The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 01, 1904, Image 1
VOLUME XV.
CAMDEN, S. ()., FRIDAY. Al'Ulftt. mot.
NO. VI.
TUMOR IS ST11I C1BR
Another Attempt On Port Arthur
Tailed Signally
JAPANESE MADE BOLD ATTACK
Hie Russian Gun* Repelled (he War
Vessels I ron) the FocU and Die
Harbor Remain* Open.
^Ll:^hVy Cable? An official
dispatch from port Arthur to tho Bm
nior?iiJMlJX U!at ut 1 ?'cloc'k Monday
r oil, i 1 tholUu88U* searchlights dis
iilauTn ? rirn gt) merchant steamers
mimmH ?r? 0 eut,ance to the harbor.
H5 n y hlx torl>cdo boats. A
e was ?l)fined on tflem by the
batteries and some warships.
v.v i'!' l?' ',ua^ Stllnl, commanded
IiiopVi, lt.enaut Krinizkl, turned* the
merchant vessels from their course by
ihonUi i"f th? prow of the and
en boldly attacked the enemy's tor
pedo boat* in tbo fierco fight which
fhl hmi ? Engineer Swyereff, of
on i A ' an(1 slx marines were killed
and the commander and twelve men
were wounded.
The Japanese plan to block the en- 1
tance to Port Arthur was frustrated,
oowover and tho channel is still clear
ViC;e Adinira' Makaroff, command-'
* i Russian naval forces at Fort
Arthur, has Bent the following tele
gram to the Kmperor:
o mos^ 'nimbly to report that
at i o clock this morning the enemy
made a necond attempt to block the
entrance to the inner roadstead. For
tnis purpose they dispatched four
laige merchant steamers, convoyed by
six torpedo boats to the entrance. Tne
enemy's ships wefe promptly discov-l
ered^jby the searchlights and were
bombarded by the batteries and by the
guardshlps. Fearing the enemy's
P8. mi?ht break through Lieut.
Krinlzlcl, commanding the guard tor
pedo boat Stilni, attacked the enemy
nnd destroyed the bow of the foremost
Japanese steamer with a torpedo. Tills
steamer turned to the right and was
followed by two others, with tho result
that the tllVCo Wele stranded iu the""
right of the entrance. A fourth steam
er w-ent to the right of tho enemy's
Hhips and likewise sank to the side
of the fairway. The Stilni then bat
tled with the enemy's six torpedo
boats. Engineer Artificer SweyerefT
and six seamen were killed and tho
commander and twelve seamen were
wounded. At daybreak the enemy's
battcship and cruiser ^squad^ons ap
peared ,und 1 proceeded with the fleet
under my charge to meet the enemy.
Tho second attempt of the Japanese
to block the entrance to Fort Arthur
has failed, thanks to the energetic de
fence by the sea and land forces, who
acted as they did during tho first at
tempt. Tlie hnrttbr remains perfectly
clear," <
Tbo following official dispatch has
been received from Gen. Smirnoff: 1
"Port Arthur, March 27. ? Last
night, after moon-rise, the Japanese
attempted to block the entrance to the
harbor. Four fire ships were sent to
ward theport convoyed by a torpedo
flotilla. Toward 2: 15 ft. m. the ap
proach of the enemy's ships were per
ceived b/ thd,guardshli>s and batteries
which simultaneously opened upon
them heavily, The fire Bhips were
preceded by torpedo boats, followed at
a considerable distance by larger
whips, which opened on tho forts sup
porting the action of the fire ships and
the torpedo boats. Owing to the
heaviness of our artillery lire and the
boldness of* our torpedo boats, the
fir? ships did not reach tbo entrance
to tho harbor. Two of them grounded
on a reef under Golden Hill, another
sank behind the first turn of land,
struck by a torpedo from one of our
l?oats,. and tho fourth sank, its bows
touching a Japanese steamer sunk In
the previous attempt off Majatchnaja
Gorda. The entrance to the harbor r(^|
mains fclear,
"A HotchKlea one-inch calibre quick
firer was found aboard one of tho
sunken steamers from which a fire
had been kept on our torpedo boats.
