The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, October 11, 1905, Image 2
fought Like T
A detachment of six men were car
rying dispatches from a command
near Red river to Camp Supply. Of
the six two were scouts, Amos Chap
man and William Dixon. The others
were cavalrymen. Far from any
refuge they were surrounded by near
ly 200 Indians. They sought shelter
in a buffalo wallow and prepared to
hold their ground. The attack came
at 6 o'clock in the morning and the
long, long day stretched before them.
In the first rush four these six were
wounded, Private Smith mortally.
The other hurts were severe.
They were hemmed in on all sides
in an open plain, and were outnum
bered almost twenty to one. One of
the scouts, while a severe fire was be
ing poured In at them at close range.
succeeded in throwing up a scanty
intrenchment with his bowie knife and
his hands. His comrades held the
K7iowas and Comanches off until this
little help was ready as a refuge and
-they moved into the treuch. the
wounded walking with brave and pain
ful effort.
Although Private Smith was wound
ed unto death, he sat upright in the
Methods of I
An English traveler says in a letter
to the London Times: "History tells
us that, when coffee was first brought
to the cities of western Europe the
first makers of it were Turks. They
roasted and ground the berries and
served the liquor, as it is served to
this day in the east, grits and all.
'We still drink coffee as we drank it
then, with this difference, that we
mostly omit the grits and drink an
infusion instead of a decoction. It
was not so with tea. No Chinaman
was imported with the first pound of
tea to teach us how to make and drink
it. The consequence has been that we
have never drunk tea in the Chinese
way-that is, as a simple infusion.
"At first there seems to have been
great doubt, as to how to deal with
the new herb. It is even said that it
was sometimes boiled, with salt and
butter and served up as a sort of spin
ach. The old phrase 'a dish of tea'
seems to bear out this legend. Fin
ally it came to be settled that the
most wholesome and pleasant wv-y to
treat the tea leaf was to make it iwiZ
a kind of sweet.soup with sugar and
milk or cream. I have personal
Paid Debt wil
In a recently published autobiogra
phy of Sir Henry Bessemer is told
how, in 1833, when he was a youth of
20, he learned that the British govern
ment was losing about $500,000 a year
.!through the use of forged stamps.
Re set about finding a remedy. In
Mine months he discovered how to
forge government stamps with the
greatest ease. This was a risky bit
of knowledge for a struggling young
man who wanted money wherewith to
get married to the girl of his choice.
But young Bessemer having invented
forthwith the perforated stamp that
is now known everywhere, went gayly
to the government officials with the
forgeries in his pocket to ask if they
were genuine. When Sir Charles
Presley passed upon them as genuine,
Bessemer remarked that he knew they
were forgeries-"simply because i
forged them myself." Then he sug
gested a remedy. It was accepted.
Bessemer was offered the post of su
perintendent of stamps-for plant and
staff must be reorganized-at $3,000 to
$4,000 a year.
Young Bessemer went away happily
Visible to Ph~
"The medical man is on nodding
terms with death at most street cor
ners in our larger towns."
A writer in this week's Lancet,
pointing out that a doctor sees many
things s'.ch are hidden from the
average man's eye, sums up the posi
tion in this grim phrase.
The medical man, he says, must re
main a pathologist in the street, and
he sees many unsuspected tragedies.
Who else would suspect the sword of
Dlamocles that Is hanging above this
red faced merchant, or see in his
cheeks the signal of a fruit overripe?
To the lay mind this portly person
stands for all that is prosperous and
confident, and his appetite is the envy
of many of his dyspeptic friends-who
will send wreaths to his grave.
See the bluff and kindly manner In
which he hands a shilling to a thin
faced woman selling boot laces in the.
gutter. It is only the med-ical man
who will dare to prophesy white hairs
Decrease of
The modern crusade against con
sumption is no losing fight, but one
In which every blow tells. It is en
couraging to note, from the first an
nual report of the Commitee on the
Prevention of Tuberculosis, that the
death rate from this deadly malady is
decreasing cquite rapidly, especially
in those places where the public is be
ing instructed and the necessary sani
tary reforms made.
