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THE 'Ml WW VOLUME XIX. j CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7.1908. NO. 5. SOUTH CAROLINA ITEMS Newsy Items Gathered From the Different Sections of South Carolina. PRITCHARD REFUSES TO NAME > RECEIVER. Denies Petition of Fleisehmann * Oo. in Dispensary Matter. Asheville, Special.?Pritchard in t'Hf I iiitcd States circuit court denied the petition of Fleischmun St 1 <?? of New York and refused to up* point a receiver for the South Caro lina dispensary fund of $800,000, i nst which I here are alleged to bo claims aggregating $000,000. Ihe judge made his announcement during (lie afternoon session, aftcv attorneys for the disp>r:sary commis sion had presented theii bill in an swer to the sensational charges made in the Fleiscliniann petition, which was Hied in this court a short time "go. Ihe answer alleges that the claim of Fleisehmann & Co. is unjust and invalid and that there was collusion and conspiracy be'ween the plaintiff and another linn to defraud the Sti^ui and that the State was cheated out of ;i large sum uf money in each of the claims made by thu plaintiff; it also alleges that Fleisehmann & Co. sold to the State a concoction with a mero traco of whiskey. I'he answer declared false the al legation by Flciscmann & Co. that t ho commissioners were wrongfully j withholding the money for their own' individual interests. The answer de nied as false and malicious the al legation in the complaint which re ferred to a cons|riruey between At torney General Lyon and the dispen sary commission and demanded proof. O- I At the condition of the reading of ? the bill, a number of affidavits, on be- j half of the defendants, wero read ' and filed. Shortly after the court convened for the afternon session, Judge Pditchard announced from the bench that ho would.not nppoiute a receiver for the dispensary, as he felt that the! funds are now fuliy protected. Ho 1 directed the' attorneys to confine I iiieli arguments to t!tc question to whether this court could assume [ jurisdiction, the point being whether or not this is a suit against the State. Mr. I). L. Rountree of Atlanta, for the commission, consumed the re mainder of the afternoon session in argument to establish the fact that the State is an indispensable party to tho suit. Before the bill of the defendants was read, Attorney General Lyon of South Carolina replied to tho allega tions made by Fleisehmann & Co. re lative to the transfer of funds from tho jurisdiction of the court, saying that the State of South Carolina was not running away, that tho allegation was false. Re read a concurrent re solution adopted by the house of rep resentatives of South Carolina. In tho course of the resolution it was stated that the .legislature of South Ca'rolina in creating the dispensary commission did not. consent to suits against tho Slate for claims as a re sult of the dispensary muddle. Oall Extended Mr. Martin. IJock Hill, Special.?The Rev. Chal mers Frazier of Kershaw preached <at the First Presbyterian church Sun day and after the service presided at a congregational meeting, held for the purpose of calling a pastor. By a perfectly unanimous vote the Rev. Alexander Martin, now serving the Westminister Presbyterian church in Charlotte, N. C., was called to the pastorate of the Rock Hill church, j Stolen Mare Not Yet Found. F~"t Mill, S. C., Special.?Sheriff Coleman and Mr. J. H. Wilson, of Columbia, were hero Tuesday in search of a flue bay mare which was stolen from the latter. They traced the animal nearly to this place and found that it had been swapped by a negro, but they have not been able to locate it yet.? Aiken Man Flceced By Alleged Tour ist. Aiken, Special.?Acting the role of tourist alfyrjls each year a conveni ent means for fleecing the people, a I least some of the people of the tour ist resorts. Nearly every year some one purpotiug to bfe a rich northern er presents hiihself to Aiken and us ually absents himself after he ha* got into the good graces of some one to the extent of various ?ums of money. As a result of su0t> an oc currence, Mr. G. T. Holley, a promin ent eitizen of Aiken, is out $120 and for security he has a worthless cheek fox that amount. Aftat at Fott Kill EM Disappeared. Fort Mill* Specia].