Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 13, 1904, Image 1
THE
PLANTER'S
LOAN AND
SAVINGS
BANK.
AUftUSTA, GA.
VOL. 69.
Pays Interest
. on Deposits.
Accounts
Solicited.
Ii. C. HATH?,
President,
CHAS, C. Ho VT ABD,'
Cashier.
EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1904.
THE MTHTAL BANK
OP AUGUSTA?
L. C.JrTArNB, FBAXK G. FORD,
President. Cashier/
CAPITAL $250,000.
Surplus )
Undivided Profits, f ?125,000
NO. 16.
. tr* ?ll A HTTP. U IC DAV
He Lived > in Raleigh and Charlotte
at Different Times
~D?cD SUDDENLY OF PNEUMONIA
Colonel Turk Was a Man ol Fine
Sense ?nd Infinite Humor-An In
teresting Character.
Charlotte, Special.-The following
.. telegram was received by Mr. P. I?
'. McManus, superintendent of the Char
ge lotte division of the Southern Rail
way, Saturday night: "Mr. W. A.
^?-.Purk died Saturday afternoon about
.6:45, of pneumonia, very sudden and
' very unexpected."- The message was
? from Mr. S. H. Hardwick.
The people of North Carolina will
S' jr?gret to hear of the death of Col.
ix Turk. He was well known in the State,
f; Fer many years he lived in Charlotte,
and was in every sense of the word a
: loyal ; Tar Keel.
Col, William A. Turk was born in
^Augusta county, Virginia, about 65
V years ago. . He came to Charlotte 30
/years ago, and. helped the late Dr.
Carter Berkley to work insurance^
jj&:They went from here to Raleigh two
"x "years later. Mr, Turk continued in
^the insurance business until he secur
ed a position as clerk at the Yar
- borough House; there Col. A. B. An
^'vdrews discovered that he was a gen- j
??ius and took him into the railroad ser
vice. Later he returned to Charlotte
:?ind was assistant general passenger
agent of the old Richmond & Danville
^Railroad. He remained herc in that
" capacity for nearly a year and was
v then transferred to Washington and
i made general passenger "agent of the
Southern. Three, years ago Col. Turk
was promoted to the place of general
traffic manager.. He was a capable
'^business man.
lt was not as a--'railroad agent that
the people "of this section knew Mr.
I' .Turk,; but jjs-the great, big-hearted
$?iant tha./he w?sV He had a tremen
:.;dpus body, fine intellect, a powerful
^wjain andja. keen sense of humor. He
KL-of man that the other
-ai_v/hen~vhe~ came
Eo~when he talked. He
Entertain any sort of au au
He knew men-had a keen in
|mto human'nature. The day W"
so glomhy that Col. Turk dm
j,ye a joke, or a jest. He laugh
l^thc world. Men amused him;
i-the best pf^them.. He
was tactful'ii" dealing with people. He
hr d splendid ability.
Sunday Row in New York. i (
'?; ' New York, Special.-In^a feud fight
here Sunday three brothers, Thomas j
-^Williamand Michael Gilbrlde, were ' {
^seriously, if not fatally, stabbed, and ( (
Harry and John Mcshane, also broth- j t
er?, were badly wounded. On Saturday ! *
a fight occurred between Harry Mc- j j
Shane and Thomas Gllbride,1 and both' j
were.arrested. Sunday, meeting Gil- ?
j bride and his two brothers on the j
3treet' with several of their, friends, t
-McShane gathered abbut twenty of lils j
. friends in the back room of a saloon " ]
at the corner of First avenue and ?
Twenty-thirds street. ' Then, according !
to the police, he approached Gilbriue. j
professed regret over their trouble of r
. the day before, and finally induced the j
Gllbride party to go with him to the -y
saloon to drink and forget their differ- ' s
enees. As soon as all were inside the I
; saloon Mcshane is said to have given j
a sign on which his friends began the r
_' \\
" ?-- -
Tornado Strikes Tex's.
Calvert, Tex-. Special.-A tornado
struck che country five miles west of
here Thursday afternoon, unroofiug the
;.cresid?nce pf B. S. Peters, president of
the Texas Cotton Growers' Association,
and wrecking a number of tenant
houses on his plantation. On the* T. J.
Garrett plantation great damage was
done td crops, many houses destroyed
- and R. F. Drennan, the manager, was
.-injured.'
Severe VYlnd Storm.
