The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, October 22, 1902, Image 1
Tlie Batestmrg; Advocate,
VOL. II. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1902. N0.40
THE COAL STRIKE
Is Settled by Both Sides Making
Slight Concessions.
THE STATEMENT GIVEN OUT
CoiiiiitiNHioii to I']ut|iiirc Into and I'ass
(Tl>oii All truestions at l?*u<*
Dot ween tl?e OpcriiturM
and Mine I'm.
A dispatch from Washington says
the great anthracite coal strike is
settled at last. A commission of six
persons, with a seventh, Mr. Carroll
1). Wright, as recorder, will adjust
differences between operators and
miners. President Mitchell of the
miners will take the necessary incuslil'fHC
to (Mill i\\i? el ?il/n i.lV :
...> w vv v??M v a iv >Hl ? r\v : VM?. I III' |1M M'
dent will urge immediate resumption
of mining and operations are expected
to begin this week. Organized labor
lias a representative on the commission
in the person of K. 10. Clark,
grand chief of the Order of Kailway j
Conductors, named as a sociologist.
The* president added bishop Spalding
of Illinois to the list ol live members]
suggested by the operators. As nam- j
ed the commission is perfectly satis- j
factory to both miners and operators, j
Asset t of the miners was given]
through 1'iesident .Mite, ell and Mr. j
Sargent, commissioner of immigration
and of the operators through |
Messrs. Hubert Macon and Ccorge \\
l'erkius ot the hanking linn ot .1. l'ierpont
Morgan \ Co. Ttie linal outcome
followed a series ot cotdeiences.
beginning with two during t lie day
with Mr. Mitchell and tw< outing
the night with Messrs. baton and
l'erkius. 1".veils moved quickly at th<
last, the president, being determined
on a spiedv settlement. The coin- I
mission will assemble in a few days]
and choose a chairman, probably <?cn. J
Wilson. It then will arrange for
sessions and testimony. The follow-j
ing otllcial announecnient of tlie close I
of tlie strike was issued at the White j
House:
After a con Terence with Mr. I
Mitchell and some further conference i
with representatives of liie coal operators,
tlie president lias appointed the j
members t the commission to inquire
into, consider and pass upon all quos- |
tions at. issue between tlie opera', rs I
and tr uer- !n the anthracite oal
fields:
Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, ' v
A., retired (late chic: . >
S. A.). Washington, 1?. .1
tieer of the engineer corps of either
the military or naval service ol'the
United States.
M. K. W. l'arker, Washington I'.
C. as an expert mining engineer. Mr.
l'arker is chiel slat isi ieian <>t the ci-al
division of the I nited States geologi- 1
eal survey and the editor of the engineering
and Mining Journal of New
York.
lion. (Scorge Cray, Wilmington,!
Del., as a judge of a United States'
court.
Mr. 10. K. Clark, Cedar Rapids. la.. 1
grand chief of the order ot Railway
Conductors as a sociologist, the pros-1
ident assuming that for the purposes
of such a commission the therm
sociologist means a man who has
thought and studied deeply on social
questions and has practically applied
his knowledge.
Mr. Thomas II. Walk ins. Scranton,
I'a., ;ts a man practically acquainted
with the mining and selling of coal.
1'ashop John L. Spalding of i'eoria.
111. The president has added Dishop
Spalding's name to the commission.
lion. Carroll D. Wright has been a p- i
pointed recorder of the commission.
I'oiiy llorses Iturm <1.
Forty horses were tunned to death,
and three men had narrow escapes
from a like fate in a lire that started
early Thursday in the iive-stor\
structure at. :t.T.? West loth street
New York occupied by the Canzvoort
Livery and Hoarding stables. The
building was praeti'-.itlly destroyed,
together wit 11 a shed used for storing
veehieles. N ear by tenements were
emptied hy a sq-nad of police. The
tire started in a truck load ot furniture
iu the first tloor. John llyland
and James Kelly, stablrimn. were in
the basement where they had rooms.
Over the window of t he room in w hich
they were was a stout wire netting.!
The policemen pulled this away and
urew iiicmcnoui. iievland u;is mi
conscious and burned slightly. Kelh
had stru^lcd in such a strenuous
manner with the itratinu trying to
force it up so that he an i his comrade
could get out that Ids hands were
torn and bleeding. Ins arms and wrists
lacerated and in many places there
were Kupini? wounds on Ins hands and
forearms. After t,he lire was out one
of the workmen found .lolm Spencer,
a laborer, in a small shed in the tear
frightfully burned.
>1 unlet- W ill Ohi .
