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RIOTING IN AUGUSTA STRIKE Mobs Moke Desperate Efforts to At tack Non-Union Carmen. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 20.-The fire department was ordo red out to-night to disperse a mob of strike sympa thizers who gathered at the power plant of thc local street railway com pany, threatening violence to strike breakers. One strike breaker was injured and two others rushed away in an auto mobile from the power plant. The chief of police has ordered all the reserves on duty. Serious Proport ions. Thc strike has rapidly developed into moro serious proportions than had ever been thought of, and the reason for the very serious situation ls the threatened strike of all the labor union men of this city. At a meeting of tho Augusta Fed eration of Trades held last night a committee was appointed to walt on Mayor Barrett and demand that the policemen be taken off tho cars. Po licemen have been used on the cars recently to protect the non-union mo tormen and conductors. The ulti matum to tho mayor ls, in substance, that unless the policemen are taken off the cars there will be a general strike. Mayor Barrett has not as yet met tho committee, hut lie has given advance information to the effect that be will do all he can to protect the motormen and conductors, and that if the railway company is ready to run cars tho employees of that company Bhall bo protected. There seems nothing In sight but a sympathetic strike of all crafts, for the resolutions of tho Federation of Trades were to the effect that such a strike would ho declared If the de mands of tho labor men wero not compiled with. After the meeting of the labor men last night In which addresses were made by leading local labor men and also by National Organizer Cornelius, of the street car men, there was a parade on tho principal streets of the city in which about 800 men, repre senting every trade, participated. The mayor and all of the city officials re sponsible for the placing of police men on the cars were denounced at the meeting, and lt was voted unani mously to stick to tho carmen to the end, both mo'.ally and financially. Titree Shot by Troops. Rei 1 57 \lfr?d norn v?as killed ?in*d I wo Miner eUl/ons shot, oho probably tat ail), by mbni ? . ?O.rnied . d< ad line aiiont thc Fif teenth street plant of the street rail way company to prevent attack by strikers or sympathizers. Tho in jured are: Hoheit Christie, a busi ness man, shot through lungs, and Ben F. Baker, another business man. Business Men Fired On. All those tired upon by tho sol diers, it is staled, are business men who were driving out Fifteenth street, and who claim not to have known thal a dead line had been es tablished, lt is said that the militia men obeyed orders in tiring upon any one who attempted to cross the line. Xews of the shooting spread rapid ly and attracted thousands to the scene of trouble. At the same time great crowds were assembling in West End, tho mill district, which was tho scene of last night's rioting .lust before dark tho West End sym pathizers spiked tho long Broad street bridge, a double row of spikes being driven on each side of cudi car rall the entire length ot the bridge. There was no ol lier al tempt a? violence in that section ci thc city In i he early nigh! hon rs. Governor Asked lo Withtfrow 't roops. Tho labor mass meeting to-night was far more quiet than those which preceded it. tho net result being the adoption ol' the fo'iowing resolution, which has boen telegraphed to Gov ernor Brown, demanding immediate wit lid ra wal of t he t roo ps. '"Whereas Three of the citizens of Augusta, lilllie peacefully traversing the st ree's of Augusta this afternoon, were s'.ot down by Irresponisblc mili tia. '*e it 'Resolved, That we, tho people of tugusta, in mass meeting assem bled, request of His Excellency, Gov ernor J. M. Brown, that the State mi litia be withdrawn at once." Dead lam's Established, During the middle of the day In formation was conveyed to the au thorities that tho strike sympathiz ers had planned to plant a mine un der the power house to-night. Dur ing tho afternoon a military guard was thrown around the Fifteenth street property of tho company,where one of tho power plants is located, and a dead line established at each end of tho property. Tho troops were given Instructions to challenge any body attempting to pass through the lino and stop them; to lire If tho challenge should bo Ignored and an effort made to pass through the lines after the challenge. The troops arc provided with riot cartridges and were stationed on duty with loaded jilecos. Robert