The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 21, 1906, Image 1
volume xvn.
CAMDEN, S. C.. KlilDAY. DKCKMlSKlt 21,1900. NO. 50.
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Motion, Thle Year Were Abao
* ?nd Unaccompanied
A Disturbance.
tPtlnn/'jloii, Special,?'The Presi
grra^afx. Vm>gtm givjn(f ||l?
.r^ Ins recent observation* in
jj ico n Mil njakiitg recommenda
tonciM-mijjr j 1,0 government of
wand \vn? deliver (u Hic Scu
ll was read at length and re
gcaref.,1 attention. The mes
""*? as follows:
he President'b Message.
|penate and House of Rcprcs
gtamber 21 I visited the is.
i Co' binding at Ponce,
&*>>' the old Spanish road by
?w.rr ? " JuHn' an<! retumini;
iBe1?'5 OVi', 1,10 new American
gyco^Arecibo to P?nce; the
?JPV," wonderfully beautiful,
among th3 mountains of
interior, which constitute a ver
Swjtj5C|,Ja,M1. I could not
F*** nt "an duan because the bar
has not been digged out and
jn not receive an American battle
WiP\ "ot lhi,,k Hlis f?^'t credit
f,.? 1,8 a,s ? nation, and I earn
r^i!k P? J immediate provision
harbor' hedging San Jnan
I'- ,^ow^. whether our people as a
- fnC ! 11,0 beauty and fertility
^ , ^ICO? and the progress that
? has been made under its admirable
government. We have just cause foi
i^de in the character of our rop
?jntatives who have administered
- tropic islands which carno untie.
>ur nag as a result of the war with
Hpaiftf ami of no one of them is thh
? more true than of Porto Rico. It
i would, be impossible to-wish a more
; ?aithful, a more efficient and a nior.
disinterested public service than tlia-C
V now being rendered in the island of
Tor to Rico hy those in control of the
inmtlnr?government.
I stopped at a dozen towns all told
?** *ad one of the notable features in
every town was thflfrgathoring of the
; *choo! children. Jhe work that has
* been done in Porter Ri9o for education
t has been noteworthy/ The main em
phasis, as js eminently wise anil
proper, hag been put upon primary
education; but in addition to M\it>
there is a normal school, an agri
cultural school, three industrial and
- three high schools. Every effort k
being made to seciiro not only the
benefits of eiementairy1 education io
<Ml the Porto Rlcan9"of the ..next
generation, but also as far as mcatu
. will permit to train them so that th*
industrial, agricultural and commer
cial opportunities of the island >*n
be utilized to the best possible ad
vantage. . It was evident at a glanca
that the teachers, both Americans
and native Porto Ricans, were de
voted tA their work,' took the great
_ est pi idc it, and were endeavorinif
to (rain tneir pupils, not only in
?7 mind, but in what counts for far
more than mind in citizenship, that
SLis in character. ?
Troops in the Island.
1 was very much struck by the ex
cellent character both o? the insular
police and of the Porto Rican regi
ment. They are both of them bodies
that reflect credit upon the American
administration of the island, The in
Pillar police ore Uudpf tli? local Porto
RU?an government, >Tho. Portp Hiean
regiment of troops most, be appro
. priated for by . Congies*. I earn
estly hope that iTus body will be kept
permanent, ^There should certainly
be troops in the island, and it i# wist
that these troopa should be them
selves native Porto Ricans. It woulJ
be from every standpoint a mistake
not to perpetuate this regiment.
