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• New - York Child-Woman
- n Statute Declared Illegal. *
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INVASION OF BIGHTS
e° D'dl.™, Judge Olmetead In Court
Decision—-fcie Right to -Hlr# and
Work Is’ Termed a Property
9 * Right.
• The state-law of New York restrict.
^ lng the labor of women and chll^lrelP
to ten hoursday and sixty hours
a week in a factory, was declared Fri
day by Justice Oknstead in a decis
ion handed down , in the court of spe
cial sessions in New York city to be
“an unwarranted invasion-of const!--
tutional. rights.”
The ruling wds concurred In by
Jstice McKean and Justice Deuel.
Judge Olmstcad declared that the law
w-as class legislation. *
Justice Olmstead said in his decis*
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“To labor and employ labor art
inherent and inaiienable^rights of ou»
citizens, and catrnot be taken awaj
in ■fthole or in part unless upon ths
broad ground of public good, which
must be apparent, and cannot be pred
icated upoif legislative dictum.
‘It may bo stated -as a well settled
legal proposition that the* right to
labor and contract loj- that labor is
both a liberty and a property right;
when therefore the legislature enacts
a statute such as that under consid
eration it must be admitted that it
has infringed in the enactment the
rights which are^^^clearly accord
ed by the constit«irto*the individ
ual citizen.
“The people, therefore, are called
upon to justify this invasion, and
there is but one plea in justification;
that the statute was enacted to pro
tect the comfort, welfare and safety
of the whole people, and the individ-
. ual must suffer this curtailment of his
grrnted rights in the interest of the
common gcod.
“In the case under' consideration
the right of the employed and the
right of the employer are equally in
volved. Nothing to the contrary ap-
^ring it must be assumed that the
was a willing worker for a
sloyer—aad that the result
wa^ mutually satisfactory and profit
able.
“The present constitution of the
state of New York was adopted * in
1894, and became effective January 1,
1895. All of the rights which &dult
women possessed at that time were
-c^nfiimod by Ui U fleruniml» Bar (if
PITIFUL TALE IS TOLD
AIKEN. 8. C~ THURSDAY MOKNING. AUGUST !), 1906.
SPICY TESTIMONY
EstablisHed 1881. Price $1.50 a Tear, in Airacci'.
By Alleged Lumber Camp “Slavee”
Before United States Commissioner
in Pensacola, Florida.
tbose rights certainly w-as the right
to contract for her labor and to work
when and where she pleased without
reference to the position of the hands
of the dial of the clock.
“It was not until four years after
that the lawmaking pow-er sought to
place the limitation under considera
tion upo nthem. What w-as the leg
islative intent in doing this? The at
torney general finds and urges no
other reason than that the general
welfare cf the state demands that
the progeny of women of the factories
have mothers w-ith healthy bodices
to the end that the state may have
sturdy citizens. Does the state look
merely to the children of the factory
wpmeu for its future good citizens?
Why should not the housewife, the
woman who toils at home, in mercan
tile houses, in offices, or she who
toils not at all—the society woman—
he exempt from legislative interfer
ence, injunctive or mandatory, for the
same reason? Some of them may be
mothers of future citizens, and it
should be of great interest to the
state that their progeny should have
birth and breeding to conserve its
welfare.”
The Investigation of peonage and
slavery conditions at the 4fckson
Lumber company camps at Lockhart,
Ala.^^HHKHHB|^^scourt corn-
Fla., FTiday^an^^^mcluded Friday
night, and resulted in 4h e unearthing
of a terrible state of affairs, if tho
statements of the witnesses told upon
the stajid are true.
• Three of the men are held to the
United States court for trial under
heavy bond. They are Robert Galla
gher, Superintendent; W. N. Grace and
Oscar S. Dander, the two latter also
employees of the company. Many wit
nesses were examined and all testi
fied directly or indirectly as to how
men had been beaten and ill treated
at the camps.