Natchez, Miss., Special-Natchez was
thrown into great excitement Thurs
day- night by a severe wind storm
. .which ' amounted almost to a tornado.
The wind, accompanied by a terrific
rain and-hail storm, came from the
northwest. Part of the city hall was
unroofed. Several warehouses and a
- number of residences were shorn of '
their roofs. Fences were blown down
and huge trees were' torn up by the
\ roots by the fierce wind. Si. Mary's
"cathedral was damaged and hundreds
of electric light wires are badly dis
arranged. Horsemen coming from the
coutry districts after the storm has
passed, report that the growing crops
have been destroyed.
Democratic Chairman.
Washington, Special-Representative
W. C. Cowherd, of Missouri, was elect
ed chairman of the Democratic con
gressional committee without opposi
tion tonight. About 20 members- of
?the congressional committee were pres
ent at a meeting tonight in the mu
nority roora at the capitol. Mr. Cow
herd was not present The question of
the election of a secretary caused con
siderable discussion.
Large Cotton Qlnncry.
. Kingston, By Cable.-Under the di
rection of theJraperial Department of
Agriculture the largest and most ef
fective ginnery in the West Indies
was opened here yesterday by W.
Bie?bro?k. an expert ginner from
James-Island, S. C. The factory is a
three-story building and the machinery
consists, of six of the best gins op
erated, ginning 3,600 pounds of cotton
daily- The baling presses are of Amer
ican' manufacture^-. The cotton indus
try "here; is developing rapidly. The
?; steamer will take a large ship
t o' cotton to England.
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters of General Interest In
Short Paragraphs.
Down In Dixie.
Convicts made a desperate attempt
to escape from thc Missouri penit?^
tiary.
Teachers in a Methodist college,
near Tampa, were drowned, hy th?
overturning or a boat in a gaie>.
The nev.' hattleship Virginia was
launched at Newport News in the
presence o? a crowd of 30,000i
In a lecture at Louisville Dr. W. M.
Morrison, a Presbyterian missionary,
declared King Leopold maintained an
army of cannibals in Cbngo:
Bishop Wilson announced the ap
pointment of ministers of the Balti
more Conference. Methodist, Episcopal
Church South, at Alexandria.
Col. Marshall Green, oiife of the most
widely known histofltns in the South,
rlie? at his home in Kentucky last
Thursday.
- Five persons, members of a pleaa
ure party from the Methodist Florida
College, "at Sutherland, Fla.) were
ircwnful in the Gulf by the overturn
ing ctf their boat.
At The National Capital.
In the Senate Mr. Morgan (Dem-.;
Ala.) .spoke about the Panama banal
:cncessicns and some amendments
ivere made to the Postoffice Appropri
ation bill.
The House passed the Military
iVcademy Appropriation bill after lis1
:ening to a political argument ,'tw?en
representatives DeArmondand Gros
venor.
The Senate finance committee adopt
ad an amendment which will allow
lational banks to use Panama cahal
bonds as a basis of circultioih
The House committee on judiciry
leard testimony against the alleged
lews print paper trust.
The Senate committee on education
ind labor' resumed hearings for and
Against the eight-hour law.
In Washington lt is felt the; oil ly
iarrlng note in ,the growing popularity
>f Judge Parker for the Democratic
:omm?t?on for President is ex-Sen
itor Hill's advocacy of him.
The Cabinet decided that if neces
sary the "property of the Panama
Railroad' Company will be protected
i gainst strikers by a force of marines.
Naval officers say the honor of the
;ewice is involved in the reports that
'high authority*' tries to influence the"
Xmrt Of inquiry finding iii the Mis
souri-Illinois collision.
At The North.
Chicago last week elected Aldermen
md decided the question of city own
jrship of street railways.
Mormons held a thanksgiving ser
;ice at the annual conference in Salt
.ake City.
Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsyl
vania, announces that he will not be
i candidate for Justice of the Supreme
Sourt.
The Democratic State convention of
iansas elected uninstructed delegates
o the national convention. The dele
rates-?.t-large are W. A. Harris. David
)verm?yer, J. G. Johnson, S. I. Hale
iud J. N. Haymaker, The delegation,
tccording to personal preferences, will
;tand 6 for Hearst and 14 against him,
t is said.
From Across The Sea.
Another bombardment of .Port Ar
tair on April 3 was reported.
The Hamburg American liner the
j'uerst-Bismarck was sold to a Rus
t?an firm.
Count Tolstoi denounced the war in
he Orient and all wars, but declared
te was not entirely free from the er
or of patriotism.
