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VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1909 NO. 20
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CROWDS ATTEND
Reunion of Survivors of Red
Shirt Wearers in the
HAMPTON CAMPAIGM
Fifteen Thousand Visitors at Anderson
Wednesday to Witness and
Participate in the First State Reunion
of Men Wjio Led Democracy
to Victory In '76.
A special dispatch to The News
and Courier says fifteen thousand
men, women and children came io
to Anderson today, somo to take part
in and the otherB to witness the
great Red Shirt parade, and to hear
the orators of the day. The line of
march was formed shortly after 9
aVIaaIt WT nrin nnrihii m Awnltirr n tt A t
v viu\,a uuuunua/ uiui 111115, auu ?n
11 o'clock the parade moved under
Commander J. C. Strlbllng, passing
in review, and witnessed by
thousands on the street, sidewalks,
in the > windows, balconies, etc.
?otir thousand men and ladies
"wWrHfir red shirts, some "mounted
the others on foot, formed the
parade, which waB more than a mile
long. After the review the line
marched to Iluena Vista Park, weher,
under the large and shady trees,
ex-Governor John C. Sheppard. of
Edgefield, and Senator Tillman spoke
to five thousand persons. Col. R.
W. Simpson presided over the meeting.
Governor Sheppard was the first
speaker, and his remarks were entirely
of matters pertaining to the
Red Shirt men. He recited personal
experiences during the campaign of
1876, and most interestingly told of
the deeds of the brave men who wore
the shirts of red. He recltod their
history and explained to the young
folks In the audience why the Red
Shirts organized and told what they
accomplished. l^is 'remarks, lasting
nearly two hours, were brimful
of Interesting facts of the campaign
made necessary to take the rule of
the 8tate from the negroes and carpet-baggers.
Senator Tillman was the next and
last speaker. He .opened by hurling
compliments at the newspapers and
ridiculed their editorials about his
leaving Washington during the tariff
session and going out West to make
addresses. He sarcastically raked
the newspapers over the country
about their 'barking at my heels just
because I have made arrangements
to leave my lecturing tour to coine
to South Carolina to make five or
six speeches."
MK no uotinirti umi i nui
Rhb "the tool of a great political maSj^Rhlne,"
and that the president's
appointment of census enumerators
|B in the South is but n furtherance of
his efforts to breuk the "Solid
V South." He said the "machine" is
W preventing Mr. Taft from currying
' out his intentions as expressed in his
Atlanta speech. Senator Tillman
warned the people of the State
against compulsory education, saying
that It would prepare the negroes
'.'tor the ballot and might In time re
" eult .In their controlling ejections iu
"3 -'South Carolina
He told how ho blocked the Senate
lu the Cruru matte*, and sai'J
that nothing pleated him better than
getting money from the republicans
for making two-hour lectures, in
which he would tell them they were
fools and idiots He slapped The
News and Courier and tho S'r.te. He
x said that Deacon Hemphill was advocating
the organization of a commercial
party, which is nothing shoi t
of Republican. He then BDoke .if
the clays of '76. His speech In *ult
on this subject is printed elsewhere.
Read it.
Senator Tillman was given an ovation
when Introduced, and throughout
his speech there was considerable
appaluse. The audience was
with him from start to finish, and
every utterance, especially when
sarcasm was used or when an attack
was made, brought forth yells upon
yells. Ho spoke for nearly two
hours.
When Senator Tillman concluded
a picnic dinner was served In the
grove to the Immense crowd. The
day passed off pleasantly. Good
weather prevailed and few arrests
resulted. There were no appreciable
delays in carrying out the program
of events and the first Red
4 Shirt Reunion has gono into history
as a grand success.
Fatal Explosion.
George W. Prinkwater. of Jersey,
City, second engineer. was Instantly
killed and three other men wore
fatally Injured Wednesday by the
explosion of a feed pipo on the tugboat
Bee, In the EaBt. river. Peter
, Barlin and John Jacobs, firemen, and
Albert Cardell, tho cook, were scald,
ed by escaping steam and were unconscious
when dragged from tho
engine room by the crew.
Fatal Explosion at Bevard.
A chemical fire engine, at Brevard,
thirty miles from Ashevllle, N. C.,
exploded Wednesday, killing J. P.
Aiken, a negro, and Injuring four
firemen, including Fire Chief J. a.
Calloway. J. W. Chapman, president
of the Electric Light Company. o(
Vrpvard, and C. B. Wilton.
