University of South Carolina Libraries
VOLUME XIV CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 15)03 ifyaor livonU of tb? W< IF'iiS : -v ' v 7 :.j ~ * 'i, Special? At a mooting qf of 4ir?^enf of tb# ffemeis | bank, the following ftc a; , the mmlflvd ivh > available records, books, pa and fcccoeuts found in the bank k result of which satisfies the t the AaeW ??? secuj'Ues _^_lent ?veuV*Ally set all Its leaal oblteatlona ?> d to apositors and other credi F view of the serious lnU& lons caused to its bulsnes \ by the raity which has occurred, the lack tbl? tl?no of an available person ? to aasutoe the duties of presl In the further condition exist* that sometime "will be ||ry to convert tho assots into do hereby resolve and 4e -the beet Interest of at, ltgr* under the circumstances to' fc&> assignment of fell the prop and credits of the B. S. Vauxand A. D; Kennedy llnlstered for the equal bene ? ail creditors, according tO law.' resolution was signed by the en t directors and the deed Igggognt executed at once. f plottage Sulla. . Columbia, ?'Special. ? There was an Entirely tie# development id the case """? the dispensary constables not Ion# > In cdxaijBctlon with the Wiotew. rleston. A complalat was attorney general's of i' that Wieters would "sue ich ..constable for tbe aum of .|50C obligation assumed office. Wleters al \t DaterUaa , Hoy, <3rady, Qid ?and Ma* ; on Jftdi Into his establish. It of August 22 last ih pistols and sticks hat he was confined to ' I to have tne attention for some time. The* jr $500 are Also made bondsmen of each con - wlijA himself as prln the third action to" be st these ffifcp lp the *ov ? ? "e United States court ; . 10,000 ? I commenced drtmjnal same sttjn In tbe circuit to? $?inty. The at-. in the caw .. andiOhe iSGUd?3r In the/jjrlml lea w|U, JIlMilSil commerce^ of A?de* of Commerce b* C* mercd of Urd df trade ^pf , . ?>???? ??w J of trade of _l, tbe board of trade!of New iie Piedmont Wbolew&le Pro ton, -the chamber all Charleston, ~~ and: rthe-. Jgbt and transportation: i yesterday filed with the ] petition, tor * on better irelght rates In by and concise, that the tes for the trauaportation its upon the several railroad i within the State of South unreasonable <ind Convicted of Murder. Special.? After a trial of the Jury, after hWng out = flte hour., found Hcnrfclayes <a the murder of hla> wife. ^ n*eo?*ea^he verdict wHh$nf the gave HHH;This interesting case In w T^r-^V." tMwttto New* . ? ttbm Wtoiued In South Caro* cr,:NV v;^r^ MURDER MOST FOUL Merchant Clubbed to Death and Rob bed Near hi# Home. Bamberg, Special.? Thin town waa Shocked and thrown into a state of excitement Thursday night over on? of the boldest aed most high-handed murders that haa ever happened. in thla State, Mr. M. B.*Varn, a prominent mer chant of this place, left hie store on Main street about 0 o'clock to go home. He ijved in the southeastern part of town, on Carlisle street, nearly * mile from the business portion of town, tie did not arrive at his usual hour, so about 9:30 o'clock his wife became alarmed and started out accompanied by one of herllttlesons, to see what was tho matter. .About JOC yards from her house, nearly In front pf the residence or Mr b. P. Harmon, they stumbled over Mr. Varu's body lying on the side walk on his face In a pool of' blotfd, with the whole b%ck of bia head crushed in a ghastly sight, His skull was fractured, be was unconscious and never spoke afterwards. The alarm was, raised, several neigh bors hyrrled to the see *e and the man 8o,.U?d^j3ai*e tP deat> was carrlcd to hbr hqme. . Physicians were h&rttly summoned but nothing fcould be d6ne and be died at 10rl6 o'clock. Ho was hit twice In the back of the head with some heavy biunt Instrument, the nature of which baa not been determined. An axe handle and a heavy piece of iron, a part -of a buggy spring, apparently, were found In the street not very far frOni .lhe b^y."76ur no -blood was on either; * Two men evidently did the killing, | as two dlfTerentMrackS were found at" (Jlfe body, as well Sb on a vacant lot on the street near town where they had sat down in the weeds and watch ed efOr their victim to pass. When he came they followed a short distance until ft favorable opportunity for. striking the fatal bl?w presented Itself. Mr. Varrt usually took his * money home at night in a little sack. He did this Thursday night, counting It out in the presence- of a drum&er, a gentle man from town ahd a negro. This sack was n.is*ing ftom t?e -body. From examination of bis cash book it is supposed to hfive contained in a small pocketffiook In one of hie pockets waa found some sliver ao^A $6 bill, He also had some bHls in an other pocket, which swere not touched, the robbers no doubtXthlnking be had all hM. money In the sack. ~ * waa not gone. ^ Magistrate W, W. Light HI* watch j formed a ?] m . Special.?