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VOLUME XIV CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908 of th? W?tk h> * ?-^Ptee miittia }s in better shape than *?t*iald Adit. Gen. Jotin D. rr0f?M ..... retnnrto his office from his tour at Uie$eeiton -ovw the ?tate. "We' Jinow exactly who is. enlisted now and upon whom we may rely. -The sum total jot,. Col. Morris' report to the war ;.,4?|>artlnent will constitute die militia Carolina, ? s*^" ~^~^*?OoVernment wHl 1 sanity thla af Ita quota of arma and wquIjh iw." The rewmt inspection of the Itary companies was very aatisfac ? to the adjutant general and- to Morris who complimented the l4-"*at a number of placea. Col., fluid Gen. Frost wound up at ,-H^e, and Lieut. Foster and Col. Patrick concluded their ltinewy with il*0 inspection of tlie regiment at Char leston. Col. Morris waa to have in fleeted the Charleston militia but the wa? department waa hurrying him for a report and as the othfr Inspecting gffi^j^thad finished, they were ordered A' apecial from Spartanburg on Fri iy aaya: Shug Calhoun, colored, a (Mayer. employed, at the Appala chian 'Mills, six miles -from Geaerai waai afc^ and ^Mtfintly Wiled by a negro; woman named Mary Dent. The Dent womatv*nd another female engaged in ^" a dlftlciilty in a store and a few mlnu tea. later Cartjo uu came in. The woman ' with whom Mary Dent had tt*& difficul ty seems to have been on Intimate * na with Calhoun anflj&ft. latter took ^wrorthrB one, puAplng the Dent, nan, and firing repeatedly at her. .,rj? filing woman, unexpectedly, wa* armed and turned and fired at Calhoun, thei ahot taking effect, and produoing Instant .death. Cot|Bel Foater went to the scene to hold. an Inauest.The wo? than brought h?re and is in Jail. . v/uta?ver says: mil Washington, a negro farm hand on Mr. C. McAliley's plantation, was killed ,T?e?d^- evening by being drugged by tl V Ainla ?/>U a : _ * 1I5S* mule f0r a Quarter .of a ^-5?' after hii day'a work, ^he^the,^?mehl?(i?SitiwWm<tonCr to-the ground. la ?ome Way hie ws? caught In the, traces. This terri ? - Oed tfco already'' frightened animal, which ran, dragging the negro fully a OMSRer of a mile. At a creek the body. ?? ? .lift some bushes^ which stopped the mule. When aid reached the place ' *?** "-?*!? JwUunJM on its victim and wing the mangled body of the_ rtHfre C'flari^ton Hotels Monday afternoon by th? agers, .who decided Jhatf* L the outstanding dob A hotel and the determina-l hotel's creditors to piactf kds of a receiver, it woula Close thft hotel fer the pres morning Manager Pal lia guests that the hotel <#>ied to .the publlo^jl^^ asked , them to make ar for accommodation else" guesta gathered their bag moved to the'cgOifr houses In '] This it the first time In over tury the doors of the Charles '.erbeenahnt. b?we?ff~ i: an extra e to Charleston, tpo littld negro A t?y? tl?NFw aPfOcJt at the engine and struck the engineer Ifilcting a panl fttr wand upon the faoe that caused ? the unfortunate man Of.nnconaciousoesa. - th? onjrWfBfr ..asped the throttle and applied ea and brought the train to a L . Xhe crew phased Jha ras?| a long distance but they jf" Jones, a negro man of Co-, was fined f 10 Tuesday morning HO animals the dajr_ before. ?? ??>? aitft .. .lonoB and . Ba lw^'OWl UWI It ?*w* wvwwa "uu another negro named Speaman were -^?kuwa- jj horse hitched to a heav#| 7 captain Starling, tho preai of the Society for the Prevention . > ? to- Animals ? interfered. ] got away hut the police ?b and he waa locked up. ?- . ' _ X lOtfUUanw. tne man wno was cut J^r A:a Ward M Pheonl* on FJIdnr - -doing very nicely. Mr. Ward fjg?ar^-no?a onlbe day fitter thjeut not away from It aa stated at 1 ni 11 fall into a state an TILLMAN TRIAL OPENS A# Effort flad? to Rinovi the c?i? to Another County, sP?c,aI.-~The Clr Jud?? D A Townsend presiding, Monday took up the case \IJ?? H TMlnwiV charged with" | murder, and 0 motion, for change of vemio was heard. On January 15th Miiiman, then Lieutenant Governor, 1 kU,e<1 N' ?