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J-, ? a . - w- 1'-- ? : 1 ? ~ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 18J7 NUMBER. 39. ,lume xxvih i[ir\ DfSNUSH CHAKiiKH k y*nl?lied Advance Infornw li#n to laniard Karuch. tefgbfi' h?cal l?t?*e*t bus been in rt'iwrto sent out l'umi Ln llu- past few daya rdi.m.l fiu^ci! "leak" nt the wtut? dfi L fruui tho fact that one of the connected with the aiTultv |rd Pariah, hou of l)r. Simon Ijfaiiierly of Camden. The roi tar sent out fhtm Washington ^ ()f January C: UderiuK rumor# that KoinebOdyi JJjJoy with "leak" information of President WIIsoh'h Ejt, tduzed Up at a sensation. 1 1 1(1f the house rules committee At it hearing on ttepreaoatatlve rrf8oluti<a? for Investigation, fjilv declaring he mqde charges i no one and wan presenting] Mprnmtion that 'had roiuo to good brought to the names >f m Tumulty ; a ^Ijf. Bolllhg," a f rf Preside?* Wilsons wift*. Ldid not further identify ; Uel Jnich, " Ne^ Vork *tot:k ope (M to II. Kahn, of Kuhh, U>eb komps(?n & McKinnon and Lam jotliers &. Ca\, Chicago brokers; kooily & Oo,, a i ?'vti brokerage ST which Wood aaid that "Mr; ?be referred to was d partner I*. Button A <>., New Vork [ Much ot his information, jpld, mint Jn a letter Ironi A. ^independent N^w York stock f. Wood disclaimed intending the Impreaston that he believed t, Tumulty or any one else, [flutter, profited by t^e ao-Oall ; that he was merely staling pcom<' to him ; that he realized mtr ot making such statements I E and for tha$ reason he had/ N to make hla statement* In ?nioii, which thfe committee de* "At thr conclusion of today V ses Klirman Henry announced that fc Tumulty would apiieur with Ittpjia and that Nubitoenus bad ?jeml for Cutla and Itarueh. S; P. Tumulty, ' secretary to P Wilson, read the following near liefore thin committee to ?tbe unjust intimation that I jformation to Mr. H. >!? BflttU'h ird to the so-called i>euco note is the Kuiopean belligerents last j tcrthe Secretary at Htate. - toilifl ation whs contained in u state |de to this committee by Itep fore Wood, of - Indiana; , a man B do not know. To the beat of &' a? Pftiie truth fr^m me before di name into thfa affair. ?it to deny generally and ape (that I frave advance lriforma _ Mr. Baruch or to anybody -No inl to the peace note. I did jpr of the existence of this note t tlils irovr^muent contemphre.t toate ! )?>{>:? vt meni. i ? vva.a not Uitca gf ..uch a pote until |'?opie< of th> MOb? had he n i to reiir^entativea of Me> press istate licinrtinenr. i wa4 m?t fcd In the preparation of ' the KQie PresidiHjt ^or bv anybody Rie confer .?. '?! an ) communi Jelatln^ to the draft^nff of thei Its dlffjmtch were confident the President and the M State. I knew nothing of ilwtevor, nor did any other per ployed in the executive- office. |ve had no correspondence, wrlt fewaphie. with Mr Bamch -pr r rejtroKontlng him reganiing jtter. I imve had no telephone ith Mr. Pnruch or anybody rep * hlni. or with anyone else, BJjIJ'ri vainly, with regard to P^ntly the only Inalnuatlons H^timt me are that I lnnche<l P net Mr. llnruch at the Bilt Pwel at or about the time <? pratiou of the President's mig ? that the European bc&ligqr |we their i>eace terms. I have IpeakfaKted, lunched, dined or gnj moals with Mr; Baruch. I P* bim at several banquets and Pncrs when mnny other persons g^wnt. i have never discussed, Bf* (,r any other note either *a>< in prospect or afterwards. ~?ni('h or any other imrson >n the purchase or sales of se or any kind In the stock mar Ik a complete denial of ?lon? which' have been made ^ go further and say that I ?r H'saged in stock market gg"^ myself, nor through or ugenta,. , ^ the President's note first because my oath' of and ,i.,i not know that Jt ynraration or even.contem ^e.already said in a pnblie life fluently requeste<l * t? keep me tree from any ?k.4 T1 pend<Bi int^"?ational 1 might not be embar ^u.