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FORT MILL TIM FR ': 15THYEAR. FORT MILL. 8. C., TOURSDAY, AUGUST 23,1906. NO. 21. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina - ?? MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover mg a Wide Range?What is Going Oa in Our State. Columbia Cotton Market. Tin* cotton market was steady. Low middling- II St rid low middling 0 1-2 Strict low middling 51 2-4 Middling ltl 1-H Strict middling 11) '1-8 Good middling 10 1-2 Charlotte Cotton Market. (Jood middling 10 1-4 Strict middling 10 1-4 Middling.. ..' 10 1-8 Tinges and stains 7 1-2 to !) 1-2 State News Briefs. Petition Ii?is been tceeived front the hiir ??1 Hnrnwell asking for a special term of civil court to lust three weeks beginning in October. There are said t be a large number of eases on the tloeU'd. A eoimiiission was issued to the Carolina-Honduras Mining Company, wliieb will have its principal office in Charleston and do business on a eapiial of $Ti.OUU. The eompanv will develop certain gold mining: property it lias acquired ami \\>j. Sehirmer . ml W. F. Jordan are the ineorporatoi s. tiovernor Hoy ward has received a letter ft<un the sj?eeial eommission appointed to survey the line between Kdgt hi ill and Aiken counties stating thai the appropriation for the work was too small and asking to be relieved of their duties. This will probably affect the efforts now being made to establish a new countv out of the territory in that section. Died'at Age of 103. Aiken. Special.?Mr. Micael Anderson died at his home in Glo^ersville a few days ago a! the ape oL' .103 years. It was stated in a previous report that Mr. Cass Weatherford, who died at the ape of 07 years, was the oldest man in Aiken county; but that was a mistake. The correspondent did not know of Mr. Anderson at the time that report was written. Mr. Anderson was veteran of threo wars, lie was married twiee and was the father of 23 children, now scattered all over the State. Mr. Anderson was an honest, sober, patriotic and industerious citizen, and was re!lV till wltA ITio remains were buried in I lie* Langley cemetery in tin: presence of a large iiiiiuIhm* of friends and relatives. Mr. Anderson's long life can most probably tie attributed to the tempurnte habits and simple manner of living. Cut Guard's Throat, Escape. I'hnrlestou, Special.?Feigning illness, three negroes, Alonzo Godwin. Jlammond Wilson and George Kenny, eo;.v f ts serving long terms on the chain gang of the sanitary and drainage commission work nca,r Ashley ?lnet ion stopped in the stockade having asked tor water, seized and overpowered II. ('. Stello, the white guard, ami cut. his throat with n butcher "knite Two '"trusties" at the stock adc wo 10 locked in by the men, who ransacked the guard's rooms, donned ei\iiian clothes* and escaped into the nearby swamps. The moil contrary l?> rules, were not chained on the .-lockade. The trusties broke out and s, -ead the alarm. A sheriff's posse is scouring the woods with bloodhounds. From Bounded Warehouses. The state board of dispensary directors adjourned after a two-days' session. Ma.j. John Black was not able to attend the meetings on account of sickness. The board decided ?to put into affect, a resolution adopted some time ago to buy goods in bulk from bonded warehouses. The advertisements for purchases for this quarter will contain a notice to that effect. New Rural Route. Mayesvillo, Sp rial. ?Tin* postoihce department lia> ordered tin- establishment <>f a niral free delivery route out from this olliee, service beginning October 1. This route will eover tlie "round now covered by a star route except that > will go further down towards Sardii a, as far as tli?> old Cooper place. It will eanse the closing of,the Goodwill postolllee. This route was worked out by the present postmaster of Goodwill in wliieb he was greatly helped by oiir hustling congressman, Mr. A. F. Fever. The examination for carrier will be held | Sept. 8. \ EARTHQUAKE LOSS HEAVY Property Loss is Even Placed as High as $'250,000,000. or More Than Every Stick and Stone of v;he Community Can Possible Be Worth? Known Dead Placed by Refugee at 100. But Figures Still Run as High as 2.000. There continues confusion of statements as to the inagnittide of the disaster to Valparaiso caused by the earthquake shocks which bewail oil Thursday, August J(?, ami continued at frequent intervals throughout that ami the uevi two days. 1 >ispalehes I mm \ :?I j?;?r:ii?*?? ro the. Assoeiated Press state dial a moderatc estimate o| the fatalities is 2,000 and tiiai the properly loss may be as high as $2*>0.