The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 14, 1902, Image 1
VOIJJMli XIII
CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER U, 1902
M0L1NEUX IS FREED
From the Accusation of Murderiif
Mrs. Adams.
JURY REACHED A SPEEDY TERDICT
After Deliberating TtilrUfcn MlnuU?
s [ The Conclusion Was Tbnt Wom??
^ V Wag Not Poisoned Uy Molioeux.
\>Jaw York, Special,? Kolaad B. MoU
neux was set at liberty Tuescdajr
uDcadlog tour yea in In prison **d be
ing once condemned to death and twlec
placed on trial for his life for the mur
der of Mrs sKfctherine J. Adams. But
thirteen minutes sufficed for tho Jury
to reach a verdict .of acqujttal at the
clone of a trial that has lasted four
weeks, the first trial which resulted III
hlollneux's conviction and sentence *
having been prolonged tor about three
months. ?
The verdict, which confidently
.anticipated, was greeted with an In*
? stantly suppreerad outbreak of
idause, Jpatlet} Lambert haying dellVeK
?ed * sterr. admonition that fto demoja
stretion would bo permitted. Molineux,
who was brought Into court as soon (4a
U was known the Jury had agrfcfed, was
.wpparently ?w uluoncorueti as he haii
... been throughout the trial and gave no
n, evidence of emotion, when the words
that established his innocence wore
pronounced. His aged father, .General
Molincux, was deeply affected* end
-reould with difficulty respond t4 the
greetings of friend Bwbq brassed for
ward to offer their <>a?Vatulations.
immediately af.Vetf the^feuderlug of
- the verdict th*, prisoner was formally
? iLifl Charged from custody, and left the
?court roor\ with his rather and coun
sel. On passing rfiU'of- the building,
they were cheered by a great fcrowd
<br.t gathered in anticipation of thp ae
'luittal. After removing hie effects from
the Tombs, Molineux *AVent to., his
father's home in Brooklyn .where he
was again cheered by a. large vrO"wd.
More than a thousand hien and wo
men, and there were more wonjeu than
men, crowded" the corridors bf the
Criminal Court building before 9
o'efbek i'.;is morning and fbught for
admission to the court room. After the
usual preliminaries, Assistant ?''District
Attorney Osbotne resumed his fcum
ming up. Me was tajslng of the Bar
? -nett, letters -when. nc. was interrupted
by an objection ,wMth the court sus
tained.
'?This Oftfctodant and Barnett." Mr.
Osborne tontiuvied, ."were friends liv
lng ne'jr to cach other on -the same
floor of tho Knieker booker Athletic.
C>ub. They were paying attention to
the same lady. She rejected Molincux.
Baritttt died and elf hi- rtavs inin- Mnii- I
; hcjjx fought for the ffeman an engage
ment lSng. The wedding was very sud
l, 'Icn!" Mi'. Osborne in nl? . peroration
fpolnteil ont again the circumstances
iipbn which he relied for a conviction,
<? turning at each mention of Moliueux's
name to point his linger, at the defend
ant. Mollaeux sal unmoved at tho ar
' taignmont, hut, attentive to every word
of It. Not eA with hia father/' The old
gentlerr.aa was visibly affected by the
.. worda-ot tho prosecuting officer, and
r Cecil Mollneuxr tho prisoner's brother,
- w?.s very nervous.
, Judge Lambert in hia charge, aum
: med up the admitted (nets in the case,
^ tho sending of the package from the
, fcencral postofflco uhlil Ijljfc receipt at
k the Knickerbocker Athletic Club a?d
jLi. Its administration to Mr??-'. Adams by
.T Cornish who received it at the club. "It
* Is necessary," he said, for the State to
prove that the defendant sent this
; package and that it waa received by
^Ornish and *nnocently .administered to
!rs. Adar-.a before you can find this
">fend?>nt guilty, it is for you to say if
e necessary evidence has been attb
t?*ted. One of moat, important ef~
of the #roMcutlon has been to
ifcia foftftdapt tftth the address
' poison jhekage. The State has
ted tojfcrthat by witnesses from
tupA.Jfy witnesses presented to
" ^ nawrltlng ejcperta./If la con
tiie prosecution thaf the de
mote that addresfc Unless
" oied that defendant cannot be
of any crime. So you see that
itral portion' of the evidence,
i fact that the State ia coin
vprove." '
Ce .Lambert recited tho evf
-the handwriting experts oc(|
a and said: "I shall not dls- \
t- that, testimony. The law
; burden of that discussion
i? The opinion of the experts
'"introiling upon you. If the
8e stood on the question of
5, it should be dismissed,
contention of the proaecu
italned in other reapects,
iSider the handwriting.