Christie, a business man was driving by In an automobile, and evidently did not hear the chal lenge ot the sentry. Ile had gone but u few feet when he was shot through the lungs. He ls at the Margaret Wright Hospital, where ho will die. Dorn Shot to 1'leces. Hen 1<\ Daber and Alfred Dorn, also business men, attempted to drive through Fifteenth street a few min utes later. A few blocks from the power plant some one told Baker, in whoso buggy they were riding, the soldiers were tiring blank cartridges, As he approached the power plant he whipped up his horse, and, imme diately after challenging, one sentry tired, and Immediately otheis joined in the Are. Baker was wounded, but will probably recover. Dorn was literally shot to pieces and ls dead. An unknown white boy, apparently about 20 years old, attempted to rush tho sentry line on a motorcycle and one handle of bis machine was shot off, but ho was uninjured. Another Narrow Escape. Charles Wilson, who operates a pool room in one of the local hotels, was driving through Fifteenth street in his automobile with his wife and child, and says he was un conscious of the fact that the dead lines were being enforced. He claims not to have heard any challenge, though ho saw one of the soldiers standing by the driveway. His machine was tired Into, the ball passing through the top. He reached down to toot his horn, he says, and other guards evidently mis took the motion as one to reach for a gun. Other shots were fired and Wilson, though escaping without In jury to himself or other occupants of the car, drove down onto Broad street with four big holes shot through his machine. Arbitration is Refused. During the day ceaseless efforts havo been made by every business faction In tho city to bring about an adjustment of the street car strike, which ls now but au incident of the troubled condition. The Chamber of Commerce the Merchants' and Manu facturers' Association and the cotton exchange, In joint meeting, demand ed Immediate arbitration by the com pany and the strikers, commended Mayor Barrett's position of enforcing protection of property and lives and tho measures taken to hold down mob rule. T)> rofi)ni)cin to tho rlemnnds of the business Interests, i io striking oar meiji b a va ?y uv?. u I voca I iy accepted Hid Bu?geallol' qi arbitra)lort, but .?o ? . ... General Manager Deal, flatly refuses arbitration, declaring they have nothing to arbitrate, and. further, that the men who left, their employ and whom ho declares joined in the rioting last night, have no connec tion with or further claim on the company. Ile asserts that the com pany stands ready to operate all its cars so soon as they are given sit ttl - (deni protection, which they claim ns a right. Wa tl ses Sentenced to Long Terms. Lexington, Sept. 26. -Fifteen years and seven .sears, respectively, at hard labor in the state peniten tiary oV upon the public -works of Le.v/ngton county, was the sentence ci Hie court to-day in the case of Jacob Waits and Covan Watts, fa ther and son, who were convicted ol' manslaughter in the general sessions court last week. The two were charged with the killing of Adam Watts, a Confede rate soldier ?2 years old, August 7, last. Adam Watts was the brother of Jacob Watts and an uncle of Go van Watts, and the killing occurred alter a general row in the home of the aged veteran. In passing sentence upon the men Judge Shlpp said that If there is any one thing that he has been criticised for doing since he has 1.u Oil the bomb it is for his leniency in pass ing sentences; and in this case; he ex pee? r d to show mercy, because he believed in his own mind that nei ther ol' tin' men had intended killing Adam Watts when they went to his home on thc day of the fatal tragedy, and it appeared from the verdict that the jury took tho same view of the circumstances. Ile said that bo would show tho boy mercy on account of his youth, and that he hoped that he would yet make a good, law-abiding citizen. Jacob Watts, according to Iiis testimony on tho stand. Is now .'. I years of age. while his son is only nineteen. . Boy Murders Fnrents for Insurance. Wellington, Kans.. Sept. 2u\ Otto McKnelly, aged '?