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> VOL. 8, NO. 62, SEMI-WEEKLY CATAWBA RANCERS 'i?? I HPATFQ 01 n PI AT Michigan 1 J LVVniLU VU1/ lunu Carolin t Navy. Washin Now in Possession of California William i Lady?May Have Belonged to has callei LancasterCompany of That Name. South Cai f The Columbia State has an in- ll18 .the re teresting item in Monday's issue ai about the flag of the Catawba .j'i Rangers, now in possession of a ~ a .a lady in California, who is anxious ,reea to restore it to the survivors of that 8loreij organization supposed to nave 1 been a South Carolina company *myon \ during the late war. We recalled that ar "etv there was from this county a com- P ? ' pany bearing that name in the ci- ra"ll*yvil war and speaking of the matter , e.na r was told by Mr. W. T. VanLanding- "a? laKen ham Monday, that he belonged to .oy.' R.e the Catawba Hangers, a company fs ? a! from Lancaster county commanded , 77 by the late Capt. J. C. Foster, ;?'8UV?? known as Company H, Fourth South .,? ? Carolina Cavalry, Col. B. H. Rut- 6,111 ledge's regiment, M. C. Butler's 1. ' brigade. Mr. VanLandingham does 8 ,?. ; . not remember of the company los- ..aOVi ing its flag, but thinks it unlikely a '},..0,, that any other company bore the ' * ^a same name as his company. We , ,.,a will write to the lady having cub- a 11 tody of the flag for further particu- 5 mi lars. In the meantime we would be * 1 glad if any of the veterans still alive in the county would give us ?arna . any information they may have n_,i 1 n about the flag. ? The following is the article re- .. T1 y ferrhrt to In The State: wan oa t "Tnere is a flag bearing the title ? , 'Catawba Rangers' In California in the possession of Mrs. Mnude Bur- a gess Thew, and she would like to fh as communicate with some one inter- ... . ested, according to a letter received ? . by U. R. Brooks of this city fror. .L. W. L. Morrison of Tucson, Ariz. t} ' V? ' The letter received by Colonel r, . Brooks reads in part as follows: T ' . " 'While in Los Angeles, Cal., re- 1* cently I saw a war flag displayed in nn, f I a window with a note that the own- __ J a er would like to communicate with ttU"j any survivor of the Catawba Rifles. th v?r?n The address of the owner 1s Mrs. , t Maude Burgess Thew, 250 East . ,t , Avenue 41, Los Angeles, Cal. nresented ? 'The only Interest I have In the ?r tn VS matter Is that I had a father and ^59 an uncle In Armstead's brigade, w_ j th Pickett's division at Gettysburg, and ln f only my father came out and the P<lVfir ?? . hope that this letter may lead to h, the restoration of the old flag to fro some member of the old company nftvor or to the care of the old veterans of n?mo nf , 'he state of South Carolina.' a forothei ' -JA rough drawing, accompanying XT? <1 letter shows a scroll at the top ^earing the caption 'Catawba Ran- morocco gers.' In the center are two crossed 8lx inchej swords, a five-pointed star and a ,<Mr K' hand with the index finger pointing t restore up. At the bottom Is another scroll nf th_ with the title 'Victory or Death.' was caDt Several veterans who were asked Anrii about the flag could not recall it, ' __ but one suggested that it might wRHKIil have belonged to some company during the early part of the war and Temnerat captured before many of the com- Con^i panics lost their individuality and the flags sent back home." Washln _______________ spots In MAY REOPEN NEW co?u"Ct ORLEANS STATION bureau's bulletin Naval Secretary, Ln Address, I>e- *,fek ten clares the Day of Special Privilege , ove no! is G&ae, It's a Day of Justice and v?r and Fair Play. plains Bti New Orleans. May 6.?An address ^"The^ by Secretary of the Navy Daniels f . d before the board of trade here to- w?pk ln day was interpreted as indicating e(t b M that he favored the resumption of neHHav a active operations by the New Or- the jon leans naval station and at other h f stations which were ordered dis- flr t h lf man to led by former Secretary <-pn.rni , Meyer. He declared that he would w not favor closing