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^ FORT MTTX TIMES. \ _ VOL. XIV. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY II, 190>. NO ji CONGRESSRE - ASSEMBLES What Our National Law Makers Arc Doing Day by Day. Both Houses Re-Convene. "Both the Senate and House of Representatives re-contftied on ?Iunuary 4th. Nothing was done on Thursday, however, beyond meeting ami cdjonmmcut. a good many members being absent from their seats. * '' Champ Clark Democracry.'' ' Champ Clark Democracy'' was cs|Niunded to the delight and entertainment of the House for three hours Friday by Mr. Clark, of Mis sotiti. and constituted (ho feature of 1 ho debate on the Philippine tariff bill. Mr. Clark's spoorlx took a wide range and during its progress lie labeled his political beliefs as above in answer to a question as to what kind of Democrat he really was. He talked of the Philippines and favored the pending bill; he discussed the general tariff question and in particular tiie Herman tariff situation, lie ascribed future greatness to what lie termed the grout "stand pat" disciples one of these. Secretary Shaw, whose record as Secretary of too Treasury included, he said, classii'\ing frogs' legs as poultry and ponies as "household articles" for the collection of revenue, was a logical Republican Presidential jiossibilit.v unless the mantle should fall on "tin gray and grizzled Sjieaker, I nde Joe Cannon." Admit Congress Shirked. The Senate gave attention to the Panama Canal, the situation is Santo Domingo and the merchant marine shipping bill. The canal question came up in connection with a letter 4 1... : !.: 1 ?** ? i voiuvuit in n llll'll, illlltuili other things. lie invited the elosest scrutiny into all tliut had been done by the government in the Isthmus ^ of Panama. Mr. (iornian made that utternuee the text for a speech in which he critisized the salaries paid for work in connection with the canal and ;;-god congressional inquiry, lie said that the President was not so mucli to blame as Congress for his assui; ption of control on the isthmus, and that the chief mistake had been made when t'ongr"s> released its hold upon c.snal affairs. GINNERS' ASS'N SAYS 9.694,096. . Est imate of Cotton Ginned to Dec. 31?98.6 Per Cent. Picked and 97.3 Ginned. Dallas, Tex., Special. Following is the compilation of the reports from cotton ginners over the South, by the National dinners' Association. Figures following names represent, respectively, total, ginned, per cent, picked, and per cent, ginned: Alabama?1.17ti,7t?i>, 99.3, 79. 9; Arkansas?<~>tH>,870, 9ti.S, 92.9; Florida 71.4ii4, 99.4. 99: (Jeorgia 1 ,<4rt7.( (>82. 99.ti. 99.1; Indian Territory? >0> i V-l on si o l >. i....: i - ?, liumauiiii?? 440, 00.2, 95. 4; Mississippi?1,01(5,07.!. 9S.2, 95.0; Missouri?.15.046, 07.0, 95.(5; North Carolina (527,550, 00.2, 07.7: Oklahoma?270.507, 05.0. 91.S; Nontu Carolina?1.0S1.806, 00.(5, 00.1 ; Tennessee 21.1.05(5. OS.2, OS.7; Texas 2.22-4.141, 07.5, 0(5.(5; Virginia ami Km t nek v?15,971, 00.4 0S.0. Total. 0.(504.041. Tin- report is of cotton pinned to Dee. 11. and shows the total per cent, picked as OS.(5, and total pinned as 07.2. The amount pinned from Dee. lit I" 71, inclusive, was 402,041 hales. This, added to the last census report, make.- 0,694,041. Highw.iv Robbery Charged. Durham, Special. Dock Satterlield, colored, is in jail in default of $1,000 hond, the charge being highway robbery. lie was tried and committed Monday afternoon by Mayor (iraham. Before Christmas there was a series of robberies on the streets here, three ladi'-s being robbed at different times. One of these ladies was Mrs. Walter I'ritehard the robber securing; a watch with a diamond setting, a ring and a srnail amount of money. The police arrested Satteriield and tie was identified by Mrs. l'ritehard. There is other cormbalive evidence. Building of N. Y. State Normal Burned. Alhany, N. V., Special.?Fire bfokc out Monday night in the north building of the State Normal College, on Willett street, north of Madison avenue. and <it 10.30 had destroyed the north buildinf. The loss it is believed will reach or exceed $*200,000. against which there is an insurance of $S0,00() permit led by a special act of the Legislature. , * 9 , ?.