The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 10, 1904, Image 4
"Effort to Wipe Out An En
tire R'fo
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fiVE Kiutu stNct Thursday
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A Planter and his Manager Attacked
I* their Store and Killed by Twe
Neyroca, One of Whom was T.iken
4From Jail and l ynched and the
Other fihot Down While Attempting
A Second Murder.
. Greenville, Miss., Specltfl.- Ah th*' re
?tllt Of a light which oceuVrtM on tin
til III B & William* plantation at Trail
2Ln.ke, Mies., thirty miles eaat of hero,
night, John ftljna and*' his
fttMisger, named Cato, were killed by
negroes, and three of Die negroes have
> tx>?n killed aUo. Tho country in In a
rftate of intense excitement, and it I*
fe&red further trouble may emme W
tweqn the whites and hla?*k#.
Tho ?laughter bisi'ted about 10
v'viGOm, nil ri, 31wil5 lili;! Ca'tO wci" shot
flown in their storo by a negro named
Warn Clark. 81ms was engaged in (beck
ing Up liia cttfch, v.'hen Clark canii' lij.
Uofore he could make any kind of move
Clark ral?.;d a "Winchester and I'red,
<lic flhot taking effect, flint in Die back,
? and then breaking the collar bone, fie
died instantly.
Clark Immediately turned on c???,
the manager, who was in another part
of the Store, and shot, hlte fn the right i
wide, the ball coming out on the !? ft J
?ide. Cat o Blhggared out to (lie back I
of tho store, and as lie readied Die door j
A negro ?onvictty;uard named Van j
Hoi ii, who wars ir. wad'"?. struck him I
over tho head with a rill", Cato died j
at 7 o'clock thin morning, and the phv
e(clsn gives ii as bin opinion that the j
blow over (he head canned his death.
Ncwn of the tragedy was inwncdiat"
ly sent to Greenville, and KherllT lohn
Crouch, with a posse, went to tl'.ft
fiocne.
Tho negroes, Van Horn and Clark,
liad mndo tliejr v::;ua pc before t h ?? postm
hi rival, but thp trial of Van lioin war:
found and h" was tracked ?V.\il a
quarter of a mile into the V.ood.i. Here
ftnother negro ceuviot guard name 1
May Held Interfered with th" posse, a n J
lie waafhot down in his (racks.
Van Horn was raptured and I alien to
Iceland, fourteen miles distant, where
he was placed in Jail, lie remained in
Jail ftll n I Kilt under a strong guard, and
rd 8:30 o'clock Friday morning tie wa
taken out nnd lynched by a inoh.
While (tie aheriff and possis ?en;
busy with Van Horn tho other ncyro,
Ham Clnrk, returned to tho Sims store
with tho Intention, it is supposed, of
hilling Muck Williams the other part
ner; the hook keeper, named Crow,
who was also at work and ? .hers.
Crow, however, after the previous
Bhooting, had armed himself and a
negro who worked about tho plans
named Aaron Fuller. When Clark
made his appearance he was shot and
killed by both Crow and Fuller. It
is believed at Trail Lake that tho
ahooting Is the outcome of a meeting
held In the vicinity of Trail Lake hv
a negro secret society, and that tho
? wegvuott.. lnvoLvcd w'ere picked out to
do the killing.
American Champion Wins.
London, Special.- -In the first. round
of tho amateur golf championship con
'?trt?t. at Sandwich, Walter J. Travis, tho
American champion, beat II. II. Hi!
ton, the former llritish champion by
five up and four to play, thus reaching
tho seml-llnals. Travis and K. I>. Hhick
wcjl will moot in the final tomorrow.
J?" Strike at Houston.
Houston. Texas. Suecial Nor n
street, ear whs moved hi HoirtoVi
Thursday. The company ha'* aske I ih->
mayor for protect iort an! announces
that an aitempl wiii he made i < livo'ir r> > w
to put the system in operation. T !i> ?
atrlklng union men held meet inv.s t>>
day at which it was agreed that there
should be absolutely no violence or in
tltnldation. The company has dire -ted
that the strike IncaKeis. wlm have h? en
In readiness f ? ?r si ve-.al days. be at ou.-e
dispatched to Houston, an i (buy ar-' e\
I'CCted soon. Ariuitgcmcuts ha\e l.?-i t>
perfected to house an ! t"< 1 ? le* i. w
men in the car barns
Tobacco Factory Shuts Down
"Richmond. Special - -The Cameron
Cameron Tobacco Company rhut d:n\:\
Wednesday, it Is announced. The Muit
down, however, will throw 1 r.O or muiv
operatives out of work, it is said, most
of these having already found ' in
ployinent elsewhere In the ?i(y. The
legnl transfer of ttie plant wili go into
effect IL Is understood, tuit what dls
posal will he made of it u. the llru
ieh American Tobacco Company, iis
purchasers. Is at present not known.
