The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 18, 1901, Image 1
THE BANKERS MEET
Twenty-Seventh Annual Session Al
Milwaukee.
Ill FY L CM AND SOfoli LFGISUTION
Looking to the Suppression of Anar
chlal Tendencies? Resolutions On
President PlcKinley'a Death.
I.
y i." it -
Milwaukee, Special. ? Tho twenty
?seventh annual convention of tho
American^ Bankers' Association be
Kan here -At 10 o'clock -/Tuesday, with
bankers from nearly every State in
tho Union In attendance. Tho mem
bers of the association represent a
combined capital of over $*,000,000,
000. President Alva 11. Trowbridge.
of New York, called the convention
?\
to order and Introduced Alexander .1.
Yjurrowcs, president of Marquette
College, who delivered the invocation
David S. Rose, mayor of Milwaukee,
welcomed the bankers to tho city and
J. W. I'. Lowbard, president of tho
Mil waukee thinkers' Club, extended
a welcome on behalf or tho local bank
?rs. Tho reply to addresses of wel
come and the annual address of Presl
dont Trowbridge folh>u>?rC^M,'n:j|dcni
Trowbridge referred to death ?>i
MeKinley and tendered /loyalty to the
new President. I
jamea H. Branch, secretary, of the
association!' then presented . his an
nual report, showing ilio membership
?. and resources of the association to
have Increased aa follows: Septem
ber 1, 1900', paid membership, 4,891;
annual duea $59,700. October 10, 19QI,
paid membership, f?,504; annual dues
$60,S8o: The treasurer, Mr- George
AT. Reynolds, reported receipts of
$67,7U7./>and expenditures of $06,938,
the bulanee on hand August 31, 1901.
being $<53,084. The disbursements on
protecting account were $29.9G6.?'
Frank F. Tracy, chairman of tins
comniittco on uniform laws, sub
mitted Its report sotting forth that
the negotiable instrument law had
been considered In many legislatures
last winter, but was successful In only
one State, Pennsylvania. The law ban
been adopted in 17 States. A. B. Hep
burn presented the report of iln> com
?^iince on .internal h venue taxation
The States that legislation,
while not all^that the committee de
sired nor all It was entitled to, had
been secured.
Col. Robert J. Lowery reported for
the committee on bureau ot education,
the substance of wlilrh was an en
dorsemcnt of the Correspondence
School of the American Institute of
Bank Clerks. A. C. Anderson, chair
man of the committee of- fidelity in
surance, submitted the report of that
committee. It was stated that a
stan/lard form of bond had been pro
vided and nine yfiiretv companies
wore now pre^arc/il to furnish it. The
-"'report contained the following: "Ab
?numerous and heavy aa were the de
falcations for the year 1900 It should
be borne In mind that the combined
office force of our members exceeds
30,000, and among those that were
covered by corporate suretyship, for
each bonded man that strayed from
the path of rectitude there were over
900 that remained faithful. It is to be
noted that the heavy dqfalcattons last
year were mostly by men not covered
by surety bond." The report said 01
per cent* of losses were uot paid.
F. \V*. Hayes, chairman, presented
the report of the committee on taxa
tlon of express companies. The com
mittee stated that they were unable
the result of Its efforts to "<*whpel the.
express companies and their nun \J
erous agencies to pay d.JJconse tn^
for the privilege of / conducting a
banking and brokerage business."
Legal action was recommended with
a view of testing the question In the
courts. By unanimous conse-nt a reso
lution, presented by James, A. Wll
lock, of Pittsburg, was received , and
adopted by. the convention relating to
the punishment of anarchists. J be
resolution recites that there exists
an Imperative necessity For the en
acting of laws by Congress to punish
the assassins and for the suppression
of anarchy by providing:
"1. Capital punishment.- for those
convicted of murder or attempted
murder of officers. ,h? high public posl
* Adequate punpsninent by Impria-J
onm'ent of all parties counseling vlo-'
lence to those In authority.
"3. Laws to prevent anarchists from
entering this country.
"4. Tiiat wo urge upon Congress and
State legislatures action that shall
keep our land free from the charge
of fosterlj^te conspiracies against
? rulers of. foreign lands."
Troop# Endanjrer th'tlr Lives.