The tlimax came when Manuel Jar-
d^msi, a for#igner, % who had been
brought frem New York, w-ith others,
was placed on the stand. ^ So weak
and exhausted that he could scarcely,
hold himself In » seat, suffering from
bruises over the body and burning
up w-ith fever, he told his story. H«
had been betRep with whips, struck
in the face with clenched fists and
kicked in the abdomen and lower
portions of the body. lie could not
speak English, but pointed out Gal
lagher in the court room as the man
who had inflicted most of the pun
ishment. His story was told through
an interpreter and so pitiable w-as his
condition that whefl he concluded and
could hardly leave the court room,
a purse was taken up to place him
in a hospital, and give him proper
treatment. Frequently during the
time he was on the stand he woulfi
place his hands upon his stomach
and through his interpreter signify
that he was in pq^ from the kicks
he had received.
Mrs. Mary Paul Jones and Mrs.
Gibson, ladies living near Laurel Hill,
saw- .the men overtake a foreigner
near their ’ houses with hounds and
while one held him under cover with
a revolver, another beat him unmer-
cifuly with a whip.
Brought Out at Investigation
by Cotton Association.
CHEATHAM ON THE RACK
Representative Anderson Specifically
Names Cheatham and Fairchild
as Parties Referred to in His
Speech Before the House.
PRINT SHOP ^HAKE UP.
Two Foremen Dismissed from the
Government Printing Office.
W. A. Miller, assistant foreman of
bindery of the government printing
office at Washington, who was sus
pended by the public printer on July
21 for insubordination and insolence,
was dismissed fron. the government
service Friday. Miller's former sus-
dre—ctrtr caTiuo—&&
Coal Miners Gain Every Point.
Coal miners and operators of the
Coshocton, Ohio, field completed a
settlement of the wage controversy
Friday, the miners winning out on
every point. The new scale adopted is
exactly that of 1903.
MUTINEERS NOW IN CHAINS.
Russ Officials Succeed in Turning the
Tables on Rebels.
Advices from Hensingfors, Finlan i,
state that one thousand of the muti
neers are now in chains on Skatud-
en Island. The missing number 650.
A correspondent was permitted to
look over the fortress of the main
island as well as other fortifications
overlooking the town. The scenes
prove the truth of the statements pre
viously cabled, that the mutineers had
the upper hand in practically all the
fortresses until the arrival of the war
ships.
ESCAPING CONVICT KILLED.
Negroes Make Desperate Attempt to
Vacate Chaingang Camp.
In a mad rush of desperate prison
ers to escape from the convict camp
of the Palmer Brick company in At
lanta at about 12 o’clock Friday
night, one of the convicts, a negro
named Hargrove, was shot and killed
by Guard O. B. Jones, and another,
Willis Harris also a negro, made his
escape.
IOWA GOVERNOR RENOMINATED.
pension Tu
President Roosevelt's order declaring
the government printing office and all
offices where workmen are employed
by the government to be "open shops.”
The public printer also dismissed
Milo Shanks, foreman of the second
typesetting division. The case of
Shanks furnished the president an
other opportunity to again express
himself regarding the conduct of the
government printery. Shanks had com
plained to the president that he had
not received fair treatment. Secretary
IjOeb wrote Mr. Stillings that inas
much as he Is charged with the ad
ministrative details of the office, the
president would not interfere with
him In his efforts to put the govern
ment printing office on an economical
and efficient basis, or In securing
proper discipline among the employ
ees. “What the president expects,”
says Secretary Loeb, “Is results and
he will hold you responsible therefor.
In the obtaining of results you will
not be interfered with.”
CONDITION OF FLEECY STAPLE.
Average on July 25 Was 82.9 Accora-
ing to Government Report.
The crop reporting board of the
department of agriculture at Wash
ington in a bulletin issued at noon
Friday finds from the reports of the
agents of the bureau, that the a\cr-
age condition of cotton on July 25
was S2.9, as compared with 83.3 on
July 25, 1906; 74.9 on July 25, 1905;
91.6 at the corresponding dat«* In
1904, and a ten-year average of 82.4.
