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VOLUME XIV CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1903 ttlnor of tbe WmIs In ? right Over Tillman Trial. .Coiu? i?M*. 8. C? Special.- Newa has been received hero of a p bable <lde in Orangeburg county. A. C. Gun te* j i? witnew fpr the prosecution In the Tillman raurdercase^. wig jt9X?S& |r?fljiti>' 'Vdlfflcqtty by a man warned B>?sb-. by, at Wagner. Ounter vut ttwabby'a Cl'-iliioM-, 4be wounded toan'j. J&MM& w mi: He~w*a? to be . -?vV- ' ' fl, ... , -^.-o -? Slate Items. &frs. Ed. Holder of Pacolet gave Wr.th on MomJ/iy to triplets, two girls R. A. Riohey obtained a verdict of $12,600 against the Southern, road at ^ Abbeville On Tueaday. A valuable deposit of, fine marble has been found on Congressman Jo .fohn^ri's place in I^aurena county. Miss Nancy Robertson, aged 75, was " v" ^"Vned to death in l?er borne ip Lau [s county on Monday night. She ed alone. Rev. J. W. WoUing, a missionary to Brwsil, has returned to South Carolina with his family and are at Union, JUra. Wolling's o^ld homo. . . . . H. 6. Jennings of Charleston has brought suit against the .Western ikJin Telegraph company Wr $1,950 iages on account of a 4?layed -Wla ?. . .v--/ f, I. W, Haywood, a young white map 5'- of Cdwpens, has been committed to nburg Jail on ttie charge <? rali flve dollar bill to aj)*t< dollar executor of/5. L. Andrews, a iwood merchant, who was killed ow.the Southern refently, KasVought suit against the rojjd for $65,000 dam, i been jpetiUpued to to determine the of. ewabllBhhig?a new county fffeusta as ~<ihe goiwt y 7x. wis , r Heyward has offered ra$a.t?. lor-we capture of Arthur Fltfe ? colored, who is ehargod with FehCbapman, colored, "iti ' B0SX9'~CnBV m .WmTK 0'8hieKfs3 wa? w.i tt-tmfwoii Ttt?*aay or tap-.1 "Mfb Jittery of a high and aggra T agtarsraad wag Bcnet to throe montbr ? i IW. ... ^ baa appointed ex :I4k m boid it;ip<?m; IbUVt beginning the fhe trial ||m: UTcBaKged #Hh a?T ? ifiKaau: a aisitittitt# tin it ' - "- ? ' ? ***?.,,? ? ? ling Str.ker'a Place*. " {-V ?Bip 8peeUtf^W|MMfdtnjp -of- tfce meaeengers of-the: ^mpanjrvHi titfa ? ~T -tta# aaur that a iarge jrmmmffi m* tad be believes normal cq*' rifyev6nijte^i#w^rsy?.~ fpjCMengef-w6F " TfTghfeded rat. Warshattthtr raoreijic" r from Pales tine.. for Worti r-*gniWaJ poTSS^ti .a are taking i but that the aeriice ^ crip-; .Itaayedagd aftat; Cordele. Ga? Special.? The bbdy of tpknown nex o was found hanging tree near tfere. The negrd'a body died wltb bMtfeta and all Inves far have not. been able to diacover the negro'a Identity. Several peonle living In tbe .neighborhood stated that Ihey heard sbota fired du r*t the nfght but did not make any ^ IttOTgpl tu di wutw wbat till tumble fM , ? ' ? m CommmerSaM* ??'rim, few York, SpecW^OW/ *>>-01 rd WM In ?l U?^4i? 1 vale of the famous Boll? Mwd?, l/keM .t Sheepsh^ B-y ??a low wer?/w?IlK<J Tho %Ur of W m.. K* Htuntar. IB jjnrvwn?M?v?' ? * ??? ! 1 - ",i t~y m wm mi?, v;iy TZF- ? " ? ?" matac. After .some Aplrtte* tibial.-. I. . W&&F' b3? ?fr gUud< By .KW'AilrliOT-' J. I i;8pMl?l-Re&'F _ jnttmMtoa th*t the :Prt#I^ ?* ~^lfl?Mted for iidrlce in the ~ 1 **23983? TEMPERANCE TALK ' 5i*U Conveutiop of the W. C. T. U. il?We?k. Anderson, C., Bpcclal.? The State j convention of the W. C. T. U. met in tfale city Thursday morning, but their first bUBineen meeting wm not held un til Friday morning. The chief event of the morning wa? an addrirsa by Col. l>\ Cray ton. Co). Cray ton is an honored c'tisen and a veteran temperance worker in this cltjr.V Hie talk was particularly inter j esQn& owing to the .fact wu? present at the first society of the "Song of Temperance" in New York cm 8i) y eara ago. Bver slneefaV has beeri prominently identified with ali temperance work in the city, and has spent a long and faithful lire I# this service. He high tributes to Judge O'Neal 1. who never lost an op portunity for u^lng their influence f6r the temperance cauBe. The ladies' of the convention' responded to Col. Cray