-*J. L. Triantl, who hat bees railroaa agent ban foi wtmH nKSntfra, Uft Wfce on 39 Sat miqt jfreeomahly for 6?M|to uah, Ga. He wit LftfwLglMr etaoiaf, Weo tar nottafha# ha* banal of ?? .wWeahoala... A wat itttfrja bere fro* Received Fractured Skull. Gaffney, Special.?Thursday after noon Will Havener, who "was em ployed in the card room of the Gaff ney Ivjumii'itciuimg Company, v/kile engaged in assisting in the repairing of some part of the machinery, wan caught by the belt and thrown to the floor wlin such violence^ j^s to fracture his skull. lie had bun at work in tho card room vnlv * ihort time, but was an experienced mill operative. Drs. tSeedlcsy and Pit man dressed his wounds, and be will doubtless recover. In order to stim ulate competition among the farm ers, the Merchants and Planters' Hank of Gaff ney, will give a cadh prize of $50 to the fanner in Chero kee county who raises the most corn on one acre of upland this year. This is a commendable undertaking on tho part of the bank, and it will doubt less have the effect of causing more corn to be raised in tho county than ever before, as large numbers of farmers will compete for the money. Death of Mrs. Sallio Klugh. Cokesbury, Special.-?Mrs. Sallic Klugh, wife of (he late Mr. W. C. Klugh, of Coronaca, and stepmother of Judge Klugh, died at tho home of Mr. J. S. Klugh, at Coronaca, on Monday night, very suddenly. She complained of feeling badly while at the supper table. She went to her room, where she died in about ono hour. The interment was at the fam ily burial ground/ near u Coronaca. The funeral services wcro conducted by R ev. E. C. Dibble. She leaves surviving her two sisters, Mrs. Jane Austin of (Jloss Hill and Mrs. Nash of Fountain Inn. Mrs. W. II. Pal mer of Cokesbury attended the fun eral. /j Hotel Oamden Overhauled. Camden, Special.?The people of Camden and the traveling public are very much pleased with the new man agement of the commercial hotel here. In the days long ago this historic property was quite famous hut in recent years it has undergone va rious managements without marked success by any. Mr. R. J. Lindsay, an experienced hotel man of Salis bury, has taken charge and under his progressive management he is mak ing Hotel Camden ofte of the best commercial-houses in the State. Mr. Lindsay has many friends among the traveling men, who will remember him as proprietor of the Mount Ver non at Salisbury. Hampton Is Visited By Disastrous Fire. ? Hampton, Special.?One of the most disastrous fires that has ever visited Hampton occurred Sunday night between 10 and 11 o'clock, to tally destroying the building, presses and nearly all of the material of tho Hampton County Guardian, owned by cx-Govcrnor Miles B. McSweeney, the offices of Robt. R. Sizer & Co., own; ed by Senator W. S. Smith, two small stores and two small dwellings, tfll on Lee-avenue, the principal street. The loss is estimated at $10,000. About half of this is covered by insurance. The. fire originated in one of the small buildings and its origin is unknown. Kershaw Municipal Election. Kershaw, Special.?The municipal election he'd here Monday resulted as follows: Col. L. C. Hough, mayor, E. M. Estridge, R. L. Sewell. J. M. Carson, H. E. Reese, wardens. Colombia Young Man Hurt in Winns boro. ' Winnsboro, Special.?Elmore C. C. | Stocker, a tinuer working on the new skyscraper, was on a scaffold about 15 feet from the pavement. He step ped off the scaffold onto the brick work, which gave way, an: he fell to the cement pavement. He fell on his feet and bis ankles were badly | hurt and his back was wrenched. 1 * Reuben Dye Found Dead. Columbia, Special. ? Reuben Dyei colored, was found dead Wednesday night about 11:30 o'clock at his homo on Blossom street. It was at first ! thought that he had died a natural 1 death, bu^ after at) investigation had ' been made this was found to be not the ease. The body was taken to au undertaking establishment where an (examination was made.. Owing to I some suspicious circumstances sur ' rounding the ease four, negtoes were I held for further'investigation. The*; . are G. W. Waiters, Sarah Dye, tbe wife of the dead man, Rosa Hall nad f\Lula Robinson. I > Mr. Olawson Findinj OaML Fort Mill, 6. C, Times. i Mr. T. W. Clawsoo. owner of. the j gold property in Gold Hill, has . mangy taken fiKta tfce mine* a nr~ ! War of vaUuhte ^ertta abd it is* MM 9i tht cfrafeaJ ajilaV ?W*"""1 t aWy. It -is understood . Clawson will in a short tf?e organise a Mk eompany; NeUll new marhin ifri iwy oil 0* a - Tilt S. C. LEGISLATURE After tl.o introduction of new bill* Tuesday, the reading of |?etitions; etc., Senator Sinklcr's bill providing that tin: let ins ot otlico of county hu pei visors and county superintendent* of education be made if our years in stead of t \v<> wax taken up. |t pass ed third reading with a half dozen amendments excepting certain coun ties trom its operations and was or dered sent to the house. As a similar measure has already passed the house; it meant* thai iho