The following table shows the coodi-
Virginia ....
.83
North Carolina .
. 75
South Carolina .
.72
<jeorgia • • •
.74
Florida ....
.72
Alabama . . .
.83
Mississippi . . .
.86
Louisiana . . .
.88
Texas
.86
Arkansas . . .
.89
Tennessee ....
.88
Missouri . . .
.95
Oklahoma . . .
.92
Indian Territory
.85
END OF FRISCO STRIKE.
Southern Pacific Grants Demands of
Freight Handlers t
The Southern Pacific company haa
granted the demands of the freight
handlers in the yards at Oakland,
Cal., who went on -trike last week
for more pay, but returned to work
when the company promised to con
sider thei/ wishes. The company
agreed that men employed for more
than sixty days shculd be paid 25
cents an hour and all new men 22 1-2
cents until they worked sixtv davs.
Cummins Again Selected in Republi-
can State Convention.
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Gbr. A. B. Cummins has been re-
rommated py the republicans of Iowa,
ihere were three names placed be-
■■e the convention, those of the gov-
•or, George B. Perkins and S. W.
Rthbun. The ballot resulted as fol-
bws: Cummins, 93s; Perkins, 693;
.athbun, 104.
SPEED LIMIT FOR AUTOS.
Georgia House Passes Bill to Regulate
Their Running on Highways.
By an overwhelming vote of 119 to
2, the Georgia house of representa
tive Thursday passed a bill to reg
ulate the running of all automobiles
and other similarly propelled vehicles
upon the public highways of tEeHtilTe.
The measure conforms to the law of
most of the northern states.
At the Investigation in Atlanta Wed
nesday of charges made by Rcpreseu-
tativ# Anderson of Savannah against
ofticcrs of the Southern Cotton A»
sociation, the most sensawonal ev*’
dence was given at the afternoon se^
siou by Holland Curran, an employ#
in a brokers’ company in the city.
Mr. Curran got angry, he said, at
the manner in which Secretary Rich
ard Cheatham acted, and he proceed
ed to tell "all he knew” about Mr.
Cheatham's speculation in cotton.
At one juncture, Mr. CViatham con
tradicted Mr. Curran and the latter
remarked that he “would see the gen
tleman later out in the street.”
Mr. Anderson made his statement
In the morning, and after he had done
so he proceeded to line up his wit
nesses, the most important of whom
was W. R. Fagan, local manager of a
brokers’ firm.
The room, which was an office of
the Southern Cotton Association, was
well filled all day. The committee
was bent upon getting through as
quickly as possible without slurring
the Investigation, and three sessions
were held during the day, just enough
time being given for meals. The room
was close and the committee, along
with spectators and reporters, wet©'
very much jaded and worn.
The gist of the investigation was
that Mr. Cheatham admitted buying
cotton futures, but claimed the pur
chases were made for a friend. Mr.
Fairchild admitted he had bought
stock In a bucket shop and claimed
he was not a salarred officer ot the
Southern Cotton Association.
The meeting was called to order
at 10 o’clock in the morning. The
five committeemen were present as
follows:
M. J. Johnson of Cass Station, Ga.;
chairman; W. L. Peek of Conyers,
Ga.; W. K. Seymour of Montgomery,
Ala.; J. P. Allison of Concord, N. C.;
J. O. Smith of Marianna, Fla.
The full testimony was taken down
by President Jordan’s stenographer.
Representative Anderson proceeded
to give a history of the charges, and
.made a statement about the. Boykin
- an*;l-future bill which has passed the
house and is now in the senate.
Mr. Anderson was irfterrupted by
tjie chairman, whio (suggested .that
President Jordan be first heard from,
as he had called the committee from
the Southern Cotto., Association.
President Jordan read what Mr.
Anderson had said in the public
prints and on the floor of the house
as to the officers of the association
buying cotton futures and having
stock in a bucket shop.
“I believe we should have a full
and thorough investigation,” said
President Jordan, “as the charges
have been sown broadcast over the
cotton belt.”
