOSION
Five Charred Human Bodiei
Fcund in the Ru n? of Waterworks
Crib at Clevaland,
Ch'c.
Five men wore burned to death, foui
wore drowned, throe and possibly foui
wero euffoeatcd and several injurod at
the rcpult of a fire whioh destroyed !
temporary waterworks crib, two milci
off Olc volar d, Ohio, harbor carl}
Wednesday morning.
The dead, so far as known: Arthm
Hasty, drowned, body recovered; Marl
Strydcr, di owned; Arthur Uasti-gs,
burned; Plummer Jones, snffonated
John Martine, drowned; John Knwol
sky, drowhed, body recovered; four tin
identified men burned.
Tho ir jured s j far at kaown: John
Lco?, prebabl.v a broken back, fa*a'
O. Braddotk, burned about hands ard
face; Charles Smith, overcome by gai
in tunnel; D_?vid Kolly, rcacucr, over
conQe by pas.
Still imprisoned in tunnel: Victor
Kauffman, Canton, probably dead: Joht
Caging, probably dead; Adaui Kent,
probably dead.
Twenty-fix rroo obeyed tho orders ol
Manager O. 0. Van l\u?en wnou the
flames broko out and took refuge in the
water on fljatirg pieces of wreokago.
Four of thorn Ion their held upon theii
frail fl att and satk bentath the wevce
just as help roichcd thc:r comrades.
Yau Diusen at d threo of his men
were hanging in the rtatcr from a i?oinoh
line suspended from tho crib, -lust
as the lino was buraiig away above the
neon's hands a yawl boat fro* the barg.i
Wilholiu manuod by two mon, dashed
into tho heat and smoke that enveloped
the orib and rescued the four men on
tho ropo at the risk of their lives. The
remaining men were picked up in tho
water and bronght to Cleveland. They
were naked, exhausted and badly burn
_ J Xt ?l -
uu. many or mem were cat by falling
timbers.
The orib is a total loss, it wa* a
frame building 200 by 50 feet, the sides
sheathed with iron. It oontaici d valu
able machinery. It is now a cnarrod
shapeless mass of wreokago and mingled
with the blackestd timlxri are
blackened, rusted and twisioi picaos
and plates of iron and steel.
Tho crib and machinery were the
fit 5 property of Shailcr and SohiDglau. con
r r iiautorB. Their Iobs w|?i vavrevse ?^u0,000.
T
Ffr* prA J?arVio?.4 ^ with rescuing
parties on board reached tho crib i.om
after the flames bro-c.out, but when
they arrived tbc etruoturoS^ae p. teeth
ing mass of flames and all hope of eav
ing it was abandoned.
Men ould bo distinguished swim
ming and floating in the water shouting
for help. Others were clinging to
ropes whioh they had hitched or tied
to tho rafter*, but the flamot were
burning the ropes away, while the men
wore stark naked, and one oy one thc>
were falling into the lake.
Tho tugs oircled around the burning
crib, picking up men from the watci
and meantime playing heavy streams
upon the flames.
After an hour's work the flames were
diminished enough so that tho flrcmcn
oould climb up tbo charred steps and
fight the fire from the interior. Then
the horror of the calamity was fi^t
realized. K/cr> thing v.ai a total
wreok. Vi nilo the firemen were louring
water on the flames thero was
A BOABING FURNACE
beneath which cculd not ho reached.
But tho firemen clung to their places
and fought every inch of tho way un
til the fir* was uudcr control.
After two hours of hard work five
oharred human bodies were found
burnod beyond recognition. Two were
in the Altitude of prayer. They musi
have boon awakened by the fire but
could not ctcape. fTcy wrro caught
like rats in a trap. One body wat
burned to almost uoihiug. The bodiof
of two other men lay close to thou
that were od their knees and it 'oAec
as though they never knew what h-.p
pened to them. They must have le t
suffocated before tho Homos reacfcci1
thorn.
As soon as tho five bodies wers discovered
the lug Konncdy returned to
tbo haibor at cnco aed uowfird th<
ooroner ol the disncvery. VVhilo thii
was going on wsys menus w^rc
being devised to reach tLo mon im
prisoned in iho tunnel, wheno air sup
ply had apparency been shut off en
lirely by the burning of the cornjTCSi
ed air ou:htnery.
At tiu.es it wan thought that voice1
could be hmid dowc Li low and the lift
savers and the firemen peered dowr
with tars intrnt, but the sour da ceasct
again. At tho mouth if t)o shaft i
was like a furnace, and tho iron wcrl
was red hot fToar tho flames.
Finally afier a dclugo of water hat
boon thrown on tbo smoldering shafi
entrance, a v^ce was hoard from th<
bottom, calling for help. "For God'i
sake throw down a ronr, thrown dowr
a ropol' a man calicd. A lino wai
quickly dropped down the shaft and ai
it tightenod a shout of j -y went ti{
from those ab^ut, for it was quickly
observed that the man at the bottoir
was able to gra;p it
lie yelled again to the rescuers t<
pull bim up. Siowiy and carefully h<
was raitcl. llis pallid face, ooveret
with slime, his siatirg 'yea and ht-av
ing ohest, told of tho horror ho hat
gono throagr :n tin* heura he spent >r
thft tnnn?l lift ?m Wtliini llnr/o <.l
Canton.
As soon he could rasp Curry said
"Ihoy are all at tbo bottom of the
abaft, hurry up."
Iq qaick Buoiobsion aovon othon
wero brought up frcin the foul and
stifling air of 'ho tunnel. All woro it
a most pit:abln oondi'on. They re
ported that two oth. r men were lying
unconscious at I ho bottom of tho shaft,
A workman volunteered torosouo thoso
men ar.d ho was quickly lowered intc
tho shaft.
In a few minutes tho uuoonsoious
men wore brought up moro doad that
The tug that hurried out to the scene
i soon as the tiro was diiooverod suioeedcd
in rosouing no loss than 20 men
who woro olinging to wreckage and
- ropos tied to the burning structure.