- There was something asm to a riot among a number ^, nciroes on the. east am out- 1 eHru of th% city lut wee*. For a Utile there wW ? lively howevw. 1 ended innrfl kiriAUtt - ? ? rr ? ?eaMas 01 ?overa! ne-j gro womenv Negroe* j&n In the wooas^ gambling;. M<ifior "11'?ved freely and a Win Brown naa-w-aaotgun between Lthem *ad they fired several times, I vl thou t effect, at Natbaia Lindsay and lia Smith. Lindsay and Smith rati to a house In which were several wo men. Williams and Brown followed into the. house and a general fight en sued. In which ihe women were se verely brqlsed. Wildcat Jnswranoe. A number of s&called '^wildcat'* In surance companies hre fcperating In South Carolina. The comptroller, gen oral. Hon. A. jW. Jon?s, dtatee that sev Leral companies have not paid licensee . to do business within the border* of | South Cavoltne and that he Intendi tp. prosecute the : delinquents. Recently Mr. Jones from farmers and other per "?onap-w? rOttgaouV iiefftaf^iiuiring stability of certain com ibly he has srtrtMS tltt I to IBsnre wtth com pftn|M' p eg his aead VERY FIERCE FIGHT. Critical Sta^e is the Cfatc'age Railway Strike. POLICE USE iim AND PISTOLS* ^ * j .. ? ?> Mob Hid Behind a Fence and Hurled I dionts )|t the Passing Carf ? A Bad Day. Chicago, Special. ? Fierce fighting in which tho police used their clubs tree ly and twice their revolvers, marked the opening of the State street cable line by the Chicago City Railway Mon day. As far as can be ascertained no body was seriously injured, although there were many broken heads among the rioters who came into contact with the clubs of the police. If any mem ber# of the mob were injured by the bullets of the police and non-union men on the cars they were carried off by their friends before the fact was known by others. While the fighting was going on in the streets the usual conferences were In progress and propositions and counter propositions were passing back and forth. Late in. the afternoon It was said by Mayor Harrison, President Mahon, of the street car men, and the attorneys tor both sides, that an agreement had I beln reached, but little definite was known concerning its nature. Late at night car men locked them selves in a room on the eleventh floor of the Ashland block, the company's offices being in a roojp on the ninth floor and the conferences were again In full blast. It was predicted that the Strike wouhf be declared off by tomor row morning, but nothing was given out from elthor meeting was glVOri an assertion certain. The hardest fighting of the day took place at i>orty??| first and State streets, where a mob, biding. behind a fence, stoned the-carS>, which were guarded by officers. The police were over the fence at once and fired Beveral shota over the heart b ? >f the fleeing strikers. Many "Uf'.Ufe mob who were slow of foot; were overtaken bv the jtolice and aoundly rapped with clubs. FeW arrefltjf were made, the offi cer* contenting /themselves with scat* teilng the crowd. Conductor J. P. ? Prenter wat "? in charge of the train which was attacked by the mob. Indicted foiMPeonage. Savannah, Oa., Special.? Charged with having held negroes in a condi tion of servitude and peonage, 28 In- , ntctment^'hisfe; bees returns^ vy. thv .j Federal grtfhff "Jury against seven vfery Prominent citizens of southern Georgia. S'hG names mentioned m tho indict* ] ments are Edward McHee, William McRee. and Frank J. McRee, of Val- , dosta, Ga.; William B. Crawley/ and | ThOmas J. McLelland, of Ware county^ ClsytonB. McLeod and Lester McWil merr eour^ air* for various the: alleged negroes v into peonage and other methods**^ depriving them of their | liberty. TSe persona against w! Uie indict ments have been returned are prominently- eonected, - one of thera-* Btdward WcRee-belng a member of the [ State Legislature. The remaining per | sons included lu^hjindictasnt ^ busings and, ti/sonie lnSmcea^polt [Ite i\ iBtere?e^f- tftjtff ? i ? vp- ? No License for CiovsUad. j Norfolk, Special. ? FVugner Presi dent Cleveland and his gunning J Ifr Princess Anne county, are dec 1 W'be l(able to arrest. A game law re cently paaaed requires a n^n-resWent ] who hUnt? In Virginia to pay 91 tor a license before he shoots game. The, party with: Mr. Cleveland includes Dr. Van Pyke, Professor in Princeton Uni versity j Erncat GlttingB and Andrew D. Jones, of Baltimore and Joseph, Sel linger, of Norfolk, president' of the club. No licenses have been provided, It la stated, hence the distinguished visitors are subject to a fine if they have killed any ducks. But no' ducks bave been sent to Mrs. Cleveland, and the sportsmen may not have been sue rwfflfnf., : :v . .1 W. J Msrlln Acqitl ttcd.o _ Suffolk, Special ?At . the end oLV. six days' triaf at the Isle oT wight) court house, Capt. William J. Martin last-week Was acquitted of murdering George Tucker, an oWLnegro, June 1 last. Juror JogalL Dunston had been sick several days, and this moring too 111 to sit in the bos. Fearing aMa trial in thejfcee of hta protracted illness, the court limited counsel to ens hour a side. The Jury wSs out SO*] minutes. The defense relied On the insanity plea, which was substantiated by Expert Crothers. Martin rewttved the verdLct calmly, and later left for home. There will bono move to war sending him to an Insane hoSplt* Martin sald this aftemoon he never | wpuld touch strong drtilk again. ' ' 'I'-" 1 New Torlt, SpccIaL?A eOft tract was 1 signed Man fay for the execution of S dbfc WOKK Of CONGR?SS Tbe Cuban Bill In tbe fiouae? Goes to tt?e Smt?. i Cuban 3111 Pined b tbe house. Tho House Thursday, by a rising vote o t 336 to 21, pawed th? bill to make effectlvo tho Cuban reciprocity treaty. The dissenting votea were about equally divided between Repub licans and Democrat!, but there wan uo record vote, the minority having too fe\y votea to order the yeaa and aaya. The Ufuocrata, under the lead ership of^riyWtlllams, nought to the last to s^ure amendments to the hill In accordance V with the action of the Democratic caucus, but were defeated steadily, Z:"J* r-r'--' ' Mr. Wiiiiajua 'made the final effort when he tried to have the bill recom mitted to the ways and means commit tee tflth instruetlona to" amend, but a point of order under the apeclal rule, provlndlng for a vote on the bill with* out any Intervening, motion, was sua* tained. j ? Mr. Cannon received th* Applause of the Democratic side wheii he enter tained the appeal from bis ruling, made by Mr. Williams, tlte Speaker Saying he preferred to err. If he erred at all, (n giving the House the right to ex press its will. The uppea^fraa tabled bj a strict party vote. ? In tlis Senate. The Senato held its longest sitting of the session Friday, beginning at nopn and concluding at 3:16 p. m. The entire time w^s consumed in debating A motion to "defer the Cuban reci procity bill to the committee on for eign relations. The political line was sharply drawn in the discussion, the Republicans advocating sucji refer ence, and the Democrats contending that the measure should go to the com1 mlttce on finance. The motion pre vailed with out division. The debate served to bring out some incidental references to the merits of the bill and while ,tt was in progiress Mr. Teller took occasion to correct published reports that hfe has hope of defeating the bill or that he Intends to unduly obstruents consideration. Messrs. Allisdn and Aldrlch an nounced their willingness to Aave the M go to the foreign relations com mittee. But they united in an expres fi!os flt-Cplslss that inch should tor m no precedent for the refers ence of revenue bills in the future. Mr. Allison ,d?Tted that there k was a pur pose1 of revising the tarff by recipro city treaties.' Messrs. Bacon,' of Georgia; Bailey, of Texas, and Money, of Mississippi, on the. Democratic slde> advocated the reference of tixe bill to the committee on