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THE FORT MILL TIMES. 1
16TH TEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1908 NO. 47
j LATIMER DEAD.
The Senator Dies Thursday Morn
ing After a Short Illness.
SHOCK TO STATE.
The Seaator Was Operated Om Fo?
Appendicitis at a Washington Hospital
on Sunday.?At First He Gol
Along All Right, But Pcrttonltli
Followed and He Boon Passed
Away.
Senator Asbury C. Latimer died at
Providence Hospital at Washington
on Thursday morning after a fsw
days illness. He was taken sick on
Sunday night and waB taken to the
hospital at once, where he was operated
on for appendicitis. He got
on very well until Tuesday, when
complications set In. and thn SnnBtnr
grew rapidly worse until Thursday
morning, when he pussed away at
nine o'clock..
Mrs. Latimer and two daughters
were present when the end came.
Senator Latimer was about fiftyseven
years old. He has been In
the Sesate nearly bIx yeara. Hefoie
going to the Senate, he served ten
years In the House as a Representative.
Ho was a candidate to succeed
himself and would have been voted
for in the primary this Summer.
His remains wore brought from
"Washington Thursday night In charge
of a committee of Senators and Rejresentatives
on a special train and
Interred at Belton, at which place he
lived. Senator Latimer was a hightoned
up-right gentleman. He had
been for years a member of the Methodist
Church. He leaves a wife and
several children.
Among the prospective candidates
developed for the unexpired term to
be filled by the legislature, are E.
Marlon Rucker of Anderson, ExSpeaker
of the House Farnk B. Oary
of Abbeville, Senator LeGrand Walker
of Georgetown.
SALARY RILL PASSED.
The House Agrees to I'ay Its Members
More Money.
The House by a rote of 67 to 84,
and without debate, last week passed
the bill of Senator Walker to change
the manner of compensation of members
of the General Assembly. The
bill was amended so na to give the
Spoaker double the compensation of
a member.
The bill as passed, reads:
Section 1. That members of the
General Assembly shall receive as
, compensation for their services the
sum of two huudred dollars for each
regular session, and mileage for the
actual distance travelled in the most
direct route, going to and returning
from the place whore the session of
the General Assembly shall be held.
The Speaker of the House Bhall receive
double the pay of the members
Section 2. That the provisions of
this Act shall not go into effect until
January 1, 1909.
Section 3. That Section 14, Volume
1, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
1902, be, and the same is hereby,
repealed.
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TWO MOKE JVlM.'Etf
To Fill the New Circuits Created
This Session.
Messrs. J. W. DeVore, of Edgefield.
and 9. W. G. Shlpp, of Florence.
were 7hursday afternoon elected
Judges f the two new circuit*
creairu uy i :s legislature.
Mr. J. V DeVore was chosen
Judge of the jleventh circuit, .insisting
of Lexington, Saluda and
Edgefield. H? was opposed by Mr
C. M. Eflrd
Mr. DeVore represents Edgefield
In the house, and his opponent, Mr
Eflrd, is supremo court reporter. Mr
jJoVore defoatod Mr. Sflrd by a tok
of 89 to 70.
Mr. S W. Q. Shipp, of Florence
defeated Mr. W? Y. Montgomery, ol
Marion, by a rote of 92 to 69. Th<
twelfth circuit consists of the coun
ties of Florence, Ilorry, Georgetowi
and Marion.
The new judges will begin the dis
charge of their duties with the be
gluing of the spring terms of court It
May. ?
HEADS LIKE FlCrriOX.
x Left n Fortune of One Hundre*
Thousand Dollar*
A story reading very much like i
tale In a novel h?9 developed at Au
giiHta, fia., In which Mrs. Joe Koger
of Columbia County, has hccom<
heiress to a fortune of about $100,
000.
About forty-five years ago he
brother. Col. Kllsha Bates, went ou
to the Santa Fe country and engage*
as a stage driver. He was penniless
but hoarded his little earnings urn*
eventually he became the operato
of the stage line, and later mad<
other successful business ventures
A short ti ne ago Col. Bates died
leaving an estate of >100,000, U
which Mrs. 'voger, now a reslden
of the Columbia County, Is heiress.
HE WILL RUN.
Mr. C. C. Featherstone Will Oppose
Gov. Ansel This Summer.
The Distinguished Prohibitionist Announces
His Candidacy on ; *_ntl-Dispensary
Platform.
