Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T " - * ' CAMDEN, S. C VOLUME XIV ill DAY, AUGUST 21, 1903. the: race: for'america's ouf?. m*iwca<b cup, tt*e Blue ltibboo of the Sea, feb in. ?Pirea. British yacUUineti to put itmt^ JfeSE ,j?m efforts o*er - viiKW It was cap tured from than by *&? victorious Amor ?oft -half ia century ?I WLPw**" Up tgn, Bart., to "lift t be muk" are fnmii. . : ? itifti b? more rttme eyes in tfrwe of wealth spent vtltli no other ol?JtM t SaaBse?*-"*? l? l>aaUm? in which rfioi&e u indulging frrfy ahoukl hft of in t -# J?vew -of ? thor ;i?#tt?xmtea ?ie ?* f of hJ? effort to get ^Tnafc;: however, lu d |40rt;0i)0 which he to (fruit' Fiorjo, of Ijka yacht1 ft the Count called *Ji? Aetfiiwi. a lid which in now knowix Si? Iftrtitt. Tiki* would leave his ac HClng exncnawH in i800 at MOO, lt Ut |>w>?biis that the coat of the * races 4* him *" * Httle over ? ,*e,^tHit atHl within *500.000. word*, including the sum ot or there*l>outa for tho pnr chaw and refitting of tl? Erin, the total cost to the challenger In the last two series of races was somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,300,000, Hut the Cost ofwe Krln Ih not, of course, a legitimate factor iti the estimate vOf " the actual meliig expense* Probablyo these last for both se ssnp rle* wete $850,000. rittg tii? yacht proper and cbm the collateral expenses, there i? **. riFB, Di al ONES. RELIANCE, THB AMERICAN DBFBNDEK. crossed the. Atlantic, would foot have excited comment, but occurring as it did Just before the cup races, it was a tacit admission on the part of her owner ami desigper that the yacht was not fast enough. * * While the contest decides the ques in.. Tills OhaiJLengbr^OR THE AMEWPA'& .JJKfc t item the cost of running Cht Krln. for, #u>\ the two actually iB in Berflce in rltJtitiier races. This was '?<* man familiar with tlie fettr Thomas Llpton"repenfcedly *4 his confidence in Shamrock -baolt the America* t appeared that his confidence 9t Shared by those who were ac eoncenwHlMn the management 0r *?iamrocbs. That Designer **o had a reputation at stake, rho knew the challenger as a , kuqwahts child, had gravo t aa to Shamrock III.'s ability to ftth Reliance was evidenced by Hit that rmrioc his orders, thebow, of -the challenger was length uUcnl a change in the rig of the Important, not so much be It increased the area of the head liad Changed the trim of the bat chiefly because, on account ring bees effected on the very .'Ifcd tvp races, ft indicated that iptd designer of ihe yneht to t satisfied with the trim of the tion of superlQrltSLatL tacin# machine* between the Reliance unfi Shamrock III., there has long been a growing sentiments af an influeutlnU yachting element when It says that the ttutli la that the larger probleme of wiw de signing bare been sol-rod. anid Wte owe their solution to the struggle for the America's Oup, The American type of yacht is no longer a wide, shallow hull with Inside ballast and a sail plan SIR THOMAS ItlPTOIf, BiBT. r founded on a pprent hoist of lower Mils and short topmAsts. Thr Brltsb model Is no longer & plank ?et upon edge and kep* there by, a- load of lead on its bot tomland presetted bjr-ajBet of satis of which the main one is low and wide and , surmounted by a long topmast. 1 k The manAging-owner of Reliance, ilie dereuaer, .is C. Oliver I sol In, the leading yachtsman in America. He l? flow forty-six years old. He was elected a member of the New- York Yacht Club in 1877, and has since be came a life member. Though of 8wiss NAT L HERRKRHOFF, C. O. IS E LIN AND CAPTAIN * BAHR. (Respectively Designer, Managing Owner and Skipper of Itellance.) opinion -among yachting experts that a convincing test of the relative mer its of opposite theories of yacht de signing, especially of boats which :as cKPggPOft* crnlalng purposes ?, to if far oil iw k San TOtCM the K3?MW 'i?T^pSK^rJI ; HBkmc ?MWw? tn |T IWlB* th? descent he Is tall nnd slender enough to be called a typical Yankee seamuri. and his cast of countenance -would confirm bis claim to that title. The skipper, of the Reliance la Cap tain Charles Barr, who steered thu Columbia to^ victory -in tbo two pre Tlotw lnteipatluiial w)ntB?