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Tlie Batestmrg; Advocate, VOL. II. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1902. N0.40 THE COAL STRIKE Is Settled by Both Sides Making Slight Concessions. THE STATEMENT GIVEN OUT CoiiiiitiNHioii to I']ut|iiirc Into and I'ass (Tl>oii All truestions at l?*u<* Dot ween tl?e OpcriiturM and Mine I'm. A dispatch from Washington says the great anthracite coal strike is settled at last. A commission of six persons, with a seventh, Mr. Carroll 1). Wright, as recorder, will adjust differences between operators and miners. President Mitchell of the miners will take the necessary incuslil'fHC to (Mill i\\i? el ?il/n i.lV : ...> w vv v??M v a iv >Hl ? r\v : VM?. I III' |1M M' dent will urge immediate resumption of mining and operations are expected to begin this week. Organized labor lias a representative on the commission in the person of K. 10. Clark, grand chief of the Order of Kailway j Conductors, named as a sociologist. The* president added bishop Spalding of Illinois to the list ol live members] suggested by the operators. As nam- j ed the commission is perfectly satis- j factory to both miners and operators, j Asset t of the miners was given] through 1'iesident .Mite, ell and Mr. j Sargent, commissioner of immigration and of the operators through | Messrs. Hubert Macon and Ccorge \\ l'erkius ot the hanking linn ot .1. l'ierpont Morgan \ Co. Ttie linal outcome followed a series ot cotdeiences. beginning with two during t lie day with Mr. Mitchell and tw< outing the night with Messrs. baton and l'erkius. 1".veils moved quickly at th< last, the president, being determined on a spiedv settlement. The coin- I mission will assemble in a few days] and choose a chairman, probably <?cn. J Wilson. It then will arrange for sessions and testimony. The follow-j ing otllcial announecnient of tlie close I of tlie strike was issued at the White j House: After a con Terence with Mr. I Mitchell and some further conference i with representatives of liie coal operators, tlie president lias appointed the j members t the commission to inquire into, consider and pass upon all quos- | tions at. issue between tlie opera', rs I and tr uer- !n the anthracite oal fields: Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, ' v A., retired (late chic: . > S. A.). Washington, 1?. .1 tieer of the engineer corps of either the military or naval service ol'the United States. M. K. W. l'arker, Washington I'. C. as an expert mining engineer. Mr. l'arker is chiel slat isi ieian <>t the ci-al division of the I nited States geologi- 1 eal survey and the editor of the engineering and Mining Journal of New York. lion. (Scorge Cray, Wilmington,! Del., as a judge of a United States' court. Mr. 10. K. Clark, Cedar Rapids. la.. 1 grand chief of the order ot Railway Conductors as a sociologist, the pros-1 ident assuming that for the purposes of such a commission the therm sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically applied his knowledge. Mr. Thomas II. Walk ins. Scranton, I'a., ;ts a man practically acquainted with the mining and selling of coal. 1'ashop John L. Spalding of i'eoria. 111. The president has added Dishop Spalding's name to the commission. lion. Carroll D. Wright has been a p- i pointed recorder of the commission. I'oiiy llorses Iturm <1. Forty horses were tunned to death, and three men had narrow escapes from a like fate in a lire that started early Thursday in the iive-stor\ structure at. :t.T.? West loth street New York occupied by the Canzvoort Livery and Hoarding stables. The building was praeti'-.itlly destroyed, together wit 11 a shed used for storing veehieles. N ear by tenements were emptied hy a sq-nad of police. The tire started in a truck load ot furniture iu the first tloor. John llyland and James Kelly, stablrimn. were in the basement where they had rooms. Over the window of t he room in w hich they were was a stout wire netting.! The policemen pulled this away and urew iiicmcnoui. iievland u;is mi conscious and burned slightly. Kelh had stru^lcd in such a strenuous manner with the itratinu trying to force it up so that he an i his comrade could get out that Ids hands were torn and bleeding. Ins arms and wrists lacerated and in many places there were Kupini? wounds on Ins hands and forearms. After t,he lire was out one of the workmen found .lolm Spencer, a laborer, in a small shed in the tear frightfully burned. >1 unlet- W ill Ohi . Frank .1. Field, a contractor, was -arrested Thursday at