THE DRASTIC LAW
TO HAVE LIQUOR IS ALSO INHIBITED
BY ITS TERMS.
In Non-dispensary Counties the Pos%
session of Intoxicants in Any
Quantity Said to be Unlawful.
May a man (or woman) living in
a South Carolina county which is
without dispensaries have in possession
a gallon, pint, or gill of whiskey
or other intoxicants without violating
the provisions of the criminal
code and subjecting himself (or herself)
to a fine and imprisonment or
both?the penalty for a second of
itunc uviiir ibull Illt'Il I WllDOUl
alternative?
The State gays good lawyers and
perhaps judges are answering the
question "no," but it is only during
the last few days that the people
seem to be awakening to this drastic
construction of the law. There
are those who hold that the Lexington
or Sumter or Bamberg lady who
has "in possession" a quart of cooking
sherry is no less amenable to
prosecution and punishment than is
a "blind tiger."
In other words, the former dispensary
acts were aimed at the manufacture
and sale of intoxicants and
not at having them in possession.
The act passed at the last session
of the general assembly and approved
March 2, 1909, after declaring
alcoholic liquors "which If drunk to
excess will, produce Intoxication" to
be "against the morals, good health
and safety of the State" proceeds to
say "That It shall be unlawful for
any persons, firm, corporation of association
within this State to manufacture,
sell, barter, exchange, receive,
give away to induce trade, deliver,
store, keep in possession in this
State, furnish at public places or
otherwise dispose of any malt, vinous,
fermented, brewed or other
liquors and beverages, or any compound
or mixture thereof which contains
alcohol and is used as a beverage,
and which if drunk to cxce3J
will produce intoxication, except as
hereinafter provided."
:r. I? -I ?? *
.u v.,t avi u uu^-n nui appear 10
he thereinafter "provided" that any
person may "keep in possession in
this State" one drop of any alcoholic
liquor of a Allure to "make dru-ik
M ue" when in?? ' od to exceBi. except
in counties having dispensaries.
The penalty for violation of the
act contained in section 11 and declaring
violation a misdemeanor is
a tine of from $100 to $fi00 or imprisonment
at hard labor of from
three to 12 months and for any second
or subsequent offense, upon conviction,
imprisonment of from one to
five years at hard labor without any
alternative fine.
At a picnic in Zarline in Anderson
county a few days ago Messrs.
J. R. Rlake of Greenwood and Legislator
Josh Ashley among others
were speakers.
The story goes that Mr. Ashley
spoke with his accustomed fiery eloquence
and pith for prohibition, and
Mr. Rlake later uttered sentiments
somewhat to the contrary. Mr. Rlake
then read from the act already quoted.
Mr. Ashley, in his gentle way,
questioned the accuracy of the inhibitions
as contained in the print
read by Mr. Blake.
"Do you 'keep In possession within
this Stato' any Intoxicating liquors?"
inquired Mr. Hlack of the Honea
Path delegation.
The Honea Path delegation, it is
said, admitted that the jug might
not be wholly dry, whereupon Mr.
Hlack read again the stern, inexor
able condemnation of the law.
Whether or not the Law and Order
League in the dry counties will
see to it that all the kitchen closets
shall be searched by constables for
cooking sherry and brandled peaches
remains to bo seen?or it may be
that astute lawyers will prove that
to "keep in possession' any into?:!
eating liquors "within Luis State"
is not the !r.? as it is written.
Had they "to keep in possession"
provision of the act been discussed
before the elections, how would it
have affected the voting? Was the
law understood by the voters? Was
it understood that to give away or
"to receive" a toddy in a dry county
would be a misdemeanor?
SMASHES ALL RECORDS.
Paulhnn Flies Further and linger
Than Wright.
Another sensational exploit was
added to tho marvels of aviation
week at Rhemis Wednesday when
Paulhan. the plucky French aviator,
broke the world's record in a wonderful
flight of two hours, flfty-threo
IiimiucB ana iwaniy-iour seconds.
During twenty minues of tho time
Paulhan had a heavy rain and wind
storm to contend against.
The pervious official record for
time in the air was made by Wilbur
Wright at Le Mans. December 31.
two hours, twenty minues, twentythree
and one-fifth seconds.
