The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 15, 1902, Image 1
V L. XVI -MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1902.
THE FARMER.
They Have Shaped the Destinies of
the Republic.
NOBLEST CALLING ON EARTH.
So Said Governor Candler in Wel
coming the Ifelegates co the
National Farmer's Con
gress in Macon.
The 22nd annual seesion of the;
Farmer's National congress was open
ed in Macon. Ga., on Tuesday of
last week. One thousand delegates
were present representing all sections
of the United State and Territories.
Gov. Allen D). Candler of Georgia,
welcomed the delegates to Georgia in
a speech which was received with en
thusiasm. He said in substance that,
he had closed the governor's office in
order t> come to Macon and extend a.
welcome to men who represent the
noblest calling on earth. Upon the
farmer rests everything. If he pros
pers every industry and calling pros
pers. The men who have shaped the
destinies of the republic since it was
born were farmers or the sons of farm
ers. He said the farmers of the coun
try did well in selecting Georgia as the
place to meet this year. A state which
owes her greatness to her sons who
have tilled the soil.
Referring to the race problem, he
said Georgia had her burden to bear
and she was doing it, and that the
condition of the negro in Georgia was
better than in any other State. He was
being educated, without discrimina
tion, had an equal protection under
the laws and was taught that Georgia.
was the best State for a good negro,
and the worst State for a bad one.
He said that in the exercise of his
authority as governor he had been
compelled many times to listen to the
pleas of negroes, and that he had
never allowed himself to think of them
save as men entitled to equal and ex
act justice under the laws. He said
it was no time to enter into a dis
cussion of past differences. The men
who fought under the Stars and
Stripes believed they were right, and
the men who fought under the Stars
and Bars thought they were right.
A WELCOME TO GEORGIA.
He said that Georgia with her land
devastated, her homes darkened with
mourning, through the reconstruction
period had succeeded because her soil
and resources were the most prolific
of any place on earth. To that Geor
gia, and in her behalf, he extended a
cordial welcome to the delegates and
bade them godspeed in the great work
that called them together.
Mr. George A Smith, president of
the chamber of commerce, tendered a
welcome on behalf of the city of Ma
-con. Hon. Harvie Jordan, vice presi
dent of the Farmers' congress, re
sponded for the convention. President
Flanders also responded, the substance
-of his remarks being as follows:
"We have lived to see the demand
for agricultural education which
should educate the boys back toward
the farm, that should educate in the
calling of the agriculturist so that
that calling might be dignified also
with the title of' 'profession,' grow
until today we stand upon a pro
minenee and see the path made by
this steady progress, and I am thank
ful to say that that prominence upon
which we stand is the result of the re
corded will of 43 States of this union,
to the effect that education shall be
provided, for among those who are
pursuing agriculture for a living, to
the end that they may unlock the
secrets in the laboratory of nature
in such a way that they may make
use of her greatest ability without im
proverishing her strength or injuring
her future usefulness.
"The granaries of the world are be
ing filled until today we are confront
ed with the fact that in the United
States five and two-thirds million
farms are producing five and one-half
billion dollars worth of agricultural
products, a sum said to be much in
excess of the total income of the fai -
mers at any other time in their his
tory in this country. This year we
are raising in the United States as
much corn as was raised in the world
last year.
PRODUCTION VS. DISTRIBUTION.
"The education that has been going
on in the interest of the agriculturist
during the last 30 years has produced
wonderfull results, but all, or nearly
so, are upon one side of this two-sided
question, viz: Upon the side of the
production touching the question of
distribution of the question of the re
lation of the agriculturist to the gov
ernment or governments under which
he lives and by virtue of which he is
protected. We are living in an age
of combinations, an age when corpora
tions and corporate interests unite for
purposes which to them seein wise and
just, an age when the labor element
is organized for purposes which to it
seems just and right, an age in which
capital, generally speaking, is organ
ized and combined for reasons which
to it seems just and right, so that when
any problem arises from the question
of distribution to the question of leg
islation they are prepared at short no
tice to determine what action should
be taken and then act as unit. What
is true of these combinations is not
true of the agricultural population.
and yet that population is ten-twenty
ninths of the entire number engaged
in the industrial work should now be
such that it will extend to this class
of our population as much in formation
as possible through some kind of an
organization or by some means best
suited to that end, the fundamental
principles involved in economic ques
tion of the times and of their political
. duties and obligations to themselves
and others through the government or
governments under which they live.
in other words. the theories and
fundamental principals of constitu
tional law should be taught alongside
of the fundamental principles under
lying the production of agricultural
products. Those princi ples are stable.
undergoing few changes. Every agri
cultural citizen should understand
that teover-nment of the United
States under which we live is a
government of derived powers, that it
has no powers except those that have
been conferred upon it and that the
conferring was done by the sovereign
States of the Union and that the mat
ter conferred is enumerated in that
document known as the constitution
of the United States. and that. when
he desires the national government to
do anything in his interest he must
first know whether the power to do
that thing has been given that gov
ernment in that instrument. "If the
power has been conferred then it is
plausible and feasible to petition the
congress of the United States to do
the thing desired. but if it has not
been conferred then all the effort put
forth in that direction is useless be
cause if such a law were passed it
would be declared unconstitutional by
the United States courts: in other
words. the instruction should be so
given that the whole general schemes
of the government of each State and
or the national government should be
understood by the agriculturist: he
should be familiar with the powers
that have been given the national
goyernment and from what derived.