permanently any wHj ' y naval station of the country, even pia|n8 8t lf its operation meant the payment of only a small Interest on the ,,, ^ ( money invested. weok ln , After an Inspection of the New the Plat< Orleans naval station, Secretary -p-in,.,, .. Daniels left tonight for Pensacola. Fla., where he will Inspect the dismantled station there. TRf In his address here today Secretary Daniels said that while he is a <'?l Southerner and a lifelong Democrat. Oonvei he is proud of the fact that section- Sparta alisra can have no part in the pres- Spsrta ent administration. will be "We are on the threshold of a merchant new day?a day of Justice and fair- hear the ne8s," he said. "There has been an today? awakening and the day of special coming privilege is gone. The government part of < no longer can be Sn partnership with pie cases individuals and under the new or- unpacked der every section will be given equal the Tra* Justice." tion will Secretary Daniels paid a tribute This T. s^the iftemory of the late United to bo a f x.ig Jtes Senator John T. Morgan of I attendant Alabama, to whose foresight and Local m< tireless energy, he declared, we are believe t Indebted in a large measure for the i largely i construction of the Panama canal, diction o delegates Miss Anna Paul Married. attend. The many friends here of Miss Anna Paul will be interested to 1 know that she was married to Mr. Special t O. M. "Selgnous of Orangeburg, last Heath Thursday. The ceremony was per- Joy, the formed by Dr. Duncan of the Meth- son of M odist church of Orangeburg, at the died on home of the family of Mr. Selgnous. painful i ,. i Miss Paul will he remembered here weeks. as having staged the "County Fair." ly laid t which was glv< n recently, un- Friday i der the ausplcee of the King's Kev. H. Duaghters. I simple s? 1^ ? 4, } TO RETURN If/ APTTJRED BIBLE W Man Hunts Family of Ian?An Officer in the gton, May 6.?Senator Km Vlden Smith of Michigan ( i upon Senator Smith of ^|c rolina to aid him in locatlatives of William Oaillard C ?parently an officer in the of ite states navy, in order eva ble captured at Sailor's res] April 6, 1865, may be re- rop his family. The Bible is "V tie possession of Joseph tari vho was a soldier in the s'es yeen the Sections in Com- san Twenty-sixth Michigan in- Kin wov Smith of South Carolina dro the matter up with A. S. she cretary of South Carolina ^ commission, in the hope cid< lining the identity of the fori of Mr. Dozler. A copy of stat iwlng letter to William bro lith from S. P. Hicks of me< Michigan, has also been to 1 Ihe press: - to < I, Mich., April 29, 1913 I d comrade and a mutual ene nee, Joseph Kinyon, who ers' Her in the War of the Re- bod i Company I. 26th Mlchi- gov try, has brought to my of- in norning an old Bible, evi- ade ned during the war by an S the Confederate navy. The wer .he fly leaf is Wm. Oaillard der 7here is also a sheet giving Am record. From notations in tha we And that at one time he ing he United State steamer 1 n 1858. Hater was on the thei te steamer Pamlico. As of ? c V.UU anv.rl lam lie nUB U11 Hilt} steamer la 1862. In on was on the United States felt Richmond. On November woi we find that he was on to federate states steamer I looking after the enemy, tiat >r place we find that on neg 20, 1864, he was on the con te steamer Chlckamauga tior engaged at Fort Fisher. tha not attempt to give you aco us notations. His vessel Wilmington the night be- pr nvestment. The book was to the party by his mothWashington on March 30, tie residence of the party pat e Williamsburg district, S. 1 in envelope pasted on the r i look of hair taken from c head; also a lock of hair ortj m his baby, whom he has pol n. Also a card bearing the Da] 9. Chatborn Brown, M. D., pal r-in-law, whose residence cou ! George street, Charleston, oUI te Bible Itself Is bound in j Its size is about four by daj lnyon would be very glad ! this Bible to any member h1i0 rnily that may be found. It ured at Sailor's Creek on ailr Od r WEATHER FORECAST. chj arm Normal?Unsettled