Mr. Anderson replied by saying that
he would lend all the assistance he
could. The charges in Mr. Anderson’s
speech before the legislature wei^e:
First—That some one in the head
quarters of the Sou**iern Cotton As
sociation had been speculating in cot
ton in the name of Mike CUGrady,
and signing the checks or receipts for
the money in an official capacity; and
that some one in (here had been spec
ulating In the name cf P. A. Lee.
Second—That some official of the
Southern Cotton Association had
been connected with a bucket shop
called the Piedmont Brokerage com
pany, and had held one eighth of Its
stock, and that some one in the of
fice of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion had had the stock standing In
his name.
DOLLARS ARE ROLLING IN.
Every Reoublican is Asked to Give
Just That Much for Campaign.
Congressman Sherman, who is the
chairman of the republican congres
sional committee, reached New York
ing from their District Conference at
from Utica Wednesday and formally
got to work on the voluminous mail
whi^n has accumulated since he ap
pealed through the newspapers to ev
er} republican voter to contribute
to tne campaign fund. Mr. Sherman
sail that the result of the appeal was
extremely gratifying.
TWC IMPORTANT MEASURES
Passed by the Georgia State Senate
at Thursday's Session.
The Georgia senate Thursday pass
ed bills fer the election of railroad
commissioners by the people and for
the lease of the Western and Atlantic
railroad for sixty years at |60,000
per month.
The bill for the election of railroad
commissioners by the people was
passed by a vote of 31 to 7. The
senate immediately transmitted the
bill to the house.
GIGANTIC STRIKE IS ON.
Host of Workingmen In St. Petersburg
Quitting Their Jobs.
^ general strike was formaly or
dered to begin In St. Petersburg Sat
urday at noon and as a preliminary
tbe men employed in a dozen estan-
lishments went out at noon Friday
The strike affects 150,000 men, in
cluding Che employees of the electric
lighting plants.
“FOES OF THE NEGRO.”
Scored by Atlanta Colored Bishop at
Meeting of Negro Young People’s
Congress in Washington.
The Negro Young People’s Chris
tian Educational Congress, having for
its object the educational and moral
uplifting of the race, began a five-
day’s session in Washington, D. C.,
Tuesday, with several thousand del
egates In attendance, representing ev
ery state in the union, some coming
from foreign lands. The first day’s
scssio w-as devoted to addresses of
welcome ^nd speechmaking, Bishop
W. J. Gaines of Atlanta and Secretary
of the Navy Bonaparte being the prin
cipal speakers.
Taking up the question of the at
titude of the whites toward the ne
groes, Bishop Gaines said:
“We have had to submit to the aw
ful humiliation arising from separate
car laws on both railroads and trol
ley lines, but we must not be dis
couraged. The mob laws, the hang
ings and the burning at the stake of
negroes in many southern states,
though most terrible to reflect upon,
must not darken our minds so that
we despair.
“I have said we have made great
progress, though we still have *
giant burden of ignorance and law
lessness to carry and to endeavor to
destroy as we move upward.
“Yet I find I can thank God that
though we have so many enemies
we are not without friends. I must
soy that we could not stay in this
country if it were not for our white
friends and their strength of char
acter.”
Bishop Gaines then specifically
named as avowed enemies of the ne
gro Senator Tillman of (South Caro
lina, Governor Vardaman of Missis
sippi, Governor Jeffersoji Davis of
Arkansas, Thomas Dixon of New York
and John Temple Graves of Georgia.
Secretary Bonaparte spoke on “The
Future of the Negro Race in Amer
ica.” He said that the part it would
play in civilization was a question
no less difficult than Interesting.
Secretary Bonaparte declared that
the negro race was the only one
which has ever been able to live with
white people.
NEPHEW TO CONTEST WILL.
Relative of Russell Sage Says He
Will Contest Document.
James H. Sage, nephew of the late
Russell Sage, declared Tuesday in
Troy, N. Y., that the will of the
late millionaire would be contested.