Frank .1. Field, a contractor, was
-arrested Thursday at Newcastle. I'a.,
charged with the murder of ( its
Treasurer .lohn Itlevius who was found
dead in his office one nijjht in January
1800. The murder was a mystery
and remained unsolved up to this
time. After i'.levin's death a shortage
of about 000 was found in his
accounts. The warrant upon whicli
y Field was arrested charges that Field
and his brother, Judson. conspired
with several persons to rob and murder
1 .levins. Judson Field died tourteen
months a^o in Kansas and on his
death l>ed. it is alleged, made a confession
implicating his brother.
WHY THEY CAME TO TERMS.
Coal Operators Pureed to Abandon
Position Tji ken liv liner.
While in New York Monday <!. F.
Itaer, fliief of the coal operators was
interviewed.
"Do you consider that the proposition
submitted to the president in
the nature of a recession from the.
stand taken by t he operators?" lie was
asked.
"I happen to have drawn the proposition
myself," Mr. Itaer said, "or
at least 1 had a considerable part in
preparing it. and 1 may state that it
I iMlllimlibi: nil' ariininne "i"" "
I ...jr
( further tbun that 1 cannot say anything."
President (Hiphant of the Delaware
land Hudson was asked if the public
I would not look upon the proposition
|of tin' operators as a concession to the
| miners.
"it is not a concession to the miners."
lie replied. "It is a concession
| to humanity. It is amove taken to
relieve the distress prevalent through|
out t lie country."
President Fowler, on being asked
what inlhiences if any induced the
operators to submit the differences
with their men to arbitration, replied:
"It was chielly due to the pressure
off public opinion, or. rather. >ou
might sav. public necessity. We
recognized that tin* public would suffer
from scarcity of coal if something
was not done soon, and we concluded
that.it would he honorable to overlook
in a measure the rights of the
interests that we represent in order
that a way out o< a serious predicament
might he found. Many of the
schools were getting ready to shut
down, and still greater hardships
might be suffered."
One of the men prominent in <*oal
circle s s;iid :
"The arbitration proposition now
before President lloosevolt was formulated
by the men whose names and int.erests
tire appended thereto. It is
only fair to say that Mr. Morgan took
an active part in t lie proceedings and
his suggestions were most valuable.
"The operators realized that matters
bad to give way. As men of
common sense they knew that they
could not freeze tlie American public.
Mr. Morgan was frank to say that
something had to be done at once or
the hard coal interests would suffer
serious harm. The force of his argument
was generally recognized.
"We believe we have been more
than fair in our position. Until we
km > hn\v it lias been rrcetverl we mn
say nothing more."
\ Four Pays Itatilc.
The i :i: le near La Victoria. Yoneuel.i.
between the army commanded
by President Castro and t lie revolutionary
forces, which began Monday
morning and resulted in the retiremen
of President Castro to La Vic
toria Tuesday afternoon, was resumed
again fiercely at o'clock Wednesday
iimniiug. . I 1!KIT I line I Me president
hud received reenforeements arid had
over li.OOO men engaged against 7.Odd
revolutionists. The artillery played
a part never before seen i" Venezuela.
Shortly before o'clock Wednesday
afternoon the revolutionists appeared
to have trained a slight advantage.
The president's artillery, which numbered
la guns, had been reduced to
four guns. La Victoria was crowded
with wounded, and there were no provisoes
in the town. The Itritish cruiser
Indefatigable has left La (inuyra
for Tueacas. with provisions for the
foreign residents here, some of whom
are said to he dying of hunger as a
result of the concentration measures
adopfid by the Venezuelan authorities.
Tlie 1 ndefat igahle, to accomplish
her mission. will have to run the
blockade of Tucacus.
t '.lcrI ion Day Duty.
St line people havean idea that at
terthey have, put themselves to tiie
trouble <tf travelling, perhaps, several
miles todephsit their votes at a primary
election, that their duty to their
party is finished, but such is not the
ease by any means. Kach party man
owes it to himself to he at tile polls oil
Novcmlier 4, when the general election
is held, and work as diligently
for the nominees of the party as they
did when the primary election was
tlie absorbing topic. Those who were
defeated in tin* parly primary should
tv all the more pressing when tlie 1th
nnnun ' l .i - i
- immim- >"<".} pieoycil lllt'Illsches
to support I lie nominees of the
party, and we take il that "support"
does not merely mean "vote," ltut it
means "work." With us. the party is
lirst. It may make mistakes, and
doubtless does, hut that is neitlrer
here or there. An unbroken, resolute,
determined front, and continuous
work. is what is needed to briny victory
and triumph to the party of the
common |? ople
I'ixiny tin- Hlaine.
