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THE FORT MILL TIMES
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VOL. XVII. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1908. NO. 33.
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News of Interest Gleaned Fron
Arranged For I
Reunion of Orr's Rifles.
Abbeville, Special.?The survivors
of Orr's regiment held their annual 1
reunion here Friday. The meeting' l
had been postponed because of the 11
illness of Gen. K. R. Hemphill. prcs- | t
idcut of the association, hoping that Is
ho would be able to attend, but his .
condition did not warrant him venturing
out. ("apt. \V. F. McGill. of
Anderson, first vice-president, pre- 1
sided and introduced the various 1
speakeis. 1
The meeting was held in the opera 0
house, which was packed. The child- ?
rcn of the graded school and the vet- v
erans all marched through the square <
to the opera house in a body about <
100 veterans and 400 children being ^
in line. Music was furnished by a '
choir of '24 voices got up for the <
occasion. 1
Gen. M. L. Bonham made a very '
tine address indeed in his usual 1
bappv style. Gen. Bonham belongs <
to Abbeville and he is always given 1
a warm welcome when he comes here i
4UI 4*11 V UUCUS1UII. '
At the conclusion of the meeting <
Dr. Harrison on If of Abbeville f!
invited the association to meet here 1
again nexi: year. The invitation was (
received xvitli clivers and accepted at <'
once. i"
Capt. Mctiill paid his respects to '
the citizens of Abbeville, saying the '
Inst two meetings held here were by I
?ar the hrst and most pleasant they s
bad ever held. <
The ladies of Abbe\ille through >
the Daughters of the ('onfederaoy f
served a botmtifnl dinner to all the I
old soldiers at Rosenberg's ball.
A large number of veterans went 1
over to (icn. Hemphill's home in t
Fort Pickens to speak to bint before ?'
going borne.
Order of Exercises.
Prayer by Rev. Rrown, Anderson.
Song .*4 America." v
Welcome address, bv Dr. J. L. Wil- I
son, Abbeville. t
Solo, Mrs. ,J. I.. McMillan. ,
Quartet. <
Annual add res >, by (icn. M. I,. 1
Bonhnm, Anderson.
Song, *' Auhl l.ang Sync."
Solo, by Miss Hammond. i
Business Meeting. <
Quartet. \
Sopg, "Dixie." <
Dinner, Rosenberg's ball. I
Dispensary Election is Declared
Legal. r
Laurens, Special.?The dispensary >
election held Tuesday of last week '
was declared legal and in neeord- '
ance with requirements. 'I lie official t
? count showed r?tl(> voles for sale and 1
1.4S0 against sale. As announceil in <
u previous despatch, the election was i
contested by Attorney ('. P. Sims of c
Spartanburg, in behalf of Mr. Hliett ?s
Coleman, petitioner, but the nllega- o
lions set forth in the petition were
not sustained in nnv particular. At
the hearing, resume 1 from last Tuesday,
a number of witnesses were ex- e
amined, chiefly from among tho man- 1
agera of the election, together with t
Supervisor Humbert and Mr. \\\ T. f
Crews, summoned by the petitioner, r
It appears from the testimony, nod t
was so argued by Mr. Peat hurst one d
for the respondent, that not a single I j
allegation set forth in the petition t
was substantiated by tho testimony r
introduced, r.ot even that Mr. Cole- li
man, the petitioner, was a qualified 1
elector and a taxpayer. Further, ev- t
cry manager examined testified that y
tho law was complied with in every d
detail, while the petition alleges that I
ihere were numberless irregularities, a
Mr. Sims refused to make any argu- j
ment because all three members of t
the hoard were not present and left t
for homo at 2 o'clock, while Mr. n
Featherstone's orgument was not a
mad? until 3 o'clock. Mr. Sims con- h
tended that tho two members pres- h
rut could uof pass upon the matter, t
The board ruled otherwise. Some t
days ago Mr. Sims stated that he h
would currv the contest before the b
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mnic uwt-iu. mi ii is presumed me t
matter is uot ended. r*
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Twenty Votes Not Counted. ii
Aiken, Special.?A rather peculiar
condition has arisen from the reoenf
. municipal election, There appears fo
be 20 vdtcs that were not counted, t
^nt least "one name must have been w
left off t'rem 20 ballots in count in?, u
There were l.'t eandi infos in the field fi
for* aldermen. and there were 207 S
votes east. As each voter must have p
voted for six in order for the ballot < ]
to have been legal. there must be >ix V
times 297 votes for the total of n
those received by the l."> candidates, w
which would he 1.7S2. Ilowevei. t<
when the yotes of all .candidates are v.
added up, the total is only 17ti2, and tc
on th? i'ace,of. this it would appear tt
that '20*votes nie uncounted. It is ^
understood thai forpe parties are in- ui
pifting on the votes being recounted, pi
- Killing In Berkeley.
