Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i «• -vV. 4 V ’V\*r»*9 < ; Mervhaats Or AtKBN, 8. C. •KtemM to emtomorof _ HMorvotlvo Banking. Accents of omoll morohanto and farmor* a ago. ‘ elalty. We taka ear* of ear customer Corraapondanc* invited, or call In to whan you want la ana an Warahouoa Me$ eMfict Tho Farmers’ and illerchants Bank OF AIKEN, 8. Cr CAPITAL STOCK *60000. President. J. P. McNair. Vice President, 1L W. McCreary. Cashier, B. Monroe Weeks. YOtra ACCOUNT SOLICITED. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. Arthur P. Ford, Editor and Proprietor AIKEN, S. C., MONDAY. JANUARY 21, 1901 Established 1881. Price $1.50 a Year, in Advance. JORDAN IS ELEOTED Nr Third Time as Head of Ceuen Association. MEETING IN BIRMINGHAM Third Annual Session a Record break in Attendance and ^nthusiasfn, Defiance huned at Street Manipuiaters, The third tvbuuai oeuyentiou of iUo beutuem OoiU>u Cfrowan' Ajwocia- tiofl, assemuied la 3irmlaauum, Ala., Thumduy, ftiaging words laverlas eioser orsantsatlon arooos oolu>u growers and standing up lor what Wiv/’think aero their rlghte wore cheer- yd to the echo by the thousands c.t delegates who were assembled. The delegates seom thoroughly Imbued v. itn the Idea that there has been more prosperity among cotton growers since the formation of the association, two years ago than ever before, and they applauded the speakers who urgod a still closer union and further steps to protect their own interests and vo refuse to allow- the prices of the south’s great staple to be fixed In Wall street. • Even radical utterances in the ex- trerie were charged, as when F. L. Foster, of Shreveport, La., exclaimed that he hoped to see the time come when a man could -not sell his cotton unless he. was a member of the South- rtf'Cotton Association. This was the closing remark of a speech by Mr. Foster, which seemed to be received with the i^k^pest sentiments of ap proval by the delegates assembled. Three sessions of the convention were held during the day. When the convention met Thursday morning, every one of the eleven cot ton states was well represented. The meeting was opened with prayer, af ter which ‘ President Harvle Jordan presented Mayor George-fr .Ward,. whq welcomed the convention on hetaaif of ihe city of Bifmlnghant' W. H. 8e,y. mour of Montgomery, president, of the kama~ dltlslou, followed in ati Ad dress of welcome on behalf of the Alabama cotton growers, saying that the situation with which the associa tion had to deal was not the produc tion of cotton so much as its market ing. He regarded the present con- vention as the most impoitant ever held in Alabama because it had to do with the south’s greatest product. "Our cause is a just cause,” con tinued Mr. Seymour. “It is as holy as any cause, for the reason that It looks to the welfare of our people, it is right and we must win.” M. L. Johnson of Georgia, president of the Georgia division, responding to the welcome addresses, said In part: "My friends. It Is war. Not a war of powder and lead, but a war requir ing as much bravery, demanding as much brains and calling for as much sacrifice and patriotism as nerved the arms an dinsplred the spirits of the J^ees, the Jacksons and Johnstons, heroes of our lost cause, but a cause never to be forgotten.” He said that for forty years the south had submit ted to being robbed on the price of its chief product because of its pov erty. “For forty years,’ he continued, “we have paid tribute to Wall street gam blers, the spinners of Europe and the spinners of our own country. Are you ready for the battle against this rob bery?” The speech of President Jordan re views the history of the organiza tion, outlines the scope and purpos* of its future work, stresses the ne cessity of co-operation between all southern commercial elements inter ested in the cotton trade, touches on immigration, denounces speculation and discusses the recent fraud order movement against the New York Cot ton Exchange. At a meeting of the executive com mittee the following officers were elected: Harvie Jordan, Georgia, president. J. C. Hickey, Henderson, Texas, vice president. Dr. Will H. Ward, Mississippi, sec retary. F. Hyatt, North Carolina, treasurer. E. D. Smith, South Carolina, general organizer. B. H. Burnett, ChlckaJah, Arkansas, financial agent. SUPPLY SHIPS ARE SENT. Uncle 8*m Takes .Instant Measure* for Relief of Quake and Fire Suf ferers in Island of Jamaica. Official news of the disaster at Kingston, Jamaica, reached Washing ton slowly Wednesday. The first re port did not come to hand until well along In the afternoon, when a dis patch was received at the