The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 20, 1906, Image 1
THE
eHRONieLE.
VOLUME XVII. CAMDKN. S. C.. KIlIDAV.y I'KV 20. lSKMi. NO. 28.
faur Members of family Are
Butchered in Their Beds
MRE SET TO DESOLATED HOME
Ike Lycriy, His Wife and Two Vhild
ren Mudered as They Slept in Their
Home by Unknown Hands.. Sever
al Negroes Arrysted for the Crime.
\
(J N. V\, Kpecial.-?~One
of l lie most hfrvrible trage
dies i; i the history of How
-au county occurred \jicar Bar
be i'f> .fraction, about 40 miles from
this oUtv Baturdav morning. Between
<In* hours of i mill 2 o'clcok an un
known j.i.sou (ir persons entered the
home ( I' Ike Lyorly, a well known
farmer. while its occupants were
asleep, hilliiifj Mr. Lycriy. his wife
.and I wo <if the youngest children and
fatally wounding the third.
The parents and the threa children
Mere asleep in the front room on the
first iloor, there being two elder
-daughter* sleeping' up stairs, who
were unmolested and were awakened
by the smoke, from below. The girls
-descended the stairs to awaken their
J'athei mot her. On reaching their
r?ioin they beheld their father and
mother and three youngest children |
lying on the bed, their heads were j
?erushed and theiiv fines badly <1 is
iigurtd. y
The two oldofT daughters, Marv and
Addie. aged /H and 1<> respectively,
mana^'/d to/carry the deadr-bodies (
from the h/nisc and extinguish the
flames. they ran to the near
est neighbor, \Y. 13. Barbers, and told
the story of the awful tragedy. There
being no officers of the law at this
place, K. It. Mnlliken. train dispatch
?cr tin duty :it that hour, was notitied
and promptly wired the news to the
?sheriff at Salisbury, who started at
?once to the sc.'tie with bloodhounds
and a posse of armed men. Blood
hounds were also sent t'rom.AYinstou
Salem to assist in the pursuit of the
guilty.
Mr. Lyerly was a highly respected
?citizen and well eo.n nee ted and it is
inconceivable that any one should
have anything against him or his fam
ily.
Three negro men ami a negro wo
man? (teorge Krwin. Jack DillingTUtm
and Mitchel 0-rnham and his wife?
have been arrested and put in jail
?at Salisbury, .on suspicion of compli
city in the ea5??.
Kxeitemen! is intense in the neigh
borhood and there is talk of lynching,
if the criminal's are caught.
Charged With the Crime.
? Charlotte, Special.?Sheriff Julian
of liowau county brought to this city
for safe keeping, Ncnl Gillespie, his,
son, John (iillespie, .lack Dillingham
and- ^'il'e. George* Krvin and Henry
Lee, colored, charged with the mur
der of Isaac Lyerly, his wife and
two children near Barber's Junction.
There was nothing to indicate n lynch
ingr at Salisbury, but the Sheriff
thought best to move the prisoners.
The coroner's jurv fastened the crime
Upon all the prisoners.
Negroes Mado Threats.
MYl Matt I.. .Webb, a whit? man
who had worked with Nease Gilles
pie, a large mulatto.-about 40 years
old, reported that he bad h<'ai*d the
negro ust the following language:
"Old man Lyerly can cut that wheat
and thrash it but he will never eat
it or get the money for'it,"
This recalled something that Mr. J.
G. Lyerly, a son be a former, wife,
had heard his father say. Nease Gil- I
lespie, who is a saw mill hand for
Air. John IVIIinjjer, moved into one
of Mr. Isaac Lyerly's cabins last fall.
He, his son and step-son agreed to |
work si much laud if they took the
house. A section of wheat was laid
otf. The <iillcspies sowed part of this,
"but finding that they could get plenty
work P.I good wages did not sow
the entire lot. This, not being ac
cording to contract, worried Mr. Lyer
ly, who spoke to Nease and was, in
turn, cursed. Finally, howeve, the
*nntter was settled by Mr. Dillingcr,
the saw mill owner, agreeing to pay
house rent for Gillespie. Nothing
more was heard of the wheal until j
some time Ago, when it had been cut
h\ Mr. L.vcrly, who was preparing to
have it thrashed.
Monday Nease Gillespie went down
to Mr. Lyerly's house and asked him
what he was going to do with the
wheat.
