The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 15, 1904, Image 2
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WEEVIL WAR
!* ..Begins With Big Convention
| at Shreveport.
| GROWERS MEET IN FORCE
Object of Gathering to Devise
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Ravages of Dangerous
Pest.
After being almost hopelessly dead- !
locked in a parliamentary tangle over j
the Question of permanent organiza- j
. tion, the first session of the nationai j
cotton convention at Shreveport, La., j
finally adjourned to a nght session |
without selecting permanent officers. !
More than four hundred delegates, :
representing every cotton growing |
state In the .south, assembled at the i
Grand opera house at 3 o'clock Mon- j
day afternoon for a four days' meet- i
ing, to discuss the boll weevil situa- j
tion and devise, if possible, ways and :
' means for the eradication or control j
of the pest.
. The convention was called to order ;
by Judge J. C. Pugh, chairman of the >,
! execuuve commiuee, wuu > u?.cu mv/ j
, purposes of the gathering in a ringing
speech. Judge Pugh said that "the
delegates had been called together to
consider a question of vital importance
to the welfare of the south, and, j '
indeed, to that of the nation. He j
feared the gravity' of the situation had j
not been fully realized by the people, j
The entire cotton belt is threatened |
by the boll weevil, he said, and unless !
decisive, prompt and energetic meas- j
nres are taken to arrest its progress, !
the weevil will, in the course of time, j1
destroy one of the greatest money
crops of the nation. Judge Pugh continued:
"To me there are two phases of ;
the problem for this convention to ;
consider.
"First, can we arrange to go out of i
cotton for one year in the area at i
present infested, and thus get rid of
the entire weevil menace?
"Second, In the event an extermination
of the pest is impossible by any :
method that can be suggested, let us j
then adopt some recommendation that |
will meet the issue in the very best j
way and see that these recommenda- |
tions are enforced by legislation, if j
necessary, throughout the length and j
breadth of the Infested "area."
Temporary Chairman Bolton, in a !
brief address, made an earnest plea ;
to the delegates for action. Mr. Bol- j
ten then read the following telegram |
from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson j
at Washington:
IpF"Hon. J. C. Pugh, Shreveport. La.? j
jf^.- Br. Howard, entomologist of this de- {
~ partment, who has had wide ex peri- ;
ence in boll weevil work in Texas, J
goes to represent me at the Shreve- j
BifeC; port convention. I would be with you i
if my duties here did not imperatively i
keep me in the city. I hope your de- j
afe; liberations will be instructive, help- j
;>" ful and conservative. I go before the
house committee on agriculture today
gig- to urge the appropriation of a large
g^-V amount of money to deal with the boll j
IS* * weevil in the southern states, partic- )
gpp ularly Louisiana and Texas, for the !
coming year." }
The reading of the message was ]
greeted with an outburst of applause.
Governor Blanchard, of Louisiana, j
next welcomed the delegates to the J
pb state. He said in part:
'The question that has brought you
life * here to hold this great convention is
not one affecting merely the cottongrowing
region of the south. It .affects
?gt intimately and directly the whole
country. If the cotton crop of the
south is to cease as the result of the j
invasion of this insect, it will prove a !
world-wide calamity. It will affect j
& ruinously large commercial interests; j
| it will affect clisastrousy every com- ;
mercial interest and every line of !
trade the world over. More, perhaps, !
than any other single product of the i
soil, cotton permeates and adjusts'!
? and regulates the balance of the I
ui- world's trade."
| COTTON SLUMP CLOSES BANK, j
Institution at Wrightsville, Ga.f Fails j
to Weather the Decline.
The Citizens' bank of Wrightsville, |
Ga., has suspended business. J. E. i '
Linder, the owner of the bank, at- j
%' tributes his misfortune to the heavy i
decline in cotton, having on band :
something like 2,000 bales at high j
prices.
Since the announcement of his sus- j
pension he has paid his depositors !
