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VOL XLIII. NO. 80 N~EWBERRY, S. 0.'TUE-iDAV. SEPTEMBIER25.1l90's.TIEAWEK10AYA A RAOE RIOT IN ATLANTA. Assau(its by Negroes Upon White Wo men Oause Trouble-Troops M ed Out-Five White Women Assaulted -in One After noon, all Within the City Limits. Atlanta, September 22.-Four at tempts at assault on white women by negroes within or near the limits of the city to-day, wrought white citi zens here to a high pitch of excite ment to-night. The assaults of to-day followed two others of a similar na ture within the week, and at least half a dozen others within the last two months and brought a climax to night. At midnight, Governor Ter rell issued an order calling out eight companies of the 5th infantry and one battery of light artillery. This or der was not issued until three negroes had been killed and fifteen taken to the hospital five of whom will die. These include only those cases which the police have official knowledge of. The local newspaper men claim the number of dead is larger. The mob began its work early In the evening, pulling negroes from street cars and beating them with clubs, bricks and stones. Negro men and women, riding to their homes after the work of the day were ruth lessly torn from the cars or. attacked on the streets. In a few cases negroes retaliated during the early part of the night, but after 10 o'clock they were scarce in public places. The fire department was called out to dis perse the mob on Decatur street, a street most frequented by negroes and for a time seemed to hold the crowd at bay. The police reserves were call ed out and will hold the fort until troops can be mobilized. The mob seemed to lack leadership and this doubtless prevented greater slaugh ter. Seven assaults upon white women have been made in or near Atlanta this week. Five were committed this afternoon. Mrs. F. Arnold, in the western part of the city, was attacked in the yard, behind her home, at 7 o'clock, and es caped by screaming for help. The ne gro escaped. A negro has been ar rested and brought to police headquar ters. Mrs. Chaffin, living near the Sold iers' Home, was attacked in a similar manner this afternoon. A posse is searching the woods for her assailant. Fifteen Negroes Killed. Atlanta, Snptember 22.-(1 A. M.) The militia seems to be very slow in mobilizing. At present there is little excitement in the center of the city. Fighting is reported on Peters street, near the Terminal station. From the Associated Press office shots are heard - frequently. The Constiution is au thority for the statement that fifteen nIegroes have beei killed. One negro is lying dead less than a block from the Associated Press otlice, on For syth street. IS UNDER CONTROL. Ten Lives Sacrificed and Forty Per sons Wounded-City Protected by Militia. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2:3.-Twenty four hours have passed since a race war of .no mean proportions beigan in Atlanta. In that period at least 10 lives' have been sacrificed, and the nuimber of injured will he at least 40, several of wvhom cannot recover. At 10 o'clock tonhiht the city is controll ed by the,police aided by nearly a thousand of the State militiii. Every part (of town is patrolled by the sold iers and1( the authioritics seem to have the situation well in hand. Governor Tlerrelhl, who ordered seven companies of' the Ste te. military service from poinlts outside of Atlanta to aid the * eight local companies, stands ready tonight to declare'-the city under mar jal law if the scenes of last night are repeated. HIe has declared within an hour that he sees no necessity at pros ent to take these extreme measures.3 Numerous and persistent rumors - are reaching the city of negroes at tacking white persons and stoning street cars in the suburbs and out skirts of the city. Most of "re re ports doubtless are false. h' 'veral street ena ai'riving fromo their runs show broken windows, while their crews are refusing to go.out tonight. The larger part of the military is concentrated in the downtown district, Marietta and Decatur streets, both frequented by negroes, are crowded with white men. The troops are marching through these crowds con stantly trying to enforce the order of the mayor that the streets shall be cleared. The efforts to clear the streets, however, so- far seem to be meeting with only fair success. Very few of the better class of citizens, who are not called out by necessity, are on the streets tonight. Up to this evening more than 550 arrests have been made of members of last night's mob, charging incitement to riot. Five hundred dollars bond has been required