bill will become a law, unless by some one of the pecu liar "hooks and crooks" of the legis lative game it idiould be killed in the Una I shuttle. Senator Gray don moved to indefi nitely postpone the bill, making a brief address- against it. Senator Sinkler, the-author of the bill, said he deemed it unnecessary to go over the argument which he mode las', week in lavor of the bill and an nounced that he was ready and will ing fyr the vote to be taken. On the motion of the Senator from Abbeville to indefinitely postpone the bill, the vote was 17 10 21. So the motion was lost and the bill passed third reading, with amend ments, and.will go to the house. As amended the bill does not apply to the counties of Lancaster, Union, Ab boville, Berkley, Pickens, Oconee, Orangeburg, Barnwell, ChcHterfleld, Aiken, Sumter, Marion, Rdgclicld and Bamberg, Mr. Frost's bill to provide a penal ty t'?r jurors when duly summoned who shall neglect or refuse to appeal in obedience to a venire duly issued in the police court of any tnuuicipali ly passed third reading after bein? amemlcd%so ns to apply to magis trate's courts. Senator Rogers' bill to prohibit the granting of temporary injunctions l'or longer thsni 10 days except on notice to opposite party passed third reading after being amended so as to fix the maximum time lor which such injunc tions can be issued 420 days instead of 10. It was also amended so as to ap ply to the chief justice of the supreme court or to any associate justice. Senator Clifton's motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill wan lost on a viva voce voje and tin* bill was ordered sent to the house. The following Senate bills received third reading Tuesday night ami were ordered sent to the house: Mr. ( lit'ton?A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the manner in which common carriers doing business in this State shall ad just height charges and claims for loss or damage to freight," approved February 23, 1003.' by adding a pro viso. Mr. Carlisle?A bill to require treasurers of Greenville and Spartan buig counties to deposit taxes receiv ed from school district No. 9, in said counties, in savings banks. Fairfield Delegation?A bill to enable the commissioners of the sink ing fund to lend funds to the county board to pay the past indebtedness of said c.ountv. Fail field Delegation?A bill to em power the county board of commis sioners of Fairfield county to sell the present jail and erect a new jail for said county. Mr. IV^nSe?A bill to abolish the olliee of county supervisor and coun ty commissioners foV Newberry coun ty and provide a government there for. J ThB Senate Wednesday, by vote of 19 to 18, killed the resolution com mending. the dispensary commission and declaring the funds in their hands to be State funds. The motion of Senator Townsifnd to lay the reso lution on the table prevailed. When the senate convened at J 1:30 immediately after the introduction of new bills, Senator Otts made a mo tion to take resolution up out of its regular order, the senate agreeing to thip by a rising vote of 21 to 11. Discussion on the resolution continu ed for ftn hour and a half before a vote was taken. * At Wednesday night session of the senate Mr. Appelt's bill providing for license tax upon liquor drum mers passed to third reading and was ordered sent tp the house, but not until it was amended by providing that the tax shall be $5,000 instead $1,000 as proposed in the original bill. The bill was taken up under the head of special oiders shortly after the night session was convened. During the discussion of Senator Talbert's prohibition bill in the State senate Thursday night the proceed ings were enlivened by a personal tilt between Senator Laney of Chester field and Senator Appelt of Claren don and between Senator Laney and Senator Smith of Hampton. The first tilt wag soon quited by tire cbait calling the senators down for dealing iu personalities, but tbe second tilt became very warm before a reconcil iation was affected betwacn the two Boated word# passed be twoofc Senators Laney and Smith and was .talk on the part of each ol epeb other on the outside. of A3 to 51 (he house _ iek oot tbe enacting tfee pjfaWtine bill. iWp^ of thato who ?rror*f tbe tbg Was oartain of jiftpt tbe vote surprised a number of tho lead Wa, altbouffa it was conceded that fito? *1 tS? Btata Ihymtiy asjh porters would nut vote t?