* G?n*ales, editor j pr The State, whp had repeatedly d? nouueed him whan Tillman was a can flidate for Governor last year. The de* I reuse produced about 300 affidavits to show that a fair trial could not be had |a?4W# county 4>ecauee of -prejudice I against the defendant. The majority I of signers to these affidavits are not prominent citlsens, and the principal affidavits were jnadQ by defendant's counsel and friends, who asserted that I the Columbia newspapers and preach |<rs incited feeling against Tillman I by their reference to the case, The I prosecution presented about four bun fared affidavits in reply. Practically all the ministers of Columbia asserted J that they have made no reference to (the case from their pulpits,. that news-. I Paper men, (deluding Messrs. W. EJ. and A. E. Gonzales, respectively edi tor and publisher of The State, stated In affidavits that the Colombia pa J perg had conspicuously and carefully I refrained from inflammatory de nunciation* of the defendant These assertions were backed by statements from bank presidents, lawyers, physi cians, collega professors, merchants, I and men in all lines of business. ln? eluding many citicens of the county outside of Columbia. The - readflfe of 1 not when court OTjouftacd for the (lay? Second Day of the Trial The second 4ay of the hearing for a change of venue in^the case of James J H. Tillman. indicted for murder fended [with the arguments only fairly begun. I Tuesday morning the prosecution presented additional affidavit* alleging that a fair trial can be had in county, these affidavit* being similar po those presented, yeesterday. The affidavits for the prosecution number 400 or more. Th*v the defense intro duces a numwr-TB f%piy. the whole number of affidavits on both sides i? Itng about 150. The defendants' attor neys read numerous orriclea printed in |^T^-State relating to the- killing of [most paft messages of gjnnpathy and appreciative to Mr. N. G. Gonsales. Prayers offered for Mrr * Gonsales* re covery by the Columbia miniate** the [Sunday before he. died we?^T^a as evidence, that the preachers' ** well as the press had tried to attr'up X*el I lag against the 1 defendant. The defense desired to Introduce some of Mr. Gonsales' editorials de nouncing Lieutenant Governor k Tilt* man last year, but Judge Townsend *?k<t that these were not: competent and they were excluded. The argument was begun at 5 oeioeic p. m. by Co!. George JohttSSn* for ,thft defonao. CoL Johnstone l? oao of the m^t eloquent and ^souroeiul lawyers nT the fltaU and he spoke for over an hour, criticising and comment-" logon certain of the |?ros?^tionar aP~ ndavrac ; " - Court adjourned at tbo conclusion or ? DPQf oh- tncet-*t- 9 n'rh>r|[ nesday morning When Mr. Andrew Crawford will open, for the prosb cution. There 1111 be 'flve hours' argument and-a decialnn rnihy be given ia the *f,_ tcrnoon. ' The defendant was In court through out the proceedings and participated in th^aaveral^eonsultaiiena of his attoi.. ueys. Neither his wife nor mother were present. f The (hliMtwi RihiieA . Richmond, Spjlrfiu,? In the Chancery Court Monday podge Grin nan dissolv ed the injunction restraining the United States gbverninent from taking possession of the cruleer Galveston. JfalMwri- "WWBB ihfr* stimulates that the ship shall remain the proper ty ofihe Trigg ctedltors until the case W determined fey Ithe court of highest retok The Galveston will be launch ed vmi wee*. \~ ~T ?r . " . " New " Orleans. Special ? Chairman Richardson, of theboard of Slate en gineers, Congressman Rsadell and Meier, and member* of all the levee beards lathe State Will leave here on Monday tor 8t. Loot* fe> MtesH lb. ouoUSs of 0? HWWM ? ? - . . - ? - SOUTI CAROLINA CHOPS. The Ocwral CoedMte.e Shaw finch l?frovf Wfflt, ? jZ* \Z7\ T Mn* * *? m" 78 d J^' ;? * mean temperate of 71 degree which i? about 1 degree be. irtTint0*?1 Ther* i9 cura , n,ght8 ?h?cWn* the ?