? So/la. Bulgaria, lly Cable.~The pa*
iyn in of -Madaxuc Tiillca. lhc Bulgarian ,
teachor who was captured by thtf bilgt
and* with Miss Ellon M. Stono, the '
American missionary, fyave received
another letter from tfceilr daughter
urging the* step already taken, name
Jy, stopping tho. military puraultr~"l?** '
? cause the brigands threaten the
dners with Immediate death It
event or danger, to themselves^
writer em that she and Miss Stone
are Mddan in ?? subterraneous cav?
and ere treatM eourteonely. She also
aaja the only means of securing their
retoaae la to pay the ransom demand
'.A,
SEX, NAllVITY AND COLOR.
Figures (liven Out In Census Report
Oil Population.
Washington, Special, ? The final
census report on the population of tho
United States by sex. nativity and col
or, was 'issued Friday. It shows that
the males number 30,059,242. or 61,2
per cent, of the total population In
1900. Tho Increase of 13,233,?<1 in
total population since l s 00 Is made
up of (5,744,170 males and 6, (>48,876
females, an increase of 20.9 of males
nnd 21.1 (>??' females. The foreign-born
element increased only 12.4 per cent.,
and the native born population 22.5
per cent, since 1890. As to color and
race, the population In 1900 com
prises 66, 990.802 white persons and
9,312,5X5 colored persons, the latter
comprising 8,810,789 persons of ne
gro descent. The colored element as
a whole showa an lucreasu of 17.8
per cent, slnco ISiio.
Tho colored element constituted
A-JJ vCC CSCwt. VViVfci VS>\V\\V*\\\>tt
In 1900, as against 12.5 per cent, in
1890, the negro element alone repre
senting of the total population 11.0
per cent, in 1900, and 1.1.9 per cent. In
1890. These figures show a loss,
therefore, of three-tenths of one per
cent. In the proportion of persons of
negro descent In 1900, as compared
with 1890, and a corresponding In
crease In that for the whites.
The white population shows an In
crease since 1890 of 11,824,018 or 21.4
per cent, and tho colored element as
n whole 1 ,401,901 . or 17.8 per cent.
There has been an Increase during
the past ten years in persons of ne
gro descent of 1,352,001, or 18.1 per
cent., and In Japanese of 71,587. or
497.2 per cent. Tho Chinese, on the
other hand, show a loss since 1890 of
7,728, or <>.l per cent., while tho In
dians have decreased from 273, G07 In
1890 to 266,760 1ft 1900. equivalent to
a Iosb of 2.5 per cent.
The figures for Virginia are 925,^7
males. 928.287 females; foreign born
199,401; total white 1,192,855; native
white 1.173,787; total colored. 661,
239.
The President's 5oytheni Policy.
| Washington, D. C., Special.? Attor
ney General ICnox made a verbal re
port to the President and cablnot, re
garding tho result of his investigation
Into tho Pacific Pnblo question. it is
'oncluslon was that under the law of
I8GG uny domestic company could land
i cable on the shores of the United
States or or its possessions. Tho
President and cabinet, wore convicted
by the verbal report that no executive
lotion is called for at tjiis time. ? The
lu eat I on of Southern appointments,
generally, again camo up and the
President reiterated his i>oliey of ap
pointing Republicans, if suitable ap
plicants could be found, and kf not of
appointing gold Democrats. His poli
cy In this respect moets tho approval
3f the cabinet. The appointment of
Or. Clayton to the colloctorahip or in
ternal revenue in South Carolina was
considered In this connection.
Episcopal Convention,
San Francisco, Special. ? Tho feature
jf Tuesday's session of the Trionnial
Episcopal Convention was tho consid
eration and defeat of what is linown
as tho Huntington amendment to tho
constitution, which was adopted bj
tho house of deputies yesterday, pro\
riding for the uso o?f modlilod forms of
worship by congregations willing to
accept the spiritual oversight of a
bishop. An error Was discovered in
recording tho voto of a delegation
which had been In favor of the amend
ment whereas a poll showed that they
wore opposed to tho measure. This led
4u u -d?-y??nd for -a 4^eoo?hideraUon of
yesterday's vote. The "vote on roeon
flderat'.on resulted: as follows: Ayo,
slerlcal, 2S; lay, ^.18; no, clerical, .33:
ay. 12; divide'd, cle$cal, 12; laj^S.
The united voto of the lay delegates .of
'?neii order being required the amend
ment was defeated.
$160,000 Fire in St Louis.
St. IjouIs, Special. ? Fire destroyed
the building and contents of the St.
Louis Cereal Sugar Company here early
Friday morning. The loss is estimated
at $150,000. The St. Louis Candy Com
pany was also damaged by smoke and
water, about. $10.QC0.
a i Ugipt to Hold Up a Train.