“I have made up my mind to got
that which I am entitled to as a blood
relative of Russell Sage,’ he said.
TO EXPLOIT CUBAN LANDS
Big Syndicate is Incorporated in New
York with $3,000,000 Capital.
The Cuban Investing Corporation ot
New York, which will conduct a gen
eral agricultural and manufacturing
business In Cuba, has been Incorpo
rated with a capital of $3,000,000. The
directors of record include E. C. Fos-
burgh, H. M. Kerr, L. W. Shelton, C.
H- Kayler, W. W. Dey, Jr., Norfolk,
Va.; R. J. Camp, Franklin Va., and
O. T. Ladson, Atlanta, Ga.
WONT PAY FRISCO LOSSES.
Trans-Atlantic Company Turns Down
Claims for Millions.
A San Francisco dispatch says: The
Trans-Atlantic Fire Insurance Compa
ny of Hamburg, Germany, has re
fused to pay San Francisco insurance
claims approximating $4,000,000. A
statement to that effect was given out
by the local official of the company.
CZAR VIEWS BATTLE
Gory Conflict Raged Near
Palace of Russ Autocrat.
IS PREPARED TO << SKID00 ,,
Rebels Were Finally Subdued, But
Battle Caused Wild Panic Among
Czar’s Household—'Situation
at Other Points
BULLETS RIDDLE RAVISHER.
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Mob Makes Quick Work With Negro
Who Assaulted White Girl.
Annie I auric Poole, a 14-year-old
girl, was the victim of a brutal as
sault by a negro Tuesday morning at
10 o’clock near her home in the sub
urbs of Atlanta, the negro being run
to earth by maddened men, who shot
him to death the moment he was
identified by the young girl he had
wronged. — '
> As unexpected as was the outrage,
was the vengeance taken by the
friends and neighbors of the little
girl. The negro was captured and
brought to her home for Identification.
The moment she saw him she clap,
ped her bands and cried “That’s
him,” and hardly a second intervened
between her words and the sharp,
deafening reports of over thirty re
volvers which sent hurtling lead Into
his body, one of the bullets striking
the hand of one of the men holding
the prisoner.
The young girl had left her home,
as she had many times before, on a
mission to a near neighbor's to pur
chase some vegetables.
She stopped in the field on the way
to pick some cantaloupes, when a ne
gro suddenly emerged from shrub
bery on the edge of the road an,1
before the girl had time to realize
his motives he had her by the throat,
and brandishing a huge oak stick, salil
that he would kill her if she screamed.
Despite her screams the negro
boldly caught hold of her hair and
dragged her across a space of 40
feet to tho woods, the girl plucklly
putting up a brave fight until she
became unconscious.
A small negro boy w-ho happened
to be walking along the road was
attracted by her cries, and running
to the residence near by notified the
family.
The news of the crime spread like
wild fire, and in a few minutes the
whole neighborhood was in arms, and
in pursuit of the assailant. The girl
was found on the edge of the road un
conscious and the ground around for
many yards was torn up in such a
way as would indicate a terrific strug
gle.
A St. Petersburg special says: Foj
six hours Wednesday night, within
sight of the czar’s palace, wherein
the czar was preparing to flee, there
raged the most desperate battle of
the revolution. The sailors of the
twenUieth and other equipages, to
gether with the sappers and miners
and other units, managed to useape
the surveillance of the guard and oth
er regiments which were stationed
at the barracks and revolted.
The rebels, however, were finally
crushed.
When the firing began there ensued
a wild panio In the imperial palace
at Peterhof, as the palace lies under
the guns of the fortress. All prepara
tions had been made in advance to
flte to Tsarskoe-Seloe, but the report
afloat during the afternoon that the
emperor and his family actually had
fled in the middle of the night, was de
nied later at the chancellory of the
imperial household.
It was explained, however, that on
account of “dampness” at Peterhof
arrangements had been made for the
return of the imperial family to Tsars-
koe-Seloe.
