The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, July 07, 1910, Image 1
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I ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 7,1910. VOL. 16. NO. 23. ; !
! II i "LAME LION Of
PASSER
^ | K Senator Daniel Succumbs to
' Cerebral hemorrhage.
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iff'"MME OF SOUTH S BRAVEST SONS.
0 Illness Began Last October in Philar
delphia?Recent Paralysis Weaken1
ed His Condition?Hia Death a
I National Loss.
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Lynchburg, Special.?John W. EXanI
iel, senior Senator from Virginia and
$or more than 30 years Virginia's fa'
. " vorite son, died, here Wednes*
' j?,. ?i u:_ j ? it ? - ?
vm^y ui^ui, ui? utrinii oeiD^ aue io a recurrence
of paralysis. The immediate
) cause of his death was a cerebral
hemorrhage which occurred at noon
' Wednesday in the flight portion of
, . his brain, involving right side. This
was in addition to ih<? paralysis of the
I left side, which was sustained last
* whiter, while in.. Florida for his
\ stiltespian's. illness began with
a sliglift.Vttack of apoplexy in Phila*
delpliia last October, this keeping him
( from being in his scat at the opening
of Congress last December. Only once
I since that time had he appeared before
an audience and that was for an
informal talk in January.
John.Warwick Daniel.
I John Warwick Daniel was the only,
son of William Daniel, Jr., and Sa/ali
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JOHN WAR
Ann Warwick Daniel. He was born
t> in Lynchburg on September 5, 1842,
and was, therefore, in his 68th year
when death ensued. His only sister is
Mrs. Don P. Ilalsey of Washington,
D. C. He was married November 23,
1869, to Julia Elizabeth Murrell,
daughter of Dr. Edward H. Murrell, of
Lynchburg.
Major Daniel was from a long line
of lawyers, for his father was a note<|
'jurist, having been a member of the
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
from 1846 to 1865, and his paternal
grandfather, William Daniel, Sr., was
the second judge of the superior court
of chancery of Lynchburg.
When the war. bet ween the States
broke out Major Daniel entered the
army of the Confederacy as a second
lieutenant in company A of the 11th
Virginia Infantry, He was soon
_?,i? auu i?i-i ?-i it.? - t
uiw?n iimb iicuiciiaui ttiiu men aujurt?nt
of bis regiment and still latef
. A'd called to the rank of major and
of the staff of General Jubal A.
Early. He was four times wounde<l,
.the last wound in the battle of the
"Wilderness in 18f?4 inen|?citating him
for further service. This wound
came near causing death for several
arteries were severed, but bis comrades
carried him to safety. It is
claimed * that Major Daniel _ received
k ? liis wound after having rescued Gen*
x eral Lee from a serious condition. This
wound shattered his left thigh,- necessitating
the use of cmtches until
death. He was mentioned officially
upon numerous times for galleatrv
' and daring bravery. Gen. John B.
Gordon apoke of him as "the brave
and brillnat Daniel." Later Har
LYNCHBURG"
AWAY PEACEFULLY.
per's Weekly wrote of him, "He is
rich in influence in the Senate but
poor in purse," and a few years ago
Dr. E. A. Alderman, president of the
University of Virginia, referred to
torn as "That Spartan man of integrity.
''
He was a member of the
House of Delegates from 1869 to
1872. He was in the State Senate
from 1875 to 1881, being a member of
the State Senate when he was nofninated
for Governor upon the Democratic
ticket in 1881. He was defeat
ed by William E. Cameron. In 1884
he was elected to the House of Representatives,
Forty-ninth Congress.
Before expiration of this term he defeated
the late John S. Barbour for
the seat in the Federal Senate, to succeed
Gen. William Mahone upon the
term beginning March 5, 1887. In December,
1891, he was unanimously
elected to succeed himself. Six years
later for the third term he had fio
opposition and in January there was
no opposition in his party for his reelection,
for the term which would
have ebgun March 4, 1911, had he
lived.