The tunnel whioh has boon under
course of constiuction for sovoral years
past and is still far from complete, has
been tho cause, all told of the loss of
more than 30 lives.
Four years ago an explosion in tho
store sootion of tho tunool resulted
( in the suffooaiion of 13 men. Two
years ago in a similar aooident several
inoro men woro killed at almost tho
samo place and today's catastrophe
adds at least ten additional tamos to
the death list.
Tho firo whioh destroyed tho crib
Wednesday morning was due to an
overheated boilor smokestack. Tho
r boiler cxp'odod soon afior tho flames
, broke out.
Tho crib itself was of pine timber
1 built up straight from the water's odgo.
} Tho nam, who wero asleep in their
' bunks, sp ang up to find tueuiselves in
tno m det of the fDmes. Tne boards
all around thorn wore burning ficriely.
Down iu tho shaft, under tho lake, 11
' mon were at work digging unconscious
' until mo air supply was cut ott, of the
awful bolooaubtabjvo them.
Mayor Johnson cxprcssod groat indignation
Wednesday whon ho learned
' that no boat of lifo preservers wore pro'
vidod as a safety measure by the con
tractors at the crib. Ho declared that
1 tho case would recaive the closest in
vestigation, and that those found guilty
of criminal negligence on tho matter
would bo prosecuted to tho full extent
1 of the law.
Lite Wednosday afternoon INumcr
( Jones, of Warren, Ohio, an employo of
tho tunnel oontraotors, and one of a
1 party of rescuers who descended into
tho shaft to look for the misBing men,
was overcome by gas and expired within
a few ti mutes tlis bony lies in the
1 tuunel 75 feet from ths bottom of
tho shaft and is covered with wator.
Tho lifo lino attschod to tho body bo
oioio foul 1 and could not be pulled
out.
David Kelly, another moaibcr of tho
rosouing party, was overcome by gas
and is in a precarious condition.
McLauriu's View.
Senator MoLaurin, of South Carolina,
passed through Norfolk Tuesday with
his wife and child enrouto to tho panAmerican
exposition. To the Associated
Dross representative ho made
1 tho following statement: "'For many
1 years tho campaigns in Siuth Caroliaa
nave been m the nature of personal
abuse between candidates The prosed
campaign is the first ono in which
1 an issue is at stake. My series of
spccohei wmoh were beguu last April,
have started the pcopio to thinking
1 and thty havo beootne arouicd. Senator
Tiliman has answered my ar^u
mcnts by boaping personal abuse upon
me. iio threatened to go out among
' tho mill operators and arotlss them
against tho mill owners if I ooatinued
urging tho expansion pol cy and tho
oairying of American products iu
Atncriou bottoms. "Expansion is not
imperialism; tho first is a business
question; the other a matter of politics.
It is foolishness for anybody to claim
* that a man oa n not Ki.lmnn tr. nl>?n
sidy, tLo carryiugo? Auionota exports
in American botioim, aid expansion
wi'.heui L-e.ng a Kopublican. 1 aui
going into tne primaries in douth Carolina
next fall and 1 cxpoot to dofcat
; donator Tillman."
A Louo Robber.
! A lono robbor bold up a stage at
North ltiver, N. Y , on Wodnenday
' night. The stago which was slop
1 ped connects with a train which
reached North Crock, Warren county, a
station on the Adirondack-* and Hudson
railroad at 1U.2U o'clock a. m.
\\ lien it left ihe station it contained
seven men and ore woman, bo? dc? a
quantity of express and mail inattor for
i ITue Mountain lako. When the stage
was one and and a half milos north of
Dunlap's hotel at North river a masked
t robber euudenly appeared. 11 is first
I move was to shoot one of the bones,
j He then ordered tho pssscngura to hold
up their hands and alight, dix o' the
men immediately took to the woods,
t the rtmaiuing man staying with his
j wife, who was relieved of $20, but ths
i robber failed to find a larger sum in
> anoir...r pocket. The higuwayuisn then
I proceeded to r.tlj tne mail bags and
p.uudor the express packages, taking
i everything of vaine. After ho hau
1 don' lis work ho disappeared into tho
Wuods and marching ptriius up ?o dark
hitVo bocu unahio to find any traoo of
him.
i
, A Wiuuiutf Uame.
C. cloSam is playicg a "hoads-l-win*
and laila you loao" gatno with little
<iar.ai. Accoidiog to a recent decision
oi tho treasury department that uabap
py little not m the ocean is a foreign
country when it is s matter of collcotii g
duties cn articles imported thonoc into
mm uoumry, but when it is a matter of
: payug drxwoacks to exporters of goods
on which import taxes ba?c been col1
ieotvd Husiu suddenly and by some
1 mysterious process bcooino domostio
. territory. Thus wo oollco1. tho taxes
' iu Mil instances, and our littlo protege
gets tho privilege of il/sng tho fi >g.
lilt lingo Oil.
Tho August* Herald says George
Carilcdgj, tho youngost son of Strgcaut
Cartludgo, of tho polioo Urco, wan engaged
in feeding a horse yosteiday after
noon, when ti.o animal bit tho end of
tho lad's fir.g r ill. Toe wound in a
very painful one, but for tho Iosh of
part of the finger, the aooidenl is not
serious. Tho boy wan holding a piece
..f grass in his hand foedmg the animal
I when tho tcolh of tho horso closed
i in on tho fingor, taking it off oo?nf
P c.ely.
<411 ick Work.
A dinjatoh from Charlotte nays about
( JO) people guhorod in front of the
1 jail here Thursday night aod demand
id the potion of William Monroe, ool
ored, chrrged with criminal assault. Ua
a show of strength by the guards tho
orowu fi^a'ly disperard Judge H0L0
ordered troops to the jaii T.iur-tday.
, Mouroo was today tried, cooviotcd and
sentecoed to bo hanged on Sept. l.'i.
( Tho jury was out ono minute and 20
| seconds, tho whole trial oonr uming less
than two hours.
SWEPT BY STORM.