The following statemen's recently
made by Prof. Fisher of . show
the encouraging rate at which tuber
enlosis is decreasing in this and other
.countries: "In England it declined in
seventy years from thirty-nine per ten
thoesand of the poulation to thirteen.
Although sanatoria did not exist in
the early part of this period, England
did have (and was the first country to
introduce) consumption hospitals,
which served like isolation wards to
Blind Men tfsed Striped Paint.
A short time ago a salesman from
the Pennsylvania Institute for the
Blind came to Fall River to sell
brooms. In the course of his talk,
he explained that the brooms were
made by blind people, of whom be
was one.
After he had departed, one of the
men who heard him tell his story
said: "I believe all he saici about
blind men making the brooms, but
how can they paint the stripes on the
handles?"
"Oh," said another, "they use
striped paint for that."-Baton Her-I
AldL
rue Americans
trench to conceal his crippled condi
tion from the foe. From early morn
ing unttil night this handful of five
men was unzler almost constant fire;
often at such short range that they
could bring their pistols into play.
Thus they fought for their own lives
and defended their dying comrade,
without food and for drink only a little
muddy water mixed with their own
blood. They killed more than a
dozen Indians and wounded above a
score.
Relief came that night. but it was
thirty-six hours after the first attack
before medical aid and food could be
given them at the nearest post. Pri
vate Smith died before camp was
reached. Every man was wounded,
Scout Chapman severely and Scout
Dixon several times, but not danger
ously. This band of four soldiers and
two scouts were of those who had
been fighting and marching for weeks
amid the most dreadful privations.
They were worn to skin and bone,
but the.: souls wpre as "big as all
outdoors" and they flinched at no odds
under heaven. And by such men as
these was this nation made.-Outing.
reparing Tea
knowledge of no country in Europe,
but one, where tea is used as in China
-Portugal. which got its knowledge
of teamaking from a province of
China, with which, at that time. no
other nation of Europe was in contact.
"It was while traveling on horse
back with a guide in the wilder parts
of Portugal away from shops and inns,
where we had perforce to make ex
periments in the most economical use
of the few ounces of tca and coffee
that we c:>uld afford to carry with us,
that we hit upon a discovery. I-av
ing no miLk, we drank our tea. as most
Portuguese drink theirs, as a simple
infusion, sweetened with sugar.
"I remembered to have read. I b)
lieve in the travels of the Abbe H;c,
that, when the Chinese desire to be
thrifty in the use of the finer and
more expensive teas, they grind the
leaf to a powder and use less for the
infusion. We found that tea could
be ground in a coffee mill as easily
as coffee, that tea made with the pow
der is as good as or better than when
i-ade with the whole leaf and that the
powder. as it naturally would, goes
farther than the tea leaf."
h Knighthood
to tell his good luck to the girl of his
choice. H1e explained to her the sit
uatton, bow ol, stamps hr.d been
picked of documents and used again
and how he had invented an elaborate
plan to remedy this. "But surely,"
said the young lady, "if all the stamps
had a date put on them they could not
at a future time be used without de
tection. " 'This rather startled young
Bessemer. But he devised a simple
method of marking the date. The
British government was delighted.
The device was accepted. And as no
change of machinery or staff was
needed., Bessemer was informed that
no superintendent of stamps would
be appointed. Thus he had deprived
himself of a job.
Forty-five years later, after he had
invented the "Bessemer process' of
preparing iron and had made a great
fortune, Bessemer wrote to Lord Bea
consfield, then prime minister, point
ing out that he had saved the country
millions without the reward of a pen
ny. He no longer wanted money, but
the government acknowledged the
debt and paid it with a knighthood.
sicians' Eyes
for her long after her benefactor has
been gathered to his fathers.
Behind sunburnt cheeks-cheeks
that make all these other jostling
faces look pallid and worn by contrast
-the medical man is quick to recog
nize the imprint of the health resort,
other things pointing to an ominous
diagnosis.
