Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 16, 1912, Image 2
?ctap$ and Jacts.
? In a signed statement given out
from New York, Eugene V. Debs, the
Socialist leader, says of the Roosevelt
Progressive party: "The really progressive
planks in the Progressive party
platform were taken bodily from the
Socialist platform and even the red
Mag of Socialism was appropriated, or
at least imitated, by the red bandana
of the Roosevelt followers. So far as the
Progressive party itself is concerned, it
contains too many diverse and connecting
economic elements and its plat,jrm
is too much of a hodge-podge to
give it the character and stability of a
great national party. The most significant
thing about the Roosevelt Progressive
convention is that it represented
hundreds of thousands of men
who have voted the Republican ticket,
all their lives and who have now quit
the Republican party forever. The
progressive tendency here manifested
can never be checked, but will become
more and more pronounced until it
finds expression in Socialism."
? New York, August 14: Mrs. Madeline
Force Astor, survivor of the Titanic
disaster, in which her husband.
Col. John Jacob Astor, lost his life,
gave birth to a son at 8.15 this morning.
The new arrival has been named
John Jacob Astor, after his father. The
bov becomes a direct heir to J3.000.000
of the Astor fortune. News of the ax- I
rival of the Astor baby was made
known in a bulletin Issued by Dr. Ed- |
win B. Craigin, the attending physician.
The bulletin reads: "Mrs. Astor
has a son, born at 8.15 o'clock. His
name is John Jacob Astor. Mother and
son are in good condition." The fact
that his father proved himself a hero
in the Titanic disaster and that the
wife from whom he then parted was his
bride of only a few months, coupled
with the large fortune which was provided
for a posthumous child, having
lent unusual interest to the arrival of
the younger Astor. The new Astor baby
will be one of the few children ever
born with a fortune as large as $3,000,000
in its own right Col. Astor had
provided that whether the child was a
boy or girl, it should receive $3,000,000.
Even if the story had brought more
than one child, Col. Aster's will covered
that contingency, because it reads
as follows: "I bequeath such number
of separate sums of $3,000,000 each as
shall be equal to the number of my
children who shall survive me other
than my son Wm. Vincent and my
daughter, Ava Muriel." The latter
children are by Col. Aster's first wife,
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor.
? By the narrow margin of five votes,
the house on Tuesday passed the wool
tariff revision bill over President Taft's
veto. The vote 174 to 80, was made i
possible only by the defection of twenty-one
Republicans who voted with the
Democrats. The announcement of Democratic
success created a wild scene in
the house and amid great confusion
the Republican leaders protested that
Speker Clark must count as voting '
ten members who answered "present"
to their names, a ruling which would i
have defeated the Democratic program ,
by overcoming the five vote margin
and making impossible the recording of
the necessary two-thirds vote of the 1
house. This the speaker declined to do.
Less than an hour after the wool bill ,
had been repassed in the house, the
conferees on the sugar tariff bill met
and disagreed. They determined to
report to the house and senate that it
had been found impossible to reach a
compromise between the Underwood '
and Lodge-Bristow bills. This action '
is expected to mark the end of sugar
tariff consideration in the present session
and the excise tax bill, which was
framed to make up revenues that
would have been lost by the reduction 1
of the sugar tariff, also probably will
remain in conference when congress
aHlourns While Democrats and Pro
gTessive leaders of the senate do not believe
the wool bill can be passed In that
body over the president's veto, they
will continue the demand for action on
the cotton tariff measure.
? Washington, August 14: The pension
bureau today faces the greatest financial
crisis in its history as the re- '
suit of the lack of funds to pay pensions.
The San Francisco agency has
a balance of exactly seven cents and
Detroit only four cents. Reports from
all agencies received at the bureau tell
the same story of no money for the vet- ,
erans and their dependents on the nation's
pension list. This condition is 1
due 'o the delay in congress in passing <
the ension appropriation bill. The extension
of the old appropriation bill
for a fifteen day period so that onetwenty-fourth
of last year's appropria- '
tion might be used to pay less than
half of the 515,000,000 due on August 4,
has left 200,000 pensioners unpaid at
.Indianapolis, Knoxville, Louisville, New 1
York, Philadelphia and Topeka There i
is no hope for them until congress acts, i
Acting Pension Agent Fountain at New
York reported today to Commissioner
Davenport that the conditions there '
are very serious as many army and j
navy pensioners are destitute and that <
"the withholding of their pension is al- ,
most criminal." The funds available
today are but 57.79 at Philadelphia '
597 at Louisville, where 5500,000 is due; !
587 at New York, not a cent at Concord, (
N. H., at Indianapolis only enough to
last one day, Columbus 5124 and Bos- 1
ton 5145. "No pension in July, had to i
go to poorhouse," wrote a Pensacola, ]
Fla., veteran in a letter to the pension
bureau today. A naval ensign's widow
who had been at Asbury Park on, a vacation
wrote a pathetic appeal saying (
she was dependent on a help-up pension
check to pay her expenses. A similar
complaint from Philadelphia was i
among the numerous letters that told
of the destitution of their writers.
? New York, Augrust 14: The resolute
determination of the citizens of
New York to rid their police force of
its system of gTaft and blackmail was
given forcible expression tonight at a
mass meeting held at the historic hall
of Cooper Union when they appointed a
vigilance committee of prominent women
and men to see that the public officers
now engaged in exposing " the
ireasonauie auiiuicr vi mc ijvhw r.
organized crime" do their full duty.
The mass meeting which typified the
public Indignation aroused by the revelations
of police corruption growing
out of the murder of Herman Rosenthal
was atended by a crowd that overflowed
the hall. There were 4,000 people
in the auditorium with hundreds
standing up, while blocking the streets
outside were thousands more who
clamored for admittance. There was
no mistaking the earnestness which 1
pervaded the gathering as it voiced its
approval of the denunciation .of the
police "system" which the prominent (
speakers on the program employed
when speaking of existing conditions.
The resolution appointing the vigilance i
committee which was given the power ]
to increase its number to thirty and
to solicit funds and to engage counsel,
called upon "the police department to '
put forth additional efforts looking to
the arrest of all those implicated in the ]
Rosenthal murder; upon the district attorney
to bend every energy of his of
flee, as he has been doing, for the apprehension
and conviction of those )
guilty of this crime; upon the aldermanic
committee to make a thorough, '
non-partisan and unsparing examina- i
tion into existing conditions and into 1
causes which give rise to systems of t
blackmail and graft and to propose
remedies by which these causes may be
removed; and upon the citizens and of- i
ficials having information on these conditions
to lay it before the district at- .
torney or the aldermanic committee in
the full conldence that they will be
protected against terrorism and oppression
of every sort."
