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VOL LII NO. 35. NtWBERRY. S. 0. FRIDAY. APRIL 27. 190. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR THIRD EARTHQUAKE ONE PERSON KILLED THE PARTLY WRECKED WALLS THROWN DOWN. Business is Being Resumed at a Rapid Rate and Conditions Generaly are Improving-AR Cooking Done in Streets. San Francisco, April 25-An earth quake shock this afternoon toppled over tottering walls and cracked chimneys, left -by the severe shock of last Wednesday and the fire that fol lowed, and' killed one woman in her home. The shock was.not severe but. the partly wrecked condition of walls and chimneys resulted in the upset ting of some -masonry. The shock was barely perceptible in Oakland and vi cinity, and was not felt far from San Francisco, according to reports re ceived tonight. Today's earthquake cadsed slight .excitement 6f short -duration among many persons who have been wrought to a high state of excitement by the awful happenings of the last week but quiet and assurance was soon restor ed. This was a day of optimistic reports from all sides. "Conditions improving" was the happy expression from those who have efarge of caring for their less fortunate fellow townsmen during the last few days. In fact now that the most important duty will hereafter be performedsby the United States army, that of dis tributing the food ind supplies which have been given lavishly, the citizens of San Francisco have turned their attention. to details of the reconstrue tion of their business. 'sumption of Business. 11Mh Its resumption of businesg t'ounigextent today con sidering 'e6intiens, throughout. the residential quarter. Retail stores ere instructed-to reopen. and the mu -a-pago"ernment has established wia . e ofriies for the most import amt commdiwebich even is below that exising under normal conditions. Warning was given retailers that any efort'eon their part to charge exor bitant prices -would result in- sum -ma ry action by the authorities. Street ears are promised for tomor row morning an electric lights will lbe turned on tomoirow evening. The work of building and improving chim neys is proceeding rapidly, but it will be some time before it is safe to al low fires. The preparation of the morning and evening meals. for San Franeiseo, is a picturesque sight. In front of every house there is a improvised furnace there is a small improvised furnace or. a cookstove on which the food is prepared.~ In some cases servants remain faithful to their ~employers and to them the eooking~is entrusted; but it is no unusual thing to see the- wives of men who a few days ago were the possessors of fortunes stirr-ing the porridge o~r def1tly manipulating ba con and eggs. To Bed At NightfaJ. San Francisco goes to bed at night fall. While the extremely rigid rule concerning lights in houses has been modified, still the general situation is considered by the average citizen to be so unsafe at night that he retires without going abroad, and in tnany cases without showing a light in his house. Many reports have been made during the last few days of slyts fired into houses that showed a light and few are disposed to take chaiicese. Mayor Schmitz today took a firm stand against ''eitizens' protective committees" organized in many sec tions of the city by men who under took to regulate the affairs of their neighborhood. Many complaints have been made against these ''commit tees." Responsible citizens have been stopped at night and made to ev plain why they were abroad after dark and even shots have been fired at persons who had a right to go any where they pleased at any Jiour. It was one of thie so-called ''vigilance committees" that,.is to be held respon-I sible for the death of Maj. Tilden, rho wna shot while performing- relief work. The mayor today gave instruc tions that the members of these ''com mittees" were to be disarmed wherev er found by the city police and if any resistance was offered they were to be treated as looters, which means that they are to be shot without cere mony. The water supply is still a serious problem. It was decided today that still further restrictions should be 'put on the use of the water now avai-lable. Hereafter until the water system has been repaired there is to be but one water faucet for each block through out the city. State Militia On Duty. The State iilitia has not been with drawn, notwithstanding the requests from the mayor and the citizens' ex ecutive committee. Gov. Pardee has not met with the executive committee or with the heads of the military and civil authorities at Fort Mason. He has sent word in explanation of his absence that he has been advised too late to reach the meetings. .It appears that as a rule members of the militia have had a misapprehension of the conditions in San Francisco. They have acted is though martial law were in force and that it ~was their duty to regulate the affairs of the city accord ing to their individual conception of that law. Since they have been con fined to a lihited area, however, and the conditions have been explained to them there his been les? complaint from citizens. There is nothing but -praise for the work of the United States army, the