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ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 21.1902. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. :A
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Deputies Forced to Fire Upon a
Gang oi Angry Strikers.
FOUR ARE SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
Starting of Coal Washery Excites Idle
Workers Beyond Bounds, and
Mitchell's Advice is
Ignored.
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A special from Wilke: barre. Pa.,
says: A riot occurred at the Warnke
washery at Duryea Thursday afternoon.
Trouble had been brewing since *
early morning. Befo.e 7 o'clock 500
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m-en and boys had collected about the
Dlacp and threatened to interfere with
those who wanted to go to work. Sher
, iff Jacobs bad a number of deputies
on the ground and they held the crowd
back. The works were started up, but
remained in operation only a short
time. The crowd on the outside threw
stones over the stockade at the deputies
who were on guard on the inside.
Several times the deputies were tempt
ed to fire.
Rather than have any trouble work
was suspended for the time being.
The deputy sheriffs returned to
Wilkesbarre early in *he afternoon, reporting
all quiet at the wasbery when
they left Thay had hardly reached
Wilkesbarre, however, when the depu
ties on guard were attacked. Several
men in. the mob also attempted to
climb over the barricade. The depu
ties warned them to go back, and
when they did not do so a volley was
fired, but most of the bullets went
high into-the air.
Harry Collins was shot through the
right leg. Andrew Marlack, a Lithuanian,
received a flesh wound, and another
foreigner had a narrow escape,
a bullet passing through his coat
Deputy sheriffs from Luzerne and
JuacKawanna counxies 10 mc
scene of the rioting, but when they ar
rived at the colliery the mob had dis- '
persed. An eye-witness says the attack
, the shooting and the retreat did t
/ not last more thnn five minutes. s
Warrants were sworn out before the
burgess charging the deputies with riot- c
ing and felonious wounding. The constable
went to the washery and placed c
twenty-five men under arrest. They ^
were arraigned before Burgess Burlington
at once, and held in $3,000 bail
each. They could not furnish bail ^
and were locked in the county jail at "
Wilkesbarre.
The United Mine Workers say the C
shooting was uncalled for and the *
deputies aJone are to blame. 11
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SHIRAS' FRIENDS OVERJOYED.
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Denouroerrt to Like Extent Depresses 1
Adherents of Gray.
A Washington special says: Friends t
of Associate Justice Shiras, of the c
\ the United States supreme court, n
were overjoyed at the publication t
Wednesday by which he was relieved
publicly from the stigma cast upon e
him by the oft repeated statement ii
that ho had rhaneed his votp on the ti
incom? tax decision. t
On the other hand, adherents of
Mr. Justice Gray were as correspond- t
ingly depressed when it was openly
stated jthat he was the judge who had t
reversed himself and thereby upset
the decision of the lower court in affinning
the constitutionality of the
proposed tax.
Representative Dalzeli, who is a
close personal friend of Judge Shiras, a
took occasion to defend the Pennsyl- *
vanian when the charge was originally
made, but Mr. Dalzeli did not say at ?
that time who had changed his mind c
at the last moment. It was known to 1
the Pensylvania congressman at the ^
time, but he was not at liberty to reveal
secrets of the court. Justice Shiras
has remained slent throughout the ti
entire period intervening between the p
decision of the court and the present, ?
his oniy attempt at vindicating himself
consisting in the remark that his \
conscience was clear and he did not f]
care what th? people might think. a
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ONCE AGAIN A SLAVE.
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Aged Colored Citizen of Knoxville, y
? Tenn., Sells Himself for $1,000.
Jerry-Logan," JO years of age, colored
janitor of the state supreme court s]
at Knoxville, Tenn., sold himself to o:
Gerald Stuart, clerk of the court, for si
$1,000. For this sum he agrees in a tl
written contract to serve and obey ti
Stuart as his legal master from now ti
until the time of his death.
The origin of the unique deal is that e(
Logan has lately found himself in- e]
volved n certain debts which have r(
worried him a great deal, and to get
rid cf them he sought this means n,
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MILLION DOLLAR PLANT.
Extnsive Manufacture of Steel to be "w
Undertaken in- Tennessee.
George W. Nixon, of Chattanooga, a m
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leading stockholder in the Valley Iron
Company, recently organized, states
that the stock has been subscribed ^
and the site for She million-dollar steel w
plant pujjphased at Nixon station, on t?
the Alabama. Great Southern raUroad.