Manoks Corner, Special.?Another
homicide occurred near Mr. Holly on t(
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Mr. p,
{ H. "E. Brown attempted to arrest a b,
negro named. Richard Drayton and n
the negro attempted to kill Brown. ^
* "In fact a bullet from 'Drayton's pistol
passed through Brown 'a overcoat. t.
whereupon Brown suot and killed .
A Dravton. 1,1
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HANtWS lltMS
1 All Sections of the State and
3usy Readers
Rays Cited for Contempt.
Richmond, Ya., Special.?Judge
Pritchnrd Saturday cited Archibald
A'. Rav and Duncan (\ Ray, promilcnt
attorneys of South Carolina to
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ipi>i-ur ocLore mm ai ureenvilte to
ihow cause why they should not be
tunished for contempt of court. The
ase grows out of the action of the
ommissioners in connection with the
lispensary case of that State. The
'urtlicr complication in the celcbrat1
South Carolina dispensary scandal
levelopcd at an allday conference
vith Attorneys T. Moultrie Mordecai.
>f Charleston, S. C? Frank tarter,
if Ashcvillc, X. representing the
iVilson Company. A. S. Barnard, of
Vsheville. N". and <!. B. Lester, of
diurleston, S. representing the
'"leischman interests, appeared boore
Judge deter C. I'ritehard. of the
"nited States Circuit Court. The
omplaiuants made a motion that the
iay brothers be ruled for contempt
n seeking to have Judge I'ritehard's
inters in which lie took charge of the
lispensary funds set aside or abrogated
to such an extent as to allow
lietn to recover the amount of the
laim upon which A. \V. Kay proaired
u writ of mandamus from the
Mipnunc Court of South Carolina,
fudge I'ritehard's ruie is returnable
)eeciuber 'Jlst at fJreenvillc, S
rile whole trouble arises out of the
nits brought by the Fleisehman
'ompany and others against the eomnissioners
appointed to wind up the
ilfairs of the old South Carolina disumsarv
board of control, on claims
or whiskey purchased by the board
nun complainants before the iusliution
was abolished. The entire
nioant involved is about .fSUO.OOO.
Negro Killed at Florence.
Florence. Special.? Isaac Morgan
vas killed last week hv Kugene ( anipicll,
alias Son Campbell. Both paries
were colored. The killing ocmrred
in the western part of the
ity. The slayer escaped immediatev
after the killing, which occurred
I'i.L'. 10 oVii-":. Thomas S
'i m !> was no'lV! about ll.Ii'l a d
mmcdintcly called upon Magistral*
'lias. K. Karl.v for a warrant, which
va made out. ami tbe sheriff" is now
lose behind the fugitive. It seems
hat the altercation began by ('ampjell
making some remarks about a
ister ot' Morgan. When Morgan
oik the part of his sister the shootng
began. The stories of the affair
ire conflicting and as a result Chief
>f Police ,1. Koopman has all paries
under arrest. So far as can be
iscertained, Campbell is a gingerake
color, about live feet six inches
n height, rather slender, clean shaven
me tooth missing in front. When last
een he was wearing a suit of blue
veral Is.
Election Returns Disappear.
Wallerhoro, Special.?A mystevl.
us theft was committed at the Court
louse last week. The canvassers of
he State and county election met
or the purpose of making up their
etuins for the recent election for
ho State and county offices. They
lid not conclude their labors arid ndourned.
leaving all papers appertaining
to the election in the jury
ooni. The door was left locked,
nit in the morning, when Chairman
Ireland and Clerk DeTreville came
n finish up their reports, all the
tapers had mysteriously disappeared
luring the night. Fortunately Mr,
KTreville had taken home with him
copy of the total Votes (?n*r in nndi
ircciuct. Tho luw provides that
hese pitpetB shall bo forwarded to
lit* Governor and Secretary of State,
nd it is not known what effect, if
nv, this theft will have. There
cents to ho no object a person would
ave in stealing these papers, except
hat it would destroy the validity of
he election. There Is no elite as to
ow these papers disappeared. The
card of canvassers will send tho
he return from Mr. DeTreville's
opy and will await the decision front
lie State authorities as to the legally
of the election.
Fined, for Cruelty to Horse.