Newcastle. I'a., charged with the murder of ( its Treasurer .lohn Itlevius who was found dead in his office one nijjht in January 1800. The murder was a mystery and remained unsolved up to this time. After i'.levin's death a shortage of about 000 was found in his accounts. The warrant upon whicli y Field was arrested charges that Field and his brother, Judson. conspired with several persons to rob and murder 1 .levins. Judson Field died tourteen months a^o in Kansas and on his death l>ed. it is alleged, made a confession implicating his brother. WHY THEY CAME TO TERMS. Coal Operators Pureed to Abandon Position Tji ken liv liner. While in New York Monday <!. F. Itaer, fliief of the coal operators was interviewed. "Do you consider that the proposition submitted to the president in the nature of a recession from the. stand taken by t he operators?" lie was asked. "I happen to have drawn the proposition myself," Mr. Itaer said, "or at least 1 had a considerable part in preparing it. and 1 may state that it I iMlllimlibi: nil' ariininne "i"" " I ...jr ( further tbun that 1 cannot say anything." President (Hiphant of the Delaware land Hudson was asked if the public I would not look upon the proposition |of tin' operators as a concession to the | miners. "it is not a concession to the miners." lie replied. "It is a concession | to humanity. It is amove taken to relieve the distress prevalent through| out t lie country." President Fowler, on being asked what inlhiences if any induced the operators to submit the differences with their men to arbitration, replied: "It was chielly due to the pressure off public opinion, or. rather. >ou might sav. public necessity. We recognized that tin* public would suffer from scarcity of coal if something was not done soon, and we concluded that.it would he honorable to overlook in a measure the rights of the interests that we represent in order that a way out o< a serious predicament might he found. Many of the schools were getting ready to shut down, and still greater hardships might be suffered." One of the men prominent in <*oal circle s s;iid : "The arbitration proposition now before President lloosevolt was formulated by the men whose names and int.erests tire appended thereto. It is only fair to say that Mr. Morgan took an active part in t lie proceedings and his suggestions were most valuable. "The operators realized that matters bad to give way. As men of common sense they knew that they could not freeze tlie American public. Mr. Morgan was frank to say that something had to be done at once or the hard coal interests would suffer serious harm. The force of his argument was generally recognized. "We believe we have been more than fair in our position. Until we km > hn\v it lias been rrcetverl we mn say nothing more." \ Four Pays Itatilc. The i :i: le near La Victoria. Yoneuel.i. between the army commanded by President Castro and t lie revolutionary forces, which began Monday morning and resulted in the retiremen of President Castro to La Vic toria Tuesday afternoon, was resumed again fiercely at o'clock Wednesday iimniiug. . I 1!KIT I line I Me president hud received reenforeements arid had over li.OOO men engaged against 7.Odd revolutionists. The artillery played a part never before seen i" Venezuela. Shortly before o'clock Wednesday afternoon the revolutionists appeared to have trained a slight advantage. The president's artillery, which numbered la guns, had been reduced to four guns. La Victoria was crowded with wounded, and there were no provisoes in the town. The Itritish cruiser Indefatigable has left La (inuyra for Tueacas. with provisions for the foreign residents here, some of whom are said to he dying of hunger as a result of the concentration measures adopfid by the Venezuelan authorities. Tlie 1 ndefat igahle, to accomplish her mission. will have to run the blockade of Tucacus. t '.lcrI ion Day Duty. St line people havean idea that at terthey have, put themselves to tiie trouble <tf travelling, perhaps, several miles todephsit their votes at a primary election, that their duty to their party is finished, but such is not the ease by any means. Kach party man owes it to himself to he at tile polls oil Novcmlier 4, when the general election is held, and work as diligently for the nominees of the party as they did when the primary election was tlie absorbing topic. Those who were defeated in tin* parly primary should tv all the more pressing when tlie 1th nnnun ' l .i - i - immim- >"<".