Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i y #K???r' <> it plS v . Great Fortress is at Sv1'*' Japs by Gen. Stoes: I" Needless Sacr I ' ~t? ?: WHITE FLAG RUN UPI r? , | i Climax to Most Bloody and Stubborn Siege in History and Lasting for Eleven Months. "' l Port Arthur, whoSe hills have for |<T<- months run red with the blood of the j bravest of two warlike nations, has at j HE last succumbed to the fierce tenacity erf the Japanese attack. General ~ Stoessel, most stubborn in carrying ' out the will of his sovereign, has seen the advance of the besieging army * tain in momentum and energy until jp^ to hold out longer would have been a crime against humanity. Exhausted by months or almost p,, v constant fighting, decimated by disg?;.f 'ease and casualties and hopelessly sealed in its rocky fortress, the gal-. .V . lant garrison has yielded to its gailant besiegers and tne end :s now 1^- written of the most dramatic war in cident of modern times. |j&| At 9 o'clock Sunday night General Lv. Jiogi, commander of the Japanese > army of investment, receive 1 from the Russian General Stoessei a note ->v - saying that he found further resdsts;4 ance useless and asked for a meeting to arrange terms of capitulation The |p|| hote was simple 3n i direct, and the 05 . ' Japanese general immediately named .commissioners to center with reprev" gentatives of the liussia commander. v They xfiet at noon Monday to arrange :V;V. - the conditions of surrender. Yf"* -v *VThe nature of the terms agreed en frV is not yet known, but the dispatches &V from Tokio indicate that they will be of the most magnanimous character. Kg* The emperor * of Japan himself, through the chief of the imperial staff, has given public his expression that ' "tSeneral -Stoessel has rendered commendable -service to his, country in r> the midst of difficulties," and that it his wish "that miltary honors bo | - shown him." In Just forty-five minutes the com&? -missioners completed the signing of Bfe the capitulation agreement. The ar- j 'sties had suspended hostilities five \ hours earlier The city of Port Ar- j g. )i thur wiH be occupied by the Japanese j g. - at once. ?|&5 ~ s The siege and the defense of Rus- 1 p sia's stronghold in the Far Efast, lastli kig eleven months, have been marked by bravery, gallantry and. desperation |V .uneqiAlled in modern warfare and hardly excelled in military history. ^ v The story of the operations around v. Port Arthur is one of repeated lightly Jug, both by land and sea of the most Jy; desperate and thrilling character. J:* Isolated instances of heroism that would have set the world ringing under less overwhelming circumstances v . have been dwarfed by the generally V; magnificent conduct of both forces. By sea there have been torpedo >v, boat dashes of superb recklessness, - and big ships have ploughed through fields with heroic disregard to j iy give battle in wild efforts to escape. | ' On land the armies have hurled { ' themselves against positions declared; -y to be impregnable. They have faced # Sjftd scaled fheights crowned with bat-! fe / teries and crowded with defenders, | r .suffering losses that military experts! say would have appalled any Euro- j J < *. pean army. y, 1 In the doomed fortress its people j have lived in a devastating rain of ; ? shell and shrapnel. i * \ funeral* had been preached. ! Supposed Dead Man Surprises His j P>iends By Returning to Life. At Jefferson, Okla.. Nathan F. Chi- j dester is announced by the attending j physicians out of danger, although I his funeral had been preached and j his body^was in fhe coffin ready for | burial. j Just before starting for the ceme- i tery, the undertaker removed the cof fin lid that the rrien Is might have a j last look at the dead man. The underside of the lid was moist, and it was discovered that Chidister! was breathing. NASHVILLE GETS BIG MEETING. Pan-Prcsbyterian Alliance of World to j Gather in Tennessee City. The western section of the Pan- j Presbyterian Alliance of the World ! will meet in Nashville, Tenn.. on i March 29rh. ; The body will be composed of representatives from ail the Presbyterian churches of the United States and, Cv3?da.' * rem up! Last Surrendered to sel to Stop Further ifice of Lives. On scanty rations, on every side knowing that hope of succor or escape was in vain, the garrison has fought with a stubbornness that ha3 evoked the admiration of the world. They met the untinng assaults of the Japanese with a grim valor that won | even the praise ot their foes, and