" Why, I atrf going to thrash it and
i:sc it," aaid Mr. Lyerly.
"You Kill not," decl.nodNease. j
Hot words followed and mi\ Lyerly
ordered the'negro out of the yard. It
was here Gillespie ?o'u hi* landlord
that he would\l?iUJ>im or die in the
attempt, if hr* used the wheat without
giving liim a sh ire of it.
It.was After this that Nease told
Mr. Webtffhnf Mf. Lyerly might ent
the wheat, hut ho would never or
w?ll it. Gillespie had been very in
- colont to Mr. Lyorly. ?
TIlC (M'OW 11 \\ llicll gathered ill tin'
Lyerlv home heard nl illi?? threat of
(? i 11?? -?|?j?? ami went I?? Ins home to
it iv>t him. Tin* m'ftro had j^uif i<?
his work, a mile ?m more mv?v, hut
his wife became frightened and rati
t?? tlu' home ot Mr. Dick Files, a
fafiuor, and begged him to protect
her. saving that she would ho hanged
lor killing the Lverlys when she had
nothing to do with it.
Said Gillespie Knew of the Crime.
"I don't know nothing about it.
but my husband docs," said Gilles
pie's wife.
N?nr the home of Uillespie was a
trow lily burnt spot, where a straw bed
And other things had Hred since
daylight. Those who graveled in the
charred place found pieces of cloth
ing, and a s|x?onful of scortched
blood. Some paces from the house
a bloody shirt, which had been boiled,
and was still wet, was discovered
in a weed patch. These bits of evi
dence, when put together, make an
interesting and convincing story.
Gillespie's wife was hysterical and
wild. She talked two ways, but the
officers believe that, slic gave her hus
band away to Mr. Files, Gillespie is
described as a fussy jiegro.
One of the ladies told the officers
of a conversation that their father
had with Dillingham, one of his
hands. lie hail been after Dillingham
for being trilling when J he negro told
him that he was going to leave and
go to work at the saw mill. Mr.
Lyerlv answered: ''Yes, if you go
there and work five days right
straight along 1 will set you up."
This seemed to rile Dillingham, for'he
told some one that, except for the
reason that he lived on the <>1 <1 man's
place, lie would have given him a
cursing.
Friday Mrs. Lyerlv had trouble
with Dillingham's wife, who was tak
en to task for leaving dirty water
in a wash tub, which had been loan
ed to hot-. The negrcss became mad
ami abusive.
Those who were looking for mo
tives thought that Jack Dillingham
and his wife should be arretted.
Attack On Rowan Jail.
Salisbury, N. C., Speoial.?On Sat
urday night, just before midnight, a
desperate attack by a leaderless mob
was made upon the jail here with the
ipiVrpose of dealing summary pun
ishment to the alleged murderers of
the Barbel's" Junction family."""The
officers allowed two committees of the
lynchers to go through the jail ami
see for themselves that the prisoners
(^ad been removed to Charlotte. Then
the mob dispersed. . ^
Assault by Would-Be jobber.
Wilmington, Special.?A negro
lurkiug about the premises, evidently
lient on robbery, assaulted young Leo
Lacy upon going to his home on upper
Market street and beat and choked
him into insensibility when he came
forward with a stone to drive the
black mah'off. The young man's
father, later coining to the house,
fottnd his son unconscious in the front
yard. The negro has not been arrest
ed. His identity is not known.
TIIK LAHOH WORLD.
The laborites in England are to
have a daily paper, to be called the
Majority. . , ? > :
Some 15 0 Yiddish coots have
started a union on the cast side of
New York City. ? * *
The A. F, of L. is working on lines
to organize the express messengers of
all the railroads.
ered that the men wore overalls with
out. the union label. They sot them
and work proceeded.
The eight-hour law of Michigan
has been declared valid by lliw 3u
preim\ Court of that State.
Stonecutters of Sherman, Texas,
have made application for a charter
from the national headquarters.
Recently sixty bricklayers seceded
from Chicago Union No. 21 and
started their own union, but have
been unable to get a charter.
Brtcklayers working on a garment
factory addition at Oskaloosa, Iowa,
wore made to quit work because the
girls employed in the factory discov
Sky Pilots' Union No. 1 has bet'n
formed in Chicago. Preachers? No;
halloonists. There are about sixty in
that city and they want to hold up
wages.
