The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 30, 1908, Image 1
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VOL. XXXI
BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. JULY 30. 1008
ROBBERS IN BOSTON.!
OUT FOR BRYAN.
Says the Railruads l»o Not Care Who
ELEVEN* PERSONS SHOT BY TWO
men Wednesday nhsht,
■ .••• Is Elected.
A dispatch from Hot Springs. Va.,
ays: Molyllle E, Ingalls, formerly
president of the Big Kour and Cheia-
ake and Ohio railroads, and still
They are Belioed to Belong to Band I ifhJ il ^, ,ere8t,,d J” them and in
^ e.ong 10 nann i other Wads, says that it will make
of Throe Robbers Who Shirt s Up| , ^^ e difference to the railroads of
u , ... rt,e country who is elected president
Saloon Mght Before. | this fall.
A dhcpate^fTttm Bnstmr savs that I k ' ^‘'there with
• I be a hell of a time up there in Wall
eleven persons were shot Wednesday street for a month, and then things
night, three of them probably fa- w l , l re turn to normal. lr Taft is elect-
tally, by two desperadoes,- who on t * ,ere W 'H not be any disturbance,
l-ing pursued by policemen and a bUt ‘“Z “° nth after eIect,on -
. I come to the same thine' <sn far a&
crowd of citizens fled for two miles the railroads, are concerned f with
through a thickly settled district of either the tinner. C ° nCerned ' * i,h
Jamacia I lain, firing madly right -Taft is a wise man. a gaeat man
Lr^ank^TaT ^ ^ and ° f Jud,C,a, temperament. There
The men • i n « i is no doubt that he will pursue the
The men die believed; to be two Roo8evelf p 0 , icle!l but he wjll
saloon In"" , "7" ^ ^ “ taIk a8 Roo ^ e 't has done.
-* n * l Z ‘"fter icm.n “Af»erall,itwasRoosevelfstalk-
woundina tCn nthe ^ in * and not h,s that did harm
Kn L n.,h \ i L , E U m " st ^ admitted that Roosevelt
Knox night watchm 8 !, of the Forest , 8 wnd> for a president of thp rnlted
i.lls Cemetery who was -shot in State8 . He has not vet sobered It
.Bat nI'T'd n H ° 8 i 18 D ° nSf,n “ e to 8ay that the election
Pitai. M s. Delia 1' alien is one of of any wl „ wreck the count
the serious y injured of the victims. L n dr P w Johnson aft Theodore
home wdth T" 1 llK | i" I 0 "!. ° f hei Rwsevelt put a great strain on it.
home with her baby in her arms.[ but they ^ re , inat( , e to affp ,. t u be .
•Ws^ien the two men, pursued by a 1
FARMERS’ UNION
STATE ASSOCIATION CONVENED
6 *
IN IXJLI MBIA.
KcmoI tit ions An* Adopted lieclaring
Against Dninigration From South
ern EunrfM* and Eastern Asia.
While cleaning a tank on a l7ath-
bers of the South Carolina Farmers'
Educational and Co-operative Union
met Thursday morning at 7 o'clock
FINE-SET ASIDE.
VERT HOPEFUL.
THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT OUTLOOK FOR HR VAN’S ELEC-
COURT OF APPEALS
a.
\
TIOX VERY RRIOIIT'
Stands by the Standani Oil Company r ha»les Rryan Says the Ticket Will
and Wipes Out the Fine of Nearly I s "*‘ep Every State West of the
TIlirty Million Indian*,
Missouri.
Mr. Wm. E. (}onzal(^r~wdltor of
At Chicago on Wednesday, then,.
United States circuit-court of appeals I. C k a, ‘'’ fcBtrned Monday 'from
reversed, the famous decision of !* Ver ’ Co1 '’ w here he attended the
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, in which ** ?rnoriatlr national convention and
he fined the Standard Oil company. I . tJ ? M8ed ‘h® triumphant spectacle
in the hafl of the Houst and several i of Indiana. Saii^fO.OItO. th^ca8e|° f t . h ® nom,na / ,on of "’illiam .1 Bry
addresses were delivered. I is remand « d to the court; for If" >y “ reu,lftP ' 1 and tcvlvifled par
At 9 o'clock an adjournment was
a new trial.
♦y.'