Relief Project Abandoned
Dallas, Texas. Special, Slight winds,
accompanied by heavy rains, which
prevailed hero nil Thursday night
turned Into a tornado about o'clock
Friday morning. The roof of the Wes
tern Union building l^tc was partially
... hlOWU ft way ami wat*^>:ued in, t!o >1
ing tho sixth floor and wrecking Cm
dynamos. In half a 11 hour, however, the
damage (lone by the sform at the plant
>va* remedied. All wires were tempor
arily down, hut later reports received
from the surround in* districts stat?
- (hat little loss to property occurred.
_ Two Naw Fever Cases.
Vera Cruz, Special. ? One new case of
yellow fever has. been reported here
and the patient has beep Isolated. An
other new ease la that of a maiy just
arrived from "Ban Franc^co. \i* also
-'-ha? been Isolated in the hospital.' The
fettl health authorities continue their
? ramyalrm of house-to-house visitation
N m, 4Mafaa* tsiws
BOARD 0!' EOUALIZATldN AC*? 1
; . . * tr
0( property 8hoW? i
5>uh?t*nHai locreafl*.
| Thft 8tnf ? bd&rd ot eqO&llK&Uon ha*
, concluded ii? labors ami haa announced
the a?*OH.sinentn upon cotton mill prop
erty In tlm Ktote. The totul ehows au
lncroarjo ot $3,200,000 over lubt your,
j The IwTeaged income of tljo Btate on
I the 6 mill lovy will be about llti.OOP.
The total amount o? tftXublo mill
| property as irnVt-hcrited In the awHenH
iiititiH \il 1'jOS wa# >34,657,066. The
increatfe la due to the building of now
milla and to the lael that tlmro were
reductiona at Clifton ami i'aeolet last
year. The board will meet on the J lib
to audit uriy complaint*.
The report of tb?? foMmittee on < <>i
ton yiiil# *\ v i adopt" d ami the fallow
Inn ftfi?VH?r.iccitM made:
Abb'ovJiJe Cuuuly ? Abbeville cotton
mill#, |533,130.
AJkon, County-- Clear Water, $'ion,
0<)0; I.angloy Manufacturing company,
?700,000; Aiken, f 380, 000; dianUovtllo,
$*40,000; Warren, $605,000. >'
Anderson County ? Anderson cotton
mills, $760,000; Co* Manufacturing
company. $jo6,0uo, Orr cotton mills,
1400,000; lUvcndde, $1 10,500; || c
Towimctld, $25, 000; Coronuca, $15,000;
Tuxaway, $163, ooo; ConneroH.s, i > ;
tllm-lc mill, |I07, Son; l'endloto n coitoi
mills, $20,000; Pendleton Mauufaciur
lug company, $60,000; Helton mills,
$030,000; Jirogan mills, $107, Ouo; Chi
quola, $100,7i)i;; I'elzor Manufac t iiiln*
<.Oiii jitiiiy , $j, 500. 000, IMiaJmnnt M.'lJi',
far-luring company, $l,2Xd,ii(io; v\' i I -
llamston mllla, $^OU.boo.
Uambcr* Oounty Huinberg cotton
iuIIIm, IT0.000.
Cherokoo C'miuty Cherokee Falls
Manufacturing company, $250, not);
Oaffuey Carpet company, *41 ,X10 ; Oaf
n oy Manufacturing cOmpaiiy, $72U,>,oo,1
niiueHtohe, $127,000; Vulcanized Film
company, $7,600.
Chester County Eureka cotton fniibi,
$ I .">0,000; Hpringslcin mills, $210,007;
WylLo mlllH, $ICO,00; Monetta, $ 103,5 10*.
Clarendon County -Manning Hosiery
mills, $6,500. I
HnrtlHgton Cout.iy Darlington Mnn
"fa< luring coiiiuaoy, $150,000; llarts
Villc Co I ton mil' $201,210.
