The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 31, 1907, Image 1
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VOLUME XVIII.
CAM DION, Si C.? KK1DAY, MAY 31. 1!)0'
NO. 21
Unveiled in Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday
With Appropriate Exercises
IMMENSE CROWDS THERE
Life-Long Friend and War Compaq
ion of the Dead Chicftahi Heard
With Greatest Interest in Impres
sive Ceremonies at Atlanta.
Atlanta, (la., Special.?Thousands
of Georgia's citizens, with added hun
dreds from oth^r sections of the
South, gathered Saturday at the un
veiling ceremonies of the splendid
equistrian statue of the mommy of
Gen. John B. Gordon. Almost with
in the shadow of the State Capitol
great crowds gathered to hear thl* <>ni- j
tions and see the monument unveiled.
In the parade which preceded the
ceremonies a long line of soldiery ami
civic organization marched through
the principal downtown streets,
watched by thousands of spectator*.
IMic oration oC Gen. Clement A. Mvans
| atives. The Verenionies wero presided
ovp?* bv '}?)?/, Jos. M. Terr"!!, v.!;;; ?T;'
troducedtho Inoiituuenl for lb? State
of Georgia;
After Die invocation the .history .of
thb Oordoii Monument Afesoeiatioil
wrts read. Tht?n General ICVans ttfts
introduced.
Following the" address of General
Evans, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith
polled the cords which freed the mon
ument of its covering; and the cheers
of the erowd broke forth. Winn ??
lence was restored in port the addled*
of presentation was delivered by
|Capt. N. !'. Harris, of the monument
committer and the address of accept
ance by Governor Terrell followed.
; A po'etn by Major Charles "NY. Hub
iier a ltd Hie iiitrdui'tioii of Sfnlptif
Solon tl, lioijjbiin of Norwolk, Conn;
Who dosi?hed (lie monument, preced
ed the benediction which closed the
exercises.
The parade preceding the unveil
ing was one of the finest semi-mili
tary displays of recent years in At
lanta. The first division, of which
there were six, was commanded by
Hiiur; (icii. W, K. Kd^rly, U. S. A.,
death, ami when $10,000 had been
raised hy the John B. Gordon Monu
ment association, the Georgia legisla
ture appropriated thti needed $).^?0O0
to t-oinplett* the work, taking over the
association'* fund and naming a eon-j
liil.-sioh to jut a? the State's agehl. t
in a competition entered by ntilf ?i'
| dozen well known artists, Sculptor s. !
11. lk-rgium of Norwalk, I'onn., woo
ilie award, his work Win# highly
commendvd by those who best knew i
and were intimately associated with
(Jen. Gordon, among them his wife
and daughter** The weulptor'a task,;
I under the criticism of such judges,
was an tiHb} one, and ii? ?tupiciion
has been the almost constant work id'
' ;t twelvemonth. The statue was cast
| in copper bron/.d in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
j and forwarded tU Atlanta April 20,
arriving here Majfr 9.
The siatue represents Gofthr.i as he
; is best remembered in the years sly>H
j ly before his death when, almost upon
the same spot where it will stand f-?r
generations, lie sat mounted and re
viewed year after year on Memorial
\ Day the ever thinning hosts of thou*
i who followed him in battle, And
j there it will stand for years to come
j <?u the noil Invest coiner of the State
jcapitol grounds, in reviewing attitude
while past ' it will march on each
Memorial Day to come those who
join in tribute lo I he recollections of
tlie past.
Upon the front of the pedestal will
appear the one word, in bronze br
iers: "Gordon." On either side of
the pedestal will be set a bronze has
relief, three by live feet in dimension,
representative of the most eonspieu
ous features in his career. The one
represents Gordon at Spottsylvania
HEROIC BRONZE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, C. S. A., WHICH SUR
MOUNTING A 9 1-2 FOOT GEORGIA GRANITE PEDESTAL, WAS UNVEILED UPON THE
STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS, ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, I.IAY 25. 1907.
tho life-long friend and wnr com pan-1
ion of tho dead chieftain was lient <1
with greatest interest and as the two
daughters of General Gordon pulled
the cord and unveiled the statue, tV,
strains of Dixie rang out and the
words of the song by the multitude
mingled with the old "Rebel Yel!,"
from .the throats of veterans wlm
fougfit under General Gordan and I.ee
The programme for the unveiling
ceremonies was as follows:
Invoation.