ton with a Chatttttqna salute. Owing to the absence of both the secretary and treasurer there was no report fofl either of these. fhB beau tiful addr|ps of Mrs, h. B. Haypes, the presideat, deMvered before the conven tion Thursday evening was received by the convention with ft rising vote of thanks. Mrs. Anruh, of Oregon, and Mrs. Haynes gave interesting and ins true-, tive .talks in regard to jUnances. Meth ods of making money wire discussed, a'nd many, ' helpful suggestions and bints were gathered. , Rev. Walter I. Herbert, or Columbia, In a strong and forcible manner .dis tuned ihe whiskey question. He briefly sketched the history of the liquor question in South Carolina for the past century, and made an earnest appeal to the men of the State. He spoke with glowing enthusiasm of these consecrated women "and their he roic efforts in behalf of their children and their homes. After hearing various reports and electing delegates to the national" con- j vention, the business session wae cdn-< eluded. Columbia, Special.? Quite an TWter f-eoting relic now in the possession of Mrs.' C. M, Nunnamaker,- 6?9% Taylor it? 6*t. is a massive stiver $up, which li one of a set of 12, presented to He^ mart Oeiger by* the icing of Nuttem burg, In Germany" for the faithfulness PjS|?p 0slg?r.. lfcd shown while secre ;. When Herman Oel thls country in 1745, he it tfce act With him, and these session of thft members of the < humtly aince then. Mr?. Nunraw Oelgerbefore te?r? . >i? ttweup to ,4 niiatow f*W?rrwbo"ftsre irrocrtgwy yro~ oed If to be made of finest silver obtainable. iv twiw w- wwbl- jmbe oue'h time to cgll and see such a relic. guelng tho 5outti?rn Ogajpst (fee Southern Hsllroad com JapjL-1# t?0.m te ?tiil confined io'bl(a room andfi house. Mr. J. W. R^jrtw, the father of Fireman Fr?d Rbyne, has also entered suit for WJWrTfcilr Attorney Is Mivjr IX Ladson of Atlanta, and trfe complaints w*re filed in yorkvllie. Banker Mar vin "Morrow, whose leg was so badly iracturea IB tne wrect, nas so w tm. prbved that he is able to alt In an in valld-chatr and be wheeled down to hi* place of bTtslawe, but still suffer* from wfafyssa.or" tls spins . and- aSfciaua ? ' ? ? jS ???????>????* ef^ Trala FellThroufh Bridge. Washlnston^ 8peelaL? The Cheea WWfce W wmgm train, which lefthera at XJ&? o'?flock Sunday alght fpy Cincinnati; met wBJ^a-serlops ac:.. eWat on W TWk bridge which ip*ns the roumt m?r and connects '-wllft ifci* Vl??ri?U <A nrlpt'. . Abbut one'thlrd oT a -aoitty froip the Sm 160 test ?.!?* ?? . I v.. ?- 7~zr i - . HE LECTURES DOWIE, Dr. Parkhurst Says Plain Things to] the New EHjatt. WENT TO HEAR IIIM PREACH. &*14 That His Exhibition Was Below the Standard ol a Circus?Carrie Nat loo Creates a Diversion. New York, : Social? Abo>it 1,000 persons, half Of whom were Zionist*, attainted- John Alexander Dowios wlf ?wiew In Madison Square j don Tuesday, where he preached on "Blasphemy." He then said he waa going to meet^ ?he editor* of the. New York papers at hia hotel, and requested his followers ] to pray for him. The 600 members of the Dowle choir will Join the house visitation force, in creaalhg iiA number to 1,440. Deacon Spelcher said the work waa greater <than anticipated. Dowies chief aides, his wife and bis aon. are about to leave him for a trip abroad. They will ?turt on ^Thursday fropi this city, taking the Steamer fcaxonian Saturday from Boston. They will go first to England, thon to Aus tralia, where Mrs"" Dowle's family still lives. They do not expect to re turn to the United States until next July"' Mr. PoWle. arrayed ill e&e?