The tindiuy in 1 he impiest following
the accident in which President
Itonscvelt's body yuard. Win. Craiy,
was killed at IMttsbury Mass.. last
September, tiled says that "the nolawful
acts of lames T. Kelly, coutluetor
and lOuclid .Madden, motorman,"
of the electric car which ran
into the president's carriaye. "eonIributcd"
to tiie death of Mr. < raiy.
The lindiny was by special .lustice
<)has. I, 11Ihbard.
The < 'oilI Si rl U c.
SI rikedcelared. May 12. 1002
Ihuat ion of ,t l ike Idays
Men I brown out of work. 102,000
I.oss in Miners' wayes . * :tl,.'t'>0.000
Loss of operators ?>.*>,7'>0,000
Loss to railways it,">,000,000
Loss to merchants. :H>.000.000
Other public losses 21,000,000
Total linancial loss tl'i:t,ooo.ooo
ithe earth quakedi
For Six Hours Soufriere Belched
Flames, Stones and Ashes.
THE VOLCANO IN ERUPTION
Heavy ltcportM Was Accompanied
With Activity of tIn* Mountain**.
Ivxtcnt of" Damage
Not Known.
The voleanos in Hie little islands
soutli of the 1'nilcd States are active
'ntiain. A dispatch from Kingston,
St. Vincent Island, says a terrific
i eruption of the Soufriere voIcjiiio com.
menced Wednesday night. During
the preceding d iv (Tuesday) earth I
j'tremors apparently too slight to he
eonsidered important were cxpericne- ,
ed in the cent ral and northern parts of
! the island. i
At 8 o'clock Wednesday night there
were induhitahle indications of an '
eruption. Rumbling noises were .
I heard, t hey increased until 0 o'clock, j
I when tlie roaring volcanic giant hel- ,
ehed out its deadly contents. This
eruption was followed hy a brief lull.
.Then, .from In o'clock until I o'clock ,
Thursday morning the upheaval eon- .
tinned. The out break was ace. unpaid- .
I eel by an incessant and cot if used ean- |
ouading. There were ineandeseent ,
| elouds and sparkling mat lei* was eject - |
ed. After 4 o'el u-k the disturbance (
gradually decieased but the noise of
the Ixcliug ealdr u is still audible in .
the district near the volcano. ,
Itot.h craters ol the S nifri to were ,
apparently active and have h. en ,
steaming all day i nig. Sand fell h av- ;
ily everywhere tr<an half past, one un
til halt past thro this morning. At ,
southern points the sand is 1 .111 an |
' inch deep, the depth gradually in- |
creased towards the volcanic cone, j
where there were showeis of large ,
| stones, pehhles and cinder.
Kingston and other southern points1 ,
i ot the i.-Iand have not been damaged. \y
Reports trom the Windward district \
are awaited. The sand ejected during i,
t his eruption h is a stronger sulphur- , s
ous odor than any previously thrown ! (
out. and one square foot of it weighs* v
exactly one pound. I.
A dispatch fiom Hudgetown, Island
iif Jtarbadas says volcanic dust 'fto
ltUe Soidriere volcatuion the Uiaitd . ;
St. A_'''cent is falling liere and has :
caused a stoppage ci business. The '
shopkeepers ure closing their stores '
and are returning to their homes. It '
( was so dark at 10 o'clock this morn- 1
ing that it was necessary to light the 1
, lamps. ?
A dispatch I nun Masse Tenc, Island (
of <; uadrlowpe, says bet wo n midnight i '
i and -l o'clock W ednesday morning
I loud detonations were heard and glim- '
met ing lights w. r - seen in the direc-j1
lion of the Island of Martinique. 1
| There were two earthquakes Tuesday
ii i,r> .Milium !si;:niis. oil llie south- '
crn cud of (Jaudeloupe ami al Marie '
ilalante island, south southeast of 4
1 (laudeloupe. '
t
A TKKKI Itl.K TV 1MIOON. ,
i A terrilde typhoon lias spread disasj
tor all over the northern part of .la- t
pan. It was accompanied hy seismic '
tidal waves at < hlawara. winch del- 1
i u^red the coast villages, the loss of life '
and property heinu immense. Suh- 1
| script ion lists have been opened in ;
I towns hy the leading Japanese people t
; and newspapers. A local journal said: ;
1 "from telegrams and personal nar- x
| rations it seems that the typhoon -s
which visited this section of Japan on >
i Saturday nicht and Sunday contr.il- 1
j i/.ed its fury in the region of ' tdawara. 1
Tidal waves visited the shores at < >da- ?