. . The decision of the court, compos-l R * ee,nK that the West Is afire
taken and a ride around Columbia ed of Judges Grosseup. Baker an d W th ' ,e,nocrat,r <,n,hus ' aKm and that
on special cars,was enjoyed for sev-j Seaman, was a scathing arraignment S 0 ’ 1 ** 1 is the only section of the
eral hours, all the important places of • ,l,dK ° Landis ' in w hlchJl wasr"""^,^!^ 18 ''«» thoroughly
asked if the courtv-Uelipved "himself aWake to ,he i'robability of Demo
- “ «eratic’success. -
Mr Gonzales talked with a great
being visited. This ride was given I . ' .7 Icratic’success
'almve the law in imposing aihre that 1 t 88 ’
by the City Federation of Trades. | w OU | d fal | Gn the shoulders of the
The ride was completed about mother corporation—the Standard I ma ?L P ® r8 ° ns wkom mt *t in dif-
1 ferenit .cities in the West through
cr^d came down the street. As
passed her one of them fired
d the bullet entered her head lie-
hind her right ear. She was remov
ed to Mi** city hospital in a critical
condition
Edward McMahon, a Dorchester
patrolman, received a bullet In the
abdomen i?hd will- probably die. The
others injured are: - John Nolan,
shot in arm. Thomas Fleming, shot J JJtatog|I)an
in hand; Thomas Moorestreet .ear
conductor, snot Jn leg; Officer Ing-
ijlls. bullet fn leg; Officer Cox,
yond quick recovery.
“One of my reasons for supporting
Bryan is that I am tired of hearing
the panicky talk aliout his election
raising Ned with our prosperity.
“I don’t believe it. Anyhow I am
boy enough still to want to try if
and see.
“Besides I Jielieve that if Bryan
entered the white house he would
become a sol»er and conservative
A CALL TO WORKINGMEN.
shot In ankle. Patrick McGinn, shot I« ... i .
i.. •> j ... . , . . I rrewHlent Gompers I rg<>s I nion
In the *de; Michael Flynn. head |
Member* to Vote for Rryan.
grazr.ed by bullet; I'atrolnian Thoinj
son. >hot In leg.
Il is believed that the desperadoes
A dispatch from Washington in
lay concealed in Calvary Cemeter.v I aDI e publication In the Fed-
whii. the police were hunting foi ’r*** 0 "!**. Ihe newspaper organ of
1 trade union I sts. President 'Go m -
In Id-op and robliery.
pers', of the American
u 0 t- Ron i oi»mU*sum is. iavastigatlng
Being driven from their hiding I , ' ,a * K>r ' ^ ednesday._ night lil>ernted
plai c by hunger and fearing thev I proof sheets of a democrafic i*di-
would Ik* surrounded by the police. I ,or * a * , * ia * **** appear in the August
who were searching The neighbor-1 HS,U ‘ ! °I 'I 1 ** l>ai>er.
hood, the two men ap[ieared oi
Charli's stretU, in Jamacia Plain, at
hIk ut dusk, and proceeded to “shool
up” the town.
They looked like Italians and weri
roughly dressed Acme ctttzenf
who bad lieen assisting in the hunl
for the robbers saw- the men anf*
tried to intercept them, whereupon
the two began running, and "With r
revolver in each hand fled along
Charles. South. Lee and Keys str**ets
bring at every person in their path
Throughout the . residential dis
There are three double columns
if it, much of the type being used
S quoting the written demands that
VIr. Gompers and his associates made
in the Republican and Democratic
uonveutlons for insertion in theii
|party 'platforms. Stress is laid on
he anti-injunction planks of Isiih
■onventlons, which are quoted, ana-
I'ytical comments by Goni|iers being
idded.
While disavowing an intention "to
leliver the lalior vote.!, Gpmpijg ex-
I'iresses the opinion. Jft»t tlie'TBoiker
Irict 1 lie front porches of the houses | have to,answer to his fellow
workers, as well as hiiOons* ience. If
l, U8 |. I his action Is contrary to ihe iiolitical
with r' ourse ls l»ointed out for him
An argument la- etrtnmTted with
were thick with people enjoying the
evening ^ air f while the
mss section were filled
the usual throngs The appearance
of th** two desperate men shotting I , * ,p intention of proving that the Re-
—to-eafTTsTde as thev ran and shr^u Jnt-1 ’U* 1 '* 0 * 0 party Is the enemy and the
as . raiy,caused a general JtampMn I r * moor » ,,c par,y ,h *‘ fr,f ‘ nd of ,a
••or and it concludes, with a call to
Mb bael Flvnn stopped to r iek nr|' he ^ nrkt ‘ ri1 to enemies
/ n storr-as he saw the merf coming f,,r a " offlees.^nres^tlal. legisla-
1 towai I him. and instantly one of|^^ and Judical:—
street, readied ashington I R rHV<> R oman Kills Dog That Al
ii trolley car canie along
I hem tired at ArBirrthe"b1fflef grazing
ids eir; another went trirotTgh hTT
hat. As the fugitives, njpning aloi»c
Keys
itree!