In tra-versing the island even the
most cursory survey leaves the be
holder struck with the evident rapid
growth in the eulture both of the
rogar eane and tobacco. The fruit
industry is also growing. Last year
was the most prosperous year that
the island has eyer known before or
since the American occupation. Th'i
. total exports and imports of the
Island waa $45,000,000 as affinpt $18,
000.000 in idDl. Thi? is ttaf largest
4a (W island'a history^ Prior to the
Iwriwa o?*boetion * the / greatest
trade Jar any one year was that of
reaehed nearly $?V
" Xissi year, .therefore, thtro
2*?a<famhie the trade Htet tUra waa
in Al most prosperous year under
the Spamah regime. There were
210,373 ions of nuar exported jaat
_wa*^ei the value of $M43M1?^
of the Yalcw of $$,
Iiha never recoveivd from the dis
aster of the hurricane, and moreover,
the benefit of throwing open our
market io it has not compensated fj>r
the loss in ft ie ted by the clotting of th-:1
markets to it abroad. I call your at
[itfntion to tlie accompanying memo
rial on this subject of the hoard of
trade of San Juan, and I eaVuestly
I lio'K? that some measure will be taken
llor (he benefit of the excellent and
Ihigh grade Porto Kican coffee.
I In addition to delegations from the
Ihourd of trade ai,gd chamber of com?
Imerce of San Juan, J also received
delaga lions from the Porto Kican
Federation of Labor, and from the
Coffeo Growers' Association.
Question of Citizenship.
There is a matter to which I wish
lo call your s|>ecial attention, and
that is the desirability of conferring
full American citizenship upon the
people of Porto Itico. 1 most earn
eastly hope that this will be done., I
can not see how any harm can po.s
sibly'result from it, and ii seems to
me a matter of right and justice to
the people of Porto liico. They are
loyal, they arc glad to be under our
^lag, they are making rapid progress
along the path of orderly liberty.
Sureljluwe should show our apprecia
tion of them, our pride in what they
have done, and our pleasure in ex
tending recognition for what has thus
been done, by granting them lull
American citizenship.
Under the wise administration of
the present progress hA$ been made in
the dinicult ifiatter of granting to ths
people of the island the largest meas
ure of self-government that can with
safety be given at the present time.
It would have beeiv^a very serious
mistake# to have gone any facter than
we have already gone in this direc
tion. The Porto fticans have com
plete and absolute autonomy iij all
their municipal governments, the on
ly power over them possessed by tho
insular/,government being that of re
moving corrupt or incompetent mu
nicipal officials. This power ha*
never been exercised save on the
clearest proof of corruption or in.
competence?such as to jeopardize
the interests of the people of the is
land; and -under such circumstances
it has been fearlessly used to the
immense benelit. of the people. II is
not a power with which it would be
safe, fo* the sake of the island itself,
to dispense at present. The lower
House is absolutely elective, while the
upper House is appointive. This
scheme is working well; no injustice
of any kind results from it. and
great benefit to tho island, and it
should certainly not be changed. at
this time. The machinery of the
elections is administered entirely by
the Porto Iiican people themselves,
the Governor and council keeping on
ly such supervision as is necessary
in order to insure an orderly elec
tion. Any protest as to electoral
frauds is settled in the courts. IJere
again it would not be safe to make
any change in the present system.
The elections this year were absolute
ly orderly, unaccompanied by any
disturbance; and no pttrtestcJias been
made against the Hianagement of the
clectionsfciklthough three contests nvo
threatenerc, where the majorities
were very, small and or^or was claim
ed; the contests, of course, to be set
tied in the courts Jiy shorf, th*
GoVens&r and council nva en-nnwrnt
ing with niUof the most cnlifflltoned
and most patriotic of tho people of
Porto Uieo in#odueating tho citizens
of this island ill the principles ol or
derly liberty. They are providing a
government based upon each citizen**
self-respect, and the mutua! respect
of all citizens; that is, based upon i
rigid observance of tho principles of
justice and honesty. It has not been
easy to instil into the minds of pco^
pie unaccustomed to the oxercise of
freedom, the two basic principles of
our American system; the principle
that tho majority must rule, and the
principle^that tho minority has rights
which must not be disregarded or
trampled upoifi Yet real progress
has been made in having these prin
ciples accepted as elementary, us the
foundations of successful self-govern
ment.