The Columbia correspondent of
The News and Courier says the pol
ltlcal situation was still further com,
plicated by the announcement Thursday
night that Mr. C. C. Feather1
stone, of Laurens, will be a candl|
date for Governor in the primary
tnig summer.
Mr. Featherstone wm In Columbia
Thursday night on hla way home
from Orangeburg County, where he
had gone to deliver two prohibition
speeches. He said he believed the
, time for the enactment of a State
prohibition law had arrived and that
he had acceded to the wishes of his
friends to enter the race for Governor
to advocate that policy.
Mr. Featherstouo was a candidate
for Governor in 189 8 on the prohibition
platform and was defeated by
a combination of peculiar circumstances,
and by a very narrow majority.
Ho has not since that time parstand
In the next campaign is not
known.
Mr. Featherstone is one of the
strongest lawyers in the State, is a
man of fine address and manners and
is personally very popular. He has
served as grand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias, and is an active
and prominent member of the
Methodist church.
Governor Ansel some time ago an-1
nounced that he will be a candidate
for reelection. He was elected two
years ago on the platform of local
option, but before that campaign he
was an out and out State Dispensary
advocate. Just wnere he will
stand in the campaign is not nown.
Mr. Featherstone is a candidate
that will have to be reckoned with.
Those who think that Gov. Ansel will
have a walk-over in the campaign
this Summer will find that they are
mistaken at the end cf the campaign.
Many who bellevo in the dispensary
will support Mr. Featherstone against
Gov. Ansel.
Gov. Ansel Is not near as strong
now as he was two years ago, and
many who voted for him then will
oppose him now. Many people regard
him as dictorial in the extreme, and
this has made him many ene^nies in
all parts of the State.
There has been considerable talk
to the efTect that Mr. John Q. Richards,
of Kershaw, may enter the race
for Governor this year and Mr.
Richards In reply to a question said
he had the matter under consideration.
He is also for State prohibition.
SPEEDY JUSTICE.
Q&lck Work In the Trial of a Confessed
Fiend.
Committed assault Thursday, arrested
and jailed Friday, Indicted the
following Monday, tried, convicted
and sentenced to be hanged Tuesday,
is the record established by the
Trazewell, Va., Circuit Court in the
case of the Commonwealth against
Walter Rtppey, the couvessed negro
rapist. Rippey was tried for assault
on Mrs. Mary Dancey. Mrs. Daucey
testifled and In the course of her
story was several times overcome
; and the Court had to wait until she
regained her composure before proceeding.
The recital was one of the
most harrowing in the annals of
crime in that section. The Jury was
oat a short time and when the ver,
diet was returned Rippey was sentonnail
to hnn<r on il?rch 2 f?
. LITTLE BOY BURNED TO DEATH
Match Ignited Oll'doaked Cloth Placed
011 Ills Cheat.
specisl to The News and Courier
. from Louisville, Ga., says Walter, the
s little 9-year-old Bon of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Farrell was burned to death
, at their homo Inst night In a very
f touching Hnd pathetic manner. The
i littlu fellow wus suffering from a se
vere cold ,and a flannel cloth saturati
ed with turpentine was placed over
his chest. During the night the skin
-1 became Irritated, and the child was
- restless; the mother arose to com?
fort it and, striking a match while
' leaning over the little fellow, the turpentine
ignited. Mrs. Farrell was
severly burned In her efforts to exHnarnfch
thn tUmnu Thp rhlM rllArl
' In a short time.
WENT FROM THIS STATE.
i
- Man Who Kllcd Another in Mlssissip|
pi is From Spnrtanburg.
J. F. Wilder, who shot and killed
W. L. Hooth of Dailas, Texas, at
r Kppe, Mississippi, last Saturday af1
ternoon, is a native of Spartanburg
1 county. He has a brother living in
Spartanburg and has many relatives
1 In the county. Twenty years ago
r Wilder was running n taw mill enB
gina at Woodruff at 50 centa a day.
' He left here 15 years ago for Mis
siaalppl, where he operated a saw
5 mill on his own account. He made
1; money fast uud is now worth about
joae million*
WILL BE LIVELY.
Gov. Ansel Will Not Have a WalkOver
This Summer.
CANDIDATES GALORE.
O. L Dlrue lias Announced That
Ho Will lie in the Race for Gorer*
nor, and So Ma> C. C. Feather tOUe,
w. II. Xnsfi .Tr?hrt
Otts and One or Two Others.