navy and the police. They have act ed with reason at all times. Marines are used in a large region for patrol duty and they have main tained the best of order without one instance of eonflict with aiybody. Everywhere sanitary conditions are satisfactory.. Probably there has been less siekness at thePresidio than any of the other camps amd this may be attributed to the-faet that- the people here have been sheltered, fed and directed by aMy Afficers. The president's proclamation issued today, has had a cheering.effwt. The local finance eoinnttee and the Red Cross are acting together and the work of relief is conducted in a sys tematic manner. A force of expert accountants has been 'engaged, an auditing and super vising committee appointed and every dollar will be accounted for. The San Francisco labor council on behalf of its 106 affiliated unions has an nounced thits wages will remain the same as before the fire. THROUGH. THE NEWSPAPERS. How Best to Communicate With Par ties in San Francisco. Washington, April 25.-Gen. Greely this afternoon respqnded in the nega tive to the suggestion that a govern ment registrdtion beni be e~stab lished and he addedN s tatement of conditions in San Francisco, today to show the impracticability of such a bureau. He suggests that int'erest ed. parties telegraph the newspapers, which are best informed as to loca tion of individua'is. Gen. Grely adds: "To relieve public apprehension, it should be clearly understood that be yond isolated cases already reported, there 'are no deaths or serious inju ries of guests of any well known hotei in San Francisco. It should be also understood that threre is no demand for nurses or doctors. The medical, ivil and military will be able to hand le the entire situatioin unlesst unexpect edly adverse conditions arise.'' To Help the Needy. Washington, April 25.-In a special message to congress today President Roosevelt urges the immediate appro priation of $300,000 for work at the Mare Island navy yard at San Fran cisco in order that employment may be provided for many in the stricken city. He also urges the necessity for the appropriation for the reestablish ment of an army supply station in San Francisco. A telegram received from Mr. Rich ard B. Fripp, a Columbian now at Corning, a town not far from San Francisco, stated that all was well. The telegram was as follows: "All well here. ICharleston distress nothing compared with reported Fris co horrors." Mr. Fripp has been stationed at Corning for several years, and there was considerable uneasiness here un til his relatives received this message. Very little news, however, has been received from other Carolinians now near the wrecked city and until direct communications can be reestablished there will be considerable uneasiness, concerning thetn. Freight and Express Free Southe'n railway freight officials here have -received orders from the president to transport all freight in tended for relief of the San Francisco sufferers free,of charge to the end of their line provided the freight is ad dressed to regular constituted relief authorities. This nieans that packages for that city will go through free as all connecting -lines have made practi cally the same announcements. The following order was also re ceived by the local officials of the Southern Express coiVpany. "To Agents: Contributions of mon ey, clothing or other supplies-intended for relief of sufferers from the cala mity which has overtaken San Fran cisco and the neighboring towns in California may be carried free of charge when addressed to the city officials or to the regularly constitur ted relief organizations there.' 349,440 PERSONS FED DAILY. An Idea of Task Confronting the Food Committee.-Bread Seling at Five Cents. San Francisco, April 25.-An idea of the task which- confronts the food committee may' be gained from the fact tht throughoptt the city- rations for 349,440 persons .were distribute& yesterday. Thi& is- an average esti mate based. on reports from a few of the food depots At, one point:yes terday provisions were given out to 672 persons aEn- hour, for ten hours. This station is neither one of the lar gest nor oue of the smallest and so its reports.. were used as a basis to strike an sverage. All flour that was received in sacks is eichanged at bakeries pound for pound for bread. Almost all the bak eries in the burned region have open ed and are selling bread at 5 cents a loaf. - There is no danger of a meat famine. Representatives of the West.' ern company in south San Francisco reported to the relief committee this morning that there are now 'in the yards 1,500 catle, 300 sheep and 500 hogs. More thain 200 cattle are killed and dressed daily and sheep and hogs are pute under the knife as fast as they arrive. The. full quota of employers is at work. cisco with precedence over passenger trains. Wholesale g'rabbing of supplies by some while others are in. want lias aused the military authorities, to or der a new system in the distributioi' of food.' Beginning tomorrow kitch ens and mess rooms will 1le established where meats will be supplied to all who apply but no food will be given out to be carried away. In the distribution of clothing pre cition