(rt wlHW Sit T^onms failed to bring wrfilng boat* across the line off- Sandy Hook. Tbo designers of the defender, it 18 need leas to add, are the famous Herreshofl brothers, who have done mtioh to In crease the prestige of America as the land of peerlesa boat bntldera. Shamrock III. waft designed by Will iam Fife. -who also daaiguad Shamrock I. Captain Wringe, who Is consid ered the most daring and capable sea man 1'n all ttrltaln. Is skjhmer of tl?o_ chrt llehger. nw3o him and the speed qualities of Stutmroek I IX. Sir Thomas Upton pinned bis faith to "lift" the AiiKTica's Cup. "n; . '' J<', ( , ?? mm ? ?? ? wm mmmm ? - mil franrltM Mm Oom ?7p In AlNhlp. Df, August Greth ha* made an as cension from Ban Fraud seo in a dtrtg ibtojb*lloo& or Airship.' wbtefc be con Strutted. We did not 'eot Uttme from cable < connections with the ground. ? BLACK LIST LEGAL 1 M V ? 4 %{ J 1 t ' v \ A F^-Reachiiif Cpioloa By St Loois * ? * 7 " i Federal Judge ' # ' " * . ?" ??<"v # ?? ? ? ? WESTERN UNION WINS A VICTORY This Judgs Assert* That Membership ? In ? Ualon Is Sufficient Qrouiids For Discharge of Workmen. St. i:ouls. Special. ? Judge Rogers, In the United States Circuit Court, re cently handed down an opinion, susJI talnlng.the demurrer of the Western Union Telegraph Company in the labor injunction case of Bever et al. against that company. In the written opinion. Judge Rogers sustains every point urged by Attorney Elenious Smith, representing the defendant company, holding that the company has the ab solute right to dismiss employes be cause they belong to the union, or for any other- reason; that there can be no conspiracy to do a lawful act; that the so-called black list may be main tained for tho use of others. This case resulted from a bill died by Telegraph Operator 'Arthur Boyer and others, alleglug' ?iey were mem bers of the Commercial Telegraphers' # Union of America, local lodge No. 3, of St. Louis, and thst they had been discharged from the service of the Western Union Telegraph Company solely because they belonged to tbe union. The bill sought to prevent the Western Unldn from discharging any employe because of membership In the union, and the St. Lewis officers of the Westorn Union from conspiring to that end, and to prevent interference of any kind witn the union, and- to pre vent' the Western Union from main taining a black list and placing there, on the names of those who might be discharged because of being members of tbe union. The Western UnWon Company, demurred to the bill, and this demurrer was sustslned by Judge Rogers, of Arkansas, sitting In the vUnlted States Circuit Court today. Judge Rogers held that tbe Western Union bad tbe absolute right to dis charge employes not under contractual relations with the company, for any cause or without- cause; that a like r,5ht_exislft ca _iha _part ot-4fce ^em ployes to. sever their rotations with tbe company for any cjmse or without cause; that if a contract of employ ment Is violated, the recourse of the employe Is at law, .and not by a bill in equity, such as wss brought In thin case; that there cah be no conspiracy to commit a lawful act, sftch* as he held to be tbe discharge of the com pany's employes, because of being members of tbe unions; that the com pany had the right to maintain a list, oh which might be placed the names of discharged employes and the cause of discharge, and this list might be given others, provided . its contents .were, truthful ana Its circulation hon est; that ft the bill alleged the union tras formed for meHkl and proper pur poses^ there should exist no objection upon' the part <Qf an employer=to4iw[e_ his discharger based upon thepieVew^| that he was a member or euct^Mi . por de r. . \ ,,, OH Company Fails. \jtorfolk, Special. ? The Oliver Re ft ntnk Company^Fred OUv*rrseere tary' and treasurer, owning a large plant' for the refining of cotton seed nil and .other products of cotton seed, -[ on the southorii branch of the Elisa beth River, has failed and King Wad dell, following a suit in equity, filed Kin the United States Circuit Court against the Oliver Company by the Williams ft Flash Company, of New York, has appointed Edward 8. Flash, Jr., bfNew York and Percy S. Steph enson, of "Norfolk, receivers to take charge of the affairs of the dofendant company as truatoes and operate the Oliver factories in Norfolk county for the benefit of all creditors and until such- time. as. the. said -affaire can to \ wound up to the beAt Interests of aft^ involved. The receivers fcre appoint ed under bond of $50,000 each. . /| British Wlh. Chicago, Special. ? Capt. J. Ts* Lowe'a visiting team of Oxford and Cambridge English goffers won the honors