tions After Wednesday. igton, May 6.?Warm hp, the East and frosts in the the t and the Rocky mountain [8 fere forecast in the weather cai bulletin last night. The in indicated that during the t iperatures would average an, rmal east of the Mississippi tol below normal over the 8h< ites and the Rocky moun- exc Plateau regions. to veather will be generally wh warm the first part of the 8h( the Eastern states, follow- fer asettled weather by Wed- ma nd local rains thereafter," sui cast announced. "There del requent showers during the ma of the week in the great tin valleys and the Southern hile generally fair weather ies ail for some days over the tot ates and the Rocky moun- an; 1 Plateau regions. There tec routs the first half of the re| the Northwestern states and wh ?au and Rocky mountain if so. ?????? wh iVKLBKH TO MKKT. fat va! mention of 1*. P. A. Will te in Annual Session in |}| nhiirg WwlncMtay. nhurg. May 5.?The "road" Kp deserted this week. Few s in South Carolina will n luirt/ * WT1* r? V| i.-ui J , fv uav uw jr Kixt lircu The traveling men are lo Spartanburg and for (a( >ne week anyway the nam- j^(( * and trunks will be left rf)j I. The state convention of (jH' elers' Protective Aasocla- ?.. be held here May 7-9. j,a P. A. gathering la expected record-breaker In point of ^ re and good accomplished. ,|1( fmbera of the organization trj hat the convention will be attended, basing the pre- Krt n the letters received from iin i and others who expect to tin bu Death of an Infunt. o The News. sai Springs. May. 5.?Eric coi eighteen months old Infant atl r. and Mrs. H. B. WllilamH, to Thursday, May 1, after a Illness lasting about two sei The little body was tender- ed o rest at Salem cemetery qu tfternoon, Dr. Dyches and ca C. Mouzon conducting the arvicea at the grave. thi -i fcuir L~^ % I IU0S LANCASTER, S. C., TUESDAY, iPTURED FORT WORD IS EVACUATED I *opean Powers Win in Their wild Scent 'oncerted Action to Force King Square? hoi as to Oive Up Bloody Prize. Come F lettlnje, May 5.?King Nicholas, Police 1 Montenegro, decided today to London, cuate the fortress of Scutari in liisnrrinr A ;)on8e to the demands of the Eu- demonstrat ean powers. under the l Vhen he took possession of Scu- defense co) i on April 23 after a six months' to prevent je which cost the lives of thou- hall side o ds of Montenegrins and Turks, column an ig Nicholas declared that he Gf James ] lid hold the city until the last indepeudei: p of Montenegrin blood had been house of ( dJ lU. ? ... man of tt us and discharged his duties with ? ' tard to the feelings of those . iom he was called upon to arrest n . .. ' permitted by the offender to do > Bateman had many friend* daageHro"S io sympathise with him and his *! nlly. He is survived by an in- , . ' lid wife and three children. by severa including TKK MKKTH MAN WITH KNIFK Clement Martin. I edoricfc of Iladcn N(rik?t Assail- ninghain-4 ant With llilt of Hword and (;eorge T Escapee. ! member Mannheim, Germany, May 5.?A bound ov< irkman armed with a knife at-1 $10,000 ' ked Grand Duke Frederick of read, den den as he was leaving the railid station with his consort yester- Tl'RKKl y afternoon. The grand duke ! rew off his assailant and was not Itemarkal rmed. Farm? The duke was about to drive to on Nesi 3 races when the man jumped on Camdei b carriage steps and apparently Ird, May cd to grasp the lapel of his coat, premacy t the duke knocked him to the was the r?und with the hilt of his sword pilots mef d proceeded. farm of A crowd gathered and nttacked West Wa p man, intending to lynch him, ty Wedm t the police arrested him. He lated to t ve his name as Anton Jung and that Mrs. Id ho is an anarchist and had been ting in a mmissioned by a secret society to going to 'ark the grand duke. . He refused was start divulge the name of the society, tlesnake Jung said that he meant to pre- nest. Sh nt a petition for help and intend- to kill tl to attack the duke only if the re- amlnatlon est were refused. The knife he dead. Tl rrled was small. were bad I The grand duke