The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 29, 1905, Image 2
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MY SKY SEA.
The prc.it sky bending over me
Look* just exactly like the sea;
It seems quite near when coid and gray,
When blue i. stretches far away.
I watched the white cloud masses lie
L'lose to the housetops, round the sky;
rhev look like surf, all white with foam,
And so 1 have the sea at home.
But when the clouds move slowly by,
Across the blue, blue ocean sky,
' Erich one, as on they stately float,
Becomes a shining fairy boat.
The largest, finest cne I hail,
And jump aboard, and then set sail?
As everyone must understand?
To find the port of Fairyland.
The wind propels us and we glide
Until we reach the Other Side;
And there what joy and wonder wait,
Inside the poi<f, and past the gate.
for everything that lovely seems,
And everything you see in dreams,
Ar.d all the longings that vou feel?
In Fairyland they all come real! ;
i : IN A j
j PERILOUS FlXj
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By Grace Leigh.
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T'S the strangest noise I
^ ever heard. The house
O T O must be haunted, for only
31 f> a ghost could be guilty of
..." Voif making such an unearthly
sound."
"Nonsense!"-replied my sister Hattie,
ivitU a little, nervous laugh. "It's only
the wind, or a mouse stirring there."
Hnttie glanced apprehensively over
: . ' her shoulder in the direction indicated,
quite white and startled.
"How foolish it was of us to think of
staying -two whole nights in this great
t old house alone! I wish Cousin Jack
iwere here, for if a ghost were really to
* make its appearance what should we
ever do?"
"I am not so much afraid of ghosts
troubling us as I am of robbers. Thank
heaven, all the doors are locked, and no
one can get in without our hearing
them," said I.
During the absence of our parents,
who had gone to visit a sick relative
living in a neighboring town, my sister
Hattie and I had volunteered to stay at
home and take charge of affairs until
their return. The only person besides
ourselves in the house?a great, ramb- :
liUg old structure, with many cmmneys
and gables and weather-stained porches
?was a female domestic, who slept in
a remote chamber on the first floor. We
iwent up to our room early in the evening,
for we felt a little timid in spite of
the often expressed assertion that we
.were not a bit afraid.
The silver was kept in a small safe
in my mother's apartments, which communicated
with ours and could not be
reached otherwise without going ,
through a long hall, the door of which
jwas both locked and bolted 011 the inside.
The noise that had so startled us
was unlike anything I had ever before <
heard?a kind of stealthy, uncertain
rustling, as if made unintentionally
and entirely against the will of what- i
-ever or whoever it was thai occasioned
r Naturally courageous, and accustomed
to acting as well as thinking for :
myself, I arose, locked the door,
dropped the shade, and took a look ;
around the room. No sign of either
ghost or robber was to be seen. .
"A brave pair we are, i must say,"
said I, taking a volume of Scott's
poems from the table and beginning to ;
read aloud from the "Lay of the Last
Minstrel," but I bad scarcely read
three lines before the same low,
strange rustling sound was heard
again.
Hattie quickly turned and looked in- ,
quiringly at the big closet in the corner,
the door cf which stood partly
open. A large, old fashioned oak chest
was in one corney, and above it hung
dresses, skirts, wraps and ladies' ap- ,
parels of all kinds.
"It must surely be a mouse, Grace,
for there can't be auytking else in the
closet," said Hattie, in a frightened
.whisper.
- I got up and flung the closet door
wide open and gave the skirts a vigorous
shake. I even mounted the old
chest and took a prolonged survey of
the upper shelves, moving bonnet
boxes and shawls and everything
P within my reach, but mouse there was
none, nor any indication that one had
ever been there. t
"It is very odd," observed Hattie, in
a low tone, noting anxiously the result
of my search. "I wonder is there truly
are any such things as spirits?"
|: "Of course not. We are only a little
nervous, for there is really nothing
here," and I gave the skirts another
Bhake by way of adding point to my
words.
Hattie said no more and I resumed
my seat, firmly determined not to again
allow my fears to get the better of my
reason.
Hattie, after a while, said she would
go to bed, and I might have Scott and
the ghost all to myself. But it was
rather lonely sitting up all alone, so I
thought The wisest thing I could do
was to follow her example?but not
until I had again made sure that the
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uuur nas juutvfu auu uau a
shaded lamp on the stand at the head
of the bed.
It must have been near eleven o'clock
when I was awakened, not by a sound,
for I did not hear any, but by something
that seemed like a shadow passing
between me and the light.