The cruiser Asia has revolted and
the mutineers are sailing towards
Sveaborg.
Mutinies have been planned at Ri
gan and Libau.
Although mutinies at Sveaborg
have been ended and the one at Cron-
stadt has- been practically put down,
the outlook Is still black. The revo
lution sts, whose hands were sudden
ly forced by the premature rising at
Sveaborg, aparently are undaunted at
these initial reverses and Intend to
persist in their programme of calling
a general strike. »»»
One of the leaders of the revolu
tionists with whom the Associated
Press correspondent spent some time
boasted that the word had gone forth
and that the fire of revolt would
spread to the corners of the empire.
His closing words to the corespond
ent were “Now watch Reval, Riga
and Libau.”
In the Sveaborg mutiny seven com
panies of artllery were concerned,
of »he fortress steamers, the Vie-
troll, Puskar, Rabotschi, Imgeffire
Mars were In the hands of the muti-
neers, v hile the Bomba Opit and
Sveaborg remained loyal.
The Opit was furiously bombarded
by the mutineers, and they threatend
to sink the Bomba at the first oppor
tunity, even if she hoisted the red
flag. During the Skatudden island mu
tiny, only one, the Finn, of six v es-
sels stationed In the north harbor
fired on the marine barracks occu
pied by the mutineers. The others re
mained passive.
Martial law has been proclaimed
at Cronstadt and In the Donete basin,
the center of the mining and smelting
district.
NORTHERN NEGROES ADVISED.
Delegate from south Calls Down Racs
problem Agitators.
Before the Negro Young People’s
ducational Congress at Washington,
Thursday, A. J. Cobb, of Barnesville,
Ga.. in an address said:
“You nqgroes in the north let the
southern negro alone. He can take
care of himself. He is a friend of
the white man and the white man a
friend of his. You discuss racial prob
lems, never forgetting to bring the
white man in. Let him alone. Stop an-
tagonizing him and mind my words,
he’ll be your friend. Why, down south
I have actually forgotten that I was
a black man until I looked into the
looking-glass.”
NEW LEASE FOR RAWLINGS.
Georgia State Attorney Hart Saye
Speer Acted Within the Law.
According to the opinion of Attor
ney General Hart of Georgia, render
ed to Governor Joseph Terrell, -Wed
nesday, Judge Emory Speer acted
within the law in granting a stay of
execution in the case of J. G. Raw-
lines, and the action of the federal
court judge must be respected, thus
giving Rawlings a lease on life un
til the appeal of his attorney to thd
United States supreme court is de
cided.
FROM MOB TO SCAFFOLD.
Negro Executed Legally In Kentucky
in Space of Fifty Minutes.
The hanging of Allen Mathis, the
negro who criminally assaulted Miss
Ethel McClain, took place at Mayfield,
Ky., at 8 o’clock Tuesday night In
a legal manner In the yard of the
county jail. Fully ten thousand peo
ple were on the scene, but only a few
hundred could see the execution.
It was only fifty minutes from the
time the jury was sworn in until the
negro -xas pronounced dead.
Tho petit jury is not an entirely
ideal tribunal for the settlement of
criminal responsibility, and the pro
tection of society, observ-cs the New
York Globe, but it is certainly far
more likely to attain the ends of jus
tice when the evi.l°nce is put before
it in strict legal foru. ?.t the proper
time and place, than when presented
through the newspapers with the vari
ous garnishings inseparable from this
organ of publicity.
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Palmetto Stale News;
T nJUIT ■. DIBBLE, JAMBS FBWBLL,
President. Tie# President.
W. W. MUt'KfcNFlT*«,
Cashier.
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Selected Charleston Teacher.
The Atlanta boarc. of education un- '
tnimously decided upon the selection |
of Miss Elizabeth Getz of Charles- '
ton to succeed Professor Utterback,
resigned, as supervisor of drawing and
manual art in the public schools of
that city. Miss Getz is conceded to
be one of the most efficient instruc
tors in tho country, and is said to
be eminently qualified to assume the .
duties of the office to which she has
just been elected.