the fighting has been .vaged with a relentlessness that they often refused truces to bury the dead and collect the wounded. Over corpse-filled trenches men have fought hand to hand with cold steel and clubbed guns, and at short range have hurled at each other hand grenades filled with high explosives. The whole story is one of undaunted courage and sublime bravery. A Russian officer declares that It cost the Japanese eighty thousand men to take the fortress, while others say they have lost at least one hundred thousahd. The number of Russians dead is not known, even to the high officers. Text of Nogi's Telegram. The text of General Nogi's telegram sent to Tokio announcing the capitulation of the Russian forces at Port Arthur is as follows: "The plenipotentiaries of both parties concluded their negotiations today at 4:30 o'clock." The Russian commissioners accepted on the whole the conditions stipulated by us and consented to capitulate. The document has been prepared and signatures are now being affixed. Simultaneously with the conclusion of negotiations, both armies suspended hostilities. It is expected that the Japanese army will enter the city of Port Arthur tomorrow." j Russians "Withheld News. .j The authorities at St. Petersburg, in the absence of direct official news from General Stoessel that Port Arthur has surrendered, would not permit the news to. become public. Emperor Nicholas is in the south of Russia, and his ministers are for the time being In the dark as to what dispatches have been sent to him from the front. Tokio was the scene of rejoicing, people of all ranks finding in the outcome compensation for all sacrifice of life "and money that was entailed in the eleven months' siege. Question of Peace Probfemattca.. . To what extent the fall of Port Ar thur will make for a restoration of peace is an open question. ,There is an encouraging note in the expression of Baron Hayashi. Japanese minister at London, of the hope that in some way it will facilitate final peace, though the pacific note is perhaps lost in the later words of the minister, which call attention to the fact that the besieging army will now be . free to go north, where it will be an offset: to the reinforcements General Kuropatkin has been receiving from Russia since the battle of Shakhe. The spirit of the Russians may be judged by the statement of the secretary of the embassy at London that the campaign "will be renewed with fresh vigor in the spring, and that the nation will not be content to permit Port Arthur to remain in the hands of the Japanese. Both in Paris and in London, the opinion is that the squadron under Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, which started from Libau for the Far East three months ago. will have to retrace its way home, as adherence to the original plans would invite disaster without probability of effecting a junction with the warships at present in the harbor of Vladivostok. VARDAMAN'S POSTOFFICE. Question of Acceptance Now Up to ! Uncle Sam. The postoffice department at Vvasningtcn has been officially advised of the action of Governor Vardaman in issuing a proclamation incorporating the village of Vardaman. in Chickasaw county, and it now remains to be .seen what Uncle Sam is going to do about it This is the 11;tie village which the iaJe Postmaster General Payne declined to recognize because of alleged language used by Governor Vardaman concerning President's mother. BATE WILL SUCCEED HIMSELF. The Tennessee General Assembly Convenes in Nashville. The fifty-fourth session of the Tennessee assembly assembled in Nash vilie at. noon Monday. John S. Cox. of Sullivan ecunlv, was elected speaker of the senate, and j W. K. Abernathy of the house. General W. B. Bate will succeed himself as United States senator. [ GINNERS IN ATLANTA. J Cotton Reports and New Movement to Control Information Discussed.' Taylor Scores Government. Tko Georgia cotton ginners and j those of neighboring states gathered in Atlanta Friday afternoon, some fif* j tv strong, the meeting having been ! railed by a circular letter sen out by the "National Ginnc-rs' Association ox Dallas, Texas. J. A. Taylor, of Wynnewood, Ind. T., president of the association, called the body to order, and in a pleasant manner told the story of the organization. After the government reports for the month of November came out, he said he became convinced that the cotton planters were not getting just what they had a right to expect. He was not alone in tnat view of the situation. "It was the information the gir.ners had given which was working us a wrong," he asserted. "That information was giving the markets the best of the growers, because on that information the speculator was working. We could have given out that information Just as well as let others do it. [ When we ga>e away our knowledge I we gave away our stock in trade. We ' equipped me man up rasi, wuu ,1.0.0 I the money to diet at e the price of our | - .