"ie woman with the curious red
s., upon her face affords him a som
ber chapter for reflection. Whether it
be lupus or epithelioma or rodent
ulcer, it will mean far greater obses
sion of bodily and mental pain than
that of any broken limb.
But, on the other hand, the doctor
has compensations. He sees that the
pallid man with his arm in a sling
will in a few weeks be able to dig or
ride to hounds; that the hopeless crip
ple appealing to the charity of passers
by is in no pain, and probably as well
able to enjoy life as any one else.
London Mirror.
White Plague
prevent the spread of infection. These
hospitals, together with the English
love of out-of-door sports and the use
of ventilating appliances and open
fireplaces are probably the explana
tion of their growing freedom from
consumption.
"In Germany. during the past fif
teen years, the death rate has de
cined from thirty-one to nineteen and
one-half-a full third less.
"In the United States the death
rate in 1900, in the area for which
registration has been well kept, was
nineteen, as against twenty-six in
1890, showing a decline of twenty-five
per cent in ten years. In New York
city, owing largely to the work of War
ing and Biggs, the death rate had
diminished in twenty years nearly
forty per cent. It is a conservative
prediction that the next three de
cades will each see more remarkable
improvement."
Dipiomacy.
Brown-Halloa! Your typewriter's
left you, I see.
Black-O, yes. I gave her notice
to leave. She wasn't a bit of good
couldnt spell at all.
Bown-Was she riled when you
told her she'd have to go?
Black-Not a bit. I told her she
was :-o pretty that the clerk's couldn't
zet on with their work for admiring
he-.-Stray Stories.
The Hanslet Engine Company, a
Lees firm, lin.r achieved a. record by
builn; a locomotive in twenty-one
WILL FACE DANGER
President Roosevelt Not Deterred in
View of Danger From fever
15.)OT AFRAID OF NEW ORLEANS
Official Announcement is Made That
the Cresent City Will Be Made
Final Stop on Southern Trip, Pres
ident Taking a Cruiser For Return
In Order Not to Violate Quaran
tines.
Washington, Special.--The very in
teresting information was obtained
from Senators who called at. the
White House that the President has
not changed his views with reference
to railway rate legislation. They
found. indeed, that it we.s the subject
uppermost in his mind, and, in the
language of one of thiese Senators,
"The President's backbone is just as
stiff as it ever was."
Senator Foraker, of Ohio; Senator
Hemenway, of Indiana, and Senator
Burkett, of Nebraska, were three
Satesmen whom the President led into
conversation about rates almost as
soon as they entered his private of
fice, although they had not called to
talk about this question. There is no
doubt that the President stands by
the recommendation he made to the
last Congress. It was also made clear
that there would be no extra session
of the Fifty-Ninth Congress next
month.
Senator Burkett, in speaking of his
visit to the White House, said: "I
discussed rate legislation with the
President and I found .im as deter
mined as ever. Althou-h there will
be no special session, the President
will take up rcilroad mEtters Os soon
as Congress convenes, and will give
a great deal of attention to it through
out the session."
Secretary Shaw Speaks in Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Special.-Leslie M.
Shaw, secretary of the tvasuiry, Mon
day night addressed a large Republi
can gathering at the Acl.deny of
Music.
Judge L. L. Lewis, Republican nom
inee for Governor, presided at the
meeting. Mr. Shaw was preceded by
Congressman Yost, who made a strong
appeal for purity of elections and for
the choice as governor of Judge Lewis.
Secretary Shaw said in rart:
"You must bear in mind there was
never a tariff law enacted that was
perfect on that anyone (laimed.it was
perfect. No two Congresses would
ever enact the same bill. Every tar
iff law is an aggregation of compro
mise. All the Republican party ever
laims for any tariff law is that its
principle is perfect. The rate will
be too high here and too low there,
but protection will be found in its
very feature.
"The opposition party never claims
that their tariff meascries are per
fet. They only claim that the prin
iple of free trade, of whaich they pro
fess to construct their tariff laws, is
the correct principle. They claim to
eliminate every element, of protection
from all their tariff laws. as England
eliminates protection from her tariff
laws. England provides a tariff for
the sole purpose of revenue, and the
Democratic party profess to do the
same. They have openly and repeat
edly denounneed as robbery-they
strike at the principle.