Paulhan's new record for distance
was about 134 kilometres, or eightythree
miles. He made thirteen cir]
cults of the course . As he was com|
ing down tho homo stretch for the
i last time the dirigible, Col. Renard.
appeared to the westward, ploughing
Iits way majestically through the
smoke of the city of Rhemla.
DUTY WELL DONE
Sonator TlUman to the Red
Shirt Survivors.
SOME STORMY TIMES
Recalled as the Stirring Days of
Redemption Are Passed in Review?What
the Older People Did '
to Redeem South Carolina In the '
Hampton Campaign.
Several thousand people heard and
frequently heartily cheered Senator 1
Tillman in his address at Andersnn i
on Wednesday before the convention 1
of the survivors of what is known ^
as the Red Shirt organization, which 1
supported Gen. Hampton in the 1
dangerous undertaking of redeeming
the State of South Carolina from Re- '
publican rule and Reconstruction In 1
1876. Senator Tillman was particu- ^
larly Interesting dn his Remarks
touching that memorable period in 1
the Stale's history, and what he had 1
to say was listened to with the closest
attention. He appeared to carry 1
vivid pictures in his mind of that *
Lime, when he was young and impressionable.
What he had to say
Is also of interest from the view- c
point of his own political history c
and personal character. He spoke
'or the most part in the high pitched ^
voice so characteristic of him when
ipeaking on a topic near to his feel- ^
ngs. He said:
There has been more or less dls- ^
:ussion in the papers of the State ^
eoently about the origin of the red a
ihlrts as the Democratic uniform in (
1876. I shall leave it to others
o sift the evidence and determine if ^
t can be done, just where the credit 0
ies. I want to tell what I know (
lbout the bloody shirt and its ef- e
ectlve us-e in that memorable crls- a
8. In my story of the Hamburg j
iot 1 have mentioned the drumhead
:ourt martial which condemned and |
xecuted prisoners after the fighting v
>r firing had ceased. v
The last man selected to be shot r
van a notorious thief by the name v
>f Pomp Curry wnom I had known .
rom boyhood. He had furnished (
he names of all uhnni
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o District Attorney Stone and this | x
(vidence caused warrants to be is- <]
tued against practically all the mem- &
>ers of the Sweetwater Sabre club a
md a few others who were not mem- i
>ers. We were charged with murder r
ind conspiracy to murder, and the i
sheriff of Aiken county was ordered t
o make the arrests. Like a wise i
ind prudent man he did not attempt j
o execute the warrants, but com- \
nunicated with Col. Butler, our cap- t
ain, and by common understanding f
ill of the men thus charged assem- g
jled at Lower Cherokee pond, a place c
lear Col. Butler's home, and Btarted s
for Aiken. The procession was led t
ay the sheriff in a buggy, followed t
L?y the so-called prisoners, armed to j
the teeth, and accompanied by bag- 1
;age wagons with supplies for hors- <
as and men, cooks and a full camp- 1
lug outfit except tents. Rev. Wil- <
liam Shaw who owned a plantation i
two miles west of Aiken, the dwel- (
ling house on which was occupied, y
had kindly offered it for our use. <
tVe reached this place some time be- '
fore sundown, took up our quarters t
for the night. Court was to convene
two days later and we were i
thus early on the ground in order I
to give the lawyers who had our
case in hand opportunity to draw up <
the papers and prepare for obtaining
bail if wo were to be allowed to ]
return home. Gen. Butler, who was 1
under indictment, Hon. George VV.
If n ' *
v/iuii, iivu. u. a. rienaerson of the <
Aikeu bar unci Maj. William T. Gray
were acting as our attorneys.
Among those whose interest had
induced them to accompany us wis
nnv 1 rot her, lion. George D. Tillman,
who had been nominated a.s a
candidate in our congressional dis
trict. lie had been in correspondence
with Gen., afterwards Senator
J. Z. George, of Mississippi, the man
whose constructive statesmanship in
devising means to tafe-guard Southern
civilization by the elimination
of the negro vote will cause his name
to shine for all time as a great constitutional
lawyer and benefactor of
the South. It was under him that
Mississippi /led off in disfranchising
the negro and practically every
Southern State has followed suit.
Mississippi bad thrown off the carpet-bag
yoke two years before that
and Gon. Goorgo advised my brother
to have the South Carolinians impress
tho negroes both as to our
strength and tho purposo of the
whites by using a spectacular uniform
and urged tho parade of long
processions of armed white men
through the country.