wara. Kod/.u, Kamekura (>i/.o and '
loss of life and immense damage to t
I properly ensued. The telegraph re- :i
ports that at < tdnWara alone .10 houses
; were washed away and eijtht persons
killed on Sunday morning. The Vu- ,
moto-Kod/.u-Odawara line was com- v
pleteiy paralyzed. Whole sections _
were lifted hodily sleepers and rails <
and transported hundreds of yards in- t
land. At the power house the j
dynamo was reported still there, but s
the house was supposed to he up the ,
mouniilaih some where. The loss will
| eat up a considerable amount of the ,
! year's profit of the line." ,
Plenty nt'Cash. (
A do/en bi? rolls of greenbacks were i
found, according to District Attorney I
Jerome, in the safes of two of i he live t
New York gambling houses which i
were the scene of raids Wednesday j
night by order of t he dist rict attorney, t
"I understand that there is a great i
deal of money deposited each night hy i
hook makers in these places," said Mr.
Jerome. "Hut 1 do not know who
owns the rolls. It will not he sutlleient
identiiicatJon for a man tosa\ )
"that * 10,000 roll is mine.'" It tias (
heen ascertained that the total:
amount of money in the rolls found in (
the safe is about $250,000. .
Slapped His I'aee.
K. <?. <'olt. a memher of t he famous |
| Colt family of giinmakers, wiio makes
his home in Charlotte, was slapped in (
the face on the st reet hy a pretty actress,
Miss Iirace llohart Hanson, a
memher of "The T.\ runny of Tears"
company. Mr. < <>lt was walking he- I
side the lady on the street. When l
she reaclie I the main entrance of the <
| Central hotel t he young woman hurst
into tears and as suddenly drew hack i
her hand and slapped Colt full in the
face. She then quickly entered the >
hotel, while the crowd of traveling 1
men and guests around the hotel en- !
trance applauded her. , 1
NEGRO WHIP WILDCAT.
A l-'ii i(It I'llI l>og Help* His Master lo
Win the Fight.
In ivad river swamp, Ga.. Wednes- j
day arternoou George Tarpiey, a ne-I.
gro man of gigantic stature and Fi
strength, encountered a tremendous i
wild cat ferocious from hunger. The |
two engaged in a battle which lasted 11
for a quarter of an hour. The man j
nearly lost his life before he came j
out of the tight victorious, and had
not his faithful dog joined him early
in the encounter the result might
have been different.
Tarpiey had lieen hunting. lie
heard a great commotion deep in the '
swamp and an investigation of the ; | j,
noise brought him upon the wild cat. 1 1()
which was chasing turkeys. TheLj
man's interference enraged the aui- 1 ..
ma), and it sprang upon him liefore he ?
realized his danger.
'I'arpley tore t ne clawing ixast from ; r
his shoulder and threw it from him. Ij '
This partly stunned the cat and lie-j
fore it could recover Tarpley shot it .
in the breast, lie thought he had i" ^
much it <11111 (iirui'd awav. nut no
.noner was his I>ick turned than lie t|,
Celt it alight again on his shoulder '
mil its sli up claws l ipped his neek 4 ,.
like blades of steel. lie fell to the j',
ground. 1 '
Then Iiis dog broke in on the battle, j ?'j
l'lie dog got the eat by thcthroilt and *
ir.tgged it fr'-tn the negro. Tarpley <j(
daggered to Ids feet and tried to get ^
mot her shot. hut, fearing lest lie hit ^
iiie dog. eould only stand by and t!)
watehthe two game animals as I hey ' sj (
tattled for life. Over and over they
oiled, howlim.'. hitting and clawing ^ .
First the don. then the eat had the '
id vantage. Itlood spattered against
he tree trunks as they fought. It |j(.
v:.s a desperate stlilggle bet we m t he
.vild dcni/.eti of the swamp and the |u.