$10,000, having on hand $53,000 in de- j
posits at the close of business last.;
Thursday.
It is the general opinion that he j
will pay all creditors in full.
Pension Bill in the House. ;
After the reading of the journal f
the house Monday went into commit-1
tee of the whole for the consideration 1
of the pension bills with Mr. Currier, |
of New Hampshire, in the chair. :1
Cotton and Corn Carnival.
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The Mississippi Cotton and Corn j,
Carnival was inaugurated at Jackson, j
Monday, under the most favorable aus-1
pices.
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MOVE TO HOLD COTTON.
Delegates to Boll Weevii Convention
in Shreveport Will Also Fight
Wali Street Bears.
The Georgia. South Carolina and
Texas delegates in attendance upc:i
the Boll Weevil Convention in Shreveport.
Louisiana. conferred together
Monday morning with a
view to organizatiin in furtherance of
a plan to hold cotton until prices re
turn to the normal, that is IU cents, ic
was arranged to bring the subject and
plan to the entire body of the dolegates
and secure adoption.
Delegates report that 75 per cent
of the farmers who have cotton on
hand are In condition to hoid indefinitely
for 10 cents, and will do so. The
belief is general that the ginner's report
will show a crop not exceeding
eleven and a half million bales. The
estimate by the government statistician
is regarded as nothing more: than
a guess, and is regarded as absoutely
groundless.
It is understood that southern bankers
generally will cheerfully aid the
farmers to hold by advancing, if desired,
$30 per bale.
The concensus of opinion is that
farmers are more ready than heretofore
to stand together and to make
sacrifices if necessary to defeat the
schemes of the bears who are seeking
to despoil them. Most, experienced
farmers declare that ordinarily the
cost of production of a pound of cotton
is 7 cents, with higher prices for
farming implements, etc ; actual cost
is 8 cents, and the producer is clearly
entitled to 2 cents a pound for his labor,
etc. Farmers have never shewn
themselves more in earnest or more j
determined to stand to their interest j
tha nnow. They can thwart them. .All j
they have to do is to stand firm and ;
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united.
South Carolina farmers have an inspector
at work in each county now ;
collecting crcp information that will j
be reliable and of great value to pro-j
ducers. In Texas ihe merchants who i
make advances will require diversification
of crops and smaller cotton acreage
next year.
The ruling spirit is that the boll
weevil shall be killed and the bears j
put to flight.
The feeling, which has ripened inlr. i
a conviction, is that if there is a 12--1
000.000-bale crop, every pound Is
worth 10 cents. It is further proposed
that arrangements be made next
year that cotton obligations be payahlo
in Tormar-tr ir?aroti.-i nf Optnhor an/!
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November. These are matters tha:.
will be perfected in detail.
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BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES. !
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Jap Guns From 203-Meter Hill Wreck ;
ing Buildings in Port Arthur.
Dispatches received in ToKio Mem
day from the Japanese army beseiging
Port Arthur report that the ininterior
of the fortress was bombarded
with heavy guns Sunday. The bat.
tie ship Poltava, the transport Amur
and the wireless telegraph statior!
at the foot of Golden hill, were dam- j
aged and the arsenal set on fire.
The commander of the Japanese
land battery, reporting Monday, says:
"Four Russian battle ships, twe
cruisers, one gunboat and one torpe
do destroyer, lying in Port Arthur,
are completely disabled. There is
no further necessity for bombarding
the Russian naval force. !
"Are now engaged in shelling th-:
town of Port Arthur, which is being
heavily damaged."
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WESTERN UNION LOSES.
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Railroads Have Right to Remove
Poles Says Hieht Court Decision.
The supreme court o? the United
States Monday, decided the case ol
the Western Union Telegraph Company
vs. the Pennsylnvania Railroac
Company, involving the right of the
railroad company to remove the tel
egraph poles from its right of way in
favor of the railroad company.