()On.OOO. which latter is as ureal as the loss sustained 1>\ San Francisco in eonsepnenee of the earthqualcv and fire devastated that city last A pi il. A refugee who has arrived at Santiago plaees the known Valparaiso dead at 100. and other messages' iudieate that lirst reports of damages and easualiies were greatly exaggcrated. Dispatehes to the State |)epartineut at Washington place the fatalities at about 500. These eontlietinu statements eniuiot at this time be adjusted. It is evident that eveh yet eon fusion and panie prevail at . Valparaiso and until order is restored it will he impossible to ascertain with j ac.'uraev the loss to life and property. The dwelling* in the eity have ..mi (piiii-iaunn<ioui'<i IIV llH' uihahitaiits, who are existing as best tlit'v can in tin- plazas ami street.of ilie city ami the bills adjacent to it. without shelter from storm ami sun ami wit h J amine confront ittg them. Food is already scarce and high, water for drinking purposes is lacking. and disease is feared. The government is doing all it eatt to bring in relief. The evipplutg of the railroads leading into Valparaiso continues a factor in the situation for an indefinite period, belief supplies can only be obtained through other metias of transportation, the seaboard affording the best of these. At Santiago many of the best public and private buildings were wreck td. The loss of life there was augmented by the panic which seized the people, many of whom threw themselves fro nitIm balconies of theit homes. The destructive force of the earthquake was experienced over a large extent of the country, many towns sustaining serious damage. Facts Ahntif Vo1??mI?? v*v? ? ai^Ul ttlDU, The capital of the province of Valparaiso, Chile, ami the chief seaport of the republic, is situated on a base of the Pacific. (?S miles 11IB miles by rail) west northwest of Santiago, with which il is connected by rail. The older and business portion of the city extends along; the shore of the bay, while on the slope of the surrounding hills are the liner residence suhhurbs. Vina del Mar, a few miles to the cast. i> a noted suburb and seashore resort. Valparaiso enjoys a mild and equable climate, the. average temperature being 58 degrees F., the average for January t>3 degrees and for .Inly 53. The average animal rainfall is 'about 13.5 inches. The town has some well const meted streets, and a square with many monuments The more important monuments include statues of Columhus, William Whcelright. who built the first railroad in South America, Thomas Cochrane (tenth Karle of Dundouahl), who organized the Chilean navy, and a tine monument to the im>Vt surmounted by a statue ot Admirnl Pratt. The fort is strongly fortified, and the government maintains a large naval arsenal. The chief manufactures are cotton goods, machinery and iron works; other interests are the manufacture of tobacco, bottling of mineral water, sugar refining, brewing and distilling. The harbor is very aceesseble and has a complete system of docks, warehouses and shipyards. Valparaiso has been the port foi Santiago since lSf>4. It was visited by a terrible earthquake in 1H.V? and bombarded by a Spanish lleet in lStiti. During the civil war of 1S!> 1 is was taken and partly sacked by the congressional troops. The population in 11)00 was ld."?,()7-l, of whom 1*J,000 were foreigners. , $50,000 Lumber Mill Fire in Georr^ia. Mil con, I in.. SjK'cinl.?A special to The Telegraph from Ocaillu. (la., says the plant of the Ocilla Lumber Company, one of the largest in the State, was totally destroyed by lire Sunday morning; loss, $.">0,000. Dry kiln, millions of feet of lumber, laths, shingles and other material destroyed. Citizens made a great eflort to extinguish Haines without avail and then turned their attention to saving adjoining property, which was successful. Very small insurance on property. Mills will at once be rcbult. Origin of lire unknown. HE PLEAD IN VAIN Governor Heyward's fruitless Effort to Stop Lynching NEGRO RAPIST SHOT TO PIECES In Broad Daylight and Almost Within Sight of the Chief Executive of South Carolina, Bob Davis, Who Assaulted and Nearly Killed Greenwood Girl is Literally Riddled With Bullets. Columbia. S. Special.?Within the shadow of the home of his victim. Miss Jennie Brooks, alter having been identified by her, and after Governor ]). lleyward. who went to the scene of the trouble had addressed the mob in vain, Boh Davis, the negro who on Monday murderously attacked Miss Brooks with intent to commit assault and who afterwards outraged a tiftgro girl 14 years old, was lynched about 7.30 oVIoek