In the fi;'st international golf contests Id the West, defeating Captain U L. Boyd's all-Western team on the links of the Chicago Golf Club in the' scheduled: 'four' bail foursome; eveuts 8 to 2 ana winning the team competition by a score of 8 to 3. A * Bill Arp Dy!ijfC,\ Carjorsvlllo, Ga.. Special .?Major C. II. Smith (BUI Arp) Is lying : at the point of death at his home here. His physician. Dr." "Ralph Smith, a' wra of Major Smithy says there U no prob |_ablechhnce for recovery and the end is momentarily expected. Dr. Clark t>ylng. Woga. "K ~~YTT SpccIaL-^Ifr. Fin ley Clark, of tho Gelsers, who was re cently prostrated by paralysis, "is dy ing. He is president of one of the} leading .mineral spring companies. He i formerly lived la Gerogia, and came : Here shortly arte* the tfvfl war. ? ???!.?. ? ? ??? V Asotftsr f%mr4f. s Bock ford, Ul.. Special.? Tt? murder Of the Detroit boy fa identical la cir cumstances with the murder - J.- nirttllH "i f ? **" ' V: IJL. >??? .. . .... ? ^ BBS??i4?^>v ? WORKING BOY? IN MINES. Development* of the Alebama Coal Mine Investigation. Birmingham, Ala., Special.? In the course of .the testimony for tiie miners It developed under cross-examination that many miners are In the habit of taking their boys lnto'tho ruinea to work with them, each boy being al lowed a half turn on car$, although hi a ooa| output goes under his father's cfcock. Controversy over the reapona . y for tbla class of labor led to an H?reement between the miner8 and the principal operators Involved In the ar ^ tratlon, that tha commlsalou. in its finding, ahull rule that no boya under yoara of age be allowed to enter the mines in thie district. Under the State law of Alabama .it has been poaolbje to utilise the labor of boys of ljj y, ^ra and over, in the mines. The miners, fo all their contracts, have insisted on this rule being Incorporated, although some of tho companies, notably the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, hove protested. Afr. Percy, attorney for the Tennes see Company, commenting upon the testimony, atated that the minora were in the habit of working thehr boya in the mines. Mr. Fairley, for the minora, loplied that the miners did not wish young boys in tho mines, but that ths companies had encouraged it. Mr.' Per cy said that the Tennessee Company had endeavored to prevent boya under 14 years of age from working in the mlne\but that the union foil back on the State law and insisted on the 12 year-old clause being a part of each new agreement. Mr. Flynn, president of the Miners' Union for this district, declared to the commiaalon that the Jinion would gladly agree that the com* mission, Jn Its findings, should make a rule that no boys under 14 years of age be allowed to work In the mines. The representatives of all the lnrge 'companies who w: ;c present immedl stetar declared themselves in fsvor of' tho 14-year-old clause, and Judge Gray said that the commission, on these as surances, would, make such a finding. The testimony showed that any miner working 20 days per mpnth could earn $100 a month. ? ? ? ? ycr ...... Kidnap a Whit# Girl. Fort^Smlth, Ark., Special.? Tho kid nAppipgo# a young white girl and the killing of on A of a powwj- that tried to ffcs cue her art the crimes charged against a party of eight negroes,* for tified on Bruoe's Island, 16 miles west of the city. It Is feared that their capture will lead to a bloody encoun ter.- The negroes are said to be well armed. A few days ago two farmers, living near Wilson's Rock, landed on Bruce's island In aeareh of pluAs, and accidently ran into a camp, rawbldf there were two negro men and a white fclrl about 12 years of age. They made' ?Pmo Jnflulrles about the Itrl. and the negroes said she was the daughter of a White man' who was- traveling with r^em, and who had gone to Fort Smith \$r provisions. The negroea would not lst? the girl, talk, and this aroused sus P,c,on- _A watch was kept on the ne groes appeared.