' Uolil up — — shouted one <>t
lip* n.en. waiving his revolver above
his' bead The motorman set the
brakes and the conductor, Thomas
Moo'rv. junipd off Instantly he be
i aim* a target and a bullet enterec’
bis l<
Aemss Washington street am
alotig Keys "street the robliers tt«*d
CHOKED MAD DOG.
taeked Her.
After a desperate struggle, lasting
‘en minutes. Mrs. Mary E. Forrest
>r, of Memphis. Tenn., who weighs
|'ess than one hundred pound#, chok
'd to death a-powerful dog believed
r 0 be rabid, which had attacked her
it her home in Buntyn avenue.
the theatre, where a reception was
tendered them by the Columbia Cham-
noon when the Union assembled in 011 company of New Jersey when the,
Indiana cor|»oration alone under the w f h i iass c d °u hi® wa . v ,0 Den
ver and return, and he declared that
It seemed to be the irony of fate I R '' <,K hideed gratifying to hear a
berof Commerce.They were welcomed that Judge Grossoiip should have num,,or who * iad a,wa * V8 ,M '‘* U K ‘‘piib
by Mayor Fro Teni F. S. Earle, and WI , Hen the decision of the upper I l,tans 8ay ,hMt tliey woul< l vote fo
this speec h was responded to by Hon ,ourt not ^ ,nly w,V)t, ‘ th c (lecl *
sion, hut read the decision to the
J. Belton Weston, of Anderson.
After the* speech op the farnp*rs re-
“The West,” he said, “appears to
waiting throng in the* court room.
I be realizing for the 1 first ti
me that
and Judge Landis I R haR ni ‘ v * r Kot anythlu K from, the
,i . .. eectu^ the faiu.r-.n 'c-|ju dKe Grosseup
tiled to the stagef where a refresh- L no( 1(Wn thc u>8f of fr)Pndg Kej.ublican party and. so long as New
Ing spread was laid in waiting, and
after this was consumed cigars were
passed around and jokes and cam
paign stories were in order.
At. 8.30 Thursday night there was
an open meeting held in the hall of
thc* House, and the Union was ad
dressed by President .Barrett„ presi
dent of the National Union
At the* morning sessiqn Mr. .1“ H
for sometime, as a result of certain | or - k and arP allowed to 'fur
nish the president, that the West
statements
by
made months ago
Judge Landis concerning federal I ne y* r wil1 ,M * I ,( 'ueflied.
judges who talk publicly on mattersf * asked a number of
representa-
which fnight come under their jiidi-r ,iv ® Im ‘ n why ,tl0V d * d not. moke
en! attention. some effort to get into closer rela-
When the three judges took their ,io,1 “. w, ' h ,hp South.*l»oth tmliticaBy
seats on the bc>n<h. the court rooml and , ' ,,niII * pr 't a ll> Ihe idea cvery-
APPEALS TO NEVVSI
NO. 48
ERH, .
in to Collect
Bry an I'alU Upon T
Fluids for Campaign.
An a|tpeal by Mr. Bryan to the
was crowded to the doors. John S.
where met with favor.
Democratic newspapers of the country
m bughr the collection <rf fluids for
t.he campaign was one of the Impor-
lanl happenings of the day.
The statement foIhrvGt:- -
"I wish every Democratic paper
would begin the collection of a fund
from its subscribers. -There are very
few Democrats who could not afford
lo make contribution and the people
will never be able-to control the
government until they take on them
selves the burden of supplying cam
paign funds. As long as a few 'men
furnish the money to finance a cam
paign the men wjll exert an undue
Influence upon , the* government.
it seems that we have reached
the end of corporate contributions
and ibis is a step in advance but the
individuals who control these favor-
seekfng corporations may still domi
nate politics by fiirnisiiing the sinews
of war The Democratic partv has
struck a blow at this system by limit
ing contributions to $U*.OOOand pro
viding for publicity before the elec
tion. The Republican party has so
tar refused lo join -with hb t ou this
proposition but ptibUe-sentlmeut may
>et compel it to do , have-no
doubt that th** Democratic party will
receive contributions from more in
dividuals than ever contributed to
any ‘ampaign and thern.is no reason
why the entire sum necessary should
not Ik* supplied by cuntrltvmions'froni
the masse s |f every Democratic pa
per will take the matter up ami lend
a helping hand we will soon have
money enough in the treasury to
provide for legitimate* campaign work
and that is all we want.”
