The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, September 03, 1902, Image 2

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Heyward Leads Gover The Vote Was Fairly Hea plete Up to the Hour of Subjoined Figures are / Returns from the Tuesday primary up to Wednesday midnight, and nearly t complete, indicate that in the Senato rial-race Latimer leads, with Evans a close second. In the race for oGveruor, Hayward has a good lead with Ancel or Tolbert in the second place. A practically official count, up to 4 a. m. Thursday gives the following *totals: Ansel, 15,381; Heyward, 34 921; Tolbert, 13.813; Tillman, 13,724; Timmerman, 4,787. Nearly complete returns in Senator ial race up to 4 a. m. Thursday give Elliott 10,396, Evars, 14.714; Hemphill, 11.523; Henderson, 11,291; Johnstone, 11.365; Latimer, 19,244. The vote for Attorney General and Comptroller General shows a total as follows: Gunter, 37.539; Stevenson, 33,807; Brocker, 13,528; Jones, 19,222; Sharpe, 15,295; Walker, 22,466. THE VOTE FOI Abbeville (15 out 23) ..... ...... ... Aiken ......................... Anderson ....... ...... .- -......... banibrg .. ......... ...... ...... B arnwell ...... .... ..... ...... .. Beaufort ...... ......... ........ -- Eerkeley ....... .... .... ........ Charleston ...... ... ...... ...... - Cheroiee ........ .... .... ....... Chester ...... ....... ...--- ........ Chesterfield ..... ..... ...... .... . Cla-endon ...... ..... ...... .... . Collcton ...... ..... ... ...... ... Darlington..................... Dorcester ........ .............. - -Edgefield ......... ....--.. ------ Fairfld ...... ..... ......------. Florence ...... ....... ........ Georgetown ...... .....----. Greenville ...... ..... ..-...-------1 - Greenwood ...... ..... ...-.------.. Hamptozr".... .... .. ... ..------. Kerry .......... ...... .... LKersawr..:... ... .. .......... ~~Lancaster...... .... ...... ..--. Laurens ...... .... ... ...... ..-... Lae.... .... ..... .......-.-----. Lexington .... .......... .....--. Marion ..... ..... .... .... ... Marlsboro .... ......... ...-.---.--. Newberry .... .... .... ..........-.. Oconee...... .... .... ....-.--.--.. Orangebourg ...... ...... .... ... Pickens ...... .. ... ..... ...-.----1 Richland ...... .... .... .... Saluda .... .... ......... ....---. Sumter ...... ........ ...s..... . Spartanburg ................ Union .... .......... .......----. Williamsburg ...... .. ......... Yore ...... .... ..... .....---------. THE VOTE U Elliot1 Abbeville (15 of 2Z) .............47 Aiken (21.boxes) ................ 15 Anderson (half) ................ 156 Bamlierg (all but 4) ............. 208 Barnwell (10 boxes) .............236 Beaufort (3 boxes) ..............156 Berkley (6 boxes............... 93 -Charleston (19........ .........1747 Cherokee (6 out 24) ............. 106 Chester (completP)............. 16 Chesterfield (6 out 21) ........... 36 Clarendon (15 out 25-)........... 97 Colleton ...................... Darlington (9 boxes) ...........306 Dorcester (6 out 15) .............82 Edgefield (4 boxes).............. 18 Fairfield (16 of 22).............. 95 Florenec (7 boxes).............. 49 Georgetown (5 boxes) ...........233 Greenville (11 boxes) ...........233 Greenwood (15 out 20)............2 Hampton (5)................... 201 *Horry (3 out 23) ...............144 Kershaw (5) .................... 54 Lancaster (6).................. 116 Laurens (3) ................... 146 Lee '(9)......................- 59 Lexington (9).................. 149 Marion (11 of 29) ............... 321 Marlboro (6) ...... ............. 79 Newberry (all but 5) ............ 23 -Oconee (11 boxes)............... 54 Orangeburg (about half) ........203 Plckens (5 boxes)............... 17 Richland (all but 5) ............682 * Saluda (13 out of 27) ............ 17 Sumter (11 boxes) ............... 215 Spartanburg (32 out 64-).........260 Union (9 boxes) ................. 51 Williamsburg (Kingstree) ........ 