< ^ staple. Had that, information been ; retained by the ginners, then that glnner could hare advised his customer, the planter, whose cotton he had been ginning, as to the demand and the I supply; could have equipped him with information which would have told him when to hold and when tc sell." Presideot Taylor informed the'gathering that there were about thirty thousand ginners in the south, and asserted that if they would stand together. keep their information and allow no secrets of the tirade to escape, the planter and not the eastern mar ket would, within a short ime, control the price of cotton. "We know," he said, "what the government did for us with the last report. It sent cotton valnes away down. Now for one I don't believe that report was in any way correct." President Taylor then illustrated bow the information which had been and was being transmitted to the government was gathered, asserting that many of the "reporters"-employed in that line of work were biased, influenced and wholly unreliable. He ex pressed a 4loubt as to the "reporters having done their work, adding that In many instances the Information given the "reporters" came from ginners who. influenced by a desire tc show a large work, had given erroneous figures. The ginners of Georgia and Alabama have been generally faithful about making reports to the government, say the men who met In the ginners' convention. Their opinion was secured by questioning them in regard to the state meat made by the Memphis cotton exchange that a large number of Tennessee ginners had made no reports to the government, to which Census Director North had replied that where no reports had been made there had been no attempt to make estimates by the bureau. When asked about the Fort Gaines cotton burning incident, the delegates to the convention, almost to a man. asked not to be quoted. On the part of some, this request was made on the ground that they did not care to have their names linked, even in an interview, "with anything so absurd." Others objected to talking on the ground that it would be unwise to pay serious attention to the incident. ? \ MIGHTY SALV08 GREET TOGO. Jap Admiral and Vice Admiral Royalty Welcomed in Tokio. Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Kamimura, with their staffs, arrived at the Shimbashi station In Tokio, Friday morning. Their journey from Kure to Toltlc was a continuous ovation. At an early hour the streets were flllei and the city was gaily decorated with flags, lanterns and new year's decorations. STRIKERS OPPOSED TO PEACE. Unions at Fall River Vote Against Calling Off Big Strike. The labor unions involved since last July in a strike against a 12 1-2 per cent reduction in wages in the cotton mills of Fall River. Mass., by a vote of approximately of three to one have approved a continuance of the contest. The total vote of uie unions on the question of continuing the strike was 1,401 in favor of, 420 against. COTTON GOODS pEOPLt FAIL. Receiver is Appointed for the Windsor Company at North Adams, Mass. A receiver has been appointed for tlie Windsor company of North Adams, Mass. The liabilities are $500,CIO including ""mortgages. The assets are not given but it is charged that the company is in.f^cnt and without funds. The Windsor company operates print works for finishing a fine grade of cotton good?. The unsteady cotton market is given as the cause of fail ure. - r ? I _ ^ IS SOUTH CAROLINA -V | j STATE NEWS ITEMS. ^; New Editor is Elected. ! The publishing board of the South , Carolina Methodist conference has ' elected Rev. G. H. Waddell. of Spar- j ianburg. editor of the Southern Chrfs- j tian Advocate, to succeed Rev. W. R. ! Richardson, resigned. Assistant Hospital Physician, j At the annual meeting in Columbia j ! of the board of regents of the South i Carolina Hospital for the Insane, an assistant superintending physician i was elected in the person of Dr. H. H. Griffin, who is the son of Dr. P. E. j Griffin, who was for thirteen years ! superintendent of the institution. S ' ' ? ! * : Dairymen Can't Organize. j Efforts to form a