National Tube Company at Lorain,
Ohio, will more than double iis blast
furnace capacity nt Its local plant,
giving employment to several hun
dred more men.
President Roosevelt, appointed
Charles Karle solicitor for the De
partment of Commerce and Labor, to
succeed Edwin VV. Sims, now United
States District. Attorney at Chicago.
Kansas City carpenters have adopt
ed a new scalo of fifty-five cents an
hour for foremen, an Increase of
seven and a half cents, and forty-five
cents for journeymen, an increase of I
Ave cents. ? ,
FRUIT GROWN ON SOT).
The weU-known Texas horticultur
ist, Mr. H. M. Stringfellow, has com
municated to Farm and Ranch some
interesting facts about the keeirtng
qualities cf peaches grown in sod or
chard*. . He sent peaches from Texas
to Richmond, Va., Rochester, N. Y.,
and Harrisburg, Pa., where they ar
rived in per feel cumiiUou without re
frigeration. He also shipped pears
grown on sod land la car load lots to
Chicago without refrigeration and the
pear* arrived there in perfect condi
tion. Mr. -fltringfellow argues that
much of - the poor ,keeping quality of
fruits and disposition to winterkill or
fujure, by drouth, etc., is due to the
ynittvatlon IttaBMHgBfc .
South American Republics Are
All Involved in War
0 .. ?
ALL AMERICAN INTERESTS SAFE
Third Country Enters the , Fray in
Central America, Gfving Guatemala
Two Oppononts and Increasing the
Probability That - Nicaragua and
Even Costa Rica May Also Become
Involved?Invasion of Honduras
Territory by Guatemalan Troops in
Pursuit of Salvadorean# Motive for
Step?Cabrera's Overthrow Desired
Throughout Central America.
Panama, By Cable. -A tclegnun re
ceived here from Sun Salvador says
that Honduras declaimed war against
Guatemala.
According to this satuc message,
tlie following proclamation has been
circulated in Salvador: .
"General Bouilla, commanding the
Salvadorean army, has repelled the
Guatemalan forces at Metapon, in
Salvador, ten miles east of the Guate
inalan frontier. The victorious army
of Salvador retained the positions
captured from the enemy."
The declaration of war by Hon
duras against Guatemala brings u
third State actively into tho Central
American trouble, which has been
progressing with more or less severe
lighting and bloodshed for a month or
more. Honduras and Salvador are
now arrayed Against their neighbor
on the west. Nicaragua and Costa
Kica arc., the only * wo countries still
passive and it has been said that the
former is about to take part in the
lighting.
Up to the present Honduras has
seemingly taken no part in the diJli
culty between her neighbors. Be *cnt
reports, however, declared her terri
tory had been invaded by Guatemalan
troop* in pursuit of fugitives from
the army of ticueral Bugulado, the
Salvadorean commander, who was
killed in the lighting at .Jicaro.
The present trouble in Central Am
erica has been brewing for a long
time. For the past live years the
revolutionists have been planning, in
triguing and preparing for the over
throw of President Cabrera, and in
their efforts to this end they have not
failed to apj>eal for support to cer
tain elements in Honduras and Salva
dor, working on the national jealous
ies of the tirst place among the sever
al States forming Central America.1*3
President Cabrera has been harsh
ly criticised by his enemies. They
declare he rules with extreme depot
ism and that no man's life is safe
under his administration and thai the
country morally and economically is
going to the doss under his unwise
and ill-advised course.
On the other hand- President Cab
rera has declared that tliis revolution
ary movement is inconsequential and
that the government would promptly
put it down.
President Cabrera's term of office
in fact expired in U)0f>. He has in
sisted, however, in holding office.
Washington, Special.?The State
Department has no information con
cerning the declaration of war by
Honduras against Guatemala, but no
surprise is manifested, as I he fron
tier of Honduras is in the disturbed
district. That no advices have been
received on the subject is not surpris
ing, as the United States representa
tive to the country itlsn represents
Guatemala and lives in the latter
country. While the United Stales has
consular offices in Honduras, they
may not liml it easy to eomuiunicate
with the American minister in Guate
mala orjwith the Stale Department.
Special Term of Court.