Friday evening. tiovernor lleyward reached the scene shortly ; fter the negro hail been captured. A platform was erected in a fence corner o the premises of the victim's father from which tiovernor lleyward addi 'swd the mob n an effort to prevent.the lynching. The tiovernor heseeehed the mob not to lynch Davis, but in vain. At the conclusion of his speech tlie Governor was vociferously cheered. The mob i lieu removed the prisoner from the view of the Governor and within a short distance of the home of his victim the negro was riddled with bullets. It is impossible to estimate t ic crowd, as the citizens from several counties had gthered at the scene and for two days hud been in pursuit of the tiend, but. it is certain that hundreds of bullets were sent thr^ncA* ..v.? his body. The militia in that seetion of the State is uow encamped at Chickaaaauga and there were no near-by troops to be called upon. The Governor's Guards and the Kiehlnnd Volunteers of this city had been ordered to bold themselves in readiness in the event their services were needed, but the mob was determined and it is doubtful it' the presenee of soldiers could have prevented the lynching. Mob Furnished Platform. The mob erected a platform near the homo of Miss Brooks for the Governor to address them. He pleaded with the mob not to stain the fair name of Greenwood county and the State of South Carolina. His words were cheered lustily and when he had finished the mob took their prisoner a few hundred yards away and shot him to death. Governor Heyward viewed the horrible spectacle from a distance. The negro was captured in a creek, tied hand and foot and brought to the homo of his victim for idcntilication. When they arrived at the gate of the Brooks home a great crowd gathered there. "Lets wash his l'aee, boys, before we take him to the house," said some one. but the cmwil was too impatient. Four men were delegated to escort him to the house. The young lady was lying on her bed with a deep gash in her throat, turned her eyes toward the negro as he stood there between his captors, his hands tightly bound with a rope, his jet black faoe all in a blaze, his blear eyes rolling from right to left. "That's the scroundrel," she said. "I know him by his eyes." Oovernor's Appeal. The negro was removed outside the house, where the platform had been erected for the Governor. "Hear the Governor," said some one, and he be-1 gan in his clear voice a most impassioned appeal. "I kuow." he said "that nothing could take place that could keep you from hearing the Governor of South Carolina." The crowd r'liAKi'Oil ln?2?iU? 1 .UIU r lit J ?| H'U , their liands in admiration. "I oome here alone." lie continued, "not bringing any troops; only two newspaper men came with me. and they as well as 1 are South Carolinians, just as you are, with like feelings. You are my friends. Here 1 am not alone as your Governor, but as your friend. "But it is my duty to enforce ihe laws of South Carolina. Don't elieer. men, this is a solemn occasion and J am very much in earnest, and besides I understand it excites the ladies and this is a consideration that appeals to all South Carolinians. (The residence was but forty feet away). I come to appeal to your manhood. The question is. Shall the people be allowed to be ruled by their passions and prejudices or shnll the supremacy and the majesty of the law be upheld? 1 promise yon on my honor that as speedy trial a.-- the law allows shall he held. 1 wjuld not object to cutting tl.n mm 1 ? I 4X'|M i?r ??*?- tutu M^uuiiurea pro- | I vided the law says so." ' . i SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Condition of South Carolina Crops For Week Ending Monday, An% 20 1906, as Given Out by tha DeBartme^t. The sunsliiite was much below norinaL there havinjy been one clear day n lI f interior; on the coast from two o six days were clear. The temperatures nveraiM'd slightly inovi' normal and was romnrkiiiu}' tpiable. with unusually small <1 itT?*r nees iii the itaily temperatures from lie mountaiiis to the roast. 7lie higli >t maximum temperature was !>7 degrees at Blaekville ou the 13th. There was very little variation in the night temperatures t lnoughtout Ihe week; lie extreme miuiimun was H."> degrgfs u tireenville on the 13th. The preeipitat ion was copious over he great or portion of the State, hut was much below normal in a few h? alilies. most of whieh were in the astern eonnties. The greatest loeal unoiuil was .'{..'hi inches at Catawba. Nearly aM "he north central eounti".* tail e.