Tho Hamburg riot had caused
such a furore throughout the North
and the Republican press of that
I section was waving the bloody shirt!
with such frantic energy that Mr.
Tillman 'suggested 'to Col. Butler
that we, though then assembled as
prisoners, should wave the bloody
shirt lu reality as a token of defiance.
The Idea was seized upon by all of
us and Luther Hansom and myself
were appointed a committee to visit
Atk*n, confer with the Democratic
authorities, and 6ee if we could induce
them to help us In securing
1 shirts to be donned as uniforms.
TRAGIC DEATH
OP A SOUTH CAROLINIAN IN PANAM
A ON WEDNESDAY.
Deceased Was a Native of Winnsboro
But His Mother and Sisters
Live in Columbia.
As told in the press dispatches
rhursday, Mr. William M. Chandler
of South Carolina, editor of -the
Panama Press, met with a tragic
leath in Panama Wednesday. He
&'as killed by Gen. H. O. Jeffries,
svho figured prominently- in the
Panama revolution.
The dispatches say that he was
tilled on account of a publication
vhich is alleged to have reflected
lpon a sister-in-law of Jeffries. He
vas knocked down and stunned by
he use of the butt of a revolver,
ind was then kicked violently.
In speaking of the tragedy The
3tato says Mr. Chandler's mother
Ives in Columbia, and that his body
vlll be carried there for Interment.
i n.e toirowiag uuuun me jnaner
'rom the State will be read with
nterest:
The deceased la a native of Wlnns)oroP
where his father was employed'
In a bank and later moved to
Augusta, Ga. His mother, Mrs. M.
5. Chandler, was a Miss Boatwrlght
>f this city, and Is now a resident
>f Shandon with her daughter. Mrs.
J. P. Davis and Mrs. Walker. Mr.
)avls Is connected with The Evening
tecord.
Prof. J. Fleming Brown and Mrs.
*. J. Boyd of Spartanburg, uncle
ind aunt of the deceased, arrived In
Columbia last night, and his father,
X E. Chandler of Jacksonville. Fla.,
.nd Mrs. F. B. Fleming of Augusta,
3a., are expected today.
The body will probably be brought
o Columbia, arriving here in abofll
lght days. Mr. Chandler went to
ho Philippines In 1898 as an enllst(d
man and after serving In the
.rmy several years engaged In busness
there and Is said to have been
musually successful. In April.
907. he came to Columbia on a
lsit and later went to Panama,
yhere he purchased the plant of the
iaper of which he was editor when
l11 led. He was but 30 years old.
3ol. George W. Croft, then county
hirman, entered Into tho scheme
vlth great zeal, and gave ua an orler
for the necessary yellow homepun.
Having obtained thlB, Ran10m
who knew nearly all of the
adlea of Aiken, accompanied me in
uy buggy and we distributed the
lolts of cloth among the ladies, with
he request that they make us forty
lomespun "shirts just as soon as
lossihle. As I remember, the cloth
vas distributed one afternoon and
he next morning we drove Into town
rom our camp and gathered up the
garments, obtaining a good supply
>f turpentine oil and Venetian red
it tne same time. 1 naa teiegrapnea
o a friend in Augusta, Tom Henry,
o send mo without fall two negro
mper masks or doughfaces and a
ilnky chignon. I had ordered a
:arpenter to make a large flag staff
n the shape of a cross and I got
>ne of the ladies to make an enornoiis
shirt bigger than Goliath of
lath would have worn. This shirt
vas turned into a flag with the arms
outstretched over the cross pieces.
Fhe negro faces were takced to the
op back to back so as to make a
grflnnlng Ipegro |he<ad from either
side aud the chignon was nailed on
top of these.
Satan's appeal to the fallen angsls:
"Awake, arise or be forever fallen,"
had been emblazoned in large
black letters on one side and my
brother suggested the motto for the
other Bide: "None but the guilty
need fear."
The shirt was made bloody with
the marks of bullet wounds in red
and when the work of making the
unique banner was completed, Ransom
and others making suggestions,
it was surely a most ghostly object.
The yellow homeBpun shirts had
been put on and every wearer stained
his shirt with artificial blood according
to his own fancy. Some
used poke-berries to make the color
more fiery than the Venetian red
and turpentine, and vary the tine.
