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VOL. V. NO. fi. CAMDEN, S. Cm THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1908. ? ? rn~ tut v Sl.SOPer Year ROUPS TO COMPLY vAgree to Adopt the Nine-Hoar System Without Delay CLAIM IT WILL WORK BADLY INv Ordar of Affairs WOI MMa th? Employment of Thouaanda of Ad * ditlonal Operators, Um OMni of Im 7 argi Number of Small Stations, and General Inconvenlenoe to the Traveling and Shipping Public. Washington, Special. ? American railways hav? made arrangements to comply with the provisions of the "nine-hour law." Tho operation of ? w will mean the employment by railroad companies of several thousand additional operators and < th? clos,n? of a large number of small stations on the 4th of March. The discontinuance of railway ser vice at many points, it is realised, will induce at least temporary incon venience to the traveling and ship ping public, but, in order to reduce > 0perating expenses which now seems necessary, the operating officials of the railways believe that this is the only way they possible can meet the situation with which they are con fronted. Astonishing Statements. During the hearing of applications for an extension of the nine-hour law y the inter-State commerce commis were mlT . M^niahin? statements of iLZrt * y ?, ?PeratinK officials > ,;?' P ?ilways. A good many lines, owing to a reduction in their ? rd t0, their inability to command the cash necessary to meei their pay rolls, have been forced dunng the past four months, almost to the point of asking for receivers. 0pi.mo" of railway officials ex pressed at the hearing under oath and in private conversation this con > i',]0? ^ "?k 8eem to hav? been law. U** fuforCOment of legislative laws or to the incapacity of railwav M?8t of the railroad ?ttnbute the difficulty to the Sifi banki?s: situation which developed last September. The rail ways did not feel the stringency in money until about the 1st of Novem ber. In fact, the month of October was one of the best in the history 0? the business of American railroading. One railway official ventured the tatement that in the country to-day there were 300 000 idle freight cars, and one line which he instanced was declared to be hauling empty cars backward and forward because it had not yard room or sidings to ac commodate them. Note of Confidence. Not a single official of a single railway hne who appeared before the JSWa^' expressed the Belief that the present industrial de pression would be lasting. I? the testimony of nearly every witness be rore the commision there was a note or confidence because all of them practically believed that the string tho money mnrket from which the country lias suffered is not due to fundamental causes. Tliev point out that the crops last year were good; that prices were excel lent; that industrial enterprises throughout the country were flour ishing. It was merely the inability to command ready cash and the hoarding of money by panic-stricken individuals which produced so sud denly the remarknble depression from which all have suffered. They practically uniformly express confl ict thAt the retnrn ot prosperity will be almost as sudden as was the eoming of adversity and in their ar guments as to the enforcement of the nine-hour law they pointed out to the commission that such a return of prosperity might seriously embarrass them in complying with tho law, be couse it would render it difficult to command the services of competent operators in sufficient numbers to Sons needH of prosperous condi Falls Through Trestle and .is Drown ed. Gsffney, 8. 0., Special. ? Coroner Vinsett was notified that a negro had been drowned Saturday night in TJuf falo creek, about four miles north of Gaffney. Accompanied by Dr. ,T. N. Nesbitt, the county physician, he re paired to the scene ami learned that while two drunken negroes were crossing the trestle over Ruffalo creek (a large and deep stream) one of them fell through. Prominent Alabama Railroad Man Dead. ( Selma, Ala., Special. ? Andrew J. Kiel, 70 years old, died at bis resi debtofe in Sebna- Mr. ^iel bat been aaaociatcd with the Sort thorn Railway and ita predecessors 36 years. He wss the father of Edward A. Niel, of Buffalo, N. Y., traffic manager of the MM* A Baaquebanne Railroad. fIRE WRECKS TAMPA Seviitat Conflagration in the Ql/s History EIGHTEEN BLOCKS BURNED OUT Thin Hundred and Eight BuOdinst Destroyed, Embracing Fir* Oi|tr Factories, With a Total Lom Esti mated at $600,000. Tampa, Fla., Special.? The