\, was arrosted lu-re to-day charged with the murder of his father, Theodore McKnelly, his mother and sister, Gretta, whose bodies were found In fl tent on tho outskirts of Wellington yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. McKnelly each car ried $1,000 Ufo insurance payable to tho other. With the death of tho fa ther, mother and sister, the authori ties say this insurance would go to the son. STE WA IU) OF HOME <M 8* F I), Resignation of E. J. Jone? ftcqtiCsted by October 1st. (Columbia Record. Sept; 20th. 10. .). Jones, steward ni I hi* Oopr, federate State Infirmary lor i n 'Hu - ber of years, bas been requested ' y Dr. K. \V. P. Butler, secretary of the board of commissioners o' tho insti tution, to hand in his resi;;uati i tb take effect on October 1. * Mr. Jones is a well kno crate veteran of Columbi, wh'i was a private and sergean i)f till lumbla police force for a MU MI ? years. He is one of the most lar men in the Confederate and 17 of the veterans lu ve ,> o ti ed the board of commissioners I e taln him as steward. It is understood, from f < M sions of those conversai tl >e conditions at the Confedi rate li I ary, that the dismissal was oi . c count of political reason Dr. t ler, lt is stated, gave no rea soi li the requested resignation of . r. Jones, only stating that lils s?i ?> is had been satisfactory. Tho following potltlo i has been drafted to be presented to >. 1 u fd of commissioners: The Petitioi "We, the inmates o tim South Carolina Soldiers' Hom most re spectfully urge the honorable board of commissioners of the Cou lode rate infirmary to retain E. J Jones i . he position of steward, v h in oas held for a number of j s. His at tention to the sick is i m vc sd led by any hospital steward In lie COM: try. Our clothing is looked t ol with ?he greatest care. He see ns IQ antici pate our wants and ls Iwi ye '..idy and willing to servo ui an.\ Way possible to alleviate our sufi (Hu In these, our declining da tVe \ ho offered our lifo blood lo >rOteei ?ur homes, yea all the ho..e ot the South, come now and implor? he good people of our grand old 1 ' .lu nion wealth to beg the hos of i m mlssioners to let us still *v <:. tn?> Dr vlco of our beloved conn lo In ms of the sixties. All of Ich, is re spectfully submitted." The petiiion ls signet I r.y seven of the inmates of tho hoi THE PEOPLE'! -J. E. Mi Subscriptions for tlie National :ind acknowledged by Tho Kcowec < W I BB OOVERXOIl BROWN YIELD? Asks Stripling's Pardon in Order to .Marry Ills Daughter. (Atlatna Journal, Sept. 27.) A new feature in tho famous case of Thomas E. Stripling, the Danville, Va., chief ol' police, who was brought back to Oeorgia a .sear or two ago to [.('-cuter upon a life-sentence for mur der, he having escaped jail a dozen years previous, came to light at the capitol Wednesday. ? lt is In the nature of a written ap peal to Governor Brown for a par don for Stripling. Tho author of the appeal is [C. T, Youngblood, of Tal lulah Kails, who bases lils request upon the fact thai he is In love with Ruth May Stripling, the convicted man's daughter, and that she has de clined to marry him while her father is a convict. Younghlood's letter is an unusual and touching one. In it he states thal ho met Miss Stripling willie on a visit to Columbus. The letter con cludes with this paragraph: "Open sour heart, Governor, lt is only through you that wo can be made happy. There ls no one else in the world to mo Uko Ruth Strip ling, but I cannot get lier, for her father's request is that she stay sin gle as long as he is in prison, and she ls loo honest, to do otherwise" However things may seem, no evil thing is success, and no good thing failure. Samuel Longfellow. GOOD OUTLOOK POR COTTON. Head of Stale Fanners' Union Frc dicta 15 Cent Frito foi' Crop. The following statement has been Issued by President Dabbs, of the State Farmers' t'nion: To the Farmers of South Carolina: Never before that 1 eau recall have we had better prospects of good prices for cotton. Sixty days ago cotton sold at 13% cents at Interior points. All of a sudden, "without rhyme or reason," the market broke and it continued to go down until 10 V> cents was reached In the local markets. Not having the desired ef fect of stampeding the farmers like lt waB In the past, we see it steadily going up. Each day the "wiseacres" say lt will break to-morrow.Each day they say Liverpool should come down six or seven points. Each day sees the report that Manchester continues to buy at higher prices than can be paid on this side. What does lt all mean? If lt-means anything it means that cotton is In demand; that organiza tion ls telling, or that there is fear of It; that the farmers, the merchants and tho bankers need but io pull to gether and we will see 15-cent cotton for two-thirds of this crop. It also means that they aro working to gether more closely than ever before. Market slowly and the price ls ours. We rejoice at the activity displayed in organizing chambers of commerce in the towns and cities of the South. We rejoice in such hoosiers' trips as Richmond, 'Va., just pulled and as Sumter will pull off In a few months. We rejoice at tho hopeful letters from the various counties in South Carolina that look to thorough or ganization of tho Farmers' Union in them. Yes. we will organize. When each county has its strong Farmers' Union and each town Its aggressive chamber of commerce, all working In harmony, then we will see a State Farmers' Union and a State Chamber of Commerce building a greater South Carolina. E. W. Dabbs, President S. C. Farmers' Union. A household remedy in America for twenty-five years-Dr. Thomas' Ec lectic. Oil. For cuts, sprains, burns, scalds, bruises. 