Everything in readiness about 4
o'clock the day before court was to
convene the Hamburg rioters to the
number of forty, uniformed as no
men have ever been before or since,
rode into the town of Aiken in coi
nmn of two's. The flag, which was
in itself not very heavy, requirod
a very strong and muscular man to
handle it when wj iegan to gallop,
and Mllledgo Horn was selected as
flag-bearer. He was six feet high,
weighed over 200 pounds and was
correspondingly muscular and had
lost five brothers in the Confederate
army, a sure guarantee of his courage
and daring.
As soon as we reached Aiken wo
rode quietly by every hout-e where
the ladies had been at work on our
shirts so as to let them see us. Then
stringing out In column of file, making
a line nearly a quarter of a mile
long, the order was given to gallop,
and for halt an hour at broak-neck
speed we paraded through every
streot. It being dry we soon kicked
up a great cuold of dust while all
the men in the town, as well as thf
women and children, lined tha spacei
in front of their houses and waved
(Continued on list page.).
VALUE IN STATE
Of.All ths Railways That Is
Within Her Borders.
THEIR ASSESSMENT
The Compilation of Railroad Values
in South Carolina Shows That the
Aggregate of All Such Property Is
Nearly Forty-two Million Dollars,
Being an Increase.
The compilation of railroad assessments
for the present year made recently
by the State board of railroad
assessors, shows that the aggregate
railroad property in South Carolina
is $41,952,520, as compared
with $42,882,332 for the year 1908.
an increase in valuation of $7 0,188.
The report just compiled shows the
luuuwiug mciB us 10 mo rawroaas
of this State:
Total value $41,952,520; total value
of tracks $40,630,838; miles of
track 3,200,811; value of depots
$582,044; value of wood and water
stations $108,912; machine shops
$30,200; value of stationery engines.
$900; value of tools and machinery
$62,169; value of buildings $262.101;
value of IoLb $150,530; value
of lands $124,826. Total value all
items, save trackage, $1,321,682.
Southern Railway.
The Southern Railway is assessed
at $19,821,956, divided among the
following roads:
Atlantic and Charlotte .$ 4,037,173
Ashevllle and Spartanburg
444.626
Rlue Ridge 238.997
Carolina and Cumberlaud
91,960
Carolina Midland .. . 1,946,064
Carolina Midland (Seivern)
17.150
Charlotte. Columbia and
Augusta 1,089,819
Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta 1,889,819
Columbia and Greenville 2,079,130
Columbia and Greenville
(Abbeville) 70,539
Lockiiart 30,275
Sievern and Knoxville. . 32,072
South Carolina and Georgia
4,658,156
South Carolina and Georgia
895,818
South Carolina and Georgia
393,030
Spartanburg, Union and
Columbia 979,119
Sumter and Watereo .. 122,945
Total Southern .. ..$19,821,956
The Atlantic Coast Line.
The Atluntic Qoast Line is assessed
$15,739,170 as follows:
Ashley River Company. $ 78,871
Central 524,958
Charleston and Savannah 1,947,865
Sea Island 48,553
Charleston and Savannah
(spur) 8,125
Charleston and Western
A Ar r
v> a i UI l Liu 91V,U93
Charleston and Western
Carolina 1,594,925
Cheraw and Darlington. 449,357
Gibson 470,844
Salisbury 71,963
Florence 645,056
Latta 162,673
Green Pond and Walterboro
159,774
Hartavllle 44,786
Manchester and Augusta 1,618,902
Darlington branch .. .. 366,592
Lucknow branch 64,922
Pregnall branch 334,514
Northeastern 3,051,791
Pacific 140,370
Walterboro and Western 91,614
Wilmington and Augusta 2,382,212
Wilmington and Augusta 315,607
Conway branch 205,048
M. and Augusta 49,793
Total, A. C. L $15,738,170
Seaboard Air Ijine.
The Seaboard assessments were as
follows:
Chesterfield and Kershaw.$ 663,132
Florence, Central and Poninsular
1,230,254
Georgia-Carolina 1,862,545
Palmetto 139,269
Southbound extension .. 453,814
Catawba Valley 54,125
Total Seaboard $4,403,139
Independent Dines.