The Columbia correspondent of
the Augusta Herald sayB up to a few
days ago the probability has been
strong almost to the point of certainty
that Governor Ansel would gilds
Into a second term without opposition,
as was the good fate of Gov.
Heyward, but the gathering of the
legislature, and its actions recently,
hava wrought several radical, cruel
changes in this program.
The practical certainty now Is
that the gubernatorial race this summer
will be an extremely lively if
not sensational one, with half a dozen
men in the race, with a great variety
of liquor platforms from which
to choose.
llleasc of Newberry.
State Senator Cole L. Mease, of
Newberry authorizes your correspon
dent to formally announce his candidacy
for governor. His liquor j latforiu
is the present local opticr. r/stem
with a liceuse feature for those
counties that desire thi3 way of handling
liquor. He i ?'i for governor
when Ansel was elected, in spite
of the unpopularity of the state dispensary
system, which was his platform
at the time, he received nearly
18,000 votes in th race where the
vote was split up among a numbei
of candidates. It has been thought
that he would offer for re-elcetion as
senator, but developments of tne past
I few weeks have decided him otherwise.
In spite of his nollticB Mnc
I distasteful to a large body of the senate
he has for years been one of the
smartest and most influential members
of it.
Joint G. Richards.
It 1b also practically certi&n, unless
there are further radical changes in
the political situation, that Representative
John G. Richards, for a
number of years one of the house
floor leaders for the state dispeusary.
will be in the race for governor
against Ansel on a state wide prohibition
platform. His fight through
ten continuous years for a repeal of
j the agricultural lien law has brought
him into prominence on account of
the adverse action of the senate on
that measure.
Urged to Run.
A number of delegations have come
to him and ofTered their support and
urged him to run promising to work
for him regardless of his liquor platform.
Some of these have urged him
to run for lieutenant governor against
President of the Sennte McLeod on
account of the latter's vote against
the Crouch lien law repeal bill in the
senate. Rut although Mr. McLeod's
vote against this bill was applauded
on the floor of the senate at the
tlm by the anti-repeal forces his action
is said by his friends to have
been misconstrued, that he was vot|n.
.u- /-i V l-lll - - - -
in a u6aiu3i i iic i/iuucu mil iu order
to get the Richard's house bill passed
so as to hasten enactment of repeal.
C. C. Featherstone.
C. C. Featherstone, of Lnurens, a
former candidate for governor, has
been in Columbia several days holding
conferences, and it is predicted
that he will announce himself for
governor ou a state wide prohibition
platform in a few days. He has been
making prohibition speeches in different
parts of the state recently.
The friends of Mr. Richards and
other prohibition candidates have
gently Intimated to him that he has
rend himself out of the prohibition
forces by his interview published
recently to the effect that the
next change In the liquor law should
eb to declare a state of prohibition
and allow such counties as desire it
to vote in dispensaries. His attitude
the paBt year has been construed that
he would not oppose Mr. Ansel, but if
others are coming in he will Join the
merry band.
Representative Nash.
Representative Nash, of Spartanburg,
a life-long prohibitionist, Is expected
to announce his candidacy for
governor soon as the legislature adjourns.
1Mb friends say that the reason
he does not announce now !s
that that course would reduce his
Influence and hamper him in his work
on the floor of the house.
John Cull ioi: n Otte.
Still another state wide gubernatorial
possibility is said to be Representative
John Calhoun Otts, of
Cherokee, a former dispensary advocate.
but Inst year a champion of local
option in the senate.
Ansel's Platform.
It is thought highly prohahle that
Governor Ansel himself will switch
to a state wide prohibition platform
before he flies his pledge next June,
lie was elected on a local option platform,
but he has always been a worker
for prohibition, choslng local option
as the next best thing. It Is
known that he hesitated many many
moons before recommending a con.
dnuan?e of local option, In his mes
HOT SENATOR
Charges Extravagance on Part
of Dispensary Commission.
What He Said, What He Reiterates
and "Responsible for What I Say,
Here and Elsewhere."
There was another personal privilege
statement In the State senate
Tuesday, anent the dispensary
winding up commission and Attorney
W. F. Stevenson, over the Irrepressi
ble Clark purchase. Senator Johnson
was the speaker, he said:
"Mr. President: In my remarks on
Thursday last on bill No. 609, Mr.
