The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 17, 1906, Image 1
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V'OLU.MK XVII. GAMDKN. S. C., FRIDAY. AllilST 17. HUH;.
NO. ;5 2.
K TRUCK GUILE
MY BE STOPPED Bf UMI
a
Cassidy-Lansing Bill Advocated
For New York.
LID CLOSING AT SARATOGA
* Covernor on K?Monl AuniiiHt
Hcttinu* Dci'Ihics Tlml tin* I'Vh?'<'
Makfs \o In I'ttvor of
Tnu k-Gumblinu.
WHAT IT WOULD
_S MEAN TO WIPE
1 OUT RACING
V *
Hat ing Plants in State.
"rAfUif. investment.
Belmont Pa? k $1 ,500,(HJ
Hheepshead Hay 1 .?xxjakkj
(iravesend 1,000,000
Brighton Beach 1,000,000
Baratojja WM),tl^O
Jamaica 700,OW
Aqueduct 000,000
Kenilworth i.Butlalo) 500,000
Total investment in race
tra. kst $7,100,000
Invested mi thoroughbred raco
horsee 3,000,000
Ui^tiid Total ltacing In
vestment $10,100,000
Annual Disbursements by Knee!
Ti'iiclis.
I'or and expenses $3,000,000
Stale tax 200.000 j
Tot al $3,200,000
Other Ivvpeml it tires in Kneiilg.
Animal salaries to jockeys $600,000
\nnua'T salaries to trainers 000,000
Horse feed, farriers' aii'l veter
marv bills, saddles, bridles,
boot's, <??.? 275,000
Annual (lisburseiniMits by book
makers t<>r salaries, ete OJiO.OOO
Tlic i?nI>1 it* pays in aul
inissions annually ov?*r$4,000,000
Now York City.?Inspired by the
?> unexpected success of the crusade to
I -close the gambling-houses in Sara- *
toga. the anti-gambling element in
the State iias already begun an ac
tive campaign tj stop betting on ace
tracks.
The Cassidy-Lansing bill to pro
hibit race track betting, which was
buried in committee in the last Leg
islature. will be Introduced at the
next session and a determined effort
"will be made to pass it, regardless of
what political party is successful at
the polls next November.
Governor Hifgiiis is on reoord
ajainst race-track bett1 g. At the
timo the Cassidy-Lansing bill was in
troduced ho gavo it his indorsement.
"From a moral viewpoint," said
the Governor, "it is impossible for
me to understand how the act cf a
man on one side of a fence inclosing
a betting ring can be legal when on
i the other side of the fence it is a
Air i me."
If race track patrons cannot bet on
|r the track they, will not go to the
races. This has been established
I- many times in various parts of this
- -country. Immense sums invested in
race tracks in New Jersey and Mis
rt- sour I were recently rendered profit
'.?? less by the passage of a law profriblt
. ing betting. New York Qiqfitalists
I# started a running mooting up at
SSI Salefu, N. H., last month. Tho aii-i
-l-tMbrities stopped the betting feature
and the first meeting was a paralyz
? Vf frost.
'v.'.'- The growth of racing in fhis Stato
the last few years has been phe
J^Homenal. From 7000 to 10,000 peo
J.i-'jlle attend the metropolitan tracks
/-^.-?very racing day, a gr?&t ma.iorUy of
?fthem paying $3 apiece for a bad&e at
,tho gate. On big days tho attAnd
TTHiCe runs up to 30,oo0 and 40,(?l0.
Within tho limits of Greater New
York or on its borders there are six
great race-tracks, representing an in
.""Ve8tment of probably $G,000,000 at a
'?^conservative estimate. < Tho other
tracks <fn the State are* at Saratoga
and Brfffalo. Daring the season
. there are quartered around the Long
? -Island tracks upward of 1000 racing
horses, attended by an army of
trainers, stable hands, jockeys, rub
bers and general hangers on.
It is the contention of the reform
: erB that the race tracks constitute
"Tg damaging drain, that they make
thieves and forgers and broken
$|homes?that they are, in short, an
- ?vil demanding eradication.
* The Rev. A. S. Gregg, Field ttocro
^-.tary of the National Reform Hu
m^reau. Is at tho head of tho fight,
s^igainst tho race .racks. Ho Is one of
'f^-Sbe busiest men that ever engineered
crifsade. Ever since tho opening of
^f&lhe racing season ho has been at
tv^irqrk persopally and through agents.