I transmit herewith (he report of
tho Go-cruor of Porto Hico, sent to
the President through the Secretary
of Btote. (
All the insular tfovernments tshould
he placed in, one bureau, Mihcr in
the Departmont of War or the De
partment of State. It is a mistake
not so to arrange our handling of
these island* at Washington an to be
able to take advantage of. the ex
perience gained in one, when dealing
with the problems that from time to
time arise in another.
> In conclusion let mo express m>
.admiration for the work done by the
Congress when it enaeted the lan
under which the island is now being
administered. After seeing tKo is
land personally, and after five years7
experience in connection with its ad
ministration, H-fs but fair to those,
who devised this law to say that it
would be well-nigh impossible to
h*v? devised any other which in th#
actual working would 'It* accom
plished better results.
^ THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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nil ARE HOI H
American Contractors to Get
Panama Canal Job
MANY CHANGES IN CONTRACTS
Mnny Changes Agreed to in Forty cf
Contract for Construction. But
Most Important is Announcement
by Chairman Shout* That Only
Proposals oy American Firms Wil
Be Received.
~
WasiiijigioM, ^joeial.-?Foreign con
l)ra<*t6iH are to ze burred from eoinjM)
tiiion for tli?* completion of the PmT^?
unia Canal. Chairman Shunts, ?>i
Che isthmian Canal commission, made
this announcement. Many changes
have been agreed to in the form of
contract to he entered into "for the
construct ion of the canal, hut the
most important is the limiting of
proposals t?) American linns. The
rijilu will be reserved by the commis
sion to reject all the bids submitted;
in ease none of them satisfactory
and the commissioTi/will then cither
throw the competition <?pen to for
eign bidders or proceed with the
work without contract. January 1
is the date set for the opening of
proposals.
A puhstantia) reduciion, in the bond
of the successful bidders was also
made by the commission, in compli
ance with the request of prospective
bidders. The bond will be only -f-,
000,000 and the total liability of the
con tract or is to be limited to the loss
of percentage and premiums other
wise payable to the contractor and*3
$.'1.000,0U0 in addition. Chairman
Shouts indicated other changes a^
follows:
"To relieve the contractor from re
sponsibility for the use of,defective
materials, or for the preparation for
use of the same, provided he has re
quested the chief engineer in writing
for the definite approval of the ma
terials, or the preparation for use
thereof, and the chief engineer after
a reasonable time fails to act upon
apcftsrcqnesf.
''To provide fon a la^er change in
the estimated cost and . time of con
structure, as originally agreed to by
the engineering committee, in case the
plans and (specifications for the con
struction of the canal shall he ma
terially altered in any respect.or if
it shall be made to appear to the
President of the United States that
the estimates are based on physical
data so erroneous as to affect the es
timated cost and time of construction
or that the estimates have become
substantially inequitable by reason of
the intervention of an act of God or
a public enemy; or for any other mat
ferial cause which shall rn^t haw
been taken into account by the en
gineering committee in makinsr thek
estimates, and for whioh tho contrac
tor is no responsible,
"It was also provided that in case
minate the contact, when the con
tractor ia not in default, the fcontrac
tor shall be paid the cost of the work
performed by him to dote,- and
$250,000 in addition to such percent
age may have been earned by him
upon such cost up to that time.
? "The responsibility of the contract
or 'to the commissioner for all in
juries or damages inflicted upon the
plant, canal, or its auxiliary works,
is limited to negligence of himself,
or any of bis employes, or subcon
tractors, or the employes of such sub
contractors."
Cruiser Montana Launched.
Newport News, Ya., Special.?The
United States armored cruiser Mon
tana was sncessfullv launched .it
Newport. News ship yard in the pres
ence of a large number of people. *
The vessel was christened by Mlas
Minnie Conrad, daughter , of W. CI.
Conrad, of Montana. Governor Toole,
represented by Martin Maginnis, the
former territorial ^delyatc to Con
gress. The navy was not officially
Represented.