I sprang up without disturbing Hattie,
and looked everywhere about the
room for some sign of the mysterious
presence, or whatever it was that had
so unpleasantly awakened me; but I
. saw nothing.
I drew up the shade and looked out
or: the lawn. Absolute silence reianed
everywhere. With a sigh of relief I
drew down the shade again and returned
to bed; but I could not sleep,
and lay for more than hour gazing ab- I
sently at the faint ray of light thai '
shimmered across the carpet and
drifted, wan and shadow-like, on the
wall. j
Presently I saw the lid of the old j
oak chest slowly rise, and two fierce i
black eyes, framed in a matted mass '
of long, jet-black hair, peered cautiously
forth. My heart stood still; the j
blood seemed freezing in my veins, !
and I felt for a moment as if I should
die of sheer terror. j
A large, muscular hand next ap- i
peared, holding up the lid of the ebesl !
with noiseless care, and the sight of i1 '
aroused within me a mad kind of des- J
perate daring such as I never supposed j
I possessed. With a wild cry to Hat- !
tie to awake, I sprang from the bed,
and, with all the streugth I was mas- \
ter of. forced down the lid.
"Help! Hattie, quick!" I cried, "or i
we are lost!"
With a single bound she was by my
side, her face as white as a sheet.
"Oh, Grace, for Heaven's sake, what ;
is it?" she gasped. j
"A man?a burglar?a murderer, for
all I know! Hold hard, for your life!"
I replied. j
The half-smothered wretch, by a vio- j
lent effort, succeeded in forcing off one
hinge in such a manner as to admit i
air enough to preclude the possibility j
of his being suffocated in his strange
prison.
Another wrench, and the remaining !
hinge was started. A second con- j
vulsive movement, so violent as to ;
make the stout old chest quiver, and j
five grimy fingers were thrust out in a ;
vain attempt to clutch my throat.
I bore down with all my might, but
the terrible hand maintained its advantage,
and inch by inch the lid was
slowly moved aside until only our I
united strength held it in place.
Hattie did her best to aid my efforts; ;
but when two glaring black eyes ap- j
peared on a level with the fearful !
hand she lost all control of herself and i
a loud ear-piercing shriek broke from i
her ashen lips.
The nearest neighbor lived half a j
mile away. We were utterly alone, j
and entirely at the m?rcy of the ruf- i
fian in the chest, who, should he escape,
would doubtless murder us both
and burn the house afterward, perhaps,
to hide the double crime.
The thought was appalling, and ;
though she had no hope of help reach- |
ing us, Hattie continued to scream at j
the top of her voice, and every shriek j
was like that of one in mortal agony.
Hark! Some one was coming! An ;
answering shout from the porch below, t
a shivering of glass and window sash, i
and up the stairs, three at a time, j
came Cousin Jack.
Hattiq flew to the door and uniocked .
it, and then fell to the floor in a dead j
faint.
"What is the matter?" exclaimed
Jack, as he entered. "What in the? 1
Eh?" |
The man sprang from the chest and j
made a dash for the door. Jack in- r
stanfly seized him, clapped a revolver !
to the villain's ear, and in no gentle '
tone admonished him to surrender if j
he did not want to die there and then.
The ruffian, seeing that resistance 1
was of no further avail, sullenly per-. I
milted himself to be bound. He did j
not speak a word, but his glittering j
eyes told plainly of ths fury raging in ,
his heart.
A plentiful use of cold water quickly ,
restored Hattie to consciousness, and j
as soon as she "was able to walk we .
threw on our wrappers and went out
in the halL where the burglar lay j
prone on the floor, securely bound j
hand and foot.
"I happened to be passing the house j
at the moment and I heard your '
screams," explained Jack, "so I made !
all haste to see what was the matter, j
little expecting to find you in quite so I
perilous a fix, though I felt sure you i
must be in sore need of help, for j
never before did I hear such a series :
of blood-curdling shrieks as those with '
which Hnttie has just been farorlng
us." I
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Hattie shuddered, and crept closer ,
to strong, courageous Jack, and not
till the next day did we know that the
man we had held captive in the old j
oak chest for two mortal hours, was j
Nick Billings, one of the' most daring j
burglars of the present generation.? j
New York Weekly.
Yegetariang, Beware!