25c. and 50c, at all drug stores. 3 TURN N0WI irphy in Journal, Portland, Oro. Democratic Campaign Fund Deceived 'ourler. Have you contributed ? DALL PLAYER LOSES HIS ARM. Star Catcher OH Clemson'.'. Team Last Season .Maimed. Laurens, Sept. 2(5.-George Year gin, of (?ray Court, is at the Laurens County Hospital, where local sur geons amputated his left, arm Tues day afternoon as the result of an ac cident which tlie young man suffered at (May Cou ri several days ago. While working at the Gray Court Oil and Fertilizer Cor pany's ginnery Mr. Yenrgln's arm w s caught in tho saws ol' the gin and badly crushed and lacerated lo a point above Hie elbow. He received surgical treat ment at once, and for several days it was thought that amputation would bo unnecessary. Tuesday, however, he was brought to the hos pital and it was decided to take the arm off just above tho elbow. Young Yeargln is WOll known as an athlete and ball player. Ile made (tuite a reputation last season as the star backstop of the Clemson College class team. He was a freshman at. Clemson loft year and was recogniz ed as one of tho leaders on the team and would have been selected on Hellman's All-Southern team but for the fact that he was too light In weight and under the age limit at the time. Mr. Yeargln expected to return to Clemson this year, and his friends everywhere will regret to hear of the misfortune that has come to him. In lumber wagons ing comfort-becat The light carriage devised for case. I of to-day-and t light, strong, econo balanced Ford. 75,000 Ford Curs aire one-third of America's got? Touring Car $000 stcr $500-Torpedo l ory far $700-Town (roil, complete whit al nlogne from Ford Mot und Fourteenth Street rect. L. O White oi T. U. VAUGHN TO PENITENTIARY Sheriff Leaves Baltimore With Pris oner-Latter Seems Worried. Baltimore, Md.. Sept. 25.-Sheriff J. Berry Poole, of Greenville, S. C., left here this afternoon with Thurs ton U. Vaughn, who ls wanted In South Carolina on several charges, and will proceed direct to tho State penitentiary at Columbia. Vaughn was securely handcuffed to the she riff, and they were taken to the Un ion station in the police automobile. The paper of identification for which the sheriff wired yesterday afternoon arrived this morning, and the magis trate, after asking Vaughn if he was willing to go back without extradi tion papers, turned him over to the j sheriff. Worried and Penitent. . Vaughn appeared to be worried, and this afternoon stated that he was willing to take his medicine and only asked tho people of Greenville to give him a fair trial. "If ever a man has repented for his sins." lia said; 'iii;?* mi .i ls nie. \v ,\ ali hi since i resigned as auporlntoudonl. of tin orphan home I have prayed to ur Maker, I > forgive uv. My wife and il i " i.\i?t> iiu<u Greenville, and it is breaking my heart to think what my child will have to face when it grows older." Behind Penitentiary Walls. (Columbia Record, Sept. 26th.) Sheriff .). Perry Poole, of Green ville, and his prisoner, T. U. Vaughn, formerly superintendent, of the Odd Fellows' Home, arrived in Columbia this morning from Baltimore. The trip to Columbia was without '..rident and Vaughn gave no trouble. To Sheriff Poole he frequently re ferred to his predicament, declaring that he was Innocent. While waiting for the BOUth-bound train at Balti more Vaughn discussed his case with newspaper reporters, saying that he was suffering great anguish from the worry of his arrest and the trouble that thc charges brought to his wife and children. Vaughn is a small man, neat, in ap pearance and pleasing In looks. When the charges were first, made reports came from Greenville that a special term of court was probable, but when Vaughn escaped tho pro ceedings in that direction were dropped and the energies of the au thorities wen? directed toward re capturing him. Solicitor Proctor A. Bonham says he will ask for a spe cial term of court. Says Did Not Saw Bars. When asked how he escaped from jail Vaughn said that ho climbed through the bars of his