>!* c. ' > L A:, PERSIDENT ON^THE CANAL Ln Transmitting to Congress Annual Reports of Commission and Secretary Toft's Accompanying Letter, the Chief Executive Denounces Accusations as Work of bensatkmMonger? ond Disappointed Grafters Washington, Sp<viul.?The letter of President Koosevclt transmitting, lo Congress ;he annual reports of the Isthmian Canal commission and the i>? D_?I i n? - - uuaiiui luiimian \ uiupany, lopiuicr with Secretary Taft's letter transmitting tlie same, is as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives: The work on the istlimus is being admirably done, and great progress has been made, especially duriug the la.sl nine months. The plant is being made toady and the organization perfected. The first work to be done was the work of sanitation, the necessary preliminary to the work of actual construction; and this has been pushed <?i ward with the utmost energy and means. In a short while 1 shall lay boi'otv you the recommendations of the commission and of the board of Consulting engineers as to the -proper . inn t:> tie adopted for the canal ittogether with mv own recommcdations thereon. All the work so far has been due, not only with the utmost cxpendition, but in the most careful and thorough r aimer; and what has ben accomplished gives us good reason to believe that the canal will be dug in a shorter time than has been anticipated and at an expenditure within the estimated amount. All our citizens have a right to congratulate themselves upon the high standard of efficiency and integrity which has been hitherto maintained by the representatives of the government in doing this great work. It' this standard of efficiency and integrity ran be maintained in the future at the same level which it has uow reached, the construction of the Panama Canal will be one of the features to which the j>cople of this republic will look back with the highest pride. From time to time various publications have been made, and from time to time in the future various similar publications doubtless will be made, purporting to give an account of job Dory, or immorality, or inefficiency, or misery, as obtaining on the istlinius. I have carefully examined into each of t hose accusations which seemed worthy of attention. In every instance the accusations have proved to he without foundation in any shape or form. They sprint? from several sources. Sometimes they take the shape of statements by irresponsible investigators of a sensational habit of mind, incapable of observing or repeating with accuracy what they see and desirous of obtaining notoriety by widespread slander. More often they originate with, or are given currency by, individuals with a personal grievance. The sensation-mongers, both those who stay at home and those who visit the isthmus, may ground their accusations on false statements by some engineer, who. having applied for service on the commission and been refused such service, now endeavors to discredit his successful competitors, or by some lesser owner or real estate who has sought action or inaction by the commission to increase the value of his lots and is hitter because the commission cannot he used for such purposes; or on the tales of disappointed bidders for contracts; or of olYicc-holders who have proved incompetent or who have been suspected of corruption and dismissed or who have been overcome by panic ami have lied from the isthmus. Every specitie charge relating to jobbery, to immorality or to inefficiency, from whatever source it has come, has been immediately investigated, and in no single instance have the statements of these sensation-mongers and the interested eomplainers behind them proved true. Went to Sleen on Track. Danville, Special. A young man named ! I whose residence is unknown. v. a.