Idant obtain the Taffany
Iffany & Co? There is no
rt'he did, but evidence h&s
Itted that he had an ac
__Bire. Tho most that can be said
that point is ,that ho had the op
'PQgtMBjtX. Did this, defendant have the
: bottl#-.w bromo? He say* ho did not.
There ia: no evidence here to contra
diet it t>ttt ff it waa in the box he had
the dwdrtunlty to obtain it." Com
ins to this consideration of the bottle
"T&tttBfei'. ill wiilchthe pohjou -waa-^teat
JOTthre t>aaH)ort ftp id. Miss Miller c.nd
~ Huft agreed that Molineux was not
7fiBe^u?chmr; MBnt," iro said; "Itja ,
mv duty to tell you that no evltffnce-f,
nas .been presented here to connect
this defendant with the holder. Now
the ijHaetion is. Did the defendant pro
-- core the poison? The defendant told*!
vou ha n evwr /hade the poison, upon
l -tfca theory 'that he did not aend the
' poison package, that ia reasonable
Enough, - hut if youffnd further tacta
that ha did aapd the package then you
may take Into consideration the fact
of the feciiitf with which he could
have obtained the poison."
Justice Lambert declared that the
agreei&etit. made by Korh. the letter
box man, to sell hia atory exclusively.
" ? torreeetne *la pay when he nwore In I
the actual ^1*1 to the truth hU
the other 'h guilt. I< you bwlive tta testl
mouy of Prof. V^lte, of Columbia Col
lege," be said-, v,Mollneux could no(
have mailed that package. Thp deftriac
claims that Cornish wa? ihtiv. Then
there itf the testlwoby of Mia. Stephen
?oti. I am bdt going to dlaeuss that. K
that Woman told the truth that and*
ihU ease a^d eliminate* MoUneux. )(
ahe Raw Cornish mail that package this
defendant la not guilty, It tn Tor yon
to investigate this hotter and decidt
for yobrgwrvk."
At tbo close of the chargc Mr
&lack said he had no requests tc
make. The assistant dlstrtct attorney
bad seremi, tyuri ?a4d h*<
bad already laid befort Vh* jury. Mr.
Oftbortae bad botmftft mqro to say and
Justice ta.btbcrt aaked ex Governor
tolaek if he had anythiug to aay
against Mr. Osborne's proposition that
the jury take the handwriting Exhibits
to their roomv '?! thittk," M>'- Black
said, "that thbt would be giving nn
duo PrOWlbebcc to the handwriting
testimony. "Von tobpject, then?'
queried tb.e e^drl "That settles it. The
Jurtora ebbnot have the ?exhibits." The
Jury retired at 3:l&.
\ in exactly 13 minutes after the Jury
retired word waa brought. t*> the leourt
, that a verdlH had ?4?eA reached; Court
Officer* tofeftut'd fdr brder bnd a hurry
call Wbg beht for juatic'o LAmbcit, who
waa bet to be found lb his chambers.
It was t'.M When the notice was re
ceive and it was 3:46 when Justice
Lambert took Ills seat, Molineux, who
had been brought ittter o?\ the
first notice frem thti jdry room. ?at
calm and fcttbfideht a* over. Bartow
8* Wbeka, of his counsel, leaned
across the rail and Whispered to him.
"It's AW Mg&t. The time Uils u a
.tbAfc*
"I never doubtod it." MoUneux re
plied.
The old general waa far mom agitat
od than hia ?on and it Waa evident
that the auspt'nse was very liitid on
him. As soon uy Justice l^iiiubert took
his s Ait ire*IWlWCB TT4t5 UmiRulir i
there irtUal be no demonstration ami
then instructed the 'clerk to put the
question to the jury.
"Not guilty,-' said the foreman in
reply to the formal Inquiry and Mo
Uneux Who hud been standing to re
celve. the verdict, aahk back in his
chair. There was & burst of applause,
but jt Was - speedly quelled by I he
court officers. Justice Lambert ordered
the court room cleared and told the
jurors to remftlb in their seats until
the court was cleared. Then, after
counsel for both sides bad congratu
lated each other and the Jury had
been thanked by the court, Justice
Lambert ordered the formal dis
charge of- -MoUneux. ? .....
PROMINENT^ PEOPLE, v
PrcmUje^nalfotir sleeps nt lensl
twelvQHiourg a day.
Lord Roberts lias accepted "an invita
tion ?of Generals (.'orbin. Young and
Wooit to visit America next Jrear,
Sir IOmest Cassell, whom Lord Sails
bury refused to raise to the peerage,
despite King Kd ward's request, began
life as a clerk.
Cornelius Vanderbilt lias placed an
order with (lie HerrrshofTs for a racing
schooner yacht !n which hq will com
pete at Kiel next year.
