The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 26, 1908, Image 1
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PRAISED THEM
insurance Commissioner Lauds
Mutual Fire insurance Cos.
DOING A GOOD WORK
He Sayn These <'onijtallies Have
Saved Hundreds of Thousands of
Dollars to the State and will Final
ly Furnish the Very < _ a J>P ut -half-past t weJtv.o,-oclnek
- oclaO?? broke dAniT'ltrimie ' ‘
aurance to Our INstiile.
—ColuniltTa.'^Nms- 10—In^irimc*
Commissioner McMaster yesterday
made public -that' part of his report
to ; the Governof referring to the
mutual Are insurance companies of
the State, in which he says:
"In the statistical part of my report
» will he found statements from a
number of mutual fire insurance com
panies. The majority of the coiwp\-
nies have been chartered under ‘he
'Mutual Protective Association’ Act.
Some f“w, whose charters antedated
thiA^ct, haw their organization
under special Acts. The statefnents
of these companies are remark?hit
iu a way, and the irfgsons to bo'TearrP
ed therefrom are most encouraging.
"I bellev.e these companies show
the way_to secure insurance at low
est possible cost, and point out the
means whereby all money in ex-
Cv-ss of actual insurance cost may be
kept at home, and In the pockets
of the-people. Operated heretofore
without supervision, and without
that help and encourag ment that
should come from IntelligeBt exam
ination, the success of^These cOmpa j
nies has been truly remarkable.’and
they tHI a story of honesty and fra
ternity that entirely overshadows th
failures of the few, which have been
engaged in similar work, peharjere. i,
under the same Act. but wfhose field
of operations extended ~ over tiv>
whole State. **
"It is the rule ami i
BIG BAMBERG FIRE
OOtTOX oil plant practical-
—— Reaps Awful Harvest In*
LY WIPED OUT.
SUDDEN DEATH
Brook' -1-
Two Freight Cars and About Twenty
five Pules of Cotton Also Destroy-
ed Overcome by Heat.
Hamberg. Nov. 19.—Another dis
astrous fire has visited Bamberg ani
this-afternoon the splep.^id plflfit of
the Comm Oil Company,
place, is in ashes.
of tin
pr sscs of the ginnery. How it got
there no one known, but. Hie gi'tm anti-
tlon that Where these companies
have confined their operations to
the county in which organized, or .<
that county and one adjoining conn
ty they have proved successful - This
haw.-been due to an apTireciaMoii—K-
. -UTfsnri, Slsiatant nuinjwi.r.
tha t'ftTb overheated and fell to the
the poilcyhoiders that they w.*re in
surers as well as^ insured. -Tliey
have afford d protection at a-remjirk
ablly .low cost, and i lieli.-ve^-havir
taught the true prinoiples of In-ur
auce, i. simple indemnity against
loss, and not speculation on flii
risks, as nothing else' con Id or world
■ have done" Such institutions mus:
raise th - moral tone of the comma
nitles in which they mu-rate! "and
clwarly they "raise,, to th«' highest
standard the 'moral hazard,' that
bane of fire underwriters.
"The statements of thes 1 compa
nies are the more encouraging since
bot h
fj
they show the cost of insurance
in town and country.
"Eleven of the companies have
conflneti th- Ir operations practically
to the country; four have their in
surance entirely in the CBy i ■
Charleston. As will tie seen front
the statements, the..cost of insurance
has varied practicaliy from alftntt K*
cents per" $100 to about !sV e nis
per 1100.
"W ltho.ut nu-anii g to make any
invidious comparisons, for there an
others which have done probably just
as good work, bn! because of its
age, and the experiences through
which it h-ts passed, th.- Carolina
Mutual Insurance Company, of
Charleston, is deserving of special
note. This company is now- iu i'-
fifty-eighth yTr. It slajid.s today
with*a clean record all losses paid
and $130,0 on of cosh am- invest -
ments to its crerHf This company
passed thruiigh tin gri it fire of
Ikr.l in Cbai'lesioi,. It ’paid i’-
loss s iti fu l. and the loyally of it-
members woo. with al.-n- st one ac
-*cord, no*! their licavv iildlyt-itidm
Iheil^iwts^beea f-.tTTv repaid by Hi*
presses being in motion, the rtaniTy?
spread to every part of the build
ing in the twinkling of an eye.
/The distress signal was sounded
by the .whistle and the fire-'bells
sounded the alarm, but before as
sistance could be rendered the whole
ginnery was in flames, and the heat
was so intenSh that no one could
approach near enough to the build
ing to combat the fire or even to r<>-
move several bales of cotton belong
ing to patrons of the ginnery which
lay in front of the -buildings.—
These were consumed togf-th r
with the ginnery. From the ginnery
the flimes leaped to the seed house,
thence to th? office building in one
direction and th.« hull house Jn
another, and thence to the oil mill
and finally to the meal house, all
of which were cohip!- tely consumed.