"While the Republican party nev
er claimed for any tariff law that
it was perfect, and never promises to
enact a perfect tariff law, it does
claim that all its tariff laws are build
ed on the principle of protection. It
has never sacrificed one .industry for
the sake of building up another, and
never will.''
Auto Line For Negroes.
Nashville, Tenn., Special.--The Un
ion Transportation Company has
been organized by the negroes of
Nashville and will put in operation
five automobiles for the purpose of
transporting negro passengers to va
rious parts of this city. Some of
the leading negroes of Nashville are
interested in the venture and claim
to have ample capital. Ever since
the "Jim Crow'' street car law went
into effect the colored population has
been greatly dissatisfied and negro
travel on the cars has greatly de
reased.
Natchez Has 11 New Cases.
Nachez, Miss, Special.-Monday 's
record shows eleven new eases and a
rapid spread of ye!low fever in the
last 24 hours. as: sixZ new foec are
listed on the lor:u maap. One ease is
in "'Factory Row." whlih is in the
first ward. thus infect inz every one
of the four ward( s in the ityt . As the
houses in factory' row are elo'n ('
gether, it is tearedl the sle.kness will
spread rapidly 'i that neighiborho~od.
But Few Cases of Smallpox.
Nashville. Special.--Reports from
county health hoards sent in response
to the request of the stale board (of
health, show that there have been
fewer eases of small-pox in the state
for past six months than for many
years previous during the same period.
It is also shiown that the cases which
have appeared were of the same mild
type as those formerly appearing.
Accused Two Men.
Asheville. Special.-Sheriff Reed re
turned from Marshall where lie went
to assist in the hanging of Peter
Smith there. Before being executed.
Smith gave the Sheriff the names of
two men vwhom the condemned man
swore were responsible for the death
of Smith's stepdaughter some years
ago. The giri -:as murdered here.
Her head was sever d from her body.
mit a s h- ~ w-itrh the crime.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Weather Conditions Given Out by the
Department Observer.
The Soutlh Carolina section of the
climate and crop service of the De
partment of Agriculture issues the
following official bulletin of weather
and crop conditions for the past
week:
The week ending Monday, October
2nd, hada* mean temperature about
four degrees above normal in the een
tral and western parts and about nor
mal on the coast. The extremes were
a maximum of 94 at Blackville on
Septembei 25th. and a minimum of ~6
at Florence and Greenville on Sep
tember 2Stb. There was considerable
cloudiness over the eastern part but
almost continuovs sunshine over the
western parts. There were no high
winds or other cond:tions that were
damaging to crops or that interfered
with farm work.
The exception of trace of rain over
the eastern half of the State the
week was ' ithout precipitation. The
dro.u.ht has become intensified over
the central and western counties
Where the ground is too hard and dry
for fall plowing and seeding opera
tions, and where in many localities,
water is scarce, with wells and small
streams rapidly drving . up. The
weather conditions were entirely fav
orable for haying operations and foi
gathering corn and cotton.
There has been no ehange in coni
tion of cotton except that there con
tinues to be some premature opening.
The entire erop has opened uniusually
fast and picking will be finished ear
er than usual with continued favor
able weather. In a few localities there
is a small top crop, but for the crop
in general and on sandy lands in par
ticular, the top crop is unimportant,
and the occurrence of either a nearly
or a very late kiling frost will not
vary the yield materially. The aver
age of the actual figures from a full
report on the percentage of the crop
already picked indicate that for the
eastern division of the State 71. pe:
cent. has been picked; in the central
division 76 per cent. and in the west
ern division 59 per cent. Reports on
sea island indicate that about 30 per
cent. has been picked. At least two
thirds of the unpicked cotton is ready
to pick and pipking will be practically
finished, with continued favorable
weather, by the end of October.
All late food and forage crops are
suffering for rain. Corn is being
housed in many localities. Weather
ideal for saving pea-vine hay and for
haying generally, but has been unfav
orable on truck along the coast, and
for sowing fall oats.-J. W. Bauer,
Section Director.
