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BARNWELL. S. ti. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12.1911
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HANDS OFF
Tiltai Replies (• Accsutiea
That He Is Pfc; i |
GOV. BLEASE
Son of Late Col. T. B. Crews Charges
That Tillman Has Joined Hands
With Richards and Ira 1>. Jones to
W T ork Defeat of Blease in Race For
Governor.
Senator Tillman has been accused
of entering into a conspiracy with
divers persons to defeat Blease for
Governor next year. The charges
came from w. t.
of Senator Tillman’s most ardent
FLOODS SWEEP TOWN
HOMES AND STORES DESTROYED
BY RIVER'S OVERFLOW.
Although Warned Beforehand Inhab-
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Rants Delay Flight for Safety Un
til Peril Become* Imminent.
supporters during his long life, the
late Col. Thomas B. Crews, of Lau
rens. W. T. Crews, or as he is more
widely known, “Bose” Crews, is edit
ing a newspaper in Greenwood, the
first issue of which appeared on Sep
tember 22.
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Following the “Announcement”
and a few other matters, appears an
editorial entitled, “The Plot Against
Blease” and it is in this article that
the editor charges Senator Tillman
with conspiring and plotting with
John G. Richards and Ira B. Jones to
defeat Blease for a second term as
Governor.
Senatoe Tillman, who has made
public statement to the effect that he
will be hands-off in the Governor's
race, w^s naturally a little wounded
by the article, especially since It was
from the pen of one so closely relat
ed to tl»e Senator’s staunch support
er in the days of the'DOs. Consequent
ly. Senator Tillman replied to the
editorial in a letter to "Bose,” cop
ies fit which were distributed for
publication. The letter from Senator
Tttlman is as follows:
Trenton, S. C., Sept. 25, 1911.
T. Crews, Greenwood, S. C.
''Bose”: This morning mail
me the first number of your
paper. The News Scimiter. 1 was
much surprised to find that you
The situation at Black River Falls,
says a dispatch from LaCrosse, Wis.,
which was swept by a flhod Friday
afternoon when the waters of the
Black River, swollen by recent rains,
washed through the embankment of
the LaCrosse Water Power Company’s
dams at Hatfield, is worse by far
than was even feared when the flood
swept the town.
Half of the business section has
been destroyed, together with a part
of the residence district, and it is
alleged by the townspeople, who have
Crews, son of one} taken-refuge on high lands, that the
town will be wiped out. Whether or
not lives have been lost is yet un
certain.
The people have been scattered,
and canvasses are being made to de
termine how piany, if any, are miss
ing. Thus far two persons have not
been accounted for. The town is in
darkneea. the. electrtc light plant
being one of the first to be struck
by the flood.
At seven o’clock Friday night be
tween twenty-five and thirty business
houses, comprising all the stores on
both sides of two streets, have been
destroyed, together with an equal
number of houses. At that hour the
waters were still rising rapidly, and
the destruction of the stores in the
other 'business streets is looked for
every minute.
The buildings have not been mere
ly flooded, but destroyed. The water,
flowing In tremendous volume, un
dermined one big building after an-
TARIFF REFORM
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P.oifat Poktr D fiiu Bb MtiN
m Isptrtatf latttr
THINKS IT IS. NEEDED
Head of Merger Dissented from the
Views Expressed by Committee of
Fifteen and Resigned from Com
mittee Appointed to Represent the
Cotton Mills by President Smyth.
That Lewis W. Parker, president
of the Parker Cotton Mills company,
and one of the most influential cot
ton mill men in the South, differs rad
ically from the position taken by the
committee of fifteen appointed Ellison
A. Smyth to represent the American
Cotton Manufacturers’ association, in
regard to the revision of the tariff,
is developed by inquiries made of
Mr. Parker by The Daily Record, fal
lowing the suggestion, during Mr.
Parker’s absence in Europe, made
in the Daily Record editorially, Aug
ust 7, that the fact that Mr. Parker’s
name did not appear signed to the
memorial prepared by the committee
might indicate his dissent from the
committee’s position. Mr. Parker
now states that he resigned from the
committee and permits The Daily
Record to publish, below, his letter to
the chairman, Mr. Miller.
Greenville, S. C., June 12.
Mr. R. M. Miller, Jr., Chairman, Tar
iff Commiitee, Charlotte, N. •£.