-stM for information n<*Ri>ni>er correspondent rn? . in my office odn ^ J'TormaUon. Tlie in eooce i^i ,hnV(> ??ceivp(l in political malice mialnformatl?n, are Vithont ?^?f' She "?? I have not at any time ? i,r Wilson's secretary, I lif??aHv Oovernor of New *r whu) he became i 1 Inter^ted In any L kind or glVct, other person n I JTf w Rales - ~ to make thte _ ? ?>mplete as , for Mr. UVE STOCK MKN TO MKKT To Be In Session For Two - l>tty h In <? Columbia. ?r: jProblew* affecting the live btock Industry will be discussed at the an nual meeting of the South Carolina Live Stock association to U? held In Columbia, .1m unary 1(1 and 17. The slogan of the State association Is "Mure Live Stock and Bettor I4ve HttH-k." Koch session of tl?t? meeting will lut given over to , some of the llvo stock Industry a>ul how that Hue may lie used to meet the preaent situation and to prepare for ttye InvaHlou of the cotton boll weevil. Live stock men from every county In the State will attend the sessions. ' 'J'he address of wclo6mc will l?e de livered- Tuewlay at noon by Ctov. Man ning. Requirement* for success in the dairy business in ftoutti Carolina will be the subject of on add reus by W. W. Pitapat rick, agent in dairying of (Mem son college. Thla pa per will . be dis cussed by R. M. Cooler, Jr.. of Wi saeky? ancl S. L. Coleman of Fountain Inn. James A. MeKee of VarsaUles,< Ky. will dlaeusj# the breeding aud feeding of pure bred swfne. Tuesday night Mr. MeKee will deliver art: address on cooperation. c* "The Roll Weevil, Its Economic Im^ portance," will be tbe-subject of the addreaa Tuesday night by E. Lee Wor sham, state entomologist of Georgia. Wednesday morning, L. I. Gulon of Logoff will discuss the breeding of pure bred Hud grade beef cattle in this State. Sheep production in the South will be the subject of a paper by a'3 representative from the federal de t*#S? nt of agriculture. > J. (). Wil liams of Clemson college will discuss the. breeding of horses and mules In tills State. OtHceis for the year will be elected lit the sessions Wednesday. The an nual meetings are always held In .Co lumbia. Death of Young Lady. Ft tends of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. (./han dler, of this .city, deeply sympathize with them In the death of their daugh ter, Ml 88 Ruth Chandler, which occurr ed at the Columbia Hospital Tuesday after ap illne.su of several months. The yow?ap1ady had been in 111 health for several years nud was sent to the hos pital for- au operation about two months ago. The body was brought to Camden Tuesday afternoon and the fu iieral <^c?iirred from fhr ~ Park -V4?w Tlotel Wednesday afternoon, services being conducted by the Rev. John H. Graves, uud tho burial was at the Qua i Ike*', cemetery. The following gentle men acting as pallbearers : G. C. Bruce W. M. Phillips, L. A. Sowell, Stove Robinson, Bert Glord, W. t>. Goodale. Miss Chandler was a native of Dan-j w|e Virginia, and was only 20 years' of age. She is survived by her nrcnts j and several brothers ahd sisters. Mr. hnd Mrs. Chandler are new comers to Camden, being lately of Clio, S. p. J and they have the sympathy of the] community in their bereavement. Made Long Auto Trip. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Smith arrived Camden last Thursday in /their .4*uiek car, a gift of the ShrovPport RVa seha 11 fans. Mr. Smith has' been manager of the Shrevoport .team in the Cotton States League the past season and his team went wpy up in the per centage column. . The trip . to Camden was made with very little trouble, the the only delay being in passing th rough i the MtBstsstppi vatteyr^inretho close of the baseball reason Manager Smith has been in tj employ of the Buick l>eople it Shreveport as salesman and aside from a pleasure trip It wa8_a)S-? ?Hteat tfll) for the Buick car. Syd had ? in his possession several hundred feet ^ film raade_0f the Shreveport team in action artd Manager Little of the Majestic gave it to his patrons at the Theatre Monday night which was on Joy?