Coloinbiiu^L^ C..- Special.? Near
Br^nchvlllo, on mil iiupib^M uml
.Ptmraday night, at the nam point
whin a Southern eapreaa ear wm rob
bed a year e*p, a eingla iflbltr made
another attempt He vai WfWMit bj
the condnctoV and trainmen Jfam on
the platform between Q*
A Wreck on the Norfolk & Western.
Roauoko, V?,, Special. ? In ft wreek
Dn the Norfolk & Western road, near
Fhjblln, Va., -Frank I^avendor, ft fire
man on the Cripple Creek passenger
engine, met a horrible death. Whllo
running from Pulaski to Dublin his
engine crashed Into another engine at
tached to the 'rear of a freight train
which was standing on the main line.
Both- engines were badly wrecked and
Fireman lavender, whose legs were
?angbt by falling coal from thd en
pin p*s tender, was scalded to death Vy
iteam. Hanging from the cab window
he begged pltcously for help, bat the
bystanders were powerless to aid kim
awing to the fast escaping steam.
IN SCIiLliV'S FAVOR. i
llie First Wilneas l or the Admiral
On the Stand.
SOME INTERESTING FVIIENCE.
'I he Court's Investigations l ake n
New Turn 'I lie hero of War Will
Now Have Ail Inning.
WahhlJ.ulon, Special. ?Monday In the
Schley court of inquiry, Jmlcc Advo
cate I.mi.Iv concluded the presentation
of testimony for the government and
the ilrst of \dmiral Sch ley's witnes?b
was Introduced. Captain Francis Tr
Cook, who commanded the Brooklyn
during the Santiago campaign ft"d ^h->
acted, though unofficially, in tho capac
ity of chief of staff far tho eommodoro.
tiTi \tie -witness stand t"ho greater
past of the day. Ho was followed by
Lieutenant Commander Win. E. F^.l
nia?, who was senior watch officer (o>n
the New Orleans during tho Spanish
war, and former Lieutenant .losenh
Be&le, who, rs an officer on the Har
vard. translated the olpheif dispatch)* ;
between Commodore Schley nn 1 the
Navy Department carried by that ves
sel. Lieutenant Ilcale was the list oi
the government witnesses, although
Captain Lemly explained that lie
would reserve the right to call others
if occasion should demand that he do
so. He had no sooner retire I than the
first witness for Admiral Schley wat
called. Tlifs proved to be the Cuban pi
lot Eduardo Nunez.
Captain Cook was questioned by Mr.
llanna and responded in clear and d s
tinct tones. Hp said lie had been at
Key West ony May 1}>. C.ivlng the rea
sons for the depSr^urc of the flying
squadron for Cienfuegofe. Capta'n Cjok
said the squadron had been seut to
that port "to Intercept and mo?t tho
Spanish squadron, It having been de
termined, as we believed at that time
by them to make C-ienfuegos their ob
jective point." lie had understood that
the Spanish licet carried munitions of
war for Havana, ond It vfjt s believe!
tli at they would go to Cienfuegos, be
cause of its accessibility to Havana.
Captain Cook detailed a conversation
between ootnmodore Schley and Crtl>
tain Chester while the squadron was
en route to Cienfuegos. lie said there
had been talk between tlieiu about
coaling on the southeast coast of Cuba.
He said that upon arriving off Cienfu
egos on the morning of May 22, a
blockade was immediately established,
ns the firing of gunr. was heard, and It
was believed that Cervera hail arr'.vel
and a fete in honor of his appearance
was on. Earthworks on the shore we: o
seen, but t.liey were not fired upon be
cause it was considered desirable not
to unnecessarily expend ammunition.
think between that time and the ar
rival of the Adula, it was presume 1
that the whole bcach was occupied,"
he said.
The Divorce Matter.
San Francisco, Special. ? Tho house
of deputies of the Episcopal Church
of America, sitting as a committee of
tile whole, adopted the proposed
Canon prohibiting the re-marriage of
divorced persons for causes not aris
ing previous to their former mar
riage. " The" cannon was adopted as It
came from the house of bishops. The
voto stood 182 for, 1G8 against. The
amendment of Dr. Huntington, of
New York, making an exception In
the case of the innocent party of a di
vorce granted on the ground of adul
teryj was rejected by a vote of 158
to 173. Tho result of the vote in the
committee of tho whole was reported
to tho house of deputies, which will
vote on the matter. The result, how
ever, may not M the same, for In the
house the vote of 30 delegations is re
quired to carry a measure, the divL'od
delegations virtually counting anions
the nays. No time was s?* for a final
rote by tho honse.