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McMILLIN LAID TO REST. %
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In Compliance with Dead Man's
Wishes, Ceremonies Were Simple. ^
Simplicity marked the final ceremo- ^
nies at Detriot, Mich., Friday .over Cl
Senator James McMillan, who died suddenly
Sunday at his summer home ! c;
in Manchester. Mass. The services | n
were as the dead man would have ; si
wished?without ostentation and dis- j X.
play. It had been proposed that there j o
should be a military escort and a pub- j
lie ceremony commensurate with the i jj
senator's- position. * . a
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
?Col. W. A. Hemphill, business
manager of the Atlanta Constitution,
died suddenly at his home in that city
Sunday night of heart disease.
?The southern portion of Georgia
was visited Sunday by electrical storm
md one man was killed at Waynesboro,
many houses blown down and j
struck by lightning and cotton whipped
from bolls and ruined.
?Extensive preparations are under
way for big street fair in Macon, Ga.,
which will be the greatest ever held
Ihere.
?Good dividend is declared by the
lirectors of the Central of Georgia, |
mans- imnrnvPmpnts madp
?Watkin Newman, a young farmer
living near Jefferson City, Tenn., is
nurdered, robbed and cremated and
louse set on fire by burglars.
?Senators Bacon and Clay, of Geor;ia,
are having a merry war in Washngton
over the removal of the post)ffice
in Elbertoj from one building
o another, and the matter has assumed
such a phase that it has been
ield up until the return of the postraster
general. ,
?Two brothers, one killed and the
>ther fatally wounded, are the vic:ims
of a wreck near Cincinnati, Sunlay.
The tariff treaty between the Unied
States and China is successfully
aunched.
?Generals DeWet, Botha and Dela ey
met King Edward on the royal
*acht off Cowes- Sunday. An hour was
.pent in pleasant conversation.
?Lessee of Convict Freeman says
>ardon papers issued by Governor
Dandier were not received.
?Mayor Vardtman's p an to use j
axes paid by each race for support of
he schools in Mississippi meets with
trong opposition.
?North Carolina Marons will erect
125,000 temple at Charlotte.
?Institute of South Carolina being !
ield at Clemson college is really a '
chool for farmers.
?The millions of Charles Fair are
laimed by the relatives of his wife.
?Alata, a Mexican town near Culiaan,
is destroyed by a tidal wave.
Dhirty lives are reported lost.
?Hon. Dudley M. Hughes has again
>een elected president of the Georgia
State Agricultural Society.
?Congressman Latimer and former
Congressman Hemphill, candidates for j
Jnited States senate in South Caroll- j
ia, engaged in a fight at Gaffney :
"hursday, but were quickly separated, j
?Weathy Tampa, Fla., citizen killed :
nd his wife probably fatally wounded
"hursday by Cuban.
?Mysterious search for buried
reasure is being made in Mississippi
anebrake, where it is thought old
nan secreted $30,000 in gold before j
h? war.
?A warrant for the arrest of Gov- J
rnor Kimball, of Rhode Island, Is
ssued. Governor Kimball is charged
rith slander and malicious prcsecu-!
ion.
?Offended at rumors to the effect'
hat the Aero Club of America had not
nade a bona fide offer of $25,000, San- j
os Dumont sails for France.
?Deputies fire on strikers at a
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vasnery near wiiKesDarre, ra.
?Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair.
ives of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt
re killed in France in automo^. .
rreck.
?Governor Candler and tlie Georia
prison commission call on Early
ounty authorities to show cause why
heir convict camp should not be bro;en
up because of W. B. Freeman's 11- ;
?gal detention.
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?The Georgia prison commission !
urns down petition of glnners, who
rotest against competition by gin at
tate farm.
?An increase In pension roils in
lisslssippi of 25 per cent s expected
rom applications for blanks caused by !
ct of legislature appointing county :
oards to pass on applications.
?The next Grand Army encamptent
may be held in Atlanta, Ga. Ohio
eterans favor the Idea.
?Georgia State Agricultural Socie-*
meets In Macon, and sensation Is
prung by speech of Hon. W. L. Peek,
? Rockdale, in which he said the
:ate had no college of agriculture at
le university and offered a resoluon
that one be established in connecon
with the experiment farm.
?General Jake Smith, broken-heartI
at treatment received from the govrnment,
Is seariously ill and may not
?cover.
?State farm of Mississippi shows
et profit of more than $100,000 for
ast season.
?With forged orders from wealthy
omen of Savannah, smooch female
binder secures $1,799 worth of dia^
londs from jewelers and gees away
1th goods.
?Petition Is being circulated in
lbb county to the prison commission
>r the pardon of young Harry Joiner,>,
ho is serving life sentence- in penh
ntlary for murder of peddler.
?it is asserted that J .stice Horace
ray and not Justice Shiras is response
for the supreme court decision
gainst the income tax.
?Greene and Gaynor get their fre*om
at Quebec under habeas corpus j
ecision of judge of the superior j
ourt.