In the decision the court held that
the congressional act of ISGo, which
controlled in the ease, does not grant
eminent domain to telegraph companies
over the private property of railroads.
VARDAMAN NOT BLACKLISTED.
Mississippi Governor Will Be Invited
to Witness Inauguration.
Governor Vardaman has finally
been given official recognition by the
inaugural committee at Washington
Monday. Brigadier General Harries,
who is chairman of the committee on
miltary organization, sent to the Mississippi
governor the same friendly
letter of inquiry concerning the military
organizations his state will send j
to take part in the ceremonies. This
letter is a quasi invitation, and is
just the same sent to the governors
of all other states.
VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY, j
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Hughes Family Came to Death at '
Hands of Persons Unknown.
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The jury of inquest in the Hughes i
ease assembled at Trenton, S. C., '
Monday and, after two or three hours
of testimony and consideration, re- !
turned a verdict that the Hughes fain- ;
i!y came to death at the hands of par- :
ties or persons unknown. i
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TRUSTS ARE UNEASY'
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They Fear an Attack From j
the White House.
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PRESIDENT RAISES ISSUE j
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Chief Executive's Recommendation j
Anent Interstate Commerce Com- j
mission is Causing
Apprehension.
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A Washington special says: En- j
largcment of the powers of the interstate
commerce commission is one of i
the questions which will oe pressed i
vigorously at the present session of i
congress. It can be said that in the !
mind of President Roosevelt no prob- ;
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lem more important than this to all !
the people of the country is likely to j
engage the aUeniion ot congress this i
winter.
In conference with members of both !
the senate and the house of represen- ;
tatives, the president has emphasized j
the arguments he advanced in his mes- i
sage in favor of an extension of the ;
powers of the interstate commerce
commission. With several members 1
ho discussed the subject Friday, !
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tions contained in his message. To !
two paragraphs in the message he has !
directed particular attention. In a
taik with Representative Graf, of Illinois,
he indicated these points of the
message:
Above all else we must strive to
keep the highways of commerce open
to all on equal terms; and to do this
it is necessary to put a complete stop
to all rebates. a
I do not believe that, as a fair security
to shippers, the commission should
be vested with the power, where a giv- I
en rate has been challenged and after j
full hearing, found to be unreasonable,
to decide, subject to judicial review,
what shall be a reasonable rate to take
its place; the ruling of the commission
to take effect immediately and to i
obtain until it is reversed by the court
of review.
Until 1897 the interstate commerce
commission exercised the power to
regulate ranroau rreigm. ractas, urn. me |
supreme court then decided that under j
the law the commission had no such I
authority. Western members of congress,
especially, have urged on behalf
of their constituents, that the power
recommended by the president be conferred
by law on the commission.
They have told the president tha?. no
question is of greater importance to
the people than this, and that they
really arb more Interested in it than [
they are in the proposed revision ot j
th tariff. The president is in entire
agreement with this view and proposes
to exert his influence to bring about j
consideration of the subject at the
present session.
Trusts Grow Apprehensive.
Three possible reasons for the pres- ;
ent demoralized condition of the stock '
market are talked of in Washington, j
The first is the inflated values of many ;
stocks from which it is claimed, has ;
resulted a natural reaction; the sec- ;
ond is the recent interesting tactics of
Thomas A. Lawson, of Boston and !
the third, to which the most signlfi- j
cance is attaches apparently, is the j
president's recommendation in his an- j
nual message for an increase in th'e J
powers of the interstate commerce !
commission. , {
The persons who put forward this !
latter view say that the jig financiers
of the country are really apprehensive
of nroceediucs inimica. to their inter- j
ests as a result of the president's attitude,
and that the panic in stocks is
the natural and logical result.
Neither the president nor Mr. Cortclyou
.these same men assert, made f
any promises to the trusts of immun- !
ity from molestation cf any kind at- j
tendant on their gorgeous contributions
to the republican campaign fund
in the recent contest, but other republicans,
so high in the councils of the
party that- their assertions carried
much weight, did make such promises
and the trust interests relied upon
them.