Miller. Rockefellers famous $'.0.-| " Thp Brvan managers* at Denver
laten secnMarj (>J £ the Immigration |awypr ; wa8 Iir08eut to represent «' pa ' jndgmcni and
RestricUoii League, delivered a veryj^ oi) tr||8t He wa8 a conipanled ln h a n<Uing a number of delicate
bv Attorney Moftlz Rosenthal and and as a rPa,lB 'h** unity, at
.several other Standard Oil lawyers. ,hp rlosP of the convention, of many
Among the resolutions adopted oigtrJc( AUo Kdwlu SImg men that previously had appeared
were the following: . . . r .. rnvi , rnm „ nl irrermifilable was remarkable. The
Whereas, foreign Immigration Is
being advocated for the Smith; and
whereas, our United States immlgra-
ed for the government
All that occurred in court was thc*p a< ' , H 18 ' Mr. Bryan whll#* opjiosed
reading of the last iiaragraph of the ,rt •I°hnsonJ[or vl<*e president was
decision. Judge Grosseup read it as * n f avor °f iudge (.ray and
liu*
attitude of the South and particular
ly the "litiitudr of- the agrirniturai
classes; , t
Therefore l>e it resolved. That the
BOWS.—*
“Tlie judgment of the district K ,>od ,nan y of ,hp Easterners. Again
court is reversed and the case r e- wl,Pn ,hpy P8 «‘ p pxa mine the plat-
manded with instructions to grant a form * B wa8 f 0,,nd 'h 8 * whilst
it
trial Hnd |(roteed here accor- Mtood for "omethlng positive it was
harniers Educational and C' 0 * 0 l H?ra ' dant .e with this opinion radical only to the extent that it pro-
tive Union, of South Carolina, make Th t wa8 a || an d court adjourned Iniiipd dp fl»‘t« reforms, and both
known Its opposition to the iminre- l imItl ^ iaU ,i y , District Attorney Sims H atfo, '»' a, » d ®l*^* p »» p ® Rave all the
ment, distribution and diversion of
the present alien influx fTfinT South-
•held a
conference wth Mr. James a8 * u « n<e ,h: " f ' 8 l d,al » ppda »I>«»
ern Europe and Eastern Asia, and
urge cyir‘State and national officials,
especially Congressmen and Sena
tors. to prevent the Southland being
made a dumping ground for foreign
Immigration And l*e is further—
Resolved. That the local presidents
and lecturers emphasize this ques
tion. and that copies of this resolu-
ton be sent to the immigration com
mission at Washington. D C
nur CoBgrmtsinen and th p th p press.”
AbptTier resolution along the same
line is as follows:
Wilkerson and decided to rush the I p very honest dollar will have the ful-
caseAo another trial In the fall.
ARRESTED FOR SETTING TRAPS.
Five Negro Flsliennen Charged With
Violating Fish and Game Mw.
lest protection from a Democratic
presideni aher a Democfatlc admin-
| istration "
Mr. Gontkles' attention was called
to th«* fact that there has been some
speculation as to why it had been
|decided to limit the matter of mak
ing public the means of contributors
so that those giving less than $100
“The reason is that many Subordi
KILLED HY PORPOISE?
Boy in Swimming Off Tyltee Island
# M«*ets Sudden Death.
A dispatch from Savannah, Ga.,
savs nearly a mile off shore at Tybee
Harry I,ovett. white, in swimming
with WyMy Brunner, son of the 8a-
'aniiali health officer, was IHlied hy
a large fish that sprang over Brun
ners head and struck the other
A dispatch from Beaufort says:
At YemasseeMagistrate Roger PIn p k*| wo , lld U o t li Earned
, n 1 uey iK»nnd over to the circuit court
five colored flsliernien for i da,dn K I nates *fi?*®fttlnufacturers and minor
fish traps in the Loosawhatchle r I' er * I ra j|road officials and others not tu-
.. __ Thtfy will have to answer *he Ieontribute small
“Resolved, By the Farmers' Kdu-1 '’harge of violating section .>1 i 0 I| a inoiint8 toward th** Dernwratb* cam.-,
••ational and Co-operative t’nion of 'I* 0 8HnlP ' aws - niaign fund but would lie afraid to
Anieri< a. in and by the State* Union I There has been general complaint so jf 81 udi contributions should
of South Carolina, now in session. I aB ov pI ' ihat ^*ctiqn of the * Jpnpra M ( . onif . | 0 the koriwledge of their eni-
do hereby memorialize and demand d ' 8rP|iI,rd ,aws to P ro,POt d811 * Jployers.