A boat left each of- the sunken ships,
carrying their crews. One of these Is
believed to have been picked up. To
ward 4 oc'lock a. m. the enemy's tor
pedo boats retired and the bombard- 1
Preached on Mars Hill.
Athens, By Cable.? Rev. John Potts,
?i Toronto, Ontario, preached on tbo
Hill of Mars Suftlay to the delegates to
TJi?-Worta*s~STrn day srhdoFcon ven Mon.
The ministers and delegates repeated
Bt. Paul's, address -to the Athenians.
All the members of the party from
the United States are well and will
proceed to Jerusalem, where the meet
ing of the convention will be held.
May I-*** Two Year*.
Paris, Special.^? The Matin's Harbin
correspondent1 says a rumor Is being
circulated there the effect that the
war will last two ycnis and that It will
not really Lcjfin before September, the
rains making July and August unfavor
able for military operations. Despite
-fib Inn 'a neutrality, the
correspondent contlniii*. *~GeneraT Ma
is advancing to M&ichurla. If thfa
movement is combined vith the Japa
nr's^' oft rations the Russians will be
obliged to act against General Ma. who
continues to move northward, although
the Pekin government, it Is under
stood. has orderodfhim to retire."
Rumor Unfounded.
Tien Tsin, By Cable.? It is learned
updn reliable official authority that
, tho rumors of disaffection and mutiny
nmongut the Chinese Imperial troops
on the border, which have been cur
-luut (for aav?ral dayl, are absolutely
wnXou nrfed. Col. Mueatha, of Viceroy
Yuan Chi Kal's staff. who waa sect to
Port ArHnrr tea dajra ago to remove
Che Cblneee from that city, returned
to T**rW? , Saturday, having aatia
X terminated bis refuga ?ta~
rncnt ceased. Vice Admiral Makaroff
at onto proceeded in a steam launch
U> inspect the enemy's sunken steam
ofh. The enemy's torpedo lioats re
appeared at 5 o'clock this morning.
They were lighted south of Port Ar
thur, and the batteries re-opened on
them. Toward G o'clock the enemy's
squadron appeared on the horizon, and
ours steamed out to meet It. At fi:30
the batteries opened lire. The ship's
batteries soon ceased, the Japanese
drawing off to the southeast, evidently
declining* f\n engagement. At 10
o'clock they disappeared below the
horizon." . r ?
A further telegram to the Emperor
from Vice Admiral Makaroff says:
"I respectfully report that the eno
my having withdrawn I returned to
the harbor with the fleet,
"The torpedo boat destroyer 8tilnl,
which stranded on the reef in conse
quence of damage caused to her en
gines by one of the enemy's shells,
was floated during the course of the
night and entered tho harbor, thanks
to the energies of her crew. Her com
mander, Lieut. Krlnizki. who was
slightly wounded lu the arm, did not
quit his post.
"On tho flreships were infernal ma
chines, the wires connecting with
which were cut by Lieut. Kedroff and
Ensign Pllsoudsky of the Irregulars
whom I dispatched on the tack. They
boarded one of the steamers as soon
as It stopped, cut tho electric wire and
extinguished the fire which would
have lit up the entrance of the harbor
to tho enemy in the roadstead.
"In the morning a floating mine was
found bearing an infernal machine,
but the latter was successfully remov
ed.
"The inspection made showed that
the steamers utilized as fire ships
were not old. They were each of about
2.000 tons and they were armed with
light calibre guns."
Tho Japanese practically repeated
the tactics of February 24, by sending
in four fire ships, preceded by a tor
pedo boat flotilla, with the exception
that the lire ships this time were arm
ed with Ilotchkiss guns for the pur
pose of keeping off the Russian tor
pedo boat destroyers.?