(fig' clothes, talked for two hours Vfcesday night before a great throng in Madi son SqUare Garden. The burden of his talk was denunciation of the elergy and the pr?ss. Carrie Nation, who occupied a seat tteairthe fr$nt. asked "Elijaih" toan swer spme kuestlons. .He refused and ordered heifto sit down. Dowje then .praised the spirit in which Mrs. Na tion had warred on the saloon, but said she used wrong methods. Mrs. Nation again deffiahd< of asking .Tjriestiohs * ! guards surrounded aid of several The meeting Wai the privilege once the Zlrni and with the ejected heri of continuous HWHP . rjfcpfch letter Dowio as follows: "I do not want to be pfesuming. but doubt if-|t is any marc preumnpttvo III me to .come and try to 1 clarify you than Jt is for you to come and try- to j clarify New York; and I don't Know: [ has taken the heavier <m? \ jSact.Tl attended yonr aervffeB _at and to 'goS^ttr^lnd refute, some of the charges that 1 had heard allenad agai But it was nb use; your ggf ? n crushed ev had.wlth yau? a ^public speaker l&SM of . you, ^?^.3SLSrj25 |4? KM Mr den. "Er?!ifie<E5e even tended .even*-those to jr<ror claimed to be only an pfdtnary man there might be soma hon?fjpryou, even with what you call tW^rabblo,, hut the rabble Is dominating attd ? an discriminate aa . keenly as tho keenest between a prophet and a jug gler:, between an Elijah and.* Mounte bank; I say this In no spirit of anger. ,4mt either your head Is twisted or your hean lnfe ted of ybu have blun dered badly in your 'method. You can uot r bully peopUHtoto Zionism nor blackguard them into the kingdom of heaven. I hope you will take this in ?h^4i4udty aptrtt In willOh it is bgelraflT and that It will be blessed to you.*4^ CALL FOft EXTtA SESSION. Pr?slden{ H?o?ey?ll No v?nbcr 9th i&Uay of Meeting Washing^, Sp|clal.~-The President Tuesday ii/ucu ii\e following procla mation:. By the ? A procl Whereas, By the resolution of the Senate of March 19. 1903. the approval !>y qpngree* p( the reeiprpcal commer cial convention between the United State* and the republic of Cuba, sign ed at Havana on Of the United State* 1 necessary before ,ahail Ulce effeot , a?d important to the publ United Statet^l - heoome-^pirAtte ber 11. mi id oonvea< at whereea interests of the aaid convention early ac may be, )t. is ition it is Now, Uierefofe. I. Theodore Hooae- 1 velt, President of Hie United States of America, by the constitution, do fcere~| by proclaim and declare that an extra ordinary occasion requires the conven ing of both houaee c* the Congress of the United States at their respective chambers In the City of Washington on tbe 9th day of November, next, at 12' o'clock, noon, to tbe end that they may consider and determine whether | the approval of the Congress shall be given to the said convention. All persons entitled to act as mem bers of the Fifty-eighth Congress are required to. take notice of this procla mation. Given under my hand and the seat off the United Btatee, at Washington, thef 20th day of October, in the year of our lord one thousand nine hundred and! three, and of the independence of the United States, the one hundred and twenty-eighth. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. By the President. JOHN HAY. Secretary of State. Three Negroes Wiif?|^ <evr Orleans, Special.? Aa V result, of a bloody encounter^Jptween a band" of negroes, led by a white man. and a constable's posse, three negroes have b<*? killed and s^ren or eight Wound ed in tho rear of the Pecan plantation*) in St. Cathrarine pariah. None of the' pos.se were' hurt. The surviving ne groes and their white leader, Pat Mc Qee, fled to the swamps and are being searched for, Further trouble Ja feared. McGee and the negroes Ml been working tor the Mlsqj^ifllgDfrlley, Railroad. Several days ago complaint Wii fed sed against them J&at *hey h$'<f contracted debts and refused -rtai paVCharges made a$d Constable -2 o?t to the,, neraoei^Dn ! waynhe met John Hlfids, a negro istant of MeCtee, whojK>vered him th a shotgun and commanded him Iteep away from the camp. Songy ed io\8t. Rose and organized a &sse. Neon' the camp the posse co untered 48 oTWe ueg roes V end 'Mc f Cee; all heSvtty armed; Botfi parfle* eWfielVea ln the high weeds * battle of 20 . minute* resulted. * gegrcsg ftad Me^ee finally^ leal] their nerve and. fted. The bodies of j three of the negroes were picked when the amoke cleared away. Seve or them were wounded. .., ^?m&riTirTsr ? h: ? wmt , mont of tfceNatkmal accompanied by a fclgp meat [ same as that 1 tilled under recent "government. $99 *? 