-. killed by a train near Hut'-tin, N. He had been employed as a flugma.: and had been sent out to Hag m train. While waiting he fell asleep on the tracks and was run over. The body lias not been called for, and it i> being held for orders. Big Steamer Blown Ashore. Pensaeola, Fla., Special.?The big coast steamer 1'. J. Thistlewood, from Tampa for New Orleans, is on the Gulf beach 20 miles east of Pensaeola bar, where she was blown by the. prevailing gale. The vessel is reported in a dangerous condition, but little IIIMM luaun.i I 'niMt uu "iimuiru runesday regarding her. Tugs left liere at ??nce to go to lior assistance, stopping at the life-saving station to take on board the life-saving crews there, in order that the crew might bo rescued with less danger. ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS ~ Valid Though No Road Built. f Washington. Special.?The case of Grnhum and Marsli. the former auditor and the latter treasurer of Greenwood county. South Carolina, vs. S. J21Ien Folsom and others, was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States adversely to the eonnty. The opinion of the court was delivered by Justice MeKeuua and atlirmed < the decision of the Cnited States t'ireuit Court for the district of South . <1 ?: tl ... * vaK'iuiik. tm." anion was nrougtil to I ^ compel the payment of interest on $2^,000 worth of bonds issued hv 1 township 90, of Abbeville, South Car- I ilona, to aid in the construction of the \ Greenville ?Sc Port Koyal llailroad. The t road was never constructed, hut the Circuit Court held lot- Folsom on the 1 ground that she was an inuoeent purehnser. The case involved the validi- i ty of a South Carolina State law di- ] rectinjr that taxes should not be col- 1 lected to pay bonds given on railroads that were never built, but Aie court held that the obligation of contract ' could not be thus impaired. A' Ready for the Charleston. Charleston. S. Special. -Tin* city j of Charleston is now ready lor the visit of tin? I nited States cruiser Charleston, and when she arrives in the harbor Tuesday afternoon, with ; Secretary Bonaparte on hoard, there ' will be great rejoicing. A public re- t ception will be tendered the Seere- . tary and officers of the Charleston, and of the coast defeueo squadron Tuesday night, and the formal pre- 1 scutation of the beautiful punch 1 bowl, which cost $3,000. will take 1 place Wednesday on board the cruiser. j A magnificent banquet at the Char- . leston Hotel will be the feature of Wednesday night and there will be drives ubout the city, and excursion 1 on the harbor, a fox hunt, to wind 1 up with a hunt dinner at the country home of Congressman Leapare Thurs- j day. The city will expend lifteeu to twenty thousand dollars in making the occasion memorable. 1 Loss at Albany, Ga., $150,000. , Albany, (In., Social. The property i loss caused by the tornado which < Btruek this city and section is con- t servatively estimated at $150,000. The J Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company is the heaviest loser, the damage to 1 their plant being estimated at $50,000. f The Georgia Cotton Oil Company, the * Artesian City Ice Company, the Cen- 1 tral of Georgia Railway Company the ; telephone and telegraph companies ' were heavy losers. It was near noon ' Thsursdav before normal conditions as to wire communications with the 1 outside world were restored. Two 1 dead, four seriously injured and a largo number slightly injured are in- ' eluded in the revised casualty list. ' All the dead and seriously injured are ^ negroes. ^ 1 Beque3t to Elon Involved. ( New York, Special.?A contest over 11 the $900,000 estate of Francis A. Pal- v mor. former president of the Broad- I way Bank, was begun in the Supreme Court Monday. James R. Palmer of San Francisco, 90 years old, and brother of the testator, and Gertrude A. 0 Knapp and Mary ('. Kcpper. of Wul- ? linford, Conn., nieces of the testator, < are the contestants. In his will, Mr. \ Palmer left ahout #100,000 to relatives and friends and the remainder of his fortune to religions and educa- ? tionai institutions and to the Francis ? Asbury Palmer fund. It is with the executors of these latter bequests that the three heirs are contesting, charging that the will was procured by ^ fraud. Among the benoliciaries is ^ Elon College, of North Carolina, #30,000. ?. ?F Slain While Attempting to Ereak Jail. l.ind-Mi. A!.'