Halcivh. N. C.. Special.?Col. Ar
lington. private secretary to Gover
nor Glenn, who is absent in Atlantic
City, ordered a special term of Howan
county Superior Court for the trial
of the alleged murderers of Isaac I.y
erlv and members of his family ni
Barber's .Junction, early last Satur
day morning, duly .'10th is the day
set. .Indue B. F. Long will preside.
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Killed in a Pillow Fight.
Philadelphia, '"Special.?--1 >eath re
sulted from a pillow fight in the
ward for nervous patients in the
Philadelphia Hospital. Samuel K.
Young, aged :>ti years, ami Theodore
Home, aged ">7 years, inmates, who
were not on friendly terms, engaged
in a ti>fht with pillows and Youmr
was knocked down. In falling his
head struck one of the iron cots ami
he died almost instantly. Home has
been placed" under surveillance and
will be given a hearing when his con
dition warrants his rcmovel from the
hospital.
Sentence Confirmed.
Philadelphia. P* , Special.- The
United StatesY^urt of Appeals affirm
td the sentence of five years impris
onment for Itenry I/ear, former presi
dent of the Dolyestown, Pa,y-National
ban kfor abstracting its funds. Geo.
P. Brock, former casliir< and brother
in-law of I/-ar was also convicted and
d i n g.
CAMPAIGN MEETINGS ARt DULL
Now and Then a Bit of Life is Inject
ed Into the SpuakitiK of the Can
didates.
At Manning.
Manning, S|>eeial. Tin* candidates
lor Stale ollico^ r?|><?ki* lien' <? 11 Tlmis
day to a small but atentive audience.
The >.|M?eches were about tin- same as
itt other places. .1. \V, Kagxdalc tie
dared that the newspapers deal in
dirty lies."' There was some discus
vi??tt as to the authorship ?>t tin* llav
sor-Mauning hill introduced into the
last session <>t ? I??? Ici-daturc. Man
nine ami Lyon hciv hcartil\ applaud
ed.
At Georgetown.
Georgetown, Special.?The earn
t>aign party had * a lair turnout of
voters here Saturday to listen to
about the usual speeches.
Prohibition Aplause.
Although the county is a dispensary
one, the prohibitionist got some ap*
plnuse. Sir. Joel'E. Hrunson said
that all of tin' candidates except Mr.
lilease admitted l He corruption in the
dispensary and all 'proposed a compro
niise. It was a debauch ??t the morals
of the grand'old State ami au admit*
ted shame.
County by County.
Candidate A. C. .lones said that
while a prohibitionist lie believed in
voting the dispensary out county by
county. He said he had produced
proof of the dishonesty in the dispen
sary ami any member of the Stiite
board of directcors receiving a cent
over $40(1 per year stole it.
Mr. liichard I. Manning, who was
well received, facored no radical <
changes except those necessary by
changed conditions. W'nile apie<iat*
ing the evils of Ihpior hv recognized
that prohibition was a failure, lie
took off his hat to Mr. Hrunson ami
his work and would aid in it. but the
matter would not be. settled that way
in our time. The profits of (Seorge
town amounted to about and
the necessary evil might as well bo
made to yield this to the State.
After Ansel.
Two of the other candidates pro
ceeded to have fun with Mr. Ansel.
Mr. John J. McMalian said he was an
"as you like it" candidate and stood
f7>r nothing definite.* He wanted to
put the best men in dis|H?nsnry ollices
and gradually eliminate the alcohol
and build up a temperance people. To
fully carry out his theories he wanted
the State to manufacture as well as
sell the stuff, vile as it was. The
people should not vote for a man who
could not give us prohibition.
Col. John T. Sloan said that lum
ber was one of the principal indus
tries of Georgetown, but that even
though enough was furnished to build
a fence around the world it could not
he made tall enough to keep Ansel
off it or climbing up nml straddling.
Col. Sloan believed the dispensary,
with improvements, could solve the
liquor problem.
Mr. M. F, Ansel got back a this op
ponents by saying that he would come
off the fence when elected governor.
He explained his eountv dispepsarv
county prohibition idea.
Kingstree Meeting.
lvingstrep, Special.?At 10:30
o'clock Monday morning the cam
paign'was called to order in the .court
house by Senator Asburv Williams,
The crowd numbered about f)W0. Con
gressman .1. Kllerbe was the llrst
speaker. He gave a brief l?ut inter
esting account of his work in secur
ing pensions for Mexican war vete
rans ami an increase of rural rotjH
rri rne sixrh congressional district, lie
also gave an account of- bis work for
pure seed and accurate crop reports.