3V?|Ie appears to have limitless sums of
Woney and is tabulating evidence by
?the bale:
Me expects to show the Legislature
it betting on the.raco tracks is
?n and flagrant, that pool-rooms
Wot bo cut o.: from tho news of
race tracks and that the Jockey
)?indirectly but nono tho lea3
linly?promts by raco track bftt
and could not maintain its ex
llve establishments wore it not
the fact that gambling on the
tracks is allowed. ?
tlonnt Assembly For Persia,
ic Persian Minister at ..Washing
'recelved official notice that the
Ian Government hqd issued a do
granting to^the people of that
ttry -a national assembly. \
laborers For Pannmn.
Panama Canal Coromlaeton, It
wmed ta Washington, U prs
to Mlmtlao for 1(00 Chines*
laborers to pcrfona -work at
tfcptfea for which the Jamaican
W apph^r unfitted.*
r 1 ?
TteaWary
Bays Mirer.
ry Department at Waah
C., for tM tret time since
r.-lttJ* entered tbe open mar
?a vagatar beyer of aUrer lor
- ' ?*
<4 s*
INOI
Hoosiers Laughing at Directions
io School Children.
O
Hoard <?f Health DccliiroH Osculation
t?j)t'ca(l.s Dlsi'ttfit'?Silly
Season Holes.
Indianapolis, Inrl. ?Indianapolis
and Indiana generally arc laughing
at and quizzing tho State Board of
Health. To block consumption, tu
berculosis and incipient germs of the
white plague the board thinks that
kissing should be stopped. *?
Kissing on tho mouth is particu
larly objectionable, and in a sot " of
"rules for school children" the hoard
speaks especially of the kissing habit.
"Ho not kiss any one on tho mouth
or aitow anybody to do so to you,"
the rules say.
In the opinion of the board tho
germs of consumption may easily be
communicated in this way, and It Is
suggested that not only children, but
grown people, may well do away with
the habit of kissing each other on the
mouth when they meet in tho street
or In the home.
Anong other suggestions to school
children are tho following:
"Do not, put your lingers in your
mouth: do not wet your fingers in
your mouth when turning tho leaves
of books; do not put pencils In your
mouth {#77 wet them with your lips,
do not '.Void money in your mouth;
do not. put pins in your mouth; do
not put anything in your mouth ex
cept food and 'drink; do not swap
apple cores, candy, chewing gum,
half-eaten food, whistles, bean blow
ers or anything that is put in tho
mouth: peel fruit or wash it before
eating it; never cough or sneeze in a
person's face?turn your face to one
side or hold a handkerchief before
your numik; kx**p-'your faro and
hands aful finger nails clean; wash
your hAnds with soap and water be
j fore each meal; when you don't feel
well, tfave cyt yourself or have been
hnrtVby others, do not be afraid to
report to the teacher; learn to love
yfresn air and learn to breathe deeply,
and do it often."
Warning Against Drinking Soda.
Chicago, ill.?Soda water has
( come under the ban of tho Health
Department, and a warning was is
sued against the too free use of this
drink. The eminent experts of the
Health Department say tlio fruit
juices used are too prone to ferment
unexpectedly with accompanying un
pler.s.-.nt results. No comfort Is
given those .*ho prefer n cold stein,
{ and the Injunction is given to drink
; only water that has come off the ice,
j but has no Ice in it.
; STARVE!* TO CHEAT GALLOWS.
I
I Samuel Monicli Hanged For Murder
of Mrs. Harriet Decker.
Morristown, N. J.?Weak nnd ema
j elated, Sattiuel Monicli, who shot
| and killed Ira. Harriet Decker,
! daughter of Wilbur Kayliart, ' a
j wealthy farmer of this city, on Jan
I uary 18, was led to t.he gallows in
j the Morris County jail and hanged,
j For two months Monich 1ms re
I fused to take any solid food and it
j was necessary for the prison ofil
| cials to force whisky and milk down
I his throat in order to keep life in his
i body. Sn weak did Monich become
' that Sheriff Shaw dispensed with the
i\de<?th watch.
j \ Monich was employed In the Can
i stick Mills at Monvllle, and although
he had a wife and three children liv
ing in Hungary, became infatuated
with Mrs. Decker. She was sepa
rated from her husband and lived on
her father's iarm, a short distance
from the hoarding house of Monich.