95 York (16 *>oxes) ................. 86 * Six Negroes Killed. Van Buren, Ark., Specal.-Slx negro laborers are known to be dead and oth- p rsare misster in a wreck of a work( * Eraiw west of here-Ia Indian Terirtory t The train left here In the morning to q distribute new steel along the Kans 'I ' & Arkansas Valley division of the , road. Near Illinois station the engine ~ left the track and was overturned with s6 everal cars et steel ras. Many of he t ead crushed to death. in the Race For nor. )FOR T LA vy and Returns Incom Going to Press. But the Lpproximately Correct. It is impossible to say exectly hovi he other races stand, though Guntei eems certainly nominated for attor ey general. The election was not characterzci y disorder at any point in the Stat o far as known. In the congressional races the vtes eported are as follows: First District-Bacot, 1,475, Legari ,S03. Second-Bellinger 2,211, Croft 2,350 7hurmond 1,887. Third-Aiken 1,879, Graydon SOS, Mc alla 990, Prince 647, Rucker 275, Smit: ,425, Stribling 1,624. Four th-Johnston 5,199, Wilson 2, 11. Fifth-Finley 3,389, Floyd 379, Strai 85, Wilson 721. Sevcnth-Lever 2,350, McLaughlir 71. t GOVERNOR. Hey Tal. Till- Timmer nsel. ward. bert. map. man. 3;00 286 359 289 42 21 283 711 334 271 389 366 133- 167 155 is 576 336 60 6 6 346 586 50 9 2 332 5 20 2 0 291 85 23 7 99 2009 87 368 5 .19 282 45 69 27 86 784 210 354 142 53 256 306 281 54 49 488 233 166 46 11 910 0 68 0 33 947 83 333 45 11 390 43 102 14 13 107 205 113 143 44 388 174 303 56 17 303 245 139 48 15 390 28 15 54 93 202 75 250 24 832 266 483 147 151 2 367 162 57 4 6 243 137 36 14 42 311 70 129 57 85 660 260 126 25 76 545 484 397 82 23 216 33 368 50 15 262 216 175 651 41 678 741 208 236 00 629 114 154 49 85 726 161 436 227 56 135 42 106 19 33 1347 350 253 63 57 93 52 69 67 51 970 313 863 114 20 69 288 169 260 iS 765 44 193 32 26 1752 287 726 -67 91 660 561 555 89 1 125 44 0 6 ~17 896 742 680 58 .S. SENATOR. Hemp- Hen- John- Lat .Evans. hill. derson stone timer. 121 218 151 491 693 366 41 1282 65 137 138 116 155 379 1899 73 57 402 103 143 250 12 418 61 67 49 8 112 30 2 25 30 88 141 79 369 136 511 174 70 109 183 16 15 121 129 1085 32 125 347 149 254 30 32 423 81 125 146 168 373 217 321 73 284 161 81 10 208 115 45 160 53 129 160 61 173 265 32 186 174 181 164 75 142 169 260 2 58 6 . 9 299 331 75 273 467 52 21 242 736 597 125 4 50 148 19 40 21 19 37 177 48 269 20 33 71 60 546 72 137 126 304 150 161 740 563 217 291 105 79 131 154 279 242 154 364 368 236 316 236 476 67 139 50 186 449 53 39 35 1052 661 95 81 145 312 567 405 590 617 105 112 300 68 47 213 748 427 409 290 441 82 143 13 140 165 357 86 149 325 189 87 1685 416 228 314 726 516 249 448 278 341 15 9 2 56 7 570 949 398 147 435 A Bad Earthquake. Washington, Special-The War De artment received a cablegrama from~ beneal Chuffee, at Manila, reportin8 ae occurrence of a seious earth nake on the island of Mlndanao. 'wenty persons were killed by falling rals, the riettms all being Moros. The smericang Ia the vicipity escaped and ie dispatch sacs there was no reports at any of the sldis occupying thai SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Virginia Banks. M. A. Kendall, West Virginia's State ommissioner of banking, has issued a bulletin showing the condition of all the St ite banks of the State at the :Icse of busincss on July I6, 1302. This list does not include the national banks wvhich report their coudition on call to the .comptroller of the treasury. For this reason the totals given by Cim missioner Kerdall do not represent the entire buaning intercst of the State, national banls being strong not *.li in Whecling, but also in Parl-er&nuI HunUtington, Charleston, Clari:sbur Fairmont, Grafton, Ma:rinsburg, E. kins and several other commercial een ters L- the St-:t. The 112 bans z porting have total resou:'cEs of $40.4t5. 