finance. - Mr, Bailey said that. there waa quite a probability^ all tariff legislation be ing accomplished by reciprocity trea ties- and it' became important that the finance committed should jjoatwl ^fr. Bacon said this was not an iso lated case and for that reason was im portant. It -was a question he said,, that would largely relate to the .u* turp action of Congress, Mr? Bacon said that as ^ member the commit tee on foreign relit tons he had been the author of t|e provision rsaairtng. ! the ^"approval of .Congress'* on th# treaty, but he said ho HaiOhwtt believed the language to be correctly used* On -the- eoetrary,J>e considered Jtqulte absurd to supposd thIt~"TWfi*l?MI could approve a treaty. ~ I'aama . and Cuba have engaged the attention of the 8enate to the exclusion of all other questions. The Cuban sub ject came up early In the daymen a mo tion? made by Mr. Hale to reconsider th? vote by which the Newlands Joint resolution for the annexation of Cuba was referred to a committee, and aeir eral speeches were made on the motion without disposing of It. The Panama question .came up in conecllon with the announcement of the re-organisation Of the Senate com mittee* reltefffif-Mr. iworgw; twmtir crat, of Alabama, from the chairman ship -of -the -committee on filter- oceanic canals. Before the order went into ef fect lar. Mofgan the floor and his speech proved to*t>e a discussion of the entire canal question with llberat criticisms of ,the President for his course. Mr. Cullom. of Illinois, presented the report of the committee on foreign re lations oh the bill to carry into affect the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The bill went to the calendar. % . Jf I' 1 1 ' ? * ' " " "" PfHkks^ Invited, Washington, Special. ? Benators FOs ter and McKnery and Representative Myers, of Louisiana, called on the 'President and prasente^to him Jprmal invitations from the Governor at tfcoir State ?nd the Louisiana Purchase So ciety. to attend the ceremonlea Inci dent to the celebration of the centen nial .of the transfer to the t7nlted States: of the* Louisiana prttefcaee. MAKING PROGRESS Work B?Jnj Done By Colonies REPORT MADE BY COL, EDWARDS H? Says Ttoess UlanJa Wilt Mnkt ? Most Interesting Showing at th? St. Louis Exposition. Washington, Spcelal.? The develop meat of the Philippine Islands during the past year, together with a review of pending questions of Importance in relation to the archipelago, la contain ed in the annual report of Colonol Clarence R. _ Edwards, chief of -the bureau^olF'fusular affairs of the War Department, made public Sunday. The ft'/oomplUhment of groatest Importance U the islands during the year has been tne successful launching of the new fiscal system. By January l, next, the new system will be in complete opera tion.* The new circulating .medium consists of 18,000,000 pesos and frac tional silver coins and 10,000,000 pesos In paper money. To establish the i*rw system and purchase ' the silver rbcj coinage issues of bonds were made or I3.000.0W each," both of ^Jiich were 'sold at a premium. The proceeds of the sale of theBe bonds were deposlte ? and drew interest at the rate of pvr cent, so that the government ^actually mad* money by going into debt. Colonel Edwards emphasizes the ne cessity of ft reduction of the Dlngley tariff rates for tho encouragement of trade between the United -States and the Philippines. There is an active de sire on the part of Philippine commer cial interests, he Bays, for tariff con cessions, 'and tho report states that the same desire also has been evinced by tho same Interests In this country. The chief exports of the islands A.