Two .Killed and Two Injured.
. Donaldsville, La., Special.?Four
persons were killed and two serious
ly injured in a head on collision be
tween a passenger and a freight train
at a long curve near here on the Tex
as & Pacific Railroad. All the fatali
ties were among members of the
train crews, no jMisscngers being seri
ously hurt.
Green and Gaynor Appeal.
Macon, Ga., Special.?The appeal
for a new trial in the Greene ani
Gaynor case, now before the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals, will
be beard at New Orleans on January
5,1907. They haveJ??nin jail here
for several months pemhqg appeal
for a new trial Gay nor suffcH^ccnte
yaina from asthma \ and locomotor
ataxia, and uadar adviea of physic
ia paraitted to take ride* 4pto
?Uf? freak air and ex
aeeas to gi*a bisa relief. Both
wm- ?*? kapt *oartj imardW witfaia.
ftteau Unft.it* and an auvwW HVVfi!?*
fimMtPf SHieonmlM.
REVIEW OF WORK OF COKSRtfcS
What Our National Lawm*kors Ar?
Doing From Day to Day
Salaried Increased.
By a vole of 100.to 18H ih*? 11-mim
>f Kepresentat ivfs refused to increase
It<>m $5,0(H) t<? $7,000 the salaries ot
Senators, members mid delegates.
The House, however, by tin < \ < r
Jvhelming vole, increased the salarie.
if (I ha V4c*--i*rexideut, the Speaker ot
ill? House and members of tin* Pres
ident'a cabinet to #12,000 each.
In an anticipation of ihe question
>f incr*a*ing salaries coming hcfor>>
ihe House t hero was an exceedingly
urge membership and Ihe debate on
'he several amendment.* for increase,
ivhich were offered by Mr. Littauer,
? f New York, toy the legislative ap
propriation bill, was followed with
Jiarked interest. After disposing ?>!
ihe salary question, the House passed
the legislative, executive and judicial
Appropriation bill.
Mr.'Littauer, of New York, opened
:he discussion by presenting n >t
intendment raising the salaries of Iho
Vice President and the Speaker of ilie
House to $P2,000 per annum. He
<|>oke of the dignity of the position of
Speaker of the House and said thai
Jverybody recognized that the duties
ire arduous and that the pay is un
equal.
Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, <>p
posed any further increase of salaries
along the iin? of legislative and exec
alive ofllcps. y.,lle believed the saiaiies
jf the iriinoir clerks of tLie govern
ment should be increased on account
of the increased cost of living.
After several speeches I lie amend
ment was adopted by a vote of 211
to 151, the opposition failing to se
cure votes enough to call tliv ayes
and noes.
Having won a most substantial vic
tory Mr. Littauer introduced another
amendment as folloi>$:
"On and after March -1. Ip07, the
compensation of heads cxeentiv:
departments; who are members of the
President'a cabinet shall be at the
rate of 2,000 per annum each."
Mr. LitVauer held up a large pie
lure of a president of a baseball asso
ciation, whose salary had been in
creased from $10,000 to $15,000 a
year, and contrasted that with the
salaries of the'cabinet. The amend
ment was adopted 20-1 to (50.
Mr. Littauer who retires to private
life with the close of the present (<oi
i;res.-?, offered a provision raising the
salaries of Senators* and members of
Congress, delegates and the resident
commissioner from Porto Uico to $7,
500 and on agreement the time for
the increase to begin was lixed on
March 4, 1000.
Salaries May Be Increased.
The House reached an-^agreement
under which it looks an if there would
he a vote ou the much mooted ques
tion of an increase in the salaries of
members of Congress, cabinet officers,
etc. Mr. Littauer sought to have the
question taken up but Mr. Underwood
objected at this stage of the proceed
ing. He said, however, that, he would
agree to consideration at the eonclu
tion of the aoading of the bill and
when it shall be reported to the House
from the committee of the whole.