state de partment, dated: "Jamaica, 3:31 p. m., January 19,” and signed “American Consul,” stating that Kingston had been destroyed and hundreds of lives lost and that food w-as badly wanted. The signature to this dispatch was misleading, for the consul is absent on leave from his post. It was assumed at the department that the vice and deputy consul, William H. Orrett, at Kingston, had sent the dispatch. A reference In the cablegram to the fireproof safe Is understood to convey assurance of the safety of the con sular records and papers. However, the dispatch was regarded as warranting the taking of instant measures of relief. Irtfleed, the navy department had been In advance in Ibis matter, for through Captain Beeh- ler, the officer in charge of the naval station at Key West, wireless com munication was early established be tween the navy department and Ad miral Evans, commanding the Atlantic fleet at Guantanamo, Cuba, and when Secretary Root later indicated the de sirability of sending warships at once to the distressed island, it turned out that Admiral Evans had anticipated in structions and had started on a tor pedo boat destroyer, the swILost ves sel in the American fleet, for Kings ton, ordering two battleships to fol low as soon as they could. The appeal for food supplies direct ed attention to the fact that under ordinary conditions none of the gov ernment supplies could be used for outside relief save by special authority of congress. That fact, however, did not pre vent Secretary Metcalf from ordertng two supply ships with full cargoes Vf food $t once to Jamaica, leaving-'-f6r - . — M M . « . , - * ..V < ISLAND IS SINKING Added Horror Faces Stricken Jamaicans, is Report. DISASTER GROWS WORSE As More Accurate and Fuller Reports from Kingston Reach the Outside World—May Rival the ’Frisco Cataclysm. KtCE#El?TJf5 MED FOR C01 Secretary Root Goes to Canada. ■Secretary Root left Washington on Thursday for Ottawa, Canada, where he will be the guest of Earl Grey, the governor general. NEW JOB FOR DENHAM. Well Known Railroad Man to Be Man ager of Tampa Northern. A special from Tallhassee, Fla., says: W. B. Denham has tendered his resignation as manager of the Georgia, Florida and Alabama railway, to take effect February i, and will assume en tire management of the Tampa North ern railway, being constructed from Tampa to Atlanta. Court Takes Charge of Philander Fitz gerald’s Affairs in Georgia. A special from Indianapolis says : Goo. F. Mull, a local attorney, has been appointed receiver for Philander H. Fitzgerald’s “1904 Georgia Colony Company,” upon the petition of sev eral stockholders in the enterpirse, who charged that Fitzgerald had not kept good faith with them. Fitzgerald was recently indicted by the federal grand jury on a charge of using the United States mail to defraud in con nection with the promotion of this colony scheme. The colony is located in Georgia, and is known as St. George, and com prises 5,000 acres of land. The petition for a receiver told in detail of Fitzgerald’s plan to form a colony Ur Georgia, and to give valua ble pieces of property to all his stock holders, the size and quality of the land depending upon amount of stock subscribed. In this way, the plaintiffs say, the $700,000 came to Fitzgerald, and that only $20,000 was spent in im proving the property. The petitioners declare that the remainder of the money Fitzgerald has in his posses sion, and that he is guilty of fraud and misrepresentation. Besides asking for a receiver and judgment against Fitzgerald, the plaintiffs ask that Fitz gerald be restrained from leaving the state until the case is settled. EXPLOSION KILLS TRAINMEN. Boiler of Engine Lets Loose and Five Lose Life. The boiler of a Philadelphia and Reading freight engine exploded at Bridgeport, Pa., Wednesday, killing five trainmen. All of the killed re sided at Allentown. Tho engineer of the train, J. D. Blank, escaped. ON TRAIL OF BAILEY. Wireless messages received at the station on Anastasia Island, Florida, Thursday by Chief Electrician Elkins say that Kingston and the Island of Jamaica are sinking gradually; that many holes and cracks one hdndred feet deep were formed by the earth quake and that grave fears are felt that the entire city will slip into the bay. Other dispatches state- that the dis aster is as great as the calamities of San Francisco and Valparaiso. Thou sands of persons have been killed and the dead bodies are being taken from the debris by hundreds. The whole town is in ruins. Communication with the islan dis Oommunic***U\n with the island is that comes thro., a brings fresh de tails of the appalling catastrophe. The number of C"*' placed va riously at from five ..o twelve hun dred and the number of iujdred rims into the thousands. The danger of famine has increased and with it stands the specter of pestilence. There is urgent need of supplies of all kinds, and energetic efforts are being made in this country and in England to send aid. The business section of the city has been wiped out and tbe estimates of the damage range from ten to twenty- five millions. Among the dead and injured are a number of prominent English persons and almost enrery dispatch.