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^4 VOL LIV. ~ WINNSBORO. S, C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1900. NO. 14. "| ? _____ CONVICTS ESCAPE. D C Murphy, Murderer of Ccpfs, One of Them. W. H. COLLINS THE OTHfcK Sawed Steel Prison Door From Its Hinges and Scaled the State Prison Walls. Their IngenuityThe Columbia State, of Friday, says: At least one of the most noted convicts in the State prison here has sue ceeded in making his escape, and going out he was accompanied by another of some note. The men were D. C. Murphy, the white man who was convicted of the assassination of County Treasurer Gopes of Orangeburg some years ago, and W. H. Collins, a white burglar of bad reputation, who has been kept in the cell with Murphy. These two men are supposed to have cleared the prison building and the wall of ! be prison grounds about 11 o'clock W.dm&day night. There was no inkling of ?he accunvnce until yesterday m jrticg and therefore, the men had a good start on their pursuers. The escapfi was as ingenicus as it w as daring. It is but seldom that pris- ! oners attempt to saw out or tne massive rook and steel cages in which they | are kept at the State prison, but once yi;.d awhile they do it in consummation A plans conceived for months. Every superintendent has bad to pndnre the u-prise of prisoners sawing their way *ut of piitcn, and ihe instance yester i<*y was merely Supt. Griffith's dose cf Kc same medicine that other supern'.endt-nts have had to take from time o tiae. There was brain behind the scheme and that it was carried out successfully shows that the prisoners were no odiDary men. The last instance of "sawing out" was 4htt of "Ked," the famous mulatto' i-ur^lar, some years aeo. His deed still stands at the head of the list for brilliancy of conception and execution. He accomplished over an over again in the course of his escape what nine men out of ten would have unhesitatingly de clarec acsoiutejy impossiDie. w nen ne heard of the latest case yesterday he smiled and said he had no desire to re peat his attempt to escape, for he had only two years more to serve, and had been treated so gocd that he believed he would come back again. He is now foreman of the carpenter s-hops. The latest escape is not ui.'ike that; of '"Red'' in some particulars. The convicts were aboat three weeks ag^> transferred from the new to the old main buildiDg, the former being now in cour.-e, of reconstruction. Ail the cells of this building open on steel piazzas running around the entire building. The cells are merely holes in the toj^^hick granite walls, the occupants be ^*ing kept secure by massive iron barred doors opening oh the piazzas. These doors are hung on heavy iron drop binges, we locked with individual j locks from the outside, and besides j have oo the top an inverted V shaped piece of iron fastened so as to project outward aud fall under 3 steel slide that of itself locks every cell when dropped, Murphy and Collins in some way, either from the carpenter shop or the a ill, obtained a jack saw. Whh this powerful little instrument they completely severed the massive iron pin of the top hinge cf the door at its base. They evidently prized the door up enough to give the jack saw entrance. This done they could pull the door inward fcufficiently to twist it around and make an aperture large enough to crawl through. They had evidently planned the whole thir.g out. They had other materials for the rest of the escape work, as will be seen. That they were perfectly confident of getting away may be seen from the inscriDtions left Gn the walls of the oeil, written on the whitewash in large letters with a piece of charcoal. On the right of the door wa3 this: "God will deliver; peace and good will to all men." On the opposite facing was this: <lOat for South America?W. H. Collins, D. C. Murphy, Gocdby, for we are cone." On the wall inside the cell was this: "In God we trust;Gcd be with you till we meet again." Their ceil was the third irom the end of the third tier at the southeast corner of the building. Just to the north of th 3 cell not 50 feet away is a guard pest, j and ekctric liahts burned all alone the side of the building. The guard stays at this post save at intervals when he | marches around the buildiDg. Getting their cell door open Murphy and Collins ? no doubt waited until the guard had passed around the corner of the buildiDg. Convicts in adjoining cell3 say | they heard some one on the gangway i but thought it was the guard. The men had no trouble in reaching the ground. Then by reason of the ma terial in the vard thev could dodce across safely to the west wall near the ' engine room and mill. Between these two is one of the wall <lposts." Leadiog up to it is- a vertical ladder from which l hey ccuid swing themselves to; the wall. Finger prints showed that they did this. Then they went along . ^ the outside cf the ''post" and walked w the wall to the etgine room roof Here again they displayed their foretight. While hugging the ':po3i"on the out side they came rear eeing canghc. Mill Watchman B:x was coming across the yard. Ho hear! some tin ' flips," i t l 1 A . J! _ aLG tn;niung u strange ne mounted tue ladder to the "post." The escaping men must have bees only a few feet away. Hearing nothing more and seeing nothing he weot on to the mill and punched his time clock. Keaching the pbadovr of the roof o? the engine room the two mei: proceeded to make a rope. They bad taken a &umber of stockings from the mill and j out of these thf?y censtructod the rope, tying.ihe stockings together in safe fmxi knots, la the foot of the last stock -T 1 C ^'CU ~Ck SiA 1JJLVJL1 IATAV CV/ fWC-C _ the knot around the guy wire. to which