He went to tlm Kayhnri farm and
f concealed himself behind ume
bushes. When Mrs. Decker, hearing
a peculiar noise, went from the house
to investigate, Monich fired five shots
i at her, all of which took effect. He
I then reloaded the revolver and sjiot
| himself four times.
I Despite hitf.wou-da he managed to
j reach his boarding house, where he
, was arrested later. *
GIRL NIHILIST A SUICIDE.
General'# Daughter Drops Iloinh Ac
| cideiitnlly, Then Shoots Hcrsrlf.
Odessa. Russia. ? A well-dressed
I girl about eighteen years old, regis
tered under the name of Potupkln at
, the k.Hotel' St. Petersburg, adjoining
I the palace of the Governor-General.
General Kaulhars. She inquired Ihu
sitiation of the Governor-General's
I residence, and proceeded toward the
palace.
| When only a few yards from the
: entrance she dropped her reticule,
| which contained a bomb. It et
| ploded, but did not injure the girl,
? who rushed back to her hotel and
shot herself dead.
' It was learned later that the girl
i was a daughter ot General Print/..
? Roy Arrested For Murder.
At New Haven, Conn., Alfred Nel
son, aged elghtoen, of New Britain,
admits the murder of Maurice Kent,
also of New Britain, and was arrest
ed. Ha said he killed Kent because
the latter refused to give him a small
sum of money that he owed him.
Dr. CrapM-jr'ii Views Endorsed.
T?he Rev. George Clark Cox, of Cin
cinnati, came out sttongly foi Dr.
Crapaey'a views in a letter to his
bishop.
Standard OH Indictments.
Indictment* were found by a Fed
eral Grand Jury at Jamestown. N. Y.,
against the Standard-Oil Company,
(he Pennsylvania-Railroad Company
and the Vacuum Oil Company for rr *
bating*
Raasiaa tYace Movfrtncnt.
Members of moderate parties la
Ruaaia have started a movement t?
bring aboat a constitutional form of
goieiamrat tknmgk psncefut vinIi
; ' "
?Z ?
SPECIAL OFFICERS DM6
PASSENGERS OFF TRAINS
Brooklyn Road Ignores Justice
Gaynor's Order.
FIGHTING ALL DAY LONG
VVixdi'ii Nearly Drown?Swept From
Trestle*?Trolley Service Stops
at Night?Thousands Stranded
?Great Disorder on the Cars.
Brooklyn, NT. V.?The Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company eharged ton
cents fare to Coney Island, notwith
standing the decision of Justice Gav
nor of the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court, who ruled that the
c .ipany was entitled only to tiv?
contn.
The company did this with the aid j
of 2r,0 special pohccmen and a corps
of heavyweight inspectors. A simi
lar number of real policemon were
on hand to preserve order, hut failed
to do so.
Fully J000 perr.v mb, men, women
and children, r.? forcibly ejected
from the trolley cars; f?00 walked
nearly half the way to the island; the
first steps were taken in scores of
damax* suits, and tho Brooklyn
Rapid Transit representatives defied
Deputy Police Commissioner O'KeefTe
of Brooklyn. I,a\Vvers and lawyers'
clerks swarm-.vl about the points
where passeligcvs were put off and
took the names ol witnesses.
As an outcome of the day's doings
a committee of citizens Is being
formed In Brooklyn to enforce Jus
tice Gaynor's ruling. Sheriff Flali
erty of Kings1 County informed
of the purpose of the committee, and
tlrtit the committee Intended to call
on him. as Sheriff, to protect, them as
citizens in upholding their rights.
Sheriff Flaherty said:
"I have not been requested to act
as yet, and I have not taken the mat
ret under advisement. If {such a de
mand was made and I flplt that I
should act, my force of deputies Is
so smali that I won Id .be compelled
to call upon the Gover^r of the State
to cive me some of the militia."
When tlv trolley cars bound for
/Coney left Gravesend after the B. It.
yT. officials had finished their rough
treatment of passengers, a Ions open
strntch of tracks was Jn front of
them, and to make ut> time they
traveled at terrific syTeod. Mary and
Helen Wulvh,* /onsins. of No. 40T>
Tenth avemia. nineteen and twenty
three years old re3i)cet i^elv, when
walking across thf bridge over Co
ney Island Creek, were struck by a
car In charge of Victor Conomos.
They were knocked into the creek
ten feet below. Passengers leaped
Into the water and'*' saved them.
Helen Walsh was Injured internally,
and was taken to the Coney Island
Reception Hospital. Her cousin was
bruised about the face and shoulders,
but was able to go to her home.