.. SiM'e. ii.- 1 looker !l Glass, a negro under > .tence to ho | h hanged here Januarv 1 ?was shot and " e instantly killed in the jail by Hepnty a Sheriff Newton Grant. '* The negro was attempting to es- ? cnj>c. Brownlow is the Nominee. The republican congressional committee of the first congressional dis- f met new a meting ai itogersYiiie .? Junction Saturday for the purpose of | |> receiving the names of persons ^vho ; ( desired to qualify for the race for ron- '[ press. The date was the last on which ^ contestants for the repuhliean rotnination for eonpress from that district ' could qualify. As Congressman Wal- ' ter P. ltnownlow was the only eandi- ' date to qualify a primary was deelar- 1 ed necessary and he was deelared the h nominee of the party the election to ' bo held in November, 1906. < TERRIBLE MINE HORROR rerrific Exjplosion in Rcmoto Depths of Immense Operation of Cooper Miua Company, at Coaldale, While Minen Were Crowded With Men, Claims Many Victims. Nearly All Americans, lioeneke, Va_ Special. Twentymo miners were killed in ail explo- | iion I? mir?e ga? in the shaft of the * ii :? /-* ' - i?? wui|?;iiiv ni ? oaiuaie, West Virginia. at noon Thursday. Up to midnight. only one body had >eeu recovered. Immediately follown?r the explosion which was heard lot several miles, rescue parties set to vork to explore the wrecked shaft. Coaldale is a mining town situated n Mercer county on the line of the S'nrfolk & Western Kail way and is 15 miles west of Bluelield. Hut once before in the history ? f the 'ocahontas coal field luis there been nteh a tearful disaster as that in the 'oaldale Coal Company's shaft. The victims of that other disaster sleep n the cemetery at I'oeahontas. At noon, while the mines were rowded with men. there was a sudden md heavy rumbling a mile and more n the depth of the mountain, and hrough the miles of passages and lir shafts of that immense mine the ihoek was felt. Before the detonaiotis had died out. Hank Boss Thomas Williams, who was a lout* distance :rom the explosion, staggered to his feet, and feel in if his way to a mine elephone, called to those on the outride that i ere had been a territic explosion of mine gas and asked for telp. Gathering about the entrance, tastening crowds urged by cool heads xnd anxious hearts hurried to prepare 'or the rescue of the missing ones and in examination of the wrecked workings. At 4 o'clock the remains of one nan was brought out. lie was II. C. onrait, ami his body was literally orn to pieces. 11i-. el Piling was hangi g in shreds. I j) tn *i Into hnir at night, no bodies ;ail been leeovered. Thcie was con- | >idcrahlc suiokc ami gas in tIn* curies, ami iiotwithstnmli'iz lho fact | hat tin* big fans were in good order unl vveei \orking with lull capacity, he gas and smoke were not being Iriven out very fast. The following are ilie dead, and heir bodies are stil!. wh'n the cx>0]dion of Conrad. burin'. ia (!: mine: I. \V. I.arne. W. Lam*, dim Slnss. .araz Aladar. Hungarian: Anthony irnce, Pole; 11. ('. Conrad, Silas iVhite, dohn Patterson, (Jus Harris, iY. T. Sullivan. William Price, Wiliam Ward, Walter (J. Winn, Siph ray, Steeling Williams, Albert Barium, Nathan Hairston, William Cury, Silas Harris, June Kelly, Lee *riee. The Couldale corporation is owned nd operated by ilie Cooper Brothrs, who tie also the owners of the Jill Cree; and McDowell Coal and dke Companies. The Coaldale plant s considered one of the host opera n'liT. in in- ui'i i. iMiwnnl tooper is 11 tlu* glnuud supervisinjj the wmk f rescue. Mr. Grady's Home Burned. Fredericksburg, Special. Mr. I *ufT Irmly. ol Spottsvlvania county, lost is residence by tire Sunday. A part f the furniture was saved, l.oss, 1,000; no insurance. South Atlantic League Meets. iavnuuali. (In.. Special.