th*y tied it, from slipping. Then they went down the rope which was only half waj to the canal bank, dropping jthebilanee of the distance, -v. clue I c >uld be obtained beyond thh oint It was impossible even to find anything i indicating in which direction the men west on leaving . So far no amount of searching has | result'd in the fiading of the jack | saw used by the men. They may have i taken it with them for the purpose of entering some house last Wednesday night and securing citizens' olothiog. Mounted guards were sent out in aU directions Thuisday in the hope of get| tiDg track of the men, but no trail ceu'd be found. Superintendent Griffith promptly sent telegrams to almost every railroad station in the State instructing the authorities to look out for the men. He also promptly offered rewards for the capture of the fellows 3nd placards are already being distributek in every direction. Murphy has once before tried to escape. It was while he was under sentence of death aod his effort failed, i Since then though he has been carei fully watched and has behaved so well I ?l>?f V>oc- frvi- onimo an in I tlilDl UC Udk} OVUAV V ?? \g> VVVM ? ? ?? j spector in the mill. Collins also worked in che mill. Tke I prison officials say he is a smart and bad mad; that though young he is a j burglar who is known ail over the I couotry. They g've him the principal I credit for devising and executing the J plan of escape worked so succes&fully. He is said to have come originally rrom Florence county. Murphy's guilt has j iong been doubted. The conviction was I upoa circumstantial evidence. The element of doubt was so strong that Gov. Eilerbe unhesitatingly commuted the sentence of death to life imprisonment. If be really did kill Treasurer Copes he ^ili undoubtedly, if not caught at | once, get funds with which to take him i O/Jlino Anf s\P fVio AAnntrv 2>CJ i. QUU WXJ1U3 VUU V* vuv traveling by night, for cone of the money stoleo by Treasurer Copes' assassin has ever been accounted for. REWARDS AND DESCRIPTIONS. Ia cfiering a reward of $200 for the capture ana delivery at the prison of Murphy and $100 for the capture'and delivery of Collins, the prisoQ authorities in a circular give these descriptions of the men: No 1434-4.?D. C. Murphy (white,) {was tried and convic'ed cf murder in [ Orangeburg county, and sentenced to j hang. Sentence commuted to life imprisonment in the penitentiary March 26, 1897. He is 36 years old; 5 feet 8 inches high; dark brown hair; hazel eyes and fair complexion; small scar left side of upper lip, long, sharp nose; two upper and two lower teeth out. No. 13848 ?W. H. Collins (white,) was tried and convicted of burglary and compound larceny at the July term of court in Pickens county, 1805, and sentenced to life imprisocmencia the pen itenti&r?. Ho is 24 5ears old; 5 feet 8 or 9 ioches high; brown hair; bale eyes; complexion fair; two scars ieft index finger; eagle anchor and crown on left arm below cibow; United States flag and two hands ciaspcd and cross on left forearm in India ink. Circulars giving these descriptions and offering these rewards have been sent broadcast by the prison officials. I Supt. Griffith is specially anxious to recapture the men and the rewards will | be promptly paid. Outlook in East Good Senator Jones, Chairman National Democratic party, jast before les.vicg New York for Chicago Wednesday, said: ''The situation in the east is very favorrble for the election of Mr. Bryan It has improved wonderfully since I . til - ??:? | last was nerc. J-iie sjcuanuu iu cum State is excellent so far as the election | of Mr. Bryan and the State ticket is I concerned. The situation in the States of Connecticut aad New Jersey exceed : the expectations I had before this, my I last visit, and I am hopeful that Mr, ! Bryan will carry these States. I am sure that he will carry West Virginia and Maryland and I might say that Delaware can safely be placed in the Democratic column." Senator Jones does not c-xpect to return to New York btfore election day. The sub-committee will have full charge of the campaign in the east. According to information given out at headquarters, ex Secretary of State Oiney will speak before the Iroquois club of Chicago soon for Bryan. Romantic Little Story. Wednesday morning Mr. C. S. Bond, of Leach postoffice, Columbia County, Ga., met by appointment a lady from Mobile, Ala., and about whose visit there hangs some out of the way incidents. Eight years ago Mr. Bond, who is quite wealthy and childless, through a brother-in-law who resides in Montgomery, Ala., adopted by law a beautiful 3 year-old boy, named Edgar. The lad has grown into a beautiful child of 11 years, very bright and intelligent, and the lady Mr. Bond met is the mother of the child who, after a lapse of so many years, yielded to her maternal love and is visiting her son. The lady, since the boy's adoption, has married a Mr. Ames, who is clerk of the city council of Mobile, Ala. Feeling secure in his legal claim upon the child Mr. Bond was so well pleased at having the mother to visit him that hs drove I OA r\ TT/-. T, [ ?V iuncs lu uiccc uci auu viuuTiij ubi w i bis home. Afraid to Trust ThemAlthoug! Gen. Mac Arthur would | fain have a few more regiments where| with to soothe the "facitied" Filipinos, it is to be observed that Corbin no longer suggests the formation of "native" regiments in our colonial possessions. The natives thus far employed appear to have turned up mtssi ing and unaccounted for Their arms I accompanied them. The ''native" is a peiverse and cantankerous person, [ whom it is unsafe to trust with a ' Krag- Jorgensen or any similar agent i of civilfzitioa. The Farmer and Mills- ' I | 'Ihe Augusta Chronicle says it