Conomos was placed under arrest.
Bird S. Coler, President, of Brook
lyn Borough, was one of the thou
sands of passengers who went to Co
ney Island. He and his wife were
passengers on a Nostrand avenue car
for Coney Island. He was responsi
ble for carrying the case against the
B. R. T. before Justice Onynor. He
said tho actions of the Inspectors and
special policemen .were disgraceful,
and that they should not be per
mitted to wear the uniforms of the
city police, and thus Rive persons the
impression their .actions were those
of the city police. He said he would
advocate an ordinance to deprive
them of the privilege.
Kll-rv HURT IX THAIX 'WRKfK.
Two Cars Roll Over nn Embankment
in Texas.
Bowie, Texas.?Half a hundred
passengers wore Injured, but none
mortally, when a north-bound pas
senger train on the Fort. Worth and
Denver City Railioad was wrecked, a
few miles south of Frultland. Texas.
A sleeping ear and a day coach
rolled down an embankment.
There was no panic, although most
of- the occupants of tlm derailed ears
were women and children. Soon
after t-bo wreck occurvvd a relief
train "was sent from Bowie with sur
geons. The more severely injured
'were taken to Howie and Fort Worth.
All the injured lire in the Southwest.
rrii.XJ.AXKS KILL FIVH.
Lieutenant fnj-der and Collector I
Williams ^jln{n.
Manila, P. I.?First. Lieutenant j
John F. James and two privates of ]
the Fighth Tnfantry, with surgeon
Calvlr. Snyder ^ind Internal Revenue
Collector Williams, of lllinrtis, were
killed in a hand-to-hnml flght with
a force of Pulnjanea at Julita, Island
of Leyte.
The detachment, which consisted
of ten men, were greatly outnum
bered, but made a gallant flght. The
Pulajanes captured three pistols,
four Krag-Jorgcpsen rifles and three
huudre 1 rounds of ammunition.
Disorder In ItiuNia.
Terrolst activity continued in many
Russian provinces; General von Lar-'
sky has been appointed Governor
General of Warsaw; an attempt waft
made to kill General Karateleft in
Samara! ?
Taper Trust Obeys Law.
Directors of the General Paper
Company held a meeting at Milwau
kee, Wis., to wind up ita affairs aa a
corporation, in compliance with tho
decision of the United States Circuit
Court. \
Vftmui KeMtnckiui Dead.
" Colonel Cuthbert Bullitt, a prom
inent Kentoeklau, died nt the age of
aiutr>Mmr He *m Collector of
Caatoma at N#w Orleans cader Presi
dent
HIGH RECORD WHEAT TIEUB
Prediction of a Crop of 772,264,
OOO Bushels.
Heats lYodilcl iott of IOOI by 21,O00,?
OOO?rue ('oi'n l-Nfimate livct'i'dN
the llesi I'rcvious Year.
Washington, I). (\ The (iovi>ru
ment report ?stimutes the win
tor .whenI crop at 193,434.000 bush
els, us co in pa rod with 429,534,000
bushels previously estimated The
indicated spring wheat crop is 27*,
(*30,000 bushels. This compares
with 293,221,000 bushel# estimated
last month, 285,38 1,000 hushols. the
estimated crop on August l, 1905,
and the tlnal 1905 crop of 2?M,5 10,
059 bushels.
The total indicated whoa' crop is
772,264,000 bushels, which is great
er by 24,000,000 bushels than.that
??f 1901, the greatest on record. Last
months figures were 72 2.75/?,000
bushels; 709,681,000 bushels were
estimated on Aukust 1, 1905. and the
final total crop of,?J905 was 692,979 -
4S9 bushels.
The report shows that the cor.li
tlon of spring wheat as of August 1
was SC.9. This compares with 9 1 i
last month. 89.2 on August 1, 1905;
87.5 on August l, 1901, ami 77.1 on
August 1, 1903.
The condition of r/inj^ was S2.S.
This compares w i IJjTs I last\month,
90.8 on August 1, 1905; SC.01 on Au
gust l, 1901, and 79.5 on August 1,
1903. 'I he indicated oats crop is
852,482,000 bushels. This com
pares with 874,025.000 bushels esti
mated last month, 933,00o,00ii bush
els estimated on August 1, 190?!', and
final 1905 crop of 963,210.197 bush
els.
The condition of corn was ss t.