Chrlstensen's bill, to appropriate the
sum of S15.000 .to enable Mr. Lyon
to secure counsel to prosecute alleged
graTters, I stated In opposition of
the bill that the investigating committee
had already spent $20,000 of
the people's money without any results.
That the winding-up commission
had spent $50,000 during the
year of their existence, and If statements
and charges In the public
prints were true and to be relied
upon, In refusing to accept an offer
that was said to have been made by
a firm or corporation outside of the
state, to take over the entire stock
of liquors, wines, etc., including dead
stock, odds and ends, at their original
Invoice price, and having subsequently
sold the stock at a discount
of 20 per cent, on the dollar, which
resulted in another loss of $200,000,
to the people of South Carolina, I
uld not say how or for what pur- j
pose the $50,000 wa6 spent, but, 1
simply said that It had been 6pent
by the commission, and any statement
to the contrary is false. Hut
It now develops, and is shown hv
their own record that $59,3 89.56 was
spent by them, insteau of $50,000 as
stated In my argument, and t/ie $15.oOO,
given them by order of Judge
Pritchard, and the $20,000 spent by
the Investigating committee, together
with the $15,000, carried by the
Christensen bill, will make an n?r
gregate of the enormous sum of
$110,000 In round numbers of the
dispensary fund that has been gotten
away with In one way or another,
which Is over one elgth of the total
amount of the entire assets of the dispensary.
. ?
"Now comes one, W. F. Stevenson,
who Is said to he the attorney
for the commission, and who claims
that no such offer was ever made except
in a Jocular way, by a Mr. Dull,
of Peoria, 111.
"This alleged offer and loss caused
thereby will however, be Investigated,
but Mr. Stevensen says. If such
an offer had been made it could not
have been accepted under the uct.
This Is a most remarkable proposition
to come from a man who claims
to be a lawyer, but not altogether
surprising to others in view of the
fact that if an offer had been made,
and accepted, it would have been folfowed
by the loss of some fat lega'
fees. I do not believe, however, there
is a real lawyer in South Carolina,
who would read the act creating the
commission and place any such construction
upon It.
"Now I have presented the facts
and figures relative to the matter.
Just as they appear, and have reproduced
my remarks upon the subject
just as they were made, and any
charge or intimation of unfairness on
my part is false and without foundation
no matter by whom made. I
TV'11 1 f ,1 r( Vi Or ctnta H Q T oni ro?,,on
Blblo for what I say, here or elsewhere."
KILLED IN RIOT.
Two Dead and Six Injured la a Pennsylvania
Town.
Two men were killed and six others
were seriously Injured In a riot at
Dunbar, Pa., Tuesday night. Two of
the wounded are Amerlcnns, the
dead and the other wounded being
foreigners. Forty-five persons were
arrested by the police who were called
to quell the disturbance.
According to one of th.>se arrested
the trouble Is tne out--onie of rivalry
between two boarding houses
conducted by foreigners. It is said
that six Croe.tins who lived In a box
car went to an old homestead which
another gang of foreigners had turned
Into a boarding house and after
battering down the doors, started a
fight.
AN AUTOIST SUED
For Making a Mule Run Away aiul
irtllUw* lUlraa
Mr. Harry Buhl, a wealthy resident
of Pittsburg, Pa., who, winters
In Augusta, Ga.. Is being sue dby
Melissa McClady, a negro woman, for
$3,000 for the aeatn of her husband.
While autolng on a country road n
few miles out of Augusta, Mr. Buhl's
machine frightened a mule which the
woman's husband was driving, causing
It to run away and kill him.
sage to the present legislature. Mr
i Ansel Is a former state dispensary
supporter. He has the advantage lr
the coming race of the strong sontl
ment la favor of second termisui.
A CHOICE PLUM
Several Gentlemen Hope to Succeed
Late Senator Latimer.
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POLITICAL GOSSIP.
i
Legislature Expected to Hold Eire- |
tion on March 3 to Fill the Unex* <
pired I^rni.?Various Persons Arc
Mentioned for the Place. Names i
i
of the Candidates Who Expect to (
i
Run In the Primary.
The announcement of the death j
of Senator Latimer on last Thurs- ;
day threw the General Assembly In- *
to political turmoil. Coining with- 1
In two days of the expected end of '
the session with the certainty that r
the Legislature must fill the racan- t
cy before it could adjourn, the whole I
aspect of legislation was changed. '
In addition, the removal of Senator |
Latimer from the race in the primary a
entirely alters the condition of af- t
fairs, and that the political situation '
in South Carolina had been complete- '
ly transformed.