163; loans and discounts, $25,39,651; deposits $31,017,2G7; surplus and 'ndi vided profits. $2.753,367. There ar( nine bank-s in the State-State bank only-outside of those in Wheeling having dep6sits of $500,G00 or more. Industrial Miscellany. A steamer 275 feet long recently pur chased by the Texas Oil & Transit Co is now being converted at Philadelphit into a modern tank steamer with s capacity of 20,000 barrels of oil. Whei completcd the boat will be plated it service between Port Arthur and N'.i Orleans to aid the company to fill larg contracts for Texas oil at many poinit. on the Mississippi river. The company3 already operates a tug with five barge carrying 80,000 barrels of oil a month The values of mineral products o: British Columbia to close of 1901 were: Gold, St0,716,006; - silver, $16,534,554; lead, $9.622,G89; copper, $0.809,54G: other metals, $51,878; coal and coke $54.157..15, and building stone, bricks etc., $2,350,000, a total of $172,241.9SS Of this, $20,086,780 represent the pro ducts of the mines during 1901, an in crease over 1900 of $3,742,029. A Chattanooga dispatch reports tha the Southern Cottonseed Crushers' As surance Association is being organize( to insure cotton-oil property agains fire; capital $200,000, surplus $100,00, The Farmers and Merchants' Ban! at Snydcr, Okla., has been incorporat ed, with $5,000 capital. The incorpora tors are Clark and Ella V. Seton, C. P Risdon, M. Burke and Ed. Hartman o Perry. The Citizens' State Bank of Chy enne, Okla., has been incorporated with $10,000 capital. The incorporatori tre J. A. Mays, C. M. Rossen and J. N Cook of Elk City, G. F. Turner, L. L Collins and J. H. Kendall of Chey enne. L. S. Covington of Rockingham aw others propose to establish a new bani at Monroe, N. C. Among those interest ed are W. S. Lee, J. E. Stack, D. A Houston, F. B. Ashcraft, E. C. Wii chester, W. A. Lane and J. D. MoRae The Citizens' National Bank of Jack~ sonville, Texas, has been approved b the comptroller of the currency; capi tal $50,000. The incorporatog *re 'W TP. Devereau, Jacksonville; C. 1F Moore, W. H. Sory, J. P. Goddson, F~ A. Fuller. The South Georgia Building & In vestment Co. has filed application fo a charter at Fitzgerald, Ga. L. Ken nedy is attorney for the petitioniers. The Citizens' Bank of Custer City Okla., capital $5,000, has been incorpo rated by J. W. Walter, L. G. West ani Frank Merrell of Weatherford. The State Bank of McHenry, Miss. has been incorporated, -with $15.001 capital. The incorporators are J. P Carter, W. M. Connor, F. W. Foote, E Bauer, J. F. Bennett, Jr. The City National Bank of Normal Okia., capital $2-5.000, has been approv ed. The incorporators are D. E Wynne, John G. Lindsay, S. E. Price John Weighton and Z. T. Kerby. The First National Bank of Gunter Texas, capital $30,000, has been approv ed. The incorporators are John Hardie H. C. Sperry, C. B. Hol1k, E. E. Rich ardson and Jacob Houssinger. The Kingwood National Bank o Kingwcod. W. Va., has oranized b; electing officers as follows: President Ire E. Robinson; vice-president, Jame W. Flynn; cashier, S. H. White. R. P. Rentz of Swainsboro, Ga., prlo poses to open a new bank at DubliD Ga.. with $50.000 capital. It is under stood that George Rentz of Swainsbor< and J. D. Smith of Dublin are also in terosted, and application will be mad for a charter immediately. The Arkansas Mutual Fire Insurane Co., of Little Rock, Ark., has filed ar ticles of incorporation. The officers ar Frank Carl, president; Dan W. Jones vice president- and attorney; C. S. CZol lins, secretary; Ben W. Green, tress urer; W. A. Worthington. The Atlanta Trust & Banking Co has organized at Wilmington, N. C, by the election of offic:ers as follows President, Matt J. Heyer; cashi Mitchell F. Allen; directors, A. E Lynch, D. Mc~achern, L. B. Rogers, E H. 3. Ahrens, 3. G. L. Gleschen. R. F Bellamy, I. M. Bear, B. Solomon, Mat J. Heyer, John H. Kuch and C. 