During *th?. morning hour iu. the
House several resolutions were pass
ed, one C'aiming at the lumber trust
nlid calling upon the Secretary t>f
Commerce and Labor to investigate
the high prices ijow prevailing in
lumber, and anotheiDcalling upon the
Secretary of the Interior for a de
tailed description of the coal lauds
withdrawn from public entrv since
July 1, 1000.
The House agreed to vote on tho
rcsolutioji increasing the salaries e,J
Senators and Repr?senta lives to $7,
.">00 and making other increases in
official salaries, when the legislative
hill is reported to the House from the
committee of the whole.
The icsolution also fixes the' sala
ries of the Vice President and Speak
er at $15,000, and of/cabinet officers
at $12,000.
Senator Dubois on Mr. Smoot.
The Senate listened to the second
speech which has been made this ses
sion, agaiuat the continuance of Hoed
Smoot ns a Senator from Utah. It
was deliverod by Senator DuBoig, of
Idaho, who after reviewing In detail
the working of the Mormon Church,
and Mr. Smoot's prominent .connec
lion therewith, concluded with the
charge that President Rooseytat has
used the weight of his administration
to assist the Republican-Mormon
vote in the last election. ?
Rayner Talks.
Much interest was manifested in
the Senate in the position taken by
Senator Rayner in his discussion of
the Japanese question. He contended
that the inherent rights of a State
could not bo violated bv treaty any
more than they could i>e volated by
Congress. To support this l?e cited
qpanv adjudicated cases before the
Supreme Court and arrayed long linei
of eminent authorities. Mr. Rayner
also gave the case's and U}? aufori
ties of the other side to the proposi
tion. ? 7* ?
. Smoot Should 0et Out.
At the conclusion of th; morning
business in the Senate Senator Bur
lows, ehsiroian of tlze Senate com
mittee on privilege* tad election*,
celled - up the raaolutiog from that
rowiiittta ds daring (W Bob. Rood
Smoot is sot entitled to * "aeat M a
Senator df tfc?Veited Stetee tram
vm rata or Utali a&d IMwiW tk#
M Itat NkjMl,
Ml DDI Ifl IK KIMO
Bankers' Scheme of Currency
Reform Not Sufficient
SECRETARY SHAW GIVES IDEAS
Sec. Shaw Appears Before House
Committee on Banking and Curren
cy in Advocacy High Tax Credit
Currency Suggested Five Per Cent.
r.? Desirablo Rate.
? -r
Washington, Spti'ial. ? Secretary
Shaw appeared before tin) House com
mittee on banking and currency in
advocacy *?I ? high taxed credit cur
veiny, suggesting 5 jygr cent, us a de
sirable rate. H-> etC^V^kized the need J
for greater elasticity Tit currency, nl
expressed the opinion tlint the plan
framed by the American Bankers' As
sociation will not bring out KuOicicnt
to b.? vciy useful. (iranting that tho
bankers* plan resnlts'in the issuance
n| $200,(100,000 additional in national
bank notes, Mr. Shaw said (hat in his
opinion not more than $20,000,000
worth of these will he redeemed.
Mr. Shaw thought the bunkers'
plan wholly inadequate to meet the
requirements of the commercial world
and said it was encumbered with too
much machinery for the limited good
results be feels it is capable of ac
complishing. lie would not want to
be regarded as an opponent of the
measure suggested by the bankers be
cause I* felt that any step toward
relieving the dcmainl for greater elas
ticity at certain seasons of the year
was desirable, but (irgvd that the
i commit lee strive to frame a more ef
fective measure.
It wits urged by the Secretary that
an effort should be made to make
nil our currency elastic, rather than
to impart elasticity to a certain
amount of emergency currency. Vn
der the bankers' plan, lie sai<l. only
the cwdit currency which goes into
wdetnptiwir""There would be no rea
son why private banks should seek
e redemption of national bank notes
and consequently they would maka
no effort to do so.