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MANY HITS BEING MADE.
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Japs Keep Good Account of Bombardment
at Port Arthur. .
| A report from the commander of
the Japanese forces at Port Arthur :
dated 3 o'clock Friday morning, was
as follows:
"As the result of our oaval gun bom- j
bardment Thursday the Bayan was hit;
six times and the Amur fourteen times, j
The Amur is sinking astern.
"Our cannonade directed against the '
store houses and arsenals at the north-!
east base of Paiyu mountain resulted
in thirty-six hits, causing great dam- j
age." 1
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CARMACK SEEKS INFORMATION. j
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Wants to Know How Money Was CoU ,
lected for Campaign Expenses.
In the senate Wednesday, Mr. Car- j
mack, of Tennessee, introduced a joint
resolution providing for the appointment
of a commission composed of
members of the senate and house to
investigate collection and expenditure
of money by national committees in
the interest of presidential candidates.
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THOSE BOGUS SECURITIES
Contents of Packages Left By Mrs.
Chadwlck With Iri Reynolds, of
the lll-Fated Oberlin Bank.
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Attorney A. A. Sterns, represent- ;
ins Herbert D. Newton, of BrooUline, i
Mass., made an authoritative state- i
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ment. at Cleveland, O., Saturday, con
cerning the securities that were found
in the packages left with Iri Reynolds
by Mrs. Chad wick.
Package No. I, contained a note .
made payable to Cassie L. Chadwick,!
dated May 20, 1902, for $5,000,000 and I
payable in fifteen months. It was |
signed with the name of Andrew Carnegie.
In package No. 1. was also a
trust agreement, dated February 27,
1901, and signed "Andrew Carnegie,"
purporting to be a receipt for securities
delivered to Andrew Carnegie by ,
Frederick R. Mason, deceased, uncle;
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OI uassie ^iiiiuwiCR, Liie vaiuc \>s.
tbe securities being placed at $7,500,-'
000, and to be productive of income.
These securities purported to be
bonds of the United States Steel Corporation.
the Caledonian railway of
Scotland, and the Great Western railroad
of England.
Package No. 2, contained a dupli-;
cate copy of tbe trust agreement. J
Package No. 3, contained a promis-!
sory note for $1,800 signed by Emily
and Daniel Pine, and made payable to
Cassie L. Chad wick, and a mortgage
securing the same.
Saturday's developments of the financial
transactions of Mrs. Chadwick
disclosed the fact that she had
in her possession directly or indirect- j
ly, alleged securities with a face value
of nearly $14,000,000. These all
bear the name of Andrew Carnegie,
and are as follows:
Note held by Citizens' na
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uonai uaiiK. ol uueniu..? ouu,vvu
Note held by Citizen's ' national
bank of Oberlin.. 250,000
Notes admitted to exist by
President Beckwith 500,000
Notes held by Ira Reynolds
5,000,000
Certificates of trusteeship for
securities held by Reynolds
7,500,000 |
Totals $13,750,000
With this backing Mrs. Chadwick
was able to obtain large loans during
the last two or three years. The only
financial institution that has so far
as is known been compelled to close
on account of the woman's dealings
has been the Citizens' national bank
of Oberlin, the president and cashier
of which are now under indictment
and under bail on the charge of mis-,
application of national bank funds.
The inducements offered the Oberlin
bank oflicers were said to have
been the promise of Mrs. Chadwick
+ /-* r\ 1 t ? 4- V* o /I Cr\/\n ? ^1%
tu auu. opcai iu<il UiCii
bank was to be made the trustee of
Mrs. Chad wick's $15,000,000 estate,
and that the bankers were each to receive
a yearly salary of $10,000 for
their services. An additional bonus
of $40,000 was promised to the bank
when the loans were repaid. j
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CA3BABE WORMS KILL SIX. |
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Whole Family Dead in Illinois from
Eating Poisoned Vegetables.