My Dear Mr. Miller: I have just
returned to the office this morning
after several days' absence and find
your letter of June 9, enclosing copy
of brief submitted to Hon. O. W.
other, and as each collapsed, the de- ,V nderwood, chairman of the ways and!
bris was carried away.
No means could be taken to stop
the wrecking of the town The peo
ple, although they knew of the over-
flewing of the dam, showed little
fear of its effects until the waters
burst upon them. •
The disaster was caused by the
sudden rise of the Black River, be
hind the dams of the LaCrosse Water
Power Company, from rains which
lasted almost a week. The dams
MOBS ATTACK TRAINS
FOUR STRIKE BREAKERS INJUR
ED IN RIOT AT HAMBERG.
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One Train Stopped Just Outside Au
gusta and Other Near Schultz's
Hill in This State.
An Augusta, Ga., dispatch says the
operations of trains on the Georgia
& Florida railroad met with the first
material resistance from the striking
firemen and sympathizers in this vi
cinity Wednesday evening, when two
freight trains were stopped by mobs
and the train crews overpowered.
Four employes of the company were
seriously injured, one of them sus
taining a fractured skull.
Sylvested MorlarRy of New York, a
guard, was struck on the head with
a coupling pin, and his skull was
fractured. William King of New
York was badly cut about the head
and face and shot through the arm.
William Ray of New York, a fireman,
was badly cut about the head and
face.' All the injured men are strike
breakers and are now in the city hos
pital.
A train leaving for supplies for
way stations between Augusta and
Douglas was stopped just outside the
city limits, on the belt line, and was
abandoned by the crew. The other
wae a train of freight cars being
transferred from the Augusta yards
to the Hemburg yards of the South
ern road, and was held up near
Schlutz's Hill, on the Carolina side
of the river. Sympathizers of the
striking firemen literally swarmed
over and took possession of both
trains.
On the way to Hamburg the
guards defended themselves as best
they could with engine tools, but were
overiwjwered and forced to run. The
injured men were not permitted to
means committee. get conveyances to bring them to the
I regret I must return to you the| cjty but were forct , d to wa , k the
copy of the brief sent to me for sig % lonf? Southern bridKe t0 tbe c1ty Mor .
nature, unsigned, as I cannot agree
with the iommiUee who subscribed)
thereto, for the following reasons:
iarity being aided by his companions.
ambulance was called for them
when they reached the Augusta side
(11 In my judgment, a policy of| 0 f the river,
inaction, as proposed by the com-
nnjustly with him. Although it
Daps not worth while, I take
to write you this letter
>n are at liberty to publish.
VoTTr^lather was my stauch friend
all of At life and it will not add to
my peaoa.of mind or contentment to
feel befota 1 die that his son is not
the same loyal friend that Tom Crews
was. 1 know your paper will circu-
hatched a mare's nest out of my withstood the pressure, but in each
visit to John G. Richards at case the river washed around the
Hilt, and have been none too aides, taking out a big section of the
of his feelings, and have dealt | river bank and coming down upon
the country below in almoet as great
a volume as though the dams had
been swept away.
Besides the damage at Black River
Falls, a great tract of surroundind
country was overrun. Effort was
made to send warnings to farmers,
but telephone wires soon went/down
and the fate of many settlers who
knew nothing of the flood until it
late, if it circulates at all, among the struck their immediate locality is the
pronounced KHmanitee of the State cause of some apprehension,
because the tpurensville Herald with Below Black River Falls are a
which you have been connected was number of villages and the high wa-|
always one of the “blue hen's chick-
niittee, is pot in line with what the
people of the United States in the
election of a Democratic house of re
presentatives have demanded; and I
believe that it is necessary that the
ways and means committee of the
house of representatives, In response
to this demand of the people, should
take some action looking to a reas
onable reduction of the tariff on cot
ton goods as well as in other sched
ules.
(2) Furthermore, I believe it
would have been a matter of good
policy on the part of the manufactur-
MORK OONVirTH GO FREE
Gov. Blease Turns I one Men Killers
and Negro Thieves.
Robert Pierson, convicted in Clar
endon county In 1 899 on the charge
of murder and sentenced to life im
prisonment in the penitentiary upon
recommendation to mercy, has been
paroled by the governor during good
behavior.