} pieoycil lllt'Illsches to support I lie nominees of the party, and we take il that "support" does not merely mean "vote," ltut it means "work." With us. the party is lirst. It may make mistakes, and doubtless does, hut that is neitlrer here or there. An unbroken, resolute, determined front, and continuous work. is what is needed to briny victory and triumph to the party of the common |? ople I'ixiny tin- Hlaine. The tindiuy in 1 he impiest following the accident in which President Itonscvelt's body yuard. Win. Craiy, was killed at IMttsbury Mass.. last September, tiled says that "the nolawful acts of lames T. Kelly, coutluetor and lOuclid .Madden, motorman," of the electric car which ran into the president's carriaye. "eonIributcd" to tiie death of Mr. < raiy. The lindiny was by special .lustice <)has. I, 11Ihbard. The < 'oilI Si rl U c. SI rikedcelared. May 12. 1002 Ihuat ion of ,t l ike Idays Men I brown out of work. 102,000 I.oss in Miners' wayes . * :tl,.'t'>0.000 Loss of operators ?>.*>,7'>0,000 Loss to railways it,">,000,000 Loss to merchants. :H>.000.000 Other public losses 21,000,000 Total linancial loss tl'i:t,ooo.ooo ithe earth quakedi For Six Hours Soufriere Belched Flames, Stones and Ashes. THE VOLCANO IN ERUPTION Heavy ltcportM Was Accompanied With Activity of tIn* Mountain**. Ivxtcnt of" Damage Not Known. The voleanos in Hie little islands soutli of the 1'nilcd States are active 'ntiain. A dispatch from Kingston, St. Vincent Island, says a terrific i eruption of the Soufriere voIcjiiio com. menced Wednesday night. During the preceding d iv (Tuesday) earth I j'tremors apparently too slight to he eonsidered important were cxpericne- , ed in the cent ral and northern parts of ! the island. i At 8 o'clock Wednesday night there were induhitahle indications of an ' eruption. Rumbling noises were . I heard, t hey increased until 0 o'clock, j I when tlie roaring volcanic giant hel- , ehed out its deadly contents. This eruption was followed hy a brief lull. .Then, .from In o'clock until I o'clock , Thursday morning the upheaval eon- . tinned. The out break was ace. unpaid- . I eel by an incessant and cot if used ean- | ouading. There were ineandeseent , | elouds and sparkling mat lei* was eject - | ed. After 4 o'el u-k the disturbance ( gradually decieased but the noise of the Ixcliug ealdr u is still audible in . the district near the volcano. , Itot.h craters ol the S nifri to were , apparently active and have h. en , steaming all day i nig. Sand fell h av- ; ily everywhere tr<an half past, one un til halt past thro this morning. At , southern points the sand is 1 .111 an | ' inch deep, the depth gradually in- | creased towards the volcanic cone, j where there were showeis of large , | stones, pehhles and cinder. Kingston and other southern points1 , i ot the i.-Iand have not been damaged. \y Reports trom the Windward district \ are awaited. The sand ejected during i, t his eruption h is a stronger sulphur- , s ous odor than any previously thrown ! ( out. and one square foot of it weighs* v exactly one pound. I. A dispatch fiom Hudgetown, Island iif Jtarbadas says volcanic dust 'fto ltUe Soidriere volcatuion the Uiaitd . ; St. A_'''cent is falling liere and has : caused a stoppage ci business. The ' shopkeepers ure closing their stores ' and are returning to their homes. It ' ( was so dark at 10 o'clock this morn- 1 ing that it was necessary to light the 1 , lamps. ? A dispatch I nun Masse Tenc, Island ( of <; uadrlowpe, says bet wo n midnight i ' i and -l o'clock W ednesday morning I loud detonations were heard and glim- ' met ing lights w. r - seen in the direc-j1 lion of the Island of Martinique. 1 | There were two earthquakes Tuesday ii i,r> .Milium !si;:niis. oil llie south- ' crn cud of (Jaudeloupe ami al Marie ' ilalante island, south southeast of 4 1 (laudeloupe. ' t A TKKKI Itl.K TV 1MIOON. , i A terrilde typhoon lias spread disasj tor all over the northern part of .la- t pan. It was accompanied hy seismic ' tidal waves at < hlawara. winch del- 1 i u^red the coast villages, the loss of life ' and property heinu immense. Suh- 1 | script ion lists have been opened in ; I towns hy the leading Japanese people t ; and newspapers. A local journal said: ; 1 "from telegrams and personal nar- x | rations it seems that the typhoon -s which visited this section of Japan on > i Saturday nicht and Sunday contr.il- 1 j i/.ed its fury in the region of ' tdawara. 