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THE FORT MILL TIMES
VOL. XVII. / , FORT MILL. B. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 15. 1908. - NO. 28.
SOUTH CAROLII
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News of Interest Gleaned Froi
Arranged For
State Pardon Board.
Columbia, Special.?The Board of
Pardons, consisting of Messrs. R.
Mays Cleveland, of Greenville, C. W.
Savage, of Colleton, and W. A. Clark.,
of Columbia, met last tfeek to consider
the petitions for pardon referred i
to the board by the governor. There
were only four such petitions referred,
as the governor has acted on
most of the petitions presented within
the last three months, since the last
meeting of the board. The petitions
referred are the following:
Lawrence Hampton, convicted of
murder in Greenwood, and sentenced
to be hanged. Governor Ansel granted
a respite until the 16th of this
month, and it will be recalled that
the governor's secretary, Mr. Rethea,
went to Greenwood during the flood,
at much inconvenience nnd with great
difficulty/,to get the respite there in i
time and prevent the hanging.
Gary Renew, Aiken bounty, petit
larceny, sentenced to five years in the
Reformatory.
Thos. Wells, Laurens,, manslaughter,
three years, from January, 1000.
Robert Gunnells, Greenville, rape,
sentenced to eleven years in September,
1003. The ease of Gunnells has
been before the governor and pardon
hoard before, having been referred to
the board hv Governor Hey ward first
in September, 1000, and refused by
the board the following January, and
again in September ,1007. Gunnels,
a young white man of excellent family.
served in the Philippines, and was
snid to he mentally unhinged by his
life there. Returning to his old home
in Greenville he committed an atrocious
crime. His mother has been un-.
tiring in her efforts to secure a par- j
don and was here to press the petition
before the hoard.
The recommendation0 of the Jjonrd j
of pardons is not binding qji the governor,
and he is not under the law
compelled to refer any case to the
board, the pardoning power being
vested in the governor solely under
the law. ,
Aetna Mill Unsold.
Union, Special.?The Aetna Cotton
Mill was advertised to be sold last
Wednosdnv hv the truataa in lifinlr
ruptcy, but the sale did not take place.
There wore several prospective purchasers,
some of whom had deposited
the required certified check, but the
upset price of $250,000, seems to have
been larger than any one wanted to
bid as no one offered to pay it. The.
sale was therefore called off, and the
property, which cost $450,000 and is
in pood condition, will bo a pa in offered
for sale about the middle of November
at a lower flpurc.
Verdict Against Southern.
Spartanburg, Spccinl.?In the suit
against the Southern Railway for
damages in the sum of $30,000
brought by J, M. Turbyflll, administrator
of the estate of Mis> B. Hand,
the young school teacher who was
killed at Duncan last November while
crossing the railway tracks, the jury
returned a verdict $5,000 dollars. Miss |
Hand was on her way to visit sick
friends, and while crossing the tracks
was struck by No. 37, which was running
several hours late. The young
lady was a sister of Prof. Hand, of ?
South Carolina University.
Spartanburg May Get Orphanage.
Spartanburg, Special.?The committee
having in charge the matter of
selecting a location for the Episcopal
Orphanage will visit Spartanburg in
the near future to further consider
the advisability of selecting Spartanburg.
Well known citizens here have
agreed to give fifty acres of land in
the suburbs for the home.
Need Money to Bnild Bridges.
Spartanburg. Special.?The county
commissioners have not ns "yet succeeded
in raising $100,000 with which
to rebuild bridges that wore washed
away during the August flood. The
commissioners have had several conferences
and various methods of raising
finances have been discussed. A
trust company has offered to loan
$100,000 for a period of thirty years
at o per cent, but the offer has not
beon accepted. More than fifty bridges
are down, many of them very important
steel structures. ?
Suicide Pact Suspected.
Lincoln, Neb., Special.?B. L- Slicppard,
a traveling salesman and Mrs.
Lecna Brunei, stewardess at the Lincoln
Commercial Club, were found
dead in npartrc-rmts of the man. Gas ;
was pouring from a iet in the ro?*m.1
The supposition of the police is that
they tinned on the gas with suicidal |
intent, though the possibility of accidental
dcatli is admitted. $heppnrd
nod Mrs. Bmner were well known in
Lincoln. Both were divorced.