Music.
History of the Gordon Monument
Association, by Captain William i,.
Calhoun.
Oration, General Clement A. Evnr.s
Unveiling, by Mrs. Francis Gordon
Smith of Atlanta am} Mis. Caroline
Lewis (Jordan Brown of Vermont,
daughters of General Gordon.
Music, "Dixie," by band.
Dedication poem, by Charles W.
Ilubner.
Music, "Sunny South," by chorus.
Delivery of Statue to State by Cap
tain Kathaniel Harris.
Acceptance for State, Governor J.
M. Terrell.
Introduction of Sculptor Borglum.
Benediction.
MRS. GORDON PRESENT.
A feature of the day was the pres
ence of Mrs. Gordon, widow of the
Confederate commander and hiR two
daughters Mrs. Burton Smith, of At
} a lit a, and Mrs. Bishop Brown of
Vermont who unveiled the monument
pud Major Hugh A. GordonnJk gon or
Gpjjoral Gordon and several other re!
commanding tlie Department of the
Onlf. A battalion of the Seventeenth
Infantry stationed at Fort McPher
son, rihI two regiimmts of Georgia
State troops the fifth and the second
made up this division. Other organ
izations of unattached military com
panies, various camps of Confederate
veterans, Daughters of the Confeder
acy, sons of Confederate Veterans
and numerous civic organizations
completed the long line.
(Jen. (Jonion was regnrded as the
Uvpical (ieoigia soldier, and theie w?is
no man whom Georgians, in fact
those of all the South, more delight
ed to honor. Then, after '.lie war, Jo
legislative halls, executive chaiv ami
upon the orator's platfonn he car
ried the message of peace and fellow
ship to evcrv section of the country
becoming ,in fact, a national charac
ter admired and loved wherever he
was known. Indeed, not a few sub
scriptions to the fund with which the
monument was erected came from
those who stood ix opposing ranks in
the sixties, and with each came a
i message\of admiration and esieem for
! his nobility of character and genor
t>s|_iV heart.
Jttfcs monument was erected at an
approximate cost of $25,000, of whicri
I $10,000 was raised by piivate sub
1 s.-uiptkm among comrades and friends
I !:? rvcly in lieor?ia, but also in other
j Southern States and in some install
OH. a- noted from admiring friends
I In the Xf-rib. The project was flrtt
j undertaken a Jiftie more than thr??e
i>eat> ago, just after Gen." ^Gordon's
on (lie 12th of May, when, before his
entire division, he forced (Jen. Robert
K. Lee to the rear, and probably sav.nl
I the intrepid Confederate leader's life.
Ian act which ha9 figured in poetry,
I son?: and story. The other is repres
entative of three important phases
in Gordon's life, soldier, statesman
j and patriot. lie became governor of
Georgia and United States senat >r,
j ami no Georgian lias over been better
Known on the lecture platform than
I -mis lu up to the day of his death.
The unveiling ceremonies to >k
j place at noon. Saturday, May 2>"?, and
| were preceded by a military pageant
in which there joined troops from ail
j parts of the State, while federal of
j licei's ami tloops from the denart
I mrnt of the gulf and Fort Mcl'licrsou
j \Y. S. Kdgerly, commander of the de
j partment, and his staff having nc
eeptcd the invitation of Grand Mar
i shall Robert K. l'ark to take part in
j this function. Tho military brokt*
ranks at the capitol grounds and .pin
ed the vast throng of officials, civic
bodies and citizen* who were there to
[ pai tieijijite.
The invocation by Rev. Wm. F.
(Menu and mutic .wore followed by a
reading of the history of the John U.