*owtb of cotton. The week's sua. ?bine was about normal. U- The extras weater* eouatles had no . rain, the wc at central ones, light to ,*??* *?*?. I county and aittoxf f D Belabor* 3 "MUo,u': The ex . ?Mu"?r.n?<,'T"he.d w'th w&> ?d ?umvV.r\L*r.t i^rL.trr00- *m ???"" ??fn ? of grass and weeds. I tn Def d ,n the westem counties I to soften hard and cruated lands anl make them tillable. Damaging h?i occurred over extensive areas In Ban BeaUfort' Berkeley. Wmu^l Orangeburg, Sumter end C?UnUes' and doing l^hL?r*S occurred 1,1 Hampton, uS!T^ ?orenw' coiieton, uftr: j "ngton, Marlboro and Mori^r. ties CoHnn t f Marion COIUIr d tojfcco suffered muet, S!h54?i? wu >m ? ??? an<i I where nine lotertVS!^^. ??WW I Kradtially BBNjfMW* II T^L ^ 33? sj,r? "?.?"$.? x uStom. *5*?? ,s ^eUing low J|| U^S0., ""'fonultr. gome just I food; i CH small for th~ . h& lkprJS texotofSt^ ? I or" jn nunTJ? ?ror? f? off col c)?med ??.'SiJ,^,| "."'.T'1 muiy contlnue'SJi^i? d.? ?? "?? prevalent than l?7!LvUo ?r? more I Plentiful In plac?f S'u?1*!^8 arc l? thHfly, but e?an 8^"^Uad <***& torSS^^WH^S and S l^?W: tobiwcn laok., Ma!mU$ 4ng from poor to . .mS?"*!?7' ^g" slight lmp^ement ^^^u wT?& * ' WH Mt ML-IIwl. .wetik. Market Quotations. to wagonsT re|,re8em Pflces paid ?o2? ISdSlSirdd,l"l, > " " **g? Strict middling ? " WJ* O^oee .MAHKCT. ' J H?S^?~h>rlS* ? ? ??'??""' 12H Befe ;; ; ^ SSS.:::: ??? - ?? Wheat ,, ?", wheat? seed * * * ' " * * * " o0 n??i( ' ' ' ? 4 *?-???. 1 ud Rye . . ; ' v.* * * ? ;T; ?*? sdSt^L- 'V.:.Vi;;;;;.;;;;"r^ Summer Schools For Teachers. Reports from the several count lea in which summer schools are being held are very encouraging to the State superintendent of education. It has been necessary to open sotoe of these schools eiurly In the summer In some counties where U a regular J.ChOfiL term or fteverai weeKs after the "crops have been laid by." ' The attendance in Greenville county to 47 and In Laurens 44. In 'Chester, a . comparatively small county, the at tendance i? over 35, and in Plckena, another small county. It UhBW ?. In Oconee and In Greenville cbuntles the .county boardif have supplemented the ! regular leaching -force supplied by tfts Stated funds, a great deal of interest' Is manifested In all ofj&eaft schools. Abdtlt ohe-tMr^Tof the coun ty schools are now In session. aad the greater part of the remainder will be held during the month of July. This may-interf0re-vrlth-4he attendance on the flMata Summer school, but Supt. Martin thinks that' tturrr will be as large a school' as usual at Rock H1U. The State Summer school was started reguiarty Tuesday. " TW M lowing are the county schools which mtZjmirxA ! jw? jit 1' ^ x " , * 5 " ' t 4? A 4 ? ? "S <?? -fr': jTSjfSj,. '?& i ?L-;yn^r?'? ..T" BBL , ' i ?g. r^#L ? ' ? "" ^ i ^ t*" BURNED AT STAKE . Fate of a Ncjro at WiiajiagtoH, Del* aware, Charged With Assault TIE WOK OF AN INFURIATED MOB Me Was Tsktn Out By a Mob of Two Tbouuntf Men, Sb?t to Pieces and Body Burned. ' - * ~ Wilmington, Del., Special.? A mob q( a couple thousand Monday attacked I the county work house whore George White, the negro, was held on a charge of assaulting and ktlllng Helen Iiiahop, on M6nday last. The ?guards defended the place and a boy and a man, members of the mob, shot a (usilade for a time between the men and the guards. Four members of the mob arc said to tyg.ahot, but In the confusion it is'tmpotslble to obtain the names cxcept that it is known that Peter Smith, aged 17, was shot in the back. So far as known, none of the1 guards was injured. The negro was taken from the work house by the mob, who started with him for Price's corner, the sceno of the assault and murder. The mob has cut all wires leading Wilmington, which is five miles from the work house and at this writing It is difficult to. obtain reliable Information, The mob said they would burn the prison *r. i*V The negro was taken to the scene of the crime. He there" confessed to hav ing assaulted tht girl. Ho was then burned at the stake and bis body rid dled with bullets. . The crime for which White was lynched was one of the most revolting in the criminal annals of Delaware The victim. Miss ? Helen. S. Bishop, daughter o! the Rev. E. A. Bishop, D. p.. superintendent of the Ferris Indus* trial School, would have been 18 years old next October.