f THE FORT MILL
VOL. XYII. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY U, 1909. NO. 41.
MUUI n CAROLS
^^^Hiews of Interest Gleaned Frt
I Arranged Fo
I b Penitentiary Report.
i^^^rho superintendent of the State
I penitentiary, Capt. D. J. Griffith, has
I -completed his annual report on re
1 ceipts and expenditures for the yeai
1908. The report shows that undci
I the present official force the institution
has made considerable monej
and the affairs were conducted on the
mo6t businesslike basis. The showing
is all the more remarkable because of
the destruction of the August freshet
' The statement of the cash on hand
and the expenditures is given as follows
:
Cash on hand Def,
ccmbqr 3lst,
year 1UUS.. . .$29,202.24
Cash receipts for
.year 1908.. .. 85,755.43
$115,017.72
Expenditures?
Expenses for year 1008,
cash.. $ 03,609.00
Permanent impromcnt,
1003 10,050.20
j $74,025.20
Cash balance on hand I)ccumber
31, 1908 40,302.43
297 bales cotton on hand
December 31. 1003 13,305.0(1
Accounts due and available 5,000.00
Total on hand and available $58,757.43
The permanent improvements ini
elude the reformatory building at the
Ijexington farm, costing $4,347.89;
boiler room at same, $1,875; beds foi
reformatory, $1,003.29; South Carolina
-Industrial school at Florence,
$543.98; Itcid farm mill. $580; mill
i equipment, $113.70; also repairs to
' -women's building at the State prison
! and various incidental expenses incident
to keeping up the penitentiary
j buildings and outbuildings, making
the total of $10,956.29 for permanent
improvements.
ity the llood the State penitentiary
farms lost about 20,00 bushels of corn
as well as five or 10 tons of hay, and
?liad it not been for this disaster the
profit from the penitentiary this year
would have been at least $75,000. As
" it is the showing of the year is the
best iu the history of the instution.
Anderson Farmer Suicides.
V Anderson, Special.?News reaehfd
I tho city Sunday of a suicide, which
occurred in the northern section of
Garvin township, near the Pickens
county line Saturday. Mr. \V. A.
i Young, a white man about 00 years
old, with apparently no reason except
thaf he was tired of life, slashed his
throat with a razor and was found by
members of his family a short distance
from the house gasping for
breath. lie was taken into the house
and died within a very short time. Mr.
Young was n farmer and last year
was a tenant on the plantation of Dr.
W. A. Tripp.
Laurens Merchant Fails.
Laurens, Special.?Former State
Senator 0. P. Goodwin, farmer and
merchant, Saturday made a general
assignment for the benefit of his creditors.
Robt. A. Cooper of the. firm of
Simpson, Cooper & Bnbb, attorneys,
Tipinrr IV?n ncuimino A
r* ...w mw^iivv. noocia I'UIIMMS OL
two farms and some snrbnrban town
property, including a store house. The
schedule of liabilities is incomplete
but MY. Goodwin's friends believe he
will be able to save his home. However,
it is made without reservation,
the homestead privelegc being waived
and dower rights renounced by Mrs.
' Goodwin. It is practically certain
thai creditors will be paid in full.
# , Governor Calls For Contributions.
Columbia, Special.?Governor Ansel
Tuesday afternoon issued an appeal
to the people of the State to contribute
to the relief of the Italian
earthquake sufferers through the
South Carolina representatives of the
Red Cross. Governor Ansel himself
has sent forward a contribution,
which was acknowledged in a dispatch
from an Itnlinu newspaper.
Fire Near Rock Hill.
Rock Hill, Special.?The home of
Mr. Will Riggers, situated on his
farm, about four miles north of the
city, with nil its contents, was burned
"Wednesday night between 10 and 11
o'clock. Mr. Ed Riggers was the only
person at home and he awoke barely
in tinr?^ (o save his life. The lire
caught near the chimney in the roof
and the falling timbers waked the
sleeper. The insurance carried on the
house and furniture is not more than
50 per cent of the value and Mr. Riggers'
loss is consequently heavy.