For an Election in Anderson
Anderson, Special.--The petitions
asking for an election on the dispen
sary question in this county were
placed in the hands of County Super
visor S.- 0. Jackso,n. The committee
to whom the matter was referred had
the petitions thoroughly purged to as
ertain the real number of bona fide
registered voters on the lists and thus
to settle this phase of the question
in the very beginning. There are
about 2,400 names of qualified voters
signed to the petitions. The estimat
ed registered vote of the county is
about 5,200. A general understanding
was reach~ed some time ago that the
dispensary election would be ordered
the same day that the election to fill
the vacancy in the legislature takes
place. When the speaker of the house
of representatves orders the legisla
tive election the sounty supervisor will
fix the dispensary election for the
same date. The matter will be settled
in a few days.
The Laurens Baptists.
Laurens, Special-The ninth annual
meeting of the Laurens Baptist Asso
ciation was held last week with Mt.
Olive church, Waterloo township. The
association was organized Tuesday
morning with the election of the old
set of officers as follows: Rev. J. D).
Pitts, D. D., moderator; Rev. J. B.
Parrott and Mr. B. L. Henderson, sec
retaries; Mr. C. H. Roper, treasurer.
The introductory sermon was
preached by Rev. L. E. McDavid of
Greenville county and the missionary
sermon by Rev. Joel L. Allen, financial
agent for Furman university and the
Greenville Female college.
The business of the association was
tansated with dispatch and the dis
cussion of the various papers and spe
cial reports was one of tile chief feai
tures of the thiree days' session.
The association was ad.iournedl
Thursday afternoon and was pronune-i
d the most successful in every way
eld vet byv this organization. It will
meet next year1 withi Poplar Springs
church, Suilliv-an townIship).
Death of Dr. Arthur S. Lynn.
Rock Hill, Special.-Dr. Arthur S.
ynn one o fthe most prominent and
promising physicians of this setioni
died at 5 o'clock Sunday morning at
the Rock Hill hospital after an illness
of about two monthst His death was
caused by tubmeulosis of the bowels.
D~r. Lynn was 29 years of age and un
married. He was the son of Mat
thew Lynn of Edgemoor. The funer-al
took lace from Ujnion church Monday
New Enterprises Located in Darling
ton.
Darlington, Special-That there are
many visible signs of progress mn Dar
lagton just now may give rise to
some surprise since this city suffered
several reverses in the last three
months. A thing that has been need
2 to make Darlington an all-round
town is now coming to pass-factor
ie, small industries and capital are
coing this way. During the past
ewweeks more than $100,000 have
en invested here in new concerns.
COTTON'S CONDITION
[oernment Report Shows Average of
Over Seventy-One Per Cent
BIG SLUMP FODLOWS THE REPORT
Extremely Bearish Government Esti
mates Was a Great Surprise and
Only Buying and Heavy Covering
By a Short on the Bearside Saved
the Market From Stampede.
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New York, Special-A 1frge amount
>f selling orders had been placed in
the cotton marget to go into effect if
the bureau report made the condition
39 or better. Very few of the most
anguine bears had expected a condi
ion better than that percentage.
-orsequently the government estimate
>f 71.2 per cent. was a great surprise.
The largest firms of spot dealers
mne. the heaviest and most influential
>perators rallied to the support of the
market. The buying and heavy cov
ring by a heavy short who has been
n the bear side for the past two
months, and his following, practically
saved the -market, as the bulls had
been caught too heavily overloaded
to render niuch suppor!. The govern
ment's report cue eormious sell
ing from the South and Liverpool,
but the market was finafty steadier
Linder a continuance of active proit
taking by recent bears and by some
>f the local and New Odleans hul!s
atcr recovering their eqiihbriiim.
Low oriees show n maximum de
line of 125 to 150 points fron last
nonth's high level, Nviuich is equiva
[ent to between $6 and $7.,50 per bale,
aind are practically the lowest prices
reached since early last summer.
Danville Council G2ets Even.