>r prohibi tion. The substitute bill, which was re ported by the minority of the dispen sary commit (pp, differed very lit tie from the bill introduced by Mr. Nash at the last session and used by the advocates of the Stair dispensary iU the last moment with the hope that it might postpone the passage of the Carey-Cothran law. A few changes were made relating to the selling of aleohol b\ wholesale druggists and the disposal of wine foi sacramental purposes to olliocrs of the ehureh. The debate lasted just a little over one hour, n being iin desire of all interested to dispose ?>f the question as quickly as possible. The bill introduced by the judici ary committee framing a contract labor law passed the house Satur day and has been ordered sent to the Senate. The bill passed with less dis cussion than any lull on the calendar, although it is a measure alVccting tin entire State. The bill was framed by Messrs. Carey, Cot ran and Kra/.ei of the judiciary committee, idea* from other bills along the same line being adopted and the whole boiled | down into one bill in order to save time and discussion. It is believed that the bill, should it pass the sen ate and become a law, will accom plish much towards solving present IhIioi conditions. If is given in full .ih follows: , "Section 1. That any person who shall hereafter contract with another to lender to him personal service of any kind and shall thereafter frau dulently,, or with malicious intent to injiiie his employer, fail 01 refuse to ender such service as agreed upon, shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor. ft'Scc. 2. That any person who shall hereafter contract to igccive from another personal' service of any kind and to compensate him therefor and shall thereaftei fraudulentlv, or with malicious intent to injure his employ* fail or refuse to receive such service or to make compensation a-- ayrceo upon, shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor. "Sec. That the failure of cither party to such contract to perforin the obligations assumed by liim there under, without a sullicnnt cause and to the iujuiy of the other, shai! 5>o prima facie evidence, in prosecutions under section 1 and 2, that he vio lated such contract fraudulently and with malicious intent to injure the othef p?W v, "See. 4. That any person who shajl hereafter contract with another to render personal service of any kind to him and shall thereafter fraudu lently or with malicious intent to in jure the employer, procure advances in money or other things of value from him with intent not to render the service agreed upon and who shall thereafter, with like intent, fait or re fuse to perform the service agreed Upon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Proof of the fact that the employe entered into the contract procured advances and failed or re fused to complete the contract with out sufficient cause to the injury of the employer, shall be prima facie evidence of the offense herein de scribed and declared a misdemeanor. "Sec. 5. That any person who shall hereafter contract with another to re ceive from his personal service of any kind, to compensate him therefor ami to make advances to him and shall thereafter'fraudulently or with mali cious intent to injure the employe receive the benefit of such service in vhole or in part and with like iutent fail or refuse to make the compensa tion or advances ar&reed upon, shall be deemed guilty Jul' a misdemeanor Proof of the fact jthat the employer entered into the contract, recelvd the benefit of the .employer's services n whole or in part, and failed to make tint compensation or advances agreed upon without Mifflcicnt cause, to the injury of the employe, shall be prima facie evidence of the offence herein described and declared a misdemean or. Verbal or Written. "Sec. <>. The contracts referred to in this act may be cither verbal or m writing; if in writing, they must he executed with the formalities re quired by section 355, criminal code, 1902; if verbal, they must bo witness ed by at least two disinterested wit nesses; and must be for a definite time, not exceeding one year. "Sec. 7. That upon conviction in u court of competent jurisdiction of any person, charged with any viola tion of this act, -the jierson so con victed shall be punished by a fine of not less thait$5() and not exceeding $100, or by imprisonment not less than 20 days and not exceeding 30 days for each often so. Thoso Contract n forbidden. "Sec. 8. That tfiis act is'not in tended and shall not be construct,! to proteot any of the parties to, or pun ish tie violation of, any contract or matter eonnectcd therewith, where the inducement or consideration of. such contract is money on otbev thing of valna advanced to or for the ?n pkmnent of eervice tbarpaader. All audi contracts arc hereby prohibited and declared null and void. "fecc. 0. That all actfc and parta of acts inconsistent -with ? this act bo, and. tte are hereby, repealed. "Sec. lO^That tfcia act shall go in to affect immediately upon the appro val of the f^trow." It will ba noted that the propoacd b?U pnUUta aontracu fof aeare tbas ??