EdgelJe.'d county- Edgefield Manu
fli'.'t !!!'!!!g ?>**,*? ?? "M ">r> nJifi
Fntl'flfcld County ? Fairfield cotluii
tt'.ills, $lfcH,&0U.
Greenville County Hatc.svlllc. Cotton j
Mill company, $2",00f>; Hramlon, $25.s,
115; Fork Shoals, $17,500; Fountain
Inn, $60,000; American .Spinning com !
pntvv, $000,000; Carolina mills, $25,000;
*'*- W. I 'on Manufacturing company, |
$?125,000; Huguenot mills, $100,000;
Ml Mm Manufacturing r?ni|ifitly (05 per j
Cent.!, $35,.?.#65; Moiuiglian, $53(j,YO'l; !
Mifllu'c Manufacturing company, $0(j, [
0<>?', I iced y Kivrr, $100. 085; I nion j
Hlenchljig and |?'. company. $l*n,ooo; !
Wood.side rot I mii in 1 1 In. $80,000; l-Yank- ;
liu mills. $50,000; I'elham mills, $175, j
S33; |'|i din?. in Man nfiict ui ing company i
(set- Au'l'-rnon county).
Hivenwond County Ninety-Six col- i
ion mill. $?i|,70U; ( Ib-ndale, $35o,ooo; j
(lit en wood cotton mills, $lxtt,75n,
Knrshaw County ? Camden cotton {
mill:--. $115,000; D.-KhIIj cotton nifllu. i
? 1 55.011(1.
l,aiuast?T ('oimty Lancaster cotton;
mills $720,207.
I. aureus ('ounty- Hydla cotton mills, ;
$p),iioo; Manna cotton mills, $ll().ooo;
I UUI'MIH col I on mills, $525,000; Walla |
cotton mills. $155,430; (Clinton collou '
mills, $172,500.
Lexington ('oiiiity I /?'xiin;ton Man- i
nfacturing company, $50,000; Middle- j
Inirg mllih. $S1.200; Saxo Hollia, $70,- !
(HUI.
Marion Conn ly Maple, $S5.000; Hit-!
l' ii eoiton mills. $0X,300;* llamer. $73.- '
M)o; A silt by cotton mills, $30,00; Dillon
Hosiery mills (sold out and re- !
j moved i.
Marlboro County- Oclarora milU,
| $17,500; Marlboro cotton mills, $700,
1 .|00.
j Newberry County - t.len Howry I
j Manufacturing company. $500,000; Mo- i
! Ifthan, $235, noo; Newberry cotton "'ill?, i
! $170.0000. ' j
Oconee County Courtney Manufac- J
' I urln#, company. $350,000; Seneca cot
ton mills, $210,000; Wal bulla cotton j
i mills. $ 1 20, 0U0 ; Cheswell, $140,000.
Orangcburir County Orango mills, !
: $50,000; OVange Mfg. Co., $200,000.
IV kens County-? Ensley cotton mill*, i
? 5:; 15,255 N'orris cotton mills, $2t>5,0Sl;
| l.lberty cotton mills, $113,500; (jlen
j wood. $207.fM>0; Issaquena. $31,210.
Hb Ma iid County ?Capital City. $100,
I Ooo; Columbia Mills company. $?;r.S,- i
r>'M>; ( ; van by, $so0,000; Olympla. $1,750,
S ooo ; Palmetto. $50,250; Hicblnnd, $150,
1 00".
, Sumter County? Slim'ti cotton
[ mill*, $35,000.
Spartanburg County - Ark Wright
! mills $210,000: <Mlf'.Ol\ Mfg. Co.. $000.
ooii; Cowiioitn Mfg. Co., $00,000; Mary
i ?ui:a-. s-jo.iaio; Drayton, $120,785; En
"? ee, $020,000; Tvge.r mllla (10 per
cent. >, $ US, 500; Fingervlllo, $50,000; the
D. H. Converse Co., $500,000; Victor
ill-; Co.. $137,500; inman mills i'.?5 peri
ccns i. $U>,7.?;50; lilua Hid go \1 fg. Co.J
$ "'? 250; I'cihain mills (see Greenville),
'I'M 1 1 ' ; I'acolet Mfg. Co.. $500,000;
Iteiiuinoiit. $l0o,U00; Saxon mills, $201.