"I believe that no better work can
be taken up along educational lines in
addition to the work already being
done than to put the agricultural pop
ulation of this country in possession
of such knowledge relative to the gov
ernment and its workings as will
qualify or equip each and every one to
at any time step into the legislative
halls of any State in the Union or the
congress of the United States and
legislate with intelligence upon the
question that will be placed before
them."
SPOKEN LIKE A PATRIOT.
Commander-in-Chief Torrance read
his annual address and reports of ofli
cers were read. In his address Gen.
Torrance devoted considerable space to
consideration of the status of the ex
Confederate soldier, repeating in spirit
his plea of a month ago for the mani
festation of good will and brotherly
kindness toward the late adversaries
of the members of the Grand Army.
He said he had been prompted in
making that appeal by the belief that
such action would tend to bring still
closer together all parts of the coun
try in the bonds of a common citizen
ship and there were already,he added.
evidences in the responses received
from the Southern States that he had
not miscalculated. Indeed, he said.
with but two exceptions the entire
press of the country had commended
the spirit of the latter.
Continuing on this point, he said:
-It is not expected that the Grand
Army of the Republic as an organiza
tion will embark in the building of
homes for soldiers north or south, but
in no possible way can the greatest
fraternal organization in the world
more becomingly crown its labors of
love in behalf of its own membership
than by extending the hand of help
fulness to their fellow countrymen,
against whom they were once arrayed
in deadly strife. The most disastrous
results of a Civil war are the animosi
ties and bitter feelings engendered
thereby, and I am convinced that one
of the most patriotic services we can
render of country is to earnestly aid
in removing every barrier that sepa
rates or estranges the people.
"The victory of Appomattox will
yield imperfect fruit if we do not win
the hearts as well a~s the flags of the
men who wore the gray. A union of
hearts as well as of hands is indispen
sable to an indissoluble union of inde
structible States. I rest confident in
the belief that no influence or condi
tions north or south can successfully
construct or maintain a sectional line
that will prevent the manifestation of
the most kindly feeling and cordial
good will by act as well as by speech,
between the surviving veterans of
those who wore the blue and those
who wore the gray."
To Improve Ou~r Cattle.
The following list of breeders of fine
cattle is published for the benefit of
our readers who may wish to improve
their cattle:
Red Polled-Samuel B. Wood, Char
lottesville. Virginia; C. G. Hamber
ger, Antelope, Virginia; Robt. Brid
ges, Antelope, Va.: W. S. Southall,
Elkton, Va.; J. McLain Smith, Day
ton, 0.: V. T. Rills, Delaware, 0.; W.
T. Donoho, Tenn.: R. L. Armstead,
Madison, Tenn.
Shorthorns or Durhams-J. F. Lew
is, Lynwood, Va.; Heatwale & Suter,
Harrisburg, Va; Geo. Chrism an,
Chrisman, Va.; M. M. Jannan. Elk
ton, Va.; W. W. Berotly, Pulaski,
Va.: RI. J. Hancock, Overton, Va.;
Edward Butler. St. Francisville, La.:
George W. Truitt, LaGrange, Ga.:
Chas. C. Smith, Watertown, Tenn.
Herefords-J. B. Steigel, Harris
burg, Va.: W. B3. Yancey, Yancey,
Va.: Murray, Boscowook, Keswick,
Va.: R. J. Hlavercock & Son, Char
ottesville, Va.: L. L. Dorsey, Anchor
age, Ky.
Devons-Rt. F. Jones, South Mont
rose, Pa.
A Marine Disaster.
A special from Kincardine, Ont.,
says: The schooner Anna Marie, of
Alpena. Mich., loaded with coal for
the Kincardine water works, was
wrecked here Wednesday night. Capt.
Gordon and three of the crew. with
Mr. Ferguson, of a rescue party, were
drowned. The rescuers got the crew
off and were about to start for the
shore when a huge wave swept over
the schooner and upset the lifeboat.
throwing the occupants into the wva
ter. Two sailols and three townsmen
u eceeded in regaining the'schooner.
A steamer Suink.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Kronprinz. Wilhelm, which sailed from
Southampton Wednesday for New
Yor!. ran into and sank th~e British
stan.or Ingham. during a dense fog
otf Beachy Head. The Robert Inghiam
went down about four minutes after
the collision, but the Kronpinzu WVil
helm saved all her crew of 13 men.
wth the exception of the mate, and
the only passenger she h1 (fn boar~d.
To Save His~ son.
Dr. G. B. Crawvford. a prominent
pysician of Luvelake. La..- shot and
kiled .John A. Vickers in a Texas
street saloon. Crawford's son and
Vickers hado a dispute and Dr. Craw
ford says he shot to save his son's life
as Vickers was advancing upon young
MILLIONS LOST
By Forest Fires in the United States
Every Year.