An Awful Tidal Wave Daatrovs
Many Liver.
OREAT ANXIETY 18 FELT.
Qreat Loss of Ufa and D-imagt tc
Property is Reported From
Many Parts cf the
Qulf
A dispatch from Naw Orloans, undci
date of Aug. 15, sayB the sio in w h;ov
h%s been sweeping tho Gulf ooant froi-.
I'ecsacola and moving westward during
tho past two days, has prostrated telegraph
and telcpLouo wires to such at
ej tent that "nowa from tho outiying
seotioos is hard to got at.
Tho greatest foari have been entertailed
for the "a'o*y of 'ho poopio living
at Port Kids, which is ai the
mouth of the riv;r, and for tho ships
that started for sea j ast boforo tho
storm beg&n.
Tho wires there havo horn pras'rated
sinca Tuesday night at 8 o'o oak hut
rt,. i> i?i -i- - i ?
mg i iun)nji rcK'ur.u a ma J wil'j I''
Fort Kiles Wedacsdny. 11 j was rcou
nt Bura", which i? 80 miles down the
river, and tho fartherest po-nt with
whioh thoro is wire o ommuiication at
tho present time.
Thift m*j d Horibes the s'orti which
swept that section as a regular tidal
wave, similar to tho one wh 01 resulted
ia such awful loss of life in 181*3. He
nays all tho people liviog ail ihj oast
bank if the riv.r hav^ moved up to the
jimp," which is 15 milts from the
mouth of tLe river.
Tho house of ? m\u named (Lblco,
half a mile above tho quarantine. sta
tion, was swept away, and tho 15 mom
bers of the family, including 11 childron,
drownod.
The quarantine buildings wcro badly
daniagcu but no ono injured. Tho hi '
towboat Chamberlain was driven high
and dry in the marsh, but her crow sr-<
sa'o. The government boat General
ltoise is believed to have been lost
Capt. Obrion's house was swept away,
but ho was on tho boat, whioh ws
L- 'kvod to bo outside. Th? pile driver
at Forts Eads was punk, ti.r crew
were said to have booa savod.
Tho tugboat Velaso went down to
Pass a L'Outre, whioh is tho castoru
mouth of tho river, with two barges.
When last seen she had her deck
awash, and it is fear, d she has gone
down. If this boat and her barges have
bsoa lost 20 people more h&vo been
dr< wnod. Thoro are numerous roport'
cf individual casualties all along the
river from Buras down to the Passes.
All tho steamers which started for
tho soa Tuesday remained inside the
Passes until Wednesday evoning and
then went out safely, among the number
boiug the Uromwoll liner Proteus,
and tho British transport Mechanic in
whioh was dynamited while in port a
fow days age. Not a single vessel has
passed up the river since tho storm
bogan and great fears are cntertainod
for tho ones which aro expected.
Third is sorious apprehension concerning
the (Jheniore Camiaada and
Grand lslo sections, on tho south Louisiana
ocast, west of tho Mississippi
river, where 2,(Jl)0 lives wcro loat in
1 U? -l. *.J_f I'
iosj u/ luy uuai wave, up 10 tms
writing no word Las been reooived
from that section, which is largely in
habited by fishermen, mostly Chinese
and MalayB.
Up to last midnight everything
seemed to be safe at the Mississippi
ooast towns, BayS:. Louie, I'ass Chris
tian, Bilcxi, Mississippi City and Ocean
Springe, but sinoo then not a word
has boon heard from them. All wires
are down. Tno only reports of dam
ago so far received arc of destroyed
ba'.h houses and uprooted trees.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad
is blookcd off beyond Chof Mouteur, d )
miles from this city. The big steol
bridgo there is ra?o, but b-yondtlure
aro several washouts on the toad. 1'ho
New Orleano and N irthwostern railroad
is also blooked hy washouts cn the
lake and its big trcRtlo over Lake i'out
ohartrain has been shaken by liie
heavy seas breaking against it.
There has boon mush dainago done
At Shod Bjaoh, a pctt'.oment oc Lsko
Horgno, bouthoast of tho city, and
which connects wi.h Lako 1'oac :?rtram.
Aa the bulldtDgs there have be: n
swept away, and thcro arc re iris ot
.oss of life amoog the fishermen, bat
toe cxaot i xteni of thin is not kuowt.
A tidal wave swept over tho lai.d tin re
as it did nine yca-s ago.
In the oity of Now O.leans and sub
urbs there has boon ooneidirajlo damago.
At Miloeburg, one o; tho l?k ro
p res, tho railroad pior head running
out into tbo lako for a distance of a
thousanl yards hai been destroyed and
all light buildings dcmo.i hcti. Tar
big buildings on shore withstood the
g^le. 'J hero was no loss of lifo. The
etcsmor Ncotuje tied un at ih s ni*>r
head, pouudod horde if 10 piooas uad
sank.
At West li id the lake ribbed over the
rcvcrtiuent and destroyed nearly ail o'
tho buildings thcro. Too big dancing
pavilion at Lake V lew ?a< | ounded to
pieces by wrookago, w.isht.d up by the
waves. The tiholl road to Vvest Knd
was under three foot of water, and
"Huoktown," a gaoobiiog resort at tl.t
ond of the rcvommcnt, has been ewep)
away. Tno old basin otnal comma
into tho city on Toulouse streot overflowed
its banks inundating tho onii"
seoond district. A thousand men have
bcon at work on it and aro raising it!
banks.
A c>al float of I'd! barges, belonging
to the Moauugahela Coal company oi
Piltsturg and anohorod at Coal P.rt,
d; no miles abovo tho o ty, had a rough
exporienoo and every tug in tho ha: bo:
was sent to savo thorn. Six of thorn
with an aggregate oa;acity of H.000 ton:
of ooal, sank.
Tho towboat Henry Marx, fcolonginp
to tho (ntcrstaty Transportation oom
pany, poundod a hole in h r bottom ai
Crete a this morning and sank.
The storm wliioh developed yesterday
continued throughout thy night atd a
hoavoy wind was still blowing today.