I Gordon Monument association by its
| first president. Judge W. I,. Calhoun
of Atlanta. The priiK'ipal address
was delivered by Gen. Clement A. Kv
Lans, the ranking Confederate chief of
the United Confederate veteran*.'
iGen. Kvans partiehiatod with Gordon
In the notth.vlvanla incident and was
I his comrade and li.foloiuc friend.
Woman Dying Froja Beating.
Ndw York, 8pecial.~Mrs. Alary
LusUg i* dying iq Gouveneur Hospital
as a result of a tetribla betting ?v#n
her by two robberif wb# attacked her
in bcr horns. After pounding Mrs.
Lustif into insenaibility ths thieves
twfc-irom hsr a bag containing $1,300
which she carried in the bosom of lier
droae end escaped. They have net
heea captured. Another roll of billn
containing 1900 wae found concealed
jn SfiTyptinf'? stocking,
Three Silled by Lightning.
Fort Wprfb. Special* A aevere
I tain ami ckctiipoi storm swept ov.ir
I Northern Texas lest night causing
! much damage to property and aome
loss of life.
The dead are;
j W. P. LYON, Ellis county former
: st nick by lisrhtnin?.
HARRY SNEKI), Rosebud, struck
by lijrhtning.
A. R. SANDERSON, Park^j>rin?s
?track by llfbtniny,
News in jBrief,
A cable message to the A?ooiatedj
Pvese fvom Rome aaye: The re were;
setioui disturbances at Tersi in the'
department of Umbria. The wkee of
the strikers invaded the iron works f
which their husbau4* had left aud at-j
tempted to drive out the woikmon who
had taken the striker* place*. Troops .
were called out and charged the mob j
of infurated men, who had broken tho;
windows in the shops.
The Statue Described.
The statue, standing 20 feet front
base of pedestal to top of head, wis
appropriately unveiled by (Jen. (??>?'
don.s two daughters*,- Mrs. Carolina |
Lewis (iordoii Broun of Vermont, and
Mrs; Ktajw^s (iordoti Smith ot At
lanta: and a*- l}ie cords ndeai-ed the
veiling folds, "Dixie" fhd'i hand
was the signal for auofhc'r "rebel
yell."
j The dedieation poem was ead by
its aullior, Charles \V. Hubner <>t
Atlanta, followed by musie in whi -h
! partieinatcd a chol'lis of several hund
red voices.
i Alter the tormal delivery o! ihe
j statue to the State bv ('apt. Nathan
iel K. 1 tan is of My<|n in beiialf ot
[the eoimnisMon, and ile acceptance in
a response by (Jov. Joseph M. TerreU,
tlie ceveiuonies concluded with the
introduction to the audience of Sculp
tor Puxgltim and the benediction.
(Jitrdon's is tho only itiomnnent up
on the eapitol grounds. A marble
statue of I'nited States Senator 15.
11. Hill, which formerly stood at tin.
junction of Penchlioe and W.>st
Peaehtreo streets in Atlanta, was re
moved Into the rotunda of tin* etipi
tol building Awa\ from the elements
and youthfid vandals.
MRS. MeKINLEY DEAD.
j Wife of the L.ato President Passes
! Away Peacefully.
i ('anion, Ohio. Special.?Mr*. Wil
liam McKiuley, widow of President
MeKinley. died at her home here at
1 o'clock Monday morning. 'Ihe end
came peaeefully. At the MeKinley
home when death came there were
preent Secretary Cortelyou, Mr. and
Mrs. M. (', Barber. Mrs. Sarah Dun
Can. Mr.<. Luther Day, Justice and
!\li>5. William If. Day, Drs. Port -
maun and llixy it I t<l the nurse*. The
fun real will held Wednesday, ami
will be in charge of her pastor, Dr.
lhixton of the Methodist church.
Millionaires Indicted.
San Francisco, Special?The grand
jury indicted six millionaries on
charges of bribery and attempted
bribery and returned additional i l
dietmenH av.ainvt Abraham b'enf and
Mayor K. K. S? limit/. Frank <!. DiiWi.