?Governor Candler, of Georgia, !
alls a conference of the prison com- i
ilsslon and attorney general to con- !
ider action against Sheriff Higgs, of j
iontgoinery county, for refusing to J
bey an executive order.
?Rarmers' Institute or South Caro- j
na opened at Clemson college Tues- |
ay and brilliant lectures delivered,
FUGITIVES ARE FREED
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Gaynor and Greene Given (Liberty
by Court in Canada.
HABEAS CORPUS IS EFFECTIVE
Prisoners Received Bounteous Congratulations?Attorney
General
Knox Has Nothing to Say of
j. the Court's Decision.
Judge Caron, of the superior court,
in Quebec, Wednesday,' released Capt.
B. F. Greene and Col. John F. Gaynor,
the American contractors who are
wanted in the United States for alleged
frauds against the federal government,
involving hundreds of thousands
of do'lars. Judge Caron based
his ruling on the absence of dates in
the warrants In which the prisoners
were first arrested in Quebec, discrepancies
in the charges on which true
bills were obtained against the prisoners
in the United States and discrepancies
between those charges and
the charges made in the application
for extradition.
The prisoners were at once released
and received the congratulations of
their friends and the court adjourned.
Mr. Master, counsel for the United
States government, was asked whether
the prosecution intended to take
any further action looking to the extradition
of Gaynor and Greene. McMaster
replied that he was unable to
speak postively on the subject until
after a conference with Messrs. Erwin
and Stewart.
There was a large attendance of
both legal luminaries and spectators.
Mrs. Gaynor, accompanied by a number
of ladies, was present during the
delivery of the judgment.
Attorney General Knox Silent.
Attorney General Knox was informed
by the Associated Press of the release
of Greene and Gaynor at Quebec
and also was shown Judge Caron's
decision. He read the latter
carefully and then said:
"I have nothing to say In regard to
Judge Caron's decision. It would be
highly improper and extremely indelicate
for me to make any comment on
any decision of a foreign court in
which the United States government
is involved, especially when the case
goes against the government."
NOW A CLOSED INCIDENT.
Trustees of Emory College Meet and
Accept Resignation of Professor
Siedd.
The resignation of Professor Andrew
Sledd from the chair of Latin in i
Emory college has been accepted by
the board of trustees of that college,
at their meeting held in Atlanta
Tuesday.
The resignation of Professor Sledd
followed the vigorous outburst which
followed an article from his pen on
the negro question, printed in the July
number of the Atlantic Monthly. He
handed in his resignation to Presl- '
dent James E. Dickey some days ago, 1
and it was accepted at the meeting of
the board of directors.
The members of the committee discussed
the resignaton of Professor i
at cnm^s Ipnp'th and derided that I :
it was best to accept it. which they
did. No other business was transacted,
and th? committee then adjourned.
The meeting was held in secret, and
the members- of the committee refused
to discuss the matter at all, other than
to announce that the resignation of
Professor Siedd had been accepted.
The action of the executive committee
of the board of trustees is abso- 1
lutely final, and their action did not
come as a surprise. It is now probable
that the unfortunate alfair, which
has caused such an outburst in Georgia,
will be entirely dropped. Before 1
the publication of the article which
caused the commotion, Professor
Sledd has always been highly regarded
by every one, and .was considered
one of the best instructors at Emory. 1
A RESIGNATION QUALIFIES.
Governor of Georgia on Mayoralty
Muddle in Atlanta.
When asked if he had ever formed
and expressed any opinion on the
question of the eligibility of councilmen
and aldermen to the office of
mayor of Atlanta. Ga., Governor Candler
said:
"Yes, I suppose almost ev^ybody in
Atlanta has done so withjS the last
week or two, but I do not think my
opinion has ever been published.
"Some days ago a reporter for one
of the evening papers. The Journal. I
think it was, brought me the code,
and turning to section 739. asked me
to read it and give him my construe
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liUII Ui It. UI? IU IlllO tllllt 1 HCtu If- ?
:ead it. But. at his -equest. I read it
carefully and gave him substantially
this opinion, to which I stil adhere:
" 'This law was not intended to disqualify
an alderman or councilman to
hold the office of mayor or any other
municipal office, but to prevent him
Crom holding two offices at the same
time, "except in towns of less than
two thousand inhabitants." By resigning
the office of councilman or alderman
they can thereby qualify
themselves to hold the office of mayor."
FOR COWHIDING PREACHER.
Virginia State Attorney Will Endeavor
to Impeach Judge Campbell.