attended a had game eater last night. but was s l? me niuropean powers nau tie- seriou3 ric ?d previously that Scutari was to as it m part of the future autonomous times culu .e of Albania, a crisis was tween the ught about and the powers im- tiuued for iiately brought strong pressure By the bear to force him and his troops ciallst lal evacuate the place. tious with n the meanwhile Austria took sellaise re rgetic steps to enforce the pow- 20,000 pei decision and concentrated large and as ma ie8 of troops in Bosnia, Herze- iug streets ina and Dalmatia. The powers, Peruiissi the interim instituted a block- given at tl of the Montenegro coast. derstandin, lome of the Montenegrin troops should be e withdrawn from Scutari in or- secure i , it was said, to resist a possible organizatlc itrian advance. It wis kdown Women's 1 t the Austrian army was prepar- marched to march forward. colors flyii 'he attiiude of Russia under banner ins bo circumstances was a matter "Where jreat concern to Europe and when way." joined in the pressure exercised Flags oi Montenegro, great relief was political 1) , as it had been thought she punth froi ii?i if?i?i any aiwiupi uy Austria iiig the mi order her army southward. Trouble t was suggested during the nego- speakers Ions that the King of Monte- crowd fro: ro was to receive territorial tbe columi ipensatlon in some other dlrec- given that 1 If he would give up Scutari and piace ou t t His Majesty was preparing to ference wj ept this offer. lice sergi ?? plinth, hui )LICEMAN DIES the heads FROM WOUNDS he tic Case?Invalid Wife ami thet^^ffor rhree Children?J. B. Cnu*hnan Held For Officer's Death. JJJJk Sumter Special to Columbia Rec- Hardle thi , May 5.?The shooting of Rural cialist spe Iceman A. M. Bateman, near gain his p sell, Sumter county, by J. B. In a e lghman of Spring Hill, Lee tempted tc nty, has caused much feeling in police belt nter. but aympu Sateman was operated on Satur- succeeded ' night and it was found ^that he 8he had si I suffered serious intestinal punc- jn tbe ban es, besides the Injuries from the jn retail it which lodged in his left hip. e(| a 8Uffr i chances for recovery appeared who was v n from the first. Ht led at 5 one Qf tb? lock Sunday afternoon. tbe police Iheriff J. K. Bradford .id his friends re ef deputy, John A. Epperson, de- tbe staff, ve credit for their prompt action Tbe str 1 capture of Caughman. They and the d 1 their man In less than three tbat coe irs after the shooting, although man(jing t > scene of the unfortunate affair ed the ^'! 12 miles from Sumter, and order wa8 ughman had gone to Spring Hill, the, hors Lee county. Wells nCaughman surrendered without crowd re r trouble. He appears to have commiS8io 1 the sherifT one version of the ^ells waf >oting in which he completely oraI1ges al inerated Bateman of any attempt plights attack him, or doing anything DeoDfe t| ich would warrant Caughman In hlef reau >otlng Bateman. He made a dif- ed face8 a ent statement to a newspaper ' ** n after his incarceration in h t jh * mter jail in which he set up self- . . fense, claiming that the police- * . .n shot at him first a number of counters 168. n Policeman Bateman was a fear- *? 8 officer and not one who wan- . ' ily attacked or tried to Injure ... \*rs yone. He wa? big hearted, cour- .1 4 Uv MAY 6, 1913. S BARRED; f$ ACTIONS SPEAK -: ? 1 i 9 of Disorder in Trafalgar ! -Many Battered Faces f rom Clash With Ixmdon N 'hat is Near-ltiot. (jay May 5.?Wild scenes of wit ccurred yesterday at the Sta Lion in Trafalgar square the auspices of the free speech pea uiniittee. The police tried peo speeches from the White- res< f the plinth of the ^telsou win id only the intervention ing Kier Hardie, Socialist and Hri it labor member of the cell lommous, who was chair- hen i" meeting, prevented a I it. lea< was the disorders many froi limiting in fisticuffs be- Gh< crowd and the ooliee con- doc alleged interference with k of free speech were made lI members of Parliament Mr. Hardie, Joseph Wedgwood and Joseph .iberals and Robert CunGlraham. A letter from , 'l ansbury, former Socialist to >f Parliament, who was w' f?r Saturday in the sum of to keep the peace, was se landing free speech. ve KIIXH KATTRKSNAKKS. fa ?le Fight on Went Wateree -Snakes Attacked Turkey 1. i Special to Columbia Rec- so !