The secretary of a rural English so- j
ciety for the propagation and advance- j
ment of agriculture the other day re- '
ceived this letter:
"Sir?I partickly wish the satiety to
be called to consider the case what
follows, as I think it mite be maid |
Tranxtionable in the next Reports. My
wif had Tombd Cat that dyd. Being
a torture shell and a grate favrit, we
had Him berried in the Guardian and
for the sake of the enrichment of the
mould I had the carks deposited under
the roots of a Gotsberry Bush (The
fruit being up till then of a smooth.
kind). But next Sesons Frute. after 1
the Cat was berried, the Gosberries
was all hairy, and more Remarkable
Catpillers of the same Bush was
All of the same hairy Description."
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Muddy Notes.
There seems to be a kinship between
the voices of marsh dwellers. Most ,
of them seem, to my ear, to have a j
muddy aquative note. The frog's boom |
sounds like some great stone dropped j
into the water. The little marsh wren's j
song is babble and tinkle of water run- i
aing out of a silver flask. The heron's
?-ry seems to have contracted a hoarseness
from the damp. The notes of all
the marsh birds have a muddy or
liquid sound which is characteristic,
and seems in accord with their surroundings.?Walter
King Stone, in Recreation
AVALANCHE OF CORE
Flows in Streets of Lodz During
Fierce Rioting.
CORPSES PILED IN HEAPS
Notorious "Red Sunday" in St. Petersburg
is Ttotally Eclipsed by
Bloody Scenes in Russian
Poland City.
Advices from Lodz, Russian Poland,
state that since the arrival of reinforcements
Saturday morning fighting
in the city stopped, but the outbreak
is by no^means quelled and fresh collisions
are expected momentarily. Estimates
of the number of victims
vary, but the slaughter was appalling,
the Cossacks and troops firing at close
range into great crowds. Some estimates
fix the number of killed and
wounded at 2,000.
The city resembles a shambles and
the terrible scenes of Thursday and
Friday will never be wiped from the
memory of the Polish people. Altogether
there are ten regiments encamped
in Lodz.
Saturday at Baluty, a suburb of
Lodz, four Cossacks were killed and
sixteen others wounded by a bomD
which was thrown into their barracks.
rwenty-inree or tneir norses were
killed.
The funerals of victims of the shooting
of Thursday and Friday took place
Saturday surreptitiously in various
outlying villages.
The trouble began at Lodz Tuesday
after the funeral of the victims of the
conflict between troops and terrorists
the previous Sunday. The Christians,
were permitted to bury their dead,
but the Jews were prohibited from
doing so, and the police secretly interred
the todies of the Jews at night,
which excited indignation and terrorists
riots were initiated Thursday.
The most serious phase of the rioting
developed when the crowd deliberately
pillaged liquor shops and numbers
of persons, inflamed by drink,
led a crowd of at least 50,000 to further
and more serious attacks. Police
and military were attacked wherever
they appeared in small force and individual
members were killed.
After pillaging the liquor shops the
crowd set fire to them and prevented
the firemen from extinguishing the
blazes. This was repeated deliberately
at many places.
Friday the fury of the mob found
full vent and even children caught by
the contagion were seen kissing red
flags and heard swearing that they
were ready to die for liberty. A Jewish
girl mounted a box in the market
square and addressed an immense
crowd. ,
Suddenly the police appeared, fired
a volley and the girl fell dead. Market
gardeners coming in were stopped
and their carts used in building barri/?artps
WirPfi wprft stretohprt tn
front of these barricades and the
cavalry were unable to charge. Meanwhile
the mob had secured arms and
revolvers were freely used. Finally
the military secured the upperhand,
but not without considerable losses
to themselves and fearful slaughter
to the rioters. The soldiers exhibited
the utmost carelessness as to whether
they killed peaceful persons or rioters
and as a consequence many women
and children were among the dead.
Sunday's dispatches stated that the
most serious phase of the fighting
between the military and strikers Is
at an end, but there are still isolated
ajttacks in the suburbs. At Balutv,
Sunday morning, Cossacks attacked a
Jewish family of five persons, who
were driving in a cab to the railway
station, and shot and killed all, including
the cabman. At Pabjanice,
near Lodz, workmen attacked two policemen
and shot and killed one and
wounded the other. There is a general
exodus from Lodz. Twelve thousand
persons have already left and
all trains are crowded.
HAY TO TAKE ACTION.
Chinese Boycott of American Goods
Discussed at Cabinet Meeting.
Chinese emigration to this country
and the execution of the Chinese
exclusion laws constituted the principal
topic of discussion at Friday's
meeting of the cabinet.