- The annual iceting of the S.uitli Atlantic Haseail League was held here this afleroon and Charles \V. I'oyer was leleetetl presidim. This was upon liis linouneeiiieiit that lie would sell the >eal froteliisc. The salary of the president was lade $1,500 a year, to inelude the disharge ot the duties of seeretary. $500,00 Fire in Kansas City. Kansas City. Mo.. Sneeinl?Vi??? Jr. ho retail quarter caused a loss of .">0.000, dsertoving Ilie three-story rick building of the Columbus Buggy Company, in Walnut street, onar 'enth, the adjoining building oeeuiied by the Kimball Piano Company ml 111?? Hettinger Brother's Manuaeturing Company and damaged tlio "ommeree Building, oeepied partly by lie National Bank of Commerce. The ank's loss was contined ]>rineipally i> an audition which it built to the lommcrre Building about a year ago. I TO DELICA 1 Yon wilT never get wel d py, hearty and free irom p;i M constitution. with a nerve tonic, like Wine?-d I It Makes Pale 3ft It is a Dure. harm1<??? rti^rlir ingredients, which relieve female p: si backache, bowel ache, doziness, c M ation, dragging dc wn pains, etc. ^ It is a buildir g. strength-makii $ medicine that is t ertain to do you Sold by every druggest in Sl.( WriTE US A LETTER ? freely and frankly, in strictest confidM eace, toll.r.g us all y ur s\ acinus and ?| troubles. We will send : ; advice JE fin plain sealed e veionc), how to 4/f cure them. Address Ladies' Advisory Dept., The Chatham 'ga Atcdicuie Co., fiB Chattanooga, Tenn. NEWSY XOTESL . 4 TTall f'ai 110 contemplates writing a life of Christ. The.v have taken to fitting ladies with hosiery in the shoe stores at I.opeer. Mich. A Tosati named Dismnke has been married three times and is the father of thirly-one children. Mrs. E. I*. Chalmers, of Helena, S. C.. has a pair of spectacles that are more than -<m> years old. Subscriptions to tlie Dr. Bernardo memorial fund, in I.ondon. England, now amount to about S20o.000. The American Bible Society, it was reported recently, found itself for the first time in a quarter of a century in debt. In the tii t five days of Congress fourteen proposed amendments of the Constitution were submitted in the House. At tiie recent auction of tlie jewels of tiie late Maliaraua of Dhoipur. the State crown of pearls and diamonds I was put up for sale. The invaluable private library of the i I'aeifie Coast historian, H. H Bancroft, has now pass ,1 under the control of the I'niversiiy of California. English educational and sanitary authorities are d:-' ussing the ndvisabll11y of sulisiiiining cheap paper and pencils for slates in schools. Because, in one day of ion hours, recently. the almshouse barber at Bothtial Croon. I.ondon. shaved -it" men. there is sunt' tiill; of raising his wall's. When about to lip married. a young viimaii in Westphalia discovered that her birth had nt'VPi* been registered, and so lior birth and marriage worft a n 11011 in-Pit si ii ml tan pon sly. A young man named Cantied murdered his stepfather oil I ipceniher >, at Nantes, I'T.ince, in order tliat the term of hi- service as a eonserinpt ii< 1 yrlit he one year instead of two years, as the "only son of a widow." Cotton Committee Changes Meeting to New Orleajis. Atlanta. I la., Special. The executive enixiuiitlee of' the Southern <'niton Association will hull its annual meeting: at New' Orleans. -Ian lary 15 noil 1 fi. The meeting set for the same date> at llot Springs, Ark- litis been called off on account of the aieeling of the t 'otton Association at New Orleans this week, at which place the executive committee will hold its regular annual meeting. A noted sing r -ay- that high col lars spoil inr voire, rropir wmi i""K nooks and no voi? *.- v.*.II onntond that SiiKh collars p off th.* wind admirably I ! We Never Disappi We Fulfill Every Promise and IS!t JViinr Stricture without (Ur l? ! IV C> UUnC p.ill) or detention frooi j cured tivVKr to ruiuru, without uierrur il . ,, Vigor 1'oaltlvn rho ,)r Kln? * >> .mix,- '^^keajl lawiuftbr HUM ? /jrjSfgr** tierroiiaandchra VS \ tnu inttitutlon. I l Stf \ by a Hall of mill ft AjfafjmM "ur suci-eli In fitSW KV c'1: weusoboth i 'TiWB' * \ Our oUci's are i v3?k Ir*. X-ray, violet il ?B> +*"\ O'liitrlranro knoa . 