*f by the audience. Services at Catholic Chute*.. Services will be held at tho Catholic Church Sunday morning at eleven o' clock, and the evening service at 8 :80. Subject of the sermon at the morn ing service t?ill be "Reverence for the name of God." , , The subject at the evening service ?The Catholic Faith." * The public is lnYitpd to attend these services. D, V. Lanigan, Rector. Card of Thanks. i We desire to extend to the citizens of Camden our sincere thanks for the many kindnesses shown us, an<T toe many erpresslons of sympathy which we received during our recent bercave ment Mr. and Mr6, J? W. Chandlf^j " Mrs. J. atiler home at LugoffonThursday niirht of last week, and the funeral and burial occurred at etery in this city on Friday, services MoXr X , ?ny <>"><"? M?t for a like territory. . .?""".mTu'tSriMa by ?>? WW**"* to nate w^terer until it ? for rrft^^tion. YOKK H AS BIG KIRK. ? ? ' Ucstroycd U?e McNeill Building till tailing Loan of N?*r $100,000. . York, 8. (1, Ju?i. H,? Fire. which is | believed to have originated lit i? tranhj pile at the foot of a stairway, destroy ed the MeNelll building, on Main St.,j l??ro 111 1* morning' entailing a proper ty loss Variously ct?tlm#tod at from $ND? 000 to $J00^XXV ami only iwrttally cov ered by lawn ranee. The lire wan dhe covored about 0:80 o'clock ami wa?| atlll burning tonight. although It haaj lieen under control wince noon. > ' In , response to a Call for help Hock Hill lire department came over at 11 o'clock mi a special train and as Hinted materially In gettlug the con tlagarutlou under control. The Loan a ud H*v taiga Hank, the York jxwd office, the. Yorkvllle hardware store and the W. B. Ferguson Grocery Company occu pied the ground floor of the building, and these quarters were completely de stroyed. The records of tlie bank and other valuables vrere secured alul placed In the safe befor* the . Are broke in;'* AH the mall and records in the postottice were removed to safety. The Yorkvllle Hardware Company's $20,000 stock was completely destroyed with only $7,000 lusuranee. W. Ei Ferguson's stoCk waa valued at about $2,000, with about $7B0 Insurance.? ? > v. ' The secoud story was occupied by] the White itaie CluK.the Yorkvllle Op-| era House, Cartwright and Jones, deu tists ; Dr, J. J. Glenn, physician ; H. ?. Allen, architect ;J. It. Lindsay, ttrol insurance; l)r. I), u Spelder,, optician, and the York pubflc library, fill of which quarter were totally destroyed, with a loss to furniture and flxturea of several thousand dollars, and #ery lit tle insurance. irii -building, which was the proper ty of Mrs. S. M, McNeill, waa valued at about $40,000 - with on ly-$ 10,000 In surance. Mrs. McNeil told the N6ws and Courier correspondent she bad not decided whether or not alio would re build. The loss is unquestionably the greatest, tllia town has suffered in a qwiirtcr of a century. ' Former PMtor Here Sunday. Friends and- members of the Bap tist Church will be interested to know thAt Itev. J a bee <BerHs, former pastor of the Camden Baptist church, ttoW re siding at Hatesburg, will fill the puF pit of this clinrch at. both morning and evening services Sunday. McCormick Sells Out. MeCormtck & Co., who hsvo beeu comlnetlgg tun undertaking establish ment' In CatntfoQ for the pa. st foty yea'nT (his week closed a <'eal with ihe Cam den Undertaking