is rather j unfortunate for our section that the | farmers can't receive the highest possi! Die price for their cotton without crippling the cotton mills; or that our mills j have to close down in order to drag ! do* a the price of the farmers' cotton. Adlai and Teddy. Adiai E. Steveson, who, by the way. ! sever shot, a esq in the back or 'busted" j a bronco, is drawing greater crowds to j listen to his sober words of wisdom than ! aii the red 1'ghts, tin horns and rough i riders are drawing for Teddy the Streni uous. ~ A GREAT SPEECH. Bryan Delivers a B )dy S!ow To Trusts. THE REIGN OF MONOPOLY. The Nt-xt President Spoke to an Enthusiastic Audience of Democrats at St. Louis. Brjan's speech at St. Louis Saturday night was one of the features of the campaign. It was anti-trust throughout. Aaiong some of the things he zc$iu aig. The lament of David over Absalom is one of the most pathetic passages of the Old Testament. Tht fact that the son was in rebellion against civil as well as parental authority did not shake the father's affection, and the anxious query, ?'Is the young man, Absalom, safe?" lingers in the memory of all who study the life of the ereat Hebrew king. And, yet the interest which David felt in his 3on, Absalom, has its parallel in the more tban 10 000,000 families which m^keupths American people. Mo language can describe a mother's love, or over.-tate the abiding interest which the father feels in the welfare of his child. From the time when the mother's life hangs in the balaGce at the boy's birth until the death of the parents there is scarcely a wakieg hour when the son is not present in their thoughts and plans it is to this parental devotion, so universally recognized, that I desire to appeal on this occasion. APPEAL TO PARENTAL DEVOTION. I would call the attention of t-very father ana mother to present political and industrial conditions. I wc-u'd ask them to analyze these conditions, investigate their causes and their tendencies. I would prr S3 upon them this question: "Is the young man, AbsaInm safe?" Arc vou sitistied with the possibilities aad the probabilities which now open before your son? Is he safe when foreign or domestic financiers are allowed to determine the monetary system under which he lives? Is he safe when national backs control the volume of money which he does business? Is he safe when the bond holding class determines the size of the.national debt upon which he must help to pay interest? Is he safe when by means of taxes laid almost entirely upon onsumption he is compelled to coniribate according to his wants rath<r than according to his possessions? Is he safe when corporate interests influence as they do today the selection of those who are to represent him in the senate of the United States? If he is a wage-earner, and you do not know to?? soon he may be, even if he is cot now. is he safe when be is liable to be deprived of trial by juiy, through the system known as government by injunction? i Is he safe, if a laboring mas, ween he is denied the protection of arbitration and compelled to submit to such hours and terms as a corporate employer may propose? THE REIGN OF MONOPOLY. But I desire to call special attention to the growth of the trusts, and to ask you whether y^ur son is safe under the reign of private monopoly? If you cannot leave him a fortune, you can leave him something more valuable than money, viz , the freedom to employ his o?:n brain and his own hands for the advancement of his own welfare. When there is industrial independence, each citizen is stimulated to earnest endeavor by the hope of being able to profic by bis own genius, his own energy Viio nmn inr?nct-rr and his own virtue. But when private monopoly reaches its full development each branch of industry will be controlled by one, or a few men, and th? fruits of monopoly, like the divine right of rule, will be kept within the possession of a few from generation, to generation, while the real producers of wealth will be condemned to perpetual clerkship or servitude. When private monopoly reaches its full development, your son will buy the finished product at the price which monopoly fixes; he will sell raw material at the price which monopoly fixes; and, if he works for wages, he will work far such compensation and upon such conditions as monopoly may determine. Charles R. Fiint, of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing company, in a speech delivered in Boston on the 25th of May, 1S99, outlined the trust program with great frankness. In speaking of tne advantages to be derived from the trust system hs said: OUTLINE OF TRUST PROGRAM. "Raw material bought in large quan-' tides is secured at lower prices." When, for instance, one man buys all the wool, tbe pries of wool will be lowered and all who produce wool will sell at the price fized by tbe trust. A large proportion of our people are engaged in the production'of various kinds of raw material, and they are thus placed at the mercy of the combinations. The second advantage is that tbose plants which are best equipped and most advantageously situated f>re run continuously and in preference of those less favored." This means that factories cm be closed in the smaller iowos aud business concentrated in the large centcrs. It means also that whenever there is a surplus on band, part of the factories can be closed, and the burden of main j tainiue prices throw a upon tbe wage workers. There are already scattered throughout the laod idle plants, which stand as silem monuments to tbe ev:is of the trust system. Tne ntst advantage mentioned is that ''in ease of local strikes and fires, the work goes on e'scwhere, thus pre venting serious loss." This means that a monopoly can abcrtli'toio ^^rvrrnl if.