Raiding Blind Tigers.
Spartanburg, Special.?The police
of Spartanburg, who have been active
I in running down blind tigers, have
commenced to put on the screws tighter.
This year promises to he a hard
one for the dealcts in liquor. Mayor
. Floyd has employed several plain
; < I'-jjS clothes men to aid the regular members
of the police force in enforcing
the law. Several arrests have been
mado within the last twenty-four
NANEWS ITEMS
All Sections of the State and
r Busy Readers
Skeleton Eaten With Quicklime.
, Charleston, Special.?A gruesome
and unennny tind was made Wednesday
afternoon by Sexton Conklin in
' some marsh land just east of the St.
I.aurencc Cemetery, when he stumbled
r over the partial skeleton of a human
. being, scnttered in pieces over the
r ground. Immediately after the discovery
Mr. Conklin communicated
5 with the coroner. The thigh and shin
J bones, together with a portion of the
J jaw bones of the skeleton were found
lying within a distance of three feet
' apart. Nearby a coat, hat and lady's
satchel worn ii? ' -
... v.iucucc, wrnppetl up
in n part of n shoot very muoli dtcayed
and covered with quicklime.
Further on a paint brush was also
picked up. The coroner was at n
loss to say whether any foul work
had been done or not. That the
ghastly object was not there last Sun[
day afternoon is positively stated by
the sexton, who had occasion to inspect
that part of the grounds at that
I time.
i Knifed to the Heart.
Columbia, Special.?What promises
i to turn out a sensational scandal is
. the finding Sunday afternoon of the
body of Mr. Mann Phillips, a promi1
nent young Oconee man, two miles
south of the town of Walhalla, with
I a knife wound in his heart. Very
I meagre details have reached here so
. far about the tragedy, but it is evit
dent that Oconee county is greatly
stirred up over the killing. Enogli
evidence has been gathered to warrant
! the arrest of two prominent young
1 men for the murder, I>oWitt and t'lco
Vandiver, of Westminster. The
theory is that young Phillip's body
had been carried to the spot where it
' was found after he had been murdered.
He was not armed and had on
his heavy driving gloves and an overcoat.
It is believed he has been dead
since Thursday night.
Tried to Shoot Train Hand.
Blacksburg, Special.?On Sunday
night three boys got on a freight train
nt Gastonia and proceeded to beat
their way South. On the way to
Bessemer a train hand was walking
the top of the ears back to the cab I
and the three boy tramps shot nt him. I
une of them, Charley Boyles, was
lying flat on top of a car shooting
when the conductor came up behind
and secured him and brought him on
to Blacksburg, where he was locked
up. A deputy came down from GasIonia
and carried him back to jail in
Dallas, lie gave the names of the
other bays who had escaped. They
have probably been caught by this
time.
Three Persons Faint in Court.
Spartanburg, Special. ? Laboring
under intense mental strain, three
persons, closely identified with cases
being tried in the court of general
sessions, fainted in the court house
Wednesday. They were: Mrs. M. E.
Loopor of Greenville, appearing as
complainant against Oulla and Daniels;
Elmore Daniels, defending himself
on the charge of defrauding Mrs.
Looper of $2,500, and Mrs. S. S
'finer, wife of the Pacolet man who is
being tried for the murder of Ed.
Kirby.
Farm Products.
The report of Commissioner Watson
to the Legislature puts the total
value of farm products in the State
for 1008 at something over $118,000,000
exclusive of cotton and live stock
and live stock products. Tho year
just closed will also be a bumper cot
ton year, tlie yield going over a million
and a quarter bales.
\
$500 000 For Good Roads.
Spartan burp, Special?At a well attended
meeting of representative citizens
of Spartanburg county Tdesday,
a resolution was passed suggesting to
j the Spartanburg delegation that a
I bill be introduced authorizing an election
to vote on the question of issuing
bonds in the sum of $500,000 for the
purpose of building good roads in the
county.