‘’*'dcls ne J e shopping district. ^ The American battleships Missouri and Indiana have reached the scene and American officers and sailors are standing by to render every assist ance in their power. A new horror was added to the situ ation by reports that the city seemed to be slowly sinking into the sea. The contour of the bottom of the harbor has materially changed and .two lighthouses at the harbor en trance are said to have disappeared. The ships in the harbor are crowd ed with injured people and the death list is being increased daily. Corpses lie in the streets or are being thrown into trenches. The calm official recital of the ac tual conditions at Kingston sent in by Sir Alexander Swettenhani, the Brit ish governor of the Island, realizes the worst fears of the earlier reports and brings home to the British public in a manner the press messages failed to do the terrible nature of the calamity. Some graphic details of the disaster are given in one of the Latest dis patches received, dated from Holland Bay, January 15. According to this report, ‘the whole city of Kingston seemed to shrivel up, buildings crashed together and fell in a crushed mass under the first shock. The business streets at the time were well filled with tourists, and, accord ing to this correspondence, no doubt many of them were caught in the fall ing brickwork and buried in the de bris. FRe broke out immediately after the crash at three separate points. The fire department station was wrecked, rendering resistance to the flames im possible. The conflagration continued unchecked until Wednesday morning, by which time the Whole business quarter of Kingston had bec*n wiped out, the damaged area comprising about a square mile. Texas Senate Demands Papers in the Charges Against Senator. In the Texas senate Wednesday a resolution was adopted calling on the attorney general for any papers he had In connection tvith charges against Senator Bailey's alleged connection with the Waters-Pierce Oil company. An amendment was added providing that all such papers should be ex hibited only in executive session. This action will preclude newspaper men and others form examining them. SENATOR BAILEY MUST ANSWER An Investigation Resolution Passed in Texas Legislature. A resolution providing for a sweep ing investigation of the conduct of United States Senator J. W. Bailey was introduced in the Texas house of representatives at Austin Wednesday. It is signed by twenty-eight members of the legislature. Senator Bailey's term expires on March 4. STRIKE OF TELEPHONE GIRLS Gets Into Court at Memphis in Shape of Injunction Proceedings. Judge McCall of the federal court at Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday afternoon said he would take under advisement the petition of the Cumberland^ Tele phone and Telegraph company, asking for a permanent injunction, restrain ing all individuals from congregating about the telephone headquarters. It is charged by the company that Irre sponsible boys and men have attempt ed to intimidate employees of the company who took the positions vacat ed by the strikers. PROBE OF CAR SHORTAGE By Congress to Be Recommended by President Rcosevelt. Congress will be asked by the president to give the interstate com merce commission increased power to enable them to deal with such emerg encies as that now existing with re gard to the car shortage question in the northwest. PaMntt law Prof. Judson Passes Away. Charles Hallett Judson, LL. D v dean of Furma© uhiversity, died a few days ago from paralysis. He was 86 years old, and one of the best known educators kt the Jouth. He had been connected with frurman since 1851, and had made liberal donations to the Institution. He was a native of Con necticut. The Chattanooga Tradesman reports the following new South Carolina in dustries: Cowpens—-$30,090 cotton mill. Spartanburg —4 Saw and planing mills. Oolumbla—Handle factory; $10,000 bottling works. Fort Mill—Hosiery mill. McCormick—$76,000 builders’ sup ply company. Negro Race Conference. Through the efforts of Rev. Richard Carroll, the well