000; Snartan mills. $1.300.o00; Tuea
pau. $i;?5,?;5o; Whitney, $3S5.?M>;
WoodruO". H'Jo.OOO; Apalache. $315.0. U);
Arcadia, 15.
I'nlon County ItnfVulo Cotton Mills,
?:'.00.000; .bjeer.vllle Mfg. Co.. $150,700;
A ? ? n?v oiiti.n mills. $ 1 3s. 750 ; l.ockliart
rotioii mills. $503,000; lCxcelslor Unit
liu^ mills. $110,500; Monarch cot (on
mills. $;;.50,nno; ('nion cotton mills, $1.
??s;t.ioo
Oi k County - How ling (Jreen Kuit
' !'i'.; mills, $15.oo0; Clover cotton mills,
$225 000; |\>rt Mill Mfg. C >., $121,100;
Mnlfort mill, $01,720'. \rcnde cotton
nulls, urn pi r cent, i . $I2o.m>5; Highland
I 'ark M f g. Co.. $1X7.500; Mani'haster
-.lion mills, $231,325; Victoria. $72.
oeo. Ta v. ra, ' $5o.Oin); York (05 per
'?tit i. $172,500; Chicora, $00,000; Few
ell w aste mills, $'2 500.
Oil. MlHHS ASSRSSKD
The aiV!cs?m('iit made on oil mills
| last year wa*> adopted f? ?r (iiir yoar
; with the following changes:
; \ i ken Industrial company, $;H.S00, 00
1'er cent. $30. ooo,
South Carolina Cotton Oil company
at Cret nvlile. $ ls,2(K>.
S lUlhern Cqtton Oil company at
(ireenvillc, $0,0X0.
1 'ill (-n oil company (burned), $5,400.
Cow pens Cotton Oil company, $20,
OoO, 00 per cent. $12,000. rebuilt.
Hbll lllll, $18,000. on per cent. $10.
soo, capital Increased
NEW MlHHS ASSESSED
Cotton Oil company, Denmark. $22. ?
000; GO nor cen(. $12,000.
H road way Oil companv, Helton, $22 -
000; $13 200.
.Cllarendon Oil companv, S(. Paul
$10,000; $0,000.
Independent Cotton Oil company,
Tlmmonsville. $11,000; $0,000.
Tlmnionsvlllo Oil mill, $29,000; $17
400.
(xame^bn Oil eon^pany, $20,000; $12.
000,- -a? . - -
Howe* villa,* $20,000; $12,000.
WllWoevlllC. $16,000; $0,000.
Prosperity. $20,000; $12,000.
Waltcrboro Oil company, $25,000;
$15,000.
n?WvIll? Oil company. $12,000; $7,
m. ' '
Seaboard 011 company, $32,000, $!>,.
160.
ToWhvllle Oil company, $16,000; $9,
600.
I.eb County Manufacturing com
'$?5,000; $15,000,
sjV< minster, $20 .000; $12,000.
Port Molio, $20,000; $ 12,000.
Donnalda Cotton Oil company, $16,
000; $0,000.
.lonettvllle, $20,000; $12,000.
Wiliinniffbiux 130,000; $18,000.
I'auliuc Cotton Oil company, $20,000;
1 1 2.000.
FWltTI l/IZKFl IM>ANT3.
Tho ?SK<'?HmontK on fertilizer fac
tories were not i hanged, the following
report, having been adopted:
Wc re; ominunO that all u?KeH8mei)Ui
<ta*d liamo aw last year. While >ve
find many of tho assessments reduced
we ?r o no reason for sumo, aw wo havo
po Information at our command to
warrant same:
Anderson Fertllzor company, Ander
son county, $00,000.
Virginia- Carolina Chemical com
VirKlnia Carolina Chi<uiir&l com
pany. Ucaufort county, tJOS.OOO
As-hepoo I'Y'i tlllz< r company, Charles
ion county, $78,000.
Ivtlwau i<>rtilzer company, Charles
(on county, $45,120.
V I tk ii?l;i-< <ircilli?;t Chemical com
pany i Atlantic works). Charleston
county. $1)8,200!
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany (Herkeley works), Charleston
. ounty, $r>#J.S0x.