Spartanburg Levy Fixed.
Spartanburg. Special.?The board
of county commissioner# have asked
the Spartanburg delegation to the
Legislature for a levy of 51-2 mills
for this year. The commissioners
I pledged themselves not to go outside
.the amount to bo raised by this levy,
I provided the delegation made such
provisions as they deem necessary to
pay off the present floating indebtedness.
TIjo indebtedness is between
one hundred and fifty and two hundred
thousand dollars.
Quake iu Chester County?
Chester, Special.?Some of the citizens
of Lewis and other sections of
tho country think they felt a slight
earthquake shock last week at about
the same time that the great Italian
disaster occurred, and while no damage
resulted to life or property, we
understood thnt the quiver was quite
perceptible and caused considerable
alarm in certain quarters,
JEagfefor' Will
MR. TAFFSJISITORS.
The President-Elect is Kept Busy
Greeting Callers and Conferring
With Prominent Republican.
Augusta, Ga., Special.?The President-elect
is n member of the national
child labor committee, and Wednesday
he listened to a report on general
conditions of child labor in the South,
from A. J. McKelway, secretary of
the committee for the Southern
States. Mr. McKelway has headquarters
at Atlanta. It was his conclusion
that the child labor laws of
the Southern States are pretty well
adapted to conditions, but that there
is laxness in their enforcement. No
action on the subject is understood to
be contemplated at this time.
National Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock
returned from his trip to Birminchnm
and Atlnnto n?.i ?? ?
^ - .......M, uu\t unu Oil C A"
tended interview with Mr. Tnft. John
Flays Hammond, who visited Atlanta,
came back with Mr. Hitchcock.
Chauncey Dewey, of Chicago, recently
appointed inspector general of the Illinois
State militia, is here to see Mr.
Taft and Mr. Hitchcock. Mr. Dewey
vrgs one of the two Taft delegates
from that State in the convention,
and it is understood ho has some political
friends he wishes to intercede
for. A call was made on Mr. Taft
by Judge William H. Jackson, of New
York, and his brother, Henry Jackson,
ot Atlanta. The latter is a Georgia
Republican of prominence.
Ifenry Anderson, of Richmond,
talked Southern politics with Mr. Taft
at some length Wednesday, but nothing
tangible for publication resulted.
The President-elect smilingly submitted
himself for "exposure" to
practically all the photographers in
Augusta Wednesday. They called at
his cottage, they said, to keep an engagement
made by Mr. Taft's "Jnplncse
secretary." This meant Monico
Lopez, his Filippino valet, aird
Mis. Taft enjoyed the joke hugely.
Building the Sea "Wall at Sumter.
Rapid progress is being made on
the ronstmction of the sea wall on
Sullivau's Island and no trpublo is
experienced with the receiving of the
material. At the scene of the work
I here is a largo force of men and a
lino equipment of machinery, driving
piles and placing rock, and the work
is very satisfactory. The building of
t lie sen wnlt nf nmtr^r, ia
, V. v?u*OV| A& nilUCl UIO
charge of Hie "United States engineer
oftiecr stationed at Charleston, Cnpt.
E. M. Adams, of the corps of engineers,
and he has as engineer in
charge Mr. J II. DuPre, a wellknown
civil engineer, who is assisted
hv Mr. William Pehon. another capable
member of that profession.
Venezuelan Matter Not Yet Settled.
Washington, Special?Daily advices
are being received at the State Department
from William X Buchanan,
the American special commissioner,
who is now in Caracas, conducting negotiations
with the Gomez governnent,
having in view the reaching of
an understanding regarding a basis
af -settlement of the international
questions pending between the United
States and Venezuela, as a prerequisite
for the resumption of diplomatic
relations. Mr. Buchanan's dispatches
are hopeful in tenor but show
that no definite conclusion have been
yet reached. His instructions are very
broad and form the basis on wh'ch
his negotiations with the Venezuelan
government are conducted.
Grounds Off Cape Charles.