The enemy's attempt was discover
ed by means of tho shorn searchlights
and a heavy flre was opened from tho
batteries and f/o m two gunboata#
which were guarding the entran?? to
the habor. The Russian torpedo beat
destroyer Stiini was outside on scout
ing duty, and to the dash and nerve
oi' hor commander, Liput. Krinlzkl,
is chiefly due the complete defeat of
the plans of the Japanese. Ho at
onco made straight for tho oncoming
ships under a hail of flre from tho
Ilotchkiss guns, and torpedoed tho
leading sh'p, which sheered off, fol
lowed by the others, threo of them
being piled up on tho shore under
uoiden Hill and one under tho light*
house, Stllni then engagod the entiro
fcjx torpddoa boats of the enemy, com
ing out from a terrific fight, with sev
en killed and her commander and
twelve of her complement wounded,
but on the Japanese side only one
boat's crew were saved. In addition,
according to unofficial reports, It- la
believed that tho Japanese lost two
torpedo boats.
?^ThoXjapanese cruisers which sup
ported tlfjr attack exchanged shots
with the batterioo and then drew off,
after which Vice Admiral Makaroff
took a steam launch and examined
the firo ships. An hour later the Jap
anese torpedo flotilla, followed by
Vico Admiral Togo's iloet, sailed out
to engago tho enemy, but after tho
shi^a and batteries had fired a few
long-distance shots, Vice Admiral To
go dechied to declino the issue, and
disappeared to the southward.
Tho conviction continues to grow
here that the Japanese may have con
cluded that it would be inadvisablo
to make a direct frontal attack on
Manchuria from Korea against the
whole Russian army, and that it will
bo neoesary to land a flanking column
in the Gulf of Llao Tung to divide
the attention of the Russians, and if
possible to seize the railroad and cut
off Port Arthur. The groupd above
New Chwang Is perfectly familiar
to tho Japanese, who occupied it for
a yoar during the Chino-Japanese war
rirx. Davis III.
Atlantic City, N. J., Special. ? Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, widow of tho Presi
dent of the Southern Confederacy, who
came hero from New York after an Ill
ness, was last night stricken at her
hotel with an> attack of acute indiges
tion. Through her remarkable vitality
she rallied and no apprehension is now
'texpreesed for her rapid recovery.
r
Somebody Yelled Fire,
New Haven, Conn., Special. ? A pan
to occurred at the morning service In
St. Michael's Italian church Sunday, in
which almost a score of persons wore
Injured. Four of tho most seriously ln
jiued, two women and two children,
.were taken to the Haven Hospital.
Somo one in tho congregation shouted
"Fire," during a prsyer, and lmmedl
ately the worshipers arose and rushed
for the door at the Tfar of the church,
the only exit. The poilde and members
of the church have made an investiga
tion, but so reason far anyone giving
an alarm of ftra has been discovered.
B, ?' 1 1 -? ? 1 1 ? '
Cut tils Throat.
Buchanan, Ga., Special. ? Immediate
ly after telling hli twelve-year-old
daughter to leave the room, S. 3. Bry
ant killed himself at the house of 8.
J? l*nd here Sunday by cutting bte
throat from ear to ear with a razor
he had just sharpened for the purpose,
depression over bad health la the
cause Assigned for the deed. His
daughter is "the only child and his wife
to 4tmL. ' ' . ' - ? " . i;
u'?he $hvce 2W;mjs at ?hfist'a ?omb."
(After the painting by o, Spangonborg.)
LEGEND of the 1
EASTER LILY
O flower lias beeu more hon
ored in Hong ami story than
the imperial lily. Itn purity
and stately bearing have
caiiml It to ltd. chasuu a.s
the symbol of divinity and
the bad go of kings.
g 1 Although In this country
> , we understand by the word
*lily tliu lily of the valley, the stately
eulla, or the wonderful barrixii, ol
easter - lily, these are only tliree
varieties of a very great family,
members of whieli are found in
all quarter* of.Jife earth. Kverywhere
the lily lias been honored and held a
sacred flower, whe"her bjVthe banks
of the storied Nile "or (Tonnes, where,
us the lotus, it received honors little
short of those accorded to defty, or in
heathen (Jreece, where It was conse
crated to Juno, the f.potless yet Imper
ious Queen of Olympus; or later hi
Christian countries, where the flower
was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. No
great urtlst, when he painted the Holy
Mother, over forgot to place near her
the flower that was the symbol of her
heavenly rank^ It Ik also In art the
symbol of saints, martyrs and an
gels.