against fraud will be taken by squads detailed to visit ea'ch tent or each shelter, list the occupants and tabulate their wants. Orders will be given out entitling the holdeis to the needed clothing, bedding or other stores. Pitiful stories of suffering from Iexposure, ignorance and helplessness are flooding the relief committee from all sides. Of the great refugee camps that in the Presidio, which is under government control, seems most thoro ughly systematized, and that in Gold en Gate park most disorganized, though it is rapidly assuming a- habi table basis. Many tons of fresh fruit were dis tributed free yesterday and today. Bunches of bananas and boxes of or anges were given unsparingly to the people, who flocked from the tents COUNTY POLITICS. County Democratic Convention Meets on Monday, May 7-Political Pot Begins to Simmer. Several of the democratic clubs of the county have already met and chos en delegates to the county democratic convention to be held in Newberry on Monday, May 7, and most of the oth ers will meet today and tomorrow. It has been remarked by those who have watched the political situation in Newberry county for many years that up until this time- there has been as little interest as for any year during a long time past. This is no indie tion, however, that the campaign will be without interest. The prospective candidates are beginning to look over the field and by the time of the .meet ing of the county convention lit-tie more than a week hence it is probable that work in earnest will be begun on the part of some who by that time will have definitely made up their minds. The whiskey question has for sev eral months past been playing prom inent part in state politics. What part it will play in the state cam paign this summer it is hard to proph ecy, and it is harder still to say what place this issue will be given in the county campaigns. Only the candi dates for 'the legislature will have to deal with it, of course, no matter what part it should play in the cam paign, but as a matter of fact when a question of this kind becomes a lead ing issue it has been the observation. of those who have kept in touch with politics that it has to do with all the politics of a county. There is cer tainly no reason that it- should be so. There is, in fact, reason that it should ,.be otherwise, because when the people of Newberry county vote for an audi 1,&r or a sheriff or a clerk of court or treasurer or -master they want men equipped for these positions, no mat ter what they think of the dispensary law or of prohibition- or high license* or any other manner of controlling the liquor traffic. With those who aspire to represent their county in the state legislature it is different There the laws of the state are made, and there the voice of the county in making-those laws is raised. But 'even here it would seem that to let any one issue,. however much it may overshadow the others for the short time being, influence~the votes of the people of the county, would be a mistake; for what a coun ty should have is broad-minded men, men who will represent their county without fear and without favor on all matters affecting the whole ilople of the state. So far the carididates have been slow in making their intentions known. Newberry, as is known, will have two candidates for governor. They. have already announced them seves some while back--State Sen ator Cole L. Blease and Mr. A. C. Jones. Of the representatives in the lower house of the general assembly, it is probable that Messrs. Taylor and Ear hardt will be candidates for re-elec tin.. Mr. Higgins has as yet given out no statement which could be taken as indicating his intention one way or the other. ,Elsewhere.in The Herald and News will be found the delegates to the county convention from the clubs which have already held their meet igs. CLUB MEETINGS. Notice to Democratic Clubs. By order of the state democratic committee, at a meeting held on April 5, 1906, a convention ~of the I democratic party of South Carolina is I alled to take place on May 16, 1906, t in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the party. The pre'sidents of the several demo ratic clubs of Newberry county are directed to assemble their clubs on Satu,day, .April 28, 1906, for the pur- 3 pose of electing delegates to the coun-( ty convention, which will assemble May 7, 1906, for the purpose of elect ing delegates to the state convention. All clubs should meet, reorganize and elect delegates on April 28th, as above directed, in order to be entitled to representation in the county con vin andn in order to be represent ld by voting precincts in the commg ?rimary. S. S. Cunningham, County Chairman. B. B. Leitzsey, Secretary. Newberry, S. C., April 12, 1906. Democratic County Convention. The Democratic county convention will meet in the Court House on May Fth at -11 A. M. .for the purpose of !lecting delegates to the State. con vention and other business. S. S. Cunningham, B. B. Leitzsey, Chairman. Secretary. Young Men's Club. The Young Men's Democratic Club s hereby called to meet in the Coun eil Chamber on Saturday, April 28, L906, at 8:30 o'clock p. m. for the pur pose of reorganizing and for such )ther business as may properly come before it. , E. C. Jones, r. H. Pope, President. Secretary. CentraL. The Central Democratie Cl . will meet at Central Academy next Sat urday afternoon at 1 o'clock. John D. Shealy, President. 