Kugene D. Sabla, John Martin. AUta
liam Witef and Mayor Schmit* were
indicted on H counts each, charging
that tliev jointly bribed 14 of the IS
supervisors in the sum of $7f)0 each
to fix the gas rate for 1000 at So cents
instead of 7"> cents. (!. Miimbsen, 1?.
(Jreen, W. 1. lirobeck and Kuef were
indicted on I 1 counts, each charging
that tjicy ,]? in'iy attempted to bribe
14 supervisors in the sum of $1,000 to
vote a trolley franchise to the Park
side Transit Company. Jnd^e ColT'y
fixed bail at .*10.000 on each of the
126 omits contained in the indict
ments.
Contest on New York -Qotton Ex
change for ControlT^
New York, Special. ? For tho first
time in J1 years there is to be a con
test on the New York col ton exchange
for control of the management. News
to this effect was made known on the
lloor of the exchange when two tickcis
were posted for the annual election,
which will take place on June
James' H. Parker will head both tick
ets, but for other offices there will be
a contest. *Jt is understood ..that the
(juestion of reform in 'contracts will
be an issue.
Terminated Without an Agreement.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. ? The Cork
Kt it lit ion will announce authoritative
ly that the negotalious which have
boon pending Tor some time i'?r the
acqniiing by the Seaboard Air Line
of trackage riglftV^over ftw Southern
Railway between Macon arm Atlanta
have boon terminated without r.n
agreement. The terns offered J by the
Southern wcro not aecptable to the
Seaboard, according to the report and
further negotiations have been sus
pended for the time at least.
For Contempt of Court.
Charleston, Special. ? Sam Bricks,
formerly a merchant of Dillon, was
brought to Charleston having been ar
rested ;>t Ardmore, Oklahoma, on a
bench warrant, charging him with
contempt of court, in having failed
to carry out an order of .ludgc Braw
lev in bankruptcy proceedings. In
February, ]!)<?(;, Biick's affairs were
in court and h;> w;;s directed to turrv
over ihe s:;m of $1,.">!)!) to tiie trustee..
Instead < t' doiiw so Brick boarded the
ttain and went W'e.-i and liv.d under
the name of II. Simonr.. lie was
bvou^ht J:rre by two deputies <>f t!ie.
maishal! of t!:c Southern district of
Okhihomn and (delivered to Marshal!
Adams, who placed him in jail. Brick
will remain a guest of ("apt. f?rj<I
dick entil he purges himself of con
tempt and there is no telling how
long ho will remain in jail.
All Business to Stop During Unveiling
cf Davis Statue.
New Olcans, Ln., Special. ? An ap
peal to all Southerners briefly to stop
business and all moving wheels at 2
p. m.,*June the moment of tho un
veiling of the .feiferson Davi^ statue
ut the Richmond icmVion of CmifV Itt
ale Veterans, was issued here by 0'j:i.
Iiee, oommanding I ho veteran^.
By Wire And Cable.
By o vote of 37 to 9, the Btnate of
Kew York paased the bill fixing at 2
centi a mile the rate of paaacnger fare
oa all railroade ayateroa over 150 nulea
hijength in thie State. It hae already
p&sW the Aasembly and now poet to
tlNf Governor.
Professor Todd, in eharge of the
Lowell ezpedietion to $o\itb America
bat reached Parlama, ^ ?
hOADS MUST POST NOllCtS
Important Order Now Before
Commisuion.
The tail.?'(?tit) iH'ininiafciuii has b?*l'?>ro
it a set of l ull's fdf I Ik' passenger
service in tliis St a t?? ami if the m?f
I it'll pl'OpOted ii adoiltcd these I ||ic>
will I.- (.onted ta nvery stuiimi it
Smith C'urofinrf.
I hey were brought hei'oM> Hi'1 com
mission at the meeting Tuesday aim
while tht'v at* in many instances ????|?
it's ul' tlio laws gV^erniuu railroads
the idea in requiring them id in" p?? ?
?'?I is to inform tin* public exactly
tin* rights in all eases where com
plaint* are contemplated.