Tl?e Easter Illy U a native of the
east. Those now cultivated lw. Bermu
da, and popularly known as the Ber
muda lily, were originally Imparted
there from Japan for commercial pur
poses. The Illy played an Important
part la Chinese history J000 years ago.
It happened that the Flowery King
dom wan ruled by the Emperor Chow,
a monarch universally feared and hat
ed. No one could depend on his favor,
and at last his best, friend, the Prime
Minister, Li Chung, befcan to tremble
for his life. ? *
Knowing well the bloodthirsty na
ture of tho Emperor, I>1 Chung devised
a clever scheme to escape from his
power.
One day when he fancied that the
Emperor was in a favorable mood, he
beached the plan. It was tli(\t 100 of
the strongest young men and 100 of
the most beautiful maidens should be
sent with him on board ship to an Isl
and in the sea, which he said had been
revealed to him in a dream by tho
gods. There, for the welfare of China
(and its condition could not have been
much worse) these people were to be
sacrificed to the delUeS for the benefit
of their native country^ There was
a sanguinary touch About the plan
that particularly recommended it to
the bloodthirsty mind of wicked old
Chow, And he immediately gave Cheer
ful assent to the project, even showed
his interest by throwing in a royal
prince and princess or two as special
tidbits for the gory banquet of the
god a.
The ship in which Li Chung and his
hundred young men and maidens
sailed was the very finest that China
afforded. The larder was filled, wit It
dainties .and every provision was 'made
that the victims sitoufira* Kept in nrsx
class condition until the time for the
sacrifice. The first torn torn mtftlcians
in the kingdom were loaned for the
voyage to charm tha ears .of the- pa*,
seogers with sweet sounds. But in
vain the artists tried their most pleas
ing compositions; nobody wotold sing
or dauce, whllectbe prevalence of red
eyes indicated that a good deal of
weeping was going on.
When they were far from China,
however, Li Chung took the passen
gers Into his confidence. He had not
Intended to kill them at all; instead
they were going to the most beautiful.
Ma lid In the world, wbefe thejr would
sett lo and where they would live hap
pily cvor after, far from the power of
the wicked Chow. %
This island win Japan, and here they
did settle. But they bad brought wl{b
them great quantltlet^of lily- bnlbs as
food. Nobody bad been able to eat
much on shipboard, and quantities of
these bulbs were left over. Thar were
planted, and to the balmy climate of
. t
Uio Flowery Kingdom they attained ?
bounty unknown in China.
Years later some Kuropenus. discov
ering the beauty of this (lower, iin
ported it into their own countries and
called it the I. Ilium louuilloruiu. Hut
as an American named Harris was
practically the first to discover the
flower and make It popular in two con
tinents it is nyw called the Llllum liar
.risil.? Kthel Knox.
What's In an ogg? Every thing at
this season, especially chickens. Itab
bits, (lucks, bears, deer, pigs, elephants
and other birds and beasts share the
privilege, not to mention whole regi
ments of tin soldiers.
A little chick silting on a chair
conies as low as ten cents. Another
baby chicken sits on a nest of egps.
Xo doubt it assists its mamma. Still
another is blithely enjoying Itself In a
swlrig.
, A rabbit In a Mother Hubbard 1?
very quaint. Other rabbits draw carfi
and one climbs a pole. Another dwell*
In a lettuce head.
Coops and pens ih-e among "the lat
est." and range from twenty-five cents
to $1. They are fenced, with &?> gate*,
and in some Instances with, A house,
?nd eontafn-ehlekens, sheep or bunnies.
Eight cockatoos on a branch are new.
Their Easter message Is obscure.
A little quail made of real feathers
Is to be had for a dime.
Uncle Saw on a rabbit ft new.
A lovely white eiderdown bunny At
$1.50 has his ears lined with pink silk.
0?e of the new candy boxes shows
a couple of stuffed kittens on the cover.
.Every sort of animal figures In some
v?of or other, and most of thero bavs
a weakness for motoring.
Cotton birds are very attractive.
They are made from whlto cotton, with
a'ltttle color laid on where necessary.