The conferring of the rank of heredl
tary nobility on the Asiatic explorer
Sven Iledlu has evoked a violent con
troversy l\\ (lie Swedish press.
Jam o.j . Stoke.*, banker and phllan*
throplst, cf New Vork City, was decor
ated with the Cross of the I^egion of
Honor by President Loubet of France.
Herbert Spencer lins again declared
that he is broken l>y the burden of
years and' lias laid Ids pen down for
ever i.s far as uny large work Is con
cerned.
rrinccss Thefesa of Iia varia has been
elected by the Munich Geographical
Society an honorary member .for. her
achievements in the line of exploration
and travel.
Professor Mirth, : who teaches Chi
nese at Columbia, says the language is
easy to learn, but that pupils need not
hope to talk freely wiU? laundry men at
tUe cpd cT a few works.
Viscount Kitchener's new peerage is
granted with a very unusual remain
der. It goes first 1 -> his male children,
next to bis female children, and in de
fault of. both to. his two brothers In
succeMkm, - ? : ? . "'j
Of all the Goulds George, and his
family get the most out of life. He and
his boysfphvy polo for keeps, and from
ya?limig to primming their recreations
are really hardening forms of health
ful rxerelse. Of all the Vanderbllts it
is \ieorgo again, who, with his schol
arly tastes, reaps most joy In the qnlet
of his splewWd North Carolina i>alace,
Blltmore. V
Textile Notes.
Hardy Greenwood, Box 761, San An
tonia, Texas, wants addresses of mak
ers of cotton waste.
Norfolk (Va.) Silk Mill Co., noted
lately as adding new looms, has placed
orders for more machinery. Including
two warping machines.
Mutual :(Ga.) Coffin & Manufactur
ing Co., incorporated with capital stock
of $10,000 authorized, proposes estab
lishing a knitting mill. Catalogues of
the required machinery are requested
from maaufiacturere.
Wasloiu packcrs c.i-V
template consollOftting the stockyard*-}
throughout tho country and merging
them with' tho packing Interests. -r
- "Canadian police will forcibly deport
tlwDoukfcobors If they persist in their
marchtn&
It U thought the contest (or Speaker
of the n<ixt Hoihe will be waged on
the iasue of high or low. tariff.
Anna. Coanteas de Caatellanc,
sleeps in the great bed of. Mme de
Sevlgne, than wfclcb there is no finer
la all the worl&. It la made of gilded
cedar wood Inlaid with prectoue atone/
and baa painted panel* by the great
est master* of tho seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries.
? ; f j
According to the Mexican Hera?d
more children of Uexlcan parentage
a^ ttelag aent earb ytag Jo_be ?|^
cated In. tfce ^aH^l B^ee, wbereaa
(orderly tbey wredt alvoet exclnaJvely
io iwF "
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BAER MPLJES 10 MIK'.lil 1.1 ,
Elaborate Statement From the l-*i e??
ident u( Coal Operator*.
Washington, Special. ? 1 The reply of
President Oleorge P H)^r. of the PhiU
drloMri & heading Coal Company, i
ihe charges of President Mitchell, of
? he l"nited Mine Workers, which ha*
presented to the Anthl'ri* He Coal i-'Uikc |
roirimifsfclort, waft Tuesdai uh -<? !?? the
ivufylk' MV Haer inakek no reference
W r?U\, Mitchell nt? (lu- pHt?id*ttt of ?!<??
miners' organization, hut refers to hint
simply uu an individual Taking up the
fcpor|fleati*ii\f. in Mr. Mil* hell's char^t -i
Mr. liaer first udiylts thai
his company, owns ?.7 collieries and
that bVA>ro U?e strike it employed 2t>.
people. Following a brief sum
niary of the response to Mr- Mitchell's
other specifications:
tjeeond; The demand for 20 per cent.
IftOredfee In wages i?* denounce:! its "ai
bltrany. unreasonable and unjust."
The company teanteftds I hat after njrk
Ing ill
hecca*ary a'luwuuuc fjr differ- j
ent conditions thai the into of wages
paid for the mining^of anthracite eoal
Is as high as tha< irt the bithmin.
one <*oa\ tiidds.
Third. The ewupihiLd-JUieji ikat the
^resen^ yiftlw of wages Is lower fbnn is
hftld lb other occupations in the soma
locality and controlled by l'ke candi
tlons.
?Fourth and fifth. Mr. H:\er dfniett
that thfe barUlnga of Ui? aiiUnadto
Workers are less than average earnings
tor other Occupation* requiring sViil
And training and (.bat earnings are In
suffirterit because of the dangerous
character of the work in the anthracite
mines.