Commonwealth Attorney Evans, of
Amherst county, Va.. has petitioned
Governor Montague to call a special
session of the legislature to review the
trial of Judge C. J Campbe'l for the
oc-whiding of Rc-v. Mr. Crawford in the '
yard of the court house, and for which
offense he was acquitted.
PIONEER ATLANTIAN DEAD.
Col. W. A. Hemphill, Founder and
Business Manager of Atlanta ConBtitution,
Dies Suddenly.
Colonel William A. Hemphill died
suddenly at his residence in Atlanta,
Ga., at 11 o'clock Sunday night from,
angina pectoris.
Death was absolutely unexpected.
While Colonel Hemphill had been in
declining health for some threo
monthr past, his condition had not
been s .ich as to cause alarm. He had
been uptown every day and had never
given any of his friends an intimation
that he was other than his usual robust
self.
On Sunday fee drove to Trinity
church, but was not feeling sufficiently
m ' i/v Atf r> rtVl /"\ f~\ 1
auuiig iu aui'iiu mt; ouuua) oluuui
services and sent word to the children
that he would be with them on the following
Sabbath. Returning home, he
took dinner with his family and was
in a cheerful mood. At night he ate
a light, repast and sat up for some
hours afterwards, reading and talking
to his wife and children.
At 11 o'clock, while standing in his
room, he was seized with the fatal
stroke. When assistance came the
hand cf death had already touched his
brow.
Colonel Hemphill's death came as a
great shock to his friends in the city,
who were quick to learn of it, in spite
of the lateness of the hour. Many
called at the house to offer their sympathy
to the grief-stricken family.
Colonel Hemphill was one of the
hardest workers in that .band of patriotic
citizens who built Atlanta up
from a ruined and hopeless village at
the close of the war to the splendid
city that she is today.
For thirty-five years he was one of
the central figures in the financial life
of the city. He was ppersonally interested
in many enterprises that have
controbuted greatly to her growth and
progress, and his energy and business
ability carried all of them to success.
Colonel Hemphill was born in Athens
May 5, 1S42. He grew up under
the shade of the trees on the campus
of the state university, from which he
graduated in 1861.
Leaving college as a boy of 19, he
immediately volunteered for service in
the confederate army and went to
the front with the regiment in which
he served with conspicuous gallantry
throughout the four years' struggle.
At Gettysburg he received a severe
wound in the head, but ;n a short time
he was completely recovered and again
in the ranks.
At tae close of the war Colonel
Hemphill returned to Athens, but In
1867 he removed to Atlanta. He and
J. H. Anderson established The Constitution,
Colonel Hemphill being
made business manager. From the
time of the establishment of the paper
its history and that of Colonel Hemphill
are linked indissolubly.
' EXPRESS COMPANY ROBBED.
Alleged Conspirators Make Way With
Package Containing $28,000.
A special to The Louisville Times
from Owensboro, Ky., says: The
agent of the American Express Company
at Fordsville was robbed of $28,000
'Friday night under peculiar circumstances.
J. W. Boatner, who shipped the money
to Fordsville, Is under arrest at
Irvington, and J. C. Schlitzbaum, the
agent of the company, is being held
at Falls of Rough.
Saturday morning Schdtzbaum turned
up at Falls of Rough, ten miles
away. He stated that he was held up
robbed and kidnaped during the night.
He first decided to sta y at the depot
all night, he says, but finally got nervous
and started to the hotel, which
is only one square away. Between the
two places he was set upon and robbed
of the money by three men.
His story is that they forced him
to go with them in order he should
not give the alarm and cause them
to be followed. There was no train
out of town and they forced him to
walk with them to Falls of Rough.
The express people and the officers
believe the whole affair was a conspiracy
to defraud the American Express
Company out of $28,000.
EXHUMED COFFIN WAS EMPTY.
Scheme to Rob Insurance Companies
Unexpectedly Revealed.
A grave near Orlanda. Oklahoma, a
town a short distance from Guthrie, in
which C. S. Morris, a Madison, Kansas,
man. who was reported last week
to have been killed, was opened Sunday
in the presence of 500 persons
and found to be empty. Friends of
Morris who believed he had been murdered
had requested the authorities to
exhume the body. Telegrams of inquiry
have been received from Morris'
wife and from insurance orders in
Madison, of which he was a member.
Morris appeared a ween ago in company
with a man who gave his name
as Cox and who represented himself
as a loan agent. On Monday Cox reported
that Morris had been killed in
a runaway accident. The man purchased
a lot in a country cemetery
near Orlanda and bought a coffin,
which he buried with the assistance
o" a colored man. The coffin contained
a cake of ice weighing about two
pounds. Evidently it had been filled
when It was buried.
TUG BOILERS EXPLODE.
Four of Crew Lose Life and Three Receive
Serious Injuries.