James Rankin, aged 60; Mary Rankin,
aged 56, and four children, living
near Siddell, 111., are dead from the
effects of eating poisoned cabbage. !
Cabbage in the garden was found tc j
contain worms about the size of a j
thread and 8 to 10 inches long, about;
the color of the cabbage. The cabbage
was cut up and fed to animals
and all died. Neigboring farmers are
destroying their cabbage.
Child Labor and Eight-Hour Law. ^
A proclamation has been issued by
Governor Poole, of Montana, declaring
the adoption of the amendments to
the state constitution, relating to child
labor and the eight-hour law, voted at
the recent election, and these ar?
now in full force and effect. i
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GEORGIA GRANITE GETS PRIZE. J
Samples From Elbert County Receive j
Award of St. Louis Fair Judges. ;
The jury of awards at the St. Louis
exposition has awarded to Dr. N. G.
Lcng, of Elbert county, Ga., first prize
in monumental and building granite, j
The contest was waged by parties from
nil rxtroi* fha trnrlr?
?*A1 IT VA*U?
The specimens Dr. Long had on exhibition
were sold by him for handsome
prices, and many leading arcnitects
and builders from all over the ;
country, including government in-1
spectors, requested samples and gave
orders.
BANK OFFICIALS AS THIEVES.
Warrants for Larceny Sworn Out
Against Men at Buffalo, N. Y.
At Buffalo, N. Y., warrants charging
grand larceny in the second degree
have been granted against former
President Emory, Cashder Paul Werner
and Assistant Cashier William
Luedeck.. of the German National i
Bank, vhich was closed by the state 1
banking department several days ago.
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At Hands of Unknown Parties. jo
TIto -iiTrv r?? innresr in tVw? Wiiprhpe I f(
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assembled at Trenton last Moil- >
day, and, after two' or three hours of E
testimony and consideration, returned s
a verdict that the Hughes family came \ S
to death at the hands of parties or !
persons unknown.
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Surrenders After Killing Negro. t<
Will Hill, colored, who was shot In
near Newberry on November 11th, by j a
B. H. Amick, white, has died from 1 i:
the effects of the wound. j rr
Immediately after the coroner's in ! a
quest was held Amick surrendered to j b
Sheriff Muford. He is now lodged in | tl
the county jail. (C
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Federation for Charleston.> je
James Leonard, of'New Orleans, or- j v
ganizer of the American Federation j y
of Labor, is in Charleston perfecting j
tne organization 01 tee locai oram;ii ui : lj
his order. The unions are fairly well j r<
organized in the city, but Leonard was j ii
sent on to strengthen the organization it)
and will be located for some days, en- jf;
gaged in this work. ; t]
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Jailed for Concealing Goods.
Leon Kornblut and Julius Leviscon.;
merchants of Latta, were convicted fl
of concealing goods from the trustee tl
in bankruptcy after a trial lasting C
five days in the United States dis- e
trict court at Charleston. The mer- v
chants were sent to jail pending the d
motion which will be made Tor a new p
trial
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Wil| Improve Charleston Terminals, r
President Erwin, of the Atlantic u
Coast Line; Third Vice President m
Culp, C. H. Ackert, general manager: a
T. C. Powell, freight traffic manager b
of the Southern were in Charleston a
few days ago for conference concern- ii
ing betterment of Charleston termin- w
als, now owned jointly by the two a
roads. Improvements asked for are d
to meet the increased commerce of b
the port. v
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Aarcn Prioleau Convicted. I it
Aaron P. Prioleau, colored, republi- j m
can candidate at the last election for j r
congress in the first district, was convicted
in the United States court at <
Charleston last Monday of violating
section 3891 Revised Statues, interfer- 2
ing with and opening decoy letters ^
while a railway postal clerk, in 1902. <
The jury, including one negro, first 4
stood eleven to one for conviction, and
later brought In a verdict of guilty
with recommendation to mercy.