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MA NEWS ITEMS
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n All Sections of the State and
Busy Readers
Looks Like Infanticide.
Lexington, Special?What seems to
be-a clear case of infanticide came
to light a few days ago, when the
body of an infant was found near a
branch in the upper part of town.
The discovery was made by a -negro
woman, who was attracted to the
scene by the terrible odor. The child
was wrapped in cotton, and had evidently
been born a week, as the arms
was almost ready to drop off at tlie
shoulders from doeom|>osition. Those
who saw it, say that it was impossible
to discern whether the child died
from natural causes or whether it was
killed \v the heartless parent and carried
to the swamp with the hope of
covering up the crime. The supposif
ion is tllflt t hn nnrlv wl?n rvlo/m l If
, ""V
whore it was found intended throwing
it into the water, so thnt the discovery
would never he made. It has
caused a great deal of talk among the
negroes, but they are very cautions
how they speak. It is said that the
child had been moved since it was
found as it could not be found later.
There has been no official action taken
in the case, but it is one that
should be investigated, and it is very
likely that Coroner Clerk will look into
the situation rtftincdintely.
School Information Wanted.
Superintendent of Education Martin
has requested the county superintendents
of education to send him a
brief description of school conditions
in their respective counties, and also
an outline of the greatest needs of
the schools, as they may appear to
the county superintendents. Mr. Martin
proposes to incorporate these articles
in his last annual report, which
will be the fortieth annual report of
the department of education, lie believes
that this collection of short articles
in addition to the statistical reports
from the county superintendents
will he beneficial, not only to the legislature.
but also to the future students
of our educational development.
Covers the Field.
As a purveyor of reliable news
The Calumbia State is easily in n
class by itself. With unsurpassed
facilities for gathering the world's
happenings, added to its o\Vn staff of
reliable and energetic special correspondents,
both State and general
events oi-e recorded with a degree of
exactness and detail thnt cannot he
surpassed. In this campaign year
when things are constanrlv happening
to keep the public interest at concert
pitch it is hardly to he conceived how
anyone who desires to be well in
formed and who lives within reach
of this tine daily can afford to be
without it.
General Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid
for spot middling at different points:
Charlotte 8 1-2
Columbia 8 1-2
Galveston
New Orleans 3-4
Mobile 8.00
Savannah 8.00
Charleston 81-2
Wilmington... 8 3-4
Nirfolk 8 7-8
Baltimore 0
New York fl.10
Boston .9.10
Oharlotto Produce.
Corn 85
Bacon 11 1-2
Lard .12
Chickens 25 to 50
Eggs 28
Butter 15 to 30
Wright to Speak iu Richmond.
Washington, Special. ? Secretary
Wright has received invitations from
Norfolk and Lynchburg. Va., to
speak on behalf of Judge Taft before
the close of the campaign but has not
decided whether to accept. He will
speak at Richmond on the 28th instant.
He said that he did not expect
to speak in Tennessee during the
campaign.
Property Values in Lexington.
Lexington, Special.?County Auditor
W. 1). Dent completed his abstrnct
of property values in Lexington county
on October 1. The figures of the
abstrnct as shown by the auditor's
books for 1007 give a total valuation
of $5,335,720, while for the fiscal
vend, 1008, the total valuation is $5,209,700,
the decrease being due largely
to that portion of the county that
voted itself into Calhoun, and to a
slight reduction in the taxable valuation
of the railroads. The State
will receive $2,914.40, compared to
$2,410.78 for the year 1007.
Carneigie Gives Big Amount.
Xew York, Special.?The fact that
Andrew Carnegie* has contributed
$20,000 to the campaign fund of the
Republican national committee was
announced by State Chairman Timothy
Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff also
announced that Mrs. Russell Sage has
contributed $1,000 to the same fund.
There have bpen no other large contributions
fiom individuals, M.
Woodruff said, but small sums art
, coming in from various sources.
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| OUR. SCHOOLS
Bt Pror. William H. Hand,
T University of South Carolina. t ' 1
Paper Number Five.
Inadequate Supervision.?In South
Carolina there are three units of
school administration?the State, the
county, and the school district. "An
educational system is a great business."
In every organized business
there must bo machinery; that machinery
must be repaired, adjusted,
and articulated; and some competent
responsible person must supervise
that machinery. A successful supervisor
must be a capable man, an experienced
man", and a courageous
man. He must be reasonably well
paid, definitely responsible to somebody,
and reasonably secure in his
position as long as lie "is efficient.