4??Mc? for.lXr. Jav. . Aftttev llle, Special.? The bill of ia-^l dtctment a*aio*t Dr. Jy \r. : Jay. forf Vmrder, will be sent before tbo grand JtiryMOnday, and the defendant will Go placed on Waff or his life Tuesday at a. special term of Sapsriox Cbart which convenes hero Monday. In riaw or the Intensity ot the feeling against as speedy^a trial aa.poaslble. M*?ag?r Appointed Wt!mUfU"> Del . Special.? -DaVId C. BM^Maidant bt the Harland & HoIHusstrorth Company, of ttaU city, :*m Psm mmsvr of th?j Orescent Sfc ipyarth* at Kttsabctb, S. J..' compete aft*ls m>w,b*Xflng tt*r*| 11 coatinnol SMS Compani| 35?rsss: - ? 'v- ? . TEN GO T(f DEATH Terrible Accident Occur* Near City of Pittsbarf Catastrophe at wabas* bridge Rupee Broke mad M?> Were Hurled Beneath the Weight of Hundreds of Too* of fletdl. ?> Pittsburg, Special.? By the breaking of the rope .carrying live beams position, letting the toua ol luux} tell upOn the movable crano at tbu rHtaburg end of the new Wabash _ bridge, being built by the American Bridge Company over the Mononga hela river, almoet a dozen workmen were hurled to death by a fall of more than 100 feet, striking the water and two barges beneath. Ten of tfc? dead hove been recovered. Five are serious ly Injured. 8everai bodies are yet pin ned under the wrecked barge. < The part of the bridge extending out over the river from the Water atreet side is a total wreck. The dead are: W. J. McOloud, Oeo. Wells, Q. W. Keltlingftr, Wm. Kemp ton, C. J. Fleming, Fred Salllnger, Frank Palby, J. Campbell, Edward Morris, i/tmes Simons. The Injured are; Adolph Vqsburg, of Duquesne; fractures below left elbow and of left femur; Frank Hoover, Alleghj&ny, In jured Internally, recovery doubtful; Wm. Jay, aged 86, of Beaver Falls, bruised, not dengerousT?;* A. M. Fo Ty ler, aged 28, Of Peterson, N. J., left foot cruahe'd, amputation may be neces sary; Earl Crlder, Allegheny, hurt about head. ' Deputy Coroner L. C. Huchel made an investigation at the scede of the - disaster. He believes the blame rests on whoever had charge of the hoisting ! end fastening of the bea&ih He says derrick load caused the breaking strain to fall on the crane* - The accident was caused by the giv ing way of a two-inch steel cattle; "which was used as one of Che guys to SUPPOft the 'big crane. -This cable was tesMd to bear a strain of 100 tons, and it is said that it did rtot break, but pulled loose from its fastening. L-Ihere were 34 men at work on the mpperetrnciurg -of the bridge, and- iq the barge below, from which ~ the e booms coliaosed. Of ttomen ' above, 8om? xrfthsmen ;i JVUMMH BUU IWHUIVU. IHVf workmcn^ost the^snnken . MH| Interest and. sought every point of Van n | ? I <? II X<tM mtf 40 lejaredi .s. Bpeelal.? ^Fifteen persons -' '.-*? m ?<? - a . :ii , ? : - .-.?.j _ collision which occurred Baturday on the Beirid?e dirision of | the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Wash ington's cro**ing. .The persons y and injured were laborer* who at work on a train and on their war (o work at Washington's crossing, to repair washout# akrog.B* ro*d. ffcur tees bodies were taken from the wreck and one more la known to he un4sr the debris. The dead men^xit(nj0rtr< two exceptions are Italian (laborers whs ssfUe in lata illy, theetasrs be. lag aegrpea. ' Americans Win. '1 London, By CaWo.?The Alaskan boundary commission baa reached' an agreement whereby all the American CoutehUoaa are sustained with Jfea jxcepttom jA those to the Portland Canal, which Canada wipe. All that now remalds to be done is for ' -jeafasi ^ivufca- -aaa - a-Aei *lAa "a?? r ^iMMiSMaaiwwiwf w W iNista ?d?