King Leopold to Visit New York.
, Antwerp. By Cable.-^Klng Leopold
lias decided to visit Now York. He
announcod this at an interview grant
ed to the burgomaster Saturday, fiis
Majesty expects, among other advan
tages. to get in the United States
many suggestions from the shipping
arrangements, which will prove bene
ficial to the ports. of Belgium.
float Sentenced to Prison.
New York, Special.? Johann Most,
?the anarehlst, was sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary in the Court
of Special Sessions for publishing in
his paper, the Freheit, an alleged se
ditious article on the day following
tha shooting of President McKinley.
The article In question wm entitled
"Murder Against Murder." In nit de
fense, Moat claimed tha* the < paper
containing the article was printed and
ready for distribution before the Psev
Ident was shot.. Also that ft was a
quotation from an article published 50
years ago, and republished by 'him 15
years ngo.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Nov Enterprises That Arc Enriching
Our Favo'cd Section.
Tho Anderson Cotton Mills of An
derson, S. C? has commenced to re
cclve'nnd la now installing machinery
to make certain additions recently
decided upon. The improvements
will entail tho expenditure of gov
era I hundred thousand dollars. In
eluded with tho textile equipment
arriving will bo lS.OitO Hpindles and
500 looms, whlrh 'Will bring the
plant's complement up to.
spimlleH and l5?tM looms. Tfio ei n
tracts for tliis machinery ? have all
been Kilned. Thu power that will le
required for thu new machinery Id
to ho furnished by the; Anderson
Water, Light and Power Co., now
completing the development of Poll
man Shoals.
Industrial Miscellany.
The plant of the Carson Company,
iSSUafzeiiH't::' kiziLUCi' sxut
handles at Alexandria, Va.A was de
sured. ,
Tho Palmetto 1. umber Co. 'of San
Jacinto, Texas, has been incorporat
ed. with a capital stock of $50,000.
The corporators are A. C. Ford. T.
P. Cabel, A. L. Black and It. M. Uuc.V.
Receipts of lumber at the port of
New Orleans for the week ending
September -7 amounted u> 2,034,00')
feet, and for the season 1S,440,7$H5
feet, against 19SS2.12 I feet last sea
son.
The shipments of lumber from tin
port of Mobile last week aggregated
2.:l40.(>)2 feet, and for the season
8,117,474 feet. Shipments of sawn
timber were 05.4G2 cubic feet, ami
hewn timber 20,020 cubic feet.
The following steamers cleared last
week from Savannah, (!?.. witli
Florida hlKiegrade phosphate roi-k
among their cargoes: Steamer Finn
land for Bremen and Hamburg with
1451 tons for the latter port; steamer
Aurelia With 1210. tons for (lenoa, and
cteamer I. i viand with 1 1>'J7 tons for
Hamburg.
Southern business men have or
ganised the Cuban-Central American
Mahogany Company to engage in im*
porting mahogany from Central
America and Mexico by way of New ?
Orleans. Robert Laid law Is presi
dent, and I.ouis M. Moragues of !
Montgomery,, Ala., secretary and j
manager. > j
J. F. Garrcll and Co., of Wilming
ton, N. C., have broken ground for j
a cold-storage and fertilizer factory i
at San Souci nlantation. a mile and |
a half f'om that city. The company j
will also construct a modern abut
toir.
It Is proposed at Hattic.shurg. Miss.,
to organize a stock company for the
erection of a cotton mill.
The Mary Louise Cotton Mills of
Cowpons, S. O, has Increased capital
stock from $20,000 to $50,000.
The Courtenay Manufacturing Co. i
of Newry, S. C.. paid on October 1 Its j
thirteenth semi-annual dividend of j
3 1-2 per cent.
The Waxahaehie (Texas) Cotton ;
Mills Is preparing to make Its third
carload shipment of sheetings and
ducks to the Pacific coast. This ship
ment goes to Washington. V
Tho Lumberton (N. C.) Cotton MI113
Is about ready to start operations,
and tho 5,000 spindles will soon be
making 20 to 32 yarns.
Negotiations are under way with
Now York parties for the operation j
of the Jiptvt'.atan Knitting Mill at
Lambert'si Point, Norfolk, Va.
- The Clayton- (N. c.) Cotton Mill
has been Entirely compiote<l and com
menced operations last week. This
Is a $200,000 plant. It has 5,000 spin
dies on yarn production.