What of the supervision of our educational
s3-stem? What do we expect,
and what have a right lo
expect ?
What does the fundamental law of
the State require in the office of the
State Superintendent ? Does it require
that ho shall be an educated
man, or a man of experience in school
affairs, or a mmi wlm knnir?
of teaching and of teachers, or a man
himself qualified to teach? lie is expected
to direct the educational policy
of a State, and to maintain a system
of school for over three hundred
thousand children. What salary is
offered to a man big enough to fill
this positiou? Nineteen hundred dollars
a year. How does this rank with
the salary offered a man big enough
to run one cotton mill? llow does
he get the position, ami on what does
the security of it depend? What is
likely to he his reward for any display
of courage in his office? Every
second year he is compelled to neglect
the duties of his office for at least
two months and to spend at least
four hundred dollars to get the opportunity
to speak ten minutes in
each county telling the dear (indifferent)
people that he Bliould be reelected.
Under our present system
of electing the State Superintendent,
and with the two-year tenure of office
the entire educational policy of the
State may be reversed inside one
year. In a recent editorial The News
and Courier pertinently says, "In
late years the people have shown a
growing improvement in their estimate
of the place of superintendent
of education, choosing as a rule, trained
teachers for it, * * but
there is iro assurance so long as the
office is filled by popular vate that
incapable men will not he elected to
it solely because of their ingratiating
manner, or as a reward for political
service. Xh?i
superintendent of education should
be appointed by the governor or bv
n commission, after thorough investigation
and the salary should be sufficient
to command the services of experts,
and at the same time remove
them from temptation."
A succession of able State superintendents
could not build and maintain
a system of high-class schools,
unless the county supervision be good.
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iuv; niavai I'uuuius ui ? mate superintendent
would avail but little unless
the county superintendents wero
able, willing and courageous enough
to carry these policies to success. In
the matter of administration the
county superintendency is the key to
the situation. What do we require
of the county superintendent, what
do we expect, what do we get, and?
what do wo give? Do we require that
the county superintendent shall b?.
an expert or experienced educator?
Is he required to have any knowledge
of schools or, of teaching? Is there
anything to prohibit an illiterate from
holding that office? lie is not required
to be competent to teach, although
by law ho is required to give
his teachers instruction in the art
and methods cf teaching. Does th#
countv demnnd that its superintendent
be at least thb equal of the superintendent
in court house town? To be
perfectly plain and honest, have we
not had men elected and re-elected
to the office of county superintendent
to supervise the whole county, who
could not have been elected to any position
in the best schools of theii
counties? Many of them would not
essay to teach in the best schools of
their counties. They understand full
well tl^ct the public does not expect
such fitness of them. That is our
fault, not theirs. The public mind
does not think of a county superintendent
as a man of education, experience,
tact, and leadership in
school matters. It thinks of him as
a man who listens to neighborhood
quarrels about district lines, and
about the appointment and removal of
trustees, and who sits in his office
one day in the week to sign teachers'
pay warrants.
In. speaking thus of incompetent
county superintendents, I have no in
iciiiiim wnaiever or neing personal.
I am happy to count among my best
friends in the State many of the
county superintendents. Many of
them are competent and efficient men,
sacrificing themselves on the altar of
an unappreciative publicT for their
reward is contemptible. We ask forty-two
qualified men to direct over
6,200 teachers, to act as guardians for
314,000 children, and to keep and to
disburse nearly a million and a half
dollars; we offer them an average of
$684, an insult to an efficient man!
The citv of Greenville has convinced
j itself that it is economy to pay its
superintendent $1,800 a year to snp[crvise
the work of 44 teachers; while
Greenville county pays its superitendcnt
$700 to supervise 275 teachers.
Sumter pays its city superintendent
$2,400 a year to direct 30 teachers;
Sumter county offers its superintendent
$900 to direct about 150 teachers.
It is a source of wonder why we
have as many efficient county superintendents
as we have. All honor to
the eom|>etent mnn patriotic enough
to serve his county on a contemptible
salary! But shame upon a people
who compel patriotism to crawl in the
dust!