This compares with 87.5 la.t month]
89 on August 1, 1905; S7.3 on Au
gust 1, 1904, and 7X.7 on August I.
1903. The indicriPted corn crop is
J,7 1 3,000,001b' bushels. This com
pare.* with ;'y/i0 3,04 1,000 bushels es
timated Mst month. 2,098,000,000
bushels estimated on August 1, 1905,
and the final 1905 crop of 2,707,9*93,
5 40 bushels. The indicated crop as
compared with final totals in preced
ing years is greater by 6,000,000
bushels than that of 1905, which was
the largest on record.
The following table shows f<Jf tho
Ave principal spring wheat States the
condition on August I in each of tho
last three years, with a ten-year av
erage:
1 0-Year
'?. Aug., July, Aug., Aug., A v?
'00 '00 '05 '04. erage
N. Dakota. 88 93 91 90 80
S. Dakota. 90 91 9 1 85 SI
Minnesota. 85 89 X0 92 84
Iowa 92 9 4 88 80 84
Wash in'on 75 100 95 81 90
U. S SG.9 91.4 89.2 87.5 82.6
LYNCH 1411 t? ICTS FIFTKKN YEAllH.
First Conviction For Offense In His
tory of North Carolina.
Salisbury, N. C.?What Is said to
be tho first conviction for lynching in
the history of the* State took placj
here, when George Hall, a white ex
convict or Montgomery County, who
was one of the party which lynched
three nogrou in jail here for the mur
der of the Lyerly family, was found
guilty of conspiracy in connection
with that crime and was sentenced to
fifteen years in tho penitentiary.
Tho jury was out only thirty-five
minutes. Judge B. F. Long sentenced
Hall to the maximum term provided
for by law. The evidence against
Hall was overwheltnjpft.
The State sprung a surprise In the
trial when the offense agaiust the
prisoner was changed from murder
to conspiracy.. David W. Julian, a
deputy sheriff, testified tliat he saw
Hall leading a mob of about thirty
men, some of whom the witness
knew. The officer had in custody a
man he had arrested at the jail.
Hall, said the witness, carried a ham
mer. and threatened to brain him if
he did- not liberate the prlsouer.
Other testimony was offered and |
the case speedily given to the jury.
Hall had been a cotton ijtlll opera- |
tive. /
I K\PLOSION OX A DESTROYER.
i Foui* Workmen Hurl on the Worden
?Hot Rivet l)rop|M'd 1 nt?> Varnish.
Norfolk, Va. ? Four men were bad
I ly burned ami one fatally as the re
sult of an explosion on (ho torpedo
1 boat destroyer Wordoi\ at the navy
: yard here.
Workmen were replacing rivetB
| in a paint looker on the destroyer
! when a red hot rivet dropped Into a
vat of asphaltuni varnish, causing
! nil explosion of terrific force, which
| burled William H. Wilson, a riveter,
j and Robert E. White, another work
! man, who were on a temporoary stap
' ing abovo the varuish vat. out
through the hatches on the Worden
and upon the deck of the vesesl.
Both men were dangerously burned
| by the ignited liquid.
Henry Sherman, head of ihe con
struction and repair department, was
also badly burned, as was Joseph
Barrow, who was passing the rivets.
Rear Admiral Berry, Conffhandant
at the navy yard, has ordered an in
vestigation to determine the respons
ibility frtrsttie explosion.
l!ri!!!a:;t *Veok ni Ctrnrit.
Cowes week Was one of the most
brilliant in the history of the fam
ous Isle of Wight resort, where King
Edward, Kin* Alfonso and other roy
alty led the social pleasures.
?Toko KinSboiI By Daughter.
Mrs. George B. JlafTerty sued her
father-in-law, Gilbert T. Rafferty,
known as the "Coke King,"' tor
$300,000 for alienation of her hus
band'* affections.
Insurance Decision Favor* Company.
Judge Howard handed down a de
cision at Troy, N<jY? favorable to the
administration ticket of thMjfntoal
Life last*ranee Company aid the
Stat* 9ap*riatendeat of Inaaraaee Ml
the action hroafht hjr poller holders.
Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
? ?
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A. Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Rango?What is (ioing
On in Our Stale.
General Cotton Market.
(J alvestou, 1111 i c I 10 1-'2
New Orleans, ?|uiet Ill .i Hi
Mobile, ea*'y. . .. In
Savniiiiali, nominal '..Ill .")-!(>
Noi folk, steady 10 ?">-S
Baltimore, nominal Ill .VS
New York. <|iti<'f 10.00
Boston. ?|iii<>( 10.(1(1
Philadelphia, <|iiict l().S.'?