Co. whereby tho*lat ter Company will tako over the.Mc C?rinl k efYctts and U.e*e will be only one undertaking company in Camden In the future. Mr: MrCormiefc jjntj"" Hells his supplies aud rolling stock, the building oh North Main street still re maining In his possession, and the sup plies will be removed % to the C&mden ; Undertaking place on "DeKalb street. Mr. 10. W. Bond, who came here as manager of the McCormlck Co., has made nuqibers of friends In Camden who will regreCHo see- him leave. He has identified himself with the busi* ness and social life of Camden and will be a distinct loss to Camden. Mr. and Mrs. Bond and children will very likely make their home In Columbia. New Ford Owners. ; The Kershaw Motor Co., has made -sales (ft Ford flftifc In the past week to the following : E. B. Mat his, Boy kin ; S. S. Stokes, LUcknow; J. E. Caskey, Btthune; W. A. Outlaw, Bethunej B. m Raton, LugolC iT. H WafrTWe, i^cknow. ?JL. .y?iAr|% Bwlfli .Greenville, Jan. 8.? Judge Mendel I* Smith, of the Htate circuit bench, put I aside judicial dignity with his flow ing robes tonight to attend the ban quet and football rally at a local hotel In honor of the Purmaii University j football team of 1916. The climax was .reached when the jurist, in response to the beckoning of the toastmSster, re lated his experience at the Chicago World's Fair, when lie won the world's record - for having knocked the longest baseball In history. ; 1,1 *? ??? 1 1 ? ? Beattie Mentioned. The name of A.' J. Beattie, State senator from Kershaw county, has beeiv mentioned in connection with the race for. JJtate Warehouse commissioner. Senator Beattie is a successful fanner and >is now serving his third year In the upper house of the general ascemb 1^. ? Columhhi State. i I'm I . 1 -) Proposed New County Defeated. Greenville, Jan. 9. ? Practically com plete unofficial returns indicate that the proposed new oounty'of Williams -ton was overwhelming!,? defeated In the special election today. Twenty nine of .86 boxes gave 669 votes for the new eoonty and 1,044 against it The missing boxes are small and could not possibly change the results of the election, as a two-thirds vote Is neces- 1 sary for the establishment of .the pro- 1 posed county. \ . Woodmen Enjoy Supper. Ttie members of Live Oak Camp No. 49, Woodmen of the World held their annual supper last Friday night ?t the Woodmen Hall and an enjoyable evening was spent by all those who at tended. Preparations., #ere made for one hundred but owing to the inclem ent weather, only about eighty mem bers attended, and there was an a bonds nee of good things to eat. After I the feast the Council Comiaandcr J. r. Bateman Introduced Mr. K. W. Bond as the toestmsster, and In response to! his invitation shon talks * ? by several members, . the CL . -,-r, feeling AUTOMOBU4C WRNT INTO KlVRfiK Sit|H rvitior WMt and Owwnkwn# Bad gv' ' ' Narrow Mny ljst rVWay, Us'The Fori! fur own (Hi ami driven by] .SuiKM vlsor M. O. Went with two com panlomi plunged Into the Wateree river I Friday morning and It Unremarkable' that no fatalities occurred. Mr. West accompanied |>y Oontlhu'tor O. M.. IY>rt Unit Mr. William Turned wore ou their wj^Ho West Wateree find In crossing the county ferry Mr. West's ear got beyond IiIh control anil ran off nearly pldway of the rivej\ Mr. West nays he stuck to the car until |t *ttruck bot nm< and came out throwfti th? ?ide of the curtain*. Mr, Fort braced his feet against the luick of the front seat and tore bis way through the back of ?the car. Mr. Turner sew that the car .was going Into the river and jumped Salt the same time the oar reached I water and lodged on portions of old steel bridge. All were rescued without any difficulty and asldQjtrom getting wet Buffered no