The three negro “joy riders" of
Charleston, Lewis Davis, Robert
ers to have recognized the demand | Smith and Henry Field, who were
existing for reasonable reductions of! convicted February ou the charge
the tariff, and the demand existing cf conspiracy, malicious mischief and
in my judgment, to make such reas- reckless driving and sentenced to
onable reductions. In my judgment; serve five years each In the peniten-
it would have been the part of wis- Uary, have been paroled by the gov
the bridges in
along the river.
ens" and outspoken as regard Till-
manism.
1 think it unkind, therefore, to
lend yourself to any suggestion or
scheme which will weaken the confi
dence in me of any friend of mine
You k.now, if you know anythinf,
that I have nothing to do and never Parachute Fails
will have anything to do with that
Gonzales crowd, or any emissary that
they will send to me. I may be a
fool and not recognize such emissary,
— 8 Hrp dlIP to strike them during i dom ° n lh f, part of the ™nufactur-
the night and next day. Forces of er9 ' ? eneral . ly ' 8lich a d *-
men have been sent out to strengthen
the three counties
HALIiOONISTS FATAL I’Ll NGK.
to Work and He
Falls TOO Feet.
mand, to have rendered every as
sistance to the ways and means com
mittee, so that a policy of reduction
might have been put into effect in a
conservative manner, rather than risk
the effect of delay, in w'hirh possi
bly there will later be necessary more
extreme action, which would in my
judgment be unfoilunate. In my
opinion it would be the part of wis
ernor on the condition that they re
frain from the use of whiskey.
T. A. Brown, convicted in Ches
terfield county in June of this year
on the charge of involuntary man
slaughter and sentenced to two years
| in the penitentiary, ha* been pardan-
1 ‘d.
A pardon has been granted to Har-
i vey R. Smith, who was convicted in
j Oconee county in July on the charge
I of manslaughter and sentenced to
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HE GATE UP
Pcasylraiii Ntgr* Samitftrs ffimclf
to Ckirlutoi Palin
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THREE MARKED MEN RIFLE MAIL
AND BAGGAGE OARS.
Two Trank* Containing Jewelry 8m
HAD KILLED TWO WOMEN pie* Had Been Taken On Only T*n|
Mile* Away. ‘ -
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Have Stood by Plwe* After
ed by the Flrtng.
Missouri, Kansas A Texas pasaan-
ger train No. 29 from Kansas City to
Oklahoma City was held, up by thre«
masked men early Tuesday near Ok-
esa, Okla.
The robbers rifled the mall and
baggage cars, but It Is believed sot
little of value. They did not enter
the passenger cars and escaped as
soon as they had finished their work.
Two trunks full of valuable Jewel
ry samples belonging to a salesman
for an Eastern firm were put on the]
train at Okesa, but It has not been
learned whether or not they wsre
stolen. A special train carrying a
sheriff’s posse and blood hounds left
Okesa for the scene of the robbery.
The hold-up took place In a new
cut and the train was running slow- 1
ly. Suddenly four shots were fired.
The engineer and fireman saw three
masked men climbing over the ten
der pointing their revolvers at them.
James Myers, engineer, was ordered
to stop the train. Myers did.
The bandits compelled Fireman
Swltz Enky to uncouple the baggage
and exprsas cars and run them down which—ordered
the track several hundred yards from
the remainder of the train.
The robbera fled after spending 15
minutes going through the baggage
and express cars. The train continu
ed Us way. The amount of loot ob
tained has not yet been learned.
The sheriff of Osage county organ
ized a posse and with a pack of blood
hounds started on the train of the
bandits, which led Into tho wild
Osage hills
IGNORANT OF ITS MEANING.
Ate Big Dinners oud Oonld Do No
Justice to the Spread.