Capt. David Clark, general man
ager and treasurer of the Ada Manu
facturing Co. at Charlotte. N. C.. has
been elected president of the Jones
boro (N. C.) Cotton Mills, a 3,20u
Increase of Capacity.
Textile Notes.
spindle plant.
A. J. Uryan and associates of Mil
ford, Texas, contemplate building a
cotton mill, and Invite correspon
dence regarding cost of such a plant.
It 1b proposed to spin yarn and thread
for the larger mills.
During the last cotton aeason Co
lumbia, S. C., handled 45.804 bales of
cotton ,an increase of 5, COO bales over
tho preceding- smnn. This Inorouao is
attributed In 'part by the Columbia
State to the fact that the great Olym
pia sarted part of Its machinery dui
ing the year. It used, however, but
3,000 bales, and when all Its spindles
aro running it is expected to use 20,
000 a year, whiclb-^vill bring the num
ber of bales harnllod annually in the
Columbia market to t>\000.y*
Thomasvllle^ (tJa.) itphbQn Works
has been incorporated, wltft capital
stock of. $10,000, for tho manufacture
of bobbins, shuttles, skewers and
other Cotton mill specialties. C. M.
Sip 1th is president, and 12. H. Smith,
secretary. -r
/ The Bannockburn Mills of Middle
men, Ok, is offering $40,000 \>f first
Mortgage 6 per cent, gold boWls on
Its proposed pUuit. J. H. flicks,
ClarksTllIe, or Geo. C. Grogsn, Elber
ton, Oa., can be addressed for further
particulars.
jTf"* HunLsvillo (Ala.) Cotton Mill
Co. I held Its annual stockholders'
meeting during the week. The direc
tors and ether officers were reelected
Including Luke Matthews, treasurer
and general manager. This la a 10,
000 solndle plant.
The Aanlaton (Ala.) Carpet Co. will
erect fa additional hulldlng SSxlM
feet and Install machinery to doable
the pi1? sat capacity for production.
JEFFERSON STATUE
Frectcd At liis Old Home By Admir
ing Missoiifians.
THE INSCRIPTIONS APPROPRIA1E.
A Highly Commendable Act On I he
l*arl of Jefferson's Patriotic Ad
mirers.
Richmond. Va . Special. ? Two hun
dred and fifty mom hers of the J oil or
Hon Club of St Louis, Mo., togi ther
with ft groat throng of citizens from
Albemarle county and other nearby
points assembled Saturday at Monti
cello, tin4 historic home of Thotiian
Jefferson, a few miles from Char
lottesville, Va.. to lay thoir tribute
of devotion at the shrine of tho ureal J
statesman and patriot.
Tho occasion was primarily due to
tho Missouri organization. which
hoars tho naoie of the sage of Mont',
cello. They came to theo01 I D;)tnln
Ion to do honors to thoir great cxim
plar and to unveil nt tho homo of
Jefferson a beautiful memorial shaft
of red Missouri granite, which ihey
brought with thorn. In years gonn by
Virginia had contributed to tho Uul
llon State a gray granite shaft, which j
formerly marked the grave of Joiier
son, and now stands on the campus of
the Missouri Slate I'niversity at Co
lumbus, Mo. Tho new monument now
offered as a graceful token of apprecla- j
tVm for thl.* priceless gift, bears the,
following Inscription:
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Citizen, slaleamnn, pitirlat.
The greatest advocate of human liber
ty, opposing opecinl privileges
lie loved and t u l d
the people.
?? * ?
Erect^fl bv c.
Tho Jefferson ""ub
i)f St. l^ouis, M!u%
On their pIlgrhiv^A ? S
To express
Devotioiv to his prinr^
Tho ins-Ylprf Ion on the .ft which
now glands on the Missouri University
campus lias become world famous be
cause it was written by Thomas Jcff? r
son himself, and hocauso therefore it
b!io? a iho Hchievepients which ho con
sidered the most meritorious of hi\
long reunited life. Tttn inscription
reails: ' V
Here wm burled
THOMAS J 10 r I*' Kit SON,
author of tho
Declaration of Independence
ot ^
The Statute oLV4fglnjfc
W'<\ w ? ;
Rellg'ous freedom
and ^ / w?
Father of tho University of Virginia.
The authenticity of the gravestone j
is undoubted. When, on A'lrrfl IK, 18x2,
Congress appropriated $10, nun for a
monument over Jefferson's grave, the
Misses Randolph, residuary legatees 1
of Thomas Jefferson presented the j
original shaft to the University of !