inconveniences. J^The car remained lri the rim* until ?Sunday when it wan gotten out b> Mr f V. O. Hay and was too**** on!y I lightly damaged. Friers at jAhsw geittlemeu have be?n % eoncmtjilatlng them upon their fi^tyow: escape. AN INTERESTING WtfftMl | form tr Globe Trailer Spmlm Couple! of Oays in Camdeo. *?: " '? ' "i H Mr. Munro Nichols, of Richmond, Ya., waa a visitor In Camden Monday and Tuesday. Mr; Nichols Is editor of j ?'The Southland" a journal of tnforma- ! tlon to the South as Its name implies. He was here getting first hand informa tion about Camden, and will have a write-up of the' city as he saw It In t|?:?arnar|U4a?tte. He is making a tour of every town in the South that has a commercial body. ? '? Mr. Nichols is perhaps one of the most interesting persons who ever1 vis ited this city. He wa/3 /for a great number of years a correspondent of the Associated Press, the greatest news "fathering agency In. the world, and his work in the foreign fields carried him around the globe three time?. He was the war correspondent in the Turko -Gfeek war, thip Boer war in \ Trans vaal and the Spanish American war. of the destruction of Oftrv^rn's fleet at Santiago, and won the title' of "Tes tament" Nichols, in that he used ?l_ ^^BbTtlm ^New Testament in holding t$H?Twlres while preparing Ills i news stojbu relates many interesting c2ftpHenee? af Ills travels and "has kept , a diary (if his exrferlencfs since ho en tered the newspaper game at the age :Af eighteen. Mr. Nichols told us that .he succtsed ed in putting on forty-two 'subscribers for his journal and wan pleased wlth-l Camden and was foud In his praise of I he ixjople he met while here. ^ FIGHTING IN RUSSIA ? .1 GcrrtjhjBp and Russians in Great Itat ; ? tie Near Riga. .JThebaUle in northwest Russia Hi the region of Riga apparantely to prowing in intensity, but owing to di vergent reports by* the Berlin and Petfograd war offices -the results thus' far attained are somewh&t beclouded. While Berlin asserts that southwest of Riga all attacks by (he Russians have been without success, Petrogrnd "irefteterthal hear T^ke^Babi{ the Busslans the Tirul marsh and the River Aa and advanced ? their line i about one. and a ..third miles south [ WH'nT flormiinH In. ?h?i w* Kalnzem delivered a counter attack on the Russians Who had occupied a I m ?s i 1 1 < m ea k t o f t lu? v i II a ge I >u f -it was put. down by the Russians. - 1 - In the past six days in this region tbc Russians report the capture of 21 heavy add 11 light guns and large quantities of arm.<*juid equipment. ^ ;V The QeOrman Field Marshal von Macken's army operating in southern' Moldavia has crossed the Putna river north of Fokshani and between Fok shani and Funderii has forced the Russians and Roumanians across the ftereth river, taking In the latter , qp-i e rati on Q50 prisoners. There has also /been ? severe fight ing near the mouth of Rimfcik-fiarat river, west of Galats and along the Kassina river in which both Berlin nniTxPetrograa "win the sgdvantaK*'. Berlin reports that the Russians at tacked thttihetjStli along 4the Schu hitxa vairefBa buLyet wtth^i ? " **?. manian theatres ande an attach by British Indian troops against the Turk ish line at the Ix-nd of tbc;3!j|tffe.4rfrer, northeast of Kut-el-Amfc**, the flghtlog irf-aii the other tones httLaonsiated of bombardfiieulii-aod mlim InflUOrjraT tacks. On the Tigris ttlo Indiana cap tored Turkish trenches ?w a ITotft of 1,000 yards. In One of the minor engagements on the front in France the British east oi union t-Hamel captured and held a German trench and made three offi cers and 140 men prisoner*, tfhp? William Graves Sharp; the Ameri can ambassador to France, has been handed the reply of tMrgpntent:? al lies to President Wilson's