that at the next session of our Gen I andyif their consec|uent scarcity. I “Mr. Bryan seemed to ice very
eral Assembly they abolish the State ' 8 expeeted that the efforts of game I pleased with the suggestion
immigration bureau, and request Wardpn " 111 Elliott, whfl presented friendly newspapers invite con
that every candidate for the samelT a8t ‘. 'Io1«1Iobb therd. |t r hiitlons. and I hope that Soiitl
swimmer squarely, taking him down
into the water. Neither appeared
again From the survivor's descri|>-
Mon of the big fish it was probably
a (Mirpoiso that Iteeame frightened
when suddenly approaching Brun
ner. and lea|>ed to clear him without
having seen l-ovett* who was foilow-
tng.
• The boys had been swimming for
two miles and their desHnation is a
mile from where the sad accident oc
curred. It Is lielleved that lavvett s
head and breast were /crushed in by
the terrific force of the [KH'iioise's
leap.
TERRIBLE CRIME.
WOMAN LURED TO DEATH FOB
HAKE OF FORTUNE.
Induced to Come to This Country by
Her Nephew, M ho Robbed-and
Hlurt Her.
A crime so cruelly crafty as to he
almost, unbelievable la revealed in
the case of McarrOttillie 4, Eberhard,
a Viennese widow, whose body was
found on the New York, Susquehan
na and Western railroad track, in a
lonely section near Hackensack, N. .
J., recently.
The police of every Eastern cit>^
are searching for August Eberhard.
the victim's nephew, who for months
importuned hei come here with a
fortune of $2.<i00 and her twenty-
year-old daughter, whom August pro
mised to marry. The girl refused to
believe that August had anything to
do with it. His parents live on a
farm near Dutchess Junction, New
York.
Tiie victim, with her daughter, ar
rived at New York last Thursday.
Eherijard is employed in a grocery
store In St. NicholA pvenue. He
settled them at a hotel here and con
verted the money into American
notes. He took them to the country
on the pretext of heat.
At Rochelle park at his suggestion
the trio strolled In the fields. Eber
hard claimed he had lost the way. A
thunderstorm broke. The woman
stumbled on the track, exclaiming
she had been struck by lightning
Miss Eberhard says there were three
flashes from behind a car on a sid
ing. As her mother fell the girl felt
a bullet graze her own neck, cutting
a gold chata. Eberhard urged her to
run and as she did so she was struck
by two bullets.
A nearby cottage cared for the
girl till Sunday. The murderer
must have shot the widow as she lay
prostrate.
V
HI SHOP POTTER DEAD.
Episcopal Prelate Pa**
New York.
Away ia
declare u|»on the stump m the present
campaign hirattitude on the mater."
On the subject of. a State fer!iliz-|
er factory, which has been frequent
ly discussed heretofore, the follow-]
ing was adopted:
“Whereas the farmers of South!
VI ITS EDITORIAL ( HAIR.
h
Carolina will aid to 'this extent in
the great fight for Democracy.
“To illustrate the spirit of the
Democrats and, the new Democrats
of the West, I will tell of one big-
bonded. collarless Nebraska farmer
Beginning with Thursday. Mr. I who told me that he had contracted
» ... » rr.«_ n I ... i. V.
Mr. Bryan Resigns His Posit ion as
Editor of The Commoner.
The dog. a sixty-pound Shephe-d.
hund'cds of men pursuing, and soon I standing two feet high, the pet of
disappeared in Franklin Park, shoot I *be neighlrnrhood, attacked her after
ing down‘Officer Cox, who tried te J b e h ad bitten Miss Mamie Ditto i<
intercept them near the park gate | neighboN Mrs. Forrester turned
As s» >n as possible a cordon of po
lice. heavily armed with fittes an
involyers. was thrown about thr
park, while thousands of citizen
gathered in the vicinity. ,
| ipon the dog as he seized the hem
nf her skirt.-and grasping liim mi-
tor the head, closed her Angers tight-
y. about his neck.- .All over the
torch the woman and deg fought.