Major Daniel was a Democratic
elector at large in 1876 and delegate
at large to Democratic national convention
of 1880, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900
and 1908.
There is one interesting chapter in
the life of Senator Daniel with which
the public was never familiar. His
father, a man of prominence and
wealth, although his fortune considerably
impaired hv war, still hod a good
practice. He was one of those who
fores?w the greait commercial development
of the country and he interested
himself in numerous speculative enterprises.
He was sanguine to the ]>oint
of visionary. Everything seemed to
mam/
C0*rM/*M r
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WICK DANIEL.
him to be promising and he subscribed
liberally to tsock in concerns, the future
of which seemed to be bright. In
1873, when death came, it was discovered
his estate was insolvent. There
were claims over and above the assets
which amounted to more than $100,000.
These claims were assumed by
Major Daniel. He had been with his
father in the practice of law but
there was no legal or moral obligation
upon him to settle theje accounts. He
could have left them unpaid, but that
was not John Warwick Daniel. He
chose otherwise ftud his decision was
to pay. To him it seemed the only
honorable course, even if it took a
lifetime. Accordingly he notified the
creditors and be began upon the task
of paying principal as well as interest.
That was thirty-five years ago.
During these thirty-five years he lived
upon the smaller portion of bis income,
the major portion of it gainer to
the creditors ot' his father and at the
age of 65 years he had the satisfaction
of discharging the last of his father's
old obligations in fall.
Major Daniel was a loyal advocate
of the "Lost Cause" and his last
pnblic talk, for it was a talk and not
an address, was on the anniversary of
the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee,
whose life he saved in 1864, this year,
when it was observed by GarlandRod
es Camp. Living in Campbell
eountv, Major Daniel was a member of
Dearing Camp, of Rustburg, having
been the first and only commander
of this camp. None felt that he was
too humble to be noticed by the man
who had been horored by a nation
and it was never hard to get hie attention.
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BIG RAISE FOR R. R. MEN,
Through Mediators All Employee:
Granted Increases in Wages.
Washington, Sj>ecial.?Official announcement
was made by th<
mediators Saturday that an amicable
adjustment of the controversy between
the railroads in the Southeastern
territory and their conductor'
and trainmen had been reached
The agreement signed provides for i
suusianuai increase 111 wages ot th<
employes an<l improved condition!
and hours of labor. The adjustment
also will avert a threatened strik<
of 10,000 men. which would hav<
Invo'ved approximately 40,000 others
The settlement reached is regarded
as a distinct victory for the employers,
although concessions were
made by both sides.
The men have been granted an increase
of wages ranging from 10 per
cent to 40 per cent.
Some of the men receive a per diem
wage, others receive pay in accordance
with the number of miles
they cover each day and yet others
are paid according to the distance
they travel and the sjieed made by
their trains.
When the controversy was submitted
to the mediators, Chairman
Martin A. Knapp, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and Dr.
Charles Xeill, Commissioner of
Labor. 20 days ago, 13 separate demands
were made upon the railways
by their employes. Of these 13 demands,
the representatives of the
employes have scored a victory on
practically all.
Meeting Southern Textile Association.
Augusta, Ga.. Special.?The Southern
Textile association just before adjourning
Saturday elected the following
oflicers: President, W. P. Ham
rn:K, superintendent uiympia nulls,
Columbia, S. first vice president,
Arthur T. Smith, superintendent
I^antjley Manufacturing company,
Lnnglcv, S. C.; second vice president,
E. E. Brown, overseer, Great Falls
Manufacturing company, Rockingham,
N. C.; third vice president, F.
N. Mclntvre, superintendent Loray
mill, Gastonia, N. fourth vice
president, M. E. Stevens, superintendent
Columbus Manufacturing
company, Columbus, Ga.; chairman
board of governors, M. G. Stone, general
superutendent Pacolet Manufacturing
company, Spartanburg, S.