RECORDS OF GREAT FIRES.
The National Bureau of Forestry
Moving to Stir Up People
for Prompt Action in
Outbreaks.
The reports of recent forest fires in
Washington. Oregon, Wyoming and
Colorado, in which many lives were
lost, will add to the interest in a
special study of the subject which has
engaged the bureau of forestry for
several years. The results of this
study, in the form of a bulletin, enti
tled. "Forest Fires," by Alfred Gas
kill, will be published soon. By im
pressing the public with some idea of
the nerils it suffers from forest tires
and .the enormous damage they do.
the bureau hopes to induce more ef
fective legislation in suppressing
them.
Investigation has shown that, in an
average year, sixty human lives are
lost in forest fires, $25,000,000 worth
of real property is destroyed, 10.274.
089 acres of timber land are burned
over, and young forest growth, worth
at the lowest estimate $75,000,000, is
killed. A special canvass of the coun
try by the Department of Agriculture
in 1891 discovered 12,000,000 acres of
tember land destroyed by fire.
These figures are mere estimates.
which fall far short of showing in full
the damage done. No account at all
is taken of the loss to the country due
to the impoverishment of the soil by
fire, to the ruin of water courses and
the drying up of springs. Even the
amount of timber burned is very im
perfectly calculated, and the actual
quantity destroyed is far in excess of
that accounted for. Forest fires in
this country have growned so com
mon that only those are reported that
are of such magnitude as to threaten
large communities. The lumbering
industry in remote sections of the
country may be ruined and people
forced to flee for their lives without a
mention of the disaster beyond the
places near where it occurred.
The fires that burnt this year in
Washington and Oregon were uncom
mon only in the number of lives lost.
The burning of logging and mining
camps and farm buildings, the loss to
the country in the destruction of tim
ber and young tree growth, is of year
ly occurrence. Every fall, not only in
Washington. Oregon, Colorado and
Wyoming. but up and down the Pacific
coast and all over the Rocky Moun
tain country, fires burn great holes in
the forest and destroy the national
wealth. The air of the mountains
over hundreds of miles is pungent
with the smoke of conflagration, and
navigation on Puget Sound has often
been impeded by smo'ke. The follow
ing comment by Dr. Henry Gannett
f the United States geological sur
ey, should convey a fair idea of the
amage done in the State of Washing
ton: "In less than a generation two
fifths of the standing timber has been
estroyed in one of the richest timber
regions on the continent, and of the
:estruction more than half has been
aused by fire. Assuming that the
timber would, if standing, have the
value of 75 cents per thousand feet,
not less than $3.0,000.000 worth has
gone up in smoke, a dead loss to the
people of the State."
According to the bureau's records,
the most disastrous forest fire in the
history of this country occurred in
October, 1871, simultaneous with the
burning of Chicago. It extended all
across Northern Michigan and Wis
consin and into Minnesota. At least
1,000 persons were burned to death
and 15,000 were made homnelcss. The
property loss has never been calculated.
The Hinckley fire of 1894, which de
stroyed Hinckley and five other Min
nesota villages, burned to death 418
persons, destroyed $730,000 worth of
farm and town property, and about
400 square miles of forest. A fire in
Southeast Michigan in 1881 burned
the forest on forty-eight townships,
destroyed $2,000,000 worth of other
property, burned to death 125 persons,
and made homeless 3,000. Another
Michigan forest fire, which occurred
in 1896, made homeless 2,000 persons
and destroyed town and farm property
worth $1,250,000. Wisconsin lost by
fire in May, 1891, 100 square miles of
forest and other property worth 82,
000,000. In 1894, in Wisconsin, thir
teen persons lost their lives and 3,000
their homes and $2,000,000 worth of
town and farm property was destroyed
in the Phillips tire.
The enumeration of great forest
fires could be extended almost indef
initely. One feature, however, is
common to them all: They were
small fires before they grew uncontroll
able, and with little trouble might
have been extinguished. For example,
the Hinckley fire smoked as a ground
fire for weeks, and nobody paid it seri
ous attention. But one day the wind
rose and fanned the smouldering em
bers into flame. the flame caught in
the dry underbrush, leaped into the
trees and became a fire of so terrible a
volume that no human power could
stay it.
Legislation, even in the East, has~
done little toward solving the forest
tire problem. Pennsylvania, Mi nne
sota, Massachusetts and New York arc
possible exceptions. The best forest
fire laws are probably those of Penn
sylvania, which make an annual ex
penditure of81 5,000in su pport of them.
State constables ser ve as tire wardens in
their townships and receive extra pay
for their services. Minnesota, brought
to a sense of responsibility by disas
tr.of which the inckley tire was
the most terrible, has established an
elicient forest- fire system. Massachu-i
setts has had good legislation in the
matter. The New York forest-lire
laws. though generally limited in their
eYect to State reserves and parks.
have brought good results. West o1
the lRocky Mountains little is done to.
ward the suppression of forest fires,
except~ by the forest rangers on gov
ermient reserves, who are employed
y the Department of the Interior.
DEADLY STREET BATTLE
Three Men Killed Outright and
eral Others Wounded.