Norfolk, Vn., Special.?Losing her
hearings in the dense fog early Wednesday
morning the British steameT
Anglo-African, with a carog from
Tocopiln. MeX.. bound for Rnltimnrn
brought up on Smith's Island, off
Cnpe Charles. There is little wind
and only a moderate sgn running.
She is reported in good condition. It
's said it will be necessary to lighten
the cargo before the vessel can be
hauled off the beach.
Meteor Falls in Alabama.
Marion, Ala., Special.?A large
meteor fell in the western part of
Percy county at. 10 o'clock Friday
night. It came from the southwest
and could be scon thoroughout the
county. A short time after it fell a
distinct shock was felt over a large
part of the county that caused winlows
and doors to rattle.
Stamp Clerk Short in His Accounts
Anniston, Ala., Special?According
to a statement of postofllce inspectors
hero Wednesday, F.d P. Smith, stamp
clerk in the Anniston postofllce, who
suddenly left hero Saturday night
was short in his accounts between
$1,800 and $2,000. It is said that
friends of the young man will mak<
pood the shortage. Nothing has beer
heard from Smith since the recepit
bf a letter Monday, saying that he
left because he could not stand
trouble. lie was last seen in Itir
mingham Sunday night.
Schooner Capsizes; Four Drowned.
Mystic. Conn., Special?The Oilbcrt
Transportation Company's
schooner Myra \Y. Speers capsized 1"
miles off Cape Cod on' the night *?t
December 30th and four men of the
crew were drowned. Captain F.lishn
F. Rogers, and one man were taken
off by a fishing schooner. The Speers
loaded with railroad tics from New
London to Dostou, struck a submerged
wreck and waa overturned.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
i. xn ? ? Items
of Interest Gathered By
Wire ?n<J Cable
GLEANINGS FR6M DAY TO DAY
Live Item* OoTertm Brents of More
or Leu Interest *t Home and
Abroad.
Washington, N. C., had a $20,000
blaze Friday morning.
The United States leads the world
in the production of lead.
The eleven-year-old son of Wm.
Tillman, of Chathum County, committed
suicide with a gun last week,
because his father punished him.
Six Tennessee n.ght riders have
been convicted of murder in the
first degree and two in the second
degree, with jury penalty of 20 years
imprisonment, all for the murder of
fn r> i?
VU|11. UUUK1D.
Sheriff Van Pelt, of Pcnsaeola, has
bad to stop street cars from running
on Sunday to conform to the law.
The Virginia Portland Cement Co.
has started up in full force again,
with 500 hands and hopes to double
its force soon.
Hampton, Va., voted on Wednesday
to issue $100,000 in bonds for
city purposes.
An address from the people of
Spottsylvania, Va., will be issued
soon, calling on the people of the nation
to unity) in erecting a grand monument
at Rloody Angle, in honor of
Gens. R. E. Lee and U. S. Grant.
Hon. John S. Henderson, receiver,
announces that affairs at Whitney.
N. C., will socn be straightened out
and work will begin on the great
electric pouer plant.
The American Rattle Fleet, as soon
as it came out of the Suez canal,
tendered its services to Italian authorities
to aid at Scicily but were
declined because not needed.
Hon. Rert M. Fernatd was inaugurated
Thursday as governor of the
State of Georgia.
Hon. Oben S. Draper took his seat
as Governor of Massachusetts on
Thursday. The inaugural assembly
was unprecedented.
The North Carolina Legislature lias
increased the salary of the Governor
from $4,000 to $0,000.
The annual income of the late
"Sugar Iving'? Claus Speckles is
$275,000 per month. Pending the
probate of the will the widow is to
have $4,000 per month.
Dr. Roscburgh of the Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, has made
ft wonderful discovery about tuberculosis
perms, and hopes soon Hint nn
ftnti-loxinc will be in use to which the
dread disease will yield.
The South Carolina Penitentiary
shows n net balance of $20,495.10 for
1908 over 1007, afier losinp about
$15,000 by^!<>od and making permanent
improvements to the extent
of nearly $11,000.