The Anglo-French colonial treaty
vas reported as being about ready for
igning, the principal provisions hav
ng been agreed upon.
Three prominent Cubans were ar
ested at Havana in connection with
he riotous proceedings in the Cuban
Jongress.
Lieut. Mattasich, Austrian anny of
icer, was reported to have tried to
escue Princess Louise of Coburg from,
.n insane asylum.
Alisc?llcneou? flatters.
Poor horses and inability to manage
hem properly was pointed out as the
?use of much delay on the part of
he Japanese armies in Corea. ,it being
lelieved in Chefu that it will be a
aqnth still before the real fighting
legins.
The steamer Discovery returned
afely. to New Zealand with the Brit
sh Antarctic expedition.
The Havana Express, on the Cuban
ailroad, was wrecked in a fire near
Santiago?
' Senator J. R. Burton, of Kansas,
vas sentenced, at St. Louis, to six
nonths' imprisonment, and to pay a
ine of $2,500 for using his influence
lefore the Postoffice Department In
lehalf of a St. Louis concern.
Pennsylvania Republicans in con
rention nominated J. P. Elkin for Jus
Ice of the Supreme Court, indorsed
Roosevelt, and named delegates.
Ex-president Cleveland was report
id as being' satisfied with Judge A. B.
3arker as the Democratic, candidate
or the Presidency.
Circuit Attorney Folk declared be
vas not a candidate for the Vice
Presidency.
A stubborn fire in the New York
?ubway blocked traffic, crippled wire
lervice and placed in peril fifty work
nen, who were rescued with difficulty.
The Continental Securities Company
isked an injunction against the North
>rn Securities Company from distri
cting stock according to the plan.
The seventy-four annual conference
if the Mormon Church closed at Salt
^ake, Utah.
Three reen wert? asphyxiated in
Philadelphia.
Five persons were suffocated in a
ire at Mount Vernon, N. Y:
Three men were reported drowned
jy the overturning of a boat in Shark
.Iver, near Delmar, N. J.
iMembers of the Court of Inquiry
vhich investigated the Missouri-IHi
?cis . collisslon deny that any tele
rrams were received bearing upon
heir decision.
The House of Representatives pass
id 17 bills relating to the District of
Colombia.
Shot Ci- Dispensary Officers
Columbia Special.-Joiin Sulliva?;
an employe of N. ?atiil?; iii Charles-'
ton, was sflot arid perhaps ?atalb'
wounded by a dispensary cbristablo
Wednesday night. This is the first
homicide of the kind under Governor
HeywanTs administration: When the
dispensary law was enacted Charles
ton thought it an outrage on the lib
erty cf th? citizens there, and the un
wavering morai sentiment against the
law has made Its enforcement diffi
cult. The barkeepers, denied the
right of license, continued in business
in daring and flagrant violation of the
law, just as the Moonshiners think
the Federal law unjust.
Ther? have been niaiiy clashes iH
'Charleston, but heretofore no homi
cides at th? hands bf tiie constables.
Sattile is tiie Italian and conducts a
cafe near the postoffice.
Sullivan and two negrees had gone
io Mt. Pleasant, across the harbor,
where the liqour in bulk seems to
have been stored; There they were
met by Constables Owens and Hud
son, who confiscated a boatload of
liquor. Sullivan started back tb the
city, but carno back and attacked thc
constables with ad oaf; It is stated
that Hudson did the shooting, but
hoth constables are in jail;
Hudson had been chief of police of
WalterbofO; Governor Hayward's
home town, and has a good reputa
tion.
Bail Granted.
R; W: McDaniel who killed Lee
Neese; the town marshal of Swansea
Christmas eve, ?902; has been granted
bail in the -sum of $5,000 by Judge
Ernest Gary. The case was heard- in
the court house in Columbia. The ar
gument in favor ci bail was that the
jury had indeed found McDaniel guilty
of murder but had recommended the
convicted man to the mercy of the
court and thus had put itself on record
as believing ^the crime not to be de
serving of capital punishment. Thc
case hfts attracted attention because
the defendant is of good family and
connected with some of the best fami
lies in the State. He had gone to the
penitentiary to servo his term when
mainly through the efforts of Mr. Le
roy Fi Youniahs he secured a stay of
sentence pending an appeal to tho
Supreme Court. His case in the Sit-1
premc Court was handled with skill
and the petition for a new trial was ?
granted. McDaniel will have no trou- j
We to secure bail. Court meets in
Lexington within a few weeks.