Mr. ,lv Kra/.ier Lyon, candidate for
Attorney (iciuyal, fears tbc |?eople
might have to be taxed to pay llie
debts of the State dispensary, llis
speech was loudly cheered. His op
ponent. Mr. Wagsdale, declared that
Mr. Lyon is not running to hurt the
dispensary or t?? punish the grafters,
but to yet the $1,000 salary of I lie .>1
lice. Loud elieers tilled llie coin!
room at uie close of ?.lr. Kagsdalc's
n-marks. Mr. (r. L. Walker was (he
only candidate for Attorney Genera!
present. (?en. .lones was kept away
on business, <'o|s. Itovd and Ha>kcll
h?d the usual bout over the adjutant
general's ollice. Mr. Sullivan claims
that the freight rates on the nccessi
< of life, dry goods and food stulVs,
are higher than in Georgia and North
Carolina.
Spat Ovor Free-Pass Allegation.
Mr. Summerset, thinks the pecflde
ought to look foy practical result
from tlie raihoad comlnissioit only
| when they elect a practical railroad
man himself. Mr. Cansler feels that
the present commission is lame in the
head. Messrs. Wharton and Cansler
j had a warm spat over alleged freu
passes. Mr. Cansler claiming that CoJ.
Wharton had offered the rural Iree
i delivery delegates free passes and the
colonel disowning the same. Mr. Sel
ler^ believes that Williamsburg, how
| evefr, or some oilier |o?v county,
| should have a member on tho railroad
rommifWinn. Mr. Edwards, as uj^al,
criticised the railroads and the eoWrts.
I'nder Mr. Manning's plan there
would be a radical change in the pur
chase of liquor. Tt would practically
I abolish the board of control, do away
I with tho purchase of ease goods ami
I j*ut into tli^ liaflds^ofLlhc.-tiavAiiior
tKe*Appointment of * fomurttlfe to
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make tin' awards publicly i<l I!i<> pur
chase o| I 11 ?? year's S11111 \ <>l Illinois,
lo In* ordered <?ut as needed t r?? 111 the
?ovornmeiit bonded warehouses. Mi
MeMahan feels that, should the ?I?-?
pensary l?e insolvent, iin alleged b>
Us enemies, llie people would It.' iiinl
ish to abolish it forthwith ami |ea\e
a blot oil (lie it 11 a 11*-i a I It i^l <?r> ? ? I
South Carolina, lie looks upon the
position of dispenser a> honorable
because of its tremendous re>ponstl)ii
ities ami its public necessity.
Dispensary Not Insolvent.
Col. Sloan sa\> the tide sc.-nicd to
lie turning 'a his I as of. lie wants
tlt?* tobacco growers of Williamsburg
county to smoke Col. Ansel olT his
India rubbe platform. According to
Col. Sloan, theiv is not a word of
tiutli in the rumor that the Stale dis
pensary is insolvent. lie not only
feels for the Confederate soldier, bnt
fought with him in Virginia.
He believes he lias done more for
the State in |>eace ami in war than
the wliolf* shooting-inateli of Ins op
ponnents.
Loud hurrah's rang through the
hall as Col. Ansel arose to speak. Mr.
Ansel laid great stress on drainage,
good loads ami the praelieahilitv of
the eounty dispensary under the con
trol of the grand jury. He was loud
ly eheered at the close of his speech.
He thanked the people for their ova
tion to hiin.
Mr. Hlea.se said the DO per cent,
of children, spoken of by Col. Ansel
as being educated in (lie common
schools, includes the negro children
educated in the Slate. He is dead
against using the while man's money
for the education of the negro, lie
alleges that Col. Sloan's record in
(lie Senate Inis alawys been consist
ently against the dispensary. Mr.
I?lea so believes that drainage can only
be obtained through Cougro>*?ujuLn Kl
lorbe. lie feels that, if lie is not
elected (ioveruor, no other dispensary
candidate will he.
An Effective Argument.
Mr. Brunson was received with en
thusiastic cheers. He is pleasantly
connected with Kingstree, having
served on her hoard of education with
some of her most prominent citizens.