Aiken. Special.?(\ II. Yenahle.
he patent medicine salesman, who
'as charged by Mi*. It. M. Weeks
ith cruelty to animals was tried and
ned $2.*? before Magistnrte W. M.
monk. It will he recalled that some
ivo weeks ago Mr. Yennhlc was
barged with running one of Mr.
feck's horses to death, and also of
listieating the animal by beating it
liilo i' was sick, and compelling i'
> travel when unfit to do so. Notice
as given b\ the defendant's at>rney
of intention to appeal the case
> the circuit court. He was repreuited
by Claude K. Sawyed. Ksq..
ud Messrs ltatis. Guntcr ?.* Lylcs
rosecuted the ea*e against him,
Petition for Dispeneary Denied.
Orangeburg. Special.?The little
>wii of Cope ib not to have a dissnaary.
to bos decreed the Orangetrg
County dieper.sary board. Sett*
tor Ruysor represented the oppo
ucn a i a Hearing' he tore tlie boorel,
liicli domed the sentiment against
10 establishment of the liquor shop
o strong in the community intertcd.
CHINA JS AFFLICTED
Emperor and Empress Die On
Same Day
THE PEOPLE TAKE IT QUIETLY
Shortly After 5 O'Clock, Saturday,
the Emperor Breathed His Last?
Prince Chun, His Brother, Now Regent,
May Be Accepted as Successor.
IVkin. China. By Cable.?The
Emperor of China died shortly after
5 o'clock Saturday evening. As
cnrlv as A o'clock in tin* afternoon,
it was reported that tho Emperor
was so low that his dentil was reyarded
as iminineiit. The Foreign
Board of the gov iTiinunit has cc?ntinned
the report eirettlated Friday
that the Dowager Empress is
also mortally ill.
The Kmpoior had beeti ill for a
long time and during recent an iienees
with foreign representatives he
was unable cither to sit up on I lie
throne or even in an erect position.
It was evident for a long time that
he would he unable to withstand a
crisis which sooner or later niusl develop
in the disease from which he
was suffering. Recent climatic extremes
caused the devolomelit of
fatal complications that resulted in
his death.
At the moment of death tiie Kmpoior.
the Dowager Empress' own
death chamber chair was waiting in
the courtyard. She, too, had been
?n a serious condition, and word t! at
>vas brought her carliei in the da\
that the Empeior was dying. caused
her to collapse. T >Is has prevented
her tioin yr-nuuiiig the relationship
d grand mother to the suercs-or to
he thic.-iie. which, nciir ins* !< l!i*
hi in so system world er.orr i.?;sly
tiiumc ;t lie.' authority.
Tiiere is little indication ol emotion
a me. is, the people ovei the
events which have been 11auspiiinu.
I'l.e Emperor's death end the pi ibible
death of the Dowag *r Future
i'hin a verv sl.ori time have had
nit little c lYoc t upon the Chinese,
who are pursuit:*; toe even tenor of
lien way without signs of inotirnng.
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of tlie occasion mil after the ceremonies
left for Washington, where lie
will meet President Roosevelt.
Pushing Work c;i C. C- and 0. Road
Fparinnburu, Special.?The contract
ore arc puehing the work on tht
0. and 0. Roed. Tliey are receiving
steam shovels an 1 all sorts
of read machinery and the noise ot
the blast:!'-! i< like t! < annonadi if
aicund iTicrlihton in *SG-1. only it i;
n.oi si? ccu^tant and darsr^rous.
Pzcrcnicr Tr*inr Cellidc.
.Fnck- villi'- Sll"!- 1 l'n;ci..im.i
trains Nos. 30 an I 10, of the* AtIan!if
( oast I.inc. came together ii
a head-on collision near (himden, r
small station about tc ti miles frcir
this <it\ Saturday morning. killing
-lames A. King, of SanlV.rd. Fin., a.i<
Alenxrnder A. lb II, ??t" I'alatka, hot I
negro mail clerks, and slightly injuring
several other*. A relief trait
was sent out fiom here and the doac
and injure I brought to Jacksonville
The trains, it i said, had orders U
meet at i"umdcn. but No. 30 iv.u bx
u*itb U'.c t'r.tcl
Ilcrria Kacs r (Suicide.
Sep Fi(tnc.i;?co. Special.?'Morris
Mnuf. v.Lt> shot I'rtiU-ia J. Hauoy
11v-.1 iuo at b,,c cuu.-ty .
by s?'!>opt;i;g -mydtlf through ifco heed
One reyoit >j-s that the pistol wit!
whieh i-fcia* shot hitnsslf was co.i
ronled in ffi* shoe where he hid it be
tore sluotiuX ^r;'! " Another re
port says the "pistol \v.u? secretb
passed to Haas btva friends since liii
incarceration. ' VL
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I tit UUBflIN ELECTION
3omcz, Liberal Candidate. Elected
President By Large Majority.