I know that wc have some people
who claim that our schools are already
too much supervised. That denends
entirely upon what is meant by
supervision. Hf it means the constnnt
meddling in petty details, or the
jealous interference with teachers in
matters concerning only themselves,
or the insistence upon teachers becoming
cheap imitators of a fadtiend
superintendent, then perhaps we
have too much. But if supervision
means the readiness and ability to
assist the teacher, the power to inspire
her, the tact to prune and refine
and strengthen her, and the manhood
to sustain her (and it usually
docs), then I dissent vehemently. All
over the State we have young men
and women who as teachers ought to
succeed, but who are failintr because
they have no one to advise thc-?n unci
to support them in the crucial moments
of trial. This is especially true
in the rural and village -schools. Is
it any wonder that the young teachers
flock to the towns?
The rural schools musir have better
supcrvison. Nearly seventy per cent
of the white school children of this
State are in the rural schools. They
are entitled to as good and as close
supervision as are any other children
Proper supervision can not be given
as long as we multiply the one-teacher
schools with fifteen pupils each,
and permit the popular election of
supervisors at a salary of $684. On
a salary of $684 what can a county
superintendent do toward the real
supervision of 150 teachers seatteied
all over the county, in perhaps 100
schorl houses?
Require that the county superintendent
he an expert educator, let
him he appointed by a board and responsible
to that hoard, keep him in
oflicc as iong as lie is efficient and pay
him an expert's salary. We shall
find the men prepared to do the
work. Then we shall stop frittering
away the school fund, increase the
fund, and we shall get results. Soon-*
er or later our pepole are going to
come to look at this matter somewhat
as did Hon. John J. McMnhan
:n his report for 1900.
-. -Killed by Insar.c Preacher.
Athens, Ala., Special.?News has
iust reached lime cf the killing lati
Fridav of Andrew Jackson, living
near the Lauderdale county line, by p
preacher named Livingston. The nicr
arc said to have disliked each othei
for a long time, and when they met
Livingston fired on Jackson. Living
ston was later caught wandering about
the woods barefooted ami clad only
in his undcr-garments. Later in tlie
nigK he made li s escape. It b
thought" to*" *'s unbalanced.
Fire Threatens White House Stables.
Washington, Special.?Fire of unknown
orifrin wnc ^icnnvnrn/1 J i. 't>?
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loft of the White House stables about
8:30 o'clock Sunday morning, causing
fifteen dollars damage. But for the
prompt work of the stable keeper and
big assistant the building, in which
are roused several of the President's
thoroughbreds, would have been destroyed.
The stables are at Seventeenth
and E streets, some distance
from the White House.
Kilte Wife and Suicides.
York, Pa., Special.?William Bennington
shot and killed his u'ife ar.c
then committed suicide. Bennington
followed his wife -to a church with c
horse and bupgrv and fired n lond ol
shot into her body just as she was
about io enter the church. He thcr
drove across the State l:ne into Mary
land, where he reloaded the shot gun
placed the barrel against his stomael
and pulled the trigger. The erim<
is said to hr?'j been prompted by jeal
ousy.
Ho May Talk Across Atlantic.
London, Special.?The acceptance
of Dr. Lcc DeFcrcst's wireless telephone
apparatus by the British Admiralty,
after tests in which conversations
were carried on between per
sons on shipr fifty miles apart ami
steaming at full speed, has strength
ened the American inventor's con
viction that he may yet be able t?
talk to America from a station whirl
be will establish at the- top of tin.
Eiffel tower in Paris.
President Caatro Seriously 111.
Willemstad, By Cable?It is reported
here from Venezuela that President
Castro is serirmslv ill nnd ttm?
the government of Venezuela probably
soon will have to be turned over
to the vice president cf that republic.
The illness of President Castro was
confirmed later in the day by passengers
from Caracas, who declared him
to be suffering frcm an affection of
tho liver end kidneys. His physicians
bavo cot bren able to agree
rfcetkrr to perform an operation or
not.
As a nation wc probaniy carry more
continued stories in our head3 than
any people in history, asoeris Puck.
A SPECTACULAR FALL
Aeronauts Experience a Drop
o, Two Thousand feet
LAND WITH BUT SLIGHT INJURY
American Balloon Conqucrcr Bursts
at the Height of 4,000 Feet, Precipitating
tho Aeronauts to the Roof
of a House in a Berlin Suburb.