entire extreme northeastren section of the city proper was destroyed by fire, which raged until interrupted from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sunday. The area burned covered 55 seres or eighteen and one-hslf city blocks snd three hundred and eight buildings were de stroyed, with a totsl loss estimated at $600,000. The burned section included four large and one smsller cigar factories, numerous restaurants, saloons, board ing houses and over 200 dwellings oc cupied by cigarmakers. The fac tories burned were, M. Stachelberg & Co., loss $100,000; M. Peres & Co., 'oss $50,000; Gonzales, Fisher ft Co., branch of Stachelberg, loss $40,000; Fernandez & Bro., loss $20,000. Cigar Factories Suffer. All factories carried large stocks of tobacco and cigars. The area swept by fire embraced all that por tion of the city between 12th and Michigan avenues and Sixteenth and Twentieth Streets. It originated in the boarding house of Antonio Diaz, 174 Twelfth avenue, and fanned by a strong wind, spread out, fan-shaped, defying the efforts of the entire city fire department which was crippled by very weak water pressure, owing to the smallness of the mains in that section. Occupants of over two hundred dwelling houses, thrown in to a panic, rushed out, attempting to save but little of their belongings. One fatality is reported, a Cuban wo man in a delicate condition, who dropped dead from the shock, her body being rescued from the burning house with difficulty. In the big factories it was possible only to save the most valuable of records, books, etc., and the valuable stocks of leaf tobacco and manufactured cigars, ready for shipment, were left to the mercy of the flakes. Fire Chief Overcome. Fire Chief Savage was overcome by heat and smoke early in the fire, but recovered later. Citizens volunteered assistance to the hard working fire men, but the spread of the flames was so rapid that little effectual work could be done. Among the buildings, other than factories destroyed, were the hotels and cafes of Perez and Castro and Maximo Caras, six saloons, 12 restau rants and 10 boarding houses. The car barns of the Tampa Electric Com pany, containing 20 cars, were en dangered, and owing to the destruc tion of trolly wires cars could not be moved. The big Seirenber^ branch factory of the Havanna-Amer ican Cigar Company was alao reached by the flames, but was saved and St. .Joseph's Catholic Convent and Acad emy barely escnped. The Arc finally burned itself out at the extreme northeastern corner of the city. Fully half the people rendered homeless were out of work, owing to the dull season in the factories, and also practically out of funds and their shelter became an immediate problem. Prominent West Virginian Dead. Morganton, W. Va., Speoial. ? Dr. Eli Marsh Tuckcr, formerly president of West Virginia University, died suddenly Sunday of appoplexy. He had apparently been in the best of health and last evening consented to take the nomination for mayor on the Citizens party ticket. Chinese to Surrender Japanese Steamer. Pekin, By ('able. ? It is announced the Chinese government will surren der the Japanese steamer Tntsu Maru, which was seized on February 7th by the Chinese customs cruiser outsido of Maeao while unloading a large consignment of rifles and am munition, the rifles numbering several thousand. It was originally charged that an attempt was being made to bring war supplies into China for revolutionists. News in Briof. Two bombs wero thrown ai the Shah of Persia, one kilUpg three out riders, but the Shsh escaped. A bomb was throFn at the carriage of President AJcbrts, of at Buenos Ayivs, but failed to ex plode. The Women's Enfranchisement bill passed its first reading in the House of Commons and was then shelved for the rest of the session. THREE ARE ARRESTED la Connection With Fraud* In the Patent Offkc ONE HIGH OFFICIAL IMPLICATED Amati of Third AniaUat Examiner Barton, Hoary W. Brerdlng, a Pat ent AMonqr and, John A. EeaAj, aa Hffwtor, Bring to Light a Scandal in tfco Patent Office. Wsahington, 8pe?iaL? Three ar rests here Thursday bronijit to light ? scandal u the patent office which has been under investigation since early in February, and which re volves around an invention valued at more than $5,000,000. The parties ar rested are Ned W. Barton, third as sistant examiner of the patent of fice, Henry W. Everding, a patent at torney of Philadpehia, and John A. Heany, an inventor of York, Pa. They had been indicted by the Unit ed States