Havana, By Cable?At the close of
in election which was conducted with
jrcal enthusiasm and complete absence
of disorder, it appears practically
certain that General Jose Miguel
Gomez and Alfredo Znyas have
been chosen President and Vice President
respectively of the new Cuban
republic, with strong liberal majorities
in the Senate and House.
Throughout the island, according to
the reports, an extraordinary heavy
vote was east, vastly in excess of
that east in the August election
where 182,000 failed to vote i:i a
total registration of 4-~>0.000. This
was especially so in Havana City,
where the vote probably will reach
U! per cent of the registration
against 10 per cent in August. The
heavy vote was due, not onlv 10 the
prevalence of tine weather, but the
strenuous efforts made to bring out
the silent vote. The slow incoming
>f the returns is attributed partly to
the heavy vote an 1 partly to scratched
ballots on llepresentnlives. Incomplete
official returns from the
.preeinet of Havana indicated that
the city was overwhelmingly Liberal.
Few returns have been received from
the provinces but estimates give the
island to General Gomez by from
25,000 to 30,00. The Conservative
leaders generally admit the defeat
of their parly.
Nc-ro Killr Li^ht.
Okumulgee, Okla.. Special.- Fight
persons wire killed and ten others
were wounded Sunday in a light between
James Deekard, a iug;o desperado
and officers.
'i i... a i
F.dgai llohiuson. sheriff cif Oknulgcp
count\.
I teni v K la her. assistant chief
of police of Okmulgee.
Two lit ^rors nagged Chapman,
hrot hoi s.
Three unidentified ncgroi s.
Tin* tvounded:
Stove ({raxsoii. in dan hoy. prohably
fatally beaten Victor Fair. chief
of Sioux, shot through shoulder; !>? putv
SliriilT, arm broken.
Sevfn others, slightly wounded.
Frcsidcnt-Elcct Taft Invited to Spartanburg
Banquet.
Spartanburg. S. ('., Special.? President-elect
Tat't has been invited by
the chamber of commerce to be the
most of Spartanburg upon the oe asion
of a banquet t" lie given November
20th. celebrating the building
?d tin* 'ai< lina. Cliuchlleld Ly
Ohio Kailroui'i t ? this city. A committee
of citizens lroin the ehumbei
of commerce, the city council and
the board of trade will go to Hot
Springs and extend the invitations.
The banquet will lie attended by !he
Clovernois of live States and the
presidents of half a dozen railroad
OJOil U.' ?
Tart Renders Tribute.
New Voile, Special.? While cannon
boomed, awakening patriotic
memories of those sailor and soldier
heroes who died in British prison
ships in the revolutionary war. the
prison ship martyrs monument at
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, was
dedicated with impressive ceremonies
Saturday in the presence of Presi.
dent-elect Taft. Secretary of Wat
Wright. Governor Hughes and thousands
of people who thronged tlir
knoll on which the tall doric column
stands. Mr. Taft made the oration
i-v ii.i ii^-i k .<n > unci 111 ? was ii |? f
nl.le spce! nelc to his : 1 Umlauts. I!i^
feebleness hail rendered him a mi'iv
uippei aiul In' luul suffered lon;?
nun ill lu-alih. v.hii-h was < ???::!>*it >1 J
. th tear a 'it! despair. Latterly he '
dtowod marked siji is of ni'iital disnibnr.rcs,
ami even went so I'ar
r.st August as to declare Ibr.iscli
and.
The foreeoinjr ili>patch from IVkin
>ets at 1 est the << iflietinir rumors of
he past two 'a* s that have ? uited
in IVkin and heen pub!:.-lied
..round the world. The Kmp< ror ? !'
China is dead. The repaid i V m
London of his improvement probably
. (Tern"' it. : . t "linoi.* i . i
or.lv. The lVkin message i? the iirst
unqualified otntement to oorvo from
the Chinese capital no ! it spec.flea
lly {jives i lie t:in ? ? t the pursing
away of His Majesty,
The regent is Prince (jinn, the Emperor's
brother. and it' he is accepted
by the government before 111* Dowager
Kmtiress dies, the likelihood of |
any revolutionary on?break in China |
will bo materially reduced.
Dovrajcr Empress Bead. t I
Pekin. IVv Cr.blc.?Tsr.o llsi An,
the Dowager Etr.piess of China, the
autocratic hrad of the government,
which she directed without success- j
fill interference since IStil ami withont
protest since 1SH1. died at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon;
The announcement of the Dowatrcr
Empress' death was ctl'.eial and. followed
closely upon the auuouiKwnvnt
that Kuang-Hsu, the Emperor, had
died Saturday at o o'clock in the afternoon.
but it is believed that the
cleath of both the Emperor and the
j Dowager Empress occurred a considerable
time before that set down in
the oillcinl statements.