KivtJ?. This snecificat ion ina.'le by
Ttir. Mitchell is referr?TCb BF matte Tnr
specific an*wvr. b?t in a ftenersl way
I! is stated tliat the. anthracite regions
are autohg the most prosperous in the
United Btates.
Seventh. The company pronounces
ifs unjust and unequitable Ihe demand
for a reduction of 20 per cent, in the
hours of labor without a reduction of
wage.; for the same hours of labor, ami
this demand is pronounced impractica
ble. in tills connection the following
statement Is made: Because of the
injury to tho mines because of th.?
strike Of the United Mine Workers, the
cost of producing coal has been gieatiy
Increased and a temporary Advance ?n
price was made by this c<Tin party, but
tt wilfr impracticably to continue
such increase when mining operations
become normal."
Fight. Mr. lhter says that his com
pany has no disagreement uitit any of
its employes about Uie weighing of
coal, because the quantity is usually
determined by measurement and not
by weight.
Ninth. Replying to the fourth do
mand made by Mr. Mitchell, Mr. liu^r
says since tho advent of the United
Mine Workers' organization into the
anthracite fields, business condition.*]
there have been intolerable; that tin.
output of the mines has decreased:
that discipline has been destroyed:
that strikes have been of almost daily
occurrence; that men have worked
when and as they please, and that the
cost Of mining has been greatly in
creaseci. He also takes the position
that the jurisdiction of the commission
Is limited to the condition named by
the coal company presidents, which ex
cludes the United Mine Workers from
any recognition in the proceedings. He
sfcys. however, that when. a labor or
ganization limited to anthracite mi n*=
workers is created which shall obey
law, tespedr^he/ right of every man to
work and honestly co-operate with em
ployers. trade agreements may be prac
ticable.
<?
Steel Corporation Figures.
New York, Special. ? At the monthly
meeting of the United States Steel Q6r
poration directors M?e comptroller1 10
snbmttted the ~ appended comparative
statement: Cash on hand. November 1,
1901, $63,901,973; November 1,- 1902,
$64,748,960. Cash assets, October 1, 1901,
$201,842,384 fcj OetOber 1, 1902, $2*2,629.
350. Current liabilities, October 1, 1901,
$77,093,371; October 1, 1902, $65,142,
457. Increase linnet current assets, $33,
335,880. Earnings, September and Oc
tober, 1901, $21,478,585: September and
October, 1902, $24,1.30,346. Orders enter
ed since last hoard meeting, 934.05Q
tons. Shipments. 831,341 ions. Unfilled
orders on hand November 1, 1901. $2-.
831.590: October!. 190z. S2 998,587.
Plant Burned. g
Baaver, Falls, Pa., Spoelal.-? The
plant of the Keystone Driller Company
was almost totally destroyed by fire
Sunday. The loss will be $100,009,
with insurance on ihis plant of $55,000.
The portions destroyed are the black
smith shop; the machine, erecting and
pattern depaitnient. Much valuable
machinery was ruined. Over 190 men
will be thrown out of employment.
The origin of the Are is a mystery.
Spain In Trouble Once {lore.
Madrid, By Cable. ? As a result otv:?
l"o),onged cabi.i?! I ur.s
held to discuss the recent attacks
made upon the government by leaders
o/ the opposition, an official noie, !.?
auetl *BuuOay^ Saya tlfiimTlllarcrs" tut
itudy to pltccj thMr portfcltos nr the
disposal- of Premier H.-?gastfty-4f- . ibis
step be necessary, and that /hey have
unanimously tiecidedqdlo glw the Pre
miery?ull powers to t\ct as Ire considers
bosr in tha.iuterests of the country and
his party. Premier Sagasta iV tb h.4.ve
an audience with King Alphonstf" at
neon tomorrow. It it. believed a crisis
and the reconstruction of the ministry
aje Imminent.
Tammany la Control
Nev York, Special,? Tammany Hall
has secured control pf thp board ot
aldermen wiltch h?e f.ccn controlled by
the fueionists since June rest. Today
f our tuaion Pea^erata votbd .a'Ub tfrft.
Tammanymmr against a motion to a?
l^s;ii<M irnm lift ITnftlSrfc a fnsloniet,
*n4-Aeeo -Hntrttullr elected a member
y 41 Mt
i Live \tms of news, I
i
I Many Matter a of iieueral Interest In
I Snort ParagrapH*
The Sunny South.
{ l-Yank A. Vanderlip, speaking at
i Wi lot inglon, N. P , KHve, fltfurtH of the
; natii.n'fj growth tit wehul).
Aiabanu troops called out to protect
Jason llncon. a negro aroused of an
ntroctouK assault near Anniston.