Within an hour after the pn- c
nouucement that Senator Latimer r
was dead had reached the State j
House, it was seen that the names of f
more than one member of the Gen- c
eral Assembly would be presented for r
the unexpired term and their friends e
at once got to work. This may have r
appeared somewhat heartless, but at
that time It was the prevailing opin- t
ion that the election would have to -j
be held on Saturday and it was real- ^
ized that in this case no time could ^
be lost. t
Investigation of the law was set e
on foot however and it was then dis- c
covered that the General Assembly
might not have to elect at this tl
time, and further, that Is was possi- p
ble that the election could not be
held at this time. Though no official p
Information was served from Washington
until transmitted throuarh the I
message of Governor Ansel Thursday |
night, the judiciary committee ol ' ^
both House and Senate met and considered
the question that was presented.
Senator Carlisle, chairman
of the State judiciary committee then
got into communication with Wash- n
Ington and talked with Senator Bailey
on the long distance telephone, V
Mr. Bailey being regarded as an authority
on such questions. v
Mr. Bailey informed Mr. Carlisle "
that after consulting Senator Till- ^
man hw and Senator Tillman
were of the opinion that the n
General Assembly could at once elect d
upon receipt of official notification of
the vacancy but that Senator Hale ^
and other Republican Senators, who P
would in the final analysis decide the v
point if it were raised, held differ- ^
ently and thought that the General
Assembly could not elect until the s
second Tuesday after the receipt of
official notification of the vacancy. P
Senator Bailey then advised as it e
was a Democratic egislature electing s
was a Democratic legislature electing s
best not to elect anyone now. but to P
follow the procedure which Senator '
II o 1 a n/^ncirinvnd locvnl In onnor/1. 1
ance with this opinion the Legist a- '
ture adjourned on Saturday until v
Tuesday, March 3, when it will meet a
and elect a Senator for the unexplr- "
ed term of Senator Latimer, which f
has about one year to run yet. r
On the understanding that the r
Geueral Assembly would elect some
one to fill the unexpired term alone, n
and not one of the candidates for the
long term, the following members of s
the General Assembly were at once 1
suggested: a
Lieutenant Governor T. G. McLeod ^
of Lee County; Hon. Frank B. Gary, \
of Abbeville; lion. George Von Kol- I
nltz, of Charleston; lion. James Cos- t
grove, of Charleston: Hon. W. L. i
Mnuldin, of Greenville; Hon. Legrand r
Walker, of Georgetown, Senator; c
Hon. E. M. Itucker, of Anderson. The '
name of Gen. Wille Jones, chairman 1
of the State Democratic committee, f
was also presented. y
The list of candidates and probcandidates,
as uublished in The i
News and Courier a few days ago, !
was a follows: Col. John J Dargan. <
of Statesburg, Sumter County; Hon. t
0. 11. Martin, of Pickens County, at
present State Superintendent of Education;
Hon. D S. Henderson, of Aiken;
Hon. Jas. A. McCullough, of '
Greenville; Hon. George Johnstone,
of Newberry; Hon. E. D. Smith, of
Florence.
DRANK DISPENSARY DRY.
Georgians Closed North Augusta !
Shop for a While.
The troubles of the North Augusta
dispensary continue to exist. The
people of the little South Carolina
town have tried to close the liquor
shop and failed on several occasions;
but the people of Augusta have been
more successful. The little shop
was closed, the third time since Its
opening during the early aftornooo,
because the stock had again been ex1
hausted. And the dispensary trade
In or from Augusta Is increasing ev- .
ery day.
FIRST IN THE SOUTH
Colored Photographs Taken by
Two Clemson Professors.
How the Pictures Are Token?Art
of Photography Will, It Is Predict- |
ed, He Revolutionized.
A special to the News and Courier
Trom Clemson College says two mem- <
bers of the faculty, Prof. F. II. 11.
Calhoun, of the geological departnent,
aud Assistant Prof. E. T. Howird,
of the mechanical department,
lave succeeded In producing photographs
showing the orlgiual colors
>f the objects photographed.