Tho chicks, ducks and storks are very
well done. You simply raise their
wlflg to get* at the candy Inside. It's
not a bad Idea to put a, Uuy bisque
baby .under the stork's wing Instead
of edible sweets.
THE PENSION BOARD
Acted Upon Atnny Appl'citioni cud
kcjfcted a Number,
Tho State Pension Hoard, nfter a
four days' session, has adjourned,
having disposed finally of nil pension
matters before It. Tho HourJ issued
the following statement last Satur
day:
"A great number of applications
were disapproved on account, of the
careless manner In which tho papers
wore prepared by the pension com
mlsptoneru and county hoards in cer
ium counties, and t li ??I r being im
properly filled out. hats resulted In tho
dUupprovql of thosn who may huve
boon meritorious and otherwise would
have been approved by tho board
Thin is particularly the cuse in the
wounded classes, t he pity hU lam *\)f
many of the hoards falling t<t give
definite descriptions cf tho wounds
and diseases of tho applicants. I'n
less the applications are entirely and
properly filled out, the State board
c^nuot pass them, although they are
In full sympathy with the needy Con-{
federate veteran and widow, who in
many instances are the victims of
this careless and Irregular work.
"The clerk of tho State pension
hoard bun boon Instructed to return
al applications that may coma in from
the various counties, a* they goner
ally do up to the day of payment, as
neither tho clerk nor the comptroller
general, who is ex-ofllclo member of
the board, nor any single member of
the board, has any right to add these
applications lo tho approved list. It
Is earnestly hoped therefore that the
pension department will not lip the
recipient of the usual belated tjw'Pli
CHtions and appeal:; for correct tons
of errors on which' tho applicants
were disapproved, for as btated above,
(he work of the State pension board
of 1904, with the exception of approv-(
lug the payrolls for the clerks or the'
court, is entirely /lushed."
Si Is impossible to say when tho
pension fund will be disbursed, or
there is a largo amount of clerical
work to be done before sending out
tho money. Every energy will he
used to pay It cut a little earlier than
last year, which was tho 2Sth of
April. ,
Owing to the Illness of Dr. P. B,
(Jrifttn, physician rrf the board, l>r.
William Weston, of tho Richland
county board, acted as his substitute.
The Summer School,
A special front Columbia says:
"On his return Saturday from a
conference with President Johnson,
at W'nthrop College, Hon. O. D. Mar
tin, State superintendent of educa
tion. announced that the date for tho
opening of the summer school had
been definitely finally and firmly fi*o?l
for the 29th of June. This 1b the
date which was fixed upon, but It was
thought last week that this would
have to be changed, as It wub deBired
to paint tho buildings this summer,
Inside and out.
"As a result of Mr. Martin's confer*
ence with Mr. Jolrnson, the latter has
written Presldont Ogden, of the Con
ference for Rducatio^ln the South-??
who Is to bring a party of 80 members
of the Conference to Wlnthrop on
the 22d of April on their way to the
Birmingham convention ? urging him
to have his special car stop over in
Columbia. Mr. Ogdon had not ? ad
vised what route the special would
take, to Birmingham, and Mr. John
son does not know whether the Inten
tion is that the special will run down
to Wlnthrop over the Southern from
Charlotte and resume the main llue
at Charlotte or Blacksburg, or wheth-*
er It Is Jntendod to pass through Col
umbia anyway. ' U Is possible- also
that the train might come over the
Seaboard, running up to Rock Hut
via the Southern to Chester. In any
event it U thought the jjarty t? m not
be able to spare more>>than a co&plo
of hours to Columbia, ft It Is to reach
Birmingham In time. The Columbia
Chamber of Commerce, which has
extended the conference an Invitation
to hold Its 1905 convention In Col
umbia, will be represented at the
Wlnthrop gathering.
Ha* riany Candidate*.
Walhalla, Special. ? In tho matte.*
of early anouncement of candidates.
Oconee seems to bo in the very front.
Already tfoero aro.tw.Q out for the
State Senate; two for nhorlfT, throe
for county treasurer, and one for cor
oner. There are many others to fol
low. and the interest will not bo al
lowed to wane till after th? second
primary.
Suelng For Back Taxes.