Missouri. It was unveiled July 4,
188G, on the University campus with
ceremonies In which United States
Senator Vest, Thomas Hayard, then
Secretary of State; United States
Senator Elklns and other prominent
Americans participated.
The Jefferson Club, which left St.
Louis In n solid train of Pullmans on
Thursday night, reached Charlottes
ville early In the morning and after
Lreakfast on tlir- train' were taken In
hand by members of the city council.
The. formal exercises- .at MoaUcoUo
hegan at ten o'clock but the long line
of carriages containing the Mis- i
sour'ans and others filed into the
grounds shortly after nine o'clock.
At the head of the visitors was the
club's famous drum and fife corps.
Tho visitors were welcomed to Mon
ticello by Hon. Jefferson M. Levy,
vho alluded to Jefferson as "the j
gieatest statesman and profoundeat
thinker of any time or country.". Re
sponscs were made by 'Harry 11.
liawes. president of the club, and by i
Lieutenant Governor Lee. of Mis
souri.
The presentation of the granite j
monument was made by lion. M. E._J
rteiitOlY, from tfie I
Fifteenth Missouri district, and in (
the absence of Governor Tyler, the |
monument was accepted by General
Fltrbugh L-ee. representing J he Dem
ocracy of Virginia. The frd^'lng ad
dr.^ ?t>s 'vem r?l?o delivered :
"Tho Declaration of Independence,"
bv ex-Governor Win. J. Ston?; "Anoli
tlon r>f Law of Entail." bv Congress
man Chr>s. E. Cockran; "Distinguish
ed Sons of Albemarle," by Hon. R. T.
W. Dutre. and "The University of 'ir
ginla," by the linn. Frank M. Edte3.
A Dialrrctive Fire.
San Jose. Cal., fTpeclal. ? Tho mo^t
destructive Qru in lliu hlalory ol Lea
Oatos occurred early Sunday morn
ing. The entire business section of
the town 'wan wiped out. iTTfC" area
covered by the flrc Is estimated at
about four acres. The property loss Is
eatimated at $100,000 to $150,000. A
dozen business blocUg, Kcvdr al manu
factories. a llvery^JtabTe. /a chiffch.
and many r?ald?ri>c?n r/eek uttrned.
TL? Are department was powerless to
cope with tho Umbct wlfich stopped
only when practically all the fuel at
hand waa exhausted. A number of
men were injured, but aon<f serious
TIIE^TATE FAIR.
Orcat Interest lleliig Sliown In Kverj
Department.
The propitiations for the State Fair
are getting along finely and tho of
ti< ials all expect largo crowds. Tho
outlook now la that tho nttoudaneo
will l>e mueh larger than over heforo
ami that every county will genii largo
delegat Ion* t() tl^e Fuir. Tho pros
pects have nevei? .been better for a
largo attendance, iiml good words ate
hoard on all sides for the Fall*. Tho
annual family reunions \vill he held
here an usual and people will eoino
here from all parts of tho Slate it' for
no other rentjoa than to moot each
other. President W. IV Fvans, Secre
tary llolloway and Superintendent
l.ove all II nd that the entries tiro
la:*Ror than ever, and that tho ex
hibits will bo perhaps of a much
higher and more varied class than in
previous years. Tho usual cheap
rates will ho effective for tho round
trip. The City fair Association has
wisely selected a star attraction in
Kecuring the Artillery Hand from Sui
li van's Island. Arrangements have
been made for thiK famous hand to
give three regular daily concerts.
The Stale ball will, as usual, be held
on Thursdav evening of Fair week, in
the SiHte House, and the most elabor
ate preparations are being made for
that event. The Spanish American
War Veterans will have their celebra
tion ami banquet on Wednesday night,
October :h>. in the State House, There
will be two panics of foot ball hereon
Wednesday and Thursday of Fair
week. Superintendent John IV Frost
states tlml tho rueen this year will bo
the line:, I ever held In tho State at
the Fair.
nilltary Hay.
Adoitane General Floyd has return
o.l from Charleston whero on Satu.d.iy
I e attended t ho meeting of the special
com ii if-i'Jf n plaeod In c.hargo of {n4
mllitmy feature of the exposition.