\e 1 amounts on one or more lays 1 setl tluo.ls on the smaller dream*. .Many thunderstorms oeenrvd in, the western half of the Slate jiul some of them were aeeompauied l?y high winds. Narrow Escape From Death. I Ufll! ?^?| P?l I I *1 II till 1 i; Ml * ^ . T. C. Williams. .Jr.. Willinui H. I.yics, of Columbia ami Mr. 'I'uton it' <ireen\ille. while touring the ninuutsiiiis in an automobile, had a narrow ?scape from death a few days ago. when their iarge maehine tumbled over a lo-foot ledge. The fael that tin- machine landed light side up nc oinils for l lie minor injuries and iruises which the occupants sustain?d instead of perhaps fatal injuries. The machine was a complete wreck. Survey of Heyward County. Aiken, Special. The commissioners appointed in the new county mattei met here. .Messrs.. L. \V. Reese, R. A. Cochran and T. O. Croft, Jr., being present. Owing to sickness, Mr. II. M. Cassells was unable to attend the meeting. The survey has been completed and blue prints of the survey were handed to the commissioners Mr. (ieorge T. Jackson appeared in hchalf of the promoters of the new county and requested that the com Mission mant permission to change (lie boundaries set forth in their petition to t he governor. Sold Whiskey at Church. Anderson, Special. There are nc developments in the negro shoot ins affray that occurred at Shihdi churc! in which seven negroes were shot The deputies went to the scene will instructions to arrest any of the participants in the shooting, but rioiu put in appearance. The deputies returned and state that they have gathered additional evidence and tin names of several more negroes win took part in the shooting and thej will make arrests later oil. One negro was caught selling liquor at the church and Magistrate .lackson gave him .'!!> da , ^ or .fl(M) and the negro b on the gang. The wounded negroe? are still living, but two or three ol them are in ? serious condition. Good Work For Sumter Firm. Sumter, Special. -The Sumter Railway and Mill Supply Company Inn M'cured contracts for furnishing t? llie I'lrted States government a con ..ideal le amount of supplies to hf ue.-d in constructing the navy yard and dry dock at Charleston, and lun been asked to make bids on suppliet for government work at Savannah Columbia and I'ensacola. This wholesale linn, which deals largely in al kinds of piping, mill supplies, am general hardware, has recently moved into its new stone warehouse on Soutl I Harviu street. It is gratifying t< Sumter people to know that a Sumter linn is extending its trade terri u?ry m niuercni southern Mates. Nurserymen in Convention. Lookout Mountain, Special.?The Southern Nurserymen's Association met in convention here, with representatives front all the States south ol Mason and Dixon's line present. It will continue, and will diseuss main | important questions of iuttrnst to fruit growers and nurserymen, President Orlando Harrison, of Berlin, Md., opened the session with u short talk, in which he outlined the objects of the association and called upon all present to give their best efforts to the furtherance of thew ends. 3? A ' &? ?w!GL Jm V ANOTHER LYNCHING Assailant of Little Girl is Shot to Pieces I CONFESSED THE AWFUL CRIME Perpetrator of Brutal Attempt to Assault 7-Year-Old Daughter of Saluda County Farmer is Captured by Victim's Father, Who Was Taking Him to Scene of Crime to Shoot Him When Met by Mob?Placed on Dry Goods Box, and After Admitting His Guilt. Riddled With Bulleets?Little Girl May Survive. Columbia. S. ('. Special.?Boh Etheridgc was shot to death by a mob nine miles t'roiu Suuituerland, Monday night. It was the intention of the father of the child upon whom he made a brutal attempt to assault on Thursday last to take him to the scene of his crime and there shoot him to death but lie was overtaken by the mob. Kthpidge was placed upon a dry goods box and asked if he had anything to say. He refused to talk further tahn to say lhat he was guilty. The mob then prooeded to riddle him with bullets. The mob iiwuihered 200 men. Kthridge. on Thursday last, attempted to erimiually assault the 7year-old daughter ot' T. H. West, a well-to-do farmer of the Mount Willing section of Saluda. Dead Body in Marl Hole. ? rr? : pi. in ei b< e: ; c. v \ T > f! (* r h . y 1 ii I 1 r I f > banished .Sunday J.voin St. Jr'eterslmnr : alone and tlmt 7500 were placed on trains bound for the interior. G. A. R. on the Increase. Minneapolis, Minn., Special.-- The total membership of the Grand Army is declared in the rejjort of Adjutant General TweedtJe to be 2.15,82.'