Carolina have paid this year $2.022,-1 u rya n retires^* "editor of The Com- with the publisher of a newspaper
500 more for fertilizers than they , nolu . r> a signed letter In the paper in an adjoining town to print a pa-
did five years ago; therefore be it announcing that bis candidacy for per for him during the campaign,
esolved: ijj,, presidency makes it necessary I the issue to bp distributed among
“That we request every Union f ur ^iqi to take such action Coupl- his Republican neighbors I’ve got
man present or absent to question I ed with it. is the interesting state-la little money,’ he said, and I
the candidates for the House and UIO nt tha as a personal campaign might as well spend some of it that
Senate to try to pledge them to n ( . on tribution the profits of The Com-Jway.’ He was then wearing a but-
)iU providing for the sale of the monf > r UV er and alsive actual expen- ton in the label of his coat on
State farm and the establishment pf S es will tie turned over to the I)e- which was printed ‘Bryan Volun-
a guano plant In this State to furnish i m)t .|- a tic national confmittee. * teers.’ For that button he paid $D>
guano to the farmers at a 10 perl ■ —* | °° a contribution to the Nebraska
According to a small boy. who saw j i, P animal several'times nearly drag-
the men reload their weapons in - c I jng his captor, from the porch. ‘Fin-
sand hill near the park early in the I •Hy, as she was becoming exhaust-
eveniiigr each ‘man carried three re Led, the- brute’s struggles .became.
volvers. Patrolmen McMahon am* I <*,^1,1,. r> an d Mrs. Forrester did nofi
Thompson sighted the supposed | . e i ax her grip until he collapsed and
Italians in the neighborhood of the|| ay st jn i„ de ath.
park laic in the evening and went
down before their well directed fire
At 11 o’clock the chase had passed
beyond the park southward A re J Spar , anhlirg Doctor Has a Narrow
THROWN FROM AUTOMOBILE.
port was circulated that the quarry
bad been men near the corner of
Morton and Canterbury streets, and
Esca|>e* v <.
A dispatch from Spartanburg Wed-
a squad of police was hiiirkd tl , nesday says George ■ Mpore,. the well
in- atitomobiles. ' - 1
known mail carrier of Moorer F.
D. Route No. -2. who uses an auto-;
Beaten By Citizens
^ white Reuuh- moM'e ln « p rving his route, and Dr.
Joe W. Tolbert, the ^ite Reputv-l ^ ^
” Bean who figured so obnoxiously » th t e ge ar resulting seriously.
‘ titrate riot at Phoenix. Gref#woodJ in • ? F - -
ix. ure.r*o«srt Mr ^ oore who recently purchased
county, several years ago, ln . W " , |a new machine, carried Dr. Lanhani
a number of negroes were shot toJ ^ ^ & rlde near CaV ins. The
Jcath. was set upon Monday by c •' m cblne * wa8 run ning at a rate of
^ ^ebfe of Ninefy-Six. given severa.
si , ll ' ,OW8 and ordcr * d t0 leave toWD
Suicide Fellows Failure.
forty miles the hour, when it struck
an embankment, ,anrf ’ Dr. Laohain
was thrown forty feet into a corn
field. Remarkable to state., he *as
John D. Wood, fifty-two years o*L^t badly, injured. Mr. Moore held
age, s.uiclde, at St. Louis Monday. | 0 n t» his seat. The machine was^so
- He recently failed as a trunk mer- bad i y injured that a machines! had
chant and was disheartened because]to go and repair the damage.
no. W 1... • j ^ KIIM .
Semi ^'m'ennial (Vleb ratio u.
Cincinnati has started a raovetol
Six foVefthera’ were killed ^ trains
I between midnight and daybreak 1
fj » Southern expOation In tojMonday morning on the - rail read
• a 1 evf I m mi Dll If S M A HPUIK
^lebrate the aemi-centennlal of iieacelrarda at Buffalo. A dense fog was
betjv eon South and North- '. * the cauae of the accident*.
Drownml in Itocdy River.
A dispatih from Greenville, says
Frank Reed, a negro boy about 12
years old, was drowned in Reedy
river late Wednesday afternoon. He
plunged into a deep hole in trying
to. cross the river on some rocks
His Isidy was not recovered till
Thursday night. *
port Bryan and Kern but would work
to w in With Tammany working imr
the tickeiT with large accessions of
the lalKir vote and with the legiti
mate business interests of New York
assured that Bryan is, very ‘safe and
sane'—from th'* viewpoint of legiR
mate business New York becomes
debatable ground. -I do not Believe
that the Hearst party^ran take as
many votes from the Democrats as
from the Republicans
“Mr. Bryan's campaign will have
at least one novel feature,“ said Mr
Gonzales. “That feature will be the
resort to the pen rather than th*
tongue; to the press rather thfin the
plat form.