The attorney general has been no
tified that eight Charleston building
and loan associations have entered
suit against the Slate for back taxes
paid In. Tho complaint has not yet
been received .^bift It is thought rtiat
the companies make the ground that
their capital stock should not be lia
ble to taxation. A bill to exempt
this atock wan Introduced In the leg
islature during the last fission, but.
failed of passage, being klled in the
Senate after some debate. The pom
panlea entering suit are the 'Oak.
Mercantile, Globe. Atlas, Wood Burn.
Hibernian, Rqval ami Shamrock.
They are represented by Mordecal
and Gladsen.
5t?fe News.
The Governor last week, upon rec
ommendation, pardoned Zip Gist, of
Spartanburg, convicted of larceny of
live stock and sentenced to ono year.
The negro ia 76 years old, and the sol
icitor thought he had been punished
enough.
The sentence of Arthur Laodholt.
convicted la Bambery county of man
slaughter ^Ja 1900 and sentenced to
four year*, wa a commuted to three
years and three months, on the roc
ommeedatloo of tho judge and solici
tor. . --r,..--- .
THE WFAltlElt CONDITIONS
Report Olvcn Out l<y the Section '
D'rcctor.
Section Director liauor's February
report dealing with the progress of
farin work ovor th<? Slain and giving
tho climatology for tho month camo
In lust week. Tho jo reports, which
are made o-.it some two week* after
I ho expiration of tho month, are
pi luted in Italotgh and always get to
Columbia Into, However, tho reports j
always contain Borne facts of general ;
Interest to those whoso business is
affected |>y weather conditions. Tho
February report sayj,:
1 ho month vva? colder ^tlian usual,
with night temperatures below fret-K
ing over tho western parts of tho
State, most of the time, but It was
wann enough Clearly every day to
thaw the ground, ?This altornato
thawing and froozing was detrimental
.to winter/ grains on wet lands. In
?^k?o?tral and eastern counties thore
w<iri??yw- ground freezes, and grains
tWCr0^8L Injured by 'heaving.' Tho
temper ffTTIro was generally too low
for grain crops to make any growth,
except along tho immediate coast!
where a slight growth njudo an lit)'
provement in the appearance of win
ter oats and In truck, both of which
are In good condition.
Tho precipitation Was Hlightly be
low normal, but. it wfin vcrv evenly
distributed oyer the Stale, and the
ground was kept moist/ by frequent
rains, especially from tho sixth to
th\ eleventh, and from the nine
ti'OnUk to ?ho I went y-seeond. Kess
g< merar >(niiH occurred on the first,
tho f)ftft?nnb and tho twenty-seventh.
A portion of the precipitation was in
the form - of sleet, on the tenth and
olevenih and ou the twonty-tlrst. and
Home snow fell on these days, but not
enough for tho protection of winter
grains, as the snow generally molte:!
an it fell.
"Tho soil was kept in fairly good
condition for ploughing In the east
ei n parts of the State, where good
progress was made In tho preparation
of lands for spring planting, but it
was generally too wet ovor the wob
tern parts, whem Vf?ry lit to plough
lug was accomplished, although about
I he usual area, of uplanda was pre
pared for early planting. Rome gard
ening was done, but. tho temperature
uniformly too low for the favora
ble germination of sepd*. f
"A large ucrmgo offspring oats was
sown during the month, and somo
fields of oatu that wore winter-killed
were re-sown. Tobajjco boAf wero
burnt over and se&ied, but leas at
tention was given -to this work than
during the last few years. Pcaoh
and plum trees began to bloom in
tho extreme southeastern counties
by tho end of tho month. &ome
pooch buds wore killed by the sleet
and Ice of the elovonth, but tVo ex
tent of the damage was apparently
"light and limited to early blooming
vrieties. Fruit trees were backward,
and buds showed no perceptible
swelling in tho central and woatern
counties.