Danville, Special.-The city council
passed sweeping restrictions, govern
in the regulations of saloons, which
were recently voted back after two
years of local option reian. Blinds,
screens or obstructions of any nature
are prohibited and the opening and
losing hours fixed at 6 A. 3I. and 7
P. M. No entrances to a sa!oon except
the front door are allowed. and no
one is allowed in a bar after closing
hours. The right of wife or mother
to forbid a barkeeper frorm selling
er inebriate husband or son intoxi
eants is recognized by the conneil.
It is also against the law to purchase
intoxicants for inebriates or minors.
Heavy punishment and forfeiture of
license 's fixed for any vilation of
these ordinances. The majority of the
council is composed of "dry" men,
and the "wets" claim that the wishes
of the people as expressed at the polls
in favor of saloons have not been
tarried out.
Electric Strikers in Berlin.
Berlin, By Cable.-The negotiations
between the electrical companies and
their employes for higher wages were
broken off and a general strike m the
works manufacturing electrical ap
paratus and supplies has been ordered.
Two guard regiments now. maneuver
ing in the country have been ordere~d
to~ return immediately to BernnA as
a precautionary measure against
trike excesses.
Entire Crew Lost.
Manila, By Cable-The inter-island
steamer Canlabenia, 1907 tons, was
sunk in the recent typhoon off Tyeao
Island, one of the Visayan group. Ap
parently all on board were lost. She
carried five Americans, one Spaniard
and eleven native Chinese passengers
and a crew of 97 men and officers. The
island steamer Carmen is also report
ed lost. Details are lacking.
Mississippi Schools Open.
Jackson, Miss., Specna.--The edu
eational institutions supported by the
State were opened Tuesday. The
pning has been delayed on account
af ellow fever and the (quarantines.
[t is hoped, however, that the epidem
l is so well under control that there
w~ill be no trouble among the students
f the various institutions.
By Wire and Cable.
It is now declared danger of a
nancial breakdown forced .Japan to
ecept Russia's peace terms as modi
Late reports indicate many lives
'ere lost and a number of vessels
uk by the typhoon which swept the
Because Gr;eat' Britaini contemplates
lividinat the admninist rat ion of Bengzal
50.)00 nat 0ives have swoirn to boycott
:orein gtoods.
P'ice louis of Battenbur'g is ex
eed to arriive withI his squadruon. at
nois (on November 1.
C 7onre'ss will he urged to) amend the
a us ht f'oreigners caanno useAmr
eul itizeAnship in proecion of pol i
ri agitation.
The question is asked whetheri Mr'.
Roosevelt w"ill pay out of his private
>rse for the spreial train that wil
a'r him on his 2.000i-mile Southern
Secretary 31etcalf has ordered an
nspection of all the steamers in the
lifierent districts.
The hearing before the Legislative
ommittee investigating insurance
ompanies in New York was prod ec
:ive of some surp1rising testinony
The demurrer filed by the goveirn
nent against the plea in abatement
nde by the meat packers was stus
:ained, and they will have to stand
President Ripley, of the Atchisonf.
['opeko and Santa Fe Railroad. testi1
id before aii Interstate Commerce
mmmittee that the meat packers were
iiapston to dictate railroad
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Many Newsy -Items Gathered From
all Sections.
Columbia Cotton Market.
The cotton market steady.
Low Middling.. .. .. ...... .
Stiict low middling..... .... . 93/S
Mddling.. .... .. ...... ....9/
Good middling.. ......9... 13-16
General Cotton Market.
Houston, steady, middling.. ..10 3-16
Augusta, steady, middling.. .. ..10
Memphis, steady, middling ..10 3-16
St. Louis, quiet; middling .. ..10%
Louisville, firm, middling.. ..10%
Shortage in Eichland County.