known negro educa tor of this state, the negro race con ference has been called to meet in Co lumbia January 23-25. Governor Heyward, Governor elect M. F. Ansel and other prominent citi zens will make addresses, as also will Booker T. Washington and cither prominent negro leaders. Low Death Rate for Newberry. The mortality statistics for 1906 show a remarkable record for New berry. Among the most interesting fig ures of the report is the record of births and deaths for the past twelve months. With a population of more than seven thousapd, there have been, during this period, o©ly forty-six deaths. During tire same period 121 births were jrgeorded. "'F®r Statue to Calhoun. h New ^tUs have been introduced in thitlfenat# tfravfding for a $10,000 stat- for T^Jtfioifn'a^ Washintgon, and one for the state to engage in fer tilizer making by convict labor and another for farm labor contracts to be In writing and registered with the county clerk. The anti-dispensary legislators made no fight on a resolution which was adopted, calling for a federal law for bidding whiskey to be shipped into dispensary or prohibition states. Dispute Leads to Killing. Arthur V. Green, a young white man, was shot to death at Laurens by Joseph R. Fant, Jr., son of J. R. Fant, chief dispensary constable of the Spartanburg division. It seems that the two young men had a dispute at an oyster supper, when, it is alleged, Green swore that he would kill Fant. Green later went to Fant’s boarding house, where, after efforts to prevent his entrance by one ■of the young ladies of the house, he was shot dead by Fant. Farmers Oppose Bucket Shops. The recent meeting of the Newber ry County Farmers’ Union was one of the largest ever held. Delegates were present from every local union in the oounty. W. C. Moore of Greenville, president and manager of the Farm ers’ Cotton Union, was present and explained the operations of his organ ization as it affects the farmers in warehousing and selling their cotton. An important move on the part of the union at this meeting was the adoption of a resolution condemning bucket shops. "Undignified and Insulting.” By a vote of 79 to 40, the house of representatives declined to concur in the resolution introduced in the senate by Senator Blease, and passed by that body 21 to 1, approving the course of President Roosevelt in sum marily dismissing the negro troops im plicated in the Brownsville riot. When the resolution was called up, it was urged that the resolution was intended as a rebuke to the senior United States senator from this state, and that such an indirect and covert method of indicating to the national representatives of the state the wish es and opinions of the house would be both undignified and insulting. To Save Him from Lynchers. A white man by the name of Turner was incarcerated in the state peniten tiary at Columbia Monday night by Sheriff Hunter of Bamberg for safe keeping and as a matter of precau tion. He is accused of criminal assault on the little daughter of former Sen ator S. G. Mayfield of Bamberg, for merly of Greenville. Turner is related to the family of Senator Mayfield, and was employed at his sawmill as a sawyer. He waa staying in the Mayfield home at Den mark. Sunday Mr. Mayfield was at- Southern Churchman, Richmond, Va., THE OLDEST PROTESTANT EPIS COPAL CHURCH paper In the Uni ted Staten. All Important diocesan and foreign news. Religious miscel lany and interesting and instmetivs family and children’s departments. $2 a year; $1 for 6 months; 60 cents for 3 months. TYial subscriptions 21 cents for 3 months. To clergy men $1.00 a year. tracted by the cries of his little daughter, and discovered her in the room of Turner, where Turner had enticed her. Mr. Mayfield seized Tur ner and beat him into insensibility at the time. Must Obtain Seed Elsewhere. The Sea Island Cotton Association of Georgia and Florida held an enthu siastic meeting in Valdosta, Ga., the past week. The committee on acreage for next season placed the acreage ten acres to the plow. All of the old officers of the association were re-elected and a new constitution was adopted. A discussion of the seed problem was full of interest. South Carolina will not sell any seed outside of the state, and, a<3 heretofore, the sea island growers have been obtaining all cf their good. seed in this state, it is up to the Georgia and Florida grow ers to make other arrangements. It is stated that the growers in the Valdos ta section have seed for two or three years’ planting, and they have already begun a process of selecting seed from their own crops, which they believe in a few years will result in