In the bankers' plan national lmnkfl
are to be permitted to issue $25,000
additional notes i'or every $100,000 of
their capital at an interest rale of
2 J-U per cent, and an additional $12,
500 with interest at the raf&j><?f 5
per cent* ^
Episcopalians Withdraw.
Norfolk. Ya., Special.?It develop
ed that th|ti Episcopalians, as a de
nomination/ have withdrawn from
the proposed inter-denomination evan
gelistic campaign to be conductc.l
during the Jamestown Exposition
period. A meet>??!\jof the Virginia
Statist Baptist, iYreshyWian ttnd Meth
orfist committers has been called for
December 18./when the local commit
tee^JTf~HhjB?c denominations will dis
enss with the State representatives
the situation as prescribed by the
withdrawal of the Episcopalian. It
is stated for the Episcopalians thul
their withdrawal was because of no
disinclination to co-opjrato, but be
cause of the rather unsettled condi
tions in two of the leading Episco
pal churches here, and further be
cause it was not regarded that there
was as great need for the evangelistic
campaign as some thought.
For Ship Subsidy Measure.
Washington.*"* Special.?That Presi
dent Roosevelt will send to Congress
a special message advocating the pas
sage as a ship subsidy measure at the
present session, wnc stated by several
members of the House. It was said
that the President had declared that
the recommendation in his annual
message was misunderstood. In that
message he said it' it was found inex
pedient to pass the Senate hill, a
measure should he passed to provide
for a few lines to Huulh American
ports, lie did not mean to fnlniiui/.o
tho improtanee of other features of
the bill, it in said, and now purpose*
to correct any false impression that
may have been gained by the IIoirHo.
Twelve Business Houses Burned and
Their Contents Destroyed. *
Sharon, Ga., Spccial.?Sharon was
Friday morning Visited by a disastr
ous fire. Twelve business houses and
contents were totally consumed. There
was a loss of $50,000, with insurance
of $10,000. The. *Hre started in tho
drug store of !>r. L. R. Brown. The
flames spread rapidly, making a clean
sweep of everything except-two brick
stores, the bank and the Georgia Kail
road depot.
Contract Has Bm Awarded.
Norfolk, Ya., Special?The contract
for tire building- to be ateeted Ifv.th v
Jamestowq Exposition by the Daugh
ters of .the Confederacy ell over tho
country, bee bees iwuM. The*
bvttdiog will coat *6,000 and will be a
raorodoeUeo Of' "Beoneoir," the
of JeWoo De^Ihneident of
PAID INTO THE SCHOOL FUND
How the Dispensary Profits liato
Been Apportioned.
('oluiuhia, Special. ? (ompt rollef
' i'.'llri ill JoilCS ha* issued H state
ment showing his handling for Hie
fiscal year ended November .'10, 1U00.
Tho statement shows a ?lintributioti
of onlv $75,000 of profits paid in on
(his year's account. In addition to
this, $100,241.50 balance from 1005
was sent out, making th?> total distlib
u(?-?! in the course *?I' t ho year $175,
000.50. The comptroller is just now
completing a distribution ?>f $40,013.
11 which wilt be the last of the old
year '4 account. Tlua found ulway.t
laps from one your to another, the
amount distributed to the schools av
eraging from $175,000 to $250,000,
so it is ditlicult to say what effect if
any, the voting out of about a third
<?f III? dispensaries in the State and
alleged mismanagement and actual
grafting are having on the profit ac
count. According <0 a statement re
cently issued from the State dispen
sary management, the school fund in
still $70,000. There is a statute
which re<|tiire9 fltes* profits to bj
paid over to the Slate treasurer with
in a certain slated time after they ac
crue, but this has never been strict
ly observed, and ils construction is
disputed.
Union Cotton Growers.
Cuinn, Special.?The annuel e|ee?
tion of olllcers for the I'nioi^coi^nty
cotton growers was Iveld Saturday
and the old olllcers were re-elected,
although they insisted on resigning.