in each case. No names of prominence are found on this list. Of the dead it is impossible to get the names. Only partial lists have been prepared and no two of these agree. South Carolina Notes. Rev. A. B. Watson of the South Carolina conference, is very ill at his home at Bowman. The State industrial school board met at Florence Thursday. Govern oi- Heyward, Judge A. C. Haskell and Dr. S. M. Smith of Columbia, attend ed. The state pardon board will meet on the 3rd of October. Miss Hen derson, of -Governor Heyward's of fice, is preparing a list of all the cases to be heard at that time. An annual event of importance in Greenwood is the Floral Festival or Chrysanthemum Fair, and as the time for its observance is rapidly ap proachilig, great interest is being tak en in the event. Preparations for the placing "of the monument to Wade Hampton In Columbia and the unveiling that will follow will be made in a few days by Chairman J. Q. Marshall and the other members of the monument com mission. H. C. Bailey, who has formerly with The Bamberg Herald has ac cepted a position as assistant editor and manager of the Johnston News Monitor. J. Willis Cargile is the new editor and manager of the Clarendon Sentinel at Manning, F. Earle Brad ham retiring. Col. J. C. Boyd of Greenville, re cently nominated for adjutant gen eral has settled his business affairs in Greenville and has moved to Co lumbia, where he will be engaged In the brokerage business until he takes charge of his office. He says he has not selected anyone for assistant. .J. Fraser Lyon, nominee for attor ney general, says that by law Mr. You mans will have the appointment of clerks in the engrossing department. Mr. Lyon is still working on evidence against the dispensary ind will be glad to get any facts that may he sug 'Xestedl to him. Candidates for positions in the leg islatuire are'f coming out. Those an nouned( for speakers so far arie: . 0. Rirehards, of Kershaw. F. B. Bary, of Abbeville; D, D). McCoilI, .Jr., of Marlboro: R. S. Whaley, of Cherle. ton: E. M. R?ucker, Jr., of Anderson; .J.W. Nash, of Sp)art.anb)urg. T. C. I-amer, of Marlboro, wants to be clerk of the house again. He has hel1 the position for several years. The fall meeting of the South Car: olina Presbytery will be held at West minster, comme'neing September 26,1 an.d cont inning aboiut thiree days. Thei Presb.ytery embraces all the Presby terian (churches in the northwest part of the slate. One of the important amntIers to be conlsidereQd at this meet ing is thait of closer rel at ions withI othier I >resbytera c hnaemurches. Thme Presbyleriani hmimh schl will also be broiwht up for discussion. The school will be established at Abbeville. REMEMBER.-For two weeks more, I will pay the cash for ladies and men 's clothing. Also special prices for children 's clothing. Mrs. Dora Watts-Racket Store. DONlT WAIT-Bring your old dres .ses, waists, jackets and shoes while you conget the cash for them, spec ial price for lhle boy's and girls clothing; -Mrs. Dora Watts--Racket tore. TRUSTEES INVESTIGATE. Driticisms Published Against the Col lege and Give Out Statement In' . Regard to Them. Clemson College, Sept. 20.-Fori 3everal weeks a number of citizens of South Carolina, through the press, on the stump and otherwise, have been 3riticising the general management of Clemson College. The chief criticisms have been about the accommodations that were afforded the farmers at the Farmers' Institute at the college the past sum mner, and others have criticised a cor tain tranaction in which nine head of Dattle were bought for the college ex perimental station. Other minor crit icisms were made. Col. R. W. Simpson, chairman of the Board of Trustees, concluded that the board should meet and investigate the criticisms. Notices were sent to the members of the board three weeks ',go that a called meeting would be held, commencing Tuesday, September 18. In response to the notice the fol lowing members of the board were on hand last evening at the college: R. W. Simpson, R. E. Bowen, M. L. Don aldson, Alan Johnstone, Jesse H. Har din, G. Duncan Bellinger, W. D. Ev ans, L. A. Sense and Ivy M. Mauldin. A telegram was received from J. E. Bradley stating that he missed con neetion. Mr. J. E. Wannamker wrote that business duties would not allow him to be present. No word was re oeived from Senator Tillman nor from Col. Robert Aldrich. The board met last evening at 8 D'clock and remained in session until 1 o'clock this morning. They met again this morning and were in ses sion throughout the -day. At the conclusion of the session this afternoon the board gave out the fol lowing signed statement to yQur Jor respondent for publication, whieh statement is signed by Col. R. E. Bow. on, chairman, pro tem. The Report. "The board beg leave to say that after hearing and considering all the information obtainable from known experts in regard to the individual merits and value of the nine cows nur chased by a committee appointed by the Board of Trustees from Mr. J. A,. Shanklin on a certain recent date, and after having thoroughly inspect ed the nine cows, puts itself upon re Cord as approving the said purchase by this committee, and also approves .