* wrtrkincmen. for if a strike occurs in a faetoryin one state, the factory can be close down indtfi- j nitely while the employes are starved into submission, and, as the trust can do the work in some other factory without serions loss, it is quite independent of the employes, and can absolu tely prescribe the terms and conditions upon which they shall live ^ he m<>re complete the monopoly the more opposed the managers will be to arbitra tion. because, in case of acy contest between the trust and its employes, the trust wiP. have every advantage acd the employes will bo perfectly powerless. Another advantage cited by Mr Flint is that "there is no multiplication of the means of distribution and a better /\P col iiom a n TDlll f a of X \JL\s\J Ul ** ***** VMUV VUW a large number." TRUSTS FORMED UNDER M'KLVLET. The American Agricultural Chemical Company incorporated under the laws of Connecticut, io May, 1899, has an authorized capital of $40,000,0)0, half common stock, and half preferied. It acquired twenty-two of the largest fertilizing concerns in the country. The American Bicycle Company, incorporated in May, 1899, in New Jersey, with $20,000,000 of common stock and $10,000,000 preferred, consolidated forty four of the largest bicyle concerns in the United States The American Hide and Leather Company, incorpora'ed in New Jersey in May. 1399, with an authorized capital of $35,000,000, half common stock and half preferred, controls about r*A* f AP fno unrvor SCVCJLi IJT'LIVC vi uy^vi t^cwu er output ef the country. Tae American LiDseed Oil Company, incorporated in New Jersey in December, 1898, with a capital stock of $33,500.000, half common f.tock and half preferred, consolidated eleven large linseed oil companies, and conirols over eighty five per cert of the linseed old properties in the Uaited States. The American Steel Hoop Company, incorporated in New Jersey in April, 1899, co-solidated nine large steel and iron oompanies in Ohio and P*innsyl vania, capital stock $19,000,000 common, and $14 000,000 preferred. The American Ship Building Company, incorporated in New Jersey in March, 1899, with an authorized capital of $30,000 000, half common stock, and half preferred, consolidated "all ship buildiDg, and kindred interests on the great lakes." American Steel and Wire Company, incorporated in New Jersey in January, 1899, with $50,000,000 common stock, and $40 000,000 preferred, controls about eighty per oent of the nail and wire product of the United States. The American Thread Company, incorporated in New Jersey in March, 189S, with a capital stock of $12,000,000, half common and half preferred, consolidated fourteen large thread companies in New York and New England. imttiinon Tin Plato C!nmr?ftnv in corporated ia New Jersey in December, 1898, with $30,000,000 common stock, and $20,000,000 preferred, consolidated about ninety-five per cent of the tin plate mills in the United'States The American Window Glass Company, incorporated in Pennsylvania, September. 1899, with $13,000,000 cornman stock and $i,0f0.000 preferred, consclidated window glass plants in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Indianna, controlling about eightyfive per cent of the output of the United States. American Woolen Company, incorporated in New Jersey in March, 1899, with nearly $30,000,000 common stock and $20,000,000 preferred, consolidated a number of mills in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and other places. The American Writing Paper Company, incorporated ia Ne* Jersey Jane, 1899, with $25 000,000 capital, half ccmmon stock and half preferred, consolidated numerous mills, producing over seventy-six per cent of the output of^he United States. The Uontmectal Tobacco uompany, incorporated in New Jersey in November, 1S93, with a capital of $100,000,000, half common Mo:k and half preferred. ''Acquired all the leading plu? tobacco companies in the United States, and also purchased the plug tobacco business of the American Tobacco Company in whose interest it was formed." GIANT FEDERAL STEEL TRUSTS. The Fcderai Steel Company, incorporated in New Jersey in September, 1893. with an authorized capital of $200,000,000, half common stock and half preferred, consolidated the Illinois Steel Company, the Minnesota Iron Companv, the Duluth & Iron Range r>_ t7>i sT JLty. , IUC JUil?iU, cjaiiCb Ok* UdSLClU I and several other companies. It owns five docks on the great lase3 and a majority of?the fctcaoiers and barges used for transpoaiing ores. The International Paper Company, incorporated in January, 1898, (state not given) with an authorized capital of $20,000,000 common and $25,000,000 preferred stock, consolidated twentyfive pulp and paper mills, manufacturing about eighty per cent, of the news paper. The National Biscuit Company, in ocrporated in New Jersey in February, 1S98. with $30 000 000 common stock acd $25,000,000 preferred, consolidated the leading eracker companies and coltrols in all one hundred and sixteen plants. _ The National Salt Company, incorporated in New Jersey in March, 1S99, with $7,000,000 of common stock authorized, and $5,000,000 preferred, produces about ninety tive per cent, or the total output of the country. The National Tube Company, incorporated in N^w Jersey, in Jane, 1899, has a capital s:ock of $Sl),000,000 half common and half preferred, acd controls about ninety per cent of the out put of th* Uaiied States. The Kubber goods Manufacturing Company, incorporated in New Jersey in January, 1899, owus practically all the capital stock of the Mechanical Kubber Company, the Pcerl- s? Rubber Company and the ladia Rubber Company. as well as se^einy five per cent of the stcck of Morgan & Wright. It also acquired the tire-makiag plants of the concern known as ihe American Bi evele Company. AutL >nz-3d capital stock $50,000,000, half common aud half preferred. The Standard Hope & T-,>ine Company, iD3orporated ia New Jersey November 8, 1806. with a capital stock of $12,000,000, consolidated twentytwo larkre cordage mil!?. The Union Big and Paper Company, incorporated in New Jersey ia February, 1899, with $16,000,000 common stock and $11,000,000 prrfcrreu, con- j solidated various plants, doing ninety o i *. i : ^ i ; per cent, c-i tne paper t?ag -jusiiieas <j 1 the United States. United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company, incorporated in New J'erseyin March, 1S99, with an authorized capital of $30,000,000 calf com icon stock and half preferred, consolidated the principal cast iron pipe compares of the United States. United Scales Envelope Company, incorporated in Maine in 1S98, with an authorized capital of $1,000,000 and $4,000,COO preferred, consolidated ten companies, and oontrols ninety per cent, of the outnut of commercial envelopes in the United States. The book mentioned also gives statistics in regard to several trusts organized piior to 1896 among which are the a :? n-**.? n:i a Xi-LUUi iVJiAU vuttuu \y 11 \J\J- ; Liic XX LU CI & ' oan Sugar Hefining Company, the Aaerican Tobacco Company, the Diamond Match Company, the National Lead Company, and the Standard Oil Company. A BLOODY FIGHT Six'y Seven Americans Killed and WonndedA dispatch from Manila says there hss been a distinct increase of insurgent aggression, farticularly near Manila, along the railroad and in the provinces of Laguna, Mo.ong, bu'.aoan and u 1 : *; vr j?? x: aoJLJaogA, uaiuiiuaLiu^ jiuuu^y iu ?u engagement near Siniloaa. at the east end of Liguna de Bay, in which detachment of the Fifteenth and Thirtysevecith United States infantiy regiments, 90 men all told, met a thousand insurgents armed with rifles and entrenched. The American loss was 12 killed, including Capt. Ddvid D. Mitchell and Second Lieut. George A. Cooper, both of the Fifteenth infantry, 26 wounded and 5 missiag, who are probably dead The enemy had been pursued for several days. There are rumors of attacks on the railroad and of trouble in Manila. Refugees are arriving from Laguna, Morjcg and Pamanga provinces. The natives ef Manila are restless, and many are leaving the city. The hostile demonstrations are particularly marked along the railroad and along the shores of Laguna de Bay. The insurgents irarrisnns and rtnfn^sf.s! In some cases they have charged towDS, fleeing when pursued. The Manila mail escort of 30 men was attacked at Cabugao Lake, a two hours' fight ensuing. Cabugao was also attacked, the telegraph office there be-! ing destroyed. The insurgents have buraed the village of Rosario. They have been cutting the telegraph wires and jailroad at certain points. Armed insurgents have developed in the districts of San Jose, San Meteo and Mariquina. In the province of Xatva Eciji ration wagons with an escort of 12 men were attacked and the wagons burned. Five members of the escort are still missing. A dispatch from Ocbu describes several attacks upon Americas garrison near the capitol. BF YAN HITS HARD. Mark Sanaa is Tied up in a Very Hard Knot. Bryan made a tour cf Kansas last week. The first ?top was at Leavenworth. Bryan spoke for a half hour from the rear plat form of the car. Mr. Bryan's attention was called to a sp-ech made a: Delphi, Ind., by Senator Hanaa, chairman of the Republican national committee, in whioh the senator was quoted as saying that he was ready to debate ' imperialism" with Mr. Bryan or any other democrat. In reply to the question whether he would accept a challenge from Mr. Hiima. Mr. Bryan ? aid: "I know nothing of the matter except what appears io the paper. No challenge has been received, and I would not accept it if it were. While I would be glad to debate pubiic questions with the Repub lican candidate for the presidency, I would not be willing to debate with one whose responsibility is less than my o^n. If 1 am elected I shall be president. It' the Republican committee will certify that Mr. Hanna is to be president in case of Republicaa success, I shall willingly meet him in joint debate." Mr. Brjan was also- asked if he had anything to say in reply to Mr. Hanna's eharcre that he was influenced by sinister motives in securing the ratification of the treaty with Spain. To this he replied: "I have given my reasons for belioving it better to ratify tne treaty and declare the nation's policy by resolution, and the voters have an opportunity to pass jugament upon my reasons. I mustconfes3, however, that Mr. Hanna is an expert when he dis cusscd sinister motives, but I can stand his criticism if Senator Hoar can endure his praise." ! In his address Mr. Bryan referred to i a report mide by Senator Hanna, and said: "I read in the morning paper a speech made by Mr Hanna yesterday in which he said there are no trusts. Whea I used to want humorous reading I would go to those books which contained a collection of the writings of humorists. But now when I want to r<ad something funny I read Mr. Hanna's serious campaign speeches. Taere are no tru3t; cau yon expect the Republican parry to destroy tne trusts when the leader of the Republican parcy says there are no trus:s? ' Anothtr Syndicate. Another syndicate been chartered to esrp'.oit the Ptiiiipi?ine islands. The charter issues from West Virginia, the home cf Eikius ana bears the Elkins earmarks. It is called the Philippine Land Improvement^ company and is expected to grab everything above or below high water mark. The mills of the trust gods are grinding. Want the Boxers. . I According to