The Independent lines nK?es6mentB
are as follows:
Alcolu ( 46,360
I Augusta and Aiken .. . . 127,658
I Bennettavllle and Aiken. . 58.250
Branchvllle and Bowman 18,360
Carolina & Northwestern 194,925
Charlotte, Monroe and Columbia
36,950
Charleston Terminal Company
66,650
Chesterfield & Lancaster. 54,850
Chesterfield & Lancaster. 36,000
Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens 468,000
Central Railway of S. C.. 8,800
Carolina and Western .. . 12,000
i Conway Coast and Western
46,090
; Due West Railway Co...- 4,600
- Georgetown and Western. 202,150
[ Glenn Springs Railway Co 15,075
| Greenville Traction Co... 66,968
i Hampton and Branchvllle 29,200
i Lancaster and Chester .. 108,200
L Marvin and Southern Ry 6,128
JN. and S. Carolina . . , 200,07C
KILLS NINE MEN
WORKMAN THROWS LIGHTED
CIGARETTE INTO FUSE BOX.
Dynamite Goes Off Under Group of
Workmen at Bocacchaca on Florida
East Coast Railway.
As a result of the explosion at
noon Friday of 700 poundB of dynamite
at Bocacchaca, 12 miles from
Key West, Fla., on the Florida East
Coast railway, 10 men are dead, Ave
others probably fatally wounded and
at least a dozen others less seriously
injured. The explosion was caused
by a member of the railroad construction
force carelessly throwing
a lighted cigarette into a box of
fuses.
Nine of the workmen met instant
death and the tenth died while being
carried to the hospital. The men
were hurled high Into air and the
bodies of the dead were almst beyoud
recognition, arms and legs being
torn from the bodies of some,
while the faces of others were mere
m n aana nf floah
When the explosion occurred the
workmen were standing In water
four feet deep and directly beneath
them was the 700 pounds of dynamite,
ready for the blast when the
nicu should stop work for dinner.
According to ono of the wounded,
a workman?one of nine to meet
instant death?threw a lighted cigarette
to one side, not noticing that
It fell Into the box containing the
fuses which were connected beneath
them. A few seconds and the men,
water, mud and tons of dirt were
thrown 70 to 90 feet in the air.
Tugs at once brought the dead
and more seriously wounded to Key
West, the latter being placed In the
Louise Maloney hospital.
Those less seriously Injured were
placed on Stock Island, opposite
Uocacchaca and will be carried to
Key West later.
STAYS SINGLE TO GET FORTUNE.
Fhlladolphlan Agrees to Terms of
a Unique Will.
In order to comply with his brother's
will, which required him to remain
a bachelor, William Taggart,
of Phlladqlphia, Pa., announced
Wednesday that he would give up
an Intended marriage and will thereby
receive a legacy of $75,000, and
valuable ranch lands in California.
Taggart made the announcement
after he had received word of the
1 bequest from an attorney In Calejo,
Cal. The estate originally belonged
to an uncle, who died many years
ago, leaving the property to David
S. Taggart, a brother of William,
on condition that he remain unmarried.
The brother died last week at
Calejo, and he passed the estate to
William, provided that the matrimonial
restriction was observed.
A SEAMAN DROWNED.
Member of the Crew of the Revenue
Cutter Fell Overboard.
It was reported a few days ago
along the waterfront that a seaman
of the United States revenue cutter
Yamacraw was drowned down the
harbor, at Charleston, falling overboard
and disappearing from view
before ho could bo rescued.
No roport of the accident was
made to the coroner's office, and
only the rumor was heard at the
office of the customs department. It
could not be learned whether there
was any truth in the story. The
absence of a report being made by
Capt. Dunwoody at the coroner's
office or at the custom house would
seem to Indicate that there was no
truth in the story.
STRIKE-BREAKERS RTRIHE.
Imported Men Reavo Plant of the
Pressed Steel Car Company.
Imported men, numbering 200,
quit work at the Pressed Steel Car
Company at McKces Rocks. Pa., and
in a body marched to the bank of
the Ohio river, where they say they
will camp until the company has
paid the mfor their work.
After getting the money duo them,
it is their intention, it s said, to
return to ther homes in various
Eastern and Western cities.
The new men claim that there arc
only 300 workmen left in the plant,
and that all of them will leavo the
mill later.
Pirada Railroad Company 24.00C
Plckena 6,00*.
Raleigh and Charleston . 14.07C
Salem Railroad Company 43,804
Union and Glenn Springs 8,40f
Union Station Company. 6<),00(
Ware Shoals 5,00(
Total $1,980.251
The aggregates are as follows:
i Southern $19,821,P5(
Atlantic Coast Line .. . 16,738.17<
Seaboard 4,403,13!
i Other lines 1,989,261
i
i Grand total $41,962,521
i In 1908 the report of tho Corap
I troller General 6how? that the South
i ern's assessment was $19,820,816
> Coast Line, $16,761,938; Seaboard
; $4,403,189; oth?r lines. I1.946.64C
> L M. G.