'V Yates. The Dublin Cotton Oil Mill of Dub lin, Ga., Is now under the managemen of Mr. W. Bd$1er of Wrightsville. Mr Butler fills the vacancy made by tha death of Mr. B. Aycock. The People's Bank of Walhalla. Ala. has been chartered with $40,000 capital The incorporators are W. A. Strothe and F. S. Hollman. The Homestead Oil Co. of Granite Okla., has been chartered, with a capi tal stock of $1,000,000. The incorpora tors are J1 .H. Greene of Dubuque Iowa; I. P. Elmer and H. D. Badgie: of Chicago, and T. J. Milnar of Granite Mr. F. K. Borden, district manage: of the Southern Cotton Oil Co., whic) is now evecting a large plant in Fay etteville, N. C., reports goor progree; being made upon the erection of the plant. The plant when in operatloi will be among the beet equipped in thb Soth. IT IS ACTIVE AGAIN. Mount Pelee Violently Eruptive Once More PEOPLE THl02OUGILY FRIGHTENED, The News from Neightzring Islands Is to the Effect That Rumbling Noises and Detonations are Heard in the Direc!ion of Martinique, While Showers of Ashes Continue to Descend. Pointc-A-P'ic:e, Island of Guadalupe, By Cable.-This entire port has been covered with a cloud of fine dust since 5 o'clock SunCay mcrning and the pop ulace is panic-s:tricken. Fine ashes are falling continually in a slight drizzle. Semi-darkness is over the sea and the ships in the harbor seem to be envelopi1 ed in a cloud of smoke. Advices from Bassse Terry assert that cince day break today the entire island has been covered with a cloud of dust coming from the southeast, the direction of the island of Martinque. The population of Basse Terry is greatly alarmed. INDICATIONS OF VOLCANIC AC-: TIVITY. Roseau, Ronmancia, B. W. I., By Cable.-A thifck mist has enveloped Roseau and its neighborhood and dust is falling. St. John, Antigua, B. W. I.-Many very loud detonations were heard here from 9 o'clock to midnight. Basse Terry, St. Kitts, B. W.-A se ries of loud reports was heard here last night from 7 until 9 o'clock. A severe eruption of Mont Pelee, Martinque, was reported to have oc -curred at noon, August 21. This report was brought to Castries, Island of St. Lucia, by officers of the French steam ship Dahome. This eruption was fol lowed by total darkness for five miles away from the volcano. A dispatch received'from St. Thomas. D. W. I.. August 26, said that between 10 o'clock in the morning and 3 p. m., August 25, clouds of dust were seen In the direction of Monte Pelee, island of Dominica. Detonations were heard and there wero light showers of volcanic dust on the island. The following mes sage was received from Dominica: "Since 2 p. m. today (Tuesday) pro-I 'longed rumbling noises in quick suc cession have been heard from the southward. There is every indication that Monte Pelee is In violent erup tion." A dispatch from Paris, dated August 28, said the latest' dispatches received at the Ministry of the Colonies from Fort-de-France, island of Martinique, dated August 25. -They made no men tion of the reported eruption of Monte Pelee. The Paris dispatch said also that the cables to Martinique both north and south continued to be Interrupted Efforts made to communicate by cable direct with the island of Matinique have proved unsuccessful. Telegraphic communication with that Island ,from New York Is still interrupted. Reseau. Domincia, B. W. I.; By Cable. -The thick mist which enveloped Roseau Sunday, was taken, as it ap proached. for a rain storm. The dust is still falling, although, lightly, but during the night the quantity of dust which fell here was greater than upon any previous occasion since .the first eruption of Mont Pelen. At night Ifall a dark cone-shaped cloud emitting electric flashes rose In the South but it was gradually obscured by the mist caused by the falling ashes. Rumbling noises and a few detonations were heard during the night of the 30th.I The people here are quiet. No news has yet reached here from Martinique. News From the Strike. Wilkesbarre, Special.