grand jury for conspiracy to defraud the government and for destroying public records. Heany 's Leads to Arrest. The indictment charges that the three men, "with an intent to steal snd destroy, ' ' carried away from the patent office certain letters, specifi cations and amendments relating to patents and unlawfully and wilfully destroyed them. The investigation was made upon information that as a result of a conspiracy John A. Heany had been given a patent on an invention for manufacturing filaments and electrodes for electric incandescent lamps. The facts disclosed by the investi gation were of such a character thai they were presented to the grand jury. It is alleged that through connivance with New W. Barton, Heany and Barton outrivaled more than 20 of the largest electrical con cerns in the country, striving to gel the same patent. All of these con cerns had filed applications for a patent, but from time to time, Bar ton, it is charged, would see the specifications and employ whatever he desired for perfecting Heany 's invention. To be successful in this plan it was necessary to destroy cer tain records, and file substitutes therefor. Nabbed in Ckmrt House. Secretary Garfield, after a confer ence with Commissioner Moore, call ed upon District Attorney Baker last Friday and the latter immediately presented tho case to the grand jury. Subpoenas were issued Monday, di recting Barton, Heany and Everding to appear before the grand jury, and ?at 3:50 Thursday afternoon the in dictments were returned before Jus tice Stafford in criminal court, and bench warrants were at once issued for the arrest of the accused men. Under some pretext the three men had been kept in the court house and Deputy Marshals Stutler, Hawkins and Reid served the warrants im mediately. Assistant District At torney Jesse A. Adkins and Hugh Taggart, who have worked up tho case for the government, consulted Justice Stafford who fixed bail for the defendants at $10,000. Later they were still making efforts to pro cure bondsmen. The accused men said they cared to make no statement other than the fact of their innocence would be proven. Freshet Closes Mills in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Pa., Specinl. ? More than six thousand mill employes are out of work and every mill along the Schuylkill river at Manayuk and Schynlkill Falls, is closed as the re sult of a freshet in the river. Fami lies occupying cot I ages alone the riv er have also hrcn forced to flee. The money loss is heavy. Captain Brotherton Dead. Atlantn, Oa., Special. ? Captain William H. Brotherton, a Confeder ate veteran and a Jender for many years in tlie political and business life of Atlanta, died at hi* home lierr Thursday night. Captain Brotherton was born near Benton. Term., 00 years ago. At the outbreak of the civil war he entered into the scrvie< as second lieutenant of the Thirty ninth Georgia Ro?iment and was Int er promoted to the rank of Captain Since the war h* has made his hoint in this city. By Wire and Cable. The British pony and navy esti mates show an increase of $3.000.00f over laat year. Thousands of sightseers visited th? American warships at Callao. The new Educatioual bill was in troduced in the Houae of Common*. Southern Railway employes had ar unfruitful conference with officials over Mis threatened wage reduction. BRADLEY IS HMD Kentucky Chooses Republican United Status *knBtor mm DEMOCRATS FOR HIM Republicans Tofei Solidly For Brad* ley aid With tk? Aesltaaos of Four Denocrata Baoossd In Load lac the Former Governor la th? fleuatofhlp, With Oaly Four Votes to toe Good. Frankfort, Ky., Special. ? Amid imdm of wildest excitement, former Governor William O 'Conn ell Brad ley, Republican, was elected United States Senstor to succeed James B. McCreary. Bradley's term of six years will begin Marcb 4th, 1909. He received 64 votes, four of which were cast by Democrats opposed to for mer Governor Beckham, leading Democratic candidate for senator, who wss endorsed for the office at the Stste primary. The four Democrats were surround ed by party friends and urged to withdraw their support from Bradley and re-elect Senator James McCreary or any Democrat they might name but the four men declared that the proposal came too late. The Demo cratic leaders even promised a caucus to selcct a candidate, to which the name of Beckham would not bo pre* sented. V " , The ballot as recast resulted as follows : Bradley 64; Beckham 15; James 15; McCreary 10; Mayo 5; Allen 2; Ellison 1; Stanley 