Tt.t I'tmialsRion canvassed tho sift
ttuen and decided nnanltnously that
F?-li. J", the birthdny of "the father of
hn i ount ry," was preeminently tho
day for th'<. militia of thu country to
t - . in.ile at tho exposition. All no"os
-arv p. eli'ninary steps looking t ) th"
making of tin; display a great success
w-re taken. Gen. Floyd expects to
immediately get out a handsomely :
printed eireular letter to be adfli ossed^
n the military authorities of the oUt
er States of the Union, of Puerto UIio,
Cuba, etc., asking them to see that
military organizations aro sent, to
Charleston to represent their respec
tive governments. IOvery possible ef
fort will be made to have military or
ganizations' from ihis country's new
lipiular possessions In the West ln
llcs. including Cuba.
("Sen. Floyd fays that he made a
tour over the exposition grounds and
was simply astounded at tho v-oric
done. He had no conception of th-'
inrr-rtijtudo of tho undertaking the
t-h uA?ston people had entered upon,
?and says no one will io Cltiisv^sioJi
that will not be most agreeably sm
prlsed. lift says that the buildings
and grounds will bo considerably
ahead of those provided t\l tTTc'-^Jash
v i 1 1 0! expos-it ion a few y/ars ago, and
the work on all thu buildings is far
advanced. He does not believe that
there will ho any delay whatever In
thr> opening of the exposition on tho
:lay already bet.
Held Hp nnd Shot.
Mr. T. M. Hill, the Southern's station
agent at Oreer's, S. ('.?a small town a
few miles north of Greenville? was
held up by a masked "man Tuesday
night at 0:15 o'clock and shot three
times.
At the time of the attack Mr. Hill
was alone in his office in tho freight
depot. In his office was the company's
safe. On the opposite side of the traek
is tJte oflico-ol tlie telcurauli .oufirjlur.
As Mr. Hill -sat at his desk a man
whose face was fully disguised by a
mask entered tho room, holding a re
volver in each hand, lie said:
"Open the safe."
Hill refused.
"If you don't open it I'll shoot you," ,
said the man. I
Hill still refused, and then li s as ail
ant opened lire, shooting Hill three
times, twice In the hand and once In
I ho thigh. The wounds, though pain- .
ful. are not thought t:> ho fatal.
Hearing the shooting the te'egap'il
operator rftn across tlie track and as
he came he saw the masked man le.i\o i
ttie frclglrt office and run. ~
Arrested Hut Ke!cascd.
Tazewell, Tcnn., Special. ?John Mor
gan. James Estop and Roland Brooks
were arrested and arranged here for
trial on the char Re of killing Al Wayrtv
and Tipton Childwell In Uie Child w;il
Morgan feud Sunday of <lakt week. The
trial, however, failed to materialize ra
Isaac; Childwell, brother of the dead
men. who was prosecutor in the case,
was not prepared and withdrew the
warrants. This ended the procced 'n;.{3.
flnklnjc Settlements.
Comptroller Oeneral Derhnm Is now
out on his annual settlement ttfur. On
Saturday last he visited the county
of Pickens and settled with the of*
flclals of that cortnty. l!o expect* to
vlVtnulte a number of other counties
beforir-eemln* back to his office/ Al
ready the aettlepienta have been made
In gome dozen or more of the coun
tlAOto
5e netnee Commoted.
Tho governor has commuted to oue
year the sentenco of two year* and
six month* fmpoeed upon Jamee Oatn
bfell, convicted In Greenville coutr
of larceiiy In November, 1?M. The
aollcltor recommended a portal ui
Judge Benet ? concurred in the ?????? -l
mendatkm. Very atroag ?
were preeentad. -.-.7?' - ?
CHI- 1
mh* Bank ana T rm C mm ? m=It
-? ? -* lift %m ?
for U?e
DIDN'T GET THE NEWS
Government Sought To Establish That
Schley Had Been Notified
EAGLE'S DISPATCH NOT DELIVERED.
The Ship's Record Shows That They
Were Too Far Out to Recognize
Signals From the Shore.
Washington, D. C., Special. ? Just be
fore the SWiluy pourt of inquiry ?tl
journod Thursday Judge Advocate*
Lemly Introduced Lleutouaut J. H.