( j,' -'iQBifiSSFi. one year at a time, ami that under its provis.ollr. (ln> employer <'all not 1)<?M tin* lalmci under a new contract for money advanced <ltn 1 n*^ tin1 preceding vcar under an old eontracj. With hut 13 senators present, th? somite Saturday passed ill bills ami rcsolut ior.s, It' being senate hills on 'luiid reading, two house hills order ?vi I'm ratification ami lit senate ami house hills on srcoml reading- A ureal majority of the senators left Satur?la\ morning for their homes, to he gone until Tuesday, a holiday hav ing heen t,uken by the senate until tha date. Only uueontested inaiii'is w.no *???? sidcrcd and there was absolutely no discussion on any hill which was tak en up. Following are the hills and resolutions which passed their read in*:: Mi. Sullivan A hill to require railroad companies to put cinder de Hectors on the windows of passenger coaches*. Mr. Muuldiu A bill to make it un lawful to pay dividends on stock in any corporation unless the same are actually earned on the capital stock of such company, or for any officer of such company to make any false statement in regard to such company. Air. (Jraydon A bill to amend sec tion l-l'J, of the general statutes, so as to provide for the use of any un expected balance of the libj'ar> ap propriatiou and to devote same to'the further improvement of the public scJioo|^ and libraries. A Bill For the Drummers. A bill in which the traveling men ol the state are very much interested, is now before the senate, having been introduced by Senator Carlisle at the request of the T. I'. A. of the State. It is to piov.-de for belter proteeion of life agains lire in hotels and lodg ing houses inf this' State, and stipu lates : Section *1. That it is herein made the duty of every keeper or proprie tor of every hotel or lodging house in the State ovVj two Stories in height to provide and securely fasten in every lodging *r<?om above the second story which has an outside window, and is for the accommodalion ->i! guests, o?- employes, a i ope or ropo ladder for the escape of lodgers there in in case of lire, of at least one inch in diameter, which shall be securely fastened witthin each room a*; n-'.ir a window as practicable, and of suf-' ticicnt length to reach therefrom io the ground on the outside of nnh hotel or bulging house, and fuisde.of strong material, and as scenic against becoming iuihtned as practicable. Such rope^n; ropo ladder shall be kept, in goo^fepfti?? am' condition, in l eu of a rope or rope ladder thfre, iuu\ l>:> substituted iuly other appliJtt'ico tlmt may be deemed-of equal or greater utility by the lire department or oth er authority as may have ?ont rol, lire regulations in the cily or town where such hotel or lodging house i-< locat ed, but such appliance shall in all eases be so constructed as to be under the control and management of any lodger in such room.'' PdrrUGAL RULER SLAIN Carlos I and the Orown Prince Shot to Death While Seated in the Royal j Carriage at Lisbon by a Band of Men Who Fired a Volley From Carbines. * Lisbon, By Cable.?Kink Carlos, of Portugal and tho C^pvn Prince, Luiz Philippe, were assassinated Saturday ami tlio city is in a stato of uproar. Tb?* King's second son, tlio Infanta Manuel. was slightly wounded, but Qneea Amelie, who strove to save tho Crowu Prince's life by throwing her self upon him, was unhurt. i\_ band'of men, waiting at tho cor ner, suddenly sprang toward the open carriage, in which the. family wero driving to tho palace and'levol in,* carbines which they hod conceal ed upon them, fired. The King and the* Ciown Prince, upon whim the at tack was directed, were each shoi, thrjie limes and they lived only long enongfi to 1)5 carried to the marino arsenal, noarby, where they expired. Tno royal family wero returning from Villa Vicose, whero they had been sojourping ?ynd were on their way from the railroad station to the palace. Tho cold-blooded murder has sent a thrill o horror throughout the, coun try. At the first blush it would seem as though tho assassination was the work of anarchists. Nevertheless, the stirring events of the past few weeks has prepared the people for some startling culmination. The dis covery of plot after plot, as well as tho discovery of many secret stories of weapons and ammunition, had de monstrated the existence of a -deter mination on the part of a large body of tbe Portugese to overthrow the