aithfnl don protecting ins master. Ii(
Finally Tarpley managed to club <
he eat with the butt etui of his null. !.j
lie thought to break its back. l>ut the j( '
low failed of this end and the cat jm
urued again on t he man. As it ? ame p
pi in its spring lie caught it hy a leg I ( '
md Hung it against a tree. The dog ; ^
vas upon it, as it fell to the ground ? ^
it untied and the tight sikiii ended. In ()
he throat the savage teeth of the i
log gripped the cat and its pugnacious \ (j(,
ipirit was literally ground out of the
orn and bleeding hody. The cat was
veighed in town and tipped the scales 1 s|
it sixteen pounds. ^
Wants to Come Ucrf. an
I k t rPr-fr.ill!?,^fa^^5J^^'?W^S^"fot
Louis, Mo., who is connected with a sis
arge wholesale dry goods house, look- a
tig to the establish merit of a hosiery irn
nill in South Carolina. For the infor- no
nation of tlu ditTerent towns of the ' sui
State. who would like to have such a tin
nill, the letter js herewith publish d. eoj
It reads as follows: wl
Dear Sir: The writer is seeking a pa
ocation for a hosiery mill, which will [ tin
Mlinlov about one hlllldl-ed Irmtlc Ml I II
Ih> start, and possibly employ 200 to op
too in the course <>f a few years. The j on
alior wanted must I?e white and cheap ! eot
n order to compete successfully with tin
'astern manufacturers. A town of ! an
I.TiOU to 2,000 inhabitants, with aide
rood coal supply and good shipping mi
acilitics to St. Louis, is desired, lie
I'lie writer has been informed that a j ee|
rood ma.iy Southern towns are olfer-1 de;
njr certain concessions to induce manifacturcrs
to locate in their city, anil wl
?f course any such concessions would ha
c ipiitc an inducement to me. Would cr;
ilso prefer to jret as close to the cot- po
in yarn spitinin^r district as possilde, cei
ind would prefer to locate in a town | sei
vhcre there is no hosiery mill at pre- ad
.cut. Any information with which 1!H
;ou can supply the writer will he very mi
nuch appreciated, and would mention to
hat I can furnish the very highest tin
lass of references. I desire to take 1 in>
his matter up shortly, and would ell
hank you to jjive same your earliest ru
it tention." un
ii. ad Hollies in street. tot
A special from Indianapolis. Ind., Iu>
m Monday says that four dead bodies '
vcrr found tied in sacks in (feor^ia
ilrcct and in tlie rear of the Central
"oIl.'Ke of Physicians and Siir^6ons ,l."
hat mornini;. Tlie bodies were iderj- ;
itied as those ot Mrs. Johanna Slil/..
aid 1<? have been si??U-n from the Kli ne/er
cemetery: Miss Dlendnre <tales. t
illeceil t<> have been stolen from An- V'(
irrsoii cemetery: Wallace .lohnsuii.
aken from Kbcnc/cr cemetery, ami ~ '
drs. Cat hcrinc Doohrinc. from the ^ |
iernian ('atholic cemetery. It is sup?
cd at least one hundred craves
iavo IK'en despoiled within the last
luce months, .ludec Aiford, in his s,;
list i net ions to members ot the crand
ui n . told them to co to the bottom of N
lie out race and punish every man for
lis part in it. recardless of his pmmilence.
<?Vi
Slop Wrecked. (>Il
The wooden steamer C. II. Lock- dh
vood foundered in a storm about l"?!tci
niles olT Ashtabula, <>., Wednesday in
debt. The captain and crew sue- dU
teedod in launching two boats jus! he- do
ore tin- steamer went down. One id' tai
be boats eontaininc the eaplain was cot
licked up near the harbor tins morn- ,
nc. The other boat has not been
leard from. Tucs and life savers are
learehinc f?>r the missinc Imat, which
out aincd lo members of the new.
Ik 11
wl
The formal sale and transfer ot ',:i
'.can volr, t lie home of .lelTerson I > i vis, I
?y Mrs. I ?.i \ is to tlie Sons of Con fed ' '
'late. \ etcrans was consummated i dr
I'hnrsday al theopenii c session of the in<
'eunion of the Mississippi Division, j on
sins of Confederate Veterans at .lack- I'd
toil. The home will lie used as a home re
or indiccnt Confederate veterans, th
Mrs. Davis received $10,000 for the hi
mmc. ni |
w ML
TARIFF REFORM.
rith That as a rattle Cry Cleveland
Says Time is Ripe
)R A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
i' Says ItepuhlicaiiM Should Nut be
l'croiitted to Occupy Our Turin'
tCcl'orui Ground This
. Year.
To a representative <>f Tiie New
ark Kvenintf I'ost. who asked liitn
s views in regard to the outlook
r and the duty of the Democracy in
e approaching congressional deems,
ex-President < 1 rover Cleveland
id:
"It seems to me that if the Denioci;v
is really in earnest it cannot fail
rgely ty increase its representation in
e next congress, lint in order to do
1 think there must he a constant
d stalwart insistence upon the
ing which are recognized by all to
true Democratic doctrines. < )f
nrse. by far the most important of
<*se is taritT reform. <>u this issue,,
unsatisfied that the Democracy is
c to face with a great opportunity.