Houston, <1111<* 1 10 :$-S
Augusta, quiet to ;t-S
Si. Bonis, nominal...' 10 .'{-S
Memphis, quiet Id | |
I .oisvilU', lii m | ii :}- \
Charlotte Cotton Market.
Tims,, prices represent (lie prices
paid to wagons;
? iood middling Ill 7-S
Strict middling 10 7-S
Middling 10 7-N
(iood middling, linked.... ... 10 7-H
Stains 0 to 10
The Farmers at Clemsou.
A special i'roni Clemsou ('ollcjje
t<> the Columbia Slate o|' Fridav
says: The attendance at the invii
(ute <<onlimies to increase, and is var
iously esiimated at t'rmn 700 io I..">00.
riieic are too many people here to
??ft tov.clher in any one lmihlin;r.
and (hrct'oie lhee\act number can
not he asrrrtiii^j^^ In addition to
the hundreds I'nmi all pails of the
Stale, many have been driving in
I roiii (lie surrounding' country? men.
women, childrcn-'and babies. There
is a very laiye uuinhcrs of women in
attendance. All seem happy and
hopelul. Col. H. B. Watson announc
ed the meet iny of ||^> Agricultural
and Mechanical Society of South
( arolina, and made a plea for more
memhers and more exhibits at the
State lair. Air. (i. A. (iui^nard.
president of the society, called the
meet ill}; to order at I p. in. Mr. A.
W. Love, secretary, was at his post.
Many of (he prominent members of
the society were present, anion;; them
lion. B. F. Crayton, of Anderson,
who lias {riven as much lime and
thought to the State fair as and other
man in South Carolina. On the staire
besides the president and the secre
tary Hon. H.- B. Watson, Hon. W.
I), Evans, Hon. W. (I. llinsou >and
Col. B. F. Crayton. lJ|>on motion of
Hon. W. J). Evans it was Voted (o
request. the railroads to run trains
to and from the fair grounds for
the accomodation of the people, lion.
J. C. Striblitij; appeared before the
society as a representative of the
Farmers' union and asked that a day
be appointed during the Slate tail
on which the Farmers' union should
meet. On motion of Hon. W. 1).
Evans, Wednesday. Oct. '21 was
designated ,as the day for tin- meet
iiof the Farmers' union. Ii was
decided to invite Hon. W. .1. Bryant
to make an address at the State fair.
i
Aiken's Warehouse.
Aiken, Special.? A meeting of the
stockholders of the Farmer*' Storage
company \v:?k held?here. The old
hoard of directors was reelected,
w ith the addition of Mr. II. <'. llalm
and Mr. S. S. (Jostf. 'flu* execntive
ecfinmittee was reelected, and thev
were instructed to ap|w>int a
manager for tin* warehouse. |)ivi
dends of 10 j>er cent. were declared.
Tlie warehouse is open and ready' IV?r
the storage of this season's crop.
Cotton can he stored at cheaper rates
than in Augusta and other cotton
markets. The stockholders are well
satisftl'Tt^tivith their investment. The
cotton warehouse business is a com
paratively new venture in Aiken, the
Formers' <?torage company having
br? a organized only about a yeai
auo. The warehouse is well patron
ized and has among its stockholder*;
many of tin; leading farmers of
Aiken cohntv.
Candy Factory Collapses.
? (ireenville. Special.?Almost with
out warning the brick store house
occupied by a candy factory collaps
ed here Wednesday afternoon. No
one was caught in the falling debris,
though it is thought remarkable that
the inmates of the (daces escaped.
The collapse was caused by excava
tions being made on the side the
wall by eon tract os-s who uiO erpctiny
a new building for the Hank of Com
merce. corner Main and CotTeu
streets. The a (Image is estimated at
between $4,000 and $.">,000. It is not
known where the damage will fall.
Mill Operative Disappears.
fJrcCnville, Special.??Iohn Q. .Cam
brel I of Mouaghau mills has disap
l>enred. His wherebouts arc un
known.; He leaves a wife and two
8!*all children. The authorities have
instituted a fcearch. His wife is in A
hysterical condition, though there
seems to be im reason to suspect foul
pity. When last teen Saturday night
Ganbrcll is said to have had a watch
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PALM11 10 CHOP UULLtllN
lieueral Summary of Condition of
North Carolina Crops for Weok
Ending Monday, Aug. 13, 1906.