present condition and proclaim a re public. \ Premier Franco, tbe dictator of the Kingdom, hastened to the ptlaee, pro tected by a aqnadron of ecrafaqpOiin, and there ha oomferred with the and " _ ift NATIONAL CONGRESS Matters of Moment Considered and Disposed Of That Bpecia1. Message. The Washington correspondent of the Charlotte, N. (Observer writes his paper interestingly of I lit* sena torial sentiment t nceining the recent tpecial message of President Roose velt : Ho says: The last message ol' President ] Roosevelt is still tlie most popular mbjwet of discussion here. Members of Congress and newspaper men can not forget it. Represent at i ves Town send, of Michigan; Cockran, of New York; Hepburn, of lovva. and others, spoke of it. Those Democrats wlio ftet or speak he lore I hey think ap plauded and cheered the now famous message as it w as read, but I lie wisei bonds of the party, men who know what such things will lead to in a campaign like I he one now coming, have seen very little in the" message to approve. I he North ('arolina Senators, as well as ol hrs i>l the minority side, are quoted on the message in inter views in The allimore Sun. A Knockout Blow. Senal or (>vermau says : ''Sent lo ('ongress just at this time and under the peculiar conditions existing less than a month after his regit la i annual message, as it is in many respects a reiteration of irtany things heretofore recomcinnded in his messuge lo Congress, the Pro*i? denl evidently intended his special message !!>?? an answer lo the many criticisms made of him siucu the panic and also as a knockout blow lo those candidates im (he Republi can nomination who are out of line ami antagonistic to his policies. Un doubtedly the President has in this, as -in his other messages, rendered great service to the country in call ing attention to many honest and needed reforms which have for n long 11 im been advocated by (lie Democratic party. "Holfi in ihe Senate and in Iho IIot\.-c Deniocials have introduced bills along the line of those* reform:; which are recommended in Ifix mes sage? bills to prevent stock gambling, ugulating the practice of injunction in the Federal^ courts, re for mof the OHyroney, reliot for employes, for tiie control of railroads, etc.?all of which .\ve now bcin/-considered by ihe committees to which they wefre referred. Such a-s Few Men Can Write. "The message is a great state pa per, unusually strong and forcibly expressed, such as few men can write, but there is nothing especially new in it which other reformers have not. advocated, and if it will have the effect of influencing his Republican j friends in Congress to join with the Democrats to enact these refogttb into law he will have aided in doing great things for the. country und in preserving, the government of the masses, not the classes, for the manyf not the few, and for the prevention of dishonest methods by corrupt o.or 1 porations and slock gamblers. How ever, the interfe(?iee of the general government with the rights of Iho tBates and tendneios toward con ?tralization and paternalism the Democrats will fight to the lats ditch. They will advocate theso reforms along radical lines, which would give unbridled license and curtail the liberties of the people." Indian Appropriations. During the consideration of the In dian appropriation bill in the House of Representatives Mr. Townsend, of Michigan, delivered a speech in which he i 'hearsed the history of the Re public an legislation, . which lie said, he idd for I he purpose of "'disputing lln.' unwarranted claiim1 of ortr Demo cratic brethren." II was not, he s;yd. defending fho present ndmiiii t rat ion. "It needs no defense with the American peo ple," he said. "It's record will il luminate the pages.of United Stntcn history and mark an epoch in popu lar government." He declared that the student of the future would point to it "as the period when tho peo ple came into possession of their own by establishing as facts the hereto fore theories o fa republic, whereby Federal law is enacted for a class 01 financial condition, but for all of the people.'' Defend.' Congress. He* said that (he legislation of the Inst two Congresses had been charg ed with producing the lat Anancial disturbance and he undertook to rc? fute the charge as untrue. He re ferred especially to the railroad rate legislation, and said that Democratic politician*, finding'that the legislation was good, desired to arfprbpriafr-it to themselves as a political asset in future cJunpaiffa. \ Mr. Townsend defended tbe raj. road rats law and declared tfcat bo single provision in it itapoesjl any thing Wb?tj the very characters of th? roads did not ocntcmpUte. He said vm t\*im t*al rat^ lBfjs. mi on eaoaedtba ^anic ortoany aoix litotli totent-wSntriboted- to it, |m#b ty oaieHmi in Ua deans ZStty bis Oppasmott to*tb* p?