1; Blackburn 1; Cantrell 1; Ellis 1; Camrnaek 1; Sullivan 1; McElroy 1; Hunt 1. In a speech accepting his election Bradley promised to use every effort as senator to procure the repeal of the 6-cent tax on tobacco. Representative Lillard was the only oue of the four Democrats to explain his vote for Bradley. He said he thonght the time had come to 'throw off party shackles and to break up the machine/' and, although he did support the Democratic ticket for 40 years, he believed his vote for Brad ley "was the btst Democratic vote he ever cast." The Republicans voted solidly for Bradley, the caucus nominee. It had been held from the beginning of the contest (over six weeks ago) that a majority of a quorum was sufficient for an election, anil with 126 mem bers present it reuired 64 votes to elect. The votes of the four Demo crats who have steadily refused to vote for former Governor Beckham were transfered to Bradley from the various Democratic opponents of Beckham. Winner by Four Votes. Bradley received 64 votes to 60 for Beckhaml 1 for Allen and 1 for Blackburn. The Democrats left the hal in an attempt to break the vote, but later returned and tho vote was ordered ratified. Senators McNutt and Chariton and Representative Meullcr, of Louis ville, and Representative Lillard, of Boyle, were the Democrats who voted with the Republicans for Bradley. A scene of the wildest excitement prevailed before the result was an nounced, the Democrats demanding a recapitulation. Beckham came on the floor and reelased the Democrats from their primary nomination pledge. Many Democrats sought to change their votes the majority going to Congressman James. Many Hurt in Wreck in Texp*. Laredo, Tex., Special. ? Four per sons were seriously injured and 2f? others hurt early Tuesday when Charles G. Gates' Mexican tourinp train was ditched 12 miles north of here. Most of tho passengers were from Toledo. O., and the middle West The wreck was caused by the engine's axle breaking. Nine coaches of the train were ditched. Big Bank Consolidation. Chicago, Special. ? Tho announce ment made of the practicnl comple tion of arrangements for the consoli dation of the American Trust and Savings Bank and tho Hibernian Banking Association, with a deposit account of forty-three millions and a capital of four millions five hun dred thousand startled financial cir cles here. Negotiations were taken up last fall, but were interrupted by tho panic. Bomb Thrown at the Shah. Washington, Special. ? A cable dis patch received here from Tehoren by the Stqj?e Department states that an attompt to assassinate Shah. of Persia was made, but hit lpaicstv escaped. A bomb wa? thrown at the roval carriage and killed several per sons, but the Shah entirely escaped injury. The cablegram does not con tain minute details. MIUTARYJNSPECTIONS Went. CHIhIi ud OoL Brack Begin TMr S*ud of the State on March M Ctlniillii) SpeesaL ? The unoal in ?peetion of th? militia of th? State will begin on Mareh 3rd and rrerj company will be raited. The in apeeiloa ter tin war department will be- matte by Lieut. Charles H. Oebaniee, Jr., the United States army ofteer who hae been etationed hero, and the inspeetione for the State will bo made by Cot W. T. Brock, the as sistant adjutant general. The follow ing are the datee fixed for eash regi ment and company: Snmpter, Mareh 3? Headquarters Third battalion, Second Lnfrantry jj Company L, Seeond Infantry. Timmonsville, Mareh 4 ? Company I, Second infantry. Florence, Mareh ft-? Company H. Second tafantry. Darlington, Mareh 0 ? Company K, Seeond infantry. Hartsrille, Mareh 9 ? Company Q, Seeond infantry. Conwajr, Mareh 10 ? Company H. Third iarantry. Georgetown, March 11 ? Head quarters Third infantry; head quarters Second battalion. Third infantry: Company F, Third infantry. Water De ro, Mareh 13 ? Company K; Third infantry. Charleeton, March 14, 16 17 and 18 ?? Headquarters F^rst battalion, Third infantry; hospital corps do tachment; Companies A, B, C and D, Third infantry. Bamberg, March 19 ? Company I, Third infantry. Barnwell, Mareh 20 ? Company E, Third infantry. Oranfreburg, March 21 ? Head quarters Second battalion, Second in fantry; Company L, Third infantry. Eloree, M*\r?h 23 ? Company O, Third infantry. Bcnnettsvilie, March 24 ? Com pany E, Second infantry. Cheraw, March 25 ? Company P, First infantry. Camden, March 26 ? Hospital corns detachmcnt, Second infantry; Com pany A, Second infantry. New Brookland, March 27 ? Com ! pany H, Second infantry. Columbia, March 28-30 ? Head quarters National Guard; headquar ters First brigrade; headquarters Seooud infantry; headquarters First battalion, Second infantry; Com panies B, C and D, Second infantry. Edgefield, April 1 ? Company F, Second infantry. Laurens, April 3 ? Company D, First infantry. Anderson, April 4 ? Company F, First infantry; band First infantry. Greenville, April 7 ? Headquarters First battalion, First infantry; Com pany A, First infantry. Spartanburg, April S ? Company) I, FHrst infantry. Union, April 9 ? Company M, First infantry. Clifton, April ? 