-f any and all advice which may have been given by Col. Simpson to -the said committee in regard to the facts and circumstances which should sur round the expenditure of money ob tined from the general government' inder the Adams act for the purchase of cattle and other material for the equipment of the experiment station, and also thoroughly approves of his &fforts, as a member of this board, olroteeting tie college's interests in tle matter of obtaining valid titles to thle said stock, for thie following reasons: Tham*t t here were certain legal limuit atin p015laced upon the expenidi.. iure of this monmey by Congress, whliich conmditjins thle l-oardl of Trust ees hazd had occasiotn to invest inte, aund which were thIoroughily undecrstoo by1 i the chiairmiani of thie bo a rd, antd fo r the fu;rther reason that a legal titlec was absobui ely niecssa ry to protect thie college in its interests. Conditions of the Barracks. "The hoard furt her desires to say that ini keeping and mnaint aining' a thorough system of cleanliness and sanuit ary re&mnla tion in the barracks of the college, we find upon investiga ion thait D)r. Mel I, the presidlent of lhe college, has, at thie b,eginnminii or pr1ir to thle begininig of ea ch sulbol wie year. caiused to he made a thlor oniieh iimi-int ion andl disinfetion ofi lhe said barracks, andl at (lhe En I of eachi sessio.n thle samte process hias been made for thie extermination of what ever pests, unpleasant odors, or un healthy conditions that may be found in (lie said barracks. The board re grets the fact that even after the most dliligent efforts on the pait of the parties in charge of the cleaning and fumigating of these barracks that there were left some bedbugs. The board also regrets that the ext reme humidity of thme weather (luring the past season while the Farmers' Insti tute was in sessin, and before, pro diuced unpleasant odors in the bar. i racks. t As to Spoiled Fowls. ''The board desires to say that on ti the occasion of the entertainment of r he Summer School during the session c >f 1905, the steward or bursar of our d ?ommi.;Qary department found it im- s possible to get a suffticen! number of I fowls or chickens from the country t Qmrket, and found himself necessita- f ted to resort to the cold storage estab- f lishment of Armour & Co., and that possibly and probably on more than t Me occasion there were stale or spoil ed fowls served upon the table by an oversight or accident, Illuch to our mortification and re.ret, if true, in which occurrence we feel sure that ill charitable housekeepers will sym pathi;.e with us. "We regret to say that the water f used for drinking purposes while the i institute was in progress during the present session had a peculiar taste for the first day or two of the insti tute. We are pleased, however, to state that an analysis by our compe- i tent chemist, made immediately after I the adjournment of the Fiarmers' In stitute, established the fact that there was nothing in the water that could cause sickness. Although the water had been pumped through the pipes for twenty-four hours or more before the institute opened, this did not prove sufficient to remove the taste from the pipe. We deem it not im proper to say in this connection that this water comes from a strong spring that has always been protected fr'm all causes of impure contamination. Faculty Paid for Flowers. ''While upon this subject, we are pleased to say that any flowers orl' beautifying ornamentation that may have been Feen surrounding the pro fessor's homes were bought and paid for out of the private funds of these professors. "The board feels that due diligence has been exerted in the efforts of the management to keep the college bar racks up to the proper standard of cleanliness and as it is said that 'eter nad vigilance is the price of freedom' from these enemies, that .continued vigilance is exerted. "No per diem or remuneration of any kind has at any time or under any circumstances been received by any member of the Board of Trustees in tile exercise of their functions as trustees. Absence