0 'Neall Democratic club will meet n Saturday evening April 28th at 2.30. W. P. Pugh, G. S. Moore, Secretary. President. There will be a meeting of the far mers' Union immediately after the Democratic meeting. J. T. Hunter, Union. The Union Demoeratie- Club will meet Saturday evening at, I o'eloek April 28th 1906, in.. Unicai sehoof building for the pur'pose of. reorga ing and for such other buinesm as may- come- uf M. L. Strauss, W. H. ERAowV Secretary. President. .Liberty. The Liberty Democratie elub will eet at St. Lukes on Saturday, April 28th, 1906, at three o 'clock, to organ ze for the campaign and to elect de legates to the county convention.. G. F. Hunter, N. R. Lester, Secretary, President. St. Paul's. The Democratic Voters of . St. Paul's Democratic Club will meet at St. Paul's school house on Saturday, April 28th., at 2 p. m. .W. H. Kibler, [L. Lt Epting, President. 'Secretary. Mulberry Club. The 1Mulberry Club will meet on Saturday afternoon at .3 o'clock, pril 28, 1906. Jos. L. Keitt, 'President. Old Men's, No. 6. The old men's Democratic club of o. 6, will meet Saturday afternoon t 3 o 'clock, April 28, 1906, at Long hores, for the purpose of reorganiz g and such other business as may ~ome up. . H. D. Boozer, [. B. Smith, President. Secretary. Trinity Club. The Trinity Democratic Club will neet at Trinity on Saturday after oon at 3 o'clock, April 28, 1906, for he purpose of reorganizing and for uch other business as may come up. Jalapa. The Jalapa Democratic club will neet at 4 o'clock Saturday, April 28, .906. 5. M. Duncan, 3. A. Matthews, President. Secretary. ,Garmany. Garmany Democratic Club will neet Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at armany Academy. B. F. Cannon, President. THE GREAT REUNION CONFEDERATE YETERANS NO REUNION HEW UNDER FAIRER AUSPICES. New Orleans Welcomes the Soldiers of the South-Sunshine--Song and Gbadness. New Orleans, April 25.-Today in the heart of a city which-has borne the brunt of battle, and worn the' weeds of mourning for its sake, the Confederacy was revived again by those who cherish it for everything that it was intended to be, and who will love it until they die, for what it means to them and to the south. The tales of the heroism, the sacrifice, the agony and the glory of the great days were told again to those who never weary of the story and who cheered and wept by turns, as the bright or bre side of the picture was turn d to view. No reunion was ever held under fairer auspices, and none ever showed greater promise of success. The weather was perfect, the \arrange ments of the temporary building erected for the reunion were unsur passed and the details of the vast work of handling the great throng of visittors was carried out with precis ion and care. The first session of the day saw the reunion formally launched .upon its career. General S. D. Lee, the com mander-in-chief, Adjutant General Mickle and other officers of the or ganization presented their re'ports and General Lee delivered his formal address. There were other speeches, almost without number. The veter ans were welcomed by Governor Blanchard for the state, by Mayor Behrman, for theLcityby thevet erans of Lquisiana, the Somsof Wt erans of Liouisianai by the citizens et New Orleans and by mmers- of th various afliated societies There were songs by young womet and reverent prayers by ministers of the Gospel. The convention was called to or der by General Albert Estopinal, com-. mander-in-chief of the Louisiana di vision of the United Confederate Veterans. After an eloquent invocation had been delivered by Chaplain General Jones, of the organization, the anthem ''Immortales'' composed by T. C. Deleen, of Mobile, Ala., was sung. An address of welcome to the visi ting veterans was then made by Geni. Estopinal and a solo ''A Confederate Toast in Song'' composed by Miss Given, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, was sung by Miss Carrie Nick. - Governor Blanchard was given a. most enthusiastic welcome when he~ stepped to the front of the platform for the people of Louisiana. He in the most cordial .manner, bade the visit ors welcome..to the state and after a song by Alfred Meister, Mayor Behir man greeted the veterans in behalf of the city of New Orleans. Our affection for a creed does not insure.its correctness. *Often trouble is but- our name for the' fruits of transgression. The best way to lift up holy hands is to reach out helping ones.____ Dead Fall. Dead Fall Democratic Club will meet at the Dead Fall school house on Saturday morning, 28th, at* 9 o'clock. Every member is urged to be present. B. L. Dominiek, Joseph W. Alewine, President. Secretary. Mt. Bethel. Mt. Bethel Democratic club will meet at Mt. Bethel Academy on Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock. W. H. Wendd, J. C. S. Brown, Secretary. -President. Long Lane. The Long Lane Democratic Club. will met at Beth Eden on Saturday, April 28, at 3 p. mn. R. C. Carlisle, S. A. Jeter, President.