1 Tidal waves visited the shores at < >da- ? wara. Kod/.u, Kamekura (>i/.o and ' loss of life and immense damage to t I properly ensued. The telegraph re- :i ports that at < tdnWara alone .10 houses ; were washed away and eijtht persons killed on Sunday morning. The Vu- , moto-Kod/.u-Odawara line was com- v pleteiy paralyzed. Whole sections _ were lifted hodily sleepers and rails < and transported hundreds of yards in- t land. At the power house the j dynamo was reported still there, but s the house was supposed to he up the , mouniilaih some where. The loss will | eat up a considerable amount of the , ! year's profit of the line." , Plenty nt'Cash. ( A do/en bi? rolls of greenbacks were i found, according to District Attorney I Jerome, in the safes of two of i he live t New York gambling houses which i were the scene of raids Wednesday j night by order of t he dist rict attorney, t "I understand that there is a great i deal of money deposited each night hy i hook makers in these places," said Mr. Jerome. "Hut 1 do not know who owns the rolls. It will not he sutlleient identiiicatJon for a man tosa\ ) "that * 10,000 roll is mine.'" It tias ( heen ascertained that the total: amount of money in the rolls found in ( the safe is about $250,000. . Slapped His I'aee. K. <?. <'olt. a memher of t he famous | | Colt family of giinmakers, wiio makes his home in Charlotte, was slapped in ( the face on the st reet hy a pretty actress, Miss Iirace llohart Hanson, a memher of "The T.\ runny of Tears" company. Mr. < <>lt was walking he- I side the lady on the street. When l she reaclie I the main entrance of the < | Central hotel t he young woman hurst into tears and as suddenly drew hack i her hand and slapped Colt full in the face. She then quickly entered the > hotel, while the crowd of traveling 1 men and guests around the hotel en- ! trance applauded her. , 1 NEGRO WHIP WILDCAT. A l-'ii i(It I'llI l>og Help* His Master lo Win the Fight. In ivad river swamp, Ga.. Wednes- j day arternoou George Tarpiey, a ne-I. gro man of gigantic stature and Fi strength, encountered a tremendous i wild cat ferocious from hunger. The | two engaged in a battle which lasted 11 for a quarter of an hour. The man j nearly lost his life before he came j out of the tight victorious, and had not his faithful dog joined him early in the encounter the result might have been different. Tarpiey had lieen hunting. lie heard a great commotion deep in the ' swamp and an investigation of the ; | j, noise brought him upon the wild cat. 1 1() which was chasing turkeys. TheLj man's interference enraged the aui- 1 .. ma), and it sprang upon him liefore he ? realized his danger. 'I'arpley tore t ne clawing ixast from ; r his shoulder and threw it from him. Ij ' This partly stunned the cat and lie-j fore it could recover Tarpley shot it . in the breast, lie thought he had i" ^ much it <11111 (iirui'd awav. nut no .noner was his I>ick turned than lie t|, Celt it alight again on his shoulder ' mil its sli up claws l ipped his neek 4 ,. like blades of steel. lie fell to the j', ground. 1 ' Then Iiis dog broke in on the battle, j ?'j l'lie dog got the eat by thcthroilt and * ir.tgged it fr'-tn the negro. Tarpley <j( daggered to Ids feet and tried to get ^ mot her shot. hut, fearing lest lie hit ^ iiie dog. eould only stand by and t!) watehthe two game animals as I hey ' sj ( tattled for life. Over and over they oiled, howlim.'. hitting and clawing ^ . First the don. then the eat had the ' id vantage. Itlood spattered against he tree trunks as they fought. It |j(. v:.s a desperate stlilggle bet we m t he .vild dcni/.eti of the swamp and the |u. aithfnl don protecting ins master. Ii( Finally Tarpley managed to club < he eat with the butt etui of his null. !.j lie thought to break its back. l>ut the j( ' low failed of this end and the cat jm urued again on t he man. As it ? ame p pi in its spring lie caught it hy a leg I ( ' md Hung it against a tree. The dog ; ^ vas upon it, as it fell to the ground ? ^ it untied and the tight sikiii ended. In () he throat the savage teeth of the i log gripped the cat and its pugnacious \ (j(, ipirit was literally ground out of the orn and bleeding hody. The cat was veighed in town and tipped the scales 1 s| it sixteen pounds. ^ Wants to Come Ucrf. an I k t rPr-fr.ill!?,^fa^^5J^^'?W^S^"fot Louis, Mo., who is connected with a sis arge wholesale dry goods house, look- a tig to the establish merit of a hosiery irn nill in South Carolina. For the infor- no nation of tlu ditTerent towns of the ' sui State. who would like to have such a tin nill, the letter js herewith publish d. eoj It reads as