-
Want Sunday Train.
Bishopville, Special-Petitions are :
being circulated in Bishopville. direct- j
ed to the ra'lroad officials and the rail- j
road commission, asking that a Sunday j
train be put on between Lucknow and !
Sumter. Under the present schedules. !
there Is no possible way of either get- I
ting away from town or coming Into '
town on Sunday by rail. The petition
tUate3 that the rapid growth of the
town of Bishopville and Increase of i
business Interests demand transporta- .
tion for passengers, and also the Sun- ,
day newspapers and other important
mall. The train <-ould leave Lucknow ,
early Sunday mornings, connecting
with trains in Sumter for other points ,
and then Immediately return to Luck
now, bringing passengers and the mall. ,
This ls a much needed Improvement
and would he greatly appreciated by ?
the citizens and business people of thc <
town of Bishopville and adjoining com- ?
munity. j i
Closing Telegraph Offce.
The railroad commission will grant
a hearing in the matter of the closjng
jf the Western Union Telegraph com
pany's office at Johnston. The com
pany refused to pay a license of $10 !
per annum, saying that they did not ;
do $25 of business in-a year. The town
authorities closed the office and the
telegraph company is willing. They
must, however, obtain the consent of
the railroad commission.
ninor State Notes.
A special from Fort Mill to the Co
lumbia State says: The statement is
made that Mack Steele, a young white
man whose home is in this place, has,' '
entered suit against the Southern
Railway Company for $5.000. Steele, it
is seid, claims that he was ejected
from a passenger train cf the com- .
pany some time ago between Rock Hill i
and Fort Mill because the ticket agent
of the company at Rock Hill punched
thc year 1905 instead of 1904 in a ticket
which he had bought for transporta
tion between the two points and which
the conductor refused to accept.
A large addition is planned to the
building and equipment of the M?lfort
Mills at Fort Mill.
The State Farmers' Institute will be
held at Clemson in August, beginning
cn the 9th and lasting all the week.
The committee ol the trustees having
the matter in charge is composed of
the following: Col. R. W. Simpson,
Col. M. L. Donaldson and Hon. L. A.
Sease. It was decided to have those
wishing to attend to make application
lor tickets which xviii secure board
and lodging. These tickets will oe
transferable. It was thought necessary
to do this because ot' the immense
crowd there last year.
The State Agricultural and Mechan
ical Society will hold a special meet
ing in Columbia on the 12th of April .
for the purpese of confirming the re
cent action in regard to the sale of the
fair grounds property and ? the acquisi- j
tion-of the Marlin tract on the south-,
ern boundary cf thc city. On account
of the death of W. T. Martin it may
bc necessary to get the court, lo give
some order of transfer so thar, the
Agricultural society may acquire thc
property in accordance with the agree
ment with W. T. Martin.
The Enoree Presbytery held its w-o
?lons at Gaffney Ir.s! week. 1
BURTON SENTENCED
Be Declines io Say Anything in De
fense of Himself
DEGRADED FROM tildi! POSITION
Judge Adams 5a?s the Verdict of th?
Jury b.'rtiortStatesif Hat Publ.'C Of*
fice Canndt Be Prostituted' td ?slfr
Sei'ving Purposes.
St. Louis, Special.-United States
Senator J. R. Burton, of Kansas, was
fi?ntenc?d to six months imprisonment
in jail and1 e fine of S2.500 for using
his influence before t?ie Postoffic? De^
partment in behalf of the Rialto Grain,
and Securities Company, of St. Louis,
and for having received payment from
the company for his services.
When Senator BuHoil, ?cetf ni pained
by his attorney, came into th? United
States District Court, Jiidgfe Adams
spoke of the motions that had been
filed for ? new trial arid for arrest of
judgment. The court,-after briefly re
viewing the motions, overruled them
both. The court then said to the de
fendant:
"Have you anything to say as to
why sentent fchoul?l not 'ie passed
?poh you?" k
Evidently suppressing his emotions
with ? strong effort. Senator Burton
?iood leaning willi both, hands on a
chair back as he said:
''Your honor will please allow mc to
respectfully decline to say anything."
The court room was almost empty
with the exception of a lew persons
who had remained out of curiosity and
the silence 'A S almost oppressive as
Judge Adams, iii a iow tone, began de
livering the sentence. The court said:
,JI ain satisfied that the jury reached
the just ?nd true result. The evidence
abundantly warranted their verdict
and I fouud no reason, either in the
law governing the case or in the pro
ceedings attending the trial, for dis
turbing it.