^ natures to the d?cision and complete map will be marked the boundary . MniMKn American and Une definitely fislag the dlvlaton of American and British terrilory^an such a blals that no American citlsen *111 Wf* A^tc?t (5t*<iAnd be already bettered he held, whne the United StatAa will get aU the waters to the b territory, with the *x of the Portland Oana) r: etaadstllL It lr !L5SE FINANCIAL CLOUD-BURST Unexpected Failure of Two Prominent Baltimore Concerns. " Baltimore, Spoctal.? Monday ,wa? a day of marked excitement and sufe'-j dued anxioty in the financial and busi ness circlet of Baltimore, a day full of momentous events and of wild, ir responsible, damaging rumors In those atreuta and marta given over to mone tary transactions. iAickliy a dosen re ports well calculated to provoke a wholesale run on banks, got no fur ther than the precincts of South and German streets. Baltimore's Wat) street district, and did not reach the ftreat army of depositors throughout the elty. thus giving ample time for the conservative leaders of business to allay popular apprehension before it reached dangerous proportions. The day began with tho failure of the Maryland Trust Company, and ex cept to only an initiated few the news, came like a bolt out of a^ clear sky, apreadlng consternation in all dlrec * ? *** ? * * 11 I Vk? 4 n tlons. To these few it was known that rSSgStary 1 o nd.7.:I long been struggling with undlKeatt securities, that it sustained heavy withdrawals of deposits and that An ally, on Saturday last, It had failed in its supreme effort to bridge over the yawning chasm by negotiating a ?2,000,000 lenn in London. While tho bankfrB in their offices and brokers in clusters on the street corners, and money dealers generally and bu h1 nV3(3 men in tho exchanges were s 11 excitedly discussing the col lapse of the Maryland Company, there camo auother bolt from the clear sky, in the suspension p' the Union Trust Company, and it was this latter' event which happened at a late hour .In the day that gave impetus to a varied number of baseless rumors as to other financial institutions which might well have created a panic, had they been given currency earlier in the da?^? Divorced Wom;?n Shot. ? Klnstcn, Special. A sensational shoot- I ing affair occurred in this county; about 18 miles from here, Monday gf-.j ternoon, in which Mrs. Richard Ward, the divorced wife of tyr. Cook E. stroml. and the latter exchanged shots to their mutual injury.- It eeems that Mrs. Ward, whose husband la In the ] government service at Phlfadelphti was in this section visiting and wet ud. from whom she, about two years ego, at their union, and demanded yen. On the refusal of th< th were %oi Ivt: who had j ng from ie cbild tWmm iTpna. -"?""Strike Riots in Prarce. BjMfi Untied, ? ? . J j a. : 4 .. DrtnottsanaB throw ut 61 St. *## ' ess* W" ten :M?. Th# n m ?*4r They are the Hampton InStU made, from bamboo carry a man. It may be t noiterlng on land or sea, able to haul Jtkl * L*WI d *111 rewra w in be lea Parkes baa showed that in England, while the number of case# of scarlot remained fever per annum stationary death rate la' t m l*#t 4 ty about praetl of what it was in the former period. His ?able* also show that diphtheria has ; increased and that it how e*naes nearly twUaaa many daathi as seaslet fever. while measles and cause more than twl ? . i ii. ?? ifiiti as i*ou?h as many. M-gj Situation Unchanged, . London, By Cable?The Japan !efat|6.n_: attaches 7^^ jmij' v A | S&jP9?U .thwpg at PtagrYaof , , oorea. cr to the alleged concentration J cf f mpaneee forces in thonfllghborlipod M M9HHM ia every re won to t>*?le*f? situation hai not changed ?lnc* last #etkY reawnrlng me&m .wa# expressed that ment cf * special riflff ililtri'tA tt(i TW!r JfcftBt tend to llrott the powei* & * ? Alexfclf.^bo ySauror -'cf-ttwH. _ . SB?| : *llU: s ;BgWES is$mMuy*i?K Father, Crazed With Brink, Stays His v Own Children ARKBlLD AND LOCKED IN JAIL Out of tl?? Mosl l leiidtfch Acta Ev?r Committal la ttte Old North St?t# Buncombe County, AHhevlUe. N. a.Speclal. --Trans formed iftto & xponster after a woaWs' " l5? ITio1 top ttec tor tier rttma;v5 -flitnytir, nn^ Vno o? J?*r owA- j#' shield and pxt>H toft apsipH; St<?oMng little on oa, she t <w?j -*??: m ? plicfii7?