Vlrglnla-Car df mt Chemical com
pany (Imperial works), Charleston
t nuuiy, ? I i 0,? i 0,
Virgin If. Carolina Chemical com
pany (Standard works), Charleston
county, $ I >>0,8 ID.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany (Stono works), Charleston coun
ty, $i22.2:r>.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany CA'undo workH), Charleston coun
ty, $6 1 ,488.
Head phosphate company, Charles
ton county 049.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical t!onl
pany, Cherokee county, $32,982.
Oeorgla Chemical works, Colleton
count y, $ 1 1 .421.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany, J>or? hi-ster county, $54,000.
Virginia Carolina Chemical com
pany, Greenville county, $S0,955.
\ ?i I _ I ~ I i.... /VI. l~,*1 ..V-a
v it ^titia^vui t/iiti<l v^/xi r y 1 1 ^ *4 ? U/iM
pany, Itfchlanri fount?, $7.'), 000.
!?'. S. lioysier Guano eomjmny, Rich*
land county, $40, ISO.
Spartanburg Fertilizer company,
Spartanburg county, $70,000.
Tfltnl. $1,553,47.
Dedication In Baltimore.
Raltimoro, Special. ? Jesse II. Raker,
a hook-keeper, formerly employed by
the National Howard llank, of this
city, was arrested at his home here,
charged with embezzlement. Ho admit
ted thai there was a shortage in his ac
counts of between $10,000 and $12,000.
linker disappeared two weeks ago and
went to St. Louis. He returned to Hai
ti more a few da} s ago and was ar
rested and turned over to the United
8: at os authorities today. Commissioner
Holers committed him in default 0/
$10,000 bond
5hot Himself.
Hoanokc. Va., Special? I.lman Spald
ing, a brother of V. .Spalding, superin
tendent of the Southern Kxpress Com
pan v. with headquarters in this city,
and himself well known in express and
railroad service, committed suicide here
by blowing his brains out with a re
volver. while standing In front of a
mirror in his room in a hotel. He had
been drinking heavily for several days.
Spalding wan 4?. y^arr, of age and never
married. No Cause Is Assigned for the
rash r.x-t. He was a native of Platts
burg. N. Y.. and frtr tl lMng time was
express agent at Petersburg, this State,
before coming here a ve.ar ago to lake
'ft position in his brother's oltle?.
Millions in Insurance.
Now York, Special. Statistics con?- I
pllrd by an Insurance Journal here
show that 1 1> o American people are
taking out life insurance policies at
the rate of $<;Wtu,000 a day. During t li o
past, year nil the companies combined
paid claims aggregating more than
$'j.">s.0()0,00i). The eggregate payment to
henellciarles .'ncluding annuities, was
R:Mt; 000. 00e- There mt> untv in force
in this city alone policies aggregating
two and a quarter billion dollars.
Engineer Jumped too Soon,
Uoanokc. Vn., Special. ? Michael Hen- !
n< ssey , of Roanoke, Va.. an engineer on
ii Norfolk .<? Western freight train run
ning from Hoanoke to Winston, leaped
to hi:? death near Fen'um. The front
tri.cks of tho locomotive had been de '
railed and were running on the cros*
ti<H. Hennessey applied the air and be
cn.se the train did not come t>> a Vand
si'.ll he jumped from hi* cab Ills bead
I struck a bridgH iwbl he was killed The
t nin whs not wrecked. lie was l"p yiars
u! i an I sur\ ived by a widow and two
i hildi'i n.
A Double Tragedy.
l.enoir. N*. C.. Special.? Near Walter
.loucs' in Wilkes county, two negroes
w?re badly shot, George Wilherspoon
was shut and almost Instantly killed
by Will Hush, then Gordon's son shot
and fatally wounded Mush. The lirsi
shot, whi'h was by Hush, was without
any warning, lie was talking to With
erspoon. and told him to look In the
barrel of a gun. whereupon he fired
and tore the whole top of Wlther
spoon's head off.
Judge IMtclu.rd S^Drn In,
Uicjuuond, \'a . Special. --Judge J. C.
I'ritcUnrd look the oath of olflce here
Wednesday as I'nlted States Cirelut
judge in succession to Judge Simon
ton, deceased. Judge I'ritchard was
formerly fnited States Senator from
North Carolina and as an associate jus
tice of tlie District of Columbia Su
pr? me Court piesided over the postal
fru uds.
Schoolboy Flooti'n66 Rankled.