The rule* applicable to passenger
service as submitted m>' rt? follows:
"Itule I. All railroads coMqninios,
n persons operating in South l'a?.?"
I ilia as common carriers, shall br i
i|uired to have primed iu large typo,
ami kept polled in a coiispicous
place in each waiting coom at depots
in South Carolina, from and alter the
lirs.t day of - - , li)()7, tin1 following
not ice:
"NOTICE.
* * All railroad companies are requir
ed under tlii* laws of South ('aroliu.i
and the rules of the railroad com
mission to bulletin passe^er tiains
when late; to furnish piod, wholesome
thinking water to pas-enters; to kc-p
wailing rooms ami passenger coaches
"?lean, wejl lighted, properly ventilat
ed and comfortably heated when nee
essa ry,
" The railroad commission of South
Carolina would aprceiatc the prompf
reporting to its ol'liee at Columbia,
S. <o| tin* failure of any eoinpaliy
or its agents to comply with these re
quirements.
''Iiule '2. Railroad companies are
required at all stations where pas-en
sicr tiekets are ollered for sale to open
their wailing rooms al least ill) min
utes before sehcdule time of the ar
i i\:? 1 rftalT prrs?UTnTer t rain* or trains
catrying passengers.
{tile 1. \ separate room for white
colored passengers. suflieieul f ir
l\ie:r comfort and convenience. shall
provided al all stations wheio
passegcr tiekets are 'offered for sale,
and these waiting rooms shall be fur
nished v\ i111 adequate lights, and,
when the inclemency of the weather
requires, with lire and al al! times
kept clean and made comfortable for
passengers.
II A substantial water cooler nnf^t
be in each wailing rot in willi drinks
iug ve. :-:e) ?o:; vr;;i wt'v \a ' T!'C
slid cooler to he supplied with whole
some water at all houis, to nice) the
requirements of passengers. There
shall be connected with each of Ihesu!
waiting rooms a ladies toilet, ami
wherever practicable a toilet for men.
S.ich toilets will bo considered as con
nected with the waiting rooms if tho
walks thereto are 'walled up on each
side, and open into or near the wait
ing rooms, so as to afford a reason
able privacy to passengers.
4' Hule 4. On all passenger trains t,v
trains** carrying passengers in this
State the railroad companies shall
furnish safe and adequate heating ap
pliances and lights, and sholl ke.-p
reasonably warm and properly venti
lated lor the comfort of. passengers.
Iiule A. All railroad companies
shall provide such means or applian
ces as may be necessary to secure l'ic
careful handling of ami to prevenMin
jury to baggage. At all stations
where no proper appliances are sup
plied the baggage master shall ha\e
such assistance from the train ban Is
or others as may be necessary >o
handle all baggage without injury Jo
same.
?"Hulo (>. Whenever nnv passenxei
trains or trains carrvinjr passengers
nn any railroad in (his State shall bo
more than ono-lialf of an hour in
hind its schedule time, it shall bo ttie
duty of said railroad company to bul
letin, and to keep posted at every tei<'
uraph station alonjr itsJine in the di
reetion in which said train is jjoinv:.
the time such train is hehind;its srhoi!
nle tine, and the time of its nrrivil
as near as can be ascertained.
"Kneli bulletin ms aid. ii|.011 which
the f'*?i e^f?in?f infoi mat ion is to he
posted, shall contain the reuni.it
schedule of the aiiival ami departure
of sill trains eariyim? passengers
".Ml notices as to trains behind
schedule time shall be erased !'?? ?j*i i ?;
bulletin immediately alter the depat<
uie of such tiair.s.
"Hille 7. Notice of any change it,
the schedule lime of i.assenuei trai.t-*
or trains rnrryiv-j passengers must ' <
posted conspicuously at each <>1 *Iic?
stations ab?n<r the line of the rond aii I
notify I he commission in \viitin? at
least five (/?) days before the change
is to take effect.
Hide ft. Kncli passenger shall ' <?
entitled to ba^h?e not exceeding J?-o
pounds.