While*, engaged in a balloon race
at the /South Georgia Exposition at
but 1 think 1 have serrse- eTTtmgir to' TrftoTiT Ca:'. ' 'Thursday "aTternoon,
know an ambassador or agent of that. CapL John Broder fell 700 ftet-from
bunch of politicians should one ap-j b [ s balloon and was instantly killed,
proach me. j Hpoder had just finished a high div-
Your editorial, “The Plot Against ;ing act, and Prof. Gowdy, an aero-
Blease,” is so unjust to Richards andj iiaut, was preparing to ascend when
to’me and so calculated to mislead!Broder volunteered to take another
that I write this in order to set yon balloon and race. Both balloons as-! ism.”
dom today on the part o7 the manu-jtwo years in the penitentiary,
faeturers not only to assent to a reas- 1 Since assuming office the governor
dhablrrcttuctton atorrg-rhe whole ttTTe* has extended executive—el«me»«y l«
hut to render every assistance to thel-39 cases as follows: Paroles 128,
ways and means committee, so that j Itardons 111..
reductions may be made with a; ♦ ♦ «
knowledge of their effect, rather than
that manufacturers should pursue
the policy of inaction or “"tand-jat-
PIGEON FROM (X)LUMBIA.
straight. In the first place, Richards | cended perfectly, a feiv yards apart,
is not the anti-rubber politician and tot a distance of 800 to 1,000 feet,
hypocrite you insinuate he is, but an
honorable^ and high-toned maty, and
should have been elected gqVernor
last year, if character and ability to
serve the people creditably jiad been
oansidered by the voters. The sub
ject of Jones' candidacy was not dis
cussed during my visit to Richards
and his'announcement was a surprise
to me.
Richards has known all along that
my candidacy for tho senate depend
ed entirely, oa Qy condition of my
health, and even # I am In bed un
less wholly p
low jthe peo
who w r ant to
tunity to rot
to see wheth
;ed, I expect to al-
when signal for them to cut
loose was fired. Broder dropped
slightly iu advance of his fellow bal
loonist but in some unknown man
ner his parachute failed to fill and
lie plungtd to earth like a shot. De
spite Broder’s fate, which he witness
ed, Gowdy also cut loose and landed
safely nearly half a mile away. Brod
er was unmarried and has a mother
and sister living at Green Lake, Wis.
r ot South Carolina
to have the oppor-
ine. lam anxious
they appreciate
my earnest and honest efforts to serve
them these twenty-one years. So any
hint or sttapicion 'tbst 1 can be used
in the way you suggest in the editori
al is an insult and bdtrage to me
' and I ain shocked to hav.e such an as
sassin’s blow come from Tow Crews’
son. If I am re-el#etdll I will dot re
sign but Alt In harness. „
You of all men are the last one
to insinuate that 1 am so cowardly
and so easily wrapped around peo
ple’s fingers that J would join any
such -09Rt>lMGti0!>. 1 Ok--astonished
at you and of course you know I am
very 'muph hurt I do not expect to
take sides in the governor’s race next
year. 11 is none of itff Iknilnees.
> anyway, and my policy as a public,
i man' has always been that of Jeffer-'
hon,;Teach the people and tnwt tl1 ®
people.” Both of the candidates thus
far Tillmanites
Tor them
of thorn Is best en-
(3) I connot assent <.o the sug
gestion of inaction proposed by your
committee to the ways and means
committee for the further reason
that at the request of what I un
derstood to be a commute of the
Arkwright club, and, as I had un
derstood, with the concurrence of
the committee of the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers, I have al
ready made representations to Mr.
Underwood, chairman of the ways
and means committee, in which I
urged a policy of conservative re
duction not only in the cotton goods
schedule but in other schedules. If
Saved Some School Children But He ! I. therefore, at this date subscribe
to the brief submitted by your com-
C HOKES MAD DOG TO DEATH.
Was Badly Bitten.
M Atlantic City, N- J., Daniel
Bond, twenty-four, chocked a mad
dog to death with his bare hands
Wednesday afternoon. He was
severely bitten about the arms and
wrists and was taken to the City
Hospital, where physicans quidkly
cauterized his wounds and then put
him in the observation ward to
make a fight for his life should hy
drophobia develop. Bofid. ..walking
down Atlantic avenue, saw a big
mongrel, frothing at the mouth,
dash toward * jrfowd of school chil
dren. He started In pursuit. The
dog mapped at him and leaped for
his* thrsaNki' Bend caught the beast
by the peck as it leaped. In a fur
ious battle' of several minutes the
man was th^victor, but not until he
had been severely bitten. -
mittee, I should be completely re
versing myself In the matter of rep-
resentatioh* made to Mr. Underwood.