"Your ?x?ited station ih life, arid the
character bf your offense, give unusuai
significance to your conviction. It de
monstrates that the law of the land is
equal to any emergency and that it
can be administered regardless of the
personality and station of the accused.
It also- demonstrates to all "the people
that public office cannot be prostituted
to self-serving purposes, and that pub
lic office Is not a sure or safe passport
to private thrift.
"The humiliation attending your
conviction and the statutory, disqualifi
catious resulting therefrom which for
ever incanaci tatos_yoi*^-^'^-^J^i4g_
any office of "honor, trust Or prone
under the government of the United
States are in themselves heavy punish
ment for. your offenses, and l^ave bul
little iii the way of severity which
could be added.
"It is neither my pleasure nor pur
pose to Impose any m/nccessary pun
ishment.
"I think the majesty of the law will
be sufficiently vindicated ana, the pub
lic welfare sufficiently* aafeguraded by
imposing a single vmtence, warranted
as lt is on any one of the six counts
of the indictments on which you were
convicted.
"This sentence will be that you be
confined in the Iron county jail for a
period of six months, and that you pay
a fine of $2,500."
At the conclusion of the sentence
Senator Burton, who had not taken his
eyes from the court and who had
scarcely moved, as he supported him
self by the chair back, turned and sat
down, with his head bowed and his
eyes on the floor. His attorney, Judge
Kruni, immediately filed n bill of ex
ceptions in the case and offered a bond
for $10,000, which was accepted. 1
Senator Burton declined to discuss
the sentence. The case now wiri be
appealed to the United States District
Court of Appeals.
i Wound in ll?art Mealed.
Philadelphia, Special.-Thomas Em
erson, the negro who was stabbed in
the heart about three weeks ago and
was treated at Jefferson Hospital by
Dr. Stewart, who closed the wound
with six stitches of silk, will leave the
hospital in a few days none the worse
for his injury. Although he has been
strapped to his bed ever since he has
been In the institution, to prevent him
from in any way destroying the ef
fects of the operation and thereby
bringing on his death. Emerson has
grown stout and is said to be in better
physical condition than when he first
entered the hospital.
fleeting of nil! Men.
Wadesboro, Special.-At. a special
meeting of the stockholders of the
Wadesboro Cotton Mill Company on
Wednesday afternoon arrangements
were made by which to raise the neces
sary funds to meet the immediate in
debtedness and resume operations. An
order was issued on the courts to dis
charge the receiver. The stockholders
will hold another meeting in a few days
to re-organize compfete. '.
Farmer Kills Himself.
Danville. Va., Special.-News has
reached this city of the suicide at his
home, near Milton. N. C.. several days
ago, ot Mr. Royal Foster, a well-to-do
farmer. Tho man shot himself in the |
right temple while lying in his bed in
the early morning. He covered his
head with the bed clothing so as to
keep the sound of the report from
reaching the other rooms of" thelioufae,
In one of which his wife was preparing
the morning meal. Mr. Fost?r was
cold in death when his wife went to the
room to call him to breakfast.
Republican Delegates.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.-The
Republicans of the third congressional
district met here Wednesday morning
and selected H. S. Chamberlain, o!
this city, and Frederick L. Mansfield,
of Athens, as delegates to the nation
al convention. Gus Cale, of Bradley
county, were uamed as alternates. The
convention instructed the delegates to
vote for Theodore Roosevelt.
SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES
-'i
Many Item* Cleaned From ?"\ountai.-.
< to Seashore,
. . -w
Make^P/f pairs on Stale,Hous?'.'
The commission appointed by the
general assembly to see to the comple
tion of trji? fltate house met last week
to confer^ with Architect C. C. Wilson
tn regard1 io the repairs to he made to
"save tb?. building from further dete
riordtlottf its the bill appropriating
$45,000 f?fr this' purpose reads. The re
pairs to ?be made are to the roof and
the iflstaTiiitlori of a fiew heating and
lighting; v apparatus,- .arid several
smaller. ijtefails.