“When I appealed to Mr. Bryan
to make as vigorous a canvass as in
lS9t>,'’ said Mr Gonzales, “he re
minded me that he was now 12 years
older, ‘and besides.’ said Mr. Bryan
I believe I ran lie more effective in
writing ai grtfttents for Democracy
that newspapers can use if they will
over my signature.' *
“When I saw him last week It was
Air. Bryan a .intention to deliver two
perhaps three, speeches in New York
State, one of them in New York city
and six or eight speeches in tlx* 1
Henry Codman . Potter, seventh
rotestant Episcopal Bishop of the
diocese of New York, died Tueeday
night at Fernletgh. his summer home,
near Cooperstown. N. Y., after an
Illness of several weeks. The Bishop
was unconscious ell day and the end,
which came at 8.35 o'clock Tuesday
night, was peaceful and quiet. The
prelate was 74 years old.
Gathered at the liedside of the
dying churchman were Mrs. Potter,
wife of the prelate; Mrs. Mason C.
Davidge, who came from California,
and Mrs. Sarah Potter, his two
daughters; Alonzo Potter, a non,
Mrs. Edward Clark, Stephen C. Clark
and Mr and Mrs. F. A. Clark. Mrs.
Charles Russell and Mrs. Wm. Hyde,
his two other daughters, who are
abroad, have been notified.
Death was due primarily to em-
bolism In the right leg. following a
long attack of liver and etomach
trouble, and the end had been fore
seen for several days by the Bishop s
physicians
cent net profit te.the State: said fac-1 W.'-Reed, of Reidvilie; chaplain, W. I Democratic campaign fund
tory to be operated by the convicts] E. Bodie, of Saluda; conductor, \V. Mr. Gonzales declared that it is
n the Penitentiary." IE. Hopkins, of Richland; doorekeep-] known that Judge Gray was prevent-
In regards to cotton congresses tnejer, A. F. Calvert, of Abbeville; ser- ed from aeoeirting the nomination
folkiwlng was adopted:- ‘ rgeant-at-arms, W. P.-Caskey, of Lan-jfor, vice president because^ of his de-
“Jtesolved; ;That it Is the sense of [caster. Executive committee: Sec- ] pendence upon the permanent salary
this Union that onr cotton ought toj-ond district.R. Parks, of Park®-[which .h? How lias, for if elected,
lie lie compressed at the gins and villo; 3d district, J. L. Keitt. of New-] upon going out of office h»* wquM
otten bagging be used on such com- berry; 4th_district, O. P. Goodwin.’] pe too old to reestablish a law prac-
pressed-bales, and that we ask. thejof Laurens;' 5tTi district. J. i rank tj ce • . • . ,
National Union to take jhis matter Ashe, o*f McConnellsviile; Hth dis- Mr. Gonzales .saw a gr**at d pa l qf States of Illinois Ohio H,u
up and press It to speedy conclusion." trict. T. C. Willoughby, of Florence; Mr . Kern, who looks like a Uonfed- He proiioses to discuss fully som
Thursdtfy night an open session 7th district. L. L Baker, of .Bishoiv orate t, r igaclier. is exceedingly pb as-
was held. »?hicl) was attended by | ville. . ]ant personally and is an effeitive
many ladies and Qjtizens who ar,e not • The ‘Farmers’ Unimr is a secret | fanu , a (g nf » 1 *,*‘ 8 aid Mr. Gonzales,
mem tiers of the Union. An address ] organization, the purposes of which ] West of which such ^encouraging w
was,'delivered tiy National President ar e educational and co-operative. What , are the chances io * the
Barrett, of Georgia, who explained ] The organization numbers in B®| ports have been sent opt 0 was au
to some extent the purposes and j menrbership some of the most 1°-1 0 ther~Q!ir8tion which was' asked Mi.
work of the. organization and told of telligent and progressive farmers iujconzales
Us rapid growth within the last few South Carolina, and it is said that “Charles Bryan, or Brother ( bar-
years. ‘Mr. Barrett declared that there are now about 20,000 members | p y* a s he is more familiarly known,
any differences which may have ex- in this'S^ate. * The Union teaches ] ( .| a j ms everythtng West of th** Mis-
isfed within the l^nion have Leen the tarmer to rely on his individual | 80ur j*- v>as hi* re|>ly. 'the fact is
settled, and that the members are ] efforts, and by co-operation to , » p *'jthat .Ohio is going to present the
now in thorough accord. At- the ter the condition of himself and hi* mofet K trenuous battle ground and is
conclusion of his* speech President [fellows. The delegates~wha are- in an imssibillty for the Democrats
Barrett wal presented with a hand-[attendance on this Convention aiP Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska
some -walking*" cane by State Presi- displaying.a deep interest in agricul- Co , orado 8ftPm already 8a ^ p ^ n
dent Harris on iiehalf of the South tural and latifir conditions, and ''ylBrvan .column, while
Carolina Union. The open session
SIX MEN KILLED.