"Temporatur??The mean tempera
ture for February, 1904, was 45.2 de
grees, whlah lfl g.g dvgrnes hflltW nnr.
mal. The highest local mean was
r.0.8 dogroos at Beaufort, the lowest
37.6 degrees at Oroenvlllo. The high
est maximum was 86, degrees at Flor
ence on the 7th, the lowest minimum
was 15 degrees at Clemson College
on the 2d, making the State range 71
degree*. The greatest local monthly
range was 66 degrees at Clemson Col
lege, tho |east was 48 degree* .'at
Charleston and Wlnnsboro. Tho
mean of the daity^axiinunj toiupem
tures was 54.7 degrees, of the dally
minimum temperatures 8B.6 degrees,
making tho average daily-range 19.1
degrees.
"Precipitation, in Inches? The av
erage precipitation was 3.59 inches,
which is 0,91 below normal. The
greatest local x amount was 6.36 at
Walterboro, thfc least was 1.95 aP'Al
lendale. The greatest 24 hour f&U
was 2.11 Inches at Beaufort on the
9th. The average number of days
with 0.01, or moro, precipitation, was
9, ranging from 3 at Allendale and
Florence to 18 at Camden, Cheraw,
(2) and Newberry. IOxcessive precip- i
itation, none. * J
Famous Cane Moved Again.
The new famous case of the State vs,
R. W. McThtniel has been remanded to
the circuit court of Lexington county
for u new trial. The case has now be
come very wglFltiiown In "South Card
Una and the opinion of tho Supremo
Court 1* quite Interesting in this eon
ncctlon. McDfnlel killed Lee Neece,
th? town mnrqfcal of Swansea, Christ
mas eve, 1002, and was tried for his
life in January, 1909, before Judge
Klugh. The ji)ry found McDaniel guil
ty cf murder, "with, however, a recom
mendation to mercy. The sentence Im
posed was life imprisonment. The
defendant appealed to the Supreme
Cou?t and pending the apepat applied
to the Supreme Court for leave to move
in the Circuit Court for a new trial on
tho ground of after-discovered nvl?
dence. This application failed by rea
son of -an eqnal division of opinion
among the four juftices of the 8upreme
Court? though no formal opinion was
delivered so as to show how the Jus
tices stood on th* question.
The appeal was then heard in the
Supreme Court and the sentence was
affirmed? Mr. Justice Jones delivering
the opinion and all the] other justices
concurring. Judge Rraest Gary S at In
Place of Justice Eugene Gary, who was
111 gt the time.
Thereupon the prisoner through hH
counsel moved for a re-hearlng In the
Supreme Court, on the ground that the
court had overlooked an Important i
principle of the lav. to the defendant's
disadvantage. After d?a deliberation
the court granted tjie re-heartng.
- The case cam* up again at the last
November term of the Supreme Court,
aad ws? then folly argued? with the
granted.
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PALMETTO POINTS
GIVEN IN BRIEF
Strongly 5u?pectc<f.
Greenwood, BpecUl-?- 8h?riff Mc*
Caslan returned to the city recently
with ?. negro, M, Mathis, who 1b strong
ly suspected of murdering another no
Kro, FVaser Qoode, on Sunday night.
The murder was 'commtKed on
Tom Chatham's place njid by /ireatia
of a blunt instrument used
aH a bludgeon, tho assailant striking
the negro without warning as he waa
going along a lonely path from tho
home of a girl he was "court lu* " (O
hia own home. Tho negro who .waa
killed had carried for years in hia
pockethook an old Confederate ftvo
dollar bill and a one cent yleee for
luck. A hill of thla kind and a ono
cent pleco wan found on tho person of
the supposed murderer. Until tho
shbriff went dowHy there had been no
clue on which to work, tho coroner'#
Jury having failed to find anything.
The circumstantial evidence againat
Mathis Is very strong. ^
A h^avy Docket. '
The buaines sof the Houth Carolina
supreme .court Is steadily increasing
Clork Brooks estimates that in the' ten
years of his employment / with tho
court the business has increased by a
third. When he took charge In 1894
there were 71 cases heard at the first
terra. Tho Indications are that 13&
to 140 cases will ho docketed for tho.
spring term beginning the 19th of
next month. Already 'J ft cases havo
been docketed for the coming term.
Of the 100 otsvfl docketed for tho No?
veinber tei'ni about 90 were heard.