Tim only building of the plant
left standing is st sin-all~T*»uilT."used
for storing seed cotton. Three oil
tanks, containing, several thousand
gallons of oil, also e caper} destruc
tion, though it Irj^ikerl for a long
time as if ah explosion would occur
any moment.
A side track from the Southern
Hailway is built out to th<> mill.
Qn .this, two ears— on- loaded with
anrj. Ure other with seed were
ic.-trovyo*
Durlrycthe fire Mr. G. Moye Dn-k-
tiecan.e
cronn 1
unconscious. He-^was imm-‘diatHy’
att'Uirlfd to ty frir-nrts and pnysic-
lan.--. but came near, losing his life
The loss is one of the heavies^ that
has ever visited Bambyrg, and tlierr
Ts
lyn Street Friday.
TWENTY-FIVE DEAD
Catestrophc Utilised by the Ignition
liCntTng'"T'ip<s, Arjiijit-
.. .sT - *? •
of Tins—
■ y^irvjrrgv?-—...
ting "Tfiajm-, ItesjMinsible for the
Disaster—Fire and Geysers of \\a-
saki *
ter Spurt in Air Through Dehids.*''^
Twruit v-fiv
HALF A BILLION
.t
FAUN ED IX NINE YEARS
STAML^M) OIL.
HV
Hockefr-llet- Trdls of I-in.ini ini Situ
ation of Giunt
nrciits With Transportation Com-
FoT
('oniliin**—Agrrs-
New York. Nov. - b.
five hours today John
fejly, witness for the
seijrlous noui.t • ftv fTf wlie* hr AT
not the plart'will ii^relmilt. It
Ts' estimate I that the ioss on build-
jjigs. m,-*chinery and stor k'Is not
Ibss than fT-.OiiO, wl.il* the insti--
inre is now tbought to.be only
$36,000. . ,
Mr. W, M Brambham./the |iresi--
l- ni and jm^uiagfr,- wits ;u HtmTiTatT
MlToTll cd-
r.:ivjugs Jije 'cTsui.pi'iy
them sii’t-t*. T ttm
this is the .,»! Ie«F'-Uia4-ua.T lir-
ance-con'ii.an.v iu Am rica toe
"The UTrolimf Mrituad and
I UM I^riun
luL
■4ba,
lOWS, ftfe"
MnTTT
Germania M.riual anti tie Mr
Mutual, all-f>r ■whit h t-onfiiv
solve- to the Titv of (’h;i ib-st .:ll
i nsjyr
iy.
s ft-1
thr
ban's
them
have been thr^ means of saving.
believe, without exaggeration, hum
dreds of thousands of dollars U> th>
citizens of Charleston. t
"There are certain amendments
which I believe should lie made r.i
the Mutual I’rotective Association
Act. The spirit of mutuality shoult!
lie emphasized by making more s;n' r 3‘
rifle the annuai«meetings of thr' iioli-
oy-.lioldef^ and the election of di-
r’ectors by’ the pr>licy-hold< rs. r* -
(luirements fiir staled meeting of
the director^ who should h reprr--
sertutlve of the, tr-rritory covered,
and the number of whom should be
proportionate to the amount at risk
"The terms oft the Set should be.
extended Jxr permit the organization
of mutual companies insuring live
accldeiirb ^SaTty" and iiaidH»y "
The -ctiiirpSWr-s w hich have confin
ed theiuseives i^iiractically to one
county, and the disbursements, in
cluding losses and expenses for on?
year, and the amount of Insurance
carried by each arf* the following:
■Abdieville-Gfeehwood Mutual Fire,
of Ahlievilie, amount. $ 1,54 1 .fil’d,
and total disbursements last year
|fi.667-.l 4.
Anderson Mutual Fir?,' of Ander
son, $326,522.
[' Carolina Mutual Insurance Com-
wlierr the flre^MThiired, but came
in by private conveyance this Afie r -
noon and i- using •-very means pos
sible to make the calva-ge on rmal
and seed as great as possible. He
tins been eminently successful in
managing the mill, and i( is greatly
regretted that this disaster lias come
upon the Aimpany just at a time
when the prosp ct seemed lui-htest
for a profitable year.
The Cotton Oil Company also owns
a plant at Denmark which is ope -
itrd iinder the management of .dr
Brabham. Whatever-see I is* saved
from tills fire will probably be ship-
tied, to that place and crushed. Sev
eral partons of the ginnery lost sonic
"otton that had been left at at the
gin.-and on which there was no in
surance twenty or twenty-five bales
having been burned.