Assistant Secretary of the Treasnry Taylor, the Republican cocgress will repeal the Chinese exlusion act and permit the Boxers to flood the country which cheap labor. This while 150,000 miners arc starving in the United Slates. WorkicRmen of * ? r-r-V, A i- As\ rA? tViinlr rvP tVio ^XUierIC5U, uv J UU luiua vi proposition? Is it not time to stop and think ? Twelve Thousand Perished. Gov. Say-jrs, of Texas, says reliabie estimites now place the number of people drowned at Galveston at twelve thousand at least. COTTON GROWERS'Convention to Meet in Columbia October 31 DDCQirtCMT IA/II DOOM'S PSI I Outline ot the Plan Set Forth in the Cail to the Farmers ot South Carolina, Below will be found the call for the Cotton Growers' convention, which will he held in Columbia during fair week: The Cotton Growers' association is hereby called to meet in Columbia on October 31st at 8.30 p. m. A State convention of cntton growers met at Greenwood, Sept. 12th. 1900. It was then deoided after due deliberation to perfect a State organization and officers were duly elected for one year until Sept. 18ch, 1901. It was decided to compactly organize each county in this State with a view of getting the more accurate report of the ginning ar.d marketing of the cotton and to interchange vtew3 ana information from all the ootton States, for the purpose of obtaining fair and just prices for our cotton and cotton seed products. Upon my suggestion an adjournment of the Cotton Growers' convention at Greenwood was had to meet in Columbia during fair week at my call; therefore, I name October 31st, at 8:30 p. m , as the time for the convention to meet in city the of Columbia at the county court house. Lit each county be fully represented by delegations. The number of delegates is not to be restricted. x\ll counties are urged to organize at once by rlftctinsr a nresident. one vice nresident. secretary and treasurer and advising board or executive .committee. The constitution' and by-laws of the State of Georgia have been adopted as far as they apply to South Carolina. plans.Bonded warehouses to be established at all local markets wherever required by tne banks and members of the association. \ ' Warehouse receipts to be issued and negotiated at nearest bank?as collateral security for money borrowers. Each producer shall control the individual sale; if he desires to dispose of* his cotton before minimum price fixed by the association is offered by the buyer he shall be at perfect liberty to do so. A fair and just price for cotton and cotton seed can bs fixed and main taincd in open markets in the sooth by united concert of action, by holding back the surplus crop, if any there be, and marketing the crop during the twelvemonths of the j ear to meet the demands of the mills in all parts of the world. Ginners throughout the cotton belts will ba supplied with postal cards addressed to headquarters of the State bureau, with request that each Saturday night the number of bales ginned that week will be forwarded. The secretaries of the county organizations will be in close touch with the producers and careful estimates made on existing crop conditions will be sent weekly to the board. The cotton grower has the crop bc-tter in hand today than he has had for 30 years, and he is warned that he has no reason to become unduly alarmed over the report that the mills are closing down to depress a fair price of cotton. You are reminded that when ootton sold as high as 30 cents a pound it was manufactured. Let us organize, let us work, watcti and continue to labor. All parties interested in growing, marketing, ginning and handling of the crop are invited to send delegates The bankers, merchants and warehousemen are invited to participate in the convention. J. C. Wilborn. Cotton Growers. The Columbia State says. Presiden Wilbom of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' association has been in the upper portion of the State organizing the several counties has returned to the city. Mr. Wilbom finds that much interest is being taken in the organization of the growers. He says the meeting in Anderson county was an enthusiastic one. Mr. Wilbom has determined, in view of the interest being manifested in the movement, to can a convention of the cottan growers of the State to be held in this city during fair week. It is to be held oa Wednesday night of fair week and it is thought that there will be a fiae attendance from all quarters of the State, l'he call will be issued in a few days. What will be accomplished remains to be seen. A Great Gathering. One hundred thousand Democratic club members from every state in the union will gather at Indianapolis Oct. 3, compare notes and return home to light the fires of Jtffcisonian principles upon every hill top in the land. Democracy has no money wherewith to corrupt voters and debauch the ballot bos, but it has what is more potent than nnney ?an army of t*o million workers who cao neither be stifled nor bought. Sound Advce The London Spectator comcceDticg upon the cotton {rices, sayt: "With ail the talk of corcers, there seems no doubt whatever that the cause is quite I real?a deficiency in the supply of raw ' x1 snr.Atot^r ^YnrAQSad I Ul'iiltrittit * i 211/ Cj'tViaiw* ww?