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Big Crop on one-Horse Farm.
To mitxvt* seventeen oaies 01 cot- ^
toil, tweacj-iuiu* iwo-norde iou.u.3 01 ^
tuia, isji'tj-uio Dusnexs 01 peas, thir- j
lv-ii,ur UUUui'ctL OuUa.cS Oi iuuuw*, iiw* ^
biuto otaer luiage, aiiu raise lor Kin- ^
ing SxX nugs NVxiii.ii n>ill average oo?J ^
poaiius eacn, is quite a line reeoru
uuiie cy o. S. Auams, wno^ uvea g
aoou: luur mnes irom sancucK.
Mr. Aaams was very mouest when ^
telling a press representative about it .
when in union a tew days ago, tnougn
it is a reccra mat any iariner mignt
be proud of, and others mignt emu- ^
late; especially as all the work was *
done by Mr. Adams and his four
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young sons, aged respectively, eight,
eleven, thirteen and fifteen.
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Claim Method Injures Trade.
At a recent meeting the Charleston j 1
whang? adoDted the following I
resolutions and sent a copy to the 1
chief starician for manufactures, een- c
sus bureau: 8
"Resolved, That it is the sense of *
this exchange that the methods adopt- 8
ed this year by the census bureau in J
issuing the report of cotton ginned in 1
installments, instead of in sum total, I
as done by said bureau in previous 1
years, has been a serious detriment to t
the cotton trade this season, unset- f
tling the market value of spot cotton *
and creating erroneous impressions as
to the final outcome of the cotton gin- {
ned. And it is further
"Resolved, That the chief statisti- ^
eian of the census bureau be respectfully
asked and requested to issue all
future reports of the cotton ginned in
a monthly form in its entirety, as was a
his manner of doing, same in the pre- .
vious season." (
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May Have Operated in South Carolina. *
I It is thought in Charleston that in .
the large number of alleged bank rob*
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bers who nave oeen ruuuucu up anu
arrested in Baltimore,/on the charge
i of robbing a bank in Maryland, there j
I are some of the gang who have been ^
operating in South Carolina during the ^
past year and a half.
The postoffice inspectors are inves;
tigating the matter, and some of the .
! men mav be held for trial in this state.
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Are Fed From Table of Jailor. '
| The alleged lynchers of the negro ]
Bookhart, Palmer, Andrew and Ben
! Martin and S. A. Edon, of Eutawville. 3
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who were comifRtted for trial by Mag- ;
istrate McCoy, at St. 'George's sev- ;
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ral days ago, have been lodged in
ail at Charleston, although they are . A
iven full liberty about the prison .
nd are given their meals from the
ible of Jailer Graddick, rather than
artaking of the prison fare.
It is understood that efforts are beig
made to secure bond for the prisners
and this may be arranged be- * f
)re their departure for the jail at
lonck's Corner, the sounty seat of- j..
terkley, where they will have to an- j4
wer to the charge of killing the ne1
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Martin Criticised. W
The proposition of State Superiii- fe
?ndent of Education Martin to re- -J
love the South Carolina Military caderny
to Columbia and consolidate ;?
, with the South Carolina college,
laking a state university, has caused '*
sensation and the superintendent is ' :M
eing criticised, not because he favors
ae removal of the institution from
harleston, which he is conceded to 9
ave a perfect right to recommend", *;
t on account of the unkindly refer- 5
cces which he makes to the city, ;&??
7hich has stood by the institution fop - ears.
He refers to the pending of the peti- . -i
ten of the board of visitors for the
pmoval Of the police station, which Is. ^
1 close proximity to the citadel, by
tie city council, and charges that by *
?iiure to act promptly the city shows
nor n /vo /?tt t c nnf xsronfoh v ' ^.v/s
>*tic liitr ovauvui; 10 uvg *? muwvu* *n52B
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Charleston's Railroad Troubles.