The meeting j?sterdity was of a pre
llmlnaryieharact?r ant/ HO definite
busiuess^was transacted. Mr. Wils?ri
submitted some rough drawings and
specific?ti?up of the work to be done,
and aftefche had ex'jij2ri?*d Ideas with
the committee they adjourned tb if?ter
here aga^n about May 1, when he will
submit plans,
, The ??riey for the work hi now in
* the* halie's of the se?r?t?ry of thc ?ink'
lng Ilind- commission and will he used
as soori"'jas it is.wailted; The commit
tee wii?^not wait for the su'its against
Architekt Milburn and Contractors
Mcllwaiti, UriMfer & Co; to be con
cluded; #
The imbers of the committee ?r*?'
Senators- J. Q. Marshall of this city,
and' George F. von Kolnitz, Jr.. of
Charleston, and Representatives Alta
mpflt looses of Sumter. C. J. Coleock
bf Beaufort; arid S: T.- tfc. Lftneaster cf
Spkrt^burg: . Senator Mai-shall waa
ab?e'nV.y^sterd?iy bri account of con
tiriuedj;^ illri?s? dud Se^iat?V vori
Kolinit?&was elected acting chairman
iii .S?najpr* Marshal's absence. Mr.
Wiisohjwas elected architect and Mr.
A: D. M&Faddiri war. elected secretary.
j Hred tile Jail
Edgefteld. Special.-On Thursday
night about 8 o'clock the jail of E'l^f
field wak found to be on Ure. lt wa?
first discovered by Dr. .T Y. Pattison,
who yf?s passing on his way home.
The ?l?tjin1 was glvfe'ti arid the acting
j?ilei^ jMr.- .. John Faulkner', wjit?n
awakened, fourni the ?e?i iii Which'
Jesse ^Henderson, colored; .was.
confined,- was on fire. Hen
derson^had used his lamp to set fire
to his cell. When his cell doer wai
opened3ie was lying on the floor dead
from suffocation, A hole was burne:l
through'the Moor and but little dam
age other thdri th'S fffts, done. Ile
was evidently trying to biirri ? hole
through:- which tb niako . his escape,
but suffocated before he hdd accomp
lished his object; Henderson is the
negro; who on last Sunday night ri??de
an effort' to escape by. throwing
cayenne Tapper into the jailor's eyes.
He was'ubder life sentence for killing
a uegrrj.;in a church last year and was
to have7 been sent to thc penitentiary
in- Columbia.
; Trac?dy al: Boyk'n.
Colunia. Special-J. McRac Whit
4.?k?y -.?ffi??mdcn. 'waa shot and killed
bli the TO!;them Railway by J. E. Gil
li?. The two men hail some trouble
some time ago, nbot.'t a fire, which
Whittaker chat ged Gillis with setting
or. his mother-in-law's 'plantation. This
afteYuooh Whitaker met Gillis and his
father on the Camden road, the trouble
was rec owed when they reached Boy
kin station. Whitaker called io W. A.
Ecykln, a merchant, and telling him
of the trouble, suggested that they turu
over their pistols to Boykln and tight
lt out fairly with their fiats. At this
juncture/while Whitaker was about to
pass the pistol to Boykin. Gillis fired,
the ball penetrating Whitaker's breast
over the heart and causing death in a
few minutes. The elder Gillis was arm
ed, but didn't shoot. Whitaker was
about 25 years old and Gillis Is about
3u. Both are progressive farmers.
Charleston Gets Her Money.
The board of dispensary directors
concluded their meeting last week.
The profits taken from Charleston be
cause bf the alleged non-en forcement
of thc dispensary law were restored.
.As the annual revenue of Charleston
amounts to about $30,000. thc sum
returned is between $4.500 and $5.000.
being for the months of January, Feb
ruary and March and part of Decem
ber. The expense of the litigation
will be deducted from the money for
December, but this will not amount to
much. It ls the purpose of the boaVd,
so one of their number stated a few
days ago, to buy only what, stock ls
absolutely necessary until the dead
stock now on hand is exchanged or
sold, according to the plan reviewed
In The State a few days ago. But
one purchase was made yesterday
that being 100 cases of Silver Spring
corn whiskey from J. W. Kelly & Co.,
of Chattanooga.
New Enterpirbss.
The Stevens Mercantile company of
Bethune received a charter. The cap
ital is $10.000: the officers are: Jno.
T. Evans, president; LeRoy S. David
son, vice-president, and B. M. Bruce,
secretary.
A commission was issued to the
Horry Joint Stock Company of Con
way. The capital is $5,000 and the
corporators are: G. Fred Stalvey and
S. A. Causey. It is proposed to do
a mercantile and real estate business.