? Washington, August 13: The annual
postoffice appropriation bill passed
the senate tonight at the end of two
days' sharp fighting over provisions relating
to parcels post, good roads improvement
and the affiliation of i>ostal
employes with labor organizations. As
it goes back to the house it contains
some restriction on the right of postal
employes to organize, an entirely new
system of parcels post, based on the
zone plan, with varying rates for varying
distances. The measure will go into
conference with many important differences
remaining to be settled. The
house provided that no employe of the
postal service should be subject to reduction
or removal for joining an or- ,
ganization having for its object improvements
in conditions of lal>or or
coin|>ensation. After a fight involving
the right of government employes to
strike, the senate today approved this
in part, but provided that employes ;
should not join "any organization '
which imposes any obligation or duty
to strike or to assist in a strike against
the United States." Under the terms
of the bill as it passed both houses,
employes have the right to appeal to
congress for redress of grievances. The
Bourne-Bristow parcels post system,
which the senate substituted for the
flat rate of twelve cents per pound by
the house on packages, provides for
eight zones, varying from 50 to more
than 1,800 miles, and a graduated rate
ranging from five to twelve cents per
pound. The limit of weight is eleven
pounds. A rate of five cents fr the
first and one cent for each additional
pound is provided for rural route and
city delivery. Instead of allowing
overtime pay for the service of carriers
and cleyks in cities the senate adopted
Senator Bourne's amendment that when
an employe worked overtime he should
be paid in "compensatory time" within
six days. Senator Hoke Smith asked
for a vote on his amendment to allow
publishers of publications issued
tri-weekly or less frequently the option
of sending second class matter by fast
freight at one cent a pound, or by regular
mail at two cents a pound. It was
agreed to by a vote of twenty-nine to
twenty-eight.
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YORKVHLE. ?. C.j
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912.
Ten more days of political demoralization
and then the election; after
which it is hoped there will be peace.
Felder gone to Europe and Grace
apparently squelched, the situation
seems to be growing quieter; but what
next?
The disclosures In connection with
the recent assassination of Gambler
Rosenthal show again what has been
shown so many times before, that the
truth will come out at last.
The report of the Gaflfney meeting,
published in the last issue of The Enquirer,
read as if the meeting was
held on Monday, when as a matter of
fact it was held on Thursday of last
week. The misstatement grew out of
the fact that the report, put in type
for last Friday's paper, was crowded
out by our report of the Torkvllle
meeting and was carried over until
last Tuesday.
Col. J. H. Wharton got into a yellow
jacket nest over at Laurens Wednesday,
not figuratively but literally. He
was made to dance about in a way
that was certainly lively, just as would
have been the case of anybody else in
a similar predicament. But with a
majority of the candidates this summer
yellow jackets are not nearly so
troublesome as some of the other
things they have to encounter.
The split Republican party, the
"Bull Moosers" and the "Elephants,"
are quarreling over the negro vote.
The Bull MoOse party takes the position
that the southern negroes are not
to be considered because they cannot
* V? a DlAnkanfa mol/o
vuie anyway, anu mo ?iic|/uaiua u??.i\v
the point that a party which undertakes
to Ignore the southern negroes,
asks with very poor grace for the vote
of the northern negroes. It will have
to be admitted that there are In the
situation some seemingly irreconcilable
complications.
The Lancaster News quotes one of
Its candidates as saying that If "demonstrative"
colleges can get along
without state aid it looks like other
colleges should do likewise, and also
this same candidate Is quoted as advising
a bond issue on the ground that
"prosterlty" should pay the taxes.
The candidate is a lawyer and a graduate
of WofTord college, and why he
should have been quoted like that it is
difficult to see unless it was because
bo declined to declare his preference
els between Judge Jones and Governor
Blease.
The Rock Hill Record of yesterday
contains twelve pages, devoted mainly
to partisan politics, in which The Enquirer
figures quite extensively, especially
as to its utterances in past political
contests. There Is also included
some comments of the press as to the
present attitude of The Enquirer; but
about the only item that we care to
mention is the following under the
heading; "Is He One of. Blease's
Friends?"
You will all recall that Blease frequently
says that when he has an office
or honor to bestow, it will always
go to "one of my friends." Now read
this:
"Columbia, S. C., August 12: Governor
Blease issued today a proclamation
calling for contributions for relief
of the Clover storm sufferers, and
naming Editor Grist of The Yorkville
Enquirer as one of those to receive and
disburse the same."
As to whether the editor of The Enquirer
was selected as one of the men
to assume the responsibility referred to
because of his alleged friendship to
Governor Blease, he has not sought to
Inquire. Having been over a considerable
portion of the stricken territory,
however, the editor of The Enquirer
realizes that it will be necessary for
somebody to take an active interest in
the distribution of such relief as may
be tendered, and he would hardly feel
justified in declining to perform an office
that he would ask others to perrnrm
tn th? nthcr ecnllpmpn on the
committee The Enquirer feels quite
sure that they will be influenced more
by consideration of humanity than considerations
of politics. Further, speaking
for himself, the editor of The Enquirer
begs leave to say that if the
Record or anyone else desirous of helping
those distressed people Is held back
because of reluctance to recognize the
committee appointed by Governor
Blease, there will be no objection to
their proceeding independently. We
dislike to refer to such a matter but as
the edition of the Record from which
we quote is purely political, evidently
intended for widespread free distribution
our remarks are hardly out of
place.
Campaign of 1890.
As a matter of more than passing
interest wo have referred back to the
files of 1S90 to refresh our recollection
somewhat of the first Tillman
campaign, and although we have not
taken the trouble to review the reports
with sufficient thoroughness to
make all that is to be made of the
subject, we easily find enough to show
some similarity with present conditions.
At Marion Captain Tillman indulged
In some abuse of the News and Courier
and denounced It as an "Infamous ly-1
ing sheet."-. He went on to request the
audience to watch the report of the
News and Courier next day and compare
It with the Columbia Register and
tho Charleston World, whereupon
Shirley Hughson, the representative
of the News and Courier, arose to his
feet and facing the speaker said:
"Captain Tillman, if you mean to say
sir, that I have ever misrepresented
you, you aro a wilful liar and the truth
is not in you." Hughson had his lists
doubled ready to strike but Captain
Tillman made no move and the people
on the stand interposed In a manner
that prevented further difficulty.
Tho sensation at Charleston was letters
received by the chief of police,
stating that Captain Tillman was to be
assassinated during his stay in that
city. The letters were exhibited to the
crowd by J. B. Murphy, the Tillman
leader. Three policemen, two in uniform
and one in citizen's clothes, were
detailed to guard the captain during
his stay in the city and they remained
right with him. The assassination
story was denounced by the opposition
r? rt r?/\l(Hon 1 nln nt??Q n
CI.j pvntivat via|/viu|/?
Referring at Clarendon to a speech
that Hon. Joseph W. Barnwell had
made In a Conservative conference
that had been held In Columbia a day
or two before, Captain Tillman Interpreted
Barnwell's remarks to embody
the threat of assassination as a means
of preventing him from being governor.
Also at Darlington, Mr. Earle read a
statement from Col. Ancrum, setting
forth that before signifying his willingness
to Join the Reform movement,
Col. Ancrum wanted to know of Captain
Tillman the meaning of the
charges and Insinuations Captain Tillman
had made against the government,
and Captain Tillman replied:
"I know they are not true; but I
thought best to make them so as to
give notoriety to the movement."