Three men were killed. another
die and two others were wounded
shooting affray which occurred on
streets of Eldorado. Arkar
Thursday afternoon. The <
are: H. L. Dearing. constable;
Parnell. farmer: Walter L. Par
farmer. The wounded are: Gu;
Tucker, city marshall, fatally;
Hilton. wounds not serious: Jim
nell. not serious. The shooting,
alleged.is the sequel to the killing
Sept. 18, at Eldorado, by Dearing
Robert Mullens. The Parnells
friends of Mullens and Thomas 2
ton was a friend of Dearing. Ti:
day afternoon .lim Parnell and 3
ton became involved in a dispute.
is said that both factions prep;
for trouble. Later Dearing, Tu
and Newton were walking alon
front of the Union Grocery comj
on the east side of the square v
they met the Parnell brothers.
Parnell is said to have tired at b
ton and in an instant a fusilade
gan. Seventy-five shots were fired
the crack of revolvers sounded li
pitched battle. The men were c
together and their aim was deadl
developed into a man to man at
Dearing and Tom Parnell empt;
their several pistols at each other
distance so close that when they
unable to shoot any more,their bo
formed a cross. The others were 1i
proniscuiusly. and it is supposed 1
I a shot from Marshal Tucker's pi
killed Walter Parnell. Dr. Hil
who tried to separate the men,
also shot, but not fatally. In c
pliance with a request from the s
itf of Union county, Gov. Davis
dered the company of the State gi
at Eldorado on duty to supp
trouble and preserve the peace.
citement runs high at Eldorad<
consequence of the tragedy.
A Gruesome Story.
Thirty dead bodies were found
cold storage plant in the rear of at
cream factory on Eighth street
Louisville, Ky. The same pipes wl
vere used in congealing the ice cr
for table use were connected wi
small plant in a shed in the
where they kept the bodies cool.
heads of the several colleges intere
in the establishment asserted 'that
bodies were obtained legitimately f
the penitentiaries, insane asylums
other institutions of the State of I
tucky. The building is a small
and is provided with numerous t1
mometers for maintaning the pre
temperature. The bodies were fo
in boxes and most of them were
good state of preservation. The es1
lishment is maintained by sev
Louisville medical colleges. The t
of these institutions say they
given the bodies by the State with
understanding that they are t
held 30 days for identification. Ir
der to assist in. the identification
cold storage plant was established
an arrangement made with the
cream plant to furnish the cooling
A Soldier Killed.
At Shenandoah, Pa., Win. I
ham. aged 25, a veteran of
Spanish-American war, was shotc
by Private Wadworth of Compan
Eighteenth regiment. Thurn
morning. Wadsworth was a men
of a squad that had been detailet
Provost Marshal Simmons to gt
the house of John Bulcavage wi
was dynamited Wednesday. Durh
it is alleged, was walking toward
house and was commanded by We
worth to halt. He disobeyed
command and the sentry fired.
bullet pierced his heart and he
instantly._________
A Genuine Novelty.
The Columbia State says the cri
of spectators that usually assemb]
the glass factory will not longel
admitted. They interfere with
work and are so numerous that
management will not admit any
other than those having business
the office and they must then g
permit to go through the fact
Later on, one day a week will be
apart for visitors and of this the]
lic will be advised as to the day sel
ed. Glass blowing is something
entirely new in this community,1
it naturally attracts the sightseel
A Maniac Teacher.
A special dispatch from Vienna
nounces that a fearful tragedy wa:
acted at D~royssig, Bohemia, on 3
day. A village schoolmaster, 40 y
of age, while talking to his class;
denly became insane, rushed to
desk, drew a revolver from it and
amuck, shooting right and left an
the terrified children. Three acht
were killed and three were danger
ly wounded. On hearing the scr4
the villagers quickly arrived at
school, and infuriated at the
which met them, lynched the sci
m.ster.
Ammunition Seized.
One thousand rounds of ammun.
was seized and confiscated at the I
ware and Hlundson freight static
Olyphant, Pa., Thursday by ordi
Col. Watress of the Thirteenth
ment. The ammunition was coni
ed to Bastiano, Passano, a le
among the Italian coal strike in u
Lackawanna county. Passano
placed under arrest as he was a
to receipt for and remove the amnr
tion from the freight station.
Monument to Heroes.
The State monument to the m
ry of the Confederate soldiers wh(
during the battle of Perryville,
and who are buried there, was
veiled at Perryville Wednesday ir
presence of a gathering estimatb
nearly 10,000 people. Orations
made by .Judge N. C. Saugley,.
R. .1. Breckinridge and Gen. A
West. Mis~s Ella Hay unveiled
shaft.
Express Agent Robbed.
A special from Newbera says:
A. Wilson of Dover, N. C., city
and Southern Express agent, was
bed of $4.50 last night between
night anid daylight by burglars
blew open the safe in his store
dynamite. The robbers, who ai
to have been professionals, left
-GETS MORE SERIOUS
Sev
Riotous Scenes on the Streets 01
will New Orleans.