_ the opinion that the Lancashire trade has been "rather easily deceWed" and urges it to "take effectual steps in the future to ascertain early and accurately the true character of the cotton crop in the Haited States." Galveston a Wrcck. A. J. Youens, inspector for the Galveston board of underwriter?, is foot ing up the losses. He has finished. tne district east of Twent-fifth street and finds that in the territory of total deeructioaeast of that street 1 649 houses were destroyed. His diagram shows that from five to seven blocks of. the district lying along the Gulf of Mexico and west of Forty-second street was I shorn clear of buildings. j I i / . WITH FIRE AND SWORD. Chinese Drowned or Hunted and Shot Like Rabbits. Concerning the massacre of 5.000 Chinese at Blagovc-stchensk by Russian?, The Evening Post contains an ac; count from G. Frederick Wright, one of the faculty of Oberlin, 0., college, who was erroneously reported killed at Pekin. The letter is written from Stretensk, Siberia, under date of Aug. As soon as the Russian troops went down the river on transports, July 14, the fort at Avgun begun without watnj ing to fire upon rassing steamboats, and on the 15th fire was opened upon Biagovestchensk and some Russian villagers were burned opposite the fort. The actual injury inflicted by the Chinese was slight, but the terror caused by it was indescribable, and it drove the cossacks into a frenzy of rage. The peaceable Chinese to the number of 3,000 or 4,000 iu the city I were expelled in great haste,, and be j ing forced upon rafts entirely inadequate, were most of them drowned in attempting to cross the river. The ! stream was fairly black with their bo dies. Ibree days after hundreds ol the corpses were counted in the water. Mr. Wright says: "In our ride through the country to reach the city on Thursday, the 19ch, we saw as many as 30 villages and hamlets of the Chinese in fiimcs One of them was a city of 8,000 or 10,000 inhabitants. We estimated that we eaw the dwellings of 20,000 peaceable Chinese in-'flimes thst awful day, while parties of Cassacks were scouring the fields to find Chinese and shooting them down at sight. What became of the women and children no one knew; there wasap parently no way for them to escape to a plade of f&fety. On our way up the river for 500 miles above the city every Chinese hamlet was a charred mass of ruins. The large village of Motcha was still smoking and we were told that 4 000 Chinese had been killed. The wholesale destruction, both of property" and of life, was thought to be a. inili tary necessity. Peace between the Russians and Chinese has come to an end. Years cannot wipe out the enmity engendered." Our Dead Soldiers. Col. Wm. S. Patten of the quartermaster's^ department, has-completed arracgeihents for the free transportation to the Uoited States of the remains of soldiers v and civilians who lost their ' lives ana were buried in the island pos sessions of the United States and China. According to the present plans of the department -burial corps will take passage on 4^6 transport Hancock, scheduled to- 'leave San Francisco, ; October 1 for :the Philippines. Col. j Patten says that the trevailing conditions in China will scarcely render practicable any disinterments in that | country earlier than next spring. Ali . "tfie-searatiES recoverea are to De given Honorable burial in theUoited States, at places selected by the next of kin. In all cases where not otherwise ordered , the interment will be made in the national c'emeterics with preferences for the cemetery at the Presidio at San Francisco and the Arlington cemetery near Washington. The approximate number of rnnains to be exhumed is 1,331, distributed in the following places: Honolulu?36 enlisted men of the army; 1 marine. Guam?Eight men of the navy. China?Two officerj of the army, 58 enlisted men of the army and 37 of the navy. Philippines?Seventeen officers of the army; 1,150 enlisted men of the army and 28 men of the navy. The Stat? Fair. The time for the holding oT the last State fair of the century, which all hands resolved last year should be the greatest in the history of the society, is rapidly approaching, says The State. This will be the 32d annual fair and it is to be held October 29 to November 2, inolusive. This means that the fair is less than two months distant, and there is no time to be wasted. This year premiums have been greatly increased, amounting to over $7,000, and the race purses have been doubled, $2,000 being offiered. Premium lists and entry blanks will be furnished on application to the secretary, Col. Thomas W. Holloway, at Pomaria, S. C. Entries must be made in person or by letter to Colonel Holloway at Pomaria on or before October 10; after that ! date at his office in Columbia, until Saturday, October 27, at which time the entry books close. Colonel Holloway writes that he is daily in receipt of entries. The largest number so far received from ene exhibitor is from a man in Chester, who wants 20 stalls for cattle and 10 for horses, and from a man in Fairfield, who wants 41 cattle stalls and 4 horse stalls. Lost His Fortune The vicissitudes of fonune particularly in American life are again strikingly illustrated iu the case of D. J. Mackey, who filed a petition in bankruptcy in the federal court at Evansville, led , last week, the liabilities being placed at $577,765, with no assets to speak of apparently. 3Iackey not many years ago was a railroad kine, and owned or controlled three or four riilroads in that part of the country, including Peoria, Decatur acd EvaDsvillo. Hois now a workman in a papr mill -a. A 3 ? ~ ^ ~ T?/< Arxi ?