* the United States are sugar* tobacco, hemp and coffee. The latter two ciwmo^. ties already are on the free list. T^e education of Iflliptno youths iu the country for the purpose of making them the future teachers "of the natlvq schoolB of tho Islands has begun undor an act passed last summer -by the ?1?V sular government. Nlnety-elg^t youtf Filipinos are now on their way to this country for .that purflpse. They will attend the grammar schools of south ern California during the winter and in the spring he distributed through the . Middie-west and Eastern portion of the United States for further instruction. Ccrtoafl BJdwards optimistically pre Philippine exhibit jft the St. 1 jouIs ExpoaTtlofi will b5 the tex ture of that show. 3!hsfe are to be something Uke 1,200 Fftipino partici pants, and every phase of native indus try and domestic lifo In the inlands is to be represented. er. v presa^ot Colombia continues to severely crltl clxs and deooaoce the-Asaet4oangoy? for its action m isthmian and the recognition of the ?llc of Paiaama. This is shown in a dispatch received at the State De~ psrtmeat, lat? last night, from Minis ter Beaupre, at Bogota. President Roosevelt, the Unftsd States Congress and the American people are the tar [inta Of violent denunciation. The min v dispatch" makes no rOffifence as 'ntlme -woen: h?s - i<* on the leave oj absence granted 33epartm?pt. No un iness Is felt by the Department for I the minister's personal safety. Boston, Special ? A majorityoof the cotton mills of New England will be operated under a wage achedule ap proximately io per cent, leas than has been In elfe? t of two years. In the city of Fall River alonC.' 30.000 opera* three will he affected- end in the State of Rhode Island not leas than 20.000. At dther points in Massachusetts. Con necticut and New Hampshire, the ag gregate of employee whose wages will he. reduced will he several thqpsand. At other cotton mill centers a reduc tion will take effect a w$ek later. Disastrous Storms 7 11 Berlin, By Cable.? Comtnnnicatlon by telegraph, particularly west of Hati ?Ver, has been lnterruplSd~Byfirgei eral* storm. All of western Europe is at present only Indirectly connected with Berlin. At Frankfort-on-the-Maln all street caw traffic has been stopped and trees have been uprooted. A new four story. building with the sin-rounding scaffolding, has been demolished at Chemnitx, A tug safek at Emdcn. ofce man being drowned. Several lighters pwere mk on the river Ems and it is believed that numerous livc^have been lost. Seven passengers wrfe seri ously IhXur^dhy. the derailing of a train at r^imbertoa, Special.?1 The elegau. residence of m J. A. "McAllister ws? destroyed by fire Saturday night. The * Tof- Ike-' fire was-*. defective i flue. When discovered, about roof ef the Wtohenwa* which ii^dlyjoyreafjto tfrr " ot the how work of the ftps company. ] JamA22 nbrtion of His APPALLING ACCIDENT TorrtbU L?fi of LKl ll R?llw?y Ac?t ii) dent ia Illinois. Psorls.lll., Special.? Tbirty-one moo were killed, and at least 15 Injured, in It head-end collision between a freight train and a work trajn on the Big Four Railroad between Mackinaw and Tre mont Thursday afternoon. Bodies pf 2? of the victims have been taken Irom the wreck, which la plied 89 feet high on the tracks. Five bodlos yet remain burled under tbs hugo pile of broken Umber, twisted and distorted irou and Steel. On a bank at the side of Ihe track* lie tbo bodies of the victims, cut, bruis ed and mangled In, a. horrible manner. 80 far only 12 have been Identified, the remaining bodlea being unrecofcntfcabte, ev<5R by those who knew them, and are aware of the fact that they are amon$ the dead. All the dead and most of the Injured were mem here of the work train, the crews on both engines jumping In fame to gave their lives. The collision occur red In a deep cut at the beglnnlg of a sbarp curve, neither train belug visible to the crew of the other until they were wlthlh CO feet of each other. The en gineers set the brakes, sounded the whistles aud then leaped from their N^abs, the two trains striking with uich f6?ce that the sound was heard forl^ar eral miles. A second after the collision the boiler of the work trSln engine ex J>!?de4#Jh rowing lxeayy Iron bars and splinters of wood 200 feot. Federation of tabor. - n oh ton , s p?H ti 1 . ? The American Fed eration of Labor disposed summarily of the "open shop0 issue as raised in the case ol William A. Miller, now em* ployed in the Government Printing Of flco at Washington, and tho* Miller caaq j itself, by unanimously declaring in fav or of the unioft abop In government, as well aa private,^ enterprises, and by pe titioning President Roosevelt to re examine the evidence ^offered against Miller, and if verified, remove Mftle* from the service. Although the reso lution adopted presented the Federa tion's views