By Premature Explosions Caused by
a < ‘areless Powdvrnau
A premature explosion of dyna
mite. which occurred while work
men were preparing a blast at ths
improvements to the Cumberland
Valley railroad near Scotland. Md..
caused the loss of three Byes and
a number of others were so serious
ly injured they may die. Malloy,
the powder man. used a long iron
bar Instead of a wooden Instrument
usually empl6yed to tap the dyna
mite in a hole drilled in % rock. The
explosion was terrific. Malloy was
killed instantly^ as was Butler. Ma-
loy's body was hurled high in tbs
air. Loudon died in the' hospital at,
Chambersburg. where the injured
were removed on a special train. An
inquest will lie held.
ADMIRAL KOJE8VENSKY DEAD.
was then concluded and- the Conven
tion went Jnto secret session w ith
members pf all other unions being
invited to remain: A number of re
presentatives of local trades unions
participated in this secret session
California,
exchange of ideas are making them-1 Wa8b , ngtoni Wyoming. Utah ' and
selves familiar with . conditions 1 8ev( , ral others in that group_B££
one Democratic principle/in eaefi of
these addresses. The.remaind**i nf
th** campaign Mr. Bryan expects to
stay at home and prepare letters or*
articles in Jhe natur'e of signed edi
torials fur such newspapers W will
use them. He will discuss the issues
with ally Democratic speakers that
wish to consult him.
“The West is giving Mr. Bryan
much encourages ent and he is very
hopefnj—markedly * more buoyant
than before the convention.’’ 4
Mr. Gonzales twice-visited Mr. Bry
an at Fairview. the nominee's^ Ne-
ajid | braska hohie. After the adjournment
of the convention Mr. Gonzales visit
ed numerous places, of famed , scen
ery in Colorado, crossing “the Divide''
.where the railroad, after going
Commander of Russian Fleet In Bat
tle of the Sea of Japan Succamba.
V.ice Admiral Rojesvensky. who
commanded
throu«bouI-the State and the Sot*h a hopeful-tffeW "^or , course 1 through- 33 tunnels in
Manv of its members are naturally put Oklahoma and KenHicky rtslth grosses - the mountain range at an
alive and influential in prlittcs, but t P hp 8oHd goufh.” elevation of 11 ,«00 feet, where there
the Union is kept free as possltfle I about New York? was an-
from such matters, and li is quite otber qHP8t i bn wb i C hjpjompted itself
The fleers" elected by the Su tel evident "that while the orsanlzation|- ..The^lpeni^ny '’/peoiftTy? f July h . e
Union are as follows:
President. B Harris, of Pendle
ton; vice president, A. J. Perrltt. pf
Lamar; secretary and treasurer; J-
is united to-a man for its principles ftrong ,.* bP replied, ^went away from
the individual members are exercis- 8e emlngly absolutely-saUBfi.
ing their own Judgment about candt- L d an d the leaders gave eveiy assur-
dates and polHical issues. *Unca that they would not only sup
side, of the track-
the ill-fated Russia*
fleet which was annihilated by the
Japanese in'the Sea of Japan In May,
1905, died at Bad Nauneim, G«r-
many. Monday. It isybqlleved thak^
the.heart affection resulted from In
juries received by : Admiral Rojesv
ensky in the battle ef the Sea of Ja
pan.
Fulfilled Her Own Prediction.
To fulfill her own prediction that
she-would die June 28, Mrs. Leroy
Noble took strychnine and killed
herself 1st Jamestown, N. Y., accord
ing to the coroner's finding.
Minstrel-Revival tat Dii
Probably - {fomented. “Billy” Wil
liams, a former minstrel star, but
more recently a revtvaliat. has dta-
of inkor "* ^
white ' simultaneously tber* ho kmIJ
was a thunderstorm in the valley 4,- were run dowm+r um*,*^"** n **
000 feet bcio'w. ^at Buffalo, N. Y., oa#
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