Berlin, By Cnble.?The internationil
balloon race which started Sunday
from the suburb of Schmargondorf,
was the occasion of a thrilling accident,
two American aeronauts having
i miraculous escape from death. The
American balloon Conqueror, the only
American built craft in the contest.
Jiaving on board A. Holland Forbes
lud Augustus I'ost. less than two minutes
nftov the start burst at an alti'ude
of 4,000 feet. For 'J,000 feet it
<hot down like a bullet, and then the
torn silk bag assumed the sliane of a
jaraclnitc, thus checking the rapidity
)f the descent. Coming dose to the
>artii, however, the basket smashed
into the roof of a house, but the two
ncn escaped with but slight bruises.
The race, in which twenty-three
bnlloons participated, representing
Treat Britngit, France, Germany, the
t'nited States. Switzerland, Italy, Belgium
and Spain,Started at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in the presence of
U least S0.000 spectators. The first
balloon sent away was the "Ameii?a
II," under command of James C.
McCoy, who was accompanied by
Lieutenant Vrehmann. The balloon
was decorated with the Stars and
Stripes and it sailed away to the
southeast at a rapid pace, the oeronauts
waving their hats.
Dramatic Occasion.
A representative of each of the 0M1?r
nations followed the American
balloon in suocession i.t intervals of
I wo minutes, the national hymn of the
respective countries ringing forth as
the ropes were cast loose.
The second batch of eight balloons
-.\as led by Forbes it: the Conqueror,
which reached a high ait ihide in an
ir.eitdibly shcii period, t !. ? basket
sweying violv.uly, Then alu.ost instantly
a cry of horror arose from
the crowd who saw the si'k collapse
and shouted: '.he balloon i-- ripping
i.p."
The thousands who had gathered
there stood fo.* n moment pet rilled,
home turned away fainting, rs tiny
saw the balloon falling with lightning
rapidity. At the same lime,
sr ewers of sand and nppurtcnanocs
of the balloon shot downward with
equal rapidity and then daylight was
seen through the envelope, great ragged
edges of the silk showing 011 either
side.
'"They are killed." went in a hushed
whisper through the crowd, but
shortly the remainder of the envelope
njjjjuareu in lane, ursi, n iriangunn
shape and then was transformed into
a sort of parachute at the top of the
net nnd the progress of \he wrecked
bnlloon was considerably arrested. Tt
came down slower and slower, moanwhile
being swept bv the wind, far to
the southeast, and Anally disappeared
from view behind a block of houses.
The suspense among the crowds was
terrible. But a few minutes later
a telephone message was received
from Frienenau, which announced
that the men had landed and had not
been seriously injured. The other balloons
were sent up, after a brief delay,
without further accident.
Terrorizing Ncgrces.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.?A special
from Tuscaloosa, Ala., says: A
negro Baptist church and lodge ball
located at Spring Hill, Ala., were
burned Friday night by unknown
persons. A hand of horsemen alleged
to have been organized with the
intention of driving the negroes out
of the community, are said to have
set Are to the church and hall.
To Increase Bank Examinations.
Washington, Special.?Comptroller
of the Currency Murray has decided
to increase the number of national
bank examinations, in many eases
from twice to three or four time- n
year. It is not his purpose, lie says.
to rxam.no an national hanks loin
or even three times a year, but th?
now rule will bo made to apply tr
all national banks that have in tlu
past shown a disposition to vioiatr
or evodo any provisions of the national
banking laws or the regulation?
prescribed by the Comptroller of the
Currency.
Will Retire Colonel Stewart.
Washington, Special.?The army retiring
board which has been investipntir.a
the conditions of the health of
Col. William F. Stewart, the so-called
Fort Grant "exile," concluded its
work ani while the result was not officially
made public, it is quifp wol)
understood that the board found Colonel
Stewart t<> bo s<? seriously aftlietI
cd with valvular disease of the heart
' as to inoapaciate him for active service
in the army.
WATERWAY ENDORSED
?
Second Day of the Great Waterway
Confercnco Addressed By Colonel
Bryan and Others.
Chicago, Special.?Addresses by
William J. Bryan and Clifford Pinehot
be latter being ehniiman of the ua.ional
conservation commission, the
reading of a letter from James J.