peace sug gestion* for transmtssftMr -?? to Wash ington. * Unofficial advices from Athens are' to the eect that Greece will answer the entente allies' ultimatum In doe time and that 'the council of minis ters favors acrepting the terms. James Vi Chatham, a ami of an en gineer on the ifoatbern railway* ? who was injured several weeks ago when a train struck the boggy In which he was rldinc. died la GweaTflle Ttewlay of M-mi Hi* I jBEnr\iS v i ,, BUFFALO HILL DKAD ~ Famous Old Hfoui Passed Away Aftw Short Illness. Denver, (Xrt., Jan. 10.? Col. William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill) died here today at noon after having fought loath us tie often did on the plains when the West was youy^. -t ?04* Cody whs brought hero to the homo of his sister on January ft, des {irately 111, aud sluco then bad l>eon Hovering between life and death. AU during his Illness the idol of Juvenile America accepted his fnto lllce a stole, laughing and playing cards with his family us lo^ig as he WaS (MllSltdllS. Ool. Cody returned from his sea son's show work last fiill much ex hausted. lie went to his ranch at Opdy, Wyoc, to rest and on his return to l>enver. about four weeks ago, con traeted a 9 severe cold. This was fol lowed by complications so serious that the colonel's wife and daughter were called to |il? bedside. Ool. Cody soon showed Improve ment, and on January 3 went to Glen wood Springs, Col., to recuperate. On January $ he suffered a nervous col* lapse and his physicians hurried him hack to Denver. For years he has been an Inveterate smoker. His physl clans Raid tobacco had affected his heart Seriously. Funeral services for the noted scout will be held Sunday afternoon when the body ifcfjl be placed In a receiving vault in a Denver cemetery, but the burial will not take place until next spring, .probably Decoration day. Tlieu the body of one of the nation's most picturesque characters Svill be Interred in a tomb hewn of solid rock at the top of Lookout Mountain, norir this city. To 'add t<* her appreciation of what the West oWd him, the State of Colorado will receive1 the body Into the capltol Sunday, there to lie in state for four hours. Plans already are on foot for the erection of a suit able riwnumc'ht at the final resting -place. Federal troops will escort the body from t^e capltol to the Elks' home for services Sunday and other federal troops wlit march in the cortege. Telegrams of condolence have been pouring Into the home of Odi. Cody's sister today. They Include messages from friends throughout the country, one, from President Wilson and others from Gen. Hugh L. Scott chief of staff, and Gen. Nelson A-. Miles. Cot. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill"), hunter, soldier, scout and idiowman. wjf* for many years known to nearly, every manr woman boy and jxlrl in America through his Wild West, show with which he toured this coun try and EurOi>e; He was a pictur esque type of the pioneer frontiers man and livbd to see largo cities built where he. once hunted the buffalo nnd fought Ipdlnns. Col. William F. Cody xvas borfl In. Scott county, *Iowa, February 20, 1S40. If be- ancestral stoclr was Span Jsb, English and Irish His parents moved West and took up a clajm near Leavenworth, Kan., then a .frontier Indian post, when Cody wps Ave years old. < At ten years of age he found" himself the head of the family oWlng to the death of his father who was killed In. an encounter growing out of a dispute over the negro slave question. Tpurtg Cody's first employ ment was as a courier between the freight wagon trains oiterated be tween the Missouri rlvof . and the Rocky Mountains: In turn he became wagon master, trapper, hunter, pony express rider and stage coach (Jrlver, all giving