The boiler of the tug Jacob Kupper
blew u;? Wednesday near St. Georges,
Staten Island. Four of the crew were
killed or drowned.
There were eight men on the tugand
a!, were blown into the water.
Four were rescued. Three are injured
badly and one at least is not expected
to lfcve. The tug boat sank immediately.
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* STATE NEWS ITEMS, j
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Sunday 'Blue Laws" in Columbia.
Sunday "blue laws" are to be enforced
in Columbia. The police commission
has decreed no cigars, cigarettes,
soft drinks, etc., are to be so.d
on Sunday. It will be observed that
"soft drinks" are under the prohibitory
ban of the commission.
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\ Class Peeling Aroused.
The senatorial race has brought on
a bitter fight in Charleston, the bittcrerest,
perhaps, known- in the city in
years-. John P. Grace, one of the candidates,
made a speech the other
night in which he aroused class feel
ing, ana mis- is aammeu u> ue mc
mo6t dangerous subject thus far injected
into the campaign.
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Is considered to be the most
remarkable election bet ever made in
Charleston ^vas recoreded last Monday,
when a friend of Von Kolnitz put
up $125 to $5 that Von Ko'nitz would
win out. While the amount is small
the odds are remarkably long, and the
man taking the Vol Kolnitz end has
offered to bet more at the same price.
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One Against Three.
Six miles from Laurens George Anderson
(white), ovtrseeing a gang of
negroes working the roads, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by three
negroes-, who used pistols. All of these
negroes were in turn wounded by
Anderson. Their injuries, however,
are not serious. They were arrested.
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Waterworks Material Arrives.
J. H. Dawes, general manager of the
American Pipe Company, the Philadelphia
concern which has- secured the
contract for building the new waterworks
system for Charleston, has arrived
in the city, to take personal supervision
of the work. He made a
visit to Goose creek and is satisfied
that the city has bought property
which will provide an ample supply
of 5,000,000 gallons of water daily.
Material for the new plant is being
shipped and it is announced that work
will begin on September 1. The contract
will be completed within a year.
The success or tne navai stauon nas
depended in a large measure on the
water supply system and the big government
plant at that point will go forward
now that the water question is
satisfactorily settled.
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Is a School for Farmers.
The state farmers' institute now being
held under the auspices of Clemson
college is in (.very sense a school
for farmers, and the farmers are not
only regular in attendance upon its
sessions, but utilize every moment of
their recreation time.
Two sessions are held each day,
from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m., and from 8 to
10 o'clock at night. The rest of the
day is spent in visting the college
farm, the experiment station farm, the
horticultural grounds, the cattle barns,
the dairy, the poultry yards, and the
different college buildings where are
exhibited work done by students and
scientific apparatus and appliances,
and last, but not leant, in discussions
among themselves of farming operations.
The farmers often reverse
school methods by asking the speaker
qustions aid propounding problems
for his solution, and that lecturer
makes most friends who is boldest and
most independent in his opinions and
most ready with a reason for any assertion
he has made. It is predicted
on all sides that these ai nual institutes
will produce a revolution in
farming in South Carolina.
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Parad se for Thoroughbreds.
Millionaire turfmen of the east have
announced that they will send their
thoroughbieds to South Carolina this
winter, and this state will quarter
more fine race horses than ever before.
Mr. William C. Whitney has given
orders for increasing his stables at
Aiken, and he wil abandon his old
training quarters on Long Island, shipping
his entire string to his winter
home at Aiken. Mr. August Belmont
will winter at Garnett, near Savannah,
where he has a magnificient estate
and a th:*ee-quarter-mile track for
working purposes. Mr. Thomas R.
Hitchcock will ship to Aiken, and the
young firm cf Whitney and Duryea
will probably select the same winter
quarters. L. A. Waterbury is a'so expected
in South Carolina, and later on
other turfmen who do not race at New
Orleans arid Oakland will move their
horses to this state.
The climate in the south is splendidly
o/iontPd fnr winter work, and both
1J OUU^/WW .
Mr. Belmont and Mr. Whitney are delighted
with the results heretofore.
They were so well pleased, in fact,
that they have advised their friends to
do likewise, 50 it may develop that
South Carolina will soon take prominence
as the leading state for eastern
thoroughbreds during the winter.
Owners ol property in Summerville
are anxious to get owners to locate
there, as the climate is very similar to
that in Aiken. There are good sites
for tracks where much work can be
done, and there are other advantages.
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To Investigate Padded Rolls.