ITalf starved dops in the stricken
cities of Italy are dangerous to the
crippled, and they eat the dead liko
hyenas.
The next meeting of the Cotton
Manufacturing Association will be
held in Richmond, Va., on the 4th
Tuesday in May.
A head-on collision occurred on
the Southern at Cnnepie Tuesday, in
which five persons were hurt, one of
them probably fatally.
A late pitched battle between vigilantes
from Mexican ranches near
the California line and a party of
stock thieves resulted in the killing
of the four thieves.
The Virginian Railroad is now open
from Norfolk through Roanoke, Va.,
320 miles.
James Tieanor, a printer, was
burned to death with the loss by fire
of Central Hotel, Covington, Tenn.,
on Tuesday. A score of others made
narrow escapes.
Sonor Castro Venezuela's deposed
ruler, is fast recovering from an
operation, which he has undergone in
Rcrlin, and has promise of health.
Congress has appropriated $800,000
to the earthquake suerers in
Italy.
A semi-annual dividend of 31-2
per cent on North Carolina Railroad
stock was declared at Greensboro on
Tuesday.
A sanatorium for consumptives has
been opened at Red Springs, a Virginia
mountain summer resort.
C. F. King, famous in finance, was
convicted of larceny in Boston. He
gave bail of $35,000, and came out
of jail, but soon one of the sureties
surrendered him to custody again.
He is in jail.
A convention of the Virginia and
Carolina Hotel Association convened
at the Jefferson, Richmond, Va., on
Wednesday.
Congressmen will be limited this
season to 10.000 packages of vegetable
seeds to send to their constituents
instead of 12,5000 as before.
500 packages of flower seeds are still
allowed to each.
The Brownsville trouble which has
been so much agitated, has cost $15,000,
and the end is not yet.
It is reported that Geo. K. Milton,
of the Knoxville Sentinel, has purchased
the Chattanooga News consideration,
$175,000.
DOINGS OfCONGRESS
Summary of Important Proceedings
Enact d From Day to Day.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 0.
Senate Summary.
The postal savings bank bill was
before the senate and many amendments
were proposed to it, some of
them requiriug the deposit of postal
savings funds in State as well as national
banks.
The Senate also received two messages
from the President, one recommending
additional interstate commerce
legislation and the other relating
to the absorption by the United
States Steel Corporation of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company, atid
passed several bills on the calendar.
At 4:11 p. m. the Senate adjourned.
Houeo Summary.
The only incident worthy of note
in the proceedings of the IIou?e of
Representatives and which caused n
good d??al of amusement was a brief
discussion of the forthcoming African
hunting trip of President Roosevelt.
Incidentally there was a reference to
the famous so-called Ananias Club.
The whole debate hinged on the
newspaper story stating that Major
Edgar O. Mearns, of the army, was to
accompany the President nnd that in
order to do so he had been put on the
retired list with increased rank. The
| manor wns brought up by Mr. Mann,
Lof Illinois, in connection with tlie
[consideration of a bill authorizing the
I issuance of commissions to officers
I who retire with increased rank.
The remainder of the day was deI
voted to the consideration of a num1
ber of miscellaneous bills and resolitI
tions.
At 5:19 p. m. the House adjourned.
THURSDAY, JAN. 7.
Senate Summary.
I Characterizing the action of the
I President in directing the Attorney
I (lencral not to prosecute the United
I Stntes Steel Corporation for its absorption
of the Tennessee Coal and
I Iron Company as "another arbitrary
and lawless act of the Chief MagisI
trate," Senator Culberson, of Texas,
I introduced a resolution in the Senate
I instructing the committee on the judiI
ciary to report at as early a date as
1 practicable whether in the opinion of
I that committee the President was
I authorized to permit such absorption.
Mr. Culberson, at considerable
I length, criticised the President and
I insisted that Congress had the right
I to give directions to a head of an
executive department under certain
I conditions.