cell, hut that he himself did not saw the bars. Vaughn stated to Sheriff Poole that he feared the people of South Carolina would attempt to do him bodily harm. Since his arrival in this elly Vaughn has been taking a course in medicine at thc Baltimore Medical College, and his whole mind was set on becoming a full Hedged physician. To Try Cuse Oc tober 21. (Greenville News, Sept. 27.) A special term of the Court. of General Sessions to try T. P. Vaughn will he ordered to convene In this city on the third Monday in October, the Hist, proximo, according to a statement given out yesterday morn ing hy Solicitor P. A. Bonham. J. J. McSwain, chairman of the board of trustees of the Odd Fellows' Orphanage, communicated with Gov ernor Cole L. Please by long dist ance telephone yesterday morning and stated to him that both tho So licitor and the trustees of tho Odd Fellows' Orphanage desired a special tenn of court to dispose of the charges against Vaughn. Upon be lng Informed that. Judge .T. W. De Vpre had already ordered a special you can't find rid ise they arc heavy. of yesterday was \nd thc automobile o-morrow-is the mical and perfectly july sold this seitsoii product. Fivo-passon -thrcc-iMisscngcr Ilond lunnbout ?500-Dcllv Onr $?t)0-i. o. h. De ll equipment. (Jot cat er Company, Michigan s-or from Detroit <li r R. C. Carter. QUAlUtY XF.Alt PENDLETON. Now Enterprise About Which Little Has Ileon Said. Pendleton, Sept. 28.-An enter prise has been started about two miles southwest of this place, which though but little has been said about it, nevertheless amounts to some thing. On the place of Chris Hinkle j a quarry, the rock from which was used 60-odd years ago in tho con struction of tho abutments, etc., on the trestles on the Hine Hidge rail way. At that time there was a spur track leading from this place to the quarry. About two months ago M. N. Patterson, a well known contrac tor of Anderson, got the contract foi furnishing tho Spartanburg, Green ville & Anderson electric railway with ballast for the roadbed of the entire system. Ho hat been steadily at work and though he has to haul che rock a distante of about two miles and then sand it by way of Seneca because of the destruction of the Six-and-Twonty trestle, he has beeb hanlin?* atout 'it ghi loads s day A nu m.. ?irof hand.> tir? ?tuplpy - ed '?t tho gnarr?' mid the ?dteation. are '.hal the force wiii bo' Incr^a.ned at an early date. Several deals have recently taken place in real estate In this town and farm lands in the surrounding coun try, and, in every instance tho prices, have gone higher. As a matter of fact, the price of property in the town is noticeably high, while that of agricultural lands has almost reached the prohibitivo stage. Among tho very recent deals i; thc purchase of about 34 Vi acres on the west side of tho Eighteen-Mile creek and adjoin ing tho pro porty of the Pendleton Brick Company, lt was bought by Cordon L. Smith from I). H. Wood son. Another very recent deal is tho sale of 3(>T> acres about two miles southeast of this place hy Thos. M. Wei bom to Gordon L, Smith and Dr. lt. B. Day. This is part of a large tract owned by T. M. Welbourn and said to have been part of tho original tract which belonged to tho late Capt. Mike Dickson. ( Fought Over Fishing Ground. Tampa, Fla., Sept. 26.-In a nich ed battle at Bayport, on the gulf, yesterday between fishermen over fishing grounds, Frank Goethe was killed and his uncle, Henry Goethe, was dangerously wounded by mem bers of the Croft and Park gan fami lies. term of the sessions court to be con vened here on the fourth Monday In October (the 2Sth) Governor Bleaso stated that, if it. were satisfactory to all parties concerned, he would or der tho special term to try Vaughn one week prior to the term ordered by .Midge De Vere. This arrangement ls acceptable to tho trustees and the solicitor, and the Governor will, therefore, issue the formal order for the special terni within the next few days, .lodge De Vore will preside at. the special term Of court which be ordered, but it will ho impossible for him lo pre side at the special term ordered by Governor Blease, as he will be en gaged in holding court elsewhere. This being the case, it will he the duty of Governor Blease to designate some one to preside at tho term which he has ordered. In ca.-io any of the circuit judges are disengaged at that time, one of them will he or dered hero to preside. Otherwise, tho Governor will appoint some special judge. "I have been somewhat costive, but Dean's RegtllOtS give just, the re sults I desire. They act mildly and regulate the bowels perfectly."-G. B. Krause, Altoona, Pa.