^ The heaviest Jos r was an industri-
colored man, named Kelly Wil
liams. He had six bales at the.gin
and only one was. saved. The loss
fairs "Bcavily upon him. *
New York, Nov. 2<1
- - - ' r ^.vy Vt
persons are belie\od to have'^wsi
thfir lives and an explosion of gas
which tore up a great section of Ce-ld
street. Brooklyn, today. .It is de
finitely known that 15 persons were
liiirieit under the hundreds of tons
r f eanh and timber that wiu-e thrown
into the air by. the explosion, and
10 more ner.-ons are reported- as
iiiHsiiig. Th? exact number eT'Tiead--
can not be. det.t rnrued unTH tonuTi,
tw\y,.f(ir those working to recover t!t.>
enton-ibnl *tiTelies m , >-'t dig th.-ough
50 fed pf dirt, rock atufi a tangle
of pipes and timbers.
Tn° exidi slen r.cci.rred- in an ex-
cavatiotr 50 P , et j d -»*i) that h id been
made in Gold street bet Ween York
and Front streets, where a wat -r
main was ifeitrg laid. Tlm'gas main
recently ^prong a li'ak and, in a
manner unknown a «ii'ark catne in
contact with escaping pas today:
Imniedhiteiy there wtis a terrific > \
plush n that lifted the surf ee of
the street for half a block -in both
directions and hulled dirt, paving
stums and debris into th-* air.
Yhon the smoke and dust cF'arod
a.ivav it was s-»v.n that .the street
Juul l oni op* mil from -jjnorstfep to
aTi-a of nearly ,a
n d «-arth and dc-
falb-n ini-* the excavation,
the seore of laborers win
w nen 'he acciden- h- i-
dorrr
-over an
["lie loo
srefv
block
b;is had
'Hicyitig
we* a*,wjyk
■K-ned. G-eat tongues of flames shot
out-of crevlf S. in the'street and be-
ibweeu tTifhii geysers of water spurt-
ITTF
o\ er
1). Rocke-
defens? in
,e government suit to dfSsofve me
Standard Oil Company, faced an un ,
cea.-ing 1 fire ,of fiin-stious from the
,y»deral counsel, Frank B. K Hogg,
inpl when adjournment _wn^-takeii
until Monday be was still lielnp
crossrexaminetf on the charge tint
"the company in early days accept
ed rebates to the disadvantage of
its rivals. '
'Che enorn.ous i>owej of the oil
comtiination was sharply brought out
today when Mr. Rockefeller, after
stating that the Standard had. paid
dividends amounting to 140,00b.-
000 in.4907. saJd<4t had earned as
much more and that this was added
- x
n> th? company's surplus, which was
stated by the government's *cojinseI
to he, $300.Ob0,000. It waa-fiirhhei
stated by Mr? Kellogg that the com*
p'any within the liist eight year,
has earned .over half a billion dol
lars.
The rapid fire interrogations of
(he'prosecutor were always met wi.
unshaken Importurahili,ty-arid rea'l-
iness to answer, except when, as Mr
Rockefeller explained, "it *19 quit -
impossi!ib> fnr me .to
QUEER STORY
Rulers of China Made Way With
to Forestall the
DESIGNS OF JAPAN
Tlmt Is What the Dispatches Indicate.
All Sides Now Admit That the
I tow nger Fnmrcaa. >v>q Asuawslnnt-
ed—.Inpiir.ese t'laiirr' It -Wa* for
I’art in (>ld Rebellion,
N’cAl. Yiirk. Nov. 18,—Following
the widespread reports that the la'.*
dowager empress of China was poi
siiried special cable advices from
Shanghai^sTate that it is rumored
here that 'he aged ruler was slain
by the anti-Manelnf leaders.
Prince Cliing opposed the succes
sion of i’u Yi, it is said, and the
regent shows reactionary tendencies
v The. Japanese . correspondent in
the Chinese capital Insist that the
I at*
- WILL GO. TO JAIL
CHAS. FRANCIS ADAMS TELLS
WHY IT EXISTS —
And Intimates That the Taking
Away the Franchise. Ki*otii the Xt
gro Only fan Dissolve It.
emperor was as |asiii«at**(I by
(ifficials, who-fared Thast^ement -fdr
tiieir |«irt in. suppressing Kang Yu
\Yi's movement in l s-xx.’
According to siweial Washington
diJliatclies based on a, statement
remem her
aft-r 23 years.- I do not, recall."
••ir into 11
that had
pJxoion.
out of th
' GoHl
seshooi
TTT
1 e: -ur fr-m a w:r<-r Ir
been shatt*-rpd by the v-
Two bodies were sticking
wreckag--. .
street was » rowded yvi.b
children when the •explosim
occurred, and tiiaT scor s of .children
were not killed or injured was r*-
Tnark-.ibTtr A woman ajfd tin -
ctiildren wer** almrr-1 opfaisit • tin.
Mr. Rockefeller was questioned
closely regarding rebates .w.hi(;h the
Sfandard wap charged with-receiving,
but with the excepMon of the agre«y-
m- nt with th>- Pennsylvania railroad,
which Mr. Rockefeller explained.
g*Ae the Standard aarebate hecause
it effi-i-iid ah f inalization of oil ship
ments. Mr. RorkeTetier r-miid .so'
r call any other rebates, thoueh he
thought it was likely that-he might
have heard of it at the time.