I In* w cat her' was liol and suit I v
hiring (In- u hole ill' | lie past week
>Mlll ItllllMTt mis local rains generally
?ecurrii'y liuin ilit> till to |li<> 101 h,
I lie matUi'?l feature ol' tin* weather
?vas i lie limit nu'aii temperature which
was about ?? degroes above I ho nor*
"ml. Til.' niHxmuuii temperature
?arli which was about ."> degrees above
ho normal. Tin- maximum tt*ni|>ern
lurr oacli day rose to as high as 00
logrces or over at most places in the
eastern and central districts. The
higher temperature ro)iortcd was MS
degrees on iho llih in Chatham ami
.lohnsloii counties, and tin* lowest
vva- (i.i decrees on tin? Stli in Caldwell
County. and on the lllli in Surrey
County, hull in Iho western disiriet.
The rainfall was iit>; well distributed
there being many local heavy rains,
especially in tin' central counties. The
average for the State was somewhat
ahovo normal. Tln-re was plenty of
sunshine during ilie past weeU which
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is rapidly drying up the excess of
moisture caused by the late heavy
rains. A. II. Tliessen.
Now Enterprises.
Kalcigh, Special.? The Southern
I'ure Komi ('ompany of Durham was
charlcred at a capital id' #10,000, \\ .
II. Ilolloway, .1. A. Hopkins and
others, for a general grocery lnisi
ness ; Holland Manufacturing Co.. of
(iastonia, N. capital .$'2.~>,00tl for
the operation of cotton and wo/den
mills. Incorporators (I. A. (Jray, 1?.
W. Holland and others. Fencers'
(Jin Company, I'ilt couidy, capital
$'{,000, hy \Y. II. Kilpntriok and
others; Savannah Flume Company.
Hillhoro, Jackson County, -? ope
rating Humes for transportation
of lumher, capital $'20,00(1, hy Ahlen
Howell, I''. A. Lincoln and others of
WaynoKville.
A Sad Accident.
Chariot <o, Special.?Virgil Kun
derburg, the .1 (1-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kundorburg was handling
his gun when his little sister, Delia,
came up and sat down near his aide.
Ignorant (hat the weapon wosv*loaded
the hoy was greasing the trigger. Hy
some means the trigger fell and the
gun was discharged, the entire laod
entering the mouth of the little girl
who was near him. The gun was of
a broach-loading kind, and the shell
contained No. 7 slml. The little girl
was hurled backward, and died in
stantly. The family live within one
half mile of the city. The boy is
gnej stricken on account ol Iho sau
aecideii 1.
Winston for Next Meeting.
Durham, Special.?Tito lifty-ninfh
annual meet in# of I lie ( Irand Kn
caiupment Odd Fellows, concluded a
harmonious session. Only routine
business was transacted. Reports of
officers showed a derided gain over
last vcar. Winston was} selected for
the next meeting pTuee. The follow
ing olliccrs were elected: C. K. Prick,
Charlotte, grand |?aUuu^h I K. C.
Dunn. Kinston, granfj high priest;
W. L. Smith, Wilmjngton, grand
senior warden; J. T. King, Wilming
ton, grand scrihe; Wesley Williams,
Kli/aheth City, grand treasurer; (!.
W. Mrvant, Durham, grand junion
warden; (Jeo. A..(ireen, Newborn and
W. II. Weatherly, Elizabeth City,
grand representatives.
News Items.
The Isthuiain commission is to use
Chinese coolies to dij* the Panama
canal and will advertise at'once for
bids to furnish 2,500.men.
in the navy an enlisted,man now
1 as an opj>ort unity of winning a com
mission as eljsign, as 12 officers are
each year to !>e named from among
the enlisted men.
May Remodel Depot.
Lumhcrton, Special.?The town
commissioners have made an order to
allow the Sou hoard Air Line Railway
to remodel and rebuild its passenger
de|H?l here, of wood. The same to
cost not less than $4,000. The order
is made on condition that the plans
are approved by the corporation com
mission. The commissioners have de
cided to hold an election, some time
soon to vote the issuance of $lf>,000
bonds to extend and improve the
light and water plant. The date for
the lection has not vet been fixed.
Hall and Gentle Safe.
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Raleigh,<8|?ceial.?Geo. Ilall and J.