This has beeu accomplished by
neaus of the L.umlnre autochrom
date. The process was discovered |1
I hnn f
wuc jcar ago only by Lumlere, \
it Lyons, France; and the specially t
>reparcd films have been on the mar- *
cet about three months. e
Dr. Calhoun and Prof. Howard are l
imong the very first in this country y
o try the process, their order for L
>lates being the 33d. Out of eight
lutes they succeeded In getting sev- 4
?n excellent color photographs of /
arious scenes around the College, j
md they are naturally very proud of r
heir success. They are doubtless the a
Irst people in the South to under- I
ake the matter. 1
The film used in making these eol- v
r photographs is so made that it t
ontnins coloring matter, which is afectcd
by the various colors in the r
icture to be taken. The plate is i
ixposed as usual in photograj?hy. ex t
opt rather longer through a speaial s
ay filter. Great care needs to be ex- c
'rcised to handle the plates n s dull ted
light. i
They must be washed in nine solulons,
the first two in total dark nest ,
^he others take place is the open
layllght. The colors appear Inline- n
llately upon taking the plates into e
he light: but the remaining process p
s are essential to the Intensifying,
learing and fixing of the colors. a
The newly discovered process, by p
neans of which any scene may be |
ilctured In the original colors, seems ]<
estined to revolutionize the art of p
holography. t,
it
WILL HE IN RACE. h
U
!or. Heyward Announces His Onndi- ;
dacy for I'nitcd States Senator.
Ex-Gov. D. C. Heyward Thursday h
ight announced that he would he a -i
andidnte In the Democratic primary
his summer for the nomination to n
he United States senate. Gov. Hey- i
rard has received messages and com- i
lunlcations from all parts of the
tate urging him to announce his T
nndidacy. Last night he stated de- E
nltely that he will become a candi- b
ate, and be expects to win. f(
"I will be a candidate for United v
fates Senator In the Democratic m
rlmary this Summer," he said, "and rl
,-ill make the race on my record and w
uallflcatlons for tho office, which ! si
rust are known to the people of g
outh Carolina. p<
The constitution of the Democratic
miy. iu ou 11 lii vrarunna provinces mat f<
ach candidate for the United Stater ^
enate shall file a pledge that he will ti
npport the political principles of the t!
arty during the terra of office for ,
irhich he may he elected and work In P
ccord with his Democratic associates p
n congress on all party questions. I g
till of course abldo by that pledge
nd will therefore be bound by the p
datform adopted by the national s
democratic convention at Denver. At ^
iresent it Is not necessary to discuss t
rational issues. *
I only wish my friends to know I
ini in the race and in to win."
Gov. Heyward came Into politics- i.
Ix years ago. Up to that time he g
rad a considerable personal acquaintince
over the State. Capt. Heyward. .
vith four opponents, lacked 1 1,000 |
rates of receiving the nomination on f
he first primary. In the second c
iriinary he had a sweeping victory, a
najorlty of 10,000 votes. In his ?
>wn county, Colleton, he lost but 58 r
>ut of 2,200 votes. Another remark- j
'bio feature of his career is that he (
rad no opposition for re-election, the ?
Irst time in years, possibly since the f
,var, that such had been the case. r
It Is understood that Gov. Ilev- f
,vard is not seeking election at the f
land of the legislature to fill tho unixplred
terra, but is in the campaign ?
ins summer. - t
TRAIN RAN DOWN IJUGGY.
t'ouug Man Killed and Father and
Sister Seriously Injured.
Train N'o. 99, the Seaboard Air
Line's southbound Florida limited,
ran Into a buggy containing Mr. Jerry
M. Thomas, of Dentsvllle, anil his
?on and daughter, Tuesday morning
at about 11 o'clock, at Waddell, ton
miles north of Columbia, the accident
resulting In the Instant death
if the young man and the serious injury
of the girl.
The vehicle was smashed to pieces
and the mule killed. Somehow the (
father escaped with hurts not more
serious than minor contusions. The j
accident occurred at a crossing a
little above Waddell where limited
trains run at a high speed.
The supposition Is that the proper
signals were not given or that they
were unheard, or else disregarded by
the occupants of the buggy.
FOUND GUILTY.
Gen. Stcessel Condemned to Die
For Surrendering the
POST OF PORT ARTHUR
?ourt-Mnrtial Which Has Ilcru Trying
him for Cowardice in Surrendering
Port Arthur Returns Verdict
Sentencing Famous General
to Death, but Itorommrtiding Ton
years in Prison Instead.