SHOT HIM DEAD
A Family Row Causes Killing at
Johnson, S. C.
A PHYSICIAN SLAIN
I?r. Tit well by His Brotherin-IiUW,
Mr. May?Mrs. Titwell
Had Left Her Home and Gone to
May's Home, Where She was Followed
by Her Husband.
Dr. Charles Titwell was shot and
fatally wounded by his brother-ln
law, Mr. Yancey M. May, at Johnston
Thursday morning, about 9
o'clock. The weapon used was a
shotgun. I)r. Tltwell received two
wounds, one a little to the left of
the backbone on the left side, and
the other In the shoulder. He lived
about thirty minutes after he was
shot, and it Is Bald that be made
an ante-mortem statement to Dr. B.
L. Allen, but what It was has not
been disclosed.
From tho testimony taken at the
Inquest It appears that the deceased
and his wife had had Borne trouble
Wednesday, during which he chastised
her. It was alleged that she
left and went to the home of her
brother-in-law, and that her husband
went there and endeavored to
get her to roturn home, which she
refused to do.
It Is stated that during his stay
Mr. May and the doctor got Into an
altercation, during which time Mrs.
Titwell left and went to a neighbor's
house. The deceased then
came back Into the street, and was
going in pursuit of his wife, when
Mr. May appeared on the scene with
a shotgun, the contents of which he
emptied Into tho body of Dr. Tltwell.
The shooting occurred some distance
from the house of Mr. May,
and as yet It is not known what the
deceased was doing at the time he
received hie mortal wounds.
Titwell 1b from Newberry county,
and has only lived In Johnston a
short while. May Is one of Johnston's
best citizens, and claims thar
the killing was entirely Justifiable,
and unavoidable. Mr. Mav has suirendered
to the sheriff, and will apply
for bail at once before Judgo
uevore nere.
Tltwell's remains were sent to his
home In Newberry. The said affair
Is deeply deplored by all.
SOMEBODY'S BLUNDER.
Came Near Causing Tragedy nt Kits
Institution.
At Albnuy, Ga., during an initiation
In the Elks' Lodge Wednesday
night, Cleve Cox, a prominent young
Elk, who was helping conduct tho
initiation, was shot through the
fleshy part of the leg with a 3 2-callbre
ball, from a cartridge that was
thought to be blank.
The floor of the lodge room shows
the marks of several bullets fired
during the initiation. An investigation
after the accident revealed
the fact that in some unaccountable
manner some rartrldges of the kind
used in shooting galleries had become
mixed with the blank cartridges
used In initiations.
Three doctors were hurrldely summoned
to the lodge rooms to attend
the Injury to Mr. Cox. TJho shooting
gallery cartridges responsible for the
accident looked so much like blank
cartridges that the difference could
scarcely bo distinguished. Tho accident
caused much excitement In the
lodge room and put an end to tho
initiation exercises.
TRAMP WAS KILLED.
Vniinf? IJliA Rliira Mon \lflinm
Found in Ills Kitchen.
At Bever Dam. near Ashcvillc, N.
C.. an unknown tramp was shot and
killed by Hen Morris, aged 17, lato
, Wednesday afternoon. All the members
of the Morris family were away
from homo except young lien, and
i when he returned to the house, afi
ter a temporary absence, he found
the tramp in the kitchen. The in>
trader warned him to keep out, and
, threw dishes through the window,
i and then held tho door against him.
Young Morris went around to the
front door and seizing a shotgun,
l went to look for the tj-amp. Tho
? tramp met him flourishing a razor,
i young Morris says, and grappled
\ with him. After acuflll'ng a while
I Morris managed to break away far
) enough to flre the gun. The charge
) hit the Intruder in the face, and he
. died almost immediately.
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Convict* Escape.
? At the State farm at Goodland,
) Va., Wednesday, Guard A. H. Pamp>
lin was attacker by Patrick Hyatt
> and Charles Goode, while convicts.
- who took his gun away from him and
D made their escape, taking with them
- the two bloodhounds to prevent the
- prialon authorities from using the
; animals on their trail. The convicts
I, experienced little difficulty in overK
powering the guard. No trace has
been found of the fleeing convlctg.