The Effingham Ginning Company of
Darlington filed a. declaration. The
capital is $5,000 and the corporators
are: Robert Keith Dargan and W. E.
Dargan.
Committed Suicide,
Dothan, Alabama. Special.-W. W.
Milliken, who was in thc Abbeville
jail charged with criminal assault
upon his sister-in-law. committed sui
cide at four o'clock Sunday afternoon
hy shooting himself through the head.
He was postmaster at this place, uud
stood high lu Republican politics.
The alleged assault was committed a
few weeks ago. Milliken was arrest
ed, escaped and was re-arrested .
Palmetto Notes.
The Secretary of State recently is
sued a commission to a new Columbia
firm, tho Ong-Trowbridge Company.
The capita*] is $.1.0.000. the business
general contracting and the corpora
tors are: J. F. Our,'. W. E. Trowbridge
and W. Boyd Evans. Mr. J. P. OUR
is well known as the . con
tractor who creeled for Mr. G. C
Wilson, architect, the now famous
hotel Park In the Pines near Aiken.
A large new enterprise IK to be
started in Summerville lu the shape
of the Summerville Rrick Company.
(WARF4KE IS SLOW
_,_
j Neither Russia Nor japan Making An
Effort to Fight
-.
j NEWS SCARCE AND CONTRADICTORY
-o
? $i+ss!a Trirs to Explain That She Hos
Sust&nad No Serious Losses Up
j; to This Time.
? St. Petersburg. By Cable.-The gen
erally anticipated attack on Port Ar
thur (dil not occur, although a tele
gram received from Grand Duke Cyril
reports that the enemy's ships were
sighted rm the horizon, lt is presumed
j that the Japanese were warned o? the
.' extra precautions which had been
j taken to guard against a surprise.
There was no Easter merry-making
j nt the fron*tv By special dispensation
i tho soldiers and sailors there were re
I lieved of all religions exercises on ac
i count of the necessities pf the military
j si tua t (oil.
r Vice Admiral Makaroff's torpedo
flotilla patrolled the open sea. while
the warships, wi*b full steam up, re
mained outside Port Arthur,
Elsewhere throughout the theater of
war all is reported quiet/ A high uiili
; tary authority, in conversation with
j the- Associated Press, explained why
j Oje?!.- Kur/tpatkin's plan of campaign
j docs not contemplate a heavy resist
; ance ?o the Japanese advance at the
j Yahl, ssyi.rig:
'.Either defeat tit victory in a battle
? there would be disadvantageous to uS.
i If we lest vl'?f? WQTfld have to fall b?cfc
i through a difficult country- If we won
j -and I say to you that Russian i?iv'at
, egy is i'jaitfcl on the idea of victory,
j and not on that tu* defeat-success
. would b? rruitlesa. We could Ml fel
j lew it up without exposing the army to
j too gi tal risks. On account of the
I Japanese control of the sea. Jf we piir
! sued th? enemy into the peninsular of
j Korea we would open boin flanks to a
I possible attack ?u ffie ?-ear.- No. the
I Japanese must come on to a point in
the interior which we have selected,
j where we can follow up a ?crushing de
: feat to the bitter end with blow after
?.blciw and seal the fate of the campaign.
"Dur plans on sea and ipti'd will con*
i verge at a time next Limmer when
Vice Admiral Makaroff's fleet will be
; relieved by the arrival of reiuforce
? meals. Then, if successful on laud, wt?
cap. clear the sea of the enemy, cut his
i communications, and the Japanese in
: Korea and Manchuria will th^r. he at
our mercy.
''.'.The world must not be Impatient.
, The prelude to this war is not yet fin
ished."
.V-iVtgkmd?y?tjboj'cher? that as Ahe re
sult of Gen. TviWp"atlvrn^_T?sir-ir/-Tfr^
: Ch wang, re-inforcements of lCKVOOO men
will be sent forward from Li-?o Yang.
Berlin. By Cable.-The Tagleblatfs
war correspondent', Maj. Gaedke, writ
! ing on a train while nearing Harbin
March 19, said:
"Only six trains daily pass east on
the railroad to Manchuria aud only
: four thence to Harbin, but these con
; Etsi of aa many as 38 cars. The rail
' road apparently I* able to meet the
. military demand?,"
Tho. Japanese Fleet.