..•'You have been prosperous since
{.he beginning'’" asked Mr. Kellogg
of Mr. Rockefeller when the latter
resumed his testimony.
He was asked about the Trust
Tgr.-. im-fl'l of I**-, .m I s h lin't
-Ht-
Vrust
excavation when the earth crumbled
nnder th ir fczJLrand they wet.
I swept down inti*-tli»- hole under toq.-
| of yvreek-age. Two other chiUln-r.
| were on the opposite si'le of tin-
| str.-et when the stmt caved in and
they lost their lives.
Samuel Trout, forVnsan of the
gang of laborers who w.to laying tn
water main, was near th - women and
three children who lost th.-ir live,
\s h. felt the street trt-.mb.ltf ht.-.ru.-;>-
ed forward in an endeavor to sac
tbem. but b. lost his fif*' in the at
tempt. Trout's body was roast d to
a cinder.
Only four of the men working,
he . cav ,t: n esc -pv-l and their
e cape was ret. arkable. They w.
li tging near th - ojiening of a foil-
foM sewer an i the force of the ev
value
certificates did not ' is,how ti
*>f $70,000,000 and the stocks
te] l under the agreement an actual
value of $r.5,7U0.69M. Mr Uocl.e-
felb-r said he beli. ved those figures
were correct.
•'The re.-ord f’l-ows th;*t up to
th% net earnincs of the com-
4006
itany were '$55 1.922.904. What was
1 907?"
'h-
Xlea-zed to Death.
___N£fW York, Nov. 19.—Powdered
snuff, known as "sue distrilmb'd-
"»y lu-aetical jokers in the saloon et
\ndreyy M. .Taylor, i-' i’atersen. N. ,1
o. ter-,lay. cttis.-d the proprietor I',
mb z*^ and rough so hard that b.
t iijitured a b:oo<l vessel and died ::ev
i: 1 hotirs Inter.
e-ne. »f (‘
s^.'al disl)
‘1 lb 59,'
I'a rmers
Fomnany-.'
Farmers
iation, <»'
Farmer,
ciation. of
.ia rlesLou..
I' S.-nieutS
$ 1 lo j e l lil,
la t year.
f
Mutual
f t'.affney
M ut u;i 1
WelbaM
Mitu-l
Newber r\
Fire Insnram
■$ :,oo.e.m :
otal di bursements
$^1.21 (1.3 6.
Imumice Assr-
$ c so,non.
Tnsurr.n-e Asso
. $297:783. a'l'’
for last year
Fire Insnram-t
$338,000, and
.last y ar. $ t .-
Farmers’ Mutual
Company, of Union,
total disbursements
-’83.24.
Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurant-
Company, of Winnsboro. $2TTtT,000. •
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance A-so
ciation rf OhesV-r. $375,'MiO. am’
tofal disbursements last ' year,
$800.75.
Farmers' MutnaJ Insurance ('mu
uanv, of 5’ork. $751,125, and
disbqrst'ments last year $2,617.7 1.
. Germania Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, of CharPston, $1,123,950.
and lotal disbursements last yea-.
$4.897.96:T~“
Hibernian Mutual Fire Insurance
•it.
doll hie
Art hi:
v.'ll- -n • o
• Sltan! v
lit rar.i^ *«
.tin-rest and he pall* <1 the
hurl 'd fa-
bjth< r tlir
the 1 roketj main
) t iie sewn r and
men aft* r him.
Water from
gun to po.ir in. > tne si-wn r and tii
'our men, in danger of being drown
d. started to run toward ttie^river
w here Ce re was jitv njittor to
hiU'
se wer.
Ttie ex-:
biii'ks ar
sons wiit
\\ oim-n
Vbn.-e cv
bo,
un
at.
ion shook liousi-
i. Tbous.ffids^ of |
retted to t h ' se ui'
f.r
r
144*1—'.5i oi t \v ll. 1
to
t vine
• Ir.ti
n ah.,
»li-- .'
t he
,H
neighboi
ii ! b ' ii on, ti.,
gas—noun I-lew—i+fe,
•pc mill ran aiMiiii
n. bed
b ex a\ aCoii w I'iiigif g t b.-ir'h Tn
.-ml (-.i.'iiti4 for iii* ir little ones. I i
inaiiy iiistam-fs—Uluy—foil ml th ir
•hi’dren aftc-r a brief search, but a
i u m lu_r of. 1 iovs
•ch
iimi girls h iil iieen
:ol nearliv and
tbei-
t m-
•>—
-aken into n
parents were frantic by the Cm
’ven^Tound.
The gas and water sti|i])lies we’-■
'timed off shortly after tin* expio
sion A force of J 00 firemen wa.-,
• 1 o
ih< n put to work digging for liodieg
bat tli - ta.-k was m-cos.-arily slow'ho-
cau.se of the nature of (lie yvreckage
which had to be removed.