Turning to Captain Tillman, Mr. Earle
asked him what he had to say about
Col. Ancrum's statement and Captain
Tillman replied: "The statement is
false from beginning to end."
At Kingstree Mr. Ellis G. Graydon
made the statement that all the exRadicals
and Greenbackers were behind
Tillman, and that made Tillman's
friends so angry and threatening that
for some time it looked as if there
would be a riot.
The following is from the Augusta
Chronicle's account of the Wlnnsboro
meeting, held during the latter part
of July. 1890:
"MaJ. Woodward,' one of "the *76
Democrats, was on the stand, wearing
a red coat that he had worn during the
'76 campaign. He is an open opponent
of Captain Tillman. In the course
of Captain Tillman's speech he read a
letter written by MaJ. Woodward to
the Ridgeway Advertiser some time
since, in which he used sentiments
which Captain Tillman said, smacked
of Tillmani8m.
"This brought Maj. Woodward to the
front, and he vehemently denied that
he had ever written anything that
couia oe consiruea as an assaun. on me
government. The sight of the red coat
must have infuriated the crowd, for the
excitement becahie intense, and another
difficulty arose which was only stopped
by removing the party from the
crowd. ' >
"The situation was made more thrilling
by Maj. Woodward calling to the
audience that several Tillmanltes were
on the stand with their hands on their
pistols. It is impossible to paint the
scene that followed this announcement.
With terrified faces all the ladies left
the surroundings, while several of the
audience tried to shield themselves
from an anticipated volley of lead."
During the campaign of two years
later Captain Tillman submitted an affidavit
from mill operatives stating
that they had been discharged for attending
a meeting. Col. J. L. Orr declared
that he did not believe the
story, and was sure there had been
nothing of the kind at the mills with
which he was connected, and Eugene
B. Gary, then a candidate for lieutenant
governor, now chief justice of the
supreme court, cited the testimony of
Josh W. Ashley to the effect that th's
had occurred at Pelzer. Later the officials
of Pelzer published an affidavit
to the effect that they had discharged
four men, two Tillmanltes and two |
Conservatives, for taking a day off
without perml8ion.
But these are only a few instances.
The record of those exciting years
bristles with cases that are easily comparable
"to the present campaign, and
so far as our judgment goes, taking it
all in all the heat of the present campaign
is hardly comparable to the
campaigns of 1890, 1892 and 1894.
The meetings this year are about as
well attended as they were then, perhaps
more largely attended, and there
seems to be about as much enthusiasm;
but the enthusiasm is hardly as
wild.
At Yorkville in 1892, Captain Tillman
made a direct, vigorous attack on
the supreme court on account of a decision
relating to bonds voted in aid
of the old Three C's railroad. The supreme
court had held the bonds to be
Invo lirl Tho iroriornl nsa^mhlv naSRpri
what was known as a validating act,
and the supreme court held the validating
act to be good. Captain Tillman
denounced the decision as roundly
as he knew how, and in every word
he said he was squarely within the law
and within the truth.
There were all kinds of personalities,
slanders and charges of every nature
from both sides; but possibly
nothing to compare with the Augusta
matter or the Grace matter.
THE WORLD'S COTTON NEEDS.
Estimate Yields of all Countries For
1912, About 20,100,000 Bales.
A well known cotton exporter recently
estimated that the foreign world
would this year take all of 10,500,000
bales of our cotton and that the United
States would secure for itself not
less than 5,500,000 bales?if it could get
it The Indications now are that both
will be fully satisfied. When asked how
much cotton the world's spindles would
take for the coming year under- the
present textile outlook, he replied:
"The spinning demands of the world
are expanding steadily and are always
calling for larger and larger crops.
Since 1901 the annual consumption of
Great Britain increased 131 per cent, the
Continent 19.3 per cent and the United
States 25 per cent or a little less than
22 3-10 per cent for India." The greatest
relative increase, as has been pointed
out by another cotton authority, is
that of the cotton states in America of
48.9 per cent between 1901 and 1911.
Recent revision of opinions on the
cotton crop show that people familiar
with conditions are more open-minded
towards the possibility of a larger
American yield than any year prior to
1911. They are willing to talk of a
14.000,000 bale crop on condition of
frost as late as the third week in October
with favorable weather meanwhile,
but more probably 13,500,000
bales. The spinning world feels, confident
under existing conditions of
1.750,000 bales from Egypt, because
prospects there are especially assuring.
British India may not come up to the
3,082,000 bale yield of 1910, but should
do better than last season, when 2,514,000
bales were grown for milling consumption.
Russia will do well if it
grew 1,000,000 bales under restricted
acreage.?Wall Street Journal.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADV^TI8EMENT8.
Cloud Cash Store-t-Quotes prices on
staple merchandise for economical
buyers. i
Kirkpatrlck-Belk Co.?Begins tomorrow
a special reduced price sale of
Oxfords for men, women, children.
The sale continues all next week.
J. Q. Wray?Has a lot of special offer- J
ings for tomorrow and Monday. Remember
the Be and 10c counters.
Loan and Savings Bank?Says that evr
ery depositor with It Is made to feel
at home and that his business is appreciated.
J. C. Klrkpatrlck and J. E. Latham?
Invite the public to a picnic at J. C.
Blair's grove on August 23.
Miss Daisy Gist?Has two acres of land
in the Liberia quarter of Yorkvllle,
for rent.
R. T. Castles?Announces a basket
picnic at Smyrna on August 21, and
Invites the public.
W. T. Slaughter, for Com.?Extends an
invitation to the public to a picnic 1
at Hickory on August 22d.
John R. Love, Clerk?Invites the public
to a W. O. W. picnic at King's
Creek on August 23. Speaking by
candidates and others. I
MpCnnnftll'ii?Ta ahnwinr new shin
ment of ladies' ready-to-wear hats
in extreme new styles.
York Supply Co.?Advises farmers to
sow rye as a cover crop, and also
for pasture and as a land improver.
Herndon & Gordon?-Have a sack of
good green coffee, fruit Jars, groceries,
hardware, etc.
The Harris Studio?Has moved into
the McNeel building, and invites you
to call on Saturdays.
Another shower of ghootlng stars was
advertised for Wednesday night; but
the shower did not materialize. There
were only a few stray shots, as there
are almost any night during this season.
In another column is published some
of the reasons why Mr. N. B. Dial
thinks that Senator B. R. Tillman
should not be re-elected to the United
States senate. The reasons given of
course stand on their own merits.
In looking back in the files of The
Enquirer, we note that at the state
campaign meeting in Yorkville In 1892
the voters were requested to submit
such questions as they might want to
ask in writing. Long lists of questions
were submitted and duly answered.
The campaign meeting held in Yorkville
in 1890 was quite a lively affair;
but that of 1892 was orderly enough. 1
RELIEF OF STORM SUFFERERS. !
In response to the proclamation of
Governor Blease asking for voluntary
conscriptions in behalf of the farmers
and others in the northern part of (
York county, who were so distressed
as the result of the terrific wind, hail
and rain storm of August 3, the fol- |
lowing subscriptions have so far been
received: 1
Yorkville Enquirer ..$ 25 00 '
Colin McK. Grant, Charleston. 20 00 '
Senator B. R. Tillman 50 00
Harry E. Neil. Yorkville 25 00
Col. A. Coward, Yorkville..... 5 00
J. R. Halle, Fort Mill 5 00 1
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MONEY IN BLACKBERRIES.