Mr. Brunson held a bottle of liquor
for the |H'oplc to see and said, "This
is the platform of the live dispensa
| ry candidates." lie then called up
a little boy, put his hand on him and
said, "This is my platform. 1 stand
for the protection of youth of this
land." It was u very impressive ob
ject lesson. Mr. Brunson says so
great is the corrupting influence of li
fjuor that ho would not believe?either
Mr. Mc.Mahnn or Mr. Manning on his
oath after either one had been em
ployed in a liquor distillery live years.
11 i? words were greeted with though
fill applause. Messr.s Kagan, Mc
t'owaii and Morrivon, camlidates for
Secretary of State, finished the day's
?speaking.
J,).
The Campaign Schedule.
Following is the schedule of the
Slate campuign for the rest of the
lime:
Conway, Friday, July 20.
Darlington, Saturday, July 21.
HishopvilUv Tfi^djjVA July 24.
ncnnettsvi1leyVV(|(i^iS<1jvy! .July .
ChesterlioM, n'hurs(lay, July 2(i.
Camden, Friday, July 27.
Lancaster, Saturday, July 28.
Winnshoro, Monday, Any. (i.
Chester, Tuesday, Any. 7.
Yorville, Wednesday, Aug. S.
Gatfney, Thursday, Any. 0. Q
Spartanburg, Friday, Any. 10.
I'liion, Saturday, Aug. 11.
Newberry, Tuesday, Aug. 14.
(ireenwood, Wednesday, Aug. 1 i>.
Abeville, Thursday, Aug. I(i.
Anderson, Friday, Aug. 17.
Walhalla, Saturday, Any. 18.
Pickens, Monday, Any. 20.
Greenville, Wednesday, Aug. 22.
News Items.
Fit:hiiiiv is reported to tyive broken
out between Salvadorean and Guale
iiijihtn troop* on the border between
the two republics, the later being re
pulsed.
Fx-Judge Harris and ex-Sheriff
Callahan. on ? i*?n! for the murder of
Attorney Mareutn in Kentucky, testi
lied in their own behalf, but Callahan
snlVered severely under eross-examinu
tion. ^
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Donation of $100,000.
Berkeley. Cal., Special.?Wishing
t?> honor the memory of John W.
Mackay, Jr.. his .brother Clarence 11.
Mackav and his mother have donated
$100,000 to the Fniversitv of Cali
fornia for the establishment of'a pro
fes>orship of eleetiical engineering.
The'?annual income from the money
will be applied to the pax incut of
the professor's salary and expenses
and maintenance of the department,
the oi ic'uial of the fund to !??? kept
iutact in perpetuity.
Assault by Would-Bc Robber.
Wilmington, Special.?A negro
h'.rkitig about ? lot- premise*, evidently
bent on lxdjberv, assaulted young Leo
I/iH-y upon going to his home on upper
Market street and beat and choked
him into insensibility when he came,
.torwnrd willf a stone to drive the
jblack man olY. The young man's
fMhcr, later coming to the hotisov
found his iH>n iinemiayioijLa in the
yarJT The negro has not been arrest"
?J. His identity ?s not known.
Pi* ?*?- ,
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PALMET10 CROP BULLETIN
Condition of South Carolina CropH
lor Week Ending Monday, July 16,
1906, at* Given Out by the De
partment.
Like the preceding week, the cur*
ii*ni one was deficient iii sunshine.
Lew i hhlit 1<*rsii*i ins ami n?> high winds
occurred. Moth tin1 average tempera
ture and the average precipilation
wen1 below normal, although execs
sivo precipitation oeeurred in the ex
t reuse, northwestern, southern and
??<nisi sect ions.
The temperature rauye for the week
\\its from a minimum of til decrees
at (ireeinille on the 10th to u niaxi
inuui of !M degrees at Conway on the
!Mh. With the except ion of one day
when maxinium temperatures of !>((
degrees, or ahove# were noted over
praetieallx the whole Stale, the range
of the nuixinmm Irmperat ures was
I it>111 til to 70 degrees, except in the
eastern portions where the railjte was
from 72 to 77 degrees.
The preeipitatiou was generally be
low normal, although frequent light
showers oeeurred over the entire
State and kept the soil amply sup
plied with moisture, while the exces
sive eloudiness, and low temperatures
prevented the ground from drying
?ut rapidly. Small streams overflow
| ed their banks in a few localities, but
ih?' larger rivers have maintained
| their stages only slightly above their
| normal jiug1' readings.