on both "open shop" and the Mlllor case, tip issues are kept en tirely distinct. TMie rc-examinatlon of the Miller case la not ^quested bo case Miller Is a npn-unlonlst, a cir cumstance formely urged, as a reason fer hja.rAmnvgl bllt bSCauSS thS FSd er a Uon l>el ie ves MUler ""la totally unfit" to be in charge, of working people." The Miller resolutions declare that "Miller bas bwm proyed in affidavit and court recodrs to be a btgamlet, per jurer, defaulter and one totally unfit to be la ehaj-ge of Wprtfag pSOPle." ThSt hrttrvioiated avn ttnu mand dismissal, and that hia retention In government employ la a menace "to production 9f creditable work because of dissatisfaction with his methods aa foreman/: ?t.. r-i. ? *?'*,? ? ?i >i s i i in emu ? rrrr^T Tfcr.? Ktlt.d Ky mgUOit. Kalkmka, Mteb.. Special By ?a ? ?k?Moa oi dyassUt* in a bum's;; stoi*~ at Sharonr near hever three men wersr killed and fourth so severely Injured that "hp m*y die. The fire oroglnated in a general store* it is supposed* from .sa overheated stove. The . blaze spread.. WekTy and in the exeltem?it"gt the moment, every one forgot a qaa&tity of dynamite stored in the btalMlng. Reciprocity Bflt Washington* Sp^iaJ. ? Representa tive "Williams, or Mississippi, lnttp duced a bill reducing by 20 per cent the duties on sll articles being the growth or product of such -entries as do now* or may hereafter, admit na tural products of the United States to their market free of Import duties. rrsa Hurrying dan Boat to Cotoa. Washington* Special ?Orders have , been... issued at the Hm Department | for the preparation for sea service at konce of the gun-boat Bancroft at Pen saeola and the gun-boat Castine at the League (aland navy yard. The first of these boats in readlneaa will be dis patched to Coloifaad the other to duty in the waters of Hs*tl mI Jm Domin go. It wfft the Ksvy Jin psrtment from the Norfolk navy ysrd that the cruiser Olympls will be *sady-' for sea about December ft. It Is la-* tended that she shall proceed at oaee to ^ Colon as Admiral Coghlan'e fiSr . .|M twb M e? KtlU* Roanoke. Ym Special, irers killed andanotfcer ' not fatally lajorad, la 1 talon between two 'ttmtc. '0m SERIOUS CHARGES ?? ( ? ?.?. M ? Preferred Af linst Gen. Leoaird Wosd By Subordinate^ . MAJOR RATU60NE MAS HEARING, H? Saya General Wood, Willi* Oov ernor ol Cuba, Accepted Money Prom (tamblm s. Ruth bono filed specific written '.harg^jvtth the committee. He al oged ttfftpen. Wood, while military .ovornor of Cuba, had accepted money .rom the Jai Alal, whiehWMb he Mid, A gambling concern, and atusorted that he had made a personal f r'tend and boon companion of an ex-convict. He ??Ibo charged him with giving instruct lions of an entirely unconstitutional and un-American character to tbe courts. / He also charged General Wood wltb auth^ydng the use of ex*parte deposi tions inllhMjostal cases, a proceeding which he asserted is contrary to law qad the prlqcfple of law, and in this Cfase contrary to instructions given by the Secretary of War. Major Rathbono charged that in ac cepting gifts from the organisation commonly known as Jai> Alal, 1? which Major Rpthboho said General Wood! ; had grante d a ten ytfifr wmjtm con cession. General Wood violated the Forager law, which prohibited the $ granting of franchises or concession*. Other charges were made against General Mrood, as follows? 'J-*' With complicity with another army i officer In the preparation and public*. . tio.n of an article reflecting < discredit ably upon an officer wJhSiwkad Vodk^'Z of them, in violation of. an aoeept#d canon:df "military service, and toting an offense comiR<fciy Irojhrp a? "conduct unbecoming an officer and ? gentletn'an." , W1& directing and caustpgth* jaw in the . treat?eai--oi?*^ -..:. counts. ?*. With uUltting t convict In an effort to ( pwlor omcer. ?n# *6y: weur. to falmwlC th? created. I Major Jtathbca* otto Wmx govern went' ? new Ropul der stood that ahape a? to extended. Washington, Specia SLfs 'UP. y>r r^JWjPCTTBT National Bank, of Hei been closed by dinetl trbller of the Cu?#n< bank .^eauttftiS pointed temportw re? capital 1b 160,^0. d loans andtdtacotrattr $26,022, cash on haad I Prot Bas*ett Raleigh. N. C.. Sjm 0Mt?'.90Cupjinv tnrrt TrtBttr tritirtnutrf ? JlWZ