a varied,, experience' in a school the graduation from which left the scholar an adept in every possible Une of frontier activity. An exciting experience 4n the Union jrnny n* n soldtef and subsequently as ia confidant atad scout of his com manders in the <lesultory and guerilla warfare of the Southwest left him at( Its finish well known as an all around frontiersman, v competent - to adviso, to gnlde and to lead. These qualities sooh brought him to .the at tention of such distinguished command^ ers as Gens. W. T. Sherman, Phil Sheridan. Crook, Custer, Merritt, Carr, Royal, Miles, Dodge and others and secured his appointment as chief of scouts in the United States army dur ing its numerous Indian campaigns In, , the West * ... y His career in thin line identified mm with the great fighting epoch between the red man and the whiteman waged by. Gen. Sheridan after the War of Se cession that temporarily ended In 1870, tyrt was effectively finished In the Gnost T>ance war in the decisive battle of Wounded Knee In 1890-91 campaign with the Northern Bftoux. During the construction of the Union Pacific railroad yoking Cody at tached himself to a camp of United fttatea troops pr?fp*>tinr the lahnrarw and won his sobriquet of "Buffalo Bill" bytaklng a contract to supply the entire force with fre?h buffalo meat for a dertaln period, killing under one cgHtract 4,280 buffaioe*. He killed the noted Cheyenne chief, Yellow Hand, In the presence of In dians and troops. - He became known to Juvenile Ameri ca In the stoftes of Western adventure written by B. O. 2. Judson, who wrote under the non de plume of Ned Bunt line. With the advance of civilization find ing his occupation on the Western plains gone, he went on the stage, where he remained several years pity ing lcadl? parts in dramas depicting life on the frontier. Later In asso ciation with Nate Salsbnry, he organ ized his Wild West shew with which he toured this country for many years and on one occasion visited the prin cipal cities of Europe, where be was warmly received and entertained by royalty. : He was elected to the Nebraska leg islature In 1673. '/ SKVItOVKl) TKAIN WRKCKKD I Mirmvr I VI it IXHiftl His l ilV ami S? \ wtU (Mbwn Injured. v Henry Petit, aged about f>2 .warn, who wan injured iu 1 1??? witH'k of t ruin So. 7 Seab??ard y\lr Line railway, at ?ichomdd SunUa^v at a local hos pital late 8unday>Alft?ruool^.? Ho was rushed to <V?IUlhhln Mini hu operation vas performed lu an effort to save hi* Ifo. Mr, Petit was a resident of 8a v-auunb hat wan formerly from Aukuh ta. Tlio remains were taken early Mon (lay morning to Havannali and thence to Augusta for burial. Ho In survived '?v his widow, threo 4 moxi:? and two duughtera, all of Savannah. Tito micro fireman, Jainea Oami?t>oU, who waa alHo badly injured, wu? brought on to Columbia and talcon tin a negro hospital, lie waa rc]K>rted to be resting fairly well Monday. It la not likely that his injurlea will prove fto lal. The other meraberaNrf the crew who wore more or less Injured, were not brought here. ? The Flamingo siteclal of the Soa hoard Air Line was derailed at- Hcho leld, a tlag station, twtween Fairfax and Denmark Sunday mornihg at 7 O'clock when it daahed Into un open 1 switch. Engineer Henry., Petit snflfer ed broken limbs and Internal injuries from which he died later. The negro flremau, Jim Campbell, of 1(1 Oak atreel Savannah, wan badly hurt, being ren dered unconscious. J. K. Anderson, baggage master on the train, was cut about the head and mulered also un conscious; Joe Jones, exprees meases -er, was cut about the heatl but not seriously hurt ; the negro porter of the , tr^ln, ltleh Wilson, had bis hand alight-, l.v cut. .Only one paabenger, a lady, name unknown, was slightly hurt. The