"Rule 0. In ease of accident a'
tended with injury to any poison. t!i<
railroad company upon wljosc line
Such neeident occmed shall cause i;>i
mediate notice, with full part i<-nia..?.
to be given to the commission, and it.
the event of an accident lTfUltnir in
I lie death of, or injury li!;<dv to muse
doatb, to any person, uoti-e shell be
given of suieh accidont immediately
by telegraph, or Bitch other means as
to insure th? nuiekott poxnibJo deliv
ery of mid uotloe; and the ofUcin'/x oi
the road upon which such accident
occur? are required to furnish when .?)
ordered by the commission, without
cost to said commission, immediate
transportation .by tha quickest route
over its line, or that of other rail
roads to and from the place of so eh
accident.
"Rule 10 No station or depot glm!l
ba disoontinusd bafore 30 days' no
lice. at least, lias l?een given tilt' cum
jj)i**ioij a11< 1 iu? I until written permi
?ion >>??!?? tin* commission is javcn J. r
-uf'ti action.
'' Will/* tl On oil rflllrtuUiK a halt
tare of not more thtfn one nl)d H lln? J
c(Mits |t?-r inil?* for children wilder 1'.!
M'ars ? >I< 1 or over six yeas of :lge
li?' rluirged.
? ? (t'nlr I'?. N<> railroad company
-iiiill In- allowed <" charm' more than
i . - ills as a minimum full or lialt' rate
(X'lwi'on titular stations, when the
Mil/ would In- less tluin that amount.
"Witfr l?' Tin1 Iniv shall always In1
miuiI to thi> distant iu utile* inulti
plied b,\ ilit Of1.
"Unl?* 11. l iioii a corpse tin'
l.ii pttrts^ngfr hiiv may be charged. It
not m {/.n<>(I fomUlJoll. or improperly
j>:i?*k*??!, or not nccoliinAuifld hy a per
son in charge, tin1 railrorid ?<>utpnuy
may decline to receive it.
"Uule l*i. There shall ho no unjust
disci iiiiinatiuii as to passcger rates
in lav or or agtifu*t any individual or
locality: Provided (ioh^vcc, That
tins rule shall not hi' so construed a*
to prevent railroad coiiipauics from is
fuimr commutation, excursion or 1,000
mile tick^i* a* tin; sumo are now is
sued."
/'U! t'll.
A Strong Movement Oii;,.nize(i
to llieak il IJp
A COMI'tSiil: BODY GATHERS
* '
Greenville JViun Choson to IToad the
Organization Fdfcctcd at the Nat
ional Capital lloprescnctativCs of
Lahcj Organisations, Naticmd Fed
eration of Women's Club Ollicors
and Manufacturers Present at the
Meeting.
Wa hitmtou, Special. Tlio new
c'oii'iui.-: ion < iiI uiidi'i the guid
ance o| I!.;? ( j\ic ;ftleia*.toil upon I'm
subject o| child labor a*' W ashiilgtoM,
I). met .'a! a rd ay. 'IJio Federation
of Laia r v. a, repie-cuted bv a com
mittee colislsl ill;; oQainuH I.. (i??m
peis, prcdb.ii of |^u? Federation of
Labor, aii.I six oilier representatives
of 11iIV'? ie!11 'labor organizations. The
National I'Vdci at ion of Women's
< !ubs in tl ? Ci'iled Slates was rep
! I'1 *'' I!' 4 *'! hy ) 11 ut
find others. The National Association
bl M itlie.i'^Ajliffei s was represented h
a c-mmijuv' "I sevui, including Cflpt.
I-). A. Sniyfhe, of Greenville, S. ('.
and I). A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, V,
C. The buihU'is'ftrade was represent
ed by Mr. I>'Minnill and others.
Capta'n Smyth Chairman.
Prof. .lenks, of Cornell, a member
of the-National Immigration Commis
sion, called the commission to order.