'Those known to lie dead are.
Saiu-ted Trout, foremirifr Fred Sclieft-
nieya-r, inspe-tor of sew rs; Charles
Farrell, foreman of conf-rete works,
Gustave And r-on foreman of ca--
tptal j li’-ttters.
Missinv: Pnkmi'vn woman who
. JUS.
with cliildten; unknown girl.
divideml in
"1 should sav about 40 per cent
“That wps ab ut, $39.0011.000?"
"That would b*- a million in favor
of the poor ol 1 Standard," said M •
Rockefeller. ID* added that the m-f
earnings for 1907 «w« r e approxi
mately $80,000,000.
He assented to Mr. KeTTogg’s fig
ures showing that the company
earn d $ fbtf.Ope.oOO from 1899 to
I9*>6 A-Tli rig 'bo "oumiHgKMvf 19-U7
would give a to' il earning# of $57u.-
ooo.ooo. ,
"Ttfeo where does the hazard of
the bu + iness conre in?" asked Mr
Kellogg.
"in 'he first pl-ice, sine’ th<‘ firs'
- e, - rv was built more than 50 yenr.-
a*»o, we. have been prepared at ar>
•'onTenf. day or night, to hear Cl
pT-o hlarni. We are dealing with ?
rv explosive product. * Fires a .-
•oust -ntl.v ocmtrring.
'••But your plofits were aliove yom
fire hwst #. which have iieen charget!
*> profit and loss account?"
"Ye**, sir".
Mr Kellogg then asked Mr. Ttock-
"VMhr'-r^oiit the rtt'indard Oil agree-
n n» with the I’enii-ylvatiia railroad
mi t v 77. in which the P.-nnsylvania
•i,yv-,ei to j»av hack 10 per cent, of
b- friiight which the Standard
n-.id. The witness said this agree
|-in lit iT-Miiw d the rate war bet ween
-fit-—Vt-t - fi *- * n—:t ti d—Ct *•* 8*~> 111 b * * r 11—I i n * - >•
•ml tbat tbis was an agreement
wb- r-by It** w-as to t-qualiz*: the
•imnent of freight f* -Tribnted b-
*we-n<$.b different railroads.
Renlying to a question wbetbef
: it,-—Scnnrhtrd'O i I C11 n i ] i a ti y—wtrs-—Hrr-
frotj^ a v- ry iiigh official source,Uhe
continuance^if p**ac** in China, undet
the regency, rests upon tho life of
Yan-n Stii Kai.
"If.” says this anthocify. "his
enemies, who are* the leaders o'f »
reform movement, prevail agains*
him it wilt be a signal for a mome--
tous upheaval.” i> ■ ■ . . ■
Diplomat^ in Washington debated
with interest^th«' question of the
atlltude of th*- United States and
Japan toward China, in view of the
developments of the last few days.
The Slumglmi End.
Shanghai, Nov. 18. It is rumor-d
here thru the dowager empress was
poisoned by the anti-Henrhu lead
ers. Prince Ching opposed the suc
cession of I’u Yi. -
Tli- re Is a financial panic In P »-
kin
Fifty native banks have suspend-
A-H—♦*» ill lory—majiouvereB
wrv
pos’poned.
The regent shows -a dispositioTi
to consult the reactionary, Chang
Chi Tung. <
Latest reports from Pekin nay th*
palace gates are closed and guarded
nn-1 Yuan Shi Kai taken‘refuge In
the Brl’Ish legation. Whether Yuan
seeks protection from the new ruler-,
or the violence of the reformers the
news lacks verification.
A Japanese Plot.
Manila. Nov. 18. From a fitgh
official Chines-- source I learned
day that both the emperor and dow
ager empress of China were murder
ed In the hope that the presence of
the American fie t In Orinetal waters
would snve the Chinese empire from
an—aggressive movement by Jajiap
during the establishment of a new
• ' s m *
regime. ^ ^
The 'd aths of the emperor atrt
lowag- r impress had t)<-**n expert*'-!
was
about 5 years of age; John O'Grady,
6 years, old; William Dalton, 6 yea-c
old: Vi noth t Doherty, 7 y-ars old,
Clarice Brady, 9 years old: Alex-
TTTTTi
$7,451.25.
* Merchants" Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, of Charleston, •$334,465.
and total disbursements last year.
$629.74. v -<•
Farmers’ Mutual insurance .Ass i-
r:igM. 'iHi‘im‘i . K'lill tTtclnnuit. lutinr-'
er; Francisco Armando, laborer;
I John Armando, laborer; Charles Neb
son. laborer; (Jus VTallo. laliorer:
Felix Green, laborer, Gus Kane, lal -
only otie to g<’t ’the n-bnte. the wit
m ss said that the greater volume of
'umim ■-# giv n'.by the Standard "Was
<T ivt n in pavt for tne rebate and in
th i e day? s it was the custom . f«'
'•'••’*■ shippers -to r<'ceiv(> consider*'
at i(l
w!i|
2 0 '
sid*
j-
lid you know of the contract
eby the Stndard was to obtain
cents a liarr i in rebate on on*-
- sliipmetits?"