The Charleston county democratic
executive committee went to work last
Monday to investigate charges of padded
club rolls, which indicate that
frauds have been attempted for the j
primary election on August 26. A J
meeting of the committee-, which is j
charged with the duty of purging the
rolls, will be held in a few days., when
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it is said that hundreds of crooked
names will be scratched. The condition*
have become so notorious that
the better element in Charleston is
aroused, and it is freely admitted that
unless the evil is checked the next
election will be fraudulent.
The report that the leading candidate
were preparing to have blank
warrants- issued created great consternation
is political circles. There is a
heavy fine and five years' imprisonment
for violations- of the election
laws, and the law this year will be enforced
to the letter. It Is the intention
of the committees to arrest the
first man who tries to vote illegally,
and watchers will be detailed for every
ballot box.
Already the registration has reached
eight thousand. There are not that
many voters in Charleston, and there
is much convnent on the action of the
ward club presidents in certifying to
the rolls when the conditions show
clearly that they are padded. Strict
orders will bt issued at once to the
managers of election, and ev*ry legal
machinery will be put to work to
break up the evil before It goes too
far.
GOVERNOR AFIER A SHERIFF.
Georgia Chief Executive Issued Par*
don to Convict Which Wa6 Ignored.
Sensational Case Develops.
Not only has Governor Candler, of
Georgia, sent a state warden to free
convict W. B. Freeman, now illegally
held in Early county, and also sent
word to the county commissioners of
that county and to Callahan & Co., to
appear before the prison commission
on August 27th, but he also denounces
the misdemeanor convict camps in
emphatic languat?, and declares he
will make them the subject of a message
to the legislature.
"Some of these convict camps," he
declared, "are mere evasions of the
law; some are organized despite the
law."
The governor, Attorney General
Wright and the prison commission
have sent Warden Moore with a certified
copy of Freeman's pardon, and
also a rule nisi commanding the county
commissioners of Efcrly county ?nd
also Callahan & Co., proprietors of the
convict camp where Freeman has
been illegally restrained, to appear
and show cause why the camp should
not be broken up and its convicts
taken.
This is the latest step in the diffl11
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CUliy Dei-weeII UU veinui tauui?i auu
Sheriff Higgs and Callahan & Co. in
connection with the detention of Freeman,
who was pardoned in July, and
is still restrained of his liberty.
"And," says the governor laconically,
"it is the beginning of the end."
Freeman was pardoned July lZth,
the judge who sentenced him having
written the governor and urged his
pardon, as the man had been convicted
of the Illegal sale of liquor only
through a technicality. The governor
supposed Freeman had been pardoned
until two weeks later he received a
letter from the man's lawyer, saying
he was still imprisoned. The governor
took the matter up, and it has been
discovered that the trouble lay in the
fact that Freeman had been hired to
Callahan & Co., who maintain a convict
camp In Early county, and they
had paid Sheriff Higgs $90 for him,
the money having been divided among
the county officers as costs. When the
pardon was taken to Callahan & Co.
they refused to discharge Freeman
unless the $90 had been refunded.
So .the matter drifted along for
weeks, the governor still making attempts
to have Freeman released, until
Wednesday morning, after a con
ference between the governor, the attorney-general
and the prison commission,
Warden Moore has been dispatched
to the scene of the trouble
with peremptory orders.
Speaking of the trouble, Governor
Candler said:
"The attorney-general holds that as
the sheriff Is the ministerial officer of
the county in which Freeman was convicted,
it was my duty to send the
padon to him and his duty to deliver it
to the county authorities, who under
the law have charge of misdemeanor
convicts. They should have directed
Callahan to discharge Freeman.
Neither the governor nor the commission
is supposed to know of the disposition
made of misdemeanor convicts
by the county comissioners."
Freeman is worked by the convict
camp in Early county because he was
turned over to the authorities of that
county by the county commissioners
of Montgomery county, where he was
sentenced.
GOVERNOR UNDER ARREST.
Chief Executive of California Must
Answer to Libel Charge.
Governor Henry T. Gage, of California,
was arrested Wednesday on a
warrant charging him with criminal
uhM tha warranf havine been sworn
to by the proprietor of The San Francisco
Call. The governor was immediately
released on a writ of habeas
corpus.
The arrest follows charges made by
The Call that Governor Gage had
shipped to his ranch furniture made
by convict labor at one of the state
prisons which is in charge of a close
personal friend of the governor.
CREAMERY COMPANY FAILS.
More Than Eight Thousand Farmers
Are Creditors of Concern.
The Elgin Creamery Company, of
Chicago, which operates creameries
throughout Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin,
failed Saturday. The creditors
are estimated to number nearly 10,000,
more than 8,000 being farmers.
The American trust and savings bank
was appointed receiver. The assets
of the company an- claimed to be
$800,000, while the liabilities are estimated
at $350,000.