Mr. (Jumpers then nomiuatetd Captain
1"!. A. Smith, of Greenville, H, C.,
as chairman. He was unanimously
elected. Congressman Wilson, of
Pennsylvania, from the eoal regions,
and representing the miners was elect
ed secretary. The entire commission
by invitation of the. President, made
a visit to the White House and word
cordially received and the purpose of
the organization commended;
' A range incuts were made for a
thorough examination by a committee
of this composite body upon the sub
ject of child labor of which I). A.
Tompkins, of Charlotte, was elected
chairman.
Mr. Neill Optimistic.
United States Commissioner of La
bor Neill was present and wan conlt
dent that by the co-operation of tbe
Department of Labor, which will
make a special inve*ligation for t'u*
government, ami this composite com
mieeion, which will make a special ex
amination in the interest of the
children, both labor representatives
and manufacturers will benefit alike.
The committee adjourned in excellent
good humor and with a feeling that
tbe employers and representatives *<?
labor and the government commissi >11
in charge of the investigation bad
gotten around in good shape.
Herbert Ruff Arrested.
('olumbia. Special. ? \V. Herbert
Kuff. Jr., of Kidgewav was detained
at the police Hlalion Tuesday night
under (lie allegation lliat lie was a
fugitive from just ire, and he was put
under arrest formally. The warrant
issued by Magisi rate* Kowles charge*
Hull' witli einlW/.c'.cnieiit. Tlie you-ig
man was taken from the police stati ni
to the j.iil and held there until Sheriff
I food of-^'airfield came for him on the
train arriving here at 2 o'oclock.
Murder of* an Officer.
Columbia, S. Special.?After be
ing arrested at the baseball park at
Carlisle by Clarence ('. (list, brotiier
of President William H. Gist of the
Bank of Carlisle, for disorderly eon
duct; Arthur Davis, a Pullman porter
waylaid and shot and instantly killett"
tbo former, near the Seaboard Air
Lino depot about 9:30 o'clock at
night. Excitement ran hieh for a
time, and raeo trouble was threaten
ed. but the counsel of cooler head?
prevailed, md nt 1 o'clock the eituo
-tion wdi reported a quietiug down,
Last yesr some 900,000 emlfraate
landed on these shorss, tad broosfet
with theui about 119,000. Bat tfet* ii
M triflo, thinks the^?hlladelphta Press,
oompared wVth their strong arms, sane
mind* nnd hearty good will to Isfar
tor increate of the wealth ot the coun
try
Occurrences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range?What is Going
On in Our State.
Winthrop Commencement.
Hock Hill, Sjiflfciul.?The commeiiciv
ment ex(1m*?ii ol! Winthrop college
will begin Juue 2. Following i* the
order ol' cxcrcisov:
Sunday, Juno 'J, 11 a. in.?{sermon
before tli?? V. W. C. A. by tin1 Itcv.
Mark I/. Carlisle, D. L)., of Marion.
At M::i0 p. in?Bucoalaureate nor
inort by I In* K?*v. 1 ><>mt I?1 Maokay, I).
1'., of tliO Co llogiuto church, N?mv
York city.
Monday, .June 3, morning?Inspec
tion of building* and departments.
Ji) the evening?Jyjmt celebration
of llio literary societies.
Tutfxdnv, Juiu? 1, 1) :d0 a. nf.?~- Alum
nae reunion,
(i p. in. 1'iiixy chain profession.
H.-.'H) p. hi. Address t?? graduating
class, Hon. A. .1. Montague, Hieli
ni<unl( \'ii.
Awarding of diploma* an if corti
cal es.
The foliowing<>young ladies will re
eeive the d??yroo-jjp^<^f^Annie Oor
onius Addis.n1, flolen AiipriiHta Auld,
Mary Hello H.ibo, FJizaliitli Kettle
Wells Barron, Alief* KIi*abeih Book
lnim, A/.ile lloke Horry, Ionise Bo
tboa< Anna l.a Valle Heiboa, iVliirgftreL
Hlaiiio, May Celina BlankonsHip, JIai
lie Maria Bronsoii, Camilc Newi.Njtl
Clay well, Annie Yongue Coleman,
Sarah l/.abelle ('(denial). Anna Hula
Craig, Juliet Maiio Crnig, Mary Vio
lot Craig, Snsie Howls Omilap, Kit-tie
Hradloy Duitlap. I.nla Hi.\' Karle,
Anieila I,i>tt/'l';MAlison, Minnie llev
Imm*i (il.i'e/ ('atie II. Cordon, aJuv
,riet Kprnklin (iivi'iio, Arninio Louise*
(I alli \ i i Harris, Kiln Wardlaw
llashel!, Uutb lOli/.aboth dolman, Jena
1?ii(V ilnoy, Janet Lawrence Junker,
'(I race Rodella Janvs, Kli/.abeth A.