A Poauoke Vi?, tliSpAU'U Raj*/!: "A
charter Iihm Wen granted hero by
Judge Woods iu the Hustings Cpult to
t he W?st Had Pinnace Cbuipatiy Thf*
1 capital Stock in |5(?0,00U. Henry T.
i Dechor;of Philadelphia, is president
and Donald Marl .cod, of Rutland, Pa.,
i 8 aeeret&iy and treasurer.
Air*. Marie W.-Vitt. a resident Of
Baltfmdic, recently secured a divorce
from h?T husband, and on Wednesday
evening celebrated , the ^-y< nt i?y hiring
a hall c;?d giving n. "dlvriron party" to
a |a?g-> liutnlur 0 i her hcqualiitai^s.
The congratulations showered uponflk-r
?lining the evening weir uo sweet that
she has decided never to shatter the
pleasant memory* by venturing on
another matrimonial Uit>. She ban five
child reit*
At lite Nat'onal Capital.
The Newfoundland reciprocity treaty
wats signed in WaahirotdHt
Much lhteie*t attaches to the forth
cominajists of the submarine boats
Adder and StWHIttltt in l?ng Island
{found. - \
RubliYb Arane. toiio fcrtfirirrtttllfltcd
President RcohcvII on Julian inde
pendence, was acquitted at llilboa,
Spain, of an offense against the state.
A War Dc'iiui tipent Investigation
substantially confirms the .report that
r hi r.cr r^iKmn mif n \~aThoiie ime*l ttt
the Philippines, died hs a result of the
administration of the water cure.
At The hortH.
More than $100,000,000 is Invested
in fflghgrndo transient hotels in New
York city. Nearly $15,000,000 more is
being put into the construction of now
houses of this Horti
In u speech at Wbrcebler, Mass., Sec
retary Moody admitted the imposition
of a duty on anthracite coal was a mi.s- J
take. |
Edmund flench, convicted of fHn'
Jury id eonnei lion with the St. Loui.i
boodle chkcs, was sentenced to five
years in u pyiitfintin ry
Mrs. David Hughes, a wealthy
woman who was Alleged to be wrong
fully del nined iii tty Ne'.V York daihi
lorlum, was released on a writ of
habeas corpus. j
The 1 J os ton poliae are trying to un
earth new evldenfe against Allan CI.
Mason, who is accused of a aeries of
."Jack-the-Slugger'r crimes.
Cha;ges of election frond were mad*
In the Common Pitas Court in Phila
delphia.
A Chicago dispatch sayai "Beitators
Beveridge, of Indiana, Nelson, of Min
nesota, Dillingham, of Vermont, Hate,
r?f Tennessee, and Heitfcld, of Idaho,
Will leave Chicago foi jOklahoifta, New j
Mexico and Arizona, tV Investigate the j
Territories' claim to, statehood. The I
five Senators are the' members of the I
Senate sub committee on Territories."
From Acroas The Sett.
The Zionist annual conference begftit
in Vienna.
The Donkhobora wht? ar* -marching
in Manitoba continue to sufTel* pitiably
from cold and hunger.
Prices of nreat In Germany arc so
high that they are prohibitive to the
working classes. .
The Chamber t>f Deputies at Paris
Invalidated the election of Count Boni
de Castcllanc on the' ground of irregu
larity., . ? >
The French- Government arbitrators
d*cid?d against the miners UL the De?_
pnr|meht duj^ord.
- Andrew D>Whlte, United States Am
basaador- to* Germany, obeervod hia
seventieth birthday.
The Hungarian Government .plan*
emigraitoa reforms of a sweeping
character. 2 *2
Anti-Semi tie riots took place at a
Vienna election.
Alois Mueller was sentenced at Pra
gue to two years' imprisonment for
trafficking in. forged patents of nobili
ty.
i>i seen stone between, leaders of the
Venezuelah revolution are helping the
cause of President Castro.
Hereafter a penalty not exceeding
|10 will be inflicted in Loudon on any
person who causes or permits ice
cream or any similar commodity to bo
manufactured, sold or stored in any
cellar, shod or room in which there is
any inlet or opening to a drain, of
which ts nsca as a ilving room or
sleeping room.
Kmporor ?William arrived in Eng
land on a visit to King Edward,
The belief is expressed that no part
of the South African war's cost will be
put on the Johannesburg mines.
Sir Marcus Samuel was formally In
stalled aa Lord Mayor of Loudon.
r Tita uoverfior of Hu-Nan, China, op- 1
poses the Imperial edict' for" the ore- |
cutlnn of the military mandarin re
sponsible for the massacre of two
British missionaries.
An international music festival is to
be held in Berlin at tho dedication of_
the Wagner monutttni.
Cz?r Nicholas ij described aa greatly1
depressed ana melancholy.