"The farmers In this section could ,
grow superior blackberries to th Ir ,
great satisfaction and at a good profit
If they only would." j
So declared Mr. W. Frank Smith |
yesterday. Mr. Smith is a former citizen
of the Bethany neighborhood; (
but has been living in California for \
many years, and is now on a periodical j
visit to relatives and friends in the ;
neighborhood of his old home. i
Shortly after moving to California t
Mr. Smith went into the grape grow- (
ing business; but after some years Bold ,
his vineyard at a profit and began to ,
give his attention to blackberries and ,
fruit, limiting his vineyard to only a ,
few acres of table grapes. ]
The blackberry, he says, is one of
the most profitable and satisfactory J
crops that he has ever given his atten- ]
tion to. It requires a good deal more
attention than some would suppose.
In fact a patch of six or seven acres
Is Jarge enough to keep one man pret- J
ty busy during a good part of the ]
$ime; but it furnishes a very good Income.
anywhere from $600 to $1,000 a
year, according to seasons, markets,
etc.
"If I should come back to this '
country," said Mr. Smith, "I would '
certainly give my attention to black- I
berries, and I don't see why the farmers
here don't think more about the j
opportunity offered. Of course It Is
well to have canneries, etc., to give an
active market; but even that is not 1
necessary. I would say that the town 1
of Clover would take three or four
hundred dollars worth of blackberries,
probably more: but of course a few
growers would not be limited to the
local domestic demand unless they j
were content to have It that way. The
blackberry, which has so long flour- I
lshed wild in this country, is noticeably
growing scarcer, and people are
not paying any attention to it. Farm- 1
ers who will look into the matter of .
securing the best varieties, put them
out properly and give them attention
will have occasion within a few years
to congratulate themselves on their
foresight."
STORM RELIEF COMMITTEE.
The committee named by Governor i
Please in his recent proclamation to receive
and disburse such voluntary contributions
as might be made for the i
relief of such destitution as may have
been caused by the terrific hail, wind
and rain storm that swept the northern
part of the county on Saturday, <
August 3, met at Clover yesterday afternoon
pursuant to announcement.
All of the members of the committee
were present as follows: J. A. Page,
G. W. Knox, Jas. A. Clinton, John
Banks Jackson, J. B. Robinson, A. J. I
Quinn, W. D. Grist, and organization
was effected by the election of G. W.
Knox chairman, A. J. Quinn, vicechairman
and Jas. A. Page, secretary
and treasurer.
Discussion of the situation developed
that the destroyed crops Include between
five and six thousand acres? i
nearly four thousand acres of cotton
and nearly two thousand acres of corn, i
In many cases the crops of individual
farmers are completely wiped out, and <
in other cases the damage is only par- <
tlal. Many of the smaller farmers are i
completely ruined, while others though i
they have lost the labor and investment i
of a year, are still able to get along
without assistance. There is comparatively
little actual distress because j
there are enough generous people still i
left in the community with sufficient !
means to prevent actual suffering. Not
only the indications, however; but the :
actual certainty points to the time only <
a few weeks off when many of these 1
people will be badly in need of help. i
Unable to make an approximate es- I
tlmate as to wnat it migni nave to ao
with, it was the Judgment of thecomr
mittee that it would he best to proceed
slowly until it could get some idea of
the funds that would probably be
available. All were agreed that the
most aggravated cases of distress
should receive attention first In proportion
to the requirements of each individual
case, and if the means should
become available to proceed further In
as equitable a manner as possible In
accordance with such means as might
be furnished.
A resolution was adopted providing
that all contributions made to the committee
or any of the members thereof
should be acknowledged through The
Yorkville Enquirer without cost, and
that none of the relief funds should be
paid out except upon the approval of
all of the members of the committee,
after careful consideration of each individual
case.
There being no further business the
[committee adjourned subject to the
call of the chairman.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. W. O. Neville of Clinton Is the
guest of Mrs. J. R. Lindsay in Yorkville.
Mrs. J. C. Wilborn and daughter.
Miss Elizabeth, are visiting relatives in
Lenoir, N. C.
Miss Nancy Witherspoon has returned
to Yorkville, after a visit to Hendersonvllle.
N. C.
Mr. J. B. Pegram has returned to
Yorkville. after a visit to Statesville
and Albemarle, N. C.
Miss Fannie Chandler of Mayesville,
is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. W.
B. Steele in Yorkville.
Mr. Andrew Barry and Miss Ruth r
and good will which were shown in both
the Revolutionary and the Civil wars,
giving as the reasons the love of country
and of the white friends, and promising
that this friendship should continue.
He said' that the tribe was
steadily increasing in numbers and
striving to increase in wisdom, in education
and in business. He closed with
the assurance that none of the Indians
would ever forget the day.
The exercises closed with the singing
in unison of "The Old Time Religion,"
and as the notes swelled on the noonday
breeze, the. thought in the hearts
of many was that surely the God of all
nations, tribes, and peoples was looking
down in blessing.
LOCAL LACONIC8.
Winthrop Scholarships.
Superintendent of Education Swearingen
on Wednesday announced the
awarding of Winthrop scholarships as
follows: York?Blanche E. Plexlco,
Ruth Thomasson, Annie L. Sturgis.
Cherokee?Candace Quinn, Mattle E.
Thomas. Lancaster?Martha Ruth
Rollings, Ida Lee Porter.
The County Canvass.
There were a hundred or more voters
to meet the county campaigners at
Clover yesterday. The speaking took
place in the opera house; but there developed
nothing out of the ordinary.
The Clover people saw that all of the
candidates were entertained. There is
a picnic in connection with the Forest
Hill meeting today. Tomorrow's meeting
will be held at Fort Mill.
CaiiiMfliiitM 4Ua Hamana
Ijarry of Filbert, N 1, have gone to
Boiling Springs High school.
Master William Dendy of Monroe,
Ga., Is the guest of Master Robert
Betts on Yorkvllle, R. F. D. 3.
Misses Fannie and Mary Youngblood
of Sharon, visited Miss Ellie
Feemster on Yorkvllle R. F. D. No. F>,
this week.
Miss Julia Smith, who has been
spending the summer in the mountains
of North Carolina, returned to Yorkviiro
this weqk.
M iss Fannie Wardlaw, who has been
spending the summer with friends in
Paris has returned to her home in
Yorkvllle.
Miss Mabel Ashe, who has been
spending some time with relatives in
Brevard, N. C., has returned to her
home in Yorkvllle.
Misses Lucile and Evelyn Kirkpatrlck
of Wlnnsboro, visited Misses Alma
and Margaret Feemster on Yorkvllle
R. F. D. No. 4, this week.
Misses Willie May and Bessie Grayson
of Bethany, are the guests of Misses
Ruby and Florrie Devinney on
Yorkvillo R. F. D. No. 4.