-Jacob Smith, a coal and iron policeman in the em ploy of the Kingston Coal Corspany, was held up by two unknown men Sunday while he was on his way to one of the collieries of the company to relieve an officer. His assailants took his revolver away from him and then gave him a severe beatIng. Tramway Employers In Switzerland Strike. Geneva, By Cale.-All the em ployes of the tramway of the city struck because the manager of the electric workshops, who Is an Ameri can, dismIssed 42 men employed in the shops and offered themn positions as conductors. It Is feared the strike will extend to employes on the steam ers on Lake Geneva. Tamaquah, Pa., Specia.-Only one disturbance was reported In the Pan ther Creek Valley Sunday. While Joe and Albert Kutzek, non-union men, were leaving church they were at taclked by a number of foreigners and compelled to return to the church for safety. After remaining there for some time they succeeded In escaping. This afternoon officials of the switchback notified Major Gearheart that strikers were interfering with their passen gers at Summit Hill. Company E. of -e Twelfth Regiment, was sent to the scene and succeeded in restoring order. Tomorrow a large force of sol diers will patrol the valley and pro tect non-union men while on their way to work. A Washery Pump House Dynamited. Scranton, Special.-The pump housa of the National washery at Minooka was blown to pieces Sunday by dyna mite. Manager Sharkey says no dam age was done the washery and that work will proceed. It Is not known who placed the dynamite. The West -Ridge and Martine col~hries are pro paring to start up this week. The Ox ford colliery in Wezt Sca.nton had added a powerful search-light to Its weapons of defense. The Oxford is now turning out 400 tons of cost a ORDERED TO SHOOT. Latest Developments in the Great Coal Strike. Philadelphia, Speclial.-Having eF hausted every other means for pre serving the peace. and in protecting the non-union men from violence on their way to and from the mines, Brigadier Genei'al Gobin, in command of the roops now in the coal fields, has is sued an order that the soldiers shall hoot any person detected in throwing tones or other missiles and that if any nob resist the authority of the troops that they shall freely use their bayo aets and butts. Tbe Panther Creek valley has been n almost cpntinual turmoil this week ind the troops stationed there have iad a difficult time in protecting the ives of workmen. Tonight the situa ion in that valley has improved con lderably and It is hoped by the mili ary authorities that the lawless and ibusive language directed toward the oldiers will now cease. The other sec ions of the coal regions are compara ively quiet. A mob gathered at the Dorrance col lery, near Wilkesbarre, early in the lay, because it was rumored the col fery was about to start work. The rowd soon scattered, however, when it was found that the rumor was incor ect. The general strike situation remains nchanged. There is some coal beirg hipped. but the quantity is so small ompared with the normal shipment that it has little or no effect on .the market. The fuel now coming to mar :et is principally washery and loose oal. Killed by a Mob. Monroe, Mich., Special.-Walter Le erand, lately from Toledo, 0., came iome and found a man, a Frenchman tamed Jos. Labarge, also of Toledo, In he house with his wife. A quarrel en ued, Labarge finally. reunning from he house. An officer attempted to ar rest him, when he ran down Third street, a crowd pursuing him. The cry 'assaulter" was raised and the mob be an to shoot. Labarge ran into a corn eld, where he was surrounded and hot dead, a bullet penetrating his eart. Mrs. Lemerand said: "The man was sitting in the parlor with me when my usband came home. There was noth ng wrong." Mrs. Lemerand said that she and Labarge had planned an elope ment. An autopsy was performed on La barge's body. Two men whose shots killed Labarge are known, but no ar rests will be made until after the in juest