Columbia, Special.-The committee
appointed to investigate the financial
affairs of Richland county submitted
its report to Governor Heyward, as
was required by the act of the legis
lature. Acordingto the report of that
committee the county has lost $50,000
by the maladministration or the mis
management of the affairs of the of
fice. The report itself is sensational
in.the extreme in the very calmness
in which it is stated, but the recom
endations made by the committee oe
caione( great surprise, for the com
mittee has suggested that the former
sujpervisor. S. 11. Owens; the former
cerk of the county board of com
misioners. Capt. C. M. Douglass; a
member of that. board", J. E. Harmon
ad two other parties be arrested on
criminal charges In short. it is
chiimed that the county has lost $50,
001) by fraud. The charges are that
wvrr.anits for pay of parties alleged
to have done work for tl county were
issue( when those parties had never
done such work, and that by forgery
their signatures were placed on the
papers as if the parties had received
the money. wlien in fact the money
was paid to some other person, pre
suniably Capt. Douglass. There are
various other charges in the statement
given to the press by the committee,
but those are the most damaging.
A Canadian Prisoner Escapes From
Laurens Jail.
Laurens, .pecial.-J. M. Massey.
the Canadian who is serving a short
term in jail for vagrancy, escaped
last week, making his exit through
an overhead ceiling aid ventilator to
tha roof, thence to the yard by the
use of blankets. He is the man who
had drawings of Bailey's bank at
Clinton and is evidently a slick ar
ticle. The sheriff is making efforts
to recapture him. No other prisoner
escaped.
Bail Given in Pendleton Case.
Abbeville, Special.-Applicationl for
bail for John M. Ashley, J. R. Moore,
Wiliam Moore. Hugh Bowen and Sam
Rigby, charged with lynching Allen
Pendleton, colored, near R{onea Path
on September 17, was made here Sat
urday. The State's case was based
on witnesses who testified as to
threats made by defendants and the
fact that they were in the crowd
that took the negro away. The contra
evidence was to establish presentee
of parties at another place when the
lynching occurred. After hearing the
evidence the judge admitted the men
to bail, placing the bond at .$7,000,
which was furnished.
Darlingtonl Court Adjourns.
Darlington, Special.-The wvhole
roster of cases filed for this term of
court were wound up and the court
adjourned. The last case tried was
that of Cox, a young white man, for
embezzlement. Cox was found guilty
but his lawyers made an appeal.
Items of State News.
Late returns indicate that in the
election held last week Florence
county the dispensary carried by
about one hundred majority.
The financial troubles of the Un
ion mills have increased Charleston's
loses through subscription of stock
and carrying of the paper of the in
dustrial concerns of the State durmng
the past two years to about $2,000,000.
A special from Union says: Mys
ter still surrounds the death of L. M.
Trevitt, the white man discovered
near the railroad tracks, unconscious
on Sunday morning, and no clue being
secured. the coroner's jury rendered
a verdict that he came to his death
from unknown causes.
Mr. H. W. Scarborough. the new
appointed magistrate at Bishop
vlle, received his c'ommission from
he. &verno'r on Tuesday and immeid
itev took c'harac *of the otiiee.
A dispensary elect ion for Anider
son county has been ordered for No
vember 4th.
Noting has been hecard of Edward
Beeun,~n a bookkeeper of a lumnber
co c' erni near (Carlestonl. who d isap
ea rd'from there about three weeks
go. His disappearance is a m3YS
The corporators of the Anderson
an Easley Electric railway appliedl
to the secretary of State for a char
e. The capital stock will be $100.
000 divided into 1,000 shares of the
par value of $100 each.
Hospital For Anderson.
Anderson, Special.-Mr. Walton
Hall, of Boston. Mass., has given the
hospital association the sum of $1.000
to be used for the p)urpose of build
ing a hospital. Mr. Hall has visitcd
te city several times and his gift
is greatly appreciatedI. The fund for
the establishment of a hospital is
steadily growing, and this wvorthy and
nededd institution is now as assured
fact. The hospital association con
templates the raising of $10,000 about
half ofwhich is now on hand.
MURDEROUS ATTACK
Prominent Citizen Brutally Slain and
Robbed in South Carolina Town
NO CLUE TO THE GUILTY ASSASSINS
Mr. R. A. McDowell, a Merchant of
Camden, Waylaid and Murdered at
9 O'clock at Night While enroute
Home.