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'ea THE MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
lead
rom
nel, A Large Mass Meeting of the
Dr. Labor People who Sympathize
Par
it is With the strikers is
r on
of Held.
ere
ew. As a result of the continued ditticul
urs- ty experienced by the New Orleans
ew- Railways company in attempting to
it resume their schedules on account of
ired
eker the conflict between the strikers and
; in those who attempted to tilled the dis
>any satisfied men's positions all the militia
'hen in this city was ordered under arms
Jim
ew- Wednesday night.
be- Another riot took place Wednesday
and morning when the railway company
ke a tried to run out a passenger car and
lose the police trying to retrieve their re
It cord of the day before offered some
Pair. resistance and a dozen men were more
ing or less hurt. Gov. Heard was reached
at a during the afternoon and after a tele
fell, phonic correspondence ordered Maj.
dies Gen. Glenn, in command of the First
ring military district, to report to the
shat mayor.
stol The riot Wednesday morning oc
ton, curred in the same neighborhood as
was the one of the day before. One car
om- was started from the Canal street
her- barn, about 9 o'clock, with 10 Chicago
or- strike breakers and 10 policemen
lard aboard.
ress Two blocks from the barn strikers
Ex- pulled up the wooden crossings and
in constructed a barricade on the track.
The car stopped and Robert D.
Koontz, one of the non-union men,
agot off to remove the obstructions.
in He succeeded, though set upon by the
ice crowd.
, in The strikers then made a rush for
rich the car and a lively fight ensued.
eam There was a regular fusillade, fully
th a 100 shots being exchanged by the men
rear and police on the car and the strikers.
The At the first volley from the car the
sed strikers broke and ran and a regular
the stampede followed. Then the police
rom got active and arrerted the non-union
and men for carrying concealed weapons.
Len- Three non-union men were put in a
one patrol wagon and while en route to
1er- the station the wagon overturned and
>per all the occupants were more or less
und injured. Officer Fordice, who sus
in a tained the worst injuries of the dayf
b- had several ribs broken and got a
eral scalp wound. The injured are:
ead Policeman John Fordice, ribs frac
are tured and scalp wound.
the Policeman Blouin, leg and hip frac
be tured.
or- Policeman Hessel, hit in the eye
the and on the leg with a brick.
and Policeman Schlessinger, hit in neck
ice with a brick and bruised on head
air. shoulder and wrist.
Policeman Hattier, scalp wound
from a brick.
ur- Patrol Driver Brown, arm broken.
the Peter Jensen, strike break contrac
ldtor, jaw broken by a brick.
y A Louis Christiansen, badly bruised.
day Thomas Jones, badly bruised by
her bricks.
by M. L. Kenny, conductor of car, shot
Lain foot.
nch A. M. Clark, assistant to Jensen,
am, hit in eye with a brick.
the Charles Ferguson of Chicago, elbow
ds- broken by a blow.
the Bud Lynn, striker, shot in arm.
The Fred Eichling, switch boy, shot in
ied leg
Alex Derbes, laborer, sympathizer,
shot in leg.
wdUnknown striker, shot in head,
>wdt scalp wound.
e Besides charging all the strikers
te with carrying concealed weapons,
the Christiansen, Jones and Jensen,
oe Chicago strike breakers, were charged
oneh with inciting a riot. Quite a number
e1ta of the strikers were arrested after the
ory general melee on simple charges, such
set as being drunk and refusing to move
set- on. The progressive union was tc
lec- have held a general meeting Wed
.-nesday afternoon to discuss the situa
soa tion, but under the advice of the
htmayor and with the assurance that
'the governor would place the State
.troops at the disposal of the mayor, it
an- was called off.
en- Wednesday night a big labor mass
ion.. meeting was held in Washingtor
ears Artillery hall. Three thousand labor
sud. ers were present at the mass meeting.
his It was presided over by Robert E.
ran Lee, the Republican candidate foi
iong congress and president of the Centra
>lars Trades Council. Speeches were made
ous- by Fred Alexander, president Typo
:ams graphical union; James Leonard, or
the ganizer of the American Federatiot
ight of Labor; Ben Commons, president o0
i01- the Car Men's union, and R. J. Malo
ney, attorney for the car men.
We Need Them.
tion Dr. G. E. Nesom, of Clemson Col
)ela- lege, has gone to Atlanta to attenc
in in the meeting of the association o1
er f agricultural and mechanical colleges
-egi- nd also the meeting of the southerr
;ign- veterinarians. From thence he goe
ader o Indianapolis to buy a carload o:
pper registered "beef cattle," which wl
was be acclimated here and then furnishec
bot to breeders throughout the State. Dr.
Luni- Nesom says they will become accli
mated in about 60 days. Three
breeds will be purchased: Herefords
Shorthorns and Polied Durhams.
amo--_________
>fell shot His Rival
un- Isaac Turner, a young farmer, wa
the called from a house where he wa
d at visiting in Floyd county Va. Thurs
were day night and killed by Jos. Slump
[on. Slump was arrested several hours lat
Ser while in bed at the home of a re
the lative, and later lodged in jail. Friend!
of Turner are indignant and ther4
was at first threats of lynching. Jeal
ousy is said to be the cause of the
W. shooting.
lekA Strange Freak.
mid- S. A. Fewell. of Rock Hill, has
who mare mule that has to be milket
with twice each day, about a quart beini
pear drawn at each milking. This is
no strange freak and is altogether unac
THE PROMISES REJECTED
And the End of the Strike is a Long
Ways Off.