Uriah Ctter, an old citizen of Am
ity. has Juat purchased tho ancient
schoolhpnse in which he obtained his
education, sayu a dispatch from Gosh
en, N V. As soon as he fjot^oossen
ulon of it ho set men to work tearing
it down And destroying the material
out of revenge for romo of tho whip
ping* which he reet^ed beneath Its
roof. ^ '
Mr. Utter saya th? punishment he
received in his schooldays sixty years
ago was unjust, and through all his
life he has held hitter feelings against
the towcher who administered the -
thrashings and ha* alio regarded th?
old school building an bU enemy.
PALMETTO POINT?
GIVEN IN BRIEF
1 ho Slate Campaign,
Tho sub-committee appointed to ar
range a schedule for the State cam
paign met in the office of (ion. Willi?
Jones, State chairman, at tho Carolina
Nalloiiial hank lafil week. The <late? of
the meetings and the assessments upon
candidates were decided upon.
At a former meetlnK It was decided
not to require attendance upon all the
meetings by candidates who are with
out opposition. The assessments fixed
are: For candidates for governor, $50;
for llputonant goVernhr, $1 ?.r>0; fbr ad
Jutant general, $25; for all other State
offices, $37.60; for congress, $50; for
solicitor, $25.
The itinerary an mapped out hy the
committee is as follows:
Sumter, Tuesday, June 21st.
Manulng, Wednesday, June 22nd,
Monk's Corner, Thursday, June, 23rd,
Oeoreptowh, JFtlday, June 24th. "
KingAtree, Saturday, June 25th.
Conway, Tuesday, June 28th,
iiialiQu, ^VcdliCSdXiJ', jU2" 20th.
Florence, (Thursday, June 30th.
Darlington. Friday, July 1st.
HennetUvtlle, Saturday, July 2nd.
liishopvlll<\ ^Tuesday, July 5th,.,
Chesterfield, Wednesday, July 6Ui.
Camden, Thursday, July 7th.
Lanaastor, Friday, July 8th.
Yorkvllje, Saturday, July 9th.
Union, Tuesday, July 1 2th.
Spartanburg, Wednesday, July 13th.
Uaffhey, fjuiroday, July 14th.
OreenVllle* Friday, July 15tq.
Pickens, Saturday, July 15th.
Walhalla, Tuesday, July 19th.
Anderson, Wednesday, July 20th,
Abbeville, Thursday, July 21st.
Greenwood, Friday, 'July 22nd.
Laurens, Saturday, July 23rd.
Newberry, Monday, July 25th...
Oi'rtuftOtVui'n, Tuesday, July 2i;'.b.
Bamberg, Wednesday, July 27th.
St. George, Thursday, July 28th.
Charleston, Friday, July 29th. -
Walterboro, Satu-day, July 30th.
Beaufort, Tuesday, August 2nd.
Hampton, Wednesday, August 3rd.
Barnwell, Friday, August 6th.
Aiken, Saturday, August (Jtll:
Edgefield, Monday, August 8th.
Saluda, Tuesday, August 9th.
l.yxington, Wednesday, August loth.
Chester, Thursday, August l'th.
Wlnnsboro, Friday, August i2tli.
/^Columbia, Saturday, August 13th.
Although th*> candidates fcr the
Stale offices have until June 20th in
which to Die their pledge with tho
Chairman of the executive committee,
{Jen. Willie Jones, several have already
formally entered by sending their
pledges accompanied by the money.
Among these are Col. John T. Sloan of
Columbia fo^ lieutenant governor, Capt.
K. 11. Jennings of Columbia flli- Sta^.e
treasurer. Hon, Oeorge S. Legaro of
Charleston for congressman from the
lirst district, and several candid \tes for
solicitor.
Greenville Road Chartered
The secretary of state recently char
tered the Greenville and Knoxville rail
road, having a capital of $25,000. The
road runs through Gqgenvltlc county
and Hugh 11. l'rice of Greenville is
president; William H. Patterson, vice
president and treasurer, and I). C. Pat
terson .secretary. The last two are At
lanta capitalists, tn the original ttppll
catibn fbt" a ehartbfr it was stated that
no passenger trains should be run bu(
tho secretary of state struck out this
clause as the railroad commision baa
the power to say whether or not they
shall be operated.