>.?In their battle for tU ' 1 over what they supposed 'ai ir prey, two rattlesnake rn< ; a mysterious death on the ot Mr. H. S. lloykin in the ,n< teree section of the countsday . The story as re- J? is by Mr. Roykin today is 'n Roy kin had a turkey set- 's pen in the fowlyard and In la give her her morning meal (A led to find two large rat- at pilots near the turkey's e at once called for help '* le reptiles, but upon ex- 1 found they were already I le turkey's head and beak in; y swollen showing that she A? dy tried to defend herself i Pc itill alive I kr n, - ? . ? .1 Tff? a<l almost two hours. weI time the marching So- tee bor and other organiza- ler> bands playing the Mar- secl ached Trafalgar square, Soc rsous had gathered there ROV ny more iu the surroundi. ou to hold a meeting was ^ le last moment on the un- J"eu g that no suffragette allowed to speak. Unable ' >ermission to march as an a" >u, the supporters of the ? Social and Political Union P}"' with the dockers, their f/e lg preceded by a huge 'er icribed: ^!If there's a will, there's a , ' and ! the Women's Social and nlon were hoisted on the P n which they waved dur- ' ( setlng' Jos began when Socialist started to address the m the Whitehall side of 1. The promise had been no speaking should take uin OiUC UCCUUttH UI inter- an(j Ith traffic. A husky po- Qje jant, standing oil the (jaj rled the speaker down on of the crowd below. cbo wd then rushed the plinth fh< savored to replace the It looked for a time as if tt-i ta would prove successnounted police ruthlessly the rioters. James Kier in Interfered and the So- Dai aker was allowed to relace. ( aoment a suffragette at- pog > climb to the plinth. The j^u' >w tried to pull her back ab( Lthizers on the platform vea in dragging her up after be' acriliced same clothes left bat ids of police. ba( lation a policeman snatch- wa agette banner from a girl jUfl vaving it from the back of bo, ? sea lions. She struck fla] man in the face and her ] gained the banner, minus ba] Ion uggle angered the crowd ^ i isorder became so general ba] amisaioner Wells, com- pri he mounted police, order- be< litehall side cleared. The bei carried out so roughly by Vei emen that Commissioner to oting the temper of the the tired in favor of another ine ner. As he was leaving j i showered with eggs and gul ad other missiles. an< between the police and 1 lien became general, the Ha Its of which were batter- of ind minor injuries on both an any rioters were arrested mi rowds succeeded in rescu- th< of the prisoners. There Ca rge number of isolated en- Lii co ted to do so by the police, ha ?r Hardie asked the crowd Li ?e, which it reluctantly qu . Despard and other suffra- gr >ke without interference. da empt tor arrest the women, >?taper of the assemblage, Le would have resulted In a i situation. Sl *es denouncing the govern $1. 2LEBRATE 100TH CIETl EACE ANNIVERSARY rir I 1 'elgn Representatives Gather in W| few York to Make Plans? fI " 'oseph H. Choate is Chairman, few York, May 5.?Representa58 of Great Britain, Canada, New- Parr Sh< ndland and Australia reached v York yesterday to open a five- . conference beginning today h 50 delegates from the United e tes to frame plans to celebrate p!0' one hundredth anniversary of aJr ' ,ce among Knglish-speaking ?N,er. 1 : pies. With them were two rep- *'.r 'u Bntatlves of the city of Ghent, <' rRO ? sre was signed the treaty end- .ou the War of 1812 between Great ma.(, sl1 tain and the United States. The Generi jbration will be held two years , " f ce. to* aU < fourteen delegates under the NV )v lership of Lord Weardale came ... \, ! m Great Britain, Australia and *?