* She was a student of the Wilmington High School, and was on her way home from the school last Monday, when* She was attacked The industrial schoot, w)|leh la " miles from here, wherG her- parents made their home, Is about three quar ters of a mile from Price's corner, whero the girl usually left the troiley car when she came from school. Late Monday afternoon a farmer working ] in the floid saw a jnfang womaft stag ger jaiitf laU |? ttm road. She got up and?. fell again and then she tried to jcraaflL* Tha farmer anil hla sous wnmt" to her assistance, but when they refich-* ed the girl she wfca lying unconscious in the road. Theysftrand her (.o be Miss Bishop. She had three ugly gash ?s in her throat, her body was torn In many places. In. one hand- she clutched i a small pen knife which she used at school, in sharpening pencils. ' There was every evidence that Miss Bishop had mado a desperate resistance In dd? fense of beTKhon^r and her life. The wounded ^irl' was taken home and died the next afternoon without regaining coasdousness. The entire neighborhood was almost Instantly aroused, a nan hunt was Immediately Instituted. Suspicion was soon fastened 'on George F. White, a - negrot juet cut of the work -bonss, ?w?d who was engaged as a laborer on the farm of Edward Woodward, near the scene of Uiee assault. Whito-waa found In bed that same night and when tak en into custody den ltd- all knowledge of the Crime. He was Identified by several ^persons. who aAlrt tiier Saw him -In the vicinity. T"" T~"" ^ A knife 'which Mr. 'Woodward salV belonged to tym was found where the girl waa assaulted. The negro vwas' brought to Wilmington butwaalater transferred to the work house, where .the police thought he wo?ild be safe from mob violence. SMdltjr Rtoti*. ' C?bl*.? Several riot? ar l# collisions betw??n ctorteftto CLEVELAND NOT A CANDIDATE " \ New York World Publish#* an later* vlew With the Ex-P.esident New York., Bpecial.---The World pub lishes a dispatch from Princeton, N, J., quoting former Presldcn Cleveland aa saying: "It 1? perfectly absurd to suppose for attestant that I have any deaire to re-enter public life. Nor have I ic motely entertained the thought alnce 1 left Washington more than Mk years ago. The matter is aa far from my thoughts pa it waa in 1896 when #11 must admit that It was not within my hearing or eight. I have no higher aspiration* than to pa?s my days In peace 'with my family around me and to take no part In polltica which any private citizen cannot take with utmost propriety." "I have never spoken to anybody on the aubject of a fourth candidacy. I . have never written a single political .friend one way or the other nor have I before been written to or spoken to by them. There ia not a political leader of any prominence endeavoring to ad vance any movement to nominate me in an y State, so far aa I have been ad vised. nor do I mticlpate that any auch effort will be made by any leader, prominent or obacuio, In any locality In the country. "I have on several occasions within the year undertaken to perform tby labor which usually falls to the private iu the rear .ranks but there has not lurked wjthiu we the. hope of any re ward save th^ consciousness of having mide an effort to assist in bringing about salutary conditions in the par ty." " Could Not Agree. Jackson, Ky., Special.? The jury In the case of Jett and TYWte^, charged with the murder ofliaVryer James K. Mar$pm, wis di^harg?ed, having been unable to agre#C At 8 o'clock the Jury filed into tha/&>urt room and foreman Richard Millard said: . "Your Honor, we flnd jio ch&nc* of coming to an agreement." Judge Rcdwlde aaid: "I will keep you gentlemcit r until Saturday night,' unless you get a ver dict sooner. There la no reaaon why a :verdlct should not be reached in; tfctir case.'