I of the signs ?f the. times p tint to
recognition, far beyond all party
ics. of the henetits whicli would aeoe
to the people hv a readjustment
Llie tarilf. and it would he worse
an tolly for the party under the
ess of tiny temptation or yielding to
v allurement to permit this to lie
hordinated to or overshadowed by
y other issue.
" The present rest lessness in Itepnh
ail circles on this subject, often
munting to protests against Itepub.111
protect i ve the ories, should warn
i' Democracy of an impending danr.
1 mean by this the possibility
at our opp ments may crcwd us from
r position on tliis subject, if wealv
tlicm to do so by our lukcwarmss
and indifference and to occupy
r ground, just as we permitted
em to crowd us from the ground
at belonged to us on the question
sound money.
"I am very much pleased with the
livcrau.ce of the New York Demoicy
on the taritT issue, and it was
and proper that the Km pi re State
add sound the right note. It is my
ar conviction that the l?est assurce
of success for the Democracy ill
e next national campaign will be
md in a sincere and unremitting intenee
upon its old time doctrine of
fair and-beneficent tarilf adjustmt.
This insistence should be from
won It need hardly be said that
cess will depend upon the presentaiii
of tarilf doctrine not only rcrni/.ed
as truly Democratic by those
io may be termed veterans in the
rty, but also commending itself to
e hosts of the younger men of our
id. Thousands of these await the
port unit y to espouse a cause which
ist appeal to disinterested love of
intrv and which is based upon the
i>iit?It11ii 1 regard <>f all our people
d the safety of t he institutions unr
which we live. To these young
>ii no hope is otfered for the relizain
of their patriotic asprtitions exit
through the conscientious ennvors
of the Democratic party.
"I am at a loss to understand by
wit process of reasoning the notion
s gained a footing in certain Demoltic
quarters not only that no iinrtance
attaches to a Democrat ic asddancy
in the next house of reprcitatives.
but even that it might be
vantageous to party prospects in
>1 for it to continue in its present
nority now. Powerful warfare ought
lx> reagarded as continuous, and if
s results battled for are worth hav!
at all. they are worthy of our best
oris at all times and under all eirmsttince.
Constant vigilance and
relent ing attack are essential to vicry.
armies are captured by first dri.vr
in tbe out posts.
"I cannot believe that the bright
?-pects of the Democracy in the
sent campaign are to be married byy
lack of hard work ami strenuous
hting."
Prophesies Siiccrss.
"It seems to me that a Democratic
torv is in the air." said lion,
plum Krundidge. member of con ss
from Arkansas, Wednesday. My
inion is that if will materialize in
i? near future in the congressional
etions. but i! not then. 1904 will be
> norable as the year the Democrats
ept the country. The great victory
ts<?2 will surely be duplicated two
us hence,if not in the present cainign.
It does not require a high or
r of intelligence for any one to sec
u t lie count ry is^eltin>; restless
cr the incqnalit ies ami exactions of
r LarilT system. Strong liepuhlicau
d rinks arc showing as itreal disconil
at excessive taxation as if foio d
I>einoeratic strongholds. The mid
West protests against it and so
es New Holland. 'i'lie leaven of
rill reform is working all over the
untry."
"Make No Outcry."
iiaininvt admission, as a caller, to
e apartments of Mrs. Amy il. Wat11s.
New York Wednesday, a man
in k'ave nis name as IP nr.\ Pawsmi.
tided her a statement which he^an
til these words: "Make no outcry.
iave a ha# of dynamite which I will
op if you don't jfive me your diamds."
Mrs. Wat kins did make an
tcry and Pawson rushed from the
use, taking his bat: and drawing a
volveraslie went, lie was met at
e door b> a polieenian who arrested
m and found that the hajf was
pty. Pawson was held for trial.
HE WAS SCARED.
Gc? . \V. Murray, tlin Black Kx-Congreauman,
Afraid of l<yricliera.
A dispatch from Sumter to The
State says there was a scared ex-congressman
in that section one night
last week. Ueo. W. Murray, tlie black
ex-eqngresaman, thought, that liis time
was quickly drawing to an end. It appears
that he had a fuss with a white
man at Providence. No blows passed
and tilings were settled in a quiet
manner. Four or live young men at
Halliards X-roads hearing some rumor
of tlie fuss rode to Providence to hear
about it. One of Murray's brothers
was there and when lie saw tlie crowd
| gather and start talking about tlie
i row he immediately took up the idea
J that it vyas a lynching alTair. He ran
j four miles tfiwarn ids brother, telling
hi in that a gang of w.iite men were
| coming to murder him. Murray irnI
mediately sent to Stiinter to the shori
ill' for protection and proceeded to get
a body guard. County Supervisor Seale
went up there, arriving at Murray's
! house about II p. 111. Every where you
i lookc,. there were armed negroes. The
shadow of every Iree was the hiding
place for tlletn. It, is thought that
there were l.">0 women and men stand1
ing guard..., It ti'iok Mr. tte.'ile some
time to persuade Murray that' there
was nothing doing in the way of a
lynching alTair and that the -white
man with whom he had fussed was
then in the city of Sumter. A very
serious matter might have been precipitated
by so many armed negroes
j being called together, and then there
might have been ample justification
for Murrays fears, for he certainly
i would have been handled had iTis
armed mob lired on a white person.