<1(lnes<l int on the steamer Caronia which las a 1 c ked vesterduv mnminc Thof 1 nrr Sin e met at the pier by a commit- Carolina including Nicholas Murray But- Fred H. Henry Clews, William H. Short, ney C?en< retary of the New York Peace lopmeut iety, and representatives of the ernor of New Jersey, and escort- t>ert of ? to an uptown hotel where they Super! I hold their deliberations office ""he five Canadian delegates cost the ched the city yesterday morning Companj rail. he was 1 ^he delegation from Great Brit- damage , 11 in number, consists mostly men am members of Parliament and in- in Lexin ies Earl Stanhope and the Hon. ainder o 1 Primrose, son of Lord Rose- Miller ai y. Sir George Reid represents at Parr stralia. The municipality of the finee int sent Alphone Van Werveke found gi I C. Debruyne. The Newfound- Sheriff d delegate is Eugene H. Outer- he had f ige and Sir Edmund Walker at Parr ds the five Dominion delegates, would b )f the American delegation, work wi eph H. Choate, one-time Ameri- ago. Sui ambassador to Great Britain, is been in Irman. Among the other mem- for four 8 are Admiral Dewey, President that he 1 ben of Princeton, Gen. Nelson A. by the I es, August Belmont, Dr. Alexler Graham Bell of Boston, Mayor M nkenberg of Philtdelphia, Mayor fnor of New York, Governor is of Massachusetts, Gifford Pin- e. P. An it, Seth Low and Col. Robert M. 0ut >mpson. Tampi EAVY FIRE LOSS " FOR LER0Y SPRINGS captured morning mage to Eureka Mills at Chester Line tra Was Serious. here am Chester, May 3.?What was sup- torney 1 ied to be an ordinary fire at the aboard, reka cotton mills Thursday night prosecut -v , ngni .vi : ?t one l.i pti'iMi'iin vol" l,a(l n0( this tin smverer of Soulli Pole to <?et that lat $l,tt20 .Annually For Fife. (0 mau, Christiana, May 5.?Tho Storth- ' Then k today voted to ('apt liable! Mr. Grr nundnen, dlsooverer of tho Booth Hon a do, a life annuity of six thousand : Whalov onh ( $1,620.) lor at u ^_n,r. '%Ay* * >ut 9 o'clock, after examination on J1 terday morning proves to have Andre in one of the worst this county the co' j had in a long time. The fire night. 1 its inception in one of the large a saw ai rehouses of the mill, apparently his t in the middle and for many religious irs it smoldered, only occasionally a dark 1 ring up. all was In the warehouse were about 450 1? two. es of cotton, over 100 bales be- Andre ging to farmers who had stored next Fr there for a high market, also 153 W. Ale> es of very heavy weight, high Both he ced ducking, which was to have nent in ;n shipped to a big Northern Job- they liv m vootoi*/lo?> All ? ? ?? oaroinoi J^K.UO,. nil U1 lUW WttM ??- " f? ely damaged. It is impossible brought estimate the exact loss, but It is >ught to be about $3.1,700, with f*T> Af lurance sufficient to cover it. \arXwAv Superintendent Jones of the mills' SEA Tered a painful injury to his arm d is in bed as a result of itThe Carolina and Northwestern Chariest ilway came very near 'losing four ton< its new parlor cars that had Just rived and wers standing on the 1 . 11 siding, being transferred from Agaii s Seaboard Air Line tracks to the Wash rolina. and Northwestern's. stood h icklly for the road, insurance p Qra< mpanies and travelers, an engine oppose ppened to be at the Seaboard Air p g \i ne station. This engine was run recently lickly to the scene of the confla- jater el ation and moved the cars out. of the firat nger. ordered The mill is the property of Col. Mr. < sroy Springs of Lancaster. Saturdn Turner BCIAL SESSION LEGISLATURE could b I gaged i xty Democratic MemlH-rs Hold ? Conference Over Jury Reform in present New Jersey. er's de. Trenton, N. J., May 5.? Sixty nounce? ?mocratic members of the state oath of gislature met in conference here jt j,a day and discussed jury reform, wjjj aH! hich is one of the subjects which or xvh jvernor Fielder has called a special charge ssion of the legislature to con- j hirge ai ler. The special session will con- election ne at noon tomorrow. sional The conference was fruitless so reason r as reaching a satisfactory solu- ! the hou ?n as to the kind of a jury reform j,ig Df II to be enacted into law. The though a conference