* t Millard aald: ? J ? ^ "One man has aa much right to hia opinion us another, and may atick to It" r It la believed fro? this that thera waa only dme man between a verdict fend It la conceded that only one Juror then wda for conviction, It la aald the quftttlon of punishment had not been conai<^ed. , Later M^Jury again reportod that it waa unable to agree, and ahortly after ? o'clock it waa ^ discharged, so there will be another trial. The dominant faction evidently ex* pected acquittal. There waa at least one Jwor who Wi M sgalnat this. The scene after the announcement wi?a in nor wise exciting. Some who Btarfftri to rlap their hauds wmeatop ped by the court. The gSarda cookiftt medlata poaaeaafap 'At" >h? ?* and they were cloeely guarded back to jail. People gathered around the court bouse discussing the cane, but there waa no disturbance or ovtward elgn of trouble Attorney Byrd, after conaultatlOll. made a motion [ tor-* change <df venue. Judge Redwlne refused to hear argu ments bnt of hia own accord changed the venne to Cynthlana, Harrison county, at the neat term of court. Cynthlana Is not In Judge Redwine'a district. He enmriaed the ?nartiatora by at once ordering the prisonera aent to Lexington under a detachment of aoldiera accompanied by Ellsof Jonea. The BttUcthlp Muddle. The battleship Qalvest on, which w?tl almost completed st the Tri? *sbl0 j yards at Richmond, Va., wae seised by < r of the State court to satisfy tors. A Washington special of Friday says: The time of the cabinet meeting wss TOMomed. }a laaw part by the consfdcrstloa of the legal, quee UlQhs involved la ihe dsohrtpw of ?*f United States government to 4fsr#r cant the decision of the court of Vir ginia and seise the incomplete guu hpst Oslveston st the Trig* shipyards In Richmond. n**mtmUU 1 ArrssttrtfcJ Baltimore, SpectsL?dbra OampbelV H year* 614. formerly post mlatir las at pmiMiytl^ Qan wes siicaUd haia eg die charge of cmbezslcpmt of poeUl funds. She resigned her position la | HaysvWt.lt ? saW, Jast Wm&iA cease here for trtstiwfct at a hospital, L> : |Om"Gsfl&Sii n , ? ? ?,? ? ? " yt ? " * f ??< -TriS J 35s : % ,**- ? ^ n* ^ ?%T ' 3. | SERIOUS SEABOARD COLLISION f Four Killed Near Southern Pines, N. C. , and Freight Train Demolished. Southern Pines, N. C? Special. ? The worst wreck In this section for many years occurred u( 10 o'clock Tuesday morning about 200 yards north o f Niagara station and throo mlloa north of Southern Pluea. An engine and a local freight train collided head-on, the hollers of both engines exploding. Englno^r Wm .'.P. Wall and S. D. Steward- of Raleigh, and - 1 Fireman Wart<^ Barney, of Concord, and Charlie Brewer, *\ of Aberdeen, wcro killed. Foreman Wright, of Raleigh, was' j seriously fVfjurod by jumping. . % Prom the boat information at hand it appears that a flying engine left Vass, a small station about threo? miles north, without orders, going south, and attempted to lrtako the sro ing at Manly, a half-way station be tween Southern Pines and Niagara, ljocal freight train No. 6, north-bound, loft Southern JMnes on time and wa? running on regular orders under full headway down grade and was run into by tho flying engine, gotog at ithe rato of 45 mlleB an .hour. It wap a head-on collision, on at>?harp curve, and in a deep cut. Both boilers exploded and the scene was beyond description. ? Engineer Wall was killed on train No. 0. His flreman, J. P. Wright, es caped by Jumping, though he is seriously injured. Engineer S.