BOERS VISIT LONDON
DeWet, Botha and Delarey arc
flaring a Glorious Time.
THEY CALL UPON KING EDWARD
Trio of Generals are Shown Greatest
Consideration by Erstwhile Foes.
Attired in Silk Hats and
Frock Coats.
The Boer generals, Botha, DeWet
and Delarey, who reached London Saturday
from South Africa, left at 9:30
o'clock Sunday morning for Cowes,
Isle of Wight, to see King Edward on
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The hour of the generals' departure
from London was kept secret, consequently
the streets were deserted when
the three generals, accompanied by
their secretaries, but by none of the
ladies of their party, started for
Cowes.. They were stylishly attired
in frock coats and silk hats.
Upon arriving at Southampton the
Boer generals were welcomed on
board the commander in chief's yatch,
Wild Fire, by Earl Roberts and General
Kitchener. They Immediately
visited King Edward on board the
Victoria and Albert and were then
taken for a trip around the fleet in the
Wild Fire. They returned to London
Sunday evening, accompanied by Lord
Kitchener and Earl Roberts, who took
leave of the Boer generals at Waterloo
station.
In an interview with a representative
of the Associated Press, General
Botha's secretary described the visit
to his majesty.
He said that when the Boer generals
boarded the royal yacht King Edward
came forward, and after they had been
introduced shook hands with each of
them. The Beers were highly pleased
with their reception. After a brief
non-political talk with King Edward
they were presented to Queen Alexandra
and Princess Victoria.
The reception by his majesty lasted
a quarter of an hour. The king spoke
of "the gallant and brave manner" in
which the generals had fought through
the long and arduous campaign, and of
"the consideration and kindness' with
which the generals had treated British
wounded. His majesty expressed
his warm wishes for their futures* If
was at the king's suggestion that the
Boers took the trip around the fleet
on board the Wild Fire.
During the voyage from South Africa
tteneral DeWet did not mix much
with his fellow passengers. He was
engaged most of the time in writing
his book on the South African war.
In common with his colleagues, snap
shot photographs were constantly being
taken of him, and he was worried
with requests for his autographs until
he had to protest against the nuisance.
General Botha, on the contrary, was
extremely genial and indulged in all
the sports on shipboard. He was constantly
in the smoking room, where
be played cards. General Delarey, besides
playing draughts, took keen
pleasure in discussions with British
army officers on board the steamer.
TENNESSEE HINERS SATISFIED.
Wage Scale Committee and Operators
Reach Amicable Agreement.
After a session which lasted all
night, the wage scale committee of the
United Mine Workers District No. 19
and the Coal Creek and Jeilico coal
operators reached .an agreement at
Knoxville, Tenn., at 6 o'clock Saturday
morning.
The United Mine Workers adopted
the agreement and the convention adtn
meet in Knoxville one year
hence.
Both miners and mine operators
made concessions on one point after
another until settlement had been
reached.
CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.
Brought Against New Orleans Striking
Telephone Linemen.
In its petition for a b'anket injunction
against the striking linemen,
which was only made public Monday,
the Cumberland Telephone company
at New Orleans, charges that a conspiracy
has been formed against them
to prevent them from operating their
service in the city.
In addition to alleging that the union
men are picketing the railroad depots,
persuading new men from taking
service with the company and stoning
those who are already at work, it
charges that the strikers are crossing
the telephone wires throughout the
city with the high tension wires of
other companies and thus burning up
the lines of the company and putting
them out of business.
The company claims that all its
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plans lor exitmsiou ut us llliCO ill
Orleans promise to be brought to^a
standstill by the action of the strikers.
INMANS QUIT COTTON BUSINESS.
Sam, Hugh and Walker Withdraw
From Firm in Houston, Texas.
Sam Inman, of Net' York; Hugh Inman
and Walker Inman, of Atlanta,
have retired from the cotton firm of
Inman & Nelms, of Houston, Texas,
with wAich^they have been identified
for a long term of years.
The retirement of the Messrs. Inman
does not change the name of the
firm of Inman & Nelms; neither is the
firm dissolved. Frank Inman, of Atlanta,
son of Sam Inman, becomes
identified wth the Texas cotton company,
in order that the name of Inman
may be retained.
A COLLISION OF CANDIDATES.
At Carolina Campaign Meeting Latimer
Uaea Fiat and Hemphill
Wielda an Umbrella.
Congressman A. C. Larimer a?id |sj
former Congressman John J. Hemphill.
candidates for the United States
senate from South Carolina, engaged
in a personal difficulty at the meeting
in Gaffney just before noon Thursday. |j
Latimer, who is a powerful man physlcally,
landed a stiff blow on Hemphill's
face, and the latter, who is no
weakling, retaliated by striking his
assailant on the head with ^n umbrella.