*sur* and I* discredit an nitMnfctraiioo ftertitote special intervals and fetor ? , , || n ? | iy t ^ >f A REAL CALAMITY Great Whitney Power Com pany in Hands of Receiver MANY MILLIONS ARE TIED UP The Mammoth Power Company on the Yadkin River Placed in Charge of a Receiver Monday by Judgo Pritch ard, on Allocations Presented by . A. 0. Brown &tJo., of New York. ?*. _ u * Asheville, Special.- Alleging that the Whitney Company, the $10,000, (KM) coin-fin building a mammoth pow ??I plant on the Yadkin river, fbiriy , in>l<-r> hi*low Salisbury, is unable to meet and discharge its obligations which have already matured, and those which an* maturing, and that it is to (In: interest mid advantage of all tho ci'fditois, A O. Mrow^ & Co., of New York, applied t>> ( iriMiit Court Judge .1 1'iitchard for (ho appointment of n rcccivcr o| nil tho property of ilie delVinliiui. The defendant com pany admitted tin allegations con tained in ilie hill of complaint and consented to the iippiVjutincut of a lvs-* ceiVer. Jnd^c Brit/chard, after hear in j.' the cot hi > I a i ii t and the answer, ?r;?nteil the prayer of the complain ant and appointed ILoil. John H. 1 Io?l deiMiii, of Sali:''bury,' receiver for'the eompaiiy, . _ < ?' A. <). Pio.vn A Co., who made the application J'<n a reef er and who.are cnidtors I'oi mure than $2t)W,000 are coil posed ol /\ I! >r 11 (). Browit, (}. 1..0G Stout, Lewis (iu-iter Young, Edward I1'. Bucnnan. Samuel ('. Brown aud Walter Wliee. Whitman. Tho Allegations. The complaint aileges that tho de fendant (oinpan.N was chartered under the laws of North Carolina; that its ? capital stock is $10,000,000; that it has outsta'din?: obligations in notes, and bond< to the amount of !ji5,000, ? ?(Hi; that it is unable to~ pay princi pal and interest on certain notes J ? that it is being threatened with suits and that on May 1st, 100S, a. m. an in terest item of $lo<),0()0 will be due, in the payment ? !' which the defendant company will be compelled to default. Jt is also alleged that 000,0(K) have iSeen spent in developing the plant;... that it is now ncaring completion and tin* carrying out of the project is es se! ial to the protection of creditors i and bondholders. In appointing Mr. Henderson re ceiver for the property, Judge Priteh ard signed an order requiring that tho receiver take full control of ail the company's property and that un til the further order of tho.court the receiver shall manage and operate said property as tho defendant con trols or operates, or has heretofore held or operated, and shall omploy such perRons and make snch payments and disbursements as may be needfnl and pi'opor aud shall report his id actions to the court from time to time. The receiver is required to give bond in the sum of $26,000. The de fendant and each and every one of ? its officers and agents are required to transfer to the receiver all the prop- ' erty, assets, books, accounts and vouchers of the defendant company and arc also restrained from tratis-. fcrring with any of the property of tho defendant. Third Blow at Unionism* Washington, Special.?Monday for tho third time within a month the Supreme Court of the United States promulgated an opinion construing laws adversely lo contentions of-un ions. The verdict rendered was in the ??{!-? ot l.mvli'i vs. Locwe, the for T:i' i a member ot" the hatters' union 'i?.d I lie laiter a hat manufacturer of Danbury. Conn. The case involved tho applicability of the seventh ' see tion of the Sherman an'i-trusfc law to conspiracies by labor unions to boy cott articles entering into inter-State trade. Under the terms of that pro vision the complaining party may col lect three times the amount of his loss if the. charge is sustained. Soldiers Perish in Snowstorm. ? Ain-Seufra, Algeria, By Cable. ? Twenty-one men of the twentieth ? company of the Fovcign Legion, and possibly othew^of the same company, pevished on T^^ruary 1st, in a blind ing snok' storm which overtook the soldiers on their way to Fort IIa*sa. The entire company became separated and later searchers recovered the bodies of 21 of them. A section of Uu> company sucecedcd in reaching Tort Hussr. in r. pitiable conditioi^-< but many aro unaccounted for. Chicago Lawyer Fiqms to .Death. Chicago, SpecisI.?William race, .a" s lawyer* was found frozen to death gkutday within 5i0 feet ..of his dance in HJj$M*nd Pwk, a suburb J is thought that Braee slipped on. W aMerwalk fan, succumbingU tha^aW.! islts