While no definite decision was
reached it was the expressed opinion
that amicable diplomatic and trade relatione
which this country has always
maintained with China .should be continued
if possible. To this end Secretary
H3y will take action on behalf
of this country.
STILL URGING BOYCOTT.
Chinese Won't Let Up on Ban of
American Goods.
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The Chinese are eonvenening a
; meeting in the Island of Penang,
! Straits Settlement, to discuss the
: adoption of a boycott of American
; manufacturers until the Chinese act
, is repealed. It is said that the Chi1
nese of the Malay states probably will
j follow.
WANTS MORE FIGHTING.
i England Would Welcome Further
Trouncing of Her Old-Time Enemy
by Oyama's Forces.
A Washington special says: No assistance
is expected in Washington
from the London government in whatever
efforts the president may initiate
to bring about an immediate armistice
j or to prevent a clash before the conI
vening of the Washington conference.
! While the London government, as an
| ally of Japan, has shown itself in
! hearty sympathy with the president's
I policy, to bring the belligerents toi
gether feels that it cannot undertake
j to suggest an armistice at this time.
The British officials believe, accord|
ing to advices reaching this governi
ment that Japan would be sacrificing
| a great deal to consent to an armisi
tice at th:s time and that after a
j great defeat on land the Russians
; will be more ready to discuss peace.
| This, however, is but an honest dif!
ference of opinion .between WashingI
ton and London. Officially the belief
j here is that another defeat may in|
spire the Russians to continue the
j war ixi^flnitely. It is understood,
! however, that London will do nothing
to hamper the president's efforts,
j having expressed its sympathy with
I its general purpose.
Despite their strong belief that it
j would greatly further the cause of
i peace if the belligerents would avoid
j a clash between their armies pending
j the Washington conference, the president
and Secretary Hay are aware
of the wish of the Japanese that before
assenting to an armistice she
receive more definite assurances regarding
Russia's intentions.
DEAD MAN'S SALARY PAID.
Live Men No Longer Connected with
Equitable Also Receive Stipend.
A New York dispatch says: Atten'
flA? ttt-oa T.Vmrcdav tn th#>
fact that four of the Equitable officers
mentioned in the report of State
Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks
as drawing salaries for the
last five years are no longer actively
connected with the company. E. W.
Lambert appears in the report as
medical director with a salary of $25,OQ0
a year. He died thirteen months
ago, and yet, according to the table,
his salary was paid this year and
last.
Edward Curtis, who figures as a
j medical director, at $15,000 a year,
resigned that position eighteen
months ago. George H. Squire, who
is now a director of the company, is
down on the list as financial manager
at $12,000 a year, although H. R.
I Winthrop succeeded Mr. Squire as
financial manager many months ago.
J. B. Loring is recorded 6s a registrar,
with a salary of $3,500 a year.
Mr. Loring ceased to perform the
active duties of the registrarship in
April, 1903.
OLD WOMAN ON WAR PATH.
Mrs. Roaeberry Disputes Right of
Malt Carrier on Her Domain.
A posse of armed citizens, headed
' ? . *? Tragus
oy snenn &cnau, wem n um nuwiw,
Kansas, Thursday, to Bayneiville,
fifteen miles south, to capture Mrs. E.
Roseberry, an elderly woman, who
has been keeping watch with a shotgun
over the highway in front of her
premises. She has disputed the right
of a rural mail carrier to use the
road as a mall route and fired at
the carrier as he passed the house.
The mail carrier notified the United
States authorities and a warrant was
issued for the arrest of Mrs. Roseberry.
BURSTING BOILER KILLS FOUR.
Sawmill Accident in Alabama Deals
Death and Destruction.
The big boiler in the sawmill of
the Curtis Attala Lumber plant, twc
miles from that place, exploded last
Thursday, killing four men and
wounding two others. The dead are:
James Watts, Will Rosson, Gus Cash,
and Marion Maddox. C. Smith waf
fatally hurt and Barney Works serv
ously injured.
WORK OF A TRAIN WRECKER.
Officials Believe Revenge Was at Bottom
of Mentor Disaster.
The belief that the misplaced
switch, which was responsible for the
Mentor wreck, was thrown purposely
1? ^ niwmntftl Hv fpelines
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of revenge is gaining ground among
railroad officials, according to a statement
made at Cleveland, Ohio, Friday
by an official of the road. A man under
suspicion is being shadowed and
a close watch is kept on his every
movement
FOR HARBORING NEGROES
White Man in South Carolina "Dead
Stretc.h" is Assassinated.