■ I .»»’}>:• have known of it geu-ja!!'
•it tb- 'iit'e I had nothing 'o do
witfi th** contract.’
The witness said he could not re
call. v. h-ther Mr^ Cassatt had tes-i-
fled that there rebates were paid to
the American Transfer Company.
Rockefeller-.said he had no
doubt that the t.Sate of Pennsylvani .
broughC suit- in 1,879 to ou-t 'In-
Fni'ed Pine Line Company from that
7d^^r^mri^itc...£C3CBdMrttTjMTu;rgTTfrTiiT
riation, of Hartsvilie, $3 63,0344. ami
total disbars ments last year.
$454.10. ^ '
P*-e-I)ee Mutyal Fire* Insurance
Assooiation, of Mullins, $349,673,
and total, disbursements last year,
$3,974.77-.
for many day-, as both were known
to lie in precarious lu alfTn*’ For fear
'hat They might survive until aft r
ttie American |1 ct had sailed away,
'hey were killed in order that the
crisis might lie precipitated.
Look* to America. ~jg-
In whatever disorders follow the
establishment .of, tl^g n- w regime.
Mr Chas. Francis Adams, of Bos
ton. Mass., recently made a remark-,
aide speech _at Richmond, Va., from
which we rrm-ke the ^extract below
Mr. Adams said:
"And now at last I ('"bmp, to the
matter which brings me h Te
IMilltical -Tact of a solid South, in
volving as It does the- Afro-Ameriean
race problem. , -
"The raison d'etre of a solid South
is not far to s< ek We all are cog
nizant of it. It is' founded In th-
hateful memory of what is knowiv
as the r<'construetioii^j> riod; and
in lurking #pprehenslon, of action
In th** shape of new force bills, d
Rather Than Pay Fine If Con
victed of Contempt
DECLARES GOMPERS
N*‘iriier-^\’*>iil«l He Allow the Federa
tion of Lalxir to Pay It for Him.
Supreme Court Ihwisbm Makes
J- tilon Cousidnieles in Kestraint of
Trail*-.
Denver. Col . N*bv. ^.—President
Samiiel /Jonipers, at today's session
ftf the Convention of the American^ v
Federation of Labor, declared that
if he w .'' r ‘‘ found guilty and fined in T •
th 1 ‘contempt "proceedings against
"him at Washington he'would go to
jail before he would pay his fine or
before he would allow the Federa
tion to pay the fine for him.
This statement was iimd** during
The discussion of the r port of the
committee on the treasurer's report..
grouml. -f>^ N*-w Englander, a Yan«J. rh '' committee recommended that ini- --
tiled lately following the adjournm nt
a reduction of political ppjxer under,
the possible operation of the Four
teenth amendment to the constitu
tion. Th-- .Republican party, it is
believed, still feels a snan-t hanke-
lr*g Jor the negro vote.
"AnTi now I come to the dilicat>«
k-e of th»T S’anRt'es, nifi +tuii-slav- ry
man from my birth, an ex-o(flcer oi
tho union army, a lineal descendan*
of,a signer of tin- Declaration o'.
Independence." brought up in .. tbe
faith I, being all tills by tradition,
experience*’ and environm nt, am to
talk to you of a probb-m largely in’
change in
feeling.
Its present form- the creation ( ,f
those of whom I am one, ani- n
problem which you have always wild
you. •
* "In the North and in the comma
nlty to which I belong., a great
opinion, and consoqu ut
on this grave problem ha--
been - steadily going on for- many
yearte 1—have watched Til-- rhang-
— I have undergone it, and observ
ed its process in myself. It is ipt- r-
'esting. To understand it y-e Mimst
go t-aek about two generaiions, or,
say sixty years, into the Scriptnral.
and, so' to speak, "Uncle Tom" p
rlod. The African was then a broth
er—-descended from a common an
center—to-wit', Noah.
"Coming lit once to the point
as to speak, taking the bull by th •
horns let me say that I fully rou
cur In th*' remark of sonic observ
ing Englishman John Morley., I
think, now Lord Morley made a
year or two ago as th-' result of what
he saw and heard during a stay Ii.
this country. +♦'-^pTvmrttrfiVe’d nrr
African race problem in America as
being as nearly i.-olnbb- as a human
race could be. R is: and so far
»e in the United States are con-
cern-Fd. Its insoluabilit) res's in th
fact that it offers a n* THtivc giv
the He dirt’ck-T-to fiindam*’ntal prin-
China will look to the American
war.-hips to protect her from Japi’i..