Brief Mention. Devices to attract congregations to hurch are spreading from sensation lism to a business like estheticism. here Is a place of worship where tiny boquets of flowers are at the lose of every morning service hand d to each lady member of the con regation. During service the nlow ers decorate the alter and the pulpit he parish, It seems, mainly consists f hoauses without gardens, and flow ers, therefore, cannot be grown to ny great extent. As an instance of the care which the present curators are asking of Stonehenge a correspondent mentions he experience of a party of collegians who paid a recent visit there. They werp told that the taking of provis Ions near the stones Is prohibited for this reason: It is believed that the presence of fragments of food would attract rodents, whose possible bar rowing would be a menace to the sta bility of the stones. Hundreds of horses and thoulsands of cattle in the Hawaiian Islands nev er take a drink of water. They live n the upper altitudes of the moun tains, whiere the cattle run wild from the time they are born until they are sent to the slaughter house. Except possibly for two or three months in the rainy season there are no streams r pools of water In any part where the cattle roam, but everything there grows a recumbent, jointed grass, known by the native name of maninia. This is both food and drink. The Newcomer Lumber Co. of Jack son. Miss., has been chartered, with 'a capita1 stock of $100,000. The incor orators are D. J. Batchelder, Jr., C. E. iewcom'er and I. D. Newcomer. The Kerr Furniture Co. of Green rill, S. C., has been chiartered, with a apital stock of $6,000. The officers of :he company are 3. S. Kerr, president and treasurer, and J. S. Stark, vice president. Two hundred Killed or Wounded. Willemstead, Curacoa, By Cable. Advices of an official nature which have reached here from Caracas, Vene zuela, are to the effect that a servere fight occurred yesterday between gov mnent forces and the advance guard f the revolutionary army under Gen eral Matos. The revolutionists were ommanded by Generals Zoilo and Vidal. They made an attempt to occupy the town of Taguay, but, after a fight f five hours, they abandoned the field to the government forces. Two hun dred of the revolutionists were killed or wounded. Killed for Family Difficulty Bristol, Tenn., Special.-AS the re sult of an alleged family difficulty, Charles Amburgy, of Whitesburg, Ky., was shot and killed by George Larmer, f 4hingdon, Va. Larmer accused Am b~rgy of Improper conduet towards a ertain member of his family and meet ag Amburgy near the public hIghway Bred upon him, instantly killing him. Lmar sureandered. flOOT AT SOLDIERSe Strikers in Coal Regions Show Bold Front. SITUATION BECOMING CRITICAL Two Companies of State Militia Kar ried to the Scene of Disturbance on Trolley Cars. Tamaqua, Pa.. Special.-The situa tion in the Panther Creek district is serious. At 8 o'clock the streets of Langford and Summit Hill were thronged with strikers. Early in the evening two companins of the twelfth Regiment were sent through the val ley on trolley cars. All along the sol diers were booted sand jeered and It was not deemed prudent to take them off the cars. While Mary Markley was carryirg supper to her brcther who is employ ed at a col!iery near Lanoford, she was set upon and severel- beaten by a crowd of wo-men. Late to-night the crowds on the streets have dwindled down considerably, and order ias been partialy restored. The civil a thorities express the belief that will be no serious disturbances Ing the night. They are fearful, bow ever, that a serious clash- wil occur between the troops and the strikers In the morning. The fact that the Lehigh Coal and Navigatoin Company is hoisting coal at its No 4 colliery has greatly incens ed the mine workers, especially the - foreigners, and they are determined not to allow non-union men to go to work to-morrow. At 'daybreak the Governor's Troop and the First Bat talion- of the Twelfth Regiment will go to Lansford and Summit Hill. If the strikers continue to interfere with the non-union men it is probable that both towns Will be placed under mar tial law. - Soo Shots Exchanged. Hinton, W. Va., Special.