C.; members of board, S. 11. Rhea,
master mechanic Monagluin mills,
Greenville, S. C.; G. T. Lynch, superintendent
Enterprise mill, Augusta,
Ga.; \\\- I'. Hardeman, overseer
wearing, Newberry cotton mills, Newberry
S. C.; secretary, G. S. Eseott,
editor Mill News, Charlotte, N. C.;
treasurer, David Clarke, editor Textile
Manufacturer, Charlotte, N. C.
On motion of G. S. Eseott, it was
decided that in future there shall h?
only two instead of three meetings
of the association each year to 1)4
held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving
day and the nearest Saturday
to the Fourth of July.
On invitation of the Greater Char
lotte club, it was decided tbat the
next meeting will be held at Charlotte,
N. C.
Three Killed at Bull Fight.
Pueblo, Max., Special.?Miss Ix>ui?e
Duran, Ixuiis Ruiz and Ivouis Florez
were killed during a bul figh,t in the
San Antonio Tezovo Haehienda Sunday.
Ruiz was manager of the
Hacienda and Florez was a eowhoy.
The fight was an amateur affair, participated
in by people on the Hacienda.
Miss Durao was in imminent
peril during one stage of the fight and
Ruiz and Florez rushed to her aid.
The infuriated bull gored the woman
and the two men.
Direct Primary Bill Defeated.
Albany, N. Y., Special.?The combined
influence of President Taft,
Theodore Roosevelt and Governor
Hughes failed tx> save (fhe jL'obb
direct nominations bill from defeat
in the Assembly. The House voted
80 to 62 to endorse the action of the
Assembly judiciary oommittee, which
rej>orted the measure adversely.
Why Did Price Escape?
New York, Special.?On motion of
United State* District Attorney
Wise, under instructions of Attorney
General Wickersham, indictments
found in 1908 against Theodore H.
Price, the cotton operator, Moses
Haas, Frederick A. Peckham and Edwin
S. Holmes. Jr., for conspiracy in
' connection with the cotton report
leak were quashed by Judge lland
in the United States circuit court.
Holmes, Haas and Beckham pleaded
guilty to similar indictments in
Washington last week and Holme*
and Peckham paid fines of (5.00C
each and Haas one of 96,000.
imMk .
. THE NEWS MINUTELY TOLD
9 The Heart of Happenings Carrel
Prom the Whole Country.
The dry dock Dewey at Manilla
has been rased. It is now restored
' to its normal bouyancy and apparent.
ly is not very seriously damaged.
n r* r* . ? ?
vreosge n. fuinara, of Davenport.
. Iowa, has been appointed commissioner
of lighthouses at $5,000 paT
' annum, and Arthur V. Canover, of
1 Passaic, N. J., deputy tender at $4,?
000. These appointments mark the
3 first mprovement of the reorganiza^
tion in the lighthouse service.
} A bill intended to knock out prize
fights and glove contests of auy kind
J in Georgia. has been introduced in
the upper branch of the General Assembly.
Boxing contests at present
are staged in Atlanta. Savannah and
Macon.
The President has signed an order
abolishing the Bureau of Equipment
in the Navy Department and distributing
its functions among the
other bureaus of the department, in
accordance with the recommendations
of the Swift board.
The upper branch of the Ixmisiana
legislature has not only gone on reoord
as opposed to woman suffrage,
but refused to allow women to act as
members of board of an educational
or charitable nature, even though appointed
to such boards by men.
By failing to act on the joint resolution
providing for the reinstatement
of the West Point Cadets who
were dimissed for the hazing of
young Sutton last summer, the House
Committee on Military Affairs has
knocked out the chances of the cadets
in question for reinstatement at the
coming session of the Military Academy.