Winds and rain wore general nlong the
coast and many trains aro boUtod.
Muoh of tho low section or Now Or
loans is under wator and scows bav<
been brought into requisition to enable
people to got from their homos to the
highor portions. Sevoral factories have
bcon compelled to shut down,
i Lake l'ontiohartraio has beon backed
into tho old and now canal. Both
overflowed their banks for a considerable
dis aucc.
Tho roar, or low portions of this
oity, a thiok'y populated territory two
miles in width, is flooded to a depth of
two feet. Thero is considerable suf,
fering among tho poor.
A Louisville and Nashvillo traiu
from tho cast, due at 7:25 a. m , has
no', yet arrived, nor have the ooast
trains over that road. Tho high water
in the lake and tho tl iod in the rear
of tho oity huvc caused the dolay.
Hundreds ofbusiooos moo of New Or
r leans live along tho gulf ooast during
i tho rummer and thus far have boca
, unable to reach tho city.
, Many Louisuoa poople aro spend
1 ir? ih^> cummer at Grand Isle, whioh
' is adjacent to the Cheniore. Over
i 2.000 lives wera loitattho later place
r wtien that nock of land was swopt by
Btjrmos few years ago.
A Milnoburg ti;o excursion steam' r
N il C?mi.a oapvs.d at its whaif dur
iug tho storm ard is pour.ding heavily
ajaicBt tho pier. The-?? aboard cs
on-pod. The tug boat Noptuno is also
reputed to havo capaia;ci.
Tho Mississippi nvor ia front of the
city today resembled u miniature gulf.
Nearly every harbor cr*ft ba l to hug
tho ehoro in order to avjid b.ing
swam pod.
ltcguiar wesibouod Tcx is and I'aci
tic trains could cot be sent out be
came the transfer boats which carry
iuo trains acr< 89 t! e river were uaable
(o mnko then landings.
All tho tugs ia theha-bir are rngsgod
today ij trying to savj the Heat
of about 2(i() boats lyug above the city
Bat ween rix aud tea boats havo al
rcaiy Icon Lst.
TUB LATEST.
The latest news from the storm is to
the effect that it did not do as much
damage as Just reported Many ships
were wrecked on the gulf aad on tnc
Mississippi, and there was considerable
loss of life, but later no*s will have to
revcai how many people woro drowned
duriug the storm.
Out in India.
According to the Indian Lancet, a
medical j >urnal, a satisfactory decrease
in the number of peoplo aod
cattle killed by wild suimais ia the
-Punjab is shown by the ropori for 1900.
The ubiquitous snake n, of oourao,
far ana away tho w ml of these ills,
but ia a province where considerably
more than half a million people must
inevitably die ev-ry ytar, in the ordi
nary oouim of nature, it is reasanring
to find that only 893 people received
their quietus from snake bite. It in
cuiious to nolo that inoro deaths from
nako bite occurred in housos than
either in tho fieid or in the jungle.
The only human deaths from wild
animais wore thoao caused by mad dogs
and mad jackals, which numbered 29.
Regarding eaitlo, 702 were killed by
leopards and 91 by wolves, it seems
strange that no mischief should have
been caused by tigcid or bears?perhaps
they are beiag killod off too fast. Pur
icg the year in question 1,374 wild animals
were slaughtered, including 11
tigers, 18b beam, 181 leopards, and 99
wolves. Moreover, 13,272 snakes woro
tiliod.
Thousands Drowned.
Great floods caused by tho overflowing
of the Vang Tao have oausod tho
death of many thousands in China.
Tho river has risen 10 feet and for hundreds
of miles the country is a great
luko with only tops of trees and an occasional
roof showing. At Ankingthe
town ic tljodsd, some of tbo houses to
. i.r ir ? ?
wivu lujij. ai i\.u iv aag, menaiivj
town is Hooded and two fcot of water
statnda in the foreign settlements.
Ljwtr down the river towards Swu
Hue, the destruction was greater and
boa<mcn ultimate that 20,000 were
drowned in tiio diotriet. (J hong The
was wiped away by lljods and 10,000
drownded thero and inundated involving
awfal lots of lite and great destruction
to property. It is learod an em
uankment built by Chocg Cbcu Tung
near Wu Cluug would break and oauae
tiio drowning of thousands.
The Naval Station.
Tho United States government took
format p o-ossoq oi i'uo sito, whiob has
been tenured tor tno naval station and
mo raioiug oi tbo lUg Wednesday
er in marked tin tirai acc n ation,
l'.'jrmaste.a wao ainvcd here Lutsday
r gave ohocks to Mat or Smyth for
no ci.\, t. share of tho park and to Mrs.
1 Lc -ton who mapped of valiable lots
auj doing. it wa>> not maud at what
time ec.uil construction wilt begin, kut
tbls w.U not bo lei g delay* d. Jhouiy
co k, i e p am for wluou have already
; b. .. apprjv d, w.il 'jo ereotod iirm at
t c st oi $ 1,250,000. Ap[ rnpriatioas
am uti'. g to $23 J.OUO available for
' imm ni.D Aork and tho navy depart
mojiSpia i call j lor an ozpoedituro of
' uaore than C~0 huO.OOO on tho navy yard
in its cntirjvy.
Senator Tillman Sued.
The Columbia S.ato rceeuily pub
ii i tno rationing meagre and uns&i.:bi'ioiory
nrtiolo. Tho pooplo will
' naturally want to know who J. Youog
; Jones is and r;.*. dcua.or Tillman has
lone to hi in or raid about him. This
is what appeared in tho Stato: "It in
Htatud that Mr J. Young )oaes, formerly
bookkeeper of tno house, lias filed
' a suit for i lli.UOi) dauitgo against S ina
tcr Tillman, ohtrging tiiui with slander.
Mr. .J ,no alleges that tho socator cast
r?. 11 lotions oq his uicatal attainments.
It is understood that tho sheritf will
scon ex cute tho papers on tho sooa
, tor. dorator Tillman would not discuss
tho matter when informed of it.