A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
says unless President Mitchell's hur
ried visit to New York bears fruit,
the end of the mine workers' strike
seems a long way off and the prospect
of sufficient coal being mined to satisfy
the public demand is extremely poor.
Every local union of the miners' or
ganization throughout the hard coal
belt held special meetings, either
Wednesday night or Thursday and
resolved to remain on strike until the
mine owners grant them some conces
sion.
And while the reports of these
meetings came pouring into Wilkes
barre, President Mitchell dictated a
letter to the president of the United
States In which he gave his answer to
the proposition that the strikers re
turn to work and trust to have their
condition inr proved through an in
vestigating commission. What the
answer of the miner's chief is he re
fused to divulge, but it is difficult to
conceive that with the replies of the
local unions piled around him he could
do othewise than respectfully decline
the president's proposition. Mr.
Mitchell sent his letter to Washington
before he had heard from all the
locals and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
accompanied by the three district
presidents, left for New York.
It was a busy day for the miners'
officials about headquarters. From
early morning until late tonight the
returns came in constantly. This
evening the corps of newspaper cor
respondents stationed here were in
vited to examine the reports and not
one was found that was not couched
in firm language. Briefly stated, the
resolutions In these reports affirm the
confidence of the men in the integrity
and judgment of their president,
praise President Roosevelt for trying
to end the strike, denounce the presi
dents of the coal carrying roads for
their alleged abuse of the chief ex
ecutive at the conference in Washing
ton, denounce the employment of the
coal and iron police, thank all or
ganizations and citizens throughout
the country for the financial assistance
given, and denounce Gov. Stone for
sending troops here.
Nearly all the resolutions contained
a sentence to the effect that the men
will remain out "though all the troops
In the United States were sent here."
until they are granted some conces
sions. Additional troops for this re
gion have not yet arrived, and the
general strike situation remains un
changed. There is no increase in the
shipment of coal, very little of which
is being produced. No violence was
reported today.
A FATAL EXPLOSION
Caubed by Packing Dynamite in a
Hole With a Drill.
A dispatch from Anderson to The
State says a premature dynamite ex
plosion at the rock quarry at Port
man Shoals about 11:30 Friday morn
ing killed James Tobin, white, super
intendent of the quarry, and Sam
Oglesby, a negro laborer; and Joe
Whitmer and John Robinson, negro
laborers, were slightly injured.
Mr. Tobin had a force of hands at
work getting out stone to be used in
the masonry on the dam now nearly
completed; a hole had been drilled in
a rock and this was being filled with
dynamite preparatory to blasting.
The dynamite was in the shape of a
cartridge and it was the custom to
use six or eight in each hole. Mr.
Tobin was directing the operation and
was standing directly over the hole
with the cartridges in his hand.
Oglesby was ramming them down
with a wooden crowbar but the wood
en instrument did not give satisfac
tion and he laid it aside and began
using an iron drill to force the car
tridges down. It is supposed that the
iron drill struck against the stone and
caused a spark which ignited the dyn
amite and caused the explosion which
was frightful.
Mr. Tobin was blown upward and
backward and fell several feet away.
The top of his face was blown off and
he was otherwise terribly mangled.
Death was instantaneous. The negro
Oglesby was bruised and torn from
the chest downward but lived about
two hours after the accident. The
other negroes were hurt by the flying
stones and the concussion, but their
injuries are not serious. Physicians
were summoned from the city at once
and went to the scene as quickly as
possible.
Mr. Tobin's remains were brought
to the city this afternoon and em
balmed and will be sent tomorrow to
his home at Norwich, Conn. He was
about 50 years old and was in the em
ploy of the Flynt Construction com
pany, which is building the new dam
at the shoals for the Anderson Water
Light and Power company of Ander
son. He leaves his wife and a daugh
ter at his home in Connecticut.
How It Works.
A unique case came up in the recor
ders offce in Columbia recently. The
State says a negro who had had a pis
tol stolen from him was placed in a
peculiar position by the mysterious
working of the law. The dusky dam
sel who had filched the weapon was
given 30 days, and of course the negro
thought the "gun"~ was his again. It
was explained to him, however, that
if he attempted to carry the pistol
home he would unintentionally violate
the law against carrying pistols under
"twenty inches in length and weigh
ing less than five pounds." lie left the
pistol with the police department.
Murder u d Suicide.
Miss Alice Fisher, a young woman
employed in the government printing
offce, at Washington. was shot and
instantly killed at noon Thursday by
Win. Dougherty. an employe of the
same ollice. Dougherty then shot and
killed himself. Jealousy was the mo*
tive. The affair occurred at the home
of a friend of the young woman. Miss
Fisher had gone to the friend's house
at the request of Dougherty, who
wanted her to resume past friendly
relations and cease accepting the at
tentions of another young man.