Mrs. Charles Schafer and daughter,
Miss Elva, who have been visiting Mrs.
S: L. Steele in Yorkvllle, left yesterday
for their home in Middletown,
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max y lauu.
Mr. O. M. Spurlln, for the paat ten
months assistant to Agent Patrick at
the Southern depot, left Yorkville yesterday
to take a position with the
Southern at Camden.
Mrs. B. O. Jennings and daughter,
May, Miss Nellie Moore of Yorkville,
and Miss Sara Turner and Mrs. Sam
Thomas and daughter, Hazel, of Filbert,
have been visiting Mrs. George
Turner in Bethel.
Mr. Jennings K. Owens, formerly of
Rock Hill and well known in Yorkville;
but who has been practicing law in
Bennettsville for some years past, was
married last Wednesday to Miss Ita,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Thaddeus Easterllng, of Benettsville.
Mr. H. Bonner McGill, formerly of
Smyrna, but for the last six months,
vice president of the Charlotte Consolidated
Tire and Oil company, with
which he had been connected about a
year, is visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. MfcGill, on Hickory Grove,
No. 2.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Mrs. Florlde Patterson Moore,
widow of the late S. Rufus Moore, died
at her home on East Jefferson street,
last Tuesday night at 11.55 o'clock,
after a long and tedious illness. The
deceased was born at Liberty Hill In
Kershaw county, on September 18,
1838. She was married to her husband
something over fifty years ago,
and they lived together in their Jefferson
street home until November 18,
1899. The deceased Is survived by
four children, as follows: Robert C.
Moore of Charlotte; Samuel R. Moore,
Charlotte; William T. Moore, Laurens,
and Miss Mary Patterson Moore, Yorkville.
The interment took place In
Rose Hill cemetery Wednesday afternoon
at 5.30 o'clock, after funeral services
11. the First Presbyterian church,
of which the deceased was a member.
? Miss Margaret Hart died at the
home of her brother, John R. Hart,
Esq., yesterday morning at 20 minutes
after 9 o'clock. Miss Hart was the
eldest daughter of the late Major Jas.
F. Hart, and was born In Yorkville
about 41 years ago. She was a lady of
fine Intellectual attainments, and was
popular and highly esteemed in a
a large circle of friends. She was a
teacher In the Yorkville Graded school
until a little over a year ago, when her
health gave way and she had to give
up the work. Up to a week ago It
seemed as if she was becoming her
old self again; but her health broke
lown somewhat suddenly and the end
same as stated. She leaves four brothers
and one sister, Messrs. A. G., Edward,
J. Frank and John R. Hart, and
Mrs. W. S. Neil. The funeral services
tvere held in the First Presbyterian
ehurch this morning, and the interment
was in the Rose Hill cemetery.
Yorkville baseball enthusiasts recently
made a pretty thorough canvass
;>f the town for the purpose of Collecting
snough money to launch a baseball team
here for a few weeks. Most of the business
houses and others have contributed
quite liberally for the purpose,
and enough money was raised to organize.
Several ball players have been
engaged to play in Yorkville for awhile
and these together with local players,
have, after some practice made a very
good showing. The management arranged
for a series of three games with
a team from Cowpens, S. C., and the first
game of the series was played on the
Graded School grounds yesterday afternoon.
It resulted in a victory for
the visitors, the score being 5 to 3.
Both teams played good ball, and all
those who saw the game were highly
pleased with the showing made by the
local team. The second game will be
played this afternoon at 4.30 and the
last game of the series Saturday afternoon
at 3.30 o'clock instead of 4.30 in
order to give the visitors time to catch
their train for home. The game this afternoon
is expected to be a hotly contested
one as the locals are anxious to
even up with the visitors.
PICNIC FOR CATAWBAS.
The Rock Hill Herald of yesterday
prints an account of a picnic that was
given to the Catawba Indians last
Wednesday under the direction of Rev.
S R Rrnok of Rock Hill. A number
of whites In the neighborhood of the
reservation, including Messrs. Ferguson,
Workman and Mills, gave their
assistant in helping to furnish barbecued
meat and other good things that
filled two long tables. All present enjoyed
the occasion immensely. The
Herald's account continues:
The picnic was held in the grove in
front of Sam Blue's home and the total
number present was estimated at nearly
200. From early morning they had
been gathering, over the rocky roads,
through the fields of cotton and corn,
big ones and little ones, old and young
from stalwart Chief Harris and his
family down to the wee twin babies of
Henry Cautey. All were neatly dressed,
Bhowing a desire to do honor to the occasion
and in the bearing and manner
of each was noticeable the quiet dignity
and self-possession so characteristic
of the race and admirable therefor. The
exercises consisted of music, hymns
and songs and several impromptu
speeches. An organ was moved out on
a platform and led by Miss Dowell, a
number of selections were sung by the
young men and maidens. The note of
patriotism was struck, when six little
girls, led by Mrs. Wheelock, sang "Columbia,
the Gem of the Ocean."
In a few well chosen words. Rev. Mr.
Brock introduced the speakers, taking
opportunity to express his pleasure in
the occasion and emphasizing the fact
that the day meant something in that
It cemented anew the friendship which
has always existed between the tribe
and the white people of this section.
Chief David Harris made a good
speech of welcome, saying that he felt
It a pleasure to be there, because of the
friendship which had always existed In
the past and because in this day an opportunity
was given of renewing it.
rhat because of this day* the friendship
would mean more in the future
than in the past. He spoke of his appearances
before the state legislature,
In endeavoring to better the condition
af the tribe and said it was his belief
that if the "pale faces" could know
more ui uir IIIMHI.V ui me v^aianuaa,
their interest and aid would Increase.
He reviewed briefly some points in
their history, calling to mind that
3eorge Washington, in giving honorable
discharge to eighty of their number
at the close of the Revolution,
thanked them for their loyal service
md gave them permanent land grant
In this section, fifteen miles square;
the Indians in their turn, voluntarily
trowing never to take up arms against
the white people. Chief Harris said
also that he was glad that the Catawbas
had never bowed down to idols,
but had always Worshipped God as the
"Great Spirit." He regretted that the
iribe was backward in education but
?ave assurance that it was their determination
to do better in future. He
dosed with words of hearty thanks for
the day.
Mr. Brock made a short response,
ailing attention to the fact that the
ribe had always been law-abiding,
lever having to be policed to preserve
jrder.
Another prominent tribesman?Ben
Harris?came next?and he also spoke
most pleasantly for a few moments, beginning
with an amusing anecdote and
elterating the expressions of friendship
Mr. J. L. Stacy of Clover, has been
engaged for some days getting up accurate
figures as to the territory devastated
by the hall and wind storm ?of
August 3. His method Is to see each
farmer In the stricken area and ask
him for his acreage In cotton and corn,
etc. Mr. Stacy said yesterday afternoon
that up to that time his figures
Included practically 2,000 acres of cotton
ruined and 1,000 acres of corn,
ruined; but he- did not think his data
covered much over half the stricken
territory. He thinks that the total
acreage affected is between 5,000 and
6,000. Much of this Is entirely ruined;
but some of it Is only half destroyed.