Murray may not have known it. but
be was playing-with lire when he called
the armed negroes to bis house to
protect him.
lie Wits HesponUeiit.
The body of Henry Cordes, who
committed "suicide Tuesday at Jacksoville,
where he went in search of
work,was brought to Charleston Wednesday
and interred in Bethany ccracter-y,_
Corcjes was formerly in business
in Charleston, having, conducted a
grocery and liquor establishment*, lie
failed and then went to Jacksonville,
where he secured employment as a
bartender, lie lost his place and became
despondent, tinally committing
suicide, to end bis troubles. The suicide
was deliberately planned. He
told his fri nds goodby, destroyed a
number of old letters. at:rt packed his
effects that they might easily be sent
back to Charleston. After drinking a
vial of carbolic acid be repaired among
a circle of friends at his boarding
house and cooly announced the fact
' that be had drunk the acid. : lie sat
1 down on a chair and awaited the end.
| which came aliout 1"? mtnuies after
he had announced the drinking of the
I acid. The efforts of his friends and
I later of a physician t<? save his life
proved of no avail. He was 27 years
' Id lie leaves a sister here, the two
having come over to this country*from
( crmaiiy a few years ago.
The Hum!) I'iNtol.
Mr. Perry Miteliem, a well-to-dofarmer
living in the upper part of
Morgan county. Ha., shot and almost
instantly killed Walter I tootlr, of Madison,
Ha., and Mr. Hamby, of Fairplace,
at Madison Wednesday afternoon.
Walter L. Main's circus was in
Madison and a vi-ru lnriro crowd cr-itU.
ered there a> witness the performance.
It is said that many people were
drunk and whiskey Mowed freely The
tight in wliich Mitch can killed Rooth
and Hamby, occured over a dispute
about a bottle of whisky, it appears
that the dispute was l>etween Mitchem
and llamby. and that llooth was
a disinterested party attempting to
act as peace maker between the two
men. Mitchcm tired five, shots from |
his revolver, J,wo of which killed the
two meii;ind, two of the. remaining
three taking effect in. by standees. One]
'white tmui and one negro were injured'hy
stray imliefs!" The shooting
occurred in an nlivyiti Hie rear of the
store (if Vason Rrotherk.'" Mr. Rooth
leaves a wife and four children.. Mr.
llaiubywasa single 'mail, Mitchcm
was drunk at> tlie time the shooting
occurred. I,ate'last nfglit "*by.'.stated'
thai he was very sorry lie killed Mr,,
1 tootli who had nothing to do* witbj
the trouble. Mitcliem is in jail.
lie Sure and Vote.
The day for the general election
will lie Tuesday, November 4th. Let
every white voter remember the day,
so that lie can look up the registration
certificate, in order that-*he may
J go to the polls and cast his ballot as
lie should. Many of our people look
upon this matter as of secondary consideration.
It is not only incumbent.
. by; reason of tile pledge fit Jtlie^ 1 >emO*
erat ic primaries to support the nomi
> iici'.s. urn ii cnamcs uiir rcpresennatives
in Congress to present a strong
ease when a contest exists,, as is generally
the case. This one tiiiog. if for
no other'consideration, should . make
us go to the polls on the fourtli of
November and cast a ballot for the
| Democratic standard bearers. It is
the intention of the Republicans to
nominate a congressional candidate in
| each district in South'Carolina for the
I sole purpose of netting up contests
should the next congress tie Republican.
Kvcry Democrat should vote and
give our congressional candidates a
: rousing majority.
Too Sensitive.
The mayor of the little town of St.
Kmiland. in France, .has hanged him
self with his scarf of otllce, leaving a
note behind to state that he was driv1
en to commit suicide ?by the cares of
; | olliec and the utter impossibility of
pleasing everyliody in his decisions.
i
BLOODY SEQUEL | B9B
To a Divorce 8ait in Which the De- j?
fendant Kills Three People. V
??