A CRAZED YOUTH
Kills His Mother and Sister and
Beats Others With an Ax.
While laboring under mental aberra
tion, the result of the strain of perfect
ing an appliance for patents on air
brekes, which are pending in Wash
ington, Charles Cawley, a 17-year-old
boy of Homestead, Pa., early Friday
killed his mother and only sister and
seriously injured four other children.
He also tried to kill his two older
brothers, but was detected, overpower
ed and turned over to the police.
The weapon used was an ax, with
which he crushed and hacked his vic
tims beyond recognition. The dead
are: Mrs. Hanna Cawley, aged 40
years, head and upper portion of body
almost pounded to a jelly; Bell Cawley,
aged 12, who slept with her mother,
head frightfully crushed. The injur
ed are: Joseph, the baby of the family,
aged 15 months, head and chest bat
tered; Adeline, aged 6, skull fractur
ed; Raymond, aged 6, twin of Adeline,
head horribly injured; Agnes age 10,
head crushed.
Some time about 3 o'clock this
morning Charles quietly arose and
dressed himself, but not putting on
his shoes, crept down into his moth
er's room, where the victims were all
sleeping. After turning up the light
the maniac approached his mother's
bedside, .swung the axe high in the
air and brought it down with such
force that the skull was crushed. The
mother evidently never knew what
struck her, but the crazed son, think
ing that his first blow did not do its
work,pounded the dead mother's head
almost to a jelly.
Belle, the oldest daughter, slept
throughout the time. The full sound
of the axe on her mother's head did
not arouse her. Charles hurried to her
side of the bed and struck her with
the axe. It is thought that the first
blow slipped and awoke the girl, but
only for a second. She did not have
time to scream, for the next blow
killed her. The fiend then turned to
the smaller children and struck each
one over the head with the bloody
weapon.
Believing that he had dispatched
them all, he started for his brothers'
room, but James, the eldest had been
awakened by the groans in his moth
er's room and as Charles entered, he
seized a heavy rocking chair and after
a fierce struggle overpowered him and
turned him over to the police. On the
way to the station he fought fero
ciously, but after being placed in a
cell he calmed down, and did not seem
to realize what he had done.
He is now confined in the county
jail here. He denies emphatically that
he committed the deed. He tells a
fairly connected story, in which he
reiterates his innocence. He says he
was awakened at an early hour by
sounds on the first floor and went down
stairs to investigate. Returning up
stairs he found his sister lying across
the bed covered with blood, and fled
to give the alarm.
Anna, the four year old sister of
Cawley, died Friday night at the
South Side hospital. It is reported
that the three others injured will
probably die before morning. After
a thorough examination by the coro
ner, it was reported that the young
man's story of the robbery has been
disproven and that Cawley did the
deed in a fit of insanity. Raymond
Cawley died at the South Side hospital
Friday night at 11.30, makIng four
A Very Serious Accident.
The Beech Hill correspondent of the
Dorchester Eagle tells of a very seri
ous accident that occurred in that
part of Colleton County recently. The
correspondent says on Tuesday night
Mr. Seabrook Tucker and his sister,
Alma and their cousin, Miss Ollie
Tucker, of Slandsville, wrere in a
buggy returning from church at Giv
hans, and driving pretty fast to get
out of the rain. In 'the-road before
them, and meeting them, were a
couple of negro men in a buggy. They
had just started from a colored church
and were cautioned not to drive fast
on account of the darkness and the
probability of meeting some one. They
disregarded the caution and dashed
away as fast as the horse could go. In
a few minutes two teams came to
gether with a crash. The horse Sea
brook was driving was instantly killed,
its neck being broken. A shaft from
his buggy entered the breast of the
other horse and came out behind his
shoulder blade, causing his death In a
few minutes. Seabrook was thrown
violently to the ground and stunned.
His sister received some painful
bruises, but was not seriously hurt.
Miss Ollie escaped unhurt and found
herself standing behind the buggy,
facing the way they had been going.
How she got there, she doesn't know.
The two negroes appear not to have
been hurt, and fled. Some negroes
from the church, hearing the crash,
came to the rescue. Seabrook was
carried to the church, where he re
gained consciousness in about half an
hour. How he escaped further injury
Is one of the things we shall never
know; for the plunging of the dying
horse wrenched the front wheels off
of the buggy. It was certainly a seri
ous affair and suggests very strongly
the necessity of the carrying of a
light when driving n the dark.
The Christan Church.
The quadrennial convention of the
Christian church of America met in
Norfolk, Va., last week. The con
vention is the first one that has ever
been held In a southern city and there
are 700 delegates attending the con
vention, which Is held in the Memorial
Christian church, of which Rev. J. P.
Barrett Is pastor. Ohio, which is the
strongest State of the denomination,
sends a very large delegation, headed
by Rev. 0. L. Pride of Cincinnati and
the Rev. J. B. Bishop of Dayton. The
convntion will be in session the entire
week._________
Fatal Explosion.
At Gravette. Ark., while a gang of
men were at work blasting in a cut
on the Kansas City Southern railroad,
some sparks by accident got into a
lot of powder, consisting of about 20
kegs, which exploded with terrific
force. instantly killed three men and
dnanoul burning six others.