Holden, formerly watch officer on tho
Scorpion, as a witness." nontenant
Holden signed the entry In tho Seorpi
on's 1(?k, giving the particulars th?
receipt of a message for ComniodoYe
Schley from tho Eagle, which that ves^ .l
*>*-* vintS "Y>TouRht from Captain" McGalla
mi May 15). 1 SOS. when tho flying squad
ron. then bound for Clenfuegoa, fell in
I with Captain MeCalia's sub-squadron,
which had Just loft that port.' -he gov
ernment had sought to show that by
tii la message Commodore Schley had
been notified that tho Spanish fleet wa?
not in the harbor of Clenfuegoa, and
lieutenant Commander Souther! and,
of the Eagle, had testllled thftt ho had
megaphoned to the Scorpion that thoro
were only a torpedo boat and several
cnnnopierlos In that harbor. Captain
Lemly told tho court that tho log of
t lie Seorplon did not show that the re
ceipt of tho message In this form and 1
] that there was no evldebce to show the
delivery of thy message to Commo* '
dore Schley.
Other witnesses were Lleutonant
Commander W. IT. behuotze, who serv
ed on the Iowa, and Lieutenant A. W.
Grant, who was on the Massachusatts,
who testllled concerning the general
campaign of tho flying squadroft. Lieu
tenant E. F. Leipner concluded his tes
timony begun yesterday. Oaptaln Lom
: ly asked him conceding thp-Woekade
j of Santiago by Comhjodpfe Schley,
i The jvltnMS" said the vesffeja wera. I v- ^
i Dtff'in column ffOift si* to eight mnei '
fl off shore. At night they steamed slow
ly back and forth in front of tho har
bor 800 yards apart. They were so far
l out. the witness said, that. It was ifff^"'
i possible to distinguish point on the
' shore or to determlno where the shore
' linn met the w?. tor Hno.
I Lieutenant om mender Wm. II.
Sohuetze, who was a member of tho v
board of navigation which prepared the
' official chart of the r&sltlons of the
board of navigation which prepared
tho olTiclal chart of tho positions ot "
the vessels engaged In the battle of
July 3, said he hrid not been satisfied
with the report. "I protested," ho said,
"against tho signing qf the report as
oeiiif; iu ace tirti iv, but I was jiuauy per-,
suaded to do so by tho senior member
of the board. Commander WalnwrlgSit,
who thought that was the best we
could do even if, we stayod there until
doomsday and'I signed It under pro- ?
test. My Yfrst objection was that tht
chart was inaccurate; that the pocdtloo
of the Iowa was plotted on this chart
as giving her too much speed. Another
objection I had was the initial position
of the Brooklyn when the Spaniards
left the harbor. I contended that the
Brooklyn's position wss too cioso to
the mouth of the harbor; that sh$ was -
not In her regular position. She was
BOUth Of It." "* ? jr
, Captain Lemly: "I want you to atatj
when you saw/ihe Texas?"
i "When I fttft saw the Texas she wur
heading to tlie eastward of north. Soon?,
afterward I noticed her again and she
was headed to the westward and' sp-v.ffv
pTirehily lying dead In the water. I c*!l*
ed Captain Evana' intention to the fact,
that she was In oW-way; thatshe waif'-"
lying dead In the water and cautioned'
! the captain that we would probably run ;v
j Into her if we kept on the way we were .
heading. She was then on our port . y
bow. We were trying to get close Mir
1 tho harbor and steamed nt first dUrste- ~
ly for the mouth of the l^frbor. As the ' '
Spaniards turned to t#*r westward we ^
turned In the same direction and in this ' K
; move we wore hindered by the Texfii."
On crossL-examlnatlon Mr. Rayner ?
questioned the witness in reference to
the official chart.
? uwhy-rfid not yw> e4M?rJThls chart ?
I Is wrong and I will not sign lit'
"I did."
"Then why did you sign?"
"I3ecau&ce I was persuaded by_lhft^
other witnesses of tho board lb at tbat
was tho beet we could do and they
wanted to come to on agreement. That
> was a compromise."
I "Then really this rhart was signed
for the purpose of coming to an agree^
merit and not for the purpose of show
ing any accurate results, was ItV'
I "The board was ordered to ahow.ao- -
' curate results, but It WM TariWOTuJri
Impossibility to make a chart of that
kind showing accurate* results. There
war m'vir a chart drawn of 'any battle '
in the world that irSSE?**." ' ,
When the court nNX?riB?d ?h4r "
luncheon Lieut. Commattdar Schuetae
said he had seen no evldeaco of
position on the part of any f*
.?era's ships to ram a ay oKihe
csnsessela.
By the court: "Waa yoar i
ring the battle of Jaly S each ail
able yon to observe clearly thert
positions and moretnenis^f ibm i
ept ships V .
- >9*of slh I tmr. _
lire positions of an ih*
const of tho OMki **i
we were pajlil to oar i
" ? Hi > ,