Hickory Qrovo School Building.
The trustees of the Hickory Grove
school district have let the contract for
the erection of the new brick school
building. The building Is to be*70x74
feet. The first floor is to have four
class rooms, 24x28 feet in size, and
each is to have a cloak room. The
second floor is divided into an auditorium,
44x48 feet, a stage 16x20 feet,
two dressing rooms and two class
rooms. 24x28 feet. The building is to
be covered with metal shingles. The
cost of the building when completed
will be approximately $7,000. The
contract for the building has been let
to Mr. W. W. Blair of Sharon. Work
on the structure will begin as soon as
the material can be gotten on the
ground.
MERE-MENTION.
Ty Cobb, the famous baseball player,
was slightly stabbed in the back by a
thug in Detroit, Mich., early Monday,
in an attempted holdup A rumor
in Philadelphia is to the effect that the
Krupp Gun Works of Germany has taken
an option on a large tract of land
near that city on which it will erect a
large gun and armor plant. The
Pennsylvania railroad claims that it is
finding difficulty in securing sufficient
freight cars to handle the business offered
A girl, 11 years old, gave
birth to an 8} pound child at an Iowa
City, la., hospital, Monday Prank
E. Kenyon shot his wife and 8-months
old daughter to death, and committed
suicide in a Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
hotel Monday... .Gen. Antolne Simon,
an ex-president of Haytl, now a refuge
at Kingston, Jamaica, is said to be preparing
an expedition to oust President
Jancrere Auguste, who was elected
president on August 8, following the
death of President Decoqte, in the Are
that destroyed his palace The Allan
line steamship Corsican, carrying
200 passengers; struck an iceberg off
the coast of New Poundland, Monday.
The damage was not sefious, and the
vessel proceeded to Liverpool. The
final funeral ceremonies of Mutsuhlto,
the late mikado of Japan, who died
July 30, will be held September 13 to
15 Seven murderers were put to
death in the Sing Sing, N. Y., prison
last Monday. Six were Italians and
one a negro. The execution of the
seven required one hour and sixteen
minute8...An Edinburgh doctorclaims
to have caused a patient to increase his
height seven inches In six months
The commerce of Porto Rico during the
fiscal year ending June 30 totaled $92,000,000,
an increase of $14,000,000 over
the previous year Harrison Ingram,
aged 109 years, died at Hooperstown,
111., Monday Five Italians were
killed In a powder explosion at Auburn,
N. Y., Tuesday, while making fireworks
for an Italian celebration Twentysix
men were killed at Dortmund, Germany,
Tuesday, by the collapse of a
gang plank Wall street brokers
Tuesday placed bets of $1,000 at 3 to 1
that Taft will fall of re-election, and
$2,000 at 2 to 1 that Wilson will be the
next president of the United States....
Plans have been completed for the erection
of a 36-story building on the site
of the. burned Equitable building in
New York. The new building is to occupy
the entire block and It is estimated
to cost $14,000,000 The number
of dead in the earthquake that swept
over Turkey last week, totals more
than 3,000, and 50,000 others are homeless
and starving, according to a report
sent out Tuesday from Berlin
Princess Frederick Charles, sister of
the German emperor, was robbed of
valuable jewelry in a London railway
^station last Saturday J. E.
Widener of Philadelphia, last week
/purchased a yearling colt in France,
for which he paid $20.000 Dr. T.
B. McClintic, of the United States
Marine hospital service, died in Washington.
D. C. Tuesday, of "spotted
?fever," with which he had been infected
while fighting the disease in the
Bitter Root Valley A mob of forty
men held up the court at Columbus,
Ga,, Tuesday, at the point of pistols,
and took a 16-year-old negro who
was on trial for murder, from the court
room and lynched him A Paris
physician, after working on the
problem for a decade, announces the
discovery and isolation of the cancer
germ and believes he also has perfected
an anti-cancer serum The
National Populist convention was in
session at St. Louis Tuesday, with only
eight delegates in attendance .
R. C. Fenwlck, an English aviator,
was killed near Salisbury, England,
Tuesday. He fell 300 feet
? Managua, Nlcauragua, Aug .14: The
Insurgents under command of Generals
Mena and Zeledon resumed their attacks
on Managua at 3 o'clock this
morning, but after a desperate fight,
were again repulsed. This Is the fourth
day of the battle which Is being waged
about the Nlcarauguan capital. The
American sailors, guarding the United
States legation and the presidential
palace, who, because of their marksT
manship, had been specially selected
from the American detachment stationed
here to protect the lives and
property of American citizens, directed
a fire too hot for the attackers, and
ihe rebels were driven back. The
bombardment of the city by the insurgents
was continued all night. The
president's palace was hit twice and
three shells narrowly missed striking
the American legation. As this dispatch
is filed there is a lull in the fighting,
the insurgents having retired to a position
a short distance from the city. All
Americans and other foreigners in the
city are safe. An attempt was made
last night to assassinate the commander-in-chief
of the government forces, i
Gen. Emilo Chamorro, while he was
walking in the streets. The improvised
hospitals are filled with soldiers and
women and children. One shell hit a i
hospital yesterday morning, killing
several men. There are many reports
of the killing of women and children
in their homes by the insurgents' shells.
The government has 4,000 troops, while
the insurgents number somewhat less
than that. Prisoners captured by Gen- i
era! Chamorro's troops state that the I
insurgents have lost many men since I
the fighting began. The casualties on i
the government side also are heavy.
Government officials and many citizens I
openly express the hope for active .
American intervention.
THE LAURENS MEETING.
A Crowd of 4,000 People Gather to
Hear the Candidates.
Atlanta Journal.
Laurens, S. C., Aug. 14.?Laurens,
the place that always furnishes state
politics at a boiling: point, and where
two years ago a riot was precipitated
during the speech of Attorney General
Lyon, and where a similar occurrence
was predicted this year, came "clean"
at the meeting today so far as disturbances
were concerned, and had It not
been for the "bully ragging" of Judge
Jones during his speech by Bleasemen
and their deliberate howling of him
down when he attempted to make a
categorical denial of certain statements
of Governor Blease, Laurens would
have made a good record for order today.
The meeting was noteworthy too from
the fact that It brought two candidates
for minor state offices to declare themselves
as between Blease and Jones. A
small group of men who stood directly
in front of the platform demanded that
each candidate for the same office, declare
himself favorable to certain
Blease policies, particularly to the governor's
veto of legislative appropriationa
"I supported his veto of theee appropriations,"
said Mr. Earle, and am willing
to do so again.
D. W. McLaurin, candidate for state
treasurer, refused to commit himself to
either Jones or Blease, declaring that
he would be a fool to go before the
state for the office of treasurer wearing
the brand of either. He said he was
running on his own merits and was no
coat tall swinger. He threatened to have
a man arrested who kept Insisting that
he declare for one or the other.
When S. T. Carter, the other candidate
for treasurer, made his speech,
the crowd seemed to have lost Interest
In making the candidates declare themselves,
and the question was not asked
Mr. Carter or any of the candidates for
railroad commissioner.