$, an increase of .1,368 during: the last six [ months, lxisses by death for the year ended Dee. 11 last were 0,205. ; First North Carolina Bale New Cotton Morven.N.C., Special?The first bale | new cotton raised in the State was I niartreted in Morven Friday. It was 1 grown by Mr. l\ II. RatlifF, a proi gressive farmer of Anson county, and ' was purchased by T. V. Ilardison, a well-known merchant and cotton buyer of Morven. The bale weighed 45" pounds and brought 11 cents a pound. j Hundred Thousand Homeless. i London, By Cable.?In a dispatch from Vnlopraiso without date, the correspondent of tho Daily Mail says: "Sixty per cent of this city lias , been oomph fely destroyed. The death roll i?- \ y heavy. There \va' eighty-two during Thursday L ni^lit and tl a > 1 in *800 since , then. The tremors still continue. One I hundred thousand people are honie. less and destitute. Water is giving s out. Surrounding towns have been deVoyed and the railroads have b>?ji out." :: Late < II In "Briqf || < > ?_ \ < % | MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST i : ?? ???? ?*?!???? ????? ? A One person was' killed and fouw others prostrated by foul gases from a tanning vat near Asheville, N. C. The South Carolina cotton manufacturers have decitled on various changes with respect to freight allowances and other conditions. It was stated that President Stenslaud. of the defunct Chicago hank, made cure tin 1 preparation for tlight, even tafiing a silver dinner set. The subcommittee of the International American Conference on th? Drago doctrine agreed on a resolution even more general than the onu on the program. ,1. It ay nor Storrs Wells, the wealthy young man who entered the navy, is under arrest at the Norfolk Navy Yard and threatened with court-martial for overstaying hia leave. William J. Bryan is to make a trip to Australia after the November election and will be absent 10 weeks. King Edward left for Germany and will confer with Emperor William on the Husian situation. Maj.-Gen. Sir Reginald Pole-Curew, prominent in African and other campaigns, lias been retired. The creation of a separate governor generalship for the mining region of Russia shows how seriously the condition there is?regarded. Defying tho labor black list, Speaker Cannon is so certain of reeleotioh tnat he will not canvass hi* own district. Grand t)uke Nicholas Nicholatetcli declined the military dictatorip of Russia and recommended tneral Liuevitch for the poet. Secretary Bonaparte's mail is full letters in regard to his Cumber:nd speech on anarchy. % The Sultan of Turkey ia bcttev fter his attack of iiinc&n. Though Henry H. Lippart bid -">,000 less, the contract for 40,000 rmy blankets was awarded to the American Woolen Company, the socalled Woolen Trust. Terrille rains caused great damage 1 Norfolk nnd vicinity. William Butler, of Keyser, W. V*., as killed by a Baltimore and Ohio rain at Paw-Paw, W. Ya. The cruiser Minneapolis reached Norfolk with 300 seasick Brooklyn laval reserves. The National Firemen's Associa* ion is holding a convention in Koao>ke. John Colliue, a miner, was murder* d for bis money near Fairmont, W. k'a. Hard work was done bj- tbe Fourth in id Fifth Regiments at Mount Uret|ia. The annual encampment of the irand Army of the Republic has taken 100,000 visitors to Minneapolis [Minn. William J. Bryan renewed tbe 1 fight against Democratic National Committeeman Roger Sullivan, of /?) Illinois, charging misuse of funds. Four persons were shot, three perhaps fatally, at Coney Island by a man who made his escapo after holding his pursuers at bay with a revolver. Officials of the First National Bank of Birmingham, Ala., nuuonnefctl 1 lint Alex. R. (Chisolir*, paying . teller, is $100,000 short in his accounts, and he was arrested on hi* return from'a vacation trip. A census of divorces is being lnk*>a in New York, and it is feared that many family secrets buried in sealed court records will be laid bare. The committe on insurance laws of the American liar Association recommended certain changes Li the laws. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company stopped its surface lines to Coney Island at (? P. M.. in -mite mt all protests. George Hill, a white ex-convict, wus found guilty of participation in flic lynching of tliree negroes at Salisbury. N. last Monday night and was sentenced to 15 years in tho penitentiary. Indictments on charges of giving and i'4#iving rrljates were returned hyitin; {fraud jury of Jamestown, N. V., against the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Standard and Vacuum Oil < 'omponiesi William Lop, Jr., secretary to President Roosevelt, was sued for $50,000 damages by Nadage Doree,. , a<Jewish writer, o:'t a charge of falso I ovvnel