follows: wl Dear Sir: The writer is seeking a pa ocation for a hosiery mill, which will [ tin Mlinlov about one hlllldl-ed Irmtlc Ml I II Ih> start, and possibly employ 200 to op too in the course <>f a few years. The j on alior wanted must I?e white and cheap ! eot n order to compete successfully with tin 'astern manufacturers. A town of ! an I.TiOU to 2,000 inhabitants, with aide rood coal supply and good shipping mi acilitics to St. Louis, is desired, lie I'lie writer has been informed that a j ee| rood ma.iy Southern towns are olfer-1 de; njr certain concessions to induce manifacturcrs to locate in their city, anil wl ?f course any such concessions would ha c ipiitc an inducement to me. Would cr; ilso prefer to jret as close to the cot- po in yarn spitinin^r district as possilde, cei ind would prefer to locate in a town | sei vhcre there is no hosiery mill at pre- ad .cut. Any information with which 1!H ;ou can supply the writer will he very mi nuch appreciated, and would mention to hat I can furnish the very highest tin lass of references. I desire to take 1 in> his matter up shortly, and would ell hank you to jjive same your earliest ru it tention." un ii. ad Hollies in street. tot A special from Indianapolis. Ind., Iu> m Monday says that four dead bodies ' vcrr found tied in sacks in (feor^ia ilrcct and in tlie rear of the Central "oIl.'Ke of Physicians and Siir^6ons ,l." hat mornini;. Tlie bodies were iderj- ; itied as those ot Mrs. Johanna Slil/.. aid 1<? have been si??U-n from the Kli ne/er cemetery: Miss Dlendnre <tales. t illeceil t<> have been stolen from An- V'( irrsoii cemetery: Wallace .lohnsuii. aken from Kbcnc/cr cemetery, ami ~ ' drs. Cat hcrinc Doohrinc. from the ^ | iernian ('atholic cemetery. It is sup? cd at least one hundred craves iavo IK'en despoiled within the last luce months, .ludec Aiford, in his s,; list i net ions to members ot the crand ui n . told them to co to the bottom of N lie out race and punish every man for lis part in it. recardless of his pmmilence. <?Vi Slop Wrecked. (>Il The wooden steamer C. II. Lock- dh vood foundered in a storm about l"?!tci niles olT Ashtabula, <>., Wednesday in debt. The captain and crew sue- dU teedod in launching two boats jus! he- do ore tin- steamer went down. One id' tai be boats eontaininc the eaplain was cot licked up near the harbor tins morn- , nc. The other boat has not been leard from. Tucs and life savers are learehinc f?>r the missinc Imat, which out aincd lo members of the new. Ik 11 wl The formal sale and transfer ot ',:i '.can volr, t lie home of .lelTerson I > i vis, I ?y Mrs. I ?.i \ is to tlie Sons of Con fed ' ' 'late. \ etcrans was consummated i dr I'hnrsday al theopenii c session of the in< 'eunion of the Mississippi Division, j on sins of Confederate Veterans at .lack- I'd toil. The home will lie used as a home re or indiccnt Confederate veterans, th Mrs. Davis received $10,000 for the hi mmc. ni | w ML TARIFF REFORM. rith That as a rattle Cry Cleveland Says Time is Ripe )R A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. i' Says ItepuhlicaiiM Should Nut be l'croiitted to Occupy Our Turin' tCcl'orui Ground This . Year. To a representative <>f Tiie New ark Kvenintf I'ost. who asked liitn s views in regard to the outlook r and the duty of the Democracy in e approaching congressional deems, ex-President < 1 rover Cleveland id: "It seems to me that if the Denioci;v is really in earnest it cannot fail rgely ty increase its representation in e next congress, lint in order to do 1 think there must he a constant d stalwart insistence upon the ing which are recognized by all to true Democratic doctrines. < )f nrse. by far the most important of <*se is taritT reform. <>u this issue,, unsatisfied that the Democracy is c to face with a great opportunity. I of the signs ?f the. times p tint to recognition, far beyond all party ics. of the henetits whicli would aeoe to the people hv a readjustment Llie tarilf. and it would he worse an tolly for the party under the ess of tiny temptation or yielding to v allurement to permit this to lie hordinated to or overshadowed by y other issue. " The present rest lessness in Itepnh ail circles on this subject, often munting to protests against Itepub.111 protect i ve the ories, should warn i' Democracy of an impending danr. 1 mean by this the possibility at our opp ments may crcwd us from r position on tliis subject, if wealv tlicm to do so by our lukcwarmss and indifference and to occupy r ground, just as we permitted em to crowd us from