Tho Mad Mullah is receiving guns in
Somallland through French territory.
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Miscellaneous Matters.
Roland B .Mollneux, who Is being
tried in New lork on tho charge of
ruuidoilng J. AdamtU
sloj^idrf ?Jat
made in. the wages ofgW iBlaers tlfcy
are to date from Moniitii t
jftha K. Redmond; ***** of
liawwit, who jtO <Uia> Itei'ld
SIGHT 1$ RESTORER
A Man of y* kejjflins Ills Sight III th?
Spartanburg Section.
ftpartaiihiir* Correspondence Columbia
StlilO, nil.
Spartanburg may not be modest In
her cIhIihk of being ^ healthy clime,
but facia stand for themselves. The
writer Ibis afternoon '-njoyed a lonn
tulk with u resjiletit ttt Mi's county who
was born In October, JS03- he it. tJ?
>fui?t of 11 u uamo is Casawell
Kdfltird *?nUh it ltd hlfc homo Ik nnftr
i ho burnt factory on Tygor river !fi the
lower section of this county. He is an
ideal rbjlre^entaflt* h{ the museje and
brawu which have made t tit> Vant
tracts of woodland bow to the axe uud
the impenetrable swamps, lagoons and
wild verdant. meadows yield to the
plough share and |jrujllnjK bwk and
the general cultivation of th" *oll.
Mr. Smith came to this, city about
four 4i-?k? ago. For sixteen year a
past he hn.s been totally blliifl. Doctors
(old him it wan due to old age, but n
relative of his, Dr. W. A. Smith, ex
amined him and found thut it wan a
ease of cataract. of tho, eyes. He wuh
brought to Spartanburg, arid ft Itttla
over a month ago Dr. Cborge W. HhIu
itsh performed a successful operation
for th* hataract; and the old gentleman
can now see. Considering fclfl at*-, ?nd
the accompanying Infirmities of ad
vaneed life, it Is wonderful how suc
cessful tho operation Is; and it Ik a
{?eril Jhf fh hear the old man rnpnment
on the fact of his jjcPlilji. after having
been totally blind for 1U years. Mr.
Smith remembers when there were
only four buildings in this city? ono of
those wan the old Lee house, a frame
siruclurA Greeted near the present
store of J. yi. ivce & Son, whfeh has
long since passed the dilapidated fltag-?.
The first railVosd train and loooiuotl\o
lie (uii hi* evp^ op was la Columbia In
1S6D. The first. circuit lie attended1 w?i
in 183S in Spartanburg. lie recalls
many points and incidents of the mus
ter days. He has lived as a farmer
and worked hard and lived honestly all
of hH l!ft?i H?? has lived with his pros
eut wife this first wife' riylttg d few
months aft?r their murtiage) for 70
years, and the four, weeks he lias been
up here is the longest time they huva
ever hecll separated. Ho is a groat lov
er of tobaecb. wiieil If cohioft to chew
ing. He was for years an liiveteratd
smoker, and never gave up this habit
until he b?<amo blind? Jjla. only. reaaon
or argument to offer agalpet .smoking
In blindness. Ho is and has been for
?10 years a member <)f Put man Hnptist
chu.-eh." *TIis rule lit life lH, ds He ex
presses It? "do to your neighbor as
you would be done by." He states that
with his eyesight restored aa now, he
will be plowing on the farm again long
before spring. He stands six feet In
height and tfeigks 150 pounds. He
looks remarkably strong for a tuah of
his advanced years.
County ftoMf-ds Have No Coq^I.
llennottHvillo. Bpccifll.? f he inves
tigation by thfc county board of educAr
[ tlon of tho charges against K. J.
Sawyer, on an appeal from the trus?
tees cf the Bennettsville graded
school district, has been stopped by a
writ of prohibition issued by Judge
Kiugb. The judge gave an exhausting
review of the law and decided that a
county board of education has no su
pervision toiktrdl over tk gradod
gchoot district ntid <? attiiei rovorse -01
modify any Jit'tlOii Ot the* -troara ol
trustees. He saye thatXeven If Sawyer I
were totally unqualified to teach, his
election by tho trustees could not b?
interfered, with.
dranite Beds In Chesterfield. . .
Chesterfield, Special.? rtt wUl in
torest many to know that m this |
county there are extensive granite
beds. One of the chief beda is .near
Evans' mill, on Blaek creek, ifi miles ^
west of hero. They are miles .ftoni
the nearest railroad point. Kuby, but
when the C. M. & C. road la com
puted to Jefferson, which It aoon will
be. they will then be only four miles
from tho railway. The rock i# Ot dif
ferent tolor, some are brown, gray,
black an^ red. These beda are Very
extensive and are said to compare
favorably' with the granite of "Winns
boro. There is a fine opportunity for
-.iome roan with capital to secure a
bonanza i
Winter full fighting in flexlco.