The Tax Assessment#.
The State hoard <? 1' cqualiza! ion
Friday adjourned to meet again at tlio
call ??!" tin* chairman, Mr. K. (!. ilill
?]' 1'nioii. At the next meeting tin1
mailer of assessments <>n real estate
v\ ill lie considered.
Probably as many as leu auditors
have not yet mailed their abstracts to
tlio coni|?troller general, and for that
reason the matter of assessments on
real estate con hi not he considered.
The auditors are not to hlame, for
the chairman of tin* hoard wired to
each delinquent and found that there
was a valid excuse in each ease.
The assessments on cotton mills,
fertilizer plants and cotton seed oil
mills were adopted upon the reports
of the respective committees. The
committees which reported on the
valuation of these manufacturing
projH'rties were as follows:
Cotton Mills: A. Zimmerman, Oco
nee; ,J. |\ Durham, Horry; Morris
Israel, Charleston; W. H. Murphy,
Spartanburg*; H. 11. Folk, Newberry;
L. Quinby, Aiken; J. St. Claire
White, Berkeley; .1. F. Cox, Ander
son; J. L. (J. White, Chester; I'. h.
Johnson, York; J. A. Meetz, Hich
Innd: ,1. .1. Lane, Marlboro; H. M.
C!? veland, Greenville.
Fertiliser Plants: K, W. Cannon,
Darlington; W./J. Cunningham, Lan
easter; A. ,J. pichhoui^', Clarendon;
R. A. Cochran, Edgefield; S. M. Gd
vin, Dorchester; ,1. Berg, Beaufort, N.
S. McLeod, Lee; It. M. ('I a fly, Orange
burg; S. D. Guess, Bamberg; ,1. J.
Orillin, Barnwell.
Cotton Seed Oil Mills: ,T. TT. Mc
Kenzie, Hampton; II. ,1. Md,aurin,
Sumter; M. Lipscomb, Cherokee; J.
M. Sowell,?-Kershaw: B. (1. I'riee;
Alex. McTaggart, Florence; L. S.
Erich, Georgetown; Thomas J,, 'fVny
lor, Fairfhd<l; .1. W. Alton Green
wood, li. P. Adair, Laurens; 11. C.
Crouch, Saluda; F. II. llendrix, Lex
ington; C. C. Fricks, Pickens; J. 10.
Lomax, Abbeville; D. M. Ballentine, i
Chesterlleld.
The assessments on fertilizer plants
were increased from $!{,07-1,A4M to $.1,
S.'l7.77."i, or an increase of $7o0,000.
The col Ion seed oil mills were in
creased from $2,701, l.'IO to $.'{,020,8.'l4,
an increase of $'J.''{OS, principally in
new huxiness enterprises.
The Cotton mills show an increase
or neariv io per cent., from $41,o07,
201 to $40,1 .'17,!?!>!>. The iiew concerns
put on the tax hooks this year are
.Tnckson mills, $2f?,'l00; Ailing and
Green Knitting mills. $.">,01)0; Royal
Bay and Yarn company, $.'{.'{1,000;
Globe Manufacltiring company, $40,
1)00; Westminster Knitting' mills,
$1.*>,000'.American Press Cloth Com
pany, $10,."?00; Jordan Manufacturing
company, $2~>,000; Neely Manufactur
ing company, $00,000.
Pressing Pardon Petitions.
Governor Hevward. who has just
returned from Virginia, tinds some
pressing pardon petitions on his
hands, there beiiig hal? a dozen haner
ings booked for early Angusf. He,
has issued a call for a special meet
ing of the pardon board to be hold
August 1st. The attorneys for Bob
Smalls, the North Carolina white man
sentenced to hatrg August 3rd, have
been granted a dale for a hearing He
fore the Governor July 24. The par
done board, has already passed ad
versely upon this case.
Bank of Mays villa f!lo?#d by E rami
ner.
Mavsville, Special.?State Bank
Examiner TTollcman closed the dw>rs
of the Bank of Msvcsvillc Saturday
night pendinsr an examination into its
Affairs. It in not thought that Ihore
is any shortage, simpl# clerical errors
in the account and probably a too
lenient hand -iu?landing?*?*?<?
funds. It is hoped that the hank will
soon bk sble to reopen its doors.