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Mill Elects Jennings President.
At (lie recent meeting of the stoi k- !
holders of the Beaumont Manufactur
ing Company, held in Spartanburg, '
for the purpose of electing a presi
dent to succeed the late James II !
Sloan, D. L. Jennings was chosen
He has been connected with the man- '
agement of the mill for a number of !
years and is thoroughly familiar with j
the affairs of the company. The selec
tion is considered a wise one and the
business cf the mill will go on in
its successful course.
The
Bank of Aiken,
AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA.
o&t;
W. J. RUTHERFORD &
DEALERS nr
BRICK. LIME,
PORTLAND AND ROSINDALE CEMENT.
PLASTER HAIR AND LATHS
READ! ROOFING ETC.
Corner of ffaoiiiaftoa aid lopaoldl Street*.
LCULMtA, • - • d«OX**l J*
To Probe Whipping of Woman.
The alleged whipping of Mrs. Ha-
burn, which is said to have been near
the Spartanburg-Union line, is being
investigated, and it is probable that
arrests will be made. Solicitor Seasc
has instructed Magistrate Hogan of
Union to proceed and issue war
rants which he may deem proper af
ter investigation.
Just at present, however, no one
seems willing to sign the warrants,
but it is expected that this step will
be taken by some one residing in the
vicinity where the outrage was com
mitted.
Theater At Auction.
The opera house building at Spar
tanburg will be sole, «n October 1st,
to the highest bidder, with an upset
price of $10,000, this being the effect
of a resolution passed by the city
council of that city. The building
will be dismantled and a portion of
the site will be devoted to the
straightening of Main street.
The council also accepted the propo
sition of the C. anf? W. C. railroad,
of $5,500 for the colored cemetery,
near its depot. The railroad company
will defray expenses incident to the
removal and re-interment of the
bodies and provide another cemetery.
The money will be placed on deposit
and tho interest used in keeping the
new cemetery in repair and good or
der.
Unique Booze Advertisement.
In the middle of his recent speech
in Laurens, Senator Tillman stopped
and took from his hand satchel a
small cardboard fan, on which ap
peared the picture of himself and
Chicco, the famous Italian “blind
tiger” of Charleston.
“Tillinan-Chicco’’ appeared at the
top of the fan and just below the
two men's photographs “The Deter
mined” is printed in bold type, ad
vertising the famous Chicco's bar, ad
vertising beer and whiskey for sale
by the chief of blind tigers.
Senator Tillman showed the fan to
the crowd, explaining that it had
been sent to him by a newspaper man,
who said that the fans were freely
distributed among the press associa
tion at its meeting.
The senator declared that he was
going ;« send the fan to Governor
Heyward, and dismissed the subject
by saying it was a gross insult to him
and bis high office, linking his name
with a blind tiger advertising scheme,
and severely criticising the governor
for not enforcing the dispensary law
in Chaileston.
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STONE! STONE!!
Eatiinata* given and order* prompt
.ly filled for atreet curbings, and oroas
inga, flower bed borders, sidewalks ir,
blocks, hitching posts, door and ter
race steps, door and window sills
cemetery lot copings, rough anr
dressed ashlers for fronts of build
Ing*, hearth stones, eto. Lake Tier
stone a specialty. Stem# *rom othei
'merries if preferred.
H. K. OHATFIKLD,
Aiken, 9. Q.
fraction of six inches, but it. has been
enough to keep the ground wet and
prevent grass killing. This is parti
cularly noticeable on heavy lands. On
the other hand, growers on sandy lanl
are complaining of the weed “firing.”
Estimates on the condition of tho
^cotton crop vary greatly when givy~i
from 50 to 75, aco-rding to locali
ties, but there is less variation in
the estimate of state yield. Allowing
for improved conditions from this time
•forward, it is believed 850,000 bales
will be produced—it may not exceed
800,000. If the former estimate is
correct the reduction compared with
last year’s crop wi!,l lie 200,000 bales.