One man is dead, one is fatally
wounded and seven other persons are
in a hospital with more or less serious
wounds as the result of a duel
fought on one of Cleveland's most
crowded thoroughfares Thursday. The
trouble started in a quarrel between
Frank Viena and Antoine Mercurio,
over the alleged treatment of Mercurio
of his wife, Viena's sister.
Though it had first decided to meet
in Mobile, Ala., the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen,
o.,......I : oi r?--i *?
"> QI.UIIU1 r>u:?aiuil llj O I. IUUI, .M 11111.,
has reversed its decision and selected
Washington for the li) 11 convention.
W. ('. Kiddick, a telegrapher of
West Virginia, and Miss Tlielma
Smith, of Americus, Cla., met at Bristol,
Ya., after a correspondence of a
year, and were married by Rev. II.
W. Leslie. They were well pleased
when they met, and neither favored
a postponement of the marriage.
Word was received at Des Moines,
Iowa, from Chicago, that Rudolph J.
Faas, driving a ear in the Glidden
tour, has fallen heir to a fortune of
$1,500,000 through the death of his
grandfather, Rudolph A. Faas, of
Wurtemberg, Germany. The news
found no more surprised man than
Faas himself.
The one bright thing about the
exodus of congress this year is the
absonee of typewriters and other
freight matter going through the
mails with a Congressional frank
stuck on. The great moral wave
which has been riding the country
from four directions has had its effect.
The college trained lawyer will
solve the great legal and economic
questions of government of this and
the next generation, declared Attorney
General Wickersham, who was the
princpal speaker before the law school
graduates at Harvard commencement
exercises Tuesda}-.
Five men were killed and eleven
injured, two of them probably fatally,
by an explosion which first wrecked
and then set fire to the saloon of
Edward Bushay, five miles north of
Minneapolis, TTiursday.
Charged with poisoning the chickens
of John Conde by feeding them
macaroni mixed with soaked-match
heads, Dominic Maturo, a lamp-lighter,
was fined $4 and costs by Justice
Cr&iner at Derby, Pa.
United States Senator Samuel
Douglas McEnery of Louisiana, died
at New Orleans. Senator McEnery
arrived from Washington Tuesday
suffering from an attack of indigestion.
Armed with knives, and keeping
their word to meet at sunrise in the
woods near Maefarland Park, in West
Tampa, Fla., Mario Adalo and another
Cuban, whose identity has not yet
been established, fought until both
fell from loss of blood. Adalo died
within a lew minutes. The unknown
man escaped.
Mrs. Jas. S. Sherman, wife of the
Vice President, who is a patient at
the Johns Hopkinsv Hospital, was
Thursday reported in an improved
i condition. Though all information
i as to her ailment is refused at the
i1 hdapital and by her physicians, it is
I understood thft she is suffering from
a nervous breakdown.
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Former State Senator E. J. Em- I
mons, of Bakersfteld, Cal., wlio was |
expelled from the Senate on February
27. 190">. and later sentenced to .
five years in prison for accepting a ?
bribe, became a free man Thursday,
when Oiovernor Qiliett signed an absolute
pardon.
The Academy of Medicine at Paris E
listened with deep interest to a lecture
by Dr. Caumont. who proved
that typhoid fever was propagated ?
by dogs, who, bo said, easily contract
the bacilli.
Joseph Thomas. SJ years old, an inventor,
who, among other things, is
credited with originating the hoopskirt,
which was popular from 1850
to 1870. is dying at his home in ai
lloboketi of disabilities incident to C|
old age. lie has been ill for several c<
months. Thomas' invention, which g
included many improvements on the
sewing machine, devices for the munuiacture
of sulphur matches, and a
contrivance to make derby hats,
brought him a comfortable fortune,
lie made $50,000 from the hoop- 1
skirt idea. | ^
Two Unfortunate Boys.
Washington. Special.?Ely It. Run- ?
yon. of Richmond. Va., and .lulian P. q
Whichard, <>f Atlanta, were each held ^
in $1,500 bail in poliee court Saturday
on a charge of housebreaking.