Hill, abort addresses by delegates,
ind a big reception at the Coliseum
it night were the feat urea of the scc>nd
day of the convention of the
i,akcs-to-thc-Guif Deep Waterways
Association. Mr. Bryan, who spoke
arnestly in favor of deep waterways,
lot only from the lakes to the gulf
Out in all other parts of the country,
where increased transportation faculties
were needed, was an cntlmsiasti nlly
received, as was William II.
raft when he opened the convention
.lie previous dny.
Mr. Bryan's Address.
Til ?1... *r_
? won.., me wiiuiiuni iur.
Bryan said in part:
"You cannot give the people Ico
jood facilities for transportation of
.heir merchandise. If you tell me
rou want to improve the Mississippi
[ tell you that is all right, 1 will help
fou improve it just as far as you
please, and make the canal as wide
is you please and 113 deep as you
please, and when you get to improvng
the Mississippi I will start out all
ilone if necessary to improve every
-iver that empties into the Mississippi.
Water transportation is the natural
transportation. God made the
rivers, man made the railroads. When
rou finish a river sufficiently deep for
ommerce, or a canal upon which
touts can flc.it, you make it possible
for a man with small capital to act
while the railroads make it possible
for men with large capital to act.
Where there is a river any man who
'an build a heat can engage in transportation,
and if he cannot lmild a
pig boat he can build a little boat and
if you have a large number of little
tonts the big boat will have to meet
the rate that the little boat fixes. Yon
will find it much easier to regulate
rates 011 water than 011 land because
competition can be much more active
an water than 011 land. We are an
exporting nation. We send our agricultural
products to foreign markets,
and when our wheat or our cotton
reaches the T.or.don market its price is
fixed there by (lie competition which
it meets. If a bushel of wheat sells
for a dollar in London and it takes
fifty cents to got it from the farm to
London the farmer gets fifty cents a
bushel for his wheat. If you can so
improve transportation that the farmer
can get his wheat from his farm
to Liverpool for twenty-five cents yon
have added twenty-five cents to the
farmers' priet for tins wheat. It is
a fact that is admitted that the railroad
ennne- carry freight as cheaply
as the boat can, and therefore every
fanner is interested in establishing water
communication wherever water
communication is possible.
Believer in Waterways.
"I believe ir. improving the waterways
everywhere, 110 mntter whether
these waterways are the rivers that
run down the mountainsides into tho
ocean and the West or the waterways
that converge in the Mississippi valley
and carry their floods to the gulf.
I believe that it is the duty of those
charged with the business of government
to develop these things upon
which a nation's prosperity depends.
"If the work should be done, and I
believe that it should, then you people
who believo it should be done
should agree upon the best methods
by which to do it. But I repeat that
you must not be frightened because
it may require an investment. At St.
Louis last fall they resolved that
$500,000,000 spent in improving the
waterways of the Mississippi valley
would bring an interest in the way
of decreased cost of transportation
amounting to $1SO.OOO.OOO a year
Why, my friends, if it only snved
$50,000,000 a year it would be ten
per cent, interest on the investment.
"I believe that the plan should be
commenced now. I believe that it
should be a comprehensive plan, that
it Rhould deal with the entire subject
and that it should be a permanent
plan; that we should begin now
to lay the foundation for the future
greatness of this country, in the
development of these natural resources,
these God-given wuter courses
of ours."
Russia Getting Her Fleet Ready.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Fearful
that Austria intends to tnko advantage
of the commotion in Servia to
deal the boldest blow of all?annexation
of Servia?the Czar has ordered
a. l:I: : -r IL. C
uir mom iizju iuil 01 nit: r?iacK ocu
fleet. Russia still insists upon an international
conference to completely
revise the Berlin treaty, while the
latest word from England is that she
has not receded from her position
that only existing issue* must be
considered.
Two * Grades Eliminated.
New Oilcans, Special.?Directors of
the New Orleans cotton exchange an
nounced that tlicy hod eliminated !o\<
middling s'a r.cd and tt;let low mid
diing stained frem the l.r. <L tender
able grades. So ranch discussion re
suited from the change that the dirre
tors have railed a special meeting ot
the nv mix ; <f th? 'xt-h tinge for n?x"
Monday to get their opinion cn th
matter.
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RIOTERS ARE FOILED
Abortive Attempt to Lynch et
Spartanburg, S C.