The crowd was a Blease crowd, fully
two-thirds of those present being supporters
of the governor as was shown
by the hand primary which he took,
and the o< casion was a Blease day. He
was presented with a gold watch by
W. R FJchey, Jr., In behalf of his
Laurens friends. Numerous bouquets
were given him, one of which was
brought to the stand by little Miss Elizabeth
Young, sister of Stobo Young of
this city, who was serving a penitentiary
sentence In connection with the
Seminole failure, but was pardoned a
few months ago by the governor. He
was then borne away on the shoulders
of his supporters, followed by several
others cheering as they went.
Judge Jones, who stopped ten minutes
short of his time, was greeted
"When he began by cries of "Sit down."
"You'd better be careful." "Oh, go
home," "Oh, somebody tell him Its going
to rain," "Got your corkscrew with
you ?"
In addition to this there was a
steady hum of cnversatlon in the
crowd practically throughout his speech
and when he attempted to make his denial
of Governor Bleose's statements
there were cries of "We won't hear
him," and such a persistent hubbub
that the Judge gavo up the attempt.
Throughout his speech, he did not
mention the governor's name, confining
himself for the most part to a discussion
of education and a non-restricted
white primary plank of his platform.
Governor Blease declared that Judge
Jones's mild speech in Laurens county
was the prduct f cwardice as was
also the judge's statement that he was
sick, and his care not to mention the
governor's pardons of Wash Hunter and
Stobo Young, residents of this county.
"He has had much to say elsewhere
about the pardon of Hunter and Young
and also about Garllngton," declared
the governor, "but today, when he got
to their own county he is scared to
open his mouth. Like all cowards he
sticks In the bank and then runs off
art/9 aava Via'11 aair It forMorrrvnr T/v^avr
UHU a lie II HttJ II bUUIVI t vn X * 'Vl CI J
he skulked back, covered hie head with
his coat tall and said he was sick."
He declared that Judge Jones In a
signed letter had said that Blease's
charges against him were false , and
that he had asked the judge yesterday,
to point out wherein they were false.
He said the judge had not done this and
that he would therefore state that when
Judge Jones signed that letter, he signed
a lie."
He declared that the Jones men were
trying to pin Judge Jones with a safety
pin to the coat tail of Senator B. JL
Tillman. He said that Senator Tillman
had a race of his own on hand and
that the Jones men ought to have more
respect for themselves and for the senator
than to try to get him in a family
quarrel, a thing that was said to have
caused the defeat of Wade Hampton.
The crowd numbered between 3,000
and 4,000, the largest political gathering
in the history of the county. There
were many women present.
The following Is from the Spartanburg
Herald's account of the Laurens
meeting:
Governor Blease referred again to
the attitude of B. R. Tillman, senior
senator from South Carolina, toward
the Blease-Jones campaign. "Jones
and his crowd," Blease said, "are trying
to take a safety pin and pin Jones
onto Ben Tillman's coat tail. Edgefield
county has got a man In the race for
the United States senate who served
you as senator, as superintendent of
the penitentiary and for years in congress.
He has done much for South.
Carolina Laurens county has got a
young man in the race who is honorable
and high-toned aqd worthy of any
trust that may be reposed in him. Why
should the Jones people try so hard to
hang on to Tillman? He has his own
fight to make. If they had a proper respect
for themselves and for Tillman
they would not do it. I don't need Tillman's
endorsement. I have proved
during the past nineteen months that I
am as well qualified to be governor as
Ben Tillman or anybody else. They say
Hampton was defeated because he lnterferred
In a family fight and they are
doing their best to get Tillman to interfere
in a family fight now. But they
are not going to get Tillman into it"
The governor declared in characteristically
elegant language that Tillman
would never be found "lined up" with
the management of the State.
THE GREENWOOD MEETING.
Big Crowd With Divided Sentiment,
and Rain Interrupts.
Spartanburg Journal.
ureenwooo, Aug:, id.?ine nownng
process was put to work again today
when Judge Jones began his speech, but
when the mayor of the city and the police
took a hand the howlers were quieted.
A new aspect of the "process" was
brought forth when Joel Woods, a Confederate
veteran, employed in the
Greenwood mill, in a strong voice, called
upon the mayor and the police to
make the crowd of men gathered around
the speakers' stand stop the howling
that was being given Judge Jones.
"That's what they came here for,"
shouted Mr. Woods, referring to the
group of howlers in front of the stage,
and he demanded that the policemen do
their duty.
"If these men won't let Jones speak,
we won't let Blease speak," he said.
The mayor of Greenwood, Kenneth
Baker, took the stand and demanded
that Mr. Woods and the men who were
making the noise keep quiet and ordered
the police to arrest those who were
disorderly.
"We will have order or know why,"
shouted Mr. Baker, and when it was
seen that the officers were determined
to have order the mob quieted. Judge
Jones was jeered by those in the immediate
vicinity of the stage, but from the
rear of the crowd came loud cheers of
approval of his utterances.
About 2,500 people heard Jones and
Blease speak here. Judge Jones in his
speech, referred to the Kerr magistrate
cases, saying, "You didn't have law
and order when that one-armed Con- :
federate veteran Kerr was tried to be
deprived of his office of magistrate."
Governor Blease was greeted with
loud cheers.
Judge Jones was presented with several
handsome floral tributes.
Governor Blease read two letters
which he said were from Senator Tillman,
one to the effect that the senator
was "disgusted" at the use the newspapers
were making of his recent letter
to Mr. Sims of Orangeburg, and the
other says that "Who ever said I was
lined up with John Gary Evans or anybody
else to beat Governor Blease, does
not know what he is talking about."
Governor Blease referred to a meeting
here last Sunday at which he said
Jones was endorsed.
The governor was presented with a
silver pitcher and flowers. Rain came ^
and his speech was cut short. He took W
a hand primary, which showed divided
sentiment
80UTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? Chester, August 13: The hookworm
campaign now in progress in this county
is one that is greatly Interesting the
people. Dr. L. A. Riser of the state
board of health is finishing his first
week of examination of people, and up
to the present time he has passed on
300 cases, and twenty per cent of that
number were afflicted with the disease.
He says that the lower part of the
state Is more productive of hookworm ^
disease than the upper country, and
that this is due to the sandy soil. And
to prove his case, he pointed to Lowryville,
In the northwestern part of Chester
county, which is a very sandy territory,
as being the most prolific sec- A
tlon of the country for the malady. At w
that point it will be necessary to establish
an additional dispensary, making
six in the county. The campaign
is to continue five weeks in this county,
and while it is not thought a large
number of cases will be discovered,
nevertheless, It Is believed on immense
amount of good will be done. ?