\Anni1ficj To Ski Xi-UUtTSUU. i.uu , OiU j.'5iuinroc ij it better to havj had and lest, or never to have had at all? Abusing Olney. Naturally enough, Mr. Oiney's announced detcrmiaation to support the Democratic ticket- hi3 nude him a target for the abuse of Republican sheets which three weeks ago wr<) beslavering him with adulation. The circumstance merely shows that the Democrat who would retain the approbation of Republican newspapers must keep his Democracy to himself. The mom 2nt he lines up with his party he become' utterly lost and damned beyond redemption. The DifferenceThe Republicans virtuously aceuss i Mr. Bryan of bein? .aa imperialist, j Thflv <>har2 that he dominates his party. j This is a crime which at least cannot j be laid at the door of McKinley, He lives but to obey?the trusts. I STRIKERS KILLED. Deputy Sheriffs Fire Into Men, Women and Children. A LITTLE GIRL IS KILLED. The Sheriffs, Who Did the Killing, Chased Into a House and Telephoned for Troops. A strike of the coal miners in the mines Pennsylvania and other States have been in progress for several days. Nearly two hundred thonsand miners are out, and they are becoming -turbelent. A sheriffs posse fired into a crowd of them near Shenandoah, Pa., Friday afternoon, killing two and wounding seven other Dersons. One of the vie tims was a litte girl, who was shot down by an officer. Sheriff Teole and Deputies O'Donnell * ^ and Brenneman were called to Shenandoah Friday to suppress the mobs that threatened mine workers and colliery property. At quitting time three sheriffs and a small posse whom the sheriff had summoned on thfc-^rcund went to the Indian Ridge colliery, of the Reading company to escort the working .men to their homes.' The "colliery is located a short distance east of ^ Shenandoah. * The workmen left for home shortly after 4 o'clock. They walked up the middle of East Centre street and reached the Lehigh Valley r&ilroad ?tation. Here had gathered a large crowd of Poles, Slave and Huns, men, women and children, who lined both sides of the street. A shot Tang out from a saloon. 'JLHis was toiiowea oy a snower of stones. Many of the crowd had picked up stones aad sdcks and were acting in a threatening manner. Seeing this the sheriff, who had previously cautioned his men to keep cool and not use their fire arms, commanded them to fire. The order was obeyed with terrible results. The crowd pursued the sheriff and-his posse to tho Ferguson house, where they took refuge. Sheriff Toole shortly afteaward telephoned to Harrisburg and asked that a detachment of troops be sent to Shenandoah, whsch was promptly done by the State authorities. Supt. Boyd, inside Foreman Foley and Breaker Bosses James and Wm. Mitchell of Indian Ridge colliery at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon were returning home from work when they were met at bhe Lehigh station by the mob with Lr crin cfAnafl - ?* sas nv/tx auu aivugo* xuv tuiuv - amvmmw .. ? drew revolvers and fired. The mob became furious after one of its number wa3 shot, and attempted to close in on the officials. They ran up Lloyd street to O'Harn's stable, where they were imprisoned for two hours; The mob threatened to burn the stable, but Sheriff Toole with 20 deputies, arrived and dispersed them and the mine officials returned to their homes. The New Game Law. The real sportsmen are anxiously awaiting the opening of the hunting season, but the pot hunters is badly in the soup this year. As the season was favorable for them no doubt there will be plenty of portridges this year. The hunting season opens on November 1, and there will be a rush for the fields on that day. The new game law, which prohibits the sale of partridges, -1 . ?MI i ii. 44?? etc., will piay uavoc witu iutj put hunters." Any person offering partridges for sale will be liable ?.to a fine and imprisonment. The new l&w will be in force for five years, and it; is intended to put a stop to the wholesale slaughter of birds by people wio slay them for the market. The pothunters have weeded eut the coveys to a great extent, and the law will have the effect of checking-the indiscriminate slaughter and sale of birds. The genuine sportsmen are well pleased with the new law, and they say if the law is enforoed birds will be plentiful for years to conwu It will be a risky proceeding for any person to sell birds, as the sporting men of the state are more determined than ever that the game laws shall be enforced. A state association was formed last year for the purpose of protecting the game, and the organization will prosecuto any person caught violating the game laws ot' the state. Press AssociationThe South Carolina Press Association met at Harris Springs last week and had a most enjoyable time. After transacting routine business and accepting an invitation to meet at G-lenn Springs. The Association elected the following officers for the next year: President, E. H. Aull, Newberry, S. C. First vice president, Jos L. Stoppel-beic, Spartanburg, S. C. Second vice president, Jas. L. Sims, Orangeburg, S. C. Secretary, Cha3. C. Iang3ton, Anderson, S. 0. Treasarer, August Kohn, Colambia, q n u? Chap<aio, W. P. Jacobs, Clinton, S. C. Executive Committeemen?M. B. McSweenev, of Hampton; Hartweli M. Ay or, of Florence; James A. Hoyt, of Greenville. Delegates to the National Editorial Association?President Elbert H. Anil, of Newberry; August Koha, of The Xe-rs and Courier; Col. Jamea T. Baeon, of Eicefield. Not the First. TTiic ic Tint. Galveston's first innnda* tion. according to the New Yerk World. In 1S57, when it was a village, the . Gulf and the bay joined and buried it under water ten feet deep for several hours. In 1867 it as almost entirely submerged, the water .being six-.: fest cecpin Mechanic street, the busiiieis highway. In 1871 it was visited twice -and was completely flooded each time. In 1873, again in 1876 and again in 1886 Gulf and bay met overifc. The > storm of 1875 tore off and bdrff away^ one end of the island. ' J-~ ' ' * '! ' ' 1 - *' * * " Forty Were Drowned A dispatch from Athens to Lloyds, #, giving further details of the disaster to" :he J^yptian man steamer ^narsiea, now a shore on the island: of .Andres, one of the Syclades, says that forty of ' the passengers and were were drowned. -