At this time that looks like a con
servative estimate for South Caro
lina.
Except in low lands and heavx
soils, the conditions that have mill
tated against cotton have benefited
corn, and the prospects are that tho
habit of buying western corn will be
broken on many farms next wintei.
Tho Williamson method of corn grow
ing is being given a thorough test
in thi.-> stale. It promises well and
if successful will be generally adopi-
ed and take South Carolina out ol
the column of corn buying stales. The
main features of this method arc
starving the corn stalk and feasting
the ear. the fnrtili/.ftr being applied
iato in the growing period.
Excessive rains ha'o been injurious
to (be truif, particularly peaches, and
have also afflicted the quality of wa
termelons.
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Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad
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Truck Growers Happy.
The past truck season was the larg
est and probably the most successful
that the farmers about Charleston
have had. The profits above expenses
of making and marketing aggregated
$1,297,000. The acreage tinder eulti-
vation was 24,200, and the largest
net profit per acre was $53, as against
a normal profit of about $30. The
net returns to the farmers of this
section from their produce during the
past year were $3,717,000, and the cost
of making the crop $2,420,000, practi
cally all of which was spent in
Charleston. |
A comparison of business this year
with the average of the past five
years makes an interesting showing.
The average number of acres under I
cultivation for five years was 26.400,
against 24,000 for this year; value
of product, $2,787,000, against $3,717-'
000; cost of making, $2,112,000, against
$2,420,000; net profits, $675,000,
against $2,420,000, and profit per acre, |
$25, against $53 for this season. Tho
greatest of the crops was the cab
bage. which returned nearly one and
a half million dollars from 6,6'»0 acres,
producing 1,180,000 crates. As a pro
fitable crop, Irish or white potatoes
came next, with a return of $864,000;
cucumbers, $562,000; beans, $275,000:
strawberries, $135,000; asparagus, |
$105,000; green peas, $50,000; sweet
potatoes, $10,000, and other vegeta
bles, $300,000.
DEAN OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
’•Major” Osborn of St. Louis Cele
brates Eightieth Birthday.
Charles Jones Osborn, tho St.
Louis c ;rrescpondent of the Associat
ed Press from 1855 to 1902, marking
a continuous service of forty-seven
years and entitling him to the dis
tinction of dean of the Associated
Press, celebrated his e’ghtieth birth
day Tuesday. Mr. Osborn, who is
familiarly known throughout the ser
vice as “major,” an honorary title, re
tired from active work four years
ago, but is still affiliated with the Ht.
Lous office in an advisory capacity.
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Disease
and Health
Farmers Blue Over the Outlook.
A Columbia news item says: South
Carolina cotton growers are blue. The
showers that began six weeks ago con
tinue. There is an occasional dry
day, but as frequently a general rain.
In July there has not been one
cloudless day, and latterly the nights
have been too cool for cotton. Con
sidering the frequency of the rains,
little water has fallen, the excess over
normal in six weeks being within a
BLOODSHED AT AN ELECTION.
Two Men Lose Lives in Row at Polls
in Memphis.
One man was killed, another fatally
wounded and a third injured in a duel
in a polling place at Memphis, Tenn.,
within a few- minutes after the polls
closed Thursday afternoon.
J. G. Wellington, a saloon keeper,
was riddled with buckshot from a
repeating shotgun and d‘ed almost in
stantly. W. J. Cooke, acting as judge
of election, was shot in the side and
will die. B. E. Conn, another judge
of election, was slightly wounded.
GREENE AND GAYNOR APPEAL.
Case of Notorious Prisoners Goes to
United States Circuit Court.
The Greene and Oaynor case has
been appealed to the United States
circuit court.
The transcript of the grounds was
forwarded Tuesday morning to Chas^
H Ledrunt of New Orleans, clerk o
the court. The main ground named
therein was the modus procendi of the
drawing of the jury.
The document was a bulky one.
There were 25,000 folios of 100 words,
each, making a total of 2,500,000
words.
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