1 rho rosult will to watohod with intor'
est."
Killed iuicli Other.
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A dispatch from Grconville, N. U.,
; sayt: "News roiohcd hero Wedneiday
ot a dou ble murder near Gard uor's crois
l roads, iu tho southorn section of thin
country. Wm. Gardner, Mack D.xon,
t both white, quarrolod over some small
t matter. Oardnor drew a pistol and shot
throe bails into D.xon's abodomon.
i Thea D.xou knocked Gardner down,
took tho pistol from him and shot tho
- two remaining balls into Gardnor's body
i Doth men died in a short while."
HATE EACH OTHER. ~
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Evans ar.d Latimer Said to be
Open Political Enemies. (
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IT IB AN OLD TROUBLE. j
(
Each of the Above Oentlemen j
Mads Hits at One An- j
other at the Union x
M eating. j
J. C. Abernathy, who attondcd the ]
Union and Chester meetings for the j
Charlotte Observer, says thoro is no ?
danger that too senatorial campaign in (
his siato will lack heat, even though j
b. nator MoLaurin should withdraw ?
lrcui tho ra:e, for tho notable dovolop- t
mtnL in the meetings hero and at Union 1
lor the last throo ca^s, aude from tho j
b icug dcuaoo.ation of the junior eena- ?
or, was tho faci that whilo both are t
ti.hting wh;t they eonsidor tho com- t
mon en^uiy, A C. Latimer and John 1
Gary Evans aro a; clangers' points, and c
it would not surprise nicn who know t
tho two politicians to sec tho ex gov- ?
ornor and the oongrosBman ooms to c
b o?s on the stand when tho oam;aign
is fairly unJer way. Evan* is a slon I
dtr fellow, about five frot ar.d ten 1
itches tall with ?h*rn .. r
cy?, blsok moustacho s.n-1 hair, slight- f
ly tinged with gray, and the.".. ia ?omo- c
t ins about him that will mike a North
Oroiinian think of Marion Butler as s
soon as tho < x siovcmor takeB the stand f
i"> make a speooh. Ilia pelilioal an- C
taconist,Congressman Ls?imcr ;s recog <
t jzcd as being cno of Senator Tillman's t
closest friends, and ho oortainly rc- ?
sercfelcs the senior Ecnator ia more i
ways than ono. In comparing the two 6
men, as they sat together on the speak- e
era* stand, I mado the following doduo- t
lion: Square tho congressman's jaws, 1
runch out ouo of his eyes, let him fill !
his mouth with quinine ?. d to all oat- f
ward appearances tho result will bo a a
second Ben Tillman. As to tho abili r
ty of Latimer, as compared with Till- c
roan, 1 cannot say, for it may bo that d
he is only following the leader as Mar f
ion Butler followed Col. L L. l'olk in 1
North Carolina. In fact, his politi I
cal enemies term him "one of Till- c
man's hands." 1 oan add, however,
that ho has a more pleasant address c
than his chief, and would probably <
creato a better impression among t
strangers, provided ho did not too olose- i
iy follow lillm&n'e stylo. f
These,aro the two men?Evans and i
Latimer--vrho gave it cut by their
words ana aotions that they distrusted
ea"h otr.ci. In assuming his share
of tho responsibility for tho election i
of MoLiuVin to tho sonato, Latimer i
said that two ovils wero offered the peo 1
pic arid he voted for tho junior senator 1
as the lesser of the two. John Gary
Evans was tho other. At etLer times
ho referred to Evans in more or less
direct terms, which all South Carolin
ians understood (Jo tho other hand,
the ex governor mado it plain to his
hearers that ho moant Latimer whoa
ho spoke of the action of ocrtain "political
traitors ' who had rofussd to tako
note of the warnings be had sounded
in regard to MuLaurin. lie warned tho
pooplo against turning out ono traitor
to put in another. Mr. Evans has been
out of politics fo; quite awhile, having
omo time after tho expiration of his
term as govcrnoi removed to Spartanburg.
where ho has been practicing law,
aud it war not generally known until
the mcctiDg at Union that he would en
ter tho field as a senatorial aspirant.
Tho ex governor, ly tho way, is the
man whose nsrno was formerly printed
in a Columbia paper thus: "Johngaryevans."
South Carolinians can
rest assured that should all others drop
out of tho race thoso two performers
alone will bo worth the prico of admission.
wanted loo Much. (
Tho career of Phillips, tho corn king i
of tho Chicago grain market, contains (
within itself a lesson to young mon who <
arc eager togotiioh quick. Ho went
n o the corn pit at Chicago with J-bOO
001), oornerrd tho market, msdo millions
ot money aui wont on with his wild j
speculations and is today a ban k:upt.
It. volation teaches us that "the love of ;
money is the root of all evil," and it '
uterus to he t:ue. lltd this nun no!
been fascinate:! with tho gambling
spirit and stopped at the right time, if \
there was a right time in such a ncfar- '
ieus business, he might have had a j
oomt\ri b.e competence for tho balanco
of his Itfo. But frrtunos made by wrecking
other people's fortunes aro ill-gotten
gams h.iu aro more man likely to ,
take auto themselves wings.
Poor Sampson.
1ho question as to whether or not
Hiar Admiral Sampson will appear as a ,
wi'noss before the court of inq nry
asked for by Sohley appears to bo surrounded
by mystery. The navy department
is silent on tho subject. It is
claimed by some that the plea that
Sampson muxi tako a vacation is made
with a view of making it appear that ho
is -oo ill to go boforo tbo court, llowbver,
it has been known for some time
that Sampson is in a tcrriblo physical
oonduion, and it is runorod thai his
mini may have boou affected. This,
.ornu reports have it, is aooountablo for
the eotfi cling ordem ho sent Sohley
hnfAfA ()in Kattln r 4T y.n?ia/?A
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A Hig Steamer.
The now steamer Celtic, whioh ro '
cently made her first trip across the 1
Atlantic, is a nioo story tl >atcr, with 1
four open or promenade deoks, ono of (
which oontains the dining saloon for 1
oabin passengers, above tho waicr lino.