Josev, Fannie Vn-liti Josoy, M?r$r
Hli/aboth Lay, Sara Hide, Uufaldincr
Howry, Kli/.a Livingston Mij^rty,Fan
nie Louise Martin, Sue McKjfry Martin
Klnui Verlino Mayor*, (Icrfrude Pfll
mrr Meats, Annie M<')>owclI#
Anna Hoddoy Miller, Margaret Motto,
Hello Neely, Alma Jeaunetttt
Ohlaudt, Blanche Florentine Pinson,
Sara Scott Porter, Annie Benton ?
Hoovoh, Cleva Alta Hliame, Sarah
Watts Itieke, Kinina Pauline Rogei^,
Mattie Bouhvare Sfyrdifer, Marie
Houie Shannon, I.ottig./Belle Simrijg^
Anna Hove Sitgreaves, Ednri Hen<^
SitgreavoH, Joannio Shannon Stony,
A llio Mario Stribling, Annie, Lynwood '
Tarrant, Fannie Catherino Walling,
Sara Louise Watson, Julia E, Webber
Mabel Annie Webber, Iola WillouKh
by, Lena Wingate. ' ? <f . ?
FARM CONTRACT LAW VOID.
$ ,
Act of South Carolina Legislature
. .Making Broach of Farm Contract a
Misdemeanor Held to be Unconsti
tutional by U. B. Judge Brawleyv
Charleston, Special.?In the United
Stales District. Court Judge W. , H.
Brawlcy rendered his decision in the
ense brought in behalf of Enoch and
Klijah l)t ay toify^w^ habeas corpus pro
ceedings, deelniing the act of the leg
islature making the Ifucacli of a farm
contract o^nisdonmennor to be uncon
stitutional, null and void, and the two
negroes are ordered released. *
.Judge Brawlcy's decision deals al
most entirely with the law on the
subject. The casu is, however, briefly
reviewed, showing that the I wo ne
groes were arrested in January, 1907,
upon a warrant for failure to pcr
froin their contract under scction 3fV7
of the acts of 1004 Xnd that at this
time they were under a contract fot
a tnsk of the year, not yet pcrfomyd.
The act provides that a Conviction
shall not operate for tho release or
discharge of the violator and when
the negroes were arrested in January,
it wjis the second time that they had
been hauled up and put on the chaitN*,
gang for the sania^olXonse..
The only criminal act, in the words
of the decision, "was tl.c failure l<? .
work."
While admitting that the legisla
tion is n part of the local administra
tion in matters of great convenience
to the industrial life of the State,
Judge Brawlcy says: "Tho remedy V
is not foitnd in statutes which chain
the laborer to J he soil and force him
to labor whether ho will or not. Hu
man nature revolts at it and he i*ill
escape it if he can. 'It ii by impr>v
ing his condition and not by still de
grading it that the remedy may ue
found."
Judge Brawley concludes by de
claring the State aet to be in conflict
?wiTh-vihc thirteenth and fourteenth
amendment of the constitution of
the United States and orders the c
lease of the prisoners,
Harwrtlle's Wttorwtfkf.
HartiviUe, tpeeial, ? Ths contrast
tot th? construction of tfet water
works and sewerage system for Harts
rills has been let and work will eom
msnet not later tka? ttw 1st oi Jolr.
Abec ft Edwards ef ffickoty, K. d,'
got the ?oa tract to* the etwefsfe if*
??*+ **.
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