Mi*. Byrnes CommlaeiorifeH:
Mr. James F. Byrnes of Alkon offi
cial court stenographer of the second
circuit, has been reappointed for a
term of four years. Under the opinion
of tho attorney general that court
stenographers must receive their com
missions from the governor, Mr. Byrnes
applied for his papers and they will bo
forwarded to him. Mr. Byrnes, who is
i.nh bf the most cdmpetetlt. Stenogra
phers in the State, aa well a6 an affit
i<le gentleman, was nominated for con
tinuance by Judge James Aldrlch.
Palmetto Gleanings.
Clifford Female seminary commence
| iiiCnt at Union, dosed last week with
the graduation of four young ladles
who for the past four years have been
preparing for thla event. In addition
to awarding diplomas a short musical
irogrammc was rendered, by trie stu
dents, after which Rev. A. G. Wardlaw
made an appropriate talk to the class.
Then Dr. 11. O. Clifford awarded the
dlnlntua*.
I t>e State ha* received from Mr. A.
It. Hanks, superintendent of the Lan
caster schools, a check for $10.01, which
was contributed to the Hampton monu
ment fund by the children of that
school. This is a Jltting testimonial
{nun the boys and girls who were loved
so well by Gen. Hampton, and It Is
hoped that he h?B been remembered
by the children of other schools
throughout South Carolina.
A special from Spartanburg says:
While swinging from a ladder on the
? nd of a box car which was being slow
ly carried along by a yard engine to
couple up Vrllh some other cars about
t?0 yards away, Berry Kawler, colored, a
switchman, met his death In the yards
of the C. & W. C. railroad.
A Saluda special to tne uoiumma
' State says: Willis Daniel, colored, was
fchot and instantly killed by Wlster AO
j drews. also colored, at Reedy Branch,
a negro church, near Wards In this
s county. None of the details has been
learned, though It 1ft said bad blood has
existed between the slayer and slain for
i n long time. The first shot of the An
! drews negro fled wide of the mark, but
t the second entered Daniel's head, pro
ducing death Instantly. Coroner Glb
i son has been summoned to hold an in
j 'o
f ~ An election wa? held at Yorkvuie last
I week to make the school tax levy 3
mills Instead of 2 mills as formerly.
Very little Interest was manifested
I nnrt the vote atbod 31 for the tax and
j -15 against It. Several days ago Hickory
i Grove and Smyrna In York county de
feated the school tax.
1 An oagla measuring seven feet three
j Inches from *ip to tip of wings and
I three feet, one Inch from back to tip
i oi tall was exhibited on the street at
! Darlington last week by Mr. Bright
j Williamson. The bird waa killed on Mr.
1 Williamson's plantation ?n?? was a r?<?
I *cht tor Parlrtfuxn.
Mayoral ^Hfllef*,
'A curious privilege attaches to (he
6fflc? of mayor of Limerick. From
time immoiiitM*.! ?!?? mayor haa
claimed the right to u quarUff ot a
ton of coal out of ?very cargo Import
ed Into the town. The coal merchant
recently objected to paying thl? trlb'
?ite, and a tent <? aae was taken to the
local quarter suhsIoiih The magis
trates decided In favof of the fritkyot.
That official recolves over 100 tona tit
coal from this source every year and
distributes It among the poor of the
town, although there Is no legal rea
son" why h? should not use it for hl>i j
own private purpose#.
Cost of Hauling Kr?l|fht.
The cost of haullug a ton of freight
a mile on (Jroat Hritain'* greatest rail
way Is 1.45 cents; on the Pennsylvania,
forty centH, and oil the New York Ceil,
tral, forty-one cents. ...$r jj
? 100 Kewarti. ?100.'
The readorsof this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at leawt one (traded dia
o?ut? that science has been able to ?ure In all
itustages, and that la Catarrh. Hull's Catarrh
Cure La the only positive euro now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con
stitutional diaeaae, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall# CatarrhCure is taken Inter
nally, actlngdbroatly upon f he blood and i<u?
cous surfaces ?<f the system, tbrreby destroy*
lag the foundation of the disease, &oa giving
the patient strength by building up the eon
etitution and assisting nature in doing its
wOiA. i iiO p?w|>?ictv*3 llQTSvO *mU .h
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that It fails to our<i,
feend for list of testimonials. Address
V, J. CiiBXKr A Co., Toledo, O,
old by Druggists, 75<\
ul#o Hall's Faintly l'llls for constipation.