Meet of tho trans-AtUotio liners have
only one, and very few two. Sho is
721 feet loDg, will carry and aooom- ,
modato 8,000 people, including tho (
crow, and boing built for ooiufort runs i
with little rolling in rough weather.
Could Not Wait. J
The tobaooo trust exeoutod a mortgage
in Now York for $150,000,000 on
June 15>.h, on whioh it had to pay in
stamp taxes $75,000. By waiting fifteen
days, whoQ the law was repealod
on the 1st of Ju'y, that muoh money 1
count havo boon saved. hvidently, a
.little item like $75,000 cannot stand in
the Wiy of a $150,000,000 trust.
THE GOVERNOR 8 VIEWWhat
He Thinks of the Ordinance
Patted in Charleaton.
The Columbia State says thero has
icon considerable speculation iu the last
ew days Binoe tho adoption of the now
>rdinanoe in the oily of Charleston by
.ho oounoil of that oity looking to too
tnforoomont of tho diaponsary law by
solioo foroo in rogard to tbo eff;ot this
vot of the municipal authorities will
avo on tho attitulo of tbo hoard tf
lireotors of tl.o H.ato dispensary and
he other Stato authori iss.
It was impossible Wednesday to sec
tny of tho members of tho State board
tut Governor MoSwooucy was asked
that he thought of the aotiou taken.
Tho governor expressed himself freely.
:1c said to a representative of Tho
hato "I think tbat tho oity oouncil
tf Charleston has shown excellent
udgmont and I believe that Mayor
jjii'.h and his council have done the
rcry best thing for Charleston. They
lave, as I said, displayed excellent
ndgment in adopting this ordinanoo
ted placing Charleston in the position
hat sho deserves to bo plaoodin, With
his action of tho oity oounoil tho Stato
toard of directors, if the police carry
tat tho law and enforce it and proscouto
he blind tigers in the polico court,
hrtuli plaoo Charleston in tho positton
tooupied by the other townB and cities,
iod give her baok her share of the
irofits. 1 believe that sho w;ll bo jut
tack on that basis Just here permit
no to say that L think Columbia should
oilow in lino and adopt J tst such an
irdioanee.
"As 1 havo said all along, on tbo
tump anl elsewhere, I would be in
kvor of taking tho constables cut of
Charleston altogether if the municipal
cuhoritics in Charleston would tbow
no that they are ocforcir g the dispenary
law. 1 bavo always taken tho
round that thero ought to be no oon
tables in any city whose municipal
uthorities will onforoo the law; that
ho polioe ought to onforoo tho law.
fake tho case of tho town of Anderson;
am assured that tho police thero onoroo
tho law absolutely and that there
re no blind tigers thero now. The
>eople say they bavo no need for tho
onstable*. L believe that this can be
Iono Charleston with a first class police
orce not afraid to do its duty. Now
et tho polioc force do its duty as has
eon done in Anderson aod as other
itios and towns are doing."
Asked as to the result of the enforcznont
of tho law in Columbia since the
x'.ra police were givin the constables,
ho govornor romarkod: "Chief Bate
nan's report shows that tho result bo
ar has boon firit rato. It speaks for
tsolf."
A Bad Failure.
With a capitalization of $20,000,000,
,nd owing to franchise whioh gave it tho
irivilogc of operating oabs and omnituses
in any street ia tho oity of New
tork, tho General Carriage company
he stook of whioh at one time sold for
1200 a share passed into the hands of a
eooivcr recently, and so littlo is there
emaining that tho reocivcr's bond is
inly $5,000. Tho company at its
irganizition had tho "moral support of
tiohard Croker, and among the stockloldcrs
are Edwin Gould, Joseph
joitor, General Samuel Thomas, Louis
iVormser, Cyrus Field Junson and
ill win M. Post, llichard Crokcra
\.u to-truck company too a largo blook
if stock in tho oonnern and transferred
0 it the privilege of hauling passengers
ibout tho oity. The Goncral Carriage
tompaDy had a practical monopoly
mder its charter, and less than one
rear after its formation its stcck bo
umo active in tho market. In Novcm>or,
1899, tho stook was selling for $40
1 sharo, and two months later it was
idvanccd to $80. Next day it was
luotod at $1115, and two days later it
loared to $200 a share. Within a week
ifter the $200 mark was retched the
itock slumped and was selling for $50 a
iharo. Then began a most remarkable
manipulation to compel an interest ownng
8 000 shares to sell out to those in
sontrol. The stock was firocd down to
f2 a sharo when the minority interest
japitulatcd. The liabilities of the oon:ern
were not stated in the application.
Followed it Too Closely.
"1 and my father before mo have
oeen reading your paper for 50 years
ir more, and 1 wouldn't mies a copy of
,t for anything?it wouldn't seem catiral
to go without it," wrote a man to
the Columbus, G*., Enquirer-Sun, "A
pear or two ago the paper had anum
her of pointed editorials urging farmers
lo raijo ovcrytbicg thry needed at
homo. 'What's tho uso of buying atiythiug,'
it said, 'whilo you can raise it
it homo?" Well, that thing etruak mo.
Pretty soon I needed coiao corn whiskey
for meoioal tand other) purposes,
and 1 made it. L have jutl tioiihcd
wcrkirg out the sonte; cj. 1 guns ycu
meant well, but you didea't know what
iroublo you wore getticg your rea.ere
into."
Too Much Politics.
The Columbia S ato says a halt is
sailed soiuowhcro it looks as if thcro it
Lo bo a goneral senatorial campaign of
education after all. Announcement*
have already boon mado as to tho meot
irgs arranged for Spartanburg and
Girocnviilo. N jw oomes tho announce
me tit mat Anderson has arranged for a
iimilar mooting on tho 30th, and thai
Lho oommitteo will invito the same
soakers an tho other plaos. Tho aaounoomcnt
also comes that Walhalli
and Spearman's Spriogi, tho latter in
Nowberry country, want euoh gather
iogs on tho 2nd inst., tho only ono ol
the four oonscoutive datos open to the
ipcakers. It is not yot known which
af theso plaoos will get tho orowd ol
political hoturora.