I regret very much that It is not
practicable for me to be present at
the meeting of the joint committees
“Honied” for Hi. Louis, but (Joes
to New A'oi k City.
A St. Louis dispatch says the car
rier pigeon which flew in an apart
ment at No. 226 West Seventh-eight
street, New York, was released at
Columbia, 8. C. The pigeon belongs
to Frank Stoney, a St. Louis com
mercial traveller. He brought the
bird on his trip South and released it
when he reached Columbia. Frank
N. Sohus, No. 5948 Houston, place,
said the bird wks “homed” for St.
Louis and probably became lost ow
ing to storms or rapid changes in
the air currents. He declared Stoney
frequent took the pigeon on his trips
and “homed” it to St. Louie. In each
instance the bird reach there safely.
Gave Himself Up Because His Con
science Troubled Him.—He Was
Surprised to l^arn that He Had
Killed Two Women Instead of One
as He Supposed.
Two people were killed in Hsck-
ett’s, Washington County, Pa., by
Stuart Palmer, the negro who sur
rendered himself to the Charleston
police a few days ago, instead of one
as Palmer thought, according to the
statement made Thursday to a re
porter for The News and Courier by
County Detective William McCreary,
of Washington County, who arrived
In Charleston Thursday and took
Palmer back to Pennsylvania with
him. Palmer stated that he had
not known that he had killed two,
but that It was all the same thing.
Gounty Detective McCreary arriv
ed in Charleston Thursday morning
and spent most of his dime at police
neadquarters, whither Stuart was
taken from the jail. He had beet
notified of the arrest of Palmer a
few days before by Chief Boyle, and
had left for Charleston as soon as
ha could secure the necessary papers.
He recognized Palmer as soon as he
saw him.
Mr. McCreary seemed to be of the
opini^^that Palmer had a very good
case^F self-defence. The detective
knew the circumstances of the case
and treated the negro very kindly.
He said that he would report to the
authorities in Pennsylvania the good
conduct of the negro while in Char
leston, and it is expected that Pal
mer’s behavior here after surrender
ing himself, together with his quiet
and confident demeanor, will go a
long way in his favor.
Palmer is a tall negro, between 30
and 40 years of age. - During.the
time he was on the road and in jail
he grew small side whiskers.. His
face is not an unpleasalir one, and
his manner is quiet and subdued. He
answered all questions put to him
by the authorities very readily, and
tells a very straight story of the
whole affair.
When asked by the reporter to tell
how the trouble occnrred. Palmer
said that the whole thing began ov
er a crap game in which he was
playing. He said he had some words
with another negro In the game, and
that he gave the latter a slight
scratch on the cheek with a pen
knife. Shortly after this, he said,
two women, friends of the man with
whom he had had the trouble, threat
ened him, but he took no notice of
it.
The day after this, Palmer said,
he went to the two women and asked
them If he had offended them. The
women cursed him and threatened
him again, one showing a large gun.
In the room, Palmer stated, were
olso the mother of one of the women,
and the man with whom he had had
the trouble originally.
The woman with the gun, accord
ing to the story, pointed it at Pal
mer and led him to believe she was
going to kill him. Palmer then another had an Idea It .was some-
reached in his pocket forjhls pistol, thing like a merry-go round
and the other man in the room "grab- • ‘
bed him around the waist from the
back. Palmer then fired two shots
into the room wildly and breaking
loose, fled. He learned that one of
the women had been killed.
Palmer then started South, riding
on freight trains and working here
and there to get something to eat.
After four weeks of this, he arrived
in Charleston. His conscience, he
said, troubled him so that he was
forced to give himself up to the
Charleston police and confess the
killing. a
Detect!v\e MicCVeary told (Palmef’
that two women had been killed by
the fhots. Palmer seemed surprised
but added after a few mlontes’
thought that he might as well be
tried for killing two as one. Pal
mer is reported to have told some
of the men in the police station that
he was tired of living and was ready
to go back to Pennsylvania, even
if they should hang him 7 .