These are: ('apt. F. M. Fair, presi
dent ; ('apt. Win. T. Peter, vice pre&
ident; Mr. \V. \V. Cotton, secretary;
Mr. John \V. Gregory, treasurer. Tlu
president announced that lie had hop
ed (o have State President K. 1).
Smith to address the association, but
Mr. Smith is touring Georgia with
President llarvie .Ionian. On motion
of Dr. M. \V. Culp. President K. L.
Archer of the Spartanburg associa
tion will be asked to speak at tIi'j
.lanururv meeting. Delegates chose.n
lo attend the State meeting in Co
lumbia the tir.st week in Janurary
were: Dr. M. \V. Culp, Wov. Jno. (i,
Farr, Capt. .Win. T. deter. Dues to
the amount of $S.!)0 were raised, and
those present felt ,>11 re that the total
of $M0S would be raised this year, as
it was last year. Several members
volunteered to collect dues during
this month, but it was finally decid
ed flint the township treasurers
should do this, receiving 10 per cent
for their time.
, Rebel Rally Day in Cheater.
Chester, Special.?" Rebel * Rally
Day" in Chester, Dee. 18, is engag
ing attention here just now. The vet
erans from all parts of the. county
will be in attendance. Committees
nre appointed in every neighborhood
to look After the matter of preparing
a bountiful dinner for "the men of
the 'tiOs," who rnillied then and en
dured hardship and danger for tho
love" of country. The Daughters ot
the Confederacy will lend their ac
tive assistance to make the occasion a
success. Four military companies of
Chester and York counties will unite*
in a batallion drill to add to the in
terest of tho day. Gov.-elect A use!
and Gen. Robert R. Hemphill have
consented to deliever addresses per
tinent to thi object of the gathering.
Rev. Dr. Wharton, a distinguished
Baptist minister of Baltimore, him
self a veteran, will lecture at the
oprea house at night.
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Died Fran His Injuries.
Kijngstree, Special.?Little Court
ney Kirk, the 11-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. J. Kirk died from the
effect of injuries received in tho
morning on the railroad track, of tho
Atlantic Const Line Railroad Com*
panv. The little fellow was standing
on the main line watching a freight
traiii coming into tho pass track and
did not see the approaching train,
No. 51, which was coming slowly up
to the station. His back was turned
to the on-coming passenger train and,
it is supposed that the noise of the
moving freight train made it import
si/.e for him to hear tho boll and
RonmJ of the. moving passenger train
winch knocked him from the main
line ntul threw him against the cross*
ties of the pass track, his head strik
ing tho corner of a cross-tie as he
fell.
Taxes Come in Slowly.
Columbia, Special.?While taxes
.nrc coinitip in to the State treasurer
rather slowly ilua year, so far enough
money has been received to meet run
ning ex pen sex and for the first time
in h number of years the State hnfe
not borrowed the $500,000 alkftved by
law. The officials hope that with the
money received daily it will not be
necessary to make another loany
$325,000 having been already bor
rowed. Several oi' tha county, treas
urers have sent in large amounts but
ill some of the counties where the
farmers were hard iiii by ilie iiOini
Banted Cotton House to Core* That*
Qrime.
Abbeville, Special?-Jerfy Wan
and Tom Willia?*, cotored, war* jail-,
edfcars for stealing cattoir trop. tfc:
pla||i0sn of Mr. J as. Che*thaj?, and
the ootton boaaa to
tr np their crime. William baa ?M>
faasad to jianliiut Wff the cotton am)
MNfcata* imot&r^agra. ? 1? ?
MUMltd, Will bt (Mrirt a a day ut
Occurrences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OP STATE NEWS
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A. Batch of Livo Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range?What is Going
On in Our fitate.
Tri County Fair Association.