Hail was not furnished. Mrs. Emily
E. ('. Ruuyoti. physician and sutTra- ^
gist, of Ruhmond, came to see her ^
son. who was held for housebreaking.
Mrs. Kunyou says the boy's brain is
abnormal and that he steals he- j.
cause of an atllietion
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Col. Watterson's Son in Trouble.
Kingston. X. V.. Special.?Ewing j
Watterson. the son of Col. Henry t
Watterson. the well known l.ouisville.
Kv.. editor, was arraigned Sal- t
unlay at Saugerties on a charge of
assault, (irst degree. It is charged i
that Watterson. who is forty years i
old. shot and wounded Miehael Mar- t
tin. a saloon keeper at Saugerties.
An application for hail was refused i
by Police .Justice Row? and the f
prisoner was committed to the King- k
stun jail for further examination next
Thursdav. s
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Anxious For Postal Banks.
Washington .Special.?Because Con- t
(Vi'neo ?# Iwi -.1-.-. 1 r
?l I IIV ,|IIM riiis"U pass- *
oil the bill providing for postal savings
banks people are already writ- 11
ma: Senatoi-s and liepresentatives to c
know when and where the deposi- t
tories will he established. Many of v
the inquiries seem to indicate that b
the writers of the letters have an v
idea they can right oft' put their
money in'the keeping of I'nele Sam.
It wjll he some time before any depositories
will be established, as there d
is a vast amount of preparatory work
What Pposcvelt's Bride Wore.
New York. Speeinl.?The bride
wore a high necked gown of solid ei
white satin and tulle, richly trimmed 01
with duchesse laee which bad lieen ! d<
worn bj' the bride's mother and ! T
grandmother at their weddings. Her i
train was three yards long and her j K1
veil fell to .her waist. The bride's ' lt
mother. Mrs. Henry Addison Alex- SJ
ander, gave her awny. Mrs. Alexan- ai
der wore a pale yellow chiffon gown,
with a Ivouis XV train of blue and
gold brocade and a large hat trimmed tl
with a single, laxge ostrich feather. ai
'oosevelt's Southern Tour.
New Orleans, Special.?Resolutions w
were passed by the Merchants' Club rt
of New Orleans inviting former Tresi- ai
dent Roosevelt to visit this city Octobef
15. Tlie secretary of the organi- w
zation was also directed to take up the c<
matter of Colonel Roosevelt's Sonth- ol
ern trip with the secretaries of sim- 0<
ilar organizations in Memphis, Birmingham,
Charlotte and Richmond. n'
Mr. Roosevelt already has an en- ^
gagement in Atlanta October 17 for w
"Uncle Remus Day." ^
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The Avatar of Wall Street.
For about the fiftieth time James _
R. Keene has been figuring eonaplc- w
uously in a sensational stock deal,
to wit, 'the Hocking Valley affair." in
'For 25 years he has been figuring fp
conspicuously in such affairs. Hard)' gj
anything sensational has happened in
that length of time, in Wall street.
in which Mr. Keene has not ^ad * H
hand. The history of the street for di
a generation past might almost he dt
written about his personality. He A
was one of the leading operators
when he was but 22 years old, and th
now, at the age of f>7, he is one of
the most active and one of the most oi
dreaded men than scan a ticker. He oi
has played th? game, as partner or iv
antagonist, with Jav OmiM nna Bh?.
sell Sage and H. O. Havemeyer and "
William C. Whitney and Edward H.
Harrlman and Henry H. Rogers ana 0]
J. IMerpont Morgan. He has failed (y
and recovered over and over again. Oi
and today Is supposed to possess a
modest little competence of $20,000,000.?Current
Literature.