Flamiugo special, outl>ound tourist train of the Seaboard Air I4ne, wan miming on schedule, 14 miles south 'of Denmark, it 7 o'clock, and when tieariug the aiding at Mchofleld, a flag 'top, the engineer, it is said, observed ? the white light ut the switch which. * meant safety. The train accordingly, kept going, but the switch it la said, mm ojien and the trafn dashed Into It, derailing the engine und baggage car4 mid piling the Pullman on the cars nheod.. A wording t<? meager roport* *he engine la wild to l\ave left the track - on one aide and the express and mall enrtnyeft* Tlofttllcd. The trucks of the "J dtrtlng cfc.r were, said to have been bro ken, but the day coaches and Pullman remained on the track. Engineer Petit, ? the firemen and others liurt In the reck were brought btjck to Columbia ??? a hospital wKh ntt -promptness and ?flven wwllcal nttentlCM.--*MotMiay,H Co* Uubbiii Hecord. tiOLDKN APPEALS for mrn. President of Textile Worker* Ask* Support of Operative**. Boston, Mass.. Jan. 7. ? A demand for :m eight hour tiny for textile worker* throughout the' country will soon bo made, according to John Oolden, In ternational president of the United Tex tile Workefsof America. who tonight made an appeal* to the itoston (Central l /ii hoi- union for support of tbo strike of 700 o|>erators in the mills at Ander son, 8. O. The shorter day Would he anko<l for President, fiolden said, not vlthstandlng the increase in wages dur ing the >iM)Ht year, amounting in some eases in northern mills to 2S 1-2 per cent, t / ' ' Keferriug to conditions lit the. Houtk . Tffr. JJoKTeti asserted that IK) jht cent of the quarter of a million ujill hands / 'n that section Wore only 24 hours away from starvation. He. qaid that the strike In Anderson had cost hlH UlU<Mi~ mOre- tlian $00,000 thus far, hut that the organization was able to- spend as wuch jaoro-fco carry <m tho^frghtif rtf ? eessary. The strike began Ave months ago, according to Mr. <?olden, when the Wellington Hoars company of Bos ton, owners of the mills, refused to grant a 10 p^r eent increase in pay. A Growlof Batlnws. Hie Marage and machine shop of Mr. W. O. Hay, on South Main Htreet alwayn present* a bu#y scene. Be ginning bu?iness a few years ago hi* ' business consisted of one, now he em ploys nlnemen and they have all they hi (ran possibly do. > Several additions hnve bephinade to his large shop and Mr. (lay expects in the near future to erect a diwt proof {minting rooln. He has constantly added to his mechaniotl equipment aitfllhe now has one of^the best equipped sbopa in this aectlon. He ~ doe** a great deal of ont^>f-fcown work bcHideK the large patronage ..?? Ketw frpm city and comity. % - - - ,1* I ~ (?erraans Oonvieteil. . ?? _San Francisco, Jan. 10. ? .Frana Ilopp, German consul general hero, and four of hln attache or employs* wvrt* #<nmr|--^^ter-totttght hv? a Juff j In tbe Ufitred Staten district court of having floated thl* <00 ntry't* nou- ? trallty. ? f. r : ?' - 1 Atl five defendant ? were accused of having planned to blow up. munition-, plants in America and Canada ships carrying munitions to' the entente al 'lif? rattfoad bridj^srtnd mVXtikfy trains. Eight Hundred Papers Suspend. San' Frnndaco, Oal. ? Assertion that 800 country newspapers had suspended . < publication in the United States since ? . the price of news print paper began ad vancing after the beginning of tbe Eu ropean war was nia<Se today before the California Pr ?s Association by C. L. . Day, a publisher of San Luis Obispo. / : : Oal. 1 ' A majority ' of the weekly paper* throughout the country have advanced 1 their subscription price to $1.60 a year, and others will Le forced to ?0 to or go out of business. . .. ... Cot iXxif in MM married to: Miss Leoisa Frederick.