A Now Knglaltl View.
"The solo dofendor of MoLaurin, 01
what they oall "Commercial Dotuooracy'
at tho Union S. C. politioal powwow
last week was John If. Cleveland,
president of aotton mill. Ho favored
imperialistic expansion, for tho sake ol
markets, and doolarod that there was
not a mill in South Carolina today with
possibly ono exception, which was
making a cent. Hat if imperialistic ex
pansion is effeotivo for markots, hoa
can this be? Mr. Clovoland had cvi
dently forgotten that the oountry foi
more than two years has been cnjoyini
tho alleged benefits of markets forotbl]
annexed."?Sprin&fiold Republican.
HELD UP A TRAIN.
Robbers Laughed and Talked aa They
Robbed a TrainA
train waa bold up atd robbed near
Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday night.
Tin express car was blown opon, tho
aafo wrecked and the mail sacka rifled.
All the passengers wore robhod of their
money. El Caney, whero the robbery
ooourcd, is a aide traok thirty-nine
miles north of Denisoo. It ia in the
Chootaw nation of tbo Indian Territory
and tho population surrounding
tho station is only 125. Tho train
does not stop at Caney execpt on signal.
As the the proper signal was given tbo
onginoer whistled his reply, and tho
train Blowed down for the stop. In- |
stead of the hurried signal to go ahead, I
tho engineer and Sreman were con- I
fronted by two ra n with masked faces.
About tho ninio tirno the express messenger
and tho mail olork wero communicated
with through tho oloBod
doors o? thoir ctr?. Throe of tho robbers
shot wildly und then tho call wont
to tho mcssonger and olork:
"Open up borcl Open up and don't
bo too bIow about ill"
From within oame no response and
the robbers again callod out. "Open
tho door or we will blow it opon and
blow you to hoii!" There wsi no rjEpoQoo
to the second oall and tho firing
again began, fully twenty shots being
diichargod. Still there was no response,
and tho tlrje men prepared a
email blast of dynamite against tho car
door. In tho meantime the shooting
had awakened tho passengers. The
conductor, brakemcn and porter ran
through the train, and as they called
out: "It's a hold up!'
The passengers tried to hido their
money and valuables. Tho dynamite
was at last exploded. It was a small
charge Hid was intended more for fright
than anything else. A larger blast of
dynamite was prepared and explodod.
ihis tore tho side off tho express and
mail otr a d thorobbars leaped through
tho opening, and, overpowered the messenger.
He was ordered to open tho
safe, but he oculd cot, as tho combination
was at ond of the run. The robbers
then put a charge of dynamite to
the safe and blew it opon. They demolished
the eafc, but scoured only
$1.50, as tho monoy bad all been loft at
Muskogee to bo picked up by tho "Katy
flyer," which runs through the territory
by day. Tho messenger and olerk wero
forcod to assist the bandite in thoir
wcrt. Every mail pouoh was emptied
and the mail considered valuable by tho
robbers was taaon, Then with Postal
Clerk Tulloy to ding an empty mail
saok, the robbers went through the
ooacbes and robbed every passenger.
They secured $280 in one ooaoh. A
negro who refured to give up bis money
was tov?.rJy beaten. Tho passengers
wore compelled to throw their valuable
into the pouoh.
After the work was done tho robbers,
who seemed to rejoioe in tho situation,
sat around and laughed over the matter.
After holding the train two hours, the
robbers left, going east into the dense
bottom timber, for which tortuous
Caney crock is co ed. Tho trainmen
out out tho wrecked express oar, ran
down o Caney station and advised officers
up and down the road. In two
hours a poise of United States marshals
with blooi bounds were on tho trail.
Too express company said it lost nothinz.
and the oonndnctor pitiiTntna tho I
passengers' loss at about (100, not
couQtiog tbo jowolry.
THE ROBBERS CAUOIIT.
A dispatoh from Djnison, Tex , says:
J. B. Dvais, deputy marshal at Colbert,
L. T., arrived boro Wednesday night
from the scene of tbo robbery at Caney.
"The following men have been ar
rested on tho charge of committing the
robbery," said Mr. Davis: "C. 15
Richmond, Bob Alfo.'d, Geo. Brown,
John Gibson, Tom Sdwards and Jack
Barr, These men were arrestod at
Caney and taken to Aioka Thursday
morning. The operator at Caney,
when he hoard the shooting, suspected
the train was being held up and put out
the light in tho depot and telegraphed
Atoka, 11 miles away, for offioers.
Within two hours after tho robbary
blood hounds had trailsd those mon (o
their h-caos. Wo 'ouni tho wot clothing
identified by passongors as that
worn by the robbers. Wo also found
three EftskT and fcuud in the fire box
of tho cook stove when tho arrests wero
made the shoos oi the mon arrested.
The tracks wcro measured and fitted the
Ehocs eJtaotly."
A Mad Tom Cat.
A una who has just returned from
. tho up country to Charleston brought
back as a souvenir a thrilling story of
an attaok mado on a whito woman by a
mad torn oat. According to his aocount
tho woman was walking in tho
i >ard when, without warning, tho oat
. mado a vioious lunge and planted its
i sharp claws just below her throat. Tho
grip ki< so strong and powerful that
tho woman oould not break it. Hor
cries attracked members of tho family.
, When they attempted, however, to take
i tho cat away the gr p had evidently
turned to lockjaw.ard thoanimal oould
, uot bo removed. Tho woman's soffir
ing was terrible. A fioal effort was
mado to frco hor from the cat, bat this
was not accomplished until the ani,
mal e head had been completely severed
fiom its body. Keen after death the
teeth clnng to the tl ?th in a vice liko
grip. The wouod was oauteriied and
, at last reports tho woman was improving.