Mexico City, Special.? The winter
bull fighting season opened Sunday af
ternoon, the first fighting being attend-'
ed by a large crowd, including mufly
Americans. The sensational spectacle
was the serious horning of Parrao, one
of the matadora, by .the third bull, Par
rao received a deep wound In the ab
domen and may die. The fight tfas not
interruptedi Ten horses were disem
boweled.
Palmetto Gleanings.
Progressive business men of Co
lumbia have organized a company for
the purpose of operating a line of
steamors between there and Oeorge
town.
~ ATcporrTrBnr "vrntcrop .CoHogc - ?
to the- effect thai tho student* of that
institution have taken op tfco quarrel
between Clem son and South Carolina
College and that partisanship has
since been running at a high pitch.
Jfcmes Mcpherson Wlitnton. lh?
dest pressman In the State, died on
Mday at hltf homo in CMuraeston
zghd 94. Ma worked at his .trade In
the! Deutsche Zeltung 6J&C4 up to a
feM days before- his death.
vbe Motel Sumter at Sumter 10 try
ing* the experience of< young white
woxmfn to ^ralt on .the table*. The
proprietor brought them from BoeW>a
lerttH Mm, pot being able to aeoura the
required htkmber In South Carolina.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL!
Appalacdlan National Park.
(Manufacturers' )
The report of H^u. James Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture, II fx? H? the pro
posed Appalachian Forest KeserVo, I*
leprodliced as a ?p*tflnl feature of this
h>ue of tho Manufacturer^ KocOjyl, to
gether with a number of atriklng IMus
trnttonB accompanying tlio report and
republishing through tl?e courtesy
of the Agricultural licp&rliilfOt- Tha
practical advantaged dt the establish
ment of the reseive are set forth cieur
ly In K ,tind are summarized at. Its cofi
elusion. President iioosevelt, In trans
mltteng the report, said that with those
conelusioda h* fully agreed, and In ad
dition wrote:
The report of the Secretary present*
thoMtlnal results of an investigation
iiu'Jlorfzed by ill? last Congress. Its
eon* I UBlortfl point unmistakably, in the
judgment of the t?eor?tary and In my
own, to the creation of a national #??r~
out reserve in certain parts/ of t(l?
Southern State*. Tho facta'ascertalned
and here presented deserv<*fha ?arefui
consideration of tho Congress; (hftf
havo already received, tho full atten
tion of th!* a-Mentlst. and tho lumber
man. They n?^>i i [1 art economic need
of prime IrtftfBRancc to the Iv&lfarO of
the 8outl>;V<^ hence to that of the tirt*
tlon an <T$?yh<?io, and they point to the
necessity of protecting through wise
use a mountain region whoae fflfluence"
flows far beyond its borders with tho
water# lit the rivers to which it gives
rise.
Among riie elevations of the fastara
half of tho tflllted States the Southerit
Appalachian are of paramount inter
est for geographic, hydrograp/ilc and
forest l^ashns, and as a consequenco.
for economic reason# rt? well. These
great mountains are old in tho history
'?f the continent which has grown up
about them. The hardwood forests
were born on their slopes and have
spread thence over (he eastern half at
tho continent. More than once In tho
Rmbtfc geologic pant they liavo disap
peared beforfi the sea on the east, south
and west, and before the Ice on the
north; but liero In this 8outh6rft Ap*
palaehlan region they have lived ou to
the present day.
Uhtiefr thft varying conditions of
toll, elevation and climate many of the
Appalachian tree silccles ITaVoTtcVftlop
ed. Hence It is that l?i thin region OC'
cur tti'dft-jnarvolous .variety and rich
(lpHfl of plant growth 'jvhlch havp led
bur ablest business men and scientists
to ngk for Ha preservation by the gov
ernment for the advancement of sci
ence, and for ^he Instruction and pleas
ure of (he people of our own Ufid at
future generations. And It Is the con
centration here of ho many valuable
species With fluch favorable conditions
of growth which has led forest experts
and- lumbermen alike to assert that of
all tho continent this region is best
suited to tho purposes and plans of a
hatlotlal forest reserve in the hard
Wood region. \
At th? meeting last) Saturday at
AsheVlilo, N. C., of thfe- Appalachian
National Pafk Convention it was re
solved.