-Great ex citement exists in the vicinity of Red Ash caused by the constables remov Ing the striking miners from the con pany's houses. Several families who occupied the houses of the Red Ash Coal Company refused to vacate and. '. when the constables began to remove their household goods, a voley of shots was fired at the officers from the opposite side of the river. They returned the fire, using Winchesters,, and it is estimated that 800 shots were fired. The shooting was all at lorft range and no one on the , Red Ash side was hurt. About 40, ties, who have been s Thurmand and other - points striking district, were rushed to e scene of the shooting and -a late r port now states that the men who be gan the firing are are now surrounded. The officers are removing the house- 2 hold goods and the houses will be oc cupied by other miners who are will ing to work. The coal output is steed. ly Increasing. One hundred anid tea cars of coal and 23 caris of co e were .,. loaded in the New river-ft1 Lebanon, Pa., Special.-,The 60 cot. ored strike breakers brought here were put to work in the American Iron and Steel Company without- op position from those on strike, al though trouble was feared. Imme thereafter 25 moulders employed by the company quit because they would not work with the colored men. Wilcox Case. Argued. Raleigh, Special.-The appeal In the - Wilcox case in which a new trial Is asked for James Wilcox, sentenced to - be hanged for the murder of Nellie Cropsey at Elizabeth City, was heard - Tuesday by the State Supreme Court. Appellants endeavored to have the court consider an affidavit made by Wilcox's father that his- son. did not have a fair, trial and that the rigL of bells and demonstrations In ci infiuenced the jury. This was refue~ The grounds of appeal are that th~ ringing of bells and demonstrations in court influenced the jury. This was re fused. The grounds of appeal are that the plaintiffs did not have sufficient evidence to go to the jury or warrant - a conviction; that the testimony was not In proper shape and that there were errors in the judge's charge. The State pleaded as facts to show a .crime had been committed that there was no water In the stomach, lungs or plenral cavities of the dead body of Nellie Cropsey, no blood in the heart, little or no froth in the lungs, that there was a bruise en the head; that the brains were decayed, the rest of the body Intact and the membrane of the - skull discolored. To show Wilcox's guilt they pleaded the oppottunity, time, place, 20 minutes unaccounted for and his Indifference about the matter. - It will be several weeks before a decis ion is handed down.. Thinks Daughter was Murdered. Beaumont, Tex., Special.-Mrs. L M. Vogel, the mother of Miss Lola II. yogel, who was found dead in her room in a fashionable - hotel, arrived from her home In Galveston and de lares her belief that her daughter was murdered. She states that about $6,000 worth of diamonds and about $100 in money that the girl had with her are . missing and she Insists that there was no reason for suicide. Officers are in vestigating the murder theory. Two bottles that had contained morphli were found under the top part of a lounge In the girl's room. Trouble Threatened, Johannesburg, By Cable,-A strong force of British troops has been dis patched to the western border of the Transvaal, ostensibly to relieve troops. ordered to Indiana, but it i currently reported that this step is taken owing to disturbances among the natives. Ru mors are also current here of an inten tion to annex or establish a protector-' ate In Swaziland, where a 'strong forces of constabularly is now posted. -