Senator Hopkins declared that the
I Texas Senator was not properly representing
the President and said that
I Mr. Roosevelt had not approved the
I action of the steel corporation, but
that he had merely "not felt it his
I duty to oppose such action."
Senator Forakcr gave notice that
he would speak on the Brownsville affair
next Monday when he said he
would ask to make his bill for the relief
of the soldiers of the Twentyfifth
Regiment the unfinished business
of the Senate.
An amendment was reported to the
Senate from the committee on finance
providing for an increase of the salary
of the President to $100,000, and
of the salaries of the Vice-President
and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives to $20,000 each.
The Senate adjourned at 1:22 p. m.
House Summary.
Although technically under consideration
in the House of Representatives
the District of Columbia appro- !
printion bill was side tracked, while
the members indulged in general debate.
This took a wide range,* the I
proceedings openeing with a defense i
of the rules of the House by Mr. Olm- i
sted, of Pennsylvania. His remarks !
stirred up the subject in all its phases, ,
and gave the so-called insurgents un- i
der the leadership of Mr. Gardner, of ]
Massachusetts, an opportunity to air i
their grievances. Mr. Cockran, of !
New York, occupied middle ground i
on the proposition. t
Mr. Tait's reported intention to
break the solid South was incidentally
brought into discussion in the course
of a speech on the tariff by Mr. Sheppard,
of Texas, who remarked in that ,
connection that the President-elect j
had made himself ridiculous.
I
FRIDAY, JAN. 8. |
House Summary.
After having made him the target '
all day for criticism with here and i
there words of commendation, the
House of Representatives by a vote
of 212 to 35 rebuked the President by
tabling so much os his message as reI
? -* "
Iiwicil wil 'llll-UIUCIS U1 V Oll^rt'Sii J I)
connection with his recommendations [
regarding the secret service detectives ,
and also declaring it to be the sense .
of the House that they shall decline 1
to consider any communications from '
any source which is not in its own i
judgment respectful. |
Toward the close of the debate Mr. j
Gardner, of Massachusetts, vainly endeavored
to secure, first the adoption
of a substitute for the resolution in
the shape of an amendment expressing
confidence in the committee on ap- i
propriations, and then the postponement
of the whole matter until Mon- 1
day but he was overwhelmingly outvoted.
Senate Summary.
The Senate passed a. bill providing
conditions under which the thirteenth
census will be taken. The House bill 1
which was undor consideration was 1
amended to allow printing and binding
of census reports to be done by
private contract instead of in the
government printing office if found
desirable by the director of the census.
An amendment placing the ap
pointment of 3,500 census office c1 its
under the civil service ?"*- mission
was defeated I
Senator Culberson's resolution instructing
the committee on the judiciary
to report whether the President
has authority to permit the nb
sorption of the Tennessee Coal nnc
Iron Company by the United State?
Steel Corporation was adopted.
ALL ARMND1CTED
Pittsburg's Councilzncn Accused oi ^
Accepting Bribes.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special.?The seven
rouncilmcnt accused of accepting .
bribes and conspiring lo secure briber
and the two former bankers accused 1
of giving bribes, all of whom were ar- {
arrested two weeks ego upon com- j
plaint of the Voters' League were in- (
dieted late Monday by a grand jury
impaneled Monday morning. Triu
bills were found as follows: T. 0 *
Atkinson, scPet councilman, bribery 1
and accepting bribes. William Brand. \
president of common council, briber)
uid accepting bribes and conspiracy^ j
John F. Klein, common councilman*
bribery and accepting bribes and con- 1
ipirncy. Jospeb C. Wasson, common i
councilman, bribery and accepting ^
bribes and conspiracy. Jacob" SofTel.