An edict issued at S o'clock Sunday
morning placed upon the throne
Prince Pu-Yi. the tl-year-old son of
Prince Chun, the Kcgent of the Empire.
i:t necor:lanee with a promise
given bv the Dowager Empress goon
after the marriage of Prince I lnin in
1903. An edict issued on Friday
made Pu-Yi heir presumptive.
-prominent ucnicacrr/.c Veteran Drrcl
Washington, .Special.? Albert (I. '
Holland, a member of tbc fir?* <onpany
organized in Washington t<>
f i u 1?t for tbc Con fed nacy, died su
denlv in this city Kundav. Mr. Holland
t ?;'; part i:i t!:c first battle nf
Manassas, i'o'i.lir a pliant! y until
captured and Rent t Camp ('u >
where be was released at tli^ close of
the war. He wn* n member if the
linn of Copland &Co.. and it " a:M'i-t
jnonufnet tired Hec^ for the redcntl
government while it wa?. Hi > I'-im
to destroy them during tjir war.
InduiUlcl Education to Be Projected
Atlanta. Us.. Spwal.?Tho second
annual convention of tin* national
society for tbc promotion of imhistrial
education, the raeabciV.tly of
which includes forne of the nto?.
liujiuishe'. educators in the civin'rv.
will be held i:i Atlanta T'.r'rsdav. Fv;dnv
and Saturday of tin's week. !vchibiU
f:?m tw nly-thrce iadustrir.! i
at;., technical i.'-.o.-l: of t_ io.Hi:n
will be displayed in the State eapi- j
tal. r
FUNERAL OF NR. CARMACK
Drep Gloom Fcnracles His Nati7t
Cicy?Burirccs Entirely Suspended
and Public Buildings Draped.
While tin Distinguished Sou is
Laid Ajnoai His Fathers.
Columbia, Tenn., Special.?Business
was cntiiely euspended and t!:c
pcopl? of this city and county, together
with large delegations from
irony other Tennessee counties turned
out in force to do honor to the
memory of the late Senator Cartnack.
Public buildings were draped out of
respect to bis memory and a deep
gloan pervades :iii.s entire conunttnity.
The funeral was help at 11 oVloek
in the Methodist huieh. The sarvires
were very simple, but impressive,
and the seen.- a! the church and at
the urave where the distin?u shed
state-man was laid to nsl were such
as wi'l never be forgotten by the as>0115
hi ago present.
a He l;i:ic:a! sen ices :it Hi" church
were in chaise of Wov. W. T. P.oali,
as or <f !i" F i st Christian < liureli
ere. 'i-a church of which Senator
famine!. was a m ndo-i. Kev. Lin
'Y.ve, i i Nashville, delivered the adiross
at the C!iu:?;!i. At the riave
'lie burial was 'inducted with Masonic
honors, the ?loe? used lieinj; an
honored ni imbi r of thoi Masonic
order. Tin se M- eonie exorcises were
presided over b.v Major John Wil
'ioir.si 11. of this rity, past ?raud
master.
Flora! elYotirys wore sent from all
parts i f t!i" Slat-. Tlie olTerinir from
. in* eitir i>| C< lamb a ::n 1 Maury
oii'itv r;s :? ir:. r.i;li< ient pall, which
ovi r< ! tiM> entire cashet.
V\*h? n ?! i isiiTal train reached the
!:i:I e ; <>r lv at' r 11 n\)o"k, t hero
'a ihitMikc hush over !! < qrreat
. mit; i it ion For a full hour before
It' tile." for 1! e funerrl vi'tat crowds
of ;..?nrvintr it< ii * h Kan to gather
11 the ? 1 .1 r? li :>a,l th" aiulitoriuin was
pn ,.* \ to < re: cowing by 10:30
o "chief.. wliile hi'inlre is c ere turned
l.vnv. being unable t<? gain admission.
Within the chancel was a largo
likeuf - <f Ptna'or Carmaek draivd
in h'.aek.
There w r oion iuenl i<> present,
ropu scnting :?!l > el 'u us of Tennessee
leading .suppc rd" s and personal
friends of the dead Senator.
TTcli on Harder Charge.
Nashville, T, mi.. Sp acini. A Stale
warrant charging him with the murder
?.f former Fnited States Senatoi
Ld.vard \V. CarmaeU was served on
llohi'i ( i < ner at a hospital. Cooper
is now in *?::irre of throe deputy
sheriffs. IV* will he removed to
the county jail as soon as his condition
permits. It developed, ncrorduvg
to the physician who is atleiiding
young Ceopcr, that two shots
were til. d at the young man. one
penetrat uig his shoulder, the other
going lUlUl'Mil I 'S ; on'. sleeve.