That this convention heartily ap
proves the action of Congress In estab
lishing the great national forest re
serves in the Western States and Ter
ritories and the more recent action of
Congress id providing for the construe*
tlon of a (Teat system of Irrigation
works in those States. lttaamuch<as the
ftresta and the soils which these for
ests protect lfa tho Southern Appalach
ian mountain region serve as a natural
reservoir for the storage for tho water
which falls ta/exee?sw% rains in thM
rt-glon, this convention asks the co-op
eration df deflators and representatives
in Congresa from the Western Bute*
in securing the passage of the Appa
lachian Foreut Reserve blimqw Before
Congress ds an extenaumr ^S these
Southeastern States of the great policy,
of natural water Storage by the gov
ernment, which has already wisely
been Inaugurated in the W&t.
; tfi Consideration of the fact of the
rapldngdiU-'adllHuui easing rate at
which the forest* on the sieges of ttte
Southern Appalachian mouttUihi are
being destroyed, the growing frequency
of the floods carrying away the fertile
soils from this region and depositing
tno Same in navigable streams, having
, recently caused over $18,000,000 ct
damage, this conventldn urgei Upon
Congress the prompt passage of the1
bill now before the House <rf Repr?-_
rentatlves providing for the establish*
mtnt of the Appalachian ? National
Forest Reserve as the only possible
means of overcoming the existing and
increasing evils. <
Dr. 0. P. Ambler, the secretary of
the association, gaVO an Interesting
sketch of it? purposes and explained
the itatus of bills in Conaress looking
to / the establishment, of a forest re
serve in the Southern A&fiftlaehlan
mountains. One bill, tho Burton hill,
has passed the Senate, but ?, With an
amendment by Senator Bat? of Ten
nessee. which practically mnkoa,the
bill ot none effect. The House com
miUee\on agriculture haa rejected this
amendment. Dr. Ambler said that .the
"dpefeore aKTirof lack 1 fi leufla in the.
t- Senate and.
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a hearing has _ ^
crn congressmen du^feg the coming
short session of Congress. -He-urged
that efforts of frlenda of the ,>?ml
should b? centered n|?n the rejection
or modification of the jSxte amendment
In. the Senate, and upon a hearing of
the measure upon tho floor of the
Hpuse of Raprwentgtives. ' ~
in turinerance ot tM oill tne
ate has published ft magnificent vol
ume, known as Senate DowUMt ^to.
fit, containing t&t message of
-dent HtMysev^ recntyimehdllg ".'
able consideration by
the elaborate report ?f
of. tho J>?nrtqs?iLL
NEWSY CLEANINGS,
Patl* is to spend $?, 000,000 on new
hospital*.
Mountain laurel lias been adopted aa
(lie Stale flower in Massaehuaetta.
Thoie tire about IM.ftrt) telegraph
ofliccx now opt-n In the whole world.
The now Iloxer uprising In Macbuan
Is causing alarm among the foreigners.
The Iuii hot* of Kt. John, N. 1$., baa not
been frozen over within the memory of
man.
Fifty* thousand pet'sjons have visited
Uoburl JUjruu's euttntfu at Ayr this
year.
Merlin has named ono of its new
si recta after the into Jt'rofemw- Vlrxc"
ehow. f
Within four yearn eighty factories
have sprung ni> in Cermany for tlio
mnnti/tfclure of sand-lime bricks.
Mayor Low'a new budget 'i* $07,110,.
0.'il, u decrease of $1.500, 0?W, due to
nearly $1,01)0,000 reduction In Htato
tax. *
A Ao wan a per tor nerroua people, la
wliloh /ill great catastrophes will be
soothingly IrvaUd, la to be published
? in Vlf nun.
i The number of atetffnboata on the
! ithlno Increnscd from 497, in 1881 to. ?
1183 in iwj, although there la a rail
way oil eithw aborcv ^ ?
It 1h officially Announced at Antwerp,
i nelgium, that the At'W coAl fields din
' covered recently, contain more thau
ROO.OOO.OOO tona of coal of good quality.
II la estimated now that Uie-Jttand^
nrd Oil Company has obtained at leait
ii, 000, 000 acres throughout tbe K^n
tueky oil Uelds, and haw also begun
tho eonstruetlon of n pipe lino whleb
will coat at lea at *1,000,000.
- A HotttUIc development of tbe equlp?
ment of the Vnlvorsltyof California!
College of Medicine, to consist of a
great cluneal hospital that will coat
$ too, <>oo, baa been proposed In a i cporfcg
aubmlttrd by a eouimltlee represents?
hII interested factors itt tbe uuivJflH
administration, - "ffijfiiSi
The Minneapoll
that automobile raclBg TrroB
moat fascinating of sport*, ^?BRvT
apeed attained la so grekt that R la |
highly dangefous to parjMejpjnBrffi
any other than ' an. almost
track. On pubtlo highways thtHLfc*
too gjWf. an element of P?tH
aport, not only to Ihe racers,- -hilt ^
podostrlana and thoBe who tide ^
horao drawn vehicles. , >1
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