It was sa-d that beforo attacking
the woman tho oat had bitten )toor
' animals, and in the samo neighborhood
other oats had assaulted their owners.
t The fear cf hydrophobia was so great
that all dogs in the immediate vicinity
of the woman's homo have been blocked
and chained.
Desperate Encounter.
A Charleston dispatch says: "Sergt,
Bendt, one of the party of polios officers
who had tho desperate encounter
last weok with tho negroes suspected
! of killing tho ohicf of polioeof Shelby, I
N. 0., had a narrow escape again Wednesday.
Ho and Sergt. llaloy oame
upon John B.-llingor, a notorious negro
oharao'cr, who is wanted in Colleton
r county. The negro opened fire, with a
- 1-4 calibre pistol, on tho officers. Sergt.
r Bendt roturned the fire, patting two
; balls in the negro. Bellinger was sent
j to tho city hospital, lie will probably
recover"
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USES
OF CORN.
Plant That Is Bscoming Mors
Valuable.
IDE PRODUCT8 OF PLANT.
The Qovernment Miking Experiments
With the Plant fj Increase
Its Yield. Means
Much to the South.
Most persons probably imagine that
about the only produotB from oorn are
hominy, meal and whisky. The prodaots
of the oorn plant are almost as
numerous and varied as those of the
cottoo plant. An exhibit of tho agricultural
department in Washington
shows that in ease of necessity oorn
eould bo depended upon for food,
elotning and strong drink, and a number
of artiolcn of virtue and luxury besides.
A chemist of the department
has gone so far at to produoe from oorn
a substituto for rubber which cmnot be
told by au inexpert person from tho
Jenuine artiolo. It looks like rabber
rom Brazil, fools liko it, aots like it
and has all of tho characteristic properties
of it.
So far tho invention has not been
mado "oommcroially practicable," that
is, tho prooeBB costs too maoh to mako
tho oora rubber a competitor of the
real rubber. It is to be oxpeotod however,
that tho timo will ooaie when
rubber for tires will bo grown in oorn
fields.
A.oother artiolo of cepeoial interest
in tbe agricultural departmonts exhibit
is corn oil. This is likely to come
more or loss into competition with ootton
seed oil of tho higher grades. Tho
oorn oil is said to look precisely like
olive oil to taste like it, and to be good
for any uso in whioh olive oil is employed.
Only tho most export oan distinguish
corn oil from tho highest grade
of Italian olive oil. The product has
boon turned to commcroial aooount and
alroady large quantises of the oil aro
sold.
There aro some protty and lustrous,
though not very strong, oloths from
oorn fibre shown. Thcro are also hats,
baskets, etc., mado of the fibre. No
great store, however, is set upon the
possibilities in the lino of paper making.
A merchantable quality of paper
has boon mado from it, and experiments
with it are being continued.
The pith of the oorn stalk as we have
previously noted is being usftrrTn
quantities in making cellulose,
packing the sides of warships. Those^^fe^^^^^M
a few of the products of
oorn plant. Ono of tho offiaials of
Agricultural departmont is auvyrfrity
for tho statement that all told there are
not far from ono hundred products to
bo had from oorn.
It will interest farmers to know that
tho department is conducting investiga
tions and experiments with a view to
largely increasing, if not doubling, the
produotion tf oorn, without any increase
in expenso of cultivation or of
acreage. It is hoped this can be accomplished
by a system of selection of
oorn for planting is said to be a most
important matter. Probably 999 farmera
out of every 1000 make their selections
of ears after corn is in the barn.
This is said to be wrong. This selection
should b9 mado in the field, the
health, vigor and strength of tho stalk
boing taken into accouat.
By carefully solccting tho seod corn
from the stalks in autumn, a considerably
increased yield it is said , may be
secured, while by cross breeding the
best specimens the nitiogon oontents of
tho corn will bo increased. The department
has now produced several
thousand hybrids. Within the next
year ir two it hopes to evolve a oorn
which with propir cultivation and f*rtilization
will produce 100 bushols to
tho aero on land that now brings forty
to fifty bushels.
A Dog *s Long Fast.
On July 27ih Mr. Jones Wilson, ef
Millvillo. went out in the Eureka neighborhood
oi business. His l.ttle dog, a
rat terrier, accompanied him. Oa his
way home ho missed the dog, and as it
did not appear after he reaohed horns
he supposed it had been stolen. Last
Sunday he got to thinking about the
d >g, when suddenly it ojcoud to him
that he might have looked tho dog in a
room in a house which he visited. He
drove out to the placi and went to tho
house. Oa opening *ho door he found
the dog. It was alivo and, while not
very frisky, was ablo to wag ias tail and
waik out. He brought it home and fed
' it and it showed very littlo signs of its
I long fast. It had gone without food or
water for sixteen days.?Anderson
Daily Mail.
The Negroe's Best Friend.
A Negro preacher is quoted as saying
at tho Emancipation Day colebranri?
"
iiuu iu 1> lau coun.y, \ ft., ine oicer
day: "Uao thing I oannot understand
is that the same white man who votos
in Richmond to t?ke away the vole of
tho Negro will be the first man to help
the Negro wkeu tie gen into troublo."
Tho Augusta Cnroniole says the explanation
is oasy. The southern white
man is tho boat friend tho N igro has.
tie is always ready to help him in need,
but he does not. consider tho ballot safe
in his hands.
Imitating Sherman.
Arnold White, the well known newspaper
men engaged in writing English
news for Amortoan papers, doolares in
his most reoont letter that tho Boer
war has reached suoh a state that
"Sherman's march through Georgia is
(he favorite historical today" because it
is regarded as "alosson in devastation."
How interesting this truth so plainly
stated must be to northern eritics and
sonthorn defenders of British methods!
But wo are sorry for the Boors if Kitchener
is to ape, Sherman. We are
alsc sorry for the British statesmen
who are responsible for snob barbarity.
A Good Law.
William K. Curtis reports a condition
of things in Sweden that is notable.
llo writes that in that country
tho saloons are olosed on Saturday,
whioh is tho universal pay day, while
the savings banks remain open until
midnight Saturday night.