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Tripoli has 1mm bombarded twice
jy the Italian fleet. The tret Met
waa fired shortly after three o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Shelling was
resumed early Thursday morning af
ter a quiet night There wee a stea
dy but slow lire from the war ahlpa
until dusk Wednesday evening, and
•hots also came from the forte la
tho town. - * j
The French steamer Tafana took a
delegation from Djerh* to the seems
of the hostilities. Among the
wae the French eoMat
Leon, who made several inqfectaal
attempts to land. The
stopped about tea miles from Trip
oli by a boat from the cruiser Var-
few
shi
The Atlanta correspondent of the
Greenville Daily Piedmont says an
amusing Incident occurred In eon
nection with the entertalnmet of the
International Blacksmlth’a Union
there Tuesday.
Many of the brawny eoni of Vul
can come from the cold provinces od
Canada and the Northwest. Ont
there people have never heard ef the
word “barbecue." Many of the
legatee didn’t know, and didn’t
They simply took for granted that
It waa some pleasant form of out
door entertainment, and In order toffto
enjoy It fully—it waa set for J
o’clock Tuesday—they fortified them
•elves with good heavy dinaers at
their respective hotels When they
got out to the woods and learnsd that
a barbecue waa something to
their distress was pitiable. When
the odor of the meats turned
roasted in their own juke above
burning coals assailed their m
their plight waa still sadder.
It was enough to provoke tears
and laughter. Nor waa li a reflec
tion In any sense upon the learning
and intelligence of the visitors for
“barbecue” waa simply a “down
south” word they had never happen
ed to meet before. One of the gen
tlemen confessed afterward that he
thought it was a tournament, and
but she remained for more than am
hour, even creeping In eloeer to the
blockaded town.
The white buildings of Tripoli wera
plainly seen and the whole field tit
operations wan unfolded before tie
watchers. Officers of the Varese
found that the battle had been delay-
ed becanee Admiral Aubrey, com
mander of the Italian fleet, had **»
celved a request from the Tripoli
garrison for another day’s grsee and
gave th* garrison an extra few he
The bsttleeklp Benedetto Brta
armored cruisers Giuseppe
and Francesco Ferruccio dH
line in the harbor. There
small craft in the battle line
Vareee stood off to keel
truders. ! '
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city, which appeered
the Turkish flag fie
tie and forts. The
directed toward
and later Kerakerqfa fort
ed. As the
Tripoli the
awakeaed.
[ then
So far
at four o'clock
firing te
to surrender, but no
and after a
wmm
of to you.
In order that Hon. O. W. Under
wood, to whom I have made represen
tations, shall not be under any mis-
of manufacturers on June 6, but as 11 understanding as to my postion hi
have already explained to you, thisjths matter, I am taking the liberty
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iTKAlMii WOKK Ift^iAMITK.
Mob Wreaks Nummary V
Georgia Chauffeur.
Frank Mack, a negro chauffeur,
from Dublin, Ga., was lynched near
Eastman, Oa., Thursday night, by a
ujoJi composed of unknown parties,
tof attempted criminal assault upon
the wife of a well-known planter ef
,6odge County. The negro was frus
trated in his attempt by the arrival
of several negroes from a field, near
by by thq, woman’s screams. County
officer* were notified and after
chase of several hours, Mack was
captured about five miles north of
Eastman. While returning with the
officers he was Jaken la charge by
a mob at Gum Camp. The negro
then was tied to a pine tree near the
road and his body riddled wlfh bul
lets. The coroner’s jury returned a
verdict tkat Mack came to hit death
at the hands of unknown parties
and
selves
tltlat
A Fatal Auto Ride.
At Jamaica, N. Y., James Colton
waa killed and two companion* were
fatally 4njured. when Colton's f 6,000
rqnulng at the rate of
meeting was ckHed on a date when
it was Impossible for me to be pres
ent. It is my sincere desire to act
in cooperation with my brother man
ufacturers, and I am always Inclined
to a compromise of views. In the
present instance the joint commit
tee has asserted a view which is
in no wise a compromise, and which
in no sense recognizes the views of
others, like myself.
Under such circumstances I regret
that I cannot act in harmony with
the committee, and as the committee
has already taken action! that is net
in accordance with my own views, I
feel that there is nothing .for me
to do but resign from the committee,
I have therefore this day forwarded
Capt. E. A. Smyth, president of the
American Cotton Manufacturer’s as-
of sendng to him a copy of this
letter.
Had I time, I think I could de
monstrate many errors and inconsis-
tercies in the brief submitted by the
committee of manufacturers to Mr.
Underwood, but at the xnonent 1 can
not write at greater length.