SLAYS HJS WIFE'S PARENTS
i Then Hides Six MIIcn and Shoots His
KiKliteen->loiittiH-<>ld Oautch- 'i ,i.|
JH
tcr. Sujrs He Is Not
Snrrv.
As the bloody sequel of a divorce J
suit, Archie Woodin, 23 years old, is ^HSfl
under Mount Pleasant.Michwith
triple murder
community shocked.
Thursday by a bloody trairedv in
Woodin's parents and the
prisoner's months-old daughter,
killed. Woodin was
over-powered just as he turned the
weapon upon liimself and had inflicteh
a Around that is not expected to
prove fatal. He visited the court
house Thursday morning about W ^
o'clock and looked over the papers In
a suit for divorce which his wife in- ^B
stitutcd Oct. 10. From there lie went jH
direetly to lsbel's hardware store
where lie purchased a revolver. There
was no interruption in his career of' pH
crime from the moment his bauds let ^ ^
go of the legal papers in the court
house until his victims lay dead in -? ?
two farm houses six miles apart.
Having secured the weapon he tirst
rode his wheel to the Gulick farm,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gulick being the
tirst victims. Mr. Gulick was shottwice,
once above the heart and once y
in the right side, and was instantly . I
killed. Woodin then turned upon his , p
mother-in-law, who was sitting in a
rocking cliair. and shot her in the
throat. She ran into the kitchen and
fell upon her back. W?xxlln followed
and emptied three chambers of his re- Cj
volver into her breast, killing her. A J
11-year-old daughter of Gulick came m
in at the sound of the first shots and J
seeing tlie blood on her mother's neck f V
ran to the neighbors and gave the 1
alarm. While running down the road / / 1
she heard the last tlm'e 'shots. The
murderer then dasiied to tils mother's
home six miles away. lie rode Ids f
wheel for one mile, then tearing off
ills coat and throwing it with his hi
into a fende ran a mile ^^B
and a half through the fields. lie H
made the last four mites Oh A'burtO^
ed horse. Passinng the time of day
with a group of apole pickers on his
mother's farm, he entered tlie house
as though notiiing unusual had hap- jM B
pened, and picking up his little girl,
carried her into an empty room. In a
moment a shot rang out. Woodin's ^B
Ivlfn U.-.C Wlco * *
>.? > I'.ioct .lima 4H. V1U1ILK ailU ^
they were married March 23, 1900. 1
AVoodin was a soldier in the Cuban
war. At the jail he refuses to talk
except to express regret that he failed
pu kill himself. lie was laboring under
the impression that ids wife's parents
had caused the divorce proceedings,
though his wife's bill of complaint
charged personal violence.
Sale of Ticket Bxtended. 1
The Columbia State says on Friday
morning an announcement was made
that will be pleasing to hundreds of
people all over South Carolina who
i contemplate going to the fair. Heretofore
the railroads have only had
tickets on sale at stations on certain
days of fair week and not running
through Friday. In view of the fact
that it is the purpose to make Friday
one of the biggest days this year, and
Friday night the most eventful night
by far. a joint committee from the
Klks and the City Fair association
recently took this matter of the offering
for sale of t'ekets up with the
Railroad people. Friday morning the
committee was notified that the roads
had determined this year to offer the
| cheap tickets for sale at all stations
on the Saturday liefore the fair and
.wijl continue them on sale through
Friday of fair week. This will enable
i many to come here to spend the Sunday
before the fair, and others who
van omy come ior one uav will be In a
position not to miss the great carnival
parade, coming in if they desire on
1'riday cvenihg in time for the night's
festivities and returning Saturday.
Death ol' a Convict.
Lonnie Huntley, white, a convict
on the Anderson county chain gang
died Wednesday afternoon from n
stroke of appoplcxy at the convict
| camp near the city limits. He had
1 apparently been in the l>est of health
; ever since he had In-en on the chaingang,
and on Sunday was as well as
I usual. During the afternoon one of
t he guards told him to attend to some
duty about the camp. He started to
I obey and went walking otf, when he
! suddenly fell backward. Hy the time
| those who saw him could reach his
side he was dying. He expired in a
few minutes, and did not speak after
he fell.
Two Negroes Arrested.
Thursday morning Sheriff Scranton
of Henderson county, N. C., armed
j with requisition papers, carried to
lloudersonville from Spartanburg,
Dock Jones and Charles Foster, lx?th
colored. These negroes, while working
In a hotel, stole a ladles valuable
gold watch and chain. They returned
to this city after the resort closed for
the season. Spartanburg l>eing their
home. l>cputy Sheriff White worked
up the case on the pair, and secured
several diamonds and an emerald,
which adorned one of the cases of the
; stolen watch.
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