^ Monday afternoon a party of farmers decided to investigate the rHfnr. ?wci; ?s they neared the island," tlpfiy were llred on by the negroes, and one of the party, a man named Rolandt was killed. A sharp light was kept up for some time, during which the girl <*eaped from -the negroes and ran to the white men. She was so excited she could not give an intelligent ac ccunt of herself. She said, httwever, that her father was not traveling with the negroes, but that she had been stolen from her home near Fort Gib son; T. T;We^afl-Be6ftlikenTo"TruT *rew. Roland, the dead man, waa a comparative stranger at Wilson's Rock. : J Russian Fleet Sail*. Seabastopol, By Cable.?The squad ron. of the Russian Black Sea fleet* which ha* been ordered to the Turk ish coast, sailed Monday. It la under the command of Rear Admiral Krue ger. The squadron consists of the bat tfcihlp* Catherine III. TflaBvIntella. -ffoatlslaw and Bvendatz Apostololl, (out torpedo boat destroyers and^slx mlno and torpedo transports. , ? 4. Nebraska Republicans. y Lincoln, Neb., Specla. ? Nebraska Republicans In State convention Tues day nominated the following ticket; ?-Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, John Barnes, of Madison county; regents of the Sta^e Univer sity, Chas. 8. Arten, of Lancaster, and W. ol Whltmqre, of Douglas. The un cxpcctorl feature of the convention was thp adoption by unanimous vote of a r?e<tfutlon declaring John L. Webster, Of Omaha, -one of the delegates to the convention, and one ofc the well known party leaders of the State, to be the JlKltliMi * - - - I SfcABLJiiStMa.a4i ? ' 1 SSQ.^**" CoOlC9 OT ITwfwn K?J)uOllC|p 9 fCHT -"Vtce-pi-esTaent in - i . &'? A-fwisMn. ?--tpfrti ? TintrliriiiiT t. **? SSill SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS. Conditions Have Been flora Favor able For ths Pa?t W.?k. The week ending 8 a, m.. Monday, August 17th, had a mean temperature of degrees, which Is about 1 degree blew normal. The day temperatures were slightly lower than usVial, wb?l? the night temperatures were normal. There was more than- the usual amount of cloudiness, and the air was unusually humid the entire week. The need of sunshine Is Indicated. Parts of the State had almost dally ralna, with excessive amount* In pla ces. The drought In the nortU central and south central counties wns broken ou the 14th, but there are a few scat tered places In the west central coun ties that a/o In need of rain, or more rain. In lower Lancaster county there was a fall of over aix Inches In three hours that severely damaged crops *nd lands. The average precipi tation for the State was *.60 Inches. Young corn shared in the general Improvement of crop conditions, and remains very promising except on bot tom lands thst had excessive precipi tate, where It Is firing .Old corn wag not affected by the weather. Fodder i pulling Is well advanced In the eastern and central couutles, and considerable fodder was damaged by the heavy rains. > There .was a marked improvement In -cotton over a large part of the State, especially In the western coun ties but there are also numerous re ports of excessive shedding, and a few of general deterioration. Hupt la more prevalent than last week, and blight is reported from a few counties. General ly cotton is well fruited, and holding lts? fruit, though the plants nre small, and? very?.Igt0-4n the extrcma - wesW with exceptions where recently growffr has been too rapid. Sea Island c<^toh continues to bloom profusely, and bolW are forming. The first bale of,theso?. son was ginned In Bambferg count>ron the llth. The ten .year-average of Ittst hales la August 'Tth; the earliest was on July 28th, In 1896, the latest wag ou August 20th, In 18W. There Is some tpbaeco yetA to be cured In the cehtral and w^tdrn coun tiea, but in the principal districts the workKiiB flni?*?!f * 'ffrt In the southern districts He* I ^ lng. Fall truck continues to be extensively, und#r favorable for ?iul<^jariSiUurttoh- Cane and potatoes are excellent ;peas seuerally io. Turnips ate beluf sown, ft e 1 fjitft season Is about ended. The lite hay crop will be large. V. SUM tow* _ ' Ike Keliy .an 18-year-old negro of Newberry county, was. convicted at the laat term of court of assault and battery with intent to kill and sen ' traced' to W'1? or serve three months on |h? county ?halngang. While he -wjjb In, Jail he overheard a conversation among ao?e prisoners who were conspiring to *111 Sheriff Buford and his deputy and after wards asked by to join lit the plan. formed the Sheriff of the pwnftJJ.1 his life and has now been pardoned; man to U>? ampWy <X Telfc phone Company, camo In contact with a live wire In Charleston Thurs day afternoon while at work oh ^a pole and fell a distance of t*fe pavement. Fortunately., his fall was broken by coming down upon _a fellow worker an J he n ? "JJ rlous bodily injury. Hi? rhlbt hand waa badly burned by the