of the Professors. ''While the board and the faculty have at all times desired that the cit izens of the state, when visiting Clemson College, either as a farmers' institute, a summer school, or as pri vate individuals, should be properly welcomed and entertained and socially mingled with by all parties comeerned in the conduct of this college, we unhesitatingly say that if at any time the flellty or tile trustees have beeln absent or remiss in tlie perforlmanWc of this duty an-1 d pA l easu re, tha t ah sence or failure to min!.le was d1uE~ alone to neede~d rest, public j or pri vate 'duty which (called t hemi away friomi the assembllledI crowdl for thle ''The innh-Its ofi this lioar'd of' Trunstee's a re seariclhd ini va in to finmd 1 al sinmgle inrstanle whoere linies ofl di v'ision have beenPl drawn on anyv ques-' tioin het weeni the life miember~is antd IIbe State mmrnis. ''lie hea lhy conitIion th a we finmd thle cadets in on bidd i n' thle ciii lege, ad(ieu at thie endl of thle schiool 1 sessioni and their ea;e r'''etur n11 o theI egllnge at the opening of the sesioin has always mai:de us5 feel lhat t hey hav'e been properly ecared for anmd that their comilfort ha s been1 boed a fte r as wvellI as ci rcumist anices enabl huIIs to dbo. ' 'Tihe tloardl if Tru'istees hiavinie thei aiffirs~ ot thle e'dle'e, submiiit, this their stat emnent thereof toi the people of South Carolina, feeling con fident that if anl investigation by the Legis-I lature were miade, wvhich is cordially invited, thiat our conchlusions herein, as expressed in this rep)ort, wvill be0 eonifirmedl and app)rovedl. New Dormitory. Up to today 565 enCdets have report ed1 at 1de ''ollege. The VEolegeC capa) cit., a. s.... A number of ealots have not yet rep)orted oin accounit ' Sick na0m5 at home. More than one hin red appliclitiols for adlilissiol were uiried dowi this year. Plans and specificationi are being inde for the construction of addition I dormintory to accommodate 200 adets. rt is planned that the new ormitory will be placed as an exten ion to the dormitory that was con Ileted about three years ago. The iroposed building will turn back rom the present dormintory and will ace the Calhoun Mansion. When this dormitory is completed he capacity of the college will be 810. "On the War Path." By. Silas E. Snyder. Chicago had her "Midway,'' St. .ouis her "Pike," Portland her 'Trail,"' and the Jamestown Exposi-, ion which will be held on the shores f Hampton Roads near Norfolk, Va., n 1907, will have a "War Path." ['he scenic amusements have much to lo with making an exposition attrac ive and after a long weary day of ight-seeing among the exhibit palaces t is relief and a recreation to turn A the great white way where the ights glitter, the mountebanks and ;oubrettes rule their merry crews, vhere the joyous ballyhoo man bawls lis incoherent blincollbe, where, in hort, the mul,titude is at play. The -reat play ground of the Jamestown %xi)osition has been amed ''The War ath.'' General Fitzhugh Lee gave it hat iame and it is certain that the mntertainienti. to be furnished by the loncessions that line its dazzling trects will be sufficiently exciting 0 make the name appropriate. The War Path ocenp ,.s a beautiful pace fronting upon the military par tle groutnd and is 1A feet long by M0 feet in width. There are two )arallel streets separated by it een ral block on both sides of which are .oncessions thus making a total front %go of more than a mile including the >azaar at either end. The streets are )rick. An arcade covered by a glass lome which at night will be aflame vith lights divides the central block nto two equal parts and makes a con icnient passage way bet ween the ;treets. A miniature elevated railroad runs dong three sides of the War Path iffording rapid and cheap transpor :ation as well as a charming and com prehensive view of this great city of mirth. The main entranee is flanked by the Americiin and the Oriental bazaars xvhich open upon a plaza 175 feet wide iy 700 feet in length on all sides of xvhich will be hanging gardens. There vill be, of course, a scenic railroad, a ihoot the chutes aind other familiar imisoments, but for the most, part the ,onsessions will be new and many if them sensational. Among the !ood things thus far secunred are 'Pai levere's Ifide,'' ' 'The De rtionl of San l raneisco,'' ''The P.alace of listor,'' ''The Hla tile 6e ween thle Monitor and( thie Merri ne, '' ' ' The llautmi ed C ast he, '' ' ' The 'yramids of Egypt,'' ''Thie Swiss Vii ae'' ''Tea Gahrdeni ofi Old Japan, '' 'Heauitiful( OrientI,'' ec. andi~ a imost II o al ep eelitil.o'''ar a There will be also a