I aminterested in noting the com
plete change of position made by
the committees from the Arkwright
club and the National Association, of
Manuacturers, which change I take
to be consequent upon the knowledge
that it is improbable at the present
time that any legislation affecting
the tariff can be passed. In my
Explosion in Fireplace Kills One and
Injures Others.
At Cooper Hill, Tenn., Mrs. Steve
Loftus was instantly killed, Mrs. R.
A. Barclay was fatally injured and
Mrs. C. A. Jarrard was badly hurt
when five sticks of dynamite explod
ed on Thursday and wrecked the
home of R. A. Barclay, of that place.
It la staked that workmen who had
been BTratlng a well oq the place
had left the dynamite In the house,
and in some way It was thrown into
the fireplace. The Barclay family
had just moved Into the honse, and
papers and trash Were lighted in the
grate where the dynamite had been
thrown.
RUSHING COTTON TO EUROPE
Savannah Ships Five Million Dollars
Worth One Day.
- Statements that the foreign de
mand for cotton was of a mere "hand
to mouth” character were effective
ly refuted by the enormeus foreign
exports from Savannah one day re
cently. The official reporta
This tlaae great:
and the fortifiesttooa
forts suffered severely aad the
house to the aorthwuat
e(i by shells from th* Garibaldi.
There was ao mearns of
the lose of life In Tripoli, but
opportunity was given the
to escape. When the
the scene no landing had
tempted by the Italian fleet, and
feared that during the night tl
town" would be pillaged by v nomad
Arabs, who had been hovering la th#
vicinity.
Early Thursday the first division
tit the Italian fleet, under Admiral
Parsvelll, resumed the bombardment*
The Turkish garrison occupied a pos
ition behind the forts and responded
with n fusillade which fell short.
The Itallaa commander endeavored
to gvoid damaging private dwelling^
but some of them were destroyed,
and the governor’s palace end tho
three forts at the entrance of
port arr in ruins. Th*
and churches have not been damaged.
The Itellan flag floato over Sale
tan la fort at Tripoli, which la occu
pied by landing parties. Part of tho
fleet la anchored In the harbor and
the warship# lie a short
from the dismantled
Few bodies of Turks have been
of th* forts, and
among the ruins of the
parently no great number
bombarded Bear
amy.*^.
that the day’s exports 24,204 wont
to Great Britain, 10,500 to Franee,
46,680 to the continent aad 4,27k
otherwiae. The 1 foreign exports J. P. Simpson,
were 91,284, hales, representing a caught a bullet
away and spat it <
went with it. hut
According to a
port, not yet confirmed,
warships Thursday
ghazl and Derna. Various rumor*
concerning a naval engagement tat
Turkish waters, an
Mytlne and the blowing np the
inn battleship Conte di Cavour at
Tripoli have not yet
from any quarter.
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Five Wives After 1
Five women—wJ j
more—are
of Loe Angeles, C*L. with rang
to their eyes. They say they were.
. . i Detective SMfitoff.’*.
also la looking tor Smith. He has a
warrant fQg hi* arrest ehargla
-r
W' /"■
s r iu. A‘.
Ttllman.
automobile ^ P ^
forty miles an hour, struck the bead soctatloa, any resignation as a mem-
ot a Long Island trolley -car early her of the committee oa tariff rerla-
Wedneaday. lien, and beg to enclose a copy there-1
'ism ‘
view this Is most unfortunate, for T
believe that a failure to have faclli-
1 Rated a reasonable reductloa s in the
tariff irilMead to an uncertainty and
dullness of business for many months
to come} i Very truly,
' Lewis W. Parner.
c|£b»5
Records.
value of ovef^ 15,000,000. It is be
lieved thaiw^ts 1* the Ingest a-
mount ever exported from any port
In one day. \,
~W—i—r
At Savannah, Ga., all prevlona rec
ode tor the receipt of cotton for one
day were broken with the total arriv-
a lof 27,650 bales. This exceeds the
former record, established October
It, ItOt, by l,6St bales.
Nearly a pint of i
picked the other
of Walnut
Conn.
ivor of
i Now. -r
hurt; a
slightly
•t\ ■ /■ . ...
t »'n«i;i till
by C. F. Kibh*.
Va field in
fruit
the
; y
um warn
wife, age 24,
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