The cxeitimcnt in this city over
the terrible tragedy Mondnv nfteriiooii
in which Ed war I \Y. Carmaek.
former IV.itPd S:ates Rennlor from
Tennessee, tlii* city, was shot and
killed by Kobin Cooper. a voting attorney
of Nashville, and son of Col.
Duncan B. Cooper, a close personal
nud political friend of Governor
Malcolm 11. Patterson, has to a certain
extent abated, yet the tragedy
is still the sole topic of conversation
in political circles both in this city
and throughout the Slate.
Colonel Cooper, who was with his
son when the latter shot Mr. Carmuck.
has been remanded to iail
without bond, charged with murder
Young Co(5p?r remains under guard
at a local hospital where bis wounded
arm is being treated. Uis preliminary
trial on the charge of murder
will he held as soon as he is able
to leave the hospital. Both the
Coopers and Senator Carmaek have
munv friends here and throughout
the State, Cooper's statement is that
i he affair was merely a street duel
in which both snips met and both
began firing.
The friends of the Coopers claim
they luul tried to r.vold n meeting
with Cn::iin<k. it is said, and they
were on their wav to the State capital
in response to a telephone message
from Governor Patterson when
the tragedy occurred; that Senator
Carmaek had been warned and was
expecting trouble.
Friends of Senator Carmaek strenuously
claim that tho killing was the
result of a conspiracy pmo and simple:
that wh 11 Senator Carn.uek left
The Tenner-pan oliire for his hoarding
house the fact was telephoned
from a house near The Tennessean
ofli?*o and the Co<i "is were notified
thai tlit* Sena'or was on k < way and
to lie on ilie alevt.
It now ' vojop-;. r cfnrd i ii? to
friends of M-. <'unpack. f!ia: there
was n third parly w'fii the Coopcis
inst I?efore the : 'jrotinir. a former
county cflieinl wl o i- a r'oso pcrsonal
friend of bet It I iio Coo pert* find
Patterson. Friends oi' :ii?- <b\ad Senator
intimate <! <- t lie re \r'!l bo spiisatioimi
development-* within 1 lie
noxt day oi so rc^ardir.? live, affair
Mistrial In Caro of Postm later.
Norfolk, Va.. Special.?The .iur
a tiie cn&o o? .Janice T. Read. foirna
A? .tan: pof.tmasty; at Xcwpor
Ncv.-h, Va.. charjrM with tl:o cmbez
r.Ionunt of S'.S 432 in TOrtnsv o:dc
fur f!s announced it? boneless .lis
nerecinent and was d:?rhnrcH. Tl>
[ viry stood nine for conviction an
l-iyrc for neon *:n! 1'cnd was ad
: mittcd to $1,000 bail for bis appoa:
I ance at the next term of the Federa
Couit, Uay next.
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GREAT YIELD OF CORN
A Total Prediction of 2,G12,G37,000
Bushels Indicated in the Preliminary
Estimate of the Department
of Arri culture.
Washington, Special.?An average
yield of '20.2 bushels of corn per acre
and sn indicated total production of
2fG-?'2.tS7,00n buslu U of corn are
preliminary estimates announced in
the report of the Department of Agriculture,
summarizing corn and tive
other ciops. The yield of ioni pot
acre in 1007 was '25.0. as llnally estimated
and averaged '25.G for ten years
while the production is compared
.with 2,592,32U,00U bushels dually estimated
in 19J7. Quality of corn is
80.9 per icnt., compared with S'2.8 in
1907, and ? !. 3 ten-year average.
About '2.7 iHi' rent, or 71.1'24.0(10
bushels, is estimated to have been in
fj:e fanners' hands on November 1st,
against 4.5 per cent, or 130,005,000
bushel* a year ago, and a ten-year
average of 4.*) p r rent.
The jveTniinnrv figures for important
States;, giving i*1 hnshi Is tlie yield
per acie and total product ion, respectively.
include:
Missouri 27 and 203,034,000. Texas
25.7 and 20l.S4S.000; Kentucky 25.2
and S4.S2d.000; Tennessee 24.8 and
74.747,000; Georgia 1*2.7 :nd 5(5.438,000;
Alabama 14.7 ana 44,855,000;
Virginia 20 and ,48.82S.OOO; North
Carolina 18 ami 50,100,000; Arkansas
20.2 and 52.540,000.
Tlie preliminary estimates of potatoes.
tobnrr-o and rice prowiup average
yields per acre and comparisons
with final estimates for 1007 and Tor
periods of years as follows;
Potatoes - yield S5.fi bushels
against 05.4 in 1007 and len-vcar average
85.(5. Production 274,(500.000
husliels airainst 204,020,000 in 1007.