Lieut-Gc. Stoessel was condemned
0 death Thursday evening by a
tilltary Court at HI Pe'.ertmurg for
he surrender of Port Arthur to the
Fapaneeo. The Court rrommendd
that the death sentence upon Lieut
!en. StoosFel bo commuted to ten
ears imprisonment in a fortress auu
ie be excluded from the service.
Gen. Frock, who commanded the
tli East Siberian division of Port
trthur, was ordered reprimanded fur
1 disciplinary offence, which was
tot connected with the surrender,
nd Gen. Smirnoff, acting commandtoiss,
chief of staff to Gen. Stoessel,
telss, chief of staff to Gen. Stoesseil,
vere acquitted of the charges against
hem for lack of proof.
Gen. Vodar, president of the Court,
oad the sentences amid a tense sieuce.
By a great effort of self conrol
Gen. Stoessel maintained rigid
oldierly-like impassivity. Geu Siuirloff
also was seemingly unmoved,
?ut there were tears in the eyes of
3en. ltciss.
The sentenee of death was protounced
upon Gen Stoessel, "for Fiirendering
the fortress before all the
neans of defence had been exhnustd,
for failing to enforce his autliorLy
and for military misdemeanors."
Commutation of the sentence was
sked on the ground that "Port Arhur,
beset by overwhelming forces,
efended itself under Gen. Stocr.sel's
lauershlp with unexampled stuboruness
and filled the world with asvnishinent
at the heroic courage of
s garrison; that several assaults
ave been repulsed with tremendous
>sses ou the part of the enemy; that
on. Stoessel throughout the seigo
ud maintained the heroic courago
f the defenders and finally that he
ad taken energetic part iu three
impalgns."
Before the sentence was read,
leasures were taken to prevent a delonstration
in favor of Stoessel bynumber
of tho younger officers,
nd witnesses who were present,
fceso later sent n dispatch to the
Ininress saviniz that thev would hum
ly bear testimony that Gen. Stoes;I
was ? the soul of the defence
r Port Arthur; that he had always
acouraged and put heart In the Carlson,
and that in case of war they
ould wish to serve again under
,irh a hero. They asked the Empress
raciously to bespeak from the Eiueror
a full pardon.
There was a dramatic, moment nf?r
the reading of the sentence when
detatchment of soldiers filed into
fie hall. The spectators, thinking
tiey were about to seize Gen. Stoesel,
displayed great excitement, sevral
women fainting. It developed,
owever, that this was merely a
uard for the disposal of the Court.
Gen. Stoessel, who was accompan?d
by Ills son, was the object of a
ympathetlc demonstration, friends
lssiug and shaking him by the hand
s he left the Court leaning on hla
on's shoulder.
The basis of the Indictment upon
krhlch Lieut. (Jen. Stoessel, Gen.
'rock, who commanded the ith East
Siberian division of Port. Arthur,
nd Major Gen. Ileiss, chief of staff
o Gen. Stoessel, wore tried for their
Ives, was a secret report made by
dent. Gen. Smirnoff, on the defence
?f Port Arthur.
Smirnoff was acting commnndint
of the fortress. Stoessel being
lommandor of the Kwnng-Tung Ponnsuln.
Snilrnorf categorically hctused
Stoessel of cowardice an 1 ln:apaclty,
and finally of the deliberate
ind treasonable hastening of the sur
ender to savo his own me ana aelanre
of the derisions of two suc:esslvo
councils of war.
Oon. Smirnoff declared that the
ortross, which was surrondorc 1 to
be Japanese, January 1, 1905, could
inve held out for six months longer.
The stands taken by Oens. Rtoesiel,
Relss and Frock were that the
'ate of Port Arthur was sealed with
he capture of the "Eagle's Nest,"
ind two other positions.
The Indictment against Hen. Smirnoff
charged him with having failed
to remove Gen. Frock from his command,
although ho suspected the
\greemert between Gens. Stoess?,d
xnd Frock to surrender ths fortress.
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For State Senator.
Ex-State Idrponsary Director Huh
F.vans authorizes the announcement
of his candidacy for state senator
from Newberry. He was formerly
mayor of the town of Newberry, and
was recently defeated for another
term In that ofTlee by only eleven
votes. He Is one of the few state
dispensary officials of his period of
service not under Indictment. And
personally he Is one of the most popular
moo in the state.