MILITIA PROTECTED PRISONER
Infuriated Mill Operatives Make Determined
Effort to Lynch Nejro
Who Assaults Young L&dy?Depu- ^
ties and Officers Exchange Shots
and Several Are Wounded.
Spartanburg, f. C., Specicl.?In tbo
heart of Spartanburg with its 20,000
population, a mob of infuriated citizens,
at times numbering a thousand
or more, fought Saturdav and Saturday
night with-the military nn.l civil
authorities for the possession of .Tolin
Irhv, n negro wly> is alleged to have
atteniplod to ravish .Miss Lillie Denip
soy earlier in the day while the young
woman was on her way hero from
Saxon Mill village, three miles away.
Four persons were wounded, one of
them seriously, and John Sparks, a
restaurant keeper, was arrested anil
hold without bail on the charge ol!
shooting Sheriff Nichols, who was
slightly wounded in the exchange ot!
shots between the mob and the authorities
who were protecting tho
prisoner.
Beginning about noon the crowd,
sullen and bent on vengeance on tho
negro, roamed about the court house
square, approaching at times the very
gates of the high wall enclosing tho
jail. Late at night the situation became
alarming. The crowd was
augmented by 500 people fioin Gree vil'e.
There was some shooting in
the street and the mob moved into
the public square.
The first shot came from a window
of the jail and it was followed by
others from the sime quarter. An
answering shot was fired from tho
crowd. This broke a window in tb?
jail and slightly wounded Sheriff
Nichols. Sparks was accused of tho
shooting and immediately taken into
custody, llis attorneys offered $1.00(1
bail but this was refused.
Girl Identifies Negro.
Irby's arrest was effected shortly
after the commission of tiis crime
and close to the scone of his attack.
He was captured by mill operatives,
was taken before the young woman,
who immediately identified him, and
was then carried into the woods. Hie
captors were about to lynch bin*
when mounted police arrived and
wrested him from the crowd, not,
however, before the negro had been
badly beaten. The negro was taken
to the jail and almost immediate!'
the storming of the jail began. Sheriff
Nichols swore in a number of deputies
and the militia was ordered out Tti.?
mob tried to gain ingress by mears
of step ladder's, but that, too, was ineffectual.
Sunday and Sunday nipM
passed off quietly with nothing in the
way of a disturbance.
N. C. & St. L. Detective Killed.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.?T. .T,
McElhaney, special detective for tl e
Nashville, Chattanooga St. Louis
Railway, was shot and killed early
Sunday while on duty in the yards of
the railroad company at Cravens, two
miles from the union station. W. 1).
Smith, who was until recently cmployed
as a deteetivc for the road, is
in jail charged with the crime. Bloodhounds
were put 011 the trail anil
tracked Smith to his home. The men,
it is said, had been on bad terms for
some time. McElhaney leaves a wift
and seven children.
Quiet in the Near East. A
London, By Cable.?Belgrade, th# M
storm center in the present Balkan
situation, has ouieted down. After a 1
loop secret session, the National Assembly
has taken no definite action
with rcpnrd to mnkinp war upon Aus- 1
trin-Hunpnry. The city itself lias \
quieted down, the people apparently
realising that war would mean the jle- J
struetion of Servian nationality. ?
Missionary Convention Holds Elg
Mass Meeting. 3
New Orleans, Special.?At a mass j
meeting in the Athenaeum Cephas ...J
Shelbourne, "f Dallas, Tex., preached |
to a prent audience attending the in- 9
(i.rnflti/innl ,v> -
........ .W,.,, , iinoPMflMII V t'CII VI-IIIKUI or I
the churches of Christ. Mr. Shel- |
bourne took as his therm' the f ict 'j 8
that an inscription tvas written on the i
cross of Christ in three languages and M
developed from this incident an ar- ftj
gumi n! showing how modern cliur^l.eg
of all creeds ore pushing aside denrm* ?!
inational barriers in favor of more in* 1
timnte relations with each other. &
Marked Falling Off In Greater Nan >
York Registration. ?
New York, Special.?Rcgistrat OR I 1!
for the first three -m . Orecte* 1 I
Nr*v York as shown by corrected
u-i.jL'. : ' opa Jfl
ha' of four years ago. For the tl.re#^|S
da\s the correrted figures show fo*-?
Greater New 'N ork a registration this '
ear of ."5-10.C93 r.s compared vcit.h
">73. "23 four a loss of