10. ? Company C, First infantry. Yorkville, April 11-13 ? Headquar ters First infantry; headquarters Second battalion, First infantry; hospital corps dctachment, First in fantry ; Company L, First infantry . Fort Mill, April 14 ? Company K, First infantry. Rock Hill, April 15 ? Company II, First infantry. Liberty Hill, April 16 ? Head quarters Third battalion. First in fantry; Company B, First infantry. Corn well, April 17 ? Company G, First infantry. Winnsboro, April 20 ? Unassigned company of infanrv. Order to Militia. The adjutant general has issued an irder for the instruction of the mem bers of various companies as follows: "All officers of the general staff and i of the several staff departments, non commissioned staff officers and mem hers of the hospital coi|>s will be pres ent in uniform and under arms at the time ar.d place fixed for the inspec tion of the troops at the station near est to their places of residence, and will report in person to the inspecting officers. "The inspection will l?c followed by a muster. Commanding officers will prepare duplicate muster roll in ad vance. "The troops will be paraded in ser vice uniform, unles ?; otherwise* spes ially authorized, and company com manders will personally inspect their commands prior to the hour appoint ed, to satisfy themselves tbat aJl tbr men are properly uniformed, that the clothing is dean, buttons in place, shoes polished, tbat (lie men ur? shaved and present a neat appear ance in every particular, wearing white uniform gloves'. "All rilles, :ncluding those held in reservs, u well as those in the band* of the men. should be in perfect order ?nd free from rust. The armories should be in eenditipn to pass inspec tion for cleanliness, as should all lock ers and packing boxes. Clothing and equipment not issued should be neatly folded and placed conveniently for in spection. All stores of any character, ' Sieved to be unserviceable, should be seperated from live serviceable pro perty and laid out for inspection. In ventories of the unserviceable stores should be prepared and presented to the inspectors. Company record books, flies of orders, retained copies of re ports and returns, and all company books that are required to be kept, will be arranged conveniently to b? submitted for inspection. "Commanding officers will at once take steps to bring their command' up to the highest possible degree o| efficiency and discipline. All enlisted men should at once be notified of the time fixed for tbe inspection of th? commands to which they belong, and should be cautioned as to the neces sary preparations." Salvation Army Brings 800 Immi grants Over. Halifax, N. S., Special. ? The Do minican liner Kensington, the first of a series of five, steamers chartered by the Salvation Army to carry im migrants from liivi .-pool to Halifax, arrived here, bearing the army Hag at her fore. She had SOO persons who are bound to points in the Cana dian Northwest. Four other steamers will follow this month. Giver. Birth t0 rive. Steubcnsville. (>.. Special. ? Five perfect ly-fornnd children were horn here Friday to Mr. and Mrs. (ieorgc Campbell. Three ? i' the hahics died within an hour after their birth. One hoy nnd one giii will live, it is said. Tl-jce of tie cliiidivn were hoys. Mis. Campbell v riirhs less than 100 pounds. The co-idiined weigh! of the infants was punndv. I * i i > r ieians declare the c I ? l:e oi:e of the most remarkable it> t !i *? profession. Remarks thr* St. Paul Pioneer I\res<<: Th?> only sensible thing for a victim of even a slight attack of Influenza to <lo Is to go home an?l go to hod Immediately and then send for a doctor to attend to the matter of treatment. This will prove the cheapest and the course to pur sue. i "Big Offer To A/i Our Subscriber *r The Great AMERICAN FARMER Indianapolis, Ind. Thi Leading Agricultural Journal off the Nation, Edited by an Able Corps of Writers. 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