H. D. Granger, a local Baptist
preacher, was shot from ambush ana
killed while working on his farm
near Florence, S. C-, Friday. He lived
I in the district known as "The Dead
j Stretch," where it is said that negroes
[ are not welcome, and the only expla|
nation of his death is in the fact that
j he hired two negroes to work on the
j farm, and protected them, even allowj
Ir.g them to sleep on his premises.
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| STATE NEWS ITEMS. ?
South Carolinian Honored.
v> Gcxiiii5Lv>.i o^cv..ai oajo. i ukji w
well Haines of South Carolina Las
been appointed consul at Nanking,
China.
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Women Meet in Chester.
The annual conference of the Women's
Missionary society of the Methodist
church of South Carolina convened
in Chester the past week with
J25 delegates in attendance.
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Cruiser Charleston * Dandy.
The protected cruised Charleston,
which is to undergo speed and endurance
tests off the coast, has arrived
at the harbor of Prineeiown, Mass.
A representative of the Newport News
Ship building and Dry Dock company,
which built the vessel, reported that
on her pasage up the,coast, the cru'ser
averaged 22 knots an hour, which
is the soeed called for in the government
contract.
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Charged With. Murderous Assault.
Thomas J. Davenport was arrested
a few days ago at his home in New
berry county by Sheriff M. M. Buford
on the charge of assault and
battery with intent to kill. Daven- j
port was released later in the day j
fin o Vinn/1 of tS ft fl A M A Corliclo I
wu U UVUU VI ^UjVVVt IU* A* VWllihllV ;
and James Mcintosh of Newberry are
the bondsmen.
The offense for which Davenport
was arrested, it is charged, was committed
last July, Smith receiving a
bullet wound through his body as a result
of an altercation between' the
men about a plantation road. For a
long time the life of the wounded
man was despaired of.
Davenport is a prominent farmer
of the county. Smith is an extensive
planter, and is a member of Governor
Heyward's staff.
Davenport's bond was given for his
appearance at the next term of court
at Newberry.
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Sunday Freight Trains Barred.
A Columbia dispatch says: The
wave of moral rectitude sweeping
over the state and threatening to
throttle the dispensary has reached
and enveloped and arrested Sunday
freight trains through the instrumentality
of the railroad commission,
which issued an order forbidding any
freight train to run any hour on Sunday
except those exempted by statute,
those carrying perishable goods
only.
The commission's action was based
on complaints from a number of clergymen
at Latta, Greenwood, Spartanburg
and elsewhere. Rev. Thacker
at Latta kept tab and discovered
seven freights passing one Sunday,
including two soiia trams 01 com.
The statute has always been practically
a dead letter, but the number
of these trains has increased recently,
in the commission's opinion, because
of the congestion of traffic.
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"City of Columbia" Launched.
Nearly every business house in Columbia
was closed for a half day in
order that all citizens might have
an opportunity to witness the launching
of "The City of Columbia," the
steamer building there, which will
ply on the Congaree river between Columbia
and Georgetown.
W. A. Clarg, president of the chamber
of commerce, delivered an address
in which he recited the efforts of Cotumbia's
business men have made in
opening the Congaree to navigation.
As the boat glided down the ways,
Miss Janie Murray .daughter of Dr.
W. i Murray, president of the Columbia,
Georgetown and New York Steamboat
company, broke a bottle of
champagne and christened the boat
"The City of Columbia."
But for a slight accident the launching
would have been a complete success.
The bow of the boat stuck to
the bank, preventing her from going
all the way into the river, but her
builder promises that she will be entirely
in the water in a short time.
Mob Ctastises Robber.
A special from Greers says that
Davis Ballenger, aged 82 years, who
lives about a mile from the town,
was attacked by a strange negro while
in his kitchen and in the absence of
his family.
The negro overpowered the old man,
who was bruised about the shoulders
in the scuffle. The thief left with his
purse containing $8 in money and some
bank notes, but was captured shortlv
afterward four miles away by a posse
of men raised when the alarm was
given.
The negro, who gave his name as
Hudson, was carried to the Balleneer
residence and identified as the thief.