by President Wil- I antj KO, n with a number of the Demo- j ,l(.t for atic state leaders in Jersey City | iy *t Friday, however, received the jn a fe 3st favorable consideration. An- ]OOK( her conference will take place to- Whei arrow. correspi Since the regular session ad- neither urued one vacancy has occurred tended the senato and another member j,ig pre in Ljirope, so the Democrat-; will or nr,ot \p only Id votes in the sen a and there v >"t pass any measuro with nut - ?? ?mmmm* 50 PER YEAR. fARRESTEDFOR )RK 0N SUNDAY >als Men Rounded Up on Governor's Order. jton, May 4.?Acting upon r of the Governor of Soutb , and Sheriff Reed, of County, to-day arrested y laborers and Beveral supents at Parr Shoals, on the f volating the law by work Uinday. The ari*est were ortly after noon, al Superintendent J. T. Mosave a cash bond for $1,250 he men arrested. All are ith the exception of one ial of the men will be held lay before Magistrate Dougmkinsville, three miles form flas. The State of South will be represented by Dominick, Assistant Attor3ral. The Parr Shoals DeveCompany will be represen- - ? lie hearing by Elliott &HerColumbia. Intendent McClellan told ?rs that the recent flood had Parr Shoals Development r about $75,000, and that working the men to prevent by a possible flood. Of the asted twenty-six were found gton County, and the remn the Fairfield side. Sheriff nd Sheriff Hood will meet shoals Wednesday to divide i, provided the men are xilty at trial. ' Miller said to-day that lerved notice on the officials Shoals that the workmen e arrested if the Sunday is not stopped six weeks perintendent McClellan has charge of the work there weeks, and said yesterday had not recived the warning . ex in g ton sheriff. IOMED TO DIE CAPTURED (Irews, Who Sawed His Way L /v# Tantna 1?tl ? ? a surprise may be sprung ne one not now known may Mr. (.race. !r. Whaley is expected hero w days something interesting ?d for. 1 seen today by The State'* i># ondent, Mr. Grace would *\i affirm or deny that he into oppose Mr. Whaley. Hessod for an answer one way her, and being informed that rere rumors that he would Ir. Whaley, ho said that ho hing io say on the subject at ne one way or another, but er in might have a statement e public. seeinv to be no doubt that ire Intends to take some at gainst thti ?? *? ... ui ivi r. , t>ut in just what direction hat time is not now known. VI .?IMWOll, i, Fla., May 5.?E. P. Anvho escaped from Jail here ider sentence of death, was at an early hour yesterday when he boarded a Coast in at a flag station between 1 Jacksonville. State's Atlerbert 8. Phillips, who wan recognized the man he had ed. He took his prisoner icksonville. ws made his escape from inty jail here last Sunday He had been provided with [id a revolver, supposedly by . Following the holding of i services he hid himself in corner of the Jail and when quiet sawed three iron bare >ws was sentenced to hang iday for the murder of J. ander, in Manalee county, and his victim were promithe community in which ed. Feeling was so strong Andrews that he was to Tampa for safe keeping. :e may oppose TTKrt ni? WTTAT.TP.V ton Mayor, Bilsj- in WashingKef uses to Affirm or Deny pt That Ho Will Make Fight ist Congressman. ington, May 5.?It is undei*lere today that Mayor John ;e of Charleston intends to the seating in thff iiG'GSC, 9' Vhaley of that, city, who was ' nominated in a primary an<) ected as representative from t district in a special election for the purpose. Grace came to Washington iy with his law partner, W. Logan, and from all thatte learned here has heen earn looking up precedents and* K data to be used when thoCarolina congressman-elecS s himself before the speak?k in a few days and anj that he is ready to take the office and be sworn in. s been difficult to learn who list Mr. Grace in the matter at member will make the that because of the very mount of money spent in tho there should be a congres Investigation. It stands to that thore is no Democrat in ise who will oppose the seatthe South Carolinian. ?i