Friends and bystanders interfered
at this Juncture and separated the
combatants.
All the candidates for the United
States senate were present, and all - r
had spoken except Latimer. It was
near the hour for dinner and the crowd
was dispersing 10 gainer agam iu u**j . ^
afternoon, when Latimer called to the
crowd that he wished them to hear
him repel the attacks of the five lawyer?
who had been jumping on him, .
as the afternoon was to be given to
the candidates for congress.
Hemphill protested against the as- .'-ffiji
sertion and added that Latimer should *. *
not infringe on the tim? of congres- p
sional cnndldates. At this Latimer de- ;|a
clared that Hemphill cared nothing ^
for the congressmen.
"You know that is false," cried
Hemphill, facing Latimer.
Latimer landed a terrible blow on
Hemphill's face. Hemphill struck out,
but was pulled back from behind. He
then swung an umbrella over Latimer's
head. The crowd then rushed '
in and Latimer was pinioned from behind
and Hemphill was dragged to the
TOO MUCH CUBAN. p|l
Tampa, Florida, Shocked by Double
Tragedy?A Genuine Sensation.
A special from Tampa, Fla., sajwr^dg
At the home of Charles J. Alien, on
Seventh avenue, Tampa Heights, AgSA
Thursday morning, the most fashioha- ^
ble residence section of the city, Allen.
was shot to death and his wife 'deeper- .
ately wounded by Manual Chavez, one,
of the wealthiest and most prominent
young members of the Cuban colony.
in the city. Allen died Thursday eve--'
ning and Mrs. Allen's death is only a
question of tme.
Many conflicting accounts of the
tragedy are current, but the one generally
believed is that Allen returned
home unexpectedly and found Chavez
in his house, and that he assaulted :
Chavez, striking him a terrific blow in S
the mouth. Chavez then drew a pistol -pj4
and began to fire One bullet struck .S
Allen in the left side, another in the t H
mouth and the third in me aoaomeu,after
passing through the body of
Mrs. Allen, who had rushed between .
the men in an effort to separate
them. The shooting of Mrs. Allen Is
believed to have been entirely unlit* y&js
tentional. /
An effort was made to get Chavez
released Thursday night His father's
firm, one of the largest manufacturers ; Jg|
of cigars in the city, offered to put up
a $100,000 cash bond, but as the charge;;-^
is murder, Judge Robles refused it
Mrs. Allen was an unusually attractive
woman, and her alleged relations .;^
with Chavez have been the subject of
some gossip.
A FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT. j ^
Well Known New Yorker and Wife
Killed Near Paris, France.
A cable dispatch from Evereus;
France, says: Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Fair, Americans, who were related to "f
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., (Miss Vlr- " ^
ginia Fair) were returning to Paris
fronTTrouville when their automobile
swerved and crashed into a tree.
Both were killed. The Chalfeur bocame
insane as a consequence of the
Mr. and Mrs. C. Fafr had been stay- :J3j
Ing at Trouville during racing week.
They had a very fast 45-hors^ power
auto which attracted considerable attention
and with which they were
highly pleased. Mr. Fair had been
from Trouville to Paris and back In Jsgg
one day on the machine.
GEN. SMITH HEARTBROKEN. *
"Jakie, the Burner," Seriously III from
Nervous Collapse.
General Jacob H. Smith is seriously
ill at the home of his brother In law JS
and attorney, Judge James W. Bannon,
at Portsmouth, Ohio.
The general's illness fas in the form
of a nervous collapse, attributed to
the strain of his campaign in Samar,
the subsequent courtmartial and then
the unexpected news of his retireM'MILLAN'S
WILL PROBATED.
Senator Left Estate of From Six to ^
Ten Millions in Value.
The wjjl of the late Senator James McMillan,
of Detroit, disposing of an
estate, variously estimated at from
$0,000,000 to $10,000,000, was filed for % ^
probate Monday.
T. ?Q nnmhfr nf nublic and
it lUUUUUvu u
charitable bequests and his employe*
are generously remembered.
FROM ATLANTA PRISON.
Guy Shelton, a Five-Year Convict ;|w
Take* French Leave.
At 1 o'clock, Monday afternoon, Guy
Shelton, a five-year convict, escaped XI
from the federal prison at Atlanta,
and made a successful dash for lib*
erty. Up to a late hour Monday night
he was still at large, with a dozen or
more guards and bloodhounds scour- *3:
ing the woods and railroad track* - .
within a radius of 20 miles of Atlanta. .
W* ?ra ready to enter your nama on
our eubacrlptlon books. You will not
mice the small sum necsssary to bo*
coma our customer.
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