the ground at belonged to us on the question sound money. "I am very much pleased with the livcrau.ce of the New York Demoicy on the taritT issue, and it was and proper that the Km pi re State add sound the right note. It is my ar conviction that the l?est assurce of success for the Democracy ill e next national campaign will be md in a sincere and unremitting intenee upon its old time doctrine of fair and-beneficent tarilf adjustmt. This insistence should be from won It need hardly be said that cess will depend upon the presentaiii of tarilf doctrine not only rcrni/.ed as truly Democratic by those io may be termed veterans in the rty, but also commending itself to e hosts of the younger men of our id. Thousands of these await the port unit y to espouse a cause which ist appeal to disinterested love of intrv and which is based upon the i>iit?It11ii 1 regard <>f all our people d the safety of t he institutions unr which we live. To these young >ii no hope is otfered for the relizain of their patriotic asprtitions exit through the conscientious ennvors of the Democratic party. "I am at a loss to understand by wit process of reasoning the notion s gained a footing in certain Demoltic quarters not only that no iinrtance attaches to a Democrat ic asddancy in the next house of reprcitatives. but even that it might be vantageous to party prospects in >1 for it to continue in its present nority now. Powerful warfare ought lx> reagarded as continuous, and if s results battled for are worth hav! at all. they are worthy of our best oris at all times and under all eirmsttince. Constant vigilance and relent ing attack are essential to vicry. armies are captured by first dri.vr in tbe out posts. "I cannot believe that the bright ?-pects of the Democracy in the sent campaign are to be married byy lack of hard work ami strenuous hting." Prophesies Siiccrss. "It seems to me that a Democratic torv is in the air." said lion, plum Krundidge. member of con ss from Arkansas, Wednesday. My inion is that if will materialize in i? near future in the congressional etions. but i! not then. 1904 will be > norable as the year the Democrats ept the country. The great victory ts<?2 will surely be duplicated two us hence,if not in the present cainign. It does not require a high or r of intelligence for any one to sec u t lie count ry is^eltin>; restless cr the incqnalit ies ami exactions of r LarilT system. Strong liepuhlicau d rinks arc showing as itreal disconil at excessive taxation as if foio d I>einoeratic strongholds. The mid West protests against it and so es New Holland. 'i'lie leaven of rill reform is working all over the untry." "Make No Outcry." iiaininvt admission, as a caller, to e apartments of Mrs. Amy il. Wat11s. New York Wednesday, a man in k'ave nis name as IP nr.\ Pawsmi. tided her a statement which he^an til these words: "Make no outcry. iave a ha# of dynamite which I will op if you don't jfive me your diamds." Mrs. Wat kins did make an tcry and Pawson rushed from the use, taking his bat: and drawing a volveraslie went, lie was met at e door b> a polieenian who arrested m and found that the hajf was pty. Pawson was held for trial. HE WAS SCARED. Gc? . \V. Murray, tlin Black Kx-Congreauman, Afraid of l<yricliera. A dispatch from Sumter to The State says there was a scared ex-congressman in that section one night last week. Ueo. W. Murray, tlie black ex-eqngresaman, thought, that liis time was quickly drawing to an end. It appears that he had a fuss with a white man at Providence. No blows passed and tilings were settled in a quiet manner. Four or live young men at Halliards X-roads hearing some rumor of tlie fuss rode to Providence to hear about it. One of Murray's brothers was there and when lie saw tlie crowd | gather and start talking about tlie i row he immediately took up the idea J that it vyas a lynching alTair. He ran j four miles tfiwarn ids brother, telling hi in that a gang of w.iite men were | coming to murder him. Murray irnI mediately sent to Stiinter to the shori ill' for protection and proceeded to get a body guard. County Supervisor Seale went up there, arriving at Murray's ! house about II p. 111. Every where you i lookc,. there were armed negroes. The shadow of every Iree was the hiding place for tlletn. It, is thought that there were l.">0 women and men stand1 ing guard..., It ti'iok Mr. tte.'ile some time to persuade Murray that' there was nothing doing in the way of a lynching alTair and that the -white man with whom he had fussed was then in