Ttie story has occasioned intense
-' x cite m -'ti t aboard t Irc-ib-ef. and the
l-ar*' possibility that the fl et mav lie-
sent to Chines*' waters has aroused 1
the men to a ,’-eat . pifehOf enthusi
asm. There is just enough fighting
spirit In. the men To w. Ico.me th--
chance of doing som'-thing b<*sides
parade service and target practice
SERVED DIM RIGHT.
Young Endfl Siiot ami Killed Her
gro Assail a ntT
KanTaC^C-iiy,. Mo,. Nov. 16.—Miss
C.orinn** MeCc-wen, 2b years old,’a
cl* rk in a confectionary store in this
Newell
mid- he
Hower, a negro,
died in half an
city, . shat
Sat unlay,
hour.
Miss McCow-n was alone In the
store, in West|*oint avenKe, when
Hower entered and asked for a cigar
When she placed some cigars in
front of him, if is alleged, he tried
• sieze' h T sh^ caught uti a revolver
and .fired five shots at close range,
rwo of them taking effect... It was
the negroe's fourth vis^ ' to the
xtore wiihtin a f*'W hours. After
bis third call. Miss McCdwen got’a
pistol and k*‘ nt it within easy reach.
Hurned to Death.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 18.—rOn
her .-Way, .home from school to*Iav.
or riSSanmel Abran’s, laborer; John
Crane, laliorer; laborer known as
Frt.iK-iwio; I wo Ualiaa jaiioixiGa
known as-Nl>- 51 and Jaborei
known as’ Christopher. --^ .
The pqli<e arrest*-d sfven men wh i
were attached to »h<- ( city depart
ments in charge of th? work being
done. ... •
oi fi-'bir'.Cv W'th TIT Uennsvivf--'^
railroad to blenin preferential rat* s
atuT’drawbacks. H<- couidTibt recilf
tbaf-’Mr. Casna't testified tliat tbe
I’ennsyl vania rnilffoad paid rebates,
to the Standard Oil Company, - the
American Tran-fer Company and the
play 'ivd'h the Children at the home
of a neighbor. Her clothing caught
| fire from (Hi. open grata- and liurn d
her to death. She Is the daughtei
of well known parents.
Unfed- Pipe. Line Company. -
Mr. RoekefeHfr’p attention
called to the agreement with
South hnprb' -mejit Company
w as
th-’
and
parties* according to this agreement,
w4>rM to- iio changed the DfR gross
rat =4?”
"Proltaiily so."
"Were you a
stockholder of the
the rates provided therein for rebates South Improvement Company?
on oiL
"Is It not a fact that to all‘other
• "I never
as -far as I
A
received' the
can recall.”
certificates
ciple of our social and political ii:--
and material development. Tb<
American system, as we all know
was founded on th** assumed basis
of a common humanity. - That Is.
absence of absolutely fundamenia!
racial characteristics was aecepH* i
as an established trutn. Those, ol
all races were w* icon *' to our >:hor- s.
They came, aliens, th y i id th<-*i
descendants would b«-#-otn- i-itiw* ns
first, natives .afterws:rds. It was a
process 'first of assimiliatioh, and
then o-f absorption. On this all de
pended. There could be no pern:”
neat divisional I hi* Th-- the*
*f th*- Convention, the executive-com-
minee shaJLL-lake_ up the' proposition
ol placitig its funds where they may
in- removed from danger of attach-,
ment.
Several suggestionswore made,
one b<-ln~That the funds be d*-iH>sir-
e*l In Canada and another that <-**r-
tiflegtes of d-'|K)Blts li*?tak<-n out in
some other name thapihe treasurer.
-D. G. Ramsey, of the electrical
workers, declared:
"We* bad a chance to place our
funds beyond th’* coach of those who
would take them, but we let it pass
on November 3. The only way to
proteetv.our money is m changd Tho
raws.
Mr. Gompers warned the delegates
'hat if a wav w re found to hide the'
'binds, th* 1 Courts would thereafter
Appoint n receiver, not necessarily
to ln_some way the hidden
fiindtt.^uTvrit to get the money being
eon'ribut 1 d. * . > -
By request Mr. Gompers explained
'll*- statu# of The Dnnlmry lint ■
"Our standing is menaced by the
Courts of law,” he said.
"Tie matter of the a|*prVntlon of
<he Sherman "anti-trust l;n*~Wi unions
bis reach d final adjustment by tho
United S ates Siipri*me Court. No
uiHtt.i-r how the Danbury case is de-
■Jdi'd that will not altpr the status
on? j* t. The United States Supreme
('ourt has said th‘? final w*ird and
1 he law- of this country is that latsir
organ rations of thjs country are now
conspiracy's and combinations in re-
TralrU of trade.