$7 of the money beins: restored, but
not the bank notes. On their war to
the lock-un a mob wot the negro aw?v
from the constahjp and jr? * few moments
fmd lushed him to
death with a hn^gv whin, m^p pffiror
finally succeeded *n nr?psc?Or|
lifcvlppc hO'Tv of
the prisoner and placed him under
! guard, afterward removing him to
; the Greenville county jail to await
trial.
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Baptist PreacKir Assassinated.
H. D. Granger, a local Baptist
preacher, was shot from ambush and
killed while working on his farm
near Florence a few clays ago. Ac- '
cording to one account of the affair, ^
Granger lived in the district known
as "The Dead Stretch," whore it is
said that negroes are nor welcome, j
and the only explrnat on of his death *
is in the fact that he hired two
; n*i?rrrtcc to u'flrlr rm thp farm. And
| protected them, even allowing them
j to sleep on his premises. Granger
was respected, and had many friends,
but appears to have angered a certain J
element, that had made it a risky . I
thing for a negro to enter the "dead
stretch, which is said to lie between
Bayboro and Loris.
Another account says: The idea of
i race prejudice having been the cause
! of the death of Preacher Granger, who
waj shot from ambush near Loris,
| Korry county, appears to be dissipatj
ed by the coroner's verdict, which
! places the blame for the killing upon
| Commander Johnson, a man with a
grudge against Granger and a woman
who is lodged in jail as an ac- ' %
\ complice. No other arrests have been
made. ^
Navy Yard Row at Charleston.
A Washington dispatch says: Acting
Secretary of the Navy Darling
conducted a hearing in the matter of
the alleged differences between Civil
Engineer Walker of the navy, and the ?
! New York Continental Jewell FiltraI
tion comnany. in connection with the
construction of the dock at the navy
yard at Charleston, S. C., for which I'
that company has the^ contract
It has been claimed by the contractors
that Lieutenant Walker was "
too severe in his exactions in certain
particulars. An order was recently is* %
sued transferring him to another sta- ,
tion, but an appeal was made to the
president tc have Lieutenant Walker
retained at the Charleston yards, when ^
the president directed that the order - v
for his transfer be held up until he
had been advised of all the facts in 'f
the case. It was claimed that the
lieutenant only did what he deemed to- ', 4
be his duty.
Those heard on behalf of ^he com- '3
pany were: John Doughey and W. P * >
Anderson, president and vice president"
respectively of the company, and the J
company's consulting engineer. Lien- M
tenant Walker and Civil Engineer
Harris, who also was attached to the |
Charleston yard, gave their state* j'0
ments. 1
Communications addressed to the
president on this subject will be con-' ||
sidered by Mr. Darling in connection J.
with statements made at the hearing.
The acting secretary declined to en- ' |
ter into details of the case as laid before
him, and would not indicate %
what conclusions he had reached, as
he will make a full report to the president
on the subject.
SCHEME TO AVOID THE LAW.
Judge Speer Severely Arraigns Southeastern
Freight, Association.
Argument closed Thursday at
noon in the suit before the federal
court at Macon of the Georgia Sawmill
Association against several of
the southern railroads arising out of
an effort to put an extra 2-cent rate
to the west on lumber from Georgia
and Florida mills. A severe arraignment
of the Southeastern Freight Association
at the hands of the court
was the last and most interesting feature
of this case. Judge Speert
words were:
"Counsel on both sides have doubtless
gathered from the intimations
i of the court, what we may as well an
nounce at this time, that the Southeastern
Freight Association is in ><;
lew of the evidence regarded as a
transparent scheme to avoid the effect
of the laws forbidding pooling t
and combinations in restraint of trade.
. While this is true, whether or not
the rates involved in this case and
put in force as the result of the g
action of that association are uhreh- ^
sonable and violative of law, must be
determined after further considers
tlon.
Judge Speer then stated that the
case would be taken under advisement
together with all the argument
and testimony which has been offered,
and said a decision would be reached /
? soon as possible.
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COLLEGES HONOR R008CVELT.
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President Attends Commencements of
T^ree Massachusetts Institutions.
The zigzag journey of President
Roosevelt among the colleges of western
Massachusetts ended Thursday
with his departure from W&lliamBon
after he had received from Williams
college the honorary degree of L. H.
D. His 3tay in the state, which was '
of scarcely thirty-two hours duration,
was a busy one. He attended three
college commencements, at two of
v.hich he received high honorary de
giees, traveled several hundred miles,
and, besides delivering addresses at
each commencement, made a number
j of speeches from the platform of his
j car to citizens who had gathered at
the stations along the route.
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