Occurrences of Interest From
Ail Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A Batch of Live Pamgraphfl Cover
ing a Wido Range?What is Going
Ou in Our State.
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, steady 11 1-1(1
New Orleans, quiet and easy..11 l'-8
Mobile, steady 10 3-4
Savannah, steady 10 3-4
Wilmington, linn 10 .'{-4
Norfolk, steady 11 1-8
Norfolk, nominal 11 1-8
Naw York, steady. 10.80
Boston, quiet 10,80
IMiiladclphin, steady 11.05
Houston, steady /II
Augusta, steady 11 1-8
Memphis, quiet 10 7-8
St. Louis, steady 10 1 10
Louisville, linn 11 1-8
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These prices represent the prices
paid to wagons:
Good middling.... / 11.115
Strict middling 11.35
Middling 11.35
Good middling, tinged 11
Stains 0 to 10
The State Board Will Pay Claims.
The directors of the State dispen
sary have decided to pay all of the
outstanding claims which shall he re
ported to be just. In determining tho
justice of the claims the board will
bo governed by the advice of the spe
cial attorney, Mr. ,L'j?,. McDonald.
There are said to be $075,000 in these
unpaid claims and in a lot of in
stances the liquor has been sold. The
board decided to pay at once these
claims. ?n wliicb. the liquor has* been
disposed of. If\here is not monoy
enough in the State treasury to meet
the claims, the deposits are to be aj>
plied on a pro rata basis tn settle the
claims for whttfluvy already sold. In
addition to this, Mr. J. K. McDonald,
the special attorney, will investigate
the other claims to see if some or all
are just. Upon 4tis report the other
claims will be paid or suspended. The
board was busy Tuesday with the ease
of J. II. Doseher, manager'of the Ger
mania Brewery of Charleston. Doseh
er has been selling his own beer ami
also Wiedeuor beer. The point Nwas
raised that his is but a brewer's per
mit and not a retailer's. ..After con
siderable discussion the matter was
referred to the Charleston county
board for a further report.
New R. F. D. Routes in South Caro
lina.
The monthly report of the superin
tendent of rural fieo- delitary ofi^ the
postofllce department shows thojt dur
ing the month of Juno 133 uewft. F.
1). routes were put into operation in
South Curoliua, distributed among the
various congressional districts as fol- .
lows: First district, 7; Second dis
trict, 5; third district, 13; Fourth
district, 11; Fifth district. 34; 'Sixth
district, 3; Seventh district, 20. There
were in all during this month 1,211
petitions filed for routes iVi South Car- ,'
olina; f>40 of these were aeted on ad
versely, and 03 are still ?pending. ? '
There wore no routes discontinued in
the State.
Killed Near Columbia.
Columbia, Special.?A rear-end col
lision between two freight trains on
the high trestle of tho Seaboard Air
Line entering this city from the south
occurrcd at a few miuutes before aoop
Wednvsdny in which Conductor W.
Ill ' Suend of the first section was
fatallv injured, and Flagman Burgo
ney, also-of the first section, was ser
iously but less dangerously hurt. Two
passenger coachefc, which were being
deadheaded over the road, and the ca
boose of the front train wero thrown
from the trestle to the ground, 40
feet below, and w?/e so demolished
that most of the woodwork was re
duced to splinters.
Boy Caught by Belt and % piously
Hurt. \
Columbia, Special.?A young boy,
employed in the Columbia mills as a -
sweeper, was seriously injured and
came within a hair's breadth of a
horrible death, by being caught in
a belt and]' hurled against the ceiling.
The boy's name is Willie Latham.
11 is left shoulder is fraetured and hia.
left knee is dislocated and fractured.
Immediately after the aeeident the
boy was takeu to the Taylor l^ane hos
pita! and was considered to be iO a
favorable condition later.
N-jre Hnt- Killed hj Taim.
Newberry, ' Special.?Tom Baxter,
colored,- uas ?killed - -fey?
freight train No. 71. Iwa aules
here at 6 o'clock
noon. Baxter, -who. -_4k~
dumb, was walking in the ^
the traek with an u*abreUa?p
he was killed. The engipcy^ i
grade, blew the whistle
bell, but the negro ' wii V