state dairymen's, j assoeiaticn at Columbia have failed ; ! because of unwillingness on the part 1 of dairymen throughout the state to . ! enter an agreement as to prices be! cause of existing contracts. The dai- # j rymen also fear that forming a trust i of this kind would invite competition | from- outside. i. . ' ' ? * * Waldrop Kills Maddox. j Samuel Maddox was shot and in- i ! stantly killed a few days ago on a ; farm near Greenville by J. B. Wal- j drop. Both men seem to have leas- j ed the same farm, and when Maddox j went to take possession, he found VValdrop there occupying the house. The men were well known and indue- i trious white, farmers. Waldrop sur | rendered to the sheriff. } ! * * Leister Kills McAllister. Arthur Leister shot and killed j George. McAllister in the card room of 1 the Appalache Cotton mills, at Arling- j ton. Leister was card room boss and j had discharged one of McAllister's j family, and this occasioned a quarrel | between the two. whiqji resulted In ' Leister shooting McAllister three j times, the latter dying almost instant- j ly. Leipter weiit immediately to ! Spartanburg and gave himself up to j the sheriff. , Ke was lo'dged in the j county jail. I * ; j Water Route Association Organized. The Interstate Water Route Asso elation was permanently organized at } Columbia a few days ago, J. H. Chad- j bourne, of Wilmington, N. C.. was j elected president; Representative G. j i B. Patterson, of the Wilmington dis- ' | trict, C. P. Sigr.ous, of Charleston, and ; | C. P. Goodyear, of Brunswick, Ga. j | vice presidents; and E. B. Clarke and ! ! E. B. Taylor of Columbia, seereta- ; j ries. President Chadbourne stated | i the object of the meeting, saying it ! i was not for any particular section, i j but for the entire country. Delegates j representing commercial bodies were ! present from a number of southern j '! cities. : I ! i i New B-anK at union. i Announcement has just been made j : that Union i& to have another Nation- i al bank, to be capitalized at $100,000. j which will give the city four'banking i institutions with a capitalization of j about $300,000. It was at first report- i ed that Col. T. C. Duncan, president j of the Union and Buffalo Cotton mills, j was the organizer of the new bank. ; j but when spoken to he said the report j j was a mistake. It is learned on high : ; authority that Mr. L. M. Jordan, form- ! j erly of Seneca, but who for some time ; has been manager of the Union Cotj ton Mills Department store, will be | connected wit.a the bank either as ! j president or treasurer, and that steps j j will be taken towards organization at j | a very early date. * " ' - ! I * New South Carolina Industries. B. P. Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Jr., and j B. W. Taylor have received a com- j mission from the secretary of state as ! ' incorporators of the Taylor Manufac- j turing Company, which has already j erected a plant, in Columbia, for the j J cotton seed soap business. The capi- j j tal is $100,000. Another $100,000 con. ' cern, which received a commission ! was the Horry Lumber Company, of Conway. W. Godfrey and W. G. God. j frcy are the corporators. The Heath- j Jones, general livery business of Leu- ! caster, was also commissioned, capi- \ tal $50,000. Mr. O. P. Hdafh, of i * j 1 - A unanoue, is one ox uic uui|A/iawio. i A charter went to the Florence Qinning and Milling Company, of which i Mr. J. W. McGown is president. Notices of Increases in capital stock , wc-re received from the Bank of Den- i j mark, from $2,000 to $10,000. and from ! j the Lynn Furniture Manufacturing \ I Company of Spartanburg, from $25,000 : j to $50,000. . | Favors Shipment of Shad. j The decision of Judge Brawley, in i ! the. United States circuit court at i ! Charleston declaring unconstitutional i ! the law forbidding the shipment of | i shad out of South Carolina, means a j I great deal to the dealers in the coast j section of the state. The law was v J \ passed at the last session of the iegis lature, but before i: became effective last June, an Injund km was secured from the United States court requir ing the express companies to receive the fish for shipment and the industrj has not been seriously interferred with. The shipment of fish is a very ex tensive and profitable industry In the lewef part of South Carolina and the 'avoraitle decision of ihe court is the jest present for the new year that couid have been made to the dealers The opinion of the court rests on the point that the act was in conflict