The South Carolina supreme court has
tho reputation of being th& most
prompt in the United States in hear
ing and disposing of cases. The Ne
braska court Is llvo years behind and
the Florida court" ia 'three years b$?
hind. f
All Acts Signed.
Gov. ITeyward has completed the -
work of signing tho acts passed at thu.
recent seKalon of the legislature. The
,.work UkMt some time as the hill*
must he, of course, carefully read. The
only I njy tfjuo Ifl which the chief exe*
<!utivo exercised his veto was that oT
tho "exclusive Jurisdiction" act. He
slao put nls veto *>U..the hill , to pro
hibit expatriation, in otiior words to
provent a- ?onvict?"from being pardnn
cd upon his promise to leave the State. -
The bill was killed by the Senate, but
became engrossed as ?n a?*t ^nd would
have become a law, but 'th^i^klenate
requeBted tho governor to *vto the
act.
Palmetto Brief#.
Trouble is brewing aboul'tho school
at Campobello. There la friction or
diKagrecment b'ulTre?m th? malcprln- ~
cipal and the trustbes. It appears that \
Ja?t Saturday^* trustees, having re
ceived Ip/orma&on that tho principal
had been ewearfog and drinking, told
htm that they would no longer u&ftl
him in connection with the . school.
He was at hli post Monday* and aftev
again told him to discontinue teach*
log there; and the school la without *
principal. The teacher denies the
charges and u petition for hia rein
^statement-is being circulated, ? ; "" ?' "
P. D. Havird, of Saluda, the young
white man who appealed to Governor
Hoyward ft few weeks eince for pro
tection, ftnd who mailed the Governor
some notices of a threatening .nature
found ported on hia premises, was .
shot twice Saturday morning, by John
Yarhrough. a white man living on his
piace. It is said that the shooting".
; had nothing io do with the threatening
1 noiko. .The. trouble la the oulmluaUdn
! of a personal difference between Hvirri
; and Yorb rough growing out of some
dispute relating tonhelr contract for
this year.
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The town of Union was shocked
Monday morning t/o hear of the ,
death of States Ri Crawford; presi* -
dent of the People's Supply Co,, of
that place, who died the night before
as the result of blood poisoning caused
by a carbuncle. Mr, Crawford went to -
Atlanta last Mondfcy in hi* visual
health; on Wsdnssday he felt a car
buncle coming and returned on Thurs*
day night, when hs went, to bed. Blood
poisoning at otice set in and afffer suf
fering intensely Mr. Crawford passed
away at 10:30 ofelock.
The police of Charleston were un
usually busy Saturday nlgnt and Sun
day and tbe harsh clang of the patrol
wagon gong could lie heard" irf? the
otreets at all hours of the night and
day. Only one fatality resulted from
the revels -of ? the merry-makers, and ?
(his slaying took place outside the city
limits. Frank Jenkins, colored, war1
shot and killed by' Sclplo Jenkins, col
ored, in Lawton's lane, near the naval
station. Sclplo escaped and had ftctf
been captured at a late hour Sunday
night.
Ed Lucas, colored, who na# been
conducting a small reatenrant in Datl
llngton, waa drowned Monday night hi
Pee Dee river, at the "Barn planta
tion,"* near 8oclety HllL.
Robert Wileon, colored, ? was shot
and' fatally wounded at Lumber by
Robert Register, also-coloredv - Regis ?
ter was arrested by Deputy R. 6. Par
noil and lodged in Jail at Darlington,
further than this no particulars have
been learned.
Th? vain* ofyat broad property in?
the fltate is how thirty million dollars.
Valuable tin deposits have been dis
covered near Gaffney. In Cherokee
coqnty. ?
The Secretary of State Tuesday ehar
terfa th? Sulntliervme Rftfdwnod com
pany of Sumraerrllle. having- ar.ci
of $5,000/ R. Jfc cuthbert
an* W. N, Richard son treasurer. - .. w
v Three. conflajcraUooain- the buslnese
the record thattSat town has esUJ^'
llshed. The third and moat
occurred 6atwrd*y Morning, j
stores were tmrned. The tr*<
In (fie store of It;
SMMBMsA 1
gained -sochT
any of the
hell
Sk
for m