Charleston is about to have another. . |
ght against a railroad on her bands, '
ais time the Charleston Terminal *
Company, which has practically reftttf- " 3
d to repair certain wharves and proide
the storage and berth facilities
emanded by the best interests of the gi
ort. i
Importers have recently had much. : ; ^
rouble in securing berths for theiressels,
being forced to pay demur-. ^,1
age in some cases because of the fail- :
re of the corporation to repair
harves and provide the automatic i|l||
ppliances necessary in unloading \J
ulk cargoes. ';.v f9
The business fit the port is increa% % H
lg on account of it being-the deep
ater port of the South Atlantic coast;
nd the only port where the deepest
raft vessels can enter easily. The
rsiness people argue that unless the 11
harves are kept up and deep water.
rovided in the slips, a deep channel
5 of no use and the municipal author- /
::es have started an investigation f
,bich will doubtless end in the rail- ' ;
oads being carried into the courts. 1
Congress to Recess After December 21
The house has adopted a concur
ent resolution providing that whea : im
he house and senate adjourn Wednes .
lay, December 21, it be until Janu&r?
, 1905. %
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A PREACHER IN THE CASE.
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lev. Eton Indirectly Aided Mrs. Chad- ,
wick in Her Nefarious Work. CA
Boston dispatch says: With ref-v|||M
irence to the statement of Rev. Dr. i
Charles A. Eaton, of Cleveland, that
te assisted in having introduced Mrs. vfe
J. L. Chadwick and Herbert D. Newon,
though he was not acquainted
eith the woman said Saturday:- ""
"All I've got to say is this: I don't
ee why, simply because a man hap- j.-.i
ens to be a minister of the gospel,
te sould not step forth in man fash- .
on and take his medicine like the
est of us." , . ,
Concerning the report crediting Mr. | '}
tfewton with hoping for,a settlement
hrough John D. Rockefeller, on.the ^
issumption that he would not wish -j
o have his pastor's name dragged * ' - ?
nto the affair, Mr. Newton said:
"There is no truth in that report. 5
have had hopes of a settlement, but ' |
tot through Mr. Rockefeller.
"Mrs. Chadwick represented to me - ,
hat she had certain securities in the ' !
are of Iri Reynolds, and I was showa
in affidavit signed by him, stating j
hat he had in his possession stocks
md bonds belonging to her valued at
>5,000,000. A list of them was fur- lished
me, and this list was accom- - ^
>anied by a sworn statement that W
Irs. Chadwlck's semi-annual Income " ^ .
rora the securities was $175,000. The '<
ace value of the securities was much ' ;
nore than $5,000,000. ' 1 '
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1ARNEGIE REITERATES DENIAJ-.
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Keel King Emphatically Declares -i
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that He Never i\new mi?. vuntniwv } r
Andrew Carnegie's secretary was. %r
isked Thursday whether Mr. Carnegie '.
vould make public his reply to an inluiry
from County Prosecutor Keeler, *
)f Cleveland, asking formally If 5V- ' i
Carnegie had signed his name to notes
tor $1,250,000. Mr. Carnegie's secre- J
ary said Mr. Carnegie would not
nake public his reply.
"Mr. Carnegie can only say what he
said at first," said the secretary, "that
le does not know Mrs. Chadwick; that >
le has had no dealings with her, and " J
:hat the connection of his name wfth
:he case is absurd." |
County Prosecutor Keeler, at Clever . j
land, Ohio, received the following telegram
Thursday from Andrew Carne- \
jie, at New York, in reply to an to- |j
lulry as to the genuinennss of the slg- j;
natures: .
"Never signed such notes; have no
notes out now; have hot issued a note
for many years,. -You can arrange to
have any necessary affidavits executed 1 <
here. ANDREW CARNB0?E>?
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