Quality S?5i par cent, airainst 83.3
last year, and ten-year average of
1 87.(5.
Tobacco ? yeild 825.2 pounds
apnius.st 8.50.5 pounds in 1007 and
ten-year average 7!J7.(1. Production
020.(">4.000 pounds against (508.12(5,000
in 1007. Quality 87.0 pel* cent a?
against 00 a vrnr ago and a ten-yeai
average of 8.5 8.
I.'ye?yield 34.7 bushels against
20.0 in 1007 and a ten-year average
of 30.fi. Production 22,718,000 bushels
in 1007 and a ten-year average of
30.0. Production 22,718.000 bushel*
(gainst 18,738,000 in 1007.
Cotton Ginned to November 1.
Washirgton, Special.- There were
20,20.5 active ginneries and 8,100,782
bales of cotton ginned from tin;
growth of l'JOS to November 1st.
These figures, announced by the Census
Bureau arc against '215.0(50 ginneries
and (5.128,50*2 bales at the corresponding
date in 1007; 27.370 giunerI
ies and (5,00(5,305 bales in 100(5, and
1 27,802 ginneries and 0,457.505 bales
in 1005. The report counts round
bales as halt' bales and includes 149,1140
round bales i'or 1!MIS; 1 25,785 for
1907. and 1(59,741 for 11)0(5, and 183,870
for 1905. The number of Scu
Island bales included for 1008 is 45,495;
for 1907, 33.331 ; for 190(5. 21.700
and for 1905, 49,1(51. The corrected
figures of the quantity of cotton,
ginned this season to October 18th
i are 6.296,166 bales.
The number of bales and active
' ginneries respectively by States ou
! November 1st, 1903. followa:
State. Bales. Ginneries.
i Alabama 894.123 3,363
I Arkansas 43.005 241
Florida 43,005 241
Georgia 1,385,810 4,321
Kentucky 954 4
Louisiana 290,099 1,559
Mississippi 893,546 3,309
Missouri 30,409 09
New Mexico .. .. 954 4
North Carolina .. 373,188 2,000
Oklahom 219.800 941
South Carolina .. 822.909 3,133
Tennessee 199,021 005
Texas 2,504.880 4,040
Virginia 4,607 83
Great riayr-iirht Sardon Dead.
Paris, liv Cable.?France's greatest
'playwright and one of tho greatest
the world lies lias ever known is
tho general verdict heard regarding
M. Victoria Snrdon. who lies dead
at iiis Paris apartments. Rarou died
Sunday of congestion of the lungs.
He was 77 years old. For fifty-eight
years Snrdon wrote plays for the
"French stage.
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New Orleans, I.e. Special.?The
Now Orleans exchange passed resolutions
eallinpr upon Congress to reduce
the present tariff on jute bacr.uitur
used for baling cotton. "This
tax is a dirc.t bnrdon on the cotton
raisin.? industry of the South for ti e
"hcneSt of a low manufacturers who
are enabled to thrive at the expense
of the most important class of flgrirultiunlists
in this: country,'1 declares
; Ibc resolution.
Tho Cxse cf E. Cliy Pierce.
Austin. Tex., Kpeei?l.~*-Arrensre1
rcents Ijovq been msdo fcr the trial
i f II. C.iav Pierce, head of tbo
t M'aters-PiTf o Oil Company. a Standard
anjuliory, who was indicted in
p <hi? roun's* 'u the charge of f*l*e
swcr.ri *.?. The case will hi "ailed
c"r>?p le'i.rc Calhoun of the Fif-y*
.. third court, hut it is believed that
] an effort muI be made to got a change
of venue*
A10 CENT MINIM
Set By Convention cf Southern
Cclton Growers
''NIGHT RIDING" IS CONDEMNED Hi
Governor Patterson, of Tenncttee.
Wclccxr.cs Dcle2atc.-j.,to . MettnMa
Officers of Conference Chosen.
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Memphis, Term., Special.?The
Southern Cotton Confe'venve was called
here last week. Gov. M. K. Pat
lerson welcomed the delegates. The
responses were made" bv Charles
flay, of Montgomery, and llarvie
Jordan, of Atlanta, president of ti e
Southern Cotton Growers* Assoc.; tion.
Governor Noel, of Mississippi,
also spoke. llarvie Jordan vivas mad"
permanent thaii mad. and George
Hoppo, of Memphis, ami W. Jl. Gilbert,
of Chiclet. Ark., were ehosau
secretaries. .v .
An address bv Bishop Thomas ! '.
Jniuor, e{' the Kpiseonal Diocese of
Pop Moceiwi *??? 'PI. - I.* < 1 '
I'll * lit- l\l > HUH" Ol IIH*
Conference" concluded (he formal
addresses of the oprninp session.