Nearly 39,000 persons visited T
Shakespeare's home In 1909.
licit COSI REASONS I
nvestigating Committee Disagree
as to Causes.
iEPORT AN EXHAUSTIVE ONE.
enate Refused to Give $65,000 More
to Extend Work of the Committee
"of Inquiry Into the High Cost of
Living?In Nine Years the Wholesale
Price Level Advanced 14.5.
? asmngton, special.?ltepublicans
nd Democrats do not agree as to the
iuscs for the great Increase in the
>st of living between 1900 and 1910.
The majority report of the special.,
enate committee which has investiated
those questions is an exhausive
one, compiled from testimony
iven by l'orty-one witnesses, reports
;ceived from consuls and ir:>m forign
governments. It contains large
uuiber of tables giving the rt ge of
rices over the last decade. Tue mairitv
charges that its work was retricted
by reason of the refusal of
be Senate to appropriate the $65,00
asked for by the committee, which
rould have been used to employ
gents in the lield.
The majority of the committee
ound that of tlie many causes conributing
to the advance in prices the
ollowing were most marked:
Increased cost of production of
arm products, by reason of higher
and values and higher wages.
Increased demand for farm products
and food.
Shifting of population from foodlroducing
to food-consuming occupaions
and localities.
Immigration of food-consutoing lo:alities.
Reduced fertility of land resulting
n lower average production' or in
ncroa'sed expenditures for fertilizaion.
Increased banking facilities in agicultural
localities, which enabled
armers to hold their crops and market
thoni to the best advantage.
It was found that this nod only A
toadied prices, hut had a tendency..*
o increase them. 1
Reduced supply convenient j
ran sport at ion facilities of such com^/
noddies us timber. _
Cold storage plants, which result ,^
a preventing extreme fluctuations of
rices of certain commodities with
lie seasons, but by enabling the
wholesalers to buy and sell at tf|
est possible advantage tend to o
ance prices. roc
Increased cost of distribution. . hei
Industrial combination.
Organization of producers m re sti
ealers. tuedt
Increased money supply.
Over capitalization. , rur.
Higher standard of living. jj ln
The foregoing findings were gat
ed by measuring the prices of 2t tpe
>mmodities included in the price uiJOUt
ex number of the Bureau of Lab
liese commodities were grouped i, eiabic
advance noted for the diffeyninent
roups during the period from 1
> 1009, inclusive. The general wl unown
de price level in the United S(. young
Ivaneed during that period 14.
Spelling Some. -?e uol
McAlester, Oklahoma, Speed ng of t
ie Oklahoma State "spelling
t Oklahoma City, Miss Bessie C-vilen
aurteen years old. of McAlesmm
as declared the champion when 1
imaining opponent spelled "la
num" the 2,021st word incc
ad she correctly. A 11: of
ords first was given to the score
mtestants. Miss Oliver and
:her girl spelled all of them. Tw
:her words thgn were given to t
iu, one ai a tune, and both sp
1 of them. On the next word
liver'9 opponent "missed."
inner will represent the Stat
ie spelling contest at the ax
?eting of the National Educat
ssociation.
misiana Objects to Imported I
Baton Rouge, La., Special.-^/
iportation of bahies into Louipc
om orphan institutions in <
ates was severely condemned
e Louisiana Parish and Muni
ealth Officers' Association her
scussing the question, Superi
rnt Pierson, of the State I
sylum at Jackson, declared:
"The deposit of these helple?
b creatures coming possibl
rown from tainted progenitor'
ir midst is simply planting tin
: greater degeneration, more d
es, idiots, imbeciles and alcoho
Total AnTimnri'W??" v? "?
..rr? iwvivito u/ v?uu
Washington, Special.?Ti
riations made by the e?;\ '
oeress just closed amounte 1
>7,133,446. Pearso
^ to tbosi
dred. 'i.
President Taft at Bererl10t wort
Washington, Special. ? PitJ ot buj
aft last Tuesday to spend t*r.
tree or four months at