number of uni t n musicalI attract ionas to v'ary the *.peaelniulair program'4 0 and4 0001 son pno umet Icon~icessionrs almost stupendous. l'he ''War Pathi'' will be0 at its best mlit nightI. when, thle lighi ef.1fect s will na ke it. a veiitable d1reamtland( of irilliancy andl beauty. ' 'Meet mel on1 lie WVar lPatht'' will be the -slogan of ill ex posit ion visitors in 1907. Pointed Paragraphs. Good4 pieop;le whoi' fail to, diie yocuing I1noranc i4' s bl i. on ly wheni ignot'r Iit li ts ciIinI':Iane, A ini isn 't niecessar i ly e*rook ed be ta use lie follows Itis na tural bent . Yucan bag youir game withou)it the 11id of a gunt-if you play your e>rd right. There is no earthly hope for~ the mmi ''anres in his reputtat ion as a [lar. ' !AW3I - tiv dV'uistracCt, i' :' be ai pret I -' il b oy 's idea of1 a good( time nel i all the things hi-; parents for 1,1 him to do. HAZING AT OLEMSON. Three StudentE Found Guilty by the Faculty of "Turning" New Stu dents. Clemson College, September 21. rhe faculty of Clemson convicted 1hree students of hazing last night. he penalty for hazing as fixed by the trustees is dismission. The accused 3tudents confessed to the charge of 'turning'' new students, that is en. Lering their rooms at night and up ietting them in their sleep by over -urning their cots A REMARKABLE TRIBUTE. restimony to Worth and Oharacter of Martin F. Ansel. Tie Baptist Courier. The people of South Carolina on Tuesday, September 11, by majority Vote declared Martin F. Ansel the nominee for the high and responsible DfficO of governor of the State. The nomination is equivalent to his elee tion, and if he lives he will be elected and inaugurated. Mr. Ansel was born in Charleston, reared in Walhalla, and came to Greenville when a young man to practice law. Ie has beent a resi dent. (I reenville for over 30 years, and has been honored by the people at dif'ferent, tinies, by being elected to the legislature and solicitor of his dis triet. These positions he filled to the satisl'action of the people and with credit to himself. Several years ago he voluntarily retired from office and devoted his energies to the practice of law and his private business, which had enlargred and required his person al attention. We became acquainted with Mr. Ansel soon after he came to Green ville, and that. acquaintance has ripen ed into a strong friendship during the Ye.-r-s. We have always found him true, honest, honorable, and devoted to the public good. His habits have been most exemplary all his life, and lie has the confidence and esteem of all who know him. le has always stood firmly and squarely for the right as lie saw it, and he has stood for law and order and the highest good of the people. He has been a warm friend of education, and a cor dial supportor of the schools of Green ville. le has been identified with the material interests of the city, and has met withll success ini business life. le is an active and consistent member of the First Presbyterian church, and is a regnilar attendant upon public worship. Mrs. Ansel is a meniber of the Baptist chullrch, and they are lib eral colnributors to every worthy Greenville is proud of the honor be towed upon Mr. Aiisel by the people of the S0ate, and Ole uiiversa verdict is Ohat the honor has been worthily best owed. Ii, ven hose voters who ha d faivi ites : aongi. thle o ete candidates for gvernor granit that Mr. Anasel will make ,e governIIor, and1( that the afar of the Slate will be safe in his ha:nids. lIhe will he thie Evernor of all I ho people, lair, ,inst and impar til. I Ie will never' be aflraid )to tako a sItand for thle right, and the perfor.. manicoe of his duty as he se'es it. The triends of Mr i. Antsel are very imieh 'ra ifi ied oni aerinnt of thie com men,ts the pii'jress I lat this caimpaign wats condted(g o'n a high and honor a ble plhane. This is ,iust what those who knew him best looked for, anrd they were noi t disuappjoinited ot, t must. be at eaet sat isf(action)1 to the people trouaghouit thie State to know that (lie offlice has be,-n con ferried upon a man wvho has hived an nright life, and w ho imirsiuhd a si ia ighit foirwa id, honorable : anld'uu hutleanly v ourise' all I hriouh a I .vin-~r and memoriiabile i'aamaigni. iThe Statei is t, lbe hearii l y congratuliated oin hiis ehiertion. Reflections of a Bahelor. Tlh r'easoni miisery loves comnpany, is so as to be able to tell about it, A nmui is always p)rouid of his beaird ' even if it looks like a flax-seed pouil Wrm1 words aire the product of hot ft.'s a fortuniafe thing fori some of fice-holet's th:. killing timeo isn't ~ puntishable by. hanging.-Chicago Daily Nws.