lotnnjon councilman, bribery and accepting
bribes. Ilugh Ferguson, com- '
r.on "councilman, bribery and accept- '
:ng bribes. W. W. Ramsey, former
president of German National Bank. <
jffering and giving bribes. A. A. Vil- t
rack, former cashier of same bank, of- i
ferine and giving bribes. All of ae- <
used gave bond after tlu^r arrest, 1
*nd these bonds will stand until the i
sourt hearing. There is every indicn- i
'ion that these hearings will be held I
tlinost immediately. 1
Mr. Taft Will Eat 'Possum and *
''liters in Atlanta. 1
Atlanta, Ga., Special?One hundred
3'possujus with the usual accompany- '
r.ent of sweet potatoes, will grace ,
'he banquet table of the Atlanta
chamber cf commerce on January
15th, when President-elect Taft will '
be the guest of honor. When a delegation
of prominent Atlantians called
ipon Mr. Taft a few days ago in An- i
jrusta to arrnnge the details of his
risit to this city the spokesman courteously
asked the next occupant of the
White House if he had any sugges- .
tidis to offer relative to the prepara'.ion
cf the banquet. "Just one," be
imilingly replied, "I have had a life
nine 11 >11ilift- io lasic possum and' tn:ers.
My visit to the South would ho
incomplete unless this wish is realiz- t
>d."
Relief For Earthquake Sufferers. 1
New York, Speeinl.?Laden with (
twenty-live tens of clothing and more *
thnn thirteen tons of provisions with 1
vhicli to clothe and feed the starving ]
ind half-naked survivors of the Cala- j
brin and Sicily earthquake and carryng
homeward over 300 Italians of all
liases, most of whom are hurrying to 1
:he scene where their loved ones have t
been killed, maimed or rendered des- <
:itute, the steamship Hamburg, of the
Hamburg-American line sailed Tues- i
lay for Genoa and Naples. Most of f
he provisions destined for the Italian <
sufferers were donated by Nathan ;
5traus from the stock of a local Arm
>f which he is a member. <
tfo Trouble With Honduras ia Antic- ^
ipated. (
Mobile, Ala., Special. ? Ernesto a
Potes, Honduras consul at Mobile, i
eferring to the publication of a prob- i
ible Central American conflict said 1
Monday that all these reports are not- i
tble for their want of varacity. He i
mid that peace in these countries is 1
in assured fact, and that the neutralty
of Honduras is maintained by the
reaties of Washington, and in consequence.
Honduras today has only a
lormal number of regular soldiers. . ^
Allig&torn Raised Like Piss. 1
Since the alligntors nrc getting
icarce on our Southern coasts and *
heir value is being better known I
here are at least three alligator I
'arms in this country ami there may 1
ire more, sinee each one of the three
ins made a success of the industry.
fT.cy are situated in Arkansas, Florila
and California. They nrc raised I
md butchered like pigs. i
i
Southern Steel Company Will Soon
Start Up. .
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?W. P. ]
Harding, member of the re-organi- l
mtion committee of the Southern 1
I
Steel Company* nnnounred Monday j
hat the new corporation will be one j
rf the largest in the South and that j
ihe plant will resume operation with- I
in six or eight weeks. <
MontJina on Endurance Test.
Norfolk, Va., Special.?The cruiser ]
Montana left here Monday on an en- i
durance run of several days which J
will bring her hack to Hampton (
Roads to join the North Carolina i
after repairs to the latter. Both !
cruisers will then proceed to Charles- j
ton from which point President-elect (
Tuft will start for Panama, I
WMDlSCUILTY
^ourt Will. Sentence Six to
Death.
OTHER TWO GOOD FOR 20 YEARS
Motion For New Trial Overruled?
Two of the Eight to Have 20 Years
in Prison?Brief Summary of Criminals
and Their Capture.
Union City, Tenn?, Special.?With a
rerdict of guilty in varying degree
the jury in the night-rider trials reported
at 8:45 p. m. Thursday.