The Tritclirr Iiit<ir??t>Hl '
".Miss Higgs is interested in you,
pa." "How so'/" "Why, to-day, after
she had told uie seven times to sit
down and behave myself, she aaid she
wondered what sort of a father I bad."
FITS permanently cured. No lltsor nervt?uei
ness after first day's use of l*r. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer, t9t rial bottle and treat ls? f reo
Dr. 11. If. Kf 'KK, Ltd., 981 Arch St., PhllQ., I'a.
It s an awful handicap, for a girl to have
a younger sister who is a real beauty.
railln* ('mi \Vesv Kll<ti?
One k\*9 smaller after usint< Allen's Foo%
Fas*, n powder. It makes titfht or newshoci
easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, nchint?
feot. ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At
all druggists and shoe stores, 2fio. Don't ac
cept an.^ substitute. Trill package Frf.k by
mat'. Address, Allen S, .Olmsted, Leltoy, N.Y.
There is more" steel used in the manu
facture of pens than in all the ?word and
gtin factories.
Mrs. Win flow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gunn*. reduces inflammay
tlon, allays pain .cures wind colic, 25c. a bottlo
I man loitttv* less after marriage than a
woman doc* before
FiSO'fl Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicinei for coughs and colds. ? N. -AY,
Kajjuei,, Ocean Orova, X. J., Feb. 17, 1007,
A machine for condensing sea fog into
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| NoMofrtllndHorstsK^lSKSi
i Sora Eye*. Harry Co., Iowa City, la., hove a sure our*
fro. 24
Of. Bigger*' Huckleberry Cordial
"th# Hr*m t ?outhern Remedy, eures all
?to:n&ch tunj troubles, children
t'.?t hlntf Made from
The Little Huckleberry
that ?rdfc ? 4k\fip%?\Qi ?ur Mil* */.<! nriuun
tulus. co^tfcl.'is ?;'i ctetlve principle tha* 1ms
* h&pr>y on (he Atomic n an<1 bow
tl* ft enters l?r**ly in i>t. ?(*??'?*
|iu<-kl?ber ry Cordial, the kim) uWianpH
ai.4 bow?l remedy fof Pyseotery, Diafj
tJiOe* ?n>3 JUoody Flu*.
M'jl-J by fell Uxukk !.-)(?. 26 *ji<3 BOo but*
AN 6* GHlftP JUSTICE'S OPINION.
Judge O. k ? Ld6f <Hnt, o1 Georjls, In s
letter to Or. Olggerrf, Ate tee that ho
never t'jffer# himself to bo w/thdut a bot
tle of Or. Diggers' Huckleberry CGrdlel
Curing the summer time, (or the relief
Qi all stomach and bowel troubles, Dye
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'plil n'/ All d^yplsts. 20 arid OOo bottle*.
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Proprietor^, Atlanta, Ca.
, Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
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And Consumption. Price Z6cand|l iiboitle.
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Opium & whisky
antidote
Will euro pei-iiiMiirntly at your !)*? !?*'**' I
Mr. T. M. Brow i), of DeQueen, Ark.. jay:
"Ovfr seven ye* r? ?k O I was cured of the ?
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tfnued in the Very f>e~?( 'M health since."
Mr. W. M. Tun?t?U. o / iovingaton, V* . |
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tn)M dm entirely and permanently dUlM *4 !
the I)rlnk If f? t . ai I havp never even bo jntfw# j
ob wanted a drlhJt lu any form uince I took ?
vour er?dl<-ator, now 15 iitot-'Ull ago It wai I
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M ra. Virg inia Townsend, of Shrevepo'rf,
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other remedy than youra, and I make no mis
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aija inrtedy. it has been twelve yearn
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lain, with permiv^ioti to i?s4 tli#iri. A treat
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Phvslelans and cured patients must be no'6'(1
J?r. Woolley'a Antidote lift* imitators, (A*
all i/oo(t Ai tic|p< h*'vcl ? wrhaiiH vou havetrl<M
Bojri'c of lhem,t>ut therein nothing like Wool
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man or wotllfip who uses oplu 111 or whiskey In
any form, or who V.An friends so atllleted,
should hesitate to write to
DR. B. M. WOOLLEV,
ltMi North Pry or Ktrnel, Atluntit, Ga.,
for his book on tln^e disease*, which he will
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