A SLICK RASCAL
A Woman Fooled and Robbed of Over
Seven Hundred Dollars.
THE SAVINGS OF TEN YEARS.
Made His Dupe Believe That Banks
Were Unsafe, and Induced
Her to Trust Her Money
With Him.
Some months ago a slick rascal,who
called himself Prof. Duane, fooled an
old credulous citizen of Augusta, Ga.,
out of several hundred dollars, and
then silently departed between two
suns. No one knew where the rascal,
went, but recently he turned up in
San Francisco, where under another
name he worked identically the same
game that he worked in Augusta as
the following story shows:
As the result of her trusting belief
in the integrity of a vagrant palmist
who- assumed the fairy-tale name of
Professor Karnovah, Miss Hulda
Jacobson, a domestic of San Francisco
is mourning the loss of $750, the sav
ings of ten years. The story of how
Miss Jacobson became acquainted with
the "prophet," who read in her face
the extent of her bank 'ccount, and
who, without the aid of any magical
passes, converted her shining gold in
to a roll of greenbacks, is another at
testation of the frailty of human na
tore.
Prof. Karnovah, as he was known
to his landlady and patrons, occupied
a suite of rooms at No. 684 Sutter
street. In these quarters he did an
enormous business in magic spells, -
palmistry and kindred delusions. His
specialty consisted of everything that
was calculated to please. He could
read the past and prognosticate the
future with astounding accuracy. I
one desired a position of power and
needed influence the only requisite
was the payment of a small fee, and
every wish would be instantly grant
ed. At this rate business increased to
immense proportions. From 9 o'clock
in the morning until long after sun
down a steady stream of callers passed
through his study.
Among those who visited him was
Miss Jacobson, who Invoked the pow
ers of Karnovah in search of her miss
ing brother. After writing her name
on a slip of paper and passing it to
the man of mystery, she was aston
ished to see how quickly her queries
were answered. Thinking that Kar
novah was more than human. Miss
Jacobson instantly confided in him and
believed whatever he said. "I was so
anxious to hear some tidings of my
long-lost brother," says Miss Jacobson,
"that I would have done anything to
learn of his whereabouts. The man
must have hpynotized me. He ap
peared so kind and good that I can
scarcely believe be meant to steal my
money.
"He - took my hand and instaptly .
exclaimed, 'I see great things in your
palm. You have money in the bank.
Yes, 'I replied, 'I have $750. 'Ah,
said the sharper, 'I am sure that you
will soon lose it.' He then told me
bout the insecurity of banking in
stitutions, saying that I should no
longer trust them. I did not fully
understand him, but when he said
that he was in the habit of keeping
money for a number of persons, dis
playing at the same time a large roll
of greenbacks, I thought I would let
him take care of my money. He in
sisted upon my getting it at once for
him, but I delayed until last Monday,
when I withdrew the entire sum and
gave it to him to keep for me. He
placed it carefully in a small sack and
put it in the safe. He told me to re
turn at the end of two weeks and re
eve my money. I then returned
home and that evening when I went to -
bed I could not sleep. I thought how
foolish I was to let a strange man
have my money wlthout the slightest -
security. The more I thought of it
the more nervous I became.
"After sossing in my bed all night,
at an early hour Tuesday morning I
hastened to No. 684 Sutter street and
rang the door bell. Getting no re~
spose I aroused the landlady, Mrs.
Andrews, and asked if the professor
was at home. Finding the doors all
locked we made an investigation and
found that he had moved out during
the night. I didn't know what todo.
I had often read of women giving
money away for foolish things, but
never thought that I would .do any
thing so crazy. That man certainly
had a strange influence over me."
The police are endeavoring to pre
vent the seer's flight from the city, if
he has not already gone.
A Mysterious Murder.
The Kingstree Weekly Mail says
when a wagoner on the farm of the
Mallard Lumber Company near Gree
leyville went to the cotton seed house
on the farm on last Monday afternoon
to unload some seed he saw on the top
of the pile of seed what he took to be
the feet and legs of a man. Calling to
the man on the seed and getting no
reply, he went some distance and re
ported the matter. On returning to
the seed house the crowd of men made
an examination Into the matter and
brought to light what appears to have
been a most brutal and mysterious
murder.. They found Luther Mc
Knight, a colored laborer on the farm,
buried up in the seed with nothing
but his feet and lower part of his legs
exposed to view. They pulled him
out of the seed and found that his
necr was broken, both eyes nearly
knocked out and the lowerpart of his
forehead fractured in several places.
The cotton seed had been packed
tightly around the dead man and had
so scalded him that the skin on his
face had come off so badly that he was
almost beyond recognition. Magistrate
Windham impanelled a jury with
Capt. T. W. Boyle as foreman, which
after examination of the body render
ed a verdict that the deceased came to
his death by the hads of parties un
known to the jury. Luther was last
alive on Sunday afternoon, and as he
was known to be a quite man, the sud
den and brutal manner in which he has
been slain is a most unaccountable
afir to the public in that section.