‘T’nder the Hb *rinan anti trust
'aw buslne-p cannot be conducted,
Uiur-ii le:-s fthnest st rnight forw-urd
labor organizations. With reference
to the casr* against me In the District
<»f Columbia I want to say that I wOl
never consent that - the American
I-ederation of Labor shall ever pay
"no cent * f flne for ni 0 . 1 don’t want
•o go to jail, but I will not teirHy
submit t-> the Federation being
mulcted for me.”
Mr- Gompers declared that the de-
Hslons of the Supreme Court had hut
on* effect, namely., to tie the men
nfj labor to their work, cripple the
jvas now plainly broken "down-. W_“
an* eonfronted l»y obvious fact, as
undeniable as If as hard, that the
African w-ill only partial! Iy as.-ii.i-;
vfat**, and that Fie cannot lie ab-j
sorbed He remains a distinct a!i n 1
♦•lemerit iu the body politic; an el---
ment from sniallnesf of quantit
negligible in Hi**’ South* What Is to
be the oiiteotne? What :S£ Ts to b-
A for* ign subsume -, it *-an
-b*i assimilat* (Fmor thniwu
done?
neit her
off.
"This
was only flftyj; years ago.
vet tjil*' di.'<-iisteloii ami u-uiilt-ntions --H
i hWdav se- m -tww. atraitgely r<‘iiiot--.
artwhwL’eyt'n. T’lier** is no - tjn s
lion, however, tiiat, absurd as -M
sounds to,us, tli*- reconstruction' sy -
t*’ni was rested on tbaj as a liasi..
"So Robert F. i.r^'wrrr-tif Trttt('ttbe*4r
whlle^th- ballot was conferred <-n
The freemen he had himself liber
aged - -Further* comment would b?
o
superflwoiis. I am glad to fenietn-
ber that 1 am separated from the
Republican party on that issue.
"M< •anwhile the subtle change of
thought was going . lowly on. Tire
'scientific was gradually, impen-ept-
men of latsir in their right to work
or thilr right pot to work.
"These decisions,” ho said, ’’will
result in fettering men today in or
der (o oeslave them for all time to
-■onlTa'
"I a-m hot in touch with the Dem
ocratic party; second. I am not a
! >enioerar
at>iy superseding the scriptural, th--
Ham and Japhet and brothei-hfiod
of man theory of . d< s<*eni was r -
e ding—was, “ 'indeed, ---no . long-'
grav«-ly advanced. Darwin's ."Oiig n
of Species'' wa# published in 1X59,
his “Descent of Man,’ in iX7l7 and
in the light of his research* s jm-1
the influences neet-ssarlly drawn from
them, the Afro-American race prnV
I m assumed a new shape. Hay i
and Jamaica also have served as ob
ject lessons. The solution of the
rp^Uom^ecaipe m -ine
and third, I am confident
I never will he a Democrat. I owe
uReginnc*' to no party. I am a trades
unionist
"Wh n the Democratic party made
mircjri t - nj ions i is . own." said Mr
Goffipors, "it would noflrtmly have
been IngfaUtwiB but cowardice to
des--rt them. If Bryan had been
i-lerted vith the hosts of organized
labor back of him it would have
given spirit to human freedom.”
TV. report of the comiiiittee_orr
-th
he treasiifer'a ’report, with Its rec-
ommendations, was unanimously con
curred in.
.
ENTERS YOI’XG LADIES R(K)M.
Xegro ai
Tie
Fiendish Act of u
Athens, (ia.
Athens, Ga., Nov. 18—At 2 o'clock
'his morning a negro entered tin
loom of two young ladles at the State
Normal School, and bad-ly.,*frieght*'u ■
• d them. It was in an upper story
of what is known as Old Rock col
lege. >
Tb-- young ladi s were had'v
ITLlitched.as the negro at one lima
bad each of them by the throat and
attempted to choke them. It Is be
lieved the n e gro's purpose was crim
inal afsault. One of the young la-
dtes la prostrated from the nervous
and those a
proposition.
comstantly
After all,
and
the
difficu*.
pronii -
i'hi# morning Sheppard fl.at.ls,
who has been jnr.itor for ten yjar?,
ens conferring of th ballot had n *r j was arrested at his home in Morris-
solved it. for from so dokrg, it had i town. He .was lodged in the Cbuaty
only served to complete what -j js.il until he can'lie identified.
Tore' was^-at i<est terribly‘confuse*!
A# it wowej>resents itself it is aimplx
This—to devise some -practical hys-
tem. other than one of slavvXy,,
whereby two races of widely
ferent- interests, attainments an 1
■
T4ftot Down OtficcV.
Bf-llefontaine, O.. Nov. 16.—Rob
bers, blew open "the pdstoffles- safe,
dif-j shoMarshal John Tripp, who snr-
Pill 1 prised them while at work, stole a
ideais can live together in peace and horse and boggy and escaped from a
harmony under
of government.’
Republican form
♦
pursuing party of business men. who
turned but at the nolae of tbe ttriog.