Mr. Jordan, in his remarks as
clinirinan. said it was lilting that t '?
conference ? should lie assembled i.i
this, the largest interior cotto.; .market
in the worlil.
"We liave nssrmlded." lie eontinned,
"to safeguard and protect
the preat staple crop of the South
j from the artificial and depressing inlluences
of federated interests which
operate to the detriment of every
business interest pi this section of
America. We face a serious condition,
and whether we wTM rise
eipial to tiie onierpcr.ev and proteeoyr
interests is men . of brain au<t
business sapacity. or indilTan ntlv at eept
the situation ?nd parade In fore
the worl 1 our vtduntnry weakness
the issue which presents itself to this
< ouvention.''
Mr. Jordan said raw cotton is the
only prrat staple tommodity in the
word today which is soiliup below
the cost of production, not wit list a. id
inp the fa< t that it represents one ol
the world's preatest necessities.
"That this preat staple sliould ever
sell at a price to tlie cotton p rower v.
of less than lit cents a pound." Air.
Jordan continued, "is a reflection
upon the manhood and intellipenee of
the Southern people. If the cotton
prowers, hankers. merehanls and
illir.l business interests ol' tJie Sontii
will detei'mhie that thc,fpri<'c ol spot
cotton must ami shall ?o hack, to l't
cents before November passes, that
price will lie protected the financial
future of the South will he save .
and not a -pindle in the world will
he injured."
Mr. Jortlau stronply condemned
"nipht ritlinp" and ttrped that the
eon vent ion pive it* attention to the
lioll weev'l menace. lie also reeonimcyiilet
th.e formation of a chain of
warehousis wherefrom receipts conhl
be issued which would he aocept.ahle
as collateral for short-time loans l>v
the lend p lir.aneial institutions in
this ctiuufry and in Kufope.
Ten Cents aa a Minimum.
Memphis Tonn.. Speeial. Denunciation
i>f M night-riding," an.! u limy
defense of (he ' night-ridefs" threw
the convention of the Southern Cotton
tirowers' and Gingers' Assocouti*'ii
into disorder mid nearly terminated
the session hefctre the program
had fnirlv begun. While exoitod delegates
hurl d ehaigcs ^ajnd ,rountei'
charges. T. I*. Si*sou, of Mft&lssippi,
moved that the eonvehtion adjoin :l
si no die.
President .Jordan liniilly brought n
emblanee of quiet and made a plea
! for order. ^H??gj?s
i The gi oral committee on resolu- ^^BigaK
lions pre cnted their report, which
I was unanimously , adopted, reeoni ^^B
mending li.at so far as pos-ible in 91
each individual case, none of the croo
i i jHUS, > 'll in the ownership of tlm
pioducer. ho sohf below 10 cents pn
pound for short staple cotton, and
urging pr.iweis to hold the orop so
as to prevent selling in excess of one.
tenth pen month of tho remaining
? !? p of lit; s. The cotton growers
ore uracil to applv to the local hanks
for loans secured by warehouse re.
j cc'pls reprcK. .ting cotton to he held
i 'or 1'ie purpose of being marketed
i ::l\ wi-c-i demanded for actual co;:- ^
"uirptinn.
Crcr TOO Men Entombed.
>" Westphalia. Germany, llv
Cah'e. The greatest mine disaster in
it-.iuty ytr.is in O Tin any occurred
T nr.- nv inorniipr in the Haillxxj
mine. n!x it lljroc mil's f.'om lliis
T!"'i c u ;>s :i hpjivv c.vdosinn
11 I'f t -ic likottf 1 o'flocl, and
: <>M i; () '!:it<rlv the mine took lire.
TW.-'ve i !? <:> minor- working unclf'
1 li;< ( '.u <! at thy time and only si :
'! without injury. Tiiiriy-fl'r
were taker, out wlijrht'v injured and
T>7 were (had when brought !.? Ih?
:r?t> i; ii of t! - pit. Tin* rrtuftin:n$r JUll
have L".v n given up for lnwr.
Tug Sinkt in Pamlico Scitjid?Crcr:
Esracs.
Norfolk, Va.. Sper i! ?Kows |ja?
reached ;io city el tlx mnkitri: of Uia
tug Hampton in Pai-iioj >\o.iud. X.
C., during th" nrc-volcncv of i ?ove.??
nort liver coif, and of Mi" loss t ?
Cap*a':i "" X T!- o> . eonirnandcr.
The i'V rsraprn. i'l \;m hound
from Nn ft !!: t<? M. 1> in. towing
tlirtv lumber laden barges. The safety
of the barges is still in doubt,
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