a* strain of seed better suited to the locality than the South Carolina seed. The ex periment will be watthed with inter est by the growers of tiffs state. ' GOVERNOR ANSEL INAUGURATED New Chief Executive of Palmetto State Takes Oath of Office. Martin F. Ansel was inaugurated governor of South Carolina at Colum bia Tuesday in the presence of a large audience, gathered from every section of the state. The inauguration of Governor Ansel marks a new era in the history of South Carolina politics, in that he is the first chief executive in fifteen years who has essayed to oppose the state dispensary system, w-hich w-as enacted fifteen years ago under the leadership of Governor Ben R. Till man, which has since been the leading issue in state politics. Governor Ansel was elected on an anti-dispensary platform, which car ries with it the abolition of the state dispensary system, leavivng the ques tion to the counties to decide for them selves as between county dispensaries and prohibition. In his inaugural address Governor Ansel, in no uncertain terms, recom mended the abolishment of the pres ent liquor system, which, under state control, has grown to be a $4,000,000 business. Whether or not the dispensary will be abolishea depends upon the action of the general assembly now in ses sion. In the house there is an admit ted majority in favor of its extinction, while in the senate both sides are claiming a majority. Among other recommendations of the new’ governor are the abolishment of bucket shops, a syst€*n of rural po lice; liberal appropriations for the public schools; more drastic punish ment for criminal assault upon women and liberal support of the department of immigration. f A pathetic feature of the inaugura tion was when the newly elected ad jutant general, Colonel J. C. Boyd, came into the hall on crutches, aided by friends, to take the oath of office. Colonel Boyd is a confederate soldier and was stricken w’ith paralysis only a few days ago, it being feared that he would be unable to assume office. PIERCE UNDER GRAFT CHARGE. United States Minister to Norway Ac cused of Crooked Dealing. Herbert H. D. Pierce, new United States minister to Norway, and for merly assistant secretary of state, is again in the public eye because of charges made against him. He was accused Monday by Pro fessor H. W. Elliott of Cleveland, Ohio, before the house committee on ways and means of having been guilty of misconduct while representing the United States government at The Hague in the settlement of claims re sulting from the seizure of a sealing vessel by the Rupflan government. The charge is that Mr. Fierce not only represented this got eminent, but did business on his own hook and represented the owners of the ves- seL THE HAG NOLI A INN. APKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FOR THE SEASON OF 1906-1®0fc A riodern Family Hotel HEATED WITH HOT WATER FURNACES, AND ©PEN FIRE PLACES IN ALL ROOMS. ELECTRIC LIGHTS, HOT AND COLD BATHS AND ALL MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. CUISINE AND SERVICE THE BEST. ,V FOR TERMS, ETC., ADDRESS, ^ ^ HENRY BUSCH, THE MAGNOLIA INN AIKEN, S. C. Pine Forest Inn. Opened Saturday, December 1st, 1906. High Class Hotel, strictly in the Pinc-s, catering to a sele Roorrs en suite with bath. Elevator. Electric lights, st? open fires. Pure water and perfect .sanitary conditions. FINEST GOLF LINKS IN THE SOUTH Saddlle and harness horses. Fine hunting. H. M. PATTERSON, Manager, or F. '*0 WAGRNUR & Sonth Carolina. TnThSlSt clientele. am$ Hotel Park in the Pines AIKEN, s. c. Modern in Construction andOperation HARRY W. PRIEST CO., PROPR8., Management of J. A. Sherrard. * * / t ^ ^ SUMMER HOTELS: Hotel Preston, Beach^Rluff, Maas. The Colonial Arms, Gloucester Harbor, Mass. Holme Crest Private Boarding House First-class home table with the best Cook in Aiken. No accommodation for consumptives. E. Willard Frost, Prop. The Savoy CORNER BROAD AND JACKSON A First-Class Restaurant AND SODA PARLOR J. WILLIE LEVY, 866 BROAD STRE ET, AUGUSTA, GA. Offers to the people of Aike n County one of the best stocks of Fall and Winter Goods. •▼er brought to Augusta. J. ft M. and Barry’s Shoes. Ladlea’ Suits of latest styles. Odd Sklrta. Shirt Waists. ' 4 A full line of Men’s and Boys’ clothing and furnishings. Call and examine before going elsewhere. Fine Horseshoeing AND REPAIRING. Fine Horses scientifically shod at $2.50 per set. The very best mate* i rials used; and all work guarantee u. Our Repairing and Horseshoeing Department are newly equipped Expert Repairing of Fine Guns an d Pistols also done. The Mette Wagon Works. W. W. METTE, Proprietor. * jx