O. (Jentie, ^charged with being lead
ers of the mob at Salisbury, are now
in the penitentiary in accordance
with the orders of Governor Glenn.
Halt, pending an appeal to,the
pre me Court, from
feeu years, in-the-i
po*od by Judge Lor
until his tjrial i? the
?et for
? Slill RFFAIK
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Bloody Deed of Strange Man
Who Must Have Been Crazy
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PISTOL EMPTIED INTO A CROWD
Unknown Mun Fires Twice Into a
Waiter's Back and Then, Turning
His Weapon to the Throng on
Board Walk, Leaves Three Men and
a Woman Writhing and Remainder
in Wild Stampede While Ho Flees.
New York, N. Special.??\Yhilo
I lie Oceanic Walk in the Bowery in
Coney Island was slid crowded early
Monday an unidcnlilicd man pulled a
revolver and fUed (wo shots into the
hack of a waiter at Stanch's liestau
rani and (hen (timed liifi weapon on
the crowd and lired four limes as
quickly as he could pull (he trigger.*
Four persons were writhing in agony
on tlu? hoard walk when (lie man fled
toward (lie ocean thrcaleninyfyiy per
sons who would pursue liini. Thomas
Fit/pat rick, aged 25, Thomas Mc
Donald, aged 1!), and (icorge White,
aged 2(1, -may die. Annio Smith
aged '20. was seriously hurt. At the
time of (lie shooting (he crowd was
pouring I'roni Llie restaurant. In t.ho
throng were many women. At tho
sounds of the shots and the screams
of women why witnessed the shoot
ing the crowd broke in all directions.
Increase in Wages. 0
Washington, I). C., Special?Tho
report hy?the Bureau of Labor shows
that in 11)05 the average wages per ?
hour in tho principal manufacturing '
and mechanical industries was one
4
and six-tenths per cent higher than
in 11)04; the average hours remain
ed ihe sumo while tho weekly earn
ings of. all tho employes', owing to
tho increase of six and thrce-le frit lis
per cent in tho number of persons
employed, was eight per cent greater.
Retail prices of food six-tenths per
cent highter. As tho average wages
increased more than the retail price*
an hour's wages in 1900 would pur-* "
chase one per cent moro food than ia
1904.
'
Report of Insurance Committee.
Omaha, Ncb? Special.-*?Tl!e report
of thetJ committee on Insurance of
American Bar Association, to be sub
mitted to tho Convention St.. Paul,
Aug. 29, provides for the drafting of
n bill requiring deferred dividends ob
lifts policies io bo biennially appor
tioned, credited and certified to
policy-holders; repeals reciprocal re
taliatory and valued tax laws; pro- ,
vides for strictor State incorporation /
laws, use of n\ails to unlicensed con- i
cents, provides for" supervision of. in
terstate transactions in insurance,
and the establishment of bureau of
insurance in the-Department of Com
merce and Labor. ?
Bank Olerk Took $100,000.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?Offi
cials of the First National Bank
Monday announced that Alexander R.
Chisolm, paying: teller of that bank,
in $100,000 short in his accounts. As
hixolm w#s bonded for $30,000 the
loss to the bank will be reduced to
$70,000. The discovery,of the short
ape was made while Chisolm was off
on his vacation, - v
Dr] McCraw Dead.
Richmond, Vs., Special.?Dr. Jas.
ri. McCraw, a1 native of Richmond,
and one of the oldest physicians in
Virginia is dead at the age of 84.
lie was a prominent Confederate
Surgeon and during the war had
charge of the Chimbcrazo Hospital
here,' where 70,000Confederate sol'
diers were treated.
15 Persons Injured.
Fort Worth, Texas, Special.?Twe
passenger trains on the Chicago,
iiock Island and Gulf railroad coRid*
ed in the local yards, injuring 18
persons, W. O." Stevens, banker and _
Brink Poore, . both of Bridgeport, -; "{
Texas, were seriously hurt.
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Loss by Firo $50,090.
New Cretans, Special,?Fir? <1*
stroyed the building on Magaxin* -
street occupieds by Pinski Br?thei
Hoffman, commission merchants, and
Burkenroad, Goldsmith .. -
grocers. The loss is 950,000. ?
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^ Dr. Ellis Drowned.
Richmond, Va? Special.?Dr.
iel P. Kllis*a member of the Fj
and collegc phyaieian of Ran
Macon Course, AafeUod, . Va^ .
drowned in Stag* Creek, ti-hiie ~
way to pay
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