the city of Sumter. A very serious matter might have been precipitated by so many armed negroes j being called together, and then there might have been ample justification for Murrays fears, for he certainly i would have been handled had iTis armed mob lired on a white person. Murray may not have known it. but be was playing-with lire when he called the armed negroes to bis house to protect him. lie Wits HesponUeiit. The body of Henry Cordes, who committed "suicide Tuesday at Jacksoville, where he went in search of work,was brought to Charleston Wednesday and interred in Bethany ccracter-y,_ Corcjes was formerly in business in Charleston, having, conducted a grocery and liquor establishment*, lie failed and then went to Jacksonville, where he secured employment as a bartender, lie lost his place and became despondent, tinally committing suicide, to end bis troubles. The suicide was deliberately planned. He told his fri nds goodby, destroyed a number of old letters. at:rt packed his effects that they might easily be sent back to Charleston. After drinking a vial of carbolic acid be repaired among a circle of friends at his boarding house and cooly announced the fact ' that be had drunk the acid. : lie sat 1 down on a chair and awaited the end. | which came aliout 1"? mtnuies after he had announced the drinking of the I acid. The efforts of his friends and I later of a physician t<? save his life proved of no avail. He was 27 years ' Id lie leaves a sister here, the two having come over to this country*from ( crmaiiy a few years ago. The Hum!) I'iNtol. Mr. Perry Miteliem, a well-to-dofarmer living in the upper part of Morgan county. Ha., shot and almost instantly killed Walter I tootlr, of Madison, Ha., and Mr. Hamby, of Fairplace, at Madison Wednesday afternoon. Walter L. Main's circus was in Madison and a vi-ru lnriro crowd cr-itU. ered there a> witness the performance. It is said that many people were drunk and whiskey Mowed freely The tight in wliich Mitch can killed Rooth and Hamby, occured over a dispute about a bottle of whisky, it appears that the dispute was l>etween Mitchem and llamby. and that llooth was a disinterested party attempting to act as peace maker between the two men. Mitchcm tired five, shots from | his revolver, J,wo of which killed the two meii;ind, two of the. remaining three taking effect in. by standees. One] 'white tmui and one negro were injured'hy stray imliefs!" The shooting occurred in an nlivyiti Hie rear of the store (if Vason Rrotherk.'" Mr. Rooth leaves a wife and four children.. Mr. llaiubywasa single 'mail, Mitchcm was drunk at> tlie time the shooting occurred. I,ate'last nfglit "*by.'.stated' thai he was very sorry lie killed Mr,, 1 tootli who had nothing to do* witbj the trouble. Mitcliem is in jail. lie Sure and Vote. The day for the general election will lie Tuesday, November 4th. Let every white voter remember the day, so that lie can look up the registration certificate, in order that-*he may J go to the polls and cast his ballot as lie should. Many of our people look upon this matter as of secondary consideration. It is not only incumbent. . by; reason of tile pledge fit Jtlie^ 1 >emO* erat ic primaries to support the nomi > iici'.s. urn ii cnamcs uiir rcpresennatives in Congress to present a strong ease when a contest exists,, as is generally the case. This one tiiiog. if for no other'consideration, should . make us go to the polls on the fourtli of November and cast a ballot for the | Democratic standard bearers. It is the intention of the Republicans to nominate a congressional candidate in | each district in South'Carolina for the I sole purpose of netting up contests should the next congress tie Republican. Kvcry Democrat should vote and give our congressional candidates a : rousing majority. Too Sensitive. The mayor of the little town of St. Kmiland. in France, .has hanged him self with his scarf of otllce, leaving a note behind to state that he was driv1 en to commit suicide ?by the cares of ; | olliec and the utter impossibility of pleasing everyliody in his decisions. i BLOODY SEQUEL | B9B To a Divorce 8ait in Which the De- j? fendant Kills Three People. V ?? SLAYS HJS WIFE'S PARENTS i Then Hides Six MIIcn and Shoots His KiKliteen->loiittiH-<>ld Oautch- 'i ,i.