with interstate commerce and was there fore unconstitutional. * * * Constables Are Fined. A dispensary case decision wa: handed down in a magistrate's cour in Columbia a few days ago of inucl general interest and important throughout the state. The docisior finds two dispensary constables, W. I. K. Johnson and J. H. Killett. guilt; of trespass after notice at the Shul place, in Washington street, whicl the constables have raided time an< lime again, -but which is constantl; blossoming out with a new cliarte from the secretary of state as a cial club. The proprietor is said l< have already made a small fortune a the business. The magistrate im posed a fine of $5 on each of the con stables.. The case will be taken i< the supreme c?urt in liklihood. The warrants were sworn ou against the constables by J. H. Gas ton, the owner of the premises, ,wh< charges the defendants with trespass after notice. The magistrate find that if the constables had been arme< with search warrants they could hav< taken as much time as they desired ix making the search. BURNING COTTON IN WES1 , { Bonfire of Sixty Bales Made by Farm ers of a Little Town in Oklahoma. A Costly Jest. ' f. A dispatch from Shawnee, Oklahoma, says^ Several thousand dol lars' worth of cotton, estimated a: sixty bales, gathered together' in < huge pile in the little town of Asher In the southern part of this (JPottara attomie) county, turnished & hug* bonfire with which to greet the Now Year.. In the presence of a large crow* txie torch was applied, and the ascend ing smoke was a witness, it was de clared that the farmers of the sec section are not to be outdone by thos* of other sections in the effort to r* duce lae supp.y of cotton and restor the equilibrium of the market. ? The fire was the result of a banter ing jest which spread rapidly through out the town and community. Th joke soon became a reality, and near ly every farmer around Asher contrit uted of his surplus cotton to add the bonfire. ( In a short time after the movemen was begun, considerable cotton ha* been dumped in the pile, which rapid ly increased in size. One man con frihntpd two bales, many others i bale each, while load after load o seed cotton went to sweii the pile. When all was in readiness, "Dad1 Coleman,' after delivering a shor speech, applied the torch and the as sembled hundreds cheered the clouvli of smoke a? they ascended. ORDERS WOMAN'S RELEASE. Judge Speer Sustains Another Chair gang Habeas Corpus Case. In the United States court at M; con, Ga.. Monday, inthe habeas coi pus case of one Annie Wheelei against the superintendent of Bib county chain gang. Judge Speer 'd dered the marshal to take the pet tioner into custody and release he on an appearance bond of ono. bur dred dollars. The Judge stated that heretofore i the case of Jamison the court had d< flared the system of the Bibb count chain gang to constitute infamou punishment and be in violation of th law. The record of this case, he sai< fully bears that out. The idea that woman shall, be sent to that chaii gang for six months for loitering o its face is contrary .to every teaehin of civilization and humanity. ATTACK MADE ON JOHN HAY. Alleged He is Dominated by Mone Fowcrs of Europe. At a public meeting held in Por land, Oregon, called for the purpos of indorsing the efforts cf Presiden Roosevelt and Secretary Hay in brinj ing about the reconvening of Th Hague peace tribunal, a disturbsnc was created by the efforts of a nun erous contingent to prevent the adoj lion of laudatory resolutions. The opposition was lei by an eai nest speaker, wiio stated that Secrt tary Hay was dominated in his act b the money powers of Great Britai and Europe. Supporting the speal er's attack, the opposition hissed Mj Hay's name vigorously. When it came to voting on th original resolution great oppositio was shown and It was only after fon attempts rbat the resolution wa passed. Ws H V; ' l * * ' " ' ' t '* / I 1 1^' ' -' i-pj ; | EXODUS OF GEORGIANS [ To the Far West is Proving a Menace ; to the State?Enticed \yitti !m' possible Promises. ? . > < I ~ i "The present exodus of hundreds of . Greorgia families to Oklahoma and < - . "% "o, : Texas is the greatest menace to the. t - prosperity and best inerests of the ? ; state." These words are from one of th'e aighest officials of the largest railroad system in the south.