Itntoshurg, Special. A very eh
1 ihusiastic meeting was held, the pur
pose of which was (o set in motion
I lie Tri-County Fair Association of
Huteshurg. Th? nicotinic was callod
t?? order by Dr. \S'. P. Timmcrmau,
VV. W. Watson and Barrett Jones
wore elected president and secretary
protein, respectively. The following
hoard of directors was elected with
the understanding that the number
might bo later increased to 15; J
Frank Kneece, A. C. Janes, \V. W.
Watson, ,]. W. Droher, E. I^Hnrtloy,
IvJin I tell Towill, M. 10. Hut laud, J. J.
liawl and J. Walter McCarthy. From
th' so the following ofiloers were elect
ed : M. ft. Rutland, president; J.
Frank Kneece, vice president; .J. Wal
ter McCarthy, Fccretary; W. W,"WBt*
<on. treasurer, ami .1. Walter Dreher,
general manager. The association
proposes t<? be capitalized at $5,000
with thoprivilege of increasing same
to $8,000. .
Two Rural Stations Proposed.
I.aureus, Special.?Upon the re
cpiofrt of Postmaster (Jeorge S. Me
Cravy, the postollico department has
had l'ostollice Inspector Roberts, who
is working in this section at present,
lo visit the Laurens and Watts mill
village;* the former located within the
city limits, the latter a mile beyond,
with tIi4> view of establishing rural
?nail stations nt thesa potto ts. The in
spection was made this week. Post
master MeCravy visitod both mill of
llees with tho inspector. Mr. Roberts
was pleased with the prospects of
making these postal improvement#
and it is understood that ha has rcc
unmended the establishment of both
stations.
Auto Expfcdcs and Injures Tyro. ?
Columbia, Special.?Tho boilers of
?u automobile exploded, blowing lijt? -
tie Malcolm Hicburd, tho four^year
)ld son of Mr. X. ft. Richard," high in
Lo the air, breaking his left th!&hfr and .
rendering him unconscious many
hours. Mr. Harry Richard, an older
brother, who had been driving.' the
machine, was thyown violently to the,
ground nud Btunned. The machine
was torn literally into fragment,
parts of it being thrown on the roof
jf tlie honstf next door and otheiiB be
ing hurled far into tho air and lodg- ,
ed in treop higher than t)te roof. of
the bouse iittd the yard in which the';
explosion occurred was "strewn wit
parts of the machine" The shoek of
Hie explosion was foUftuee blocks
nvay and the denomination VM heard
is for as Main street.
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. An Eight Per Cent Dividend.
Hatesburg, Special.?At a meeting
of the directors of the First National
Bonk held on Tuesday afternoon, it
was deeided to pay a dividenchspf ?$
per cent to the stockholders. Tma
amount will be paid out abonit De
cember 31st. The bank has made a
remarkable record in spite of the
tact that this has been a "tight**
year with farmers. The undivided
profits for the year show a total of b:
little more than 20 pei- cent of the
capital ^vested. After payuifir out
the dividend of 8 per-cent, a nit# sum
will be loft to augment the surplus,
which i? already $0,000.
Killed by Falling Limb.
Marion, Special.?*A negro laborer >
nnmrd Kennedy, an employe of th#:-.:
Marion County Lumber Company, .
\va? accidentally killed by a limb from
i falling tree whilo at >vork cutting
togs about a mile from Marion. Cor?
oner Lanitpr was promptly
ind held an inquest over the body?.tho y
verdict of the jury boing that hiy,
death was the result of an accident*
Shop Oixl Had Exciting Time.
Columbia, Special.?Miss Elizabeth
Vopp, one of the young ladies who
works at tho candy counter of the,-;
Cobb "Five and Ten Cent Store/*-;,
was held up on Laurel street,
the Shields Foundry, Monday iflgfct ;
by a negro man, who took ber poeket
book and several dollars,
lady waa on her way home, unatt
*d, . when the negro approached l?r'
the dark and* jeising ber by Uaa t
threw- her to the ground, aw3U>
getting possession of Her poeket
escaped in the darkness.
Drownei is ? '
. Greenwood, Special.
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