| JH tcr. Sujrs He Is Not Snrrv. As the bloody sequel of a divorce J suit, Archie Woodin, 23 years old, is ^HSfl under Mount Pleasant.Michwith triple murder community shocked. Thursday by a bloody trairedv in Woodin's parents and the prisoner's months-old daughter, killed. Woodin was over-powered just as he turned the weapon upon liimself and had inflicteh a Around that is not expected to prove fatal. He visited the court house Thursday morning about W ^ o'clock and looked over the papers In a suit for divorce which his wife in- ^B stitutcd Oct. 10. From there lie went jH direetly to lsbel's hardware store where lie purchased a revolver. There was no interruption in his career of' pH crime from the moment his bauds let ^ ^ go of the legal papers in the court house until his victims lay dead in -? ? two farm houses six miles apart. Having secured the weapon he tirst rode his wheel to the Gulick farm, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gulick being the tirst victims. Mr. Gulick was shottwice, once above the heart and once y in the right side, and was instantly . I killed. Woodin then turned upon his , p mother-in-law, who was sitting in a rocking cliair. and shot her in the throat. She ran into the kitchen and fell upon her back. W?xxlln followed and emptied three chambers of his re- Cj volver into her breast, killing her. A J 11-year-old daughter of Gulick came m in at the sound of the first shots and J seeing tlie blood on her mother's neck f V ran to the neighbors and gave the 1 alarm. While running down the road / / 1 she heard the last tlm'e 'shots. The murderer then dasiied to tils mother's home six miles away. lie rode Ids f wheel for one mile, then tearing off ills coat and throwing it with his hi into a fende ran a mile ^^B and a half through the fields. lie H made the last four mites Oh A'burtO^ ed horse. Passinng the time of day with a group of apole pickers on his mother's farm, he entered tlie house as though notiiing unusual had hap- jM B pened, and picking up his little girl, carried her into an empty room. In a moment a shot rang out. Woodin's ^B Ivlfn U.-.C Wlco * * >.? > I'.ioct .lima 4H. V1U1ILK ailU ^ they were married March 23, 1900. 1 AVoodin was a soldier in the Cuban war. At the jail he refuses to talk except to express regret that he failed pu kill himself. lie was laboring under the impression that ids wife's parents had caused the divorce proceedings, though his wife's bill of complaint charged personal violence. Sale of Ticket Bxtended. 1 The Columbia State says on Friday morning an announcement was made that will be pleasing to hundreds of people all over South Carolina who i contemplate going to the fair. Heretofore the railroads have only had tickets on sale at stations on certain days of fair week and not running through Friday. In view of the fact that it is the purpose to make Friday one of the biggest days this year, and Friday night the most eventful night by far. a joint committee from the Klks and the City Fair association recently took this matter of the offering for sale of t'ekets up with the Railroad people. Friday morning the committee was notified that the roads had determined this year to offer the | cheap tickets for sale at all stations on the Saturday liefore the fair and .wijl continue them on sale through Friday of fair week. This will enable i many to come here to spend the Sunday before the fair, and others who van omy come ior one uav will be In a position not to miss the great carnival parade, coming in if they desire on 1'riday cvenihg in time for the night's festivities and returning Saturday. Death ol' a Convict. Lonnie Huntley, white, a convict on the Anderson county chain gang died Wednesday afternoon from n stroke of appoplcxy at the convict | camp near the city limits. He had 1 apparently been in the l>est of health ; ever since he had In-en on the chaingang, and on Sunday was as well as I usual. During the afternoon one of t he guards told him to attend to some duty about the camp. He started to I obey and went walking otf, when he ! suddenly fell backward. Hy the time | those who saw him could reach his side he was dying. He expired in a few minutes, and did not speak after he fell. Two Negroes Arrested. Thursday morning Sheriff Scranton of Henderson county, N. C., armed j with requisition papers, carried to lloudersonville from Spartanburg, Dock Jones and Charles Foster, lx?th colored. These negroes, while working In a hotel, stole a ladles valuable gold watch and chain. They returned to this city after the resort closed for the season. Spartanburg l>eing their home. l>cputy Sheriff White worked up the case on the pair, and secured several diamonds and an emerald, which adorned one of the cases of the ; stolen watch. 1