~ D. Stewart and his flreman, Walter Barnes, on the shifting engine, were both killod, as was also Charllo Brow dir. of Aberdeen, who, it is said, waa making the trip up on No. 6 to accept a position of flreman on the road. Drs. ifidwln Qladmon, K. M. Fergu son and A. H. McLood were quickly on hand and relieved the injured man and looked after tho dead bodies, which were taken to Niagara station, from which point they will be carried to Raleigh. Fireman , Barnes had a piece : of 2x4 Ecantling driven through his body, which had to be sawed off at the back and front before the body could .be dresaed, while Engineer Wfcll was en tirely disemboweled. HI* leg was broken and hie head smashed. Kngl "neier Brewer we* found with his face clrectly Jn trout, of the big -Are-box ot the engine on No. 6, his hands burned -Mft mnA hie flesh co.oUw Is itwuii ana bur Ring coals. - , . . The track wap terribly blocked and torn up and pane, of tho engines were' found several hundred .girds away, while ther tender of the -wing engine backed away fcbout two unites after the collision. Two wrecking trains at* mihfi ..scene and -a l?*4F f<?r<^^'tnen. are-tracklni around the nrr?6k~, to that; It la. expected to: net trainVthrough by midnight oi pwalbli1 Ifl .flfrhr of two later. The railroad company will be fortunate if it can And room enough in this deep cut for an extra track, as It la very narrow, and one of the largest freight engines Is lying direct ly, crosswaya of the out. ? .. ;; The freight tram ; Was loaded moatljr with lumber and croaalles . and- W&. carrying * few w?H-bnlU ateel coal care, which were almoftt a total loaa. Train No. 38, tho Atlanta sptelal, got through before the WOCk; btirUe^ea board limited from JackaonvlHe, in charge bf Conductor Shannon house, la tied hp ait Southern Pines. wtliPre4*lave*tlgetfon ?given* to affairs in the PoUofflee De par tment but uo definite actio* was taken. The Investigation, It was stated Tigtitr; *ouTd unttr w .trace of suspicion attaehed to tlse De partment. While absolute confirma tion of tiie staiuuiunt ~Hl WJtfcfcoJd,iI la reasonably certain that holmes Con rad, former solicitor general of the De^ partment 6f Justice, and Charles BoJQ* naye _ been iglectfirt by the na partment of Ju^tlceto assist the As sistant Attorney General in^the prose cution of the postofflce cases. ? Cot. AdiimrWllI Ac*. Washington, Special,? 'Site War Be* partment designated Col. H. M. Adams to act as the representative of the gov ernment in the matter of the transfer jttt-tha. TCatin property at New Oi leans. Colonel Adams will pay the money ap propriated by Congress for this pur pose to the Bads heirs. This formality Is necessary to comply mth the lairs of Louisiana. British Baric Safe1. Pensacola, Fla.," Special ?The Brit ish bark Macduff, 52 days out from New York, has arrived at Quatahtiue hspm. The bark had been reported aa being- missing. Tbe master reports hating encountered headwinds during the eiitlr# passage snd on several daya there WWTToaa calms.- The passage of the vessel la the longest on record. ^ ;* Washington, Special? Having re turned indictments against the forties concerned In the tranaaoUotu. flif the 3roff Brothers, involving etreet letter box fasteners, tU grand jury tea te fun the investigation <rf oth*r coa rracta wtth the free4?ltv*y*erTk?. ft ta~iald that the POsio?e? Tupart JwnfJtoftBrt ttt tmachfrw who working on the <**cfof 'mS?~ iMf Fljht of Mil! Operatives Comes to a Close textile council declares it off fhe Strike Began oo March $otb, In volved 17,000 Wjarkow tad Cwt fUny nillloa* off Dollars. v'' turnip ?W Charles ComynlB^rtofl In ^mmand^ proved Wally the ThYl lilt June-Id, # Manning ) nnibie to column was In Callaby, and oa the c?o?ia .o fri the Dative pons rhlch ao much formed recently against the BrlUah It ready co*t 12,000. 000. pafco/hut la irttMrtSf at uwgftl iTMTOT the British expedhkx constat of 806 British, : native troop*. . : . ~