, London, By Cable.-A correspon
dent of the Times at Wei-Hai-Wei
: cabling under Friday's date, says:
"The result of a week's cruise leads
i mo to believe that the Japanese fleet
is engaged covering arrangements for
j a new landing of the troops recently
i mobilized. A close blockade of Port
j Arthur is not maintained, presumably
because of information regarding thc
: state of the channel. Certainly up to
j the present no Japanese transports
! have enetered the gulf of Pechi Li."
t Mobilization ot Black Sea Reserves.
St. Petersburg. By Cable.-The mob
! ilizatiuu of thc Black Sea reserves is
i necessitated in order to fill gaps caus
; ed by drafting sailors to the far East,
lt ls expected that a similar mobiliza
tion will come into effect ?ti the Baltic
j provinces within a month.
? An authoritative denial is given of
the rumor cf n Russian reverse on
I the Yalu. No official telegrams were
j received from the front today.
; The steamer Suminoye Maru called
j in at Chemulpo Friday to take on
j board 300 men -belonging to the first
I division'. The newspaper correspon
dents on board the Suminoye Maru
j were not. permitted to land and a cor
I respondent who was here waiting lo
; go forward with thc Japanese troops
! was refused permission to embark on
? the steamer.
The Russian Plan.
Paiis, By Cable.-The Russian plan |
for retrieving the?reverses at Port Ar- '
thur and Chemulpo has been commur?- i
i coted to one cf the embassies through
j official channels having access lo "he
i 'nighest naval authorities at St. Peters
I burg. The plan is explained as fol
I lows:
Russia recognizes that the Japanese
i now has preponderating naval strength
! in the far East. Therefore it ls essen
j tial to reverse the present Japanese
j preponderance. This will.be attempted
; by two distinct moves,
j First, urgent efforts will be made to
; have a naval concentration at Port
! Arthur, the Baltic. Red Sea and .Vladi
vostock Heels joining Vice Admiral
Maknroff's command, if possible, and
thus giving the combined fleets prepon
deran:::: over Vice Admiral Togo.
Second, it is foreseen thal it will be
difficult and probably impossible to
ftffcct this concentration, as Admiral
Togo may intercept the Baltic fleet be
fore Us arrival at Port Arthur. In that
event the Baltic fleet, which is com
paratively small, will attempt the peril
ous tasit of engaging the large Japan
er' licet in the hope of disabliug some
cf the Japanese ships and thus re
ducing (he Japanese effectiveness. Ac
cording to the Russian calculation
I he nattie fleet may suffer annihilation
in such an unequal combat, but il will
have served a valuable end if it is able
to cripple a sufficient number of Japan
ese ships to reduce Admiral Togo's
naval strength below that ai Admiral
Mn karo ff. The foregoing information
la no par; of current speculative report,
but credited from official sources. Tho
authorities at Washington will receive
similar information shortly.
MENEUK A REAL MONARCH.
/IB YYMH I tu nit? uvi
Abyssinian Ruler's Chief Interest Lies
in Military Affairs.
Meneiik of Abyssinia is a man of
hark complexion, grizzled whiskers
and beard, a pleasant smile and a
very determined jaw. The general
expression is amiable and Intelligent
and confirms the general opinion that
he is the most liberal-minded and pro
gressive man in his dominion.
He is evidently not given up to
effeminate luxury, and the nearest
way io his heart is said to be through
the latest Invention in military weap
ons. He has thoroughly subjugated
the entire country and turned lt from
a mass of petty tribes and chieftains
to a united and powerful country in
which he holds undisputed sway:
The name of Menelfk commands re
spect to the uttermost end of his wide
dominions, and not a leaf falls with
out his consent. His great aim has
been to get his country well armed
and ammunitioned and of war sup
plies pf all sorts ht is said to have a
goodly supply stored In the interior.
Irate Dutch Father Refused to Be Sat?
isfied With Girl.
When a government goes to the
trouble of bringing up its citizens'
children in a municipal hospital it
seems too bad that any one should be
dissatisfied, but the benevolent prac
tice bas brought about a curious state
of affairs in Amsterdam, Holland.
Several months ago a father sent
his infant son to the hospital to.bo
reared by incubator. When subse
quently he visited the institution to
see his boy the authorities produced a
female child, assuring the citizen it
was his own. The sturdy Dutchman
at once invoked the aid or the law and
ir. spite of the hospital's defense that
the citizen brought them a girl the
court" decided that the authorities had
produced the wrong one and ordered
the real son surrendered.
A prolonged search failed to find
the missing male infant, and within a
short time the highest court of Hol
land will try the irate father's claim
for damages sustained by the loss of
his sou.
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