The twelve men found (Jarret Johnson,
Tid Burto.., Roy Ransom, Fred
Pincon, Arthur Clour and Sam Applewhite
guilty of murder in the flrst decree
with mitigating cireumataaccs,
and IJud Morris and Bob Huffman,
the other defendants, guilty of murler
in the second degree and fixed
heir punishment at twenty years in
tho penitentiary. The punishment of
the six first nnmcd defendants was
left to the court and may be dentti or
ifo imprisonment. The defense tiled
i motion for a now trial which was
set for hearing Saturday and which
vijl be overruled, as indicated by tho
;ourt when sentence will be pronoune?d.
The court will sentnecc the six
first named defendants to death.
Thus is ended, in the lower court,
Dne of th'* most vigorously contested
md notable criminal 'rials ever heard
in this Stute, tho outcome of a reign
>f lawlessness, the culminating act of
which being that of which men were
found guilty, calling forth the mustorng
of the militia of the State, under
[he personal direction of Governor
: ntterson, to the aid of the civil
luthorities in the ferreting out and
he taking into custody of those who
were charged with the commission of
the crime, the so-called "night-rider
clan" of lteel Foot lake.
The operations of the night-rider
band began with the burning of iisli
docks extending to the indicting of
corporal uuisluncnt on those whom tho
leaders in their counsels domed guilty
of actions in opposition to the wishes
of the clan, finding a climax in the
lynching of Captain Kanken.
1
MRS. ERB A FREE WOMAN. *
With Her Sister She is Acquitted of
the Murder of Capt. J. Clayton Erb
by a Jury in Meida Court.
Media, Pa., Special.?Mrs. Florence
M. Erb, wife of Capt. J. Clayton Erb,
ind her sister, Mrs. Catherine Beizell,
who were charged with the sensational
murder of Captain Erb on the night
if October 4th, IflOR, Thursday walk d
from tho Delewaro county court
louse free women. After the jury
lad been out nearly eighteen hours it
)rought in a verdict of not guilty in
he case of each woman, both of
whom had been charged separately
ind jointly with the shooting of tho
During the morning the jury filed
nto court and asked for further infractions
on the question of self-,
lefense, soon word came from the
juhy room that the men had agreed.
The defendants were sent for at
>nce, but there was a few minutes'
lelay before they arrived.
TtTl it. i -! 1 .1 .
>> nfu me xoremnn announced luo
rcrdiet of acquittal there was a sec>nd's
pause, a dead silence and then
vith half a scream, the sisters fell
n each other's arms. Women wept
is they looked at the pathetic scene.
In an instant the women were sur"ounded
by their friends and attorleys
and overwhelmed with cougratuations.
Fund Distributed.
Durhamr N. C., Special.?The lar#i'Rt
per capita distribution of school
'unds in the history of the State was
nnde Wednesday by the county
3oard of Education. ft was .ft for
svery child attending school. Forty
housflnd dollars was apportioned to
:he public schools of the county. I)urlam
leads the State in this respect.
Saved By a Parrot. ^ flj|
Naples, By Cable.?Queen Helena is flsj
taking particular interest in a sixrear-old
girl who was rescued from
lie ruins under remarkable circumdances.
While some Italian sailors USm
it Messina were climbing over wreck- ^m8BB
igo. they beard weak cries of "Maria! MEgSgg
Maria!" After much woik they
reached a room where they found a
parrot continuing to utter cries of ESBfinH
' Mana. The seamen turned nanBHa
eave, hut ns the parrot persisted i^HHB||||S
its cries, they broke into an ad.ij^HSSmmBg
ing room and found a girl Iving
She and tiie pa not \vcre^H|^H|^BBwH
>n board the battleship licgii^ H
Hill Pays Carnegie's Gil^BS^^HHH
l.y -Cable.?David
Hill, the American Atnhassndni^H^^^JHQflj
nto the
lay Andrew Carnegie's gift of
)00 to the Koch Institute for Tnle^Hnfl^H
lulosij .Research. ^1 r Hill also com-^^HKH
naunicated to the president of the init
it nte Mr. Carnegie's cordial nc(nowledgement
of the gratification ho
felt upon having heen elected an honjrary
member and his good wishes for
the success of so boneflcicnt a work. He^