? Columbia special of Tuesday to the
News and Courier: At 11.15 State
Electrician B. C. Boozer gave the signal
to J. C. Robbins, a guard at the
penitentiary, who threw the switch that
sent Alex Weldon Into eternity. The
1,900 volts passing Into the body of the ^
condemned man made a low humming
nnilA WAMAM's Krvrlxr s??A
strained at the straps while every
muscle in his body contracted. The
high voltage was maintained for several
seconds, when it was reduced to
200 volts. It was constantly varied between
these extremes for one minute
and two seconds when the switch was
thrown out. An examination by the
prison physician showed that death had
resulted. The negro was a physical
giant, according to those who have seen
him, and it was thought best to keep
the current passing through his body fc
for a full minute to Insure death to a
frame so powerful. The relatives of
the dead man have not asked for his
body and it is probable that he will be
buried in the penitentiary grounds. The
crime for which Alex Weldon was this
morning electrocuted at the state peni- A
tentiary was the murder of a prominent
farmer of Florence on the night
of October 28, 1810. The circumstances
were as follows: The body of Mr. Ehhu
Moye was found In his home the following
morning with two gunshot
wounds in the chest After an Investigation
Clarence Ham was arrested and
sentenced to hang. Upon the scaffold in
Florence, Ham confessed his guilt aid
implicated as accessories William Bur- Jk
rees and Alex Weldon, who until that w
time had not been suspected. These jT
two negroes were then arrested end
tried, the trial resulting in convictions
in both instances. They were placed
in jail and while there a new trial was
secured for Burress. He died, however, qff
before the date set for his execution.
Owing to the fact that the electric chair
had not been Installed, Weldon's execution
had been stayed by the governor
from a considerably earlier date until
today. The electrocution passed off
quietly, not a single hitch occurring to
mar the solemn proceeding.
? The Walker-Gaston camp U. C. V.,
of Chester had quite a successful and
enjoyable re-union last Friday. Col.
Asbury Coward was one of the speakers.
The Reporter gives the following
.".t of the veterans present: "J. B. McWatters,
Rlchburg; W. B. Robinson,
Cornwell; Hugh White, Chester; W. H. %
Edwards, Chester; W. B. Cameron,
Smith's Turnout; Jabes Sexton,
Chester; J. C. Kirkpatrick, Chester; J.
H. McDanlel, Chester; Josephus Smith,
Cornwell; W. S. Turner, Chester; W.
A. Cornwell, Chester; W. M. Mayfleld,
Chester; A. W. Darby, W. D. Knox, ^
Chester; L. J. Watts, F. L. Allen, T. A..
McGuire, H. W. Hofner, Chester; J. H.
Westbrook. Rodman; O. W. Boyd,
Cornwell; W. B. Cranford, Chester; O.
D. Heath, W. D. Mobley, Samuel
Banks, Chester; Samuel Shurley,
Blackstock; Newman Hudson, Richburs::
8. M. MeWatters. Rlaokstoek:
W. O. McKeown, Corn well; R B.
Mobley, Rodman; O. J. Gwlnn, J. A. 4
Robinson, Blackstoek; W. B. Wylle,
Rlchburg; Joseph Martin, Rlchburg;
John J. Hollls, Rodman, T. G. Hudson,
Chester; M. M. Johnsey, Lowryvllle; J,
S. Mills, Blackstoek; J. A. Thomas,
Edgemoor; W. W. Llpford. Chester;
John O. Hardin, R L. Htcklln. Rich- A
burg; A. Ferguson, Fort Lawn; A. W.
Hardin, Chester; W. I. Smith, W. L
Caldwell, John B. Dove, H. F. Horton,
W. T. Stewart, W. R Wallace, Lowryvllle;
A. O. Pittman, J. M. Smith,
Edgemoor; Ira Coin, Chester; T. C.
Brakefleld, Lowryvllle; W. T. Simpson,
Rlchburg; J. W. Wllks, Wllksbuig;
R. M. Dodds, J. B. Cole, Lowryvllle; J.
T. Holton; H, A. Brakefleld, Wade w
Worthy, Lowryvllle; W. C. Hedgpath,
C. S. Wilson, Chester; R B. Anderson,
Rlchburg; W. T. Harris, C. H.
Allen, Edgemoor; J. A. Carter, Rock
Hill; Alex Wise, Chester; John Ross,
Cornwall; L McD. Hood, J. J. Hall, A.
A. Owens, J. W. Blgham, Chester; 8. a
T. McKeown, Cornwell; 8. B. L&than, ~
Chester; M. W. Harper; H. M. Stevenson,
W. W. Coogler, W.. R Sims, Chester;
W. O. Goch, Fort Lawn; Daniel
Clark, John G. Brown. Chester; Abe
Boyd. B. J. Ran dell, Chester; R P.
Workman, Harvey Lemon, B. P. Gregory,
Chester."
? Washington, August 14: After a
fight extending over many weeks Democrats
of the house of representatives
today agreed to caucus to recede
from their "no-battleship" programme
in this session, and to permit the battleship
champions to vote In the house
for one such vessel. Unlike the four
preceding caucusea there was an absence
of bitterness of fe?llng and by a .
rising vote of 95 to 11 the resolution of 4F
recession was put through. It Is expected
that the senate wiii agree to
the one-battleship plan, ending the
deadlock over the naval bilL Representative
Sulzer, of New York, who
has led the fight for two battleships in
the pending bill sought to have the caucus
take no action as to the number of ?
ships but to release members to vote
for one or two, as they saw fit. Chairman
Padgett, of the naval affairs committee,
opposed Mr. Sulzer's resolution
on the ground that It would further
complicate matters. The senate, he
pointed out, already has expressed Its
willingness to compromise the differ- %
ences by withdrawing from Its demand
for two battleships and to accede to
one. Mr. Sulzer's resolution then was
lost. An effort will be made to have
the warship to be authorized to be the
largest and most formidable fighting
craft ever laid down. A sharp fight
is expected on this programme, however,
both on the ground of extravagance
and the contention of many W
members of the naval affairs committee
of both the senate and house that
such a craft would be unwleldly and
expensive to maintain.
? The New York Clearing House assoclation
is assisting the police In lo- *
eating the deposits of Police Lieutenant
Becker, charged with instigating
the recent murder of Gambler Rosenthal.
Some of the criminals implicated
with Becker gave out a tip to the
effect that it was Becker's custom to
deposit his graft money in various
banks under various assumed names,
and working on this information the
investigators have found deposits credited
to Becker and his wife, ringing
up to $62,345. There are still other
banks to be heard from, and besides
the cash it is known that Becker has
a strong box in a safety deposit vault
that is believed to contain securities
in a large amount. Becker, it is understood,
denies all knowledge of the
funds that are credited to himself and
wife In the various banks. The dlstrict
attorney has located the strong V
box and also has the key of it; but he
does not yet feel warranted in going
into it at the present time for lack of
authority.
? Ten thousand dollars in gold, believed
to have been- hidden by Wm.
Anderson, a bandit who terrorized central
Missouri immediately after the
civil war, has been found in the old
manor house on what was the plantation
of Wm. Burch In Howard county.
Mo., and which now is the property of
C. E. Yancey of Liberty. Employes of
Mr. Yancey are remodeling the old ^
house. According those from which
the story of the /death of Anderson
comes, in 1868, he?was wounded after
robbing a central Alissouri bank and
stopped that night in the manor
hou^e of the plantation, dying several
days later. It was In the room In 4
which the bandit slept that the money
was found. J
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