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' ?el'. >n\ uja husband that Cardui is v H weight in gold to all suftei i: ' r ROM IN KXT I'HOrEK The present l'ope is the first to tn? d til Re in rigors. Kx-Govei nor Eerily, of Kansas, is now Mayor of Yuldez. in Alaska. LicutenanM Jencral OliaiTee does not voluntarily give up his post as chief of stafi". King Kilward has given $10,r>00 and the Prince of Wales S.VJ."iO l'or the aid. of the unemployed. M. Forrer was recently elected President of the Swiss Confederation, iu succession to M. Rucliet. Senator Thomas C. Piatt, attended R ?< iiuinh i oik ? ny I ll?? Oilier day and save I ho bride away. It is reported that the Kmir of Afghanistan contemplates the removal of his capital to a more northern site. John M. (leargin. recently appointed United States Senator from Oregon, will be the poorest man in that body. senator Clark, of Wyoming, a State with but ttT.Oblt population, is Chairman of the great Judiciary Committee. (ieneral A. B. Aylesworth. Ontario's new I'ostiuastei (Ieneral. is described as closely resembling Abraham Lincoln, in appearance. Sir Henry Campbell Bnnncrmau. according to the Dundee Advertiser, seems to he the lirst Crime Minister of purely Celtic strain. Coionel William 1\ t'od.v ("Buffalo Bill") has been otlieially appointed instructor to the balloon companies of the Uoyal Kngineers at AUlershot. Not long ago the Sultan of Turkey presented a Herman prince with four splendid white Arabian horses and a groom who could speak only Turkish. King Heorge of Hrecce, while strolling about incognito, failed to answer the challenge of a sentry and was tired at, but escaped with a rent in his overcoat. Next day he summoned the sentry to tlie palace and thanked him for his devotion. Row of Houses Tumble. Now York. SjM'rinl. According to a special from Havcrslrow, N. Y., a eavein there shortly before midnight Monday carried away twelve houses liwl 1"* no euf tvu o ??n ?* i IL'CI ?<? 1? ?" reported that thej wore killed. The houses, it is reported, were precipitated over a clay hank. The debris caught Are and the lives of a number of persons were endangered. The laiid slip caused the breaking of a water main and it was impossible to secure water to put out the tire. Plans Railroad in Africa. The Portuguese government will build a railroad iron* Peiagoa bay to Swaziland. That adds one move to the many "openings up" in Africa. lint Our Patients. I He*er Hold Out Falsi Hopes. | nlfe or bougln and VHrlcor?le wltliont > biHint'N.; VonlHKioui I.looil PoNon B J or mliinral mlxturr; I ukh of Mnuiy f a y ouirn, no m I 111 II Hit IJ Dili |nrmi?nf ni. led I nil Co. la an Institution orgsnUed under tho H of Georgia for the treatment arid cure of all nl?' <1 ssa?rs. |>r. N. K. Hum. the founder of a the chief consulting specialist, bring oaaisted icnt physicians nnd surgeons. ill-! treatment of chronic diseases la uosurpssincxlli al ami electrical agencies, equipped wlili a I thir p.manic, faradlc. bstteri?y. arid UnM'n ray: In fnct. every electrical in to the medical profession. Ourranltarlum In / respect, nnd we employ none hut the best dent attendants, regularly qualified graduates llclana being In charge. > misleading means to aecuro patients and (?. Il.'sor unasked for literature are sent not Our terms for treatment average from fi> On tj.. I medicines Included * and wc gl vo I tie assuritliln n spGclfle't time. criars We successfully treat and ncrmaui.AeCd< nently cure sll chronic dScasen iey and nimbler troubles, Itheiimatlnm, irorelo. Drain* Losses, otc.. and all Prlvnte <: and mall*mint tr. nM'S. Cr.ttirrll of the ead and Lungs. Diseases of Kyo tmd Kar, iisi of Women, aueh as Displacements, ( irgex. and s ich wenlcncssea of women. m on If you are sick or allllc.ted. On request we M g symptom blanks for homo treatment. td TION AM) ADVIL I - Fit UK n If