- Continung he l said: ^ "During the past two months of November and December over 1,0,00 Geor- ^ , giaiis, many of them native born, have left the Empire State of 4he South s- for the promised Eldorados of Oklat homa and Texas. The worst part of * ; 7 it is that the number of Georgians _ a who are leaving their state Is growing rapidly. The principal reason v for their departure lies in the promises f that are being made by agents fromthe southwest who are enticing these Georgians with assurances that are* r 1 nothing more than absolute lies. , ^ "The number of these land and 1m* migration - agents is larger at , r time than ever before, and the znis*" chief they are working is greater 5 The southern railroads are now mak* ing arrangements to take some con" certed action ^against tjiese agents, who are- working so, constantly for 3 the depopulation of this and other soptheam states, c "The method-of procedure on the \-4 - part of these agents is pretty mdch ) the same old story. They circulate s among the farming and mill districts 8 and tell the most marvelous stories ' \ . i of the wealth and fichAess of ths e southwest. Their tales of the fertil ' ' ? ? ? ? > ^Innlv noO-f *11 , . 1 liy OI mc iana are* auuyt; jwuv ... description. 'This land and other fab- f ulous riches are offered at ridiculously low prices to those Who have a little money, while to others beautiful farms are promised either absolutely / * free or upon impossibly small payments each year. These agents carry with hem also a left of fake advertising matter and descriptions of the land that is waiting for the new settlers that helps much in the sowing of the seed of discontent that results In the 6 journeying to the promised Canaan of 1 milk and honey. R; "It is in this way that the agents * have been , able to persuade many . * Georgians to sell their little farms or r spend their, small earnings la invest ments a thousand miles away. ?6 1 'great is the rush that very many. of * these farmers and mill operatives have been induced to spend their earnings u before making their trip. In this con- 2 nection photographs of the mad rush s of settlers into Oklahoma when k was ? i first opened years ago have been Used i with teHing. effect. Farmers and oper- | >. atives have been told by these agents j [?. that they were foolish to remain hew. e where they could secure only fair prof.. its and wages, when just beyond Ihy a land which would make them all rifch 3 3 .in a very fbw years. - ?% "These agents are very cievser apd ; ^; t winning talkers and'their storfes and j tneir literature havebeen believed) pud as a consequence there hgs-besm" 'I- w hm r\f Ceorsrians traveling'to' A i.lFU?> wa certain disappointment. Very many \ | . f of these have returned to their old homes and have- given the lie. direct. ?, ? to the stories-told the agents, but vthere are others who have spent everything they had in getting to this prom- f Ised land and have been compelled B to remain and suffer such hardships \ as they had never known in- Qeorgia." j UNCLE SAM PLAYED SANTY. \ u Large Amount of International Money ? Orders Forwarded to Other Lands. 9 t ^ Statplayed Sahia 9 Claus to the world at large,?asoord- v!]9 r ing to reports secured from Gener21-\_^^B ^ Superintendent Joseph Elliott, of the ^1^9 ^ money order division of the New . 9 . York pdstof&ce. From December 1 to 'I T ' December 24, the night before Christ- '<'9 ' mas. no less than 334,084 internatkm- 9 al orders were- forwarded to other 9 lands from New York and these, or- 9 ^ ders called for $4,667,620 90. ^ . :..Vj9 g .. Many Thousands on Strike. V ' According to a Si. Petersburg dis- Vj9 patch tens of thousands of men have j struck throughout the Baku oil fields ' '9 a in Russia. 'V j9 ? tWW-E TRAGEDY IN ALABAMA. jl 8 Arch Pope Slays His Brother and Then Commits Suicide. A double tragedy occurred at Mid- 9 land City, Ala., Friday. 9 y Arch Pope and his brother^ Jesse jj Pope, had a falling out over a line * fence, and the former shot and killede the latter with a pistol. After the M r killing Arch went home and commit ted suicide by taking strychnine. 9 e The Popes are amongr the most prose perous and prominent people of south " l* east Alabama. Both men leave faini- ; J '* lies. :>;j [' DAVE HILL IN RETIREMENT. "" * \. " Noted Politician Ceases Active Work . ^ ;vrj n .j * c. After Forty Years in Harness. r. The retirement of former Senator '% D. B. Hill from active politics after ;-7 e forty years of inunterrupted partici- *>jj| n pation In the democratic councils in jgmM r Ne-w York, and in the nation, took Ifs feet Sunday, according to the author- *| ized statement made through the As- jfl soc-iated Press August 29th last.