Camden, S. C., Special.-Mr. R. A.
McDowell, a merchant of this city,
was waylaid and foully murdered on
his way home Tuesday night about 9
o'clock and robbed of his watch, keys
and all the money he had with him.
He was struck on the back of the head
presumably with a heavy club.
Entire State Excited.
Columbia, S. C., Special-Alt South
Carolina was horrified in reading the
account of the murder of R. A. Me
Dowell, brother of W. L. McDowell,
editor of the Camden Chronicle. Me
Dowell was on his way home to post
his books and was killed by a blow
from a bludgeon and robbed.
The dramatic effect was intensified
when the news reached here that R.
L. Parker, a member of the jury of
the Gillis case was found in the river
near Camd.,n. Parker is in a dying
condition. He states that he was
walking with McDowell when both
were struck dow# at the same mo
ment. He was found in reeds on the
river one mile from the place where
it occurred. He knows nothing more
of the affair. McDowell's neck was
broken and Porker's forehead was
struck. Bloodhounds are being used..
There is great excitement. There have
been many holdups in this State in
the last fortnight and people are get
ting desperate. Since the robbing of
Judge Gary in Columbia nobody is
surprised at the boldness of the Cam
dem double murder. A train from
Sumter had just arrived and many
people were on the street when both
men were struck down. Rewards are
being offered.
President Duncan Resigns.
Union, S. C., Special.-The Union
cotton mills situation was greatly
cleared at the meeting Wednesday
a compromise being affected by which
Col. T. C. Duncan was re-elected pres
ident, immediately resigned, and was.
replaced by E. W. Robertson, presi
dent of the National Loan and Ex
change Bank, of Columbia, who was.
elected president and treasurer. the
new by-laws providing that these two
offices could be held by the same per
son. This action meets with- the~ap
proval and co-operation of all the
stockholders and creditors. The com
promise came rather as a surprise to
many, but nevertheless, was a great
relief.
Accidentally Killed.
Asheville, Special.-A telephone
message from the Big Ivy section of
Buncombe stated that the death of
Ellis Maner, of that place, .was due
to accident. Young Maner was found
dead in the woods with a guni shot
wound in the stomach, and the failure
to find the gun that he had started
hunting with led those in the neigh
borhood to suspect foul play. The
gun, however, was later found some
distance from the body, with one car
tridge exploded. It is supposed that
the unfortunate man accidentally shot
himself, when he fell and died. Grasp
ed in the dead man's hands were
leaves broken from a bush that he
caught in falling.
Shot His Cousin.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.-Green Steer
man, about 17 years, died at Grady
hospital as the result of a myseri
ous shooting September 20th. The
boy declared that he accidentally shot
himself, but his cousin, Thomas Steer
man, who was with him, declared
that the wound was inflicted by him
self carelessly and unintentionally.
Compelled to Leave Town.
Columbia, Special.-W. H. New
bold, former State Detective under
Gov. B. R. Tillman and a man con
spicuous in dispensary affairs, was
practically run out of the town of
Kershaw Tuesday. Newbold has ex
cited the ire of the people there on
account of his being engaged as a
detective to work up evidence agamnst
the parties accused of lynchmng a
white man John Morrison, who had
killed three men and ruthlessly and
cruelly added a fourth victim on the
streets of Kershaw.
Three Children Burned to Death.
New York, Special.-Fire started
in th cellar of a four story apart
mnut house5L in Brooklyn and spread
so raidly that the escape ot Charles
Donneilv. his wife and three children
on the top floor was cut off. Fire
men rescued the father and mother,
both of whom were seriously burned.
and after the fire was extinguished
the charred bodies of the chidren were
found in the apartment.
- One Killed in a Wreck.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.-In a.
ollision between a Louisville and
Nashville light engine and a Southern
railway freight near Boyles, H. E. Ab
ererombie .f Tilla Rica, Ga., extra
imna on the Southern, was killed
and M. Fulgham, engineer, Brakeman
Davis and Fireman Glass o fthe South
ern and Engineer Jones and Con
ductor Stewart of the Louisville and
Nashville were injured.