Wire. * The first bale of the gout h Caro lina cotton crop was sold in Augusta Wednesday for 20 cents per pound. ' Bl!onATf^rJ[t iiUering^rf tVcot ton men. who cheered the opening. Qi. the aenson." . ( Abraham Heed and Olive! Perry 1 were commuted to Jail Thursday on the charge .Of assaulting .Oo^ta^le Lykes, of Columbia. It will be. re called that these negroes were In charge of one of Chico's wagons some weeks ago, and when the ^stable attempted to stop the horso tA> exam ine the wagon the hegroes ixjnt^the - ftntmal yhifh -knocked ? the offlfer down and confined him to his bed and room for some tlm*. The ne groes will he tried at the court.. , goaeral sessions. - : Thursday plght Barah Polite, col* ored, and two children were* kilted by lightning at Brogdri's, in Sumter county- The woman tho a*t of closing a window *?en filled. The infant In her arms waa knocked across the room and seriously injures, but it waa alive Friday. The other, two children were xn the opposite bide of the room. *0ft?VIk. otlurted hut week on th? plantation of Mr John Gr*r*vttvfinj frwu Yetiaaane, toward OomMV*). Tlnjre It Cannot Be Brought Up Afaia Except In An Amended Form. COLOMBIA'S ACTION IS ADVERSE. The Treaty/lay He Slightly Amended and Again Submitted by President Msrraguln. Waahingon, Special.-*- A cablegram dated August 12th ha# been received at the State Department from Minister Beaupre, at Bogota, Baying that the Panama Canal twenty ha# been rejected - by the Colombian Senate.' Uttlo additional information con corning the action of tho Colombian Conferees could be obtained at the 6ta/e Department Section 4 of the isthmian canal act provide* that should the President be unable to obtain a aatiafactory title to the property qf the new Panama Canal Company and the oontrotfof the necessary territory and rights necessary twC'the construction of the canal from the republic of C<H lombia, he shall aoake?the neceeaary treatise with Coata Rica and Nicer* gua, and proceed with the construction of the canal by the Nicaraguan route* . - It will be Impossible for President Maroquln to again submit the tre&ty'to the Colombian congress in Us present form. The Senate having rejected it, the treaty cafinot again come* before that body except by the Senate's own vote, President Marroquln, however, can send the treaty slightly 'attended to the' Senate *nd re-open the canal de bate. It Is believed st the Colombian legation that President Marroquln Witt adopt some such procedure The reason given for the rejection of the treaty by the Colombian Senate was jthe alleged encroachment on ;|p jf7 lomblun sovereignty, which )t? ovpon ents contended would result from the ? treaty. This information wasoontaitt-^ ed in a dhipatch received tonight by JBt; JHgrma^- thn cmnmhlin rharga? ; > from Foreign Minister Rtoos, at Bo. gota. This dispatch ahowed that in Ite present ifrmtiHgr intely unacceptable ta tha-Senate, tor ? the reason above stated, and that tit had been rejected unanimously. , fit#'. dent to the general question of som eighty necessarily; wis that Of the which the canal wasto be eoastftieted* and the debat* in the %te indicated that that body regarded this as amounting to a sale of the land. and therefore obJecI<M*b^? ferredr seven of the :~r lt with <5erj*in twendme^lfia^ tb?r proffeMd, and the remaining two Hp* , i>0S*d it abeolnUly, .Aft Interesting 'debate" in' in the cOrtmittee'a report favoring the >.,'1' tresty is said to be the enfiro aiwii^ii nlty offered by the United fltatea ?ug ~~ the right of way. . ? No Comment. St. Petersburg, By Cable? The Una slan press does not' lay emphasis on the dispatch Of a 0 iylaion of the Rue. ?Ian Black 9ee fleet to Turkish waters^ merely repeating the oglclalsta flamst ^ Without commrnt. The Novoe VrrtWjWo^f in an outapokeh editorial, say#: "Blt^ ter experience has shown the useless^ nees and disadvantags of Sit WBCtT HimnfM. N6#. since the, M- Roatwowski it does not- concern Europe, wears proceeding without any comment and therefore morat confidently predict compute - tlons for oar demands from Turkaj^ Rt. Spoolal - den, who wm arrested flatni because he wanted to " car and none would stop for him _ ftnaUj\dtew a wwIwt3^ niotornmn to comd to 11 quitted la the police cousrt Warden. Police Judie ^ef *_ fore me on a eubatantlal dfcar? "" passing passengers on th ner will be lined the lisn Citizens have right* mount to thoiw WfrW&IB ?' ?' ^ wcrokltliaA." ^OTTlt